Last Chance Harvey Joel Hopkins :: USA, UK :: 2008 :: 1h33 Harvey (Dustin Hoffman) is a disillusioned jingle-writer from New York. When his daughter is to marry in London, he flies over to be confronted with his failed parenting and his ex-wife’s harmonious new life, with husband, their daughter and future son-in-law. Desperate to hide from [...]
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Ricky Francois Ozon :: France :: 2008 :: 1h30 Katie is a single mother living a simple life with her 7 year old daughter till the day she meets Paco. Their love story becomes the seed of new life – baby Ricky. The happiness of the new arrival changes their household, as they take care [...]
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Eden is west Costa-Gavras :: France, Greece :: 2008 :: 1h50 Elias, played by the Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio, leaves his country in a search for a better life. Full of hope, he finds himself on a large container ship filled with others fleeing wars or famine on the same voyage across the Mediterranean. The [...]
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Australia Baz Luhrmann :: Australia :: 2008 :: 2h35 Gone with the Australian wind… the poster is unambiguous about its pretence to portray an epic romantic story set in the dusty outback. The elegant Nicole Kidman and the rough Hugh Jackson on the verge of an embrace with the second world war planes, cows and an old [...]
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Miracle at St. Anna Spike Lee :: USA :: 2007 :: 2h36 The movie has one main topic- that the country which waged war, the USA, against a racist, fascist regime, Nazi Germany, may have had a few unresolved racial issues of their own. This central thesis is wrapped up in a bickering-amongst-themselves all black [...]
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Outlander Howard McCain :: USA :: 2008 :: 1h55 An alien space craft comes crashing down from the heavens into a picturesque Norwegian lake. It is the 7th century AD and the country is inhabited by small groups of Vikings living in protected villages. Kainan (James Caviezel) climbs out of his craft and swims to the surface. [...]
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