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, 2h17
Directed by Paul Thomas AndersonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about families,
Films about religion,
Films about sexualityActors Joaquin Phoenix,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Amy Adams,
Laura Dern,
Rami Malek,
Jesse PlemonsRating71%
Freddie Quell is a sex-obsessed alcoholic World War II veteran from Lynn, Massachusetts, struggling to adjust to post-war society. He becomes a portrait photographer at a department store but is soon fired for getting into a drunken fight with a customer. Freddie then finds work at a Salinas, California cabbage farm, but his moonshine poisons one of the elderly Filipino migrant workers and he is chased off., 1h23
Directed by Takashi ShimizuOrigin JaponGenres Thriller,
HorrorActors Hikari Mitsushima,
Teruyuki Kagawa,
Nao ŌmoriRating51%
In Japan, Kiriko (Hikari Mitsushima) and her younger half-brother Daigo (Takeru Shibuya) live with their father Kohei (Teruyuki Kagawa) who is a book illustrator. One day Daigo inexplicably beats a rabbit to death outside his school and subsequently stops attending classes. Kiriko becomes worried by Daigo's behaviour while their father ignores the problem as he is caught up in latest job: a pop-up book about The Little Mermaid. Later, Kiriko takes Daigo to watch the 3-D horror film The Shock Labyrinth involving a rabbit doll which appears to float out of the screen and into Daigo's hands. Daigo takes it home. That night a large version of the doll pulls him through a cupboard into a fairground. The next night Daigo is pulled by the rabbit through the mattress of his bed. Kiriko follows him this time and the group goes to an abandoned hospital. Later, Kiriko tells her father that "Kyoko is coming. I saw her. Daigo too." Kiriko then recalls when she was younger and Kohei brought home his pregnant second wife, Kyoko. Kiriko attacked Kyoko and now Kiriko and Daigo seem to believe that Kyoko has come back to haunt them in a rabbit costume and are determined to destroy the doll.After (2012)
on 14 september 2012 , 1h30
Directed by Michael W. SmithOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
FantasyActors Steven Strait,
Karolina I. Wydra,
Ric Reitz,
Madison LintzRating54%
In 2012, Ana, a failed writer who works as a nurse, meets Freddy, an aspiring comic book artist, on a bus. Though Ana brushes him off, Freddy persists in conversation. The two are surprised to find that they live on the same street in a small town, but before they can talk any further, the bus is involved in an apparent crash. Ana wakes up in her bed, late for work. When she arrives at the hospital, it seems deserted, though she finds a mysterious, barely-intelligible audio recording. Although the town initially seems empty, loud music draws her to Freddy's house. After comparing experiences, the two set off to explore the town., 1h50
Directed by Ben Wheatley,
Nacho Vigalondo,
Xavier Gens,
Angela Bettis,
Ti West,
Adam Wingard,
Jake West,
Yoshihiro Nishimura,
Yūdai Yamaguchi,
Noboru Iguchi,
Thomas Cappelen Malling,
Banjong Pisantanakun,
Simon Rumley,
Anders Morgenthaler,
Jon Schnepp,
Kaare AndrewsOrigin USAGenres Comedy-drama,
Horror comedy,
HorrorThemes Comedy horror filmsActors Ingrid Bolsø Berdal,
Erik Audé,
Kyra Zagorsky,
Arisa Nakamura,
Chems Dahmani,
Eva LlorachRating47%
The film is divided into twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving death. The varieties of death range from accidents to murders., 1h47
Directed by Nicholas JareckiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeActors Richard Gere,
Susan Sarandon,
Tim Roth,
Brit Marling,
Laetitia Casta,
William FriedkinRating65%
Sixty-year-old magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) manages a hedge fund with his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) and is about to sell it for a handsome profit. However, unbeknownst to his daughter and most of his other employees, he has cooked his company's books in order to cover an investment loss and avoid being arrested for fraud. One night, while driving with his mistress Julie Cote (Laetitia Casta), he begins to doze off and crashes; Julie is killed. An injured Robert leaves the scene and decides to cover up his involvement to prevent the public, his wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon), and the prospective buyer James Mayfield (Graydon Carter) from discovering the truth., 1h30
Genres Documentary,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Documentary films about business,
Documentary films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors George Martin,
Paul McCartney,
Ringo Starr,
Michael Palin,
Rolf Harris,
Bernard CribbinsRating74%
, 1h50
Directed by Ernie BarbarashOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
Politic,
Martial artsThemes Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Joe Flanigan,
Anna-Louise Plowman,
Bianca Bree,
Kristopher Van Varenberg,
Charlotte BeaumontRating60%
Veteran mercenary Samson Gaul (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is retired from combat when his actions resulted in the deaths of helpless victims, but now he's the last hope for a desperate father. Mixed martial artist, Andrew Fayden (Joe Flanigan) knows how to fight, but alone he's unprepared to navigate the corrupt streets of a foreign city to find his kidnapped daughter. Together, these two try to stop a network of criminals that prey upon the innocent., 1h35
Genres Thriller,
Comedy,
CrimeActors Reiner Schöne,
Detlef BotheRating60%
Walter (Jürgen Rißmann) is a hit man that was hired to kill a specific target, but ends up accidentally killing an innocent singer along with his intended victim. Because of this, he's sent to guard his boss Berger's (Reiner Schöne) house in the Carpathian Mountains. Not wanting to go alone, Walter asks his friend Mickey (Thomas Wodianka) to come along to keep him company, to which Mickey agrees. Things seem to go well until Berger's girlfriend Sybille (Eva-Katrin Hermann) decides to drop in to stay for a few days. She instantly bans Mickey and Walter from most of the house and then leaves for a few days. During this time the two men investigate the house, only to find an extensive drug laboratory. However when Sybille dies in an accident, the two men panic and end up hiding her body - which proves problematic when Berger comes to the house looking for his wife., 1h30
Genres Drama,
Mob filmThemes Gangster filmsActors Daniel Brühl,
Blanca Suárez,
Lluís Homar,
Miguel Ángel Silvestre,
Eduard FernándezRating54%
Gonzalo García Pelayo (Lluís Homar) has been trying for years to work out a system to legally win money in a local casino, which is run by the infamous The Beast (Eduard Fernández). When he realizes he has succeeded in doing so, using a system based on wheel bias, he drags his family in to help — son Iván (Daniel Brühl), daughter Vanessa (Marina Salas), their cousins Marcos (Oriol Vila) and muscle-bound Alfredo (Miguel Ángel Silvestre), and family friend Balón (Vicente Romero)., 30minutes
Directed by Eduardo Montes-BradleyOrigin USAGenres Biography,
DocumentaryThemes Films about racism,
Documentary films about racism,
Documentary films about law,
Documentary films about historical events,
Documentary films about politics,
Political filmsThe film is built around an in-depth interview with Julian Bond, by Eduardo Montes-Bradley at the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., along with the last few lectures that he delivered, as a member of faculty, at the University of Virginia in May 2012. The interviews are bolstered by a barrage of photographs and archival footage taken from different sources. These images help define and illustrate the different historical eras beginning with the American Civil War and running up to the 2008 US presidential election., 1h35
Directed by Paul W.S. AndersonOrigin GermanGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Clonage,
La fin du monde,
Films about computing,
Jeu,
Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Transport films,
Films set in the future,
Zombie films,
Films about video games,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Catastrophe épidémiologique,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Films based on video games,
Disaster films,
Personne sourde ou muetteActors Milla Jovovich,
Michelle Rodríguez,
Kevin Durand,
Sienna Guillory,
Shawn Roberts,
Aryana EngineerRating53%
Alice (Milla Jovovich) and the others on the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia face an attack by a fleet of tiltrotors led by Alice's former ally, Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), who is being mind controlled by Umbrella through a scarab device attached to her chest. Alice causes a tiltrotor to crash into Arcadia, resulting in an explosion that knocks her out and into the water. The fates of Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield and K-Mart are ambiguous.Barfi! (2012)
on 14 september 2012 , 2h31
Directed by Anurag BasuOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Bollywood,
Films about autism,
Personne sourde ou muetteActors Ranbir Kapoor,
Priyanka Chopra,
Saurabh Shukla,
Ashish Vidyarthi,
Ileana D'Cruz,
Roopa GangulyRating80%
Murphy "Barfi" Johnson (Ranbir Kapoor) is an optimistic, street-wise, charming young man who was born deaf-mute to a Nepali couple in Darjeeling. His mother died when he was a baby and his father raised him alone, while working as a chauffeur. Barfi is known as a troublemaker – he cuts lampposts, plays practical jokes on innocent people, and is chased by Sudhanshu Dutta (Saurabh Shukla), a local police officer. Barfi meets Shruti Ghosh (Ileana D'Cruz), who has just arrived in Darjeeling; she is engaged to Ranjit Sengupta (Jisshu Sengupta), and is due to get married in three months, and Barfi is immediately smitten with Shruti. She also falls in love with Barfi but her mother dissuades her from pursuing him because he could not take care of her with his disabilities and lack of money. Shruti takes her mother's advice, gets married, and moves to Kolkata, breaking all contact with Barfi.Bait (2012)
on 14 september 2012 , 1h31
Directed by Kimble RendallOrigin AustralieGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HorrorThemes Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films about sharks,
Natural horror films,
Mise en scène d'un poissonActors Phoebe Tonkin,
Xavier Samuel,
Julian McMahon,
Sharni Vinson,
Cariba Heine,
Dustin MilliganRating52%
The movie opens with a hungover lifeguard, Josh (Xavier Samuel), being woken up by friend and fellow lifeguard Rory (Richard Brancatisano). Rory tells Josh that he shouldn't have proposed to his sister, Tina (Sharni Vinson), then offers to set a buoy for Josh. Josh visits Tina, who discusses their upcoming move to Singapore. As Rory boards into the ocean to set a buoy, a shark appears and kills a man in the water. Alerted to the danger, Josh quickly takes a jet ski and goes to get Rory, but is too late. Rory is squirted into the water, and Josh is unable to save him before he is devoured., 7minutes
Origin USAGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
AnimationThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Children's filmsActors Wallace Shawn,
Tom Hanks,
Tim Allen,
Corey Burton,
Tony Cox,
Donald FulliloveRating73%
Rex disrupts the other toys blowing soap bubbles, worried they may ruin Bonnie's house. He is chastised by the other toys, with Mr. Potato Head calling him "Partypooper Rex". The other toys sense Bonnie approaching, and scatter, leaving Rex alone when she enters. She takes him to play with while she takes a bath. Rex enjoys being played with along with the other bath toys, but soon Bonnie's mom comes to turn off the bath and take her out. Once alone, the bath toys wish they could continue to have fun, but all of them lack arms and can only function if afloat in the water. Rex initially thinks drawing a new bath is a bad idea, but recalling Mr. Potato Head's insult, he asserts that he is "Partysaurus Rex", and helps the bath toys to start a new bath.Stolen (2012)
on 14 september 2012 , 1h36
Directed by Simon WestOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeActors Nicolas Cage,
Danny Huston,
Malin Åkerman,
M. C. Gainey,
Sami Gayle,
Mark ValleyRating54%
In New Orleans, Will Montgomery (Nicolas Cage) and Vincent (Josh Lucas) are preparing for a heist, aided by Riley (Malin Åkerman), their getaway driver, and Hoyt (M.C. Gainey), a computer security expert. They are watched by FBI agent Tim Harland (Danny Huston), who knows that Will and Vincent have been casing a jewelry store for several weeks and plans to arrest them mid-crime., 1h22
Origin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about educationActors Margarita Levieva,
Arija Bareikis,
Aidan Quinn,
Justine Cotsonas,
Jennifer Mudge,
Jackson NicollRating67%
Stand-up comic Zoe Hardwick is desperately in love with his beautiful girlfriend, Miranda (Julia Dennis). When she dies tragically, Zoe is devastated and drops his budding career, moves back home, and pines after his departed love for a year. His father, the principal of an elementary school, decides that one year of moping around the house is enough and forces Zoe to take a job teaching kindergarten, Zoe finds himself standing before a very different demographic. The innocent insights of the children help Zoe in finally healing. He meets fellow kindergarten teacher, Veronica (Margarita Levieva) and a new love is kindled., 1h37
Directed by Josh RadnorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceActors Zac Efron,
Elizabeth Olsen,
Richard Jenkins,
Josh Radnor,
Allison Janney,
John MagaroRating66%
Jesse Fischer (Radnor) is a 35-year-old college admissions officer in New York City who loves literature and language, but is newly single and dissatisfied with his life and career. He believes that the happiest time of his life was the years at his unnamed Ohio liberal arts college, where he could study poetry uninterrupted, surrounded by others like him. Peter Holberg (Jenkins), his old English professor, invites Jesse back to the college to attend Peter's retirement ceremony. Jesse meets 19-year-old Zibby (Olsen), a sophomore studying drama and the daughter of Peter's friends., 1h21
Directed by Sergio MyersOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Zombie films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Disaster filmsActors Patrick KilpatrickRating23%
Nina, a fashion blogger, goes to Youngstown, Ohio to shoot a documentary but is caught up in a zombie apocalypse. An ex-soldier and zombie hunter, the Zombinator, appears in the city and tries to protect the citizens from the machinations of an evil corporation and their mercenary, the Colonel., 1h28
Directed by David DeCoteau,
Charles BandOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
War,
Action,
HorrorThemes Jeu,
Films about toys,
Political filmsRating39%
Ozu, the villain from the previous film, walks down a dark alley only to be stopped by Kommandant Moebius, the Nazi general. Ozu offers him the puppet Tunneler, in exchange for her freedom. Moebius gladly takes the prize, which immediately kills SS Soldier #1. Moebius "sets her free" by shooting her in the head. While this takes place, the puppet Blade watches from the shadows. The next morning, Danny and Beth are recovering at Danny's house. Danny tells the rest of the puppets that he couldn't revive Ninja, but they will get back Tunneler. Blade appears and informs them of Ozu's death and Tunneler's capture by the Nazis. Danny and Beth respond to a knock at the door only to be grabbed by mysterious men in suits. Meanwhile, in a secret lab in Chinatown, Docter Freuhoffer, a German doctor with a fixation on dolls, is working for Moebius to develop a machine that can reanimate the dead. The seductive Uschi, a Nazi, tries to motivate the doctor only to be interrupted by Moebius. He demands a demonstration of the machine. He brings in a Japanese man and slits his throat. The machine makes him walk for a moment only for him to decay and fall down. Freuhoffer promises to fix the machine. Moebius reminds him that if he doesn't, his daughter will be killed. He then presents him with Tunneler to study.