Tag Archives: government

The Host

IMDB Rating: 7.10
12942 votes

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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong's elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.
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Park Hie-bongHie-bong Byeon
Park Gang-DuKang-ho Song
Park Nam-ilHae-il Park
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Evita

IMDB Rating: 6.10
12437 votes

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Based on the incredible true story, Eva (Evita) Peron, starts out life as a poor girl who goes on to become an actress and then become the wife of the president of Argentina, Juan Peron. The musical is a story of love and politics, showing all the battles and triumphs Evita has in her short, but amazing life.
Actors
Eva PerónMadonna
CheAntonio Banderas
Juan PerónJonathan Pryce
Also posted in 1996, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Idiocracy

IMDB Rating: 6.30
9614 votes

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The purpose of the program set up by the Pentagon, called the "Human Hibernation Project," is designed so that the military can save their best men for when they're needed most. According to the officers heading the project, too many times the talents and expensive training of the best pilots and soldiers go to waste during times of peace. So they enlist Bauers (Wilson), the most under-achieving average guy they've got, to be the test subject for the initial hibernation experiment. Also participating in the top-secret program is Rita (Rudolph), a prostitute who agreed to take part in exchange for dropping some criminal charges against her, among other things. Of course, the experiment, which was to last only a year, goes under due to the arrest of Officer Collins, who is busted for heading a prostitution ring. Seeing as though he was in charge of the experiment, one of the only ones who knew of its existence, and "due to a lot of top-secret red tape... and the massive scandals and base closure that followed, Joe and Rita were forgotten about.
Actors
Joe BauersLuke Wilson
RitaMaya Rudolph
FritoDax Shepard
Also posted in 2006, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Good Night, and Good Luck.

IMDB Rating: 7.80
23224 votes

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In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow (I)' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.
Actors
Edward R. MurrowDavid Strathairn
Joe WershbaRobert Downey Jr.
Shirley WershbaPatricia Clarkson
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Alien Abduction

IMDB Rating: 2.20
340 votes

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Written and directed by Eric Forsberg, this unabashedly low-budget sci-fi flick has a young woman being abducted by aliens on a camping trip—and then going through an even harder ordeal when she wakes up in a brutal military hospital for the rehabilitation of abductees.
Actors
JeanMegan Lee Ethridge
Rescue WorkerMark Elias
ToddGriff Furst
Also posted in 2005, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

IMDB Rating: 7.20
7168 votes

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Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother's old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon's broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.
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Samuel J. BickeSean Penn
Marie Andersen BickeNaomi Watts
Bonny SimmonsDon Cheadle
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Evolution

IMDB Rating: 5.70
21556 votes

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Glen Canyon, Arizona, the present day. Wayne, practising at night in the desert for his upcoming fireman's exam, witnesses the impact of a meteorite. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane and geology teacher Harry Block from Glen Canyon Community College manage to get to the meteorite, which is stuck in the ground at the bottom of a cave. By taking a sample, they discover a slimy blue fluid coming out of the meteorite. A little later, Ira Kane finds out that myriads of single-celled life-forms dwell in the fluid, evolve at an incredible rate, even while he's watching. What first seems like a sure ticket to Sweden for the Nobel Prize soon develops into a nightmare: By evolving and adapting at that unbelievably fast rate, the Aliens start spreading out, and the Military comes in. Now it all comes down to what Darwin so rightfully stated: Survival of the fittest. And no good idea in sight...
Actors
Dr. Ira KaneDavid Duchovny
Dr. Allison Reed, CDCJulianne Moore
Prof. Harry Phineas BlockOrlando Jones
Also posted in 2001, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Comments (11)

The X Files

IMDB Rating: 6.70
24072 votes

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Two people from two worlds. FBI Agent Fox Mulder, a believer. FBI Agent Dana Scully, a Skeptic. Together they must solve the mysteries such as who, or what destroyed a Federal Building in Dallas, what killed 4 firemen and a child supposedly killed in the blast and more, but these mysteries were not placed by some insane terrorist, these were placed by our very own Government.
Actors
Special Agent Fox MulderDavid Duchovny
Special Agent Dana ScullyGillian Anderson
The Well-Manicured ManJohn Neville
Also posted in 1998, Action, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Men in Black

IMDB Rating: 6.80
59337 votes

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In present-day America, Tommy Lee Jones plays Agent K, a member of an organization that has been keeping track of extra-terrestrial aliens on Earth for over 40 years. When K finds himself in need of a new partner, a brash NYPD detective, James Edwards (Will Smith) fills the position, becoming Agent J. Armed with space-age technology (which J barely understands) and their razor-sharp wits, J and K investigate a newcomer (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) who is bad news for Earth.
Actors
Agent K (Kay)Tommy Lee Jones
James Edwards/Agent J (Jay)/"Slick"Will Smith
Dr. Laurel Weaver/Agent L (Elle)Linda Fiorentino
Also posted in 1997, Action, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

In the Line of Fire

IMDB Rating: 7.20
14505 votes

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Frank Horrigan is a Secret Service Agent. He currently does mostly undercover work. He goes to check on a report about a person who is threatening the life of the President. When he goes to the man's apartment, he finds clippings and photos of various assassinations throughout history. When he does a background check, he discovers that the man's identity is false. So he goes back to the apartment to get him, but when he goes in there, he finds the apartment cleaned out except for a photo of him when he was in Dallas, November 1963, protecting Kennedy. Later he gets a phone call from the man and tells him that he plans to kill the President and is daring Frank to stop him. When Frank reports to his superiors, he finds that there are some people like the agent in charge of protecting the President and the Chief of Staff, who think that Frank is letting his failure to protect Kennedy cloud his judgement. But as Frank chases him down, he discovers that he is not dealing with a nut but with a well organized individual.
Actors
Secret Service Agent Frank HorriganClint Eastwood
Mitch LearyJohn Malkovich
Secret Service Agent Lilly RainesRene Russo
Also posted in 1993, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)