Archive for September, 2006

The Guardian

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama

Release Year: 2006

Country: USA

Runtime: 139 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When lives are on the line, sacrifice everything.

 

Cast: Kevin Costner … Ben Randall
Ashton Kutcher … Jake Fischer
Sela Ward … Helen Randall
Melissa Sagemiller … Emily Thomas
Clancy Brown … Capt. William Hadley
Omari Hardwick … Carl Billings
Alex Daniels … Wild Bill
Daniel J. Molthen … Co-Pilot Wakefield (as Lcdr. Daniel J. Molthen USCG)
Andrew Schanno … Pilot Mitchell (as Lt. Andrew Schanno USCG)
Adam Pena … Benjamin Reyes
Joe Arquette … Co-Pilot Antunez
Gary Billburg … Julian Zankich (as PO1 Gary Billburg USCG)
Joshua Mitcheltree … Mitcheltree (as PO2 Joshua Mitcheltree USCG)
Rusty Tennant … Mover #1
James Barnes … Doctor #1

 

Plot: A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard’s “A” School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.

 

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

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The Last Winter

Monday, September 11th, 2006

All Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2006

Country: USA | Iceland

Runtime: 101 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: What if mankind only had one season left on Earth?

 

Writers: Larry Fessenden (writer) Robert Leaver (writer)

 

Cast: Ron Perlman … Ed Pollack
James LeGros … James Hoffman
Connie Britton … Abby Sellers
Zach Gilford … Maxwell McKinder
Kevin Corrigan … Motor
Jamie Harrold … Elliot Jenkins
Pato Hoffmann … Lee Means
Joanne Shenandoah … Dawn Russell
Larry Fessenden … Charles Foster
Oscar Miller … Simon Marshowitz
Hálfdán Theodórsson … Gary
Eggert Ketilsson … Frozen Trucker
Jack Fessenden … Young Hoffman
John Speredakos … Weatherman
Halfdan Pedersen … Doctor Pedersen (as Hálfdan Lárus Pedersen)

 

Plot: The American oil company KIC Corporation is building an ice road to explore the remote Northern Arctic… add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

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Bonneville

Monday, September 11th, 2006

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2006

Country: USA

Runtime: 93 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Jessica Lange … Arvilla
Kathy Bates … Margene
Joan Allen … Carol
Tom Skerritt … Emmett
Christine Baranski … Francine
Victor Rasuk … Bo Douglas
Tom Amandes … Bill
Tom Wopat … Arlo
Evan May … Robert Brimm
Erin May … Lauren Brimm
Nancy Roth … Waitress at Kozy Cafe
Lyn Vaus … Mechanic
Ryan Christopher Combe … Bellhop
Skip Carlson … Larry rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Conder … Taxi Driver
Jayson Creek … Maitre d'
Arabella Field … Motorcycle Cop
Kari Hawker … Newlywed
Kristen Marie Jensen … Student (as Kristen Marie Hullinger)
Ivey Lloyd … Evelyn (as Ivey Lloyd Mitchell)
Bruce Newbold … Bishop Paul Evans
Steve O'Neill … Doctor
Laura Park … Riva Fox
Jodi Russell … Alison
Amber Woody … Crystal

 

Plot: Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter.

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The Fall

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Release Year: 2006

Country: India | UK | USA

Runtime: 117 min

Languages: English | Romanian

Director:

Tagline: A Little Blessing In Disguise.

 

Cast: Catinca Untaru … Alexandria
Justine Waddell … Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
Lee Pace … Roy Walker / Blue Bandit
Kim Uylenbroek … Doctor / Alexander the Great
Aiden Lithgow … Alexander's Messenger
Sean Gilder … Walt Purdy
Ronald France … Otto
Andrew Roussouw … Mr. Sabatini
Michael Huff … Dr. Whitaker
Grant Swanby … Father Augustine
Emil Hostina … Alexandria's Father / Bandit
Robin Smith … Luigi / One Legged Actor
Jeetu Verma … Indian / Orange Picker
Leo Bill … Darwin / Orderly
Marcus Wesley … Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man

 

Plot: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

 

Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations

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Penelope

Friday, September 8th, 2006

All Genres:
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Release Year: 2006

Country: UK | USA

Runtime: 104 min | Thailand:86 min (DVD)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: A fairytale like no other.

 

Cast: Richard E. Grant … Franklin Wilhern
Catherine O'Hara … Jessica Wilhern
Nick Prideaux … Penelope's Great Grandfather (as Nicholas Prideaux)
Michael Feast … Jake / Witch
Christina Ricci … Penelope Wilhern
Ronni Ancona … Wanda
Simon Woods … Edward Vanderman
Paul Herbert … Leonard Wilhern
Simon Chandler … Doctor
Peter Dinklage … Lemon
Andi-Marie Townsend … Young Penelope
John Voce … Station Cop
Burn Gorman … Larry
Andrew Bailey … Floorman in Card Club
James McAvoy … Johnny / Max

 

Plot: A modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with “one who will love her faithfully.” add synopsis

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