Archive for the ‘Mystery’ Category
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 141 min
Languages: Portuguese | English
Director:
Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
Cast: Angelina Jolie … Christine Collins
Gattlin Griffith … Walter Collins
Michelle Gunn … Sandy
Michael Kelly … Detective Lester Ybarra
Jan Devereaux … Operator
Erica Grant … Operator
Antonia Bennett … Operator
Kerri Randles … Operator
Frank Wood … Ben Harris
Morgan Eastwood … Girl on Tricycle
Madison Hodges … Neighborhood Girl
John Malkovich … Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Colm Feore … Chief James E. Davis
Devon Conti … Arthur Hutchins
Ric Sarabia … Man at Diner
Plot: A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 31 nominations
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Canada | Brazil | Japan
Runtime: 121 min
Languages: English | Japanese
Director:
Tagline: Lust is blind.
Writers: José Saramago (novel) Don McKellar (screenplay)
Cast: Yusuke Iseya … First Blind Man
Jason Bermingham … Driver #1
Eduardo Semerjian … Concerned Pedestrian #1
Don McKellar … Thief
Ciça Meirelles … Driver #2
Antônio Fragoso … Concerned Pedestrian #2
Lilian Blanc … Concerned Pedestrian #3
Douglas Silva … Onlooker #1
Daniel Zettel … Onlooker #2
Yoshino Kimura … First Blind Man's Wife
Joe Pingue … Taxi Driver
Susan Coyne … Receptionist
Fabiana Guglielmetti … Mother of the Boy (as Fabiana Gugli)
Mitchell Nye … Boy
Danny Glover … Man with Black Eye Patch
Plot: A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness”. Those first afflicted are quarantined…
Awards: 12 wins & 14 nominations
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 107 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game.
Cast: Ewan McGregor … Jonathan McQuarry
Hugh Jackman … Wyatt Bose
Michelle Williams … S
Bruce Altman … Lawyer #1
Andrew Ginsburg … Lawyer #2
Stephanie Roth Haberle … Assistant Controller
Christine Kan … Tennis Player #1
Dante Spinotti … Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti
Karolina Muller … Waitress (as Karolina Müller)
Agnete Oernsholt … Woman at Waldorf Astoria
Melissa Rae Mahon … Velvet Rope Dancer #1
Rachel Montez Collins … Velvet Rope Dancer #2
Holly Cruikshank … Velvet Rope Dancer #3
Deborah Yates … Tango Dancer
Bill Camp … Clancey Controller
Plot: An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman’s disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 88 min | 89 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Italian
Director:
Tagline: It's Midnight Everyone's Ready To Go Home…But Someone Has Other Plans.
Cast: Brittany Snow … Donna Keppel
Scott Porter … Bobby
Jessica Stroup … Claire
Dana Davis … Lisa Hines
Collins Pennie … Ronnie Heflin
Kelly Blatz … Michael
James Ransone … Detective Nash
Brianne Davis … Crissy Lynn
Kellan Lutz … Rick Leland
Mary Mara … Ms. Waters
Ming-Na … Dr. Elisha Crowe (as Ming Wen)
Johnathon Schaech … Richard Fenton
Idris Elba … Detective Winn
Jessalyn Gilsig … Aunt Karen Turner
Linden Ashby … Uncle Jack Turner
Plot: Donna’s senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 85 min | USA:90 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Japanese
Director:
Tagline: The most terrifying images are the ones that are real.
Cast: Joshua Jackson … Benjamin Shaw
Rachael Taylor … Jane Shaw
Megumi Okina … Megumi Tanaka
David Denman … Bruno
John Hensley … Adam
Maya Hazen … Seiko Nakamura
James Kyson-Lee … Ritsuo
Yoshiko Miyazaki … Akiko
Kei Yamamoto … Murase
Daisy Betts … Natasha
Adrienne Pickering … Megan
Pascal Morineau … Wedding Photographer
Masaki Ota … Police Officer #1
Heideru Tatsuo … Police Officer #2
Eri Otoguro … Yoko
Plot: A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery
Release Year: 2008
Country: France | Germany
Runtime: 117 min
Languages: French
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas … Juliette Fontaine
Elsa Zylberstein … Léa
Serge Hazanavicius … Luc
Laurent Grévill … Michel (as Lauren Grevill)
Frédéric Pierrot … Capitaine Fauré
Claire Johnston … La mère de Juliette et Léa
Catherine Hosmalin … La conseillère d'insertion
Jean-Claude Arnaud … Papy Paul
Olivier Cruveiller … Gérard
Lise Ségur … P'tit Lys (as Lise Segur)
Mouss … Samir (as Mouss Zouheyri)
Souad Mouchrik … Kaisha
Nicole Dubois … La DRH hôpital
Laurent Claret … Directeur hôpital
Marcel Ouendeno … Bamakalé
Plot: A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Kent Harper (writer) Jennifer Chambers Lynch (writer)
Cast: Caroline Aaron … Janet
Hugh Dillon … Dad
David Gane … Grocery Man
Gill Gayle … Officer Degrasso
Kent Harper … Officer Jack Bennett
Michael Ironside … Captain Billings
Pell James … Bobbi Prescott
Daryl Haney … Drug Dealer (as D.R. Haney)
Shannon Jardine … Elaine Meyer
Angela Lamarsh … Maid
Gerald Lenton-Young … Coroner
Jennifer Miles … TV Reporter
Mac Miller … Johnny
Charlie Newmark … Officer Wright
Julia Ormond … Elizabeth Anderson
Plot: Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.
Awards: 3 wins
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA | France
Runtime: UK:112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds … Will Hayes
An Nguyen … Ad Exec
Matthew Mason … Headphone Guy
Rick Derby … Visitor from Planet Ordon (as Ricky Jay Derby)
Sakina Jaffrey … School Mom
Bob Wiltfong … School Dad
Ryder Chasin … Boy with Book
Fiona Lane … Angry Girl
Dana Eskelson … Angry Girl's Mom
Blake Benitez … School Kid #1
Paulina Gerzon … School Kid #2
Victoria Goldsmith … School Kid #3
Ashtyn Greenstein … School Kid #4
Ashley Greiner … School Kid #5
Dylan Hartigan … School Kid #6
Plot: A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Spain | Germany | UK | Lithuania
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English | Russian | Spanish | Chinese | French
Director:
Tagline: Arrive on time.
Cast: Woody Harrelson … Roy
Emily Mortimer … Jessie
Ben Kingsley … Grinko
Kate Mara … Abby
Eduardo Noriega … Carlos
Thomas Kretschmann … Kolzak
Etienne Chicot … Frenchman
Mac McDonald … Minister
Colin Stinton … Embassy Official
Perlis Vaisieta … Manager Hotel Pushkin
Mindaugas Papinigis … Young Detective
Mindaugas Capas … Military Officer
Visockaite Sonata … Female Train Attendant #1 (as Sonata Visockaite)
Larisa Kalpokaite … Female Train Attendant #2
Valentinas Krulikovskis … Young Waiter
Plot: A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Awards: 2 wins & 11 nominations
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
All Genres:
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 85 min
Languages: English | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us
Cast: Lizzy Caplan … Marlena Diamond
Jessica Lucas … Lily Ford
T.J. Miller … Hudson 'Hud' Platt
Michael Stahl-David … Rob Hawkins
Mike Vogel … Jason Hawkins
Odette Yustman … Beth McIntyre
Anjul Nigam … Bodega Cashier
Margot Farley … Jenn
Theo Rossi … Antonio
Brian Klugman … Charlie
Kelvin Yu … Clark
Liza Lapira … Heather
Lili Mirojnick … Lei
Ben Feldman … Travis
Elena Caruso … Party Goer
Plot: Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
Awards: 4 wins & 11 nominations
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Japan | USA | Germany
Runtime: 87 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What will it sound like when you die?
Cast: Shannyn Sossamon … Beth Raymond
Edward Burns … Det. Jack Andrews
Ana Claudia Talancón … Taylor Anthony
Ray Wise … Ted Summers
Azura Skye … Leann Cole
Johnny Lewis … Brian Sousa
Jason Beghe … Ray Purvis
Margaret Cho … Det. Mickey Lee
Meagan Good … Shelley Baum
Rhoda Griffis … Marie Layton
Dawn Dininger … Monster Marie
Ariel Winter … Ellie Layton
Sarah Jean Kubik … Monster Ellie (as Sarah Kubik)
Raegan Lamb … Laurel Layton (as Regan Lamb)
Karen Beyer … Mrs. Ford
Plot: In this remake of the Japanese horror film “Chakushin Ari” (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves — messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Release Year: 2007
Country: France
Runtime: 85 min
Languages: French
Director: Blutch
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Tagline: Don't come alone! (UK)
Writers: Blutch (writer) Charles Burns (writer)
Cast: Gil Alma … (voice)
Aure Atika … Laura (voice)
François Creton … The teacher (voice)
Guillaume Depardieu … Eric (voice)
Sarah-Laure Estragnat … (voice)
Nicolas Feroumont … (voice)
Nicole Garcia … Narrator (voice)
Arthur H. … Narrator (voice)
Christian Hecq … The doctor / The samurai (voice)
Christian Hincker … (voice)
Lino Hincker … (voice)
Melaura Honnay … (voice)
Amélie Lerma … (voice)
Florence Maury … (voice)
Adriana Piasek-Wanski … (voice)
Louisa Pili … Sumako (voice)
Amaury Smets … (voice)
Brigitte Sy … (voice)
Laurent Van den Rest … (voice)
Charlotte Vermeil … (voice)
Andreas Vuillet … (voice)
Plot: Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Romania | France | Italy | Germany
Runtime: 124 min
Languages: English | Sanskrit | German | French | Italian | Russian | Romanian | Mandarin | Latin | Armenian | Egyptian (Ancient)
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Mircea Eliade (novel) Francis Ford Coppola (written by)
Cast: Tim Roth … Dominic
Alexandra Maria Lara … Veronica / Laura
Bruno Ganz … Professor Stanciulescu
André Hennicke … Josef Rudolf
Marcel Iures … Prof. Giuseppe Tucci
Adrian Pintea … Pandit
Alexandra Pirici … Woman in Room 6
Florin Piersic Jr. … Dr. Gavrila
Zoltan Butuc … Dr. Chirila
Adriana Titieni … Anetta rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mircea Albulescu … Davidoglu
Dan Astileanu … Professor (as Dan Astilean)
Cristian Balint … Grenzschutz
Dragos Bucur … Bartender
Theodor Danetti … Dr. Neculache
Andrei Gheorghe … Taxi Driver
Roxana Guttman … Gertrude
Dorina Lazar … Cook
Rodica Lazar … Teller
Anamaria Marinca … Hotel Receptionist
Hodorog Anton Mihail … Doru, The Guard
Mihai Niculescu … Vaian
Gelu Nitu … Policeman
Mirela Oprisor … Craita
Alexandru Repan … Dr. Chavannes
Dan Sandulescu … Nicodim
Andi Vasluianu … Intern
Plot: A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
All Genres:
Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:81 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What will happen between midnight and 1 AM?
Writers: John Comrie (screenplay) John Comrie (story)
Cast: Kurt Braun … Hank
Triston Coleman … Young David
Brian Comrie … David Baker
Dan Comrie … Matt Baker
Rick Comrie … Johnny Woods
Alessandra Daniele … Young Sarah
Nicole Des Coteaux … Mary Ann Baker
Patricia Dimeo … Vera Waters
Sylvia Enrique … Frida
Joe Momma Ernst … Male House Shopper
Ronda Ernst … Female House Shopper
Michael A. Evans … Lee Baker
Geof Gibson … Phil
Kevin Guild … Mechanic
Rusty Hanes … Ben Woods
Jane Harris … Thelma Shaw
Butch Hillman … Chester Miles
Laura Hiltz … Mrs. Van Camp
Dakota Jade … Young Megan
Dave Lindley … Ron
Kendell Lindley … Justin Van Camp
Olivia Novrit … Yolanda Lopez
Wendy Perkins … Sarah's Mother
Jack Pine-Rusk … Young Matt
Michael Silva … Carlos
Rissa Walters … Sarah Landon
Plot: A 17-year-old girl has mysterious encounters with paranormal activity in the small town of Pine Valley.
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | Canada | USA
Runtime: 100 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English | Russian | Turkish | Ukrainian | Urdu
Director:
Tagline: Every sin leaves a mark.
Cast: Josef Altin … Ekrem
Mina E. Mina … Azim
Aleksander Mikic … Soyka
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse … Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
Lalita Ahmed … Customer
Badi Uzzaman … Chemist
Naomi Watts … Anna
Doña Croll … Nurse (as Dona Croll)
Raza Jaffrey … Doctor Aziz
Sinéad Cusack … Helen (as Sinead Cusack)
Jerzy Skolimowski … Stepan
Tatiana Maslany … Tatiana (voice)
Viggo Mortensen … Nikolai
Vincent Cassel … Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Semyon
Plot: A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 35 nominations
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 121 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones … Hank Deerfield
Charlize Theron … Det. Emily Sanders
Jason Patric … Lt. Kirklander
Susan Sarandon … Joan Deerfield
James Franco … Sgt. Dan Carnelli
Barry Corbin … Arnold Bickman
Josh Brolin … Chief Buchwald
Frances Fisher … Evie
Wes Chatham … Cpl. Steve Penning
Jake McLaughlin … Spc. Gordon Bonner
Mehcad Brooks … Spc. Ennis Long
Jonathan Tucker … Spc. Mike Deerfield
Wayne Duvall … Detective Nugent
Victor Wolf … Pvt. Robert Ortiez
Brent Briscoe … Detective Hodge
Plot: A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son’s disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | France
Runtime: 123 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: You can only imagine the truth.
Writers: Ian McEwan (novel) Christopher Hampton (screenplay)
Cast: Saoirse Ronan … Briony Tallis – Age 13
Ailidh Mackay … Singing Housemaid
Brenda Blethyn … Grace Turner
Julia West … Betty
James McAvoy … Robbie Turner
Harriet Walter … Emily Tallis
Keira Knightley … Cecilia Tallis
Juno Temple … Lola Quincey
Felix von Simson … Pierrot Quincey
Charlie von Simson … Jackson Quincey
Alfie Allen … Danny Hardman
Patrick Kennedy … Leon Tallis
Benedict Cumberbatch … Paul Marshall
Peter Wight … Police Inspector
Leander Deeny … Police Constable
Plot: Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 23 wins & 67 nominations
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | French | Arabic | Russian | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home
Cast: Matt Damon … Jason Bourne (also archive footage)
Julia Stiles … Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn … Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn … Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine … Simon Ross
Édgar Ramírez … Paz
Albert Finney … Dr. Albert Hirsch
Joan Allen … Pam Landy
Tom Gallop … Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson … Wills
Daniel Brühl … Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah … Desh
Colin Stinton … Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh … Jimmy
Lucy Liemann … Lucy
Plot: Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 25 nominations
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Sunday, May 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Mexico | Spain
Runtime: 105 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline: Un cuento de amor. Una historia de terror (A tale of love. A story of horror)
Cast: Belén Rueda … Laura
Fernando Cayo … Carlos
Roger Príncep … Simón
Mabel Rivera … Pilar
Montserrat Carulla … Benigna
Andrés Gertrúdix … Enrique
Edgar Vivar … Prof. Leo Bálaban
Óscar Casas … Tomás
Mireia Renau … Laura niña
Georgina Avellaneda … Rita
Carla Gordillo … Martín
Alejandro Camps … Víctor
Carmen López … Alicia
Óscar Lara … Guillermo
Geraldine Chaplin … Aurora
Plot: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Awards: 31 wins & 34 nominations
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 89 min | 92 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: You scream. You die.
Writers: Leigh Whannell (screenplay) James Wan (story) …
Cast: Ryan Kwanten … Jamie Ashen
Amber Valletta … Ella Ashen
Donnie Wahlberg … Det. Lipton
Michael Fairman … Henry Walker
Joan Heney … Marion Walker
Bob Gunton … Edward Ashen
Laura Regan … Lisa Ashen
Dmitry Chepovetsky … Richard Walker
Judith Roberts … Mary Shaw
Keir Gilchrist … Young Henry
Steven Taylor … Michael Ashen
David Talbot … Priest
Steve Adams … 1941 Detective
Shelley Peterson … Lisa’s Mom
Enn Reitel … Billy (voice)
Plot: A widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wife’s murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist.
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