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They are trapped in a spaceship with no power. Outside there is no air and no heat. Earth spins 200 miles below. Three astronauts face a desperate situation in this spell-binding science fiction cliffhanger. After completing a daring mission in space, the three-man spaceship Ironman One orbits Earth preparing for re-entry. But a retro-rocket misfires, and the crew commander Jim Pruett, scientist-astronaut Clayton Stone and pilot Buzz Lloyd are marooned in space. Back on Earth, Charles Keith, chief of the manned space program, and senior astronaut Ted Dougherty plan an incredible rescue - while the whole world waits anxiously. - Director:
- John Sturges
- Cast:
- Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen
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The mission, manned by astronauts Lovell (Tom Hanks), Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and Haise (Bill Paxton), starts out as a routine space flight which generates little media interest. But all that changes when an oxygen tank explosion cripples the ship and prompts the famous line, 'Houston, we have a problem'. Now Lovell and his crew have to struggle to keep going, while at Mission Control their colleagues Kranz (Ed Harris) and Mattingly (Gary Sinise) do everything they can to bring them home. - Director:
- Ron Howard
- Cast:
- Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
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A small but perfectly-formed comedy-drama about Broadway legend Danny Rose (Woody Allen) - not a star but perhaps the most hapless agent ever to work in the profession, whose no-hope clients include piano-playing parrots, blind jugglers, one-legged tap dancers and stuttering ventriloquists. Things change dramatically when an unexpected lounge-music craze threatens to make cheesy crooner Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte) both famous and successful, a situation that natural loser Danny is helplessly ill-equipped to deal with. Fie proves similarly hapless when Lou turns out to have a mistress (an unrecognisable Mia Farrow) whose mobster ex-boyfriend is none too impressed with the company that she's currently keeping and decides to advertise this fact at the worst possible moment. Both laugh-out-loud funny and warmly nostalgic, 'Broadway Danny Rose' is Allen's heartfelt tribute to the days of New York vaudeville that he himself experienced first-hand when starting out as a comedian two decades earlier - underscored by the fact that the Greek chorus of Broadway veterans chuckling over Danny's various mishaps and misfortunes are the real thing. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte
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Molly (Millie Perkins) experiences violent fantasies in which she ties muscular men up before bloodily dispatching them with a razor. But when a news report announces the shocking double-murder of two football players which strongly echoes one of Molly's most recent depraved flights of fancy, the fantasy starts to bleed into reality - literally. - Director:
- Matt Cimber
- Cast:
- Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown
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Russ Meyer's racy, colourful tale about an uninhibited all-girl rock group is not a sequel to its predecessor, "Valley of the Dolls", despite its title. Filled with some of the most bizarre characters and situations ever seen on film, it spans nearly every film genre - comedy, musical, horror, murder, sex and melodrama. When three female rock 'n' rollers travel to Hollywood to claim an inheritance, they meet up with a kinky music promoter who turns them on to a whole new scene. At first, all seems very exciting and the naive trio become submerged in his dangerous tinseltown underworld - before they discover his true motives. - Director:
- Russ Meyer
- Cast:
- Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom
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Zoology (2016)Zoologiya
Natasha (Natalya Pavlenkova) is a middle-aged admin employee at a zoo where her female co-workers take pleasure in making fun of her. She lives with her God-fearing mother and leads a dull existence without prospects, until one day she grows a tail. Medical examinations follow where she meets Peter (Dmitriy Groshev), a young radiologist, and her dreary life is turned upside down. - Director:
- Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
- Cast:
- Masha Tokareva, Natalya Pavlenkova, Aleksandr Gorchilin
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"Valley of the Dolls" is the story of three women lives are affected by show business celebrity. Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke) struggles to make it on the Brodway stage. Yet, when she does, she finds it unfulfilling and becomes addicted to pills. Anne (Barbara Parkins), a small-town girl, is unable to resist the bright lights of New York and is quickly catapulted into the role of super-model. Her face is everywhere - magzine covers, billboards, and television. Meanwhile, struggling star Jennifer (Sharon Tate), is forced to make porn movies in order to make a living for herself and her over-demanding mother. - Director:
- Mark Robson
- Cast:
- Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke
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Gripped by wild radio stories about bloody wars and beautiful celebrities, 10-year-old Joe Needleman (Seth Green) longs for adventure and dreams of the day he'll see enemy spies, German subs - or even his sexy grade-school teacher wearing a smile (and little else). But while Joe's life is filled with fantasies about radio voices, the real people behind the voices have fantasies of their own. And as stars rise, careers fall and a nation hurtles toward the future, only one thing is absolutely certain: The days of radio may finally fade...but the magic of Joe's memories will always endure. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Mia Farrow, Gregg Almquist, Jackson Beck
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When callous movie studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) starts receiving anonymous death threats from a rejected screenwriter, his already shaky career begins to crumble. Finally, his desperation drives him to kill... but did he rub out the wrong writer? Relentlessly hounded by a street-wise detective (Whoopi Goldberg), Griffin falls in love with the dead man's girlfriend (Greta Scacchi). Then the mysterious threats begin again - and Griffin is plunged into a plot more outrageous than any movie. - Director:
- Robert Altman
- Cast:
- Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward
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Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)Doctor Who and the Daleks
British film legend Peter Cushing plays everyone's favourite Timelord, and having invented the 'Tardis', a strange machine capable of travelling into other dimensions, the Doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest through time and space. Their journey takes them into the dark, undiscovered depths of the universe and to the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devastated by nuclear war and populated by two warring species, a peaceful tribe known as Thais and a life form heavily mutated by radiation, encased in protective machines. A merciless force of destruction known as The Daleks! - Director:
- Gordon Flemyng
- Cast:
- Peter Cushing, David Graham, Roy Castle
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Diane Keaton stars as Carol Lipton, a bored Manhattan housewife who becomes convinced that her next-door neighbour has committed a murder. When her sceptical husband Larry (Woody Allen) rejects the idea, Carol turns to a flirtatious friend (Alan Alda) to help her search for clues. And as their enthusiasm for the case grows, so does their interest in each other. Spurred on by jealousy - and by a seductive writer (Anjelica Huston) who's also excited by the mystery - Larry reluctantly joins the chase, only to learn that much more than his marriage is at stake. A comic romp bursting with wry one-liners and inspired sight gags. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler
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When a group of tenacious teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley (Lance Henriksen) seeks the magic of a backwoods witch to bring the child back. But when she tells him the child's death is irrevocable, his grief develops into an all-consuming desire... for revenge! Defying superstition, he and the witch invoke 'The Pumpkinhead' a monstrously clawed and fanged demon which, once reborn, answers only to Ed's bloodlust. But as the invincible creature wreaks its slow, unspeakable tortures on the teens, Ed confronts a horrifying secret about his connection to the beast and realizes that he must find a way to stop its deadly mission before he becomes one with it forever! - Director:
- Stan Winston
- Cast:
- Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino
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"Professor Marston and the Wonder Women" is based on the extraordinary true story of the creator of one of the most iconic super heroes ever conceived, and the seductive secret life he kept from his fans. Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans) was roundly criticized for the creation of his feminist superhero, but it was his personal life, with his polyamorous relationship with his wife, Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall) and their lover, Olive (Bella Heathcote), that was more provocative than any adventure he had ever written. - Director:
- Angela Robinson
- Cast:
- Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote
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While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist Clare (Teresa Palmer) meets Andi (Max Riemelt), a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. But what initially appears to be the start of romance suddenly takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes up the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment. An easy mistake to make, of course, except Andi has no intention of letting her go again. Ever. - Director:
- Cate Shortland
- Cast:
- Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich
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Blood and Black Lace (1964)Sei donne per l'assassino
The Christian Haute Couture fashion house is a home to models...and backstabbing...and blackmail... and drug deals...and Murder.- Director:
- Mario Bava
- Cast:
- Cameron Mitchell, Paul Frees, Eva Bartok
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