Archive for January, 2002
Signs
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| Taglines: | 1: A message. A warning. A sign…of things to come. 2: Believe 3: Don’t see it alone. 4: It’s happening. 5: It’s Not Like They Didn’t Warn Us. 6: The first sign you can’t explain. The second sign you can’t ignore. The third sign you won’t believe. 7: The Signs Of Life |
| Plot Summary: | Mel Gibson plays a former priest who lost his faith after his wife was killed in a freak car accident. Six months later, he discovers a gigantic crop circle in his yard, similar events happen all over the world. Graham’s children think it’s aliens, his brother thinks it’s pranksters, and Graham doesn’t know what to think. The crop circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess’s faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles. However, as more and more strange events occur, he regains his faith and realizes something big is coming, and it’s probably not going to be friendly. |
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Equilibrium
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| Taglines: | 1: In a future where freedom is outlawed outlaws will become heroes. 2: The only thing more powerful than the system, is the man that will overthrow it. 3: Two men. One battle. No compromise. |
| Plot Summary: | In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. Whe he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it. |
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Hard Word, The
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| Taglines: | 1: All It Takes Is A Little Persuasion 2: In a word, they’re gone. |
| Plot Summary: | Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you “know wot I mean?” However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal. |
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
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| Taglines: | 1: A New Power Is Rising. 2: All will be sacrificed… All will be lost… Unless all unite against evil. (Trailer) 3: Eventyret er tilbage[Denmark] 4: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins! 5: The fellowship is broken. The power of darkness grows… 6: The Journey Continues December 18th |
| Plot Summary: | Sauron’s forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman’s army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron’s troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin. |
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Bourne Identity, The
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| Taglines: | 1: Bourne to survive 2: Danger is Bourne. 3: He was the perfect weapon until he became the target. 4: On June 14th, danger is Bourne. 5: Wer ist Jason Bourne? (Who is Jason Bourne?) 6: Who Am I? |
| Plot Summary: | Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum’s novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fisherman who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted. |
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Pianist, The
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| Taglines: | 1: Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece. |
| Plot Summary: | The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944. |
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Washington Heights
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| Plot Summary: | In the Latino neighborhood of New York City’s Washington Heights, two sons of immigrants one Dominican, one Irish wrestle with ambition and identity, only to discover that sometimes pursuing one’s dreams comes at a heavy cost. |
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Murder by Numbers
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| Taglines: | 1: Justice will be served 2: Let The Mind Games Begin 3: The only flaw in their plan was her. |
| Plot Summary: | Murder By Numbers is a psychological suspense-thriller that tells the story of a tenacious homicide detective, Cassie Mayweather (’Sandra Bullock’ (qv)) and her new partner Sam Kennedy (’Ben Chaplin’ (qv)) who become pitted against two malevolently brilliant young men (’Ryan Gosling (I)’ (qv) and ‘Michael Pitt (II)’ (qv)) in an ingenious battle of wits as they try to solve a murder case. |
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Interstate 60
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| Taglines: | 1: All your answers will be questioned. 2: Get off on…Interstate 60. 3: It began as a wish, became an adventure, and ended as the ultimate road trip. 4: No rules, no boundaries. |
| Plot Summary: | Neal Oliver is a young artist, but his father doesn’t like his choice and wants him to go to Oxford. Everything changes after Neal’s meeting with O.W.Grant, who grants exactly one wish per person, as his name suggests. Neal wishes for answers, and so he must travel to the nonexistent Danver by the nonexistent Interstate 60. In this trip he hopes to find the girl of his dreams, following the trail of her photos on the advertising stands along the route. Many encounters await him ahead. Will he receive what he asked for? |
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Dark Blue
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| Taglines: | 1: 1992, L.A is at boiling point. One cop’s turning up the heat. 2: Sworn to protect / Sworn to serve / Sworn to secrecy |
| Plot Summary: | Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1992, Dark Blue is a dramatic thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. In this racially-charged climate,the LAPD’s elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide. As they work the case, veteran detective Eldon Perry, known for his tough street tactics and fiery temper, tutors SIS rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Holland, the only man in the department willing to stand up to the SIS, threatens to end Perry’s brand of singlehanded “justice” on the Los Angeles streets. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., Perry and Keough must track down cold-blooded killers and face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue. |
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