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Nature Magazine - 09 February 2012

sunsponge — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:25:05 GMT

Nature Magazine - 09 Feb 2012, n7384 v482
English | True PDF | 205 pages | 42 MB

Nature Magazine - 02 February 2012

sunsponge — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:44:08 GMT

Nature Magazine - 02 Feb 2012, n7383 v482
English | True PDF | 151 pages | 9 MB

Nature Magazine - 26 January 2012

sunsponge — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:50:23 GMT

Nature Magazine - 26 Jan 2012, n7382 v481
English | True PDF | 209 pages | 13 MB

Nature Magazine - 19 January 2012

sunsponge — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:36:46 GMT

Nature Magazine - 19 Jan 2012, n7381 v481
English | True PDF | 253 pages | 17 MB

Above Suspicion: Silent Scream, Part 3 (2012)

sunsponge — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:18:29 GMT

From ITV.com

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Detective Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) returns to investigate the true cost of fame in Silent Scream, the fourth adaptation of Lynda La Plante’s best selling Above Suspicion novels.

When Amanda Delany, a young British film star is found murdered, Travis must unravel the truth behind the glamour.

Headed by the ever demanding DCS James Langton (Ciarán Hinds), Travis and the team find a stark contrast to Amanda’s on screen persona and instead discover a girl who was lonely and afraid.

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Above Suspicion: Silent Scream, Part 2 (2012)

sunsponge — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:11:02 GMT

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Above Suspicion: Silent Scream, Part 1 (2012)

sunsponge — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:10:43 GMT

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Nature Magazine - 12 January 2012

sunsponge — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:49:34 GMT

Nature Magazine - 12 Jan 2012, n7380 v481
English | True PDF | 219 pages | 46 MB

Run A Crooked Mile (1969)

sunsponge — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:32:12 GMT

IMDB.com:

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Inquisitive, unflagging schoolmaster in London chases down the driver of a car which ran him off the road to a secluded manor in the woods; sneaking in the back window, the teacher comes across a secret sect of gentleman bankers who appear to be unaware of his presence when a shooting occurs. Complicated, endlessly intriguing film from Universal was distributed straight to television, though it has the look and feel of a theatrical feature (and may have eventually been pared down to TV-movie length, unfortunately). There simply isn't enough time on the clock to expand on all the twists and turns in Trevor Wallace's script. This would make the perfect mini-series, as each unfolding episode holds a small surprise. Louis Jourdan is terrific in the leading role--smart, sure-handed, resourceful. Mary Tyler Moore plays his romantic interest who may or may not be what she seems, and she's well-matched with Jourdan (but why can't the women in these movies ever run from Point A to Point B without falling down?). The concluding events seem a bit rushed, and Jourdan's escape from a locked room near the climax is right out of James Bond. Still, the film is a good one; improbable, perhaps, but tightly-paced, intelligent, and highly enjoyable.

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Nature Magazine - 05 January 2012

sunsponge — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:27:35 GMT

Nature Magazine - 05 Jan 2012, n7379 v481
English | True PDF | 108 pages | 29 MB

Glynnis O'Connor Movie Collection

sunsponge — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:16:19 GMT

Glynnis O'Connor Movie Collection

A collection of 11 movies with Glynnis O'Connor. 11 GB total.

Nature Reviews Genetics - December 2011

sunsponge — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:07:03 GMT

Nature Reviews Genetics - December 2011
English | True PDF | 92 pages | 3.9 MB (+5% recovery)

Nature Reviews Immunology - November 2011

sunsponge — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:06:56 GMT

Nature Reviews Immunology - November 2011
English | True PDF | 89 pages | 9.5 MB (+5% recovery)

Swing Girls / Suwingu Gâruzu (2004)

sunsponge — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:37:01 GMT

IMDB.com:

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A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.

From the director of Waterboys comes a new drama-comedy Swing Girls, and I'm a happy camper. I mean, what can go wrong with combining Japanese Schoolgirls (drool?) and Jazz? Absolutely nothing! The premise and narrative is formulaic for this kind of "feel good carpe diem" shows - a bunch of misfits are thrown together by circumstance, to escape the dread of make up Math lessons during the holidays, they enroll (not voluntarily at first) to form a Big Band, face the great uphill task of getting funds for instruments, rehearsing and getting their act together, before ending it all with a cheery big bang.

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GW4: The Good Witch's Family (2011)

sunsponge — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:53:19 GMT

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The Good Witch's Family aka The Good Witch 4, is the fourth installment in the continuing story of Cassandra Nightingale.

Life is going well for Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale (Catherine Bell) as she settles into marriage with Middleton Police Chief Jake Russell (Chris Potter) and as stepmom to Brandon (Matthew Knight) and Lori (Hannah Endicott-Douglas). But evil soon blows into town in the form of Cassie's long-lost cousin Abigail (Sarah Power), who whips up wickedness like a tornado. The once peaceful Russell family bickers night and day; Jake is fired after an argument with the Mayor over a bridge expansion; and Martha (Catherine Disher), the Mayor's wife and town busy body, walks out on her long marriage. As the town divides further over neighborhood expansion, Cassie is drafted to run for Mayor. With in her once-happy marriage, her family is unraveling, and Abigail's diabolical "double, double, toil and trouble" is the apex of Cassie's misery. What's a good witch to do?

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (BBC Mini-Series) (1979)

sunsponge — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:24:23 GMT

Amazon.com

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy stars Alec Guinness as George Smiley, John le Carré's familiar, aging British Intelligence agent, called out of retirement to discover the identity of the high-ranking Russian mole who has burrowed deep into "the Circus"--codename for the British secret service. This slow-burning, complicated, and ultimately rewarding BBC adaptation, dramatized by Arthur Hopcroft and directed by John Irvin, perfectly captures Le Carré's own insight into the shady underworld of spies and the political climate during the cold war.

Le Carré's style is the antithesis of his contemporary Ian Fleming's--far from the glamorous lifestyle of James Bond, with his fast cars and faster women, these agents ride around in Skodas, and Beryl Reid is the closest thing to a femme fatale, save for Smiley's elusive wife, Anne. An extraordinary cast (including Ian Bannen, Hywel Bennett, and Ian Richardson), gritty realism, and close attention to detail make Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy an outstanding piece of television drama.

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Ecstasy / Ekstase (1933)

sunsponge — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:22:45 GMT

From IMDB.com

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Eva (Hedy Lamarr) has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn't have much room for passion. She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her father's house. One day while bathing in the lake she meets a young man and they fall in love. The husband has become grief stricken at the loss of his young bride, and fate brings him together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.

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La Chance De Ma Vie (Second Chance) (2010) [720p]

sunsponge — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:15:12 GMT

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La Chance De Ma Vie aka "Second Chance," or "The Chance of My Life" using a literal translation, is a French romcom. While I enjoy a good romantic comedy, in my experience most of the French ones get too tangled up with family drama and degenerate into boring repetition that wasn't funny the first time. Hollywood is equally guilty of this and serves it with a side of bad storytelling to boot. In that regard this movie is refreshing as it focuses on a single theme between the to-be couple and does an effective job playing it for laughs. In short, Julien brings good luck to his girlfriends after they finally dump him, usually during her stay in a hospital. While he is with them, their lives are nothing but disastrous. Then he meets Joanna (Virginie Efira), a beautiful, sexy designer whose dream is to design a car. So this is the story of Julien and Joanna and how bad luck gets transformed into opportunity.

Technical note: I've cleaned-up the subtitles because they were originally pretty messy with lots and lots of spelling problems. My apologies if I missed any.

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The Jury II (UK) (2011)

sunsponge — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:44:19 GMT

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British courtroom drama from ITV1. The Jury puts a twist on the typical courtroom drama by focusing the action on what transpires behind the locked door of the jury deliberation room. Those scenes are intercut with flashbacks of testimony and crime footage which reveal the facts of the case, and ultimately, after the verdict is reached, the events of the actual crime.

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The Dish (2000)

sunsponge — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:54:49 GMT

From IMDB.com

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In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Australian sheep farm in the boondocks town of Parkes was just one of the reasons that NASA was concerned. Based on a true story, The Dish takes a smart, witty, comical look at the differing cultural attitudes between Australia and the U.S. while revisiting one of the greatest events in history.

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