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Will Smith explodes into the screen in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, a sarcastic, hard-living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favour with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey, his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again- until he meets a woman with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past. - Director:
- Peter Berg
- Cast:
- Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
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Return of the Living Dead: Part II (1988)Return of the Living Dead 2
At the movies you can't keep the undead down. Brain-hungry zombies are resurrected with flair, style and humour in this sly sequel from writer-director Ken Wiederhorn. A new generation of ghouls is spawned when a barrel of nerve gas, fallen off an Army truck, is cracked open by neighbourhood toughs. The escaping greenish vapour turns the living into zombies and the dead into the not-so-dead. Of course, it seeps into the local cemetery...with groundbreaking results. See a severed hand on a spree in the back seat of a crowded car. Gasp as a zombie torso and its missing legs haplessly seek each other along a hospital corridor. Search no longer, fright fans: this deadfest is lively fun! - Director:
- Ken Wiederhorn
- Cast:
- James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy
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Red Cliff (2008)Chi Bi
It is the Autumn of 208 AD and 100,000 peasants flee with their beloved leader Liu Bei from Cao Cao's million man army. With the aid of heroes, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, they escape across the Great River to take refuge with Sun Quan, the leader of the south. As Cao Cao prepares his huge navy to invade Southern China and destroy them all, geniuses, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu devise a grand strategy to destroy Cao Cao's thousands of ships with fire upon the river. However, they must first trick Cao Cao into chaining his ships together, and then change the direction of China's famous and freezing North Wind. More than this, they must hatch their legendary schemes before Cao Cao is ready to attack. - Director:
- John Woo
- Cast:
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Nicole Dionne, Philip Hersh
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What keeps a family together? Nick Cassavetes, the director of the 'Notebook' and 'John Q', again demonstrates his sure hand with tales of deep human emotion in this inspiring film about a loving family challenged – and united – by a child's illness. Cameron Diaz and others in an exceptional cast bring sensitivity to the story of 11-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, conceived to be a donor for her leukaemia-stricken sister, but who finally demands the right to control her own body. This act of free will may tear the Fitzgeralds apart. Or, it may be the first step to a triumphant realization of devotion, dignity and what it means to be a family. - Director:
- Nick Cassavetes
- Cast:
- Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin
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In the beginning...Television was dull. Then, God created 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and there was much rejoicing. Outrageously off-the-wall and side-splittingly funny, the Pythons revolutionised comedy and changed the course of human history. Now, through the miracle of video, you can watch, authenticated and utterly Complete First Series of this groundbreaking show, including such divinely inspired madness as "The Dead Parrot", "Nudge Nudge" and "The Lumberjack Song" (rumoured to be God's personal favourite). - Director:
- Ian MacNaughton
- Cast:
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones
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Inglorious Bastards (1978)Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato
It's World War II, the Ardenne mountains. During a bombing, five no-good soldiers headed to military prison for a variety of transgressions ranging from murder to desertion get a chance to escape when their convoy is attacked. They decide to make for Switzerland and freedom, now as fugitives on the run from both the Americans and the Germans, their only hope of escape is in the barrel of a gun. After mistakenly killing a group of American agents disguised as a German patrol, the party is caught by the French resistance, who give them a last chance at redemption by forcing them to carry out an impossible mission, to sneak into the most heavily guarded Nazi fortress, steal their most precious weapon and return it to the Allies undetected. - Director:
- Enzo G. Castellari
- Cast:
- Bo Svenson, Nick Alexander, Larry Dolgin
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Slayground is a story of savage revenge, relentless pursuit and cold-blooded murder. It is also the story of a man called Stone. Stone is an armed robber with a difference. He has his own set of morals and ethics - No violence and no senseless killing. But when a routine robbery goes wrong and a 9 year old girl is accidentally killed, Stone finds himself in serious trouble. The dead girl's father is Danard, a tough millionaire ice-hockey promoter whose overwhelming grief turns into an obsession for revenge. He is determined to avenge his daughters killing and will do whatever it takes to kill the people responsible. - Director:
- Terry Bedford
- Cast:
- Peter Coyote, Mel Smith, Billie Whitelaw
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Initially on the hunt for a great white shark, the obsessive Captain Nolan (Richard Harris) accidentally kills a pregnant orca. Seeking vengeance, her mate begins to terrorise the nearby fishing village in a rampage of death and destruction. Realising that only he can bring an end to the carnage, Nolan sets out on a deadly quest to face his enemy from the deep... - Director:
- Michael Anderson
- Cast:
- Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson
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Our hero Colin is bitten by a zombie; he dies and returns as one of the undead. We follow him as he wanders through suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse. Through his encounters with objects, places and people, we learn who Colin was and more pertinently, what he has now become. Including a broad daylight zombie versus human street battle, an epic housebound siege and bags of gore. - Director:
- Marc Price
- Cast:
- Alastair Kirton, Daisy Aitkens, Leanne Pammen
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Individually, they've starred in the most adrenaline-pumping martial-arts adventures ever. Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greatest epic of them all - The Forbidden Kingdom. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st century kung-fu fanatic who's been summoned to fight a centuries-old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you're a fi ghting fan, the wait is over. The team is ready. The Kingdom has arrived. - Director:
- Rob Minkoff
- Cast:
- Jackie Chan, Kathleen LaGue, Jet Li
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When a Chinese criminal mastermind flees to Paris, there's only one culture clashed, crime-fighting duo for the job. Ready to raise hell in the city of lights, Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and Detective Carter (Chris Tucker) instead get caught in an explosive battle between the French police, the Triad gang and two gorgeous femme fatales! - Director:
- Brett Ratner
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- Jackie Chan, Hélène Cardona, Chris Tucker
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We all know fame is path to happiness, so when ze Austrian public get all jealous and boycott me, I realize it’s time for Bruno to take over ze world! I go to ze middle east to help, I join ze American army, go to swingers parties, do the talk shows, even go camping with grizzly boyfriends – plus ze accessory you shouldn’t be seen wivout – ze little black baby. Vassever – so how famous you think Bruno become? Put it zis way – next year you all be like Adolf who??! - Director:
- Larry Charles
- Cast:
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale
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The Myth (2005)San wa
In the year 221BC, an ancient Chinese society built a breathtaking mausoleum for their First Emperor. A place of fabled magic and deathly silence, legend has it to ensure utmost secrecy all 700,000 who worked on the project were entombed with the dead King. When intrepid archaeologist Jack (Jackie Chan) stumbles upon an ancient sword and a magical gemstone that defies the force of gravity, he is led to the aged shrine - hidden beneath more than 2,000 years of lies, tall-tales and lost adventurers. Faced with a series of ingenious death traps, unspeakable evils and visions that make him question his present purpose and past existence, Jack soon realises the Emperor's legacy is far more than just this dark lair, but rather a series of elemental secrets that could be the greatest story of all time. Can Jack survive this one-in-a-lifetime adventure and make The Myth reality? - Director:
- Stanley Tong
- Cast:
- Bing Shao, Jackie Chan, Weixing Yao
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Island of Fire (1990)Huo shao dao / The Burning Island / When Dragons Meet / The Prisoner
Four men of iron face their destinies within the harsh walls of a Taiwanese prison. Steve (Jackie Chan) is a gambler seeking to atone for his sins. Andy (Tony Leung) is an undercover cop solving a crime. Lee (Andy Lau) is a gangster looking for vengeance. John (Sammo Hung) is a lifer seeking to reunite with his son. - Director:
- Yen-ping Chu
- Cast:
- Jackie Chan, Simon Broad, Jessica Gee-George
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Trick 'r Treat (2007)Trick 'R Treat / Trick or Treat
"Trick 'r Treat" takes the Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt approach to wicked new depths with four interwoven tales set on Halloween night: a high school principal (Dylan Baker) moonlights as a vicious serial killer; the quest of a young virgin (Anna Paquin) for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man (Brian Cos) battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon. - Director:
- Michael Dougherty
- Cast:
- Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker
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