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Lord of War starring Nicolas Cage. Co-starring Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto and Bridget Moynahan. 2005. Stunning, in-your-face, stylish, tragic and fun all at the same time. Yuri Orlov ( Nicolas Cage ) comes from a Ukranian family who has moved to Brooklyn. His parents are running a restaurant and his brother Vitaly ( Jared Leto ) is helping them out. However Yuri knows he always wanted to achieve something big and he soon realizes that arms dealing is his calling. He starts from scratch and...

Moonstruck starring Cher and Nicolas Cage Loretta Castorini (Cher) is an Italian-American widow in her late 30s. Her husband died years ago, she is working as a bookkeeper for a funeral home and living with her colorful family members: the grandfather who is more interested in his 5 dogs than the family members, her mother Rose (Olympia Dukasis) is suspecting her husband Cosmo (Vincent Gardenia) is cheating on her, and Cosmo- Loretta’s father who is indeed cheating on Rose. Then there are the...

The Killing Room starring Timothy Hutton, Clea DuVall, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Stormare, Nick Cannon and Shea Whigham The Killing Room is a wonderfully chilling and solid claustrophobic thriller. Yes, it is rated on 5.7 on IMDB, voted by over 2000 people, but even the discussions on whether this is believable or even possible don’t underestimate the movie’s decent effort. Here’s what happens: 4 subjects volunteer for a psychological experiment: 1 woman, 3 guys: Kerry (Clea DuVall), Crawford (...

Brooklyn's Finest starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes. 2009. Image via: filmizlefull.net Brooklyn’s Finest tells the story of 3 Brooklyn cops that are going through a problematic time in their lives: Sal ( Ethan Hawke ) has already more kids than his cop salary can support but his wife (Lili Taylor) is pregnant with twins. Moreover they live in a small house, whose wood mould is endangering both her and her pregnancy. He feels stuck. He has to move his family to...

French Kiss starring Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno and Susan Anbeh. Image:farm4.static.flickr.com American Kate ( Meg Ryan ) is living in Canada with her fiancé Charlie (Timothy Hutton). And as far as she is concerned, life is bliss: she is closer to Charlie’s parents than Charlie is, is about to be a Canadian citizen and she is finally able to afford the house of their dreams. Even though Charlie is a bit freaked, he seems happy and content enough…until he goes to Paris...

When you are talented and have the time and money to pursue your hobby, it would be a shame not to just give it a shot. Well, it is very common for musicians to step into acting, and for actors to play in bands. Some even get successful enough to overshadow their acting careers and some just have a blast. Previously I covered Kevin Bacon, Keanu Reeves and Jon Bon Jovi, John Travolta, Bruce Willis ; David Bowie and Shane West. Here are 3 more rockin’ actors James Denton, Hugh Laurie and Greg...

Ordinary People starring Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch. Made in 1980, directed by Robert Redford. Image: cinemoviehistory.com The life of an ordinary family has gotten turned upside down by 2 tragic and shocking events: First, the older son Bucky (Scott Doebler) died in a boating accident during a trip he went with his younger brother Conrad ( Timothy Hutton ). Then, some time after the accident Conrad attempted suicide by cutting his wrists and very...

Serious Moonlight starring Timothy Hutton, Meg Ryan, Justin Long and Kristen Bell. Image via arti24.com Ian ( Timothy Hutton ) is cheating on Louise ( Meg Ryan ) – his wife of 13 years with the younger Sara ( Kristen Bell ).He has planned to spend some romantic time at his and Louise’s summer house with Sara before they go to Paris together. Louise is a busy and accomplished lawyer but unaware of Ian’s affair, she comes to the summer house early to surprise him. When he unwillingly confronts...

I’ve been writing on Triond for so many months, I realized I have written a total of 26 movie reviews there. Well, I wrote more movie posts if you count the collection posts (such as Top 5 Movie Endings, Ewan Mcgregor Movies: 10 Films Featured and Only One Recommended ) and actor trivia posts. Worry not! I will later update this post so that all my movie-related articles will be under one roof. But for now, enjoy your links and descriptions to 26 different movies’ reviews that give info about...

I know it is a long title, but it is exactly what this post is about: The 31 Day Blogging Challenge on the movie blog anomalousmaterial.com, inspired by problogger Darren Rowse’s book 31 Days To Build A Beter Blog. About Darren Rowse: Darren Rowse of problogger.net. Image via http://www.problogger.net/ Darren Rowse is one of the most famous and successful probloggers around.He blogs about blogging and does make a fortune out of that.If you are a blogger but haven’t heard about him or checked...

Sweet November starring Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves. 2001 remake of 1968's Sweet November. Image via http://img03.blogcu.com/ Nelson ( Keanu Reeves ) is an ambitious and selfish young man, with an aspiring career in advertising. He has a somewhat mechanical lifestyle and his most possessed thing is his career. However things are about to change with two nig events: an advertising pitch gone wrong and an eccentric yet beautiful young woman named Sara ( Charlize Theron ). Nelson needs to...

Leverage and Timothy Hutton as Nathan Ford I didn’t post on the blog on Friday because I was busy catching up with my Leverage season 1 episodes. I was hooked on the show from episode 1 and became a Timothy Hutton fan. In fact I can’t believe I published an article called Television’s 3 Most Brilliant, Emotionally Broken Men and forgot to make it a 4, by adding Leverage’s Nathan Ford ( Timothy Hutton ) to the list. Leverage starring Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf...

It is all great when your favorite bands have great stage shows with impressive stunts, or just even little theatrics that go hand in hand with the song’s lyrics. But sometimes nature helps and the whole experience becomes more surreal. Here are top 3 concert moments when it rained: 1) Travis- Why does it always rain on me? Travis. Image via http://www.hearsay.cc The song is from their 1999-dated The Man Who Album. The lyrics go something like this: “ I can’t sleep tonight Everybody saying...

Le Fate Ignoranti starring Margherita Buy and Stefano Accorsi. Image via cinemadelsilenzio.it Successful and beautiful doctor Antonia ( Margherita Buy ) has been happily married to the equally successful Massimo (Andrea Renzi). They have been married since school years and even though they don’t have any children, they are content about the state of their lives. That’s why Antonia’s world comes crashing down when Massimo dies in an accident. With her best friend/love of her life gone, she is...

The Recruit starring Colin Farrell, Al Pacino and Bridget Moynahan. Image via delusionrealm.com James Clayton ( Colin Farrell ) graduates from MIT at the top of his class. He is a whiz about computer programs but Walter Burke ( Al Pacino ) is about to offer him a whole new opportunity instead of working for Dell or another big company. Walter is a recruiting for CIA and he is certain James would be a great spy. James is indecisive but the fun training, the coolness of the job and hot intern...