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Posted on May 3, 2012 |
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Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
Horror
A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
Starring: Shanley Caswell, Maureen McCormick, Eric Roberts
Director: David DeCoteau
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Posted on May 3, 2012 |
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99 francs / 39,90 (2007)
Comedy | Drama
Octave is the master of the universe. Octave exercises the profession of copywriter. Today he decides what you will want tomorrow. For him, "man is a product like everything else." Octave works for the world's largest advertising agency, Ross & Witchcraft, nicknamed "The Ross." He's swimming in money, girls and coke. Even so, he has his doubts. Two events will turn Octave's life on its head: his love affair with Sophie, the agency's most beautiful employee, and a meeting at Madone to sell an advertisement to this major company in the diary sector. Gifted Octave loses the plot and decides to rebel against the system that created him, by botching his greatest publicity campaign. From Paris, where agency bosses negociate deals, to Miami, where advertisements get shot while gulping anti-depressants, from Saint-Germain-de-Près to an isolated island in Central America, will Octave manage to escape his golden prison?
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille
Director: Jan Kounen
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Posted on May 3, 2012 |
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Turning Point 2 / Laughing Gor – Qian Zui Fan (2011)
Action | Crime
Undercover cop Laughing enters prison to track inmate and corrupt cop Tai Chit. Laughing then meets fellow prisoner Fok Tin Yam, who is a former professor now imprisoned for drug dealing. Fok Tin Yam seems also interested in Tai Chit. Things become more complicated when Laughing encounters his old nemesis So Sing Pak.
Starring: Michael Tse, Francis Ng, Chapman To, Bosco Wong, Kara Hui, Kate Tsui, Janice Man, Kai Chi Liu, Cheung-Ching Mak, Suet Lam, Kong King, Chi-Kwong Cheung, Jin Auyeung, Siu-Ming Lau, Rebecca Zhu
Director: Herman Yau
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Tags: Bosco Wong, Chapman To, Cheung-Ching Mak, Chi-Kwong Cheung, Francis Ng, Herman Yau, Janice Man, Jin Auyeung, Kai Chi Liu, Kara Hui, Kate Tsui, Kong King, Michael Tse, Rebecca Zhu, Siu-Ming Lau, Suet Lam
Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Brake (2012)
Crime | Thriller
What appears to be a random kidnapping becomes something more sinister when Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins discovers he's being used as a pawn in a terrorist plot. Watching the clock tick down to an unknown catastrophe, Jeremy is forced by his captors to listen to the outside world on the brink of collapse, knowing that the only way to save the people he loves is to divulge a secret that he has sworn to protect.
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, JR Bourne, Tom Berenger
Director: Gabe Torres
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
Comedy
A group of strangers from different countries end up on Rio's sensual beaches. Seeking self fulfillment, they are looking for answers to existential questions. Yet it isn't until their different paths cross that they begin to understand why they came.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht / Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Fantasy | Horror
Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Virna, where he lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoule living of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Virna, bringing with him death and plague… An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die.
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen
Director: Werner Herzog
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Tags: Bruno Ganz, Dan van Husen, Isabelle Adjani, Klaus Kinski, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Werner Herzog
Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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4.3.2.1. (2010)
Crime | Thriller
While Jo (Roberts) is chained down in a dead end supermarket job, her friends are all out on their own separate adventures: Cassandra (Egerton) is jetting off to New York to meet her Internet boyfriend; Kerrys (Warren-Markland) is on a one woman crusade fighting for female liberation and Shannon (Lovibond) is on a one way trip to meet her maker. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself. These 4 girls are about to have 3 days they will never forget, spanning to 2 cities. That is … if they survive.
Starring: Emma Roberts, Tamsin Egerton, Ophelia Lovibond, Noel Clarke, Shanika Warren-Markland
Director: Noel Clarke, Mark Davis
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Parenthood (1989)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy about parenthood, and dealing with the lives of a family, from several points of view.
Starring: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis
Director: Ron Howard
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Winter's Bone (2010)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
Director: Debra Granik
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Adventure | Comedy
When best buddies Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) discover that a major motion picture is being based on their likenesses, they head for Hollywood to claim the big movie money they deserve. But when the dopey duo learns that they've been cut out of the cash, they set out to sabotage the flick at all costs. Featuring a host of celebrity cameos set to a hot hit soundtrack, Jay and Silent Bob's raucous cross-country road trip is a crash course in the rules of the road with a nonstop assortment of outrageous characters that will have you laughing out loud!
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth
Director: Kevin Smith
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Armageddon / Tin dei hung sam (1997)
Action | Comedy | Fantasy
In the near future 10 men are voted as the 10 who could lead the world; on the list is leading Hong Kong scientist Dr. Ken (Andy Lau). When some of the other important figures on the list start dying in suspicious cases of spontaneous human combustion, the Hong Kong CID and the British MI6 get involved to try and protect Dr. Ken. Ken's close friend in the Hong Kong police, Chiu (Anthony Wong) helps Ken stay out of trouble.
Starring: Andy Lau, Michelle Reis, Anthony Wong, Claudia Lau, Angel Wong, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Vincent Kok
Director: Gordon Chan
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
Biography | Drama
Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais
Director: Julian Schnabel
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Time Bandits (1981)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A curious boy named Kevin is whisked away from his dreary English home by six mischievous dwarfs who have stolen/borrowed a map from the Supreme Being. The map reveals "time holes" that allow them to travel through history where they meet Robin Hood, King Agamemnon, and Napoleon and steal their treasures. However, the Supreme Being really wants his map back and continually interrupts Kevin and the time bandits as they rob their way through time.
Starring: Michael Palin, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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The Benchwarmers (2006)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sport
Three guys (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner-take-all game with the best team of kids in the state.
Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn
Director: Dennis Dugan
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Splintered (2010)
Horror | Thriller
Somewhere prowling in the darkest corner of a desolate, abandoned building on the edge of a wilderness is a dangerous animal. It's a human animal that lives by the rules of the wild, where survival is the only concern. This creature of the night uses cunning and instinct to hunt and kill for pleasure. He has no qualms about his actions; he lives by his desires and he'll take what he wants. SOPHIE, a teenager with a troubled past, strays into the abandoned building on a dare. She discovers what it's like to become the object of this animal's obsessive desire when she's locked in an isolated room, where no one can hear her screams. In the night, sitting in the pitch black, waiting for the inevitable, Sophie is terrified by the the obsessive stare through the skylight of the impromptu jail. Daylight brings GAVIN. He keeps the animal at bay as best he can. A protector of sorts, but a protector who also keeps her locked away. What bizarre relationship does this self appointed jailer have with the elusive prowling creature beyond the door? Sophie's attempts at escape repeatedly end in failure, but she clings to the hope that she will be rescued by her friends, despite her fears of what might happen to them, if they come too close to the vicious animal?
Starring: Stephen Walters, Holly Weston
Director: Simeon Halligan
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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On the Bowery (1956)
Documentary
In 1956, Ray, a younger man, arrives on New York City's skid row, enters a bar and buys a few drinks. He meets Gorman, who, when Ray passes out, steals his suitcase. Over the next two days, Ray and Gorman keep crossing paths on the Bowery, a street of lost souls.
Starring: Ray Salyer, Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews
Director: Lionel Rogosin, Lionel Rogosin
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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The Scent of Green Papaya / Mùi du du xanh (1993)
Drama | Music | Romance
A young girl, Mui, becomes a servant for a rich family. Mui is notably peaceful and curious about the world. The family consists of a frequently absent husband, a wife, an older son, two younger sons, and the husband's mother. When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he takes all the household's money. He returns ill and passes away shortly after.
Starring: Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Vantha Talisman, Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong
Director: Tran Anh Hung
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Tags: Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Vantha Talisman
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo / Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Action | Drama | War
The story of two brothers who are unwillingly drafted into the South Korean army following the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. The older brother strives to protect his younger brother on the battlefield, while struggling to find a way to have him discharged so he can return to their village and care for the family they left behind. However, as the war progresses, the horror and violence they witness begin to take its toll on each man and severe their bonds as brothers and soldiers
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Yeong-ran Lee
Director: Je-gyu Kang
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Tags: Bin Won, Dong-gun Jang, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Je-gyu Kang, Yeong-ran Lee
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Angel Wings / Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita to tetsujin heidan: Habatake tenshitachi (2011)
Animation
Jealous of Suneo’s new robot toy, Nobita asks Doraemon to build him an even better one. Doraemon initially refuses, until Nobita accidentally discovers pieces of a mysterious robot that falls from the sky. After gathering all the robot parts and assembled them together, the giant robot, Zanda Claus, is soon completed. The duo soon learn that the robot is not a mere toy, but a powerful weapon in the fight against the coming Robot Army that is going to attack Earth and enslave the human inhabitants of it. An invasion is near, as a mysterious girl Lillele shows up, looking for the robot.
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yumi Kakazu, Kôji Katô, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Yukiyo Teramoto
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Tags: Kôji Katô, Masaharu Fukuyama, Megumi Oohara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Wasabi Mizuta, Yukiyo Teramoto, Yumi Kakazu
Posted on April 30, 2012 |
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Fury / The Samaritan (2012)
Thriller
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga
Director: David Weaver
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