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The Pearl of Death (1944)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Dennis Hoey | Evelyn Ankers | Miles Mander | Ian Wolfe | Charles Francis | Holmes Herbert | Richard Nugent | Mary Gordon | Rondo Hatton | J.W. Austin | Wilson Benge | Billy Bevan | Harry Cording
Directors: Roy William Neill
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When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal because of Sherlock Holmes’ show-boating, he is naturally obliged to find it. Soon, he learns of a series of brutal murders that seemed to have been commited by a malevolent man mountain known only as the Creeper. Now, Holmes must deal with the seemingly overwhelming menace of this man and his boss in order to retrieve the pearl.

Last Orders (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Michael Caine | Tom Courtenay | David Hemmings | Bob Hoskins | Helen Mirren | Ray Winstone | JJ Feild | Cameron Fitch | Nolan Hemmings | Anatol Yusef | Kelly Reilly | Stephen McCole | George Innes | Laura Morelli | Sally Hurst
Directors: Fred Schepisi
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Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, ‘Last Orders’, that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy

The Game of Their Lives (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Gerard Butler | Wes Bentley | Richard Jenik | Jay Rodan | Louis Mandylor | Jimmy Jean-Louis | Zachery Ty Bryan | Nelson Vargas | John Rhys-Davies | Gavin Rossdale | Maria Bertrand | Terry Kinney | Joe Erker
Directors: David Anspaugh
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In 1950, few soccer players in the United States played the game with any particular degree of expertise. Most Americans had heard about the soccer only by hearsay, even though it was the world’s most popular sport, and when the United States was invited to compete in the World Cup in Brazil, the country turned out to have no soccer team to call their own. The U.S. set out to recruit players in the soccer breeding ground of St. Louis, Missouri, where they found a group of young friends with almost absolute lack of an appropriate experience, only an unabashed love of the game.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Tim Robbins | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Paul Newman | Charles Durning | John Mahoney | Jim True-Frost | Bill Cobbs | Bruce Campbell | Harry Bugin | John Seitz | Joe Grifasi | Roy Brocksmith | John Wylie | I.M. Hobson | Gary Allen
Directors: Joel Coen | Ethan Coen
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When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries.

The Great Race (1965)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Lemmon | Tony Curtis | Natalie Wood | Peter Falk | Keenan Wynn | Arthur O'Connell | Vivian Vance | Dorothy Provine | Larry Storch | Ross Martin | George Macready | Marvin Kaplan | Hal Smith | Denver Pyle | William Bryant
Directors: Blake Edwards
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Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie’s arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate’s own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards’ tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.

The Grifters (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Anjelica Huston | John Cusack | Annette Bening | Jan Munroe | Robert Weems | Stephen Tobolowsky | Jimmy Noonan | Richard Holden | Henry Jones | Michael Laskin | Eddie Jones | Sandy Baron | Lou Hancock | Gailard Sartain | Noelle Harling
Directors: Stephen Frears
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When con artist Roy Dillon (Cusack) is visited by his Mother, Lilly (Huston), who is also a con artist, she sends Roy off to the hospital because of a blow to the gut he suffered while working the grift. Roy’s girlfriend, Myra (Bening), the third con artist, comes to visit Roy, and we discover that Lilly and Myra don’t get along. After he is released from the hospital, Roy and Myra go on a little trip, where he is propositioned to be partners in crime with Myra. Everything soon falls apart for the three con artists, which leads to a bloody climax.

Revolver (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Jason Statham | Ray Liotta | André Benjamin | Vincent Pastore | Faruk Pruti | Shend | Bill Moody | Jimmy Flint | Bruce Wang | Tony Tang | George Sweeney | Martin Herdman | Tony Denham | Trevor Stuart | Gary Tang
Directors: Guy Ritchie
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Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He’s rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can’t play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn’t afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.

Maverick (1994)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Jodie Foster | James Garner | Graham Greene | Alfred Molina | James Coburn | Dub Taylor | Geoffrey Lewis | Paul L. Smith | Dan Hedaya | Dennis Fimple | Denver Pyle | Clint Black | Max Perlich | Art LaFleur
Directors: Richard Donner
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Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Leslie Nielsen | Richard Crenna | Kelly LeBrock | Melinda McGraw | Michael York | Sandra Bernhard | Aaron Pearl | Leslie Jones | Benjamin Ratner | Gerard Plunkett | Duncan Fraser | John Walsh | Maury Hannigan | Chick Hearn | Brian Arnold
Directors: Pat Proft
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Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue’s husband with her. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to find the real murderer.

All About the Benjamins (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ice Cube | Mike Epps | Tommy Flanagan | Carmen Chaplin | Eva Mendes | Valarie Rae Miller | Anthony Giaimo | Jeff Chase | Roger Guenveur Smith | Gino Salvano | Tony Ward | Dominic Chianese Jr. | Anthony Michael Hall | Antoni Corone | Bob Carter
Directors: Kevin Bray
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A bounty hunter is on the trail of a conman who skipped bail. The two wind up in a deserted warehouse where they witness a diamond scam in action, caught in the midst they put their differences aside to team up and detain the looters.