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We're in the middle of a heatwave in Norfolk, England. Goob Taylor (Liam Walpole) has spent each of his sixteen summers helping his Mum Janet (Sienna Guillory) run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding pumpkin fields. When his Mum shacks up with the untamed stock car driving supremo and ladies' man Gene Womack (Sean Harris), Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob's world turns when exotic pumpkin picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments, Goob dreams of better things. - Director:
- Guy Myhill
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- Sienna Guillory, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearritt
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Spectre (2015)Bond 24
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as Spectre. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of Spectre. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of Spectre, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz. - Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Cast:
- Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux
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After losing his beloved Kisha in a car accident, Malcolm decides to start anew by remarrying mother of two Megan. But things soon go back to their old paranormal ways, with the kids and new wife becoming targets of unexplained phenomena. To make matters worse Kisha has come back to life and moved into the neighborhood with horrifying and hilarious results. - Director:
- Michael Tiddes
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- Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Cedric the Entertainer
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Together with You (2002)He ni zai yi qi
Xiaochun is a young violin prodigy who lives with his hard-working father in a small Chinese town. Shy and sensitive, he has always expressed himself more with his violin than with words, but his entire life changes when his father and he set off for the big city so he can audition for a place at a famous music school. Along the way Xiaochun comes face to face with a whole new world of feelings and possibilities, experiencing for the first time love, heartbreak and true friendship. - Director:
- Kaige Chen
- Cast:
- Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen
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Skyfall (2012)James Bond: Skyfall
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing 'M' to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, 'M' (Judi Dench) is left with one ally she can trust: Bond (Daniel Craig). 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. - Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Cast:
- Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris
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Gandhi (1982)Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi
Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor did he have scientific gifts. Yet this small, modest man did what others before him could not. He led an entire country to freedom - he gave his people hope. Gandhi, the man of the century is explored in this breathtaking, unforgettable motion picture. After 20 years in the making, this masterful epic garnered nine 1982 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. In stirring detail, Gandhi's life, principles and power explode on the screen with vivid scenes such as the horrific massacre at Amritsar, where the British opened fire on 15,000 unarmed men, women and children, and the dramatic march to the sea where Gandhi led thousands of his fellow Indians to prove that sea salt belonged to all and was not just a British commodity. - Director:
- Richard Attenborough
- Cast:
- Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi
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Following Pu Yi (John Lone), the last of the Emperor's of China, from his birth in 1908, through his childhood in the fortress-like Forbidden City and his later misguided collaboration with the Japanese in World War II, 'The Last Emperor' tells the history of modern China through the eyes of the man brought up to believe that he was the country's divine ruler. - Director:
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast:
- John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
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Farewell My Concubine (1993)Ba Wang Bie Ji
Based on the best-selling novel by Lilian Lee, "Farewell My Concubine" is an epic exploration of art, friendship and betrayal. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of more than fifty years of Chinese history, the film charts the relationship between Cheng (Leslie Cheung) and Duan (Zhang Fengyi), two stars in the Peking Opera troupe, and the woman who comes between them. Chen Kaige's sumptuous and moving epic holds an important place in the history of Chinese-language cinema. - Director:
- Kaige Chen
- Cast:
- Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong
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In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", Cameron Mackintosh produced a unique, spectacular staging of the musical on a scale which had never been seen before. Inspired by the original staging by Hal Prince and Gillian Lynne, this lavish, fully-staged production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of London's legendary Royal Albert Hall features a cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances. - Director:
- Nick Morris
- Cast:
- Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser
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Opera in four acts. Acclaimed director Peter Hall's passionate staging of Georges Bizet's operatic masterpiece stars the incomparable Maria Ewing as the fiery Spanish Gypsy whose flirtations ultimately lead to tragedy. The London Philharmonic provides orchestral accompaniment for this 1985 Glyndebourne Festival Opera production. - Director:
- Robin Lough
- Cast:
- Maria Ewing, Barry McCauley, Marie McLaughlin
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Yorkshire, 1874. Penniless following the death of her husband, Annie Quaintain (Jessica Raine) and her two children are turfed out of their village home and forced to start a new life in Jericho. Jericho is home to a vibrant community of navvies and pioneers, prostitutes and vagabonds who will live and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build. Without a penny to her name, Annie reluctantly accepts the help of the railway agent Ralph Coates (Clarke Peters) and quickly sets herself up in a rented hut, offering board and lodging to the site's navvies - including one Johnny Jackson (Hans Matheson). Rough and rustic, it's a place where people with secrets can hide, and where love can flourish against all odds. Set against a visually striking frontier landscape, the series follows the creation of a community from nothing and the human stories and heroic struggles of survival that emerge. - Director:
- Paul Whittington
- Cast:
- Hans Matheson, Clarke Peters, Jeany Spark
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'Prey': A high-octane thriller about a man on the run, desperate to clear his name for the sake of his family. BAFTA nominated actor John Simm plays Detective Sergeant Marcus Farrow, a well-liked copper with a wife and two kids, who is arrested for a crime he did not commit. When Farrow is found at the scene of a brutal murder with all the evidence pointing towards him, his world collapses. Arrested and charged, it seems Farrow's fate is sealed. So when he gets the opportunity to escape, he seizes it with both hands. Now Farrow is on the run in Manchester. A criminal on the streets he used to police. Acting DCI Susan Reinhardt (Rosie Cavaliero) is tasked by Assistant Chief Constable Warner (Adrian Edmondson) with catching him, and so begins a high-stakes game of cat and mouse across the city. As a wanted killer, Farrow has few allies. The only people he can trust are his best friend Dl Sean Devlin (Craig Parkinson), and colleague DCI Andrea Mackenzie (Anastasia Hille), but with Reinhardt breathing down his' neck can Farrow evade capture long enough to find the truth, or will she catch up with him first? - Director:
- Nick Murphy
- Cast:
- John Simm, Rosie Cavaliero, Craig Parkinson
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Luther is a British crime drama about a brilliant and rebellious London detective and the many depraved and horrific criminals he must track down. The series follows DCI John Luther (Idris Elba), a deeply troubled cop trying to move past the many terrible things he has seen on the job but the appearance of a woman named Alice (Ruth Wilson) at a particularly gruesome crime scene complicates his life as things start to collapse around him despite everything he does to try and stop it. - Director:
- Brian Kirk
- Cast:
- Anton Saunders, Nicholas Asbury, Lewis Young
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In the worlds before Monkey, Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four world's formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of heaven, the moisture of the Earth, the powers of the sun and the moon worked upon a certain rock, old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named "Thought". Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said "With our thoughts we make the world". Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it then came a stone monkey. The nature of Monkey was irrepressible.' - Director:
- Yûsuke Watanabe
- Cast:
- Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shirô Kishibe
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Some Like It Hot (1959)Not Tonight, Josephine!
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest and homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfet... until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for "Josephine", an ancient play-boy (Joe Brown) falls for "Daphne", and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! - Director:
- Billy Wilder
- Cast:
- Marilyn Monroe, Paul Frees, Tony Curtis
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