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The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family. |
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Devastated by the abuse from her husband, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) gets a divorce and returns to her hometown in North Minnesota. With two kids to take care of, Josey takes a back-breaking job at the iron mine where she becomes one of only a handful of female employees and faces harsh reality. Along with the other women, she endures humiliation and sexual harassment from the male miners who brook no competition from womanhood. Despite the risk of losing her good-paying job, Josey finds the courage to take legal action against the company in order to stand up for herself and her fellow female coworkers. As a result, the case becomes the first sexual harassment lawsuit in the history of the United States to be won. |
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Two twenty-something stoner roommates — one a Korean American investment banker; the other an Indian American medical school candidate — go through a life changing journey, as they spend a night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers. |
| Tigerland
[2000,
USA, Germany]
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| The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to be human. |
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In September 1971, a platoon of recruits arrives in Ft. Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write books later. He befriends Roland Bozz, a cool Texan with a gift for getting into trouble and for helping misfits get discharges. At least one sociopath in the platoon hates Bozz, even as the sergeants grudgingly recognize his leadership abilities. As the platoon heads into its week in Tigerland, Paxton's body gives out, Bozz makes plans to go AWOL, and the sociopath gets hold of live ammo. Is the Louisiana swamp more dangerous than the DMZ? |
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Set in the small British town of Sheffield, six old friends, Gary "Gaz" (Robert Carlyle), Dave (Mark Addy), Lomper (Steve Huison), Gerald (Tom Wilkinson) and Guy (Hugo Speer), find themselves out of job and out of money when their steel mill shuts down. The former steel workers are desperate and depressed over their unemployment and Lomper is so despondent that he attempts to commit suicide. Meanwhile, the Chippendales, a troupe of male strippers, arrive in town and their act is a tremendous success with the local women. Inspired by the exotic dancers, Gaz comes up with the brilliant idea of putting on a similar show of his own, with one difference – they are daring to end the performance "fully nude". But there is only one snag: their bodies are far from perfect and they can't dance at all. |
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In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an American flag is raised atop the high point, Mount Suribachi, and a photograph of the raising becomes an American cause celebre. As a powerful inspiration to war-sick Americans, the photo becomes a symbol of the Allied cause. The three surviving flag raisers, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes, are whisked back to civilization to help raise funds for the war effort. But the accolades for heroism heaped upon the three men are at odds with their own personal realizations that thousands of real heroes lie dead on Iwo Jima, and that their own contributions to the fight are only symbolic and not deserving of the singling out they are experiencing. Each of the three must come to terms with the honors, exploitation, and grief that they face simply for being in a photograph. |
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In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. |
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A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. |
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While traveling down south, two college kids Bill Gambini (Ralph Macchio) and Stanley Rothenstein (Mitchell Whitfield) find themselves mistakenly arrested for murdering a convenience store clerk in Alabama. Thinking that they are accused of shoplifting, the buddies sign the avowal of their guilt. With no money and no one to turn to for help, Bill decides to call his lawyer cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini (Joe Pesci). The brash Vinny, who has never tried a criminal case, has secret weapon – he can outtalk anyone. With his glib-talking, sexy girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) in tow, Vinny heads to the small Southern town to get the hapless pair out of trouble. |
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Two mid-aged divorcees Jeremy Klein (Vince Vaughn) and John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) are a pair of longtime friends who work for a law firm, helping contentious couples mediate their divorces, continuously crashing weddings to meet girls. They can get into any wedding and into the heart of every bridesmaid, for one night, of course. Suddenly one of them falls for Claire, also a bridesmaid, who is a daughter of an influential and eccentric politician, and soon guys get into spending a wild weekend at the family's palatial waterside estate and find themselves quickly over their heads. |
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
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Willie (Billy Bob Thornton), a lonely drunkard, and his midget friend Marcus (Tony Cox) work the Holiday seasons as Santa Claus and his elf in department stores. However, their intent is to rob malls so as to hit the jackpot. When Christmas shoppers, satisfied with their purchaces, leave the mall, Santa and his Elf crack the store safe and make off with their own holiday presents. But in Phoenix their annual robbery gets endangered by a pesky store manager, a sharp mall detective, and a precocious 8-year-old boy who believes that Willie—as intoxicated and felonious as he seems to be—is the real Santa he's been looking for. The innocent, ingenuous little boy evokes inner change in Santa. |
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This screen interpretation of vampire literature classic is the most well-known and, more to say, brilliant one. Set in London, this spectacular picture closely follows the book, but is even more dramatic. This eye-catching movie tells about Johnathan (Keanu Reeves) and Mina (Wynona Ryder), young pair which soon will face the ancient vampire - count Dracula (Gary Oldmen). When John heads to Transylvania for the business travel, he has to communicate with the famous Count and the monster accidentally sees John's medallion with the picture of Mina. This film is not simply an eye-candy due to its exquisite visual aesthetics, but it is also a profound story, which tells what it takes to be an immortal monster... and to love forever, hopelessly. |
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The Passion of the Christ concerns the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth (Jim Caviezel). The dialogue is spoken in the ancient Aramaic language, along with Latin and Hebrew. His prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas's betrayal, Pontius Pilate's interrogation, the death on the cross of Golgotha and subsequent resurrection are depicted in this, sometimes brutal, Mel Gibson's screen version of Biblical legend. The faint-hearted should be prepared for the brutal, barbaric beatings that Christ endures. Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, and Hristo Jivkov are engaged as Magdalene, Maria, and John respectively, who are distressed by Jesus' fate yet aware that they can do nothing to change it. |
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Inspired by true events, the drama follows the adventures of Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), a struggling American novelist in the 1970s who couldn't sell his books. Wanting to make a name for himself, Irving decided to resort to a ruse about writing an "autobiography" of Howard Hughes (Milton Buras), one of the most famous and wealthiest people in the world. After enlisting the help of his pal Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina), Irving attempted to compose the fake memoirs. To make them "authentic," they did some research, stole government documents, forged Hughes' handwritten communiqués and copied his former confidante Noah Dietrich's (Eli Wallach) manuscript of his conversations with the eccentric billionaire. The published book immediately became a mammoth bestseller. |
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Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player. Can Jerry resurrect his career while still staying true to himself? |
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Even a telephone kiosk can become a deadly trap when you have something to hide in connection with your dubious reputation, if you have such. A New-Yorker, journalist Steven Shepard (Colin Farrell) who used to lie to everybody from his boss to his wife and lover, picks up a receiver at a phone booth and becomes the hostage of a maniac sniper who targets him with a laser sight. This guy draws Steve out demanding a forced confession in all his lies, a confession which can cost him his job and relations with his wife. In other hand, denial will cost him his life as well as if he'd hang up the phone. Meanwhile, police forces which gathered around the booth as a passing pedestrian is injured by a maniacal shooter, consider Steve himself as a maniac, being unaware of sniper existence. For liars to notice: one should never pick up a phone ringing in a telephone booth... |
| Elephant
[2003,
USA]
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| An ordinary high school day. Except that it's not. |
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It’s a lovely fall day. We become observers of the events that happen throughout the day at an Oregon high school. On the way to school photographer Elias (Elias McConnell) takes some pictures of a punk-rock couple. After football practice Nathan (Nathan Tyson) leaves gym class and meets up with girlfriend Carrie (Carrie Finklea) for lunch. John leaves his dad’s car keys in the school office for his brother to collect. In the cafeteria, Brittany (Brittany Mountain), Jordan (Jordan Taylor) and Nicole (Nicole George) gossip and complain about their mothers’ snooping. Michelle (Kristen Hicks) dashes to the school library for her volunteer work. John (John Robinson) walks out onto the lawn, crossing paths with outsiders Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric (Eric Deulen)... It seems to be an ordinary high school day. Except that it’s not. |
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An impresario Vivian Van Damm is brought in to set up the running-down Windmill Theater in Soho, which is just bought by the recently widowed eccentric well-to-do Laura Henderson. All their ambitions can easily get crash, since the inter-war London does not forgive mistakes and the rivals can surpass every little success, such as the other theatres have copied their idea of a non-stop revue. Laura proposes to put nudes in the show, deciding to show audiences something they've never seen before. |
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After being released from a mental institution, a young attractive but socially awkward woman named Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) returns home to live with her dysfunctional parents, Joan (Lesley Ann Warren) and Burt (Stephen McHattie). Determined to change her life for the better, she takes a typing class and eventually lands a job as a secretary for an eccentric, perfectionist attorney, E. Edward Grey (James Spader). It soon becomes apparent that Mr. Grey is not your average chief, and Lee tentatively develops a BDSM relationship with him...
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