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"Starsky & Hutch" takes place in the 70s. Two guys played by Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are stripped of their badges, done by a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn) and totally ripped off in a disco contest. Vaughn's character is a maniacal drug lord with an absurd moustache who is prone to dramatic outbursts. So, yeah, they got some scores to settle. Driving a red and white Ford Torino and solving cases with the assistance of their informant Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg), they investigate their latest case, and soon realize that the culprit is none other than Reese Feldman (Vince Vaughn), the criminal involved in their first bust. |
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Liu Jian, a police officer from China, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. The French connection is Richard, the head of the vice squad, who intends to kill the drug lord then frame Jian. Jian ducks a bullet and escapes with a tape of what really happened. By chance, Jian turns to Jessica - a US farm girl who is one of Richard's hookers - for help. She has her own problems, including the fact that Richard has her daughter locked in an orphanage to keep Jessica on the streets and silent about his activities. Can Jian protect Jessica, rescue her daughter, and give Richard the kiss of the dragon? |
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This sequel to Pitch Black follows escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) as he finds himself between the hammer and the anvil in a raging galactic war. After spending five years on the run and pursued by ruthless bounty-hunters, Riddick is to fight for the future of the human race, which is about to annihilate by the efforts of an evil Necromongers. Notwithstanding he is not a hero but an antihero, he is an evil to defeat evil. Aided by the mysterious ethereal being named Aereon (Judi Dench), who helps him uncover the secrets of his past, Riddick has to fight against the evil Lord Marshal (Colm Feore) and his army. He meets the girl Kyra (Alexa Davalos), with whom he escaped from the monster-swarmed planet, together they should stand the battle that will determine the fate of the universe. |
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A border agent involved in drug smuggling decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market. |
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Derek Zoolander has been the dominant male model in the industry for three years thanks to his patented "look," Blue Steel. On the night of the VH1 Fashion Awards, what should be his fourth trophy goes to an upstart model named Hansel. Adding to the insult, a story in Time magazine brands him an idiot. Derek decides to retire and seek out his roots. Meanwhile, the new prime minister of Malaysia has upset a secret coalition of fashion designers by promising to raise the minimum wage, effectively ending their supply of cheap labour in sweatshops. Sensing disaster, the covert group charges Mugatu, the current king of haute couture, to find a mindless male model to brainwash into assassinating the new world leader. Derek, rejected by his family, stumbles predictably into Mugatu's hands and the only ones who can save him are the reporter who took away his good name, his rival Hansel, and a mysterious model from the past who sheds light on the whole conspiracy. They have to work against time and Derek's ineptitude to stop him from killing on the night Mugatu reveals his newest clothing line with the Malaysian minister as his "honoured guest." |
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A sheriff (Thornton) begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised. |
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A rock group arrives onboard of the Missouri battleship which is soon to be decommissioned, and the party is to be held to celebrate the occassion. But several nuclear missiles still are on the ship; it turns out to be that the rockers are none other than disguised terrorists, and these guys do their best to take control over Missouri. Captain is killed, Government turns upside-down as the mercenaries begin to threaten with the nuclear attack. But onboard is Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal). He is a cook, but his military skills are not forgotten, moreover, his tactics and strategy can destroy every one of his foes. Captain was his good friend, so the terrorists are doomed all to a man. Somewhere onboard hides a Playboy's supermodel, which was to perform a strip-dance during the celebration; she is also to be rescued and taught how to make an explosive using a common cocoa butter and other (at first site harmless) components. This action thriller became a classic of the genre. |
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After their last big score, two master jewel thieves, Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), decide to give up their criminal careers and settle down on a paradisiacal island, hoping to relax and enjoy the fruits of their ‘labor’. However, Burdett’s nemesis, federal agent Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson) who has spent seven years in dogged but abortive pursuit of the crafty thief, wants to make sure that the retired criminal keeps his promise. Upon arrival in the Bahamas, the suspicious agent begins to shadow Max because the Diamond Cruise ship moored to the island where they are staying happens to have the third Napoleon diamond aboard. The cat-and-mouse game begins again! Will Max steal the unique diamond? Will Stan finally catch him red-handed?
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In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps. Explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but nice) Amber Atkins won't be stopped. There could well be more death and disappointment to come. |
| French Kiss
[1995,
UK, USA]
from $1.99 |
| Kate's stuck in a place where anything can happen with a guy who'll make sure that it does |
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Timothy hutton's hero named Charlie is to Paris, and his fiancee stays in Canada because she is afraid to travel by plane. Several days later he calls her by phone and tells that he loves her no more and had find another woman. Then it turns to be that the plane phobia is not so hard to overcome and Meg Ryan's Kate instantly jumps into one and heads to France. There (in the plain as yet) she meets a charming Frenchman who is a jewelry smuggler who stealthily places an expensive necklace into her handbag to pass it through the custom-house. When arrived, the bag disappears... and the things just get worse. But as the bag is stolen, Kate and Luc (Kevin Kline) should keep together... |
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Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet. |
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Lucy Harmon is a 19-year old American girl who is the daughter of poet Sara Harmon. After Sara commits suicide, Lucy travels to Italty and visits her mother's friends, Diana and her husband, Irish artist Ian, where Lucy wants a picture of her painted. Lucy decided to return to Italy to reunite with Nicolo Donati, a Italian boy she once fell in love with four years ago, when she last visited Italy. But reuniting with Nicolo isn't the only reason why Lucy decided to return to Italy, Lucy is on a personal journey, as she sets out to solve a mystery in her Mother's diary and discover who her father is who conceived her 20 years ago. Lucy's journey leads her to befriend Alex, a play-writer who is dying of cancer whom Lucy thinks may be her father or her father could be the artist who makes statutes from trees and sets out to loose her virginity as Diana and her daughter Miranda's boyfriend Richard become intrigued by her. |
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When men meet Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) in the street, they never follow her with their eyes, except for those situations, when she is armed and pursues a criminal. Gracie is an experienced FBI agent, and the lack of good manners and charm is more than compensated for by her marksmanship and martial arts skills. But her life takes an unexpected twist when she is assigned to go undercover as a contestant in the Miss America pageant in order to prevent one of the most dangerous criminals from bombing the competition. The bumbling Gracie wears neither a dress nor high heels. She doesn't wear make-up either. In her cosmetics bag there is nothing but a pair of handcuffs. An image consultant, Victor Melling (Michael Caine), will have a hard time beautifying Gracie and teaching her poise, gracefulness and perfect smile. |
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This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age. At the center of the story is a paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), Professor Jack Hall (Quaid), who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam (Gyllenhaal), who was in New York City as part of a scholastic competition, when the city was overwhelmed by the chilling beginnings of the new Ice Age. In addition to all of the other challenges Dr. Hall faces, he's also going against the flow as humanity races south to warmer climes, and he's nearly the only one going north... |
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Yes, Austin Powers (Mike Myers), the most renowned international man of mystery, is back again to face his enemy number one – Dr. Evil! In this stunning comedy-adventure Dr. Evil and his plotter Mini Me (Verne Troyer) escape from prison and who but Austin is good enough to stop them? The villains, with help of a Goldmember, kidnap Austin's father (Michael Caine), and to save him and the humanity Austin leaps to 1975 where he teams up with his ex-girlfriend Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles). There are also some girls involved whose lovely names are Fook Mi and Fook Yu. |
| Class Action
[1991,
USA]
from $1.99 |
| For the plaintiff...Jedediah Tucker Ward. For the defense...Margaret Eleanor Ward. Nothing Personal. It's just Father Vs. Daughter in the fight of their lives. (1 more taglines...) |
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Jeb Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a client who is suing an auto company over a safety problem that has had a severe effect on his life after the accident. He must replace the current atorney and be ready for trial quickly, and then he finds that the defense atorney will be his estranged daughter. |
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Angels are among us and when we feel an invisible presence, you better believe they are watching you. An angel must decide if love is more important than eternal peace in this Americanized adaptation of Wim Wenders' modern classic Wings of Desire. Seth, an angel watching over Los Angeles, begins finding his job difficult as he falls in love with Maggie, a beautiful heart surgeon. She becomes interested in Seth, and soon his not-quite-mortal state seems a barrier rather than a gift. As Maggie gets to know the strange visitor in black who has suddenly appeared in her life, she finds herself torn between her new feelings for Seth and her attachment to her fiancй Jordan (Colm Feore), a fellow doctor. Seth, on the other hand, has a serious choice to make – between celestial duty and earthly love. |
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Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas), a special agent, suggests there is a neo-Nazi plot in the White House. Suddenly he finds himself framed, blackmailed and relieved of his duties. He goes on the run, and in spite of chased by the own colleagues from secret service, he conducts his own investigation trying to find the responsible. Garrison keeps trying to prove his innocence and to protect President's life from mortal danger. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Basinger are starring. |
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter's problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she's pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly's marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin. |
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The road-trip comedy revolves around four middle-aged buddies, dentist Doug Madsen (Tim Allen), plumber Bobby Davis (Martin Lawrence), businessman Woody Stevens (John Travolta), and computer analyst Dudley Frank (William H. Macy). Burdened with variety of pursuits and duties and fed up with their weekly gatherings at a local saloon, they decide to revive the good old days and take a cross-country trip. The dashing guys put on leather jackets, cover their heads with bandanas, get on their bikes and embark on a memorable adventure to the Pacific Coast.
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