Category: Biography
Posted on February 21, 2014 | Comments Off on 12 Years a Slave (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
12 Years a Slave / Twelve Years a Slave (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Michael K. Williams, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong'o, Alfre Woodard
Director: Steve McQueen
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Posted on February 18, 2014 | Comments Off on 12 Years a Slave (2013) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
12 Years a Slave / Twelve Years a Slave (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Michael K. Williams, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong'o, Alfre Woodard
Director: Steve McQueen
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Tags: Alfre Woodard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbender, Michael K. Williams, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Paulson, Steve McQueen
Posted on February 11, 2014 | Comments Off on Reaching for the Moon (2013) UNRATED 720p WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.264-HD4FUN
Reaching for the Moon / Flores Raras (2013)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Set in 1950s Brazil, this sumptuous drama recounts Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto, "Lord of the Rings") and her love affair with architect Lota de Macedo Soares, the designer of Rio's famed Flamengo Park. Initial hostilities between the pair make way for a complicated yet long-lasting love affair that dramatically alters Bishop's relationship to the world around her. From Oscar-nominated Brazilian director Bruno Barreto ("Four Days in September"), "Reaching for the Moon" is an intimate snapshot of the search for inspiration, wherever and however you find it.
Starring: Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf, Treat Williams
Director: Bruno Barreto
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Posted on February 8, 2014 | Comments Off on Coal Miners Daughter (1980) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-DON
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Biography | Drama | Music
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer who rose from poverty to fame.
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, William Sanderson, Pat Patterson
Director: Michael Apted
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Posted on February 2, 2014 | Comments Off on Diana (2013) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Diana (2013)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The last two years of Princess Diana's life: her campaign against land mines and her relationship with surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.
Starring: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards, Daniel Pirrie, Cas Anvar
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
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Posted on January 31, 2014 | Comments Off on 12 O Clock Boys (2013) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-PublicHD
12 O'Clock Boys (2013)
Biography | Documentary
Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The Twelve O'Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public. When Pug's older brother dies suddenly, he looks to the pack for mentorship, spurred by their dangerous lifestyle. Pug's story is coupled with unprecedented, action-packed coverage of the riders in their element. The film presents the pivotal years of change in a boy's life growing up in one of the most dangerous and economically depressed cities in the US.
Starring: Coco, Pug, Steven
Director: Lotfy Nathan
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Posted on January 31, 2014 | Comments Off on The Long Day Closes (1992) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC2.0 x264-SbR
The Long Day Closes (1992)
Biography | Drama | Family
Terence Davies' lyrical hymn to childhood revisits the same territory as Distant Voices, Still Lives, this time focusing on his own memories of growing up in a working-class Catholic family in Liverpool.
Starring: Marjorie Yates
Director: Terence Davies
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Posted on January 29, 2014 | Comments Off on Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
The story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and his search for alternative treatments that helped established a way in which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
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Posted on January 22, 2014 | Comments Off on Old Goats (2010) UNRATED 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
Old Goats (2010)
Biography | Comedy
Old Goats is a comedy that features three elderly men playing themselves, but within a fictional framework. The story blends fiction and reality. Britt lives alone on a boat and searches for excitement and romance in his life. Bob writes a book of memoirs about his life as a soldier, para-trooper, and bush pilot, but is uneasy about revealing his sins as a younger man. David is struggling to adapt into retired life while living with his bossy wife. The story is about each man's attempt to change his ways.
Starring: Bob Burkholder, Britton Crosley, Gail Shackel, Benita Staadecker, Stephen Stolee, David Vander Wal
Director: Taylor Guterson
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Tags: Benita Staadecker, Bob Burkholder, Britton Crosley, David Vander Wal, Gail Shackel, Stephen Stolee, Taylor Guterson
Posted on January 17, 2014 | Comments Off on The Fifth Estate (2013) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
Through the eyes of Daniel Domscheit-Berg, an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange, the film follows the heady, early days of Wikileaks to its abrupt end after a series of controversial and history changing info leaks. The website's overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects, but as their power expanded across the globe, Daniel grew increasingly disillusioned with Julian's questionable tactics and ethics. The rift between the two friends became irreparable and their ideological differences tore them apart, but not before they revolutionized, for better and worse, the flow of information to news media and the world at large.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Alicia Vikander, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci
Director: Bill Condon
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Posted on January 16, 2014 | Comments Off on Assembly (2007) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-WiKi
Assembly / Ji jie hao (2007)
Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Starring: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang, Fan Liao, Baoqiang Wang, Jun Hu
Director: Xiaogang Feng
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Tags: Baoqiang Wang, Chao Deng, Fan Liao, Hanyu Zhang, Jun Hu, Wenkang Yuan, Xiaogang Feng, Yan Tang
Posted on January 16, 2014 | Comments Off on Rommel (2012) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-HDWinG
Rommel (2012)
Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
Rommel is a German TV movie from 2012. He tells the last phase of life known German Generals of World War II, Erwin Rommel. The first broadcast took place on 1 November 2012 on Das Erste.
Starring: Ulrich Tukur, Tim Bergmann, Rolf Kanies, Arthur Klemt, Thomas Limpinsel
Director: Niki Stein
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Posted on January 16, 2014 |
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Mar adentro / The Sea Within (2004)
Biography | Drama
Life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others.
Starring: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
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Posted on January 14, 2014 | Comments Off on Bonnie and Clyde Dead and Alive (2013) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-HDWinG
Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive / Bonnie and Clyde (2013)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the true story of Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet, and the two embark on one one of most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history.
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser, Lane Garrison, Dale Dickey, Austin Hébert, Jack Thompson, Holly Hunter, William Hurt
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Posted on January 10, 2014 | Comments Off on Captain Phillips (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Captain Phillips (2013)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | Thriller
The Maersk Alabama became the first US cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years when heavily armed Somalis boarded the vessel on the 8th of April 2009. As commander of the ship, Captain Richard Phillips inevitably found himself at the heart of events. Held hostage by the pirates under the command of Muse, Phillips attempts to protect both his crew and ship to the best of his ability. However, as the drama plays out and Phillips spends more time in the company of his Somali captors, he gradually comes to realise that they have a story, too. Far from the greedy, heartless thugs of pirate lore, the Somalis may well represent the forces of globalisation. Based on the real life hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, Chris Mulkey
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Posted on January 5, 2014 | Comments Off on Good Ol Freda (2013) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Good Ol' Freda (2013)
Biography | Documentary | History | Music
Freda Kelly was a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Freda had faith in The Beatles from the beginning, and The Beatles had faith in her. For the first time in 50 years, Freda tells her stories of serving as secretary to the Beatles even after their breakup. One of few films with the support of the living Beatles and featuring original Beatles music.
Starring: Freda Kelly, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Director: Ryan White
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Posted on January 2, 2014 |
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Rush (2013)
Action | Biography | Drama | Sport
This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions. While Hunt was a charming and handsome ladies' man, Lauda was a loner with a single goal: victory.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Dormer, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Brühl, Alexandra Maria Lara, Patrick Baladi
Director: Ron Howard
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Posted on December 27, 2013 | Comments Off on Louis Cyr (2013) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-DON
Louis Cyr / Louis Cyr: l'homme le plus fort du monde (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Starring: Antoine Bertrand, Gilbert Sicotte, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka, Guillaume Cyr, Gil Bellows, Eliane Gagnon
Director: Daniel Roby
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Posted on December 26, 2013 | Comments Off on Hořící keř S01 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-DON
Hořící keř / Burning Bush (TV Mini-Series 2013)
Biography | Drama
Burning Bush is a three-part mini-series created for HBO by world-renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach's sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.
Starring: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Vojtech Kotek, Igor Bares, Adrian Jastraban, Ivan Trojan
Creator: Stepan Hulik
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Posted on December 26, 2013 | Comments Off on The Butler (2013) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Butler (2013)
Biography | Drama
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Starring: John Cusack, Forest Whitaker, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly
Director: Lee Daniels
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