Ade's Collection (10 titles)
My personal recommendations
70% from 2 members
Rec
A realistic and genuinely scary Zombie flick. Don't let the sub titles put you off.
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on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge Serrano
Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
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While covering the night shift at a small-town fire department, an ambitious young television reporter (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman follow the crew on a call to rescue an elderly woman unable to escape the inferno that is consuming her home. Upon their arrival at the scene, the calm midnight ..read more »
67%
from 14,297 members
Damages - Series 1 - Complete
A gripping series. Despite being set in a law firm it's more thriller than legal drama.
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Damages - Series 1 - Complete
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Glenn Close, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson
Director: Greg Yaitanes, John David Coles
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Glenn Close leads an incredible ensemble cast starring as hot-shot litigator Patty Hewes as she embarkes on the biggest class-action lawsuit in her firm's history. Patty has several weapons up her sleeve - deception, betrayal and unflinching ambition being just a few. The opposition, her team, and ..read more »
83%
from 2,828 members
Stuart - A Life Backwards
Great film with superb performances from everyone in it. Touching, humorous and very sad.
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Stuart - A Life Backwards
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Edna Dore, Tom Hardy
Director: David Attwood
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Based on the acclaimed book by Alexander Masters, STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS is the unconventional non-fiction biography of homeless alcoholic Stuart Shorter. Benedict Cumberbatch (ATONEMENT, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL) plays Masters, a reclusive writer and illustrator who strikes up an unlikely ..read more »
73%
from 1,155 member
Black Snake Moan
You'll love or loath this. I loved it - and not just for Ricci running around half naked for an hour, though it did help.
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Black Snake Moan
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, John Cothran Jr.
Director: Craig Brewer
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A God-fearing bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
62%
from 12,371 members
Hustle And Flow
A little known gem.
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Hustle And Flow
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning
Director: Craig Brewer
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With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful rapper...
60%
from 4,614 members
Maria Full Of Grace
Both beautiful and dark. Great performance from Maria.
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Maria Full Of Grace
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Bobby Plasencia
Director: Joshua Marston
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These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl.
68%
from 17,388 members
Porky's
The original and best by far teen movie.
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Porky's
on DVD
Starring: Dan Monahan, Tony Ganios, Wyatt Knight
Director: Bob Clark
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This hilarious, raunchy comedy hit takes an unblushing look at teenage adolescence in the 50s. It follows the comic misadventure of six high schoolers, who are desperate to find sexual satisfaction at Porky's, a notorious honky tonk strip joint. When they're ripped off and thrown out by the owners, ..read more »
63%
from 2,603 members
Tsotsi
Compelling performances from first time actors, with a great story.
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Tsotsi
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Percy Matsemela
Director: Gavin Hood
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An Academy Award winning film about a gritty young gang leader named Tsotsi who lives on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. This deeply affecting film traces six days in Tsotsi's life in which he ends up caring for a baby he accidentally kidnaps during a ..read more »
70%
from 21,722 members
Bubba Ho-Tep
Maybe the daftest concept ever committed to celluloid, but after a slow start it rocks.
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Bubba Ho-Tep
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce
Director: Don Coscarelli
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Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) alive but not so well, living in a small Texas nursing home. Although he's preoccupied with his ailments and his memories, the elderly Elvis befriends another resident, John F. Kennedy (Ossie Davis), when they both begin to suspect ..read more »
59%
from 13,424 members
One Deadly Summer
Slow start saved by Isabelle Adjani getting her kit off at every opportunity. But then turns into a complex, brilliantly acted film - with Adjani still getting her kit off at every opportunity.
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One Deadly Summer
on DVD
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Francois Cluzet
Director: Jean Becker
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Complex story of rape, murder and bungled revenge in a small village. French language with English subtitles.
59%
from 1,379 member
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