Tag Archives: 2000s

Commis d’office / Legal Aid (2009) Hannelore Cayre, Roschdy Zem, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Mathias Mlekuz, Comedy, Thriller

Commis d'office (2009)
Antoine Lahoud (Roschdy Zem) est un avocat pénaliste déçu par le milieu judiciaire. Il s’occupe de cas minables et se retrouve un peu par défaut, spécialiste des commissions d’office. Il est repéré par Henry Marsac (Jean-Philippe Écoffey), un avocat à la réputation plus que sulfureuse. Ce dernier le flatte et l’engage pour la défense de gros truands et le fait goûter aux joies de l’argent facile, et du sentiment grisant de la réussite…
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Les Poupées Russes / Russian Dolls (2005) Cédric Klapisch, Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Les Poupees Russes (2005)
A French writer finds his life is once again being turned sideways by his footloose European friends in this sequel to the international hit L’Auberge Espagnole. Five years after we last saw him, Xavier (Romain Duris) has given up his aspirations of a career in international finance, but his new path as a writer isn’t going as well as he hoped; his novel about his experiences in Spain has yet to be published, and lately he’s been writing scripts for a French soap opera. When his French producers enter into a co-production agreement with a British network and Xavier lands an assignment ghost-writing a tell-all autobiography for famous fashion model Celia Shelburn (Lucy Gordon), he finds himself spending plenty of time traveling between Paris and London…
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Apartment of Erotic Horror (2006) Kiki de la Crica, Darian Caine, Tatiana Stone, Anette Durucz, Horror, Erotic

Apartment of Erotic Horror (2006)
A sleazy photographer makes a deal with a hideous demon for eternal youth in exchange for young, nubile young girls, whom he lures to his Brooklyn apartment under the guise of modeling work. Once the photos are snapped, the true terror begins as the monster reveals itself and the photographer sits idly by as the creature rips and tears at the girls’ young, tender flesh.
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The Dressmaker (2015) Jocelyn Moorhouse, Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Drama

The Dressmaker (2015)
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, this bittersweet, comedy-drama is set in early 1950s Australia. Tilly Dunnage, a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs of the past. Not only does she reconcile with her ailing, eccentric mother Molly and unexpectedly falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, but armed with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, she transforms the women of the town and in so doing gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
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Callas Forever (2002) Franco Zeffirelli, Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Biography, Drama, Music

Callas Forever (2002)
The partially fictionalized film is set in 1977, the year in which Callas died, and centers on the making of a movie of Georges Bizet’s Carmen. The diva, whose now-ragged voice is well past its prime, is persuaded to star in it by longtime friend and former manager Larry Kelly, who abandoned classical music to become a rock impresario. He insists by lip-synching to her old recording she will recapture her lost youth and leave behind a priceless legacy for her admirers, and his theory is supported by Callas confidante and journalist Sarah Keller.
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8 Minutes Idle (2012) Mark Simon Hewis, Ophelia Lovibond, Antonia Thomas, Paul Kaye, Comedy

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Based upon Matt Thorne’s award-winning novel about life in a call centre, “Eight Minutes Idle” is a warped urban comedy about what it really means to put your life ‘on hold’! Dan Thomas has always taken the path of least resistance – in his work life, home life and love life! But when Dan finds himself kicked out of the family home, he’s faced with no option but to secretly move into the call centre where he works. Suddenly, everything that he’s previously taken for granted – a well-stocked fridge, clean clothes, his friends, his self respect, even his beloved cat – are either disappearing or conspiring against him. As Dan’s work/life balance spirals dangerously out of control, he’s forced to break out of old habits and to dare to do something he has never had to do before – really care about someone other than himself.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) Andrew Adamson, Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Action, Adventure, Family

Prince Caspian (2008)
The characters of C.S. Lewis’s timeless fantasy come to life once again in this newest installment of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure awaits, battling alongside a new ally: Prince Caspian.
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Flying Blind (2012) Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Helen McCrory, Kenneth Cranham, Tristan Gemmill, Drama

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A stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller. Helen McCrory stars as a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student while working on a government contract for an aircraft destined for military use. As the contract deadline nears, her doubts about her new lover mount, and she comes to understand the shadowy sides of her professional career and her personal life.
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Numb (2007) Harris Goldberg, Matthew Perry, Lynn Collins, Kevin Pollak, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Numb (2007)
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a dizzying variety of pills get him through the day, but don’t quite solve his problem. His writing partner tries everything to get him back to normal, but it’s not until Hudson meets Sara that he finds a real motivation to get better and to actually start feeling again. From the writer of Deuce Bigalow, comes NUMB, a romantic comedy following an unusual man looking for strange love.
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Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009) Norma Bailey, Rob Lowe, Lauren Holly, Michelle Hurd, Drama

Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009)
Bart Corbin’s wife Jenn dies in their home, apparently suicide, as the police believes. While he moves in with young sons Taylor and Trevor at brother Bobby’s, her sister Heather starts a relentless campaign, without any clue, to make the police believe Bart must have murdered her and have an affair with practice secretary Dara. However PC data show Jenn was the one who has an Internet affair with a Chris, who turned out to be a lesbian’s alias.
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The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless (2001) Jim Wynorski, Nikki Fritz, Samantha Phillips, Juliet Cariaga, Comedy, Horror, Erotic

The Bare Wench Project 2 Scared Topless (2001)
Totally mindless entertainment that works well as a spoof. However, when the absurdity of the whole thing starts coming into focus, you’ll be rolling on the floor laughing like my friends and I were. Luckily, the flick spoofs a few of the horror movies out there, mainly Blair Witch 1, and does not spoof the horrible sequel, Book of Shadows. Be on the look out of the next installment.
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