Tag Archives: eccentric

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

IMDB Rating: 7.40
31254 votes

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Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family, and spends most of his time dreaming about the chocolate that he loves but usually can't afford. Things change when Willy Wonka, head of the very popular Wonka Chocolate empire, announces a contest in which five gold tickets have been hidden in chocolate bars and sent throughout the country. The kids who find the tickets will be taken on a tour of Wonka's chocolate factory and get a special glimpse of the wonders within. Charlie miraculously finds a ticket, along with four other children much naughtier than him. The tour of the factory will hold more than a few surprises for this bunch...
Actors
Willy WonkaJohnny Depp
Charlie BucketFreddie Highmore
Grandpa JoeDavid Patrick Kelly
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (37)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

IMDB Rating: 7.20
30608 votes

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Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he's having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he's attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?
Actors
Steve ZissouBill Murray
Ned PlimptonOwen Wilson
Jane Winslett-RichardsonCate Blanchett
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

The Aviator

IMDB Rating: 7.60
41695 votes

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The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.
Actors
Howard HughesLeonardo DiCaprio
Katharine HepburnCate Blanchett
Ava GardnerKate Beckinsale
Also posted in 2004, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (4)

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)

Contact

IMDB Rating: 7.30
40350 votes

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Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go?
Actors
Young EllieJena Malone
Ted ArrowayDavid Morse
Ellie ArrowayJodie Foster
Also posted in 1997, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

King Ralph

IMDB Rating: 4.80
3441 votes

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When an accident obliterates the British royal family and most of its branches, a desperate geneological search discovers the next king: Ralph, a sleazy American lounge singer. Can Ralph measure up to the job, even with the help of loyal aristocrat Willingham?
Actors
Ralph JonesJohn Goodman
Sir Cedric WillinghamPeter O'Toole
Lord Percival GravesJohn Hurt
Also posted in 1991, Comedy | Comments (0)

The Addams Family

IMDB Rating: 6.40
13202 votes

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The Addams step out of Charles Addams' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in the shark's son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered?
Actors
Morticia AddamsAnjelica Huston
Gomez AddamsRaul Julia
Uncle Fester/Gordon CravenChristopher Lloyd
Also posted in 1991, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Hudson Hawk

IMDB Rating: 5.10
10151 votes

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Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.
Actors
Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' HawkinsBruce Willis
Tommy Five-ToneDanny Aiello
Anna BaragliAndie MacDowell
Also posted in 1991, Action, Adventure, Comedy | Comments (0)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

IMDB Rating: 7.70
27548 votes

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Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece of candy and give it to him. In exchange, he will make them rich. Willy Wonka, played by 'Gene Wilder'(qv), soon introduces them to the factory, and starts the grand tour around the factory. Once inside, the 5 winners start to run amuck. One by one, the 5 kids start to disappear, until it is only Charlie that remains. At this point, Wonka starts to ignore Charlie, and then tells him why: because Charlie and Grandpa Joe, played by 'Jack Albertson' (qv), drank some forbidden product without permission. Will Charlie turn against Wonka? Or will he discover that he was wrong and make up what he has done?
Actors
Willy WonkaGene Wilder
Grandpa JoeJack Albertson
Charlie BucketPeter Ostrum
Also posted in 1971, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)