Tag Archives: jealousy

Bee Season

IMDB Rating: 5.50
1879 votes

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11-year-old Eliza Naumann comes from an odd family; they all divert their emotional frustrations into secret channels. When Eliza unexpectedly begins winning spelling bees, what had been a stable dynamic within the family becomes disrupted; long held secrets emerge, and a latent spiritual yearning is awakened in her withdrawn father Saul and compulsive mother Miriam. As Eliza moves closer and closer to the national spelling bee, the Naumann family finds itself in a spiral of surprising discovery and jarring uncertainty...
Actors
SaulRichard Gere
MiriamJuliette Binoche
ElizaFlora Cross
Also posted in 2005, Drama | Comments (0)

Memoirs of a Geisha

IMDB Rating: 7.00
19841 votes

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In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.
Actors
ChiyoSuzuka Ohgo
TanakaTogo Igawa
SakamotoMako
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Romance | Comments (0)

Shopgirl

IMDB Rating: 6.70
7466 votes

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The story follows Mirabelle, a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcee Ray Porter (Steve Martin) and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
Actors
Ray PorterSteve Martin
MirabelleClaire Danes
JeremyJason Schwartzman
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Cry_Wolf

IMDB Rating: 5.80
5836 votes

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Nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth. When a young woman is found murdered, a group of local high school students decide to further scare their classmates by spreading online rumors that a serial killer called "The Wolf" is on the loose. By describing "The Wolf's" next victims, the students' game is to see how many people they can convince - and if anyone will uncover the lie. But when the described victims actually do start turning up dead, suddenly no one knows where the lies end and the truth begins. As someone or something begins hunting the students themselves, the game turns terrifyingly real.
Actors
OwenJulian Morris
DodgerLindy Booth
TomJared Padalecki
Also posted in 2005, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Troy

IMDB Rating: 6.90
63815 votes

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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."
Actors
TriopasJulian Glover
AgamemnonBrian Cox
BoagriusNathan Jones
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Romance | Comments (8)

Fat Albert

IMDB Rating: 4.00
2658 votes

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Fat Albert and the rest of the Cosby Kids are living happily in their animated world of Philadelphia when one day, a young teen cries on her remote control because she doesn't have any friends. Fat Albert and his gang then magically come out of her TV and enter the real Philadelphia! They decide-being such good kids-to help the teen make friends. Albert then falls in love with the girl's beautiful foster sister-but oh, no! If Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids stray from their TV world, they begin to fade away! Will Albert be able to return home after enlisting the help of Bill Cosby himself, or will he and his gang vanish forever? Go and see to find out!
Actors
Fat AlbertKenan Thompson
RudyShedrack Anderson III
MushmouthJermaine Williams
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

IMDB Rating: 7.20
30608 votes

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Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he's having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he's attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?
Actors
Steve ZissouBill Murray
Ned PlimptonOwen Wilson
Jane Winslett-RichardsonCate Blanchett
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23571 votes

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Set in New York City circa 1939, the film centers on a reporter who notices that the world's scientists are disappearing. Teamed with a skilled pilot and an adventurous colleague, it's up to her to thwart the plans of a mad scientist bent on world domination.
Actors
Polly PerkinsGwyneth Paltrow
Joe "Sky Captain" SullivanJude Law
DexGiovanni Ribisi
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (3)

The Punisher

IMDB Rating: 6.20
22074 votes

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Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.
Actors
Will Patton
John Travolta
Rebecca Romijn
Also posted in 2004, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (2)

Alexander

IMDB Rating: 5.40
30272 votes

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Alexander (Farrell), the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.
Actors
Old PtolemyAnthony Hopkins
HephaistionJared Leto
AlexanderColin Farrell
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War | Comments (2)