Archive for the 'Germany' Category

Patriot, The

Categories: 2000, Action, Drama, Germany, USA, War

The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to [...]

The Boat That Rocked

Categories: 2009, Comedy, Drama, Germany, Music, Romance, UK

“The Boat That Rocked” is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the ’60s and pop music. It’s about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count, a big, [...]

The Informers

Categories: 2009, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA

Published in 1995, the collection of loosely connected short stories captures a week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.

Bicentennial Man

Categories: 1999, Drama, Germany, Romance, Sci-Fi, USA

This film follows the ‘life’ and times of the lead character, an android (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don’t have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that [...]

Shut

Categories: 2009, Germany, Thriller

Malcolm Bricks (Lee Collin Baxter) wakes up in a nightmare of blood and betrayal. The bunker he is trapped in was the scene of a brutal crime shortly before. The results are three dead bodies and a mysterious bag. Malcolm has barely any memories about his part in this game. Is he a killer, as [...]

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Categories: 2003, Comedy, Germany, Romance, USA

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, [...]

Duplicity

Categories: 2009, Crime, Germany, Romance, Thriller, USA

A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses.

Baader Meinhof Complex, The

Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as [...]

Ghost World

Categories: 2001, Comedy, Drama, Germany, UK, USA

Set in the summer after graduation, Enid and Rebecca are both outsiders in a world slowly being engulfed by fake 50’s diners and Starbucks. Enid must attend an art class to officially graduate high school as Rebecca gets a job. When the two play a mean joke on a much older, geeky record collector, Enid [...]

Ghost World

Categories: 2001, Comedy, Drama, Germany, UK, USA

Set in the summer after graduation, Enid and Rebecca are both outsiders in a world slowly being engulfed by fake 50’s diners and Starbucks. Enid must attend an art class to officially graduate high school as Rebecca gets a job. When the two play a mean joke on a much older, geeky record collector, Enid [...]

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