30 Days - Season One
Genres: Documentary, Reality Show
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Morgan Spurlock, Alexandra Jamieson
Starring: Morgan Spurlock, Alexandra Jamieson
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
An unscripted, documentary-style program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days.
Paradise Now
Year: 2005
Country: Germany, Netherlands, France, Israel
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Starring: Ali Suliman, Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass, Amer Hlehel, Lotuf Neusser, Hamza Abu-Aiaash
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The story places two close friends, Palestinians Said and Khaled, recruited by an extremist group to perpetrate a terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv, blowing up themselves. However, things go wrong and both friends must separate in the border. One of them, maintaining in his purpose of carry the attack to the end, and the other will have his doubts about it.
The Girls Next Door - Season One
Genres: Reality Show
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Hugh M. Hefner
Starring: Hugh M. Hefner, Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson
Available Quality: DivX
The Girls Next Door, also known as The Girls of the Playboy Mansion, is an American reality television series broadcast on the E! cable television network. The series was created by executive producer Kevin Burns and Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.
Monster Moves - Season Two
Genres: Documentary
Year: 2005
Country: UK
Director: Risky Rescue
Starring: Risky Rescue
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Monster Moves is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2005. A total 25 episodes have been produced across 5 seasons so far.
Jane Austen's Society
Genres: Documentary
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Unknown
Starring: Unknown
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Venom
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Jim Gillespie
Starring: Pawel Szajda, Agnes Bruckner, Meagan Good, Bijou Phillips, James Pickens Jr., Jonathan Jackson, Method Man
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Eric and his Yankee teenage mates travel South by motorbike to a swampy backwater town in Louisiana, where Sean's father Ray lived, the local tow truck driver, who abandoned the then baby-boy and his mother. Ray recently died, while trying to rescue a voodoo witch and at her urging her trunk, which got opened and released the poisonous serpents possessed by the souls of truly evil sinners she trapped in them. Ray was bitten and penetrated as the car sunk, and shortly after it's dragged out rises as an 'undead' zombie, who murders without provocation and is immune to lethal weapons. He soon finds the teens' trace and proves his indiscriminatel...
Valiant
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family
Year: 2005
Country: USA, UK
Director: Gary Chapman
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Tim Curry, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, Ricky Gervais
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
The animated comedy tells the story of a lowly wood pigeon named Valiant, who overcomes his small size to become a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. The RHPS advanced the Allied cause by flying vital messages about enemy movements across the English Channel, whilst evading brutal attacks by the enemy's Falcon Brigade.
Hoboken Hollow
Genres: Horror
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Glen Stephens
Starring: Michael Madsen, Dennis Hopper, Lin Shaye, Joe Stevens, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Holton, Dedee Pfeiffer
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
As Trevor drifts through Texas on collision course with a nightmare he is still haunted by the evils of the war he recently returned from and a promise he failed to keep. When a stranger offers a ride, Trevor finds himself battling the brutal homegrown evil of the Broderick family at Hoboken Hollow,a remote West Texas ranch that many visit but few ever leave.
Green Wing - Season Two
Year: 2005
Country: UK
Director: Victoria Pile
Starring: Olivia Colman, Sally Bretton, Oliver Chris
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Although set in a hospital, there are no medical storylines; the action is produced by a series of soap opera-style twists and turns in the personal lives of the characters. They proceed through a series of often absurd sketch-like scenes, or by sequences where the film is slowed down or sped up, often emphasising the body language of the characters. The show has eight writers. Two series were made by the Talkback Thames production company for Channel 4.
Yu-Gi-Oh! - Season Two
Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Hatsuki Tsuji
Starring: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Hikaru Midorikawa, Megumi Ogata
Available Quality: DivX
Underneath the sands of Egypt, Anubis, an ancient evil spirit, has awakened. It's up to Yugi, who defeated Anubis centuries ago, to use his skill and determination to rid the world of evil once again.
Monk - Season Four
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Andy Breckman
Starring: Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford, Andy Tony Shalhoub
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Adrian Monk was a brilliant detective for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife, Trudy, was killed by a car bomb in a parking garage, which Monk then believed was intended for him. He later believes that Trudy's death was part of a larger conspiracy that she had uncovered during her time as a journalist. Trudy's death led Monk to suffer a nervous breakdown. He was discharged from the force and became a recluse, refusing to leave his house for over three years.
Falang: Behind Bangkok's Smile
Genres: Drama
Year: 2005
Country: Canada
Director: Jordan Clark
Starring: Jordan Clark, Sirirat Rapsithorn
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"Bangkok Girl" is a 'remarkably accomplished, beautifully photographed and intimate debut documentary that puts a human face on the devastating social issue that, sadly, is the fate of too many impoverished girls.' The documentary provides a glimpse of Thailand's sex tourism told through the experiences of a 19-year-old bar girl named Pla.
The O.C. - Season Three
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Josh Schwartz
Starring: Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, Kelly Rowan, Peter Gallagher, Ben McKenzie
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Welcome to the dark side. At the end of The O.C.'s second season, Marissa (Mischa Barton) shoots the troubled Trey to stop him from strangling his brother, Ryan (Ben McKenzie). She saves her boyfriend's life, but it leads to her expulsion from Harbor High--just as she was to begin her senior year. Meanwhile, Ryan's guardian, Kirsten (Kelly Rowan), is doing time in rehab. It won't be easy for her to stay dry with two-faced resident Charlotte (Jeri Ryan, Shark) making every attempt to take advantage of her vulnerability. Ever the hothead, Ryan recovers in time to punch out the mean new dean (Eric Mabius, Ugly Betty), who expels him next. So, Ki...
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season Six
Genres: Comedy
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Larry David
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Larry David
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Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes are typically named after an event, object, or person which figures prominently in the plot, similarly to how Seinfeld episodes were named. Many episodes concern breaches of intricate aspects of social conventions, such as introductions, the allowed amount of caviar one may put on a cracker at a house party, whether a house guest needs the permission of the homeowner before taking a soft drink from the refrigerator, whether male airline passengers should wear short pants, and the coordination of restaurant tips. Others involve more significant issues, such as if and when a white person may say the racially sensit...
Ghost Hunters - Season Two
Genres: Documentary
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves
Starring: Grant Wilson, Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The show is unrelated to the original 1996 Inca Productions show Ghosthunters produced for the Discovery Channel. The format was sold to Pilgrim Films & Television in the United States to become Ghost Hunters. The only link between the two shows is presenter Ian Cashmore who anchored the UK/Europe show. Cashmore piloted the U.S. show, but chose not to remain part of the U.S. venture after he filmed the promos.
Dragons' Den - Season Four
Genres: Reality Show
Year: 2005
Country: UK
Director: Evan Davis, James Caan, Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis
Starring: James Caan, Peter Jones, Evan Davis, Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
A Dragon who, having heard the pitch, does not wish to invest, must declare themself "out", implying that they leave the discussion. (However, on one occasion in series 4, Peter Jones continued to question an entrepreneur after his own declaration.) This concluding phase may range from a few minutes if the Dragons don't perceive the business plan as credible, to much longer when complex conditions are negotiated. The Dragons often ridicule contestants, on grounds that vary widely, but especially for over-valuation of their respective enterprises.
Las Vegas - Season Three
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Gary Scott Thompson
Starring: James Caan, Josh Duhamel, James Lesure
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Las Vegas is set in the same universe as fellow NBC series Crossing Jordan. In the Season 2 episode "Two of a Kind," a case brought Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy) and Det. Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) to Las Vegas. Woody and Sam got very well acquainted and maintained a long-distance relationship. However, as of the Season 4 episode "History of Violins," the relationship seemed to be over. Jordan and Danny also become involved, but both agreed it was only for fun, and no relationship came from it.
Nighty Night - Season Two
Genres: Comedy
Year: 2005
Country: UK
Director: Julia Davis, Angus Deayton, Rebecca Front
Starring: Julia Davis, Rebecca Front, Angus Deayton
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The theme tune used in the beginning of both series and during the closing credits for the first is an excerpt from the spaghetti western My Name Is Nobody, composed by the Italian film composer Ennio Morricone.
Daltry Calhoun
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Katrina Holden Bronson
Starring: David Koechner, Elizabeth Banks, Juliette Lewis, Beth Grant, Laura Cayouette, Johnny Knoxville, Andrew Prine
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The Knoxville, Tennessee-set film, written by Bronson, is a dark comedy about a father (Knoxville) struggling to keep his once lucrative Tennessee golfing empire intact when his estranged 14-year-old daughter (a gifted musician) is unexpectedly left in his care.
Big Brother - Season Six
Genres: Reality Show
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Director: Julie Chen, Phil Proctor, George Boswell, Will Kirby
Starring: Phil Proctor, Julie Chen, George Boswell, Will Kirby, Marcellas Reynolds
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The housemates are required to do housework, and are set tasks by the producers of the show, who communicate with the housemates via the omnipresent authority figure known to them only as "Big Brother." The tasks are designed to test their teamwork abilities and community spirit, and in some countries the housemates' shopping budget or weekly allowance often depends on the outcome of any given tasks. The housemates have a weekly allowance with which they can buy food and other essentials.