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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Musical | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Helena Bonham Carter | Alan Rickman | Timothy Spall | Sacha Baron Cohen | Jayne Wisener | Jamie Campbell Bower | Laura Michelle Kelly | Ed Sanders | Anthony Head | Peter Bowles | Ian Burford | Michael N. Harbour
Directors: Tim Burton
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Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd and the hit Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pie Shop were she sells “the worst pies in London.” With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd tries to rid of all the people who have ever done him wrong and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Joanna, who is now Judge Turpin’s ward.

The Fly II (1989)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada | UK | USA
Actors: Eric Stoltz | Daphne Zuniga | Lee Richardson | John Getz | Frank C. Turner | Ann Marie Lee | Gary Chalk | Saffron Henderson | Harley Cross | Matthew Moore | Rob Roy | Andrew Rhodes | Pat Bermel | William S. Taylor | Jerry Wasserman
Directors: Chris Walas
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Seth Brundle was a research scientist whose genes were fused with a housefly in a matter transmission experiment and he transformed into the terrifying mutant creature “Brundlefly” and the journalist who he fell in love with, Vernoica Quaife killed him by blowing out his brains with a shotgun. Veronica has died giving birth to Seth’s son Martin. Martin is raised by Seth’s evil employer Anton Bartok who requires Martin’s help to solve the problems of the Telepods, believing the Telepods are the key for worldwide domination. Growing at a accelerated rate and inheriting his father’s mutated genes, Martin finds himself suffering his father’s fate as he himself transforming into a even more fierce and terrifying “Brundlefly”. Befriend by beautiful computer specialist Beth Logan, Martin sets out a way to cure himself, as the answer lies within the Telepod which is his only chance of saving himself from a terrible death.

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ben Chaplin | Brian Cox | Alex Etel | Craig Hall | Mathew Kaczorowski | Forbes KB | David Morrissey | Marshall Napier | Erroll Shand | Adam Smith | Joel Tobeck | Geraldine Brophy | Jessica Kaczorowski | Emily Watson | Priyanka Xi
Directors: Jay Russell
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Based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, author of The Sheep Pig (from which Babe was adapted), the touching and often spectacular The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep ingeniously presumes to explain the truth behind “Nessie,” i.e., the Loch Ness Monster. The story, told in present day to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman (Brian Cox) in a pub, begins with a lonely boy, Angus (Alex Etel), pining for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister (Priyanka Xi) and mother (Emily Watson), live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop’s commander (David Morissey) has an eye for mom, suspicions about a mysterious handyman, Lewis (Ben Chaplin), who is also a war hero, and an absurd contention that the Highlands are the real frontline in the war against Germany.

Into this intriguing drama comes a completely different element, a fantastical creature of Celtic mythology that befriends Angus and is, in fact, the sea-beast who will eventually be known as the Loch Ness Monster. Trying to hide the dinosaur-like fellow, nicknamed Crusoe, Angus enlists Lewis to transfer it to the lake, where boy and serpent have extraordinary adventures together until human stupidity threatens Crusoe’s existence. A true family film, there is a lot for adults to like about the grownup story in The Water Horse. Meanwhile, the wistful relationship between Angus and Crusoe—each of whom helps the other move past obstacles toward their individual destinies—will leave children feeling both happy and melancholy in the best possible sense. Directed by Jay Russell (My Dog Skip), The Water Horse is the best of a mini-genre of films about or inspired by old Nessie.

Pure Country (1992)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: George Strait | Lesley Ann Warren | Isabel Glasser | Kyle Chandler | John Doe | Rory Calhoun | Molly McClure | Terry McIlvain | Toby Metcalf | Mark Walters | Tom Christopher | Jeffrey R. Fontana | Jeff Prettyman | David Anthony | Mike D. Daily
Directors: Christopher Cain
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Dusty Chandler (Strait) is a super star in the country music world, but his shows have the style of a ’70s rock concert. One day he takes a walk - out of his overdone concerts to find his real country roots. He’s helped and hindered by friends and staff, but pushes on in his search for a real music style as well as a real romance.

Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: John Novak | A.J. Cook | Tobias Mehler | Jason Connery | Louisette Geiss | Aaron Smolinski | Emmanuelle Vaugier | Daniella Evangelista | Sarah Carter | Jennifer Pudavick | Kate Yacula | Rick Skene | Jan Skene | Ruth Dubuisson | Angela Jackson
Directors: Chris Angel
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For the third time, the evil Wishmaster returns with more evil and grotesquery to wreck the life of more innocents. This time, his victim is a beautiful, innocent and studious teenage girl named Diana Collins who accidentally opened up the Djinn’s tomb and released him. After gaining his freedom, the Djinn goes into a murderous frenzy though her college campus while trying to find Diana to fulfill her three wishes. While Diana is on the run, she must endeavor to prevent the Djinn from subjecting the entire world to Hell’s wrath.

The Eye (2008)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jessica Alba | Girard Swan | Chad Brummett | Burly Cain | François Chau | Dustin DellaVecchia | Gerald Emerick | Brian Gamble | Landall Goolsby | Brett Haworth | Nicolas Quartermoon Mandelstein | Paul McGowen | David Michie | David Milchard | Danny Mora
Directors: David Moreau
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Sydney, a young, blind violinist is given the chance to see for the first time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant. As Sydney adjusts to a dizzying new world of colors and shapes, she is haunted by frightening visions of death itself capturing the doomed and dragging them away from the world of the living. Terrorized and on the brink of insanity, Sydney must discover whose eyes she has inherited, and what secret visions they have held.

Jumper (2008)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hayden Christensen | Samuel L. Jackson | Diane Lane | Jamie Bell | Rachel Bilson | Tom Hulce | Michael Rooker | Sean Baek | Katie Boland | Nathalie Cox | Teddy Dunn | Barbara Garrick | Meredith Henderson | AnnaSophia Robb | Max Thieriot
Directors: Doug Liman
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A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who have sworn to kill them.

xXx: State of the Union (2005)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Matt Gerald | Ice Cube | Samuel L. Jackson | Willem Dafoe | Scott Speedman | Peter Strauss | Xzibit | Michael Roof | Sunny Mabrey | Nona Gaye | John G. Connolly | Ramon De Ocamp | Barry Sigismondi | Michael Don Evans | David Rountree | Ned Schmidtke
Directors: Lee Tamahori
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NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube) must track a dangerous military splinter group, led by Willem Dafoe, that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation’s capital.

Rounders (1998)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Matt Damon | Edward Norton | Paul Cicero | John Turturro | Ray Iannicelli | Gretchen Mol | Famke Janssen | Merwin Goldsmith | John Malkovich | Martin Landau | Sonny Zito | Michael Rispoli | Mal Z. Lawrence | Melina Kanakaredes | Josh Mostel
Directors: John Dahl
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A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

The Band’s Visit (2007)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | Israel | USA
Actors: Saleh Bakri | Sasson Gabai | Uri Gavriel | Imad Jabarin | Rubi Moskovitz | Khalifa Natour | Eyad Sheety | Ronit Elkabetz | Ahuva Keren | Rinat Matatov | Hilla Sarjon
Directors: Eran Kolirin
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A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.