Archive for October, 2007

Belly of the Beast (2003)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action
Countries: Canada | Hong Kong | UK
Actors: Seagal, Steven | Mann, Byron | Lo, Monica | Wu, Tom | Lane, Sarah Malukul | Robinson, Patrick | Riotta, Vincent | Veeratum, Norman | MacQueen, Elidh | Tung, Chau Siu | Malikyan, Kevork | Wachirabunjong, Pongpat | Vardy, Alastair | Adam, Andy | Yamnarm, Shahkrit
Directors: Ching, Siu-Tung
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Ten years ago, Jake Hopper was a CIA agent who was stationed in Thailand. Then one day, things went sour, and his partner, Sunti barely escaped with his life…after accidentally killing a woman. Jake called it quits and returned to the United States when his wife died, and Sunti became a Buddhist monk to atone for his sins. For the past 10 years, Jake has run a successful private security business, and has been raising his daughter Jessica, who is now an adult. While hiking in Thailand, Jessica and her friend Sarah Winthorpe are kidnapped. A group of Islamic fundamentalists known as the Abu Karaf claims responsibility. Sarah is the daughter of United States senator John Winthorpe. For ransom, the Abu Karaf demand the release of 20 prisoners from American custody. The US Secretary of State urges restraint — he won’t negotiate. Tom Collins, an ex-colleague of Jake’s, recognizes Jessica on the ransom tape and tips Jake off. Jake knows that he must rescue the girls himself. An old CIA buddy puts Jake in contact with Leon Washington, an active CIA agent who is working in Thailand. Jake goes to Bangkok, and escapes an assassination attempt. Leon arranges a meeting for himself with with Soku — the internal security chief for General Jantapan. Jantapan is a rebel military general who is making a play to be one of the most powerful men in Thailand. Secretly, Jantapan is messing with some dangerous spiritual forces. Soku provides Jake with a cover story, but the CIA wants Jake out of it — they are planning to take out the Abu Karaf with the aid of the Thai army, and they don’t want a civilian in the middle. Jake is a spiritual man, so he contacts his spiritual master Paijan Paitoon. As Jake is in trouble, Paitoon offers to arrange a divination from the oracle of the order. Jake enlists the help of Sunti. Jake gets Lulu, the girlfriend of arms dealer Fitch McQuoid, to steal information leading to the Abu Karaf. Jake and Sunti follow the leads to a warehouse where they discover evidence of highly sophisticated weaponry. With their enemies now after Lulu, Jake takes Lulu under his wing. Jake shares some of his info with Leon. Can he trust Leon? Another attempt is made on Jake’s life — and this time, Jake is sure that Leon was involved. Finally, the Abu Karaf contact Jake to arrange a meeting — the pieces are coming together, and Jake figures out that it was not the Abu Karaf who kidnapped Jessica and Sarah. Jantapan tries to send the spirit of an ancient warrior demon to kill Jake, but the ceremony goes wrong and the spirit enters Jantapan himself, giving Jantapan amazing physical and spiritual powers. Jake and Sunti go to meet Mongkol, the leader of the Abu Karaf. Mongkol confirms that ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jantapan has worked to corner the narcotics and arms markets. It was Jantapan who kidnapped the girls, blaming the Abu Karaf so the army would wipe out his competition. Mongkol knows where the girls are, and he gives Jake plans and intelligence. They both need the girls alive. Jake must engage in a battle that will put both his physical and spiritual powers to the ultimate test.

Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Pepper, Barry | Cedillo, Julio | Yoakam, Dwight | Jones, January | Leo, Melissa | Bauche, Vanessa | Helm, Levon | Rodriguez, Mel | Suárez, Cecilia | Guadalupe, Ignacio | Campero, René | Pareja, Juan Gabriel | Pérez, Hugo | Torres, Angelina
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A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn’s town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.

Magic Roundabout, The (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Paradis, Vanessa | Baker, Tom | Broadbent, Jim | Evans, Lee | Lumley, Joanna | McKellen, Ian | Minogue, Kylie | Nighy, Bill | Williams, Robbie | Winstone, Ray | Loftus, Daniella | Mahmut, Ediz | Hibbert, Jimmy | Galabru, Michel | Boon, Dany | Lemercier, Valérie
Directors: Borthwick, Dave | Duval, Jean | Passingham, Frank
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A group of friends embark on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor — the evil wizard ZeeBadee.

Libertine, The (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Morton, Samantha | Malkovich, John | Townsend, Stanley | Ritter, Paul | Annis, Francesca | Pike, Rosamund | Hollander, Tom | Vegas, Johnny | Coyle, Richard | Sachs, Hugh | Burke, Tom | Friend, Rupert | Davenport, Jack | Jackson, Trudi
Directors: Dunmore, Laurence
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In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual intercourse flourish. Thirteen years later, in the middle of political and economical problems, Charles II asks the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from the exile to London. John is a morally corrupt, drunkard and sexually active cynical poet, and the King asks him to prepare a play for the French ambassador to make him pleased. John meets the aspirant actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her a great star. He falls in love for her, and she becomes his mistress; during the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls in disgrace in the court. When he was thirty-three years old, he was dying of syphilis associated to alcoholism and he converted to a religious man.

Indian in the Cupboard, The (1995)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Scardino, Hal | Litefoot | Crouse, Lindsay | Jenkins, Richard | Bhat, Rishi | Coogan, Steve | Keith, David | Jaffrey, Sakina | Kartheiser, Vincent | Serrano, Nestor | Olson, Ryan | Tejwani, Leon | Tejwani, Lucas | Conte, Christopher | Brown, Cassandra
Directors: Oz, Frank
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On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend. But these two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest…

Bordertown (2006)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Banderas, Antonio | del Castillo, Kate | Norman, John | Alvarez, Irineo | Barela, Richard | Batinkoff, Randall | Botto, Juan Diego | Cedillo, Julio | Colon, Dave | Gonzales Falcon, Peter | Juanes | Rivera, Rene | Sheen, Martin | Talley, Chris
Directors: Nava, Gregory
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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.

Layer Cake (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Craig, Daniel | Hardy, Tom | Foreman, Jamie | Hawkins, Sally | Gorman, Burn | Harris, George | Hassan, Tamer | Meaney, Colm | Iures, Marcel | Magee, Francis | Andreas, Dimitri | Cranham, Kenneth | Tubbs, Garry | Lunghi, Nathalie | Benoit, Marvin
Directors: Vaughn, Matthew
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A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England’s Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy’s old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds’ worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title “LAYER CAKE” refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no ‘codes’, or ‘families’ and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his ’savvy’, ‘telling’ and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the ‘cake mix’. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..

Goal! (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Becker, Kuno | Nivola, Alessandro | Iures, Marcel | Friel, Anna | Dillane, Stephen | O'Brien, Kieran | Pertwee, Sean | Bell, Cassandra | Plana, Tony | Colon, Miriam | Lewis, Gary | Barber, Frances | Field-Rayner, Emma | Knapman, Kevin | Johnson, Brian
Directors: Cannon, Danny
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Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer. However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.

Ghost Game (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Barreto, Alexandra | Fenner, Shelby | Cornelius, Curt | Freeman, Aaron Patrick | Berson, Robert | Hartnett, Danielle | Alexander, Jamie | Cilella, Peter | Woods, Eric | Woods, Eric Scott | D'Amore, Caroline | Shoup, Sarah | Silanee, Sahra
Directors: Knee, Joe
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7 Friends go out to cabin for a weekend of relaxing and find a game that should not be opened!

Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Documentary | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Ackerman, Forrest J | Adler, Gilbert | Bender, Stephan | Brando, Marlon | Dean Cain | Carlin, Mike | Christopher, Gerard | Cooper, Jackie | Didio, Dan | Donner, Richard | Dougherty, Michael | Fishler, Stephen | Gough, Alfred | Grossman, Gary H. | Hamill, Mark
Directors: Burns, Kevin
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In 1938, two aspiring comic strip talents, Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster, published a character that would create a new genre of fantasy, Superman, the first superhero. This film explores the creation of the character and his subsequent evolution over the decades through various media. With various interviews of noted creative luminaries, the film shows how the character has adapted to the times and bounced back from times when he felt irrelevant to always regain his prominence as one of the great heroes of popular culture.