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Only the Young (2012)
Comedy | Documentary | Romance
In a small desert town just beyond the shadow of magic mountain, children are the gods of foreclosed homes and underpasses. Three teenagers find things to do in a place that offers nothing. They discover first love, friendship and avoid the realities of becoming an adult.
Starring: Garrison Saenz, Kevin Conway, Skye Elmore, Samantha MacDonald, Kristen Cheriegate, Shannon Hudson, Robin Levy
Director: Elizabeth Mims, Jason Tippet
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Posted on August 18, 2013 |
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Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
Action | Thriller
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara, Nicholas Turturro
Director: George P. Cosmatos
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Tags: Ben Gazzara, Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, George P. Cosmatos, Linda Hamilton, Nicholas Turturro, Stephen Lang
Posted on August 18, 2013 |
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Tsuma / Wife (1953)
Drama
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife. She fights back, writing to and visiting the mistress to demand she leaves her husband alone. He consults his friends, she her relatives. Around them, marriages are ending in fights and suicides but in this case, the mistress gives up the stressful fight, leaving the couple together again, no happier than before.
Starring: Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Sanae Takasugi
Director: Mikio Naruse
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Tags: Ken Uehara, Michiyo Aratama, Mieko Takamine, Mikio Naruse, Rentarô Mikuni, Sanae Takasugi
Posted on August 17, 2013 |
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American Autumn: An Occudoc (2012)
Crime | Documentary | News | War
What would a world look like that had a culture and an economic system that places human need above corporate greed, and how do we bring that world into being? Who cares what it is called. Call it Socialism, Call it Real Democracy Now, and Call it Chunky-Monkey-Cherry Garcia. The world needs to change radically, it needs to change dramatically, and it needs to change fast. This documentary is an invitation for you to participate in that positive change. Frankly, because, we need you. Yes, you.
Director: Dennis Trainor Jr.
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Posted on August 17, 2013 |
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Camille (1936)
Drama | Romance
Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Starring: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell
Director: George Cukor
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Tags: Elizabeth Allan, George Cukor, Greta Garbo, Henry Daniell, Jessie Ralph, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Taylor
Posted on August 17, 2013 |
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Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
Animation | Comedy | Family
Tom and Jerry are the animal assistants to Jack, the young owner of a storybook amusement park, which has fallen on hard times, until some magic beans provide the means for Jack, Tom and Jerry to get their hands on a golden goose.
Starring: Jacob Bertrand, Tom Wilson, Paul Reubens, Grey DeLisle, Richard McGonagle
Director: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone
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Tags: Grey DeLisle, Jacob Bertrand, Paul Reubens, Richard McGonagle, Spike Brandt, Tom Wilson, Tony Cervone
Posted on August 17, 2013 |
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The Prophecy / God's Army (1995)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Tommy Dagget wanted to be a priest, but lost his faith and became a cop instead. When a physiologically abnormal individual is found murdered and a copy of Tommy Dagget's learned treatise on angels is discovered on the crime scene, he's assigned to investigate. What he uncovers is a literal war of angels. The archangel Gabriel has come to Earth to collect a soul hidden in the body of a little girl which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and the former priest has to put a stop to him.
Starring: Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Elias Koteas, Viggo Mortensen, Virginia Madsen, Amanda Plummer
Director: Gregory Widen
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Tags: Amanda Plummer, Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Eric Stoltz, Gregory Widen, Viggo Mortensen, Virginia Madsen
Posted on August 17, 2013 |
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Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians (2011)
Documentary
Holy Rollers follows the rise of arguably the largest and most well-funded blackjack team in America-made up entirely of churchgoing Christians. While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling?
Starring: Ben Crawford, Brad Currah, Michael Scott Foster, Colin Jones, Mark Treas, Dusty Wisniew
Director: Bryan Storkel
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Tags: Ben Crawford, Brad Currah, Bryan Storkel, Colin Jones, Dusty Wisniew, Mark Treas, Michael Scott Foster
Posted on August 16, 2013 |
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Anger Management (TV Series 2012- )
Comedy
The series follows Charlie (Charlie Sheen), a former minor-league baseball player who has overcome his past anger issues to become a "non-traditional" therapist. However, his life is continuously complicated by his family and friends.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Noureen DeWulf, Michael Arden, Daniela Bobadilla, Derek Richardson, Barry Corbin, Michael Boatman, Brett Butler
Creator: Bruce Helford
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Posted on August 16, 2013 |
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Switch / Tian ji: Fu chun shan ju tu (2013)
Action
Xiao Jinhan a.k.a. X, a secret agent tracking down one half of an ancient Chinese painting, which was stolen in transit from the Taipei National Museum. He's not the only person interested in the painting, however – bleached blonde Japanese crime boss Yamamoto, with a bevy of handmaidens/bodyguards who double as roller-blading nurses and Olympic gymnasts in their spare time, has put his main squeeze Lisa on the job. A crazy wheelchair-bound harpy of an old lady who demands to be known as 'The Empress' also pops by to stir the pot. To further complicate an already nonsensical plot, Xiao's wife Yuyan leads the security team tasked with keeping the painting safe.
Starring: Andy Lau, Chiling Lin, Jingchu Zhang, Paul Philip Clark, Omar Bin Haider, Tianqi Shi, Gaowa Siqin, Dawei Tong
Director: Jay Sun
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Tags: Andy Lau, Chiling Lin, Dawei Tong, Gaowa Siqin, Jay Sun, Jingchu Zhang, Omar Bin Haider, Paul Philip Clark, Tianqi Shi
Posted on August 16, 2013 |
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Bunny Drop / Usagi doroppu (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Family
27-year-old Daikichi (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) is a single young man who is trusted by his peers at work. Daikichi then attends his grandfather's funeral. At the funeral the attendees learn that Daikichi's grandfather bore an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin (Mana Ashida) and she is just six years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Daikichi, annoyed by his family's attitude, decides to raise Rin by himself. Daikichi has no experience in raising a child. He soon learns the difficulties in raising a child as a single parent…
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Karina, Mana Ashida
Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Posted on August 16, 2013 |
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Vive la France / Vive La France (2013)
Comedy
Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country's existence, the son of Taboulistan's president decides to instigate a programme of publicity terrorism. To that end, he recruits our two naive shepherds, their mission: to destroy the Eiffel Tower! The France that Muzafar and Feruz discovers is far from what they had expected…
Starring: José Garcia, Michaël Youn, Isabelle Funaro, Ary Abittan, Jérôme Commandeur
Director: Michaël Youn
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Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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Strike Back (TV Series 2010- )
Action | Drama | Thriller
An adaptation of SAS soldier Chris Ryan's novel Strike Back. John Porter, a former SAS Sergeant, and Hugh Collinson, a Section 20 officer in the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) took part in a botched operation on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq where two soldiers in their unit were killed.
Starring: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Michelle Lukes, Rhashan Stone, Amanda Mealing
Creator: Andy Harries
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Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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CAT. 8 (TV Mini-Series 2013)
Sci-Fi
A research program abandoned by the best solar physicist when the Pentagon wanted to put it to military use has been resumed by his former deputy. Her incompetence and the Defense secretary's haste cause it to be tested too soon, stirring unprecedented solar flares, ultimately a plasma causing disasters on all continents. Only the genius can think of a way out, only to be victimized by the secretary, who needs to cover up. Even when it turns out the earth's core has stopped spinning, spelling an unimaginable seismic apocalypse, the genius must still evade special forces to stay free and save the world again.
Starring: Matthew Modine, Maxim Roy, Ted Whittall, Trevor Hayes, Kate Drummond, Kalinka Petrie, Spiro Malandrakis, Alain Goulem, Susan Hogan, Francis X. McCarthy, Shan Chetty, Dan Bingham, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Trie Donovan, Nancy Helms
Creator: Donald Martin
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Tags: Alain Goulem, Dan Bingham, Donald Martin, Francis X. McCarthy, Kalinka Petrie, Kate Drummond, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Matthew Modine, Maxim Roy, Nancy Helms, Shan Chetty, Spiro Malandrakis, Susan Hogan, Ted Whittall, Trevor Hayes, Trie Donovan
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The Tin Drum / Die Blechtrommel (1979)
Drama | War
In the East Prussia of Danzig before the war, three-year-old Oskar Matzerath decides to stop growing–and succeeds–then finds playing his favorite toy, a tin drum, useful for tuning out things that annoy him, like his mother's dallying with their Polish boarder, the Nazi rallies his father attends, or even the advent of war itself.
Starring: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
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Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Ten years ago, as the country of Rwanda descended into madness, one man made a promise to protect the family he loved–and ended up finding the courage to save over 1200 people. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda, secretly used his position and intelligence to shelter over a thousand refugees during the genocide crisis.
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
Director: Terry George
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Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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Shootout at Wadala / S.A.W. (2013)
Action | Crime
The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982. Based on a true story.
Starring: John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Sophiya Chaudhary, Priyanka Chopra, Chetan Hansraj, Anil Kapoor
Director: Sanjay Gupta
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Tags: Anil Kapoor, Chetan Hansraj, John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Gupta, Sophiya Chaudhary
Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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Passenger 57 (1992)
Action | Thriller
An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Greenwood, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Hooks
Director: Kevin Hooks
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Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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Schutzengel / The Guardians (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A troubled veteran from the war in Afghanistan works to protect an orphaned teenager who witnessed a murder from the killer's henchmen.
Starring: Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Karoline Schuch, Luna Schweiger, Herbert Knaup
Director: Til Schweiger
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Posted on August 15, 2013 |
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Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy
Years ago, to protect their village Konohagakure rom the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, Naruto's parents exchange their lives and seal Hayakawa in their newborn son Naruto. Peace returned to their village. In the present day, the peace in the village abruptly ends when the ninja group "Akatsuki" appears in front of Naruto. Naruto foils their attack, but he feels lonely without having a family. Suddenly, a man with a mask appears and creates an illusion to Naruto and Sakura.
Starring: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Emi Shinohara, Kazuhiko Inoue, Noriaki Sugiyama, Naoya Uchida
Director: Hayato Date
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Tags: Chie Nakamura, Emi Shinohara, Hayato Date, Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Naoya Uchida, Noriaki Sugiyama, Toshiyuki Morikawa
