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The Hills Have Eyes

IMDB Rating: 6.50
29735 votes

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Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty...or so they thought? When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they're stranded...or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren't pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.
Actors
Doug BukowskiAaron Stanford
Ethel CarterKathleen Quinlan
Lynn CarterVinessa Shaw
Also posted in 2006, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Uncle Buck

IMDB Rating: 6.50
13875 votes

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Bob Russel, his wife Cindy Russel, and their three kids, 8-year-old Miles, 6-year old Maizy, and 15-year-old Tia, recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago, and Tia resents Bob and Cindy for it because Tia, Miles, and Maizy were perfectly happy living in Indianapolis. Bob and Cindy are in bed one night when Cindy's aunt calls and tells them that Cindy's father has had a heart attack. Bob and Cindy immediately make plans to go to Indianapolis to visit Cindy's father. After hearing this, Tia angrily tells Cindy that Tia would have a heart attack too if her family moved away from her, then Tia slams her bedroom door in Cindy's face. With Cindy and Bob going to Indianapolis, the problem is who the babysitter will be. Even though Cindy doesn't like the idea, they choose Bob's brother Buck to babysit Tia, Miles, and Maizy. Cindy doesn't like Buck because she thinks Buck is a sloppy person who doesn't know how to do anything. While Cindy and Bob are in Indianapolis, Buck takes over the house, and Buck tries to do the best he can with the kids while he's having problems with Chanice Kobolowski, who has been his girlfriend for the past 8 years. Buck bonds with Miles and Maizy and wins their love, but Buck has problems with Tia as he tries to protect Tia from her boyfriend Bug, because unknown to Tia, Bug only wants Tia for one reason sex.
Actors
Buck RussellJohn Candy
Tia RussellJean Louisa Kelly
Maizy RussellGaby Hoffmann
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

House of 1000 Corpses

IMDB Rating: 5.50
18376 votes

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Jerry, Bill, Mary, and Denise are two couples out on the road in hopes of writing a book on offbeat roadside attractions. When the four meet Captain Spaulding, they learn of the legend of Dr. Satan. When the four take off in search of finding the tree that Dr. Satan was hung from, they pick up hitchhiker Baby. When their car breaks down, Baby invites them into her house. This is where the two couples meet the Firefly family, a murderous clan of bizarre people. As the family attacks the unsuspecting couples, Jerry and his friends try to survive the house of 1000 corpses and it's dark secrets.
Actors
Captain SpauldingSid Haig
Otis DriftwoodBill Moseley
Baby FireflySheri Moon Zombie
Also posted in 2003, Horror | Comments (0)

Finding Neverland

IMDB Rating: 8.20
29131 votes

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London, 1903: four lads, three women, and J.M. Barrie in the year he writes "Peter Pan." After one of his plays flops, Barrie meets four boys and their widowed mother in the park. During the next months, the child-like Barrie plays with the boys daily, and their imaginative games give him ideas for a play. Simultaneously, a friendship deepens with Sylvia, the lads' mother, to the chagrin of his wife Mary, with whom he spends little time (separate bedrooms), the widow's mother, and high society, which gossips about his attraction to the widow and to her sons. As Sylvia's health worsens, Barrie's ties to the boys strengthen and he must find a way to take his muse to Neverland.
Actors
Sir James Matthew BarrieJohnny Depp
Sylvia Llewelyn DaviesKate Winslet
Mrs. Emma du MaurierJulie Christie
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Lucky Number Slevin

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34196 votes

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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill The Rabbi's (Ben Kingsley) to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can't go to the police and he can't leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene's Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.
Actors
Lucy Liu
SlevinJosh Hartnett
Mr. GoodkatBruce Willis
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

King Arthur

IMDB Rating: 6.10
19092 votes

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The Roman Empire is stretched across many nations, including Britain. In their conquest for more land, the Romans went into Sarmatia where they fought the very brave Sarmatian cavalery. The Romans, impressed by the Sarmatian's weaponery and fighting skills, included them into their army as knights. After 15 years of serving and fighting for the Roman Empire the Sarmatian Knights, lead by Arthur/Artorious Castus, are about to receive their freedom as the Romans are leaving Britain. But the Knights must carry out one final order before they are free. A Roman priest and his family, especially his son Alecto, must be rescued from the invading Saxons. But there is another danger lurking on the road to freedom - the Woads, British rebels who hate the Romans.
Actors
ArthurClive Owen
LancelotIoan Gruffudd
TristanMads Mikkelsen
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, War | Comments (0)

Back to the Future Part II

IMDB Rating: 7.00
33454 votes

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This movie picks up where the last one left off; with Doc Brown and Marty going into the future to help Marty's future offspring. After doing that they returned to their own time, only to discover that things have changed. They discovered that while in the future, Marty's nemesis, Biff Tannen got the sports book that Marty bought so that he could know the results of sports events and make a killing, but Doc Brown nixed his plans, but Tannen who overheard their conversation, got the book and the time machine and went back into the past and gave the book to himself, who has not only amassed a fortune but also extremely powerful. So Doc and Marty have to go back to when Biff got the book and get it away from him. And it seems that it was in 1955 on the night of the dance that Biff got the book. So not only must they get the book but they must also avoid the other versions of themselves.
Actors
Marc McClure
George Di Cenzo
Joe Flaherty
Also posted in 1989, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Heist

IMDB Rating: 6.40
12854 votes

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David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected.
Actors
Sam Rockwell
Gene Hackman
Danny DeVito
Also posted in 2001, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Let’s Go to Prison

IMDB Rating: 5.60
3962 votes

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John Lyshitski is a car stealing slacker, with a weed problem, and has been in Illinois' Rossmore State Penitentiary so many times, he knows it's entire population of both staff and cons by their fast names. Cursed with the old ill luck of being in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in possession of the wrong car, he's been deemed a lost cause repeat offender in the eyes of everyone else. When the heartless judge, who has been behind most of his sentences, goes to the big court house in the sky, John decides to ruin the man's legacy by having the judge's only offspring, Nelson Biederman IV, thrown in the slammer along with him. Here, the world-class selfish jerk learns a certain old lesson the hard way: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. But has John somewhat gone too far in the payback department?
Actors
John LyshitskiDax Shepard
Nelson Biederman IVWill Arnett
BarryChi McBride
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Crime | Comments (0)

Black Sheep

IMDB Rating: 6.20
4521 votes

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An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
Actors
Henry OldfieldNathan Meister
ExperienceDanielle Mason
Angus OldfieldPeter Feeney
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)
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