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The investigation of a prostitute homicide brings headstrong, heavy-handed Detective Manfred in an unlikely collaboration with sly, man-of-the-world Inspector Kee from the Narcotics Bureau. When the DNA samples of one of Manfreds fellow officers are found at the crime scene, impl...icating him as the prime suspect, Manfred must look beyond the obvious to get to the truth. Meanwhile, Kees uncanny eagerness to lend a helping hand every step of the way outside his own turf is beginning to smack of evil. In the line of fire between high levels of corruption and possible malice, Manfred must solve all the twists and turns of the mystery, trying to figure out who his enemy is and how to save his innocent partner from unfathomable disgrace. Unwittingly, he is about to open a Pandoras Box that will threaten to upend the entire Hong Kong Police Force.
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500 years ago, during the Chosun Dynasty, a rascal Taoist student Woochi and his dog Chorangyi are accused of stealing the legendary Pipe from a master wizard and are sealed up into a scroll painting by the Taoist gods. Flash forward to Seoul 2009, goblins begin to reappear in th...e modern world and the three Taoist gods offer permanent freedom to Woochi in exchange for capturing the wild goblins. What follows is an hilarious, big budget fantasy adventure with epic martial arts battles and hi-octane thrills. World BewareThe Wizard Is Coming.
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Torgny Segerstedt was one of the leading journalists in Sweden in the 20th century. He fought a one man battle against Hitler and the Nazi regime until his death in 1945 and during these tumultuous times his private life was marked by a world in chaos, as he falls in love with hi...s friends wife while married himself.
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Laughing (Michael Tse - The Storm Riders) is an undercover cop working deep within Hong Kong's lethal Triad organisation, but he has a hidden past, one in which he worked for Triad leader Brother One and secretly infiltrated the police force. Working as a double agent, Laughing i...s torn between living his two lives, now assigned to infiltrate a rival Triad, Laughing must overcome his fierce rival Zatoi, his love for Zatoi's sister Karen and the supicions of his fellow officers, no matter which side he chooses, he is doomed to be a traitor to the other. How can he reach is Turning Point.
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Sunny (Aaron Kwok) is a loser, a down-on-his-luck performer in a circus where everyone hates him. When the circus troupe drags him on a hiking trip into the mountains, Sunny is forced to explore a peculiar cave rumoured to be filled with deadly traps and mountains of gold! When S...unny finds crates filled with strange capsules the group compels him to openthem, unwittingly unleashing an experimental gas that gives them all superhuman powers. Returning to the city, the now super-powered troupe runs riot and only Sunny stands between them and total anarchy.
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Mansun Wong (Lau Ching Wan), a successful stockbroker brought in by a shady high level syndicate to handle their portfolio, is injured in a car accident while trying to evade mysterious surveillance operative Joe (Daniel Wu), who has been watching and listening in on his every mo...ve. The police, led by Inspector Jack Ho (Louis Koo), begin searching for the rogue eavesdropper, but even as Joe causes increasing amounts of collateral damage to evade capture, Ho begins to suspect that Wong, with his connection to the mysterious financial conglomerate the Landlord Club might be the bigger crook. The fate of these three men soon intertwines in a cat-and-mouse game that may bring down the entire stock market.
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Carrie (Carrie Ng, Sex and Zen) is a mysterious beauty living in Hong Kong with a taste for pleasure and pain. She is fascinated by a legendary story that tells of a special poison developed by the royal executioner to the first Chinese Emperor, a legend that the poison would hei...ghten the senses of its victim while robbing them of their ability to move. When she learns that visiting French sophisticate Catherine (Frdrique Bel) has come to Hong Kong in the possession of the poison, Carrie will stop at nothing to get it. Catherine finds herself caught in Carries sadistic web, where bliss and pain are blurred into a twisted, forbidden ecstasy.
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Determined 15-year-old Lara is committed to becoming a professional ballerina. With the support of her father, she throws herself into a quest for the absolute at a new school. Lara's adolescent frustrations and impatience are heightened as she realizes her body does not bend so ...easily to the strict discipline because she was born a boy.
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Asuncin, Paraguay, 2013. Sixty-somethings Chela (Ana Brun) and Chiquita (Margarita Irn), both descendants of rich families, have been living together for more than thirty years, largely insulated from the troubles of the outside world. Times have changed though, and with debts mo...unting, the pair begins to sell off some precious heirlooms. Ultimately the financial situation proves untenable, and convicted of petty fraud, Chiquita is sent to prison by a court order. Suddenly, the sheltered Chela must fend for herself. Swallowing her pride, she reluctantly begins working as a chauffeur for the other wealthy women of the neighbourhood. The changed circumstances lead her to, perhaps for the first time, contemplate her life and choices
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When baby-faced Antonio (Cristiano Caccamo) pops the question to his boyfriend Paolo (Salvatore Esposito) in their Berlin apartment just before Easter, things take an awkward turn it becomes apparent that Antonio hasnt come out to his parents. While they arent sure about their fa...milies reactions, the pair decides to head home to Italy to break the news and plan their big day. Accompanied by a couple of well-meaning but somewhat eccentric friends, Antonio and Paolo arrive at the stunning village of Civita di Bagnoregio, where Antonio was raised. His mother (Monica Guerritore) is immediately supportive, but only if the wedding meets her expectations: her favourite celebrity wedding planner must oversee all the arrangements; Paolos estranged mother must be in attendance; and the marriage has to be officiated by the town mayor (Diego Abatantuono), who happens to be Antonios staid and somewhat less-than-enthusiastic father.
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