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Entries Tagged as 'Prostitute'

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Synopsis
On the 6th of January 1917, five condemned French soldiers are brought to a trench in Somme: a once cheerful carpenter, who accidentally shot himself scattering away rats; a welder so disillusioned by the war that he burns his hand in an attempt to win a discharge; a brave farmer (Clovis Cornillac) who wounds [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Military · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Train

True Romance (1993)

October 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Synopsis
When his exhaustive knowledge of Elvis Presley fails to convince a woman he meets a bar to watch a triple feature of Sonny Chiba movies with him, Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) goes to the theater alone. There he meets Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) when she spills popcorn on him. Taking a seat next to [...]

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Tags: Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Prostitute · Road trip · Shootout · Unconventional romance · Woman in jeopardy

Boogie Nights (1997)

October 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis
In the San Fernando Valley of 1977, busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) catches the eye of Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), maker of “adult films, exotic pictures” at the nightclub where Eddie works. Jack lives in Reseda with Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), a coke sniffing adult film star whose line of work has [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Coming of age · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Famous line · Father/son relationship · Master and pupil · No opening credits · Prostitute · Rated X · Shootout

Dressed to Kill (1980)

July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
Synopsis
Resorting to a fantasy in which a stranger accosts her in the shower, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) gets through a thoroughly unsatisfying round of sex with her husband. Revealing this to her psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), she’s advised to think about where her anger is going and [...]

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Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Murder mystery · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Psychoanalysis · Rated X · Train · Woman in jeopardy