Wednesday, September 3, 2014

The Very Last Tuesday Movie

Love Tuesday Movie Fest
at
North Shore?

September 9th
at
6 pm
is
the
LAST
Movie
until next summer

So, come see...

Hank Williams
First Nation


An elderly Cree man decides that before he dies he must travel via Greyhound from his remote Indian Reservation in Northern Canada, into the Southern United States to visit the grave of Hank Williams. Along the way, he and his traveling companion, a 17 year old nephew, are picked up as a regional human-interest story in the US press. News of their growing celebrity causes a stir back home among an eclectic cast of locals; including a chief running desperately for re-election, a young girl trying desperately to find a prom date, a teacher trying desperately to help, and a social worker trying desperately to get a transfer.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

All About the Bond!

Need some spy action? Want to see your favorite spy, James Bond, in all of his many versions foil the bad guy? Check out this list!


1) Dr. No
James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, "fire breathing dragons" and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No.

Director: Terence Young
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Johanna Harwood(screenplay), 4 more credits »
Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1962



2) From Russia With Love
James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald 'Red' Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe!

Director: Terence Young
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Johanna Harwood(adaptation), 2 more credits »
Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1963



3) Goldfinger
Bond is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore. She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind?

Director: Guy Hamilton
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Paul Dehn(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1964



4) Thunderball
James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim to recover two stolen warheads. They have been taken by the evil SPECTRE organisation. The world is held hostage and Bond heads to Nassau. Here, he meets the beautiful Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo, on board his boat, the Disco Volante. Will 007 prevent the killing of millions of innocent victims?

Director: Terence Young
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), John Hopkins(screenplay), 4 more credits »
Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1965



5) You Only Live Twice
When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Harold Jack Bloom (additional story material),Roald Dahl (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1967



6) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond and is sent on his first mission. For help with Draco, he must becomes very close friends with her daughter, Tracy, and heads off to hunt down Ernst Stavro Blofeld one more time. This takes him to Switzerland, where he must pose as Sir Hilary Bray to find out the secret plan of Blofeld. The facility is covered with Blofeld's guards and well as his hench-woman, Irma Bunt. What has Blofeld got in mind this time? Bond keep up this act for much longer? and are ALL Bond girls safe?

Director: Peter R. Hunt (as Peter Hunt)
Writers: Simon Raven (additional dialogue), Richard Maibaum (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1969



7) Diamonds Are Forever
James Bond's mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who does not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn't out of the question. He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Tom Mankiewicz(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1971



8) Live and Let Die
Several British agents have been murdered and James Bond is sent to New Orleans, to investigate these mysterious deaths. Mr. Big comes to his knowledge, who is self-producing heroin. Along his journeys he meets Tee Hee who has a claw for a hand, Baron Samedi the voodoo master and Solitaire and her tarot cards. Bond must travel deep inside New Orleans, through marshy grass and on water as he completes his mission.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Writer: Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)
Stars: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour |See full cast and crew
Released: 1973



9) The Man with the Golden Gun
Scaramanga is a hit-man who charges a million dollars per job. He becomes linked to the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, and James Bond is called in to investigate. As he tracks down Scaramanga, he realises that he is highly respected by the killer, but will this prove to be an advantage in the final showdown?

Director: Guy Hamilton
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Tom Mankiewicz(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1974



10) The Spy Who Loved Me
James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappears whilst on patrol. Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Christopher Wood (screenplay), Richard Maibaum(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1977



11) Moonraker
James Bond is back for another mission and this time, he is blasting off into space. A spaceship traveling through space is mysteriously hi-jacked and Bond must work quickly to find out who was behind it all. He starts with the rockets creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organisation, Hugo Drax. On his journey he ends up meeting Dr. Holly Goodhead and encounters the metal-toothed Jaws once again.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writer: Christopher Wood (screenplay)
Stars: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1979



12) For Your Eyes Only
After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an ATAC, which went down with a British Spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters both Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russian's. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is and find the ATAC before it's too late.

Director: John Glen
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Michael G. Wilson(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1981



13) Octopussy
James Bond's next mission sends him to the circus. A British agent was murdered and found holding onto a priceless Faberge egg. Kamal Kahn buys the egg at an auction, but Bond becomes suspicious when Kahn meets up with Russian General, Orlov. Bond soon finds out that Kahn's and Orlov's plan is to blow a nuclear device in an American Air Force Base. Bond teams up with a circus group, which are headed by the beautiful Octopussy, who is also close friend of Kahn. Will Bond be quick enough, before World War III begins?

Director: John Glen
Writers: George MacDonald Fraser (screen story and screenplay), Richard Maibaum (screen story and screenplay),2 more credits »
Stars: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1983



14) A View to a Kill
James Bond has one more mission. Bond returns from his travels in the USSR with a computer chip. This chip is capable of withstanding a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that would otherwise destroy a normal chip. The chip was created by Zorin Industries, and Bond heads off to investigate its owner, Max Zorin. Zorin may only seem like a innocent guilty man, but is really planning to set off an earthquake in San Andreas which will wipe out all of Silicon Valley. As well as Zorin, Bond must also tackle May Day and equally menacing companion of Zorin, whilst dragging Stacy Sutton along for the ride.

Director: John Glen
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Michael G. Wilson(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1985



15) The Living Daylights
James Bond 007's mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond's mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond.

Director: John Glen
Writers: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Michael G. Wilson(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1987



16) Licence to Kill
James Bond is on possibly his most brutal mission yet. Bond's good friend, Felix Leiter, is left near death, by drug baron Franz Sanchez. Bond sets off on the hunt for Sanchez, but not everyone is happy. MI6 does not feel Sanchez is their problem and strips Bond of his license to kill making Bond more dangerous than ever. Bond gains the aid of one of Leiter's friends, known as Pam Bouvier and sneaks his way into the drug factories, which Sanchez owns. Will Bond be able to keep his identity secret, or will Sanchez see Bond's true intentions?

Director: John Glen
Writers: Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, 1 more credit »
Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell |See full cast and crew
Released: 1989



17) Goldeneye
When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "Goldeneye," an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares off against Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.

Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Ian Fleming (characters), Michael France (story),2 more credits »
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1995



18) Tomorrow Never Dies
Agent James Bond 007 is on a mission which includes a media tycoon, his former lover and a Chinese agent. Elliot Carver wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work, he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. Carver wants to start up World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. Bond gains the help of Wai Lin on his quest to stop him, but how will Bond feel when he meets up with his former lover, who is now Carver's wife.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writer: Bruce Feirstein
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1997



19) The World is not Enough
James Bond is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6 and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard, who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from a research scientist, Dr. Christmas Jones who witnesses the action which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King, especially when Bond's boss, M goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe.

Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Neal Purvis (story), Robert Wade (story), 4 more credits »
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1999



20) Die Another Day
Pierce Brosnan gives one last mission as James Bond. Starting off in North Korea, Bond is betrayed and captured. 14 months later, Bond is set free, but traded for Zao who was captured by MI6. When back in his world, Bond sets off to track down Zao. Bond gets caught up in yet another scheme which sends him to millionaire Gustav Graves. Another MI6 agent known as Miranda Frost is also posing as a friend of Graves. Bond is invited to a presentation held by Graves about a satellite found in space which can project a huge laser beam. Bond must stop this madman with a fellow American agent, known as Jinx. Whilst Bond tries to stop Graves and Zao, will he finally reveal who betrayed him?

Director: Lee Tamahori
Writers: Ian Fleming (characters), Neal Purvis, 1 more credit »
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2002



21) Casino Royale
James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his wife, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?

Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Neal Purvis (screenplay), Robert Wade(screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2006



22) Quantum of Solace
Is there solace in revenge? Bond and "M" sniff a shadowy international network of power and corruption reaping billions. As Bond pursues the agents of an assassination attempt on "M," all roads lead to Dominic Greene, a world-renowned developer of green technology. Greene, a nasty piece of work, is intent on securing a barren area of Bolivia in exchange for assisting a strongman stage a coup there. The CIA looks the other way, and only Bond, with help from a retired spy and from a mysterious beauty, stands in Greene's way. "M" wonders if she can trust Bond, or if vengeance possesses him. Beyond that, can anyone drawn to Bond live to tell the tale?

Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, 1 more credit »
Stars: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2008



23) Skyfall
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, 2 more credits »
Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2012

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Quirky Movie List

In the need for a non-mainstream movie? Want something crazy and different? Tired of a boring romantic comedy? Check out this list...

1) Safety Not Guaranteed
Darius is a young intern at a Seattle-based magazine and jumps at the chance to investigate the author of a classified ad seeking someone to travel back in time with. Along with Jeff, the staff writer, and Arnau, a fellow intern, the three go on a road trip to a coastal town. While Jeff just wants to chase after his high school crush and Arnau wants some kind of life experience, Darius spends her time with Kenneth, a man who believes that he has built a time machine. The closer they become and the more they understand about each other, the less clear it becomes if Kenneth is just crazy or if he actually is going to successfully travel back in time.

Director: Colin Trevorrow
Writer: Derek Connolly
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2012



2) Winter Passing
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.

Director: Adam Rapp
Writer: Adam Rapp
Stars: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2005



3) Ghost World
This is the story of Enid and Rebecca after they finish the high school. Both have problems to be related with people and they spend their time hanging around and bothering creeps. When they met Seymour who is a social outsider who loves to collect old vinyl records, the life of Enid will change forever.

Director: Terry Zwigoff
Writers: Daniel Clowes (comic book), Daniel Clowes, 1 more credit »
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2001



4) (500) Days of Summer
After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. Despite being physically average in almost every respect, Summer had always attracted the attention of men, Tom included. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom and Summer's so-called relationship, Tom could always count on the advice of his two best friends, McKenzie and Paul. However, it is Tom's adolescent sister, Rachel, who is his voice of reason. After all is said and done, Tom is the one who ultimately has to make the choice to listen or...

Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend | See full cast and crew »
Released: 2009



5) Frances Ha
Frances lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness.

Director: Noah Baumbach
Writers: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2012



6) Live Free or Die
It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows revenge, pouring brake fluid in the man's water supply. When the man dies from unrelated causes, Rugged and his side-kick, the even dimmer Jeff, try to cover up what they think is murder. One bad decision begets another.

Directors: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Writers: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Stars: Aaron Stanford, Paul Schneider, Judah Friedlander |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2006



7) Submarine
Precocious Oliver struggles with being popular in school but when a dark-haired beauty takes interest in him, he's determined to become the best boyfriend in the world. Meanwhile, his parents' already rocky relationship is threatened when his mother's ex-boyfriend moves in next door. Oliver makes some unorthodox plans to ensure that his parents stay together and that Jordana still likes him.

Director: Richard Ayoade
Writers: Richard Ayoade, Joe Dunthorne (novel)
Stars: Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2010



8) Seven Psychopaths
A struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.

Director: Martin McDonagh
Writer: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2012

Friday, August 29, 2014

Tuesday Movie Fest

Want to See
A
New Movie?

Come to the Library!
on 
Tuesday, September 2nd
at
6 p.m.

for

Angel In Love


In this sequel to the popular comedy, An Angel in Krakaw, Giordano the Angel is bound by his earthly responsibilities and cannot return to heaven. He contemplates becoming human, but he is reluctant to be completely on his own. When all ties are severed with heaven, Giordano has a nervous breakdown. The Powers-that-Be then arrange for him to meet the one person who will bring him heaven on earth--the woman he will fall in love with.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Almost Unknown Book List

Looking for something different...unusual...not the same boring author all the time(oh, I'm sure they are really, really great but variety is the spice of life). Check out this list!


1) "What Hides Within" by Jason Parent
Inside all of us, there is darkness. Inside Clive, it's tangible, and it's aching to get out.
What Hides Within tells the story of a man held captive by an unknown evil. Clive Menard is a spineless slacker leading an ordinary existence. But when Chester enters his life, it becomes far from ordinary.
A disheveled Clive stands alone in a hospital waiting room. A series of incidences have led him to undergo unnecessary neurosurgery. A voice inside Clive's head nags him to kill the doctor.
Weeks prior, a murder investigation and an unrelated kayaking excursion set the story's interlocking events in motion. When a remorseful killer, a bomb-happy psychopath and a mysterious widow spider converge upon Clive, they bring with them destruction and death. Clive must discover who or what is steering his very existence before he, too, is consumed by the carnage around him.
With a driven detective following his every step and a vicious killer hiding within his circle of friends, Clive must walk a narrow and dangerous path, teetering between salvation and damnation. He must confront Chester and his own demons. But is he powerless to overcome them?



2) "Devil Inside" by Brandy Isaacs
"For every light there is a dark." Harley Finn had never had an easy life. Despite having a difficult childhood, she has worked hard to create a safe and comfortable life for herself. Harley does her best to enjoy her simple, mundane life. But after a random hook-up her life will never be the same At first Levi Bonham seems like the ideal, no-strings-attached kind of guy, but Harley soon realizes that he is as dangerous as he is enticing. Harley’s connection to Levi leads to disastrous consequences. Suddenly, Harley finds herself plunged into a world plagued by creatures that prey on human suffering and misery. Reeling from tragedy, Harley must confront her own demons to save herself and those she loves the most. Her desire for revenge collides with a centuries old war waged at humanity’s expense. Harley must decide if she is willing to put aside her vendetta and risk her own humanity for the sake of mankind.



3) "The Island Keeper" by Harry Mazer
Tired of being fat, rich, and miserable, Cleo Murphy runs away, desperate to prove herself.
Her destination is a deserted island her father owns in Canada. She is determined to stay and survive, through her supplies are scanty and she knows nothing about living out of doors.
As the summer months pass, Cleo does fend for herself, and finally she feels ready to face her family on the mainland. But by a cruel twist of fate her canoe is destroyed, and instead she must prove herself again and face the brutal Canadian winter.



4) "I Should Be Extremely Happy In Your Company" by Brian Hall
Brian Hall’s compulsively readable novel vividly re-creates Lewis and Clark’s extraordinary journey into the unknown western frontier. Focusing on the emblematic moments of the participants’ lives, the story unfolds through the perspectives of four competing voices—from the troubled and mercurial figure of Meriwether Lewis, the expedition leader who found that it was impossible to enter paradise without having it crumble around him, to Sacagawea, the Shoshone girl-captive and interpreter for the expedition, whose short life mirrored the disruptive times in which she lived. Bringing the day-to-day life of the expedition alive as no work of history ever could, Hall’s magnificent novel fills in the gaps and provides a new perspective on the most famous journey in American history.



5) "The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks" by Robertson Davies
The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks, published by Irwin in 1985, constitutes a collection of the writings of Samuel Marchbanks, a character created in 1944 by Canadian novelist and journalist Robertson Davies when he was editor of the Peterborough Examiner newspaper in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, northeast of Toronto.


Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Action Movie List

Want to see something explode? Want to see car cashes without being in danger? Check out these movies!

1) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
The year is 1936. A professor who studies archeology named Indiana Jones is venturing in the jungles in South America searching for a golden statue. Unfortunately, he sets off a deadly trap doing so, miraculously, he escapes. Then, Jones hears from a museum curator named Marcus Brody about a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to humanly existence. Jones has to venture to vast places such as Nepal and Egypt to find this artifact. However, he will have to fight his enemy Renee Belloq and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), George Lucas(story), 1 more credit »
Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1981



First of many.

2) Batman Begins
When his parents were killed, millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia when he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home. Back in his original surroundings, Bruce adopts the image of a bat to strike fear into the criminals and the corrupt as the icon known as 'Batman'. But it doesn't stay quiet for long.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Bob Kane (characters), David S. Goyer (story), 2 more credits »
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2005



First movie of a trilogy.

3) Die Hard
New York City Detective John McClane has just arrived in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his wife. Unfortunatly, it is not going to be a Merry Christmas for everyone. A group of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber is holding everyone in the Nakatomi Plaza building hostage. With no way of anyone getting in or out, it's up to McClane to stop them all. All 12!

Director: John McTiernan
Writers: Roderick Thorp (novel), Jeb Stuart (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1988



First of four and still going.

4) Gladiator
Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: David Franzoni (story), David Franzoni(screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2000



5) Platoon
Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.

Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: Oliver Stone
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1986



6) Max 2: The Road Warrior
A former Australian policeman now living in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback as a warrior agrees to help a community of survivors living in a gasoline refinery to defend them and their gasoline supplies from evil barbarian warriors.

Director: George Miller
Writers: Terry Hayes (screenplay), George Miller(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1981



7) Skyfall
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, 2 more credits »
Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2012
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