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Malcolm could easily come across as a lonely and reclusive misfit. People who would choose to judge him, could mistake him for some kind of an idiot, but let’s have it right, Malcolm is actually a master of all things technical and quite the professor when it comes to engineering and gadgets.

A tram-spotter living alone in inner-Melbourne after the death of his mother, he loses his dream job with the Tramways after he takes a joy ride in his own mini tram (worthy of anything Q could create for Mr. Bond). If it wasn’t for the locals keeping an eye on Malcolm he would probably end up in deep trouble having no income or prospects. To help with his cash situation, Malcolm advertises for a lodger. Fresh from a stay at Her Majesty’s big house arrives Frank, swiftly followed by his girlfriend Judith. The pair are initially stunned by Malcolm’s collection of gadgets and inventions, but soon enough the three become firm friends. When Frank decides it is time to get back to robbing and stealing, he can think of no better designer for his getaway car than Malcolm.

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This wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld.

Kazuo Hasegawa plays the dual role of the actor and the thief in a film which celebrates his 300th screen appearance. A heady mixture of swooning romanticism and stylised action, with a soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings and cocktail jazz, 'An Actor's Revenge' is a cinematic tour de force.

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Acclaimed British director Shane Meadows' assured debut feature Small Time is a tale of petty crime in the suburbs of Nottingham, starring Meadows himself as Jumbo, leader of a band of small-time crooks.

Featuring energetic handheld camera work, brilliant comic dialogue and a host of ironic film references, Small Time clearly reveals Meadows' flair for larger-than-life characters and ability to extract accomplished, semi-improvised performances from talented non-professionals.

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The spirited Western stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, and Danny Glover as four unwitting heroes who cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado.

Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

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A beautiful young drug addict who is saved from the brink of death, Johanna (Orsolya Tóth) believes she has been touched by a divine grace. On becoming a nurse, she begins to cure the sick through a miraculous form of sexual healing.

It is not before long that this unconventional approach incurs the hate and derision of her fellow hospital staff, who brandish her as a whore. As they attempt to force her out, her patients, who see her as an angel, come to her protection.

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In 1928, an ancient Egyptian artefact covered in strange symbols is excavated at the foot of the Great Pyramids. Decades later the American Government recruits the help of Egyptologist Dr Daniel Jackson (James Spader) to decode the secret of these symbols.

He reveals the key to a "stargate", an intergalactic portal to the far side of the known universe. Jackson is joined by a crack military unit led by Colonel, O'Neill (Kurt Russell) on a voyage of discovery. Through the stargate they find themselves in a futuristic desert world ruled by the godlike King Ra. Unwittingly Jackson has reopened a space/time corridor that the ancient Egyptians closed to this despotic ruler centuries ago. The band of explorers can only imagine the power that they have unleashed and the adventure that is about to unfold.

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Dynamite Chicken will be appreciated by those interested in the culmination of the decade of change of the late 1960s, when a more experimental culture encourage films like this.

A contemporary probe and commentary on the mores and maladies of the age, with schtick, bits, pieces, girls, some hamburger, a little hair, a lady, some fellas, some religious stuff, and a lot of other things featuring contributions from many of the movers and shakers of the peace and love generation of the late 1960s.

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Two classics from famous Finish director Aki Kaurismäki.

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)

Valto (Mato Valtonen) discovers the coffee runs out. His mother (Irma Junnilainen) refuses to make him more right away. So he locks her in the cupboard, takes her money and sets off for nowhere in particular.
Juha (1999)
Marja (Kati Outinen) and Juha (Sakari Kuosmanen) are a happily married couple living a country life when a man asks for help fixing his car. As Juha works away at the broken convertible the man tries to persuade Marja to run away with him to the city.

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Shamed by his grandfather, Japanese businessman Hirata cancels his golfing trip to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to perform a traditional ritual at the scene of his parents death several years earlier.

So begins one bizarre encounter after another as the reluctant Hirata treks across the frozen landscape.

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As the private eye of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemarker has died mysteriously.

Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead to the 'Carlotta Lists'. With a little help from his 'friends' Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Laughton, and others, Reardon gets his man.

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Without warning, day becomes night. Air turns to fire, and solid ground gives way to white-hot, molten terror. Brace yourself for action-packed, earth shaking thrills, and whatever you do...don't look back.

Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton star in an epic adventure from Director Roger Doaldson that will blow you away! Erupting with spectacular special effects, heart-pounding suspense, romance and remarkable characters. It's an experience you won't forget.

Episodes Comprise: - Pack Up Your Troubles (b/w) - Pack Up Your Troubles (colourised) - Their First Mistake (b/w) - Their First Mistake (colourised) - Putting Pants On Philip (b/w, Silent With Musical Score)

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Patrice Chereau's gripping and intimate drama, adapted from Joseph Conrad's novella "The Return", charts the sudden unravelling of a bourgeois married couple's perfectly ordered lives.

Pascal Greggory plays the affluent and successful Jean Hervey, whose world is shattered when he arrives home to find a letter from his wife Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert) in which she confesses to an affair and announces she has left him. But when a remorseful Gabrielle unexpectedly returns, the scene is set for a confrontation fraught with anger, bitterness and revelation that will seal the couple's fate forever. Atmospherically recreating Belle Epoque Paris in visually stunning style and featuring two exceptional lead performances, "Gabrielle" is an extraordinarily intense and unrelentingly emotional study of a relationship in crisis.

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Arts patron Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont) intends to pay pompous opera star Lassparri (Walter Woolf King) $1,000 per performance.

Hey, maybe that's why they call it grand opera! Grand comedy, too, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo cram a ship's stateroom and more than wall-to-wall gags, one-liners, musical riffs and two hard-boiled eggs - all while skewering Lassparri's schemes and helping two young hopefuls Rosa and Riccardo (Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones) get a break. To save the opera, our heroes must first destroy it. And they must also gain ocean passage as stowaways, pull the wool (if not the beards) over the eyes of City Hall, shred legal mumbo-jumbo into a Sanity Clause, pester dowager Claypool and unleash so much glee that many say this is the best Marx Brothers movie. Seeing is believing.

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Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson lead an all-star cast as residents of an isolated, high-tech compound. But when they discover they're actually clones, and worth more dead than alive, they stage a daring escape.

Battling an unfamiliar environment and an armed team of mercenaries in hot pursuit, they'll risk their lives and freedom to save those they left behind - and reveal the truth about The Island.