Tag Archives: midget

Bubble Boy

IMDB Rating: 5.30
8409 votes

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This is the story of a boy named Jimmy Livingston who was born without an immune system. Because of this, he is forced to live in a bubble dome in his bedroom, which has led students at a local high school to nickname him Bubble Boy. But when Jimmy discovers that a new girl, Chloe, has moved in next door, he is immediately taken with her beauty. They immediately become fast friends, much to Mrs. Livingston's jealousy. One day, Chloe announces that she is leaving for Niagara Falls to marry Mark, a man who always ridiculed Jimmy. And so Jimmy builds a mobile bubble suit and sneaks off into the night, determined to stop the wedding before it is too late.
Actors
Jimmy LivingstonJake Gyllenhaal
Mrs. LivingstonSwoosie Kurtz
ChloeMarley Shelton
Also posted in 2001, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

BASEketball

IMDB Rating: 6.30
18277 votes

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Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer (Parker & Stone), invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Coop & Remer's team, the Milwaukee Beers is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of the Dallas Felons (Vaughn) wants to institute.
Actors
Joe CooperTrey Parker
Doug RemerMatt Stone
Squeak ScolariDian Bachar
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Horror Hospital

IMDB Rating: 4.90
346 votes

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A young singer from a very seventies band decides he needs a vacation, so he travels to a creepy mansion in the heart of rural England to have all his inhibitions removed. He meets up with a sweet innocent girl who is travelling there to meet her aunt, who turns out to be a nasty matron type person. Eventually, they arrive to discover nearly all the other hospital inhabitants to be under some kind of mind control, with big scars on their heads. Not being in the slightest bit disturbed by this, they proceed to have lots of sex. Other guests, meanwhile realise something is amiss, and try to escape only to be decapitated by some kind of killer car, or to be beaten to death by mad motorcyclists. Eventually realising something is up, our hero and heroine have a big fight scene with the bikers, two at a time, and escape in the villains car.
Actors
Dr. Christian StormMichael Gough
Jason JonesRobin Askwith
Judy PetersVanessa Shaw
Also posted in 1973, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

She’s All That

IMDB Rating: 5.40
23808 votes

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A modern-day version of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, where Zack Siler (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), is a Los Angeles high school hunk who's been dumped by his popular, but mean-spirited, girlfriend Taylor Vaughn (Jodi Lynn O'Keefe) for a famous volleyball player (Matthew Lillard). Frustrated, Zack accepts a bet from his friends that he can turn Laney Boggs (Rachel Leigh Cook), a geeky girl into the school's prom queen. Naturally he falls in love with her which leads to other complications from each other's friends and enemies alike.
Actors
Zach SilerFreddie Prinze Jr.
Laney BoggsRachael Leigh Cook
Brock HudsonMatthew Lillard
Also posted in 1999, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

Small Town Folk

IMDB Rating: 3.90
218 votes

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There is a place... a place called Grockleton, wherein, high on a hill-top stands the lonely Beesley's Manor, governed by the villainous 'Landlord' and his lowly male counterparts (Pooch, Pike and the diesel-swilling Dobbin). Always on the look-out for new female company to help carry on the Beesley name, the Landlord keeps a watchful eye over Grockleton and anyone who dares to enter his land. When three improbable heroes stumble unsuspectingly into the Beesley's realm they are cruelly snared into a menacing hunt and an unstoppable frenzy of heart racing mayhem! Will the Landlord triumph and collect his 'trophies' (and maybe even a future bride?), or can the unlikely trio be victorious against him in his own game?...
Actors
The LandlordChris R. Wright
Knackerman #2Warwick Davis
DobbinDan Palmer
Also posted in 2007, Fantasy, Horror | Comments (0)

The Day of the Locust

IMDB Rating: 7.10
1571 votes

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Tod Hackett, fresh out of Yale, wants to make it as an art director in late 1930's Hollywood - but he finds himself increasingly distracted by his new neighbor Faye, a would-be starlet with possible designs of her own on a lonely, morose accountant. As Tod is drawn deeper into the lurid private lives of studio bosses and film industry workers, he gradually becomes desperate to know if Faye - or anyone - is capable of real love.
Actors
Homer SimpsonDonald Sutherland
Faye GreenerKaren Black
Harry GreenerBurgess Meredith
Also posted in 1975, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Holy Mountain

IMDB Rating: 7.80
3887 votes

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A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.
Actors
The AlchemistAlejandro Jodorowsky
The ThiefHorácio Salinas
The Written WomanZamira Saunders
Also posted in 1973, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

IMDB Rating: 7.80
75360 votes

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Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."
Actors
George Clooney
Holly Hunter
John Turturro
Also posted in 2000, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

Trapeze

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1003 votes

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Tino Orsini has learned the trapeze from his father but he travels to Europe to seek out Mike Ribble, one of the few men who has managed to complete a triple somersault. Ribble no longer works the trapeze and now walks with a cane after a nasty fall left him a cripple. Orsini convinces him to act as his catcher and all is well until the gold digging Lola, who'll do just about anything to become part of a major circus act, arrives on the scene. Her presence creates friction between the two men and puts in doubt whether Tino will ever accomplish the elusive triple.
Actors
Mike RibbleBurt Lancaster
Tino OrsiniTony Curtis
LolaGina Lollobrigida
Also posted in 1956, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Madigan

IMDB Rating: 6.70
871 votes

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Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
Actors
Det. Daniel MadiganRichard Widmark
Commissioner Anthony X. RussellHenry Fonda
Julia MadiganInger Stevens
Also posted in 1968, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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