The Man from Majorca (1984)
Gênero : Thriller, Crime, Ação
Runtime : 1H 47M
Director : Bo Widerberg
Escritor : Bo Widerberg
Sinopse
In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy’s Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder stretching across all levels of society, from the streets to the government.
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
Asaka Ai is a budding starlet waiting for her big break to make it into the limelight. Under the dedicated tutelage of her manager Bando she shuffles from one photo shoot to the next, most often resulting in her image being used on various advertising posters. With the help of a catchy tune, Ai and Bando anticipate she will finally break out of merely poster appearances and into television commercials and from there, real stardom. The song is entitled "If this is a Dream Wake Me" (Yume Nara Samete) and was written by Ai's friend Hiromi just prior to Hiromi jumping headlong off a tall building. But as things started to go well, a stalker shows up knowing anything and everything about Ai...
The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye. Based on the novel Nest in a Fallen Tree by Joy Cowley.
Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads to the death of an innocent. The payback is swift and brutal. The wronged father hires a twisted, sociopathic assassin to avenge his loss. One by one the offenders are punished through grisly executions. Stone uses his wits to find a reclusive friend Terry (Mel Smith) just in time for a psychedelic funhouse showdown with his stalker.
O motor de um avião dá problema, e o piloto Whisp Whitaker consegue salvar a aeronave e seus passageiros, tornando-se um herói. Mas a Administração Federal de Aviação investiga o episódio e encontra evidências de abuso de álcool e drogas após um exame de sangue. O problema é posto de lado para tentar preservar a imagem do comandante, que está determinado a mudar o rumo de sua vida.
Eugenie, an innocent young woman, is taken to an island paradise where she initiated into a world of pleasure and pain controlled by the sinister Dolmance. But when she surrenders to her own forbidden fantasies, Eugenie becomes trapped in a frenzy of drugs, sadomasochism and murder. Can a frightened girl in the grip of carnal perversion find sanctuary in the orgies of the depraved?
When Edvarda arrives at the little Norwegian village, to stay with some family, she find the Lt., Thomas Glahn, very interesting. Soon they fall in love. It's a very passionate relationship, but this leads to problems. Both of them are very strong in their opinions, and both are behaving a little strange. Love turns to hate, and instead of doing all they can to please each other, they do all they can to hurt the other person psychological. They both do a great job, and what began as a love story turns into a sad and depressing story of two ruined persons. The story is told by Thomas Glahn from his "exile" in Thailand, where he in the beginning of the movie receives two green feathers from Edvarda.
Durante um vôo de Los Angeles para Minneapolis a tensão toma conta de todos quando uma jovem, Elly Brewster (Susan Dey), vê no espelho do banheiro uma mensagem escrita com batom, dizendo que se a aeronave não mudasse seu plano de voo e fosse para Anchorage, Alasca, o autor (ou autora) da ameaça explodiria o avião. O comandante do voo, Henry "Hank" O'Hara (Charlton Heston), tenta lidar com isto da melhor maneira, pois quer evitar que alguém seja ferido. Mas a visibilidade em Anchorage é nula e este é apenas um dos problemas.
Lizuca is only six years old, not much older than her pet dachshund Patrocle, when her mother dies and she is left to live with her grandparents on their farm. Before long, Lizuca's father comes to take her away to live with him and his new bride, a vile woman who considers children the bane of all existence. Lizuca and the dachshund escape the wicked stepmother and spend the night in a hollow tree, a tree that changes into an enchanted land where Lizuca (like Alice through the Looking Glass) discovers a world of characters in the form of bees, frogs, the four seasons, Snow White, her dwarves, and other fairy tale creatures. This magic place is threatened by the evil stepmother's plan to sell the grove that protects the secret land to developers -- a decision that puts the woman on trial before this perfidy can be realized.
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Punks kill people and rape people and stuff... and cops kinda do their own thing... and there's boobs and blood and motorcycles... the end.
Spain, 1974. A teenager and his father are traveling in a car that is the only property they have. Their life is a continuous move by desolate coastal apartments in the tourism low season. When forced to change route and get away from sea, their lives will change dramatically.
A bunch of delinquent women are shipped to an island prison run by the sadistic warden Carla. Forced into situations of sexual perversion and violence and torture, the prisoners band together to try to overthrow Carla and escape the island.
Boris, an ex-con thief, is persuaded by his girlfriend to pull one last heist, breaking into her paraplegic, millionaire boss' sprawling, castle-like mansion. But once inside, they become trapped in a maze-like series of escape rooms which must be solved in order to stay alive.
A squad of Libyan terrorists infiltrate the city of Kokomo, Indiana, with the goal of car bombing a nuclear power plant. While attempting to escape local law enforcement, a massive car chase ensues, terrorizing the entire town before the terrorists end up at the local high school and take the detention class hostage. Will they escape? Will the crafty delinquents foil their plans? Will Chuck Connors step more than two feet away from his car? Watch and find out!
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.
A Condessa Helene Mara ia casar-se com o Príncipe Otto von Liebenheim, mas abandona-o na última hora e parte de trem para Monte Carlo. Lá, começa a fazer a ronda dos cassinos e perde tudo que tinha. Subitamente, um estranho pede para tocar seu cabelo para ter sorte. No entanto, é a própria condessa que recupera tudo que tinha perdido. Daí, ela o contrata como cabeleireiro e secretário particular e eles acabam se apaixonando, porém o casamento é impossível, já que ele não pertence à nobreza.
Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives. The first, driven to the brink of despair, throws herself out of a window. Enlisting the help of an equally perverse casual acquaintance, Dino, the "handsome brute" proceeds to emotionally torture his second wife, Nathalie. The sadistic plan is picked up on by Officer Leroy who suspects the truth. Will he be able to snatch the unfortunate woman from the evil Alain's clutches?
Baseado no livro homónimo de Andy Zeffer, o filme dá-nos uma visão intrigante e verdadeira da Hollywood dos tempos modernos. Mostra-nos como a amizade é importante para seguirmos em frente com os nossos objectivos; um conto que reflecte a nossa cultura obsessiva de nos tornarmos celebridades; um olhar revelador sobre aqueles que anseiam e desejam ser amados, adorados e bajulados a qualquer custo. Os leitores habituaram-se a gostar dos imperfeitos e falhados, mas sinceros e simpáticos, personagens Adam (Mathew Ludwinski) e Candy (Allison Lane). Agora, os espectadores terão a oportunidade de os ver e seguir numa autêntica e louca viagem em Hollywood, com todos os bons momentos que dela farão.