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Mockumentary series 'Short Poppies' takes us on an eight episode tour of small town New Zealand, introducing a myriad of unique individuals whose less than normal lives are uncovered by TV journalist David Farrier. Meet seven extraordinarily ordinary kiwi characters that sit perilously close to real life: part time leg model and lifeguard Terry Pole; senior citizen and serial complainer Mary Ledbetter; Macho Park ranger Bill Napier; artist and beauty Louise Cooper; ufologist Steve Whittle; young entrepreneur Ron Taylor and local lawyer Rhod Gaine. . - Director:
- Jemaine Clement
- Cast:
- Rhys Darby, David Farrier, Jonno Roberts
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Two irrepressible legends of the British stage lend elegance, wit and pathos to this touching and tender play about the fragility of mind and the strength of the human spirit. Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson are among the small congregation of ageing residents whiling away a breezy afternoon on the lawn of a home for the mentally frail in rural Britain. As the day's end nears, so too does the realisation that although the hopes and dreams these once agile minds harboured are now just illuminated memories, they are still as vibrant as they ever were. - Director:
- Lindsay Anderson
- Cast:
- Ralph Richardson, Mona Washbourne, John Gielgud
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"Death in Paradise" returns with a fantastic fourth series which sees DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and his team solving ever more mysterious and impossible murders. Having now settled into life on the idyllic sun-drenched island of Saint Marie, bumbling detective Humphrey Goodman continues to both frustrate and impress his colleagues with his inimitable style of investigation. From a ghostly stabbing during a seance to the confounding drowning of a bride-to-be at her hen party, Humphrey's brilliant puzzle-solving mind is pushed to the limits as he is called upon to crack a whole host of cases. He may be as forgetful, accident-prone and clumsy as ever, but his instinct for working out who the killer is hasn't diminished. And in this fourth series the murderous puzzles Humphrey has to solve are more mystifyingly challenging than ever before. - Director:
- Richard Signy
- Cast:
- Kris Marshall, James Fox, Sara Martins
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50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)50 façons de dire fabuleux
Set in the long, hot summer of 1975, 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous is the beguiling story of 12 year-old Billy, who is about to discover that growing up is a lot more confusing than he could have ever imagined. The arrival at school of Roy, another young outcast, and Jamie, a sexy young farm labourer who comes to work on Billy's farm, turns Billy's world upside down. As he discovers new feelings about sex, everything he knows is called into question, including his lifelong friendship with tomboy Louise, whose world is changing alongside his. - Director:
- Stewart Main
- Cast:
- Cameron Bell, Andrew Paterson, Harriet Beattie
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Blu is an exotic pet bird who believes he's the last of his kind. But when his owner learns about Jewel, Blu's female counterpart in Rio de Janeiro, they set out on the adventure of a lifetime. Even though he's never learned to fly, Blu befriends a group of wise-cracking city birds who help him find the courage to spread his wings and follow his destiny! - Director:
- Carlos Saldanha
- Cast:
- Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez
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Le Maitre Musique (1988)The Music Teacher
A mix of 'Amadeus', 'Diva', 'Dangerous Liasons' and 'A Room with A View', 'Le Maitre De Musique' (The Music Teacher) is an Operatic delight. A battle of good and evil for the soul and voice of an Opera singing protege (Anne Roussel). Set against the backdrop of the romantic, opulent world of Grand Opera in the fading light of Europe on the brink of World War I, this sumptuous film features the cream of popular arias from Verdi, Mozart, Offenbach, Puccini and the haunting music of Mahler caressing the images throughout. - Director:
- Gérard Corbiau
- Cast:
- José van Dam, Dinah Bryant, Jérôme Pruett
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Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Josie has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station on the outskirts of a small town in the mid-west of Ireland. He is limited, lonely, yet relentlessly optimistic and, in his own peculiar way, happy. Garage is the story of Josie's hapless search for intimacy over the course of a summer, which sees his life changed forever. A landmark in Irish cinema. Garage is a beautifully portrayed cinematic drama interspersed with razor sharp shards of black humour, with acutely observed characters that leave a lasting impression. - Director:
- Lenny Abrahamson
- Cast:
- Pat Shortt, John Keogh, George Costigan
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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)Sanger fran andra vaningen
Set at the dawning of the new millennium, this hilarious masterpiece is from the brilliantly offbeat worldview of Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, director of the acclaimed 'You, the Living'. Described by critic J. Hoberman as 'slapstick Ingmar Bergman', this witty yet resonant film unfolds as a series of comic inter-connected vignettes that portray scenes from an urban world which has ground to a halt and whose citizens teeter on the brink of madness. - Director:
- Roy Andersson
- Cast:
- Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
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The Returned (2013)Retornados
Kate works at the hospital in the Return Unit, helping those who have been infected by a virus that turns people into zombies, including her husband Alex, by administering crucial doses of Return Protein. The doses keep the virus at bay but much of the public are still fearful of those who have been 'returned'. After various brutal and prolific attacks at the hands of Anti-Retum groups and rumours that stores of the crucial drug are running low, the government request that all Returned report to official medical facilities for their own safety. But Kate and Alex instead decide to flee along with the stash she's been stockpiling. Though it tuns out the real threat is a lot closer than they think... - Director:
- Manuel Carballo
- Cast:
- Emily Hampshire, Mark Schardan, Kris Holden-Ried
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Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into another hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of his faithful steed Donkey, Shrek takes on a potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, the pompous Prince Charming, and the famed ogre-killer, Puss In Boots, a ferocious feline foe who's really just a pussycat at heart! - Director:
- Andrew Adamson
- Cast:
- Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
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The sleepy staff of Macpherson's traditional Scottish tweed firm get a rude awakening when young Macpherson (Robert Morley) hires feisty American efficiency expert Angela Barrows (Constance Cummings). She advocates new-fangled horrors like automation and - ghastliest of all - 'synthetic fibre'. Can nothing stop her? Nothing, perhaps, but meek accountant Mr Martin (Sellers). Beneath that placid surface, still waters run deep; to balance the books, he decides, he must erase the 'error'... - Director:
- Charles Crichton
- Cast:
- Sam Wanamaker, Peter Sellers, Robert Morley
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An American in Paris (1951)Un americano en París
Kelly plays an ex-GI who loves Paris and loves even more an alluring (but engaged) perfume-shop clerk. Dance sequences spun around Gershwin songs accent Kelly's romantic pursuit. And the final 17-minute ballet - combining the title symphony. Impressionist set stylings and Kelly's unique talent for telling a story in dance - lifts this winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture into the ether of timelessness. Love Is Here To Stay Kelly sings. So is An American In Paris. - Director:
- Vincente Minnelli
- Cast:
- Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
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Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the grumpy Uncle Hec (Sam Neill), and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family. - Director:
- Taika Waititi
- Cast:
- Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata
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Starring Sean Bean, 'The Frankenstein Chronicles' is a thrilling and terrifying reimagining of Mary Shelleys classic novel that follows a detective investigating a series of horrific experiments. London, 1827: when a mutilated corpse is discovered by the edge of the River Thames, Inspector John Marlott (Sean Bean) sets off on a hunt for the most deranged of killers, which takes him to the darkest comers of Geoigian London - an underworld of prostitution, drug smuggling, bodysnatching and murder for profit But as his investigation deepens,only one tiling is for certain: an evil which defies reason is at work, attempting to reanimate the dead. - Director:
- Benjamin Ross
- Cast:
- Sean Bean, Sean Hanrahan, Shaun Blaney
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Jack Taylor: Collection One (2011)The Pikemen / The Magdalen Martyrs / The Guards
Jack Taylor is an Irish ex-cop, on the wrong side of forty who has become a finder with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. He takes on the cases The Guards won't touch, no matter how hopeless. He's pig stubborn. He defends the lost and the broken. He's good because he looks where no one else looks, talks to the people no one else talks to. Moreover, he knows every back street in his hometown, Galway, knows the seed and breed of everyone in it. But small towns have big memories, and like Jack they are quick to anger and slow to forgive. - Director:
- Stuart Orme
- Cast:
- Iain Glen, Ralph Brown, Tara Breathnach
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