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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Rennie | Patricia Neal | Hugh Marlowe | Sam Jaffe | Billy Gray | Frances Bavier | Lock Martin | Elmer Davis | H.V. Kaltenborn | Drew Pearson | Gabriel Heatter | Holly Bane | Marshall Bradford | John Brown | John Burton
Directors: Robert Wise
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A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.

Being There (1979)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Sellers | Shirley MacLaine | Melvyn Douglas | Jack Warden | Richard Dysart | Richard Basehart | Ruth Attaway | David Clennon | Fran Brill | Denise DuBarry | Oteil Burbridge | Ravenell Keller III | Brian Corrigan | Alfredine P. Brown | Donald Jacob
Directors: Hal Ashby
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A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.

Pacific Heights (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Melanie Griffith | Matthew Modine | Michael Keaton | Mako | Nobu McCarthy | Laurie Metcalf | Carl Lumbly | Dorian Harewood | Luca Bercovici | Tippi Hedren | Sheila McCarthy | Guy Boyd | Jerry Hardin | Dan Hedaya | James Staley
Directors: John Schlesinger
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A yuppie couple buy a large house in an exclusive San Fransisco neighborhood. They renovate it and plan to rent two apartments on the first floor to cover the costs. A prosperous looking man moves in but is not the ideal tenant. He never pays any rent, drives the other tenants away and systematically ruins the lives of his landlords.

Simply Irresistible (1999)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar | Sean Patrick Flanery | Patricia Clarkson | Dylan Baker | Larry Gilliard Jr. | Christopher Durang | Betty Buckley | Olek Krupa | Amanda Peet | Alex Draper | Drew Nieporent | Anthony Ruivivar | Andrew McFarlane | Steven Skybell | Phyllis Somerville
Directors: Mark Tarlov
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A department store executive (Flanery) tries to resist falling in love with a young woman (Gellar), who he believes has possessed magical powers after inheriting a restaurant.

Deep Rising (1998)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Treat Williams | Famke Janssen | Anthony Heald | Kevin J. O'Connor | Wes Studi | Derrick O'Connor | Jason Flemyng | Cliff Curtis | Clifton Powell | Trevor Goddard | Djimon Hounsou | Una Damon | Clint Curtis | Warren Takeuchi | Linden Banks
Directors: Stephen Sommers
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A gang of jewel thieves board an empty luxury liner in the South Seas to find that the crew and passengers have been killed by a monster that kills its victims and sucks the water from their bodies that looks like a mix of a giant squid and the monster from “Aliens”.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen | Ken Davitian | Luenell | Bob Barr | Spirea Ciorobea | Alan Keyes | Michael Psenicksa | Bobby Rowe | Jim Sell | Larry Walker | Ilham Äliyev | Pamela Anderson | Mariam Behar | Linda Stein
Directors: Larry Charles
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Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the “greatest country in the world.” With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.

Night at the Museum (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Ben Stiller | Carla Gugino | Dick Van Dyke | Mickey Rooney | Bill Cobbs | Jake Cherry | Ricky Gervais | Robin Williams | Kim Raver | Patrick Gallagher | Rami Malek | Pierfrancesco Favino | Charles Q. Murphy | Steve Coogan | Mizuo Peck
Directors: Shawn Levy
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In New York, the unemployed divorced Larry Daley is a complete loser. His son Nick is very disappointed with his father that is gong to be evicted, and Larry accepts the job of night watchman in the Museum of Natural History as the substituted for three old security guards that have just retired to raise some money and pay his bills. In his first nightshift, Larry realizes that everything at the museum comes to life at night. The Museum transforms in a complete chaos with the inexperienced Larry, and he learns that since an old Egyptian stone came to the Museum in 1950, the was statues comes to life until dawn. When Larry brings his son to spend a night with him, the three old guards break in the Museum to stole the magic stone. Larry organizes the historic characters to help him to arrest the criminals and save the museum.

World Trade Center (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Maria Bello | Connor Paolo | Anthony Piccininni | Alexa Gerasimovich | Morgan Flynn | Michael Pena | Armando Riesco | Jay Hernandez | Joe Starr | Jon Bernthal | William Jimeno | Nick Damici | Jude Ciccolella | Martin Pfefferkorn
Directors: Oliver Stone
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On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.

Smokin’ Aces (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Ben Affleck | Zach Cumer | Jason Bateman | Common | Joseph Ruskin | Andy Garcia | Alex Rocco | Wayne Newton | Alicia Keys | Ray Liotta | Jeremy Piven | Peter Berg | Ryan Reynolds | Martin Henderson | Christopher Michael Holley
Directors: Joe Carnahan
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An FBI agent (Reynolds) hunts for a Las Vegas stand up comedian (Piven) who has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins (including Affleck and Keys).

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Wilder | Jack Albertson | Peter Ostrum | Roy Kinnear | Julie Dawn Cole | Leonard Stone | Denise Nickerson | Nora Denney | Paris Themmen | Ursula Reit | Michael Bollner | Diana Sowle | Aubrey Woods | David Battley | Günter Meisner
Directors: Mel Stuart
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Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece of candy and give it to him. In exchange, he will make them rich. Willy Wonka, played by ‘Gene Wilder’(qv), soon introduces them to the factory, and starts the grand tour around the factory. Once inside, the 5 winners start to run amuck. One by one, the 5 kids start to disappear, until it is only Charlie that remains. At this point, Wonka starts to ignore Charlie, and then tells him why: because Charlie and Grandpa Joe, played by ‘Jack Albertson’ (qv), drank some forbidden product without permission. Will Charlie turn against Wonka? Or will he discover that he was wrong and make up what he has done?