|
|
UK:15 certified movies
|
|
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. |
|
|
Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
|
|
Lewis Thomas (Paul Walker) takes an opportunity to start an affair with Venna Wilcox (Leelee Sobieski), the girl of his dreams. He buys a jitney and sets out on a road trip to Colorado to pick Venna up at college. On the way, he detours to Salt Lake City to bail his ill-starred older brother, Fuller Thomas (Steve Zahn), out of jail. During their trip fun-loving Fuller decides to play a CB-radio trick on a trucker with a gruff voice which makes your flesh creep. Fuller convinces Lewis to pretend to be a female trucker named "Candy Cane" and make a rendezvous with "Rusty Nail" (Ted Levine) at the motel. The joke works well, and the dudes giggle at the lovelorn trucker. However, they are unaware that foolish pranks may be fraught with grave consequences. |
|
|
This engaging romantic drama stars Jennifer Lopez as Sharon Pogue, one of the best and most beautiful Chicago police officers. One day while chasing a drive-by suspect she finds herself in a potentially dangerous situation. The ruthless criminal tries to get rid of the tough policewoman by shooting her twice when a mysterious stranger named 'Catch' (James Caviezel) appears from out of the blue and saves Sharon's life. Who is this courageous man who wasn't afraid to give her a helping hand during the shoot-out? How did he happen to walk down the deserted street at the right moment? And why does Sharon feel as though they have met somewhere before? |
|
|
Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette) is a young woman who has a birth defect - excessive body hair. It’s so excessive that even in the medical encyclopaedia the description of the phenomenon is illustrated with her photo. Trying to find herself, Lila goes to live in the forest and writes several books about nature, but at the age of 30 she returns to society to find a significant other. She starts dating Dr. Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins), a 35-year-old pedantic bore who teaches table manners to lab mice. One day on a hiking trip, they come upon a feral man (Rhys Ifans) raised as an ape in the wilds. Nathan takes an opportunity to illustrate his theory of animal learning and tries to civilize Puff. |
|
|
Rudy Cafmeyer (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a tireless adventurer and artifacts dealer, heads to Israel in search of his father Oscar (Vernon Dobtcheff) who went missing while writing a book on an ancient secret sect known as the Order. In Jerusalem the notorious adventurer finds himself hunted by mercenaries and police under the leadership of the valiant Lt. Dalia Barr (Sofia Milos). She risks her own life and career to help Rudy during breathtaking chases and frenzied gunfights in the narrow streets of the ancient town before he manages to uncover a nefarious plot of the Order's mad leader, Pierre Gaudet, who is intent on starting Holy War and establishing the reign of terror on the Earth. |
|
|
It is Valentine's Day, the most romantic day of the year. At a high school dance, love is in the air. An unattractive student, Jeremy Melton (Joel Palmer), tries to ask girls to dance with him, but to no avail. At last plump Dorothy Wheeler (Jessica Capshaw) agrees, but school bullies don't like the couple and begin mocking at them. Dorothy says that Jeremy has attacked her. Then the boys humble Jeremy by calling him a pervert, pulling off his clothes and battering him in front of the entire school. Many years pass. In 2001, Dorothy, Paige Prescott (Denise Richards), Kate Davies (Marley Shelton), Lily Voight (Jessica Cauffiel), and Shelley Fisher (Katherine Heigl), who were at the school dance, plan to celebrate upcoming Valentine's Day together. However, one of the girls, Shelley, is brutally murdered by a Cupid-mask wearing killer who sent her a threatening Valentine's Day card just before the attack. After the funeral, the remaining four girls start receiving anonymous threats. The girls suspect Jeremy Melton of being responsible for the murder and threats. |
|
|
Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John (played by Ben Chaplin) should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia (Nicole Kidman) is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime. |
|
|
After the death of his eccentric Uncle Cyrus (Murray Abraham), Arthur Kriticos (Tony Shalhoub) inherits his strange mansion. The bizarre glass house is filled with different mysterious artifacts as well as Latin inscriptions carved on the walls and floors. The doors in the house open and close strangely by themselves. Little does Arthur know that when he enters this creepy mansion, he will reluctantly fulfil Cyrus's evil will and unleash twelve vengeful ghosts that are imprisoned in the basement. Then the energy of the gruesome ghosts will fuel an evil giant machine to open a portal to the Eye of Hell. But it requires a thirteen spirit to join the Black Zodiac... |
|
|
Set in Middlesex, Virginia, the story follows Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a 16-year-old dreamer and Christina Applegate fan who suffers from pyromania. On October 2nd, 1988, Donnie is visited by a man-sized large-toothed bunny named Frank (James Duval) and invited to go for a walk. While Donnie sleepwalks outside, a jet engine falls from the sky into his bedroom. At parting the rabbit prophesies that the "end of the world" will occur in "28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds." Before the apocalypse Frank calls on Donnie several times and draws him into a chain of vandal actions. |
|
|
Best friends will always help you even if they are not asked to. Wayne Lefessier (Steve Zahn) and J.D. McNugent (Jack Black) discover that their bosom buddy Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) is planning to make the most terrible clam: to lead a cold-hearted beauty, Judith Fessbeggler (Amanda Peet ) to the altar. They plot to get their luckless buddy out of the clutches of this spiteful and ambitious damsel. Unfourtunately, the dudes are not famous for doing things in a proper way, therefore they are so senseless as to play "James Bond" and kidnap Judith. In her absence the dim-witted guys want to bring Darren and his old flame, Sandy Perkus (Amanda Detmer), together. So the duo starts to realize their risky screwball plan! |
|
|
The future seems bright for Kevin Burke (Ulrich), a security expert for the large multi-national company Jorgensen Financial. He's just been promoted and is about to propose marriage to his girlfriend Rosalind (Catherine Orr). But that all changes when Rosalind is murdered before his eyes by a professional hitman. While tracking down her killers Kevin finds himself chased by mob hit-woman Tessa (Kristy Swanson), his co-workers Junior (Antonie Kamerling) and Mr Ficks (Serge Henri Valcke) and the police (Thom Hoffman). Burke's mentor and employer Karl Jorgensen (Derek de Lint), enigmatic though supportive, seems to hold the key to the mystery. |
|
|
A 32-year-old British woman named Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) indulges in bad habits, especially smoking, drinking and overeating, and has no scruple in saying what crosses her mind. The worst thing is that she is single and can't find the right man. Her caring parents (Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent) try to bring her into contact with their neighbors' modest son, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), but Bridget is attracted to her handsome boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). She eventually arrives at a decision to turn over a new leaf, to work off her excess weight and to keep a diary in which she will record her achievements. However, making dreams come true and finding true love turns out to be much more difficult than expected... |
|
|
Bewitching intrigante Maxine Conners (Sigourney Weaver) and her bright student, Paige (Jennifer Love Hewitt), are a mother and daughter con team. They know that God wants us to share with others. And there is no disgrace in fleecing a new wealthy hubby! Therefore they start a family business: Max seeks rich men to fall into her web and marry her, and then Page seduces them so that Max can win a great deal of money in divorce settlements. The main thing is to know when to stop because not only millionaires can take an interest in the gorgeous girls but cool-headed cops can do as well. Moreover, Max and Paige should be careful not to fall victim to the arrows of Eros... |
|
|
Danny "Mean Machine" Meehan (Vinnie Jones), a famous British football captain, goes to jail for drunk driving and assaulting police officers. Governor (David Hemmings), a devoted football supporter, pays a large sum of money for Danny to be sent just in his jail because he wants 'Mean Machine' to coach a team of prison guards. However, Danny realizes that if he agrees, he will never go at large. Therefore he offers to assemble a team of convicts, who can play practice games against the guards. Without much foresight, the warden accepts the offer... |
|
|
Nick Wells (Robert De Niro), an aging professional thief, is determined to retire from crime after he nearly gets caught on his last job. He intends to focus on running his jazz club and romancing his charming and sexy girlfriend Diane (Angela Bassett). But Nick is soon pressured to pull one last heist by his longtime friend, financial partner and fence named Max (Marlon Brando). To make matters worse, he has to break his most important rule – always work alone - and teams up with a hotheaded young thief, Jack Teller (Edward Norton), who works as a janitor at Montreal's Customs House. He is plotting the heist of a unique 17th century French scepter worth $30 million stored in the heavily guarded Customs House. Nick agrees to play this risky game once again, unaware that it may be extremely dangerous and complicated... |
|
|
It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask. From here the story follows a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse between bank robber and former cop Parker (James Spader) and small-town police officer Ray DeCarlo (David Keith) determined to catch him. Parker doesn't help himself by holing up with a nurse who happens to be DeCarlo's former wife. Throw in a rookie FBI agent, Indians who want their money back, some former friends of Parker who are not so friendly anymore and his fate seems sealed. |
|
|
David Aames (Tom Cruise) is a man who has the full monty: money, his own publishing company, an expensive car, a luxurious apartment in a respectable New York City neighborhood. He is young, devilishly handsome, charismatic and wealthy. Moreover, he is an object of desire to the most gorgeous young women. In short, David is the lucky man any chap would like to change with. One night, at his birthday party, he meets Sofia Serrano (Penélope Cruz) the mysterious, bewitching girl with a Spanish accent, and falls in love with her. The next day, his charmed life turns into a real nightmare. His jilted girlfriend Julianna Gianni (Cameron Diaz) takes revenge: when they are in a car, she drives it into a tree. After surviving a car crash and being horribly disfigured, David meets with another mishap. He is charged with his lover's deliberate murder... |
|
|
Femme fatale Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) knows how to use her beauty and body to twist men round her little finger. One night at a bar called McCool's, bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), Detective Dehling (John Goodman), and lawyer Carl Harding (Paul Reiser) meet the seductive Jewel who turns their heads and ruins each of their lives by making them break the law. |
|
|
Hitome, a school-girl, wishes she could fade away from the world. Her wish comes true as she is transported to a different world where she is a goddess. She is befriended by a a rag-tag clan of militants opposing the military might of Lord Vulcan; including his brother Van. She must call forth the dragon armor in time to defeat the minions of Lord Vulcan, but will her earthly wish to fade away, also cause the destruction of her new world, Gaea? |
|
