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If you've got a problem and no one else can help you, then pay a visit Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott) Botswana's only and finest female private detective. Her methods may be unconventional but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention the support of her friends Mr J.L.B. Matekoni (Lucian Msamati), proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors and Mma Makutsi (Anika Noni Rose), the fastest-typing secretary in Gaborone. - Director:
- Anthony Minghella
- Cast:
- Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati
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In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Carner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison break-out ever attempted. - Director:
- John Sturges
- Cast:
- Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
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Jim (Dominic Purcell) is a blue-collar New Yorker, working hard to earn a living and support his sick wife, Rosie (Erin Karpluk). But when he loses his job and life savings at the hands of corrupt Wall Street officials he decides to take matters into his own hands. No longer willing to be exploited by greedy financial institutions, he is left with only one choice: to strike back and take justice into his own hands. - Director:
- Uwe Boll
- Cast:
- Dominic Purcell, Jason Simpson, Erin Karpluk
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As the US prepares for war in Iraq, CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) gets into political crossfire due to her husband Joe (Sean Penn) and his public stand against the invasion. While involved in undercover operations in the field, Plame's secret status gets leaked by the White House as deterrent and punishment. With everyone out to get her, a gruelling race against time and government begins to save her exposed contacts, her family and herself. - Director:
- Doug Liman
- Cast:
- Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison
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Eastern Promises (2007)Promesas peligrosas
After a young teenage mother dies during childbirth, midwife Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's relatives. Guided by the girl's personal diary she meets Seymon, the charming proprietor of a plush Trans-Siberian restaurant who impeccably masks his cold and brutal acts as the head of one London's most notorious Eastern European crime families. Seymon's volatile son Kirill, who is also part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood, and the family's mysterious driver, Nikolai, soon cross her path as Anna accidentally unleashes the full fury of the Vory... - Director:
- David Cronenberg
- Cast:
- Naomi Watts, Tatiana Maslany, Viggo Mortensen
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District 13 (2004)Banlieu 13
In the year 2010 a wall is built around a Paris suburb that contains the city's most criminal elements. Kingpin Taha rules all that is inside, but makes the mistake of kidnapping the sister of a local imprisoned hero, Leito. With nothing to lose, Leito teams up with an undercover cop to take Taha down. - Director:
- Pierre Morel
- Cast:
- Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario
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An Accidental Studio (2019)George Harrison and HandMade Films
Charts the early years of 'HandMade Films' seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison. With unreleased archive interviews and footage with Harrison, exclusive interviews with Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant, Neil Jordan, Ray Cooper, and unseen interviews with Bob Hoskins, 'An Accidental Studio' explores HandMade's baptism by fire, the risk it took in producing uniquely crafted intelligent films and the stories that grew up around it... - Director:
- Bill Jones
- Cast:
- George Harrison, Terry Ilott, Terry Gilliam
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F.I.S.T. (1978)Fist
Johnny Kovak (Sylvester Stallone) is an honest, hard-working factory employee who gives his all for the American Dream. But after years of harsh injustices and dehumanising conditions, he takes it upon himself to lead a massive campaign to unionise the company's workers. And when the firm responds with threats, intimidation and murder, Johnny is forced to compromise his principles and join with organised crime figures just so he can utilise their muscle and influence! But as he sacrifices more and more of his ideals for the cause, Johnny realises that in order to win, he may have to surrender much more than his honor - he may have to surrender his life. - Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle
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When a space shuttle crew finds a mysterious spacecraft containing three human-looking creatures in a state of suspended animation, they bring them back to Earth for further investigation. It's only then that scientists discover that they are in fact a race of space vampires that feed off people's life-force rather than their blood. So when they escape and run amok in London, the consequences are apocalyptic - and the shuttle crew's only survivor (Steve Railsback) seems to be the only man who can stop them. - Director:
- Tobe Hooper
- Cast:
- Steve Railsback, Patrick Jordan, Mathilda May
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U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) vows to bring the young killer of his wife to justice - a task complicated by the fact that the suspect's father is cattle baron Craig Belden (Anthony Quinn), Morgan's longtime friend. Nonetheless, Morgan is determined to nab his man and depart on the 9:00 train. Suspense mounts as he finds himself trapped alone in town - with Belden and his henchmen looking to hunt him down and kill him. - Director:
- John Sturges
- Cast:
- Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones
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Magnum Force (1973)Magnum 44
Underworld figures are being murdered all over San Francisco. One by one, criminals who have eluded prosecution are getting the justice they deserve, justice you'd think Detective Harry Callahan might approve of with a tight-lipped smile. But if you think so, you've misjudged Harry - and so have the killers.
Written by future directors John Milius and Michael Cimino, this Dirty Harry sequel stars Clint Eastwood in his signature role of Callahan, here facing an unexpected kind of lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharp shooting rookie motorcycle policeman have turned vigilante. Their real enemy is the system. But the system is what Harry is sworn to protect. And he does - with Magnum Force.- Director:
- Ted Post
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan
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Over 40 years after Sam Peckinpah's classic western was released, missing footage has been located and restored. The new scenes complete the electrifying depiction of an obsessive Union officer (Charlton Heston) who leads a squad of rebel prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murderous Apaches. - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
- Cast:
- Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton
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The Eiger Sanction (1975)Kazna na Eigeru
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this international intrigue action action thriller that takes place on the Swiss Alps. Hemlock, a retired, professional assassin (Clint Eastwood), who has turned toward the calmer pursuit of art collecting, is suddenly forced out of retirement to hunt a deadly double agent, who murdered a close friend. The hunt takes Eastwood on a breathtaking journey up the Swiss Alps with a team of mountain climbers - one of whom is the man he seeks, though his identity is as yet unknown. This adrenaline-pumping action film, based on the novel by Trevanian, features some of the most exciting mountain climbing sequences ever filmed. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee
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High Plains Drifter returns Clint Eastwood to his familiar scene of the Old West and his familiar role of "The Man With No Name." Eastwood portrays a mysterious stranger who emerges out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the guilt-ridden town of Lago. After committing three murders and one rape in the first 20 minutes, The Stranger is hired by the town to protect it from three gunmen just out of jail. The Stranger then paints the entire town bright red, renames it "Hell", and supplies Divine retribution in a fiery climax. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)Josey Wales / The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wells
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) is on the run, pursued by a pack of killers. He travels alone, but a ragtag group of outcasts Laura Lee and Lone Watie (Sondra Locke and Chief Dan George) is drawn to him - and Wales can't leave his motley surrogate family unprotected. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George
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