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Blow Dry (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon. Phil and Shelly haven't talked in ten years, since she bolted; she's just found out her cancer is terminal; and, Ray Roberts, the reigning hairdressing champion, blows into town taunting Phil for retreating from competitive styling into barbering. Roberts also brings his daughter, Christina, who remembers Brian from when she was a little kid. Everything's set: Brian decides to enter the competition with his mom and Sandra; will Phil join in? Ray wants to win at any cost; will Christina go along?
Starring: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Heidi Klum
Director: Paddy Breathnach
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Tags: Alan Rickman, Heidi Klum, Josh Hartnett, Natasha Richardson, Paddy Breathnach, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rachel Griffiths
Posted on December 4, 2013 |
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Two Bits (1995)
Drama
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ticket to the plush new movie theater. But grandpa's not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward: he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Starring: Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Jerry Barone
Director: James Foley
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Tags: Al Pacino, James Foley, Jerry Barone, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
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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Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Debbie Reynolds
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Tags: Dan Aykroyd, Debbie Reynolds, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula, Steven Soderbergh
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Zodiac (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch
Director: David Fincher
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Tags: Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, David Fincher, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Lord of the Flies (1963)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
After their plane crashes on an isolated island, a group of grade-school boys revert to savagery despite the attempts of a few to prevent it. (A film adaptation of William Golding's novel.)
Starring: Nicholas Hammond
Director: Peter Brook
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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A Man Escaped / Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)
Drama | Thriller | War
French Resistance activist Andre Devigny is imprisoned by the Nazis, and devotes his waking hours to planning an elaborate escape. Then, on the same day, he is condemned to death, and given a new cellmate. Should he kill him, or risk revealing his plans to someone who may be a Gestapo informer?
Starring: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock
Director: Robert Bresson
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea / Meitantei Conan: Zekkai No Private Eye (2013)
Animation | Mystery
To take part in the voyage of the Ijisu warship, Conan and his detective team arrive at Maizuru Port. Suddenly, they hear some noises. A soldier from the Self-Defense Forces, who lost his left arm, is found dead. Conan begins to investigate. He then tries to determine whether Spy X is on the Ijisu Warship.
Starring: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Kô Shibasaki, Chafurin
Director: Kobun Shizuno
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Tags: Chafurin, Kô Shibasaki, Kobun Shizuno, Minami Takayama, Rikiya Koyama, Wakana Yamazaki
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 3, 2013 |
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Hotel Noir (2012)
Crime | Drama
Holed up in a hotel room with a case of money he has stolen from the mob a gumshoe awaits his fate. A shower door installation guy checks in to write a memoir on his experiences moonlighting as a portrait painter for pets owned by desperate housewives. Another resident is a lounge singer being stalked by a mobster who in turn has a fling with a call girl who does the rounds of the hotel dressed as a superhero. As the assortment of characters intertwine Hotel Noir materialises as a stylish period homage to hardboiled Hollywood and the unreliable nature of storytelling. The tapestry of conflicting inner monologues adds to a web of intrigue and the heavy atmosphere both sexy and fatalistic occasions a parade of star performers smouldering at their best.
Starring: Malin Akerman, Aaron Behr, Kevin Connolly, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Carla Gugino, Rufus Sewell
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
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Tags: Aaron Behr, Carla Gugino, Danny DeVito, Kevin Connolly, Malin Akerman, Robert Forster, Rosario Dawson, Rufus Sewell, Sebastian Gutierrez
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Kawasakiho růže / Kawasaki's Rose (2009)
Drama
Renowned psychiatrist Pavel Josek is singled out to receive a "Memory of the Nation" medal, however, it transpires that this reputedly morally irreproachable dissident once collaborated with state security agencies, informing on a former friend of his wife, Borek, and ultimately being responsible for the latter's forced emigration. Josek's family and close friends try to come to terms with these new facts.
Starring: Lenka Vlasáková, Milan Mikulcík, Martin Huba, Daniela Kolárová, Antonin Kratochvil
Director: Jan Hrebejk
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Tags: Antonin Kratochvil, Daniela Kolárová, Jan Hrebejk, Lenka Vlasáková, Martin Huba, Milan Mikulcík
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Bryan Callen: Man Class (2012)
Comedy
Bryan Callen is one of the most popular stand-up comedians today and has appeared in such movies as The Hangover 1 & 2 and Old School, as well as Mad TV. Sex and the City, and How I Met Your Mother. Join Bryan in his first one-hour comedy special, Man Class, a hilarious comedy event in which he shares how he became the man he always wanted to be.
Starring: Bryan Callen, Jeremy Piven
Director: Manny Rodriguez
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012)
Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
A young boy whose dog has just died moves into the house in whose backyard the snowman was built. Finding a photograph of the snowman the boy rebuilds him,fashioning a snow dog out of the excess snow. The trio fly off in a plane to meet Santa,who gives the boy a magical dog collar which will make it the happiest Christmas ever for him.
Director: Hilary Audus
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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The Family (2013)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Dominic Chianese, David Belle
Director: Luc Besson
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Tags: David Belle, Dianna Agron, Dominic Chianese, Luc Besson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Cut to Black (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A disgraced cop is hired by a wealthy former friend to rid his estranged daughter of a petty stalker.
Starring: Dan Eberle, Jillaine Gill, Beau Allulli, Joe Stipek, James Alba, Alexandra Mingione, Leah Rudick, David Vega
Director: Dan Eberle
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Tags: Alexandra Mingione, Beau Allulli, Dan Eberle, David Vega, James Alba, Jillaine Gill, Joe Stipek, Leah Rudick
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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The Activist (2013)
Thriller
A political thriller during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activist are arrested and maintain in custody in a sheriff's office. They will meet a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie star who is also an activist. Feb 2013 will be the 40Th anniversary of the insurrection…
Starring: Chadwick Brown, Tonantzin Carmelo, Michael Spears, Ron Roggé, Circus-Szalewski, Alena von Stroheim, Anthony Palermo, Henry LeBlanc, King Orba
Director: Cyril Morin
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Tags: Alena von Stroheim, Anthony Palermo, Chadwick Brown, Circus-Szalewski, Cyril Morin, Henry LeBlanc, King Orba, Michael Spears, Ron Roggé, Tonantzin Carmelo
Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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The Future / Il futuro (2013)
Drama
When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.
Starring: Luigi Ciardo, Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Nicolas Vaporidis, Alessandro Giallocosta, Pino Calabrese, Sara Manni
Director: Alicia Scherson
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Tags: Alessandro Giallocosta, Alicia Scherson, Luigi Ciardo, Manuela Martelli, Nicolas Vaporidis, Pino Calabrese, Rutger Hauer, Sara Manni
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
