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Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie / Kôkaku Kidôtai (2015)
Animation | Sci-Fi
Set after the events of Arise, the film involves the assassination of the Prime Minister of Japan which is publicly described as the "greatest event since the war". It is up to Public Security Section 9, lead by Major Motoko Kusanagi, to discover the true nature of the murder. They are aided by the Prime Minister's son, Osamu Fujimoto.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Tarusuke Shingaki, Kazuya Nakai, Miyuki Sawashiro, Shunsuke Sakuya
Director: Kazuchika Kise, Kazuya Nomura
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Tags: Kazuchika Kise, Kazuya Nakai, Kazuya Nomura, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyuki Sawashiro, Shunsuke Sakuya, Tarusuke Shingaki
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No Touching At All / Doushitemo furetakunai (2014)
Drama
Toshiaki (Kosuke Yonehara) is a young gay man. On the first day of work, he meets Yosuke (Masashi Taniguchi) in the elevator. Yosuke is Toshiaki's new boss. Toshiaki is attracted to Yosuke. Toshiaki can't be honest with his feelings due to a traumatic incident from his past.
Starring: Kôsuke Yonehara, Masashi Taniguchi, Shou Tomita, Shôichi Matsuda, Yuya Mito
Director: Chihiro Amano
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Tags: Chihiro Amano, Kôsuke Yonehara, Masashi Taniguchi, Shôichi Matsuda, Shou Tomita, Yuya Mito
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Youth / La giovinezza (2015)
Drama
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Micks enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Mark Kozelek
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
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Tags: Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Mark Kozelek, Michael Caine, Paolo Sorrentino, Paul Dano, Rachel Weisz
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About Elly / Darbareye Elly (2009)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A group of middle-class friends travel from Tehran to spend the weekend at the seaside. Sepideh invites Elly, who is her daughter's teacher, to travel with the three families in order to introduce her to their recently divorced friend Ahmad, now living in Germany. The next morning, the two women go shopping in the town and Elly says that she has to return to Tehran because her mother has been recently submitted to hospital for heart surgery, but Sepideh asks her to stay and hides her luggage. The children are playing in the sea and one mother asks Elly to watch them. Out of the blue, Sepideh's daughter calls to some men playing volleyball to rescue one of the children from the water. After rescuing the little boy they seek out Elly, questioning whether she has drowned or returned to Tehran. What has happened to Elly?
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Merila Zare'i, Peyman Moaadi, Mani Haghighi
Director: Asghar Farhadi
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Tags: Asghar Farhadi, Golshifteh Farahani, Mani Haghighi, Merila Zare'i, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti
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Mister Johnson (1990)
Drama
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity — an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
Starring: Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Beatie Edney, Denis Quilley, Nick Reding
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Tags: Beatie Edney, Bruce Beresford, Denis Quilley, Edward Woodward, Maynard Eziashi, Nick Reding, Pierce Brosnan
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Die Sklavinnen / The Slaves / Swedish Nympho Slaves (1977)
Crime | Drama
When a woman has been found by the police she tells of being kidnapped, drugged and tortured by 'Arminda' (Lina Romay). For many years they have been trying to shut down Arminda's sex palace called The Pagoda, but can't get close enough as she has friends in high places. But now they have found a woman who will help put Arminda away for years.
Starring: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Vítor Mendes, Esther Moser, Peggy Markoff, Aida Vargas
Director: Jesús Franco
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Tags: Aida Vargas, Esther Moser, Jesus Franco, Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Peggy Markoff, Vítor Mendes
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Ghosthunters on Icy Trails / Gespensterjäger (2015)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
They couldn't be more different, the members of the trio that allies in the fight against an Ancient Ice Ghost (AIG): Tom, an easily scared boy, Hetty, a professional ghosthunter and the loveable, but pretty slimy Hugo – a ghost. Will the team manage to save their town from the next ice age?
Starring: Anke Engelke, Milo Parker, Bastian Pastewka, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Tramitz, Christian Ulmen, Julia Koschitz, Ruby O. Fee
Director: Tobi Baumann
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Tags: Anke Engelke, Bastian Pastewka, Christian Tramitz, Christian Ulmen, Julia Koschitz, Karoline Herfurth, Milo Parker, Ruby O. Fee, Tobi Baumann
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The Scream Team (2002)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Excentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.
Starring: Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Robert Bockstael, Eric Idle, Tommy Davidson, Kathy Najimy, Kim Coates
Director: Stuart Gillard
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Tags: Eric Idle, Kat Dennings, Kathy Najimy, Kim Coates, Mark Rendall, Robert Bockstael, Stuart Gillard, Tommy Davidson
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Halloweentown High / Halloweentown III (2004)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
When Marnie convinces the Halloweentown Council to send several teenagers to her high school in the mortal world, she even promises to give up her magic if any harm comes to them. But soon, Marnie and her new friends are in trouble and out of luck when the evil Knight Of The Iron Dagger appears. He's determined to destroy all things magical, and it's up to Marnie to save her high school, the human world, and her magic.
Starring: Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske, Finn Wittrock
Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé
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Tags: Debbie Reynolds, Emily Roeske, Finn Wittrock, Joey Zimmerman, Judith Hoag, Kimberly J. Brown, Mark A.Z. Dippé
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Halloweentown (1998)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Kimberly J. Brown, Phillip Van Dyke, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske
Director: Duwayne Dunham
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Tags: Debbie Reynolds, Duwayne Dunham, Emily Roeske, Joey Zimmerman, Judith Hoag, Kimberly J. Brown, Phillip Van Dyke
