Tag Archives: fish out of water

Mr. Baseball

IMDB Rating: 5.40
2859 votes

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A Major Leaguer down on his percentages gets traded to the Chuunichi Dragons , and has trouble adjusting to Japanese customs. He resists what he considers ridiculous and arbitrary rules of the club and belittles the etiquette expected of him as a representative of his team. When he starts seeing the interactions of his coach with the owners of the team, and falls in love with his trainer's daughter, he begins to rethink his attitude.
Actors
Jack ElliotTom Selleck
Uchiyama, Dragon's ManagerKen Takakura
Hiroko UchiyamaAya Takanashi
Also posted in 1992, Comedy, Romance, Sport | Comments (0)

Uncle Buck

IMDB Rating: 6.50
13875 votes

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Bob Russel, his wife Cindy Russel, and their three kids, 8-year-old Miles, 6-year old Maizy, and 15-year-old Tia, recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago, and Tia resents Bob and Cindy for it because Tia, Miles, and Maizy were perfectly happy living in Indianapolis. Bob and Cindy are in bed one night when Cindy's aunt calls and tells them that Cindy's father has had a heart attack. Bob and Cindy immediately make plans to go to Indianapolis to visit Cindy's father. After hearing this, Tia angrily tells Cindy that Tia would have a heart attack too if her family moved away from her, then Tia slams her bedroom door in Cindy's face. With Cindy and Bob going to Indianapolis, the problem is who the babysitter will be. Even though Cindy doesn't like the idea, they choose Bob's brother Buck to babysit Tia, Miles, and Maizy. Cindy doesn't like Buck because she thinks Buck is a sloppy person who doesn't know how to do anything. While Cindy and Bob are in Indianapolis, Buck takes over the house, and Buck tries to do the best he can with the kids while he's having problems with Chanice Kobolowski, who has been his girlfriend for the past 8 years. Buck bonds with Miles and Maizy and wins their love, but Buck has problems with Tia as he tries to protect Tia from her boyfriend Bug, because unknown to Tia, Bug only wants Tia for one reason sex.
Actors
Buck RussellJohn Candy
Tia RussellJean Louisa Kelly
Maizy RussellGaby Hoffmann
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The 13th Warrior

IMDB Rating: 6.20
27064 votes

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In AD 922, an important emissary who is banished from his homeland. The nomadic outcast comes across a band of Norse warriors who coerce him into joining them when they are summoned to fight mysterious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. Eventually surrounded by the frightening and ferocious foe, Ibn must conquer his personal fears and help battle the illusive invaders—who emerge out of the shroud of fog in the black of the night.
Actors
Diane Venora
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn HamadAntonio Banderas
Buliwyf/The 1st WarriorVladimir Kulich
Also posted in 1999, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

We’re No Angels

IMDB Rating: 5.50
5305 votes

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A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly.
Actors
NedRobert De Niro
JimSean Penn
Father LevesqueHoyt Axton
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, Crime | Comments (0)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

IMDB Rating: 6.00
5423 votes

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A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Actors
The Sixth Earl of GreystokeRalph Richardson
Capitaine Phillippe D'ArnotIan Holm
Lord Charles EskerJames Fox
Also posted in 1984, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance | Comments (0)

The Jungle Book

IMDB Rating: 5.80
3242 votes

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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.
Actors
MowgliJason Scott Lee
Captain William BooneCary Elwes
Katherine 'Kitty' BrydonLena Headey
Also posted in 1994, Adventure, Family, Romance | Comments (0)

Army of Darkness

IMDB Rating: 7.50
37549 votes

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In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee ("Name's Ash. Housewares.") is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash's 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness.
Actors
AshBruce Campbell
SheilaEmbeth Davidtz
Lord ArthurMarcus Gilbert
Also posted in 1992, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Corky Romano

IMDB Rating: 4.10
4511 votes

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A naive, bumbling veterinarian named Corky Romano the outcast son if a Mafia boss, is recruited by his family to infiltrate the FBI and steal any and all evidence that will put his cranky father named Francis A. "Pops" Romano in jail! But he's in way over his head when he's made out to be a super agent. It's a reputation must live up to as he tries to fake his way through one tough assignment after another while hunting for the elusive incriminating proof of his father's illegal activities.
Actors
Corky RomanoChris Kattan
Agent Kate RussoVinessa Shaw
Francis A. 'Pops' RomanoPeter Falk
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Crime | Comments (0)

Species

IMDB Rating: 5.50
14290 votes

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In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye. Government agent Xavier Fitch assembles a team of scientists and mercenaries to locate and destroy Sil before she manages to find a mate and breed.
Actors
Michael Madsen
Forest Whitaker
Natasha Henstridge
Also posted in 1995, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Enchanted

IMDB Rating: 8.20
5050 votes

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In an animated fairy tale world, a young girl meets and falls in love with the handsome prince of her dreams. News of this romance upsets the prince's mother, the evil queen, who uses her black magic to send the girl hurtling out of the animated world into the one place in the universe where there is no true love: modern day Manhattan. The now-real girl has to survive in New York City and find her way home again to her true love.
Actors
GiselleAmy Adams
Prince EdwardJames Marsden
Nancy TremaineIdina Menzel
Also posted in 2007, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (1)
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