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Deadpool 2 (2018)Love Machine / Daisy / DP 2
American action thriller in which Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as alternative superhero Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool. When a mysterious young boy with incredible powers captures the attention of the ruthless time-travelling mutant Cable (Josh Brolin), Deadpool must acquire a group of fellow rebels with incredible abilities to stop Cable in his path of destruction and save the boy. - Director:
- David Leitch
- Cast:
- Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds
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Fries with gravy, a cherry cola. Friendship, bragging rights...and does Sinatra or Mathis croon the best makeout music? Before there was the counterculture of the '60s, there was the counter culture. From his Oscar-nominated script, Barry Levinson makes his directing debut with this endearing study of pals in transition. Film-debuting Ellen Barkin plays a neglected wife. Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly and Paul Reiser - chosen from over 600 hopefuls - play the up-all-night buddies who work out the remnants of adolescence during ritual grazings at a busy steel-and-vinyl hangout in 1959 Baltimore. Stars, laughs, interlocking stories: entertainment is the daily special in Diner. - Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Cast:
- Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon
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Dogma (1999)Bearclaw / God
Searching for a way back from everlasting exile, renegade fallen angels Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) attempt to turn the entire cosmological system on its head - unless an unlikely horde of humans can stop them. Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), the heroine of 'Dogma' is a woman convinced her prayers have not been answered when, out of nowhere, a heralding angel appears in her bedroom and declares her the potential saviour of humanity. Setting off on an extraordinary journey, Bethany meets a host of heavenly and hellish characters, including the celestial messenger Metatron (Alan Rickman), an apostle with a 2,000 year old grudge (Chris Rock), hot-headed demon Azrael (Jason Lee) and heavenly muse Serendipity (Salma Hayek). In Kevin Smith's comic fantasia, angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of the Earth and battle it out for the fate of humankind. - Director:
- Kevin Smith
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- Ben Affleck, Ethan Suplee, Matt Damon
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Browning, a former circus contortionist, cast reai-life sideshow professionals. A living torso who, nimbly fights his own cigarette despite having no arms or legs, microcephalics (whom the film calls "pinheads")-they and others play the big-top troupers who inflict a terrible revenge on a trapeze artist who treats them as subhumans. - Director:
- Tod Browning
- Cast:
- Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
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Mel Gibson delivers an electrifying performance in directors Peter Weir's compelling story of friendship and adventure between two Australian soldiers in 1915. They cross continents and great oceans, climb the pyramids and walk through the ancient sands of Egypt to join their regiment at the fateful battle of Gallipoli. The echoes of history blend with the friends' compelling destiny as they become part of a legendary World War I confrontation between Australia and the German allied Turks - a battle that is to Australians what the Alamo is to Americans. - Director:
- Peter Weir
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- Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr
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The highlight of England's qualifying matches for the 2002 World Cup. After only 6 minutes England's performance looked true to (historical) form when Germany's Jancker scored the first goal of the game,but the team surprised even the most optimistic English fan and went on to crush Germany by scoring 5 goals. - Director:
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Gonzo is the definitive film biography of a mythic American figure, a man that Tom Wolfe called our greatest comic writer, whose suicide, by gunshot, led Rolling Stone Magazine, where Thompson began his career, to devote an entire issue (its bestselling ever) to the man that launched a thousand sips of bourbon, endless snorts of cocaine and a brash, irreverent, fearless style of journalism - named Gonzo after an anarchic blues riff by James Booker. - Director:
- Alex Gibney
- Cast:
- Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Cairo, David Carlo
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Stop the presses! The crime of the century has occurred, and investigative reporters Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo are out to crack the case in this song-filled, star-studded extravaganza directed by the legendary Jim Henson. Our heroes arrive in London to interview Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg), a high-fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace has just been stolen. But when Kermit mistakes lovely receptionist/would-be model Miss Piggy for her aristocratic employer, it's love at first sight. Unfortunately, Lady Holiday's scheming brother (Charles Grodin) is also wooing the sultry swine -so he can frame her for another brazen jewel heist! Now it's up to Kermit and his Muppet pals to clear Piggy's name and catch the real culprits. Packed with music, remarkable production numbers and hilarious cameo performances (including John Cleese, Peter Falk, Jack Warden, Robert Morley and Peter Ustinov), 'The Great Muppet Caper' is the wackiest story ever told! - Director:
- Jim Henson
- Cast:
- Jim Henson, Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg
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On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers (Will Sandin) brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing he was safely locked away in a mental hospital - until tonight. Tonight, Michael (Tony Moran) returns to the same quiet neighbourhood to relive his grisly murder again...and again...and again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween! - Director:
- John Carpenter
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- John Carpenter, Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis
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Better known as their alter-egos Jay and Silent Bob, the unique duo performed a series of sold out shows, bringing to life their hugely successful smodcast "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old". Chronicling their early years and friendship, it became a rare opportunity for UK fans to get up close with the pairs' unique, uncensored brand of storytelling. Get ready for a roller-coaster ride of mayhem, laughs and bewilderment! - Director:
- Kevin Smith
- Cast:
- Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
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Better known as their alter-egos Jay and Silent Bob, the unique duo performed a series of sold out shows, bringing to life their hugely successful smodcast 'Jay And Silent Bob Get Old'. Chronicling their early years and friendship, it became a rare opportunity for UK fans to get up close with the pairs' unique, uncensored brand of storytelling. Get ready for a roller-coaster ride of laughs and bewilderment from the London. Manchester and Edinburgh shows in this packed out double video. - Director:
- Kevin Smith
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- Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
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Packed with stars including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Lee and more, this wildly irreverent comedy is actor/director Kevin Smith's finale to the adventures of Jay and Silent Bob that began in Clerks and ran through Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma. When best buddies Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) discover that a major motion picture is being based on their likenesses, they head for Hollywood to claim the big money they deserve. But when the dopey duo learn that they've been cut out of the cash, they set out to sabotage the flick at all costs. Featuring a host of celebrity cameos set to a hot soundtrack, Jay and Silent Bob's raucous cross-country road trip is a crash course in the rules of the road with a nonstop assortment of outrageous characters that will have you laughing out loud! - Director:
- Kevin Smith
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- Jason Mewes, Gavin Brooks, Kevin Smith
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Holland (Alec Guinness) is a shy, retiring man who works as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a maker of souvenirs. Holland remarks that, with Pendlebury's smelting equipment, one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers and smuggle them into France. Soon after, they gain the services of professional criminals Lackery (Sidney James) and Shorty (Alfie Bass) and the four plot what they believe will be the perfect crime - which turns out to be anything but! - Director:
- Charles Crichton
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- Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
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Director's, extended cut of the famous fantasy adaptation. In part one of the fantasy trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. Frodo (Elijah Wood) is a hobbit living in the Shire, a quiet, peaceful part of Middle Earth. When it turns out that his elderly relative Bilbo (Ian Holm) is harbouring the ultimate Ring of Power and the evil Nazgul riders of Sauron, The dark Lord of Mordor, are coming to find it, Frodo is entrusted by wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to deliver the Ring out of the Shire without it falling into their hands. Frodo leaves the Shire aided by his cousins Merry (Dominic Monaghan), Pippin (Billy Boyd) and trusty friend Sam Gamgee (Sean Astin), but they soon realise that the agents of Mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from over. Once they reach the Elvish realm of Rivendell the Hobbits form part of the anti-Sauron fellowship, which includes Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Boromir (Sean Bean), Legolas Greenleaf (Orlando Bloom), Gimli the dwarf and of course Gandalf. Together they must battle across Middle Earth to destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of Mordor. - Director:
- Peter Jackson
- Cast:
- Elijah Wood, Alan Howard, Ian McKellen
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The extended version (with 48 extra minutes) of the final film in Peter Jackson's epic big screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy - which won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Gandalf manages to rally Gondor's fallen army with the help of King Theoden of Rohan for the biggest battle in the history of Middle-earth; and Aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities. They are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep Sauron distracted in order to enable Frodo to complete his quest to destroy the Ring by throwing it into the fires of the Mountain of Doom. - Director:
- Peter Jackson
- Cast:
- Elijah Wood, Alan Howard, John Stephenson
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