Cinema releases by week
Eros (2004)
on 9 september 2004 , 1h46
Directed by Steven Soderbergh,
Wong Kar-wai,
Michelangelo AntonioniOrigin Hong kongGenres Drama,
Anthology film,
RomanceActors Gong Li,
Alan Arkin,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Christopher Buchholz,
Tien Feng,
Chang ChenRating58%
The Hand
Miss Hua, a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl is visited by a shy dressmaker's assistant Zhang, to take her measure. He hears the sounds of sex, as he waits in her living room. He is drawn towards her but there is no meeting ground between the two individuals from completely different classes. She summons him when her client leaves. She tells him, she will supply him with an aid to his memory. He will think about her while designing her clothes, she says.
, 2h30
Directed by Kevin BurnsOrigin USAGenres DocumentaryThemes Films about films,
Space adventure films,
Dans l'espace,
Documentary films about business,
Documentary films about the film industry,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Documentary films about films,
Space opera,
Films about extraterrestrial lifeActors Robert Clotworthy,
Kenny Baker,
Ben Burtt,
Walter Cronkite,
George Lucas,
Steven SpielbergRating82%
L'Empire des Rêves relate l'épopée que fût la création de la première trilogie Star Wars. Des tous premières ébauches de scénario dans l'esprit de son créateur George Lucas jusqu'au succès qu'on connaît à la saga, ce documentaire nous entraine dans les coulisses d'un tournage tantôt chaotique, tantôt enivrant, racontés par les acteurs, les membres de la production, et George Lucas lui-même., 1h33
Genres DramaActors Xia YuRating74%
Mao Xiaobing (Xia Yu), a water bottle delivery boy in Beijing, loves to watch movies. One day, however, while riding his bike, he is attacked by Ling-Ling (Qi Zhongyang), a disturbed young woman, that lands him in the hospital. Ling-Ling is promptly arrested, but refuses to say why she attacked Mao Xiaobing, asking him only to feed her fish. Upon entering her apartment, however, Mao Xiaobing finds that Ling-Ling has created a veritable shrine to the 1930s film star, Zhou Xuan. When he stumbles upon her diary and begins reading, the film flashes back to Ling-Ling's mother as a young woman in Ningxia., 2h15
Directed by Atul AgnihotriGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Salman Khan,
Preity Zinta,
Bhumika Chawla,
Rati Agnihotri,
Helen Khan,
Renuka ShahaneRating44%
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa begins with Rishabh (Salman Khan) and Pari (Preity Zinta) who are deeply in love. He is a wealthy young man, working in an advertising agency while she is a hardworking, dedicated doctor. They marry and soon Pari is pregnant. Pari has a dream to create a hospital for children. Tragically, she is involved in an accident and dies in hospital. Pari's last wish was to donate her heart to her patient Dhani (Bhoomika Chawla). Rishabh is devastated and opposes the plan to donate the heart; he goes ahead with Pari's last request: the creation of a children's hospital., 2h3
Directed by Wim WendersOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Road moviesActors Michelle Williams,
John Diehl,
Shaun Toub,
Burt Young,
Wendell Pierce,
Richard EdsonRating63%
The movie presents a view of post-9/11 United States as seen through the eyes of Lana (Williams), an American girl who has lived in Africa and the Middle East for years with her missionary parents. She is returning from a long trip to the West Bank. In Los Angeles, she works at a homeless mission and looks up her only living relative in the US, her late mother's brother, Paul (Diehl). He is a paranoid Vietnam veteran who drives around filming and spying on Arabs and people with Arab features. Lana, in contrast, leans toward anti-war convictions and has been changed by her experiences abroad, so feels outside American culture., 1h46
Directed by David O. RussellOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
RomanceThemes Environmental films,
Children's filmsActors Dustin Hoffman,
Isabelle Huppert,
Jude Law,
Jason Schwartzman,
Lily Tomlin,
Mark WahlbergRating64%
Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman) is a young man who heads the local chapter of an environmental group, the "Open Spaces Coalition". One of their current projects is an attempt to stop the building of a new Huckabees store, a chain of "big-box" department stores. Albert is a rival of Brad Stand (Jude Law), a shallow power executive at Huckabees. Brad infiltrates Open Spaces and charismatically displaces Albert as the leader. Dawn Campbell (Naomi Watts) is Brad's live-in girlfriend and the face and voice of Huckabees; she appears in all of the store's commercials.Origin USAGenres Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
Martial artsThemes Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Gary Busey,
Lorenzo Lamas,
Robert LaSardo,
Joyce Giraud,
Michael Kagan,
Pepe SernaRating43%
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the government as an undercover agent, Danny Silva takes on his biggest foe yet: the street gangs that have taken over his neighborhood. Unwilling to play by the rules set down by the criminals, Silva forgoes the use of guns and decides to battle the thugs with the strength of his fists, spirit and willpower, turning himself into a real-life, modern-day superhero. Packed with pulse pounding, adrenaline-filled action; "Latin Dragon" gives us our first mainstream Latino martial arts action hero. , 2h7
Directed by Manoel de OliveiraOrigin PortugalGenres Drama,
HistoricalActors Ricardo Trêpa,
Luís Miguel Cintra,
Ricardo Trêpa,
Miguel Guilherme,
Rogério Samora,
Leonor BaldaqueRating61%
Au XVI siècle, au Portugal, le jeune roi Dom Sebastião est en proie aux doutes : contre l'avis de ses proches, de la noblesse et d'un mystérieux cordonnier, il rêve de partir en Afrique pour se battre et suivre les glorieuses traces de ses ancêtres. Le film développe le mythe du roi de Dom Sebastião, l'histoire de la vie du roi mort durant la bataille d'Alcacer Quibir. Le Portugal tombant à sa mort sous le coup de la domination espagnole, les Portugais sont par la suite restés dans l'attente du retour de ce roi dont on n'a jamais récupéré le corps. On parle d'un retour pour sauver l'humanité du mal durant une matinée brumeuse sur un fier destrier blanc., 1h22
Origin USAGenres DocumentaryThemes Films about education,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Documentary films about racism,
Documentary films about law,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Documentary films about religion,
Political films,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Documentary films about World War IIActors Tom BosleyRating72%
Paper Clips takes place in the rural, blue-collar Tennessee community of Whitwell, where a middle-school class attempts to gauge the magnitude of World War II's Holocaust by collecting paper clips, each of which represents a human life lost in the Nazis' slaughter of Jews. The idea came in 1998 from three of the teachers at the school and was completed in their eighth grade classrooms. The students ultimately succeeded in collecting over 25 million paperclips.Uno (2004)
on 10 september 2004 , 1h43
Directed by Aksel HennieOrigin NorvegeGenres Drama,
Comedy-dramaActors Jørgen Langhelle,
Aksel Hennie,
Nicolai Cleve Broch,
Bjørn FlobergRating67%
The film centers around a group of young men whom reside in an area of Oslo that is predominantly inhabited by immigrants. Best friends David and Morten work as gym instructors at Jarle's gym. Jarle is a sadistic small-time criminal, who, together with his son Lars, purchases and distributes anabolic steroids. Lars has ties with a notorious criminal Pakistani gang led by Khuram. The climax of the film takes place after Lars, Morten and David are arrested for possession of illegal drugs. David chooses to "snitch" on his friends in order to visit his dying father. The story escalates when Lars uses his influence on the Pakistani gang to retaliate. Lars also informs Khuram about Morten's alleged sexual intercourse with Khuram's sister, viewed as dishonourable by the Sharia law. The plot leaves the two best friends in a series of events that force them to run for their lives., 1h33
Directed by Alexander WittOrigin GermanGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Action,
HorrorThemes Films about children,
La fin du monde,
Films about computing,
Jeu,
Medical-themed films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Films set in the future,
Zombie films,
Films about video games,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Catastrophe épidémiologique,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Films based on video games,
Disaster filmsActors Milla Jovovich,
Sienna Guillory,
Oded Fehr,
Thomas Kretschmann,
Jared Harris,
Matthew G. TaylorRating61%
30 days after the contamination of The Hive seen in Resident Evil (2002), the Umbrella Corporation unwisely sends in a research team to re-open the complex and investigate the incident, since no one survived except Alice and Matt Addison, and as Alice was experimented on, Matt was put into a mysterious "Nemesis Program". When the team reprograms and opens the sealed blast doors, they are slaughtered by the massive crowd of infected.Directed by Ron LagomarsinoActors Gary Cole,
Sherilyn Fenn,
Asher Monroe,
Johanna BraddyRating59%
A bank loan officer named Jerry Harden has his life turned upside down when a scruffy-looking guitarist named Izzy shows up at his bank office. It is revealed that Jerry was a member of a hard rock band called Rock Toxin, and the members are planning a one-time-only reunion. Jerry is reluctant, as he prefers suburbia to the wild rock lifestyle he left behind, but is forced to reconsider when he finds that he doesn't have enough money to send his 17-year-old daughter Olivia to college. Origin USAGenres DocumentaryThemes Films based on the September 11 attacks,
Films about religion,
Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Documentary films about law,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Documentary films about politics,
Documentary films about religion,
Documentary films about technology,
Documentary films about terrorism,
Political films,
Films about Islam,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
Films about hijackingsRating77%
, 1h30
Origin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
Crime,
SlasherActors Adrian R'ManteRating50%
A woman and her daughter have been kidnapped by a bunch of bank robbers who have decided to stay the night in a house in the middle of nowhere. When the daughter manages to escape to a nearby house, she has no idea that she's just escaped into the house of a serial killing psychopath, putting not only herself but also her mother and the robbers in fatal danger., 1h34
Directed by David Richard EllisOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes L'action se déroule en une journéeActors Kim Basinger,
Chris Evans,
Jason Statham,
William H. Macy,
Eric Christian Olsen,
Will BeinbrinkRating64%
The film opens with Jessica Martin (Kim Basinger), a high school biology teacher, talking to her son Ricky while dropping him to the school bus. After she returns home, assailants enter her home through the back door, kill her housemaid, kidnap her, and confine her in the attic of their safe house. Ethan Greer (Jason Statham), the gang leader, smashes the attic's telephone to prevent her from contacting anyone. She has no idea who the kidnappers are or what they want. She pieces together the wires of the broken phone and randomly makes a connection. She reaches the cell phone of Ryan (Chris Evans), who has just been dumped by his girlfriend, Chloe (Jessica Biel), for being irresponsible. He believes the call is a joke, but Jessica persuades him to go to the police. At the police station, Desk Sergeant Mooney (William H. Macy) tells him to go to the detectives on the fourth floor. He begins to lose the signal in the stairwell, so he turns back to avoid losing the connection. Meanwhile, Ethan returns to the safe house and asks Jessica about something she doesn't know. When Jessica tells him that she doesn't know, he tells her that he is going to get her son., 1h59
Directed by David TruebaGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Ariadna Gil,
María Botto,
Diego Luna,
Iván Massagué,
Éric Caravaca,
Vahina GiocanteRating66%
A novelist (Gil) who has abandoned her writing career tracks down the details of a true story from the last days of the Spanish Civil War. The writer and Falangist Rafael Sánchez Mazas (Fontserè) faced a firing squad along with fifty other prisoners, but managed to escape into the woods. A Republican soldier, apparently one of those searching the area for the escaped prisoner, found him but allowed him to escape. The novelist pieces together the fragments of the story, plagued by contradictions and mysterious characters, and comes to realize that her search for the truth is a personal quest of self-discovery., 1h30
Directed by Michael DowseOrigin CanadaGenres Drama,
Comedy,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about disabilities,
Sign-language films,
Films about language and translationActors Paul Kaye,
Beatriz Batarda,
Kate Magowan,
Neil Maskell,
Tim Plester,
Paul SpenceRating71%
Frankie's loss of hearing is first apparent when he hears a high-pitched whine instead of an Arsenal football match on TV. At this time, Frankie is making his next album with his "two Austrian mates" Alfonse and Horst, who seem more suited for a rock band. Frankie continues working on his album and playing gigs at clubs, but his hearing degrades rapidly. As a result, progress on his album stagnates. However, Frankie refuses to acknowledge his problem until a gig in Amnesia, when he cannot hear the second channel in his headphones and must crossfade one song into the next without being able to beatmatch them. The result sounds terrible, and the crowd boos him. Overcome with fear and frustration, he throws the turntable and the mixer onto the dance floor, and is forcibly removed from the club., 1h9
Directed by Michael WinterbottomOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Musical,
Romance,
PornographicThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
Bisexuality-related films,
Erotic films,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Kieran O'Brien,
Margo Stilley,
Michael NymanRating47%
The film tells the modern love story set over a period of 12 months in London, England, of a young couple: Matt, a British climatologist, and Lisa, an American exchange student. The story is framed in a personal review from Matt's perspective when he is working in Antarctica. Their main common interest is a passion for live music and they frequently attend rock concerts together. The film depicts the couple, or Matt alone, watching nine songs at Brixton Academy and other concert venues. It also shows their weekend getaway into the countryside, and their travels around London. Lisa brings their short and intense relationship to an end at Christmas time when she returns to the United States.