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Factotum

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3886 votes

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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Actors
Henry ChinaskiMatt Dillon
JanLili Taylor
LauraMarisa Tomei
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

In Cold Blood

IMDB Rating: 8.20
6242 votes

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Truman Capote wrote the 'non-fiction novel' from which the film is drawn, using the novelist's craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters' capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society's response might have been.
Actors
Richard 'Dick' HickockScott Wilson
Perry SmithRobert Blake
Alvin DeweyJohn Forsythe
Also posted in 1967, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

The Tailor of Panama

IMDB Rating: 6.00
8633 votes

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John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.
Actors
Geoffrey Rush
Pierce Brosnan
Jamie Lee Curtis
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Thriller | Comments (6)

Two for the Money

IMDB Rating: 6.10
8137 votes

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Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback's anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games' outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he's a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount.
Actors
Walter AbramsAl Pacino
Brandon LangMatthew McConaughey
Toni MorrowRene Russo
Also posted in 2005, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sonny

IMDB Rating: 5.50
884 votes

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New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
Actors
Sonny PhillipsJames Franco
Jewel PhillipsBrenda Blethyn
Henry WadeHarry Dean Stanton
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama | Comments (0)