Posts Tagged ‘orphanage’

Martian Child (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: John Cusack | Bobby Coleman | Amanda Peet | Sophie Okonedo | Joan Cusack | Oliver Platt | Bud | Richard Schiff | Taya Calicetto | David Kaye | Braxton Bonneville | Samuel Charles | Zak Ludwig | Samuel Patrick Chu | Ryan Morrissette
Directors: Menno Meyjes
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A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Angela Bassett | Daniel Hansen | Jordan Fry | Matthew Josten | John H. H. Ford | Dara McGarry | Tom Kenny | Laurie Metcalf | Don Hall | Paul Butcher | Tracey Miller-Zarneke | Wesley Singerman | Jessie Flower | Ethan Sandler
Directors: Stephen J. Anderson
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Meet the Robinsons is filled with extraordinarily inappropriate and insensitive messages about adoption that will be disturbing to many children. The basic story is about an adorable baby whose birthmother leaves him on the doorstep of an orphanage. Portrayed as loving, sweet, extremely smart and overly appealing, he spends the next 12 years of his life wanting a family and being turned down by one family after another - in all, 114 couples refuse to adopt him. One disturbing scene shows a prospective dad losing interest in adopting the child because the youngster is more interested in science than sports. When he accidentally splatters them with food from his science project, both prospective parents walk out in a huff , leaving one very sad and disappointed little boy. Since no one else wants him, the child invents a time machine that will take him back in time to find his birth mother. The “bad guy” in his time travel journey turns out to be his best childhood buddy who was once his orphanage roommate. Now an emotional wreck resulting from being left behind when the orphanage was closed and shut down, the once-cute orphan is now mean and devious. The story continues with numerous monsters attacking the child as he continues to search for his birth mother.

The Painted Veil (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: China | USA
Actors: Naomi Watts | Edward Norton | Liev Schreiber | Toby Jones | Diana Rigg | Juliet Howland | Anthony Wong Chau-Sang | Maggie Steed | Lorraine Laurence | Johnny Lee | Li Feng | Gesang Meiduo | Alan David | Lucy Voller | Ian Rennick
Directors: John Curran
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This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed too. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discover’s Kitty’s infidelity with one dashing and witty Diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amidst the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it’s too late?

Epic Movie (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Kal Penn | Adam Campbell | Jennifer Coolidge | Jayma Mays | Faune A. Chambers | Crispin Glover | Tony Cox | Héctor Jiménez | Darrell Hammond | Carmen Electra | Fred Willard | David Carradine | David Lehre | Kevin McDonald | George Alvarez
Directors: Jason Friedberg
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The twisted minds of two of the six writers of “Scary Movie” tackle the biggest mega-blockbusters of all time in “Epic Movie.” The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks), another a refugee from Mexican “libre” wrestling, the third a recent victim of snakes on her plane, and the fourth a “normal” resident of a mutant “X”-community. The hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory, where they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia (with a “G”). There they meet a flamboyant pirate captain and earnest students of wizardry - and join forces with, among others, a wise-but-horny lion to defeat the evil White Bitch of Gnarnia.

Like Mike (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Bow Wow | Morris Chestnut | Jonathan Lipnicki | Brenda Song | Jesse Plemons | Julius Ritter | Crispin Glover | Anne Meara | Robert Forster | Eugene Levy | Roger W. Morrissey | Timon Kyle | Stephen Thompson | Alex Krilov | David Brown
Directors: John Schultz
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Calvin and his friends, who all live an in orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.

Silent Hill (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Radha Mitchell | Sean Bean | Laurie Holden | Deborah Kara Unger | Kim Coates | Tanya Allen | Alice Krige | Jodelle Ferland | Colleen Williams | Ron Gabriel | Eve Crawford | Derek Ritschel | Amanda Hiebert | Maxine Dumont | Christopher Britton
Directors: Christophe Gans
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After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill. However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.

Northfork (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: James Woods | Nick Nolte | Douglas Sebern | Claire Forlani | Duel Farnes | Daryl Hannah | Graham Beckel | Josh Barker | Peter Coyote | Jon Gries | Rick Overton | Robin Sachs | Ben Foster | Anthony Edwards
Directors: Michael Polish
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In a near-empty Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, a eight-year-old who lies between a dreamstate and death. As orphanage caretaker Harlan reads aloud about Northfork’s years-ago forced evacuation to make way for a hydro-electric dam, Irwin’s imagination takes flight. While a team of six men evacuate the last remaining citizens of the town, Irwin, too, invents a cast of characters to prepare himself for his own evacuation.

Gosford Park (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: Germany | Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Maggie Smith | Michael Gambon | Kristin Scott Thomas | Camilla Rutherford | Charles Dance | Geraldine Somerville | Tom Hollander | Natasha Wightman | Jeremy Northam | Bob Balaban | James Wilby | Claudie Blakley | Laurence Fox | Trent Ford | Ryan Phillippe
Directors: Robert Altman
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Set in the 1930’s the story takes place in an old fashioned English country house where a family has invited many of their friends up for a weekend shooting party. The story centers around the McCordle family, particularly the man of the house, William McCordle. Getting on in years William has become benefactor to many of his relatives and friends. As the weekend goes on and secrets are revealed, it seems everyone, above stairs and below, wants a piece of William and his money, but how far will they go to get it…?

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Cameron Diaz | Drew Barrymore | Lucy Liu | Bernie Mac | Crispin Glover | Justin Theroux | Robert Patrick | Demi Moore | Rodrigo Santoro | Shia LaBeouf | Matt LeBlanc | Luke Wilson | John Cleese | Ja'net DuBois | Cheung-Yan Yuen
Directors: McG
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Natalie, Dylan, and Alex, three glamorous, tough-as-nails, investigative agents - who work for the Charles Townsend Detective Agency - are sent undercover to retrieve two missing jewelry bands. These are no ordinary wedding rings. They contain valuable information that reveals the new identities of every person in the FBI’s Witness Protection Program. After five of the program’s participants turn up dead, only the Angels can stop the perpetrator, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts.