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Mayerthorpe

Feb 10, 2008

★ 5.2

Overview

A semi-fictional story about the shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Corporal Alex Stanton

Henry Czerny

James Roszko

Brian Markinson

Constable Tina Legarry

Waneta Storms

Roszko's mother

Diane Ladd

Brian Ranfield

Landon Liboiron

Bruce Ranfield

Shaun Johnston

Constable Leo Johnston

Ben Cotton

Constable Brock Myrol

Ty Olsson

Constable Peter Schiemann

Adam MacDonald

Constable Anthony Gordon

Gord Rand

Superintendent

Peter MacNeill

Tyler Stanton

Rohan Campbell

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8.3

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5.6

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5.5

Kshana Kshanam

Oct 9, 1991

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4.6

Black Day Blue Night

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6.0

Death in Small Doses

Jan 16, 1995

One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the children away from the suspected murderer. All evidence points against Richard, but in court Richard surprisingly presents proof that his wife had depressions and maybe killed herself - or are these proofs just fake? -- Depicts an authentic case.

6.2

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5.3

Requiem for a Maiden

Feb 6, 1992

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6.6

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6.6

The Butcher of Prague

Jun 2, 2011

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high.

6.0

Moving Target

Feb 8, 1988

A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.

7.3

Samurai Assassin

Jan 3, 1965

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

5.3

Behind the Red Door

Jan 12, 2003

Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arranges an assignment in Boston for a considerable sum of money. Unable to turn it down in her dire straits, Natalie takes the job -- only to find that her estranged gay brother, Roy, is the employer. Roy wants to mend their broken past, but must convince her to stay long enough to do so.

6.8

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Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.

6.9

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Dec 8, 2017

After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.

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0.0

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3.1

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10.0

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Oct 15, 2017

Spencer Thompson, at rock bottom after losing his job and home, plans to end his life. But when he meets Angela, who calls herself a “Chinese Angel,” his path takes an unexpected turn toward light. Shot in London, Cyprus, and Canada, the film won awards worldwide.

6.6

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Apr 10, 2024

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