Jumat, 01 Oktober 2010
The Traveller aka Mr Nobody
Horror, Thriller
USA / English
On a dark Christmas Eve in a small town, the lone Sheriffs on the night shift encounter a mysterious man who goes by the name of Mr. Nobody. As the night progresses, the Sheriffs discover that this isn’t just a nobody, but a vengeful killer whose past threatens to haunt them all.
Stones In Exile
Documentary, Music
USA / English
In the spring of 1971 the Rolling Stones departed the UK to take up residence in France as tax exiles. Keith Richards settled at a villa called NellcĂ´te in Villefranche-sur-Mer and this became the venue for the recording of much of the band s masterpiece Exile On Main Street . Stones In Exile tells the story in the band s own words and through extensive archive footage of their time away from England and the creation of this extraordinary double album, which many regard as the Rolling Stones finest
Outlaw Bikers
Documentary
USA / English
4 episodes from the hit National Geographic Channel Series. Go undercover inside the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Featuring detailed re-enactments, suspense-driven narratives, and expert interviews with special agents as well as Hells Angels’ members, this acclaimed documentary series infiltrates the infamous organization like never before. Step inside the dangerous and forbidden world of the Hell’s Angels as they attempt to wipe out their rivals in Canada and Scandinavia. In the 1980’s and 90’s, the Angels wanted complete control of the drug trade, at any cost. All-out wars erupted. Cities lived in fear. Innocent people died. How can they be brough to justice? First-hand accounts and sizzling re-enactments of actual events combine to create a series of shocking truth and graphic intensity.
No Distance Left To Run
Documentary, Music
Great Britain / English
The film finds Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Alex James and Dave Rowntree set to perform together for the first time in nine years. Intimate new interviews recount the highs and lows of Blur: from Colchester, throughout the heady Britpop years and the band’s headline return at Glastonbury and Hyde Park.
Hole In One
Comedy
USA / English
Eric, a highly-gifted golfer but radically-undisciplined college undergrad, finds his world drastically altered after losing a golf bet to a pair of sadistic plastic surgeons. Eric’s bad-boy attitude lifestyle comes to a screeching halt as he loses his money, his girlfriend, his dignity and his golf swing. Eric and his best friend Tyler decide to take on the doctors, in a final golf match of “Best-Ball” to get his life back and become the man he should have been all along.
The A Team
Comedy, Adventure, Action
USA / English
In the Beginning of the movie we get to know how the four members of "The A Team" Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith(Liam Neeson), Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck(Bradley Cooper), Cpl. Bosco 'B. A.' Baracus(Quinton Jackson), Murdock(Sharlto Copley) meet. The A Team goes on successful missions one after another for eight years. Then A Team which is in Iraq is sent on another mission to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills. After doing the job while they are returning their commanding officer is killed, the plates are stolen and they are set up and are sent to different prison. Six months later CIA approaches Hannibal Smith and all four of them break out of prison to recover those plates so as to clear their names. The military is behind them all the time and finally they get the criminals caught. Even after they get the criminals caught they have problems with the military and they plan their final escape.
Splice
Science Fiction, Thriller
USA / English
Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley) are young, ambitious scientists who are trying to find success in their corporate science jobs. In order to speed along the process they were hired for, they decide to break all the rules and combine human D.N.A. with animal genes to try to find the required protein needed by their company. What they get instead is a new creature - part human, part animal - who they name Dren (Delphine Chaneac). Her strengths and abilities are amazing, but as Dren continues to grow and learn, she quickly becomes very dangerous.
Senin, 27 September 2010
Aftershock
Documentary, Drama
Asia / Chinese
When a mother is informed by a rescue team that, since her 7-year old twins are buried under the debris close to each other, digging one out would result in the collapse of the wreckage on the other, she is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life. Based around the devastating Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Music
USA / English
Comedian Chelsea Handler is confirmed to host the 2010 VMAs! Don’t worry, she’s no stranger to hosting TV programs – she’s been the wisecracking anchor on her late-night show “Chelsea Lately” since 2007. Known for her tongue-in-cheek commentary, Chelsea’s honest and witty banter won her the honor of being the second woman to grace the VMA stage as a solitary host, followed by Roseanne Barr in 1994. Whew, it’s a been awhile. Let’s hear it for the girls!
Predators
Adventure, Horror, Action
USA / English
Ex-military soldier turned mercenary Royce (Adrian Brody) parachutes into an unknown jungle. He encounters several other people who have arrived in the same way. Royce takes charge of the group and tells them that they must be there for a reason since most of them are trained killers. After a while they realize that they’re not on planet Earth. Cuchillo (Danny Trejo) is the first to be killed by a pack of alien creatures called Predators. The group runs into Noland (Laurence Fishburne). He is a soldier who has survived on the planet for some time and is not very friendly towards the group. Various battles with the Predators follows and most of the members of the group are killed. The situation becomes dire as they notice more prey being dropped into the jungle and they realize that they need to escape immediately.
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
USA / English
Dean (Kellan Lutz) is at a diner with his girlfriend Kris (Katie Cassidy) when he falls asleep. While sleeping, he dreams about meeting a man covered in burn scars who cuts his throat. In reality, however, it appears that Dean is cutting his own throat, much to the horror of Kris and her friend Nancy (Rooney Mara). After Dean's funeral, Kris begins having nightmares involving the burned man, and she is determined to stay awake and therefore stay alive. Kris' ex-boyfriend Jesse (Thomas Dekker) comes to keep Kris company, but she eventually falls asleep and is killed. After witnessing this, Jesse talks to Nancy, who is also having the nightmares. Jesse is arrested for Kris' murder, and is killed in jail by the burned man. As she continues to see her friends dying around her, Nancy begins to question what exactly is going on. With the help of a friend, Quentin (Kyle Gallner), Nancy finds a possible link between everyone that has died.
30 Days Of Night : Dark Days
US Marshalls
Crime, Thriller
USA / English
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard’s boss tells him to take a vacation after a convict alleges that Sam (Tommy Lee Jones) used unnecessary force on the job. Before he takes his mandated vacation she assigns him one last task. His job is to accompany the convict while he is being transferred across states lines on a government prison aircraft. This task is never completed. The aircraft is jeopardized when a convict tries to kill another convict on board. The victim happens to be Mark Roberts (Wesley Snipes) who flees during the confusion of the crash landing. There goes Sam Gerard’s vacation as he races against the clock to capture the fugitive. During the chase a Special Agent John Royce (Robert Downey Jr.) is assigned to Gerard’s team. Yet Royce’s presence turns out to be more of a hindrance than help. Soon another matter starts to bother Gerard. It seems that there is more to Roberts than just the cold blooded murder that everyone portrays. Gerard learns some shocking truths and uncovers hidden secrets in his chase of Roberts.
True Lies
Comedy, Adventure, Action
USA / English
A secret agent (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his partner (Tom Arnold) are trying to find a terroristwho leads them to their home town. The agent’s happy home life is starting to fall apart as his wife seeks adventure and his daughter is rebelling. Trying to please both his wife and his boss, he drags his partner in more secrets. As the lead agent’s personal life and professional life start to intermingle, he struggles to keep the secret from his wife and daughter. Once his cover has been blown his family is in danger from the terrorist. Having to fly to the rescue of his family, his wife gets the adventure she had been dreaming about.
Top Gun
War, Romance, Action
USA / English
What do you get when you mix a cocky young flight student, a group of “ego-gized” guys who want to be the best fighter pilots, and a female flight instructor? “Top Gun”. This is an 80’s hit feature about fighter pilot school, and one young man’s quest to be number one. Along with his flight partner Goose (Anthony Edwards), Maverick (Tom Cruise) competes with his fellow comrades to be the top fighter pilot. He quickly learns that he has some fierce competition, particularly with a cadet named Iceman (Val Kilmer). Will a romance with a flight instructor (Kelly McGillis), the reminder of departed loved ones, and an intense rivalry to win cause Maverick to choke and crash? Or will he become “Top Gun”?
To Die For
Thriller, Action
USA / English
Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) lives in the small town of Little Hope, NH where she is the weather forecaster for a local cable channel. But even with such a small role on television, Suzanne lives in a fantasy world of breaking out into stardom. She sleeps with men with the hopes they will further her career even though they, themselves, are so uninfluential in the world of television. Still, it seems she will stop at nothing to become a star. Married to Larry (Matt Dillon), Suzanne looks on him with disgust because he doesn't fit into her ideal of becoming famous. Rather than just divorce him, she solicits the help of Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix), a high school boy, to murder him. Carried away in her world of fantasy, the only one who seems to burst her bubble as a fake is her sister-in-law Janice (Illeana Douglas).
Tin Cup
Comedy, Drama, Romance
USA / English
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a failed pro-golfer who now lives in a trailer, from which he runs a poor driving range. Unexpectedly, he gets a charming new female student, Dr. Molly Griswold (Renne Russo). She turns out to be the girlfriend of PGA star David Simms, a longtime enemy and old College golf partner of Roy's. As he falls for Molly, he tries his hand at professional golf once more, and fights to win her affection.
Shaft
Thriller, Action
USA / English
A black college student gets murdered in the city of New York. It seems to be a racially motivated case and police detective John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) together with his partner Carmen Velez (Vanessa L. Williams) are put on the case. The killer, Walter Wade Jr. (Christian Bale), immediately flees the country in order to avoid standing trial. John and Carmen meanwhile are trying to find the only witness of the crime, a waitress, who happened to be on break while the murder happened. But not only Shaft and Carmen are looking for the waitress, Walter Jr. and Walter Sr. are doing the same, but for different reasons. They want the only witness to be dead.
Serendipity
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Is everyone truly destined to spend their life with one person? Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) and Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) decide to test that theory. After meeting while Christmas shopping for their respective lovers, neither can deny the instant chemistry. After spending the night romancing one another, they separate with Sara's insistince that if they are meant to be together, Fate will bring them together. Years pass and each becomes engaged, but Jonathan still has a nagging feeling about Sara. Sara feels that same way and puts her relationship on hold and flies across the country to take a chance on a fleeting night of emotion. They both believe in soulmates, but will Fate prove them right?
Secretary
Comedy, Drama, Romance
USA / English
Young Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has just been sent home to her parents after being hospitalized in a mental institution. She is a self-mutilator and can’t resist cutting herself whenever she is under stress. Her parents convince her to get a job and she begins working as a secretary for a lawyer, Edward Grey (James Spader). She begins dating an old school friend (Jeremy Davies) but can’t get over her dull depressive life. When Grey notices Lee’s cut marks he demands she never cut again. This demanding begins a strange sadomasochist relationship between Grey and Lee. As she no longer cuts she yearns for the approval of Grey and welcomes the inevitable spankings whenever she is bad. But how long can this relationship last before something goes amiss?
Seabiscuit
Drama, Documentary, Biography
USA / English
Seabiscuit is a Depression-era racehorse that no one wants. People call him lazy or defiant or too spirited to handle. He is passed around from owner to owner and is about to be put down, when a wrangler named Tom Smith and a wealthy car collector named Charles Howard take him in. Though everyone else says that Seabiscuit is worthless, the two decide to race Seabiscuit under jockey Red Pollard. Their horse is too small and their jockey is too big, but Red and Seabiscuit's chemistry and strangely parallel lives give them a bond that makes them unbeatable on the racetrack. Both overcome similiar hardships and injuries, and against all odds both turn out to be champions. The underdog duo gives Americans hope in the midst of Depression, when those on the bottom come out on top and give the nation something to believe in.
A Scanner Darkly
Thriller, Mystery, Action
USA / English
In the future, Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) plays both a menacing drug lord and a cop who is after the drug lord, though he does not realize that he is both. Bob abuses a drug called Substance D which, after a long period of time, can split the personalities of the brain, causing the two to fight each other for control. Later, Bob learns of his new "disability" and is put to work in other fields.
Proof Of Life
Thriller, Action
USA / English
Kidnapping is a profitable business. At least for the rebels of some small countries. Peter Bowman and his wife Alice (David Morse, Meg Ryan) move to just such a country in South America. When Bowman, an engineer, is kidnapped, the oil company he works for calls in a negotiator. Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe) is good at his job. He gets a lot of practice. It has become almost standard procedure for the rebels to collect ransoms from large American companies. But suddenly the oil company decides not to pay, so it's up to Alice to raise what money she can and talk Thorne into staying on to try to save her husband.
The Net
Thriller, Crime, Action
USA / English
Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) works out of her home for a software company debugging programs that have problems. She receives a game to debug with what seems like a small fault: a misplaced icon in the corner of the screen. However, when she clicks on it, she uncovers layers of secret information. Bennett had a vacation planned and rather than abandoning her work, she takes the program with her on her trip to Mexico. While in Mexico, Bennett falls in love and is mugged, causing her to loose her credit cards and IDs. To get back to the United States, Bennett obtains a temporary Visa under a false name. This is just the first step in Bennett’s identity loss, and as friends and family members are killed or threatened one by one, Bennett realizes that she may have uncovered more than a simple bug in a computer program.
Narc
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
USA / English
Just eighteen months after killing an innocent pregnant woman in a tragic car chase while investigating a drug ring, Nick Tellis (Jason Patric), a street-smart undercover narcotics cop, is summoned onto the case when another undercover cop is killed in the line of duty. He is partnered up with Harry Oak (Ray Liotta), a very bad tempered, hard-ass lieutenant that is searching for the men that killed his partner and friend. As the story unfolds, Nick, a man that knows too much and has seen too much, must try not to slip into his old patterns as the underworld life he knows tries to lure him back in.
Magnolia
Drama
USA / English
Magnolia exists within 24 rainy hours in the San Fernando Valley, using three separate events as a jumping off point to tell the intertwining stories of nine different characters. A children's quiz show that has produced a host (Phillip Baker Hall), former stars (William H. Macy) and future stars. A dynamic self-help guru (Tom Cruise) with an estranged father and a stepmother (Julianne Moore) who is cheating on him. All of these characters and other are missing something within their lives that they can only find through their relationships with each other. At the end of the film, all the lives come together in a epic scenario that brings both the characters and viewers together in an unlikely transcendence.
A League Of Their Own
Comedy, Drama, Sports
USA / English
It's War World II, and all of America's young men are being drafted, depleting baseball's Minor League teams of talent. Baseball stadiums around the country sit empty. Then, Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall), of the famed Harvey Candy Bar, has a great brainstorm: women’s baseball! Scout Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) finds two on an Oregon farm. Dottie (Geena Davis) is the older sister and outstanding catcher for the local dairy farm; her sister Kit (Lori Petty) is the mediocre pitcher who so wants to join the new league. Dottie is reluctant, but the only way Capadino will take Kit is if Dottie joins as well…and, of course, she does. As the girls are recruited, managers are needed. Mr. Harvey brings in an old time slugger, and drunk, Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks). Dugan is thrilled to be managing again…until he finds out it’s a bunch of women. Nevertheless, his pocketbook outweighs his pride, and he coaches the newly formed Rockford Peaches. From there, the trials and tribulations of baseball, friendship and the home front ensue. In the end, we see how baseball can connect so many different lives, and the experiences they all share.
Frequency
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller
USA / English
John Sullivan is a New York City police detective who is haunted by the death of his father 30 years ago in a warehouse fire. One night he finds his dad's old ham radio and begins playing around with it, precisely at the time that an atmospheric anomaly changes the frequency of the radio. John finds that somehow, he is able to communicate over the radio with his father Frank 30 years ago. He is able to warn Frank of his impending death so he avoids it, but in changing the past, other things also change. Suddenly Frank died of lung cancer, not in a fire. And suddenly, his mom was the victim of a serial killer years ago. Working together to change the past again and avoid this disastrous outcome, Frank and John communicate over the ham radio to save John's mother's life.
The Four Feathers
Drama, Adventure, War, Romance, Action
USA / English
Harry Faversham (Heath Ledger) is a young British army officer, celebrating his engagement with the beautiful Ethne (Kate Hudson). When he discovers that his regiment has been called in to action in the desert of Sudan, he begins to wonder what the point of it is. After deciding to resign from the army, Faversham is ridiculed for cowardice by fellow officer friends and his fiancee Ethne. Each of them hands him the white feather, which is the symbol of cowardice, four feather in total. When Faversham decides that he must redeem himself, as well as rescue his best friend Jack Durrance (Wes Bentley), who is the only one of his friends to not give him a feather, he heads to the Sudan to take part in the fighting. On his journey to redeem himself and save his friend he also befriends Abou Fatma (Djimon Hounsou), who helps him on his journey to redeem himself of the four feathers.
The Fifth Element
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
USA / English
This movie takes place in the 23rd Century and follows the story of Corbin Dallas (Bruce Willis), a government agent turned taxi driver who is set on an adventure when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), a mysterious woman with red hair, falls into his taxicab. She is the Fifth Element, the perfect being who is essential for the salvation of Earth. Dallas and Leeloo must stop Zorg (Gary Oldman) from carrying through a plan that would destroy the world. The movie is filled with vivid visuals and fantastic imaginings of what 23rd Century life would entail. Chris Tucker also co-stars as a flamboyant, quick-witted radio host.
A Few Good Man
Thriller, Crime
USA / English
Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), a lawyer for the Judge Advocate General, must defend two marines accused of murdering a fellow soldier. Kaffee enlists the help of Jo Galloway (Demi Moore) and Sam Weinberg (Kevin Pollack), also lawyers for the JAG, in his investigation of the two men. As he begins to uncover the truth regarding the marine's death, Kaffee becomes convinced that the young soldier was not murdered but rather died during an ordered disciplinary action, one that has been outlawed within the military. Kaffee, an inexperienced trial lawyer, must argue against the charges filed and attempt to bring down the Colonel he believed ordered the beating: Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson).
Dude Where's My Car
Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy
USA / English
After a crazy one-night bender, best buds Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) find that they are being chased by an obsessive group of paranoid nerds, a trans-sexual stripper and some exceptionally sexy space aliens. They have a refrigerador full of pudding they can't account for. They speak Chinese. Their girlfriends are leaving them. They have new tattoos. And to top it all off, they seem to have misplaced their car. Join this dim-witted duo on their hilarious journey of mischief and mayhem, to figure out exactly how much they drank last night, and more importantly, where on earth their car is.
Doom
Horror, Science Fiction, Action
USA / English
Taking place in the distant future, Doom begins when communications are interrupted with an isolated scientific laboratory, Olduvai Research Station, located on Mars. Before communication broke, pieces of disturbing messages were transmitted; the only option is to send in the Rapid Response Tactical Squad. This team, lead by Sarge (played by The Rock) is deployed to neutralize the situation, but little do they know an experiment gone horribly wrong literally unleashed Hell. As the laboratory becomes a battle ground, the team must seal off the portal to earth, before the whole planet suffers the same fate as Olduvai. The marines are in for the fight of their life as they battle the demons and nightmarish creatures that resided in Hell’s domain in this special effects loaded Sci-fi adventure that blends action and suspense.
Cool Runnings
Comedy, Family, Biography
USA / English
A Jamaican sprinter, Leon (Derice Bannock), gets disqualified from the Olympics due to an accident beyond his control and decides instead to compete in the bobsled race. Paired up with an ex-competitor in the sport, Irving Blitzer (John Candy), who was disgraced when he was caught cheating by putting weights in his sled, Leon sets out to win the race. Together, the unlikely pair finds Sanka (Doug E. Doug) and other Olympic hopefuls to join their team. Without a sponsor to finance them or many fans to cheer them on, the first Jamaican bobsled team travels to Canada to fulfill their dream.
Catch Me If You Can
Adventure, Crime, Biography
USA / English
You never expect the movie to be a thriller, until you finish the first 20 minutes. The movies starts of with a rich family being bought down due to a false scandal imposed on the father. The family is shattered and they (father and mother) part ways. The boy is now determined to make it rich and would do anything to make money. He starts of as counterfeit currency maker and moves to be Pan Am flight pilot. The counterfeit currency business gets the attention of an FBI agent who sets to catch the boy. The whole story then revolves around the FBI agents plans to catch the boy and how he does it. In between there are scenes of the father and son meeting after a long time. A scene on how the boy disguises himself as a doctor and plans to marry a rich girl. This is shattered when the FBI find his whereabouts and reach the house to arrest the boy. The films ends superbly by sharing its bit of thrill and wits.
Armageddon
Science Fiction, Thriller
USA / English
The movie “Armageddon” is about a crew of oil drillers, led by Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), who are recruited to destroy a killer asteroid headed for earth. Their plan is to land on the asteroid, drill a hole to it’s core, and implant a nuclear warhead into it. It would then be detonated after they return to earth. One of Harry’s crew members, A. J. Frost (Ben Affleck), proposes to Harry’s daughter and plans to marry her after the crew returns from their mission. Harry does not endorse their relationship, and this causes tension during the mission, as the crew endures many setbacks.
America's Sweethearts
Comedy, Romance
USA / English
Married movie stars Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are Hollywood's favorite couple, on-screen and off. But when their very public romance turns into a very private breakup, only their veteran press agent (Billy Crystal) and their assistant Kiki (Julia Roberts) can help them show some love while they promote their last film together, all while keeping the media away from the real story! But Kiki's got a whole new problem when she finds herself falling in love with the last person she ever expected in this hilarious and irresistable comedy!
Ace Ventura When Nature Calls
Comedy, Mystery, Action
USA / English
Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is called from retirement for a new case. A rare white bat from an African tribe is missing and they need his assistance in finding it. Fulton Greenwall (Ian McNiece) takes him to meet the Wachati tribe and he must first gain their trust and become one of them and then assist them in finding the sacred bat. There is concern that the rival Wachootoo tribe has taken the bat to bring distruction and difficult times on their enemies the Wachati. It is up to Ace Venture and the animals to stop the two tribes from going to war. Will Ace be captured? Are the Wachootoo bat-nappers?
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Comedy, Thriller, Action
USA / English
Right before the Miami Dolphins are about to play in the Super Bowl, their mascot, a dolphin named Snowflake, is stolen by thieves. The team hires Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey), a pet detective, to help them get Snowflake back before the big game. Ventura is an eccentric guy and an animal lover who will go to drastic measures to solve the case. He, among other things, visits (and wreaks havoc on) a retirement home and a high-scale party. Along the way, he has to compete with the police department, headed by the manipulative Lois Einhorn (Sean Young). The plot thickens when the Dolphins' star quarterback, Dan Marino, is kidnapped while filming a commercial. Ace now has to find Marino, in addition to Snowflake, or else the Dolphins are doomed.
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