Posts Tagged ‘domestic-violence’

In Cold Blood (1967)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Blake | Scott Wilson | John Forsythe | Paul Stewart | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Jeff Corey | John Gallaudet | James Flavin | Charles McGraw | Will Geer | John McLiam | Ruth Storey | Brenda Currin | Paul Hough | Vaughn Taylor
Directors: Richard Brooks
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Truman Capote wrote the ‘non-fiction novel’ from which the film is drawn, using the novelist’s craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters’ capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society’s response might have been.

Transamerica (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrea James | Felicity Huffman | Danny Burstein | Maurice Orozco | Elizabeth Peña | Craig Bockhorn | Paul Borghese | Kevin Zegers | Jon Budinoff | Venida Evans | Raynor Scheine | Kate Bayley | Stella Maeve | Teala Dunn | Jim Frangione
Directors: Duncan Tucker
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One week before her sex-change operation, Bree receives a call from a 17-year-old identifying himself as her son from a college liaison. Bree’s psychiatrist won’t approve the surgery until Bree deals with this relationship, so Bree flies to New York City, bails the youth out of juvenile detention, and offers him a ride back to Los Angeles without disclosing that she is his father. Both her plans and his go awry, and as secrets will out, what might become a friendship (or more) founders. The lad’s step-father, a sex-change support group, a peyote eater, a Navajo wrangler, and Bree’s family all play their parts in this exploration of family, gender, and expectations.

Purple Rain (1984)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Prince | Apollonia Kotero | Morris Day | Olga Karlatos | Clarence Williams III | Jerome Benton | Billy Sparks | Jill Jones | Charles Huntsberry | Dez Dickerson | Brenda Bennett | Susan Moonsie | Sandra Claire Gershman | Kim Upsher | Alan Leeds
Directors: Albert Magnoli
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A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn’t all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father’s self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.

Gridiron Gang (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: The Rock | Xzibit | L. Scott Caldwell | Leon Rippy | Kevin Dunn | Jade Yorker | David V. Thomas | Setu Taase | (actor unknown) | James Earl | Trever O'Brien | Brandon Smith | Jurnee Smollett | Michael J. Pagan | Jamal Mixon
Directors: Phil Joanou
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In the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, the supervisor and former football player Sean Porter sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem, union and perspective in the teenage interns and proposes to prepare a football team to play in one league. He is supported by his superiors and his successful experience changes the lives of many young kids.

Freedom Writers (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Hilary Swank | Patrick Dempsey | Scott Glenn | Imelda Staunton | April L. Hernandez | Mario | Kristin Herrera | Jacklyn Ngan | Sergio Montalvo | Jason Finn | Deance Wyatt | Vanetta Smith | Gabriel Chavarria | Hunter Parrish | Antonio García
Directors: Richard LaGravenese
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A young teacher (Swank) inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Just Married (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ashton Kutcher | Brittany Murphy | Christian Kane | David Moscow | Monet Mazur | David Rasche | Thad Luckinbill | David Agranov | Taran Killam | Raymond J. Barry | Toshi Toda | George Gaynes | Massimo Schina | Valeria Andrews | Alex Thomas
Directors: Shawn Levy
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A happy young couple, Sarah and Tom (Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher) marry against the wishes of Sarah’s friends and family and go to Europe for their Honeymoon. Unfortunately for them, Sarah’s parents send Sarah’s ex-boyfriend Peter Prentis (played by Christian Kane) to break up the happy marriage.

Goodfellas (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert De Niro | Ray Liotta | Joe Pesci | Lorraine Bracco | Paul Sorvino | Chuck Low | Frank DiLeo | Frank Sivero | Tony Darrow | Mike Starr | Frank Vincent | Frank Adonis | Catherine Scorsese | Gina Mastrogiacomo | Suzanne Shepherd
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960’s and 70’s New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry’s best friend. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

The Skeleton Key (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kate Hudson | Gena Rowlands | John Hurt | Peter Sarsgaard | Joy Bryant | Maxine Barnett | Fahnlohnee R. Harris | Marion Zinser | Deneen Tyler | Ann Dalrymple | Trula M. Marcus | Tonya Staten | Thomas Uskali | Jen Apgar | Forrest Landis
Directors: Iain Softley
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A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself caught in the middle of morbid going-ons centered around a group of Hoodoo (Not Voodoo, it’s different. Hoodoo is an old African American magic that only works if you believe in it.) practitioners.

Slither (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Nathan Fillion | Elizabeth Banks | Gregg Henry | Michael Rooker | Don Thompson | Tania Saulnier | Xantha Radley | Dustin Milligan | Haig Sutherland | Jennifer Copping | Zak Ludwig | Kathryn Kirkpatrick | Brenda James | Lorena Gale | Bart Anderson
Directors: James Gunn
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In this blend of the B movie classic The Blob (1958) and some Romero’s zombies film, a meteorite collides in a small town. Grant finds it, and is infected by a parasite worm, which installs in his brain and causes him a creepy transformation into a monster. Starla, his wife, and Bill, a policeman, will try to stop him and the plague of worms generated by the creature.

The Godfather (1972)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Marlon Brando | Al Pacino | James Caan | Richard S. Castellano | Robert Duvall | Sterling Hayden | Richard Conte | Al Lettieri | Diane Keaton | Abe Vigoda | Talia Shire | Gianni Russo | John Marley | Rudy Bond
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
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The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.