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A Ghost of a Chance / Sutekina kanashibari (2011)
Comedy
Emi Hosho (Eri Fukatsu), a not so successful lawyer, is assigned to the one of the most unusual of cases. Her client is accused of murdering his wealthy wife and he his alibi is that he was staying at an inn while suffering from "kanashibar" (sleep paralysis). The only witness able to corroborate his alibi is the 500-year-old ghost of the Sengoku period military commander Rokubei Sarashina (Toshiyuki Nishida) – who sat on the accused's chest all night long. Attorney Emi Hosho travels to the inn to investigate further. Emi Hosho also falls into "kanashibar" and soon discovers the 500-year-ghost sitting on her chest. Knowing that the ghost is the only witness who can support her client's alibi, she grabs his hand and pleads with him to testify in court….
Starring: Toshiyuki Nishida, Kyôko Fukada, Eri Fukatsu, Hiroshi Abe, Yûko Takeuchi, Kiichi Nakai, Tadanobu Asano, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Director: Kôki Mitani
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The Fourth Portrait / Di si zhang hua (2010)
Drama
Ten year-old Xiang faces a lonely future after his father dies. Just when he thinks he's going to spend his life in the orphanage, his estranged mother shows up. And his life changes forever… A loveless mother, a hateful stepfather, a chilly home. Where's Xiang heading to? He finds comfort in drawing and his work reveals his longing for care and affection. Life is full of hope again when he meets the old school janitor who doesn't show his kindness easily and a portly man who has crazy ideas and is haunted with nightmares of his brother. A scary truth is about to be unmasked. Will Xiang be able to depict his own image in the fourth portrait?
Starring: Leon Dai, Lei Hao, Terri Kwan, Bi Xiao-Hai
Director: Mong-Hong Chung
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Tags: Bi Xiao-Hai, Lei Hao, Leon Dai, Mong-Hong Chung, Terri Kwan
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Dovolená s Andělem / Holiday with Angel (1952)
Comedy
Strict and always dissatisfied grumbler Mr. Angel gets a voucher for summer recreation. He rejects it at first but he eventually decides to use it and spend 14 days in unionist hut Jezerka together with other merited co-workers.
Starring: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Pehr, Josef Kemr, Vladimír Ráz, Jana Dítetová
Director: Borivoj Zeman
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Tags: Borivoj Zeman, Jana Dítetová, Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Kemr, Josef Pehr, Vladimír Ráz
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Anděl na horách / Angel in the Mountains (1955)
Comedy
Ticket inspector Gustav Angel already tried that it's possible to endure summer unionist recreation, and so he didn't resist much against getting another recreation voucher. This time he set out to snowy High Tatras.
Starring: Jaroslav Marvan, Milada Zelenská, Jaroslav Mares, Josef Kemr, Stella Zázvorková
Director: Borivoj Zeman
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Tags: Borivoj Zeman, Jaroslav Mares, Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Kemr, Milada Zelenská, Stella Zázvorková
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House Hunting (2013)
Horror | Thriller
Two families go to an open house and can't leave.
Starring: Marc Singer, Art LaFleur, Hayley DuMond, Janey Gioiosa, Paul McGill, Rebekah Kennedy, Victoria Vance, Jon Cobb, Emma Rayne Lyle
Director: Eric Hurt
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Tags: Art LaFleur, Emma Rayne Lyle, Eric Hurt, Hayley DuMond, Janey Gioiosa, Jon Cobb, Marc Singer, Paul McGill, Rebekah Kennedy, Victoria Vance
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The Caretaker (2012)
Drama | Horror | Romance
As a wave of vampirism sweeps the world, a small but discordant group hole up in a country mansion in Victoria, Australia. A vampire, who has also occupied the mansion, offers them a deal: if they protect him from humans during the day, he'll protect them from other vampires at night. So begins an uneasy alliance which soon threatens to fall apart.
Starring: Anna Burgess, Clint Dowdell, Colin MacPherson, Lee Mason, Mark White
Director: Tom Conyers
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Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012)
Comedy | Horror
In 1977 a group of young, horny, out of control Christians are spending a fun filled weekend at the Happy Day Bible Camp. Their impure antics rile up a sadistic crazy nun known as, "Sister Mary Chopper". One by one these youthful sinners pay a BLOODY penance for their sinful acts. 7 years later, another group of Bible totin' Christian wannabes return to the Happy Day Bible Camp. All ignore the warnings from the local folk of the grizzly murders that took place 7 years prior. Is Sister Mary Chopper dead or is she just waiting for backsliding Christians to commit sins of the unholy?
Starring: Reggie Bannister, Tim Sullivan, Ron Jeremy, Ivet Corvea, Matthew Aidan, Jessica Sonneborn, Deborah Venegas
Director: Vito Trabucco
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Keepsake (2008)
Horror
Beneath the world we know, a dangerous lesson is being learned-monsters aren't born…they're made. Janine is a young woman on her way to a new life. But when a freak accident strands her on a deserted highway, a call for help soon becomes a fight for survival. Stalked and tormented by a psychotic tow truck driver, Janine soon finds herself trapped in a world of torture and depravity. Imprisoned in a cellar and given only thirty days to live, Janine must contend with both the ghosts of her past and the demons of her present in an effort to survive.
Starring: Robert Pralgo, Sunny La Rose
Director: Paul Moore
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White Chicks (2004)
Comedy | Crime
Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot.
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Busy Philipps, Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, John Heard
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Summer School (1987)
Comedy | Romance
A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
Starring: Mark Harmon, Robin Thomas, Patrick Labyorteaux, Shawnee Smith, Dean Cameron, Kirstie Alley
Director: Carl Reiner
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Boom Town (1940)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Starring: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill
Director: Jack Conway
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Posted on January 12, 2013 |
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Grimm (TV Series 2011-2017)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
Remember the fairy tales your parents used to tell you before bedtime? Those weren't stories — they were warnings. Nick Burkhardt thought he prepared himself for the realities of working as a homicide detective until he started seeing things he couldn't quite explain. When his ailing Aunt Marie arrives, Nick's life turns upside down when she reveals they are descendants of an elite group of hunters, also known as "Grimms," who fight to keep the balance of humanity safe from the supernatural creatures of the world. As Nick digs deeper into her past, he realizes that he will have to shoulder the responsibility of his ancestors — and contend with a larger-than-life mythology of the Brothers Grimm that is now all too real.
Starring: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Elizabeth Tulloch, Bree Turner, Claire Coffee
Creator: Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf
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Death Race 3: Inferno / Death Race: Inferno (2012)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas, aka Frankenstein, is a superstar driver in the brutal prison yard demolition derby known as Death Race. Only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew, Lucas is plunged into an all-new competition more vicious than anything he has experienced before. Pitted against his most ruthless adversaries ever, Lucas fights to keep himself and his team alive in a race in South Africa's infernal Kalahari Desert. With powerful forces at work behind the scenes to ensure his defeat, will Lucas' determination to win at all costs mean the end of the road for him?
Starring: Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Robin Shou
Director: Roel Reiné
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End of Watch (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel, during a routine traffic stop.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera, Frank Grillo, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez
Director: David Ayer
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When Love Comes / Dang Ai Lai De Shi Hou (2010)
Drama | Romance
Laichun, her father and two mothers, uncle and grandfather are of different generations; thus they all think differently. Father is the family head, and because he believes he must continue on the family name ends up taking two wives. His first wife also feels the same way, and so allows the second wife. Laichun feels the abyss between her and her parents and ends up getting pregnant, but hits a wall when her boyfriend does not take any responsibility. When her father is hospitalized, she begins to understand her father and two mothers. She is finally growing up.
Starring: Yijie Li, Mengjie Gao, Xuefeng Lu, Yushun Lin, Zihua He
Director: Tso-chi Chang
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Killing Bono (2011)
Comedy | Music
A dark comedy about the people who don't find fame and fortune, the film is loosely based on the lives of brothers Neil and Ivan McCormick, who grew up with the members of U2 and played in a rival band, only to watch their former schoolmates become world famous while the McCormick brothers continued to struggle for recognition.
Starring: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter, Stanley Townsend, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Nick Hamm
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First Knight (1995)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
With no ties, no enemies and no fear, Lancelot is the perfect warrior. He comes to Camelot not for glory or knighthood, although he finds both, but for the love of the one woman he cannot have, the beautiful and honorable Lady Guinevere of Leonesse. Guinevere has promised to marry King Arthur not only because his army will protect her country, but because she truly loves him for his wise and gentle ways. As she prepares to enter Camelot as its new queen, a chance encounter with Lancelot awakens conflicting and powerful emotions within her. For Arthur, she represents a once-in-a-lifetime chance at true love and a beloved queen for his kingdom. Likewise, the king comes to see Lancelot as possessing the honor and bravery of a true Knight. He welcomes them both into his city and into his heart, never foreseeing how his great capacity for love and trust opens the doors for his betrayal.
Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson
Director: Jerry Zucker
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Deadly Blessing (1981)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A gruesome secret, protected for generations, rises to give its Deadly Blessing!
Starring: Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East, Douglas Barr, Lisa Hartman, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Wes Craven
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Made in China (2009)
Comedy
A confident young man with a unique style and a solid entrepreneurial spirit has made it his mission to bring the small pleasures in life to a global market. As an aspiring inventor inspired by history's most infamous jokesters, he's determined to jump through all the hoops in order to realize his dreams. When he's not taken seriously amongst the locals stateside, he takes it upon himself to travel to Shanghai and broker a manufacturing deal on his own. Lost in Shanghai, Johnson discovers that it takes more than a bright idea to succeed. It takes guts, determination, and a fist full of sneezing powder.
Starring: Bronwyn Cornelius, Deng Juan, Jackson Kuehn, Dan Sumpter, Syna Zhang
Director: Judith Krant
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The Big Bounce (2004)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Starring: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Vinnie Jones, Charlie Sheen
Director: George Armitage
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Tags: Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinise, George Armitage, Morgan Freeman, Owen Wilson, Vinnie Jones