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Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day... a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. The Goldfinch. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Donna Tartt.
Featuring an all-star cast, The Northman is an epic revenge thriller that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.
Featuring an all-star cast, The Northman is an epic revenge thriller that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.
Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong star in this adaptation of the bestselling novel by S. J. Watson. Christine Lucas (Kidman) suffers from anterograde amnesia, waking up every day without any knowledge of who she is. Christine regularly visits Dr. Nash (Strong) who, with the help of her understanding husband Ben (Firth), is assisting her with the recovery of her memories. When Dr. Nash takes her to the place where she was attacked to try to reconstruct the event in her mind, Christine realises that she may be better off not remembering...
Adapted from Michael Bond’s beloved books, Paddington follows the comic misadventures of a polite young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British, who travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realise that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kind Brown family, who read the label around his neck (‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’) and offer him a temporary haven. But little do the Browns realise just how much comic mayhem one young bear will bring to their family life, and when this rarest of bears catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his home – and very existence – is under threat ...
All seven episodes from the second season of the HBO drama starring
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley. In Monterey,
California, Madeline (Witherspoon), Celeste (Kidman), Jane (Woodley),
Renata (Laura Dern) and Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) are struggling to move on
with their lives and remain haunted by the night of Perry (Alexander
Skarsgård)'s death. To make matters worse, Perry's grieving mother,
Mary Louise (Meryl Streep), arrives to support her family and begins
asking questions about the circumstances of her son's death.
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley star in this
seven-part HBO miniseries based on the novel by Liane Moriarty. On the
first day of school in Monterey, Madeline Martha Mackenzie
(Witherspoon), her friend Celeste Wright (Kidman) and newly-arrived
single mother Jane Chapman (Woodley) are enrolling their kids in the
first grade. When a murder takes place at a school fundraiser, their
seemingly perfect lives are called into question as Madeline struggles
to come to terms with her recent divorce, Celeste's husband Perry
(Alexander Skarsgård) becomes increasingly violent towards her and Jane
finally opens up about the trauma of her past.
Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman star in this dark comedy drama based on the novel by Kevin Wilson. Annie and Baxter Fang (Kidman and Bateman) had an extremely unusual childhood, with their parents using them as props in their performance art pieces. As Annie grows up to be a successful actress and Baxter an acclaimed author, they return to their family home after Baxter is shot and in need of recuperation. When they receive a call from the police saying that their parents are missing and believed dead, the siblings disagree over whether the news is real or simply their most elaborate performance. The cast also includes Christopher Walken, Maryann Plunkett and Kathryn Hahn.
Sweeping American Civil War drama based on the novel by Charles Frazier, directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley). Jude Law stars as Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier who is slowly making the perilous journey back to his home town of Cold Mountain in North Carolina, meeting a string of colourful characters along the way (played by actors including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Ray Winstone and Kathy Baker). At home waits Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman), the pre-war sweetheart to whom he has vowed to return. In his absence Ada, the shy and reserved daughter of a preacher (Donald Sutherland), has befriended the feisty Ruby (Renée Zellweger), a tough-talking young woman who can work the land as well as any man. Ruby supports Ada both emotionally and practically as she waits for Inman's return - but as the war drags on and her letters go unanswered, Ada finds it increasingly difficult to keep the faith.
6-episode miniseries based on the 2014 novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Grace and Jonathan Fraser have the life they always wanted: She’s a successful therapist, he’s an acclaimed paediatric oncologist, and their son attends an elite private school in Manhattan. But for Grace, everything unravels overnight. A violent death. A missing husband. A series of unthinkable revelations. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star in this gripping HBO limited series from writer David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and director Susanne Bier (Bird Box). An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller filled with shocking twists and turns, The Undoing exposes the lies we tell ourselves – even when the truth is right in front of us.
Lolita (1962)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Fun and excitement abound in the Owens family of wily witches. One problem though: the men the Owens women fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman play Sally and Gillian Owens, sisters hexed by a centuries-old curse... and coping with a witches' brew of events involving a possible love-match for one, a zombiefor the other, and a need to resume the age-old witchcraft taught by two doting Owens aunts (Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest). Sit for a spell and enjoy!
Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life. These include his wife, his mistress, his film star muse, his confidant and costume designer, a young American fashion journalist, the whore from his youth and his mother.
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart star as a bereaved couple in this tear-jerking drama adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Becca and Howie Corbett (Kidman and Eckhart) are a happily married couple whose lives are shattered when their four-year-old son is killed in a car accident. The film, which picks up the story eight months after the accident, charts the very different and often unexpected ways in which the pair go through the painful and messy process of acceptance and healing. Sandra Oh and Dianne Wiest co-star.
Christian (Ewan McGregor) is an aspiring bohemian writer, eking out a living in late 19th century Paris. An unlikely series of events result in him impersonating a Duke at the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most decadent club, and he falls tragically in love with its biggest star, Satine (Nicole Kidman). Events conspire against young love as the film speeds energetically towards its fateful conclusion.
Rob Marshall directs this big-budget musical based on the classic Fellini film 8 1/2. Set in early 1960s Venice, the film follows famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he struggles to complete his latest project on the eve of his 40th birthday. Meanwhile, he must also juggle the various colourful women in his life: his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), his muse Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his producer Liliane (Judi Dench), his mother (Sophia Loren) and even a prostitute who resurfaces from the depths of his past (Stacy Ferguson). Kate Hudson co-stars as the American journalist who interviews him about his life and work.
In India, five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train travelling away from his home and family. Frightened and bewildered, he ends up thousands of miles away, in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow he survives living on the streets, escaping all sorts of terrors and close calls in the process, before ending up in an orphanage that is itself not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple, and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. Not wanting to hurt his adoptive parents feelings, he suppresses his past, his emotional need for reunification, and his hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother. But a chance meeting with some fellow Indians reawakens his buried yearning. With just a small store of memories and his unwavering determination, Saroo embarks on one of the greatest needle-in-a-haystack quests of modern times.
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Bonneville star in this family comedy based on the popular children's books written by Michael Bond. A young Peruvian bear (voice of Ben Whishaw) grows up dreaming of a life in London, having been influenced by his aunt who once met an explorer from England. When an earthquake leaves his home destroyed, his aunt smuggles him onto a ship headed for the English capital. He winds up in London's Paddington Station, lost and alone, until he meets Mr Brown (Bonneville) and his family, who decide to look after him while he searches for his aunt's old acquaintance. However, the bear finds himself in danger when taxidermist Millicent (Kidman) attempts to get her hands on him for her museum collection. Produced by David Heyman, the film also stars Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Peter Capaldi.
Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Adler, Berghoff, Hagen, Mamet . . . now Batson. In TRUTH, the most sought after acting guru in Hollywood and on Broadway distills her half century's experience as an actor, director, teacher, and personal coach into a step by step process for creating a character from first read-through to final performance. Debunking a century's worth of myths about "method acting," Batson identifies the unifying forces of Need, Public Persona, and Tragic Flaw to unite the actor with his or her character. TRUTH shows how actively defining and understanding these three principles leads to the most truthful performances possible. A must-read for beginning actors, a wake-up call for working actors, and an indispensable reference for writers, TRUTH reveals the inner game of telling stories and creating vivid, three-dimensional life from words on a page.
A double-bill of teen films starring Selena Gomez. In 'Monte Carlo' (2011) high school student and part-time waitress Grace (Gomez) has always dreamed of travelling to Paris with her best friend, Emma (Katie Cassidy). Her dream starts to unravel when her uptight stepsister, Meg (Leighton Meester), announces that she will be joining them. Needless to say, their trip turns out to be a big disappointment - until they wander into the lobby of a luxury hotel and Grace is mistaken for a famous British heiress. Before they get the chance to reveal their true identities, the girls find themselves whisked off on a whirlwind tour to Monte Carlo, where all three find adventure and, of course, love. 'Ramona and Beezus' (2010) follows the misadventures of irrepressible third-grader Ramona (Joey King) and her tomboyish big sister, Beezus (Gomez). Ramona's vivid imagination and boundless energy may drive her family and friends mad at times, but they come in handy when she puts her mind to finding ways to save the family home.
Jane Campion's adaptation of Susanna Moore's best-selling, erotic thriller. Franny Avery (Meg Ryan) is a lonely, middle-class English professor living in New York and currently researching a book about language. One evening, whilst drinking in a bar with a student she witnesses an erotic act between a woman and a man with a tattoo on his arm. When a detective, Malloy (Mark Ruffalo), comes to Franny's flat to interview her after a woman's body was discovered in Franny's garden, she realises he was the man in the bar and there is an undeniable sexual chemistry between them. Encouraged by her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) Franny embarks on a passionate affair with Malloy and it begins to re-awaken her passion and take over her life. But the killer is still on the loose and amongst the suspects are Franny's ex-boyfriend (Kevin Bacon), who is stalking her, and a student of hers who delivers an essay about a serial killer...
Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey star in this steamy crime thriller set in rural Florida at the end of the 1960s. Charlotte Bless (Kidman), a garishly seductive femme fatale, enlists the help of returning Miami Times investigative reporter Ward Jansen (McConaughey) and his black colleague Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) as she tries to overturn the conviction of death row inmate Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack), who is accused of murdering a local racist sheriff. But as a mutual resentment simmers between Yardley and Ward's adolescent younger brother, Jack (Efron), the investigation threatens to get derailed as the main protagonists find themselves swept up in a heady cocktail of heat, lust and violence.
When Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world - and all those beyond - is threatened by the secret plans of Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). With the help of Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds.
A passion-filled poet falls for a breathtaking courtesan in this exotic musical love story from the unique and spellbinding imagination of visionary director Baz Luhrmann. Stunning performances from stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor fuel this moving romantic journey set in and around a fabulously sensuous night club. Mesmerizing and exuberant entertainment, the film pops with a contemporary, chart-topping soundtrack that makes Moulin Rouge an experience you won't forget!
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