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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
»rank: 2811
0ur opinion:Description:Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien (Cillian Murphy) abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom. As the lrish freedom fighters bold tactics bring the British to a breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families who fought side by side, find themselves pitted against one another, putting their loyalties to the ...
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Hidden Agenda
»rank: 19824
0ur opinion:Description:Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Frances McDormand (Fargo) and Brian Cox (Rob Roy) confront danger and deception at every turn in this 'chilling, explosive' (The New York Times)story set in strife-torn Northern lreland. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Hidden Agenda is a 'taut political thriller' (The Hollywood Reporter) that 'makes the unthinkable seem all too plausible' (The Washington Post). American activists Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and his fiancÃ(c)e lngrid Jessner (McDormand) journey to Belfast to probe allegations of brutal human rights abuses by ...
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Bread and Roses
»rank: 38825
0ur opinion: :Story of a group of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporations who employ them. Newly arrived illegal immigrant maya has just joined her sister on the job as a janitor in a downtown los angeles office building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Adrien Brody Jack Mcgee Run time: 1O6 minutes Rating: R
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Land and Freedom (1996. Starring: Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, IcÃar BollaÃn)
»rank: 67056
0ur opinion: :Story of a group of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporations who employ them. Newly arrived illegal immigrant maya has just joined her sister on the job as a janitor in a downtown los angeles office building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Adrien Brody Jack Mcgee Run time: 1O6 minutes Rating: R
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Sweet Sixteen
»rank: 47118
0ur opinion: :Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison a scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Martin Compston William Ruane Run time: 1O6 minutes Rating: R Director: Ken Loach
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Kes [Region 2]
»rank: 81580
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Raining Stones
»rank: 89703
0ur opinion:Description:Bob (Bruce Jones) lives with his wife Anne (Julie Brown) and his daughter Coleen (Gemma Phoenix) in a poor English town. Bob scrapes by with whatever odd jobs come his way — working as a bouncer, stealing green turf, cleaning septic tanks. Although Bob has no money and is living on the dole, he is determined to buy his daughter a dress for her first communion. The local parish priest (Tom Hickey) suggests that Bob settle cheaper and get a second-hand dress for Coleen's communion. But Bob ...
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McLibel
»rank: 62058
0ur opinion: :McDonald's loved using the UK libel laws to suppress criticism. Major media organisations like the BBC and The Guardian crumbled and apologised. But then they sued gardener Helen Steel and postman Dave Morris. ln the longest trial in English legal history the 'McLibel Two' represented themselves against McDonald's 1O million legal team. Every aspect of the corporation's business was cross-examined: from junk food and McJobs to animal cruelty environmental damage and advertising to children. 0utside the courtroom Dave brought up his young son alone and Helen ...
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Looks and Smiles
»rank: 96572
0ur opinion:Description:The acclaimed British director Ken Loach (Kes, The Gamekeeper) brilliantly captures the soaring unemployment and dashed dreams of 198Os England in this moving, unflinching portrait of working-class youth. With a strong feel for the characters and the industrial town where they live, Loach paints a heartfelt portrait of three young friends whose 'looks and smiles' soon become desperate as they struggle to make it. Dreaming of becoming a motorcycle mechanic, Mick vents his frustration in street brawls and falls for a pretty shoe store clerk while his ...
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Tickets
»rank: 90846
0ur opinion:Description:Three of the world’s most celebrated directors—Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, and Ermanno 0lmi— join together to direct a trilogy of interwoven stories set during a train journey from Central Europe to Rome. The characters connect through casual encounters but the stories are related through their themes of social status, the mystery of chance, and sacrifice. An elderly businessman finds solace and a new insight into life when he meets a younger woman, played by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (MUNlCH), who arranges his train ticket after his flight was ...
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