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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Love (2011)


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Synopsis: After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Legend of the Seas (2012)


Synopsis: The Eastern Sea has been peaceful under the reign of the Dragon King. That’s about to change, when the evil octopus Ocho is freed from her banishment and unleashes her vengeance upon the kingdom. Draco, the prince, is the only one who knows of her plans and leaps into action to stop her. Only through fighting for what he believes and protecting those he loves, he realizes what it truly means to be a Dragon King. An evil octopus named Ocho returns to the tranquil waters of the Eastern Sea to challenge the rule of the peaceful Dragon King, forcing the young Prince Draco (voice of Rob Schneider) to stop her nefarious plans, and defend his homeworld when no one else can.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Lucky You (2007)


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Synopsis: In Las Vegas, Huck Cheever is a poker player, brilliant but also prone to let emotion take over. It's the week of the poker world series, and Huck must come up with the $10,000 entry fee, which he wins, loses, borrows, and loses - and even steals part of from Billie Offer, an earnest young woman who's new in town and who catches Huck's eye. By the time the tournament starts, Huck owes everyone. Complicating things is the arrival of Huck's father, whom Huck detests for having left his mother, a champion player in town to win. Can Huck learn to play poker the way he lives and to live the way he plays poker? Or is his only flush the sound of his life going down the toilet?

Labrador (2011)


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Synopsis: A desolate, windswept island. Stella and Oskar, a young couple, visit her father Nathan, who leads a solitary life in the company of his Labrador dog. Stella is pregnant and looking forward to the birth of her baby, but Oskar appears to be in doubt. When Oskar falls prey to Nathan's provocations and feels bewildered by the relationship between father and daughter, a clash between the two men is inevitable and Stella is caught in between.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)


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Synopsis: Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's.

Le Mans (1971)


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Synopsis: Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world’s hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate – but it’s still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa’s husband was killed.

Look Again (2011)


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Synopsis: Just as her life is coming together, a young woman experiences a terrible tragedy when her boyfriend is murdered by an intruder from whom the woman herself barely escapes. The police capture a man they believe to be the killer, but the young woman, still unsettled, has her doubts. Things take a frightening turn when she meets her friend's new boyfriend and suspects him to be the killer.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Little Deaths (2011)


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Synopsis: Composed of three disturbingly sensual and terrifying short narratives, unified by the twin themes of sex and death.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Looking for a True Fiancée (2011)


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Synopsis: A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman, then discovers an engagement ring in his briefcase. Later, he comes across three different women who all claim to be his girlfriend. To figure out which of the women he planned to marry, he sets up dates with each of them. The choices are:

1. A perfectionist co-worker (Manami Konishi) who at the same pharmaceutical company.
A light-hearted prostitute (Yoko Maki) who works at one of the shops that the man delivers products to.

2. An ideal “Yamato nadeshiko” type of woman (Chizuru Ikewaki) who sometimes performs a one-woman puppet shows in the park.


Sunday, April 15, 2012

Les Aventures de Philibert, Capitaine Puceau (2011)


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Synopsis: Kingdom of France, 1550, in Bretagne.Philibert, robust fellow of twenty years, eldest son of a farmer of artichokes, is different from other boys of the village. Idealistic, naive, he predicted a glorious future in the artichoke and preserve her virginity for the woman he is not yet known but that God intended. Before passing away, his father tells him that it is not his real father. It was a gentleman, Fulgence Saint-Berendourt Avoise, assassinated by a Burgundian wine stain with a rose-shaped neck. His wallet full of ideals and artichokes, Philibert leaves his village and galloped towards Burgundy, accompanied by his servant Martin a little disingenuous. The courage of Philibert, charity, purity physical and moral well be put to the test against the meanness and venality of the villains and the temptation of women more libidinous each other…

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Loser (2000)


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Synopsis: There is a remarkable similarity to 1960's "The Apartment". Where the leading man falls in love with a woman who is in love with a more powerful character, but that character does not love the woman. The leading man rescues the woman and helps her recover, while helping her to believe that her love cares for her.

Littlerock (2010)


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Synopsis: A sleepy Los Angeles exurb and its shiftless young residents are seen through the eyes of two Japanese tourists in this intimate evocation of a small town in Southern California where everyone’s talking but no one really understands.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Left 4 Dead: The Movie (2011)


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Synopsis: The Movie is a non-profit fan made movie, based on the hit videogame by Valve.

Las Acacias (2011)


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Synopsis: Rubén is a lonely truck driver who has been covering for years the motorway from Asunción del Paraguay to Buenos Aires, carrying wood. However, today's journey will be different. This morning, in a motorway stop near Asunción, Jacinta shows up an hour later to begin a journey by track which is going to take her to Buenos Aires. Wath's more, Rubén finds out at that very moment that little Anahí, who's 8 months old, will travel with them- It is not the best beginning. As kilometres go by, th relationship between Rubén and Jacinta will grow. they will slowly meet and sip into each other's soul. None of them talks much about their lives. None asks much either. It's a few word journey but it is not a silent one.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden (2011)


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Synopsis: Local girl makes good. In February, 2011, Lady Gaga (1986- ) brings a band and dancers to Madison Square Garden, about 20 blocks from where she grew up. She sings, plays keyboards, dances, and talks - sometimes autobiographically - emphasizing possibilities, personal acceptance, and tolerance on the way to the Monster Ball, the greatest party in the world. The cameras catch her up close, in ensemble, and beneath the stage changing between numbers. She calls her fans "freaks" and "little monsters," while songs urge them to show their paws and teeth. "Fame" and "Behind the Fame Monster" provide most of the songs. Behind the credits, she and three others sing "Born This Way" a cappella.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)


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Synopsis: Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.

Lottery Ticket (2010)


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Synopsis: Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million.

Love and Other Drugs (2010)


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Synopsis: Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Last of the Living (2009)


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Synopsis: A highly contagious virus is spreading throughout the land. With one bite, it's only hours before victims will turn into zombies and hunt for human flesh. Morgan, Ash, and Johnny might just be the only humans left, but they don't seem to mind and find enjoyment lounging around in their underwear living in vacant homes. When they stumble upon a hot girl who just may have a cure, the three decide it's finally time to step up to the plate and save the world- and the girl. Now the only hope for survival lies in their hands.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Land of the Dead (2005)


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Synopsis: Now that zombies have taken over the world, the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out. But all's not well where it's most safe, as a revolution plans to overthrow the city leadership, and the zombies are turning into more advanced creatures.