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Changing Lanes

IMDB Rating: 6.50
18785 votes

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An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.
Actors
MichelleToni Collette
Valerie GipsonKim Staunton
Doyle GipsonSamuel L. Jackson
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (10)

Half Baked

IMDB Rating: 6.10
10204 votes

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After Kenny accidentaly kills a cop's diabetic horse by feeding it the food he purchased from a munchie run, he is put in jail and is given a 1 million dollar bail. The rest of the group must bail Kenny out before Nasty Nate gets to him. The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. They become pals with rap star Sir Smoke-A-Lot and the rivals of dealer Samson Simpson. On the side, Thurgood seeks the love of Mary Jane, an anti-pot daughter of a dealer. What follows is typical pothead behaviour with a ton of cameos. Look carefully.
Actors
Thurgood Jenkins/Sir Smoke-a-LotDave Chappelle
ScarfaceGuillermo Díaz
BrianJim Breuer
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Money Train

IMDB Rating: 5.10
7682 votes

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Two foster brothers (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes) work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?
Actors
JohnWesley Snipes
CharlieWoody Harrelson
Grace SantiagoJennifer Lopez
Also posted in 1995, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Fantastic Four

IMDB Rating: 5.90
32767 votes

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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.
Actors
Reed RichardsIoan Gruffudd
Sue StormJessica Alba
Johnny StormChris Evans
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Spider-Man

IMDB Rating: 7.40
100682 votes

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Based on Marvel Comics' superhero character, this is a story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can't confess his crush for his stunning neighbourhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is "miserable" is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runaway radioactive spider bites him... and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist ... but the fun isn't going to last. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn (William Dafoe) administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task... or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end.
Actors
Spider-Man/Peter ParkerTobey Maguire
Green Goblin/Norman OsbornWillem Dafoe
Mary Jane WatsonKirsten Dunst
Also posted in 2002, Action, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Corruptor

IMDB Rating: 5.60
4840 votes

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A New York police officer (Wahlberg) goes undercover in a dangerous crime scene to investigate abductions and drug-trafficking operations. He obtains backup with the help of another brave Hong Kong police officer (Yun-Fat) who works for the NYPD. They partner up together to stop the operation before the city goes down. The criminal orginization is called the "Fukanese Dragons" who are likely terrorists and illegal immigrants who are about to tear up Chinatown in New York City.
Actors
Nick ChenYun-Fat Chow
Danny WallaceMark Wahlberg
Henry LeeRic Young
Also posted in 1999, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Siege

IMDB Rating: 6.00
14634 votes

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After the abduction by the US military of an Islamic religious leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. Anthony Hubbard, the head of the FBI's Counter-Intelligence Task Force in New York, teams up with CIA operative Elise Kraft to hunt down the terrorist cells responsible for the attacks. As the bombings continue, the US government responds by declaring martial law, sending US troops, led by Gen. Devereaux, into the streets of New York City.
Actors
Anthony 'Hub' HubbardDenzel Washington
Elise Kraft/Sharon BridgerAnnette Bening
Major General William DevereauxBruce Willis
Also posted in 1998, Action, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Bone Collector

IMDB Rating: 6.20
26916 votes

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Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Amelia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer.
Actors
Lincoln 'Linc' RhymeDenzel Washington
Amelia DonaghyAngelina Jolie
ThelmaQueen Latifah
Also posted in 1999, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (12)

Deep Impact

IMDB Rating: 5.80
25861 votes

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A teenage astronomer and his teacher discover an object amongst the stars at night. Little do they know that it's a comet on a direct collision course for earth. After the teacher dies in a car crash trying to report his findings the President announces the comet's existence. He also states that there is no need to panic, because NASA is going to send astronauts on the space mission, Messiah. Their mission is to destroy the comet before it gets too close to the earth. When Messiah backfires, the President announces that special caves will have to be built, and the government will have to have a lottery-of-fate to randomly select 800,000 ordinary American citizens to go along with 200,000 scientists, soldiers, and other officials. These 1,000,000 people will be set aside to save the population from extinction when the comet hits.
Actors
Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' TannerRobert Duvall
Jenny LernerTéa Leoni
Leo BeidermanElijah Wood
Also posted in 1998, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

You’ve Got Mail

IMDB Rating: 6.20
23227 votes

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Kathleen Kelly, owner of a little and famous bookstore for children's books, has an affair. Being together with Frank Navasky, a well-known journalist, she betrays him by e-mailing secretly and anonymously with a (also betraying) man whom she met in a chat room. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by the opening of Fox Books discount store just "around the corner". She meets Joe Fox, son of the owner, and soon gets annoyed by his arrogant way of managing business matters. Although getting advice by her anonymous mail-pal, she has to close down her store. But Joe Fox's life suddenly gets out of control when he learns that his anonymous mail-pal is nobody other than Kathleen Kelly.
Actors
Joe FoxTom Hanks
Kathleen KellyMeg Ryan
Frank NavaskyGreg Kinnear
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)
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