Oct 09
Plot:
Irreverent as ever, Larry The Cable Guy plays a big city health inspector who’s happy with his usual beat of greasy spoon diners and low-rent ethnic restaurants. His easygoing life is turned upside-down when he’s saddled with a straight-arrow rookie partner (Iris Bahr) and assigned the biggest case of his career: investigating an outbreak of mysterious food poisonings at the city’s swankiest restaurants. Infuriating restaurateurs with his bad manners, Larry still manages to charm a sweet, shy waitress (Megyn Price) into a budding romance. But when his unorthodox methods cost him his job, Larry has to go undercover to bring the conspirators to justice and ‘Git-R-Done!’
IMDB rating: 2.40 out of 10.0 (5120 votes) Continue reading »
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androgyny,
auto-theft,
bar,
breaking-the-fourth-wall,
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cockroach,
contest,
diner,
disguise,
dream-sequence,
fake-injury,
fired,
flatulence,
food-poisoning,
health-inspector,
interracial-romance,
male-nudity,
mayor,
mental-retardation,
mother-daughter-relationship,
neighbor,
orlando-florida,
profanity,
restaurant,
restroom,
Romance,
scatological-humor,
scene-during-end-credits,
shopping-mall,
sister-sister-relationship,
syringe,
toilet,
truck,
undercover,
wheelchair
Sep 14
Plot:
Years have passed since Ted Striker heroically saved many lives by avoiding a plane crash. Working as a test pilot for a new Lunar Shuttle, he gets innocently sent into a mental ward after a crash of the badly constructed, computer-navigated spaceship. When he hears that the exactly same type of shuttle is scheduled for a moon flight soon, he breaks out to hinder the launch. Aboard, Ted finds his ex-ex Elaine Dickinson working as stewardess again and her fiancé Simon, a member of the committee that wants the Mayflower I to be launched. In flight, the ship’s computer ROK 9000 takes control, killing the crew. Ted and Elaine manage to switch it off, and now it is up to Ted again to save the passengers’ lives - if there only wouldn’t be these flashbacks to the war and these people who know Ted and have no faith in his abilities at all.
IMDB rating: 5.70 out of 10.0 (7554 votes) Continue reading »
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airplane,
asteroid,
aviation,
bomb,
commodore-computer,
computer,
courtroom,
disaster,
flashback-sequence,
flashback-within-flashback,
impotence,
mental-institution,
psychiatrist,
Romance,
second-part,
self-referential,
sequel,
sequel-mentioned-during-end-credits,
space-shuttle,
spoof,
surprise-after-end-credits,
timebomb
Sep 13
Plot:
The animated comedy tells the story of a lowly wood pigeon named Valiant, who overcomes his small size to become a hero in Great Britain’s Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. The RHPS advanced the Allied cause by flying vital messages about enemy movements across the English Channel, whilst evading brutal attacks by the enemy’s Falcon Brigade.
IMDB rating: 5.60 out of 10.0 (3746 votes) Continue reading »
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1940s,
airplane,
animal,
big-ben,
bird,
bunker,
carrier-pigeon,
character-name-in-title,
chase,
computer-animation,
courier,
england,
espionage,
falcon,
film-in-film,
flatulence,
fly,
france,
french-resistance,
friendship,
hypodermic-needle,
james-bond-spoof-scene,
kids-and-family,
london-england,
military-enlistment,
military-training,
mill,
mother-son-relationship,
mouse,
movie-theater,
nurse,
parachuting,
pigeon,
presumed-dead,
prisoner-of-war,
rescue,
Romance,
seagull,
shell-game,
shower,
stonehenge,
truth-serum,
war-hero,
wwii
Sep 13
Plot:
After a frightening escape from death at the hands of Chinese gangster Lao Che in Shanghai, Indiana Jones & 2 companions, Short Round (Quan) and Willie Scott (Capshaw) board a freight plane to escape. Over the Himalayas, the pilots dump the fuel, and Indy discovers they are in serious trouble when the plane’s engines start to stall. Parachuting out of the plane in a life raft, they survive a 300-foot fall into a raging mountain river and its rapids. They are now in India, and as their raft heads down river they are met by an Indian shaman, who leads them to his village where people are starving, crops are blighted, and there is not a single child! Indy’s mastery of their language helps him learn that a sacred stone was taken by some strange men, which caused all the problems facing the villagers now. Short Round & Indy figure out that the missing stone is one of the Sankara stones, which are supposed to have a magical effect on whomever possesses them. The shaman sends them on a mission to Pankot Palace, which once housed the Thuggee cult. After a series of near-death encounters, Indy & the others discover the Temple of Doom, where the human sacrifices to Kali - the Thuggee goddess of death - are carried out, as well as a mine that has enslaved the children of the Shaman’s village. Indy must get the stone back and free the children from the Thuggees and their psychopathic high priest, Mola Ram (Puri). What follows are several spectacular fights, a frightening chase through a mine shaft in tiny mine cars, and a bridge collapse 100 feet above a river filled with crocodiles! Hang on - and enjoy!
IMDB rating: 7.20 out of 10.0 (40825 votes) Continue reading »
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1930s,
adventurer,
airplane-accident,
ancient-ritual,
antidote,
archeologist,
archeology,
argument,
banquet,
bizarre,
blockbuster,
blood,
booby-trap,
bravery,
british-colonial,
bugs,
card-game,
chase,
child-driving-car,
child-kidnapping,
child-labor,
children,
chosen-one,
christ-allegory,
cliffhanging,
compassion,
controversial,
cremated-remains,
crocodile,
cruelty,
curse,
danger,
death,
death-trap,
diamond,
disturbing,
eaten-alive,
eating-brains,
eating-monkey-brains,
elephant,
escape,
face-slap,
fall,
fall-from-height,
famous-score,
father-figure,
father-son-relationship,
fedora,
fire,
foreigner,
friendship,
gore,
grindstone,
hallucinogenic,
hanging,
heart-in-hand,
hero,
heroine,
heroism,
honor,
human-sacrifice,
india,
indiana-jones,
innocent-deaths-avenged,
insect,
jungle,
justice,
kidnapping,
kindness,
kiss,
lava,
leather-jacket,
love,
magic,
maharajah,
martial-arts,
mine,
mine-shaft,
monkey,
murder,
nightclub,
occult,
palace,
part-of-trilogy,
poetic-justice,
poison,
prequel,
prisoner,
raft,
redemption,
rescue,
reverse-footage,
righteous-rage,
river,
river-rapids,
roller-coaster,
Romance,
rope-bridge,
royal,
sadism,
sadist,
secret-passage,
sequel,
shanghai-china,
shrine,
singer,
skeleton,
slavery,
snake,
spit-in-the-face,
stop-motion,
studio-logo-segues-into-film,
sword,
tap-dancing,
thuggee,
tommy-gun,
torture,
trap,
tuxedo,
tyranny,
tyrant,
village,
villain,
violence,
voodoo,
voodoo-doll,
warrior,
water,
whip,
young-boy
Sep 13
Plot:
Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil Jafar (the sultan’s advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up in Jafar’s plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp. Legend has it that only a person who is a “diamond in the rough” can retrieve the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fight that description, but that’s not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince.
IMDB rating: 7.60 out of 10.0 (26391 votes) Continue reading »
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arabian,
based-on-novel,
bird,
blockbuster,
carpet,
daughter,
desert,
disguise,
disney-animated-feature,
escape,
father,
fictitious-country,
flying-carpet,
fortune,
genie,
happy-ending,
kids-and-family,
love,
magic,
market,
monkey,
palace,
parade,
poetic-justice,
poverty,
princess,
racial-stereotype,
Romance,
runaway,
saudi-arabia,
sultan,
thief,
tiger,
title-spoken-by-character,
villain,
wilhelm-scream
Sep 13
Plot:
The animated story of Bambi, a young deer hailed as the ‘Prince of the Forest’ at his birth. As Bambi grows, he makes friends with the other animals of the forest, learns the skills needed to survive, and even finds love. One day, however, the hunters come, and Bambi must learn to be as brave as his father if he is to lead the other deer to safety.
IMDB rating: 7.50 out of 10.0 (11139 votes) Continue reading »
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animal,
based-on-novel,
beast-fable,
blockbuster,
death-of-mother,
deer,
disney,
disney-animated-feature,
dog,
fawn,
fight,
flower,
forest-fire,
friendship,
frozen-lake,
gunshot-wound,
hunting,
ice-skating,
kids-and-family,
loss-of-mother,
maturation,
mother-son-relationship,
nature,
owl,
rabbit,
rainstorm,
rescue,
Romance,
self-sacrifice,
shyness,
skunk,
snow,
talking-animal,
title-spoken-by-character,
twins
Sep 13
Plot:
LLOYD is a sweet and funny 11 year old class clown who’s always getting into trouble with his teachers. Mrs. Crub is the meanest teacher in school. When Lloyd tries to rescue one of his classmates from her cruelty, he is banished to a class for “less enthusiastic” students. There, Lloyd joins three other sub-par students: Troy, Carla, and Storm. Lloyd learns a lesson about love when pretty Tracey becomes the newest class member. For Lloyd it’s love at first sight. Unfortunately for sweet Lloyd, he is no match for the handsome Storm the junior high, “rebel without a cause.” But with help from his mom, his little brother, and a mysterious magician, Lloyd learns that confidence and self - esteem can still get him the pretty girl in the end.
IMDB rating: 5.10 out of 10.0 (164 votes) Continue reading »
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first-crush,
first-kiss,
first-love,
pre-teen,
Romance
Sep 13
Plot:
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she’s saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
IMDB rating: 5.80 out of 10.0 (525 votes) Continue reading »
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aunt,
auto-mechanic,
bar,
baseball,
cemetery,
chrysler-building-new-york,
combination-safe,
cousin,
daughter,
debt,
empire-state-building-new-york,
eviction,
ex-convict,
fistfight,
guard,
heist,
hospital,
independent-film,
irish,
irish-american,
key,
long-lost-relative,
new-york-city,
nursing-home,
one-last-job,
priest,
robbery,
Romance,
safecracker,
world-trade-center-new-york
Sep 12
Plot:
Nelson (Keanu Reeves) is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara (Charlize Theron). She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
IMDB rating: 5.50 out of 10.0 (9860 votes) Continue reading »
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advertising,
bathtub-scene,
compassion,
disease,
dmv,
hot-dog,
remake,
Romance,
san-francisco-california,
spoiler-in-keywords,
terminal-illness,
workaholic
Sep 12
Plot:
A group of billionaires led by a Las Vegas casino owner (John Cleese) search for things to bet on. They decide to pull a group of six strangers together to race from Vegas to Silver City, New Mexico to retrieve $2 million hidden in a locker. First one there gets all of the money. The first team are two addled brothers (Seth Green and Vince Vieluf, who talks indecipherably because of a newly pierced tongue). When they cannot catch a plane, they plot to destroy an airport control tower in a very funny sequence. Their antics carry them into a hot air balloon chase that catches a cow with a dangling rope and into a monster truck competition. The second team is an estranged mother (Whoopi Goldberg) reunited with her daughter (Lanai Chapman), who is struggling to start a business. They face an insane squirrel-selling woman (Kathy Bates) and steal a rocket car scheduled for a land speed record attempt. A hated NFL referee (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is stranded in the desert by an irate cabbie (Paul Rodriguez) and hijacks a busload of Lucille Ball look-alikes on the way to a convention. The Jewish family man (Jon Lovitz) on a family vacation joins the race without telling his wife (Kathy Najimy) why they are rushing across the country. When his daughter insists on stopping at a Barbie museum, it is without realization that it is the Klaus Barbie Nazi Museum. The escape from that location involves the theft of Hitler’s personal touring car and culminates with Lovitz having his tongue burned and accidentally crashing into a WWII Veteran’s convention. A narcoleptic Italian (Rowan Atkinson in his best Mr. Bean-like manner) gets a ride with an ambulance driver (Wayne Knight), who is carting a human heart for a transplant. Through various ineptitude, the heart ends up flying out of the truck’s window and the two have to recover it from a playful dog. The final race member (Breckin Meyer) is a straight-laced future lawyer who at first declines to participate in the race, but re-thinks his position after he meets a smart, beautiful woman (Amy Smart) who is flying a helicopter to New Mexico. He quickly finds out that she is unbalanced after she flies over her boy friend’s house and starts an attack on the boy friend when she sees him in the pool with an ex-girl friend. An air pursuit results in the crash of the helicopter. Dave Thomas also appears as Cleese’s humorless attorney.
IMDB rating: 6.30 out of 10.0 (21792 votes) Continue reading »
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baby,
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burma-shave,
bus,
caper,
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casino,
contest,
cow,
defecation-scene,
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grand-theft-auto,
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nipple-ring,
pierced-tongue,
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road-trip,
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Romance,
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