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| Lady in the Van, The
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(2015 Nicholas Hytner)
Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins "temporarily" parks her van in Alan Bennett's (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favour becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.
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| Ladykillers, The
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(1955 Alexander MacKendrick)
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Sir Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers their robbery. But the pensioner is not as harmless as she seems! A rare colour film from Ealing in the '50s, it was premiered in 1955 at the end of the Ealing Green period.
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(1955 Alexander MacKendrick)
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Sir Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers their robbery. But the pensioner is not as harmless as she seems! A rare colour film from Ealing in the '50s, it was premiered in 1955 at the end of the Ealing Green period.
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| Laramie Project, The
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(2002 Moisés Kaufman)
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming in the aftermath of the murder of 21 year old Matthew Shepard. This true story re-enacts the impact of Shepard's death on a small community which was dubbed the 'hate capital of America'.
The film follows the story of Matthew's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. In groundbreaking style it mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers and other Laramie residents in their own words.
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(1987 Bernardo Bertolucci)
svensk titel: Den Siste Kejsaren
Following Pu Yi, the last of the Emperor's of China, from his birth in 1908, through his childhood in the fortress-like Forbidden City and his later misguided collaboration with the Japanese in World War II, The Last Emperor tells the history of modern China through the eyes of the man brought up
to believe that he was the country's divine ruler.
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(2003 Edward Zwick)
svensk titel: Den Siste Samurajen
Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabc plays Katsumoto, a Samurai leader facing a vanishing way of life, whose destiny becomes intertwined with that of the American captain.
2-Disc Special Edition
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| Last Shot, The
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(2004 Jeff Nathanson)
Alec Baldwin and Matthew Broderick make a fine comedy team in this true story which plays like a combination of THE PRODUCERS and THE SOPRANOS.
FBI mob-buster Joe Devine (Baldwin) is sent to Rhode Island to get the goods on Teamster racketeer Tommy Sanz. In order to do so, he sets up a sting disguised as a fake movie production. To be convincing, he needs a script and a director, and he finds both in the form of gullible dreamer Steven Schats. Despite the fraudulent nature of the production, Schats's movie-making fever proves so infectious that before long Joe is convincing his superiors to agree to a three-picture deal.
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(1987 Richard Donner)
svensk titel: Dödligt Vapen
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal, a man whose killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with.
Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family, a big house and a pension he doesn't want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh's shock when he learns his partner is a guy with nothing left to lose: wild-eyed, burnt-out Martin Riggs.
'Lethal Weapon' is the thrill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common: both hate to work with partners. But partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out, take-no-prisoners, martial-arts-and-machine-guns war with an international heroin ring.
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(2019 Maria Sødahl)
originaltitel: Håp
Dagen före julafton får Anja läkarnas besked. Hon har cancer. Kanske går den att stoppa. Kanske inte. Medan hennes storfamilj med egna barn och bonusbarn stojar och ser fram emot julaftonens festligheter avslöjar Anja den hemska diagnosen för sin man, den flera år äldre Tomas. Under julveckan kastas det redan krisande parets liv in i en tumultartad situation. Ska de lyckas hitta tillbaka till varandra och lära sig att älska igen, nu när Anja behöver kärlek och omtanke mer än någonsin?
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| Liar Liar
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(1997 Tom Shadyac)
Jim Carrey stars as a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar who, forced by his son's birthday wish, must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
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| Liberty stands Still
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(2002 Kari Skogland)
Though her finger has never been on the trigger, there are those who believe Liberty Wallace is guilty of murder. An international arms dealer, she sells to anyone who's got the connections and the cash... no questions asked.
En route to a secret rendezvous to meet her lover, Liberty answers her mobile phone. The caller tells Liberty he has her in his sights and unless she does exactly as she's told, she'll die in a hail of bullets. Not only that. If her line goes dead, she'll detonate a bomb killing her and blowing a whole city block sky high. Powerless to stop time running out on her phone, the passing of each second takes her and countless innocent victims one step closer to oblivion.
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| Licence to Kill
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(1989 John Glen)
svensk titel: Tid för Hämnd
James Bond turns renegade to hunt down a master criminal in this pulse-pounding thrill-ride that's packed with awesome stunts, subtle humour and explosive confrontations.
Timothy Dalton brings urgency, charm and deadly determination to his portrayal of the super-agent, who leaves the British Secret Service arid begins a fierce vendetta after his friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison) is brutally attacked by drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi).
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| Life during Wartime
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(2009 Todd Solondz)
Ten years after the critically acclaimed 'Happiness', Todd Solondz revisits the tangled personal lives of three sisters in this savagely funny satire of middle class mores.
Joy (Shirley Henderson) is married to a man with an unresolved 'affliction' and haunted by a former lover; Trish (Allison Janney) meets an unlikely new suitor while her ex-con ex-husband attempts to reconnect with their young son; meanwhile Helen (Ally Sheedy) feels pressured by her family and her Hollywood success. Featuring an all-star cast, this emotionally resonant portrait of flawed but fascinating characters struggling to find love and meaning in an unsympathetic world is poignant, sometimes shocking and often hilarious.
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(1979 Terry Jones)
svensk titel: Ett Herrans Liv
Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their second film. The setting is Judea 33 A.D.
, a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and exasperated Romans trying to impose some order. At the centre of it all is Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a reluctant would-be messiah who rises to prominence as a result of a series of absurd and truly hilarious circumstances providing ample opportunity for the entire ensemble (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Chapman) to shine in multiple roles as they mock everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, and the art of haggling to crazy prophets, Roman centurions, and crucifixion.
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(1944 Alfred Hitchcock)
svensk titel: Livbåt
Based on a short story by John Steinbeck, "Lifeboat" takes place entirely on a boat adrift in the North Atlantic.
After their Allied freighter is sunk by a German U-boat, a diverse group of individuals make their way onto a lifeboat. Later, the castaways rescue a man adrift at sea, only to discover that he is the very German U-boat captain who sunk their vessel. Choosing to keep him aboard as a gesture of humanity and for the sake of his seafaring skills proves to be a fateful decision for the survivors when they discover the German captain's true motives.
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| Little Miss Sunshine
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(2006 Jonathan Dayton)
Take a hilarious ride with the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families in comedy history. Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success programme... with no success.
Meanwhile, "pro-honesty" mom Sheryl (Toni Collette) lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother (Steve Carell), fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers - the seven-year-old, would-be beauty queen Olive (Abigail Breslin) and Dwayne (Paul Dano), a Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a vow of silence. Topping off the family is the foul-mouthed grandfather (Alan Arkin), whose outrageous behaviour recently got him evicted from his retirement home. When Olive is invited to compete in the "Little Miss Sunshine" pageant in fat-off California, the family piles into their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her - with riotously funny results.
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(1973 Guy Hamilton)
svensk titel: Leva och låta Dö
James Bond battles the forces of black magic in this high-octane adventure that hurtles him from the streets of New York City to Louisiana's Bayou Country.
With charm, wit and deadly assurance, Roger Moore steps in as Agent 007 and takes on a powerful drug lord (Yaphet Kotto) with a diabolical scheme to conquer the world.
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(2007 Len Wiseman)
The best is back in action in the latest installment of the pulse-pounding, thrill-\-minute Die Hard action films. New York City detective John McClane delivers old-school justice to a new breed of terrorists when a massive computer attack on the U.S. infrastructure threatens to shut down the entire country over Independence Day weekend.
2-Disc Collector's Edition
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(2001 Léa Pool)
Three schoolgirls learn about the joys, sorrows, and varieties of love in this drama. Mary is a quiet girl who is still recovering from the death of her mother. Mary's father and new stepmother, who are blind to her emotional needs, send her away to an all-girls college, where Mary becomes fast friends with her new roommates, sophisticated Paulie and worldly Tory. But Mary soon discovers that Paulie and Tory are more than just friends, and have begun to pursue a passionate physical relationship.
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| Love me Tender
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(1956 Robert D Webb)
svensk titel: Duell i Texas
In his film debut, singing idol Elvis Presley stars in this action-filled romance set in the aftermath of the Civil War. After hearing his older brother (Richard Egan) has been killed in combat, a young Texas farmer (Presley) marries the man's sweetheart (Debra Paget).
But his brother returns, sparking a bitter sibling rivalry and tragic confrontations with Union soldiers.
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