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Troy

IMDB Rating: 6.90
63815 votes

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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."
Actors
TriopasJulian Glover
AgamemnonBrian Cox
BoagriusNathan Jones
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Romance | Comments (8)

Along Came Polly

IMDB Rating: 5.80
18788 votes

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Can a risk-averse insurance salesman on the rebound from his bride's infidelity (during their honeymoon) find happiness with a waitress he knew in junior high who's averse to commitment? Reuben is a sweet klutz who's ready to settle down but sees in her a chance to recover from disappointment and have some fun; Polly is a sweet itinerant, not ready to settle down but sees a chance to spend time with a nice guy who likes her. What will he do when his bride comes crawling back? What will Polly do, when he runs the numbers and thinks she's a good risk? Sub-plots involve his self-centered pal, who's a has-been actor, and an assignment to assess the insurability of a balls-out Aussie.
Actors
Reuben FefferBen Stiller
Polly PrinceJennifer Aniston
Sandy LylePhilip Seymour Hoffman
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Romance | Comments (2)

The Big Bounce

IMDB Rating: 4.80
4943 votes

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Surfer/drifter/con man Jack Ryan (Wilson) makes his way to Hawaii and lands a job caring for an Walter Crewes (Freeman), a judge on the island. His new gig leads to an involvement with an beautiful, enterprising woman (Foster), who's really the lover of a real estate tycoon (Sinise) - a shady businessman and longtime rival of Judge Crewes. Ryan, naturally, has to choose between the woman, the money, or the honorable path.
Actors
Jack RyanOwen Wilson
Hawaiian PriestButch Helemano
Bob Rogers, Jr.Charlie Sheen
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Comments (0)

Young Adam

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3863 votes

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Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Les and his wife Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. Accident? Suicide? Murder? As the police investigate and suspect is arrested, we discover that Joe knows more than he is letting on. Gradually we learn of Joe's past relationship with the dead woman. Meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between Joe and Ella, heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined space of the barge.
Actors
Joe TaylorEwan McGregor
Ella GaultTilda Swinton
Les GaultPeter Mullan
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

In the Cut

IMDB Rating: 5.20
7146 votes

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Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City—as if to test the limits of her own safety—propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly wary about the motives of every man with whom she has contact—and about her own.
Actors
PaulineJennifer Jason Leigh
FrannieMeg Ryan
Frannie's Young FatherMicheal Nuccio
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Life of David Gale

IMDB Rating: 7.20
19408 votes

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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.
Actors
Bitsey BloomKate Winslet
Barbara KreusterCleo King
Reporter A.J. RobertsConstance Jones
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (2)

Sylvia

IMDB Rating: 6.10
2292 votes

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Talented but plagued by her owns demons Sylvia Plath's early relationship with husband and fellow poet, Ted Hughes, is dominated by Ted's ambition and success. In the early years of their marriage Sylvia lacks inspiration and increasingly senses Ted's infidelity. The unspoken question is whether Ted's extra-marital affairs are the result of Sylvia's own insecurities or whether Sylvia's deepening depression is exacerbated by her husbands philandering. It is only towards the end, when they are separated, that Sylvia is able to truly explore the dark depths of her soul and write the searingly brilliant poetry that earned her fame.
Actors
Sylvia PlathGwyneth Paltrow
Ted HughesDaniel Craig
Al AlvarezJared Harris
Also posted in 2003, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Lost in Translation

IMDB Rating: 7.90
77219 votes

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Bob Harris is an American film actor, far past his prime. He visits Tokyo to appear in commercials, and he meets Charlotte, the young wife of a visiting photographer. Bored and weary, Bob and Charlotte make ideal if improbable traveling companions. Charlotte is looking for "her place in life," and Bob is tolerating a mediocre stateside marriage. Both separately and together, they live the experience of the American in Tokyo. Bob and Charlotte suffer both confusion and hilarity due to the cultural and language differences between themselves and the Japanese. As the relationship between Bob and Charlotte deepens, they come to the realization that their visits to Japan, and one another, must soon end. Or must they?
Actors
CharlotteScarlett Johansson
Bob HarrisBill Murray
Ms. KawasakiAkiko Takeshita
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (2)

The Hard Word

IMDB Rating: 6.00
1255 votes

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Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
Actors
DaleGuy Pearce
CarolRachel Griffiths
FrankRobert Taylor
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Spider

IMDB Rating: 6.80
8740 votes

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Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience his increasingly fragile grip on reality.
Actors
Dennis ('Spider') ClegRalph Fiennes
Yvonne/Mrs. ClegMiranda Richardson
Bill ClegGabriel Byrne
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)