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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)Los Puentes de Madison
World-travelling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson aren't looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet four days after meeting, they won't want to lose the love they've found. Academy Award winners Meryl Streep (earning her 10th Oscar nomination for this performance) and Clint Eastwood (who also produces and directs) bring blazing starpower and powerful conviction to the beloved characters of Robert James Waller's rhapsodic bestseller of love, choice and consequence. 'Streep and Eastwood are so visually and spiritually right they seem to have walked right off the page,' Entertainment Weekly proclaims. Also right are the small details and large emotions of once-in-a-lifetime love. With luck, a love like that happens to some of us sooner or later. For Robert and Francesca, it was later. And it was glorious. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley
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Rental Family (2025)Gia Đình Cho Thuê
In this heartfelt film, Brendan Fraser portrays an American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig with a Japanese 'rental family' agency playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he forms genuine bonds and rediscovers purpose and the quiet beauty of human connection. - Director:
- Mitsuyo Miyazaki (Hikari)
- Cast:
- Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto
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Two years post-Bangkok, with disaster-magnet Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) supposedly locked up in a Thai prison, Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Doug (Justin Bartha) are finally living blissfully uneventful lives - until their best friend Alan (Zach Galifianakis) ditches his meds, goes off the rails and triggers a final odyssey of comic mayhem. - Director:
- Todd Phillips
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms
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Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) fills her days by reading the personal ads and following an ongoing romance between "Jim" (Robert Joy) and "Susan" (Madonna), a mysterious drifter who appears to lead the kind of free-spirited life about which Roberta can only dream. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City...and after a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns Roberta into Susan and opens the door to intrigue, laughter and love! - Director:
- Susan Seidelman
- Cast:
- Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn
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Spinning off from the incredibly popular 1960's sitcom and its BAFTA-winning 1970's sequel, James Bolam and Rodney Bewes star as Terry Collier and Bob Ferris, two life-long friends with vastly different outlooks on life. Written by comedy legends Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais - who would go on to further success with series like 'Porridge' and 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'...Thelma's continued annoyance at her husband Bob's disruptive friend Terry shows no sign of abating. But when Terry lands himself a new girlfriend, Thelma sees her chance to finally get him married off and out of her's and Bob's lives forever! Her solution of touring the north of England in a caravan, however, leaves a lotto be desired... - Director:
- Michael Tuchner
- Cast:
- Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth
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The Hangover 2 (2011)The Hangover: Part II
Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu's wedding. What could go wrong? Director Todd Phillips' explosively funny follow-up to his award-winning smash hit demonstrates that though what happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, what happens in Bangkok can hardly be imagined! - Director:
- Todd Phillips
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms
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Norman Wisdom: A Stitch in Time (1963)U pravi čas
Butcher's assistant Norman is banned from entering a hospital to visit little orphaned Lindy. He resolves to get in somehow...- Director:
- Robert Asher
- Cast:
- Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)Der Tag, an dem die Erde Feuer fing
Nuclear tests, conducted by the Americans and Russians, inadvertently knock the world off its axis. Weather patterns around the globe are disrupted but temperatures rise universally. Did the tests do more harm than was first thought? This atmospheric story is told through the eyes of three people: Peter Stenning - the hard-drinking star reporter sliding to failure; science correspondent Bill Maguire, whose sleep-starved mind is galvanised when he sees the truth behind the upheaval which bring chaos to the world; and Jeannie Craig, Stenning's girlfriend, who innocently stumbles on the truth the government has been trying to suppress. - Director:
- Val Guest
- Cast:
- Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern
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James Stewart stars as the good-natured Elwood P. Dowd, whose constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can see. To his sister, Veta Louise (Josephine Hull), Elwood's obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in the side of her plans to marry off her daughter. But when Veta Louise decides to put Elwood in a mental hospital, a hilarious mix-up occurs and she finds herself committed instead. It's up to Elwood to straighten out the mess with his kindly philosophy, and his "imaginary" friend. - Director:
- Henry Koster
- Cast:
- James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow
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Feeble George (George Formby), a newspaper compositor with delusions of being a detective, wins big at the races - but when the winnings are changed from three tenners to more manageable fivers they're replaced with counterfeit notes. Suitably annoyed, George puts his sleuthing skills to the test and goes undercover! - Director:
- Anthony Kimmins
- Cast:
- George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton
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In a future world that has been seemingly ravaged by war and poverty there exists a myth of hope among the people - a forbidden place known only as the Zone, the heart of which, if reached, grants one's innermost desires. Two men, a writer and professor, hire someone known as a Stalker; a guide who can navigate the treacherous and confounding path that leads to the centre of the Zone. 'Stalker' was instantly considered one of the most definitive artistic contemplations of human aspiration and the ambition we employ to achieve it. - Director:
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast:
- Alisa Freyndlikh, Sergey Yakovlev, Vladimir Zamanskiy
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The Roses (2025)The Roses: A Love Story
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo Rose: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposedly ideal life, a storm is brewing. As Theo's career nose-dives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites in this wonderfully wry, dark comedy. - Director:
- Jay Roach
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Ncuti Gatwa, Allison Janney
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Eddington (2025)Еддінгтон
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico. A provocative, era-defining thriller from Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) that unpacks the forces that led us to where we are today, featuring a powerhouse ensemble including Austin Butler and Emma Stone. - Director:
- Ari Aster
- Cast:
- Joaquin Phoenix, Deirdre O'Connell, Emma Stone
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Nobody 2 (2025)Nadie 2
Nobody Ruins His Vacation. Bob Odenkirk returns as Hutch, an overworked assassin who just needs a break, in this bareknuckle action-thriller. After deciding to take his family to a tourist town for some fun in the sun, a minor encounter with local bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of an unhinged, blood-thirsty crime boss (Sharon Stone), who is determined to derail his relaxation. - Director:
- Timo Tjahjanto
- Cast:
- Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd
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The Mouse That Roared (1959)Rugido de ratón
In this classic satire, the Duchess (Peter Sellers) and the Prime Minister (Peter Sellers) of the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick have come up with a brilliant plan to keep their country from going broke - make war on the United States, lose, then collect lots of American post-war aid. Their only mistake is not telling their invasion force leader (Sellers again, in chain mail!) that he's supposed to lose. Sellers lands in New York City during an air raid drill and finds the streets empty. He then proceeds to capture a brilliant scientist (David Kossoff), his assistant (Jean Seberg) and his awesome new weapon. The U.S. is forced to surrender! Grand Fenwick then forms the League of Little Nations which presents the big nations with its terms - Peace Forever. - Director:
- Jack Arnold
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell
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