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Ona sweltering Los Angeles morning, a man known only as 'D-Fens' (Michael Douglas) abandons his car in a gridlocked traffic jam and sets off across the city on foot.

He just wants to go home, but his path is marred by increasing everyday irritations that escalate into explosive confrontations, leaving a trail of violence in his wake. Trying to piece together these events is veteran cop Prendergast (Robert Duvall), whose quiet final day before retirement becomes a chaotic hunt for a dangerous man on the edge. As the paths of these two very different men converge, the question of whether D-Fens is a victim of an oppressive society, or a man showing his true colours becomes unavoidable.

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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.

"The Other Side of Hope" follows the fortunes of Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a young man who has travelled to Helsinki from his home in Syria to seek asylum. For first-time visitors, Finland's capital city can be a strange and confusing place. But help is out there for those who know where ti find it.

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"Kill Me Three Times" is a darkly comedic thriller from rising star director Kriv Stenders. Simon Pegg plays the mercurial assassin, Charlie Wolfe, who discovers he isn't the only person trying to kill the siren of a sun-drenched surfing town (Alice Braga).

Charlie quickly finds himself at the center of three tales of murder, mayhem, blackmail and revenge. The film also stars Sullivan Stapleton as a gambling addict, Teresa Palmer as a small town Lady Macbeth, Callan Mulvey as a jealous and wealthy beach club owner, Luke Hemsworth as a local surfer fighting for the woman he loves, and Bryan Brown as a corrupt cop who demands the juiciest cut.

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Tthis is a compelling drama about a prestigious ad agency in New York's Madison Avenue.

Mad Men (an affectionate term coined for those working in the agencies) is set in the early 60's when sexism, homophobia, dubious family values and misogyny were rife, and smokers were enjoying the last guilt free years of the cigarette. These were the early years of mass consumerism where everyone was selling someone something and ad men were revered.

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Bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is disciplined after his pet guided missile project goes awry and he blows up a fellow officer's bathroom. The top brass decide to stick him where he can do no more harm, in charge of the mothballed destroyer HMS Berkeley.

However, due to a typical navy oversight, HMS Berkeley hasn't had a commanding officer for over three years, and its crew are now used to a cushy way of life. Led by Chief Petty Officer Docherty (Peter Sellers), they've converted their ship into a highly profitable farm, laundry and bakery and are now making a fortune selling off excess naval rations and supplies to the local village! At first, poor Fairweather hasn't a clue about what's going on all around him, but as the truth starts to dawn he suddenly finds himself an unwilling accomplice. Of course, that would be the moment when the Admiral (Wilfrid Hyde White) decides to make a snap inspection...

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When her explorer grandfather mysteriously goes missing on his latest expedition, Sasha - a 15-year-old aristocrat in 1800s Russia - leaves behind her strict parents and the ballrooms of St Petersburg to embark on an epic adventure to find him.

Tracking the course of his ship to the Arctic shores, Sasha joins a crew of sailors headed towards the dangerous climes of the North Pole. However, just like so many explorers before them, Sasha and her crewmates soon find that their search may prove to be more hazardous than they once thought as the ice closes in.