The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie’s life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters were extremely hilarious, the man behind “The Little Tramp” was constantly haunted by a sense of loss.
Of all the toys arising from the 20th century, there has never been one like Lego bricks. This film covers the history of this product of Denmark and how it arose from a toy company with an owning family that refused to let either hard times or multiple fiery disasters get them down. Furthermore, we also explore the various aficionados of the product like the collectors, hobbyists, artists, architects, engineers, scientists and doctors who have found uses for this classic construction toy that go far beyond children’s playtime.
A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.
Blaming herself for a tragic accident, Raven Michaels secludes herself at a remote family cabin. She wanders the woods on the verge of a breakdown, seeking peace in isolation. In a last ditch attempt to save her family, Kate Royce takes her two teenagers camping far from the distractions of technology and young romance. When Raven and Kate’s worlds collide they offer each other unexpected opportunities for intimacy and healing.
Both instalments of the star-studded action comedy starring Bruce Willis and based on D.C. Comics’ cult graphic novel. These are two wonderfully tongue-in-cheek, well acted and seriously funny films with brilliant performances by all the main characters.
Probably the best nature series ever! Attenborough is a master. THe photography is stunning. A Must Have!
Planet Earth is a British television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. Five years in the making, it was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC and also the first to be filmed in high definition.
After breaking out of a rehabilitation zoo, Frankie, a squirrel with all the angles, returns to his forest. He learns from his dim-witted best friend, Cody, a porcupine and street-con, that while he was in lock-up, the entire forest was picked clean by The A.C.O.R.N.S. Institute (Alternative Cosmetic Oils for Regenerative Natural Skin-care). No acorn was left behind. With winter just around the corner, it’s a potentially devastating blow to all forest critters. So, Frankie has no choice but to bust into the brand new, state-of-the-art, rodent-proof A.C.O.R.N.S. Processing Plant and take back all of the acorns! Though a seemingly impossible heist, success would not only save the lives of his forest friends, but it would also give Frankie a chance to win back the love of his life, Lola, a local “show squirrel.” Sadly, Lola has been burnt by too many of Frankie’s false promises in the past. With the support of Frankie’s old mentor, Mr. Bellwood, a wealthy badger, Frankie and Cody …
Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in his Tiger Tank and saves the day. Once wounded, Klaus is transferred to Normandy to serve under Field Marshal Rommel just days before the Allied invasion. Much to his surprise, he finds that his beloved Klaudia is also stationed nearby as a field nurse. Unfortunately, so is her father, who is working with the French resistance and now finds himself pursued by the ruthless Gestapo officer Brahms, whose search leads him to Klaus and Klaudia attempting a rescue. They are caught and imprisoned. As D-Day begins and the Allies attack from the beaches and the sky, they escape from the prison, fighting the Gestapo in the middle of the biggest invasion in world history.
A magic crystal makes it possible for Santa to multiply his efforts to distribute presents to children and thus render happiness to families all over the world. But Santa’s crooked assistant Basil has a diabolic plan. He will steal the crystal and gain control over the children’s minds. But thanks to the courage of a human boy, Yotan, the assistants of Santa succeed, after many adventures and critical situations, in saving the crystal and get it back to Santa’s headquarters in Korvatunturi. So Santa appoints Yotan a leader of the tomties’ patrol RED CAPS, a very honourable position for a human boy.
A.C.O.D. follows a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce (Adam Scott) who is forced to revisit the chaos of his parents (Catherine O’Hara and Richard Jenkins) bitter divorce all over again after his younger brother (Clark Duke) decides to get married.
A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. Deep undercover, and with his life in danger, he strives to prove these athletes are the architects of the mind-boggling crimes that are devastating the world’s financial markets.
Raphael (Johnny Depp, who also wrote and directed the film) and his family live in a small town just above the poverty line. The only way out of the situation seems to be by earning some fast money; which happens when Raphael meets monstrous snuff movie maker, McCarthy (Marlon Brando) and agrees to be in one of his films for $30,000. With just seven days left to live, Raphael decides to make the most of them. However, he discovers how much his family means to him and decides he wants to end the contract and give the money back…but is it too late?
