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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) #546 Remove Directed by Frank Darabont. With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler. Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. |
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Jour de fête (1949) #1487 Remove 70mins. A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk. Directed by Jaques Tati |
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Doctor Thorne (2016) #455 Remove With Tom Hollander, Stefanie Martini, Harry Richardson, Rebecca Front. The life of penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her Uncle, Dr Thorne, and her relationship with the family at nearby Greshamsbury Park estate. 3x1 hour |
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Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me (2020) #1238 Remove 1 hour. BBC. In 1962, Tom Mangold was newly arrived at the Daily Express – and his first big assignment was the John Profumo/Christine Keeler scandal. It would culminate in the evening of 30 July 1963, when Tom visited Stephen Ward, the man at the centre of the affair. The next day, Ward was scheduled to hear whether he was guilty of living off the immoral earnings of Christine Keeler and her friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ward handed Mangold a suicide letter, which Tom has retained for more than 55 years. He will reveal its full contents for the first time on television. | |
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The Imitation Game (2014) #553 Remove Directed by Morten Tyldum. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech. During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. |
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6 Souls (2010) #294 Remove Directed by Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein. With Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Conroy. A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished. aka Shelter |
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The Fourth Kind (2009) #315 Remove Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. With Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim. A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. |
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An American Werewolf in London (1981) #78 Remove Directed by John Landis. With David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne. Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. |
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Iron Man 2 (2010) #24 Remove Directed by Jon Favreau. With Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle. With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy. |
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The 39 Steps (1959) #1482 Remove The 39 Steps: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones. In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets. |
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Halloween II (2009) #316 Remove Directed by Rob Zombie. With Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie. Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister. |
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A Christmas Carol (2009) #370 Remove Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine. An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. |
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The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas (2022) #1456 Remove C4. 45 mins. Forty years after The Snowman was first broadcast on Channel 4, the story of how Raymond Briggs' classic tale was made and became a festive British institution. |
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The Firm (2009) #228 Remove Directed by Nick Love. With Paul Anderson, Calum MacNab, Daniel Mays, Doug Allen. Football hooligans organize themselves into firms that represent their favorite team. |
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The Hot Potato (2012) #83 Remove Directed by Tim Lewiston. With Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney, Jack Huston, David Harewood. London's East End 1969. Based on real events. Two chancers 'find' a lump of Uranium and crisscross Europe to find a buyer. Accompanied by Danny's girl, the lovely Carole. They encounter a diverse cast of bizarre characters, all trying to steal the 'Hot Potato', but a deal agreed inside the Vatican has the co-conspirators confounding each other. The story twists and turns to an exciting and ... |
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Centurion (2010) #28 Remove Directed by Neil Marshall. With Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Andreas Wisniewski. A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated in a devastating guerrilla attack. |
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The Beauty of Diagrams (2010) #309 Remove 60mins. Marcus du Sautoy. Including Dark Side of the Moon cover design. | |
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The Island (2005) #190 Remove Directed by Michael Bay. With Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou, Steve Buscemi. Lincoln Six Echo is just like everyone else - he's waiting to go to the Island, the only place left in the world to actually live a life. Thousands of people stay at a facility waiting to go to the Island. It all sounds like paradise, but Lincoln Six Echo soon discovers that there's actually a sinister purpose going on at that facility and that he must escape - but not before stopping the ... |
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After Life (1998) #14 Remove Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. With Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô. After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity. |
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Blue Jasmine (2013) #263 Remove Directed by Woody Allen. With Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins. A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn't bringing money, peace, or love... |
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Gracie (2010) #329 Remove Directed by Brian Percival. With Jane Horrocks, Tom Hollander, David Dawson, Ellie Haddington. In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war Monty is in... |
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) #227 Remove Directed by Robert Schwentke. With Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Michelle Nolden. A Chicago librarian has a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, creating complications in his marriage. |
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Harold and Maude (1971) #17 Remove Directed by Hal Ashby. With Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. |
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Gracie (2010) #329 Remove Directed by Brian Percival. With Jane Horrocks, Tom Hollander, David Dawson, Ellie Haddington. In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war Monty is in... |
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The Fourth Kind (2009) #315 Remove Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. With Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim. A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. |
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Bee Movie (2007) #304 Remove Directed by Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith. With Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton. Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue them. |
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Any Day Now (2012) #254 Remove Directed by Travis Fine. With Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher. In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof. |
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) #43 Remove Directed by Ken Loach. With Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald. Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces. |
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The Wicker Man (2006) #40 Remove Directed by Neil LaBute. With Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan. A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community. This is the second film on this disk - you need to fast forward '300' to get to it... |