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Fantastic Four

IMDB Rating: 5.90
32767 votes

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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.
Actors
Reed RichardsIoan Gruffudd
Sue StormJessica Alba
Johnny StormChris Evans
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Madagascar

IMDB Rating: 6.50
23892 votes

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At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.
Actors
AlexBen Stiller
MartyChris Rock
MelmanDavid Schwimmer
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Layer Cake

IMDB Rating: 7.40
15400 votes

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A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..
Actors
XXXXDaniel Craig
ClarkieTom Hardy
DukeJamie Foreman
Also posted in 2004, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

IMDB Rating: 6.90
24236 votes

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Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. When they are sent to live with Count Olaf, a greedy distant relative, they soon learn he is trying to steal their fortune for himself.
Actors
Count OlafJim Carrey
KlausLiam Aiken
VioletEmily Browning
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (5)

Daddy Day Care

IMDB Rating: 5.60
7072 votes

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In the hilarious comedy Daddy Day Care, two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care", and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director (Anjelica Huston) ...who has driven all previous competitors out of business.
Actors
Charlie HintonEddie Murphy
PhilJeff Garlin
MarvinSteve Zahn
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

Mona Lisa Smile

IMDB Rating: 6.10
12692 votes

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Set in 1953, Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
Actors
Katherine Ann WatsonJulia Roberts
Betty WarrenKirsten Dunst
Joan BrandwynJulia Stiles
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (1)

The Haunted Mansion

IMDB Rating: 4.90
6012 votes

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On the day of their anniversary, workaholic and real estate agent Jim Evers and his wife Sara receive a strange phone call from a man called Ramsley. He requests that Sara come to the mysterious Gracey Manor. Jim decides to turn it into an opportunity to check out a possible gold-mine in real estate, but to please Sara, he claims it is a "family trip", bringing the kids along. Once there, Ramsley the butler insists that they stay, for a big storm is on the way. The Evers are introduced to Master Gracey, who seems strangely obsessed with Sara. Jim goes off to talk to Gracey about selling, but ends up in a secret passage instead. The kids follow a floating ball to the attic, where they see a painting of a woman who looks just like Sara! Jim and the kids eventually discover the mansion's dark secret from Madame Leota, a talking head in a crystal ball. She tells them that Sara is in danger and to save her, they must "lead the ghosts to the light." After some spooky adventures and surprises, the family manages to save the manor and Sara, all while learning a valuable lesson about togetherness.
Actors
Jim EversEddie Murphy
RamsleyTerence Stamp
Master GraceyNathaniel Parker
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror | Comments (2)

Spider-Man

IMDB Rating: 7.40
100682 votes

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Based on Marvel Comics' superhero character, this is a story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can't confess his crush for his stunning neighbourhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is "miserable" is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory a runaway radioactive spider bites him... and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined. Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist ... but the fun isn't going to last. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn (William Dafoe) administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task... or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end.
Actors
Spider-Man/Peter ParkerTobey Maguire
Green Goblin/Norman OsbornWillem Dafoe
Mary Jane WatsonKirsten Dunst
Also posted in 2002, Action, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

xXx

IMDB Rating: 5.40
29104 votes

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Vin Diesel plays Xander Cage. He's your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.
Actors
Vin Diesel
Samuel L. Jackson
Michael Roof
Also posted in 2002, Action, Adventure, Thriller | Comments (15)

Kiss of the Dragon

IMDB Rating: 6.20
12069 votes

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Liu Jian, a police officer from China, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. The French connection is Richard, the head of the vice squad, who intends to kill the drug lord then frame Jian. Jian ducks a bullet and escapes with a tape of what really happened. By chance, Jian turns to Jessica - a US farm girl who is one of Richard's hookers - for help. She has her own problems, including the fact that Richard has her daughter locked in an orphanage to keep Jessica on the streets and silent about his activities. Can Jian protect Jessica, rescue her daughter, and give Richard the kiss of the dragon?
Actors
Liu JianJet Li
JessicaBridget Fonda
RichardTchéky Karyo
Also posted in 2001, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (8)
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