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The Priest's Children (2013)Svecenikova Djeca
A colourful, fun and breezy take on sex and religion, Vinko Bresan's The Priest's Children is a comedy charmer. Though sex is at its heart, there is nothing too explicit about the going-on, and the picturesque Dalmatian island backdrop looks postcard perfect. Young Catholic priest Fabian (Kresimir Mikic) is sent to the tiny island to take over from elderly priest Jakov (Zdenko Botic) but the old man is so popular that locals lobby to have him stay on the island and take mass occasionally. Fabian is bemused by the lack of births on the island, until he discovers there is a roaring trade in under-the-counter condoms. Local tobacconist Petar (Niksa Butijer) admits to Fabian in confession that he is supplying the condoms, and Fabian convinces him that it would be God's will to start puncturing each condom packet. They are joined by local pharmacist Marin (Drazen Kuhn), who secretly replaces birth control pills with vitamins. Before long the birthrate - and marriage rate - on the island start increasing, with foreign TV crews even showing an interest in this island of love. - Director:
- Vinko Bresan
- Cast:
- Kresimir Mikic, Niksa Butijer, Marija Skaricic
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To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).
- Director:
- Greta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
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Time Traveller (2010)Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time / Toki o kakeru shôjo
In 2010 pharmaceutical researcher Kazuko Yoshiyama (Narumi Yasuda) is injured in a car accident. Her daughter Akari (Riisa Naka) uses Kazuko's newly completed time-travel potion to leap back in search of a mystery man from her mother's past... but misjudges the date and arrives two years late, in the year 1974. There, she enlists the help of reluctant student filmmaker Ryota (Akiyoshi Nakao), in a race against time to find a man that nobody remembers. - Director:
- Masaaki Taniguchi
- Cast:
- Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Munetaka Aoki
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The world of Wall Street drove Charles Lumley III up the wall. His new job at the New York City Morgue is quieter - until Billy "Blaze" Blazejowski shows up with a cool idea on how to liven things up. Directed by Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code), 'Night Shift' is a breakneck farce rife with hysterical ideas thanks to veteran comedy writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Parenthood, Fever Pitch). Henry Winkler (Happy Days) is low-key Lumley in a delightfully offbeat performance. Shelley Long of Cheers also scores as a hapless happy hooker. But the casting triumph is film-debuting Michael Keaton as Billy Blaze, launching a career rich in comedic and dramatic highlights. Is this a great country or what?! - Director:
- Ron Howard
- Cast:
- Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long
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Hilary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. - Director:
- Tony Goldwyn
- Cast:
- Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Part One
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most. - Director:
- Joaquim Dos Santos
- Cast:
- Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac
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In these two blockbuster films, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill show how the west was fun and created the comedy 'spaghetti western' genre. The films launched these two charismatic stars into worldwide stardom with Terence Hill's character Trinity, a lazy drifter and card sharp, and fortuitously the world's fastest draw, and his half brother Bambino (Bud Spencer), outlaw, horse thief and an all round tough guy. An unlikely pair, they embark on a series of entertaining capers in their life-long pursuit of a fast buck, all resulting in numerous sticky situations. - Director:
- Enzo Barboni Clucher
- Cast:
- Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Henry Fonda
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The Big Gundown (1966)La resa dei conti
When bounty hunter Jonathan Corbett (Van Cleef) is hired to track down a Mexican peasant (Tomas Milian, in a career-defining role) who has been accused of an appalling crime, he is initially outwitted by the wily bandit. However, the relationshion between the two men soon takes an unexpected turn and they team up to take on railroad baron Brockston (Walter Barnes). - Director:
- Sergio Sollima
- Cast:
- Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes
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Feature follows three best friends (Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn and Ryan Kwanten) and dedicated LARPers (Live Action Role Players) as they take to the woods to re-enact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario fresh out of the mythical Middle Ages. Trouble arises after they unwittingly conjure up some serious evil in the form of a blood-lusting Succubus, from the pits of hell. Fantasy and reality collide on the Fields of Evermore in an all-out epic battle of make-believe wizards, demons and assorted mythical creatures. Their courage and friendship is put to the test as they attempt to vanquish the evil they have summoned. Will the group prove to simply be foam sword-wielding LARPers, or true 'Knights of Badassdom?' - Director:
- Joe Lynch
- Cast:
- Ryan Kwanten, Brendan McCreary, Steve Zahn
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Kotch (Walter Matthau) is a feisty senior citizen who has managed to maintain his vibrancy and zest for life. However, his son and daughter-in-law have grown weary of having the old man around and want to commit him to a retirement home. Steadfastly refusing to be cast aside, Kotch decides to leave but his planned trip turns into a journey of discovery when he stops to help Erica (Deborah Winters) a pregnant teenager. For the first time in years, Kotch feels needed and suddenly Erica brings a whole new meaning to his life. - Director:
- Jack Lemmon
- Cast:
- Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr
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22-year-old Trent Burns is a "Lawn Dog"... he mows rich people's lawns for a living. Trent needs the money so he grits his teeth and mows... until 10 year old Devon Stockard decides to make him her best friend. In well off American suburbs ten-year-old girls don't hang out with 22-year-old guys... the neighbourhood just won't allow it. For Trent Burns, innocent young Devon turns out to be a very dangerous friend indeed. - Director:
- John Duigan
- Cast:
- Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton
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Woody Harrelson stars in the hilarious and heartwarming story of a former minor-league basketball coach who, after a series of missteps, is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realises that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined. - Director:
- Bobby Farrelly
- Cast:
- Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Matt Cook
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Blondie O'Hara (Jennifer Jason Leigh) resorts to desperate measures when her low-level hood husband Johnny (Dermot Mulroney) gets caught trying to steal from Seldom Seen (Harry Belafonte), a local crime boss operating out of jazz haunt The Hey-Hey Club. Out on a limb, Blondie kidnaps laudanum-addled socialite Carolyn (Miranda Richardson), hoping her influential politician husband can pull the right strings and get Johnny out of Seldom Seen's clutches. - Director:
- Robert Altman
- Cast:
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte
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Martha (Anna Kendrick) is unlucky in love, after catching her boyfriend cheating she swears off men. That is until she meets Francis (Sam Rockwell). Sophisticated, handsome and funny, Francis seems too good to be true, Mr. Right? The only catch? He's a hitman with a conscience killing the ruthless people who hire him. When one of his hits gains the attention of an FBI agent (Tim Roth) Martha becomes embroiled in a bitter rivalry and hers and Francis relationship is tested to the limit. - Director:
- Paco Cabezas
- Cast:
- Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Tim Roth
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Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss: Dracula (Nicolas Cage). For centuries, Renfield has slavishly served Dracula by procuring his master's prey and doing his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, Renfield is ready to look for a new life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness, if only he can figure out how to end the toxic, codependent relationship... - Director:
- Chris McKay
- Cast:
- Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina
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