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Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a successful American entrepreneur in Harlem, New York. While American soldiers fight in Vietnam, he has set up a profitable family business with his younger brothers and cousins. He has cut out the middle-men, imports his uniquely high quality product directly from the manufacturer and sells his product to [...]

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Beowulf (Ray Winstone) is a real medieval hero, loudmouth and womanizer, warrior and slayer of beasts, and he comes to King Hrothgar’s (Anthony Hopkins) halls to kill the monster Grendel that is terrorizing the kingdom. After killing Grendel, he is awarded the King’s golden drinking horn.
But the terror hasn’t ended [...]

Jasper Irving, a hotshot Republican senator (Tom Cruise) tries to sweettalk seasoned reporter Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) into selling his newest strategy in Afghanistan to the public (even if it’s in fact a strategy that already failed in Vietnam), surprisingly admitting that mistakes have been made – and then reminding the reporter that the [...]

Based on Ron Hansen’s book The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik’s film of the same name covers the last days in the life of legendary outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt). Just before the last train robbery by the James Gang, Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) joins Jesse James, Frank [...]

Near the English town Wall there is an old stone around a realm that nobody is allowed to enter. Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) crosses the wall to retrieve a fallen star for the girl he loves, Victoria (Sienna Miller). To Tristan’s surprise the fallen star is a beautiful young woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes), [...]