Fast-talking Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) says whatever it takes to close a deal. But after stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leaves... one for every word he has left. Now Jack's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.
"Zombie" (Silu Seppala – "Leningrad Cowboys go America"), does two things well - plays bass and drink. Afar living on the streets of Istanbul as a down and out he returns to his native Helsinki to start a new life. He is immediately arrested and made to do this military service only to get discharged afar putting turpentine in the officer’s soup. After meeting a girl, Zombie’s friend Harri (Matti Pelonpaa – "Leningrad Cowboys go America"), gives him a chance to play bass in his band the Mulefukkers. Can Zombie keep of the drink and concentrate on the bass?
Unfolding in real-time, Lions For Lambs tells the powerful story of an ambitious senator, a journalist chasing a hot story, and two soldiers sent on a secret, perilous mission. As arguments and bullets fly, their stories are woven ever more tightly together, revealing the delicate line that separates the lion and the lamb within each of us...
Bobby Gold (Joe Mantegna) is a cop, he is devoted to the job and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. It's a world he knows all about until he picks up a routine investigation into the death of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper. Working the case Bobby is soon confronting his own ancestry and discovering a whole New World of scholars, ancient languages and passionate fighters. Suddenly what seems to everyone else a simple case of murder becomes Gold's link to a conspiracy of death. While Gold's boss is counting on him to bring in the killer, the investigation leads Gold to believe Zionist vigilantes and anti-Jewish conspiracy is responsible. Soon his vision, his loyalties to his partner Sullivan (William H Macy) and his promise to do the 'job' are clouded by the choices of morality he must make.
Kibby Womack (Gene Hackman) and Walker Ellis (Burt Reynolds) are two best friends, riding high during Prohibition as the overseers or a major underground liquor distributor. When the men meet singer Claire (Liza Minnelli), who tells them she can get their product into hundreds of establishments, they go into business with her. Things hit a snag, though, when a love triangle develops between the three, complicating matters as they all try to stay one step ahead of the law.
A recovering alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) decides to commit suicide. He spends 24 hours wandering through Paris and visiting old friends, hoping to find some meaning to life and a reason to go on living.
Deborah Kerr (in the performance of her career) plays the emotionally repressed vicar's daughter who takes up a job as a governess to two seemingly angelic orphans. Gradually coming to believe that the children are possessed by the perverse spirits of their former governess and her sadistic lover, she begins to see manifestations of the ghosts prowling the huge gothic mansion of Bly House. Director Jack Clayton sustains a superbly haunting atmosphere throughout the film, and like James' original work, cleverly retains the ambiguity of wether the ghosts are real or the products of the governess's fevered imagination. Aided by Freddie Francis's exquisitely inventive and atmospheric CinemaScope photography, we, like the governess, are never quite sure what unspoken horrors are lurking beyond the edge of the frame and are kept guessing until the film's tragic conclusion.
The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene. With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of three minutes, 'Psycho' redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and introduced a new element of danger to the movie-going experience. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans - including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich - director Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking Hitchcock's dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that's nirvana for film buffs.
Killer Of Sheep is an undisputed masterpiece of African-American filmmaking and one of the most poetic, perceptive dramas ever made about family and community. This acclaimed tale of a disillusioned slaughterhouse worker-and the solace to be found in the simplest moments of life-is tender, witty, and affectionate. With lovely neorealist photography - capturing the long, hot days of 1970s Los Angeles - and a gorgeous blues soundtrack (Dinah Washington, Paul Robeson and Little Walter all feature) the film has a quiet emotional power.
In the remote Westfjords of Iceland, a lady hangs herself inside a church. Her strange death leads to an investigation into a number of similar cases in the region. To his horror Freyr (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson), the new psychiatrist in town, discovers that the deceased woman was obsessed with the disappearance of his 7-year-old son who went missing without a trace three years before. Across the bay in an abandoned village, three city dwellers are restoring an old house when supernatural and inexplicable events start to occur. It becomes clear that the answer to both of these mysteries lie with the mysterious disappearance of a boy 60 years earlier.
Relentless edge-of-your-seat suspense, jaw-dropping, high-octane action and a powerful love story combine in what has been hailed by many critics as the best film of the year. 'Tell No One' follows one man's frantic race against time when his tragic past is suddenly and unexpectedly unearthed. Dr. Alex Beck (François Cluzet) is left unconscious after his wife, and childhood sweetheart, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) is brutally murdered. 8 years on and still unaware of the truth, Alex receives an anonymous e-mail. Clicking on the link he sees a woman's face in a crowd - Margot's face...But before this can sink in, Alex is thrown headlong into a deadly chase - running from both the Police and a team of killers who will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Adapted from Voltaire and the book by Hugh Wheeler. The historic concert that preceded Bernstein's only recording of Candide. Videotaped at the Barbican Centre, London, 13 December 1989.
A group of tourists gather on a whale watching vessel in Iceland anticipating the trip of a lifetime. When a freak accident leaves the captain of their boat mortally wounded, a small group of tourists are forced to seek refuge on a passing former whaling vessel manned by a family of 'Fishbillies' with a psychotic score to settle. With whaling no longer on the agenda, the tourists become the helpless prey aboard a ship that is set to sail on a sea of blood.
Director Ken Loach's gritty account of a young London woman (Carol White) trying to cope in squalor while her husband (John Bindon) is in jail. Clutching at any slight chance of happiness, she Has a promiscuous relationship with his best friend (Terence Stamp) which in turn leads to heart-breaking consequences. 'Poor Cow' is a poignant, controversial slice of raw social realism and, in true Loach style, is an imaginative exploration of the thin line separating fiction and real-life.
While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist Clare (Teresa Palmer) meets Andi (Max Riemelt), a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. But what initially appears to be the start of romance suddenly takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes up the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment. An easy mistake to make, of course, except Andi has no intention of letting her go again. Ever.
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