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Bolt (2008)
on 21 november 2008 , 1h35
Directed by Byron Howard,
Chris WilliamsOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Films about cats,
Films about dogs,
Musical films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors John Travolta,
Mark Walton,
Susie Essman,
Miley Cyrus,
Malcolm McDowell,
Nick SwardsonRating67%
A dog named Bolt (John Travolta) and a girl named Penny (Miley Cyrus) star on a hit television series called Bolt in which the titular character has various superpowers and must constantly thwart the evil plans of the nefarious Doctor Calico (Malcolm McDowell). To gain a more realistic performance, the TV show's producers have deceived Bolt his entire life, arranging the filming in such a way that Bolt believes the television show is real and he really has superpowers, including a powerful sonic scream-like "superbark". Mistakenly believing Penny has been kidnapped by the villain, Bolt escapes from his on-set trailer in Hollywood but falls into a box of foam peanuts and unknown to the film company is accidentally shipped to New York City. In New York, Bolt starts to notice that his "superpowers" aren't working, and rationalizes this is the effect that styrofoam has on his body. He then meets Mittens (Susie Essman), a female alley cat who bullies pigeons out of their food. Bolt forces Mittens to help him get back to Hollywood, and after Bolt knocks Mittens unconscious the two start their journey westward on a truck. In Hollywood, Penny is deeply saddened over Bolt's disappearance but is convinced by the studio to continue filming with a Bolt lookalike., 1h50
Directed by Damian HarrisGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitutionActors Gillian Jacobs,
John Malkovich,
Ryan Simpkins,
Tom Arnold,
Peta Wilson,
Kevin ZegersRating67%
At the age of eight, a girl named Leslie Whitehead (Ryan Simpkins) is kidnapped by Alex (Tom Arnold) and Frank (Kevin Zegers). Alex says he needs help finding his dog, then he and Frank take her to school. While driving, Alex tells Leslie her dad is their boss, thus earning her trust. After school, Alex and Frank find her again. They lure her into their car with a story about her dad being in trouble, drug her and take her to their house. Alex tells Leslie her parents do not want her anymore. As proof, he provides the number to her "dad's cell phone," which, in reality, is a pay phone. After several unanswered calls, she eventually accepts his story., 1h24
Directed by Graeme CampbellOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Jacqueline Bisset,
Hélène Joy,
Tatiana Maslany,
Kristopher Turner,
Vivien Endicott-Douglas,
Gage MunroeRating64%
Widow Mary Bassett (Helene Joy) and her 3 children have hit difficult times on their farm; it is especially apparent when they cannot even afford a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. Oldest daughter Tilly (Tatiana Maslany) writes to Mary’s wealthy and estranged mother Isabella (Jacqueline Bisset), exaggerating their situation in a lengthy letter. Isabella comes to the farm to offer her help and finds a kindred spirit in Tilly. However, Mary resents her mother’s attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties., 1h25
Origin United-kingdomGenres Thriller,
Action,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Zombie films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Disaster filmsActors Sophia Ellis,
James Fisher,
Victoria Summer,
Leonard FentonRating40%
Soldiers of the British army clear a small collection of farmhouses with two scientists who take a tissue sample from a deceased civilian who appears to have been reanimated, then shot., 1h40
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about suicideActors William H. Macy,
Meg Ryan,
Jason Ritter,
Elliott Gould,
LL Cool J,
David HuntRating56%
Struggling Hollywood film producer Charlie Berns is on the verge of suicide when his aspiring screenwriter nephew Lionel arrives from New Jersey with a script about 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Charlie agrees to make the film, but only when he converts the literate PBS-style script (that he didn't read) into an action adventure Middle Eastern espionage film, Ben Disraeli: Freedom Fighter., 1h58
Directed by Mike LeighOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceActors Sally Hawkins,
Eddie Marsan,
Sylvestra Le Touzel,
Elliot Cowan,
Samuel Roukin,
Sinead MatthewsRating69%
Thirty years old and single, Pauline "Poppy" Cross shares a London flat with her best friend Zoe, a fellow teacher. Poppy is free-minded, high-spirited and kind-hearted. The film opens with Poppy trying to engage a shop employee in conversation. He ignores her, yet his icy demeanour does not bother her. She maintains her good mood even when she discovers her bicycle has been stolen. Her main concern is not getting a new one or finding the bicycle, but that she did not get a chance to say goodbye to it. This prompts her to decide to learn how to drive., 2h20
Directed by Juraj JakubiskoOrigin SlovaquieGenres Drama,
Biography,
Fantasy,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Serial killer films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Anna Friel,
Karel Roden,
Hans Matheson,
Vincent Regan,
Franco Nero,
Bolek PolívkaRating56%
The film is based on the story of Erzsébet Bathory, a Hungarian countess in the 16th and 17th centuries. Her story takes place in a part of the Kingdom of Hungary that is now Slovakia. In this retelling, the Countess is a healer who conducts medical experiments and rudimentary autopsies in a "hospital" beneath her castle. She forms a relationship with a reputed witch, Darvulia, who saves her from poisoning. The witch promises Erzsebet a son and eternal beauty. In return, Erzsebet must sacrifice both love and her reputation. Darvulia becomes Erzsebet's companion. Meanwhile, maidens in the area have been dying of seemingly unrelated causes, and Erzsebet is seen bathing in a large tub of red liquid as the girls' now-mutilated corpses are buried nearby. Two monks later conclude that the water is not blood but is simply colored red by herbs., 2h39
Directed by Subhash GhaiGenres DramaActors Salman Khan,
Anil Kapoor,
Zayed Khan,
Katrina Kaif,
Boman Irani,
Mithun ChakrabortyRating41%
Deven Yuvvraaj (Salman Khan) is a struggling singer who Dr. Banton (Boman Irani), his girlfriend Anushka’s (Katrina Kaif) father dislikes because he is not wealthy and is rather careless at times. He signs an agreement to become a billionaire in 40 days. To acquire this wealth, he has to go through an emotional roller coaster journey of joy and pain with his two estranged brothers, Gyanesh Yuvvraaj (Anil Kapoor) and Danny Yuvvraaj (Zayed Khan), who he meets after 12 years. On meeting them, he is shocked to see that his father has left everything to the mentally-challenged Gyanesh. So both Danny and Deven make an agreement to scam their brother out of his money. Danny's attempt to blackmail Gyanesh to make him lie in front of some lawyers fails and he assaults Gyanesh. Deven intervenes and plays the good guy and helps Gyanesh and takes him to Austria in an attempt to win him. There Anushka and Gyanesh get on very well and she is amazed by his singing talent. She lets him into her orchestra which is due to perform in front of thousands of people. Deven gets jealous as Anushka and Gyanesh get on so well but soon learns to love his brother.BURN·E (2008)
on 17 november 2008 , 7minutes
Directed by Angus MacLaneOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Post-apocalyptic films,
Films set in the future,
Children's films,
Robot filmsActors Ben Burtt,
Angus MacLane,
Elissa Knight,
Jeff GarlinRating75%
The short opens with WALL-E running his hand through the rings of Saturn while hanging on the side of EVE's ship, as shown in the original film. One of the rock particles that swirls away begins to increase in velocity as it moves up against the atmosphere of a Saturnian moon, becoming a meteorite that destroys a small lamp spire outside the Axiom. AUTO sees this and activates SUPPLY-R, a storage robot that dispenses spare lamps. He then dispatches BURN-E, a repair robot, to replace the broken lamp. Before he can secure the new lamp, EVE's ship enters the Axiom 's docking bay. Still hanging on the side of the ship, WALL-E waves to greet him, but as BURN-E is distracted the loose lamp floats into space., 1h27
Directed by Ellen KurasOrigin USAGenres DocumentaryThemes Films about families,
Films about immigration,
Documentaire sur une personnalitéRating69%
It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York. The film centres on the families flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare., 1h38
Directed by Darren Lynn BousmanOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Horror,
Musical,
Comic science fictionThemes Circus films,
Films about computing,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Comedy science fiction films,
Films set in the future,
Musical films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Political films,
Comedy horror films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Alexa Vega,
Paul Sorvino,
Anthony Head,
Sarah Brightman,
Paris Hilton,
Bill MoseleyRating63%
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan. Clients who default on payments are hunted down by Repo Men: skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo to repossess organs, usually killing the clients in the process. The CEO of GeneCo, Rottissimo "Rotti" Largo (a listed in a newspaper article about his kids), discovers he is terminally ill. Rotti's three children, Luigi Largo, Pavi Largo, and Amber Sweet, who changed her last name as a stage stunt to replace a popular singer she's jealous of, bicker over who will inherit GeneCo. Rotti believes none of his children are worthy heirs, as they consistently embarrass him with their robust attitudes, and instead plans to pass on his fortune to Shilo, the daughter of his ex-fiance Marni., 1h11
Origin BelgiqueGenres DocumentaryThemes Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about the labor movement,
Documentaire sur le monde du travailRating67%
In Dakhla (in the southernmost part of Morocco), one of the richest fishing regions in the world, hundreds of Moroccan fishermen, pushed by the increasing shortage of resources in the north, huddle together in tents sprayed by the ocean. However, their quest for a miraculous catch has revealed itself to be a tragic trap. As they have no licenses, they are sentenced to remain a few yards from the shoreline and catch what they can, while foreign trawlers equipped with the latest in sonar technology, captures the sea's riches to export them to other continents., 1h20
Directed by Shamim SarifOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Lisa Ray,
Sheetal Sheth,
Dalip Tahil,
Nina Wadia,
Kimberly Jaraj,
Anya LahiriRating65%
In the upper echelons of traditional Middle Eastern society, wealthy Christian Palestinians Reema and Omar prepare for the marriage of their visiting daughter Tala to Hani in Jordan. But back at work in London, Tala encounters Leyla, a young British Indian Muslim woman who is dating Tala's best friend Ali. Tala sees something unique in the artless, clumsy, sensitive Leyla who secretly works to become a writer. And Tala's forthright challenges to Leyla's beliefs begins a journey of self-awareness for Leyla. After a weekend getaway into the countryside, Tala and Leyla sleep together and the two women begin to fall in love. However, Tala's own sense of duty and cultural restraint cause her to pull away from Leyla and fly back to Jordan where the preparations for an ostentatious wedding are well under way., 1h32
Directed by Nicolas Winding RefnOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
Action,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Tom Hardy,
Matt King,
James Lance,
Amanda Burton,
Kelly Adams,
Jonny PhillipsRating69%
The film begins with Bronson introducing himself to the camera, stating he always wanted to be famous. He cannot sing, he cannot act, and so he shows the calling he found: the film cuts to a naked Bronson fighting several prison guards in a cage. The film then presents several assorted points from his life, inter-cut with Bronson on stage before an audience in several stages of performance make-up, and speaking directly to camera while seemingly behind bars., 1h36
Directed by Andy CadiffOrigin United-kingdomGenres ComedyThemes Films about televisionActors Burt Reynolds,
Imelda Staunton,
Derek Jacobi,
Samantha Bond,
Michael Wildman,
Lucy AkhurstRating59%
A leading Hollywood star is attracted to Britain to play the title role in King Lear at "Stratford" believing he will be appearing onstage at the prestigious RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Instead he finds he has signed on with the "Stratford Players" in the Suffolk village of Stratford St John. He goes to Britain with his career on the downturn and having problems with his daughter who is an aspiring actress on the fringes of the New York theatre world. The local villagers are somewhat of a motley crew and are naturally delighted to have such an - albeit fading - star playing with them. Reynolds plays a typically brash American with no time for manners, and displays an appalling lack of class, considering himself too big for this lowly setting. The transition to humble actor, happy to play with the British actors takes some time, but eventually Reynolds is reconciled with his estranged daughter and accepts that he is no better, in terms of spirit and enthusiasm, than his amateur colleagues., 4h48
Directed by John WooOrigin ChineGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Films based on mythologyActors Tony Leung Chiu-wai,
Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Chang Chen,
Lin Chi-ling,
Zhang Fengyi,
Zhao WeiRating72%
Director John Woo said in an interview with David Stratton that the film is only 50% factual. Woo decided to alter the story using modern feelings and his own feelings for a more worldly acceptance. According to Woo, historical accuracy was less important than how the audience felt about the battle., 6minutes
Directed by John LasseterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
AnimationThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Children's filmsActors Larry the Cable Guy,
Keith Ferguson,
Michael Wallis,
Danny Mann,
Robert Ito,
Lindsey CollinsRating65%
Mater tells a story to Lightning McQueen about how he used to be a drift king. He is hired as a tow truck driver as he states he'll tow any car anywhere. The tow ends up being to Tokyo, Japan, and Mater tows the car there all away across the Pacific Ocean. While there, he is challenged to a drift race to crown the drift king, with the loser losing all custom modifications and becoming a "stock" car. Mater accepts, and is fitted with custom modifications of his own. As Mater is losing the race, Lightning Dragon McQueen shows up to help Mater fend off an attack by ninjas, allowing Mater to win the race., 2h10
Directed by Catherine HardwickeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Films about magic and magicians,
Wolves in film,
Werewolves in film,
Vampires in film,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson,
Peter Facinelli,
Elizabeth Reaser,
Ashley Greene,
Billy BurkeRating53%
Seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan moves to Forks, a small town on the Washington coast, to live with her father, Charlie. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to a minor league baseball player, and they are often traveling. Bella makes many friends at her new high school, but she is intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school, but he seems to be repulsed by her. A few days later, Bella is nearly struck by a van in the school parking lot. Edward saves her by instantaneously covering a distance of some 30 feet and putting himself between Bella and the van, stopping it without injury with only his hand. He subsequently refuses to explain his actions to Bella and warns her against befriending him., 50minutes
Origin BresilGenres Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Dance films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
PandaActors Darren Dunstan,
Vinnie Penna,
Dan Green,
Mike PollockRating13%
Pancada est un panda qui travaille comme concierge au Bear Bar Box, un bar spécialisé dans les présentations de combats. Le plus grand rêve de Stinger est de devenir une célèbre danseuse de la danse moderne, mais son patron, M. Polaris, préoccupé par la situation locale en raison de méchant Freak Teddy constante gagne dans le ring qui ne plaisait au public, décide de se déguiser pour vaincre, mais tout le monde pense qu'il est le knockdown par son déguisement pour le faire ressembler à un panda. Dans ce Punch devient célèbre par erreur et décide d'assumer cette volonté de se battre pour elle-même., 1h29
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Films set in Africa,
Monde imaginaire,
Films about terrorismActors Kiefer Sutherland,
Cherry Jones,
Bob Gunton,
Colm Feore,
Powers Boothe,
Robert CarlyleRating73%
Redemption begins with a brief prologue showing a young boy being kidnapped at night, indoctrinated, and drafted along with other boys into a rebel militia so they could take part in a coup d'état, which is being funded by a shadow organization led by Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight).