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
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
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
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
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
Seinfeld (TV Series 1990-1998)
Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld is a very successful stand-up comedian, mainly because the people around him offer an endless supply of great material. His best friend is George Costanza, a bald, whiny loser who craves the kind of success Jerry has but is never willing to do what it takes to get it. Jerry's neighbor Kramer often barges into his apartment and imposes onto his life. In the second episode Jerry's former girlfriend Elaine Benes comes back into his life, and the four of them are able to form a friendship together. The episodes were rarely very plot-heavy, focusing more on mundane conversations and situations that could be found during everyday life in New York.
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander
Creator: Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
BAD DEBTS: IS THERE ANY OTHER KIND? Melbourne in winter. Rain. Wind. Pubs. Beer. Sex. Corruption. Murder.
A phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop doesn’t ring any bells for Jack Irish. Life is hard enough without having to dredge up old problems: his beloved football team has moved interstate, the odds on his latest plunge at the track seem far too long and he’s still cooking for one. But then Danny turns up dead and Jack has to take a walk back into a dark and dangerous past.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Damien Richardson, Shane Jacobson, Vadim Glowna
Director: Jeffrey Walker
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012)
Crime | Drama
Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) has no shortage of friends, but family members are short in supply. His wife was murdered by an ex-client and his father is a fading photo on the pub’s football wall of fame. So when Des Connors (Ron Jacobson), the last link to his dad, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason. As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors (Nicholas Coghlan) was a man with something to hide. And his friends are people with darker and more deadly secrets.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Damien Richardson, Shane Jacobson, Vadim Glowna
Director: Jeffrey Walker
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a prostitute.
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Claire Bloom, Michael Rapaport, Olympia Dukakis
Director: Woody Allen
Case 39 (2009)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A family services social worker fights to save a little girl with a haunted past, only to find out that this mysterious new case turns into a nightmare she may never survive.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper
Director: Christian Alvart
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
Starring: Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Lukas Haas, Gaby Hoffmann, Natasha Lyonne, Natalie Portman, Tim Roth, David Ogden Stiers
Director: Woody Allen
Whores' Glory (2011)
Documentary
Tells several stories of prostitution around the world. The documentary revolves around the lives and individual hopes, needs and experiences of the women.
Director: Michael Glawogger
Azoren: Auf den Spuren von Entdeckern, Walen und Vulkanen / Azores: In the Footsteps of Explorers, Whales and Volcanoes (2011)
Documentary
The archipelago of seven islands situated in the middle Atlantic Ocean midway between the continents of Europe and America enchants, and leads visitors into its own mood of relaxation and adventure. The "Azores" in 3D to take the audience on a trip to the country last bastion in the Atlantic, the resting place of sharks, whales, manta rays and large schools of fish as well as whalers and explorers. It convey the 3D movies direct experience of nature above and below water. Goosebumps and magical moments included.
Narrator: Norbert Vander
Director: Norbert Vander
Come As You Are / Hasta la Vista! (2011)
Comedy | Drama
Three boys – one blind, one in a wheelchair and the other fully paralyzed – prefer wine and women. The first they have tasted but the second they want to happen… They go on a holiday to Spain, under the guise of a 'wine'-tour, to loose their virginity in Spanish brothels. And nothing will stop them… Rated '12' for violence, rough talk and discrimination.
Starring: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Drama | History | War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.
Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips
Director: Steven Spielberg
Ocean Flame / Yi ban hai shui, yi ban huo yan (2008)
Drama
Wong Yiu was a very shameless person and a blackmailer until one day he met a waitress named Ni Chen. He thought Ni Chen was like any other girls that could be controlled by him, but her stubbornness was way beyond his imagination. As time goes by, they both lost their ways and losing themselves in the process. He was not as free as he once was. Insanity causes him to end her life. Eight years later, Wong Yiu stepped out from the jail. He carried a gun and went to look for Ni Chen's mother at her home wishing to fulfill his own will.
Starring: Fan Liao, Monica Mok, Simon Yam, Shiu Hung Hui, Suet Lam, Hee Ching Paw, Yitian Hai
Director: Fendou Liu
Clue (1985)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
A group of oddball characters assemble at an old Victorian mansion to play a game of "whodunit."
Starring: Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Lee Ving
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cousin cousine (1975)
Comedy | Romance
Two distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.
Starring: Marie-France Pisier, Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Guy Marchand, Ginette Garcin
Director: Jean-Charles Tacchella
Sideways (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A wine tasting road trip to salute Jack's final days as a bachelor careens woefully sideways as he and Miles hit the gas en route to mid-life crises. The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their history and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth, soon find themselves drowning in wine and women. Emerging from a haze of pinot noir, wistful yearnings and trepidation about the future, the two inevitably collide with reality.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke, Jessica Hecht
Director: Alexander Payne
2012 Britannia Awards (TV 2012)
Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has announced Alan Cumming will return as host of the 2012 Britannia Awards presented by BBC AMERICA on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This marks the fourth time Alan Cumming will host the prestigious award show. In addition, The Britannia Awards are pleased to announce that Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, and Josh Gad will be among those presenting awards at this year’s show.
Starring: Olivia Munn, Josh Gad, Roger Corman, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Will Wright, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis
