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Munich, 1918. The First World War is over and the city is packed with German Soldiers returning to find their country in ruins. One soldier is Max Rothman (John Cusack), a promising artist who lost an arm in the war and with it his ability to paint.

On his return Max opens an art gallery, where he meets a struggling artist named Adolf Hitler (Noah Taylor). Max isn't completely convinced by Hitler's artistic abilities, but he encourages his creative talent anyway. Meanwhile, the lonely, penniless Hitler becomes increasingly envious of Max's wealthy German Jewish family and their popularity. Disillusioned with art, Hitler turns to politics, thus setting into motion the most cataclysmic period in World History...

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Undercover cop Terry Martin (Nick Moran) needs a wife for the night on a dangerous assignment involving notorious crime boss Simon Bacig (Stephen Lang). Susan Reece, a tough, beautiful policewoman (Jennifer Esposito) volunteers for the job.

But as the assignment goes on, she becomes a little too friendly with Bacig and his seductive world. Drawn into a web of deception, Susan becomes the object of her partner's affection and the target of Bacig's lust. The FBI (William B. Davis) are closing in. Who can be trusted? Between the deception and the danger, the two cops have allowed the job to become personal. But when your life is on the line, never turn your back, never show your fear, and never trust your lover.

Inspired by real events, 'Munich' reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planed the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it.

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Tracy (Nicole Kidman) and Andy (Bill Pullman) are newlyweds restoring their dream house in a small town in Massachusetts when Andy meets up with his old med-school buddy and hot-shot surgeon Jed (Alec Baldwin).

Against Tracy's wishes, Andy invites Jed to stay at their home, not realising that his decision will turn their world upside down. Things take a turn for the worse when Tracy is rushed to hospital and operated on by Jed, whose professional arrogance s beginning to get out of control....

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Whilst on holiday with her family, seventeen year old Isabelle (Marine Vacth) experiences her first sexual relationship with an attractive young man. A few days later, and for no apparent reason, Isabelle casts him aside and behaves as if their encounter never happened.

When she returns home to Paris, Isabelle begins a dangerous new career; she sets up a profile on an escort website and lies about her age in order to make appointments with older, wealthy clients in chic, expensive hotel rooms. On one hand she is a cool professional, catering to the sexual whims of the various men she encounters; on the other she is maintaining the illusion of being a regular school student for her parents and friends. However her double life spirals out of control, and she is forced to deal with the consequences of what she has been doing.

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When four glowing orbs crash into each other over the Arizona desert, they leave in their wake a badass Dodge Turbo Interceptor - and its enigmatic, helmeted driver.

The next day, the mysterious Jake (Charlie Sheen) appears in the town of Brooks, catching the eye of Keri (Sherilyn Fenn) and the ire of Packard (Nick Cassavetes), the ruthless leader of a gang of street racers. When gang members start losing races - and lives - to the Interceptor, the recent death of Keri's boyfriend suddenly seems connected to the arrival of Jake, the unbeatable car...and an avenging entity called The Wraith.

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Capturing the spirit and imagination of the changing sexual attitudes of the Swinging Sixties, 'Twinky' is the story of a wordly-wise 16 year-old (Susan George) who falls for a mature American writer (Charles Bronson).

16 year-old Sybil Londonderry - know to her friends as Twinky - is at the stage where she doesn't know if she's a schoolgirl or a woman. Bright as a new penny, adolescent and insecure, pert and pixie-like, naive and charmingly awkward, yet partly precocious and mature, she's in the process of finding out fast. She's fallen for Scott Wardman - a 38 year-old American writer who met Twinky at a party. Bubbling with happiness at her first affair and desperately in love with love, Twinky confides all to both her diary and the family solicitor but it's not long before her family finds out...

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Following their divorce, the lives of a restless writer and his inhibited ex-wife take off in outrageously unpredictable directions.

While Lee (Kenneth Branagh) explores the wilder side of his newfound freedom, Robin (Judy Davis) begins an improbable transformation from neurotic school teacher to high-profile TV talk show host.

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Howard Stern, the Incredibly Outspoken Host of the No. 1 - Rated Radio Talk Show in America Comes to the Movies! Comic and irrelevant, Stern shares the heartbreak, angst and headaches of his amazing rise to fame from pathetic and despised geek to pathetic and despised pop celebrity.

Nothing in Stern's hands is too rude, too risqu, too dangerous to broadcast. Ladies and gentlemen, the uncensored, unstoppable, unbelievable Howard Stern...

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When laid back American scholar Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart), discovers a collection of love letters between two prominent Victorian poets, he recognises that he's on to a big literary find.

Enlisting the help of sceptical British academic Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), the two embark on a journey to unravel the truth surrounding the poets' forbidden love. But as Roland and Maud track the elusive romance across the British countryside, the two scholars soon find themselves tangled in a love affair of their own.

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Relax... It's just Sex! is a multi-layered modern comedy concerning the lives of a group of mainly gay and lesbian thirty-somethings. Jennifer Tilly plays Tara, a straight woman who is something of a mother hen to the group, and who is desperate to get pregnant.

Her friend Vincey (Mitchell Anderson) constantly bemoans his lack of a boyfriend, and lesbian couple Sarina and Megan (Cynda Williams and Serena Scott Thomas) face problems when Megan admits she's had sex with a man while away on a business trip. Sarina flees into the arms of Robin (Lori Petty). Vincey finally finds a man he likes, but when he brings him to the group, he's more interested in Vincey's friend Javi (Eddie Garcia). When Vincey and Javi are attacked by gay-bashers in the street, the film takes a surprisingly violent and unsettling turn, and the group faces being torn apart. A sympathetic, realistic portrayal of gay men and lesbians, Relax... It's Just Sex! sparkles with witty dialogue, moving performances and more than a little graphic sex.

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Upon release from a stint in prison, Rudy (Ben Affleck) impulsively decides to pose as his old cell mate Nick in order to make time with Nick's beautiful pen pal, Ashley (Charlize Theron). But Rudy's ruse blows up when he realises that Ashley was double-crossing Nick...

and now he's inescapably part of an armed robbery plot being hatched by her dangerously evil brother (Gary Sinise).

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He shouldn't have been there. But in the moment that Michael Sullivan's son witnesses a brutal slaying, the lives of this 12-year-old and his gangster father are shattered irrevocably and their destinies forever joined. Now.

targeted by the mob he's devoted his life to, Sullivan and his son find themselves with nowhere to turn and a sadistic killer in relentless pursuit. It's here - in a fierce and primal struggle to stay alive and protect his boy - that this lifelong gangster will discover honour and redemption. Riveting, powerful and visually stunning, Road to Perdition ranks among the classic gangster movies of all time.

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Colonel Jonathan Smith is a disease specialist and former secret agent for Covert One, an elite intelligence agency made up of political and technical experts that report directly to the President .

When an unknown deadly virus begins to surface, Smith is called into action to find and isolate the source before the outbreak endangers millions of lives. Featuring an all-star supporting cast including Blair Underwood and others, it's a race against time for Covert One to stop the virus and uncover the truth behind a conspiracy at the highest and most dangerous levels of society.

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Senator Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) is nervous, inarticulate and grammatically challenged - perfectly qualified, says his conniving father, to become Colorado State Governor. So the hapless senator hits the campaign trail, backed by his domineering dad's money and influence.

Everything goes according to plan until a fishing trip for the cameras captures young Dicky reeling in a mangled corpse. An unfortunate coincidence or a dastardly plot to destroy the Pilagers' political ambitions? Campain manager Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss) hires a down-at-heel private eye to uncover the truth.... but the investigation uncovers much more