Posts Tagged ‘chess’

Knight Moves (1992)

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Genres: Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Lambert, Christopher | Lane, Diane | Skerritt, Tom | Baldwin, Daniel | Wilbee, Codie Lucas | Murray, Joshua | Turner, Frank C. | Thompson, Don | Leitch, Megan | Diakun, Alex | Mayne, Ferdy | Isabelle, Katharine | Wilson, Mark | O'Byrne, Kehli | Mankuma, Blu
Directors: Schenkel, Carl
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A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster’s innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Liu, Lucy | Hartnett, Josh | Willis, Bruce | Freeman, Morgan | Kingsley, Ben | Williamson, Mykelti
Directors: McGuigan, Paul
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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill The Rabbi’s (Ben Kingsley) to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can’t go to the police and he can’t leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene’s Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.

Thing, The (1982)

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Russell, Kurt | Brimley, Wilford | Carter, T.K. | Clennon, David | David, Keith | Dysart, Richard A. | Hallahan, Charles | Maloney, Peter | Masur, Richard | Moffat, Donald | Polis, Joel | Waites, Thomas G. | Weisser, Norbert | Franco, Larry J. | Irwin, Nate
Directors: Carpenter, John
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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don’t know who may already have been taken over.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Cleese, John | Rickman, Alan | Grint, Rupert | Watson, Emma | Radcliffe, Daniel | Smith, Maggie | Coltrane, Robbie | Triplets, Saunders | Harris, Richard | Shaw, Fiona | Melling, Harry | Griffiths, Richard | Deadman, Derek | Hart, Ian | Borowiecki, Ben | Davis, Warwick | Troyer, Verne | Hurt, John | Bremmer, Richard
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

Team America: World Police (2004)

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Stone, Matt
Directors: Parker, Trey
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Team America follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that power hungry dictator Kim Jong Il (Parker) is out to destroy the world, the team recuits Broadway star Gary Johnston (Parker) to go undercover. With the help of Team America (Stone, Miller, Masasa, Parker, and Norris), Gary manages to slip into an arms dealer’s hideout to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save the world?

Rocky IV (1985)

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Genres: Action | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Shire, Talia | Young, Burt | Weathers, Carl | Nielsen, Brigitte | Burton, Tony | Pataki, Michael | Lundgren, Dolph | Nahan, Stu | Adams, R.J. | Bandiero, Al | Barto, Dominic | Brown, Danial | Brown, James | Campos, Rose Mary
Directors: Stallone, Sylvester
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The “Iron Curtain” is starting to come down around the Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. A Soviet boxer named Ivan Drago, nicknamed “The Siberian Express”, comes to the United States with his wife, a Russian champion swimmer and coach for a guest match. Drago is a superbly conditioned boxer who has been scientifically trained in the USSR, and he & his coach propose a fight against Rocky Balboa. Rocky’s former adversary, Apollo Creed decides to take on Drago despite having been out of the ring for several years. Creed unwisely taunts Drago before the match, and after the first round, Drago issues a prophetic warning to Creed: “You will lose.” Unfortunately the warning comes true and Creed dies following a pounding by the Siberian Express. When death threats are made against the Russian boxer, he returns to the USSR and states if there is to be a match between Balboa & Drago, it will be in the USSR. To honor Creed’s memory, Rocky takes the Soviets up on their challenge and goes to Siberia to train for the match against the “Siberian Express”, that will take place in Moscow on Christmas Day, in front of a hostile audience.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Stewart, Patrick | Jackman, Hugh | McKellen, Ian | Berry, Halle | Janssen, Famke | Paquin, Anna | Romijn, Rebecca | Grammer, Kelsey | Ashmore, Shawn | Page, Ellen | Foster, Ben | Stanford, Aaron | Williams, Olivia | Aghdashloo, Shohreh | Marsden, James
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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It has been several months since The X-Men stopped William Stryker, but that victory came at a price, they have lost Jean Gray when she tried to save them from the collapsed reservoir. Scott Summers (Cyclops) is still grieving about her loss. One day, he came out to the place which is where Jean Gray sacrificed herself. Then, Jean Gray appeared right in front of him. Though, it seemed that after that, Scott had disappeared. Meanwhille, the rift between humans and mutants had finally reached the boiling point. When humans discovered what causes humans to mutate, they have found a cure for the mutation. The X-Men were appalled at this idea. It was not long at all until the news about the cure came to Magneto. He decides to organize an army of mutants and wage his war against the humans. Then, it became clear that Jean Gray evolved into the Pheonix, her new mutant powers are so strong that she can not control her own body. Then, she kills off Professor X with her new powers. Now, The X-Men must stop Magneto again and put an end to the war against the humans, as well as stop Jean Gray’s Pheonix powers.

X-Men (2000)

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackman, Hugh | Stewart, Patrick | McKellen, Ian | Janssen, Famke | Marsden, James | Berry, Halle | Paquin, Anna | Tyler Mane | Park, Ray | Romijn, Rebecca
Directors: Singer, Bryan
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Across the world, children are born with an extra twist to their chromosomes that allow them to exhibit superhuman abilities: fire a beam of force from their eyes, or sprout wings that allow flight or being able to read men’s minds. These ‘children of the atom’ are often feared and despised by the world, forcing these ‘mutants’ to resort to desperate actions. However, one group of mutants have banded together to show the world that it need not fear their kind. Apart, they are simply scientific curiousities, freaks and monsters - but together, united by their shared belief, they are more - they are the uncanny X-Men.

Straw Dogs (1971)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hoffman, Dustin | George, Susan | Vaughan, Peter | McKenna, T.P. | Henney, Del | Norton, Jim | Webster, Donald | Hutchison, Ken | Jones, Len | Thomsett, Sally | Keegan, Robert | Arne, Peter | Schaer, Cherina | Welland, Colin | Mundell, Michael
Directors: Peckinpah, Sam
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Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.

Beyond the Sea (2004)

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Musical
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Bosworth, Kate | Goodman, John | Hoskins, Bob | Blethyn, Brenda | Scacchi, Greta | Aaron, Caroline | Cincotti, Peter | Ullrich, William | Byrne, Michael | Rippy, Matt | Whelan, Gary | Broder, Jake | Bademsoy, Tayfun | Spencer, Tomas
Directors: Spacey, Kevin
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Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He’s volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he’s living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then “Splish Splash” puts him at the top of the charts and on “Bandstand.” He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it’s on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it’s balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn’t always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective.


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