alinoca's Wishlist
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The Skin I Live In (2011)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes …
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Brilliant plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard seeks to overcome the grief of his late wife's disfigurement in a fiery car crash by inventing skin that's impervious to injury. But his…
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Elephant (2003)
Cast: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson …
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant's minimalist drama uses unknown actors and partially improvised dialogue as it follows several students and teachers on the day that two bullied teenagers stage a massacre…
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Ted (2012)
Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis …
Directed by: Seth MacFarlane
John Bennett's constant companion, Ted -- a hard-partying, foul-mouthed teddy bear who came to life when John was a kid -- threatens to derail his belated attempts to enter adulthood and…
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Sidewalls (2011)
Cast: Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala, Inés Efron …
Directed by: Gustavo Taretto
Separated by the wall their apartments share, Mariana and Martín are the perfect couple. They have the same quirks, same tastes, same ideals and even the same neuroses -- they're a…
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Django Unchained (2012)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio …
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Accompanied by a German bounty hunter, a freed slave named Django travels across America to free his wife from a sadistic plantation owner. Quentin Tarantino directs this modern-day spaghetti Western.
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Deadfall (2012)
Cast: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam …
Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
On the run after a casino heist, siblings Addison and Liza split up. When Liza gets a ride from a prison parolee heading to his parents' home for Thanksgiving, unexpected events lead the…
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Free Samples (2012)
Cast: Jay Gammill, Jess Weixler, Halley Feiffer …
Jillian has dropped out of law school and migrated to Los Angeles in this comedy about deferred adulthood and the romantic hazards of heavy drinking. But a day spent doling out ice cream…
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Why Stop Now (2012)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan …
Directed by: Phil Dorling, Ron Nyswaner
On the day piano prodigy Eli is to audition for a famous conservatory, he gets sidetracked by an attempt to stash his cocaine-addled mother, Penny, in rehab. When Penny is denied admittance,…
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Holy Rollers (2010)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Q-Tip …
Directed by: Kevin Asch
Inspired by a true story, director Kevin Asch's film tells the story of Sam Gold, a young Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn who breaks with Orthodox tradition when he becomes an intercontinental…
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Now Is Good (2012)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Rose Leslie, Olivia Williams …
Directed by: Ol Parker
When 17-year-old Tessa discovers that she's dying of leukemia, she sets out to make the most of her last days of adolescence. Her quest to discover her true self takes a curious turn…
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Senna (2010)
Cast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams …
Directed by: Asif Kapadia
This fast-paced documentary profiles Ayrton Senna, one of the greatest drivers in the history of Formula One racing, and a hero in his native Brazil. Using archival footage, director Asif…
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The Avengers (2012)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo …
Directed by: Joss Whedon
An all-star lineup of superheroes -- including Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Captain America -- team up to save the world from certain doom. Working under the authority of S.H.I.E.L.D.,…
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Life of Pi (2012)
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma …
Directed by: Ang Lee
Based on Yann Martel's best-selling novel, this coming-of-age tale recounts the adventures of Pi, an Indian boy who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Pi finds himself on a lifeboat…
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Wuthering Heights (2011)
Cast: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave …
Directed by: Andrea Arnold
In director Andrea Arnold's updated take on Emily Brontë's classic tale, the youthful love between English adolescents Cathy and Heathcliff becomes a twisted passion that wreaks…
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The Runaways (2010)
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon …
Directed by: Floria Sigismondi
Dakota Fanning stars in The Runaways, about a group of extraordinary young women as they rise from rebellious So. California kids to rock stars of the now legendary band that paved the way…