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Directed by Icíar BollaínGenres Drama,
ComedyActors Najwa Nimri,
Antonio de la Torre,
María Isabel Rivera Torres,
Nuria GonzálezRating64%
Inés, Eva and Carmen, three women of different generations, work as private detectives for an investigation agency run by Valbuena, their male chauvinist boss. Inés, the youngest and more ambitious of the three is assigned to work undercover as a factory employee to spy on the activities of its union leaders. However, her investigation brings her face to face with a difficult emotional and ethical decision. Initially she wants to get higher up in the agency with this, the agency’s most important case. However, in the process, she empathises with the cause of Manuel, one of the key members she is investigating, as he is defending the workers' rights against the company, and develops feelings towards him. Her ethics and feelings, mixed with the fear of losing her job and career, turn her life into a turmoil. , 1h20
Directed by Mark DippéOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Films about cats,
Films about dogs,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Frank Welker,
Gregg Berger,
Tim Conway,
Greg Eagles,
Wally Wingert,
Jason MarsdenRating44%
Garfield and his friends enter a talent contest and, after various exertions and adventures, win it.Elegy (2008)
on 8 august 2008 , 1h48
Directed by Isabel CoixetOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about sexualityActors Penélope Cruz,
Ben Kingsley,
Dennis Hopper,
Patricia Clarkson,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Debbie HarryRating66%
David Kepesh is a cultural critic and professor, in a state of 'emancipated manhood': His relationships with women are usually casual, brief and sexual in nature. Previously married, he has a son who has never forgiven him for leaving his mother. His friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet George O'Hearn, suggests that he "bifurcate" his life: have conversations and enjoy art with a wife, and "keep the sex just for sex". David is also in a casual 20-year relationship with Caroline, another former student., 1h27
Directed by Tim MathesonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaActors JoJo,
Valerie Bertinelli,
Lynda Boyd,
Ian Nelson,
Justin Louis,
Shenae Grimes-BeechRating54%
Teen actress Morgan Carter (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque) is a Hollywood princess, until the day that her hard-partying ways get the best of her. After she collapses outside of a Hollywood nightclub, Morgan's mother (Lynda Boyd) sends her to live in the wilds of Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her Aunt Trudy (Valerie Bertinelli). Morgan is camouflaged into Claudia Miller and given a new hairstyle, and suddenly, Morgan, albeit unwillingly, blends in with her peers who don't own televisions or read magazines., 1h32
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Shane West,
Bijou Phillips,
Rick Gonzalez,
Noah Segan,
Leslie Grossman,
Ashton HolmesRating62%
Jan Paul Beahm (Shane West) grows up in Los Angeles through a troubled childhood; he does not know his biological father, his mother is an alcoholic, and his older brother dies from a heroin overdose. He is an avid reader and develops into a "frighteningly intelligent" student at University High School, where his antisocial behavior leads the administration to give him straight A's if he agrees not to return. In December 1975, at age 17, he proposes to his friend Georg Ruthenberg (Rick Gonzalez) that they start a band, showing him potential lyrics and claiming to have a "five-year plan" inspired by the David Bowie song "Five Years". They recruit Terri Ryan (Bijou Phillips), Belinda Carlisle (Lauren German), and Becky Barton (Amy Halloran) for the group and con money for instruments. Jan Paul comes up with the name Germs, representing the germination of an idea. He sings while Georg plays guitar, Terri plays bass guitar, and Becky plays drums., 2h
Directed by Sanaa HamriOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
AdventureThemes Feminist films,
Le thème des vacances,
Political films,
Buddy films,
Children's filmsActors Amber Tamblyn,
Blake Lively Reynolds,
Alexis Bledel,
America Ferrera,
Shohreh Aghdashloo,
Lucy HaleRating62%
In the summer following their first year of college, we revisit four friends who have been apart all year and plan to spend their summer apart until a magical old pair of pants reunites them. Bridget (Blake Lively) visits her grandmother Greta (Blythe Danner) in Alabama to ask about her mother's suicidal depression. Lena (Alexis Bledel) finds her former flame Kostas (Michael Rady) married in Greece. Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) goes through a pregnancy scare and alienates Carmen. Carmen (America Ferrara) auditions for Perdita in a Vermont acting workshop. When Lena's sister Effie (Lucy Hale) steals and loses the Pants in Greece, the Sisterhood follows.Autumn (2008)
on 7 august 2008 , 1h35
Directed by Özcan AlperGenres DramaRating76%
Yusuf, tout juste sorti de la geôle dans laquelle il vient de passer dix ans suite à son combat pour la démocratie en Turquie. Gravement malade, il retourne dans son petit village natal sur les hauteurs de la mer Noire. Là, il ne retrouve que sa vieille mère souffrante, car son père est mort durant son incarcération. Sa sœur, elle, s’est mariée avec un citadin. La représentation de l’hostilité du milieu dans lequel erre Yusuf nous fait vite comprendre que son retour dans le nord de la Turquie ne s’avère être qu’une autre forme d’emprisonnement., 1h25
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HorrorActors Ridge CanipeRating58%
Based on Andrea Yates and her family, the five children being drowned in the family bathroom by their mother., 1h58
Origin Hong kongGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceActors Stephy Tang,
Kathy Yuen,
Andy On,
Clifton Ko,
Wong You-nam,
Gigi LeungRating53%
Aspiring designer Miu Ho is hired as a "Lingerie Researcher", and is given the task of finding out how lingerie makes the woman, or in some cases, the other way around. After her aunt Lara unexpectedly passes away, Miu and her cousin Donut inherit a spacious, fully furnished apartment filled with designer lingerie. The two girls live upstairs from Celine, a gold digging flight attendant who has had items of underwear stolen by a mysterious thief, and after reporting the incident to the authorities becomes involved with part-time police officer James Shum. Donut works in a lingerie shop, and is involved with a much older married man, Henry, who buys her a pink bra as his first gift. Bargirl CC is a customer at Donut's shop, and after meeting Harvard student Eugene believes that she may have found true love., 1h59
Origin USAThemes Films about religionJohn Crowe (Ross Renfroe) is a rancher whose family has owned and managed the Crowe Ranch for over 150 years. John meets Ellen Sower, and his life slowly begins to change. Jeremiah Stillwell, the soon-to-be pastor of the local church, also becomes interested in Ellen. Intellectual warfare ensues as John rescues Ellen, then learns she is deathly ill. Jeremiah desires power, and once he gets it, he goes after John.Directed by Michael SalomonOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
ActionThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Toby Keith,
Rodney Carrington,
Willie Nelson,
Brit Morgan,
Barry Corbin,
Tracy MorganRating48%
Best friends Joe Bill "Rack" Racklin (Toby Keith) and Lonnie Freeman (Rodney Carrington) are deputy sheriffs in the small town of Mangum, Oklahoma that enjoy pig hunting and drinking at the local bar the Thirsty Monkey. After his girlfriend Cammie (Gina Gershon) leaves him, Rack finds out that his old flame Annie Streets (Claire Forlani) has returned home from Chicago to care for her sick mother. Rack, Lonnie, and their friend and fellow deputy Skunk Tarver (Ted Nugent) arrest three local criminals and a Mexican drug lord Tito Garza (Greg Serano) for stealing fertilizer that is intended to make methamphetamine. Garza is scheduled to be turned over to the FBI for federal charges when Annie mysteriously disappears, after a date and one night stand with Rack, who discovers that Annie has been kidnapped by Tito's older brother Manuel Garza (Carlos Sanz), who runs a large Mexican drug cartel. Manuel demands his brother be returned to him in Santa Luna, Mexico or he will kill Annie. Despite being taken off the case Rack, Lonnie, and Skunk take Tito to Mexico. Along the way they are helped by a group of circus entertainers led by Charlie (Willie Nelson), who gives them a jug of homemade whiskey known as "circus jolly". Once in Mexico they engage in a gunfight with Garza's men and it's revealed that Annie's rich and powerful stepfather Buck Baker (Barry Corbin) is Garza's partner and his United Farm Enterprises is the base for the largest methamphetamine operation in Oklahoma. Baker reveals that the local district attorney is corrupt and that he has been giving Annie's mother "goofy juice" to make her appear to have Alzheimer's disease. Rack, with the help of an undercover FBI agent, kills Buck and rescues Annie. Rack, Lonnie, and Skunk turn Manuel and Tito over to the FBI in Oklahoma City and return to Mangum where they are cheered by the local crows at the Thirsty Monkey and berated by Sheriff Landry for disobeying orders but does not arrest them and everyone toasts "whiskey for my men, beer for my horses". , 1h42
Directed by Agnès MerletOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HorrorActors Carice van Houten,
Jenn Murray,
Gary Lewis,
Rynagh O'Grady,
Gavin O'Connor,
Charlene McKennaRating60%
Jane van Dopp (Carice van Houten), a psychiatrist in mourning after the accidental death of her son, is assigned the case of Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray), a 15-year-old girl from a small Irish island, accused of attempting to murder a baby while babysitting., 1h22
Origin USAGenres Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
AnimationThemes Medical-themed films,
Zombie films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Comedy horror films,
Disaster filmsRating43%
Max, Pop, Jen and Jake are deer hunting out of season. Earlier, a hiker had found an ancient book of spells and after reading a few lines had turned into a demon. Hearing noise in the brush, the group thinks they have found a deer, only to discover it is the transformed hiker. Fearful, the groups shoots at the demon and takes refuge in a nearby cabin. As more and more zombie-fied creatures attack the group, they use every implement available to defend themselves., 1h25
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Comedy horror filmsActors Dominic Monaghan,
Angus Scrimm,
Ron Perlman,
Larry Fessenden,
Daniel MancheRating60%
While awaiting his execution for murder and grave robbery, Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) is visited by Father Duffy (Ron Perlman), who wishes to obtain a statement from the condemned to be used as a cautionary tale. Arthur denies that he is a murderer, a crime for which his former partner, Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden), has already been executed by guillotine. However, Blake freely admits to being a grave robber, and begins to recount his career with Willie., 1h51
Directed by Judd Apatow,
David Gordon Green,
Shauna Robertson,
Evan GoldbergOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Buddy films,
Gangster filmsActors Seth Rogen,
James Franco,
Gary Cole,
Rosie Perez,
Danny McBride,
Craig RobinsonRating68%
Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) is a 25-year-old process server and habitual pot smoker. He makes a visit to the home of his drug dealer, Saul Silver (James Franco), to buy weed. Saul tells him that he may already know the identity of Dale's next service, Ted Jones (Gary Cole). Dale drives to Ted's house and witnesses Ted and a cop, Officer Carol Brazier (Rosie Perez), shoot an Asian man to death. Dale panics and flees the area, but leaves his roach at the scene which contains a rare strain of marijuana called Pineapple Express. Ted is able to identify the strain and sends his two henchmen, Budlofsky and Matheson (Kevin Corrigan and Craig Robinson) to dealer Red (Danny McBride), who tells them that he has only sold the pot to Saul.Genres Drama,
Fantasy,
AnimationActors Whoopi GoldbergRating69%
Descendants nous conte l'histoire de deux fleurs voisines l'une de l'autre et qui s'épanouissent à l'orée d'une clairière. La première, animée par la voix de Whoopi Goldberg, est vieille et épuisée par un passé mystérieux. La seconde, empruntant la voix de Christy Scott-Cashman, est encore jeune, vivace et curieuse. Le destin a conduit ces deux-là à vivre ainsi sans qu'il ne paraisse y avoir de perspective de changement possible. Jusqu'au jour où un visiteur inhabituel de la clairière apporte avec lui quelque chose d'inattendu dans leurs vies , 1h33
Directed by José Mojica MarinsOrigin BresilGenres Thriller,
HorrorActors Milhem Cortaz,
José Mojica Marins,
José Celso Martinez Corrêa,
Luís MeloRating63%
After being released from the prison mental ward, Coffin Joe is greeted at the gate by his old and loyal servant Bruno (Rui Rezende), who takes him to a secluded basement below a favela in São Paulo. As well as Bruno, the hideout is populated by four fanatics who are obsessed with Coffin Joe's history and ideas, and have been waiting and preparing for his arrival in order that they may faithfully serve him. After questioning their motives and testing their loyalty, Coffin Joe immediately orders the followers to begin kidnapping women so he can renew his murderous quest for "the continuation of the blood", his lifelong obsession to find who he determines to be a perfect woman who will bear him a son. His first victim is Dr. Hilda (Cléo De Páris), a controversial eugenicist who Bruno kidnaps. Coffin Joe tests her will by injecting her with drugs and she has hallucinations of Coffin Joe cutting off her buttock and presenting it to her after which she willingly eats it. Meanwhile, Coronel Claudiomiro Pontes (Jece Valadão), a fervidly Roman Catholic police captain who holds an old grudge against Coffin Joe for blinding his eye, and Father Eugênio (Milhem Cortaz), a mentally unstable priest (the son of one of Coffin Joe's past victims, Dr. Rudolfo in At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul) learn about Coffin Joe's release, and decide to join forces to seek Coffin Joe and kill him once and for all., 1h38
Directed by Ryūhei KitamuraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantasy,
Horror,
Crime,
SlasherThemes Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Serial killer filmsActors Bradley Cooper,
Leslie Bibb,
Brooke Shields,
Roger Bart,
Ted Raimi,
Vinnie JonesRating60%
A well-dressed, barrel-chested man enters the New York City subway at midnight and stalks the late-night passengers of a subway train. He assaults and kills several people with a meat hammer and a butcher's hook. He dispatches his prey wordlessly, and with an unnatural strength. He wears a ring on his finger, adorned with an eight pointed star., 1h25
Directed by Vincent LobelleOrigin LuxembourgGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Vampires in film,
Comedy horror filmsActors Patrick Mille,
Frédérique Bel,
Julie Fournier,
Vincent Desagnat,
Sam Karmann,
Hélène de FougerollesRating52%
Trois amis obtiennent des invitations pour une mystérieuse soirée privée : la Nuit Médicis, qui se déroule dans un immense château. Très vite, ils découvrent que leurs hôtes sont des vampires bien décidés à régner en maîtres sur la Terre. Ils tentent de s'enfuir pendant que les autres invités se font tuer les uns après les autres.Alarm (2008)
on 8 august 2008 , 1h45
Directed by Gerry StembridgeGenres Drama,
ThrillerActors Ruth Bradley,
Aidan Turner,
Tom HickeyRating55%
After witnessing the murder of her father by burglars, Molly is living with friends and seeing a psychiatrist (Emmet Bergin) to deal with her panic attacks. She dreams of finding a house where she can live alone. Upon buying her dream house in a Dublin suburb, she gives a house-warming party and one of her friends brings along an old classmate of Molly's, Mal. Molly had fancied Mal during school, and now they become a couple. With a new house and a new boyfriend, things seem perfect., 1h45
Directed by Edward NeumeierOrigin South africaGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about animals,
Space adventure films,
Monde imaginaire,
Dans l'espace,
Sur une planète fictive,
Films set in the future,
Films about insects,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Space opera,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Alien invasions in films,
Disaster filmsActors Casper Van Dien,
Jolene Blalock,
Amanda Donohoe,
Marnette Patterson,
Boris Kodjoe,
Stelio StavanteRating43%
In the past eleven years of "The Second Bug War", the Mobile Infantry has improved their weapons and tactics. However, as they adapt, so do the Bugs, and many new Arachnid variants have developed. The United Citizen Federation now finds itself engaged in trench warfare on the frontier planets. The Federation puts a positive spin on this in the media while using its judicial and military authority to suppress peace protesters and religious fanatics as seditionists., 1h34
Directed by HormozOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Bisexuality-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Caroline Ducey,
Christine Boisson,
Jean-Michel Fête,
Franck Victor,
Hicham Nazzal,
HPGRating50%
Le film retrace la quête d'Antonin, vingt ans, à la recherche d'une émotion qui le fera basculer dans l'âge adulte., 1h31
Directed by Ramin BahraniOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about suicide,
Transport films,
Films about the labor movement,
Films about automobilesActors Souleymane Sy Savane,
Red WestRating72%
Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, is working to provide a better life for his young family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. William, an old man with a lifetime of regrets, hires Solo to take him to Blowing Rock, a peak in which updrafts cause objects that are dropped from it to fly upwards. William does not ask for a ride back from the rock and is obviously depressed, so Solo assumes that the old man intends to commit suicide there. Solo befriends William, in hopes of talking him out of ending his life. He introduces William to his wife and his stepdaughter Alex, hoping to inspire the old man with the joys of life., 1h51
Origin USAGenres Science fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionThemes Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Films set in the future,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Anticipation,
Disaster filmsActors Thomas Jane,
Ron Perlman,
John Malkovich,
Devon Aoki,
Sean Pertwee,
Benno FürmannRating52%
The story is set in the year 2707. The world is loosely based on that of the Mutant Chronicles role-playing game, where many technologies are steam powered and mankind has exhausted Earth’s natural resources. The protagonists must battle against mutated humans that were accidentally unleashed., 1h24
Directed by Larry BishopOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
ActionThemes Transport films,
Motocyclette,
Road moviesActors Michael Madsen,
Larry Bishop,
David Carradine,
Dennis Hopper,
Eric Balfour,
Vinnie JonesRating50%
Biker Pistolero (Larry Bishop) is the leader, or "Prez," of the Victors, a Southern California motorcycle gang. He has two faithful lieutenants, The Gent (Michael Madsen) and Comanche (Eric Balfour).