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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)Disney's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
The story of Disney's most iconic villain continues in 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil', starring Angelina Jolie. After sharing many happy years together, Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) begin to question the tangled ties that bind them as they are torn apart by Aurora's upcoming wedding, unexpected allies and new forces at play. But their love proves strong, and they live happily ever after. - Director:
- Joachim Rønning
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson
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Bethany Lovell (Eve Kathryn Oliver) has struggled to fit in her whole life. Between her over-bearing parents and her odd behaviour, she has always felt like she was on the outside. That is until Avondale's popular clique kidnap her for a surprise birthday party to celebrate her sweet sixteen. What they don't realise is that Bethany is now the target of the urban legend known as 'Thorn' and tonight he has returned for her and nothing will stand in his way, as the Bloodletting Behemoth cuts his way through the small town in search of his latest victim and only one person can stop him. - Director:
- Mj Dixon
- Cast:
- Eve Kathryn Oliver, Sophie Bryant, Maria Lee Metheringham
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Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle (2016)Alan Partridge: Scissored Isle
Steve Coogan returns in his iconic role winning him the BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy. 'Scissored Isle' also won the International Emmy for Best Comedy. Following a controversial on-air incident, Alan attempts to make amends. Leaving behind his comfortable existence and vast detached house, Alan takes a journey of redemption. He journeys into an unreported Britain inhabited by the very people he had offended to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a 'schasm' has formed - a schism or chasm, between the haves and the have-nots (or haven'ts). From supermarket staff to payday lenders, disaffected street gangs to food scavenging 'freegans', Alan pledges to move among them; to understand them; to see the world through their eyes. And - god willing - along the way become a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster. - Director:
- Neil Gibbons
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ben Rufus Green
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Deep in Florida's darkest everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise), and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger and change civilization forever. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan), is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead in the swamp. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes "Swamp Thing" - a half human/half plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue the beautiful Cable and defeat the evil Arcane...even if it costs him his life! - Director:
- Wes Craven
- Cast:
- Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise
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An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy (Adam Straughan), who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier. They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - and this one is real. - Director:
- Abigail Blackmore
- Cast:
- Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)She Who Brings Gifts
The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that turns its victims into flesh-eating "hungries". At an army base in rural England, a group of immune children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell (Glenn Close). The children attend school lessons daily, guarded by the ever watchful Sergeant Parks (Paddy Considine). But one little girl, Melanie (Sennia Nanua), stands out from the rest. She excels in the classroom, is inquisitive, imaginative and loves her favourite teacher Miss Justineau (Gemma Arterton). When the base falls, Melanie escapes along with Miss Justineau, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell. Against the backdrop of a blighted Britain, Melanie must discover what she is and ultimately decide both her own future and that of the human race. - Director:
- Colm McCarthy
- Cast:
- Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Dominique Tipper
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When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger. - Director:
- Ric Roman Waugh
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston
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As a category 5 hurricane tears through Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) rushes to find her father, who is injured and trapped in the crawl space of their home. The storm intensifies and water levels rise, just as the pair face an even more terrifying threat - alligators lurking below the surface, ready to chomp. - Director:
- Alexandre Aja
- Cast:
- Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark
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James Cagney takes the lead in this biopic of silent horror film star Lon Chaney, star of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'The Phantom of the Opera'. Born to deaf, mute parents, Chaney, mildly successful as a mime and juggler in vaudeville, employs and later marries his assistant Cleva Creighton (Dorothy Malone). But Cleva's disgust on discovering Chaney's parents are deaf mutes is soon compounded when she gives birth to their son, believing he too will be deaf. With Chaney's vaudeville career taking off, Cleva, psychologically frail, walks out on her husband and son, forcing a cash-strapped Chaney to place his son in a home. Determined to get his son back, Chaney travels to Hollywood and immerses himself in as much work as he can find, soon building a reputation for himself as a respected and talented artist. Now remarried, and with his life back on track, Chaney's world is turned upside down once more when Cleva reappears demanding the return of her son. - Director:
- Joseph Pevney
- Cast:
- James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer
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Following the death of their parents, Flora (Verna Harvey) and Miles (Christopher Ellis) are left in the care of repressed governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird). But it is Peter Quint (Marlon Brando), the malevolent Irish servant, who truly rules the household; Miss Jessel, equally repulsed and fascinated by Quint, is drawn into a secret sado-masochistic affair with him, while Flora and Miles are increasingly in his thrall... - Director:
- Michael Winner
- Cast:
- Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird
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"Murder, She Wrote", which was wildly popular for its entire 12-year run, was one of the most successful mystery shows of all time. Angela Lansbury stars as Jessica Fletcher, a widowed mystery writer who stumbles across a murder in each episode, and cleverly deduces who the criminal is before anyone else can. Much of the viewer's pleasure comes from investigating the crime along with Jessica, and from Lansbury's charming portrayal of the amateur sleuth, a role for which she received an astonishing 12 Emmys. 'Murder, She Wrote' also broke new ground by being one of the very first (and still one of the few) American television programs to feature an older woman in the lead role. Features all the episodes from the fourth series. - Director:
- Nick Havinga
- Cast:
- Angela Lansbury, Lee Bergere, Bill Beyers
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When Sam's (Hayley Griffith) first day slinging pizza is a total wash-out, she goes against her colleague's advice and takes one last delivery in the wealthy enclave out of town. Stiffed for a tip, she breaks into an imposing mansion to make them to pay up. Unfortunately, she's gate-crashed the local Satan-worshipping, demon-summoning coven's virgin sacrifice gala! These society sorcerers are down a maiden, and now Sam must take on murderous babysitters, blood-crazed soccer mums and more than her fair share of lustful demons if she's going to survive the night. Welcome to the 1%, where the rich get richer and the poor get offered to Baphomet. - Director:
- Chelsea Stardust
- Cast:
- Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin, Hayley Griffith
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Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a Russian cop sent to Chicago to extradite a Russian drug-dealer named Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), wanted for murder back in the USSR. When Danko and his prisoner are ambushed by Viktor's gangland friends the Russian escapes, and a veteran police officer is killed. His partner Ridzik (James Belushi), who like Danko now has a personal vendetta against Rostavili, joins forces with the Soviet cop to hunt down the escapee and his gunmen. - Director:
- Walter Hill
- Cast:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle
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Psychological trauma and aberrant sexuality abound in this twisted 1972 tale of a young woman whose severe daddy issues send her on an unforgettably bleak downward spiral. Yearning for the love of her absentee father, Jamie (Marcia Forbes) inhabits an infantilised world surrounded by toys, including those which her wayward pops bizarrely continues to send her. Unable to consummate her new marriage with dashing colleague Charlie (Harlan Cary Poe), Jamie's chance encounter with aging sex worker Pearl (Evelyn Kingsley) leads her into the murky world of prostitution where her most disturbing erotic fantasies begin to play out. - Director:
- Stanley H. Brassloff
- Cast:
- Marcia Forbes, Harlan Cary Poe, Evelyn Kingsley
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Christmas Evil (1980)You Better Watch Out
As a boy, Harry Stadling (Brandon Maggart) worshipped Santa Claus - until he caught his mommy rockin' around the Christmas tree with him. Now all grown-up and his memories of the holiday's forever twisted, Harry decides to don ol' Saint Nick's signature red jacket and long white beard and hit the streets, spreading some blood-soaked Christmas cheer of his own... - Director:
- Lewis Jackson
- Cast:
- Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull
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