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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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Anne has spent over seven years regretting being persuaded to reject the young Captain Wentworth's proposal. Now she learns he has returned from many years at sea, a handsome and eligible catch. Despite misunderstandings, a series of mismatches and the stifling etiquette of social arrangements, can they convince each other that their love still survives? - Director:
- Roger Michell
- Cast:
- Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood
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A radiant performance by Gwyneth Paltrow ('Seven') and a terrific adaptation of Jane Austen's timeless novel are just two reasons why this witty romantic comedy won outstanding critical acclaim! In the lush countryside of 19th century England, there's a young woman so devoted to meddling in the affairs of others that she fails to recognise the longings of her own heart. Her name is Emma (Paltrow). And although she's 'never one to interfere', Emma manages to make a mess out of every romance she sets up. But her biggest blunder may lie ahead when she discovers her own feelings for her brother-in-law... a man she can't decide whether she loves or loathes. Featuring a top supporting cast, this smart and sassy film has audiences cheering with delight! - Director:
- Douglas McGrath
- Cast:
- Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
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When Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on "The Green Book" to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger as well as unexpected humanity and humor - they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime. - Director:
- Peter Farrelly
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
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"Stardust" sees hero Jim (David Essex) now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life of The Stray Cats (with band mates Paul Nicolas, Keith Moon, Dave Edmunds and Karl Howman). When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to turn sour, reflecting the tragic days when the pressures proved too great for many talented musicians of the 1960's. - Director:
- Michael Apted
- Cast:
- David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman
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Tremors 2 (1996)Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Earl Bassett (Fred Ward)'s celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil. With the help of a scientist (Helen Shaver) and a new sidekick (Christopher Gartin) - not to mention the return of his gun-toting survivalist pal Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) - Earl is about to learn the Graboids have evolved and are deadlier than ever! - Director:
- S.S. Wilson
- Cast:
- Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver
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El Cid (1961)El Sid
El Cid, Bronstons epic movie masterpiece, is a tribute to one of history's greatest legends. This dazzling spectacle, with a cast of thousands, fills the screen with action and romance - from knights in armour jousting on horseback to massive battles on sea and land, where columns of warriors stretch across the horizon. At the centre of this powerful motion picture is Charlton Heston in the role he was born to play the immortal El Cid. Heston is the Spanish warrior with the vision to be just and the courage to be merciful, whose love and devotion to the radiant Chimene (Sophia Loren) knows no bounds. - Director:
- Anthony Mann
- Cast:
- Charlton Heston, Robert Rietty, Sophia Loren
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Rutger Hauer is Nick Parker, a Vietnam Vet who returns home after years missing in action; minus his sight but with lethal new skills as an expert swordsman. Skills that will be put to the test when he tries to rescue an old army buddy who's deep in trouble with the mob. Parker, however, has other ideas and a lot of surprises in store... - Director:
- Phillip Noyce
- Cast:
- Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call
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The story of a young writer who sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past where true love awaits him. Young Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is approached by an elderly woman who gives him an antique gold watch and who pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, Richard Collier is overwhelmed by a photograph of a beautiful young woman (Jane Seymour). Another picture of this woman in her later years reveals to him that she is the same woman who had given him the gold watch. Collier then becomes obsessed with returning to 1912 and the beautiful young woman who awaits him there. - Director:
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Cast:
- Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer
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From legendary director Richard Attenborough comes the epic story of a true cinematic icon, Charlie Chaplin. In this award-winning masterpiece we follow Chaplin's increasingly complicated life from a poverty stricken music hall entertainer in England to eventual triumph in America. The story of Chaplin is the story of cinema as we watch him grow from developing silent era slapstick to becoming one of the most important, pioneering fathers of film making, the art-form of a new century. But although he was able to reflect wondrous, magical humour in his work his private life was afflicted with infamy, sadness and a growing sense of loss. - Director:
- Richard Attenborough
- Cast:
- Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys
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