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Tom Selleck as Paradise's anguished former Chief of Police, Jesse Stone, in his most gripping mystery yet. Cindy Van Aldan (Eileen Seton) was like a daughter to Jesse. Now she's dead. Although all signs point to a suicidal drug overdose-a checkered history riddled with addiction, associations with homicidal mobsters and an involvement in prostitution-Jesse knows his friend better than that. This time it's personal, and Jesse will stop at nothing to avenge the lost innocence and subsequent death of the young girl he once mentored. - Director:
- Dick Lowry
- Cast:
- Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth
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Tom Selleck stars as Jesse Stone, a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case. Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief Stone reopens an unsolved murder case, digging up clues in an old grave and pursuing the ghosts of a forgotten crime. But it's not just the victim's and killer's pasts that rise to the surface - it's his own, becoming the chilling focus of a riveting investigation that uncovers one shocking revelation after another. - Director:
- Robert Harmon
- Cast:
- Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth
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Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Selleck returns as police chief Jesse Stone in another thrilling chapter in the Stone Cold series based on the best-selling Jesse Stone murder/mystery novels by Robert Parker. Settling into his role as the new Chief of Police in the town of Paradise, Massachusetts, Stone investigates the brutal murder of a troubled teenage girl found floating in a local lake. He soon discovers that she was once a straight-A student, but somehow wound up on a path of self-destruction, leading to her early demise. With hardly any clues, the case leads the former LAPD cop to the city, where the local Boston mob does not respond too kindly to him. To make matters worse, he must also deal with a case of domestic violence that ultimately turns deadly, while struggling with his ongoing alcoholism, his ex-wife and a truly disastrous love life. As Stone learns more about the girl's unhappy past, he begins to suspect that the affluent world of Boston might be involved and increasingly becomes obsessed with the case. Persistent in his determination to bring the killer to justice, Stone will do whatever it takes to finally solve this Death In Paradise. - Director:
- Robert Harmon
- Cast:
- Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth
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For a fleeting moment, in the early 90s, he was a god. The talk of New York City, Michael Alig was master of ceremonies to a drink and drug fuelled generation that lived to party. Creator of infamous freaks, the Club Kids, Alig invented a scene that was at once weird, wonderful and totally outrageous. But the non-stop partying took its toll. Alig's behaviour became increasingly unpredictable. Then one fateful day he publicly announced he had murdered his drug dealer. At first the press and the police dismissed his confession as nothing more than another publicity stunt. But when a mutilated corpse was washed up by the city's East River, it looked like the party was finally over... - Director:
- Fenton Bailey
- Cast:
- Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Seth Green
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Parenthood can be a daunting prospect for a young couple. Bringing a life into the world takes maternal instinct and patience. It can also be a frightening experience, for those who have not prepared for such a huge change in their lives. Especially when the life you have brought into the world happens to be a bloodthirsty, mutant killer cannibal with a taste for ripping Human flesh. So hush-a-bye baby and try not to get killed. - Director:
- Josef Rusnak
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- Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphaël Coleman
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A prequel to "Stone Cold" in the series of Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker, the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by the town board of selectman to become police chief of Paradise, a small town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. Hungover on his first day on the job, he must investigate a domestic abuse case that ends up leaduing to a money laundering scheme perpetuated by a manager of a local bank. - Director:
- Robert Harmon
- Cast:
- Tom Selleck, Saul Rubinek, Viola Davis
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Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)Stone Cold
Tom Selleck stars as Jesse Stone, an ex-Los Angeles homicide detective whose alcoholism forced him to downsize his career and take a job as a small town police chief. When Stone investigates the town's first ever murder, he soon finds himself embroiled in a hunt for serial killers who seem determined to make him a victim as well. Complications arise when a young girl's parents reveal she was raped and Stone orders his team to investigate the charges while keeping both crimes under the radar of national press, state police and FBI. Stone must uncover both mysteries and faces the most challenging case of his career - one that could possibly claim the life of someone very close to him. - Director:
- Robert Harmon
- Cast:
- Tom Selleck, Jane Adams, Reg Rogers
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Chaos Walking (2021)The Knife of Never Letting Go
In the not too distant future, Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) discovers a mysterious girl named Viola (Daisy Ridley). She has crash-landed on his planet, where the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by "The Noise", a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened and, to protect her, Todd must discover his inner power and unlock the planet's dark secret sin this thrilling action-adventure based on the best-selling novel 'The Knife of Never Letting Go'. - Director:
- Doug Liman
- Cast:
- Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir
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Amuck! (1972)Alla ricerca del piacere
Her role as Miss Moneypenny in the lamentable James Bond spoof 'Casino Royale' may have set hearts a flutter, but it was for her part in classic Italian shockers like 'Black Belly of the Tarantula' and 'Don't Torture a Duckling' that cemented Barbara Bouche's status as one of the most libidinous icons of Euro-cult cinema. Happily, Silvio Amadio's saucy thriller 'Amuck!' fits snugly into this giallo-centric category too, and here Bouchet stars as Greta; a nubile young secretary under the recent employment of the cravat-wearing Richard (Farley Granger). Partial to the occasional bout of swinging along with his wanton wife Eleanora (Rosalba Neri), Richard also seems to harbour a dark secret: the mysterious whereabouts of his missing former assistant, Sally, whom Greta knows very intimately indeed... With its blend of leeringly-lensed slow motion sex scenes and slick spectacle, Amuck! is an erotically charged masterclass in murder and deception. - Director:
- Silvio Amadio
- Cast:
- Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri
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Daughters of Darkness (1971)Les lèvres rouges
A recently eloped, troubled young couple book into a luxurious but desolate hotel. Valerie is young, naive and curious, whereas Stefan's sadistic tendencies are slowly bubbling to the surface. When a mysterious, exotic countess arrives at the hotel with her voluptuous assistant, things take a turn for the bizarre. As the night draws in, the newlyweds are slowly seduced into an erotically charged, supernatural world of uncontrollable lust and murder. Can they resist the lure of fevered temptation or must they submit to their darkest fantasies? - Director:
- Harry Kümel
- Cast:
- Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Ouimet
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In order to take over the city, corrupt police commander Forrester (Yvan Ponton) intends to use a telepathic breed of human, scanners. To control the scanners, Forrester enlists the help of evil scientist, Dr. Morse (Tom Butler), who wants to conduct mind control experiments on the scanners with a new drug. Unfortunately the side effects render the scanners incapable, so Forrester finds David Kellum (David Hewlett), a good, rational scanner who, unaware of his own powers, agrees to work for him. Will Kellum discover Forrester's real motive and prevent the 'New Order' from being established? - Director:
- Christian Duguay
- Cast:
- David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton
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This enchanting film, based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell, is considered a family classic. Hayley Mills, Diane Holgate and Alan Barnes live on their widowed father's farm in the north of England. Their lives are disrupted when they discover a wanted man hiding out in their father's barn. After a confrontation and misunderstanding they come to the conclusion he is Jesus Christ. - Director:
- Bryan Forbes
- Cast:
- Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Norman Bird
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A West Country comedy for the whatever generation. Having failed to make it as a DJ in Bristol, Kent (Dylan Edwards) returns to his sleepy village to hang out with old schoolmate Morpheus (Danny Kirrane), Morpheus' sister Sarah (Rose Reynolds) and her friend Alison (Gwyneth Keyworth). The four were left on the scrapheap as others moved on with their lives, and are now stuck in an aimless loop of cheap booze - and drug-filled escapism. Their base is Morpheus and Sarah's head shop, where Alison also runs an illicit tattoo parlour. Cross-out gags and kidult cartoon humour combine with pop culture nods and weird yet warm characters. Directed by Tom Marshall, there are fast edits, musical cutaways and plentiful flights of fancy - involving Sean Bean as a medieval swordsman spirit guide, fixed in his role as "Game of Thrones" Ned Stark in the fevered imagination of Morpheus.. - Director:
- Tom Marshall
- Cast:
- Sean Bean, Dylan Edwards, Gwyneth Keyworth
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After seducing and marrying the already betrothed Sir Ralph Skelton (Denholm Elliott), Lady Barbara Skelton (Faye Dunaway) finds life very dull, despite her wealth and good fortune. Desperate for excitement and danger she is thrown into the arms of infamous highwayman Jerry Jackson (Alan Bates). Every evening she slips away from home to join him in his criminal exploits. But how long before her perilous nighttime escapades are discovered? - Director:
- Michael Winner
- Cast:
- Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud
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Frank Calder, an outlaw leader, is dissatisfied with his wandering, shooting life and decides to better himself. He kidnaps Melissa Ruger, a substitute school teacher, and insists that she teach him how to read. Melissa's husband, Brandt, is a wealthy, sadistic man. When he discovers that his wife is missing, he gathers up a posse and sets out in pursuit. Armed with high powered rifles the pursuers pick off Calder's gang one by one. When all of Calder's gang have been killed Brandt hunts down Melissa and Calder for a final violent showdown. - Director:
- Don Medford
- Cast:
- Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman
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