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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.

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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.

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A woman cautiously emerges from a decrepit house – cold, scared and alone. Returning to her daily routine, she tells her friends and colleagues she has been on holiday, that everything is all right.

But she harbours a dark, disturbing secret that she doesn't intend to share - until the tension builds, finally forcing her to reveal the shocking truth... An intense and claustrophobic erotic thriller, this breathtaking story of a passionate yet treacherous relationship between a victim (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her mysterious aggressor is a tour de force of tension, intrigue and shocking revelations.

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In a heady Australian summer, a young cricketer is hospitalised by his bullying team mates. Twenty years later he returns to wreak his bloody revenge.

Scotland Yard hotshot Kim Reynolds arrives in Sydney to assist New South Wales detectives Gary Chance and Shane Scott in the hunt for the serial killer terrorising Sydney. The remaining team members are relocated to a safe house in Joadja Creek, unfortunately it doesn’t turn out to be that safe! One by one, in the remote Australian outback, the team members are dismissed by the moustachioed serial killer with a razor sharp cricket glove and an arsenal of sharpened stumps.

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In this poignant drama, delivered by a superb cast, the Travis family experiences a stunning tragedy which begins to unravel them all. Teenage son Tim (Emile Hirsch) views his life as a bad dream. His father, Ben (Jeff Daniels), tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers.

His mother, Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling hard to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all. With raw emotions, salty humour and self-discovery, the Travises learn to accept one another as family.

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On the magic Summer's night of high school's end, Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Barry (Ryan Phillippe) get into Barry's new Beamer and drive out to celebrate, their lives and hopes before them.

But on the road they have a terrible accident; hit and kill a man. In the shock and panic that follows, they dump the body in the sea rather than reporting the accident. As the body sinks, the hand of the dead man breaks the surface in a last grasp at life, then disappears into the murky depths. The four friends realise they are now guilty of murder and swear to take their secret to their graves. But now someone is stalking them, someone who knows who they are, knows what they did last Summer, and seeks revenge...

When an Iranian immigrant (Ben Kingsley) attempts to reclaim his dream - in the form of a house for his family - he's unaware that the home's former owner (Jennifer Connelly) is determined to recover what she feels is rightly hers.

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Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche star in a hilarious comedy exploring the triumphs and failures of male infidelity in all its desperate, absurd and wildly funny forms.

From a sales conference hotel in the suburbs to a smart sex addiction clinic, from a swish Parisian nightclub to the glitzy meat market of Las Vegas, they launch themselves into the age old pursuit. Every time worn excuse is proffered; every trick in the book is played. The quest to get laid is on.

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She was everything America wanted a movie star to beexcept white

Actress, dancer, singer. Here was a woman with talent, beauty and ambition. Dorothy Dandridge owed it to herself to make it to the top. And make it, she would.

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.

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Working-class waitress Slim (Jennifer Lopez) thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch (Billy Campbell), the man of her dreams.

After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror and menace. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family. Finally she fights back, engaging Mitch in a physical and psychological battle, showing him she's had enough.

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Ashley Judd stars as Claire Kubik, a smart and sexy attorney whose perfect world comes crashing down when the FBI charges her husband Tom (Jim Caviezel) with the murder of innocent civilians during a covert army operation fifteen years earlier.

Aided by a shrewd ex-military lawyer (Morgan Freeman), Claire fights to clear Tom's name, but gets too close to exposing a government cover-up in the process. Now she must risk her career - and even her life - to find the truth.

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This lavish adaptation of Emile Zola's epic novel about striking coal miners, stars Gerard Depardieu as Maheu, a simple miner who struggles to make a life for his wife (Miou Miou) and seven children, whilst working in the mines of Le Voreux.

When Etienne Lantier (Renaud), a Belgian outsider, comes to town looking for work, he is befriended by Maheu and employed alongside the hard-working family and soon begins to speak out about social change and the appalling conditions of the coal mines. The contrast between the wealthy villas and lavish meals of the French aristocracy and the hellish atmosphere of the mines, where the workers earn just enough money to keep from starving, is starkly illustrated in this painstaking and moving evocation of a true classic of French literature.

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A rusting Oregon town is the backdrop for this remarkable tale of man and woman touched by love’s inescapable spell. From Bradley, the hopeless romantic who looks for love in all the wrong places; to Harry.

a local professor with the wisdom and experience to guide those close to him; to young, beautiful Chloe, who defies fate in romancing the troubled Oscar.

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Adrienne Barheau is Jessica Valdemar, a former stewardess who marries an old man for his money.

Through hypnosis, her ex-lover Robert tries to get Valdemar to sign his money over to Jessica, but when Valdemar dies in the process, caught between the dead and the living, Robert and Jessica find themselves in a situation from which they cannot escape. Argento transposes The Black Cat to the present, with Harvey Keitel as Rod Usher, a crime scene photographer whose flighty girlfriend, Annabel, has a cat he despises. Usher kills the cat, telling Annabel that it's gone missing. Through a chain of events that reveals itself to be nothing less than destiny. Rod's life turns to a violent shambles.

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Sailor Bill Masen is in hospital for an eye operation. With his eyes bandaged, he is unable to witness a freak meteorite show that blinds the entire population of London. As spores from the shower develop into 'triffids' (vicious, man-eating plants), humans Seem powerless to resist.

Along with a small group of seeing survivors, Masen begins the fight to save civilization.