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| Rating: 6.8 |
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An eccentric biopic of George W. Bush directed by Oliver Stone follows one of the most controversial American presidents in his wild student years and public service that leads him to the top of the political career. Surrounded by easily recognisable teammates such as General, Vice and Rummy, George makes absurd decisions that change the world but rarely cares about consequences. Oliver Stone brings together Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks and Richard Dreyfuss to act in this hilarious caricature of the Bush dynasty. |
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| Rating: 7.2 |
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It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter. |
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| Rating: 7.0 |
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When the president of the United States is about to get caught in a sex scandal 14 days from the election it is time to create a war. Perception and reality, life and death all flow from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. |
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| Rating: 7.0 |
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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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| Rating: 5.2 |
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"I'll always come back for you," single father O2 tells his young son Junior. This parental promise is put to the test when O2 is suddenly plunged into a do-or-die situation; trying to go straight for Junior's sake, this recently paroled ex-con is forced to go back outside the law after his son is kidnapped in a carjacking. The resulting chase and shootout have left Junior in the hands of Meat, the vicious leader of the Outlaw Syndicate. O2's shady cousin Lucky tries to mediate, but is caught between criminal and family loyalties. The only person who can or will help O2 get his son back is wily street-smart hustler Coco, whose path fatefully crossed O2's just moments before the kidnapping. When Lucky gets word to O2 that Meat expects $100,000 for Junior's freedom, O2 and Coco seize the opportunity to pit rival elements of the South Los Angeles underworld against each other. "It's either all or nothing," realizes O2. With the clock ticking down, the heat between O2 and Coco rises as they become a lawbreaking couple, on an tear through a range of Los Angeles neighborhoods. Can they outwit the underworld and save Junior and themselves? |
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| Rating: 7.8 |
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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." |
| Waiting Room, The
[2007,
UK]
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| An intelligent and distinctive film about love, fate, and being ready to meet the right person. |
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| Rating: 7.1 |
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Two complete strangers, ANNA and STEPHEN, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform. Their fateful meeting acts as a catalyst for them to examine and challenge what's going on in their different relationships, and make hard but positive decisions for themselves. If they can change their lives maybe they can meet again. |
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| Rating: 4.9 |
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This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women as they try to deal with their very lives. Friendship becomes the strongest bond between these women as men, careers, and families take them in different directions. Often light-hearted this movie speaks about some of the problems and struggles the modern women face in today's world. |
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| Rating: 6.9 |
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Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics. |
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| Rating: 7.4 |
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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... |
| Wake in Fright
[1971,
Australia, USA]
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| Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here. |
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| Rating: 7.9 |
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Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But his one night stretches to five and he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left... |
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| Rating: 5.4 |
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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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| Rating: 7.2 |
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Jackie O'Shea, a resident of the tiny Irish coastal village of Tully More, discovers that one of his neighbors has won the lottery - the question is, who? It takes some doing, but Jackie figures out that the lucky person is none other than his new best friend, Ned Devine. Unfortunately, it turns out Ned is in no position to collect the jackpot, which totals almost 6.9 million Irish pounds. So Jackie and his real best friend, Michael O'Sullivan, try to figure out a way to share in Ned's good fortune - after all, Ned would want it that way. But things get a lot more complicated than either Jackie or Michael could have anticipated. |
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| Rating: 6.6 |
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Fielding Pierce lives the life of an aspiring politician - in 1972 he's serving in the Coast Guard (trying to avoid Vietnam in the most honorable way), and by 1973 he has entered law school. Along the way he falls in love with Sarah, a fiercely idealistic woman who devotes her life to helping others - unfortunately she's killed in an explosion while assisting members of the Chilean resistance. Nine years later, in the middle of a congressional election, Fielding is suddenly flooded with thoughts and visions of his lost love. |
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| Rating: 6.3 |
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A small town girl runs into big time trouble as she takes on her roommates identity as a dominatrix to pay the bills. |
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| Rating: 6.9 |
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The up-and-down-and-up-again story of musician Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly), whose songs would change a nation. On his rock'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to (and then kicks) every drug known to man, but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman. |
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| Rating: 8.0 |
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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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| Rating: 6.6 |
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This quirky comedy stars Cary Elwes as Erik Naybor, a motivational speaker and life coach who keeps his family on their toes with a rigorous schedule of physical exercises and psychological techniques. He seems on top of his game, not to mention his family's lives, until a delinquent nephew shows up who has info on Erik's not-so-perfect past. Suddenly, it looks like the rigid structure that Erik has built his life around may not be as sturdy as he thought. |
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| Rating: 6.9 |
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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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