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While Australia may be a very long way from Hollywood, it has produced its own fair share of movie icons. And with the country itself taking centre stage in Baz Luhrman's epic, Australia looks set to become just as big in Tinseltown as it's elegant, Oscar winning, homegrown star, Nicole Kidman. The actress has had ties to the USA longer than most Australian actors however, even before she met and married Tom Cruise. She was born in Hawaii to Australian...
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50 Cent has had a tough life. At twelve, he was dealing cocaine. The same year his mother was murdered. Training as an amateur boxer; he conditioned himself to become a champion, which is exactly what he did when he turned to his passion: hip-hop. He has released two number one albums, three movies, two video games and even a clothing line. Yes, the man who made bullet proof vests cool may be very busy, but these days heʼs more concerned with designer...
3) Green Eyes
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Nicolas, a photographer in his 20's, very suddenly loses his girlfriend to a car accident she was driving in. Still overcoming the loss, he takes up a sudden and unexpected affair with a girl he barely knows who is addicted to ecstasy. Their relationship slowly comes apart at the seams through sex, drugs, and harping on past mistakes.
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The Cup coffee house, a gay hot spot, its workers, its regulars, and the drama it has to deal with every day. There's the owner of the shop, the fabulous Bea Reasonable and the flamboyant boy-crazy gay waiter, Jamie. There's also the slimy creeper looking for some fun. And then there's Helen, a straight girl with a penchant for drama. The drama unfolds when Helen meets her bisexual boyfriend at The Cup for a date. Hilarity ensues when their date goes...
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The race to decide the Democratic candidate for the 2008 elections was, by anyone's standards, a stirring moment in history. For the first time, an African American was running against a woman, for the chance to become the President of the United States. Regardless of the result, the winner would make history if voted into office. After a long, protracted battle, Hillary Clinton conceded defeat and even promised to help Obama in his quest to become...
7) Gravedigger
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Steve Borden is a brilliant, young criminal defense attorney. As junior partner in a local high end law firm, he makes his living defending the indefensible. When a case gone horribly wrong haunts him, Borden's conscience begins to send him into a guilt-ridden spiral. Police Chief George Orkin is the town's top cop. With more bodies turning up buried, District Attorney Mike Ruble suspects Orkin's ties to crime boss Charles Muzzatti may be the answer...
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Bees are under-appreciated workers who pollinate 80% of our flowering crops which constitute 1/3 of everything we eat, so if they disappear, they could take most of our insect pollinated plants with them, potentially reducing humankind to little more than a water diet. This documentary reveals how local citizens, farmers, small and large businesses, and beekeepers can help protect and preserve bee populations by utilizing the biodiversity of plants,...
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Shine: An unauthorized story on Beyoncelooks at Beyonce: the triple-threat show biz delight. Sheʼs won ten Grammys, sold 120 million records, starred in seven films and headlined three solo world tours, but Beyonce, former member of girl group Destinyʼs Child and biggest selling female recording artist of the decade she still gets excited about new challenges. Born Beyonce Gisele Knowles in Houston Texas in 1981, she took dance and singing classes...
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Inside her Worldis a sympathetic half-hour look at one of popʼs most troubled stars: Britney Spears. From the age of 12 when she burst onto the scene in Disneyʼs Mickey Mouse Club, Britney Spears has never been far from the spotlight. The "sweet as apple pie, American girl next door" had her first big hit with "Baby, One More Time", the video to which had her dancing in a school uniform, at the age of 17. Following up the success of her first album...
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Free Force: An unauthorized story on JAY-Z' looks at one of the world's most popular hip hop artists. We look at JAY-Z's place in the music industry, as well as looking at his endeavors outside pop. World renowned producer, record label executive, fashion mogul and philanthropist Jay-Z has one more title to his name – the husband of singer Beyonce. Retiring from his own rap career in 2003 due to having said everything he wanted to say as a recording...
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The film follows the underdog national soccer team of the poor West African nation of Benin (known as The Squirrels) as they try to reach the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa, the first ever on African soil. The film follows 5 players on the team, young men crossing the continent to play, suffering tragedy and enjoying good times. The film examines the role of football in community building and whether this process of these young men discovering...
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13 of Edward Hopper's paintings are brought alive by the film, as it is composed mostly of tableaus and scenes taken from or heavily inspired by Hopper's paintings. However, these scenes are linked into a story by featuring an individual woman, Shirley, who whose thoughts, emotions and contemplations illustrate an era in history. Shirley is an American actress, shown in the period of the 1930s through the 1960s. In this time, she visits Paris; takes...
14) Rough Cut
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A New York dealer in gemstones discovers a number of top quality synthetic diamonds in a batch he has bought. In order to find the source, and eliminate the threat to the market, industry watchdog, the FIDT calls in Belizian Carter Jefferson to trace their origin. Old relationships are revived and family secrets emerge as an attractive English girl and a passionate young Frenchman are sucked into the web of deceit and death surrounding the illicit...
15) Remembering 911
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2011 marks the 10th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America. As the sun rose on September 11, 2001 millions of New-Yorkers woke to a beautiful day. Some commuters were making the trip to south Manhattan where the World Trade Center and its Twin Towers stood - home to some of the biggest financial firms. It seemed like just another ordinary day. In Washington, it was business as usual - some going to...
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Inspired by a true story, A Mind of Her Own tells the poignant and moving story of Sophie, a determined young girl whose ambition to become a doctor is obstructed by the fact that she is severely dyslexic. But Sophie, encouraged by her closest friend, Becky, has never been one to give up. Despite being advised by parents and schoolteachers to be realistic and pursue something less academic, she puts herself through college and university, in the...
17) Rose
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Hellville, an unspoken world that exists near you. Rose is a hopeful woman broken by drugs, prostitution and Blondie, the Czar of Hellville. Struggling to support her habit, Rose finds herself and her six year old daughter at Hellville's mercy.
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Skin Deepis a touching story of a warm-hearted woman with conviction, who is making a meaningful mark on the world for the better of all. Angelina Jolie has already lived a life that few could rival. She is the third actress in history to earn 20 million US dollars for a single film. But winning accolades or positive publicity does not fuel her true mission in life. She is driven by a genuine commitment to help those less fortunate. This quest runs...
19) Two Smart
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Two Smart is a psychological thriller about a disgruntled married couple and a hitchhiker trapped in a gully during a tropical storm. Jon and Madj Smart offer to give Desiree, a young clerical officer, a ride to St. Joseph but during a verbal altercation with her husband, Madj crashed the food van into a gully. With cell phones dead and in the midst of torrential rain, the threesome decide to wait out the storm and find help in the morning, but the...
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Of all the fables recited as children, none is more enduring than that of the Fairytale Princess. Whether born or married into the Royal life, real‐life Princesses have much in common with that of their Fairytale counterparts. Dining on the finest cuisine, being dressed by Couturiers' and winning the hearts of their subjects is typical behavior for those select few destined to become Princesses of the World. This engaging and fascinating one hour...