Category: Biography
Posted on March 22, 2013 | Comments Off on The Last Emperor (1987) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay DD5.1 x264-DON
The Last Emperor (1987)
Biography | Drama | History
Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated. The power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniable-the life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy.
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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Posted on March 16, 2013 | Comments Off on The Hurricane (1999) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Hurricane (1999)
Biography | Drama | Sport
This film tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title. However, his dreams are shattered when he is accused of a triple murder, and is convicted to three natural-life terms. Despite becoming a cause celebre and his dogged efforts to prove his innocence through his autobiography, the years of fruitless efforts have left him discouraged. This changes when an African-American boy and his Canadian mentors read his book and are convinced of his innocence enough to work for his exoneration. However, what Hurricane and his friends learn is that this fight puts them against a racist establishment that profited from this travesty and have no intention of seeing it reversed.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Norman Jewison
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Posted on March 13, 2013 | Comments Off on Nightwatching (2007) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
Nightwatching (2007)
Biography | Drama | History | Mystery
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting "The Night Watch".
Starring: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Toby Jones
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Posted on March 12, 2013 | Comments Off on Heavenly Creatures UNCUT (1994) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Heavenly Creatures / Maiden's Prayer (1994)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
The story concerns Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, outcasts who become best friends, whose bizarre fantasy life becomes more intense as their bond becomes increasingly more obsessive. When Pauline's mother tries to intervene and split the girls apart, they bring about a terrible revenge, resulting in what is to this day still a celebrated and controversial case.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor
Director: Peter Jackson
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Lincoln (2012)
Biography | Drama | History | War
In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Harris, Jackie Earle Haley, Sally Field
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Posted on March 8, 2013 | Comments Off on Marie Kroeyer (2012) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Marie Kroeyer / Marie Krøyer (2012)
Biography | Drama
The story of the marriage between the painters Marie and P.S. Krøyer.
Starring: Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Sverrir Gudnason, Lene Maria Christensen, Tommy Kenter
Director: Bille August
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Posted on March 7, 2013 | Comments Off on Hitchcock (2012) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Hitchcock (2012)
Biography | Drama
Hitchcock centers on the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of Psycho, spanning from Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein, the real-life inspiration for the character of Norman Bates, to the release of the groundbreaking film in 1960.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, Toni Collette
Director: Sacha Gervasi
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Posted on March 6, 2013 | Comments Off on Lenny (1974) 720p HDTV DD2.0 x264-CtrlHD
Lenny (1974)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
Interview-style biography of controversial and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The film traces Bruce from his beginnings as a Catskills comic to his later underground popularity based on his anti-establishment politics and his scatological humor.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Frankie Man
Director: Bob Fosse
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Posted on March 4, 2013 | Comments Off on Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) 720p BluRay FLAC1.0 x264-CRiSC
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
Biography | Music
An entertaining biography of the "March King" John Philip Sousa, the man who gave the world some of its most stirring music.
Starring: Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey, Debra Paget
Director: Henry Koster
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Posted on March 2, 2013 | Comments Off on Manolete (2008) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-CRiSC
Manolete / A Matador's Mistress (2008)
Biography | Drama | Romance
In the 1940s, Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez, known to the world as Manolete, owned the Spanish bullring. This searing biopic follows his notorious affair with movie siren Lupe Sino at the height of his fame, and his death in the ring at age 30.
Starring: Adrien Brody, Penélope Cruz
Director: Menno Meyjes
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Posted on February 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Gainsbourg A Heroic Life (2010) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life / Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) (2010)
Biography | Drama | Music
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Starring: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Caroline Tillette, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis
Director: Joann Sfar
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Posted on February 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Communion (1989) 720p WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.264-NoGRP
Communion (1989)
Biography | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Whitley Strieber goes with his family and some friends to his holiday home in the forest. They experience some weird occurances, are they UFO activity? Whitley is abducted and then faces a horrible dilema; was I abducted or am I going mad? He sees a psychiatrist who tries to use hypnotic regression to discover the truth.
Starring: Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen, Andreas Katsulas, Terri Hanauer, Joel Carlson, John Dennis Johnston, Dee Dee Rescher
Director: Philippe Mora
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Posted on February 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Auto Focus (2002) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-NoGRP
Auto Focus (2002)
Biography | Crime | Drama
In 1965, Bob Crane, who had achieved some earlier success as a television supporting actor, was working as a successful morning radio DJ at KNX Los Angeles. Despite enjoying his work, photography (especially of the female form) and drumming, Crane wanted to be a movie star. So it was with some reluctance that he accepted the title starring role in a new television sitcom called Hogan's Heroes, a WWII POW comedy. To his surprise, the show became a hit and catapulted him to television stardom. The fame resulting from the show led to excesses and a meeting with home video salesman and technician John Carpenter, with who he would form a friendship based on their mutual interests, namely excessive sex (for Crane, purely heterosexual sex) and capturing nude females on celluloid. His fame allowed Crane to have as much sex as he wanted, which was incongruent to his somewhat wholesome television friendly image, and the way he portrayed himself to almost everyone except Carpenter and his…
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Maria Bello, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman
Director: Paul Schrader
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Posted on February 15, 2013 | Comments Off on Creation (2009) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Creation (2009)
Biography | Drama
Set before the publication of "On The Origin Of Species", 'Creation' finds Darwin grieving over the death of his daughter and feeling far away from his wife.
Starring: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Kelly
Director: Jon Amiel
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Posted on February 15, 2013 | Comments Off on Pollock (2000) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
Pollock (2000)
Biography | Drama
At the end of the 1940's, abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is featured in Life magazine. Flashback to 1941, he's living with his brother in a tiny apartment in New York City, drinking too much, and exhibiting an occasional painting in group shows. That's when he meets artist Lee Krasner, who puts her career on hold to be his companion, lover, champion, wife, and, in essence, caretaker. To get him away from booze, insecurity, and the stress of city life, they move to the Hamptons where nature and sobriety help Pollock achieve a breakthrough in style: a critic praises, then Life magazine calls. But so do old demons: the end is nasty, brutish, and short.
Starring: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Amy Madigan, Jeffrey Tambor
Director: Ed Harris
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Posted on February 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Reds (1981) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
Reds (1981)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Warren Beatty's award winning epic mixes drama and interviews with major social radicals of the period. "Reds" tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant and John Reed. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of the twentieth century, the two journalists' on-again off-again romance is punctuated by the outbreak of WWI and the Bolshevik Revolution. Louise's assignment in France at the outbreak of the war puts an end to their affair. John Reed's subsequent trip to Russia, and his involvement with the Communist party, rekindles their relationship. When Louise arrives in Petrograd, she finds herself swept up in the euphoria of the Revolution. Reed, however, eventually becomes disillusioned with Communism when he sees his words and intentions augmented and controlled by the growing Soviet propaganda machine.
Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Hardin
Director: Warren Beatty
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Posted on February 6, 2013 | Comments Off on Music Within (2007) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
Music Within (2007)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance | War
The True Story Of Richard Pimentel, A Brilliant Public Speaker With A Troubled Past, Who Returns From Vietnam Severely Hearing-Impaired And Finds A New Purpose In His Landmark Efforts On The Behalf Of Americans With Disabilities…
Starring: Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen
Director: Steven Sawalich
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Posted on February 1, 2013 | Comments Off on Sex and Lies in Sin City (2008) UNRATED 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
Sex & Lies in Sin City (2008)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Mystery
A shockingly true tale of love gone sour and greed gone wild on the dark side of Las Vegas. Reckless casino executive Ted Binion had it all: money, power and a beautiful girlfriend, Sandy Murphy. That all changed when Sandy found him dead in his Las Vegas home in 1998, seemingly of an apparent drug overdose. But when Ted's estranged sister, Becky, informs police she believes Ted was murdered, a closer investigation reveals Binion's death was no accident at all. "Sex & Lies In Sin City" is the gritty portrayal of the investigation and trial of Murphy and her ex-con boyfriend who attempted to steal Binion's fortune by any means necessary. The film captures the unbelievably dark and twisted crimes – and subsequent shock – that swept through Las Vegas as the truth about Binion's last days became disturbingly clear.
Starring: Mena Suvari, Marcia Gay Harden, Johnathon Schaech, Matthew Modine
Director: Peter Medak
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Posted on January 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Invictus (2009) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Invictus (2009)
Biography | Drama | History | Sport
The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Posted on January 20, 2013 |
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Lust for Life (1956)
Biography | Drama
Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships. He fails at being a preacher to coal miners. He fails in his relationships with women. He earns some respect among his fellow painters, especially Paul Gauguin, but he does not get along with them. He only manages to sell one painting in his lifetime. The one constant good in his life is his brother Theo, who is unwavering in his moral and financial support.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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