Caligula (1979)Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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The stand up and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the future insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who stable slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises showy orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an pinch end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-instant version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (still the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main mould members). |
Man Without a Face, The (1993)Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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The piece of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former instructor who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile luck and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, causing the township’s suspicion and hostility to be ignited. McLeod inculcates in his protege a love of justice and freedom from discrimination which sustains him beyond the end of the film. |
Magnum Force (1973)Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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San Francisco The Old Bill Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been for the meantime reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. Meanwhile, those of the big apple’s criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unfamiliar assassins. Callahan begins to investigate the murders despite the orders of his elevated officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations… |
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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Sam is a current widower who is seeking someone new. Sam’s son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah puts his father on nationalistic radio, hundreds of women write to him. One of the women is Annie. She’s engaged to Walter, but he’s a bit inexplicable. Annie goes to great lengths to meet Sam. |
Northfork (2003)Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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In a near-hypocritical Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, a eight-year-old who lies between a dreamstate and extinction. As orphanage caretaker Harlan reads aloud about Northfork’s years-ago forced evacuation to provoke way for a hydro-electric dam, Irwin’s imagination takes flight. While a work together of six men evacuate the last remaining citizens of the town, Irwin, too, invents a squint of characters to prepare himself for his own evacuation. |




