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The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)Don't Open the Door / Slumber Party Massacre / The Overnight Massacre
It's going to be the slumber party to end all slumber parties. With her parents away, Trish (Michelle Michaels) is planning a weekend of high jinx fun for her high school basketball team friends - a slumber party at her house. She's not sure if she wants to invite the newly arrived and talented Valerie (Robin Stille) but someone who's definitely coming is Russ Thorn. Locked up in a mental institution since 1969, Thorn, the nastiest of driller killer psychos, has escaped and is heading back to town intent on more bloody mayhem. This night no one's going to get much sleep - there's potato chips, drinks, dope, severed heads, blood and gore a-plenty. Even the pizza delivery boy ends up a yucky mess (just like his pizzas!). - Director:
- Amy Holden Jones
- Cast:
- Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella
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One Night in Miami (2020)One Night in Miami...
Adapted by Kemp Powers from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actor Regina King puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture, as they bond, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25,1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali, civil rights leader Malcolm X, NFL great Jim Brown, and "King of Soul" Sam Cooke all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit, 'One Night in Miami...'plunges us into the midst of an intimate, ongoing conversation - and a defining moment in American history. - Director:
- Regina King
- Cast:
- Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge
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Shagird (2011)Disciple
"Shagird" is a fast- paced action-packed cop drama that unfolds in the capital city of Delhi amidst the power of paisa and politics. Delhi Police Crime Branch Officer Hanumant Singh (Nana Patekar) - a respected yet feared officer whose tactics and ethics are questionable, mentors Mohit (Mohit Ahlawat) a new junior officer in his team. Their ideologies cross paths when a notorious gangster Bunty Bhaiya (Anurag Kashyap) enters the fray. Together, Hanumant Singh and Bunty Bhaiya work for power hungry politician Rajmani Singh (Zakir Hussain), who rules the state using unfair means and will not let anything or anyone come in his way. In this nexus, who stands right and who stands wrong? What crosses the line in the gray zone of law, crime and politics? Who wears a mask and who comes out a winner forms the rest of the story. - Director:
- Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Cast:
- Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Rimi Sen
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Handgun (1983)Deep in the Heart
With one broken relationship still fresh in her mind, Kathleen Sullivan (Karen Young) is in no mood to take on a new boyfriend. Larry (Clayton Day), however, will not tolerate sexual rebuffs; rape is his means of exercising what he regards as a male prerogative. Consumed by anger and hungry for vengeance, Kathleen now finds she must take matters into her own hands... - Director:
- Tony Garnett
- Cast:
- Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys
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Barbarian (2022)Bárbaro / Варварин
Traveling to Detroit for a job interview, a young woman books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double-booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening. Before long, mysterious sounds draw her to other parts of the house where terrifying discoveries prove there's a lot more for her to fear than just an unexpected house guest. - Director:
- Zach Cregger
- Cast:
- Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long
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Le Samouraï (1967)The Godson / The Samurai
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean-Pierre Melville, 'Le Samourai' is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940's American gangster cinema and 1960's French pop culture - with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology. - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast:
- Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
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In the course of one magical evening, Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) meet unexpectedly... then part when she decides they must let fate determine if they are meant to be together. Years later, they are both engaged to others, but cannot give up the dream that - despite time, distance and the obstacles that conspire to keep them apart - they will one day meet again. - Director:
- Peter Chelsom
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Hélène Cardona, Kate Beckinsale
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Jane Hayes's (Keri Russell) adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life. Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric resort where guests experience complete immersion in the Regency era. Armed with her bonnet, corset and needlepoint, Jane strives to avoid spinsterhood... but has a difficult time determining where fantasy ends and real life - and maybe even love - begins. - Director:
- Jerusha Hess
- Cast:
- Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge
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Crocodile Dundee (1986)Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee (Paul Hogan) is a free-spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare hands, stares down giant water buffaloes, and drinks mere mortals under the table. But he's about to face the ultimate torture test - a trip to New York City. Beautiful and tenacious reporter Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) gets more than just a story as the "wonder from Down Under" rocks the Big Apple to its core. - Director:
- Peter Faiman
- Cast:
- Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon
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Along the way, he encounters Agamemnon (Sean Connery), Robin Hood (John Cleese), Napoleon (Ian Holm) and winds up as a passenger on the Titanic, although not necessarily in that order. But is this just random entertainment laid on for history fan Kevin's benefit, or part of a wider struggle between the forces of Good (Ralph Richardson) and Evil (David Warner)? - Director:
- Terry Gilliam
- Cast:
- Sean Connery, Chris Grant, Tony Jay
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21st century. USA. The second civil war. The whole country is in a state of emergency. What was formerly called the American Congress now rules with fascist methods. There is only one free city left, Steel Harbor, headquarters for the resistance. This is the hometown of Barb Wire (Pamela Anderson), owner of the nightclub Hammerhead. As times aren't good, Barb has a second job. She's a bounty hunter and you probably wouldn't want her after you. Barb's credo is to never take sides for anybody and that's the only way to survive these days. When her former lover Axel Hood (Temuera Morrison) appears asking for a favour, Barb suddenly finds herself to be a key player on the high political stage. Now she has to take sides... - Director:
- David Hogan
- Cast:
- Pamela Anderson, Amir Aboulela, Adriana Alexander
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Think everyone over 17 has forgotten what it's like to be 16? Filmmaker John Hughes hasn't. Now Hughes delivers another funny, savvy, crowd-pleasing look at adolesence in this story about high-school misfit (Eric Stoltz), who falls so head-over-heels for the senior class siren that he's blind to the charms of his beautiful and devoted best pal (Mary Stuart Masterson). Some fun, some heartache, 'Some Kind of Wonderful'! - Director:
- Howard Deutch
- Cast:
- Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson
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Cocktail (1988)The Bartender
International superstar Tom Cruise is electrifying as Brian Flanagan, a young, confident and ambitious bartender, who, with the help of a seasoned pro Bryan Brown, becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to tropical Jamaica and meets an independent artist Elisabeth Shue , their steamy romance brings a new perspective to the self-centred bartender's life. - Director:
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue
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Based on the true life best seller 'Wiseguy' by Nicolas Pileggi and backed by a dynamic pop/rock oldies soundtrack, critics and filmgoers alike declared 'GoodFellas' great. It was named the best film of the '90s by the New York, Los Angeles and National Society of film critics, and it earned 6 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. - Director:
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
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Chariots of Fire (1981)Carros de fuego
The poignant true story of two British sprinters vying for gold in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), a driven athlete of Jewish ancestry, runs to overcome prejudice and to achieve personal fame; his rival, Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a devout Scottish missionary, competes for the glory of God. An inspirational story of spirit and strength in the face of enormous odds, the film combines the finest elements of athletic competition and human drama to create a compelling and timeless cinematic classic. - Director:
- Hugh Hudson
- Cast:
- Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell
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