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#8:WEIRD, Rare, HARD-To-Find Big & Small Screen
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Part EIGHT: These are the movie, TV Series, Made-For-Television Movies, Specials, Documentary, Drive-In Mature/Action/Grindhouse, Disney, Music (Concerts). Just overall some things that were things I’ve seen over my LONG lifetime to things I’ve discovered…Enjoy! (I will ALWAYS be adding) ~~ Please be sure to check out my other playlists - Thanks For looking!~~


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Movie: The Police: Certifiable ( 2008 )
Concert film of The Police during the 2007-08 reunion tour.
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Movie: Ramy Youssef: Feelings (TV Special 2019) ( 2019 )
A young Egyptian-American stand up comedian tackles universal predicaments such as sex with the latest pop culture references and from the specific vantage point of a Muslim millenial.
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Movie: Across the Pacific ( 1942 )
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
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Movie: Tropical Tease ( 1994 )
Bernie's a bumbling hit man married to a buxom beauty. When he arrives at a resort in beautiful Miami Beach, he is incensed to find his wife in bed with a local lifeguard. It's not long before hilarious adventures ensue when the world's worst assassin wreaks all kinds of havoc in an attempt to protect his honor. The topless beach resort will never be the same as Bernie seeks redemption among the cabana boys and the bikini clad residents at one of the Sunshine State's tropical hot spots.
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Movie: Girl in Room 13 ( 2022 )
Grace becomes addicted to opioids after suffering a sports injury. She's ready to leave her addiction behind under her mother's watch, but her past won't let her go: Richie kidnaps her in a motel room to sell her into human trafficking.
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Movie: Three Wishes for Cinderella ( 2021 )
A Cinderella story: in snow-heavy forests the heroine battles against her evil stepmother for her dream of meeting the handsome prince. This is a breathtaking ride featuring brilliant archery and a gorgeous palace ball.
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Movie: The Nile Hilton Incident ( 2017 )
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
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Movie: Doctors' Wives ( 1971 )
Dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic and their neglected wives who deal with their own unhappiness in various ways enter crisis mode when one of them murders his cheating wife.
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Movie: Ninety Degrees in the Shade ( 1968 )
A respected grocery shop employee in Prague is covering up for her manager's misconduct with whom she is having an affair; however, things will get complicated when a thorough auditor pays a visit.
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Movie: Manhattan Melodrama ( 1934 )
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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Movie: Russell Howard: Right Here, Right Now ( 2011 )
Russell Howard is back in 2011 with his third sell-out tour Right Here, Right Now. The star of Russell Howard's Good News and Mock The Week never fails to entertain with his trademark mix of eloquent gags and deft storytelling.
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Movie: The Retirement Plan ( 2023 )
When Ashley and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to estranged father Matt, currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands.
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Movie: Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession ( 1980 )
A psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.
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Movie: The Last Warrior: Root of Evil ( 2021 )
Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he has his Magic Sword to cut a gap between the worlds to get some supplies quite regularly. But when an ancient evil rises an...Read all
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Movie: Squeaky Clean Mysteries: Hazardous Duty ( 2022 )
Gabby St. Claire had to drop out of school before she can complete a degree in forensic science to help her family. Instead, she did the next best thing: she became a crime scene cleaner. When a routine cleaning job uncovers a murder weapon the police overlooked, she realizes that the wrong person is in jail. But the owner of the weapon is willing to do anything to ke...Read all
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Movie: Barber ( 2023 )
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter.
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Movie: Against the Ropes ( 2004 )
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
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Movie: Men, Women & Children ( 2014 )
A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communications, their self-images, and their love lives.
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Movie: The Mind of Mr. Soames ( 1970 )
A man who has been in a coma since infancy is awakened.
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Movie: Stage Door ( 1937 )
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
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Movie: The Good Lie ( 2014 )
A group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.
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Movie: The Sons of Katie Elder ( 1965 )
Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
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Movie: Galileo ( 1976 )
This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him in conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, th...Read all
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Movie: Joe's Palace ( 2007 )
A drama centered on the relationship between Elliot Graham (Sir Michael Gambon), a strange and wealthy Londoner, and Joe Dix (Danny Lee Wynter), a teenager who takes care of an empty house Elliot owns.
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Movie: Ritual of Evil ( 1970 )
A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
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Movie: I Declare War ( 2014 )
Summer war games between neighborhood kids turn deadly serious when jealousy and betrayal enter the mix.
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Movie: Live Aid (TV Special 1985) ( 1985 )
This show features Live Aid, the biggest benefit concert in history. Taking place simultaneously in two seperate stadiums in the USA and the UK, many of the top contemporary rock music acts play many of their most popular songs to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. In addition, short films illustrating the crisis in Africa are run with the appeal for aid.
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Movie: A Christmas... Present ( 2022 )
Real-estate mom Maggie Larson takes her family to spend Christmas with her brother and his daughter, who have different expectations for their holidays.
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Movie: The Professional ( 1981 )
Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.
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Movie: Boudica: Queen of War ( 2023 )
The eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband, Prasutagus. The King dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, leaving Boudica's kingdom without a male heir, and the Romans seize her land and property.
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Movie: Helen Hong: Well Hong (2022) (TV Special 2022) ( 2022 )
The Helen Hong: Well Hong comedy special was taped at the Tribeca Festival in NY, one of the first events to re-open the city post-lockdown.
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Movie: The Mighty Macs ( 2011 )
In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- and the school itself is in danger of being sold -- Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
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Movie: Modern Girls ( 1986 )
A pair of women decide to prank their roommate's nerdy blind date after she stands him up, but end up developing a friendship with him after their practical joke sends them on an all-night odyssey through the 1980s club scene.
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Movie: The Murders in the Rue Morgue ( 1986 )
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
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Movie: Murder 101 ( 1991 )
After writing/publishing a book about a real murder trial, Charles returns to his college to teach creative writing - art of the thriller. 1st essay assigned: plan a perfect murder. Later someone uses it for murder.
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Movie: Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow (TV Special 2007) ( 2007 )
The electrifying FutureSex/LoveShow finds Justin Timberlake putting on a typically stunning set before a sold-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden. Fans looking for pulse-pounding renditions of "My Love," "Rock Your Body," "Cry Me a River" and "SexyBack" will not be disappointed. FutureSex/LoveShow is JT at the top of his game...and we think that he knows.
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Movie: Here Come the Munsters ( 1995 )
The Munsters come to America to search for Herman's brother-in-law Norman Hyde, and they discover that he has turned himself into Brent Jekyll, who is running for Congress, and Grandpa must make a formula to change him back into Norman.
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Movie: It Happened at Nightmare Inn ( 1973 )
Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.
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Movie: Miranda's Victim ( 2023 )
Patricia "Trish" Weir is committed to putting her kidnapper and rapist Ernesto Miranda in prison, while her life is destroyed by the legal system.
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Movie: The Lady in Red ( 1979 )
A naive farm girl's life turns upside down after being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.
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Movie: The Night the City Screamed ( 1980 )
A big-city blackout brings out looters, an ambitious politician, a police squad, and a young woman stranded after a party. An all-star cast.
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Movie: The Passover Plot ( 1976 )
Dramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. In this version, Jesus planned for His crucifixion by taking a drug that would simulate death. After His unconscious body was placed in the tomb, a religious sect known as the Zealots would secretly steal Christ's body from the tomb, then spread the rumor that He had risen, thus fulfilling Biblical prophecy.
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Movie: Russell Peters: Almost Famous ( 2016 )
Canadian comedy star, Russell Peters, visits Toronto's Massey Hall for a homecoming stand-up comedy performance. Russell returns to his trademark material of ethnic jokes and audience interaction.
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Movie: Sick Girl ( 2023 )
A female driven comedy about a woman who feels that she and her friends have grown apart. This is a "be careful what you wish for film" where a simple little lie begins to tear a whole community apart.
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Movie: The Dresser ( 2016 )
In the closing months of World War II aging actor Sir (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Her Ladyship (Emily Watson) bring Shakespeare to the provinces with a company depleted by conscription. Sir is plainly unwell, discharging himself from the hospital and Her Ladyship believes he should cancel his upcoming performance of "King Lear". However, Norman (Sir Ian McKellen), his outspoken, gay dresser disagrees, and is determined that the show will go on, cajoling the confused Sir into giving a performance, one which will be his swan song. At the same time, drawing a parallel between King Lear and his fool as Norman, despite ultimate disappointment, serves his master.
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Movie: The Wiz Live! ( 2015 )
A live production of the 1975 Broadway musical, "The Wiz," which put a modern spin on the classic "Wizard of Oz" tale with a cast of African-American actors.
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Movie: Submarine X-1 ( 1968 )
During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.
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Movie: The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West End ( 2023 )
A live stage recording of the musical based on DreamWorks Animation's 1998 film adapted from the biblical story of Moses, from his being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny of leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt.
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Movie: Blue Movie ( 1978 )
A woman escapes from being raped only to find herself trapped by a sado-masochistic photographer who, among other nasty things, gets off on consuming fresh human excrement.
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Movie: Unseen Enemy ( 2017 )
Unseen Enemy is an essential exploration of reasons 21st-century populations are experiencing a rash of diseases that were once only outbreaks, but have now become full-blown epidemics. This increased risk that we face, and the ways society and individuals can work together to reduce that risk, are explained to the public through the case studies of three epidemics: Ebola, influenza and Zika. Moving across the globe, we meet doctors, disease detectives and everyday people who have stepped into the horror of an epidemic and emerged deeply changed. Epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behavior, with effects reaching far beyond the tolls of sickness and death.
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Movie: Horrors of Malformed Men ( 1969 )
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
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Movie: Eye of God ( 1997 )
We see two stories told over four time lines, which wind down to a devastating ground zero collision, as we watch a double tragedy unfold in a small Oklahoma town. The two stories are told out of normal time sequence, showing us brief glimpses of the beginning, middle and end of the two stories in seemingly random order. One story concerns Ainsley DuPree, who meets and marries her prison pen pal Jack. The other story begins with the discovery of a mute and bloody teenager, found wandering and in shock in the middle of the night, and the efforts of the town sheriff to determine what happened to him. As the film unfolds these tales, the viewer is confronted with questions of the existence and mercy of God and the hopelessness of being alone and adrift in an indifferent world.
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Movie: UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. stop. Uccidete Straker... ( 1974 )
In the 20th century the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and even animals and use them for their body parts. In the year 1980 S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization), a highly secret military organization, is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization operates from a secret lo...Read all
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Movie: Michael Jackson: Bad ( 1987 )
Michael Jackson: Bad is a video starring Michael Jackson, Adam Nathan, and Pedro Sanchez. Michael Jackson's music video for his song "Bad".
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Movie: Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution ( 2008 )
An in-depth look at the history of the krautrock scene, including the most successful band Kraftwerk.
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Movie: All Night Long ( 1962 )
This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
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Movie: Anna ( 2014 )
A man with the ability to enter people's memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
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Movie: Diary of a Bachelor ( 1965 )
A wealthy young woman about to marry a noted playboy comes across his diary, and as she reads it, she begins to discover that her intended husband isn't quite what he seems to be.
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Movie: Lisa Frankenstein ( 2024 )
A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.
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Movie: 9 to 5: Days in Porn ( 2009 )
9to5 - Days in Porn focuses on the people behind a controversial and multi-billion dollar industry "The Adult Entertainment industry". It depicts their stories, each one different, unadorned and authentic, without glorification or prejudice. It delivers deep insight into their personal lives - from glamorous to grotesque - strange, fascinating, offensive, absurd and sometimes funny moments all at once.
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Movie: Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day' (Short 2021) ( 2021 )
During 1880-1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in the U.S.
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Movie: The Last Repair Shop (Short 2023) ( 2023 )
Tells the story of four unassuming heroes who ensure no student is deprived of the joy of music. It is also a reminder of how music can be the best medicine, stress reliever and even an escape from poverty.
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Movie: Funny Things Happen Down Under ( 1965 )
A group of Australian schoolchildren discover a way to create rainbow-coloured goats for wool, hoping to make money for their clubhouse in the process.
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Movie: The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra (TV Special 1959) ( 1959 )
At the beginning of the program, Peter Lawford explains that Frank Sinatra's plans to film his TV special outdoors in sunny Palm Springs have foundered because an extended rainstorm has turned their desert location into a morass of mud. The company is forced to move inside a stark studio instead and delivers their songs with a minimum of props but a maximum of verve.
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Movie: The Vatican Affair ( 1968 )
A blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Movie: Triple Cross ( 1966 )
During WW2, convicted bank robber Eddie Chapman becomes a triple agent working for both the British and the Germans.
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Movie: In from the cold? A portrait of Richard Burton ( 1988 )
Few great actors have been so unfairly represented in the public image. Drunk, a wastrel, uncontrollable, unprofessional, besotted with glamour and wealth - just a few epithets dumped on Richard Burton.
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Movie: The Missiles of October ( 1974 )
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Movie: Desire Under the Palms ( 1968 )
As a sideline, a bored suburban wife writes articles for women's magazines. When a friend shows her an explicit men's magazine, she attempts to write erotic material. However, she finds that a lot more first-hand research is required, and her husband is more interested in checkers.
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Movie: The I Inside ( 2004 )
An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.
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Movie: The Image ( 1975 )
Jean becomes interested in friend Claire's kinky sex with slave Anne.
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Movie: The Boys Are Back ( 2009 )
A sports writer becomes a single parent in tragic circumstances.
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Movie: Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks ( 2003 )
A biographical documentary on the late great comedian Bill Hicks and his career; in particular the censorship by David Letterman that scarred it.
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Movie: When Nirvana Came to Britain ( 2021 )
A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK on the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Nevermind, including the role Britain played in paving the way for their success.
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Movie: Hatari! ( 1962 )
A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.
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Movie: Breathe ( 2024 )
An East Flatbush mother and daughter, barely surviving in an oxygen-less world, must band together to protect each other when intruders arrive claiming to know their missing father.
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Movie: Bill Engvall: Just Sell Him for Parts ( 2016 )
Original standup comedy special featuring the original material of Bill Engvall.
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Movie: My Bodyguard ( 1980 )
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
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Movie: Miami Blues ( 1990 )
An ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.
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Movie: Knightriders ( 1981 )
A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.
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Movie: The Sting II ( 1983 )
A team of cons is planning a new scam involving betting on a boxing match but one of its past victims aims to exact revenge by eliminating the whole group.
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Movie: Stephen King: A Necessary Evil ( 2020 )
Stephen King has been one of the world's most successful bestselling authors for decades. How can the success of his horror novels be explained? Undoubtedly with the inventiveness and effectiveness of his literature. But what else is behind the longevity of its success? On the basis of rarely shown interviews with the author, the documentary explores why his horror st...Read all
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Movie: The House of Tomorrow (Short 1949) ( 1949 )
A narrator takes us on a tour of the dream house of the future, and its many innovative appliances.
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Movie: Censored (Short 1944)
When Snafu gets his wish to have his personal mail uncensored by the military, he inadvertently reveals military secrets that lead to disaster.
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Movie: The Nutty Professor ( 1963 )
A timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.
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Movie: Red Dust ( 1932 )
The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.
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Movie: White Hunter Black Heart ( 1990 )
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
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Movie: Les Girls ( 1957 )
The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
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Movie: The Women ( 1939 )
A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
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Movie: Asphalt City ( 2024 )
Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others.
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Movie: Ironmaster ( 1983 )
A violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His arch rival manages to escape and vows to stop him.
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Movie: Spaced Out ( 1981 )
Three specimens from a female race of aliens crash land in England and abduct four earthlings by accident. They decide to use the opportunity to start experimenting. On the males.
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Movie: Night of the Skull ( 1976 )
After the unexpected death of a rich relative, the reading of his will brings a motley crew of greedy family members to a mansion by the sea to collect.
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Movie: The Little Drummer Girl ( 1984 )
An American actress with a penchant for lying is forcibly recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
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Movie: War Requiem ( 1989 )
A movie with no spoken dialogue, it is set against the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" which includes poetry by World War I soldier Wilfred Owen reflecting the horrors of war. There is no linear story or dialogue. It's imagery reflects Owen's story, that of other soldiers, and a nurse during World War I. It also includes actual footage of contempo...Read all
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Movie: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( 1962 )
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
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Movie: Gourmet Detective ( 2015 )
A culinary expert with crime-solving skills pairs up with a female detective to figure out how a guest at a distinguished dinner party died.
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Movie: Has Anybody Seen My Pants? ( 1975 )
A Texas farm boy inherits a hotel in Germany that he soon finds out, after his pants disappear, is a brothel.
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Movie: Bottoms Up ( 1976 )
Two secret Agents are determined to retrieve a microfilm containing a revolutionary formula that transforms cow manure into fuel, but first, they must put into action a hot inspection procedure.
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Movie: Abigail ( 2024 )
After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl.