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It is spring 480 BC, Persian King Xerxes, continuing his father Darius' master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states, arrives in Hellas. The previous Persian invasion and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries' request to surrender to Xerxes, and so slay them. In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local oracle, who gives two options: Either a spartan king will have to be sacrificed, or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year earlier (481, BC) a Panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states had already recognized the superiority of the Spartan army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and had declared King Leonidas as supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army. It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes' way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage. This passage was, at that time, 12 meters wide. The great historian Herodotus, possibly exaggerating, states that there were 1,700,000 Persians (their true number could have been anywhere from 100,000 to 1,000,000) against 7,000 Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the Spartan King elite guard. King Xerxes waited four days for the Hellenes to be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by his opponents' complete apathy. Xerxes tried to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King Leonidas replied "molon lave," which means "Come and get them." The three-day battle began, with the 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect passages to their flanks) slaying thousands of Persians with minimal losses. The whole Persian campaign would have failed if it hadn't been for Efialtes, who showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic flanks. After a final battle led by King Xerxes himself, the Hellenic force was slain and their heroism and glory was written forever in history. From the beginning of the battle, the Hellenes buried their dead in the spot where they fell. Then battle signs where made for the dead of each Hellenic faction. For the Pelloponisians, (including the 300 Spartans) the sign generally read (free translation) "In this place 4,000 Pelloponisians fought 30 millions)." For the 300 Spartans (Lakaedaemonians), the sign reads (free translation) "Oh foreigner, tell the Lakaedaemonians that we are buried here obeying their laws," meaning that they never hesitated and never retreated from the enemy. The impact of the battle was enormous for both sides. The Persians' morale dropped to zero, and the Hellenes lost their fear for the Persian conqueror and organized their defense. After several successful battles, the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian army and repelled their invasion in the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC.
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Gerard Butler |
Lena Headey |
Dominic West |
David Wenham |
Vincent Regan |
Michael Fassbender |
Tom Wisdom |
Andrew Pleavin |
Andrew Tiernan |
Rodrigo Santoro |
Giovani Cimmino |
Stephen McHattie |
Greg Kramer |
Alex Ivanovici |
Craig Kelly |
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Zack Snyder |
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Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max's secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman.
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Crime |
Romance |
Thriller |
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Michael Keaton |
Danny DeVito |
Michelle Pfeiffer |
Christopher Walken |
Michael Gough |
Michael Murphy |
Cristi Conaway |
Andrew Bryniarski |
Pat Hingle |
Vincent Schiavelli |
Jan Hooks |
Steve Witting |
John Strong |
Rick Zumwalt |
Anna Katarina |
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Tim Burton |
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
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Ray Winstone |
Robin Wright Penn |
Anthony Hopkins |
John Bilezikjian |
Brice Martin |
Sonje Fortag |
Sharisse Baker-Bernard |
Charlotte Salt |
Julene Renee |
Greg Ellis |
Rik Young |
Sebastian Roché |
Leslie Harter Zemeckis |
John Malkovich |
Woody Schultz |
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Robert Zemeckis |
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By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess's former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.
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Adventure |
Family |
Fantasy |
Romance |
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Laurence Olivier |
Claire Bloom |
Maggie Smith |
Ursula Andress |
Jack Gwillim |
Susan Fleetwood |
Pat Roach |
Harry Hamlin |
Judi Bowker |
Burgess Meredith |
Siân Phillips |
Flora Robson |
Anna Manahan |
Freda Jackson |
Tim Pigott-Smith |
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Desmond Davis |
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Sequel to 'House of 1000 Corpses' is set some months later with the Texas State Police making a full-scale attack against the murderous Firefly family residence for the 1,000+ murders and disappearances of the past several years. But three of the family members escape, including Otis, Baby Firefly and Baby's father Captain Spaulding. The evil trio go on a road trip, leaving dozens of mangled bodies in their wake. Evading a massive Texas Rangers dragnet as well as a group of equally murderous bounty hunters led by Ken Dwyer (the brother of a policeman Mamma Firefly killed in 'House of...') who's obsessed with finding the deadly killers, the surviving Firefly clan gather at a run-down amusement park owned by Captain Spaulding's half-brother, Charlie Altamont, whom offers them shelter and a new base of operations for their killing spree as Sheriff Dwyer, the Texas Rangers, the FBI and others slowly close in.
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Crime |
Horror |
Thriller |
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Sid Haig |
Bill Moseley |
Sheri Moon |
William Forsythe |
Ken Foree |
Matthew McGrory |
Leslie Easterbrook |
Geoffrey Lewis |
Priscilla Barnes |
Dave Sheridan |
Kate Norby |
Lew Temple |
Danny Trejo |
Dallas Page |
Brian Posehn |
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Rob Zombie |
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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.
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Adventure |
Fantasy |
Sci-Fi |
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Ioan Gruffudd |
Jessica Alba |
Chris Evans |
Michael Chiklis |
Julian McMahon |
Hamish Linklater |
Kerry Washington |
Laurie Holden |
David Parker |
Kevin McNulty |
Maria Menounos |
Michael Kopsa |
Andrew Airlie |
Pascale Hutton |
G. Michael Gray |
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Tim Story |
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Two stories, 14 years apart, converge in a suburb of New York. Manuel Esquema, an international financier, whose face is badly scarred, is flying from Miami to help a New York politician negotiate a plea bargain with the Justice Department. Years before, this financier was a fresh-faced cabaña boy at a Miami Beach resort who fell in love with a young woman on holiday with her husband. The husband is now the pol, and he thinks he dispatched the cabaña boy long ago. What are Esquema's plans: revenge, mercy, or a complicated plan to seek again the woman's love?
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Crime |
Drama |
Romance |
Thriller |
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Joseph Fiennes |
Ray Liotta |
Gretchen Mol |
Vincent Laresca |
Myk Watford |
Lindsey Connell |
Sean Cw Johnson |
Shawn Proctor |
Russell Blackwell |
Jocelyn Snowdon |
Kevi Katsuras |
Shannon Lawson |
Ronald Knight |
Ginger King |
Ted Simonett |
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Paul Schrader |
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Prequal to 'Ginger Snaps' has the orphaned sisters Ginger and Brigette, before becoming werewolves, in 1815 Canada where they stumble into a war between Native American "Wendigos" besieging a remote trading post populated by brutal settlers.
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Fantasy |
Horror |
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Katharine Isabelle |
Emily Perkins |
Nathaniel Arcand |
JR Bourne |
Hugh Dillon |
Adrien Dorval |
Brendan Fletcher |
David La Haye |
Tom McCamus |
Matthew Walker |
Fabian Bird |
Kirk Jarrett |
David MacInnis |
Stevie Mitchell |
Edna Rain |
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Grant Harvey |
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Follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists when they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam.
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John Cho |
Kal Penn |
Rob Corddry |
Jack Conley |
Roger Bart |
Neil Patrick Harris |
Eric Winter |
Jon Reep |
Mark Munoz |
James Adomian |
Todd Voltz |
Richard Christy |
Adam Herschman |
Jackson Beals |
Amir Talai |
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Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty...or so they thought? When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they're stranded...or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren't pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.
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Thriller |
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Aaron Stanford |
Kathleen Quinlan |
Vinessa Shaw |
Emilie de Ravin |
Dan Byrd |
Tom Bower |
Billy Drago |
Robert Joy |
Ted Levine |
Desmond Askew |
Ezra Buzzington |
Michael Bailey Smith |
Laura Ortiz |
Gregory Nicotero |
Maisie Camilleri Preziosi |
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Alexandre Aja |
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Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister's obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracle | | |
