Movies Releasing: the Week of May 02, 2008 |
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Iron Man |
DVD Release Date : ( France : November 05, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Jon Favreau. |
Starring : Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb, Bill Smitrovich, Nazanin Boniadi. |
Runtime : 125 minutes. Genre : Action, Fantasy. |
Official Website : http://www.ironmanmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Based upon Marvel's iconic Super Hero, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. Upon his return to America, Tony must come to terms with his past. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. |
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Made of Honor |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 09, 2009 ) |
Réalisateur : Paul Weiland. |
Starring : Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Kadeem Hardison, Beau Garrett, Richmond Arquette, Whitney Cummings. |
Runtime : 101 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.madeofhonor-movie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
"Made of Honor" is a male-driven romantic comedy about a guy (Dempsey) whose dream girl asks him to be her maid of honor. He agrees in an attempt to win her heart. |
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Fugitive Pieces |
Réalisateur : Jeremy Podeswa. |
Starring : Stephen Dillane, Rade Sherbedgia, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Robbie Kay, Ed Stoppard, Rachelle Lefevre. |
Runtime : 108 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.fugitivepiecesthefilm.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
A powerful and unforgettably lyrical film about love, loss and redemption, "Fugitive Pieces" tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is transformed by his childhood experiences during WWII. The film is based on the beloved and best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels.
Jakob's story (Robbie Kay) begins in Poland in 1942, when he is nine years old. Nazi soldiers have murdered his parents and abducted his teenage sister, Bella. Traumatized by this horrific event, Jakob sneaks out of his hiding place and struggles to survive. He is found by Athos Roussos (Rade Sherbedgia), a Greek archaeologist working at a Polish dig site in Biskupin. Moved by the child's plight, Athos boldly smuggles Jakob out of Poland and hides him in his home on the island of Zakynthos in Greece, also occupied by the Germans. Jakob spends the last years of the Occupation in Athos' tender care.
After the war, Athos and Jakob immigrate to Canada, where Athos has accepted a teaching position with a Uni... |
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Son of Rambow |
Réalisateur : Garth Jennings. |
Starring : Will Poulter, Bill Milner, Jules Sitruk, Charlie Thrift, Jessica Stevenson, Neil Dudgeon. |
Runtime : 96 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.sonoframbow.com/ |
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A nostalgic trip back to the 1980s, "Son of Rambow" is an inventive valentine to an era where, for the first time in history, young minds had access to technology that allowed them to create their own stories while paying homage to their larger-than-life heroes from the movies that inspired them.
Will, who isn't allowed to watch TV or go to the movies, expresses himself through his drawings and illustrations until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and crafter of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirated copy of the first Rambo film, "First Blood," which blows his mind wide open. Against his family's orders, his imaginative little brain begins to flower in the world of filmmaking. Will and Lee become popular at school through their films, but when a French exchange student, Didier Revol, arrives on the scene, their unique friendship and precious film are pushed to the breaking point.
Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, ak... |
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Mister Lonely |
Réalisateur : Harmony Korine. |
Starring : Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox, Melita Morgan, Anita Pallenberg. |
Runtime : 111 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
Plot Summary : |
In Paris, a young American (Luna) who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe (Morton), who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin (Lavant) and her daughter, Shirley Temple. |
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