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Polish Wedding
(1998) [PG]
The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a long-time affair with Roman. Her young daughter Hala is having an affair with neighbour cop Russell and becomes... More
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Wondrous Oblivion
(2003) [PG]
David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it! The 11 year old has all the kit he could wish for but none of the skill, and he's a perpetual outsider at school. When a Jamaican family move in next door, build a cricket net in the back garden and even offer to coach him, David is in seventh... More
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Hero
(2002) [M]
Starring Jet Li (Once Upon a Time in China, The Master) in a visually stunning martial arts epic where a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation! With supernatural skill and no fear, a nameless soldier (Jet Li) embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that... More
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The Killing Fields
(1984) [M]
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help... More
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River's Edge
(1986) [R]
Based on the horrifying real-life murder of a young California girl, this "powerful portrait" (Newsweek) of deadly, disaffected teens stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Crispin Glover (Charlie’s Angels: The Movie), Ione Skye Leitch (One Night Stand), Daniel Roebuck (Final Destination) and Dennis... More
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I'm Not Scared
(2003) [MA]
While playing outside one day, nine-year-old Michele discovers Filippo, who is chained to the ground at the bottom of a hole. Michele witnesses town baddie Felice nearby and suspects something bad is happening. Michele is unsure whom he should tell about his discovery, eventually spilling the... More
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Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
(2003) [MA]
Zatoichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatoichi discovers a remote mountain village at the mercy of Ginzo, a... More
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Emile
(2003) [M]
Starring two-time academy award nominated Sir Ian McKellen, Emile is the poignant exploration of an older man’s struggle with his past. Emile is given the opportunity to travel from England to Canada to receive an honorary degree at the university, and he goes to meet his only living relatives,... More
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Gerry
(2002) [M]
Two friends, both named Gerry (Matt Damon and Casey Affleck), pull off the highway to hike on a wilderness trail. Their casual decision to go off the main path has dire consequences as they lose their way in the harsh terrain. At first, their confidence and humour propel them forward, but as they... More
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A Short Film About Killing
(1988) [MA]
Expanded from an episode in Kieslowski's 10-part "Dekalog" TV series (from the Ten Commandments), A Short Film About Killing is a powerful rebuke to a world that fights violence through ritualized capital punishment, but still dramatizes, sensationalizes and perpetuates it. The film's powerful... More
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Asoka
(2001) [M]
Asoka traces the life of Eperor Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century BC. To extend the borders of his empire, Asoka waged one of the bloodiest wars in history with the neighbouring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated.... More
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Peter Weir Short Film Collection
(1971) [M]
Collected together for the first time are the selected seminal short films of internationally acclaimed director Peter Weir ("Picnic at Hanging Rock", "Gallipoli", "Master and Commander"). This DVD provides a rare opportunity to witness Weir's formative work, displaying the themes and style that... More
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The Manchurian Candidate
(2004) [MA]
Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerise a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme’s "The Manchurian Candidate". As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle... More
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Monsieur Ibrahim
(2003) [M]
During the early 1960s, Paris was an explosion of life. As the old gave way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled with an energy that promised cultural shifts and social change. Against this background, in a working class neighborhood, two unlikely characters--a young Jew and... More
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Coffee and Cigarettes
(2003) [M]
A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine Popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide--all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director... More
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Heavy
(1995) [M]
Victor is the overweight, underappreciated cook at "Pete and Dolly's" - a roadside diner where the regulars are even staler than the coffee, and just as bitter. Callie the enchanting new waitress, is a breath of fresh air who breezes her way right into Victor's heart. Heavy has the critics... More
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Criminal Lovers
(1999) [MA]
Once upon a time in the suburbs, there lived a teenage girl named Alice. A pretty girl who liked to play games. Games of seduction. Games of violence. When Alice convinces her naive boyfrind Luc to prove his love for her by helping her murder a cocky classmate; the stage is set for a... More
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Bus 174
(2002) [MA]
Jose Padilha's award winning documentary reconstructs the extraordinary story of the hijacking of Bus 174 – a story that gripped the entire nation of Brazil and one that ended in chaos and devastating tragedy. On 12th June 2000, a bus was hijacked by an armed man in a middle-class residential... More
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Saints and Soldiers
(2003) [M]
Based on actual WWII events, the award-winning "Saints and Soldier" tells the dramatic story of a small band of Allied soldiers trapped behind enemy lines with information that could save thousands of allied lives. Outgunned and ill-equipped, they must now battle a frigid wilderness and roving... More
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The Passion of the Christ
(2004) [MA]
"The Passion of The Christ" is a film about the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film opens in the Garden of Olives (Gethsemane) where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Jesus resists Satan's temptations. Betrayed by Judas Inscariot, Jesus is arrested and taken back... More
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Kill Bill Vol 2
(2003) [MA]
This is a revenge tale of an expert assassin, called The Bride, who sets out on a quest to wreak vengeance upon her former employer, Bill, and other members of their assassin circle, for shooting her at her wedding--along with everyone else in attendance--and leaving her for dead. When this... More
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Girl With a Pearl Earring
(2003) [PG]
Set in mid 17th Century Delft in Holland, Girl with a Pearl Earring is a coming-of-age drama about the imagined relationship between Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and a quietly beautiful peasant girl Griet (Scarlett Johansson). More
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Monster
(2003) [MA]
Monster stars Oscar winner Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos, the homicidal man-hater whose notorious killing spree eventually led to her execution in 2002, having been convicted of murdering six men. Director Patty Jenkins' remarkable debut feature film digs deep beneath the tabloid headlines to... More
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Taking Lives
(2003) [MA]
Special Agent Illeana Scott (Jolie) doesn't rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her intuitive, unconventional approach often makes the crucial difference between catching a killer and sending a dead-end case to the cold file. When Montreal... More
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Monday Morning
(2002) [PG]
Vincent (Jacques Bidou) decides that he can't take the monotonous routine of another Monday morning: the long commute from his home village, his uninspiring job at a factory and demanding family obligations that always interrupt his passion for painting. In the hope of finding what's missing from... More
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The Station Agent
(2003) [M]
Fin McBride (Peter Dinklage), a loner with a passion for trains, inherits an abandoned train depot in the middle of nowhere, a place that suits him just fine because all he wants is to be left alone. But that is not to be. Soon after moving in, he meets Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), a distracted... More
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Morvern Callar
(2002) [MA]
After her boyfriend's suicide, a traumatised Morvern (Samantha Morton) struggles to define her place in the world. Her behaviour grows more erratic, until the discovery of her late lover's unpublished novel offers an unexpected solution ... Ramsay's second feature offers further proof of her... More
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The Day of the Locust
(1974) [M]
Nathaneal West’s novel about Hollywood decadence in the late ‘30’s is a brilliant piece of filmmaking. A deeply insightful work that is powerful in its presentation, staggering in its vision. Director John Schlesinger is masterful in creating a world of platinum blondes, cockfights, glamour... More
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The McKenzie Break
(1970) [PG]
Brian Keith leads an international cast in this poignant and powerful WWII drama. Keith stars as Captain Jack Connor, a fast-talking, hard-drinking, tough-as-nails Irishman assigned to investigate an impending escape by a group of German POWs led by the charismatic Kapitan Schleutter (Helmut... More
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