W Oliver Stone :: USA :: 2008 :: 2h From his student fraternity days to meetings in the White House, Oliver Stone’s biography is not a very uplifting film to watch, neither is it particularly informative. We see George W Bush (Josh Brolin) as a drunken cowboy in Texas who, after scraping by at university, [...]
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Le Chant des Mariées Karin Albou :: France, Tunisia :: 2007 :: 1h40 We open into an engagement party for Nour and her cousin Khaled, Tunis 1942. Although it is an arranged marriage, Nour’s relationship with Khaled is one of a blossoming love as they get to know one another. Nour, 16, is denied an [...]
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The Day the Earth Stood Still Scott Derrickson :: USA :: 2008 :: 1h42 Huge alien ships land on earth, with Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) stepping out as their representative. Klaatu is an emotionless, robotic type of alien in a human form, but with superpowers adapted to each moment. He is helped along by giant robot [...]
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JCVD Mabrouk el Mechri :: Belgium, France :: 2008 :: 1h36 Back in Brussels from Los Angeles, an jet-lagged Jean-Claude van Damme hopes to find some peace and quiet from the cut-throat world of the entertainment business. Exhausted from his journey, from his humiliating child custody case for his daughter, and from the unending pressure [...]
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The Duchess Saul Dibb :: UK :: 2008 :: 1h50 At the end of the eighteenth century, the beautiful, witty and joyful Georgina Spencer becomes the first wife of the dreary Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendisch. Under pressure to provide a male heir for her husband, their formal marriage is strained under its already weak [...]
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Caos Calmo Antonello Grimaldi :: Italy :: 2008 :: 1h55 Pietro’s life takes a cruel turn when his wife Lara dies in an accident in their holiday home. Pietro returns to Rome with his 10 year old daughter Claudia, lost in the void of Lara’s absence. When he brings his daughter to school, he decides [...]
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The Odyssey of Life Nils Tavernier :: France :: 2005 :: 1h30 Barbara and Manu want to have a child. They allowed television director Tavernier interview them on the Côte d’Azur, where they live, at the different stages of her pregnancy. Inter sped with the interviews, we get to see an animation of the foetus as it [...]
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Der Baader Meinhof Komplex Uli Edel :: Germany :: 2008 :: 2h25 Set up as an action movie/ thriller, the story follows the events of the infamous German 1970s terrorists Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. Rebelling against the perceived American imperialism (operations in Vietnam and such) and their support by the German state, they created [...]
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Speed Racer Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski :: USA :: 2008 :: 2h07 Young Speed grows up in a motoring family with but one wish: to become the best driver he can be. Up against the manipulative big capitalist interests in racing, Speed defends the desire to race and to win, fair and square. A solid [...]
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