Posts Tagged ‘assumed-identity’

Perfect Stranger

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Actors: Berry, Halle | Willis, Bruce | Ribisi, Giovanni | Portnow, Richard | Dourdan, Gary | Lozano, Florencia | Aycox, Nicki Lynn | Chalfant, Kathleen | MacDonald, Gordon | Van Graas, Daniella | Miranda, Paula | D'Arbanville, Patti | Lewis, Clea | Feldman, Tamara | Becker, Gerry
Directors: Foley, James
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Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he’s Rowena’s prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she’s soon the object of Hill’s attentions. She’s helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out?

Wait Until Dark

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Hepburn, Audrey | Arkin, Alan | Crenna, Richard | Zimbalist Jr., Efrem | Weston, Jack | Jones, Samantha | Herrod, Julie | Benson, Robby | Del Val, Jean | Morgan, Gary | O'Brien, Frank
Directors: Young, Terence
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After an airplane trip, a young woman asks Susie’s husband, Sam, to keep a doll for her to avoid spoiling the surprise of her daughter’s gift. But the real reason is to avoid her partner, Harry Roat, whom she hopes to cheat of the drugs hidden in the doll. Harry discovers her treachery, murders her and leaves the body in Susie’s apartment, where he has tracked Sam and the doll. He concocts an elaborate plan, involving Mike and Carlino, small-time hoods, to get Susie, who recently lost her sight in a fire, to reveal the doll’s hiding place. They lure Sam away and take advantage of Susie’s blindness, posing as an old friend, a police detective, and a father-son pair of eccentrics. Susie eventually catches on and, with the help of her young neighbor, Gloria, shows everyone that she is indeed “a world-class blind lady.”

Single White Female

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Actors: Fonda, Bridget | Leigh, Jennifer Jason | Weber, Steven | Friedman, Peter | Tobolowsky, Stephen | Bay, Frances | Farr, Michele | Karsian, Tara | Capetillo, Christiana | Lundy, Jessica | Estevez, Renée | Mataras, Tiffany | Mataras, Krystle | Campbell, Amelia | Tobey, Kenneth
Directors: Schroeder, Barbet
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Alison “Allie” Jones is a software designer in New York City. While her professional star is on the rise — she has created a computer software package that will revolutionize the fashion world — her personal life is a mess. Allie banishes her fiancĂ© Sam Rawson from her rent-controlled apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, after discovering that he slept with his ex-wife. Allie finds platonic comfort in her neighbor Graham Knox, an aspiring actor with a sensitive shoulder to lean on. Realizing that the only way to hold on to her apartment is to find a roommate, Allie places an ad and interviews a succession of unsuitable candidates before settling on the shy Hedra “Hedy” Carlson, the ideal roomie in Allie’s eyes. Hedy quickly fills the void left in Allie’s life by Sam’s departure. Allie is only too happy to allow Hedy to cook and clean for her. Their friendship deepens when Hedy brings home an adorable and — unknown to Allie — very expensive puppy. Allie later discovers the receipt and confronts Hedy, but Allie can’t bring herself to part with the puppy. Unknown to Allie, Hedy erases Sam’s phone messages when he calls to plead for a reconciliation. Before long, she’s even begun dressing the same way Allie does. Allie passes off this strange behavior as that of an insecure but well-intentioned woman. When Allie reconciles with Sam about a month after Hedy moved into the apartment, Allie and Sam toy with the idea of Sam moving into the apartment with Allie. Hedy goes over the edge, knowing that this means that she would have to move out of the apartment. One afternoon, while Allie and Sam are out of the apartment, the puppy, which Allie has grown to love, plunges mysteriously to its death from a window. And before long, Hedy’s closet contains the exact same clothes as Allie’s, and Hedy has even had her hair cut and dyed to match Allie’s look, resulting in a startling resemblance between Allie and Hedy, with height being virtually the only difference. More than a little unnerved, a suspicious Allie talks to Graham. Graham advises Allie to get Hedy to move out of the apartment. Allie begins to investigate Hedy’s background. Allie goes into Hedra’s room and looks through her possessions, and discovers that Hedy is not who she claims to be — Hedy’s real name is Ellen Besch. Years ago, when Ellen was 9-years-old, Ellen’s twin sister Judy drowned at a family picnic. An absolutely devastated Ellen hasn’t been the same since Judy’s death. The bond between siblings can be strong, but it can be especially strong with twins. For years, Ellen’s parents tried to explain to her that Judy’s death was not her fault, but Ellen never forgave herself for living while Judy died. Ellen, who had undergone futile counseling, had been looking for a female companion so Ellen could have a friend to replace Judy. That’s why Ellen tries to look exactly like whatever roommate she had at the moment…so it would be like Ellen still had a twin sister. Before moving in with Allie, Ellen had lived with a woman in Tampa. That didn’t work out, so Ellen killed the woman and went to New York, later moving in with Allie. Now, as Ellen becomes progressively more dangerous, Allie must find a way to free herself from Ellen before Allie ends up like the woman in Tampa.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Momsen, Taylor | Tambor, Jeffrey | Baranski, Christine | Irwin, Bill | Shannon, Molly | Howard, Clint | Evans, Josh Ryan | Sterling, Mindy | Winfree, Rachel | Howard, Rance | Howard, Jeremy | Thyne, T.J. | Kohl, Lacey | Pionilla, Nadja
Directors: Howard, Ron
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Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who’s, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who’s love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.

Talented Mr. Ripley, The

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Damon, Matt | Paltrow, Gwyneth | Law, Jude | Blanchett, Cate | Hoffman, Philip Seymour | Davenport, Jack | Rebhorn, James | Rubini, Sergio | Hall, Philip Baker | Weston, Celia | Fiorello | Rocca, Stefania | Marescotti, Ivano | Longhi, Anna | Fabrizi, Alessandro
Directors: Minghella, Anthony
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The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie’s cultured fiancĂ©e, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom’s talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf’s privileges his own.

She’s the Man

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
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Directors: Fickman, Andy
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Here’s the thing Viola’s soccer team at Cornwall got cut so she wanted to join the boys team, but they did not allow. So she thought “If you can’t join them, beat them”. And so she does, she disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian, and goes out for the Illyria Boys Soccer Team. But she didn’t plan falling in love with her roommate Duke. But the thing is Duke has his eye on Olivia. The thing that makes matters worse Olivia starts to fall for Sebastian who actually is a girl and she/he has a sensitive side. If things couldn’t get more problematical the real Sebastian (who is in London working on his music) comes home early. He arrives on campus and has no clue that he was replaced by his twin sister.

Shakespeare in Love

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Actors: Rush, Geoffrey | Wilkinson, Tom | O'Donnell, Steve | McMullen, Tim | Fiennes, Joseph | Beard, Steven | Sher, Antony | Barlow, Patrick | Clunes, Martin | Reinton, Sandra | Callow, Simon | Dench, Judi | McConnell, Bridget | Glen, Georgie | Boulton, Nicholas
Directors: Madden, John
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Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work “Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter”. A great fan of Shakespeare’s plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.

You’ve Got Mail

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Ryan, Meg | Kinnear, Greg | Posey, Parker | Stapleton, Jean | Zahn, Steve | Burns, Heather | Chappelle, Dave | Coleman, Dabney | Randolph, John | Rush, Deborah | Hirsh, Hallee | Scaperrotta, Jeffrey | Seymour, Cara | Finneran, Katie
Directors: Ephron, Nora
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Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) is the big superstore Foxbooks owner. He opens up his store near many small book shops and runs them all out of business - including The Shop Around The Corner owned by Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan). Little do each Kathleen and Joe know that: even though they hate each other in person - through the Internet they are in love.