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Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Maguire, Tobey | Dunst, Kirsten | Franco, James | Molina, Alfred | Harris, Rosemary | J.K. Simmons | Murphy, Donna | Gillies, Daniel | Baker, Dylan | Nunn, Bill | Ferlito, Vanessa | Mandvi, Aasif | Dafoe, Willem | Robertson, Cliff | Raimi, Ted
Directors: Raimi, Sam
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Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) can’t seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spiderman has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn’t want to be Spiderman anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villian with four metal tentacles coming out of him. Peter realizes that only Spiderman can stop him, but of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames Spiderman for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spiderman will have to push himself past his limits if he’s going to survive.

Wolf (1994)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Spader, James | Nelligan, Kate | Jenkins, Richard | Atkins, Eileen | Plummer, Christopher | Rifkin, Ron | Hyde Pierce, David | Puri, Om | Scales, Prunella | Markinson, Brian | Gerety, Peter | English, Bradford | Zully, Stewart J.
Directors: Nichols, Mike
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Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. But after being bit by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heightened senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she’s begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bit.

Two for the Money (2005)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | McConaughey, Matthew | Russo, Rene | Assante, Armand | Piven, Jeremy | King, Jaime | Chapman, Kevin | Garman, Ralph | Watanabe, Gedde | Pope, Carly | Carroll, Charles | Plunkett, Gerard | Veroni, Craig | Kirk, James | Austin, Chrislyn
Directors: D.J. Caruso
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Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback’s anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games’ outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he’s a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount.

16 Blocks (2006)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Def, Mos | Morse, David | Nuke, Steve | Lavin, Jim
Directors: Donner, Richard
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Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley’s colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long…

Lord of War (2005)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Moynahan, Bridget | Leto, Jared | Tukhmanyan, Shake | Nshanian, Jean-Pierre | Burke, Jared | Uys, Eric | Shumbris, David | Morgan, Stewart | Lenz, Jasper | Marx, Kobus | De Abreu, Stephan | Crutchley, Jeremy | Holm, Ian | Finch, Tanya
Directors: Niccol, Andrew
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This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.

Fantastic Four (2005)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Gruffudd, Ioan | Alba, Jessica | Evans, Chris | Chiklis, Michael | McMahon, Julian | Linklater, Hamish | Washington, Kerry | Holden, Laurie | Parker, David | McNulty, Kevin | Menounos, Maria | Kopsa, Michael | Airlie, Andrew | Hutton, Pascale | Gray, G. Michael
Directors: Story, Tim
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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.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Paltrow, Gwyneth | Law, Jude | Ribisi, Giovanni | Gambon, Michael | Bai, Ling | Djalili, Omid | Olivier, Laurence | Jolie, Angelina | Baxter, Trevor | Curry, Julian | Law, Peter | Rumney, Jon | Bonfils, Khan | Gyatso, Samta | Hilyer, Louis
Directors: Conran, Kerry
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Set in New York City circa 1939, the film centers on a reporter who notices that the world’s scientists are disappearing. Teamed with a skilled pilot and an adventurous colleague, it’s up to her to thwart the plans of a mad scientist bent on world domination.

Hitch (2005)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Valletta, Amber | Smith, Will | Mendes, Eva | James, Kevin | Emery, Julie Ann | Lee, Robinne | Graham, Nathan Lee | Arkin, Adam | Rapaport, Michael | Donovan, Jeffrey | Patton, Paula | Bosco, Philip | Sussman, Kevin | Nguyen, Navia | Malloy, Matt
Directors: Tennant, Andy
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In New York, Alex Hitchen (Will Smith) is a kind of sentimental advisor, teaching each client how to date the woman of his dream. His present case is helping the clumsy Albert (Kevin James) to date the wealthy and powerful Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). Meanwhile, Hitch has a crush on the gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes), who was assigned to write about Allegra. When the best girlfriend of Sara has a love disillusion with a man that Sara thinks that is a client of Hitch, she plots a revenge against Hitch and the misunderstanding leads the two couples to a conflictive situation.

Along Came Polly (2004)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Stiller, Ben | Aniston, Jennifer | Hoffman, Philip Seymour | Messing, Debra | Baldwin, Alec | Azaria, Hank | Brown, Bryan | Garcia, Jsu | Lee, Michele | Dishy, Bob | Pyle, Missi | Friedlander, Judah | Hart, Kevin | Oka, Masi | Whitley, Kym
Directors: Hamburg, John
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Can a risk-averse insurance salesman on the rebound from his bride’s infidelity (during their honeymoon) find happiness with a waitress he knew in junior high who’s averse to commitment? Reuben is a sweet klutz who’s ready to settle down but sees in her a chance to recover from disappointment and have some fun; Polly is a sweet itinerant, not ready to settle down but sees a chance to spend time with a nice guy who likes her. What will he do when his bride comes crawling back? What will Polly do, when he runs the numbers and thinks she’s a good risk? Sub-plots involve his self-centered pal, who’s a has-been actor, and an assignment to assess the insurability of a balls-out Aussie.

Cocktail (1988)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Brown, Bryan | Shue, Elisabeth | Banes, Lisa | Luckinbill, Laurence | Lynch, Kelly | Gershon, Gina | Dean, Ron | Donley, Robert | Foley, Ellen | Morse, Andrea | Owens, Chris | Louis, Justin | Graham, John | Thorn, Richard
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) tries to get a marketing job in New York. But without a college degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that its not that easy, but when his new boss Douglas Coughlin (Brian Brown) teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian & Doug Coughlin want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian’s Cocktail Bar is to be called ‘Cocktails & Dreams’, and in order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney (Elisabeth Shue), a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing… Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together???