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Schindler’s List (1993)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Liam Neeson | Ben Kingsley | Ralph Fiennes | Caroline Goodall | Jonathan Sagall | Embeth Davidtz | Malgoscha Gebel | Shmuel Levy | Mark Ivanir | Béatrice Macola | Andrzej Seweryn | Friedrich von Thun | Krzysztof Luft | Harry Nehring | Norbert Weisser
Directors: Steven Spielberg
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“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.

The Lucky Ones (2008)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Robbins | Rachel McAdams | Michael Peña | Molly Hagan | Mark L. Young | Howard Platt | John Heard | Arden Myrin | Coby Goss | Vis Brown | Spencer Garrett | Katie Korby | Katherine LaNasa | Conner Manning | William Manning
Directors: Neil Burger
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After suffering an injury during a routine patrol, hardened sergeant TK Poole is granted a one-month leave to visit his fiancé. But when an unexpected blackout cancels all flights out of New York, TK agrees to share a ride to Pittsburgh with two similarly stranded servicemen: Cheever, an older family man who longs to return to his wife in St. Louis, and Colee, a naive private who’s pinned her hopes on connecting with a dead fellow soldier’s family. What begins as a short trip unexpectedly evolves into a longer journey. Forced to grapple with old relationships, broken hopes and a country divided over the war, TK, Cheever and Colee discover that home is not quite what they remembered, and that the unlikely companionship they’ve found might be what matters the most.

21 (Twenty One, The Movie) (2008)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Sturgess | Kevin Spacey | Aaron Yoo | Jacob Pitts | Laurence Fishburne | Jack McGee | Josh Gad | Sam Golzari | Jack Gilpin | Butch Williams | Jeffrey Ma | Frank Patton | Steven Richard Vezina | Chaska T. Werner | Kyle Morris
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Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of school since he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy whom are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack. Intriged by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas where, using their skills of code talk and hand signals, they have Ben make hundreds of thousands of dollars in winning blackjack at casino after casino. Ben only wants to make enough money for the tuition to Harvard and then back out. But as fellow card counter, Jill Taylor, predicts, Ben becomes corrupted by greed and his arrogance at winning which lets his feelings get in the way, and it also puts Professor Rosa, as well as the group, on the radar of a brutal casino security enforcer, named Cole Williams, who holds a personal grudge of some kind against Rosa which threatens to undo everything the students have learned and earned.

John Tucker Must Die (2006)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jesse Metcalfe | Brittany Snow | Ashanti | Sophia Bush | Arielle Kebbel | Penn Badgley | Jenny McCarthy | Fatso-Fasano | Kevin McNulty | Patricia Drake | Jeffrey Ballard | Taylor Kitsch | Steve Bacic | Dean Wray | Jon Cuthbert
Directors: Betty Thomas
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Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater (Metcalfe) set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.

Liar Liar (1997)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Maura Tierney | Justin Cooper | Cary Elwes | Anne Haney | Jennifer Tilly | Amanda Donohoe | Jason Bernard | Swoosie Kurtz | Mitch Ryan | Christopher Mayer | Eric Pierpoint | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | Cheri Oteri | SW Fisher
Directors: Tom Shadyac
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The truth shall set you free — or get you into a heap of trouble! Fletcher Reede (Carrey) is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max (Justin Cooper) blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has just one wish — that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max’s wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset — his mouth — has suddenly become his biggest liability! Havoc ensues as Fletcher tries to keep his practice afloat and his ex-wife Audrey (Maura Tierney) from taking their son and moving to Boston. Co-starring Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe and Cary Elwes.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
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Actors: Jon Voight | Ellen Burstyn | Jeff Daniels | Dagmara Dominczyk | Steven Grayhm | Michael Imperioli | Callum Keith Rennie | Rebecca Jenkins | Callahan Brebner | Nicaela Weigel | Shelbie Weigel | Darcy Cadman | Tim O'Halloran | Zak Santiago | Emy Aneke
Directors: Lloyd Kramer
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Eddie is the responsible for the maintenance of the Ruby Pier amusement park and a veteran of World War II. While trying to save a five year old girl from an accident with ride that is falling after rupturing the wire, Eddie dies. He awakes in Heaven, and the Blue Man explains him that he will have a journey meeting five people in their heavens that will show the importance of his life before he goes to the next level.

Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

Friday, March 20th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery
Countries: Canada
Actors: Melissa Sue Anderson | Glenn Ford | Lawrence Dane | Sharon Acker | Frances Hyland | Tracey E. Bregman | Jack Blum | Matt Craven | Lenore Zann | David Eisner | Lisa Langlois | Michel-René Labelle | Richard Rebiere | Lesleh Donaldson | Earl Pennington
Directors: J. Lee Thompson
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Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a grueling set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on…

In Good Company (2004)

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Dennis Quaid | Topher Grace | Scarlett Johansson | Marg Helgenberger | David Paymer | Clark Gregg | Philip Baker Hall | Selma Blair | Frankie Faison | Ty Burrell | Kevin Chapman | Amy Aquino | Zena Grey | Colleen Camp | Lauren Tom
Directors: Paul Weitz
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Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea, is half his age—a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch, an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters, Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16, and is shocked when his wife tells him she’s pregnant with a new child. Carter, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Carter’s uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan’s daughter Alex.

East of Eden (1955)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Julie Harris | James Dean | Raymond Massey | Burl Ives | Richard Davalos | Jo Van Fleet | Albert Dekker | Lois Smith | Harold Gordon | Nick Dennis | Abdullah Abbas | José Arias | Joe Brooks | Timothy Carey | Jack Carr
Directors: Elia Kazan
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Cal Trask is a particularly unhappy young man. He sees himself as the black sheep of the family and is always competing with his brother Aron, who seems to be perfect in almost every way. Aron is also their father’s favorite and Cal desperately wants his father’s love and affection. It’s the period leading up to America’s entry into World War I and these are tumultuous times. After his father loses most of his fortune trying to ship refrigerated lettuce to New York, Cal decides to speculate on a crop of beans and makes a small fortune but he soon realizes that he can’t buy his father’s loves either. Cal’s discovery that his mother is alive - he and Aron were told that she had died - and that she is a madam leads to a final, tragic result for all three of the Trask men.

Fame (1980)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Eddie Barth | Irene Cara | Lee Curreri | Laura Dean | Antonia Franceschi | Boyd Gaines | Albert Hague | Tresa Hughes | Steve Inwood | Paul McCrane | Anne Meara | Joanna Merlin | Barry Miller | Jim Moody | Gene Anthony Ray
Directors: Alan Parker
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At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.