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Lifelong friends Wilf (Billy Connolly) and Reggie (Tom Courtenay), together with former colleague Cissy (Pauline Collins), are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired musicians. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home.

But when Jean Horton (Maggie Smith), a former grande dame of the opera and Reggie's ex-wife moves into the home to everyone's surprise, the plans for this year's concert start to unravel.

After years of marriage, Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives.

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Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in the explosive thriller that critics are calling "a superior thriller".

When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defence: "Get Jack Reacher!". The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

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As the Iranian Revolution takes over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, six Americans escape. Now only one man can get them out from behind enemy lines. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) is a brilliant CIA agent who specialises in impossible escapes, but his new plan is as daring as it is desperate.

Disguised as a film crew, Tony and the fugitives must hide in plain sight, where the slightest slip up could end in instant death.

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Suzanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her husband Samuel (Yvan Attal) enjoy a pleasant, middle-class life with their two children.

When she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist, Suzanne is brought into contact with a builder called Ivan (Sergi Lopez), a tough yet down-to-earth odd-job man who has recently been released from prison. Their mutual attraction is sudden and violent, sending them on a whirlwind affair of the senses. As Suzanne's life spirals out of control, she must decide between her family and living this all-engulfing passion to the full.

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As the US prepares for war in Iraq, CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) gets into political crossfire due to her husband Joe (Sean Penn) and his public stand against the invasion.

While involved in undercover operations in the field, Plame's secret status gets leaked by the White House as deterrent and punishment. With everyone out to get her, a gruelling race against time and government begins to save her exposed contacts, her family and herself.

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When an argument between two young schoolboys results in one of the boys losing his teeth, the parents of both children decide to meet to discuss the matter.

Nancy Cowan, a neurotic investment broker, and her husband Alan, an ignorant high-flying corporate lawyer, join Penelope Longstreet, a politically correct campaigner and her husband Michael, a goofy wholesaler of sanitary goods, at their plush Brooklyn apartment. But what begins as a civilised chat soon spirals into a hilarious, alcohol induced night of violence, vomiting and verbal warfare as each couple sinks to the level of bickering children.

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The common people of Rome are angry. Riots are widespread and the people's fury rapidly becomes focused on the Republic's most courageous general, Caius Martius. But Rome is also at war with the Volsces, a neighbouring state whose army is led by Martius's sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius.

When the people of Rome turn on the heroic Caius Martius he finds an unlikely ally in his most-hated enemy and together they plot a heinous revenge…

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Leonardo Dicaprio stars as J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it.

His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

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Ewan McGregor as Fred Jones, a fisheries expert who is approached by Harriet (Emily Blunt) with a plan to introduce salmon into the waterways of Yemen.

Despite Fred's protests, he soon finds himself working on a project that seems not only frivolous but absolutely unfeasible in the arid land of Yemen. Yet as the mission begins, they find that hope can spring - even in the most unexpected places!

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As she cuts across the fields to take her father his lunch, Patricia meets Jacques. She is eighteen, he is twenty-six. She is pretty, with the fine manners of a young lady; he is a fighter pilot and a handsome young man. A full moon will do the rest on their second meeting.

There won't be a third rendezvous: Jacques is sent to the front. Patricia finds herself pregnant. The boy's rich parents accuse her of blackmail. Patricia and her father, the well-digger, will alone have the joy of welcoming her child. A joy that the Mazels will soon envy and seek to share when Jacques goes missing in action...

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Drawn from true-life events, a feature takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) his mentor Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) , the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them.

Also starring Vincent Cassel as Otto Gross, a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries... David Cronenberg directs this exploration of sensuality, where ambition and deceit set the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought.

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Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.

Sixteen year-old Katniss Eyerdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. If she's ever to-return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

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After a much-needed break, forensic anthropologist Dr.

Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) return to the Jeffersonian Institute, along with their team of investigative "squints" for another darkly humourous season of murder, mystery, controversy, and chemistry! In addition to a vast array of personal crises, ranging from Angela's secret pregnancy to Booth's new relationship with a beautiful reporter, the team tackles a complex caseload of gruesome crimes that includes a murderous chupacabra, a trip to the Jersey Shore, the final return of the Gravedigger, and a vigilante sniper with a deadly link to Booth's past.

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Suzanne (Deneuve) is a "Potiche"; a beautiful, subservient wife dedicated to serving the selfish whims of her tyrannical husband. But after the exploited workers of his umbrella factory decide to strike, Suzanne takes on the role as head of the company to great success.

Although business and personal politics are about to collide with the arrival of Maurice (Depardieu), a charming union leader and a former lover of Suzanne's.