07 Apr
Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of […]
Posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, UK, USA by: admin
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28 Jan
Molly Gunn (Murphy), the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray (Fanning), the oft ignored daughter of a music executive (Locklear) she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.
Posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, USA by: admin
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26 Aug
Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece […]
Posted in 1971, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, USA by: admin
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23 Aug
French vs. American social customs and behaviors are observed in a story about an American visiting her Frenchman-wed sister in Paris.
Posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, France, Romance, USA by: admin
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18 Aug
Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter’s chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house’s former owner. […]
Posted in 2003, Drama, USA by: admin
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15 Aug
In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as “the red violin,” is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, […]
Posted in 1998, Canada, Drama, Italy, Music, Mystery, Romance, UK by: admin
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04 May
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the “murder”.
Posted in 1999, Canada, Crime, Drama, Germany, Mystery, Thriller, USA by: admin
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04 May
A member of a rich British aristocratic family, Lara Croft is a “tomb raider” who enjoys collecting ancient artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. worldwide, and doesn’t mind going through death-defying dangers to get them. She is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, and foreign languages - and does them all in tight outfits. […]
Posted in 2001, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Germany, Japan, UK, USA by: admin
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02 Apr
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D’Amato, […]
Posted in 1989, Comedy, Drama, USA by: admin
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21 Mar
A family film about a mouse that lives in an old house where the geriatric owner dies, and ‘Nathan Lane’ (qv) and ‘Lee Evans (I)’ (qv) have plans for, but they have trouble getting rid of the mouse. It’s like Home Alone with a mouse.
Posted in 1997, Action, Comedy, Family, USA by: admin
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