Tag Archives: old age

Bubba Ho-tep

IMDB Rating: 7.50
15220 votes

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Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
Actors
ElvisBruce Campbell
JackOssie Davis
The NurseElla Joyce
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery | Comments (0)

Cocoon: The Return

IMDB Rating: 4.70
3667 votes

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Art, Ben and Joe are back! So are their wives and good friend Bernie in their first adventure since their last! Five years since the senior citizens blasted off into space with the Antareans return to earth because their alien friends have to collect the rest of the cocoons in the ocean, believed to be in danger from an earthquake. Ben and Mary visit their family, while Art and Joe visit Bernie, who's still hangin' on. Art, Ben and Joe had forgotten what it was like on earth and immediately begin to feel their weaknesses, except for Art's wife who's pregnant! Meanwhile in the ocean, a biologist company snatched a cocoon out of the ocean and are doing research on it...
Actors
Arthur 'Art' SelwynDon Ameche
Benjamin 'Ben' LuckettWilford Brimley
SaraCourteney Cox
Also posted in 1988, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Old School

IMDB Rating: 6.90
34377 votes

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Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to get go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beanie suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing together a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them.
Actors
Luke Wilson
Vince Vaughn
Jeremy Piven
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (7)

Cold Creek Manor

IMDB Rating: 4.80
6065 votes

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Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead them on a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate's dark and lurid past...
Actors
Cooper TilsonDennis Quaid
Leah TilsonSharon Stone
Dale MassieStephen Dorff
Also posted in 2003, Drama, Thriller | Comments (2)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

IMDB Rating: 8.80
194463 votes

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While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.
Actors
Viggo Mortensen
Ian McKellen
Elijah Wood
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

IMDB Rating: 6.40
23369 votes

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In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders' secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow...even if it destroys the Earth right along with them.
Actors
Dr. Aki RossMing-Na
Capt. Gray EdwardsAlec Baldwin
Sgt. Ryan WhitakerVing Rhames
Also posted in 2001, Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (26)

Grumpier Old Men

IMDB Rating: 6.20
5465 votes

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Things don't seem to change much in Wabasha County: Max and John are still fighting after 35 years, Grandpa still drinks, smokes, and chases women , and nobody's been able to catch the fabled "Catfish Hunter", a gigantic catfish that actually smiles at fishermen who try to snare it. Six months ago John married the new girl in town (Ariel), and people begin to suspect that Max might be missing something similar in his life. The only joy Max claims is left in his life is fishing, but that might change with the new owner of the bait shop.
Actors
Max GoldmanWalter Matthau
John GustafsonJack Lemmon
Ariel GustafsonAnn-Margret
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Grumpy Old Men

IMDB Rating: 6.60
8479 votes

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John and Max are elderly men living next door to each other. They're continuously arguing and insulting each other, and have been this way for over 50 years. One day, Ariel, moves into the street. Both men are attracted to her, and their rivalry steps up a gear.
Actors
John GustafsonJack Lemmon
Max GoldmanWalter Matthau
Ariel TruaxAnn-Margret
Also posted in 1993, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)