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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)

The Bridge on the River Kwai

IMDB Rating: 8.40
33567 votes

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The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.
Actors
Cmdr. ShearsWilliam Holden
Maj. WardenJack Hawkins
Col. NicholsonAlec Guinness
Also posted in 1957, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (1)

Monster House

IMDB Rating: 6.90
8398 votes

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The teenage DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of their street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ's parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive nanny Zee stays with him, he calls his clumsy best friend Chowder to play basketball. But when the ball falls in Nebbercracker's lawn, the old man has a siege, and sooner they find that the house is a monster. Later the boys rescue the smart Jenny from the house and the trio unsuccessfully tries to convince the babysitter, her boyfriend Bones and two police officers that the haunted house is a monster, but nobody believes on them. The teenagers ask their video-game addicted acquaintance Skull how to destroy the house, and they disclose its secret on the Halloween night.
Actors
Little GirlRyan Newman
NebbercrackerSteve Buscemi
DJMitchel Musso
Also posted in 2006, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

Nanny McPhee

IMDB Rating: 6.90
5643 votes

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Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.
Actors
Nanny McPheeEmma Thompson
Cedric BrownColin Firth
EvangelineKelly Macdonald
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

City of God

IMDB Rating: 8.80
37754 votes

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Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that—in the early 80's—became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Busca-Pé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also to smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Busca-Pé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he's been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Busca-Pé is not the real protagonist of the film—only the narrator—he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Busca-Pé's perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence.
Actors
Buscapé - RocketAlexandre Rodrigues
Zé Pequeno - Li'l ZéLeandro Firmino
Bené - BennyPhellipe Haagensen
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sense and Sensibility

IMDB Rating: 7.60
19692 votes

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When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak, true love and a happy ending will find their way for both the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility.
Actors
John DashwoodJames Fleet
Mr. DashwoodTom Wilkinson
Fanny Ferrars DashwoodHarriet Walter
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)