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Dark Planet (2009)Obitaemyy Ostrov
The year is 2157: Maxim is on a mission in deep space when his ship crashes on an unknown planet. Despite the highly advanced weaponry and technology developed by the plane tyrannical leaders, he finds the general population suffering under cruel medieval living conditions. After discovering he will never be able to return home, Maxim joins forces with a local girl and her brother and launches an uprising to overthrow the planet's totalitarian system and its mind-controlling dictators. An epic battle commences... - Director:
- Fedor Bondarchuk
- Cast:
- Vasiliy Stepanov, Maksim Matveyev, Yuliya Snigir
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The credits dub this "the maddest story ever told", a promise that's well on the way to being fulfilled in the opening scene alone, when Virginia traps and kills a hapless deliveryman in her makeshift web. She's one of three siblings who suffer from a unique genetic disorder that causes them to regress back to childhood, while retaining the physical strength and sexual maturity of adults. Lon Chaney Jr. gave one of his most memorable late performances as Bruno, their guardian and protector, who has managed to cover up their crimes until two distant relatives lay claim to their house. When they insist on moving in, Bruno has to cross his fingers and hope that the 'children' behave towards their new guests... This was the first solo feature by Jack Hill, whom Quentin Tarantino dubbed "the Howard Hawks of exploitation filmmaking", and it remains one of his wildest and weirdest. - Director:
- Jack Hill
- Cast:
- Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker
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Vienna-based psychoanalyst Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) is involved in a passionate affair with Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell), a hedonistic, sexually impulsive and clearly troubled young woman. When Milena is brought into a hospital emergency room after apparently overdosing, detectives investigate the possibility of foul play on Alex's part. As he recounts the events to the investigating officer, Alex is forced to confront his own motives and detectives must decide whether her condition is the result of a suicide attempt, or something more sinister... - Director:
- Nicolas Roeg
- Cast:
- Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel
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Armored Car Robbery (1950)Armoured Car Robbery
Dave Purvis (William Talman) is the smartest crook there is and he's got a red-hot scheme to secure his retirement: rob an armoured car full of money, then fly off to the sun. But Dave's not as lucky as he needs to be: a cop car swings past, guns are fired and a policeman dies. The dead man's friend Lt. Jim Cordell (Charles McGraw) vows pursuit: he's smart and tough and gets results. As the heat starts to rise, paranoia kicks in and the gang turns on each other. Can Dave escape before Cordell runs him to ground? - Director:
- Richard Fleischer
- Cast:
- Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman
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Saffron Burrows and Peter Mullan deliver riveting performances in this tale of desire, passion and betrayal that pits upper class against lower class in a superbly staged battle between the sexes. With a script based on August Strindberg's famous play and written for the screen by Helen Cooper, Oscar nominated director Mike Figgis presents a taut and intimate story, holding you with the intensity of his vision and his mastery of nuance from beginning to end.
On a late 19th-century estate, a celebration of wine and beer lets loose inhibitions... and inner passions. Jean (Peter Mullan), the Count's footman, takes the advances of the Count's daughter (Saffron Burrows) too far with a scandalous encounter in the kitchen. And over one night, it becomes clear that these two lost souls desperately need each other in order to escape the confines, and trappings, of their lives. But can a servant support a noblewoman, who, without her father's money, is no more privileged than he?- Director:
- Mike Figgis
- Cast:
- Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy
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Based on the play by Jean Anouilh, Peter Sellers stars in this romantic comedy as General Fitzjohn, who, despite his long list of conquests, has never consummated his affair with Ghislaine, his first love. She attempts to rectify this and takes drastic action by pretending to drown herself, only to be rescued by the General's aide, not the General himself, which may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. - Director:
- John Guillermin
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton
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Finding Graceland (1998)The Road to Graceland
The King of Rock-n-Roll lives! On his way across New Mexico, Bryon Gruman (Johnathon Schaech) picks up a hitch-hiking impersonator who says he's Elvis Presley really. Sceptical and trying to shake the memory of his wife's death, Bryon just wants to drop the Elvis off at his Memphis destination. Instead he finds himself won over by this King, much like everyone they meet including a sexy Marilyn Monroe look-alike. - Director:
- David Winkler
- Cast:
- Harvey Keitel, Johnathon Schaech, Bridget Fonda
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Mr. Jones (1993)M. Jones
Impulsive, irresponsible, irresistible - Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) is a man who effortlessly draws people to him with his infectious charm and fascinating energy. He is also a man who can easily slip into periods of deep depression and despair. Intelligent, dedicated, respected - Dr. Libbie Bowen (Lena Olin) is a psychiatrist who, despite all her training, is totally unprepared for Mr Jones. He challenges her, he intrigues her, he sees into her heart... and soon Libbie finds herself risking her entire career for love. - Director:
- Mike Figgis
- Cast:
- Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft
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A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened - and he's the killer. - Director:
- John Flynn
- Cast:
- Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith
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Based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history, 'The Finest Hours' is a tale of courage, faith and honour in the face of overwhelming odds. When a massive storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, it rips a T-2 oil tanker in half, trapping more than 30 sailors on its rapidly sinking stern. As Captain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and his crew set out in a 12-seat rescue boat to save them, Chief Engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) struggles to buy his men more time. - Director:
- Craig Gillespie
- Cast:
- Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster
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Lisa and the Devil (1973)Lisa e il diavolo
Lisa (Elke Sommer) - an American tourist travelling in Spain - loses her tour party and seeks refuge in the tumbledown mansion of a blind countess after being guided there by the distinctly satanic butler of the house, Leandro (Telly Savalas). The son of the Countess notices Lisa's striking resemblance to his dead lover and pursues her as a night of murder, strange eroticism and dark hallucinations begins. - Director:
- Mario Bava
- Cast:
- Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina
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Is Paris Burning? (1966)Paris brûle-t-il ?
The explosive, courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. An insane and desperate Hitler sends a top general to determine if the Nazis can hold the city. If not, Paris will be burned. With a powerful script by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola, this epic film boasts an international cast of screen legends, including Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kirk Douglas, Yves Montand, Leslie Caron, Anthony Perkins and Orson Welles. 'Is Paris Burning?' is a staggering portrait of heroism and brotherhood, and one of the most riveting stories to come out of World War II - Director:
- René Clément
- Cast:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron
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It is a moment before dawn, and the river traffic on the Thames begins to ease its way through the fog. The River police find the body of a young girl left dry by the ebb tide. Her body is brought ashore and her possessions examined. Who is she? And what drove her to take her own life? For the young married couple (Judi Dench and Norman Rodway) love brought them together, but now marriage and a child have driven them apart. The young husband would rather stay out than return home to a wife kept awake by a teething baby daughter. Their story is witnesses by their friend (Joe Melia), a bachelor, who is exposed as the loneliest of them all. - Director:
- Anthony Simmons
- Cast:
- Ann Lynn, Judi Dench, Norman Rodway
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There can't be many black sons in Brixton as innocent as Benjamin Ignatius Samuel Jones. He arrives in this throbbing immigrant area of London fresh from his village in Guyana, where he was brought up by his strictly religious granny. Within a few hours of his arrival, Ben (Trevor Thomas) has been humiliated by officialdom, robbed of his money by a street urchin and left desolate by his sad discovery that the only address he has in London turns out to be a demolished house. Ironically he is befriended by the very couple of amiable tricksters who robbed hip'of the few pounds left from the sale of hit granny's farm. Ben happily takes on their offer of a friendly partnership. He will earn the money and cook the food. Dave (Norman Beaton) will show him how to enjoy it He takes Ben to Soho to give him his first taste of sex and arranges a trip to the English seaside where the cold climate is compensated for by the nubile warmth of Miss Saffra (Dawn Hope), an ambitious miss determined to escape from the ghetto. Ben's final education comes when he discovers that Saffra has no real love for him and that Dave and Devon (Paul J. Medford) were the thieves who stole his money. When Dave tries to sweet-talk Ben into lending him more money, Ben refuses and lets the swindler swindle himself. Innocence wins. The country boy has had the best teachers... - Director:
- Anthony Simmons
- Cast:
- Norman Beaton, Trevor Thomas, Dawn Hope
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Nostalgia centres around the home and school life of a young boy, whose family mix the comic and lovable with the violent and dysfunctional. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs - Nostalgia is more concerned with a child's moment of leaving the internalised world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike's. - Director:
- Takashi Miike
- Cast:
- Takeshi Caesar, Setsuko Karasuma, Yûki Nagata
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