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Good Morning, Babylon (1987)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 22:12
Good Morning, Babylon
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | Italy | USA
Actors: Vincent Spano | Joaquim de Almeida | Greta Scacchi | Désirée Nosbusch | Omero Antonutti | Bérangère Bonvoisin | David Brandon | Brian Freilino | Margarita Lozano | Massimo Venturiello | Andrea Prodan | Charles Dance | Dorotea Ausenda | Ugo Bencini | Daniel Bosch
Directors: Paolo Taviani
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After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood designing sets for D.W.Griffith and marry beautiful actresses, but tragedy strikes with the arrival of World War I, which finds the brothers fighting on opposite sides...

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 22:12
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Alex Bennett | Gregg Binkley | Skoti Collins | David Cross | Marty Dew | Aaron Drake | Adam Dubowsky | Brando Eaton | Matthew Gray Gubler | Lanny Joon | Jason Lee | Zachary Levi | Justin Long | Jesse McCartney | Kevin G. Schmidt
Directors: Betty Thomas
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Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby (Levi). The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -? Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.

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The Glass House (2001)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 22:12
The Glass House
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Leelee Sobieski | Diane Lane | Stellan Skarsgård | Bruce Dern | Kathy Baker | Trevor Morgan | Chris Noth | Michael O'Keefe | Vyto Ruginis | Gavin O'Connor | Carly Pope | China Shavers | Agnes Bruckner | Michael Paul Chan | Rachel Wilson
Directors: Daniel Sackheim
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When Ruby Baker and her brother Rhett are suddenly orphaned by the death of their parents, their parents' lawyer tells Ruby that they will move in with the Glasses, their former neighbors. They are getting along well with the Glasses and being pampered with new clothes and toys and video games. Suspicions arise when Ruby overhears Terry's business deals, finds some suspicious letters, and sees Terry and Erin doing mysterious things. She then finds out that maybe all the suspicious actions are connected with her $4 million inheritance.

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Today You Die (2005)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 22:12
Today You Die
Genres: Action | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Steven Seagal | Anthony 'Treach' Criss | Sarah Buxton | Mari Morrow | Nick Mancuso | Robert Miano | Kevin Tighe | Jamie McShane | Lawrence Turner | Brett Rice | Lance Jonathan Mancuso | Chloe Moretz | Elayn Taylor | Hawthorne James | David Frye
Directors: Don E. FauntLeRoy
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A crook with a conscience takes on the men who turned on him in this action thriller. Harlan Banks (Steven Seagal) is a world-class thief who has always picked his own jobs and tried to pull heists that would leave him room to help out others; he also has powerful psychic abilities and can punish a man simply with the powers of his mind. But the work keeps getting riskier, and at the urging of his girlfriend, Banks has decided to pull one final job, going in with some men who are planning a 20-million-dollar casino robbery in Las Vegas. Banks is double-crossed by his new partners, and while he gets away with the money, Banks also ends up behind bars. Now his fellow crooks want the cash and will do anything to get it, but Banks isn't eager to part with a hard-earned dollar, and with the help of Ice Cool (Anthony Criss, aka hip-hop star Treach), he busts out of prison to claim what's his.

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Tornado Valley (2009)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 22:12
Tornado Valley
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Cameron Bancroft | Shaun Benson | Duncan Fraser | Mark Pawson | Pascale Hutton | Emma Karwandy | Jessica McLeod | Ashley Michaels | Meredith Monroe | Rachel Pattee
Directors: Andrew C. Erin
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Estranged couple and meteorologists, Liz and Matt, come over their differences to save their daughter and her mute aunt Ellie, as a freak tornado threatens to rip apart their lives again.

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Along Came a Spider (2001)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 22:12
Along Came a Spider
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Germany | USA
Actors: Morgan Freeman | Monica Potter | Michael Wincott | Dylan Baker | Mika Boorem | Anton Yelchin | Kimberly Hawthorne | Jay O. Sanders | Billy Burke | Michael Moriarty | Penelope Ann Miller | Anna Maria Horsford | Scott Heindl | Christopher Shyer | Jill Teed
Directors: Lee Tamahori
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A teacher at a school for children of politicians kidnaps a senator's daughter after 2 years. He is revealed to be a criminal wearing a mask of the teacher and contacts a criminal psychologist to play cat and mouse. Cross believes he is being involved to ensure the kidnapper will attain fame. Confirmed by copycat of the Lindenburgh kidnapping and books about the case found in his hideout. However it is a deception using an unsuspecting accomplice and hides another plot the profiler is blind to.

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The Element of Crime (1984)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 21:12
The Element of Crime
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Denmark
Actors: Michael Elphick | Esmond Knight | Me Me Lai | Jerold Wells | Ahmed El Shenawi | Astrid Henning-Jensen | János Herskó | Stig Larsson | Harry Harper | Roman Moszkowicz | Frederik Casby | Duke Addabayo | Jon Bang Carlsen | Leif Magnusson
Directors: Lars von Trier
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A European police detective living in Cairo undergoes hypnosis therapy to deal with headaches caused by his last case. He recounts spending two months in a dystopian Europe investigating the serial killings of young girls who sell lottery tickets. While the current police force there employ clumsy methods, he continues to use the controversial theoretical methods of his now disgraced former mentor. He becomes obsessed with a suspect from previous similar killings, and using an old surveillance report retraces the steps of that suspect. As the journey progresses, the differences between the cop and the serial killer become blurred.

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The Little Foxes (1941)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 21:12
The Little Foxes
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Bette Davis | Herbert Marshall | Teresa Wright | Richard Carlson | Dan Duryea | Patricia Collinge | Charles Dingle | Carl Benton Reid | Jessica Grayson | John Marriott | Russell Hicks | Lucien Littlefield | Virginia Brissac | Terry Nibert | Henry 'Hot Shot' Thomas
Directors: William Wyler
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This film adaptation of the 'Lillian Hellman' (qv) play depicts a post-Civil War southern community where nothing is more important than money and power to Regina Giddens ('Bette Davis' (qv)). In order to join her equally ruthless brothers in a scheme that is sure to gain her wealth and power, she uses her young, naïve daughter to fetch her estranged, ailing husband who is living elsewhere. When she cannot convince her husband to give her the money, she sets forward a cunning plan which escalates.

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One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 21:12
One-Eyed Jacks
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Karl Malden | Katy Jurado | Pina Pellicer | Ben Johnson | Slim Pickens | Larry Duran | Sam Gilman | Timothy Carey | Miriam Colon | Elisha Cook Jr. | Rodolfo Acosta | Joan Petrone | Tom Webb | Ray Teal
Directors: Marlon Brando
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Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

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The Sasquatch Gang (2006)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 21:12
The Sasquatch Gang
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Justin Long | Jeremy Sumpter | Addie Land | Joey Kern | Rob Pinkston | Michael Mitchell | Hubbel Palmer | Jon Gries | Ray Santiago | Jeff D'Agostino | Carl Weathers | Stephen Tobolowsky | Veanne Cox | Jon Heder | Rebecca Lowe
Directors: Tim Skousen
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Young, fantasy/sci-fi aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge footprints in the woods. A local cop, reporter and a renowned Sasquatch authority investigate, while two of Gavin's dim-witted neighbors hatch a scheme to profit from the situation.

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America the Beautiful (2007)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 21:12
America the Beautiful
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Ted Casablanca | Chris Keefe | Anthony Kiedis | Martin Short | Gerren Taylor | Shelby Nicole Cannon | Eve Ensler | Paris Hilton | Jessica Simpson
Directors: Darryl Roberts
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In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the issue by covering every base. Child models, plastic surgery, celebrity worship, airbrushed advertising, dangerous cosmetics - no rock is left unturned.

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Sid and Nancy (1986)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 21:12
Sid and Nancy
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Gary Oldman | Chloe Webb | David Hayman | Debby Bishop | Andrew Schofield | Xander Berkeley | Perry Benson | Tony London | Sandy Baron | Sy Richardson | Edward Tudor-Pole | Biff Yeager | Courtney Love | Rusty Blitz | John Spaceley
Directors: Alex Cox
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Based on the true story of Sid Vicious, bass player for the legendary punk rock band "The Sex Pistols", and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Their the music of the Sex Pistols, their relationship was always volatile.

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Quadrophenia (1979)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
Quadrophenia
Genres: Crime | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Phil Daniels | Leslie Ash | Philip Davis | Mark Wingett | Sting | Ray Winstone | Garry Cooper | Gary Shail | Toyah Willcox | Trevor Laird | Kate Williams | Michael Elphick | Kim Neve | Benjamin Whitrow | Daniel Peacock
Directors: Franc Roddam
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In 1960s London Jimmy, loathing his dead-end job and dead-end parents, lives for his scooter and his Mod mates. August Bank Holiday in Brighton looks like it will be great, with a chance to see his Vespa-riding hero Ace, do battle with the Rockers, and maybe get lucky with Steph. Sadly, after the weekend, reality and disppointments crowd in all the more.

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Open Graves (2009)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
Open Graves
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Spain | USA
Actors: Eliza Dushku | Mike Vogel | Jose Casasús | Boris Martinez | Alex O'Dogherty | Ander Pardo | Gary Piquer | Ethan Rains | Martxelo Rubio | Enrique Zaldua | Lilliam Kouri | Naike Rivelli | Lindsay Caroline Robba
Directors: Álvaro de Armiñán
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An international group of young surfers comes into possession of an ancient artifact, Mamba, an old board game made from the skin and bones of a witch executed during the Spanish Inquisition. At a drunken party one night, they casually decide to play. It’s all fun and games until they find out that curses last forever and death is the ultimate undertow.

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Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
Swiss Family Robinson
Genres: Adventure | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: John Mills | Dorothy McGuire | James MacArthur | Janet Munro | Sessue Hayakawa | Tommy Kirk | Kevin Corcoran | Cecil Parker | Andy Ho | Milton Reid | Larry Taylor
Directors: Ken Annakin
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A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge treehouse) and explore the island and it's wildlife. Plenty of adventure ensues as the family deals with issues of survival, pirates, and the brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future.

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Victory Through Air Power (1943)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
Victory Through Air Power
Genres: Animation | Documentary | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Alexander de Seversky | Art Baker | Billy Mitchell
Directors: James Algar
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This is a unique film in Disney Production's history. This film is essentially a propaganda film selling Major Alexander de Seversky's theories about the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film switches to the Major illustrating his ideas could win the war for the allies.

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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Irene Bedard | Jim Cummings | Donal Gibson | Finola Hughes | Linda Hunt | Judy Kuhn | Russell Means | Jean Stapleton | David Ogden Stiers | Billy Zane | Jeff Bennett | Bob Bergen | Mark S. Brien | Rodger Bumpass | Amick Byram
Directors: Tom Ellery
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When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and respect between the two great lands. However, Governor Ratcliffe is still around; he wants to return to Jamestown and take over, no matter what the cost. He will stop at nothing to discredit the young princess.

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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
The Rescuers Down Under
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Crime | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Bob Newhart | Eva Gabor | John Candy | Tristan Rogers | Adam Ryen | George C. Scott | Wayne Robson | Douglas Seale | Frank Welker | Bernard Fox | Peter Firth | Billy Barty | Ed Gilbert | Carla Meyer
Directors: Hendel Butoy
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Cody, a boy from Mugwomp Flats responds to a distress call about a trapped giant Golden Eagle called Marahute. Freeing her, he gains a close friendship with the bird. However, Cody is soon abducted by the murderous poacher, Percival McLeach, who is after that bird which is of a highly endangered species and therefore an extremely profitable quarry. In a panic, a mouse Cody freed from one of McLeach's traps sends a desperate call for help to the Rescue Aid Society in New York City who assigns their top agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard to the task. With transportation provided by the goofy Albatross, Wilbur, the agents arrive in Austrailia and link up with the RAS' local field operative, Jake The Kangaroo Rat. Together, the trio must race against time to find Cody, stop McLeach and save Marahute.

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The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
The Great Mouse Detective
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Musical | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Vincent Price | Barrie Ingham | Val Bettin | Susanne Pollatschek | Candy Candido | Diana Chesney | Eve Brenner | Alan Young | Laurie Main | Shani Wallis | Ellen Fitzhugh | Walker Edmiston
Directors: Ron Clements
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In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.

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DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 20:12
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Alan Young | Rip Taylor | Christopher Lloyd | Russi Taylor | Richard Libertini | Terence McGovern | Joan Gerber | Chuck McCann | June Foray | Charles Adler | Jack Angel | Steve Bulen
Directors: Bob Hathcock
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Scrooge McDuck, along with his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby Vanderquack and dimwitted pilot Launchpad McQuack search for the treasure of Collie Baba and his forty thieves. They find a magic lamp and a genie that can grant them all kinds of wishes. Unfortunately, Merlock the Magician wants that lamp, and he and his sidekick, Dijon the Thief, would do anything to get their hands on it.

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