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Terence Davis' lyrical hymn to childhood revisits the same territory at his prize winning debut feature distant voices, still lives, this time focusing on his own memories of growing up in a working-class, catholic family in Liverpool.

Eleven-year-old bud (a heartbreaking performance from Leigh McCormack) finds escape from the greyness of 50's Britain through trips to the cinema and in the warmth of family life. But as he gets older, the agonies of the adult world-the casual cruelty of bullying, the tyranny of school and the dread of religion-begin to invade his life.

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Churchill follows Britain's iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) in the days before the infamous D-Day landings in June 1944.

As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe, they await Churchill's decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead. Only the unflinching support of Churchill's brilliant, unflappable wife Clementine (Miranda Richardson) can halt the Prime Minister's physical and mental collapse and help lead him to greatness. Also starring John Slattery as General Eisenhower. Supreme Commander of the Allied D-Day operations, and Julian Wadham as British military commander Field Marshal Montgomery.

Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) has a secret - a terrible fifty-year-old secret that the esteemed college classics professor kept hidden from everyone including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover (Nicole Kidman) - and it's about to ruin his entire life.

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A tense cat and mouse thriller set on the US. Mexican Border. Moises (Gael Garcia Bernal) is traveling by foot with a group of undocumented workers across a desolate strip of the border between Mexico and the United States, seeking a new life in the North.

They are discovered by a lone American vigilante, Sam (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and a frantic chase begins. Set against a stunningly brutal landscape, Moises and Sam engage in a lethal match of wits, each desperate to survive and escape the desert that threatens to consume them.

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A Nazi strike force plots to assassinate Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk village. Colonel Radl masterminds the plot which, if successful, would change the outcome of the war. He enlists the help of Colonel Steiner and Liam Devlin.

Disguised as Polish airmen, German paratroopers land in England. Radl's plan appear to be going smoothly until an unforeseeable incident exposed the Germans. But the kidnap continues and Steiner, Luger in hand, approaches the unmistakable figure of Churchill...

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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.