furnivk's - Rented List

Inspired by the remarkable memoir by Beth Raymer, this lighthearted gambling caper based on true events stars Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vince Vaughn, Joshua Jackson and is directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Stephen Frears.

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Two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance in this brilliantly barbed movie-biz satire played out against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Eilm Festival.

Shot for next to nothing on short-end scraps of black-and-white stock, this deadpan verite-style comedy drama follows director Charlie (Charles Gormley) and scriptwriter Neville (Neville Smith) on the hunt for cash, cast and 'name director' Sam Fuller to shoot their Aberdeen-set oil-boom adventure 'Gulf and Western'. Along the way, they encounter a plethora of filmmaking luminaries including Wim Wenders, Stephen Frears, John Boorman, Bill Forsyth and Alan Bennett.

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'Florence Foster Jenkins' is the inspirational true story of a woman who followed her dream and lit up the lives of all who came to know her. A passionate amateur, Florence aspired to be a great singer.

Although she could barely hold a tune, her devoted husband and friends delighted in the joy of her performances and protected her from the ridicule of strangers. But when Florence decided to give a public concert to 3,000 people at Carnegie Hall, her husband knew he faced an impossible challenge.

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Martin Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York introduces today’s world to the Five Points, a dark corner of the city known to New Yorkers of long ago as the centre of vice and chaos. Into this frontier of extreme lawlessness arrives the young Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) – once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits gang that rallied the Irish immigrants of the Five Points. Amsterdam has returned to the Five Points to hunt down his father’s killer. His target is William cutting AKA "Bill the Butcher" (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has since become the merciless new leader of the neighbourhood, a Nativist who detests the newly arrived immigrants and is determined to fend off all so-called "foreign invaders." Amsterdam works his way deep into the Butcher’s inner circle, a world of alternating honour and cruelty from which he can only hope to escape.

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Widely praised Kundun is the cinematic achievement from three-time Oscar-nominated director Martin Scorsese. Witness the fascinating true story of the Dalai Lama and his daring struggle to lead his people at a time of intense social upheaval.

Rather than compromise his deeply held ideals of non-violence in the face of growing oppression, the Dalai Lama would instead bravely confront ever-increasing danger to his personal safety and the once-unthinkable threat of political exile.

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'Liam' is a vivid and moving depiction of a family's struggle to weather the ravages of depression era Liverpool from to of Britain's foremost creative talents, director Stephen Frears and writer Jimmy McGoven the story of this is told thought the eyes of Liam, the youngest child of a close-knit

Catholic family. Mother is caring and devout and his father (Ian Hart) is responsible and proud working man. But when hard times hit the Liverpool docks. Limas father loses his job and helpless and embittered, he embarks on a desperate course of action that will change Liam's world forever.

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Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) lives with her mother, a recovering addict, in a little-known Midwestern town haunted by the promise of modernism. Jin (John Cho), a visitor from the other side of the world, attends to his estranged, dying father.

Burdened by the future, they find respite in one another and the architecture that surrounds them.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Kate Beckinsale soar in this true story of the legendary rebel billionaire. Howard Hughes (DiCaprio) grew famous for his Hollywood movies, aviation records and glamorous women.

He held a bold vision of the future and lived his dreams believing nothing could stop him.

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From director Joe Dante comes a family-friendly adventure that explores the fears and secrets buried in the mind of kids.

After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane (Chris Massoglia) and Lucas (Nathan Gamble) and their neighbour Julie (Haley Bennett) discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of The Hole.

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Ken Watanabe stars in the leading role as Jubei a relic of the Tokugawa Shogunate and an infamous and feared samurai. After the fall of the Shogunate regime, Jubei fought in a series of vicious battles slaying all men in his path and then vanished without a trace.

More than 10 quiet years pass but the return of an old friend and poverty leads Jubei to abandon his peaceful life with his family, as he finds himself ensnared in the life of violence he thought he left behind. With his former comrade-in-arms, he confronts the hypocrites who profess to represent justice. Again in this new era, a vicious circle of violence begins.

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A teenage land owner heads for the mountains of Oregon with a deed to his new property and an entourage of young friends.

As they search for their property they encounter the wild-eyed Park Ranger, Roy McClean (George Kennedy) Although the Ranger nervously delivers the obligatory 'stay clear of the woods' speech, the gravity of this warning is not understood until the party is set upon and murdered by a hulking Mongoloid who seems capable of being in two places at once.

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In the summer of 1977, Saturday night fever ruled and the first thrashings of punk were being heard.

By day temperatures soared on the sweltering streets of Manhattan but by night a serial killer dubbed the Son of Sam stalked the suburbs, indiscriminately shooting young brunettes and held New York City in a grip of terror. Trying to make sense of their lives in this overwhelming atmosphere of fear and suspicion are Vinny (John Leguizamo), a streetwise Casanova indulging in affairs under the nose of his loving wife, Dionna (Mira Sorvino), and Ritchie (Adrien Brody), a punk musician moonlighting as a male stripper. As the murder's actions impact on all their lifestyles, they start to suspect the killer might be someone from their own neighborhood - or even one of their own friends. From the controversial director Spike Lee comes his boldest and most ambitious film brilliantly capturing the sights, sounds and sexual attitudes of the 1970s.

Three beautiful television reporters stay in a strange house with an even stranger couple when on an assignment in California. Their stay becomes a horrific nightmare in this tense psycho thriller when one by one they encounter the unseen!!!

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Traversing the criminal underworld of the north-east of England some ten years before 'Get Carter', Johnny Mellor's band of ruthless criminals attempt to get away with murder, but as the police close in, the gang begins to fall apart, with each member seeking a way out - and in their panic, no one

realizes there is one adversary they have all overlooked.

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Scilla (Wendy Craig) is fed up with her husband. His fondness of the bottle and flirtatious behaviour with the stars of his numerous television productions drives her to leave him to his selfish ways.

She quits her job as a singer on one of his shows and moves in with a friend, planning to build herself the ideal home - one designed perfectly for baths and parties. 'Just Like a Woman' captures the bright swinging sixties. It's bold, colourful and sometimes surrealist design is seen through the wary eyes of the bickering couple as they try their best to be more 'kooky' and daring than the other.