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Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

pyramidv — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:08:06 +0000

SPARTACUS – GODS OF THE ARENA is the prequel to the critically acclaimed SPARTACUS – BLOOD AND SAND. Quintus Lentulus Batiatus becomes a lanista (manager)of a group of gladiators. He is desperately seeking recognition of his own and to step out of his father’s shadow by taking his gladitors to greatness. His best gladiator, Gannicus is a skilled warrior and Batiatus’ best chance at success. However, there are those that oppose Batiatus and plot against him to fail. Follow Gannicus and Batiatus as they try and fight their way to the top in and out of the arena.

Awards: Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations

Mad Dogs (TV Series Seasons 1-2)

pyramidv — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:56:32 +0000

Series One: Four friends, Woody (Max Beesley), Quinn (Philip Glenister), Baxter (John Simm), and Rick (Marc Warren) arrive in Majorca to visit their old mate Alvo, who is now a wealthy property tycoon enjoying the trappings of an ex-pat lifestyle. One by one Alvo asks his friends what they’ve done with their lives, whether they’re truly happy, wouldn’t they rather live like him?

The hedonistic mood of the friends’ soon turns sour when they realise Alvo isn’t quite the man they thought he was. The luxury yacht they have borrowed turns out to be stolen; Alvo has dragged them into something dangerous. When murder is committed they realise their nightmare has only just begun

Series Two: In an attempt to rescue their friend, the boys enter into a Faustian pact involving drugs, money, witchcraft and goats.

How far would you go for your friends, not least when you can’t remember why you liked them in the first place?

Mad Dogs madness prevails in what is becoming the worst holiday of anyone’s lifetime.

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Inside Men (TV Series Season 1)

pyramidv — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:51:55 +0000

A tense and compelling four-part drama starring Steven Mackintosh, Ashley Walters, Warren Brown and Kierston Wareing.

John Coniston is the manager of a cash counting house – a man so scrupulous he replaces stolen cash with his own money. When he confronts security guard, Chris, and forklift driver, Marcus, over a missing £50,000 they expect their cautious boss to call the police, but he is about to offer them a way out.

Together these disillusioned men – John, desperate for some adrenaline in his humdrum existence; Chris, eager to fund a new life with his young Polish girlfriend and Marcus, desperately in dept after loosing money in his Wife’s hairdressing business – plan the… more » perfect heist. But these are no seasoned criminals, just three ordinary men… Can they cope with the pressures of a big-time job?

Brighton Rock

pyramidv — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:43:16 +0000

Screenwriter Rowan Joffe’s debut feature BRIGHTON ROCK embraces the classic elements of film noir and the British gangster film to tell the story of Pinkie, a desperate youth who is hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime. When a young and very innocent waitress, Rose, stumbles on evidence linking him to a revenge killing, he sets out to seduce her to secure her silence. The film stars up-and-coming British actors Sam Riley (CONTROL, ON THE ROAD) and Andrea Riseborough (MADE IN DAGENHAM, NEVER LET ME GO) as the young couple. Veterans Helen Mirren and John Hurt co-star as two friends who set out to save Rose from Pinkie’s deviant designs. BRIGHTON ROCK is based on the iconic 1939 Graham Greene novel of innocence and evil but the action has been updated to 1964 Britain, the year the Mods and the Rockers were rioting across the South Coast. The 60s were also the era of the great British gangster, the kind of working class hero, the frightened and ambitious Pinkie longs to be.

Awards: 6 nominations

Underworld: Awakening

pyramidv — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:04 +0000

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

pyramidv — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:01 +0000

Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large—Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris)—and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective.

When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder—a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction—all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.

Awards: 4 nominations

New Year’s Eve

pyramidv — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:12:46 +0000

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

Awards: 5 nominations

The Descendants

pyramidv — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:28:03 +0000

From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning SIDEWAYS, set in Hawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 45 wins & 74 nominations

Goon

pyramidv — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:20:23 +0000

Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the “muscle.” Despite the fact that Glatt can’t skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league’s reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt’s success and decides to even the score.

31 Million Reasons

pyramidv — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:26:00 +0000

A corrupt cop who has delusions of being above the criminal class and who desperately wants to clean up his act. He is given the opportunity to go legit by a cash-in-transit guard, but only by orchestrating the biggest cash heist in South African history.