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For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller | Western
Countries: Italy | Monaco | Spain | West Germany
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli, Klaus Kinski, Joseph Egger, Panos Papadopulos, Benito Stefanelli, Roberto Camardiel, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Rodríguez, Tomás Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo, Sergio Mendizábal
Directors: Sergio Leone
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Two bounty hunters are after the same man, Indio. At first, they go their own ways, but eventually get together to try and find him. But are they after him for the same reason ?

Dark City (1998)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Genres: Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, Bruce Spence, Colin Friels, John Bluthal, Mitchell Butel, Melissa George, Frank Gallacher, Ritchie Singer, Justin Monjo, Nicholas Bell
Directors: Alex Proyas
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John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.

Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil (2006)

Friday, July 24th, 2009
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholas Gonzalez, Matt Bushell, Peter Coyote, Keith David, Ben Cross, Bruce McGill, April Grace, Shane Edelman, Joseph Steven Yang, Kenneth Choi, Denis Arndt, Dennis James Lee, James Kyson Lee, Glenn Morshower, Sang Ho Lee
Directors: James Dodson
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The fate of the world hangs in the balance in this explosive action thriller. Brace yourself for nonstop action and chilling suspense, because there’s no turning back in this pulse-pounding sequel that takes you Behind Enemy Lines for another adrenaline-fueled adventure! When a team of U.S. Navy SEALs is assigned to destroy a North Korean missile site and avert a possible nuclear strike, failure is not an option. But the mission is abruptly aborted, stranding four soldiers in enemy territory. Now, in order to survive, they must defeat the rebel forces that threaten their lives, their allies and the entire free world!

The Illusionist (2006)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | USA
Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood, Tom Fisher, Aaron Johnson, Eleanor Tomlinson, Karl Johnson, Vincent Franklin, Nicholas Blane, Philip McGough, Erich Redman, Michael Carter
Directors: Neil Burger
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A magician in turn-of-the-last-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to the crown prince, the magician uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

Vertigo (1958)

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick, Jack Ano, John Benson, Paul Bryar, Bruno Della Santina, Carlo Dotto
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
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John “Scottie” Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.

The Truman Show (1998)

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Brian Delate, Blair Slater, Peter Krause, Heidi Schanz, Ron Taylor, Don Taylor, Ted Raymond, Judy Clayton
Directors: Peter Weir
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He’s the star of the show—but he doesn’t know. Truman Burbank is a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn’t realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator, that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering.

Blueberry (2004)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Western
Countries: France | Mexico | USA
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Juliette Lewis, Michael Madsen, Temuera Morrison, Ernest Borgnine, Djimon Hounsou, Hugh O'Conor, Geoffrey Lewis, Nichole Hiltz, Kateri Walker, Vahina Giocante, Kestenbetsa, Tchéky Karyo, Eddie Izzard, Colm Meaney
Directors: Jan Kounen
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In the 1870’s, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend, from getting to a stockpile of gold hidden in Indian territory. On his way, he meets Prosit, a German villain on a persistent mission to find gold in the Superstition Mountains.

The Time Machine (1960)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Doris Lloyd, Bob Barran, Paul Frees, James Skelly, Josephine Powell
Directors: George Pal
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From the book by H.G. Wells, a scientist and tinkerer builds a time machine and uses it to explore the distant future where there are two races, a mild gentle race, and a cannibalistic one living underground. His machine is stolen by the underground race and he must risk being captured (and eaten) to return to his own time.

Piggy Banks (2005)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jake Muxworthy, Lauren German, Gabriel Mann, Tom Sizemore, Joel Michaely, Dylan Sprouse, Drew Osborne, Kelli Garner, Toni Wynne, Jazmin Daley, Lisa Adachi, William L. Eakland, JJ Neward, Bridger El-Bakhi, Lin Shaye
Directors: Morgan J. Freeman
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Piggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) who doesn’t bother to hide his crimes, or the brutal philosophy which drives it. He tells his sons people are just piggy banks. You need money? Just break one open. Michael is sloppy and reckless he goes about his work with a demented glee, John perhaps even more horrifyingly, understands the misery he inflicts he simply doesn’t care. It’s just a job. Lock all your doors.

Brotherhood of Blood (2007)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig, Ken Foree, Jason Connery, William Snow, Wes Ramsey, Jeremy James Kissner, Rachel Grant, Jack Donner, Bill Doyle, Maxwell Fasen, Jonathan Fraser, Ryan Izay, Darrin James, Boris Kievsky
Directors: Michael Roesch
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Claustrophobic thriller about a team of vampire hunters who infiltrate a nest of undead to rescue one of their own.

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Aaran Thomas, Gaspard Ulliel, Li Gong, Helena-Lia Tachovská, Richard Leaf, Dominic West, Rhys Ifans, Michele Wade, Richard Brake, Martin Hub, Kevin McKidd, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Joerg Stadler, Stephen Walters, Ivan Marevich
Directors: Peter Webber
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Based on Thomas Harris’ book of the same name, this prequel shows a young Hannibal Lecter in three different phases of his life from childhood in Lithuania to his ten years in England up to his time in Russia before his capture by FBI agent Will Graham in Red Dragon.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Joseph Siravo, Viggo Mortensen, Richard Foronjy, Jorge Porcel, Frank Minucci, Adrian Pasdar, John Ortiz, Ángel Salazar
Directors: Brian De Palma
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Carlito Brigante is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. He vows to go straight and to live life as a fine, upstanding citizen. He even rekindles a romance with his ex-lover. However, Carlito’s associates cannot seem to leave him in peace…his nephew involves him a pool-room gunfight, his lawyer asks him for “favours” which spiral out of control, and even an old friend (now a wheelchair bound paraplegic) tries to get him into trouble with the law. Carlito decides to make a run for Florida and the promise of a new life, but has one final dramatic escape to make from some hoods who believe (wrongly) that he was behind the murder of their boss.

Iris (2001)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Eleanor Bron, Angela Morant, Penelope Wilton, Siobhan Hayes, Juliet Aubrey, Joan Bakewell, Nancy Carroll, Kris Marshall, Tom Mannion, Derek Hutchinson, Samuel West
Directors: Richard Eyre
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Alan Cumming, Vincent Ventresca, Justin Theroux, Jacob Vargas, Neil Dickson, E.J. Callahan, Zack Phifer, Ricky Paull Goldin, Robb Skyler, Deezer D, Kivi Rogers, Brian McGregor, Victor Wilson, Paul Keeley, Rick Pasqualone
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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can’t even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.