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Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 19:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Harlan Ellison \| Robin Williams \| Neil Gaiman \| Peter David \| Ronald D. Moore \| Josh Olson \| Tom Snyder
Directors:	Erik Nelson
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A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison.

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Enid (2009)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 20:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Denis Lawson \| Matthew Macfadyen \| Laurence Richardson \| Helena Bonham Carter
Directors:	James Hawes
Download:	DivX

Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...

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Margot (2009)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 19:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Michiel Huisman \| Derek Jacobi \| Con O'Neill \| Christian Wolf-La'Moy \| Anne-Marie Duff \| Lindsay Duncan \| Penelope Wilton
Directors:	Otto Bathurst
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Margot examines the glamorous and turbulent life of Britain’s first international ballet superstar. At the age of 40, Dame Margot Fonteyn (Anne-Marie Duff – The Virgin Queen; Shameless) was seemingly at her creative peak and under mounting pressure to retire gracefully. Her unexpected pairing with young Russian émigré Rudolph Nureyev (Michiel Huisman – The Young Victoria, De Co-assistant) caused a worldwide sensation. Whilst Margot’s marriage to Panamanian diplomat Roberto de Arias (Con O’Neill – Telstar, Criminal Justice) was put under immense strain, her passionate and vibrant relationship with Nureyev created one of the most enduring and celebrated ballet partnerships of all time. This is a timeless drama about love, passion and performance also starring Lindsay Duncan, Derek Jacobi and Penelope Wilton.

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Gods and Monsters (1998)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 18:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Ian McKellen \| Brendan Fraser \| Lynn Redgrave \| Lolita Davidovich \| David Dukes \| Kevin J. O'Connor \| Mark Kiely \| Jack Plotnick \| Rosalind Ayres \| Jack Betts \| Matt McKenzie \| Todd Babcock \| Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy \| Brandon Kleyla \| Pamela Salem
Directors:	Bill Condon
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Set in 1957, 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the director of _Show Boat (1936)_ (qv), _Invisible Man, The (1933)_ (qv), _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv), and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), had long since stepped back from the glamor and glitz of Hollywood. A stroke triggers once buried flashes of memory of his life in Dudley, his film career, and, most influentially, the trenches during the Great War. Haunted and lonely, he recounts many of his experiences to his musclebound gardener, Clay Boone. Despite the divide that exists between them, their friendship develops. Reliant on his sternly disapproving housemaid, Hannah, the flamboyant director whose time has passed sees himself slipping away, unable to stop the decline, and indulges his fantasies by coaxing Boone to model for him.

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Salvador (1986)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 17:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	James Woods \| James Belushi \| Michael Murphy \| John Savage \| Elpidia Carrillo \| Tony Plana \| Colby Chester \| Cynthia Gibb \| Will MacMillan \| Valerie Wildman \| José Carlos Ruiz \| Jorge Luke \| Juan Fernández \| Salvador Sánchez \| Rosario Zúñiga
Directors:	Oliver Stone
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A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.

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Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1 (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 13:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Vincent Cassel \| Ludivine Sagnier \| Mathieu Amalric \| Gérard Lanvin \| Samuel Le Bihan \| Olivier Gourmet \| Michel Duchaussoy \| Myriam Boyer \| Anne Consigny \| Georges Wilson \| Alain Fromager \| Alain Doutey \| Laure Marsac \| Arsène Mosca \| Christophe Vandevelde
Directors:	Jean-François Richet
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The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats — from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks — Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.

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Max Manus (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 11:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Nicolai Cleve Broch \| Ron Donachie \| Ken Duken \| Nils Düwell \| Mats Eldøen \| Eirik Evjen \| Patrick Güldenberg \| Aksel Hennie \| Stig Henrik Hoff \| Knut Joner \| Paul Kvarving \| Sondre Krogtoft Larsen \| Petter Næss \| Jakob Oftebro \| Christian Rubeck
Directors:	Joachim Rønning
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The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons. |

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Nemico pubblico n. 1: L'ora della fuga (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 11:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Vincent Cassel \| Cécile De France \| Gérard Depardieu \| Gilles Lellouche \| Roy Dupuis \| Elena Anaya \| Michel Duchaussoy \| Myriam Boyer \| Florence Thomassin \| Abdelhafid Metalsi \| Gilbert Sicotte \| Deano Clavet \| Mustapha Abourachid \| Ludivine Sagnier \| Sofiane Benrazzak
Directors:	Jean-François Richet
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Che: Part Two (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 10:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Benicio Del Toro \| Carlos Bardem \| Demián Bichir \| Joaquim de Almeida \| Pablo Durán \| Eduard Fernández \| Marc-André Grondin \| Óscar Jaenada \| Kahlil Mendez \| Cristian Mercado \| Jordi Mollà \| Gastón Pauls \| Antonio Peredo \| Jorge Perugorría \| Lou Diamond Phillips
Directors:	Steven Soderbergh
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In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara resigns from his Cuban government posts to secretly make his latest attempt to spread the revolution in Bolivia. However, Che must face grim realities about few troops and supplies, his failing health and a local population who largely does not share his idealistic aspirations. As the US supported Bolivian army prepares to defeat him, Che and his beleaguered force struggle against the increasingly hopeless odds.

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Che: Part One (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 10:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Benicio Del Toro \| Demián Bichir \| Santiago Cabrera \| Vladimir Cruz \| Alfredo De Quesada \| Jsu Garcia \| Kahlil Mendez \| Elvira Mínguez \| Andres Munar \| Julia Ormond \| Jorge Perugorría \| Édgar Ramírez \| Victor Rasuk \| Othello Rensoli \| Armando Riesco
Directors:	Steven Soderbergh
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The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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The Straight Story (1999)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 09:02

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Alvin Straight is a very old man with a quiet life in a small country town. When his brother gets seriously sick, he decides to put away their differences and visit him after many, many years. So, alone, he begins a long journey through hundreds of miles, just to see again his brother, even if it's the last thing he will ever do... Based on a real story.

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Becket (1964)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 07:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Richard Burton \| Peter O'Toole \| John Gielgud \| Gino Cervi \| Paolo Stoppa \| Donald Wolfit \| David Weston \| Martita Hunt \| Pamela Brown \| Siân Phillips \| Felix Aylmer \| Percy Herbert \| Inigo Jackson \| Niall MacGinnis \| Christopher Rhodes
Directors:	Peter Glenville
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As the story opens, King Henry II, who ruled England from 1154 to 1189 has entered Canterbury Cathedral to do penance at the tomb of his former friend, Thomas Becket. Bare to the waist, the king kneels to receive a flogging from Saxon monks. He begins to reminisce, recalling at first the carefree, promiscuous adventures with Becket, then his favorite drinking and wenching companion. A violently emotional drama that probes the changing relationship between two young men - between two close friends bound together by similar pride of flesh and spirit who become deadly enemies as they pursue their separate destinies . . . that of king . . . and saint.

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La môme (2007)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 07:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Marion Cotillard \| Sylvie Testud \| Pascal Greggory \| Emmanuelle Seigner \| Jean-Paul Rouve \| Gérard Depardieu \| Clotilde Courau \| Jean-Pierre Martins \| Catherine Allégret \| Marc Barbé \| Caroline Sihol \| Manon Chevallier \| Pauline Burlet \| Elisabeth Commelin \| Marc Gannot
Directors:	Olivier Dahan
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An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, 'Édith Piaf' (qv) (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association.

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Séraphine (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 06:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Yolande Moreau \| Ulrich Tukur \| Anne Bennent \| Geneviève Mnich \| Nico Rogner \| Adélaïde Leroux \| Serge Larivière \| Françoise Lebrun \| Francis Lacloche \| Corentin Lobet \| Léna Breban
Directors:	Martin Provost
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In 1914, Wilhelm Uhde, a famous German art collector, rents an apartment in the town of Senlis, forty kilometers away from Paris, in order to write and to take a rest from the hectic life he has been living in the capital. The cleaning lady is a rather rough-and-ready forty-year-old woman who is the laughing stock of others. One day, Wilhelm who has been invited by his landlady, notices a small painting lying about in her living room. He is stunned to learn that the artist is no other than Séraphine.

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Il divo (2008)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 05:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Toni Servillo \| Anna Bonaiuto \| Piera Degli Esposti \| Paolo Graziosi \| Giulio Bosetti \| Flavio Bucci \| Carlo Buccirosso \| Giorgio Colangeli \| Alberto Cracco \| Lorenzo Gioielli \| Gianfelice Imparato \| Massimo Popolizio \| Aldo Ralli \| Giovanni Vettorazzo \| Cristina Serafini
Directors:	Paolo Sorrentino
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The story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who has been elected to Parliament seven times since is was established in 1946.

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Phar Lap (1983)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 03:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Tom Burlinson \| Richard Morgan \| Robert Grubb \| Simon Wells \| Kelvyn Worth \| Justin Ridley \| Martin Vaughan \| Brian Granrott \| Steven Bannister \| Richard Terrill \| Ron Leibman \| Ross O'Donovan \| Ashley Grenville \| Les Foxcroft \| Warwick Moss
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Phar Lap, the legendary Australian racing horse, is as well-known today for his mysterious death as for his fabulous accomplishments in life. Beginning at the end, the film flashes back to the day that Phar Lap, despite his lack of pedigree, is purchased on impulse by trainer Harry Telford. Phar Lap loses his first races, but Telford's faith in the animal is unshakable. Suddenly the horse becomes a winner, thanks to the love and diligence of stableboy Tommy Woodcock. American-promoter Dave Davis arranges for Phar Lap to be entered in several top races, where his "long shot" status results in heavy losses for the professional gamblers. Just after winning an important race in Mexico, Phar Lap collapses and dies; though the film never comes out and says as much, it is assumed that the horse was "murdered" by the gambling interests.

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Phar Lap (1983)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 03:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Tom Burlinson \| Richard Morgan \| Robert Grubb \| Simon Wells \| Kelvyn Worth \| Justin Ridley \| Martin Vaughan \| Brian Granrott \| Steven Bannister \| Richard Terrill \| Ron Leibman \| Ross O'Donovan \| Ashley Grenville \| Les Foxcroft \| Warwick Moss
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The Sound of Music (1965)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 03:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Julie Andrews \| Christopher Plummer \| Richard Haydn \| Peggy Wood \| Anna Lee \| Portia Nelson \| Ben Wright \| Daniel Truhitte \| Norma Varden \| Marni Nixon \| Gilchrist Stuart \| Evadne Baker \| Doris Lloyd \| Charmian Carr \| Nicholas Hammond
Directors:	Robert Wise
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Captain Baron von Trapp is a widowed ex-naval officer with seven children who serve only to remind him of his deceased wife. The Von Trapp home is thus turned into a gloomy place of order and discipline, until the arrival of a new governess: Frauline Marie who is from a nearby Salzburg abbey. Marie shows the Von Trapp children the miracle of the Sound of Music, and teaches them how to sing. Captain von Trapp's heart opens up to feelings he had forgotten and he and Marie fall in love. Marie and Georg von Trapp are married, only to have their world brought down around them by the 1938 Anschluss of Austria, where Nazi Germany takes control of the country and demands that Captain von Trapp assume a position in the German Navy.

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I Am a Sex Addict (2005)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 02:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Christoff Colas \| Rebecca Lord \| Lindsey Tjian \| Jenny Pompor \| Michelle Roesler \| Melanie Bonne \| Anastasia Vega \| Seymour Kramer \| Sylvia Grosneau \| Phillip Minnig \| Thomas Logoreci \| Angelina Moysov \| Jacqueline Wright \| Heidi Dupre
Directors:	Caveh Zahedi
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In the moments before his third marriage, Caveh Zahedi looks into the camera and flashes back to a vividly disturbing yet poignant story of his long obsession with prostitutes and how that obsession has served to destroy his previous marriages and relationships. Can Caveh overcome his addiction and finally succeed in a relationship?

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Ned Kelly (2003)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 02:02

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Crime
Countries:	Australia \| USA
Actors:	Heath Ledger \| Orlando Bloom \| Geoffrey Rush \| Naomi Watts \| Joel Edgerton \| Laurence Kinlan \| Phil Barantini \| Kerry Condon \| Kris McQuade \| Emily Browning \| Kiri Paramore \| Rachel Griffiths \| Geoff Morrell \| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell \| Saskia Burmeister
Directors:	Gregor Jordan
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This film is based on "Our Sunshine" by Robert Drew, a novel based on the life of Australian bushranger and icon, Ned Kelly. It tells of his life as a bushranger in north-west Victoria, where he lived all his life. He, his brother Dan, and two other men, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, formed a gang. These four robbed a bank and hijacked an entire town for 3 days. They killed three policemen who were hunting them. They then took over a pub in Glenrowan, where they basically held a party, waiting for a train full of police to derail at a part of the track that they tore up. However a school teacher warned the train, so the gang and all the others in the pub ended up in a shootout with scores of policemen.

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Archive for the ‘Biography’ Category

Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008)

Enid (2009)

Margot (2009)

Gods and Monsters (1998)

Salvador (1986)

Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1 (2008)

Max Manus (2008)

Nemico pubblico n. 1: L'ora della fuga (2008)

Che: Part Two (2008)

Che: Part One (2008)

The Straight Story (1999)

Becket (1964)

La môme (2007)

Séraphine (2008)

Il divo (2008)

Phar Lap (1983)

Phar Lap (1983)

The Sound of Music (1965)

I Am a Sex Addict (2005)

Ned Kelly (2003)