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Epic Movie (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Penn, Kal | Campbell, Adam | Coolidge, Jennifer | Mays, Jayma | Chambers, Faune A. | Glover, Crispin | Cox, Tony | Jiménez, Héctor | Hammond, Darrell | Electra, Carmen | Willard, Fred | Carradine, David | Lehre, David | McDonald, Kevin | Alvarez, George
Directors: Friedberg, Jason
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The twisted minds of two of the six writers of “Scary Movie” tackle the biggest mega-blockbusters of all time in “Epic Movie.” The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks), another a refugee from Mexican “libre” wrestling, the third a recent victim of snakes on her plane, and the fourth a “normal” resident of a mutant “X”-community. The hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory, where they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia (with a “G”). There they meet a flamboyant pirate captain and earnest students of wizardry - and join forces with, among others, a wise-but-horny lion to defeat the evil White Bitch of Gnarnia.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Crowe, Russell | Bettany, Paul | D'Arcy, James | Woodall, Edward | Larkin, Chris | Pirkis, Max | Randall, Jack | Benitz, Max | Ingleby, Lee | Pates, Richard | Pugh, Robert | McCabe, Richard | Mercer, Ian | Dolan, Tony | Threlfall, David
Directors: Weir, Peter
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During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Russell Crowe brings great intensity to the role of Captain Jack Aubrey. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story to get to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. Paul Bettany offers a strong performance as the surgeon and naturalist who balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain’s friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together. The horrors of the injuries from the war are frequently implied, but vividly depicted in the reactions of the characters.

Starship Troopers (1997)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Dien, Casper | Meyer, Dina | Richards, Denise | Busey, Jake | Harris, Neil Patrick | Brown, Clancy | Gilliam, Seth | Muldoon, Patrick | Ironside, Michael | McClanahan, Rue | Bell, Marshall | Bruskotter, Eric | Levin, Matt | Lindsley, Blake | Ruivivar, Anthony
Directors: Verhoeven, Paul
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In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don’t know is that they’ll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.

Sin City (2005)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Alba, Jessica | Aoki, Devon | Bledel, Alexis | Boothe, Powers | Ciccolella, Jude | Dashnaw, Jeffrey J. | Dawson, Rosario | De Luna, Jesse | Del Toro, Benicio | Douglas, Jason | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Flanagan, Tommy | Frankenfield, Christina | Gomez, Rick | Gugino, Carla
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin | Rodriguez, Robert | Miller, Frank
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“Sin City” is Four stories inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The First Story (The Customer is always right)is short, and is based on the depression of women that they need to pay a man to feel loved when they commit suicide. The Next Story is Part 1 of “That Yellow Bastard” starring Bruce Willis as a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The Third Story (The Hard Goodbye) features Mickey Rourke and his revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth story (The Big, Fat Kill) stars Clive Owen as a man who must dispatch of a cop’s body, but it will be a tough ride to do it. Following that are two conclusions to Sin City, the ending of “That Yellow Bastard” which is set 8 years later, and a short story that ends Sin City.

Passion of the Christ, The (2004)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Rosalinda Celentano | Rubini, Sergio | Caviezel, James | Morgenstern, Maia | Jivkov, Hristo | De Vito, Francesco | Bellucci, Monica | Sbragia, Mattia | Bertorelli, Toni | Lionello, Luca | Shopov, Hristo | Gerini, Claudia | Sartor, Fabio | Ferro, Giacinto | Mincer, Olek | Mokhtari, Sheila | Allocca, Lucio
Directors: Gibson, Mel
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The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.

Count of Monte Cristo, The (2002)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Caviezel, James | Pearce, Guy | Harris, Richard | Frain, James | Dominczyk, Dagmara | Wincott, Michael | Guzmán, Luis | Adamson, Christopher | Blanc, JB | Carleton, Guy | Norton, Alex | Cassin, Barry | Cavill, Henry | Corrigan, Briana | Costello, Brendan
Directors: Reynolds, Kevin
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‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes’ girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d’If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge.

Affair of the Necklace, The (2001)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Cox, Brian | Swank, Hilary | Pryce, Jonathan | Baker, Simon | Brody, Adrien | Richardson, Joely | Walken, Christopher | Panettiere, Hayden | Kunz, Simon | Brooke, Paul | Eyre, Peter | McCusker, Frank | Shackleton, Simon | Gulliford, Hermione | Hutchings, Geoffrey
Directors: Shyer, Charles
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Paris, 1786: a woman in court. The Crown murdered her father for his views about the poor, now Jeanne wants her home and good name back. She believes all can be set right if she can talk to the Queen, whose House Minister rebuffs her. With the help of a courtside gigolo, she learns to use what others desire to get what she wants. She needs a patron: with forged letters, she convinces Cardinal de Rohan she is the Queen’s confidante and can help him regain royal favor. Jeanne conspires to have the Cardinal purchase a fabulous diamond necklace for the Queen. He delivers it to Jeanne for Marie Antoinette. If the scheme breaks down, what then? Might this affair spark revolution?

Pianist, The (2002)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | War
Countries: France | Germany | Poland | UK
Actors: Brody, Adrien | | Finlay, Frank | Lipman, Maureen | Fox, Emilia | Stoppard, Ed | Rayner, Julia | Meyer, Jessica Kate | Zebrowski, Michal | Mues, Wanja | Ridings, Richard | Sharron, Nomi | Milner, Anthony | Skeaping, Lucy | Skeaping, Roddy
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944.