Posts Tagged ‘mexican-border’

Big Jake (1971)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Wayne, John | Boone, Richard | Wayne, Patrick | Mitchum, Christopher | Cabot, Bruce | Vinton, Bobby | Corbett, Glenn | Doucette, John | Davis, Jim | Agar, John | Carey Jr., Harry | Palmer, Gregg | Jenson, Roy | Walker, Bill | McLiam, John
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Big Jake McCandles is on the trail on bandits in this action drama that stretches from Texas to Mexico. It’s 1909, and the Old West is giving way to modern times. When the outlaw gang led bu vicious John Fain raids Jake’s ranch and kidnaps his 8-year-old grandson, Jake’s wife, whom he hasn’t seen in 18 years, sends for her husband to rescue the boy. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout, a faithful dog, and a box of money. But paying ransom isn’t Jake’s idea of good old frontier justice.

Stop-Loss (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Phillippe, Ryan | Gordon-Levitt, Joseph | Brown, Rob | Tatum, Channing | Rasuk, Victor | Quay, Terry | Wilcox, Matthew Scott | Brewer, Connett | Olyphant, Timothy | Sommer, Josef | Hinds, Ciarán | Frost, Alex | Saldivar, Isreal | Kroll, David | Calmbach, Ricky
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Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind. Then, against Brandon’s will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor.

Geronimo (1962)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Biography | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Connors, Chuck | Devi, Kamala | Conway, Pat | Silvestre, Armando | West, Adam | Dobkin, Lawrence | Anderson, John | Jaynes, Enid | Martin, Ross | Pyle, Denver | Rodman, Nancy | Ames, Amanda | Noriega, Eduardo | Brook, Claudio | Higgins, Joe
Directors: Laven, Arnold
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An Apache warrior who defies U.S. attempts to bring the Indians under control grapples with an array of U.S. soldiers sent to subdue his revolt. Sympathetic scouts seek to bring Geronimo back to the reservation before he is hunted down.

Bordertown (2006)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Banderas, Antonio | del Castillo, Kate | Norman, John | Alvarez, Irineo | Barela, Richard | Batinkoff, Randall | Botto, Juan Diego | Cedillo, Julio | Colon, Dave | Gonzales Falcon, Peter | Juanes | Rivera, Rene | Sheen, Martin | Talley, Chris
Directors: Nava, Gregory
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Lauren (Jennifer Lopez), an impassioned American reporter for the Chicago Sentinel heads to Juarez, a Mexican bordertown, in order to investigate a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women from all over Mexico. As she discovers hundreds of victims, she gains the trust of local factory workers but falls into danger.

Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Pepper, Barry | Cedillo, Julio | Yoakam, Dwight | Jones, January | Leo, Melissa | Bauche, Vanessa | Helm, Levon | Rodriguez, Mel | Suárez, Cecilia | Guadalupe, Ignacio | Campero, René | Pareja, Juan Gabriel | Pérez, Hugo | Torres, Angelina
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A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn’s town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.

Bread and Roses (2000)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | Germany | Italy | Spain | Switzerland | UK
Actors: Padilla, Pilar | Brody, Adrien | Carrillo, Elpidia | McGee, Jack | Rivas, Monica | Davila, Frankie | Hurst, Lillian | Payes, Mayron | Orellana, Maria | Garrett, Melody | Jackman, Gigi | Reynolds, Beverly | Méndez, Eloy | Antonenko, Elena | Gorelik, Olga
Directors: Loach, Ken
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Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers’ union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its “justice for janitors” campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she’s also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.