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
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
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
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
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
Baba Yaga (1973)
Horror
A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.
Starring: Carroll Baker, George Eastman, Isabelle De Funès, Ely Galleani
Director: Corrado Farina
Sci-Fi High: The Movie Musical (2010)
Musical
Billy Dever, an enthusiastic dreamer who is looking beyond his mundane high-school existence to the wonders of science and life beyond our planet. Although he may be looking to the skies, he’ll have to deal with local goon Brandon Bishop, captain of the boys’ basketball team, and conspiracy-obsessed Principal Spooky Thompson, here on Earth. Luckily, he’ll have his buddies to help him: the skirt-chasing Eddie Cassavette and the quirky, lovable Russian, Spuds. But perhaps he’ll face his greatest challenge yet when he catches the eye of school beauty and the dace committee member, Cara-Ann. As the days go on, Billy becomes more involved with his high-school science teacher, Professor Vadin, who encourages Billy’s love of science and leads him closer to the truth behind the strange things occurring at school. This leads to a thrilling climax at the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance, in which the students must fend for their lives against an alien invasion of the school. Not your typical High School Musical!
Starring: Dan Bellusci, Alicen Holden
Director: Dan Bellusci, Steve Dispensa
Tyrannosaur (2011)
Drama
Joseph, a tormented, self-destructive man plagued by violence, finds hope of redemption in Hannah, a Christian charity-shop worker he meets one day while fleeing an altercation. Initially derisive of her faith and presumed idyllic existence, Joseph nonetheless returns to the shop and soon realizes that Hannah's life is anything but placid. As a relationship develops, they come to understand the deep pain in each other's lives. An unconventional love story, Tyrannosaur transcends its bleak circumstances through Joseph and Hannah's vigorous impulse toward redemption.
Starring: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan
Director: Paddy Considine
Camel Spiders (2011)
Horror | Sci-Fi
Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator – including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.
Starring: Brian Krause, C. Thomas Howell, GiGi Erneta
Director: Jim Wynorski
Bienvenue à bord (2011)
Comedy
Isabelle (Valerie Lemercier), HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge by poison, firearm, or slander. Isabelle chooses Remy (Franck Dubosc), a flamboyant, unemployed ne'er-do-well who flunked out in life on land, but after all is said and done, might have better luck at sea… She recruits him as leader of her plot and on this Palace of the Seas, Remy will first prove to be the worst nightmare of the CEO and Richard (Gerard Darmon), the Cruise Director…then, little by little, he will change his life and that of all those who cross his path…
Starring: Franck Dubosc, Valérie Lemercier, Gérard Darmon
Director: Eric Lavaine
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies / OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions (2006)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
It's 1955 and OSS 117 is sent to the Egyptian capital to execute a whole shopping list of items for the French Secret Service, including investigating the death of his friend and erstwhile Cairo-based spy, controlling the Suez Canal and establishing peace in the Middle East. OSS 177 is just the man for these missions: he does not have a clue but is very lucky in getting what he wants.
Starring: Francois Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Action | Western
During "The Genpei Wars" at the end of the 1100s, the Minamoto and Taira gangs face off in a town named Yuda, while a deadly gunman comes to the aid of the townsfolk.
Starring: Hideaki Itô, Kôichi Satô, Yûsuke Iseya, Masanobu Andô, Takaaki Ishibashi, Kaori Momoi
Director: Takashi Miike
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.
Starring: Max Records, Pepita Emmerichs, Max Pfeifer, Madeleine Greaves, Catherine Keener
Director: Spike Jonze
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Crime | Thriller
Danny Ocean and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and risky casino heist – to defend one of their own. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank ddouble-crosses one of the original Ocean's eleven – Reuben Tishkoff – Danny and the gang team up one more time to see if they can break "the Bank".
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Crime | Thriller
It's been three years since Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his crew – fronted by detail man Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), up-and-coming pickpocket Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), explosives expert Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle) and safecracker Frank Catton (Bernie Mac) – pulled off one of the most audacious and lucrative heists in history, robbing ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) of every dime stored in his impenetrable Las Vegas vault. After splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life…but that's proven to be a challenge, much to the chagrin of Danny's wife Tess (Julia Roberts). When someone breaks Rule Number One and rats them out to Benedict, going straight is no longer an option. He wants his $160 million back – with interest – or else. And, as the gang quickly discovers, Benedict isn't the only powerful person in the world looking for Ocean's Eleven…
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Tiffany, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Crime | Thriller
Based on the 1960 Rat Pack film, wry, charismatic thief, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) orchestrates the most sophisticated, elaborate casino heist in history, less than 24 hours after being released from jail. In one night, Danny's handpicked 11-man crew of specialists – including an ace card sharp (Brad Pitt), a master pickpocket (Matt Damon) and a demolition genius (Don Cheadle) – will attempt to steal over $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos owned by Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the elegant, ruthless entrepreneur who just happens to be dating Danny's ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts). To score the cash, Danny will have to risk his life and his chance of reconciling with Tess. But if it all goes according to his intricate, nearly impossible plan, he won't have to choose between his stake in the heist and his high-stakes reunion with Tess- or will he?
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Religulous (2008)
Comedy | Documentary
Better known as the host of satirical political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher is a highly opinionated evangelical agnostic. Most would consider him an outright atheist, but he certainly claims to be open to the possibility of some sort of higher power contrary to what most people would take from his opinions. One thing is certain, which is that Maher hates organised religion and sees it as an enormous drain on society.
Starring: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steve Burg, Francis Collins, George Coyne
Director: Larry Charles
King of Comedy / Hei kek ji wong (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
King of Comedy is a 1999 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Lee Lik-Chi and Stephen Chow. Unlike Stephen Chow's typical mo lei tau films, King of Comedy verges on comedy drama, describing the trials and tribulation that an aspiring actor experiences on his way to stardom. Some commentators[who?] say the story is based on Stephen Chow's early career, as he started off as a temporary actor, before becoming a successful and popular comedy actor over the course of a decade. The film does retain some of bizarre visual gags Chow is known for, such as Chow's character bleeding from the nose and eyes during a singing number.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung, Man Tat Ng
Director: Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee
Waiting / Waiting… (2005)
Comedy
Always remember the cardinal rule of eating out; Never mess with people who handle your food! Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long star in this hilarious comedy about the band of mischievous waiters, waitresses and cooks just waiting to show guests how extraordinary the serivce at ShenaniganZ restaurant can be.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, Kaitlin Doubleday, Andy Milonakis, Dane Cook, Chi McBride, Luis Guzmán, David Koechner, John Francis Daley
Director: Rob McKittrick
American Wedding / American Pie: The Wedding / American Pie 3 (2003)
Comedy | Romance
The third film in the American Pie series deals with the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.
Starring: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Thomas Ian Nicholas, January Jones
Director: Jesse Dylan
