Posts Tagged ‘father-figure’

Species: The Awakening (2007)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Helena Mattsson | Ben Cross | Marco Bacuzzi | Edy Arellano | Roger Cudney | Felipe de Lara | German Fabregat | Alizair Gomez | Eleazar Gómez | Harding Junior | Dominic Keating | Greg Lucas | Adrian Makala | Jorge Malpica | Mauricio Martinez
Directors: Nick Lyon
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A scientist, Dr Holander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.

Black Snake Moan (2006)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson | Christina Ricci | Justin Timberlake | S. Epatha Merkerson | John Cothran Jr. | David Banner | Michael Raymond-James | Adriane Lenox | Kim Richards | Neimus K. Williams | Leonard L. Thomas | Ruby Wilson | Claude Phillips | Amy Lavere | Clare Grant
Directors: Craig Brewer
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A God-fearing bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Edward Furlong | Robert Patrick | Earl Boen | Joe Morton | S. Epatha Merkerson | Castulo Guerra | Danny Cooksey | Jenette Goldstein | Xander Berkeley | Linda Hamilton | Ken Gibbel | Robert Winley | Peter Schrum
Directors: James Cameron
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Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

Sling Blade (1996)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton | Dwight Yoakam | J. T. Walsh | John Ritter | Lucas Black | Natalie Canerday | James Hampton | Robert Duvall | Rick Dial | Brent Briscoe | Christy Ward | Sarah Boss | Kathy Sue Brown | Wendell Rafferty | Bruce Hampton
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A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital, several years after murdering his mother and another person. Karl is often questioned if he will ever kill again, and he shrugs in response saying there is no reason to. Now out of the mental institution, Karl settles in his old, small hometown, occupying himself by fixing motors. After meeting a young boy named Frank who befriends him, Karl is invited to stay at Frank’s house with his mother Linda- who views Karl as a strange but kind and generous man. However, Linda’s abusive boyfriend Doyle, sees things differently in the way rules ought to be run- normally insulting Linda’s homosexual friend Vaughan as well as Karl’s disabilities, and having wild parties with his friends. As Karl’s relation with Frank grows, he is ever so watchful of Doyle’s cruel actions.

Leon (Professional, The) (1994)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Jean Reno | Gary Oldman | Natalie Portman | Danny Aiello | Peter Appel | Willi One Blood | Don Creech | Keith A. Glascoe | Alan Randolph Scott | Michael Badalucco | Ellen Greene | Elizabeth Regen | Carl J. Matusovich | Frank Senger | Lucius Wyatt Cherokee
Directors: Luc Besson
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Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon’s apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour’s unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose.

Look Who’s Talking (1989)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Kirstie Alley | Olympia Dukakis | George Segal | Abe Vigoda | Bruce Willis | Twink Caplan | Jason Schaller | Jaryd Waterhouse | Jacob Haines | Christopher Aydon | Joy Boushel | Don S. Davis | Louis Heckerling | Brenda Crichlow
Directors: Amy Heckerling
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Mollie is a single mum who’s on the lookout for a reliable and normal boyfriend. Her son Mikey, (unbeknownst to her) seems to have a better idea of which of the men she dates would make a good father figure! If only she could understand him…

Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | Anton Yelchin | Hope Davis | Mika Boorem | David Morse | Alan Tudyk | Tom Bower | Celia Weston | Adam LeFevre | Will Rothhaar | Timothy Reifsnyder | Deirdre O'Connell | Terry Beaver | Joe T. Blankenship | Brett Fleisher
Directors: Scott Hicks
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This is a gentle, innocent film about the reflections of an aging man (David Morse), who returns to his home town after the death of his best friend. Memories of life at age 11 floods back as it was a magical time that changed his life. Three 11 year old children (Anton Yelchin as Bobby, Mika Boorem as Carol, and Will Rothaar as Sully) share their lives. Carol & Bobby have a special affection for one another including sharing a kiss “by which all others will be measured”. Bobby lives with his mother (Hope Davis), a bitter, vain woman who looks for pleasures for herself without sharing much with her son. Into their lives comes a mysterious new boarder (Anthony Hopkins), who befriends the boy but generates distrust from the mother. As time passes, the man and boy share confidences and special powers are revealed. The man warns the boy to be on the lookout for the “lowmen”, who were seeking him. The two share a summer’s adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens. A confrontation with a school bully (Timothy Reifsnyder) also changes everyone.

007 Licence to Kill (1989)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Timothy Dalton | Carey Lowell | Robert Davi | Talisa Soto | Anthony Zerbe | Frank McRae | David Hedison | Wayne Newton | Benicio Del Toro | Anthony Starke | Everett McGill | Desmond Llewelyn | Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Robert Brown | Priscilla Barnes
Directors: John Glen
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When drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) exacts his brutal vengeance on Bond’s friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison), 007 resigns from the British Secret Service and begins a fierce vendetta against the master criminal. Bond won’t be satisfied until Sanchez is defeated, and to accomplish this aim he allies himself with a beautiful pilot (Carey Lowell) and Sanchez’s sexy girldfriend (Talisa Soto). But Bond, relegated to outlaw status, must battle agents on both sides of the law as he discovers the horrifying extent of his prey’s resources. In order to bring Sanchez down, Bond must survive a ferocious boat chase, a midair brawl over the controls of an out-of-control airplane, and an action-packed confrontation in the Mexico desert.

Hellboy (2004)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ron Perlman | John Hurt | Selma Blair | Rupert Evans | Karel Roden | Jeffrey Tambor | Doug Jones | Brian Steele | Ladislav Beran | Biddy Hodson | Corey Johnson | Kevin Trainor | Brian Caspe | James Babson | Stephen Fisher
Directors: Guillermo del Toro
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In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ewan McGregor | Natalie Portman | Hayden Christensen | Christopher Lee | Samuel L. Jackson | Frank Oz | Ian McDiarmid | Pernilla August | Temuera Morrison | Jimmy Smits | Daniel Logan | Jack Thompson | Leeanna Walsman | Ahmed Best | Rose Byrne
Directors: George Lucas
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Ten years after the ‘Phantom Menace’ threatened the planet Naboo, Padmé Amidala is now a Senator representing her homeworld. A faction of political separatists, led by Count Dooku, attempts to assassinate her. There aren’t enough Jedi to defend the Republic against the threat, so Chancellor Palpatine enlists the aid of Jango Fett, who promises that his army of clones will handle the situation. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi continues to train the young Jedi Anakin Skywalker, who fears that the Jedi code will forbid his growing romance with Amidala…