Posts Tagged ‘curse’
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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Young Sophie Hatter is cursed by the Witch of the Waste, and turns into an old hag. Ashamed of how she looks, she flees into the hills where a moving castle roams the hills. It is said to belong to the young and handsome wizard Howl, who has a bad reputation. Within the castle, Sophie befriends the fire demon Calcifer, who promises to help her become young again. One catch: she must help Calcifer to be free of Howl, and Calcifer cannot tell her how. However, Sophie agrees to stay and try to find out about the contract through other ways. Still, Howl can see that Sophie is under a spell like Calcifer can, and he falls in love with her for who she is and not for what she looks like. Sophie manages to bring life to the moving castle, and she helps Howl to face his former tutor, Madam Suliman. |
The Red Shoes (2005)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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A mysterious pair of pink shoes found on a subway platform seems to bring a curse on the owner. Those that see them must have them and a grisly end awaits those that forcibly take them. A mother, who has just left her cheating husband, finds them and ghostly apparitions and strange occurrences follow her as she tries to make a go of it with her young daughter. A helpful decorator helps her solve the mystery and put the ghosts to rest. Or does he? |
The Hot Chick (2002)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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A “popular yet mean-spirited” teenage girl wakes up one day to find herself turned into a man in his 30’s (Schneider). Along the way to finding out how she ended up like that (and how to get back into her own body), she discovers how shallow and cruel she’s always been… |
Thinner (1996)Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 |
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A fat Lawyer finds himself growing “Thinner” when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner. |
The Mexican (2001)Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 |
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Jerry Welbach is given two ultimatums. His mob boss wants him to travel to Mexico to get a priceless antique pistol called “The Mexican” or he will suffer the consequences. The other ultimatum comes from his girlfriend Samantha, who wants him to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures that being alive, although in trouble with his girlfriend is the better alternative so he heads south of the border. Finding the pistol is easy but getting it home is a whole other matter. The pistol supposedly carries a curse – a curse Jerry is given every reason to believe, especially when Samantha is held hostage by the gay hit man Leroy to ensure the safe return of the pistol. |
Blood and Chocolate (2007)Saturday, July 11th, 2009 |
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With the Five on her tail, a young beautiful werewolf named Vivian seeks peace in the arms of Aiden while escaping the never-ending infatuation Gabriel has on her. But when a string of accidental murders happen, this threatens to rip and expose her pack apart. Search keywords |
The Crucible (1996)Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 |
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A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen). Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded thier innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950’s America. |
The Color Purple (1985)Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 |
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This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900’s. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 – and pregnant – by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life… |
Night to Dismember, A (1983)Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 |
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A woman from a “cursed” family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up. Search keywords |
The Curse of El Charro (2005)Monday, April 13th, 2009 |
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Plagued by nightmares and her sister’s suicide, Maria joins her friends on a road trip to a vacation home in a remote desert town. Once there, she finds herself hunted by El Charro (Andrew Bryniarski) – an ancient evil driven to exact a brutal revenge on Maria’s lineage. The Curse of El Charro creates a world where 70’s exploitation, 80’s character based horror, and German Expressionist silent films can coexist against a backdrop of religious portends, bizarre dreamscapes, and chicks covered in blood. |
Cat People (1982)Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 |
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In this erotic remake of the 1942 classic, a young woman’s sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard. |
Babe ()Friday, November 28th, 2008 |
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The farmer Hoggett wins to a runt piglet in a local just and young Baby, when the piglet decides to be called, offers friendship and learns on all the other creatures for the farm. He makes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With help of the Fly, and intuition of the Farmer Hoggett, the Baby tackles a career in sheepherding with a little of surprise and spectacular results. El agricultor Hoggett gana a un cochinillo de runt en un Nene justo y joven local, cuando el cochinillo decide llamarse, ofrece amistad y aprende sobre todas las otras criaturas por la granja. Él se hace amigos especiales con uno de los perros pastores, Mosca. Con ayuda de la Mosca, e intuición del Agricultor Hoggett, el Nene emprende una carrera en sheepherding con un poco de sorpresa y resultados espectaculares. |
Boy Eats Girl ()Friday, April 18th, 2008 |
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A boy declares that his love for his friend, only dies to the same night. He is returned to the life by his mother like a ghost that wants the meat, which it produces more adolescent when his did not not die trying to be controlled, er, appetize for his beloved. Um rapaz declara que o seu amor pela sua amiga, só morra a mesma noite. Ele é devolvido à vida por sua mãe como um zumbi que deseja a carne, que gera mais adolescente não morto tentando controlar o seu, er, apetite pelo seu amado. |
Anger Management (1992)Friday, March 14th, 2008 |
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After a misunderstanding is ordered aboard an airplane which from the control, mild-civilised Dave Buznik steps up by judge Daniel to be present from doctor Buddy Rydell at controlled fury-administrative meetings which are filled with highly eccentric and brief men and women. The unorthodox approach of the friend to the therapy is confrontational and polish, and Dave is thereby confused. Then, afterwards one more bad luck, judge Daniel Dave orders to increase his therapy or to go bankrupt in the prison. So, friend moves in with Dave to help him, to fight with his internal demons. Friend himself has no internal demons, because he auditions with every opportunity and the making indecent remarks about the friend of Dave Linda and coming floating Dave in confronting to every low, encloses previous or presently head-on. But friend goes, finally, too far, and Dave must decide whether to crawl enter back into his bowl or for himself. Could it be that mistaking the friend and contradicting treatment just consist in it what the doctor ordered?. Nachdem ein Missverständnis an Bord eines Flugzeuges, das aus der Kontrolle, der mild-gesittete Dave Buznik eskaliert, von Richter Daniels befohlen wird, von Arzt Buddy Rydell geführten Wut-Verwaltungssitzungen beizuwohnen, die mit hoch exzentrischen und flüchtigen Männern und Frauen gefüllt werden. Die unorthodoxe Annäherung des Freunds an die Therapie ist confrontational und Poliermittel, und Dave ist dadurch verwirrt. Dann, danach noch ein anderes Missgeschick, befiehlt Richter Daniels Dave, seine Therapie zu steigern oder im Gefängnis Konkurs zu machen. Also, Freund bewegt sich in mit Dave, um ihm zu helfen, mit seinen inneren Dämonen zu kämpfen. Freund selbst hat keine inneren Dämonen, da er bei jeder Gelegenheit vorspielt und das machende unanständige Anmerkungen über die Freundin von Dave Linda und antreibenden Dave ins Konfrontieren jedem geringen, vorig oder gegenwärtig frontal einschließt. Aber Freund geht schließlich zu weit, und Dave muss entscheiden, ob zu Kraul zurück in seine Schale oder für sich eintreten. Konnte es sein, dass das Verwechseln des Freunds und widersprechende Behandlung gerade darin bestehen, was der Arzt bestellte?. |
Atonement ()Thursday, February 14th, 2008 |
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In the summer 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirting between the son of a servant, Robbie, and his oldest sister, Cecilia, that she in an infantile way interprets badly. The misunderstanding of Briony leads to a terrible crime which consequences continue them for the Second world war. En el verano 1935, Briony Tallis de 13 años observa un flirteo entre el hijo de un criado, Robbie, y su hermana más vieja, Cecilia, que ella de manera infantil interpreta mal. El malentendido de Briony lleva a un delito terrible cuyas consecuencias los siguen por la Segunda guerra mundial. |
My Cousin Vinny ()Monday, January 21st, 2008 |
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By heading for the secondary school, Bill and Stan are stopped in Alabama when the point of circumstances to them as having assassinated an advantage keeps the clerk. Unable to afford a lawyer, they turn to the cousin Vinny de Bill, an impetuous New Yorker who took six trials to take his exam of bar. Worse, up to now it is only taken personal cases of wound, which no left to trial. By dragging his even more abrasive fiancée Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny will have to stand up above quickly and not mingle of the prison himself, if he is going to earn case. En se dirigeant vers le collège, Bill et Stan sont arrêtés à Alabama quand le point de circonstances à eux comme ayant assassiné un avantage conserve l’employé de bureau. Incapable de se permettre un avocat, ils tournent au cousin Vinny de Bill, un New-Yorkais impétueux qui a pris six essais de passer son examen de barre. Plus mauvais, jusqu’à maintenant il est seulement pris les cas de blessure personnels, dont aucun n’est parti au procès. En traînant sa fiancée encore plus abrasive Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny devra se redresser en haut vite et ne pas se mêler de la prison lui-même, s’il va gagner le cas. |
Bulletproof ()Monday, January 21st, 2008 |
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The criminals to Rock Keats (Damon Wayans) and Archie Moisés (Adam Sandler) he is the best friends and it has been stealing cars together during a year. Archie invites the Rock when Frank Colton of drug (James Caan) is joining the group of lord without knowing that the Rock is in fact the detective overcast Jack Carter, when evidences ordered being acquired against Frank. During the police officer raid against an expedition of heroin of Frank, Archie acidentalmente it fires to Jack in his head. Once rehabilitated, Jack declares Archie his enemy, and detains it. But the ancient companions will join force against gângsteres of Frank and many dirty policemen. Os criminosos a Rocha Keats (Damon Wayans) e Archie Moisés (Adão Sandler) é os melhores amigos e tem roubado carros em conjunto durante um ano. Archie convida a Rocha a juntar o bando de lord Frank Colton de droga (James Caan) sem saber que a Rocha é de fato o detetive encoberto Jack Carter, ordenado a adquirir evidências contra Frank. Durante o reide de polícia contra uma expedição de heroína de Frank, Archie acidentalmente dispara a Jack na sua cabeça. Uma vez recuperado, Jack declara Archie o seu inimigo, e detém-o. Mas os antigos companheiros têm de juntar forças contra gângsteres de Frank e muitos policiais sujos. |
Babel ()Thursday, October 4th, 2007 |
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Richard and Susan are the pair of San Diego, California who spend holiday in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican governess, Amelia. A gun finds its way in the hands of the young sons of a security guard of local herd, who get a blow carelessly from a bus of turn and hit Susan in the shoulder, by causing his strict wound. Distraught Richard calls at home to say to Amelia about the situation, which soon leaves for Mexico to attend the marriage of its son, with Richard and to the children of Susan in towing. Disaster multiplies so, with situation in Morocco allocated to the terrorists in media, while Amelia meets with problem on Mexican border when she tries to come back to San Diego with the children of Susan and Richard. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower became attached to the gun in question, a complex change of property in which audience is secret, tries to take care of memories of his recently died wife and his tense report with his deaf youthful daughter. Richard et Susan sont la paire de San Diego, Californie qui passent des vacances au Maroc pendant que leurs deux enfants sont à la maison avec leur gouvernante mexicaine, Amelia. Un fusil trouve sa voie dans les mains des jeunes fils d’un gardien de troupeau local, qui prennent imprudemment un coup à un bus de tour et frappent Susan dans l’épaule, en provoquant sa blessure sévère. Richard éperdu appelle à la maison pour dire à Amelia de la situation, qui part bientôt pour le Mexique pour assister au mariage de son fils, avec Richard et aux enfants de Susan dans le remorquage. Le désastre multiplie ainsi, avec la situation au Maroc attribué aux terroristes dans les média, pendant qu’Amelia se rencontre avec le problème à la frontière mexicaine quand elle essaie de revenir à San Diego avec les enfants de Susan et Richard. Pendant ce temps, à Tokyo, un veuf s’est attaché au fusil en question, un changement complexe de propriété à laquelle l’audience est secrète, essaie de s’occuper des souvenirs de sa femme récemment décédée et son rapport tendu avec sa fille adolescente sourde. |
Casanova ()Monday, October 1st, 2007 |
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The casanova is a love with Francesca, what thinks that he is I make friends of him though he is occupied Victoria, who is the love of Giovanni, brother of Francessca. Francessca is a fiance to Paprizzio who thinks that the Casanova is the feminist writer Guardi, that it is really nomme of feather Francessca. Between all this secret identity and mistakes, the Catholic Church sends Pucci to lead to the justice the Casanova and Guardi of the heresy. O casanova é amor com Francesca, que pensa que ele é amigo dele embora ele seja Victoria ocupada, que é o amor de Giovanni, irmão de Francessca. Francessca é noivo a Paprizzio que pensa que o Casanova é o escritor feminista Guardi, que é realmente nomme de Francessca de pluma. Entre toda esta identidade secreta e equívocos, a Igreja Católica envia Pucci para levar à justiça o Casanova e Guardi da heresia. |
Sense and Sensibility (1951)Friday, September 14th, 2007 |
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When Mr.. Dashwood dies, he must break most of his property to a son during his first marriage, which clue his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in limited circumstances. They are received by a kind cousin, but his lack of the fortune affects the marriageability both of practical Elinor and of romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an annexe of rich Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs.. Jennings tries to go together with the worthy one (and rich man) Colonel Brandon for her, Marianne finds the launch and igneous Willoughby more to his taste. Both relations are extremely attempted. But this is a novel, and for the misery and sorrow, the true love and a happy end will find his way so much of the sister who is the whole sense as of that what is all the sensibility. Quando Sr.. Dashwood morre, ele deve partir a maior parte da sua propriedade ao filho pelo seu primeiro matrimônio, que deixa sua segunda esposa e três filhas (Elinor, Marianne, e Margaret) em circunstâncias limitadas. Eles são recebidos por um primo amável, mas a sua falta da fortuna afeta o marriageability tanto de Elinor prática como de Marianne romântica. Quando Elinor forma um anexo de Edward Ferrars rico, a sua família desaprova e separa-os. E embora Sra.. Jennings tenta combinar com o digno (e rico) o Coronel Brandon para ela, Marianne encontra o lançamento e Willoughby ígneo mais ao seu gosto. Ambas as relações são extremamente tentadas. Mas isto é um romance, e pela miséria e mágoa, o amor verdadeiro e um fim feliz encontrarão o seu caminho tanto da irmã que é todo o sentido como daquele que é toda a sensibilidade. |



















