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What Price Glory (1952)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 21:12

What Price Glory

Genres:	Comedy \| Drama \| Musical \| Romance \| War
Countries:	USA
Actors:	James Cagney \| Corinne Calvet \| Dan Dailey \| William Demarest \| Craig Hill \| Robert Wagner \| Marisa Pavan \| Max Showalter \| James Gleason \| Wally Vernon \| Henri Letondal \| Luis Alberni \| Danny Borzage \| George Bruggeman \| Frederic Brunn
Directors:	John Ford
Download:	DivX iPod

In 1918, in Bar-de-Duc, France, the leader of a company of Marines in the front, Captain Flag, receives a group of green replacements and his disaffection, the tough Sergeant Quirt. Their rivalry increases when they both feel attracted by the same easy woman and daughter of the local innkeeper, Charmaine.

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The Last Hurrah (1958)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 21:12

The Last Hurrah

Genres:	Drama
Countries:	USA
Actors:	Spencer Tracy \| Jeffrey Hunter \| Dianne Foster \| Pat O'Brien \| Basil Rathbone \| Donald Crisp \| James Gleason \| Edward Brophy \| John Carradine \| Willis Bouchey \| Basil Ruysdael \| Ricardo Cortez \| Wallace Ford \| Frank McHugh \| Carleton Young
Directors:	John Ford
Download:	DivX iPod

An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Based loosely on the career of multi-term Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, this film examines the good and evil inherent in politics and all the things that go into an election. Tracy's uphill battle to stay in office is set against the political machinery that preyed on ethnic hatred and old-time money.

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Four Sons (1928)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Four Sons

Genres:	Drama
Countries:	USA
Actors:	Margaret Mann \| James Hall \| Charles Morton \| Ralph Bushman \| George Meeker \| June Collyer \| Earle Foxe \| Albert Gran \| Frank Reicher \| Archduke Leopold of Austria \| Ferdinand Schumann-Heink \| Jack Pennick \| Frank Baker \| George Blagoi \| Stanley Blystone
Directors:	John Ford
Download:	DivX iPod

In Burgendorf, Bavaria, Mother Bernle has four sons. Franz is in the army, Johann works at the forge, Andreas tends the sheep. Joseph is riding a hay wagon with a pretty girl when some of the hay falls off, landing on the fearsome Maj. Von Stomm. Joseph gets a slap from the major... The jovial postman has brought a letter from America. Joseph has the offer of a job in the States. But getting there is so expensive... It's Mother Bernle's birthday and most of the town gathers for the dancing. Mother gives Joseph the money she has secreted away. He leaves for the USA... It is "Der Tag", The Day when war is declared. Franz and Johann are excited about their new uniforms. But America is still neutral. Joseph runs the German-American Delicatessen with his new wife Annabelle. The reports of the first German battles with the Russians are good. So why does the postman carry a black-edged letter for Mother Bernle? When America does enter the war, Joseph enlists and meets his friend, the iceman from the deli... Times are very bad in Burgendorf. Von Stomm accuses Mother Bernle: she is the "mother of a traitor"...

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The Exorcist (1973)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

The Exorcist

Genres:	Drama \| Horror \| Thriller
Countries:	USA
Actors:	Ellen Burstyn \| Max von Sydow \| Lee J. Cobb \| Kitty Winn \| Jack MacGowran \| Jason Miller \| Linda Blair \| Reverend William O'Malley \| Barton Heyman \| Peter Masterson \| Rudolf Schündler \| Gina Petrushka \| Robert Symonds \| Arthur Storch \| Reverend Thomas Bermingham
Directors:	William Friedkin
Download:	DivX iPod

A movie actress taking up temporary residence in Washington D.C. has her troubles. The script for the movie she's filming seems inadequate. Her ex, who is also the father of her adolescent daughter, Regan, neglects to call the girl on her birthday. And the attic has rats. Meanwhile, Father Karras, a priest and a psychiatrist, is losing his faith; and he's dealing with a sick mother who needs medical care he hasn't the money to provide. Another priest, the old and ailing Father Merrin, has just returned from Iraq with forebodings of evil. These three persons meet when the sweet and cheerful Regan turns foul-mouthed and violent. But her sickness is beyond the reach of a medical doctor or a psychiatrist. What Regan needs is an exorcist.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Genres:	Adventure \| Animation \| Comedy
Countries:	UK \| USA
Actors:	George Clooney \| Meryl Streep \| Jason Schwartzman \| Bill Murray \| Wallace Wolodarsky \| Eric Chase Anderson \| Michael Gambon \| Willem Dafoe \| Owen Wilson \| Jarvis Cocker \| Karen Duffy \| Robin Hurlstone \| Hugo Guinness \| Helen McCrory
Directors:	Wes Anderson
Download:	LQ

It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.

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The Last Hangman (2005)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Last Hangman, The

Genres:	Drama
Countries:	UK
Actors:	Simon Armstrong \| Ann Bell \| Nicholas Blane \| Clive Brunt \| Cavan Clerkin \| James Corden \| Marie Critchley \| Neil Fitzmaurice \| Keiran Flynn \| Clive Francis \| Christopher Fulford \| Frances Shergold \| Elizabeth Hopley \| Peter Jonfield \| Bernard Kay
Directors:	Adrian Shergold
Download:	Matroska

Albert Pierrepont delivered groceries - and was a hangman. Following his father's footsteps he quickly became known for his efficiency and compassion, rising to become 'the best in the land'. From the early 1933 until the end of his career in 1955 he executed some 608 people including the 'Beasts of Belsen' (war criminals) for which he earned the gratitude of a nation. But by the time he hanged Ruth Ellis, the last women to be executed in Britain, public sentiments had changed....and so had Pierrepont.

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Merry Madagascar (2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Merry Madagascar

Genres:	Animation
Countries:	USA
Actors:	Carl Reiner
Directors:	David Soren
Download:	DVD iPod

The Zoosters are back in an all-new holiday adventure. When Santa and his reindeer crash onto the island of Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman and those wacky penguins to save Christmas. Get ready for a sleigh full of laughs in this hilarious new holiday classic.

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Deadline (2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Deadline

Genres:	Drama \| Horror \| Thriller
Countries:	Malaysia \| USA
Actors:	Marc Blucas \| Thora Birch \| Tammy Blanchard \| Brittany Murphy
Directors:	Sean McConville
Download:	Matroska

Alice, 32, a writer recovering from a psychological breakdown retreats to a remote Victorian house to convalesce and focus on finishing her screenplay in time for a fast approaching deadline. Shortly after her arrival, mysterious noises and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a twisting and terrifying pursuit to find out what is behind the endless mind games. Frightened but intrigued, Alice gathers the courage to go the attic where she finds a shoe box filled with mini-dv tapes. The terrifying secret that lies within the tapes will unravel Alice's dark past.

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Tell-Tale (2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Tell-Tale

Genres:	Drama \| Horror \| Sci-Fi \| Thriller
Countries:	UK \| USA
Actors:	Josh Lucas \| Lena Headey \| Brian Cox \| Dallas Roberts \| Beatrice Miller \| Ulrich Thomsen \| Pablo Schreiber \| Jamie Harrold \| Tom Riis Farrell \| Michael K. Williams \| Scott Winters \| Tom Kemp \| Cassandre Fiering \| Kara Lund \| Matthew E. Chausse
Directors:	Michael Cuesta
Download:	DivX iPod

A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.

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The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 20:12

Princess and the Frog, The

Genres:	Animation \| Family \| Fantasy \| Musical \| Romance
Countries:	USA
Actors:	Peter Bartlett \| Kwesi Boakye \| Bruno Campos \| Michael Colyar \| Jim Cummings \| Keith David \| John Goodman \| Terrence Howard \| Jerry Kernion \| Ritchie Montgomery \| Michael-Leon Wooley \| Angela Bassett \| Breanna Brooks \| Jennifer Cody \| Elizabeth M. Dampier
Directors:	Ron Clements
Download:	LQ

A fairy tale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans and centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again.

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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 19:12

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Genres:	Animation \| Family \| Fantasy
Countries:	USA
Actors:	Thom Adcox-Hernandez \| Jeff Bennett \| Bob Bergen \| John Di Maggio \| Jesse McCartney \| Rob Paulsen \| Roger Craig Smith \| Pamela Adlon
Directors:	Klay Hall
Download:	DivX iPod

Tinker Bell journey far North of Never Land to patch things up with her friend Terence and restore a Pixie Dust Tree.

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The Heroic Trio (1993)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 19:12

Heroic Trio, The

Genres:	Action \| Fantasy
Countries:	Hong Kong
Actors:	Michelle Yeoh \| Anita Mui \| Maggie Cheung \| Damian Lau \| Anthony Wong Chau-Sang \| Paul Chun \| James Pak \| Shi-Kwan Yen \| Zhuoxin Chen
Directors:	Johnnie To
Download:	DivX iPod

The all-female Heroic Trio are Tung (Wonder Woman), Chat (Thief Catcher), a mercenary, and Ching (Invisible Woman). Initially, they're on opposing sides - the invisible Ching is kidnapping newborn male babies for her evil master, Tung is trying to solve the crime (rather more effectively than her policeman husband, who is unaware of her secret identity), and Chat, who was formerly employed by Ching's evil master, is trying to sell her services and inside knowledge to the police. But all three have something in common buried deep in their past...

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