Michael Caine
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Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more!
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English
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Description
Popular Chicago weatherman Dave Spritz (Nicolas Cage) has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. The harder he tries to hold on, the more he loses his grip. His painful divorce, his Pulitzer Prize-winning dad’s (Michael Caine) illness, and trouble with his kids have Dave poised on the knife’s edge between...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A sly, sophisticated love story that is a showcase for its two Oscar-winning stars: Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson. With a sparklingly witty screenplay from Academy Award-winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in love), and directed by Joseph Losey, The romantic Englishwoman is a wildly entertaining ride.
7) Flawless
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English
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Description
Laura Quinn is an executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds herself routinely stifled on the corporate ladder. Hobbs is an equally overlooked nighttime janitor with an intimate knowledge of the security system. Hobbs has a score to settle with the Corporation. Sensing Laura's frustration, Hobbs convinces her to help him pull off an ingenious heist.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tells a compelling and heartwarming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs. Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an Orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer falls in love and strikes out on his own.
10) Bewitched
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A modern-day witch tries to abandon her supernatural powers for the sake of her mortal husband, but temptation gets in the way.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
14) Going in style
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
15) The prestige
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
Two London magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy.
Language
English
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Description
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. Now, however, Commissioner Gordon and the police are unable...
17) Inception
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dom Cobb is the best there is at extraction; stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage, but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible; inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime.
18) The Dark Knight
Language
English
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Description
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman...
20) Alfie
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women -- and rarely gets emotionally involved with them. But in this charming comedic drama, Alfie experiences a series of reversals that threaten his carefree lifestyle: his health is put into question, his child is adopted by another man, he gets a married woman pregnant, and when he finally does decide to settle down, he is rejected for a younger man. Capturing the changing attitudes...