robert-bucknor's - FAVOURITES List
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Denzel Washington joins forces with Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott for Deja Vu - the powerful, fast-paced action-thriller with a spectacular mind-bending twist. Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin (Washington) gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime. But can it help Carlin change the past? Hold on your seat for an explosive and intriguing thrill ride you'll want to experience again and again. - Director:
- Tony Scott
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Nolan North, Paula Patton
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A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barrelling down on a city and only two men can stop It: a veteran engineer (Danzel Washington), and a young conductor (Chris Pine). Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster. - Director:
- Tony Scott
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson
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Shane (1953)Shane, el desconocido
Alan Ladd plays the titular gunslinger, the archetypal "man alone" who wanders into town and shortly afterward becomes embroiled in a conflict between a group of Wyoming homesteaders and the nefarious cattle baron who has designs to wrest away their land. As the conflict escalates, and a romance develops between Shane and homesteader Marian Starrett (Jean Arthur, in her last screen role), a who's-who of studio system character talent revolves through the production - Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Elisha Cook, Jr. - before one of cinema's most famous, unforgettable endings. - Director:
- George Stevens
- Cast:
- George Stevens, Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur
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Written and directed by Shane Meadows, This Is England '90 follows on from the critically acclaimed feature 'This is England' (2006) and the subsequent BAFTA winning series 'This Is England' '86 and '88 - two of Channel 4's highest ever rated dramas. Charting the turbulent lives of a group of friends looking for love, a laugh and a future as Britain moves from the 80s into the 90s, This Is England follows the misadventures of Woody, Lol, Shaun and the rest of the gang.'.,, as they struggle with the soaring highs and harrowing lows of growing up - and moving on. Set to a seminal soundtrack; this much anticipated final chapter finds the gang embracing the rave scene of a new decade, put the utter hilarity and unadulterated joy of their 'summer of love' soon gives way to a bleak winter. As the stark reality of life takes hold and, ultimately, takes life, this new season will see an enormous transformation in everyone. - Director:
- Shane Meadows
- Cast:
- Lyra Mae Thomas, Billy Braithwait, Chanel Cresswell
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Straw Dogs (1971)Los perros de paja
David Summer (Dustin Hoffman) is a quiet American mathematician who has moved with his wife Amy (Susan George) back to a remote Cornish farmhouse near the village where she grew up. The couple have relocated to rural England in an attempt to flee the violence of America but their placid life is brutally interrupted when the savagery and violence they sought to escape engulfs them and threatens to destroy their lives. - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
- Cast:
- Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
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Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982)Star Trek II: The War of the Generations / Star Trek II: The Vengeance of Khan / Star Trek II: The Undiscovered Country
It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training manoeuvers, and Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan (Ricardo Montalban) - the brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth - has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret device called Project Genesis, wrestled control of another Federation starship, and now schemes to set a most deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk...with the threat of a universal Armageddon! - Director:
- Nicholas Meyer
- Cast:
- William Shatner, Teresa E. Victor, Dianne Harper
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The Scalphunters (1968)Lovci na skalpove
In a performance full of fire and vinegar, Burt Lancaster plays Joe Bass, a crusty, frontier-wise fur trapper. Joe's hard-earned cargo of pelts is seized by a band of "friendly" Kiowas in exchange for a runaway slave they have captured. As the educated, city-bred Joseph, Ossie Davis is as determined to get his freedom as Lancaster is to get his furs back. - Director:
- Sydney Pollack
- Cast:
- Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas
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Tensions flare, in film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.), a proud black army attorney, is sent to Fort Neal, Louisiana, to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Waters' men, Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters' constant race baiting? - Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans
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During the early days of post-colonial India, a company of nomadic actors travel across the country performing Shakespeare. When a young troupe member, Lizzie (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with playboy Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), the pair must overcome cultural differences and the scheming of film actress and rival for Sanju's affections Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey). - Director:
- James Ivory
- Cast:
- Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal
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In the Spring of 1941, Nazi Germany's greatest battleship - the Bismarck, scourge of Atlantic shipping, is pinned down at her anchorage in Norway. Making a break for freedom and the safety of air cover from the Luftwaffe, the great ship is chased by the Royal Navy, led by the Admiralty's Chief of Operations, Captain Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More), and WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis (Dana Wynter). - Director:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Robert Rietty, Dana Wynter
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The story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can't believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend. His unemployed brother won't move off the couch. Someone is threatening his career. His kids are a mystery, and his neighbour is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behaviour and mortality in the film critics rave is "seriously awesome!" - Director:
- Ethan Coen
- Cast:
- Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick
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Scent of a Woman (1992)Perfume de mujer
Al Pacino won his first 'Best Actor' Oscar for his brilliant portrayal of an overbearing, blind retired lieutenant Colonel who hires a young guardian (Chris O'Donnell), to assist him. It's a heart-wrenching and heart-warming tale of opposites attracting when they embark on a wild weekend trip that will change the lives of both men forever... - Director:
- Martin Brest
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn
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Film follows the life of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
- Director:
- Ken Russell
- Cast:
- Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren
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Starman (1984)John Carpenter's Starman
Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science-fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to be a man in love. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen), and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days, he'll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion. - Director:
- John Carpenter
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Nick Sagan, Karen Allen
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Spartan (2004)Búsqueda desesperada
Robert Scott (Val Kilmer) is a US government secret agent A man hardened by years of brutal service, he is feared by his peers and enemies alike. His newest assignment is to find Laura Newton (Kristen Bell), the teenaged daughter of a high government official, who appears to have been kidnapped. The pressure is on for Scott and his novice partner Curtis (Derek Luke), to find the girl fast, before the story leaks. Working with a special task force, Scott and Curtis stumble upon a plot more sinister than expected. With a white slavery ring and Stoddard (William H. Macy), a corrupt political operative to contend with, the pair find themselves at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy. - Director:
- David Mamet
- Cast:
- Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
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