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Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a lone wolf in chic clothing. He's a Boston tycoon, who masterminds a daring bank job, even though he doesn't need the money. What he needs is the thrill of the heist, the adrenaline rush of not getting caught.

Catching crooks is where insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) comes in. She always gets her man. But this time she may be too much in love to give him up.

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A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude.

After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack’s death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, burnishes France’s reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films of that era and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East

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In the turbulent days between the Qin and Han Dynasties a dark, tyrannical presence rules the land, sea and air of a once beautiful realm.

As the evil forces press further into the lives of the people it falls to an ex-general (Donnie Yen) to reclaim the mantle of battle and begin a bloodthirsty war that will decide the fate of the world. Facing the mightiest foe ever to have walked the earth he must test his strength, courage and honour in one of the greatest battles ever fought by man.

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Jean Dujardin returns as suave, sophisticated and utterly clueless French spy Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, France's answer to James Bond.

Armed with an arsenal of weapons including classic good looks, matchless charm and unrivalled stupidity, OSS 117 is the man to call when villains need to be found, peace needs to be brokered and women seduced. The year is 1967 and de Gaulle's France requires OSS 117 to travel to Brazil and track down a former high-ranking Nazi, who wants to sell a microfilm of names listing French collaborators during the World War II. In Rio he joins forces with Dolores, a charming Mossad agent also on the trail of underground Nazis, but with the aim of bringing them to justice. Together they travel across all Brazil from Rio to Brasilia and to the Iguazu Falls... will they find their man; will the microfilm be returned to France and will OSS 117 conquer his fear of heights?

Sammy finds himself fighting the might of the Japanese in this comedy Kung Fu. An interesting film in which we see Jackie developing his modern day style fight choreography that changed the way of his career.

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Never Mind the Buzzcocks former host Simon Amstell and team captain Phill Jupitus have a rare out-of-hours get together to look back at some exclusive, never-before-aired, deleted material from the last 3 series.

This exclusive video featurette includes clips ranging from the too rude, too drunk, too nasty, too sweary, too awkward and in absolutely no instances too funny for TV. Also featured on this 'Best of video are special compilation episodes from the last 3 series presented by Simon Amstell (2007-2009):

Never Mind the Buzzcocks...Imagine a Mildly Amusing Panel Show (2007)
Alan Yentob takes a look back at the most talked about moments from the series, including Amy Winehouse spitting, Preston walking and Lily Allen controversially wearing funny glasses.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks - A Moving Tribute (2008)
A touching retrospective on Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks - Technically, the Best Series Ever (2009)
A thrilling look back at what were technically some excellent moments from the last series. Featuring a galaxy of technically good celebrity bookings and many, many technically funny sentences. Yes!

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Lin is Asia the Invincible, a legendary fighter who was never seen again after the apocalyptic battle of the Black Cliff. In the vacuum, a number of pretenders have emerged, passing themselves off as Asia.

Koo, an official from the Chinese government, is dispatched to find out the truth about Asia's disappearance. Koo eventually discovers that Asia has been living as a recluse under the Black Cliff and informs her of the imposters tainting her name. Swearing to relinquish her past, Asia finally emerges and a vicious blood bath is in store for the imposters as she takes her retribution.

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Jet Li is Ling, a talented martial arts student who, with his fellow students, withdraws from the world of the swordsman to a remote mountain area.

Arriving to meet some friends of the Highlander Clan, Ling is surprised to find that the chief of the clan has been imprisoned by a scheming subordinate, Fong . In his quest for power, Fong studies the Sacred Scroll and undergoes a sex change in order to accomplish the most refined forms of martial arts. Although Ling has vowed to retire from a violent life, he is the only fighter with the swordsmanship to stop Fong, setting the scene for a mystical and deadly duel between the two masters.

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Before he was Andrea Bocelli, he was Amos Bardi. Based on a true story, Amos is born with the gift of superb quality of voice, yet he is also nearly blind.

Eventually, he is separated from his family to enter an institute for the visually impaired but while there he suffers a terrible accident, resulting in total blindness. Driven by great ambition, Amos does not give up despite repeated challenges until he manages to achieve his first great success on stage. From there, he begins a life studded with victories and becomes one of the most world renowned opera singers.

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An epic 'fantasy swordplay-adventure' in the vein of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' from Palm D'Or nominee King Hu and Chitig Siu-tung, the acclaimed director of the 'Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy', 'The Swordsman' combines resplendent imagery, award-winning hyperkinetic fight action and emotive

drama to re-create a classic story of love, honour and betrayal, as a fabled warrior battles the forces of evil to protect the secrets of an ancient scroll and ultimately discover his destiny.

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An unambitious painter named Gu (Shihjun) lives with his mother in the vicinity of an abandoned mansion rumoured to be haunted.

In actuality, the mansion has become a hiding place for the warrior Yang (Hsu Feng) and her own mother, both taking refuge following the assassination of their loyal minister father by the wicked eunuch Wei of East Chamber. After the eunuch sends an army to pursue the escapees, the group fortify the mansion with traps and false intimations of the terrifying ghosts within. But even after, things take yet more unsettling turns...

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It's the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The powerful eunuch Cao (Pai Ying) has killed the Loyal Minister Yu, and Yu's children are exiled to the border, whereupon Cao undertakes efforts to massacre the remants of the family.

As Yu's children take refuge in the Dragon Gate Inn, Xiao the righteous swordsman (Shihjun) and the surviving loyalists of Minister Yu engage in a series of battles to the death against the forces of the bloodthirsty eunuch.

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Something evil is stirring in the small mining town of Gold Lick, and it's not happy.

Guan-di, the Chinese protector of the dead, has been awakened by reckless teenagers, and now his bloody crusade to wipe out the town's entire population can only be stopped by one man - Bruce Campbell, B-movie star and deadbeat ex-husband extraordinaire, who's recruited to be their unwitting savior. When our hero faces off against a dark force more fearsome than a Hollywood agent, the laughs and screams start flying!

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Somewhere in Bulgaria, sleazy American industrialist William Cole (Bruce Campbell) is finalizing a tax scam that will earn him millions. Meanwhile, mad scientist Dr.

Ivan Ivanov (Stacy Keach) and his demented henchman Pavel (Ted Raimi) have created a drug that can connect human brains like Lincoln Logs. But when an illicit tryst with a sultry hotel maid leads to Cole's murder, Dr. Ivanov reanimates him by transplanting the half-brain of a former KGB operative into Cole's skull. Now, the capitalist and the communist must reconcile their difference to hunt down the beautiful gypsy freak who killed them both.

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Exploding onto the screen in a kinetic flurry of hyper-stylised action, The Villainess is a stunning vengeance film that draws its inspiration from western classics including Nikita and Kill Bill.

Sook-hee (Kim Ok-vin, Thirst) is a trained assassin who takes revenge on the men who murdered her father in a breath-taking opening sequence. After losing consciousness she awakes at the National Intelligence Service who recruit her as an agent to undertake confidential missions. Initially refusing, Sook-hee soon realises it is her only method of escape, until she is assigned a new assignment that changes everything...