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Canada:14A certified movies
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Wealthy residents of Mexico City are seized with panic as there were twenty-four cases of kidnapping in a six-day period. Terrified to death, many parents hire bodyguards for their offsprings. Former government operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) reluctantly agrees to take a job as a bodyguard for Pita (Dakota Fanning), a nine-year-old daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos (Marc Anthony). At first the cold Creasy can hardly tolerate the precocious kid but Pita gradually warms up his heart toward her and they become friends. When the girl is kidnapped, Creasy starts to take vengeance on each one involved in the abduction. |
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad." |
| Million Dollar Baby
[2004,
USA]
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| Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love. |
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Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran boxing trainer who has devoted his life to the ring and has precious little to show for it. His daughter is estranged from him, and he spends the twilight years of his life running a small, ramshackle gym in downtown Los Angeles. When Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into his gym, things get changed. In a life of constant struggle, Maggie made herself this far on raw talent, unshakable focus and a tremendous force of will. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age, Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity, spirit, and burning ambition. They form a sport tandem of great tutelage, and a talent. "Million Dollar Baby" also stars Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, and Mike Colter. The movie is adapted from a short story by F.X. Toole, a former corner man with years of experience in the fight game. |
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A man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) was one of history's most luminous and influential leaders who forged an empire stretching from Greece to India in the fourth century B.C. His conquests facilitated the promotion of Greek culture, and, centuries later, the spread of Christianity, and the expansion of the great Roman Empire. Young King of Macedonia had conquered almost the entire known world of his era, before dying at the age of 32. This epic movie follows him, his family, his allies, foes, ventures and achievements. |
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Andrew Largeman shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. A moderately successful TV actor living in Los Angeles, "Large" hasn't been home to the Garden State in nine years. But even with 3,000 miles between them, he's been unable to escape his domineering father Gideon and the silencing effect he's had on his son from afar. Stunned to find himself in his hometown after such a long absence, Large finds old acquaintances around every corner living quite unique lives as gravediggers, fast food knights and the panderers of pyramid schemes. Meanwhile, at home, he does his best to avoid a long-simmering but inevitable confrontation with his father. By a twist of fate, Large meets Sam, a girl who is everything he isn't. A blast of color, hope and quirks, Sam becomes a sidekick who refuses to ride in his sidecar. Her warmth and fearlessness give Large the courage to open his heart to the joy and pain of the infinite abyss that is life. |
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The historical drama follows the adventures of poet, courtier and debauchee John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), also known as the Earl of Rochester, in London of the 17th century. We observe him leading a dissolute life, having an ardent romance with aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton), enjoying the company of his favorite prostitute Jane (Kelly Reilly), drinking heavily, and writing ribald satirical poems and an outrageous play ridiculing King Charles II (John Malkovich). His defiant behavior ultimately begins to irritate his surroundings, from his wife Elizabeth Malet (Rosamund Pike) to the very monarch...
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When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened — or didn't happen — in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out. |
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In this hilarious comedy, Will Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, the most popular TV news anchor in San Diego in the 1970s. As a chauvinist and sexist he thinks that men are inherently superior to women. Therefore he believes that a female who dreams of a television career must settle for being eye candy telling about fashion or sharing the latest recipes with the viewer. When an intelligent and ambitious feminist reporter, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), arrives at Ferrell's TV station pretending to his crown, a fierce battle breaks out between two bright anchorpersons. |
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This criminal comedy follows two federal agent brothers who are assigned to escort two VIP-persons, two beautiful sisters. And what nobody of them knows is that FBI uses the situation to track down the dangerous serial kidnapper. But, eventually, two typical Afro-Americans Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin Copeland (Shawn Wayans) should be disguised as Brittany (Maitland Ward) and Tiffany Wilton (Anne Dudek) for the kidnapper to be catched. The thing they apparently never dream about is to become two white chicks! |
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The action takes place in the year 2131 – in a war-deserted future the city of Utopia, populated by humans and bioroids, where a very high-powered computer called GIA is a kind of "Big Brother", supporting the city council in controlling every side of life. Deunan Knute, a survivor of numerous global wars, appears in this ideally organized society, and she is destined to carry a heritage that will be crucial for the future of humanity. |
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In the 1990s, an American student, Jesse (Ethan Hawke), and a young beautiful Frenchwoman, Celine (Julie Delpy), met on a train in Europe and spent several hours strolling through Vienna and revealing secrets from their pasts and dreams for their futures. Much water has flowed under the bridge since then. Jesse has become a writer; he is married with a kid. Celine is an advocate for the environment, has a boyfriend. While promoting his latest work in Paris, Jesse unexpectedly meets his fellow passenger again. They reunite and walk around the astounding and romantic city, talking about what tomorrow may bring forth. |
| EuroTrip
[2004,
USA]
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| No actual Europeans were harmed in the making of this film. |
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Scott's (character played by Scott Mechlowicz) girlfriend is cheating on him thinking his European pen-pal-for-years Mike is trying to start a homosexual affair via e-mail. When he finds out Mieke is not a guy, but a buxom blonde girl (Jessica Böhrs), he travels to meet her with his pals Cooper (Jacob Pitts), Jenny (Michelle Trachtenberg), and Jamie (Travis Wester). The foursome's adventure across the continent proves to be something other than a straight line! |
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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. |
| Gargoyle
[2004,
USA]
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| Once thought banished forever, winged, fire-spitting creatures are resurrected and immediately begin wreaking havoc on a port city. |
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Romanian village was under siege by the carnivore gargoyle long time ago, but fortunately the inhabitants engraved the monster into the tough tomb. Nowadays the tomb is wrecked by an earthquake and the evil breaks loose. Two CIA agents (Kate Orsini and Michael Pare) must solve the series of brutal murders being sent to Bucharest to investigate a kidnapping. As the agents and the townspeople look for a way to kill the monster, they also become aware of a coven of vampires who are doing their evil affairs in town. |
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The early years of the famous magnate, Howard Hughes (1905-1976), are charted in this biographical chronicle where Leo DiCaprio stars. His eclectic career came through everything from oil, for which he cared little, to casinos, film, and aviation - as he turned millions of dollars into billions. His relationships with Hollywood's divas, including the elegant screen star Katharine Hepburn (Blanchett) and the sensual screen beauty Ava Gardner (Beckinsale) were also volatile. He was the incarnated mid-century icon of American wealth. Martin Scorsese directed this fast-moving, epic-scale biopic documenting the life and loves of the one of the most colorful Americans of the 20th century and also chronicles Hughes' struggle with his physical phobias and disabilities, and with his increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behavior that forces him to isolate himself from the world. |
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While inspecting the sewage system of London, two workers are attacked by a weird creature. Later, Kate decides to leave a party trying to meet the actor 'George Clooney' (qv) who is in London. She waits for the last underground train, but after drinking many alcoholic beverages, she falls asleep accidentally on the platform bench, missing the last train and being trapped in the closed underground station. Later, a train going to the depot stops at the platform. She boards the train and she meets her acquaintance Guy, who tries to sexually assault her in the underground car. Guy is attacked by the creature, dragged off, and Kate leaves the train through the tunnel. This is the beginning of her claustrophobic, scary and gore night running through the Underground of London. |
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This is the story of a guy, Joel, who discovers that his long-time girlfriend, Clementine, has undergone a psychiatrist's experimental procedure in which all of her memory of Joel is removed, after the couple has tried for years to get their relationship working fluidly. Frustrated by the idea of still being in love with a woman who doesn't remember their time together, Joel agrees to undergo the procedure as well, to erase his memories of Clementine. The film, which takes place mostly within Joel's mind, follows his memories of Clementine backwards in time as each recent memory is replaced, and the procedure then goes on to the previous one, which is likewise seen, and then erased. Once the process starts, however, Joel realizes he doesn't really want to forget Clementine, so he starts smuggling her away into parts of his memory where she doesn't belong which alters other things about his memories as well... |
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Despite the fact Van Helsing was commonly a supporting hero in more than forty vampire films, now he becomes a central character. He is to assist beautiful, sword-wielding Anna who is the last descendant of vampire-fighting clan, to slay the ominous count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh) having dispatched his monsters, namely the Wolf Man (Will Kemp), and Frankenstein's Monster (Shuler Hensley). Having convinced the distrustful peasants of his utility as the deliverer from the evil ones, Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) comes into the fierce confrontation with three Dracula's brides, powerful and dissolute viragos who embellish the movie bringing in a spirit of the perishable lust. Considering an almost immense budget, special-effects in this movie are quite impressive along with admirable Kate Beckinsale's cute character and the handsome long-haired Hugh Jackman in his heydays. |
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Raccoon City became a deadly trap for the young and beautiful girl survived after the zombification virus outbreak from the "Hive" underground research station. "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" begins where the first film left off, we find Alice (Mila Jovovich) in the middle of the zombie-ravaged deadly city. With the help of a few survivors, Alice must escape the deadly location being hunted by the awesome biological weapon known as Nemesis and having some secret agenda. It will be difficult to escape before the Umbrella Corporation will erase the terrific consequences of its abortive experiment from the face of the Earth. |
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Walter is released from the prison after the 12-years imprisonment and being shunned as he is a sex offender. Was he really guilty or it was a terrible mistake? Now he is to prove his innocence to the people who met him with hate and indifference. To cap it all, a maniac attacks children in the Walter's town and all victims of the villain had been arrogated to Walter. Now he has the only chance to get clear - by attempting to catch the real pervert. Walter begins an all-out war against the dangerous predator. |
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