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The Fisher King (25th Anniversary Edition)
(1991) [M]
In Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King, Robin Williams is Parry, a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Jeff Bridges co-stars as Jack, New York's No. 1 shock DJ, whose off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy which ruins his career.... More
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Dead Poets Society
(1989) [PG]
When charismatic English professor John Keating (Robin Williams) arrives at a strict boys academy, his unconventional teaching methods breathe new life into the curriculum steeped in tradition. With his wit and wisdom, Keating inspires his students to pursue individual passions and make their... More
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Boyz N The Hood
(1991) [M]
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face.... More
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Apocalypse Now
(1979) [R]
Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Willard receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz, and to "terminate his command with extreme prejudice". Willard's mission becomes an... More
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The Falcon And The Snowman
(1985) [M]
Academy Award Winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) and Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking) deliver superb performances in a true-story spy thriller that is scathing and arresting, and laced with white-knuckle excitement. From Oscar winners John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) and Steven Zaillian... More
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My Life As A Dog
(1985) [PG]
From the director of The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, this internationally acclaimed film is a tender portrayal of the wisdom and resilience of a young boy, set in 1959. Shipped off to live with his uncle for the summer when his mother falls ill, 12 year old Ingemar is on the verge of puberty... More
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Radio Days
(1987) [PG]
Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes involving radio personalities is intertwined with the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, NY circa 1942. More
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The Pope Of Greenwich Village
(1984) [M]
Turn up the Sinatra, put on the leather jacket, and slip into a rollicking high-voltage movie that produces tears of laughter. Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts and Daryl Hannah create emotion-charged characters who tingle with energy and play with conviction in this modern day classic that's as robust... More
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Torch Song Trilogy
(1988) [M]
Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love,... More
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The Big Chill
(1983) [M]
Join Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Berenger, Mary Kay Place, Jobeth Williams and Meg Tilly as they reunite for the funeral of a college pal. During the weekend that follows, these friends compare their '60's ideas with the harsh reality of their lives in the '80's and... More
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Edens Lost
(2005) [M]
Edens Lost is the compelling story of Angus Weekes, a seventeen-year-old boy growing up in Australia in the 1930s.
After the death of his Aunt and guardian May Collins, Angus is drawn into the mysterious and enchanted world of the St James Family. His experience with the family in their Blue... More
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Expresso Bongo
(1959) [PG]
Adapted from the hit stage show, Expresso Bongo perfectly captures the essence of the late '50s London coffee bar scene – cool cats, hip chicks and Cappucino daddio! Cliff Richard makes his full debut in a film that bristles with energy, wit, vitality and g-r-e-a-t music. The background and... More
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The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
(1988) [M]
The original version of George Sluizer's masterpiece, one of the best suspense thrillers ever made. Based on the novel 'The Golden Egg' by Tim Krabbe, The Vanishing is among the strongest Hitchcockian thrillers to come out of Europe and boasts a terrifying ending. Whilst touring in France, a... More
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Tatie Danielle
(1990) [M]
A domineering old widow, after the death of her long-suffering house-keeper, is invited to live in Paris with her only surviving relatives. Inevitably the old lady's demands become too much to bear and the whole family decamp to Greece, leaving the cantankerous old woman behind. French dialogue... More
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Murder Most Foul
(1964) [G]
After hearing all the evidence as a juror at the trial of a man charged with a murder set within a theatrical troupe, Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) is not convinced that the police have got the killer. As the only member of a jury who has faith in the defendant's innocence, she joins the... More
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Milou En Mai
(1990) [M]
In a large villa in the Southwest of France, the grandmother has just died. Her son, sixty-year-old Milou, who has been living with her and taking care of the property rather negligently, gathers the rest of the family for the funeral. We are in May 1968. The student demonstrations have just... More
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A Month In The Country
(1987) [PG]
They came to a Yorkshire village to heal their battle-scarred minds. Two Great War survivors who forged an unusual bond during the idyllic summer of 1920. Birkin's task was to uncover a medieval masterpiece in the local church, while Moon discovered a Saxon chapel in the graveyard. And through... More
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Man Of Flowers
(1983) [M]
A provocative drama, in which a reclusive art collector and his beautiful model experience a strange love-hate relationship.*BR More
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Jacob's Ladder
(1990) [R]
Directed by Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks, Unfaithful) and written by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Deep Impact), Jacob's Ladder tells the truly terrifying story of a traumatised Vietnam war veteran, who, as he returns to his civilian life, begins to hallucinate. Visualising horned... More
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The Bonfire Of The Vanities
(1990) [M]
Sherman McCoy was Wall Street's Master of the Universe - and everything in his life was right. Then one night he took a wrong turn at the wrong place with the wrong woman. And nothing has gone right since. Tom Hanks as McCoy, Bruce Willis as a jaded journalist, Melanie Griffith as McCoy's... More
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The Exorcist
(1973) [R]
The belief in evil - and that evil can be cast out. From these two strands of faith, author William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin wove The Exorcist, the frightening and realistic story of an innocent girl inhabited by a malevolent entity. Academy Award winner Friedkin, who introduces... More
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Wild At Heart
(1990) [R]
Wild at Heart follows a couple on the run in the deep south through a maze of twisted, frightening events. Just released from the Pee Dee Correctional facility, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) and his devoted lover, Lula Pace (Laura Dern), are fleeing her crazed mother Marietta (Diane Ladd) who... More
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For Queen And Country
(1988) [M]
Denzel Washington stars as Reuben, an ex-paratrooper, in this hard-hitting British thriller. Returning to civilian life for the first time in nine years, Reuben must confront racism, poverty and corruption in Thatcher's Britain. After serving his country in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, St.... More
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Hope And Glory
(1987) [M]
A semiautobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was more of an adventure, a total upheaval of order, restrictions and discipline. The liberating effect of the war... More
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Drugstore Cowboy
(1989) [M]
Crime is a way of life for Bob (Matt Dillon) and his wife Dianne (Kelly Lynch). Their lives are fuelled by an addiction that drives them from state to state robbing pharmacies for pills and thrills. Bob is a legend in his own right, honoured by his fellow gang members for his cold, tough and... More
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Henry And June
(1990) [M]
In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros) meets Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife June (Uma Thuman). Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo (Richard E Grant) as well as with Henry and others. June shuttles between Paris and New York trying to... More
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Blood Simple
(1984) [R]
Deep in the heart of Texas, a jealous bar owner hires a private eye to kill his wife and her lover. The sleazy hitman double-crosses the husband, killing him instead and pocketing the cash. The perfect crime, or so it seems, but disposing of the corpse is not so simple. Blood Simple uncoils its... More
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Proof (1991)
(1991) [M]
Celia (Genevieve Picot) is a young female housekeeper who becomes malicious towards her blind photographer employer, Martin (Hugo Weaving - Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Matrix) when he spurns her advances. To retaliate she befriends Andy (Russell Crowe - L.A. Confidential, Gladiator), the... More
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The Commitments
(1991) [M]
Dubliner Jimmy Rabbitte, is a man with a vision - to bring soul music to Dublin. His friends Derek and Outspan ask him to manage their band and Jimmy agrees, but only on his terms. He places an ad in the local paper which simply reads "have you got soul? If so, the World's Hardest Working Band is... More
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Sex, Lies And Videotape
(1989) [M]
With smouldering sensuality and biting humour, the surprising relationship between the three title subjects is relvealed in Steven Soderbergh's Palme D'Or-winning debut sex, lies, and videotape. James Spader won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his brilliantly understated and... More
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