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Life (1999)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Rayford Gibson, an opportunistic con man, and Claude Banks, an ambitious bank teller, are complete opposites who cross paths in 1930s Harlem. In order to pay off their debts to a local crime lord, the mismatched pair travel into the Deep South on a moonshine delivery only to be framed for murder by a racist Southern cop. Sentenced to life in a Mississippi state prison, the bickering duo spend the next 60 years trading barbs and planning their escape, at the same time forming an unlikely but touching friendship.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes
Director: Ted Demme
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Terminal Velocity (1994)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Christopher McDonald
Director: Deran Sarafian
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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A Kiss and a Promise / Sex Killer (2010)
Drama
In a quiet Ontario town, a small Bed and Breakfast dwells with a perverse secret. David Beck, a closet sociopath, but seemingly normal man, runs the B & B with his wife Samantha, a fiery woman with masochistic tendencies. Their only tenant is an aspiring writer named Charlie Matthews, a pathological liar who has a longing to be liked by everyone. The harmony of the house is disrupted when a young girl's body is found on the edge of town. Veteran police Detective Anthony Dolan suspects David of the murder, but lacking evidence to make an arrest all he can do is wait for the killer to make a mistake. Shattered lives and shattered dreams are all that remain when love and deception collide. Behind these walls lies a world of sex, lust and murder. The shocking climax of this twisted tale reveals the darker side of the human psyche.
Starring: Mick Rossi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Sean Power, Patrick Bergin, Robert Miano
Director: Phillip Guzman
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Transamerica / Transamérica (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status…
Starring: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Duncan Tucker
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Lincz / Lynch (2010)
Drama
The story unfolds about the murder of an old man living in a remote village and six locals who may have been connected with the murder. Things get messy when the dead man turns out to be an ex convict. The accused ones find it very hard to deal with the preconceived attitude. The villagers, led by the families of the accused, have to fight for their innocence.
Starring: Leszek Lichota, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Wieslaw Komasa, Lukasz Simlat, Maciej Mikolajczyk
Director: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Comedy | Romance
Carl and Molly Peterson are just starting their new life together–complete with a cute house, boring neighbors, stable jobs and the routines of newlywed existence. There's just one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed new world. And his name's Dupree. Randy Dupree, Carl's oldest friend and perpetual bachelor, has found himself with nowhere to go after being fired. Carl yanks his jobless/homeless pal out of the bar he's living in and invites him to temporarily crash on the couch–that's just what friends do. At first, Carl is quite pleased to have his good buddy as a permanent couch guest, while Molly bears the brunt of Dupree's immature antics. But, as Carl becomes buried in his grown-up job, he finds it harder and harder to juggle Dupree and his responsibilities as a husband. To make matters worse, Dupree uses his ample spare time to become a great companion for Molly. Even her dad and the neighbors are falling for his carefree wisdom and charm–frustrating Carl to no end. Soon, everyone (but Carl) begins to root for Dupree to stick around. But as Dupree starts to become a fixture in the Peterson's home, three becomes not just a crowd–but a full blown, hilarious catastrophe.
Starring: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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Hell's Rain / Anna's Storm (2007)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When a barrage of meteors hurtles through the atmosphere straight for Mayor Anna McPherson's town, Anna must lead the desperate fight to save the town and her family from the flaming balls of destruction shooting down from the sky.
Starring: Sheree J. Wilson, Peter LaCroix, Scott Hylands, Aaron Pearl
Director: Kristoffer Tabori
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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Starter For 10 (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Brian Jackson, a working-class student from Essex navigating his first year at Bristol University, has a lot to prove. While his hometown mates worry about him turning into a poncey wanker, Brian's biggest concern is making the team for the long-running British television quiz show University Challenge. Amidst Tarts & Vicars dances, anti-Apartheid rallies, minging dorm rooms and puffs of marijuana smoke, Brian also finds himself romantically torn between two very different co-eds: the ultra-fit, University Challenge teammate, blonde bomshell Alice, and thoughtful, politically-conscious Rebecca Epstein.
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, James Corden
Director: Tom Vaughan
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)
Horror
As Abraham Lincoln labors over the Gettysburg address, the importance of which he is fully aware, he learns that a menace from his past has returned, threatening to tear the already fractured nation to pieces. He must journey behind enemy lines to face an foe far more fearsome than the Confederate army: the walking dead.
Starring: Bill Oberst Jr., Baby Norman, Christopher Marrone
Director: Richard Schenkman
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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The Decoy Bride (2011)
Comedy | Drama
When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, David Tennant, Alice Eve
Director: Sheree Folkson
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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The Buccaneer (1958)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes – and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Starring: Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Inger Stevens
Director: Anthony Quinn
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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Screwed (2011)
Drama
The film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. The story revolves around former soldier Sam Norwood who takes a job as a prison officer when he returns from Iraq and becomes exposed to the underworld of prison culture – including corrupt guards and drug trafficking.
Starring: James D'Arcy, Noel Clarke, Frank Harper, Kate Magowan, David Hayman, Cal Macaninch, Jamie Foreman
Director: Reg Traviss
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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Gone (2012)
Drama | Thriller
Jill Parrish comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan
Director: Heitor Dhalia
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Eine Ganz Heisse Nummer / Eine ganz heiße Nummer (2011)
Comedy
Phone sex instead of unemployment: The economic crisis reached a small Bavarian village. If in a less developed village shop is also the last before closing, ingenuity is required. Mary, Waltraud and Lena, three feisty women overcome their shame and found a Bavarian sex hotline! But first, the three have to give (S) will research and expert in the erotic shop until the economic success is possible. The erotic telephone counseling is needed. But when her secret Betaetigungsfeld blows up, the hot number makes for a scandal in the strict Catholic community.
Starring: Gisela Schneeberger, Bettina Mittendorfer, Rosalie Thomass, Monika Gruber
Director: Markus Goller
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Bright Star (2009)
Biography | Drama | Romance
It's 1818 in Hampstead Village on the outskirts of London. Poet Charles Brown lives in one half of a house, the Dilkes family who live in the other half. Through their association with the Dilkes, the fatherless Brawne family know Mr. Brown. The Brawne's eldest daughter, Fanny Brawne, and Mr. Brown don't like each other. She thinks he's arrogant and rude, and he feels that she is pretentious, knowing only how to sew (admittedly well as she makes all her own fashionable clothes), flirt and give opinions on subjects about which she knows nothing. Insecure struggling poet 'John Keats' comes to live with his friend, Mr. Brown. Miss Brawne and Mr. Keats have a mutual attraction to each other, a relationship which however is slow to develop in part since Mr. Brown does whatever he can to keep the two apart. But other obstacles face the couple, including their eventual overwhelming passion for each other clouding their view of what the other does…
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox
Director: Jane Campion
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Comedy | Horror
On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy unwittingly releases nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas re-animates a corps of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!
Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Beverly Randolph, John Philbin
Director: Dan O'Bannon
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina / Ekusu makina (2007)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Following the non-nuclear war that killed half the world's population, the city-nation of Olympus stands as a beacon of hope in a world of chaos and conflict. The utopian metropolis is governed by Gaia, a vast artificial intelligence, and administered by genetically engineered humanoids known as Bioroids, whose designer DNA suppresses strong emotions. With Bioroids being half of its population, peace and order are easily maintained. Deunan, a young female warrior, and Briareos, a veteran cyborg-soldier, are both partners and lovers. As members of E.S.W.A.T., the elite special forces serving Olympus, they are deployed whenever trouble strikes. The two fighters find their partnership tested in a new way by the arrival of a new member to their ranks – an experimental Bioroid named Tereus. Created by Gaia using DNA from Briareos, Tereus uncannily resembles Briareos before the wartime injuries that led to his becoming a cyborg. Not only does this trouble Deunan, but Briareos's DNA gives Tereus more than top-notch fighting skills; this battle-ready Bioroid is like Briareos in another way – he has also strong romantic feelings for Deunan!
Starring: Ai Kobayashi, Kouichi Yamadera, Yûji Kishi, Miyuki Sawashiro, Naoko Kouda
Director: Shinji Aramaki
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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Security Unlimited / Mo deng bao biao (1981)
Comedy
Chou Sai-Cheong. a bitter supervisor of a Hong Kong private security company, teaches unusual guard tactics to new recruits such as electric mats, parachuting off burning buildings and counter-attacking gunfire. He was secretly observed by his new boss (Stanley Fung) and, unimpressed by his work, the new boss demotes Chou and promotes Chou's assistant Sam (Sam Hui). Under the leadership of Sam, Chou and new recruit Bruce Tang (Ricky Hui) encounter a slew of misadventures, including pursuing stowaways on a party boat. Bruce ultimately falls in love with one of the stowaways. Finally, they all get entangled in a plot to steal one of China's most prized treasures on display in Hong Kong, and in a plot involving some missing government money that the security officers were guarding.
Starring: Michael Hui, Samuel Hui, Ricky Hui, Shui-Fan Fung, Hoi Sang Lee, Bill Tung
Director: Michael Hui
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Silencio en la nieve / Frozen Silence (2011)
Drama | Mystery
The Russian Front, winter 1943. A battalion of the Spanish Blue Division runs into several horses’ heads scattered over the frozen surface of a lake. The bodies are submerged under the ice. Beside one of the horses lies the corpse of a Spanish soldier. His throat is slit and carved into his shoulder with a knife are the words, “See that God sees you”. His superiors order soldier Arturo Andrade, (Juan Diego Botto), a former police inspector, to investigate the matter. He takes on the task with professional rigor, aided by Sargeant Estrada (Carmelo Gómez).They soon discover that what is behind the murder is a perverse vengeance for insults made in the past and it looks one dead body is only the beginning. No one is free of suspicion and no one is safe. In the midst of the cruel war, the hunt for the murderer is on, a search where we won’t know who is the hunter and who is the prey until the very end.
Starring: Juan Diego Botto, Carmelo Gómez, Francesc Orella, Víctor Clavijo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Alex Spijksma
Director: Gerardo Herrero
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Posted on May 15, 2012 |
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One Way Trip (2011)
Horror
Eight young people drive to the Swiss Jura region, food and tents in the trunk. It's autumn and high season for a magic mushroom that grows there – the reason for their trip. After a few problems they arrive at the desired location deep in the woods, the tents are set up, the mushrooms are collected and when it gets dark the party starts. Everything is fine until one of the youths wants to get beer and comes back with a blood-covered and smashed face. They don't know what happened but need to find help. As they discover that their car has a flat tire and their phones don't work, they seek shelter in a nearby farmhouse. But that's just where they were supposed to go.
Starring: Sabrina Reiter, Melanie Winiger, Herbert Leiser, Martin Loos, Aaron Hitz
Director: Markus Welter
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