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The Ghost (2010)The Ghost Writer
Following the tragic death of his ghost writer, British ex-prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) hires a journalist (Ewan McGregor) to complete his memoirs. No sooner has he arrived at the Lang's isolated island retreat to begin the job, when scandal arises, and a huge political storm breaks. With reporters and protesters swarming to the Martha's vineyard mansion where Lang is staying with his wife Ruth (Olivia Williams) and his media-handler turned mistress Amelia (Kim Cattrall), the ghost is trapped within the confines of the estate and is quickly drawn into the political and sexual affairs at play there. More troubling still, as the ghost researches his subject begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor had stumbled on a dark secret in Adam Lang's past. Suddenly, it begins to seem likely that his untimely death might not have been an accident after all… - Director:
- Roman Polanski
- Cast:
- Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams
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California in 1860 is a tough place to live, unless you're Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan). Having made a fortune in gold, he now successfully owns and runs Kingdom Come, a sprawling prospecting town nestled between the snowscapes. Daniel has designs on turning his town into a city, but to do that he needs the railroad and so invites Dalglish (Wes Bentley), the chief surveyor of the Central Pacific Railroad expedition, to conduct a survey of the surrounding area.
But just when he thinks he is about to put himself firmly on the map his long lost wife Elena (Nastassja Kinski) and their daughter Hope (Sarah Polley) appear. Twenty years earlier he had traded them in for the original claim that would later found his town. And as Dillon seeks forgiveness his world begins to falter.- Director:
- Michael Winterbottom
- Cast:
- Wes Bentley, Elisa Bourreau, Peter Mullan
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'West of Memphis' tells the untold story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to stop the State of Arkansas from killing an innocent man. Told and produced by those who lived it, Damien Echols and Lorri Davis, the film uncovers new evidence surrounding the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, and exposes the wrongful conviction of three teenagers who lost 18 years of their lives imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. - Director:
- Amy Berg
- Cast:
- Jason Baldwin, Julie Ann Doan, Damien Wayne Echols
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Just prior to World War II, an extraordinary rescue operation aided the youngest victims of Nazi terror. Ten thousand Jewish and other children were transported from German-held lands to foster homes and hostels in Great Britain. Some built new family ties. Some endured the Blitz. Some, amazingly, found ways to liberate their own parents from Hitler's tyranny. And all have unforgettable stories to tell... - Director:
- Mark Jonathan Harris
- Cast:
- Judi Dench, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel
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Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son; but he isn't her boy. Driven by one woman's relentless quest for the truth, the case exposes a world of corruption, captivates the public and changes LA forever. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, William Brent, Colm Feore
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Romeo and Juliet (1996)Romeo + Juliet
This brilliant and contemporary retelling of the World's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive "Romeo and Juliet" unforgettable. Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. - Director:
- Baz Luhrmann
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo
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From the writer/director of Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crow brings us Almost Famous, nominated for four Academy Awards and winner of Best Original Screenplay (2001). Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old music fanatic, William (Patrick Fugit). Having managed to land an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater - fronted by lead guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) - and with the help of gorgeous "band aid" Penny Lane played by Oscar nominee Kate Hudson (Almost Famous, 2001), William finds himself drawn into the band's inner circle, despite the objections of his over-protective mother (Frances McDormand). As he becomes less an observer and more a participant in the band's dynamics, William learns a life-changing lesson about the importance of family - the ones we inherit and the ones we create. - Director:
- Cameron Crowe
- Cast:
- Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
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Inferno (2009)L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot / Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot chose Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani, as the lead actors of L'Enfer (Inferno). This enigmatic and original project, about a hotel manager who becomes possessed by the demons of jealousy, was given an unlimited budget and touted to be the cinematographic event of the decade. However, three weeks into filming, drama unfolds and the project was aborted. The images, said to be incredible, were never shown. Decades later, having uncovered some of the original rushes and screen tests, directors Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea have succeeded in recreating a new film from the remnants and brought it to fruition. Part original, part documentary and part reconstruction, Henri-Georges Clouzot's 'Inferno' shows L'Enfer as it was shot, and tells the emotional story of an ill-fated film project, and of Henri-Georges Clouzot, who had been given free rein to his filmmaking genius. - Director:
- Serge Bromberg
- Cast:
- Romy Schneider, Serge Bromberg, Bérénice Bejo
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Antonio Bay, a quaint, small seaside town is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. That night a heavy, mysterious fog rolls through the town and people begin to die in savage ways. Rumours of a secret as old as the town begin to surface and the people of Antonio Bay realise they are victims of long dead sailors who have come to take revenge for their own murders at the hands of the town's founding fathers. The townspeople can only wait for the fog to roll in and pray that they are not the next to die. - Director:
- John Carpenter
- Cast:
- Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Nicklin, Jamie Lee Curtis
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Salt of the Earth (1954)Sfida a Silver City
"Salt of the Earth" centers on a long, difficult workers' strike against a mining company in New Mexico. Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) fights for equity of wages as well as health and safety issues, but at home he mistreats his wife, Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas). When the men are forced to end their picketing, Esperanza joins the other women who demand to play a role in the strike, against their husbands' wishes. - Director:
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Cast:
- Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer
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Sweet, shy high school outcast Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz) has a shocking secret: when she is angry, she can move objects with her mind. After merciless taunting from classmates and abuse at the hand of her religious fanatic mother (Julianne Moore), Carrie's anger - and her telekinetic powers - are unleashed. And when a prom prank goes horribly wrong, events spiral out of control until the terrifying conclusion of this powerful, pulse-quickening horror story directed by Kimberly Peirce. - Director:
- Kimberly Peirce
- Cast:
- Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde
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Linda (Theresa Russell) and Dr. Henry Henry (Christopher Lloyd) lead an apparently normal suburban life in Nothern Carolina. However, while Linda longs for a child, Henry is gripped by an obsession for his model railway and distracted by the attentions of his assistant, the amorous Nurse Stein (Sandra Bernhard). Linda threatens suicide but is interrupted by the arrival of an enigmatic young Englishman (Gary Oldman) who claims to be her long-lost son, Martin, the baby who was taken away from her while she was still a schoolgirl. Although unnerved by Martin, Linda is also inspired by him and, through the course of a violent and passionate day, she finds herself able to exorcise her troubled past. - Director:
- Nicolas Roeg
- Cast:
- Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd
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In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium - but that doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarised worlds. - Director:
- Neill Blomkamp
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley
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John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent westerner John Ford for this frontier action packed with laughter, romance and thrills. Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin, this faithful representation of one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history, is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war, and a powerful, action-packed drama. Based on an actual Civil War incident, The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union soldiers who force their way deep into Southern territory to destroy a rebel stronghold at Newton Station. In command is hard-bitten Colonel Marlowe (Wayne), a man who is strikingly contrasted by the company's gentle surgeon (Holden) and the beautiful but crafty Southern Belle (Constance Towers) who's forced to accompany the Union raiders on perhaps the most harrowing mission in the war. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers
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When Ann Lake (Carol Lynley) goes to pick up four year old Bunny at her new preschool in London, she's told that no child by that name is enrolled there...Superintendent Newhouse (Laurence Olivier) of Scotland Yard is assigned to the case. His suspects include: Steven Lake (Keir Dullea), the child's protective uncle; Horatio Wilson (Noël Coward), the Lake's decadent landlord; and Aida Ford (Martita Hunt), the school's eccentric ex-headmistress, but he soon learns that no one has actually seen the child and there is absolutely no proof that Bunny ever existed! Ann maintains the child's been kidnapped, but Newhouse begins to suspect that the hysterical young woman may just be insane. - Director:
- Otto Preminger
- Cast:
- Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier
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