Rafe Spall
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In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom are qualified to rule the monarchy.
22) Life of Pi
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A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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Based on the obscenity trial of D.H. Lawrence's book "Lady Chatterley's lover." The book was banned in England for 30 years for its graphic language and depictions of illicit sex. The case finally came before a jury of ordinary citizens in October 1960. Two jurors have their passion inflamed by Lawrence's prose. After weighing in the evidence in court each day, they explore new erotic frontiers by night. In the end, they must decide whether the novel...
24) Acres & acres
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Based on the best-selling novel by St. John Greene, the film is a heartwarming story of a woman with cancer who makes a list of memories to help her husband raise their sons after she is gone.
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"Florence, Italy, 1912. Lucy Honeychurch is eager for adventure, but finds herself in a safe haven of English tourists, spinsters and clergymen. More dangerously, she makes the acquaintance of the socialist Mr. Emerson and his son George. Sparks fly between Lucy and George, but Lucy does her best to ignore them. After an astute observer purposefully mistranslates her request for 'the good men' (clergymen) and sends her into the arms of 'a good man,'...
26) Get Santa
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Santa has crashed his sleigh, lost his reindeer and finds himself on the run from police! Now it is up to a father and son to get Santa back and save Christmas for everyone. A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas adventure for the whole family!
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Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple during a chance encounter on a train. However, when Miss Pinkerton...
28) Ghost hunter
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Harry Price, a real-life psychic researcher famous for exposing the tricks of fraudulent spiritualists in London after World War I is infamous, too, for a few long-ago frauds of his own. After a séance goes tragically awry, Harry vows to play it straight, until a distraught, socially prominent woman asks him to rid her home of ghosts. Will he tell her the hard truth about the psychological source of her fear? Or comfort her with the lies she wants...
29) Life of Pi
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A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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Jurassic Park: "Journey to an amazing them park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the Earth and five people must battle to survive among the historic predators"--Container.
Lost world: Jurassic Park: "Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, two groups are in a race against time that will determine the fate of the remote island's prehistoric inhabitants"--Container.
Jurassic Park III: "Adventure runs wild when a renowned...
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The holiday: Amanda lives in Los Angeles and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey, England and is a journalist. The two live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but both are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda just broke up with her cheating boyfriend. Iris has pined for her ex. Amanda comes upon a website that advocates home exchange and the two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both with a goal to forget...
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Celebrate the legacy of one of the biggest film franchises with the Jurassic World Ultimate Collection. Spanning all six movies, these unforgettable adventures feature all of the prehistoric predators, beloved characters and memorable moments that make the Jurassic movies legendary. The epic story begins with a dinosaur theme park and culminates in chaos as humanity's impulse to advance genetic science unleashes a fierce fight for survival that alters...