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Curse of the Golden Flower

IMDB Rating: 7.00
9520 votes

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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.
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Emperor PingYun-Fat Chow
Empress PhoenixLi Gong
Prince JaiJay Chou
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Werewolf: The Devil’s Hound

IMDB Rating: 2.50
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Kevin had it all: An exciting pyrotechnic job, a caring family, and a beautiful wife. That is until a late night encounter with the savagely blood thirsty Christine prompts him to slowly turn against his family and co-workers. Now, with the help of the quirky and questionable werewolf hunter Kwan, two families from two different cultures will unite for one common cause. Will Kevin betray the ones he loves in favor of the one he lusts? From its first bloody death to its last explosion, Lycan draws you into a blood bath of beastly transformations and unbelievable gore. The film's unexpected and outrageous humor is the chaser that helps quench any gore-hounds thirst for horror.
Actors
Kevin MaddenMichael Dionne
Phil MaddenPhil Gauvin
Michael MaddenAdam Loewenbaum
Also posted in 2007, Action, Horror | Comments (0)

The Tailor of Panama

IMDB Rating: 6.00
8633 votes

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John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.
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Geoffrey Rush
Pierce Brosnan
Jamie Lee Curtis
Also posted in 2001, Drama, Thriller | Comments (6)

The Lake House

IMDB Rating: 6.90
15534 votes

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In Chicago, the lonely architect Alex Wyler has a troubled relationship with his father Simon Wyler. In 2004, he buys an old glass house in a lake, designed and built by his father, and he finds a message in his mailbox from the former tenant, the also lonely Dr. Kate Forster, asking to deliver her correspondence in an address downtown. Alex meets his brother Henry in Chicago and when they go to the address with Dr. Forster's correspondence, they find a building of luxury apartments under construction to be delivered eighteen months later. After some messages, Alex and Kate disclose that she is living in 2006 and Alex in 2004, they fall in love for each other and they try to find means to meet each other.
Actors
Alex WylerKeanu Reeves
Kate ForsterSandra Bullock
Simon WylerChristopher Plummer
Also posted in 2006, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Marie Antoinette

IMDB Rating: 6.50
12134 votes

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Based on Antonia Fraser's book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, 'Marie Antoinette' tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.
Actors
Louis XVIJason Schwartzman
Marie AntoinetteKirsten Dunst
Comtesse de NoaillesJudy Davis
Also posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, History | Comments (0)

Cars

IMDB Rating: 7.60
25275 votes

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Lightning McQueen is a cocky, rookie race car. Speeding on his way to a big race, he crashes into Radiator Springs, destroying lots of the inhabitants belongings. In order to make up for what he did, the cocky roadster is sentenced to community service. Though he will do anything to get away from the work, McQueen must learn to respect and bond with the Radiator Springs inhabitants in order to get out of the town and back on the racetracks.
Actors
Lightning McQueenOwen Wilson
Doc HudsonPaul Newman
Sally CarreraBonnie Hunt
Also posted in 2006, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Casanova

IMDB Rating: 6.50
6375 votes

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Casanova is love with Francesca, who thinks he is a friend of himself even though he is engaged Victoria, who is the love of Giovanni, Francessca's brother. Francessca is betrothed to Paprizzio who thinks Casanova is the feminist writer Guardi, who is really Francessca's nomme de plume. Amidst all these secret identities and misunderstandings, the Catholic Church sends Pucci to bring Casanova and Guardi to trial for heresy.
Actors
CasanovaHeath Ledger
Francesca BruniSienna Miller
PucciJeremy Irons
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

IMDB Rating: 8.00
23065 votes

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It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero-not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her ...and our two heroes.
Actors
Wallace/HutchPeter Sallis
Victor QuartermaineRalph Fiennes
Lady Campanula TottingtonHelena Bonham Carter
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

IMDB Rating: 7.80
55489 votes

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Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort's rebirth be too much for the young hero?
Actors
Frank BryceEric Sykes
WormtailTimothy Spall
Barty Crouch JuniorDavid Tennant
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Madagascar

IMDB Rating: 6.50
23892 votes

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At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.
Actors
AlexBen Stiller
MartyChris Rock
MelmanDavid Schwimmer
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)
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