A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it.
The Prey (2011)
Obber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number One. As the protagonists are driven to their limits, it becomes increasingly unclear who is the hunter and who is the prey.
The Cane (2011)
A Joseon-style school in Gangwon Province doubles as a boot camp for social misfits. One of the teachers, Song-i (Jin Ji-hee), is only 12 but is well-versed in Confucian classics and exhibits charismatic leadership. She faces the greatest challenge ever in her teaching career, however, when a criminal Du-yeol (Ahn Nae-sang) turns out to be her father. Directed by Park Kwang-woo.
There is a Reason for My Misery (2010)
The girlfriend, who has been in a relationship with Je-gi for 2 years, suddenly wants to breakup with him. Je-gi, who has nowhere to go, impulsively steals money from the store he works for. He has to return the money to the owner, but the owner asks for a higher amount than what Je-gi stole. His friend Jae-sik, pays back instead of him, but Jae-sik wants his money by tomorrow. Je-gi has to pay back that money...
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Story of My Life (2011)
Five men who lead the Korean musical society gathered for the tense first script reading of the musical “The Story Of My Life”. Ryu Jung-han the perfectionist, full of concentration from the first day of practice, Lee Seok-joon who delicately challenges him, Sin Seong-rok who decides he is the mood lightener, Lee Chang-yong-I, frozen tight in front of seniors that look like stars to him and Shin Chun-soo who got them all in one place. Within a circle of tension, Jung-han and Seong-rok start practicing the role of Thomas and Seok-joon and Chang-yong the role of Alvin. The youngest Chang-yong carefully approached Seong-rok to get closer to him but Seong-rok isn’t happy about being paired up with a newbie. Meanwhile, Seok-joon falls into a slump as he gets mixed criticis about his current performance and runs into trouble with Jung-han about everything starting with the product evaluation. This musical about two men and their friendship, will it be able to rise on stage?
Two Can Play That Game (2001)
When it comes to matters of the heart, keeping her man happy and committed is all in a day's work for Shanté Smith. Shanté is so adept at navigating the waters of romance that her best girlfriends Diedre, Karen and Tracye depend on her for advice whenever "man trouble" clouds the horizon. But when Shanté's boyfriend Keith is caught red-handed stepping out with a co-worker, Shanté institutes her "Ten Day Plan" to get her man in line. Whether its sexy lingerie or good home cooking, Shanté has an arsenal of weapons designed to bring a man to his knees...and back to her. She's not above playing the damsel in distress or using the ever-reliable local grapevine to get Keith's attention. It's all good, because getting her man back - by any means necessary - is all that matters. Unfortunately the happy ending that Shanté expects goes sideways when Keith begins following the advice of his buddy Tony...
The Unborn Child (2011)
Inspired by the true story of a woman who claimed that the ghost of her aborted child was haunting her. The figure “2002″ in the title refers to the number of illegally aborted foetuses recently discovered in a Bangkok temple.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
The Cinderella (2011)
A movie star has an argument on a film set which leads to his untimely death. His ghost later comes back to seek its revenge.
The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl (2011)
It is the war-torn era where the Iga Ninja and Koga Ninja are in constant rivalry. Behind this, women have always suffered from oppression. One female Ninja, Kisaragi, makes a stand to put an and to this cycle of tragedy. After slaughtering the enemy ninjas, she heads to eradicate the source of evil. The ferocious battle has begun!!
To Love or Not (2011)
Story is about a couple who met while on tour and then split after spending some wonderful time together. Later back in the city, they met again and the events that followed are not what they expected to be.
Friday, August 12, 2011
This Town's Children (2011)
Milking a little more out of the popular 2010 NHK drama, Sono machi no kodomo (the movie version) edits and distills the original TV footage into feature length. Like Before Sunrise, the story follows a couple of 20 somethings over a long night. In this case, though there is much less of the slacker romance and chemistry of Before Sunrise and a much more didactic dealing with the trauma of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake. Yuji (Moriyama Mirai) meets cute with Mika (Sato Eriko) at the Sannomiya Station in Kobe. They wander the streets of Kobe talking of life and their respective childhood traumas. The night leads into the day of the 15th anniversary of earthquake. Yuji moves on and Mika goes to the big public memorial. Moriyama and Sato give their best – Moriyama himself having witnessed the earthquake’s destruction of Kobe as a child. They develop an easygoing natural feeling relationship, but the endless talk they are burdened with by screenwriter Watanabe Aya makes the getting there a bit of a slog.
The Evil Cult (1993)
A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords — and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder (yup!), serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Treasure Inn (2011)
Young Master (Nicholas Tse) and Brad (Nick Cheung) are small-time cops with big dreams – to become members of the respected Gold Shield Constables. When a major murder-robbery case arrives on their doorsteps, their investigative skills raise the suspicions of investigator Captain Iron (Kenny Ho). Wrongfully imprisoned, Young Master and Brad escape execution thanks to the help of two beautiful swindlers (Crystal Huang and Charlene Choi). To retrieve the precious statue stolen from the murder scene and arrest the band of murderers, the heroes go to Treasure Inn, where they expect an annual auction of artifacts to attract the murders’ mastermind. There, they meet inn owner Yue Linglong (Liu Yang), a mysterious scholar (Tong Da Wei), and other assorted shady characters that have arrived at the inn for the auction.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Temptation (2009)
After a heavy night out with the girls, Isabel, and attractive young professional woman catches an illegal mini-cab home. Things take a turn for the worse when the cabbie pulls her into an ally and violently forces himself onto her, taking her life. From high above on the rooftop, an ancient female Vampire notices. Taken in by Isabel's beauty and innocence, she dispatches the Cabbie and feeds Isabel a drop of her immortal blood. Isabel awakes with 48 hours to decide whether to embrace immortality, or kill herself before she becomes undead.
Teen Spirit (2011)
The story is about Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies and is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.
The Drummond Will (2010)
Two city-boy brothers, one a charismatic optimist, the other a whining corporate sell-out, return to the countryside for their father's funeral. On checking out his decrepit estate the boys find one of their dad's ancient friends hiding in a closet with a bag full money. Whilst they decide what to do the pensioner is left to suffocate in the closet, leaving them with a much bigger problem to deal with; tell the police, or leave the body in his own home and pretend nothing happened (keeping the money in the process). This opens their world up to a series of bizarre incidents resulting in the village's quirky population gently decreasing during their short stay.
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
The Whistleblower (2010)
Inspired by true events, Kathy (Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk.
The Bang Bang Club (2010)
The Bang Bang Club was a name primarily associated with four photographers active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period, particularly between 1990 and 1994, from when Nelson Mandela was released from jail to the 1994 elections. Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek, and João Silva were the four associated with the name, although a number of photographers and photojournalists worked alongside them (such as James Nachtwey and Gary Bernard). A movie about the group, directed by Steven Silver and starring Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe and Malin Åkerman, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.
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