Archive for the ‘War’ Category
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Biography, Drama, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: Israel | Germany | France | USA | Finland | Switzerland | Belgium | Australia
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: Hebrew | German | English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai … Himself (voice)
Ronny Dayag … Himself (voice)
Ari Folman … Himself (voice)
Dror Harazi … Himself (voice)
Yehezkel Lazarov … Carmi Cna'an (voice)
Mickey Leon … Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
Ori Sivan … Himself (voice)
Zahava Solomon … Herself (voice)
Plot: An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 23 wins & 23 nominations
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 107 min
Languages: English | Hungarian
Director:
Tagline: When it comes to war…America means business
Cast: John Cusack … Brand Hauser
Hilary Duff … Yonica Babyyeah
Marisa Tomei … Natalie Hegalhuzen
Joan Cusack … Marsha Dillon
Dan Aykroyd … Mr. Vice President
Sergej Trifunovic … Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini
Ned Bellamy … Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini / Zubleh
John McLaughlin … Himself
Montel Williams … GuideStar Voice (voice)
Ben Kingsley … Walken / The Viceroy
Lyubomir Neikov … Omar Sharif (as Lubomir Neikov)
Nikolay Stanoev … Bhodi Bhundhang (as Nikolai Stanoev)
George Zlatarev … Director
Bashar Rahal … Video Guy #1
Velislav Pavlov … Video Guy #2 (as Vesilav Pavlov)
Plot: A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President…
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The bravest place to stand is by each other's side.
Cast: Ryan Phillippe … SSgt. Brandon King
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tommy Burgess
Rob Brown … Isaac 'Eyeball' Butler
Channing Tatum … Sgt. Steve Shriver
Victor Rasuk … Pvt. Rico Rodriguez
Terry Quay … Al 'Preacher' Colson
Matthew Scott Wilcox … Harvey 'Rabbit' Lankford
Connett Brewer … Curtis (as Connett M. Brewer)
Timothy Olyphant … Lt. Col. Boot Miller
Josef Sommer … Senator Orton Worrell
Linda Emond … Ida King
Ciarán Hinds … Roy King
Mamie Gummer … Jeanie
Abbie Cornish … Michelle
Alex Frost … Shorty Shriver
Plot: A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: Canada:113 min | USA:115 min | Argentina:115 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes losing your way home means finding yourself
Cast: Tim Robbins … Fred Cheaver
Rachel McAdams … Colee Dunn
Michael Peña … T.K. Poole
Molly Hagan … Pat Cheaver
Mark L. Young … Scott Cheaver
Howard Platt … Stan Tilson
Arden Myrin … Barbara Tilson
Coby Goss … Peter Tilson (as Coburn Goss)
John Heard … Bob
Jennifer Joan Taylor … Bob's Wife
Katherine LaNasa … Janet
Leo Ford … Janet's husband
Susan Yeagley … Kendra
Emily Swallow … Brandi
John Diehl … Tom Klinger
Plot: The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, TK and Cheever — who return from the Iraq War after…
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Crime, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 116 min | Germany:118 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: I wouldn't recommend a vacation to Iraq anytime soon
Cast: Christopher Bradley … Military Police (as Chris Bradley)
Sarah Denning … Military Police
Robin Dill … OGA
Joshua Feinman … Military Police (as Josh Feinman)
Jeff L. Green … Military Police (as Jeff Green)
Roy Halo … Detainee
Cyrus King … Military Intelligence
Alim Kouliev … OGA / Interrogator
Daniel Novy … Military Police
Zhubin Rahbar … Detainee
Shaun Russell … Military Police
Kami Shahab … Detainee
Charity Sills … Military Intelligence
Plot: Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: Australia | China | Germany
Runtime: 125 min
Languages: English | Japanese | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: War made them orphans, one man made them legends
Writers: Jane Hawksley (writer) James MacManus (writer)
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers … George Hogg
Radha Mitchell … Lee Pearson
Yun-Fat Chow … Chen Hansheng
Michelle Yeoh … Mrs. Wang
Guang Li … Shi-Kai
Lin Ji … Horse Rider
Matt Walker … Andy Fisher
Anastasia Kolpakova … Duschka
Ping Su … Eddie Wei
Imai Hideaki … Japanese Officer
Sciichiro Hashimoto … Urbane Japanese Officer
Shinichi Takashima … Hostile Kempetai Officer
Xing Mang … Young Communist
Ruixiang Zhu … Japanese Officer II
Yuelong Fang … Rou Ding
Plot: About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937. add synopsis
Awards: 3 nominations
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: Argentina:86 min | UK:84 min
Languages: English
Director: Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Tagline: The Bigger the Hit, The Harder They Fall
Cast: Sean Maguire … Leonidas
Carmen Electra … Queen Margo
Ken Davitian … Xerxes
Kevin Sorbo … Captain
Diedrich Bader … Traitoro
Method Man … Persian Emissary
Jareb Dauplaise … Dilio
Travis Van Winkle … Sonio
Phil Morris … Messenger
Jim Piddock … Loyalist / Simon Cowell Look-a-Like
Nicole Parker … Paula Abdul Look-a-Like / Britney Spears Look-a-Like / Ellen DeGeneres Look-a-Like / Hunchback Paris
Ike Barinholtz … Dane Cook Look-a-Like / Bond Villain / Prophet
Crista Flanagan … Spartan Woman / Ugly Betty Look-a-Like
Hunter Clary … Leo Jr.
Emily Wilson … Lindsay Lohan Look-a-Like
Plot:
Awards: 5 nominations
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Comedy, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: France | USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English | Arabic | French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick (screenplay) & Morgan Spurlock (screenplay)
Cast: Morgan Spurlock … Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Bush … Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney … Himself (archive footage)
Daryl Isaacs … Himself (as Daryl M. Isaacs)
Alexandra Jamieson … Herself
Donald Rumsfeld … Himself (archive footage)
Laken James Spurlock … Himself
Plot: Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.
Awards: 2 wins
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: Russia
Runtime: 159 min
Languages: Russian | Chechen
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Nikita Mikhalkov (writer) & Aleksandr Novototsky (writer) …
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky … Juror #1
Nikita Mikhalkov … Juror #2
Sergey Garmash … Juror #3
Valentin Gaft … Juror #4
Aleksei Petrenko … Juror #5
Yuriy Stoyanov … Juror #6
Sergey Gazarov … Juror #7
Mikhail Efremov … Juror #8
Aleksey Gorbunov … Juror #9
Sergei Artsybashev … Juror #10
Viktor Verzhbitskiy … Juror #11
Roman Madyanov … Juror #12
Aleksandr Adabashyan … Bailiff
Apti Magamaev … The Boy
Abdi Magamayev … Little Chechen
Plot: 12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: Kazakhstan | Russia | Mongolia | Germany
Runtime: 126 min
Languages: Mongolian | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: Greatness comes to those who take it.
Writers: Arif Aliyev (writer) & Sergei Bodrov (writer)
Cast: Tadanobu Asano … Temudjin
Honglei Sun … Jamukha
Khulan Chuluun … Börte
Aliya … Oelun – Temudjin's Mother
Ba Sen … Esugei – Temudjin's Father
Amadu Mamadakov … Targutai
He Qi … Dai-Sechen
Ben Hon Sun … Monk
Ji Ri Mu Tu … Boorchu
You Er … Sorgan-Shira (as A You Er)
Ba Tu … Altan (as Hong Jong Ba Tu)
Deng Ba Te Er … Daritai (as E Er Deng Ba Te Er)
Bao Di … Todoen
Su Ya La Su Rong … Girkhai (as Su You Le Si Ren)
Sai Xing Ga … Chiledu
Plot: The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 4 nominations
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | France
Runtime: 123 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: You can only imagine the truth.
Writers: Ian McEwan (novel) Christopher Hampton (screenplay)
Cast: Saoirse Ronan … Briony Tallis – Age 13
Ailidh Mackay … Singing Housemaid
Brenda Blethyn … Grace Turner
Julia West … Betty
James McAvoy … Robbie Turner
Harriet Walter … Emily Tallis
Keira Knightley … Cecilia Tallis
Juno Temple … Lola Quincey
Felix von Simson … Pierrot Quincey
Charlie von Simson … Jackson Quincey
Alfie Allen … Danny Hardman
Patrick Kennedy … Leon Tallis
Benedict Cumberbatch … Paul Marshall
Peter Wight … Police Inspector
Leander Deeny … Police Constable
Plot: Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 23 wins & 67 nominations
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Biography, Drama, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: France | USA
Runtime: 96 min | Turkey:89 min (TV version)
Languages: French | English | Persian | German
Director: Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi
Tagline:
Writers: Marjane Satrapi (comic) Vincent Paronnaud (scenario)
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni … Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi, as a teenager and a woman (voice)
Catherine Deneuve … Mrs. Satrapi – Marjane's mother (voice)
Danielle Darrieux … Marjane's grandmother (voice)
Simon Abkarian … Mr. Satrapi – Marjane's father (voice)
Gabrielle Lopes Benites … Marjane as a child (voice)
François Jerosme … Uncle Anouche (voice)
Sophie Arthuys … (voice)
Jean-François Gallotte
Arié Elmaleh … (voice)
Mathias Mlekuz … (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stéphane Foenkinos
Amethyste Frezignac … Marjane as a child (voice: English version)
Tilly Mandelbrot … Lali (voice)
Sean Penn … Mr. Satrapi – Marjane's father (voice: English version)
Iggy Pop … Uncle Anouche (voice: English version)
Gena Rowlands … Marjane's grandmother (voice: English version)
Plot: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 25 nominations
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Release Year: 2006
Country: Czech Republic | Slovakia
Runtime: Czech Republic:120 min
Languages: Czech | German
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Bohumil Hrabal (novel) Jirí Menzel (writer)
Cast: Ivan Barnev … Jan Díte, younger
Oldrich Kaiser … Jan Díte, older
Julia Jentsch … Líza
Martin Huba … Skrivánek
Marián Labuda … Walden
Milan Lasica … Professor
Josef Abrhám … Hotelier Brandejs
Jirí Lábus … Hotel Boss
Jaromír Dulava … Waiter Karel
Pavel Nový … General
István Szabó … Stock Marketeer
Tonya Graves … Abyssinian Emperor
Rudolf Hrusínský … Tichota
Petr Ctvrtnícek … Stockbroker
Jirí Sesták … Waiter
Plot: A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel. add synopsis
Awards: 8 wins & 2 nominations
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Saturday, March 27th, 2004
All Genres:
Drama, History, War, Western
Release Year: 2004
Country: USA
Runtime: 137 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: You will never forget
Cast: Dennis Quaid … Sam Houston
Billy Bob Thornton … Davy Crockett
Jason Patric … James Bowie
Patrick Wilson … William Travis
Emilio Echevarría … Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Jordi Mollà … Juan Seguin
Leon Rippy … Sgt. William Ward
Tom Davidson … Colonel Green Jameson
Marc Blucas … James Bonham
Robert Prentiss … Albert Grimes
Kevin Page … Micajah Autry
Joe Stevens … Mial Scurlock
Stephen Bruton … Captain Almeron Dickinson
Laura Clifton … Susanna Dickinson
Ricardo Chavira … Private Gregorio Esparza (as Ricardo S. Chavira)
Plot: Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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