22 Apr
In 1936, the expatriated young and naive just-graduated British John Truscott (Hugh Dancy) arrives to the Sarawak, a British colony, to work in the Iban society. The beautiful Selima (Jessica Alba) is assigned to be his “sleeping dictionary”, to live and sleep with him and teach him the language and habits of the locals. The […]
Posted in 2003, Drama, Romance, USA by: admin
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25 Mar
Unable to grasp the fact of his brother’s death, Gordie Lachance feels compelled to travel with three friends to see a dead body that has been found near the railroad tracks.
Posted in 1986, Adventure, Drama, USA by: admin
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15 Mar
Prequal to ‘Ginger Snaps’ has the orphaned sisters Ginger and Brigette, before becoming werewolves, in 1815 Canada where they stumble into a war between Native American “Wendigos” besieging a remote trading post populated by brutal settlers.
Posted in 2004, Canada, Fantasy, Horror by: admin
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05 Feb
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol […]
Posted in 1957, Adventure, Drama, UK, USA, War by: admin
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09 Dec
At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samuel Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take Sayers’ sister, Rose, back to civilization. taking on the Germans at the same time.
Posted in 1951, Adventure, Drama, Romance, UK, USA, War by: admin
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22 Nov
This film tells the real-life story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, a German-American shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. Dengler organized a death-defying escape for a small band of POWs, including Duane Martin.
Posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Drama, USA, War by: admin
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06 May
Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the face of Evil. In the years following World War II, Merrin is relentlessly haunted by memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated against the innocent people of his parish during the War. In the wake of all the horror he has seen, both his faith in his […]
Posted in 2004, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, USA by: admin
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06 May
Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he’s having trouble raising […]
Posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, USA by: admin
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06 May
Annie and her policeman boyfriend Alex decide to take a romantic ocean cruise together. Once at sea, however, one of the passengers, a disgruntled computer genius named Giger, disables the ship. Alex must now foil Giger’s plans and bring everyone back safely to shore, but how can he outwit a man who can control the […]
Posted in 1997, Action, Romance, Thriller, USA by: admin
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15 Mar
Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. When they are sent to live with Count Olaf, a greedy distant relative, they soon […]
Posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Germany, USA by: admin
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