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Titles starting from letter "B"
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Peru 1714. A beautiful but wobbly bridge collapsed when five were attempting to cross, dooming these people to death as they fell into the deep. Five people, on separate journeys for very different reasons were united by the same tragic destiny. Was it an accident? Or was it the divine punishment? A Franciscan monk Brother Fray Juniper (Gabriel Byrne) has been given the duty of looking into the tragedy by the archbishop of Lima (Robert De Niro), and to learn what he can about the victims. Thornton Wilder's award-winning novel gets a brilliant screen adaptation in this historical drama by writer and director Mary McGuckian. |
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This is the epic story of courage, honor and the destructive power of war. Set in a Burma in 1943, the drama follows British prisoners of war who are ordered by Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), a remorseless Japanese commander, to build a railway bridge over the River Kwai. Under the leadership of the cool-headed Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), the prisoners are planning to sabotage the bridge. But all of a sudden Nicholson changes his mind and commands his men to build the best bridge possible as a symbol of British morale. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson's fortitude but then they are perplexed to discover that he slowly goes mad and becomes obsessed with building an ideal bridge. When American Major Shears (William Holden) escapes from the camp and informs the British commander of the operation, he is assigned to lead a team of commandos to the jungle so as to blow up the strategic structure. |
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This wonderful and touching story centers on an introverted, artistically talented fifth grader, Jess Aarons (Josh Hutcherson), and his imaginative new classmate and next-door neighbor, Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb). Both outsiders at school, they soon become intimate friends. Willing to escape from their cruel peers, solitude and other troubles, the two kindred spirits create their own world filled with walking trees, giant trolls, monsters, and fantastic animals. The kingdom of Terabithia, where they rule together as king and queen, is hidden deep in the nearby woods, and the only way to enter the magical land is to swing across a stream on an old rope. |
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A 32-year-old British woman named Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) indulges in bad habits, especially smoking, drinking and overeating, and has no scruple in saying what crosses her mind. The worst thing is that she is single and can't find the right man. Her caring parents (Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent) try to bring her into contact with their neighbors' modest son, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), but Bridget is attracted to her handsome boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). She eventually arrives at a decision to turn over a new leaf, to work off her excess weight and to keep a diary in which she will record her achievements. However, making dreams come true and finding true love turns out to be much more difficult than expected... |
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If you like online dating, be ready for any surprise! Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin), a divorced workaholic tax attorney trying to forget his ex-wife (Jean Smart), meets a woman ‘Lawyer-Girl’ (Queen Latifah) on the Internet. He expects her to be a lovely blonde haired, blue eyed attorney with refined manners. What he gets is a sassy plump African-American woman named Charlene Morton, a prison escapee, claiming her innocence and seeking Peter's help in having the charges dismissed. She may be unguilty but Peter wants nothing in common with the fast-talking shocking girl. Due to her provoking behavior, great aplomb and no tact, Peter's respectable house is upside-down. However, Peter soon realizes that he’d better do what Charlene wants or she will bring down the house and drive him up the wall. |
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48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own. |
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After dating a wonderful man, Hope comes back home, sees her daughter Jennifer and goes to sleep. She wakes-up in the woods with a psychopath, fighting to survive for more than forty days and asking information about her daughter to the stranger. |
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The drama tells a compelling story about friendship, loyalty, love and loss of three lifelong buddies who grow up together and become immune to violence and crime that reign in the streets of 1980s-era Brooklyn. One day, while walking on the shore, Michael, Carmine and Bobby stumble upon a car with a well dressed man in the driver's seat. But the boys get neither scared nor amazed by seeing the man with a bullet wound in his head. Carmine (Scott Caan) borrows a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from the deceased, Bobby (Entourage's Jerry Ferrara) takes a puppy left in the cage under the seat, and Michael (Freddie Prinze Jr.), the most quick-witted of them, takes a gun out of the glove compartment... |
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After the yakuza clan is annihilated in a bloody war, the sole survivor, Aniki Yamamoto (Takeshi Kitano), flies from Tokyo to Los Angeles so as to find his long lost younger brother, Ken (Kuroudo Maki), a smalltime drug dealer. In America he is confronted with an alien, menacing world where crime lords have engaged in a fierce and merciless battle for domination. Ruled by the yakuza code of honor, Yamamoto takes over the LA underworld. |
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Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai's only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood. |
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The bonds of true friendship and love are powerful enough to persist through even the most extreme circumstances, but can even the strongest bond endure when a young man and a young woman are split apart by the spirits? Since being turned into a bear as punishment for his insensitivity in Brother Bear, Kenai has managed to find true happiness and a compelling sense of purpose in his new relationship with his adopted brother Koda. But when Kenai's old friend Nita prepares for her wedding day with another man, the spirits send a sign indicating that a strong connection still exists between Kenai and Nita. The tribe Shaman suggests that the two join forces in a ritual to sever the bond between them and Nita, newly endowed with the ability to communicate with animals, seeks out Kenai in the woods. Even as the two friends resolutely journey to break the connection between them, the inescapable bond between them strengthens and threatens to disrupt not only Nita's upcoming marriage, but the special relationship between Kenai and Koda. In the end, destiny may require that each of the three choose between his or her happiness and the happiness of the other two. Like its predecessor Brother Bear, Brother Bear 2 features lush animation; a nice blend of action, suspense, and comedy; and a powerful message. (Ages 3 - 12) |
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This quite speculative story tells about two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm who pretends to protect townsfolk from folklore creatures they fabricated. But when their quick-money-getting scheme is disclosed, the con men are forced to contend with a real magical curse. They enter an enchanted forest where young girls keep disappearing under mysterious circumstances. The story sometimes balances on a brink of nonsense, but Monica Belucci appearing by the end of film is good as usual. |
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A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild. |
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In a small town, a serial killer mutilates the bodies of his victims and leaves a flower on the corpses. The efficient Sheriff's Deputy Zoe Adams and her political chief and lover Sheriff Jimmy Fleck investigate the murders but the proximity to the elections makes Jimmy not informing the menace to the local population. Zoe finds many clues and teams up with the autistic trainer of hounds Leroy Calhoun, disclosing the identity of the killer. |
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Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds. |
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This touching comedy drama tells the story of two terminally ill men given only several months to live. While sharing a room in a cancer ward, blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) and millionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) decide to live their last days to the fullest and make a "bucket list" of things they want to do before they kick the bucket. Escaping from hospital, the newly made friends embark on an adventurous journey which includes seeing the wonders of the world, race car driving, sky diving, going on a safari in Africa and playing poker in Monte Carlo. |
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The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with the weakened monster, who he plans to re-energize with a new brain. Larry Talbot (the Wolfman) arrives from London in an attempt to thwart Dracula. Dracula's reluctant aide is the beautiful Dr. Sandra Mornay. Her reluctance is dispatched by Dracula's bite. Dracula and Sandra abduct Wilbur for his brain and recharge the monster in preparation for the operation. Chick and Talbot attempt to find and free Wilbur, but when the full moon rises all hell breaks loose with the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein all running rampant. |
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Agnes White (Ashley Judd), a divorced woman, settles in a godforsaken small town in Oklahoma in order to avoid being persecuted by her ex-husband Jerry Goss (Harry Connick) who is about to be released from prison. She works as a waitress at a lesbian bar and whiles away the evenings alone in a shabby motel. Agnes can't shed the burden of her tragic past: Jerry regularly humiliated and abused her. However, things are not as hopeless as they seem. One fine day she meets Peter Evans (Michael Shannon), a Gulf War veteran... |
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Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (voiced by Mel Blanc) are rival book salesmen from Rambling House who go their separate ways to sell books to folks. The rabbit wanders through the Arabian Desert and soon comes across Sultan Yosemite Sam's palace where he gets forced to serve as a court storyteller. To save his skin, Bugs entertains Sam's spoiled, capricious son, Prince Abba-Dabba (Lennie Weinrib), with amazing stories about Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Big Bad Wolf and other colourful characters. |
| Bugsy Malone
[1976,
UK]
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| Every year brings a great movie. Every decade a great movie musical! |
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A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of "Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan". |
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