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Backdraft (1991)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Backdraft
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | William Baldwin | Robert De Niro | Donald Sutherland | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Scott Glenn | Rebecca De Mornay | Jason Gedrick | J.T. Walsh | Anthony Mockus Sr. | Cedric Young | Juan Ramírez | Kevin Casey | Jack McGee | Mark Wheeler
Directors: Ron Howard
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As a child Brian McCafferty watched his firefighter father die. Years later he joins his brother, Steven in the force by becoming a rookie firefighter. There is a history of conflict between the two brothers that is heated up by working together. With this background, a series of suspicious fires are set, each made to kill a specific person. After becoming frightened at a fire, Brian pulls strings to get into an investigative office and finds that he is now not putting out the arsonist’s fires, but trying to track him down.

Free Zone (2005)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Free Zone
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Natalie Portman | Hana Laszlo | Hiam Abbass | Carmen Maura | Makram Khoury | Aki Avni | Uri Klauzner | Liron Levo | Tomer Russo | Adnan Tarabshi | Shredy Gabarin
Directors: Amos Gitai
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Rebecca, a young American lady who has been living in Jerusalem for a while, suddenly breaks off her engagement with Julio, her Israeli fiancé. In a state of emotional shock she gets into a taxi and asks the diver to take her anywhere she likes but away from the place where she broke up. Although reluctant, Hanna, the driver lets her accompany her to Jordan’s Free Zone where she is to meet “The American”, her husband Moshe’s Palestinian business partner. Once there, they realize “The American” is not there but a Palestinian woman named Leila offers them, after much bickering with Hanna, to take them to the oasis where “The American” lives…

The Shining (1980)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Shining, The
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Elliott Gould | Rebecca De Mornay
Directors: Mick Garris
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Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) gets a job as the custodian of the Overlook Hotel, in the mountains of Colorado. The place is closed down during winter, and Torrance and his family will be the only occupants of the hotel for a long while. When the snow storms block the Torrance family in the hotel, Jack’s son Danny – who has some clairvoyance and telepathy powers – discovers that the hotel is haunted and that the spirits are slowly driving Jack crazy. When Jack meets the ghost of Mr. Grady, the former custodian of the hotel who murdered his wife and his two daughters, things begin to get really nasty…

Batman (1989)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Batman
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Michael Keaton | Jack Nicholson | Kim Basinger | Robert Wuhl | Pat Hingle | Billy Dee Williams | Michael Gough | Jack Palance | Jerry Hall | Tracey Walter | Lee Wallace | William Hootkins | Richard Strange | Carl Chase | Mac McDonald
Directors: Tim Burton
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Gotham City: dark, dangerous, ‘protected’ only by a mostly corrupt police department. Despite the best efforts of D.A. Harvey Dent and police commissioner Jim Gordon, the city becomes increasingly unsafe…until a Dark Knight arises. We all know criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot…so his disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. He becomes a bat. Enter Vicky Vale, a prize-winning photo journalist who wants to uncover the secret of the mysterious “bat-man”. And enter Jack Napier, one-time enforcer for Boss Grissom, horribly disfigured after a firefight in a chemical factory…who, devoid of the last vestiges of sanity, seizes control of Gotham’s underworld as the psychotic, unpredictable Clown Prince of Crime…the Joker. Gotham’s only hope, it seems, lies in this dark, brooding vigilante. And just how does billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne fit into all of this?

Immortal Beloved (1994)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Immortal Beloved
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gary Oldman | Jeroen Krabbé | Isabella Rossellini | Johanna ter Steege | Marco Hofschneider | Miriam Margolyes | Barry Humphries | Valeria Golino | Gerard Horan | Christopher Fulford | Alexandra Pigg | Luigi Diberti | Michael Culkin | Donal Gibson | Matthew North
Directors: Bernard Rose
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Ludwig van Beethoven dies and his assistant/friend Schindler proceeds to deal with his affairs (last will and testament). There is a question as to who really is his “immortal beloved”, and so tries to find out who this might be.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Reggie Bannister | A. Michael Baldwin | Bill Thornbury | Gloria Lynne Henry | Kevin Connors | Cindy Ambuehl | John Davis Chandler | Brooks Gardner | Angus Scrimm | Irene Roseen | Sarah Scott Davis | Duane Tucker | Claire Benedek | Wendy Way | Robert Beecher
Directors: Don Coscarelli
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The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. They also must contend with the resurrected dead plus a growing number of the infamous and deadly silver spheres which aid the Tall Man as he sets his sights on indoctrinating Mike and finishing the fight begun so many years ago.

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Marley & Me (2008)

Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Marley & Me
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Paul Aldane'e | Dave Barry | Johann Benét | Robert Bizik | Anthony C. Brown | Lee Burkett | John Cenatiempo | Eric Ditman | Nathan Gamble | Richard Graves | Christian Hall | Dylan Henry | Keith Hudson | Benjamin Hyland | Finley Jacobsen
Directors: David Frankel
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A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.

The Elephant Man (1980)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Elephant Man, The
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | John Hurt | Anne Bancroft | John Gielgud | Wendy Hiller | Freddie Jones | Michael Elphick | Hannah Gordon | Helen Ryan | John Standing | Dexter Fletcher | Lesley Dunlop | Phoebe Nicholls | Pat Gorman | Claire Davenport
Directors: David Lynch
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Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak.

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Dan Aykroyd | Albert Brooks | Vic Morrow | Doug McGrath | Charles Hallahan | Rainer Peets | Kai Wulff | Sue Dugan | Debby Porter | Steven Williams | Annette Claudier | Joseph Hieu | Al Leong | Stephen Bishop
Directors: Joe Dante
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Four horror/science-fiction segments directed by four of Hollywood’s famous directors based on TV’s most popular anthology series, bookened by a funny and scary prologue and epilogue featuring Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks. In the first story directed by John Landis (a vague remake of the Twilight Zone episode “A Quality of Mercy”) a loud-mouthed bigotted businessman (Vic Morrow) with an intense hatred for Jews, blacks, and Asians, gets the tables turned on him when he walks out a bar and is inexplicably transported back in time to being pursued by Nazis in 1940’s France, then as an African-American at a KKK rally in the 1950s Deep South, and as a Vietnamese in 1960s Vietnam. The second story directed by Stephen Spielberg (a remake of ‘Kick the Can’) an old man (Scatman Crothers) arrives at a retirement home and makes the wishes of the residents come true when he magically transforms them into youthful incarnations of their days gone by. The third story directed by Joe Dante (a remake of ‘It’s a Good Life’) a young woman on the road (Kathleen Quinlan) gives a ride to a mysterous 10-year-old boy (Jeremy Licth) to his house and ends up trapped with other people in an alternate reality created by the boy’s imagination. The fourth story directed by George Miller (a remake of ‘Nightmare at 20,000 Feet) stars John Lithgow as an passenger on an airline whom sees, but cannot convince anyone, a mysterious creature on the outside wing of the airplane trying to sabotage the aircraft.

The Apartment ()

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Apartment, The
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Jack Lemmon | Shirley MacLaine | Fred MacMurray | Ray Walston | Jack Kruschen | David Lewis | Hope Holiday | Joan Shawlee | Naomi Stevens | Johnny Seven | Joyce Jameson | Willard Waterman | David White | Edie Adams | Benny Burt
Directors: Billy Wilder
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November 1st, 1959, in New York, C. C. ” The bud ” Baxter is a popular clerk “of Consolidate Life”, an insurance company with 31 259 employees. The secret of its success is a flat well located where he saw it he subleases for his superiors, by making it climb in the executive position of 2nd Administrative Helper very early. He loves the daughter of lift Fran Kubelik, a reserved woman considered ” a pot ” among frames. Fran is the secret lover of manager Jeff D. Sheldrake, a married man who enticed his conviction that he will divorce his wife to stay with her. When Fran tries to commit suicide in Baxter’s flat after a meeting with Jeff, she stays with Baxter by recovering and he falls in love for her. Later he must go to a decision between his very good position to the company and his love.

Le 1 novembre 1959, à New York, C. C. “Le bourgeon” Baxter est un employé de bureau populaire “de Consolide la Vie”, une compagnie d’assurance avec 31 259 employés. Le secret de son succès est un appartement bien localisé où il le vit il sous-loue pour ses supérieurs, en le faisant grimper à la position exécutive de 2ème Assistant Administratif très tôt. Il aime la fille d’ascenseur Fran Kubelik, une femme réservée a considéré “un pot” parmi les cadres. Fran est l’amant secret de directeur Jeff D. Sheldrake, un homme marié qui a séduit sa conviction qu’il divorcera d’avec sa femme pour rester avec elle. Quand Fran essaie de se suicider dans l’appartement de Baxter après une réunion avec Jeff, elle reste avec Baxter en se rétablissant et il tombe amoureux pour elle. Plus tard il doit aller à une décision entre sa position excellente dans la compagnie et son amour.

Terror by Night ()

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Terror by Night
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Alan Mowbray | Dennis Hoey | Renee Godfrey | Frederick Worlock | Mary Forbes | Skelton Knaggs | Billy Bevan | Geoffrey Steele | Gilbert Allen | Harry Cording | Boyd Davis | Gerald Hamer | Leyland Hodgson
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes is rented by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of the Rodésia, an enormous diamond had by the mother of Carstairs, Lady Margaret. To believe the diamond will be stolen in a train travel of London the Edinburgh, Holmes skillfully exchanges diamonds with the Lady Margaret while in his compartment. Shortly afterwards, Roland is murdered and the false diamond is stolen. The red herrings abound like Holmes helped by the Doctor. Watson and the Inspector Lestrade, discovers what the occultation of the murderer puts and it deducts that the Colonel of unscrupulous follower Sebastian Moran of the enemy of long term Moriarty is implicated anyway in the crime.

Holmes é alugado por Roland Carstairs para prevenir o roubo da Estrela da Rodésia, um diamante enorme possuído pela mãe de Carstairs, Senhora Margaret. Acreditar o diamante será roubado em uma viagem de trem de Londres a Edimburgo, Holmes destramente troca diamantes com a Senhora Margaret enquanto no seu compartimento. Logo depois, Roland é assassinado e o diamante falso é roubado. Os arenques vermelhos abundam como Holmes, ajudado pelo Doutor. Watson e o Inspetor Lestrade, descubra que a ocultação do assassino coloca e deduz que o Coronel de adepto inescrupuloso Sebastian Moran do inimigo de longo prazo Moriarty está de qualquer maneira implicado no crime.

Sonny (1979)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Sonny
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: James Franco | Brenda Blethyn | Harry Dean Stanton | Mena Suvari | Josie Davis | Nicolas Cage | Scott Caan | Seymour Cassel | Brenda Vaccaro | Willie Metcalf | Marc Coppola | Janet Shea | Cary Wilmot Alden | Graham Timbes | Wallace Merck
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New Orleans, on 1981. Sonny Phillips, just returned from the Army, comes back at home. The only life it is known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to outdistance him. However, the job which his mate Serviceman promised does not become a reality and he cannot avoid his past.

Nouvelle-Orléans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, juste renvoyée de l’Armée, revient à la maison. La seule vie il est connu est comme un gigolo, travaillant pour sa mère, mais il veut le distancer. Cependant, le travail que son copain Militaire a promis ne se concrétise pas et il ne peut pas échapper à son passé.

007 Goldfinger ()

Thursday, March 29th, 2007
007 Goldfinger
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Honor Blackman | Gert Fröbe | Shirley Eaton | Tania Mallet | Harold Sakata | Bernard Lee | Martin Benson | Cec Linder | Austin Willis | Lois Maxwell | Bill Nagy | Michael Mellinger | Peter Cranwell | Nadja Regin
Directors: Guy Hamilton
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The mighty tycoon Auric golden finger (Gert Frobe) has to attack “operation great bang,” a stupefying pattern begun, fort Knox and to extinguish the world economy. James Bond who is armed with his particularly equipped Aston Martin (encloses his additional package of built-in machine guns, billows of smoke and a catapult seat), must stop the plan, while he overcomes several incredible opponents. First there is Oddjob (Harold Sakata), the dumb servant who kills in the throwing of a deadly hat; as the next, nice Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) who gives new meaning to the expression “golden girl”; and, finally, the erotic pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) whose romantic feelings complicate her participation in the lofty pattern of golden finger for the tape.

Der mächtige Industriemagnat Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) hat “Operation Großartiger Knall,” ein erschütterndes Schema begonnen, Fort Knox überzufallen und die Weltwirtschaft auszulöschen. James Bond, der mit seinem besonders ausgestatteten Aston Martin bewaffnet ist (schließt sein zusätzliches Paket eingebaute Maschinengewehre, einen Rauchschwaden und einen Schleudersitz ein), muss den Plan aufhören, indem er mehrere unerhörte Gegner überwindet. Zuerst gibt es Oddjob (Harold Sakata), der stumme Diener, der am Werfen eines tödlichen Huts tötet; als nächstes, der schöne Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), der neue Bedeutung dem Ausdruck “Goldmädchen” gibt; und schließlich, der erotische Pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), dessen romantische Gefühle für das Band ihre Beteiligung am hochfliegenden Schema von Goldfinger komplizieren.

The Human Stain ()

Friday, February 16th, 2007
Human Stain, The
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | Nicole Kidman | Ed Harris | Gary Sinise | Wentworth Miller | Jacinda Barrett | Harry J. Lennix | Clark Gregg | Anna Deavere Smith | Lizan Mitchell | Kerry Washington | Phyllis Newman | Margo Martindale | Ron Canada | Mili Avital
Directors: Robert Benton
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The Human Stain is the history of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a professor of classics with a terrible secret which is about to smash his life in a small New city of England. When the affair with a young disturbed concierge (Kidman) is revealed, the secret Silk had concealed for more than fifty years of his wife, his children and colleague, the author Nathan Zuckerman, quickly blows up in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles over silk secret and begins rebuilding the unknown biography of this distinguished, right man, estimated as a teacher for almost all his life and to include how this cleverly organised life came defeated.

La Tache Humaine est l’histoire de Coleman Silk (Hopkins), un professeur de classiques avec un secret terrible qui est sur le point de fracasser sa vie dans une petite Nouvelle ville de l’Angleterre. Quand son affaire avec un jeune portier dérangé (Kidman) est dévoilée, la Soie secrète avait recelé depuis plus de cinquante ans de sa femme, ses enfants et collègue, l’auteur Nathan Zuckerman, explose vite dans une conflagration de conséquences ravageuses. C’est Zuckerman qui trébuche sur le secret de Soie et commence à reconstruire la biographie inconnue de cet homme éminent, droit, estimé comme un éducateur pour presque toute sa vie et comprendre comment cette vie astucieusement organisée est venue défaite.

007 Live and Let Die ()

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
007 Live and Let Die
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Bernard Lee | Roger Moore | Yaphet Kotto | Jane Seymour | Clifton James | Julius Harris | Geoffrey Holder | David Hedison | Gloria Hendry | Lois Maxwell | Tommy Lane | Earl Jolly Brown | Roy Stewart | Lon Satton | Arnold Williams
Directors: Guy Hamilton
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If tape examines the murders of three coagents, he soon finds an aim, to the evil murderers evasively because he breaks on the strong Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known as “man. Largely” Kananga co-ordinates a generally menacing pattern, tonnes of selfgenerated heroin using. Because tape tries, the plan of the genius auszufasern, he corresponds to solitaire (Jane Seymour), the nice Tarockkarte reader whose magic presents are vital for crime man. Tape, of course, work his own magic on her, and the stage is put for pulse-hammering action results, the Wodu, hungry crocodiles and charged speedboats enclose.

Wenn Band die Morde an drei Mitagenten untersucht, findet er bald ein Ziel, den bösartigen Mördern ausweichend, weil er auf dem starken Kananga (Yaphet Kotto) hereinbricht. Bekannt als “Herr. Groß” koordiniert Kananga ein allgemein drohendes Schema, Tonnen selbsterzeugtes Heroin verwendend. Weil Band versucht, den Plan des Genies auszufasern, entspricht er Solitär (Jane Seymour), der schöne Tarockkarte-Leser, dessen magische Geschenke für den Verbrechen-Herrn entscheidend sind. Band, natürlich, Arbeiten seine eigene Magie auf ihr, und die Bühne wird für pulshämmernde Handlungsfolgen gesetzt, die Wodu, hungrige Krokodile und aufgeladene Schnellboote einschließen.