Tag Archives: lawsuit

Resurrecting the Champ

IMDB Rating: 7.40
918 votes

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 Storyline
Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man ("Champ", Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Actors
ChampSamuel L. Jackson
Erik KernanJosh Hartnett
Joyce KernanKathryn Morris
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Bee Movie

IMDB Rating: 6.50
4177 votes

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Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.
Actors
Barry B. BensonJerry Seinfeld
Vanessa BloomeRenée Zellweger
Adam FlaymanMatthew Broderick
Also posted in 2007, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Fearless

IMDB Rating: 7.00
6879 votes

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After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.
Actors
Max KleinJeff Bridges
Laura KleinIsabella Rossellini
Carla RodrigoRosie Perez
Also posted in 1993, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Changing Lanes

IMDB Rating: 6.50
18785 votes

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An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.
Actors
MichelleToni Collette
Valerie GipsonKim Staunton
Doyle GipsonSamuel L. Jackson
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (10)

North Country

IMDB Rating: 7.20
8291 votes

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A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go work at the Eveleth Mines in Minnesota.
Actors
Josey AimesCharlize Theron
Karen AimesElle Peterson
Sammy AimesThomas Curtis
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Erin Brockovich

IMDB Rating: 7.20
33948 votes

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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
Actors
Erin BrockovichJulia Roberts
Dr. JaffeDavid Brisbin
RosalindDawn Didawick
Also posted in 2000, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (32)

The Devil’s Advocate

IMDB Rating: 7.10
31340 votes

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Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homesick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off.
Actors
Kevin LomaxKeanu Reeves
John MiltonAl Pacino
Mary Ann LomaxCharlize Theron
Also posted in 1997, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)
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