Posts Tagged ‘cult-favorite’

Chasing Amy (1997)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ethan Suplee | Ben Affleck | Scott Mosier | Jason Lee | Jason Mewes | Casey Affleck | Kevin Smith | Dwight Ewell | Joey Lauren Adams | Guinevere Turner | Carmen Lee | Brian O'Halloran | Matt Damon | Alexander Goebbel | Tony Torn | Rebecca Waxman | Paris Petrick
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Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything’s going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she’s a lesbian.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Broderick | Alan Ruck | Mia Sara | Jeffrey Jones | Jennifer Grey | Cindy Pickett | Lyman Ward | Edie McClurg | Charlie Sheen | Ben Stein | Del Close | Virginia Capers | Richard Edson | Larry Flash Jenkins | Kristy Swanson
Directors: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he’s got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron’s father’s precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris’s agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.

Tremors (1990)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Bacon | Fred Ward | Finn Carter | Michael Gross | Reba McEntire | Robert Jayne | Charlotte Stewart | Tony Genaro | Ariana Richards | Richard Marcus | Victor Wong | Sunshine Parker | Michael Dan Wagner | Conrad Bachmann | Bibi Besch
Directors: Ron Underwood
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Val (’Kevin Bacon’ (qv)) and Earl (’Fred Ward (I)’ (qv)) plan to put behind their days as handymen in a small dust bowl town called Perfection. Before they can get to civilization though, they encounter numerous victims of monsters that burrow through the ground. Soon the whole town is camped out on their roofs as Val and Earl lead them to safety.

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Ernest Borgnine | Robert Ryan | Edmond O'Brien | Warren Oates | Jaime Sánchez | Ben Johnson | Emilio Fernández | Strother Martin | L. Q. Jones | Albert Dekker | Bo Hopkins | Dub Taylor | Paul Harper | Jorge Russek
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

The Thing (1982)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Wilford Brimley | T.K. Carter | David Clennon | Keith David | Richard A. Dysart | Charles Hallahan | Peter Maloney | Richard Masur | Donald Moffat | Joel Polis | Thomas G. Waites | Norbert Weisser | Larry J. Franco | Nate Irwin
Directors: John Carpenter
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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.

Commando (1985)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Rae Dawn Chong | Dan Hedaya | Vernon Wells | James Olson | David Patrick Kelly | Alyssa Milano | Bill Duke | Drew Snyder | Sharon Wyatt | Michael Delano | Bob Minor | Michael Adams | Gary Cervantes | Lenny Juliano
Directors: Mark L. Lester
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A retired special agent named John Matrix led an elite unit and has left the armed forces to live in a secluded mountain home with his daughter Jenny. But now he is forced out of retirement when his daughter is kidnapped by a band of thugs intent on revenge! Unbeknownst to Matrix, the members of his former unit are being killed one by one. Even though Matrix’ friend General Franklin Kirby gives Matrix armed guards, attackers manage to kidnap Matrix and Jenny. Matrix learns that Bennett, a former member of his Matrix’ unit who was presumed dead has kidnapped him to try to force Matrix to do a political assassination for a man called Arius (who calls himself El Presidente), a warlord formerly bested by Matrix who wishes to lead a military coup in his home country. Since Arius will have Jenny killed if Matrix refuses, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: John Cleese | Alan Rickman | Rupert Grint | Emma Watson | Daniel Radcliffe | Maggie Smith | Robbie Coltrane | Saunders Triplets | Richard Harris | Fiona Shaw | Harry Melling | Richard Griffiths | Derek Deadman | Ian Hart | Ben Borowiecki | Warwick Davis | Verne Troyer | John Hurt | Richard Bremmer
Directors: Chris Columbus
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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.

Poltergeist (1982)

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Craig T. Nelson | JoBeth Williams | Beatrice Straight | Dominique Dunne | Oliver Robins | Heather O'Rourke | Michael McManus | Virginia Kiser | Martin Casella | Richard Lawson | Zelda Rubinstein | Lou Perryman | Clair E. Leucart | James Karen | Dirk Blocker
Directors: Tobe Hooper
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While living an an average family house in a pleasant neighborhood, the youngest daughter of the Freeling family, Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke), seems to be connecting with the supernatural through a dead channel on the televison. It is not for long when the mysterious beings enter the house’s walls. At first seeming like harmless ghosts, they play tricks and amuse the family, but they take a nasty turn- they horrify the family to death with angry trees and murderous dolls, and finally abduct Carol Anne into her bedroom closet, which seems like the entrance to the other side.

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: | | Bob Griffith | Joshua Leonard | Michael C. Williams
Directors: Daniel Myrick
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Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend… The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the students film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project.

Breathless (1983)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Gere | Art Metrano | John P. Ryan | William Tepper | Robert Dunn | Garry Goodrow | Lisa Jane Persky | James Hong | Waldemar Kalinowski | Jack Leustig | Eugène Lourié | Georg Olden | Miguel Pinero | Henry G. Sanders
Directors: Jim McBride
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Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a police man. When he makes it to L.A. he stays with Monica, a girl he has only known for a few days. As the film progresses, the police get closer to him, and the crimes escalate.