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Nightstalker (2002)

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Roberts, Bret | McKelheer, Joseph | Day, Roxanne | Garcia, Julian | Long, Christine | Kartvedt, Mikal | Mercedes, Ana | Sanchez, Roselyn | Trejo, Danny | Hamilton, Derek | Parke, Evan | Emma, Brandi | Buckley, A.J. | Spain, Douglas | Graham, Aimee
Directors: Fisher, Chris
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The night sets over Los Angeles and the NIGHTSTALKER speeds through downtown, smoking crack and searching for prostitutes, he finds both. After realizing he can’t get what he wants from women, he sets off to feed his unholy hunger by heading into the suburbs of East Los Angeles where he murders and rapes a young woman as she sleeps in her house. Five days later, a young and beautiful beat cop, GABRIELLA MARTINEZ and her older, corrupt partner, FRANK LUIS, answer a call to a home and find the bodies of the young woman and her husband, mutilated and marked by Satanic ritual. Over the next few weeks, the Nightstalker continues his reign of terror and after more gruesome murders, Gabriella Martinez is offered a job on the task force investigating the murders that have kept the city of East Los Angeles in a state of total fear. Although skeptical of the reasons for her promotion, she nevertheless decides to try and make a difference and catch this killer who represents everything that she stands against. LIEUTENANT MAYBERRY and DETECTIVE ELLIOTT, her superiors on the task force, offer her a lukewarm welcome. Distracted by her own life choices, the inappropriate advances of co-workers, and the homelife she has been forced to play the role of patriarch in, she makes an error of judgment by leaking classified information to a young, aggressive reporter, ADRIANNE DELOIA. Suspended from the force, Martinez is visited by her old partner, Luis, who tells her that through some “dirty” policework he found out where the suspect was hiding. Still interested in doing the right thing, Martinez convinces Luis to take her downtown where she learns that the Nightstalker has picked her and the reporter as his next victims. Martinez and the Nightstalker become engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse that ends up with Martinez being force to decide between killing this murderer or letting him be arrested… Deciding to take a new path in her life, she lets him go. The same world which created this monster will now take his life, but she will not poison herself by killing another human being and becoming like him.


Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ryder, Winona | Jolie, Angelina | DuVall, Clea | Murphy, Brittany | Moss, Elisabeth | Leto, Jared | Tambor, Jeffrey | Redgrave, Vanessa | Goldberg, Whoopi | Bettis, Angela | Armenante, Jillian | McDaniel, Drucie | Claire, Alison | Myers, Christina | Kerns, Joanna
Directors: Mangold, James
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Susanna is rushed to the hospital. Afterwards she discusses this with a psychiatrist. She had been having some delusions. She had also been having an affair with the husband of her parents’ friend. The doctor suggests that combining a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of vodka was a suicide attempt. This she denies. He recommends a short period of rest at Claymoore. Claymoore is a private mental hospital full of noisy, crazy people. Georgina is a pathological liar. Polly has been badly scarred by fire. Daisy won’t eat in the presence of other people. Lisa is a sociopath, the biggest exasperation for the staff - like Nurse Valerie - and the biggest influence on the other girls in the hospital. Lisa has a history of escapes, so gaining access to personal medical files is not a problem… Susanna’s boyfriend Toby is concerned that she seems too comfortable living with her institutionalized friends…


Fly Away Home (1996)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
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Actors: Daniels, Jeff | Paquin, Anna | Delany, Dana | Kinney, Terry | Graham, Holter | Ratchford, Jeremy | Verginella, Deborah | Reynolds, Michael J. | Hemblen, David | James, Ken | Ballard, Nora | Paton, Sarena | Lishman, Carmen | Hill, Christi | Orban, Judith
Directors: Ballard, Carroll
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Amy (Anna Paquin) is reunited with her father (Jeff Daniels) after her mother’s death. She withdraws from her new life, and life in general, until she finds a reason to participate in something: the preservation, parenting, and eventual migration-instruction of a flock of orphaned geese.


Lucky Numbers (2000)

Monday, April 27th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Kudrow, Lisa | Roth, Tim | O'Neill, Ed | Rapaport, Michael | Mitchell, Daryl | Pullman, Bill | Schiff, Richard | Moore, Michael | McMurray, Sam | Weston, Michael | Bamford, Maria | Aaron, Caroline | O'Donohue, John F. | Mochrie, Colin
Directors: Ephron, Nora
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Winter, 1988: Harrisburg PA’s celebrity weatherman, Russ Richards, is broke: he’s borrowed heavily to open a snowmobile dealership, and it’s still unseasonably warm. Gig, his seedy pal, advises him to run an insurance scam; when it goes awry, Russ is out another $10,000 and in trouble with Dale, a bat-wielding thug. Gig convinces Russ to rig the state lottery with the help of Crystal, a gold-digging ditz with a heart of tin. They have to find a beard to buy the ticket, and then they have to cash it. Soon, murder and various double-crosses add to Russ’s nightmare. A lazy cop zeroes in. Jail is closer than riches. Will Russ have to choose between his money and his life?


From Hell (2001)

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Graham, Heather | Holm, Ian | Coltrane, Robbie | Richardson, Ian | Flemyng, Jason | Cartlidge, Katrin | Harvey, Terence | Lynch, Susan | Rhys, Paul | Sharp, Lesley | Skornik, Estelle | McGaughey, Nicholas | Apsion, Annabelle | Page, Joanna
Directors: Hughes, Albert
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The infamous Jack the Ripper case set in London of 1888. The Ripper has been running amok in the Whitechapel district murdering and dissecting prostitutes. Scotland Yard Inspector Fred Abberline, aided by his partner, Peter Godley, are on the case to figure out who this serial killer is and why he is killing these women in such a brutal manner. Abberline is an opium addict and when “chasing the dragon” he is able to have visions of the future, a certain psychic ability that allows him to solve cases. As Abberline and Godley investigate the crimes, they become acquainted with the prostitutes who were friends and colleagues of the victims. Abberline begins to fall in love with Mary Kelly, one of the prostitutes, or as the nobles called them “unfortunates”, being hunted down by Jack the Ripper. Abberline digs deeper and deeper into the conspiracy and attempts to solve the case before Mary Kelly is the next victim.


Civil Action, A (1998)

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Duvall, Robert | Shalhoub, Tony | Macy, William H. | Ivanek, Zeljko | Norris, Bruce | Lithgow, John | Quinlan, Kathleen | Jacobson, Peter | Mara, Mary | Gandolfini, James | Fry, Stephen | Hedaya, Dan | Thornton, David | Pollack, Sydney
Directors: Zaillian, Steven
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Jan Schlichtmann is a successful lawyer whose practically his own entrepreneur. He’s a humble bachelor with a nice car, a nice house, and a career that has amassed huge rewards. Not to mention being the founder and practice of the lucrative law firm he runs with his Boston partners, all in a case’s settlement. However, when the families of deceased children sue a giant food conglomerate, with the accusation of their companies are responsible for poisoning their children and afflicting them fatally with cancer. Jan comes to the rescue, thinking it’s one more case he can easily knock out of the park and make a fortune, as well as a name for he and his firm. With a class action lawsuit to file, Jan willingly puts himself and his firm as representatives of those families. However, it’s one case that could ruin Jan: his pride, his ambition, and ultimately, his career. As the pressures of the case begin to take their turn on both the prosecution, the defense, as well as the families, Jan is about to realize that he has taken on the biggest case of his life, and there is a price to pay.


Town That Dreaded Sundown, The (1976)

Monday, April 20th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnson, Ben | Prine, Andrew | Wells, Dawn | Clem, Jimmy | Citty, Jim | Aquino, Robert | Butler, Cindy | Ellsworth, Christine | Smith, Earl E. | Lyons, Steve | Catalanotto, Joe | Brown, Roy Lee | Hackworth, Mike | West, Misty
Directors: Pierce, Charles B.
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Set in the late 40’s the residents of Texarkana, Texas are left terrorized by a mysterious hooded killer who is stalking victims during the evening and leaving the local police at a loss.


Cool Runnings (1993)

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Comedy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Leon | Doug, Doug E. | Lewis, Rawle D. | Yoba, Malik | Candy, John | Barry, Raymond J. | Outerbridge, Peter | Coeur, Paul | Gilman, Larry | Hyatt, Charles | Stona, Winston | Macauley, Bertina | Myrie, Pauline Stone | Cooper, Kristoffer | Dow, Bill
Directors: Turteltaub, Jon
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When the Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon) is disqualified to the Olympic Games due to a silly accident, he envision the chance to participate in bobsleigh modality. He meets the dishonored couch Irving Blitzer (John Candy), who is living in the tropical country after two gold medals and elimination due to cheating, and convinces him to couch the first Jamaican Bobsled Team. They form a group with the push-cart driver Sanka Coffie (Doug E. Doug), the sprinter Yul Brenner (Malik Yoba) and the rich Junior Bevil (Rawle D. Lewis) and without any sponsor, fly to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to participate of the XV Olympic Winter Games at -25o C. In the end, they become winners without winning the game.


Milk (2008)

Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Penn, Sean | Brolin, Josh | Hirsch, Emile | Franco, James | Luna, Diego | Boyce, Brandon | Yu, Kelvin | Grabeel, Lucas | Pill, Alison | Garber, Victor | O'Hare, Denis | Rosenman, Howard | Spinella, Stephen | Roberts, Ted Jan | Ammiano, Tom
Directors: Van Sant, Gus
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Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk’s career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco’s growing gay community, and organizes gays’ purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city’s conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk’s relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.


Owning Mahowny (2003)

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Hoffman, Philip Seymour | Driver, Minnie | Hurt, John | Chaykin, Maury | Tracey, Ian | Sonja Smits | Collins, K.C. | Blicker, Jason | Corazza, Vince | Dunn, Roger | Fink, Eric | Nahrgang, Mike 'Nug' | Henley, Tanya | Brown, Brona | Craig, Philip
Directors: Kwietniowski, Richard
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Based on the true story of a Toronto bank manager, Dan Mahowny is addicted to gambling. Horses and sports are only a few of his interests. Eventually, he creates dummy accounts at his bank and uses that money to fly to Atlantic City to gamble. He seems to get little joy from winning and his addiction is such that he is unable to stop in any event. Even if he wins huge amounts - which he does - he simply continues to play until he has lost it all. It’s a frighteningly lonely experience that cannot include friends or anyone else around him. In the end, his hours and hours at the tables give him nothing and as his embezzlement catches up to him, he is arrested and sent to jail.