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Blade

action 00:20:00
When vampires are there to wipe out the human race from the surface of the Earth, there must be someone who will try to do exactly the same to the vampire specimen. In times when the difference between being born a vampire and being turned into a vampire has an influence on your class division, the way you die and factors you are...
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Pokłosie/Aftermath

crime 00:25:00
Coming back to the country once left behind might be a mixed experience. You'd like to be welcomed and appreciated for your return. The life, however, is tricky. The past comes back to you in the most bizarre way. The history of your home can bear a tragic secret. The people from your childhood might be hostile for unknown reasons. The peaceful village...
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Lolo

children 04:22:00
Children. One day they cannot imagine a day without your help and guidance. Their tiny shoelaces undone, their cute faces smudged in chocolate, their cheerful laughter filling in the room. And one day they stop being children and start to be adults. You can delude yourself: ignore the symptoms, dismiss packets of cigarettes, unused condoms, filthy pages added to favorite websites on the...
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Like Crazy

Felicity Jones 23:59:00
Long distance relationships are hard. You grow apart, even though unseen bond still holds you together. You'd wish to be always with each other but life circumstances make it impossible. Love can cross continents. Love is stronger than time and cultural gaps. And at times distance can tell whether it's a real love and it's worth fighting for. This is a story of...
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The Truman Show

alternative worlds 01:17:00
What if your every move was monitored by people all over the world? What if your relationship failures, fears, your growth, and problems were observed and analyzed by millions of strangers, brave enough to comment on your actions, to respond to your problems and to feel distraught when obstacles outweighed your successes? What if you didn't really have a choice but all your...
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La Piscine/Swimming Pool/A Bigger Splash

crime 23:17:00
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There is something mysterious in the aura of a swimming pool. On one hand, its transparent waters allow you to see everything clearly, to expose barely clothed figures, to exhibit the most flattering body parts. It's wiggly lights emanate sex, seductiveness, and sensuality. On the other hand, feelings of possession, desire and lust can lead to something different than in-depth sexual fulfillment. All...
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The Invisible War

abuse 01:27:00
Equality is something western civilization has wanted for a long time. Equality between men and women. Equality in salaries, job possibilities, career prospects. Equality, however, is difficult to obtain in areas dominated by men. You'd think that the army, police academy, marines and even church are places more and more open to women. Open they might have been, but just they most certainly...
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X-Men

fantasy 23:30:00
Some series deal with unexpected heroes who, due to their incomparable abilities, can save the humanity from evil. Some hero films deal with the conflict between such forces, as those who are powerful want to take the powers of equally accomplished. But some heroes first have to deal with self-acceptance, rejection and society's hostility, since they are different from the rest. What distinguishes...
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The Commune/Kollektivet

Denmark 03:25:00
When marriage and traditional family life start to weigh over your shoulders, you seek other lifestyle possibilities. A big house might become the location for free love, a celebration of social life, the alternative ways of spending days. People always look for second options if available solutions do not meet their expectations. But if you make a choice of leading one life over...
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Gayby Baby

Australia 02:30:00
What is the tradition of parenting? Is it raising a child with a mother and a father? And what about families consisting of single mothers or single fathers and their children? What about families in which the husband has got a lot of wives and a dozen of kids? What about parents who are very young, sometimes young enough to be children themselves?...
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Wasabi

action 03:55:00
When the past of a nearly settled policeman hits back with a force of a life changing boomerang... When an old lover passes away and an unexpected daughter is an addition to your boring routine, that has to be interesting. From France to Japan. From predictable rules of Parisian police undertakings to the unexpected actions of Japanese mafia. How difficult is it to...
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Leon: The Professional

children 02:49:00
Can a grown man start a friendship with a teenage girl? Is being a serial killer limited only to ruthless murder and is it utterly devoid of human emotions? Who is on the right side: a boss of the police investigation department or a lonely man professionally carrying out his duties in his specific career? Is the cult film of the nineties a...
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The Theory of Flight

black comedy 02:44:00
Who said that being handicapped means having no access to pleasures available to everyone? Who said that once you're way over your twenties, achieving dreams is impossible? Who told us that time is a limit in falling in love, going on a journey around the world, and the idea of a gap year is limited only to young and inexperienced? And, finally, who...
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Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père/Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape

animals 04:10:00
When you think of it, the progress we have made over the centuries is amazing. We learned how to survive in the most dangerous conditions, we built buildings which almost touch the clouds, we managed to cross continents within hours and drain holes in the ground kilometers under the surface. Distant planets seem to be closer, 3d printers available for the masses and...
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On the nature of pictures

*Every Google image belongs to someone and this someone should be noted. However, if pictures are scenes from the film they most probably belong to owners of the film/producers. I use saved screens of the Google compilation of pictures, thus the pictures of pictures, which I take, cut and edit myself (as a derivative use). They are used for reviewing purposes (fair use), not for diminishing the films' profits by stealing what rightly belongs to them. Copyright is tricky, let's get used to it.