Movies Releasing: the Week of September 03, 2004 |
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Wicker Park |
DVD Release Date : ( France : August 02, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Paul McGuigan. |
Starring : Josh Hartnett, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger. |
Runtime : 115 minutes. Genre : Drama, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.wickerparkmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Intricately moving back and forth in time and revealing the story from each character's perspective, Wicker Park is an intense psychological drama about a man (Hartnett) caught in an obsessive search for a woman he fell deeply in love with - a woman who then vanished without a trace. Two years after her disappearance, he catches a fleeting glimpse of her in a local bar and begins a twisting search to find her and discover what really happened. |
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Vanity Fair |
DVD Release Date : ( France : November 08, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Mira Nair. |
Starring : Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Aileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne. |
Runtime : 142 minutes. Genre : Drama, History. |
Official Website : http://www.vanityfairmovie.com/ |
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A big-screen version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel. Set in the 1840s, it centers on a lower-class girl, Becky Sharp (Witherspoon), who defies her poverty-stricken background to climb the London social ladder with her best friend, Amelia, by her side. |
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The Last shot |
DVD Release Date : ( France : July 06, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Jeff Nathanson. |
Starring : Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Calista Flockhart, Toni Collette, Tim Blake. |
Runtime : 93 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.thelastshot.net/ |
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Inspired by the true story of a sting operation in Providence, R.I. "The Last Shot" revolves around a young filmmaker (Broderick) who is given millions of dollars to make his first movie by a mysterious benefactor (Baldwin) on the condition that he shoot it in Providence. But the filmmaker eventually discovers that his film's producer is an undercover FBI agent. |
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Paparazzi |
Réalisateur : Paul Abascal. |
Starring : Cole Hauser, Robin Tunney, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore. |
Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.paparazzithemovie.com/ |
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A celebrity decides to make a persistent photographer pay for almost causing a personal tragedy. |
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The Cookout |
Réalisateur : Lance Rivera. |
Starring : Queen Latifah, Quran Pender, Ja Rule, Eve ,Jonathan Silverman, Jenifer Lewis, Meagan Good, Tim Meadows, Farrah Fawcett, Danny Glover, Storm P. |
Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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Todd Anderson is chosen as the #1 NBA draft pick by the New Jersey Nets and signs a contract for thirty million dollars that instantly changes his life. Whether he likes it or not his mom, Lady Em played by Jenifer Lewis, is not going to let her son forget his roots. Todd is at a crossroads and with his new found wealth becomes vulnerable to the influence of other people. Todd buys a new house and mistakenly invites family from the old neighborhood for a cookout on the same day he scheduled an endorsement interview. The cookout is a family tradition more extravagant than the typical American dinner gathering because it's like a giant reunion and all havoc breaks loose for the feast of Southern home cooking. As the new black man living in a stuffy white neighborhood, Todd attracts a lot of attention. Queen Latifah is the eccentric security guard that makes matters worse for Todd. She's poised to bust him if any of the neighborhood association's myriad of rules gets broken. Unfortunately... |
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Warriors of Heaven and Earth |
Réalisateur : He Ping. |
Starring : Jiang Wen, Nakai Kiichi, Xueqi Wang, Vicki Zhao Wei, Yun Zhou. |
Genre : Action, Adventure, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.sonyclassics.com/comingsoon.php?filmid=80&page=3 |
Plot Summary : |
In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, "Warriors of Heaven and Earth" weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows two protagonists, Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) - both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the West to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a violent mutiny when he refused orders to kill female and child prisoners. |
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