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Iris

IMDB Rating: 7.10
6092 votes

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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).
Actors
Young Iris MurdochKate Winslet
Young John BayleyHugh Bonneville
Iris MurdochJudi Dench
Also posted in 2001, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Adrift in Manhattan

IMDB Rating: 5.20
436 votes

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A meditation on isolation and intersection in the big city - the layered story of three characters who find courage to move to the next stage of life through profound encounters with strangers they meet on their daily routes. Rose, an optometrist paralyzed by crushing grief after the death of her infant, has built a wall around herself, unable to relate to her estranged husband or anyone else. When an elderly patient, a painter losing his eyesight, begins to visit her office unannounced, Rose registers how alone he is, urging him to reach out and ask for help—something neither does easily. Meanwhile Simon, a late-blooming teenager with an overbearing mother, photographs people at a distance with a borrowed long lens. One day, Rose, beautiful and melancholy in a vibrant scarf, comes into focus in his camera sight. The pictures he shoots become a conduit for each of them to touch something deep within and expand their confining existence. - Caroline Libresco
Actors
Rose PhippsHeather Graham
Simon ColonVictor Rasuk
Tommaso PensaraDominic Chianese
Also posted in 2007, Drama | Comments (0)

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

IMDB Rating: 3.50
6070 votes

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After a violent combat against the bugs in their planet, with many casualties of humans under the command of a coward officer, a group of troopers looks for shelter in an abandoned military post. The psychic Pvt. Lei Sahara (Colleen Porch) finds and releases Capt. V.J. Dax (Richard Burgi), who was left behind locked in a cell by his troop, after killing a general. Dax and two privates, in a daring mission, save Gen. J. G. Shepherd (Ed Lauter) and some soldiers from an attack of the bugs, and Shepherd gives him a command position. While waiting for rescue, some troopers are invaded through their mouths by small bugs that took control of their brains. When Gen. Shepherd is possessed by one creature, Dax and Sahara try to prevent him getting back to the Federation.
Actors
Pvt. Ottis BrickBilly Brown
Capt. V.J. DaxRichard Burgi
Pvt. Billie OtterCy Carter
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

The Craft

IMDB Rating: 5.80
15746 votes

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Sarah Bailey, a sixteen year old troubled teenager with a painful past and a history of suicidal tendencies and hallucinations, moves to L.A. with her father and stepmother to start a new life - and is enrolled into a Catholic school. It is at school that she comes into contact with three unlikely friends, Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle, all who are socially outcast with various problems in their lives that they wish they could fix. Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle dabble in occult practices, and when they notice Sarah has the powers of a natural witch, they talk her into joining their coven. When Sarah joins, they soon realize that with a fourth witch in the coven they can begin to cast spells they couldn't before, and begin to amend all the things wrong in their lives - but like everything else in life - things come with a price.
Actors
Chris HookerSkeet Ulrich
MittBreckin Meyer
TreyNathaniel Marston
Also posted in 1996, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

My Own Private Idaho

IMDB Rating: 7.00
11579 votes

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Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father. Mike is in love with Scott, who still maintains he is straight and insists that his wild lifestyle on the streets is only temporary. Together, they embark on a quest to find Mike's mother, traveling from Portland to Idaho to Italy, with Scott picking up a beautiful girl along the way.
Actors
Mike WatersRiver Phoenix
Scott FavorKeanu Reeves
Richard WatersJames Russo
Also posted in 1991, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Leatherheads

IMDB Rating: 6.20
5211 votes

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A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter...
Actors
Jimmy 'Dodge' ConnellyGeorge Clooney
Carter RutherfordJohn Krasinski
C.C. FrazierJonathan Pryce
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Sport | Comments (0)

Vantage Point

IMDB Rating: 6.70
28680 votes

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The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Actors
Thomas BarnesDennis Quaid
Kent TaylorMatthew Fox
Howard LewisForest Whitaker
Also posted in 2008, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

IMDB Rating: 7.50
9407 votes

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Follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists when they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam.
Actors
Harold LeeJohn Cho
Kumar PatelKal Penn
Ron FoxRob Corddry
Also posted in 2008, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

IMDB Rating: 5.80
12325 votes

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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can't even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.
Actors
Sandy FrinkAlan Cumming
BillyVincent Ventresca
CowboyJustin Theroux
Also posted in 1997, Comedy | 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)
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