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The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at April 27, 2016

Atom Egoyan's haunting adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter was the Canadian filmmaker's most successful film to date, taking home a Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and scoring a pair of Academy Award nominations, including Best Director. Restructured to fit Egoyan's signature mosaic narrative style, the story concerns the cultural aftershocks which tear apart a small British Columbia town in the wake of a school-bus accident which leaves a number of local children dead. Ian Holm stars as Mitchell Stephens, a big-city lawyer who arrives in the interest of uniting the survivors to initiate a lawsuit; his maneuvering only drives the community further apart, reopening old wounds and jeopardizing any hopes of emotional recovery….

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Desire Under the Elms (1957) Movies

Posted by edi1967 at Sept. 20, 2012

Desire Under the Elms (1957)
Desiderio sotto gli Olmi - Désir sous les ormes - Begierde unter Ulmen - Deseo bajo los olmos
A Film by Delbert Mann
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL Area 2 | 1,78:1 | 16:9 | Dolby Digital 2.0 | 01:46:22 | 5% Recovery | 6.76 Gb
Languages Available: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish
Subtitle: English, Italian, French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Czech, Turkish, Icelandic, Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Norwegian, Dutch, Portoguese, Greek, Romanian, Slovenian, Serbian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish
Genre: Drama | Extra: Trailers, Scene Selection, Audio Options | Nominated for Oscar, 2 Nominations

Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two wives Cabot has overworked into early graves. Most bitter is Eben, whose mother had owned most of the farm, and who feels who should be sole heir. When the old man brings…

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For Your Height Only (1981) + Challenge of the Tiger (1980) [Mondo Macabro] [ReUp] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Dec. 11, 2014

For Your Height Only is a legend amongst lovers of truly "out there" cinema. A film about a two and a half foot tall Filipino secret agent: a kung fu master and suave loving machine who struts his stuff in a Travolta style white suit…
The disc also features the amazing Bruce Le - king of Brucesploitation - in his best film ever….

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The Birds (1963) [Collector's Edition] [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Oct. 19, 2015

Melanie Daniels is the modern rich socialite, part of the jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer Mitch Brenner sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the weekends with his mother Lydia and younger sister Cathy. Soon after her arrival, however, the birds in the area begin to act strangely. A seagull attacks Melanie as she is crossing the bay in a small boat, and then, Lydia finds her neighbor dead, obviously the victim of a bird attack. Soon, birds in the hundreds and thousands are attacking anyone they find out of doors. There is no explanation as to why this might be happening, and as the birds continue their vicious attacks, survival becomes the priority.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Movies

Posted by Rare-1 at Feb. 11, 2014

Dr. Helen Benson is summoned to a military facility with several other scientists when an alien spacecraft of sorts arrives in New York City. Aboard is a human-like alien and a giant robot of immense size and power. The alien identifies himself as Klaatu and says he has come to save the Earth. The US military and political authorities see him as a threat however and decide to use so-called intensive interrogation techniques on him but Dr. Benson decides to facilitate his escape. When she learns exactly what he means when he says he is there to save the Earth, she tries to convince him to change his intentions.

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The Brink's Job (1978) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at June 26, 2011

In 1950, a Brink's armored truck in Boston was robbed by a highly organized gang decked out in Halloween masks. The Brink's Job is an occasionally humorous account of that "perfect crime." Peter Falk stars as the mastermind behind the robbery, who assembles a bunch of two-bit hoods who in any other circumstance would be written off as born losers. The success of the caper hinges upon Brink's rather arrogant assumption that its trucks are unassailable and their guards are always on their toes. Wrong on both counts! This comic suspenser was based on The Big Stick Up at Brink's, a book by Noel Behn.

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The Painted Veil (1934) Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Aug. 31, 2013

A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attache.

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Safety Last! (1923) [The Criterion Collection #662] [ReUp] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Nov. 30, 2014

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin is the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is us. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is the perfect introduction to him. Lloyd plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success. Laugh-out-loud funny and jaw-dropping in equal measure, Safety Last! is a movie experience par excellence, anchored by a genuine legend.

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The Young Philadelphians (1959) Movies

Posted by Rare-1 at Sept. 11, 2014

The Young Philadelphians (1959) + [Commentary]
DVDRip | MKV | 716 x 572 | AVC @ 1850 Kbps | 136 min | 2.08 Gb
Audio: English, AC3 2.0 ch @ 192 Kbps (2Tracks)
Subs: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama | USA

Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.

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BBC - My Autistic Big Brother and Me (2019) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 28, 2019

Documentary telling the story of Mikey Kay’s autistic 47-year-old brother Spencer, who finds his peace in epic walks across the majestic, rugged Welsh terrain. For Spencer, everyday tasks can be a huge challenge, and he is unable to wash, dress or feed himself. But the moment he steps into the mountains, he becomes unstoppable. The family know the only medicine their brother actually needs is his freedom to walk in the epic landscapes of north Wales.

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