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Movies Releasing: the Week of June 03, 2005 |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
Réalisateur : Ken Kwapis. |
Starring : Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, Bradley Whitford, Nancy Travis, Rachel Ticotin, Jenna Boyd. |
Runtime : 117 minutes. Genre : Adventure, Comedy, Drama. |
Official Website : http://sisterhoodofthetravelingpants.warnerbros.com/ |
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Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about a special 16th summer in the lives of four lifelong friends. The film stars Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrara and Blake Lively as four 16-year-old best friends who are separated for the first time. On a last shopping trip together, the girls find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use these "magic" pants as a way of keeping in touch over the months ahead, each girl wearing the jeans for a week to see what luck they bring her before sending them on to the next. Though miles apart, the four friends still experience life, love and loss together in a summer they'll never forget. |
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Cinderella Man |
DVD Release Date : December 06, 2005 |
Réalisateur : Ron Howard. |
Starring : Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Craig Bierko, Paul Giamatti, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, Ron Canada. |
Runtime : 144 minutes. Genre : Action, Drama, History. |
Official Website : http://www.cinderellamanmovie.com/ |
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Russell Crowe stars in the story inspired by the life of legendary athlete Jim Braddock, a once-promising light heavyweight boxer forced into retirement after a string of losses in the ring. As the nation enters the darkest years of the Great Depression, Braddock accepts a string of dead-end jobs to support his wife, Mae (Zellweger), and their children, while never totally abandoning his dream of boxing again. Thanks to a last minute cancellation, Braddock finds himself back in the ring against the second-ranked world contender--and to everyone's amazement, Braddock wins in the third round. Despite being pounds lighter than his opponents and repeated injuries to his hands, Braddock continues to fight against challengers and win. Carrying on his shoulders the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised masses, Braddock, dubbed the "Cinderella Man," faces his toughest challenger in Max Baer (Bierko), the heavyweight champion of the world, renowned for having killed two men in the ring. |
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Lords of Dogtown |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 25, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Catherine Hardwicke. |
Starring : Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson, Michael Angarano, Nikki Reed, Heath Ledger, Rebecca de Mornay, Johnny Knoxville. |
Runtime : 107 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/lordsofdogtown/ |
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In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, California pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boyz, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools as their canvas, the Z-boyz paved the way to what is now referred to as "extreme sports," and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to beomce a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But all of this fame would take its toll on the friendships that they thought would last a lifetime as the sport that started out as an afternoon hobby turned into big business. |
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High Tension |
Réalisateur : Alexandre Aja. |
Starring : Cécile De France, Maïwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun, Andrei Finti. |
Genre : Horror, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.hightensionmovie.com/ |
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The film centers on two teen girls who settle in for a relaxing weekend at a country farmhouse, unaware that a violent intruder is speeding toward them to transform their dreams into a relentless, bloody nightmare. |
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Milwaukee, Minnesota |
Réalisateur : Allan Mindel. |
Starring : Troy Garity, Alison Folland, Randy Quaid, Bruce Dern, Hank Harris, Debra Monk. |
Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.milwaukee-minnesota.com/ |
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The past meets the present when Milwaukee's best fishermen, Albert Burroughs, a young man perceived to be mentally disabled, finds himself the target of two separate con artist out to steal his money.
Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly kills her. Free for the first time, Albert quickly responds to the bait dangling in front of him, putting his aggressors against one another in a race for his trust. When his one and only friend attempts to intervene, Albert’s compelling history is unveiled, and we learn that nothing is quite what it seems in this Midwestern tale of love and deceit.
Using his skills that make him a gifted fisherman, Albert turns the tables on his seemingly doomed fate, capturing the heart of the woman most eager to deceive him, and fooling the man most intent on destroying him. Proving in the end that intelligence, while easily judged from a distance, i... |
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Après vous |
Réalisateur : Pierre Salvadori. |
Starring : Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Maryline Canto, Michèle Moretti, Garance Clavel. |
Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.paramountclassics.com/apresvous/ |
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(Not Available in English) Antoine est maître d'hôtel dans une brasserie parisienne.
Un soir, en rentrant du travail, il sauve un inconnu du suicide. Se sentant étrangement coupable d'avoir sauvé la vie de cet homme, Antoine n'a de cesse de vouloir l'aider, le réparer.
Mais il a beau faire, Louis n'a qu'une seule obsession, Blanche, la femme de sa vie, celle à cause de qui il a voulu mourir... Sans en parler à son nouvel ami, Antoine décide de la retrouver. Mais les choses ne se passent pas tout à fait comme prévues.
Blanche n'est pas seule, et surtout elle est belle... |
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5x2 |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 05, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : François Ozon. |
Starring : Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Géraldine Pailhas, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Drama, Romance. |
Official Website : (Not English Website) http://www.francois-ozon.com |
Plot Summary : |
A young couple, Gilles and Marion in their 30's, filmed in five crucial parts of their life. |
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