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Farewell to the Ark / Saraba hakobune (1984)
Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Su-e and her cousin Sutekich, a descendant of one of the village clans, live together but have been forbidden by her father to have sexual contact. Like other villagers, he believes that if cousins have children together, the children will suffer serious birth defects. His remedy is to make Su-e wear a large, ugly chastity belt. Unable to take the ridicule of his fellow villagers, Sutekichi stabs the head of the clan to death and then runs away with Su-e. After some time elapses, the two make their way back to the village, but by then Sutekichi is suffering the effects of his actions.
Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Takahashi
Director: Shûji Terayama
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Tags: Mayumi Ogawa, Shûji Terayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yôko Takahashi, Yoshio Harada
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country / Den-en ni shisu (1974)
Drama | Fantasy
A young boys' coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.
Starring: Kantarô Suga, Hiroyuki Takano
Director: Shûji Terayama
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Tags: Hiroyuki Takano, Kantarô Suga, Shûji Terayama
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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets / Sho o suteyo machi e deyou (1971)
Drama | Music
In this highly political Japanese film, a family's disintegration is shown as an analogy for the Japanese descent into heartless materialism. Though his family members have resigned themselves to their downward spiral both socially and economically, the son of the household has not. He is ambitious to attain something and to strike out on his own. What happens instead is that he grows increasingly disillusioned about his life and his world.
Starring: Hideaki Sasaki, Masahiro Saito, Yukiko Kobayashi, Fudeko Tanaka, Sei Hiraizumi, Keiko Niitaka
Director: Shûji Terayama
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Tags: Fudeko Tanaka, Hideaki Sasaki, Keiko Niitaka, Masahiro Saito, Sei Hiraizumi, Shûji Terayama, Yukiko Kobayashi
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Fantastic Four (2015)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
A reboot of the Marvel property centered on four astronauts who gain superpowers after cosmic radiation exposure.
Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey
Director: Josh Trank
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Tags: Jamie Bell, Josh Trank, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Reg E. Cathey, Toby Kebbell
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The Diabolical (2015)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When a single mother and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence in their quiet suburban home, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to take on the violent forces that paranormal experts are too frightened to face.
Starring: Ali Larter, Wilmer Calderon, Kurt Carley, Merrin Dungey, Joe Egender, Patrick Fischler
Director: Alistair Legrand
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Tags: Ali Larter, Alistair Legrand, Joe Egender, Kurt Carley, Merrin Dungey, Patrick Fischler, Wilmer Calderon
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
Crime | Drama
An inside look at a memorable community of criminals. Prizefighter Butch Coolidge has decided to stop payment on a deal he's made with the devil. Honey Bunny and Pumpkin are a couple of young lovers and small time thieves who decide they need a change of venue. Meanwhile, two career criminals, Vincent Vega and Jules, go about their daily business of shooting up other crooks who are late on payments to their boss. While one is asked to babysit their boss' dangerously pretty young wife, the other suddenly realizes that he must give up his life of crime.
Starring: John Travolta, Tim Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, Amanda Plummer, Uma Thurman, Eric Stoltz
Director: Quentin Tarantino
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Tags: Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, John Travolta, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman
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In the Courtyard / Dans la cour (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building. He soon proves good at his job, even if he performs it a little eccentrically, and everybody grows fond of him. Antoine also develops a particular friendship with Mathilde, a recently retired woman who lives in the block and whose mental balance is deteriorating…
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kervern, Féodor Atkine, Pio Marmaï
Director: Pierre Salvadori
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Tags: Catherine Deneuve, Féodor Atkine, Gustave Kervern, Pierre Salvadori, Pio Marmaï
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The Hollow (2015)
Horror
It's Halloween eve on Shelter Island, and the small town is preparing for a killer storm. But the dark clouds gathering over the island are bringing with them a curse one-hundred years in waiting. As the woods give birth to an ungodly and insatiable creature of fire, bones, and earth, three sisters must scramble to stay alive through the long dark night of the Hollow. For it's not something you can kill. It's only something you can try and survive.
Starring: Garry Chalk, Sarah Dugdale, Richard Harmon, Stephanie Hunt, Hilary Jardine
Director: Sheldon Wilson
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Tags: Garry Chalk, Hilary Jardine, Richard Harmon, Sarah Dugdale, Sheldon Wilson, Stephanie Hunt
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Dead Bang (1989)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A fact-based action thriller about a dedicated L.A. homicide detective who, while investigating a routine murder, stumbles upon a frightening national conspiracy.
Starring: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, Frank Military, Tate Donovan
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Tags: Bob Balaban, Don Johnson, Frank Military, John Frankenheimer, Penelope Ann Miller, Tate Donovan, William Forsythe
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Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
Action | Comedy | Family | Mystery
17 year old Pete Riley works at the local 26-screen megaplex. He, the senior manager of the theater, and all the other employees are working to keep the theater neat for the giant premiere gala that night where they are going to premiere "Midnight Mayhem". He also has to keep his younger siblings out of the way for the premiere. He also has his girlfriend and her friend going to an early movie heading into the premiere. The movies are having major screw-ups like real tornadoes or title problems.
Starring: Taylor Handley, Corinne Bohrer, Caitlin Wachs, Jacob Smith
Director: Blair Treu
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Tags: Blair Treu, Caitlin Wachs, Corinne Bohrer, Jacob Smith, Taylor Handley
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Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Adam Hansen and his best friend Duffy have tickets to a cool concert. Sister Chelsea Hansen has a date with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, both Adam and Chelsea are grounded. To get their mom out of the house, they come up with a scheme to get her a date with a mysterious man. But the fun doesn't really get started until their little brother, Taylor, figures out that mom's mysterious date is actually a vampire.
Starring: Matt O'Leary, Laura Vandervoort, Myles Jeffrey, Caroline Rhea, Robert Carradine, Karl Pruner
Director: Steve Boyum
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Tags: Caroline Rhea, Karl Pruner, Laura Vandervoort, Matt O'Leary, Myles Jeffrey, Robert Carradine, Steve Boyum
