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The Grinch (2000)How the Grinch Stole Christmas
You Better Watch Out! He's green...he's mean...and he hates Christmas! The Grinch is a bad tempered hairy green creature, who lives inside a cave atop Mount Crumpit, overlooking the village of Whoville. As the Whos of Whoville frantically prepare for their yuletide celebrations, The Grinch decides to put a stop to Christmas once and for all, and steals all their presents and decorations on Christmas Eve...only to finally come to learn that the true spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys. - Director:
- Ron Howard
- Cast:
- Jim Carrey, Frank Welker, Taylor Momsen
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Claire Foy stars in a new Dragon Tattoo story as Lisbeth Salander, the highly-skilled vigilante from the acclaimed Millennium book series. Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber-criminals and corrupt government officials, as they race to rescue a dangerous program capable of global destruction held by shadowy figures linked to Lisbeth's past. - Director:
- Fede Alvarez
- Cast:
- Claire Foy, Beau Gadsdon, Sverrir Gudnason
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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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"Greed" tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion but after a damaging public government investigation, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry, the film sees McCreadie's rise and fall through / the eyes of his biographer, Nick (David Mitchell). - Director:
- Michael Winterbottom
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson
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Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) is a nobody. As an overlooked and underestimated father and husband, he takes life's indignities on the chin and never rocks the boat. But when his daughter (Connie Nielsen) loses her beloved kitty-cat bracelet in a robbery, Hutch hits a boiling point no one knew he had. What happens when a pushover finally pushes back? Hutch flips from regular dad to fearless fighter by taking his enemies on a wild ride of explosive revenge. - Director:
- Ilya Naishuller
- Cast:
- Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen
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Scarlett Johansson is terrific in the visually stunning 'Ghost in the Shell', an action-packed adventure set in a future world where people are enhanced with technology. Believing she was rescued from near death, Major (Johansson) becomes the first of her kind: a human mind inside an artificial body designed to fight the war against cyber crime. While investigating a dangerous criminal, Major makes a shocking discovery -the corporation that created her lied about her past life in order to control her. Unsure what to believe, Major will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery of her true identity and exact revenge against the corporation she was built to serve. - Director:
- Rupert Sanders
- Cast:
- Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano
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Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is back. But this time he's in New York City - with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his own playground! But Kevin wont be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! - Director:
- Chris Columbus
- Cast:
- Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
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Peter Kay is back with the internationally award-winning comedy "Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere". Re-uniting clueless doormen Max (Kay) and Paddy (McGuinness) from the hugely successful 'Phoenix Nights', as they escape clubland in their prized motorhome and take to the open highway, coping with girls, speed cameras, a pig and each other. Featuring all 6 episodes of the first series. - Director:
- Peter Kay
- Cast:
- Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness, Lisa Hammond
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Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them! - Director:
- Chris Columbus
- Cast:
- Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)Gulliver's Travels
Kerwin Mathews stars as Gulliver, the swashbuckling doctor who sets sail for fame and fortune in the fabled East Indies, but finds adventure, romance and danger instead in Brobdingnag and Lilliput, the infamous lands of the great and small. One of the most complicated films of its time, 'The 3 Worlds of Gulliver' is both an enchanting fantasy and a captivating visual treat. Because the storyline calls for scenes that juxtapose forty-foot giants with six-inch-tall people, special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen perfected a state-of-the-art trick photography process so innovative, they had to invent a new word for it: Superdynamation. - Director:
- Jack Sher
- Cast:
- Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn
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As Little Britain goes all continental, we take a peek at the show's favourite characters on their travels... Lou and Andy jet off the Disneyland - until Andy is given a tour of the cockpit. Dafydd visits the Greek island of Mykanos where he gets to hand out flyers for the opening night of Myfanwy's gay bar. Vicky Pollard finds herself in a Thai jail - but surely there's a good explanation? Carol Beer is the friendly face of sunsearchers holidays in Mallorca where the 'Computadore Dice Que No'. - Director:
- Matt Lipsey
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Matt Lucas, Anthony Head
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This high-octane fuelled East-End gangster comedy thriller is a journey into London's seedy underworld with brilliant street-wise dialogue and razor sharp black comedy.
- Director:
- Guy Ritchie
- Cast:
- Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
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Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle (2016)Alan Partridge: Scissored Isle
Steve Coogan returns in his iconic role winning him the BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy. 'Scissored Isle' also won the International Emmy for Best Comedy. Following a controversial on-air incident, Alan attempts to make amends. Leaving behind his comfortable existence and vast detached house, Alan takes a journey of redemption. He journeys into an unreported Britain inhabited by the very people he had offended to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a 'schasm' has formed - a schism or chasm, between the haves and the have-nots (or haven'ts). From supermarket staff to payday lenders, disaffected street gangs to food scavenging 'freegans', Alan pledges to move among them; to understand them; to see the world through their eyes. And - god willing - along the way become a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster. - Director:
- Neil Gibbons
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ben Rufus Green
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The third series of the multi award-winning show welcomes back old friends in Vicky Pollard, Lou and Andy, Sebastian and Michael, Florence and Emily as well as Dafydd, Carol and Anne. New faces include family man Sir Norman Fry, Dudley and his Thai bride Ting Tong, sweet old lady Mrs Emery and Bubbles' ex-husband Roman De Vere and his new wife, ex-Olympic gymnast Desiree. - Director:
- Declan Lowney
- Cast:
- Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Sam Beazley
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Layer Cake (2004)L4yer Cake
From the producer of Snatch, Matthew Vaughn makes his directorial debut in the stylish crime thriller Layer Cake. Based upon J.J. Connolly's London crime novel, 'Layer Cake' is about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However big boss Jimmy price (Kenneth Cranham) hands down a tough assignment: find the missing daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward (Michael Gambon). Complicating matters are millions of pounds worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossing. When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, he (Craig) has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin... - Director:
- Matthew Vaughn
- Cast:
- Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon
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