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Tag Archives: ransom
Die Hard (1988)
Director: John McTiernan Writers: Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza (Based on the novel “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp)
Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller
Tagged 1988, action, adaptation, al leong, alan rickman, alexander godunov, bomb, bonnie bedelia, bruce willis, california, christmas party, cop, crime, de'voreaux white, die hard, fbi, frank j. urioste, hart bochner, heist, helicopter, hostage, james shigeta, jan de bont, jeb stuart, joel silver, john f. link, john mctiernan, lapd, lawrence gordon, limo, los angeles, michael kamen, nothing lasts forever, nypd, office, party, paul gleason, police, ransom, reginald veljohnson, robert davi, roderick thorp, steven e. de souza, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, vacation, william atherton
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
Director: Philip D’Antoni Writers: Albert Ruben and Alexander Jacobs (Story by Sonny Grosso) First time watch. Features a really excellent car chase scene.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tagged 1973, action, albert ruben, alexander jacobs, car chase, cop, crime, detective, drama, gang, gangster, kidnapping, larry haines, mafia, mob, mobster, mystery, new york, new york city, nyc, philip d'antoni, police, ransom, richard lynch, roy scheider, stephen a. rotter, the seven ups, the seven-ups, tony lo bianco, urs furrer
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Zola (2021)
Director: Janicza Bravo Writers: Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris (Based on the article “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweetes” by David Kushner) (Based on the tweets by A’ziah “Zola” King)
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tagged 2021, abuse, christine vachon, colman domingo, dance, dancer, dancing, dave franco, david hinojosa, drugs, elizabeth haggard, florida, gia walsh, hostage, janicza bravo, jason mitchell, Jeremy O. Harris, kara baker, mica levi, nicholas braun, prostitute, prostitution, ransom, riley keough, road trip, sex, sex work, sex worker, social media, stripper, Taylour paige, true story, twitter, vince jolivette, zola
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Romancing the Stone (1984)
Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Diane Thomas
Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Tagged 1984, action, adventure, alan silvestri, alfonso arau, author, colombia, comedy, danny devito, dean cundey, donn cambern, frank morriss, holland taylor, howard franklin, jewel, jungle, kathleen turner, kidnapped, lem dobbs, manuel ojeda, mary ellen trainor, mercenary, michael douglas, novelist, ransom, rescue, robert zemeckis, romance, romancing the stone, ron silver, sister, stone, treasure, treva silverman, writer, zack norman
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Extraction (2020)
Director: Sam Hargrave Writer: Joe Russo (Story by Ande Parks & Joe Russo & Anthony Russo) (Based on the graphic novel “Ciudad” by Ande Parks & Fernando Leon Gonzalez)
Posted in Action, Thriller
Tagged 2020, action, adaptation, alex belcher, ande parks, anthony russo, bangladesh, black market, chris hemsworth, ciudad, crime lord, david harbour, drug dealer, drug lord, drugs, eric gitter, fernando león gonzalez, henry jackman, hostage, joe russo, kidnapped, kidnapping, mercenary, mike larocca, mission, netflix, newton thomas sigel, peter b. ellis, peter schwerin, police, ransom, rescue, ruthie aslan, sam hargrave, sniper, thriller
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Director: Jay Roach Writer: Mike Myers Still pretty funny!
Posted in Comedy
Tagged 1960s, 1997, andy warhol, assassin, austin powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, brian george, british, burt bacharach, carrie fisher, casino, cat, charles napier, cheri oteri, christian slater, cindy margolis, clint howard, comedy, cryogenically frozen, dawn hoggatt, debra neil-fisher, demi moore, dr. evil, elizabeth hurley, england, Fabiana Udenio, father, fish out of water, frozen, george s. clinton, hot tub, Ilya baskin, jay roach, jennifer todd, las vegas, michael york, mike judge, mike myers, mimi rogers, Mindy Sterling, money, nevada, Paul Dillon, peter deming, queen, ransom, rob lowe, robert wagner, robot, secret agent, secret service, seth green, sex, shoe, son, spoof, spy, suzanne todd, swinger, swinging, teeth, therapy, time travel, tom arnold, united nation, will ferrell
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