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When Elizabeth (Phoebe Cates) returns to her mother's home when her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job.

In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth desperately attempts to win back her husband and return to normality, with comical results.

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Winter 1968, and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.

As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy (Renée Zellweger) is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted: haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood, and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on? Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of "the world's greatest entertainer".

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As a category 5 hurricane tears through Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) rushes to find her father, who is injured and trapped in the crawl space of their home.

The storm intensifies and water levels rise, just as the pair face an even more terrifying threat - alligators lurking below the surface, ready to chomp.

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Although the blood feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been raging for decades, it's about to come to a grisly end. When Jodie Hatfield falls in love with Ricky McCoy, her two brothers' brutal attempt to break their engagement leads to the accidental death of Ricky's kid sister instead.

Ignoring the ghostly warnings of Ed Harley himself (Lance Henriksen) , Ricky calls upon Pumpkinhead - the legendary demon of vengeance - to avenge his kin by wiping out the Hatfields for good. As the carnage commences and pumpkin head slaughters any and all who get in its way, one thing remains certain: If Hatfield is ever to marry a McCoy, it will be over their dead bodies.

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Devils night: for rock star Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his girlfriend Shelley, the night they meet their brutal demise at the hands of the inner city's most notorious characters.

Exactly a year later, Eric is brought back to life and granted the powers of superhuman strength and vision in order that he may seek vengeance on those who killed him - all under the watchful eye of a mysterious crow. One by one Eric seeks out the gang who are out for another evening of mayhem and violence, unaware of the fate that awaits them.

The rules are the same but the laughs are bigger and the thrills are better. This time, Billy and everyone's favourite Mogwai, Gizmo, must face off against a new batch of Gremlins who definitely think that New York is their kind of town.

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It's been two decades since the late Ed Harley (Lance Henriksen) last conjured up the demonic avenger known as the Pumpkinhead.

So when the citizens of a small Southern village discover the town's physician (Doug Bradley) has been selling their loved ones' organs and dumping the bodies in a swamp, they ask the old witch Haggis, to invoke the demons wrath and avenge their desecrated kin. Summoned from the mummified remains of Ed Harley himself, the creature proceeds to wreak havoc upon any and all who get in his way. After twenty years in limbo, Pumpkinhead has finally returned to settle the score.

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After hearing that Andre Toulon's puppets have no strings but rather seem to have a life of their own, Dr. Hess, a Gestapo henchman during WWII, sends the Gestapo to the theatre to kidnap them. During the melee, Toulon's wife Elsa is killed and Toulon is whisked away by the Nazis.

However, on the way to headquarters the puppets attack the Gestapo and escape with Toulon. Now Toulon begins to plan his revenge. He creates a new puppet, Six-Shooter, models Blade after a pasty-faced Nazi, and uses elsa's essence to create Leech Woman. Now Toulon's army is ready to take revenge....

When a mysterious life-threatening event strikes Earth, astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) goes on a dangerous mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones) and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

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Anyone who lived through the '80's experienced the magic of 'Gremlins'. For everyone else, now is the time to see one of the decade's defining movies, a wildly original blend of comedy and horror.

When Billy (Zach Galligan) receives an adorable, mysterious pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he's given three rules for its care. Inadvertently, he breaks the rules, and a resulting army of duplicate furballs wreaks havoc throughout the town...

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Out for a thrill one night, Jenny Braddock (Ami Dolenz) and her teenage friends stumble upon Witch Osie's cabin and unintentionally resurrect a demon from rural myth - the vengeful creature known as Pumpkinhead. When a series of brutal murders begins to overtake the small town.

Sheriff Braddock's (Andrew Robinson)'s only clue is a chilling blood splash in the shape of wings. His investigation leads him to a final terrifying confrontation between the monster and the teens that brought him back to life.

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The deadly, wisecracking Leprechaun (Linden Porco) is back in all his gory glory. When the sorority sisters of the Alpha Upsilon house decide to go green and use an old well as their water source, they unwittingly awaken a pint-sized, green-clad monster.

The Leprechaun wants a pot of gold buried near the sorority house, but first he must recover his powers with a killing spree - and only the girls of AU can stop him.

Spawn. The scarred warrior and fearless dark hero with the skills of an assassin, the weaponry of an extraterrestrial army and the supernatural ability to transform himself into an extraordinary arsenal of shapes and textures.

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You can't keep a good man down or a Puppet Master buried, as the puppets return to exhume their beloved creator in Puppet Master II. This time, the little devils are after the special fluid that keeps them alive, which is only found in...you guessed it...Human Brains.

The puppets - led by a new member, the flamethrowing torch are happy to shed some light on the (brain) matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.

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When ace detective Harry Goodman (Paul Kitson) goes missing, his son, Tim (Justice Smith / Max Fincham), and Harry's former Pokemon partner, Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds), join forces to unravel the tangled mystery.

Chasing clues together on an epic adventure through Ryme City, they uncover a shocking plot that could destroy the whole Pokemon universe.