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Vertigo (1958)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Novak, Kim | Bel Geddes, Barbara | Helmore, Tom | Jones, Henry | Bailey, Raymond | Corby, Ellen | Shayne, Konstantin | Patrick, Lee | Ano, Jack | Benson, John | Bryar, Paul | Della Santina, Bruno | Dotto, Carlo
Directors: Hitchcock, Alfred
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John “Scottie” Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Shatner, William | Kelley, DeForest | Doohan, James | Takei, George | Koenig, Walter | Nichols, Nichelle | Wyatt, Jane | Hicks, Catherine | Lenard, Mark | Curtis, Robin | Ellenstein, Robert | Schuck, John | Peters, Brock
Directors: Nimoy, Leonard
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Admiral Kirk and his crew vow to return to Earth after rescuing Captain Spock to face criminal charges after his unauthorized mission and theft of the U.S.S. Enterprise. After rescuing two humpback whales, Kirk is found guilty of disobeying a Starfleet superior officer and is demoted to Captain and given command of the U.S.S. Enterprise-A.

Flubber (1997)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Williams, Robin | Harden, Marcia Gay | McDonald, Christopher | Barry, Raymond J. | Brown, Clancy | Levine, Ted | Wheaton, Wil | McClurg, Edie | Benson, Jodi | Stefanson, Leslie | Brownson, Malcolm | Brock, Benjamin | Matthews, Dakin | Zeigler, Zack | Lloyd, Sam
Directors: Mayfield, Les
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Phillip Brainard, who is a professor at a college and a small time worker in his own basement, is trying to create a great invention. Unfortunately he always failed to invent something, but he is so obsessed about it that he even puts off his own wedding to his fiancée, Sara. One day, he finally invents something that works, this substance can cause even the heaviest things to bounce in the air, ‘flying rubber’, but Brainard called it “Flubber”. However, he sees Sara going out with another professor from another college and several criminals trying to rob him. So, Brainard has to find out a way to defeat the criminals and to get back his Fiancee. Hopefully, Flubber can help him.

Blues Brothers, The (1980)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Action | Comedy | Music | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Belushi, John | Aykroyd, Dan | Brown, James | Calloway, Cab | Charles, Ray | Franklin, Aretha | Cropper, Steve | Dunn, Donald | Dunne, Murphy | Hall, Willie | Malone, Tom | Marini, Lou | Murphy, Matt | Rubin, Alan | Fisher, Carrie
Directors: Landis, John
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their “mission from god” they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Hills Have Eyes, The (2006)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stanford, Aaron | Quinlan, Kathleen | Shaw, Vinessa | de Ravin, Emilie | Byrd, Dan | Bower, Tom | Drago, Billy | Joy, Robert | Levine, Ted | Askew, Desmond | Buzzington, Ezra | Smith, Michael Bailey | Ortiz, Laura | Nicotero, Gregory | Camilleri Preziosi, Maisie
Directors: Aja, Alexandre
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Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty…or so they thought? When the Carter’s car breaks down at the old site, they’re stranded…or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren’t pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) (2003)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Thomas, Henry | Heron, Blake | Hershey, Barbara | Gregg, Clark | Swank, Hilary | Hatosy, Shawn | Sands, Stark | Hanks, Colin | Foster, Ben | Swayze, Patrick | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Segel, Jason | Gomez, Rick
Directors: Marcks, Greg
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In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.

10,000 BC (2008)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Strait, Steven | Belle, Camilla | Curtis, Cliff | Virgel, Joel | Ben Badra, Affif | Zinal, Mo | Baring, Nathanael | Hammond, Mona | Khan, Marco | Ritchie, Reece | Fry, Joel | Sharif, Omar | Beazley, Kristian | Oliphant, Junior | Tu'u, Louise
Directors: Emmerich, Roland
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A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter named D’Leh’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. When a band of mysterious horse-riding warlords raid the Yaghal camp and kidnaps his heart’s desire - the beautiful Evolet along with many others, D’Leh is forced to lead a small group of hunters south to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-toothed cats and terror birds in the Levant.

Missing, The (2003)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Blanchett, Cate | Wood, Evan Rachel | Boyd, Jenna | Eckhart, Aaron | Kilmer, Val | Calderón, Sergio | Schweig, Eric | Reevis, Steve | Tavare, Jay | Baker, Simon | McKinnon, Ray | Perlich, Max | Frank, Ramon | Lujan, Deryle J.
Directors: Howard, Ron
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In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie’s daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back.

Open Season (2006)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | Kutcher, Ashton | Sinise, Gary | Messing, Debra | Connolly, Billy | Engel, Georgia | Favreau, Jon | Krakowski, Jane | Tootoosis, Gordon | Warburton, Patrick | Cameron, Cody | Futterman, Nika | Mann, Danny | McGee, Jack | Murdocca, Michelle
Directors: Allers, Roger
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A grizzly bear named Boog, domesticated by a park ranger, Beth, helps deer friend Elliot escape from the mullet-sporting hunter, Shaw. When the Elliot decides to return the favor to help Boog escape from Beth he finds that Boog is very happy with his domesticated home. After a misunderstanding, Beth is convinced that Boog is reverting to his wild nature and releases him in the woods just as hunting season begins. Boog has no idea how to survive outside of his garage home with his beloved Beth. Elliott and Boog develop a strong bond not only between themselves but also with the wild animals and attempt to drive the hunters out of the forest.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Monday, October 12th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Bloom, Orlando | Knightley, Keira | Davenport, Jack | Nighy, Bill | Pryce, Jonathan | Arenberg, Lee | Crook, Mackenzie | McNally, Kevin | Bailie, David | Skarsgård, Stellan | Hollander, Tom | Harris, Naomie | Klebba, Martin | Schofield, David
Directors: Verbinski, Gore
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Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack’s compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his soul to the evil Davy Jones, the Captain of the Flying Dutchmen. When Will meets Jack, the pirate proposes to exchange his compass by a key owned by Davy Jones. Will goes to the Flying Dutchman without knowing how dangerous and diabolic Davy Jones and his crew are.