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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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Prime Suspect 2 (1992)Principal sospechoso: Operación Nadine
A year after proving that she can handle a murder enquiry as well as any man, D.C.I. Tennison is launched back into battle at Scotland Yard. The body of a young girl is discovered in a shallow grave in the back garden of a terraced house in an Afro-Carribean neighbourhood of London. The difficult job of identifying the body and finding the murderer is only made worse when the controversial subject of racism rears its ugly head. Having to contend with prejudice and misunderstanding from both the locals and from within her own team, and dealing with a boss who has one eye on his own promotion, D.C.I. Tennison has to use her powers of ingenuity, courage and compassion as she faces the political disapproval of the public and her colleagues. - Director:
- John Strickland
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield
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"127 Hours" is the incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on to his arm trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah. With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can to make it out alive. - Director:
- Danny Boyle
- Cast:
- James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara
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The Omega Man (1971)La última esperanza
Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other 'inhabitants' emerge. The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact high-tension saga of a fate not so far removed from reality. Charlton Heston is Neville, fending off attacks by The Family, sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa (Rosalind Cash), another uninfected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope. - Director:
- Boris Sagal
- Cast:
- Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
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Dangerous Lady (1995)Martina Cole: Dangerous Lady
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Martina Cole, 'Dangerous Lady' is set in the gangland world of London in the 50's and 60's. It charts the rise to fame and notoriety of the Ryans, a poor Irish family, who become one of the foremost crime families in London, and is the story of the youngest daughter, Maura (Susan Lynch), who becomes the "dangerous lady" of the title. Maura is shielded from the criminal activities of her seven brothers. But after a failed love affair with a policeman, Terry (Owen Teale), and, as her adored eldest brother, Michael (Jason Isaacs), starts to lose his grip on the family, she is forced to take the destiny of the Ryans into her own hands, much to the concern of her mother, Sarah (Sheila Hancock). No one thinks a twenty-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's criminal underworld, but together, Maura and Michael are unbeatable: the King and Queen of organised crime. But Maura's most difficult challenge comes as she grows disillusioned by the cycle of bloody revenge around her and resolves to change both her life and that of her family. - Director:
- John Woods
- Cast:
- Sheila Hancock, Jason Isaacs, Susan Lynch
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When threatening letters arrive at his fashionable London home, prominent Government Minister Sir Paul Berowne (Bosco Hogan) calls his old friend Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) for assistance. Berowne's own household is a challenge. His exquisite wife (Wendy Hiller) makes no secret of her adulterous affair with a fashionable surgeon. His only daughter (Fiona Fullerton), deeply involved in left-wing politics, has rejected her Conservative father. He is even resented by his own, strong-willed mother, whose favored son was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush. Dalgliesh has barely started on the case when a series of bizarre deaths turn the informal investigation into an urgent assignment. With characteristic determination Scotland Yard's enigmatic star detective pursues every possibility, ruthlessly exposing dark secrets and ugly emotions as the case proceeds toward its terrifying and bloody conclusion. - Director:
- John Davies
- Cast:
- Roy Marsden, Wendy Hiller, Fiona Fullerton
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Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)Кава та сигарети
A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide-all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, he shows just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be, if truly observed. - Director:
- Jim Jarmusch
- Cast:
- Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni
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When Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis) refuses to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee chairman, Ray Salwen (Mandy Patinkin), she's blacklisted and immediately fired from her job. But when she stumbles upon Salwen's nefarious plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the US, she - and an FBI agent (Jeff Daniels) she's enlisted to help her - must find a way to bring an end to Salwen's conspiracy ... before he brings an end to them! - Director:
- Peter Yates
- Cast:
- Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin
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Eric Clapton: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015)Eric Clapton: Live at the Royal Albert Hall: Slowhand at 70
2015 was a year of landmark events for Eric Clapton. He turned 70 in March and then in May he performed his 200th concert at London's famous Royal Albert Hall fifty years after his first performance there with The Yardbirds. Clapton's seven night run at the venue was acclaimed by the critics and adored by the fans. The set-list blended vintage blues tracks and Eric Clapton classics from across his astonishing career. Clapton has become synonymous with the Royal Albert Hall and this concert is the perfect combination of artist and venue creating a truly magical night for Eric Clapton fans everywhere.
Tracklisting:
- Somebody's Knockin' On My Door
- Key to the Highway
- Tell the Truth
- Pretending
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- You Are So Beautiful
- Can't Find My Way Home
- I Shot The Sheriff
- Driftin' Blues
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- Tears in Heaven
- Layla
- Let It Rain
- Wonderful Tonight
- Crossroads
- Cocaine
- High Time We Went
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- Little Queen of Spades- Director:
- Blue Leach
- Cast:
- Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Nathan East
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For Queen and Country (1988)For Queen & Country
After serving his country in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, St. Lucia - born Reuben (Denzel Washington) finds himself out of work and threatened with extradition. His friend, a fellow paratrooper whose legs were blown off in front of Reuben, learns that drug-dealing is the only way to survive on civvy street. A corrupt policeman (George Baker) is trying to manipulate Reuben into pinning a murder on his old friend Fish. What was the point in fighting for Queen and Country? - Director:
- Martin Stellman
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman
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Middle-aged farmer, Donal (Nigel O'Neill), is content to lead a simple, quiet life, sharing his home in a little Irish village with his increasingly frail mother, Florence (Stella McCusker). He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. The only indication he may wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. His peace is shattered one evening when he returns to find Florence murdered in an apparent home invasion, a ruthless act that sees Donal setting off for Belfast in his little red van, on an impulsive, furious mission for vengeance. What he finds is a world of violence and brutality that he can't understand, and deep-rooted family secrets that will shake him to his core. - Director:
- Chris Baugh
- Cast:
- Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawlowski
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