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Eleven men, three casinos and one night. The plan is set and conman Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his eleven-man crew are about to score big in the most high-tech heist in history.

Meet the handpicked specialists, Ocean's eleven elite including an ace card-sharp, a pickpocket, an explosives expert, a card dealer, a retired thief, a surveillance man, a chinese acrobat, two frontmen and a bitter casino mogul. The target is Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand, all owned by ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) who just happens to be dating Danny's ex-wife the beautiful and glamorous Tess. The score $150 million.

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From the Academy Award-winning creators of 'Toy Story' comes the world's number one animated film that captured the hearts of fans and critics everywhere. Featuring ground-breaking animation, imaginative storytelling and unforgettable voice talent, 'Monsters Inc.

' opens the door to a world of mischief and mayhem and scares up monster-sized laughs along the way. Top Scarer Sulley (voice of John Goodman) and his enthusiastic Scare Assistant Mike (voice of Billy Crystal) work at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream processing factory in Monstropolis. The main power source of the monster world is the collected screams of human children. However, monsters believe children are dangerous and toxic, and they are scared silly when a little girl wanders into their world. Sulley and Mike do their best to return the girl home, but they face monstrous intrigue and some hilarious misadventures along the way. Treat yourself to the most entertaining movie of the year with all-new exclusive bonus features and animation for monster laughs and monster fun.

A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe in an astonishing performance as brilliant mathematician John Nash, on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. Now only his devoted wife can help him in this powerful story courage, passion and triumph.

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Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is a slightly cynical veteran prison guard on Death row in the 1930's. His faith, and sanity, deteriorated by watching men live and die, Edgecomb is about to have a complete turn around in attitude. Enter John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan). He's eight feet tall.

He has hands the size of waffle irons. He's been accused of the murder of two children...and he is afraid to sleep in a cell without a night-light. And Edgecomb, as well as the other prison guards - Brutus (David Morse), a sympathetic guard, and Percy (Doug Hutchison), a stuck up, perverse, and violent person, are in for the a strange experience that involves intelligent mice, brutal executions, and the revelation about Coffey's innocence and his true identity.

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When a man calling himself Prot (Kevin Spacey) arrives in New York claiming to be from the planet K-Pax, the police turn him off to psychiatrist Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges).

Prot's behaviour is unusual and his claims are unbelievable but as time runs out, Powell finds that the truth may be even stranger yet.

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A.I. -- Artificial Intelligence, directed by Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park), explores the fine line between robots and humans. David (Haley Joel Osment--The Sixth Sense), a young robotic boy, is the first android ever programmed to feel human emotions.

As an experiment, he is used as a temporary subsitute for a couple who have had their own son cryogenically frozen until a cure is found for his terminal illness. The film portrays the journey made by David and the "sexually compromising" robot Gigolo Joe (Jude Law--The Talented Mr Ripley), to find their place within the society that created them. Together with ground-breaking special effects and shocking images of half-human, half-mechanical creatures, this film will blow your mind!

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Whilst visiting a secluded, broken down cabin in the woods, teenagers Ash (Bruce Campbell) and hid girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) play their professor's tape of recitation of passages from 'The Book of the Dead'.

Evil supernatural powers are unleashed that turn Linda into a monstrous deadite and threatens Ash's life. When the professor's daughter and her friends arrive at the cabin, the night turns into a non-stop bloodbath with chainsaws, shotguns and flying eyeballs.

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A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero's claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore

with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, 'Night of the Living Dead' is back.

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When free-spirited petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He's on the side of a brewing war, soft-spoken, coolly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) on the other.

At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward.

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This is the film that catapulted Sylvester Stallone into the international spotlight and launched one of the most successful series of films in movie history, This is the story of a loser, a two bit boxer from Philadelphia, who gets a second chance in life by being offered an impossible shot at the

heavyweight title. Stallone's performance is as powerful as his character's punches in the ring. This is one of the most exciting action movies you will ever see. Rocky is the simple story of a man whom fate chooses for a shot at glory in what has otherwise been an ordinary life. And while this subject matter is nothing new, it was unusual for Hollywood to release an old-fashioned 'feel-good' movie in the seventies, a decade whose films were mostly unconventional in attitude and anti-establishment in tone. Rocky is, of course, a fairy tale, but by grounding its characters in an everyday reality, the filmmakers were able to make them seem real and alive. And making the major contribution to that sense of reality was Sylvester Stallone, an out-of-work actor/writer whose faith in himself took him from utter obscurity to world-wide fame and fortune virtually overnight.....

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If you think Lionel seems o.k.. then you haven't met his family! Mother's boy Lionel Cosgrove is 25 and has never been kissed. Then, one fateful day in 1957, Lionel's uneventful existence changes forever.

Drawn to the lovely Paquita, a young Spanish girl from the local corner shop, the couple plan a tryst at the nearby zoo. Thinking themselves alone at last, the young lovers are unaware that their every move is being observed from the bushes by Lionel's possessive Mum. Sneaking close, Mum stumbles against a cage, which contains a vicious Sumatran Rat monkey, which duly sinks its toxic fangs deep into her flesh. When the strange wound transforms into putrefying virus, Lionel and the unwitting Paquita are sent spiralling into an endless nightmare.

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Kevin Costner is Lt. John Dunbar who, as a reward for an act of heroism, chooses reassignment to the Western Frontier. Dunbar becomes caught between two worlds as he drawn into the loving and honourable folds of a Sioux tribe living in the Dakota territory.

This powerful story follows Dunbar's romances and friendships with extraordinary race of people, and ultimately, the crucial decision he must make as white settlers continue their violent and ruthless journey into the lands of the Native Americans.

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Mel Gibson stars in and directs this sweeping saga about Scotland's brutal battle for independence in the 13th century. When William Wallace's (Mel Gibson) wife is ravaged and murdered by English troops, his quest for revenge quickly turns into an impassioned fight for his country's freedom.

Tales of Wallace's bravery inspire every commoner to take arms against the English and escalate their crusade into a full scale war.

Forced into slavery by the corrupt, incestuous heir to be throne, Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) becomes a gladiator. His prowess in the arena will eventually lead him to Rome, the Colosseum and a vengeful showdown with the new emperor.

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Welcome to the world's most notorious slum: Rio de Janeiro's 'City of God'. A place where combat photographers fear to tread, where police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20.

This is the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and ultimately may be his only way out.