Tag Archives: small town

Postal

IMDB Rating: 3.60
4670 votes

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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.
Actors
Postal DudeZack Ward
Uncle DaveDave Foley
RichardChris Coppola
Also posted in 2007, Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Leatherheads

IMDB Rating: 6.20
5211 votes

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A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter...
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Jimmy 'Dodge' ConnellyGeorge Clooney
Carter RutherfordJohn Krasinski
C.C. FrazierJonathan Pryce
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance, Sport | Comments (0)

Hard Rain

IMDB Rating: 5.50
10834 votes

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Heavy Rainfall causes a Indiana river to swell and flood the town. All inhabitants are forced by public services to leave instantly. Tom and his uncle Charlie work for a money transport firm and their assignment is to evacuate all cash from the banks along the flooding river. So, their truck is loaded with about three million Dollars. Hank tries to prevent further flooding, as he's the guy responsible for the dam up the river, but he has to open one gate in order to save the old dam from breaking. Only the police under the Sheriff's leadership stay in town to prevent looting. As the water level rises, Tom and Charlie's Truck gets stuck in the flooded road. This is the moment, Jim, an elderly thief, and his gang have been waiting for. In an attempt to get the money from the truck, Charlie gets shot and Tom swims off to save the cash bags. While trying to hide, he meets Karen, who resisted to leave the old church she has been restoring for eight months. She thinks he is a looter, and calls the cops to bring him in. But as the Sheriff finds out about that much cash in a situation like this, he radios his old pal Hank, up at the dam...
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JimMorgan Freeman
TomChristian Slater
SheriffRandy Quaid
Also posted in 1998, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Stickup

IMDB Rating: 6.40
610 votes

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It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask. From here the story follows a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse between bank robber and former cop Parker (James Spader) and small-town police officer Ray DeCarlo (David Keith) determined to catch him. Parker doesn't help himself by holing up with a nurse who happens to be DeCarlo's former wife. Throw in a rookie FBI agent, Indians who want their money back, some former friends of Parker who are not so friendly anymore and his fate seems sealed.
Actors
John ParkerJames Spader
Ray DeCarloDavid Keith
FBI Agent Rick KendallJohn Livingston
Also posted in 2001, Action, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Two Rode Together

IMDB Rating: 6.90
1075 votes

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The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. However, just two captives are released; and their reintegration into white society proves highly problematic.
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Marshal Guthrie McCabeJames Stewart
First Lt. Jim GaryRichard Widmark
Sgt. Darius P. PoseyAndy Devine
Also posted in 1961, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins

IMDB Rating: 2.90
1883 votes

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A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.
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Roscoe JenkinsMartin Lawrence
Papa JenkinsJames Earl Jones
Clyde StubbCedric the Entertainer
Also posted in 2008, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

It

IMDB Rating: 6.70
14174 votes

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Derry, Maine is a quiet town, terrorized every 30 years by a horror known only as "It". The only victims of "It" are children. Through the form of a clown named Pennywise, "It" wakes up every 30 years and feeds. The adults of Derry act like "It" doesn't happen. Ironically they know about "It", but the events are too horrible to talk about. Seven outcasts, know as The Lucky Seven, Bill, Ben, Beverly, Eddie, Richie, Mike, and Stan are able to defeat "It" as children and make a pact to return and do battle again should the terror return. Now 30 years later, Mike Hanlon who stayed behind, is puzzled by a bizarre occurance of child murders. When he discovers that "It" has come back, he reunites what's left of The Lucky Seven, now in their middle ages to do battle once again, and "It" is ready. The Lucky Seven must now defeat "It" and cure Derry of "The Derry Disease".
Actors
Richard 'Richie/Trashmouth' TozierHarry Anderson
Eddie KaspbrakDennis Christopher
Stanley 'Stan' UrisRichard Masur
Also posted in 1990, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Drowning Mona

IMDB Rating: 5.30
5460 votes

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When Mona's key won't fit in her Yugo, she tries it in her son's; when it works, she borrows his car. The brakes fail; she goes through the guard rail, into the river, and drowns. When police chief Rash learns that the brake lines were cut, he looks for a murderer. Suspect one: Mona's dim son Jeff, whom she constantly denigrated. Suspect two: her husband Phil, whom she constantly belittled and who's having an affair with Rona, a waitress with a secret of her own. Suspect three: Jeff's landscape partner Bobby, who wants Jeff out, has yelled at Mona that he'd like to rip out her ovaries, and who is soon to be Rash's son-in-law. Can Rash find the killer and keep Bobby out of jail?
Actors
Chief Wyatt RashDanny DeVito
Mona DearlyBette Midler
Ellen RashNeve Campbell
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | Comments (0)

Needful Things

IMDB Rating: 5.80
5177 votes

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The devil in disguise comes to a quiet, peaceful town and opens a store called Needful Things. The store has an item for everyone in town. All the devil asks for in return is a few dirty pranks. Little do they know, that they've sold their souls, and the pranks escalate to murder...
Actors
Leland GauntMax von Sydow
Sheriff Alan J. PangbornEd Harris
Polly ChalmersBonnie Bedelia
Also posted in 1993, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Tommyknockers

IMDB Rating: 5.10
2552 votes

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The small town of Haven becomes a hot-bed of inventions all run by a strange green power device. The whole town is digging something up in the woods, and only an alcoholic poet can unfathom the secret of the tommyknockers.
Actors
Jim 'Gard' GardnerJimmy Smits
Roberta 'Bobbi' AndersonMarg Helgenberger
Trooper Butch DugganJohn Ashton
Also posted in 1993, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)
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