Monthly Archives: May 2016

Un Ticket pour l’Espace / A Ticket to Space (2006) Eric Lartigau, Kad Merad, Olivier Baroux, Marina Foïs, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Un Ticket pour l'Espace (2006)
Lack of support from a tax weary French public threatens to jeopardise France’s programme of space research. The head of the research team, Simon Werburger, comes up with an idea to raise the necessary funding – a new scratch card which will offer two ordinary French citizens the chance to spend a fortnight aboard the space station. Although the scheme is a success, the man charged with piloting the shuttle to the space station, Beaulieu, refuses to take part in what he considers to be a cynical marketing ploy. He changes his mind when he learns that Soizic, the woman he worships, has been assigned to the mission. The two winners are announced. They are Stéphane Cardoux, a failed actor whose wife has just left him, and Alexandre Yonis, whose keenness and preparedness for the mission soon appear suspicious. Beaulieu ultimately recognises Yonis as one of his former colleagues who has a deadly grudge against him – but too late. Yonis has managed to take control of the space station’s control systems and intends to send it crashing into France unless his brother – a notorious serial killer – is released from prison…
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Amuse Me (2013) Jordana Leigh, Lydia Lael, Bill Zebub, Thriller, Erotic

Amuse Me (2013)
Captives find themselves at the mercy of a man who dresses like a clown. He derives amusement from subjecting his victims to games of degradation. As frightening as it is to see how disconnected he is from another person’s suffering, this is just a taste of the true rage that hides beneath the laughter. From the notorious director of demented erotic horror moves “Disgruntled Employee” and “Breaking Her Will”.
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Stupid Boy / Garçon stupide (2004) Lionel Baier, Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov, Rui Pedro Alves, Comedy, Drama

Stupid Boy (2004)
This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do. Loic, 18 years old, being annoyed by his work in a chocolate factory, cruises in the internet by night to have sex with older men. His life is turned upside down by a row of events such as his friendship to a man who is not just interested in his body and the suicide of his best friend…
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Four Moons / Cuatro lunas (2014) Sergio Tovar Velarde, Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid, Cesar Ramos, Drama, Romance

Four Moons (2014)
Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Dwight H. Little, Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Horror, Thriller

Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
It’s October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2). However when he is transfered from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith’s Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn’t know who he is). On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick and treating, little knowing that her murdering Uncle is following her and her step-sister Rachel. Rushing to her aid is Dr. Loomis and with the help of Sheriff Meeker starts to search the town for Michael and to find Jamie to protect her. But can anything stop Michael this time?
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Decapitation of an Evil Woman / Dokufu oden kubikiri asa (1977) Yûji Makiguchi, Terumi Azuma, Yukiko Tachibana, Yoshinobu Hirose, Action, Crime, Drama, Pinku, Erotic

Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.
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Kim (1984) John Davies, Peter O’Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Adventure, Drama, Family

Kim (1984)
Rudyard Kipling’s exciting tale of adventure and intrigue in colonial India is brilliantly brought to the screen. Peter O’Toole stars as the Lama, a Tibetan holy man who befriends the mischievous, free-spirited orphan Kim and takes him on a mystical journey. When the British Secret Service’s Mahbub Ali (Bryan Brown, The Thorn Birds) recruits Kim as a spy, the boy must use all his cunning to foil a plot to overthrow the British regime. Torn between two cultures and two very different mentors, Kim embarks on the ultimate journey – to find himself.
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Halloween: Resurrection (2002) Rick Rosenthal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree, Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Halloween Resurrection (2002)
Serial Killer Michael Myers is not finished with Laurie Strode, and their rivalry finally comes to an end. But is this the last we see of Myers? Freddie Harris and Nora Winston are reality programmers at DangerTainment, and are planning to send a group of 6 thrill-seeking teenagers into the childhood home of Myers. Cameras are placed all over the house and no one can get out of the house… and then Michael arrives home!
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In the Cold of the Night (1990) Nico Mastorakis, Jeff Lester, Adrianne Sachs, Marc Singer, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

In the Cold of the Night (1990)
Scott is a fashion photographer concerned about the sudden appearance of nightmares in his nightly dreams. In these, he seems to be involved in the murder of a beautiful young woman. When he actually meets this dreamwoman in reality, he begins to suspect that something strange must be responsible. As he attempts to solve the enigma of his troubling dreams, he is falling deeply in love with the mysterious woman. In the end, he uncovers a diabolical and sinister plot….
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Lust / Quando l’amore è oscenità (1980) Renato Polselli, Isarco Ravaioli, Mirella Rossi, Dino Strano, Drama, Erotic

Lust (1980)
This masterpiece directed by Renato Polselli (aka Ralph Brown) was made in 1973, but censors deemed it to demeaning towards women. The films dialog was changed, and not released until 1979, the film now seemed to take a different approach, now aimed at masculine perversions. The film presents an array of nasty stuff like, intercourse with a tree branch, candle masturbation, whipping, orgies, toe masturbation, and a woman screwing around with a real corn cob.
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Tropical Tease (1994) Paul Madden, Jeff Mustard, Stevie Cameron, Michelle Goldsmith, Comedy

Tropical Tease (1994)
Bernie’s a bumbling hit man married to a buxom beauty. When he arrives at a resort in beautiful Miami Beach, he is incensed to find his wife in bed with a local lifeguard. It’s not long before hilarious adventures ensue when the world’s worst assassin wreaks all kinds of havoc in an attempt to protect his honor. The topless beach resort will never be the same as Bernie seeks redemption among the cabana boys and the bikini clad residents at one of the Sunshine State’s tropical hot spots.
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Seven Days… Seven Nights / Moderato cantabile (1960) Peter Brook, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascale de Boysson, Drama

Seven Days… Seven Nights (1960)
In this drama, an industrialist’s wife finds herself bored by her opulent existence. One day, while she waits for her son to finish his music lesson, she hears a woman scream at a nearby bistro. She then sees a man being hauled away from a woman’s body. Her curiosity piqued, she becomes a regular at the cafe. There she meets one of her husband’s workers. Over drinks, they talk about the murder. As they converse, the worker realizes that the woman herself wants to die, and he abandons her.
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