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Like City of God before it Tsotsi was well received critically as it was nominated for aGolden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film before going on to win the Oscar in the same category.
The year is 1997, and Great Britain has a newly elected prime minister, the youthful, optimistic Tony Blair (Michael Sheen). In Buckingham Palace, the Queen doesn't appear to be fazed by Blair's arrival. Then again, she doesn't appear to be fazed by anything.
But when Diana--her son's ex-wife and the mother of her grandchildren--is killed in a tragic car accident, her authority is tested as never before. While the Queen Mother (Sylvia Syms) and Prince Philip (James Cromwell) agree with her decision to remain at their holiday estate in Balmoral and not publicly acknowledge the tragedy, Tony Blair feels differently.
Unfortunately, so do the English people. Making matters worse is the out-of-control media, which has begun to castigate the queen for her silence.
In order to retain her grip on the country that she has served for so many years, she must swallow her pride and let the world know that she does, in fact, care.
The Queen was the British hit of 2006 as Helen Mirren won critical acclaim for her role as well as the Best Actress Oscar. It exceeded expectations at the box office grossing $120 million, easily making back it's modest $15 million budget.
Reservoir Dogs is the first Quentin Tarantino to make the chart and was the film that launched the director's since successful career.
Mastermind Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) assembles a crew of top-notch criminals to pull off a jewellery store heist.
As the film opens it becomes immediately clear that the plan backfired, forcing the survivors, who have gathered at an abandoned warehouse, to figure out if one of them is, in fact, a police informer.
The crew--Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), an aged veteran; Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), a wounded newcomer; Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), a psychopathic parolee; Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), a bickering weasel; and Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn), Joe's son--begin to unravel as the pressure becomes too much for them to handle. When Joe arrives, the truth becomes clear in a vicious Mexican standoff.
Upon release the film did better at the box office in the UK than the US with the film gaining more fans after the release of Pulp Fiction.
At the height of China's Warring States period, the country was divided into seven kingdoms: Qin, Zhao, Han Wei, Yan, Chu and Qi. For years, the separate kingdoms fought ruthlessly for supremacy. As a result, the populace endureddecades of death and suffering.
The Kingdom of Qin was the most determined of all. The Qin King was obsessed with conquering all of China and becoming her first Emperor. He had long been the target of assassins throughout the other six states.
Of all the would-be killers, none inspired as much fear as the three legendary assassins, Broken Sword, Snow and Sky.
To anyone who defeated the three assassins, the King of Qin promised great power, mountains of gold and a private audience with the King himself.
But defeating the killers is a near impossible task. For ten years no one came close to claiming the prize--that is until Nameless, a solitary ranger with a mysterious past, steps out of the shadows looking for a showdown.
Wjen released in China the film was the most expensive and the biggest grossing picture of all time Miramax bought the rights and with the help of Tarantino the film was distributed in America.
The film was a critical and commercial success grossing over $177 million at the global box office and was nominated for best Foreign Language Film at the 2003 Oscars.
No Country For Old Men is Miramax's latest success opening to critical acclaim the film dominated the award season and scooped best Picture and best Director for the Coen Brothers at this year's Oscars.
Sheriff Bell (a never-been-better Tommy Lee Jones) has ruled the land for years without the use of a gun, but a new brand of reckless lawlessness has taken over his town.
Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is an innocent Everyman with a devoted wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), but when he stumbles across a drug deal gone deadly and finds two million dollars, he's determined to keep it for himself.
There's only one problem. He's being pursued by one of the most amoral, evil psychopaths that the big screen has ever seen.
Wearing an absurd haircut and brandishing a pressurized weapon that's used to murder cattle, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) creeps forward on his mission to track Moss down and return the money to its rightful owners to save his own skin.
As the tension mounts, the body count begins to rise, confirming Sheriff Bell's inability to battle this new wave of modern brutality.
In part two of The Best of Miramax we take a look at Chicago and Trainspotting.
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