Temuera Morrison
Also Known As: Temuera Derek Morrison, تمورا موریسون
Biography: Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Adult: No
Birthday: December 26, 1960
Age: 64 years old
Gender: Male
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Once Were Warriors
Overview: A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-02
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Speed 2: Cruise Control
Overview: A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Overview: Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid goes on the run with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side.
Genres: Western Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-18
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Renegade
Overview: U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-09
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Overview: Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-15
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Overview: The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-17
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The Woman in Blue
Overview: An old woman in rest home suffering from dementia flashes back to her youth as a policewoman and her relationship with a colleague.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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Vertical Limit
Overview: Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-08
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Six Days Seven Nights
Overview: In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to Makatea on a small transport plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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Barb Wire
Overview: A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-02
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The Marine 2
Overview: Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-29
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Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Overview: A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Overview: Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig's funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-27
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The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake
Overview: Sir Francis Drake goes on a quest to find the legendary Tree of Life, battling the Spanish Armada, sea monsters, sorceress and his bitter nemesis Captain Don Sandovate on the way.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-17
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Crooked Earth
Overview: Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-23
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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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Green Lantern
Overview: For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-14
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Couples Retreat
Overview: Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-19
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Struggle Without End
Overview: Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: mi
Release Date: 2024-06-27
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The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Overview: Since his triumphant rise to power in the original blockbuster "The Scorpion King", Mathayus' kingdom has fallen and he's lost his queen to plague. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew. Starring Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") and Billy Zane ("Titanic"), and featuring 6-time WWE champion Dave Bautista and UFC star Kimbo Slice, "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption" takes "The Mummy" phenomenon to an all-new level of epic action and non-stop adventure.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-17
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The Flash
Overview: When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-13
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Fresh Meat
Overview: A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-25
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Sons of Summer
Overview: To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-28
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Whipping Boy
Overview: A female lawyer heads a government taskforce investigating a suspected paedophile racket in Sydney. Based on the novel by Gabrielle Lord.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-11
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Dawn
Overview: Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. At the intersection of evolution and genocide, Dawn asks the fundamental question, what does it mean to be human?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Mt. Zion
Overview: Turei, a talented young musician, dreams of his band winning the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Part of a Māori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with his whanau’s traditional values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-06
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Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
Overview: It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-18
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The Grasscutter
Overview: An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to New Zealand to start a new life, leaving behind his eldest son. Although his wife and two young boys are also in New Zealand, they are no longer together, and he has a new love interest. After some eight years his past catches up with him when former comrades show up, intent on extracting revenge. After two nearly successful attempts by them (in Dunedin), the action moves to a final confrontation and shootout in the hills above Queenstown.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Other Halves
Overview: A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Ihaka: Blunt Instrument
Overview: His rough tactics in his native Auckland get Maori detective Tito Ihaka sent to Sydney while the scandal blows over. There he's teamed with urbane police media officer Kirsty Finn to review the unsolved murder of a supermodel. Their investigation lands them in political hot water, and when Ihaka's inquiries lead to a murder and further complaints, he thinks he's solved the case. But all he's done is create a ruthless and powerful enemy.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-09
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Never Say Die
Overview: Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilbacher), at Auckland airport. As they park outside Alf's house, it explodes. It is soon apparent that persons unknown want them dead, but the police are either skeptical or in the pay of those responsible. They play hide and seek around New Zealand with the stalkers, all the while coping with car chases, plane crashes, bullets and explosions.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-09
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The Beautiful Country
Overview: After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-13
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Little White Lies
Overview: The public facade and private life of an aspiring politician and his wife. This film reveals the little white lies that lead to revenge, blackmail and a fight for life.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-14
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Mahana
Overview: 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-01
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
Overview: A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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River Queen
Overview: An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-12
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Rangi's Catch
Overview: Four children on a remote sheep station in New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling their house.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Hard Target 2
Overview: Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-14
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Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Overview: Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-17
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Jet Boat
Overview: An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Escape and Capture
Overview: An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the third episode, the escaped criminals attempt to flee in a rowing-boat. The children chase them in a motor boat; however, their plans backfire when the villains come aboard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Terror in the Caves
Overview: An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Packed in the Boot
Overview: An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 5 of 8: The escaped criminals drive away from Wellington in a stolen car. However, Johnny and Rangi are hidden in the boot.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Caught at Sea
Overview: An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the fourth episode, the escaped criminals travel on a ferry to Wellington in order to retrieve money from a bank robbery, with the children in pursuit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Escaped Convicts
Overview: An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the second episode, the children who live around Marlborough Sound rescue a sheep stranded on a cliff ledge. Meanwhile, two escaped criminals steal food and make their plans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Mysterious Campers
Overview: An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 1 of 8: Two mysterious men arrive in the remote area known as Marlborough Sound. They steal clothes, food and petrol from a farm.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Moana
Overview: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-13
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The Bluff
Overview: Set in the 19th-century Caribbean, a former female pirate must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
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Aquaman
Overview: Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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The Wrecking Crew
Overview: Two half-brothers—one a loose cannon cop and the other a disciplined Navy SEAL—must work together after 20 odd years of bad blood to unravel a conspiracy behind their father's murder in Hawaii.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
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Occupation
Overview: Town residents must band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers and work together for a chance to strike back.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-12
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Overview: For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This documentary shows many VFX meetings between George Lucas and ILM. Many of these meetings focus around the creation of a completely digital Yoda, used for the first time in the Star Wars films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-12
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Overview: Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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Mosley
Overview: The film tells the story of Mosley, a "thoriphant" who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey to find the fabled city of Uprights.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-10
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Mauri
Overview: Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-21
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Missing Christmas
Overview: A young Kiwi boy vows to get Santa Claus' attention and bring Christmas to his tiny, overlooked island.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-24
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The Brighton Miracle
Overview: Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup. Officials question their decision to appoint Eddie Jones, to coach their national team for the 2015 World Cup. Jones plans to defy convention in order to put a stop to Japan being the laughing stock of world rugby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-29
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Occupation: Rainfall
Overview: Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-30
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Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Overview: Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-26
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Overview: Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Arthur (Aquaman) forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-20
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Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Overview: Continuing on from Occupation Rainfall, Earth's survivors must face the final onslaught of the Alien invaders and band together to save the planet from impending destruction.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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Rain of the Children
Overview: In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki).
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-25
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The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Overview: Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-09
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Moana 2
Overview: After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-21
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Val
Overview: For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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