Tag Archives: chess

A Good Year

IMDB Rating: 6.70
12127 votes

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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?
Actors
Young Max SkinnerFreddie Highmore
Uncle Henry SkinnerAlbert Finney
Max SkinnerRussell Crowe
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Lucky Number Slevin

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34196 votes

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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill The Rabbi's (Ben Kingsley) to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can't go to the police and he can't leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene's Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.
Actors
Lucy Liu
SlevinJosh Hartnett
Mr. GoodkatBruce Willis
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

X-Men: The Last Stand

IMDB Rating: 7.00
74914 votes

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It has been several months since The X-Men stopped William Stryker, but that victory came at a price, they have lost Jean Gray when she tried to save them from the collapsed reservoir. Scott Summers (Cyclops) is still grieving about her loss. One day, he came out to the place which is where Jean Gray sacrificed herself. Then, Jean Gray appeared right in front of him. Though, it seemed that after that, Scott had disappeared. Meanwhille, the rift between humans and mutants had finally reached the boiling point. When humans discovered what causes humans to mutate, they have found a cure for the mutation. The X-Men were appalled at this idea. It was not long at all until the news about the cure came to Magneto. He decides to organize an army of mutants and wage his war against the humans. Then, it became clear that Jean Gray evolved into the Pheonix, her new mutant powers are so strong that she can not control her own body. Then, she kills off Professor X with her new powers. Now, The X-Men must stop Magneto again and put an end to the war against the humans, as well as stop Jean Gray's Pheonix powers.
Actors
Prof. Charles XavierPatrick Stewart
Logan/WolverineHugh Jackman
Eric Lensherr/MagnetoIan McKellen
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Thing

IMDB Rating: 8.00
33012 votes

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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.
Actors
R.J. MacReadyKurt Russell
Dr. BlairWilford Brimley
NaulsT.K. Carter
Also posted in 1982, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

IMDB Rating: 7.20
72768 votes

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.
Actors
John Cleese
Alan Rickman
Rupert Grint
Also posted in 2001, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

IMDB Rating: 7.90
16848 votes

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Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex ... and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.
Actors
Peter BretterJason Segel
Aldous SnowRussell Brand
Brian BretterBill Hader
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

College Road Trip

IMDB Rating: 2.50
2457 votes

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When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.
Actors
Chief James PorterMartin Lawrence
JudgeAdam LeFevre
HunterEugene Jones III
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

007 From Russia with Love

IMDB Rating: 7.50
22356 votes

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James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald 'Red' Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe!
Actors
James BondSean Connery
TatianaDaniela Bianchi
Kerim BeyPedro Armendáriz
Also posted in 1963, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Matchstick Men

IMDB Rating: 7.40
28332 votes

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Meet Roy and Frank, a couple of professional small-time con artists. What Roy, a veteran of the grift, and Frank, his ambitious protégé, are swindling these days are "water filtration systems," bargain-basement water filters bought by unsuspecting people who pay ten times their value in order to win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations—which they never collect. These scams net the flim-flam men a few hundred here, another thousand there, which eventually adds up to a lucrative partnership. Roy's private life, however, is not so successful. An obsessive-compulsive agoraphobe with no personal relationships to call his own, Roy is barely hanging on to his wits, and when his idiosyncrasies begin to threaten his criminal productivity he's forced to seek the help of a psychoanalyst just to keep him in working order. While Roy is looking for a quick fix, his therapy begets more than he bargained for: the revelation that he has a teenage daughter—a child whose existence he suspected but never dared confirm. What's more troubling, 14-year-old Angela wants to meet the father she never knew. At first, Angela's appearance disrupts her neurotic father's carefully ordered routine. Soon, however, with his own unique spin on parenthood, Roy begins to enjoy a relationship he never dreamed of having with his daughter. But while he develops paternal feelings for the 14-year-old, she's developing a fascination with Daddy's questionable career.
Actors
Roy WallerNicolas Cage
Frank MercerSam Rockwell
AngelaAlison Lohman
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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