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Die Hard (Film)
High enery action movie about a New York cop who launches a one-man rescue operation when a gang of crooks crash a party in an LA office block and take everyone hostage, including his estranged wife.
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1988, 18, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:35
The Dreamlife of Angels (Film)
Erick Zonga's Lille-set film follows the lives and loves of Isa and Marie, two 20-year old drifters who meet up in a sewing sweatshop. Becoming friends, they idle through life but Marie becomes involved with club owner Chris for the wrong reasons and despite Isa's reservations, starts on a relationship that is less about love and more about pragmatic survival. Intensely intelligent, beautifully acted and movingly told, the two leads deservedly shared the best actress award at Cannes 1998 as well as a host of other European awards.
Director: Erick Zonca
Starring: Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégoire Colin, Patrick Mercado, Jo Prestia, Francine Massenhave
(In French with Subtitles, 1998, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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The Wave (Film)
A high school teacher's unusual class experiment to demonstrate to his students how dictatorships are formed spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own. Inspired by real events and based on the acclaimed novel by Todd Strasser.
Director: Dennis Gansel
Starring: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Jacob Matschenz
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:40

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Apocalypse Now (Film)
An American assassin is sent upriver to kill a rogue colonel in Francis Ford Coppola's hellish vision of Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness novel. This monumental Vietnam war movie has a moving soundtrack that captures the mood of the time.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms
(1979, 18, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:15
Bananas (Film)
Brilliant comedy as a timid man ends up involved in a South American revolution in order to impress his girlfriend.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Natividad Abascal, Jacobo Morales, Miguel Ángel Suárez
(1971, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:05

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Cyrano De Bergerac (Film)
GÉrard Depardieu is the gallant wordsmith who lets his big nose get in the way of his love life. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's smart comedy won an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin, Philippe Morier-Genoud
(Stereo, Widescreen, 1990, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Catch Me If You Can (Film)
True crime story about teenage con man Frank Abagnale Jr - who cashed fake cheques worth over 2.5 million dollars while disguised as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer - and the FBI agent who finally caught him.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2002, 12, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:40

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Educating Rita (Film)
Moving comedy drama based on Willy Russell's hit stage play about a hairdresser who dreams of rising above her drab urban existence through the power of education. For better or worse, she chooses drunken lecturer Frank Bryant as her tutor. Julie Walters gained an Oscar nomination for her film debut.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1983, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:50

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The Counterfeiters (Film)
Austrian drama based on a true story. Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch, a talented counterfeiter, is arrested by the Nazis and imprisoned in a concentration camp. When his criminal talents attract attention Sally is placed in a group of professional forgers and forced to make fake foreign currency to help the German war effort. When a friend of Sally refuses to use his talents for Nazi gain, the counterfeiter is faced with the moral dilema of whether to continue with work that could prolong the war.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner, Veit Stübner
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Black and White, 2007, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Film)
Hailed as the first feature-length animation in the history of cinema, this captivating film by pioneering animator Lotte Reiniger tells the story of Prince Achmed's magical adventures.
Director: Lotte Reiniger
(Stereo, Black and White, 1926, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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F for Fake (Film)
Orson Welles blurs the line between fact and fiction in this fascinating documentary examining forgeries in the art world. But can we believe Welles himself?
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach, Richard Wilson, Paul Stewart
(Stereo, Widescreen, 1974, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:30

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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Film)
Spectacular historical adventure set in the jungles of South America, where a Spanish conquistador seizes control of a group of 16th-century explorers and sets out to find El Dorado, the lost city of gold. His determination to fulfil his quest leads him to throw caution to the wind and gradually becomes an all-consuming obsession. (German with English subtitles).
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
(Subtitles, 1972, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Solaris (Film)
Steven Soderbergh's re-make of the classic Andrei Torkovsky film stars George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a therapist sent to mentor a group of astronauts on the Prometheus space station, where the remaining crew are both locked in their own fears, speaking of visions of lost loved ones. Kelvin is, at first, sceptical, but when his deceased wife appears to him, he begins to wonder what influence the mysterious planet Solaris has on the human psyche.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2002, 12, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:40

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Apocalypse Now (Film)
An American assassin is sent upriver to kill a rogue colonel in Francis Ford Coppola's hellish vision of Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness novel. This monumental Vietnam war movie has a moving soundtrack that captures the mood of the time.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms
(1979, 18, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Babette's Feast (Film)
Wonderful Oscar winning film based on the short story of a young 19th century woman who changes the lives of the villagers she meets in a small Danish town.
Director: Gabriel Axel
Starring: Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson
(1987, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Control (Film)
Moving biopic of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis (Sam Riley), who battled depression and epilepsy before taking his own life. Samantha Morton shines as his neglected wife.
Director: Anton Corbijn
Starring: Samantha Morton, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Craig Parkinson
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:20

BBC2:
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Howl's Moving Castle (Film)
Magical animated adventure. A young girl is forced to toil in her parents' hat shop. Her only joy is in her occasional meetings with a handsome stranger, Howl the wizard. But a witch sees her happiness and, in a jealous rage, curses her to be old. Ashamed and afraid, the girl flees to Howl's magic moving castle. Luckily, Howl sees her for who she really is and her courage and warmth bring happiness to the castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori Isaki
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Casablanca (Film)
Michael Curtiz's classic drama stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, who owns a shady bar in Second World War Casablanca. Into Rick's nest of Allied and Axis interests walk Victor Laszlo a resistance hero on the run to a neutral country, and his wife Ilsa Lund. She and Rick have history, which left him with a broken heart but will he find it in his heart to forgive her and save a life precious to her?
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1942, U, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Pan's Labyrinth (Film)
In 1940s Spain, a young girl escapes from the horrifying brutality of her sadistic stepfather's military endeavours into a mysterious netherworld of magic and monsters where she is set three tasks that will see her crowned as princess of this strange kingdom.
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Álex Ángulo
(Editor's Choice, In Spanish with Subtitles, Widescreen, 2006, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

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One Hour Photo (Film)
Robin Williams plays Sy Parrish, who runs a one-hour photo developing lab in a small shopping centre. He's a perfectionist about his work and generous to his regular customers, including a typical family headed by Will Yorkin. Over the years, he's seen the family grow through their photographs, but when he spots evidence of Yorkin being unfaithful, coupled with a threat to his own professional position, his already precarious mental state tips over the edge as his voyeurism becomes an obsession in Mark Romanek's chilling feature debut.
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels, Paul H. Kim
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2002, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Film)
John Sturges' telling of the infamous battle in Tombstone stars Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday. When marshall Earp saves Holiday from a lynch mob, the pair form an unlkely friendship and when after several scrapes, end up in Tombstone, where Wyatt's cousin Virgil needs help with the Clanton family. Joined by brothers Morgan and JImmy, the Earps and Holliday ride into Tombstone and history. Love interest comes in the shape of Laura Denbow an independent lady who intrigues Wyatt and Kate Fisher, Holliday's long-suffering girl.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Lyle Bettger
(Subtitles, 1957, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Hot Shots! (Film)
Topper Harley is a maverick air force pilot who constantly lives in the shadow of his father's legacy. Unable to handle the pressure, Harley has left the Air Force to live among a tribe of Native Americans. But when the United States seeks to destroy some Iraqi nuclear facilities there's only one man for the job.
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer
(Widescreen, 1991, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

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Alfie (Film)
Michael Caine, in his breakthrough role, stars as Alfie Elkins, a shallow and amoral sexual hedonist whose series of amorous adventures lead eventually to loneliness in Lewis Gilbert's swinging-sixties comedy drama.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1966, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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