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Staten Island |
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In the shadow of Manhattan, one man decides to rob $50,000 from a local mob boss. The result is a one-of-a-kind thriller that proves there's no such thing as the perfect crime.
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Synopsis and Movie Reviews
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What Doesn't Kill You |
Brian and Paulie are two young punks running loose on the hard streets of South Boston. Coming from separate but equally broken homes, the boys bond of friendship makes them brothers. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of their dog eat dog neighborhood.
As Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) get older, petty crimes and misdemeanors grow into more serious offenses. Eventually, they fall under sway to the organized crime boss Pat Kelly (Brian Goodman) who runs...
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Brian and Paulie are two young punks running loose on the hard streets of South Boston. Coming from separate but equally broken homes, the boys bond of friendship makes them brothers. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of their dog eat dog neighborhood.
As Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) get older, petty crimes and misdemeanors grow into more serious offenses. Eventually, they fall under sway to the organized crime boss Pat Kelly (Brian Goodman) who runs the felonious backroom businesses and illicit trades in Southie. They also find themselves the targets of unwanted attention from Detective Moran (Donnie Wahlberg) one of Boston's finest. And Brian in particular becomes lost in haze of drugs and rebellion. Even the love he has for his wife Stacy (Amanda Peet) and his children isn't enough to redeem him.
In time, the friends find themselves in jail ' just a part of doing business on the mean streets they call home. Although not gone away forever Brian and Paulie are incarcerated long enough to learn a few lessons, but will they lead to changed lives on the outside? A storm of trouble is brewing: Paulie has big plans to liberate them from their life of crime ' just one more job ' one last heist ' a bold and potentially violent daylight robbery. But Brian has used his time in jail to make amends to his family and get clean. When Paulie comes to him for help, Brian must face the biggest challenge to his code of honor that he could ever imagine: stand by his friend or salvage his family ' he cannot do both!
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU reveals the true life drama that writer/director Brian Goodman underwent in his struggle to honor the people he loved ' on both sides of the law.
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The Hottest State |
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Days before his 21st birthday, William, a young actor, meets Sara, a seductive singer/songwriter. William quickly falls madly in love with Sara and embarks on a journey that takes him from a Lower East Side tenement to a Mexican hotel room and through the emotional extremities of passion, rage, and need. Yearning for someone to love him back, William's journey forces him to come to terms with his own past and the father he barely knows.
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Fast Food Nation |
Inspired by the incendiary New York Times bestseller that exposed the hidden facts behind America's fast food industry, Fast Food Nation combines an all-star ensemble cast lead by Greg Kinnear, Wilmer Valderrama and Avril Lavigne with riveting, interlocked human stories to serve up "a firecracker of a movie that jumps off the screen" (Rolling Stone).
When a marketing executive (Kinnear) for the Mickey's burger chain is told there's a nasty secret ingredient in his latest culinary...
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Inspired by the incendiary New York Times bestseller that exposed the hidden facts behind America's fast food industry, Fast Food Nation combines an all-star ensemble cast lead by Greg Kinnear, Wilmer Valderrama and Avril Lavigne with riveting, interlocked human stories to serve up "a firecracker of a movie that jumps off the screen" (Rolling Stone).
When a marketing executive (Kinnear) for the Mickey's burger chain is told there's a nasty secret ingredient in his latest culinary creation—"The Big One"— he heads for the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate... but discovers the truth a bit difficult to swallow.
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Lord of War |
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The film, based on fact, follows the globetrotting exploits of arms dealer Yuri Orlov. Through some of the deadliest war zones, Yuri struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals, even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, Yuri must also face his own conscience.
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Assault on Precinct 13 |
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When snow forces all vehicles off the road, a bus full of prisoners being transferred takes refuge in an old police station that is on the verge of being shut down. Among the prisoners is a mobster that plenty of people want to killed, while others would love nothing more than to procure his freedom.
As night falls, a makeshift force of cops and prisoners must fight off the gang that is set on freeing their jailed leader.
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Before Sunset |
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A successful writer from America comes to Paris for a reading from his new book and runs into an acquaintance that he met 9 years on a train from Budapest to Vienna.
As they recollect the last few years of their life apart, they start to question whether they are in love with each other. Unfortunately, their encounter is brief as the writer's plane leaves France in a few short hours.
A sequel to Before Sunrise.
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Taking Lives |
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An FBI profiler tracks a serial killer to Montreal. Her unusual work habits brands her as an outsider to the local police force and she's left to work by herself.
But when an unexpected romantic entanglement develops, she's left doubting her instincts and it may cost her the best chance to catch this devious killer.
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G Force Movie Review
