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Movies Releasing: the Week of April 29, 2005 |
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| XXX: State of the Union |
| DVD Release Date : ( France : November 08, 2005 ) |
| Réalisateur : Lee Tamahori. |
| Starring : Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Michael Roof, Nona Gaye, Peter Strauss. |
| Runtime : 101 minutes. Genre : Action, Adventure. |
| Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/triplex2/ |
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In Revolution Studios' follow-up to the successful franchise film "XXX," NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube), also code-named "XXX," must track a dangerous military splinter group led by Willem Dafoe that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation's capital. |
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Ladies in Lavender |
| DVD Release Date : December 06, 2005 |
| Réalisateur : Charles Dance. |
| Starring : Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Bruhl, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner, Toby Jones. |
| Runtime : 104 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
| Official Website : http://www.ladiesinlavenderthemovie.com/ |
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Set in picturesque coastal Cornwall, in a tight-knit fishing village in the 1930's, "Ladies in Lavender" boasts the cream of British acting talent as Oscar and BAFTA award-winners Dame Judi Dench ("Iris," "Chocolat," recent "James Bond" films) and Dame Maggie Smith ("Gosford Park," "Tea with Mussolini," the "Harry Potter" films) play the leading roles of sisters Ursula (Dench) and Janet Widdington (Smith).
Rising German talent and award-winning Daniel Bruhl ("Goodbye Lenin!") plays Andrea. A gifted young Jewish violinist from Krakow, Andrea is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a fierce storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome and mysterious stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live. |
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| The Holy Girl |
| Réalisateur : Lucrecia Martel. |
| Starring : Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, María Alche, Julieta Zylberberg, Mía Maestro, Marta Lubos. |
| Genre : Drama. |
| Official Website : http://www.laninasanta.com/ |
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"The Holy Girl" (La Niña Santa) explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls, Amalia (Alche) and her best friend, Josefina (Zylberberg). Artfully piecing together a mosaic of nuanced details, fragments of sounds, and small moments, Lucrecia Martel creates a potent and specific portrait of adolescent life. Understanding the temptation of good - and the evil it causes - "The Holy Girl" delicately explores themes of sin, frustration and desire. |
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| 3-Iron |
| Réalisateur : Kim Ki-duk. |
| Starring : Jae Hee, Lee Seung-yeon. |
| Genre : Drama, Romance. |
| Official Website : http://www.sonyclassics.com/3iron/ |
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Tae-suk (Jae Hee) drifts around on his motorcycle looking for empty houses to stay in. He goes from door to door and puts up flyers in the keyholes of each house. He later breaks into the house where the flyer has not been removed, assuming that the owner is away.
Tae-suk lives in the empty house until the owners return, but never steals or ruins anything. He simply guards the houses for a few days, fixing broken items, and even does the owners' laundry. Before leaving, he puts everything back as it used be.
One day, sneaking into a wealthy home, Tae-suk meets his destiny – a married woman named Sun-hwa (Lee Seung-yeon) who has been tormented by her abusive husband. While Tae-suk sneaks around the house, Sun-hwa hides in the dark and silently watches him. At first she's afraid of him, but when she sees him fixing a broken scale, she realizes he's not a thief and continues to observe him.
That same night, Tae-suk wakes up suddenly to find Sun-hwa staring at him. He runs out, bu... |
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