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In Isabelles family, every first marriage has ended in divorce, but the second is golden. To circumvent her family's curse Isabelle (Diane Kruger) devises a plan; marry and divorce a complete stranger before wedding her faultless fiance Pierre.

After her initial plan backfires she targets Jean-Yves (Dany Boon), an adventurous yet quirky travel writer whom she tries to manipulate with her powers of seduction. A series of misadventures beset them as they take on Africa and then Moscow in whirlwind succession, breaking Isabelle out of her comfortable routine existence. Despite her best efforts to make him fall for her, things don't go to plan and Isabelle experiences the rush of life-on-the edge. Will she discover that love doesn't always come in the perfect package?

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Henry Orient is a madly egocentric and overly amorous avant-garde concert pianist who is hilariously pursued all around New York City by two 14-year-old fans.

The girls, Val and Gil chase a harassed Henry all over the city, thwarting his afternoon liaisons with a married woman and leaving utter chaos behind them - until Val's sexually promiscuous mother appears on the scene to put a stop to the girls' shenanigans.

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When he suddenly finds himself without his longstanding job, Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher (Julia Roberts).

Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might rediscover life and love.

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Why does Richard Drew (Tow Hanks), eccentric violinist and American bachelor, step off a plane in Washinciton, DC wearing one red shoe? The CIA wants to know, and their investigation is just the beginning of this rollicking undercover comedy.

Add an exciting romantic twist when glamorous tour guide Maddy Drove (Lori Singer) is assigned to trail him but falls in love instead. While Drew doesn't know why he's being shot at, mugged, chased and seduced, Maddy spends her time trying to save him from her own employers, Cooper and Ross (Dabney Coleman and Charles Durning). Meanwhile, the practical joker Morris (Jim Belushi), finds not one but four dead bodies in his buddy Drew's apartment, at the same time Morris' love-starved wife Paula (Carrie Fisher) tries to make music with our favourite violinist. It's been a crazy day for Drew, and will be for you too when you see why he's wearing that one red shoe.

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Lucrecia Martel is now recognised as one of the leading new film-makers in the world. This mystery is her third feature, and was released to huge acclaim. Driving in the country Veronica is distracted and apparently hits something. Disturbed, she does not investigate but drives off.

After the accident she becomes disconnected from her daily life. She Eventually tells her husband - they return to the scene and only find a dead dog. But then news emerges that a child has disappeared. Her family joins to erase all traces of the accident ever having occurred.

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Freeways are clogged. Terror stalks our cities. At shops and restaurants, the customer is seldom right. The pressures of big-city life can anger anyone. But Bill Foster is more than angry. He's out to get even.

"I'm going home", Foster says as he abandons his grid-locked car on the hottest day of the year. Instead, he walks straight into an urban nightmare by turns absurdly funny and shatteringly violent. Michael Douglas is Foster, an ordinary guy at war with the frustrations of daily living. Robert Duvall is the savvy cop obsessed with stopping Foster's city-wide rampage. Falling Down is their story, a spellbinding, unconventional thriller that asks: "Are we falling apart?"

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Jackie (Kate Dickie) works as a CCTV operator in Glasgow. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, whom she thought she would never see again, whom she never wanted to see again.

Now that she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.

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The past beckons in this enchanting and nostalgic tale. The irrepressible Hayley Mills stars in a lighthearted Disney film about young love, mysterious family secrets and small-town summer nights.

When financial ruin forces the Careys to leave Boston, their teenage daughter Nancy (Hayley Mills) hatches a plan to resettle them in a tiny New England hamlet, with hilariously delightful consequences for both her family and their new neighbours! An indispensable addition to any Disney library, this timeless and wondrous adventure will thrill children of all ages for a long time to come.

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An elderly lady in her 60's Yang Mija (Yun Junghee) works as a carer for a disabled man and she also raises her grandson alone. She has to endure the onset of Alzheimer's disease and also learns that her grandson was one of the attackers of a junior high school girl that committed suicide.

Through all of tins and to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a poet the elderly woman starts to take a poetry class and starts writing...

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Rowan Atkinson returns as legendary French detective Jules Maigret for two more films set in 1950's Paris.

1. Night at the Crossroads

Maigret (Rowan Atkinson) interrogates suspected murderer Carl Andersen (Tom Wlaschiha) for hours. But despite his best efforts, Andersen's story never slips - he insists he's innocent. So why was the body of a diamond dealer found on his property, in his car, killed with his gun? And why did he and his mysterious sister Else (Mia Jexen) try to run away?
2. Maigret in Montmartre
Arlette (Olivia Vinall), a stripper from one of the area's seedy nightclubs, reports a conversation she overheard about an imminent murder. But it's not until Arlette is found strangled that her report is taken seriously.

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Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is from a blue-collar family from the hills of West Virginia, whose clan has been famous for its bad luck for nearly 90 years.

After being fired from his job, and with his ex-wife (Katie Holmes) threatening to move out of State taking their daughter with her, Jimmy decides he has to do something to get his family's life back on track. With a little help from his brother Clyde Logan (Adam Driver), his sister Mellie (Riley Keough) and an incarcerated explosive expert, the aptly named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), he plans to steal $14 million from the Charlotte Motor Speedway on the busiest race day of the year.

Set against the backdrop of contemporary London, Boogie Woogie delves deep into the murky, lust-filled world of the international art scene. This darkly sinister world is engulfed with sex, ambition, lies and deceit.

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Struggling to pay off mounting debts Nelly meets Mr Arnaud a retired judge 40 years her senior who offers to clear her bills. She reluctantly accepts his offer and decides to leave her lazy unemployed husband for good.

Nelly then takes a job with Arnaud typing up his memoirs and gradually their friendship grows into a barely acknowledged intimacy. Mr Arnaud is captivated by Nelly's beauty and becomes jealous when she begins dating his young good-looking publisher (Anglade). Nelly must choose between financial security and true happiness... Full of charismatic, heart-wrenching performances from Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault and Jean-Hugues Anglade, this is an elegant and unusual love story.

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"Expresso Bongo" takes the lid off the seedier side of showbiz! Cliff Richard plays Bongo Herbert, a young singer, playing for peanuts in Soho's sleazy clubs with its striptease snows, clip joints and teenage dens.

He becomes an overnight success when taken up by wide boy showbiz agent Johnny (a brilliant performance from Laurence Harvey) but at what price? Cliff's first role is packed with punch and the great soundtrack includes the hit single Voice in the Wilderness and I've Never had It So Good. His co-stars include Yolande Donlan, as man-crazy American singer Dixie Collins and Sylvia Syms cast against type as a dancer in a strip show.

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Further Up The Creek Serves Up Nautical Naughtiness Aplenty! Crikey! The Royal Navy has finally entered the nuclear age and is selling off its obsolete old frigates to the Arabs! First to go is HMS Aristotle the secret shame of the Fleet! Under the temporary command of Bosun Dibble (Frankie

Howerd), the ship is a hive of vice with its crew willing to do anything to make a few quid. When they hear they will be sailing for the Mediterranean nation of Algerrocco, they see one last chance to make a few bob by pretending their frigate is really a luxury cruise liner and selling tickets! Of course, new Captain Humphrey Fairweather RN (David Tomlinson) knows nothing of the crew's schemes, but with a wild bunch of passengers including Thora Hird chasing the Bosun and Shirley Eaton threatening to strip off and sunbathe, how long can he be kept in the dark? The sequel to the Hammer Films' smash hit comedy Up The Creek.