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Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts when Crosby and Kaye discover that the inn is run by their old army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff dreams are made of. - Director:
- Michael Curtiz
- Cast:
- Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
"Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" tells a humorously heartwarming tale about a London housecleaner Ada Harris (Lesley Manville), who thinks her lonely life might turn around if she can become the owner of a Christian Dior gown. Saying goodbye to friends like Archie (Jason Isaacs) won't be easy, and neither will be winning over elite people in Paris from Madame Colbert (Isabelle Huppert) to idealistic accountant André (Lucas Bravo). But Ada's irrepressible charm just might end up saving the whole House of Dior in this uplifting story of how an ordinary woman becomes an extraordinary inspiration by daring to follow her dreams. - Director:
- Anthony Fabian
- Cast:
- Lesley Manville, Barney Pilling, Florence Pilling
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Babe: Pig in the City (1998)Babe el puerquito va a la ciudad
The sequel takes the three musketeers Babe, Ferdy and Mrs. Hoggett on a crusade into the midst of a large city where despite incredible obstacles, they're able to turn enemies into friends, raise enough money to save the farm and combine the two worlds into one. Once again, it's Babe's kind and steady heart that achieves the miracles. - Director:
- George Miller
- Cast:
- Magda Szubanski, Elizabeth Daily, Mickey Rooney
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Doris Day and Howard Keel fuss, feud and fall in love as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in this entertainment mother lode. At first curvaceous Calamity is too durned busy fighting Indians and cracking a bullwhip to pay mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume. And Wild Bill is too danged busy wooing a dainty chanteuse (Allyn McLerie) to give a hoot about a hot-headed tomboy. But things change in a rootin,'tootin', big way when each becomes love's target. - Director:
- David Butler
- Cast:
- Doris Day, Mel Blanc, Howard Keel
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The eldest daughter of show-biz parents, Hannah (Mia Farrow) is a devoted wife, loving mother and successful actress. A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest), she's also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. But when Hannah's perfect world is quietly sabotaged by sibling rivalry, she finally begins to see that she's as lost as everyone else, and in order to find herself, she'll have to choose - between the independence her family can't live with… and the family she can't live without. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)La rueda de la fortuna
Judy Garland stars in a timeless tale of family, captured with warmth and emotion by director Vincente Minnelli. The enduring popularity of Meet Me in St Louis comes from a terrific blend of music, romance and humour. Starring Judy Garland, together with Margaret O'Brien (as 1944's outstanding child actress) and Mary Astor, and featuring the musical classics "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". - Director:
- Vincente Minnelli
- Cast:
- Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
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Porridge (1979)Doing Time
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it. The breakout is set for the day of a morale-raising football match between a 'celebrity' football team and the inmates of Slade. Everything is going to plan until Godber is injured on the goal post. In the ensuing confusion, Fletcher finds himself on the wrong side of the prison walls and must now try and break back into prison. - Director:
- Dick Clement
- Cast:
- Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton MacKay
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"Dragged Across Concrete" follows two embittered police detectives and recently paroled convict who descend into the criminal underworld.
- Director:
- S. Craig Zahler
- Cast:
- Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles
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The Heist (2009)The Maiden Heist
It was a stroke of genius, but now the perfect crime is turning into a perfect disaster. Charles (Morgan Freeman), Roger (Christopher Walken) and George (William H. Macy) are the very picture of honest security guards. But when they learn their favorite artworks are being sent to another museum, they concoct a plan to switch the real masterpieces with fakes. All goes well until a mistake forces these first-time thieves into a last-minute escapade. - Director:
- Peter Hewitt
- Cast:
- Christopher Walken, Joseph McKenna, Wynn Everett
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The brothers-in-law are back! Ben (Kevin Hart), a recently graduated police rookie, now aspires to be a detective like his soon-to-be brother-in-law, but James (Ice Cube) still doesn't think that he has what it takes for the job. He reluctantly takes Ben with him to follow up on a lead in Miami. Plans for a quick trip go awry when their unorthodox policing gets them into a compromising situation that threatens to derail a major case... and Ben's upcoming wedding day. - Director:
- Tim Story
- Cast:
- Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)El gran viaje tu vida
Some doors bring you to your past. Some doors lead you to your future. And some doors change everything. Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend's wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' - a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to relive important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present...and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures. - Director:
- Kogonada
- Cast:
- Colin Farrell, Maria Deasy, Margot Robbie
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"Nativity Rocks!" returns to St. Bernadette's Primary School as the staff and students audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition. With the unique feel-good charm of the original film, Celia Imrie reprises her role as Headmistress Mrs. Keen, starring alongside Meera Syal, Ruth Jones, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Dennis and Helen George. The film also introduces Simon Lipkin as Jerry Poppy and Craig Revel Horwood as the ruthless show director Emmanuel Cavendish. - Director:
- Debbie Isitt
- Cast:
- Simon Lipkin, Craig Revel Horwood, Daniel Boys
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Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)Doctor Who and the Daleks
British film legend Peter Cushing plays everyone's favourite Timelord, and having invented the 'Tardis', a strange machine capable of travelling into other dimensions, the Doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest through time and space. Their journey takes them into the dark, undiscovered depths of the universe and to the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devastated by nuclear war and populated by two warring species, a peaceful tribe known as Thais and a life form heavily mutated by radiation, encased in protective machines. A merciless force of destruction known as The Daleks! - Director:
- Gordon Flemyng
- Cast:
- Peter Cushing, David Graham, Roy Castle
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They came. They conquered. They looked fabulous! With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick (Hugo Weaving), Adam (Guy Pearce) and Bernadette (Terence Stamp) each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered, pink tour bus "Priscilla", this wickedly funny and high-drama trio heads for the outback...and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits. You go, girls! - Director:
- Stephan Elliott
- Cast:
- Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp
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It's 1992, and the miners of Grimley Colliery are facing uncertainty. Not only is their pit under threat, but the Grimley Colliery Band is on the verge of breaking up - that is, until Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) arrives. As the only female member of the band, she somehow manages to rekindle their enthusiasm for the forthcoming National Championship, as well as rekindling a childhood romance with Andy (Ewan McGregor). Led by the passionate Danny (Pete Postlethwaite) the band play on. Danny has his pride and his trombonist son, Phil (Stephen Tompkinson), has his problems. Problems which even Mr. Chuckles, the down, can't seem to help him solve. With the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall looming, can they all hold it together and secure a famous victory for Grimley? - Director:
- Mark Herman
- Cast:
- Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor
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