 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London 2004  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Adventure / Mystery
Director: Kevin Allen
Cast: Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck, Anna Chancellor, Keith Allen, James Faulkner, David Kelly, Santiago Segura, Connor Widdows, Keith David, Joshua Brody, Rod Silvers, Jack Stanley
While being trained at Kamp Woody "summer camp" as a future CIA agent, 15-year-old Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is given a new partner, Derek (Anthony Anderson), and the assignment of tracking down demoted agent Diaz (Keith Allen) who is in cahoots with Lord Duncan Kenworth (James Faulkner) to use stolen mind control software to take over the minds of world leaders. Diaz is in London, and Cody enrolls in a British private school where he poses as a clarinet player in the band in order to retrieve the stolen mind-control device. At the school, Cody teams up with another teenager, Scotland Yard operative Emily (Hannah Spearritt), and they try to stop Diaz from taking over the world.
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Beyond Re-Animator 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian Yuzna
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Angel Plana, Elsa Pataky, Enrique Arce, Simon Andreu, Santiago Segura, Nico Baixas, Raquel Gribler, Lolo Herrero, Barbara Elorrieta, Javier Sandoval, Tommy Dean Musset, Daniel Ortiz, Joaquin Ortega
Mad scientist Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is back and is serving prison time for his past deeds. But he has continued his research and now has improved his formula for bringing people back from the dead. He even has help from the prison doctor–whose sister was one of West's victims 13 years previously. But, alas, the results could be disastrous.
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 Blade II 2002  R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Horror
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Luke Goss, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, Thomas Kretschmann, Matt Schulze, Danny John-Jules, Donnie Yen, Tony Curran, Daz Crawford, Karel Roden, Marit Velle Kile, Santiago Segura
In this sequel, Marvel Comics character–half-human, half-vampire warrior Blade (Wesley Snipes)–is reunited with his mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), and forms a truce with enemies Reinhardt (Ron Perlman) and Damaskinos (Thomas Kretschmann). Now, Blade commands the Bloodpack in a valiant effort to save the world from a mutation that has resulted in vampires that prey not only on humans but on other vampires as well.
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Girl from Rio 2001 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Monger
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Vanessa Nunes, Santiago Segura, Lia Williams, Patrick Barlow, Nelson Xavier, Hugh Lloyd, John Junkin, Paul Jerrico, Julio Levi
After discovering that his wife, Cathy (Lia Williams), is having an affair with his bank boss (Patrick Barlow), Raymond (Hugh Laurie) robs money from his bank and heads for Rio with plans to dance the Samba with his favorite dancer, Orlinda (Vanessa Nunes). But, Rio is where his problems REALLY heat up.
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The Girl of Your Dreams 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sarda, Santiago Segura, Loles Leon, Jesus Bonilla, Neus Asensi, Miroslav Taborsky, Johannes Silberschneider, Gotz Otto, Hanna Schygulla
Set in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, a Spanish film company is invited to Hitler's Germany to shoot their movie and gladly accepts in order to get away from war-torn Spain. But all doesn't go as well as hoped, including being watched over by Propaganda Minister Goebbels (Johannes Silberschneider) who also makes a run on the film's star, Macarena (Penelope Cruz). A good film directed by Fernando Trueba who also Directed the Academy Award-winning "Belle Epoque."
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Masterpiece 2000 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: David Trueba
Cast: Ariadna Gil, Santiago Segura, Pablo Carbonell, Loles Leon, Luis Cuenca, Jesus Bonilla, Joserra Cadinanos, Anabel Labrador, Manolo Codeso, Ana Maria Barbany
Weirdos Benito and Carolo (Santiago Segura and Pablo Carbonell) love movies and decide to make one themselves. Needing a star, they kidnap famous, but grouchy, Amanda (Ariadna Gil) after she refuses their offer to star. And the fun begins.
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Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella 2001 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Santiago Segura
Cast: Santiago Segura, Gabino Diego, Tony Leblanc, Ines Sastre, Jose Luis Moreno, Arturo Valls, Juanito Navarro, Eloi Yebra, Carolina Bona, Paloma Cela, Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez
Our outrageous cop Torrente (Santiago Segura) returns, this time squandering his money on women and fun in Marbella. Now broke, he must go back to work and becomes a private investigator with druggy Cuco (Gabino Diego) as his assistant. He goes head-to-head with a powerful arms dealer in this funny, action-packed film
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Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law 1998 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Santiago Segura
Cast: Santiago Segura, Javier Camara, Neus Asensi, Chus Lampreave, Tony Leblanc, Julio Sanjuan, Jaime Barnatan, Dario Paso, Carlos Perea, Espartaco Santoni
There's not much good to say about Madrid cop Torrente (Santiago Segura) who has been thrown off the police force. Drunkard, sexist, druggy, petty thief, and father abuser are just a few of his bad traits. But when new neighbors move in, he falls for the lovely Amparito (Neus Asensi). To get her attention, he makes friends with her nerdy cousin Rafi (Javier Camara). When Torrente becomes aware of drug traffickers in the neighborhood, he decides to bring them to justice and get back in the good graces of the police department. But Rafi and his equally nerdy friends are all the help Torrente will get.
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| 1. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
2. Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
3. Blade II (2002)
4. The Day of the Beast (1995)
5. Girl from Rio (2001)
6. The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
7. Masterpiece (2000)
8. Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella (2001)
9. Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law (1998)
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