Tag Archives: police

House of Sand and Fog

IMDB Rating: 7.70
15956 votes

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Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter's chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house's former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results.
Actors
KathyJennifer Connelly
BehraniBen Kingsley
LesterRon Eldard
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The School of Rock

IMDB Rating: 7.30
31402 votes

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Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.
Actors
Dewey FinnJack Black
TheoAdam Pascal
NeilLucas Papaelias
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (2)

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)

National Security

IMDB Rating: 4.70
6736 votes

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Earl and Hank have only one thing in common: they're both L.A.P.D. rejects. One just got kicked out, the other can't even get in. After confronting each other on opposite sides of the law during a traffic stop that escalates out of control, these two luckless individuals end up partnered as lowly security guards. Despite being damned to the lowest rung of the law enforcement ladder, Earl and Hank uncover a sophisticated smuggling operation led by Nash and his band of thugs. When Earl and Hank get their hands on some hot property, they go on the run from, first the bad guys, then the L.A.P.D.—led by Lt. Washington and Detective McDuff. What these two unlikely partners do to law enforcement is a crime, but they just might save the day. That is, if they don't kill each other first.
Actors
Earl MontgomeryMartin Lawrence
Hank RaffertySteve Zahn
Detective Frank McDuffColm Feore
Also posted in 2003, Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Comments (4)

Blind Horizon

IMDB Rating: 5.60
1668 votes

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In this thriller, Val Kilmer plays Frank, a man who loses his memory after being shot in small desert town in New Mexico. As he tries to retrace his steps and figure out his true identity, Frank believes he may be part of a plot to assassinate the president. Sam Sheperd plays the town's shifty-eyed sheriff and Neve Campbell plays a woman claiming to be Frank's fiancee.
Actors
Frank KavanaughVal Kilmer
Chloe RichardsNeve Campbell
Sheriff Jack KolbSam Shepard
Also posted in 2003, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bad Santa

IMDB Rating: 7.20
22700 votes

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"Bad Santa" is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo's motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas.
Actors
WillieBilly Bob Thornton
MarcusTony Cox
The KidBrett Kelly
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (3)

Wonderland

IMDB Rating: 6.50
6114 votes

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John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?
Actors
John HolmesVal Kilmer
Dawn SchillerKate Bosworth
Ron LauniusJosh Lucas
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

House of the Dead

IMDB Rating: 2.00
11204 votes

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This film is a prequel to all of the The House of the Dead video games. Set on an island off the coast, a techno rave party attracts a diverse group of college coeds and a Coast Guard officer. Soon, they discover that their X-laced escapades are to be interrupted by zombies and monsters that attack them on the ground, from the air, and in the sea, ruled by an evil entity in the House of the Dead...
Actors
RudyJonathan Cherry
SimonTyron Leitso
SalishClint Howard
Also posted in 2003, Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Mystic River

IMDB Rating: 8.00
37630 votes

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Summer, 1975: in a tight blue-collar Boston neighborhood, three kids are playing when one is abducted and sexually abused for several days. Jump ahead: the victim, Dave, is haunted by memories and protective of his own son. Jimmy's an ex-con, father of three. Sean is a homicide detective, estranged from his pregnant wife. When Jimmy's teen daughter dies, Sean investigates, Dave's a suspect, and Jimmy vows to find the killer before the cops. The dead girl has a boyfriend whose long-missing father has a history with Jimmy. The boyfriend's a suspect, and when ballistics turns up a link to a gun owned by the young man's father, the case breaks. In the background, wives move events along.
Actors
Jimmy MarkumSean Penn
Dave BoyleTim Robbins
Sean DevineKevin Bacon
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (3)