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Hooligans (2004)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Canada | Ireland
Actors: Elijah Wood | David Alexander | Charlie Hunnam | Claire Forlani | Marc Warren | Leo Gregory | Henry Goodman | Geoff Bell | Andrew Blair | Rafe Spall | Brendan Charleson | Kieran Bew | Joel Beckett | Ross McCall | Christopher Hehir
Directors: Lexi Alexander
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The movie “Hooligans” also known as “Gobshite” is a dark comedy about a slightly demented English gangster who has upset the underworld pecking order by deciding he wants a bigger piece of the pie. He devises a scheme to get what he wants but must travel to a sleepy, seaside community in Ireland. As a cover for his plan he needs to acquire a local Irish family’s pub to promote a new brand of beer. Problems occur when the rightful owners of the pub put up more of a fight for their livelihood, than expected.

Rancid (2004)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Sweden
Actors: Matthew Settle | Fay Masterson | Currie Graham | Patrik Ersgård | Jay Acovone | Michael Wiseman | Jennifer Jostyn | Siena Goines | Paul Satterfield | Pernilla August | Yun Choi | Alex Zonn | Jarmo Mäkinen | Ola Rapace | Daniela Svensson
Directors: Jack Ersgard
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Once a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. A personal tragedy has left him dispassionate about the world and his work and he lives his life in limbo. In the midst of this existential crisis he attends a high school reunion and meets three old friends; acquaintances he’s tried to forget but who now emerge like ominous shadows from his past. Once again, face to face with the love of his life, Hayson tries to right old wrongs and get his life back on track. However, life has other plans, and he realizes that the past is best laid to rest or it might haunt you forever. He soon finds himself embroiled in a nightmarish brew of deceit, passion and murder. Wanted by the police for a heinous killing, he must choose between succumbing to his darkest desires or the light that will renew his faith in himself and his future.

Sideways (2004)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Paul Giamatti | Thomas Haden Church | Virginia Madsen | Sandra Oh | Marylouise Burke | Jessica Hecht | Missy Doty | M.C. Gainey | Alysia Reiner | Shake Tukhmanyan | Shaun Duke | Robert Covarrubias | Patrick Gallagher | Stephanie Faracy | Joe Marinelli
Directors: Alexander Payne
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Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California’s wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman’s best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country.

Gladiatress (2004)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Sally Phillips | Fiona Allen | Doon Mackichan | Ronan Vibert | Marcia Warren | Rory MacGregor
Directors: Brian Grant
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This sword and sandals movie is an off-the-wall comedy adventure about three unlikely heroines, who set out to save Celtic Britain, by thwarting the Roman invasion in their own unique and outrageous style.

Marple: The Body in the Library (2004)

Friday, April 25th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Geraldine McEwan | Ian Richardson | Tara Fitzgerald | Jamie Theakston | Giles Oldershaw | Florence Hoath | Joanna Lumley | James Fox | Simon Callow | Ben Miller | Emma Cooke | Robin Soans | Bruce Mackinnon | Jack Davenport | Mary Stockley
Directors: Andy Wilson
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BBC Adaption of Agatha Christie’s novel. In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady’s body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry’s didn’t even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry’s call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Noah Wyle | Sonya Walger | Bob Newhart | Kyle MacLachlan | Kelly Hu | David Dayan Fisher | Jane Curtin | Olympia Dukakis | Lisa Brenner | Mario Iván Martínez | Clyde Kusatsu | Alejandra Gollas | José Montini | Jessica Moreno | Mauricio Llera
Directors: Peter Winther
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When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return. To do so, however, he enlists the service of a woman with exceptional martial arts skills - who becomes the enforcer in the relationship.

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jon Heder | Jon Gries | Efren Ramirez | Aaron Ruell | Diedrich Bader | Tina Majorino | Sandy Martin | Haylie Duff | Trevor Snarr | Emily Tyndall | Shondrella Avery | Bracken Johnson | Carmen Brady | Ellen Dubin | J.C. Cunningham
Directors: Jared Hess
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Preston, Idaho’s most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), lives with his grandma and his 32-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley (Haylie Duff).

The Grudge (2004)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar | Jason Behr | William Mapother | Clea DuVall | KaDee Strickland | Grace Zabriskie | Bill Pullman | Rosa Blasi | Ted Raimi | Ryo Ishibashi | Yoko Maki | Yuya Ozeki | Takako Fuji | Takashi Matsuyama | Hiroshi Matsunaga
Directors: Takashi Shimizu
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Karen Davis is a woman residing in Japan with her boyfriend, who is studying there. Temporarily assigned to be caretaker for a woman with severe sleeping disorder, Karen goes to the patient’s house. What she finds is something she would never expect. The house is plagued by the presence of murderous ghosts, the result of a curse. The curse is born from someone dying in a powerful rage. Now, Karen finds herself being tormented by that curse, as it eventually starts claiming it’s victims.

Decoys (2004)

Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada
Actors: Corey Sevier | Stefanie von Pfetten | Kim Poirier | Elias Toufexis | Meghan Ory | Enis Esmer | Krista Morin | Marc Trottier | Carrie Colak | Richard Burgi | Nicole Eggert | Don Hastings | Sarah Smyth | Leah Graham | Mike Lobel
Directors: Matthew Hastings
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Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren’t exactly…human.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Animation | Sci-Fi | Short
Countries: USA
Actors: Vin Diesel | Rhiana Griffith | Keith David | Roger Jackson | Tress MacNeille | Nick Chinlund | Dwight Schultz | Sarge | Julia Fletcher | Hedy Burress | Andrew Philpot | Rick Gomez
Directors: Peter Chung
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After escaping from a desert planet, Escaped convict Richard B. Riddick and his two companions, Jack and Imam are captured by a crew of bounty hunters of the vessel “Kublah-Khan” commanded by a imperial woman named Antonia Chillingsworth and her chief henchman Junner. Riddick discovers Chillingsworth has her own museum on-board and she collects the galaxy’s most-wanted criminals and instead of delivering them to penal colonies and claiming the bounty, Chillingsworth turns them into living statues and Riddick has become the latest addition to her collection.