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Whaledreamers |
whaledreamers. The title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has
endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these 'mothers of the sea' and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on...
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whaledreamers. The title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has
endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these 'mothers of the sea' and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on whales.
Intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, whaledreamers examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization.
Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, it is a clarion call encouraging humanity's reconnection to the profound beauty of the natural world and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age |
Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Queen Elizabeth finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II -- with his powerful army and sea-dominating armada -- determined to restore England to Catholicism. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire, Elizabeth struggles to balance ancient royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her love for Sir Walter Raleigh. But he remains forbidden for a queen who has sworn body...
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Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Queen Elizabeth finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II -- with his powerful army and sea-dominating armada -- determined to restore England to Catholicism. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire, Elizabeth struggles to balance ancient royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her love for Sir Walter Raleigh. But he remains forbidden for a queen who has sworn body and soul to her country. Unable and unwilling to pursue her love, Elizabeth encourages her favorite lady-in-waiting, Bess, to befriend Raleigh to keep him near. But this strategy forces Elizabeth to observe their growing intimacy. As she charts her course abroad, her trusted advisor, Sir Francis Walsingham, continues his masterful puppetry of Elizabeth's court at home -- and her campaign to solidify absolute power. Through an intricate spy network, Walsingham uncovers an assassination plot that could topple the throne. But as he unmasks traitors that may include Elizabeth's own cousin Mary Stuart, he unknowingly sets England up for destruction.
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Candy |
Heath Ledger stars as Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who has fallen in love with Candy (Cornish), a beautiful young art student from a comfortable middle-class family who is attracted to the bohemian lifestyle that Dan has long since embraced. In order to get closer to Dan, Candy, whose previous drug use has been casually experimental, starts shooting up.
Their passionate relationship then alternates between bursts of ecstatic oblivion and bouts of despair and self-destruction....
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Heath Ledger stars as Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who has fallen in love with Candy (Cornish), a beautiful young art student from a comfortable middle-class family who is attracted to the bohemian lifestyle that Dan has long since embraced. In order to get closer to Dan, Candy, whose previous drug use has been casually experimental, starts shooting up.
Their passionate relationship then alternates between bursts of ecstatic oblivion and bouts of despair and self-destruction. Hooked as much on heroin as one another, their story becomes a love triangle - a boy, a girl, and a drug.
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Munich |
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Following the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, a secret Isreali squad is sent to track down the 11 Palestinians believed to be responsible for the act of terrorism.
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Swimming Upstream |
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The true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart.
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers |
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is a kaleidoscopic look inside the unquiet mind of Peter Sellers. Despite his Hollywood success, his comic virtuosity belied a troubled private life plagued by self-loathing, insecurity and abusive behavior. The film peers behind the many faces of Peter Sellers to reveal how this comic genius teetered on the edge of madness.
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Ned Kelly |
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Ned Kelly is an epic story of one man's struggle against corrupt lawmen to fight the oppression of his people and avenge his family's name.
In the process he becomes the most wanted man the world had ever known - and a legendary hero.
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Intolerable Cruelty |
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A Beverly Hills divorce lawyer gets his client out of a marriage without paying a settlement after setting up his client's wife. Now, the wife has plans for revenge by getting the lawyer to fall in love with her, so that she can take him to the cleaners.
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Finding Nemo |
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A father clown fish and his son become separated during their excursion to the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, the son, is captured and becomes a part of a Dentist's fish tank overlooking the Sydney harbor.
His father, Marlin, gathers his courage and sets out to rescue his son and bring him back to his family of fish.
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Frida |
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Life story of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who died in 1954. A turbulent marriage to a womanizer, drug and alcohol addiction, suicidal tendencies and spinal injuries after a near-fatal bus crash stand out in this biography.
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The Banger Sisters |
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Suzette (Hawn) and Vinnie (Sarandon) ruled Sunset Strip in the '60s, chasing bands and sleeping with headbangers. Decades later, Suzette is a bartender who never left Sunset Strip and Vinnie is a suburban mom whose family knows nothing of her wild past. The two meet up and begin to reminisce.
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Quills |
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A Catholic priest is drawn into the provocative and dangerous world of the Marquis de Sade, as he and the Marquis vie for the soul of a beautiful young woman. The priest discovers too late that the Marquis's decadent and inflammatory writing can have tragic repercussions, forcing him to confront disturbing questions about freedom of expression and moral responsibility.
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Mamma Mia Movie Review
