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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Skytten (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Denmark is in turmoil as it becomes known that the government has broken a crucial election promise not to extract oil in the beautiful and vulnerable Arctic. The potential consequences are incalculable and journalist Julie takes up the battle through a debate with those responsible. But Rasmus, a geophycisist who has just returned from the Arctic, feels a need to resort to extreme methods. Equipped with a gun, he not only takes the government hostage, but the whole of Copenhagen as well. His demand is that the drilling must stop or he will start killing people.
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Director: Annette K. Olesen
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Passion (2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young businesswoman plots a murderous revenge after her boss and mentor steals her idea.
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Paul Anderson, Karoline Herfurth
Director: Brian De Palma
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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City of God / Cidade de Deus (2002)
Crime | Drama
Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that–in the early 80's–became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Busca-Pé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw, but also too smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Busca-Pé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he's been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Busca-Pé is not the real protagonist of the film–only the narrator–he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Busca-Pé's perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence.
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phelipe Haagensen, Seu Jorge, Jonathan Haagensen
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Tags: Alexandre Rodrigues, Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Haagensen, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phelipe Haagensen, Seu Jorge
Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Seven Days in Heaven / Fu hou qi ri (2010)
Drama | Family
"Seven Days in Heaven" covers the 7 days of the Taoist morning ritual after the death of Lin Guo Yuan (Po Tai). The movie examines the effects of his death on his children, nephew, and sister-in-law…
Starring: Li-weng Wang, Pong-Fong Wu, Jia-xiang Chen, Tai-hua Chen, Shi-ying Zhang, Po Tai
Director: Essay Liu, Yulin Wang
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Tabu (2012)
Drama | Romance
A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.
Starring: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo, Carloto Cotta, Isabel Muñoz Cardoso, Ivo Müller, Manuel Mesquita
Director: Miguel Gomes
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Valmont (1989)
Drama | Romance
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman.
Starring: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Si鈔 Phillips, Jeffrey Jones
Director: Milos Forman
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does she discover he has six brothers – all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading about the Roman capture of the Sabine women, Adam develops an inspired solution to his brothers' loneliness.
Starring: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Matt Mattox, Jane Powell
Director: Stanley Donen
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Quintet (1979)
Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
In the distant future the world is in the grip of another ice age. A city originally built to house five million people is now in its death throes as the relentlessly advancing glacier is slowly crushing the metropolis's steel infrastructure. The relatively few surviving fur-clothed inhabitants, perhaps thousands, perhaps only hundreds, drift aimlessly in their grim, drab world, awaiting their inevitable fate as they try to survive from day to day with scavenged firewood and a minimal diet. Their only solaces are booza, an alcoholic drink distilled from moss, and Quintet, a seemingly innocuous board game for six players. The only other surviving mammals are roving packs of hungry mastiffs which roam the city's corridors and quickly dispose of the remains of the dead. Newly arrived from the south is Essex with his pregnant wife Vivia, seeking shelter in the doomed city only to find it populated by people middle-aged or older. They had supported themselves by hunting seals, but now that the last of the aquatic mammals have been killed off, they seek shelter in the apartment of Essex's brother, a renowned Quintet player. The new arrivals quickly learn that the game has a more sinister side.
Starring: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Brigitte Fossey
Director: Robert Altman
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Free Money (1998)
Comedy | Crime
Walrus-like warden, Sven "Swede" Sorenson, a cross between Bluto and Wimpy, runs the prison, murders convicts who escape, and has the FBI on his trail in the form of agent Karen Polarski, the daughter of the town's corrupt judge. Swede's twins tell their father they're pregnant (they aren't), so he pushes their dim boyfriends, Bud and Larry, into shotgun marriages. He also turns his sons-in-law into slave labor, so Bud hatches an escape plan: to rob a train carrying old bills to the mint for burning. Larry's his reluctant accomplice. When Bud is captured and railroaded into Swede's jail, his death looks certain, until he hatches yet another plan that requires Larry's help.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Thomas Haden Church, Mira Sorvino, Martin Sheen, David Arquette
Director: Yves Simoneau
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Tags: Charlie Sheen, David Arquette, Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Mira Sorvino, Thomas Haden Church, Yves Simoneau
Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
Documentary
A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
Starring: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, Bradley Manning, James Ball, Michael Hayden, Timothy Douglas Webster, Smári McCarthy
Director: Alex Gibney
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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The Last Ocean (2012)
Documentary
The Last Ocean The Ross Sea, Antarctica is the most pristine stretch of ocean on Earth. A vast, frozen landscape that teems with life – whales, seals and penguins carving out a place on the very edge of existence. Californian ecologist David Ainley has been traveling to the Ross Sea to study this unique ecosystem for more than thirty years. He has written scientific papers describing it as a 'living laboratory'. Largely untouched by humans, it is one of the last places where the delicate balance of nature prevails. But an international fishing fleet has recently found its way to the Ross Sea. It is targeting Antarctic toothfish, sold as Chilean Seabass in up-market restaurants around the world. The catch is so lucrative it is known as white gold. Ainley knows that unless fishing is stopped the natural balance of the Ross Sea will be lost forever. He rallies his fellow scientists and meets up with a Colorado nature photographer and New Zealand filmmaker who also share a deep passion for this pristine corner of the world. All want to stop fishing and protect this last pristine ecosystem. Together they form 'the Last Ocean' and begin a campaign taking on the commercial fishers and governments in a race to protect Earth's last untouched ocean from our insatiable appetite for fish.
Starring: Dave Dobbyn
Director: Peter Young
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
Documentary
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
Starring: Susan Sarandon, 50 Cent, David Simon, Woody Harrelson, Eminem, Matthew Cooke, Freeway Ricky Ross, Brian O'Dea, Barry Neal Cooper
Director: Matthew Cooke
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Tags: 50 Cent, Barry Neal Cooper, Brian O'Dea, David Simon, Eminem, Freeway Ricky Ross, Matthew Cooke, Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson
Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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The Host (2013)
Action | Adventure | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Max Irons, Rachel Roberts, Marcus Lyle Brown
Director: Andrew Niccol
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Spring Breakers (2012)
Comedy | Drama
Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work.
Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine
Director: Harmony Korine
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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The Girl (2012)
Drama
A young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Will Patton, Giovanna Zacarías, Maritza Santiago Hernandez, Geoffrey Rivas, Austin West, Annalee Jefferies
Director: David Riker
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Drama
Rob Lowe stars as prosecutor Jeff Ashton in this riveting, true-life drama based on the high-profile murder trial that captivated, shocked and enraged the American public. Seen from Ashton's perspective, Prosecuting Casey Anthony takes you behind the scenes of the complex – and ultimately flawed – investigation surrounding the tragic death of two-year-old Caylee Anthony, followed by the controversial trial that resulted in her mother's acquittal.
Starring: Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Mitchell, Oscar Nuñez, Marisa Ramirez, Kevin Dunn
Director: Peter Werner
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Posted on June 25, 2013 |
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The Lesser Blessed (2012)
Drama
A drama centered on a First Nations teenager trying to find his place in the modern world.
Starring: Joel Evans, Benjamin Bratt, Kiowa Gordon, Chloe Rose, Tamara Podemski, Adam Butcher, Dylan Cook
Director: Anita Doron
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Posted on June 24, 2013 |
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Audiophile Live Recording / An Enchanted Evening with Kit Chan & Chiu Tsang Hei featuring the HK CITYPOPS (2012)
Music
Kit Chan teamed up with renowned music producer Chiu Tsang Hei and the Hong Kong City Pops Orchestra for a special live concert series in February 2012. Enjoy An Enchanted Evening of Kit's renditions of Canto-pop classics like "Left Right Hand," "Chase," "Forget Him" and her own hits "Always Waiting" and "Long Night With You" with William So. George Lam also appeared as a guest artist, performing the duet "Choice" with Kit.
Starring: Kit Chan, Tsang-Hei Chiu, George Lam
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Posted on June 24, 2013 |
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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Drama | History | Musical
This dazzling interpretation of the hit Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera tells the story of Christ's final weeks in a bold and epic musical production.
Starring: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Larry Marshall, Josh Mostel
Director: Norman Jewison
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Posted on June 24, 2013 |
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The Legend of Zorro / The Mask of Zorro 2 (2005)
Action | Adventure | Western
After fighting to help California become the 31st state of the Union, Zorro must live up to the promise he made his wife Elena – to give up his secret identity and live a normal life as Alejandro de la Vega. When he hesitates, it threatens to tear them apart. Now, the same forces that conspired to keep California from becoming part of the United States are plotting to unleash a threat that has been 500 years in the making, a threat that could change the course of history forever. And only Zorro can stop it.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Adrian Alonso
Director: Martin Campbell
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Tags: Adrian Alonso, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Martin Campbell, Nick Chinlund, Rufus Sewell