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Posted on June 9, 2012 |
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Games Gamblers Play / Gui ma shuang xing (1974)
Comedy
Teng is the No. 1 con man plus professional gambler in jail. During the jail time, he meets young Liu and the two becomes friends. Once they get out of jail they team up to make fortune. The two gamblers try their hands at several profitable projects. One day, Kiu hits upon a grand plan, but it needs a lot of capital. Therefore he decides to participate in a TV contest so as to win the money……
Starring: Roy Chiao, Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Samuel Hui, Shiu Hung Hui, Lap Ban Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng, Wah Cheung
Director: Michael Hui
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Posted on June 8, 2012 |
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Hondo (1953)
Action | Drama | Romance | War | Western
Based on the Louis L'Amour story "The Gift of Cochise," this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic.
Starring: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness
Director: John Farrow, John Ford
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Posted on June 8, 2012 |
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Crime | Drama
Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Bill Sadler, Clancy Brown
Director: Frank Darabont
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Posted on June 8, 2012 |
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Fight Club (1999)
Drama
The mundane existence of a product liability evaluator and insomniac, who is addicted to self- help groups, is turned upside down when he meets a sado-masochistic anarchist who is secretly plotting to overthrow civilization. As their friendship grows, they become increasingly involved in a secret society of "fight clubs" where men act out their aggressions and violently beat one another to a pulp. In the meantime, the evaluator falls in love with a woman who is also addicted to self-help groups, but is unable to act on his desire for her.
Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Director: David Fincher
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Posted on June 8, 2012 |
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Full Circle / Fei Yue Lao Ren Yuan (2012)
Drama
This film is about there are some old people pursuing their dreams to find the meaning of life.
Starring: Kun Chen, Jun Dai, Jinglin Guo, Tongsheng Han, Bin Li, Ben Niu, Deshun Wang, Tian-Ming Wu, Huanshan Xu, Fan Xu, Bingyan Yan
Director: Yang Zhang
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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This Happy Breed (1944)
Comedy | Drama
Robert Newton and Celia Johnson are surpassingly affecting as Frank and Ethel Gibbons, a couple with three children whose modest household is touched by joy and tragedy from the tail end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Amy Veness, Stanley Holloway, John Mills
Director: David Lean
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Legendary Amazons / The 14 Amazons / The Lady Generals of Yang Family / Yang men nv jiang zhi jun ling ru shan (2011)
Action | War
Legendary Amazons is a Frankie Chan's film about the real life story of the Yang family women generals, who took up fighting after the men in their family were slaughtered. It is a retelling of the same story from the Shaw Brothers "classic 14 Amazons" and a 1960 film "Women Generals of the Yang Family".
Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Xiaoqing Liu, Richie Ren, Pei-pei Cheng, Xiao Ming Yu, Kathy Chow, Zihan Chen, Qiao-qiao Jin, Na Yu, Yukari Ôshima
Director: Frankie Chan
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Tags: Cecilia Cheung, Frankie Chan, Kathy Chow, Na Yu, Pei-pei Cheng, Qiao-qiao Jin, Richie Ren, Xiao Ming Yu, Xiaoqing Liu, Yukari Ôshima, Zihan Chen
Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Between Love and Hate / Yeonae, geu chameulsu-eomneun gabyeoum (2006)
Comedy | Romance
A young man is forced by convention to grow up, marry and abandon his friends and lover.
Starring: Seung-woo Kim, Jin-Young Jang, Sung-jin Nam
Director: Hae-gon Kim
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Battle Force (2012)
Action | War
In the thick of WWII, the 1st Special Service Force unit is called to duty on a secret rescue mission. Challenged by Nazis at every turn, our band of heroes bunker in a bombed out city and race against time to relay a message that is crucial to the Allies invasion of Sicily. Cornered and caught between a rock and a hard place, they only have one option: fire more bullets!
Starring: Scott Martin, Clint Glenn Hummel, Tony Pauletto
Director: Scott Martin
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Monster Brawl (2011)
Action | Comedy | Horror | Sport
Eight classic monsters fight to the death in an explosive wrestling tournament set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard.
Starring: Dave Foley, Art Hindle, Robert Maillet, Jimmy Hart, Lance Henriksen, Kevin Nash
Director: Jesse T. Cook
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Harold and Maude (1971)
Comedy | Romance
Harold (Bud Cort) is a death-obsessed teenager who hangs around in cemeteries and drives a hearse. When he attends a funeral and meets his polar opposite Maude (Ruth Gordon), a life-loving 79-year-old, a strange love affair ensues. However, the offbeat nature of their pairing, and their defiance of social convention, causes upset all around.
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas
Director: Hal Ashby
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Tags: Bud Cort, Charles Tyner, Cyril Cusack, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, Hal Ashby, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles
Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Evita (1996)
Biography | Drama | Musical
Film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash stage musical detailing the life and death of Argentina's controversial First Lady.
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Victoria Sus
Director: Alan Parker
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Cruel Passion / Justine (1977)
Drama
Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution, predatory lesbians, a fugitive murderess, bondage, branding, and one supremely sadistic monk. It's a twisted tale of strange desires, perverse pleasures and the ultimate corruption of innocence as told by the Marquis de Sade.
Starring: Koo Stark, Martin Potter, Lydia Lisle
Director: Chris Boger
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Newsies (1992)
Drama | Family | Musical
July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly organizes a newsboys' strike. With David Jacobs as the brains of the new union, and Jack as the voice, the weak and oppressed found the strength to band together and challenge the powerful.
Starring: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall
Director: Kenny Ortega
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Posted on June 7, 2012 |
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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Okwe, a kind-hearted Nigerian doctor, and Senay, a Turkish chambermaid, work at the same West London hotel. The hotel is run by Senor "Sneaky" and is the sort of place where "dirty business" like drug dealing and prostitution takes place. However, when Okwe finds a human heart in one of the toilets, he uncovers something far more sinister than just a common crime.
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Director: Stephen Frears
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Alien Opponent (2010)
Action | Sci-Fi
The owner of a small-town junkyard offers a cash reward to whomever can kill her uninvited, space-suited alien guest when its spacecraft crash-lands into her barn. Every wacko within 100 miles turns out, and before long, the junkyard is transformed into a war zone of man vs. man vs. machine vs. alien vs. God only knows what.
Starring: Jeremy London, Roddy Piper, Cuyle Carvin
Director: Colin Theys
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Posted on June 6, 2012 |
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Hindenburg (2011)
Drama
The Hindenburg was the largest airship in the world and a symbol of growing German commercial and military power. Initially designed to use the non-flammable helium as a lifting gas, the US embargo on helium exports forced the use of hydrogen instead. This proved catastrophic when, docking in New Jersey in 1937, the ship caught fire and burned furiously before the eyes of the world.
Starring: Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith, Stacy Keach, Greta Scacchi
Director: Philipp Kadelbach
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Posted on June 6, 2012 |
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Fase 7 / Phase 7 (2011)
Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Inside a quarantined apartment building a man must protect his pregnant wife from his new neighbors.
Starring: Daniel Hendler, Jazmín Stuart, Yayo Guridi, Federico Luppi
Director: Nicolás Goldbart
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Posted on June 6, 2012 |
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Dawn Rider (2012)
Western
Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy and Donald Sutherland star in this gripping story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, Mason sets out with guns blazing to track down those who killed him. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John’s best friend. Based on the timeless John Wayne adventure, Dawn Rider is a riveting saga of retribution, duty and valor in the American West.
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy
Director: Terry Miles
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Posted on June 6, 2012 |
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American Warships (2012)
Action | War
When Modern Weapons Fail…It's Time To Bring In The Big Guns.
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Carl Weathers, Johanna Watts, Nikki McCauley
Director: Thunder Levin
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