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| Batman
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(1989 Tim Burton)
Gotham City, not the safest of places to live, but that is about to change with the emergence of a new super hero, who intends to inspire fear into the hearts of the evil, and hope into the hearts of the honest citizens of that city! Who is Batman?
2-Disc Special Edition
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| Be Cool
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(2005 F Gary Gary) 50:-
When Chili Palmer (John Travolta) decides to try his hand in the music industry, he romances the sultry widow (Uma Thurman) of a recently whacked music exec, poaches a hot young singer (Christina Milian) from a rival manager and discovers that the record industry is packin' a whole lot more than a tune!
2-Disc Special Edition
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| Beanpole - Den Väldiga Kvinnan
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(2019 Kantemir Balagov) 50:-
originaltitel: Дылда
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally.
Although the siege - one of the worst in history - is finally over, life and death continue their battle in the wreckage that remains. Two young women, lya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko) and Masha (Vasilisa Perelygina), search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
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| Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, A
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(2019 Marielle Heller) 50:-
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood', a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbour.
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(1992 Fernando Trueba) 50:-
"Belle Epoque" is a sensual, uninhibited comedy starring Penelope Cruz.
Set in a sun-drenched Spanish countryside of 1931, the film tells the story of Fernando, a deserter from the war who is befriended and given shelter by an amiable artist. When his hosts four beautiful daughters arrive a classic farce ensues as Fernando is seduced by one amorous sister after the other in this funny, sexy and heart-warming celebration of love and desire.
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(2020 Burhan Qurbani) 50:-
An African immigrant struggles to make a new life for himself in the big city in director Qurbani's audacious, neon-lit reinterpretation of Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel.
After surviving his perilous journey, Francis vows to be a good man, but he soon realizes how difficult it is to be righteous while undocumented in Germany - without papers, without a nationality, and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer for easy money from the psychopathic gangster Reinhold (Albrecht Schuch), Francis initially resists temptation, but eventually he is sucked into Berlin's underworld and his life spirals out of control.
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| Berättelsen om Pi
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(2012 Ang Lee) 50:-
originaltitel: Life of Pi
After a cataclysmic shipwreck, an Indian boy named Pi (Suraj Sharma) finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger. Together, they face nature's majestic grandeur and fury on an epic journey of discovery.
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| Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
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(2011 John Madden) 50:-
When seven cash-strapped Brits journey to a retirement resort in India, friendship and romance blossom as they touch each other's hearts in the most unexpected ways. In the end, they will all discover that life and love can begin again when you embrace today and let go of the past.
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| Better Living through Chemistry
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(2014 Geoff Moore, David Posamentier)
A small town pharmacist's uneventful life is turned inside out when a chance encounter with a lonely trophy wife turns into a walk on the wild side in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) has been disregarded for years by everyone from his domineering wife Kara (Michelle Monaghan) to the goldbricking employees at the drugstore he bought from his insufferable father-in-law. When Doug embarks on an exhilarating drug-and-alcohol fuelled affair with Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde) - the most glamorous woman he has ever met - no-one is more surprised than he is.
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| Between Heaven and Hell
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(1956 Richard Fleischer) 50:-
svensk titel: Djävulsön
Robert Wagner, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen star in this absorbing drama about a recruit who comes of age during WWII.
Sam Gifford (Robert Wagner) is a young, successful cotton planter who lacks compassion for others, especially his own sharecroppers.
But once in combat, he answers to a sadistic officer (Broderick Crawford), and must rely on the friendship of a "cropper" (Buddy Ebsen). Nominated for a 1956 Oscar for Best Music, "Between Heaven and Hell" is an action-packed story of men in battle - sometimes with themselves.
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| Big Boss, The
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(1971 Wei Lo, Chia-hsiang Wu) 50:-
originaltitel: Tang shan da xiong
In his first starring role, legendary martial arts star Bruce Lee sets the screen ablaze in this thrilling tale of revenge and retribution.
Having made a vow never to fight again, a factory worker named Cheng (Lee) does his best to put up with an abusive boss. But when Cheng's beautiful cousin is kidnapped by company thugs, Cheng is forced to take matters into his own hands - and fists - to save her.
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| Big Fish
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(2003 Tim Burton) 50:-
Throughout his life Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor) has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales, in his later years he (Albert Finney) remains a huge mystery to his son William (Billy Crudup).
Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures in this marvel of a movie.
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(1998 Coen Brothers) 30:-
The Dude, Jeff Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is unemployed and laid-back... until he is the victim of mistaken identity.
Two thugs break into his apartment in the errant belief that they are accosting Jeff Lebowski the Pasadena millionaire. In hope of getting a replacement for his soiled carpet The Dude visits his wealthy namesake and, with buddy, ex 'Nam' veteran, Walter (John Goodman) he is swept into a comedy/thriller of extortion, embezzlement, sex and dope.
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| Billy Elliot
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(2000 Stephen Daldry) 80:-
"Billy Elliot" is a heartwarming tale of an 11 year old coal miner's son (Jamie Bell) in the north of England who's life is forever changed when he stumbles upon Mrs Wilkinson's (Julie Walters) ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson.
Before long, he finds himself immersed in ballet, demonstrating a raw talent never seen before and reaching for a dream that changes the lives of everyone he touches.
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| Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The
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(1970 Dario Argento) 50:-
originaltitel: L'uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall)...
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| Bittersweet Life, A
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(2005 Jee-woon Kim) 80:-
originaltitel: Dalkomhan insaeng
Sunwoo is no ordinary hotel manager. He is also the ruthlessly efficient right hand man of underworld boss, Kang. But tough guy Kang has a weakness; his young girlfriend. Suspecting she's unfaithful, Kang orders Sunwoo to take care of the problem.
When Sunwoo discovers her with another man, he uncharacteristically grants them mercy. Kang is furious and orders his gang members to hunt down Sunwoo. With nerves of steel, Sunwoo battles the gang alone. With each kill, he takes one step closer to his final confrontation with Kang.
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| Blecktrumman
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(1979 Volker Schlöndorff) 50:-
originaltitel: Die Blechtrommel
When Oskar Matzerath (the extraordinary David Bennent, just twelve at the time) receives a tin drum for his third birthday, he vows to stop growing there and then - and woe betide anyone who tries to take his beloved drum away from him, as he has a banshee shriek that can shatter glass. As a result, he retains a permanent child's-eye perspective on the rise of Nazism as experienced through petit-bourgeois life in his native Danzig, the 'free city' claimed by both Germany and Poland whose invasion in 1939 helped kick-start World War II.
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| Blob, The
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(1958 Irvin S Yeaworth, Jr) 150:-
svensk titel: Faran från Skyn
This classic cult movie of the 50's combined both elements inherent in the Sci-Fi and teen delinquent movies of the time and created a new hybrid that transcended both and set the standard for movies to come while helping to launch the careers of Steve McQueen and Burt Bacharach (who wrote the infectious theme song).
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| Blodröd Sol
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(1993 Philip Kaufman) 50:-
originaltitel: Rising Sun
Special liaison officer (Wesley Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation.
Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Sean Connery), the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.
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| Blue Hawaii
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(1961 Norman Taurog) 50:-
The year was 1961. Fallout shelters dot suburban backyards. Ken joins Barbie. Roger Maris slugs 61 home runs. And Elvis Presley is in paradise, playing an ex-G.I. who comes home to Blue Hawaii. His mother (Angela Lansbury) expects him to climb the corporate ladder.
But Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide. Lucky Elvis: his first customers are a careful of cuties. Elvis, lovely scenery, lovelier girls and rock-a-hula songs - now that's paradise!
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| Blue Steel
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(1934 Robert N Bradbury) 50:-
svensk titel: Dynamitpasset
When Sheriff Jake observes a man close to a robbery he immediately follows him suspiciously. He soon learns that Melgrove, the town's leading citizen, is intending to deviously buy the worthless town, which actually stands on top of a huge gold mine.
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| Blues Brothers, The
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(1980 John Landis) 80:-
After the release of Jake Blues (John Belushi) from prison, he and brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) go to visit the orphanage where they were raised by nuns. They learn that the church stopped its support and will sell the place unless the tax on the property is paid within 11 days.
The brothers decide to raise money by putting their blues band back together and staging a big gig. They may be on a 'mission from God' but they're making enemies everywhere they go.
2-Disc Steelbook Edition
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| Boot, Das
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(1981 Wolfgang Petersen) 50:-
"Das Boot" is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as ‘The Grey Wolves’. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the British Navy at every turn.
The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle, coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy...
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| Bopha!
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(1993 Morgan Freeman) 80:-
Micah Mangena is sitting on a powder keg and doesn't know it. He's a sergeant in South Africa's police force, an unquestioning supporter of the powers that be. But the strife tearing at the fabric of 1980 South Africa is about to rip Micha's own world violently apart. His son is waking up to the fact that the system of apartheid is evil... and that Micah is part of that system.
"Bopha" is a Zulu word meaning "to arrest" or "to detain". For the oppressive regime, it's an act of empowerment. For the swelling crowds of activists, it's an outraged cry of protest, a cry who real-world impact is still felt today.
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| Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
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(1992 Francis Ford Coppola) 80:-
Francis Ford Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula myth, and from that gothic romance, he creates a modern masterpiece.
It follows the tortured journey of the devastatingly seductive Transylvanian Prince (Gary Oldman) as he moves from Eastern Europe to 19th century London in search of his long lost love, Elisabeta, who is reincarnated as the beautiful Mina (Winona Ryder).
2-Disc Collector's Edition
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| Brazil
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(1985 Terry Gilliam) 250:-
It's only a state of mind. Jonathan Pryce stars as Sam Lowry in this surrealistic spectacle about a daydreaming bureaucrat trapped in a future dystopia where love is forbidden from interfering with efficiency.
But with the help of an underground superhero (Robert De Niro) and a beautiful mystery woman (Kim Greist), Sam learns to soar to freedom on the wings of his untamed imagination, or so he thinks.
3-DVD Box Set
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(1985 Terry Gilliam) 80:-
It's only a state of mind. Jonathan Pryce stars as Sam Lowry in this surrealistic spectacle about a daydreaming bureaucrat trapped in a future dystopia where love is forbidden from interfering with efficiency.
But with the help of an underground superhero (Robert De Niro) and a beautiful mystery woman (Kim Greist), Sam learns to soar to freedom on the wings of his untamed imagination, or so he thinks.
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| Breakfast at Tiffany's
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(1961 Blake Edwards) 50:-
svensk titel: Frukost på Tiffany's
Blake Edwards' screen adaptation of Truman Capote's novella stars Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, an eccentric high-class escort working in New York.
Rubbing shoulders with Hollywood agents and wealthy politicians at glamorous parties, Holly plans to marry into money and save up to help support her brother who is due to return from the army. However, when young writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard) - the kept man of a wealthy older woman - moves into Holly's apartment block, the pair soon find their worlds turned upside down.
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(1935 James Whale) 50:-
svensk titel: Frankenstein's Brud
The acclaimed sequel to the original 'Frankenstein', one of the most popular horror classics in film history, has now been restored in stunning high definition. The legendary Boris Karloff reprises his role as the screen's most misunderstood monster, now longing for a mate of his own.
The last horror film directed by James Whale features a haunting musical score that helps make 'The Bride of Frankenstein' one of the finest and most touching thrillers of its era.
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| Bridget Jones Dagbok
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(2001 Sharon Maguire) 30:-
originaltitel: Bridget Jones' Diary
On New Year's day, hung over and still single, Bridget Jones -- a 30-something London girl -- decides to get a grip on her life and start a diary: "Resolution number one: obviously, will lose twenty pounds. Number two: will find nice sensible boyfriend and not continue to form romantic attachments to peeping-toms, megalomaniacs, emotional f***wits or perverts." But it's not that easy for Bridget; choosing between bona-fide sex-god-with-big-car Daniel Cleaver and aloof-looking-but-thoughtful-sensitive-man Mark Darcy ...
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| Bron över Floden Kwai
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(1957 David Lean) 50:-
originaltitel: Bridge on the River Kwai
When British P.O.W.'s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure.
Spectacularly produced, 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even it's the theme song, an old WWI whistling tune, the 'Colonel Bogey March', became a massive worldwide hit. 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
2-Disc Special Edition
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| Brända av Solen
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(1994 Nikita Michalkov) 50:-
originaltitel: Утомлённые солнцем
It's 1936 and respected hero of the Bolshevik Revolution Colonel Sergei Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov) is living an idyllic life in the Russian countryside with his wife Maroussia (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) and daughter Nadia (Nadia Mikhalkova). One glorious summer's day his serenity is interrupted by the arrival of the mysterious Dimitri (Oleg Menshikov), a former lover of Maroussia who had disappeared from her life ten years earlier. With songs and stories their new guest charms everyone but Kotov soon begins to suspect more sinister motives for his re-appearance.
Set against the growing threat of Stalin's regime of terror, Nikita Mikhalkov's poignant, Oscar-winning him lingers in the memory long after viewing.
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