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• Pocahontas (1995) (U) Pocahontas (1995) (U)
  Synopsis
  A Native American princess falls in love with an English settler, but her father is distrustful of the Europeans - not without just cause, as a cruel governor is prepared to wage war to get his hands on the gold he believes they are hiding. Disney animated drama, with the voices of Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson and Christian Bale
• Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World (1998) (U) Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World (1998) (U)
  Synopsis
  The Native American princess travels to England on a diplomatic quest to broker peace between the two nations - but faces fierce opposition from the devious Governor Ratcliffe. Disney animated adventure sequel, featuring the voices of Irene Bedard, Jim Cummings, Donal Gibson and Judy Kuhn
• Pocket Money (1972) (PG) Pocket Money (1972) (PG)
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• Pocket Money (1976) (PG) Pocket Money (1976) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Francois Truffaut's tribute to the honesty and joyfulness of childhood. It follows the children of the quaint French town of Thiers and, while most are only worried about simple issues like puppy-love and school, some are faced with bigger problems. When the town is shocked when one boy's petty thievery is discovered, it finally opens the villagers' eyes to their children's pain.
• Pocketful of Miracles (1961) (U) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) (U)
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• Podaa Podi (2012) (12A) Podaa Podi (2012) (12A)
  Synopsis
  Tamil-language musical romantic comedy starring T.R. 'Simbu' Silambarasan and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar. Despite their very different backgrounds, interests and personalities, Toronto-based Arjun (Silambarasan) and ballet dancer Varu (Sarathkumar) are bowled over by their strong feelings for one another. But can they overcome these differences and find a way to be together? Gautham Menon makes a cameo appearance.
• Podejrzani Zakochani (2012) (15) Podejrzani Zakochani (2012) (15)
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  Polish romantic comedy from director Slawomir Krynski following the increasingly bizarre adventures of a pair of boastful internet daters. The couple, who meet online, are so determined to prove to each other how exciting and intriguing they are that they spin a web of lies so elaborate they end up embroiled in a jewel heist.
• Poe: Last Days Of The Raven (2008) (15) Poe: Last Days Of The Raven (2008) (15)
  Synopsis
  Horror and mystery author Edgar Allan Poe is on the verge of death and taken to hospital by his cousin in 1849. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, his memories intermingle with the present as he looks back on his life and the traumatic events that shaped his macabre writings. Biopic, written, co-directed by and starring Brent Fidler. With Mackenzie Gray and Richard Keats
• Poetic Justice (1993) (15) Poetic Justice (1993) (15)
  Synopsis
  'Boyz 'n' the Hood' director John Singleton helms this story of a poetry writing LA hairdresser (Janet Jackson) who sets out on a road trip with a mailman (Tupac Shakur), even though they hate each other. On the road trip they unexpectedly detour towards romance, but then return to the violence they left behind.
• Poetry (2010) (12A) Poetry (2010) (12A)
  Synopsis
  Grandmother Mija learns from her doctor that she is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Unwavered by the diagnosis, Mija returns home to take care of her truculent grandson, Jongwook, and continue her part-time work as a carer for an old man who has been paralysed by a stroke. A shocking discovery about Jongwook and his friends heaps shame on Mija and she must raise a large sum of money to keep the matter private.
• Poetry in Motion (1982) Poetry in Motion (1982)
  Synopsis
  Called the “Woodstock of Poetry” by American Film, and “Dazzling” by the Los Angeles Times, Poetry in Motion is an unprecedented anthology of twenty-four leading North American poets who sing, chant, anything but “read” their work. The result is a celebration of poetry’s ancient oral tradition, and an energetic demonstration that verse is alive and thriving in the media-blitzed age. —Syndicado
• Poets Of Protest (2012) () Poets Of Protest (2012) ()
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• Point Blank (1967) (18) Point Blank (1967) (18)
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  Hard-nosed gangster Walker is left for dead on Alcatraz by his heist partner Mal and duplicitous wife Lynne. Rising from the ashes to reclaim the 93,000 dollars that was stolen from him, Walker exacts revenge on the people who betrayed him, aided by his smouldering sister-in-law Chris.
• Point Blank (2010) (15) Point Blank (2010) (15)
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  Trainee nurse Samuel Pierret is dedicated to saving the lives of the men, women and children who pass through his busy hospital. His latest patient turns out to be thief Hugo Sartet, who is wanted by the cops and nefarious members of the Parisian underground. In order to escape capture, Hugo orders his henchmen to take Samuel's pregnant wife Nadia hostage. If the nurse can help Hugo evade capture then Nadia will be freed unharmed.
• Point Break (1991) (15) Point Break (1991) (15)
  Synopsis
  Young FBI agent Utah (Keanu Reeves) must track down a four-man bank robbery team who wear masks depicting the features of ex-US Presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Suspecting them to be surfers, the agent sets about infiltrating the surfing community, and becomes a little too close to the adrenalin junkies to be objective. With Patrick Swayze as the main suspect, and Gary Busey as Utah's more experienced partner.
• Point Last Seen (1998) (PG) Point Last Seen (1998) (PG)
  Synopsis
  The head of a search and rescue team whose children were kidnapped by her ex-husband hunts obsessively for a girl gone missing in the desert. However, her search is interrupted by news that her spouse has been found - but the children he took are nowhere to be found. Fact-based drama, starring Linda Hamilton and Kevin Kilner
• Point Of Entry (2007) (15) Point Of Entry (2007) (15)
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  Kathy Alden decides to move with her husband and son to a gated community following a traumatic incident, and hopes they will be safe from the outside world. The family members think they have found the perfect home, but unfortunately a neighbour has set his deadly sights on Kathy. Thriller, starring Holly Marie Combs, Max Burkholder, Roark Critchlow and Felix J Boyle
• Point of Origin (2002) (15) Point of Origin (2002) (15)
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  An investigator pursuing a seriel arsonist becomes implicated in the case, leaving his family and colleagues to ascertain his guilt. Based on the true story of John Orr who led investigations into a series of suspicious fires in California.
• Point of View (1990) (E) Point of View (1990) (E)
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• Pointman (1994) (PG) Pointman (1994) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Story of a top Wall Street executive who ends up in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he is released some years later, he is a changed man. He is more streetwise, tougher, with very quick instincts and nerves of steel. He cannot return to the past so he looks for a new career. When he is asked to protect the sister of an old friend, he realises his neew career has begun.
• Poison (1991) (18) Poison (1991) (18)
  Synopsis
  Inspired by the works of Jean Genet, debut director Todd Haynes interweaves three stories that deal in a stylistic manner with deviance. The three tales are: 'Hero' in which a boy kills his father and flies away; 'Homo', where a prisoner falls in love with a fellow inmate becoming drowned in obsession, fantasy and violence; and 'Horror', in which a doctor creates a serum containing the sex drive, a serum that he takes and becomes a monster. The film was the Grand Jury Prize Winner at the 1991 Sundance…
• Poison Ivy (1992) (18) Poison Ivy (1992) (18)
  Synopsis
  Drew Barrymore plays Ivy, an outsider who invades a middle-class family and exposes its tense undercurrents. Ivy befriends the awkward lonely daughter of the family and soon uses her influence to win over the girl's father. Only his sick wife is in the way.
• Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995) (18) Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995) (18)
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  A woman's sexual curiosity is inflamed by the diary revelations of a precocious teenager - but when she sets out to emulate the thrill-seeker she discovers she is in over her head. Thriller, starring Alyssa Milano, Xander Berkeley and Johnathan Schaech
• Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997) (18) Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997) (18)
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  The equally manipulative younger sister of a deceased teenage temptress sets out to exact revenge on those she holds responsible for wrecking her childhood. Thriller sequel, starring Jaime Pressly, Athena Massey and Michael Des Barres
• Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008) (18) Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008) (18)
  Synopsis
  Fourth in the teen thriller series. Miriam McDonald stars in this instalment as Danielle 'Daisy' Brooks, an orphaned teenager who escapes her humdrum small-town life by taking a place at a prestigious New England college. There, she becomes the unwitting target of the sinister Ivy Society, led by the ruthless Azalea (Shawna Waldron). Joining forces with the Dean's handsome son Blake (Ryan Kennedy), Daisy must now work fast to uncover the circumstances surrounding a string of mysterious deaths at…
• Poison Pen (1939) (A) Poison Pen (1939) (A)
  Synopsis
  The life of a village is quite disrupted by a flood of poison letters. Suspicion and hate cause one suicide and one murder before the police expose the real writer.
• Poison Sweethearts (2008) Poison Sweethearts (2008)
  Synopsis
  On the depraved streets of Cleveland, young women are dealt hard lives. Trudging through days of filth, poverty and crime, they do what they can to survive. Women backed against a wall — mistreated and abused — now, see them strike back with horrifying vengeance! A beautiful dame forced to sell her body for her pimp. A sweet 16-year-old girl starved for affection who turns to a pair of smooth-talking breakdancers she meets in the park. The kitten who sacrifices her freedom to care for her drunken,…
• Poisoned (2010) () Poisoned (2010) ()
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• Poitin (1978) (15) Poitin (1978) (15)
  Synopsis
  Moonshiners revel in their booming business, until the Gardai get wind of their illegal activities and confiscate the booze - prompting the gang to come up with a plan to recoup its losses. Drama, starring Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin and Mairead Ni Chonghaile, which was the first film to be made in the Irish language
• Pokémon - The First Movie (1998) (PG) Pokémon - The First Movie (1998) (PG)
  Synopsis
  In modern-day Japan, Pokémon trainer Ash and his pet monster Pikachu set off for a championship contest on New Island, hoping to qualify for a bout with the world's greatest Pokémon master. However, the tournament is in fact a fake, set up by Mewtwo, an evil and powerful Pokémon clone, who intends to use his psychic abilities to turn all the Pokémon in the world against their masters.
• Pokemon - The Movie: 3 - Spell Of The Unknown (2001) (U) Pokemon - The Movie: 3 - Spell Of The Unknown (2001) (U)
  Synopsis
  Archeologist Professor Hale is hard at work studying ancient Pokémon when he stumbles across a strange unknown strain of pocket monsters which have the ability to give life to people's fantasies. Prof. Hale's daughter Molly then gets hold of these pocket monsters, but they unleash terrible creatures from her imagination, creatures which kidnap Molly's mother and visit havoc upon the surrounding area. The only man who can restore the situation is Ash Ketchum, and it's not long before he leaps into…
• Pokemon - The Movie: 4ever (2002) (PG) Pokemon - The Movie: 4ever (2002) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Ash Ketchum, his loyal pet Pokemon Pikachu and several others travel to an island in search of Celebi, a rare species of Pokemon. The creature is thought to be able to travel through time. However Vicious is also looking for Celebi.
• Pokemon - The Movie: 5 - Pokemon Heroes (2004) (U) Pokemon - The Movie: 5 - Pokemon Heroes (2004) (U)
  Synopsis
  Ash (Veronica Taylor), Pikachu (Ikue Ootani) and the rest of the Pokemon gang try and stop a pair of thieves hiding out in the canals and alleyways of Alto Mare, the water capital of the world. Two Pokemons join them on their adventure, a brother/sister pair named Latias (Megumi Hayashibara) and Latios (Masashi Ebara) who are protecting the Droplet of the Heart - a valuable treasure.
• Pokémon - The Movie: White - Victini And Zekrom Pokémon - The... (2011) (PG) Pokémon - The Movie: White - Victini And Zekrom Pokémon - The... (2011) (PG)
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  Two alternate versions of Pokémon adventures. In 'Pokémon - The Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom' (2011) Ash (voice of Sarah Natochenny) and his friends, Iris (Eileen Stevens) and Cilan (Jason Griffith), arrive at Eindoak Town, while travelling through the Unova region. There to compete in the annual battle competition, Ash soon finds himself called on to enlist the help of the legendary Pokémon Zekrom to help free the Mythical Pokémon Victini. In 'Pokémon - The Movie: Black - Victini and…
• Pokemon - Zoroark: Master Of Illusions (2010) (U) Pokemon - Zoroark: Master Of Illusions (2010) (U)
  Synopsis
  An evil tycoon with time-travelling powers captures the son of shape-changing monster. He forces his captive's parent to attack a city, just as young hero Ash and his friends arrive to take part in a Pokemon world cup. Animated adventure, with the voice of Sarah Natochenny and Wayne Grayson
• Pokemon 14: Black - Victini And Reshiram (2011) (U) Pokemon 14: Black - Victini And Reshiram (2011) (U)
  Synopsis
  Young hero Ash attends a tournament in a desert castle, where he is helped to victory by a mysterious pokemon. Long ago, this creature gave the king of this land the power to keep the peace, but now an ambitious prince wants to enslave it and use that power for his own ends. Animated adventure, with the voices of Sarah Natochenny and Marc Thompson
• Pokemon Movie 8: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew (2006) (U) Pokemon Movie 8: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew (2006) (U)
  Synopsis
  Ash and his friends enter a tournament held by a powerful prince, only for Pikachu to be kidnapped by the evil Mew. However, the prince's Pokemon friend offers to help them rescue the captive. Animated adventure, with the voices of Veronica Taylor and Amy Birnbaum
• Pokemon Ranger And The Temple Of The Sea (2006) (U) Pokemon Ranger And The Temple Of The Sea (2006) (U)
  Synopsis
  Young hero Ash must protect an aquatic pokemon from an evil pirate and help him return to his undersea home. Animated adventure, with the voices of Sarah Natochenny and Ikue Ootani
• Pokemon The Movie 2000 (2000) (PG) Pokemon The Movie 2000 (2000) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Sequel to the phenomenally popular Pokemon: The First Movie, which introduced Ash and his animated chums to the big screen. In the follow-up, evil collector Lawrence threatens the balance of the universe when he captures three great Pokemon birds who control the elements fire, lightning and ice. Only the Chosen One can restore harmony to the Earth: step forward Ash Ketchum and his fearless chum Misty, and ever faithful sidekick Pikachu. Includes the all-new bonus mini movie Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
• Pokemon The Rise of Darkrai (2008) (PG) Pokemon The Rise of Darkrai (2008) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Another installment in the popular film series. While visiting Alamos Town, on the way to their next contest, Ash and his friends witness two ferocious Pokemon, Dialga and Palkia, doing battle directly above the town. But this pales into insignificance with the arrival of the Pokemon known as Darkrai, who possesses the ability to alter the earth's space-time continuum.
• Pokemon: Arceus And The Jewel Of Life (2009) (U) Pokemon: Arceus And The Jewel Of Life (2009) (U)
  Synopsis
  Ash and his friends travel through time to undo mistakes of the past and safeguard the future of the world. Animated adventure, with the voices of Ikue Ootani, Emily Bauer, Michele Knotz and Sarah Natochenny
• Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys (2004) (U) Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys (2004) (U)
  Synopsis
  Another instalment in the popular animated series. While visiting the city of Larousse, Ash and Pikachu must face a mighty challenge when they come face-to-face with a devastating new Pokemon named Deoxys, which crashed to Earth in a meteorite four years previously.
• Pokemon: Giratina And The Sky Warrior (2008) (U) Pokemon: Giratina And The Sky Warrior (2008) (U)
  Synopsis
  Two of the creatures are sucked into another dimension during a battle, and a power-hungry human sees the chance to control this new world. Animated adventure, with the voices of Rica Matsumoto and Ikue Ootani
• Pokemon: Rise Of The Darkrai (2008) (U) Pokemon: Rise Of The Darkrai (2008) (U)
  Synopsis
  Ash and his friends arrive at a peaceful village where an ancient prophecy is about to come true, leading them into a battle with a mysterious creature that has the power to distort space and time. Animated adventure, based on the cartoon series, with the voices of Sarah Natochenny and Ikue Ootani
• Poker Alice (1987) (PG) Poker Alice (1987) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A Boston gambler heads west after being disowned by her family and wins a house in a poker game. On her arrival she finds it is a bordello and tries to make a success of the business, but when she falls for a bounty hunter it stirs up tension with her devoted travelling companion. Comedy Western, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt and George Hamilton
• Pokiri (2006) (15) Pokiri (2006) (15)
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• Pokkiri (2007) (15) Pokkiri (2007) (15)
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• Pola X (1999) (18) Pola X (1999) (18)
  Synopsis
  Adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Pierre, Or The Ambiguities, a story of amour fou in which a young writer leaves home to pen works which evoke "real life" and consequently embarks on a doomed affair with his half-sister.
• Polar Opposites (2008) (12) Polar Opposites (2008) (12)
  Synopsis
  A scientist holds the fate of the world in his hands when a rogue nuclear test triggers a host of massive earthquakes. Disaster thriller, starring Charles Shaughnessy, Tracy Nelson, Ken Barnett, Beth Grant and Kieren Hutchison
• Polar Storm (2009) (PG) Polar Storm (2009) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A comet collides with Earth, causing a devastating series of quakes, floods and volcanic eruptions. However, when the dust has settled, it turns out worse is to come. The impact has pushed the planet off its axis, and if a team of scientists cannot put it right, the crust will shift, wiping out all life. Disaster thriller, starring Jack Coleman, Holly Dignard and Tyler Johnston