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Posted on December 11, 2013 |
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Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 2 – Ghost Whisper (2013)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Ikkyu Juku, Takurou Nakakuni, Yôji Ueda
Director: Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata
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Posted on December 11, 2013 |
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Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 1 – Ghost Pain (2013)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Ikkyu Juku, Takurou Nakakuni, Yôji Ueda
Director: Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata
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Tags: Ikkyu Juku, Kazuchika Kise, Kenichiro Matsuda, Maaya Sakamoto, Masahiko Murata, Shunsuke Sakuya, Takurou Nakakuni, Yoji Ueda
Posted on December 11, 2013 |
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Jet Stream (2013)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
A TV weatherman tries to prove his theory that a series of unexplained catastrophes are the result of powerful winds found in the upper atmosphere coming down to ground level.
Starring: David Chokachi, Ruth Kearney, Steven Hartley, Don Michael Paul, Preston James Hillier
Director: Jeffery Scott Lando
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Tags: David Chokachi, Don Michael Paul, Jeffery Scott Lando, Preston James Hillier, Ruth Kearney, Steven Hartley
Posted on December 10, 2013 |
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New Kids Turbo (2010)
Action | Comedy
Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.
Starring: Huub Smit, Tim Haars, Wesley van Gaalen, Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil
Director: Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil
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Posted on December 9, 2013 |
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Tropical Inferno / Women in Cellblock 9 / Frauen für Zellenblock 9 (1978)
Action | Crime | Drama | Horror
Another sadistic women's prison film from the director of Ilsa, the Wicked Warden and Barbed Wire Dolls, this exploitation film posits a group of revolutionaries led by Karine Gambier thrown into a South American jail. Howard Vernon plays the staff torture specialist, Dr. Costa, who manages to extract information from Gambier, necessitating an escape by the women to warn their compatriots. Plenty of sex and violence is featured for the raincoat crowd, while Franco cultists will delight in Vernon's wonderfully sinister performance as the prison doctor.
Starring: Karine Gambier, Howard Vernon, Susan Hemingway, Aida Gouveia, Esther Studer
Director: Jesús Franco
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Tags: Aida Gouveia, Esther Studer, Howard Vernon, Jesus Franco, Karine Gambier, Susan Hemingway
Posted on December 9, 2013 |
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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword / Zatôichi abare tako / Zatôichi 7 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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Posted on December 9, 2013 |
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold / Zatôichi senryô-kubi / Zatôichi 6 (1964)
Action | Drama
In the 1840s, Ichi, blind masseur and quick-draw swordsman, travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years' ago. The villages in the area, after several years of famine, have struggled to raise 1,000 ryo in taxes they owe. The money is stolen while in transit to the governor. Ichi is accused as is Boss Chuji, a samurai Ichi respects. Ichi sets out to find the money and clear his own and Chuji's names. Along the way, he must face Kichizo's sister, some of Chuji's own gang, a corrupt governor, and his henchmen. Loyalties shift even as Ichi's moral compass stays true.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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Posted on December 8, 2013 |
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Zatoichi on the Road / Zatôichi kenka-tabi / Zatôichi 5 (1963)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuer Ichi (or "Zatôichi") is asked by a dying man to deliver the maiden Mitsu (or "Omitsu") to her family in Edo, and Zatôichi feels honor-bound to do so. But rival gangs each have an interest in kidnapping the girl for ransom. Zatôichi joins with one of the gangs when the other gang captures Mitsu, but he then finds that to rescue her, he must fight both gangs.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 8, 2013 |
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Deep Rising (1998)
Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi
When a band of ruthless hijackers invade the world's most luxurious cruise ship, they're shocked to discover the passengers have mysteriously vanished! But that doesn't mean they are alone! Something terrifying is lurking just out of sight: a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that begins to snatch the horrified intruders one by one!
Starring: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Wes Studi, Anthony Heald, Derrick O'Connor
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Tags: Anthony Heald, Derrick O'Connor, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Stephen Sommers, Treat Williams, Wes Studi
Posted on December 7, 2013 |
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery
When the man who replaced Jesse as Paradise Police Chief was killed when his car exploded. So Jesse is asked to return and he does. So he goes to the crime scene and there's evidence leads people to believe that the man may have been corrupt. And Jesse who didn't like him because he took his job, says that he is allowed the benefit of the doubt. Jesse finds himself alone because Suitcase and Rose left when the other Chief was there. Jesse suspects that Hasty might know something. And a guy is following Jesse.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler, Robert Carradine, Jeff Geddis, Saul Rubinek, William Devane
Director: Robert Harmon
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Tags: Gloria Reuben, Jeff Geddis, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Robert Carradine, Robert Harmon, Saul Rubinek, Stephen McHattie, Tom Selleck, William Devane, William Sadler
Posted on December 6, 2013 |
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Unbeatable / Ji Zhan (2013)
Action | Drama | Sport
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and ones he cares…
Starring: Singh Hartihan Bitto, Nick Cheung, Feier Li, Ting Mei, Andy On, Eddie Peng, Fatih Ugurlu
Director: Dante Lam
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Tags: Andy On, Dante Lam, Eddie Peng, Fatih Ugurlu, Feier Li, Nick Cheung, Singh Hartihan Bitto, Ting Mei
Posted on December 5, 2013 |
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Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (2013)
Action | Adventure | Animation
Iron Man and the Hulk team up in groundbreaking Marvel CG Animation.
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Dee Bradley Baker, Fred Tatasciore
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Posted on December 5, 2013 |
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Zatoichi the Fugitive / Zatôichi kyôjô-tabi / Zatôichi 4 (1963)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseur Ichi (known as Zatoichi, or "Masseur Ichi") angers a local yakuza gang when he defeats several of them in a wrestling match. When he finds that his long lost love Tane is nearby and romantically involved with a tough samurai in the employ of the gang, he remains in the village. Meanwhile, the young heir to the leadership is forced to confront his own fear and weakness when the gang insists he fight Ichi.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
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Posted on December 4, 2013 |
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New Tale of Zatoichi / Shin Zatôichi monogatari / Zatôichi 3 (1963)
Action | Drama
Blind masseur and master swordsman, Zatoichi, is tired of killing. He journeys to his old village looking for peace, but is pursued by the brother of Boss Kanbei, a man he's killed. Back home, Ichi connects with Banno, his teacher, who seeks prestige and has arranged for his younger sister, Yayoi, to marry into a wealthy samurai family. Ichi and Yayoi realize they are in love, but Ichi's request for her hand meets with Banno's derision. Ichi is also drawn into Banno's plot to kidnap the son of a wealthy man, ostensibly to aid the Mito Goblins, a gang of thieves on the run; but Banno wants to keep the ransom. Ichi wants harmony and love, but can he escape a destiny of violence?
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Stalingrad (2013)
Action | War
Stalingrad has become hell and paradise for those who were worthy of awards, but the only reward they managed to get was love. How they won, and how they were not defeated, who they were and who was on the other side of the street, what secret they have taken away with them – the movie will tell this story.
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Yanina Studilina, Philippe Reinhardt, Pyotr Fyodorov, Mariya Smolnikova
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Saat po long / Sha po lang / SPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An ailing veteran cop whose relentless determination to do away with an untouchable gangster has led him to employ a series of unethical tactics finds his investigation complicated by the arrival of principled new inspector and the death of a fellow cop in this explosive underworld tale.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Jacky Wu, Sammo Hung
Director: Wilson Yip
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues / Zoku Zatôichi monogatari / Zatôichi 2 (1962)
Action | Adventure
Blind swordsman/masseur Zatoichi is pursued by the retainers of a lord who fear that he will reveal a secret weakness of their master. Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love: his own brother. He must face in combat not only the pursuing retainers but his own flesh-and-blood.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Mori
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Posted on December 2, 2013 |
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Justified (TV Series 2010-2015)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens is exiled to his hometown of Harlan County, Kentucky after the shooting of a Miami drug cartel hit man raises debate over his renegade style of law enforcement. Unfortunately it isn't long before the people he left behind begin to surface in the most unexpected ways. Raylan's new job pursuing prison escapees, fugitive con men and a corrupt local sheriff has never been more intense.
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Natalie Zea, Jere Burns, David Meunier, Jonathan Kowalsky
Creator: Graham Yost
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Tags: David Meunier, Erica Tazel, Graham Yost, Jacob Pitts, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jonathan Kowalsky, Natalie Zea, Nick Searcy, Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins
Posted on December 2, 2013 |
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Kick-Ass 2 / Kick Ass 2 (2013)
Action | Comedy | Crime
The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass returns, this time with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, Morris Chestnut
Director: Jeff Wadlow
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Tags: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jeff Wadlow, Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, Morris Chestnut
Posted on December 2, 2013 |
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The Tale of Zatoichi / Zatôichi monogatari / Zatôichi 1 (1962)
Action | Adventure | Drama
This is the movie that introduced the legend of Zatoichi and its star Shintaro Katsu, ushering in a new era of the Japanese samurai film. Practicing his trade as a masseur in a small province, Zatoichi finds himself caught in a turf war between rival yakuza gangs. Aware of Zatoichi's reputation as an undefeatable swordsman, yakuza leader Sukejoro tries to hire him-unsuccessfully-as a mercenary. But it's too late. The other gang leader, Shigezo, hires a warrior with an equally fierce reputation to challenge Zatoichi. Thus the legend of Zatoichi begins with intensely choreographed battle scenes and an expertly crafted story.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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