To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
Starring: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White
Director: Robert Mulligan
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris
Director: Sidney Lumet
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
Drama | Family | Sport
Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Oded Fehr, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodríguez
Director: John Gatins
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Santana: Greatest Hits – Live at Montreux (2011)
Music
Carlos Santana has been a true legend amongst guitarists for decades and his ‘Greatest Hits Live at Montreux' is a great tribute to his life's work. Mixing rock, latin and jazz fusion sounds the band Santana are a truly inspirational group who have never shown any loss of passion for music since being known to the world at Woodstock. Watching Santana's performance in Montreux on Blu-ray is the best way to become emerged in the experience of Carlos working his magic across his most brilliant pieces.
Starring: Carlos Santana
I Melt with You (2011)
Drama
An intense character drama about four college buddies who look within themselves and find emptiness when they have their annual summer reunion. This resurrects a pact they vowed to live, die, and kill by.
Starring: Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, Christian McKay
Director: Mark Pellington
Recoil (2011)
Action
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers – and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Starring: Danny Trejo, Steve Austin, Serinda Swan
Director: Terry Miles
Dookudu (2011)
Action | Comedy
Shankar Narayan (Prakash Raj) is a political leader and a man of masses. He wants his son Ajay (Mahesh Babu) to become a political leader. Shankar Narayan is hurt in an accident and goes into coma. Meanwhile Ajay grows up and goes onto become an aggressive cop. And suddenly Shankar Narayan comes out of coma. The rest of the story is all about how Ajay manages to keep the changes under wrap for his father, and takes revenge on the villains at the same time with some unconventional ploys.
Starring: Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sonu Sood, Srinivasa Rao Kota, Prakash Raj
Director: Srinu Vytla
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Born to Ride (2011)
Action | Comedy
The stars of Starship Troopers are back in action! Mike (Casper Van Dien) decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with best buddy Alex (Patrick Muldoon), but their trek takes a surprising turn when they become involved in a plan involving political blackmail, corruption, and dirty money. Carrying evidence that could get them killed at any minute, the boys are chased on the open road but turn their skills to their own advantage. William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and Theresa Russell (Wild Things) also star in this gun-blazing, rip-roaring adventure from the director of Every Which Way But Loose you’ll never forget!
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Patrick Muldoon, William Forsythe
Director: James Fargo
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Hugo (2011)
Adventure | Drama | Family
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Martin Scorsese
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Drama | Romance
Among the idle nobility of 18th Century France, a pair of cold-hearted rivals, the charming Vicomte de Valmont and the beautiful Marquise de Merteuil, amuse themselves and each other by seducing and toying with the affections of those around them. But their games take a surprising turn when Valmont sets his sights on the virtuous Madame de Tourvel, whom he considers his greatest challenge, because she is renowned for virtue and loyalty to her husband. Meanwhile, the Marquise seeks revenge on an ex-lover by attempting to corrupt the virginal Cecile de Volanges, to whom he is engaged.
Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves
Director: Stephen Frears
Bad Santa (2003)
Comedy | Crime
The Christmas season just got a lot less joyous in this very dark comedy. Willie T. Soke is a con man and a thief who teams up with his friend Marcus, a midget, for a very special scam each year during the holiday season. Willie gets a job as Santa Claus at a shopping mall, his pal tags along as an elf, and they use their employee status to crack mall security and rob stores blind just before Christmas. However, there's one flaw to this plan – Willie is a bitter, foul-mouthed and perpetually grouchy alcoholic who doesn't care for kids, and it's all he can do to keep himself from getting fired while on the job. The mall's manager is certain something's wrong with the Santa he's hired, so he asks the mall's chief of security to do some research on Willie. Meanwhile, one of the kids Willie is forced to talk to becomes a regular customer; overweight, awkward, and the frequent target of bullies, the boy manages to arouse something like sympathy from Willie, who tries to give him some advice and develops something vaguely resembling Christmas sprit along the way.
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac, John Ritter
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour 2008 ~10th Anniversary~ Live In Taipei (2008)
Music
Ayumi Hamasaki celebrated her tenth anniversary on the music scene in style, launching a mammoth concert that took her to places all over Asia. Besides pleasing her Japanese fans in major cities including Tokyo, Nagoya, and Hiroshima, the diva also rocked audiences in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Taipei. Her tour started on April 5 at the Yoyogi Sports Stadium, and ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2008 -10th Anniversary- records the final leg of the tour at the Taipei Arena on November 2. Impressing the masses with a grand stage featuring a giant-sized ship as set decoration, Ayu performed some of her all-time greatest hits.
Starring: Ayumi Hamasaki
Director: Chikara Tanaka
Polisse / Poliss (2011)
Crime | Drama
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit – taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
Starring: Karin Viard, Joey Starr, Marina Foïs
Director: Maïwenn Le Besco
Sanbiki no samurai / Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Action | Drama
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Starring: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kayama
Director: Hideo Gosha
Humanity's end (2009)
Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The last man in the universe is hunted down by a hybrid race known as the Nephilim.
Starring: Jay Laisne, Rochelle Vallese, Cynthia Ickes, William David Tulin
Director: Neil Johnson
Wizards (1977)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Avatar is the kindly, eccentric sorcerer-ruler of Montagar, a rainbow paradise inhabited by elves and fairies. Avatar's evil brother Blackwolf dominates Scortch, a bleak land of goblins and wraiths. When the power-hungry Blackwolf attacks Montagar, Avatar, accompanied only by a spirited young woman and a courageous elf, must enter the darkness of Scortch to save his world.
Starring: Jesse Welles, Bob Holt, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Ayumi Hamasaki Premium Countdown Live 2008-2009 A (2008-2009)
Music
Hamasaki Ayumi's presents a spectacular 3.5 hour concert at the Tokyo's Yoyogi National Gymnasium, capturing the live event's atmosphere. Featured songs include "Real me", "Naturally", "Heartplace", "Days", "independent", and "GREEN", among others.
Starring: Ayumi Hamasaki
Director: Chikara Tanaka
Days of Glory / Indigènes (2006)
Action | Drama | War
During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Two Hands (1999)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A 19 year old (Heath Ledger) finds himself in debt to a local gangster (Bryan Brown) when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs…
Starring: Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field
Director: Gregor Jordan
Hot Enough for June / Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
Comedy
In this satirical comedy-thriller at the height of the 007 popularity and set amidst the world of international espionage, unemployed Nicolas Whistler accepts a job and a tidy salary with what he believes to be a glass manufacturing company in London. He soon discovers that his business behind the Iron Curtain is in fact illegal. Everyone apparently believes him to be a spy but it takes much time and adventure for him to realize it. The realization numbs him with horror, and with his contacts gone, he is on his own. He must escape arrest and flee to England but the secret police are close behind him!
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina
Director: Ralph Thomas
