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The Road Home (2000)Wo de fu qin mu qin
Upon the death of his father, city businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village to arrange the funeral. Luo's elderly mother is insistent that all of the traditional customs be observed, despite the reservations the village mayor has about the expenses and practicalities of this. Her extreme obstinacy in the matter causes Luo to think back to childhood memories of the stories he heard of his parents' courtship - a romance that captured the attention of the whole village. - Director:
- Yimou Zhang
- Cast:
- Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng
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Legends collide as Godzilla and Kong, the two most powerful forces of nature, clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into fantastic uncharted terrain, unearthing clues to the Titans' very origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the Earth forever. - Director:
- Adam Wingard
- Cast:
- Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall
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Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the colour of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk. - Director:
- Amma Asante
- Cast:
- Amandla Stenberg, Abbie Cornish, George MacKay
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Everyone is afraid of something...for Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels), his phobia is downright embarrassing. But when he moves his family to a small town, the one thing that bugs him most is now threatening the townspeople at an alarming rate. For this unlikely hero, overcoming a childhood fear of spiders might just save them all, but it may already be too late! - Director:
- Frank Marshall
- Cast:
- Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman
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Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, "Richard Jewell" tells the story of the security guard who discovers a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Games and takes swift, heroic action, saving countless lives. But in a turn of events, he becomes the FBI's number one suspect, vilified by the press and public alike. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley
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This Time: Series 1 (2019)This Time with Alan Partridge
Due to the sudden illness of its regular host, BBC One show 'This Time' welcomes Alan Partridge as its guest presenter. The show sees Alan handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on a nightly magazine show. His return to primetime television after his 90's chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You was cancelled after a guest was fatally shot on air. This Time is a heady mix of consumer affairs, current affairs, viewer interaction, highbrow interview and lightweight froth; very much the sweet spots for a man whose broadcasting style has been described as 'equidistant between chitchat and analysis'. Joining Alan in the studio is co-presenter Jennie Gresham (Susannah Fielding) and Tweet reader-outer Simon 'formerly Sidekick Simon' Denton (Tim Key). - Director:
- Neil Gibbons
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, Susannah Fielding, Felicity Montagu
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Goodbye Lenin! (2003)Good Bye Lenin!
The year is 1989 and East and West Germany are still divided. Alex (Daniel Brhl) and his sister Ariane (Maria Simon) live in East Germany with their single mother, Christiane (Katrin Sass) who is a staunch Socialist. When Alex's mother witnesses his arrest on a protest march, she suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma for eight months, just enough time for the Berlin wall to come tumbling down along with all of East Germany's ideals. Eight months later, Christiane wakes up and things have changed. The doctors warn Alex that any shock could bring on a fatal heart attack. He then realises he must convince his mother that her beloved Communism has not been overthrown but is in fact triumphing over Capitalism. Alex then sets out to recreate every detail of the old East inside the four walls of their tiny council flat... what begins as a little white lie, soon turns into a major deception! - Director:
- Wolfgang Becker
- Cast:
- Daniel Brühl, Andreas Thieck, Katrin Sass
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, 'Minari' follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, 'Minari' shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home. - Director:
- Lee Isaac Chung
- Cast:
- Alan S. Kim, Yeri Han, Noel Cho
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Rutger Hauer is Nick Parker, a Vietnam Vet who returns home after years missing in action; minus his sight but with lethal new skills as an expert swordsman. Skills that will be put to the test when he tries to rescue an old army buddy who's deep in trouble with the mob. Parker, however, has other ideas and a lot of surprises in store... - Director:
- Phillip Noyce
- Cast:
- Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call
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Deadwood: The Movie (2019)Deadwood
In this original movie directed by Daniel Minahan and based on the iconoclastic, Emmy-winning HBO' series, David Milch's unforgettably profane characters reunite in the wake of South Dakota's statehood. Sins of the past return with a vengeance, old feuds are revived, and allegiances are tested as modernity stakes its claim on this remote and dangerous and town. - Director:
- Daniel Minahan
- Cast:
- Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker
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1969: Dr Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) takes up a post at Bainbridge Hospital, New York. Among his patients, he discovers a group of forgotten survivors of the 1916 Sleeping Sickness epidemic - a virus that turned its victims into living statues. He is particularly drawn to one of these victims, Leonard Lowe (Robert de Niro). With a new experimental drug, Dr Sayer discovers a vital key to awakening in himself long dormant capacities for love and friendship. Inspirational and critically acclaimed "Awakenings" is based on a true and haunting story. - Director:
- Penny Marshall
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner
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Run Lola Run (1998)Lola Rennt / Lola Runs
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss. Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life altering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur. One story told from three different perspectives, 'Run Lola Run' is a veritable maze of intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense in a high-octane thrill ride about one woman's desperate attempt to save her lover. - Director:
- Tom Tykwer
- Cast:
- Franka Potente, Hans Paetsch, Moritz Bleibtreu
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The lawless era in Deadwood is coming to an end. As the town's first elections approach, it become apparent that, like or not, civilization is on its way. But a civilized town is not necessarily a peaceful town, and the power struggles that determine the fate of Deadwood have never been more brutal. A ruthless newcomer, businessman George Hearst, threatens to reshape the town in his own image, forcing Deadwood's settlers - including the steadfast lawman Seth Bullock and the cutthroat saloon owner Al Swearengen - to form strategic alliances if they expect to thrive, and survive. While bloody conflicts change the face and fate of the town, the citizens of Deadwood come to the harsh realization... some fortunes are better left unclaimed. - Director:
- Mark Tinker
- Cast:
- Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker
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Based on actress Carrie Fisher's best-selling autobiographical novel, 'Postcards from the Edge' is a wickedly witty expose of life in the Hollywood fast lane. In a brilliant comic performance, Meryl Streep stars as Suzanne Vale, a wisecracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. As her aging movie star mother, Shirley MacLaine offers the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens in scenes spiked with razor-edged humour and searing honesty. Dennis Quaid, Rob Reiner and an all-star cast offer a bird's-eye view of Hollywood's has-beens and wanna-bes. Funny and uncompromising, 'Postcards from the Edge' dishes the Tinseltown dirt with style and wit, serving up a delicious behind-the-scenes comedy that no film lover can resist. - Director:
- Mike Nichols
- Cast:
- Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid
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In a tower block on a council estate in South London, flat owner Vince takes in a new lodger, Errol. It's a big mistake. Errol is a nice, considerate, thoroughly decent bloke who has moved down to London and is working his way through a list of things he wants to achieve in life. (Number 36: drink a cappuccino, number 37: work with fish): Vince is the most sullen man in Britain who, having spent too much time living on his own, lacks both tolerance and social grace. A lifeguard at the local swimming, Vince takes great pride in being able to tell swimmers off for no reason and obtains his home decorating ideas from photos in Readers' Wives. No regular visitors come to visit the two men, as Vince has no friends and Errol feels that any friendships he has made will be jeopardized by his landlord. But that's not to say there are no encounters. What with Rastafarians doing dub reggae workouts, men with Shetland ponies in their spare bedrooms, single mothers salsacising in their living rooms, and dope smoking teenagers inhabiting the lifts...life is a constant whirl of social interaction. Of sorts. - Director:
- Mark Nunneley
- Cast:
- Sean Lock, Benedict Wong, Dan Mersh
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