Category: Action
Posted on November 1, 2011 |
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The Wages of Fear / Le salaire de la peur (1953)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France's legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Posted on October 31, 2011 |
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Blood and Bone (2009)
Action | Drama | Thriller
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Starring: Michael Jai White, Julian Sands, Eamonn Walker, Dante Basco, Nona Gaye
Director: Ben Ramsey
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Posted on October 31, 2011 |
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Caprica (TV Series 2009 )
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Set nearly 60 years before the events depicted in Battlestar Galactica, Caprica tells the story of how the Cylons came to be, set against the backdrop of the Greystones and the Adamas, two families that are changed in an act of tragedy that takes the lives of their daughters.
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Alessandra Torresani, Magda Apanowicz, Paula Malcomson, Sasha Roiz, Polly Walker
Creator: Remi Aubuchon, Ronald D. Moore
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Tags: Alessandra Torresani, Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Magda Apanowicz, Paula Malcomson, Polly Walker, Remi Aubuchon, Ronald D. Moore, Sasha Roiz
Posted on October 30, 2011 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman
Director: David Yates
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Tags: Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe, David Yates, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint
Posted on October 30, 2011 |
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Flic ou voyou / Cop or Hood (1979)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti", he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset, Julie Jézéquel
Director: Georges Lautner
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Tags: Claude Brosset, Georges Géret, Georges Lautner, Jean-François Balmer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Julie Jézéquel
Posted on October 30, 2011 |
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The Pacific (TV mini-series 2010)
Action | Adventure | Drama | War
The Pacific is a sister to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers. It focuses on the United States Marine Corps' actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War. Whereas Band of Brothers followed one Army infantry company through the European Theater, The Pacific follows three Marines (Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie and John Basilone) in separate combat actions.
Starring: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ben Chisholm, Chris Milligan
Creator: Bruce McKenna
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Posted on October 30, 2011 |
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Band of Brothers (TV mini-series 2001)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO, Band of Brothers is a ten-part miniseries based on the book Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Steven E. Ambrose. The Series dramatically re-creates the path of Easy Company, an elite paratrooper unit, from their basic training at Camp Toccoa in Georgia in 1942, to D-Day, to their critical involvement in the Battle of the Bulge, through their triumph at the close of the war.
Starring: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, Donnie Wahlberg, Peter Youngblood Hills
Creator: Erik Jendresen
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Tags: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Jendresen, Peter Youngblood Hills, Ron Livingston, Scott Grimes, Shane Taylor
Posted on October 30, 2011 |
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Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (TV mini-series 2011)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed though the gates onto the sand.'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus in a more ruthless time before Spartacus' arrival where honor was just finding it's way into the arena.
Starring: John Hannah, Manu Bennett, Peter Mensah, Dustin Clare, Nick Tarabay, Lucy Lawless, Craig Walsh Wrightson
Creater: Steven S. DeKnight
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Tags: Andy Whitfield, Craig Walsh Wrightson, Dustin Clare, John Hannah, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Nick Tarabay, Peter Mensah, Steven S. DeKnight, Viva Bianca
Posted on October 30, 2011 |
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Spartacus: Blood and Sand (TV Series 2010-2013)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus, a Thracian warrior captured by Romans, is enslaved into a gladiator training school owned by Batiatus and his wife Lucretia. He is forced to fight daily for his life against deadly foes, under the brutal whip of trainer Doctore. Against all odds, Spartacus' rebellious instincts, his intense love for his wife Sura and his powerful fighting skills drive him to win a series of near-impossible battles – setting in motion a revolution against the tyranny of Rome. To survive, he must become more than a man, more than a gladiator. He must become a legend.
Starring: Andy Whitfield, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, John Hannah, Peter Mensah, Nick Tarabay, Viva Bianca
Creator: Steven S. DeKnight
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Tags: Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Nick Tarabay, Peter Mensah, Steven S. DeKnight, Viva Bianca
Posted on October 29, 2011 |
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
In Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a breezy take on writer-director Shane Black's trademark buddy action/comedy oeuvre, a petty thief (Robert Downey Jr.) is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation, along with his high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) and a detective (Val Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok
Director: Shane Black
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Tags: Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Michelle Monaghan, Robert Downey Jr., Shane Black, Val Kilmer
Posted on October 29, 2011 |
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Jurassic Park III (2001)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna for a holiday, but their unexpected landing startles the island's new inhabitants.
Starring: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Tags: Alessandro Nivola, Michael Jeter, Sam Neill, Steven Spielberg, Téa Leoni, Trevor Morgan, William H. Macy
Posted on October 29, 2011 |
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Tags: Bob Peck, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Martin Ferrero, Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Steven Spielberg
Posted on October 28, 2011 |
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Sinners and Saints (2010)
Action | Crime | Thriller
In the gritty New Orleans underbelly, beleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and his failed marriage. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide Detective, Will Ganz, to help solve a series of brutal murders that have plunged the city into a major gang war. The two quickly realize there is something much bigger and far more sinister going on than either could have ever imagined.
Starring: Johnny Strong, Kevin Phillips, Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Berenger, Method Man, Kim Coates
Director: William Kaufman
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Tags: Costas Mandylor, Johnny Strong, Kevin Phillips, Kim Coates, Method Man, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Berenger, William Kaufman
Posted on October 28, 2011 |
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À bout portant / Point Blank (2010)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A couple's lives are turned upside down when the woman is kidnapped and her boyfriend must negotiate her realease.
Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier, Roschdy Zem
Director: Fred Cavayé
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Tags: Elena Anaya, Fred Cavayé, Gérard Lanvin, Gilles Lellouche, Mireille Perrier, Roschdy Zem
Posted on October 27, 2011 |
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Singham (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Musical
A humiliated gangster uses his influence and goon power to terrorize a newly transferred police officer.
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Sonali Kulkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Sudhanshu Pandey
Director: Rohit Shetty
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Posted on October 27, 2011 |
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Coursier (2010)
Action | Comedy | Crime
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries… Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the "express delivery" promise of the courier service he works for. But however hard he tries, Sam never gets a bonus from his boss, never beats his slicker colleagues and never gets past his Dad, a cop who books him every time. All Sam has up is Nadia, and she will turn on him if he doesn't show up for her sister's wedding. Trouble is, Sam has one more delivery to make and his day has just gone from bad to worse…
Starring: Michaël Youn, Géraldine Nakache, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Didier Flamand, Catalina Denis, Natalia Dontcheva
Director: Hervé Renoh
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Tags: Catalina Denis, Didier Flamand, Géraldine Nakache, Hervé Renoh, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Michaël Youn, Natalia Dontcheva
Posted on October 26, 2011 |
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The Crow (1994)
Action | Crime | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
A man comes back from the grave in the guise of a night bird to avenge his and his girlfriend's deaths.
Starring: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Ling Bai
Director: Alex Proyas
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Posted on October 26, 2011 |
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Gaganam (2011)
Action | Crime
Flight No. SK 957, Star Jet bound for Delhi is set to take off from Chennai on a Monday morning. Terrorists in a team of five, disguised as passengers take over the Star jet flight, supposedly to effect the release of their leader, Yusuf Khan. The passengers' only hope is Major Ravindra from the National Security Guards who along with his team, Major Nawaz Khan and Major Menon, captured Yusuf Khan 2 years ago.
Starring: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Bharath Reddy, Melkote
Director: Radha Mohan
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Tags: Bharath Reddy, Melkote, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Poonam Kaur, Prakash Raj, Radha Mohan, Sana Khan
Posted on October 25, 2011 |
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300 (2006)
Action | Fantasy | History | War
In 480 B.C. a state of war exists between Persia, led by King Xerxes, and Greece. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas, king of the Greek city state of Sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Though certain death awaits the Spartans, their sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against their common enemy. Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) and Lynn Varley.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan
Director: Zack Snyder
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Posted on October 25, 2011 |
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves
Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson
Director: Chris Columbus
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Tags: Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Chris Columbus, Logan Lerman, Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson