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When wealthy old mr. Enderby dies, his not-so bereaved relatives gather for the reading of the will. There amid the money and mahogany, aunt cora asks, "he was murdered, wasn't he?". The family tut-tuts such a distressing notion...

until cora is murdered and the tut-tuts turn to "who's next?" Margaret Rutherford is back on form and on the trail as sleuthing miss jane marple in this witty whodunit based on agatha christie's after the funeral. As in all rutherford marple mysteries, she's ably supported by Stringer Davis as the town librarian and charles tingwell as inspector craddock. But murder at the gallop has an extra attraction...robert morley who plays and enderby heir. Rutherford and morley are an engagingly comic pair, whether riding on horseback, gliding around on the dance floor, or trying to outfox each other.

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While in Florida on another case, FBI agents Helter (Bruce Willis) and Lombardo (Megan Fox) cross paths with state cop Crawford (Emile Hirsch), who's investigating a string of female murders that appear to be related.

Lombardo and Crawford team up for an undercover sting, but it goes horribly wrong, plunging Lombardo into grave danger and pitting Crawford against a serial killer in a twisted game of cat and mouse.

Paddington Station. Next stop…murder! Dozing in her train seat, elderly English gentlewoman Miss Jane Marple awakens just in time to witness a dreadful strangulation aboard a passing train. ‘Murder’, cries truth, even if it means uncovering an extra body or two!

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There’s something fishy about the HMS Battletore, a training ship designed to give young hoodlums a chance at new lives. When Miss Jane Marple goes aboard to investigate, she discovers it’s a training ship, all right: someone’s training the delinquents to be good thieves instead of good citizens.

And that someone would kill to keep the fact quiet! Murder may be at sea But Miss Marple never is in this sparkling mystery starring Margaret Rutherord as Agatha Christie’s endearing old-lady sleuth. Murder Ahoy features a rouge’s gallery of suspects and ingenious means of dispatching victims, including strychnine-laced snuff, a noose from a yardarm and a poisoned mousetrap. But Miss Marle prevail? Well, let’s just say it was a good thing she was Ladies National Fencing Champion of 1931!

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Sibling astronomers discover Martians are threatening to attack Earth, but no one believes them - until Martians land and nearly destroy all of New York City.

As the siblings try to make it out of the city with their families, they discover the Martians have no immunity against the diseases of Earth, and must now figure out how to infect the invading army to eradicate the aliens before all of Earth is destroyed first.

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Screen legend Bruce Willis plays Lt. Wakes, a vengeful police detective determined to solve the murders of his partner and informant. Wakes joins forces with Madison (Nicky Whelan), a witness injured during the shootings.

After the killers pursue Madison across the abandoned floor of a hospital, she confirms Wakes' worst fears: the two men are actually corrupt vice cops covering up a crime. As Wakes vows revenge, this heart-pounding action-thriller reaches an explosive climax.

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Heidi is the lovable orphan who enriches the lives of everyone she meets. Heidi gains her reclusive Grandfather's acceptance, only to be sent away to Frankfurt to live with the Sesemann family. There, she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.

Torn between Klara's companionship and the memory of her life in the Alps with her beloved Grandfather, Heidi is faced with the most difficult decision of her young life. In the end, Heidi follows her heart, leading to a miraculous and joyful conclusion.

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Suddenly a night of fun becomes a night of horror. Something haunts Beth (Angela O'Neill), something about the sorority house, she can't remember what it is but it's something evil, deep in the past when she was a little girl.

It was meant to be a fun weekend for the girls but Beth is plagued by a series of horrific nightmares each one more real than the last and each one concerning a knife wielding maniac. And then, as the girls throw an all-night party they have a most unwelcome guest - the slasher in Beth's dreams! But now it's for real and the bloodthirsty killer stalks them one by one. Undiluted, heart-stopping terror.

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It's going to be the slumber party to end all slumber parties. With her parents away, Trish (Michelle Michaels) is planning a weekend of high jinx fun for her high school basketball team friends - a slumber party at her house.

She's not sure if she wants to invite the newly arrived and talented Valerie (Robin Stille) but someone who's definitely coming is Russ Thorn. Locked up in a mental institution since 1969, Thorn, the nastiest of driller killer psychos, has escaped and is heading back to town intent on more bloody mayhem. This night no one's going to get much sleep - there's potato chips, drinks, dope, severed heads, blood and gore a-plenty. Even the pizza delivery boy ends up a yucky mess (just like his pizzas!).

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The mysterious but kindly solicitor Mr. Blunden (Laurence Naismith) visits Mrs. Allen (Dorothy Alison) and her young children, offering her the position of caretaker at a derelict country mansion.

More surprises are in store when the children encounter the ghosts of two former young residents and find themselves transported back in time to help their new friends right a 100-year-old wrong.

Bursting with energy, hyper-kinetic fight-action and stunning imagery, New Dragon Gate Inn tells the story of fabled resistance fighter, Zhou Huaian (Tony Leung), and his heroic struggle against despotic eunuch and master swordsman Cao Shao-qin, played with considerable menace by martial-arts supremo Donnie Yen.

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In 1972, it was Bruce Lee. In 1994, it was Jet Li. In 2011, international superstar Donnie Yen takes up the heroic mantle of martial arts legend Chen Zhen.

Directed by Andrew Lau and featuring some of the most breathtaking martial arts fighting ever caught on camera, Legend of the Fist is an unmissable slice of epic action. After the war, Japanese forces start imposing their expansionist ideals on a beleaguered Shanghai, but one expert martial artist decides to take a stand and becomes a masked avenger to fight injustice and save his beloved country.

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From John Woo, the director of Hong Kong movie classics including 'Bulle in the Head' and 'The Killer', comes the incredible 'Last Hurrah for Chivalry'; his unique take on the Wuxia or heroic fantasy movie genre.

This time the guns are replaced with swords but the trademark Woo themes of heroism and honour are much in evidence as the newly married swordsman Kao (Lau Kong) seeks revenge on the evil Pai (Lee Hoi San) for wiping out his family on his wedding night. Alone he cannot beat him so he enlists the help of Chang (Wei Pai) and Green (Damian Lau) to exact justice upon Pai - John Woo style! In common with Woo's best films this new brotherhood isn't as honourable as it first appears and as the truth emerges the scene is set for a climactic deadly battle. This, like the rest of the film, is expertly choreographed and beautifully captured in John Woo's brutally inimitable style that will delight fans who prefer their action hardcore!

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According to an ancient prophecy, a peasant boy shall rise to become a mighty emperor and overthrow a long reign of cruelty and oppression. To maintain power and change destiny, the existing leaders seek to eliminate this threat by unleashing an army to murder male children across the land.

But when these ruthless warriors reach one humble village, they find themselves overwhelmed by a local uprising. Only the true leader can turn the tide of war and end the bloodshed.

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Filmed in an oppressively dark and jumpy style reminiscent of the blockbuster 'Seven', this chilling Hong Kong horror stars Chingamy Yau as a police complaints officer being stalked by a psychopath who believes she is the devil's daughter.

Maverick cop Mo Ti Nam (Donnie Yen) tries to protect her with his lethal kicks and flying fists as the madman 'Judas' convinces her that she may indeed have demonic powers. Only the bumbling assistance of Mo's partner Ka-Ming, busty female cop 'Leon' and the unpredictable Mo himself stand between Chingamy and the chainsaw-wielding madman who wants to rip out her heart...