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Rigor Mortis (2013)Geung si
In this chilling horror, a washed up movie star goes to an abandoned apartment block to end his life but finds himself plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos. Ghosts, vampires and zombies erupt out of the housing block. drawing the residents into an apocalyptic fight for their lives. With kinetic action sequences and a jaw-dropping cinematic style, Rigor Mortis is an electrifying feature debut from director Juno Mak that reinvigorates Asian horror. - Director:
- Juno Mak
- Cast:
- Anthony Chan, Siu-hou Chin, Fat Chung
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'Sex After Kids' is a raunchy and hilarious ensemble comedy that takes an unflinching look at how becoming a parent can extinguish the sizzle in intimate relationships. Five couples, who have all recently had babies, try to navigate the changes to their love lives and attempt to rediscover lost passion, as they face the problems of juggling new parenthood with having any kind of sex life. - Director:
- Jeremy Lalonde
- Cast:
- Paul Amos, Stewart Horsley, Shannon Beckner
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When American couple, Steven (Ryan Philippe) and Shannon (Rachelle Lefevre), travel to Haiti to spend time with their newly adopted daughter, a chance encounter with would-be stranger, Benjamin (John Cusack), sees their family torn apart when their daughter disappears. They soon discover that all is not what it seems and uncover a high stakes underground child trafficking scam, which sends them on a high-octane mission of retribution. Now, they must risk their own lives to uncover the truth and bring their family back together. - Director:
- Alan White
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre
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Written by and co-starring Academy Award Winner Emma Thompson, "Effie Gray" explores the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his teenage bride Effie Gray, and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. After marrying at the tender age of 19, Effie quickly realises her marriage is a lie when Ruskin refuses to consummate it, Yearning for affection, she soon falls for the charms of the artist, Millais. Desperate to be freed from Ruskin, Effie embarks on a life-changing journey to become Mm one of the first women in history to seek a divorce from her husband, making her an everlasting figure in feminist history. - Director:
- Richard Laxton
- Cast:
- Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge
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"Third Person" tells three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal. The tales play out in New York, Paris and Rome through three couples who appear completely unrelated but in fact share deep commonalities: lovers and estranged spouses, children lost and found. Featuring an award-winning ensemble cast including Liam Neeson, Adrien Brody, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Kim Basinger and Maria Bello and written and directed by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis, "Third Person" is a mystery, a puzzle in which the truth is revealed in glimpses, and nothing is really as it seems. - Director:
- Paul Haggis
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody
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Orphaned at 19, the glamorous identical twins Maria and Frieda (Mary and Madeleine Collinson) move from Vienna to the village of Karnstein to live with their kind, submissive aunt (Kathleen Byron) and grim uncle Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing). Gustav is a fanatical Puritan and leader of The Brotherhood, a religious sect feared for their witch hunts and burnings. Gustav is determined to kill his nemesis, Count Karnstein (Damien Thomas), a devil-worshipping libertine who has been turned into a vampire by his ravishingly beautiful undead ancestor. One day, while out walking with her sister, Frieda is lured into the Count's coach and whisked off to Karnstein Castle... - Director:
- John Hough
- Cast:
- Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson
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Adapted from Michael Bond's beloved books, "Paddington" is the magical adventure of a polite young Peruvian bear (voice of Ben Whishaw), who travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, it seems that city life is not all he imagined - until he meets the Brown family, who kindly offer him a place to stay. But little do the Browns realise just how much chaos one small bear can cause - and they soon discover that their lives will never be the same again. - Director:
- Paul King
- Cast:
- Alexander Bracq, Tim Downie, Madeleine Worrall
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Mathias (Kevin Kline) is a New Yorker who has never had much in terms of wealth. However, when his father passes away he inherits a valuable Parisian apartment and immediately sets out for France in order to liquidate this asset and end his money troubles. Yet when he gets there he finds the property to be inhabited by a peculiar old woman (Maggie Smith) who refuses to leave and has more than just a bit of bad news for Mathias' plans to get rich - under French law not only does he not own the property until she dies but he must pay a fee for her to live there. But unbeknownst to Mathias, this set of circumstances may just turn out to be a blessing in disguise and a true life lesson... - Director:
- Israel Horovitz
- Cast:
- Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Maggie Smith
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North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s - George (Bradley Cooper) and Serena Pemberton (Jennifer Lawrence), love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George's hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton's passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning. - Director:
- Susanne Bier
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans
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Blondie O'Hara (Jennifer Jason Leigh) resorts to desperate measures when her low-level hood husband Johnny (Dermot Mulroney) gets caught trying to steal from Seldom Seen (Harry Belafonte), a local crime boss operating out of jazz haunt The Hey-Hey Club. Out on a limb, Blondie kidnaps laudanum-addled socialite Carolyn (Miranda Richardson), hoping her influential politician husband can pull the right strings and get Johnny out of Seldom Seen's clutches. - Director:
- Robert Altman
- Cast:
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte
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Kids (1995)Kids, vidas perdidas
Powerful, compelling and deeply shocking, 'Kids' spends twenty-four frenetic hours with a group of New York teenagers. Skateboarders Telly and Casper hang out, shoplift, do drugs and seduce girls. Jennie (Chloe Sevigny) follows the pair across the city, desperate to confront them with a terrible truth. - Director:
- Larry Clark
- Cast:
- Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny
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As this year's annual Purge begins, Leo, an enigmatic loner haunted by the death of his son, wants revenge. Eva (Carmen Ejogo), a single mother, is forced, along with daughter Cali (Zoë Soul), to leave her apartment when they are attacked. Shane (Zach Gilford) and Liz (Kiele Sanchez), a young couple, become victims of a carjacking. Seeking refuge in Leo's armoured car, Shane and Liz team up with these other three strangers. Now this unlikely group find out just how far they will go to protect themselves, and each other, as they fight to survive the night. - Director:
- James DeMonaco
- Cast:
- Cindy Robinson, Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo
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The Best Day of My Life (2002)Il Più bel giorno della mia vita
Troubled matriarch and widowed grandmother Irene lives alone in a decaying family villa, where she frets about her wayward children and her roses in equal measure. Since the death of her husband, eldest daughter Sara has lived in emotional solitude, unable to open up even to her adolescent son, Marco. She fills the gap by obsessing about whether he might have an accident, that might be on drugs or - worse still - that he might be gay like his uncle Claudio. Claudio himself feels detached from the family, initially able to accept himself as a gay man only through sexual contact without emotional ties, despite the offer of support from a loving partner. Claudio has never somehow managed to tell his mother about his sexual orientation and even though a successful layer, this need for secrecy puts a strain on his relationship. The middle child, Rita, is apparently the most settled but her passion for veterinarian Davide acts as a line of fracture, splitting her apart from her husband Carlo. - Director:
- Cristina Comencini
- Cast:
- Virna Lisi, Margherita Buy, Sandra Ceccarelli
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Satan (2006)Sheitan
On Christmas Eve, three young guys meet two gorgeous girls who invite them to spend the weekend in the country. They arrive and meet the maniacally grinning housekeeper Joseph (Vincent Cassell; La Haine, Irreversible). That evening, what begins innocently as Christmas dinner turns into disturbing conversations about sex, satanic possession and evil. As the weekend progresses, Joseph's behaviour only gets more erratic and the young friends realise their host has made a demonic pact, and all hell is about to break loose. Following in the footsteps of The Ordeal and Switchblade Romance this twisted tale is a must see for horror fans everywhere. - Director:
- Kim Chapiron
- Cast:
- Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Roxane Mesquida
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Shooters (2002)Стрелки
Gilly steps out of prison with nothing and no one except J, the friend he took the rap for. All Gilly wants is to start over with the money he's owed, but J, a two-bit hustler with a drug problem, has invested it in another drugs-for-guns deal. As J and Gilly do the rounds for the local boss Max, all hell breaks loose. J's deal is now out of control, Max is onto their scam, and so are the police. As violence escalates, the pair try to keep ahead of the game, but in the gritty underworld of drugs and guns, betrayal is the only way out. - Director:
- Glenn Durfort
- Cast:
- Adrian Dunbar, Andrew Howard, Louis Dempsey
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