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Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007)
Documentary
If it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown Argentinian paleontologist, we visit sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life in 3D…
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Rodolfo Coria
Director: Marc Fafard
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Coffee and Cigarettes / Coffee & Cigarettes (2003)
Comedy | Drama | Music
A series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide–all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Starring: Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Attack on Leningrad / Leningrad (2009)
Drama | War
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Gabriel Byrne, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Aleksandr Buravsky
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Boy Wonder (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.
Starring: Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage, James Russo, Tracy Middendorf
Director: Michael Morrissey
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their various emotional, intellectual and sexual entanglements, loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's 'Smiles of a Summer Night' .
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Woody Allen
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Ghosted (2011)
Drama | Thriller
'GHOSTED' tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their son's death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the new prisoner, Paul. Jack's cell mate Ahmed, attempts to guide him on a path of salvation, a path that involves saving Paul from the clutches of the wing beast, Clay. Jack struggles between the curiosity of the head prison officer Donner, and the violent determination of clay, eventually saving Paul. As Jack and Paul finally accept each other, it soon becomes clear that Paul is not all he seems and may have a closer connection to Jack than he could ever imagine.
Starring: John Lynch, David Schofield, Martin Compston, Craig Parkinson, Art Malik, Amanda Abbington, Hugh Quarshie, Liran Nathan
Director: Craig Viveiros
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Comedy | Romance
Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the "Truth About Cats and Dogs" radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma Thurman, is mistaken for the real thing when Brian comes to the studio. Instead of clearing things up right away, the self-conscious Abby allows her best friend, Noelle, a tall, stunning blonde, to take her place for a while. Abby takes on the made-up persona of Donna, while thinking Brian would never go for her, a short, cute, brunette, who thinks she's unattractive. As the real Abby woos Brian over the phone and radio, Noelle, the pseudo-Abby, takes her place in the flesh.
Starring: Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin, Jamie Foxx, James McCaffrey
Director: Michael Lehmann
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A Simple Plan / Un plan simple (1998)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money.
Starring: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda
Director: Sam Raimi
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The Santa Clause 2 / The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause (2002)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Scott Calvin has given sterling service as Santa Claus for nearly ten years and enjoyed every minute, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.
Starring: Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, David Krumholtz, Elizabeth Mitchell, Wendy Crewson
Director: Michael Lembeck
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The Santa Clause (1994)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Scott Calvin accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall to his death from his roof on Christmas Eve. When Scott and his young son, Charlie, finish the late St. Nick's deliveries, they go to the North Pole where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed Father Christmas.
Starring: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Wendy Crewson, Peter Boyle
Director: John Pasquin
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My Own Worst Enemy (TV Series 2008)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Henry Spivey is an average thirtysomething, middle class man, living in the suburbs with his wife and two kids. Edward Albright, a trained-to-kill operative fluent in 19 languages, is the polar opposite of Henry; however, they have one thing in common — the same body. When the wall between Henry and Edward begins to break down, each man is placed in a very unfamiliar environment forcing them each to wonder who they can trust when they can't even trust themselves.
Starring: Christian Slater, Mike O'Malley, Saffron Burrows, Mädchen Amick, Alfre Woodard, Omid Abtahi, Taylor Lautner, Bella Thorne, James Cromwell, Mindy Sterling, Missy Yager
Creator: Jason Smilovic
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Posted on November 15, 2012 |
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Cross (2011)
Action | Fantasy
Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross. Callan continues to fight evil… Now, joined by a team of weapons experts, Callan battles an unstoppable empire in Los Angeles.
Starring: Brian Austin Green, Vinnie Jones, Michael Clarke Duncan, Danny Trejo, C. Thomas Howell
Director: Patrick Durham
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True Blue (2001)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to understanding the victim is through one of her roommates, Nikki. Through Nikki and others, Macy learns of the victim's shady contacts at City Hall, the involvement of a gang of Asian drug runners, and the sordid affairs of one of the city's bigwigs. As Macy begins to understand how all these crimes fit together, he learns that his new friend Nikki is not an innocent bystander.
Starring: Tom Berenger, Lori Heuring, Pamela Gidley
Director: J.S. Cardone
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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a bonus for this work, but fears his boss will stiff him. He meets a wealthy stranger, Jimmy Dell, and they strike up an off-kilter friendship. When the boss seems to set Ross up to get nothing, he seeks Dell's help. Then he learns Dell is not what he seems, so he contacts an FBI agent through his tightly-wound assistant, Susan Ricci. The FBI asks him to help entrap Dell. He accepts, a sting is arranged, but suddenly it's he who's been conned out of the process and framed for murder. Bewildered and desperate, he enlists Susan's aid to prove his innocence.
Starring: Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Felicity Huffman
Director: David Mamet
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Lisa e il diavolo / Lisa and the Devil (1974)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandro.
Starring: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina
Director: Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone
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Family Plot (1976)
Comedy | Thriller
When a wealthy woman unwittingly hires a con man and a phoney psychic to find her missing heir, the results are diabolically funny in Alfred Hitchcock's tongue-in-cheek mystery thriller.
Starring: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, William Devane, Barbara Harris, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Vertigo (1958)
Mystery | Romance | Thriller
During a rooftop chase, police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson is overcome with a severe case of acrophobia–a deep fear of falling which results in a stultifying vertigo–that leads to the death of a fellow officer. After retiring from the police force, Scottie attempts to return to a normal life, but his life takes another unusual turn when an old school aquaintance asks Scottie to shadow his wife, the luminescently beautiful but utterly mysterious Madeleine. Scottie is wary but the minute he sees her he cannot resist the chase. As his fixation with Madeleine grows, however, so too does her obsession with death. When Scottie's vertigo prevents him from saving Madeleine's life, his one chance at perfect love comes crashing to a brutal end. Then one day, Scottie sees a woman walking down the street who looks just like Madeleine. She is Judy Barton, a salesgirl from Kansas with her own secrets–secrets that will once again turn Scottie's world into a dizzying battle between illusion and reality. Filmed in VistaVision.
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Dial M for Murder (1954)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
A playboy of a husband decides to hire a killer to do in his wife who's having an affair with a dashing younger man for fear that he'll lose the inheritance that could make him (the husband) wealthy, but things just don't go as planned.
Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt, Patrick Allen
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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38 témoins / 38 Witnesses / One Night (2012)
Drama
A young woman is stabbed, sexually assaulted and murdered in public as her neighbors ignore her cries for help.
Starring: Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton, Nicole Garcia, François Feroleto, Natacha Régnier
Director: Lucas Belvaux
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The Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959-1964)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The Twilight Zone was a popular American anthology series. The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."
Starring: Rod Serling
Creator: Rod Serling
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