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Mao's Last Dancer
(2009) [PG]
From internationally acclaimed Australian film director Bruce Beresford comes the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. From a gruelling apprenticeship as a classical dancer in communist China, to the glory of creative freedom in... More
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Nowhere Boy
(2009) [M]
Imagine John Lennon's childhood. A spirited teenager, curious, sharp and funny, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love - Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of 5 and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimis care.... More
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Brasileirinho
(2005) [PG]
In Rio in the late 1800s, Brazilian musicians started to blend European melodies, Afro-Brazilian rhythms and a melancholic interpretation of the native Indians' music: Choro was born.
Uniquely Brazilian, it was the first musical expression of Brazil's identity as a cultural melting... More
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Paris Blues
(1961) [M]
Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian (Joanne Woodward) and Connie... More
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Dirty Dancing
(1987) [M]
Dancing to the beat of their hearts, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey star in this electrifying and sensual film. A vivid love story, Dirty Dancing is set to pounding rhythms and vibrant dance - guaranteed to be the time of your life!
It's summer 1963, Baby (Grey), 17 years old and all... More
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Michael Jackson: This Is It
(2009) [G]
Michael Jackson’s This Is It is a unique music event offering Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena.... More
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Young @ Heart
(2007) [PG]
Get ready to rock with the most entertaining Golden Oldies you'll ever meet, a fun loving senior citizens' choir called Young @ Heart - average age 81. Celebrating the unbreakable bonds of friendship and the life-affirming power of music, they prepare to perform a range of tunes from James Brown... More
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Look Back in Anger
(1959) [PG]
Based on John Osborne's play in which a university graduate (Richard Burton) comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. British cinema in the late 50s was dominated by the "angry young men", a term referring to both the writers and their subject matter. The movement also... More
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Cadillac Records
(2008) [M]
Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Leonard Chess' (Adrien Brody) Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Willie Dixon (Cedric The Entertainer) and the great Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). In this... More
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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
(2005) [G]
Legendary poet, singer/songwriter and alleged ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his L.A. home about his extraordinary life and times, interspersed with old footage from his private photo collection and lavish praise plus elaborately performed Cohen cover songs from a motley crew of... More
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Paris 36
(2008) [M]
Paris 36 is set in a suburb of north-east Paris between December 1935 and July 1936 during the "revolutionary" period of the Popular Front, the period that introduced the first paid holidays and a shorter working week. Three unemployed performers decide to take over by force the music hall where... More
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The Boat That Rocked
(2009) [M]
In 1966 - pop music's finest era - a bunch of ramshackle DJs play rock and pop 24 hours a day, broadcasting from Radio Rock, a pirate radio station in the North Sea.
On board arrives 18 year old Carl, who is instantly plunged into a series of hilarious and life-changing adventures and... More
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps
(1979) [PG]
"Rust Never Sleeps", a concert fantasy, was chosen by The Rolling Stone Magazine in 1987 as one of the 'Greatest live perfomances of the last 20 years'
This DVD was recorded at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA. on October the 22nd 1978.
Tracklisting:
A Day In The... More
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The Rolling Stones: Shine a Light (Blu-Ray)
(2008) [M]
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world's greatest rock n' roll band unite to bring audiences the year's most extraordinary feature film, "Shine A Light."
"Shine A Light" will show the world the Rolling Stones as they've never been seen before. Filmed at the famed... More
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Mamma Mia! (Blu-Ray)
(2008) [PG]
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world.
20 year old Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) has a problem. It's almost her wedding day and she doesn't know who... More
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A Technicolour Dream
(1967) [M]
A Technicolour Dream is the story of the underground movement during the sixties leading up to its culmination at The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, a "musical happening" at Alexandra Palace on April 29th, 1967. The story takes in CND marches in the early sixties, the foundation of the London Free... More
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Parade
(1974) [G]
Legendary French director and performance artist Jacques Tati (Mon Oncle, Playtime) gathered a couple dozen performers (musicians, acrobats, jugglers, dancers, etc.) for a live performance filmed here from multiple angles, on stage and back stage, and within which personal mini-narratives are... More
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Othello (2007)
(2007) [PG]
Performed for the first time at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, with its racing concentrated plot and intense dramatic detail, Othello is one of Shakespeare's most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays.
This is a tale of uncontrollable jealousy, deception and murder driven by one... More
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Transylvania
(2006) [M]
The latest musical odyssey from Tony Gatlif (Latcho Drom, Exils, Swing) sees Zingarina, played by the magnetic Asia Argento, arrive deep in the heart of Romania, looking for the man she loves. She had met him in France, but one day he left without a word of explanation. With her friend, Marie,... More
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The Browning Version (1951)
(1951) [PG]
Adapted by Sir Terence Rattigan from his 1948 play, Anthony Asquith's The Browning Version is a poignant examination of repression and redemption set in the English public school system. Classics master Andrew Crocker-Harris is preparing to retire early due to ill-health. Considered a... More
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CSNY-Deja Vu
(2008) [M]
Since their debut in the late 'sixties, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young have functioned as the "town criers" of their generation. With songs like "Ohio" and "Find the Cost of Freedom", CSNY were in the forefront of Vietnam-era protest and anti-war sentiment. Though fondly remembered for their... More
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Moliere
(2007) [PG]
Beginning in Paris the 22-year-old Jean Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Moliere, is not yet the writer that history recognises as the father and true master of comic satire. Far from it. He is, in fact, a failed actor.
Director Laurent Tirard roots the story in an intriguing fact... More
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