Miranda Otto
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Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man. Sibling rivalry is at an all-time high in this riotous award-winning Australian romantic comedy from from Camera d'Or winning director Shirley Barrett and the Oscar® nominated producer of The Piano and Bright Star. Vicki-Ann Hurley (Rebecca Frith) and her younger sister Dimity (Miranda Otto) are two lonely young women on the look out for love in the small outback town of Sunray. When once popular...
2) The homesman
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When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.
3) Talk to me
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When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
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Based on the true love story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares.This sumptuous English-language '50s period piece recounts the years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero, where she would fall in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
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It tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm's Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Hřa, the daughter of Helm, must summon...
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An adulterous encounter hangs over Doctor Norman Spencer’s seemingly perfect marriage to his unknowing wife Claire. Then, nearly one year after the affair, Claire begins hearing mysterious voices, and sees a young woman's wraithlike image in their home. He dismisses her mounting terror as delusion, but she moves closer and closer to the truth. The supernatural twists and turns, leads to incredible thrills and chills in this unique take on haunted...
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Society matron Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern) volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It’s a story full of surprises--about who these women really are, and who they eventually become. Written by Julian Fellowes and based on the beloved novel by Laura Moriarty.
9) Downhill
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Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
10) Dance Academy
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Tara Webster was destined to become one of the top dancers of her generation before a devastating injury crippled her career. In her quest to defy the odds and make her comeback, Tara will discover what being defined by a dream really means.
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Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense...
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Now working at a private security firm in Berlin, Carrie is trying to start a new life, but she soon discovers she can't escape her past. Blindsided by stunning betrayals, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, Carrie must uncover a deadly conspiracy that puts thousands of lives at risk, including her own.
13) The chaperone
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Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.
14) The turning
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A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
17) My Freaky Family
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Betty Flood's life is boringly conventional despite her very "peculiar" family. On the cusp of her 13th birthday, her dream is to become a magical being like the rest of her family. However, the threat of an evil wizard will reveal a secret about the Floods and her own past that will lead Betty to discover her powers within and to embark on a journey of her lifetime.