Amy 1998  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Nadia Tass
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Alana De Roma, Ben Mendelsohn, Nick Barker, Kerry Armstrong, Jeremy Trigatti, William Zappa, Torquil Neilson, Sullivan Stapleton, Mary Ward, Susie Porter, Frank Gallacher
Four-year-old Amy (Alana De Roma) witnessed her father's accidental death by electrocution and has appeared to be deaf and mute ever since. Her mother (Rachel Griffiths) has refused child-welfare workers' advice of sending Amy to a special school and is hiding out with Amy in Melbourne where one of the neighbors (Ben Mendelsohn) realizes that Amy is NOT deaf and can communicate through music.
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Australia 2008  PG-13, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Brandon Walters, David Ngoombujarra, Jacek Koman, Ben Mendelsohn, Bruce Spence, John Jarratt, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis, Barry Otto
During World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) sets out to meet her husband at the cattle station they own in the Australian outback. She is escorted on a three-day trek through the desert by a man nicknamed The Drover (Hugh Jackman) and puts up with his swaggering style. They arrive at the cattle station and find that Sarah's husband has been murdered, and the overseer Neil Fletcher (David Wenham) is suspected because he is in cahoots with King Carney (Bryan Brown) to achieve a beef monopoly. If Sarah can transport her cattle to Darwin, Fletcher and Carney's plot will be foiled. Sarah appeals to The Drover to help her on the cattle drive. Despite good moments and bad, they fall in love and do arrive in Darwin–just in time for the Japanese attack. Fletcher's son Nullah (Brandon Walters), who has magical powers, narrates most of the story. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
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Cosi 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Joffe
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Pamela Rabe, Jacki Weaver, Paul Chubb, Rachel Griffiths, Aden Young, Colin Friels, Colin Hay, David Wenham, Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Lewis (Ben Mendelsohn) takes a position as play director at a mental institution with the job of helping in the rehabilitation process. Inmate Roy (Barry Otto) talks Lewis into producing Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutti." A cast of wild characters from the patients is assembled, though none can sing nor speak Italian, which is the language of the play. But Lewis soon learns a lesson or two about imagination from the unlikely cast in this Australian production.
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Idiot Box 1996  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Caesar
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson, Graeme Blundell, Deborah Kennedy, Robyn Loau, Amanda Muggleton, Emma Tom, Andrew S. Gilbert, Paul Gleeson
Kev (Ben Mendelsohn) and Mick (Jeremy Sims) are two losers who, instead of looking for jobs, make the decision to rob a bank. The fact that real criminals are also targeting the same bank leaves Kev and Mick with even less chance of success.
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Knowing 2009  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, Ben Mendelsohn, D.G. Maloney, Nadia Townsend, Alan Hopgood, Adrienne Pickering, Joshua Long, David Lennie, Tamara Donnellan, Travis Waite, Alethea McGrath, Danielle Carter
Eight-year-old Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) finds a string of numbers, and his widowed father John (Nicolas Cage), who is an astrophysicist, discovers that the numbers represent dates of disasters over the last 50 years–and even some that have not yet happened. John alerts authorities who listen to him, and now it is up to John to prevent future disasters. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 08/03/2009 | | It is a movie like Six Sense you have to watch over and over to understand,the ending could different. |
| | Alien Race 07/20/2009 | The movie was excellent but near the end it lost the suspention of disbelief factor and got way out on a limb and didn't make sense. For instance why not just pick up some earthlings explain what is happening and choose the best DNA stock to keep the species surviving and save some of their most valuable contributions to society? And why have the end event be total devastation where no one could survive? And why not take the father and mother along to help the children to survive? Why not debrief the children so they can be taught to survive?It could be made to be believable but the ending would have to be changed and some explaination as to why the Aliens chose to do things this way. Or if Nicalas Cage did something to actually prevent a (Less Drastic) devastation at the end.
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Map of the Human Heart 1992  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincent Ward
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Robert Joamie, Anne Parillaud, Annie Galipeau, Patrick Bergin, John Cusack, Jeanne Moreau, Clotilde Courau, Ben Mendelsohn, Jerry Snell, Jayko Pitseolak, Matt Holland, Rebecca Vevee, Josape Kopalee, Reepah Arreak
A young Eskimo, Avik (Robert Joamie), is sent from his home into the civilized world to cure his tuberculosis. As an adult, Avik (now played by Jason Scott Lee) serves as a pilot in World War II. He finds major obstacles in his way when he tries to bridge the culture gap between himself and Albertine (Anne Parillaud)–the young girl (Anne Parillaud) who has now grown into the woman he loves.
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The New World 2005 PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, David Thewlis, August Schellenberg, Irene Bedard, Yorick van Wageningen, Ben Mendelsohn, Raoul Trujillo, Brian F. O'Byrne, Michael Greyeyes, Kalani Queypo, Noah Taylor
Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell) explores the New World and forms the community of Jamestown in 1607, but there is an uneasy truce between the settlers and the Native Americans already in the area, and Smith is taken captive. Lucky for him, Chief Powhaten's (August Schellenberg) daughter, Pocohantas (Q'orianka Kilcher), interferes and saves his life. The story continues from there and centers on the loves and tribulations of Pocohantas' life.
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Quigley Down Under 1990  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner, Jerome Ehlers, Conor McDermottroe, Roger Ward, Ben Mendelsohn, William Zappa
American cowboy Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) answers an ad placed by Australian rancher Elliott Marston (Alan Rickman) to come to his ranch and shoot dingoes. Upon arrival at the Marston Ranch, Quigley learns that Marston wants him to shoot aborigines. Quigley refuses, Marston tries to kill him, Quigley escapes with ex-patriot American Crazy Cora (Laura San Giacomo), and aborigines take care of the fleeing couple. But, by story's end, Marston still must be dealt with. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 09/22/2007 | | mstrick says it all...one of the best westerns that I have ever see. |
| | Outstanding western! | mstrick 01/28/2007 | This is one of my favorite westerns. I consider it to be outstanding. The uncut version is best. Usually when they show it on TV they cut out some of the best parts for time. Perhaps if someone other than Alan Rickman had played the role of Elliott Marston, the movie would be taken more seriously.
Watch it for yourself and see if you don;t thoroughly enjoy it! |
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Sirens 1994 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, Kate Fischer, Vincent Ball, John Duigan, Pamela Rabe, Ben Mendelsohn
Bohemian artist Norman Lindsey (Sam Neill) is visited by an Episcopalian minister, Anthony Campion (Hugh Grant), who is intent on reforming his host. But who gets reformed?
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Spotswood 1992 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Efficiency Expert
Director: Mark Joffe
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence, Russell Crowe, Toni Collette, Rebecca Riggs, John Walton, Angela Punch McGregor, John Flaus, Daniel Wyllie, Jeff Truman
Efficiency expert Errol Wallace (Anthony Hopkins) utilizes cold-blooded management practices–until he becomes "humanized" by workers at an Australian family-owned moccasin factory.
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Vertical Limit 2000 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco, Temuera Morrison, Stuart Wilson, Nicholas Lea, Roshan Seth, Ben Mendelsohn
Elliot Vaughn (Bill Paxton) stages a publicity stunt on K2 (the second highest mountain in the world). But plans go awry when an avalanche strands Elliot and two fellow climbers–Annie Garrett (Robin Tunney) and Tom McLaren (Nicholas Lea). Annie's brother, Peter (Chris O'Donnell), leads the rescue team and quickly learns that ingenious methods are needed to save the trapped trio.
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| 1. Amy (1998)
2. Australia (2008)
3. Cosi (1996)
4. Idiot Box (1996)
5. Knowing (2009)
6. Map of the Human Heart (1992)
7. The New World (2005)
8. Quigley Down Under (1990)
9. Sirens (1994)
10. Spotswood (1992)
aka: The Efficiency Expert
11. Vertical Limit (2000)
12. The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
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