Mark Benton
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Birthday: November 16, 1965
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Lost Son
Overview: Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-25
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The Reckoning
Overview: In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors now stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-26
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Flick
Overview: Memphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and wierd sightings following the resurrection of a murder victim from the 1950s(a local boy) who is brought back to life in modern times and tries to find his teenage sweetheart who is now aged 62 and also to seek revenge for his death.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-03
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Out of Control
Overview: Drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-18
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My Last Five Girlfriends
Overview: Depressed and suicidal, thirtysomething bachelor Duncan determined to find the secret to a healthy, strong relationship, flashes back to his last five relationships (in the last four years) and considers what caused each one to fail. Based on the novel 'Essays in Love' by Alain de Botton.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-19
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Three and Out
Overview: A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-12
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Clash of the Santas
Overview: Christmas sequel to hit comedies, City Lights and Northern Lights. Follow the ups-and-downs of bickering best friends Colin and Howie at the World Santa Championships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-21
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Career Girls
Overview: A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Overview: When Tim becomes a courier for the app Wallaby, he reckons he can turn his life around: get fit, earn some money, and even get laid. He’s not accounted for his own haplessness, an antique teapot collection, and a sinister conspiracy.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-06
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Cyrano
Overview: A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her—and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-14
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Christmas Lights
Overview: Robson Green and Mark Benton co-star in Christmas Lights, a one-off comedy drama for ITV1 centred on two lifelong friends who have always competed with each other. The festive season brings on new challenges and takes their rivalry to extremes resulting in the two friends forgetting what Christmas is really about. Can anything bring them to their senses?
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-20
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The Sea Change
Overview: Arrogant businessman Rupert Granger is used to getting everything he wants... everything except Alison. Rupert is determined to win her over, only Alison is not the kind who can be bought. He promises to change, but promises will not rescue him when a cancelled flight leaves him stranded at the airport in Spain. Now his only hope to win her back lies in Chas, an airline passenger stuck at the airport with him. Chas doesn't tolerate any nonsense, while Rupert complains about everything... but Chas is about to give Rupert the personality makeover of a lifetime, one to put Rupert Granger on the right track to winning Alison back.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-19
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There's No Business...
Overview: There's No Business... is a 1994 British partially improvised comedy film directed by Kevin Molony and produced by Claudia Lloyd for Prospect Pictures. It stars Raw Sex (Simon Brint and Rowland Rivron) as Ken Bishop and his stepson Duane, and Lee Cornes as their musical agent Dickie Valentino, in their attempt to remake a track by Ken's old band, 'The Nice Twelve' for a TV advert for 'Pinkies', a brand of kitchen gloves made by Mort Clayton (Mac McDonald). Alexander Armstrong (Tim) and Sam Graham (Fergus) work for the fictional advertising agency Sprote and Sprote. The film takes its name from the 1954 film There's No Business Like Show Business which itself borrowed the 1946 song of the same name by Irving Berlin, written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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If I Had You
Overview: A police detective moves back to her hometown and immediately becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in which her married ex-lover is the chief suspect.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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The Devil Went Down To Islington
Overview: An underachieving music teacher and his dodgy colleague end a big night out by unwittingly selling their souls to the devil for three days' good fortune. Soon realising their grave mistake they find themselves in a race against the clock to break the deal and save their futures. But do the useless pair, aided by an unhinged priest, stand any real chance? As obstacles, and bodies, start piling up, the hour of reckoning grows near...
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-23
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Crime and Punishment
Overview: John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-12
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Dilemma
Overview: Whichever side he chooses, someone's gonna die. Death row inmate Rudy Salazar cuts a deal he can't refuse: he'll donate his rare bone marrow to a young girl dying of leukemia. In return, his death sentence is commuted to life without parole. L.A. Detective Quin (C. Thomas Howell), the cop who brought Salazar's murderous rampage to an end, sees through Salazar's selfless facade. En route to the hospital, Salazar makes a daring escape. Now it's up to Quin and his sexy partner, Lydia, to bring Salazar to justice one more time and save the life of an innocent little girl before it's too late.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Panto!
Overview: Morecambe FM disc jockey Lewis Loud is thrilled to be appearing in his first pantomime 'Dick Whittington' opposite glamorous soap star Tamsin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-26
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This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Overview: This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-26
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Lighthouse Hill
Overview: After his best friend dies, Charlie hits the road and stumbles into Lighthouse Hill, a village where residents seem to know a lot more about him than they should.
Genres: Comedy Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-04
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The Canal Map of Britain
Overview: A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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Christmas Carole
Overview: Carole Mackay is an unashamedly outspoken and wealthy entrepreneur. Her online business selling all things festive has earned her a fortune, as well as the nickname 'Christmas Carole'. But her success hasn't made her a better human being. In fact, it's made her worse. The truth is that Carole is a monumentally mean person. Positively Scrooge-like. And, just like Ebeneezer, she doesn't love Christmas at all. But this Christmas Eve, Carole's past, present and future are about to collide. Will some rather familiar Christmas spirits help her discover the true spirit of Christmas?
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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Topsy-Turvy
Overview: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-15
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Cheeky
Overview: Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a vulgar, wildly popular game show (for which his wife signed him up) and watches his life start to change for the better.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-08
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Planespotting
Overview: Television drama based on a true story about a group of planespotters wrongly accused of being spies. 14 planespotters are arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in Greece and are accused of being spies because of the telescopes, radio scanners and aircraft serial numbers they have in their possession. They plead their innocence but the farce turns into a nightmare when the group are held in squalid Greek prisons.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-20
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Overview: A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-01
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The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Overview: The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end up with their car being washed out to sea on a beach. Marcus (a businessman who deals with Dave's company) first appears in this episode.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-25
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The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Overview: The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on the Yorkshire Moors.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-21
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Breaking and Entering
Overview: Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-15
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The Girl
Overview: Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-16
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The Booze Cruise
Overview: A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a booze cruise to France, with mixed success and many mishaps along the way. Events involving their wives and families back home also form a large part of the plot.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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Danny & the Human Zoo
Overview: A dramatised account of the early life and career of impressionist, comedian and actor Lenny Henry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-31
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Eddie the Eagle
Overview: The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-25
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Combat Sheep
Overview: Combat Sheep is a heart warming Christmas story of four army mascots who have been made redundant due to military cutbacks and are jettisoned into the cold to face civvie life and it’s bleak options on offer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-30
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Beyond the Pole
Overview: A documentary film crew follows the first carbon neutral, organic, vegetarian expedition ever to attempt the North Pole. Simultaneously Saving the Planet and getting into the Guinness Book of Records Brian and Mark hope to kill two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, they have never done anything like this before.
Genres: Comedy Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Blow Dry
Overview: The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-01
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Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia
Overview: From the cliffs of the Isle of Wight to an abandoned swimming pool in Lambeth, Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia presents an eclectic mix of ten UK-set short films including: Harry Wootliff's "I Don't Care" starring Iwan Rheon; Ben Peters's "Downing" starring Jamie Brotherston and Ross William Wild; David Andrew Ward's "All Over Brazil" starring Iain De Caestecker, Frank Gallagher, and Gemma Morrison; David Leon and Marcus McSweeney's "Man and Boy" starring Eddie Marsan, Geoff Bell, and Eddie Webber; Aleem Khan's "Diana" starring Neeraj Singh; Jason Bradbury's "We Once Were Tide" starring Alexander Scott, Tristan Bernays, and Mandy Aldridge; Hong Khaou's "Spring" starring Chris O'Donnell and Jonathan Keane; Sybil H. Mair's "The Chef's Letter" starring Jonathan Firth, Ray Fearon, and Layke Anderson; Faryal's "What You Looking At?!" starring Rez Kabir, Michael Twaits, and Hussina Raja; and Dominic Leclerc's "Nightswimming" starring Harry Eden, Linzey Cocker, and Tim Dantay.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-28
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Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
Overview: Drama about the secret life of Opportunity Knocks and Double Your Money presenter Hughie Green, based on the inside story from his family, friends and peers. It tells of the destructive power of success and celebrity from Green's earliest days as a child star, and explores what family and fatherhood meant to this iconic character, who harboured an explosive secret that would rock the entertainment world after his death in 1997.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-01
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All or Nothing
Overview: Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Lord of Misrule
Overview: Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-06
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Quite Ugly One Morning
Overview: Investigative reporter Jack Parlabane stumbles across the aftermath of a murder scene in Edinburgh, and when he shows little sign of shock at the gruesome killing of a respected doctor, Detective Inspector McGregor suspects that he is the killer and Parlabane must clear his name.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-04
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Last Christmas
Overview: A young boy's dream of finding his dead father comes true when his father visits him as an angel. But things turn sour when he discovers that his father was not the hero he imagined him to be.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-22
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King of Fridges
Overview: A play about an ambitious young manager of a Dixons-style electrical warehouse who gets saddled with a 65-year-old re-trainee on a frenetic bank holiday.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-18
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Gladiatress
Overview: Three unlikely heroines set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain in their own unique and outrageous style.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-19
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Ratburger
Overview: A girl rescues a rat, which the malevolent burgerman wants to make into a burger and sell to the local school children and people.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-24
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National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Overview: With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-30
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Crossing the Floor
Overview: Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-05
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Anna and the Apocalypse
Overview: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Torvill & Dean
Overview: Biopic of the British ice dancers and British, European, Olympic and World champions, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-25
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The Making of Anna and the Apocalypse
Overview: A brand new feature-length documentary featuring new interviews with the cast and crew of Anna and the Apocalypse, produced exclusively by Second SIght Films for their 2-disc Blu-ray release of the movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-02
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I Don't Care
Overview: Luka Bartholomew cares for his bed-ridden mother in the run-down resort town of Porthpunnet. On his thirtieth birthday his mother hires a carer to give him a day off. On a wintry beach he meets Dan,another young man who lives in a camper van and shares his interest in art. Initially he sees Dan as a kindred spirit until Dan proves to be gay and makes a violent pass at him. Disillusioned and drunk,Luka meets middle-aged biker Phil,who gives him a pillion ride and offers to help him leave town. But by now Luka knows where his priorities lie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-19
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Exposure
Overview: A short black comedy about a man who wants to commit suicide on television. Who will control his destiny?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-14
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Mr In-Between
Overview: A terrifying love triangle. An original twist on a story of divided loyalties, the perils of love and ultimate death. A haunting tale set in a London at times beautiful and ugly, but always captivating. A story that plays with the shadows and light of an underworld occupied by the fascinating and terrible.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-10
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Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Overview: A prequel to Marion and Geoff, which captures on camcorder the fateful events at a garden party when mini-cab driver Keith's life fell apart. Friends and family have gathered for a barbecue to celebrate the career of Keith's wife Marion, who is at the party with her boss, Mr Sushimoto, and her colleague, Geoff. However, Keith's father-in-law uncovers the true extent of Marion's naked ambition, with humiliating results for Keith.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-03
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The Fruit Fix
Overview: Hope has a life-changing piano audition coming up — nerve-wracking at the best of times. Unfortunately, as a sufferer of social anxiety, it's going to take extraordinary courage to seek the help needed to pursue her dream.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-06
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Magnolia
Overview: Ex-cons Paul, Dino and Terry are very good at being friends, but aren't so good at making money. Their decorating business is on the ropes and with Paul under pressure to abandon a sinking ship, will their firm - and their friendship - be able to survive?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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