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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Splinter (2008)
IMDB rating: 6.30
Plot: While camping in the woods, Polly Watt and her clumsy boyfriend Seth Belzer damage their tent. They decide to spend the night in a low-budget motel. Meanwhile the criminals, Lacey Belisle and Dennis Farell, have trouble with their runaway car while heading to Platt and they walk on the lonely road. [...]
Hunger
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Hunger (2008)
IMDB rating: 7.80
Plot: Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost [...]
Out of Time
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Out of Time (2003)
IMDB rating: 6.50
Plot: Matt Lee Whitlock (Washington), respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he’s trusted in order to find out [...]
Once Were Warriors
Monday, December 28th, 2009Once Were Warriors (1994)
IMDB rating: 7.90
Plot: Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family’s life [...]
Paths of Glory
Monday, December 28th, 2009Paths of Glory (1957)
IMDB rating: 8.60
Plot: In Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” war is viewed in terms of power. This mesmerizing, urgent film about a true episode in World War I combines the idea that class differences are more important than national differences with the cannon-fodder theory of war, the theory that soldiers are merely [...]
Defying Gravity
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Defying Gravity (2008)
IMDB rating: 4.10
Plot: Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic ‘60 cadillac hearse. Shore is a dynamic, handsome, and brilliant young [...]
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
IMDB rating: 4.70
Plot: The sequel to the 1987 cult hit The Lost Boys takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Reeser). Having just lost their [...]
Orphan
Monday, December 21st, 2009Orphan (2009)
IMDB rating: 7.20
Plot: A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.
Directors: Collet-Serra Jaume
Actors: Sarsgaard Peter,Bennett Jimmy,Raudsepp Matthew,Roden Karel,Shaver Andrew,Drama,Horror,Mystery,Thriller,
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM 7 DAY OLD ORPHANED PUPPIES?
WE HAVE 3 SHIH TZU/LHASA PUPPIES WHOM MOM DIED 2 DAYS [...]
Cocoon
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Cocoon (1985)
IMDB rating: 6.60
Plot: Meet Art, Ben and Joe. Three simple, aging senior citizens who like to swim in an unguarded swimming pool next door from the old folks home they live in. So one day when they go swimming, they feel energized and “ready to take on the world!” What they don’t know is [...]
Frost/Nixon
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Frost/Nixon (2008)
IMDB rating: 8.10
Plot: A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Directors: Howard Ron
Actors: Ciok Jason,Miranda Albert,Bacon Kevin,Banyas Mickie,Bird Jay,Boyer Gene,Breen Michael Patrick,Bryson Scott,Burhanan Carl,Card Shawn,Caroul Paul,Charleston Kaine Bennett,Connor William M.,Fedio Joe,Gould Geoffrey,Drama,
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