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Penniless husband, Tom Jeffers (Joel McCrea) looks like he is losing his scatterbrained wife, Gerry (Claudette Colbert) to multi-millionaire John D. Hackensacker (Rudy Vallee) when she walks out on him and heads for fun and sun in Palm Beach, Florida.

They become involved with any number of outrageous characters, played by many of the Sturges regulars in hilarious cameos. The witty, sparkling dialogue, poking merciless fun at, amongst other targets, money and sex, is unforgettable.

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Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (David Troughton).

Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship.

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"Hello, little bonehead. I'll love you forever". So begins 'Heart of a Dog', Laurie Anderson's cinematic journey through love, death and language.

Cantering on Anderson's beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, 'Heart of a Dog' is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.

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Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and executive produced by Sean 'P Diddy' Combs, "Undefeated" follows the fortunes of Manassas High School in North Memphis, which has never seen its American Football team win a playoff game.

That began to change in 2004, when Bill Courtney, former high school football coach turned businessman, volunteered to lend a hand. When Courtney arrived, the team were accustomed to worn out equipment and a sorry patch of lawn as a practice field. Focusing on nurturing emotional as well as physical strength, Courtney helps the Tigers find their footing and their confidence. For players and coaches alike, the season will be not only about winning games - it will be about how they grapple with the unforeseeable events that are part of sports and part of life. Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin's film is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes and the volunteer coach trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field.

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In this thrilling, climactic chapter of the Planet of the Apes saga, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel (Woody Harrelson).

But after suffering unimaginable losses, Caesar resolves to 'avenge his kind, pitting him against the Colonel for a final showdown that will determine the future of the planet!

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The future looks promising for amateur actors Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) as they prepare for opening night on their production of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'.

However, when dangerous work on a neighbouring building forces the couple to leave their home and move into a new apartment, a case of mistaken identity sees a shocking and violent incident throw their lives into turmoil. What follows is a series of wrong turns that threaten to destroy their relationship irreparably. Academy-Award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) returns with 'The Salesman', a characteristically taut drama exploring how unexpected cracks can form in the foundations of a seemingly happy marriage.

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Led by Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) the families are soon lost and start to mistrust each other and their guide. After, days of wandering in the inhospitable landscape and becoming more disorientated, a Native American crosses their path.

The group must decide if they can trust this man to lead them to water or a more sinister fate.

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Three different time periods, 1966, 1911 & 2005. Three different Stories. Two amazing performances as Asia's brightest new stars, Shu Qi & Chang Chen, play out three enrapturing tales of unfinished love...

1966, a time for love.

A young man enlisted for military service falls for a beautiful girl in a 1960's pool hall. But will she wait for him?

1911, a time for freedom.
A courtesan in a brothel falls in love with one of her clients, a political activist on the brink of joining the Chinese revolution.

2005, a time for youth.
Hidden passions arise when a beautiful bisexual singer becomes involved in a tangled affair with a photographer.

In a majestic world of intricate hand-drawn textures, a shipwrecked man is found marooned on a desert island. With his attempted escapes thwarted by the stranger and larger-than-life titular red reptile, the man's existence is forever altered when something extraordinary occurs.

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Exiled from their home nations, four strangers from separate corners of the earth agree to undertake a dangerous mission to transport unstable dynamite through the dense jungle of South America in order to earn their passage home.

When the slightest bump in the road could equal instant death, the real question is not whether these men will survive this nerve-shredding ordeal but who will they have become if they return at all?

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When outsider Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) teams with runaway Dena (Dakota Fanning) for a controversial mission to blow up a dam, they cannot imagine the fatal consequences.

Co-starring Peter Sarsgaard and directed by Kelly Reichardt, "Night Moves" takes you on a chilling journey that will see their alliance shattered and place their lives at risk.

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George and Harold (voices of Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch) are fourth-grade BFF's who love dreaming up funny pranks. One day, they accidentally hypnotise their principal into believing he's dimwitted hero named Captain Underpants.

But when the new school teacher turns out to be a disgraced scientist bent on ridding the world of laughter, George, Harold and Captain Underpants must band together to stop his evil agenda!

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Wendy (Michelle Williams), a young woman adrift in the world, is driving to Alaska in the hope of finding work. Her only companion is her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in small-town Oregon, her life quickly starts to unravel.

Stranded, broke and friendless, she faces a series of increasingly painful choices. Reichardt's understated approach and Michelle Williams' quiet, touching performance combine to heart-breaking effect. Simple and direct, 'Wendy and Lucy' is a moving meditation on resilience, reflecting the precarious lives that society often chooses to ignore, and the love that sustains them.

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This Powell and Pressburger classic is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.

Vicky Page (Moira Shearer), a young ballerina, becomes torn between her love for composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) and artistic devotion to her profession, which is dominated by impresario Lermontov.

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"Red Desert" (Il Deserto Rosso) once more combines the considerable talents of director Michelangelo Antonioni and star Monica Vitti. Cast as Giuliana, an unhappy wife, Vitti suffers from an unnamed form of depression and malaise.

Her quicksilver emotional shifts disturb everyone around her, but they, like she, pretend that nothing is truly wrong. British engineer Corrado Zeller (Richard Harris) seems to understand what Giuliana is really after in life, and he acts upon it by entering into an affair with the troubled woman. Giuliana eventually comes to terms with her physical and mental pain, but this hardly means that she's "cured" in the conventional sense.