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Titles starting from letter "S"
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Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in one man's hands... |
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An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quiting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss. |
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Andy Dufresne, a hotshot banker, has murdered his wife and her secret lover and is sent to Shawshank Prison for the lifetime. He is very isolated and lonely at first, but over the years, he retains hope and eventually gains the respect of his fellow inmates, especially longtime convict "Red" Redding, a black marketeer, and becomes influential within the prison. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. |
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Harvard-educated biotech executive John Henry Jack Armstrong gets fired when he informs on his bosses, launching an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities & Exchange Commission. Branded a whistle-blower and therefore unemployable, Jack desperately needs to make a living. When his former girlfriend Fatima, a high powered businesswoman--and now a lesbian--offers him cash to impregnate her and her new girlfriend Alex, Jack is persuaded by the chance to make easy money. Word spreads and soon Jack is in the baby-making business at $10,000 a try. Lesbians with a desire for motherhood and the cash to spare are lining up to seek his services. But, between the attempts by his former employers to frame him for security fraud and his dubious fathering activities, Jack finds his life, all at once, becoming very complicated. |
| She's the Man
[2006,
USA]
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| Everybody has a secret... Duke wants Olivia who likes Sebastian who is really Viola whose brother is dating Monique so she hates Olivia who's with Duke to make Sebastian jealous who is really Viola who's crushing on Duke who thinks she's a guy... |
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This movie is a modern recital of the Shakespearian "Twelfth Night, or What You Will". Viola's soccer team at Cornwall got cut so she wanted to join the boys' team, but she did not get any permission. She gets disguised as her twin brother Sebastian to play, where she meets Duke. The problem is, the real Sebastian has decided to shorten his London trip, and upon arriving on campus two days earlier than expected, Viola's perfect plan hits an unexpected hitch that sends the entire situation spiraling into chaos. |
| Shelter
[2007,
USA]
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| Zach has put aside his aspirations for a career in art to take care of his family, a romance with a surfing buddy one summer forces him to make important decisions about his life |
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Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe's older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is drawn to Zach's selflessness and talent. Zach falls in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family. |
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A texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA. |
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Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall. |
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Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a born loser. However, he makes no efforts to have success in his life. He is an unhappy, emotionally-beaten printer who drags out a miserable existence. When he falls in love with a beautiful girl, Petal (Cate Blanchett), he is unlucky again. Soon after Petal gives birth to a baby girl, she plunges into dissipation. Then she sells the daughter to an illegal adoption agency and dies suddenly in a car crash. At the same time Quoyle's father, a stern, sometimes brutal man, passes away. To turn over a new leaf, Quoyle leaves New York for his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. There, he gets a job as a reporter for the local newspaper. The paper owner, Jack Buggit (Scott Glenn), assigns him to write shipping news. In the course of time, Quoyle's life changes for the better, in particular, when he wins favour of Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore). |
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While sitting at a bus stop, Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) unwittingly witnesses a pregnant woman pursued by a gunman. Feeling it his duty to help the woman in trouble, he kills the goon and assists the woman with the baby's delivery. However, she is killed by additional thugs, led by the intuitive and ruthless Hertz (Paul Giamatti) who wants the baby dead. There is nothing for Smith to do but to take the newborn kid to his old friend, Donna Quintano (Monica Belluci), a prostitute who specializes in fulfilling lactation fantasies. He hopes that she will agree to feed and take care of the orphan baby. But the sultry woman wants nothing to do with the kid, especially when Hertz shows up at the bordello. Smith and Donna are forced to go on the run. Amid escalating gunfights with Hertz' endless army of aggressive thugs, Smith figures out that the kid is the target of a United States Senator who is near death and needs a bone marrow transplant to treat cancer. |
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The suspense thriller focuses on Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a top Marine Corps scout sniper who has retired from the service after a routine mission ended in failure. Three years later, he is coerced back into service in order to thwart an assassination attempt against the President of the United States. While carrying out his mission, Swagger is shot twice by a police officer, but manages to escape and take refuge with Sarah Fenn (Kate Mara), the widow of his former partner. Realizing that he has been framed and is now the subject of a national manhunt, Swagger sets out both to find the real shooter and take revenge on corrupt CIA agents who have twice betrayed him. |
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"Shopgirl" catches a glimpse inside the lives of three very different people on diverse paths, but all in search of the same thing. In Steve Martin's own adaptation of his best-selling novella, Claire Danes plays Mirabelle, a young glove saleswoman and aspiring artist who has two men in her life: Ray Parker, a wealthy older man (Martin), and Jeremy, a struggling young musician (Jason Schwartzman). Steve Martin also served as co-producer for this adaptation. |
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Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive. |
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When rich M. Ballon's spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. But Clouseau, being attracted to the beautiful girl, is convinced that she is hiding something. So, he has her released from jail and tries to follow her secretly. Things do not work out the way the inspector wanted and people keep being murdered, and each time innocent Maria seems to be the killer. But with someone important wanting Clouseau and nobody else to cover this case, his tolerance-challenged boss Charles Dreyfuss is close to losing his mind when casualties keep turning up. And Clouseau keeps on causing trouble without knowing it... |
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"Show Stoppers" is a comedy-drama set in the world of Greek stepping on a historically black university in Virginia "where Greek steppers get as much attention as star athletes." |
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Tough cop from L.A. who had lost his parents, meets the murderer in the Little Tokyo, and the show begins - he should fight against Yakuza and one of its powerful leaders. Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee unite as two cooperating cops in an all-out war against the drug underworld: athletic Dolph as Sgt Kenner and the cunning, humorous Brandon as Johnny Murata. |
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Mitch Preston, a LAPD officer, always cared only about his job and has catching criminals well. But his new partner was always interested in other thing - he wanted to be an actor who plays policemen on TV in contrast to his serious colleague. DeNiro (Preston) and Eddy Murphy (Trey Sellars) are first time together on the screen, playing two policemen of different views. Mitch Preston is a strict and experienced policeman who is compelled to be a star in a new reality show on the TV. In spite of his reluctance to take part in this doubtful project, the show becomes a high-rated one... to cap Trey's joy! "T.J. Hooker" star William Shattner ridiculously portrays himself and Renee Russo acts as an uneasy producer in this action comedy, which looks like a side-splitting competition between Murphy and DeNiro. |
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The dramedy focuses on Nolan Byrd (Devon Werkheiser) a bashful, gaunt 8th grader who, like many other kids at his school, endures everyday bullying from Bubba Bixby (Andrew Caldwell), the son of local magnate Bob Bixby (Daniel Roebuck). When his patience is exhausted, Nolan makes the courageous decision to stand up for himself and his peers. In the great tradition of detective movies, Nolan begins spying on the offender and filming the humiliation in action. Under the pseudonym "Shredderman," he then sets up a website exposing Bubba's execrable behavior to the world. |
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Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom, there lived a big green ogre named Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers). He led a solitary life in his own smelly swamp in the woods. One day the evil midget - Lord Farquaad (voiced by John Lithgow), the ruler of Duloc – banished all the familiar fairy tale characters to Shrek's swamp land. Unfortunately for the ogre, his peaceful life has an end. To get rid of annoying settlers, Shrek must rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (voiced by Cameron Diaz), confined to the tower and guarded by a fire-spouting dragon, and convince her to be Farquaad's wife. Accompanied by the garrulous and wisecracking Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy), Shrek makes his way to the distant castle and, on his quest, gets involved in a set of bizarre situations. |
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Shrek and Princess Fiona are back from their happy honeymoon to pay the first visit to Fiona's parents, the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Far, Far Away. But the new in-laws are expecting to meet a stately prince, so they're in for a surprise when Fiona introduces them to a giant green ogre and his donkey friend. When King Harold realizes that his new son-in-law is a green-coloured monster, and their daughter has a problem with the magical spell gone wrong, he is emotionally shocked. Fiona's parents haven't ever dreamt of such green future for their daughter so King Harold decides to take Shrek out of his sight and return Fiona to her former appearance with the help of the Fairy Godmother (voice of Jennifer Saunders), Prince Charming (voice of Rupert Everett), and the famed ogre killer feline Puss in Boots (voice of Antonio Banderas). |
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