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The Informers |
Bret Easton Ellis adapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen, returning to the Los Angeles of the early 1980s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists'a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who...
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Bret Easton Ellis adapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen, returning to the Los Angeles of the early 1980s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists'a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs'and one another'with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano. Filmed with uncommon glamour and grit by acclaimed Australian director Gregor Jordan, THE INFORMERS is an alternately blistering and chilling portrait of hedonism run amuck.
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Four Last Songs |
Larry (Stanley Tucci) is a chronically unsatisfied ex-pat residing on a remote island village in the Mediterranean. The village is tiny but famous for having been the home of one of Europe’s most celebrated composers. Although Larry hoped to absorb some of the great man’s glory. His modest talents have instead confined him to playing piano in local bars.
Desperate to make his mark Larry stages a gala concert as a tribute to the late composer. His plans, however, are challenged by every...
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Larry (Stanley Tucci) is a chronically unsatisfied ex-pat residing on a remote island village in the Mediterranean. The village is tiny but famous for having been the home of one of Europe’s most celebrated composers. Although Larry hoped to absorb some of the great man’s glory. His modest talents have instead confined him to playing piano in local bars.
Desperate to make his mark Larry stages a gala concert as a tribute to the late composer. His plans, however, are challenged by every inhabitant of the village including his partner, the neurotic, Miranda (Jessica Stevenson); the composer’s beautiful muse, Helena (Emmanuelle Seigner); Veronica (Marisa Paredes), the master’s embittered widow; Sebastian (Hugh Bonneville), a social-climbing Englishman and his feckless younger brother, Dickie (Rhys Ifans); and most importantly, Frankie (Jena Malone), Larry’s own stubborn and streetwise daughter who’s been trying to track him down for years.
With his kooky entourage in tow Larry must learn to balance all the harmonies and deliver his own masterpiece.
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Hannibal Rising |
In the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal Lecter, find the answer to the most elusive question of all – why? Reaching back to explore the origins of Lecter’s rage, terror and savagery, the story begins in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II when a young Hannibal watches the violent death of his parents – a horrific moment that changes him forever. Showing a cunning aptitude for science, he hones his skills to exact justice on those that hurt his family, igniting an insatiable...
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In the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal Lecter, find the answer to the most elusive question of all – why? Reaching back to explore the origins of Lecter’s rage, terror and savagery, the story begins in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II when a young Hannibal watches the violent death of his parents – a horrific moment that changes him forever. Showing a cunning aptitude for science, he hones his skills to exact justice on those that hurt his family, igniting an insatiable lust within a serial killer who was not born, but made.
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Vanity Fair |
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A new version of the William Thackeray novel that centers on a woman born into the lower class who uses her wit and sexuality to move through the social classes in 1820 London.
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Danny Deckchair |
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An average guy uses gags and pranks to liven up his blue-collar life and accidentally ends up taking off in a lawn chair strapped to giant helium-filled balloons while his friends watch helplessly from below. He starts a whole new life in the far-off town where he crash lands -- until his old life catches up to him.
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Formula 51 |
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He graduates, gets arrested and does time but that doesn't stop this pharmacist from dealing his out-of-this-world narcotic concoction. His invention is 51 times stronger than any drug on the 'market,' a sure cash deal until he double-crosses his druglord. He runs to hide in England but his kilt doesn't prove a good enough disguise.
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Heart |
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Driven wild with jealousy because of his wife's affair, Gary's anger triggers a violent heart attack. A heart donated by a young man killed in a motorcycle accident gives Gary a new lease on life. But when he meets the boy's mother they are both drawn into a terrifying world of obsessive desire and retribution.
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G Force Movie Review
