Stories by @bent1504
41 stories
Tim Burton's The Shape of Water (1997)
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Little Odessa
Long separated from his Russian family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.
Brokeback Mountain (1955)
A sweeping epic that explores the lives of two young men, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection. The complications, joys and heartbreak they experience provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.
Uwe Boll's Borderlands (2004)
Chaos loves company.
The Proposition (1975)
Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns and gives him 9 days to kill his older dangerous psychopathic brother, or else they’ll hang his younger mentally slow brother on Christmas Day.
Sophie's Choice
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan’s relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan’s fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
Casualties of War (2019)
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (2019)
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband’s restaurant.
The American Friend (2017)
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Angel Heart (2017)
Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.
Dragged Across Concrete (1970s)
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media’s cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.
Killing Them Softly (1982)
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
The Place Beyond the Pines (1980s)
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
The Assassination of Jesse James (1970s)
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the ‘fastest gun in the West’. An eager recruit into James’ notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
Sexy Beast (1972)
Before he went to jail, Gal Dove was England's most famous safe-cracker. Now he just wants to enjoy the sweet life on the Costa del Sol with his wife Deedee, a former porn star. But the shadows of the past catch up with him in the form of professional killer Don Logan, who is supposed to bring Gal back to England for a new coup. But Gal, unwilling to give up his comfortable life under the southern sun, approaches the confrontation.
Snatch (1973)
A caper involving a boxing promoter who is introduced to match fixing by a ruthless, pig-breeding gangster. Thrust into the fray are a street fighting gypsy and his family, a diamond and a vicious pitbull.
12 Years a Slave (2003)
In the mid-19th century, Afro-American Solomon Northup lived as a free man with a wife and children in New York State. When two strangers engage the virtuoso violinist for a performance and then invite him over, he doesn't suspect anything. His horror is all the greater when he wakes up the next morning on a slave ship bound for Louisiana. All references to his guaranteed freedom rights are in vain. For twelve years, Solomon searches for a way out of slavery.
12 Years a Slave (1993)
In the mid-19th century, Afro-American Solomon Northup lived as a free man with a wife and children in New York State. When two strangers engage the virtuoso violinist for a performance and then invite him over, he doesn't suspect anything. His horror is all the greater when he wakes up the next morning on a slave ship bound for Louisiana. All references to his guaranteed freedom rights are in vain. For twelve years, Solomon searches for a way out of slavery.
12 Years a Slave (1983)
In the mid-19th century, Afro-American Solomon Northup lived as a free man with a wife and children in New York State. When two strangers engage the virtuoso violinist for a performance and then invite him over, he doesn't suspect anything. His horror is all the greater when he wakes up the next morning on a slave ship bound for Louisiana. All references to his guaranteed freedom rights are in vain. For twelve years, Solomon searches for a way out of slavery.
12 Years a Slave (1973)
In the mid-19th century, Afro-American Solomon Northup lived as a free man with a wife and children in New York State. When two strangers engage the virtuoso violinist for a performance and then invite him over, he doesn't suspect anything. His horror is all the greater when he wakes up the next morning on a slave ship bound for Louisiana. All references to his guaranteed freedom rights are in vain. For twelve years, Solomon searches for a way out of slavery.