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Set at the end of the 60's as Swaziland is about to receive Independence from Great Britain, the film follows the young Richard E Grant at 12 (Zach Fox) through his parents traumatic separation, till he's 14 (Nicholas Hoult). It is based on true events from Richard E Grant's childhood |
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After an airplane trip, a young woman asks Susie's husband, Sam, to keep a doll for her to avoid spoiling the surprise of her daughter's gift. But the real reason is to avoid her partner, Harry Roat, whom she hopes to cheat of the drugs hidden in the doll. Harry discovers her treachery, murders her and leaves the body in Susie's apartment, where he has tracked Sam and the doll. He concocts an elaborate plan, involving Mike and Carlino, small-time hoods, to get Susie, who recently lost her sight in a fire, to reveal the doll's hiding place. They lure Sam away and take advantage of Susie's blindness, posing as an old friend, a police detective, and a father-son pair of eccentrics. Susie eventually catches on and, with the help of her young neighbor, Gloria, shows everyone that she is indeed "a world-class blind lady." |
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Things are not what they seem at a lonely bus stop nestled in a small New England town. It's a crisp winter morning with a landscape painted of fresh snow. A beggar takes shelter from the frozen wind and in his hand he clutches a brown paper bag. During his stay, he encounters three young ladies going shopping, a jogger, a business woman and a newly married couple. Each views him from their own perspective. They come and go, but he does not follow. A bus pulls up, but he does not board. With the hint of something "more" in his demeanor, he just waits. |
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Jenna (Adrienne Shelly) works as a waitress at Joe's Pie Diner, a small-town eatery somewhere in the American South. She has a knack for inventing new pie recipes that are all finger-licking good, and dreams of winning a $25,000 pie-baking contest. But it's only a dream. Her self-centered, jealous and abusive husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto), disapproves of her entering the contest. To make matters worse, Jenna receives the news of her pregnancy that is a bombshell for her as motherhood is not in her plans. To direct her emotions outward, Jenna immediately creates an "I Don't Want Earl's Baby" Pie, also known as a Bad Baby Pie. However, her life changes for the better, when a handsome gynaecologist, Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion), arrives in town and enters into an ardent romance with her despite being married... |
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Ben Archer (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a former gangster, plans to retire but his expectancies get crash when his wife occasionally gives shelter to some fugitive Asian girl Kim. When it turns out that the girl escaped from Chinese mafia, Archer soon realizes that the powerful Chinese Triad kingpin sent his cutthroats to find her. When Ben's wife is murdered, he craves for the one thing - the revenge. Archer along with his son and Kim must survive numerous skirmishes and fights with Chinese Mafiosi in this action-packed movie abundant in stylish special effects and breathtaking dynamic. |
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The biopic depicts the life of Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), a legendary country and rock-and-roll singer-songwriter. The early years of his life were saddened by his elder brother's tragic death and his father's scornful attitude towards him (his dad considered Cash to be a bad son). The soon-to-be musician served in the United States Air Force in Germany. After his discharge Cash married his sweetheart, Vivian Liberto (Ginnifer Goodwin), who gave birth to four daughters. But their marriage was not without shadows as he neglected his family duties and devoted all his time and energy mainly to playing the guitar and singing along with his two close friends. At the age of 23, he released his first hit "Cry Cry Cry" and soon went on a tour of the USA, along with Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Payne), Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). He adored June and her songs since he was a kid. When their paths crossed, he came to realize that June was a woman of his dreams. He had been trying to win her hand for several years. The critical moments in his life were accompanied by his addiction to amphetamine and alcohol. In 1968, Cash and Carter got married and lived together long and happily till death did them part. |
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Landon Carter (Shane West), the most popular hunk at Beaufort high school, is an independent, restless and rebellious guy who likes nothing more than playing pranks on his school's outcasts. It goes without saying that he pays no attention to Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), an outwardly plain, studious and responsible girl. When a harmless prank goes terribly wrong leaving a boy in hospital, Landon is held responsible and forced to tutor a young student at a poor school and participate in the school drama production in which Jamie is also involved. As Landon can't act, he asks her for help with his lines. The girl agrees to cooperate with Landon if he promises not to fall in love with her. The self-assured guy willingly vows but soon he comes to realize that keeping his word is no easy matter... |
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Carter Page III (Woody Harrelson) works as a high-priced escort to high society ladies. When their politician husbands become too engrossed in running the country to attend to them, they turn to Carter, who takes them to the theatres and plays cards with them. But the course of his life is changed when Lynn (Kristin Scott Thomas), the senator's wife, discovers the brutal murder of her lover, a lobbyist. Willing to cover for his dearest friend, Carter goes to the scene of the crime to get rid of incriminating evidence. Alas, poor Carter ends up being caught by police who sees him as the prime suspect in the criminal investigation. |
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Detective Spencer (Joe Mantegna) attends the Port City Theater's latest play to investigate death threats against a director, Jimmy Christopholous (Christopher Lawford), and witnesses a murder of a key actor, Craig Sampson (Jason Glass), during the performance. After meeting with Police Chief DeSpain (Eric Roberts), Spencer realizes that he knows heaps more than he wants to tell. The actor's killing is only the first part of the complicated puzzle involving unfaithful lovers, corrupt cops, street gangsters and a ruthless Chinese mob. The next victim of the mysterious killers may be Spencer... |
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Chris Vaughn (The Rock) is recently retired from the military service, he finds his hometown turned into the place invaded by crime, violence and drugs. Since local Sheriff Bufford Pusser had lost his beloved wife, he is mentally crashed and, in fact, almost inept. Chris finds out, that the man who is guilty of causing such dilapidation of the town is none other than his former school rival keeping the doubtful casino, where an ex of Chris works as a dancer. Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough), a casino owner, has also closed the lumber mill which caused severe unemployment. Taking on sheriff's duties, Chris, a tough guy with strong military skills, have to try to fight his sweet hometown back. |
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Kevin Sorbo stars in this action-packed sequel to the hit film, Walking Tall: The Payback. After cleaning up his hometown, Nick (Kevin Sorbo) retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas where he hopes to start a new life with an FBI Agent and her twelve-year old daughter. Just being "the boyfriend" is tough enough for Nick. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war with nobody to trust. This time Nick is on their turf and he is pitted against a ferocious army of gang bangers. Nick's brand of country justice just doesn't seem to cut it on the rough city streets but he will stop at nothing to protect his own. |
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It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero-not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her ...and our two heroes. |
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This violent, action-packed political thriller tells the story of Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer), the great-grandson of a famous bounty hunter in the Wild West and former CIA operative who struggled against Middle Eastern terrorists. After Los Angeles is rocked by a series of bloody bombings, Nick is called on to track down an international terrorist, Malak Al Rahim (Gene Simmons), who is now plotting to blow up a chemical plant containing lethal cyanide. |
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After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triad's and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed. |
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At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon's forces controlled much of Europe. In Russia, one of the few countries still unconquered, the army prepares to face Napoleon's troops in Austria. Among the soldiers are Nicholas Rostov (Jeremy Brett) and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (Mel Ferrer). Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda), a friend of Andrei's and self-styled intellectual who "knows what's right but still does wrong," is not interested in fighting. Pierre's life changes when his father dies, leaving him a vast inheritance. He is attracted to Natasha Rostov (Audrey Hepburn), Nicholas's sister, but gives in to baser desires and marries the shallow, materialistic Princess Helene (Anita Ekberg). The marriage quickly ends when Pierre discovers his wife's true nature. Andrei is captured and later released by the French, and returns home only to watch his wife die in childbirth. During a visit to the country months later, Pierre and Andrei meet again. Andrei sees Natasha and falls in love, but his father will only permit the marriage if they postpone it for one year. While Andrei is away in Poland on a military mission, Natasha is drawn to Anatole Kuragin (Vittorio Gassmann), a scoundrel and libertine. Pierre tells Natasha of Anatole's past before she can elope with him. Napoleon (Herbert Lom) invades Russia. Pierre visits Andrei on the eve of the battle, and observes the battle that follows. Traumatized by the carnage, he vows to kill Napoleon himself. |
| War of the Roses, The
[1989,
USA]
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| Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie. |
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The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.. |
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Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He's estranged from his family, his life isn't in order, and he's too caught up with himself. But the unthinkable and, ultimately, the unexpected happens to him in an extraordinary sense. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come en masse to destroy Earth. As they plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must come to the defense of his children. As the world must fend for itself by a new and very advanced enemy not of this world, its inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it. |
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In the Latino neighborhood of New York City's Washington Heights, two sons of immigrants one Dominican, one Irish wrestle with ambition and identity, only to discover that sometimes pursuing one's dreams comes at a heavy cost. |
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FBI agent Joel Campbell (James Spader) spent over five years chasing a cunning serial killer, David Allen Griffin (Keanu Reeves). Frustrated and all to pieces after many years of a fruitless search, Campbel can hardly comprehend the maniac's perverted logic and goes into retirement. He moves to Chicago in the hope of finding peace of mind and beginning a new life. Nothing seems to prevent him from making a clean break with his terrible past. But some months later, murder wave swamps Campbell's new hometown. This is undoubtedly the handiwork of David Griffin who decides to play a sadistic cat-and-mouse game with Campbell and mails him photos of his soon-to-be victims. Campbell must stop the gruesome killer by all means otherwise he will be Griffin's final victim. |
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