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Australia:M certified movies
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The Persian Gulf War comes to an end and the United States triumph over a defeated enemy. Hundreds of Iraqi officers and soldiers surrender themselves cradling leaflets promising food and drink, home and kind treatment. Sergeant First Class Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg) and Private First Class Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze) are charged to disarm, strip naked and search the surrendering Iraqi. They are lucky to have found an important document on a resisting Iraqi officer. The document proves to be a map that discloses the location of Saddam Hussein's caches of gold confiscated from Kuwait. Troy and Conrad arrive at a decision not to report their commanding officers, except their pal, Staff Sergeant Chief Elgin (Ice Cube). However, the rumors of the secret map reach the ears of Major Archie Gates (George Clooney), and the four soldiers come up with a selfish plan to abstract the treasure from the bunkers.
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Manny is the "boss" of the convicts in an Alaskan high security prison. Renken, the heartless prison's administrator wants to kill him, so Manny escapes with the help of another young prisoner, Buck, who follows him. The two fugitives manage to get to a rail depot and get onboard a train. The problem is, the engineer has died and the the train is totally out of control, and nothing can stop it. So, leaving the prison, Manny and Buck find themselves aboard something that is both their freedom and their death... |
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A sailor (Derek Luke) prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist (Washington) for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew. |
| Contact
[1997,
USA]
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| From the Academy Award-winning director of "Forrest Gump" and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Contact" take you on a journey to the heart of the universe (3 more taglines...) |
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Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an upstart species with a long way to go? |
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Dear Diary: Veronica Sawyer is sick of being part of the Heathers, the most powerful clic of Westerberg High; making fun of Martha Dunnstock ("Dumptruck"), the fat girl, or doing some stupid polls is something she'll never get used to. Meanwhile she meets JD, a cool rebel guy who wouldn't mind shooting a gun at school just to make his point. Remington University's party is where Veronica has to go as a Heather, and there's where she gets her ultimatum as a Heather from Heather Chandler, the head of the Heathers. So Veronica and her lover JD "accidentally" kill Heather Chandler and manage to cover it up by making a suicide note. Will this be just the beginning of the assasination-turned-suicide serie of Westerberg High which nor the FBI, the CIA or the PTA would be able to stop? Or will Veronica be able to pull herself together and stop her psychotic lover from killing absolutely EVERYONE at school? |
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The biopic comedy relates the story of Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), a famous American entertainer, actor and performance artist who was able to stir any audience. An eccentric, extraordinary person and an enigmatic comedian, he gave bizarre performances making the audience empathize with him, hate him or wonder at his escapades. He made them show their emotions, as opposed to just sitting in front of a TV and swallowing cheap jokes. The movie takes a profound look at Kaufman's art as well as his personal life and his relationship with his girlfriend Lynne Margulies (Courtney Love), his best pal and partner Bob Zmuda (Paul Giamatti), and his manager George Shapiro (Danny DeVito).
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John Sullivan (Caviezel) is a New York City homicide officer who is traumatized for 30 years following the death of his father, Frank (Quaid), After finding Frank's HAM radio, John begins talking to Frank, 30 years into the future. Together, they change the past but have to find a way to stop a serial killer from murdering John's Mom & Frank's wife with a 30 year gap. |
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The L.A. of a not-too-distant future suffers a surge of drug abuse involving a new ultra-addictive and eventually brain-damaging substance simply named "D". Bob Arctor is an undercover narc leading a double life, dutifully reporting to his superiors while effectively having abandoned whatever normal existence he had for a "D" user/dealer career. But this schizophrenic situation and the drug-induced memory and concentration lapses put Bob under mounting stress. |
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Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan. Song by song, gig by gig, the Commitments start their climb to the top: Dublin gets soul. But internal strife also builds: Deco is insufferable, Joey's a Casanova, and Jimmy may lack the seasoning to hold things together. Will the Commitments slip away? |
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While traveling down south, two college kids Bill Gambini (Ralph Macchio) and Stanley Rothenstein (Mitchell Whitfield) find themselves mistakenly arrested for murdering a convenience store clerk in Alabama. Thinking that they are accused of shoplifting, the buddies sign the avowal of their guilt. With no money and no one to turn to for help, Bill decides to call his lawyer cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini (Joe Pesci). The brash Vinny, who has never tried a criminal case, has secret weapon – he can outtalk anyone. With his glib-talking, sexy girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) in tow, Vinny heads to the small Southern town to get the hapless pair out of trouble. |
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
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It's Christmas season and Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) promises his beloved wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) and his adorable kids, Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and Russell (Johnny Galecki), to make the most fun-filled and exciting celebration in their lives. He invites his long-estranged parents, Clark Wilhelm (John Randolph) and Nora (Diane Ladd), his Aunt Bethany (Mae Questel) and Uncle Lewis (William Hickey), and his wife's parents, Arthur (E.G. Marshall) and Francis Smith (Doris Roberts), to celebrate a great holiday at their house in Chicago. It should be noted that Clark answers his big family's expectations. In addition to traditional dishes, the Christmas menu includes an exploding turkey on the dinner table, the Christmas bonus bugaboo, the electrocution of a cat, and the police raid which gives zest to the holiday. |
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Steve Zissou, a sea-film amateur, has hard times. His partner was eaten by a shark, in addition Steve has problems with his own wife and some young man states that he is Zissou's son. Recent filming brought no success to Steve, he has troubles with money and with a pregnant reporter to whom he is attracted to. A revolt, pirates, a pursuit by shark and the bonds of fatherhood awaits him at the sea as the story unfolds. He should learn how to smile and how to handle the monster from the ocean depths... besides restoring the box office positions. |
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While returning home from a trip, an idyllically happy young couple, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis), are killed in a horrific car accident. They become ghosts and return to their beloved farmhouse which is soon purchased by an obnoxious family, the Deetzs. When all their attempts to scare away the new owners are of no avail, they turn to hilarious and impertinent evil spirit 'Beetlejuice' (Michael Keaton) for help. |
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An impresario Vivian Van Damm is brought in to set up the running-down Windmill Theater in Soho, which is just bought by the recently widowed eccentric well-to-do Laura Henderson. All their ambitions can easily get crash, since the inter-war London does not forgive mistakes and the rivals can surpass every little success, such as the other theatres have copied their idea of a non-stop revue. Laura proposes to put nudes in the show, deciding to show audiences something they've never seen before. |
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Set in the small British town of Sheffield, six old friends, Gary "Gaz" (Robert Carlyle), Dave (Mark Addy), Lomper (Steve Huison), Gerald (Tom Wilkinson) and Guy (Hugo Speer), find themselves out of job and out of money when their steel mill shuts down. The former steel workers are desperate and depressed over their unemployment and Lomper is so despondent that he attempts to commit suicide. Meanwhile, the Chippendales, a troupe of male strippers, arrive in town and their act is a tremendous success with the local women. Inspired by the exotic dancers, Gaz comes up with the brilliant idea of putting on a similar show of his own, with one difference – they are daring to end the performance "fully nude". But there is only one snag: their bodies are far from perfect and they can't dance at all. |
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The Passion of the Christ concerns the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth (Jim Caviezel). The dialogue is spoken in the ancient Aramaic language, along with Latin and Hebrew. His prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas's betrayal, Pontius Pilate's interrogation, the death on the cross of Golgotha and subsequent resurrection are depicted in this, sometimes brutal, Mel Gibson's screen version of Biblical legend. The faint-hearted should be prepared for the brutal, barbaric beatings that Christ endures. Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, and Hristo Jivkov are engaged as Magdalene, Maria, and John respectively, who are distressed by Jesus' fate yet aware that they can do nothing to change it. |
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Miss Jane Marple is staying at an elegant hotel from her childhood compliments of her nephew Raymond. Also there is international adventurer Bess Sedgwick and Lady Selena Hazy (Joan Greenwood in her next to last performance). A doorman working at the hotel turns out to be from Bess' past, and when he is killed, she is the prime suspect. But what does his murder have to do with the disappearance of an elderly vicar staying at the hotel, and a string of robberies over the last few months? Miss Marple must find out before the murderer strikes again!!! |
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Einar (Robert Redford) was a once successful rancher who developed a serious drinking problem being still in shock from his only son's death a decade ago. He has let his ranch fall into ruin so as his marriage. His daughter-in-law, a down-on-her-luck single mother (Jennifer Lopez) is forced to move in with Einar, from whom she has been estranged, in order to properly care for her young daughter. Lasse Hallstrom directs this adaptation of the same name novel by Mark Spragg. |
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Years ago, attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) defended a psychopath named Max Cady (Robert De Niro) who was accused of brutally raping a teenage girl. During the trial Bowden deliberately hid an important piece of evidence that could have kept Cady out of prison. Thus he was sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment on charges of the rape and battery. When his prison term expires, Cady comes out with a single-minded goal to wreak vengeance on the lawyer by destroying his career and terrorizing his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange) and his 15-year-old daughter Danielle (Juliette Lewis). |
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