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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Maid (Kimyo na sakasu) (2005)
7:29 PM
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"Every year, for thirty days during the lunar seventh month, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are thrown open. Vengeful spirits or hungry ghosts wander among the living, seeking revenge and justice before the gates of hell are closed again for another year." The eighteen years old Rosa Dimaano arrives in Singapore from Philippines to give support to her family working as a maid in the house of the artists of a Chinese opera troupe Mr. and Mrs. Teo on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. She is welcomed by the family and introduced to their friends and their retarded son Ah-Soon. Later, Mrs. Teo advises her about their beliefs and how the dead should be respected and honored along the seventh month. However,...
Art Of The Devil 2 / Long khong (2005)
4:36 PM
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A group of high school friends reunite after two years when one of their fathers' committed suicide. They all spend the night at their friend's place. When darkness falls, strange things begin to happen to them one by one. It is as if someone is using the black arts on them in revenge for an act this group of friends committed together back at high sch...
Camp Blood 2 (2000)
4:17 PM
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Smarmy opportunist filmmaker Worthy Milligan convinces traumatized sole survivor Tricia to work as a technical advisor on a film he's making about the horrific events that occurred at Camp Blood. The cast and crew return to the...
Blood Sisters (1987)
12:55 PM
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A strange string of disappearances has Tracy's new college tense and paranoid. Her curious personality follows the blood trail right to the front door of one of the school's sororities. Tracy and her roommate, Melissa, go undercover to rush the sorority, where soon they discover that they've bitten off more than they can chew, as their new sorority sisters are blood thirsty vampires!...
Deep Red
10:46 AM
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A psychic who can read minds picks up the thoughts of a murderer in the audience and soon becomes a victim. An English pianist gets involved in solving the murders, but finds many of his avenues of inquiry cut off by new murders, and he begins to wonder how the murderer can track his movements so close...
Africa Addio
10:23 AM
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Italian documentary in the "Mondo Cane" series. Widely considered to be an example of racist shocksploitation (with a peculiar focus on cruelty to animals) nostalgic for the days of colonialism during Africa's transition, it nevertheless is a great watch and contains the only recorded evidence of the genocidal killing of Arabs in Zanzi...
Day of the Triffids (1962)
9:38 AM
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A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the population go blind. In the original novel, this chaos results in the escape of some Triffids: experimental plants that are capable of moving themselves around and attacking people. In the film version, however, the Triffids are not experimental plants. Instead they are space aliens whose spores have arrived in an earlier meteor shower....
Kin-Dza-Dza (1986)
9:30 AM
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Part 1Part 2Kin-Dza-Dza is something like an "advanced cyberpunk film". It's a lot about people and social structures which on "Plyuk" of course have many parallels to our society. It's a very funny movie, but it's also a melancholic movie with great philosophical sense. Written by AnonymousTwo Humans, "Uncle Vova" and "Skripach"(Fiddler) accidentally find themselves on another planet after pushing the wrong button on the strange device in the hand of an odd hobo, claiming to be an alien. Planet "Plyuk" in the galaxy "Kin-Dza-Dza" looks like a desert. All "aliens" look human, and can understand Russian, after reading uncle Vova's mind. Their own language is mostly telepathic and is limited to 11 words - 10 plus "KU" - all other words. The whole paradox of Plyuk is that their civilization...
The City of Lost Children Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995)
9:13 AM
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Rated R for disturbing and grotesque images of violence and menace. Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who cannot dream, kidnaps young children to steal their dreams. One (Ron Perlman), a former whale hunter who is as strong as a horse, sets forth to search for Denree, his little brother who was kidnapped by Krank's men. Helped by young Miette (Judith Vittet), he soon arrives in La Cite des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children). Written by Marie-Andree Poisson The evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank's problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman's little brother is kidnapped, the strongman (One)...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Zeitgeist: The Movie (2007) | Final Edition [ French subtitles]
10:58 PM
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Extremely controversial documentary split into three parts, first producing information discrediting religion, particularly Christainity through showing the simmilarities of major religious figures. Part 2 describes the problems with what was told to us about the events surrounding Sept. 11 and and provides evidence to show who the writers believe really was responsible for the attacks. The third part deals with banks and resulting theories of World leaders plans to create one world bank. Also touches on the people responsible for the Great Deppression. Written by AnonymousA documentary that calls for vigilance and the search for truth, using a rigged comparison against Christianity it proves its point to all who are influenced by the message it sends forth. It goes on by putting forth a...
Granfontaine Island
10:55 PM
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French voices, english subtitles. A The Movies animation film, directed by Alutt in 2007. Synopsis : 1966. Louis Granfontaine, the patriarch of his family, accidently died a short time ago, on a small private island which belongs to the Granfontaine, off Brittany (France). His widow, Catherine, has invited Christopher – Louis’ eldest son, born of a first marriage – to the island for a family celebration. There, Christopher will meet his two young stepbrothers, Jacques and Jules. Monsieur Saladin, a mysterious Egyptian magus, has also been invited. Some strange, dreadful and unforgettable events are about to happen. Will light spring up out of the shadow ? Film d'animation réalisé avec le logiciel The Movies. Ecrit et réalisé en 2006 par Alutt. Genre : thriller fantastique. Version française,...
Monday, October 20, 2008
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
5:37 PM
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Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, language and some sexual content. Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner! Written by Shaquille In Greenbrier Back Country, West Virginia, the retired military Dale Murphy is hosting a tough survivor show where the winner takes US$ 100,000.00. The proposal of the reality show is to survive in the woods in the most adverse conditions, following predetermined rules. Soon the contestants find that...
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Elegy (2008)
10:07 PM
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Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.Driven by Isabel Coixets visually assured and deeply observant direction, "Elegy" charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms them more than either could imagine, a charged sexual contest evolves into an indelible love story. With humanistic warmth, wry wit and erotic intensity, Elegy explores the power of beauty to blind, to reveal and to transform. Starring Academy Award®-winner Ben Kingsley and Oscar®-nominee Penelope Cruz, with extraordinary supporting performances from Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard, Elegy is based on Pulitzer Prize-winner...
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sex & Consequences/Last Sunset (2006)
11:52 AM
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Rated R for strong sexuality including graphic dialogue, and for language. Plot Keywords: Sex, Female Nudity ...
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
11:50 PM
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Rated R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence. While practicing motocross in Hawaii, Sean Jones witnesses the brutal murder of an important American prosecutor by the powerful mobster Eddie Kim. He is protected and persuaded by the FBI agent Neville Flynn to testify against Eddie in Los Angeles. They embark in the red-eye Flight 121 of Pacific Air, occupying the entire first-class. However, Eddie dispatches hundred of different species of snakes airborne with a time operated device in the luggage to release the snakes in the flight with the intent of crashing the plane. Neville and the passengers have to struggle with the snakes to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro,...
Hostel: Part II (2007)
11:02 PM
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Rated R for sadistic scenes of torture and bloody violence, terror, nudity, sexual content, language and some drug content. Three female college students take a detour from their partying, enticed by a beautiful European woman who promises seclusion, safety and maybe even romance. What they get is a living hell where they are sold to the highest bidder who's fondest wish is to kill them slowly. Hostel 2 also follows 2 American men who, on the flip side of the coin, are willing to pay to join an exclusive club where a life will end at their hands...any way they like. It's a story of human monsters and the almighty dollar as only Eli Roth could tell it. Written by Paul Nomad of Dreadcentral.com 4 beautiful college students are...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Carolina Moon (2007)
10:34 PM
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In her mid-twenties, Tory Bodeen returns to the small Carolina town of her childhood, where her best friend Hope was murdered in an unsolved assault. Tory is blessed - or maybe cursed - with the ability to see events in the past and present, and although at the time she knew what has happening to Hope, she was unable to prevent it or to see who the assailant was. Her father, a righteous religious fanatic, remains a suspect. As the anniversary of Hopes death approaches, Tory resolves to face her demons with the help of childhood friends - her cousin Wade, Hope's sister Faith, and Hope's brother Cade, who still carries a torch for her. Will friends be enough?...
La Ultima Luna (2005)
1:10 AM
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This movie set in 1914 was filmed on location in the Holy Land with some additional shooting in Chile and is photographed beautifully. A Jew and a Christian Arab are best friends as well as feuding adversaries surrounded by an uncertain world and prejudices and cultural differences that span millenniums. This is an honest film of a story that is both fragile and hard hitting. Even though a period piece chronicling events of nearly 100 years ago you can't help but being reminded of present day Isreal-Palestine throughout the entire film. This movie tells it's story very effectively. This is not a big budget film and proves very well that it doesn't have to be....
Thursday, October 9, 2008
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
No Night Is Too Long (2002)
8:47 PM
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Young Tim Cornish's life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a chance meeting, a stolen kiss and a sudden flare of passion sets Tim on a journey of betrayal, heartbreak and murder. In a flashback, he tells his story of cruelty, love and a soul-destroying guilt that offers little chance for redemption....
GTO le film
8:45 PM
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Le film adapté des mangas GTO en japonais sous-titré francais. L'adaptation est différente du manga. On n'y croise pas la prof charmante mais une journaliste. Le film garde néamoins tout son humour....
Fucking Åmål (Show Me Love) (1998)
5:07 PM
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Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done *it*. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For different reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own homosexuality. Written by Mattias Thuresson {mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se} The sixteen year old Agnes Ahlberg (Rebecca Liljeberg) has been living in the small Swedish town of Åmål with...
Empire Records (1995)
4:12 PM
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Rated PG-13 for sexual situations, language and a drug issue. A day in the life of the employees of Empire Records. Except this is a day where everything comes to a head for a number of them facing personal crises - can they pull through together? And more importantly, can they keep their record store independent and not swallowed up by corporate greed? Written by Anonymous Empire Records is going to be turned into a Music Town. It is up to the wacky employees to figure out a way to raise enough money to help their boss Joe keep the store from changing hands. They also deal with problems amongst themselves, love, and a has-been spoiled rock star named Rex Manning. Written by Josh Pasnak {chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca} ...
Jesus
10:30 AM
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Two thousand years after his death, Jesus of Nazareth remains one of the most fascinating and compelling figures of all human history. Few people have left such a profound impact throughout the world. This film is the definitive version of the life of Jesus, having been translated into more languages than any film in history. In order to be true to the message of Jesus, the screenplay was taken from the text of the Gospel of Luke. Virtually every word spoken by Jesus is drawn from the biblical text....
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
7:23 AM
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The film provides an excellent portrayal of the horrors that the US and the UK have gone to in the pursuit of the War on Terror, and also a damning indictment of the workings of the minds that are behind this "War". I feel that the film may well deserve the acclaim it gets purely on the basis of the bravery that it cast and direction have shown in making it- their freedoms and possibly their careers may be impinged upon as a result.This fact was well illustrated in the recent incident that I feel brings the reality of Guantanamo and the War on Terror closer to home. It was documented that the cast, returning to Luton having picked up the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, were taken aside and questioned by police. In a haunting...
