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In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.
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Sean Penn |
Jude Law |
Anthony Hopkins |
Kate Winslet |
Mark Ruffalo |
Patricia Clarkson |
James Gandolfini |
Jackie Earle Haley |
Kathy Baker |
Talia Balsam |
Travis Champagne |
Frederic Forrest |
Paul Desmond |
Kevin Dunn |
Kevin McCarthy |
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Steven Zaillian |
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In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the "fake" boy who desperately wants to become "real".
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Drama |
Sci-Fi |
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Brendan Gleeson |
Haley Joel Osment |
Frances O'Connor |
Sam Robards |
Jake Thomas |
Jude Law |
William Hurt |
Ken Leung |
Clark Gregg |
Kevin Sussman |
Tom Gallop |
Eugene Osment |
April Grace |
Matt Winston |
Sabrina Grdevich |
Theo Greenly |
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Steven Spielberg |
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Bordertown
Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence.
[2006,
USA, UK] from $1.99
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Lauren (Jennifer Lopez), an impassioned American reporter for the Chicago Sentinel heads to Juarez, a Mexican bordertown, in order to investigate a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women from all over Mexico. As she discovers hundreds of victims, she gains the trust of local factory workers but falls into danger.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Jennifer Lopez |
Antonio Banderas |
Kate del Castillo |
John Norman |
Irineo Alvarez |
Richard Barela |
Randall Batinkoff |
Juan Diego Botto |
Julio Cedillo |
Dave Colon |
Peter Gonzales Falcon |
Juanes |
Rene Rivera |
Martin Sheen |
Chris Talley |
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Gregory Nava |
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Cookie's Fortune unfolds over an eventful Easter weekend in the small town of Holly Springs, Mississippi. The town residents are peaceful, kind folk--with the exception of Camille Dixon (Glenn Close)--a pushy theatre director with an incredibly shy younger sister, Cora (Julianne Moore), whose estranged daughter Emma (Liv Tyler) has just returned to town. On the heels of her latest play, Camille is shocked to discover that her Aunt Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Patricia Neal) has committed suicide. Terrified at the thought of how this will tarnish the family name, she eats the suicide note to make it look like a burglary. This set-up leads the police to one main suspect, Willis Richland (Charles S. Dutton), who also happens to be Cookie's best friend. Although the rest of the town is convinced Willis didn't commit the crime, an outside investigator (Courtney B. Vance) isn't so sure. As Easter Sunday and opening night of the play arrive, the truth comes out, revealing more secrets than anyone could have possibly imagined. Director Altman tells his story at a leisurely pace, beautifully recreating the eccentricities of small town life in this sweet-natured tale.
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Glenn Close |
Julianne Moore |
Liv Tyler |
Chris O'Donnell |
Patricia Neal |
Ned Beatty |
Courtney B. Vance |
Donald Moffat |
Lyle Lovett |
Danny Darst |
Matt Malloy |
Randle Mell |
Niecy Nash |
Rufus Thomas |
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Robert Altman |
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Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom ... What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns an awe-inspiring truth ... that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And then gets busy. NOBODY messes with Ben.
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Documentary |
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Ben Stein |
David Berlinski |
Anderson Cooper |
Richard Dawkins |
William Dembski |
Michael Egnor |
Guillermo Gonzalez |
Adolf Hitler |
Nikita Khrushchev |
Robert J. Marks II |
Stephen Meyer |
Stephen C. Meyer |
Paul Zachary Myers |
Paul Nelson |
William Provine |
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Nathan Frankowski |
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An exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo, who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo. Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix, the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix, might hold the key to the truth. But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.
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Crime |
Drama |
History |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Adrien Brody |
Diane Lane |
Ben Affleck |
Bob Hoskins |
Robin Tunney |
Larry Cedar |
Jeffrey DeMunn |
Brad William Henke |
Dash Mihok |
Molly Parker |
Caroline Dhavernas |
Kathleen Robertson |
Joe Spano |
Gareth Williams |
Zach Mills |
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Allen Coulter |
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'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.
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Drama |
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Christina Ricci |
Steve Buscemi |
Laura Linney |
Summer Phoenix |
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Moisés Kaufman |
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When Pete (Eldard), one of five friends who share an Iowa house, invites Zack (Paxton), a man who gave him a lift home in for supper, the night turns suddenly sour when Zack irrationally attacks Pete, but is killed by the other friends. After this episode, the friends suggest that, having ridden the world of one bad person, they should continue to do the same thing every Sunday night at supper.
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Comedy |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Cameron Diaz |
Ron Eldard |
Annabeth Gish |
Jonathan Penner |
Courtney B. Vance |
Bill Paxton |
Nora Dunn |
Ron Perlman |
Dan Rosen |
Amber Taylor |
Matt Cooper |
Charles Durning |
Mark Harmon |
Gil Segel |
Rachel Chagall |
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Stacy Title |
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The story ultimately revolves around two "men of honor"; their relationship, their individual and joint failures and triumphs. Carl Brashear is determined to be the first African American Navy Diver in a time where racism is strife. Leslie Sunday is his embittered trainer, determined to see him fail. Fate, challenges and circumstances eventually draw these two men together in a tale of turbulance and ultimately triumph.
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Biography |
Drama |
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Robert De Niro |
Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Charlize Theron |
Aunjanue Ellis |
Hal Holbrook |
Michael Rapaport |
Powers Boothe |
David Keith |
Holt McCallany |
Joshua Leonard |
Dennis Troutman |
Joshua Feinman |
Theo Nicholas Pagones |
Ryan Honey |
David Conrad |
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| Directors: |
George Tillman Jr. |
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Philadelphia
No one would take on his case... until one man was willing to take on the system.
[1993,
USA] from $1.99
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Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, is fired from his conservative law firm in fear that they might contract AIDS from him. After Andrew is fired, in a last attempt for peace, he sues his former law firm with the help of a homophobic lawyer, Joe Miller. During the court battle, Miller sees that Beckett is no different than anyone else on the gritty streets of the city of brotherly love, sheds his homophobia and helps Beckett with his case before AIDS overcomes him.
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Tom Hanks |
Denzel Washington |
Roberta Maxwell |
Buzz Kilman |
Karen Finley |
Daniel Chapman |
Mark Sorensen Jr. |
Jeffrey Williamson |
Charles Glenn |
Ron Vawter |
Anna Deavere Smith |
Stephanie Roth Haberle |
Lisa Talerico |
Joanne Woodward |
Jason Robards |
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Denzel Washington is hired as the T.C. Williams High football coach over a white coach in Alexandria, Virginia in the early 1970's during a time when the school has just been integrated to allow blacks into the school.
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Drama |
Sport |
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Denzel Washington |
Will Patton |
Wood Harris |
Ryan Hurst |
Donald Faison |
Craig Kirkwood |
Ethan Suplee |
Kip Pardue |
Hayden Panettiere |
Nicole Ari Parker |
Kate Bosworth |
Earl Poitier |
Ryan Gosling |
Burgess Jenkins |
Neal Ghant |
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Boaz Yakin |
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Cool and deadly NYPD detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. in a racially-motivated slaying. The eye witness disappears, Wade jumps bail for Switzerland, and Shaft is livid. Two years later, Wade returns to face trial, confident his father's money and influence (and racial politics) guarantee an innocent verdict. Shaft looks hard for the witness, so Wade wants someone to kill her. He turns to a ghetto drug king, Peoples Hernandez, who's willing to kill for money, use Wade as a route to rich drug customers, and shaft Shaft. Can Shaft find the witness, convince he | | |
