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June 3, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Half Moon Street (1986)

— 90 min - Drama - 13 August 1986

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Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.

Director:  Bob Swaim

Stars:  Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Faith Kent, Ram John Holde...

May 20, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Captain Abu Raed (2007)

— 102 min - Drama, Imaginary - 11 December 2007

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Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he's an airline captain and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Amman, Jordan. Through imaginary tales, a friendship forms, and Abu Raed is soon faced with the grim realities of the children's home life. Thus he takes it upon himself to make a difference in their lives.

Director:  Amin Matalqa

Writers:  Amin Matalqa

Stars:  Nadim Sawalha(Abu...

March 22, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

— 125 min - Adventure, Action, Thriller - 7 July 1977

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Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

Director:  Lewis Gilbert

Stars:  Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro, Walter Gotell, Geoffrey Keen, Bernard Lee, George Baker, Michael Billington, Olga Bisera, Desmond Llewelyn, Edward de Souza, Vernon Dobtcheff, Valerie Leon, Lois Maxwell, Sydney Tafler, Nadim Sawalha, Sue Vanner, Eva Rueber-Staier, Rob...

March 22, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Living Daylights (1987)

— 130 min - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 29 June 1987

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After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Director:  John Glen

Stars:  Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Art Malik, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, Caroline Bliss, John Terry, Virginia Hey, John Bowe, Julie T. Wallace, Belle Avery, Catherine Rabett, Dulice Liecier, Nadim Sawalha, Alan Talbo...

March 11, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

— 109 min - Adventure - 4 December 1985

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

Director:  Barry Levinson

Stars:  Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Matthew Ryan, Earl Rhodes, Freddie Jones, Patrick Newell, Nadim Sawalha, Nigel Stock, Brian Oulton, Donald Eccles, Matthew Blakstad, Jonathan Lacey, Walter Sparrow, Roger Brierley, Vivien...