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Sicko (2007)SiCKO
Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore’s new movie SiCKO asks his fellow Americans: What is wrong with us? Moore shows that U.S. health care ranks last among developed nations despite costing more per person than any other health system in the world. Moore seeks answers in Canada, Great Britain, and France, where all citizens receive free medical care. Finally, Moore gathers a group of 9/11 heroes rescue workers now suffering from debilitating illnesses, unable to receive help at home, and takes them to a most unexpected place where they receive the tender care unavailable in the richest nation on earth. - Director:
- Michael Moore
- Cast:
- Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn
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Year of the Dragon (1985)Manhattan sur, el año del dragón
Deep in the heart of New York's Chinatown thrives a criminal community a thousand years old, the Triad, an illicit network of ruthless corruption and power. As the new godfather of the organisation, Joey Thi (John Lone) decides it's time to declare war on the entrenched interests, both Italian and Oriental, in the lucrative drug trade. The streets run red with blood of his enemies. That is until NYC's most decorated cop, ex Vietnam vet, Stanley White (Mickey Rourke), takes over the Chinatown precinct. White wages a private battle against the chaos on his turf and only one man can survive the inevitable confrontation. - Director:
- Michael Cimino
- Cast:
- Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane
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Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)Kronos / Vampire Castle
It is the early nineteenth century. The enigmatic Captain Kronos (Horst Janson) roams the countryside with his hunchbacked assistant Professor Grost (John Cater). Kronos wears the uniform of the Imperial Guard, but now he fights a very different war. The beautiful gypsy Carla (Caroline Munro) hitches a ride with Kronos and Grost. She soon discovers that they are professional vampire hunters who have been summoned to a village where a young girl has been found emaciated, drained of all youth. As the death toll in the village rises, Kronos devises a daring plan to expose the murderer - a plan that uses Carla as bait... - Director:
- Brian Clemens
- Cast:
- Horst Janson, Julian Holloway, John Carson
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Hamburg, the city where the 9/11 bombers lived and plotted, remains on high alert. When a suspected terrorist arrives in the city, he attracts the interest of a secret anti-terror unit who must uncover the truth about his identity and possible connections to high level terrorists. As the clock ticks down the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true motives - is he an oppressed victim or a militant terrorist hell-bent on destruction? - Director:
- Anton Corbijn
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Daniel Brühl
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September 26th 1983 - the cold war-era Soviet missile detection system flags five incoming missiles from the United States. Protocol dictates an immediate response, and the firing of retaliatory nuclear warheads, before it is too late. "The Man Who Saved the World" is the astonishing true story of Lt. Colonel Stanislav E. Petrov, the man, who, for a few short minutes, held the fate of the world in his hands, as he decided whether to authorise a Soviet strike back, or to follow his instinct and wait, risking the wrath of his superiors, and the future of his nation... Ten years in the making, it is the remarkable story of an everyman hero, and the amazing secret Petrov kept to himself for more than a decade. He humbly asserts he was merely "in the right place at the right time", but, this film demonstrates that rarely has a single decision made by one man had such a profound effect on the modern world. - Director:
- Peter Anthony
- Cast:
- Stanislav Petrov, Kevin Costner, Sergey Shnyryov
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Funland (2005)Веселяндия
Strip clubs and seedy hotels, intrigue and deception, unspeakable secrets and unbelievable depravity...this is Blackpool, where you can be whoever you want to be, however fantastic or bizarre. But always at a price. Carter Kranz arrives in Blackpool to avenge the death of his mother. Without a penny to his name, he carries only a fragment of paper containing the words 'Ambrose Chapel'. Also in town are the Suttons, Dudley and Lola, hoping a dirty weekend at the Shangri-la Guesthouse will spice up their marriage. They are about to find themselves caught in a nightmare rollercoaster ride driven by the dysfunctional Woolf family. The Woolfs are at the heart of everything that happens in Blackpool. There's Shirley Woolf, a nightclub owner and borderline psycho; his foolhardy wife Connie and his mother, the evil and manipulative Mercy, a vicious matriarch who runs every racket in town: protection, intimidation and extortion. Twisting and turning, the story unravels with surprises, shocks and dark, dark humour, plunging into mystery and menace...because once you've visited Funland, there's no going back... - Director:
- Dearbhla Walsh
- Cast:
- Frances Barber, Judy Parfitt, Kenny Doughty
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Driven to expose corporate crimes and government secrets no matter what the cost, an activist (Benedict Cumberbatch) and computer hacker (Daniel Brühl) team up to become the underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. As their WikiLeaks organisation starts to gather support and influence across the globe so the stakes are raised; pitching them into conflict with US intelligence agencies and putting the lives of thousands in danger. - Director:
- Bill Condon
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten
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We are responsible for our dreams. This is the ultimate lesson of psychoanalysis - and fiction cinema. The makers of 'The Pervert's Guide to Cinema' return with 'The Pervert's Guide to Ideology'. Philosopher Slavoj Zizek and filmmaker Sophie Fiennes use their interpretation of moving pictures to present a compelling cinematic journey into the heart of ideology - the dreams and beliefs that shape our common practices. - Director:
- Sophie Fiennes
- Cast:
- Slavoj Zizek
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Set in the 1920s, "The Quiet Man" stars John Wayne as Sean Thornton, an Irish-born American who has travelled to his birthplace of Inisfree to lay claim to his family farm. Although warmly embraced by the denizens of the village, Thornton's outsider status is thrown into relief when the abrasive landowner Squire Will Danahan (Victor McLaglen) objects both to the turnover of the land, and to the handing over of his sister Mary Kate's (Maureen O'Hara) dowry to the man whose community stature now threatens to show up his own. What follows is a confrontation with custom and with the personal past, all before an unforgettable extended brawl sprawing the entire countryside whereupon nothing less hinges than the peace of Inisfree itself. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
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The directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Casey Affleck, I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the documentary follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. Joaquin outrageous antics feature fellow A-listers P. Diddy, Ben Stiller and a now infamous appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye. - Director:
- Casey Affleck
- Cast:
- Joaquin Phoenix, Carline, Antony Langdon
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I Am Not Your Negro (2016)Remember This House
Told entirely in the words of James Baldwin, through both personal appearances and the text of his final unfinished book project, "I Am Not Your Negro" touches on the lives and assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. , and Medgar Evers to bring powerful clarity to how the image and reality of Blacks in America today is fabricated and enforced. - Director:
- Raoul Peck
- Cast:
- Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte
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Air travel is safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth - and that's bad news for passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesley Snipes earns his wings in this exciting airborne adventure. He plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative that enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do or be done to. - Director:
- Kevin Hooks
- Cast:
- Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore
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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)Bajos instintos 2
London psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass (Morrissey) is charismatic, highly respected and at the top of his game. When Detective Superintendent Washburn (Thewlis) asks Glass to analyse a beautiful woman who has been linked to the mysterious death of a famous sports star, his entire world is turned upside down. The woman in question is Catherine Tramell (Stone), best-selling American crime novelist whose fiction has a habit of turning into reality. The magnetism between the two is immediate and Glass is intrigued by Catherine both mentally and physically. Quickly sucked into her web of lies and seduction, Glass' own basic instincts are uncovered as professional boundaries are blurred. As people around him are mysteriously murdered, a deadly battle of wits ensues between Glass and Tramell, leading to a startling climax in which he must make a choice that will change both their lives forever. - Director:
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Cast:
- Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis
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Inheritance is a tense and nightmarish dive into the deepest and darkest secrets of New York's elite. Lily Collins stars alongside Simon Pegg (as you have never seen him before) in this high-stakes thriller. Lauren, a young and ambitious lawyer (Lily Collins) finds her perfect life falling off the tracks following the death of her hedge fund tycoon father. Lauren is left with a shocking secret inheritance that will threaten to unravel and destroy all of their lives. - Director:
- Vaughn Stein
- Cast:
- Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen
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As a litte girl, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) was blinded by her abusive mother. For twenty years she had lived in darkness but thanks to the miracle of Medical Science she has her eyesight restored by an eye surgeon (Peter Friedman) who offers her a cornea transplant to restore her vision. Soon after, Emma witnesses intruders in her next door neighbours flat, she sees the face of the suspect, but not until the day after the killing. Her eyes will physically see the image before the brain is able to encode it. The case hinges on Emma's evidence and the frustrated detective John Hallstrom (Aidan Quinn) is relying on her statement. As the case develops Emma herself is unconvinced about the reliability of her own observations. Leading a tightrope case Detective Hallstrom tries to unravel the truth relying on the love-hate relationship of his only hope to crack the case, Emma. - Director:
- Michael Apted
- Cast:
- Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar
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