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★★★½☆ Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Plot: Elf Prince Nuada (Goss), wanting to reclaim the Earth for his kind, searches for 3 pieces of a crown that will unleash a goblin-made army of robots. The only ones who can stop him? Hellboy (Perlman) and the rest of the team from the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Development, who have recently been thrust into the public spotlight…and are dealing with unwelcome changes within the Bureau itself.

 

★★★★☆ V For Vendetta (2006)

Plot: In a future totalitarian Britain, Evey (Portman) is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as “V” (Weaving), who ignites a revolution. As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself – and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption. Based on the Vertigo/DC comic book.

 

★★☆☆☆ The Skeleton Key (2005)

Plot: Caroline (Hudson), sick of the big city way of doing things, answers an ad for a hospice caretaker in a small town in Louisiana. Her patient, Ben (Hurt), had a stroke in the attic of the plantation he shares with his wife Violet (Rowlands). The longer Caroline stays, the more she uncovers about plantation’s history. The more she learns, the more certain she is that something strange is going on in that house…but what?

 
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★★★½☆ Hellboy (2004)

Plot: FBI agent John Myers (Evans) has just gotten a new assignment with the super-secret Section 51. He comes to find out that Section 51 is a paranormal team of unique individuals led by an elderly man named “Broom” (Hurt). Among this team of paranormal is Hellboy (Perlman): A red demon now fighting on the side of good. But, will even Hellboy be enough to stop an evil villain who is trying to unleash the Seven Gods of Chaos? Based on the Dark Horse Comic by the same name.

 
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★★★½☆ The Black Cauldron (1985)

Plot: When he discovers his prize pig, Hen Wen, is clairvoyant - and the evil Horned King needs her help in finding the Black Cauldron - pig-keeper Taran tries to flee, but to no avail - Hen Wen is quickly captured. Now, with the help of a magic sword -and a few odd friends - it’s up to this unlikely hero to rescue Hen Wen from the Horned King before he can capture the Black Cauldron. Based on “The Chronicles of Prydain” novels by Lloyd Alexander. Animated.

 
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★½☆☆☆ Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Plot: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) is a normal boy. Or so he thinks, anyway, until Hagrid (Coltrane) shows up one day and tells Harry he’s a wizard, and a famous one at that - he was the only one evil Lord Voldemort attacked who survived. Hagrid takes Harry to Hogwarts, a school for young magicians, where he meets Ron Weasley (Grint) and Hermione Granger (Watson). But, with an evil plot building against Harry, it’s going to take everything he has to make it to his second year. Based on the book by J.K. Rowling.

 
  
     
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