Showing posts with label Mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery. Show all posts

06 August, 2017

Marauders (2016)

AKA:
El Plan Maestro

Synopsis:
When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner and his high-powered clients. But as a group of FBI agents dig deeper into the case - and the deadly heists continue - it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play.

Starring:
Bruce Willis
Christopher Meloni
Dave Bautista

Director: Steven C. Miller

14 February, 2017

Unknown (2011)


Synopsis:
A biochemist and his dishy wife arrive in Berlin for a conference at which a scientist and his controversial Arab funder will announce breakthrough research. While his wife checks into the hotel, he grabs a cab to return to the airport for his briefcase, left at the curb. En route, an auto accident puts him in a coma, from which he awakes four days later without identification and with gaps in his memory. He goes to the hotel: his wife refuses to recognize him and another man has claimed his identity. With help from a nurse, the cab driver, a retired Stasi agent, and an academic friend, he tries to unravel what's going on.

Starsring:
Liam Neeson
Diane Kruger
January Jones

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

29 April, 2016

Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

AKA: Chi l'ha vista morire?

Synopsis:
A young girl is brutally murdered somewhere in France. Sometime later, the same thing happens to the daughter of a well-known sculptor. This time the parents (the sculptor and his wife) start investigating, and soon find they are in way over their head. Meanwhile, the body-count keeps rising as the killer now starts butchering all those who find out too much...

Starring:
George Lazenby
Anita Strindberg
Adolfo Celi

Director: Aldo Lado

17 November, 2014

Safe House (2012)

Synopsis:
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

Starring:
Denzel Washington
Ryan Reynolds
Robert Patrick

Director: Daniel Espinosa

09 November, 2014

The Dark Hour (2006)

Synopsis:
The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently is state of surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunitions, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface.

Starring:
Silke
Omar Muñoz
Pepo Oliva

Director: Elio Quiroga

22 March, 2014

16 November, 2013

Cape Karma (2007)

Synopsis:
After being separated from his wife, Kamini, loner Manav spends time with his ailing father-in-law, and dramatically meets with sexy Caucasian Maya J. Mundhra and both are attracted to each other. They get intimate after a few meetings much to the chagrin of her horse-breeding wealthy husband who is already aware of their affair. Maya invites Manav to her husband's mansion and conspires with him to elope with her, to which he agrees. But before this, she asks him to be intimate on her husband's bed - and he agrees to this also. And it is this decision that will endanger his life as well as expose a dark secret from his past.

Starring:
Rahul Dev
Audrie Woodhouse
Gulshan Grover

Director: Pankaj Advani

12 November, 2013

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Synopsis:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions. Fuller is murdered in our real world the same night, and his colleague is suspected. Douglas discovers a bloody shirt in his bathroom and he cannot recall what he was doing the night Fuller was murdered. He logs into the system in order to find the letter, but has to confront the unexpected. The truth is harsher than he could ever imagine.

Starring:
Craig Bierko
Gretchen Mol
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Director: Josef Rusnak

11 November, 2013

The Illusionist (2006)

AKA:
The Illusionist - Nichts ist wie es scheint >> German
L'illusionniste >> French

Synopsis:
In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances. Despite having not seen each other in fifteen years when they were teenagers, they almost immediately recognize each other as Eduard Abramovich and Sophie von Teschen, they who had a doomed romance at that time due to their class differences. The Duchess is soon to be wed to the Crown Prince Leopold in what would be for him a marriage solely in pursuit of power: overthrowing his father, the Emperor Leopold, as well as overtaking the Hungarian side of the empire. The Crown Prince is known to use violence against women if it suits his needs or purposes. As such, the Duchess, who realizes that she still loves Eisenheim and he her, can never leave the Crown Prince without it jeopardizing her life. After Eisenheim humiliates the Crown Prince at a private show which results in an incident between the Crown Prince and the Duchess, the battle between Eisenheim and the Crown Prince moves into the public performance realm, which many believe demonstrates Eisenheim's supernatural powers. Much of the work for the Crown Prince in the battle with Eisenheim is conducted by Chief Inspector Uhl, who would become the Chief of Police under the Crown Prince's reign. As such, Uhl may have ulterior motives in turning a blind eye to any unlawful act of the Crown Prince against Eisenheim or the Duchess.

Starring:
Edward Norton
Jessica Biel
Paul Giamatti

Director: Neil Burger

10 November, 2013

Brake (2012)

Synopsis:
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract information for their plot against the President of the United States.

Starring:
Stephen Dorff
Chyler Leigh
JR Bourne

Director: Gabe Torres

31 October, 2013

Too Late For Tears (1949)

AKA:
Der blonde Tiger >> German

About:
Too Late For Tears is a great example of late 40s pure Noir cinema. Too Late for Tears was directed by Byron Haskin and stars Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea and Arthur Kennedy. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins, developed from a serial he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post

Synopsis:
Dennis Schwartz had the following to say about Too Late For Tears: "Byron Haskin's low-budget film noir makes good use of its Los Angeles locale and its lady bluebeard is fun to watch as she does her nasty gun thing with her nice guy hubby and rotten poison thing with her boyfriend (she took care of her first hubby off camera, so we're not sure how he got it!)...Though a minor film noir, it relates to the ambitions the middle-class had during the postwar period to better their life materially and socially. Jane's drive for wealth was so extreme that she will not stop at murder to rise above her impoverished middle-class circumstances, and her warped character is used to show how money can't buy one happiness. The husky-voiced winsome smiling Lizabeth Scott turns in a finely tuned performance as the femme fatale; while Dan Duryea is in his element as the alcoholic weak-kneed cad, who shows he doesn't have as much stomach for his criminal mischief as does his lady accomplice."

Starring:
Lizabeth Scott
Don DeFore
Dan Duryea
Arthur Kennedy

Director: Byron Haskin

25 October, 2013

Who Done It? (1942)

Synopsis:
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

Starring:
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Patric Knowles

Director: Erle C. Kenton

15 April, 2013

Phenomena (1985)

AKA:
Creepers

Synopsis:

Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home a Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates only indirectly to the criminal sanitorium nearby. 

Starring:
Jennifer Connelly
Daria Nicolodi
Fiore Argento

Director: Dario Argento

14 April, 2013

The Gathering (2007)

AKA:
The Gathering - Tödliche Zusammenkunft >> German
Coven >> English
Maléfiques >> French

Synopsis:
After a disturbing night, Dr. Michael Foster wakes up to find his wife, Ann, has vanished. The local people are most unhelpful, and the rumor mill whispers that Ann ran off with their daughter's attractive teacher. The only clues to Ann's disappearance are a bloody circle on a wall, a dying raven, and strange images of his daughter and Ann. In an attempt to piece those clues together, Michael uncovers Ann's involvement in an ancient sect composed of witches in modern day New York, who would do anything to dominate the world-- including murder. However, the closer Michael gets to finding his missing wife and uncovering the deadly truth, the more he finds that powerful people are involved in the mystery. Now, the only thing Michael can trust is that he cannot trust anyone.

Starring:
Peter Gallagher
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Kristin Lehman

Director: Bill Eagles

01 April, 2013

They (2002)

Synopsis:
After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund, a graduate student in psychology, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her.

02 February, 2013

Thale (2012)

AKA:
Хвост > Russian
Thale >> Germany
Thale: Ein dunkles Geheimnis > Germany

Synopsis:
Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is.

Starring:
Silje Reinåmo
Erlend Nervold
Jon Sigve Skard

Director: Aleksander Nordaas

24 January, 2013

Powder (1995)

Synopsis:
Powder is a 1995 film directed by Victor Salva, about a boy, nicknamed "Powder," with incredible intellect, telepathy, and paranormal powers. It stars Sean Patrick Flanery in the title role, with Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Bradford Tatum, Lance Henriksen, and Brandon Smith in supporting roles. The film questions the limits of the human mind and body while also displaying our capacity for cruelty; it raises hope that humanity will advance to a state of better understanding.

13 January, 2013

Talaash (2012)

Starrting:
Aamir Khan
Kareena Kapoor
Rani Mukharjee

Director: Reema Kagti

12 January, 2013

Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)

AKA:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo >> English
Men Who Hate Women >> Sweden - literal English
Millennium 1: Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres >> Spainish
Menn som hater kvinner >> Norwegian
Millénium, le film >> French
Millenium, les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes >> French
Uomini che odiano le donne >> Italian
Verblendung >> German

Synopsis:
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.

Starring:
Michael Nyqvist
Noomi Rapace
Lena Endre
Peter Haber
Sven-Bertil Taube
Peter Andersson
Ingvar Hirdwall

Director: Niels Arden Oplev