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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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King Kelly (2012)
Comedy
…No one will believe me when I post this.
Starring: Louisa Krause, Libby Woodbridge, Roderick Hill, Will Brill, Jonny Orsini
Director: Andrew Neel
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)
Drama | Thriller
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Starring: Michael Biehn, Tatum O'Neal, Penelope Ann Miller, Joel Gretsch, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Scott Wilson, Evie Thompson
Director: Connie Stevens
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Tags: Connie Stevens, Evie Thompson, Joel Gretsch, Michael Biehn, Penelope Ann Miller, Scott Wilson, Tatum O'Neal, Tricia Leigh Fisher
Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Hurry Sundown (1967)
Drama
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland…
Starring: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll, Robert Hooks, Faye Dunaway
Director: Otto Preminger
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Appointment with Danger (1951)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Relentless postal inspector Al Goddard is set to Gary, Indiana, when another officer is murdered. He must find the nun who witnessed the murder, then infiltrate the gang by convincing them he is a postal inspector gone bad.
Starring: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling, Jack Webb
Director: Lewis Allen
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Drama
"A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937."
Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay
Director: Richard Linklater
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Deserter / Simon: An English Legionnaire (2002)
Drama | War
Driven by romantic illusion to join the French Foreign Legion, Simon Murray undertakes a physical and spiritual journey during Algeria's battle for independence from France.
Starring: Paul Fox, Tom Hardy
Director: Martin Huberty
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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On the Road (2012)
Adventure | Drama
Brazilian director Walter Salles helms this adaptation of the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac that defined the Beat Generation. Sam Riley stars as Kerouac's self-styled protagonist, down-and-out intellectual Sal Paradise, who takes to the backroads of America with his free-spirited friend Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) in a frantic odyssey fuelled by jazz, poetry and drugs in search of the 'it' at the heart of life. Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Amy Adams co-star.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Walter Salles
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Due West: Our Sex Journey / Dong Guan Wood / Yi Lu Xiang Xi (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Frankie is brought up in a strict middle class family, but like any other adolescent, he is curious about sex during puberty, so he turns to his "sex mentor" – porn magazines and his mate Jing. With the help of Jing, Frankie has the opportunity of camping with his crush Zoey, and spending time alone with her, during which he loses his virginity to her… not quite! He turns out to be doing the well-known ugly she-boy from school! The episode devastates Frankie, and he decides to leave Hong Kong for the U.K. to continue his study, where he acquaints with lecherous senior James. Frankie is in a stable relationship with Zeta after graduating. Their only problem is their sex life: Zeta is sexually anxious and sets certain restrictions. Not only does that prevent Frankie from being sexually satisfied, it also indirectly leads to their breakup. Frankie then begins his journey back to the mainland with Jing to pick up chicks in clubs…
Starring: Justin Cheung, Gregory Wong, Mark Wu, Mo Qi Wen, Jessica Kizaki, Daniella Wang, Angelina Zhang, Celia Kwok, Jeana Ho, Eva Li, Oi Ming Wong, Tony Ho, Lai-Chu Ng, Wylie Chiu, Polly Leung
Director: Mark Wu
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Tags: Angelina Zhang, Celia Kwok, Daniella Wang, Eva Li, Gregory Wong, Jeana Ho, Jessica Kizaki, Justin Cheung, Lai-Chu Ng, Mark Wu, Mo Qi Wen, Oi Ming Wong, Polly Leung, Tony Ho, Wylie Chiu
Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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The Crown Jewels / Kronjuvelerna (2011)
Drama
Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the great love of her life, ice hockey star Petterson-Jonsson and the lead up to the fatal night where the story begins.
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Bill Skarsgård, Björn Gustafsson
Director: Ella Lemhagen
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Viva Baseball / Qiu Lai Jiu Da (2012)
Drama | Sport
Umi was a professional baseball player whose career ended due to a fixed-game scandal more than a decade ago. After he decides to take a job to coach a high school baseball team, his life suddenly turns complicated: a mysterious woman arrives to become his manager, and the secret sponsor behind his team is actually the same mob boss who had once ruined his life. Months later, as his team grows strong and advances to the finals, Umi sees a chance for redemption of his life…
Starring: Han Chang, Xinyu Chang, Danny Deng, Honduras, Shao-qi Huang, Lea Yang, Tracy Zhou
Director: Chi Yin
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Medea (1969)
Drama
To win the kingdom his uncle took from his father, Jason must steal the golden fleece from the land of barbarians, where Medea is royalty and a powerful sorceress, where human sacrifice helps crops to grow. Medea sees Jason and swoons, then enlists her brother's aid to take the fleece. She then murders her brother and becomes Jason's lover. Back in Greece, the king keeps the throne, the fleece has no power, and Medea lives an exile's life, respected but feared, abandoned by Jason. When she learns he's to marry the king's daughter, Medea tames her emotions and sends gifts via her sons; then, loss overwhelms her and she unleashes a fire storm on the king, the bride, and Jason.
Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.
Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, John Cleese
Director: Harald Zwart
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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The Pink Panther (2006)
Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery
When a star soccer coach is murdered and his priceless Pink Panther diamond stolen, France is in an uproar. Fortunately, Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) is on the case. He doesn't have a clue, but for Clouseau, that's just a minor detail. With his partner, Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno), he careens from one misadventure to the next, leaving mayhem in his wake from the boulevards of Paris to the streets of New York. Will he seduce the pop diva, Xania (Beyoncé)? Will he push Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Oscar winner Kevin Kline) over the edge? Will he catch the killer and recover the diamond? With Inspector Clouseau, anything is possible.
Starring: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: Shawn Levy
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
Comedy
Eighth entry in the Pink Panther. It is nearly 30 years since Inspector Jacques Clouseau managed to get Maria Gambrelli off from a murder charge (events of "A Shot In The Dark".) Maria has gone on and have moved to a seaside town. Also Princess Yasmin of Lugash has come to the town for a holiday with her father. She is kidnapped and because of the strong ties between France and Lugash, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is called in to find her. He is hampered by the local police officer Jacques and is amazed when he finds that Jacques is Maria's son. He is terrified even though he and Maria are falling in love that Jacques is Clouseau's son and Jacques is showing Clouseau-ish behaviour. Both Jacques and Dreyfus set out to find the missing Princess…
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale
Director: Blake Edwards
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.
Starring: David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom
Director: Blake Edwards
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Comedy | Crime
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau. Each interviewee Dreyfus, Sir Charles & Lady Lytton (and ex-wife of Clouseau) & George Lytton, Hercule Lajoie (assistant in "A Shot In The Dark") and Cato tells of their run-ins with Clouseau. She is also kidnapped by mobster Bruno Langlois who doesn't want Clouseau found but she continues and finds Clouseau Sr, Clouseau's father. Is Clouseau alive or is he dead? Each interview has not-have-seen or famous clips from the previous movies (since Peter Sellers has sadly passed away) as Marie continues to get a honest view or impression of the great French detective…
Starring: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley
Director: Blake Edwards
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Comedy | Crime
To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Once Clouseau's death has been announced, the former Chief Inspector, Charles Dreyfus, feels much, much better and is released from the mental hospital. Jacques Clouseau tries to take advantage of his "death" and goes under cover with Cato to find out who tried to assassinate him.
Starring: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber
Director: Blake Edwards
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Comedy | Crime
Charles Dreyfus escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. He doesn't succeed at first, so he takes on another strategy, namely to build a Doomsday machine and demand that someone else kills Jacques Clouseau, or Dreyfus will use the machine to wipe out whole cities and even whole countries… With about 22 assassins from all over the globe on his tail, Clouseau decides to find Dreyfus alone and put him back in the mental asylum.
Starring: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely
Director: Blake Edwards
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Inspector Clouseau (1968)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Detective Inspector is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than on Closeeau on the job.
Starring: Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Delia Boccardo, Barry Foster, Patrick Cargill
Director: Bud Yorkin
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Comedy | Mystery
When rich M. Ballon's spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. But Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced that she is hiding something. So, he has her released from jail and tries to follow her secretly. Things do not work out the way the inspector wanted and people keep being murdered, and each time innocent Maria seems to be the killer. But with someone important wanting Clouseau and nobody else to cover this case, his tolerance-challenged boss Charles Dreyfuss is close to losing his mind when casualties keep turning up. And Clouseau keeps on causing trouble without knowing it…
Starring: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom, Tracy Reed
Director: Blake Edwards
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