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Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995)Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War
There is a clear distinct line between the fantasies you can imagine and what is real. It is a line that preserves sanity. It is a line that protects us from the danger of eternal confusion. One man has just discovered how to cross that line. Now he can penetrate a realm of infinite possibility, the world of Virtual Reality. He can annihilate our reality. He can create a diabolical new world, a universe where he is God. Only one man possesses the knowledge to stop him. Game on. - Director:
- Farhad Mann
- Cast:
- Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Austin O'Brien
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Seance (2021)Séance
Camille Meadows (Suki Waterhouse) is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. Soon after her arrival, six girls invite her to join them in a late-night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. But before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened. - Director:
- Simon Barrett
- Cast:
- Suki Waterhouse, Madisen Beaty, Inanna Sarkis
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The Lawnmower Man (1992)Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man
Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) is a brilliant scientist obsessed with perfecting virtual reality software. When his experiments on animals fail, he finds the ideal substitute - Jobe Smith (Jeff Fahey), a slow-witted gardener. Dr. Angelo's goal is to benefit his human guinea pig and ultimately mankind itself, but evil lurks in the guise of "The Shop", a shadow group that seeks to use the technology to create an invincible war machine. When the experiments change the simple Jobe into a superhuman being, the stage is set for a Jekyll-and-Hyde struggle for control of Job's mind and the future of the world. - Director:
- Brett Leonard
- Cast:
- Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are ideal as malevolent marrieds Martha and George in first-time film director Mike Nichols' searing film of Edward Albee's groundbreaking 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'. Taylor won her second Academy Award (and New York Film Critics, National Board of Review and British Film Academy Best Actress Awards). Burton matches her as her emotionally spent spouse. And George Segal and Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Sandy Dennis score as another couple straying into their destructive path. The movie won a total of five Academy Awards and remains a taboo-toppling landmark over 40 years later. - Director:
- Mike Nichols
- Cast:
- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
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Murder by Death (1976)Crimen por muerte
The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert? The isolated mansion of eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) is the setting for the twisted puzzler. Twain informs his guests that one of them will be murdered at the stroke of midnight. The pay-off: $1 million to whoever lives through the night. - Director:
- Robert Moore
- Cast:
- Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers
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Here's the real-life, almost animated story of the world's best-known sailor, Popeye (Robin Williams), and Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall), his celebrated lady friend. See all the famous characters - Swee'pea, Bluto, Wimpy and Castor, to name just a few - as we follow Popeye's trail to find his Pappy and the kidnappers of baby Swee'pea. Many adventures ensue, including "Me Big Fight" and a final confrontation wit Bluto, as the search continues for Pappy's Treasure. - Director:
- Robert Altman
- Cast:
- Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston
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Video Superstar Chuck Norris stars as the tough, street fighting sheriff of a small town terrorised by a psychotic killer. Norris is faced with the dilemma of stopping a superhuman killing-machine, made virtually indestructible through a brilliant feat of genetic engineering. Norris uses every karate kick in 'the book' as he routs, single-handed, a gang of brutal bikers. He also reveals a cool and sexy side as he turns on his old girlfriend, Alison Halman (Toni Kalem). - Director:
- Michael Miller
- Cast:
- Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats
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When 25 year-old David (David Schachter) volunteers to be a "buddy" to an AIDS patient, the gay community centre assigns him to Robert (Geoff Edholm), a 32 year-old politically impassioned gay California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers. Revolving around the confines of Robert's Manhattan hospital room, Director Arthur J. Bressan skilfully unfolds this devastating two-hander. As David gazes out at the piers and rooftops of Manhattan, we hear his deftly scripted diary entries in voiceover. And as David is changed by knowing Robert, so too are we. In the simplicity of the story and the elegance of its unfolding, Buddies achieves a rare perfection. It's a timeless portrayal of an entire era in gay history. - Director:
- Arthur J. Bressan Jr
- Cast:
- Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Damon Hairston
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Based on David Percival's acclaimed play 'Girlfriend', 'Girl Stroke Boy' is a one-of-a-kind comedy which tells of two everyday, middle-class parents who are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian (actor and pop star Peter Straker in a pioneering performance). Directed with an affectionate, light touch by Bob Kellet and featuring a superb cast, including Joan Greenwood, Michael Hordern, Patricia Routledge, and Clive Francis, 'Girl Stroke Boy' still packs a punch today thanks to Straker's flamboyant performance (British cinema's first gay leading role to be played by a black actor) and the prescient subject matter. - Director:
- Bob Kellett
- Cast:
- Joan Greenwood, Michael Hordern, Clive Francis
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Bill Murray is at his wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life! Teamed with a relentlessly cheery producer (Annie MacDowell) and a smart-aleck cameraman, TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. On his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant blizzard - which he himself actually failed to predict - and finds himself stuck in a small town hell. Just when things couldn't get worse... they do! Phil wakes the next morning to find that it's Groundhog Day all over again... and again... and again. - Director:
- Harold Ramis
- Cast:
- Bill Murray, Richard Henzel, Andie MacDowell
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From David Cronenberg, the master of body horror, comes a beguiling new tale. As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed...Their mission - to use Saul's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution. - Director:
- David Cronenberg
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart
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When an infamous "cursed" Egyptian sarcophagus falls into unscrupulous hands, an attempt to resurrect the mummified princess within it unleashes pure evil.
- Director:
- Steve Lawson
- Cast:
- Carl Wharton, Chris Bell, Marcus Langford
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From writer/director Rob Zombie comes the strangest love story ever told. Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie) is just your typical 150-year-old, lovelorn vampire looking for the man of her nightmares... that is until she lays eyes on Herman (Jeff Daniel Phillips), a seven-foot-tall, green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet in this crazy Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father The Count (Daniel Roebuck) has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her bumbling beau Herman. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll howl at the moon as 'The Munsters' make their way to Mockingbird Lane! - Director:
- Rob Zombie
- Cast:
- Sheri Moon Zombie, Zsigmond Nenyei, Jeff Daniel Phillips
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Nope (2022)NOPE
Following their father's shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera. Along with a former child star turned family theme park ringmaster (Steven Yeun) who neighbours the siblings, the pair's efforts to chase the spectacle soon bring terrifying consequences and unimaginable horror. The result is a complex social thriller that unpacks the seeds of violence, risk and opportunism that are inseparable from the romanticised history of the American West...and from show business itself. - Director:
- Jordan Peele
- Cast:
- Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea
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Super Size Me (2004)Super Size Me: Educationally Enhanced
Here's a documentary that needs absolutely no introduction. Why is America so fat? This is the question that Morgan Spurlock wanted to answer. He set out to interview experts in 20 US cities including Houston, the fattest city in America, whilst at the same time conducting his own personal experiment: eat nothing but McDonalds for 30 days straight.There were four rules:1. No options: only eat what was available over the counter (including water!)2. No 'supersizing', unless offered3. No excuses: eat every item on the menu at least once4. No quitting: eat three square meals a day from McDonaldsThe results shocked even the doctors who were monitoring his experiment...The winner of a host of international awards, this unmissable documentary has really got the world talking and the junk food peddlers running scared! - Director:
- Morgan Spurlock
- Cast:
- Morgan Spurlock, Barbara Brown, Paul Stitt
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