Chicago (R-15) (2002)
Crime |
108 min |
Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, Age Rating: R15: Parents Strongly Cautioned
Availability: 01/06/2010 - 28/11/2010
Price: €1.97/24hr
The Windy City's promise of adventure and opportunity dazzle ROXIE HART, an outwardly innocent performer who dreams of following in the golden footsteps of vaudeville performer VELMA KELLY. Roxie gets her wish when some very wrong steps land both the star and starlet in prison for separate murder charges. Under the crooked care of the prison MATRON 'MAMA' MORTON, Roxie meets legendary lawyer BILLY FLYNN who ignites Roxie's career with a media frenzy much to the chagrin of her mentor. But, the clever Miss Kelly has a few surprises left for her second act. |
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Talented Mr Ripley, The (R-18) (1999)
Crime |
133 min |
Director: Anthony Minghella Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Age Rating: R18: Restricted Viewing
Availability: 01/05/2010 - 28/10/2010
Price: €1.97/24hr
Born to an ordinary life, TOM RIPLEY gets a taste of luxury when a wealthy man sends him to Italy to bring his errant playboy son DICKIE back to America. Seduced by Dickie's charm and his carefree life, Tom is drawn ever more deeply into a world of privilege and pleasure - until an unspeakable accident gives him the chance to actually take over Dickie's life. For the first time, Tom is somebody; he can go anywhere, possess anything or any person. But when confronted by those who suspect his grisly secret, how far will Tom go to protect his newfound identity? |
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| (c) Paramoutn Pictures and Miramax Films |
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8MM (R-18) (1999)
Crime |
118 min |
Director: Joel Schumacher Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Catherine Keener, Age Rating: R18: Restricted Viewing
Availability: 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2010
Price: €1.97/24hr
Private investigator Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) leads a normal life with his wife (Catherine Keener) and daughter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, spending most of his time on routine unfaithful-spouse cases. But an assignment involving a small, innocuous-looking reel of film sends him down a sordid and terrifying path into society’s darkest corners. From the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard to New York’s meat-packing district, Welles relentlessly pursues a trail of graphic and disturbing evidence to learn the fate of a complete stranger, a girl who begins to haunt his conscience. Aided in his obsession by a streetwise adult bookstore clerk (Joaquin Phoenix), Welles drifts away from his wife, family and former life, as he comes to realize how deadly a small reel of eight-millimeter film can be. |
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| Copyright © 1999 Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Co. Medien KG and SPE German Finance Co. Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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Carandiru (R-18) (2003)
Crime |
145 min |
Director: Hector Babenco Starring: Louiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonsalves, Age Rating: R18: Restricted Viewing
Availability: 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2010
Price: €1.97/24hr
In Portuguese - with Greek subtitles.
Through the eyes of a doctor who worked in Sao Paulo’s infamous House of Detention for 12 years, Carandiru tells stories of crime, revenge, love and friendship, culminating in the fateful 1992 massacre that left 111 people dead. Hector Babenco, whose direction won him a nomination for the Palme d’Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, makes use of striking images to tell each story that makes up Carandiru Station, the book by Dr. Drauzio Varella that spent 168 weeks on the bestseller list in Brazil and is one of the most successful titles in Brazil’s history. Gathering together the doctor’s stories of Latin America’s largest prison, Babenco composes a sweeping and varied tapestry, full of humor and pathos, but always driven by a humanistic sense and a belief in redemption. |
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