Tag Archives: scarecrow

Return to Oz

IMDB Rating: 6.50
4436 votes

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It has been six months since Dorothy has returned to Kansas from Oz and she still can not sleep. She has been going on about imaginary places and people so much that Aunt Em takes her to see a doctor. Dorothy promptly escapes from the mental hospital and wakes up in Oz where her favorite chichen can now talk. There she meets a whole new bunch of friends and they set off to rescue the Scarecrow from an evil Nome King who has found her Ruby Slippers and has used them to lay waste to the Emerald city and take over Oz.
Actors
DorothyFairuza Balk
Dr. Worley & Nome KingNicol Williamson
Nurse Wilson & MombiJean Marsh
Also posted in 1985, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

Jeepers Creepers

IMDB Rating: 5.40
16892 votes

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Brother and sister, Trish and Darry are taking the long country road home on a break from college when along the way, they encounter a reckless driver trying to ram them off the road - the driver being a strange looking man donning shabby clothing, who seems to have sinister intentions. The siblings soon find themselves investigating the basement of an old decrepit chapel in the middle of nowhere, where there lies horrors that they least expect.
Actors
Patricia 'Trish' JennerGina Philips
Darry JennerJustin Long
The Creeper/Bald CopJonathan Breck
Also posted in 2001, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

IMDB Rating: 6.80
1843 votes

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This film tells the tale of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.
Actors
Mary LaneKristen Bell
Jimmy HarperChristian Campbell
Miss PoppyNeve Campbell
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Spartan

IMDB Rating: 6.80
10036 votes

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A "lone wolf" U.S. government secret agent, Scott( Kilmer), is assigned the task of rescuing the kidnapped daughter (Bell) of a high ranking government figure, only to discover along the way a larger, more sinister plot.
Actors
Andrew Davoli
Kristen Bell
Lauren Bowles
Also posted in 2004, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (2)

Jeepers Creepers II

IMDB Rating: 5.10
7575 votes

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Stranded on a lonely road, a schoolbus full of high school basketball players, their coaches, and cheerleaders must defend themselves from the Creeper - a flesh-eating ancient beast that resurfaces on the earth every 23 years to feed. Meanwhile, a farmer and his son set out on a personal mission to hunt the Creeper down.
Actors
Jack Taggart, Sr.Ray Wise
The CreeperJonathan Breck
Deaundre 'Double D' DavisGarikayi Mutambirwa
Also posted in 2003, Horror, Thriller | Comments (7)

The Laramie Project

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2485 votes

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'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.
Actors
Romaine PattersonChristina Ricci
Doc O'ConnerSteve Buscemi
Sherry JohnsonLaura Linney
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Planet of the Apes

IMDB Rating: 5.60
32868 votes

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It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an aburupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham-Carter) and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.
Actors
Captain Leo DavidsonMark Wahlberg
General ThadeTim Roth
AriHelena Bonham Carter
Also posted in 2001, Action, Sci-Fi | Comments (34)

Sleepy Hollow

IMDB Rating: 7.40
60835 votes

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The classic story of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie.
Actors
Constable Ichabod CraneJohnny Depp
Katrina Anne Van TasselChristina Ricci
Lady Mary Van Tassel/The Western Woods CroneMiranda Richardson
Also posted in 1999, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (23)

007 Live and Let Die

IMDB Rating: 6.70
9347 votes

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When Bond investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he soon finds himself a target, evading the vicious assassins as he closes in on the powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known as "Mr. Big," Kananga is coordinating a globally threatening scheme using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meet Solitaire (Jane Seymour), the beautiful Tarot card reader whose magical gifts are crucial to the crime lord. Bond, of course, works his own magic on her, and the stage is set for pulse-pounding action sequences involving voodoo, hungry crocodiles and turbo-charged speedboats.
Actors
MBernard Lee
James BondRoger Moore
Kananga/Mr. BigYaphet Kotto
Also posted in 1973, Action, Adventure, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)