The Guest 2014

The Guest 2014

The Guest 2014
R | 1h 40min | Action, Crime, Mystery | 5 September 2014 (UK)

Storyline:

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

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Growing Up: A New Approach to Sex Education, No. 1 (1971)

Growing Up: A New Approach to Sex Education, No. 1 (1971)

Growing Up: A New Approach to Sex Education, No. 1 (1971)
23min | Short, Documentary | 1971 (UK)

Plot:

From the impenetrably euphemistic to the breathtakingly explicit, this intriguing anthology takes us through 60 yearsof sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s.All ‘unmentionable matters’ pertaining to sex are dealt with, from the WW1 warning to soldiers about the dangers of cavorting with loose women in London’s West End, Whatsoever a Man Soweth (1917), to puberty pep-talks for girls on how to avoid pregnancy in Don’t Be Like Brenda (1973).

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Spetters 1980

Spetters 1980

Spetters 1980
2h | Drama, Romance, Sport, Adult | 28 February 1980 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Three young Dutch amateur dirt bike motorcycle racers each fall in love with a young woman who, with her brother, works at a concession stand at the races. Everyone is looking for a better life. The young woman wants out of the business and away from her brother. The motocross racers want to make their marks as professional racers, like their hero, played by Rutger Hauer.

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iBoy 2017

iBoy 2017

iBoy 2017
1h 30min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi | 27 January 2017 (UK)

Storyline:

After being shot while calling for help trying to stop a violent attack on his high school girl, a 16 year old boy awakens from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have embedded in his brain, giving him superhero powers. He uses this knowledge and technology to exact revenge on the gang responsible for the attack.

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A Monster Calls 2016

A Monster Calls 2016

A Monster Calls 2016
PG-13 | 1h 48min | Drama, Fantasy | 9 September 2016 (Canada)

Storyline:

The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Connor, and it asks for the one thing Connor cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who feels very damaged, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with bullies, and pity looks from everyone, and at home with his mother’s sickness. Will Connor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Connor be able to speak the truth?

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Jan auf der Zille 1986

Jan auf der Zille 1986

Jan auf der Zille 1986
1h 26min | Drama, War | 26 March 1986 (East Germany)

Storyline:

1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is accused of a political murder, and predicted to be shot by the police when he was on the run. Jan lives with his aunt and finds a friend, Max, who wants to help him to find out what really with his father happened. During a conspirative gathering Max is shot by SA (Nazi paramilitary) and Jan succeed to escape in a barge. Erika, the daughter of the captain of the barge, and a boatman hide him. They try to help Jan to escape from police and find his father, who really survived.

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Schulmadchen-Report 3. Teil – Was Eltern nicht mal ahnen 1972

Schulmadchen-Report 3. Teil - Was Eltern nicht mal ahnen 1972

Schulmadchen-Report 3. Teil – Was Eltern nicht mal ahnen 1972
1h 37min | Comedy, Drama | February 1972 (Austria)

Storyline:

A contemporary sexual education guide has been published by the Christian Young Men’s Association of Hamburg to help boys and girls understand and enjoy a healthy sex life. But the question is, can young people of today act responsibly when granted this kind of freedom?

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Trash 1970

Trash 1970

Trash 1970
1h 50min | Drama | 18 February 1971 (West Germany)

Storyline:

The story of Joe [Dallesandro] and his lover-protector, Holly [Woodlawn], who is something to behold, a comic book Mother Courage who fancies herself as Marlene Dietrich but sounds more like Phil Silvers. Joe and Holly try to make a go of things in their Lower East Side basement, from which Holly goes forth from time to time to cruise the Fillmore East and to scavenge garbage cans, while Joe’s journeys are in search of real junk… Trash is true-blue movie-making, funny and vivid.–Vincent Canby, The New York Times. Written and directed by Paul Morrissey, “presented” by Andy Warhol.

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