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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Family
Based on a true story, Benjamin Mee is a recently-widowed father who moves his family to a beautiful estate miles outside the city. The only catch is that the estate is also a dilapidated zoo replete with 200 animals, and the purchase of the home is conditional on the new owner keeping the zoo and its entire staff. The Mee family subsequently sets out to rebuild and refurbish the zoo to its former glory, making new friends along the way.
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning, Angus MacFadyen
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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The Sitter (2011)
Comedy
Noah is a suspended college student, living at home with his single mom, who is talked into babysitting the three, young, misfit kids next door. When he's invited that night to have sex by a girl, he decides to take the kids along on the attempted sexual rendezvous, and the night takes a wild and dangerous turn for the worse for which he is totally unprepared.
Starring: Jonah Hill, Max Records, Ari Graynor, Sam Rockwell, J.B. Smoove
Director: David Gordon Green
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Drama | Romance
What's Eating Gibert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert has to constantly, while working for the town's slowly dying Convenience Store, take care of his younger brother Arnie. Gilbert's life, his future, is thwarted he know this, but it is in this Guardian Angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis
Director: Lasse Hallström
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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Five Corners (1987)
Drama | Romance
Set in 1964 in a lower middle-class New York neighborhood, Heinz has just been released from prison but is still obsessed with Linda. She turns for help to Harry, an ex-boyfriend who has recently taken up the cause of non-violence. But Harry soon finds himself in a morally compromising situation where violence is the only solution.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff, John Turturro
Director: Tony Bill
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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Chak De India! (2007)
Drama | Family
Kabir Khan lives a middle-class lifestyle along with his widowed mom in Delhi, India, and is the Captain of the Indian men's hockey team. He fails to score at the last tournament resulting in Pakistan winning the World Cup amidst allegations that he was more inclined toward his opponents due to his religion. Kabir and his mom move away and virtually disappear for seven years. Thereafter Kabir surfaces to be a Coach for the women's hockey team, consisting of 16 players from all over India, some of who do not communicate well. Kabir's disciplinarian style ends up offending the players, lead by the militant Bindia Naik, who decide not to participate unless he resigns amidst allegations that he is having an affair with soon to-be married Vidya Sharma, who he appoints as the new Captain. Things change after a brawl with eve-teasers at the local McDonald's, the girls accept Kabir…
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan
Director: Shimit Amin
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
Action | Comedy | Horror
After witnessing the brutal murder of his family, Jack Brooks is left with an unquenchable fury that he is constantly fighting to control. Now working as a local plumber and struggling in a relationship with his girlfriend Eve, Jack's life has become a downward spiral. One night, Jack attempts to fix Professor Crowley's old, rusted pipes, but unknowingly awakens an ancient evil. Lured by this demonic power, Professor Crowley discovers a monstrous black heart that quickly forces its way inside of him. Possessed by the heart now beating in his chest, the Professor starts a slow, gruesome transformation. It is at this moment that Jack realizes he can't run from his past, and quickly discovers the true purpose of his inner rage.
Starring: Robert Englund, Trevor Matthews, Rachel Skarsten, David Fox, Daniel Kash
Director: Jon Knautz
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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The Battle for Marjah (2010)
Documentary
On February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. There, the Marines had four tasks: remove the Taliban, hold all ground seized, build infrastructure and governance, and transfer control to Afghan security forces. In this powerful account, award-winning journalist Ben Anderson tells the story of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and its commanding officer, Captain Ryan Sparks. At the battle's outset, Sparks and the 272 men of Bravo are flown 12 miles and dropped into the center of Marjah, where the Taliban lie in wait. For the young Marines, their first task begins. Embedded with Bravo Company, Anderson provides an intimate and sobering look at the realities of counterinsurgency warfare.
Director: Anthony Wonke
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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I Do / Wo Yuan Yi (2012)
Comedy | Romance
Beijing, the present day. Tang Weiwei (Li Bingbing) is a well-educated, high-earning career woman who works as sales director for an image design company. Now 32, she has had only one love affair in her life, which lasted from the age of 18 to 25, and since then she has been very, very single, devoted to her career. Pragmatically deciding it is time to find a husband, her best friend Jin Xiaoling (Xu Jianing) arranges some blind dates, all of which turn out to be useless. However, during one group blind date she meets Yang Nianhua (Sun Honglei), a divorced, former owner of a publishing company, who gradually insinuates himself into becoming her confidant and friend. Weiwei is devastated to discover that Jim Wang, CEO of her company's new client, NASDAQ-listed jewellery firm Jinxiu, is in fact Wang Yang (Duan Yihong), the boyfriend who suddenly disappeared seven years ago after she'd supported him through hard times. Now Wang Yang has returned from the US to China as a wealthy businessman and is looking to patch things up with Weiwei. She, however, still can't forgive him, and Wang Yang also has to deal with the persistent Nianhua, whom Weiwei has put on a "trial period" as a potential husband.
Starring: Bingbing Li, Honglei Sun, Yihong Duan
Director: Zhou Sun
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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Big Blue Lake / Da lan hu (2011)
Drama
Unemployed 30-something actress Cheung Lai Yee returns to the town where she grew up, rural Ho Chung Village in Hong Kong's New Territories hinterlands. Cheung has been away for ten years, and everything about home seems different. Her mother is showing signs of Alzheimer's disease; the village is showing signs of being modernized and “developed” out of its old character. Both mother and village have an increasingly tenuous hold on their memories, their sense of place, the very thing that grounds them to their histories and their identities. While taking a series of very odd odd jobs (pretending to be a disabled customer to test shopkeepers' reactions), Cheung determines to reconnect with her mother. She has a plan for the old villagers she meets, as well, built around reviving and reenacting stories from their youth. When she meets an old classmate Lin Jin who has stayed behind in the town (who has his own unresolved girlfriend-history problems), shared backgrounds click and new intimacies begin to form.
Starring: Leila Tong, Lawrence Chou, Amy Chun, Joman Chiang
Director: Jessey Tsang
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Adventure | Drama | Mystery
Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Viola Davis, Max von Sydow, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Caldwell
Director: Stephen Daldry
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Drama | Romance | War
Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain.
Starring: Zana Marjanovic, Goran Kostic, Rade Serbedzija, Nikola Djuricko, Dzana Pinjo
Director: Angelina Jolie
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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Take Shelter (2011)
Drama | Thriller
Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah's healthcare and special needs…
Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
Director: Jeff Nichols
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Drama
A depiction of Christ's life including a vision of what his life might have been like had he not been crucified.
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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The Lion of Judah (2011)
Animation
Follow the adventures of a bold lamb (Judah) and his stable friends as they try to avoid the sacrificial alter the week preceding the crucifixion of Christ. It is a heart-warming account of the Easter story as seen through the eyes of a lovable pig (Horace), a faint-hearted horse (Monty), a pedantic rat (Slink), a rambling rooster (Drake), a motherly cow (Esmay) and a downtrodden donkey (Jack). This magnificent period piece with its epic sets is a roller coaster ride of emotions. Enveloped in humor, this quest follows the animals from the stable in Bethlehem to the great temple in Jerusalem and onto the hillside of Calvary as these unlikely heroes try to save their friend.
Starring: Michael Madsen, Ernest Borgnine, Leon Clingman, Georgina Cordova, Scott Eastwood
Director: Deryck Broom, Roger Hawkins
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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Juno (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Juno (Ellen Page) is a teen facing an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera). With the help of her best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a "perfect" set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner), longing to adopt. Though she faces some tough decisions, Juno flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs.
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney
Director: Jason Reitman
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Posted on March 19, 2012 |
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The Lawnmower Man (1992)
Horror | Sci-Fi
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Starring: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson
Director: Brett Leonard
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Shattered (1991)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who is supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more about his past and true identity.
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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Posted on March 18, 2012 |
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War Horse / Warhorse (2011)
Drama | History | War
The friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of World War I.
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Posted on March 18, 2012 | Comments Off on Gorky Park (1983) 720p HDTV DD2.0 x264-DON
Gorky Park (1983)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
An investigator on the Moscow police force relentlessly pursues the solution to a triple homicide which occurred in Moscow's Gorky Park. He finds that no one really wants him to solve the crime because it is just the tip of a complex conspiracy which involves the highest levels of the Moscow city government.
Starring: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Ian Bannen, Joanna Pacula
Director: Michael Apted
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Posted on March 18, 2012 | Comments Off on The Recollections of a Certain Pilot (2011) BluRay 720p AC3 x264-CHD
The Recollections of a Certain Pilot / To aru hikoushi e no tsuioku (2011)
Animation
As a beautiful daughter of the noble family del Moral, Fana was proposed by Prince Carlo, who is the crown prince of their country Levamme. However, since Levamme is at war with Amatsuvian, the marriage had to wait until the war ends. Meanwhile, as a bestado, the lowest caste in Levamme, Charles had always dreamed of flying and eventually became the ace pilot of the air force. Although he was often mistreated, a glorious chance came about when the Amatsuvian bombarded del Moral's home in order to get rid of the future empress. Charles was then entrusted with the top secret mission of delivering the princess to the prince.
Starring: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Daisuke Ono, Takeshi Tomizawa
Director: Jun Shishido
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