viernes, 16 de noviembre de 2007

Películas Varias

IF ONLY (2004)




IF ONLY (2004)



Shortly after a painful fight with her boyfriend Ian, Samantha dies in a terrible accident. Miraculously, Ian gets an opportunity to live the fatal day all over again and possibly prevent her death. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls.








 








BLOW OUT (1981)




BLOW OUT (1981)



A soundman accidentally records the evidence that proves a car "accident" was murder, and consequently finds himself in danger. John Travolta, Nancy Allen.








 








ALWAYS (1989)




ALWAYS (1989)



They couldn't hear him. They couldn't see him. But he was there when they needed him... Even after he was gone. Pete is a pilot who drops water on forest fires at very low heights. His intended Dorinda is also a pilot who doubles as a radio controller for the pilots who do this work. Pete always takes chances, confident that his skill will bring him through. One day it doesn't and he is killed. He finds himself returning as an invisible ghost who's presence is barely felt giving advice to his successor. Pete then finds that his successor is also falling in love with Dorinda. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter.








 







THE KILLING SECRET (1997)




THE KILLING SECRET (1997)



Rich and popular Greg Dunleavy's bright future is threatened by the revelation that Emily, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, is pregnant with his child. Emily wants to keep the baby, but Greg has other ideas. After Emily disappears, Greg's girlfriend Nicole Voss becomes close to Emily's mother. When Emily is found murdered, Nicole begins to piece together evidence that points to Greg as the killer. Ari Meyers, Soleil Moon Frye.








 







NIGHTMARE STREET (1998)




NIGHTMARE STREET (1998)



Dashing into the street to prevent her daughter from being hit by truck, widow Joanna Burke (Sherilyn Fenn) is herself struck down an rendered unconscious. She awakens to find herself in a parallel world, where she has no daughter, someone else is living in her house, and there is no "Joanna Burke." Instead, everyone refers to Joanna as Sarah Randolph -- the same Sarah Randolph who has been accused of murdering her own son. Not surprisingly, no one believes Joanna/Sarah when she protests her innocence, except for Dr. Matt Westbrook (Thomas Gibson)...who may himself be trapped in a world he never made. Sherilyn Fenn, Rena Sofer.








 







THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE (1976)




THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE (1976)



Based on a true story, Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system (which is unlike being born with AIDS). As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager. John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor.








 







SECRET ADMIRER (1985)




SECRET ADMIRER (1985)



On the last day before summer vacation Michael receives a glowing, but anonymous, love-letter. He suspects, or hopes, it's from Deborah, the girl he's been after for a while, but who dates college students only. However she shows him a cold shoulder again. So his and her best friend Toni advises him to write her an anonymous letter in return. However these letters get in the wrong hands and cause lots of confusion in their families, until it's revealed, who wrote which letter to whom. C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin.








 







BORN INNOCENT (1974)




BORN INNOCENT (1974)



A Young Girl Behind Bars... The Pain. The Abuse. The Revenge. A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances. Linda Blair, Joanna Miles.








 







THE TWO WORLDS OF JENNIE LOGAN (1979)




THE TWO WORLDS OF JENNIE LOGAN (1979)



This movie is about a woman who is trying to rebuild her shattered marriage. She and her husband move to an old Victorian style home, where she finds a beautiful dress in the attic, which has a tear in the shoulder. She has the dress repaired. When she tries it on in the restored attic, she suddenly finds herself in another era. This time travel seems to happen whenever she wears the dress. She learns the house was once owned by an artist who died under mysterious circumstances. She meets the artist and eventually falls in love with him. Knowing what she does about his fate, can her love save him and change history? Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer.








 







XANADU (1980)




XANADU (1980)



A young album-painter learns a lesson about daring to dream when he is kissed by a magical muse. Throwing caution to the wind, he partners up with a wealthy former jazz musician to start-up a roller disco nightclub, but finds that one of his dreams might be too lofty--even for the powers that be. A modern musical featuring the musical talents of Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, the Tubes, and Cliff Richard, with a touch of cartoon from animator Don Bluth. Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly.








 







THE CUTTING EDGE (1992)




THE CUTTING EDGE (1992)



The film centers on the life of Doug Dorsey, a brash, blue collar hockey player who is destined for stardom in the NHL until an overzealous opponent leaves him blindsided. In a last ditch effort to capture the Gold, he teams up with Kate Moseley, a prima donna pairs figure skater whose domineering talent and razor-sharp wit puts Doug on very thin ice. D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly.








 







TRAPPED (2006)




TRAPPED (2006)



In an abandoned hotel, kidnappers hold a software engineer's daughter hostage until she cracks the code to vital government data. Alexandra Paul, Nicholas Turturro.








 







SHATTERED TRUST (1993)




SHATTERED TRUST (1993)



Shari is a brilliant successful attorney. For unknown reasons she attacks a witness during cross-examination at trial. Her path towards understanding her bizarre actions leads her back to the past, to a childhood memory that she has worked her whole life to repress. Now the truth is unleashed and Shari finds her family life destroyed and her professional life shattered. Based on a true story. Melissa Gilbert, Kate Nelligan.








 







THE PERFECT GETAWAY (1998)




THE PERFECT GETAWAY (1998)



Ex-convict Colt Erickson's new life as a helicopter pilot is shattered when he's hijacked by his boyhood friend Randy and girlfriend Alex. With a gun to his head, gas running low, and the FBI on his tail, Colt stages a daring helicopter crash. While Randy and Alex plan to retrieve a fortune hidden in the desert, Colt must destroy his captors' plans and somehow prove his innocence. A breath-taking, spectacular account of one of the most daring true life prison escapes in history. Adrian Pasdar, Antonio Sabato Jr., Kelly Rutherford.








 







RUNNING ON EMPTY (1988)




RUNNING ON EMPTY (1988)



The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Today, their eldest son wants a life of his own although he is aware that would mean that his parents would either get caught or he will never see them again. River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch.








 







TEN 'TIL NOON (2006)




TEN \



A jet-lagged Larry Taylor awakens to find two strangers in his bedroom, and over the next ten minutes, will experience the most terrifying--and possibly final--moments of his life. But who these strangers are, and what they want, can only be determined by events occurring elsewhere, and at the same time. We relive those same ten minutes through the eyes of those connected to what is not a simple home invasion, and with each person, find ourselves propelled closer to the truth. Alfonso Freeman, Rick D. Wasserman.








 







UNKNOWN (2006)




UNKNOWN (2006)



Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive. James Caviezel, Greg Kinnear.








 







BREACH (2007)




BREACH (2007)



Inspired by the true story of the greatest security breach in U.S. history. Eric O'Neill is promoted to a job inside FBI headquarters working for respected agent Robert Hanssen. Then O'Neill learns his true mission: Finding proof that Hanssen has been selling American secrets to the Soviet Union for years. Ryan Phillippe, Chris Cooper.








 







IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER (1992)




IN THE EYES OF A STRANGER (1992)



Lynn Carlson has just witnessed a horrible slaying on the subway, and was the only person to hear the dying woman's last words. It appears that she received an important message about the crime, but doesn't understand what she heard. With Lynn's life now in danger, Jack Rourke is assigned to protect her and, in addition to their closeness developing, he starts to suspect that Lynn knows more than she's saying. Richard Dean Anderson, Justine Bateman.








 








MIND PREY (1999)




MIND PREY (1999)



This action-packed feature is based on the mystery novel by John Sanford. Detective, Lucas Davenport is after a mentally deranged man who takes his former psychiatrist and her two children hostage in revenge for the torment he feels he suffered while being incarcerated at a hospital. However, there may be other things involved, as well. Eriq La Salle, Titus Welliver.








 








Little Nikita (1988)




Little Nikita (1988)



A teenager discovers his parents are "sleepers". KGB agents who, after being inactive for 20 years, are called upon to run one last dangerous mission. River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier.








 








ONE CRAZY SUMMER (1986)




ONE CRAZY SUMMER (1986)



An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers. John Cusack, Demi Moore.








 








A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN (1991)




A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN (1991)



Will Loomis is living with his retarded sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will 'kidnaps' one (and then another) child from the local children's home. The child is told it is dead and gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children. Kirk Cameron, Cloris Leachman, Jenny Robertson.








 








CHROMOPHOBIA (2005)




CHROMOPHOBIA (2005)



Every family has its secrets and tries to hold them hidden within domestic walls. However, those of the family of Marcus Aylesbury are in order to become public because of the family's long date friend Trent, a journalist faithful to his ideals who, put under pressure by his editor, is looking for a "sexy-scoop". Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes.








 








HERO-JET LI (2002)




HERO-JET LI (2002)



In feudal China, the King of Qin is waging a bloody campaign to conquer the entire land. He has been made a target of three dangerous assassins: spear-wielding Sky, and the lovers Broken Sword and Flying Snow. One day word comes that he has nothing left to fear; a prefect known only as Nameless has killed all three assassins. Nameless is called to the palace and asked to recount the tale of how he accomplished this amazing feat. Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai. (THIS MOVIE IS IN ENGLISH WITH NO SUBS).








 








PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987)




PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987)



All Neal Page wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag hotel with Del Griffith, a shower-curtain-ring salesman and fellow stranded traveler. Although Neal finds Del to be a buffoon, he just can't seem to get away from him. To make matters worse, all their efforts to get back to Chicago fail as trains break down and rental cars catch on fire. Along the way they encounter crazy cabbies, redneck truck drivers, and oversexed bus passengers. Steve Martin, John Candy.








 








PETER PAN (1960)





PETER PAN (1960)



In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy, Michael and John Darling. With a sprinkling of pixie dust, Peter and his new friends fly out the nursery window and over London to Never-Never Land. The children experience many wonderful and exciting adventures with the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily's Indian tribe, and Peter's arch enemy the dastardly pirate Captain Hook. Mary Martin, Cyril Ritchard. (Stage Version).








 







PETER PAN (1953)





PETER PAN (1953)



Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan. Bobby Driscoll-Peter Pan (voice), Kathryn Beaumont-Wendy Darling (voice).








 







RANCID (2004)





RANCID (2004)



Once a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. A personal tragedy has left him dispassionate about the world and his work. In the midst of this existential crisis he attends a high school reunion and meets three old friends; acquaintances he's tried to forget but who now emerge like ominous shadows from his past. Once again, face to face with the love of his life, Hayson tries to right old wrongs and get his life back on track. However, life has other plans, and he realizes that the past is best laid to rest or it might haunt you forever. He soon finds himself embroiled in a nightmarish brew of deceit, passion and murder. Wanted by the police for a heinous killing, he must choose between succumbing to his darkest desires or the light that will renew his faith in himself and his future. Matthew Settle, Fay Masterson.








 







FINDING NEVERLAND (2004)




FINDING NEVERLAND (2004)




The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no fathers. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet.







 








40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (2002)





40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (2002)



One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights. Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon.








 







THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)





THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)



A divorced woman and her daughter come home to find that her boyfriend has left for an out of town job with no warning. This has happened before. The second surprise comes in the form of another actor who has sublet the apartment from her boyfriend (who did not mention the pair of females who would be in residence). After some negotiation the two decide to share the apartment even though she has vowed to stay away from actors. Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason.








 







SS EXPERIMENT LOVE CAMP (1976)





SS EXPERIMENT LOVE CAMP (1976)



Set in a secret camp in Nazi Germany where officers mate with prisoners in cruel sexual experiments for "the improvement of the race." Mircha Carven, Paola Corazzi. (This movie is in English).








 







THE EXTERMINATOR (1980)





THE EXTERMINATOR (1980)



When John Eastland's best friend, Michael Jefferson, is mugged and left permanently crippled, he decides to do something about it. Jefferson had saved Eastland's life in Vietnam and now it's time for Eastland to get revenge for his friend. Using his old Army gear he sets out on a crusade to clean up the streets of New York using the name "The Exterminator." Robert Ginty, Christopher George, Samantha Eggar.








 







EXTERMINATOR 2 (1984)





EXTERMINATOR 2 (1984)



The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang. Robert Ginty, Mario Van Peebles.








 







Ten Little Indians (1965)





Ten Little Indians (1965)



Agatha Christie tale of 10 people invited to an isolated place only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton.








 







THE BRAVE (1997)





THE BRAVE (1997)



An unemployed alcoholic Native American Indian lives in a trailer park with his wife and two children. Convinced that he has nothing to offer this world, he agrees to be tortured to death by a gang of rednecks in return for $50,000. Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando.








 







F/X: MURDER BY ILLUSION (1986)




F/X: MURDER BY ILLUSION (1986)



A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger. Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy.








 







F/X 2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION (1991)




F/X 2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION (1991)




F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend, Kim is a cop. He asks Rollie to help him catch a killer. And the operation was going well when some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I. for help. And they discover it's not just Silak whom they have to worry about. Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy.







 








AGAINST ALL ODDS (1984)




AGAINST ALL ODDS (1984)



She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges.








 







THE DA VINCI CODE (2006)




THE DA VINCI CODE (2006)



Professor Robert Langdon is in Paris on business when he's summoned to The Louvre. A dead body has been found, setting Langdon off on an adventure as he attempts to unravel an ancient code and uncover the greatest mystery of all time. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou.








 







THE VIKINGS (1958)




THE VIKINGS (1958)



Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior while the other is an ex-slave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. When the throne of Northumbria in Britain becomes free for the taking, the two brothers compete against one another for the prize, but they have very different motives - both involving the princess Morgana. Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis.








 







FIRELIGHT (1997)




FIRELIGHT (1997)



In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa. Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane.








 








LOVEWRECKED (2005)




LOVEWRECKED (2005)



On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny is marooned on a beach with her rock and roll idol. Deliriously in love with the idea of time alone with him, she manages to hide the fact that they're a stones throw away from their resort. Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack.








 








ANIMAL INSTINCTS (1992)




ANIMAL INSTINCTS (1992)



A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact, when by chance he finds that he is at heart a voyeuristic peeping tom. To satisfy him, his wife has numerous affairs, which her husband watches on closed-circuit televison. However, the pair soon learn that when you play with fire, you'll always get burned. Maxwell Caulfield, Jan-Michael Vincent, Shannon Whirry.








 








FOXES (1980)




FOXES (1980)



A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley, and the usual problems teenagers has to cope with. Deidre is fascinated by sex, Madge is unhappily overweight, Annie is into drugs and Jeanie has to take care of all of them. They think that the school is crap, their boyfriends immature and the grown-ups come from another planet. Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Scott Baio.








 








CHAINED HEAT (1983)




CHAINED HEAT (1983)



Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after killing a man (by accident). The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where the other female inmates are sadistic crack-selling lesbian rapists and the guards and warden are no better. Racial tensions are high as the inmates is divided into two factions, blacks and whites, who must either join together against the management or kill each other trying. Linda Blair, John Vernon.








 








SNAKES ON A PLANE (2006)




SNAKES ON A PLANE (2006)



An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly and poisonous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss. Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies.








 








SYBIL (1976)




SYBIL (1976)



The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities. Sally Field, Joanne Woodward.








 






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