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Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) and his friends are starting to notice girls - particularly Dorothy (Dee Hepburn), not least because she's on the football team and is a better player than all the boys. With counselling from his younger sister, can Gregory finally work up the courage to ask Dorothy out? - Director:
- Bill Forsyth
- Cast:
- John Gordon-Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy
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On a cold, bright autumn day in Suffolk, England, a little girl in a red mackintosh drowns in a pond-the daughter of John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura Baxter (Julie Christie). Trying to recover from the tragedy, the couple arrive in Venice, Italy, where John has been commissioned to restore a church. In the eerie atmosphere of the lagoon city in winter, they encounter two strange sisters. Laura is suddenly released from her grief when one of them, a blind psychic, tells her that she is in contact with her dead daughter. Angered and sceptical, John carries on with his work, but witnesses an unsettling vision of his own: a little girl in a red mackintosh disappearing into the Venetian alleys. As Venice and his fate close in on John, illusion, reality and sudden terror spiral the story to its grotesque climax. - Director:
- Nicolas Roeg
- Cast:
- Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
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Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) possesses the gift of psychic powers and supports herself and her family by reading the cards to neighbours who want to know what the future may hold. When the wealthy, beautiful, and sexually promiscuous Jessica King (Katie Holmes) goes missing, her bound and ravaged body begins to haunt Annie through her visions. When the murder investigation becomes short on leads, the police are forced to turn to Annies special powers for help. The supernatural becomes terrifyingly real when Annies gift becomes her only hope to stop the killer before she becomes the next victim. - Director:
- Sam Raimi
- Cast:
- Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves
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Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a perennial playboy with a libido much younger than his years. During what was to have been a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin (Amanda Peet), at her mother's Hampton's beach house, Harry develops chest pains. He winds up being reluctantly nursed by Marin's reluctant mother Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), a successful, divorced New York playwright. In the process, Harry develops more heart pangs - but this time the romantic kind - for Erica! However, some habits die hard. When Harry hesitates, his charming thirty-something doctor (Keanu Reeves) starts pursuing Erica and it is Harry who must undergo a true change of heart if he is to win her back. - Director:
- Nancy Meyers
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
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Based on one of the most infamous cases in Welsh maritime history, the film follows two men who are posted to the Smalls Island Lighthouse in 1801 to 'keep the light'. Twenty-five miles from land, Thomas Howell (Michael Jibson) and Thomas Griffith (Mark Lewis Jones) become stranded when a freak storm hits, sending them both on a desperate fight to keep their sanity before their partnership is pushed to breaking point. - Director:
- Chris Crow
- Cast:
- Ian Virgo, Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson
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Single mother Alice (Emily Beecham) is a dedicated plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, it makes its owner happy. Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They name it 'Little Joe' but as it grows, so too does Alice's suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests. - Director:
- Jessica Hausner
- Cast:
- Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox
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What if every choice we made had already been made for us? What if there really were no coincidences in life and our destinies were already predetermined? Ten strangers with secrets are brought together in as savage rainstorm: A limo driver (John Cusack – Being John Malkovich), an ‘80s TV star (Rebecca DeMornay – The Hand That Rocks The Cradle), a cop (Ray Liotta – Goodfellas) who is transporting a killer (Jake Busey – Enemy Of The State), a call girl (Amanda Peet – Igby Goes Down), a pair of newlyweds (Clea DuVall and William Lee Scott) and a family in crisis (John C. McGinley, Leila Kenzle, Bret Loehr), all take shelter at a desolate motel run by a nervous night manager (John Hawkes). Relief in finding shelter is quickly replaced with fear as then ten travelers begin to die, one by one. They soon realize that, if they are to survive, they’ll have to uncover the secret that has brought them all together. - Director:
- James Mangold
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
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The ultimate movie about the New York cult of class, this rich and challenging cinematic treat is both a laugh-out-loud comedy and a biting social commentary about the separation between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'. Will Smith gives a mightily impressive debut and Donald Sutherland and Oscar nominated* Stockard Channing are brilliant in a story that's all the more amazing... .because it's true! Posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, "Paul" (Smith) deftly penetrates the world of art-dealing urbanites Ouisa and Flan Kittredge (Channing and Sutherland). But as Paul's web of dropped names and near fame begins to unravel, he provides his hosts with much more than just the ultimate cocktail party anecdote - he sets in motion a series of events that will alter the course of their lives forever. - Director:
- Fred Schepisi
- Cast:
- Will Smith, Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland
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Retired hit man Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is forced on the run by a young, highly skilled operative who will stop at nothing to eliminate his target. Now on a race around the globe, Henry must outsmart the mysterious assassin at every step - but how far will he go once they finally come face to face? - Director:
- Ang Lee
- Cast:
- Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen
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At 8.15 am on 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A scientific, technological, military and political gamble – the attack proved to be the defining moment of the 20th Century. Set in the three weeks from the first test explosion in New Mexico to the eventual dropping of the bomb, Hiroshima takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions were made; on board the Enola Gay on her fateful voyage and even inside the bomb as it explodes. On the streets of Hiroshima, we witness the devastation. Nearly 100.000 people killed instantly and those who managed to survive – in spite of the lethal heat-blast, the colossal shockwave and the invisible effects of gamma radiation – tell stories of a living nightmare. Using archive footage, state-of-the-art visual techniques and dramatic reconstructions based on unprecedented access to protagonists and witnesses, Hiroshima places the dropping of the bomb in its historical and political context and unflinchingly depicts the effects of the terrifying nuclear explosion. - Director:
- Paul Wilmshurst
- Cast:
- John Hurt, Noboru Akima, George Anton
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"Midnight Express" is the harrowing story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis), a young American tourist condemned to a Turkish prison for his futile attempt to smuggle hashish out of the country. Made an example of by a corrupt legal system and a victim of ineffectual diplomacy, Hayes is sentenced to 30 years and must overcome ruthless brutality and his own descent into madness in order to survive and, hopefully, escape. - Director:
- Alan Parker
- Cast:
- Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins
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Queen and Slim (2019)Queen & Slim
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country. As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives. - Director:
- Melina Matsoukas
- Cast:
- Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine
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Beginning in the frenzied final months of World War II, Hiroshima rockets back and forth between Truman, Churchill and Hirohito to reach behind the headlines and tell the story of the men and women, both public and private, whose lives and careers would be forever changed by this event, creating a balanced portrait of the political, moral, and above all, human cost of this historical decision. Hiroshima weaves an unforgettable tapestry of those events which led to the decision which would indelibly change the course of human destiny. - Director:
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Cast:
- Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Allen Altman
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On a remote mountaintop, a rebel group of commandos perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner (Julianne Nicholson) for a shadowy force known only as 'The Organization'. After a series of unexpected events drives them deep into the jungle, fracturing their intricate bond, their mission slowly begins to collapse. Set against a stunningly beautiful but dangerous landscape, Alejandro Landes' awe-inspiring film is a breathtakingly epic vision that will leave you both mesmerised and utterly gripped. - Director:
- Alejandro Landes
- Cast:
- Sofia Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero
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