Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
IMDB rating: 6.60
Plot: After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin’s father has been murdered by the Sheriff of Nottingham and when Robin returns […]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
IMDB rating: 7.40
Plot: Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack’s compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his […]
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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
IMDB rating: 6.70
Plot: Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he “really is.” He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother—who turns […]
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25th Hour (2002)
IMDB rating: 7.90
Plot: The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got […]
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Escapist, The (2008)
IMDB rating: 7.50
Plot: Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it’s too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual […]
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Shelter (2007)
IMDB rating: 8.10
Plot: Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe’s […]
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Strange Invaders (1983)
IMDB rating: 5.30
Plot: Charlie’s ex-wife disappears, and he goes to where she grew up—a rural town in the midwest—to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don’t believe him. He tells his story […]
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Gangster No. 1 (2000)
IMDB rating: 6.60
Plot: A middle-aged crime boss (Malcolm McDowell) smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood (played by Paul Bettany) in Swinging 60’s London, he seemed to ape his mod boss Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), and do anything for […]
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Chocolat (2000)
IMDB rating: 7.30
Plot: 1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher and her pre-teen daughter move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town’s small-minded mayor can’t accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. […]
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Joe’s Apartment (1996)
IMDB rating: 5.00
Plot: Joe comes from Iowa to New York and, being short of money, wants to find an apartment with very low rent. His quest is successful, but he must share the residence with some 50,000 cockroaches. The insects turn out to be Joe’s best friends.
Directors: Payson John
Actors: O’Connell Jerry,West Billy,Hudlin […]
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