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American Gangster (2007)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Russell Crowe | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Josh Brolin | Lymari Nadal | Ted Levine | Roger Guenveur Smith | John Hawkes | RZA | Yul Vazquez | Malcolm Goodwin | Ruby Dee | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Carla Gugino | Skyler Fortgang
Directors: Ridley Scott
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Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.

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.

The Mist (2007)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thomas Jane | Marcia Gay Harden | Laurie Holden | Andre Braugher | Toby Jones | William Sadler | Jeffrey DeMunn | Frances Sternhagen | Alexa Davalos | Nathan Gamble | Chris Owen | Sam Witwer | Robert C. Treveiler | David Jensen | Jay Amor
Directors: Frank Darabont
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After a violent storm attacks a town in Maine, an approaching cloud of mist appears the next morning. As the mist quickly envelops the area, a group of people get trapped in a local grocery store -among them, artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son. The people soon discover that within the mist lives numerous species of horrific, unworldly creatures that entered through an inter-dimensional rift, which may or may not have been caused by a nearby military base. As the world around them manifests into a literal hell-on-earth, the horrified citizens try desperately to survive this apocalyptic disaster.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Tom Sizemore | Edward Burns | Barry Pepper | Adam Goldberg | Vin Diesel | Giovanni Ribisi | Jeremy Davies | Matt Damon | Ted Danson | Paul Giamatti | Dennis Farina | Joerg Stadler | Steven Martini | Dylan Bruno
Directors: Steven Spielberg
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother…

The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Paul Walker | Laurence Fishburne | Jason Lewis | Jarrod Bunch | Jacob Vargas | Rebecca Chaney | A.J. Walsh | Richard Bairos | Michael Bowen | Troy Brenna | Keith Carradine | Adam P. Cultraro | Joaquim de Almeida | Christopher Dempsey | Paul Diaz
Directors: John Herzfeld
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Tim Kearney is an incarcerated former Marine who is offered freedom by DEA agent Tad Gruzsa in exchange for impersonating recently-late drug lord Bobby Z. Things don’t go as planned, however, and Kearney ends up on the run with Bobby Z’s 12-year-old son.

Fido (2006)

Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Billy Connolly | Jan Skorzewski | Carrie-Anne Moss | Dylan Baker | Kevin Tyell | K'Sun Ray | Henry Czerny | Tim Blake Nelson | Sonja Bennett | Jennifer Clement | Raphael Kepinski | Aaron Brown | Brandon Olds | Alexia Fast | Bernard Cuffling
Directors: Andrew Currie
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Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, “FIDO” will rip your heart out.

The Rundown (2003)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chris Rock | The Rock | Seann William Scott | Rosario Dawson | Christopher Walken | Ewen Bremner | Jon Gries | William Lucking | Ernie Reyes Jr. | Stuart F. Wilson | Dennis Keiffer | Garrett Warren | Toby Holguin | Paul S. Power | Stephen Bishop | Chuck Norman
Directors: Peter Berg
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In order to get out of hock with mobster Billy Walker, restaraunteur-turned-”retrieval expert” Beck has to go down to Brazil and retrieve Billy’s ne’er-do-well archaeologist-wannabe son Travis, who is searching for an ancient gold idol called the Gato del Diablo. This idol is prized by not only the local population as the path to their salvation, but by Cornelius Hatcher, slavedriving operator of the Helldorado mining town who oppresses said population in the name of profits, and Hatcher just won’t let Beck leave with Travis.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones | Javier Bardem | Josh Brolin | Woody Harrelson | Kelly Macdonald | Garret Dillahunt | Tess Harper | Barry Corbin | Stephen Root | Rodger Boyce | Beth Grant | Ana Reeder | Kit Gwin | Zach Hopkins | Chip Love
Directors: Ethan Coen
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Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.

Scream (1996)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: David Arquette | Neve Campbell | Courteney Cox | Skeet Ulrich | Rose McGowan | Matthew Lillard | Jamie Kennedy | W. Earl Brown | Drew Barrymore | Joseph Whipp | Lawrence Hecht | Roger Jackson | David Booth | Liev Schreiber | Kevin Patrick Walls
Directors: Wes Craven
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A teenage girl (Neve Campbell) becomes the target of a killer who has stalked and killed one of her classmates. A tabloid news reporter (Courtney Cox) is determined to uncover the truth, insisting that the man who raped and killed Campbell’s mother one year earlier is the same man who is terrorizing her now. Campbell’s boyfriend (Skeet Ulrich) becomes the prime suspect.

Death Sentence (2007)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Bacon | Garrett Hedlund | Kelly Preston | Jordan Garrett | Stuart Lafferty | Aisha Tyler | John Goodman | Matt O'Leary | Edi Gathegi | Hector Atreyu Ruiz | Kanin J. Howell | Dennis Keiffer | Freddy Bouciegues | Leigh Whannell | Casey Pieretti
Directors: James Wan
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When a family falls victim to a vicious attack perpetrated as a gang initiation ritual, the vengeful father vows to track down each person involved in the crime in Saw director James Wan and screenwriter Ian Jeffers feature adaptation of author Brian Garfield’s original novel. Aisha Tyler co-stars as the sympathetic homicide detective who questions her pledge to assist Bacon’s character after suspecting that he may have turned to murder as a means of exacting his revenge.