| Durée | 140 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Sci-fi Adventure, Psychological Sci-fi, Romantic Drama |
| Date de sortie | 1989 |
| Réalisateur | James Cameron |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to
investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine crash. A series of strange
encounters leads the crew to suspect the accident was caused by an
extraterrestrial craft, and that they may be participating in an
encounter with an alien species. However, in order to make contact,
they must not only brave the abyss, an exceedingly deep underwater
canyon, but also deal with the violent actions of one of their own crew
members, an increasingly paranoid Navy SEAL officer. Approved by
director James Cameron, The Abyss: Special Edition is an extended
director's cut of the 1989 underwater science fiction epic, reinstating
nearly a half hour of footage removed from the original release under
studio pressure. Much of the restored footage places the film's events
in a grander political context, as the crew's mission becomes a factor
in the dangerous escalation of nuclear tension between the U.S. and the
Soviet Union. The largest change involves the film's ending, which
provides further information on the aliens' mission on Earth, bringing
the film to closer to Cameron's intention: a modern remake of Robert
Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still.
| Durée | 100 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Urban Comedy, Black Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 1997 |
| Réalisateur | Griffin Dunne |
| Acteurs | Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo, Meg Ryan, Griffin Dunne, Dominick Dunne |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
In
this slightly dark comedy about romantic obsession, Sam (Matthew
Broderick) is an astronomer who likes his life in the small New England
town he calls home and loves his fiancée, Linda (Kelly Preston). But
one day, Linda tells Sam that she's moving to New York because she has
found a new job -- and a new boyfriend. Sam is shocked and doesn't want
to give Linda up, so when she moves to Manhattan, Sam follows her.
Moving into an empty loft across the street from Linda's new apartment,
Sam constructs a camera obscura that allows him to watch what she and
her new beau, a French restaurateur named Anton (Tcheky Karyo), are up
to. Sam's convinced that Linda is just going through a phase, and when
she gets tired of Anton, he'll be there to pick up the pieces. But Sam
soon has company in his obsessive watch over Linda's new flat: Anton's
former girlfriend, Maggie (Meg Ryan), crashes Sam's hideout and joins
him in his spy mission. While Sam just wants Linda back, Maggie is
seething with rage against Anton after he dumped her and now she's out
for revenge. Addicted to Love was the directorial debut of actor and
producer Griffin Dunne; he cast his father, noted author Dominick
Dunne, in a small role as a food writer.
| Durée | 106 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Comedy Of Errors, Odd Couple Film |
| Date de sortie | 2003 |
| Réalisateur | Peter Segal |
| Acteurs | Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, John Turturro, Jonathan Loughran, Luis Guzman, Allen Covert, Krista Allen, January Jones, Marisa Tomei, Woody Harrelson |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
man comes face to face with the rage he didn't know he had in this
comedy. Dave Buznick (Adam Sandler) is an even-tempered businessman
who, after a series of strange misunderstandings on an airline flight,
finds himself accused of air rage. A judge sentences Dave to undergo
anger management therapy, and he soon finds himself in the care of Dr.
Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson), a celebrated therapist. However, Dave's
group therapy sessions with a handful of truly disturbed individuals --
among them jumpy ex-con Chuck (John Turturro), obsessive sports fan
Nate (Jonathan Loughran), slow-burning Lou (Luis Guzman), egocentric
Andrew (Allen Covert), and bisexual porn stars Gina and Stacy (Krista
Allen and January Jones) -- leave him far more unsettled than when he
arrived. Later, when Buddy decides to move into Dave's home for
intensive therapy, he soon discovers Buddy has more than a bit of his
own anger to resolve, and that no one brings out Dave's deeply buried
inner rage quite like Buddy. Anger Management also stars Marisa Tomei
as Dave's girlfriend, Linda; in addition, the film features a number of
notable actors in cameos, including Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly,
Ray Liotta, Heather Graham, and Harry Dean Stanton.
| Durée | 29 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Music, Children's Educational, Children's Entertainment |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
From
the award-winning Baby Einstein Company, Baby Beethoven: Symphony of
Fun introduces art and music to creatively stimulate children from
infants to toddlers up to three years old. This release offers images
of musical instruments, puppets, and toys along with classical
compositions from Ludwig van Beethoven. Other titles from Baby Einstein
include Baby Mozart, Baby Bach, Baby Van Gogh, and Baby Shakespeare.
| Durée | 30 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Music, Children's/family, Instrumental Music, Children's Entertainment, Children's Educational |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Julie Aigner-Clark |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Stimulating
images of brightly colored objects float across the screen accompanied
by entertaining sound effects and the masterful and melodic tones of
Mozart. Aimed at children from one to 36 months, this video joins its
counterparts Baby Einstein and Baby Bach in promoting the notion that
exposure to the stimulus of classical music can help promote brain
development in such areas as verbal ability, spatial intelligence,
creativity, and memory. Musical selections include excerpts from
several of Mozart's piano sonatas, concertos, and symphonies, specially
arranged to appeal to infant and toddler ears.
| Durée | 116 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Sci-fi Comedy, Sci-fi Adventure, Americana |
| Date de sortie | 1985 |
| Réalisateur | Robert Zemeckis |
| Acteurs | Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox, Fox, Robert Zemeckis |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Contemporary
high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most
pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must
also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father
(Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn
suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson),
Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in Marty's life is his
friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at
present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the
1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his
now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest
he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the
loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its
dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the
performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of
surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset. Back to the
Future cemented the box-office bankability of both Fox and the film's
director, Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating
sequels.
| Durée | 107 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Sci-fi Comedy, Sci-fi Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1989 |
| Réalisateur | Robert Zemeckis |
| Acteurs | Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Things
have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original
Back to the Future, when in pops that crazy inventor Dr. Emmett Brown
(Christopher Lloyd) with news that in order to prevent a series of
events that could ruin the McFly name for posterity, Marty McFly
(Michael J. Fox ) and his girlfriend are whisked into the future to the
year 2015, where Marty must tangle with a teen rogue named Griff, who's
obviously the descendant of Biff, the first Future film's bully. Marty
foils Griff and his group when he jumps on an air-foil skateboard that
flies him through town at rakish speeds with the loser bullies beaten
again. Marty gets a money-making brainstorm before hopping in the
time-traveling DeLorean, and he purchases a sports almanac. He figures
that back in 1985 he'll be able to place sure-fire bets using the
published sports scores of the games that are yet to happen.
Unfortunately for Marty, Dr. Brown disapproves of his betting scheme --
he feels too much messing with time is very dangerous -- and he tosses
the almanac. A hidden Biff overhears the discussion about the almanac,
sees it get tossed out, and grabs it. Thus begins a time-traveling
swirl to make the head spin. Biff swipes the DeLorean, heads back to
1955, and with the help of the unerring almanac, bets his way to power.
The now-altered "Biff world" has turned into a nightmarish scene with
Biff the mogul, residing in a Vegas-styled pleasure palace and running
everything. It's all our hero Marty can do to pull the pieces together
this time, as he must jump between three generations of intertwined
time travel. The end of Back to the Future, Part 2 introduces its
sequel as the zany professor has already time-dashed away to the Wild
West of the late 1800s and invites Marty into a new adventure.
| Durée | 118 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Hybrid Western, Sci-fi Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 1990 |
| Réalisateur | Robert Zemeckis |
| Acteurs | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the
second film left off, but it casts off the dizzying time travel of the
first two films for mostly routine comedy set in the Old West. Marty
McFly (Michael J. Fox) receives a 70-year-old letter from his inventor
friend, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who tells Marty that he has
retreated a century in time to live out a relatively quiet life in the
Old West. Doc Brown reveals that he hid his DeLorean car/time machine
in an abandoned mine outside town, and when Marty does some research
and discovers that the Doc died shortly after writing the letter, he
decides to find the car, travel back in time, and warn the Doc about
his demise. Meanwhile, the Doc, who has fallen in love with a local
woman (Mary Steenburgen), realizes he can't hide in the past from the
problems he has caused to the time flow in the previous two adventures.
He reluctantly decides to return to the present with Marty, but first,
they have to find a way to get the DeLorean up to time-travel velocity
with a broken fuel line and no gasoline.
| Durée | 122 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Barry Levinson |
| Acteurs | Jane Fonda |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Director
Barry Levinson follows up the low-budget An Everlasting Piece (2000)
with another comedy, this one of the homegrown variety from former Twin
Peaks (1990) TV series writer Harley Peyton. Bruce Willis stars as
suave bank robber Joe, who has escaped from prison with his
hypochondriac buddy Terry (Billy Bob Thornton). Together, the two men
have devised a clever scheme to take a bank officer hostage the night
before a heist, then simply escort the executive to work early the next
morning when they clean out the vault. Their ingenious methods have led
to the men becoming media darlings dubbed "the Sleepover Bandits," but
all Joe and Terry want is to make a nice pile of money before crossing
the Mexican border to a life of freedom and legitimacy. Their quest
gets more complicated when Terry is struck by a car driven by Kate
Wheeler (Cate Blanchett), a bored housewife who's then forced to join
their crime spree. Soon both Joe and Terry are in love with Kate and
she with them, realizing that the two friends put together pretty much
equal the perfect man. Bandits co-stars Troy Garity, son of actress
Jane Fonda.
| Durée | Features |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Comedy, Martial Arts |
| Date de sortie | Corrections to this Entry? |
| Réalisateur | John Stevenson |
| Acteurs | Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Black, Ian McShane , Jolie, David Cross , Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
[None specified]
| Durée | 116 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Police Comedy, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | Eric Canuel |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Director
Eric Canuel and producer Kevin Tierney collaborate on Canada's first
"completely bilingual" film, a buddy cop murder mystery starring Colm
Feore and Patrick Huard. When a body is discovered on the border
between Ontario and Quebec, a street-savvy Ontario cop and a steely
Montreal detective must join forces to solve the crime and catch the
killer.
| Durée | 100 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Holiday Film, Children's Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2004 |
| Réalisateur | Robert Zemeckis |
| Acteurs | Robert Zemeckis, Chris Van Allsburg, Hayden McFarland, Tom Hanks, Van Allsburg, Hanks |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Directed
by Robert Zemeckis and based on children's author Chris Van Allsburg's
modern holiday classic of the same name, The Polar Express revolves
around Billy (Hayden McFarland), who longs to believe in Santa Claus
but finds it quite difficult to do so, what with his family's dogged
insistence that all of it, from the North Pole, to the elves, to the
man himself, is all just a myth. This all changes, however, on
Christmas Eve, when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of
the night, promising to take him and a group of other lucky children to
the North Pole for a visit with Santa. The train's conductor (Tom
Hanks) along with the other passengers help turn Billy's crisis in
faith into a journey of self-discovery. A long-time fan of Van
Allsburg's book, Hanks also helped produce the film.
| Durée | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family |
| Date de sortie | |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
| Durée | 96 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Family-oriented Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1998 |
| Réalisateur | John Lasseter |
| Acteurs | John Lasseter, Lasseter, Aesop, Walt Disney, David Foley, Kevin Spacey |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
John
Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new
standards in computer animation with this effort, another
Disney-released children's epic entitled A Bug's Life. Blending classic
Disney storytelling characters and the mysterious underground world of
bugs, Lasseter has created a film that can be enjoyed by all audiences,
and another franchise in the process. A Bug's Life is a computerized
retelling of the Aesop fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, made as a
cartoon-short by the one-and-only, Walt Disney, in the mid-'30s.
However, A Bug's Life has modernized the story with many new twists and
celebrity voices. The story focuses on a colony of ants who seasonally
gather food for themselves and a wild gang of rowdy grasshoppers. When
bumbling worker ant Flik (David Foley) destroys the food supply, the
angry grasshoppers, lead by the maniacally warped Hopper (Kevin
Spacey), threaten to kill the ants if they don't produce a new supply
of food by the time they return -- an impossible feat. Flik leaves the
anthill in search of help in the form of bigger bugs, and to wage war
against the grasshoppers. What he doesn't know is he has actually
discovered a group of down-on-their-luck traveling circus insects in
need of a job. When the ants realize that their heroes are really
circus performers (and the circus bugs realize these grasshoppers are
really big and mean), the situation goes from bad to worse. Ultimately,
the ants use their large numbers to overcome the grasshoppers.
| Durée | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family |
| Date de sortie | |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
| Durée | 115 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Drama, Biopic [feature], Crime Drama, Period Film |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | Bennett Miller |
| Acteurs | Truman Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Balaban, Harper Lee, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Mark Pellegrino, Clifton Collins Jr., Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | Français, Anglais |
| Sous-titres | Français, Anglais |
The
creation of one of the most memorable books of the 1960s -- and the
impact the writing and research would have on its author -- is explored
in this drama based on a true story. In 1959, Truman Capote (played by
Philip Seymour Hoffman) was a critically acclaimed novelist who had
earned a small degree of celebrity for his work when he read a short
newspaper item about a multiple murder in a small Kansas town. For some
reason, the story fascinated Capote, and he asked William Shawn (Bob
Balaban), his editor at The New Yorker, to let him write a piece about
the case. Capote had long believed that in the right hands, a true
story could be molded into a tale as compelling as any fiction, and he
believed this event, in which the brutal and unimaginable was visited
upon a community where it was least expected, could be just the right
material. Capote traveled to Kansas with his close friend Harper Lee
(Catherine Keener), herself becoming a major literary figure with the
success of To Kill a Mockingbird, and while Capote's effete and
mannered personal style stuck out like a sore thumb in Kansas, in time
he gained the trust of Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the Kansas Bureau of
Investigation agent investigating the murder of the Clutter family, and
with his help Capote's magazine piece grew into a full-length book.
Capote also became familiar with the petty criminals who killed the
Clutter family, Dick Hickock (Mark Pellegrino) and Perry Smith (Clifton
Collins Jr.), and in Smith he found a troubling kindred spirit more
like himself than he wanted to admit. After attaining a sort of
friendship with Smith under the assumption that the man would be
executed before the book was ever published, Capote finds himself
forced to directly confront the moral implications of his actions with
regards to both his role in the man's death, and the way that he would
be remembered. Capote also co-stars Bruce Greenwood as Capote's
longtime companion Jack Dunphy, and Amy Ryan as Mary Dewey, Alvin's
wife who became a confidante of Capote's.
| Durée | 116 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Comedy, Road Movie, Family-oriented Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | Joe Ranft |
| Acteurs | John Lasseter, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Larry the Cable Guy |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
pedal-to-the-metal race car determined to prove his worth on the tracks
discovers that life isn't always about crossing the finish line first
in Toy Story director John Lasseter's mechanically minded tale of
friendship and loyalty. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) may be
just a rookie, but he's convinced that he can realize his dream of
zooming by the checkered flag if he can only make it to California in
time to compete in the upcoming Piston Cup Championship. When Lightning
takes a detour into the slow-moving, Route 66 town of Radiator Springs,
however, it begins to appear as if his shot at the big time has
effectively stalled out. Of course, Lightning's exciting cross-country
trek wasn't all for naught, and after befriending such quirky Radiator
Springs residents as Sally the Porsche (voice of Bonnie Hunt), Doc
Hudson (voice of Paul Newman), and Mater the Tow Truck (voice of Larry
the Cable Guy), the eager young racer learns that sometimes life is
more about the voyage than the outcome of the race.
| Durée | 143 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Drama, Adventure, Adventure Drama |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Robert Zemeckis |
| Acteurs | Robert Zemeckis |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
An
exploration of human survival and the ability of fate to alter even the
tidiest of lives with one major event, Cast Away tells the story of
Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks), a Federal Express engineer who devotes most
of his life to his troubleshooting job. His girlfriend Kelly (Helen
Hunt) is often neglected by his dedication to work, and his compulsive
personality suggests a conflicted man. But on Christmas Eve, Chuck
proposes marriage to Kelly right before embarking on a large
assignment. On the assignment, a plane crash strands Chuck on a remote
island, and his fast-paced life is slowed to a crawl, as he is miles
removed from any human contact. Finding solace only in a volleyball
that he befriends, Chuck must now learn to endure the emotional and
physical stress of his new life, unsure of when he may return to the
civilization he knew before. Cast Away reunites star Hanks with
director Robert Zemeckis, their first film together since 1994's
Oscar-winning Forrest Gump.
| Durée | 99 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Parody/spoof |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | McG |
| Acteurs | Tom Green |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
They're
beautiful, they're brilliant, and they can kick your butt -- the most
glamorous private eyes in the world are back in action in this
big-screen adaptation of the popular '70s television series. Natalie
(Cameron Diaz) is the smart but silly one, Dylan (Drew Barrymore) is
the tough but fun-loving one, and Alex (Lucy Liu) is the classy but
hard-as-nails one, and they work for a man named Charlie (voice of John
Forsythe), who never meets his employees face to face. Along with their
helper Bosley (Bill Murray), the Angels are sent into action when
electronics genius Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, with the
nefarious Roger Corwin (Tim Curry) as the prime suspect. But they soon
learn even bigger danger is afoot -- the kidnappers have gotten their
hands on Knox's latest invention, a system that can monitor voice
communication from anywhere in the world, virtually ending the notion
of private conversation. Charlie's Angels also stars Crispin Glover,
Luke Wilson, Kelly Lynch, and Tom Green.
| Durée | 95 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy Drama, Americana, Domestic Comedy, Family-oriented Comedy, Holiday Film |
| Date de sortie | 1983 |
| Réalisateur | Bob Clark |
| Acteurs | Bob Clark, Jean Shepherd, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Nine
years after the Yuletide slasher flick Black Christmas, Porky's
director Bob Clark once again took on the holiday genre, switching from
gasps to laughs with A Christmas Story. Adapted from a memoir by
humorist Jean Shepherd (who narrates), the film centers on Ralphie
Parker (Peter Billingsley), a young boy living in 1940s Indiana,
desperately yearning for a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas. Despite
protests from his mother (Melinda Dillon) that he'll shoot his eye out,
Ralphie persists, unsuccessfully trying to enlist the assistance of
both his teacher and Santa Claus. All the while, Ralphie finds himself
dealing with the constant taunts of a pair of bullies and trying to not
get in the middle of a feud between his mother and father (Darren
McGavin) regarding a sexy lamp.
| Durée | 85 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Creature Film, Sci-fi Horror, Sci-fi Disaster Film |
| Date de sortie | 2008 |
| Réalisateur | Matt Reeves |
| Acteurs | J.J. Abrams, Drew Goddard, Matt Reeves, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Odette Yustman, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Producer
J.J. Abrams teams with writer Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves for
this frenetic tale of a powerful destructive force that descends upon
New York City, and the four desperate people who put their lives on the
line to embark on a perilous rescue mission. Rob Hawkins (Michael
Stahl-David) is a young American professional who has recently been
offered a coveted new job in Japan. Eager to send his older sibling off
in style, Rob's younger brother, Jason (Mike Vogel), and his
girlfriend, Lily (Jessica Lucas), organize a surprise going-away party
to take place the night before Rob boards his Eastern-bound flight. As
the party gets underway, Rob's longtime friend and current love
interest, Beth (Odette Yustman), shows up with another man as the
dejected guest of honor's best-pal Hud (T.J. Miller) encourages
partygoer Marlena (Lizzy Caplan) to wish him an on-camera farewell
despite the fact that they barely know one another. Moments after Beth
storms out following a bitter skirmish with Rob, the entire New York
City skyline goes dark. Power is quickly restored, prompting partygoers
to turn their attention toward the news, where they learn that a
freight tanker has been overturned in New York Harbor. Racing to the
rooftop in hopes of getting a better look at the situation, the group
is terrified to witness a massive explosion that rains debris across
midtown Manhattan, causing mass chaos and unparalleled destruction. But
the worst is yet to come, because it soon becomes apparent that this is
not the work of a terrorist or an act of war, but a massive creature
beyond human comprehension. Now, as the military moves in and the
streets of New York City become a virtual war zone, Rob, Lily, Marlena,
and Hud race to rescue Beth and get out of the city before the powers
that be unleash the ultimate weapon of mass destruction on one of the
most populated cities on the planet.
| Durée | 119 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Adventure, Romance, Martial Arts, Romantic Adventure, Period Film |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Ang Lee |
| Acteurs | Ang Lee, Yuen Woo Ping, Chow Yun-Fat, Cheng Pei-pei, Michelle Yeoh, Sihung Lung, Zhang Ziyi |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Taiwanese
filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to
fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special
effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The
Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts
master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a life of
meditation, though he quietly longs to avenge the death of his master,
who was killed by Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei). He gives his sword, a
fabled 400-year-old weapon known as Green Destiny, to his friend,
fellow martial arts wizard and secret love Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh),
so that she may deliver it to Sir Te (Sihung Lung). Upon arrival in
Peking, Yu happens upon Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a vivacious, willful
politician's daughter. That night, a mysterious masked thief swipes
Green Destiny, with Yu in hot pursuit -- resulting in the first of
several martial arts action set pieces during the film. Li arrives in
Beijing and eventually discovers that Jen is not only the masked thief
but is also in cahoots with the evil Jade. In spite of this, Li sees
great talent in Jen as a fighter and offers to school her in the finer
points of martial arts and selflessness, an offer that Jen promptly
rebukes. This film was first screened to much acclaim at the 2000
Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals and became a favorite when
Academy Awards nominations were announced in 2001: Tiger snagged ten
nods and later secured four wins for Best Cinematography, Score, Art
Direction, and Foreign Language Film.
| Durée | 148 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Mystery, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Religious Drama |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | Ron Howard |
| Acteurs | Dan Brown, Ron Howard, Audrey Tautou, Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Dan
Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's
been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in
this suspense thriller from director Ron Howard. The stately silence of
Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading
curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into
his body and left around the spot where he died. Hoping to learn the
significance of the symbols, police bring in Sophie Neveu (Audrey
Tautou), a gifted cryptographer who is also the victim's granddaughter.
Needing help, Sophie calls on Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a leading
symbologist from the United States. As Sophie and Robert dig deeper
into the case, they discover the victim's involvement in the Priory of
Sion, a secret society whose members have been privy to forbidden
knowledge dating back to the birth of Christianity. In their search,
Sophie and Robert happen upon evidence that could lead to the final
resting place of the Holy Grail, while members of the priory and an
underground Catholic society known as Opus Dei give chase, determined
to prevent them from sharing their greatest secrets with the world.
Also starring Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, and Alfred Molina, The Da Vinci
Code was shot on location in France and the United Kingdom; the Louvre
allowed the producers to film at the famous museum, but scenes taking
place at Westminster Abbey had to filmed elsewhere when church
officials declined permission.
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| Note | 5/10 |
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| Note | 5/10 |
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| Durée | 150 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Thriller, Action Thriller, Political Thriller, Chase Movie, Paranoid Thriller |
| Date de sortie | 1998 |
| Réalisateur | Tony Scott |
| Acteurs | Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott, Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Pollack, Will Smith, Jason Lee, Jon Voight, Gene Hackman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
action producing-directing team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott is
back with another thrill-a-minute ride called Enemy of the State.
Taking its "innocent man accidentally caught up in political
corruption" story from such films as Francis Ford Coppola's The
Conversation, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Sydney
Pollack's Three Days of the Condor, they turn up the high-tech volume
in an attempt to create the ultimate action film. Robert Clayton Dean,
played by Will Smith, is a devoted father, husband, and attorney
shopping for a sexy gift for his wife. What he doesn't know is that he
was given a videotape from a friend (Jason Lee) regarding the recent
murder of a U.S. senator led by corrupt National Security Agency
official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight). Now Reynolds is after Dean to
cover his tracks or, as the audience soon finds out, frame Dean for
Rachel's murder. Since Dean isn't up on his high-tech gadgetry, he
needs the aid of ex-intelligence operative Brill (Gene Hackman).
Between the explosions and chases is the subtext of George Orwell's
1984 mantra "beware of big brother," as Dean realizes that in the
modern world, there is no such thing as total privacy.
| Durée | 125 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy Drama, Fantasy, Fantasy Comedy, Romantic Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Brett Ratner |
| Acteurs | Jeremy Piven |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
In
this whimsical romantic comedy that recalls It's a Wonderful Life,
Nicolas Cage plays Jack Campbell, a workaholic bachelor who gets to see
what his life might have been like had he stayed with his old
sweetheart, Kate (Tea Leoni). Thirteen years before, Jack accepted a
brokerage internship that marred his relationship with Kate, under the
promise that they would only be separated one year. But much later,
Jack has become an urban Wall Street exec with no wife or family of his
own, and a mysterious proxy (Don Cheadle) offers him the opportunity to
step into the life he left behind. After falling asleep in his posh New
York apartment, Jack awakens to find himself in bed with his now-wife
Kate, daughter Annie (Makenzie Vega), and a new baby, none of which he
has ever experienced in his fast-paced single life. After discovering
his "real" life has been eliminated, he begrudgingly tries to fit in
with his newly appointed life as a family man. The Family Man also
stars Saul Rubinek and Jeremy Piven.
| Durée | 100 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Adventure, Adventure Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2003 |
| Réalisateur | Andrew Stanton |
| Acteurs | Andrew Stanton, Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould, Ellen DeGeneres, Andrew Stanton, Geoffrey Rush, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Eric Bana, Stephen Root |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Andrew
Stanton, who helped write Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., co-wrote and
directed this computer-animated comedy-adventure about finding a very
small fish in a very large ocean. Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) is a
more-than-slightly paranoid Clown Fish who is extremely devoted to his
young son, Nemo (voice of Alexander Gould), the only survivor after an
undersea predator swallowed up Nemo's mother and her other offspring.
It's not Marlin's nature to explore unfamiliar waters, but when he and
Nemo are accidentally separated near the Great Barrier Reef en route to
Nemo's first day of fish school, Marlin gathers his courage and sets
out to find his son. What Marlin doesn't know, however, is that while
Nemo was looking at a boat passing on the surface, he was caught in a
net and given a new home in a dentist's aquarium. As Marlin searches
for his son, he makes friends with a friendly but absent-minded Regal
Blue Tang named Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres), a Great White Shark
named Bruce (voice of Barry Humphries) who is trying to cut fish out of
his diet, a beach-rat Sea Tortoise named Crush (voice of Andrew
Stanton), and Nigel (voice of Geoffrey Rush), a Pelican who can take
Marlin's search from the ocean to dry land. Finding Nemo's impressive
voice cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Eric Bana,
Stephen Root, and Brad Garrett.
| Durée | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
| Durée | 154 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Epic, Drama, Sword-and-sandal, Costume Adventure, Historical Epic |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Ridley Scott |
| Acteurs | Ridley Scott, Richard Harris, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, Oliver Reed |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | Français, Anglais |
| Sous-titres | Français, Anglais |
A
man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and
gain the freedom of his people, in this epic historical drama from
director Ridley Scott. In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus
Aurelius (Richard Harris) throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus
(Russell Crowe) is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted
generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son
Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be
executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed
Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the
death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences. His battle
skills serve him well, and he becomes one of the most famous and
admired men to fight in the Colosseum. Determined to avenge himself
against the man who took away his freedom and laid waste to his family,
Maximus believes that he can use his fame and skill in the ring to
avenge the loss of his family and former glory. As the gladiator begins
to challenge his rule, Commodus decides to put his own fighting mettle
to the test by squaring off with Maximus in a battle to the death.
Gladiator also features Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou,
and Oliver Reed, who died of a heart attack midway through production.
| Durée | 114 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Adventure, Family-oriented Adventure, Adventure Comedy, Family-oriented Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 1985 |
| Réalisateur | Richard Donner |
| Acteurs | Chris Columbus, Steven Spielberg, Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Anne Ramsey, John Matuszak, Max Steiner, Richard Marx, Cyndi Lauper |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Leonard
Maltin wasn't alone when he noticed similarities between Goonies and
the 1934 Our Gang comedy Mama's Little Pirate. Adapted by Chris
Columbus from a story by Steven Spielberg, the film follows a group of
misfit kids (including such second-generation Hollywoodites as Josh
Brolin and Sean Astin) as they search for buried treasure in a
subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of lady criminal Mama
Fratelli (Anne Ramsey) and her outlaw brood. Fortunately, the kids
manage to befriend Fratelli's hideously deformed (but soft-hearted) son
(John Matuszak), who comes to their rescue. The Spielberg influence is
most pronounced in the film's prologue and epilogue, when the viewer is
advised that the film's real villains are a group of "Evil Land
Developers." The musical score makes excellent use of Max Steiner's
main theme from The Adventures of Don Juan, not to mention
contributions by the likes of Richard Marx and Cyndi Lauper.
| Durée | |
|---|---|
| Genres | |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
José Gaudet, Mario Tessier
| Durée | 75 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Musical, Animated Musical |
| Date de sortie | 2003 |
| Réalisateur | Francis Glebas |
| Acteurs | A.A. Milne, Jim Cummins, Cummins, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, John Fiedler, Carly Simon |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
One
of the smaller residents of the 100 Acre Woods finally gets his moment
in the spotlight in this animated feature, based on the characters
created by A.A. Milne. As Winnie the Pooh (voice of Jim Cummins) and
his pals Tigger (also voiced by Cummins), Rabbit (voice of Ken Sansom),
and Eeyore (voice of Peter Cullen) set out to harvest honey from the
hives in the forest, Piglet (voice of John Fiedler) is told he's too
small to come along. Feeling like he often gets the short end of the
stick, Piglet decides to strike out on his own, and when the honey
hunters return, they can't find their friend -- only his scrapbooks of
their adventures of the past. As they look through the books, Winnie
and his pals realize just how much their friend means to them, and how
much they've taken him for granted. They set out to find Piglet and ask
him to come home, and along the way the little pig makes a big
difference when his pals need him. Piglet's Big Movie includes several
new songs from singer and songwriter Carly Simon.
| Durée | 108 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Comedy, Adventure Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | George Miller |
| Acteurs | George Miller, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
In
the world of the emperor penguin, a simple song can mean the difference
between a lifetime of happiness and an eternity of loneliness. When a
penguin named Mumble is born without the ability to sing the romantic
song that will attract his soul mate, he'll have to resort to some
fancy footwork by tap dancing his way into the heart of the one he
loves. Directed by Babe mastermind George Miller, Happy Feet tells the
tale of one penguin's quest for love, and features an all-star cast of
vocal talent that includes Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood,
Nicole Kidman, and Brittany Murphy.
| Durée | 108 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Comedy, Adventure Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | George Miller |
| Acteurs | George Miller, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
In
the world of the emperor penguin, a simple song can mean the difference
between a lifetime of happiness and an eternity of loneliness. When a
penguin named Mumble is born without the ability to sing the romantic
song that will attract his soul mate, he'll have to resort to some
fancy footwork by tap dancing his way into the heart of the one he
loves. Directed by Babe mastermind George Miller, Happy Feet tells the
tale of one penguin's quest for love, and features an all-star cast of
vocal talent that includes Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood,
Nicole Kidman, and Brittany Murphy.
| Durée | 157 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Fantasy, Children's/family, Fantasy Adventure, Children's Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | Mike Newell |
| Acteurs | Mike Newell, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Gambon, Robert Pattinson, Alan Rickman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Directed
by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the famous
result of a death curse gone wrong -- is aching in pain, and perhaps
even causing mysterious visions. Before he can think too much about it,
however, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education.
Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and
Hermione (Emma Watson), Harry is introduced to yet another Defense
Against the Dark Arts teacher: the grizzled Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan
Gleeson), a former dark wizard catcher who agreed to take on the
infamous "DADA" professorship as a personal favor to Headmaster
Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Of course, Harry's wishes for an
uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is
unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert
Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament,
which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skillfully
with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international
wizard community. As difficult as it is to deal with his schoolwork,
friendships, and the tournament at the same time (not to mention his
feelings toward the ever unfathomable Professor Snape (Alan Rickman),
Harry doesn't realize that the most feared wizard in the world, Lord
Voldemort, is anticipating the tournament, as well.
| Durée | 141 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2004 |
| Réalisateur | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Acteurs | Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, David Thewlis |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
After
directing the first two movies in the Harry Potter franchise, Chris
Columbus opted to serve as producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban, and passed the baton to Y Tu Mamá También director Alfonso
Cuarón. Though "immensely popular" is an understatement when it comes
to Harry Potter, Azkaban is somewhat of a departure from its
predecessors, and particularly beloved among fans for its surprise
ending. Prisoner of Azkaban also marks the introduction of Sirius Black
(Gary Oldman), who has escaped from the title prison after 12 years of
incarceration. Believed to have been the right-hand-man of the dark
wizard Voldemort, whom Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) mysteriously rendered
powerless during his infancy, some of those closest to Harry suspect
Black has returned to exact revenge on the boy who defeated his master.
Upon his return to school, however, Harry is relatively unconcerned
with Black. Run by Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) -- who is widely
regarded as the most powerful wizard of the age -- Hogwarts is renowned
for its safety. Harry's nonchalance eventually turns to blind rage
after accidentally learning the first of Black's many secrets during a
field trip to a neighboring village. Of course, a loose serial killer
is only one of the problems plaguing the bespectacled wizard's third
year back at school -- the soul-sucking guards of Azkaban prison have
been employed at Hogwarts to protect the students, but their mere
presence sends Harry into crippling fainting spells. With the help of
his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), and Defense
Against the Dark Arts professor Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), Harry
struggles to thwart the Dementors, find Sirius Black, and uncover the
mysteries of the night that left him orphaned.
| Durée | 142 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Fantasy, Children's/family, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Chris Columbus |
| Acteurs | J.K. Rowling, Chris Columbus, Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, John Cleese, Fiona Shaw |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
best-selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes
this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the
winner of a high-stakes search for a director to bring the first in a
hoped-for franchise of Potter films to the screen by Warner Bros. Upon
his 11th birthday, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), who lives in misery
with an aunt and uncle that don't want him, learns from a giant named
Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) that he is the orphaned son of powerful
wizards. Harry is offered a place at prestigious Hogwarts, a boarding
school for wizards that exists in a realm of magic and fantasy outside
the dreary existence of normal humans or "Muggles." At Hogwarts, Harry
quickly makes new friends and begins piecing together the mystery of
his parents' deaths, which appear not to have been accidental after
all. The film features alternate-version scenes for every mention of
the titular rock. Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, John
Cleese, and Fiona Shaw co-star.
| Durée | 107 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Crime, Crime Thriller, Post-noir , Caper |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | David Mamet |
| Acteurs | Patti LuPone |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Esteemed
writer/director David Mamet fashioned this homage to the elegant,
character-driven "tough guy" genre pictures of Warner Bros. in the
1930s and '40s, even using vintage scores in the soundtrack. Gene
Hackman stars as Joe Moore, an accomplished thief whose career is
jeopardized after he's caught on security cameras during a job. Broke,
Joe and his associates Bobby (Delroy Lindo) and Pinky (Ricky Jay) are
blackmailed by their longtime fence Bergman (Danny DeVito) into jacking
Swiss gold bars from an airplane. As they plot the complicated score,
Joe and his crew become suspicious of the relationship between Joe's
young wife Fran (Rebecca Pidgeon) and Bergman's nephew Jimmy Silk (Sam
Rockwell), who has been planted on the crew to keep an eye on them for
his uncle. Betrayals and backstabbings are the order of the day as Joe
gets closer to the payday of a lifetime. In an effort to reinforce the
solid storytelling of classic crime dramas, Mamet eschewed the use of
computers or high-tech gadgetry in the complicated plot. Heist (2001)
co-stars Patti LuPone.
| Durée | Features |
|---|---|
| Genres | |
| Date de sortie | Corrections to this Entry? |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
None Listed.
| Durée | 85 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Adventure, Prehistoric Fantasy, Children's Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | Chris Wedge |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
team of "sub-zero heroes" band together to save a human infant in this
digitally animated feature from Oscar-winning director Chris Wedge,
whose unique lighting software (called "Ray Tracing") sets his visual
style apart from earlier CGI efforts. Twenty thousand years ago, the
Earth is overrun by freezing temperatures in an Ice Age that is sending
all manner of critters scattering in the path of encroaching glaciers.
When a lost human infant is discovered, an unlikely quartet of misfits
forms to return it to its mother: Manny, a depressed woolly mammoth
(Ray Romano); Sid, a fast-talking sloth (John Leguizamo); an
acorn-crazed squirrel named Scrat (Wedge); and the devilish
saber-toothed tiger named Diego (Denis Leary). Before they can complete
their mission, the reluctant compatriots will brave pits of boiling
lava, dangerous caverns of ice, and even a traitorous plot within their
midst. Ice Age (2002) also features the voices of Jack Black, Jane
Krakowski, and Goran Visnjic.
| Durée | 90 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Adventure, Prehistoric Fantasy, Children's Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | Carlos Saldanha |
| Acteurs | Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Manny
(Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) may have
made it through the big freeze, but when the ice begins to melt, the
heroic trio must warn the other inhabitants of their peaceful valley of
the coming flood in directors Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha's sequel
to the computer-animated 2002 hit Ice Age. As the ice age winds to an
end, the animals of the Earth have taken warmly to the melting paradise
that surrounds them. Despite the false comfort of a lush valley teeming
with vegetation, however, great danger looms just over the horizon.
When Manny, Sid, and Diego realize that the miles of liquefying ice
overlooking their valley will soon turn from a gentle trickle to a
violent force of nature capable of destroying anything and everything
unfortunate enough to be in its path, they quickly set out to spread
the word and get their endangered friends out of harm's way.
| Durée | 115 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Adventure, Superhero Film |
| Date de sortie | 2004 |
| Réalisateur | Brad Bird |
| Acteurs | Brad Bird, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Directed
by Brad Bird, The Incredibles revolves around former high-profile
superhero Bob Parr (aka Mr. Incredible), who has not-so-successfully
settled into suburban life along with his wife and kids under the
watchful eye of the Superhero Protection Program. A far cry from the
"glory days" during which "supers" were a welcome addition to society,
the Parrs' living situation was brought on after a series of
superhero-related lawsuits forced them into hiding. When not trying to
fight small-time crime undercover with fellow former superhero Frozone
(Samuel L. Jackson), Parr (voice by Craig T. Nelson) is muddling
through the corporate world as a paunchy, emotionally unsatisfied
insurance claims adjuster. His family is like any other with some
notable exceptions -- his daughter has the uncanny ability to become
invisible and create impenetrable force fields at will; his son, Dash,
can run at incredible speeds; his wife, Helen (Holly Hunter), is known
in super circles as Elastigirl, one of the most respected (and pliable)
superwomen of her time. Just when it looks as if things can't get any
worse for Bob, he gets a summons to show up at a remote island to
receive instructions for a highly classified assignment, which he
promptly accepts. Thrust back into the world of fighting crime, the
Incredible family is back in familiar territory -- saving the world
from Syndrome, a jilted former fan of Mr. Incredible.
| Durée | 122 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Adventure Comedy, Costume Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2008 |
| Réalisateur | Steven Spielberg |
| Acteurs | Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg, David Koepp, George Lucas |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Everyone's
favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip for
yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big
screen nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his
father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford
reprises his role as the iconic, snake-loathing screen hero in a sequel
that also finds Karen Allen returning to the series for the first time
since 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim
Broadbent, and Shia LaBeouf round out a cast that also features Cate
Blanchett in the role of villainous Russian operative Agent Irina
Spalko. Steven Spielberg calls the shots on a script penned by David
Koepp (and adapted from the screen story by executive producer George
Lucas).
| Durée | 126 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Adventure Comedy, Costume Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1989 |
| Réalisateur | Steven Spielberg |
| Acteurs | Spielberg, Lucas, River Phoenix, Harrison Ford, Julian Glover, Sean Connery, Alison Doody |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
third installment in the widely beloved Spielberg/LucasIndiana Jones
saga begins with an introduction to a younger Indy (played by the late
River Phoenix), who, through a fast-paced prologue, gives the audience
insight into the roots of his taste for adventure, fear of snakes, and
dogged determination to take historical artifacts out of the hands of
bad guys and into the museums in which they belong. A grown-up Indy
(Harrison Ford) reveals himself shortly afterward in a familiar
classroom scene, teaching archeology to a disproportionate number of
starry-eyed female college students in 1938. Once again, however, Mr.
Jones is drawn away from his day job after an art collector (Julian
Glover) approaches him with a proposition to find the much sought after
Holy Grail. Circumstances reveal that there was another avid
archeologist in search of the famed cup -- Indiana Jones' father, Dr.
Henry Jones (Sean Connery) -- who had recently disappeared during his
efforts. The junior and senior members of the Jones family find
themselves in a series of tough situations in locales ranging from
Venice to the most treacherous spots in the Middle East. Complicating
the situation further is the presence of Elsa (Alison Doody), a
beautiful and intelligent woman with one fatal flaw: she's an
undercover Nazi agent. The search for the grail is a dangerous quest,
and its discovery may prove fatal to those who seek it for personal
gain. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade earned a then record-breaking
$50 million in its first week of release.
| Durée | 115 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Costume Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1981 |
| Réalisateur | Steven Spielberg |
| Acteurs | Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, Denholm Elliott, Hitler, Karen Allen, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Lawrence Kasdan, Philip Kaufman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Indiana
Jones (Harrison Ford) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see
him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a
booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to
fetch a solid-gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a
French archeologist named Belloq (Paul Freeman), who then prepares to
kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes
Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: is Indiana Jones
afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a
soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his
ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to find the
long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already
searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to
make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first
secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner
Ravenwood, whose daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), evidently has a
"history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and
Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another,
ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving
the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of
Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with a script
co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, among others, Raiders
of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride.
Costing 22 million dollars (nearly three times the original estimate),
Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped 200 million dollars during its first
run. It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived
TV-series "prequel."
| Durée | 118 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Costume Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1984 |
| Réalisateur | Steven Spielberg |
| Acteurs | George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Quan Ke Huy |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
second of the George Lucas/Steven SpielbergIndiana Jones epics is set a
year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1984). After a
brief brouhaha involving a precious vial and a wild ride down a raging
Himalyan river, Indy (Harrison Ford) gets down to the problem at hand:
retrieving a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of
a remote East Indian village. His companions this time around include a
dimbulbed, easily frightened nightclub chanteuse (Kate Capshaw), and a
feisty 12-year-old kid named Short Round (Quan Ke Huy). Throughout, the
plot takes second place to the thrills, which include a harrowing
rollercoaster ride in an abandoned mineshaft and Indy's rescue of the
heroine from a ritual sacrifice. There are also a couple of cute
references to Raiders of the Lost Ark, notably a funny variation of
Indy's shooting of the Sherpa warrior.
| Durée | 126 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Sci-fi Action, Superhero Film |
| Date de sortie | 2008 |
| Réalisateur | Jon Favreau |
| Acteurs | Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jon Favreau, Avi Arad, Kevin Feige |
| Format | DVD-copie-8gb (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
From
Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures comes Iron Man, an action-packed
take on the tale of wealthy philanthropist Tony Stark (Robert Downey
Jr.), who develops an invulnerable robotic suit to fight the throes of
evil. In addition to being filthy rich, billionaire industrialist Tony
Stark is also a genius inventor. When Stark is kidnapped and forced to
build a diabolical weapon, he instead uses his intelligence and
ingenuity to construct an indestructible suit of armor and escape his
captors. Once free, Stark discovers a deadly conspiracy that could
destabilize the entire globe, and dons his powerful new suit on a
mission to stop the villains and save the world. Gwyneth Paltrow
co-stars as his secretary, Virginia "Pepper" Potts, while Terrence
Howard fills the role of Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes, one of Stark's
colleagues, whose military background leads him to help in the
formation of the suit. Jon Favreau directs, with Marvel movie veterans
Avi Arad and Kevin Feige producing.
| Durée | 138 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Thriller, Action Thriller, Sea Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Acteurs | Kathryn Bigelow, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
real-life historical incident becomes the basis for this military
thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow that's reminiscent of such
submarine dramas as Das Boot (1981), The Hunt for Red October (1990),
Crimson Tide (1995), and U-571 (2000). Harrison Ford stars as Captain
Alexi Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer who's being given command of
the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the
Cold War in 1961. The vessel's previous commander, Captain Mikhail
Polenin (Liam Neeson) has been demoted to executive officer following a
botched test and his outspoken assertions that the flagship is not yet
ready for deployment, but he curbs his resentment and resolves to serve
his new superior well. Polenin's concerns are well founded: parts are
not yet installed, equipment is missing, and the ship's doctor is
killed in an auto mishap. Political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail
his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that
serves as a warning to the U.S. that its enemy is now its technological
equal. The test is a success, but a disastrous leak in the K-19's
reactor cooling system soon threatens to create enough heat to detonate
the craft's nuclear payload -- which would certainly be mistaken for
the first salvo in a worldwide atomic exchange and spark the beginning
of World War III. With no other option, Vostrikov orders his men to
repair the damage in ten-minute shifts, irradiating them hopelessly.
The conflict between the seemingly bureaucratic Communist Vostrikov and
the more humane Polenin escalates, until a surprising twist reveals
where both officers' loyalties truly lie.
| Durée | 91 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Family-oriented Comedy, Martial Arts |
| Date de sortie | 2008 |
| Réalisateur | John Stevenson |
| Acteurs | Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Black, Ian McShane , Jolie, David Cross , Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous
enemy spreads chaos throughout the countryside in this animated martial
arts adventure featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman,
Angelina Jolie, and Jackie Chan. On the surface, Po (voice of Black)
may look like just another portly panda bear, but beneath his fur he
bears the mark of the chosen one. By day, Po works faithfully in his
family's noodle shop, but by night he dreams of becoming a true master
of the martial arts. Now an ancient prophecy has come to pass, and Po
realizes that he is the only one who can save his people from certain
destruction. With time running short and malevolent snow leopard Tai
Lung (Ian McShane ) closing in, Furious Five legends Tigress (Jolie),
Crane (David Cross ), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), Monkey
(Chan), and their wise sensei, Master Shifu (Hoffman), all draw on
their vast knowledge of fighting skills in order to transform a
lumbering panda bear into a lethal fighting machine. Now, if the noble
Po can master the martial arts and somehow transform his greatest
weaknesses into his greatest strengths, he will fulfill his destiny as
the hero who saved his people during their darkest hour.
| Durée | 118 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2003 |
| Réalisateur | Jan de Bont |
| Acteurs | Jan de Bont, Simon West, Dean Georgaris, Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Djimon Hounsou, Noah Taylor |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
This
sequel to the 2001 hit video-game adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
finds Jan de Bont stepping in for director Simon West, helming his
first feature since 1999's The Haunting. From a script by first-time
scribe Dean Georgaris, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
finds Angelina Jolie once again portraying the titular curvaceous
adventurer. But where the first film saw Croft in a race against the
Illuminati to acquire an elusive relic that offers control over life
and death, this entry in the series follows the heroine as she ventures
to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora's Box.
Unfortunately, once she secures the legendary artifact, it is promptly
stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. It is
then up to Lara to get the box back before an evil mastermind gets hold
of it and uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.
Gerard Butler, Djimon Hounsou, and Noah Taylor head up the supporting
cast.
| Durée | 110 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Action Thriller, Police Detective Film, Odd Couple Film |
| Date de sortie | 1987 |
| Réalisateur | Richard Donner |
| Acteurs | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Mitchell Ryan, Gary Busey |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
LA
cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), whose wife has recently died, is a loose
cannon with a seeming death wish. This makes him indispensable in
collaring dangerous criminals, but a liability to any potential
partners. Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), a conservative family man who
wants to stay alive for his upcoming 50th birthday, is partnered with
Riggs. As Riggs gets to know Murtaugh and his family, he begins to
mellow, though his insistence on using guerilla tactics to catch
criminals is still (put mildly) above and beyond the call of duty. The
main villain is The General (Mitchell Ryan), a drug dealer responsible
for the death of the daughter of one of Murtaugh's oldest friends. The
General is also in charge of a deadly, militia-like gang of smugglers.
Adding fuel to the fire is The General's chief henchman, played with
all stops out by Gary Busey. Moviegoers familiar only with the
relatively tongue-in-cheek Lethal Weapon sequels may be amazed to find
out how dangerous and unpredictable Riggs is in the first Lethal Weapon
-- and how likely it seems that Murtaugh might not survive until
fade-out time.
| Durée | 114 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Police Detective Film, Action Thriller, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 1989 |
| Réalisateur | Richard Donner |
| Acteurs | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joss Ackland, Joe Pesci, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gibson, Glover, Joe Pesci |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Lethal
Weapon 2 reteams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose
cannon" LA detective Martin Riggs and Riggs' partner, the cautious
family man Roger Murtaugh. The villain this time is a South African
diplomat (Joss Ackland) who doubles as a drug dealer. Though Riggs
knows what's going on thanks to characterless character witness Joe
Pesci, he can't touch the villain because of "diplomatic immunity."
After perils too numerous to mention, Riggs and Murtaugh shoot it out
with the heavies on the deck of a South African cargo ship. Lethal
Weapon 2, of course, contains as one of its comic high-points a now
famous suspense scene: Mel Gibson agonizingly attempting to extricate a
terrified Danny Glover from a booby-trapped toilet seat. Gibson,
Glover, Donner and Joe Pesci would be reunited three years later for
Lethal Weapon 3 and in 1998 for Lethal Weapon 4.
| Durée | 118 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Police Detective Film, Action Thriller, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 1992 |
| Réalisateur | Richard Donner |
| Acteurs | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Richard Donner, Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Stuart Wilson, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Superstars
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return with director Richard Donner for
Lethal Weapon 3, the third in the phenomenally successful action
series. In this film, Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is only eight days
away from retirement and his partner Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) once
again manages to get them both into hot water with the both LAPD and
the bad guys, who this time are Jack Travis (Stuart Wilson) and a gang
of hoodlums selling armor-piercing bullets. Joe Pesci returns as the
fast-talking schmuck Leo Getz. A new addition to the cast is Rene Russo
as Lorna Cole, a sergeant from internal affairs sent to investigate
Riggs and Murtaugh, but who ultimately ends up falling in love with the
caffienated Riggs.
| Durée | 127 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Action Comedy, Buddy Film, Action Thriller |
| Date de sortie | 1998 |
| Réalisateur | Richard Donner |
| Acteurs | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Shane Black, Traci Wolfe, Rene Russo, Jet Li, Corey Yuen, Chris Rock, Joe Pesci |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Detectives
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) reteamed
for their fourth foray together in this buddy-cop action-comedy series
based on characters created by Shane Black. With the passage of years,
Murtagh's daughter Rianne (Traci Wolfe) is now about to upgrade Murtagh
to grandfather status, while Riggs' relationship with Internal Affairs
officer Lorna Cole (Rene Russo) means he'll become a proud papa.
Elsewhere on the family front, Chinese triad members in Los Angeles
smuggle families from the mainland, but this is only one item on the
criminal agenda of triad leader Wah Sing Ku (Jet Li), who executes
balletic martial arts maneuvers with blinding speed (fight sequences
were staged by Hong Kong director Corey Yuen). The film opens with fire
(when Riggs and Murtaugh encounter a flame-thrower in a bulletproof
suit) and travels an entertaining popcorn plot path to a frightening,
watery climax (which we won't reveal here). In between, Riggs and
Murtaugh tackle the troublesome triads with an assist from wickedly
witty, sharp-edged newcomer Lee Butters (Chris Rock) and private
detective Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), the character first seen as a mob
accountant in the second film of this highly popular series.
| Durée | 77 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Fantasy Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2008 |
| Réalisateur | Peggy Holmes |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
This
prequel to Disney's widely acclaimed feature film The Little Mermaid
follows Ariel's adventures from long before she gave up her fins for
true love. When she wasn't singing alongside her sisters, Ariel spent
her time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena
is kidnapped by pirates, and even further so after King Triton outlaws
all singing. Along with pals Flounder and Sebastian, Ariel sets off in
hopes of changing her father's decision to ban music from the kingdom.
| Durée | 165 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Fantasy, Epic, Sword-and-sorcery, Fantasy Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Peter Jackson |
| Acteurs | Peter Jackson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
New
Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson fulfills his lifelong dream of
transforming author J.R.R. Tolkien's best-selling fantasy epic into a
three-part motion picture that begins with this holiday 2001 release.
Elijah Wood stars as Frodo Baggins, a Hobbit resident of the medieval
"Middle-earth" who discovers that a ring bequeathed to him by beloved
relative and benefactor Bilbo (Ian Holm) is in fact the "One Ring," a
device that will allow its master to manipulate dark powers and enslave
the world. Frodo is charged by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to
return the ring to Mount Doom, the evil site where it was forged
millennia ago and the only place where it can be destroyed.
Accompanying Frodo is a fellowship of eight others: his Hobbit friends
Sam (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monaghan), and Pippin (Billy Boyd);
plus Gandalf; the human warriors Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir
(Sean Bean); Elf archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom); and Dwarf soldier
Gimli (John Rhys-Davies). The band's odyssey to the dreaded land of
Mordor, where Mount Doom lies, takes them through the Elfish domain of
Rivendell and the forest of Lothlorien, where they receive aid and
comfort from the Elf princess Arwen (Liv Tyler), her father, Elrond
(Hugo Weaving), and Queen Galadriel (Cate Blanchett). In pursuit of the
travelers and their ring are Saruman (Christopher Lee) -- a traitorous
wizard and kin, of sorts, to Gandalf -- and the Dark Riders, under the
control of the evil, mysterious Sauron (Sala Baker). The Fellowship
must also do battle with a troll, flying spies, Orcs, and other deadly
obstacles both natural and otherwise as they draw closer to Mordor. The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) was filmed in
Jackson's native New Zealand, closely followed by its pair of sequels,
The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003).
| Durée | 201 min , 251 min (extended edition) |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2003 |
| Réalisateur | Peter Jackson |
| Acteurs | Noel Appleby (Everard Proudfoot), Alexandra Astin (Elanor Gamgee), Sean Astin (Sam), David Aston (Gondorian Soldier 3), John Bach (Madril), Sean Bean (Boromir), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Billy Boyd (Pippin), Sadwyn Brophy (Eldarion) |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
second of Rankin/Bass' animated TV specials based on the works of
J.R.R. Tolkien, Return of the King plots the quest to defeat the evil
wizard Sauron. Frodo, nephew of The Hobbit protagonist Bilbo Baggins,
vows to destroy the Ring, even if it costs him his own life. He carries
the Ring to the volcanic innards of Mount Doom. All this he does on
behalf of good-guy Aragon, who will never be able to escape the dreaded
land of Sauron so long as the Ring retains its evil powers. Orson Bean,
who'd been the voice of Bilbo Baggins in the 1977 Hobbit cartoon
special, returns to portray Frodo. Return of the King originally aired
May 11, 1980.
| Durée | 179 min , 223 min (special extended edition) |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | Peter Jackson |
| Acteurs | Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee (archive footage)), Sean Bean (Boromir (archive footage)), Orlando Bloom (Legolas Greenleaf), Billy Boyd (Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (archive footage)), Nina Dobner (Civilians (voice)), Chris Kelley (Additional Voices (voice)), Christopher Lee (Saruman The White (archive footage)), Ian McKellen (Gandalf (voice) (archive footage)), Chas Mitchell (Additional Voices (voice)), Dominic Monaghan (Merry (archive footage)) |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
New
Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson fulfills his lifelong dream of
transforming author J.R.R. Tolkien's best-selling fantasy epic into a
three-part motion picture that begins with this holiday 2001 release.
Elijah Wood stars as Frodo Baggins, a Hobbit resident of the medieval
"Middle-earth" who discovers that a ring bequeathed to him by beloved
relative and benefactor Bilbo (Ian Holm) is in fact the "One Ring," a
device that will allow its master to manipulate dark powers and enslave
the world. Frodo is charged by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to
return the ring to Mount Doom, the evil site where it was forged
millennia ago and the only place where it can be destroyed.
Accompanying Frodo is a fellowship of eight others: his Hobbit friends
Sam (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monaghan), and Pippin (Billy Boyd);
plus Gandalf; the human warriors Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir
(Sean Bean); Elf archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom); and Dwarf soldier
Gimli (John Rhys-Davies). The band's odyssey to the dreaded land of
Mordor, where Mount Doom lies, takes them through the Elfish domain of
Rivendell and the forest of Lothlorien, where they receive aid and
comfort from the Elf princess Arwen (Liv Tyler), her father, Elrond
(Hugo Weaving), and Queen Galadriel (Cate Blanchett). In pursuit of the
travelers and their ring are Saruman (Christopher Lee) -- a traitorous
wizard and kin, of sorts, to Gandalf -- and the Dark Riders, under the
control of the evil, mysterious Sauron (Sala Baker). The Fellowship
must also do battle with a troll, flying spies, Orcs, and other deadly
obstacles both natural and otherwise as they draw closer to Mordor. The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) was filmed in
Jackson's native New Zealand, closely followed by its pair of sequels,
The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003).
| Durée | 86 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Children's/family, Family-oriented Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | Eric Darnell |
| Acteurs | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ali G |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
pack of not-so-wild animals experience some serious culture shock when
they move from the Big Apple to the Mighty Jungle in this
computer-animated comedy. Alex (voice of Ben Stiller) is a lion who
enjoys a charmed life as one of the leading attractions at a zoo in New
York City's Central Park. While Alex and his pals Marty the Zebra
(voice of Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett Smith),
and Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer) are happy with their
lot in life, they occasionally have a certain curiosity about the
outside world, and when the zoo's penguins decide to make a break for
it, Marty follows them into the city. Alex, Gloria, and Melman set out
to find Marty before he gets into trouble, but they're a bit too late,
and soon the zookeepers have decided that the animals are restless and
need to be returned to the wild. Soon the critters find themselves
living on the coast of Madagascar, where they quickly discover they
aren't quite suited for living in the wild. Madagascar also features
the voice talents of Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, and Sacha
Baron Cohen (aka Ali G).
| Durée | 88 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Children's/family, Family-oriented Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2008 |
| Réalisateur | Eric Darnell |
| Acteurs | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Hopelessly
stranded on the remote shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers hatch a
plan to get back to Central Park that instead finds them soaking up sun
in the picturesque plains of Africa. Madagascar may be a nice place to
visit, but for the gang of animals who spent most of their lives in New
York, there is truly no place like home. After discovering the remnants
of a crashed airplane, the penguins quickly set about making the
repairs needed to get the craft airborne again. When the plane finally
takes to the sky, it begins to look like it's only a matter of time
before Alex the Lion (voice of Ben Stiller) and friends are soaring
over New York Harbor. Unfortunately the penguins weren't the aviation
experts they claimed to be, and before long the crew is coming in for a
crash-landing in the untamed plains of Africa. Now, as the animals
reared in the safety of the zoo come into contact with their decidedly
wild counterparts for the very first time, they get a better feel for
their roots while marveling over the differences between life in the
concrete jungle and life on the world's second largest continent. Of
course, while there's plenty to love about wandering the open plains,
romantic rivalries and the risk of running into dangerous poachers soon
begin to outweigh the joys of some long-overdue family reunions. With
some particularly heavy cases of homesickness causing hearts to weigh
heavy, the group gradually starts to wonder whether they'll ever find
their way back home. Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith,
Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter lend their
voices to this animated sequel that re-teams original Madagascar
co-directors Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath.
| Durée | 80 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Nature [nf], Natural Environments, Animals |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | Luc Jacquet |
| Acteurs | Luc Jacquet, Morgan Freeman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
While
many people think of penguins as comical birds who look like they've
been decked out in tuxedos, the truth is they're among the strongest
and most resilient creatures in the animal kingdom. And they have to be
-- each year, the emperor penguins of Antarctica travel through the
most punishing environment on Earth to their nesting grounds, and after
the females lay their eggs, the males keep them warm while their mates
walk 70 miles back to the sea to fatten themselves with fish for
themselves and their young. Filmmaker Luc Jacquet spent over a year
braving the frigid temperatures of the South Pole to film this annual
ritual of the penguins, and March of the Penguins documents their brave
struggle to survive, as well as the close emotional bonds between the
penguin families. March of the Penguins was first screened in France as
La Marche de l'Empereur, with a handful of French actors providing a
voice-over in which they expressed the "thoughts" of the penguins; for
the American edition, Morgan Freeman was brought in to deliver a more
straightforward narration.
| Durée | 88 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Comedy, Sci-fi Comedy, Buddy Film, Alien Film |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Acteurs | Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tim Blaney, Rosario Dawson, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, David Cross, Patrick Warburton, Johnny Knoxville |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Otherworldly
villains are on the loose again, and it's up to Earth's interstellar
police force to bring them to justice in this sequel to the sci-fi
comedy blockbuster Men in Black. Agent Jay (Will Smith) has become a
high-ranking member of the Men in Black, the secret government task
force designed to deal with unruly visitors from other worlds, while
his former cohort, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), had his memory wiped
clean and now lives a simple but contented life as a mailman. However,
an especially nasty alien threat has reared its not-so-ugly head;
Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle) is a shape-shifting Kylothian alien who is
in pursuit of another escaped visitor who holds the key to powers that
would allow her to destroy the world. Making Serleena all the more
dangerous is the fact she's taken on the appearance of a lingerie
model, making her irresistible to most men. When the rampaging Serleena
takes control of the MIB offices, Jay is forced to turn to the only man
who can help him save the world -- the former Agent Kay. After
restoring Kay's memory, the two remaining Men in Black set out to
conquer Serleena with a motley band of friendly aliens, including a
handful of worm creatures and a talking dog named Frank (voice of Tim
Blaney). Jay, meanwhile, has his head turned by Laura (Rosario Dawson),
an attractive waitress who was an unwitting witness to an alien attack.
Men in Black 2 also features Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, David Cross,
Patrick Warburton, and Johnny Knoxville.
| Durée | 133 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Crime, Action, Action Thriller, Police Detective Film |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | Michael Mann |
| Acteurs | Michael Mann, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Luis Tosar, Gong Li, Michael Mann, Jamie Foxx |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Writer
and director Michael Mann updates the groundbreaking television crime
series he created in the 1980s with this stylish thriller. Ricardo
Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) and Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) are two police
detectives working undercover in Florida; Tubbs is smart, cool, and
resourceful, while Crockett has his own way of doing things, though he
stays close enough to the rules to stay out of trouble. Their latest
assignment is to get the goods on Arcangel de Jesus Montoya (Luis
Tosar), a local drug kingpin whose men are believed to be responsible
for a handful of recent murders. In order to infiltrate Montoya's
operation, Tubbs and Crockett pose as powerboat racers willing to use
their talents to pilot drug-smuggling ships for the right price. The
detectives' ruse works, but as they dig deeper into Montoya's inner
circle, they become involved in a dangerous operation that will take
them to Haiti and Cuba, where neither the Miami Police Force nor the
United States government can help them if things go wrong. Crockett
also begins walking a risky path when he begins an affair with Isabella
(Gong Li), a woman high up in Montoya's organization. Miami Vice marked
Michael Mann's third consecutive directorial effort with Jamie Foxx
after Ali and Collateral.
| Durée | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family |
| Date de sortie | 1949 |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
| Durée | 123 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Spy Film, Action Thriller, Glamorized Spy Film |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | John Woo |
| Acteurs | John Woo, Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Robert Towne |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Director
John Woo brings Hong Kong-style martial arts action to this comic
book-flavored sequel that eschews the complicated plot and political
maneuverings of its predecessor in favor of pure, adrenaline-charged
thrills. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, an operative for the
top-secret government agency IMF (Impossible Missions Force). Fellow
agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) has gone rogue, stealing a sample of
a deadly synthetic virus named Chimera that could rapidly wipe out the
world's population. Ambrose's plan is to sell Chimera to the highest
bidder in exchange for shares of stock in the winner's company.
Summoned by the new IMF chief (Anthony Hopkins in an uncredited cameo
role), Ethan is assigned to recruit the help of Ambrose's former lover
Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton), a gorgeous woman who left Ambrose
broken-hearted and who may be able to quickly regain his confidence.
Once he meets and spends a night with Nyah, however, Ethan is smitten,
and now must both capture Ambrose and keep Nyah alive as she
infiltrates a nest of vipers. Sophisticated disguises, gun battles, and
high-speed chases are the order of the day, very much in the James Bond
mold. Mission: Impossible 2 is based on a story by Star Trek: The Next
Generation writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, with a script
polish by Robert Towne.
| Durée | 95 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Comedy Of Manners, Romantic Comedy, Ensemble Film, Domestic Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | Joel Zwick |
| Acteurs | Nia Vardalos, Vardalos, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, John Corbett, Vardalos, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone, Tom Hanks |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
One
woman's rocky road to the altar gets played for laughs in this comedy,
adapted from the one-woman off-Broadway show written by and starring
Nia Vardalos. Toula (Vardalos) is a Greek-American woman who is in her
early thirties and single, with no immediate prospects of changing that
status any time soon. This bothers Toula a bit, but not half as much as
it distresses her mother (Lainie Kazan) and father (Michael
Constantine), who want to send her to Greece in hopes of finding a
husband in the old country. Toula isn't interested in leaving the
country to find a man, but since she works in the family business -- a
Greek restaurant in Chicago called Dancing Zorba's -- she has to hear
about it whether she likes it or not. One day, after seeing a handsome
stranger in the restaurant and not having the courage to talk to him,
Toula decides she needs a bit of self-improvement. Despite her dad's
misgivings, Toula signs up for a night-school class studying computers,
trades in her glasses for contact lenses, gets a different job at a
travel agency, and spruces herself up with a new look and a new
attitude. To her very pleasant surprise, she once again encounters the
handsome stranger, who soon asks her out on a date. Schoolteacher Ian
Miller (John Corbett) is seemingly perfect -- he's tall, handsome,
smart, good-natured, and soon in love with Toula -- except for two
little things: he's not Greek, and he's a vegetarian, both of which
horrify Toula's family. When Ian pops the question (and Toula says
yes), the bride-to-be has to negotiate a reasonably peaceful meeting
between Ian's upper-class parents and her own working-class extended
family. There's also the matter of the wedding, which Toula's mother is
planning around the notion that quantity IS quality. My Big Fat Greek
Wedding also features Ian Gomez (Vardalos' real-life husband), Louis
Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone (from the pop group *NSYNC).
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson helped produce the film through the auspices
of their production company, Playtone.
| Durée | 79 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Thriller, Natural Horror |
| Date de sortie | 2003 |
| Réalisateur | Chris Kentis |
| Acteurs | Chris Kentis, Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Kentis, Laura Lau |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Independent
filmmaker Chris Kentis directs the dramatic thriller Open Water, based
on a true story. Susan (Blanchard Ryan) and Daniel (Daniel Travis) are
a busy married couple on an island vacation. They board a vessel called
the Reef Explorer with a group of other scuba divers, traveling 15
miles out to sea. Since they are certified to dive in open waters, the
couple breaks off from the group to go exploring. The Reef Explorer
accidentally leaves without a proper head count, leaving them stranded
in shark-infested waters. Kentis and producer wife Laura Lau did all
the filming themselves in the actual ocean without extraneous special
effects, while the actors wore special steel-mesh under their wetsuits
in the scenes where actual sharks were involved. Open Water was shown
at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the American Spectrum
competition.
| Durée | Category |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family |
| Date de sortie | 2006 |
| Réalisateur | |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
[None specified]
| Durée | 165 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Historical Film, Period Film, Historical Epic |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Roland Emmerich |
| Acteurs | Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Tom Wilkinson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Joely Richardson |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Roland
Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the director/producer team responsible for
such sci-fi blockbusters as Independence Day, Stargate, and Godzilla,
take a step back in time with this drama set during the American
Revolution. Farmer Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) was born and raised in
South Carolina, and fought bravely during the French-Indian wars. But
since the death of his wife, Benjamin has renounced violence and
quietly tends his crops, raising his seven children alone. In 1776,
over Benjamin's objections, his oldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) joins
the fight against the British. Gabriel returns from battle seriously
wounded, with Lord General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) calling for his
arrest. A skirmish breaks out on Benjamin's plantation, and one of his
children is killed as Gabriel is captured by Col. Tavington (Jason
Isaacs) and sentenced to hang. Benjamin sets aside his vow of pacifism
and rescues Gabriel; with the help of his former comrade-in-arms Harry
Burwell (Chris Cooper), the father and son form a regiment of Carolina
patriots whose cunning and ruthlessness make them heroes among the
colonists -- and wanted men by British troops. Loosely adapted from the
true story of Francis Marion and filmed on location in South Carolina,
The Patriot was the first feature film made with the cooperation of the
Smithsonian Institute, who advised the producers on historical
accuracy. Joely Richardson also stars as Charlotte, Benjamin's
sister-in-law who helps him care for the children.
| Durée | 182 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | War, Romance, War Epic, War Romance |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Michael Bay |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
At
the time of its release, this lavish period war drama from hyperkinetic
director Michael Bay became the most expensive motion picture ever
green-lighted by a studio. Ben Affleck stars as Rafe McCawley, a
military pilot stationed under Jimmy Doolittle (Alec Baldwin) in New
Jersey, along with his best friend from childhood, Danny Walker (Josh
Hartnett). Rafe is chomping at the bit to get involved in World War II,
but America has not entered the conflict, so he is forced to fight on
loan to the Royal Air Force in Britain, leaving behind his beautiful
girlfriend Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale). After Rafe goes overseas, both
Danny and Evelyn are transferred to the naval base in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, where word arrives that Rafe has been killed in action. A
grief-stricken Evelyn and Danny become romantically attached, a
situation that becomes a lit powder keg when Rafe suddenly reappears,
having survived his ordeal in the European war. The Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor puts the romantic triangle on hold, as the best friends
are ordered to undertake a top-secret and highly dangerous retaliatory
mission to bomb Tokyo, once again under the command of Doolittle.
Although the trio of leads are entirely fictional, Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Tom Sizemore, and Jon Voight (as FDR) co-star in the roles of real-life
historical figures. Pearl Harbor is based on a script by Randall
Wallace, writer of Braveheart (1995) and The Man in the Iron Mask
(1998). Taking a page from the production history of James Cameron's
Titanic (1997), many of the actors and filmmakers involved with Pearl
Harbor deferred their usual salaries until the film "broke even" at the
box office.
| Durée | 160 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Crime, Crime Comedy, Ensemble Film, Gangster Film |
| Date de sortie | 1994 |
| Réalisateur | Quentin Tarantino |
| Acteurs | Quentin Tarantino, David Mamet, Roger Avary, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Outrageously
violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was
widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s.
Director and co-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino synthesized such
seemingly disparate traditions as the syncopated language of David
Mamet; the serious violence of American gangster movies, crime movies,
and films noirs mixed up with the wacky violence of cartoons, video
games, and Japanese animation; and the fragmented story-telling
structures of such experimental classics as Citizen Kane, Rashomon, and
La jetée. The Oscar-winning script by Tarantino and Roger Avary
intertwines three stories, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and John
Travolta, in the role that single-handedly reignited his career, as hit
men who have philosophical interchanges on such topics as the French
names for American fast food products; Bruce Willis as a boxer out of a
1940s B-movie; and such other stalwarts as Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth,
Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, whose
dance sequence with Travolta proved an instant classic.
| Durée | 85 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Mythological Fantasy, Animated Musical |
| Date de sortie | 1998 |
| Réalisateur | Frederick Du Chau |
| Acteurs | Kirk DeMicco, William Schifrin, Jacqueline Feather, David Seidler, Jessalyn Gilsig, Andrea Corr, Gabriel Byrne, Gary Oldman, Bronson Pinchot, Pierce Brosnan |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
For
this feature-length foray into Arthurian animation, screenwriters Kirk
DeMicco (A Day in November), William Schifrin (Townies), Jacqueline
Feather (Dancing in the Dark), and David Seidler (Tucker, Dancing in
the Dark) adapted The King's Damosel (1976) by British novelist Vera
Chapman. The 85-minute tale follows independent, strong-willed Kayley
(Jessalyn Gilsig voice, with the singing of Andrea Corr), who hopes to
follow the path of her late father, Sir Lionel (Gabriel Byrne), a brave
Knight of the Round Table who died defending his king against the evil
Ruber (Gary Oldman). Some years later, when Ruber is joined by sidekick
Griffin (Bronson Pinchot), the two manage to acquire and then lose
Excalibur, the legendary magic sword of King Arthur (Pierce Brosnan
with Steve Perry singing). Preparatory to his invasion of Camelot,
Ruber first kidnaps Kayley and her widowed mother, Lady Juliana (Jane
Seymour, Celine Dion singing). Making an escape, Kayley travels through
the haunted Forbidden Forest, where she meets Garrett (Cary Elwes,
Bryan White singing), a bitter blind man assisted by his silver-winged,
seeing-eye falcon, Ayden. Once King Arthur's stable boy, Garrett
dreamed of becoming a knight, but after he was blinded by a fire, he
ran away to live in the Forbidden Forest. When Garrett learns Kayley is
the daughter of the knight who trained him to fight, he agrees to help
Kayley search for Excalibur. Falling in love with Kayley, Garrett soon
finds the courage to start anew. With the blessing of Merlin (Sir John
Gielgud), the couple sets out to save Camelot. Along the way, they meet
the two-headed dragon, Devon (Eric Idle) and Cornwall (Don Rickles), a
dragon duo delivering dotty dialogue replete with riotous riffs and
cinematic references (to such films as Dirty Harry and Taxi Driver).
Yet another supporting character is Bladebeak, a cutting-edge hybrid
possibly fashioned to illustrate the axiom, "Don't count your chickens
before they're a hatchet." Following the live-action/animation combo of
Space Jam, this is the first fully animated feature from the L.A.-based
Warner Brothers Feature Animation unit, and the film began production
May 26, 1995 in L.A., expanding operations February 11, 1996 with a
sister studio in London: a 20,000-square-foot facility in London's
Covent Garden district. The new UK unit shared production duties on
Quest for Camelot, receiving storyboards from L.A., animating with both
computers and traditional techniques, and digitally transmitting
completed art back to L.A. for ink and paint. At the London WBFA
studio, John McKenna (previously head exec of the London City Ballet
and Disney's London studio manager) initially supervised a staff of 73
(including 50 artists from the British animation talent pool) that
expanded to 350. The film eventually employed over 600 staffers as it
ran through a variety of working titles (The Quest for the Grail,The
Quest,The Quest for Camelot). Songs by Grammy-winners David Foster and
Carole Bayer Sager include On My Father's Wings, (Kayley), I Stand All
Alone (Garrett), The Prayer (Juliana), and If I Didn't Have You (Devon,
Cornwall). The director of Quest for Camelot is Frederik Du Chau, who
attended film school in his native Belgium, entered the industry via
commercials and TV series, worked for Disney France, made his own
animated short (The Mystery of the Land), drew Disney projects at Baer
Animation, co-directed for Sony Wonder, directed The Land Before Time
3, joined Chuck Jones Productions, and was developing his own animated
project for Warner Bros. when he was asked to direct Quest for Camelot.
| Durée | 110 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Family-oriented Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2007 |
| Réalisateur | Brad Bird |
| Acteurs | Patton Oswalt, Brad Bird, Brad Garrett, Lou Romano |
| Format | DVD-copie-4gb (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A
scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of
culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of
a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird's madcap
computer-animated comedy. It's hard being a rat with culinary
aspirations, but Remy is convinced he has what it takes to break the
stereotypes and follow in the footsteps of star chef Auguste Gusteau
(voice of Brad Garrett). As fate would have it, Remy is currently
situated in the sewers directly beneath Gusteau's elegant restaurant.
Soon Remy teams up with a young chef with little talent named Linguini
(voice of Lou Romano). Together they are able to create some fabulous
dishes, but they live in fear that someone will discover their secret
and object strenuously to a rat being in a kitchen. When Remy's passion
for cooking turns the haughty world of French cuisine upside down, the
rat who would be king of the kitchen learns important lessons about
life, friends, and family while questioning whether he should pursue
his culinary calling or simply go back underground and return to his
life as a sewer rat.
| Durée | 130 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Adventure, Action, Romantic Adventure, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | Breck Eisner |
| Acteurs | Matthew McConaughey, Clive Cussler, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, Cussler |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Matthew
McConaughey stars as explorer and adventurer Dirk Pitt in this
adaptation of the best-selling novel by Clive Cussler. Pitt thinks he
may have found both a fortune and the answer to a long-standing mystery
when he discovers a rare coin in the waters of a river in West Africa.
During the Civil War, an ironclad battleship with a valuable cargo went
missing, and Pitt's theory is that the coin places the ship somewhere
in the Sahara Desert. Pitt and his goofy sidekick, Al Giordino (Steve
Zahn), set out to find it, but along the way they make the acquaintance
of Dr. Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz), a scientist and physician who is
trying to determine the source of a strange and deadly disease sweeping
the nation. As Eva joins Dirk and Al, they begin to wonder if the
mysteries they're trying to uncover might be somehow linked. Sahara was
only the second of Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures to be adapted for the
screen; the first, 1980's Raise the Titanic, was publicly dismissed by
the author.
| Durée | 100 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Romance, Comedy Drama, Coming-of-age, Teen Movie, Romantic Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 1989 |
| Réalisateur | Cameron Crowe |
| Acteurs | Ione Skye, John Mahoney, John Cusack |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Ione
Skye plays Diane Court, high-school valedictorian on the verge of
heading to England on a prestigious scholarship. This is especially
thrilling to Diane's divorced father, James (John Mahoney), who has
always shared a special relationship with the girl, less
father/daughter than friend/friend. When Diane begins dating
irresponsible army brat Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), her father despairs
at her choice of an "underachiever." Pressured by her dad to break off
the relationship, Diane spends the rest of the summer being pursued by
the lovestruck Lloyd, who does everything he can to win her back. Diane
finally realizes there's more to life than perfection when her sainted
father comes under the scrutiny of the IRS.
| Durée | 89 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Fantasy Comedy, Fairy Tales & Legends, Children's Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Andrew Adamson |
| Acteurs | Kathleen Freeman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
In
this fully computer-animated fantasy from the creators of Antz, we
follow the travails of Shrek (Mike Myers), a green ogre who enjoys a
life of solitude. Living in a far away swamp, he is suddenly invaded by
a hoard of fairy tale characters, such as the Big Bad Wolf, the Three
Little Pigs, and Three Blind Mice, all refugees of their homes who have
been shunned by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). They want to
save their homes from ruin, and enlist the help of Shrek, who is in the
same situation. Shrek decides to offer Lord Farquaad a deal; he will
rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who is intended to
be Farquaad's bride. Accompanying Shrek on his adventure is the
faithful but loquacious Donkey (Eddie Murphy), who has a penchant for
crooning pop songs. The two must face various obstacles in order to
locate the Princess, but they find their world challenged when she
reveals a dark secret that will affect the group. Shrek is based on the
children's book by William Steig, and features additional voice-work by
Vincent Cassel, Cody Cameron, and Kathleen Freeman.
| Durée | 123 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Sports Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 1977 |
| Réalisateur | George Roy Hill |
| Acteurs | Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Paul
Newman plays Reggie Dunlop, the coach of a pathetic minor-league
American hockey team. His career at a standstill and his marriage in
tatters, Dunlop has nothing to lose by taking on a new group of players
who are one evolutionary step above Neanderthals. Only when the team
begins winning does he decide to get behind these players, and to
encourage the rest of the team to play as down-and-dirty as the
newcomers. Straight-arrow team member Ned Braden (Michael Ontkean)
resents this influx of gonzo talent, preferring to play clean. As the
film's multitude of subplots play themselves out, Dunlop does his best
to keep the outraged Braden on the team. Slap Shot is the sort of film
for which the "R" rating was invented: Its nonstop barrage of profanity
and its raunchy action sequences are of such intensity that the film
will probably never be shown intact on commercial television.
| Durée | 131 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Science Fiction, Space Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1999 |
| Réalisateur | George Lucas |
| Acteurs | George Lucas, Lucas, Lucas, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Natalie Portman, Pernilla August, Terence Stamp, Samuel L. Jackson |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
In
1977, George Lucas released Star Wars, the ultimate sci-fi popcorn
flick-turned-pop-culture myth machine. It quickly became the biggest
money-making film of all time and changed the shape of the film
industry. After two successful sequels (1980's The Empire Strikes Back
and 1983's Return of the Jedi) that extended the story of the first
film, Lucas took some time off to produce movies for others, with mixed
success. In 1999, Lucas returned to the Star Wars saga with a new
approach -- instead of picking up where Return of the Jedi left off,
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace would be the first of a
trilogy of stories to trace what happened in the intergalactic saga
before the first film began. Here, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a
young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam
Neeson); Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke
Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a nine-year-old boy.
When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo,
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter, but when they
arrive on Naboo they are brought to Amidala (Natalie Portman), the
Naboo queen, by a friendly but opportunistic Gungan named Jar Jar.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan plan to escort Amidala to a meeting of Republic
leaders in Coruscant, but trouble with their spacecraft strands them on
the planet Tatooine, where Qui-Gon meets Anakin, the slave of a scrap
dealer. Qui-Gon is soon convinced that the boy could be the leader the
Jedis have been searching for, and he begins bargaining for his freedom
and teaching the boy the lessons of the Force. The supporting cast
includes Pernilla August as Anakin's mother, Terence Stamp as
Chancellor Valorum, and Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi master Mace Windu.
Jackson told a reporter before The Phantom Menace's release that the
best part about doing the film was that he got to say "May the Force be
with you" onscreen.
| Durée | 108 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy |
| Date de sortie | 2002 |
| Réalisateur | Andy Tennant |
| Acteurs | Reese Witherspoon, Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
After
establishing herself as a bankable star with the fish out of water
comedy Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon returns in what could be
described as a "fish back in water" comedy. Melanie Carmichael
(Witherspoon) is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating
Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey), a wealthy socialite whose mother,
Katherine Hennings (Candice Bergen), is the Big Apple's mayor. One day,
Andrew pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him; Melanie is
overjoyed, but unknown to Andrew, Melanie has some unfinished business
to take care of first. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew
up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high
school sweetheart Jake Perry (Josh Lucas). Things went sour and Melanie
moved East, reinventing herself along the way, but Jake never bothered
to legally end their marriage. Now Melanie has to return to her
hometown of Pigeon Creek, AL, to tell her parents (Fred Ward and Mary
Kay Place) the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce; however,
the more time she spends with her old flame, the more she feels sparks
flying between them again, while she also learns her Eastern
affectations don't fly with everyone back home.
| Durée | 99 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Crime, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Caper |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Dominic Sena |
| Acteurs | Zach Grenier |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Director
Dominic Sena follows up his stylish action film Gone in 60 Seconds
(2000) with this high-tech thriller. John Travolta stars as Gabriel
Shear, a charismatic spy who plots to steal a multi-billion-dollar
fortune in illegal government funds. In order to make his scheme work,
however, Gabriel needs some help from a computer hacker, which is where
Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) comes in. Stanley has been paroled from
prison after serving a lengthy sentence for penetrating the FBI's
cyber-surveillance operations. Issued a restraining order that keeps
him away from computers and living penniless in a trailer park, Stanley
wants only to be reunited with his daughter Holly, who's in the custody
of his ex-wife, now remarried to a pornographer. Gabriel and his
partner Ginger (Halle Berry) offer Stanley the chance to get his child
back in exchange for his help, but the hacker soon realizes he's a pawn
in a larger operation than the high-tech bank heist he thought he was
perpetrating. In the meantime, a dedicated federal agent (Don Cheadle),
the same man who once arrested Stanley, is trying to expose Gabriel's
operation. Swordfish also stars Sam Shepard and Zach Grenier.
| Durée | 86 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Comedy, Action Comedy, Police Comedy, Chase Movie, Odd Couple Film, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 1998 |
| Réalisateur | Gérard Pirès |
| Acteurs | Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal, Luc Besson, Gerard Pires, Gerard Krawczyk |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Taxi
driver Daniel (Samy Naceri) gets out of a traffic offense by making a
deal with arresting-officer Emilien (Frederic Diefenthal). A friendship
develops as Daniel chauffeurs Emilien about, and soon the two are in
pursuit of German bank robbers. This film was scripted by Luc Besson
during the 30 days he waited for Columbia's decision on his The Fifth
Element, and it was completed on the day Columbia okayed The Fifth
Element. After a fall from a horse put director Gerard Pires in the
hospital, director Gerard Krawczyk subbed since permits issued by
Marseilles cited a set time period, and the start date could not be
changed. More than 100 cars took part in the crashes and chases through
the Marseilles streets with stuntwork by famed racecar drivers.
| Durée | 85 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Action, Chase Movie, Action Thriller, Buddy Film |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Gérard Krawczyk |
| Acteurs | Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal, Emma Sjoberg |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
The
cast and crew from the 1998 Gallic megahit Taxi return for this
high-octane sequel about a crime-bustin' cabby and a defrocked cop. The
film opens with Daniel (Samy Naceri) rushing a pregnant woman to the
hospital in his souped cab through the streets of Marseilles.
Meanwhile, taciturn cop Emilien (Frederic Diefenthal) finally passes
his driving test after flunking 27 times in a row. The action really
gets rolling when blonde bombshell police woman Petra (Emma Sjoberg)
gets kidnapped on the toilet by ninjas and added to their collection of
hostages, including the Japanese minister of defense. The yakuza are
out for trouble, and nothing stands between bedlam and civil order but
two guys and one wicked-cool cab.
| Durée | 80 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Fantasy, Children's/family, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Comedy, Family-oriented Adventure, Odd Couple Film |
| Date de sortie | 1995 |
| Réalisateur | John Lasseter |
| Acteurs | Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, John Lasseter, Randy Newman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Toy
Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer.
If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be
assured that the film is as chock-full of heart and warmth as any
Disney cartoon feature. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a
pull-string cowboy toy belonging to a wide-eyed youngster named Andy.
Whenever Andy's out of the room, Woody revels in his status as the
boy's number one toy. His supremacy is challenged by a high-tech,
space-ranger action figure named Buzz Lightyear, who, unlike Woody and
his pals, believes that he is real and not merely a plaything. The
rivalry between Woody and Buzz hilariously intensifies during the first
half of the film, but when the well-being of Andy's toys is threatened
by a nasty next-door neighbor kid named Sid -- whose idea of fun is
feeding stuffed dolls to his snarling dog and reconstructing his own
toys into hideous mutants -- Woody and Buzz join forces to save the
day. Superb though the computer animation may be, what really heightens
Toy Story are the voice-over performances by such celebrities as Tom
Hanks (as Woody), Tim Allen (as Buzz), and Don Rickles (as an
appropriately acerbic Mr. Potato Head). Director John Lasseter earned a
special achievement Academy Award, while Randy Newman landed an Oscar
nomination for his evocative musical score.
| Durée | 92 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Comedy, Family-oriented Adventure |
| Date de sortie | 1999 |
| Réalisateur | John Lasseter |
| Acteurs | Tom Hanks, Wayne Knight, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, Don Rickles, Randy Newman |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Woody
the Cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of their friends from the toy
box return in this computer-animated sequel to the 1995 hit Toy Story.
This time around, Andy, the young boy who is the proud owner of most of
our cast of characters, is off at summer camp, giving the toys a few
weeks off to do as they please. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) is unaware
that in the years since his model went out of production, he's become a
rare and valuable collector's item. An avid toy collector (voice of
Wayne Knight) decides that he wants Woody for his collection and swipes
him, so Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Hamm (voice of John
Ratzenberger), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim
Varney), and Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles) venture forth to
rescue their kidnapped friend before Andy returns. Along with most of
the original voice cast, composer Randy Newman returns with a new score
and new songs.
| Durée | 147 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Drama, Crime Drama, Social Problem Film, Police Drama, Addiction Drama |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | Steven Soderbergh |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Described
by director Steven Soderbergh as "Nashville meets The French
Connection," this multi-character drama explores the effects of
international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to the
U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users.
Based upon a miniseries originally aired on Britain's Channel 4,
Traffic divides its time among three main storylines and almost a dozen
locales. The first and primary plot thread, set in Ohio and Washington,
D.C., concerns freshly-appointed drug czar Robert Wakefield (Michael
Douglas), whose enthusiasm for his new prestige position is quickly
offset when he realizes his 16-year-old daughter Caroline (Erika
Christensen) is graduating from recreational drug use to habitual abuse
-- a secret that his wife, Barbara (Amy Irving), has kept from him.
South of the border, Mexican cop Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro)
attempts to wage his own war on drugs, heading off a cocaine shipment
in the middle of the desert with his less-than-virtuous partner Manolo
Sanchez (Jacob Vargas). Surrounded by corruption, Javier approaches the
drug war with an attitude of patience and compromise, which opens him
up to investigation from General Arturo Salazar (Tomas Milian), the
country's dubious drug-enforcement liaison to the U.S. Meanwhile, San
Diego drug kingpin Carlos Alaya (Steven Bauer) is caught in a sting
operation spearheaded by DEA agents Montel Gordon (Don Cheadle) and Ray
Castro (Luis Guzman), leaving behind his very pregnant and very
oblivious wife, Helena (Catharine Zeta-Jones). At the behest of Carlos'
lawyer and shady confidante, Arnie Metzger (Dennis Quaid), Helena
decides to carry on the family business -- with tragic consequences.
Adapted by Rules of Engagement scribe Stephen Gaghan, Traffic marked
Soderbergh's second major release in 2000 after the critical and
box-office success of Erin Brockovich, as well as his second feature as
cinematographer (credited under the pseudonym Peter Andrews). A
favorite with various guild and critics' awards, Traffic won four
Academy Awards in 2001, including statues for Best Supporting Actor
(Del Toro) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Gaghan), and surprise wins for
Steven Mirrone's editing and Soderbergh's direction.
| Durée | 107 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Music, Vocal Music, Concerts [nf] |
| Date de sortie | 2001 |
| Réalisateur | Hamish Hamilton |
| Acteurs | |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
This
video documents the Boston stop for U2's Elevation Tour. The band
powers through nineteen of their songs including "Stuck In a Moment You
Can't Get Out Of", "Beautiful Day", "Until the End of the World", "With
or Without You", and "Sunday Bloody Sunday". The DVD release of the
concert includes multiple camera angle viewing options.
| Durée | 107 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Superhero Film |
| Date de sortie | 2000 |
| Réalisateur | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Acteurs | Joey Perillo |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
Actor
Bruce Willis and writer/director M. Night Shyamalan reunite after the
surprise success of The Sixth Sense for this supernatural thriller.
David Dunne (Willis) is taking a train from New York City back home to
Philadelphia after a job interview that didn't go well when his car
jumps the tracks and collides with an oncoming engine, with David the
only survivor among the 131 passengers on board. Astoundingly, David is
not only alive, he hardly seems to have been touched. As David wonders
what has happened to him and why he was able to walk away, he
encounters a mysterious stranger, Elijah Prince (Samuel L. Jackson),
who explains to David that there are a certain number of people who are
"unbreakable" -- they have remarkable endurance and courage, a
predisposition toward dangerous behavior, and feel invincible but also
have strange premonitions of terrible events. Is David "unbreakable"?
And if he is, what are the physical and psychological ramifications of
this knowledge? Unbreakable also stars Robin Wright-Penn as Audrey,
David's wife; the supporting cast includes Spencer Treat Clark and Joey
Perillo.
| Durée | 67 min. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Children's/family, Children's Fantasy |
| Date de sortie | 2005 |
| Réalisateur | Frank Nissen |
| Acteurs | A.A. Milne, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Cummings, Jimmy Bennett, Carly Simon |
| Format | DVD (1) |
| Note | 5/10 |
| Audio | |
| Sous-titres |
A.A.
Milne's famous stuffed bear and his pals learn something about
acceptance and understanding when a new animal comes to the Hundred
Acre Woods in this animated comedy. When Winnie the Pooh (voice of Jim
Cummings) hears a strange noise in the woods, he and his friends are
convinced that the dreaded Heffalump -- a critter not unlike an
elephant -- has come to the woods to do them harm. Pooh, Piglet (voice
of John Fiedler), and Tigger (also voiced by Cummings) set out to
capture the fearsome beast, but Roo (voice of Jimmy Bennett), who is
told he's too small to join the search party, meets Lumpy the Heffalump
face to face and discovers he's not the bad guy he's been made out to
be. Pooh's Heffalump Movie features four new songs from singer and
songwriter Carly Simon.