04 Jun
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll’s epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim’s life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is […]
Posted in 1995, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, USA by: admin
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18 Mar
The Cardiff club scene in the 90’s: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he’s impotent. Lulu, Jip’s mate, doesn’t find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams […]
Posted in 1999, Comedy, Drama, Ireland, UK by: admin
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15 Mar
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just […]
Posted in 1987, Biography, China, Drama, France, History, Italy, UK by: admin
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15 Mar
You’re young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there’s nothing wrong with you until they’re hijacked from you […]
Posted in 1999, Action, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA by: admin
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20 Feb
John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He’s estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as […]
Posted in 2003, Canada, Crime, Drama, Thriller, USA by: admin
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15 Feb
The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and […]
Posted in 1979, Drama, History, Italy, USA by: admin
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14 Feb
Kathryn makes a bet that her step-brother, Sebastian, won’t be able to bed Annette (a virgin, who wants to wait until marriage) before the start of the school year. If he loses, Kathryn gets his Roadster, if he wins, he gets Kathryn
Posted in 1999, Drama, Romance, Thriller, USA by: admin
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14 Feb
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.
Posted in 1984, Crime, Drama, Italy, USA by: admin
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12 Feb
When Castro opened the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of Cubans fled to the United States. One is a young tough named Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami’s cocaine trade. He survives attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to […]
Posted in 1983, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, USA by: admin
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