Film Reviews
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The Joke |
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers. |
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away? |
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Under Electric Clouds |
Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, a diverse group of outsiders struggle to find their place in this rapidly changing society, making up the mosaic of existence that is life itself… |
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Phantom of the Theatre |
A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims. |
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Twelve O'Clock High |
In this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a "hard luck" bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets. --KC Hunt |
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Salaam Cinema |
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors. |
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Counsellor at Law |
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful. |
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Our Man In Marrakesh |
One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one? |
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Army |
Arjun and Geeta are a young couple, who are deeply in love with each other. They get married, and soon are proud parents. Arjun gets in the bad books of a notorious gangster named Nagraj, and is brutally killed. When Geeta finds out she decides to avenge Arjun's death. When Nagraj finds out that Geeta is out for vengeance, he scoffs at her, refusing to believe that a lone defenseless widow can do him any harm. But Nagraj is in for a surprise when he comes face to face with Geeta and a group of young men who are dedicated to bring him down - even if they die trying. |
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Dance, Girl, Dance |
Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles (Lucille Ball), a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man. |
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy |
A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy. |
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Chained |
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men. |
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Apt Pupil |
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII... |
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The Ventriloquist |
A ventriloquist struggles to survive with no audience while he becomes lonely- his only friend his puppet. |
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Swing Vote |
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote. |
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