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Ex-Mexican Federal agent Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo) is recruited by the President of the United States (Carlos Estevez) for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man - he must fight his way across Mexico to take down a madman revolutionary and eccentric billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson) who has hatched a plot to spread war across the planet by launching a weapon into space. - Director:
- Robert Rodriguez
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- Danny Trejo, Corey Burton, Alexa Vega
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980)Superman Reforms
You haven't seen all the 'Superman' films until you've seen this! 'Superman II' starring Christopher Reeve returns with a never-before-seen beginning and resolution. Director Richard Donner began shooting his vision of 'Superman II' while concurrently filming 'Superman: The Movie'. For the first time, his unique vision is here. Jor-El A (Marlon Brando in recently found footage) appears in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the relationship between father and son. Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) plots more schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With so many changes, large and small, this version is an eye-opening alternate experience. - Director:
- Richard Donner
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando
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Road to Bali (1952)The Road to Hollywood
Another hilarious trip along the road this time takes our slick witted romeos' to the South Seas for a thrill filled adventure that inevitably leads to much mayhem and romance. Bing and Bob's troubles begin in Australia where it becomes necessary to beat a hasty retreat to avoid a shotgun wedding, but instead of fleeing to safety they plunge even deeper into trouble by taking employment as deep-sea divers for an evil prince, who needs them to dive for lost treasure in the ocean's depths. It's at this time that they meet the lovely Princess Lala (Dorothy Lamour) whose charms prove irresistible to our two underwater hero's but which one will surface nearest to Lala's affections? - Director:
- Hal Walker
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- Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
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The Federation needs you for a desperate do-or-die mission in 'Starship Troopers', the ultimate sci-fi action thriller from the director of 'Total Recall'... hailed for its mind-blowing special effects and amazing futuristic settings! The new millenium brings man face-to-face with the deadliest enemy of all...an intelligent race of alien bugs, some thirty feet tall, some that fly and all capable of destroying every living thing on Earth! That's where brave young freedom fighter Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) comes in. While Johnny trains in an elite infantry unit, his stunning girlfriend Carmen (Denise Richards) becomes a top starship pilot - but is seduced by a suave flight instructor! - Director:
- Paul Verhoeven
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- Casper Van Dien, John Cunningham, Denise Richards
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For a Few Dollars More (1965)Per qualche dollaro in più
When two rival bounty hunters (Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef) learn they're both after the same murderous bandit, they join forces in hopes of bringing him to justice. But all is not as it seems in the hard-hitting second installment of Sergio Leone's trilogy starring Eastwood as the famed "Man with No Name". - Director:
- Sergio Leone
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Maurizio Graf, Lee Van Cleef
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Sharpe: Sharpe's Mission (2006)Миссия Шарпа
Wellington (Hugh Fraser) orders Sharpe (Sean Bean) to join the heroic Colonel Brand (Mark Strong) on a hazardous journey deep behind French enemy lines to destroy an ammunition store. However, Brand is not as honourable as Sharpe believed, and with the french closing in and the British dangerously outnumbered and heavily outgunned, Sharpe must risk his life to confront enemies on both sides. - Director:
- Tom Clegg
- Cast:
- Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden
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Acclaimed actor Sean Bean stars in these action packed feature length movies set in the midst of the desperate missions and battles of the Napoleonic wars in 19th century Spain.
Sharpe's RegimentSharp (Sean Bean) returns to England to unravel the truth behind the bewildering decree from Lord Fenner (Nicholas Farrell) that the South Essex Battalion is to be disbanded. But to expose the truth, Sharpe must battle with tyrannical officers and shadowy assassins, as they uncover a trail of deceit, duplicity and corruption leading all the way to Lord Fenner himself.
Sharpe's Siege
While on a perilous mission to capture a fort in France, Sharpe's wife contracts a deadly fever that has swept through the ranks of the British camp. Sharpe is compelled to stay and fight for his country, knowing that even if he survives he may never see his beloved new bride again.- Director:
- Tom Clegg
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- Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden
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When insurance underwriter Hugh Drummond (Richard Johnson) learns of the deaths of top oil executives - at the hands of a pair of beautiful but brutal female assassins - he is convinced that it is the work of an international crime syndicate. His investigations uncover that the syndicate is after a big oil concession, and to get it they must commit regicide... - Director:
- Ralph Thomas
- Cast:
- Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina
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One of the most famous blunders in military history, which sent the Light Brigade to its doom at the Crimea, provides the climax to a passionately felt and provocative British film. Tony Richardson creates a sweeping panorama of mid-Victorian England in all its complacency and callousness, and a biting screenplay by Charles Wood brings wit as well as anger to dramatising the gulf between the leaders and the led. The film affords memorable roles for Trevor Howard and John Gielgud as the incompetent Lords Cardigan and Raglan who drive the men to their death, and stars David Hemmings at the height of his career. - Director:
- Tony Richardson
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- Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud
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Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In 'F for Fake', a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of the world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes - not the least of whom is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, 'F for Fake' is an inspired prank and a clever examination of the essential duplicity of cinema. - Director:
- Orson Welles
- Cast:
- Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, William Alland
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Norman Wisdom: Man of the Moment (1955)Ja i gospodin ministar
Diplomatic relations were never Norman's strong point! However, the world is in for a shock when he accidentally becomes the British delegate at an important Geneva Conference. Conducting negotiation and handling affairs of state in his inimitable style, Norman continues to make the world a better and funnier place. - Director:
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Cast:
- Norman Wisdom, Lana Morris, Belinda Lee
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Jesse Lujack (Richard Gere) is a small-time car thief who loves livin', Jerry Lee Lewis and his Silver Surfer comic books. But most of all, Jessie loves Monica (Valerie Kaprisky), the sexy French architecture student he just met in Vegas. Determined to provide her with the good life, Jesse uses all his rockabilly charm to convince the resistant Monica to drop everything and join him on a trip to sunny Mexico in a fire-red Caddy with the top down and the woman he loves finally at his side, Jessie feels on top of the world. But no matter how much rubber he burns, there's something that Jessie just can't outrun. As he races faster and faster away from his past and toward his dreams, Jessie must keep everything that's important to him - especially Monica - close by his side...or risk losing them forever! - Director:
- Jim McBride
- Cast:
- Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano
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The Missouri Breaks (1976)Duelo de gigantes
Montana Badlands rancher David Braxton (John McLiam) is a self-made man. Through years of tireless effort and determination, he has transformed his vast and rugged land into a thriving, prosperous empire. So when his livestock, his fortune - and even his family - are threatened by a ruthless horse thief (Jack Nicholson), Braxton takes matters into his own hands. Hiring a sadistic 'regulator' (Marlon Brando), to track down the outlaw, Braxton intends to liberate the territory from crime..but what he initiates instead is a complex series of events that results in brutality and savagery far beyond anything he even thought possible. - Director:
- Arthur Penn
- Cast:
- Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid
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The Frisco Kid (1979)No Knife / The San Francisco Kid
It's 1850, and new rabbi Avram Belinski (Gene Wilder) sets out from Philadelphia toward San Francisco. Cowpoke bandit Tom Lillard (Harrison Ford) hasn't seen in a rabbi before. But he knows when one needs help. And getting this tenderfoot to Frisco in one piece will cause rouble - with the law, Native Americans and a bunch of killers. - Director:
- Robert Aldrich
- Cast:
- Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri
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Jerry Lewis directed, co-wrote arid stars in this riotously funny movie that set a new standard for screen comedy. Lewis plays Dr. Julius Kelp, a homely and nearsighted chemistry teacher who's ignored by the ladies and ridiculed by his students and fellow professors. All of that changes one day when he concocts a magical potion that can transform him into a sophisticated and handsome Romeo, a confident, self-assured swinger dubbed "Buddy Love". But the Jekyll-and-Hyde routine soon creates double the trouble for the bumbling professor and the girl of his dreams (Stella Stevens), a student who's fallen head-over-heels for the conceited, debonair Buddy. - Director:
- Jerry Lewis
- Cast:
- Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore
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