ectonplasm's - Rented List
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Waterloo (1970)Waterloo: The Last Hundred Days of Napoleon / Battle of Waterloo
One June day in 1815, two titans of war, Napoleon (Rod Steiger) and Wellington (Christopher Plummer), faced each other in one of history's greatest clash of arms. Amid the roar of cannon, the thunder of horses and the rattle of muskets, 140,000 men fought over a bloody field in Belgium at a place called - Waterloo. - Director:
- Sergey Bondarchuk
- Cast:
- Rod Steiger, Robert Rietty, Christopher Plummer
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This heroic tale chronicles the courageous exploits of the Robinson family after they are shipwrecked on a deserted island. Using teamwork and ingenuity, they skillfully overcome the obstacles of nature and transform their new home into a "civilised" community. But the ultimate challenge lies ahead when a band of cutthroat pirates threaten to destroy the Robinsons' makeshift paradise. - Director:
- Ken Annakin
- Cast:
- John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
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Experience the breathtaking global phenomenon that has captivated audiences around the world. Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, 'Oppenheimer' thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb. - Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast:
- Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
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El Cid (1961)El Sid
El Cid, Bronstons epic movie masterpiece, is a tribute to one of history's greatest legends. This dazzling spectacle, with a cast of thousands, fills the screen with action and romance - from knights in armour jousting on horseback to massive battles on sea and land, where columns of warriors stretch across the horizon. At the centre of this powerful motion picture is Charlton Heston in the role he was born to play the immortal El Cid. Heston is the Spanish warrior with the vision to be just and the courage to be merciful, whose love and devotion to the radiant Chimene (Sophia Loren) knows no bounds. - Director:
- Anthony Mann
- Cast:
- Charlton Heston, Robert Rietty, Sophia Loren
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Amsterdam (2022)Untitled David O. Russell / Canterbury Glass
Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker David 0. Russell comes an original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the centre of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. Based on facts that meet fiction, the film stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, with Rami Malek and Robert De Niro. - Director:
- David O. Russell
- Cast:
- Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington
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Roger Livesey brilliantly portrays a British officer, Clive Candy, through the trials and tribulations of three wars, three lovers and a lifelong friendship across enemy lines. During the Boer War, candy is sent to Berlin to trap a German spy. There he befriends a German officer, Theo (Anton Walbrook), who marries the girl (Deborah Kerr) Candy is in love with. During the First World War, Candy marries a girl who resembles his lost love and helps Theo - now a POW - to get repatriated. Candy comes back in the Second World War as Brigadier General and once again encounters Theo. On joining a Home Guard exercise, Candy is captured, however, and the two are forced to either aid or betray each other. - Director:
- Michael Powell
- Cast:
- Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
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Director Ken Russell's 'Mahler' is a dazzling depiction of Gustav Mahler's tormented life. The blend of history and psychological analysis produces a fascinating study of art and sensuality. The film takes place on a single train ride, in which the sickly, aged composer Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) and his wife, Alma (Georgina Hale), confront the reasons behind their faltered marriage and dying love. Flashbacks and sequences chronicle his turbulent and dysfunctional family life as a child, his discovery of solace in the 'natural' world, his brother's suicide, his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism, his rocky marriage and the death of his young children. Revel in Mahler's stirring music, the exquisite cinematography and lavish sets. - Director:
- Ken Russell
- Cast:
- Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague
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Exterminating Angel (1962)El Angel exterminador
After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room. As the days pass the elaborate pretences and facades that they've built up by virtue of their position in society collapse completely as they become reduced to living like animals to survive. - Director:
- Luis Buñuel
- Cast:
- Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, José Baviera
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Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part 1 (2023)Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One / Mission: Impossible 7
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most. - Director:
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)Avatar 2
"Avatar: The Way of Water" reaches new heights and explores undiscovered depths as James Cameron returns to the world of Pandora in this emotionally packed action adventure. Set more than a decade after events of the first film, this breathtaking new movie launches the story of the Sully family and introduces audiences to the majestic ocean tulkun. - Director:
- James Cameron
- Cast:
- Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
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The first television project from Academy Award and BAFTA-winner Steve McQueen, this collection of films for television is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community. Set between 1968 and 1982, these standalone stories celebrate courage and community. From a group of activists taking on a seemingly hopeless battle against police persecution, to a teenager experiencing a blues party full of dance, danger and romance, they're a powerful reminder of how brave individuals can spark change. 'Small Axe' delivers a message our divided world needs to hear: even the most marginalised voices can challenge the most powerful. - Director:
- Steve McQueen
- Cast:
- John Boyega, Sheyi Cole, Shaun Parkes
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A novice teacher faces a class of rowdy, undisciplined working-class teenagers in this classic film that reflected some of the problems and fears that existed among young people in the 1960s. Sidney Poitier gives one of his finest performances as Mark Thackeray, an out-of-work engineer who turns to teaching in London's tough East End. The graduating class, led by Denham (Christian Roberts), Pamela (Judy Geeson) and Barbara (Lulu, who also sings the hit title song), sets out to destroy Thackeray as they did his predecessor, by breaking his spirit. But Thackeray, no stranger to hostility, meets the challenge by treating the students as young adults who will soon enter a work force where they must stand or fall on their own. When offered an engineering job, Thackeray must decide if he wants to stay. - Director:
- James Clavell
- Cast:
- Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts
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From the best-selling author Roald Dahl and the unique vision of Danny DeVito comes Matilda, the story of a quite extraordinary little girl. Unfortunately for Matilda, her father Harry is a used car salesman who bamboozles innocent customers, and her mom Zinnia lives for bingo and soap operas. Far from noticing what a special child Matilda is, they barely notice her at all! They bundle Matilda off to Crunchem Hall, a bleak school where students cower before the whip-hand and fist of a hulking monster, headmistress Miss Trunchbull. But amid Crunchem's darkness, Matilda discovers remarkable skills - including a very special talent that allows her to turn the tables on the wicked grown-ups in her world! - Director:
- Danny DeVito
- Cast:
- Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson
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To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).
- Director:
- Greta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
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This Powell and Pressburger classic is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. Vicky Page (Moira Shearer), a young ballerina, becomes torn between her love for composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) and artistic devotion to her profession, which is dominated by impresario Lermontov. - Director:
- Michael Powell
- Cast:
- Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
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