greybob's - Rented List

In the world of covert intelligence, only one man is Smart. Steve Carell is in CONTROL as Maxwell Smart, the novice agent often out of his depths but never out of options in this action comedy pitting him against the nuclear scheme of the evil spy group KAOS.

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Actor John Turturro's directorial debut won him the Cannes Camera d'Or for the film Mac (1992), he returned to directing with this period farce about a struggling Theatre Company owned by Astergourd (Beverly D'Angelo) and pallenchio (Donal McCann).

It's the turn-of-the-century, and in New York the ambitious playwright Tuccio (John Turturro), is desperate to have his new play 'Illuminata' staged, with the troupe's manager Rachel (Katherine Borowitz), as the star in his elaborate production. However, his attempts to impress the theatre owners have failed and his play is rejected, but undeterred he will find a way to bring his play to life at all costs.

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Based on Peter Barnes' hit play, this caustic, hilarious and irreverent black comedy has rightly become a cult classic. The House of Gurney has a family problem - namely the 14th Earl of Gurney (Peter O'Toole) who thinks he is Jesus Christ and when restored to 'normalcy', turns into Jack the Ripper.

Unfortunately, the young earl is also the sole heir to the family fortune, so his relatives go to great lengths to trick him into siring a new heir. Then they can institutionalize him and gain access to the money through the child. But the 14th Earl of Gurney has a few tricks up his sleeves...
This controversial tragicomedy managed to condemn just about every section of British society - from the public school system to the Houses of Parliament, and from the Church to homosexuality.

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A beautiful young woman performs a seductive striptease at the window of her fabulous Hollywood home. A struggling young actor watches, entranced from a house nearby, drawn into her obsession. Suddenly, he becomes a helpless witness to her savage murder.

Compelled to track down the psychopath responsible, his investigations lead him into the stark and perverted world of the body double.

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Two young, country sisters (Joely Richardson and Jodhi May) enter domestic service in the bourgeois household of a penurious widow (Julie Walters) and her homely daughter (Sophie Thursfield).

Neither pair speaks to the other: two sets of women separated and confined by social convention, personality, and the house itself. The relationship of the sisters slowly evolves into obsession, brought about by isolation and by emotions left from childhood.

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In an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance, Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a man whose spare existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) forces him to return to the hometown he abandoned years before.

Rocked by contact with his estranged ex-wife (Michelle Williams) and the revelation that Joe has made him guardian of his teenage son (Lucas Hedges), Lee is forced to face up to painful memories and newfound levels of responsibility as he reconnects with his family. Kenneth Lonergan's critically acclaimed masterpiece is an extraordinary journey of grief, love and wit that will stay with you long after watching.

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Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore.

The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age.

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Award-winning director Paul Wright (For Those in Peril) explores our complex connection to the land we live in with an archival remix drawn from more than 100 years of Britain on film.

With a new score by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), 'Arcadia' embarks on a visceral sensory journey through the seasons, exploring the beauty, brutality, magic and madness of our changing relationship with both the land and each other. This fresh new work crafted from the past is a folk horror wrapped in an archive film; get ready for a very strange trip indeed...

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The most elite clandestine team ever created specialize on working in the dirtiest and most dangerous corners of the world.

When a target of the skilled assassin Agent Kane (Gina Carano) suddenly knows all her tricks it becomes clear that someone deep inside the agency has betrayed them, but who and why? What follows is a high-octane web of intrigue that crosses multiple international borders and a manhunt spearheaded by CIA officials and rogue agents.

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Washed-up Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt) peaked with hit 1980s detective show Mindhorn, playing the titular Isle of Man sleuth with a robotic eye that allowed him to literally "see the truth".

Decades later, when a deranged Manx criminal demands Mindhorn as his nemesis, Thorncroft returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs for one last chance to reignite his glory days, professional credibility and even romance with former co-star/paramour Patricia Deville (Essie Davis).

Master thief Doc McCoy knows his wife has been in bed with the local political boss in order to spring him from jail. What he can't know is the sinister succession of double-crosses that will sour the deal once hes on the oustisde - and executing the ultimate robbery.

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Jim Dixon doesn't feel very lucky at all, working as a junior university lecturer with the boring and tiresome Professor Welch. So when Jim finds out he has to spend a whole weekend at his house to help save his job he can't think of anything more unpleasant...

But it only goes from bad to worse as he manages to get himself and the family dog blind drunk and falls in love with the rather beautiful Christine, who just happens to be Welch's son's girlfriend... When Jim is given a second chance to save himself and his job all he has to do is deliver a lecture at the university, but some things are easier said than done!

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A tense erotic thriller in the style of Bound, Night Dragon takes us right into the seedy world of the London underground crime scene.

Young lawyer Millie (Annette Kellow) has fallen madly in love with the mysterious Liz (Imogen Church) but finds her herself in too deep when she discovers that her lover is actually a hit woman for the vicious thug she is about to prosecute. Loyalties are tested, guns are drawn and knives are flashed as she ultimately decides who to trust to save her life.

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Just 10 miles from Pompeii, along the ancient shoreline, 12 arched vaults are telling a whole new story about what life was like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. They contain the skeletons of no less than 340 people, just 10% of the local population, killed by the volcano.

Amongst them are the first new skeletons to be found in the area for 30 years; they are now the subject of a ground-breaking scientific investigation secured in a world exclusive for BBC.
Presented by Pompeianist Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill of the University of Cambridge and Director of the Herculaneum Conservation Project we meet the scientists leading the forensic project - Luca Bondioli and Luciano Fattore - and then go on a tour of the incredible town where the skeletons once lived. On his journey Andrew uncovers their houses, their wooden furniture and their food which are perfectly preserved by a layer of ash up to five times deeper than Pompeii.
With stunning aerial photography of Herculaneum, this film gives us a behind the scenes look at this place and its extraordinary ancient inhabitants as they've never been seen before. It opens the lid on a tiny, yet astonishing Roman town, which drew immigrants from Syria and beyond, and where perfectly preserved court transcripts scratched on wooden tablets tell of slaves challenging their status in the town's courts.
'The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum' unravels a surprising story of resilience, courage and humanity.

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Hitler's men are wanted - dead or alive. They have a choice: evade capture or face trial. Some go into hiding in Germany. Others make their way along ratlines, through the Alps towards South America. And a few are brought to the Nuremberg trials to answer for their crimes.

This final series provides insights into the tense drama of the international tribunal as well as the escape stories of Nazis on the run. Illustrated with exceptional drama sequences, astonishing archive footage and leading experts, this is the story of the reckoning of the Nazis - and of an international quest for justice.