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Barry Levinson directs this satirical portrayal of two weeks in the life of middle-aged Hollywood producer, Ben (Robert De Niro), who must juggle the demands of his personal life with a series of ever more ridiculous setbacks as he struggles to get his new film completed. Industry insider Art Linson wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from his memoirs 'What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales From the Front Line'.
Calvin Reeder directs this unconventional comedy horror starring Dermot Mulroney as an unnamed man who encounters various bizarre occurrences as he attempts to make his way to his brother's farm. The Rambler (Mulroney) has just been released from prison but is a long way from his destination and, with no means of transport other than his legs and whatever lifts he can beg, will see a lot of the less glamorous side of America on his travels. He meets figures such as the Scientist (James Cady) and The Girl (Lindsay Pulsipher) along the way and is drawn into increasingly unusual events. What does the road hold in store for him?
Stuart Ashens, a YouTube celebrity who reviews cheap electronic products, co-writes and stars in this independent British adventure comedy. Accompanied by his friend Chef Excellence (Dan Tomlinson), Ashens sets out in search of the elusive and not particularly magical Gamechild, a rip-off of the original Nintendo Gameboy. However, with all manner of unexpected friends and foes including The Professor (Robert Llewellyn) and Nemesis (Chris Kendall) standing between them and their goal, Ashens and Excellence will have to have their wits about them if they are to complete their quest. Warwick Davis also stars.
Triple bill of crime dramas. In 'Bad Karma' (2012), starring Ray Liotta and Dominic Purcell, a criminal's attempts to go straight are sabotaged by his former partner. Relocating from Sydney to the Gold Coast to start afresh, Molloy (Liotta) is remarkably successful and even finds something approaching domestic bliss with a new girlfriend. Naturally, when his old crime partner Mack (Purcell) tracks him down he finds that Molloy is reluctant to return to his past life. Unfortunately, this doesn't deter the increasingly deranged Mack as he sets about convincing Molloy to help him pull off one last job. In 'The Entitled' (2011) social misfit Paul (Kevin Zegers) is driven to desperate measures when he is turned down for yet another job and his ill mother is given a foreclosure notice on the family home. He enlists the help of two friends to abduct three kids from rich families and hold them ransom for a million dollars each, but the plan goes badly wrong and they soon find themselves in way over their heads. 'Officer Down' (2012) follows Detective David Callahan (Stephen Dorff), known as 'Cal' on the force, who has had a mixed career as a police officer, struggling with drink problems and straying to the wrong side of the law himself at times. When he finds himself caught up in a murder investigation, Cal must attempt to overcome the demons from his own past as well as the challenges of the case.
Family adventure based on the novel by Roald Dahl. The film centres around an eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) and father (Noah Taylor) and both pairs of grandparents. They all live in a tiny, tumbledown, drafty old house but it is filled with love. Every night, the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory, and he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside. For nearly fifteen years, no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory, or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself, yet, mysteriously, great quantities of chocolate are still being made and shipped to shops all over the world. One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement. He will open his famous factory and reveal 'all of its secrets and magic' to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars. When Charlie finds some money on the snowy street and takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight he finds a golden ticket. The family decides that Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) should be the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Once inside, Charlie is dazzled by one amazing sight after another.
WWII crime thriller starring Billy Zane. Commandeering a former royal castle on the outskirts of Frankfurt in 1945, army lovers Colonel Jack Durant (Zane) and Lt. Kathleen Nash (Lyne Renee) uncover a secret horde of priceless gems. Determined to smuggle their prize back into the US, their plans soon run into complications, however, at the hands of military investigators and a particularly ruthless underworld don.
The crew of the USAF bomber 'Memphis Belle', stationed in Britain during World War II, are preparing for their record-breaking 25th daylight mission. The mission will be as dangerous as ever, but if they survive they will return to the States as heroes. Starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz and crooner Harry Connick Jr, the film is based on William Wyler's classic 1944 documentary.
Mark L. Lester directs and produces this action sci-fi starring Sandra Darnell and James Nitti. After the brutal death of King Arthur of Camelot (William Huw), the King's sorceress sister Morgan (Darnell) assumes the throne. With the use of three fierce dragons Morgan sets off in search of the surviving Knights of the Round Table. As the Knights get word of Morgan's impending arrival, they vow to stick together and fight her off in honour of their noble King.
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise . Also in the hunt is the fan-favorite Tremor family from the original film, featuring a nymphomaniacal gun-nut and her lethal kinfolk.
Black and white feature animation inspired by the film noir genre. This joint American/Serbian production opens with private investigator Sam Ruben (voice of Mark Keller) waking up beside the dead body of a cop. As if that was not enough trouble, Sam cannot remember a thing that has happened to him. So begins a nightmare in which everyone seems to trying to kill Sam - but he does not know why.
Timothy West stars as British prime minister Winston Churchill in this BBC drama focusing on the relationship with his generals during pivotal moments of the Second World War. Set in Churchill's Cabinet Office and War Rooms, the programme follows Britain's leader orchestrating the allied war effort alongside some of his influential appointments including Generals Montgomery (Ian Richardson) and Brooke (Eric Porter). Following America's decision to enter the conflict late in 1941, Churchill and his cabinet received the support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Arthur Hill) and his trusted generals, Marshall (Joseph Cotten) and Eisenhower (Richard Dysart).
All four movies from the action film series directed by George Miller. 'Mad Max' (1979), set sometime after an apocalyptic war, depicts a world in which the police have their hands full fighting roving motorcycle gangs. When the wife and child of cop Max (Mel Gibson) are murdered by one of the gangs, he sets out to get revenge. In 'Mad Max 2' (1981), following the road-side slaughter of his family, ex-cop Max roams the post-apocalyptic landscape alone. Reluctantly taking a pit-stop at a desert-set fortress, Max is gradually persuaded to help protect the people inside it and the commodity that makes it a prime target for marauding gangs - fuel. In 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome' (1985) Max, arriving in Bartertown in search of some stolen property, has to fight a duel in the Thunderdome arena. He is exiled to the desert by Bartertown's ruler, Auntie (Tina Turner), where he is rescued by a community of feral children. In 'Mad Max: Fury Road' (2015) Max (Tom Hardy) has been captured by a gang, led by the tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). In order to escape Max teams up with Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a woman who wants to travel across the desert and find her way back home. But, after liberating five female captives from Joe's clutches, she too must escape from the crazy gang leader and his henchmen. Can they make it across the desert in one piece?
Michael Jackson inserts chunks of good-versus-evil fantasy narrative into a series of his own musical numbers, culminating in a sequence in which he stops a gangster turning children into junkies. Joe Pesci and Sean Lennon make cameo appearances.
Following 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962), director David Lean continued his epic phase with this adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel. During World War One, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He marries his childhood sweetheart Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but is attracted to dressmaker's daughter Lara (Julie Christie), herself engaged to young revolutionary Pasha (Tom Courtenay). Lara is also conducting an affair with government official Komarovsky (Rod Steiger). Yuri and Lara's paths cross again in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution, and the two begin a passionate affair.
The critically acclaimed West End hit is brought to life in McQueen, an unforgettable journey into the mind of British fashion's most notorious and brilliant artist, Alexander McQueen. McQueen discovers a strange and beautiful girl Dahlia, lurking in the basement of his house. She says she has been watching him from a tree in his garden for the last 11 nights. At first wary of the mysterious intruder, McQueen begins to believe the girl might know him better than he knows himself. Together she and McQueen go on a wild trip through London at night, visiting the places and people (including fashion editor Isabella Blow, played by Tracy-Ann Oberman) that have shaped him, looking for redemption, love and, as always inspiration. The cast is led by Stephen Wight (Bluestone 42, Diamond Geezer) who the Independent describes as "brilliant casting...really digs deep into the role" Dianna Agron (star of the hit TV series Glee, I Am Number Four &The Family) joins him as Dahlia, with Tracy - Ann Oberman (EastEnders, New Tricks & Doctor Who) as Isabella Blow.
A young English couple backpacking across Australia run into a spot of bother when they catch a lift with a sinister American. Hardly an advisable enterprise in this day and age, but laddish Brit Alex (Shaun Evans) and his well-bred girlfriend Sophie (Amelia Warner) set out to backpack across Australia. Having a lovely time, they think their good fortune is boundless when offered a lift by Taylor (Scott Mechlowicz), a handsome American with a car. Tension builds among the three as Sophie quickly finds herself drawn to the alpha-dog charms of the winsome yank. It's Taylor's custom to take Polaroid snaps of everyone he meets on his travels and, when Alex finds a compromising snap of Sophie among them, the outback air turns positively red with malice. The jaw-dropping wide shot scenery and tight, claustrophobic shots inside the car add to the brooding malevolent mood in this chest-gripping drama.
To escape their haunting memories, Rachel and her son start a new life in a small Oregon town. But when evidence at a local crime scene reveals a mysterious unmarked videotape, Rachel realises that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror. In a desperate, life-or-death battle, Rachel must confront Samara once again to save herself and her son.
World War I action drama. Set in France during the Great War, the film follows the story of three British soldiers stranded in no man's land after a failed attack on enemy lines. Facing heavy artillery and a relentless onslaught of machine gun fire from enemy troops, the trio must struggle through the bloody wasteland to reunite with Allied forces.
It's summer at Camp Bleeding Dove and the year's batch of teenage residents are engaged in the traditional camp activities, both wholesome and libidinous. But watchful camp director Oberon (Peter Stormare) is soon injured in a freak accident and the counsellors are left to run the show themselves. This means that the summer fun is about to take off in a new and wholly unpredictable direction. Starring Brad Renfro ('Bully') and Dominique Swain ('Lolita'), 'Happy Campers' marks the directorial debut of 'Heathers' screenwriter Daniel Waters.
Russian superhero action adventure. When a series of daring and heroic deeds, carried out by a mysterious figure in a flying 1951 black Volga, take place in the city of Moscow, it turns out that the hero is Russia's answer to Peter Parker: a young Moscow University student from a working class background who unexpectedly finds himself in the role of defender of the city while simply trying to earn a little extra cash and win the heart of the girl he loves.
Documentary which exposes some of the most magnificent landscapes of the world, and encourages us to focus upon the preservation of our planet. Locations featured include the mountains of Vancouver, the deserts of Namibia and the tropical jungles of Borneo. |
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