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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: David Strathairn | Robert Downey Jr. | Patricia Clarkson | Ray Wise | Frank Langella | Jeff Daniels | George Clooney | Tate Donovan | Thomas McCarthy | Matt Ross | Reed Diamond | Robert John Burke | Grant Heslov | Alex Borstein | Rose Abdoo
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In the early 1950’s, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator ‘Joseph McCarthy (II)’ (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter ‘Edward R. Murrow (I)’ (qv) and his producer ‘Fred W. Friendly’ (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.

Cars (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Owen Wilson | Paul Newman | Bonnie Hunt | Larry The Cable Guy | Cheech Marin | Tony Shalhoub | Guido Quaroni | Jenifer Lewis | Paul Dooley | Michael Wallis | George Carlin | Katherine Helmond | John Ratzenberger | Joe Ranft | Michael Keaton
Directors: John Lasseter
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Lightning McQueen is a cocky, rookie race car. Speeding on his way to a big race, he crashes into Radiator Springs, destroying lots of the inhabitants belongings. In order to make up for what he did, the cocky roadster is sentenced to community service. Though he will do anything to get away from the work, McQueen must learn to respect and bond with the Radiator Springs inhabitants in order to get out of the town and back on the racetracks.

I, Robot (2004)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Smith | Bridget Moynahan | Alan Tudyk | James Cromwell | Bruce Greenwood | Adrian Ricard | Chi McBride | Jerry Wasserman | Fiona Hogan | Peter Shinkoda | Terry Chen | David Haysom | Scott Heindl | Sharon Wilkins | Craig March
Directors: Alex Proyas
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Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of “robotophobic” Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe… they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Penélope Cruz | John Hurt | Christian Bale | Irene Papas | Gerasimos Skiadaressis | Aspasia Kralli | Michael Yannatos | Dimitris Kaberidis | Pietro Sarubbi | Viki Maragaki | Joanna-Daria Adraktas | Ira Tavlaridis | Katerina Didaskalu | Emilios Chilakis
Directors: John Madden
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The idyllic beauty of Greece’s Mediterranean coast has been invaded by Italy, bringing legions of soldiers to the once tranquil island of Cephallonia. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer with an irrepressibly jovial personality and passion for the mandolin, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier’s behavior, she slowly warms to his certain charms as they are forced to share her father’s home. When Pelagia’s fiancee, a local fisherman, heads off to war, the friendship between Antonio and Pelagia grows even stronger. Her beauty and intelligence have captured his heart, and his fondness for the village’s vibrant community causes him to question his reasons for fighting. Antonio becomes a part of the lives of the villagers, but the moment is fleeting. As the war grows ever closer, Antonio and Pelagia are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another-a love which must overcome tremendous odds, and endure the inevitable sacrifice which accompanies eternal devotion.

Brother Bear (2003)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix | Jeremy Suarez | Jason Raize | Rick Moranis | Dave Thomas | D.B. Sweeney | Joan Copeland | Michael Clarke Duncan | Harold Gould | Paul Christie | Daniel Mastrogiorgio | Estelle Harris | Greg Proops | Pauley Perrette | Darko Cesar
Directors: Aaron Blaise | Robert Walker
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Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai’s only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood.

Shrek 2 (2004)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Julie Andrews | Antonio Banderas | John Cleese | Rupert Everett | Jennifer Saunders | Aron Warner | Cody Cameron | Christopher Knights | David P. Smith | Mark Moseley
Directors: Andrew Adamson | Kelly Asbury | Conrad Vernon
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The film picks up right where the first movie ended… Shrek and Fiona return from their honeymoon to find a letter from Fiona’s parents inviting the newlyweds over for dinner. The only problem is that they have no idea that their daughter is now an ogre.

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thomas Jane | Saffron Burrows | LL Cool J | Michael Rapaport | Stellan Skarsgård | Samuel L. Jackson | Jacqueline McKenzie | Aida Turturro | Cristos | Daniel Rey | Valente Rodriguez | Brent Roam | Eyal Podell | Erinn Bartlett | Dan Thiel
Directors: Renny Harlin
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Samual L Jackson plays a businessman who sinks $200 million into a special project to help fight brain cancer. As part of this project, medical biologist Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows) rather naughtily figures out a way to genetically embiggen shark brains, so that cancer-battling enzymes can be harvested. However, the shark subjects become super smart and decide they don’t much like being cooped up in pens and being stabbed with hypodermics, so they figure a way to break out and make for the open sea…

Finding Nemo (2003)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Albert Brooks | Ellen DeGeneres | Alexander Gould | Willem Dafoe | Brad Garrett | Allison Janney | Austin Pendleton | Stephen Root | Vicki Lewis | Joe Ranft | Geoffrey Rush | Elizabeth Perkins | Nicholas Bird | Bob Peterson
Directors: Andrew Stanton | Lee Unkrich
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Marlin (a clown fish) is a widower who only has his son Nemo left of his family after a predator attack. Years later, on Nemo’s first day of school, he’s captured by a scuba diver and taken to live in a dentist office’s fish tank. Marlin and his new absent-minded friend Dory set off across the ocean to find Nemo, while Nemo and his tankmates scheme on how to get out of the tank before he becomes the dentist’s niece’s new pet.

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Nicole Kidman | Ewan McGregor | John Leguizamo | Jim Broadbent | Richard Roxburgh | Garry McDonald | Jacek Koman | Matthew Whittet | Kerry Walker | Caroline O'Connor | Christine Anu | Natalie Jackson Mendoza | Lara Mulcahy | David Wenham | Kylie Minogue
Directors: Baz Luhrmann
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Christian, a young wannabe Bohemian poet living in 1899 Paris, defies his father by joining the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantastical underworld of Paris’ now legendary Moulin Rouge. In this seedy but glamorous haven of sex, drugs and newly-discovered electricity, the poet-innocent finds himself plunged into a passionate but ultimately tragic love affair with Satine, the club’s highest paid star and the city’s most famous courtesan. Their romance is played out against the infamous club - a meeting place of high life and low, where slumming aristocrats and the fashionably rich mingled with workers, artists, Bohemians, actresses and courtesans.

Munich (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eric Bana | Daniel Craig | Ciarán Hinds | Mathieu Kassovitz | Hanns Zischler | Ayelet Zorer | Geoffrey Rush | Gila Almagor | Michael Lonsdale | Mathieu Amalric | Moritz Bleibtreu | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Meret Becker | Marie-Josée Croze | Yvan Attal
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During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Audrey Tautou | Ian McKellen | Paul Bettany | Jean Reno | Etienne Chicot | Alfred Molina | Clive Carter | Seth Gabel | Daisy Doidge-Hill
Directors: Ron Howard
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Professor Robert Langdon is in Paris on business when he’s summoned to The Louvre. A dead body has been found, setting Langdon off on an adventure as he attempts to unravel an ancient code and uncover the greatest mystery of all time.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ewan McGregor | Natalie Portman | Hayden Christensen | Ian McDiarmid | Samuel L. Jackson | Jimmy Smits | Frank Oz | Anthony Daniels | Christopher Lee | Keisha Castle-Hughes | Silas Carson | Jay Laga'aia | Bruce Spence | Wayne Pygram | Temuera Morrison
Directors: George Lucas
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A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.

The Ring (2002)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Naomi Watts | Martin Henderson | David Dorfman | Brian Cox | Jane Alexander | Lindsay Frost | Amber Tamblyn | Rachael Bella | Daveigh Chase | Shannon Cochran | Sandra Thigpen | Richard Lineback | Sasha Barrese | Tess Hall | Adam Brody
Directors: Gore Verbinski
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Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son’s and her own life.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Eric Sykes | Timothy Spall | David Tennant | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson | Rupert Grint | Mark Williams | James Phelps | Oliver Phelps | Bonnie Wright | Jeff Rawle | Robert Pattinson | Jason Isaacs | Tom Felton | Stanislav Ianevski
Directors: Mike Newell
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Harry’s fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort’s Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort’s rebirth be too much for the young hero?

Fantastic Four (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd | Jessica Alba | Chris Evans | Michael Chiklis | Julian McMahon | Hamish Linklater | Kerry Washington | Laurie Holden | David Parker | Kevin McNulty | Maria Menounos | Michael Kopsa | Andrew Airlie | Pascale Hutton | G. Michael Gray
Directors: Tim Story
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When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.