Posts Tagged ‘controversial’



Paths of Glory (1957)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Douglas, Kirk | Meeker, Ralph | Menjou, Adolphe | Macready, George | Morris, Wayne | Anderson, Richard | Turkel, Joe | Kubrick, Christiane | Hausner, Jerry | Capell, Peter | Meyer, Emile | Freed, Bert | Dibbs, Kem
Directors: Kubrick, Stanley
Download: DivX iPod 

In Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” war is viewed in terms of power. This mesmerizing, urgent film about a true episode in World War I combines the idea that class differences are more important than national differences with the cannon-fodder theory of war, the theory that soldiers are merely pawns in the hands of generals who play at war is if it were a game of chess. The result of this amazing film has been the emergence of one of the great talents in contemporary cinema, the master whose greatest work was yet to come.

Citizen Kane (1941)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Cotten, Joseph | Comingore, Dorothy | Moorehead, Agnes | Warrick, Ruth | Collins, Ray | Sanford, Erskine | Sloane, Everett | Alland, William | Stewart, Paul | Coulouris, George | Bonanova, Fortunio | Schilling, Gus | Van Zandt, Philip | Backus, Georgia | Shannon, Harry
Directors: Welles, Orson
Download: DivX iPod 

Considered by many to be the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world’s richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - “Rosebud…” What follows are pieces of newsreel-like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.

Psycho (1960)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Perkins | Leigh, Janet | Vera Miles | John Gavin | Balsam, Martin | John McIntire
Directors: Hitchcock, Alfred
Download: DivX iPod 

Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.

Kite Runner, The (2007)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Abdalla, Khalid | Leoni, Atossa | Toub, Shaun | Gharibzada, Sayed Jafar Masihullah | Ebrahimi, Zekeria | Mahmoodzada, Ahmad Khan | Hashimi, Mir Mahmood Shah | Ershadi, Homayoun | Tanha, Nabi | Ehsas, Elham | Ehsas, Bahram | Nawabi, Tamim | Attai, Mohamad Nabi | Sarwari, Mohamad Nadir | Haidari, Mustafa
Directors: Forster, Marc
Download: DivX iPod 

In the 70’s in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir’s father house, playing and kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassam to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father’s best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kitting, Hassam runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir’s kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam’s bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption.

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Stein, Ben | Berlinski, David | Cooper, Anderson | Dawkins, Richard | Dembski, William | Egnor, Michael | Gonzalez, Guillermo | Hitler, Adolf | Khrushchev, Nikita | Marks II, Robert J. | Meyer, Stephen | Meyer, Stephen C. | Myers, Paul Zachary | Nelson, Paul | Provine, William
Directors: Frankowski, Nathan
Download: DivX iPod 

Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom … What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns an awe-inspiring truth … that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And then gets busy. NOBODY messes with Ben.

Kids (1995)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Fitzpatrick, Leo | Henderson, Sarah | Pierce, Justin | Chan, Joseph | Staci Kim, Johnathan | Brown, Adriane | Bhagat, Sajan | Valdes, Billy | Waldeman, Billy | Núñez, Javier | Núñez, Luis | Bruna, Christian | Glen, Alex | Sevigny, Chloë | Dawson, Rosario
Directors: Clark, Larry
Download: DivX iPod 

Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers growing up in poverty in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Telly remains undaunted.

Redacted (2007)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | War
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Alloul, Sahar | Anderson, Happy | Caillaud, Francois | Carroll, Patrick | Cullen, Andrew | Devaney, Rob | Diaz, Izzy | Figueroa, Mike | Freihat, Qazi | Hijazin, Paul | Hussein, Suhail Abdel | Jones, Ty | Kahlil, Dhiaa | Kassay, Yanal | Knoller, Ohad
Directors: De Palma, Brian
Download: DVD iPod 

A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.

Chasing Amy (1997)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Suplee, Ethan | Affleck, Ben | Mosier, Scott | Lee, Jason | Mewes, Jason | Affleck, Casey | Smith, Kevin | Ewell, Dwight | Adams, Joey Lauren | Turner, Guinevere | Lee, Carmen | O'Halloran, Brian | Damon, Matt | Goebbel, Alexander | Torn, Tony | Waxman, Rebecca | Petrick, Paris
Directors:
Download: DivX iPod 

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything’s going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she’s a lesbian.

Hills Have Eyes, The (2006)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stanford, Aaron | Quinlan, Kathleen | Shaw, Vinessa | de Ravin, Emilie | Byrd, Dan | Bower, Tom | Drago, Billy | Joy, Robert | Levine, Ted | Askew, Desmond | Buzzington, Ezra | Smith, Michael Bailey | Ortiz, Laura | Nicotero, Gregory | Camilleri Preziosi, Maisie
Directors: Aja, Alexandre
Download:  

Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty…or so they thought? When the Carter’s car breaks down at the old site, they’re stranded…or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren’t pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.

Dogma (1999)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Rock, Chris | Hayek, Salma | Rickman, Alan | Morissette, Alanis | Cort, Bud | Hackney, Barret | Pfennigwerth, Jared | Sakurai, Kitao | Carlin, George | Aberlin, Betty | Damon, Matt | Affleck, Ben | Etheridge, Dan | Fiorentino, Linda | Milosavljevic, Derek | Braden, Lesley | O'Halloran, Brian | O'Brien, Marie Elena | Garofalo, Janeane
Directors: Smith, Kevin
Download: DVD iPod  

The great grand niece of Jesus Christ is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.