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Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner and Courtney B. Vance star in this hilarious thriller about five grad school liberals who share a house, a left-wing outlook, and Sunday suppers filled with conversation and social criticism. But when a redneck trucker threatens one of their own, he inadvertently puts them on the radical road to serial murder. - Director:
- Stacy Title
- Cast:
- Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish
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Legend of a Fighter (1982)Huo Yuan-Jia
Initially prevented by his over-protective father from learning martial arts, Fok Yune Gap (leung Kar Yan) trains secretly with Japanese tutor Chiang Ho San (Yasuaki Kurata), eventualy becoming a master. Years later when Yune Gap has evolved into fighting legend, Japan sends a champion to challenge him. The challenger is Ho San. In a tragic twist of fate the two friends are honour-bound to engage in a potentially deadly duel of unarmed combat. - Director:
- Woo-ping Yuen
- Cast:
- Yao Lin Chen, Yeh Fang, Fung Fung
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Torso (1973)I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale
Delicious students, who we can only assume are studying for a masters degree in stripping, head off for a vacation to a location remote enough to ensure undisturbed carnage should a killer be lurking nearby... Luckily for fans of psycho sexual thrillers a black gloved saw-wielding killer has followed them to their bordello of nudity and soon starts effective slayer multi-tasking by molesting and mutilating his way through a cast of fine beauties including the ever delicious Suzy Kendall! - Director:
- Sergio Martino
- Cast:
- Suzy Kendall, Carolyn De Fonseca, Tina Aumont
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave
Luigi Pistilli plays writer Oliviero, an abrasive drunk who amuses himself by holding drunken orgies at his grand country manor much to the displeasure of his long-suffering wife (Anita Strindberg). But this decadence is soon rocked by a series of grisly murders, in which Oliviero finds himself implicated. - Director:
- Sergio Martino
- Cast:
- Edwige Fenech, Anthony La Penna, Andy Luotto
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In Italy, Celine an American model, is abducted while en route home to meet her sister Linda (Emmanuelle Seigner). Celine (Elsa Pataky) is reported missing and F.B.I, agent Inspector Enzo Avolfi (Adrien Brody) is assigned the case. He's from the Special New York City Department investigating a serial-killer that kidnaps foreigners to destroy their beauty. Enzo and Linda team up to rescue Celine from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow. - Director:
- Dario Argento
- Cast:
- Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky
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Acclaimed director John Landis presents this madcap send-up of late-night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches! Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment. A truly outrageous look at the best of the worst that television has to offer. - Director:
- Joe Dante
- Cast:
- Rosanna Arquette, Phil Hartman, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Slugs (1988)Slugs, muerte viscosa
They're abnormally large. They have four rows of teeth. There are millions of them, and they're all hungry. But these are no ordinary Slugs. When toxic waste contaminates their water system, these vicious creatures mutate into carnivorous killers that invade a small town. Soon, local drunks, kindly old gardeners, evil businessmen and horny teens all meet unspeakable and slimy deaths. Can the rampage be stopped before the entire community is devoured by this flesh-eating horror? - Director:
- Juan Piquer Simón
- Cast:
- Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale
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The Ancient World's Of Most Spectacular epic unfolds on screen as a star-studded, special-effects-filled adventure of breathtaking beauty and power in this lavishly produced adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. An extraordinary international cast sweeps you into the heroic age of the mighty warrior-king Odysseus (Armand Assante) as his victorious return from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest to reach his homeland and his faithful wife, Penelope (Greta Scacchi). Aided by the goddess Athena (Isabella Rossellini), Odysseus braves all the terrors and temptations of a mysterious, far-flung world, matching wits and wiles with a fantastic array of beings both mortal and monstrous. It's the voyage of a lifetime, and a journey you and your family will never forget, in this glorious retelling of one of the greatest adventure tales of all time. - Director:
- Andrey Konchalovskiy
- Cast:
- Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini
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Based on true events, Evelyn tells the inspiring story of real-life hero Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) and his young children, Evelyn, Maurice and Dermot. Abandoned by his wife, Doyle does his best to make it as a single dad, raising his kids alone in Ireland. Their life isn't easy and when his wife's mother reports her daughter's abandonment to the authorities, the power of the Church and the Irish courts take his children away and put them in orphanages. Doyle is devastated. Vowing to reunite his family, he enlists the help of new friend Bernadette Beattie (Julianna Margulies), her solicitor brother Michael (Stephen Rea), their American lawyer friend Nick, and Nick's mentor Tom Connolly. Together they attempt to do what has never been done before - challenge a law before the Irish Supreme Court. Doyle's fight to keep his family intact becomes an uplifting testament to the strength of a father's love and the power of the human spirit. - Director:
- Bruce Beresford
- Cast:
- Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn
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Thunderbolt (1995)Pik lik feng
Illegal drag racing is tearing up the streets of Hong Kong and only the fine-tuned skills of former racing champion Foh (Jackie Chan) can shut it down. But when he puts a stop to the high-speed hijinks of a hot-rodder named Cougar (Thorsten Nickel) - who's also a powerful syndicate boss - Foh's most perilous race has just begun. Enraged, Cougar kidnaps Fob's sisters, forcing him to come out of racing retirement to face a heat he cannot win! - Director:
- Gordon Chan
- Cast:
- Jackie Chan, Ping Wu, Anita Yuen
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On a dark, deserted street a half naked, visibly abused girl runs screaming. Bruised, bloody and suffering from dementia she is eventually rescued by the local police. Her name is Lucie and she's been missing for over a year but refuses to give away any information describing her captors or any details concerning her violent abduction. During an intensive investigation the police eventually discover an abandoned slaughterhouse containing what looks like a torture chamber. But what exactly took place and how Lucie managed to escape remains a mystery. Many years after the horrific incident a seemingly normal family have an unexpected guest during breakfast. Their surprise visitor is a distraught young woman carrying a loaded shotgun, intent on revenge. - Director:
- Pascal Laugier
- Cast:
- Morjana Alaoui, Louise Boisvert, Mylène Jampanoï
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JCVD (2008)Le Rois des Belges
Washed-up, fighting bankruptcy and caught in the midst of a desperate struggle to win his daughter back, Van Damme unwittingly becomes embroiled in a dangerous bank robbery led by a gang of armed and violent criminals. Trapped inside, Van Damme is framed for the robbery and the murder of innocent hostages. Now he must win the approval of the crowd as well as the trust of the police if he is to survive this deadly heist! - Director:
- Mabrouk El Mechri
- Cast:
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, Valérie Bodson, Hervé Sogne
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Black Mama, White Mama (1973)Chains of Hate
A genre all by herself, Pam Grier tackles - and shackles - her sleekest role yet as a pair of women in chains and on the run in this colourful, outrageous and truly exciting action flick! Grier is Lee Daniels, a prostitute doing hard time in an island prison camp for women where the guards have a new way to punish inmates who fight: by cuffing 'em together! Chained to her bitter rival, while revolutionary Karen (Margaret Markov), Lee finds herself literally linked to the revolutionary cause - and on the fly - when Karen's guerrilla friends stage a coup! But this foxy inmate's got a cause of her own in the form of a secret stash of cold, hard cash and a getaway boat! Brawling with her white counterpart over which way to go, and tracked by a dog by guards, guerillas and a gangster after the loot, she's gotta make her escape - before both mamas' enemies bring them down for good! - Director:
- Eddie Romero
- Cast:
- Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig
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Disney magic brings to life this brand-new comedic and musical retelling of the truth-stretching puppet who miraculously transforms into a real boy! Drew Carey stars as the man whose dearest wish to be a father is granted by the sparkling Blue Fairy (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Original music combines with timeless classic songs as Geppetto encounters the everyday challenges of raising a child. When Pinocchio is lured away to join the sneaky Stromboli and the Pleasure Island troublemakers, Geppetto discovers what it really means to be a father, and must embark on a dangerous quest to reunite with his missing son. - Director:
- Tom Moore
- Cast:
- Drew Carey, Johnny Britt, Terron Brooks
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One of Walt Disney's most beloved film Classics, "So Dear to My Heart" brilliantly blends live action and animation to tell a heartwarming story the whole family will cherish year after year! The fun begins when Danny, a rejected and mischievous black lamb, is adopted by a determined young boy named Jeremiah. While drawing a picture of Danny in his scrapbook, Jeremiah daydreams of winning first prize in a local contest. Then, from his drawings, Danny and other animal pictures magically come to life and convince Jeremiah to enter the real-life Danny - a pet without a pedigree - into a competition! But Jeremiah must first learn the importance of dedication, love and responsibility before his dream can come true! - Director:
- Harold D. Schuster
- Cast:
- Burl Ives, Ken Carson, Beulah Bondi
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