Archive for December, 2008
Lakeview Terrace
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| Plot Summary: | An LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door. |
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Grace Is Gone
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| Plot Summary: | Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip. |
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Man in the Iron Mask, The
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| Plot Summary: | In 1638 Queen Anne of France gives Birth to a boy, who will inherit the throne one day. But, only known to few, there is a twin brother born minutes later. 22 years later, King Louis XIV rules the country of France, but due to his lifestyle and the costs of war, people are forced to suffer hunger and poverty. Of the Musketeers, who had served his father Louis XIII faithfully, only one is still on the king’s side: D’Artagnan, the Capitain of the king’s guards. His three companions Aramis, Athos and Porthos have retired into civil life long ago. One day on a royal party, the young and unliked king gets a crush on Christine. This young lady is the fianc’e of soldier Raoul, the son of Athos. Without further ado, the king has Raoul recruited and sent to war, so that he himself can take care of her. Soon Raoul dies in combat and the king has him out of the way. But Athos, Aramis and Porthos think of a plan to take revenge on the king. Aramis points out that there is a man in an iron mask in a very secure prison, and that this man’s existance can solve all present problems. So they free the king’s hidden twin brother, and tell him who he is, as he of course feels free of guilt and has no idea whatsoever why he was imprisoned for 6 years with this mask forged around his head. The plan now is to replace the evil king with his brother at a masquerade party held soon. Only D’Artagnan still is guarding the king and so he has to turn against his old friends… |
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Army of Darkness
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| Taglines: | 1: 1 Man, 1 Million dead, The odds are just about even. 2: How can you destroy an army that’s already dead? 3: In an age of darkness. At a time of evil. When the world needed a hero. What it got was him. 4: Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile 5: They move. They breathe. They suck. 6: Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas |
| Plot Summary: | In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee (”Name’s Ash. Housewares.”) is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash’s 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness. |
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Boiler Room
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| Taglines: | 1: Anyone who says that money is the root to all evil, doesn’t have it. 2: There’s no such thing as making too much money or taking too many risks 3: Welcome to the New American Dream. 4: Where would you turn? How far would you go? How hard will you fall? |
| Plot Summary: | A young man has dropped out of Queens College but desperately wants to please his father, a federal judge who’s harsh with his son. At his father’s insistence, Seth Davis closes a casino he operates in his own house, mostly for college students. Thinking he’ll please dad, he takes a job in a small brokerage house, an hour from Manhattan, where trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men, and then apply high-pressure tactics to sell initial public offerings exclusive to the firm. He’s terrific at sales. Once training is over, the pay is phenomenal, and Seth wonders why. Curiosity leads him to ethical dilemmas, encounters with the Feds, and new territory with his father. |
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Body, The
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| Taglines: | 1: Chaos, unearthed. 2: If this is His tomb… If this is the truth… It would change history and destroy the belief of millions |
| Plot Summary: | An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man’s tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities test while risking their lives to unearth the truth |
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Omen IV: The Awakening
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| Taglines: | 1: The terror continues. 2: They said it was over. They were wrong. |
| Plot Summary: | Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys, Gene & Karen York. When Karen realizes her baby was born under suspicious circumstances, she hires a private investigator to find Delia’s real parents. A series of bizarre accidents occur, and Karen begins to suspect everyone of conspiring against her as she unravels the truth about her baby. |
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Quiet City
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| Plot Summary: | Jamie is 21. She’s from Atlanta. She’s come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can’t find her. Jamie tries calling, but Samantha’s phone is dead. Jamie meets Charlie when she asks him for directions. Nothing to do and nothing but time leads them to bowls of coleslaw, footraces in the park, art shows, and after parties. |
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Puffball
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| Plot Summary: | Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect (Kelly Reilly) becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house. And when the neighbouring farmers take against the unborn child, it’s her very survival that is threatened. |
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Ultraviolet
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| Taglines: | 1: First, they made her a weapon. That was their second deadliest mistake. Now, they’ve made her a target… 2: The Blood War is On |
| Plot Summary: | Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence, and as they are set apart from “normal” and “healthy” humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war aimed at the destruction of the “diseased” population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected beautiful woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans. |
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