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Tokyo Refugees / Tôkyô Nanmin (2014)
Drama
Shu Tokieda (Aoi Nakamura) is a college student in Tokyo. He gets expelled from school for failure to pay his tuition fees, He loses contact with his father who supported his living expenses. Shu now finds himself a refugee in Tokyo. He barely makes a living by working a part-time at an internet cafe. Soon, Shu decides to become a successful host.
Starring: Aoi Nakamura, Chihiro Ohtsuka, Shô Aoyagi, Mizuki Yamamoto, Akiyoshi Nakao, Nobuaki Kaneko, Jun Inoue
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
Comedy
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty.
Starring: John C. McGinley, D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Ed Harris, Pat Hingle, M.C. Gainey
Director: D.B. Sweeney
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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To Kill a Priest / Popieluszko (1988)
Drama | History | Thriller
Based loosely on the real-life story of the dissident Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko. In the early 1980s, as the democracy and labor movement known as Solidarity was challenging Soviet authority in Poland, an outspoken priest, Father Alek, defies martial law and continues to rally followers around the cause of Solidarity. The Soviet-controlled Polish government enlists a police official, Stefan, to stop the priest. Stefan, a devoted party follower, finds that the only way he can silence Father Alek is to have him killed. Along the way, however, the priest has a profound influence on Stefan.
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Agnieszka Holland
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Tags: Agnieszka Holland, Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland, Pete Postlethwaite, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall
Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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The Hobbit (1977)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
A wonderous animated version of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic about the magical world of Middle Earth and the adventures of lovable hobbit named Bilbo Baggins.
Starring: Orson Bean, Richard Boone, Hans Conried, John Huston, Otto Preminger, Brother Theodore
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
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Tags: Arthur Rankin Jr, Brother Theodore, Hans Conried, John Huston, Jules Bass, Orson Bean, Otto Preminger, Richard Boone
Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Tart (2001)
Crime | Drama | Romance
After becoming part of the snooty in crowd at school, 16-year-old Cat Storm ends up involved in a depraved world of drug use, sex and — during a weekend at a well-appointed country estate — a grisly murder.
Starring: Dominique Swain, Brad Renfro, Melanie Griffith, Bijou Phillips, Mischa Barton, Lacey Chabert
Director: Christina Wayne
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
Animation | Family
Tales of the Riverbank tells the story of three friends – Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig – who, having swept down the river in a violent storm, embark on an epic journey in search of their lost homes. Their journey, full of comic incident and dramatic danger, becomes even more precarious when they discover that the whole riverbank is threatened by a waffle, Marmalade and Doughnut (WMD) factory which, owned by the evil Fat Cats, is polluting the countryside with increasingly dangerous emissions…the Big Dirt!
Starring: Stephen Fry, Peter Serafinowicz, Miranda Hart, Morwenna Banks, Jim Broadbent, Steve Coogan, Ardal O'Hanlon
Director: John Henderson
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Rich and Famous (1981)
Drama
A decades-long friendship travels a savvy, sexy and often humorously bumpy road when Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen star in RICH AND FAMOUS. George Cukor (THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, MY FAIR LADY) directs, bringing a sophisticated touch to his final film. And Meg Ryan makes her tremendously effective movie debut as a teen whose rebellious streak is roughly the size of Manhattan. Sticks, stones, love, loss, silliness, forgiveness – that's what it takes to make a lasting friendship. Some assembly required.
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Steven Hill, Michael Brandon
Director: George Cukor
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Race You to the Bottom (2005)
Drama | Romance
Nathan and Maggie are in the throes of a passionate affair. They're young, good-looking, and both have boyfriends. When Nathan is assigned to write a travel article on romantic hot-spots in Napa Valley, these unconventional lovers test the limits of the sensuality and fantasy that bond them.
Starring: Amber Benson, Cole Williams, Jeremy Lelliott, Justin Zachary, Justin Hartley, Danielle Harris
Director: Russell Brown
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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One Little Indian (1973)
Comedy | Family | Western
Clint Keys is a hunted man. On the run from the Cavalry, where he faces a hangman's noose for mutiny and desertion charges, he makes a frantic attempt to fade into the vast desert countryside. His conspicuous companions? "Rosie," an ill-tempered camel, her offspring, and a 10-year-old runaway boy. Additional complications arise when they encounter a pioneering widow and her young daughter who must choose between aiding the unlikely fugitives — or hampering their desperate flight.
Starring: James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, John Doucette, Clay O'Brien
Director: Bernard McEveety
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Napoleon & Samantha (1972)
Adventure | Drama
Two young children (Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster) suddenly find themselves in charge of a gentle, aging circus lion. However, when they are threatened with being split up by stern authorities, the trio embarks on a perilous journey across the wilds of the American Northwest. During their adventure-filled odyssey, they seek help in their plight from a sympathetic, free-spirited mountain man (Michael Douglas).
Starring: Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster, Arch Johnson, Henry Jones
Director: Bernard McEveety
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Tags: Arch Johnson, Bernard McEveety, Henry Jones, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Michael Douglas, Will Geer
Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Magic in the Water / Glenorky (1995)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy
A divorced radio psychiatrist who has been so immersed in his career that he has neglected his two kids, Ashley and Josh. Rectify the situation by taking them to a lakeside cabin in Glenorky, BC the supposed home of a giant mythological reptilian monster. While he works on his book the children head out to explore. It is Ashley who first sees the mythical monster. She tells her dad, and of course, he initially disbelieves her, but the girl seems so earnest that he begins to wonder. His investigation of the matter leads him down a magical road to reconciliation with his children and the rediscovery that there is a wonderful life outside of his career. He even manages to find a little love along the way.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Joshua Jackson, Harley Jane Kozak, Adrien Dorval, Tom Cavanagh, David Rasche
Director: Rick Stevenson
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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
Comedy
Alex (Jon Voight) has had a good day at the track, a bad night at the poker game and he'll have a worse time if the guys he owes catch up with him. So Alex and go-along pal Jerry split for Las Vegas where (they hope) Lady Luck and their wits will give them the cash they need. Jon Voight co-wrote this con-is-on tale co-starring Ann-Margret and Burt Young and featuring a very young Angeline Jolie in her very first film. Sit at the blackjack table with these likable rogues. Place your bets. Hide your wallet.
Starring: Jon Voight, Ann-Margret, Burt Young, Bert Remsen, Richard Bradford, Clyde Kusatsu
Director: Hal Ashby
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Tags: Ann-Margret, Bert Remsen, Burt Young, Clyde Kusatsu, Hal Ashby, Jon Voight, Richard Bradford
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Let's Get Harry / The Rescue (1986)
Action | Adventure
Stuart Rosenberg, under the guise of Alan Smithee, directed this action film concerning a soldier of fortune sent into a South American country to rescue a kidnapped American during a revolutionary upheaval. Harry Burk Jr. and United States Ambassador Douglas are held hostage by Colombian drug dealers who demand the release of associates who are imprisoned in the United States. But the U.S. government refuses to negotiate with the drug dealers. In disgust, Harry's brother Corey and three of his friends, along with an adventurous auto dealer named Jack, hire mercenary soldier Shrike to sneak into Columbia and rescue Harry.
Starring: Jere Burns, Gary Busey, Terry Camilleri, Elpidia Carrillo, Matt Clark, Rodolfo De Alexandre
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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Hanging Up (2000)
Comedy | Drama
A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Adam Arkin, Cloris Leachman
Director: Diane Keaton
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Five Fingers (2006)
Drama | Thriller
In Morocco to assist with the creation of a food charity, a Dutchman is abducted by a terrorist.
Starring: Mimi Ferrer, Laurence Fishburne, Touriya Haoud, Antonie Kamerling, Colm Meaney, Ryan Phillippe
Director: Laurence Malkin
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Tags: Antonie Kamerling, Colm Meaney, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Malkin, Mimi Ferrer, Ryan Phillippe, Touriya Haoud
Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Brewster's Millions (1985)
Comedy
A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he's not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.
Starring: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach
Director: Walter Hill
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Tags: Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Richard Pryor, Stephen Collins, Walter Hill
