Showing posts with label Ralph Fiennes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ralph Fiennes. Show all posts
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Episode 53 -- Schlinder's List
The true story of Czech born Oskar Schindler, a businessman who tried to make his fortune during the Second World War by exploiting cheap Jewish labor, but ended up penniless having saved over 1000 Polish Jews from almost certain death during the holocaust.
Labels:
Liam Neeson,
Ralph Fiennes,
Schlinder's List,
Steven Spielberg
Monday, September 21, 2009
Episode 15 -- Strange Days
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett
Written by: James Cameron
Synopsis- Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a "squid," a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, feelings, and memories into their brain; as Lenny describes it, "this is real life, pure and uncut, straight from the cerebral cortex." Lenny deals "clips" (the software) as well as "squids" (the hardware) for this new and illegal entertainment system, and while sex and violence are the most popular themes, Lenny refuses to deal in "blackjack" -- slang for snuff clips. Lenny is nursing a broken heart after his girlfriend, punk singer Faith Justin (Juliette Lewis), left him, and he spends a lot of time with clips he recorded when they were together. Faith is now involved with Philo Grant (Michael Wincott), a music business tycoon who once managed Jeriko One (Glenn Plummer), a hip-hop musician and political activist whose murder has sent L.A. into a state of chaos. When a clip emerges that shows that Jeriko was killed by L.A. police officers, Lenny finds his life in danger, and he tries to escape possible death on both sides of the law with the help of his friend Mace Mason (Angela Bassett).
Labels:
Angela Bassett,
James Cameron,
Kathryn Bigelow,
Ralph Fiennes,
Sci-Fi
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