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The War Room (1993)
Documentary | History
The War Room takes us inside Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. Director D.A. Pennebaker provides an up-close view of the two principals: campaign managers James Carville and George Stephanopoulos as they try to stay on top of the exploding maelstrom of events–from scandalous, personal smear tactics to the rise of quixotic spoiler Ross Perot.
Starring: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Heather Beckel, Paul Begala, Bob Boorstin
Director: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
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Posted on March 13, 2012 |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Documentary
The art of modern animation is brought to life by a perfect storm of art, business and circumstance.
Starring: Roy Edward Disney, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Tim Burton, Don Bluth, Rob Minkoff
Director: Don Hahn
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Posted on March 13, 2012 |
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Wasao (2011)
Drama
WASAO, a story of the love for nature, the people and animals, a tear-jerking story of a speechless dog with a pure heart. WASAO makes a screen debut as himself in this film that tells a sentimental yet heart-warming story of a 'busakawa-ken' (ugly but cute dog) and his past that has never been told. Wasao, has made a name for himself with his adorable appearance, with close to 2,000 tourists who travel to Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture in the northenmost of the Tohoku region in Japan on weekends and public holidays, causing traffic congestions. People wrote about his distinct presence and charms in their blogs, resulting in WASAO being an idol in Japan as well as starting a new craze. He has been featured in over 30 magazines and appeared in over 50 television programs in Japan.
Starring: Kai Inowaki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Shirô Sano
Director: Yoshinari Nishikôri
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music
Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.
Starring: Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate
Director: Mike Mitchell
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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The Artist (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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Battleground / Skeleton Lake (2012)
Action | Horror | Thriller
Six ruthless bank robbers encounter someone far worse. Six bank robbers become stranded in a off the grid forest when their vehicle goes missing during the planning of their escape from the police…
Starring: Bryan Larkin, Hugh Lambe, Bob Cymbalski
Director: Neil Mackay
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Adventure | Drama | Family | Romance | Western
After his father' dies young Jim Craig leaves his home in the Snowy River valley to work for a wealthy landlord, who happens to be the estranged twin brother of Jim's mentor, a grizzled old prospector. While fighting to earn his spurs by breaking a herd of wild horses, Jim falls in love with his employer's spunky daughter Jessica. One of the horses escapes and the blame falls on Jim, so he has return to the Australian hills where he grew up, in order to find the horse and come back a man.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan
Director: George Miller
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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The Dead (2010)
Action | Horror | Thriller
Following at first the journey of Lt. Brian Murphy, wanting nothing more than to return home from a zombie outbreak stricken Africa, then Murphy and Sgt. Daniel Dembele, the latter trying to find his son, this is a quest film as much as horror, the journey as important as the grue.
Starring: Rob Freeman, Prince David Oseia
Director: Jonathan Ford, Howard J. Ford
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Five Element Ninjas / Ren zhe wu di (1982)
Action | Drama
When a quintet of nasty ninjas hell-bent on world domination nearly massacres an entire clan, its lone survivor must take the path of revenge. He meets up with an old master well versed in the ways of the ninja. Now armed with secret knowledge and newfound friends, he must battle the awesome power of the Five Element Ninjas, who harness the powers of gold, wood, fire, water, and earth.
Starring: Tien-chi Cheng, Tien Hsiang Lung, Meng Lo, Wai-Man Chan, Pei Hsi Chen, Li Wang, Ke Chu
Director: Cheh Chang
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Tags: Cheh Chang, Ke Chu, Li Wang, Meng Lo, Pei Hsi Chen, Tien Hsiang Lung, Tien-chi Cheng, Wai-Man Chan
Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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What Darwin Never Knew (2009)
Documentary
Earth teems with a staggering variety of animals. The source of life's endless forms was a profound mystery until Charles Darwin's revolutionary idea of natural selection. NOVA reveals answers to the riddles that Darwin couldn't explain. Stunning breakthroughs in a brand new science nicknamed 'evo devo' are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's great mysteries, the development of an embryo.
Starring: Armand Leroi
Director: Armand Leroi
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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Seeing in the Dark (2007)
Documentary
Seeing in the Dark aims to redefine the standards of quality in nonfiction science programming for television, and is meant to introduce viewers to the wonders of the night sky, making casual stargazing or serious amateur astronomy a part of their lives. This program follows in the footsteps of Timothy Ferris' two prior PBS specials The Creation of the Universe and Life Beyond Earth.
Starring: Daniel Bisque, Matthew Bisque, Steve Bisque, Tom Bisque, Ron Bissinger
Director: Nigel Ashcroft
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Posted on March 12, 2012 |
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Russland – Im Reich der Tiger, Bären und Vulkane / Wildes Russland (2011)
Documentary
In German cinema screens out the documentary "Russia. In the realm of tigers, bears and volcanoes." This window into Russia, unknown to Western man, and even to many Russians. "Russia – the largest country in the world. In many of its parts, it remains unknown world full of wonders. Let the world and will continue for the generations that come after us."
With these words begins the documentary "Russia. In the realm of tigers, bears and volcanoes" of the wild country. The film comes out this week in theaters in Germany. Russian viewers could see footage of him on their television screens: 90-minute reel of film is based on a six-part television program "Wild Russia". Telefilm was made in collaboration with British broadcaster National Geographic, German broadcasters NDR and WDR, the Russian "First Channel" and several other sponsors. A group of German filmmakers headed Jorn Revere (Jörn Röver), a biologist by training, journalist, director and producer, specializing in scientific and popular films about the flora and fauna. The main operator of the project – also known German documentary, a veterinarian for his first profession, Henry M. Mix (Henry M. Mix). The documentary "Russia. In the realm of tigers, bears and volcanoes," shows how this is already clear from the title, only the natural landscapes and animals. People in the picture is not, as there is no mention of things that are not related to the flora and fauna.
Starring: Siegfried Rauch
Director: Uwe Anders, Christian Baumeister, Oliver Goetzl, Hans-Peter Kuttler, Tobias Mennle, Henry Mix, Ivo Nörenberg, Ernst Sasse
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Tags: Christian Baumeister, Ernst Sasse, Hans-Peter Kuttler, Henry Mix, Ivo Nörenberg, Oliver Goetzl, Siegfried Rauch, Tobias Mennle, Uwe Anders
Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods / Wickie auf großer Fahrt (2011)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family
Continuity: Near the beginning when Wickie and the Eskimo-slaves are in the slave-carriage the carriage hits a tree-root the lantern at the back of the carriage falls off. In the next shot it is back in place.
Starring: Jonas Hämmerle, Waldemar Kobus, Valeria Eisenbart, Nic Romm, Christian Koch, Olaf Krätke
Director: Christian Ditter
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Vicky the Viking / Wickie und die starken Männer (2009)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family
The story of a young Viking boy who accompanies his father, the chief of their village, and his men on their adventures — and often is the person who uses his wit and instincts to help the men in their times of need.
Starring: Jonas Hämmerle, Waldemar Kobus, Nic Romm, Christian Koch, Olaf Krätke
Director: Michael Herbig
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Tags: Christian Koch, Jonas Hämmerle, Michael Herbig, Nic Romm, Olaf Krätke, Waldemar Kobus
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The Nines (2007)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Gary, an actor who plays a cop on television, uses too much lighter fluid when he burns his ex-girlfriend's things, then he drinks and drives, uses crack, and crashes his car. He sobers up in jail and is placed under house arrest and the watchful eye of a publicist, the cheery and tough-minded Margaret. She moves him into the empty house of a writer who's away in Canada on a shoot. Gary meets Sarah, an attractive and seemingly-willing neighbor. His friendship with Margaret blooms and strange things happen: he finds notes he doesn't remember writing, he hears noises, and he seems to bump into himself in the kitchen. Two remaining chapters reveal what's going on.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis, Elle Fanning
Director: John August
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio / OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009)
Adventure | Comedy
Sent to Brasil to retrieve a microfilm containing the names of Frenchmen who assisted the Nazi regime, OSS 117 joins forces with sexy lieutenant Dolores to track down an underground group of escaped Nazis.
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Rüdiger Vogler
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
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Nicostratos, le pélican (2011)
Comedy | Drama
Yannis is 14 and lives on a small Greek island that has managed to remain sauvage.Depuis death of his mother, the relationship between the group with his father, Demosthenes, has hardened. On a trip to Athens, he saves a probable death a young pelican named Nicostratos. Forced to raise it secretly to evade paternal anger, Yannis despite himself becomes a star on his island, which is transformed by tourism with this gorgeous white pelican, the largest bird in Europe! It's been a single one who is remembered for the rest of his life. Yannis will discover the love he bears his father and he never knew him testify.
Starring: Emir Kusturica, Thibault Le Guellec, François-Xavier Demaison, Jade-Rose Parker, Gennadios Patsis
Director: Olivier Horlait
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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L'exercice de l'État / The Minister (2011)
Drama
The Minister of Transport Jean-Bertrand at night awakened by his chief of staff. A bus is dumped into a ravine. He has no choice but to go there. This is the beginning of an odyssey of a statesman in a world that is increasingly complex and hostile. Speed, power struggles, chaos and an economic crisis, and stores all falls together like a bomb. One of the emergency after the other follow.
Starring: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker, Sylvain Deble
Director: Pierre Schöller
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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Click (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
A harried workaholic, Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) doesn't have time for his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty (Christopher Walken), a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results. But as Michael gleefully mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends, the remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him, in this fast, funny and out-of-control comedy adventure.
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff
Director: Frank Coraci
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Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Cruise plays Dr. William Harford, who plunges into an erotic foray that threatens his marriage – and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery – after his wife's (Kidman) admission of sexual longings. As the story sweeps from doubt and fear to self-discovery and reconciliation, Kubrick orchestrates it with masterful flourishes. Graceful tracking shots, controlled pacing, rich colors, startling images: bravura trails that make Kubrick a filmmaker for the ages are here to keep everyone's eyes wide open.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Serbedzija
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Tags: Marie Richardson, Nicole Kidman, Rade Serbedzija, Stanley Kubrick, Sydney Pollack, Tom Cruise
