Posts Tagged ‘mother-son-relationship’

Terror by Night (1946)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Alan Mowbray | Dennis Hoey | Renee Godfrey | Frederick Worlock | Mary Forbes | Skelton Knaggs | Billy Bevan | Geoffrey Steele | Gilbert Allen | Harry Cording | Boyd Davis | Gerald Hamer | Leyland Hodgson
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs’ mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer’s hiding place and deduce that long-time foe Moriarty’s henchman Colonel Sebastian Moran is somehow involved in the crime.

Illegal Tender (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Philip Del Rio | Samuel Molina | Rick Sepulveda | Manny Perez | D.C. Benny | Mercedes Mercado | Carmen Perez | Zulay Henao | Jessica Pimentel | Angelic Zambrana | Julie Carmen | Ronald Escobar | Gary Perez | Rick Gonzalez | Dania Ramirez
Directors: Franc. Reyes
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After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family’s quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters. Wilson DeLeon, Jr. is an exceptional college student with an adoring girlfriend, doting mother and a future full of promise. He has never wanted for anything, and he has never been forced to stand his ground. But when ghosts from his mother’s past come back to haunt his present, he must defend his family … and quickly turn into the strong man his father prayed he’d become. Nothing could stop Wilson’s mother, Millie, from protecting her two boys. Forced to flee her home after gangsters killed her husband, she made an oath to give her children only the best. But all that changes when an enemy from the past catches up with them. It’s finally time to take action - and now, they’re done running. Weapons at the ready, Wilson, Jr. and Millie prepare for a final showdown with the murderer who robbed him of a father and her of a husband. Now, in a battle fueled by family ties and blood feuds, it will become very clear what happens when anyone tries to come between this son and his mother.

Feel the Noise (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Omarion Grandberry | Rosa Arredondo | Luis Cruz | Giancarlo Esposito | Victor Rasuk | Melonie Diaz | Charles Duckworth | Carlos Flores | Alexis Isaac Garcia | John Garcia | Zulay Henao | Norman Howell | Shydel James | Jerome Jones | Luis Lozada
Directors: Alejandro Chomski
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After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) flees to a place and father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York?s Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Beowulf (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ray Winstone | Robin Wright Penn | Anthony Hopkins | John Bilezikjian | Brice Martin | Sonje Fortag | Sharisse Baker-Bernard | Charlotte Salt | Julene Renee | Greg Ellis | Rik Young | Sebastian Roché | Leslie Harter Zemeckis | John Malkovich | Woody Schultz
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

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.

The Invasion (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicole Kidman | Daniel Craig | Jeremy Northam | Jackson Bond | Jeffrey Wright | Veronica Cartwright | Josef Sommer | Celia Weston | Roger Rees | Eric Benjamin | Susan Floyd | Stephanie Berry | Alexis Raben | Adam LeFevre | Joanna Merlin
Directors: Oliver Hirschbiegel
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A mysterious epidemic is sweeping the world, but it takes one Washington DC psychiatrist to discover that the disease is extraterrestrial in origin. When her son becomes infected, she and a colleague must work together to find a cure, before the entire world is lost…

HouseSitter (1992)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Martin | Goldie Hawn | Dana Delany | Julie Harris | Donald Moffat | Peter MacNicol | Richard B. Shull | Laurel Cronin | Roy Cooper | Christopher Durang | Heywood Hale Broun | Cherry Jones | Vasek Simek | Suzanne Whang | Mary Klug
Directors: Frank Oz
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When his longtime girlfriend Becky says no to marriage and the house he has built, architect Newton Davis takes it badly. Three months later a one night liaison with livewire waitress Gwen gets rather out of control when she tracks down the dream house, moves in, and lets it be known locally that she and Newton are married. Everyone in the small town take to her, including his parents, while Becky shows renewed interest. When Newton realises the situation he suggests to Gwen that continuing the deception might have advantages for both of them.

The Lion King 1½ (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Nathan Lane | Ernie Sabella | Julie Kavner | Jerry Stiller | Matthew Broderick | Robert Guillaume | Moira Kelly | Whoopi Goldberg | Cheech Marin | Jim Cummings | Edward Hibbert | Jason Rudofsky | Matt Weinberg | Tony Anselmo | Jeff Bennett
Directors: Bradley Raymond
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Imagine a cross between _Lion King, The (1994)_ (qv) and _Back to the Future Part II (1989)_ (qv). This is a separate story thread, that of Timon and Pumbaa, intertwined with the original story. Thus, along with seeing new events (e.g. Timon’s departure from the meerkat colony, Timon and Pumbaa’s first meeting, the origin of “Hakuna Matata”), we get to see a new perspective on (and some previously unseen causes for) some of the events in the original film. Oh, and the whole thing is told in a _”Mystery Science Theater 3000″ (1988)_ (qv) framework, with Timon and Pumbaa narrating and interacting with the “onscreen” movie.

Planet Terror (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rose McGowan | Freddy Rodríguez | Josh Brolin | Marley Shelton | Jeff Fahey | Michael Biehn | Rebel Rodriguez | Bruce Willis | Naveen Andrews | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Stacy Ferguson | Nicky Katt | Hung Nguyen | Cecilia Conti | Tommy Nix
Directors: Robert Rodriguez
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After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doctor, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces to survive the night as the so-called “sickos” threaten to take over the whole town and the world.

The Notebook (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Ivey | Gena Rowlands | Starletta DuPois | James Garner | Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas | Ed Grady | Renée Amber | Jennifer Echols | Geoffrey Knight | Kevin Connolly | Ryan Gosling | Heather Wahlquist | Rachel McAdams | Andrew Schaff | Matt Shelly
Directors: Nick Cassavetes
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An old man in a nursing home reads a story to an old woman each day. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun. They met one evening at a carnival many years ago. Allie’s parents separate Noah and Allie. They disapprove of Noah’s lack of wealth, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. In a local newspaper, Noah’s picture catches Allie’s eye. He is standing in front of a fully restored, 200 year old home. The article is filled with praise for his accomplishments. Allie’s heart nearly bursts. The last time she saw this house it was a rotted decaying shamble. She stood enfolded in Noah’s arms in the great entryway and listened to his plans to buy and restore this house. Just the way she wanted it. With her love for Noah still alive, the picture pulls at her heart. She has to go back, see if Noah is okay, and tell him about her marriage. They both think the echo deep in their hearts, the one that has lasted all these years, is not shared by the other. The cry they could not stifle. It wasn’t over for me.