Movies Releasing: the Week of June 11, 2004 |
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Anchorman |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 17, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Adam McKay. |
Starring : Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, David Koechner. |
Runtime : 94 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.anchorman-themovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Will Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the '70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first-as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons...it's war.
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The Chronicles of Riddick |
Réalisateur : David Twohy. |
Starring : Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Karl Urban, Thandie Newton. |
Genre : Fantasy, Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.thechroniclesofriddick.com |
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Vin Diesel reprises his star-making "Pitch Black" role of enigmatic anti- hero Richard B. Riddick in the new science fiction action-adventure epic, "The Chronicles of Riddick". Riddick has spent the last five years on the move among the forgotten worlds on the outskirts of the galaxy, eluding mercenaries bent on collecting the price on his head. Now, the fugitive finds himself on planet Helion, home to a progressive multicultural society, which has been invaded by the Lord Marshal (Feore), a zealot who targets humans for subjugation with his army of warriors known as Necromongers. Exiled to a subterranean prison where extremes of temperature range from arctic nights to volcanic days, Riddick encounters Kyra (Davalos), the lone survivor from an earlier chapter in his life. His efforts to free himself and Kyra lead him to the Necromonger command ship, where he is pitted against the Lord Marshal in an apocalyptic battle with possibly the fate of all beings-both living and dead-hanging in ... |
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The Stepford wives |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 18, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Frank Oz. |
Starring : Matthew Broderick, Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Bette Midler. |
Runtime : 93 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Science fiction, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.stepfordwivesmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech terrifying little town, in a very modern comedy-thriller. |
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Napoleon Dynamite |
DVD Release Date : May 16, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Jared Hess. |
Starring : Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Haylie Duff, Sandy Martin. |
Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.foxsearchlight.com/napoleondynamite |
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From Preston, Idaho comes Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), a new kind of hero complete with a tight red 'fro, some sweet moon boots, and skills that can’t be topped. Napoleon lives with his Grandma (Martin) and his 30-year-old, unemployed brother Kip (Ruell), who spends his days looking for love in internet chat rooms. When Grandma hits the road on her quad runner, Napoleon and Kip’s meddling Uncle Rico (Gries) comes to town to stay with them and ruin their lives. Napoleon is left to his own devices to impress the chicks at school and help his new best friend Pedro (Ramirez) win the election for Student Body President against the stuck-up Summer Wheatley (Duff); all the while making sure to feed Grandma’s pet llama Tina, and avoiding association with Uncle Rico and the herbal breast enhancers he sells door to door. Napoleon and Pedro put their skills and knowledge of piñatas, cows and drawing to good use, but it is a surprise talent that leads the two to triumph in the end. |
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Facing Windows |
Réalisateur : Ferzan Ozpetek. |
Starring : Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra Yilmaz, Massimo Poggio, Ivan Bacchi. |
Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.facingwindows.com/ |
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Giovanna, though still very young, has been married to her devoted husband Filippo for 9 years. She divides her time between her job at the poultry factory, looking after her 2 children, and baking cakes for the local cafe, bearing the weight of responsibility on her shoulders. The strain on Giovanna is increased when Filippo, in his kindness, brings home a refined elderly gentleman who has lost his memory. In trying to help this man Giovanna reluctantly spends more and more time with him, slowly uncovering clues to the mystery of his buried past: a number tatooed onto his forearm, his expertise in the art of the patisserie and the name, Simon... Increasingly irritated by her husband's softness, her fantasies of the ideal are projected onto the handsome mysterious neighbor whom she watches in the hope of adding a little excitement to her life. |
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Two brothers |
Réalisateur : Jean-Jacques Annaud. |
Starring : Guy Pearce, Christian Clavier, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu. |
Genre : Adventure, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.twobrothersmovie.net/ |
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Set not so long ago in a distant land, Two Brothers is the story of twin tiger cubs--one shy and gentle, the other, bold and fierce--who are born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle, but are one day separated by fate. The bold brother is sold off to a circus, where homesickness and living in a cage rob him of his spirit. The shy cub becomes the beloved companion for the governor's lonely young son, until an accident forces the family to give him away to a man who resolves to break his gentle nature and turn him into a fighter for sport. When they are fully grown, the brothers find themselves reunited--but as forced enemies pitted against each other. |
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