Sep 14
Plot:
The story of USSR’s first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The submarine’s crew, led by the unyielding Captain Alexi Vostrikov, races against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster which threatens not only the lives of his crew, but has the potential to ignite a world war between the super powers.
IMDB rating: 6.50 out of 10.0 (12836 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
1960s,
accident,
based-on-history,
based-on-true-story,
cold-war,
courage,
cowardice,
crush-depth,
duty,
historical,
hit-by-truck,
honor,
ice,
iceberg,
mooning,
mutiny,
navy,
nuclear,
nuclear-accident,
nuclear-reactor,
nuclear-submarine,
number-in-title,
ocean,
radiation,
radiation-exposure-first-aid,
radiation-sickness,
radioactive-contamination,
radioactivity,
repairing,
russia,
sea,
sea-captain,
self-sacrifice,
soccer,
soviet,
soviet-union,
submarine,
suspense,
test-launch,
torpedo,
u-boat,
underwater,
underwater-welding
Sep 13
Plot:
Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he’s having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he’s attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?
IMDB rating: 7.20 out of 10.0 (30608 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
accountant,
animal-attack,
beach,
bittersweet,
black-comedy,
burglary,
burial-at-sea,
cancer,
cgi,
character-name-in-title,
crab,
death-of-friend,
divorced,
documentary-crew,
dolphin,
drugs,
eaten-alive,
eccentric,
elevator,
expedition,
exploding-ship,
face-slap,
farce,
father-son-relationship,
fight,
film-in-film,
film-making,
flashback-sequence,
gay-slur,
gift,
guitar,
helicopter,
helicopter-accident,
hostage,
hot-air-balloon,
humanity,
illegitimate-child,
infidelity,
interview,
island,
jealousy,
jellyfish,
leech,
letter,
lizard,
loss-of-friend,
loss-of-mother,
loss-of-son,
love,
machete,
machine-gun,
marijuana,
murder,
name-change,
new-job,
north-atlantic,
ocean,
oceanographer,
part-stop-motion,
pilot,
pirate,
pregnancy,
product-placement,
profanity,
redemption,
reporter,
rescue,
resort-hotel,
revenge,
rivalry,
sauna,
scene-during-end-credits,
scuba,
sea-horse,
shark,
shipwreck,
shootout,
shot-in-the-chest,
shot-in-the-neck,
sikh,
singing,
speedo,
stabbed-in-the-shoulder,
stabbing,
steamship,
student-intern,
submarine,
suicide,
surreal,
talk-show,
thick-accent,
three-legged-dog,
topless,
tragedy,
tragic-hero,
u-boat,
underwater,
unhappy-marriage,
unwed-pregnancy,
vulgarity
Sep 13
Plot:
After eliminating General Zod & the other Kryptonian arch-villains, Ursa & Non, Superman leaves Earth to try to find his former home world of Krypton after astronomers have supposedly found it. When he finds nothing but remnants, he returns home to Earth - to find out that Lois Lane is engaged to a relative of his boss, and that Lex Luthor is at it again - after swindling an elderly, terminally ill woman. The psychopathic Luthor, whose plans to destroy California failed because of Superman’s heroics, vows vengeance against the Man of Steel and contrives a new sinister plot - using the crystals of Krypton to build a continent that will wipe out most of North America! Embedded in the continent’s structure is Kryptonite - the lethal substance that is Superman’s only weakness. Upon learning of Luthro’s sinister scheme, Superman must again race against time to stop the psychopathic Luthor before millions - possibly billions - are killed.
IMDB rating: 6.90 out of 10.0 (57453 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
1990s,
airplane-accident,
asthma,
bald,
baldness,
based-on-comic-book,
blockbuster,
bullet-time,
bully,
burglary,
cell-phone,
character-name-in-title,
childhood,
christ-allegory,
compassion,
conscience,
cornfield,
crash-landing,
crushed-to-death,
dc-comics,
death-wish,
dog,
drowning,
dual-identity,
elevator,
elevator-shaft,
email,
end-of-the-world,
engagement,
epic,
exploding-planet,
fall-from-height,
farm,
father-son-relationship,
fax-machine,
flying,
fortress-of-solitude,
gatling-gun,
good-versus-evil,
growing-up,
henchman,
honor,
hope,
hospital,
human-alien,
hyper-speed,
idealism,
illegitimate-son,
impossible-love,
internet,
invulnerability,
journalism,
kids-and-family,
kindness,
kryptonite,
love-triangle,
megalomaniac,
mother-son-relationship,
murderer,
newspaper-headline,
nuclear-energy,
ocean,
origin-of-hero,
oxygen-mask,
photographer,
piano,
police,
police-chase,
product-placement,
quitting-smoking,
red-cape,
religious-tolerance,
reporter,
responsibility,
secret-identity,
self-sacrifice,
sick-child,
speeding-bullet,
stabbed-in-the-back,
suicide-thoughts,
super-speed,
super-strength,
super-villain,
super-vision,
superhero,
superman,
tattoo,
teenage-hero,
title-spoken-by-character,
toupee,
transformation,
uncle-nephew-relationship,
urban,
wilhelm-scream,
x-ray-vision,
yacht
Sep 13
Plot:
When an American nuclear submarine crashes, the United States Government believe the Russians to be responsible. They enlist the help of a team of underwater drilling platform workers who are to help the deployed Navy SEALS locate the crash site. As they get closer to their destination, the friction between the two teams increases. When some workers report seeing UFO’s underwater, the SEALS grow increasingly suspicious and suspect a Russian mini-sub. After a series of near-fatal disasters, the workers find that they are the only people who are capable of stopping World War III. But they are not the only inhabitants of the deep, and strange things are happening back at the surface…
IMDB rating: 7.40 out of 10.0 (24538 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
abyss,
alien,
cardiopulmonary-resuscitation,
cgi,
defibrillation,
estranged-couple,
fluid-breathing,
giant-wave,
gun,
hidden-civilization,
lack-of-oxygen,
nuclear-war,
nuclear-weapons,
ocean,
paranoia,
part-computer-animation,
scuba-diving,
sea,
submarine,
tsunami,
underwater
Sep 13
Plot:
Los Angeles police sergeant Roger Murtaugh and his partner, Sergeant Martin Riggs, are working on yet another drug related case. Soon after finding 1 million dollars worth of South African krugerrand in a crashed red BMW after a chase, Riggs and Murtaugh are assigned to keep an eye on Leo Getz, who is scheduled to testify in a case. There are people who don’t want Leo to testify, and they are a group of drug smugglers led by Arjen Rudd, the minister of diplomatic affairs for the South African consulate. Rudd turns out to be the man that Riggs and Murtaugh are after in the drug case they were working on before Leo was placed in their protective custody, which doesn’t look very protective when Leo is kidnapped by Rudd’s right hand man Pieter Vorstedt. Riggs ends up falling for Rudd’s secretary Rika Van Den Haas, who doesn’t like Rudd. In a confrontation with Vorstedt, Riggs is told the true circumstances behind the death of his wife Vicky, who died in a car crash in 1984 the car crash was caused by Vorstedt, who was supposed to have killed Riggs. Minutes after Vorstedt tries to kill Riggs, Riggs finds Rika dead, and this sends Riggs over the edge.
IMDB rating: 6.90 out of 10.0 (17286 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
accountant,
action-hero,
apartheid,
assassin,
assassination,
attempted-assassination,
attempted-drowning,
attempted-murder,
beach,
beer,
bikini,
black-cop,
blockbuster,
blonde,
boat,
brunette,
buddy-cop,
california,
car,
car-chase,
chase,
commercial,
commode,
condom,
condom-commercial,
consulate,
diplomatic-immunity,
dislocated-shoulder,
diving-board,
dog,
drowning,
falling-from-the-seventh-floor,
female-nudity,
fight,
french-kiss,
french-kissing,
garage,
gun,
handcuffs,
helicopter,
hobby,
hobby-room,
home-movie,
home-video,
hotel,
jacket,
kiss,
kissing,
knife-fight,
lapd,
los-angeles-california,
machine-gun,
nail-gun,
neo-noir,
no-smoking-sign,
nudity,
ocean,
pickup-truck,
pistol,
police,
policewoman-killing,
protected-witness,
racial-comment,
racial-slur,
racism,
racist,
revolver,
semiautomatic-pistol,
sequel,
seventh-floor,
sex,
ship,
shootings,
shot-to-death,
shotgun,
south-africa,
spotlight,
strait-jacket,
swimming-pool,
television,
television-commercial,
toilet,
topless,
topless-woman,
trailer,
triangle-trade,
truck,
tuna,
tv-commercial,
window,
wrecked-car,
yacht
Sep 12
Plot:
After losing their payload the ramshackle, sinking, ocean-going salvage tug “Sea Star” takes refuge in the eye of a typhoon in an attempt to make repairs. Whilst trying to find help the tug, captained by Robert Everton (’Donald Sutherland’ (qv)), discovers a Russian science vessel adrift in the eye. The crew believes their troubles are over and they are set for life when the captain informs them of the value of salvaging this apparent ghost-ship. However, the navigator Kit Foster (’Jamie Lee Curtis’ (qv)) and the chief engineer Steve Baker (’William Baldwin’ (qv)) are not convinced that it will be that easy. Once power is restored to the ship strange things start to happen and the crew mysteriously disappear one by one. It isn’t until the discovery of the last remaining Russian crew member, the chief science officer Nadia Vinogradiya (’Joanna Pacula’ (qv)), that the crew realise the enemy ranged against them isn’t the Russians but something far more malevolent…
IMDB rating: 4.20 out of 10.0 (5426 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
alien,
alien-attack,
android,
based-on-comic,
computer,
cybernetics,
dark-horse-comics,
death,
drowning,
electricity,
electrocution,
exploding-body,
exploding-ship,
exposed-brain,
gore,
grenade,
helicopter,
machine-gun,
nail-gun,
nightmare,
ocean,
robot,
rocket-launcher,
salvage,
sea,
ship,
shot-in-the-chest,
shot-in-the-face,
shot-in-the-forehead,
shot-in-the-head,
shot-in-the-leg,
shot-through-the-mouth,
shot-to-death,
stabbed-in-the-leg,
suicide,
torture,
typhoon,
virus
Sep 12
Plot:
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Russell Crowe brings great intensity to the role of Captain Jack Aubrey. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story to get to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. Paul Bettany offers a strong performance as the surgeon and naturalist who balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain’s friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together. The horrors of the injuries from the war are frequently implied, but vividly depicted in the reactions of the characters.
IMDB rating: 7.50 out of 10.0 (35194 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
1800s,
accidental-shooting,
ambush,
amputation,
based-on-novel,
beetle,
brain-surgery,
brazil,
broken-arm,
burial-at-sea,
camouflage,
cannon,
child-in-military,
child-uses-gun,
combat,
cook,
cricket-game,
death-of-friend,
deceit,
decoy,
doctor,
drowning,
eavesdropping,
english,
epic,
fiddle,
fog,
french,
friendship,
frigate,
galapagos-islands,
gift,
irish,
leadership,
lord's-prayer,
lost-at-sea,
man-overboard,
map,
military,
military-promotion,
military-training,
mirror,
napoleonic-wars,
naturalist,
naval-officer,
navy,
nervous-breakdown,
no-opening-credits,
ocean,
prayer,
profanity,
pudding,
pun,
pursuit,
royal-marines,
royal-navy,
sail,
sailor,
sea-battle,
sea-storm,
self-surgery,
singing,
slow-motion,
south-america,
south-atlantic,
south-pacific,
storm-at-sea,
string-ensemble,
suicide,
superstition,
surgery,
swashbuckler,
sword,
sword-fight,
tattoo,
teenager,
telescope,
toast,
tortoise,
twist-in-the-end,
union-jack,
violinist,
vomit-scene,
wave,
weevil,
whaler,
whaling,
whipping,
wildlife
Sep 12
Plot:
A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean’s private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters.
IMDB rating: 6.00 out of 10.0 (2851 votes) Continue reading »
Tags:
arranged-marriage,
axe-murder,
banishment,
based-on-novel,
based-on-true-story,
boarder,
brother-brother-relationship,
brother-sister-relationship,
capital-punishment,
confession,
death-by-drowning,
fishing,
immigrant,
immoral-love,
incest,
independent-film,
infertility,
infidelity,
island,
marital-relations,
murder,
murder-trial,
mystery,
new-england,
norwegian-american,
ocean,
photography,
pulitzer-prize,
puppy,
repression,
sailing,
seduction,
sister-in-law,
sister-sister-relationship,
smoking,
temptation