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Director Don Siegel's gritty remake of the 1946 original. Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager star as two hitmen determined to find out why their latest victim offered no resistance.
Dan Palmer writes and stars in this low-budget independent zom-com. An office block janitor (Palmer) is busy cleaning up while the annual Christmas party goes on next door. While busy in the women's toilets, a zombie outbreak occurs which leads to him being trapped within a cubicle. With no available route of escape or means of defence he'll have to think of inventive ways of staying alive...
Japanese anime drama written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. 15-year-old school student and apprentice shoemaker Takao Akizuki (voice of Patrick Poole) is in the park on a rainy day when he meets 27-year-old Yukari Yukino (Maggie Flecknoe), a woman who is trying to overcome recent personal troubles. They continue to encounter each other on subsequent rainy days and begin to develop a bond but with Takao still just a teenager where can their relationship realistically go?
Big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play starring Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld, Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo Montague (Booth) attends a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Steinfeld), the daughter of his enemy. Although already engaged to a man she does not love, Juliet vows to marry Romeo. They ask the kindly Friar Laurence (Giamatti) to perform the ceremony in secret but bloodshed and tragedy threaten the couple's future together.
The 2013 Christmas special of the long-running sci-fi show featuring the final appearance of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith), who passes the reins over to the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi). Jenna-Louise Coleman also stars as Clara Oswald, the Eleventh Doctor's companion who is wrenched from a family Christmas to help the Doctor decode an ominous message echoing in the stars. With enemies including the Cybermen, Daleks and Weeping Angels circling, it looks set to be an extremely perilous Christmas for the Doctor and company. Also included are the other Eleventh Doctor Christmas specials: 'A Christmas Carol' (2010), 'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe' (2011) and 'The Snowmen' (2012).
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not from Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become a symbol of hope for all mankind.
Betty (Beatrice Dalle) and Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) have a passionate, if somewhat unconventional relationship. When she discovers his half-written novel she burns his house down and forces him to go to Paris with her in search of fame. There they team up with another couple, who run a pizza joint, before moving south, where Betty begins her tragic demise into madness and eventual death.
Gerard Butler stars in this surfing drama. Santa Cruz teenager Jay Moriarty (Jonny Weston) discovers that the Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists only a few miles from his home. Instantly gripped by the dream of surfing the wave, he begs local surfing legend Frosty Hesson (Butler) to help him achieve his goal. But with tide patterns dictating that the Mavericks is due to reappear in just 12 weeks, has Jay got what it takes to conquer this epic wave?
Having escaped unscathed from their previous encounter with a poltergeist, the Freeling family are now recuperating with Grandma Jess. She recognises a fellow clairvoyant in little Carol Anne, but when the old woman dies, the spirits descend once more to claim the girl for their side. Diminutive medium Tangina and an all knowing Red Indian are enlisted to stop her from being sucked in by the TV.
Decimated by a Cylon attack, the last surviving members of the human race escape their ruined planet and head for sanctuary on the planet Earth. Travelling through space on the Battlestar Galactica, the survivors make a detour to the planet Carillon in order to stock up on supplies. But Carillon, like much of the rest of the universe, is in the grip of the evil Cylon aggressors, so our heroes must make plans for a daring secret mission. Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict star.
Carol Anne has been sent to a special school for gifted but emotionally disturbed children whilst living with her aunt and uncle. The Preacher of Pain is still trying to lure her to the other side, so diminutive medium Tangina stands guard to protect her. Heather O'Rourke, the young star, died tragically during filming.
Feel-good comedy starring Paul Rudd. After his early release from jail after supplying a police officer with cannabis, Ned (Rudd) is dumped by his girlfriend and denied custody of his dog, Willie Nelson. With nowhere to go, Ned arrives on his sister's doorstep. He then spends his time moving between the homes of his three sisters and although at first they are weary of having their pot-smoking hippie brother living with them they grow to love his eternally positive and honest manner.
Self-made property developer Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) masterminds a successful billion-dollar bank job, even though he has no need of the money. Beautiful insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) begins to look into the case and instinctively picks Crown out as the major suspect. Thus begins an intriguing cat-and-mouse game, with Crown treating Anderson to a fine old time - beach buggies, gliders, kinky chess games - as the pair try to simultaneously seduce and outwit each other. Norman Jewison directs.
Marcelo Machado's documentary charts the history and influence of the late 1960s Brazilian counter-cultural movement known as Tropicália. Taking its name from an installation created by Hélio Oiticica in 1967, the Tropicália movement was an artistic response to Brazil's military dictatorship of the time, encompassing theatre, poetry, and music. In addition to combining both the popular and the avant-garde, the movement was also noted for fusing traditional Brazilian culture with foreign influences. The film revisits the movement's legacy through the use of archive material and the participation of leading Tropicália figures of the day, including Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso.
War film following a small group of young Americans as they attempt to thwart a national invasion by the North Korean army. After closing down the American electrical grid, militant North Koreans fly into the United States with the intent of gaining control of the entire country, but when US Marine Jed Eckert (Chris Hemsworth) realises what is happening he gathers a small group together, including his brother Matt (Josh Peck), at his father's log cabin in the woods. Using this as a vantage point, he then rounds up what weapons he can and proceeds to lead his own war on the invading army.
1960s black comedy horror starring Lon Chaney Jr. Chauffeur Bruno (Chaney Jr.) watches over Virginia (Jill Banner), Ralph (Sid Haig) and Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn), the three inbred, grown-up children of the Merrye family who have inherited a genetic condition which turns them into demented, feral beings. While Peter (Quinn Redeker) and Emily (Carol Ohmart), who have come to claim the Merrye mansion as their own, are visiting, Bruno has to leave the house for a short time. The siblings take the opportunity to wreak havoc and when Bruno returns he realises he must go to drastic measures to stop the 'Merrye Syndrome' from spreading.
Crime thriller based on 'Cross', the 12th novel in James Patterson's detective series. Tyler Perry stars as detective Alex Cross, who meets his ultimate match in serial killer Picasso (Matthew Fox). As Cross begins to investigate Picasso's string of sadistic murders, he receives the horrific news that his own wife has been killed. Cross vows to hunt down the killer if it's the last thing he does - but finds himself up against a true master of evasion and manipulation.
Just as Dan and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare. Security cameras capture the torment, making every minute horrifyingly real.
French comedy drama charting an unusual friendship. Paul (François Cluzet), a rich aristocrat and habitual thrill-seeker, becomes quadriplegic after a paragliding accident. Alone in the world and unable to care for himself in even the most basic ways, Paul employs young Senegalese émigré Driss (Omar Sy) as his carer. Despite their very different backgrounds and outlooks on life, the two men quickly form a strong bond, teaching each other important life lessons about acceptance, respect and the true meaning of friendship in the process.
Family comedy following a robot who goes AWOL. A reclusive inventor, Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg), is responsible for the development of a range of robots that have the capacity to destroy entire cities. At a military demonstration, one of the robots is struck by lighting and is given a life of its own. The authorities decide that this is dangerous and want the robot terminated. Number Five (voice of Tim Blaney) duly goes into hiding with a fanatical animal lover, Stephanie Speck (Ally Sheedy), who believes he is an alien. Will she be able to protect him?
Patricio Guzmán directs this cinematic essay set in Chile's Atacama desert. A meditation on time, space, astronomy and history, the film follows astronomers and archaeologists at work in the desert. Meanwhile, a group of women sift through the sand nearby searching for evidence of the bodies of their loved ones, political prisoners held in concentration camps run by Pinochet's regime.
Sick of his 19th Century romantic heroine, Misery Chastain, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) kills her off and writes a more personal, modern novel. When his car crashes in remote mountains he is saved by 'number one fan' Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who adores Misery and has even named her pig after her. As she nurses him back to health at her remote dwelling, he realises she is not just going to let him go...
Second feature length version of the anime TV series that mixes history and science fiction. The Elric brothers, Edward (voice of Romi Pak) and Alphonse (Rie Kugimiya), lead an attempt to recapture a prisoner who has escaped from a facility in Amestris. When the brothers track down the fugitive, known as Melvin Voyager (Toshiyuki Morikawa), they are impressed by his alchemy abilities and intrigued by his story. Apparently Melvin broke free from the prison despite only being weeks away from a legal release. Melvin also has connections to another intriguing figure, Julia Crichton (Maaya Sakamoto). The Elrics set out to track down the girl but are waylaid on the way when their train is hijacked by a wolf-chimera. Will the brothers be able to recover control of their own destiny and get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding Melvin?
Horror sequel in which a species of violent prehistoric piranha continue to terrify a small town. The chaos unleashed in 'Piranha' (2010) by a group of the omnivorous fish, set free by an earthquake that split the floor of a lake, may only have been the beginning. The tests of marine biologist Carl Goodman (Christopher Lloyd) indicate that these fish were only adolescents, suggesting their parents would be even fiercer adversaries. When the piranha make their way into the town's plumbing system, the terror spreads. Soon swimming pools and even the town's brand new waterpark are infested by the bloodthirsty critters. Can the town's residents, marshalled by survivor of the first movie Deputy Fallon (Ving Rhames), find a way to combat their sharp-teethed tormentors?
Maverick Japanese director Sion Sono writes and directs this irreverently zany, three-and-a half hour, black-comedy drama which captures a year in the life of 17-year-old Yu (Takahiro Nishijima). Yu falls into sinful ways after the death of his saintly mother and his father's subsequent ordainment to the Catholic priesthood. Yu's speciality as a petty criminal is taking sneaky camera shots up girls' skirts while he ostensibly performs elaborate martial arts moves. He falls in love with rough diamond Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima), but their future together comes under threat when the creepy Koike (Sakura Ando) goes all out to lure Yu into his religious cult. |
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