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De force (2011)
Action
It's all downhill after a twitchy, tense and music-free opening, in which a Corsican criminal mastermind (Simon Abkarian) stages an attack on an armored car. Officer Damico (Adjani) gets carte blanche to round up his gang and calls on jailbird acquaintance Makarov (Cantona), who (initially) refuses to help. Setup is neat, down to Damico's worries about her juvenile-delinquent son (Pierre Stevenin, terrible), but as the plot grows increasingly absurd, the film proves incapable of sustaining any kind of urgency or tension. The ensemble, which includes distaff stars Anne Consigny and Linh-Dan Pham, seems more drowsy than world-weary, while the '80s-sounding score further slows down the proceedings. Look is perfectly generic; title means "By Force."
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Eric Cantona, Simon Abkarian, Thierry Frémont, Anne Consigny, Linh Dan Pham
Director: Frank Henry
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Tags: Anne Consigny, Eric Cantona, Frank Henry, Isabelle Adjani, Linh Dan Pham, Simon Abkarian, Thierry Frémont
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Brief Encounter (1945)
Drama | Romance
A love affair which was not meant to be is the basis for this real-life look into the extra-marital attractions which develop between married couples.
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
Director: David Lean
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Tags: Celia Johnson, Cyril Raymond, David Lean, Everley Gregg, Joyce Carey, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard
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The Bank Job (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets – secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself… the true story of a heist gone wrong… in all the right ways.
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Tags: Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Jason Statham, Roger Donaldson, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore
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Nine Months (1995)
Comedy | Romance
Samuels life is perfect. That is, until he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. Now he must face the issues that come with being an expecting father, in a most entertaining way.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams
Director: Chris Columbus
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Tags: Chris Columbus, Hugh Grant, Jeff Goldblum, Joan Cusack, Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, Tom Arnold
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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life / Le premier jour du reste de ta vie (2008)
Drama
A sprawling drama centered around five keys days in a family's life.
Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï
Director: Rémi Bezançon
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Tags: Déborah François, Jacques Gamblin, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï, Rémi Bezançon, Zabou Breitman
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate / Long men fei jia (2011)
Action | Adventure
The bad guys are the eunuchs of the Imperial Court, who have created their own unaccountable secret police, armed with bizarre weapons and utterly ruthless in their quest for power and wealth. The good guys are led by a former general, stripped of his rank by the eunuchs, who set out to shield the innocent, right some wrongs and restore decency to the Imperial Court. And the ugly guys are a gang of cut-throat bandits who have caught scent of a hoard of hidden treasure. Their conflicts come to a head at Dragon Inn, a remote outpost in the desert at the very frontier of the kingdom.
Starring: Jet Li, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Lunmei Kwai, Yuchun Li, Mavis Fan, Siu-Wong Fan, Chia Hui Liu
Director: Hark Tsui
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Tags: Chia Hui Liu, Hark Tsui, Jet Li, Kun Chen, Lunmei Kwai, Mavis Fan, Siu-Wong Fan, Xun Zhou, Yuchun Li
