Posts Tagged ‘lawsuit’

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Genres: Drama, Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Hartnett, Josh | Morris, Kathryn | Goyo, Dakota | Alda, Alan | Nichols, Rachel | Hatcher, Teri | Shaw, Kristen | Sandow, Nick | Paymer, David | Lennix, Harry J. | Coyote, Peter | McDonald, Ryan | Ippolito, Chris | Trenholm, Jameson
Directors: Rod Lurie
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Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man (”Champ”, Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ’s story and escape the shadow of his father’s success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Bee Movie (2007)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Seinfeld, Jerry | Zellweger, Renée | Broderick, Matthew | Warburton, Patrick | Goodman, John | Rock, Chris | Bates, Kathy | Levinson, Barry | King, Larry | Liotta, Ray | Sting | Winfrey, Oprah | Miller, Larry | Mullally, Megan | Torn, Rip
Directors: Hickner, Steve
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Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry’s life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

Fearless (1993)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bridges, Jeff | Rossellini, Isabella | Perez, Rosie | Hulce, Tom | Turturro, John | Del Toro, Benicio | O'Connell, Deirdre | de Lancie, John | Vrooman, Spencer | Cerny, Daniel | Roberts, Eve | Rose, Robin Pearson | Monk, Debra | Mace, Cynthia | Mell, Randle
Directors: Weir, Peter
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After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.

Changing Lanes (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Jackson, Samuel L. | Staunton, Kim | Collette, Toni | Pollack, Sydney | Sloan, Tina | Jenkins, Richard | Walker, Akil | Hawkins, Cole | Getz, Ileen | Dundas, Jennifer | Malloy, Matt | Peet, Amanda | Taylor, Myra Lucretia | Altman, Bruce
Directors: | Michell, Roger
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An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties’ part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.

North Country (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Theron, Charlize | Peterson, Elle | Curtis, Thomas | McDormand, Frances | Bean, Sean | Harrelson, Woody | Renner, Jeremy | Jenkins, Richard | Spacek, Sissy | Cada, James | Schwimmer, Rusty | Emond, Linda | Monaghan, Michelle | Henke, Brad William | Armenante, Jillian
Directors: Caro, Niki
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A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go work at the Eveleth Mines in Minnesota.

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Genres: Biography, Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Roberts, Julia | Brisbin, David | Didawick, Dawn | Finney, Albert | Rodriguez, Valente | Ferrell, Conchata | Sullivan, George Rocky | Skipper, Pat | Gill, Jack | López, Irene Olga | Marks, Emily | Marks, Julie | Leavenworth, Scotty | de la Peña, Gemmenne | Brockovich-Ellis, Erin
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Devil’s Advocate, The (1997)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Countries: Germany, USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Pacino, Al | Theron, Charlize | Jones, Jeffrey | Ivey, Judith | Nielsen, Connie | Nelson, Craig T. | Tunie, Tamara | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Monk, Debra | Ruginis, Vyto | Harrington, Laura | Gray, Pamela | Matarazzo, Heather | Wyner, George
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality.

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