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World's Fastest Indian (2005)El amo del viento
After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With all the odds against him, he set a new speed record and captured the spirit of his times. Burt Munro's 1967 world record remains unbroken and his legend lives on today. - Director:
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)Love Lies Bleeding / Meaningful Glances / Strange Love
This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story, Love Lies Bleeding, stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers, a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune. She lives with her weakling husband, a district attorney running for mayor, played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows, however, is that Stanwyck and Douglas are bound by a dark secret involving murder. gripping and suspenseful, this film noir also stars Van Heflin as Martha's old love who returns to town after an 18-tear absence, whom Douglas thinks is there for one reason: blackmail. - Director:
- Lewis Milestone
- Cast:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
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Mr. Polly (Sir John Mills) is a sensitive soul. Sacked from his job for daydreaming he despairs of ever finding another when his father's death suddenly brings him a large inheritance, and with it he embarks on a cycling adventure. Along his travels he meets and falls desperately in love with a young girl, but the relationship turns sour when her friends hear of it. Spumed, he hastily marries his cousin Miriam (Betty Ann Davies), and settles in a sleepy town where he opens a draper's shop. But his beliefs are eroded when, fifteen years on, bad debt and his floundering marriage bring him to a personal crossroads where he must make some major decisions. - Director:
- Anthony Pelissier
- Cast:
- John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins
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Joanne Froggatl plays Suzy, a young British soldier who struggles to adapt to civilian life after serving in Iraq. Haunted by the responsibility she feels for the death of an Iraqi child, she becomes obsessed with the safety of her own daughter, feeling the need to protect her against a threat that doesn't seem to exist As her paranoia builds, Suzy's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic until, finally, she puts her own child in danger. - Director:
- Brian Welsh
- Cast:
- Shah Amin, Begum Coskun, Teresa Critchley
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'Snowden' is a riveting personal look at one of the most polarising figures of the 21st century, the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in U.S. intelligence history. 'Snowden' opens the door on the untold story of Edward Snowden, examining the forces that turned a conservative young patriot eager to serve his country into a historic whistle-blower and posing provocative questions about which liberties we are willing to give up in order for our government to protect us. - Director:
- Oliver Stone
- Cast:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo
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The legendary partnership of George Cole and Dennis Waterman play Arthur Daley, a man synonymous with dodgy goods and shady deals, and Terry McCann, Arthur's 'Minder' who protects him from small-time crooks, in this hugely successful ITV series. Drinking in the Winchester Club, driving the Capri and chatting up the ladies, catch up with Arthur and Terry's escapades in this classic series... - Director:
- Roy Ward Baker
- Cast:
- Dennis Waterman, George Cole, Glynn Edwards
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The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)La Balada De La Isla
"The Ballad of Wallis Island" follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. - Director:
- James Griffiths
- Cast:
- Tim Key, Tom Basden, Steve Marsh
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Wilde Alliance: Series (1978)Coppia in giallo
The Wildes are a partnership as well as a marriage: Rupert (John Stride), an amateur detective who is also a best-selling crime novelist, and Amy (Julia Foster) - artist, designer, fellow sleuth and virtual PA for Rupert. The Wildes' extravagant tastes - not to mention regular Income Tax demands - mean they occasionally struggle to make ends meet amid the elegance of their apartment in a manor house in York. The baffling cases that come their way, however, help keep their thoughts far from such concerns... - Director:
- Derek Bennett
- Cast:
- John Stride, Julia Foster, John Lee
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Who am I now that everything has changed? With her son leaving the nest, her father's memory failing, and a boyfriend confronted by his own push and pull with death, Coroner Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan) continues to speak for the dead to protect the living. Jenny must trust her instincts, as the aftermath of a devastating fire leads to her toughest case yet. Everybody has a story - and this season, Jenny must figure out the story her own body is telling. - Director:
- Adrienne Mitchell
- Cast:
- Serinda Swan, Roger R. Cross, Éric Bruneau
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A Certain Justice (1998)A Certain Justice (Adam Dalglish Mystery)
A brilliant QC is found dead in her chambers, killed by a single knife wound to the heart - but chillingly drenched in a colleague's blood...Ambitious, forthright, cold and aggressive, Venetia Aldridge (Penny Downie) has made many enemies both inside and outside the legal profession. When Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) is called in to investigate, he finds no shortage of potential suspects - colleagues whose careers she's endangered, an ex-lover who's also an M.P. and even the office cleaner. At the same time, Venetia's teenage daughter is dating a known psychopath. Could he have murdered her mother? As Adam Dalgliesh closes in on the answer he discovers that the law may not be enough to close the case...and that the best he can hope for is 'A Certain Justice'... - Director:
- Ross Devenish
- Cast:
- Roy Marsden, Rikki Harnet, Britta Smith
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Six Degrees of Separation (1993)Шість ступенів відчуження
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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The Cat and the Canary (1979)House of the Cat and the Canary
When an elderly, rich curmudgeon dies he postpones the reading of his will until twenty years to the hour after his death. He believes all of his potential heirs are no good leeches, with a predilection for insanity. In order to collect the inheritance, his nervous family must spend the night in an old dark house. As the family retire for the evening, a psychiatrist arrives to alert them of an escaped killer. Naturally, no one gets much sleep and some won't make it through the night... - Director:
- Radley Metzger
- Cast:
- Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox
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Dracula (1974)Bram Stoker's Dracula / Dan Curtis' Dracula
Jack Palance stars in this made-for-TV dramatization of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. From his mountain castle, the Prince of Darkness Count Dracula summons the servants of the night to feast on human blood. But after he attacks Lucy Westenra (Fiona Lewis) her fiancé Arthur (Simon Ward) calls in famed vampire hunter Van Helsing (Nigel Davenport) to investigate, threatening Dracula's reign. - Director:
- Dan Curtis
- Cast:
- Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport
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Collection of two crime dramas.
Freedom to Die (1961)Raul Maxwell plays Craig Owen, an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box. When the cellmate dies, Owen breaks out of jail in search of the stash. Unable to open the box, the fugitive abducts Linda (Felicity Young), the dead man's daughter. Tension mounts as the girl plays for time to prevent her own demise.
You Pay Your Money (1957)
Written and directed by Maclean Rodgers this 1956 butchers production tells the story of a financier who smuggles valuable manuscripts. Trouble stars when a fanatical group want a couple of the books. Sidekick Bob (Hugh McDermott) is left to deal with the situation which becomes complicated when his wife (Honor Blackman) is kidnapped by the fanatics...- Director:
- Francis Searle
- Cast:
- Honor Blackman, Felicity Young, Jane Hylton
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Meet Monroe (James Nesbitt). A flawed but brilliant neurosurgeon. The stakes are always high in brain surgery and Monroe has no choice but to play the odds, faced every day with life or death decisions which cut across the lives of staff, patients and relatives. Monroe's rival, Jenny Bremner (Sarah Parish), is a straight laced heart surgeon who refuses to be charmed by Monroe's "twinkly self-regard". His anaesthetist, Lawrence Shepherd (Tom Riley), provides him with support, friendship, clinical judgement and, best of all, a punch line to all his jokes. Monroe would be the first to admit that the demands of his job mean his home life has suffered. But what he doesn't know is that's about to become a whole lot worse... - Director:
- Paul McGuigan
- Cast:
- James Nesbitt, Luke Allen-Gale, Tom Riley
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