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Uk movies
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Based on Oscar Wilde's play, the movie centers around Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam), a Government minister who is famous for his honesty and incorruptibility. His wife, Lady Gertrude Chiltern (Cate Blanchett), who is morality itself, is a match for him. So they are a happily married couple. However, Sir Robert isn't as perfect as he seems. One day Mrs. Laura Cheveley (Julianne Moore) who has proof of his past misdeed arrives in London to blackmail Chiltern. His impeccable reputation and successful political career are threatened but he is more anxious about how not to lose his beloved wife. Therefore he turns for help to his best pal, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), who coincidentally had a relationship with the devilish Mrs. Chieveley. Goring advises not to give way to despair but take serious measures against the blackmailer. |
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Miss Marple is invited to London to see her old friend Ruth. Miss Marple was a sort of traveling companion to Ruth and her sister, Carrie Louise. Ruth is worried about Carrie Louise. She doesn't know why, though. Ruth asks Miss Marple to come with her to her sister's estate, Stonygates. Stonygates is a huge manor house, and some of the buildings and the grounds are used by Carrie Louises' current husband, Lewis, as a reformatory for juvenile criminals. Miss Marple meets the people who live there - Carrie Louise's grand-daughter Gina and her malcontent American husband Walter; Stephen and Alex Restarick, Carrie Louise's stepsons by her first marriage; Edgar Lawson, Lewis' mentally unstable secretary; and Carrie Louise's daughter, Mildred, who is jealous of Gina. Soon, Carrie Louise's stepson by her second marriage shows up. He is Christian Guldbrandsen, and he runs the trust which contributes a fraction of the funds used to run Stonygates. He and Lewis talk in private. Later that night, Edgar begins waving a gun around and ranting that Lewis is his father. Lewis takes him to his office where the argument becomes even more heated. After a few minutes, two shots are heard, and then hysterical crying. The door opens to reveal Lewis, unhurt. Edgar missed him. However, the body of Christian Guldbrandsen is discovered, shot. Miss Marple sets out to find the murderer before it is too late for her good friend Carrie Louise. |
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Grow Your Own is a fantastic warm-hearted British comedy with a host of well-known British stars. A refugee family is given a plot to help rehabilitate their traumatized father. At first they are met with suspicion by the men who have worked the gardens for years but eventually they are accepted by their united love of making things grow. |
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When Bond investigates mysterious activities in the world diamond market, he discovers that the evil Ernst Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stockpiling the precious gems to use in a deadly laser satellite capable of destroying massive targets on land, sea and air. Bond, with the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), sets out to stop the madman, but first he must grapple with a host of enemies. He confronts offbeat assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, as well as Bambi and Thumper--two scantily-clad beauties who are more than a match for Bond in hand-to-hand combat! Finally, there's the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean), who may just hold a vital clue to Blofeld's whereabouts. |
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A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany... |
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A middle-aged crime boss (Malcolm McDowell) smugly reflects back from 1999, narrating the brutality which made him triumphant - and feared. As an unnamed young hood (played by Paul Bettany) in Swinging 60's London, he seemed to ape his mod boss Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), and do anything for him. But his narration exposes all-consuming envy: of Freddie's supremacy, and especially his tall bird (Saffron Burrows). The baby shark develops his viciousness and backstabbing, scheming to be Gangster No. 1. |
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Five British best friends are living for the weekends. The sexually paranoid Jip (John Simm) works at a clothes shop. His black buddy Koop (Shaun Parkes), an aspiring hip-hop DJ, sells discs at a record store and Koop's girlfriend, Nina (Nicola Reynolds), who failed to enter college, works at a fast food joint from 9 till 5. But the daily sight of burgers literally makes her retch and she quits her job. Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington) is an independent blonde who doesn't think much of men. Moff (Danny Dyer) is the only person who doesn't work. He earns money by supplying his friends with drugs. The director presents the viewer with the characters, depicting youth's fears, complexes, and lack of self-confidence. The link between them is that they hate having to work. They are all obsessed with sex and find an outlet in drugs, drinking, clubbing, and dancing to wild music. The only way to escape from the humdrum of their daily lives, their dead-end jobs, and the establishment is to try to relax during the weekend turned into an explosive mixture of house music, sex, ecstasy and marijuana. |
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In the 1950s, the comedy duo of Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin Firth) are at the height of their popularity. Their performance at America's night clubs is a stunning success; they have hordes of fervent devotees, money, and fame. Their patron looks after the golden boys so that they can have anything they care to ask for. Their round-the-clock telethon continues until a mysterious incident leads to the break-up of their partnership. Fifteen years later, young journalist Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman) decides to lift the veil of mystery and get to know the whole truth from Morris and Collins' own lips. But she unexpectedly becomes swept into a swirling vortex of passion, lust, deception and betrayal... |
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand—two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft—identical twins Albert and Bertram. |
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Bond must find the missing "Solex Agitator," a device that will harness the sun's radiation and give awesome power to whomever possess it. But, also vying for the prize is Francisco Scaramanga, a world-class assassin who brandishes a distinctive golden gun. When 007 discovers he is to be Scaramanga's next target, he is hurled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, continuing the search as he evades the killer on his trail. Bond must also contend with Scaramanga's exotic lover Andrea Anders, and Nick Nack, whose small size belies his lethal abilities. Even as 007 enlists the aid of sensuous Mary Goodnight, he must overcome ferocious odds to survive an explosive showdown on Scaramanga's remote island. |
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Ricky (Ashley Walters) has been released from a young offender institution where he served time for the illegal possession of a firearm. Determined to go straight, he heads home where his mother and his 12-year-old brother Curtis (Luke Fraser) are waiting for him. However, while on his way home, he and his best buddy Wisdom (Leon Black) get involved in a minor street confrontation which threatens to escalate into a violent neighborhood war. Then Ricky takes home a loaded revolver and hides it in his room which Curtis finds... |
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This time, the Man of Steel has his hands full with a trio of super-powered villains who escape from their Phantom Zone prison (remember the weird flying diamond-shaped mirror that scooped them up from the planet Krypton?) and land on Earth, where all three have powers to rival Superman's own. How does it all come out? With a fabulous duel above the streets of Metropolis, and a startling plot twist that neatly ties in Superman's explosive past. Arch-criminal Lex Luthor plays both ends gleefully against the middle in hopes of a modest reward: Australia. |
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Frankie, a young lad on the run from the grimy ghetto of South London, plans his escape and the beginnings of a new life in sunny Spain - the Costa Del Sol to be more precise. Armed with nothing but a bundle of cash stashed in his luggage he heads off, yet Frankie has no idea that this sum of money will catapult him into the seductive world of ex-gangster Charlie. Before he knows it Frankie's got more then he bargained for - he's one of Charlie's gang and slap bang in the middle of the heady world of organized crime. |
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The historical drama follows the adventures of poet, courtier and debauchee John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), also known as the Earl of Rochester, in London of the 17th century. We observe him leading a dissolute life, having an ardent romance with aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton), enjoying the company of his favorite prostitute Jane (Kelly Reilly), drinking heavily, and writing ribald satirical poems and an outrageous play ridiculing King Charles II (John Malkovich). His defiant behavior ultimately begins to irritate his surroundings, from his wife Elizabeth Malet (Rosamund Pike) to the very monarch...
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| Witches, The
[1990,
UK]
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| Saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy they've turned into a mouse! |
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A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children. |
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Meet Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), an unemployed single father and a born loser. In an attempt to regain authority with his son Nicky (Jake Cherry), Larry takes a job as a graveyard-shift security guard at the Museum of Natural History. In his first nightshift, he sees extraordinary things occurring: all the exhibits come to life (due to an old Egyptian stone). When Larry takes his son to work with him, three former guards break into the museum to steal the magic stone, and Larry proves to Nicky that he is, indeed, a great man. He shows his savvy and bravery by organizing the historic characters to help him arrest the criminals and save the museum.
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Dorothy Gale (Fairuza Balk) has returned to Kanzas from the magical Land of Oz and cannot stop thinking about her friends, the Scarecrow (Justin Case), the Cowardly Lion (John Alexander) and the Tin Woodman (Deep Roy). Aunt Em (Piper Laurie), anxious about Dorothy's insomnia, takes Dorothy to see the famous Dr. Worley (Nicol Williamson) who treats his patients with electroshock therapy. With the help of a mysterious blonde girl named Ozma (Emma Ridley), Dorothy manages to escape from the clinic and finds herself back in Oz with her adorable chicken Billina (voiced by Denise Bryer) who now can talk. Exciting new adventures await Dorothy in Oz... |
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When successful stand up comedian Buddy 'Aces' Israel (Jeremy Piven) is determined to turn state's evidence and testify against mob boss Primo Sparazza (Joseph Ruskin), the latter gives his orders, Aces' mouth is to be shut, and sets a price of a million dollars upon his head. Hoping to bring the big-time mobster to trial, the FBI places the sharpen-tongued witness into protective custody, under the supervision of two agents Richard Messner (Ryan Reynolds) and Donald Carruthers (Ray Liotta), and not without reason, for a gang of money-hungry villainous thugs is close on Buddy's tail, waiting for an opportunity to hit the jackpot. And they get a chance when the indiscreet Aces decides to go to a casino to try his luck. It must be said that luck is just what he needs!
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This heroic picture is based on a true story of the Russian sub' crew which been on guard in the 1960's during the Cold War between the superpowers of the USA and the USSR. The picture shows how the secret reconnaissance raid turned out to be a reason for a new diplomatic crisis escalation and jeopardized the team of the ballistic sub. Harrison Ford portrays Alexei Vostrikov, a Captain of the nuclear K-19 the reactor of which is seriously injured. Alexei is at odds with an executive officer Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), but they share such merits as bravery and uncompromising patriotism. The missiles located onboard and the men are endangered due to reactor problems, Alexei decides to eliminate the nuclear leakage at any cost... |
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The action takes place in the underworld inhabited by two rival clans – Vampires and Lycans (Werewolves) - who have been sworn enemies for centuries. It’s ironical that a beautiful young Vampire warrior, Selene (Kate Beckinsale), falls in love with her clan’s enemy, Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). In fact he is not a Werewolf; he is a human who has been captured by the Lycans because he has unique blood picture which can save their clan from extinction. |
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