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Posted on April 20, 2014 |
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The Physician / Der Medicus (2013)
Adventure | Drama
When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother's hand he could not foresee that this terrifying awareness of impending death was a gift that would lead him from the familiar life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at Ispahan. Though apprenticed to an itinerant barber surgeon, it is the dazzling surgery of a Jewish physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna that inspires him to accept his gift and to commit his life to healing by studying at Avicenna's school. Despite the ban on Christian students, Rob goes there, disguising himself as a Jew to gain admission. Gordon has written an adventurous and inspiring tale of a quest for medical knowledge pursued in a violent world full of superstition and prejudice.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Emma Rigby, Ben Kingsley, Olivier Martinez, Tom Payne, Elyas M'Barek
Director: Philipp Stölzl
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Posted on June 10, 2013 |
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My Son the Fanatic (1997)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Parvez was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and as a child was asked to study the Holy scriptures through a Maulvi. When the Maulvi started his sermon, Parvez would fall asleep, this lead to the Maulvi devising a unique punishment, which ultimately compelled Parvez to stop attending. When he grew up, his marriage was arranged with Minoo and they immigrated to a small town in Britain, where Parvez started to make a living driving a taxi, and found himself free from all religious activity. 25 years later, Parvez is an alcoholic, still driving a cab, while people who had immigrated after him have their own businesses and are wealthier. Parvez now has a grown son, Farid, who is the apple of his eye, and is to be engaged to Madeleine Fingerhut, who is the daughter of the local Chief Inspector. After the two families' meet, Farid has a sudden change of heart when he notices that the Chief Inspector detests his family, and it slowly dawns on him that he and his girlfriend are quite different, and he cannot be part of a culture that relies solely on filth, porn, is soaked in sex, along with a mix of Caucasian (white) and Jewish propaganda against Islam. He starts reciting the Holy Quran, and asks permission from his dad to invite some religious leaders from Pakistan, after receiving consent, they do arrive to live in Parvez's home. It is here that Parvez will find that Farid has broken off the forthcoming engagement with Ms. Fingerhut, and has become a born again Muslim. His wife, Minoo, has taken to wearing the Hizaab, remains in the kitchen all day, and is not even permitted to sup or dine with her family, while Parvez finds that he cannot even sleep in his bedroom. Things start to heat up when Farid finds out that his dad has been patronizing a prostitute by the name of Beltina, whose real name is Sandra, and he also notes that his dad is her pimp. Then he and his colleagues set about to cleanse this town of its prostitutes – leading to a confrontation between him and his dad – a confrontation that may well split this family forever.
Starring: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Akbar Kurtha, Stellan Skarsgård, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel
Director: Udayan Prasad
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Tags: Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel, Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgård, Udayan Prasad
Posted on May 27, 2013 |
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En ganske snill mann / A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Plot: Ulrik is reluctantly let out of prison after serving 12 years for murder. He has to cope with his gang, his ex, a few women – and a snitch. His son has a fiancé. Her family doesn't approve of murder. They have a nursery, they have principles. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. But how gentle can you be? …and he's losing his hair.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist, Jon Øigarden, Kjersti Holmen
Director: Hans Petter Moland
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Posted on January 28, 2013 |
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w Delta z / Waz / The Killing Gene (2007)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
A series of deaths have started occurring in New York; Some are being found mutilated while others have an equation wÎ"z = Cov (w,z) = ßwzVz carved onto their skin. As police investigate they discover each victim was forced to choose between sacrificing their own life or a loved ones' life. Before long it becomes clear that this perpetrator has suffered just such a similar fate…so now is coping by seeking a way of solving this philosophical enigma, can Captain Maclean and his officers such as Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott stop this suspect, because he/she won't not until he/she gets to the end of this equation.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Melissa George, Ashley Walters, Tom Hardy, Paul Kaye, John Sharian, Selma Blair
Director: Tom Shankland
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Posted on October 8, 2012 |
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist / Paul Schrader's Exorcist: The Original Prequel (2005)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Lankester Merrin is a archaeologist by profession but an ordained Roman Catholic priest who has lost his faith and abandoned his vocation. He is haunted by what he was forced to do in his native Holland during World War II. The church he's excavated in Northern Kenyan dates to the Byzantine period but this puts its construction hundreds of years before Christianity was introduced to the area. the church was buried to the rooftop in sand and as its structure is exposed, a madness slowly descends on the camp. the local tribesmen are prepared to go to war and demand that the church be buried. Soon, two British soldiers are found dead and their commanding officer, Major Granville, shoots a innocent civilian in cold blood. As fear descends upon everyone in the camp, it becomes apparent that a young disabled boy, Cheche, is possessed by the devil forcing Merrin to re-examine his own beliefs.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford, Ralph Brown
Director: Paul Schrader
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Posted on August 22, 2012 |
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The Avengers (2012)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agency brings together a team of superhumans to help save the Earth from annihilation by extraterrestrial invaders.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgård
Director: Joss Whedon
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Tags: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hiddleston
Posted on August 14, 2012 |
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Goya's Ghosts (2006)
Biography | Drama | War
Goya's Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse is accused of being a heretic, renowned painter Francisco Goya must convince his old friend Lorenzo, a power-hungry monk and leader of the Spanish Inquisition, to spare her life.
Starring: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid, José Luis Gómez
Director: Milos Forman
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Posted on July 17, 2012 |
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King of Devil's Island / Kongen av Bastøy (2010)
Action | Drama
Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastoy, located in the Oslo fjord live a group of delinquent, young boys aged 11 to 18. The boys daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. Instead of the boys being straightened out with education they end up being used as cheap, manual labor. The boys attempt to survive by adapting to their inhumane conditions. One day a new boy, Erling (17), arrives with his own agenda; how to escape from the island. How far is he willing to go in order to get his freedom? After a tragic incident takes place, Erling ends up forced into the destinies of the other boys by leading them into a violent uprising. Once the boys manage to take over Bastoy 150 government soldiers are sent in to restore order.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner
Director: Marius Holst
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Posted on March 4, 2012 |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
The English language imagining of Stieg Larsson's bestseller "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". The movie follows an investigative journalist who has been hired by a wealthy industrialist to follow up on the disappearance of a family member.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer
Director: David Fincher
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Posted on November 4, 2011 |
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
Drama
Set in working-class South Boston, a psychological drama about a 20-year-old lad who works as a janitor at MIT and spends most of his time with his coarse friends at the neighborhood bar. Blessed with a certain genius, Will, who has never attended college, can summon obscure historical references based on his exceptional photographic memory. He can also solve difficult mathematical problems with an…
Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Posted on August 30, 2011 |
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Thor (2011)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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