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50 First Dates
Comedy / Romance , produced in 2004, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
Description:
A fascinating and a really touching comedy about an aquatic veterinarian in Hawaii who thinks he's found the perfect woman who turns out to be having short-lived short-term memory, which means he must get acquainted with her every day. Each time they meet, he has to find a way to take over her and get her to fall in love with him all over again. But every morning Lucy has no idea who he is!
Total Recall
Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 1990, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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The year is 2084. Douglas Quaid is a construction worker, every night Doug has been having horrible nightmares about the planet Mars and it has become very obsessive for Doug. Doug goes to "Rekall INC" a company that sales false memories of ideal holidays. When Doug has a false memory of a holiday on Mars implanted, it all goes terribly wrong. Doug has lost his memory and he is being chased by a group of assassins and his beautiful wife Lori is a agent who claims his whole life is a fake and he isn't who he is. After discovering he is Hauser, a former Mars Intelligence agent, Quaid goes to the colony on Mars, in hoping of finding answers. Where he meets a woman named Melina who is working for rebels and the assassins are working for Vilos Cohaggen, the colony's corrupt administrator. As Doug sets out to discover who he is and why Cohaagen is after him, Doug not only is finding answers, he also begins to question reality. Is the events of Rekall INC, being chased by assassins and going to Mars really happening? or Is it all a dream?
Minority Report
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2002, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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In the midst of the XXI century, new psychological technologies have made the crime prevention almost absolutely effective in this movie set in Washington DC. All crimes are being interrupted even before its commission, all future offenders get jailed before the coming victim will suffer. John Anderton (Tom Cruise) works for the Pre-crime Division, which obtains future crime data from three genetically altered humans (Pre-Cogs), a kind of extrasensory individuals who are maintained by the chemicals. John had lost his child, a little girl several years ago. Suddenly it becomes known that Anderton is soon-to-kill somebody, a man he don't even know. John can't believe this, and now he is outlawed trying to find the truth about himself, he gets to know that the minority report exists: Agatha, one of the Pre-Cogs, is having her separate opinion on the difficult situation...
Spider-Man
Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2002, USA , added: 02 Dec 2004
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Well-known and deeply respected for his great deeds, the red-and-blue-suited Spider-Man is an idol and hero in New York City. Meanwhile, the modest Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) leads a regular, almost ascetic lifestyle, trying to win his spurs as a photographer, and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is the star of a great Broadway show. She is one of few people who know about Peter’s crime-fighting alter-ego. Harry Osborn (James Franco), once Peter’s friend, who is also aware of his secret identity, has become the New Goblin, bent on taking revenge the death of his father, the Green Goblin, by killing Spider-Man. Moreover, he is attracted by the charming Mary Jane and willing to take her away from Peter. To make matters more complicated, Peter is taken over by mysterious black alien substance Venom which amplifies his powers and changes his personality for the worst. And now he must battle not only with his remorseless foes, Harry and Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church), a crime fugitive incidentally transformed into Sandman, but also with...himself.
Jerry Maguire
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sport , produced in 1996, USA , added: 22 Jun 2006
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Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player. Can Jerry resurrect his career while still staying true to himself?
The Recruit
Action / Thriller , produced in 2003, USA , added: 27 Jun 2006
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James Clayton (Colin Farrell), one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country, is recruited by the secret CIA training facility called the Farm at Camp Peary in Virginia. The brilliant agent trainee quickly learns the tricks of the spy trade and rises through the ranks. When he gets a special assignment to root out a suspected spy that has infiltrated the Agency, Clayton starts to doubt whom he can truly trust as he suspects his mentor, Walter Burke (Al Pacino), and others at the Farm of being double agents for the Chinese government.
Ghost Busters
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi , produced in 1984, USA , added: 11 Sep 2006
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Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler are three scientists at Columbia University in New York City. When their grant expires, the guys are fired and they go into business as a ghost extermination company called "Ghostbusters". Their first customer is orchestra cello player Dana Barrett, who was scared out of her apartment on the 22nd floor of a high rise apartment building on Central Park West. It seems that Dana's neighbor, Louis Tully, is also being affected by the strange happenings in the apartment building. Armed with proton guns, the Ghostbusters become wildly popular, and they are joined by Winston Zeddmore, who is looking for a job with good pay. Overzealous Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agent Walter Peck thinks the Ghostbusters are frauds, and he has the Ghostbusters put in jail. Peck is forced to believe the Ghostbusters when New York City is put under siege by an ancient Sumerian God named Gozer the Gozerian, who is channeled through the apartment building that Dana and Louis live in, and the mayor has no choice but to let the Ghostbusters out of jail to face Gozer.
Superman Returns
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi , produced in 2006, Australia, USA , added: 04 Dec 2006
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After a long period in the space, looking for the remains of planet Krypton, Superman returns to Earth. He misses Lois Lane, who lives with Richard White and has a son. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor plots an evil plan, using crystals he stole from the Fortress of Solitude, to create a new land and submerge the USA.
Cast Away
Adventure / Drama , produced in 2000, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
Description:
Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales - and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt. Chuck's manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey. After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience.
I, Robot
Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2004, USA , added: 05 Nov 2004
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It's the year 2035, and the community now has the help of robots. These robots have three laws integrated into their system. One, they cannot harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Two, they must do whatever they're told by a human being as long as such orders don't conflict with law one. Three, they have to defend themselves as long as such defense doesn't conflict with laws one or two. One day, the writer of the three laws, Alfred Lanning, apparently jumps out of the tenth-floor window of U.S. Robotics. The majority of the Chicago Police Department believe that he committed suicide, but Detective Del Spooner (Smith), who hates robots, thinks he was murdered, and the number one suspect is a Nestor Class-5 robot who calls himself Sonny. However, if it was Sonny, then that means he would've had to have broken the three laws. With the help of Dr. Susan Calvin, Spooner must now discover the truth before it's too late.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy , produced in 1999, USA , added: 06 Dec 2006
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Dr. Evil returns from space just as British spy Austin Powers learns on his honeymoon that his wife is a fembot in Evil's control. Back on the singles scene, Powers discovers he's impotent because Evil has used a time machine to return to the late 60s and steal his libido. British intelligence also has a time portal, so Powers goes back to 1969 to recapture his mojo and, teaming with agent Felicity Shagwell, to stop another Evil plot to take over the world, this time with a "laser" beamed from the moon. Subplots involve Evil's son Scott's discovery of who his mother is, Evil's affection for a clone one-eighth his size, and the machinations of an obese Scot named Fat Bastard.
Perfect Stranger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller , produced in 2007, USA , added: 11 Sep 2007
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When Rowena Price (Halle Berry), a reporter for a major New York paper, launches an investigation into murdering her childhood friend Grace (Nicki Aycox), the trail leads her to Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), a powerful chief executive officer of a large advertising agency. What she needs to bring the supposed killer to justice is to get the goods on him. With the support of her associate Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi), she starts playing the bitter perilous game, posing as Katherine, a temp secretary at Hill's company, and Veronica, a girl the concupiscent Hill flirts with in an Internet chat room. Weaving an intricate web for her prey to get caught, she unwittingly becomes entrapped in a web of deceit, betrayal, manipulation and false truths.
Crank
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller , produced in 2006, UK, USA , added: 22 Nov 2007
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For freelance hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) the day begins with bad news. He receives a message from a rival thug, Ricky Verona (Jose Cantillo), who reveals that Chev has been injected in his sleep with rare poison from China and he is only an hour away from perishing. Chev learns from his friend, Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam), that he must keep his adrenaline in an upper level to stay alive before he can find an antidote. It's generally known that fear, sex and rage make your blood boil and your adrenaline flow. Trying to create as much tension as possible, Chev sets out to wreak his deadly vengeance on those who have betrayed him, and prevent his girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart) from falling into the mob's clutches.
Final Destination 2
Fantasy / Horror / Thriller , produced in 2003, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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It’s impossible to cheat Death. Sometimes potential victims manage to escape their fates, but it is only a matter of time before Old Reaper that doesn't like being outwitted comes back and takes revenge on them. Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) and 8 random strangers could hardly avoid a horrific car crash. Now Death's plot is not only to harm the survivors, but every single person they've come in contact with. They must find a way to stop Death before it's to late... but how will they stop it?
Wayne's World
Comedy / Music , produced in 1992, USA , added: 07 Apr 2008
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Wayne Campbell is a heavy metal fanatic living in a suburban Chicago neighborhood. On a Friday Night, Wayne and his eccentric best friend, Garth Algar hosts "Wayne's World", a public cable network TV show in Wayne's basement and is very popular. "Wayne's World" catches the attention of handsome TV network executive Ben Oliver who wants "Wayne's World" on his television network in downtown Chicago and sponsored by billionaire Noah Vandahoff, one of the largest owners in the arcade business. With "Wayne's World" now on a Prime Time TV network, Wayne and Garth find themselves moving up big time and Wayne finds himself falling in love with Cassandra Wong, a Chinese-American lead singer of a heavy metal band. But Ben has a hidden agenda and plans on ruining their show and he bids to steal Cassandra from Wayne if Wayne and Garth do not make a success in making "Wayne's World" #1 in the TV ratings. Wayne and Garth finds the show isn't the same and Wayne plans to help Cassandra make it big time with her career.
Nim's Island
Adventure / Comedy / Family , produced in 2008, USA , added: 23 Jun 2008
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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Adventure / Sci-Fi , produced in 1968, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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When the world is ruled by apes, one particular group discovers a mysterious rectangular monolith near their home, which imparts upon them the knowledge of tool use, and enables them to evolve into men. A similar monolith is discovered on the moon, and is determined to have come from an area near Jupiter. Astronaut David Bowman, along with four companions, sets off for Jupiter on a spaceship controlled by HAL 9000, a revolutionary computer system that is every bit mankind's equal, and perhaps his superior. When HAL endangers the crew's lives for the sake of the mission, Bowman will have to first overcome the computer, then travel to the birthplace of the monolith.
Men in Black II
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi , produced in 2002, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
Description:
They are back, again in black! The heroes of the most successful sci-fi comedy of the 1997 return to the screen to fight the powerful intergalactic villain Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle), an alien disguised as a lingerie model. Jay (Will Smith), whose partner Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) is retired since the very ending of the previous series, is to find his colleague who is now a mailman and remembers absolutely nothing about his agent life as his memory is selectively wiped. Serleena's aim is to possess some hidden artifact, in that case our world will have serious troubles, namely, it will be destroyed. The most hilarious characters in this series are talking dog Frank (voiced by Tim Blaney) and a motley crew of the alien worms who help guys in black to fight super-powerful, super-sexy villain. She will not surrender for nothing: Serleena's tentacles wrapped the MIB central office...
Back to the Future Part II
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi , produced in 1989, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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This movie picks up where the last one left off; with Doc Brown and Marty going into the future to help Marty's future offspring. After doing that they returned to their own time, only to discover that things have changed. They discovered that while in the future, Marty's nemesis, Biff Tannen got the sports book that Marty bought so that he could know the results of sports events and make a killing, but Doc Brown nixed his plans, but Tannen who overheard their conversation, got the book and the time machine and went back into the past and gave the book to himself, who has not only amassed a fortune but also extremely powerful. So Doc and Marty have to go back to when Biff got the book and get it away from him. And it seems that it was in 1955 on the night of the dance that Biff got the book. So not only must they get the book but they must also avoid the other versions of themselves.
Back to the Future Part III
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Western , produced in 1990, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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The movie continues where the last one with Marty stuck in 1955. But Doc Brown sent him a letter from 1855 through Western Union, that told him that after the Delorean was struck by lightning he was sent to 1855 and was unable to repair it, but has managed to bury it somewhere, where Marty can get to it in 1955 and hopefully the younger version of himself can repair it so he can drive it back to 1985 and then destroy it. But after finding it, Marty discovers that shortly after sending the letter Doc would be shot by an outlaw, Mad Dog Tannen. Marty then goes back to 1885 to save him and meets his ancestors. After finding the Doc, they were about to leave when Marty told the Doc that upon arriving the Delorean's gas tank was punctured, so they don't have any gasoline to run the car, which means they have to find some way to get the car to 88 mph. They decide to try pushing it with a locomotive. And things are fine except for the fact that Tannen, who had it in for Doc, now has it for Marty and has challenged him to gunfight on the day that they are going to leave, and Doc is smitten with Clara Clayton, the new school teacher.
Freddy vs. Jason
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller , produced in 2003, Italy, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Two of the most remembered eighties slasher film icons finally clash together on the big screen in a film fans have long been awaiting. Trapped in Hell when the authorities of Springwood manage to erase all evidence of his existence (and thus the fear that gives him his power), nightmare spirit Freddy Krueger comes across the soul of the equally infamous Camp Crystal Lake mad slasher, Jason Voorhees. Taking the guise of Jason's mother, Freddy resurrects him and commands him to start terrorizing Springwood, hoping to instill enough fear that the name Freddy Krueger gets out again so that the ensuing panic makes Freddy strong enough to return a seventh time. The plan works, but Freddy soon discovers that Jason, true to his nature in the past, will not stop killing, and is taking each of his victims. Determined to retake his position as the most feared killer in Springwood, Freddy devises a plan to sedate Jason into unconsciousness in order to battle him to the death. In the meantime, a small band of survivors who learn what's happening make their own efforts to not only ensure Jason's victory, but to return him to Camp Crystal Lake.
Gremlins
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror , produced in 1984, USA , added: 24 Jul 2006
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Gremlins begins with inventor Rand Peltzer trying to find a quick gift for his son Billy before returning home from a New York trip. He settles on a unique pet in a Chinatown curio shop—a cute, furry creature known as a Mogwai. Before he leaves, he is warned by the shop's owner that three rules must be obeyed by a Mogwai owner: 1) Keep it away from bright light, 2) Don't get any water on it, and 3) Never, never ever feed it after midnight. Rand takes note of these rules and returns home with the Mogwai to his idyllic small-town home of Kingston Falls. Rand's gift is an instant hit: Billy loves his adorable new pet, naming it Gizmo and taking it everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, he and his friends also begin breaking the rules of Mogwai care. When water is accidentally spilled on Gizmo, it causes him to multiply and produce a number of mischievous little brothers. Among these is the mean-tempered Stripe. Soon enough, the new Mogwai get hold of some food after midnight and this causes them to change from cute fur-balls into nasty, scaly monsters dubbed 'Gremlins.'
History of Violence, A
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller , produced in 2005, Germany, USA , added: 28 Nov 2006
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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is an easygoing diner owner and respectable family man who lives happily with his wife Edie (Maria Bello) and two kids, Jack (Ashton Holmes) and Sarah (Heidi Hayes), in a small Indiana town. But one night his idyll is shattered when two gun-armed robbers show up at his diner. Tom acts surprisingly bravely and smartly in this dangerous situation. Defending himself and his customers, he gives short shrift to the intruders and immediately becomes a local hero. He is interviewed and showed on TV many times, though he seems to shun reporters. Some time later, a scarred faced mobster, Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris), and his two henchmen drop into Tom’s restaurant and begin addressing him as Joey Cusack, asking him questions about the old days in Philadelphia. Tom turns out to have a dark past and he is not what he pretends to be...
Elf
Comedy / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2003, USA , added: 11 Dec 2006
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One Christmas Eve an orphan baby crawls into Santa’s sack to play hide-and-seek. Thus he accidently finds himself in the North Pole where he is reared by his adoptive elf father. When he grows to be three times the size of his elf family, his father realizes Buddy will never fit into the elf world and tells him the truth. This holiday season, Buddy sets off for New York City to find his roots. In Big Applethe innocent elf faces with all kinds of humorous trouble. First he seeks out his real father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a workaholic publisher, who has lost the Christmas spirit. Walter doesn’t believe Buddy is who or what he says he is. Buddy also discovers his stepmother Emily (Mary Steenburgen) and his ten-year-old stepbrother Michael (Daniel Tay) who doesn’t believe in Christmas or Santa. In fact, everyone seems to have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas. Fortunately, buddy encounters Jovie (Zooey Deschanel), a beautiful department store elf, who supports him to save Christmas for New York and the world.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Action / Comedy / Sport , produced in 2006, USA , added: 10 Oct 2007
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Since childhood ambitious Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) has been mad about auto racing, dreaming of following his father's (Gary Cole) steps and becoming a pro. He makes the first step to his dream and starts working on a pit crew as a jackman for a race team. One day he is lucky to replace Terry Cheveaux (Adam McKay) who is only an apology for a driver and ends up finishing third despite starting mid-race in last place. Ricky soon becomes the best NASCAR driver, around whom reporters and girl fans always swarm. He and his stalwart childhood friend, racing partner Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly) always finish races in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions; he has his trophy wife Carley (Leslie Bibb), two kids and fat cat accounts in the bank. It goes on like this, until a pretentious Formula One driver Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) challenges Ricky and outperforms him on the track. The ex-champion finds himself in a hospital bed instead of a pedestal. Doctors prohibit him from dreaming of his comeback on track but despite everything Ricky gets back into racing and makes it hot for Jean Girard.
Blade Runner (Final cut)
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2007, USA , added: 19 Dec 2007
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Deckard is a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 4 "skin jobs", a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious.
This is the special 2007 "final cut" edition of the famous 1982 movie.
Cloverfield
Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2008, USA , added: 07 Apr 2008
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Before leaving the USA for Japan, Robert "Rob" Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) arranges a farewell party. The gaudy is unexpectedly interrupted by an earthquake and a terrifying roar. A monstrous creature of unknown origin descends on New York, spreading panic, wreaking havoc and gobbling up people. The military seems powerless against the giant-sized monster, and Manhattan is declared a closed zone. But when the guys learn that Rob's girlfriend Elizabeth "Beth" McIntyre (Odette Yustman) is trapped under her collapsed building, they come back into Manhattan to save her.
Iron Man
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2008, USA , added: 08 Sep 2008
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Tony Stark is the complete playboy who also happens to be an engineering genius. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack. He uses the armored suit to escape. Back in the U.S. he announces his company will cease making weapons and he begins work on an updated armored suit only to find that Obadiah Stane, his second in command at Stark industries has been selling Stark weapons to the insurgents. He uses his new suit to return to Afghanistan to destroy the arms and then to stop Shane from misusing his research.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Action / Adventure / Fantasy , produced in 2001, Germany, Japan, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
Description:
She is an exceptional case. Divinely beautiful, incredibly clever and courageous – a rose without thorn! She speaks foreign languages, is skilled in hand-to-hand fighting and weapons training, and able to survive in extreme conditions. There is no woman on the planet to compare with her. This girl is a daughter of Lord Richard Croft (Jon Voight). Her name is Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). She is a tireless adventurer and archeologist who travels to exotic places in search of lost treasures and artifacts. This time she must find the unique artifact that grants the possessor ultimate power over space and time. Lara starts a race against time to get the two halves of the Triangle of Light before a crew of villains called the Illuminati acquires the talisman. The destiny of the human race is in Lara's delicate and safe hands...
The Italian Job
Action / Crime / Thriller , produced in 2003, France, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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After mastermind Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) and his crew of expert thieves and adventurers pull off a massive gold bullion heist from a Venetian palazzo, they are shocked to discover that one of them is a traitor. It is inside man Steve (Edward Norton) who kills his companion, veteran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland), and makes off with the bullions. One year later, the surviving gang members decide to exact their revenge on the double-crosser. They track down Steve in Los Angeles, California, and plot to break into his palatial estate, steal back the gold and make their escape by hacking into the traffic control system and creating the biggest traffic jam in the city's history.
