Tag Archives: alaska

Runaway Train

IMDB Rating: 7.30
6176 votes

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Manny is the "boss" of the convicts in an Alaskan high security prison. Renken, the heartless prison's administrator wants to kill him, so Manny escapes with the help of another young prisoner, Buck, who follows him. The two fugitives manage to get to a rail depot and get onboard a train. The problem is, the engineer has died and the the train is totally out of control, and nothing can stop it. So, leaving the prison, Manny and Buck find themselves aboard something that is both their freedom and their death...
Actors
Oscar 'Manny' ManheimJon Voight
BuckEric Roberts
Frank BarstowKyle T. Heffner
Also posted in 1985, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

North to Alaska

IMDB Rating: 6.90
1594 votes

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Sam (John Wayne) and George (Stewart Granger) strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiance back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel (Capucine). Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy (Fabian). Frankie (Ernie Kovacs) is a con man trying to steal the partner's gold claim.
Actors
Sam McCordJohn Wayne
George PrattStewart Granger
Frankie CanonErnie Kovacs
Also posted in 1960, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

30 Days of Night

IMDB Rating: 7.00
10860 votes

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This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Actors
Sheriff Eben OlesonJosh Hartnett
MarlowDanny Huston
Stella OlesonMelissa George
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Simpsons Movie

IMDB Rating: 7.90
69030 votes

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Homer adopts a pig who's run away from Krusty Burger after Krusty tried to have him slaughtered, naming the pig "Spider Pig." At the same time, the lake is protected after the audience sink the barge Green Day are on with garbage after they mention the environment. Meanwhile, Spider Pig's waste has filled up a silo in just 2 days, apparently with Homer's help. Homer can't get to the dump quickly so dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. Russ Cargill, the villainous boss of the EPA, gives Arnold Schwarzenegger 5 options, forcing him to choose 4 (which is, unfortunately, to destroy Springfield) and putting a dome over Springfield to prevent evacuation. Homer, however, has escaped, along with his family. Can he stop the evil Cargill from annihilating his home town, and his family, who have been forced to return to Springfield?
Actors
Homer Simpson/Krusty the ClownDan Castellaneta
Marge SimpsonJulie Kavner
Bart SimpsonNancy Cartwright
Also posted in 2007, Animation, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

The Edge

IMDB Rating: 6.60
7154 votes

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Billionaire Charles Morse accompanies his supermodel wife Mickey to photo shoot at Alaska. The shoot is to be made by fashion photographer Robert Green. To find specific Indian for the shoot, they fly to even more distant location, where their small plane crashes into a lake. To survive in the woods full of man-killing bears they need each other, but the smarter of the men - Charles is suspicious that Robert is having an affair with his wife.
Actors
Charles MorseAnthony Hopkins
Robert GreenAlec Baldwin
Mickey MorseElle Macpherson
Also posted in 1997, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

On Deadly Ground

IMDB Rating: 3.60
4306 votes

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Forrest Taft works for the Aegis oil company in Alaska. Aegis company's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land as long as it's making money for him. He even makes commercials that make him look like he cares for the environment. When Taft's best friend Hugh Palmer hides a computer disk that Jennings needs to keep his company going, Jennings sees Hugh as a major threat, and has Hugh murdered. When Taft tries to interfere, Jennings tries to kill Taft, but Taft is rescued by an Eskimo woman named Masu, who introduces Taft to her father Silook, the chief of her tribe. With Masu's help, Taft begins a trek through the wilderness, heading straight for the grounds of the Aegis company.
Actors
Michael JenningsMichael Caine
MasuJoan Chen
MacGruderJohn C. McGinley
Also posted in 1994, Action, Adventure, Thriller | Comments (0)