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Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) is a drifter and a charmer living on his good looks and luck. When he returns to the place he calls "home", he is greeted by a mother starting her new life, a brother driven by jealous rage and Rachel (Alison Elliot), the woman he left behind.

In a frantic attempt to get Rachel back, Michael makes a desperate and very dangerous deal. When passion ignites into obsession, a treacherous game of "who do you trust?" spins a deadly web of intrigue and murder.

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This is the true story of Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) who in 1963 before a United States Investigating Committee and a vast live television audience explained for the first time the inner workings of The Mafia, Valachi serving his third prison term was speaking from experience having been a

valued member of Cosa Nostra for thirty three years, from driver to 'hit man' he had witnessed the power struggles of the Mafia's key figures including Lucky Luciano (Angelo Infanti) and Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura).

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Helen Hunt joins John Hawkes and William H. Macy in this triumphant true story about love, sex, desire... and making every breath count. Paralysed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien (Hawkes) has overcome adversity time and time again.

But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist (Hunt), a sympathetic priest (Macy), and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humour, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living.

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Winner of business man of the year, Liam O'Leary (Brendan Gleeson), is completely thrown on discovering that he's being tailed by a man exactly the same as him who plans to take his place.

While trying to prevent his replica from entering his family circle, he discovers the identity of his mysterious double. With dashes of thriller, melodrama and comedy, the director of Deliverance and Excalibur brings us an original, vibrating tale with all of the knowhow of one of the great British masters.

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In the early hours of the morning, the lonely figure of a child approaches a city police station. Minutes later, 12 year old Alice is calmly accusing her own mother of being a cold-blooded murderer.

Fact or the twisted imaginings of a disturbed mind? Despite the warnings of her superiors, Detective Staro(Asia Argento) wants to know more. Alice meanwhile, goes on the run. But she's not alone. A twist of fate throws her together with a battle-scarred mercenary who vows to protect her. On their trail, the cop who's determined to uncover the truth and an army of ruthless killers whose mission is to silent Alice... no matter what it takes.

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Starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey" is an uplifting and feel-good comedy bursting with flavour, passion and heart.

When the icy proprietress (Mirren) of a Michelin-starred French restaurant in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val gets wind of the Kadam family opening an Indian restaurant just 100 feet from her own, her protests escalate to all-out war between the two establishments. But as these two worlds collide, despite their different tastes they find an unlikely source of compromise that will change both sides forever.

A stunning and beautiful film, "Mr. Turner" tells the extraordinary story of Britain's greatest ever artist. As Turner (Timothy Spall) produces masterpieces ahead of his time that challenge the art world, so he has to confront his own ever changing circumstances and deal with love and loss.

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Down on his luck Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) stumbles upon the dangerous, cut-throat world of underground world of freelance crime journalism - discovering that filming murder and mayhem can be a quick way to make a buck.

Aided by Nina (Rene Russo), a ruthless veteran of TV news, Lou combs LA's seedy underbelly for the city's most sensational news footage. He soon discovers he's uniquely suited to his new job, but events begin to spiral out of control as one dark choice leads to another.

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When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region - the iron mines.

It's an industry long dominated by men, in a place unaccustomed to change. She is prepared for the back-breaking and often dangerous work, but coping with the harassment she and the other female miners encounter from their male co-workers proves far more challenging. Based on the true story of the first sexual harassment lawsuit in the US. Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek, Woody Harrelson and Sean Bean co-star in this emotionally explosive true story. All she wanted was to make a living. Instead she made history.

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When a number of blood-spattered bodies turn up on the murky streets of downtown, Homicide Detective Wilder is assigned to the case to track down this unusual Serial Killer whose victims are all attractive young men.

Rebecca Barlow is a famous painter whose unusual but distinctive style has brought her great acclaim. Her agent Pearlman encourages her talent. He knows that passion, fear and hostility sells. Yet unknown to him and her admirers in the hip gallery set, her inspiration comes from her own dark images of life. She prowls the late night bars and discos in search of men to seduce and lure into her world… making love inflames her creative juices which only flow when she kills her men in the act of love and then incorporates their deaths into her works of art…

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Having left school in the summer the boys have gone their separate ways, most noticeably Jay, who delights in telling the others via email that he is on a 'mental gap year' in the 'sex capital of the world' - Australia.

Neil is desperate to see Jay, and Will and Simon are having such a miserable time at Uni they decide they might as well visit him to see what the fuss is about. Once in Oz, the boys discover Jay's tales of super-stardom in Sydney aren't quite true, but Will sees this as an opportunity to embark on a travelling experience, with cool people who are doing a gap year properly.

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A Soft Place
Two women conspire in a laundromat after finding themselves in a sticky situation.
A bedroom tryst brought them together, but hubby's stained duvet threatens to tear them apart!

Private Life

Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems...

Dani and Alice
Dani and Alice are coming to the end of a tumultuous relationship. As they prepare to leave their favourite girl bar, the ramifications of Alice's actions earlier in the night are brought up in a heated conversation, with tragic end results.

Below the Belt
Seventeen year old girls Jill and Oona explore their sexuality in between bouts of boxing and playfignting. Yet when Oona invites Jill back to her house, the sparring spills over into something mush more intense.

Fem
Portraying femininity from ancient mythology and popular cinematic culture, Fern subverts images of empowered women to experimental and lyrical effect, with a butch narration from Peggy Shaw of 'Split Britches'.

Wicked Desire
The Crabb family in Texas are thrown a curve-ball when they discover that daughter Jessica is moonlighting under a secret identity at school. Through the eyes of younger sister Bee. we witness the attempts of the family to make Jessies 'normal'.

Congratulations Daisy Graham
Daisy Graham is having a hard day. Everyone in town insists she prepare for the big ceremony tomorrow. But Daisy has more important things to think about-Like the box of bullet sie needs to track down.

Late
Maggie has missed a date with a girl she really liked and will not return her best friend's phone calls. By looking around her apartment and listening to her phone messages, we learn why.

Happy Birthday
A hilarious role-reversal tale of two couples, two birthdays and a sex toy! Abigail wants a dildo. Hannah wants a baby. Jack and Madeleine are happy with things just the way they are.

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What happens when fate suddenly snaps its fingers and turns four lives upside down? Open Hearts is about losing control, looking life in the face, and having the courage to go for the love of your life. Cecilie (Sonja Ilichter) and Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) arc young and in love.

They arc soon to get married and they have their whole lives ahead of them. But, suddenly things go wrong and everything changes. Marie (Paprika Steen) and Niels (Mads Mikkelsen) are older, happily married and have three children, but their marriage is tested to the limit when unexpectedly the four paths cross and Niels falls passionately in love with Cecilie. One thing is for sure: nothing can ever be the same again...

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Imprisoned on infamous Devil's Island, Papillon (Steve McQueen) is obsessed with the idea of freedom. Together with his friend Dega (Dustin Hoffman), Papillon ceaselessly works on means of escape, his spirit refusing to be broken by savage and humiliating treatment from their captors.

One of the few epic films which more than lives up to the promise of the greatest best seller on which it is based - aided by the unforgettable performances of Hoffman and McQueen. A must-see classic!

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Hamburg, the city where the 9/11 bombers lived and plotted, remains on high alert. When a suspected terrorist arrives in the city, he attracts the interest of a secret anti-terror unit who must uncover the truth about his identity and possible connections to high level terrorists.

As the clock ticks down the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true motives - is he an oppressed victim or a militant terrorist hell-bent on destruction?