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The epic and dramatic tale of power, politics and passion. Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, Russian empress Catherine the Great (Helen Mirren) develops an extraordinary and fiery relationship with Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke) as they overcome their adversaries and serve as the architects of modern-day Russia. - Director:
- Philip Martin
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee
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Long before the 'gross-out' comedies 'Something About Mary", "Dumb And Dumber", "American Pie", etc Bruce Beresford's film of Barry Humphries and Nicholas Garland's Private Eye comic strip The Adventures Of Barry Mckenzie (the world's first gross-out comedy) shocked it's financier's the Australia Government with it's portrayal of Australian's as drinking, shagging, vomiting, urinating vulgarians. The British press were equally horrified with the English portrayed as upper class perverts, poofters, lezza's swindlers and idiots. Barry McKenzie a loud-mouthed sex crazed innocent travels to London to get a cultural education. His Aunt Edna Everidge accompanies him to keep out of harms way. Barry's adventures take him from the Australian colony of Earl's Court to Rickmansworth and the strange perversions of England's upper classes, along the hippie trail meeting the thieves of the British music industry before landing him back in London this time among the sexual deviants of Notting Hill. - Director:
- Bruce Beresford
- Cast:
- Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan
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"The Great" returns in Season Two from Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Catherine (Elle Fanning) finally takes the Russian throne for her own - but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it's nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn't want to be. She'll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment to Russia. - Director:
- Colin Bucksey
- Cast:
- Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox
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During a manned mission to Mars, American astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead and left behind by his crew. But Watney is still alive, and he must now find a way to contact Earth - and survive on a barren planet with meagre supplies - in the hope that an international team of scientists can devise a near-impossible rescue plan to bring him home! - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig
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A new Lantern will rise! Meet Earth's latest Green Lantern (voice of Aldis Hodge) in this thrilling new DC Universe Movie. When a Power Ring (voice of Sunil Malhotra) is bestowed upon former Marine John Stewart (also voice of Aldis Hodge), it leads him on a life-changing mission. With Justice League member Green Arrow (voice of Jimmi Simpson) and Thanagarian Hawkgirl (voice of Jamie Gray Hyder) by his side, Stewart is thrown into a complicated galactic war with shocking origins and catastrophic consequences. It's a trial by fire for the inexperienced Lantern as he battles deadly enemies like Sinestro (voice of Rick D. Wasserman) - but a much darker secret will be the true test of this Green Lantern's strength! - Director:
- Jeff Wamester
- Cast:
- Aldis Hodge, Jimmi Simpson, Ike Amadi
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Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)Jurassic World 3 / Arcadia
Two worlds collide as the epic saga that began with 'Jurassic Park' comes full circle in 'Jurassic World Dominion'. Four years after Isla Nublar's destruction, dinosaurs roam the Earth again. Facing the cataclysmic consequences of a planet once again dominated by prehistoric predators, two generations of Jurassic heroes unite as doctors Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Alan Grant (Sam Neill) return to join Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) for an incredible adventure that will determine the destiny of humans and dinosaurs once and for all. - Director:
- Colin Trevorrow
- Cast:
- Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern
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"The Great" is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning). From creator and Academy Award Nominated writer Tony McNamara, comes a fictionalised, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl who honours an arranged marriage to the mercurial Russian Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult). Instead of love and sunshine, she finds a dangerous, depraved and backward world. Catherine becomes driven to change Russia and fulfill her destiny as the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia's history. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court on her side. - Director:
- Colin Bucksey
- Cast:
- Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox
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Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both. - Director:
- George Miller
- Cast:
- Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu
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'World famous in Poland', actor Frederick Bronski (Mel Brooks) is on stage in Hamlet....while backstage his wife is getting to grips with more than Shakespeare, courtesy of a dashing young aviator. But theatrical joys are short-lived, when Bronski and his band of bold thespians find themselves enlisted in a plot to outwit the nasty Nazis who are currently starting their European tour with an impromptu invasion of Poland! - Director:
- Alan Johnson
- Cast:
- Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Ronny Graham
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The exciting adventure of the day we make contact with life beyond Earth comes to the screen with a profound sense of wonder and a dazzling visual sweep that extends to the outer reaches of space and the imagination. Jodie Foster is astronomer Ellie Arroway, a woman of science. Matthew McConaughey is religious scholar Palmer Joss, a man of faith. They're opposite ends of a spectrum - and sudden players on the world stage as the countdown to humanity's greatest journey begins. - Director:
- Robert Zemeckis
- Cast:
- Jodie Foster, Pamela Wilsey, Matthew McConaughey
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Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown children who are concerned he can no longer live alone. Against the old man's wishes his son buys Frank a walking, talking humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health. Slowly, and with a fair bit of reluctance, Frank begins to accept his new digital companion, seeing an opportunity to use Robot's unique skills to try their luck as a heist team. - Director:
- Jake Schreier
- Cast:
- Peter Sarsgaard, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon
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Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth's primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base's vigilant computer Gerty as his sole companion, Bell's extended isolation has taken its toll. His only link with outside world comes via satellite messages from his wife and young daughter. He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on lunar surfaces leads to disturbing discovery that contributes to his growing sense of paranoia and dislocation so many miles away from home. - Director:
- Duncan Jones
- Cast:
- Kevin Spacey, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
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Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022)Fisherman's Friends 2: Bound for South Australia / Fisherman's Friends 2
Following the unexpected success of their debut album "No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues" we rejoin the world's oldest 'buoy band' a year later struggling to navigate the pressures, pitfalls, and temptations of their newfound fame. Fisherman's Friends: One and All follows the celebrated shanty singers through the highs and lows as lifelong friendships are put to the test and they battle the dreaded curse of the second album. - Director:
- Meg Leonard
- Cast:
- James Purefoy, Sam Swainsbury, Dave Johns
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On a cold night in a remote cabin, Professor John Oldman gathers his most trusted colleagues for an extraordinary announcement: He is an immortal who has migrated through 140 centuries of evolution and must now move on. Is Oldman truly Cro-Magnon or simply insane? Now one man will force these scientists and scholars to confront their own notions of history, religion and humanity, all leading to a final revelation that may shatter their world forever. - Director:
- Richard Schenkman
- Cast:
- John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford, William Katt
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"The Traveler's Wife" follows the spellbinding and intricately out-of-order love story between Clare Abshire (Rose Leslie) and Henry DeTamble (Theo James). At 6 years old, Clare meets Henry, a traveler visiting from another time. Fourteen years later, when a beautiful redhead wanders into the library where Henry works claiming she has known him all her life and that she is his future wife, a magical romance ensues that is as sprawling and complicated as Henry's attempts to explain his "condition". Over six episodes, the genre-bending drama series expertly weaves themes of love, loss, marriage and survival - in a story that defies the laws and logic of time. - Director:
- David Nutter
- Cast:
- Rose Leslie, Theo James, Everleigh McDonell
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