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Lalita Bakshi (Aishwarya Rai) is a strong-willed yet sensible young woman from a traditional family with three sisters, a long-suffering but loving father and a mother anxious to marry them to wealthy young gentlemen. A sensational mix of wicked comedy, vibrant colours, fantastic musical numbers and stunning dance routines. - Director:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Cast:
- Martin Henderson, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nadira Babbar
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"All Is True" explores the human story behind a dark and little known period in the life of William Shakespeare (Kenneth Branagh). The year is 1613, Shakespeare is the greatest writer of the age. When his beloved Globe Theatre is burned to the ground, he decides to return to his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. There he faces his neglected family. Still haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend broken relationships with his wife, Anne (Judi Dench) and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as an absent husband and father. In the search for peace, he must also finally confront the dark heart of his family's secrets and lies. - Director:
- Kenneth Branagh
- Cast:
- Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen
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Set fifty years apart, Ben (Oakes Fegley) and Rose (Millicent Simmonds) are children from two different eras who both secretly wish their lives were different. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests to find what they are missing that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry. - Director:
- Todd Haynes
- Cast:
- Millicent Simmonds, Julianne Moore, Cory Michael Smith
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Emma (2020)Emma.
Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of 'Emma'. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along. - Director:
- Autumn DeWilde
- Cast:
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth
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The Mercy (2018)Deep Water
Academy Award winner Colin Firth portrays the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare (Rachel Weisz) and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron. - Director:
- Jamie Marsh
- Cast:
- Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, David Thewlis
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An inspirational drama, Akeelah And The Bee is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch (Curtis Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah¿s aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl. - Director:
- Doug Atchison
- Cast:
- Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)You Are My Friend / I'm Proud of You
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood', a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbour. - Director:
- Marielle Heller
- Cast:
- Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper
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Bing Crosby is Frank Elgin, an alcoholic, guilt-ridden former musical star desperate to make a comeback. William Holden is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a 'name' star for his new stage production. And Grace Kelly is The Country Girl - Frank's long suffering wife, who's both weary of her husband's weaknesses and wary of Holden's motives. - Director:
- George Seaton
- Cast:
- Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
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Unlike his High School friends who become respected professionals, Martin Blank (John Cusack) found a lucrative career as a hit man.But the job has lost its appeal and Martin faces an uncertain future. Now, he finds himself back in his home town of Grosse Pointe to attend his ten-year High School reunion complete one last job and take another shot at rekindling a romance with the girl he stood up on prom night (Minnie Driver). With Dan Aykroyd as a hilarious rival assassin who wants Martin to join a union, 'Grosse Pointe Blank' is a killer comedy loaded with action and laughs. - Director:
- George Armitage
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd
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Everyone in the Portokalos family worries about Toula. Still unmarried at 30-years old, she works at Dancing Zorba's, the Greek restaurant owned by her parents, and smells like garlic bread. Her days are drab and dull, just like her hair, her clothes, and her attitude. Still, Toula wishes for something more. Just when she's wishing she were prettier, she locks eyes on a tall, handsome stranger, in the restaurant. The handsome stranger barely notices her. Toula (Nia Vardalos) is ready for a change. Unfortunately, the rest of the family is not. A few computer classes, some contact lenses and a new attitude are all the jump-start Toula's life needs. She takes a job at her aunt's travel agency, where this time, the handsome stranger locks eyes on the transformed Toula. He is Ian Miller (John Corbett), a high school teacher and definitely not Greek. In no time, he's asked her out on a date and soon they are falling in love and planning to marry. Toula knows that if Ian can pass muster with her crazy relatives and get baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church...their big fat Greek wedding, including one powder blue limousine, two ice sculptures and ten bridesmaids in turquoise dresses, will be a piece of cake, five layers high with a plastic staircase and a fountain of champagne. - Director:
- Joel Zwick
- Cast:
- Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine
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Montag (Oskar Werner), a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden books, meets a revolutionary school teacher (Julie Christie) who dares to read. Suddenly, he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between his rebellious mistress and his pleasure-seeking conformist wife (also played by Julie Christie), but between personal safety and intellectual freedom. - Director:
- François Truffaut
- Cast:
- Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack
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Biologist and former soldier Lena (Natalie Portman) is shocked when her missing husband (Oscar Isaac) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth. - Director:
- Alex Garland
- Cast:
- Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson
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The Shape of Water (2017)Cold War Project
From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes 'The Shape of Water', an otherworldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden, high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Cast:
- Sally Hawkins, Alison Brooks, Michael Shannon
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Ben (Viggo Mortensen), a devoted father of six, dedicates himself to raising his children in an unconventional lifestyle that is far removed from society. When they are forced to leave their self-created paradise and drive across the country to reunite with family, both Ben and his children find themselves mystified and intrigued by the outside world. As Ben is forced to question what it means to be a parent, his children begin to discover a new and extraordinary world that they never knew existed. - Director:
- Matt Ross
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler
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Visionary filmmakers James Cameron and Andrew Adamson invite you on a spectacular movie adventure unlike anything you've seen before. Leap, soar, swim and dance with the legendary performers of 'Cirque du Soleil' as they transport a young couple on a "magical journey" worlds away and beyond imagination. - Director:
- Andrew Adamson
- Cast:
- Erica Linz, Igor Zaripov, Lutz Halbhubner
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