Man to Man (2005)

1930年代の南アフリカを舞台に、ボクシングを通して人種差別問題を鋭く描いた感動作。監督は『ロッキー』『ベスト・キッド』を生み出したジョン・G.アヴィルドセン。壮大なスケール感が見どころだ。

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan Hampshire), who is said to be a witch, shows up and attempts to steal it.

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.

Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took the job after his father and never went into the savanna by himself. As he owes big money to some mobster, he is compelled to convey a fake tourist, with a suspicious suitcase, toward Mozambic. To avoid suspicion from the authorities, he is supposed to tour a group of tourists as usual. The only problem - he is completely unexperienced as a guide!

Mysterious Wakanda lies in the darkest heart of Africa, unknown to most of the world. An isolated land hidden behind closed borders, fiercely protected by its young king: Black Panther. But when brutal alien invaders attack, the threat leaves Black Panther with no option but to go against the sacred decrees of his people and ask for help from outsiders.

Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates Christian missions into the area, but the discovery also causes strange events to start occurring -- including physical changes to a young, disabled boy, whom Merrin grows to suspect has been possessed by a demon.

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

第一次大戦が終わり、生き残った一人の軍曹。彼は1942年、第二次大戦においてグリフら4人の若い兵士を含む狙撃兵分隊を指揮していた。非情な戦場におののく新兵たちに、“殺人ではなく、ただ殺すだけ”といった教えを諭し、戦場で生き残ることの意義を伝えていく軍曹。するとグリフたち4人は、北アフリカ戦線からシシリー島、そしてノルマンディー上陸作戦と戦地を渡り歩く中で不思議と生き残り、それぞれひとりの人間としても成長していく…。

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.

Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("RAF") lives in Mali. In his compelling portrait, Jonas Grosch shows a man who simply cannot stand still if he senses injustice. The courage to stand up for one’s beliefs coupled with vanity? However one chooses to look at it, it is easy to imagine what made him connect with the "RAF". With his irrepressible will for freedom, Christof Wackernagel gets entangled in the horrors of day-to-day life in Africa.

Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day...

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.

Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.

ライオンのアレックス、シマウマのマーティ、カバのグロリア、キリンのメルマンの４頭とその仲間たちがマダガスカル島に漂着してから数年後。ようやく飛行機でニューヨークへ帰る手筈が整うが、離陸して間もなく燃料切れで不時着してしまう。そこは、彼らの生まれ故郷、アフリカ大陸だった。様々な動物と交流を育むアレックスたち。だがそんな中、水が枯渇する事態に見舞われる。アレックスたちはその原因究明に奔走する。

1607年、英国軍人ジョン・スミスはラトクリフ総督率いる開拓団に参加し、新大陸アメリカのヴァージニア植民地へ旅立つ。一方、そこに昔から暮らす先住民パウアタン族の首長の娘ポカホンタスは不思議な夢と精霊グランドマザー・ウイローに導かれ、開拓団の船を発見する。ポカホンタスは真っ先に上陸してきたスミスと運命的に出会い、2人は言葉が通じないながらも心を通わすように。だが先住民と開拓団は対立を深めていく。

19世紀のアフリカで実際に起きた事件をもとにした動物パニック映画。“ゴースト”と“ダークネス”と呼ばれた、2頭の人食いライオンにマイケル・ダグラス扮する凄腕のハンターが挑む。