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It's night over Europe, the night of 2nd of May 1945. A crippled Lancaster Bomber struggles home across the English Channel, all crew dead save for the young pilot desperately scanning the radio for signs of life.

His prayers are answered, June (Kim Hunter), a young radio operator, picks up his signal, and in the final moments of the young flyer's life, a special bond is formed. The next morning washed up on an English beach, Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) is alive. He finds June, and the two fall in love. Somehow he survived. It's a miracle...or is it? Peter Carter should have died that night; a heavenly escort missed him in the fog above the Channel, and now he must face the celestial court of appeal for his right to live.

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A couple loves their new house, bought for a steal out of foreclosure. During their first visit, they find illegal drugs stashed in the walls, and they realise this is not their dream house.

As they are about to leave, suddenly their exit is blocked by a gun-wielding neighbour Spector and his accomplice. They come to realise the house is hiding more than drugs - it's the operation centre for mass drug tsar who is buried beneath the floorboards. On the run from the professional killers who want the drugs and evidence, the resourceful couple will need to turn the tables on their attackers to survive.

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Full of vengeance and out for justice, Dolph Lundgren directs, writes and stars in this action packed modern-day western that will blow your mind away.

When Ryder (Lundgren), a mysterious stranger with a score to settle, rolls into a small town unannounced, life forever changes for its citizens caught under the oppressive thumb of a local tyrant. Armed with is Bible, his motorcycle and his thirst for revenge, Ryder faces down the evil dictator in true vigilante style, proving that justice still packs a punch.

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From the producers of White Noise and in the horrifying tradition of The Omen comes an unnerving tale of bone-chilling terror! Confident the ransom will be easy money, ex-con Max (Josh Holloway) kidnaps an 8-year-old boy and escapes to an eerie, deserted cabin in the woods with his fiancee (Sarah

Wayne Callies) and two shady associates. But Max soon realizes that this is no ordinary kidnapping... and this is no ordinary child. Using haunting supernatural abilities to manipulate the minds of his captors, the boy maliciously turns them against each other in a cruel and deadly game that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end!

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Haskell (Michael Caine) is assigned a job by his boss, the aristocratic London-Higgins (James Fox), to highjack a high security van in broad daylight while it's in the shadow run (out of radio contact with the main security firm).

He assembles a team to carry out the heist, but things don't go according to plan and Haskell begins to think his boss might be double-crossing him. Add to this, a teenage boarding school pupil has already witnessed some of the meetings of the team and Haskell's in real trouble.

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In rural Georgia, recently widowed psychic Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) works as a tarot reader to support her young family. When she is introduced to her son's affable school principal (Greg Kinnear) and his socialite fiancée (Katie Holmes), Annie has a grisly premonition of things yet to come.

After her violent vision comes true, all eyes turn to Annie, leaving her with no choice but to use her clairvoyant abilities to find the culprit herself. Could it be the abusive husband (Keanu Reeves) of one of Annie's regular clients (Hilary Swank)? Or the nervy mechanic (Giovanni Ribisi) whose yearning for friendship masks an uncontrollable rage? Or is another terrible secret hiding in plain sight?

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Abandoned on the steps of a rural village temple shortly after his birth, Ting (Tony Jaa) grows up to become a master of Muay Thai and a hero to his people. Protected by a sacred power, he lives in peace with the only family he has ever known.

Untill, one day, a single act of betrayal robs his village of its greatest treasure: an ancient and mysterious Buddha statue that brings health and prosperity to all who respect power. Now, with the future of his people lost to fear, Ting must sacrifice all he believes, and, single-handedly, overcome the might of a ruthless criminal empire, to win back their greatest treasure.

Robbie and his girlfriend, Amy, are among a group of students who pay their private night games in the romantic thriller that catapulted Kidman to center stage. On screen throughout, Kidman discovers what will happen when a friendly game becomes real life ... and real life becomes a deadly game.

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When young Ben Clark moves to a new town with his family, he befriends his elderly neighbour, 'Milner'. Milner is an accomplish magician and Ben bags to be instructed in this mystical craft. Milner is initially reluctant, recognising a mystical scar on Ben's face.

However, Ben's persistence and his natural talent for magic soon win Milner over. Every hundred years, Morgana returns to claim Fingall's talisman from Merlin, with which she intends to destroy the world. Until now she has failed, but she too recognises the mysterious scar on Ben's face... a scar that marks Ben out as a magician of potentially great power. She realises that Ben is the key to overcome Merlin. But then discovers that Milner is in fact the great sorcerer, Merlin, and gets drawn into a battle between Merlin and the forces of evil in the form of this sorceress, Morgana. Ben must choose between good and evil... drawing on all his magical powers to save the world as we know it...

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While attempting to run away from the Ravenscroft Reform School, a teenage girl is shockingly caught and dragged away to an unknown fate by an unseen assailant. The next day a young science teacher, Janet (Karen Witter) arrives to start her new job.

She has been drawn to Ravenscroft by its idealistic and charismatic director, Gary (Robert Vaughn). Janet soon begins having strange hallucinations of someone trapped behind a brick wall, trying desperately to get out. She turns for help to the school psychologist, Dr. Schaeffer (Donald Pleasence). He assures her that her imagination is just a little over-active Janet befriends one of the girls, fingers (Nia Long), who tells her about the parties in the basement. When more girls "run away" Janet explores the basement and has a terrifying hallucination of an old man, Jacob, (John Carradine) bursting through a brick wall to attack her. When she learns Ravenscroft had once been a lunatic asylum, and that Dr. Schaeffer hadformerly been a patient there, she is fearful that he may still be dangerous!

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Twelve year old Oskar is an outsider; struggling to fit in at school and left alone to fend for himself at home while his mother works nights. One evening he meets the mysterious Eli.

As a sweet romance blossoms between them, Oskar learns to overcome his tormentors and discovers Eli's dark secret and the connections to gruesome events occurring across town. Together they must help Eli be gone and live, or stay and die.

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Once upon a time, there lived in Denmark a young shoemaker named Hans Christian Andersen whose magical tales delighted boys and girls throughout the land.

Filled with music, laughter and wonderful, glittering fun, this charming fable follows the adventures of the legendary storyteller and recaptures the spirit of fairyland make-believe for children of all ages. Danny Kaye is a delight as Hans, who one day journeys beyond the borders of his small village, across the sea and into the dazzling city of Copenhagen. There he encounters marvels and wonders beyond his wildest dreams...and finds the inspiration for some of his most unforgettable characters such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "Thumbelina" and many more!

Retired Detective, Moretti (Max von Sydow) is asked to assist in the investigation of a series of brutal murders that bear of the signs of a case that he worked on 17 years ago. When the killer strikes again, Moretti finally agrees to help unravel the mystery from years ybefore and catch the killer....

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Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner and Courtney B. Vance star in this hilarious thriller about five grad school liberals who share a house, a left-wing outlook, and Sunday suppers filled with conversation and social criticism.

But when a redneck trucker threatens one of their own, he inadvertently puts them on the radical road to serial murder.

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Initially prevented by his over-protective father from learning martial arts, Fok Yune Gap (leung Kar Yan) trains secretly with Japanese tutor Chiang Ho San (Yasuaki Kurata), eventualy becoming a master.

Years later when Yune Gap has evolved into fighting legend, Japan sends a champion to challenge him. The challenger is Ho San. In a tragic twist of fate the two friends are honour-bound to engage in a potentially deadly duel of unarmed combat.