You Shoot, I Shoot / Maai hung paak yan (2001)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Bart (Eric Kot), a professional contract killer, is requested by his clients to film his killings. He hires aspiring film director Cheun (Cheung Tat-Ming) for the filming.
Starring: Eric Kot, Tat-Ming Cheung
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang
Fright Night (1985)
Comedy | Horror | Thriller
For young Charlie Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charlie with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charlie's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money…
Starring: Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffreys
Director: Tom Holland
August Rush (2007)
Drama | Music | Romance
A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, orphaned by circumstance. Years later, performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger who gives him the name August Rush, the child uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Across the Universe (2007)
Adventure | Drama | Musical
A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. Star-crossed lovers, Jude and Lucy, along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with "Dr. Robert" and "Mr. Kite" as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy – against all odds – to find their own way back to each other.
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy
Director: Julie Taymor
Chemistry (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Thriller
As the saying goes — opposites attract — but that is just the tip of the connection between Liz and Michael. Liz is the cop; Michael, the corporate lawyer. They come from different worlds: the ivy-league world of a law firm where Michael is engaged to the boss's daughter, and the gritty world of the LAPD, where Liz is a hardboiled cop on the beat.
Starring: Jonathan Chase, Ana Alexander, Ragan Brooks, Jeremy Kent Jackson, Sally Kellerman, Chad Everett, Asante Jones
Creator: Richard Christian Matheson, Norman Steinberg
Warehouse 13 (TV Series 2009-2014)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
After saving the life of the President in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the U.S. Government has collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve some of the missing objects and investigate reports of new ones.
Starring: Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Eddie McClintock, Genelle Williams, Allison Scagliotti, CCH Pounder, Aaron Ashmore
Creator: Jane Espenson, D. Brent Mote
Desperate Housewives (TV Series 2004- )
Comedy | Drama
What dark secrets lie behind the well-manicured front lawns of Wisteria Lane? Murder? Suicide? Sex? Adultery? Try all the above, and that's just the first episode. Desperate Housewives has enraptured millions with its steamy tales of supposedly mild-mannered suburbanites. Whether it's Lynette struggling to raise her three rambunctious boys, or Gabrielle trying to prove she's more than just a token trophy wife, the women of Desperate Housewives never fail to keep the thrills coming and the audience's temperature rising.
Starring: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Ricardo Chavira, Brenda Strong, James Denton, Doug Savant
Creator: Marc Cherry
The Fades (TV Series 2011- )
Fantasy | Horror
Paul is a young man who is haunted by apocalyptic dreams that neither his therapist or best friend, Mac, can provide answers for. Worse still, Paul is starting to see the Fades – the spirits of the dead – all around him. They're everywhere but they can't be seen, smelt, heard or touched by living beings. But now an embittered and vengeful Fade has found a way to break the barrier between the dead and the living and Paul, Mac and their friends and family are all right in the eye of the storm.
Starring: Iain De Caestecker, Natalie Dormer, Daniel Kaluuya, Lily Loveless, Johnny Harris
Creator: Farren Blackburn
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200 M.P.H. (2011)
Action | Adventure | Drama
An amateur racer gets involved in illegal street racing after the death of his brother.
Starring: Jaz Martin, Hennely Jimenez, AnnaMaria Demara, Darren Anthony Thomas, Zedrick Restauro, Jared Kahn, Paul Logan
Director: Cole S. McKay
The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)
Comedy
Big-screen spin-off of the Channel 4 sitcom following the life of socially awkward suburban teenager Will and three of his friends. The film follows 18-year-old Will and his schoolmates, Neil, Simon and Jay, as they take off on a lads' holiday to Malia in Crete, where they go through all kinds of eye-opening and embarrassing rites of passage.
Starring: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Anthony Head, Laura Haddock
Director: Ben Palmer
Courageous (2011)
Drama | Family
Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and Shane Fuller are confident and focused. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they're quickly discovering…
Starring: Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes, Ben Davies
Director: Alex Kendrick
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Crime | Drama
The Coen Brothers are back with a dark and twisted film noir unlike anything you've ever seen. Set in a small 1949 California town, this is the story of a seemingly simple barber, who turns to blackmail and revenge to escape his achingly dull life. But in the tradition of classic noir, nothing goes as planned and nothing is as it seems. And as the barber's plot unravels, the delicious surprises, stunning revelations and just plain strange occurrences will disturb and delight you long after the film has ended.
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Maniac Cop (1988)
Action | Crime | Horror
In New York, a man in a cop's uniform starts killing people for no apparent reason.
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Robert Z'Dar, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Director: William Lustig
Treasure Hunt / Wu Jia Zhi Bao (2011)
Comedy
To further her career, elite commercial director Peggy agrees to leave her husband and her young son at home to shoot an ad on an isolated offshore island with alcoholic, incompetent action star Mr. Big. With the star, his family, his manager, and their children, Peggy attracts the attention of gangster Cobra, who is on the island to search for a legendary treasure left from the Ming Dyanasty. Juggling a spoiled superstar, kids, and a team of evildoers, how will Peggy get herself off the island so she can see family again?
Starring: Ronald Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Miaoke Lin, Ekin Cheng, Lucas Tse, Bing Shao
Director: Jing Wong
Vampyres / Daughters of Dracula / Vampyre Orgy (1974)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
This English-made horror thriller is the story of two female vampires who hitchhike along a deserted highway in the English countryside, luring unsuspecting drivers to their gothic mansion for a night of passion – followed by the victim's murder at the hands of the femme fatale.
Starring: Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska
Director: José Ramón Larraz
Sweeney Todd / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Drama | Horror | Musical
Unjustly sent to prison, a man vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, he becomes Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who "shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again." Sweeney's amorous accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, creates diabolical meat pies.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Tim Burton
La battaglia di Algeri / The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Drama | History | War
True-to-life chronicle of the Algerian people's struggle to overthrow the French Colonial Government in the mid-1950s. The focus is on the leaders of the Liberation Movement and the French general who is driven obsessively with catching them.
Starring: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Inside Job (2010)
Crime | Documentary
'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.
Starring: Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert, Jonathan Alpert, Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Director: Charles Ferguson
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Comedy | Drama
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon
Director: John Hughes
Dossier K. (2009)
Action | Crime | Drama
DOSSIER K. is the long anticipated successor to 'The Alzheimer Case' (aka The Memory Of A Killer) which won numerous awards and was sold to over 30 countries, among which the US (where it was released through Sony Picture Classics). This second film based on a novel by Jef Geeraerts is a dense European thriller about passion, betrayal, revenge, blind ambition and the inevitability of fate. Set against the realistic background of Albanian mafia in Antwerp, the story brings the main characters Erik Vincke and Freddy Verstuyft into a disastrous vortex from which no one seems to escape.
Starring: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Blerim Destani, Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Filip Peeters, R. Kan Albay
Director: Jan Verheyen
