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Posted on March 12, 2013 |
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Heavenly Creatures / Maiden's Prayer (1994)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
The story concerns Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, outcasts who become best friends, whose bizarre fantasy life becomes more intense as their bond becomes increasingly more obsessive. When Pauline's mother tries to intervene and split the girls apart, they bring about a terrible revenge, resulting in what is to this day still a celebrated and controversial case.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor
Director: Peter Jackson
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Posted on March 12, 2013 |
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Joshua Tree / Army of One (1993)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A former race-car driver turned trucker is framed for a murder he didn't commit and escapes from custody to find the real killer.
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, George Segal, Geoffrey Lewis, Michelle Phillips, Beau Starr, Ken Foree
Director: Vic Armstrong
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Moonwalker / Michael Jackson: Moonwalker (1988)
Action | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Music | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A hero from another world rescues a group of kidnapped children.
Starring: Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker, Brandon Quintin Adams
Director: Jerry Kramer
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Killer Bean Forever (2009)
Action | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Killer Bean – or as he calls himself – Killer Bohn is a precise and merciless killer, He's quick, silent and cold.
As the designated assassin rushes Killer Bohn , He is pushed to his limits. He only wanted peace and quiet in his bedroom but now he must face the entire organized crime gang to survive.
Starring: Vegas E. Trip, Bryan Session, David Guilmette
Director: Jeff Lew
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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The Night Listener (2006)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Gabriel Noone is a late night radio-host in a big city, specializing in spooky tales culled from his active imagination. When Gabriel's lover decides he needs some "space" and moves out, Gabriel descends into a funk until a publisher friend brings him a manuscript written by 14 year-old Pete Logand, a troubled young fan. Pete's story touches the vulnerable Gabriel deeply. Pete was severely abused by his parents and is now under the care of his former social worker, Donna Logand, who has adopted him. Pete is very ill and he and Donna are keeping a low profile in a small town in Wisconsin to avoid discovery by Pete's mother. Gabriel develops an unsettling long-distance telephone relationship with the boy and his guardian. Nothing is as it seems and the skepticism of friends causes Gabriel to become suspicious of Donna and her motives, so he tries to resolve the loose ends by traveling to Wisconsin to confront Donna and Pete. But this effort is largely unsuccessful and we are left…
Starring: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Patrick Stettner
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Tags: Bobby Cannavale, Joe Morton, Patrick Stettner, Robin Williams, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh, Toni Collette
Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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After the Storm (2001)
Action | Crime | Thriller
When a luxury yacht goes down in a violent storm the race is on to salvage the bounty at any cost, causing two couples to commit the ultimate betrayal.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Mili Avital, Barbara Andres, Steven Petrarca, Bernard Graham, Armand Assante, Nestor Serrano
Director: Guy Ferland
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Posted on March 10, 2013 |
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Miss Bala (2011)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Miss Bala tells the story of Laura, a young woman whose aspirations of becoming a beauty queen turn against her, delivering her into the hands of a gang that's terrorizing northern Mexico. Although Laura succeeds in winning the beauty queen crown, her experiences as an unwilling participant in Mexico's violent war leave her shaken and transformed.
Starring: Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier
Director: Gerardo Naranjo
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Posted on March 10, 2013 |
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The Gift (2000)
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Giovanni Ribisi, Hilary Swank, Greg Kinnear, John Beasley
Director: Sam Raimi
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Posted on March 10, 2013 |
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Shanghai Triad / Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao (1995)
Crime | Drama
Shanghai, 1930. Mr. Tang, the godfather chief of the Tang family-run underground Green dynasty, controls the city's lucrative opium and prostitution trade. He has also acquired the services of Xiao Jinbao, the most beautiful prostitute-singer in Shanghai. Fourteen-year-old Tang Shuisheng has been recruited by his uncle to watch Xiao Jinbao. Ultimately, Shuisheng becomes the only person to whom she can talk openly and whose relationship with her is not motivated by power or greed. In secret, Xiao Jinbao has become the mistress of Song, the Greens' number two man, and together they conspire against Mr. Tang.
Starring: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun, Biao Fu, Shu Chen
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Posted on March 10, 2013 |
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See Spot Run (2001)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Family
A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.
Starring: David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Joe Viterelli, Angus T. Jones, Steve Schirripa, Anthony Anderson
Director: John Whitesell
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Posted on March 10, 2013 |
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Blankman (1994)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he decides to use his skills to be the lowest budgeted superhero of all.
Starring: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Christopher Lawford, Lynne Thigpen, John Pallotta
Director: Mike Binder
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Posted on March 9, 2013 |
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Gangs of Wasseypur / G.O.W. (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Shahid Khan's vow to get his father's honor back turns him into the most feared man in the Indian town of Wasseypur.
Starring: Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Jameel Khan
Director: Anurag Kashyap
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Posted on March 7, 2013 |
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Sushi Girl (2012)
Crime | Thriller
Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi, served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman. The sushi girl seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can't help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot.
Starring: Tony Todd, James Duval, Noah Hathaway, Andy Mackenzie, Mark Hamill
Director: Kern Saxton
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Posted on March 7, 2013 |
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Robot & Frank (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi
A curmudgeonly older dad's grown kids install a robot as his caretaker.
Starring: Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Sisto, James Marsden, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Jake Schrier
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Posted on March 7, 2013 |
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Gambit (2012)
Comedy | Crime
A British thief discovers that no plan is infallible when he recruits a beautiful woman to help him steal a priceless statue from an impossibly wealthy widower. Despite the fact that his pretty accomplice bears an uncanny resemblance to his affluent target's late wife, things quickly spin out of control once the job gets under way.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Cloris Leachman, Tom Courtenay
Director: Michael Hoffman
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Posted on March 7, 2013 |
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White Collar (TV Series 2009- )
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
White Collar is about the unlikely partnership of a con artist and an FBI agent who have been playing cat and mouse for years. Neal Caffrey, a charming criminal mastermind, is finally caught by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke. When Neal escapes from a maximum-security prison to find his lost love, Peter nabs him once again. Rather than returning to jail, Neal suggests an alternative plan: He'll provide his criminal expertise to assist the Feds in catching other elusive criminals. Initially wary, Peter quickly finds that Neal provides insight and intuition that can't be found on the right side of the law.
Starring: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen, Sharif Atkins, Marsha Thomason, Hilarie Burton
Creator: Jeff Eastin
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Posted on March 4, 2013 |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
The adventures of an animated rabbit framed for murder, and the detective who helps him clear his name.
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joel Silver, Joanna Cassidy, Kathleen Turner, April Winchell
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Posted on February 28, 2013 |
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Ve stinu / In the Shadow (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
The film stars veteran Czech actor Ivan Trojan as Hakl, a member of Prague's Communist police force charged with investigating what seems to be a routine robbery at a goldsmith's shop. His investigation, however, unveils darker secrets and soon State Security replaces him on the case with a German specialist in "Zionist crime", played by Sebastian Koch. When Hakl continues his investigation on his own, he sets both men on a collision course with the ominous powers of the Communist state.
Starring: Ivan Trojan, Sebastian Koch, Sona Norisová, Jirí Stepnicka, David Svehlík
Director: David Ondricek
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Posted on February 26, 2013 |
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The Traffikers / Gong-mo-ja-deul (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A thriller about the passengers with different objectives on board a cruiser headed for China, being chased over and over again and unexpected happening of things.
Starring: Daniel Choi, Dal-hwan Jo, Yun-hie Jo, Chang Jung Lim, Dal-su Oh
Director: Hong-seon Kim
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Tags: Chang Jung Lim, Dal-hwan Jo, Dal-su Oh, Daniel Choi, Hong-seon Kim, Yun-hie Jo
Posted on February 26, 2013 |
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Ca$h / Cash (2010)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence… All in the name of money.
Starring: Sean Bean, Chris Hemsworth, Victoria Profeta, Mike Starr, Michael Mantell
Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson
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