Archive for March, 2007

Tortilla Heaven

Friday, March 16th, 2007

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: You can't keep a miracle secret

 

Writers: Judy Hecht Dumontet (writer) Mitchell Leib (story)

 

Cast: José Zúñiga … Isidor
Miguel Sandoval … Gil Garcia
Olivia Hussey … Petra
Elpidia Carrillo … Hermenegilda
Alexis Cruz … Marco
Judy Herrera … Dinora
Marcelo Tubert … Father Pancracio
Irene Bedard … Liberata
Lupe Ontiveros … Adelfa
Del Zamora … Ruffino
George Lopez … Everardo
Deborah Chavez … Vangie
Geno Silva … Don Transito
Rick Gutierrez … Bulmaro
Jonathan Levit … Dr. Webman

 

Plot: Isidor’s Tortilla Heaven is the best restaurant in New Mexico maybe even the world. But though his tortillas are scrumptious… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

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Dead Silence

Friday, March 16th, 2007

All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min | 92 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: You scream. You die.

 

Writers: Leigh Whannell (screenplay) James Wan (story) …

 

Cast: Ryan Kwanten … Jamie Ashen
Amber Valletta … Ella Ashen
Donnie Wahlberg … Det. Lipton
Michael Fairman … Henry Walker
Joan Heney … Marion Walker
Bob Gunton … Edward Ashen
Laura Regan … Lisa Ashen
Dmitry Chepovetsky … Richard Walker
Judith Roberts … Mary Shaw
Keir Gilchrist … Young Henry
Steven Taylor … Michael Ashen
David Talbot … Priest
Steve Adams … 1941 Detective
Shelley Peterson … Lisa’s Mom
Enn Reitel … Billy (voice)

 

Plot: A widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wife’s murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist.

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Bra Boys

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2007

Country: Australia

Runtime: 90 min

Languages: English

Director: Sunny Abberton

Macario De Souza (co-director)

Tagline: Blood is thicker than water

 

Writers: Sunny Abberton (written by) and Stuart Beattie (writer)

 

Cast: Russell Crowe … Himself – Narrator (voice)
Kelly Slater … Himself
Cheyne Horan … Himself
Jack Kingsley … Himself
Sean Doherty … Himself
Koby Abberton … Himself
Sunny Abberton … Himself
Jai Abberton … Himself
Wayne Cleveland … Himself
Maurice Cole … Himself
John Gannon … Himself
Mark Matthews … Himself
Wayne Bartholomew … Himself (as Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew)
Nick Carroll … Himself
Derek Hynd … Himself

 

Plot: A film about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by it’s youth – the notorious surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

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The Lookout

Friday, March 9th, 2007

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2007

Country: USA

Runtime: 99 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Whoever has the money has the power

 

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Chris Pratt
Jeff Daniels … Lewis
Matthew Goode … Gary Spargo
Isla Fisher … Luvlee
Carla Gugino … Janet
Bruce McGill … Robert Pratt
Alberta Watson … Barbara Pratt
Alex Borstein … Mrs. Lange
Sergio Di Zio … Deputy Ted
David Huband … Mr. Tuttle
Laura Vandervoort … Kelly
Greg Dunham … Bone
Morgan Kelly … Marty
Aaron Berg … Cork
Tinsel Korey … Maura

 

Plot: Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

 

Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations

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