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2001: A Space Travesty (2000)2000.1: A Space Travesty
When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon bass called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone, the US Marshall Service immediately send in their "best" man, Dix, on the mission. Dix travels to Vegan to rescue the President but is quickly duped and ends up returning to Earth where he installs the clone-President and removes the real one. The bumbling Dix must find a way to restore the real president before aliens takeover the Earth, and restore in himself a belief in truth justice and the American way. - Director:
- Allan A. Goldstein
- Cast:
- Leslie Nielsen, Marc Hervieux, Perry Canestrari
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Best in Show (2000)El perro ganador
The tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them). Meet the contestants - a fly-fishing bloodhound owner (Guest), Shih-Tzu-doting partners, squabbling yuppie lawyers, a bimbo trophy wife and her poodle handler and a married couple who dream up little ditties about terriers - all fighting for the ‘Best in Show’ prize. - Director:
- Christopher Guest
- Cast:
- Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate
What wonders await you in Willy Wonka's (Johnny Depp)'s factory? Explore fields of soft minty sugar grass in the Chocolate Room... Sail along the Chocolate River in a pink sugar boat... Experiment with Everlasting Gobstoppers in the Inventing Room... Observe talented squirrels in the Nut Room and travel to the Television Room by a glass elevator. You'll find a lot that's funny, a little that's mysterious...and an adventure as sweet and satisfying as a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight bar. - Director:
- Tim Burton
- Cast:
- Danny Elfman, Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore
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The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)Le chagrin et la pitié
Marcel Ophuls' four-and-a-half hour portrait of the French town of Clermont-Ferrand under German occupation from 1940-44 is one of the greatest documentaries ever made, as important as Claude Lanzmann's 'Shoah' in its value not just as a film but as an essential historical record in its own right - not least since its interviewees are all long dead. Describing the fall of France and the rise of the Resistance, with the aid of newly-shot interviews and eye-opening archive footage including newsreels and propaganda films, Ophuls painstakingly crafts a complex, nuanced picture of what really happened in France over this period. He also demolishes numerous self-serving national myths to such an extent that, although he made the film for French television, they wouldn't show it for over a decade. But, as he demonstrates again and again, the overwhelming majority of French citizens during this period weren't heroes, villains or cowards, but simply ordinary people trying to make the best of an impossible situation. And it's Ophuls' portrayal of these people, their hopes, their fears and their appalling moral quandaries, that remains unmatched in film history. - Director:
- Marcel Ophüls
- Cast:
- Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Charles Braun
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Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young man's life. But Andrew's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability and his sanity. - Director:
- Damien Chazelle
- Cast:
- Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist
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The relationship between Mr. Darcy, a wealthy single man, and Elizabeth Bennet, a spirited young woman, provides the core of this emotional and compelling story. Adapted by acclaimed screenplay writer Andrew Davies, the series was given an energy rarely witnessed in costume drama and an electricity heightened by Jennifer Ehle's passionate performance and Colin Firth's smouldering presence. The series was an immediate hit and took its place among the greatest ever television dramas. - Director:
- Simon Langton
- Cast:
- Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker
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Fatal Attraction (1987)Affairs of the Heart
Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a New York attorney who has a tryst with seductive Alex Forest (Glenn Close) while his wife (Anne Archer) is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever... even if it means destroying Dan's family to keep him. - Director:
- Adrian Lyne
- Cast:
- Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
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Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's (Jason Bateman) objections, decides it's time to have a baby - even if it means doing it by herself! Kassie gets her wish with a little help from a charming sperm donor (Patrick Wilson) but unbeknownst to her, a mishap at the insemination party means Wally drunkenly switched the donation with his own 'special offering' then promptly forgot about it... That is until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie's son Sebastian, whose precocity, neuroses and hypochondria bear a striking similarity to his own characteristics. Could it be... ?! - Director:
- Josh Gordon
- Cast:
- Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson
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Louis Mazzini's mother belongs to the aristocratic family D'Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Therefore, she and Louis (Dennis Price) were rejected by the D'Ascoynes. Once adult, Louis decides to avenges his mother and him, by becoming the next Duke (Alec Guinness) of the family. Murdering every potential successor is clearly the safest way to achieve his goal. - Director:
- Robert Hamer
- Cast:
- Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson
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"Annie" is the story of everyone's favourite plucky, red-haired orphan! One day. Annie (Aileen Quinn) is chosen to stay for a week with famous billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks (Albert Finney). One week turns into many, and the only person standing in the way of Annie's fun is Miss Hannigan, the tyrannical ruler of the orphanage (played to hilarious perfection by Carol Burnett). Will Miss Hannigan's zany attempts to kidnap the irrepressible Annie succeed? Sing along to the unforgettable songs and experience the beloved musical like never before! - Director:
- John Huston
- Cast:
- Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Genevieve Emery (Catherine Deneuve), an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, the pair share a passionate night. Genevieve becomes pregnant and then must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an attractive offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant (Marc Michel). - Director:
- Jacques Demy
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Licari, José Bartel
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"Life After Flash" explores the life of actor Sam J. Jones since his iconic performance as Flash Gordon in the 1980 classic, and the aftermath when he went up against one of Hollywood's biggest producers, Dino De Laurentiis. From award-winning director Lisa Downs, 'Life After Flash' is an inspiring and moving feature documentary that, celebrates what makes that Mike Hodges enduring classic so iconic with audiences to this day, and looks at the real man behind the heroic mask: his successes, his battles, and his ultimate struggle for redemption. - Director:
- Lisa Downs
- Cast:
- Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Brian Blessed
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Jules and Jim (1962)Jules et Jim
Spanning two decades at the start of the 20th century, "Jules and Jim" follows the lives of two inseparable friends - timid German, Jules (Oskar Werner), and gregarious Parisian, Jim (Henri Serre) - and their shared love of the beautiful, capricious Catherine, played in mesmerising, luminous style by Jeanne Moreau. Overcoming the destructive rift of World War I the trio create a new life for themselves, away from the structures imposed by society. But as the idyllic menage a trois begins to succumb to jealousy and rivalry their idealised existence finds itself slowly buckling under pressure. Frequently hailed as one of the greatest films ever made, "Jules and Jim" is a dazzling, boldly original tale of love, friendship and the vagaries of history that combines romance, comedy and tragedy in breathtaking, near-perfect dramatic harmony. - Director:
- François Truffaut
- Cast:
- Michel Subor, Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner
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Yojimbo (1961)Yôjinbô / Bodyguard
The enigmatic samurai in Yojimbo is played by the great Toshiro Mifune as a scruffy, scratching, itinerant warrior who wanders into a strange town and right into the middle of two warring clans. Showing his skills with the samurai sword within minutes of his arrival, he soon has the town's rival factions competing for his services.Kurosawa's genius for storytelling combines with thrilling swordplay, a healthy dose of black humour, a soundtrack every bit as atmospheric and amusing as Ennio Morricone's, and a towering performance from Mifune, to make 'Yojimbo' an irresistible widescreen action movie. - Director:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Cast:
- Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)I Wanna Dance with Somebody
This triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston (Naomi Ackie) is the untold story of the complex and multifaceted woman behind The Voice. From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, follow the inspirational, poignant - and so emotional - journey through Houston's trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon's most beloved hits as you've never heard them before. - Director:
- Kasi Lemmons
- Cast:
- Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders
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