Posts Tagged ‘new-york-city’

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?

Feel the Noise (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Omarion Grandberry | Rosa Arredondo | Luis Cruz | Giancarlo Esposito | Victor Rasuk | Melonie Diaz | Charles Duckworth | Carlos Flores | Alexis Isaac Garcia | John Garcia | Zulay Henao | Norman Howell | Shydel James | Jerome Jones | Luis Lozada
Directors: Alejandro Chomski
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After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) flees to a place and father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York?s Puerto Rican Day Parade.

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Rene Russo | Denis Leary | Ben Gazzara | Frankie Faison | Fritz Weaver | Charles Keating | Mark Margolis | Faye Dunaway | Michael Lombard | Bill Ambrozy | Michael Bahr | Robert D. Novak | Joe H. Lamb | James Saito
Directors: John McTiernan
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Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can’t get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art. After the theft of a famous painting from Claude Monet, the only person suspecting Thomas Crown is Catherine Banning. Her job is to get the picture back, no matter how she accomplishes her mission. Unfortunately, Catherine gets involved too deeply with Thomas to keep a professional distance to the case. Fortunately, Thomas seems to fall for her, too.

When Harry Met Sally… (1989)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Billy Crystal | Meg Ryan | Carrie Fisher | Bruno Kirby | Steven Ford | Lisa Jane Persky | Michelle Nicastro | Gretchen Palmer | Robert Alan Beuth | David Burdick | Joe Viviani | Harley Jane Kozak | Joseph Hunt | Kevin Rooney | Franc Luz
Directors: Rob Reiner
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Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a ride to New York after they both graduate from the University of Chicago. The film jumps through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: “Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?”

West Side Story (1961)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Natalie Wood | Richard Beymer | Russ Tamblyn | Rita Moreno | George Chakiris | Simon Oakland | Ned Glass | William Bramley | Tucker Smith | Tony Mordente | David Winters | Eliot Feld | Bert Michaels | David Bean | Robert Banas
Directors: Jerome Robbins
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This movie transplants the classic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets and Riff’s best friend, and Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, see each other across the room and it’s love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will finally end the battle for control of the streets. Will Tony and Maria’s love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people they love around them? With a young, talented cast, a gorgeous score and dance sequences that need to be seen to believe, West Side Story is a must-see!

The Brave One (2007)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Jodie Foster | Terrence Howard | Nicky Katt | Naveen Andrews | Mary Steenburgen | Ene Oloja | Luis Da Silva Jr. | Blaze Foster | Rafael Sardina | Jane Adams | Gordon MacDonald | Zöe Kravitz | John Magaro | Victor Colicchio | Jermel Howard
Directors: Neil Jordan
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A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

Alfie (2004)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jude Law | Renée Taylor | Jane Krakowski | Jeff Harding | Marisa Tomei | Kevin Rahm | Max Morris | Omar Epps | Nia Long | Gedde Watanabe | Jo Yang | Tara Summers | Sam Vincenti | Katherine LaNasa | Claudette Mink
Directors: Charles Shyer
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Alfie is a remake of the 1966 film. In the contemporary film, Alfie is quite the ladies man and rarely gets rejected when it comes to the opposite sex. He successfully has relations with multiple women without a hint of emotional attachment. A major (lifelong) problem arises when he sleeps with the wrong woman, namely his best friend’s (and future business partner) ex-girlfriend. As a result, his life slowly comes into focus and he begins to appreciate the little things he always missed in the opposite sex. A must see for all guys who call themselves “players”.

Uptown Girls (2003)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Brittany Murphy | Donald Faison | Austin Pendleton | Dakota Fanning | Marley Shelton | Heather Locklear
Directors: Boaz Yakin
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Molly Gunn (Murphy), the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray (Fanning), the oft ignored daughter of a music executive (Locklear) she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.

Changing Lanes (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Samuel L. Jackson | Kim Staunton | Toni Collette | Sydney Pollack | Tina Sloan | Richard Jenkins | Akil Walker | Cole Hawkins | Ileen Getz | Jennifer Dundas | Matt Malloy | Amanda Peet | Myra Lucretia Taylor | Bruce Altman
Directors: | Roger Michell
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An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties’ part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Matt Damon | Franka Potente | Brian Cox | Julia Stiles | Karl Urban | Gabriel Mann | Joan Allen | Marton Csokas | Tom Gallop | John Bedford Lloyd | Ethan Sandler | Michelle Monaghan | Karel Roden | Tomas Arana | Oksana Akinshina
Directors: Paul Greengrass
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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent—who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne (Damon) and Marie (Potente) have been living under assumed names—the pair collapse their lives and head out. Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

Reign Over Me (2007)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Adam Sandler | Don Cheadle | Jada Pinkett Smith | Liv Tyler | Saffron Burrows | Donald Sutherland | Robert Klein | Melinda Dillon | Jonathan Banks | Rae Allen | Paula Newsome | John de Lancie | Paul Butler | Camille LaChe Smith
Directors: Mike Binder
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Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other hand, doesn’t have a job or a family. He used to have both until he lost his family on the fateful day of 9/11, and the grief he felt caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. They soon feel that their friendship is the one thing that allows them to forget about their problems.

Infamous (2006)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Toby Jones | Gwyneth Paltrow | Mark Rubin | Steve Schwelling | Glover Johns Gill | Rey Arteaga | Justin Sherburn | Andrew Halbreich | Juliet Stevenson | Michael Panes | Hope Davis | Frank G. Curcio | Sandra Bullock | Isabella Rossellini
Directors: Douglas McGrath
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?

Money Train (1995)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Wesley Snipes | Woody Harrelson | Jennifer Lopez | Robert Blake | Chris Cooper | Joe Grifasi | Scott Sowers | Skipp Sudduth | Vincent Laresca | Nelson Vasquez | Vincent Patrick | Aida Turturro | Alvaleta Guess | Vincent Pastore | David Tawil
Directors: Joseph Ruben
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Two foster brothers (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes) work as transit cops. While one’s life is as good as it gets, the other’s is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the “money train,” a train carrying the New York Subway’s weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?

The Hoax (2006)

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Gere | Alfred Molina | Hope Davis | Marcia Gay Harden | Stanley Tucci | Julie Delpy | Eli Wallach | John Carter | Christopher Evan Welch | Zeljko Ivanek | David Aaron Baker | Peter McRobbie | John Bedford Lloyd | Okwui Okpokwasili | Stuart Margolin
Directors: Lasse Hallström
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Early in 1971, McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving’s new novel. He’s desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon’s reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes’s cooperation to write Hughes’s autobiography. With the help of friend Dick Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He’s quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes’s reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he’s trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina Van Pallandt. Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?

The Night Listener (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Robin Williams | Toni Collette | Joe Morton | Bobby Cannavale | Rory Culkin | Sandra Oh | John Cullum | Lisa Emery | Guenia Lemos | Marcia Haufrecht | Nick Gregory | Ed Jewett | Becky Ann Baker | Billy Vann | E.J. Carroll
Directors: Patrick Stettner
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In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy’s identity come up, the host’s life is thrown into chaos.