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Iceland:L certified movies
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Finn (Wynona Ryder) has the steady course on her life: she is certain to marry her boyfriend Sam (Dermot Malroney) and to end up her thesis. She is heading to her grandma's house to concentrate attention at the work. There, at the grandma's sitting room, Finn and her friends spend some time talking and sewing a quilt. Having exchanged with personal experience, and listened to the stories of treason, love and forgiveness she re-exams her plans on life...
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Lenny and Amanda have an adopted son Max who turns out to be brilliant. Lenny becomes obsessed with finding Max's real parents because he believes that they too must be brilliant. When he finds that Linda Ash is Max' real mother, Lenny is disappointed. Linda is a prostitute and porn star. On top of that, she is quite possibly the dumbest person Lenny has ever met. Interwoven is a Greek chorus linking the story with the story of Oedipus. |
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Ace Ventura is a detective who helps people to find their beloved pets. Now he is to find Shikakah, a sacred animal of the Wachati tribe in Africa. This critter is the most necessary element of the upcoming wedding rithual which should be held between, so to speak, Romeo and Juliet who are descendants of the two different tribes. Of coarse, Jim Carrey's character brings funny disaster everywhere he appears, otherwise he is not Ace Ventura! Alligator's throat and rhino's ass seem to be the places he never been... But one should better watch this hilarious film yourself!
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When the summer came, Wabasha county fishermen were almost ready to use their fishing rods when the serious trouble appeared in their small town. Trouble's name was Maria and she was going to turn the local shop where they used to buy rods and baits into a fashionable restaurant. Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) finds Maria very attractive (Sophia Loren herself!), but he and his friend John Gustavson (Jack Lemmon) stand against her and her business weaving the different plots to stop her. Old grumblers should solve problems of their children at the same time. |
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When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak, true love and a happy ending will find their way for both the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility. |
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A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus. |
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The affecting magical tale centers on Omri (Hal Scardino), a typical kid who is given many good presents for his ninth birthday. On the surface an old wooden cupboard and a miniature plastic Indian are of no value. However, just these nondescript gifts promise the boy a string of surprises and extraordinary adventures. Although Omri, like most kids, believes in miracles, he finds himself open-mouthed with astonishment when the Indian figure, locked in the cupboard, comes to life and turns out to be a 19th century Iroquois warrior named Little Bear (Litefoot). The little boy makes friends with him and learns some important lessons about friendship, tolerance, responsibility, and humaneness.
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Dim-witted, overgrown kid Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) whiles away his time poolside, guzzling beer with his stupid buddies, Jack (Mark Beltzman) and Frank (Norm Macdonald), ogling sultry girls in nudie magazines and playing filthy pranks. The wealthy Brian Madison (Darren McGavin) informs his slacker son that he plans to pass the hotel business on to vice president Eric Gordon (Bradley Whitford). Billy is forced to return to school and pass all 12 grades within the course of twenty-four weeks in order to prove that he is competent to run the company. |
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Lucy is a lonely Chicago subway employee who's life consists of living with her cat, avoiding her landlord's boorish son, and nursing a hopeless crush on a handsome commuter who passes her booth every day. Whilst working the Christmas shift, she witnesses him being mugged and pushed off the platform, and manages to save his life - and is mistaken for his fiance at the hospital. She is duly embraced by the man's warm and welcoming family - except for his suspicious brother Jack, who is not convinced that she's the genuine article. |
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Before Sunrise is a passionate and intelligent romance between a young American (Jesse) and a French student (Celine). A chance encounter on the train incites intrigue, and Jesse provocatively suggests that Celine postpones her return to France and embarks instead on a spontaneous expedition to Vienna. In the course of their 14-hour relationship, the two share in their love for the unrehearsed and their appreciation for the unexpected as they explore in a powerful meeting of hearts and minds. |
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Thomas Callahan Jr. is kind of a dumb guy. His father gets married to woman who is actually trying to get him for his money by taking over his stocks and then put his brake pad company out of business. When Big Tom dies of a sudden stroke, it seems pretty good for Beverly and tommy's "brother". but Tommy and his buddy Richard are going to set out and keep Calahan auto parts in business. I have said too much. |
| French Kiss
[1995,
UK, USA]
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| Kate's stuck in a place where anything can happen with a guy who'll make sure that it does |
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Timothy hutton's hero named Charlie is to Paris, and his fiancee stays in Canada because she is afraid to travel by plane. Several days later he calls her by phone and tells that he loves her no more and had find another woman. Then it turns to be that the plane phobia is not so hard to overcome and Meg Ryan's Kate instantly jumps into one and heads to France. There (in the plain as yet) she meets a charming Frenchman who is a jewelry smuggler who stealthily places an expensive necklace into her handbag to pass it through the custom-house. When arrived, the bag disappears... and the things just get worse. But as the bag is stolen, Kate and Luc (Kevin Kline) should keep together... |
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The animated family movie tells the delightful story of what happens when toys are left alone in a room. Andy Davis (John Morris) is a wide-eyed little boy who likes playing with his toys, especially with Woody (Tom Hanks), an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll. Woody finds his status as Andy's favorite in jeopardy when the boy gets a space ranger named Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) for his birthday. Woody becomes so jealous that he schemes to get rid of his rival. Things, however, backfire. When the spaceman accidentally falls out of the window, the other toys blame Woody for the accident. Racked with remorse, Woody ventures into the outside world to find Buzz. Then the two toys find themselves in the clutches of Sid Phillips (Erik von Detten), a nasty neighborhood kid who takes a sadistic delight in dismembering and reconstructing his toys into gruesome mutants. Woody and Buzz must join forces to escape from the ruthless Sid and his savage dog, Scud, and find their way home before Andy moves to a new house. |
| Cabin Boy
[1994,
USA]
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| He's Sailing High On The High Seas, Without A Rudder, A Compass, Or A Clue |
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Off the boat and into the party is a classical plot but sometimes it may be the other way around. Nathanial Mayweather (Chris Elliott) is a young wealthy heir who has recently graduated from the Fancy Lad Academy and is about to run his father's Hawaiian hotel. But en route to the hotel Nathanial unwittingly boards the wrong ship and ends up on a weather-beaten fishing schooner. A crew of hostile, foul-mouthed old salts refuses to carry the daddy's spoiled boy to his destination and forces him to serve as a cabin boy, doing the ship's dirty jobs. Thus, Nathanial sets sail on a hilarious voyage to unpredictable breathtaking adventures. |
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Two political speechwriters fall in love before they find out they are working for candidates on opposite sides. |
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Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game. |
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In this ironic comedy, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins), an inventor of corn flakes and health fanatic, runs a sanitarium for the wealthy in Welville, at Battle Creek. The health farm attracts Eleanor Lightbody (Bridget Fonda), a keen follower of Dr. Kellogg, and her irresolute but devoted husband, Will (Matthew Broderick), who hope to improve their health and save their marriage. However, the young couple get more than they bargain for when they are forced to undergo a series of unconventional medical treatments, such as extreme vegetarianism, abstinence from sex, vicious diet, strenuous physical exercises, and electrical stimulus. |
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Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents; especially the three enterprising kidnapers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnaping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals. |
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He's the best there is. In fact, he's the only one there is! He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man . . . or beast! |
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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are. |
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