Thursday, May 17, 2007


Engelbert: Live in Concert


E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Tagline: Think He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3 million light years from home.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Plot Outline: A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.

Baby Geniuses (1994) (IMDB Bottom 100: #31)
Tagline: Think innocent. Think helpless. Think again. Naps are history.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
Starring: Kathleen Terner, Christopher Lloyd
Director: Bob Clark
Genre: Comedy
Plot Outline: Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.

Baby’s Day Out (1994)
Tagline: When the big city called he had to answer.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle
Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Genre: Comedy
Plot Outline: Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion.

The Doors (1991)
Tagline: The Ultimate Story of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll
IMDB Rating: 6.8
Starring: Val Kilmer
Director: Oliver Stone
Genre: Drama/History
Plot Outline: The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Shiva (1989)
Tagline: None
IMDB Rating: 9.1
Starring: Nagarjuna, Amla
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Genre: Action
Plot Outline: Shiva is a new student in the community college. He is welcomed by a group of collegians, including the lovely Asha...

Rear Window (1954)
Tagline: The Essential Hitchcock
IMDB Rating: 8.7 (Top 250: #13)
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Genre: Suspense
Plot Outline: A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Tagline: A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!
IMDB Rating: 7.5
Starring: James Stewart, Doris Day
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Genre: Suspense
Plot Outline: A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering.

The Rope (1948)
Tagline: The guest who's dead on time
IMDB Rating: 8.0
Starring: James Stewart
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Genre: Suspense
Plot Outline: Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

Almost Famous (2000)
Tagline: Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don't fall for it.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
Starring: Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup
Director: Cameron Crowe
Genre: Drama/Music
Plot Outline: A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert tour.

The Odd Couple (1968)
Tagline: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are The Odd Couple
IMDB Rating: 7.6
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
Director: Gene Saks
Genre: Comedy
Plot Outline: Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.

Barefoot In The Park (1967)
Tagline: Wake up! Make love! Fall over laughing!!!
IMDB Rating: 6.8
Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
Director: Gene Saks
Genre: Comedy
Plot Outline: Paul Bratter, a conservative young lawyer, marries a vivacious young woman, Corrie.

Door To Door (2002)
Tagline: None
IMDB Rating: 8.0
Starring: William H Macy, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick
Director: Steven Schachter
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: A man with cerebral palsy is determined to become a salesman.

The Perfect Storm (2000)
Tagline: In the Fall of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Genre: Adventure
Plot Outline: An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) (VCD)
Tagline: Audrey Hepburn plays that daring, darling Holly Golightly to a new high in entertainment delight!
IMDB Rating: 7.8
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard
Director: Blake Edwards
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Plot Outline: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
Tagline: Love Is A Force Of Nature.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal
Director: Ang Lee
Genre: Drama/Romance
Plot Outline: Based on the E. Annie Proulx story about a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years.