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Set in Victorian England, the drama chronicles adventures of Oliver Twist (Barney Clark), a 9-year-old lowly orphan born in a workhouse run by the hypocritical, cruel Mr. Bumble (Jeremy Swift). Fed up with maltreatment and poor conditions in the workhouse, Oliver ventures to escape to the streets of London where he is trapped in a den of young pickpockets and petty thieves led by the sinister old Fagin (Ben Kingsley). He tries perfidiously to draw the innocent boy into a life of crime. When Oliver is caught and mistaken for a thief who has participated in the robbery of the wealthy Mr. Brownlow (Edward Hardwicke), the kindly old gentleman decides to take the miserable boy home and give him a proper upbringing. |
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In 2057 people are extremely anxious that the Sun is dying, and thus Mankind faces the threat of extinction. In this situation their only plank is the Icarus II spacecraft, the crew of which includes eight valiant male and female astronauts, led by Captain Kaneda (Hiroyuki Sanada). Their mission is to deliver a nuclear device and reignite the dimming star. Deep into the voyage, the crew members receive a muted distress signal from Icarus I that went missing en route toward the Sun seven years earlier. They decide to change course for the lost spaceship, but navigator Trey (Benny Wong) makes a miscalculation that leads to a terrible disaster. From that point on, the crew must fight not only for their lives and sanity but the future of humanity. |
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The Japanese word 'Ronin' means 'samurai who lost his master'. According to the Code of the Samurai, a Ronin is supposed to commit 'hara kiri' upon his master's death. One who doesn't follow the code becomes dishonored and is doomed to be on his own or serve whomever pays him. Four Ronin, former intelligence agents who were left without masters and work now as hired guns, are thrown together by a young Irish woman, Deirdre (Natascha McElhone). Sam (Robert De Niro), Vincent (Jean Reno), Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), Larry (Skip Sudduth), and Spence (Sean Bean) are assigned to get hold of a mysterious suitcase wanted by some Irish terrorists and the Russian Mafia. |
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Based on a true story, the inspiring drama follows the life of renowned Scottish amateur cyclist, world champion Graeme Obree (Jonny Lee Miller). He had a passion for cycling and was determined to become the fastest cyclist in the history of the sport. Unemployed and aground, Obree decided to build his own bike so that he could fulfil his ambition. Despite his mental health problems, he showed fortitude and persistence and took great pains to set up the world one-hour record on his revolutionary bike, made out of scrap metal and washing machine parts. |
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Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages. Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that when his financial situation reverses, he will be able to get his children back; money is hard to come by. During that time, Evelyn and her brothers suffer the abuses of living in orphanages while Desmond struggles to secure finances. Now he must battle the courts to get his children back. |
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Grand Duchess Gloriana XII (Peter Seller), the ruler of the tiny European duchy of Grand Fenwick, convokes the Parliament and Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy (Peter Seller) to discuss the coming financial collapse of their government. The economy, dependent almost exclusively on exporting their wine, Pinot Grand Fenwick, to the USA, is on the brink of bankruptcy as the State of California begins producing a cheaper version, Pinot Grand Enwick. The scheming Prime Minister comes up with the idea of declaring war on the USA, losing, and then accepting foreign aid. |
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Set at the end of the 60's as Swaziland is about to receive Independence from Great Britain, the film follows the young Richard E Grant at 12 (Zach Fox) through his parents traumatic separation, till he's 14 (Nicholas Hoult). It is based on true events from Richard E Grant's childhood |
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Carter Page III (Woody Harrelson) works as a high-priced escort to high society ladies. When their politician husbands become too engrossed in running the country to attend to them, they turn to Carter, who takes them to the theatres and plays cards with them. But the course of his life is changed when Lynn (Kristin Scott Thomas), the senator's wife, discovers the brutal murder of her lover, a lobbyist. Willing to cover for his dearest friend, Carter goes to the scene of the crime to get rid of incriminating evidence. Alas, poor Carter ends up being caught by police who sees him as the prime suspect in the criminal investigation. |
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In the small town of Knapely, Yorkshire, England, Annie Clarke (Julie Walters) has just lost her husband, who was ill with leukemia. Inspired in his speech to the local Women's Institute, where he said that "the flowers of Yorkshire are like the women of Yorkshire", and "the last phase of the women of Yorkshire is always the most glorious", her best friend Chris Harper (Helen Mirren) decides to make a calendar with twelve local middle-age women nude to raise funds for the wing of leukemia treatment in the local hospital. The calendar becomes well succeeded, making them famous and affecting their lives. |
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Spain. Gal has retired from the gangster life, and is sunning himself placidly beside the pool at his villa when a boulder comes crashing by, barely missing him. Soon, he and his pal Aitch, together with their wives Deedee and Jackie, are being threatened by a human boulder, Don Logan. Logan wants Gal for a high stakes vault break-in in London (masterminded by the cool and suave Teddy Bass), and he will not take no for an answer. Nevertheless, that's exactly the answer Gal keeps giving him, even as Don gets more and more threatening. Meanwhile, Gal is plagued by dreams of a menacing, hairy beast. Just how far will Don (and Gal) go in this battle of wills? And what of Enrique, the pool boy? |
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Nearly a decade after Cate Blanchett drew the attention of audiences and critics alike with ELIZABETH, the Oscar-winning actress returns to the role of the Virgin Queen. Though the protestant ruler has been on the throne for decades in 1585, Elizabeth I's reign is still under attack from both inside her country and from the continent. Her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), carries the favour of the nation's Catholics as she schemes for the throne from prison, while Spain's King Philip II (Jordi Molla) plots an invasion with the power of his famous armada. But Elizabeth is also concerned with the arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), a charming pirate and adventurer. Unable to reconcile her feelings with her crown, she encourages Bess (Abbie Cornish), her beloved lady-in-waiting, to pursue a relationship with Raleigh.
Nine years haven't dulled Blanchett's ability to play this—or any other—character with an impressive range of fire and tenderness. Her chemistry with the infinitely watchable Owen is one of the film's highlights. As in ELIZABETH, director Shekhar Kapur doesn't restrict himself from using artfully constructed shots that aren't normally used in period dramas. It's a modern retelling of history, and Kapur and his director of photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, aren't content to let the film have the standard look of many films in the genre. Costume designer Alexandra Byrne follows the same logic, creating stunning dresses for Elizabeth that draw inspiration both from modernity and the time period. If Blanchett weren't such a gifted actress, the gorgeous costumes might threaten to overtake her as the star of the film. |
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The most emotional adventure of his career begins for James Bond on a deserted beach where a young woman tries to drown herself. He rescues the girl and for his trouble is attacked by two toughs - the girl's bodyguards. It soon becomes much bigger for 007 - the girl is Teresa Draco, daughter of crime boss Marc Ange Draco, who wants James to marry his wayward daughter, and in return he can provide 007 with information on an even more dangerous criminal leader - Ernst Stavro Bloefeld of SPECTRE. But both James and Teresa find more than they ever bargained for when their paths collide in a vicious pursuit in the snow-capped mountains of Switzerland, an enormous avalanche, and a smuggling ring for germ warfare against the West by Blofeld, who proves most difficult to kill and who exacts a revenge that James can never forget - or forgive. |
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Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron's stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of "Munchausen's Syndrome", a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria. |
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A young boy's wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil. |
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Emma Thompson portrays a governess who uses magic to alter the behavior of a gaggle of previously irredeemable kids. She enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. She almost does, but there is a menace looming over the family – aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) is going to take away one of the kids. |
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The mind-bending thriller focuses on Ian Stone (Mike Vogel), an average kind of guy who has the bad luck to stumble across a cadaver near the railroad tracks. He shouldn't have investigated his macabre discovery as the dead body turns out a sinister creature that attacks and pushes him into the path of an oncoming train. After the gruesome incident Ian inexplicably finds himself resurrected into a new different life. However, he is forced to die a new death every day and awaken to live a new life. Soon enough, he discovers that he is hunted by the Harvesters, supernatural shape-shifters that can't be killed and feed on human fear. Ian will be thrown into the grips of the gruesome death again and again until he can unlock the secrets of his own life. |
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad." |
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A 32-year-old British woman named Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) indulges in bad habits, especially smoking, drinking and overeating, and has no scruple in saying what crosses her mind. The worst thing is that she is single and can't find the right man. Her caring parents (Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent) try to bring her into contact with their neighbors' modest son, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), but Bridget is attracted to her handsome boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). She eventually arrives at a decision to turn over a new leaf, to work off her excess weight and to keep a diary in which she will record her achievements. However, making dreams come true and finding true love turns out to be much more difficult than expected... |
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In 1967 the US and Soviet Russia reach a new crisis when Jupiter 16, a US space capsule, is captured in Earth orbit by a strange rocket ship. The US accuses the Soviets of the space hijacking, even though Great Britain believes the alien ship landed in the Sea Of Japan. Her Majesty's Secret Service now swings into action by "killing" James Bond in Hong Kong - a ruse so Bond can move about Japan unmolested by his enemies. Working with, and enjoying the exotic hospitality of, Japanese SIS and its commander "Tiger" Tanaka, James uncovers evidence that a major chemical company is smuggling liquid oxygen for rocket fuel, and his and Tanaka's investigation leads to an extinct volcano that is the source of the space hijacking - just as a Soviet spacecraft is grabbed by the alien rocket and a previously scheduled US launch is pushed upward with America's strategic forces on full battle alert, forcing James and Tanaka to confront the true source of the space hijackings - SPECTRE, and its ruthless leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld. |
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Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country. The story concludes with three members of his firm being brutally murdered in the infamous shot-gun slaying at Rettenden. |
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