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001- Brokeback Mountain

Monday 3 November 2008 @ 2:11 pm


Two sheepherders — Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) — meet and fall in love while working together near Wyoming’s Brokeback Mountain in 1963. Over the next 20 years, their lives take different courses: Jack becomes a rodeo cowboy while Ennis remains a ranch hand. Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid and Michelle Williams co-star. Ang Lee directs screenwriter Larry McMurtry’s adaptation of a short story by E. Annie Proulx.

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019- Philadelphia

Monday 3 November 2008 @ 2:11 pm


When attorney Andrew Beckett’s (Tom Hanks) firm finds out about his HIV-positive status — and his homosexuality — he soon finds himself unemployed. Seeking to sue for wrongful termination, Hanks works with the only lawyer who’ll take the case: ambulance-chasing, homophobic Joe Miller (Denzel Washington). Hanks received an Oscar for his work in this Jonathan Demme-directed film — the first major-studio picture to tackle the topic of AIDS.

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015- Saving Face

Monday 3 November 2008 @ 2:11 pm


Dutiful daughter Wil (Michelle Krusied) sidesteps her mother’s (Joan Chen) attempts to marry her off in Alice Wu’s romantic comedy set in New York. At 28, Wil’s the old maid of her traditional Chinese family, so there’s no way she can tell them about her budding romance with Vivian (Lynn Chen). But there’s no avoiding mom’s meddling matchmaking when she shows up on Wil’s doorstep looking for a place to stay.

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025- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Monday 3 November 2008 @ 2:11 pm


Drag queens Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Felicia (Guy Pearce) team up with transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) on a trip across Australia in a pink bus named Priscilla. Along the way, the friends change into their most outrageous costumes and put on lip-synch performances to popular disco tunes (including plenty of ABBA) for locals in the outback. They eventually make enough money to get to the next town, defeating homophobia as they go.

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006- Imagine Me & You

Monday 3 November 2008 @ 2:11 pm


In this delightful romantic comedy that gives new meaning to the term cold feet , bride-to-be Rachel (Piper Perabo) is love-struck … but not with her groom. Instead, as she’s marching down the aisle with her longtime sweetheart, Heck (Matthew Goode), Rachel is immediately bewitched by a beautiful guest (Lena Headey). Now, the newlywed must choose between the safety of a familiar relationship and her heart’s true desire.

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