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Eva (Swinton) puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin, but the relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the community, leaving Eva grappling with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault? - Director:
- Lynne Ramsay
- Cast:
- Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
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Based on the bestseller by Richard Yates and directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, this mesmerising and moving story follows the lives of a passsionate young couple living in the suburbs of Connecticut who decide to risk everything to pursue their dreams. They are willing to break away from the ordinary - but can they do it without breaking apart? - Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald
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The Changeling (1980)House on Chessman Park / The Secret Hostage
John Russell (George C. Scott) has been haunted by the horrific death of his wife and child for months. A change of lifestyle and a move to Seattle may be the only way to escape the visions that torment him. With the help of a woman, Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), a local historian, he moves into an old mansion and begins a new job. But before his life can completely heal, John Russell is plagued by a peculiar string of events, leading him to the discovery of a hidden attic room and a troubled presence that lies within. Consumed with a need to discover the truth of the hidden room, John must right an injustice from long ago. - Director:
- Peter Medak
- Cast:
- Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, George C. Scott
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Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage), and his twin brother Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean's best-selling book "The Orchid Thief," he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. . - Director:
- Spike Jonze
- Cast:
- Nicolas Cage, Nancy Lenehan, Tilda Swinton
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Fat Girl (2001)A Ma Soeur!
Anais is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her body is both a fortress and the citadel for her pain. Huddled safely alone, and forgotten by others, she has long been an observer. It's summertime. Anais and her family holiday by the sea. In this atmosphere, Anais yearns for the experience of first love. However, she experiences it by proxy when her beautiful older sister, Elena - whom Anais both loves and hates - gets involved with an older boy. Soon Elena's naive hopes of romance will be shattered. Not realising that she has merely become an object of desire, she sets a chain of events in motion that will shatter her family forever... - Director:
- Catherine Breillat
- Cast:
- Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo
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Conspiracy Theorists. Serial Killers. Deadly Drag Racers. Drug Traffickers. Boston's worst bad guys bring out the best in Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Maura Isles, who use their expert skills and instincts to analyse cadavers, nail criminals and crack the case. In Season Four, the pair's personal lives are as complicated as their professional ones. Smart, sophisticated Maura struggles to cope with issues involving her biological family as she learns more about its gangster past. And brash, down-to-earth Jane reconsiders an ongoing long-distance romance when a handsome new boss sets her pulse pounding. Sixteen murderous, memorable episodes put these best friends to the ultimate test as they face life changes and heartbreaking decisions with their signature humour and humanity - all while solving Boston's toughest crimes. - Director:
- Michael Katleman
- Cast:
- Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Brian Goodman
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'Maleficent' explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the classic' Sleeping Beauty', and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) cruelly places an irrevocable curse oh the human king's newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realises that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever. - Director:
- Robert Stromberg
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, Peter G. Reed, Elle Fanning
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This sexy and spellbinding new series centres on the Original vampire family and the dangerous vampire/werewolf hybrid, Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson, who, along with his siblings Elijah and Rebekah, helped build New Orleans' French Quarter, only to be exiled a century ago. But a coven of witches desperate to reclaim its power lures the Mikaelsons back to their ancestral home, where the charismatic and diabolical vampire Marcel - Klaus' former protege - rules with his vampire army. The Originals bring along caskets full of revenge, unrequited love and not-so-secret plans to reclaim the heart and soul of this thriving city, and a long-smoldering war between vampires, witches, wolves and humans soon erupts. Blood ties are strong, but the lust for power - and revenge - may prove stronger. Watch all 22 thrilling episodes starring the most compelling creatures of them all: The Originals'. - Director:
- Chris Grismer
- Cast:
- Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt
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Hot on the heels of winning a British Comedy Award for Best New Entertainment Programme, Al Murray's Happy Hour comes to DVD for the first time. Watch as The Pub Landlord 'interviews' some of his favourite stars from the world of entertainment and showbiz in his own unique way. This specially edited version allows you to relive classic moments from the first series including former teen idol Donny Osmond sweetly serenading The Pub Landlord's long-dead, stuffed, slightly falling apart dog, Ramrod; our humble publican proving he was never confused dancing cheek-to-cheek with Strictly Comes Dancing's Len Goodman and celebrating 'mince' most certainly being 'off the menu' at John Barrowman's. - Director:
- Peter Orlon
- Cast:
- Al Murray, Jason Donovan, Amanda Holden
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Set in a military hospital during World War I, the film tells of a real life encounter between army psychologist Dr William Rivers and the poet Siegfried Sassoon, who has been institutionalised in an attempt to undermine his public disapproval of the war. It also concerns young poet Wilfred Owen who, with support from Sassoon, begins to write his great war poems. Rivers, whose duty it is to return shell-shocked officers to the trenches, is tormented by the morality of what is being done in the name of medicine, especially the treatment of working-class officer Billy Prior who has been struck dumb by the carnage he has witnessed. - Director:
- Gillies MacKinnon
- Cast:
- Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller
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Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is locked in a mental asylum accused of Hannibal Lecter's (Mads Mikkelsen) crimes. Now that Will sees Hannibal for what he truly is, he faces a fight to prove his own sanity and convince those closest to him he is innocent of murder. Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) is dealing with his own feelings about Will, and whether his protege is in fact a cold-blooded killer. Looking for answers, Jack turns to a man he has come to trust: Hannibal Lecter. With Will locked up, Hannibal becomes Jack's new consultant on cases. Hannibal is torn between self-preservation and his desire to keep Will close to him, despite advice from his psychiatrist Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson) to stay away. The deadly dance between these characters continues to turn in startling and unexpected ways, in a season that will show that nothing can ever be the same again... - Director:
- Tim Hunter
- Cast:
- Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas
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Get ready for a sizzling-hot summer in the Hamptons. Emily Thorne's brilliant plan for vengeance takes a wicked turn in ABC Studios' Revenge: The Complete Third Season. Relive the mystery, the fire and the intrigue of TV's most delightfully devilish series. Emily pursues a new strategy to take down the Graysons once and for all - on her and Daniel's wedding day - as turned allies, new enemies, and ghosts from the past threaten to expose her. With an ultimatum from Jack and her complicated history with Aiden resurfacing, Emily must take extreme measures to ensure her plan goes off without a hitch. But Victoria has new reasons to destroy the girl next door, and with her long-lost son by her side, everyone - including Nolan - may become collateral damage in Emily and Victoria's vicious war. - Director:
- Kenneth Fink
- Cast:
- Madeleine Stowe, Emily VanCamp, Gabriel Mann
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In Your Hands (2005)Forbrydelser
Is trust more fragile than mistrust? Is knowledge stronger than faith? Is pain more powerful than love? Who dares place their life in the hands of someone, or something, else? Anna, a newly graduated theologian, and Frank have been trying for years in vain for a baby. They believe that perhaps a higher power is intervening. Then Anna is offered a temporary position as a prison chaplain in a women's block and becomes spiritual advisor to the prisoners. The inmates include Kate, a new transfer with a mysterious privileged status and Marion who confides to Anna of Kate's 'special powers', which aid Marion in overcoming a drug addiction. The dominating Jossi, who supplies the block's contraband, is not pleased by Kate's growing influence, her forbidden relationship with prison guard Henrik and the growing suspicion that the secret that Kate harbours is more horrific than anyone can imagine. As Anna's inner turmoil grows in the face of Kate's faithless gift and the revelation that she is finally pregnant, but with a child who may possibly be born defective, Anna's life, her conscience, and her very beliefs are forever changed. - Director:
- Annette K. Olesen
- Cast:
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus
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Gwen (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and Nick (Dylan McDermott) are in love. They just don't know it yet. Ever since they bumped into each other in childhood, their lives have gone in opposite direction. Gwen could never imagine that her dream man is Nick, and architect who plans to raze the historic apartment building she's trying to preserve. And Nick, who's already romantically linked with a neurotic former TV child star (Sarah Jessica Parker), has no idea he's about to step into Cupid's line of fire. How can it take twenty years to fall in love at first sight? It's easy when a lifetime of chance encounters finally fall into place, as love and laughs go hand in hand in this heart-warming comedy. - Director:
- Scott Winant
- Cast:
- Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dave Mallow, Dylan McDermott
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New British Cinema Quarterly Annual: Vol.3 (2012)Strawberry Fields/Joy of Six/Patience (After Sebald)/The Gospel Of Us
A collection of British feature films and documentaries.
Patience (After Sebald) (2012)A richy-textured essay film on landscape, art, history, life and loss, Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of internationally-acclaimed writer W.G. Max Sebald (1944 - 2001) with contributions from major writers, artists and film-makers.
Strawberry Fields (2012)
A story of love, rivalry, and family set over a hot English summer, Strawberry Fields is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex story of lust and liberation.
The Gospel of Us (2012)
Dave McKean presents The Gospel of Us, the films adaptation of the ground-breaking theatre event starring Michael Sheen. Taking inspiration from one of the defining narratives of our times, this contemporary re-telling of the Passion story took place across the town, with the people of Port Talbot as its cast, crew and heroes.
The Joy of Six (2012)
A perfect package of six original and inventive short films, The Joy of Six showcases the best of British talent with performances from Judi Dench, Peter Mullen and Luke Treadaway and directors including Matthew Holness and Romola Garai.- Director:
- Grant Gee
- Cast:
- Jonathan Pryce, Emun Elliott, Christine Bottomley
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