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In tone with the early "Batman: Year One" style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.
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Christian Bale |
Michael Caine |
Liam Neeson |
Katie Holmes |
Gary Oldman |
Cillian Murphy |
Tom Wilkinson |
Rutger Hauer |
Ken Watanabe |
Mark Boone Junior |
Linus Roache |
Morgan Freeman |
Larry Holden |
Gerard Murphy |
Colin McFarlane |
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Christopher Nolan |
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The movie begins in the small town of Elerslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William's father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the British and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a British guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city's and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares to move on to Sterling where he prepared for his greatest battle yet, in the forest he realises that he must find a way to beat the heavy cavalry from the ground, he decided to create spears twice as long as men. These were used in the battle to kill the entire heavy cavalry raised at the last minute to kill the on coming horses. Eventually Wallace reaches York, the most important military city he gains control. Williams final battle at Falkirk ends in his betrayal by two nobles, whom he later kills. William is betrayed by the leper father of Robert the Bruce, is captured and refuses to bow down as a loyal subject of the king Edward I, Longshanks. Therefore, instead of mere beheading William Wallace is subject to being Hung, hung within an inch of death. Drawn, being stretched by his ankles and wrists and then having his insides shown to him before he died. Then Quartered, he was beheaded and his head was put on the London Bridge his body was torn into for pieces one sent to each corner of Britain as a warning to the citizens. After Wallace's death we see Robert the Bruce led the battle of Bannockburn the last battle for Scotland's freedom.
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Mel Gibson |
James Robinson |
Sandy Nelson |
James Cosmo |
Sean Lawlor |
Alan Tall |
Andrew Weir |
Gerda Stevenson |
Ralph Riach |
Mhairi Calvey |
Brian Cox |
Patrick McGoohan |
Peter Hanly |
Sophie Marceau |
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Mel Gibson |
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The true story of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton (Penn); it can't last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family.
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Timothy Hutton |
Sean Penn |
Pat Hingle |
Joyce Van Patten |
Rob Reed |
Rob Newell |
Karen West |
Art Camacho |
Annie Kozuch |
Richard Dysart |
Priscilla Pointer |
Chris Makepeace |
Dorian Harewood |
Mady Kaplan |
Macon McCalman |
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John Schlesinger |
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Glory
Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives. Nothing would be spared in the fight for their free...
[1989,
USA] from $1.99
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Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
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Matthew Broderick |
Denzel Washington |
Cary Elwes |
Morgan Freeman |
Jihmi Kennedy |
Andre Braugher |
John Finn |
Donovan Leitch |
JD Cullum |
Alan North |
Bob Gunton |
Cliff De Young |
Christian Baskous |
RonReaco Lee |
Jay O. Sanders |
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Edward Zwick |
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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980's in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father's death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected.
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Andrew Chalmers |
Ryan Donowho |
Asia Vieira |
Quancetia Hamilton |
Jeff J.J. Authors |
Lisa Merchant |
Ron Lea |
Erik Smith |
Harris Allan |
Matt Frewer |
Sissy Spacek |
Colin Farrell |
Dallas Roberts |
Robin Wright Penn |
Shawn Roberts |
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Michael Mayer |
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It
The Master of Horror unleashes everything you were ever afraid of.
[1990,
USA, Canada] from $1.99
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Derry, Maine is a quiet town, terrorized every 30 years by a horror known only as "It". The only victims of "It" are children. Through the form of a clown named Pennywise, "It" wakes up every 30 years and feeds. The adults of Derry act like "It" doesn't happen. Ironically they know about "It", but the events are too horrible to talk about. Seven outcasts, know as The Lucky Seven, Bill, Ben, Beverly, Eddie, Richie, Mike, and Stan are able to defeat "It" as children and make a pact to return and do battle again should the terror return. Now 30 years later, Mike Hanlon who stayed behind, is puzzled by a bizarre occurance of child murders. When he discovers that "It" has come back, he reunites what's left of The Lucky Seven, now in their middle ages to do battle once again, and "It" is ready. The Lucky Seven must now defeat "It" and cure Derry of "The Derry Disease".
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Drama |
Fantasy |
Horror |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Harry Anderson |
Dennis Christopher |
Richard Masur |
Annette O'Toole |
Tim Reid |
John Ritter |
Richard Thomas |
Tim Curry |
Jonathan Brandis |
Brandon Crane |
Adam Faraizl |
Seth Green |
Ben Heller |
Emily Perkins |
Marlon Taylor |
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Tommy Lee Wallace |
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After being trapped in a jungle board game for 26 years, a Man- Child (Robin Williams) wins his release from the game. But, no sooner has he arrived that he is forced to play again, and this time sets the creatures of the jungle loose on the city. Now it is up to him to stop them.
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Robin Williams |
Jonathan Hyde |
Kirsten Dunst |
Bradley Pierce |
Bonnie Hunt |
Bebe Neuwirth |
David Alan Grier |
Patricia Clarkson |
Adam Hann-Byrd |
Laura Bell Bundy |
James Handy |
Gillian Barber |
Brandon Obray |
Cyrus Thiedeke |
Gary Joseph Thorup |
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Joe Johnston |
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A love triangle between three friends. Rabbi Jake Schram and Father Brian Finn, two friends, are out to update their religions and draw in more worshipers. With the arrival of Anna Reilly, an old childhood friend of the two, the men's lives are thrown a curve ball. Anna has become a stunning beauty with a lot of spunk and ambition, and both of them want her. A major road block to Anna for both men is their religion. Jake is up for a head position at his synagogue and taking on a non-Jewish partner is frowned upon, besides the fact that his mother disowned his brother for marrying a non-Jewish woman. Brian has given a vow of celibacy to become a priest.
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Ben Stiller |
Edward Norton |
Jenna Elfman |
Anne Bancroft |
Eli Wallach |
Ron Rifkin |
Milos Forman |
Holland Taylor |
Lisa Edelstein |
Rena Sofer |
Ken Leung |
Brian George |
Catherine Lloyd Burns |
Susie Essman |
Stuart Blumberg |
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Edward Norton |
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Childhood friends Jimmy Markum (Penn), Sean Devine (Bacon) and Dave Boyle (Robbins) reunite following the death of Jimmy's oldest daughter, Katie (Rossum). Sean's a police detective on the case, gathering difficult and disturbing evidence; he's also tasked with handling Jimmy's rage and need for retribution.
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Sean Penn |
Tim Robbins |
Kevin Bacon |
Laurence Fishburne |
Marcia Gay Harden |
Laura Linney |
Kevin Chapman |
Tom Guiry |
Emmy Rossum |
Spencer Treat Clark |
Andrew Mackin |
Adam Nelson |
Robert Wahlberg |
Jenny O'Hara |
John Doman |
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Clint Eastwood |
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A well-educated psychiatrist leaves an academic career to work at an institution where his father, a novelist, lived before writing a renowned children's book. Acclimating to his position, he encounters a schizophrenic who helps him to discover the book's secrets and his place in the story.
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Aaron Eckhart |
Ian McKellen |
Nick Nolte |
William Hurt |
Bill Bellamy |
Alan Cumming |
Michael Moriarty |
Ken Roberts |
Tim Henry |
Joe Macaluso |
Andrew Airlie |
Ryan Drescher |
Jim Eckhart |
Richard Hendery |
Mark Tisdale |
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The above summaries do a great job of describing the dynamics of the love triangle that develops between the two pilots that fall in love with the same nurse. The movie also does a credible job of displaying the war from the American side with FDR and our side. It also shows the strategy of Japan as they plan for and execute all facets of the attack on Pearl Harbor. While all details may not be historically correct, I believe that they do the job well - all things considered. Historic events that were altered were probably done so in an attempt to also make this movie the entertaining epic that it is.
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Ben Affleck |
Josh Hartnett |
Kate Beckinsale |
Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Jon Voight |
Alec Baldwin |
Tom Sizemore |
William Lee Scott |
Greg Zola |
Ewen Bremner |
Jaime King |
Catherine Kellner |
Jennifer Garner |
Sara Rue |
Michael Shannon |
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Michael Bay |
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