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Singapore:PG certified full length DVD movies
| Pretty Woman
[1990,
USA]
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| She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart. |
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Vivian Ward has found a way of living by working as a prostitute on Hollywood Boulevard. When she runs into the prince of her dreams, who comes along on his wild horse, she first does not recognize him as her saviour. The prince, a ruthless and wealthy businessman by the name of Edward Lewis, does not know that she could be more than just a girl from the sidewalk, but he changes his decision after the first night with the beautiful stranger. Her being the first person in a long time who could surprise him, Edward can slowly feel the light at the end of the tunnel. He is on his way to become a better person, whereas Vivian has got a new chance to start over again. |
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Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman's body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall by Sir Horace Platt and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and step-daughter on a tropical island hotel. He joins them on the island and finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons - refusing to do a stage show, stopping a book, and for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern, another guest, in full view of his shy wife. So it's only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead, strangled and Poirot must find out who it is... |
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She walks past the window of the shop where he works in the Wicker Park section of Chicago, and he's immediately captivated; he follows her, they meet, and soon they fall deeply in love. It was two years ago, Lisa (Diane Kruger) and Matthew (Josh Hartnett) had a love affair, and Lisa simply vanished when Matthew invited her to move with him to New York, where he had the invitation for a better job, and Matthew is still obsessed for her. Today Matt has built a new life for himself, but he's still haunted by her memory and the nagging torment of unanswered questions. Then he catches a quick glimpse of someone he thinks must be her in a bar - but is it? Thus begins a twisting, obsessive search for the woman who captured his heart years ago - and for someone who's playing with his mind right now. Two years later, Matthew's search for the truth will lead him deeper into the mystery, with each discovery more deceiving than the next. Obsession can go both ways, and Matthew discovers it's possible to love someone too much. |
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In ancient Egypt, high priest Imhotep started a forbidden relationship with Anck Su Namun, Pharaoh Seti's Mistress. When Seti finds out about what's going on, Imhotep and his loved one stab him, but can't escape the trustworthy guards: Anck Su Namnun chooses to commit suicide while Imhotep is bestowed with the Hom-Dai, the most feared curse of all: He is mummified alive in Hamunaptra, the city of the Dead. More than thirty-six centuries later, in 1923, to be exact, adventurer Rick leads Egyptologist Evelyn and her brother Johnathan to mysterious Hamunaptra. While Johnathan is keen on finding the legendary Egyptian treasures, Evelyn wants to search for the Book of the Living, which would clarify a lot in historical knowledge about the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, they and a rivaling group of careless American adventurers free Imhotep's mummy from his eternal prison. Now, with the ancient and quite agile high priest on the loose, the adventurers and scientists face not only a dangerous enemy, but also a massive threat to today's world: Imhotep wants to bring Ankh-su-namun back to life by using Evelyn's body, but he also wants to rid the world of the disbelieving crowd of democracy-supporters to be able to enforce his tyrannic dictatorship. |
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This sentimental and touching fantasy movie centers on 65-year-old William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy and powerful media mogul whose perfect existence is shattered by the arrival of Death who takes the form of a charming young man named Joe Black (Brad Pitt). Tired of his routine duties, Death proposes to conclude an extraordinary deal: Parrish will act as a guide to Joe to the world of living, and Joe will give him time to put his affairs in order. With the help of Parrish, the enigmatic and eccentric Joe starts a tour of human life. But the unexpected happens. The dead person's body which is occupied by Death turns out to have belonged to a man whom Parrish's beautiful daughter, Susan (Claire Forlani), has fallen in love with before the fatal accident. |
| Sleepless in Seattle
[1993,
USA]
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| What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you? |
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Tom Hanks plays Sam, a citizen of Seattle, a widower and a single father, whose son Jonah calls a radio talk show and tells America a sad story of their lonely life. Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) who lives thousands miles away from Seattle hears the program and decides to meet Sam feeling dissatisfaction with her fiancee. She writes a letter to the man whom she hasn't ever seen but whom she believes to be her only one. |
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The audacious theft of a Claude Monet painting from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is brilliantly executed in broad daylight. The priceless artwork is stolen by Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan), an adventurous self-made billionaire who can easily afford to buy anything he desires but there is nothing he enjoys better than walking on the razor's edge and winning. Thomas is a respected businessman therefore he is the last person the police suspect. But there is one person, namely Catherine Banning (Rene Russo), a smart insurance investigator who feels in her bones that Crown is involved in the theft. Hired to assist the police in retrieving the masterpiece, Catherine resorts to various means, from intelligence and cunning to personal charm, to accomplish her mission. |
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Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) was one of the most successful Broadway producers, but now, in 1959, the things have changed. He meets Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick), a sly accountant, who offers him a brilliant shady deal: to raise the money for a show that would be an assured failure and then vanish with the cash. They hire a Nazi-loving playwright, a blond Swedish actress with poor English, but after the opening night of their musical 'Springtime for Hitler' they discover the show isn't bad enough.
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Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner) is back from Arabian capture, and what he sees? His patrimonial castle is ruined, and his father is killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). Robin vows to wreck revenge upon the murderer and makes up a company of thieves, robbers and other criminals to dwell in the great Sherwood Forest: There he will rob the wealth nobility for the profit of poor people. Moreover, Robin's beloved woman is being courted by detestable sheriff, and he should rid her of this rascal. This movie is recommended for all family to see; Kevin Costner looks organic playing the role of generous robber. |
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Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jon wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn't sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together... Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jon enlists the help of his best man to track down the girl he can't forget starting at the store where they met. Sara asks her new age musician fiance for a break before the wedding and, with her best friend in tow, flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back. Near-misses and classic Shakespearean confusion bring the two close to meeting a number of times but fate will have the final word on whether it was meant to be. |
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Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer - whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company's maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret-some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won't drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family's business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival-the mysterious Racer X - to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible. |
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Based on a true story, the movie tells of the struggle of a dance teacher, Pierre Dulain (Antonio Banderas), to give to a group of problem kids a second chance by exploring their dance skills. One night Dulain is astonished to see a boy, Rock (Rob Brown) destroying his school director's car. The following day Dulaine goes to the school to ask for a job as a dance teacher. The director has little confidence in Dulaine's idea of helping kids (including Rock) in detention to reform through ballroom dance classes. Even the kids, who prefer hip-hop or rap, think it isn't a great idea. Despite criticism from students in his formal dance academy as well as from parents and fellow teachers who believe that the kids need more math and less dance, Dulain catches the students' attention with a tango session. After their initial indifference, they eventually compete in a dance contest; the important thing isn't winning, but making a difference. |
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When High School Guidance counselor Sam Lombardo is accused of raping the popular student Kelly Van Ryan, his carefully structured life is ruined. But as the case heads to trial, an outcast school girl Suzie, may have information to free Sam. But the investigating Detective Ray, thinks that a more devious plan is at work that involves Sam, Kelly, and Suzie. As Ray digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a scheme that has very high stakes and where nothing is as it seems. |
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A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy. |
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In this movie where the mysticism and visual aesthetics interlaced, a small Pennsylvania village is surrounded by the primeval forests where the mysterious powers dwell. Everybody in the settling fears of the every night's darkness and nobody dares to walk deep into the shade of the foreboding forest. Only one man, Lucius Hunt, desires to cross the boundaries of the unknown. At the same time the village community is stunned by the series of the inner shocking events and Noah Percy, a young and wise blind woman has to leave the safe village boundaries to seek for help from afar. The state of calm between the villagers and the forest creatures came to an end... |
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Meet Joseph 'Joe' Blake (Bruce Willis) and Terry Lee Collins (Billy Bob Thornton), the most successful bank burglars in the USA. Without firing a shot, with the help of their great charisma and insolence, the irresistible macho Joe and the hypochondriac Terry, always complaining of his imaginary illnesses, have robbed more banks than anybody else. It seemed that these suave, witty bandits would always lucky. But as the fates decree, the two fall in love with hot housewife Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett), who craves adventures and gets involved in their heists. As a result, everything in their lives goes topsy-turvy! |
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At the end of World War 2 Hitler tried to find an ideal weapon and turned to the powers of darkness. Ritual, started by the occult monk and the Nazi scientists, was interrupted by American agents, who had found a horned demonic child at the place where the ritual was held. Later, the benevolent Professor Bruttenholm raised the demonic child called Hellboy (Ron Perlman) to be a hero, who helps to investigate the supernatural in Dr. Bruttenholm's secret Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.). Along with the amphibious psychic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, voiced by David Hyde Pierce) and the fire-throwing Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), Hellboy is joined by new recruit John Myers (Rupert Evans), a naive and idealistic FBI agent. Evil monk rises again, putting mankind on a brink of destruction as he has drawn a new demonic being called Samael into our world. Meanwhile, a love triangle emerges in the story as Myers, the FBI agent becomes Hellboy's rival for Liz's affections. Guillermo del Toro's wisecracking and eccentric film is based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola. |
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Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) has an uncanny ability to foresee when and where the Grim Reaper's axe will fall next. When Alex and schoolmates take a flight to Paris for a French class trip, he has a deadly premonition of the plane bursting into flames. Scared and anxious about their safety, he begs the passengers to get off the plane. As a result, there are seven students to follow Alex. Before they have time to regret skipping the flight to Paris, the plane explodes shortly after takeoff. The survivors try to understand how he has been able to foretell the crash. Some people are attracted by his grant, others are terrified. Alex is soon haunted by dreadful omens, and when his friends start dying one by one, he comes to a conclusion that you can't cheat the Death. |
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Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are "The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta." Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lifes: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40's and 50's. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this film. It is through this process that Rigby's assistant is none other than Philip Marlowe himself. |
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Bob Russel, his wife Cindy Russel, and their three kids, 8-year-old Miles, 6-year old Maizy, and 15-year-old Tia, recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago, and Tia resents Bob and Cindy for it because Tia, Miles, and Maizy were perfectly happy living in Indianapolis. Bob and Cindy are in bed one night when Cindy's aunt calls and tells them that Cindy's father has had a heart attack. Bob and Cindy immediately make plans to go to Indianapolis to visit Cindy's father. After hearing this, Tia angrily tells Cindy that Tia would have a heart attack too if her family moved away from her, then Tia slams her bedroom door in Cindy's face. With Cindy and Bob going to Indianapolis, the problem is who the babysitter will be. Even though Cindy doesn't like the idea, they choose Bob's brother Buck to babysit Tia, Miles, and Maizy. Cindy doesn't like Buck because she thinks Buck is a sloppy person who doesn't know how to do anything. While Cindy and Bob are in Indianapolis, Buck takes over the house, and Buck tries to do the best he can with the kids while he's having problems with Chanice Kobolowski, who has been his girlfriend for the past 8 years. Buck bonds with Miles and Maizy and wins their love, but Buck has problems with Tia as he tries to protect Tia from her boyfriend Bug, because unknown to Tia, Bug only wants Tia for one reason sex. |
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