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In Just Another Pandora's Box, everything old is new again - even if you don't quite know where you've seen it before. Director Jeff Lau directs this cameo-a-minute costume comedy that parodies many films, most of them also directed by Jeff Lau. The biggest non-Lau films to get skewered: Titanic and especially Red Cliff, with the latter providing the basis for the plot. Lau's trademark postmodern romance and self-referential jokes also return, and combine with sight gags and anachronisms to help make Just Another Pandora's Box creative and surprising. That is, when everything isn't weighed down by the aimless, momentum-killing story. Like most nonsense comedies, Just Another Pandora's Box is a hit and miss affair that depends largely on audience knowledge and goodwill to make it a success. If all else fails, you can simply play "spot the star".

In dieser Box werden 9 Fälle aus den Jahren 1981-83 vorgestellt. Nach ein paar einleitenden Worten, werden die Fälle in Form eines Spielfilmes vorgestellt. Am Ende faßt der Staatsanwalt die strafrechtlich relevanten Tatsachen zusammen. This is the seventh box of the series called "Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort". The cases are told like dramas, to explain some background infos to the audience and to teach the spectator. At the end you'll see the prosecutor, pinpointing on the main facts of the case and explaining the laws they depend on.

Ancient mysteries. Powerful evil. And a fearless hero’s quest through a fantastical realm of steam-powered wonders and sinister magic… In THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS BOX, seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi’s life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artifact that grants limitless wealth – but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box!

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

We meet the passionate makers and players of cigar box guitars. Many of these craftsmen and musicians are from post-industrial British towns, and have created a self-identity through making these unique three-stringed guitars. Born from the blues, their simple, low-cost, 'no-rules' approach means anyone can try their hand.

Italy has produced some of the finest directors in cinema, from De Sica and Rossellini to Fellini and Visconti. One name that sadly is rarely mentioned with the same level of distinction (if at all) is Valerio Zurlini. Born in Bologna, Italy in 1926, Zurlini created a profitable, if small, oeuvre that spanned two decades, from the mid 1950s to the 1970s. Avoiding the grittiness of the neorealists and the extravagance that characterized Fellini's later films, Zurlini infused his work with a simplicity that is powerfully effective yet perhaps also responsible for his relative obscurity today.

Inside a mysterious black box lies the secret to one's desires. As the black box changes hands, each new owner must resist what they covet most or prepare to defend their salacious greed against an immortal assassin. As several lives collide, can they escape the wrath of avarice and the black box?