My Monster Mom (2008)

Actors: Ces Aldaba (actor), Victor Aliwalas (actor), Nonoy Ambrocio (actor), Manny Castañeda (actor), Benjie Cayetano (actor), JC de Vera (actor), Bong Embile (actor), Martin Escudero (actor), Marc Ferrer (actor), Eddie Gutierrez (actor), Richard Gutierrez (actor), Sammy Lagmay (actor), Eri Neeman (actor), Joel Tarca (actor), Khryss Adalia (actor),

Plot: Single-mom Esme gives her daughter for adoption to her elder brother who immediately goes to America. Twenty-seven years later, daughter Abby goes back to the Philippines to meet her real mom. But Abby's excitement is foiled upon knowing that Esme is loud mouthed and worst nightmare. Days spelled hell for Abby, as she discovers that she and her horrific mother are complete polar opposites.

Keywords: abusive-mother, adoption, airport, biological-mother, birth-mother, catfight, coming-home, daughter-searching-for-missing-father, discovery-of-birth-mother, dog
Genres: Comedy,

Black Days (2001)

Actors: Greg Benson (actor), Stirling Gardner (actor), Karl T. Hirsch (actor), William Knight (actor), D. Reynolds (actor), Nicolas Roye (actor), Matthew Winberg (actor), Shiva Rose (actress), Sarah Silverman (actress), Ari Margolis (producer), James Morley III (producer), Matthew Rose (producer), Ari Margolis (writer), James Morley III (writer), Ari Margolis (director),

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Romance,
Taglines: Deception. Betrayal. Murder... Ain't love grand? A sinister comedy that you can only watch in the dark.

Savage Hearts (1996)

Actors: Crispian Belfrage (actor), Mark Burns (actor), John Carter (actor), Julian Carter (actor), John Cater (actor), Jon Clark (actor), Alan Cody (actor), Barrington De La Roche (actor), Angus Deayton (actor), David Faulds (actor), Julian Fellowes (actor), Stephen Frost (actor), Nicholas Frye (actor), Luke Hardy (actor), Dave Allmond (actor),

Genres: Thriller,

Heavy Weights (1995)

Actors: Judd Apatow (actor), David Bowe (actor), Cody Burger (actor), Lars Clark (actor), Allen Covert (actor), Bobby Fain (actor), Paul Feig (actor), Max Goldblatt (actor), David Goldman (actor), Dustin Greer (actor), C. Michael Haynes (actor), Tom Hodges (actor), Tom Kelley (actor), Matthew Bradley King (actor), J.T. Alessi (actor),

Plot: 11-year-old Gerald "Gerry" Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and he's overweight. Gerry's parents Maury and Mrs. Garner decide to send Gerry to Camp Hope, a camp for overweight boys. The camp is owned by kindly Harvey Bushkin and his equally kind wife Alice Bushkin. When the Bushkins file for bankruptcy the camp has to be sold, it is bought by a wacko named Tony Perkis. Tony plans to force the campers to lose as much weight as they can, and he also intends to document the marathon shedding of weight and use it for an infomercial for his slenderizing program. In the eyes of the campers, Tony has made Camp Hope a living hell. As Gerry and counselor Pat Finley lead the efforts to overthrow Tony, the campers prepare for the Apache Relay against arch rival Camp MVP. The Apache Relay is a kind of race in which Camp Hope has never defeated Camp MVP before.

Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, bankruptcy, black-humor, boy, boy-with-glasses, child's-point-of-view, cult-film, exercise, fat-camp, fat-joke
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport,
Taglines: They never met a hot dog they didn't like... until now. They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh.

Quotes:

Tony Perkis: Kiss the ground, joker-boy!::Josh: Hey, would you get your foot off my back?::Tony Perkis: Shut up!

Lars: Congratulations, Mr. Simms. You are the fattest boy in camp.

Roy: Josh. Somebody gonna die today.::Josh: Call 911.

Roy: Funny Josh. But really man, what happened? Talk to us.::Josh: [half-unaware] Josh was bad.::Roy: Oh man. Oh jeez.::Josh: [half-unaware] Josh now good.::Gerry: Good? Wha... what do you mean?::Josh: Must be... [finally showing his normal awareness] good to see my big ass again!

Gerry: Don't tell anyone, but I uh... snuck in some oreos. Just in case.::Josh: That was very sneaky of you, Gerry. Chipmunks! Download! Now!

Tony Perkis: Repulse the monkey... part the wild horse's mane.

Tony Perkis: First we're going to take an hour meditation break. Then we're going to climb that 1000-foot rock face over there with our bare hands and feet. I know you can do it, I have faith in you. But for now, observe the silence of the chi.

Gerry: [writing a letter] Dear Grandma... someone once said, "War is hell." They've never been to fat camp. I knew the food would be bad... [shows a revolting-looking lunch being passed out]... but even worse... [shows Lars stabbing the Blob with a spear]... today he killed the Blob.::Gerry: [goes to the go-kart track, closed and with people putting the karts in a pile] As for the go-karts, well... may they rest in pieces. I'm writing you because nobody else seemed to care.::Maury Garner: [on the phone] I did not send you to 'go-kart' camp!::Tony Perkis: [on the PA] Attention campers, lunch has been cancelled today, due to lack of hustle. Deal with it...::Gerry: Tony Perkis tries to lead by example...::Tony Perkis: [shows Tony on a bed of nails, and two guys placing an ice block on his stomach] This is the 18th level of the PerkiSystem. You'll all be doing this by Labor Day! All right, do it to it, Lars!::Lars: [standing by with a large hammer at the block] It's my honor, Tony. [Lars breaks the ice block while the campers freak out. Tony is unharmed]::Gerry: ...but we're afraid to follow.::Tony Perkis: [nighttime, the campers are around a large fire along with Tony] I know each and every one of you - because I WAS you!::Gerry: Once a day, the kids from Camp MVP, drive by and make fun of us.::MVP camper: [shows the MVP counselor and two campers driving by in a motor boat] [Into a megaphone] You STINK! You STINK! You STINK! You STINK! HA ha ha ha ha ha ha! [Gerry and Roy are ducked down in the water]::Gerry: At night... [shows some more MVP campers at the dock carrying cans of paint]... they vandalize our camp. [Pat is scrubbing it all off]::Gerry: [looks at Josh's empty bed and continues] At least Josh got out... where there's food. We have to resort... to more desperate measures. [Shows the campers chasing cows and shouting]::Gerry: Tony's arranged a dance with the girls' camp... so he can humiliate us into losing weight. Pray for me, Grandma. Love, Gerry.

Tony Perkis: Attention campers. Lunch has been cancelled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it.

Gerry: I'm not going to a camp with a bunch of fat loads!

Movie Showman (1989)

Actors: Frank Bueckert (actor), James Defelice (actor), Kent Gallie (actor), George Highsmith (actor), Steven Hilton (actor), James Iwasiuk (actor), Orest Kinasewich (actor), Robert Koons (actor), Bruce Macklin (actor), Gord Marriott (actor), Brian Martell (actor), Paul Punyi (actor), Wilf Rowe (actor), Jim Shaw (actor), Glenn Beck (actor),

Plot: In the early years of the National Film Board of Canada before the rise of television, a major way for NFB films to be presented in small town Canada was through the movie showmen. This film follows the trials of one such showman as he travels around the rural areas to present a cinematic vision of the world people cannot otherwise see.

Keywords: canada, canadian-filmmaking, canadian-history, film-history
Genres: Drama, History, Short,

Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)

Actors: Blixa Bargeld (actor), Jerry Barrish (actor), Christian Bartels (actor), Donald Behrendt (actor), Curt Bois (actor), Simon Bonney (actor), Paul Busch (actor), Nick Cave (actor), David Crome (actor), Tibor Dahlenburg (actor), Bernard Eisenschitz (actor), Peter Falk (actor), Benjamin Ferchow (actor), Didier Flamand (actor), Familie Ayik (actor),

Plot: Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying to provide comfort to the troubled, although those efforts are not always successful. Among those they are currently observing are: the cast and crew of a movie - a detective story set in WWII Nazi Germany - which include a sensitive and perceptive 'Peter Falk (I)' (qv); an elderly man named Homer looking for eternal peace; and the troupe of a financially failing circus, which has closed early for the season because of those financial problems. One day, Damiel tells Cassiel that he wants to become human, to feel not only the sensory aspects of physical beings, but also emotional aspects. He embarks on this thought with the full realization that there is no turning back if he decides to do so. His thoughts are largely because he has fallen in love with Marion, the trapeze artist with the circus. If he does decide to become a human, there is no guarantee that as a human that he will be able to locate Marion or that she will return his affection. His angels, however, may be looking out for him.

Keywords: 1980s, actor, actor-playing-himself, aerial-shot, afterlife, airplane, ambulance, american, angel, angel-on-earth
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: There are angels on the streets of Berlin.

Quotes:

Driver: Are there still borders? More than ever! Every street has its borderline. Between each plot, there's a strip of no-man's-land disguised as a hedge or a ditch. Whoever dares, will fall into booby traps or be hit by laser rays. The trout are really torpedoes. Every home owner, or even every tenant nails his name plate on the door, like a coat of arms and studies the morning paper as if he were a world leader. Germany has crumbled into as many small states as there are individuals. And these small states are mobile. Everyone carries his own state with him, and demands a toll when another wants to enter. A fly caught in amber, or a leather bottle. So much for the border. But one can only enter each state with a password. The German soul of today can only be conquered and governed by one who arrives at each small state with the password. Fortunately, no one is currently in a position to do this. So... everyone migrates, and waves his one-man-state flag in all earthly directions. Their children already shake their rattles and drag their filth around them in circles.

Peter Falk: To smoke, and have coffee - and if you do it together, it's fantastic.

Nick Cave: [singing] From her to eternity.

Damiel: It's great to live by the spirit, to testify day by day for eternity, only what's spiritual in people's minds. But sometimes I'm fed up with my spiritual existence. Instead of forever hovering above I'd like to feel a weight grow in me to end the infinity and to tie me to earth. I'd like, at each step, each gust of wind, to be able to say "Now." Now and now" and no longer "forever" and "for eternity." To sit at an empty place at a card table and be greeted, even by a nod. Every time we participated, it was a pretense. Wrestling with one, allowing a hip to be put out in pretense, catching a fish in pretense, in pretense sitting at tables, drinking and eating in pretense. Having lambs roasted and wine served in the tents out there in the desert, only in pretense. No, I don't have to beget a child or plant a tree but it would be rather nice coming home after a long day to feed the cat, like Philip Marlowe, to have a fever and blackended fingers from the newspaper, to be excited not only by the mind but, at last, by a meal, by the line of a neck by an ear. To lie! Through one's teeth. As you're walking, to feel your bones moving along. At last to guess, instead of always knowing. To be able to say "ah" and "oh" and "hey" instead of "yea" and "amen."::Cassiel: Yeah, to be able, once in a while, to enthuse for evil. To draw all the demons of the earth from passers-by and to chase them out into the world. To be a savage.::Damiel: Or at last to feel how it is to take off shoes under a table and wriggle your toes barefoot, like that.::Cassiel: Stay alone! Let things happen! Keep serious! We can only be savages in as much as we keep serious. Do no more than look! Assemble, testify, preserve! Remain spirit! Keep your distance. Keep your word.

Damiel: When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? Isn't life under the sun just a dream? Isn't what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage of a world before the world? Does evil actually exist, and are there people who are really evil? How can it be that I, who am I, wasn't before I was, and that sometime I, the one I am, no longer will be the one I am?

Homer, the aged poet: Tell me, muse, of the storyteller who has been thrust to the edge of the world, both an infant and an ancient, and through him reveal everyman. With time, those who listened to me became my readers. They no longer sit in a circle, bur rather sit apart. And one doesn't know anything about the other. I'm an old man with a broken voice, but the tale still rises from the depths, and the mouth, slightly opened, repeats it as clearly, as powerfully. A liturgy for which no one needs to be initiated to the meaning of words and sentences.

Marion: Longing. Longing for a wave of love that would stir in me. That's what makes me clumsy. The absence of pleasure. Desire for love. Desire to love.

The Dying Man: [thinking to himself while lying on the side of a road after a motorcycle accident] You never saw anyone die? I stink of gasoline. I saw it all clearly - the Mercedes, the pool of oil. Karin, I should have told you. It can't be that simple. I've still so much to do.::Damiel: [Damiel places his hands on the Dying Man's head] As I came up the mountain, out of the misty valley into the sun. The fire on the cattle range, the potatoes in the ashes, the boathouse floating in the lake. The Southern Cross.::The Dying Man: [slowly begins to speak Damiel's thoughts out loud. They speak together at first. Then, Damiel walks away, and only the Dying Man speaks] The Far East. The Great North. The Wild West. The Great Bear Lake. Tristan da Cunha. The Mississippi Delta. Stromboli. The old houses of Charlottenburg. Albert Camus. The morning light. The child's eyes. The swim in the waterfall. The spots of the first drops of rain. The sun. The bread and wine. Hopping. Easter. The veins of leaves. The blowing grass. The color of stones. The pebbles on the stream's bed. The white tablecloth outdoors. The dream of the house in the house. The dear one asleep in the next room. The peaceful Sundays. The horizon. The light from the room in the garden. The night flight. Riding a bicycle with no hands. The beautiful stranger. My father. My mother. My wife. My child.

Homer, the aged poet: What is wrong with peace that its inspiration doesn't endure?

Homer, the aged poet: Must I give up now? If I do give up, then mankind will lose its storyteller. And if mankind once loses its storyteller, then it will lose its childhood.

Star Blazers (1979)

Actors: Michael Bertolini (actor), Yoshinobu Nishizaki (producer), Leiji Matsumoto (director), Peter Fernandez (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In the late 2100s, the planet Gamilon, a world far beyond Earth's solar system, declares an invasion of Earth. The nations of Earth fight as one against the Gamilons, but one by one, Earth's fleets are defeated. When the nations of Earth refuse to surrender, Gamilon begins bombarding Earth with planet bombs, radioactive missiles that look like meteors, which gradually spread deadly radiation all over Earth, forcing what's left of humanity to retreat to underground cities. Queen Starsha of planet Iscandar contacts Earth and promises to provide Cosmo-DNA that can remove the radioactivity and restore Earth to beautiful life. She provides plans to an engine that will allow a brave, young group of technicians to journey more than a hundred thousand light-years to Iscandar, obtain the Cosmo-DNA, and return to Earth within one Earth year. In 2199, an ancient seagoing vessel is fitted with the awesome engine and launched toward Iscandar. Along the way, the intrepid crew must fight the Gamilons, who are determined to prevent the brave voyagers from saving Earth from extinction.

Keywords: anime, fighter-pilot, quest, space, space-carrier, space-war, spacecraft
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: We're off to outer space, we're leaving Mother Earth. To save the human race... From the vast reaches of outer space to the infinite depths of the human heart.

Quotes:

Gamilon Leader Desslok: Go ahead. Fire it. Fire the gun. I've been most anxious to see what this great weapon of yours can do, so... fire the gun...

Gamilon Leader Desslok: I can't stand a man who laughs at his own jokes.

Mark Venture: But Doctor Sane, we don't know where we're going.::Doctor Sane: Most people don't.::Mark Venture: But I'm sure it's top secret and you shouldn't be here.::Doctor Sane: Everybody's got to be someplace.

IQ9: That's Doctor Sane. He's a little eccentric, about five degrees.

Captain Abraham Avatar: Doctor Sane, would you mind leaving me alone for a while?::[Doctor Sane hesitates, but then turns around and opens the cabin door to leave]::Captain Abraham Avatar: Doctor Sane?::[Doctor Sane stops in the doorway]::Captain Abraham Avatar: Thank you.::[Doctor Sane leaves and shuts the door behind him]

Captain Abraham Avatar: [watching Earth from space] I cannot bear to see what has become of Earth. Once green and growing with blue lakes and silver streams, great rivers and mighty seas - now all gone. Only dead and burning desert left. Radiation everywhere.::Narrator: In the year 2199, planet Earth was facing extinction. In the mid 21st century, the mysterious planet Gamilon, a planet outside our solar system, declared war on all of Earth. These evil marauders of space, known for their ruthless warfare throughout the galaxy, bombarded Earth with deadly planet bombs. The surface of Earth became unlivable. People could only survive by moving to underground cities, far below the Earth surface. There was no defence against the bombing. Nations of the world fought as one against the Gamilons, but one by one, Earth space fleets were defeated. The Gamilons demanded total surrender, but the Earth defence command refused, so the Gamilons continued their attack. Now another danger lurks: the deadly radiation pollution caused by the bombs covers the Earth, and soon even the underground cities will no longer be safe, as day by day the radiation sinks deeper into the Earth. Earth is now hopelessly contaminated. In a year's time, all lives on earth will be extinct. Now, one last desperate battle between the Earth defence fleet and the Gamilons is being fought near the planet Pluto. Earth has only one space battleship left, commanded by Captain Avatar.::Captain Abraham Avatar: This battleship alone, against such an evil as the Gamilons, we stand between them and Earth. We must prevail. We are Earth's last defence. Here at Pluto, we must make our stand!

Pilot: A message from the Gamilon ship, sir: "Earth fleet, we advise you to surrender now." What shall I tell them?::Captain Abraham Avatar: Tell them they're idiots!::Pilot: What?::Captain Abraham Avatar: I said - idiots!::Pilot: This is the Earth flagship 225. Our answer: idiots! Over.

[first lines of season 1 episodes]::Narrator: In the year 2199, Earth was under severe attack from the mysterious planet Gamilon. Gamilon planet bombs covered the Earth with radioactive pollution, and as a result, in one year's time Earth will be unlivable. But on the planet Iscandar there is a machine that can remove the radioactivity. Queen Starsha offers it to the people of Earth. A team of Star Blazers called the Star Force undertakes the perilous journey. But can the Star Force travel 148,000 light years and back in just one Earth year?

Crazy Mama (1975)

Actors: Carmen Argenziano (actor), Jim Backus (actor), Vince Barnett (actor), David Boyle (actor), Beach Dickerson (actor), Bryan Englund (actor), Ralph James (actor), Clint Kimbrough (actor), Saul Krugman (actor), Skip E. Lowe (actor), Bill Luckey (actor), Hal Marshall (actor), Bill McLean (actor), John Milius (actor), John Aprea (actor),

Plot: Jonathan Demme directs this joyous relentlessly kitschy celebration of 50's America: opportunity, rock'n'roll, and the road. He follows three generations of women and the men they pick up, for a crime spree from California to the old family homestead in Arkansas.

Keywords: 1950s, arkansas, bank-robbery, car-chase, cross-country, dirt-bike, family-relationships, foreclosure, goodyear-blimp, independent-film
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: In 1957 Cheryl Drove Her Mom's Chevy on a Heavy Date: Got Knocked Up, Knocked Over a Bank, Smashed Four Police Cars, and Kidnapped Her Stepfather. It Was a Crazy Year! They shot her father, killed off her man, stole her land. She became the ... [video cover]

...tick... tick... tick... (1970)

Actors: Calvin Brown (actor), Jim Brown (actor), Barry Cahill (actor), Bernie Casey (actor), George Cisar (actor), Richard Elkins (actor), Dan Frazer (actor), Roy Glenn (actor), Anthony James (actor), Clifton James (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Fredric March (actor), Robert Random (actor), Renny Rooker (actor), Ernest Anderson (actor),

Plot: This is the story of a black man who has been elected sheriff in a U.S. southern county, due to the vote of blacks. He receives a huge amount of hostility from the non-tolerant white establishment, making his job very hard. The white former sheriff has his own struggle, as he balances his devotion to the law with his family and community relations. Things come to a head when the black sheriff puts a white man, the son of a wealthy land-owner of a neighboring county, in jail, and his daddy comes after him. Everyone around has to decide where their values really lie.

Keywords: accident, african-american, arrest, automobile-accident, black-american, black-cop, black-man, blaxploitation, community, election
Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: A black sheriff on the way up. A white sheriff on the way out. Two men with nothing in common but the hate that surrounds them. A town turns into a time-bomb. Listen, boy! Any black man that runs for sheriff down here in Colusa County should have his head examined. Before the coroner does it for him What happens in a Southern town when law and order is in the hands of a black man?

Quotes:

Jimmy Price: What's going on back there?::Black Deputy: Police brutality.

[Last lines]::John Little: Come next November, I'm going to run your legs off.::Jimmy Price: I'm not going to stand for Sheriff next year::John Little: Why not?::Jimmy Price: My brother, he's going to run for Sheriff. [pause] I'm going to run for Mayor.

John Braddock: [Harley has just been locked up in jail with Braddock] Welcome to the Colusa County jail, Sambo.::George Harley: Shut your mouth. You red neck, peckerwood.::John Braddock: Oh, now what's the matter? You don't like us kindly white folk?::George Harley: You tell it like it is, honky!

The Warrior's Husband (1933)

Actors: Lionel Belmore (actor), Ferdinand Gottschalk (actor), David Manners (actor), Tiny Sandford (actor), John Sheehan (actor), Ernest Truex (actor), Claudia Coleman (actress), Maude Eburne (actress), Catherine Hayes (actress), Elissa Landi (actress), Helene Madison (actress), Marjorie Rambeau (actress), Helen Ware (actress), Jesse L. Lasky (producer), Walter Lang (writer),

Genres: Comedy,