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Hamlet (2009)
Drama
David Tennant and Patrick Stewart star in this critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Tennant's interpretation was recognized as defining the role for a generation, and Stewart's complex Claudius won the Olivier award, Britain's highest stage honor. In this specially-shot screen version, filmed on location rather than in the theater, Tennant and Stewart reprise their roles. Dynamic, exciting and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.
Starring: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies
Director: Gregory Doran
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Drama | Romance
Once in a great while a movie comes along that truly grips and uplifts its audiences. Such a movie is An Officer And A Gentleman, a timeless tale of romance, friendship and growth. Loner Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen tortuous weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship. Louis Gossett, Jr. won an Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of the tough drill instructor who teaches Zack that no man can make it alone. And while Gossett tries to warn the young officer about the local girls who will do anything to catch themselves pilot husbands, Zack eventually learns to love one (Debra Winger) while his fellow candidate, a memorable character portrayed by David Keith, struggles with a very different fate. An Officer And A Gentleman is a rich and satisfying story with moving performances that will stay with you long after the film has ended.
Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Louis Gossett Jr., Lisa Blount
Director: Taylor Hackford
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Tags: David Keith, Debra Winger, Lisa Blount, Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Gere, Robert Loggia, Taylor Hackford
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Drama | Romance
In early 19th Century Peru an old Inca rope bridge collapses, plunging five travelers to their deaths in the Andean chasm below. Brother Juniper, who was within minutes of being on the bridge himself, becomes obsessed with discovering how five people of differing class and circumstances came to be on the bridge at that moment. The Catholic friar wants to know if it was mere existential happenstance or part of God's cosmic plan. After researching the lives of the victims for five years and publishing his findings in a book, he is accused of heresy by the worldly Archbishop of Lima and is put on trial for his life by the Inquisition.
Starring: Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham, Geraldine Chaplin, Émilie Dequenne
Director: Mary McGuckian
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Tags: Émilie Dequenne, F. Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, Mary McGuckian, Robert De Niro
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Mistress (1992)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
Starring: Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro, Martin Landau, Eli Wallach, Robert Wuhl
Director: Barry Primus
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I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Comedy | Romance | War
Captain Henri Rochard is a French officer assigned to work with Lieut. Catherine Gates. Through a wacky series of misadventures, they fall in love and marry. When the war ends, Capt. Rochard tries to return to America with the other female war brides. Zany gender-confusing antics follow.
Starring: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, Bill Neff
Director: Howard Hawks
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3 Godfathers (1948)
Drama | Western
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
Starring: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick, Jane Darwell
Director: John Ford
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Tags: Harry Carey Jr., Jane Darwell, John Ford, John Wayne, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond
Posted on July 14, 2013 |
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Under the Bed (2012)
Horror
Two brothers team up to battle a creature under the bed, in what is being described as a "suburban nightmare" tale.
Starring: Jonny Weston, Gattlin Griffith, Peter Holden, Musetta Vander, Nikki Griffin
Director: Steven C. Miller
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The King of the Streets / Jie tou zhi wang (2012)
Action | Drama
The film is about a boy who seeks revenge for the death of his parents who were killed eight years ago. He fights the local gangsters and finally achieves his goal.
Starring: Song Yue, Yufei Li, Junping Yang, Changhai Li, En Kang, Jianping Yang
Director: Song Yue
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Tags: Changhai Li, En Kang, Jianping Yang, Junping Yang, Song Yue, Yufei Li
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Paper Moon / Zhi yue liang (2013)
Drama | Romance
Paper Moon is inspired by the popular The Iron Lady which has won 5 Golden Awards. The movie is centered around The Iron Lady who has showcased her iron fist in winning the race in business world. Song, a boy from a poor family which produced kites had a crush on a girl from a wealthy family, who later become the iron lady. The pure love between young couple subsequently evolved into a romantic yet dreary epic.
Starring: Tedd Chan, Chrissie Chow, Ka Tung Lam
Director: Stanley Law
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Tags: Chrissie Chow, Ka Tung Lam, Stanley Law, Tedd Chan
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Augustine (2012)
Drama
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Olivier Rabourdin, Roxane Duran
Director: Alice Winocour
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Tags: Alice Winocour, Chiara Mastroianni, Olivier Rabourdin, Roxane Duran, Soko, Vincent Lindon
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Dave (1993)
Comedy | Romance
To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance, is put in his place.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Tags: Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella, Ivan Reitman, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Ving Rhames
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The Life of Oharu / Saikaku ichidai onna (1952)
Drama
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Once a lady-in-waiting at the imperial court at Kyoto, Oharu fell in love with, and became the lover of, a man below her station. They were discovered, thus Oharu and her family were exiled. From there on, Oharu lived the rest of her life filled with sorrow and humiliation.
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Tags: Ichirô Sugai, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirô Mifune, Tsukie Matsuura
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The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
Starring: Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Art Evans, Esther Rolle
Director: Carl Schenkel
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Tags: Art Evans, Carl Schenkel, Denzel Washington, Esther Rolle, James Fox, M. Emmet Walsh, Mimi Rogers, Sheryl Lee Ralph
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Hoboken Hollow (2006)
Horror
As Trevor drifts through Texas on collision course with a nightmare he is still haunted by the evils of the war he recently returned from and a promise he failed to keep. When a stranger offers a ride, Trevor finds himself battling the brutal homegrown evil of the Broderick family at Hoboken Hollow,a remote West Texas ranch that many visit but few ever leave.
Starring: Jason Connery, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Holton, Lin Shaye, Randy Spelling, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen
Director: Glen Stephens
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Tags: C. Thomas Howell, Dennis Hopper, Glen Stephens, Jason Connery, Lin Shaye, Mark Holton, Michael Madsen, Randy Spelling
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Houseboat (1958)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
Tom Winston, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia, when the children decide she is be the new maid. She is actually an Italian socialite who is trying to get away from her overprotective father.
Starring: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Eduardo Ciannelli, Murray Hamilton
Director: Melville Shavelson
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Tags: Cary Grant, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Guardino, Martha Hyer, Melville Shavelson, Murray Hamilton, Sophia Loren
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Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best (2011)
Comedy | Music
A singer-songwriter hits the road with a self-appointed music revolutionary.
Starring: Ryan O'Nan, Michael Weston, Arielle Kebbel, Andrew McCarthy, Jason Ritter, Wilmer Valderrama, Christopher McDonald, Melissa Leo, Jake Miller
Director: Ryan O'Nan
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Tags: Andrew McCarthy, Arielle Kebbel, Christopher McDonald, Jake Miller, Jason Ritter, Melissa Leo, Michael Weston, Ryan O'Nan, Wilmer Valderrama
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Ragtime (1981)
Drama
A proud black musician rebels against racism in turn-of-the-century New York.
Starring: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O'Brien
Director: Milos Forman
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Tags: Brad Dourif, Elizabeth McGovern, James Cagney, Kenneth McMillan, Milos Forman, Moses Gunn, Pat O'Brien
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Play It Again, Sam / Aspirins for Three (1972)
Comedy | Romance
A recent divorce gets romantic advice from the ghost of Humphrey Bogart.
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jennifer Salt, Joy Bang, Susan Anspach
Director: Herbert Ross
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ReGeneration (2010)
Action | Biography | Documentary | Drama
ReGENERATION explores the inherent cynicism found in many of today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic approach to social and political causes. The film features three intersecting stories of students, parents, and artists all looking for their place in society. Together they capture the thoughts and feelings of today's struggling generation as some of the worlds leading scholars, activists, and media personalities provide their insight into the ideas and movements that can inspire change. /p>
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Ryan Gosling, Talib Kweli, Jay Walker, Howard Zinn
Director: Phillip Montgomery
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Tags: Howard Zinn, Jay Walker, Noam Chomsky, Phillip Montgomery, Ryan Gosling, Talib Kweli
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Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
Documentary | Short
From Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze (director, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE) comes a loving look at one of the most cherished and controversial figures in children's literature. In this deeply moving tribute to Maurice Sendak, we meet the seminal talent whose lifelong obsession with death inspired his influential works. Through his own words, personal photos, and illustrations, Sendak offers a rare, intimate, and unexpected look at his exceptional life as an author and illustrator.
Starring: Lance Bangs, Lynn Caponera, James Gandolfini, Spike Jonze, Catherine Keener, Maurice Sendak, Meryl Streep
Director: Lance Bangs, Spike Jonze
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Tags: Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lance Bangs, Lynn Caponera, Maurice Sendak, Meryl Streep, Spike Jonze
