A Man Who Was Superman

SONG Soo-jung is a producer going on her third year at a small company. Her specialty is human interest stories. She is driven to produce these shallow stories for the sake of her ambition of one day becoming Korea’s own Oprah Winfrey. However, she is reaching the end of what’s left of her pride. One day, after months of not getting paid, she leaves her office with the company camera to produce a story on a lion apparently refusing to eat its meal. On her way, however, she comes across a robber, but she is saved somehow by Superman in a Hawaiian shirt. “Superman” claims he’s unable to tap into his supernatural powers as the bad guys have placed kryptonite inside his head. However, he doesn’t let that get in his way from helping others, from saving the world from global warming to saving a lost puppy.

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The Phantom Thief

Set in the 17th century, this Korean drama tells the story of Yong (Jun-ki Lee), a boy who witnesses the murder of his father, then watches as his sister is executed years later. Determined to avenge their deaths, he transforms into a stealthy bandit. During the robbery of a nobleman, Yong leaves behind a red apricot blossom and is soon dubbed Il Ji-Mae. As his legend grows, he becomes a Robin Hood figure who fights crime and corruption.

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The Philosopher's Stone

Directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon

The Posters Came from the Walls

Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams' film shows the impact of Basildon's biggest cultural export, Depeche Mode, using the stories and voices of devotees from around the world. Plotting an alternative history in which pop culture is given its due, and Basildon helped end the cold war, the film uncovers extraordinary tales of faith and devotion from Iran, Russia, Romania and even England.

The presentation theme

Simplistic drawings portray the myths and rituals of the ancient Moche civilization as interpreted by the filmmaker from the artwork on Moche pottery, inspired by Donnan McClelland's "Sex and Death."

The Professor's Sins

What begins as a refuge turns into a battleground when a female professor (Claudia Vega) releases the bitterness she's carried for years into the arms of a much younger lover -- only to find out that he's one of her students. Things become complicated when the student's ex-girlfriend catches wind of the affair and decides to do everything in her power to come between teacher and student. Eleazar Gómez and Gabriela Roel co-star.

The Past Is a Foreign Land

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, thus discovering an evil part of himself he has never known.

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The Rats

TV adaptation of Michael Thalheimer's production at the Deutsches Theater Berlin.

The Order of the Alchemists, the Knights of Malta and Cagliostro

Almost everybody is now aware of the infamous history of the Knights Templar. But not everybody realizes that there was another Order from the same time and with the same roots. This Order still exists today and has incredible power.

The Recovered

A heavily medicated woman returns to her hometown after fifteen years to make preparations for her estranged mother's funeral, only to be haunted by long-repressed memories of a childhood horror.