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The Mouse That Roared (1959)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter Sellers | Jean Seberg | William Hartnell | David Kossoff | Leo McKern | MacDonald Parke | Austin Willis | Timothy Bateson | Monte Landis | Alan Gifford | Colin Gordon | Harold Kasket | Wally Brown | Jacques Cey | Charles Clay
Directors: Jack Arnold
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The best laid plans of mice and men … A cold war satire emphasising the new emerged American Superpower’s use of foreign aid to buy friends and keep then away from the USSR’s influence. Peter Sellers, as the scheming Prime Minister of Grand Fenwick, plots with Peter Sellers, as the scheming Grand Duchess, to declare war on the USA, lose and get that foreign aid. Unfortunately, they forget to tell Peter Sellers, as Tully Bascombe, commander of their mediaeval army. This honourable man does his best for his country and through a series of unbelievable circumstances (well, this is a comedy) to win. Now, who has to give aid to whom?

The Opportunists (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Christopher Walken | Peter MacDonald | Anne Pitoniak | Kate Burton | Jim Mayzik | Vera Farmiga | Donal Logue | Cyndi Lauper | Paul D'Amato | Wally Dunn | Olek Krupa | Chuck Cooper | John Ortiz | José Zúñiga | Brandon Vega
Directors: Myles Connell
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Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she’s saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.

The Siege (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Annette Bening | Bruce Willis | Tony Shalhoub | Sami Bouajila | Ahmed Ben Larby | Mosleh Mohamed | Lianna Pai | Mark Valley | Jack Gwaltney | David Proval | Lance Reddick | Jeremy Knaster | William Hill | Aasif Mandvi
Directors: Edward Zwick
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After the abduction by the US military of an Islamic religious leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. Anthony Hubbard, the head of the FBI’s Counter-Intelligence Task Force in New York, teams up with CIA operative Elise Kraft to hunt down the terrorist cells responsible for the attacks. As the bombings continue, the US government responds by declaring martial law, sending US troops, led by Gen. Devereaux, into the streets of New York City.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tobey Maguire | Kirsten Dunst | James Franco | Alfred Molina | Rosemary Harris | J.K. Simmons | Donna Murphy | Daniel Gillies | Dylan Baker | Bill Nunn | Vanessa Ferlito | Aasif Mandvi | Willem Dafoe | Cliff Robertson | Ted Raimi
Directors: Sam Raimi
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Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) can’t seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spiderman has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn’t want to be Spiderman anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villian with four metal tentacles coming out of him. Peter realizes that only Spiderman can stop him, but of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames Spiderman for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spiderman will have to push himself past his limits if he’s going to survive.

Wolf (1994)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Michelle Pfeiffer | James Spader | Kate Nelligan | Richard Jenkins | Eileen Atkins | Christopher Plummer | Ron Rifkin | David Hyde Pierce | Om Puri | Prunella Scales | Brian Markinson | Peter Gerety | Bradford English | Stewart J. Zully
Directors: Mike Nichols
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Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. But after being bit by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heightened senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she’s begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bit.

Highlander (1986)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Roxanne Hart | Clancy Brown | Sean Connery | Beatie Edney | Alan North | Jon Polito | Sheila Gish | Hugh Quarshie | Christopher Lambert | Peter Diamond | Billy Hartman | James Cosmo | Celia Imrie | Alistair Findlay
Directors: Russell Mulcahy
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Connor Macleod was born in 1518 in the Highlands of Scotland. In 1536, after facing a mysterious, evil opponent, he survives a fatal stab wound and is banished from his village, for they believe his survival is the work of the Devil. Five years later, Macleod is met by Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez, a Spanish swordsman who teaches Macleod the awful truth; he is immortal, one of a race of many who can only die when the head is cut from the body. When one immortal takes the head of another, the loser’s power is absorbed into the winner. Ramirez teaches Macleod the ways of the sword, until Ramirez is tragically killed by Connor’s ultimate opponent, the evil Kurgan, a murderous immortal brute who lusts for the ultimate power of the immortals, “The Prize”; enough power to rule the earth forever. Connor fights his way through the centuries, until the time of the Gathering, when the few immortals who have survived the endless battles come together to fight until only one remains, and that winner will receive The Prize. The time: 1985. The place: New York City. The final fight is about to begin, and in the end, there can be only one.

Deep Impact (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Duvall | Téa Leoni | Elijah Wood | Vanessa Redgrave | Morgan Freeman | Maximilian Schell | James Cromwell | Ron Eldard | Jon Favreau | Laura Innes | Mary McCormack | Richard Schiff | Leelee Sobieski | Blair Underwood | Dougray Scott
Directors: Mimi Leder
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As a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival. They randomly select eight hundred thousand people to be saved in order to keep the human race alive.

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Julia Roberts | Patrick Stewart | Cylk Cozart | Steve Kahan | Terry Alexander | Alex McArthur | Rod McLachlan | Michael Potts | Jim Sterling | Rich Hebert | Brian J. Williams | G.A. Aguilar | Cece Neber Labao | Saxon Trainor
Directors: Richard Donner
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Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he observes from afar. She works for the government. Fletcher is an outspoken critic of that government. He has conspiracy theories for everything, from aliens to political assassinations. But soon, one of his theories finds itself to be accurate. But which one? Some dangerous people want him dead and the only person he trusts is that woman he loves but does not know.

Fantastic Four (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd | Jessica Alba | Chris Evans | Michael Chiklis | Julian McMahon | Hamish Linklater | Kerry Washington | Laurie Holden | David Parker | Kevin McNulty | Maria Menounos | Michael Kopsa | Andrew Airlie | Pascale Hutton | G. Michael Gray
Directors: Tim Story
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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow | Jude Law | Giovanni Ribisi | Michael Gambon | Ling Bai | Omid Djalili | Laurence Olivier | Angelina Jolie | Trevor Baxter | Julian Curry | Peter Law | Jon Rumney | Khan Bonfils | Samta Gyatso | Louis Hilyer
Directors: Kerry Conran
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Set in New York City circa 1939, the film centers on a reporter who notices that the world’s scientists are disappearing. Teamed with a skilled pilot and an adventurous colleague, it’s up to her to thwart the plans of a mad scientist bent on world domination.