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A loving family man with a promising future, Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) suddenly loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who broke into his home.

Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society no longer apply. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murderer (Val Kilmer) and subjected to brutal beatings orchestrated by the sadistic head prison guard (Harold Perrineau), Wade soon realises he's in for the fight of his life and must become the toughest Felon of them all if he's to survive in the block. For what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. And in state prison, only the strongest will survive.

When the washed-up coach Bill (Sam Rockwell) is asked to train a girls' high school basketball team, initially he is reluctant. That is until Bill is persuaded by his players and encouraged by the principle into taking the job and himself more seriously.

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Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton), former pro ballplayer-turned-exterminator, expects to make some easy money coaching a struggling Little League team called the Bears.

What he gets is a ragtag group of inept players who transform the field of dreams into the stuff of nightmares! Taunted by an arrogant rival coach (Greg Kinnear), pressured by his new employer (Marcia Gay Harden), and challenged by the Bears, Buttermaker must somehow step up to the plate and help his players become something they never imagined they could be: a team.

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Central High is an Inner-Chicago combat zone sometimes called a US school. It has a brawn-before-brains football team of rowdy rappers, bruisers and losers.

What's Molly McGrath doing there? Coaching football! All-American charmer Goldie Hawn is Molly, who turns wayward ways into winning plays in this comedy of heart, family and football directed by Michael Ritchie. The 'Wildcats' are a motley crew with a perfect record: zero victories. But when the spunky new coach gets into the groove, the kids start resembling a team and go for the glory! In fact, a pair of players would later re-team in two box-office hits: Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.

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Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons plays Tom Crick, a high school history teacher who is having trouble connecting - with his class and his wife.

Faced with the sack from his boss (John Heard), Tom begins to interrupt his classes with a series of extraordinary stories about his upbringing in the English Fens. However, one student proves to be more of a challenge, pushing Tom to make revelations about his past which still have a haunting grip on his life, threatening to consume all around him.

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Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) leads a peaceful life until the army of Evil Queen Gedren (Sandhal Bergman) murders her family and rapes her. Granted extraordinary powers in a vision, Sonja swears to avenge their slaughter and embarks on a lonely quest for justice.

When she learns Gedren has stolen a secret talisman that could annihilate the planet, Sonja reluctantly joins forces with an arrogant Prince and his protector, unaware that it is the mysterious and powerful stranger Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who actually holds the key to her destiny...

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One fought to win. The other fought to survive. Two friends are pitted against each other by a corrupt boxing promoter in a brutal battle that threatens to destroy their friendship and lives. Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.

and James Marshall star as the talented amateurs who are exploited by the ruthless promoter Horn (Brian Dennehy) and his scout (Robert Loggia) in the fight of their lives.

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When the world's heavyweight champion (Ving Rhames) is sent to prison, everything points to an inevitable showdown of the penitentiary's undefeated champ (Wesley Snipes). But to make sure the meeting will happen, a former mob boss (Peter Falk) must call in favours from the outside world.

Then the battle is on... and the action, adrenaline and intensity switch into high gear.

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Before Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look, David Mitchell and Robert Webb were the stars of Bruiser - a fast moving sketch show that featured the cream of emerging young British comedy talent.

The show also starred MArtin Freeman, soon to be in The Office and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Matt Holness, future writer and star of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace with The Office's Ricky Gervais among the show's contributing writers. Upfront, eclectic and original, the sketches took a scattergun aim at modern life from the Alan Titchmarsh-obsessed TV producer with his psychotic fixation on "Love Golf" and "Hate Golf" to the Motorhead T-shirt-wearing, foul-mouthed lynchpin of the IT department. Elsewhere we find a secret agent being presented with some crap weapons, a Shy Pimp, Rubbish Goths, the Outdoor Wee Man, the "Pussy-on-a-Stuck" Aussie, Sarcastic Plumber, an intense murder-weapon shopper and many more.

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It happens with a startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d' etat can't happen here. Or can it? A classic of suspense directed by John Frankenheimer and written for the screen by Rod Sterling , 'Seven Days in May' tautly explores that possibility.

At odds are a popular general and joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman (Burt Lancaster) and an unpopular President (Fredric March) with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant colonel (Kirk Douglas) uncovers the scheme. But are the seven fateful days ahead enough time to derail a takeover? The clock is ticking.

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She's safe now. Safe from the hordes of screaming, grasping fans. Safe from demanding kooks who pop up unexpectedly. Safe from the unknown killer stalking her every move. She's in the arms of The Bodyguard.

In her spectacular film debut, Whitney Houston plays Rachel Maron, a music/movie superstar at her peak. Fans want to see her, touch her. But one wants to kill her - and that's where security expert Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) comes in. Farmer is a professional who never lets his guard down. Rachel's glamorous life often puts her at risk. Each expects to be in charge. What they don't expect is to fall in love.

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Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, 'The Monuments Men' delivers thrilling action and priceless performances from an all-star ensemble cast, that includes George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman and Cate Blanchett.

When a team of unlikely - and woefully unprepared - heroes is sent to The front lines of WWII to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazis, the race against time to protect a thousand years of culture begins. These curators, architects, artists and historians may not stand a chance...but they're the only chance we've got to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements!

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Rick (Christian Bale) is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, while successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence.

Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

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Film centres around Jasmine (Cate Blanchett), a former New York socialite teetering on an emotional tightrope, balancing between her troubled east coast past and a fresh start in San Francisco.

Having moved into her sister's humble apartment, Jasmine ricochets between the tumultuous acceptance of her new limitations and the dreams of reclaiming her past life's glamour.

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Belfast, 1971: a young, rookie soldier, Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell), is sent on his first field operation as the British military deploy emergency troops to try to suppress the increasing violence. When their first mission sparks a riot, Gary is accidentally abandoned by his unit in the frenzy.

Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night and find his way back to base through a disorientating, alien and deadly landscape.