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Tag Archive: 2008

Broken Lines (2008)

Written on December 14, 2010 by Laura
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Official Synopsis – Paul Bettany (The Young Victoria , Master & Commander, The Da Vinci Code) and Olivia Williams (Hanna, The Ghost Writer, An Education) front a stellar British cast in a powerful and emotional journey of love, obligation, and conflict, set against the backdrop of London’s multi-cultural suburbia.

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Tags: 2008, Broken Lines, Drama

Jack Says (2008)

Written on November 22, 2010 by Paul
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SYNOPSIS – Jack Says is a thriller film known particularly for being the last professional engagement of Mike Reid, who died shortly after filming. The film is a contemporary film noir, with comic book undertones that reflect its precursor graphic novel Jack Said, and is comparable in style to Sin City. Waking up in London…

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Tags: 2008, Crime, Drama, Jack Says

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)

Written on October 18, 2010 by Laura
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a coming of age story. Gurinder Chadha’s very British take on American High School movies. Based on the international best selling series of books by Louise Rennison, the film follows the eccentric and irresistible Georgia Nicolson as she overcomes the trauma of being a teenager and…

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Tags: 2008, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Archive, British, Comedy, Database, Film

Dead Outside, The (2008)

Written on October 15, 2010 by Paul
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – In the stark aftermath of a neurological pandemic, two strangers come together on an isolated Scottish farm. April, a 16 year old survivor with a dark past has survived alone for months. Daniel, a man bereaved, clings desperately on to hope of life in the outside world. Questioning his own sanity in…

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Tags: 2008, Archive, Database, Horror, The Dead Outside

Hush (2008)

Written on October 15, 2010 by Paul
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – Tired and irritable, Zakes (Will Ash) and Beth (Christine Bottomley) drive home along the M1, a familiar journey full of harshly lit service stations and bad coffee. When a white truck narrowly avoids hitting them, its back doors open to reveal a woman terrified and screaming caged up inside. Unsure if what…

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Tags: 2008, Archive, Database, Horror, Hush

Garden Of Eden, The (2008)

Written on October 14, 2010 by Paul
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – The Garden Of Eden is based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Set in the jazz age years, prior to the Depression, the story follows a successful young American writer David Bourne and his beautiful wife, Catherine, on their extended honeymoon in Europe. Catherine soon becomes restless and starts to test her…

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Tags: 2008, Costume, Romance, The Garden Of Eden

Other Boleyn Girl, The (2008)

Written on October 14, 2010 by Paul
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SYNOPSIS – The Other Boleyn Girl is a 2008 drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. The screenplay by Peter Morgan was adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory. It is a romanticized account of the lives of 16th-century aristocrats Mary Boleyn, one-time mistress of King Henry VIII, and her sister,…

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Tags: 2008, Archive, Costume, Database, Drama, The Other Boleyn Girl

Skeletons (2010)

Written on October 13, 2010 by Paul
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – Two exorcists literally remove the skeletons from the cupboards from people’s homes. Some fairly embarrassing secrets are revealed along the way. A case where the skeletons have hidden themselves turns the lives of all those involved upside down. TRAILER INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR

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Tags: 2008, Archive, Comedy, Database, Skeletons

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008)

Written on October 11, 2010 by Paul
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together…

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Tags: 2008, Harry Potter

Rock n Rolla (2008)

Written on October 8, 2010 by Paul
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OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS – RocknRolla takes a dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. But for anyone looking to get in—from small-time crook One Two (Gerard Butler) to shady Russian billionaire Uri Obomavich (Karel Roden)—there’s…

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Tags: 2008, Action, Archive, Database, Gangster
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