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Amy Renner Amy Renner

Mar. 5, 2012

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From a basketball academy in West Africa to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, the documentary follows four particularly tall West African teenagers with big hearts, open minds, and NBA dreams.

PG Documentary

  • 3

57%

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Set in Foshan, China, during the Sino Japanese War, one man rises to the fore, Grandmaster Ip Man. Upon refusing to teach his fighting art to the invading Japanese soldiers, he is forced to fight for the honor of his country in a series of battles that will culminate in a kill or be killed showdown with Japan’s greatest fighter, General Miura.

R Action 1 hr, 47 mins

  • 3.8

91%

9%

As feuding warlords fight to expand their power, the noble monks of the Shaolin Temple clean up the mess left behind, tending to the injured while trying their best to protect the poor and weak. General Hou (Andy Lau) has caused much of this mess with his violent and ruthless tactics that rarely discriminate between soldiers and civilians. When Hao is betrayed by fellow general Cao Man (Nicholas Tse), he is forced into hiding, and takes refuge with the monks at their hidden mountain temple. As the days pass, he finds himself more and more at ease as he learns the ways of peace, and begins to release his hatred through Martial Zen. But Cao is not far behind, and war soon reaches the temple, where the monks are ready to fight back- with their unstoppable Shaolin Kung Fu.

R Drama Action 2 hrs, 11 mins

  • 5

90%

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An epic war film that details the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the violent rebellion that brought it down. With China split into warring factions and the starving citizens beginning to revolt, the ruling Qings are building a powerful army to quash any rebellion. But revolutionary leader Huang Xing (Chan) decides he must act before the Qing army becomes too powerful and leads an increasingly desperate series of violent uprisings against the power Qings.

R Drama Action

  • 4.2

87%

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After a prison riot, Captain Nascimiento is swept into a bloody political dispute involving government officials and paramilitary groups.

Drama Action

  • 4.3

36%

64%
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The director takes a world trip to discover the secrets to extending life.

Documentary

  • 1

52%

48%
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Documents story of Miami musician Clarence Reid and his alter ego Blowfly, the original dirty rapper. A major force in the Miami soul scene of the 60s and 70s, Reid wrote Top-10 songs for some of the greatest R&B acts of the era, while at the same time, his X-rated recordings and stage antics as Blowfly made him a star of the "party record" scene.

NR Biography Documentary 1 hr, 29 mins

50%

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A documentary made over the course of 15 years telling the story of Victor DeNoble's journey from research scientist to star informant against the tobacco industry.

PG Documentary

  • 4

68%

32%

An animated documentary drama on the legendary Texas outlaw comic Bill Hicks.

Biography Documentary

  • 4.5

0%

100%

The U.S. occupation of the Philippines in 1900 provides the backdrop to this story of squad of American soldiers who occupy a village and learn how to live and negotiate with the natives. They focus on the local head man who finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and the Americans.

R Drama 2 hrs, 8 mins

  • 4.2

78%

22%

An experimental documentary that contemplates the signs of loss and change in the American South as potent metaphors of personal and collective destiny.

Documentary 1 hr, 12 mins

  • 5

40%

60%

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, a mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.

R Drama Action 1 hr, 46 mins

  • 4.1

88%

12%

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