GIRA-ME VERAS VOLVER documents the trailblazing Argentine rock band Soda Stereo on their 2007 reunion tour. As one of the crucial groups in the development of the Rock en Español genre, Soda Stereo had a prolific and wildly successful career in the 1980s and ‘90s, and these live performances, recorded in locations as diverse as Buenos Aires, Bogota, Lima, and Miami, prove the outfit hasn’t lost any of its exuberant pop-rock chops over time. “Juegos de Seduccion,” “Hombre el Aqua,” and “Zoom” are among the highlights.
GIRA-ME VERAS VOLVER documents the trailblazing Argentine rock band Soda Stereo on their 2007 reunion tour. As one of the crucial groups in the development of the Rock en Español genre, Soda Stereo had a prolific and wildly successful career in the 1980s and ‘90s, and these live performances, recorded in locations as diverse as Buenos Aires, Bogota, Lima, and Miami, prove the outfit hasn’t lost any of its exuberant pop-rock chops over time. “Juegos de Seduccion,” “Hombre el Aqua,” and “Zoom” are among the highlights.
2008-10-06
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A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
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A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.
Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When Mona becomes more interested in Abel, it sets off a conflict between the two friends. Meanwhile, Mona attempts to keep her past hidden.
The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdrawal following the deathbed orders of their leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Determined to destroy the enemy once and for all, Admiral Yi leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to mount a blockade and annihilate the Wa army. However, once Ming commander Chen Lin is bribed into lifting the blockade, Wa lord Shimazu Yoshihiro and his Satsuma army sail to the Wa army’s rescue at Noryang Strait.
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita—the only person in the world she loves and was loved by—back with her. But Voichita has found God, and God is the hardest lover of all to best.
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.
A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapped in an iron lung.
An all-female rock group finds fame, love, and drama when they move to LA in order to claim the lead singer’s inheritance.
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