Tag Archives: book

The Pagemaster

IMDB Rating: 4.60
3618 votes

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A cowardly boy who buries himself in accident statistics (Maculay Kulkin) enters a library to escape a storm only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster (Christopher Lloyd), & work through obstacles from classic books to return to real life.
Actors
Richard TylerMacaulay Culkin
Neighborhood kidCanan J. Howell
Neighborhood kidAlexis Kirschner
Also posted in 1994, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

I Am David

IMDB Rating: 7.10
2387 votes

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In 1952, the polyglot twelve year-old David, who was raised in the Communist Belene Prison Camp in Bulgaria, witnesses the death of his friend and protector Johannes and escapes from the concentration camp in the night. He is advised to mistrust everybody and together with a piece of bread, a compass, a piece of soap, a jackknife and a sealed envelope to be delivered in Denmark, he travels though Greece and Italy heading North. Along his journey, David discovers the beauty of the world and slowly he changes his behavior with people. When he meets Sophie, an old lady that lives in Switzerland and likes to paint as hobby, she asks David to paint his face; later she invites David to have lunch with her in her house, and David finally discloses his quest to her.
Actors
DavidBen Tibber
JohannesJames Caviezel
SophieJoan Plowright
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It

IMDB Rating: 6.40
669 votes

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When the Gothic new girl, Cassie, moves into the town, Priscilla the most popular, beautiful girl in school plots against her. But when Priscilla is kidnapped along with her brother, Cassie has no other choice but to search for them.
Actors
Max KellerAlex Winzenread
Eileen KellerMichelle Duffy
Jack KellerJohn Hawkinson
Also posted in 2007, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Inferno

IMDB Rating: 6.60
3321 votes

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Young poetess Rose Elliot buys a book from a local antique dealer, a diary in Latin of an architect, E. Varelli. She learns of the Three Mothers, and believes her apartment building is one of their houses. She pleads her brother Mark, who is studying musicology in Rome, to come, because she is afraid. Mark's friend Sara reads her letter, which he left behind in class, and discovers the school is run by the Mater Lacrimarum, and is killed for this knowledge. The house of Mater Suspiriorum has already been destroyed, and by the time Mark arrives in New York City, he is investigating his sister's murder.
Actors
Mark ElliotLeigh McCloskey
Rose ElliotIrene Miracle
SaraEleonora Giorgi
Also posted in 1980, High IMDB rating, Horror, Music, Mystery | Comments (0)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

IMDB Rating: 7.80
27101 votes

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Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.
Actors
Holly GolightlyAudrey Hepburn
Paul 'Fred' VarjakGeorge Peppard
2-EPatricia Neal
Also posted in 1961, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Princess Bride

IMDB Rating: 8.20
102178 votes

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When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley's tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck's evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing?
Actors
WestleyCary Elwes
Inigo MontoyaMandy Patinkin
Prince HumperdinckChris Sarandon
Also posted in 1987, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Inkheart

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3391 votes

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Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.
Actors
Mo 'Silvertongue' FolchartBrendan Fraser
CapricornAndy Serkis
Meggie FolchartEliza Bennett
Also posted in 2008, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Dark Half

IMDB Rating: 5.70
4119 votes

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Novelist Thad Beaumount has buried his alter ego George Stark, a pseudonym he used when writing fiction of a darker nature than he would write using his real name. He even stages a mock burial of George for the benefit of the press. When a local man is killed, evidence leads Sheriff Alan Pangborn to George's grave, and he begins to suspect Thad. Meanwhile Thad is beginning to have visions of sparrows flying, something that hasn't occurred for twenty-three years since he had brain surgery. As the string of gruesome murders continue, someone claiming to be George Stark starts calling Thad on the phone. Thad fears for his family's safety, and Pangborn can't decide whether or not Thad is the murderer.
Actors
Thad BeaumontTimothy Hutton
George StarkTimothy Hutton
Liz BeaumontAmy Madigan
Also posted in 1993, Horror, Mystery | Comments (0)

Red Eye

IMDB Rating: 6.60
33294 votes

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Red Eye tells the story of a young hotel manager Lisa Reisert who after attending the funeral of her grandmother is on her way back to Miami to make it in time for work the next day. She takes the much delayed Red Eye flight of Fresh Air where she meets Jack Ripner. Soon after take off she realizes that she is in fact kidnapped by Jack who needs her in order to assassinate William Keefe, head of Homeland Security. Jack threatens her with her fathers death if she refuses to co-operate. At 30000 feet and nowhere to run, what does she do?
Actors
Lisa ReisertRachel McAdams
Jackson RippnerCillian Murphy
Joe ReisertBrian Cox
Also posted in 2005, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Beaches

IMDB Rating: 6.20
6940 votes

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When the New York child performer CC Bloom and San Fransisco rich kid Hillary meet in a holiday resort in Atlantic City, it marks the start of a lifetime friendship between them. The two keep in touch through letters for a number of years until Hillary, now a successful lawyer moves to New York to stay with struggling singer CC. The movie shows the various stages of their friendship and their romances including their love for the same man.
Actors
Cecilia 'CC' Carol BloomBette Midler
Hillary Whitney EssexBarbara Hershey
John PierceJohn Heard
Also posted in 1988, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)
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