Posts Tagged ‘death-of-friend’

Bridge to Terabithia

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Actors: Hutcherson, Josh | Robb, AnnaSophia | Deschanel, Zooey | Patrick, Robert | Madison, Bailee | Butler, Kate | Wood, Devon | Fenton, Emma | Brannigan, Grace | Gaines, Latham | McIntosh, Judy | Aldersley, Patricia | Clinton, Lauren | Kircher, Isabelle Rose | Wakefield, Cameron
Directors: Csupo, Gabor
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Fifth grader Jesse Aaron’s hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. However, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and create a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them reign together as king and queen.

Lookout, The

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Actors: Gordon-Levitt, Joseph | Daniels, Jeff | Goode, Matthew | Fisher, Isla | Gugino, Carla | McGill, Bruce | Watson, Alberta | Borstein, Alex | Di Zio, Sergio | Huband, David | Vandervoort, Laura | Dunham, Greg | Kelly, Morgan | Berg, Aaron | Korey, Tinsel
Directors: Frank, Scott
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An admired high school hockey player (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girl friend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend (Jeff Daniels) who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader (Matthew Goode) befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman (Isla Fisher) who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry. Bruce McGill and Alberta Watson also co-star as the young man’s parents, who still search for the person that was there before the tragic crash.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Monday, November 12th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Actors: Radcliffe, Daniel | Grint, Rupert | Watson, Emma | Bonham Carter, Helena | Coltrane, Robbie | Fiennes, Ralph | Gambon, Michael | Gleeson, Brendan | Griffiths, Richard | Isaacs, Jason | Oldman, Gary | Rickman, Alan | Shaw, Fiona | Smith, Maggie | Staunton, Imelda
Directors: Yates, David
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Harry is about to start his fifth year at Hogwarts. He’s desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermoine have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down….

Great Raid, The

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Actors: Bratt, Benjamin | Franco, James | Mammone, Robert | Martini, Max | Carpinello, James | Consuelos, Mark | McLachlan, Craig | Farnsworth, Freddie Joe | Macintosh, Laird | Callaghan, Jeremy | McLean, Scott | Montalban, Paolo | Crawford, Clayne | Worthington, Sam | Innes, Royston
Directors: Dahl, John
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Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.

Spider-Man 3

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Actors: Maguire, Tobey | Dunst, Kirsten | Franco, James | Church, Thomas Haden | Grace, Topher | Howard, Bryce Dallas | J.K. Simmons | Harris, Rosemary | Cromwell, James | Russell, Theresa | Baker, Dylan | Nunn, Bill | Campbell, Bruce | Robertson, Cliff | Banks, Elizabeth
Directors: Raimi, Sam
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Peter Parker has finally managed to piece together the once-broken parts of his life, maintaining a balance between his relationship with Mary-Jane and his responsibility as Spider-Man. But more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter’s old friend Harry Obsourne has set out for revenge against Peter; taking up the mantle of his late father’s persona as The New Goblin, and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben’s real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman. All hope seems lost when suddenly Peter’s suit turns jet-black and greatly amplifies his powers. But it also begins to greatly amplify the much darker qualities of Peter’s personality that he begins to lose himself to. Peter has to reach deep inside himself to free the compassionate hero he used to be if he is to ever conquer the darkness within and face not only his greatest enemies, but also…himself.

Longest Yard, The

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Drama | Sport
Actors: Cox, Courteney | Schneider, Rob | Fichtner, William | Cromwell, James | Sandler, Adam | Rock, Chris | Reynolds, Burt | Nelly | Irvin, Michael | Williamson, Walter | Goldberg, Bill | Crews, Terry | Sapp, Bob | Turturro, Nicholas | Singh, Dalip | Sebastian, Lobo | Diaz, Joey | Reevis, Steve | Kelly, David Patrick
Directors: Segal, Peter
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Paul “Wrecking” Crewe was a revered football superstar back in his day, but that time has since faded. But when a messy drunk driving incident lands him in jail, Paul finds he was specifically requested by Warden Hazen (James Cromwell), a duplicitous prison official well aware of Paul’s athletic skills. Paul has been assigned the task of assembling a team of convicts, to square off in a big football game against the sadistic guards. With the help of fellow convict Caretaker, and an old legend named Nate Scarborough to coach, Crewe is ready for what promises to be a very interesting game. It’s only the warden and the guards who have no idea who or what they’re up against, with Paul the driving force behind the new team.

Stay Alive

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Actors: Foster, Jon | Armstrong, Samaire | Muniz, Frankie | Simpson, Jimmi | Pierce, Wendell | Ventimiglia, Milo | Bush, Sophia | Goldberg, Adam | Slaughter, Billy | Oppermann, Nicole | Wood, April | Monica, Monica | Hackford, Rio | Louviere, Billy | Nash, J. Richey
Directors: Bell, William Brent
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After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called “Stay Alive,” a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn’t, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game—they die for real. As their numbers begin dropping and as they begin dying in the ways they died in the game, the remaining friends realize they must defeat the Blood Countess or accept their fates.

Blood Diamond

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Hounsou, Djimon | Connelly, Jennifer | Kuypers, Kagiso | Vosloo, Arnold | Coleman, Antony | Mabhena, Benu | Lukola, Anointing | Harewood, David | Wallace, Basil | Mistry, Jimi | Sheen, Michael | Weyers, Marius | Collins, Stephen | Mwine, Ntare
Directors: Zwick, Edward
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Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990’s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - an ex Mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon’s family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.

Descent, The

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Actors: Macdonald, Shauna | Jackson Mendoza, Natalie | Reid, Alex | Mulder, Saskia | Buring, MyAnna | Noone, Nora-Jane | Milburn, Oliver | Kayll, Molly | Simpson, Leslie | Smith, Mark | Cronfield, Mark | Lamb, Stephen | Conway, Craig | Trott, Sophie | Matthiae, Tristan
Directors: Marshall, Neil
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A woman goes on vacation with her family and friends and her husband and her daughter encounters a tragic accident. One year later she goes hiking with her friends and they get trapped in the cave. With a lack of supply, they struggle to survive and they meet strange blood thirsty creatures.

Birds, The

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Actors: Taylor, Rod | Tandy, Jessica | Pleshette, Suzanne | Hedren, Tippi | Cartwright, Veronica | Griffies, Ethel | McGraw, Charles | McDevitt, Ruth | Chapman, Lonny | Mantell, Joe | Weaver, Doodles | Atterbury, Malcolm | McGovern, John | Swenson, Karl | Deacon, Richard
Directors: Hitchcock, Alfred
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Guaranteed to make you want to stop bird-watching and put the old bird feeder to the ax—at least for a while. The whole thing starts when Melanie Daniels is crossing a lake and is nipped by a gull. Gradually, incidence of bird damage to humans by pecking increases. Glass windows splinter before diving birds, children are sent home from school to safety, townspeople take refuge in a lunchroom, Miss Daniels in a phone booth, and finally everyone hides in homes tightly boarded up against repeated attacks by the birds. It’s enough to make you kick the next pigeon you come across.