Film Reviews
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau |
Director Sam George chronicles the remarkable life and times of the late Eddie Aikau, the legendary Hawaiian big wave surfer, pioneering lifeguard and ultimately doomed crew member of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea. |
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Paulette |
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet. |
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Mama |
Mrs. Rada the Goat tells her five children to behave while she goes to the fair, and under no circumstances open the door to anyone except her. But the Big Bad Wolf, Kostika (Titi) Suru, and his nephew, the Little Bad Wolf, along with friends Rassul the Lynx and Petrika the Donkey has made a plan to kidnap the children while their mother is away. And when the eldest child, Matei, decides to disobey his mother and visit the fair himself, things start to go badly for the goat-family. |
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Hush! |
A Russian director films the road works in front of his house for the period of a year. But the challenge to fix a pothole seems to be impossible. |
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The Rookie |
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope. |
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Peter Pan |
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good. |
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Vacations in Prostokvashino |
The continuation of the adventures of Fyodor and his friends from the Prostokvashino village. |
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Maniac |
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface. |
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Novena |
Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother. |
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The Narrow Margin |
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride. |
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Griffin & Phoenix |
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together. |
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I Can See You |
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble |
Based on a true story, Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system (which is unlike being born with AIDS). As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager |
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Soleil O |
The film Soleil Ô, shot over four years with a very low budget, tells the story of a black immigrant who makes his way to Paris in search of “his Gaul ancestors”. This manifesto denounces a new form of slavery: the immigrants desperately seek work, a place to live, but find themselves face to face with indifference, rejection, humiliation…until the final call for uprising. “Soleil Ô” is the title of a West Indian song that tells of the pain of the black people from Dahomey (now Benin) who were taken to the Caribbean as slaves. |
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The Fearless Young Boxer |
While on a fishing trip, Shao Lung's father is killed by Wu Pa Feng in front of the young man's eyes. Lung takes shelter with his uncle's traveling group of Kung Fu acrobats and begins honing his skills so he can one day have his revenge. |
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