Mark Mitchinson
Also Known As: Mark Mitchison
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: England, UK
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Venus and Mars
Overview: When an attack on a Palmerston North fraud detective made headlines in October 1996, the New Zealand public followed the media reports with fascination. They read like a plot of a Hollywood film or detective novel. Poison pen letters, satanic worship, a police hate crime, and a mysterious and violent pyromaniac. But little did the public know that as the truth emerged, the story was going to get far more bizarre, and the police would turn the focus of their investigation on one of their own.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-23
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The Tank
Overview: In 1978 Oregon, Ben and Jules inherit an abandoned coastal property from Ben's late mother, who's never mentioned it. The untouched house has been kept a secret for 40 years and comes with a beautiful private cove and beach. Jules searches for answers while Ben unwittingly awakens a fiercely protective creature.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-21
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The Man Who Lost His Head
Overview: Martin Clunes stars as a straight-laced museum curator who finds himself travelling to New Zealand to settle a dispute with a Maori community about an ancient carving - with unexpected consequences.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-25
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Tracker
Overview: An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang. Written by Filmfinders 1903. A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of NZ with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against that of the other. Written by Anonymous
Genres: Action Drama Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-20
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Evil Dead Rise
Overview: A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-12
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Green
Overview: An estranged father and daughter, both with newly diagnosed life altering illnesses, smoke marijuana together for the first time and it becomes healing in more ways than one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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Siege
Overview: On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done countless times. What was meant to be an ordinary procedure turned into three of New Zealand’s darkest days and ended with one police officer dead, two officers critically injured and a member of the public fighting for his life. In some fifty hours Jan Molenaar made a permanent and devastating imprint upon the national psyche of New Zealand as he changed the lives of individuals, families, a police community, and a city. The siege was one of the worst and unexpected cases of violence both Napier and New Zealand had witnessed and it was all the more shocking because of its ordinary suburban backdrop.
Genres: Crime History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-17
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Bloodlines
Overview: In 1999, South African emigrant psychiatrist Colin Bouwer murdered his wife in what he thought was an undetectable manner. He was not counting on the skills and tenacity of New Zealand police and his colleagues in the medical profession.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-31
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Overview: A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-22
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Grafted
Overview: When an awkward but brilliant Chinese student wins a scholarship into a prestigious New Zealand University, she finds a new way of achieving the popularity she craves one bloody body at a time.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-12
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Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story
Overview: Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking accusations about being raped by policemen. Some believed her, many didn't. CONSENT tells the story of the senior policeman who went to great lengths to help her fight her case, the journalist who exposed the truth, and the family at the center of the storm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-17
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How to Murder Your Wife
Overview: A black comedy based on the true story of Alfred Benning's outlandish attempts to murder his overbearing wife in 1977.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-16
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The Convert
Overview: Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-14
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The Monster of Mangatiti
Overview: When 19 year old Heather Walsh accepts a job on a farm in the Mangatiti Valley, she has no idea paradise will become a nightmare. This true New Zealand story tells of Heather's horrific ordeal.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-06
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Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Overview: Fast-forward five years and things havent quite gone as the boys might have planned: Albert is now married to Tania and they are living in suburbia, both working in insurance and also trying (unsuccessfully) to have a baby; Sefa and Leilani are still together and now have two kids although despite Sefas proposal, theyre still not married. And while Sefas business is falling apart, Leilani seems to be living life to the full; Stanley is now a trainee Deacon in the Future Church; Michael has moved to Australia but the boys dont hear from him often; and Bolo has thrown in his job with Sefa and taken up work with Sione, Michaels younger brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-01
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Uproar
Overview: A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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Rage
Overview: 1981 - The Springbok tour divides NZ. Off the pitch, star-crossed lovers meet and hearts break in a thrilling drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-04
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Human Traces
Overview: When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-04
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Mortal Engines
Overview: Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-27
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No Shame
Overview: When a vulnerable young man returns home, he's confronted by a history of violence with his father, and the searing memory of a lost friend; he takes dramatic action.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-28
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Overview: The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-11
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Daffodils
Overview: A bittersweet love story told through enchanting re-imaginings of popular and iconic New Zealand songs.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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Pike River
Overview: On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroic escape but 29 remained unaccounted for. Over five days the men’s families and loved ones waited, hoping they would come out alive. Then two further explosions sealed the men’s fate. However, the fuse that would eventually snuff out so many lives was lit decades before. Set in the drama of the five days between the three explosions, Pike River reveals the tragic back story of the mine where pressure for profits would eventually contribute to the deaths of 29 men. Featuring interviews with the Pike River families and scripted drama to depict key events.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-21
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Ablaze
Overview: In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Department Store complex in the heart of Christchurch’s business district. This is the tragic story of New Zealand’s worst fire disaster.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-29
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Overview: Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-10
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Billy
Overview: The personal story of New Zealand's most beloved entertainer Billy T James. Reveals the man behind the chuckle.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-21
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After the Waterfall
Overview: A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers that his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-04
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Bombshell
Overview: How the tragic death of one man triggered a David and Goliath battle between two Allies that echoed around the world and became the catalyst to end nuclear testing in the Pacific.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-09
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Eruption
Overview: Clive de Roo scientist discovers a new source of seismic activity beneath the Gulf of Waitemata. Provides that a new volcanic eruption could occur within the next few days. But it's hard to convince skeptical colleagues, undertook efforts to minimize the effects of this disaster. When the talks on the radio about the threat, we all think he's a harmless lunatic. An ambitious wife of Clive fears, however, that the discovery of her husband may deter investors, which would win for the company, in which he works.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-22
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Show of Hands
Overview: Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a car - whoever keeps their hand on it the longest wins. As the sleepless days wear by, what price will they pay for winning this competition?
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-14
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Love Knots
Overview: Jodie Carpenter is the owner of 'The Loft', her family's sail-making company located near quaint Redmond's Bay Marina. When luxury developer Charles Prescott purchases the port looking to carry out a lavish expansion, Jodie fears that her business and heritage will be torn down and replaced.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-31
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Notes from a Fish
Overview: A writer desperate for inspiration joins forces with an eccentric fisheries officer to track down a rare fish that vanishes from the house they were meant to watch—uncovering a truth that goes far deeper than either expected.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
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