Posts Tagged ‘independent-film’

Down to You (2000)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr. | Julia Stiles | Selma Blair | Shawn Hatosy | Zak Orth | Ashton Kutcher | Rosario Dawson | Henry Winkler | Lucie Arnaz | Lauren German | Zay Harding | Chloe Hunter | Amanda Barfield | Granger Green | Joseff Stevenson
Directors: Kris Isacsson
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Imogen and Al meet at college in New York City when she’s a frosh and he’s a sophomore. She’s a talented artist; he wants to be a chef, following in his father’s footsteps. They fall in love, she picks a song for them, they make love. But she fears losing her youth, committing too soon, having a child before she’s ready. He’s worried that this may be an illusion, not true love. She sleeps with someone else; he’s hurt; the relationship ruptures. She leaves for San Francisco; he goes into an alcohol-assisted depression. He even drinks her shampoo, hoping to cure his obsession. Can anything help him recover?

Alpha Dog (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bruce Willis | Matthew Barry | Emile Hirsch | Fernando Vargas | Vincent Kartheiser | Justin Timberlake | Shawn Hatosy | Heather Wahlquist | Alex Solowitz | Alec Vigil | Harry Dean Stanton | Frank Cassavetes | Nicole Dubos | Regina Rice | Laura Nativo
Directors: Nick Cassavetes
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In 1999, in Claremont, California, the violent Jake Mazursky owes US$ 1,200.00 to the coward drug dealer Johnny Truelove, who is son of the powerful criminal Sonny Truelove. They fight and start a personal war, with Jake breaking into the house of Johnny with his friends, stealing the TV and leaving excrement in the living room. Johnny kidnaps Jake’s fifteen year old brother Zach Mazurka, who has just had an argument with his parents, and brings him to the upper class house of his friend Frankie Ballenbacher. Along a couple of days, Zach meets the friends of Frankie, goes to parties, drinks boozes, smokes pot and has sex with other teenagers. When Johnny realizes that kidnapping means life sentence, he asks the servile scum Elvis Schmidt to kill the boy.

Session 9 (2001)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: David Caruso | Stephen Gevedon | Paul Guilfoyle | Josh Lucas | Peter Mullan | Brendan Sexton III | Charley Broderick | Lonnie Farmer | Larry Fessenden | Jurian Hughes | Sheila Stasack | Sean Daly
Directors: Brad Anderson
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An asbestos abatement crew wins the bid for an abandoned insane asylum. What should be a straightforward, if rather rushed, job, is complicated by the personal histories of the crew. In particular, Hank is dating Phil’s old girlfriend, and Gordon’s new baby seems to be unnerving him more than should be expected. Things get more complicated as would-be lawyer Mike plays the tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities, including the mysterious Simon who does not appear until Session 9, and as Hank disappears after finding some old coins.

Pacific Heights (1990)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Melanie Griffith | Matthew Modine | Michael Keaton | Mako | Nobu McCarthy | Laurie Metcalf | Carl Lumbly | Dorian Harewood | Luca Bercovici | Tippi Hedren | Sheila McCarthy | Guy Boyd | Jerry Hardin | Dan Hedaya | James Staley
Directors: John Schlesinger
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A yuppie couple buy a large house in an exclusive San Fransisco neighborhood. They renovate it and plan to rent two apartments on the first floor to cover the costs. A prosperous looking man moves in but is not the ideal tenant. He never pays any rent, drives the other tenants away and systematically ruins the lives of his landlords.

American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Boyd Banks | Mila Kunis | William Shatner | Geraint Wyn Davies | Robin Dunne | Lindy Booth | Charles Officer | Jenna Perry | Michael Kremko | Kate Kelton | Quancetia Hamilton | John Healy | Andrew Scorer | Kim Poirier | Kim Schraner | Shoshana Sperling
Directors: Morgan J. Freeman
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Rachael Newman has developed an interest for murders after she met psycho Patrick Bateman. To further study the subject, she enrolls at the university department for Behavioural and Social Sciences, under the expert leadership of ex-FBI man Robert Starkman. Very certain about herself, Rachael has one single goal: to become class assistant. It’s a prestigious job as having that position will almost guarantee employment at the FBI. But becoming class assistant is no easy task to accomplish, as the first trouble arises when secretary Gerty Fleck decides she is too young for it. And Gerty Fleck won’t be the only obstacle.

Roger & Me (1989)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: James Blanchard | James Bond | Pat Boone | Bob Eubanks | Ben Hamper | Timothy Jackson | Tom Kay | Ted Koppel | Correy Lennox | Brian MacDonald | Dan Rather | Ronald Reagan | Fred Ross | Richard Earl Sawdon
Directors: Michael Moore
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A documentary about the closure of General Motors’ plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

The Evil Dead (1981)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bruce Campbell | Ellen Sandweiss | Richard DeManincor | Betsy Baker | Theresa Tilly | Philip A. Gillis | Dorothy Tapert | Cheryl Guttridge | Barbara Carey | David Horton | Wendall Thomas | Don Long | Stu Smith
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.

The Octagon (1980)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Action
Countries: USA
Actors: Chuck Norris | Karen Carlson | Lee Van Cleef | Art Hindle | Carol Bagdasarian | Tadashi Yamashita | Kim Lankford | Larry D. Mann | Kurt Grayson | Richard Norton | Yuki Shimoda | Redmond Gleeson | Alan Chappuis | Brian Libby | Ken Gibbel
Directors: Eric Karson
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Scott’s life is plagued by two kinds of flashbacks. First are the childhood memories of the rigorous training he and a friend endured under a martial arts master. The second is of a mission Scott went on that ended with him watching his friend get murdered. Scott later becomes drawn closer to a vicious crime ring known as The Octagon. As he gets closer to the truth, Scott learns that these may be the men that murdered his friend so long ago.

Bully (2001)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Brad Renfro | Rachel Miner | Bijou Phillips | Nick Stahl | Michael Pitt | Leo Fitzpatrick | Kelli Garner | Daniel Franzese | Nathalie Paulding | Jessica Sutta | Ed Amatrudo | Steve Raulerson | Judy Clayton | Alan Lilly | Irene B. Colletti
Directors: Larry Clark
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After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend’s twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby’s often cruel ways, couldn’t agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen.

Friday (1995)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ice Cube | Chris Tucker | Nia Long | Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | John Witherspoon | Anna Maria Horsford | Regina King | Paula Jai Parker | Faizon Love | DJ Pooh | Angela Means | Vickilyn Reynolds | Ronn Riser | Kathleen Bradley | Tony Cox
Directors: F. Gary Gray
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Having just been canned from his job on his day off, Craig and his best friend Smokey spend the day smoking up in their South Central neighborhood while dealing with a neighborhood bully, relationship troubles, an angry drug dealer, and a lot of other odd characters.

Secretary (2002)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jeremy Davies | Maggie Gyllenhaal | James Spader | Lesley Ann Warren | Patrick Bauchau
Directors: Steven Shainberg
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Lee Holloway is a smart, quirky woman in her twenties who returns to her hometown in Florida after a brief stay in a mental hospital. In search of relief from herself and her oppressive childhood environment, she starts to date a nerdy friend from high school and takes a job as a secretary in a local law firm, soon developing an obsessive crush on her older boss, Mr. Grey. Through their increasingly bizarre relationship, Lee follows her deepest longings to the heights of masochism and finally to a place of self-affirmation.

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Alex Rebar | Burr DeBenning | Myron Healey | Michael Alldredge | Ann Sweeny | Lisle Wilson | Cheryl Smith | Julie Drazen | Stuart Edmond Rodgers | Chris Witney | Edwin Max | Dorothy Love | Janus Blythe | Jonathan Demme | Westbrook Claridge
Directors: William Sachs
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Astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn’s rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Kimberly Stringer | Chazz Dominguez | Shari Hall | R.J. Parnell | David Kaff | Tony Hendra | Michael McKean | Christopher Guest | Harry Shearer | Bruno Kirby | Jean Cromie | Patrick Maher | Ed Begley Jr. | Danny Kortchmar
Directors: Rob Reiner
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Marti DeBergi is a film-maker who decides to make a documentary, a rockumentary actually, about the world’s loudest band, the British heavy metal group Spinal Tap. The movie is in fact a biting satire and spoof of the whole rock and roll scene that passes itself off as a real documentary of a real band. Hilarious behind-the-scenes footage is combined with faux-concert clips to breath life into the imaginary group.

Transamerica (2005)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrea James | Felicity Huffman | Danny Burstein | Maurice Orozco | Elizabeth Peña | Craig Bockhorn | Paul Borghese | Kevin Zegers | Jon Budinoff | Venida Evans | Raynor Scheine | Kate Bayley | Stella Maeve | Teala Dunn | Jim Frangione
Directors: Duncan Tucker
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One week before her sex-change operation, Bree receives a call from a 17-year-old identifying himself as her son from a college liaison. Bree’s psychiatrist won’t approve the surgery until Bree deals with this relationship, so Bree flies to New York City, bails the youth out of juvenile detention, and offers him a ride back to Los Angeles without disclosing that she is his father. Both her plans and his go awry, and as secrets will out, what might become a friendship (or more) founders. The lad’s step-father, a sex-change support group, a peyote eater, a Navajo wrangler, and Bree’s family all play their parts in this exploration of family, gender, and expectations.

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Robert Powell | David Warner | Eric Porter | Karen Dotrice | John Mills | George Baker | Ronald Pickup | Donald Pickering | Timothy West | Miles Anderson | Andrew Keir | Robert Flemyng | William Squire | Paul McDowell | David Collings
Directors: Don Sharp
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The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian ’sleeper’ agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the ’sleepers’. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder’s death but by the agents who is headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government…