Tag Archives: washington d.c.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

IMDB Rating: 8.70
174706 votes

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The year is 1936. A professor who studies archeology named Inidana Jones is venturing in the jungles in South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap doing so, miraculously, he escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Renee Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.
Actors
Indiana JonesHarrison Ford
Marion RavenwoodKaren Allen
Dr. Rene BelloqPaul Freeman
Also posted in 1981, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Charlie Wilson’s War

IMDB Rating: 7.50
19676 votes

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A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Actors
JailbaitShiri Appleby
Larry LiddlePeter Gerety
Avi PerlmanErick Avari
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

IMDB Rating: 6.40
15611 votes

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MTV junkies Beavis and Butt-head awaken one day to find their beloved TV stolen. On their adventure to do a murderous smuggler's wife (Demi Moore), they encounter an FBI agent (Robert Stack) with a predilection for cavity searches, two rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Driessen singing "Lesbian Seagull", a little old lady, and, of course, Mr. Anderson and his trailer. Can the Great Cornholio save the day? Let's hope so!
Actors
Beavis/Butt-Head/Tom Anderson/Mr. Van Driessen/Principal McVickerMike Judge
Muddy GrimesBruce Willis
ATF Agent FlemmingRobert Stack
Also posted in 1996, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

IMDB Rating: 6.70
24865 votes

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While Ben is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, one man stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned in the page. It shows that Ben's great-grandfather could have been a person involved with Abraham Lincoln's murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley to Buckingham Palace(which they break into). It takes them to a book in the White House(which they break into also)and they even steal a page from the book. But in order to see more from the book, their choice is either get elected president or kidnap the President of the United States. Which do they choose? It's obvious. The conspiracy then crosses to Mount Rushmore and they even mention the JFK conspiracy. Could Ben clear his family's name? Or will his family be known as the descendant of Abraham Licoln's murderer?
Actors
Riley PooleJustin Bartha
Connor HamiltonTy Burrell
Ben GatesNicolas Cage
Also posted in 2007, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Lions for Lambs

IMDB Rating: 6.10
4631 votes

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Lions for Lambs begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving, is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist that may affect Arian and Ernest's fates.
Actors
Professor Stephen MalleyRobert Redford
Janine RothMeryl Streep
Senator Jasper IrvingTom Cruise
Also posted in 2007, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, War | Comments (0)

The Godfather: Part II

IMDB Rating: 9.00
141221 votes

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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Actors
Don Michael CorleoneAl Pacino
Tom HagenRobert Duvall
Kay CorleoneDiane Keaton
Also posted in 1974, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

xXx: State of the Union

IMDB Rating: 4.10
8820 votes

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NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube) must track a dangerous military splinter group, led by Willem Dafoe, that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation's capital.
Actors
Matt Gerald
XXX/Darius StoneIce Cube
Agent Augustus GibbonsSamuel L. Jackson
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller | Comments (1)

Saving Private Ryan

IMDB Rating: 8.40
172681 votes

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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...
Actors
Captain John H. MillerTom Hanks
Sergeant Mike HorvathTom Sizemore
Pvt. Richard ReibenEdward Burns
Also posted in 1998, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (1)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

IMDB Rating: 8.10
18023 votes

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A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.
Actors
Helen BensonPatricia Neal
Tom StevensHugh Marlowe
KlaatuMichael Rennie
Also posted in 1951, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (1)

Being There

IMDB Rating: 7.90
16999 votes

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A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.
Actors
Chance the GardenerPeter Sellers
Eve RandShirley MacLaine
Benjamin Turnbull RandMelvyn Douglas
Also posted in 1979, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)