Tag Archives: horse racing

Factotum

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3886 votes

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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Actors
Henry ChinaskiMatt Dillon
JanLili Taylor
LauraMarisa Tomei
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Seabiscuit

IMDB Rating: 7.50
21002 votes

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In an era when Americans were in great need of heroic figures to help them forget their troubles, SEABISCUIT comes to the rescue. The picture relates a moving story of friendship and devotion in rehabilitating the main characters'fractured lives, as it interweaves the interactions between horse, jockey, trainer and owner and their adoring fans. The film accurately portrays the real people and events of those troubled times and how Seabiscuit "fixed us, every one of us."
Actors
NarratorDavid McCullough
Charles HowardJeff Bridges
Bicycle SupervisorPaul Vincent O'Connor
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Sport | Comments (4)

Mary Poppins

IMDB Rating: 7.60
23143 votes

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The movie combines a diverting story, songs, color and sequences of live action blended with the movements of animated figures. Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers before flying off again.
Actors
Mary PoppinsJulie Andrews
Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr.Dick Van Dyke
Mr. George W. BanksDavid Tomlinson
Also posted in 1964, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Let It Ride

IMDB Rating: 6.30
1699 votes

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An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.
Actors
Jay TrotterRichard Dreyfuss
LooneyDavid Johansen
PamTeri Garr
Also posted in 1989, Action, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Hard Word

IMDB Rating: 6.00
1255 votes

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Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
Actors
DaleGuy Pearce
CarolRachel Griffiths
FrankRobert Taylor
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Last Orders

IMDB Rating: 7.20
1831 votes

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1989, South London. Jack, an ebullient butcher, has died, and his last orders are to cast his ashes off the Margate Pier. His wife of 50 years, Amy, stays home, with the excuse of a visit to their mentally-disabled daughter. Jack's three closest friends, Ray, Vic, and Lenny - along with Jack's son Vince - head for Margate. Each has memories of Jack and of friendships, family, and conflicts. It's Vince's relationship with his dad that's the most complex, and Ray's long friendship with both Jack and Amy that holds things together. The last orders - to go to Margate and strew the ashes - become an invitation to recall what's done, what's left, and what's important.
Actors
Jack DoddsMichael Caine
Vic TuckerTom Courtenay
Lenny 'Len'David Hemmings
Also posted in 2001, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Grifters

IMDB Rating: 7.00
5734 votes

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When con artist Roy Dillon (Cusack) is visited by his Mother, Lilly (Huston), who is also a con artist, she sends Roy off to the hospital because of a blow to the gut he suffered while working the grift. Roy's girlfriend, Myra (Bening), the third con artist, comes to visit Roy, and we discover that Lilly and Myra don't get along. After he is released from the hospital, Roy and Myra go on a little trip, where he is propositioned to be partners in crime with Myra. Everything soon falls apart for the three con artists, which leads to a bloody climax.
Actors
Lilly DillonAnjelica Huston
Roy DillonJohn Cusack
Myra LangtryAnnette Bening
Also posted in 1990, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

All Dogs Go to Heaven

IMDB Rating: 5.70
3103 votes

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When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.
Actors
Charlie B. BarkinBurt Reynolds
Itchy ItchifordDom DeLuise
Anne-MarieJudith Barsi
Also posted in 1989, Animation, Drama, Family, Musical | Comments (0)

Angel Heart

IMDB Rating: 7.10
9798 votes

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Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. As he begins to investigate, all the people he contacts concerning Johnny are killed in mysterious ways. As he finds out more about himself and his client he discovers that he is fighting for his very existence and is forced to deal with the devil himself.
Actors
Harold R. 'Harry' AngelMickey Rourke
Louis CyphreRobert De Niro
Epiphany ProudfootLisa Bonet
Also posted in 1987, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

A 007 View to a Kill

IMDB Rating: 6.00
9863 votes

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007 returns from the USSR with a new computer chip; one that is invulnerable to the magnetic pulse of a nuclear explosion. The chip is being manufactured by Zorin Industries, headed up by a sociopathic businessman named Max Zorin (Walken) who is planning to corner the world microchip market by using explosives to cause an earthquake in the San Andreas fault that will wipe out Silicon Valley - and the millions who live and work there! Bond must face not only Zorin himself, but the equally twisted May Day (Jones) and Scarpine, another one of Zorin's henchmen. Assisted by San Francisco City employee Stacy (Roberts) Bond goes after the would-be computer magnate in a series of frightening confrontations - including fire in the SF City Hall, a wild chase through the city with Stacy at the wheel of a fire department ladder truck, and finally in a hand-to-hand fight atop San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
Actors
James BondRoger Moore
Max ZorinChristopher Walken
Stacey SuttonTanya Roberts
Also posted in 1985, Action, Adventure, Thriller | Comments (0)