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• E'Lollipop (1976) (12) E'Lollipop (1976) (12)
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  1970s South African drama focusing on the powerful friendship between two children. Jannie (Norman Knox) becomes an orphan when his parents are killed in a car accident and he is subsequently sent to a missionary in a village where the young Tsepo (Muntu Ndebele) lives. The two boys become friends and spend their time playing together with their dog, Sugarball. But when Jannie is badly hurt during a game and requires medical treatment in New York, the friends face being separated for the first time…
• E.S.T. (2010) (18) E.S.T. (2010) (18)
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  Low budget British drama about a reality TV show that tests its participants to their limits. Four contestants, including John (Jonathan Cross), Jane (Jenia Emmanuelle) and Paul (Mark Joseph), are locked in a darkened house for a month. Their state of mind is measured by thermometers and they are visited daily by a pschoanalyst. The eventual winner will be the one who best survives the ordeal.
• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (U) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (U)
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  A young boy befriends an alien who is stranded on Earth in this heartwarming drama.
• Each Dawn I Die (1939) (PG) Each Dawn I Die (1939) (PG)
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  A muckraking reporter (James Cagney) is framed for manslaughter and is sent to prison. Inside he meets tough guy George Raft, and quickly starts to become a hardened con himself.
• Eagle Claws Champion (1974) Eagle Claws Champion (1974)
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• Eagle Eye (2008) (12) Eagle Eye (2008) (12)
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  Two strangers find themselves on the run from the authorities when they receive mysterious phone calls informing them their lives are in danger. They are forced to follow the instructions of a woman who is tracking their every move, while at the same time trying to discover who is behind the conspiracy. Thriller, starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson and Michael Chiklis
• Eagle in a Cage (1972) (PG) Eagle in a Cage (1972) (PG)
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  Director Fielder Cook's historical drama tracing the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Kenneth Haigh) while exiled on St Helena. Banished to the volcanic island in the South Atlantic after defeat at Waterloo, France's former Emperor strikes up a friendship with the island's governor, former schoolteacher Lord Sissal (John Gielgud), telling his life story in the process.
• Eagle Island (1987) (18) Eagle Island (1987) (18)
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• Eagle Shadow Fist (1971) (18) Eagle Shadow Fist (1971) (18)
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  During World War Two, a famous Chinese actor (Jackie Chan) becomes a resistance fighter in the battle against the Japanese. When Japanese soldiers arrive during a stage performance to make an arrest, they find themselves trapped into a game of cat and mouse with their prey.
• Eagle vs Shark (2007) (15) Eagle vs Shark (2007) (15)
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  Oddball romance. Debut feature from New Zealand director Taika Cohen, about a couple of social misfits who manage to find love. Lily (Loren Horsley), an outcast at the fast food restaurant where she works, meets Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), a nerdy geek who works at a local games store. Realising they have a shared passion in video games, romance blossoms, ultimately leading the pair back to Jarrod's hometown, where, with Lily in tow, he plans revenge on his old high school bully.
• Eagle Vs Silver Fox (1980) (18) Eagle Vs Silver Fox (1980) (18)
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  Martial arts actioner set at the time of the Manchu Dynasty. A kung fu school chooses an especially effective fighter to combat a sinister warrior and his followers.
• Eagle's Claw (1978) (15) Eagle's Claw (1978) (15)
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  At the bequest of the dying master, the Eagle Claw is handed to an unlikely student, and the decision infuriates the number one student. He leaves the school to join a rival faction and thus opens a blood fuelled feud between the two groups.
• Eagle's Wing (1979) (PG) Eagle's Wing (1979) (PG)
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  Western from director Anthony Harvey, starring Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston. Native American White Bull (Waterston) steals a white stallion belonging to a military deserter, Pike (Sheen). The drama follows Pike as he pursues White Bull, determined to retrieve his horse, Eagle's Wing, from its captor. Harvey Keitel co-stars.
• Eagles Attack at Dawn (1974) Eagles Attack at Dawn (1974)
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• Eagles Killer (1981) Eagles Killer (1981)
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  A student of Kung Fu offends the local bully and is chased by his gang...
• Eagles Over London (1969) (PG) Eagles Over London (1969) (PG)
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  Enzo G. Castellari directs this Italian war film. Using the chaos of the Dunkirk evacuation as a cover, a group of German agents take on the identities of English soldiers in order to gain access to England and take out radar installations along the coast. In order to infiltrate the British army, they kill a squad of English troops and take their ID tags. Army officer Captain Paul Stevens (Frederick Stafford) finds the dead men and realises that their IDs are missing. On his return to England he…
• Ealing Comedy (2008) (12) Ealing Comedy (2008) (12)
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  Quirky British comedy starring Kulvinder Ghir as Alfie Singh, a second generation Asian accountant living in Ealing, London who has the idea of making a film based on his own life. Unable to obtain the necessary finance needed to get the project - which he has entitled 'Ealing Comedy' - off the ground, Alfie decides to make the film himself. The film soon turns into a chronicle of the increasingly desperate measures he must go to in order to make a film.
• Ealing Studios Collection: Volume 2 (1952) (PG) Ealing Studios Collection: Volume 2 (1952) (PG)
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  Four films from the legendary Ealing Studios. 'The Lavender Hill Mob' (1951) is a classic Ealing comedy. Nobody would ever suspect gold bullion delivery man Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) of anything other than total devotion to his job. However, with the aid of fellow lodger Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), he gathers together a gang to carry out a heist, intending to smuggle the gold out of the country by melting it down into miniature models of the Eiffel Tower. All goes well until the consignment…
• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1 (1954) (U) Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1 (1954) (U)
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  A collection of classic features from the iconic British film studio. 'Escape' (1930), directed by Basil Dean, tells the story of a man who escapes from Dartmoor Prison and is hunted across the surrounding moors. Gerald Du Maurier and Edna Best star. 'West of Zanzibar' (1954), directed by Harry Watt, follows an African tribe forced to depart their native territory in search of pastures new. Anthony Steel, Sheila Sim and Edric Connor lead the cast. 'Penny Paradise' (1938), directed by Carol Reed,…
• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 2 (1942) (PG) Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 2 (1942) (PG)
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  A collection of classic features from the iconic British film studio. 'Midshipman Easy' (1935), directed by Carol Reed, follows an eager young sailor played by Hughie Green and the various adventures he finds himself wrapped up in. 'Brief Ecstasy' (1937), directed by Edmond T. Gréville, tells the emotive story of a young couple who are separated against their will but reunited in extraordinary circumstances. 'The Big Blockade' (1942), directed by Charles Frend, is a wartime documentary-drama starring…
• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 3 (1950) (PG) Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 3 (1950) (PG)
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  A collection of classic features from the iconic British film studio. 'Death Drives Through' (1935), directed by Edward L. Cahn, tells the story of race car designer Kit Woods (Robert Douglas), who is in love with Kay Lord (Chili Bouchier), much to the disapproval of her father. 'The Impassive Footman' (1932), directed by Basil Dean, traces the unfolding of a love triangle involving Grace Marwood (Betty Stockfeld), her hypochondriac husband John (Allan Jeayes) and the cruise ship medical officer…
• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 4 (1957) (Tc) Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 4 (1957) (Tc)
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• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 5 (1957) (Tc) Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 5 (1957) (Tc)
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• Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 6 (1952) (Tc) Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 6 (1952) (Tc)
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• Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) (12A) Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) (12A)
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  Husband and wife Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as two of America's most important and influential designers, setting the trend with their fibreglass furniture, graphics and multi-media exhibits. This documentary celebrates the enduring legacy of the couple, delving into Charles and Ray's personal life and their impact on popular culture against the backdrop of the development of modernism and the dawning of the computer age.
• Eamon (2009) (TBC) Eamon (2009) (TBC)
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• Earl of Chicago (1940) (TBC) Earl of Chicago (1940) (TBC)
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• Early Cinema Primitives and Pioneers (1910) (E) Early Cinema Primitives and Pioneers (1910) (E)
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  Collection of 59 short films from the earliest days of cinema, preserved in the BFI archives and including such groundbreaking classics as Edwin S. Porter's 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903), the first film to use crosscuts and close ups to progress the narrative, as well as George Mèliés' fantastical 'Voyage A Travers L'Impossible' (1904) and many more. The technical and narrative innovations in these early works ensured the rapid development of cinema into one of the most vital art forms of the…
• Early Frost (1982) (18) Early Frost (1982) (18)
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• Early One Morning (2011) () Early One Morning (2011) ()
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• Early Summer (1951) (U) Early Summer (1951) (U)
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  Yasujiro Ozu co-writes and directs this nuanced family drama, the second of three films to star Setsuko Hara as the headstrong and warm-hearted Noriko. Living in post-Second World War Tokyo with her extended family, Noriko contributes to the household income by working as a secretary, but her parents are concerned that she has reached the advanced age of 28 without thus far securing herself a husband. When she receives a proposal from a family friend 12 years her senior, her family sees this as…
• Earth (1930) (18) Earth (1930) (18)
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  1930s Soviet rural drama from director Alexander Dovzhenko. Despite opposition from the Kulaks (landowners), Ukranian workers form their farms into collectives. A resentful Kulak kills the leader of the village committee in retaliation, but this does not break the spirit of unity amongst the peasants. One of the last classic silents, Dovzhenko's film was not seen in its entirety until 1958, and features the luminous imagery and eulogizing of the worker typical of his work..
• Earth (1998) (15) Earth (1998) (15)
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  Based on Baspsi Sidhwa's powerful novel, Cracking India, Deepa Mehta's latest feature explores the effect of Britain's decision to split Pakistan and India in 1947 as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old Parsee girl. The growing unrest in the country begins with demonstrations then spills over into riots and mass killings which touch the girl's life and alter her outlook on the world.
• Earth (2007) (PG) Earth (2007) (PG)
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  Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this documentary melds footage from the BBC series Planet Earth to explore the flora and fauna across continents, set to George Fenton's haunting orchestral score. Five years in production and filmed across 200 locations, Earth witnesses polar bears hunting on the sea ice in Svalbard, Norway, wolves stalking caribou in Canada, and birds of paradise performing in the lush rainforests of Papua New Guinea.
• Earth 2 (1995) (PG) Earth 2 (1995) (PG)
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  A family sci-fi story set in the 23rd century when Earth is unable to support human existence and people are forced to live on orbiting space stations. The enclosed lifestyle on the spaceships are creating new diseases and when the son of a female engineer catches one of these, the mother persuades those in authority to let her join the Eden Project - a journey to colonise a new planet.
• Earth Alien (2002) (15) Earth Alien (2002) (15)
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• Earth Angel (1991) (PG) Earth Angel (1991) (PG)
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  A fantastical comedy about a high school girl who is killed on her prom night in a car crash 40 years ago. She returns to help out her old school friends and sort out their problems.
• Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) (PG) Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) (PG)
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  1980s comedy starring Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum and Jim Carrey. Upon discovering that three hairy aliens, Mac (Goldblum), Wiploc (Carrey) and Zeebo (Damon Wayans), have crash-landed in her swimming pool, Californian manicurist Valerie (Davis) enlists the help of her hairdresser friend to shave the hirsute trio. Underneath their fur, the aliens are actually quite attractive and pass easily for humans. Valerie takes them out for a good time in Los Angeles and, following a split from her fiancé Dr.…
• Earth Keepers (2011) Earth Keepers (2011)
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  Earth Keepers profiles India?s Ashok Khosla, head of Development Alternatives, which is putting development back in the hands of local populations; Canadian John Todd and his ?living machines,? which mimic nature for waste water reclamation; Sweden?s Karl
• Earth Minus Zero (1996) (PG) Earth Minus Zero (1996) (PG)
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• Earth Star Voyager (1988) (PG) Earth Star Voyager (1988) (PG)
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• Earth Two (1971) (U) Earth Two (1971) (U)
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• Earth Vs the Flying Saucers (1956) (U) Earth Vs the Flying Saucers (1956) (U)
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  A Ray Harryhausen sci-fi movie. A flying saucer arrives at a US airbase looking for help in saving a dying planet. The inhabitants have tried to contact a Dr. Russ Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) to let Earth know they have come in peace, but the army opens fire and the fleet of UFOs that is waiting in the sky has to retaliate. With the task of trying to save the entire human race, Dr Marvin has to find the aliens' achilles heel.
• Earth Vs The Spider (2001) (15) Earth Vs The Spider (2001) (15)
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  Comic book fan Quentin thinks his dreams have come true when he is injected with a special serum and begins to acquire superhuman abilities. The serum was produced by scientists experimenting with spiders, and Quentin now finds himself able to use special spider skills to fight crime and attract the attention of his dream girl. But when he starts sprouting spider body parts and falls prey to an unrelenting hunger, it becomes clear that Quentin's mutation has got out of control.
• Earth's Final Hours (2012) (12) Earth's Final Hours (2012) (12)
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  David Hogan directs this action thriller in which a group of government agents and scientists attempt to save the world from imminent destruction. When material from an imploded white hole is flung towards Earth, the planet suffers extreme damage - to the extent that experts fear it will stop rotating on its axis. Federal agent John Streich (Robert Knepper), his son Andy (Cameron Bright) and scientist Chloe Edwards (Julia Benson) lead efforts to try and save the day. The only hope for survival appears…
• Earthbound (2012) (Tc) Earthbound (2012) (Tc)
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  A 20-something fights to convince the girl he loves that he's actually a stranded alien in this low-budget sci-fi comedy from director Alan Brennan. Ever since his ailing father (David Morrissey) told him he was an alien destined to continue his dying race, geek Joe Norman (Rafe Spall) has dreamt of meeting a genetically-suitable Earth girl to share his future with. Meeting and falling for Maria (Jenn Murray) when she walks into the comic book store that he runs, Joe is convinced that fate has finally…
• Earthly Possessions (1999) (15) Earthly Possessions (1999) (15)
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  A dashing thief takes an unhappy woman hostage, and together the mismatched duo embark on a wild crime spree across America, finding romance and adventure along the way. Comedy drama, starring Susan Sarandon, Stephen Dorff and Elisabeth Moss
• Earthquake (1974) (PG) Earthquake (1974) (PG)
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  This prime example of the Seventies cycle of disaster movies centres on the repercussions of a massive earthquake that rips Los Angeles apart. Amongst those attempting to restore order are construction engineer Stewart Graff (Charlton Heston) and streetwise cop Lew Slade (George Kennedy), whilst construction company owner Sam Royce (Lorna Greene) struggles to escape from his own devastated building.
• Earthquake (2011) (Tc) Earthquake (2011) (Tc)
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  Multi-narrative disaster movie directed by Juan Pablo Ternicier. Inspired by the 2010 Chile earthquake and resulting tsunami, the film follows a number of people as they come to terms with the damage caused by the natural disaster. Alicia (Andrea Freund) travels from Pichilemu to Dichato in the hope of finding her sons who are on vacation; while an escaped convict, Carlos (Fernando Gómez Rovira), seeks to reunite with his daughter who was in the Alto Rio building when it collapsed; and a group…
• Earthquake in New York (1998) (12) Earthquake in New York (1998) (12)
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  When their son dies in an earthquake at their California home, police detective John Ryker and his wife move to New York in the belief that the same disaster cannot strike twice. However, four years later.... yes, an earthquake strikes New York. As the city is devastated by aftershocks, fires and deadly gas leaks, John has to decide whether to help survivors or go in search of his family.