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Posted on June 29, 2012 |
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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress / Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)
Drama | History | Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Starring: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Uta Franz, Walter Reyer, Vilma Degischer
Director: Ernst Marischka
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Sissi: The Young Empress / Sissi – Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
Drama | History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Starring: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer, Walter Reyer, Josef Meinrad
Director: Ernst Marischka
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Sissi (1955)
Comedy | Drama | History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the young vibrant princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Starring: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer, Josef Meinrad
Director: Ernst Marischka
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Tags: Ernst Marischka, Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Romy Schneider, Uta Franz, Vilma Degischer
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Rob-B-Hood / Robin-B-Hood/ Bo bui gai wak (2006)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Brought up in an impoverished family, and kicked out of school in his teens, Thongs found himself on the wrong side of the tracks despite being nimble-footed and neat-fingered. Spurned by his family and hounded by debtors, he is goaded by his greedy landlord to collaborate in harebrained heists. Together with the agile and opportunistic Octopus, the trio kidnaps the baby grandson of a tycoon. However, due to some unexpected glitches, they fail to hand him over to the triad as planned.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Michael Hui, Louis Koo, Charlene Choi, Biao Yuen, Yuanyuan Gao, Terence Yin
Director: Benny Chan
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Bicycle Looking for Whale (2011)
Drama
Eun-Chul (Park Ji-Bin) and Eun-Ha (Lee Seul-Gi) lives in a small village. They are the only family they have. One day, stubborn Eun-Ha begins to beg Eun-Chul to go and see a whale. Eun-Ha follows Eun-Chul all day long and keeps talking about the whale. To quiet her, Eun-Chul makes a false promise. Eun-Ha has a disease which is eroding her vision. Adults tell them that Eun-Ha should be sent to a good facility, but Eun-Chul can't separate from his sister. Eun-Chul decides to show a whale to Eun-Ha before she loses her vision completely. They begin travel from Namwon to Jangsaeng where they can see a whale. They travel their by bicycle. Along the way to Jangsaeng, Eun-Chul and Eun-Ha meet Duk-Soo (Lee Mun-Shik). Eun-Chul and Eun-Ha have a warm feelings towards him like the father they never had …
Starring: Ji-bin Park, Seul-gi Lee, Mun-shik Lee, Min Je, Yeo-jin Kim
Director: Young-ro Kim
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Bus Stop (1956)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Innocent rodeo cowboy Bo falls in love with cafe singer Cherie in Phoenix. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he finds her and forces her to board the bus to his home in Montana. When the bus stops at Grace's Diner the passengers learn that the road ahead is blocked. By now everyone knows of the kidnaping, but Bo is determined to have Cherie.
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart
Director: Joshua Logan
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Nell (1994)
Drama
Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only people she knew were her mother and twin sister. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother's death, she's discovered by the local doctor Jerome. He's fascinated by her, since she speaks a mangled language, developed by her sister and herself growing up, "twin speak" if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he'll decide about Nell's future.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy
Director: Michael Apted
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Running Turtle / Geobugi dallinda (2009)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective, is an unhappy husband, often blamed by his older wife for gambling. Despite her being hard on him, he steals money from her to bet on bull butting. Fortunately, he chalks up an unexpected win, but his luck, by no means, lasts long because his money gets snatched by an unprecedented absconder.
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Kyeong-ho Jeong, Woo-seon Seon, Mi-ri Gyeon, Ji-na Kim, Jeong-geun Sin
Director: Yeon-woo Lee
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Posted on June 28, 2012 |
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How I Met Your Mother (TV Series 2005- )
Comedy | Drama | Romance
How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted and how he fell in love. It all started when Ted's best friend, Marshall, dropped the bombshell that he was going to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Lily, a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realized that he had better get a move on if he, too, hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest is his friend Barney, a confirmed bachelor with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way to meet women. When Ted meets Robin, he's sure it's love at first sight, but destiny has something else in store.
Starring: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Bob Saget
Creator: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
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Posted on June 28, 2012 |
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis star as Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson, two young, attractive mass murderers in love in Oliver Stone's wild-eyed satire on the American fascination with criminals. After killing Mallory's loathsome parents, the pair perform a ritual "marriage" and take off on a "honeymoon" killing spree that wipes out 52 people. Bloodthirsty tabloid reporter Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.) reports their every move to an adoring public while warden Dwight McClusky (Tommy Lee Jones) is only too eager to welcome such celebrities to his prison.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore
Director: Oliver Stone
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Posted on June 28, 2012 |
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Then She Found Me (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Following schoolteacher April Epner's (Helen Hunt) separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mom (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation.
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shenkman
Director: Helen Hunt
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Posted on June 27, 2012 |
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Comedy | Drama
For a disparate group of English pensioners, retirement takes an unconventional turn when they abandon their homeland, enticed by advertisements for THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, a seemingly luxurious sanctuary for "the elderly and beautiful" in Jaipur, India. On arrival, they discover that the hotel falls somewhat short of the romantic idyll promised in the brochure, but they are gradually won over by the ever-optimistic young manager Sonny, and tentatively embark on a new adventure, finding that life can begin again when you let go of the past.
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie
Director: John Madden
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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The Hunter (2011)
Drama
Willem Dafoe is Martin, a mercenary employed by a faceless biotech company to hunt the believed-extinct Tiger deep in the Tasmanian wilderness. Under the wing of Jack Mindy, Martin lodges at the home of Lucy, who is still grief-stricken by the disappearance of her environmentalist husband, Jarrah. Against his better judgement, Martin finds himself connecting with Lucy and her two children as well as the harsh & mysterious landscape.
Starring: Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor
Director: Daniel Nettheim
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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The Square (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage, Raymond Yale becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled Carla. Ray's moral limits are tested when Carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband's latest crime. This is their chance: Take the money and run… If only it were that simple.
Starring: David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton
Director: Nash Edgerton
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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Frantic (1988)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Richard Walker is heart surgeon from the U.S. vacationing in Paris with his wife. She suddenly disappears and he decides to report the incident. But neither the French police nor the US embassy offer much help or even appear particularly interested in his dilemma. Desperate, Walker decides to embark on an investigation himself, aided by Michelle, a carefree, seductive gamine who is also mixed up in the case, as he discovers after tracing back to her a mysterious piece of switched luggage that he suspects his wife's kidnappers are after.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner
Director: Roman Polanski
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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Lymelife (2008)
Comedy | Drama
15-year old Scott Bartlett's family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott's parents — a workaholic father, Mickey, and an overprotective mother, Brenda — are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim is about to ship off for war. Complicating matters, Scott has fallen in love with his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg. Adrianna seems to be the only person in the world who understands Scott, demonstrated by her equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa, carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, and a father, Charlie, slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease.
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts, Jill Hennessy, Timothy Hutton, Kieran Culkin, Cynthia Nixon
Director: Derick Martini
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Drama
An emotionally broken woman, Kathy, suddenly finds herself homeless after her house is wrongly repossessed and auctioned. Seeking respite from his marriage, Lester, a lustful but sympathetic sheriff's deputy comes to the aid of Kathy and becomes intimately involved in her situation. Soon, Behrani, a proud emigrant Iranian and his family move into the house only to find their new lives burdened by harassment from Lester and Kathy as they attempt to reclaim her former home. The once prosperous colonel denies Kathy's pleas for he knows his recent purchase promises a profitable return and a better future for his adolescent son and extravagant wife. But latent consequences lie beneath Behrani's well intentioned plan as Kathy's emotions spiral out of control and her actions spark a tragic chain of events that will leave no resident unscathed in the House of Sand and Fog.
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens
Director: Vadim Perelman
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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Le comte de Monte Cristo / The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Starring: Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy, Bernard Dhéran, Franco Silva, Claudine Coster, Jean-Claude Michel
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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La boum 2 / Ready for Love II / The Party II (1982)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Two years after the first "Boum", Vic – now 15 and a half years old – has a very calm love life, actually no boyfriend at all. Her parents are happily together again, Grandma Poupette thinks about finally marring her long-term boyfriend. But then Vic meets Philippe and is overcome by his charm. She's in heaven again and considers going all the way this time – a step, that her girlfriend Penelope already has taken.
Starring: Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau
Director: Claude Pinoteau
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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La Boum / Ready for Love / The Party (1980)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
13 years old Vic is new in her high school; soon she makes friends with Penelope. Together they check out the guys in quest for a great love. But Vic's parents are their handicap, since they won't allow her to attend the "boum", a big party. But with some help of grandma Poupette it works out anyways and Vic falls in love with Matthieu. At the same time her parent's marriage is on the edge when her father's ex-girlfriend demands a last night together.
Starring: Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau
Director: Claude Pinoteau
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