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Thunderball
Plot S.P.E.C.T.R.E have hijacked 2 nuclear warheads, and are holding the USA and the UK hostage for $100m. They will detonate one of the weapons if they are not paid. James Bond investigates, and finds himself up against S.P.E.C.T.R.E’s #2 – Emilio Largo. Direction At 125m this is the longest in the franchise so far.…
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Rocky V
Plot Rocky is now retired following his fight in Russia. Upon his return home, he and Adrian discover Paulie has mistakenly given power of attorney to his accountant – who has squandered their millions, and put them back to where they started. Rocky discovers a gifted fighter named Tommy Gunn, and takes him under his…
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The Dead Pool
Plot Harry Callahan investigates the death of a celebrity, and discovers that there game being played by a group of friends where they create a ‘list’ of celebrities they think will die. But one of the players lists start dying – and Harry’s name is on the list. Direction New director Buddy van Horn takes…
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Alien
Plot A seven manned spaceship, The Nostromo, returning to earth from deep space is awoken from cryo-sleep to investigate a distress call from a planet. The team that heads down discovers a life form, with an alien bug attaching itself to one of the crew. Upon return to the ship, the bug has evolved into…
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Beverly Hills Cop
Plot Axel Foley is a gifted detective in Detroit. One night, his old friend Mikey from his ‘old life’ comes to visit, and they have a night of reminiscing and heavy drinking. However Mikey, who hasn’t left “the life” is murdered, as Axel is left beaten unconscious. Axel takes ‘vacation’ and decides to head to…
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My Old Ass
Plot 18 year old Elliott is about to leave her small town near Ontario, for Toronto, where she plans to head to college. She is going to leave her girlfriend Chelsea, and her two best friends Ro and Ruthie. Her family, with mum Kathy, dad Tom, and brothers Max and Spenser – are planning on…
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The Royal Hotel
Plot Two Canadian young women, on holiday in Australia, take a job to earn some money, when they run out. They are sent to a South Australian town, to work in the local bar, which is a regular for all the local miners. The bar is owned by Carol – an Aboriginal Auntie, and her…
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Black Bag
Plot George Woodhouse is a top ranking Secret Intelligence Officer, who is ordered by his supervisor to find which SIS operative has stolen a software program called Severus, which if used correctly can cause nuclear meltdowns to kill tens of thousands. There are five suspects; Direction A more mature direction from Steven Soderbergh than we…
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Godzilla X Kong
Plot King Kong, now living in Hollow Earth – is desperate to find his own kind. A sinkhole opens and he enters, finding the villainous Scar King – who he must battle. Godzilla, still fighting for mankind, starts to go hunting for extra radiation – seemingly on a mission for something… big… (such as a…
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The Shining
Plot Jack Torrance, a wannabe writer takes up the caretaker position of the prestigious Hotel Overlook during the brutal Colorado winter. Bringing his wife and son, they are isolated for five months, and soon Torrance starts to unravel due to the isolation. Direction Stanley Kubrick directs, and this is my first Kubrick film so I…
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Richard Jewell
Plot During a concert for the opening of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, security guard, Richard Jewell, a wannabe police officer discovers a pipe bomb in a bag. Managing to avert disaster by getting people out the way, before it explodes, he becomes an overnight hero. The FBI, believing it to be ‘too coincidental’ – start…
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Love Lies Bleeding
Plot Its 1989 New Mexico, and openly gay Lou – who runs her fathers gym, meets Jackie a bodybuilder on her way to Vegas for a body building competition. They soon fall for each other, but things start to get in their way; namely her family. There is her father Lou Sr, the local gun…
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Prisoners
Plot When two young girls go missing, the families turn to the police for assistance. Their main suspect is Alex, a mentally challenged young man, who the girls were playing near his camper van earlier that day. As the days pass, and the maximum time allowed to hold him ends, the father of one of…
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Novocaine
Plot Nathan Caine is a overly careful Assistant Bank Manager, who has CIPA(Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis) – so every aspect of his life is careful. He meets new teller, Sherry who is smitten by him, and they go on a date – and the following day the bank is robbed, and sherry is…
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Cuckoo
Plot 17 year old American Gretchen, is forced to move with her estranged father Luis, his young wife, Beth and their young mute daughter Alma to Germany following the death of her mother. They all move into a home owned by Luis’ new boss, Herr König, as Luis and Beth will soon be building an…
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