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East meets West in the award-winning and critically acclaimed debut feature from director Tony Bui, contrasting the old traditions with modern American influences in the 'new' Vietnam. As young Kien An (Nguyen Ngoc Hiep) is hired to aid a reclusive spiritual master suffering from leprosy, cyclo driver Hai (Don Doung) falls for a prostitute and enters a race to win enough money for one night with her. Meanwhile, across town, street-wise hustler loses his suitcase of cheap tourist trinkets while helping a former G.I. search for the long-lost daughter he’s never met. Through these four ordinary people’s lives, the hopes and fears of a nation pulling itself out of the cultural and human devastation caused by the controversial war are highlighted with luminous warmth and heart-felt understanding in one of the most beautifully photographed movies of recent times. - Director:
- Tony Bui
- Cast:
- Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Ngoc Minh, Phat Trieu Hoang
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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death. - Director:
- Rian Johnson
- Cast:
- Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
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John Merrick (John Hurt) is the elephant man, forced into circus sideshows and spurned by society because of the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), he tries to escape a life of prejudice and cruelty as he tries to fit into the world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. - Director:
- David Lynch
- Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
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The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. - Director:
- Guy Ritchie
- Cast:
- Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery
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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a tiny youth center called OpenArms Youth Project is squeezed in between two of the city s two thousand churches. The center welcomes young LGBT kids between thirteen and nineteen, who have decided to come out in a very religious society. But the prize for being yourself is high and you end up becoming a MISFIT. While the general public opinion towards gays in the USA is slowly changing, this coming-of-age story closely follows the three young protagonists as they struggle to achieve a sense of self in a community that still widely condemns homosexuality. - Director:
- Jannik Splidsboel
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Jermey Brett stars as Sherlock Holmes in these two adaptations from the classic ITV series.
A Scandal in BohemiaThe King of Bohemia (Wolf Kahler) engages Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) to help him recover a compromising photograph. Soon Holmes is on the trail of someone who is to prove one of his greatest adversaries - she whom he will always call, in later years 'The Woman'.
The Dancing Men
The mysterious chalk figures that have appeared on the wall of an English country house are terrifying Hilton Cubitt's (Tenniel Evans)'s young wife, Elsie (Betsy Brantley). They soon lead Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) to a surprising link with a Chicago gangster.- Director:
- John Bruce
- Cast:
- Jeremy Brett, Betsy Brantley, Edward Hardwicke
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London 1889 - When Scotland Yard fails to stop the gruesome rampage of Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and his trusted associate Dr. Watson (James Mason) decide to investigate. Undeterred by the police withholding crucial information, the duo begin a dangerous adventure through London's underworld, finding themselves at the door of psychic Robert Lees (Donald Sutherland) who helps to set them on the right path. But even if Holmes' remarkable powers of deduction can unmask the maniacal fiend, can he and Watson face the most shocking secret of all? - Director:
- Bob Clark
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings
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The Cranes Are Flying (1957)Letyat Zhuravli
This landmark film by the virtuosic Mikhail Kalatozov was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike. It tells the story of Veronica (Tatiana Samoilova) and Boris (Alexei Batalov), a couple who are blissfully in love until World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin. - Director:
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Cast:
- Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev
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In Series 16, the team's ongoing mission to keep America safe kicks off with a worldwide search for their own Director Vance (Rocky Carroll). Escalating threats turn into personal missions as Bishop (Emily Wickersham) defies orders to reopen a cold case, a Naval hospital endures an active shooter lock-down, and Gibbs (Mark Harmon) is confronted by an ex-agent who issues a grave warning...and there's so much more in this 24-episode, thrilling season of NCIS. At the end of the day, only one thing is certain: the team that fights together, survives together. - Director:
- Tony Wharmby
- Cast:
- Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama
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Modern-day Cornish fisherman Martin (Edward Rowe) is struggling to buy a boat while coping with family rivalry and the influx of London money, Airbnb and stag parties to his harbour village. The summer season brings simmering tensions between the locals and newcomers to boiling point, with tragic consequences. - Director:
- Mark Jenkin
- Cast:
- Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine, Simon Shepherd
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Black Orpheus (1959)Orfeu Negro
Interwoven with the spectacle, madness and vibrancy of the Rio carnival, comes the multi-award winning retelling of the classic legend of Orpheus (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is awash with intoxicating samba music, frenzied dancing and vibrant costumes, as French auteur Marcel Camus unfolds the melancholy tale of love and tragedy of two people who fall rapturously in love during the annual carnival. Inspired by the ancient Greek myth of a youth who travels to the land of the dead to bring back the woman he loves, but set amongst the slums of modern-day Rio, this bittersweet romantic tragedy has charmed audiences worldwide with its sheer colour, joie de vivre and especially its music. From the opening shot of an ancient frieze of the lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice, and a guitar softly strumming the chords of the film's main musical theme to the fast-moving shots of dancers preparing for Carnival to the convulsive, infectious beat of the Latin American bossa nova beat, 'Black Orpheus' is simply a feast of sound and vision that all movie lovers will admire. - Director:
- Marcel Camus
- Cast:
- Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira
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Failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of Gotham City dressed as a clown. Disregarded by society Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as Joker in director Todd Phillips' thrilling origin story. - Director:
- Todd Phillips
- Cast:
- Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz
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Based on Louisa May Alcott's universally beloved novel, 'Little Women' is a new three-hour adaptation, from award winning creator of 'Call the Midwife' Heidi Thomas and directed by Vanessa Caswill (Thirteen). Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four March sisters: Meg (Willa Fitzgerald), Jo (Maya Hawke), Beth (Annes Elwy) and Amy (Kathryn Newton) on their journey from childhood to adulthood while their father (Dylan Baker) is away at war. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee (Emily Watson), the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: From gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage. Accompanied by the charming boy next door Laurie Laurence (Jonah Hauer-King), their cantankerous wealthy Aunt March (Angela Lansbury) and benevolent neighbour Mr. Laurence (Michael Gambon), 'Little Women' is a coming-of-age story that is as relevant and engaging today as it was on its original publication in 1868. - Director:
- Vanessa Caswill
- Cast:
- Maya Hawke, Kathryn Newton, Dylan Baker
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Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride (Scott Bakula) leads an elite team of agents and specialists as they take on assassins, conspiracies, and mysteries years in the making, all while recruiting some new blood into the squad. Bring home every chilling mystery and thrilling moment as the NCIS team upholds the law, defends honor, and faces their greatest challenges yet. - Director:
- James Hayman
- Cast:
- Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Vanessa Ferlito
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Set against the backdrop of the 2016 US Presidential Election, political thriller 'Chimerica' explores the murky borders between fact and fiction; truth and censorship. Renowned American photojournalist Lee Berger has spent the best part of his career working in war zones, trying to recapture the early success of his electrifying photograph, the Tank Man - an image he took of a young man nearly 30 years ago in Tiananmen Square standing up to the might of the Chinese military. However, when accusations of "fake news" are levelled against him, his world falls apart. Desperate to reclaim his credibility and remember the photographer he used to be, Lee sets out on a journey to find the Tank Man but as he delves deeper, his frantic search places the very people he is trying to protect in grave danger. And even with the help of an old friend in China, can Lee manage to uncover the elusive truth before it is too late? - Director:
- Michael Keillor
- Cast:
- Alessandro Nivola, Cherry Jones, Terry Chen
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