The Commitments
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The trials and tribulations of a budding working-class Dublin soul band.
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Chinese Odyssey
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Star-crossed lovers, bizarre comedy, martial arts and class diversity in Ming dynasty China.
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Soldier Blue
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Survivors of a Cheyenne massacre talk and walk and find their emotions in a tangle.
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Peter Cook And Dudley Moore: The Very Best Of Goodbye Again
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A taste of Pete and Dud from their ATV sketch show in the Sixties.
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Days Of Being Wild
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Rebellious Casanova caught in a love triangle in 1960s Hong Kong.
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The Incredibles
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The family life of superheroes, living incognito in the 'burbs, while saving the city from destruction.
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Alien Vs Predator
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Alien vs Predator, with man in the middle.
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The Twilight Samurai
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The samurai as a single parent in 19th century Japan.
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Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
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South Korean tale of kidnap and revenge, with torture and violence thown in. Now out to own as part of the Vengeance Trilogy box set.
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The Nasty Girl
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A young German student gets more than she bargained for when she writes an essay about her home town during the Third Reich.
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