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Fisher Stevens directs this documentary following noted environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio as he travels across the world to investigate the impact and dangers of man-made climate change on our ecosystems, native communities and endangered species as natural disasters become increasingly frequent

and intense. His journey takes him to the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, regularly flooded Miami, air-polluted Beijing and areas of Indonesia where deforestation has reached a crisis point. The documentary features interviews with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Pope Francis and Barack Obama, among others.

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Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge's Sundance award-winning "Matangi / Maya/M.I.A." is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star.

She began as Matangi. Daughter of the founder of Sri Lanka's armed Tamil resistance, she hid from the government in the face of a vicious and bloody civil war. When her family fled to the UK, she became Maya, a precocious and creative immigrant teenager in London. Finally, the world met her as M.I.A. when she emerged on the global stage, having created a mashup, cut-and-paste identity that pulled from every corner of her journey along the way; a sonic sketchbook that blended Tamil politics, art school punk, hip-hop beats and the unwavering, ultra-confident voice of a burgeoning multicultural youth. Never one to compromise on her vision, Maya kept her camera rolling throughout. "Matangi / Maya/M.I.A." provides unparalleled, intimate access to the artist in her battles with the music industry and mainstream media as her success and fame explodes, becoming one of the most recognizable, outspoken and provocative voices in music today.

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"The Leisure Seeker" is the nickname of the old RV used by Ella (Helen Mirren) and John (Donald Sutherland) Spencer to go on vacation with their children in the 1970's.

On a summer morning the couple leave their adult and intrusive children astonished as they hop on board that dated vehicle and dash down Old Route 1 towards Key West for a new adventure. Their trip through an America they no longer recognise - between hilarious moments and others of pure terror - is their chance to retrace their married life nourished by passion and devotion, but also by secret obsessions that abruptly resurface and bring surprising revelations right up to the very end

A lazy stoner (Seth Rogen) is the sole witness to a murder by an evil drug lord (Gary Cole) and a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez). Marked for death, he runs for his life, dragging his dazed dealer (James Franco) and his supplier (Danny McBride) with him on a hilarious smokin' adventure.

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"My name is Jim, but most people call me...Jim". And most people call Blazing Saddles deliriously funny.

Filmmaker, star and paddle-ball whiz Mel Brooks goes way out West and way out of his mind with a spiffy spoof set in an 1874 Old West where 1974 Hollywood is just one soundstage away-and where nonstop fun blasts prejudices to the high comedy heavens. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn and more join for horseplay and horselaughs, making Blazing Saddles the # 6 choice among the American Film Institute's Top-100 Comedies. Give these out to the boys in Lieu of pay. And enjoy

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Anyone who lived through the '80's experienced the magic of 'Gremlins'. For everyone else, now is the time to see one of the decade's defining movies, a wildly original blend of comedy and horror.

When Billy (Zach Galligan) receives an adorable, mysterious pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he's given three rules for its care. Inadvertently, he breaks the rules, and a resulting army of duplicate furballs wreaks havoc throughout the town...

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In the gleefully wicked performance which made the gothic master of the macabre. Vincent Price is Professor Harry Jarrod, a renowned wax sculptor plunged into insanity when an arsonist destroys his life's work.

Unable to use his flame-scarred hands, he comes up with a new way of restocking his House of Wax. Aided by Igor (Charles Bronson), he dips his hapless victims in wax! Jarrod's new creations are widely praised, but a lone voice cries murder. When the dauntless Sue Allen discovers a wax figure strongly resembling a missing friend (Carolyn Jones), Jarrod decides to line up the very same fate for her! It's anyone's guess who will end up in the bubbling cauldron. But that doesn't lessen the sweat dread and sheer fun of this all-time classic.

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In this delightfully sparkling comedy, Barbra Streisand stars as Rose, a lecturer in Romantic Literature, but with no romance of her own. Gregory Larkin (Jeff Bridges) longs for a platonic partner he can respect yet maintain a safe physical distance from. Set up by Rose's sister, Greg and Rose meet.

..and sparks fly. Forming a different marital arrangement in which brain power replaces sexual heat, they soon find unexpected passion getting in their way!

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In a house haunted with memories, gangster and father Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric) arrives home after a long absence with his gang in low. There is friction in the ranks.

Ulysses, however, is focused on one thing: journeying through the house to reach his wife Hyacinth (Isabella Rossellini) in her bedroom upstairs. His odyssey is hindered by dreamlike episodes and familial phantoms, an emotional journey that reveals secrets about the mysterious Pick family.

Melissa McCarthy is masterful in the captivating account - based on a true story - of a down-and-out writer who resorts to lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.

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Based on the stories from the best selling book, 'The Girls Guide To hunting And Fishing', Brett Eisenberg (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an ambitious young book editor living in the literary hotbed of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

But though she tries her best to act the clued-up city girl, she just can't shake her suburban insecurities. When she meets publishing playboy Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin) she finally finds a gentleman eager to mentor her in and out of the bedroom. But although Archie appears to be the perfect ally in the book world as well as in bed, he also has baggage - ex-wives, a distant daughter, not to mention a very raunchy photo album of former girlfriends. Will it have a happy ending? There's only one way to find out...

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Long ago, in a land ravaged by strife, an ancient race of mages created a terrible weapon called the Aryx Orthian, the Scourge of Worlds, an artefact capable of destroying all their enemies and putting an end to all wars.

Now, after centuries of safe concealment, evil forces are on the verge of locating this dreadful artefact and unleashing its terrifying power. Together Regdar the warrior, Lidda the rogue halfling and Mialee the elven wizard must face every kind of danger from terrifying beholders and bloodthirsty orcs to powerful druids sects and mysterious apparitions but it is you who will make their decisions and guide their hands.

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Made by cinematic 'boy wonder' Orson Welles when he was only in his mid-twenties, Citizen Kane is generally accepted as the greatest American movie of all time. But it might never have seen the light of day.

Its daring subject-matter was clearly the fabulously wealthy newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, who responded with predictable fury to Welles' less-than-flattering interpretation of his life. Using all his power and influence, Hearst set out to destroy both the film and the genius who had made it.

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Vivacious and alluring, single mother Lisa and her adopted sister Marine have been inseparable since they were kids. With Lisa's mother Millie, they have forged a deep bond that protects them from life's hard knocks.

There is little place for men in their lives but when Marine falls in love, their world is thrown off balance. Everybody tries their best to find a new equilibrium, but fate barely gives them the chance to catch their breath when tragedy strikes. The family must realign with a new reality in order to turn loss into hope and love.

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Ranked at No. 30 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 all-time greatest American films, 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is a genuine masterpiece that went on to win 3 Academy Awards.

Bogart gives a tremendous performance as a vicious down-and-out wage worker who stakes his meagre earnings on a gold-prospecting expedition.