Tag Archives: independent film

Shadow Builder

IMDB Rating: 4.40
491 votes

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An evil Archbishop of the Catholic Church summons a demon to try and destroy the world. The summoners are killed, but the demon escapes to hunt down its needed victim. The victim soon turns out to be a child that has the potential to become a saint. After ravaging the town and turning its citizens upon themselves, the demon soon locates and captures his prey.
Actors
Jacob VasseyMichael Rooker
JenniferLeslie Hope
ShadowbuilderAndrew Jackson
Also posted in 1998, Horror | Comments (0)

Hurlyburly

IMDB Rating: 5.40
4762 votes

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Hurly-burly is an adaptation of David Rabe's well known play about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes who's personal lives threaten to veer into a catastrophe more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios.
Actors
EddieSean Penn
MickeyKevin Spacey
DarleneRobin Wright Penn
Also posted in 1998, Drama | Comments (0)

Le Violon rouge

IMDB Rating: 7.70
9737 votes

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In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin."
Actors
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)Irene Grazioli
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)Carlo Cecchi
Cesca (Cremona)Anita Laurenzi
Also posted in 1998, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Mystery, Romance | Comments (0)

Thick as Thieves

IMDB Rating: 5.80
610 votes

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Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first (Alec Baldwin), a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other (Michael Jai White) is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss (David Byrd) and a female police officer (Rebecca De Mornay) try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Actors
Mackin, 'The Thief'Alec Baldwin
Dink ReevesAndre Braugher
Pointy WilliamsMichael Jai White
Also posted in 1998, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)

The Gingerbread Man

IMDB Rating: 5.60
3849 votes

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Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
Actors
Rick MagruderKenneth Branagh
Mallory DossEmbeth Davidtz
Clyde PellRobert Downey Jr.
Also posted in 1998, Thriller | Comments (0)

Freedom Strike

IMDB Rating: 3.30
171 votes

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National security is in jeopardy when terrorists seize an Iraqi nuclear reactor and threaten to attack American soil. Spearheaded by ace Tomcat pilots, the U.S. launches a surgical strike in a hell-for-leather effort to stop the assault.
Actors
Tom DicksonMichael Dudikoff
Tyler HaynesTone Loc
Maddie ReeseFelicity Waterman
Also posted in 1998, Action, Drama | Comments (0)

The Big Lebowski

IMDB Rating: 8.10
84631 votes

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When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.
Actors
Jeffrey Lebowski - The DudeJeff Bridges
Walter SobchakJohn Goodman
Maude LebowskiJulianne Moore
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

New Rose Hotel

IMDB Rating: 4.50
1103 votes

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Maas and Hosaka are two large Corporations in the future world. They are fighting to get control over the best minds of the world. The best is Hiroshi and at the moment he is working for the Maas Corporation. Fox has accepted an offer to persuade Hiroshi to go over to the Hosaka Corporation. Sandii is a little Italian girl from Japan and she should be the way to get to Hiroshi. X is the man who should train Sandii to break Hiroshi's Heart. But if X falls in love with Sandii? And if the Hosaka Corporation breaks the agreement? And if Sandii is not a little Italian girl?
Actors
FoxChristopher Walken
XWillem Dafoe
SandiiAsia Argento
Also posted in 1998, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Thursday

IMDB Rating: 6.80
1950 votes

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A former L.A. drug dealer (Thomas Jane) has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly visited by one of his former cohorts (Aaron Eckhart) who comes carrying heroin. Discovering the dope, the architect flushes it down the drain. This sets up a series of tough customers seeking the dope including a rasta hitman (Glenn Plummer), an ex-lover (Paulina Porizkova) who ties up and rapes James, a criminal (James LeGros) with a penchant for torture, and a rogue cop (Mickey Rourke). Michael Jeter also appears as a psychologist from an adoption agency where the couple is seeking to adopt a child.
Actors
CaseyThomas Jane
NickAaron Eckhart
DallasPaulina Porizkova
Also posted in 1998, Action, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Senseless

IMDB Rating: 5.30
2722 votes

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Darryl Witherspoon is a young black college student who wants to win annual junior analyst competition, which can land him a job in a big brokerage company. He becomes a guinea pig for the drug developed at the college which is promised to heighten all senses by ten times.
Actors
Darryl WitherspoonMarlon Wayans
Scott ThorpeDavid Spade
Tim LaFlourMatthew Lillard
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)