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Set against the stunning backdrop of the Canadian Rockies in the idyllic but troubled town of Little Big Bear, 'Tin Star' unleashes a cinematic, sometimes blackly comic, thrill ride of a story. At the heart of the show is a virtuoso performance from Tim Roth, who plays Jim Worth - an expat British police chief who has come to Canada to start a new life. However, his much-longed-for peace and tranquillity is shattered when a family member is brutally murdered in a horrifying act of seemingly random violence. This one moment unleashes the demon of his dark alcoholic past as Worth embarks on a path of bloody vengeance, setting in motion a lethal chain of events with devastating consequences for those caught up in the wreckage of his former life. - Director:
- Rowan Joffe
- Cast:
- Tim Roth, Genevieve O'Reilly, Christina Hendricks
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"Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is writer, producer and director Albert Lewin's lushly romantic visualisation of the often-told legend of the sea. A glamorous Ava Gardner is Pandora, who falls hard for the charismatic James Mason as Hendrik, a 17th-century seaman eternally condemned to sail the oceans. - Director:
- Albert Lewin
- Cast:
- James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick
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Sit back and enjoy all the fun of the ultimate animated colection from the creators of Morph, Wallace And Gromit, and Chicken Run. Together at last, on one video, is the complete collection of award winning short films from the world's best loved and most successful model animation studio - Aardman. Including Nick Park's Oscar-winning favourite 'Creature Comforts', the complete Heat Electric ad campaign it inspired, anarchic fun with Pib and Pog, medieval tales from BAFTA winning 'Wat's Pig' as well as 22 other classic films, there's no doubt this collection has something for everyone.
Animated Shorts:
- Creature Comforts (1989)
- Heat Electric Ads (1991)
- Pib and Pog (1994)
- Minotaur and Little Nerkin (1999)
- War Story (1989)
- Wat's Pig
- My Baby Just Cares For Me (1987)
- Stage Fright (1997)
- Pop
- Owzat (1997)
- Adam (1991)
- Al Dente (1998)
- Loves Me Loves Me Not (1986)
- Babylon (1986)
- Next (1989)
- On Probation
- Sales Pitch
- Palmy Days
- Early Bird
- Late Edition
- Confessions Of A Foyer Girl
- Down and Out
- Going Equipped (1989)
- Not Without My Handbag (1993)- Director:
- Nick Park
- Cast:
- Julie Sedgewick, Joanna Wake, Nigel Betts
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A Touch of Sin (2013)Tian Zhu Ding
Inspired by four shocking (and true) events in modern-day capitalist China, 'A Touch of Sin' focuses on four people, living in four different provinces, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by the corruption of his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm; a receptionist working at a local sauna is pushed to the limit by a wealthy client; and a young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances. - Director:
- Zhangke Jia
- Cast:
- Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Tao Zhao
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Robert Newton, Herbert Lom and Guy Middleton star in this devilish wartime tale of adventure, intrigue and suspense. Dastardly villains, evil Nazi spies, secret documents, kidnapped scientists and a thoroughly British hero all come together in this most ripping of yarns, The Night Boat To Dublin. Away from the frontline of WWII another kind of battle was commencing, a battle of intelligence, a battle where mysterious spies cunningly outwitted each other. It was a game of cat and mouse where science and progress were vital commodities. So when British intelligence gain information concerning a missing Swedish scientist developing an atomic bomb for the enemy there's no time to lose. Their first lead is a villainous perpetrator hiding undercover in Ireland. The night boat to Dublin awaits but is everything what it seems in this deceitful game of subterfuge? - Director:
- Lawrence Huntington
- Cast:
- Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton
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Visionary director Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber
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We! (2018)Wij: A Summer Odyssey in Four Parts / Wij
During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between right and wrong. As innocence is crushed in depraved games and sexual exploitation, the teenagers soon turn into ruthless predators. - Director:
- Rene Eller
- Cast:
- Jenne Decleir, Aimé Claeys, Tijmen Govaerts
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Hire a corrupt detective to kidnap your wife's lover. Take him to a deserted warehouse where you can punish him. But there's no such thing as a simple plan!
- Director:
- John Langridge
- Cast:
- Martin Compston, Craig Conway, Sean Pertwee
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Mother (2009)Madeo
In a quiet, rural village in South Korea, a lonely, single mother looks after her mentally handicapped son whilst scraping a living as an acupuncturist. But her simple, poverty stricken life is suddenly transformed into a dark web of death and deceit when her young son is arrested for the brutal murder of a local school girl. Convinced that her son has been framed, and faced with a corrupt, complacent police force, she decides to solve the case herself and prove his innocence. It's a quest for justice that leads her into a horrifying world of violence and despair. But how far is she willing to go to uncover the truth? One of the most original and unconventional detective murder mysteries you'll ever likely to witness. Directed by Joon-Ho Bong, 'Mother' is a darkly comic, suspense-driven masterpiece with a shocking revelation around every twisted corner it turns. - Director:
- Joon-Ho Bong
- Cast:
- Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Ku Jin
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A dramatic interpretation of the epic race to the South Pole one of the greatest adventure stories of the Twentieth Century. Englishman, Captain Robert Falcon Scott (Martin Shaw), and rival explorer, Norwegian, Roald Amundsen (Sverre Anker Ousdal), undertake an awesome and dangerous 1,500 mile trek across the desolate frozen wastes of Antarctica, to be the first to plant their countiy's flag at the Pole. Amundsen won the race, but it was Scott who was to reap the glory. After the bitter disappointment of coming second, all five members of the British polar team perished on the return journey. The tragedy turned Scott into a national hero, hailed as an inspiration to succeeding generations. With a screenplay by award-winning dramatist Trevor Griffiths, 'The Last Place on Earth' is a powerful and frank account of the race for the pole. Based on true stories. - Director:
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Cast:
- Martin Shaw, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stephen Moore
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A White, White Day (2019)Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur
Father, grandfather, policeman, widower. In a remote Icelandic town, Ingimundur (Ingvar Sigurdsson), an off-duty police chief begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. - Director:
- Hlynur Palmason
- Cast:
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
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Starring Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens, 'The Man Who Invented Christmas' tells the magical true story of the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer), Tiny Tim, and The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. As they come to life in his head, Dickens begins to write the masterpiece that inspired the Christmas we know and love today. - Director:
- Bharat Nalluri
- Cast:
- Dan Stevens, Richard Coombs, James Daniel Wilson
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The Working Girl (2016)Sex Doll
Set in London's world of high-class call girls, Virginie (Hafsia Herzi), a French working girl falls in love with the mysterious Rupert (Ash Stymest), while she is working her trade in London. As they get to know each other he becomes increasingly determined to save her from her secret life. He is intrigued by her life and bulletproof demeanour, but his confused chivalry complicates their relationship and changes both of their lives forever. - Director:
- Sylvie Verheyde
- Cast:
- Hafsia Herzi, Ash Stymest, Karole Rocher
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The Fugue Quartet has performed together for over 25 years, attracting worldwide acclaim. But when one member admits that time may have finally caught up with him the group finds itself faced with an uncertain future of shifting dynamics and strained relationships, echoed by the complexities of their swansong piece - Beethoven's notoriously difficult String Quartet No. 14. - Director:
- Yaron Zilberman
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener
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Starring Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz, alongside Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott - "Denial" is the gripping and inspirational story of a relentless fight for justice. When writer Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) speaks out against the lies of Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) she is faced with a high-stakes battle to uncover one of the darkest deceptions in history. Passionate, fiery and independent she decides she must face him in court to fight the battle for the truth, even though the odds are solidly stacked against her. - Director:
- Mick Jackson
- Cast:
- Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall
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