Posts Tagged ‘based-on-novel’

Missing, The (2003)

Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Blanchett, Cate | Wood, Evan Rachel | Boyd, Jenna | Eckhart, Aaron | Kilmer, Val | Calderón, Sergio | Schweig, Eric | Reevis, Steve | Tavare, Jay | Baker, Simon | McKinnon, Ray | Perlich, Max | Frank, Ramon | Lujan, Deryle J.
Directors: Howard, Ron
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In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie’s daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back.

Watchers (1988)

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada
Actors: Ironside, Michael | Cary, Christopher | Campbell, Graeme | O'Dowd, Dan | Sloatman, Lala | Haim, Corey | Wilson, Dale | Mankuma, Blu | Winton, Colleen | Fraser, Duncan | Williams, Barbara | Bollo, Lou | Priestley, Jason | Hill, Matt | Morkey, Andrew
Directors: Hess, Jon
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Based on a novel by Dean Koontz. A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unknow to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature thats not quite so friendly.

Snow Angels (2007)

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Angarano, Michael | Blais, Peter | Clackum, Scott | Downey, Brian | Duffy, Chase | Dunne, Griffin | Heighton, Brian | Katt, Nicky | Negulic, Slavko | Noonan, Tom | Paolo, Connor | Pezzaniti, David | Rockwell, Sam | Thompson, Hugh | Allen, Deborah
Directors: Green, David Gordon
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A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter.

Trapeze (1956)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Lancaster, Burt | Curtis, Tony | Lollobrigida, Gina | Jurado, Katy | Gomez, Thomas | Puleo, Johnny | Watson, Minor | Landry, Gérard | Kérien, Jean-Pierre | James, Sid | Gimma Boys | Arriolas, Los | Ratib, Gamil | Tabard, Pierre | Hagopian, Edward
Directors: Reed, Carol
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Tino Orsini has learned the trapeze from his father but he travels to Europe to seek out Mike Ribble, one of the few men who has managed to complete a triple somersault. Ribble no longer works the trapeze and now walks with a cane after a nasty fall left him a cripple. Orsini convinces him to act as his catcher and all is well until the gold digging Lola, who’ll do just about anything to become part of a major circus act, arrives on the scene. Her presence creates friction between the two men and puts in doubt whether Tino will ever accomplish the elusive triple.

13th Warrior, The (1999)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Venora, Diane | Banderas, Antonio | Kulich, Vladimir | Dennis Storhoi | Southern, Daniel | Maffin, Neil | DeSantis, John | Russell, Clive | Hausserman, Mischa | Sveinall, Oliver | Riis, Asbjørn 'Bear' | Bremmer, Richard | Curran, Tony | Woodington, Albie | Sharif, Omar | Avari, Erick
Directors: McTiernan, John | Crichton, Michael
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In AD 922, an important emissary who is banished from his homeland. The nomadic outcast comes across a band of Norse warriors who coerce him into joining them when they are summoned to fight mysterious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. Eventually surrounded by the frightening and ferocious foe, Ibn must conquer his personal fears and help battle the illusive invaders—who emerge out of the shroud of fog in the black of the night.

Montana Sky (2007)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Williams, Ashley | Ross, Charlotte | Ladd, Diane | Mennell, Laura | Arcand, Nathaniel | Pearl, Aaron | Carey, Tom | Corbett, John | Heindl, Scott | Baker, James | Workun, Donovan | Hair, Stephen | Hopkin, James D. | MacCallum, Heather Lea | Dugan, James
Directors: Robe, Mike
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The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.

Madigan (1968)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Widmark, Richard | Fonda, Henry | Stevens, Inger | Guardino, Harry | Whitmore, James | Clark, Susan | Dunn, Michael | Ihnat, Steve | Stroud, Don | North, Sheree | Stevens, Warren | St. Jacques, Raymond | Freed, Bert | Bellaver, Harry | Marth, Frank
Directors: Siegel, Don
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Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.

Good Year, A (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Highmore, Freddie | Finney, Albert | Crowe, Russell | Spall, Rafe | Panjabi, Archie | Coyle, Richard | Righton, Ben | Kennedy, Patrick | Rhodes, Ali | Daniel Mays | Aalia, Nila | Hudson, Stephen | Facio, Giannina | Hollander, Tom | Briand, Lionel
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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After years of no contact with his Uncle Henry, London banker and bond trader Max Skinner learns that Henry has died intestate, so Max inherits a château and vineyard in Provence. Max spent part of his childhood there, learning maxims and how to win and lose, and honing his killer instinct (at chess, which serves him well in finance). Max goes to France intent on selling the property. He spends a few days there, getting the property ready to show. Memories, a beautiful woman, and a young American who says she’s Henry’s illegitimate daughter interrupt his plans. Did Max the boy know things that Max the man has forgotten?

Sphere (1998)

Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Hoffman, Dustin | Stone, Sharon | Latifah, Queen | Schreiber, Liev | Coyote, Peter | Marga Gomez
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the secret behind the sphere? Will they survive the mysterious ‘manifestations’? Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out.

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Dench, Judi | Blanchett, Cate | Georgeson, Tom | Maloney, Michael | Scanlan, Joanna | Parkes, Shaun | Kennedy, Emma | Kumar, Syreeta | Simpson, Andrew | Davis, Philip | Nottingham, Wendy | Empson, Tameka | Skinner, Leon | Nighy, Bill | Temple, Juno
Directors: Eyre, Richard
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Barbara Covett is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart, a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba’s lecturer husband, who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba’s attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven, a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara’s friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara’s cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.