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Respected cultural critic and author David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) is a middle-aged college professor who, for years, has lived in a state of "emancipated manhood." His romantic conquests are many; his lasting commitments few.

But when a stunning young student named Consuela Castillo (Penelope Cruz) enters his life, her otherworldly beauty captivates him to the point of obsession. Soon, their erotic relationship evolves into an undying and passionate love in this gripping drama that explores the power of love to blind, reveal and transform.

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Joe Paris (Burt Reynolds) is a hard-boiled cop who wakes up drenched in blood. He remembers nothing but the police find a bloody murder weapon that matches his type. A criminal has been killed and Joe is the prime suspect.

Sexy attorney Jenny Hudson (Theresa Russell) is assigned to the case and falls for her client while trying to determine whether he is innocent or guilty.

After a number of millionaires die in suspicious circumstances soon after marrying, FBI investigator Alexandra Barnes (Debra Winger) becomes obsessed with proving glamorous socialite Catharine Petersen (Theresa Russell) is the murderer, but finds that she too is falling under her spell.

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When unlucky loser Roger (Heder) takes a confidence-building class taught by an egomaniacal teacher (Thornton), the two are pitted in an outrageous battle to determine the ultimate guy's guy.

When the rivalry spirals uproariously out of control, no prank is too extreme, no insult is over the line, and nothing is off limits.

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Paranormal researcher Mary Florescu's (Sophie Ward) investigations lead her to Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong), a college student who appears to be channelling messages from the dead.

As their erotic relationship develops, the line between the worlds of the living and the dead becomes blurred and finally collapses in a stunning and astonishing climax.

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Fast-talking Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) says whatever it takes to close a deal. But after stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leaves... one for every word he has left.

Now Jack's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.

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"Zombie" (Silu Seppala – "Leningrad Cowboys go America"), does two things well - plays bass and drink. Afar living on the streets of Istanbul as a down and out he returns to his native Helsinki to start a new life.

He is immediately arrested and made to do this military service only to get discharged afar putting turpentine in the officer’s soup. After meeting a girl, Zombie’s friend Harri (Matti Pelonpaa – "Leningrad Cowboys go America"), gives him a chance to play bass in his band the Mulefukkers. Can Zombie keep of the drink and concentrate on the bass?

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Unfolding in real-time, Lions For Lambs tells the powerful story of an ambitious senator, a journalist chasing a hot story, and two soldiers sent on a secret, perilous mission.

As arguments and bullets fly, their stories are woven ever more tightly together, revealing the delicate line that separates the lion and the lamb within each of us...

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Bobby Gold (Joe Mantegna) is a cop, he is devoted to the job and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. It's a world he knows all about until he picks up a routine investigation into the death of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper.

Working the case Bobby is soon confronting his own ancestry and discovering a whole New World of scholars, ancient languages and passionate fighters. Suddenly what seems to everyone else a simple case of murder becomes Gold's link to a conspiracy of death. While Gold's boss is counting on him to bring in the killer, the investigation leads Gold to believe Zionist vigilantes and anti-Jewish conspiracy is responsible. Soon his vision, his loyalties to his partner Sullivan (William H Macy) and his promise to do the 'job' are clouded by the choices of morality he must make.

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Kibby Womack (Gene Hackman) and Walker Ellis (Burt Reynolds) are two best friends, riding high during Prohibition as the overseers or a major underground liquor distributor.

When the men meet singer Claire (Liza Minnelli), who tells them she can get their product into hundreds of establishments, they go into business with her. Things hit a snag, though, when a love triangle develops between the three, complicating matters as they all try to stay one step ahead of the law.

A recovering alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) decides to commit suicide. He spends 24 hours wandering through Paris and visiting old friends, hoping to find some meaning to life and a reason to go on living.

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Deborah Kerr (in the performance of her career) plays the emotionally repressed vicar's daughter who takes up a job as a governess to two seemingly angelic orphans.

Gradually coming to believe that the children are possessed by the perverse spirits of their former governess and her sadistic lover, she begins to see manifestations of the ghosts prowling the huge gothic mansion of Bly House. Director Jack Clayton sustains a superbly haunting atmosphere throughout the film, and like James' original work, cleverly retains the ambiguity of wether the ghosts are real or the products of the governess's fevered imagination. Aided by Freddie Francis's exquisitely inventive and atmospheric CinemaScope photography, we, like the governess, are never quite sure what unspoken horrors are lurking beyond the edge of the frame and are kept guessing until the film's tragic conclusion.

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The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene.

With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of three minutes, 'Psycho' redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and introduced a new element of danger to the movie-going experience. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans - including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich - director Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking Hitchcock's dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that's nirvana for film buffs.

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Killer Of Sheep is an undisputed masterpiece of African-American filmmaking and one of the most poetic, perceptive dramas ever made about family and community.

This acclaimed tale of a disillusioned slaughterhouse worker-and the solace to be found in the simplest moments of life-is tender, witty, and affectionate. With lovely neorealist photography - capturing the long, hot days of 1970s Los Angeles - and a gorgeous blues soundtrack (Dinah Washington, Paul Robeson and Little Walter all feature) the film has a quiet emotional power.

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In the remote Westfjords of Iceland, a lady hangs herself inside a church. Her strange death leads to an investigation into a number of similar cases in the region.

To his horror Freyr (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson), the new psychiatrist in town, discovers that the deceased woman was obsessed with the disappearance of his 7-year-old son who went missing without a trace three years before. Across the bay in an abandoned village, three city dwellers are restoring an old house when supernatural and inexplicable events start to occur. It becomes clear that the answer to both of these mysteries lie with the mysterious disappearance of a boy 60 years earlier.