Zateryannyy v Sibiri 1991
2h 20min | Drama, Romance | 8 May 1992 (UK)
Storyline:
The political drama is set in the Stalin’s Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.
Dante’s Cove S02xE02 Playing with Fire
52min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 15 September 2006
Storyline:
Following Cory’s death, Van commits herself more to the study of Tresum magic in which she approaches Grace and asks for help in teachings. Grace initially refuses, but changes her mind later when she learns about Diana’s arrival in Dante’s Cove, and Ambrosious learns the same revealing that Diana was the one who taught him Tresum magic during his imprisonment. Van tries to use Tresum magic to make Michelle forget all about her discovery of magic, but it backfires greatly when Michelle forgets EVERYTHING about Van, and worse still falls into the arms of Brit. Meanwhile, Kevin ignores Toby’s warnings that Ambrosius is dangerous and is trying to break them up. Grace and Van team up to put a protection spell on Kevin to prevent Ambrosius from putting any more spells on him. But Kevin ends up slipping into bad habits all by himself.
Dante’s Cove S02xE01 It’s a Kind of Magic
53min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 1 September 2006
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Toby and Kevin struggle to build a relationship while contending with the ordinary obstacles of jobs, troublesome exes, and well-built hookups, as well as the extraordinary obstacles from evil sorcerer Ambrosius and his continuing mission to gain Kevin’s love. Meanwhile, Van decides to commit herself to stying the Tresum Order of magic, which puts a strain on her relationship with her girlfriend Michelle. Aided with advice from the ghost children, Stephen and Betty, Van and Toby decide to team up to try to stop Ambrosious. But the final result has drastic consequences for not only them, but Cory still under Ambrosious spell. Elsewhere, Diana Childs is a mysterious woman who arrives in Dante’s Cove and has a connection to both Ambrosious and Grace, who still resides and looks after the ominous Hotel Dante. Other new characters include include Marco, the handsome new owner of the local outdoor bar H2Eau where Toby works at the bartender; bad-boy Kai, who can be counted on to get his customers whatever they need, legal or illegal, and Brit, another new employee of H2Eau.
Dante’s Cove S01xE02 Then There Was Darkness
1h 45min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 30 December 2006
Storyline:
Having been freed from his imprisoned cell, the evil sorcerer Ambrosius Vallin retains corporeal existence from Kevin’s blood and sets up a lair underneath the Dante’s Cove lighthouse where he continues to use his powers to call upon Kevin. But when Ambrosious’ former fiancée, Grace, too enters corporeal existence, she attempts to break up the union with her own black magic. When Grace uses magic to kill Kevin while he’s recovering in the hospital, Ambrosious retaliates by imprisoning her in the bowels beneath Hotel Dante, and uses the darkest magic to resurrect Kevin to make him his companion for all eternity. Meanwhile, Toby and Van try to find out what is going on due to the weirdness of Kevin’s death and mysterious resurrection, and try to find leads which Ambrosious tries to prevent them from finding out his connection to Kevin. At the same time, Ambrosious uses his powers to take control of Corby as his slave to have him keep Toby and Kevin apart as he prepares his grand plan, while Grace tries to escape from her dungeon. But in the final battle between the evil Ambrosious and the MORE evil Grace, no mater who will win… all of us still lose.
Dante’s Cove S01xE01 In The Beginning
The Beginning
1h 24min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 7 October 2005
Storyline:
In 1840 Dante’s Cove, an island resort in the Caribbean, Grace is a powerful witch who catches her fiancée Ambrosius Vallin cheating on her with a man, upon which she imprisons him in the basement of their house, cursing him to spend eternity in bondage. Present Day: College dropout Keven Archer follows his lover, Toby, to the island paradise of Dante’s Cove to get away from living with his abusive and homophobic mother and stepfather. Kevin wants to start a new life at Hotel Dante, a local hotel for the gay/lesbian community and the current site of the Vallin household which is now reputed to be haunted. While deciding what to do with his life, Kevin becomes acquainted with the residents of the hotel whom include Toby’s best friend Van, an artist who struggles to pay her bills and date her girlfriend Tina. Corey is the long-term resident and outgoing gay guy. Amber is the party girl who has eyes for the local DJ Chrissy. Adam is the token straight guy at odds with everyone, and Josh is the bisexual guy who’s current girlfriend is at odds with him. But Kevin and Toby’s newfound romance takes a turn when Kevin finds a trap door in the cellar and inadvertently releases Ambrosius’s evil spirit who, with a kiss from Kevin, becomes corporeal again as an evil vampire, and all hell is about to break lose in Dante’s Cove…
Wilde 1997
R | 1h 58min | Biography, Drama, Romance | 1 September 1997 (Italy)
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The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realization of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action instigated by Bosie’s father, the enraged Marquise of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labor by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society.
Love Steaks 2013
1h 29min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 27 March 2014 (Germany)
Storyline:
A luxury hotel. Steaks frizzle, muffintops getting massaged. Clemens (rare) joins the wellness area as a rookie. Lara (well-done) needs to assert herself in the kitchen pack. The elevator brings the two of them together. Hanging in dependence. They encounter each other, until they clash.
Head On 1998
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 13 August 1998 (Australia)
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Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he’s facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
Da i Da 2014
1h 55min | Drama | 26 March 2014 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:
After starring in Valeriya Gay Germanika’s feature debut Everybody Dies But Me screened in Cannes in 2008, actress Agniya Kuznetsova is reunited with the director on Yes And Yes. Kuznetsova plays an inquisitive girl from the outskirts of Moscow, embarking on a coming-of-age adventure in the city’s bohemian art community.
