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Master filmmaker Quentin Tarantino presents 'Hero' - starring martial arts legend Jet Li in a visually stunning martial arts epic where a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation! With supernatural skill...and no fear...

a nameless soldier (Jet Li) embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat!

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Eddie Munster (Bug Hall) misses Transylvania and clearly doesn't think it's the most wonderful time of the year, so the rest of the Munsters - Herman (Sam McMurray), Lily (Ann Magnuson), Grandpa (Sandy Baron) and Marilyn (Elaine Hendrix) - rally to make him enjoy the holly, jolly magic that Santa

brings. 'The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas' is timeless and unique entertainment the whole family will enjoy again and again. It's a Munsterpiece!

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When Jackie Chan wrote, directed and starred in this period action-comedy along with his childhood friend Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, he broke box-office records.

This fast-paced classic tells the story of a coastguard, police officer and a petty criminal, who team up to fight a band of ruthless pirates, intent on spreading mayhem across the South China Sea.

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Jackie Chan is back, as famed pirate-buster Dragon Ma. Having rid the seas of the dreaded Pirate Lo, he is back on land with a brand new assignment: to clean up crime and corruption in the roughest part of town.

Finding himself caught up in a web of deceit, instigated by the local police chief, he and his loyal band of 'brothers' battle treacherous, free-wheeling police officers, smugglers, pirates and lethal agents of the Manchu government in a relentless breath¬taking adventure which culminates in one of the most spectacular stunt-filled finales of all time!

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"Beauty and the Beast " is a landmark feat of cinematic fantasy in which master filmmaker Jean Cocteau conjures spectacular visions of enchantment, desire and death that have never been equalled.

Josette Day is luminous yet feisty as Beauty, and Jean Marais gives one of his best performances as the Beast, at once brutal and gentle, rapacious and vulnerable, shamed and repelled by his own bloodlust. Henri Alekan's subtle black and white cinematography combine with Christian Berard's masterly costumes and set designs to create a magical piece of cinema, a children's fairytale refashioned into a stylised and highly sophisticated dream.

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Welcome to the not-too-distant future, where implanted microchips record every single moment of a person's life. Upon death, it becomes the job of a "cutter" like Alan Hakman (Robin Williams) to edit down the deceased's entire lifetime into a fitting memorial film.

For years, he has used his god-like power of final cut to absolve the dead of a multitude of sins. But when, on his latest assignment, he views a terrible secret that can't be erased, Hakman finds his own life in jeopardy in this riveting science fiction thriller.

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Adopted as a baby and taken to England, Daniel Meeks (Danny) returns to the town of his birth in search of his real family. He finds himself embroiled in a fight for the ownership of the town and to free the soul of the late Lucius Meeks, Danny's great great grandfather.

Lucius is regarded by the town as an evil gun-slinger who had an affair with the fiancee of the town's owner, Joshua Carter, and who shot them both dead in the street, in an argument over land rights. Danny adapts quickly to 'life out West' and goes on to discover the truth about his discrediting gun-slinging relative (who died more than a century earlier) picking up clues along the way, which help him track down his real mother too. This action-packed story ends in a thrilling finale, with Danny forced to choose between family loyalty, (to clear the name of Lucius and allow him to rest in peace) and his love for Kate Carter, descendant of the man Lucius killed all those years ago...

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Featuring an all-star cast led by acrobatic genius Yuen Biao, 'Zu Warriors' depicts the adventures of a young soldier (Dik Mingkei) caught in a war between two rival carmies.

To escape certain death he takes sanctuary in a cave within the ominous Zu Mountain, where he becomes entangled in a battle with all-powerful supernatural forces threatening to destroy the World. Guided by a mysterious swordsman (Adam Cheng), Dik Mingkei must harness the power of two mystical swords; the only weapons on Earth capable of defeating his omnipotent enemy.

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Cult filmmaker Takeshi Kitano's dazzling new film is a thrilling tale of swordplay and adventure set in 19th Century Japan. Zatoichi is a blind wanderer whose humble facade disguises his prodigious skills as a master swordsman, gifted with a lightning fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision.

Arriving in a remote mountain town, he finds its people terrorised by the ruthless Ginzo gang and their mighty samurai ronin Hattori (Tadanobu Asano), who mercilessly dispose of all who get in their way. With his legendary cane sword at his side, Zatoichi's path is destined for many violent confrontations...

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On Halloween night a group of party-hearty teens seek refuge in an empty funeral home, after a shooting incident at a liquor store results (they mistakenly believe) in the death of a police officer, and the near fatal wounding of one of their own.

While arguing about their next move, they discover that the remote Hull House has a mysterious resident - Angela, a beautiful young woman with a 'split' personality. Angela (Amelia Kinkade) welcomes the group warmly to her humble abode and then diabolically plants the seed of dissension amongst the friends. Although some insist they should leave and get their dying friend to a hospital, others, let their lusty libidos call the shots, allowing Angela, waiting like a cunning hunter, ample opportunity to transform her "guests" into her bloodthirsty minions. Who will survive this nightmare and live to see the next morning's sunrise?

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At the height of the terror of WW1, the few survivors of an English regiment, trapped behind enemy lines, take refuge in a deserted German trench, waiting to be rescued. But when no help arrives, one by one they begin to suffer mysterious and gruesome fates.

Slowly, a terror beyond all human understanding is unleashed. Is the trench possessed by something even more terrible than the war that surrounds them or does some other unknown evil wait to claim them all?

Using brain-implant technology, corporate assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) takes control of other people's bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

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David (Andrew Keegan) is frustrated with the repressive laws of his cave-dwelling tribe. Restless, stubborn and defiant, his attitude problem turns deadly when he is forced to kill the tribe leader, his father, to protect his girlfriend.

Now, banished to the dangerous and unexplored zone outside their cave, he and five of his teenage friends quickly discover that the "old" world they only dreamed about has evolved without them - into a complex, seductive and ultimately terrifying nightmare beyond their wildest imagination!

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Angus (Rufus Sewell) and Lily (Carla Gugino) are traveling the Irish countryside with their carnival sideshow when they befriend a wealthy old sailor. After giving him a ride to his castle, he shows them his deadly prize: a real, live mermaid held captive in a tank.

Eager for fame and fortune, Angus and his crew steal the sea creature and make plans to set sail for America. After loading their cargo and boarding a boat, they soon learn that the animal they possess is as dangerous as it is beautiful. But nothing can prepare them for the horror that awaits them as their boat drifts further and further out to sea. Get ready for an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that will scare you to the bone!

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How to make a monster takes horror films boldly into the computer age! starring Steven Culp (Thirteen Days, Nurse Betty), Clea DuVall (Girl Interrupted, Ghosts Of Mars), and Tyler Mane (X-Men, Joe Dirt), this cyper-thriller from the director of swimming with sharks features mind-blowing monster

effects by 4 time Academy Award winner Stan Winston (Jurassic Park, Planet Of the Apes) and the talents of sexy B-movie queen Julie Strain. Video game developer Clayton Software enlists the talents of a misfit group of programmers to develop the scariest computer combat game - Evilution. With four weeks to bring the game to market and a million-dollar bonus on the line, they utilize a telemetry suit to render a 3-D version of the onscreen player. But when a power-surge gives the hard drive a mind of its own, the suit comes to life to play the game for real and the programming team find themselves in the middle of a chilling virtual nightmare beyond their wildest imagination.