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    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>81670</showid>
    <episodeid>10987588</episodeid>
    <titles>
      <title>Murdoch Mysteries - Auf den Spuren mysteriöser Mordfälle</title>
    </titles>
    <sub-title>Der Henker</sub-title>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Mitchell</director>
      <actor>Yannick Bisson</actor>
      <actor>Hélène Joy</actor>
      <actor>Jonny Harris</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Craig</actor>
      <actor>Shanice Banton</actor>
      <actor>Lachlan Murdoch</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Maslany</actor>
      <actor>Peter Keleghan</actor>
      <actor>Arwen Humphreys</actor>
      <actor>Siobhan Murphy</actor>
      <actor>Clare McConnell</actor>
      <actor>Peter Stebbings</actor>
      <actor>Mouna Traoré</actor>
      <actor>Georgina Reilly</actor>
      <actor>Kristian Bruun</actor>
      <actor>Charles Vandervaart</actor>
      <actor>Michael Seater</actor>
      <actor>Erin Agostino</actor>
      <actor>
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    </credits>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>0</star-rating>
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    <category>|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Suspense|</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4626906</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hubert und Staller</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Unexpected honor for the Wolfratshausen police station: On the occasion of the highest clear-up rate in all of Bavaria, the entire team was personally invited to Munich by police chief Manfred Kröpf. While Police Councilor Girwidz is already receiving the certificate in the presence of Police Sergeant Sonja Wirth and Police Chief Martin Riedl, Hubert and Staller are late for the celebrations - not only have they gotten hopelessly lost in the urban jungle, they are also keeping the suicidal spirit on the way to the police headquarters Anna Schmitt before jumping to her death from her balcony. The fact that the desperate lady is the partner of Deputy Chief of Police Markus Wieser causes additional inconveniences. Meanwhile, the President uses the meeting to win over the Wolfratshausen residents for a nationwide fight against drugs in the state capital. In particular, red light giant Stefan Wilde, with his contacts reaching far into the surrounding area, is a thorn in the side of the president. Girwidz promises his support and learns in a one-on-one conversation that the chief of police has other things to worry about: the Munich presidium has been criticized for months, and there is talk of drug trafficking, extortion and even murder. The chief of police fears a black sheep in his own ranks and the Wolfratshauser should help him to find it. Then the latecomers Hubert and Staller burst into the conversation and the chief of police invites Girwidz to his house to continue the secret conversation. Cooperation with Munich - "Unter Wölfen" When Girwidz arrives there the next morning, he finds the police chief Kröpf murdered. Kröpf's wife initially believes that Girwidz is the murderer and calls her husband's colleagues for help. A little later, Hubert and Staller as well as the Munich investigators Sebastian Kurz and Melanie Eder arrive at the crime scene and there are the first disputes over jurisdiction. After all, both parties agree: the chief of police fell victim to a burglar he had caught red-handed. Hubert and Staller are already annoyed and want to leave the field when Girwidz swears his team in a passionate speech to cooperate with their Munich colleagues in order to solve the heinous crime as quickly as possible and to comply with the President's last wish for supra-regional cooperation. Of course, he secretly wishes that Hubert and Staller would work as internal investigators. Even if there are many indications of a burglar, Girwidz fears that the "black sheep" could have murdered the police chief. He lets Hubert and Staller in on his delicate suspicions. The two not only have absolutely no desire for the new colleagues from the city, but also wonder how they should investigate with and against their colleagues at the same time, and the Wolfratshausen district also fears competition from Munich. Because Girwidz could not refuse the son of the murdered police chief, Niklas Kröpf, for an internship, Riedl now has to fear that he will soon be completely superfluous. as dr When Anja Licht examines the dead man and finds a packet of drugs in his clothes, it quickly becomes clear that the burglar theory is no longer tenable. In order to have an advantage over their Munich colleagues, Hubert and Staller initially conceal the find, set off on their own and pay a visit to the alleged Munich drug king Stefan Wilde in his Munich club.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Markus Linhof</director>
      <actor>Christian Tramitz (role=Franz Hubert)</actor>
      <actor>Helmfried von Lüttichau (role=Johannes Staller)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Brandner (role=Reimund Girwidz)</actor>
      <actor>Annett Fleischer (role=Sonja Wirth)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Thaler (role=Dr. Anja Licht)</actor>
      <actor>Hannes Ringlstetter (role=Yazid)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Sedlmeir (role=Martin Riedl)</actor>
      <actor>Aleksandar Jovanovic (role=Sebastian Kurz)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Lamprecht (role=Melanie Eder)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Brüggemann (role=Anna Schmitt)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Stadlober (role=Herr Preiss)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Müller-Elmau (role=Sabine Kröpf)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzRiNTQ2YTktN2FkMC00NzAyLWE3YzQtMGEyZmJjZDkxYjFiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <description>Unexpected honor for the Wolfratshausen police station: On the occasion of the highest clear-up rate in all of Bavaria, the entire team was personally invited to Munich by police chief Manfred Kröpf. While Police Councilor Girwidz is already receiving the certificate in the prese...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt4626906/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0853076</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rote Rosen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Realistically-presented love story surrounded by friendship, intrigue, laughter, and tears, situated in the German city Lüneburg. Love stories of Petra and Nick (episode 1-214), Alice and Marc (episode 215-330), Nina and Steffen (episode 331-420), Charlotte and Erik (421-600), Andrea and Martin (601-800), Gesa and Tim (801-1000), Katja and Philipp (1001-1200), Susann and Clemens (1201-1400), Vera and Jan (1401-1600), Tine and Ole (1601-1814), Jana and Sebastian (1815-2000), Nora and Arthur (2001-2200), Sydney and Mathis (2201-2400), Helen and Peer (2401-2600), Sonja and Tilmann (2601-2800), Hilli and Frank (2801-3000), and Astrid and Alex (3001-3200). The Rosenhaus, Lilienthalstraße 1, 21337 Lüneburg; estate Flickenschild: an estate was given in 1388 by duke Heinrich to squire Flickenschild, the house was first documented in 1595 on a map and burned down in1655, the present barn is build on the foundation of that house, Gottlieb Flickenschild bought Gut Grevenhorst in 1866, both estates became together estate Flickenschild; hotel 'Drei Könige': founded in 1890 as hotel 'Zum Schießgraben' by grandparents of Holger Mielitzer, since 1904 it is called 'Drei Könige', Maria Stöver sold it in 1952 to Wilhelm Theodore Flickenschild.—B. Dijkhoff</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Reischel</director>
      <director>Gerald Distl</director>
      <director>Laurenz Schlüter</director>
      <director>Patrik Fichte</director>
      <director>Patrick Caputo</director>
      <actor>Brigitte Antonius (role=Johanna Hofleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Hermann Toelcke (role=Gunter Flickenschild)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Fuchs (role=Carla Saravakos)</actor>
      <actor>Jelena Mitschke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gerry Hungbauer (role=Thomas Jansen)</actor>
      <actor>Hakim-Michael Meziani (role=Ben Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Franke (role=Merle Vanlohen)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Dieter Clausnitzer (role=Hannes Lüder)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Kretzer (role=Toni Lammert)</actor>
      <actor>Madeleine Lierck (role=Erika Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Lara-Isabelle Rentinck (role=Amelie Fährmann)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Nagel (role=Konrad Albers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>3.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmNmZWIwMDMtMzY4MC00ZDI4LWJlYTgtYjRmN2NmY2FlMzlkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX346_.jpg" />
    <category>Telenovela|Drama</category>
    <review>Maybe Petra Huber doesn't like Rote Rosen, but my wife surely does. She watches it daily. She is not over 80 and has a juris doctorate degree</review>
    <description>Realistic presented love story surrounded by friendship, intrigue, laughter and tears, situated in the German city Lüneburg.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0479846</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sturm der Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The love story of: Laura and Alexander (episodes 1 - 313), Miriam and Robert (314 - 520), Samia and Gregor (521 - 703), Emma and Felix (704 - 914), Sandra and Lukas (915 - 1117), Eva and Robert (1118 - 1391), Theresa and Moritz (1392 - 1600), Marlene and Konstantin (1601 - 1814), Pauline and Leonard (1815 - 2066), Julia and Niklas (2067 - 2266), Luisa and Sebastian (2267 - 2499), Clara and Adrian (2500 - 2692), Ella, Rebecca and William (2693 - 2814), Alicia and Viktor (2815 - 3019), Denise and Joshua (3020 - 3264), Franzi(ska) and Tim (3265 - 3515)// Fürstenhof: Build by Sebastian von Weyersbrunn in 1759 for a peasant girl he loved. Lawful owner Erich von Weyersbrunn died in the year 1953; Ludwig Saalfeld "bought" the building with a falsified signature. Werner Saalfeld bought the almost bankrupt hotel in 1971. Address: 83646 Bad Tölz in Bichlheim.—B. Dijkhoff</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Carsten Meyer-Grohbrügge</director>
      <director>Stefan Jonas</director>
      <director>Felix Bärwald</director>
      <director>Steffen Nowak</director>
      <director>Alexander Wiedl</director>
      <actor>Dirk Galuba (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Hagen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sepp Schauer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Lätsch (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Altenkopf (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Sandorov (role=Page Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Mona Seefried (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Melanie Wiegmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Stadler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Lorenzo Patanè (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Bach (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Seibert (role=Porter Max)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTgwMzk1NTUtYjFhZS00ZDM1LTg4YTQtNWY4YTZjMWRlYjg2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Always has a bunch of story lines going on. The main one usually isn't the most interesting though. The side ones are what make it fun and entertaining to watch.People who say it's for 80+ are silly</review>
    <description>The elegant hotel Fürstenhof in the little village Bichlheim becomes a place for two young people to find the love of her/his life. But things get complicated.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0421031</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Familie Dr. Kleist</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Familie Dr. Kleist is a German television series about a German doctor named Christian Kleist and his family, internationally also known as Circle of Life.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Engel</director>
      <director>Philipp Osthus</director>
      <director>Erwin Keusch</director>
      <director>Esther Wenger</director>
      <director>Stefan Bühling</director>
      <actor>Francis Fulton-Smith (role=Dr. Christian Kleist)</actor>
      <actor>Uta Schorn (role=Inge März)</actor>
      <actor>Winnie Böwe (role=Nora Mann)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa-Marie Koroll (role=Clara Hofer)</actor>
      <actor>Luca Zamperoni (role=Dr. Michael Sandmann)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Seiser (role=Lisa Kleist)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Plathe (role=Bernd Spengler)</actor>
      <actor>Meo Wulf (role=Peter Kleist)</actor>
      <actor>Julian König (role=Paul Kleist)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Radisch (role=Dr. Timotheus von Hatzfeld)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Plate (role=Marlene Kleist)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Pleitgen (role=Johannes Kleist)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzhiMjJhZTAtNjBiNS00ZWFhLTlmZTEtM2FjOTZmZWQ2ZThlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Family</category>
    <review>a series. like many others. virtues of family, single father, brave doctor, seductive characters, problems of different ages, dramas, sickness, courage and high spirit of duty. almost nothing new. except the air of a small town, the humor, the tension and the memories about different other series. and, sure, the good performances, very useful for a holiday film. because this is its secret of seduction - it is a perfect holiday series, easy, soft, nice and full of adventures from the events of every day. ordinary people. and new and new challenges. so, right choice for refresh after a busy day. or for comfortable evening</review>
    <description>Familie Dr. Kleist is a German television series about a German doctor named Christian Kleist and his family, internationally also known as Circle of Life.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9767164</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Watzmann ermittelt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Commissioners Benedikt Beissl and Jerry Paulsen investigate murder cases in Berchtesgaden.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <director>Julia Peters</director>
      <director>Carsten Fiebeler</director>
      <director>Tom Zenker</director>
      <director>Tanja Roitzheim</director>
      <actor>Andreas Giebel (role=Benedikt Beissl)</actor>
      <actor>Peter M. Marton (role=Jerry Paulsen)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Weinzierl (role=Elisabeth Beissl)</actor>
      <actor>Nepo Fitz (role=Max Ruffer)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Thonig (role=Caro Reiser)</actor>
      <actor>Ines Lutz (role=Johanna Beissl)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin von Steinburg (role=Maria Beissl)</actor>
      <actor>Leonie Brill (role=Eva Beissl)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Leonore Goebel (role=Sophia Strasser)</actor>
      <actor>Genoveva Mayer (role=Sonja Bitterling)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Philipp Graf (role=Raik Freimann)</actor>
      <actor>Lilly Forgách (role=Frau Maierhofer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzc4MTA0MjgtNDllOC00YzQ2LTliZTctZjUwNzc3ZWE5Y2I3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX333_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Commissioners Benedikt Beissl and Jerry Paulsen investigate murder cases in Berchtesgaden.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5353326</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Operation Zucker</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Karin Wegemann left the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) after the events of Operation Zucker. Instead of active service with the LKA, she has been teaching prospective colleagues at the police academy for several months. But for a woman who feels most comfortable in headwinds, a life of stagnation is not suited to her. The career change brings her neither external stability nor inner peace. Her superiors recognize this, too. One evening, Wegemann meets investigative journalist Maik Fellner. Child trafficking in Germany has been Fellner's topic for years, but his articles ultimately have no impact; his shocking research is at best dismissed as slander. Fellner needs Wegemann, but he needs her as a working police officer. He puts pressure on Wegemann, telling her about a 14-year-old witness who put him on the trail of a child trafficking ring in Potsdam. The clues are so concrete that even Wegemann cannot escape the logical next step. After convincing her superior that she possesses the necessary emotional stability, she arranges to be sent to Brandenburg to investigate on site with her initially opaque Potsdam colleague Ronald Krug. With the help of Victor, whose girlfriend Laura is also exposed to the child trafficking ring, Wegemann becomes aware of ten-year-old Lucy. Wearing striking makeup, the girl sits alone on the platform. When Wegemann approaches the little girl, the respected Potsdam construction contractor Kai Voss hurries over and introduces himself as Lucy's father. Although Krug and Public Prosecutor Mack vouch for Kai Voss and his wife, Wegemann knows how to read the signs. She follows the lead and discovers that Vanessa, a second child, lives in the Voss house alongside Lucy. Karin Wegemann finds herself in dire straits during her investigation, as the perpetrators also know there is a witness.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sherry Hormann</director>
      <actor>Nadja Uhl (role=Karin Wegemann)</actor>
      <actor>Misel Maticevic (role=Ronald Krug)</actor>
      <actor>André Szymanski (role=Maik Fellner)</actor>
      <actor>Jördis Triebel (role=Helen Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Hülk (role=Kai Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Carlotta von Falkenhayn (role=Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Amarell (role=Vanessa Gerke)</actor>
      <actor>Mathilde Bundschuh (role=Laura)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Bock (role=Staatsanwalt Mack)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Matschke (role=Innenminister)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Schupp (role=Winfried Sudhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Michael A. Grimm (role=Frank Wilhelm)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWFhZTEzNzctYWU4ZC00N2ViLWFiY2QtN2NlYzFjZjE2YjllXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>After unsuccessful trying to let bygones be bygones, chief inspector Karin Wegemann, who led the investigation in "Operation Zucker", starts to investigate in a new volatile case together with her colleague Ronald Krug.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3210464</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stiller Abschied</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It starts with little things that you can still find amusing: Sometimes Charlotte gets into the wrong car, sometimes she comes to the office in house slippers. But it gets worse. More and more often she can no longer remember everyday terms, suddenly no longer knows what conferences are about and feels betrayed by everyone in the company. But although Charlotte feels very well that she can't just attribute her forgetfulness and her dropouts to old age, she suppresses the problem. With a lot of effort, she manages to deceive those around her about her condition. Her son Markus and her daughter Sandra, who is also grown, notice the changes, but initially do not want to accept the situation. Only Markus' new partner, the trained nurse Katrin, finds the courage to call things by their proper name: Charlotte suffers from progressive dementia. At first, proud Charlotte denied any suspicion that she was ill and reacted mockingly and aggressively to her children's offers of help. At the same time, her misfires and states of anxiety become more and more dramatic, her mental state more and more unstable. But Markus, Sandra and Katrin are powerless: Because Charlotte can only be helped if she allows it herself.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Baxmeyer</director>
      <actor>Christiane Hörbiger (role=Charlotte Brüggemann)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Mommsen (role=Markus Brüggemann)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanette Hain (role=Sandra Brüggemann)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike C. Tscharre (role=Katrin Wolter)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Striebeck (role=Dr. Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Marlen Diekhoff (role=Luise Markert)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Flack (role=Jana Brüggemann)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Jahn (role=Tim Brüggemann)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Weiss (role=Johann Gellert)</actor>
      <actor>Tilo Werner (role=Polizeibeamter)</actor>
      <actor>Annalena Schmidt (role=Chorsängerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDExZTQ3MjItZGY1YS00Y2U3LWIwOWUtMzU5MGY1ZTY1NDUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,2,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>This is a film about a 70-year whose old age is starting to get the best of her, and her memory and self-control starts failing her. The performance by Charolotte Brüggeman is just fascinating. Her acting in the last scenes brought me to tears. Very moving film which highlights the central role our memory plays in our human identity</review>
    <description>A 70-year-old lady is faced with the wear of time as her memories fade away. Then, she as well as her family have to face the reality...</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2052932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Morden im Norden</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Finn Kiesewetter had left the police force to convert to an organic farm. But after a fire destroyed it, Finn found himself ruined and forced to return to law enforcement.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dirk Pientka</director>
      <director>Holger T. Schmidt</director>
      <director>Christoph Eichhorn</director>
      <director>Michael Riebl</director>
      <director>Torsten Wacker</director>
      <actor>Sven Martinek (role=Finn Kiesewetter)</actor>
      <actor>Ingo Naujoks (role=Lars Englen)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Tomanek (role=Dr. Strahl)</actor>
      <actor>Veit Stübner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Julia E. Lenska (role=Nina Weiss)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Uter (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Proschat Madani (role=Dr. Hilke Zobel)</actor>
      <actor>Marie-Luise Schramm (role=Sandra Schwartenbeck)</actor>
      <actor>Tessa Mittelstaedt (role=Elke Rasmussen)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Minthe (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Anjorka Strechel (role=Tomke Jennsen)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Kelling (role=Ria Kiesewetter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmU3ZGM5ZDMtYjIwNi00MDNlLTllNjMtOTM3NzNiMjg2YTFjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>This is part of Germany's "heiter bis tödlich" (cheerful to deadly) series of the state controlled ARD TV channel.This installment is located in the North of the country, namely the city of Lübeck (appr. 23.000 inhabitants, located at the "Ostsee" = the baltic sea). The first &amp; second seasons were mainly "cheerful" but still dealt with "murder", afterwards it became more &amp; more bleak &amp; realistic &amp; improved a lot over the "cheerfulness" of the earlier episodes. Most actors (especially Naujoks) are very good &amp; the series even "survived" the introduction of the (always) godawful, non-actress Proschat Madani in a supporting role</review>
    <description>Finn Kiesewetter had left the police force to convert to an organic farm. But after a fire destroyed it, Finn found himself ruined and forced to return to law enforcement.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>28116935</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Der Zürich-Krimi" Borchert und die Spur der Diamanten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Borchert hates it when someone lies to him. Already at the first meeting with the murder suspect Xavier Schliemann, a childhood sweetheart of the law firm boss Dominique, he begins to have doubts about his sincerity. The smart diamond dealer denies having shot his ex-business partner Nikol in the hotel room. Instead of testifying to Captain Furrer as agreed, Xavier goes into hiding with the help of his best friend Katharina Kolling. For Borchert, the limit is full: he will only continue if the suspect tells him the truth. Now the "lawyer without a license" is encountering a bitter struggle for survival in the jewelry industry, which his client wants to revolutionize with synthetic diamonds. The fact that Xavier, who is about to marry his pregnant fiancée Greta, is in financial trouble makes the case even more complicated. Only when Borchert and Dominique understand who really wants to get even with the "Ladies' Man" do they come across a plan for revenge.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Connie Walter</director>
      <actor>Christian Kohlund (role=Thomas Borchert)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Paule Klink (role=Dominique Kuster)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Kiwitt (role=Hauptmann Furrer)</actor>
      <actor>David Rott (role=Xavier Schliemann)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Lechthaler (role=Katharina Kolling)</actor>
      <actor>Nurit Hirschfeld (role=Greta Baumeister)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Heyn (role=Peter Eisenmann)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Hunger-Bühler (role=Reto Zanger)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Banzhaf (role=Regula Gabrielli)</actor>
      <actor>Yves Wüthrich (role=Urs Aeggi)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Gallego Zapata (role=Richterin Mildenberger)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Stecher (role=Wolf Burri)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTU3YWUyZWItMWRkMy00NWEzLWJiMzQtZWE4OGE1ZjI2NDEyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <description>Borchert hates it when someone lies to him. Already at the first meeting with the murder suspect Xavier Schliemann, a childhood sweetheart of the law firm boss Dominique, he begins to have doubts about his sincerity. The smart diamond dealer denies having shot his ex-business par...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt28116935/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17290154</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mutter, Kutter, Kind</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Heddi is a confident and battle-hardened coastal fisherman - she has to be, because fishing has never been easy and in times of overfishing she struggles to make ends meet. But Heddi doesn't let himself be beaten. She only has one weak point: her daughter Eva. Eva is an environmental activist and just as combative as her mother. But despite their resemblance, Eva doesn't want to have anything more to do with Heddi, there has been radio silence between the two for years. But now Eva unexpectedly shows up in the small Baltic Sea village with her ten-year-old son Jannis, ostensibly for a birthday visit to Grandma Lore, with whom Eva spent most of her childhood. In truth, however, Eva is in great trouble: because of resistance to state authority - and this as a repeat offender. - she has to serve a prison sentence. But who should take care of their little Jannis during their absence? For Eva it is clear: Grandma Lore has to do that. But she no longer trusts herself to take care of the lively boy. Nothing would actually be more obvious than to ask Heddi, but Eva's anger at her mother is too great. Can she overcome herself and give her mother another chance?—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Tiefenbacher</director>
      <actor>Anneke Kim Sarnau (role=Heddi Böhnkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Zoe Moore (role=Eva Böhnkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Jutta Wachowiak (role=Lore Böhnkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Lewe Wagner (role=Jannis Böhnkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Neil Malik Abdullah (role=Dr. Elyas Fayad)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Spieker (role=Sven Grüddemann)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Morik (role=Heiner Poog)</actor>
      <actor>Maureen Havlena (role=Karo)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Schad (role=Vertreter Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Leesch (role=Frau Schmitz)</actor>
      <actor>Nikola Frehsee (role=Stine)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Schroeder (role=Patient)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTFmZmU3ZGItNmYzMS00ZTI2LTk4MGMtODc1NjkwYjk3YmE4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX390_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Heddi is a confident and battle-hardened coastal fisherman - she has to be, because fishing has never been easy and in times of overfishing she struggles to make ends meet. But Heddi doesn't let himself be beaten. She only has one weak point: her daughter Eva. Eva is an environme...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt17290154/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2143073</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Employees of the Namibian Harnas Wildlife Foundation and young volunteers from all over the world who work there take care of orphaned, injured and abandoned animals.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Maximilian Stelzle</director>
      <director>Johannes Matz</director>
      <director>Tim Huebschle</director>
      <director>Harald Pokieser</director>
      <director>Peter Rabinger</director>
      <actor>Norbert Langer (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Frikkie von Solms (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Marieta van der Merwe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Danish Maniyar (role=Danish Maniyar)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Funke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfram Rietschel (role=Self - Tierarzt)</actor>
      <actor>Davina Platz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jo van der Merwe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Viefers (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Schalk van der Merwe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Simone Herzog (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Hödl (role=Self - Biologe)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2VhNjhiODEtZmIxZS00ZjI3LThlNWMtMzRhZWEwOTA5Nzg1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX234_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>Employees of the Namibian Harnas Wildlife Foundation and young volunteers from all over the world who work there take care of orphaned, injured and abandoned animals.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13926844</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Neben der Spur ist auch ein Weg</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A sunny summer morning, actually everything looks the same as always. Linda is sitting at the breakfast table with her children. However, something has changed for months: Fritz, the father of the family, is sleeping in the mobile home in the garden. Linda hopes that everything will find its way again, but for her husband the signs are pointing to separation. Linda's pain turns to anger when she finds out that Fritz already has a new partner - and even the children know about it. It is clear to the three of them: Mama needs a "new one" too. With a fake account on the dating portal, Paula, Tim and Thorben start looking for candidates. However, the unsuspecting Linda has neither the nerve nor the need to be matched. It's already going better on its own than she actually wants. Even her best friend Carmen is astonished when Linda tells her about a spontaneous one-night stand and waking up in a shared flat. Thrown off track and a bit off track, Linda is now going her own way. Although she still misses her tidy life, Linda is finding more and more determination to shape her involuntary new beginning herself.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anna Justice</director>
      <actor>Marlene Morreis (role=Linda Zielke)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Kampwirth (role=Fritz Zielke)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Lade (role=Tim Zielke)</actor>
      <actor>Lydia Maria Makrides (role=Paula Zielke)</actor>
      <actor>Anita Vulesica (role=Carmen)</actor>
      <actor>Nils Hohenhövel (role=Hagen)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Ivo Baulitz (role=Lehrer Kreindel)</actor>
      <actor>Justine Hirschfeld (role=Margit)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick von Blume (role=Markus Bongartz)</actor>
      <actor>Maik Solbach (role=Petermännchen)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Anke (role=Kalli)</actor>
      <actor>Nele Rosetz (role=Wirtin Bootshaus)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmMyODNhNGQtZGJmZC00MjM1LTlkYjMtZDFkNjdkYjkxZTI1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>A sunny summer morning, actually everything looks the same as always. Linda is sitting at the breakfast table with her children. However, something has changed for months: Fritz, the father of the family, is sleeping in the mobile home in the garden. Linda hopes that everything w...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13926844/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13710652</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Harter Brocken</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Frank Koops is a police officer in the small mountain town of St. Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains, which is usually quite tranquil. He is known in his area with his green Lada Niva and everything seems to be going well. But crime also penetrates into these hidden corners. Koops masters challenges in his very own, calm way and his criminalistic qualities are always underestimated by the criminals. His specific local knowledge is also an advantage. He is friends with the postman Heiner Kelzenberg and his young colleague Mette Vogt from the neighboring town of Braunlage. Both are important helpers in an emergency.—Wikipedia</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Sehr</director>
      <director>Stephan Wagner</director>
      <director>Florian Baxmeyer</director>
      <director>Andreas Senn</director>
      <director>Anno Saul</director>
      <actor>Aljoscha Stadelmann (role=Frank Koops)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Fischer (role=Mette)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Führmann (role=Heiner Kelzenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Günter Schärf (role=Toni, der Wirt)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Koschitz (role=Simone Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Katarina Gaub (role=Ina Meier)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Falckner (role=Sinje Mendt)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Gallego Zapata (role=Franziska Langer)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Benkhofer (role=Postbote Heiner)</actor>
      <actor>Alwara Höfels (role=Matilda Schönemann)</actor>
      <actor>Hinnerk Schönemann (role=Patrick Riemann)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Kling (role=Christiane Kuschnereit)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjI3NTNiMDAtNDVkNy00NDUxLWEyNzctZDliZGRlMDY2OWIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX336_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <description>Frank Koops is a police officer in the small mountain town of St. Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains, which is usually quite tranquil. He is known in his area with his green Lada Niva and everything seems to be going well. But crime also penetrates into these hidden corners. Koops...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13710652/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14015304</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Masuren-Krimi</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A death in the family draws forensic scientist Dr. Viktoria Wex back from Berlin to her childhood home in Poland. But this is not the only reason for her return: Haunted by the recent murder of her husband Felix, Victoria is determined to find out who killed him and why. At the same time, she is running away from her feelings. Eccentric and obsessive, Viktoria teams up with Leon, the handsome police officer next door, to solve the murder that brought her back to idyllic Masuria. And while she just can't seem to get away from her childhood home, her past, as well, has a way of catching up with her.—Beta Film</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anno Saul</director>
      <director>Sven Taddicken</director>
      <director>Frauke Thielecke</director>
      <director>Nicolai Rohde</director>
      <actor>Claudia Eisinger (role=Viktoria Wex)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Hülk (role=Leon Pawlak)</actor>
      <actor>Karolina Lodyga (role=Zofia Kowalska)</actor>
      <actor>Wieslaw Zanowicz (role=Fryderyk Jankowski)</actor>
      <actor>Natalia Bobyleva (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Matilda Jork (role=Emilia Pawlak)</actor>
      <actor>Úna Lir (role=Viktoria als Kind)</actor>
      <actor>Piotr Witkowski (role=Felix)</actor>
      <actor>Cornelia Heyse (role=Anastazja Sawicki)</actor>
      <actor>Bea Brocks (role=Daria)</actor>
      <actor>Damian Krajczyk (role=Rechtsmediziner)</actor>
      <actor>Gia Starzynski (role=Lucja)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmY0NjgyMWQtZWMzNy00ZmE5LWIxYzAtMzMwNzJjOTMwNGQyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>The stories are ok, the scenery is pretty. There's crime, a bit of romance, likable characters. I hope more episodes are coming</review>
    <description>Forensic scientist Dr. Viktoria Wex returns to her Polish homeland from Berlin for a family matter and stumbles into a murder investigation. A local policeman asks her for help.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22522592</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Kommissar Dupin" Bretonische Nächte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When Kadeg visits his aunt in the Côte des Abers, the inspector experiences a shock: Joelle Contel is badly injured on the stairs and dies a few minutes later. While searching for the intruder, Kadeg is knocked out from behind. While Commissioner Dupin takes up the investigation with the usual meticulousness, he worries for the life of his colleague, who is in a coma. Through Nolwenn, Dupin learns about Kadeg's ominous family history and his special closeness to Aunt Joelle, who took care of him after his parents' death. Upon arriving in northern Brittany, Dupin encounters more suspicious deaths and learns of strife within the Contel fruit-growing clan. Joelle's brother Victor resents the murdered woman for not having sold him fertile farmland. Dupin's investigations also focus on the long-ago death of a young woman from Romania, for which the harvest worker Iupescu was convicted.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Holger Haase</director>
      <actor>Pasquale Aleardi (role=Georges Dupin)</actor>
      <actor>Sven-Eric Bechtolf (role=Victor Contel)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Da Gloria (role=Armandine Contel)</actor>
      <actor>Gisa Flake (role=Nevou)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Garbers (role=Gregg Hilaire)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Hecke (role=Claire Lannoy)</actor>
      <actor>Eugen Knecht (role=Paul Iupescu)</actor>
      <actor>Lucas Prisor (role=Maxime Contel)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Georg Schütte (role=Thierry Kadeg)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Wulf (role=Nolwenn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWRiY2I4MzgtMjA0YS00NmQ1LWJiYzMtYzliZTNlNTdlNThhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_CR556,77,881,1321_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Everything is utterly absurd. Caricature as characters, one dimensional stories, pseudo emotional crocodile tears, either despicable or silently heroic women, psychotic dumb police officer, going from one hypothesis to the next one without a shed of evidence, all of them speaking in low voices (and never in the local language). The only reason why this is filmed in Brittany is for touristic advertisement purpose and a very bad one at that. The main character is a fast food eater, pretending to be good at cooking suffering from compulsive disorders that he wears ostentatiously like badges of honour.Nullissime et grotesqueZéro</review>
    <description>When Kadeg visits his aunt in the Côte des Abers, the inspector experiences a shock: Joelle Contel is badly injured on the stairs and dies a few minutes later. While searching for the intruder, Kadeg is knocked out from behind. While Commissioner Dupin takes up the investigation ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt22522592/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0396384</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tigerenten Club</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Action, fun and lots of games and a new theme every week.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andreas Oesterle</director>
      <director>Wolfgang Rommel</director>
      <director>Christian Kapp</director>
      <director>Dieter Schlotterbeck</director>
      <director>Uwe Dietrich</director>
      <actor>Pamela Großer (role=Pamela Großer)</actor>
      <actor>Muschda Sherzada (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Zenglein (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Malte Arkona (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Wilms (role=Dennis Wilms)</actor>
      <actor>Pete Dwojak (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Gast (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Judith Pinnow (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Pinnow (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Knöll (role=Self - Guest)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Schöne (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Amelie Stiefvatter (role=Self - Host)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1996</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGMwYTBlYzUtNzJhNy00M2Q0LWI1NzAtYzRhM2ViOGI1NGUxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX319_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <review>This TV show is one of the fondest childhood memories I have. Simply a beautiful, warm-hearted show with fantastic moderators. The conceptual transformation didn't look so good for the series, but that can't change my rating, because the early days were simply perfect across the board</review>
    <description>Action, fun and lots of games and a new theme every week.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5801242</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Pfefferkörner und der Fluch des schwarzen Königs</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Luca Gruber warns Benny's 'peppercorns' bunch, who just outsmarted two thieving bullies, against the school trip to his South Tirol (Italian Alps) home, mentioning a legendary curse of the black king. Bennyis lore concerned about his other as chaperon with and as turns out lover of class teacher Martin Schulze, and the arrival by limousine with Asian driver Hamit of silver spoon class newbie Johannes. The latter proves nosy and clever, eagerly joining their investigation of the 'curse', as scary things happen to Luca's town, including a fire and Luca's father Stefan Gruber's arrest for allegedly dumping hazardous waste. The boy shows his uncle Lorenz the abandoned mine shaft where he thinks the black king haunts, but is locked inside, and Johannes when he comes look for him, so they must escape adventurously, while IT skills help find the real fiends, a food multinational based in their native Hamburg, which must be take on there too, in league with the mayor.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christian Theede</director>
      <actor>Lilly Barshy (role=Luise)</actor>
      <actor>Marleen Quentin (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Nino Böhlau (role=Olaf)</actor>
      <actor>Zoran Pingel (role=Bosse)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Flint (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Zwinz (role=Polizist Hannes Krabbe)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Fricke (role=Polizist Daniel Schirmer)</actor>
      <actor>Amelie Josten (role=Karla)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Matthies (role=Bianca)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Wackernagel (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Devid Striesow (role=Martin Schulze)</actor>
      <actor>Altamasch Noor (role=Hamit)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Italy</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjBhOWE0YzYtYmUyNC00YjhjLTkyZmItOTI4ZjAxYWVmMjYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWdhbWF6b2E@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Family</category>
    <review>A modern version of the Famous Five, an opportunity to wander through the sumptuous landscapes of Tyrol and the canals of Hamburg. A well-run story for a family evening with 9-14 year olds</review>
    <description>Mia and Benny are two enterprising kids from Hamburg with a passion for investigations. On a trip to the Gruber family farmhouse in southern Tyrol, they discover that the farm has been hit by the Black King's curse.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1396573</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Utta Danella" Der Verlobte meiner besten Freundin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Katharina and Elena are best friends since youth. Trained in Canada, Elena finally returns to native Bavaria, to her parents' surprise with a fiancé, Canadian food engineer Tom Ferguson, whom she wants to live with overseas. Elena's conservative, domineering father Markus expected her to wed suitable brewery successor Markus, who meanwhile fell in 'forbidden' love with Katharina, displeasing her own parents. Katharina and Tom fall in love, complicating further the complex conflict of loyalties.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Weissflog</director>
      <actor>Henriette Richter-Röhl (role=Katharina Lechner)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Paule Klink (role=Elena Eichenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Seeliger (role=Tom Ferguson)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Murr (role=Markus)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Pascal (role=Gitti Eichenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Fierek (role=Anton Eichenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Sepp Schauer (role=Quirin Lechner)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Peter Korff (role=Leopold)</actor>
      <actor>Corinna Binzer (role=Monika)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWQ1ZGVkZmQtNGUxNC00NGUxLTgyYzUtOWJiMmRlNWJhNjg2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Katharina and Elena are best friends since youth. Trained in Canada, Elena finally returns to native Bavaria, to her parents' surprise with a fiancé, Canadian food engineer Tom Ferguson, whom she wants to live with overseas. Elena's conservative, domineering father Markus expecte...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1396573/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0286393</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sportschau</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The german TV-show from "Das Erste" is about every kind of sport, from winter sport to football, from tennis to motor sport.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hajo Seppelt</director>
      <director>Inka Blumensaat</director>
      <actor>Alexander Bommes (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jessy Wellmer (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Antwerpes (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Esther Sedlaczek (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Lufen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Scharf (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Bartels (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Naß (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lea Wagner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bastian Schweinsteiger (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Opdenhövel (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Schmelzer (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|West Germany</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ1ZmIyYWQtYzJlYS00ZmM2LWFlNjctZGRlNmU3Yzg0MjBlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>News|Documentary|Sport|Talk Show</category>
    <description>The german TV-show from "Das Erste" is about every kind of sport, from winter sport to football, from tennis to motor sport.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7615302</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geheimnis eines Lebens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a picturesque village in England, Joan Stanley (Dench), lives in contented retirement. Then suddenly her tranquil existence is shattered as she's shockingly arrested by MI5. For Joan has been hiding an incredible past - she is one of the most influential spies in living history.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Trevor Nunn</director>
      <actor>Judi Dench (role=Joan)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Sosanya (role=Ms Hart)</actor>
      <actor>Laurence Spellman (role=Mr. Adams)</actor>
      <actor>Nicola Sloane (role=Joan's Neighbour)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Cookson (role=Young Joan)</actor>
      <actor>Tereza Srbova (role=Sonya)</actor>
      <actor>Freddie Gaminara (role=William)</actor>
      <actor>Raj Swamy (role=Kharak)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Hughes (role=Leo)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Wheeler (role=Heckler)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Miles (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Lulu Meissner (role=Waitress)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjI0NTdiNTItZTkwYi00ZjA0LTk4N2MtY2I0NTc1MDAwOWQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spy|Biography|Drama|History|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>If you think you know all there is to know about the spy history since 1945, you will find this film pretty interesting and revealing. i have not heard about the ''granny spy'' until now and its a good melodramatic, historic flick, made for the newest generations.judi dench does a remarkable appearance in this drama that jumps back and forth in history, the present is spun around police interrogation, and dialouges with her gobsmacked lawyer son, and the past where we follow the main from studies at cambridge into advancing into assistant at the nuclear research institute.its has some romantic interludes here and there, the way they are made weakens the production, because its not profound enough . the score is classic style british drama series style of music, and gives a nice float to the motion.its worth a glance thinks the grumpy old man if youre into the war and cold war history, and the keywords are like in many other features to forgive , bow and forget. recommended</review>
    <description>The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5307194</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Vorwärts immer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Berlin 1989, shortly before the fall of the Wall: While the actor Otto is rehearsing for his role as head of state and party leader Erich Honecker, the regime is fighting for survival. The military and police are preparing to use force to crush the Leipzig Monday demonstration in the evening. To protect his pregnant daughter Anne, who wants to get forged papers for her escape from the republic in Leipzig, of all days, Otto comes up with a daring plan: disguised as Honecker, he wants to withdraw the order to shoot. The opportunity is good because the real head of state is out hunting all day. Others also want to use his absence: Crown Prince Krenz and Stasi chief Mielke, who are secretly preparing a change of power in the Central Committee. The putschists are all the more astonished when they suddenly see Honecker in front of them. Otto plays the role of his life - but unfortunately the unexpected appearance of Margot, the secret ruler of the workers 'and peasants' state, thwarted his plans at the last minute. Meanwhile, the Stasi is on the heels of his daughter and her contact August, who is secretly filming for western television. And Anne has someone else on her cheek: her jealous friend Matti. He wants to dissuade her from her escape plans - and above all to pull away from August.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Francis Meletzky</director>
      <actor>Jörg Schüttauf (role=Erich Honecker)</actor>
      <actor>Josefine Preuß (role=Anne Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Matschenz (role=August)</actor>
      <actor>Hedi Kriegeskotte (role=Margot Honecker)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Benjamin (role=Matti Stein)</actor>
      <actor>Steffen Scheumann (role=Boris Kelm)</actor>
      <actor>André Jung (role=Erich Mielke)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Schubert (role=Egon Krenz)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Grossmann (role=Theodor Dombrich)</actor>
      <actor>Devid Striesow (role=Harry Stein)</actor>
      <actor>Till Florian Beyerbach (role=Gruppenführer)</actor>
      <actor>Samia Muriel Chancrin (role=Stasifrau Birgit Müller)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmM0M2Q4NGItMTExOS00MGJiLWI4MmEtM2E1MDE0OTZmOGY5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,17,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>It very much borrows from 'To be or not to be', the 1942 movie of a theatre troupe playing a piece on Hitler, when at some moment in time the actor is needed to step in for the real Hitler. Great fun.And here almost everything is in parallel, except that the actor has to play Erich Honnecker, the former strongman of the former GDR.The whole lot comes across totally hilarious, though probably only to native Germans old enough to have had sufficient contacts and knowledge of the former GDR. The typical East-German dialect and the typical mumbling of Erich Honnecker, the typical Berlin dialect of the daughter, and the actual occurrences in the autumn of 1989 are almost a prerequisite for a full enjoyment of this movie.Original clips like the expatriation of Wolf Biermann are used to drive the plot. (I guess the majority of Germans wouldn't know of those things that happened in 1977.)One can but laud the ability of this movie to being hilarious by just scratching along a very specific reality. And one could at the same time question the undertaking to do that 28 years later, and based on plots and scenes and a personage and language dialects taken from a very specific reality and most probably only working in exactly that reality.The current rating of 5.5 is not realistic. Those unacquainted with the background will surely find this movie very artificial if not boring. I'd feel likewise, had I not acquired this background knowledge through some decades of exposure to this system. From this angle I might as well have given a 10</review>
    <description>Berlin 1989, shortly before the fall of the Wall: While the actor Otto is rehearsing for his role as head of state and party leader Erich Honecker, the regime is fighting for survival. The military and police are preparing to use force to crush the Leipzig Monday demonstration in...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt5307194/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>26349569</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Enkel für Fortgeschrittene</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After working abroad as a granny nanny Karin returns home early and finds her husband Harald apparently living with their neighbor, Sigrid. Karin moves out and takes over a student care center which is run by her very pregnant niece.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Groos</director>
      <actor>Maren Kroymann (role=Karin)</actor>
      <actor>Heiner Lauterbach (role=Gerhard)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Sukowa (role=Philippa)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Harald)</actor>
      <actor>Ercan Durmaz (role=Aydin)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Burchard (role=Annika)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Allmayer (role=Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Grüner (role=Viktor)</actor>
      <actor>Romy Baur (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Kayra Efe (role=Yasmin)</actor>
      <actor>Linus von Emhofen (role=Noah)</actor>
      <actor>Franka Roche (role=Josie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4OTc2NTIxM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjM1NjEz._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>After working abroad as a granny nanny Karin returns home early and finds her husband Harald apparently living with their neighbor, Sigrid. Karin moves out and takes over a student care center which is run by her very pregnant niece.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15238980</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>WaPo Duisburg</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Where skippers from all over Europe, shirt-sleeved dockworkers and newly rich pleasure boaters meet is the stomping ground of the Duisburg water police - WaPo Duisburg for short.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Kossmehl</director>
      <director>Ozan Mermer</director>
      <director>Jurij Neumann</director>
      <director>Tine Rogoll</director>
      <actor>Markus John (role=Gerhard Jäger)</actor>
      <actor>Yasemin Cetinkaya (role=Arda Turan)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Böhne (role=Maria Kruppka)</actor>
      <actor>Stefko Hanushevsky (role=Carsten Heinrich)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Dahmen (role=Nadine Jäger)</actor>
      <actor>Romy Vreden (role=Lena Preser)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Lewald (role=Helga Lotz)</actor>
      <actor>Niklas Osterloh (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Marla Fee Lux (role=Mira Jäger)</actor>
      <actor>Timmi Trinks (role=Mark Neumann)</actor>
      <actor>Shermin Bauer (role=Dr. Lisa Reitzig)</actor>
      <actor>Bianca Nawrath (role=Klara Proske)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTdhZTdiNjctZmE1ZC00YmE1LTkxZTYtMjkzZGQ4ODE5MGJmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Where skippers from all over Europe, shirt-sleeved dockworkers and newly rich pleasure boaters meet is the stomping ground of the Duisburg water police - WaPo Duisburg for short.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0764964</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tierärztin Dr. Mertens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Zoo Doctor: My Mom the Vet is a German television series by ARD, based on the 2002 television film of the same name. The series is produced jointly by Saxonia Media and Bavaria Film. The Leipzig Zoo serves as the background setting, and the series is filmed in Leipzig and the surrounding area.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Heidi Kranz</director>
      <director>Dennis Satin</director>
      <director>Mathias Luther</director>
      <director>Thomas Nennstiel</director>
      <director>Karola Hattop</director>
      <actor>Elisabeth Lanz (role=Dr. Susanne Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Gunter Schoß (role=Prof. Georg Baumgart)</actor>
      <actor>Ursela Monn (role=Charlotte Baumgart)</actor>
      <actor>Thorsten Wolf (role=Conrad Weidner)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Martinek (role=Dr. Christoph Lentz)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Bertheau (role=Annett Melzer)</actor>
      <actor>Lennart Betzgen (role=Jonas Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Lesch (role=Dr. Reinhard Fährmann)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Böhm (role=Rebecca Lentz)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Sieckel (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Zimmeck (role=Jonas Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Lilly Wiedemann (role=Luisa Baltrusch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjgwY2Q0ZDEtYTA3ZS00OWU2LWIzNGQtZGI5MDY0ZjRlMzFlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Family</category>
    <description>Zoo Doctor: My Mom the Vet is a German television series by ARD, based on the 2002 television film of the same name. The series is produced jointly by Saxonia Media and Bavaria Film. The Leipzig Zoo serves as the background setting, and the series is filmed in Leipzig and the sur...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0764964/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0178142</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>In aller Freundschaft</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This show is focused on a fictional clinic in Leipzig called 'Sachsenklinik' and its staff and patients.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jürgen Brauer</director>
      <director>Mathias Luther</director>
      <director>Peter Vogel</director>
      <director>Peter Wekwerth</director>
      <director>Celino Bleiweiß</director>
      <actor>Thomas Rühmann (role=Dr. Roland Heilmann)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Kathrin Loewig (role=Dr. Kathrin Globisch)</actor>
      <actor>Alexa Maria Surholt (role=Verena Kornelius)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Koch (role=Dr. Philipp Brentano)</actor>
      <actor>Arzu Bazman (role=Arzu Ritter)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Karusseit (role=Charlotte Gauss)</actor>
      <actor>Hendrikje Fitz (role=Pia Heilmann)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Bellmann (role=Prof. Gernot Simoni)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Bettermann (role=Jens Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Jutta Kammann (role=Ingrid Rischke)</actor>
      <actor>Maren Gilzer (role=Yvonne Habermann)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Schenk (role=Dr. Rolf Kaminski)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1998</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjMxMGIwNTEtNjY0ZS00ZjQ4LWE0Y2MtMWE2ZDc0M2ZlNjgyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Even for someone, who doesn't work in a hospital, you see hundreds of errors. And if this is not enough, dialogues often go out the window, the best they do is cringe...At least, there is a tiny plus: if you're learning German as a foreign language, this might be an easy show to watch and follow</review>
    <description>This show is focused on a fictional clinic in Leipzig called 'Sachsenklinik' and its staff and patients.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4214304</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Hafenpastor und das graue Kind</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>There is no day of rest in the Hamburg neighborhood between Sternschanze and Reeperbahn. Pastor Stefan Book from the St. Pauli Congregation know all about this: First the indestructible clergyman must prevent his sexton Eddi from jumping out of the church tower window; then he learns that 81-year-old Rosi is dying. As a housekeeper, she had been the good soul of the infamous Herbertstrasse for decades. Now it seems her time has come--but for some reason Rosi cannot let go of life yet. A small ray of hope is Book's new vicar, young Anke Bertram. She ended up in St. Pauli only because of a mix-up and wants to leave the desolate Kiez community, but Book's genuine kindness and people's problems awaken her idealism just when it's urgently needed: 16-year-old confirmand Paloma is heavily pregnant, having secretly gotten closer to 16-year-old Winni during the confirmation excursion; Willi's strict father files a complaint against the pastor for pimping. The youth welfare office is also interested in the case: they want to take the baby as soon as it's born because Paloma lives with her alcoholic mother in a not-so-great neighborhood and is not considered reliable. To prevent this, Book makes himself available as a private guardian: He takes in the new parents and gives them guidance with the active support of his partner Sabine. Book's sister, policewoman Rita, doesn't really believe in success, but at first the plan seems to work: Paloma and Winni are devoted to taking care of their little daughter. But soon the burden becomes too great for Paloma and she wants her carefree life back. In desperation she gets involved in a momentous deal with rascally Luden Bodo. At the last moment, Pastor Book and Rita try to prevent the worst--but it seems too late.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephan Meyer</director>
      <actor>Jan Fedder (role=Stefan Book)</actor>
      <actor>Margarita Broich (role=Sabine Sattler)</actor>
      <actor>Marie-Lou Sellem (role=Rita)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Grobe (role=Küster Eddi)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Bohm (role=Bodo Schüler)</actor>
      <actor>Gro Swantje Kohlhof (role=Paloma Würl)</actor>
      <actor>Anh-Quoc Doan (role=Winni Wu)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Brüggemann (role=Anke Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Leesch (role=Meggi Würl)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid van Bergen (role=Rosi)</actor>
      <actor>Tilo Werner (role=Dressler)</actor>
      <actor>Yu Fang (role=Herr Wu)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM4ODA4ODczN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzEwNDA4OTE@._V1_QL75_UX219_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>There is no day of rest in the Hamburg neighborhood between Sternschanze and Reeperbahn. Pastor Stefan Book from the St. Pauli Congregation know all about this: First the indestructible clergyman must prevent his sexton Eddi from jumping out of the church tower window; then he le...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt4214304/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>28554813</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Einspruch, Schatz!" Ein Fall von Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The lawyer Eva Schatz fights with body and soul for the rights of her clients. No wonder her best friend Sissi trusts in Eva's qualities during her divorce. The lawyer is firmly convinced that you can be happy for life even without love. Her new acquaintance Hanno would fit the concept of the cheerful single woman quite well: good-looking, sensual - and unattached. At least that's how Hanno appears. However, Eva soon begins to have doubts as to whether her crush is really playing with open cards. There is not enough time to sort out her private turmoil - especially since Eva has to look after her father. She wants to use all her power for a desperate client. Geriatric nurse Christina is in danger of losing custody of eight-year-old Marie after the death of her wife. When Eva enters the ring for Maria and Christina, the lawyer has no idea who she will be dealing with on the other side.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Freundner</director>
      <actor>Wolfram Grandezka (role=Hanno Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Karmela Shako (role=Sissi Konrad)</actor>
      <actor>Jochen Busse (role=Werner Schatz)</actor>
      <actor>Tatja Seibt (role=Gisela Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Lola Höller (role=Lili Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Emil Garde (role=Neil Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Brunn (role=Tim Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Cornelia Gröschel (role=Christina Sprenger)</actor>
      <actor>Rosa Wirtz (role=Marie Klatt)</actor>
      <actor>Christa Rockstroh (role=Vera Klatt)</actor>
      <actor>Falk Rockstroh (role=Rolf Klatt)</actor>
      <actor>Christian David Gebert (role=Erik Heller)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDE5ZWQzNmYtNzA0NS00NTUxLThhNzAtZjliYTJkMWZlODIwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Drama|Family|Romance</category>
    <description>Geriatric nurse Christina is in danger of losing custody of eight-year-old Marie after the death of her wife. When Eva enters the ring for Marie and Christina, the lawyer has no idea who she will be dealing with on the other side.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0806910</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tatort</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hartmut Griesmayr</director>
      <director>Hajo Gies</director>
      <director>Thomas Jauch</director>
      <director>Kaspar Heidelbach</director>
      <director>Thomas Bohn</director>
      <actor>Klaus J. Behrendt (role=Erwin Spilonska)</actor>
      <actor>Miroslav Nemec (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Wachtveitl (role=Francis Lightmyer)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Bär (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Bausch (role=Dr. Roth)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Folkerts (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Espeloer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Annalena Schmidt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Krassnitzer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Hoppe (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Prahl (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Josef Liefers (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Austria|Switzerland|United States|Poland|Czechoslovakia|Sweden</country>
    <date>1970</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTlkMDA5M2MtNDMxNi00ODkzLWFjNWUtMjFjMjFjZjBjZWQ3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|True Crime|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Working my way through the Cologne series after watching the Kiel series on MHz. I especially like these series due to the pacing and stories. Moreover, I get a tour of different parts of Germany. If subtitles are not a drawback then I recommend Tatort. I kind of hope that MHz will show the really early ones from the 70s and 80s</review>
    <description>An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14465226</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Wahnsinnstag</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Casual single man with daughter meets smart single parents with son - that sounds like a good start. Unfortunately, the omens for Philipp and Frederike are anything but favourable: Both of them don't feel like getting to know each other today. The perfectionist chef is under pressure because she wants to serve up the best spaghetti bolognese of her life during a trial cooking for her dream job that evening. Philipp has to prove himself in his new job as a tourist guide in a difficult group. A plane bomb that paralyzes Cologne's city center means extra stress to the power of three for the two of them. The single parents spontaneously team up: she looks after her seven-year-old son Fritz and his daughter Miriam, who is the same age, in the morning, and he takes care of the children in the afternoon. Unfortunately, there are certain breaks in the spontaneous plan: Frederike cannot go to her apartment because of the lockdown and absolutely has to find a professional kitchen to prepare her food there. For a spontaneous apartment viewing, Philipp needs a pregnant woman at his side in order to get an urgency bonus from the real estate agent. When Frederike steps in, the two do surprisingly well as a couple. And little by little, more than good team spirit is developing between her and Philipp.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Katja Benrath</director>
      <actor>Mina Tander (role=Frederike)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Brandhoff (role=Philipp)</actor>
      <actor>William Vonnemann (role=Fritz)</actor>
      <actor>Mia Grace Herold (role=Miriam)</actor>
      <actor>Nadja Becker (role=Alexandra)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Kowalski (role=Heinz Konrad)</actor>
      <actor>Marita Breuer (role=Adelheid Decker)</actor>
      <actor>Haley Louise Jones (role=Susi)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Bieker (role=Polizeimeister Vollmer)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Hansmann (role=Harry Holbein)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Killer (role=Isa)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Kitsche (role=Pascal Mönkemeyer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjgxYmU0YzQtNmQxYy00YWM2LTliZGItNDUxOTdmNDIzM2Q5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX384_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Casual single man with daughter meets smart single parents with son - that sounds like a good start. Unfortunately, the omens for Philipp and Frederike are anything but favourable: Both of them don't feel like getting to know each other today. The perfectionist chef is under pres...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt14465226/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8758472</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zielfahnder: Blutiger Tango</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>LKA target investigator Hanna Landauer and her new partner Lars Röwer are facing a crucial test in their current case: nine years ago, Gisela and Uwe Tetzloff kidnapped an industrialist and extorted ten million for ransom. Although the police managed to catch the couple, the money and their unknown accomplice remained missing. Now that the two hostage-takers are being released from prison, they finally want the reward for their silence. They skilfully go into hiding under false names and flee to South America. Hanna Landauer and Lars Röwer pick up the trail again in Montevideo. In order to locate the gangster couple in the metropolis, the two cling to one single clue: Gisela's passion for the tango. Night after night, the two undercover investigators scour the tango bars in Montevideo at the so-called milongas. Exhausted from the exertion, Landauer confides in her ex-boyfriend Rossmann, who arrested the couple at the time and has since left the service. Röwer, on the other hand, suspects that he won't get any further on this assignment abroad if he sticks to the service regulations. The situation worsens when it becomes clear that the two target investigators are being followed and are in great danger. Landauer and Röwer have no idea who else is involved in this dangerous game of nerves.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephan Lacant</director>
      <actor>Ulrike C. Tscharre (role=Hanna Landauer)</actor>
      <actor>Hanno Koffler (role=Lars Röwer)</actor>
      <actor>Heike Makatsch (role=Gisela Tezloff)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Hartmann (role=Uwe Tezloff)</actor>
      <actor>Soledad Gilmet (role=Oreiro)</actor>
      <actor>Javier Drolas (role=Rossmann)</actor>
      <actor>Helene Grass (role=LKA-Chefin)</actor>
      <actor>Diego Mariani (role=Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie Neukirch (role=Renate Ewers)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Piccinini (role=Laszlo Bartisch)</actor>
      <actor>Agustina Benedettelli (role=Ivanka)</actor>
      <actor>Ariel Caldarelli (role=Volker Hagenbach)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2E0NDI5MDQtZTJmMy00MjNkLWIyZTctNTVmZWVlYTA5NjkzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <description>LKA-Zielfahnderin Hanna Landauer and her new colleague Röwer travel to Montevideo to provide the couple Tezlaff. It once kidnapped an industrialist and extorted 10 million ransom. The money has since disappeared.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11300452</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Pfefferkörner und der Schatz der Tiefsee</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a break-in at the North Irish oceanographic facility where Tarun's mother Jaswinder Singh works at an invention to reduce the plastic waste mountain floating at sea, she goes missing, like key experimental results. Tarun mobilizes the four fellow peppercorns, who soon help identify the enemy: waste industry captain Robert Fleckmann, whose goons abducted the research vessel to a small harbor in Wesemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They demand the priceless invention as ransom for Jaswinder, but Tarun realizes the heirloom pendant she confided to him recently holds the key: clues to the cave hiding place. Plans to save both those and her are crossed by a traitor.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christian Theede</director>
      <actor>Emilia Flint (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Caspar Fischer-Ortmann (role=Tarun)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Martz (role=Clarissa Grothe)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Madita (role=Hanna Borklund)</actor>
      <actor>Badasar Colbiyik (role=Kapitän)</actor>
      <actor>Max Riemelt (role=Oliver)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Gerhardt (role=Patrizia)</actor>
      <actor>Heino Ferch (role=Robert Fleckmann)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Böttcher (role=Gertrud Silber)</actor>
      <actor>Inga Busch (role=Alina Grohmann)</actor>
      <actor>David Bredin (role=Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Jens Münchow (role=Nils Borklund)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjhlZGM4ZTEtOGVjZi00NzllLWJkNmYtYWI3ZmY0YzRjYTYyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Family</category>
    <description>An unbeatable team of five teenage friends, the Peppercorns, unites to find out who is behind the kidnapping of a missing oceanographer who has discovered a means of getting rid of plastic waste in the ocean.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0485582</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alina</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Alina.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brigitta Dresewski</director>
      <actor>Matthias Bullach (role=Ludger von Heeren)</actor>
      <actor>Marett Katalin Klahn (role=Alina Delius)</actor>
      <actor>Jana Flötotto (role=Jennifer Lüttkenhues (2005))</actor>
      <actor>Tim-Kristopher Hausmann (role=Patrick)</actor>
      <actor>Jeannine Burch (role=Stefanie Delius)</actor>
      <actor>Wilfried Dziallas (role=Johannes Terjung)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Grothe (role=Claire Terjung)</actor>
      <actor>Neithardt Riedel (role=Klaus Lüttkenhues)</actor>
      <actor>Babette Winter (role=Anabell Lüttkenhues)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Hendrik Heinzmann (role=Joris)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin Oesteroth (role=Nicole)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Möller (role=Lukas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTNhYTVkMTgtNWQwMi00MjExLWI5MDMtNjE0NDJhZDU0MWUxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX102_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Family</category>
    <description>Alina.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7881666</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Daheim in den Bergen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The family feud has gone on for decades. Sebastian cannot forgive his erstwhile friend Lorenz for causing the accidental death of his son. Nor can Lorenz forgive himself. His daughter Lisa has just come home, a lawyer no less, determined to take the feud to court and right an old wrong. Although emotions run high as old wounds are reopened, Sebastian finally seems ready to forgive. Yet conflict is still rife between his sons and Lorenz's daughters. An impulsive one-night stand makes Marie question a lifelong hatred, while sparks fly between former childhood sweethearts Lisa and Florian. Nor are things any less turbulent among their holiday guests, who bring their own family dramas with them.—Beta Film GmbH</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Imboden</director>
      <director>Karola Hattop</director>
      <director>Michael Zens</director>
      <director>Annette Ernst</director>
      <actor>Catherine Bode (role=Marie Huber)</actor>
      <actor>Theresa Scholze (role=Lisa Huber)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Unger (role=Georg Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Judith Toth (role=Karin Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Nadja Sabersky (role=Mila Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Matthi Faust (role=Florian Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph M. Ohrt (role=Karl Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Knaup (role=Martin Gerlach)</actor>
      <actor>Mathias Herrmann (role=Dr. Kendrich)</actor>
      <actor>Nina-Friederike Gnädig (role=Mirjam Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Sittler (role=Sebastian Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Max Herbrechter (role=Lorenz Huber)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzkwNzE0YWYtYjc3Yi00ZTQxLWIwMDMtY2VjNTUxYzY0OWJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>The Huber and Leitner families were once closely linked. However, since the fatal accident of the youngest Leitner son, tragically caused by the head of the Huber family, the two Allgäu mountain farming clans have been deep enemies.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0920757</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein Traum von Afrika</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Nurse Andrea Rosen has had difficult times. First her husband left her for a younger girl, then her job in the hospital was rationalized. Their grown daughter, who is now living her own life, gives her mother a trip to South Africa, where Andrea was born but has not been since her youth. At the foot of Table Mountain she goes in search of traces of her past and unexpectedly meets her former bosom friend Abeba, who now works as a country doctor. Ababa senses that Andrea is fundamentally unhappy and wants to persuade her to return to her old homeland. And so, as if by chance, she arranged a meeting with John, Andreas' great childhood sweetheart. 15 years ago, John quit his job as a police officer to build a children's home, which he now runs with great dedication. When one of the foster mothers fails, Andrea takes the opportunity to make herself a little useful. The task gives her great pleasure, and her relationship with John is gradually regaining her former familiarity. Although the children immediately take her to their hearts, Andrea is torn as to whether she should actually stay in South Africa. The decision is made easier for her when, on the day of her departure, little Tarisai, a child with whom she has developed a special relationship, disappears. Andrea goes on the search all alone. When her car breaks down in the middle of the steppe, her life is in danger.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Jacob</director>
      <actor>Jutta Speidel (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>Thoko Ntshinga (role=Abeba)</actor>
      <actor>Lwando Nondzaba (role=Haile)</actor>
      <actor>Siba Mahayiya (role=Kofi)</actor>
      <actor>Bulelwa Cosa (role=Köchin Elisabeth)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Dube (role=Taxifahrer)</actor>
      <actor>Nkuli Kgositsile (role=Haganika)</actor>
      <actor>Lilian Khumalo (role=Julia)</actor>
      <actor>Ziyanda Mxane (role=Erin)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Oseyemi (role=Sammeltaxifahrer)</actor>
      <actor>Cindy Sampson (role=Yolanda)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>3.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmQzZmQ5OTEtMDQxZC00YzE5LTg5YTMtMGE4YzVjNTJkZDQ1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>There are worse movies than this one. I've seen some of them.There are more boring movies, not just a few.In fact, I didn't feel an hour and half was over when suddenly the closing credits appeared. But, at that moment I asked myself, and I still haven't find an answer: what was this about, and finally, why was this movie made at all.The plot jumps from one thing to another, never going back to end it, the characters that seem important suddenly vanish, characters' motifs are week (if existing at all), especially the main one, Andrea, who first appears to be firm on the ground but soon changes her plans, directions, wishes, as if she has nothing in the world to do ever again. Such people exist, they are not rare, but Andrea seems to have a respectable career and a successful life most of her life, so it is hard to believe that she would manage to make it if she was a person which we see in these few days.The acting didn't help make characters believable, in fact it is more like schoolchildren making performance in nursing home for some special occasion like first day of spring. And the fact that all the characters speak German, from taxi driver in Capetown (who would probably have some trouble even speaking English) to all the rest characters and none of them is German, looks like an answer to usual American movies where aliens who meet human race for the first time speak a perfect Ivy League English.Maybe this movie was made because someone on German TV wanted to get a plane ticket to South Africa. Otherwise it could be made anywhere, including next street to director's office</review>
    <description>Nurse Andrea Rosen has had difficult times. First her husband left her for a younger girl, then her job in the hospital was rationalized. Their grown daughter, who is now living her own life, gives her mother a trip to South Africa, where Andrea was born but has not been since he...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0920757/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36915014</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Polizeiruf 110" Spiel gegen den Ball</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Christian Werner</director>
      <actor>André Kaczmarczyk (role=Vincent Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Gisa Flake (role=Alexandra Luschke)</actor>
      <actor>Hanno Koffler (role=Hannes Kirchner)</actor>
      <actor>Lauri Kröck (role=Robert Sobinski)</actor>
      <actor>Len Blankenberg (role=Marco Briegel)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Ferdinand Krause (role=Kevin Jankowski)</actor>
      <actor>Kotbong Yang (role=Annemarie Schuster)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Topol (role=Jakub Sobinski)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Tallski (role=Patryk Dobos)</actor>
      <actor>Irina Platon (role=Sylwia Borko)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Shvedoff (role=Pawel Nasiadka)</actor>
      <actor>Veronika Nowag-Jones (role=Emilie Jankowski)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzgwZTk2MzctNTg3ZC00NzQzLWJkNWUtOGU0ZjIxZGQxZTMwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4385888</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jahrhundertfrauen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>1979, Santa Barbara. Long divorced fifty-five year old chain smoker Dorothea Fields, a product of wanting to work during the war years, is an independently and liberally minded draftsperson. She has not had a steady man in her life since the divorce. Despite having a plethora of other people in their lives as Dorothea's answer to almost every situation is to invite people over for dinner, she and her fifteen year old son, Jamie Fields, are the only other biological family each has per se in a meaningful way. Dorothea wants to give Jamie as much freedom and responsibility as possible to make informed decisions and mistakes from which to learn. As Jamie is at the age of transitioning into a grown-up and as she doesn't recognize her son anymore as he is a teen of his day (the punk music about which she is truly mystified), Dorothea is still concerned, without that male influence, that he won't turn into the adult she would want. As Jamie and their male boarder William, an Earth child who is tasked with doing the renovations on their house, haven't really bonded in that buddy/buddy or father figure way, Dorothea turns to two other women in their lives to help her provide guidance to Jamie through this transition period. One is their other boarder, twenty-four year old Abbie Porter, an aspiring photographer, who is an inherently sad woman out of her own life confusion, and an avowed feminist. Two is Jamie's best friend since childhood, seventeen year old Julie Hamlin, who he's loved all his life and with who he has wanted to have sex ever since he hit puberty. The daughter of a therapist who forces her to be a participant in her teen group therapy sessions, Julie has long been sexually active, albeit not with Jamie, the sex about which she is rather nonchalant in liking it sometimes, and not liking it others. This situation with this collective is as much about each person's development at this phase in their life with these other people as it is about Jamie becoming a responsible male adult, especially as he too is concerned about his mother, who, despite her independence, he feels has not moved on since the divorce.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Mills</director>
      <actor>Annette Bening (role=Dorothea Fields)</actor>
      <actor>Elle Fanning (role=Julie Hamlin)</actor>
      <actor>Greta Gerwig (role=Abbie Porter)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Crudup (role=William)</actor>
      <actor>Lucas Jade Zumann (role=Jamie Fields)</actor>
      <actor>Alison Elliott (role=Julie's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Thea Gill (role=Gail Porter)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Hone (role=Julie's Sister)</actor>
      <actor>Waleed Zuaiter (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Curran Walters (role=Matt)</actor>
      <actor>Darrell Britt-Gibson (role=Julian)</actor>
      <actor>Alia Shawkat (role=Trish)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGYxODRiOTMtOGEyNy00ODhhLWFkNWYtMTkzMjQ1MDI2MGYyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>Just like the central character in this film, I was born in 1964. Just like him, I was 15 in 1979. My mother was only two years older than his mother. So, you'd think I could relate to this film. But I couldn't, really.Maybe that is because I didn't grow up in a bohemian single parent household in Santa Barbara. Life for 15 year old Jamie was different than it was from me. I had two parents, but I didn't have a skateboard.Yes, I can remember Jimmy Carter being president. But I didn't see his impressive and remarkably modern 'Crisis of Confidence'-speech, which is an important feature in one of the scenes of this film. There's only one thing which caused somewhat nostalgic emotions: making mix tapes. Yes, I did that too.'20th Century Women', which is essentially about a mother raising a son, has nice scenes. I really liked the explanation about punk rock music to the 55 year old mother: she complains about the lack of beauty, but exactly that is the strength of it. There are many such scenes, with small but meaningful events, telling a lot about how life was in the seventies.But the story itself didn't captivate me. Jamie's mother thinks she can't raise Jamie on her own, so she involves his best friend (a girl) and a photographer who rents a room in the house (also a girl). They teach him lots of things about sex, music, seducing women, and life in general. All characters are in a way in search of there own destiny. So, a lot of soul searching is going on. Anyway, the film contains one of the best one-liners I've heard in years: 'Wondering if you're happy is a great shortcut to just being depressed'</review>
    <description>In 1979 Santa Barbara, Dorothea is a determined single mother who is raising her son, Jamie. Dorothea enlists the help of two women -- Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist and Julie, a savvy teenager -- to help with Jamie's upbringing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>25971180</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die einfachen Dinge</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vincent is a famous successful entrepreneur. One day, a car breakdown on a mountain road temporarily interrupts his frantic lifestyle. Pierre, who lives apart from the modern world in the middle of sublime nature, comes to his aid and offers him his hospitality. The meeting between these two men, who are opposites will upset their respective beliefs and they will find themselves laughing. The question is...deep down, are they really each living the lives they want to live?—adorocinema.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Éric Besnard</director>
      <actor>Lambert Wilson (role=Vincent)</actor>
      <actor>Grégory Gadebois (role=Pierre)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Gillain (role=Camille)</actor>
      <actor>Betty Pierucci Berthoud (role=Zoé)</actor>
      <actor>Magali Bonat (role=Stella)</actor>
      <actor>Antoine Gouy (role=Monceau)</actor>
      <actor>Déborah Lamy (role=La journaliste)</actor>
      <actor>Pascal Gimenez (role=Philippe)</actor>
      <actor>Amandine Longeac (role=La jeune collaboratrice)</actor>
      <actor>Pasquale D'Inca (role=Le médecin)</actor>
      <actor>Félix Fournier (role=L'attaché de presse)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTNlMmQzNTAtYTA5OC00ZDAyLWE5YjItNWZmN2Y5OTU0MmFiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>The film A Great Friend attempts to address profound themes about life, human connections, and understanding, yet it ultimately falls short in delivering a cohesive message due to an overabundance of ideas and the natural limitations of its runtime. This imbalance results in a film that touches on significant issues, like friendship and mutual understanding, but fails to explore any single theme deeply enough to leave a lasting impact. Consequently, the film ends up presenting only surface-level insights without achieving the intended depth.In terms of form, A Great Friend lacks notable innovation, relying on a storyline that closely resembles familiar cinematic themes from other works in recent years. The narrative of two characters from distinct worlds impacting one another's lives feels rather predictable and conventional, adding little freshness or distinct perspective to the plot.On a positive note, the actors, particularly Lambert Wilson and Grégory Gadebois, deliver commendable performances that enhance the film. Additionally, the scenic beauty of France adds a visually appealing layer. However, these aspects alone are insufficient to elevate the film beyond mediocrity. Although A Great Friend aspires to offer something substantial, it ultimately falls short, leaving the viewer with an experience that is pleasant but not particularly memorable.While the film is crafted with a sense of hope and good intentions, the lack of depth in its exploration of themes, coupled with an uninspired approach to form, leaves it unable to reach its full potential. Viewers are thus left with a movie that, although entertaining to some extent, lacks the qualities necessary for a lasting impression</review>
    <description>Vincent's car breaks down on a mountain road, leading him to a transformative encounter with Pierre.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0940902</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Notruf Hafenkante</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The stories of police officers and doctors working near the Port of Hamburg.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oren Schmuckler</director>
      <director>Rolf Wellingerhof</director>
      <director>Dietmar Klein</director>
      <director>Daniel Drechsel-Grau</director>
      <director>Jörg Schneider</director>
      <actor>Harald Maack (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sanna Englund (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gerit Kling (role=Dr. Jasmin Jonas)</actor>
      <actor>Fabian Harloff (role=Dr. Phillipp Haase)</actor>
      <actor>Rhea Harder (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Schloo (role=Mattes Seeler)</actor>
      <actor>Manuela Wisbeck (role=Frauke Prinz)</actor>
      <actor>Hannes Hellmann (role=Jens Harting)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno F. Apitz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Serhat Çokgezen (role=Polizeimeister Tarik Coban)</actor>
      <actor>Peer Jäger (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Janette Rauch (role=Polizeihauptmeisterin Claudia Fischer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTM2YzM3ZmUtZGMzOC00ZDAyLWI4ZWItZjY4ODlhNzM4MTUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>The stories of police officers and doctors working near the Port of Hamburg.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0423730</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SOKO Wismar</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>SOKO Wismar is a German crime series.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oren Schmuckler</director>
      <director>Alexander Sascha Thiel</director>
      <director>Dirk Pientka</director>
      <director>Hans-Christoph Blumenberg</director>
      <director>Oliver Dommenget</director>
      <actor>Udo Kroschwald (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Blaschke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Boeer (role=Polizeihauptmeister Lars Pöhlmann)</actor>
      <actor>Silke Matthias (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Schmutzler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mathias Junge (role=Kai Timmermann)</actor>
      <actor>Li Hagman (role=Leena Virtanen)</actor>
      <actor>Nike Fuhrmann (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sidsel Hindhede (role=Stine Bergendal)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Härle (role=Kriminaloberkommissar Sven Herzog)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Laux (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gustavs Gailus (role=Eddi Jansons)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2JkZmY1Y2UtN2Q4Yi00ZGYxLTlkYTYtMTlkMTAwMTM3MmE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>SOKO Wismar is a German crime series.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0305095</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Rosenheim-Cops</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jörg Schneider</director>
      <director>Gunter Krää</director>
      <director>Werner Siebert</director>
      <director>Daniel Drechsel-Grau</director>
      <director>Holger Gimpel</director>
      <actor>Max Müller (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Burger (role=Miriam Stockl)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Thaler (role=Marie Hofer)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Duda (role=Wolfgang Hartl)</actor>
      <actor>Christian K. Schaeffer (role=Wirt Jo Caspar)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Hannesschläger (role=Kriminalhauptkommissar Korbinian Hofer)</actor>
      <actor>Igor Jeftic (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Fischer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Burkhart (role=Edith Kranzberg)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Thonig (role=Christin Lange)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Staehly (role=Patrizia Ortmann)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Einhoff (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJhN2RmYWUtOTYzOS00ZmJiLTk3MzQtZGNhM2Q3ZjQ0NDIwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <description>A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36463900</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Immo-Helden</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Die Immo-Helden - Clever renoviert, gut verkauft" is a factual series on german ZDF.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Joeline Bormann (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Memmler (role=Self - Host)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAyYThlOWUtYjFhNy00NTJhLTgyYjItZGZjNmJmMDhhYTYzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR112,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>"Die Immo-Helden - Clever renoviert, gut verkauft" is a factual series on german ZDF.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21240240</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>XY gelöst</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Schweiger</director>
      <actor>Sven Voss (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Hansi Jochmann (role=Self - Sprecherin)</actor>
      <actor>Lydia Benecke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Manuel Klein (role=Bernd Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Peach (role=Kriminalpolizist)</actor>
      <actor>Pascal Breuer (role=Kriminalpolizist)</actor>
      <actor>Volker Lange (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Schwetz (role=Self - LKA Hessen)</actor>
      <actor>Ingo Thiel (role=Self - Leiter SOKO Mirco)</actor>
      <actor>Eckhart Gysler (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Schanz (role=Self - Staatsanwalt)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Gissing (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjgwOTg5MjE0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTkwMTcy._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,5,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1410219</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SOKO Stuttgart</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Daniel Helfer</director>
      <director>Gero Weinreuter</director>
      <director>Christoph Eichhorn</director>
      <director>Rainer Matsutani</director>
      <director>Patrick Winczewski</director>
      <actor>Benjamin Strecker (role=Rico Sande)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Ketnath (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Kranzkowski (role=Michael Kaiser)</actor>
      <actor>Astrid M. Fünderich (role=Martina Seiffert)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Zaka Sommerfeldt (role=Jan Arnaud)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Wünsche (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Maria Bayerwaltes (role=Dr. Lisa Wolter)</actor>
      <actor>Yve Burbach (role=Selma Kirsch)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gaedt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Bärbel Stolz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Pätzold (role=Friedemann Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Gassmann (role=Lea Gomez)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTI4N2JiZWItYjU3Yy00N2ZiLWI1Y2ItODIxNjNjNTQwMzJkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>26345542</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Pfau</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estate, the signs are not good for a relaxing weekend in Scotland: the annual balance sheet is lousy, colleagues are suspicious of themselves and their boss, and it works the rumor that soon a compliance employee will restructure the team. To top it all off, the property is not very comfortable, cook Helen's skills cannot hide that, and the methods of the young seminar leader Rebecca also seem rather questionable. When first the Lord's favorite peacock and then the Lady's favorite goose disappear, further arguments and chaos are inevitable. And finally it starts to snow.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lutz Heineking</director>
      <actor>Philip Jackson (role=Lord Hamish Macintosh)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Carling (role=Lady Fiona Macintosh)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Trabner (role=Ryszard)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Reitinger (role=Aileen)</actor>
      <actor>Domitila Barros (role=Indira Bakshi)</actor>
      <actor>Annette Frier (role=Helen)</actor>
      <actor>Lavinia Wilson (role=Linda Bachmann)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Schilling (role=Andreas Voigt)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Vogel (role=Jim Wellmann)</actor>
      <actor>Serkan Kaya (role=Bernhard Toschner)</actor>
      <actor>David Kross (role=David Wächter)</actor>
      <actor>Svenja Jung (role=Rebecca)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Belgium</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDY0NjY2OGUtNmQxMC00Zjg4LTg5NzctNmRhOTE0ZjBmYWJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>No pun intended - and of course no one is flipping it or any other bird for that matter (I reckon this could count as mansplaining - I just hope no one feels offended - no offense intended either that is). The movie apparently is based on a novel - as you can tell by the way I wrote that ... I have not read the novel (yet). I doubt I will - time constraints and all that.The movie is quite well done (cinematography, sets, acting and all that) ... and yet it never really won me over during the run time. It does have its moments (comedy and otherwise), but nothing too major to make me think "wow this is exceptional". But then again this may just be me. Watch it and make up your own mind. I'm glad I did not go to cinemas to watch this - it was easier to stream at home anyway</review>
    <description>When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estate, the signs are not good for a relaxing weekend in Scotland.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1177054</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Bergdoktor</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A medic lives with his small, strange family in the mountains, and in every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Axel Barth</director>
      <director>Dirk Pientka</director>
      <director>Axel de Roche</director>
      <director>Ulrike Hamacher</director>
      <director>Esther Wenger</director>
      <actor>Hans Sigl (role=Dr. Martin Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Heiko Ruprecht (role=Hans Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Baumgartner (role=Lisbeth Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Ronja Forcher (role=Lilli Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Keller (role=Dr. Alexander Kahnweiler)</actor>
      <actor>Natalie O'Hara (role=Susanne Dreisteitl)</actor>
      <actor>Siegfried Rauch (role=Dr. Roman Melchinger)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca Immanuel (role=Dr. Vera Fendrich)</actor>
      <actor>Ines Lutz (role=Anne Meierling)</actor>
      <actor>Sophia Thomalla (role=Nicole Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Nike Fuhrmann (role=Klara Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Gerhard (role=Linn Kemper)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmIyMmE3MjQtZmM4YS00NTI2LTk4ODYtYmI5YjgxMDI2Mzg3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>A medic lives with his small, strange family in the mountains, and in every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17544192</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SOKO Linz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>SOKO Linz is an Austrian crime series, featuring the detectives Johanna Haizinger and Ben Halberg who are investigating murder cases.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Claudia Jüptner</director>
      <director>Martin Kinkel</director>
      <director>Kim Strobl</director>
      <director>Markus Engel</director>
      <director>Felicitas Korn</director>
      <actor>Katharina Stemberger (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Gawlowski (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Hausburg (role=Nele)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Pschill (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Damyan Andreev (role=Aleks)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Hainberger (role=Emilia)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Hie (role=Yara)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Schützenberger (role=Vicky)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Pink (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Ko-Emanuel Fort (role=Noah)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Settele (role=Magdalena Hinze)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Julia Antonucci (role=Silke Herner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQwMmU1YjktNmIwYS00ODRjLTkzY2ItNGNhYWY4MzExYTRhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime</category>
    <description>SOKO Linz is an Austrian crime series, featuring the detectives Johanna Haizinger and Ben Halberg who are investigating murder cases.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4310426</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bettys Diagnose</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Bettys Diagnose" is a German TV show produced by the production company Network Movie on behalf of the ZDF. The series' story is set in a hospital and has run since 2014, every Friday at 19:25 in the evening.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oliver Muth</director>
      <director>Jurij Neumann</director>
      <director>Tina Kriwitz</director>
      <director>Kerstin Schefberger</director>
      <director>Klaus Knoesel</director>
      <actor>Sybille J. Schedwill (role=Matilda Puhl)</actor>
      <actor>Ercan Durmaz (role=Safi Edemir)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Hiersche (role=Dr. Helena von Arnstett)</actor>
      <actor>Rona Özkan (role=Ava Edemir)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Fitz (role=Prof. Dr. Alexander von Arnstett)</actor>
      <actor>Annina Hellenthal (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Niklas Löffler (role=Lukas Hilpert)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Klotzsch (role=Dr. Tobias Lewandowski)</actor>
      <actor>Max Alberti (role=Dr. Frank Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Carolin Walter (role=Talula Pfeifer)</actor>
      <actor>Antonia Döring (role=Mia Kunze)</actor>
      <actor>Yasmina Djaballah (role=Dr. Nadine Abbas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWRjMDE0YzEtNjMwNS00YmVhLWJhMDItNjdmN2M5NTFlNGY4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>"Bettys Diagnose" is a German TV show produced by the production company Network Movie on behalf of the ZDF. The series' story is set in a hospital and has run since 2014, every Friday at 19:25 in the evening.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15227846</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jenseits der Spree</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Robert Heffler and Mavi Neumann solve criminal cases across the Spree with their unconventional way. And in Berlin-Köpenick a lot of work awaits the two.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marcus Ulbricht</director>
      <director>Christoph Ischinger</director>
      <director>Neelesha Barthel</director>
      <director>Eva Marel Jura</director>
      <director>Ziska Riemann</director>
      <actor>Jürgen Vogel (role=Robert Heffler)</actor>
      <actor>Lea Zoë Voss (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Luna Jordan (role=Stella Heffler)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Baulitz (role=Katharina Koblinski)</actor>
      <actor>Oleg Tikhomirov (role=Simon Asmus)</actor>
      <actor>Bella Bading (role=Emmi Heffler)</actor>
      <actor>Aybi Era (role=Mavi Neumann)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Müller (role=Rechtsmedizinerin)</actor>
      <actor>Ceci Chuh (role=Josefa Arnheimer)</actor>
      <actor>Seyneb Saleh (role=Kay Freund)</actor>
      <actor>Rana Farahani (role=Ava Saeed)</actor>
      <actor>Janna Striebeck (role=Tanja Heffler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzk4Zjk5NzgtMzkxMy00ZDU3LThiYjItMjk4YWUwYzExN2VhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <review>Just four one-hour episodes into which the writers, working from a template, tried to crowd in personal details and backgrounds of the two cop protagonists. It didn't work. I wasn't interested in the three children of the Robert Heffler character nor that he was suffering from possible PTSD after a shooting in a terrorist incident that went wrong - this is not a spoiler, by the way, we see this in the very first scene. Likewise the heavy hints about why Kay Freund as his partner has sudden addictions to types of food and retches after a visit to the morgue. It doesn't drive the plot along at all and it isn't (and can't be) properly developed or explored in a series of just four hours.If only we had some similar hints as to the murderers! I only guessed correctly in one of the shows because it was possible to do so. In the others, motivations and even characters were introduced just before the denouement, more or less.The main characters remained two dimensional. It would have been better for them to simply be investigating crimes as part of episodes of forty minutes, missing out the family and personal stuff. It would have made for tauter programmes. There were hints of a deeper (previous?) relationship between Heffler and his boss, but what was the relevance of it? It didn't affect the development of the stories.I have no idea if this has been commissioned for a another outing. On the evidence of what I have seen, I'd doubt it</review>
    <description>Robert Heffler and Mavi Neumann solve criminal cases across the Spree with their unconventional way. And in Berlin-Köpenick a lot of work awaits the two.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2359935</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Letzte Spur Berlin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The office for missing persons of the Berlin police searches for people who have disappeared. By interviewing their family and those who last saw them, the police try to find the reasons for their disappearance. Very often, they manage to discover the missing person more or less unharmed.—gpermant-1</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Ladkani</director>
      <director>Florian Kern</director>
      <director>Thomas Nennstiel</director>
      <director>Christoph Stark</director>
      <director>Josh Broecker</director>
      <actor>Hans Werner Meyer (role=Oliver Radek)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Tabatabai (role=Mina Amiri)</actor>
      <actor>Josephin Busch (role=Lucy Elbe)</actor>
      <actor>Aleksandar Radenkovic (role=Alexander Tal)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Bormann (role=Sandra Reiß)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Panzner (role=Daniel Prinz)</actor>
      <actor>Bert Tischendorf (role=Mark Lohmann)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Bouwer (role=Jan B. Warnke)</actor>
      <actor>Gesine Cukrowski (role=Anke Radek)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Thurnau (role=Caro Haffner)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Kalenberg (role=Jessica Papst)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Kotterba (role=Richard Prinz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWNlMjlmOGYtMjcyNy00YjlkLTg2NTEtZDA2OGJmM2JjYmMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>I consider this far better than any other German crime series I have watched lately - and I'm doing so quite regularly.Other than (modern) Tatort and most other newer German crime series, Letzte Spur Berlin is not trying to have more and more fancy and odd cases. Neither is it trying to be funny or hyper-ethical. Here the crimes do not occur while the inspectors happen to be around (as in many Tatorts), nor are they trying to show the daily struggles of being a transvestite. And last but not least there are no dramatic scenes in which the inspectors heroically save victims or convince criminals of the wrongness of their doing in a heart-melting speech.Instead there are down-to-earth cases that seem realistic and convincing. Also, things can go wrong and there is not always a happy ending.I would not call this show perfect, it is not. But looking at the recent quality of major German crime-series this one really stands out by far! (I have only seen some episodes as I cannot find it anywhere to buy and am not regularly watching TV)</review>
    <description>People who disappear without a trace challenge the team of the Berlin Missing-Person Office of the LKA, headed by chief mediator Radek.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>33510622</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>XY history</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Sven Voss (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Grossmann (role=Ernst Gennat)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Zannato (role=Pippo)</actor>
      <actor>Marina Lötschert (role=Trudchen Steiner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGNlOGUyZTYtZGI4Mi00Yzg1LTg5MDktYTVmY2I4MGVkYTIxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>History</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36127756</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Terra X</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Terra X - Wettlauf um die Welt" is a series on german ZDF. It's the german Version of Race Across the World (2019).</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGM0YWI4NzMtYWQzNi00YmU4LTlkMTEtMjYwMjc5MWVhZWJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Game Show|Reality TV</category>
    <description>"Terra X - Wettlauf um die Welt" is a series on german ZDF. It's the german Version of Race Across the World (2019).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7555714</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Terra X: Die Europa-Saga</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Renowned historian Sir Christopher Clark explores Europe's culture and history, examining its diversity, impact on the world, and identity from an outsider's perspective through visits to significant locations.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christel Fomm</director>
      <director>Sabine Klauser</director>
      <director>Martin Carazo Mendez</director>
      <director>Christian Twente</director>
      <director>Gero von Boehm</director>
      <actor>Christopher Clark (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Barnev (role=Jan Hus)</actor>
      <actor>Teo Chepilov (role=Saint Patrick)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Gerdzhikov (role=Aeschylus)</actor>
      <actor>Vasil Toshev (role=Sick Emigrant)</actor>
      <actor>Ivelina Ivanova (role=Marie Antoinette)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjYwMWIyNmItODA4MC00ZDMxLWFlMzgtZWJmMzcxNDg5MGMwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>Clark has the gall to say in the episode I just saw on arte that Europe has left wars behind it.Has he not heard of Yugoslavia? Of Ukraine? Of Georgia"This from a historian? A Hollywoodesque buffoon..Diet Simon</review>
    <description>Renowned historian Sir Christopher Clark explores Europe's culture and history, examining its diversity, impact on the world, and identity from an outsider's perspective through visits to significant locations.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0077076</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SOKO München</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The cases of the Munich police's major-crimes unit.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bodo Schwarz</director>
      <director>Kai Borsche</director>
      <director>Ulrich Stark</director>
      <director>Zbynek Cerven</director>
      <director>Michael Wenning</director>
      <actor>Michel Guillaume (role=Perry Clifford)</actor>
      <actor>Wilfried Klaus (role=Chefinspektor D. W. Shanks)</actor>
      <actor>Hartmut Schreier (role=Tom Burns)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Odendahl (role=Robert Lohmann)</actor>
      <actor>Bianca Hein (role=Katharina Hahn)</actor>
      <actor>Gerd Silberbauer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Joscha Kiefer (role=Dominik Morgenstern)</actor>
      <actor>Christofer von Beau (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Kreindl (role=Karl Göttmann)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Döring (role=Valerie Shelton)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Herzsprung (role=Fred Less)</actor>
      <actor>Sina Reiß (role=Billie Curio)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1978</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTVlZjc0M2UtY2M3Yi00MjVhLWE5MDgtNzVlZTdkOTY1MzBmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>The cases of the Munich police's major-crimes unit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1555868</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Bergretter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Drama series centering around how the mountain rescue service team responds to emergencies in the Austrian Alps.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dirk Pientka</director>
      <director>Axel de Roche</director>
      <director>Heinz Dietz</director>
      <director>Jorgo Papavassiliou</director>
      <director>Ralph Polinski</director>
      <actor>Robert Lohr (role=Michael Dörfler))</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie von Poser (role=Emilie Herbrechter)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Brandl (role=Tobias Herbrechter)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Marecek (role=Franz Marthaler)</actor>
      <actor>Michael König (role=Peter Herbrechter)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Pascher (role=Rudi Dolezal)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Bähr (role=Katharina Strasser)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Ströbel (role=Markus Kofler)</actor>
      <actor>Gundula Niemeyer (role=Dr. Verena Auerbach)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Leutgeb (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Gruber (role=Andreas Marthaler)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Klempnow (role=Toni Stössl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGVjNjk1ODUtNjc3Yi00ZWU4LWIzZDctMTdiNDVkYjIxYjZkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Action</category>
    <description>Drama series centering around how the mountain rescue service team responds to emergencies in the Austrian Alps.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2359901</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Quiz-Champion</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Maier</director>
      <director>Nadja Zonsarowa</director>
      <actor>Johannes B. Kerner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wigald Boning (role=Self - Experte Erdkunde)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Herbig (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Milberg (role=Self - Experte Literatur)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin Müller-Hohenstein (role=Self - Expertin Sport)</actor>
      <actor>Bastian Pastewka (role=Self - Experte Film und Fernsehen)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Reif (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Thalbach (role=Self - Expertin Literatur &amp; Sprache)</actor>
      <actor>Johann Lafer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Plasberg (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska van Almsick (role=Self - Experte Sport)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Wiener (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGUyNmM2NjYtODk0ZS00OTUwLTkyMGEtNGJkZDczY2Q5MDI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Game Show</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5144174</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Dry: Die Lügen der Vergangenheit</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Before turning his high-powered shotgun on himself, Luke Hadler kills his wife and child. Now, to attend his childhood friend's funeral, Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his dusty, water-deprived hometown of Kiewarra, forced to deal with the ghosts of the past twenty long years after the horrible incident that shocked the entire community. But, amid a ruinous, decade-long drought, an invisible thread connects the two bloody events. And, little by little, as Falk reluctantly digs deeper and deeper into the knotty mystery, deep-seated enmities, prejudice, and hate come to the surface. However, no one is without sin or above suspicion. Can the residents of Kiewarra handle the truth?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Connolly</director>
      <actor>Eric Bana (role=Aaron Falk)</actor>
      <actor>Genevieve O'Reilly (role=Gretchen)</actor>
      <actor>Keir O'Donnell (role=Sgt. Greg Raco)</actor>
      <actor>John Polson (role=Scott Whitlam)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Blake (role=Barb)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Spence (role=Gerry)</actor>
      <actor>William Zappa (role=Mal Deacon)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Nable (role=Grant Dow)</actor>
      <actor>James Frecheville (role=Jamie Sullivan)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (role=Erik Falk)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Klocek (role=Young Aaron Falk)</actor>
      <actor>BeBe Bettencourt (role=Ellie Deacon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzNlODVlYzItMjNhZC00NGVhLTlmMjUtOTU4MzRlMTJkZGE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Tragedy|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Seriously guys I am a sucker for murder mysteries. No matter how bad the script is and even if it's predictable which in this movie I had no idea and couldn't see it coming at all. It's the way the direction and cinematography is done plus suspenseful music all goes well hand in hand to tell a beautiful story. The acting is fantastic from everyone especially Eric BANA. Maybe a bit long but kept me engaging the entire time. Great movie </review>
    <description>Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3282484</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tod in Sevilla</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Javier Falcon, Chief of the Homicide Division in Sevilla, must solve two different cases in a short period of time. An old friend who has infiltrated an Islamic terrorist cell in Sevilla and whose son is now being aggressively recruited for their cause, seeks out Falcon's help. In the meantime, the Russian mafia that he's been investigating has kidnapped a child and the ransom they are demanding is far too high. As these cases intersect, Falcon must decide who he can trust and how he can protect those he loves most before time runs out.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Manuel Gómez Pereira</director>
      <actor>Juan Diego Botto (role=Falcón)</actor>
      <actor>Paz Vega (role=Consuelo)</actor>
      <actor>Alberto San Juan (role=Yacub)</actor>
      <actor>Cuca Escribano (role=Cristina Ferrera)</actor>
      <actor>Francesc Garrido (role=Pablo)</actor>
      <actor>Hamza Zaidi (role=Abdulá)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Ramos (role=Marisa)</actor>
      <actor>Saïd El Mouden (role=Mustafá Barakat)</actor>
      <actor>Pablo Martín (role=Belenki (Revnik 2))</actor>
      <actor>Pilar Mayo (role=Rita)</actor>
      <actor>Kiko Castro (role=Hombre Bigote (Agente))</actor>
      <actor>Khaled Kouka (role=Inspector Aduana)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTUwNjZhNWQtMjBhMS00OGI3LTk0OGUtNTMxMjhmMGY2NmIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Thriller</category>
    <review>Enjoyable thriller about terrorism , Russian Mafia , Islamism and killings ; plenty of emotion , profanities , thrills , mayhem and surprise ending . It was entertaining , great actors , colorful photography , and a super soundtrack . Javier Falcon is a cool Spanish Chief Inspector based in Seville Spain . He is the brainchild of a British crime writer, Robert Wilson, who combined crime solving and the psychological development of the hero in a series of mysterious novels starred by Javier Falcon, Chief of the Homicide Division in Sevilla . As Falcon (Juán Diego Botto) has to figure out two different cases in a short period of time . The flick revolves around the conflict between Russian mobsters and Muslims . Nowadays , an old friend (Alberto San Juán) who long time ago CNI had sent as an undercover agent to investigate a network of Islamic terrorists asks him for help . As a Jihad cell is recruiting among the youngest applicants to become themselves suicide-bombers and his son is now being aggressively recruited for their cause, then seeks out Falcon's help . In the meantime, the Russian mafia that he's been investigating has abducted Consuelo's (Paz Vega) son , she is Falcon's lover , and the ransom they are demanding is far too high, then things go wrong . Thrilling film plenty of shooting , ambushes , pursuits , intrigue and plot twists . This one is Manuel Gomez Pereira's return to top form ,an intelligent and engaging script which uses moving situations to give us a good movie in a high suspense and complexity and that kept me entertained for the almost 109 min of duration . There is superb characterisation , suspenseful, dark, brooding and edge of the seat stuff. Falcón is a crime drama that prefers to look at the people in the crime rather than the formulaic evidence gathering of CSI, this gives is scope to explore the fiery passion and emotion of the roles and mirroring the Spanish and Morocco surroundings . It was cleverly performed, well written and a breath of fresh air to the genre . The plot is often so surprising in places, you never know quite what to expect. But the way it is written is that you discover the story step by step , filled with red herrings , fake clues , surprises , twists and turns . Falcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past . Pay attention the starring couple : Juán Diego Botto and the international/Hollywood Spanish actress Paz Vega , two young as well as veteran actors , their roles are very well played , supported by a fine secondary cast as Albert San Juán , Francesc Garrido and Cuca Escribano , giving decent interpretations , as usual . The only flaw I can find is that some of the story lines are left unexplained and some roles and happenings end up being implausible . The other issue I had with the flick is that I found it very hard to follow. Otherwise, the photography and the locale were perfect . The storyline is but also confusing, murky, at times ; and meandering with flash-backs , though sometimes dialog is clichéd , predictable and non-understanding for the strong Andalucian accent . The film gives an adequate description of the Jihad in Morocco , and how the extremely religious Muslims make fanatic boys to sacrifice themselves taking place a culture-colliding among citizens of diverse religions , as a terroris group has infiltrated an Islamic terrorist cell in Sevilla , as these cases intersect, Falcon must decide who he can trust and how he can protect those he loves most before time runs out. Furthermore , a colorful and evocative cinematography by Aitor Mantxola shot on location in Sevilla and Morocco . Suspenseful musical score by Federico Jusid , he composes an excellent score in Hitchcock/Bernard Herrmann style . Rating : Better than average Spanish thriller , you will be glad to saw it . The picture will appeal to thriller buffs and Paz Vega/Juán Diego Botto fans . The motion picture titled The Ignorance of Blood (World-wide, English title) was well written by Nicolás Saad and efficiently directed by Manuel Gomez Pereira . Manuel usually writes his films and occasionally for other directors as "What Makes Women Laugh?" by Joaquin Oristell who in "Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health" is screenwriter and producer ; both of them are ordinary collaborators . Pereira is an expert on comedies as ¨¨Rose sauce¨, Why do they call it love when they mean sex ?¨, ¨Mouth to mouth¨ , "All Men Are the Same" , though he also has made some drama as ¨The hanged man¨ and this ¨Between your legs¨ . His latest projects, however, tanked as "Off Key" starred by an American-all star cast but was a failure both economically and artistically or simply didn't deliver as "Atrévete y Verás" . Nowadays , he directs TV chapters as ¨Gran Reserva¨ and ¨Cheers¨ series .This character about ¨Falcon¨ had another nice rendition : the TV series Falcon (2012) directed by Directors: Gabriel Range, Pete Travis , starred by Marton Csokas , Hayley Atwell , Santiago Cabrera , Charlie Creed-Miles , and Kerry Fox</review>
    <description>Chief of Homicide Javier Falcón must race against time to rescue a child from Russian mob kidnappers and battle an Islamic terrorist cell before the two cases collide in an unstoppable bloodbath.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36674046</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>That's My Style</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"That's My Style" is a fashion and styling show on german ZDF.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Susan Sideropoulos (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Marina Hoermanseder (role=Self - Fashion Designer)</actor>
      <actor>Swaantje Taube (role=Self - Fashion Designer)</actor>
      <actor>Mads Roennborg (role=Self - Fashion Designer)</actor>
      <actor>Konstantinos Gkoumpetis (role=Self - Fashion Designer)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Surendorf (role=Self - Fashion Designer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ1NjE3ZWEtYjlhMC00ODI0LWI3M2YtZTc0MmFhNmQyOTE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR2,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>"That's My Style" is a fashion and styling show on german ZDF.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8883700</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SOKO Potsdam</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Luna and Sophie are childhood best friends who become SOKO detectives devoted to rid the streets of Potsdam from crime, they just have a slightly humorous way of doing it.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Felix Ahrens</director>
      <director>Lea Becker</director>
      <director>Aaron Arens</director>
      <director>Max Hegewald</director>
      <director>Artjom Baranov</director>
      <actor>Michael Lott (role=Bernhard Henschel)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Stegemann (role=Werner Vense)</actor>
      <actor>Yung Ngo (role=Thomas Brandner)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Pahl (role=Tamara Meurer)</actor>
      <actor>Skandar Amini (role=Samir Amari)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Erikson (role=Luna Kunath)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Kiyomi Decker (role=Pauline Hobrecht)</actor>
      <actor>Omar El-Saeidi (role=David Grünbaum)</actor>
      <actor>Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen (role=Christoph Westerman)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin Jaehne (role=Sophie Pohlmann)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriele Völsch (role=Jutta Specht)</actor>
      <actor>Sönke Schnitzer (role=Robert Pohlmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGE5MTI1NTYtNGQ4ZS00MDE5LTgxZTAtOGI5ZDEyMzE1ZmQ3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX385_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Crime</category>
    <review>This series doesn't hold up when compared to most Brit detective productions. It's something to watch if you don't want to feel lost in intricate plot twists. There are some fun moments, some unusual moments, but nothing extraordinarily captivating.I've seen Seasons 1 &amp; 2. While watching, I kept thinking this type of series is perfect for people who enjoy a little banter and don't want to have to keep track of plot details and characters.Easy viewing, i.e. The actors are all perfectly cast. The stories aren't bad at all. No over-the-top violence, no over-lengthy sex scenes.Worth a look, if you're happy with feeling that you can predict the who-dun-it part quite easily. I enjoyed it. but it's not at the top of my list for containing intrigue and spell-binding material</review>
    <description>Luna and Sophie are childhood best friends who become SOKO detectives devoted to rid the streets of Potsdam from crime, they just have a slightly humorous way of doing it.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8648176</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Toten vom Bodensee</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With three nations - Germany, Switzerland, and Austria - sharing its shores, Lake Constance has stories to tell, of hidden secrets under water and of gruesome murders only mentioned in a whisper. This is the workplace of German homicide inspector Micha Oberländer and his Austrian partner Hannah Zeiler. Contrary to Zeiler and her brilliant mind, Oberländer sees things pragmatically - the only way he can. But in the end, Micha and Hannah enjoy each other's company more than they would like to admit. And when the unthinkable happens, Micha's new Austrian partner Luisa Hoffmann proves enigmatic. Although she is highly disciplined, confident, and incorruptible, the mistakes of her past seem to catch up with her.—Beta Film</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Schneider</director>
      <director>Hannu Salonen</director>
      <director>Andreas Linke</director>
      <director>Christian Theede</director>
      <director>Patricia Frey</director>
      <actor>Matthias Koeberlin (role=Micha Oberländer)</actor>
      <actor>Hary Prinz (role=Thomas Komlatschek)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Pohl (role=Thomas Egger)</actor>
      <actor>Nora Waldstätten (role=Hannah Zeiler)</actor>
      <actor>Fiona Neumeier (role=Luna Oberländer)</actor>
      <actor>Inez Bjørg David (role=Kim Oberländer)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kremer (role=Karsten Brandstätter)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Schärf (role=Raphael Stadler)</actor>
      <actor>Alina Fritsch (role=Luisa Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Martina Ebm (role=Miriam Thaler)</actor>
      <actor>Viola Hornsmann (role=Liv Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Langbein (role=André Hoffmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmYwZDkzMTctMTAyOS00ZTE2LWE3NDItNjQ0ODk3YmFmOTkxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX159_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Crime</category>
    <review>The show does a good job of capturing the atmosphere of Lake Constance. The mysteries combine history and folklore with local color-wine-making, fishing, forestry or other activities in that area. Lake Constance is almost an uncredited character in the show. The chemistry between the driven and frigid Frau Zeiler and the sloppier, more relaxed Herr Oberlander works, even if it isn't entirely original. No, she is not Saga from "The Bridge," but I'm not sure that comparison is apt; she has different reasons for being the way she is. I do like the fact that each episode features a new case, with a background story connecting them all.I do have issues with Season 2. While it continues to make good use of Lake Constance and German history and folklore, it's a bit more of a soap opera than Season 1. Too much melodrama, not enough mystery. I'm only three episodes in, though, so it may improve</review>
    <description>Two homicide detectives - one from Austria, the other from Germany - join forces to investigate dark and mysterious cases amidst the picturesque backdrop of Lake Constance.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7478522</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Glück ist was für Weicheier</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Anca Miruna Lazarescu</director>
      <actor>Ella Frey (role=Jessica Gabriel)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Wuttke (role=Stefan Gabriel)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Bernsdorf (role=Sabrina Gabriel)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Friedel (role=Dr. Wolfgang Teuter)</actor>
      <actor>Tina Ruland (role=Melanie Kranz)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Grossmann (role=Horst Kranz)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Rois (role=Renate Gems)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Dieck (role=Nicolai)</actor>
      <actor>Manuel Klein (role=Patient)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Lex (role=Fernseh-Presenter)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Schumacher (role=Janine)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjlmNTY2OWEtMzY4My00MGI3LWI4OTItYmUzMjllYWMwOGQ1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>This movie ist about lots of things. A desperate father, whose wife died years ago in an car accident. A good looking but very ill dying doughter. And the main character, the sister of the dying girl, who has lots of "ticks" and also wants desperatly to help her sister.What is missing is a clear story and a clear path this movie is after. Although the characters are interesting and there might be a story that could be told, there is nothing and i left the theatere a litte bit in thoight, that i wasted time</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10251538</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zehn Tage ohne Mama</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A successful HR director leaves it to his wife to manage the household and look after their four children until she demands a ten-day break. Suddenly left alone, the career man tries his hand at unfamiliar terrain and quickly reaches the brink of despair in the face of permanent overload.—Filmdienst</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ludovic Bernard</director>
      <actor>Franck Dubosc (role=Antoine Mercier)</actor>
      <actor>Aure Atika (role=Isabelle Mercier)</actor>
      <actor>Alice David (role=Julia)</actor>
      <actor>Alexis Michalik (role=Thierry Di Caprio)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Bodnar (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Martin (role=Roland Chassagne)</actor>
      <actor>Héléna Noguerra (role=Audrey)</actor>
      <actor>Gaëlle Jeantet (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Karina Marimon (role=Christine)</actor>
      <actor>Laurent Bateau (role=Didier Richaud)</actor>
      <actor>Mathieu Oullion (role=Animateur féte BRICONAUTES)</actor>
      <actor>Swan Joulin (role=Arthur Mercier)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGY5ZjFjMDMtMDk0MC00ZGMwLWFiMDMtY2UxMTY0NjQwYzI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>This film is so silly and unreallistic. No jokes work</review>
    <description>Antoine is the Head of HR of a big company. When his wife decides to go on holiday and leave him with the responsibility of their four kids, he knows it will be easy. But Antoine has underestimated the mess that it can be.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0339702</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SOKO Köln</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>SOKO Köln is a German crime series that is broadcast on ZDF.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ulrike Hamacher</director>
      <director>Alexander Sascha Thiel</director>
      <director>Daniel Helfer</director>
      <director>Michael Schneider</director>
      <director>Torsten Wacker</director>
      <actor>Kerstin Landsmann (role=Vanessa Haas)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Clemens (role=Kai Grube)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Besson (role=Kriminalhauptkommissar Matti Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Piloty (role=Jonas Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Tatjana Kästel (role=Lena Greiss)</actor>
      <actor>Sissy Höfferer (role=Kriminalhauptkommissarin Karin Reuter)</actor>
      <actor>Jophi Ries (role=Frank Hansen)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Martin Stier (role=Ben Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Lilia Lehner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Windolf (role=Daniel Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Staehly (role=Ellen Wohlfart)</actor>
      <actor>Gundula Rapsch (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzBiZmY4YjktNTRiZi00NmJkLTk4ZjktN2IwY2RkYTc3OTA4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>SOKO Köln is a German crime series that is broadcast on ZDF.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11636880</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Operation Omerta</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Finland's Independence Day celebration on December 6 is crudely interrupted by an attack on the Presidential Palace. A set of distinguished guests are taken as hostages. Security service officer Max Tanner (Jasper Pääkkönen) is set as the negotiator of the hostage crisis and soon it is clear that the main target behind the terrorist attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe. Tanner must make bold and even painful decisions to figure out who is behind the attack. After all, there are not only human lives to protect, but the future of Europe as a whole.—Cinematic</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Aku Louhimies</director>
      <actor>Jasper Pääkkönen (role=Markus Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Nanna Blondell (role=Sylvia Madsen)</actor>
      <actor>Sverrir Gudnason (role=Vasa Jankovic)</actor>
      <actor>Cathy Belton (role=Marie Leclair)</actor>
      <actor>Nika Savolainen (role=Anya)</actor>
      <actor>Pertti Sveholm (role=Peter Nylund)</actor>
      <actor>Juhan Ulfsak (role=Leonid Titov)</actor>
      <actor>Zijad Gracic (role=Jean Morel)</actor>
      <actor>Miodrag Stojanovic (role=Borislav Jankovic)</actor>
      <actor>Dragomir Mrsic (role=Zlatko)</actor>
      <actor>Slaven Spanovic (role=Toma)</actor>
      <actor>Märt Pius (role=Slobodan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Finland</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTczZjZiNTktOGQzZi00ZmVlLTk1ZTktYTEyNDZkODM4OGZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>The plot is a film about security topics from EU and Finnish centric perspective, which is unique and provides quite a bit to be explored. The current geopolitical environment also makes the basic storyline somewhat believable. However, as the film progresses, the plot holes keep on expanding to the point that the film became quite nonsensical at the end. It is fine if it has the budget of blockbuster Hollywood action flick to cover that up, but it doesn't. Even though they did an outstanding job with the budget, it is still not quite there in absolute terms and it shows. The acting is bland, but perhaps it is a cultural element there. What is clear, though, is that the actors clearly didn't spend enough time/effort training. Their combat techniques (weapon manipulation/tactical movements etc.) look like amateurs when they are supposed to be highly trained agents. It is definitely not the worst action film I've seen, but unfortunately I cannot say I recommend this movie</review>
    <description>After Finland's Independence Day celebration is interrupted by a terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace and distinguished guests are taken hostage, a security service officer tries to uncover who is trying to destabilize Europe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7405458</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Mann namens Otto</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Otto is a curmudgeonly retiree with a low regard for everybody. His wife died recently and his job ended. He has nothing left to live for and plans on committing suicide. New neighbors move into his street and, despite his usual disdain for others, they start to chip away at his grumpiness.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marc Forster</director>
      <actor>Tom Hanks (role=Otto)</actor>
      <actor>John Higgins (role=Hardware Store Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Bingham (role=Hardware Store Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Lily Kozub (role=Hardware Store Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Mack Bayda (role=Malcolm)</actor>
      <actor>Cameron Britton (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Juanita Jennings (role=Anita)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Lawson Jones (role=Reuben)</actor>
      <actor>Max Pavel (role=Andy)</actor>
      <actor>Kailey Hyman (role=Barb)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Sipla (role=Stimco Steel Boss)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Stanny (role=Stimco Steel Terry)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Sweden|Canada|Ireland|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjMwZDc2NzktNDJiYS00YmEyLTljYjAtMTgzY2E2MWRkZjE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,22,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Quirky Comedy|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>Good grief there are some really grumpy reviewers out there. This is the perfect vehicle for Tom Hanks and he makes the most of the opportunity. ( I note that he and Rita Wilson are producers ). Yes it is a remake of a classic Swedish movie but this plays out to a much larger audience while retaining the same sentiments. Well written and acted this is great entertainment moving seamlessly from comedy to drama and ultimately packs an emotional punch that makes it memorable and pushes it into one of the best movies of the year . A great reminder of why Tom Hanks has been at the top for so long while providing a break out supporting role for Mariano Trevino who is genuinely both very funny and very moving. Can I also highlight the soundtrack ... especially the Kate Bush single . Highly recommended</review>
    <description>Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14236348</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Madame Annie und ihre Familie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Annie Castillon is happy. Her married life with Laurent is harmonious. Her two older sons, Maximilien and César, are brilliant and sensitive boys. And Poupi, her young teenager, supports her without ever complaining in raising Antoine, the youngest. A weekend like any other, the discovery of a positive pregnancy test in the bathroom will disrupt the beautiful harmony.—Happy_Evil_Dude</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud</director>
      <actor>Alexandra Lamy (role=Annie Castillon)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Katerine (role=Laurent Castillon)</actor>
      <actor>Matteo Perez (role=César Castillon)</actor>
      <actor>Joaquim Fossi (role=Max Castillon)</actor>
      <actor>Chloé Barkoff-Gaillard (role=Poupi Castillon)</actor>
      <actor>Pablo Cobo (role=Jérémie Peschard)</actor>
      <actor>Lucile Jaillant (role=Hélène)</actor>
      <actor>Louvia Bachelier (role=Juliette)</actor>
      <actor>Aidan Le Groumellec (role=Kévin)</actor>
      <actor>Selma Goueyou (role=Constance)</actor>
      <actor>Anaïs Fabre (role=La coach de gym)</actor>
      <actor>Marcia Feugeas (role=Dora)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDg0YWNhNmEtNjM3Ny00MmJlLWE5Y2EtZjU1NzQ2ZjQ2NGEzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX93_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <description>Annie lives in harmony with her husband Laurent and her children: the sensitive elders Maximilien and César; the younger Antoine whom Poupi, never-complaining teen, helps raising him. But a positive pregnancy test will disturb the harmony.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13079150</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Meine schrecklich verwöhnte Familie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A millionaire wants to help his spoiled children be better people, so he tricks them and pretends that the family lost the fortune on which the entitled young people had relied.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nicolas Cuche</director>
      <actor>Gérard Jugnot (role=Francis Bartek)</actor>
      <actor>Camille Lou (role=Stella Bartek)</actor>
      <actor>Artus (role=Philippe Bartek)</actor>
      <actor>Louka Meliava (role=Alexandre Bartek)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Leeb (role=Juan Carlos)</actor>
      <actor>François Morel (role=Ferrucio)</actor>
      <actor>Joffrey Verbruggen (role=Matthias)</actor>
      <actor>Colette Kraffe (role=Marguerite)</actor>
      <actor>Ichem Bougheraba (role=Malek)</actor>
      <actor>Clara Joly (role=Laura, amie de Stella)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Baptiste Sagory (role=Pierre, ami de Philippe)</actor>
      <actor>Fabien Ara (role=Denis, maire adjoint LSF)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjA0YmM4N2UtNjNkNS00NWMwLTkwZDQtYzEyNjFmOGQ4NmMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Dad bartek hires people to raid his family estate to force the kids to go find jobs. This sounds like an old black and white u.s. Film from 1930, with robert taylor or william powell, but until i remember it, it IS a remake of Madcaps from 1949. So the kids go get jobs. And they finally all start talking, as a family. For the first time. Dad realizes the communication issues and work ethics problems are not all on the offspring. Lessons to be learned all around. And the kids have some surprises in store for papa as well. Predictable, silly but fun. Directed by nicolas cuche</review>
    <description>A millionaire wants to help his spoiled children be better people, so he tricks them and pretends that the family lost the fortune on which the entitled young people had relied.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2073074</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Klügere zieht aus</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Christoph Schnee</director>
      <actor>Matthias Koeberlin (role=Peter Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Richter (role=Nina Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Marius V. Haas (role=Joshua Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Alina Ben Larbi (role=Laura Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Seyfi (role=Bora)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Große (role=Kerstin)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Böer (role=Thorben)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Koschitz (role=Julia)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Amende (role=Nadine)</actor>
      <actor>Lars von Saldern (role=Sörens Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Bastian Staunau (role=Sören)</actor>
      <actor>Liam Mockridge (role=Junge)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzU4YTU1MjItYTlmZi00YWQ0LTkyMzItYzNmZTdlMmIzODJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6264444</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Katie Fforde" Das Schweigen der Männer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Howard Harper and his wife Lynne will soon make a tour to the Caribbean Sea with their sailboat "First love".This afternoon, Lynne who is kayak coach presents to the team the new coach, Robert Leary a silver medal winner.At the same time Howard meets Mr. Burnett who is angry because Howard gave him a check without funds for paying the repair of the sailing boat.Also one of the sponsor of the tour has retired his support to the tour.So Howard explains Lynne that he must travel to Nw York to get a better sponsor.Howard has gone to the office of Dr.Bronstein who sends him to a date tomorrow in New York with the Dr. Wilson.Howard says Lynne that he went for the medical check-up and everything goes well.Howard has an adolescent daughter, Samantha , who lives in New York, he knew it some 6 months ago and he never talked with Lynne about Samantha.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sigi Rothemund</director>
      <actor>Ursula Buschhorn (role=Lynne Harper)</actor>
      <actor>René Ifrah (role=Howard Harper)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Malton (role=Ann-Margreth Simmons)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Aichinger (role=Robert Leary)</actor>
      <actor>Felix von Manteuffel (role=Bill Burnett)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Ostrander (role=Jefferson)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Davies (role=Dr. Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy-Ann Hart (role=Dr. Carol Bronstein)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Crook (role=Nurse)</actor>
      <actor>Will Noonan (role=Tommy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTZiYzk2YmEtN2M2Ni00MGNhLTk5NTgtZGJkMmJhZjRmNzY1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX347_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Howard Harper and his wife Lynne will soon make a tour to the Caribbean Sea with their sailboat "First love".This afternoon, Lynne who is kayak coach presents to the team the new coach, Robert Leary a silver medal winner.At the same time Howard meets Mr. Burnett who is angry beca...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6264444/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13926926</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Wilsberg" Überwachen und belohnen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Dominic Müller</director>
      <actor>Leonard Lansink (role=Georg Wilsberg)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Korittke (role=Ekkehardt Talkötter)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Paule Klink (role=Alexandra Holtkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Rita Russek (role=Kommissarin Springer)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Jankowsky (role=Overbeck)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Fautz (role=Merle)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Bormann (role=Christine Lau)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Nesytowa (role=Juliane Hell)</actor>
      <actor>Torben Liebrecht (role=Adam Schenk)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Wüst (role=Horst Brinckhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Mareile Blendl (role=Maja Drost)</actor>
      <actor>Orestes Fiedler (role=Bernd Anger)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWRiOGU4NTEtMmU5ZC00YTViLTgzNTUtMWQ2NzBjZGRhOTFiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0927944</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Staatsanwalt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Cases and complicated lives of a public prosecutor and a police unit, a member of whom is the prosecutor's son, who work in Wiesbaden.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Kinkel</director>
      <director>Ulrich Zrenner</director>
      <director>Johannes Grieser</director>
      <director>Peter F. Bringmann</director>
      <director>Boris Keidies</director>
      <actor>Rainer Hunold (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Fiona Coors (role=Hauptkommissarin Kerstin Klar)</actor>
      <actor>Astrid Posner (role=Stefan Schiller)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Eckert (role=Hauptkommissar Christian Schubert)</actor>
      <actor>Heinrich Schafmeister (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Mittermeier (role=Thomas Reuther)</actor>
      <actor>Max Hemmersdorfer (role=Max Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Anika Baumann (role=Luise Bach)</actor>
      <actor>Jannik Mioducki (role=Alexander Witte)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Schmidt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Radost Bokel (role=Susanne Selbach)</actor>
      <actor>Frank W. Rima (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDc5ZDRmMzMtNGY5MS00ZjM2LWJjYzgtYzc5Yzk4ODBmODFmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX333_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Cases and complicated lives of a public prosecutor and a police unit, a member of whom is the prosecutor's son, who work in Wiesbaden.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7131622</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Once Upon a Time In... Hollywood</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In February 1969, Hollywood actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of 1950s Western television series Bounty Law, laments to his best friend and former stunt double, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), that his career is over. Dalton got Bounty Law canceled by the networks as he wanted a movie career.
Dalton had his diving license taken away for too many drunk driving tickets and so Booth drives him everywhere now.Dalton has lunch with Producer and Agent Marvin Schwarz (Al Pacino) who makes Dalton realize that playing a guest negative role in new network shows is going to ruin his career. Marvin says that the networks are playing an old trick and while Dalton thinks his guest character is being beaten up by the hero of the new show, the audience perceives that Dalton's character from Bounty Law is getting beaten up the hero of the new show. This would eventually lead to the end of Dalton's career as a leading man. Marvin wants Dalton to star in westerns in Italy.Dalton realizes that he officially is designated as a "has been" and he does not want to star in Italian movies. Booth (a war veteran who lives in a trailer with his pit bull, Brandy) drives Dalton around town and relies on him for work due to rumors that Booth killed his wife Billie (Rebecca Gayheart) (and hence no producer would directly work with Booth due to his reputation). Randy Mille (Kurt Russell) refuses to hire Booth as he does not like the vibe that Booth brings on sets.
Booth encourages Dalton to seriously consider the movie offer in Italy.Meanwhile, actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and her husband, director Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha), have moved into the house next door to Dalton's. Polanski is the hottest director in the world at that time.
Dalton dreams of befriending the couple in order to restore his status as a movie lead. Later that night, Tate and Polanski join Jay Sebring (Emile Hirsch) (a Hollywood hairstylist and friend and ex-boyfriend of Tate) at a celebrity-filled party at the Playboy Mansion. Sebring still has feelings for Tate.At Dalton's house, Booth reminisces on a sparring match he had on the set of The Green Hornet with Bruce Lee (Mike Moh). Bruce Lee claimed that if he had a match with Cassius Clay, he would beat Clay. Booth scoffed at the claim (and calls Bruce a glorified dancer) and Bruce challenged him to a fight. Booth is able to hold off Bruce and match him blow for blow.While fixing the TV antenna atop Dalton's roof, Booth notices a hippie man, Charles Manson, arriving at the Polanski residence. Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) stops by the home of Polanski and Tate looking for record producer Terry Melcher, who used to live there, but is turned away by Sebring.Later, while driving Dalton's car, Booth picks up a young hitchhiker called "Pussycat" (Margaret Qualley), dropping her off at Spahn Ranch, where Booth once filmed Bounty Law. "Pussycat" tries to persuade Booth to stay, but he is suspicious of the large number of hippies squatting on the property, and suspects they are taking advantage of the owner, George Spahn (Bruce Dern) (an 80-year-old nearly blind man who rented his ranch out for Westerns. Charles Manson convinced Spahn to allow him and his followers to live on the ranch).
Booth insists on checking on Spahn despite Squeaky's (Dakota Fanning) objections; Spahn dismisses Booth's fears. The other hippies include Katie (Madisen Beaty), Butterfly (Ruby Rose Skotchdopole), Blue (Kansas Bowling), Snake (Sydney Sweeney) and Froggie (Harley Quinn Smith).Returning to the car, Booth discovers that Clem Grogan (James Landry Hébert) has slashed the front tire; Booth brutally beats Grogan and forces him to change the tire. One of the Manson girls, Sundance (Cassidy Vick Hice), goes to fetch Tex Watson (Austin Butler) the leader of the hippies, but by the time Watson arrives on horseback Booth is driving away. Tate goes for a walk and decides to stop at a movie theater to watch herself in The Wrecking Crew.Dalton lands the role of a villain in a new series, Lancer, where he strikes up a conversation with his eight-year-old co-star, Trudi (Julia Butters). During one of his scenes, Dalton struggles with his dialogue due to his alcoholism. After having an emotional breakdown in his trailer, Dalton returns to the set and delivers a powerful performance that impresses the director, Sam Wanamaker (Nicholas Hammond), and Trudi, bolstering Dalton's confidence.After watching Dalton's guest performance on an episode of The F.B.I., casting agent Marvin Schwarz offers Dalton the opportunity to shoot a Spaghetti Western in Italy. Dalton, who considers Spaghetti Westerns to be the bottom of the movie industry, reluctantly agrees, bringing Booth with him for the six-month stint. Dalton films four movies, including Nebraska Jim with Sergio Corbucci, and gets married to Italian starlet Francesca CapucciReturning to Los Angeles, Dalton informs Booth he can no longer afford his services, and they agree to go their separate ways. Returning to Los Angeles on August 8, 1969, Dalton and Booth go out drinking to commemorate their time together. They return to Dalton's home, where Booth smokes an acid-laced cigarette and takes Brandy for a walk.Meanwhile, Tex Watson, Susan Atkins (Mikey Madison), Linda Kasabian (Maya Hawke), and Patricia Krenwinkel (Madisen Beaty) park outside, in their loud 1959 Ford Galaxie, in preparation to murder everyone in Tate's house (their cult leader Charles Manson apparently had told Tex Watson to go to "Terry's old house" (where Tate now stays) and kill everyone inside). Dalton hears the car, comes out, and angrily orders them to leave.They drive off, but Atkins hatches a plan to return and kill Dalton instead. Kasabian deserts the group and the remaining three proceed with Atkins' plan. They break into Dalton's house and confront Booth, who recognizes them from Spahn Ranch. Booth orders Brandy to attack, and together they kill Krenwinkel and Watson and severely injure Atkins.Atkins, gun in hand, stumbles outside, alarming Dalton, who was listening to music on headphones and oblivious to the mayhem inside. Dalton retrieves a flamethrower he had kept from a film shoot and incinerates Atkins. Booth is taken to the hospital for injuries. Sebring engages Dalton in conversation and Tate, over the intercom, invites Dalton up to her house for drinks with her still-alive house-guests, Sebring, Abigail Folger (Samantha Robinson) and Wojciech Frykowski (Costa Ronin).</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Quentin Tarantino</director>
      <actor>Leonardo DiCaprio (role=Rick Dalton)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Pitt (role=Cliff Booth)</actor>
      <actor>Margot Robbie (role=Sharon Tate)</actor>
      <actor>Emile Hirsch (role=Jay Sebring)</actor>
      <actor>Margaret Qualley (role=Pussycat)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Olyphant (role=James Stacy)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Butters (role=Trudi Fraser)</actor>
      <actor>Austin Butler (role=Tex Watson)</actor>
      <actor>Dakota Fanning (role=Squeaky Fromme)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Dern (role=George Spahn)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Moh (role=Bruce Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Perry (role=Wayne Maunder)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|China</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTQxODQzMGUtZTA0ZS00Y2NlLTljZjAtYzNlNzUxZjBjZmY4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR86,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Showbiz Drama|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>It took Quentin Tarantino a lifetime of living, 5 years to write and a 2 hours 41 minutes watch. This is a love letter to a film industry that is no longer recognisable. Hippies, short skirts, westerns..... all have disappeared from our movie world. But worry not, Quentin Tarantino is here to remind us of old school film making from a once beloved industry which has been described as being on life support.The performances are flawless. I was apprehensive about how the events of August 8, 1969 would be handled. But that is handled tastefully and respectfully, yet with the classic Tarantino flair.Will be quite a bit for those under 40 who have no recollection of this Hollywood. Some will categorise this as an over indulgent nostalgia trip for movie geeks. And they are likely to be correct. But for those of us who complain that Hollywood is reduced to remakes and comic book films, QT delivers a unique and creative viewing experience</review>
    <description>As Hollywood's Golden Age is winding down during the summer of 1969, television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth endeavor to achieve lasting success in Hollywood while meeting several colorful characters along the way.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15325794</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fall: Fear Reaches New Heights</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two adventurous friends, Becky and Hunter, climb a 2,000-foot-tall abandoned television tower, seeking to conquer their fears and honor the memory of Becky's late husband. However, they soon find themselves stranded at the summit with dwindling supplies and no way down. As they face dehydration, hallucinations, and the ever-present threat of falling, they must confront their deepest fears and find a way to survive against all odds.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Scott Mann</director>
      <actor>Grace Caroline Currey (role=Becky Connor)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Gardner (role=Shiloh Hunter)</actor>
      <actor>Mason Gooding (role=Dan Connor)</actor>
      <actor>Jeffrey Dean Morgan (role=James Conner)</actor>
      <actor>Jasper Cole (role=Steve)</actor>
      <actor>Darrell Dennis (role=Randy)</actor>
      <actor>Bamm Ericsen (role=Police Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Evie Mann (role=Flower Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Mann (role=Page Boy)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Lynes (role=Confused Truck Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Branden Currey (role=Bar Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmY5ODE2MmEtZDQzZi00ZjRkLWFhNTctZTIzMWUwY2FkMjU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Survival|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>Man, I had no clue what I was in for. The idea is simple (two climbers get stuck atop a 2000-foot tower in the middle of the desert) but the viewer experience is complex. It feels so real. It's meant to feel real. "Fall" is an unapologetically distressing tour de force. Buckle up.My subject line is a bit cheeky, tho. Yes I'm warning you to be careful- particularly if you're acrophobic because, again, this one pulls no punches. It is intense. But it's also a line the climbers say more often than any other. They keep stating the obvious: "Be careful, Hunter!" "Omg Becky, be careful!" And each time restarts your panic cycle anew: "Oh no, what are they in for now?!" Worse, it's hard to prepare for what's coming. Even when you think you're ready, there's no telling how your body will react to what it sees and fears; logic can't always override instinct. In that sense it's not a movie that provides soft landings (pardon the pun). It is full on *trying to spark a physical response.Not just when the climbers are on the tower either. It employs other tactics as well. Like repeatedly using an establishing shot with a sign that says "No Trespassing. Danger of Death." So even if you start to (somehow) settle in comfortably, the words push you back out to the edge of your seat. The name of the film works the same way: Fall. Would "Climbing the Ladder," "High," "Alone Together" ("Friends in High Places" lol) or something more hopeful/less dramatic not have been enough? Nope. FALL. The filmmakers make no secret of where they want your mind to be.In the end, subconscious tools work in tandem with vertigo-inducing visuals to create a fully destabilizing experience: Be careful... Danger of death... Fall. You hear it, see it and feel it. I get sweaty palms just typing it out now, and if I watch again I'll need a new strategy because the thrills are not something you get used to. One of the more electrifying movies I've ever seen</review>
    <description>When a high-rise climb goes wrong, best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves stuck at the top of a 2,000-foot TV tower.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>30184811</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Versunkene Gräber</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A few years have passed since the lawyer Vernau opened a joint law firm with Marie-Luise. Suddenly he receives a call for help from Poland that Marie-Luise is suspected of murder.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Josef Rusnak</director>
      <actor>Jan Josef Liefers (role=Joachim Vernau)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie Stappenbeck (role=Marie-Louise Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Winfried Glatzeder (role=Kurt Wössner)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen-Maja Antoni (role=Ingeborg Huth)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Schwarz (role=Hildegard Vernau)</actor>
      <actor>Marta Sroka (role=Zuzanna Makowska)</actor>
      <actor>Daria Bak (role=Rezeptionistin Kanzlei)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Blaschke (role=Richterin)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Cordes (role=Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Dittus (role=Auktionator)</actor>
      <actor>Rike Eckermann (role=Frau Schwertfeger)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa-Marie Hahn (role=Rosa von Hagen (Jahr 1944))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWZjOGE2NTgtNDI1MC00YWQwLTk4YzYtMDdjYTQwMjYxYWY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>A few years have passed since the lawyer Vernau opened a joint law firm with Marie-Luise. Suddenly he receives a call for help from Poland that Marie-Luise is suspected of murder.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1995390</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verräter wie wir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>While on holiday in Marrakech, the English couple Perry and Gail meet a man called Dima, who pretends to be a Russian businessman. They cannot suspect that he is actually in the service of the Russian mafia and works as a money launderer. After an assassination attempt on one of his colleagues, he also fears for his own life and that of his children. He therefore wants to leave his previous life behind and cooperate with the British secret service. He has chosen Perry, who is as harmless as he is inconspicuous, as his intermediary. The Briton is supposed to help Dima make contact and hand over a USB stick with secret data on mafia members to MI6. Perry agrees, but quickly realizes that his task is by no means finished with the handover of the stick: Dima only wants to negotiate with MI6 if Perry is also present. Perry and Dima soon meet their contact Hector, who is to lead the operation. The two don't know if they can trust the agent at all, but he is the only option to get Dima to London unharmed. Step by step, Perry and his wife Gail get more and more caught between the fronts of the Russian mafia and MI6.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Susanna White</director>
      <actor>Carlos Acosta (role=Ballet Dancer)</actor>
      <actor>Stellan Skarsgård (role=Dima)</actor>
      <actor>Dolya Gavanski (role=Olga)</actor>
      <actor>Velibor Topic (role=Emilio Del Oro)</actor>
      <actor>Pawel Szajda (role=Blue Eyed Killer)</actor>
      <actor>Ewan McGregor (role=Perry)</actor>
      <actor>Naomie Harris (role=Gail)</actor>
      <actor>Alec Utgoff (role=Niki)</actor>
      <actor>Marek Oravec (role=Andrei)</actor>
      <actor>Mihhail Sibul (role=Cadaverous Bodyguard)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Tennant (role=Tattooed Naked Man)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Brook (role=Viktor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France|United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI1MjExNDgyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTc0NjA2ODE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Sometimes you get into a situation without really doing anything. And then you have to ask yourself where to go from there. Something like this happens to Ewan McGregors character. Someone with a past, but also someone with morals. And someone who seems to be struggling with his life, so he may be welcoming whatever gets thrown at him.This is based on a novel which I haven't read, so I can't compare those two. I can tell you that the movie is more than suspenseful enough and it seems very much rooted in reality (of course heightened at certain points of the story). There are many obstacles and you may see a lot of things coming before they happen, but the movie is played very well and is more than decent enough to enjoy</review>
    <description>A couple finds themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0313043</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>CSI: Miami</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Horatio Caine (David Caruso), a former homicide detective, heads a group of investigators who work crimes amid the steamy, tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami, Florida. His team includes Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter), a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics; Lieutenant Megan Donner (Kim Delaney), Detective Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez), an underwater recovery expert; Walter Simmons (Omar Benson Miller), a detective who forces the "CSIs to do more science and research instead of relying on databases", Los Angeles Police transfer Jesse Cardoza (Eddie Cibrian), former FBI agent Natalia Boa Vista (Eva LaRue), and Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo), a master of genetics recruited following the death of Detective Timothy Speedle (Rory Cochrane). The team are assisted by Coroner Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander), who began her career as a medical Examiner in New York, and her replacement Tara Price (Megalyn Echikunwoke) Miami Dade Police Sergeant Frank Tripp (Rex Linn), and Horatio's sister-in-law, Detective Yelina Salas (Sofia Milos) both of whom act as the team's legal muscle. During their investigations, the team cooperate with both allies and nemeses, including Internal Affairs Lieutenant Rick Stetler (David Lee Smith), States Attorney Rebecca Nevins (Christina Chang), Medical Examiner Tom Loman (Christian Clemenson), and newly minted detective Sam Owens (Taylor Cole). Together, these investigators collect and analyze the evidence to solve the crimes and to vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves - the victims.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sam Hill</director>
      <director>Joe Chappelle</director>
      <director>Scott Lautanen</director>
      <director>Karen Gaviola</director>
      <director>Matt Earl Beesley</director>
      <actor>David Caruso (role=CSI Lieutenant Horatio 'H' Caine)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Procter (role=CSI Detective Calleigh Duquesne)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Rodriguez (role=Eric Delko)</actor>
      <actor>Rex Linn (role=Detective Frank Tripp)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Togo (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Eva LaRue (role=Natalia Boa Vista)</actor>
      <actor>Khandi Alexander (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Boti Bliss (role=Maxine Valera)</actor>
      <actor>Omar Benson Miller (role=CSI Walter Simmons)</actor>
      <actor>Sofia Milos (role=Yelina Salas)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Clemenson (role=ME Dr. Tom Loman)</actor>
      <actor>Rory Cochrane (role=Tim Speedle)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWU1NzhhNjItMzQ5ZC00YmFmLWEwMmYtMWVlMjFkNjdkZGNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Everything looks really glamorous in CSI Miami. While almost every show looks better on HDTV, CSI-Miami stands above the others. This show was made for HD. The landscape is ultra-modern, lush, and sexy. The interior decors are 22nd century. And the graphics and color coordinations are top notch. However beneath all that CGI and funky high tech devices that investigators use, there is little of redeeming value in this show. When it comes to what really counts, the characters, CSI Miami falls way short. The acting is wooden and one-dimensional. The dialog is bland and sometimes cheesy. When I watch this show, cast members don't even seem human. They just don't seem real. CSI Miami is very gritty and serious. The only comic relief comes out of David Caruso with his big suits, cheesy delivery of lines, and that oh-so cool handling of deadly situations. He should be handling fine wines, not investigating crimes. However, if you like CSI-Miami and have an HDTV, I recommend skipping cable and receiving broadcasts directing over the antenna. The picture will blow you away</review>
    <description>CSI spin off which follows an elite group of Crime Scene Investigators (CSI's) from the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), who use advanced forensic science and methods to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami, Florida.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0247082</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>CSI: Vegas</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, its reputation for providing instant success for those willing to try their luck draws in the hopeful and the naive. This constant influx of visitors also provides ripe targets for criminals of all varieties, confident they will never be caught. Unfortunately for them, most are proven wrong by the Las Vegas Police Department's night shift Crime Scene Investigations unit led by Dr. Gill Grissom, who has an obsessive dedication towards his quest for the facts. Grisom and his elite team of investigators which include: Grissom's second-in-command, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), a former stripper and single mother with a cop's instinct. Follow the team as they work various perplexing cases using scientific skills and equipment that are capable of finding valuable clues from the most seemingly unlikely sources. In a city of empty dreams and false fronts, Crime Scene Investors lead the quest for the one thing that can cut through the lies to the truth and justice, the evidence.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kenneth Fink</director>
      <director>Richard J. Lewis</director>
      <director>Alec Smight</director>
      <director>Danny Cannon</director>
      <director>Brad Tanenbaum</director>
      <actor>George Eads (role=CSI Nick Stokes)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Szmanda (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert David Hall (role=Chief ME Dr. Al Robbins)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Guilfoyle (role=CSI Jim Brass)</actor>
      <actor>Jorja Fox (role=CSI Sara Sidle)</actor>
      <actor>David Berman (role=David Phillips)</actor>
      <actor>Marg Helgenberger (role=Catherine Willows)</actor>
      <actor>Wallace Langham (role=David Hodges)</actor>
      <actor>William Petersen (role=Gil Grissom)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Dourdan (role=CSI Warrick Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Wellner (role=Sam Tracy)</actor>
      <actor>Archie Kao (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODk2MmYxYTEtNjljNC00MGYwLWJkOWMtZDZjMmFlMjc5YzhjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Suspense Mystery|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I love these kinds of shows, so I came across CSI:Crime Scene Inestigation by accident while flicking through channels, and since that moment I have been hooked. I like how each crime is looked at from a different perspective, it offers a whole new slant on things, although some of the more disturbing/graphic images may turn your stomach a little. Also, I love the colours the series is shot in, reds, blues, greens and yellow, really a treat to the eye, and the photography is very impressive. And the music is funky and cool, well the theme song is from The Who, they ooze with coolness. I like the writing, Grissom's dialogue and asides are a joy to behold especially, and the methodical but well structured story lines. The season finales nearly always manage to be gripping and compelling. And the acting is great, William Peterson was wonderful as Grissom, and although I was sad to see him go, the character's departure was handled very well so I was glad of that. The reason why it isn't quite as good as it could have been is because somehow I don't find it as well thought out as the earlier seasons. And while Laurence Fishburne is a great actor and does a good job, I kind of miss Grissom if you get the jist. That said though, this is a great show. 8/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>A team of Crime Scene Investigators (CSI's) work with the Las Vegas Police Department (LVPD) to solve crimes by using advanced scientific methods and technology.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0395843</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>CSI: New York</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>CBS's successful CSI franchise gets transplanted to the Big Apple. Cases involving sewer rats as witnesses, a victim whose head was slammed in a pizzeria oven, and murders of commodities traders, and--of course--a Red Sox fan. CSI: NY is a bleaker, grimmer version of its Las Vegas and Miami cousins. The team is made up of a pleasantly New Yawk but indistinct cast of characters. The teams leader Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise), is a former Marine from Chicago. Mac is a veteran of the NYPD who lost his wife on 9/11, and as such must work to rebuild his personal life while supervising his team. He is organized, efficient, dedicated, and very proper in his management style. His second in command for the first 6 seasons is Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), Stella is half-Greek, half-Italian, and entirely New York City. She helped Mac through the impact of his wife's death and has been by his side ever since. She is a savvy investigator, yet she often speaks before she thinks. Stella leaves New York to head a crime lab in New Orleans and is replaced by Detective Jo Danville (Sela Ward). Jo is a former FBI criminalist and an experienced psychological profiler. She and Mac quickly form a strong friendship and an even stronger working rapport. Jo is still haunted by her ousting from the FBI after blowing the whistle on improper lab procedure, so she works to regain her professional reputation. Joining them is younger CSIs Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo), Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito, season 1-2), Aiden's replacement Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) and medical examiner turned CSI Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper). Rounding out the cast is the teams legal muscle Homicide Detective Don Flack (Eddie Cahill), Medical Examiner Sid Hammerback, M.D. (Robert Joy) and lab technician Adam Ross (A.J. Buckley).</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rob Bailey</director>
      <director>Alex Zakrzewski</director>
      <director>Christine Moore</director>
      <director>Oz Scott</director>
      <director>Duane Clark</director>
      <actor>Gary Sinise (role=Mac Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Carmine Giovinazzo (role=Danny Messer)</actor>
      <actor>Hill Harper (role=Sheldon Hawkes)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Cahill (role=Don Flack)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Belknap (role=Lindsay Monroe)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Joy (role=Sid Hammerback)</actor>
      <actor>A.J. Buckley (role=Adam Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Melina Kanakaredes (role=Stella Bonasera)</actor>
      <actor>Sela Ward (role=CSI Detective Jo Danville)</actor>
      <actor>Julie McKinnon (role=AV Lab Tech)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Ferlito (role=Aiden Burn)</actor>
      <actor>Emmanuelle Vaugier (role=Detective Jessica Angell)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTEwZjUzMzEtYzkyMS00MmYzLWFjNWItNTQ2YzY0Yjg1NWFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I absolutely LOVE the original CSI. I really can't watch CSI Miami - just a bit too much. So when they announced there was a third one coming out I was skeptical. But they've out done themselves! Although the original is still my favorite, this one steps away from the CSI format a bit. There's more of a glimpse into the characters and great story lines. There isn't the condescending tone that Miami has. Gary Sinise is, of course, brilliant as usual. If they keep it up this one will stick around. Combine this one and the original and I could watch all week! No one can beat Grissom, but Taylor is certainly going to give him a run for his money. Now a combined episode would be phenomenal</review>
    <description>Second CSI spin off which follows the Crime Scene Investigator's (CSI's) of the New York Police Department (NYPD) as they use advanced forensic science to reveal the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths in New York City.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5734492</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Blaulichtreport</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Sandra Ehrhardt</director>
      <actor>Oliver Ritz (role=Polizist Hauke Mertesacker)</actor>
      <actor>Hartmut Brand (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Wenkert-Brand (role=Hannah)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Thielert (role=Fiona)</actor>
      <actor>George Tounas (role=Tom Rentmeister)</actor>
      <actor>Anke Poguntke (role=Doris Jahn)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Dupont (role=Security)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Schlichting (role=Roger Lüttich)</actor>
      <actor>Nataliya Stefanac (role=Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Stella Bilotti (role=Celine)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Borsutzki (role=Ralf)</actor>
      <actor>Celine Eckwright (role=Caro Kleinfeld)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODhiMjM0ODYtNGM4MS00NThkLTlmZWEtMmE4ZGM0ZGI1NzhlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX392_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <review>This is a funny send up of the reality TV police street crime programmes that can be found from all over the world and is very very funny</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0120338</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Titanic</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1996, aboard the research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, treasure hunter Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) and his team explore the wreck of RMS Titanic, searching for a valuable diamond necklace called the Heart of the Ocean. The wreck rests on the ocean floor, 3821 meters below the surface.
They recover Caledon "Cal" Hockley's (Billy Zane) safe, believing the necklace to be inside, but only find a sketch of a nude woman wearing the diamond, dated April 14, 1912, the night the Titanic hit the iceberg. The expedition is privately funded and hence Brock is under pressure to deliver the diamond to his investors.
Hearing about the drawing on the TV news, an elderly woman named Rose Dawson Calvert (Gloria Stuart) calls Lovett and claims that she is the woman depicted in the drawing. She and her granddaughter, Lizzy Calvert (Suzy Amis), visit him and his team on his salvage ship. Rose is 101 years old and all the details about her convince Brock that she was on the ship on the night of its accident. She was the last person who wore the Heart of the Ocean.
Brock knows that Cal's father Nathan had settled an insurance claim for the loss of the diamond, that Cal had bought for his fiance, just before the Titanic sailed from England.Brock takes Rose through a quick simulation of the Titanic Iceberg collision. It hit the berg on the starboard side, which punched holes across a wide section of the hull. The water entered several water-tight compartments and eventually rose over the bulkheads (which did not go above the E deck) to spill over to the other water-tight compartments astern. The ship tilts as the stern rises out of the water and eventually splits into 2 parts right down the middle. The front section goes under first, followed shortly by the stern section. The ship sinks at 2:20 AM, 2 hours and 40 minutes after the ship hit the iceberg.
When asked if she knows the whereabouts of the necklace, Rose recalls her time aboard the Titanic, revealing that she is Rose DeWitt Bukater, a passenger believed to have died in the sinking.She then begins her story as follows:
In 1912, 17-year-old first class passenger Rose (Kate Winslet) boards "Titanic" in Southampton with her fiance Cal and her mother Ruth DeWitt Bukater (Frances Fisher). Titanic is making her first voyage and is considered to be "unsinkable".
Ruth stresses the importance of Rose's engagement, as the marriage would solve the DeWitt Bukaters' secret financial problems.Meanwhile, Jack and his Italian friend Fabrizio (Danny Nucci) board the Titanic at the last possible minute by winning 3rd class tickets for the voyage in a poker game against Irish immigrants.
Margaret "Molly" Brown (Kathy Bates) boarded the ship at Cherbourg. Molly was looked down upon by the other first-class passengers for being "new" money.
The next day, Titanic sails west at 21 knots. The Titanic is captained by Edward John Smith (Bernard Hill) and was designed by Thomas Andrews (Victor Garber). Edward's staff includes Chief Officer Henry Wilde (Mark Lindsay Chapman), First Officer William Murdoch (Ewan Stewart), Second Officer Charles Lightoller (Jonathan Phillips) and Third Officer Herbert Pitman (Kevin De La Noy).
J Bruce Ismay (Jonathan Hyde) is the MD of the White Star Line, the owners of the Titanic.Distraught by her engagement, Rose considers suicide by jumping off the ship's stern. Rose climbs over the astern rails as she decides whether to jump. A drifter and artist named Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) stops her and pulls her back on deck when she slips and hangs off the rails. Discovered with Jack on the stern, Rose tells Cal that she was looking over the ship's edge in curiosity and that Jack saved her from falling.
At Rose's insistence, Cal invites Jack to dinner the following night to show his appreciation. That night Cal gifts Rose the Heart of the Ocean diamond, in a necklace.
Ismay orders Edwards to light the last 4 boilers of the Titanic and speed the ship up, even though there were reports of Icebergs on their route. Ismay wanted to showcase the speed of the ship by arriving ahead of time in New York.
Rose notices that the ship is carrying only enough lifeboats for half the passengers on the ship. Andrews says that an extra row of lifeboats would make the ship look cluttered and hence he was overruled.Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship (and she learns that Jack is a professional painter who specializes in painting nudes), even though Cal and Ruth are wary of the young third-class man. Following the first-class dinner that night, Rose secretly joins Jack at a party in the ship's third-class quarter. They engage in some Irish tap dancing and Jack shows Rose a mighty good time, where she gets to enjoy a hearty laugh for the first time in her life.Cal and Ruth forbid her to see Jack (Cal even hits Rose when she attempts to stand up for herself), and Rose attempts to rebuff Jack's continuing advances. She soon realizes, though, that she prefers him over Cal, and meets him at the bow of the ship during what turns out to be the Titanic's final moments of daylight.
They then go to Rose's stateroom, where she asks Jack to sketch her while naked and wearing the Heart of the Ocean, Cal's engagement present to her. Afterward, the two evade Cal's bodyguard Spicer Lovejoy (David Warner) and make love inside a car in the ship's cargo hold.
Going afterwards to the ship's forward well deck, they witness the ship's collision with an iceberg. Due to the calm seas, the iceberg was detected very late, and then it took long for the ship to change direction to avoid collision. As a result, instead of hitting the berg head on (which would have been better for survival), the ship grazes the berg on its starboard side, and punches holes across the hull. The first officer closes all the watertight doors that go up to Deck E.
Jack and Rose overhear the ship's officers and designer outline its seriousness. Rose tells Jack that they should warn her mother and Cal.
Andrews says that 5 compartments of the ship are punctured (which is one compartment more punctured than what the ship was designed to stay afloat), which means the ship will sink. The ship has 2 hours at the most according to Andrews. The ship has 2200 souls on board. The captain issues a distress call by the radio at their current coordinates. The nearest ship is 4 hours away.Cal discovers Jack's drawing and a mocking note from Rose in his safe along with the necklace. Cal reports the diamond stolen. Furious, Cal has his bodyguard slip the necklace into Jack's coat pocket. Accused of stealing it, Jack is arrested, taken down to the Master-at-arms' office and handcuffed to a pipe. Cal puts the necklace in his coat. Rose runs away from Cal and her mother (who has boarded a lifeboat) and releases Jack. The ship then starts to launch flares in order to attract any nearby ships.
The third-class passengers are not allowed on to the lifeboat decks and are locked below. Meanwhile, lifeboats are launched half empty with only first-class passengers.Once Jack and Rose reach the deck, Cal and Jack persuade her to board another lifeboat, Cal claiming that he has arranged for himself and Jack to get off safely. After she boards, Cal tells Jack that the arrangement is only for himself. As Rose's boat lowers, she realizes that she cannot leave Jack, and jumps back on board the Titanic to reunite with him.
Infuriated, Cal takes a pistol and chases them into the flooding first-class dining saloon. After exhausting his ammunition, Cal realizes to his chagrin that he gave his coat with the diamond to Rose. With the situation now dire, he returns to the boat deck and boards a lifeboat by pretending to look after a lost child.
The engineers of the titanic are credited with keeping the lights on till the last possible moment. The musicians of the Titanic were a septet orchestra who performed chamber music in the first-class section aboard the ship. The group is noted for playing music, intending to calm the passengers for as long as they possibly could, during the ship's sinking.Jack and Rose return to the top deck. All lifeboats have departed, and passengers are falling to their deaths as the stern rises out of the water. The ship breaks in half, and the stern side rises 90-degrees into the air. As it sinks, Jack and Rose ride the stern into the ocean. Jack helps Rose onto a wall panel only able to support one person's weight. Holding the panel's edge, he assures her she will die an old woman, warm in her bed. Meanwhile, Fifth Officer Harold Lowe has commandeered a lifeboat to search for survivors. He saves Rose but is unable to reach Jack before he dies from hypothermia.Rose and the other survivors are taken by the RMS Carpathia to New York, where Rose gives her name as Rose Dawson. She hides from Cal on Carpathia's deck as he searches for her. She learns later that he committed suicide after losing his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.Her story complete, Rose goes alone to the stern of Lovett's ship. There she takes out the Heart of the Ocean, which has been in her possession all along, and drops it into the ocean.
While seemingly asleep in her bed, the photos on her dresser are a visual chronicle that she lived a free life inspired by Jack. The young Rose is then seen reuniting with Jack at the Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic, applauded and congratulated by those who perished on the ship.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Cameron</director>
      <actor>Leonardo DiCaprio (role=Jack Dawson)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Winslet (role=Rose Dewitt Bukater)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Zane (role=Cal Hockley)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy Bates (role=Molly Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Frances Fisher (role=Ruth Dewitt Bukater)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Stuart (role=Old Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Paxton (role=Brock Lovett)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Hill (role=Captain Smith)</actor>
      <actor>David Warner (role=Spicer Lovejoy)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Garber (role=Thomas Andrews)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Hyde (role=Bruce Ismay)</actor>
      <actor>Suzy Amis (role=Lizzy Calvert)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzExZDkwNzYtYmI0Mi00OThhLWFhNmMtZTZjYWU2MTdkMDAzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Epic|Period Drama|Romantic Epic|Tragedy|Tragic Romance|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>If you're a Millennial like me, you probably experienced the phenomena known as 'Titanic-mania' during your childhood, where everyone was obsessed with this movie. It was in theatres for almost a year, and every girl between 8-20 was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio. Titanic was everywhere in the late 1990s, and because of its popularity and reputation as a gushy romance movie popular with teenage girls, it attracted a lot of hate. Despite winning numerous Oscars, Titanic, for the longest time, had a negative reputation, especially among men.In hindsight, if you had your image of Titanic shaped by the negative media landscape surrounding it in the late 90s to the 2000s, I highly suggest you give it another go. It really is a wonderful film, and it's enjoyable and fun even if you're a guy. The special effects are second to none, the acting is great and James Horner's soundtrack is absolutely majestic. Even the love story itself, while a bit gushy in parts, is actually quite sweet and endearing. Both Rose and Jack are full realized, strong characters who you care about.My advice, especially to 20-30 something year old men who were told all their life that 'Titanic sucks', is to give it a chance. You're sleeping on not only a great drama, but a great action movie as well</review>
    <description>A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36097465</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SAT.1-Frühstücksfernsehen am Samstag</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"SAT.1-Frühstücksfernsehen am Samstag" is a weekly morning show on SAT.1 (DE, AT, CH) and Joyn (DE, AT, CH). It's a spin-off from Frühstücksfernsehen (1987).</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Marlene Lufen (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Alina Merkau (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Bieneck (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Wackert (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Heinrichs (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Boschmann (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Killing (role=Self - Host)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmVjMDIyOGUtZjFkNi00YWQ2LTgwM2QtYTRlNmVhZDQyMGVlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX172_.jpg" />
    <category>News|Family|Sport|Talk Show</category>
    <description>"SAT.1-Frühstücksfernsehen am Samstag" is a weekly morning show on SAT.1 (DE, AT, CH) and Joyn (DE, AT, CH). It's a spin-off from Frühstücksfernsehen (1987).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35843688</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Auf Streife" Die neuen Einsätze: After Show Urteil</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Sascha Noah Kaiser (role=Sebastian Eckert)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>28369634</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Landarztpraxis</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the Bavarian idyll of Wiesenkirchen am Schliersee, country doctor Dr. Sarah König treats farmers, mountaineers, holiday guests - and, if necessary, even a cow. Her heart beats for two men: her old love Dr. Fabian Kroiß and the mountain rescuer Max.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Patrick Hammerschmidt</director>
      <director>Klaus Knoesel</director>
      <director>Andreas Stenschke</director>
      <actor>Katharina Hirschberg (role=Leonie König)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Maria Frier (role=Dr. Sarah König)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Franck (role=Dr. Fabian Kroiß)</actor>
      <actor>Rosetta Pedone (role=Bianca Marino)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Lucas (role=Basti Raichinger)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin Anne Heß (role=Dr. Alexandra Seeberger-Kroiß)</actor>
      <actor>Antonio Putignano (role=Donato Marino)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Hoening (role=Dr. Georg Kroiß)</actor>
      <actor>Marion Mathoi (role=Resi Hinterwimmer)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Koll (role=Max Raichinger)</actor>
      <actor>Birgit Schneider (role=Annemarie König)</actor>
      <actor>Gioele Viola (role=Emilio Marino)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDFmYzhhZjUtZjU4MC00ZWEwLTgyZjktNDBjNjk0YTE4OGYwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <description>"Die Landarztpraxis" is a series on SAT.1 (DE, AT, CH).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35683496</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Auf Streife" Die neuen Einsätze</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Julian Schlichting (role=Leonard Koch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjcyMTcwYmMtNmNkZS00OGZhLWExNTAtNWViYTNjYTNiNDdiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_CR0,1,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8709060</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Genial daneben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Brilliantly wrong - the quiz.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Wigald Boning (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Egon Balder (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Kaya Yanar (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hella von Sinnen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Feller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Torsten Sträter (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Zietlow (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Kessler (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre M. Krause (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Rütter (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bülent Ceylan (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Reiner Calmund (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmMyNmFkYjMtOWQ4My00MzIwLTk5MzktNzdiYzg4NWEzMzEzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX166_.jpg" />
    <category>Game Show</category>
    <description>Brilliantly wrong - the quiz.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2191701</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kindsköpfe 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Another three years have passed since the events in Kindsköpfe (2010), and a now successful Lenny returns to his hometown of Stanton with his family, to reconnect with the old team. As the life-long friends increasingly realise that they are not getting any younger, a new set of challenges arise in the form of unforeseen reunions; familiar bullies; the possibility of a new baby, and the unstoppable threat of a raucous gang of hormone-crazed college fraternity boys. This summer, Lenny, Eric, Kurt, and Marcus will have to try twice as hard to overcome the persistent midlife crisis; however, will the boys ever grow up?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dennis Dugan</director>
      <actor>Adam Sandler (role=Lenny Feder)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin James (role=Eric Lamonsoff)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Rock (role=Kurt McKenzie)</actor>
      <actor>David Spade (role=Marcus Higgins)</actor>
      <actor>Salma Hayek (role=Roxanne Chase-Feder)</actor>
      <actor>Maya Rudolph (role=Deanne McKenzie)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Bello (role=Sally Lamonsoff)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Swardson (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Buscemi (role=Wiley)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Quinn (role=Dickie Bailey)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Meadows (role=Malcolm)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Lovitz (role=Squats Fitness Janitor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY0NzY3Mjg4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg2NTQzOQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Raunchy Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler) has moved his family back home from LA. The guys Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock), and Marcus Higgins (David Spade) are back with the wives (Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello) and kids. There is also a bunch of frat guys led from the neighboring college.I love the friendship between the guys. Losing Rob Schneider actually improves the relationships. I love the wives especially Salma Hayek. I even love the kids. However this movie is flooded with stupidity. Sometimes the stupidity can be funny, but most of it is just really really really stupid. I can understand the haters. I agree with a lot of the criticisms. I just like everybody's happy relationships just enough to barely recommend this movie</review>
    <description>After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and four hundred costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10055546</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SuperCool</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lifelong friends Neil and Gilbert's undeniable bond is tested to the limits when Neil makes a magical wish that comes true. With the assistance of Neil's charismatic neighbor, Jimmy, and Gilbert's wild ideas, Neil endures one epic night.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Teppo Airaksinen</director>
      <actor>Jake Short (role=Neil)</actor>
      <actor>Miles J. Harvey (role=Gilbert)</actor>
      <actor>Damon Wayans Jr. (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Madison Davenport (role=Summer)</actor>
      <actor>Iliza Shlesinger (role=Victoria)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Moses (role=Justin)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Kite (role=Uber Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Kira Kosarin (role=Ava)</actor>
      <actor>Will Meyers (role=Chad)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Cromer (role=Officer Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>Luis Fernandez-Gil (role=Officer Ramirez)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Banks (role=Jimmy's Dad)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Finland</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDEyY2FlYzQtOTA1NS00M2UzLTg0MmEtZWM2NzdiODhkZGJkXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Teen Comedy|Action|Comedy|Crime|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Having just watched the 2021 comedy "Supercool" from writers Olli Haikka and Ali Moussavi, I must say that I was somewhat expecting a tad more than what director Teppo Airaksinen actually managed to deliver here.Sure, "Supercool" was a watchable movie, but at the same time it was also a very generic movie of its kind. And it falls into the kind of comedy that once you've seen one of those kinds, then you've essentially seen them all. And on that account then "Supercool" failed to be outstanding.The storyline told in "Supercool" was watchable, but the movie was seriously lacking funny moments. I think I only laughed a single time throughout the course of the entire movie, and that was during the gunshot scene after having crashed the car.It was perhaps the somewhat forced and rigid dialogue that didn't really work out as intended throughout the course of the movie. The jokes were flat and fell short.I wasn't familiar with lead actor Jake Short, but he certainly was well-cast for a movie such as "Supercool". But it was actor Damon Wayans Jr. And actress Iliza Shlesinger that added the most memorable material to the movie.Once the movie ended, I was left with a sense of 'was that really it?', because the movie didn't really deliver a whole lot of great entertainment. And this is certainly not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.My rating of "Supercool" lands on a very generic and bland five out of ten stars</review>
    <description>Lifelong friends Neil and Gilbert's undeniable bond is tested to the limits when Neil makes a magical wish that comes true. With the assistance of Neil's charismatic neighbor, Jimmy, and Gilbert's wild ideas, Neil endures one epic night.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0983946</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fantasy Island</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeff Wadlow</director>
      <actor>Michael Peña (role=Mr. Roarke)</actor>
      <actor>Maggie Q (role=Gwen Olsen)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Hale (role=Melanie Cole)</actor>
      <actor>Austin Stowell (role=Patrick Sullivan)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy O. Yang (role=Brax Weaver)</actor>
      <actor>Portia Doubleday (role=Sloane Maddison)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Hansen (role=JD Weaver)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Rooker (role=Damon)</actor>
      <actor>Parisa Fitz-Henley (role=Julia)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Vogel (role=Lieutenant Sullivan)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Coates (role=Devil Face)</actor>
      <actor>Robbie Jones (role=Allen Chambers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTVjZjgzODQtMTZhNC00MjgzLWE5ODYtMTMwNjJmMDk3ZjVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Suspense Mystery|Fantasy|Horror|Mystery</category>
    <review>The movie is not that bad and it is entertaining but it's not worth anticipating its just the kind of movie you watch on Netflix when you're bored and don't know what to watch</review>
    <description>When the owner and operator of a luxurious island invites a collection of guests to live out their most elaborate fantasies in relative seclusion, chaos quickly descends.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5971474</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Arielle, die Meerjungfrau</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The mermaid princess Ariel, is fascinated by human treasures and longs to explore the world above the seas. When she rescues the dashing Prince Eric, Ariel immediately falls in love and is determined to be with him, against her father King Triton's rules of forbidden contact with humans. Wanting to make her dreams come true, she makes a deal with the villainous sea witch Ursula for a pair of legs, but only for a timespan of three days. But little does Ariel know that her choice to be human brings serious consequences as she must work to get a kiss from the prince before she falls into Ursula's clutches.—Blazer346</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rob Marshall</director>
      <actor>Halle Bailey (role=Ariel)</actor>
      <actor>Jonah Hauer-King (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa McCarthy (role=Ursula)</actor>
      <actor>Javier Bardem (role=King Triton)</actor>
      <actor>Noma Dumezweni (role=The Queen)</actor>
      <actor>Art Malik (role=Sir Grimsby)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Alexander (role=Vanessa)</actor>
      <actor>Martina Laird (role=Lashana)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Coates (role=Rosa)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Fairbank (role=Hawkins)</actor>
      <actor>John Dagleish (role=Mulligan)</actor>
      <actor>Jude Akuwudike (role=Joshua)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDJjNDdjNTItMDQ2NC00MGYxLWFkZWUtZDdjNzk0OTIxMzQyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Fairy Tale|Feel-Good Romance|Sea Adventure|Teen Romance|Adventure|Family|Fantasy|Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>This live action remake was a disappointing attempt to bring a beloved Disney classic to life. It falls flat in almost every aspect, leaving me feeling underwhelmed and disconnected, unlike the original.Halle Bailey as Ariel was good and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula was passable but beside those two, all of the other characters felt virtually nonexistent with zero chemistry with one another.Visually, the remake falls short in creating a believable underwater world. The CGI effects were uninspiring and more importantly, looked cheap.What 'The Little Mermaid' suffered from the most was the god awful script. The pacing was uneven, scenes dragged on or failed to contribute to the overall narrative, and the characters felt shallow and lacked depth.Overall, the 2023 remake was lackluster and forgettable. The uninspiring performances, poor visual effects, and terrible original songs left me disengaged and disappointed. Don't let the positive reviews the film has been receiving gaslight you into thinking that these awful cash grab live-action remakes that Disney has been producing are okay. The truth is the film fails to capture the magic and charm that made the original film so beloved, which is on par with all the other Disney remakes</review>
    <description>A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8364368</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Crawl</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.—Amazon</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandre Aja</director>
      <actor>Kaya Scodelario (role=Haley)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Pepper (role=Dave)</actor>
      <actor>Morfydd Clark (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Ross Anderson (role=Wayne)</actor>
      <actor>Jose Palma (role=Pete)</actor>
      <actor>George Somner (role=Marv)</actor>
      <actor>Anson Boon (role=Stan)</actor>
      <actor>Ami Metcalf (role=Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Tina Pribicevic (role=Young Haley)</actor>
      <actor>Srna Vasiljevic (role=Louie)</actor>
      <actor>Cso-Cso (role=Sugar)</actor>
      <actor>Colin McFarlane (role=Governor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzM3ZjgxZTQtMDZhMi00MmJiLTkzZjAtNzM0ZWMxNWI4YjQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQW1yb3NzZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Monster Horror|Action|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>A bit of a surprise and a tense and terrifying one at that. It knows what it is and because of that it's able to do what it does and do it well. Good looking Alligators</review>
    <description>Gigantic alligators swarm around a young woman and her father as floodwaters engulf their home.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0443543</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Illusionist</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eisenheim is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.—Unit Publicist</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Neil Burger</director>
      <actor>Edward Norton (role=Eisenheim)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Giamatti (role=Inspector Uhl)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Biel (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Rufus Sewell (role=Crown Prince Leopold)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Wood (role=Jurka)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Fisher (role=Willigut)</actor>
      <actor>Eleanor Tomlinson (role=Young Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Johnson (role=Old Man)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Franklin (role=Loschek)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Blane (role=Herr Doebler)</actor>
      <actor>Philip McGough (role=Dr. Hofzinser)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Redman (role=Count Rainer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Czech Republic</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzgzNjIwMDMtYWI1OC00OTNhLTkxZWUtYWVkMDVkNmVmODhlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRzdGFzaWVr._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Psychological Thriller|Supernatural Fantasy|Suspense Mystery|Drama|Fantasy|Mystery|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>"The Illusionist" is a unique film that combines two often stale genres into something fresh: the lush romantic period piece and the "AHA!" mystery thriller (a genre M. Night Shamalyan has single-handedly run into the ground recently). Helmed by a first time director (Neil Burger), based on a short story, and featuring an eclectic cast, "The Illusionist" had the perfect set-up to be a monumental disaster. With a graceful slight-of-hand, it ends up being something very good.As with any run-of-the-mill period piece, there's a lavish attention to the set designs and costumes, here representing late nineteenth century Vienna. Director Burger puts a nice spin on the same-old, same-old with an acute attention to lighting (especially in the dreamily over-exposed flashbacks) and old fashioned camera techniques (witness the circular camera's eye closing to transition from scenes) to give the film the feel of being a fond memory of a classic movie from a bygone era.The central romance where Edward Norton's title character and Jessica Biel's Dutchess are star-crossed lovers kept apart because of class and society, had all the makings of a snore-inducing cheese-athon. Executed in an understated manner that services the greater plot, it ends up being anything but. Norton's performance, especially in the second half of the film when he turns into a man of very few words, had the potential to be one-note. As an actor, he speaks volumes with his eyes. Biel, a former teen idol and TV star, seemed a horrific choice for this role. She pulls of the nifty trick of being quite good. Even better are Rufus Sewell as the tyrannical crown-prince and Paul Giamatti as the chief inspector. Using a short story as the source material, characterizations had the potential to be paper-thin, but these seasoned veterans make the most of their lines and scenes adding terror, humor, and gravitas through their vocal and physical deliveries where lesser actors would've been wooden and cold. The entire cast also worked together very well utilizing their odd, vaguely European and aristorcatic accent. Everyone used it so consistently and earnestly, it didn't seem to matter after awhile that the accent was unnecessary.A more over-eager or pretentious director may have completely sabotaged the fantastic ending to "The Illusionist" and cheated the audience. Handled deftly by Burger, the grande finale where "all is revealed" is a wholly organic and satisfying conclusion that rewards the patient viewer and fulfills the lofty promises of the themes presented throughout the work."The Illusionist" boasts an excellent music score from minimalist composer Phillip Glass that easily rivals his great work done in "Candyman" and "The Hours." Norton and Giamatti treat us to some of the best "staring" since the days of silent films. The look on Giamatti's face and the positioning of his raised eyebrows as he watches Norton perform his illusions coupled with Norton's eyes as he pulls off his tricks are priceless</review>
    <description>In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0364845</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Navy CIS</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A leading team investigate the cases of military and navy. They do everything to solve the cases and bring justice to all. In between, they have all kinds of adventures with each other and try to not let their personal lives get in the way of their job.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dennis Smith</director>
      <director>Terrence O'Hara</director>
      <director>Tony Wharmby</director>
      <director>James Whitmore Jr.</director>
      <director>Thomas J. Wright</director>
      <actor>Sean Murray (role=Flashback Spencer Downing)</actor>
      <actor>David McCallum (role=Donald 'Ducky' Mallard)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Harmon (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Dietzen (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rocky Carroll (role=Leon Vance)</actor>
      <actor>Pauley Perrette (role=Abby Sciuto)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Weatherly (role=Anthony DiNozzo)</actor>
      <actor>Cote de Pablo (role=Ziva David)</actor>
      <actor>Wilmer Valderrama (role=Flashback Arturo Amador)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Wickersham (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Diona Reasonover (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Katrina Law (role=NCIS REACT Special Agent Jessica Knight)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDJiZmZiNGUtNWFhMi00MzM0LWEzMjAtMTM2NzMyYzQzMjg5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Great show for 15 years after that it went downhill. It started when Michael Weatherly left and went from there. From about the 2019 season onward it left its primary theme of military based crime investigation and started become a melodrama of horrible episodes about things like prison reform and side stories that had next to nothing to do with the military. Once this started happening the show lost all respect and became unwatchable</review>
    <description>Follows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7491982</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>FBI</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Diving head first into the non-stop action of counterintelligence, investigating incredulous crimes, and working tirelessly to keep the nation safe-that's just another day on the job for the first-class agents, analysts, and talented individuals under the Federal Bureau of Investigation's New York banner. "FBI" takes viewers inside this complicated, gripping world, delivering on the drama night after night. Our team includes Special Agent Maggie Bell (Missy Peregrym), an unflinchingly committed member of the team who comes from a law enforcement family that spans generations; her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan (Zeeko Zaki), a West Point graduate with Queens roots and a wealth of experience in working undercover. Isobel Castille (Alana de la Garza) joins our team as the new Special Agent in Charge, whose intelligence and political savvy have gotten her to where she is. "FBI" also chronicles the daily dealings of Jubal Valentine (Jeremy Sisto), the Assistant Special Agent in Charge that operates as the unit's master motivator, as well as Kristen Chazal (Ebonée Noel), a savant-like analyst turned special agent. "FBI" is executive produced by Dick Wolf, Rick Eid, Terry Miller, Arthur Forney, and Peter Jankowski.—Wolf Films</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alex Chapple</director>
      <director>Jean de Segonzac</director>
      <director>Carlos Bernard</director>
      <director>Milena Govich</director>
      <director>Stephen Surjik</director>
      <actor>Missy Peregrym (role=FBI SA Maggie Bell)</actor>
      <actor>Zeeko Zaki (role=FBI SA Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Sisto (role=FBI ASAC Jubal Valentine)</actor>
      <actor>Alana De La Garza (role=FBI ASAC Isobel Castille)</actor>
      <actor>John Boyd (role=FBI SA Stuart Scola)</actor>
      <actor>Taylor Anthony Miller (role=FBI Analyst Kelly Moran)</actor>
      <actor>Vedette Lim (role=FBI Analyst Elise Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>James Chen (role=FBI Analyst Ian Lim)</actor>
      <actor>Katherine Renee Kane (role=FBI SA Tiffany Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Ebonee Noel (role=FBI SA Kristen Chazal)</actor>
      <actor>Roshawn Franklin (role=FBI SA Trevor Hobbs)</actor>
      <actor>Sela Ward (role=FBI SAC Dana Mosier)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWM2YTdkNmItYzNhOC00MjBmLWExMDEtZmNmZWZhMTRjNjgwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Could Jeremy not shout everything he says?!?! Seriously it is getting to be annoying! Thank you</review>
    <description>Follows the inner workings of the New York field office criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as they fight to keep New York City and the country safe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9742936</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>FBI: Most Wanted</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf, FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. The team's charming but formidable new leader is Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, who started his career in the New York FBI field office before rising through the ranks of the Bureau in Philadelphia and Las Vegas. The team includes: Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert who is raising two young children with her wife; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; Special Agent Kristin Gaines, a Navy veteran who became a star in the FBI's Miami Field Office as a result of her dogged pursuit of cold cases; and their newest member, former New Orleans cop-turned-junior detective Ray Cannon, who was recently working Violent Crimes in Albany after following in his retired FBI agent father's footsteps and graduating at the top of his class at Quantico last year. Always in the field and always on the run, FBI: Most Wanted is a weekly adrenaline shot about the thrill of the chase.—CBS</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ken Girotti</director>
      <director>Milena Govich</director>
      <director>Jean de Segonzac</director>
      <director>Peter Stebbings</director>
      <director>Cory Bowles</director>
      <actor>Roxy Sternberg (role=Special Agent Sheryll Barnes)</actor>
      <actor>Keisha Castle-Hughes (role=Special Agent Hana Gibson)</actor>
      <actor>Dylan McDermott (role=FBI SSA Remy Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Edwin Hodge (role=Special Agent Ray Cannon)</actor>
      <actor>Alexa Davalos (role=Special Agent Kristin Gaines)</actor>
      <actor>Julian McMahon (role=Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix)</actor>
      <actor>YaYa Gosselin (role=Natalia 'Tali' Skye LaCroix)</actor>
      <actor>Shantel VanSanten (role=Special Agent Nina Chase)</actor>
      <actor>Kellan Lutz (role=Special Agent Kenny Crosby)</actor>
      <actor>Miguel Gomez (role=Special Agent Ivan Ortiz)</actor>
      <actor>Nathaniel Arcand (role=FBI SA Clinton Skye)</actor>
      <actor>Jen Landon (role=Sarah Allen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDFlN2FiYmUtMzM2Ny00ZjhlLThkMjAtYmQyZGUzNjMzOWEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I also feel bad choose on replacing Julian McMahon with Dylan McDermott and then Dylan personalty really sucks on the show. Jillian McMahon personality was a much better character then Dylan McDermottSo no way Julian McMahon can return cause you killed him off. Then as said by another person review the Dylan played Bad guy on Law and Order Organize Crime. Then you replace him as a good guy on FBI Most Wanted you need to write his character off the FBI Most Wanted with his character as it is on the show write him off as him crossing the line and replace him with another actor such as Elias Koteas, Jon Seda, Alex O'Loughlin, Beulah Koale or Ian Anthony Dale someone other than Dylan McDermott</review>
    <description>Follows the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Fugitive Task Force (FTF), who are tasked with tracking down and capturing notorious criminals on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15339570</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Champions</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After an incident that leads to him losing his job, an assistant basketball coach, Marcus Marakovich, is given a choice by a judge between serving time in prison or doing community service coaching a team of players with learning disabilities. Marcus initially struggles with coaching this new team, but as he gets to know the players personally, he comes to realize that they are more than just their skills on the court. He also develops a casual sexual relationship with one of his player's (Johnny) sister, Alex, but complications arise when Johnny becomes attached to Marcus and Alex becomes defensive. Marcus tries to secure a new coaching job with the help of his former assistant coach, but realizes that he has been manipulative and asks him to help with coaching his team, The Friends, instead. The team faces challenges both on and off the court, but with Marcus's guidance, they begin to improve and make it to the semi-finals. However, Marcus receives news that he has been hired by an NBA team, which causes tension with The Friends. As the team prepares for the Special Olympics finals in Winnipeg, Marcus tries to set up a play that will have Darius making the final shot, but his assistant coach warns him that it's a bad idea. Marcus reevaluates his coaching approach and sets up a different play that leads to a crucial moment in the game.—Frank Liesenborgs</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bobby Farrelly</director>
      <actor>Woody Harrelson (role=Marcus)</actor>
      <actor>Kaitlin Olson (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Cook (role=Sonny)</actor>
      <actor>Ernie Hudson (role=Coach Phil Perretti)</actor>
      <actor>Cheech Marin (role=Julio)</actor>
      <actor>Madison Tevlin (role=Cosentino)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Felder (role=Darius)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Iannucci (role=Johnny)</actor>
      <actor>Ashton Gunning (role=Cody)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Von Der Ahe (role=Craig)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Sinclair (role=Blair)</actor>
      <actor>James Day Keith (role=Benny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmUzMDQxOGUtYjQwYS00YzAzLTg3MTMtMTc5MDBhMjM2YWM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Basketball|Comedy|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>As my title states, I am a retired high school SPED teacher and I was also a Special Olympics coach for several years in different sports. When I read an interview with Woody Harrelson about this movie, I was intrigued to see it because I wanted to see how Hollywood would portray these very real people with intellectual disabilities.While there are certainly and understandably elements of Hollywood in this movie, the realness of the Friends team was very authentic. And all throughout the movie it's the authenticity of the Friends team that makes this such an enjoyable movie. Personally, I thought it was just a bit too long, but that aside, I just kept saying to myself, "Yes, that is exactly what probably would happen in that situation." The absolute clincher of this was at the very end of the championship game and the team's reaction to the final shot. I promise you, that was very realistic. I've seen that play out in my classroom and in the field or court dozens of times. So, I hope many will watch this movie and enjoy these folks for who they really are, warts and all. Isn't that really what we all want</review>
    <description>A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12226632</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Big George Foreman</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Tillman Jr.</director>
      <actor>Khris Davis (role=George Foreman)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmine Mathews (role=Mary Joan)</actor>
      <actor>Sullivan Jones (role=Muhammad Ali)</actor>
      <actor>Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (role=Archie Moore)</actor>
      <actor>John Magaro (role=Desmond)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Trammell (role=Rev. Virdell Stokes)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Sohn (role=Nancy Foreman)</actor>
      <actor>Forest Whitaker (role=Doc Broadus)</actor>
      <actor>Shein Mompremier (role=Paula)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Cicchini (role=Angelo Dundee)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Glave (role=Howard Cosell)</actor>
      <actor>Erica Tazel (role=Mary Foreman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjQ0MmZkNDUtMjViOS00NjIzLThlY2ItNzNlZDU3NmY1ZWM2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Biography|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>I have a great admiration and respect for George Foreman. Having lost the World Heavyweight title to Muhammad Ali, his comeback story is one that begs to be seen. Having almost died after a boxing match, George credited his resurrection to Jesus and became a preacher and preached on the streets first. Due to financial problems from mishandling of his funds, George was forced to get back into the ring one last time.There's a title fight between Tommy Morrision(the real-life boxer who starred in Rocky V 1990) and Foreman that you should see. Shannon Briggs, Tommy Morrison, Evander Holyfield, Jimmy Young, and Muhammad Ali are the five boxers who have beaten Foreman. Foreman's last fight I believe was with Shannon Briggs. Briggs won by a majority decision(MD). In a total of 81 fights, George has won an incredible 76 and losing only five times. Had he boxed more this record could've been huge. He was a huge powerhouse of a boxer and only a very few could withstand his punches.The movie deals with Foreman's life as a youngster, quickly moving into his boxing career where he faced the likes of Joe Frazier. The Muhammad Ali match dubbed the "Rumble In The Jungle" is the highlight. I believe the real actual whole match is available free to see online if you are an enthusiast. I watched Facing Ali that showed actual highlights from the fight so I did not care to see the full fight. The movie's acting, directing, sound-effects and music are top-notch. Khris Davis plays Big George and Sullivan Jones plays Ali. I thought Jones was terrific in his portrayal of the brash and arrogant Muhammad Ali dubbed "The Mouth Of The South".Verdict: it's way better than Creed 3(2023) and of course it's based on the true life story of a "real-life" boxer.Other boxing movies: Dempsey(1983), Brutal Glory(1989), Gladiator(1992), Fighting Tommy Riley(2004), Cinderella Man(2005).Thanks for reading this review and as Mister Spock says, live long and prosper</review>
    <description>Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4103470</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mistrust</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Happy, beautiful and independent, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. No commitment, no strings and she never has to be vulnerable. She has carefully laid every brick in the walls of the fortress surrounding her heart. She's safe and having a great time. However, there is one person who knew her heart before those walls were erected, her best friend Brandon, who has stood by her for too many years to count. And while Veronica has tried to keep her feelings at bay, he is the one who holds the key that opens her Pandora's box of emotions.—Showtime</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Shane Stanley</director>
      <actor>Parker Stevenson (role=Brandon McKellan)</actor>
      <actor>Jane Seymour (role=Veronica Malloy)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Travolta (role=Margie)</actor>
      <actor>Nia Peeples (role=Kristen Rhodes)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Ogilvy (role=Ian)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Bristow (role=Trent Masterson)</actor>
      <actor>William Shockley (role=Adam Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Bannon (role=Nathan Dobier)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Brooks (role=Steve Masterson)</actor>
      <actor>Katherine Flynn (role=Young Veronica)</actor>
      <actor>Parker Croft (role=Ian)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Shaked (role=Jason)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAwNDI3NTg0NjReQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDUyODIxNzkx._V1_QL75_UX84_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>The movie is reasonably well made but it falls well short of being a good movie. It's basically a relationship drama about an aging woman who practices polyamory meaning she pursues multiple sexual relationships concurrently and ensuring each relationship stays superficial enough to avoid strings being attached. It sounds interesting enough in theory but the reality disappoints because, mainly the characters are not compelling enough to make the viewer really care. Date one man or date 10, sorry I just can't be bothered to concern myself. It might be different if the female lead was someone I might like to date. But she's just an older lady without much really going for her. She's not unattractive per se, but I just don't see any sizzle and I think most men would agree. I can't say much for the other characters either. If you just wanted something on to waste some time, this could work. But if you're expecting more, just pass on this</review>
    <description>Having no commitments and never being vulnerable, Veronica enjoys being a mistress. She comes to realize her best friend holds the key to her heart and is the only one capable of extracting her emotions.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1156466</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Undisputed III: Redemption</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eight elite fighters - prisoners from maximum security prisons around the world - are brought together by a powerful underground gambling syndicate for a secret, survival-of-the-fiercest battle competition. With the odds against him overwhelming, Boyka will take on the syndicate his way and send the whole scheme crashing down around them.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Isaac Florentine</director>
      <actor>Scott Adkins (role=Boyka)</actor>
      <actor>Mykel Shannon Jenkins (role=Turbo)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Ivanir (role=Gaga)</actor>
      <actor>Hristo Shopov (role=Warden Kuss)</actor>
      <actor>Marko Zaror (role=Raul 'Dolor' Quinones)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Baral (role=Casino Manager)</actor>
      <actor>Ilram Choi (role=The Asian Fighter)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Costanzo (role=Farnatti)</actor>
      <actor>Lateef Crowder (role=Rodrigo Silva)</actor>
      <actor>Esteban Cueto (role=Sykov)</actor>
      <actor>Vernon Dobtcheff (role=Rezo)</actor>
      <actor>Kiril Efremov (role=Guard 1)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTI1NTczOWItNzdiMi00NGM0LTkzYjAtYWIyNTc1MDMyY2JlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Martial Arts|Action|Crime|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>Everybody's favorite bad guy from Undisputed II returns. Yuri Boyka (Scott Adkins) is a disgraced, disabled former champion prison fighter, having had his right leg broken by George 'Iceman' Chambers (Michael Jai White) in a Russian prison. Boyka learns of an international prison tournament (SPC) and enters to regain his honor and prove himself as the 'most complete fighter'.Adkins once again animates the character with his energetic, acrobatic martial art stunts. But this time the role of the character is just more of a fighter. Boyka (Adkins) has learned a lot in his defeat and humiliation – what it means to be a true champion</review>
    <description>Boyka is back. This time he is fighting in the first ever inter-prison tournament with one knee.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0970866</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Meine Frau, unsere Kinder und ich</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As both of the families are getting old, the elders and leaders of the families reflect and do their best to ensure who is going to be in charge and responsible of the futures of the families. They do not have enough time to make all of the important decisions in life.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Weitz</director>
      <actor>Robert De Niro (role=Jack Byrnes)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Stiller (role=Greg Focker)</actor>
      <actor>Owen Wilson (role=Kevin Rawley)</actor>
      <actor>Dustin Hoffman (role=Bernie Focker)</actor>
      <actor>Barbra Streisand (role=Roz Focker)</actor>
      <actor>Blythe Danner (role=Dina Byrnes)</actor>
      <actor>Teri Polo (role=Pam Focker)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Alba (role=Andi Garcia)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Dern (role=Prudence)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Hart (role=Nurse Louis)</actor>
      <actor>Daisy Tahan (role=Samantha Focker)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Baiocchi (role=Henry Focker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjMzOTY1MDQzNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzM3NzgwNA@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,46,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is more successful, and drug rep Andi Garcia (Jessica Alba) is proving to be a beautiful temptation. Jack (Robert De Niro) is distressed after Dr Bob left Debra and he has a heart attack. Jack decides to anoint Greg as the Godfocker. However, the return of Kevin (Owen Wilson) and the beautiful Andi leads to misunderstandings, doubts, and conflict.This movie suffers from a lack of funny gags. The cat is barely here. The kids don't add much comedy. Jessica Alba is hot, but her character should be a lot more funnier. The movie needs it. The only saving grace is the family relationships. And in this one, I like Greg a lot more. It's like a get together with old friends but the new material isn't working. There is only so much that De Niro can do with his stink eyes.I also don't understand the title. I assumed this was more about the kids. Instead the kids add little more. The better title would be 'The Godfocker'</review>
    <description>Family-patriarch Jack Byrnes wants to appoint a successor. Does his son-in-law, the male nurse Greg Focker, have what it takes?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1193138</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Up in the Air</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ryan Bingham works for Omaha-based Career Transition Counseling, whose contracts are in corporate downsizing. In other words, they fire people. Ryan is flying around the U.S. over three hundred twenty days of the year, which he feels is the best part of his job. He does whatever he can to rack up frequent flyer miles, the goal not to use them, but just to accumulate them to a specific number he has in his mind. A secondary job he has is to give motivational speeches on relieving one's life of excess physical and emotional baggage. He truly does believe what he espouses as he lives out of his carry-on suitcase (his apartment in Omaha is really in name only), he is not close to his siblings (although he does do a favor for his sister while on his travels), nor does he have or want a significant person in his life. Ryan's life may change when the company hires Natalie Keener, a young overachieving woman who recommends that the company change the nature of the work by conducting the "firings" via remote computer access. Ryan believes that Natalie does not fully understand the nature of the business, and as such, their boss, Craig Gregory, suggests that she accompany Ryan on a business trip. Ryan is also trying to protect his way of life, which now includes meeting up with a woman named Alex Goran whenever their flight schedules mesh. Like Ryan, Alex, who he met in an airport hotel bar, is constantly travelling for work, and is as equally turned on the by the concepts of "elite status" or "preferred member" as Ryan is.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jason Reitman</director>
      <actor>George Clooney (role=Ryan Bingham)</actor>
      <actor>Vera Farmiga (role=Alex Goran)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Kendrick (role=Natalie Keener)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Bateman (role=Craig Gregory)</actor>
      <actor>Amy Morton (role=Kara Bingham)</actor>
      <actor>Melanie Lynskey (role=Julie Bingham)</actor>
      <actor>J.K. Simmons (role=Bob)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Elliott (role=Maynard Finch)</actor>
      <actor>Danny McBride (role=Jim Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Galifianakis (role=Steve)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Eastin (role=Samuels)</actor>
      <actor>Marvin Young (role=Young MC)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk3ODI2NjM2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODkzMTczMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Tragic Romance|Workplace Drama|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Seeing the character that George Clooney plays in Up In The Air reminds me of George Peppard in The Carpetbaggers. If you remember Jonas Cord was flying all over creation in his private plane developing and supervising his many enterprises. Just like Clooney here, Peppard had some deep seated issues about settling down even though unlike Clooney he was already married.Clooney has an interesting job that really keeps him moving. He works for a firm that specializes in aiding fired workers make a transition. I can testify myself that getting fired can be traumatic. In my case though my firing lasted two months and I went back to my old job and stayed there until retirement.Clooney's boss Jason Bateman has him going all over the country. He says that he spent only about 43 days in his sparse apartment in Omaha. It really is sparse the various hotel rooms look more homey. But a woman who also spends a lot of time traveling on her job Vera Famiga and a woman who is being trained by Clooney, Anna Kendrick help him see that maybe his life and lack of commitment isn't the best thing for him.Nor is his stated goal of gaining 10 million frequent flier miles. He spends so much time in the air that all the airline personnel on all the airlines know him on a first name basis. That's one significant accomplishment. Maybe Clooney should have taken up with a stewardess.The characters are drawn well in this script which got one of several Academy Award nominations, in this case for adapted screenplay. Up In The Air also got Academy recognition for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Clooney, Best Actress for Famigia, and Best Supporting Actress for Kendrick. I thought Kendrick was especially good as the young lady who sees a career treadmill she doesn't like and gets off.Up In The Air is an intelligent and modern comedy with some characters I think we can all identify with</review>
    <description>Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36296723</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>ran Fußball</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1992</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Sport</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11145118</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Creed III: Rocky's Legacy</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This is a pail spinoff of Creed 2 with more of a revenge theme, than a rise from ashes. Adonis Creed has an old nemesis come back in his life who spared him from prison, he has to come face to face with a past he's tried to forget, and with that come to grips with the guilt he feels with not supporting or running from his past. His old pale then challenges his character and threatening his ego, drawing him back to the ring after retirement, a throwback to Rocky 3 in some ways.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael B. Jordan</director>
      <actor>Michael B. Jordan (role=Adonis Creed)</actor>
      <actor>Tessa Thompson (role=Bianca Creed)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Majors (role=Damian Anderson)</actor>
      <actor>Wood Harris (role=Tony 'Little Duke' Burton)</actor>
      <actor>Phylicia Rashad (role=Mary-Anne Creed)</actor>
      <actor>Mila Davis-Kent (role=Amara Creed)</actor>
      <actor>Jose Benavidez (role=Felix Chavez)</actor>
      <actor>Selenis Leyva (role=Laura Chavez)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Munteanu (role=Viktor Drago)</actor>
      <actor>Spence Moore II (role=Damian Anderson (18))</actor>
      <actor>Jacob 'Stitch' Duran (role=Stitch)</actor>
      <actor>Terence Crawford (role=Lorenzo 'Nightmare' Jones)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2E5ODljMTktNzM1Zi00MTFmLTljYjItMDFkMjYzMzM4ZDkyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Boxing|Action|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>Yes, exactly. Without Rocky, without Sylvester Stallone, it tastes like a burger without meat. Wiping out Rocky means wiping out all the past, and all the experiences that viewers lived. There was always a balance between strength and weakness in Rocky movies. They carried it very well in Creed and Creed II. But this movie lacks balance I think.Michael B. Jordan announced that he wants to shoot a lot of Creed movies and wants to turn them into a cinematic universe. But how do you think you can do it without Rocky in it? I mean Sylvester Stallone was the backbone of that series. People went to watch Creed because of this was the continuation of Rocky films. They were seen by viewers like Rocky 7 and Rocky 8.Yeah, it tastes like a vegan burger. But still eatable if you are hungry</review>
    <description>Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36416669</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Experte für alles</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Experte für alles" is a consumer magazine on ProSieben (DE, AT, CH) and Joyn (DE, AT, CH).</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Johannes Spiecker</director>
      <actor>Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Lundt (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Palina Rojinski (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Schweighöfer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Elyas M'Barek (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Alexander (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Anders (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Belton (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Emil Belton (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tedros Teclebrhan (role=Percy)</actor>
      <actor>Max Mattis (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Fuchs (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmYxMjJmZTQtYWI4ZS00MTNjLWIxYmUtYmE5NWRmNzcxY2M2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX514_.jpg" />
    <category>News|Family|Reality TV|Talk Show</category>
    <description>"Experte für alles" is a consumer magazine on ProSieben (DE, AT, CH) and Joyn (DE, AT, CH).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>32618976</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chris Du das hin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Chris Du das hin? - Mit Chris Tall" is a comedy series on ProSieben (DE, AT CH).</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Chris Tall (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Gätjen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Özcan Cosar (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Stein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Mai (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Lobrecht (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Giulia Siegel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Basler (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre M. Krause (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kool Savas (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Maria Mühe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jeannine Michaelsen (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTAwYWVjMmQtNGMyYi00MzQ0LTgyYzktOTU5NmU3NmMwYzEwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX166_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>"Chris Du das hin? - Mit Chris Tall" is a comedy series on ProSieben (DE, AT CH).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>30797343</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wer isses</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Wer isses?" is a game show on ProSieben (DE, AT, CH). It's the german version of Visual suspect: méfiez-vous des apparences! (2022) and a Spin Off from the "Line-up"-Section of The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015).</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Steven Gätjen (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Tall (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Frederick Lau (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Zimmermann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Verona Pooth (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Mai (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ralf Schmitz (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Moschner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jeannine Michaelsen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Eko Fresh (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tahnee Schaffarczyk (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Viviane Geppert (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzY5ODI4YTAtOGY0Yy00ZWQ5LWFiMWYtYzU5MzlkMTU5ZTM5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg" />
    <category>Game Show</category>
    <description>"Wer isses?" is a game show on ProSieben (DE, AT, CH). It's the german version of Visual suspect: méfiez-vous des apparences! (2022) and a Spin Off from the "Line-up"-Section of The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0289804</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Galileo</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Galileo TV Knowledge show.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gabor Harrach</director>
      <director>Christian Karsch</director>
      <director>Wolfgang Lanzenberger</director>
      <director>Matthias Bittner</director>
      <director>Eric Hordes</director>
      <actor>Aiman Abdallah (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Lettner (role=Self - Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Gödde (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Mähl (role=Self - Guest Host)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Karrasch (role=Self - Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>Jumbo Schreiner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Allgeier (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Dehler (role=Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Oelkers (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Karsch (role=Karsch)</actor>
      <actor>Ekaterina Schmidt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Raisch (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1998</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwNzk4NjQzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzM3MTU1MQ@@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>In the past, Galileo was still interesting and informative.But nowadays only boring, idiotic and superfluous reports / documentaries are shown. I have the feeling that they want to make stupid people even more stupid. Maybe that's the only reason the creators ran out of substance because they already showed everything worth knowing</review>
    <description>Galileo TV Knowledge show.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35662842</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Germany's Next Topmodel Stories</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDdkNGNjMTEtMGJkYS00NDM5LWJjN2YtZTU1MWE5YzZkNWIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR8,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36425447</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Match my Ex</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Match my Ex" is a dating show on Joyn (DE,AT,CH). It's the german Version of Match in Paradise - Liebe auf den ersten Swipe (2023).</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Kaan Aktas (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Charles Baltruschat (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Jermaine Diallo (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Barna Fenyvesi (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Iglesias (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Zoe Saip (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Sicora (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
      <actor>Tara Tabitha (role=Self - Candidate)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTJjNmY3N2EtYTQwMS00MTgyLTk5OGEtZTk3MTY5ZGI2OGMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR14,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Reality TV|Romance</category>
    <description>"Match my Ex" is a dating show on Joyn (DE,AT,CH). It's the german Version of Match in Paradise - Liebe auf den ersten Swipe (2023).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6320628</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Spider-Man: Far from Home</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Peter Parker's vacation to Europe is ruined by elemental monsters emerging from the ground. After defeating the last one Peter realizes those monsters were just illusions and this whole thing was nothing but a scam. A scam by someone who dosen't care who get's caught in the crossfire</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jon Watts</director>
      <actor>Tom Holland (role=Spider-Man)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Nick Fury)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Gyllenhaal (role=Mysterio)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Tomei (role=May Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Favreau (role=Happy Hogan)</actor>
      <actor>Zendaya (role=MJ)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Batalon (role=Ned Leeds)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Revolori (role=Flash Thompson)</actor>
      <actor>Angourie Rice (role=Betty Brant)</actor>
      <actor>Remy Hii (role=Brad Davis)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Starr (role=Mr. Harrington)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (role=Jason Ionello)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Czech Republic|Australia|Canada|Italy</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzBkNzE0M2EtNjFlMi00MzEzLTgyNGYtYjhjM2ZlNmFjODgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Superhero|Supernatural Fantasy|Teen Comedy|Urban Adventure|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>The movie is a breath of fresh air, a fun romp through Europe with your favourite friendly neighborhood spider-man. Well written and acted, this movie again threads the line between a typical Marvel movie and a Highschool teen comedy, this time feeling especially fresh after the high stakes epic that Endgame was.Gyllenhaal also shines as Misterio, finally giving the great villain a worthy (if not completely accurate) screen adaptation, and although the story is a bit convoluted, it certainly doesn't defy it's own internal logic.The ending is especially great, leaving the viewer genuinely excited for the next installment in the Spider-Man saga. Here's to many more Tom Holland outings</review>
    <description>Peter Parker, the beloved superhero Spider-Man, faces four destructive elemental monsters while on holiday in Europe. Soon, he receives help from Mysterio, a fellow hero with mysterious origins.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1634106</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bloodshot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine-'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.—AnonymusB</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dave Wilson</director>
      <actor>Vin Diesel (role=Bloodshot)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Heughan (role=Jimmy Dalton)</actor>
      <actor>Toby Kebbell (role=Martin Axe)</actor>
      <actor>Talulah Riley (role=Gina Garrison)</actor>
      <actor>Lamorne Morris (role=Wilfred Wigans)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Pearce (role=Dr. Emil Harting)</actor>
      <actor>Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (role=Nick Baris)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Hernandez (role=Tibbs)</actor>
      <actor>Siddharth Dhananjay (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Tamer Burjaq (role=Mombasa Gunman)</actor>
      <actor>Clyde Berning (role=Mombasa Hostage)</actor>
      <actor>David Dukas (role=Merc Driver)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|South Africa|China</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTRjZjBiNzgtNjRjZi00NDM5LTg0MjQtMTVmNjE2ODc1OTQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Superhero|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>"Bloodshot" is a poor collection of "Universal Soldier", "Robcop", "Matrix" and 'Memento", among other films, that do not work well. The plot is absolutely predictable and it is possible to the viewer to foresee the story. Despite of the clichés, the viewer that is fan of Vin Diesel will certainly find the movie entertaining. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Bloodshot</review>
    <description>Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4799050</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Girls' Night Out</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 2006, four friends, Jess (Scarlett Johansson), Alice (Jillian Bell), Frankie (Ilana Glazer) and Blair (Zoe Kravitz), bond during their first year of college. A decade later they reunite as Jess is about to get married to her fiance Peter (Paul W. Downs), and Alice decides that the four should spend the weekend in Miami partying. By this point, Alice is a teacher, Frankie is an aspiring activist with two strikes on her record, Blair is a real estate agent in the middle of a bitter divorce who still has conflicting feelings over her past relationship with Frankie, and Jess is an aspiring senatorial candidate whose campaign is hampered by the fact that the general public do not find her credible despite her policies focusing on helping others.Once in Miami, the four are joined by Pippa (Kate McKinnon), Jess's friend from her semester in Australia. The friends get high and party at a club and then Frankie decides to hire a male stripper, Jay (Ryan Cooper). When Jay arrives at the door, he makes Jess uncomfortable with his rough talk. Alice decides to take a turn and jumps on him, causing them to both fall and Jay to hit his head on the edge of the fireplace, killing him. Before they decide what to do, Jess takes a call from Peter and mentions during her panic that her friends hired a stripper and she is confused, before Alice destroys her phone and Blair confiscates the others to prevent anyone making calls until they can determine their next move. Peter takes this to mean that Jess is leaving him and decides to race down to Miami to convince Jess to take him back.The friends purchase a burner phone and call Blair's uncle (Peter Francis James), who is a lawyer. After telling him they moved the body, he tells them that, while they may have gotten away with accidental death if they had made the call immediately, they could face up to fifteen years in prison for tampering with the crime scene unless no body is found. The friends decide to dispose of the body by throwing it into the ocean. After doing so, they realize that their neighbors, Lea (Demi Moore) and Pietro (Ty Burrell), have a security camera that may have caught them. They send Blair to get the tape, as the pair had previously expressed interest in a threesome with Blair, only to have her discover the cameras do not work after she has slept with them. By this point, the body has washed up on the shore and they must come up with a new plan to dispose of it.A police officer, Scotty (Colton Haynes), knocks on their door and Frankie knocks him out after he gropes her, only for the friends to realize that he was the actual stripper they had ordered, leaving them to wonder who they killed. They use Scotty's car to try to dispose of the body again only to return home defeated after a car accident when the car goes over a speed bump too quickly. Then when Alice finds out Jess invited Frankie and Blair to a bridal shower over her, Jess verbally berates her for her obsessive clinging and storms off to prepare for the consequences.At this point, Detectives Frazier (Dean Winters) and Ruiz (Enrique Murciano) arrive and tell the women they are not in trouble, as the man they killed was a violent criminal who had been on the run from the police. As they interrogate the women, Pippa realizes that the detectives are actually the accomplices of the man they killed when she spots the TV displaying all three men as suspects in a jewelry robbery. Realizing that they are caught, Frazier and Ruiz tie the women and Scotty up and threaten to shoot them. Jess meanwhile has missed most of the drama due to being upstairs taking a shower in preparation for her mugshot. Realizing what has happened, she manages to subdue Frazier using hairspray and handcuffs when he comes up to search for the diamonds and kills Ruiz as he prepares to kill Blair. Frazier returns, having freed himself from the toy handcuffs, only to be run over when Peter, high on the drugs he took to keep him awake on his road trip to Miami, crashes into the front of the house and kills him.Jess reaffirms that she wants to marry Peter and the two wed that weekend. Frankie and Blair decide to reunite as a couple and Alice hooks up with Scotty. Pippa confirms that the police have excused them from all charges as their victims were all criminals, and the deaths can be excused as self-defense. Jess receives a call from her campaign manager revealing that these events have caused her approval rating to go up significantly with the voters after capturing dangerous criminals.In a post-credits scene, Jess and Peter drive Alice home after a night out. Alice enters her apartment and looks for something to eat. She pours pasta into a pan and discovers that there are diamonds mixed in with the pasta - the same diamonds that Jay stashed in their house for safekeeping.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lucia Aniello</director>
      <actor>Scarlett Johansson (role=Jess)</actor>
      <actor>Jillian Bell (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Zoë Kravitz (role=Blair)</actor>
      <actor>Ilana Glazer (role=Frankie)</actor>
      <actor>Kate McKinnon (role=Pippa)</actor>
      <actor>Paul W. Downs (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Cooper (role=Jay)</actor>
      <actor>Ty Burrell (role=Pietro)</actor>
      <actor>Demi Moore (role=Lea)</actor>
      <actor>Enrique Murciano (role=Detective Ruiz)</actor>
      <actor>Dean Winters (role=Detective Frazier)</actor>
      <actor>Colton Haynes (role=Real Scotty)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQwNTc5OTYzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTkwMzc1MjI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,46,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Raunchy Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>Jess Thayer (Scarlett Johansson), Alice (Jillian Bell), Blair (Zoë Kravitz), and Frankie (Ilana Glazer) are best friends since college. They are going on a bachelorette vacation in Miami. Jess is getting married and running for state senate. They are joined by Jess's Australian friend Pippa (Kate McKinnon) whom the other girls have never met. Jess reluctantly does cocaine with her girls and it only goes downhill after the dead male stripper.It's a relatively bland comedy until the dead stripper. Then it becomes tonally challenged. It's not dark enough. It's definitely not funny enough. Every passable joke is outnumbered by ones that go flat. The guys are duds and Peter doesn't need this much screen time. The girls should do better than this. There are some funny bits but not everyone is playing at max level</review>
    <description>Things go terribly wrong for a group of girlfriends who hire a male stripper for a bachelorette party in Miami.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4154756</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Avengers: Infinity War</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Having acquired the Power Stone from the planet Xandar, Thanos and his lieutenants- Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive intercept the spaceship carrying the survivors of Asgard's destruction. Thanos destroys the ship and kills all surviving Asgardians.As they extract the Space Stone from the Tesseract, Thanos subdues Thor, overpowers Hulk and kills Loki. With the Power Stone, even Hulk is no match for Thanos and is cowed into submission. Heimdall sends Hulk to Earth using the Bifrost before being killed. Thanos departs with his lieutenants and obliterates the spaceship. He instructs Maw &amp; his lackeys to retrieve 2 Infinity Stones from Earth (the Time Stone with Dr. Strange and the Mind Stone with Vision) and meet him on Titan. Thanos's lieutenants duly arrive on Earth in their massive spaceship.Hulk crash-lands at the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City, reverting to Bruce Banner. He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos' plan to kill half of all life in the universe. In response, Strange recruits Tony Stark. Thanos used to attack each planet one by one, killing half the population, but found that the process was too slow and the problem too big. He knew that the Infinity Stones would give him the power to reshape the Universe and save life from itself. Though the attack on New York was led by Loki, it ordered by Thanos.The Big Bang created six elemental crystals, each of which controlled an essential aspect of existence which are: Time, Space, Reality, Mind, Power and Soul. He already has the Power and Space stones. Wong tells everyone that with the six Infinity Stones in his possession, Thanos can control the universe itself by simply snapping his fingers.Vision has the Mind Stone, but he has turned off his tracker. Only Rogers can find Vision and he and Tony haven't spoken since the Avengers disbanded. Hulk tells Tony to bury his differences with Captain America, since Thanos is coming to Earth, no matter whether they are talking or not. Maw and Obsidian arrive to retrieve the Time Stone from Strange, drawing the attention of Peter Parker. Bruce is unable to convert into Hulk, who was traumatized by the fight he lost to Thanos. Maw captures Strange but fails to take the Time Stone due to an enchantment Strange has placed on the amulet the stone is housed in. Stark and Parker pursue Maw's spaceship, Banner contacts Steve Rogers, and Wong stays behind to guard the Sanctum.On the spaceship Parker and Stark defeat Maw by blasting out a part of the ship's hull and sucking Maw into open space. Dr. Strange is worried about the Time Stone falling into Thanos' hands and wants to return to Earth. Stark disagrees, believing that the best way to defeat Thanos is by engaging him away from Earth. The spaceship is on auto-pilot and Stark reckons that it will take them where Thanos is or is going to be. They agree to pursue Thanos, but Dr. Strange warns Stark that he would sacrifice him and Parker both, if that would protect the stone.In Scotland, Midnight and Glaive ambush Wanda Maximoff and Vision in order to retrieve the Mind Stone from Vision. Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson rescue them and take shelter with James Rhodes and Banner at the Avengers Compound. Vision offers to sacrifice himself by having Maximoff destroy the Mind Stone to keep Thanos from retrieving it. Rogers suggests they travel to Wakanda, which he believes has the resources to remove the stone without destroying Vision.The Guardians of the Galaxy respond to a distress call from the Asgardian ship and rescue Thor who was floating frozen in deep space. Thor learns that Gamora is Thanos' daughter and that he is linked romantically to Quill. Thor surmises Thanos seeks the Reality Stone, which is in the possession of the Collector on Knowhere. Gamora wants to go to Knowhere to stop Thanos, but Thor wants to go to Nidavellir to obtain a new weapon after his sister Hela destroyed his hammer, Mjolnir. Undecided, they split into 2 teams. Gamora remembers how Thanos attacked her planet and killed half the population. He adopted Gamora, after he found her standing up to him. Thanos gifts her a perfectly balanced knife. Gamora makes Quill promise her that if Thanos captures her that he will kill her.Rocket and Groot accompany Thor to Nidavellir, discovering that Thanos had already been there. He'd forced the dwarves there to forge his gauntlet and then killed everybody and also smelted the hands of the chief dwarf, Eitri, while sparing his life. Thor, Rocket and Eitri create a battle-ax (Stormbreaker) capable of killing Thanos. Thor kick starts the star to power the furnaces, a process that nearly kills him, and Groot provides the handle for the new weapon. Stormbreaker can also control the power of the Bifrost.On Knowhere, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax and Mantis find Thanos with the Reality Stone already in his possession. Thanos uses the stone to twist reality and tricks Gamora into thinking that she attacked and killed him. Back in reality, Thanos kidnaps Gamora, his adoptive daughter. Quill is unable to kill Gamora as he hesitates and by then Thanos changes reality again and uses the Space Stone to take Gamora to his ship. Thanos argues that ever since he eliminated half the population on Gamora's planet, the children have are well-nourished and enjoy a healthier world. The Universe has finite resources and life, if left unchecked, will consume itself. Thanos insists that he is the only one who understands this and will do what is needed to save the Universe.Thanos reveals that Nebula was captured when she snuck aboard Thanos' ship to kill him. She has been held in a chamber where Thanos uses the Power and Space stones to torture her. Gamora tearfully reveals the location of the Soul Stone. Thanos and Gamora travel to Vormir, where Red Skull, keeper of the Soul Stone, informs him the stone can only be retrieved by sacrificing someone he loves. Thanos reluctantly throws Gamora off a cliff, killing her and earning the stone.Nebula escapes captivity and asks the remaining Guardians to meet her on Thanos' desolate home world, Titan. Stark, Parker and Strange land on Titan where they are attacked by Quill, Drax, and Mantis, who give up the fight when they realize who the Avengers are. The group forms a plan to seize the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos after Strange uses the Time Stone to view millions of possible futures, seeing only one in which Thanos loses.Thanos arrives and speaks to Strange, justifying his plans as necessary to ensure the survival of a universe threatened by overpopulation. The group works together to subdue him and are successful. Quill demands to know where Gamora is. Nebula deduces that Thanos has killed Gamora. Enraged, Quill attacks him, allowing Thanos to break the psychic hold Mantis had placed on him. Thanos is able to break free and battle with him again. Thanos is able to overpower them all using the stones, finally confronting Stark himself. Stark is seriously wounded by Thanos but is spared after Strange surrenders the Time Stone to Thanos. Stark is infuriated and puzzled as to why Strange would do so.In Wakanda, Rogers reunites with Bucky Barnes before Thanos' army invades. The Avengers, alongside T'Challa and the Wakandan forces, mount a defense against Thanos's army while Shuri, T'Challa's sister, works to extract the Mind Stone from Vision. Banner, unable to transform into the Hulk, fights in Stark's Hulkbuster armor. Thor, Rocket, and Groot arrive via the Bifrost to reinforce the Avengers; Midnight, Obsidian, and Glaive are killed, and their army is routed. Thanos arrives and swiftly defeats defeats the remaining Avengers. Despite Maximoff's successful destruction of the Mind Stone and Vision along with it, Thanos uses the Time stone to reverse the event, brings Vision back and tears the stone from his head, killing him again.Thanos places the last stone in the gauntlet and absorbs the sudden rush of power from all six stones. Temporarily distracted, Thanos is attacked by Thor, who embeds Stormbreaker in the Titan's chest. Thor gloats for a moment but is taunted by a dying Thanos, who tells him he should have aimed for his target's head. Thanos raises the gauntlet and snaps his fingers with a sudden burst of white light. Thanos finds himself on an empty landscape covered with a thin layer of water, contained in the world of the Soul stone. At a nearby temple, he meets Gamora, who appears as a child the same age as when Thanos attacked her planet. She innocently asks him if he was able to complete his life's goal and he answers "Yes". She asks him what it cost and he says "Everything."Back in Wakanda, Thor, staring at Thanos with dawning horror, demands to know what the Titan did. Thanos, burned from the gauntlet to his chest and neck, remains silent and uses the battered gauntlet to escape with the Space stone.Half of all life across the universe disintegrates, including Barnes, T'Challa, Groot, Maximoff and Wilson who all turn to ash on Earth. On Titan, Mantis, Drax, Quill, Strange and Parker all turn to ash as well. Stark and Nebula remain stranded on Titan while Banner, M'Baku, Okoye, Rhodes, Rocket, Rogers, Romanoff, and Thor are left alive on the Wakandan battlefield.Meanwhile, Thanos watches a peaceful sunrise on a remote, tropical world, smiling to himself.In a post-credits scene Nick Fury and Maria Hill watch several cars collide and a helicopter crash into a skyscraper. Hill asks what's going on and disintegrates. Fury's last act is to activate a small transmitter, which displays a starburst insignia on a red-and-blue background.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Russo</director>
      <director>Joe Russo</director>
      <actor>Robert Downey Jr. (role=Iron Man)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Hemsworth (role=Thor)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Ruffalo (role=Hulk)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Evans (role=Captain America)</actor>
      <actor>Scarlett Johansson (role=Black Widow)</actor>
      <actor>Don Cheadle (role=War Machine)</actor>
      <actor>Benedict Cumberbatch (role=Doctor Strange)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Holland (role=Spider-Man)</actor>
      <actor>Chadwick Boseman (role=Black Panther)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Gillan (role=Nebula)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Hiddleston (role=Loki)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Bettany (role=Vision)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Norway</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjJiZTcxYzEtODFlZi00M2UzLTg5NTgtYWMxMGNkMWJiNmRjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXBrZWVzZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR91,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Superhero|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>This film is an achievement unto itself. Unlike any other marvel movie, this deserves to be praised for bringing around 25+ popular characters and putting them all in a cohesive narrative thats unlike anything that came before it.At least 20 movies filled with characters and storyline nuances were successfully kept intact here yet the main character was the villain that had barely had any screentime previously, yet was written in a way that you could empathise with him and tied him into prior events like the new york invasion.The movie itself is structured perfectly, from the perspective of Thanos putting him in a heroes journey making him go to different locations to collect the stones from different heroes weve come to know, and pairing different combinations of heroes in an insanely well written way so every character stood out and had an iconic moment to shine.All in all the scope of this film is beyond anything that has come before it and even more so than Endgame, but they kept the narrative grounded and paced it perfectly. And the ending of the movie is one of the best endings ever. The best superhero/ comic book film of all time after The Dark Knight</review>
    <description>The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5433140</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fast &amp; Furious 10</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The final road begins! Dom Torretto and his family have made it through thick and thin together while succeeding in various missions and fighting off multiple villains. But now Dom is put to the ultimate test when he goes up against Dante Reyes, the son of an old foe who is out to exact revenge for the death of his father. With time running out and help from new allies, Dom and his family are in for the fight of their lives against the biggest enemy they have ever faced.—Blazer346</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Louis Leterrier</director>
      <actor>Vin Diesel (role=Dominic Toretto)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Rodriguez (role=Letty)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Statham (role=Shaw)</actor>
      <actor>Jordana Brewster (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Tyrese Gibson (role=Roman)</actor>
      <actor>Nathalie Emmanuel (role=Ramsey)</actor>
      <actor>Charlize Theron (role=Cipher)</actor>
      <actor>John Cena (role=Jakob)</actor>
      <actor>Sung Kang (role=Han)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Mirren (role=Queenie)</actor>
      <actor>Brie Larson (role=Tess)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Eastwood (role=Little Nobody)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China|Japan</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc0ZDVkZTEtZGJmNy00ZjFjLTk1YmEtYjMzNzhkN2U1NmYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Car Action|Urban Adventure|Action|Adventure|Crime|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I had a mission walking into that theater, and that is to count the number of "family" spoken in this movie. At the end of the day, I got about 2 "familia", 3 "fam", and a grand total of 28 "family". See if they can break that record next time!Nothing much needs to be commented about the film itself: we launched cars into space last time to destroy satellites, what less could you expect? Screw the logistics, screw physics, and screw Newton with his screwing apple tree! And guess what, if you do manage to stay awake after an hour, you'll start to understand how F&amp;F actually survives the 22-year journey of production --- by not giving a screw! Hey, remember when Gal Gadot's character got blew up? Yeah screw that she quitting DCU so we resurrects her in our universe. Remember how Jakob was the cold-blooded villain just one movie before this? Screw that we got Peacemaker to play him this time cuz it makes great comedy. Remember when not even Dune dared announcing sequels until the first week of release? Screw that, Villeneuve ain't know nothing about making sequels, we bringing Fast 12 on the calendar while releasing the trailer!So yeah, here we are, anticipating Fast 11 next year, when the man named Dominic I-Am-Groot Toretto asserts dominion over Dante the Jokerized Aquaman, of course, with the help of his family</review>
    <description>Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7235466</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>9-1-1: Notruf L.A</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Explores the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking, and heart-stopping situations. They must try to balance saving people with solving problems in their own lives.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bradley Buecker</director>
      <director>John J. Gray</director>
      <director>Brenna Malloy</director>
      <director>Jennifer Lynch</director>
      <director>David Grossman</director>
      <actor>Angela Bassett (role=Athena Grant-Nash)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Stark (role=Evan Buckley)</actor>
      <actor>Aisha Hinds (role=Henrietta 'Hen' Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Choi (role=Howie 'Chimney' Han)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Love Hewitt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Guzman (role=Eddie Diaz)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Krause (role=Bobby Nash)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin McHugh (role=Christopher Diaz)</actor>
      <actor>Corinne Massiah (role=May Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Marcanthonee Reis (role=Harry Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Rockmond Dunbar (role=Michael Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Bryan Safi (role=Josh Russo)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjhlY2M4MTEtOTQ2My00YWE2LTk1N2EtNzE1MGU0ODI5Y2FhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Medical Drama|Action|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>It's a serious show but at the same time doesn't take itself too seriously. Some of the emergencies are downright absurd but you can't help laughing. I've had two med students roll their eyes at how the victims survive their ordeals. Its over the top emergencies with all its action makes up for its exaggerations. Anyway... who doesn't like to see Angela Bassett in uniform</review>
    <description>Explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking, and heart-stopping situations, day after day.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10323338</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>9-1-1: Lone Star</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When almost the entire crew of Fire House 126 in Austin, Texas, is wiped out in a fertilizer storage explosion during a fire, Owen Strand of the FDNY is offered the command of the station to rebuild it with an eye for a more diverse crew than the state is typically known to encourage. Despite his early-stage cancer condition and his son's own serious troubles, Strand decides to accept the post. With his sophistication and his ideals in play, Strand assembles a seemingly motley crew of firefighters to handle the various emergencies in his operating area while living with the idiosyncrasies that go with Texas.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol1970@gmail.com)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bradley Buecker</director>
      <director>Chad Lowe</director>
      <director>John J. Gray</director>
      <director>Brenna Malloy</director>
      <director>Marita Grabiak</director>
      <actor>Rob Lowe (role=Owen Strand)</actor>
      <actor>Ronen Rubinstein (role=T.K. Strand)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Parrack (role=Judd Ryder)</actor>
      <actor>Natacha Karam (role=Marjan Marwani)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Michael Smith (role=Paul Strickland)</actor>
      <actor>Rafael L. Silva (role=Carlos Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Works (role=Marvin)</actor>
      <actor>Brianna Baker (role=Nancy Gillian)</actor>
      <actor>Gina Torres (role=Tommy Vega)</actor>
      <actor>Sierra Aylina McClain (role=Grace Ryder)</actor>
      <actor>Kelsey Yates (role=Isabella Vega)</actor>
      <actor>Skyler Yates (role=Evie Vega)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWJkZWQzZTUtZjA2NS00OTZhLTkwMTQtZmMyMGM2ZmQzOTNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Medical Drama|Workplace Drama|Action|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>The writers acted like Austin was some small hick town with a diversity issue. Yes, those places exist in Texas. But, speaking from someone who has lived in Houston their whole life, Austin isn't that town, and I doubt you have to reach to places to like Chicago or L.A. to find a trans man or Muslim woman, they very much exist in a thriving, diverse, and blue for that matter, city like Austin. Not saying discrimination can't happen in Austin, terrible people are everywhere, but please for the love of god can t.v. and movie writers please actually go to Texas for once in their damn lives. The desert is in West Texas my dudes, Austin is liberal, I've never heard the spaghetti western accent they think we have, and Houston is considered one of the most diverse cities in the county</review>
    <description>A New York firefighter relocates to Austin, Texas with his son, where he works to save people's lives while trying to solve his own personal problems.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6723592</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tenet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An unnamed CIA operative codenamed the Protagonist is selected to join the ranks of the shadowy government organisation called the Tenet, a group tasked with ensuring the survival of humankind. Charged with mastering a mind-bending technology and thwarting an impending future attack, the Protagonist must form an uneasy alliance with Neil, his cryptic new partner. Together, they follow a treacherous trail of clues that leads to Sator, a malevolent Russian oligarch. But time is of the essence; the invisible threat looms larger, putting our future in peril. Can these two agents defy the odds and stop the oncoming apocalypse?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christopher Nolan</director>
      <actor>Juhan Ulfsak (role=Passenger)</actor>
      <actor>Jefferson Hall (role=Well-Dressed Man)</actor>
      <actor>Ivo Uukkivi (role=Uniformed Official)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Howard (role=Driver)</actor>
      <actor>John David Washington (role=Protagonist)</actor>
      <actor>Rich Ceraulo Ko (role=Target)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Camp (role=SWAT 2)</actor>
      <actor>Wes Chatham (role=SWAT 3)</actor>
      <actor>Sander Rebane (role=Ukrainian SWAT)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Donovan (role=Fay)</actor>
      <actor>Clémence Poésy (role=Barbara)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Pattinson (role=Neil)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWM4MDJjNzMtYjk5Ni00MTJkLThlNjAtZDdjODhlNzU4ZTcwXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,24,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Time Travel|Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>A lot of the audience members of Tenet have complained that Tenet is too confusing to enjoy, and that's what unfortunately makes Tenet so unenjoyable at times for me. I already knew that Tenet was supposed to be confusing when going into the movie, so I tried my best to focus and listen, and yet I still got confused. There's a lot of different timelines going on with mashing sub plots, and the film didn't do a great job at explaining everything. Maybe it's just me, but the film was just really hard to follow. I even watched an explanation video, and that was even confusing. The plot is just really complex, and even though I couldn't really follow it the whole time, I still appreciated it because of how smart and deep it is.Aside from the plot, everything is near perfect. The inverted fight scenes were crazy in the best ways possible. There were times where I was just blown away by some of the scenes, and I questioned how Christopher Nolan filmed it Tenet is the first of its kind, and the fact that Christopher Nolan nailed it, I think he deserves some awards for that.Tenet is a really solid movie. With good performances from the actors, great action scenes, amazing direction, and an extremely complex and mind-blowing plot. Tenet deserves nothing less than a 7/10. And if you're going into this film for the first time, then prepare to awake the sixth sense, because this film will destroy every last brain cell</review>
    <description>Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2316204</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alien: Covenant</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.—Twentieth Century Fox</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ridley Scott</director>
      <actor>Michael Fassbender (role=Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Katherine Waterston (role=Daniels)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Crudup (role=Oram)</actor>
      <actor>Danny McBride (role=Tennessee)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen Ejogo (role=Karine)</actor>
      <actor>Jussie Smollett (role=Ricks)</actor>
      <actor>Callie Hernandez (role=Upworth)</actor>
      <actor>Amy Seimetz (role=Faris)</actor>
      <actor>Nathaniel Dean (role=Hallett)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander England (role=Ankor)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Rigby (role=Ledward)</actor>
      <actor>Uli Latukefu (role=Cole)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWYwMDJhOGMtMDI1YS00Y2NiLTg2NWMtZmRmOTU2ZGJhZjEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Sci-Fi Epic|Space Sci-Fi|Tragedy|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>"Alien: Covenant" is a sci-fi action film technically perfect, with great special effects and landscapes. Unfortunately the story is terrible with the most unprepared (or stupid) crew ever seen. How could practically all the crew including the captain and the second in command land in an unknown planet without a better analyze of the soil and the atmosphere? They have a skilled android that should go alone and report whether the place is dangerous or not. One of the groups have a sick crew-member and his partner brings him bleeding to the only means of transportation they have to return to the spacecraft. The pilot risks the lives they are transporting and their colonization mission to try to rescue a few survivors. In addition, the performances are soulless and not engaging and the viewer does not care to the characters. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Alien: Covenant</review>
    <description>The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14642626</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>During the pandemic, Parker and her best friend Miri, decide to quarantine in a luxurious lakeside cabin. Until one night when a masked intruder breaks in the house intent on killing them. Now Parker and Miri must fight for their lives and survive the night.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Hyams</director>
      <actor>Gideon Adlon (role=Parker Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Dylan Sprayberry (role=DJ Cole)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Menchaca (role=Jason)</actor>
      <actor>Jane Adams (role=Pamela)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Courtney (role=Tyler)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Reid (role=Jeb)</actor>
      <actor>Duane Stephens (role=Mr. Lyons)</actor>
      <actor>Logan Murphy (role=Benji)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Sikking (role=Security Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Kimberlee Kraczek (role=Woman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjNlYjBjNWItOTQxMC00NjNmLTg0ZDQtMWQ2YTg2M2NjZTUyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Slasher Horror|Teen Horror|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Set during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, college students and friends Parker Mason (Gideon Adlon) and Miri Woodlow (Bethlehem Million) head out to Miri's parents lakeside house to ride out quarantine. The two have the unexpected visit from Parker's boyfriend DJ Cole (Dylan Sprayberry) who came hoping to get some perspective on their relationship only to find Parker has no interest in being exclusive but allows him to stay until morning. However the three soon discover they're not alone as a masked killer begins terrorizing them with their secluded hideaway now isolating them from help.Sick is the latest film from Scream writer and creator Kevin Williamson and director John Hyams. Williamson's inspiration for Sick came about during the pandemic where noticing the isolation and effects thereof thought it could be put to good use for a horror film. Alongside Williamson, the movie is also the screenwriting debut of co-writer Katelyn Crabb who had worked as an assistant to Williamson on the 2022 Scream. Now debuting on Peacock, I'm happy to say that Sick is a solidly entertaining time with bloody fun and Williamson's trademark sense of humor.The movie does a good job of setting itself up with an opening kill sequence featuring Joel Courtney's Tyler that establishes the early days of Covid going through a grocery store and despite plenty of people in the store it's a very isolating experience as Tyler walks through the aisles inundating with vaguely sinister text messages on his phone. While there've been plenty of Covid films only a few have really stuck out as legitimately good such as KIMI or Glass Onion while others such as Songbird or The Bubble were not, I'm happy to say that Sick is closer to the level of the former than the latter. Once the movie gets started it doesn't let up and John Hyams does a good job of putting the script to film with some intensely directed attack scenes using a handheld camera and during the lurking scenes Hyams doesn't use ANY orchestral stings or jump scares and instead opts for creeping dread to build fear and tension. In many ways I was reminded of that Mike Flanagan film Hush from a few years ago that much like Sick was a minimalist slasher film in an isolated countryside. I don't think Sick is quite on par with Hush as I wasn't all that hooked with the characters initially and thought the opening with them partying in the house dragged a little bit, but once the action kicked in I did feel like I got to know them a bit more and I was invested in the outcome.Sick is fun, humorous, and quick slasher entertainment that will be a welcome viewing for fans of the genre. While some of the character setup drags a little bit, at 77 minutes not including credits Hyams and Williamson create an effective and efficient piece of horror entertainment and I hope to see them collaborate on another project together</review>
    <description>Due to the pandemic, Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone - or so they think.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4154796</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Avengers: Endgame</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 2018 Clint Barton, who is under house arrest following his actions during the Avengers Civil War, guides his daughter Lila in archery at his homestead while his wife Laura and his two sons prepare a picnic. Suddenly, Lila vanishes into ash, leaving a panicked Clint alive and alone.In the three weeks since Thanos decimated half the universe's population with a snap of his fingers, Tony Stark and Nebula are adrift in space on the Benatar, their fuel and supplies dwindling. As Stark, still injured from his fight with Thanos and close to starving to death, records a message for his fiancée Pepper Potts in preparation for his demise, Carol Danvers locates the disabled spaceship and brings them back to Earth. Stark reunites with Potts, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner and James Rhodes; Rocket Raccoon joins Nebula as they mourn the fall of their fellow Guardians of the Galaxy. Stark furiously confronts Rogers accusing him of being the one who disbanded the Avengers and as a result they were unable to stand united during their conflict with the Mad Titan. He questions why the Avengers only do their best after the worst has already come to pass. Tony passes out due to exhaustion. With a tip from Nebula about her father's location, along with a Snap-like energy signature that was detected two days prior, the team head into space for the Garden, intending to take the Infinity Stones back and reverse the destruction.They discover Thanos, now horribly scarred, alone and undefended, cooking a meal. They launch an ambush, quickly pinning him down and cutting off the arm wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. It has been emptied of its Stones. Thanos reveals that he had destroyed them using their own powers, which nearly killed him, as he considered his work done and wanted to remove the temptation of using them again. Although suspected of lying by Rhodes, Nebula vouches for her father, as he is never a liar. Surprised by the affirmation, Thanos reconsiders his torturous treatment of his daughter, but he is then immediately beheaded by Thor. Although the Mad Titan is dead, they have failed to accomplish their mission of resurrecting his victims and have no choice but to accept defeat.Five years pass, and the surviving population have yet to cope with their losses. Rogers now runs a support group for people to try help them come to terms with what happened. Stark and Pepper Potts are now married and are living in a remote cabin with their daughter Morgan. In San Francisco, Scott Lang escapes from the Quantum Realm when a rat activates controls left behind by the van Dyne family before they vanished. Lang wanders through the disheveled city and realizes something terrible has happened. He approaches the Wall of the Vanished, a massive memorial containing the names of everyone in the city who vanished in the Snap. He frantically searches it hoping to not find Cassie's name, only to find his own (as no-one remaining knew what happened to him). Scott rushes to Cassie's house and finds that she is now five years older and a teenager. Father and daughter tearfully reunite.At the Avengers Compound, Romanoff now commands the the team as they perform various assignments. Rhodes informs her of a recent Mexican cartel massacre carried out by the still grief-stricken Barton, expressing his concern over how far their former comrade had fallen. Barton has been on an assassination rampage that's taken him around the world. Lang arrives at the compound and reveals to Romanoff and Rogers that although five years had passed, he only spent five hours in the realm. He proposes that they could find a way to exploit the realm's time-bending nature to travel into the past and retrieve the Stones from different times. But since the three have no knowledge of quantum physics, they seek out Stark.Initially declining to help them, as he believes it would mean putting his daughter Morgan in danger of being erased from existence, Stark later decides to spring into action after coming across an old photo of him and his late protégé Peter Parker. He successfully develops a time-space GPS device based on an inverted Möbius strip. Stark consults with Potts on his new discovery, who encourages him to do what's right for everyone else. Meanwhile, the other Avengers recruit Banner, who merged his intellect with Hulk's physique, to run time travel tests on Lang using the quantum tunnel housed in his van. The experiment does not turn out as expected, as Lang constantly shifts between different ages. Afterward, Stark arrives at the facility with the GPS and returns Rogers' shield to him, signifying their reconciliation, but makes it clear he won't sacrifice his daughter to undo what Thanos did. Rogers agrees.The remaining Avengers begin to regroup. As Nebula returns to New York, Banner and Rocket travel to New Asgard and recruit Thor, who has become an overweight, depressed and lazy drunkard, traumatized with his perceived failure to stop Thanos. Romanoff goes to Tokyo and finds Barton, who has massacred a group of Yakuza as part of his vengeful crusade against criminals who survived the Snap. Rocket and Stark build a time machine, while Barton volunteers to submit himself for a test run into the past. Grabbing a baseball mitt from his homestead, he successfully carries it back to the present as evidence that their plan works. In the past, he hears the voice of his daughter Lila but returns to the future before he can interact with his family.The Avengers plan out their Time Heist, using points from their past to pinpoint locations for the Infinity Stones: Romanoff realizes that the Space, Mind, and Time Stones can be found in 2012 New York. The Reality Stone is in 2013 on Asgard, and the Power and Soul Stones on Morag and Vormir respectively can be found in 2014. They split into three teams and travel back in time to begin their missions, mindful that they only have a finite amount of Pym Particles since Hank Pym also perished in the Snap.Rogers, Stark, Banner and Lang arrive in an alternate 2012 in the midst of the Battle of New York. Banner approaches the New York Sanctum and finds the Ancient One, who refuses to lend the Time Stone to him. However, she relents after learning that Doctor Strange had surrendered it to Thanos in the future, knowing Strange wouldn't have done so if there wasn't a grave reason. At Stark Tower, Lang and Stark attempt to steal the Tesseract, but loses it to Loki, who uses it to teleport away. Rogers obtains the Scepter from STRIKE possession by feigning HYDRA affiliation, but is forced to fight his 2012 self who confuses him for Loki. After defeating his past self, Rogers rendezvous with Stark and Lang.With only enough Pym Particles for one more trip each, Stark and Rogers decide to go back further to Camp Lehigh to an alternate 1970, where they have another shot at obtaining the Tesseract and more Pym Particles. Lang is left with the Scepter to return to the present day. At the S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Rogers stealthily obtains the Particles from Hank Pym, but runs into Peggy Carter's office while evading security. He tearfully watches her as she works in her office. Meanwhile, Stark encounters his father Howard after obtaining the Tesseract. With the latter's wife Maria expecting a baby, Tony (under the guise of "Howard Potts") offers parenting advice, saying that the good times he had with his father are all that mattered. Before they part ways, Tony hugs his alternate father, having finally obtained his closure.Arriving on Asgard in an alternate 2013, Thor experiences a panic attack after seeing his mother Frigga, recalling this is the day of her demise. Rocket encourages him to settle his grief and help him extract the Aether from Jane Foster's body, but Thor runs away, leaving the raccoon to do it himself. Thor unsuccessfully attempts to hide from Frigga and runs into her, who knows that her alternate son is from the future. Sharing a talk, Frigga lectures her son on the importance of failure, advising him to follow his own path rather than try and live up to what he was supposed to be. Thor attempts to warn his mother about her impending death, but she silences him. As Rocket returns with the Aether in hand, Thor shares one last hug with Frigga before reaching out to retrieve Mjølnir, finding that he remains worthy of wielding the hammer.In an alternate 2014, Barton and Romanoff board the Benatar for Vormir, while Nebula and Rhodes remain on Morag and wait for Peter Quill to arrive and lead them to the Orb's chamber. They knock Quill out and collect the Stone, but when the two attempt to travel back, Nebula is left behind when her memories are entangled with those of her past self. The Thanos of that time uses the link to see into the future, learning that the same humans who had foiled his 2012 invasion are returning to reverse his ultimate victory. Determined to know more, Thanos captures Nebula as she attempts to warn Barton and Romanoff of his newfound involvement. Past Nebula confronts her future self and collects her GPS device and Pym Particles, handing it over to her father.Meanwhile, Barton and Romanoff arrive on Vormir. They meet Red Skull, who informs them that the sacrifice of a loved one must be carried out in order for one to retrieve the stone. Barton laughs at the concept, but Romanoff deduces that it is indeed the truth, as Thanos had murdered his daughter Gamora there in their time. Understanding the severity of the situation, the two struggle to decide who should give their life for the cause; while Barton insists he should do it due to the carnage he left behind in the wake of his grief, Romanoff declares that her life's work has led her to this moment. As they dash to the cliff, they wrestle to keep each other away from sacrificing themselves. Ultimately, Romanoff makes the jump and dies, leaving the Soul Stone with the grief-stricken Barton.The Avengers return to the present day. Reeling from the loss of one of their own, they realize that her death cannot be undone, and that their efforts to save the universe must not leave her death in vain. They construct a new gauntlet using Tony's Mark suit technology and load the six Stones onto it. Thor volunteers to perform the snap, but Banner steps in, saying he's the only one strong enough to withstand the Stones' radiation, which is gamma in nature, similar to his own. While severely scarring his arm, he successfully snaps his fingers and brings the victims of the Snap back to life. Elsewhere, Past Nebula - who traveled to the present in place of her future self - opens the Avengers' time portal, allowing Thanos to bring his ship, the Sanctuary II, forward from 2014. The Avengers barely have time to celebrate their success when the ship abruptly opens fire on the compound with a barrage of missiles, reducing the facility to rubble.As Thanos sends Past Nebula to retrieve the Stones, her future self reveals to Gamora that their relationship in the future became one of friendship and more. Gamora decides to join Nebula to stop her father. Meanwhile, Rhodes, Rocket and Banner are trapped in a flooding area under the rubble, prompting Lang to come to their rescue. Barton lands next to the gauntlet in the sewer, which is infested with Outriders. After escaping them, he unknowingly passes the apparatus to Past Nebula, who is then confronted by Gamora and Nebula; the latter kills her past self once she threatens her sister. Stark, Rogers and Thor confront Thanos on the ground, who intends to rebuild the entire universe using the Stones, a universe where the new living beings will live in peace without knowledge of the past. After Stark and Thor are overpowered in the ensuing fight, Rogers wields Mjølnir against the time-displaced Titan. However, Thanos eventually defeats Rogers, severely injuring him and nearly destroys his shield, hacking viciously away at it with his sword.Thanos summons the rest of his army, which include the Chitauri and the Black Order, to lay siege on Earth. Just as Rogers prepares to face them alone, he hears Sam Wilson contacting him through his earpiece. A series of sling ring portals appear behind him. The Masters of the Mystic Arts have arrived with reinforcements from Kamar-Taj, Wakanda, Contraxia and New Asgard, along with the Avengers' resurrected allies from Wakanda, Titan and San Francisco. Lang, growing to giant size, retrieves Banner, Rhodes and Rocket from the flooded depths of the destroyed compound. With the scales now balanced, Rogers calls for the Avengers to assemble and leads his allies into the battle for the fate of the universe.Banner tells Barton that they must get the Stones back to their respective times and away from Thanos. With their main time machine destroyed in the initial attack, their only other option is the van; Ant-Man and Wasp jump to hot-wire the dead vehicle. As Thanos' forces close in on Barton. he passes the gauntlet onto Black Panther. As Thanos prepares to charge at T'Challa, he suddenly finds his path blocked by a vengeful Wanda Maximoff, seeking revenge for his 2018 self's murder of Vision. As Wanda engages Thanos, T'Challa runs, only to become entrapped by Ebony Maw. Seeing T'Challa's predicament, Spider-Man swoops in and snatches the gauntlet.Meanwhile, Wanda's attacks leave Thanos at her mercy, as she effortlessly breaks his sword and lifts him into the air while ripping chunks of armor from his body. In order to escape her grasp, Thanos orders another missile barrage from Sanctuary II (against Corvus Glaive's protests) that deals great damage to both sides. One of the missiles takes out a dam, forcing Doctor Strange out of the fight to prevent the battlefield from flooding.Suddenly, Sanctuary II redirects its fire to a target arriving from outer space. It is Carol Danvers, who comes to single-handedly destroy the warship. Retrieving the gauntlet from Parker, she enlists the aid of her fellow female combatants as she dashes to the now-activated van. However, Thanos uses his sword to destroy the vehicle and the quantum portal. With the gauntlet in Thanos' reach, Stark, Rogers, Thor and Danvers make their last stand to keep it out of his hands. However, he manages to shake all of his opposition aside and equip the gauntlet. Strange signals Stark with one shaking finger that this is the one future that ends in their victory. Determined, Stark dashes at Thanos one last time, grappling with the gauntlet on the Titan's hand, but he is knocked aside as the Titan snaps his fingers. Nothing happens, as the Stones have been stolen by Stark and transferred onto his hand with the suit's nanotech. With the very being that has haunted him for the past eleven years now at his mercy and declaring "I am Ironman!", Stark snaps his own fingers in a large flash of white light.Thanos, realizing he's been beaten, watches in horror as his own forces crumble to dust in front of him, only to meet that same fate soon after. Stark is mortally wounded from his usage of the Stones, and is greeted by Rhodes, Parker and Potts as he lays dying. Potts assures her husband that they are going to be alright, and allows him to rest. Stark's Arc Reactor then permanently shuts off, Potts giving him one last kiss. Rogers and Thor mournfully watch at a distance.The Mad Titan's final defeat and the return of the Vanished calls for celebrations all around the world, including in Wakanda and San Francisco. Parker reunites at school with his best friend Ned. Lang watches the celebration with Hope and Cassie. At Stark's funeral, he leaves a final holographic message for his family and closest friends, including a heartfelt goodbye for Morgan. Stark's Mark I Arc Reactor is set adrift in the lake outside their cabin, with the Avengers and their allies in attendance, including those who had past grievances with Stark, such as the Pym family, Wanda, and Bucky Barnes.Outside New Asgard, Thor, following his mother's advice, names Valkyrie as the new ruler while he abdicates to join the Guardians of the Galaxy. Meanwhile, Rogers prepares to go back in time to return the Stones and Mjølnir, bidding goodbye to Barnes. As Banner is unable to bring him back when prompted, Barnes alerts Sam Wilson to the presence of an elderly man nearby.It is an aged Rogers, who had chosen to remain in the past and live out a full life with Peggy Carter, a fact he gently refuses to reveal to Wilson. He presents Wilson with a new shield, passing the mantle of Captain America on to him. In the past, Peggy and Steve dance together in the living room of a suburban house to their song "It's Been a Long, Long Time."</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Russo</director>
      <director>Joe Russo</director>
      <actor>Robert Downey Jr. (role=Iron Man)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Evans (role=Captain America)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Ruffalo (role=Hulk)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Hemsworth (role=Thor)</actor>
      <actor>Scarlett Johansson (role=Black Widow)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Renner (role=Hawkeye)</actor>
      <actor>Don Cheadle (role=War Machine)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Rudd (role=Ant-Man)</actor>
      <actor>Benedict Cumberbatch (role=Doctor Strange)</actor>
      <actor>Chadwick Boseman (role=Black Panther)</actor>
      <actor>Brie Larson (role=Captain Marvel)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Holland (role=Spider-Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOThlNjdhZmQtNzlkOS00M2VjLWI0ZjUtZDExZDI1MjRhZGFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQW1yb3NzZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Superhero|Time Travel|Tragedy|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I feel like I'm wasting my time writing down my thoughts about Avengers: Endgame, because nothing I (or any critic) could say about it would ever dissuade a prospective viewer from seeing it. But after having had the chance to watch it at a preview screening, I can't help but say a few spoiler-free words.I'm not your average fanboy -- most long-running franchises have bored me at this point, and I couldn't care less about the newest Star Wars episode or whether there will be another film set in the Harry Potter universe.But Marvel films have been consistently watchable, with many solid entries and a few great ones (Winter Soldier, Ragnarok, the first Guardians of the Galaxy among others). And after Infinity War ended with a cliffhanger, I was looking forward to the conclusion. Boy, was I not disappointed!Very few highly-anticipated movies live up to the hype, but Avengers: Endgame is one of them. It's the perfect follow up to Infinity War, and the absolute zenith of the Marvel franchise. It's hard to see how they'll be able to top this one.It's surprisingly inventive (even when you know where the story is headed, the plot takes a few tangents getting there), emotionally engaging (a few people were crying in the theater) and surprisingly funny (this is probably the most I've laughed in a Marvel film since Thor: Ragnarok). Visually speaking, it's a true spectacle (topping Infinity War in the 'epic battle' stakes), and even though it's three hours long, it doesn't feel bloated. The only times I glanced at my watch was because I was hoping there would be more time before the end.Yes, it's a superhero movie, but an immensely entertaining one (especially for fans who have seen all the pictures that came before it: there are tons of references and inside jokes to reward the faithful).If "Return of the King" managed to win Best picture at the 2003 Oscars Avengers: Endgame deserves at least a nomination. It's as good (and in many ways better) a conclusion to a fantasy/genre series as the Peter Jackson film,.Go see it</review>
    <description>After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>34000398</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Das perfekte Dinner" Tag 2: Elaine, Zwischen Tüll und Tränen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Elaine, 38 years, serves a three course menu with the motto "L'amore meets love". Starters: Getting to know each other. Main course: Passionate and hot. Desert: Sweet climax. Brides fashion designers are cooking the perfect dinner.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Christian (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Elaine (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Helen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2RhN2NhN2YtYTg1OS00YzNiLThlMGQtNGQxODU2ZGY2NTYwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>Elaine, 38 years, serves a three course menu with the motto "L'amore meets love". Starters: Getting to know each other. Main course: Passionate and hot. Desert: Sweet climax. Brides fashion designers are cooking the perfect dinner.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0460627</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bones: Die Knochenjägerin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dr. Temperance Brennan is a brilliant, but lonely, anthropologist whom is approached by an ambitious FBI agent, named Seely Booth, to help the bureau solve a series of unsolved crimes by identifying the long-dead bodies of missing persons by their bone structure. But both Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan and her team come up again a variety of interference from red tape, corruption, and local noncooperation.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ian Toynton</director>
      <director>Dwight H. Little</director>
      <director>Jeannot Szwarc</director>
      <director>Chad Lowe</director>
      <director>David Boreanaz</director>
      <actor>Emily Deschanel (role=Temperance Brennan)</actor>
      <actor>David Boreanaz (role=Seeley Booth)</actor>
      <actor>Michaela Conlin (role=Angela Montenegro)</actor>
      <actor>T.J. Thyne (role=Jack Hodgins)</actor>
      <actor>Tamara Taylor (role=Camille Saroyan)</actor>
      <actor>John Francis Daley (role=Lance Sweets)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Millegan (role=Zack Addy)</actor>
      <actor>John Boyd (role=James Aubrey)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Belcher (role=Caroline Julian)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Grant Terry (role=Wendell Bray)</actor>
      <actor>Eugene Byrd (role=Dr. Clark Edison)</actor>
      <actor>Carla Gallo (role=Daisy Wick)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDA2MGRiODItYWI4Zi00ODdhLTg0OWYtMDQ1NmIyODQ2ZGNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>I started watching Bones when it had just finished its 9th season, so I had a lot of catching up to do. I had just finished watching Freaks and Geeks and I had really liked John Francis Daley, so he was the reason I decided to watch the show. He does not appear as Lance Sweets until Season 3, but he is amazing as always. I started to watch the show because of him, but I fell in love with other characters in the process. I loved how Booth, the FBI agent, made fun of all the anthropologists and how Brennan would always tell her colleagues not to presume or hypothesize anything and just go based off the evidence. Each of the characters have their own quirks that typical people would most certainly not have. That is something I absolutely loved about the show. I love how characters change over time too. Emily Deschanel who plays Brennan goes from being a cold, rational anthropologist to being warm, sometimes kind and sympathetic friend to others. Bones has about 8-9 amazing seasons, but after that it tails off. I watched halfway through season 10 before I decided to stop. The show was not bad by all means, but I was just bored with it by that point.On a happier note, I loved the show!!! The writing is very witty and smart, it uses modern day real world events in the murder cases and talks about taboo topics in our society. I recommend this show for anyone that likes crime procedural tv shows, I loved it for a very long time and it was with a very sad heart that I decided to stop. This show is highly recommended</review>
    <description>F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1013743</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Knight and Day</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>June has a garage in Boston. At an airport heading home, a man bumps into her a few times and tries to keep her off the plane. He's under FBI surveillance; they wonder if he and she are working together, so they let both on a flight full of armed men wanting to arrest the stranger. He's Roy, he shoots his way out of trouble and tells her she's in danger. She's home the next day, miraculously, when agents pick her up; Roy saves her again, and a transcontinental chase ensues with Roy convincing her that he's the good guy, protecting an energy source that a rogue agent wants to sell on the black market. Can she trust Roy, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying?—</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Mangold</director>
      <actor>Tom Cruise (role=Roy Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Cameron Diaz (role=June Havens)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Sarsgaard (role=Fitzgerald)</actor>
      <actor>Jordi Mollà (role=Antonio)</actor>
      <actor>Viola Davis (role=Director George)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Dano (role=Simon Feck)</actor>
      <actor>Falk Hentschel (role=Bernhard)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Blucas (role=Rodney)</actor>
      <actor>Lennie Loftin (role=Braces)</actor>
      <actor>Maggie Grace (role=April Havens)</actor>
      <actor>Rich Manley (role=Danny)</actor>
      <actor>Dale Dye (role=Frank Jenkins)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjEyOTQ3NzgxM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTIyNDAzMw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Globetrotting Adventure|Action|Adventure|Comedy</category>
    <review>June Havens'(Cameron Diaz) life turns upside down when she meets with secret agent Roy Miller(Tom Cruise) on her way to Boston. Roy is on the run and all the federal agents are after his life. Soon, they realize that the only way out for survival is to depend on each other. Amazing chases, rib smashing fight scenes with absolutely anything on the planet(fists, guns, knives, glasses, seat belts and what not),plenty of comedy and quite a chemistry between the leads.There is absolutely nothing in the world that Roy cannot do. (I feel Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz should make more movies together!) Although most of the action scenes seem a bit too implausible, Tom Cruise manages to pull it off with charisma. Cameron Diaz provides the right amount of laughs with her comic timing. All in all, an entertaining film, if you are looking for a movie with mindless action and some exotic scenery</review>
    <description>A young woman gets mixed up with a disgraced spy who is trying to clear his name.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2345759</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Mumie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A team of historians come together after an ancient artefact comes to life. To make sure that everyone and the world is safe, they all must get to know each other and work together to defeat the artefact before it wreaks major havoc everywhere and destroys everyone.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alex Kurtzman</director>
      <actor>Tom Cruise (role=Nick Morton)</actor>
      <actor>Russell Crowe (role=Henry Jekyll)</actor>
      <actor>Annabelle Wallis (role=Jenny Halsey)</actor>
      <actor>Sofia Boutella (role=Ahmanet)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Johnson (role=Sgt. Vail)</actor>
      <actor>Courtney B. Vance (role=Colonel Greenway)</actor>
      <actor>Marwan Kenzari (role=Malik)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Atherton (role=Crusader)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Thompson (role=First Man)</actor>
      <actor>James Arama (role=Second Man)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Wilkas (role=Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>Sohm Kapila (role=Reporter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>China|Japan|United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjYwMjk0ODQ0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzg1NjUzMjI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,46,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>One of the biggest blockbusters to come out in the summer of 1999 was an Egypt-set action thriller starring Brendan Fraser. While the film was pretty campy and over-the-top, it worked well and resonated with audiences. Fast-forward 18 years and we have a film of the same title - 'The Mummy' - only starring Tom Cruise in the role of Nick Morton, a treasure hunting renegade who stumbles upon a 5,000-year curse.The only problem is, this film is far inferior to the original. Whether it's Cruise's schtick not jiving with the plot, or the lackluster CGI, or the wooden script, it's hard to say. There's really nothing thrilling about 'Mummy,' as everything feels borrowed, used or broken - nothing is shiny and new. Even fresh faces like Jake Johnson and Sofia Boutella aren't enough to up the excitement factor, and vets like Russell Crowe come off as looking to be in need of a paycheck rather than delivering a performance to be happy with. The action sequences are boring, the "comic relief" is far from funny and the acting itself is nothing to marvel at.Cruise can usually find a way to make his films at least somewhat entertaining, but he fails here. There is no chemistry between any of the characters, including Nick and his love interest, Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), so the onus is really on Cruise to shoulder everything. In this case, it's an insurmountable task.'The Mummy' is a half-hearted attempt to revive a franchise that started strong and has since faded, so it's likely it will be put back in a sarcophagus</review>
    <description>An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2557478</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Pacific Rim 2: Uprising</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Earth, 2035. Following the decisive Battle of the Breach and the end of the Kaiju Wars in Pacific Rim (2013), an indistinguishable menace emerges, threatening global peace. As Jake, the defiant son of fallen hero Stacker Pentecost, joins the Pan Pacific Defence Corps, a new generation of Jaeger pilots must rise to the challenge to become humankind's last line of defence against the unstoppable deep-sea alien invaders. But this time, the enemy has evolved. With the world teetering on the brink of extinction, will the battle-tested mecha protectors pull off the ultimate victory?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven S. DeKnight</director>
      <actor>John Boyega (role=Jake Pentecost)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Eastwood (role=Nate Lambert)</actor>
      <actor>Cailee Spaeny (role=Amara Namani)</actor>
      <actor>Burn Gorman (role=Hermann Gottlieb)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Day (role=Dr. Newton Geiszler)</actor>
      <actor>Adria Arjona (role=Jules Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Rinko Kikuchi (role=Mako Mori)</actor>
      <actor>Karan Brar (role=Cadet Suresh)</actor>
      <actor>Wesley Wong (role=Cadet Jinhai)</actor>
      <actor>Ivanna Sakhno (role=Cadet Viktoria)</actor>
      <actor>Mackenyu (role=Cadet Ryoichi)</actor>
      <actor>Lily Ji (role=Cadet Meilin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|China|Japan|United States|Mexico|Australia</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTM5ZTMyZDktY2FmMC00MmQxLTkzY2YtOTQ1YjI0NDM5N2RjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Kaiju|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Although I did enjoy this movie, and it was a joy to watch on the big screen, the overall tone, and mood are so different from the first. The difference between fight scenes at night vs broad daylight may not seem like a big deal, but for some reason it really stood out to me. It just feels like this one was more geared toward kids, and potentially selling action figures. I didn't hate it by any means, but it really lacked what made the first one so unique, and intriguing to me</review>
    <description>Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36661173</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Shopping Queen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Shopping Queen - Das Duell" is a reality series on RTL Deutschland. it's a spin off from Shopping Queen (2012) and Promi Shopping Queen (2012).</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Guido Maria Kretschmer (role=Self - Host)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzg3YTc2MDgtNzBjMi00ZTI3LWI3MzItYTRkMWIxNzg3MjBkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>"Shopping Queen - Das Duell" is a reality series on RTL Deutschland. it's a spin off from Shopping Queen (2012) and Promi Shopping Queen (2012).</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6579344</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kitchen Impossible</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the show, two prominent star or television chefs compete against each other. The aim is to cook a local speciality of a local top chef, a rare amateur chef, perfectly in two countries without the knowledge of the complete list of ingredients. Regular guests, friends or family members of the local chef are then asked to Rate how close the re-cooked dish is to the original.—leondunkel</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Philipp Morant</director>
      <director>Sven Steffensmeier</director>
      <director>Katy Wagner</director>
      <actor>Tim Mälzer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Raue (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Trettl (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Max Strohe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>The Duc Ngo (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Lohse (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Mraz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rafael Vidal (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Herrmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Meta Hiltebrand (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Groß (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Lohninger (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>8.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWRiNjI1MDktNjE4Mi00YzlkLWFjYmEtZDNhYzEwMDJjNzAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>In the show, two prominent star or television chefs compete against each other. The aim is to cook a local speciality of a local top chef, a rare amateur chef, perfectly in two countries without the knowledge of the complete list of ingredients. Regular guests, friends or family ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6579344/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0107290</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jurassic Park</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Industrialist John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has created a theme park of cloned dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, on Isla Nublar, a fictional island off the Costa Rican coast. After a dinosaur handler is killed by a Velociraptor, the park's investors, represented by lawyer Donald Gennaro (Martin Ferrero), demand that experts visit the park and certify its safety. Gennaro invites mathematician and chaos-theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), while Hammond invites paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). Alan is a "digger". He is a hands-on Paleontologist and doesn't like machine as they malfunction in his presence. Hammond lures him away from his site with a sizable research grant that would cover his expenses for the next 3 yrs.
Upon arrival, the group is shocked to see a live Brachiosaurus.At the park's visitor center, the group learns that the cloning was accomplished by extracting dinosaur DNA from prehistoric mosquitoes preserved in amber. DNA from frogs was used to fill in gaps in the genome of the dinosaurs, and to prevent breeding, all the dinosaurs were made female by direct chromosome manipulation. The group witnesses the hatching of a baby Velociraptor and visits the raptor enclosure. Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong) tells the group that there is unauthorized breeding in Jurassic Park since all the dinosaurs are engineered to be females. Alan is alarmed to know that Hammond and his team have bred raptors at the park. Alan learns that the raptors have problem solving intelligence.
Gennaro is sold on the park. But during lunch, the group debates the ethics of cloning and the creation of the park; Malcolm warns about the implications of genetic engineering and scoffs at the park's conceptualization, saying that it will inevitably break down. Dinosaurs had their shot and nature selected them for extinction. Malcolm is worried about humans and Dinosaurs coming together at the same time, when they were separated by millions of yrs of evolution.The group is joined by Hammond's grandchildren, Lex (Ariana Richards) and Tim Murphy (Joseph Mazzello), for a tour of the park, while Hammond oversees the tour from the control room. It is implied that Dennis bid for the network contract of Jurassic Park and is not happy with the RoI. Hammond ignores him and says his financial problems are his own to handle. The entire programming is buggy, and Hammond notes 151 bugs before the tour program have even left the visitor center.
The tour does not go as planned, with most of the dinosaurs failing to appear and the group encountering a sick Triceratops; it is cut short as a tropical storm approaches Isla Nublar. Most of the park employees leave for the mainland on a boat while the visitors return to their electric tour vehicles, except Sattler, who stays behind with the park's veterinarian to study a sick Triceratops.Jurassic Park's disgruntled lead computer programmer, Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight), has been bribed by Dodgson (Cameron Thor) (Dennis took $750K upfront and $50K upon delivery of each viable embryo), a man working for Hammond's corporate rival, to steal fertilized dinosaur embryos. Nedry deactivates the park's security system to gain access to the embryo storage room and stores the embryos inside a container disguised as a shaving cream can. Nedry's sabotage also cuts power to the tour vehicles, stranding them just as they near the park's Tyrannosaurus Rex paddock. The phones are out and Hammond can't call for help.
Most of the park's electric fences are deactivated as well, allowing the Tyrannosaurus to escape and attack the group. After the Tyrannosaurus overturns a tour vehicle, it injures Malcolm and devours Gennaro, while Grant, Lex and Tim escape. On his way to deliver the embryos to the island's docks, Nedry becomes lost in the rain, crashes his Jeep Wrangler, and is killed by a Dilophosaurus.
Meanwhile Sattler reaches the control tower and understands from Hammond what Dennis has done. Hammond tells Sattler that "next time it will be all perfect"..Sattler helps the game warden, Robert Muldoon (Bob Peck), search for survivors; they recover an injured Malcolm, but are chased away by the returning Tyrannosaurus before they can find Grant, Tim, and Lex, who take shelter in a treetop and encounter a Brachiosaurus. Those three later discover the broken shells of dinosaur eggs, and Grant concludes that the dinosaurs have been breeding, which occurred because of their frog DNA-some West African frogs can change their sex in a single-sex environment, allowing the dinosaurs to do so as well.Unable to decipher Nedry's code to reactivate the security system, Hammond and chief engineer Ray Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson) reboot the park's system. The group shuts down the park's grid and retreats to an emergency bunker, while Arnold heads to a maintenance shed to complete the rebooting process. When Arnold fails to return, Sattler and Muldoon head to the shed. They discover the shutdown has deactivated the remaining fences and released the Velociraptors. Muldoon distracts the raptors, while Sattler goes to turn the power back on, before being attacked by a raptor and discovering Arnold's severed arm. Meanwhile, Muldoon is caught off-guard and killed by the other two raptors.Grant, Tim, and Lex manage to escape the fenced areas just before the power is switched back on (Tim got a massive jolt as he was still on the fence but was revived by Grant using CPR) &amp; reach the visitor center. Grant heads out to look for Sattler, leaving Tim and Lex inside. Tim and Lex are pursued by the raptors in a kitchen, but they escape and join Grant and Sattler, who have returned. The group reaches the control room and Lex uses a computer to restore the park's power, allowing them to call Hammond, who calls for help. As they try to escape by the front entrance, they are cornered by the raptors, but they escape when the Tyrannosaurus appears and kills the raptors. Hammond arrives in a jeep with Malcolm, and the group boards a helicopter to leave the island.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven Spielberg</director>
      <actor>Sam Neill (role=Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Dern (role=Ellie)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff Goldblum (role=Malcolm)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Attenborough (role=Hammond)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Peck (role=Muldoon)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Ferrero (role=Gennaro)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Mazzello (role=Tim)</actor>
      <actor>Ariana Richards (role=Lex)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Arnold)</actor>
      <actor>Wayne Knight (role=Nedry)</actor>
      <actor>Miguel Sandoval (role=Rostagno)</actor>
      <actor>Cameron Thor (role=Dodgson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE2NzI2MTg2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzc2MzIyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dinosaur Adventure|Jungle Adventure|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>This movie is definitely one to remember. Despite being filmed in the 90s, Jurassic Park continues to be a classic to this day. Watching the movie now highlights the contrast between the effects then and the special effects available now. This, along with some acting that is a tad overdone, are the only real critiques I would give this film. The child actors were especially hilarious to me-the young boy, Timmy, has moments that really capture a reaction that a child in real life would have ("I threw up." "Well that's ok! That happens sometimes"-Allen-is one of my favorite quotes). Another extremely influential aspect of this film is the music that plays over certain intense scenes and the iconic theme music in the opening/closing. The music combined with the diegetic sound of the dinosaur stomping/approaching builds the suspense and creates an intense tension in the audience. As a classic worldwide, it's no wonder that this movie provided the basis for generations of movies to follow</review>
    <description>An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0117500</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Rock: Fels der Entscheidung</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Rogue Force Recon Marines led by heroic Brigadier General Francis "Frank" Hummel (Ed Harris) seizes a stockpile of 15 rockets armed with VX gas, a highly toxic chemical weapon, from a Naval Weapons Depot.
Hummel and his men including second-in-command Major Tom Baxter (David Morse) then seize Alcatraz Island and take 81 tourists hostage, placing them in the prison cells, then threatening the FBI and Pentagon with launching the VX rockets against the population of San Francisco, unless the government pays ransom of $100 million from a military slush fund, which he will distribute to his men and the families of Recon Marines who died on covert missions under his command, but whose deaths were not compensated.In one such recent mission, 15 of Hummel's men were slaughtered as they were refused any assistance in the battlefield as they were behind enemy lines. Hummel went through the chain of command and even to the Congress and the Senate committees to get justice for his men but was denied. Hummel decided then that such inhuman treatment of US Marines had to stop.
Hummel also recently lost his wife Barbara and now had nothing to live for, but his men and the unit under his command.The Department of Defense and the FBI plot to retake Alcatraz by infiltrating the old tunnel system beneath the island, with Navy SEALs.
The Pentagon and FBI develop a plan to retake the island with an elite Navy SEAL team led by Commander Anderson (Michael Biehn), enlisting chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) to help remove the VX and disarm the rockets. Goodspeed is not a field agent but has no choice in the matter as he is the only expert available.With no knowledge of the latest architecture of the tunnels, and in need of reliable first-hand knowledge of the physical layout of Alcatraz, FBI Director Womack (John Spencer) releases federal prisoner John Mason (Sean Connery), the only former inmate of Alcatraz to ever successfully escape. Mason is a former British MI6 and SAS operative and stole a microfilm created by J. Edgar Hoover containing classified U.S. information. Mason refused to reveal the microfilm's location after being captured, knowing he would be killed and was imprisoned without trial.Mason is bribed with a pardon to cooperate with the FBI, but in reality, Womack has no intention of keeping the promise. Mason agrees after signing a pardon that clears his record, though Womack destroys it shortly after.
Mason escapes to make contact with his estranged daughter Jade Angelou (Claire Forlani). Mason leads the FBI and Goodspeed on a car chase causing a rampage through the city before being caught by Goodspeed.At the command center, Mason negotiates to join the team heading to Alcatraz.
With Mason, the team infiltrates Alcatraz. But the entire prison has sensors installed by Hummel's team and are quickly discovered. They confronted by Hummel's men in the shower room. Hummel tries to convince Anderson to surrender, but the zealous Captain Frye and Captain Darrow deliberately cause a shootout that kills Anderson and his team. Mason and Goodspeed manage to evade them.
Goodspeed wants to finish the mission and attempts to strong-arm Mason into helping. Believing the mission to be a failure, Mason sees this as his chance to escape custody, and disarms Goodspeed., Mason prepares to leave until Goodspeed reveals the truth about the VX, explaining that Mason's daughter and his pregnant fiance, Carla, would be killed as well.Mason and Goodspeed eliminate several teams of Marines and disable twelve of the fifteen rockets by removing their guidance chips.FBI prepares strike fighters with Plasma to destroy the entire island along with the VX gas. Mason tells Goodspeed that as a British agent he stole a microfilm containing serious secrets about U.S. and other world leaders and events. The information came from the personal files of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Mason was imprisoned for 33 years when he refused to divulge the location of the microfilm.Hummel threatens to execute a hostage if they do not surrender and return the chips. Mason destroys them before submitting to Hummel to try reasoning with him and stall for time. Goodspeed disables another rocket but then gets captured.They escape from their cells, but Mason, having assessed Hummel as a soldier who doesn't kill innocents, leaves, with Goodspeed continuing on his own. Caught and held at gunpoint, Goodspeed is forced to surrender, but Mason saves him, convinced that Goodspeed's unborn child needs its father.As the deadline passes, Hummel launches but then destroys the warhead at last minute. When confronted by Captains Darrow (Tony Todd) and Frye (Gregory Sporleder), Hummel explains the rocket threat was an elaborate bluff, as he had never intended to harm innocent civilians. He declares the mission over and orders the Marines to leave Alcatraz with some hostages and the remaining rocket to cover their retreat while he assumes the blame.
His men mutiny saying they expect to be paid for their trouble.A firefight ensues as Baxter is killed defending Hummel, who is mortally wounded. The general manages to tell Goodspeed where the last rocket is before dying.An airstrike is initiated to destroy Alcatraz with experimental Thermite plasma bombs, which will neutralize the gas but kill everyone on the island.
As Goodspeed retrieves the VX globule, he is attacked by one of Hummels men. Goodspeed breaks the globule in the attacker's mouth, killing him instantly. He then injects his own heart with a vaccine to protect himself from death. Though Goodspeed signals that the threat is over, one jet accidentally drops a plasma bomb, and the blast throws Goodspeed into the bay, and Mason rescues him.Goodspeed confirms the mission's success to Womack but claims Mason was killed in the explosion before telling Mason that Womack shredded his pardon. The pair part ways amicably, with Mason recommending Goodspeed to a church in Kansas where he kept the microfilm. Sometime later, Goodspeed and his newly wedded wife, Carla, recover the microfilm from the church.
Mason had told him where to find it. He looks at the microfilm and asks Carla if she'd like to know who really shot JFK.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Bay</director>
      <actor>Sean Connery (role=John Patrick Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolas Cage (role=Stanley Goodspeed)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Harris (role=General Francis X. Hummel)</actor>
      <actor>John Spencer (role=F.B.I. Director Womack)</actor>
      <actor>David Morse (role=Major Tom Baxter)</actor>
      <actor>William Forsythe (role=Ernest Paxton)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Biehn (role=Commander Anderson)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Marcil (role=Carla Pestalozzi)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Sporleder (role=Captain Frye)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Todd (role=Captain Darrow)</actor>
      <actor>Bokeem Woodbine (role=Sergeant Crisp)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Maniaci (role=Private Scarpetti)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1996</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWQ3YTI5MTItYmY1My00MjBjLWExN2EtZGVlNDVmN2IxZWMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWdhbWF6b2E@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Dark Comedy|Disaster|Political Drama|Political Thriller|Tragedy|Action|Adventure|Thriller</category>
    <review>The Rock is one of my all-time favorite suspense - thrillers. Believability - almost always a problem for this sort of film - is enhanced by a very compelling script, sets, and powerful performances by masters Sean Connery and Ed Harris. Like a good work of fiction, it's the quality of the telling that makes it believable, not the likelihood that it might happen. There are no problems with the way this story is told. The acting, editing, directing and visuals do not slip at all. Nick Cage - in a performance which approaches his best work - adds a bit of campiness and humor to this explosive mixture, and John Spencer, Tony Todd, David Morse, and Michael Biehn all contribute substantially to an exciting, fast-paced and emotionally draining film. Any avid movie-goer will be hard pressed to find a single actor in this sizable cast who has not either become a major star or a fine character actor over the last nine years.The plot takes a number of twists and turns along the road, so to discuss almost any aspect of it in detail would require at least mild spoilers. None of the plot twists are unbelievable if you are willing to accept the basic premise. The story begins with Ed Harris - a Viet Nam war hero and field leader who is now a general and has become fed up with the abandonment of covert forces operatives by the US government. To get what he wants, he recruits some of the best officers under his command to take control of and hold Alcatraz Island, holding 70-some-odd civilians hostage and aiming four missiles loaded with deadly Sarin gas directly at the heart of San Francisco.Biehn heads an elite Navy SEAL team assigned to infiltrate and disable Harris' capabilities. Cage joins him as the FBI biochemical specialist assigned the task of disarming the warheads, and the only man who can get them in to do their respective jobs is an aging British intelligence agent who has been incarcerated for 30 years or so by the government that now needs his help. Connery's John Mason escaped from Alcatraz during his incarceration, and for all intents and purpose - is a much rougher, more real James Bond character without the gadgets and the comic-book super-villains. All of the above is established in the first ten minutes of the film and the next two hours is a wild ride, with some very tense moments and some very intense performances.I'm sure a lot of people will pick this film apart for the occasional unbelievable scene, etc, but it's worth while to remember - as my spouse is always telling me - "its only a movie".If you want reality, take a walk outside or go to work! There are no discernible powerful political messages in this film. While it must be acknowledged that the USA does sometimes treat members of its armed forces in an unappreciative and cavalier manner, this film does not really drive this point home in the way that, for example, Saving Private Ryan did. While it is also true that the US government does occasionally cover-up its own illegal activities, or soft-pedal them with propagandistic white lies, these issues are not really the subject of this film. This is made abundantly clear by the oddly out-of-place references to Roswell, New Mexico. The writers either did not want to dignify any perceived political messages by bringing up real-world transgressions and cover-ups - many of which are far more sinister than the secret development of stealth planes. This film is pure entertainment and - at that - a work of art. Treat it as such and you might just have a good time with it</review>
    <description>An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS solider turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Francisco.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0892769</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The island of Berk is a Viking village that is plagued by attacks from dragons that steal livestock and endanger the villagers. Hiccup, the 15-year-old son of the village chieftain, Stoick the Vast, is deemed too weak to fight. Stoick had popped a dragon's head clean off its shoulders when he was a baby.Berk is situated on an Island, very close to the Arctic circle, where it is always cold. The village had been in existence for 7 generations and relies on fishing and hunting for sustenance. Despite the frequent attack from dragons, the Vikings refuse to leave the island. Most of the buildings in the village are new as they are frequently destroyed in the dragon attacks.The dragon type includes Gronckle big, tough, and slow dragons that have a rough and rocky texture. Their wings are humorously tiny.
Terrible Terror are some of the smallest dragons around.
Zippleback is a 2 headed dragon and can breathe fire, but only when the heads work together. One side spits flammable gas, while the other can create sparks that ignite the gas into fire.
Deadly Nadder has bodies covered with hundreds of sharp spines that they can shoot at enemies to cause massive damage.
Monstrous Nightmare is known for setting itself on fire. This species is aggressive and powerful, covered in a variety of horns and spines.
Night Fury have a jet black color, these deadly dragons blend in with the night sky and can perform devastating dive-bomb attacks. They shoot plasma bursts instead of fire like most other dragons. A Night Fury never steals food, never shows itself and never misses.Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), the awkward son of Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), is unable to wield the usual weapons to fight dragons but has fashioned mechanical devices under his apprenticeship with Gobber (Craig Ferguson) the blacksmith to aid in defense. Gobber refuses to allow Hiccup to go out of the workshop during the attacks as he is useless in battle and clumsy with the mechanical devices.During one attack, Gobber is distracted by a dragon attack and Hiccup manages to sneak out with his catapult. Hiccup believes he has shot down a Night Fury, an extremely dangerous dragon that no one has ever seen. Hiccup is attacked by a Nightmare but saved by Stoick. Hiccup claims that he shot a Night Fury, but Stoick refuses to believe him and says that Hiccup would never be a dragon killer.Hiccup ventures out himself and finds the Night Fury in the nearby forest, trapped in Hiccup's bolas. Hiccup tries to kill it but finds himself unable to and instead cuts it free. The Night Fury then suddenly pins Hiccup down, but to Hiccup's surprise, it spares him. The Night Fury roars and disappears into the forest.Stoick assembles a fleet to seek out the dragons' nest believing that if he destroys the nest, the dragons who go somewhere else. Stoick places Hiccup into a dragon fighting class taught by Gobber along with other children of the village, including fellow teenagers Fishlegs (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) an enthusiastic youth knowledgeable in dragon lore, Snotlout (Jonah Hill) who is brash, overconfident, and fairly unintelligent, but reliable, twins Ruffnut (Kristen Wiig) and Tuffnut (T.J. Miller), and Astrid (America Ferrera), a girl whom Hiccup has a crush on.On the first day, Hiccup is almost killed by a Gronckle in training. After hearing that dragons will always go for the kill, Hiccup is curious about why the Night Fury did not kill him. Hiccup searches for and finds the dragon trapped in a deep glade. He also realizes that the dragon's tail was injured, preventing it from flying normally. Hiccup earns the dragon's trust by bringing it fish to eat. The Night Fury is far less aggressive when Hiccup throws away his knife.
Hiccup closes his eyes, extends his hand and lets the Dragon to come to him. Hiccup begins to care for it. He names the Night Fury "Toothless" (Randy Thom), for its retractable teeth.Later, Hiccup fashions a makeshift harness and prosthetic tail piece that allows him to guide the dragon in free flight. Toothless tries to escape but realizes that he cannot fly the prosthetic without Hiccup.
Hiccup is able to transfer his knowledge of Toothless's behavior to the other species of dragons at dragon-fighting class, appearing to conquer each one in battle and becoming the star pupil, much to Astrid's dismay. Hiccup learns simple things like dragons are afraid of heels, will chase a beam of light like a cat, love rolling around in the grass, will fall asleep when scratched under the neck and so on.
Eventually Hiccup completes the class and is selected to kill a dragon in front of the entire village, much to his dismay.
Meanwhile, the unsuccessful and battered Viking fleet arrives home, but Stoick gets excited once he hears of Hiccup's success.Astrid discovers Hiccup training with Toothless, but before she can tell the village, Hiccup takes her for a ride on Toothless. At first, Astrid is terrified but then begins to enjoy the excursion. While Astrid expresses concern over Hiccup's upcoming exam, Toothless unexpectedly joins a flock of dragons and takes the pair straight into the dragon's nest, where they discover the presence of a gigantic dragon named the Red Death.The Red Death depends on the food the other dragons bring back. If there is not enough, it feeds on the smaller dragons themselves. Realizing the dragons have been forced to attack Berk to survive, Astrid wishes to tell the village, but Hiccup advises against it to protect Toothless.Hiccup is put to his final exam the next day by fighting a Monstrous Nightmare, but when he tries to show the village the dragon's true and peaceful nature, Stoick stops the fight, inadvertently angering the dragon and endangering Hiccup. Toothless hears Hiccup's scream and flies in to save him but is captured himself. Hiccup, attempting to explain his actions, accidentally reveals how to find the dragons' nest.
Realizing his mistake, he tries to warn his father of the danger, but Stoick refuses to listen to his son. Though shaken, Stoick disowns Hiccup, and leaves with another fleet, using a restrained Toothless as their guide. Astrid prompts Hiccup to realize he spared Toothless out of compassion, not weakness. Regaining his confidence, Hiccup shows his friends how to befriend the training dragons, and they set out after Toothless.Stoick and his Vikings locate and break open the dragon's nest, awakening the Red Death, which easily overwhelms them. Hiccup and his friends ride in on the training dragons, distracting the Red Death.
Hiccup and his friends arrive to find the Red Death has burned the ships and is about to consume Stoick and Gobber. Hiccup's classmates distract it while Hiccup attempts to free Toothless. However, Hiccup and Toothless almost drown after the ship is destroyed by the distracted Red Death, but both are saved by Stoick. Hiccup and Toothless succeed in luring the Red Death into flight, ultimately damaging its wings and then forcing it into an inescapable dive back to earth, killing it in a massive explosion with its own prematurely ignited fire breath. While attempting to flee from the crashing dragon, Hiccup falls and Toothless dives into the flames after him. Stoick finds Toothless, who reveals an injured and unconscious Hiccup safely wrapped in his wings.Hiccup wakes up back on Berk, discovering his left leg has been amputated and replaced with a prosthesis made by Gobber. He is elated as he steps outside to find the Vikings and dragons working together to rebuild their village. Hiccup is now admired by his village, including Astrid, who kisses him. Berk begins a new era of humans and dragons living in peace.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dean DeBlois</director>
      <director>Chris Sanders</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|France|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2FiZDUxZTMtMzUxMi00NzYxLTg0NzEtNzViYTY4N2Y2MWFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQW1yb3NzZXI@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Sword &amp; Sorcery|Teen Adventure|Teen Fantasy|Action|Adventure|Animation|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>HTTYD is the latest in a run of animated 3D films to hit the family market. One might be forgiven for feeling a little weary of this genre as the big production studios churn out one "action-packed film with a cute central character and some pretty effects" after another. But wait...HTTYD stands apart from these other attempts for a number of reasons. First, the 3D (Odeon digital in this screening) is moving more toward the subtle with fewer "gratuitous" 3D moments than in movies like Bolt and Coraline. As 3D becomes a staple of high street cinema, directors seem to be finding 3D to be more about adding depth rather than a brief focal-point. That's not to say that there isn't effective use of the 3D wow-factor here; it's just not all the film has to hold attention.Second, a cast of voice talent that does not demand too much consideration of the man/woman behind the microphone is refreshing. Baruchel is not over-playing the sugar or the heroics and, as much as an animated character can be, he is believable and as three-dimensional as the visuals. Butler is not greatly stretched here but manages to stay just the right side of a Mike Myers impression so as not to annoy. How many kids will now think the Vikings were a fearsome race of Americans and Scots? Oh, well! Third, the plot and dialogue. You may not know the plot and I won't spoil it now. It is straightforward stuff but the pace keeps it interesting for kids and the grown-ups. Younger children may be upset at times and I heard a sob or two at the emotional moments. Nothing too heavy here though, it's just a well-written script with as many actual laughs as I have seen in a kids' film.This is one of the best films so far in this prolific genre and it has been made with passion rather than thrown together to cash-in on the thirst for these films, right now. I would urge all ages to see this film in 3D as the textures are extraordinary and you can't help but be charmed by it all</review>
    <description>A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1219024</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Castle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle gets permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes. A "guy's guy", he proves popular with the male team members, but immediately offends the sensibilities of the team leader, Detective Kate Beckett. Though she'll never admit it, he slowly wins her over with his innovative approach to crime solving. He brings to the table skills the others don't have: contacts in Manhattan high society, free-form creative thinking, and years of developing believable fictional characters that have inadvertently molded him into a natural criminal profiler. But life is not all crime fighting adventure for this wealthy playboy: his relationship with Beckett becomes even more strained when he unveils a new series of detective novels featuring a racy character based on her, and his home life is dominated by his mother (a fading Broadway diva) and his whip-smart teen-aged daughter.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rob Bowman</director>
      <director>John Terlesky</director>
      <director>Bill Roe</director>
      <director>Bryan Spicer</director>
      <director>Paul Holahan</director>
      <actor>Nathan Fillion (role=Joe Flynn)</actor>
      <actor>Stana Katic (role=Vera Mulqueen)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Huertas (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Seamus Dever (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Molly C. Quinn (role=Sally Scofield)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Sullivan (role=Florence Kennard)</actor>
      <actor>Tamala Jones (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Penny Johnson Jerald (role=Captain Victoria Gates)</actor>
      <actor>Ruben Santiago-Hudson (role=Captain Roy Montgomery)</actor>
      <actor>Maya Stojan (role=Tory Ellis)</actor>
      <actor>Toks Olagundoye (role=Hayley Shipton)</actor>
      <actor>Arye Gross (role=M.E. Sidney Perlmutter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjQ4YmRiYmMtMWZkZi00ZDA4LTgzZWItOTgxYjExYjI5NDRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Cozy Mystery|Feel-Good Romance|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Romance</category>
    <review>Castle is about a famous novelist named Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) as he teams with NYPD detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) to solve mureders. As they investigate these murders they build a strong relationship both at work and in their private lives. Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic just have such great chemistry...at least on screen, off not so much. They apparently did not get along in real life and that was a big reason the show stopped after 8 great seasons. Those two are definitely the best thing about the show but not the only thing. The rest of the supporting cast all pull their own weight too. Each of them is what makes this show so special, there's not a weak link among them. This is a show where you can watch it more than once and still not be bored</review>
    <description>When a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0100507</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rocky V</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After gaining permanent brain damage, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) is finally force to retire from the sport of boxing. But it doesn't stop him from coaching an up-and-coming boxer named Tommy Gunn (Morrison), but when Tommy decides that Rocky isn't moving him up quickly, he soon leaves Rocky and begins his new training from Duke. Tommy wins the title he wants, but still does not gain the respect he want. He wants to take out his anger in a fight with Rocky, but as Rocky is now retired from the ring, a street fight would have to do for Tommy. A street fight which could risk Rocky's life.—Film_Fan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John G. Avildsen</director>
      <actor>Sylvester Stallone (role=Rocky)</actor>
      <actor>Talia Shire (role=Adrian)</actor>
      <actor>Burt Young (role=Paulie)</actor>
      <actor>Sage Stallone (role=Rocky Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Burgess Meredith (role=Mickey)</actor>
      <actor>Tommy Morrison (role=Tommy)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Gant (role=George W. Duke)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Burton (role=Duke)</actor>
      <actor>Delia Sheppard (role=Karen)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Anthony Williams (role=Union Cane)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Connolly (role=Chickie)</actor>
      <actor>Elisebeth Peters (role=Jewel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1990</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc5NDgwOTk5MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTE1ODY2NA@@._V1_QL75_UX324_.jpg" />
    <category>Boxing|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>This movies which has to come in its title number is the fifth best of the Rocky films. It has not got the same power as the first 2 but is still very emotionally tought and strong and sends across a message like the other movies. Stallone like he always has been is great with the part. The script really does have its moments of splendour and with sadness. Scenes such as Balboas recolections on the past and his time with his friend and coach Mickey. Extremely emotional movie but of course only in scene such as that and also when his wife tries to pur across he devoted love for the boxer. Its powerfuls and tought like the whole series is. The films are the most realistic film series based on true life. True griet. True feelings and love. Now, Rocky loses his money plus gets brain damage, just how bad can a life get. Now not been able to box becomes a coach but soon gets betrayed by his student as another promoter with more money and power takes control of him and leaves Rocky all alone with nowhere to go.Although there is no ring fight, do not worry as there is a more personel than ever with more strenght and skill in a tough and rough and mean street fight. Definatley the least best in the series but still not bad and not as bad as what people say as it does contain all life based aspects. Very good and absolutley worth a watch more times than the very bad Star Wars</review>
    <description>Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey's gym and agrees to train a young protégé who's hungry for success.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3560084</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Navy CIS: New Orleans</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The adventures and missions of a defence doing everything that they can to protect the country and the world from all kinds of attacks and threats. All of the team members rely on each other to defeat all enemies and make sure that everyone lives in peace.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Hayman</director>
      <director>James Whitmore Jr.</director>
      <director>Michael Zinberg</director>
      <director>Tony Wharmby</director>
      <director>Mary Lou Belli</director>
      <actor>Scott Bakula (role=Dwayne Cassius Pride)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Kerkovich (role=Sebastian Lund)</actor>
      <actor>CCH Pounder (role=Dr. Loretta Wade)</actor>
      <actor>Daryl Mitchell (role=Patton Plame)</actor>
      <actor>Lucas Black (role=Christopher LaSalle)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Ferlito (role=Tammy Gregorio)</actor>
      <actor>Shalita Grant (role=Sonja Percy)</actor>
      <actor>Necar Zadegan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Waldren (role=Officer Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Zoe McLellan (role=Meredith Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Mike R. Moreau (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Michael Davis (role=Quentin Carter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzNkZDYwZjEtMWNlZi00Zjg5LWJhYjktYmY0NzY0ODM2NjM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>As a New Orleans native I implore you and the writers to walk down any street in New Orleans and talk to a LOCAL. We DO NOT eat shrimp and grits for breakfast and praline bacon isn't in our fridge. We have worked very hard to come back from Katrina and it PAINS ME that this series (which I love and watch regularly) is making us look like uneducated loud mouth pigs. Please - come uptown and take a census of LOCALS, have a LOCAL help you with the dialect!! We DO NOT talk like that unless your're from Mississippi. PLEASE! I LOVE my city and would LOVE for the series to continue and for us New Orleanians to sound like the intelligent up and coming tech community that we are! Thank you</review>
    <description>Follows a team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Special Agents who investigate criminal cases involving military personnel in New Orleans, Louisiana aka The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment, and decadence.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1196946</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Mentalist</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A team of the Californian Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may officially be lead by haughty agent Lisbon. However, her mediocre intelligence and methods by the book are no match for 'mentalist' Patrick Jane. Formally, the ex-medium-hustler is just a police consultant. In fact the detectives soon learn to look to him for ever brilliant and surprising observations, deductions, ploys and traps. No criminal ever outsmarts Jane - except perhaps Red John, who unwillingly motivated Patrick to start fighting crime.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Long</director>
      <director>Eric Laneuville</director>
      <director>John F. Showalter</director>
      <director>Charles Beeson</director>
      <director>Randy Zisk</director>
      <actor>Simon Baker (role=Patrick Jane)</actor>
      <actor>Robin Tunney (role=Teresa Lisbon)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Kang (role=Kimball Cho)</actor>
      <actor>Owain Yeoman (role=Wayne Rigsby)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Righetti (role=Grace Van Pelt Rigsby)</actor>
      <actor>John Troy Donovan (role=CBI Ron)</actor>
      <actor>Rockmond Dunbar (role=Dennis Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Adler (role=Jason Wylie)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gaston (role=Gale Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (role=Madeleine Hightower)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Itzin (role=Virgil Minelli)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Swallow (role=Kim Fischer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzMzNTU2MjEzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDc5MTg0NDE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Psychological Drama|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>The Mentalist is easily one of my favorite police shows of all-time. I loved every episode of every season. It's only been off the air for a few years and I already miss it. The entire cast is fantastic but the real standout here is Simon Baker as Patrick Jane. He was born to play this role. It's about a former "psychic " who serves as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation. He uses his incredible smarts and observation to solve cases in unusual ways. He's also there to find a killer named Red John, who killed his wife and daughter. If you're looking for a good show that you'll have a lot of fun watching them give this a try, you won't be disappointed</review>
    <description>A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1378167</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Navy CIS: L.A</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The adventures and missions of a defence doing everything that they can to protect the country and the world from all kinds of attacks and threats. All of the team members rely on each other to defeat all enemies and make sure that everyone lives in peace.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dennis Smith</director>
      <director>Terrence O'Hara</director>
      <director>John Peter Kousakis</director>
      <director>Tony Wharmby</director>
      <director>Eric A. Pot</director>
      <actor>Chris O'Donnell (role=G. Callen)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Ruah (role=Kensi Blye)</actor>
      <actor>LL Cool J (role=Sam Hanna)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Christian Olsen (role=Marty Deeks)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Hunt (role=Hetty Lange)</actor>
      <actor>Barrett Foa (role=Eric Beale)</actor>
      <actor>Renée Felice Smith (role=Nell Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Miguel Ferrer (role=Owen Granger)</actor>
      <actor>Medalion Rahimi (role=Special Agent Fatima Namazi)</actor>
      <actor>Caleb Castille (role=FBI Agent Devin Rountree)</actor>
      <actor>Gerald McRaney (role=Retired Navy Admiral Hollace Kilbride)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Cambor (role=Nate Getz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjJjMDg5ZjMtNjczMS00MDc1LTlmMDItY2E3YTE0NzUxNzBiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>As opposed to other reviewers who are sadly so limited they can only conceive of Linda Hunt as an object of derision, I tune in specifically to see her. The show is adequate. I've always liked LL Cool J and it's nice to see Chris O'Donnell again. (The nerds suck, especially when you consider Abby from the original show.) But it's the presence of Linda Hunt that elevates this show. She's a rich, interesting actor and her character here has a great backstory.Sure this team could be managed by yet another grizzled actor playing a tough as nails former Navy Seal type, whose life has been touched by tragedy because his wife died of breast cancer or his little girl choked on a marble. I'd rather have Linda Hunt because she is a true original. I've seen enough shallow cookie cutter actors with impossibly white teeth and ripped abs. Now I want to watch stories about people who are unique and unusual and earthy and human</review>
    <description>Follows the undercover agents assigned to the Office of Special Projects (OSP), a special branch of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) that investigate terrorism and National Security threats.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0080240</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Magnum</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV (Tom Selleck) grew up with a father in the Navy, who died when he was ten, and entered the Naval Academy at eighteen. Magnum, a third generation Naval officer, graduated the Academy, became a Navy S.E.A.L., and was sent to Vietnam. He made two life-long friends, Theodore "T.C." Calvin (Roger E. Mosley) and Orville "Rick" Wright (Larry Manetti), while serving in Vietnam. After the war, Magnum was transferred to Naval Intelligence, and stationed in Pearl Harbor. His buddies retired from the military. T.C. opened up a helicopter tour guide service, while Rick was a club manager. At the age of thirty-three, Magnum woke up one morning and realized he was never twenty-three. He quit the Navy, got a Private Investigator's license and opened a practice in Hawaii. He was eventually hired by a world-renowned author and playboy, Robin Masters (Orson Welles), to monitor security at Robin's Nest, a huge estate on the north shores of Oahu. Robin Masters would jet from one part of the world to another, and visit his various estates, and write best-selling novels. Robin's Nest is run by Jonathan Quayle Higgins III (John Hillerman), a proper Englishman. Higgins was in lineage of a Duke, and served in the Royal Army as a Sergeant Major. Magnum lives in Robin's guest house, and drives Robin's Ferrari. As a result, Higgins treats Magnum as a leech. However, deep down they have great respect for each other. The series follows Magnum on his various adventures, involving clients, guests staying on the estate, or plots involving his days in Vietnam. Magnum requires assistance occasionally from his friends, T.C., Rick, Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin (Kathleen Lloyd), his buddies in Naval Intelligence; even Higgins lends a hand from time to time.—Tom</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Vejar</director>
      <director>Ivan Dixon</director>
      <director>Ray Austin</director>
      <director>Russ Mayberry</director>
      <director>Alan J. Levi</director>
      <actor>Tom Selleck (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>John Hillerman (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Roger E. Mosley (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Larry Manetti (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gillian Dobb (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kwan Hi Lim (role=Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff MacKay (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Lloyd (role=Bridget Archer)</actor>
      <actor>Glenn Cannon (role=Dr. Bernard Kessler)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Bishop (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Elisha Cook Jr. (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Lance LeGault (role=Agent John W. Newton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1980</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDUxZTI0YzktZWYyYi00MGE2LTg5YmUtNDllMGRlYWZjNGM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWplbmNvbGo@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,3,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>The first couple of years the show had too work the glitches out. Once they got the formula right this was an entertaining show. There were some memorable stories, I like the one with his quarterback friend Darcy. This show had a budget that todays producers would salivate at. A Ferri, a chopper, a mansion, and great locations. Tom Selick grew as an actor in this series, and the 80's over the style is missed with todays shows. Who care's who gets voted off the island, or people making out in the bathroom on the show Friends, I rather watch a show with production vaule, professional actors, directing, and some fun. Time well spent on A&amp;E</review>
    <description>The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1595859</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Blue Bloods: Crime Scene New York</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Blue Bloods follows the lives of the NYPD's First Family of Law Enforcement: the Reagans. Frank, the Police Comissioner and son of former PC Henry Reagan, must balance his duties of running the largest police force in the world and being his kids' boss. His daughter Erin is an Assistant District Attorney, son Danny is a senior detective and fellow Marine Veteran, and new Harvard Law grad turned cop, Jamie all swirl through this family drama and passionately defend their city from harm. The Irish-American family is deeply rooted in their patriotism, passion, and love of family.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Barrett</director>
      <director>Ralph Hemecker</director>
      <director>Alex Zakrzewski</director>
      <director>Robert Harmon</director>
      <director>John Behring</director>
      <actor>Donnie Wahlberg (role=Danny Reagan)</actor>
      <actor>Bridget Moynahan (role=Erin Reagan-Boyle)</actor>
      <actor>Will Estes (role=Jamie Reagan)</actor>
      <actor>Len Cariou (role=Henry Reagan)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Selleck (role=Frank Reagan)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Terraciano (role=Sean Reagan)</actor>
      <actor>Abigail Hawk (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Jbara (role=Garrett Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Ramirez (role=Maria Baez)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Clohessy (role=Sid Gormley)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Ray (role=Eddie Reagan)</actor>
      <actor>Sami Gayle (role=Nicky Boyle)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGVlNjM3NTItM2YxYi00MDAzLTgwZTEtZjVkNTFmZWNlOTQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I'll be honest at the outset and say I've given this show a very solid 8 out of ten. Now I'm not sure if you're thinking that that doesn't jive with the heading on this review, if you are please remember two things 1)If I could give half points I would have given 8 and a half and 2)I'm very hard to please when it comes to movies and TV.First I'll start with Donnie (oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh! {nkotb reference}). I absolutely loved him in Boomtown and was very disappointed when it got cancelled because the show as a whole was brilliant and original and I tuned in every week without fail (RIP Boomtown). Wahlberg does not disappoint in this show either as the thoroughly committed to doing the right thing detective, brilliant and first class as usual.Selleck as the (nearly) patriarch of the family and the definite patriarch of the police department cannot put a foot wrong for my money either.Someone mentioned it already, but the whole debating of decisions over the Sunday roast is a brilliant show device with which the audience is exposed not only to the logic employed by the cops but also to the points that can be made by the devils advocate. Thoughly entertaining, and not visited nearly enough in other shows.One of the strongest selling points of this show is the lack of formulaic clap trap that you find on other shows (granted there is some form to the show as in a crime has to happen in order to be investigated) and the originality in which the show goes about bringing its stories to the audience.Last but not least is the emotions and feelings in the show. It's much more effective than most cop shows I've watched at tugging at the heart strings and it really is worth watching for all the above reasons.I hope you enjoy this show</review>
    <description>Revolves around a family of New York cops.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1600194</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hawaii Five-0</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Hawaii doesn't have its own state police force, but the Governor has set up a special task force, which becomes known as "Five-0", to investigate serious crimes on the islands. Reserve Naval officer Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) heads the team with Danny Williams (Scott Caan) as his second-in-command, and together they tackle a range of crimes with more far-reaching consequences than those dealt with by the Honolulu Police Department, including terrorism and serious organized crime.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bryan Spicer</director>
      <director>Peter Weller</director>
      <director>Jerry Levine</director>
      <director>Maja Vrvilo</director>
      <director>Larry Teng</director>
      <actor>Alex O'Loughlin (role=Steve McGarrett)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Caan (role=Young Milton)</actor>
      <actor>Taylor Wily (role=Kamekona)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Dae Kim (role=Chin Ho Kelly)</actor>
      <actor>Grace Park (role=Kono Kalakaua)</actor>
      <actor>Chi McBride (role=Lou Grover)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Chun (role=Sgt. Duke Lukela)</actor>
      <actor>Masi Oka (role=Max Bergman)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Garcia (role=Jerry Ortega)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Anthony Dale (role=Earl Blackstone)</actor>
      <actor>Kimee Balmilero (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Meaghan Rath (role=Alexa Alani)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJkZDA0YjItYzA1MC00ZDMxLTk4NzYtYjFhMTk4NWIwMWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Hawaii Five-0 is a pretty entertaining police that's based off the original show. It's a fun and fast paced police procedural that gives you everything you want in a cop show that can just waste some time for you. They show Hawaii to be as beautiful as ever. I never watched the original Hawaii Five-0 because it was on before I was born therefore I can't compare the two but this newer one is really good in its own right and is absolutely worth watching! The entire cast does an incredible job. The only bad part of this show is the ending. They had to rush it because of COVID so they couldn't give it the ending they intended. If you're looking for a really fun police procedural that will keep you engaged throughout the series than this is the show for you</review>
    <description>When former United States Navy officer, Steve McGarrett, returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer, the Governor offers him the chance to run his own special task force: Five-0.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0083437</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Knight Rider</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Michael Long is a policeman, while investigating someone, he was shot and left for dead. But a millionaire, Wilton Knight finds him and saves him and gives him a new face. It seems that Knight wants to wage a war against criminals who operate above the law. And Michael is the man he has chosen to wage that war. He has created the ultimate car, the Knight Industries Two Thousand or KITT, which is laced with a virtually indestructible alloy, and is also capable of moving on its own and also talks. He gives the car to Michael, and gives him the new identity of Michael Knight. Michael is assisted by one of Knight's associates, Devon Miles. Bonnie is the mechanic who takes care of KITT. During the second season Bonnie was replaced by April, as the new mechanic. The folowing season she left and Bonnie returned. The next season they acquired a new member, Reginald Cornelius III or RC3.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Winrich Kolbe</director>
      <director>Georg Fenady</director>
      <director>Sidney Hayers</director>
      <director>Bernard L. Kowalski</director>
      <director>Harvey S. Laidman</director>
      <actor>David Hasselhoff (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Edward Mulhare (role=Fake Devon Miles)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Basehart (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia McPherson (role=Bonnie Barstow)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca Holden (role=April Curtis)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Parros (role='RC3' Reginald Cornelius III)</actor>
      <actor>Shawn Ora Engemann (role=Rita Wilcox)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Turkel (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Hickland (role=Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Lance LeGault (role=Christopher Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Pamela Susan Shoop (role=Marta Simmons)</actor>
      <actor>George Murdock (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1982</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTAzYmY3NzYtYzE5Yi00Zjg1LWI5MmItNWU3Zjk4M2UyMTc1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,26,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Artificial Intelligence|Superhero|Action|Crime|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>And I still enjoy it. I was a senior in high school when this show premiered. Yes, it is absolutely campy, and of course it is not believable, but maybe that's why I like it so much, even today. This show reminds me of Star Trek,the original series in some ways. It's so over the top that you can forget about any idea of anyone getting hurt. You know before the episode even begins that Michael is going to come through, and good will triumph over evil and the bad guy is going to get it in the end. Just like Trek. But that's what I love about it. If I wanted to see reality, I can find another show, or simply walk out the front door. But this kind of show let's you just take your mind off the hook for a while and pretend that everything always comes out right in the end. If that's what you want, you're in the right place</review>
    <description>Follows the adventures of lone crime-fighter, Michael Knight, who battles the forces of evil with the help of his virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar called KITT.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0119094</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im Körper des Feindes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Most wanted civil freelance terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) is relentlessly pursued by FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Archer (John Travolta). Years earlier, Castor, in an attempt to kill Sean, accidentally killed the agent's young son, Michael; the two have been obsessed with each other ever since. The FBI receives information that Castor's brother, Pollux (Alessandro Nivola), has chartered a plane at LAX airport. Sean knows that Pollux will not fly without Castor, so he leads a joint FBI/LAPD team to chase the plane down, which crashes into a hangar. In the ensuing chaos, Pollux is captured by the FBI and Castor is knocked into a coma after bragging to Sean about a bomb that will go off neglecting to mention the location of the bomb. Sean's work colleagues congratulate him on catching Castor, but the agent rebuffs the praise he is given and says the deaths of the FBI agents is nothing to celebrate about.Sean then finds out Castor was not joking about the bomb after discovering a tape that was recovered in the jet crash in Pollux's briefcase which contains information about the bomb. After a number of interrogations, Sean discovers the date but not the location of the bomb itself. Knowing that Pollux is the only person who can reveal the location and that Castor is the only one who should be informed, Sean is presented by his colleagues a secret mission that he will undergo an experimental surgical procedure to temporarily graft Castor's face onto his skull, infiltrate the prison where Pollux is being held, and get the location of the bomb which is the only way to do so. Arrangements are made for Sean (as Castor, voice and all) to be incarcerated with Pollux in prison. Once there, he successfully learns the bomb's location, the Los Angeles Convention Center. Meanwhile, Castor unexpectedly awakens from his coma and, realizing what has happened, calls his men to kidnap the doctor named Walsh who performed the surgery.Castor (who is smoking, popping painkillers and watching video of the surgery when the doctor arrives), then forces Walsh to graft Sean's face onto him and Walsh is later murdered by being burned alive with flammable liquid done by Castor's henchmen. Castor (as Sean, voice and all) visits him in prison, informing him that he killed everyone who knew about the mission (including Sean's friend Tito, who had his wedding band) and destroyed all the evidence. He leaves, telling Sean his plans to take advantage of his job and family. Castor then has the FBI negotiate a deal with Pollux (who figures out the switch) for his release, in return for revealing the bomb's location. Castor proceeds to disarm the bomb and revels in the praise from Sean's colleagues and the media.Following Castor's disarmament of the bomb, Sean begins an escape attempt. A violent battle ensues, ending with the FBI agent successfully evading the prison guards and leaves the prison. Later, Sean visits Castor's entourage and successfully fools them into thinking that he is the real Castor. Sean then asks them to help kill "Archer". Elsewhere, Castor initiates aggressive sex play with Sean's wife Eve (Joan Allen) and flirts with his teenage daughter Jamie (Dominique Swain).Meanwhile, Sean finds himself having to take drugs to impress Castor's gang. Also present is Sasha Hassler (Gina Gershon), Castor's ex-girlfriend, and their son Adam. Earlier, Sean threatened to put her son into foster care, but he now realizes that she is a devoted mother who is trying to raise Adam away from the poisonous influence of Castor. Sean (as Castor) promises her that Archer will not bother her anymore. Sean starts to bond with Adam, reminding him of his deceased son, Michael. Pollux, watching Castor's old safe-house, informs Castor of Sean's arrival. Castor sends an FBI team in. A gunfight ensues, killing most of Castor's crew, while Sasha and Adam escape with Sean's help. As he makes his own escape, Sean catches Pollux and drops him through the apartment skylight, killing him. Castor is devastated, and when a fellow agent comments, Castor shoots him in the head.Later, the FBI's Assistant Director in Charge, Victor Lazarro, berates Castor for the unnecessary carnage at the safe-house. An already angered Castor confesses his true identity and kills him, blaming his death on a heart attack. As a result, Castor is promoted to FBI Assistant Director. Meanwhile, Sean returns to his suburban home and tries to convince Eve that he is really her husband, and she is only convinced slightly after he tells her the story of their first kiss. For scientific proof, Eve, who's a doctor, get a blood sample from Castor and finds it is type AB (Sean's is O negative). The morning comes and as Eve tends to her husband's gun wound, Sean assumes Castor can't be touched now that he's the new acting director, at which point Eve tells him he'll be at Lazarro's funeral.A few days later, Sean arrives at Lazarro's funeral during the Mass and prays in a side chapel until it finishes, and the mourners leave. He then discovers that Castor is holding Eve hostage. A gunfight ensues, in which Castor's crew are killed. Sasha saves Eve and takes a bullet for Sean, before she dies, she makes him promise that he will not let Adam grow up to be criminal as well. Castor then takes a late-arriving Jamie hostage, but she is able to escape, ironically using a knife trick he taught her. Prior to this, Castor tried to strangle Sean but wound up dislodging a microchip on his larynx (which gave him Castor's voice), thus returning his voice to normal.Castor takes off to the docks and steals a speed boat. Sean then jumps into another speed boat and goes after Castor. After a lengthy chase, both Sean and Castor are thrown ashore by an explosion resulting from their boats colliding. The two engage in a final hand-to-hand confrontation. After Castor beats his foe with a pole, Sean grabs a spear gun and stabs Castor in the leg, making him unable to fight, Castor then tries to destroy Sean's face on himself to prevent him from reclaiming it which results in Sean eventually killing Castor with the spear gun. Later, Eve is able to explain the entire situation to the FBI, successfully convincing them of her husband's true identity. Sean is then taken to the hospital and his face and body are restored, minus a scar on his chest from when Michael was killed.The film ends as Sean arrives home with Adam, bringing him into his family in order to fulfill his promise to Sasha of not allowing Adam to grow up to be a criminal.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Woo</director>
      <actor>John Travolta (role=Sean Archer)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolas Cage (role=Castor Troy)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Allen (role=Eve Archer)</actor>
      <actor>Alessandro Nivola (role=Pollux Troy)</actor>
      <actor>Gina Gershon (role=Sasha Hassler)</actor>
      <actor>Dominique Swain (role=Jamie Archer)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Cassavetes (role=Dietrich Hassler)</actor>
      <actor>Harve Presnell (role=Victor Lazarro)</actor>
      <actor>Colm Feore (role=Dr. Malcolm Walsh)</actor>
      <actor>John Carroll Lynch (role=Prison Guard Walton)</actor>
      <actor>CCH Pounder (role=Hollis Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Wisdom (role=Tito Biondi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAxMWNjYzktYTVmYy00YjJjLTlhMzUtYWVhMmJjZjlkZGU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Gun Fu|Action|Crime|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>John Woo knows, if anybody, how to make good, stylish action. And that's exactly what this film is; good, cool, stylish action. The plot is great; fairly psychological and quite interesting. It has a fast(and remarkably even) pace, I don't think more than 30 minutes passes at any point in the movie without a giant action scene. All in all, I'd guess there are about four or five major shootouts, and two chase scenes which are each several minutes long(without getting repetitive, fortunately). The acting is excellent; every single major part is well-played. John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain... all give great, entirely believable performances. The best are definitely Travolta and Cage, though; fantastic, truly stellar performances. The characters are all well-written and credible, right down to the most minor one. The action is cool and very stylish, in every single action-scene. The theme of the film is great; of course, the story is completely unlikely, with the face-switching and all, but once you get past that, once you suspend disbelief, you'll most likely enjoy the film thoroughly. The script is excellent, plenty of action, drama, and thriller parts. Also, you gotta love the sharp contrast 3/4's into the movie, with the kid listening to sugary pop-music, while people are shooting intensely at each other. Great film. I recommend it to any fan of John Woo, Nicholas Cage, John Travolta and action films. 8/10</review>
    <description>To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent assumes the identity of the criminal who murdered his son via facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0311113</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Master &amp; Commander: Bis ans Ende der Welt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The year is 1805. Europe has fallen to Napoleon, and only the Royal Navy stands in his way to total victory. Off the cost of South America, a new conflict is brewing. Captain Jack "Lucky Jack" Aubrey of the Man-of-War HMS Surprise is under orders to sink or capture the French privateer Acheron, which has been deployed to the region. After seven weeks of uneventful sailing, the Acheron strikes first, all but crippling the Surprise in an engagement in which Aubrey realizes his enemy's ship is nautically superior to his own. Along with his close friend and confidant Stephan Maturin who also happens to be the ship's surgeon, Aubrey is now faced with the choice of retreating to England and admitting defeat or remaining at the Acheron's mercy. Aubrey must now do the impossible if he is to survive, repair his ship, catch up to his enemy and defeat the Acheron--somehow.—Dave</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Weir</director>
      <actor>Russell Crowe (role=Capt. Jack Aubrey)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Bettany (role=Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon)</actor>
      <actor>James D'Arcy (role=1st Lt. Tom Pullings)</actor>
      <actor>Edward Woodall (role=2nd Lt. William Mowett)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Larkin (role=Capt. Howard, Royal Marines)</actor>
      <actor>Max Pirkis (role=Blakeney, Midshipman)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Randall (role=Boyle, Midshipman)</actor>
      <actor>Max Benitz (role=Calamy, Midshipman)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Ingleby (role=Hollom, Midshipman)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Pates (role=Williamson, Midshipman)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Pugh (role=Mr. Allen, Master)</actor>
      <actor>Richard McCabe (role=Mr. Higgins, Surgeon's Mate)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzY4OTVkN2EtYjBlYi00Zjk2LTlmNDYtMGQ2YzI4ZTgwYzY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure Epic|Costume Drama|Epic|Period Drama|Sea Adventure|War Epic|Action|Adventure|Drama|War</category>
    <review>There is a scene in MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD where the captain of a British Naval ship, circa 1805, debates the difference between duty and passion. Having passed on an opportunity to make wonderful new discoveries in favor of the pursuit of a massive French war ship, the scene manages to make a rather eloquent, yet subtle comment on the nature of man and his place within the world. The beauty of this film is that there are many such moments where the viewer is simultaneously bombarded with thematic musings, exciting action sequences, great acting and historical accuracy to the point where it becomes difficult to take it all in at once. Those of you looking for something more like Pirates of the Caribbean will be disappointed as this film is short on action and long on character development. There are only two major battle sequences, separated by more than an hour and a half of time. And while they are great; violently realistic and dramatically involving, the real guts of this film lies in the human stories told along the way. The director, Peter Weir, highlights his ability to tell an intimate story amidst a grand backdrop much like he did in The Truman Show. We get to know these men, their strengths and weaknesses and we see how the long and hard voyage plays on their minds over the film's progression. In one scene, a young officer feels the pressure of his men's dismissive stares and decides to end matters in his own way, afraid of what may be in store for him should he stick it out. Weir does a good job at highlighting the many facets of seafaring life. If you're looking for an intelligent and thought-provoking journey into the life of a 19th Century British Naval Vessell, look no further. Master and Commander has the depth of a good Discovery Channel show and the action worthy of almost any other high-seas adventure that comes to mind</review>
    <description>During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0113497</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jumanji</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The film begins in 1869 in the town of Brantford, New Hampshire. Two boys are seen breathlessly running with a box, which they proceed to bury in the woods.The film then cuts to a century later in Brantford. A young boy named Alan Parrish is chased by a gang of bullies and seeks refuge in his father's shoe factory. Alan encounters one of his father's employees named Carl, who has created a prototype sneaker which he feels is the future of Parrish Shoes. Alan carelessly places the prototype on a conveyor belt as he is discovered by his father. Sam Parrish chastises his son for being bullied and claims that Alan needs to stand up for himself. As Alan leaves a grinding noise is heard from one of the factory's machines. The conveyor belt upon which Alan placed the prototype sent the shoe into the machine, damaging the machine along with Carl's prototype. Sam demands to know who is responsible for the incident, and Carl takes the blame for Alan.Outside the factory, Alan is accosted by the bullies. One of them demands that Alan stay away from his girlfriend. Alan claims that he and the bully's girlfriend are 'just friends,' but this just leads to them beating up Alan and taking his bike. As Alan recovers, a strange drum beat catches his ear, and he is drawn to a construction site. Wedged in a section of ground is the box the two boys had buried a century before. Alan pulls it out, opens it up, and finds a wooden board game inside named, 'Jumanji.'That evening, Alan's parents are going out to an event. Alan's mother has told his father that there are multiple bullies and Alan's father tells Alan that he is proud of him for standing up to them as he did. However, Alan's face soon falls when his father proclaims they are sending him to a boarding school for boys. Alan grows indignant at being forced into doing something he doesn't want to do and he and his father part ways for the night in anger. Once Alan's parents leave, he attempts to pack a suitcase and run away from home.As Alan is about to walk out the front door, a knock is heard and he opens the door to find Sarah Whittle (the bully's girlfriend), who has come to return Alan's bike. The drum sounds are heard again and lead the two to the Jumanji board game. Alan sets the game up for the two of them to play but Sarah claims she's too old for board games and playfully throws down the dice. After she does so, a piece on the board moves on its own, and strange sounds are heard from the fireplace. Sarah becomes scared and tells Alan to not take his turn. Ignoring her, he rolls the dice and receives the following message: "In the jungle you must wait, until the dice read five or eight."Sarah recoils in horror as Alan is literally sucked into the game, following which scores of large bats swarm down the chimney and out through the fireplace. Sarah runs screaming from the house, slamming the door behind her.Twenty-six years later, Nora Shepherd moves into the now-vacant Parrish mansion with her niece and nephew, Judy and Peter. The children have been entrusted into Nora's care since their parents were killed while on a skiing trip. Judy has developed a penchant for concocting ridiculous lies while Peter has coped by becoming quiet and withdrawn.Judy and Peter explore the house and soon make their way to the attic, where they are spooked by a bat. This brings an exterminator to inspect the house but nothing else turns up. When Judy is shown pictures of various bats, she points out a picture of an African fruit bat. The exterminator says that a girl in the 60's claimed to have seen the same kind of bat. Before he leaves, the exterminator tells the kids a story that he believes the owner of the house murdered his son Alan, dismembered his body and hid the remains in the walls of the mansion.The next day, while Nora is out, Peter and Judy hear the tribal drum sounds, and come across the Jumanji board game in the attic. Opening it up, two game pieces magically lock into place for them. The first roll of the dice by Judy spawns giant mosquitoes, which soon fly out an open window in the attic. Peter rolls snake-eyes, which unleashes a horde of crazed monkeys in the kitchen. It is after this that Judy reads a message on the game board which states that everything will revert to normal once the game is finished. As Peter has rolled 'doubles,' he takes another turn. Peter rolls a '5,' and the two are soon shocked to find a lion in their house. Their shock soon doubles when Alan appears, now a forty-year-old man in jungle garb. Alan corrals the lion in a bedroom before thanking Judy and Peter for freeing him. When Alan asks where his parents are, Judy informs him that it is 1995 and that she, Peter and their Aunt Nora are the new owners of the house.Alan rushes outside, where he encounters Carl in a police cruiser. While Carl demands to know who Alan is, the monkeys from the kitchen hijack Carl's car and drive off in it, with Carl running behind in pursuit. Alan then rushes off, intent to find his family. Alan soon finds the Parrish Shoe Factory has been shuttered. Entering the factory, Alan comes across a homeless man who tells the group that after Alan went missing, Sam used all his time, energy and wealth to find him. When Alan asks to know where the two elder Parish's are, the homeless man directs Alan to the nearby cemetery.After visiting his parents' graves, Alan and the kids return to the mansion, where the kids attempt to get Alan to help them finish the game. However, they soon find that the game has to be played in the order of who is next. As Alan was the second person to roll the dice, followed by Judy and Peter, that means that Sarah has to roll the dice for the game to advance.Unsure where to go, the three go to the house where Sarah lived as a girl only to find psychic living there. They ask the psychic for help finding Sarah, only to find the psychic IS Sarah. After Sarah faints at the sight of Alan, Alan and the kids take her back to the mansion. Upon seeing the game board Sarah freaks out, claiming that what she 'thought' she saw (Alan being sucked into the game) was a hallucination, and that Alan's father had killed him and dismembered his body, hiding it in the walls of the mansion.Alan manages to trick Sarah into taking her turn, which unleashes a number of carnivorous plants. The group then retreats to another part of the house, where Alan takes his turn. Alan's turn summons the game's most deadly aspect--a big-game hunter from the game named Van Pelt, who has been chasing Alan for some time within the game of Jumanji. It is only when Van Pelt runs out of ammunition does he give up, going off to get more.We can tell that Jumanji has created Van Pelt by patterning him after Alan's father, Sam Parrish. He seems only interesting in hunting Alan to death and screams at him for being "a sniveling, yellow coward" for not facing Van Pelt and his gun. Once again, an exaggerated nightmare conjuring of Sam Parrish.The group next goes to the library in the mansion, where Judy's turn results in a massive stampede of animals bursting forth from the bookcase behind them. In the ensuing chaos, a large white pelican grabs the game in its beak and flies off. Alan chases after it, with the group in tow.Alan finds the pelican by a river, catches a fish and tosses it to the bird, causing it to knock the game into the river. Peter manages to retrieve the game and everyone returns to the house. However, Carl appears and takes Alan away. Once Alan is gone, Peter reveals that he has attempted to cheat by attempting to drop the dice so that he would get the number he needed to reach the end. As a result, Peter begins to morph into a monkey.In the police cruiser, Alan finally tells Carl who he is and Carl attempts to get Alan back to Judy, Peter and Sarah.Meanwhile, the three have been found again by Van Pelt (now having acquired a Daewoo USAS-12 (automatic shotgun). The chase leads the group into the heart of the town where the animal stampede almost kills Peter. Van Pelt finds Peter trapped in a crushed car and wrestles the game away from him, then heads for a discount store. Van Pelt intends to trap Sarah and use her as bait along with the game to lure Alan to him. Alan and Carl eventually do find them at the store. Carl's vehicle crashes through the front of the store, burying Van Pelt in an avalanche of paint cans.The group returns to the house, only to find the carnivorous plants have taken over the interior. The next turn causes a monsoon to flood the main floor of the house and the group to be chased by a large crocodile. Everyone heads for the attic, where Sarah takes her turn, and the floor turns to quicksand, almost swallowing Alan. Judy rolls the dice, freezing the floor, saving Alan from being swallowed up by the floor. Peter rolls next and some large spiders suddenly appear. Judy attempts to fight them off, but accidentally finds one of the plants, which shoots her with a poisonous barb.Sarah takes her turn, resulting in an earthquake that splits the Parrish house in two. Alan is freed and falls through the floor, along with the game. Alan manages to recover the game and is about to take his turn when Van Pelt appears. Alan drops the dice. Van Pelt encourages Alan to run, but Alan declares that he won't run anymore and will face his fears. As he says this, the dice finish their roll and Alan's piece reaches the center of the board. Van Pelt asks Alan for his last words. After Alan calls out the name of the game, all the creatures and animals are sucked back into the game (including Van Pelt himself), as Alan and Sarah embrace each other and close their eyes.When they open them again, they find themselves back in the parlor of Alan's house in 1969. A sound is heard nearby as Sam Parrish returns to get a forgotten speech. Alan quickly rushes to hug his father and apologizes for what he said before his father left. Sam apologizes as well and decides not to send him away. He also takes responsibility for Carl's prototype sneaker becoming lodged in the factory machine.After Sam leaves, Alan panics about Judy and Peter. Sarah reminds him that they don't yet exist. The two then take the game, weight it down, and toss it into a nearby river. Sarah then tells Alan that it feels like the memories of their adventure are waning and decides to kiss him for the bravery he showed.The epilogue of the film returns us to the year 1995. Alan and Sarah have married and are expecting their first child. A Christmas party is being held at the Parrish mansion, and Alan is speaking by phone to his father as he and Alan's mother are away on a vacation. Carl is present at the party. Alan and Sarah have also invited Judy and Peter and their parents to the party (though the kids have no idea of the previous adventures). Alan and Sarah are eager to provide Judy and Peter's father with an advertising position with the Parrish Shoe company. However both of the parents feel they should wait to accept until after they take a planned skiing trip in the Canadian Rockies. Alan and Sarah, in unison, shriek, "NO!"The film ends with a pair of French girls walking along a beach, wondering about a strange drum beat they both hear. Buried in the sand several yards in front of them is the Jumanji board game, preparing to claim its next players.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joe Johnston</director>
      <actor>Robin Williams (role=Alan Parrish)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Hyde (role=Sam Parrish)</actor>
      <actor>Kirsten Dunst (role=Judy Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>Bradley Pierce (role=Peter Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>Bonnie Hunt (role=Sarah Whittle)</actor>
      <actor>Bebe Neuwirth (role=Nora Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>David Alan Grier (role=Bentley)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Clarkson (role=Carol Parrish)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Hann-Byrd (role=Young Alan)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Bell Bundy (role=Young Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>James Handy (role=Exterminator)</actor>
      <actor>Gillian Barber (role=Mrs. Thomas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1995</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
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    <category>High-Concept Comedy|Jungle Adventure|Supernatural Fantasy|Adventure|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>I have not seen this movie in more then a decade perhaps even more so it was pretty new to me again. Sure I remembered a few things here and there but I didn't remember the amount of CGI for a movie made in 1995 or how well the story was.The CGI is of course very dated compared to now but for its time this movie was amazing! The story for a movie that revolves around a board game is a very interesting concept and very well told. The acting by a young Kirsten Dunst and comedic Robin Williams and the rest of the cast is very well done.This is a great movie and if you have children between the ages of 7 to 13 I would bet they'd like it too</review>
    <description>When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0107048</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On February 1, self-centered and sour TV meteorologist Phil Connors (Bill Murray), news producer Rita Hanson (Andie MacDowell) and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) from fictional Pittsburgh television station WPBH-TV9 travel to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities with Punxsutawney Phil, the Groundhog. Having grown tired of this assignment, Phil begrudgingly gives his Groundhog Day report the next day (February 2) during the festival and parade.After the celebration concludes, a blizzard develops that Connors had predicted would miss them, closing the roads and shutting down long-distance phone services, forcing the team to return to Punxsutawney. However, Connors awakens the next morning to find it is February 2 again, and his day unfolds in almost exactly the same way. Connors can change his behavior, but other people do and say the same things they did and said the previous day, unless Connors changes something. He is aware of the repetition, but everyone else seems to be living February 2 for the first time. This recursion repeats the following morning and the one after that, and over and over again. For Connors, Groundhog Day begins each morning at 6:00 A.M., when he wakes up in his room in a Victorian bed and breakfast. His clock radio is always playing the same song, "I Got You Babe" by Sonny &amp; Cher. His memories of the "previous" day are intact, but he is trapped in a seemingly endless time loop, repeating the same day in the same small town.After briefly trying to rationalize his situation, and then thinking he is insane, Connors takes advantage of learning the day's events and the information he is able to gather about the town's inhabitants, and finds that his actions have no long-term consequences for himself. He revels in this situation for a time: seducing beautiful women, stealing money, even driving drunk and experiencing a police chase. However, his attempts to seduce his producer, Rita, are met with repeated failures. He begins to tire of, and then dread, his existence, starting the day by smashing the alarm clock and professing the inanity of Groundhog Day as a holiday in his newscast. In a vain attempt to break the cycle, he kidnaps Phil the Groundhog. After a police pursuit, Connors drives a stolen truck into a quarry, causing both man and rodent to die in a fiery explosion; but the loop does not stop. He commits suicide several more times. He electrocutes himself, lets a truck hit him on the road, and jumps from a tall building (other attempts are alluded to) but mere death cannot stop the day from repeating. After he dies, he simply wakes up listening to Sonny &amp; Cher in the same bed, on the same day, over and over again.He initially tries to seduce Rita by learning as much as he can on a daily basis. First he asks what she wants in a man: someone who is humble, kind, generous, courageous and sensitive; someone who likes children; someone who loves his mother and plays a musical instrument. He learns what she likes (rocky road ice cream, sweet vermouth, French poetry) and what she doesn't like (white chocolate) and pretends to share her tastes. This also fails consistently; in scene after scene, Rita slaps him before the night is over. However, he is able to befriend her in a more sincere fashion. He tells her of his circumstances -- how he is reliving the day over and over again -- and manages to convince her of the truth with his extensive knowledge of events to come, the lives of the Punxsutawney townspeople, and Rita herself.He opens his heart to Rita, and her advice helps him to gradually find a goal for his trapped life: as a benefactor to others. He cannot, in a single day, bring others to fulfill his needs but he can achieve self-improvement by educating himself on a daily basis. After seeing an elderly homeless man die, Connors vows that no one will die on "his" day and performs many heroic services each and every repeating day, including performing the Heimlich maneuver on a choking man and saving a little boy who falls from a tree. However, he becomes despondent at being unable to save the homeless man, despite trying to get him medical care. When he demands to see the man's medical chart, a nurse tells him "sometimes people just die." Connors replies "Not today," but he never manages to prevent it.Though the film does not specify the number of repetitions, there is enough time for Connors to learn many complex skills, such as how to play jazz piano, speak French, sculpt ice, and memorize the life story of almost everyone in town. He also masters the art of flipping playing cards into an upturned hat, which he offhandedly suggests takes six months.(According to Danny Rubin, who shares screenwriting credit with the director, the intent in the original script was for the time-frame of Connors' repeating days to be ambiguous, but longer than a single lifetime. The studio objected to this, asking that it be reduced to two weeks. Director Harold Ramis tried to leave the time-frame loop ambiguous as how many times Connors relives February 2, but it is strongly speculated by Connors (and the viewers) to be at least 10 years.)Eventually, Phil sees his own shadow, so to speak, and changes from an inconsiderate, callous egocentric into a thoughtful, kindhearted philanthropist, refining his understanding of human decency, which, in return, makes him an appreciated and beloved man in the town. Phil is able to befriend almost everyone he meets during the day, using his experiences to save lives and help the townspeople. In the process, he gets closer to Rita. He crafts a report on the Groundhog Day celebration so eloquent that all the other stations turn their microphones to him. After the big Groundhog Day evening dance, Rita and Phil retire together to Phil's room. They believe that if Rita is there, the cycle may be interrupted. He wakes the next morning in bed with Rita (they are both still fully clothed) and finds the time loop is broken; it is now February 3. Phil is a different person than he was on February 1 and, after going outside, Phil and Rita talk about living in Punxsutawney together. Connors suggests: "We'll rent to start."The closing song is "Almost Like Being in Love" from Brigadoon, a musical which also dealt with a village trapped in time.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Harold Ramis</director>
      <actor>Bill Murray (role=Phil)</actor>
      <actor>Andie MacDowell (role=Rita)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Elliott (role=Larry)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Tobolowsky (role=Ned)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Doyle-Murray (role=Buster)</actor>
      <actor>Marita Geraghty (role=Nancy)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Paton (role=Mrs. Lancaster)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Ducommun (role=Gus)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Overton (role=Ralph)</actor>
      <actor>Robin Duke (role=Doris the Waitress)</actor>
      <actor>Carol Bivins (role=Anchorwoman)</actor>
      <actor>Willie Garson (role=Phil's Assistant Kenny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmVmMDg4NjAtZmZiYi00ZjkwLTlmZWItZjM4NGQ1MDgxOGE2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|High-Concept Comedy|Holiday Comedy|Holiday Romance|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>It's 2019 and I still watch this movie from time to time, feels like 6am all over again. I've seen a few copy-cat movies borrowing the same 'repeats' but it's just not the same or memorable.The humor is charming and intelligent, great lines, characters and can even make you fall in love with the town. The scene with the old man always gets to me, you really feel for all the characters. I can watch this over and over</review>
    <description>A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0114924</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Während du schliefst</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) is a lonely token collector on the Chicago Transit Authority who has a secret crush on a handsome commuter named Peter Callaghan (Gallagher).
Lucy is a romantic, who was brought up on stories of love between her romantic father and her mother. For Lucy, Peter was her prince charming.Jerry (Jason Bernard) is Lucy's dry humored boss. Jerry has Lucy work on Christmas and New Years as she has practically no friends and family.
Joe Fusco Jr (Michael Rispoli) is Lucy's troublesome yet harmless neighbor who believes he invented aluminum foil. Joe is always hitting on Lucy, which she finds irritating.On Christmas day, she rescues him from an oncoming train after a mugger pushes him onto the tracks. He falls into a coma, and she accompanies him to the hospital, where a nurse overhears her musing aloud, "I was going to marry him." Misinterpreting her, the nurse tells his family that she is his fiance. The police inform the family that Lucy jumped on the tracks to save Peter's life. At this point Peter's father Ox decides to accept Lucy as part of the family even the family had no clue that Peter was engaged. All they knew was that Peter had met a girl named Ashley in a bar and Ox considered her very high and mighty.At first, she is too caught up in the panic to explain the truth. She winds up keeping the secret for a number of reasons: she is embarrassed, Elsie (Peter's grandmother) (Glynis Johns) has a heart condition, and she quickly comes to love being a part of Peter's big and loving family. The family includes Jack (Bill Pullman), Peter's brother who is a carpenter, Ox (Peter Boyle) the head of the Callaghan furniture business who often makes wisecracks, Midge (Micole Mercurio) an extremely passionate and soft-heart mother and Mary (Monica Keena), Peter and Jack's sister.One night, thinking she's alone while visiting Peter, she confesses about her predicament. Unbeknownst to her, Saul (Peter's godfather) (Jack Warden) overhears the truth and later confronts her, but tells her he'll keep her secret, because the accident has brought the family closer. Saul learns that Lucy's mother died when she was very young and her father was admitted to a research center 2 years ago, and passed away 1 year ago, after a long sickness.With no family and few friends, Lucy becomes so captivated with the quirky Callaghans and their unconditional love for her that she cannot bring herself to hurt them by revealing that Peter doesn't even know her. She spends a belated Christmas with them and then meets his younger brother Jack, who is supposed to take over his father's furniture business. He is suspicious of her at first as he doesn't believe that Peter is engaged.Jack observes Lucy closely and finds that Joe claims that he is dating Lucy, and yet he finds Lucy in Peter's apartment feeding his cat (Lucy found a can of cat food in Peter's belongings and guessed that he had a cat and went into his apartment, while Jack had no idea that Peter had a cat).
Lucy says that she met Peter 3 months ago and Jack finds it strange that they got engaged so fast. Jack confronts Lucy about Joe, and she retorts that he is delusional. Lucy had met a friend of Peter's at work, who told her how Peter lost a testicle in a basketball accident. When Lucy reveals this secret to Jack and his family, it removes all doubts.
Lucy also gets lucky as the doorman in Peter's building is new and doesn't recognize Peter's fiance by name or face, but knows that he was with a woman.Jack falls in love with Lucy as they spend time together. They develop a close friendship and soon after she falls in love with him as well.
Jack says that he wants to start his own business, but since Peter already left Ox, he doesn't want to leave as well, as that would leave Ox all alone.
Meanwhile, Ashley was revealed to be travelling in Lisbon. She calls Peter at his apartment one day, and leaves a message from her answering machine, saying that she accepts Peter's proposal and will marry him.After New Year's Eve, Peter wakes up. He has no memory of Lucy, but by this time his family has become so convinced of the engagement story that they assume he must have amnesia. She and Peter spend time together, but she has already fallen in love with Jack.
Peter is convinced by Saul - Peter and Jack's godfather, who knows about Lucy's secret - that Lucy must be his true love if he really proposed to her, so he does it "again". Lucy freaks out by the unexpected questions and agrees. Lucy confides in the kindly Saul, who believes that Lucy belongs in the family. Yet the elderly widower can't bring himself to tell the family about Lucy either. Lucy forces herself to be happy; she's with the man she wanted to be with her whole life.When Jack visits her the day before the wedding, Lucy gives him a chance to change her mind, asking him if he can give her a reason not to marry Peter. He replies that he can't, leaving her disappointed.On the day of the wedding, just as the priest begins the ceremony, Lucy finally confesses everything and tells the family she is in love with Jack rather than Peter. Ashley Bartlett Bacon (Ally Walker), Peter's real fiance (who happens to be married herself), also arrives to stop the wedding. As the family argues, Lucy slips out unnoticed, unsure of her future.Sometime later, as Lucy collects tokens from passengers at the train station, Jack places an engagement ring in the token tray of her booth. With the entire Callaghan family watching, he walks into the toll booth and proposes to her.
They kiss at the end of their wedding, then leave on a train for their honeymoon. She narrates that he fulfilled her dream of going to Florence, Italy, and explains that, when Peter asked when she fell in love with Jack, she replied, "it was while you were sleeping."</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jon Turteltaub</director>
      <actor>Sandra Bullock (role=Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Pullman (role=Jack)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Gallagher (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Boyle (role=Ox)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Warden (role=Saul)</actor>
      <actor>Glynis Johns (role=Elsie)</actor>
      <actor>Micole Mercurio (role=Midge)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Bernard (role=Jerry)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Rispoli (role=Joe Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Ally Walker (role=Ashley Bacon)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Keena (role=Mary)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Rudnick (role=Wanda)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1995</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTY5MWE3ZDctNmY1MS00ZDIwLThiOWQtYjQzM2ZiNGNiNzllXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,51,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Holiday Comedy|Holiday Romance|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Holiday|Romance</category>
    <review>It's a shame that this movie has such a low rating at IMDb, because it deserves better."While You Were Sleeping" is the kind of film that must be hard to pull off, because there aren't many of them: solid, well-written and consistently funny romantic comedies.Sandra Bullock exudes buckets of charm and a whopper of a comic presence as the heroine of this particular romance. She ably carries the movie, even when surrounded by veterans like Jack Warden, Peter Boyle and Glynis Johns.Those who are familiar with Chicago will have fun with this film, as that's where it was filmed, and you could make a game out of spotting the inconsistencies in the movie if you actually know the city it's set in.A fun movie to pop in here and there during the holiday season.Grade: A</review>
    <description>A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0113117</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>French Kiss</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Kate and Charlie have the perfect life planned out: buying a house, marriage, kids, the whole works. Kate's fear of flying keeps her in Canada while Charlie goes to Paris for a medical convention. While there Charlie is smitten by the lovely Juliette. He calls off his wedding to Kate and she nervously boards a plane to get him back. She ends up sitting next to the petty French thief Luc Teyssier. He hides a stolen necklace and smuggled grapevine in her bag to get it through customs. Her bag is stolen, the necklace apparently lost, and Kate and Luc head to Cannes--Luc to find the necklace and Kate to get Charlie back. Along the way, Kate and Luc begin to have feelings for each other, which change the course of their lives.—poco loco</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lawrence Kasdan</director>
      <actor>Meg Ryan (role=Kate)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Kline (role=Luc Teyssier)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Hutton (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Reno (role=Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon)</actor>
      <actor>François Cluzet (role=Bob)</actor>
      <actor>Renée Humphrey (role=Lilly)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Riley (role=M. Campbell)</actor>
      <actor>Laurent Spielvogel (role=Concierge)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Garrivier (role=Octave)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Leibowitch (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Miquel Brown (role=Sgt. Patton)</actor>
      <actor>Louise Deschamps (role=Jean-Paul's Girl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States|France</country>
    <date>1995</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTVkMzM0NTUtMDM1YS00NmFhLWE0ZjItOWZjNmJkMjQyZDBkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>This is a really cute little romantic comedy. The story revolves around a young history teacher, Kate, who's afraid of flying but forces herself to hop on a plane for Paris to try and win back her fiancé, Charlie, who has dumped her for a gorgeous French woman. However, her seat mate on the plane happens to be a charming French crook named Luc, who uses the unsuspecting Kate to smuggle his stolen diamond necklace for him. Then, casting himself as an expert in affairs of the heart, he resolves to help Kate win back her man, later complicated by the fact that he falls for her himself.Their adventures across France, from Paris to Cannes, in pursuit of the fiancé and his new girlfriend, make for some pretty amusing scenes. The plot is livened up by the repercussions of Luc's larcenous tricks, little sub-plots with a fellow con artist and a cop who owes him a favour. My sole complaint with this movie is a couple of unnecessary f-words and a fair bit of profanity, especially on Kate's part (taking the Lord's name in vain), reflective of the screenwriters' laziness in avoiding clever dialogue in these scenes.Meg Ryan is her usual cute, bubbly, rather ditsy self in the role of Kate and Timothy Hutton is suitably obnoxious and despicable as Charlie, the fiancé who dumped her. However, the real star of this film is Kevin Kline, who puts genuine charm into the role of this rakishly endearing thief, Luc, and demonstrates an extremely credible French accent, in my opinion. His entire persona here makes it difficult to believe that Kline isn't really French. He must have had a fantastic language coach! Also, there is great on screen chemistry between Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.It's a delightful, light hearted film, a good date movie, and not necessarily just a chick flick as my husband enjoyed it too</review>
    <description>A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0080179</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sie nannten ihn Knochenbrecher</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>His nickname is Naughty Panther, so earned because of his lack of discipline. Constantly clowning around when he should be learning Kung Fu, his father sends him to live with and study under his uncle - a sadistic Master with the reputation of crippling his students. Meanwhile, a rival landowner places a price on Fei Hung's father's head... and an assassin answers the call.—Zui Quan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Yuen Woo-Ping</director>
      <actor>Linda Lin (role=Fei-Hung's Aunt)</actor>
      <actor>Han-Chen Wang (role=Restaurant Boss)</actor>
      <actor>Chin Chiang (role=Da Kuai-Dai)</actor>
      <actor>Shun-Yee Yuen (role=Chen Kuo-Wei)</actor>
      <actor>Tin-Shing Ho (role=Ying's Student)</actor>
      <actor>Chun-Hua Li (role=Gorilla)</actor>
      <actor>Chiang Lo (role=Waiter)</actor>
      <actor>Bo Tam (role=Waiter)</actor>
      <actor>Chi-Ming Wong (role=Waiter with Silly Teeth)</actor>
      <actor>Brandy Yuen (role=Ying's Student)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Hong Kong</country>
    <date>1978</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTBmNDNkNTgtY2RlYS00ZmYzLTlmMTctNDU5Y2NkNjU1YTQ1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Kung Fu|Martial Arts|Slapstick|Action|Comedy</category>
    <review>This is one of the quality films from Jackie's early years made the year after Snake in Eagles Shadow with much of the same cast and crew this built on the comedic style of Kung Fu action that Jackie was to make his own. Of the two films I actually prefer the earlier Snake in.... but its this later film that is more often considered Chan's earliest masterpiece.This is a more traditional set kung-fu film than the later stunt fests that made his name. The fighting styles on show are unique, inventive and fascinating to watch. The showdowns are impressive and with no trick photography, CG or massive effects fueled blow outs and shows just how good a martial artist Jackie is. The comedy works well and Jackies on screen master is very funny and they spark well off each other as a team.This is a really good old style kung fu flick fans of Jackies later work such as Rush Hour etc. may not find what their looking for here this is Jackie in one of his most pure kung fu movies. But for anyone who loves martial arts you must see this!! Great entertainment 7/10</review>
    <description>Wong Fei-Hung is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0073195</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der weiße Hai</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>During an evening beach party on a New England coast, attractive blonde Chrissie Watkins (Susan Backlinie) catches the eye of partygoer Tom Cassidy (Jonathan Filley) and leads him away from the group to go skinny-dipping in the ocean. Tom, quite drunk, passes out on the sand before he can even undress, but Chrissie, undeterred, strips down and dives into the surf.As Chrissie swims further from the shoreline, she pauses to tread water. An unseen creature notices Chrissie's paddling legs from beneath the surface and begins to approach her. Chrissie is quickly attacked by the creature, which grabs hold of her leg and, after a violent struggle, drags her below the waves. Her screams for help go unheard, and eerie silence follows her submergence.The surrounding town of Amity is preparing for the upcoming Independence Day weekend, their most financially lucrative time of the year. The community depends on tourism as a major source of economic support and waits eagerly for each summer to arrive when herds of mainlanders come to savor Amity's shores. Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), Amity's chief of police, receives a call at home regarding Chrissie Watkins' disappearance. Following the report made by Tom Cassidy that she was last seen off the coast, Brody goes to the beach with his deputy Jeff Hendricks (Jeffrey Kramer) to search for clues. Hendricks soon stumbles upon the segmented remains of Chrissie, washed up on the shore and being feasted upon by crabs.Back at the police station, Brody receives a call from the coroner (Robert Nevin) , who determines that Chrissie Watkins was the victim of a shark attack. Fearing for the safety of Amity's many swimmers, Brody immediately prepares to close the beaches until further investigations can be made. His intentions are quickly noticed by Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton), who, fearing for the income loss that would result from closing the beach at such a pivotal point in the summer, attempts to convince Brody that a shark attack is too hasty a conclusion, and pressures him and the coroner to change Chrissie's official cause of death to mutilation by boat propeller. Brody remains dedicated to the safety of Amity's citizens and tourists, regardless of the financial toll the town might endure. However, Vaughn forbids him to close the beaches just yet.Over the next few days, ferryloads of tourists arrive on Amity's docks. The beaches are crowded each day, and Brody is extremely concerned about more potential attacks. As Brody and his wife Ellen (Lorraine Gary) sit in the sand, Brody scans the shoreline for any sign of trouble. A ways down the beach, young Alex Kintner (Jeffrey Voorhees) asks his mother for permission to go swimming. Though Mrs. Kintner (Lee Fierro) notes that her son's fingers are starting to "prune" from the time he has already spent in the water that day, she allows him ten more minutes. Alex and his yellow raft enter the ocean one last time before being set upon by what is unmistakably an enormous shark. Amid the ensuing panic of the other beachgoers, Mrs. Kintner, who had not seen the attack, calls out desperately for her son as the bloodied and shredded remains of his raft wash up in the surf.With dozens of witnesses to Alex Kintner's gruesome death, the presence of a shark in Amity waters is undeniable and Brody is finally permitted to close the beaches. Alex's grieving mother offers a $3000 reward to anyone who can catch the shark that killed her son, and a town meeting is held to discuss the official shark problem. Brody announces that the police department is expanding its efforts to keep the beaches safe, as well as bringing in a shark expert from the Oceanographic Institute to assist them. Most of the assembled townspeople are more concerned with finances than safety, and remain angry about the beaches being closed, although Mayor Vaughn assures them it will only be for 24 hours. The chatter is quelled by Sam Quint (Robert Shaw), an eccentric and roughened local fisherman who guarantees the capture and slaughter of the offending shark for the price of $10,000. Though his offer is not accepted at that point, Quint seems confident that the job will fall to him eventually.With Mrs. Kintner's reward made public, scores of amateur shark hunters crowd Amity's docks, coming from all over the Northeast. Two local men make a clumsy attempt to lure the shark with a pork roast, which results in one of them nearly becoming the shark's third victim. Arriving at the same time as the horde of overconfident fishermen is Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), the shark expert from the Oceanographic Institute hired by the Amity police. After meeting with Brody, Hooper is allowed to view the remains of Chrissie Watkins, which are brought to him in an ominously small container. Hooper, visibly shaken after examining the mangled body parts, assures Brody that Chrissie did not die in a boating accident, but was attacked by a shark.The town breathes a sigh of relief when the corpse of a large tiger shark is displayed on the docks, having been caught by some of the contending fishermen. Brody is initially elated, believing the nightmare to be over, until Hooper examines the creature's mouth and determines that its bite radius does not match the wounds on Chrissie Watkins' remains, and therefore is likely not the shark they are seeking. Hooper, wanting to be certain, suggests that he examine the contents of the shark's stomach, as its slow digestive system would ensure that any recent meals would still be inside. Brody supports this plan, but Vaughn seems disturbed by the notion and disapproves.
The crowd falls silent as Mrs. Kintner arrives, clad in black and choking back tears, presumably returning from her son's funeral. She approaches Brody and slaps him across the face, furiously accusing him of keeping the beaches open despite having prior knowledge that there was a man-eating shark in the water. Brody, angry and ashamed, becomes all the more determined to prevent further attacks.While Brody attempts to unwind at home with his wife and children, Hooper stops by to discuss the shark situation, underlining his earlier suspicion that the captured tiger shark is not the animal responsible for the deaths of Alex Kintner and Chrissie Watkins. He believes that the culprit is not a tiger shark, but a Great White, and that unless it is stopped, it will likely remain in Amity's waters until its food source is depleted. Hooper and Brody decide to examine the shark's stomach contents themselves, regardless of Mayor Vaughn's opinions.The men visit the deserted docks at night and locate the dead tiger shark. Hooper slices its belly open, only to find some bisected fish, several tin cans, and a Louisiana license plate, leading him to theorize that the shark made it's way up the Atlantic coast from the Gulf of Mexico. Finding no human remains, Hooper and Brody confirm that this cannot be the shark they are after.Hooper convinces Brody to continue their investigation out on the water, though Brody is terrified of the ocean. Using sonar equipment, Hooper locates a large object a good distance away from the shoreline. Brody recognizes it as the boat of Ben Gardner (Craig Kingsbury), a local fisherman. Hooper decides to investigate the half-submerged craft, despite Brody's protests, and dons his scuba gear before entering the water. Hooper discovers a large hole in the hull of the boat, and finds an enormous tooth embedded in the side. While examining the tooth, he is suddenly horrified to see the corpse of Ben Gardner floating out of the hull, one of his eyes missing. Hooper drops the tooth and his flashlight and rushes to the surface.Brody and Hooper make yet another attempt to reason with the mayor, hoping their latest discoveries will make a difference. Vaughn, however, still stubbornly dismisses their arguments, insisting that even with the evidence of Ben Gardner's ravaged boat, there is no proof that a shark is responsible. Hooper explains that he pulled the tooth of a Great White Shark out of the hull of Gardner's boat, but Vaughn merely rebuffs him once again since Hooper cannot produce the tooth he dropped in the water. Though he allows Brody and Hooper to take precautions to keep the beaches safe, he refuses to close them.Independence Day weekend finally arrives, bringing plenty of tourists, but the beachgoers are made uneasy by the numerous police boats patrolling the water for the shark. Vaughn is concerned that no one is swimming, and asks a personal friend in attendance to enter the water, along with his wife and grandchildren, to put everyone's minds at ease. The man and his family reluctantly and warily obey, and others begin to relax and follow suit.Remaining on the beach, Brody is aiding with shark patrol. When his elder son Michael (Chris Rebello) wishes to take his new sailboat out into the water with his friends, Brody asks him to take it into the adjacent estuary just to be safe. Michael reluctantly agrees. In the meantime, a dorsal fin appears among the swimmers in the main water, and panic erupts. The crowd scrambles back onto the beach and the police boats close in, only to discover that the "shark" is merely a cardboard fin wielded by two young pranksters in snorkel gear.The beachgoers begin to relax, but a young woman overlooking the water sees the unmistakable form of a huge shark making its way into the estuary where Michael and his friends are sailing. The woman's cry is first dismissed as another prank, but when Ellen reminds her husband that their son is in the pond, Brody goes to investigate. Michael and his friends are approached by a man in a rowboat (Ted Grossman), who is instructing them on knotting techniques, when both vessels are suddenly capsized by the shark. The startled sailors surface, and Michael watches in paralyzed horror as the man fails to reach his rowboat before the shark rips him apart.Michael and his friends are brought safely to shore, though Michael is taken to the hospital to be treated for shock. Brody confronts Vaughn once again and puts his foot down, demanding that real action be taken to deal with the shark. Vaughn, for once, is vulnerable and shaken, realizing that his own children were on the beach that day as well. He finally relents and gives Brody full permission to close the beaches and do all that is necessary to stop the shark. Sam Quint is immediately hired.Though Quint, a vastly experienced shark hunter, desires to take on the mission alone, Brody insists that he and Hooper will go as well. There is instant tension between Quint and Hooper, with Quint seeing Hooper as a rich snob with no real shark-hunting experience, and Hooper seeing Quint as a reckless thrill-seeker with a bullish attitude. Though Hooper proves himself to be a capable sailor, the discomfort remains as the three men embark on their voyage in Quint's boat, the "Orca."Once out to sea, the men set about attracting the shark by ladling chum off the stern of the boat. Quint attaches a line of piano wire to a sturdy rod secured against a specially-designed fishing chair on the deck. After hours of waiting, the wire goes taut and eventually snaps as the immense creature swims under the boat before disappearing again. Brody, Hooper, and Quint realize the enormous strength of their adversary.As the voyage presses on with no further sign of the shark, Brody grumpily ladles more chum off the back of the boat when, without warning, the massive head of a Great White shark emerges briefly in their wake. Brody is stunned and alerts the others. Hooper notices the shark beginning to circle the boat, and Quint rushes out for a look. He estimates that the shark is 25 feet long, and weighs three tons. After barking orders to Brody and Hooper, Quint begins to fire harpoons tied to plastic barrels, intended to both slow the shark down and make its presence more visible. Though Quint hits the shark with three harpoons, the barrels have no effect and the shark easily pulls them underwater. Just in time, Hooper manages to attach a tracking device to the beast before it retreats again.That night, the men have dinner and drinks below deck, and Hooper surprisingly begins to bond with Quint as they compare scars from their experiences with various sea creatures. Brody notices that Quint has had a tattoo removed, and Quint admits that the former tattoo represented the US Navy cruiser Indianapolis, on which he had been a sailor in World War II. Quint goes on to illustrate the horrible day in July of 1945 when the Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes, leaving over 1,100 men floundering in shark-infested waters. Quint witnessed 800 of his comrades being picked off by sharks, and is clearly affected by the chilling memory. The experience, combined with survivor's guilt, had ignited Quint's deep-seated hatred of sharks and the ruthless satisfaction he finds in hunting them. After the solemnity of Quint's story, the men sing a rowdy sea chantey to lighten the mood, but are interrupted by the returning shark violently crashing into the boat and causing a leak. Quint rushes on deck and fires a rifle at the three telltale barrels, but the shark escapes once again.The next day, the men attempt to repair the boat, with limited success. Seawater has contaminated the diesel fuel, and the black smoke billowing from the exhaust pipe confirms engine damage. When the shark returns, Quint instructs Hooper to grab the barrels with a hook and secure them to the stern. Hooper succeeds, and Quint attempts to drag the shark by powering the boat to full throttle, but the shark uses its incredible strength to pull the boat in the opposite direction, nearly capsizing it and causing further structural damage before Quint cuts the ropes attached to the boat. The shark breaks free from the barrels and submerges again. Quint demonstrates his mad obsession with shark hunting by destroying the radio on which Brody was attempting to call for help. The shark begins to chase the boat, and Quint steers back toward land at full speed, dismissing Hooper's protests that he is overtaxing the already damaged engine. When the engine inevitably fails, the boat is left to slowly sink. Quint, strangely calm, offers life jackets to the other men, though he takes none for himself.Running out of options, Hooper resorts to putting on his scuba gear and having Quint and Brody lower him into the water inside a shark-proof cage, his aim being to inject the shark with poison using a harpoon syringe. Quint points out that the needle is too small to pierce the shark's hide, but Hooper believes he can inject the beast in the mouth. The cage proves to be no match for the shark, who attacks Hooper with such ferocity that he drops the harpoon and is forced to hide in a reef while his cage is destroyed. Brody and Quint haul up the remains of the shark cage, and can only assume that Hooper is dead. They barely have time to react before the shark leaps from the water like a breaching whale and lands most of its body on the sinking stern of the boat, nearly breaking the vessel in two. Quint and Brody desperately cling to the cabin as the boat is upended, with the shark's gaping mouth at the bottom of the drop. Quint ultimately loses his grip and, despite Brody's efforts to pull him to safety, slides into the mouth of the shark and is gruesomely killed. The shark, with Quint's bloodied corpse in its mouth, slides back into the water.Horrified, and believing himself to be the only survivor of this seemingly doomed mission, Brody hastily enters the cabin of the rapidly sinking boat and finds one of Hooper's pressurized air tanks. The shark smashes through the side of the boat, its enormous mouth perilously close to Brody, who attempts to fend it off by bludgeoning it with the tank. The shark retreats, with the air tank now lodged in its jaws.With little more than the boat's mast remaining above water, Brody climbs to its summit with a rifle in his hand. Now possessing some of Quint's courage and madness, Brody begins to fire at the approaching shark, aiming at the air tank in its mouth. At last, Brody hits his mark. The tank explodes, taking the shark's head with it, and Brody laughs triumphantly as blood and shark flesh rain down around him into the sea.Moments after the shark's vibrant destruction, Hooper finally surfaces, and the exhausted Brody is relieved to see him alive. The men share a weak chuckle before assembling a makeshift raft and paddling back to Amity's shore.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven Spielberg</director>
      <actor>Roy Scheider (role=Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Shaw (role=Quint)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Dreyfuss (role=Hooper)</actor>
      <actor>Lorraine Gary (role=Ellen Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Murray Hamilton (role=Vaughn)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Gottlieb (role=Meadows)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Backlinie (role=Chrissie)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Filley (role=Cassidy)</actor>
      <actor>Ted Grossman (role=Estuary Victim)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Rebello (role=Michael Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Mello (role=Sean Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Fierro (role=Mrs. Kintner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOThlMjgxNmYtN2E2Mi00ODliLWE1M2ItYjAxN2JmYzBkZWMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Sea Adventure|Survival|Adventure|Drama|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>I saw this movie again after a few decades. There are a lot of movies from past eras that don't hold up over time, but this one does. It's just as suspenseful as it was in 1975. But the best reason to watch it is Robert Shaw's performance. You hardly ever see those type of personalities in movies anymore</review>
    <description>When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2337088</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Shark Week" How Jaws Changed the World</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1975, the world's first summer blockbuster created a monster. As soon as Jaws hit the screens, fear of Great Whites sharks swept the nation, prompting hunters to kill them. But the movie also inspired a growing curiosity that transformed shark science.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anne Sommerfield</director>
      <actor>Jim Beller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wendy Benchley (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>George Burgess (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rodney Fox (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>J.V. Martin (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Neff (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDE4MzM3NTgtOTQ5ZC00OTlmLThkMjgtZDFiMjYwMDJiYWMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>How 'Jaws' Changed the World (2012) *** (out of 4) Discovery Channel's 25th Anniversary of Shark Week produced this documentary that takes a look at both the good and bad that came from the movie JAWS being a huge success. We start off with a brief introduction to both the book and the movie and then the documentary turns to what happened in real life. There's talk about all the bad stuff that happened after the movie was released and the majority of this deals with people who wanted to become shark hunters and this caused the population of the creatures to go down. There's also discussion of the fear that the movie put into people and there's talk about why it didn't need to happen. The good stuff is also talked about and this here includes people who wanted to study sharks after seeing the movie and why so many different places started to receive money and grants to do so. Overall this really isn't a bad documentary but I think it's going to appeal to shark fans more than JAWS fans. You get some pretty interesting stories from people who actually work with sharks daily and this includes Peter Benchley's wife Wendy who now tries to save them. Rodney Fox, the man who shot the underwater footage used in JAWS, is interviewed as well</review>
    <description>A look at the classic film Jaws and what happened in the swell after the movie.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0085750</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der weiße Hai 3</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a guest at Sea World. What follows is the shark wreaking havoc on the visitors in the park.—Andrew Schaeffer</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joe Alves</director>
      <actor>Dennis Quaid (role=Mike Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Bess Armstrong (role=Dr. Kathryn Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Simon MacCorkindale (role=Philip FitzRoyce)</actor>
      <actor>Louis Gossett Jr. (role=Calvin Bouchard)</actor>
      <actor>John Putch (role=Sean Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Lea Thompson (role=Kelly Ann Bukowski)</actor>
      <actor>P.H. Moriarty (role=Jack Tate)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Blasko (role=Dan)</actor>
      <actor>Liz Morris (role=Liz)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Maurer (role=Ethel)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Grant (role=Shelby Overman)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Hansen (role=Silver Bullet)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1983</date>
    <star-rating>3.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgxNzlmNDEtZTNkYy00MzdiLWI0ZTktZTBlMTVlMjAxZDE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Sea Adventure|Survival|Adventure|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>Saw this one in all its 3D glory in the theater back in 1983, and it really scared the heck out of me. (I was ten) This film furthers the saga of the Brody family as sons Sean and Mike are now fully grown and moved away from Amity Island. Sean does something in Colorado if I recall, and Mike is (heh, heh, heh,) an underwater welder who just finished construction of an undersea kingdom at Sea World in Florida. Just when the park is about to have a grand opening, some uninvited guests show up. They being a 35-foot great white shark and her offspring. Needless to say, some people get eaten.This film was originally going to be made as spoof of the previous two films. I'm not sure if any type of a finished script to that effect exists, but it would be worth a look. Jaws 3D ends up being another serious monster movie with a disaster movie subplot. Not only does the shark eat a bunch of people, it also traps several others in the underwater part of the park. The race is on to save the people and kill the mother shark. Her baby dies midway through after it is captured and hastily put on display in the park. The conclusion is fairly exciting, and full of bloody carnage.The cast is one of the stronger points of the film. Dennis Quaid is the fearless Mike Brody. Bess Armstrong plays the park's head biologist and Quaid's love interest. (The real sparks were apparently flying between Quaid and Lea Thompson off camera, though!) Thompson plays a water skier at the park, and John Putch plays Sean Brody who falls for her. Simon MacCorkindale and P.H. Moriarity play a couple of Englishmen who show up and help battle the sharks. By far the best performance is turned in by Louis Gossett Jr., fresh off his Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman. He plays the owner/manager/president (I'm really not sure which) of the park. He has a terrific moment as he addresses the park guests in the underwater tunnels over the p.a. system. He turns on the fake executive public relations charm and asks them all to calmly exit the park just as the giant shark is bearing down on them.The individuals who play Dan and Liz left a lot to be desired. Since no other film credits are listed for them, one would have to conclude that they actually worked at Sea World and were given these roles since this is what they do on a daily basis. Maybe they still work there. Anyone know? The sharks look pretty good in most of the scenes. Except at the very end when the shark is lodged into the control room and its tail is sticking out. That looked incredibly fake. In addition, sharks must always stay moving in the water or they'll die. They can't just lay low in huge underwater structures waiting to pounce on their victims. They usually strike from directly underneath their victims in most attack scenarios. The big shark in this film also has the ability to growl and roar, but not as loudly as the one in part IV! The 3D effect looked very good in the theater, but films like this lose quite a bit of their luster on the TV screen. You're only left with a bunch of gag shots that were supposed to scare viewers in the theater, but now look ludicrous and forced.This film made some pretty decent $ in its theatrical run, and is still shown regularly on television. If nothing else is on, and you find yourself in front of a TV for an extended period, give this film a try. But be forewarned: Part IV is perhaps the worst film ever made. Don't waste your time on that one! 5 of 10 stars.The Hound</review>
    <description>A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1663662</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Pacific Rim</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Earth, 2025. With the world teetering on the brink of destruction after the unforeseen first Kaiju attack from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, humankind's bold answer to the monster problem hits a wall. But you only fail when you stop trying. As a retired pilot from the discontinued Jaeger defence programme and an untried novice team up to rekindle hope, their dual-controlled mega-fighting machines are the only thing standing between the deep-sea aliens and our future. However, the question remains. Can the last of the mecha defenders cancel the doomsday at our door?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Guillermo del Toro</director>
      <actor>Charlie Hunnam (role=Raleigh Becket)</actor>
      <actor>Diego Klattenhoff (role=Yancy Becket)</actor>
      <actor>Idris Elba (role=Stacker Pentecost)</actor>
      <actor>Rinko Kikuchi (role=Mako Mori)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Day (role=Dr. Newton Geiszler)</actor>
      <actor>Burn Gorman (role=Gottlieb)</actor>
      <actor>Max Martini (role=Herc Hansen)</actor>
      <actor>Clifton Collins Jr. (role=Ops Tendo Choi)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Perlman (role=Hannibal Chau)</actor>
      <actor>Brad William Henke (role=Construction Foreman)</actor>
      <actor>Larry Joe Campbell (role=Construction Worker)</actor>
      <actor>Mana Ashida (role=Young Mako)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Mexico</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDU1ODNkNjItNTg3Ny00MWRiLWE0ZDktOWI0NTVmNDYzZTg0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFuaW5vc2M@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Kaiju|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I usually don't watch action films. They just aren't my sort of thing. However, my daughter insisted that I watch "Pacific Rim" and I was feeling absolutely horrible when I watched the film, as I had just gone through some painful surgery that morning. So, to take my mind off my aches, I gave it a try. And, thankfully, it turned out to be exactly the sort of tonic I needed--entertaining and crazy fun. While I didn't see it in the theater (the best way to see this type of movie), I did see it on a very large screen at home and watching it on a small screen is practically a waste of time. For once, I loved that a film has eye- popping visuals, explosions and action--and it manages to deliver an entertaining experience without leaving you feeling dumb for having enjoyed it--a problem too often associated with movie of this style. Well worth your time</review>
    <description>As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0094291</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wall Street</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1985, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a junior stockbroker at Jackson Steinem &amp; Co., is desperate to get to the top. He wants to become involved with his hero, the corporate raider Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a ruthless and legendary Wall Street player, whose values could not conflict more with those of Bud's father Carl (Martin Sheen), a blue-collar maintenance foreman at Bluestar Airlines and president of Bluestar's machinists' union, who believes success is achieved through work and actually providing something of value, not speculating on the goods and services of others.Bud visits Gekko on his birthday and, granted a brief interview, pitches him stocks, but Gekko is unimpressed. Realizing that Gekko may not do business with him, a desperate Bud provides him some inside information about Bluestar, which Bud learned in a casual conversation from his father. Gekko tells him he will think about it. A dejected Bud returns to his office where Gekko places an order for Bluestar stock and becomes one of Bud's clients. Gekko gives Bud some capital to manage, but the stocks Bud selects-by honest research-lose money. Instead, Gekko takes Bud under his wing but compels him to unearth new information by any means necessary. One of his first assignments is to spy on British corporate raider Sir Lawrence Wildman (Terence Stamp) and discern the Brit's next move. Bud learns that Wildman is making a bid for a steel company. Through Bud's spying, Gekko makes big money, and Wildman is forced to buy Gekko's shares off him to complete his takeover.Bud becomes wealthy, enjoying Gekko's promised perks, including a penthouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side and a trophy blonde girlfriend, interior decorator Darien (Daryl Hannah). Bud is promoted as a result of the large commission fees he is bringing in from Gekko's trading, and is given a corner office with a view. He continues to maximize insider information and use friends as straw buyers to get rich. Unknown to Bud, several of his trades attract the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission.Bud pitches a new idea to Gekko--buy Bluestar Airlines and expand the company, with Bud as president, using savings achieved by union concessions. Bud persuades his father, who dislikes Gekko, to get union support for the plan and push for the deal. Things change when Bud learns that Gekko, in fact, plans to dissolve the company and sell off Bluestar's assets in order to access cash in the company's over-funded pension plan, leaving Carl and the entire Bluestar staff unemployed. Although this would leave Bud very rich, he is angered by Gekko's deceit, and racked with the guilt of being an accessory to Bluestar's destruction, especially after his father suffers a heart attack. Bud chooses his father over his mentor and resolves to disrupt Gekko's plans. He angrily breaks up with Darien, who refuses to plot against Gekko, her former lover and the architect of her career.Bud creates a plan to drive up Bluestar's stock before manipulating it back down. He and the other union presidents then secretly meet with Wildman and arrange for him to buy controlling interest in Bluestar at a significant discount. Gekko, realizing that his stock is plummeting, finally dumps his remaining interest in the company on Bud's advice. However, when Gekko learns on the evening news that Wildman is buying Bluestar, he realizes that Bud engineered the entire scheme. Bud triumphantly goes back to work at Jackson Steinem the following day, where he is confronted by the police and the SEC and arrested for insider trading.Sometime later, Bud confronts Gekko in Central Park. Gekko berates him for his role with Bluestar. He then strikes Bud, accusing him of ingratitude for several of their illicit trades. Following the confrontation, it is revealed that Bud was wearing a wire to record his encounter with Gekko. He turns the wire tapes over to the authorities, who suggest that his sentence will be lightened in exchange for helping them make a case against Gekko. Later on, Bud's parents drive him to the courthouse, and Carl tells him he did right in saving the airline, although he will most likely still go to prison. The film ends with Bud going up the steps of the courthouse to face justice for his crimes, albeit now with a clear conscience.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oliver Stone</director>
      <actor>Charlie Sheen (role=Bud Fox)</actor>
      <actor>Tamara Tunie (role=Carolyn)</actor>
      <actor>Franklin Cover (role=Dan)</actor>
      <actor>John C. McGinley (role=Marvin)</actor>
      <actor>Hal Holbrook (role=Lou Mannheim)</actor>
      <actor>James Karen (role=Lynch)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Lyles (role=Natalie)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Douglas (role=Gordon Gekko)</actor>
      <actor>Faith Geer (role=Natalie's Assistant)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Adonis (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>John Capodice (role=Dominick)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Sheen (role=Carl Fox)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1987</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGU4ZDc2Y2QtMTg3Ny00NzM4LWIyOTMtODU0N2Y3YzMyNTkzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Workplace Drama|Crime|Drama|Financial Drama</category>
    <review>Wall Street" is a movie that seems to spark much debate. Basically, it is the working out of a moral struggle within young Wall Street trader Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) between the values with which he was raised of hard work and success through actual creation, versus those of his mentor Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) who succeeds through corporate raiding and "creative destruction". From Bud's viewpoint his dad's (Martin Sheen's) road map for success and happiness seems old-fashioned to the point of being prehistoric compared to Gekko's, until Gekko sets his sights and his wrecking ball on his father's company, and Bud is forced to choose.Many people associate this film with a liberal versus conservative viewpoint on business, a wild-west economy versus a planned economy and relegate this film to 1980's era nostalgia, like the now humorously giant cell phone Gekko is talking on as he walks along the beach. It is said that neither extreme works and that we've gradually settled towards something in the middle. However, the Gekkos of this world are smarter than that, and over the past 20 plus years they have set up an economic system that serves them well. What we now have is a situation where the haves and have-mores have a planned - almost Soviet - system in which the rules stratify them at the top. I cite the changes in bankruptcy law as exhibit A. The members of the labor force that serve them, however, are in the wild-west economy that was once advocated for everyone. Some will rise to the stratified top in this situation, but the vast majority will remain at the bottom shooting it out with each other - for scarce good jobs, good health care, education, etc. Thus, to me, Wall Street is just an opening chapter in the saga of how economic forces and attitudes toward them have changed, not the portrait of a 25 year-old fad that has come and gone</review>
    <description>An impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0409847</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Cowboys &amp; Aliens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the Old West, an amnesiac stranger awakes in the middle of the desert wounded in the belly with a bracelet in one of his wrists. He is attacked by thieves but defeats them. He rides a horse and heads to a former mining town, where the local preacher treats him. Then he sees the youth Percy Dolarhyde, who is the son of the powerful farmer Woodrow Dolarhyde, bullying with the bar owner Doc and the other locals. When Percy provokes the stranger, he reacts and beats up on Percy. The local Sheriff John Taggart arrests Percy and he finds that the stranger is the wanted Jake Lonergan. The sheriff returns to the bar with his deputies to arrest Jake, but he subdues the men. However he is hit on his back by the mysterious Ella Swenson and faints. Jake is arrested and when Sheriff Taggart is ready to take Jake and Percy in a coach to deliver to a Federal Marshall, Woodrow arrives with his men ready to protect his son. But they are attacked by spacecrafts that abducts several dwellers, including Percy, Doc's wife, and the Sheriff. Woodrow organizes a posse to seek out the kidnapped people in a dangerous journey against an advanced race of aliens. Meanwhile Jake Lonergan has glimpses of his past life and they learn that someone among them may help them in the fight.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jon Favreau</director>
      <actor>Daniel Craig (role=Jake Lonergan)</actor>
      <actor>Abigail Spencer (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Buck Taylor (role=Wes Claiborne)</actor>
      <actor>Cooper Taylor (role=Mose Claiborne)</actor>
      <actor>Clancy Brown (role=Meacham)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Dano (role=Percy Dolarhyde)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Browning (role=Jed Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Beach (role=Nat Colorado)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Rockwell (role=Doc)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Ringer (role=Emmett Taggart)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Duffy (role=Deputy)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Wilde (role=Ella Swenson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>India|United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ2ODEwMTAzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTMyOTk1NQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller|Western</category>
    <review>Cowboys &amp; Aliens is a testament to how quickly the medium of cinema shifts because this would never be made now. A genre bending blockbuster that's unlike anything else even if it's still based on existing IP. It doesn't entirely cohere and is way more self serious than you'd expect this concept to be but the collision of a western and science fiction keeps it entertaining.Daniel Craig was born to play a man with no name. The strong silent type is a natural fit for him and considering the overly serious tone, his performance makes for the ideal lead. As a gruff rancher with a heart of gold, Harrison Ford is also playing squarely to his strengths and Olivia Wilde does her best with the weakest character who the script completely mishandled.Jon Favreau's direction struggles with the logistics of staging action involving cowboys, aliens and spaceships but he's really good at using the cinematic language of the western. In that first half hour, the film commits wholeheartedly to being a stereotypical western which makes the hard pivot into sci-fi (and a pretty nasty one at that) all the more effective</review>
    <description>A spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2002718</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Machete Kills</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Patrolling the U.S. border with his gun-toting lover, Sartana, after the massacre in Machete (2010), the stone-faced, former Mexican Federale, Machete, receives a call from the president himself of the United States. Thirsting for retribution, Machete embarks on a deadly mission to bring to Texas the megalomaniac Mexican revolutionary, Marcos, who has a nuclear missile pointing at Washington, D.C. Now, Machete and the undercover agent, Miss San Antonio, have to stop a global war, as the shape-shifting assassin, La Camaleón, is hot on their trail. Can Machete's hungry blades avert the impending Armageddon?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Rodriguez</director>
      <actor>Danny Trejo (role=Machete)</actor>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Voz)</actor>
      <actor>Amber Heard (role=Miss San Antonio)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Rodriguez (role=Luz)</actor>
      <actor>Sofía Vergara (role=Desdemona)</actor>
      <actor>Lady Gaga (role=La Camaleón)</actor>
      <actor>Antonio Banderas (role=El Camaleón 4)</actor>
      <actor>Cuba Gooding Jr. (role=El Camaleón 2)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Hudgens (role=Cereza)</actor>
      <actor>Marko Zaror (role=Zaror)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Savini (role=Osiris Amanapur)</actor>
      <actor>William Sadler (role=Sheriff Doakes)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Russia</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjExODE0MTUzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjMxNTczMDE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Parody|Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>I love Machete. The character is incredible, the premise is perfect, literally everything about it just screams B-movie stupidity, and it's insanely awesome. I actually saw this movie before the first Machete so I wasn't sure what to expect, and I laughed until it hurt. Seriously, it was everything I wanted in a silly action movie. Machete Kills is somehow even more ridiculous than the first one, this time with president Charlie Sheen ordering Machete to go after a lunatic nuclear arms dealer played to perfection by Demian Bichir, and Mel Gibson wants to destroy the world and colonize space. Yeah, and you thought De Niro playing George Bush was crazy. Mel Gibson is basically a Bond villain in this movie. This is another revenge story, except this time it's Machete's love interest Jessica Alba who is killed in front of him. Needless to say when President Sheen asks him to go on this suicide mission, Machete isn't exactly in the best frame of mind. Then again, it's f*cking Danny Trejo, so he's awesome at it anyway. The first half of the movie focuses more on Machete going after this crazy arms dealer, with random villains like Sofia Vergara with machine gun tits coming after him. There's also the shapeshifter El Cameleon played by Cuba Gooding Jr, Lady Gaga, and Antonio Banderas. Literally the best plot device to get as many famous people in a movie as possible. Then Mel kicks in during the second half of the movie and that's where it goes full-on ridiculous mode (in the best way, as if it wasn't ridiculous enough before).After seeing Machete and Machete Kills back to back, I realize the only thing that makes Machete Kills slightly weaker is that the laughs aren't as consistent. Machete had me on the floor 90 percent of the time. Machete Kills is more like, 70 percent hilarity and 30 percent of jokes that either don't hit or are just repeated to the point of desensitization. Still, when the jokes hit, they are laugh-out-loud funny. There are gags in this movie that make the original Machete look like a documentary. Oh, and Amber Heard is the special agent helping Machete this time, and she tries to do an accent every once in a while and fails miserably, but who cares because she's sex on a stick. That's basically the trend in these movies. You try to analyze something and then think to yourself, "Who cares?" It's so damn entertaining you don't have to think at all. Just lay back and enjoy the gratuitous violence, T&amp;A, and everything else you'd want in a ridiculous action-packed B-movie. I, for one, cannot wait for the sequel</review>
    <description>The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12550376</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Shark Bait</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A group of friends on vacation steal a couple of jet skis for fun and race them out to sea, ending up in a head-on collision. They struggle to find a way home with a badly injured friend, while from the waters below predators lurk.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Nunn</director>
      <actor>Holly Earl (role=Nat)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Trueman (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Hannay (role=Milly)</actor>
      <actor>Malachi Pullar-Latchman (role=Tyler)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Flynn (role=Greg)</actor>
      <actor>Manuel Cauchi (role=The Mexican Beggar)</actor>
      <actor>Maxime Durand (role=Street Cleaner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Malta</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTQ2MDZjODYtZWQ2Yy00ZjE2LTkzYWMtODY4YmU1MDA2YzM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Splatter Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>It's not a great film but compared to recent efforts it's not that bad either. The shark footage is acceptable, as is the acting, and the film moves along at a good pace. This isn't a film you would watch more than once, but it's still quite entertaining - I wasn't bored by it</review>
    <description>A group of friends on vacation steal a couple of jet skis for fun and race them out to sea, ending up in a head-on collision. They struggle to find a way home with a badly injured friend, while from the waters below predators lurk.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0329717</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hollywood Cops</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When not solving murders in Tinseltown, Detective Joe Gavilan and his rookie partner Kasey Calden both moonlight in other fields: Gavilan sells real estate (poorly), and Calden aspires to become an actor (Brando, namely). Assigned to the vicious in-club slaying of a promising young rap act, the two detective delve into the recording industry where they hope to find answers - ideally ones that also come with property buyers or auditions.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ron Shelton</director>
      <actor>Harrison Ford (role=Sgt. Joe Gavilan)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Hartnett (role=Det. K.C. Calden)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Olin (role=Ruby)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Greenwood (role=Lt. Bennie Macko)</actor>
      <actor>Isaiah Washington (role=Antoine Sartain)</actor>
      <actor>Lolita Davidovich (role=Cleo Ricard)</actor>
      <actor>Keith David (role=Leon)</actor>
      <actor>Master P (role=Julius Armas)</actor>
      <actor>Gladys Knight (role=Olivia Robidoux)</actor>
      <actor>Lou Diamond Phillips (role=Wanda)</actor>
      <actor>Meredith Scott Lynn (role=I.A. Detective Jackson)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Todoroff (role=I.A. Detective Zino)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjU4NWNlZGEtMzQ3Yi00MzNiLTkxNTEtMDVhNTI4YTMwYzYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Cop|Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Anyone who has seen this movie and commented on it as a serious action film should be shot.From the very start it is fairly obvious it crosses the cheese line into a parody. From the totally pointless/unrelated cheesy opening scene of HF on a shooting range, the lake chase scene, the whole buddy buddy chemistry (or total deliberate lack thereof) to the non stop annoying phone ringing or maybe the complete lack of an interesting plot? Some of these should have given away to most people the real intentions of this film.The 'love' scene with Harrison Ford should be the last clue to anyone blind enough, that this is really not to be taken seriously and can be considered made specially for Mystery Science Theatre.The film is called 'Hollywood Homicide', I believe, so titled as to ruffle some Hollywood feathers with the notion that Hollywood has been killed by the never ending rain of terrible buddy cop movies. The real joke is that some suit somewhere probably OK'd this as a real action movie.In fact, the funniest thing is that some people took it seriously and enjoyed it as a serious action movie.The chases are deliberately over the top lame (I mean really, really bad), the dialogue is so silly and pointless it just makes you laugh, the character development is totally non-existant, the cliches flow non-stop, the whole side plot of internal affairs is placed there because it's in every buddy cop movie, etc, etc. How anyone took this movie as a serious action film is beyond me.I give it 6/10 because, it's hilarious in places (in a MST kind of way), I agree with their intentions (THE COP FILMS MUST END!!!). Just please, don't take it anything more than a parody</review>
    <description>Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13429928</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Operation Seawolf</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for a last chance to defeat the Allies, gathers its last remaining U-Boats for one last mission: to attack the continental United States.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven Luke</director>
      <actor>Hiram A. Murray (role=Capt. Samuel L Gravely Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Stecker (role=Lt. Erich Reinhart)</actor>
      <actor>Apostolos Gliarmis (role=Lt. Randolf Lutz)</actor>
      <actor>Dolph Lundgren (role=Capt. Hans Kessler)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Grillo (role=Cmdr. Race Ingram)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Steinborn (role=Lt. Handel Speer)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Courteau (role=Commandant Valentine)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Damatian (role=Capt. Ron Haskel)</actor>
      <actor>Bates Wilder (role=Capt. Peter Rudolf)</actor>
      <actor>Cody Fleury (role=Sergeant Rynhardt)</actor>
      <actor>Casey Sill (role=Corporal Allie)</actor>
      <actor>Hayden Mackey (role=Sergeant Randall)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>3.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGJlYzYzYmItZGRiNS00NThkLWFkYTUtMzYzYjE3YTA4NGZlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|History|Mystery|Thriller|War</category>
    <review>The basic plot idea does make sense and was considered in reality - so that was a very good starting point. Effects are mediocre at best for 2022, but are good enough to tell the story, and same goes for the props. The only missing thing left for a good movie was a script and some guys to check it for factual errors - and the one script they decided to realise is a desaster. Way too many banal, horrible timed speeches, no real dialog, no story progression.Sad thing is, if they had developed a simple storyline, told through dialog and the limited amount of props and effects, this could have been a decent war movie</review>
    <description>In the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for a last chance to defeat the Allies, gathers its last remaining U-Boats for one last mission: to attack the continental United States.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0207201</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Was Frauen wollen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Nick is an egotistic, rich, businessman who lives in Chicago. When his work is run by a woman, Darcy, who believes that they should "think like women", during an accident, Nick finds out he has the ability to hear what women think. At first, he thinks of it as a curse hearing even what poodles think. After visiting his psychiatrist, she convinces him that he could take advantage of his gift. Using it, he manipulates his boss by giving all of Darcy's ideas as his own. But then he falls in love with Darcy and he suddenly loses his gift.—Kara</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nancy Meyers</director>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Nick Marshall)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Hunt (role=Darcy Maguire)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Tomei (role=Lola)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Alda (role=Dan Wanamaker)</actor>
      <actor>Ashley Johnson (role=Alex Marshall)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Feuerstein (role=Morgan Farwell)</actor>
      <actor>Lauren Holly (role=Gigi)</actor>
      <actor>Delta Burke (role=Eve)</actor>
      <actor>Valerie Perrine (role=Margo)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Greer (role=Erin the File Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Paulson (role=Annie)</actor>
      <actor>Ana Gasteyer (role=Sue Cranston)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjk3Mzk2NmUtZTFhZC00NWUzLWE3N2YtMjFhZjI2MjQxMzEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>High-Concept Comedy|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>This is pretty much the typical romantic comedy, but with an interesting twist; the main character has the ability to hear womens thoughts. The important thing was that for it to work, the character would be placed in a lot of interesting comical situations, where you could laugh at it, without it being too mocking of womens thoughts, or too far-out to enjoy. It succeeds pretty well, however the way the character gains and loses the ability were handled somewhat poorly. The humor is good, and there is plenty of it, throughout the entire runtime. The characters were believable, and the main character eventually grew to be likable. The plot was good, and the acting likewise. The only thing that brings the movie down, is the poor execution of the gain/loss of the ability to hear womens thoughts, and the sugar-sweet ending, that was too predictable and plain boring, as anyone who's seen one of the hundreds(possibly thousands) of romantic comedies out there. No actual new stuff brought to the table, apart from the interesting and original concept of a man being able to hear what women are thinking. OK for a romantic comedy. 7/10</review>
    <description>A cocky, chauvinistic advertising executive magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0163978</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Beach</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For his first major project after the overwhelming success of Titanic, Leonardo Di Caprio took a risky path in this adaptation of Alex Garland's acclaimed novel, directed by Danny Boyle. Richard (Di Caprio) is an American backpacking through Asia with a handful of friends from Europe. While in Bangkok, he meets a mad Scotsman who calls himself Daffy Duck (Robert Carlyle). Shortly before Mr. Duck kills himself, he gives Richard a crude map to a place in Thailand that he claims is paradise on earth: beautiful, unspoiled, and uninhabited. For lack of anything better to do, Richard and his companions try to locate the spot, which, after a dangerous and taxing journey, takes them to a beach as beautiful as Duck said it would be. Richard and his friends settle in, but before long they discover that they are not alone; a large group of fellow travelers has already dug themselves in, and they have established a community with the same social evils that Richard was hoping to leave behind. Just as important, there is an army of natives who grow marijuana in the nearby hills and do not appreciate the presence of these visitors.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Danny Boyle</director>
      <actor>Leonardo DiCaprio (role=Richard)</actor>
      <actor>Tilda Swinton (role=Sal)</actor>
      <actor>Patcharawan Patarakijjanon (role=Hotel Receptionist)</actor>
      <actor>Virginie Ledoyen (role=Françoise)</actor>
      <actor>Guillaume Canet (role=Étienne)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Carlyle (role=Daffy)</actor>
      <actor>Somboon Phutaroth (role=Cleaning Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Weeratham 'Norman' Wichairaksakui (role=Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Youngblood Hills (role=Zeph)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Swindall (role=Sammy)</actor>
      <actor>Krongthong Thampradith (role=Woman with Key)</actor>
      <actor>Sanya 'Gai' Cheunjit (role=Farmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTQ0NmY3NjYtZmY0OC00OWI2LThhMDktMjlmZGE4OWZjNjMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Drama|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>The Beach is interesting in that some people feel that its terrible while there are others who feel that it is an unsung hero of a movie. When I first saw The Beach, back in 2000, I thought it was OK, not as bad as most people said it was. But, just like with A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach grew on me and I had to watch it again. After seeing it a few more times I really started to pick up on what was going on and realized that at the end of the film the viewer has gone through quite an adventure with Dicaprio and co. The acting, cinematography, music, and story are great and hold up after repeat viewings. The Beach is one of those movies that I watch once a year as its enjoyability never decreases. This is a very solid film that will no doubt only increase in its popularity as time goes by as fans of The Beach are quite hardcore. Even though Dany Boyle has said that he is not very proud of The Beach I believe that he's made a gross error and misjudged his work because even after all these years The Beach still has a freshness to it that most films lose while they are still in the theaters. Because of these reasons The Beach will not die today</review>
    <description>On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0240772</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ocean's Eleven</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Danny Ocean is a thief who has just been paroled from prison. He seeks out his partner, Rusty and he has a job. And it is to rob the vault that houses the cash of three casinos in Las Vegas. And he plans to rob it on a night when 150 million is in it. So they recruit nine guys and they begin to put Ocean's plan in motion. Everything is going well until Rusty discovers that Ocean's ex-wife, Tess is the main squeeze of Terry Benedict the (ruthless) owner of the casinos. Rusty asks him what is he going to do if he has to choose. But Ocean says that if his plan goes smoothly, he is going to be able to have his cake and eat it.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven Soderbergh</director>
      <actor>George Clooney (role=Danny Ocean)</actor>
      <actor>Lori Galinski (role=Blackjack Dealer)</actor>
      <actor>Bernie Mac (role=Frank Catton)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Pitt (role=Rusty Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Gantt (role=Bartender)</actor>
      <actor>Elliott Gould (role=Reuben Tishkoff)</actor>
      <actor>Casey Affleck (role=Virgil Malloy)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Caan (role=Turk Malloy)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Jemison (role=Livingston Dell)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge R. Hernandez (role=FBI Man #1)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Snay (role=FBI Man #2)</actor>
      <actor>Shaobo Qin (role=Yen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2001</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWFmYzc5YTUtOTczNC00YjJhLWJiZWMtYWNhMTBiOWY2Njc5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Heist|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Elliot Gould, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Shaobo Qin, Miguel Perez, and Livingston Dell make up "Ocean's Eleven," a 2001 film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film also stars Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts. This is a remake of the rat pack "Ocean's Eleven," which I've never seen so I can't make comparisons. I suspect that this version has more emphasis on plot and the older one has more emphasis on the pack.The mastermind of a plot to rob Las Vegas' Bellaggio Hotel vault of $160 million is Danny Ocean, a very recent ex-con who had lots of time on his hands in prison to plan it. With the help of his buddy, Rusty Ryan (Pitt) he recruits 9 people who specialize in a particular expertise to carry out the elaborate heist. Problems come in when Ocean, obsessed with his ex-wife (Roberts), approaches her, to the annoyance of her present boyfriend, the owner of the hotel, Terry Benedict (Garcia). He "makes" Danny by sending out a bulletin with Danny's photo to the hotel staff, which puts him out of his own plot at the insistence of Rusty. But Danny isn't one to exit easily, in either marriage or robberies.This is a fast-paced, tension-filled, exciting movie that's highly entertaining. The plot is completely improbable so you have to take it for what it is - fantastic fun. And you never know whether something is going wrong or if it's part of the plan. The chemistry between the actors, particularly Clooney and Pitt, is great, and there is some wonderful acting. Clooney is solid as Ocean, a passionate man of quiet determination; Damon is terrific as an insecure participant; Don Cheadle, sporting a Cockney accent, is hilarious as an explosives expert; Elliot Gould is outrageous as their financial backer; Carl Reiner is excellent as an older con man who can do accents. Just as they all contribute their different talents to the heist, they do so in this movie. This includes the acting in the smaller roles played by Bernie Mac et al - everyone is perfect. Andy Garcia is fabulous as Benedict - both elegant and scary, he whispers instead of shouts and stays in control for the most part. Megastar Roberts is wasted - she doesn't have much to do.Any actress could have done the role, but I guess the producers wanted an all-star cast.Highly recommended for blockbuster entertainment value and star power. Just don't look for it to be realistic</review>
    <description>Danny Ocean, a gangster, rounds up a gang of associates to stage a sophisticated and elaborate casino heist which involves robbing three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously during a popular boxing event.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0289043</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>28 Days Later</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It has been twenty-eight days since Jim, a young bicycle courier, was knocked off his bike and injured in a car accident. When he wakes up from his coma, the world has changed. London is deserted, litter-strewn and grim, and it seems the entire world has disappeared. The truth, however, is even more horrifying - a devestating psychological virus has been unleashed on the world, turning the population into blood-crazed psychopaths driven only to kill and destroy the uninfected. A bitter struggle to get out of the city with fellow survivors to a military encampment at Manchester follows - but there, their troubles are just beginning...—Scott</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Danny Boyle</director>
      <actor>Alex Palmer (role=Activist)</actor>
      <actor>Bindu De Stoppani (role=Activist)</actor>
      <actor>Jukka Hiltunen (role=Activist)</actor>
      <actor>David Schneider (role=Scientist)</actor>
      <actor>Cillian Murphy (role=Jim)</actor>
      <actor>Toby Sedgwick (role=Infected Priest)</actor>
      <actor>Naomie Harris (role=Selena)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Huntley (role=Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Dunne (role=Jim's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Hitching (role=Jim's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Delamere (role=Mr. Bridges)</actor>
      <actor>Kim McGarrity (role=Mr. Bridges' Daughter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzkzYjhjMGMtZDYxNC00YTI4LWI2MzctZmY4Mjg4YmUyYjRjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Body Horror|Disaster|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Monster Horror|Psychological Horror|Road Trip|Sci-Fi Epic|Zombie Horror|Drama|Horror</category>
    <review>Perhaps I'm a little biased. After all, this is set in the city I live and work in, and seeing Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus, which I pass by every morning and which are usually teeming with crowds of people, completely empty was enough to send shivers down my spine. Usually when you watch a movie like this it's located in some nondescript Midwestern village, which makes it easy to detach yourself from the events unfolding on screen. But seeing them occur in the place you call home is something that gives it an entirely new sense of reality, and one I was previously unaccustomed to.Still, judging 28 Days Later entirely on its merit as a film, it's easy to arrive at the conclusion that it's a fantastic achievement, as well as a coming-of-age of sorts for director Danny Boyle; I can't say the MTV-inspired vanity of The Beach, or the self-consciously trendy posturing of Trainspotting appealed to me, and to my shame I initially expected 28 Days Later to be given a similar treatment. Thankfully, my fears proved unfounded, discarded straight after a opening sequence which is at once effortless and fearsome. The rest of the movie was a joy. A terrifying joy, but a joy nonetheless.It's true that sometimes minimalism can be more effective than overblown bravado, and it's definitely true for this movie. It's the scenes of complete silence which get to you the most; an entire metropolis empty. The grainy picture serves to add a documentary-style quality to the film, which makes the whole situation seem almost too real to bear. Definitely a wise choice to film this on digital video.You will occasionally meet people who thought 28 Days Later wasn't 'scary' or 'gory' enough. These are the same people who will tell you that 2001 was 'boring', or that Memento was 'confusing'. Ignore them. Others didn't understand the purpose of the second half, or were confused by its change of pace, feeling that it distracted from the movie as a whole. However, I personally regard the second half as very important because, as another reviewer pointed out, it makes a very succinct point: What is scarier, the end of the world, or having the world repopulated by maniacs? That, I think, is where the real Horror of 28 Days Later lies.28 Days Later, like the Romero zombie flicks of yore, is ultimately an allegory of the days we are living in, an age in which we are constantly confronted with violence by the media (much like the ape right at the start of the film), where violence begets violence, and humanity faces an uncertain future. I applaud Danny Boyle's bravery in making 28 Days Later because he undoubtedly took a big commercial risk when the majority of the cinema-going public might prefer escapism to words of caution. Remember, Rage is a human-made disease. Quite the allegory there.Like most great masterpieces of their time, 28 Days Later has been misunderstood by a considerable amount of people. I have no doubt it will go down in history as a classic, the one movie which perfectly sums up the confused era we are living in. And even if you didn't like it, it would be advisable to give 28 Days Later another chance; it's a haunting experience when looked at from the right angle. Danny Boyle has many years left in him, I hope he'll continue making more movies like this</review>
    <description>Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>16496386</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>97 Minutes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A hijacked 767 will crash in just 97 minutes when its fuel runs out. Against the strong will of NSA Deputy Toyin, NSA Director Hawkins prepares to have the plane shot down before it does any catastrophic damage on the ground, leaving the fate of the innocent passengers in the hands of Alex, an undercover Interpol agent who has been embedded in the terrorist cell.—LHPics</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Timo Vuorensola</director>
      <actor>Jonathan Rhys Meyers (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Alec Baldwin (role=Hawkins)</actor>
      <actor>MyAnna Buring (role=Kim)</actor>
      <actor>Jo Martin (role=Toyin)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Sirow (role=Asghar)</actor>
      <actor>Pavan Grover (role=Anan)</actor>
      <actor>Anjul Nigam (role=Hitar)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Hayes (role=Samuel)</actor>
      <actor>Davor Tomic (role=Marko)</actor>
      <actor>Slavko Sobin (role=Orca)</actor>
      <actor>Kasia Koleczek (role=Leika)</actor>
      <actor>Luke J I Smith (role=Goran)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Canada</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2Q4ZTQyZWMtNjMzOS00YTVkLTgwZWItM2YxODUxNDNmYmU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZhcmdtaWM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Political Thriller|Thriller</category>
    <review>If you could concoct a film that denied you all facts, that could relay a story in disjointed acts, where the edits and acting were cobbled and crude, where the outcomes can't be more distorted and skewed; then sit down, buckle up, as you're in for a ride, watch a plane that's been crippled, without effort just glide, listen in behind doors that can catch all you whisper, it's not long that you think they've all had a good snifter (the writers must have been three sheets at least); be afraid for the money that's been spent of defences, as tugging on wires can outfox all their senses (sight unseen!), be afraid, really worry, you might raise a red flag, if you meet terrorists, with a magical bag, out of which they can conjure an old Russian bomb, and deploy it like they're, in your favourite sitcom</review>
    <description>A ticking clock scenario unfolds as a hijacked 767 airplane faces imminent disaster when its fuel supply dwindles, with just 97 minutes remaining.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1374989</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stolz und Vorurteil &amp; Zombies</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Early 19th century England is besieged by zombies; the Bennet sisters-Elizabeth, Jane, Kitty, Lydia, and Mary-have all been trained in the art of weaponry and martial arts in China at their father's behest so they can defend themselves from the zombies. Mrs. Bennet only wants to see her daughters married off to wealthy suitors. The Bennets attend a country dance also attended by Colonel Darcy and Caroline and Charles Bingley. There, the young and handsome Bingley falls for Jane. Charles Bingley has inherited £100,000 (£6.0 million today)-attracting Mrs. Bennet's attention as a desirable suitor for her daughter. When zombies attack the ball, the Bennet sisters fight them off, and Colonel Darcy, a friend of Bingley's and skilled zombie-killer, who was conversely trained in Japanese martial arts - with property that pays him £10,000 annually (£600,000 today) - becomes smitten with Elizabeth..</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Burr Steers</director>
      <actor>Lily James (role=Elizabeth Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Riley (role=Mr. Darcy)</actor>
      <actor>Bella Heathcote (role=Jane Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Ellie Bamber (role=Lydia Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Millie Brady (role=Mary Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Suki Waterhouse (role=Kitty Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Douglas Booth (role=Mr. Bingley)</actor>
      <actor>Sally Phillips (role=Mrs. Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Dance (role=Mr. Bennet)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Huston (role=George Wickham)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Headey (role=Lady Catherine de Bourgh)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Smith (role=Parson Collins)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM2ODYxNzEzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzg2NzAxNzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Zombie Horror|Action|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror|Romance</category>
    <review>I love it. It's hilarious and entertaining. But I will say this. If you haven't read the book or seen the old P&amp;P series or the movie, you're going to think the dialogue is weird and the character stuff comes out of nowhere. I still think you could enjoy it though. However, if you're familiar with the source material, then this is absolutely hilarious. The way the characters solemnly speak the classic, recognizable lines from the book and in equal solemnity tack on a bit about the zombie apocalypse or Chinese martial arts is just hilarious. It's a parody in the bast way, which is to say, it's not even a parody so much as a direct transposition of the drama and characters of the original story into a ridiculous situation. Bravo</review>
    <description>Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0337697</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Prinz &amp; ich</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Paige Morgan is a hardworking pre-med college student from a small farm town in Wisconsin. Despite an initial dislike, she continues to cross paths with Eddie, an immature, spoiled transfer student, and eventually she falls for him. When paparazzi appear and photograph the two during a passionate moment, Paige learns that Eddie has been keeping a secret from her - he is the Crown Prince of Denmark.—natalietodak</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martha Coolidge</director>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Paige Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Mably (role=Eddie)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Miller (role=Soren)</actor>
      <actor>Miranda Richardson (role=Queen Rosalind)</actor>
      <actor>James Fox (role=King Haraald)</actor>
      <actor>Alberta Watson (role=Amy Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>John Bourgeois (role=Ben Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Zachary Knighton (role=John Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Waterston (role=Beth Curtis)</actor>
      <actor>Eliza Bennett (role=Princess Arabella)</actor>
      <actor>Devin Ratray (role=Scotty)</actor>
      <actor>Clare Preuss (role=Stacey)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Czech Republic</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODQzOTZlMzgtOTAwZi00NzBiLWIyNWQtYTc2ZWM1YjQ2NTM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Family|Romance</category>
    <review>You may look at the preview and think, "Great, they just basically ruined the ending for me." which is what I though when I saw it. However, I took a chance renting it, because I figured it would be an entertaining way to pass the time. I was right. I not only found it entertaining, but by the end, as corny is it may sound for a film like this, it did leave me guessing a little as to what would happen.Although I don't usually care for Julia Stiles, I found her to be delightful in this piece, and the right person to play the part. The role of the handsome Scandanavian Prince, was also correctly casted, and was a heartthrob a minute. The two actors worked very well together, and I very much enjoyed the film, finding it sweet, romantic and just enough of light and heavy to balance it out nicely.Ovearll it's a film that certainly wouldn't have been nominated for any big awards, but it's cute, and in the end a pretty predictable film. I recommend it to the ones out there who like the Cinderella-ish stories. It's kind of like that</review>
    <description>At college Paige meets Eddie, a student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves; he proves to be Crown Prince Edvard. Paige follows him to Copenhagen, and he follows her back to school with a plan.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0117509</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>William Shakespeares Romeo &amp; Julia</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers".</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Baz Luhrmann</director>
      <actor>Leonardo DiCaprio (role=Romeo)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Danes (role=Juliet)</actor>
      <actor>John Leguizamo (role=Tybalt)</actor>
      <actor>Harold Perrineau (role=Mercutio)</actor>
      <actor>Lupita Ochoa (role=Attractive Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Pete Postlethwaite (role=Father Laurence)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Silva (role=Nun)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Sorvino (role=Fulgencio Capulet)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Dennehy (role=Ted Montague)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Rudd (role=Dave Paris)</actor>
      <actor>Vondie Curtis-Hall (role=Captain Prince)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Valero (role=Middle Age Occupant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Mexico|Australia|Canada</country>
    <date>1996</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDU1OTJjMTItN2I4OC00ZDI2LWFhMDktNjYwN2Q3NjRmN2RmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Epic|Teen Romance|Tragedy|Tragic Romance|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Like many who saw this as a teenager, this was a movie that felt like the most sophisticated thing I'd ever seen, while also being accessible enough to my immature brain. And that's pretty much how I'm going to judge it today.This is Shakespeare. It's as much Shakespeare as any other adaptation over the centuries. And yet Baz Luhrmann went in with a very specific approach, not only to modernise it while maintaining the poetic dialogue, but to also make it enticing for a teenage audience; the audience most arguably suited to the tale of Romeo and Juliet. It's chock full of the same hallmarks of modern day teen dramas; beautiful teens from wealthy families, sudden and passionate love affairs, with a dash of violence and murder, capped off with an emotional gut-punch or two. It's a tale quite literally as old as time: Star-crossed lovers finding each other against all odds, fighting to keep what they have against the forces around them, and the near-miss of longevity, like every Rom-Com airport scene. It's the type of story that has endured so long precisely because it appeals to us at the most emotional and vulnerable time of our lives, speaking to how we feel about the world around us. It's a hormonal barrage of narrative cues.So Luhrmann takes this timeless classic, and decides to transplant it into a modern day setting to appeal to modern day teenagers. Or at least, the teenagers of the late 90s. You could probably trace a line from all late-90s fashions back to this movie, either creating the stereotypical aesthetic of the time, or merely doubling down and reinforcing it. This movie is garish. It opens with a newscast acting as the narrator, followed by quick-cuts and flybys of a city centre framed by two imposing skyscrapers, each with the name of a respected mafia-like family conglomerate plastered over the roof. Between them is a giant statue of Jesus himself, almost as tall as these skyscrapers. It's almost cartoonish in its aesthetic. We're then introduced to the Montague boys, clad in Hawaiian shirts left open to flap in the wind, riding a bright yellow topless jeep. They pull up to a gas station and encounter the rival Capulet boys, clad in dark blues and leather, with clean-cut facial hair and a menacing glare. If the Montagues gave the instant impression of good guys having fun, the Capulets give the immediate impression of brooding and serious antagonists. After an exchange of insults, they break out in a gun fight. The saturation is turned way up, the camera shakes and zooms uncontrollably, the editing cuts every second or two. It's beautiful and ugly all at the same time, as Tybalt, the Prince of Cats falls on his knees dramatically, pulls out his pistols, attaches an excessive sight, and takes aim at the fleeing Montagues. It's big, it's bombastic, it's completely lacking in subtlety. There's bright colours and shouting, and emphasis put on every footstep and gun cocking. It's so bad. It's so 90s.Fortunately this style isn't maintained throughout the movie's runtime, but it never entirely leaves either. We get another frenetic array to the Capulet party, whereby a sexually-ambiguous Mercutio laces Romeo with Ecstasy creating a fever dream of visuals. And then there's that iconic meet-cute. The meet-cute to end all meet-cutes. And the movie slows to a halt. It remembers this isn't a story about the outlandish gang war between two mafia families, but a story about teenage love. Its garish and frenetic nature gives way to something more brooding and enthralling. Things turn serious, characters start dying, the prospect of marriage and a new life become real entities.Judging this movie literally is a recipe for disaster. Literally it's an over-edited series of scenes full of shouting and bad judgment, about a young boy and girl falling in love immediately, getting married the next day, and then committing suicide over one another a mere four days later. Literally this movie makes no sense. It's ridiculous. But the movie knows that. It's painfully self-aware of how ridiculous this story actually is when you boil it down, so it embraces it. And this is why the prose was kept largely intact: It's poetry. The whole movie is poetry. This isn't a movie about plot points and character development. It's a movie about feelings and moments, about capturing that teenage urgency in a glowing, multi-coloured bottle. I know I had these moments as a teenager, where everything felt like the most important thing ever, where I fell in love with pretty girls without even knowing their names, where anger and joy, love and hate were all so painfully intense. Every scene is bathed in this intensity, including that opening of garish colours and overemphasised sound effects. It's a movie so chock full of hormonal energy it's intoxicating.Leo is still a fairly young and inexperienced actor here, and his ego shines through his performance. He delivers his lines which such ferocity, like he too felt he was participating in the most sophisticated thing he'd ever done. But at this level his line delivery loses all emphasis, causing it all to merge into a mumble of Shakespearian vocabulary. That said, he's just about as perfect for Romeo as you could get. Claire Danes doesn't fare much better, seemingly struggling with the emotions of it all. It's like they were both put on auto-pilot while delivering their lines. Honestly I can't really blame them. Shakespeare's dialogue is in poetic verse, written for a different time with different dialects and slangs. We the audience are encouraged to just feel what's going on rather than follow and dissect every single word spoken. That said there are some genuinely fantastic performances her that prove that dialogue as outdated and wordy as this can be engaging and emotive. Harold Perrineau plays Mercutio with a fire in his eyes, like he poured over the script and accurately pinpointed which words needed more emphasis, and where he could embellish with gestures and intonation. John Leguizamo is also electrifying as Tybalt, grasping the over-the-top antagonism of his character and having fun with it, creating a whole new style of gun-fu to portray Tybalt's apparent fancy fighting style.And of course, I couldn't talk about this movie without talking about the soundtrack, which gave us one of the best Radiohead songs ever written (which is a bold claim, I know). It captures the 90s the same way the rest of the movie does, with OK Computer-era Radiohead, Garbage, Des'ree, Butthole Surfers, and The Cardigans. It's rocky, it's ravey, it's as garish and frenetic as the movie's cinematography, and if you're at all a fan of 90s pop music, this soundtrack is a snapshot of that exact taste. Of course this ages the movie horrendously, but hey, we're approaching the time of 90s nostalgia, so now's the time to embrace it.Romeo + Juliet is an interesting movie to judge, because it's a strictly terrible movie. The modern setting and 16th century dialogue goes together as well you'd imagine, despite some imaginative transpositions (like each gun's brand being a type of blade; Sword 9mm, Dagger .45, Rapier 9mm, or in the case of shotguns; a Longsword). It's so intensely bright and colourful, the editing so frenetic and hard to follow, and the story being somewhat nonsensical by modern standards, but its self-awareness makes up for it, making it all feel deliberate and purposeful. We hold Shakespeare up on a pedestal these days, as some form of high art, but in his time he was basically writing the best soap operas, aimed at entertaining the commoners (the exact same trajectory as actual operas, incidentally, which are nowhere near as sophisticated or intelligent as modern high society would have you believe). With that in mind, and Luhrmann's attempt to make what Shakespeare would've made today (in 1996), I think this movie nails every goal it aims for. It's pure visual poetry, encouraging you to feel the story than follow it intently, blasting you with the intense emotional highs and lows of hormonal teenagedom. I give Romeo + Juliet a bizarrely successful 8/10</review>
    <description>Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0200550</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Coyote Ugly</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When young Violet finally follows her dream and moves to New York to become a songwriter, she knows little about the big city. All her efforts to get a demo tape to a producer are useless, additionally her apartment is broken in to, leaving her with nothing. But a coincidence leads her to Coyote Ugly, a night club where only beautiful women call the shots, using their female attraction to drive the guests just crazy. Violet manages to get a position and starts learning the ways of the city. After getting in trouble because of a misunderstanding, Violet's new friend Kevin tries to rid her of her stage fear so that she can perform her songs herself. Violet's father Bill does not like her new job as well as her leaving him, but it's all part of growing up.—Julian Reischl</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David McNally</director>
      <actor>Piper Perabo (role=Violet Sanford)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Garcia (role=Kevin O'Donnell)</actor>
      <actor>John Goodman (role=Bill)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Bello (role=Lil)</actor>
      <actor>Izabella Miko (role=Cammie)</actor>
      <actor>Tyra Banks (role=Zoe)</actor>
      <actor>Bridget Moynahan (role=Rachel)</actor>
      <actor>Melanie Lynskey (role=Gloria)</actor>
      <actor>Del Pentecost (role=Lou)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Weston (role=Danny)</actor>
      <actor>LeAnn Rimes (role=LeAnn Rimes)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Rowley (role=William Morris Receptionist)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTVkMmVlODctZTFjZS00MjJmLTg2ZjktZTU2NTE4MThlMzdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Producer Jerry Bruckheimer seems to have an innate sense of what makes money in cinema. He seldom makes a film that isn't profitable and has numerous blockbusters on his resume over the past 30 years (American Gigolo, Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, The Rock, Con Air, Armageddon). Bruckheimer is a populist producer. He is more concerned with giving audiences what they want than he is about producing films of any artistic value or substance. In that regard, `Coyote Ugly' fits right in.This film is energetic, entertaining, scintillating and fun to watch. The story is "Flashdance" lite, and is reminiscent of the popular but vacuous `Cocktail' with Tom Cruise, only with a decent plot woven in. Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) is a young aspiring songwriter who leaves South Amboy, New Jersey traveling to New York City to be discovered. When things don't go as planned, she takes a job as a bartender in a raucous singles bar where the sexy female bartenders dance provocatively on the bar to the shrieks of the rowdy patrons below. Of course, there is a love story to go along with the quest for fame, completing the populist formula.Bruckheimer defies the conventional Hollywood big budget approach by using an ensemble cast of veritable unknowns and a first time director. Other than John Goodman in a minor role, and supermodel Tyra Banks who hasn't done much acting, most of the actors have extremely short resumes. This gives the film a freshness and energy that comes from the cast's exhilaration at just being on the set.Piper Perabo is an incredible find. She is not simply acting in this film, but living the role. Just like her character Violet, this film is her big break so her ability to understand the character and the role is implicit (another stroke of Bruckheimer genius). Perabo is an excellent actor with tremendous ability and potential. It is likely that this film will be the launch pad for a bright career. Maria Bello also gives a fabulous performance as Lil, the tough and successful owner of the nightclub. Australian actor Adam Garcia has great chemistry with Perabo as Violet's love interest. His pleasant demeanor and good looks have many people comparing him with Mel Gibson, although it remains to be seen whether he can handle roles that are more substantial. John Goodman provides one of the film's best moments when he gets up on the bar and dances as Violet auctions him off to the screaming women in the crowd.The DVD is packed with interesting special features about the making of the film. It also includes a DTS audio option, which I like better than Dolby Digital 5.1. The soundtrack is pulsating and explosive and pumps the film up with excitement.This is not great filmmaking, but it is great entertainment. It is an amiable film that sparkles with energy and is easy to watch. I rated it a 7/10. Many people were surprised by how much they enjoyed it, but I'm never surprised when I like a Jerry Bruckheimer film. He knows how to push our buttons</review>
    <description>Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0118617</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Anastasia</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The year is 1916. In St. Petersburg, Russia, Czar Nicholas II (Rick Jones) is throwing a grand ball to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Romanov rule, while his mother, Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (Dame Angela Lansbury), gives her favorite granddaughter, eight-year-old Grand Duchess named Anastasia, a music box and a necklace reading "Together in Paris" which serves as its key. The ball is interrupted by the arrival of the villainous undead corpse Grigori Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd), a monk once trusted by the Russian Imperial Family, having since been cast out by Nicholas as a "traitor". He enacts his revenge through a demonic green reliquary, summoning a curse that sparks the Russian Revolution. Anastasia is reunited with her grandmother ten years later with the help of two con men, Dimitri (John Cusack) and Vladimir Kelsey Grammer). Then, just as all of the obstacles and plot complications are out of the way of romance, the final showdown with Rasputin occurs.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Don Bluth</director>
      <director>Gary Goldman</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODYxN2MzYTMtNDEzMS00N2VmLWEyNmUtYjIxMDkwY2YwYmE4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Hand-Drawn Animation|Adventure|Animation|Drama|Family|Fantasy|Musical|Mystery|Romance</category>
    <review>The last time I saw this, I thought there were maybe too many songs in it that distracted the feel from the movie. But now that I've seen it again, it's clear that the songs are well written, along with the storyline.This is not based on a true story, only loosely on a few rumors that the real Anastasia survived the killing of her family. The heroine Anya is like a Disney princess who is desperate to find out who she is and where she belongs, after suffering from amnesia following the separation of her family. The villain is the brilliant Rasputin, back from the dead, intent on extracting revenge on the Romanovs, thus starting the Russian Revolution. Dimitri and Vladimir at first are looking to find the ideal Anastasia look alike in order to get the riches from her real mother in Paris.A lot of Bluth's films revolve around a journey and a couple involving some history on Russia. I really enjoyed the songs that played over the end credits, "At the Beginning" and "Journey To The Past" sung in her own way by Aaliyah, the beautiful angelic voiced R&amp;B singer who left way too soon.Brilliantly animated for its time and enjoyable for adults, Anastasia remains a classic family film</review>
    <description>The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0203259</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This show delves into the dark side of the New York City underworld as the detectives of a new elite force, the Special Victims Unit, investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives.—Brian Barjenbruch</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jean de Segonzac</director>
      <director>David Platt</director>
      <director>Peter Leto</director>
      <director>Juan José Campanella</director>
      <director>Alex Chapple</director>
      <actor>Mariska Hargitay (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ice-T (role=Sergeant Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola)</actor>
      <actor>Dann Florek (role=Donald 'Don' Cragen)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Belzer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Meloni (role=Detective Elliot Stabler)</actor>
      <actor>Kelli Giddish (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Scanavino (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>BD Wong (role=Dr. George Huang)</actor>
      <actor>Tamara Tunie (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Raúl Esparza (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Diane Neal (role=Amelia Chase)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie March (role=Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTgwZDk3MzYtYzZkNS00MzU0LWJlYWUtZDA3ZDc5MGYxMTFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Psychological Thriller|Serial Killer|Suspense Mystery|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>At first I was hesitant to start watching this show. I am a survivor of rape and sexual assault, so I was afraid that this would be triggering for me. However it has actually been the opposite. Watching SVU has helped me heal and find closure with my past. I love that they are always actively combatting rape culture, and reminding that every one is worth a damn</review>
    <description>Follows the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU), a specially trained squad of detectives who investigates sex crimes including rape, child sexual abuse, human trafficking and domestic violence.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4052886</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lucifer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The boss of Hell makes the decision to spend time in Los Angeles. As he is there, he teams up with a detective to fight and solve crime. While that is all happening, he does his best to live in luxury and keep his status as the boss of Hell, and punish those who deserve it.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nathan Hope</director>
      <director>Eagle Egilsson</director>
      <director>Louis Shaw Milito</director>
      <director>Sherwin Shilati</director>
      <director>Karen Gaviola</director>
      <actor>Tom Ellis (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Lauren German (role=Jack Monroe)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Alejandro (role=William McKinnon)</actor>
      <actor>D.B. Woodside (role=Melvin the Magnificent)</actor>
      <actor>Lesley-Ann Brandt (role=Lilith)</actor>
      <actor>Rachael Harris (role=Gertie)</actor>
      <actor>Aimee Garcia (role=Tommy Stomponato)</actor>
      <actor>Scarlett Estevez (role=Trixie Espinoza)</actor>
      <actor>Tricia Helfer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Welling (role=Marcus Pierce)</actor>
      <actor>Inbar Lavi (role=Eve)</actor>
      <actor>Brianna Hildebrand (role=Rory)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjdjOTNmMDQtM2Y2Ni00OTg2LTgwYjQtYzBmMTMzZjNmNmM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Dark Fantasy|Police Procedural|Supernatural Fantasy|Crime|Drama|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Lucifer really surprised me by how much I enjoyed it. First of all, I can't say enough about Tom Ellis. He is perfect for this role. I know a lot of people have already said this but he's a really underrated actor. I can't wait to see what he does next. Lucifer is based off the Neil Gaiman comics. It's part fantasy, part comedy, part mystery, among other things. Some of the seasons seem a bit stretched out with some filler episodes but overall every season is terrific. Lucifer was canceled by Fox after three seasons but the fans were so upset and loud about it that Netflix picked it up and it continued for another three seasons, ending after Season 6. I already miss this show now that it's gone. We'll always have the reruns though</review>
    <description>Lucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2261391</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chicago Fire</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follows both the professional and personal lives of the firefighters, rescue personnel, and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department at the fictional Firehouse 51 as they risk their lives to save and protect the city of Chicago, Illinois.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Reza Tabrizi</director>
      <director>Joe Chappelle</director>
      <director>Sanford Bookstaver</director>
      <director>Matt Earl Beesley</director>
      <director>Eric Laneuville</director>
      <actor>Taylor Kinney (role=Kelly Severide)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Stolte (role=Randall McHolland)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Minoso (role=Joe Cruz)</actor>
      <actor>Randy Flagler (role=Harold Capp)</actor>
      <actor>David Eigenberg (role=Christopher Herrmann)</actor>
      <actor>Eamonn Walker (role=Wallace Boden)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Ferraris (role=Tony (Squad 3 Driver))</actor>
      <actor>Jesse Spencer (role=Matthew Casey)</actor>
      <actor>Kara Killmer (role=Sylvie Brett)</actor>
      <actor>Miranda Rae Mayo (role=Stella Kidd)</actor>
      <actor>Yuriy Sardarov (role=Brian Zvonecek)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Raymund (role=Gabriela Dawson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM0NzAxNDQxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzcwMzEwNzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Workplace Drama|Action|Drama</category>
    <review>When this show first aired, I was not interested on watching a fire fighting drama. Besides, I've been watching another Wolf Production since 1999 and that was good enough for me. However, when Chicago PD was introduced, I decided to watch it because it came on directly after my favorite show and I love TV drama series. I feel in love with Chicago PD because of the zest and criminal kick-ass and I was hooked.When Chicago Fire crossed over with Chicago PD recently, I was forced to watch Chicago Fire. Hummm, Chicago Fire very interesting and exciting I thought. I went to HBO On Demand and watched Season 2 of Chicago Fire. Let me tell you, I didn't cook, I didn't answer my phone, I ordered food delivery service and didn't move off of my sofa(only for bbreak) until I watched every episode. I then went to a local retail store and bought Season 1 and the disconnect from the world started all over again. By now you know where my review is going.Watching Chicago Fire help me to understand Detective Voight, Dawson etc.. and how Chicago PD was piloted. I was upset with me for not watching Chicago Fire initially. Readers, to understand Chicago PD, you have to watch Chicago Fire. I love the intertwining of the shows. It is so damn interesting.Chicago Fire is a potpourri of diversity, family, loyalty, emotions and laughter. A show that promotes life/death,the response and the danger firefighters face everyday, gives me a deeper respect for my local firefighter and EMT services.I commend Mr. Wolf for having such great writers and actors/actress, I am humbled. I am aware it's only entertainment. However it's entertainment in a true and realistic form.One of the Best Shows on TV</review>
    <description>Follows both the professional and personal lives of the firefighters, rescue personnel, and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department at the fictional Firehouse 51 as they risk their lives to save and protect the city of Chicago, Illinois.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1489887</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Booksmart</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Best friends since the seventh grade, Molly and Amy will be graduating from high school tomorrow, it the culmination of this phase of their life plan together, namely to focus all their energies on being the proverbial overachievers at the expense of all else, including a social life with their classmates, to get into their respective chosen Ivy League college in the fall, which they have done, Molly going to Yale and Amy going to Columbia. After getting their undergraduate degrees in four years, they both plan to do graduate work together at Georgetown. While Molly, the class president, arguably has had this goal in wanting to be the best, Amy has had a few other items bubbling under the surface. While she is acting on one of her socially conscious items in planning to go to Botswana for the summer to do humanitarian work, she hasn't acted on others, most notably having coming out as lesbian two years ago, she only having told Molly that she'd like her first romantic encounter to be with classmate Ryan, not even knowing if Ryan too is gay. When Molly learns that many of their classmates, who she considers slackers, have also been accepted into prestigious colleges or have lucrative prospects other than college, she feels cheated by her chosen high school life. As such, Molly is able to convince Amy to fit a fun, social high school life into this one night before they graduate, which for Molly means attending the graduation party hosted by Nick, the class vice-president, despite Molly having outward contempt for him in he seemingly able to get by on his good looks, his athleticism as one of the school's jocks, and outgoing nature. Finding out where the party's being held let alone getting there is easier said than done as hidden issues in Molly and Amy's life and friendship come to the surface in the process.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Olivia Wilde</director>
      <actor>Kaitlyn Dever (role=Amy)</actor>
      <actor>Beanie Feldstein (role=Molly)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Williams (role=Miss Fine)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Sudeikis (role=Principal Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Kudrow (role=Charmaine)</actor>
      <actor>Will Forte (role=Doug)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Ruesga (role=Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>Mason Gooding (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Skyler Gisondo (role=Jared)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Silvers (role=Hope)</actor>
      <actor>Molly Gordon (role=Triple A)</actor>
      <actor>Billie Lourd (role=Gigi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDNmOTljZjYtMmNmZC00ZjczLWIzNjYtODdhMTk1NzI1NWVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Comedy|Coming-of-Age|Teen Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>I will start off by saying I don't review often on IMDB, but regularly check other people's ratings and reviews before watching films and tv shows.It really bums me out when people go out there way to write 1 star reviews or low star reviews when a film clearly isn't deserved of such a low mark.Which brings me to this film Booksmart, after seeing this praised by critics and most people on the internet I thought I would give it a go after seeing a trailer of the film prior to it being released.It did not disappoint in the slightest and by no means necessary is this film perfect... but it does deliver on so many levels. It's funny, charming and easy to watch, the story of the movie is slightly predictable and you can see what's going on before it's even happened and you've probably seen similar films like this but this is up there with the best coming of age comedies.Don't miss out on this by listening to bad reviews it's a solid movie perfect for them Sunday afternoons</review>
    <description>On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0371552</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Asterix und die Wikinger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Chief Vitalstatistix's brother leaves his son, Justforkix alias Hippix, in Asterix's village, but even the hero and Obelix can't turn the sensitive, artistic scared teenager into a Gallic warrior. Ironically that's what ambitious Viking chief Timandahaf wants after his druid Cryptograf accidentally made him believe fear 'sprouting wings' literally enables flying. The druid plans to make his ox-strong and -dumb son Olof marry the sonless chief's daughter Abba, but she falls in love with Hippix.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stefan Fjeldmark</director>
      <director>Jesper Møller</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Denmark</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc3OTU5NzUyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTg5OTI1Mw@@._V1_QL75_UX171_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>As a great fan of Asterix I was off course very thrilled when I saw that it was decided the adventures of Asterix would once again become animated, because quite frankly I found the movies to be really unimaginative and unwatchable.The animation itself left me almost speechless. Also for the first time we were able to hear some familiar music in an animated cartoon ("Get Down On It" and "Eye of the Tiger").The story itself didn't really follow the comic. Only the original idea, that the Vikings wanted to learn fear and thus kidnapped Justforkix who was sent to the Gaul village to become a man, was used. Some of the characters were taken from some other Asterix adventures (seen in the comic books).The thing that bothered me most was the poor delivery of lines. In the comic the punch lines were much better delivered and the story was simply more amusing. In the movie even those punchlines they used were lost, because the story around them has been changed so much, they were actually just trying to place these punchlines in the new story and failed! Still as this is obviously intended for the youngest of viewers I will say that my nephew enjoyed it greatly, while the rest of us (my father, brother and myself - the four of us went to see it together) were bitterly disappointed and immediately pulled the original comic from our collection.So to summon it all up, you'll see great animation, hear good music, all in all have a very well made cartoon in front of you - but with a poor storyline</review>
    <description>While tutoring Justforkix, the rebellious nephew of their chief Vitalstatistix, Asterix and Obelix must rescue him from Vikings who wish to learn the meaning of fear to become invincible.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3504064</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Barbie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Possessing the fascinating magical power to change the colour of pearls and make them shine and dance, the lively and creative mermaid, Lumina, has another remarkable talent: she is an excellent hairdresser. With her best friend Kuda--the pink seahorse--and an invitation in hand, the two companions will embark on an exciting adventure in the colourful underwater kingdom, to get ready for the Royal Ball which is only hours away. Will Lumina unlock her true destiny to become the realm's Pearl Princess?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ezekiel Norton</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWRmYzlmYjYtYzdiOC00ODdiLWIwYmYtZGE1NGQxYzdlMTliXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animation|Family</category>
    <review>It is very easy to meet the 'Barbie' films with a lot of dislike and scorn and they are all very lowly rated here (despite some favourable reviews). It is understandable to take issue with the dialogue (a fair few are ropy in this regard), the predictability of the stories, the odd annoying character, the animation in a few (not all are well animated) and whether there is enough for adults to keep interest.Despite not being the main target audience, to me they are mostly better than given credit for, easy to take them for what they are and don't deserve to be dismissed as baby-ish and for little girls only (a very narrow minded generalisation). Are they animation masterpieces? No. Are they among the best films ever made? Again no. Are they worth watching if taken for what they are? Absolutely for most of them. Most of them look good if not having the polish of studios specialising in computer animation (Pixar for one), often great music, good lessons and messages, a good deal of charm, have their heart in the right place and have entertaining characters well voiced (some had actors of considerable calibre like Tim Curry, Anjelica Huston, Martin Short and Kelsey Grammar, all of them terrific in their respective outings Curry especially) and a likable title character that particularly young girls can relate to.'Barbie: The Pearl Princess' fares quite well as far as the later/recent 'Barbie' films go, though not one of the best films of the franchise. It is not a great film, it is not quite a pearl and lacks magic (quality-wise not literally or figuratively) but it makes for an above average time passer in a way that won't, or shouldn't, offend anybody watching.Yes, the dialogue (hardly the first time when it has not been a strong suit, and that's putting it lightly, in a 'Barbie' film) is not great, often not at all. Some of the lines are stilted and not of good quality, and is lacking in the verbal sparring and hilariously colourful insults that made the writing in 'Barbie and her Sisters in a Pony Tale' have its moments. The story is nothing new, and we are not talking about just Barbie (with themes and plot twists that have been explored in a 'Barbie' film that have been done a fair few times) but it is very over-familiar in general, when so many events in the film are so easily foreseeable (like the villain's plan) it does take away from the fun.Pacing is less than perfect too, tending to plod along if not quite as badly as 'Barbie Mariposa and the Fairy Princess', the thinner parts of the story not going in any direction really. While the music is very nicely done on the whole, "Mermaid Party" does make one want to have a toilet break or fast forward.This is sounding very negative, but actually 'Barbie: The Pearl Princess' has a lot to enjoy. The animation is nice, with a beautifully rendered undersea setting that is so inviting one wants to be part of it. There are bright colours, handsome and imaginative backgrounds and the character designs and movements are improved from 'Barbie and her Sisters in a Pony Tale'. "Mermaid Party" aside, the music is a good and is catchy, though there has always been a preference for the classical music-oriented ones.Although the story is less than perfect, it does have cute and charming moments and has its heart in the right place. Appreciated the positive messaging, hardly new the messages taught but done in a way that's heartfelt and not like the film is talking at you. As well as being closer to the original Barbie rather than trying to make her modern. No negative messaging like in 'A Fairy Secret' and 'A Fashion Fairytale'.Particularly good here are the truly charming friendship between Lumina and Kuda and an effectively downplayed yet sweet romance that wisely wasn't focused on too much.Lumina is very likable and resourceful with a sympathetic personality that never gets annoying or bratty. Kuda is adorable and sometimes amusing. The voice work is spirited, cannot imagine Barbie without Kelly Sheridan (the 'Barbie' films without her did suffer from her absence on top of even bigger problems) and she continues to grow.In conclusion, a nice inoffensive time passer but could have done with more magic. 6/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>The creative mermaid, Lumina, not only has the power to change the colour of pearls and make them dance, but she is also a great hairdresser. With the Royal Ball only hours away, will she unlock her destiny as the realm's Pearl Princess?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0284718</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Crossing Jordan: Pathologin mit Profil</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh is a forensic pathologist who lost her job with the Boston medical examiner's office because her passion for solving homicides frequently extended beyond the autopsy table. Years later, an old ally rescues Jordan from court-ordered anger management training in Los Angeles and rehires her to her former job in Boston. Jordan is still feisty and mercurial but management tolerates her because she is good at her job. She and her father, a disgraced former Boston police detective, often solve crimes together by using a role-playing game they've played since Jordan's childhood. It goes: "You be the killer, and I'll be the victim, and we'll figure out how this happened." The driving force in Jordan's life and career is the crime she took the longest time to solve -- her mother's murder.—A.B. Gilpin</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Allan Arkush</director>
      <director>Roxann Dawson</director>
      <director>Michael Gershman</director>
      <director>Donna Deitch</director>
      <director>Ian Toynton</director>
      <actor>Jill Hennessy (role=Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh)</actor>
      <actor>Miguel Ferrer (role=Dr. Garret Macy)</actor>
      <actor>Ravi Kapoor (role=Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Valentine (role=Dr. Nigel Townsend)</actor>
      <actor>Kathryn Hahn (role=Lily Lebowski)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry O'Connell (role=Detective Woody Hoyt)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Howard (role=Max Cavanaugh)</actor>
      <actor>Emy Coligado (role=Emmy)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Sergei (role=Dr. Peter Winslow)</actor>
      <actor>Mahershala Ali (role=Dr. Trey Sanders)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Gibney (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Sandler (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2001</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjZjMjM3NTUtMmQ0MS00OGE4LThhM2QtYTYwNTVjMWM3MTM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>It looks like the later Rizzoli &amp; Illes show was inspired by this show. Better than a lot of things I've seen in a TV landscape dominated by The Police Procedural-this show stands out as being a bit different-but in a good way. It is to crime shows what Yes was to progressive rock music-always something fresh and always done well. I actually cannot remember seeing this show on TV at any time even though it ran for six years it seems. Not even in reruns. I have noticed that in different areas there are shows that don't seem to be available in other areas-I guess this is one of them. Would have watched it-maybe better to see it on DVD without the dreaded barrage of commercials that I think render most shows neutralized at best. Worth a look if you've never seen it. Probably better than watching the 57,000th episode of Law &amp; Order</review>
    <description>Brash, stubborn and resourceful ME Jordan Cavanaugh revives her career in Boston, occasionally breaking the rules and ticking off the cops or her co-workers. On the home front, she gets crime-solving help from her retired-cop dad.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0090481</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Matlock</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ben Matlock is a Georgia bred, Harvard educated defense attorney. His fee is $100,000 but he's worth every cent of it as he defends his clients not only in Atlanta but all over the country. He is cantankerous and gruff and often uses colorful language, but beneath it all he has a heart of gold. He is assisted in his work by his daughters Charlene and Leanne (who are also attorneys) and his investigators Tyler Hudson, Conrad McMasters and Cliff Lewis, who happens to be the son of Ben's boyhood friend/rival Billy Lewis. Ben's girlfriend is associate D.A. Julie March and his contact on the Atlanta police is Lt. Bob Brooks.—Brian Washington</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christopher Hibler</director>
      <director>Harvey S. Laidman</director>
      <director>Leo Penn</director>
      <director>Frank Thackery</director>
      <director>Robert Scheerer</director>
      <actor>Andy Griffith (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Stafford (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Sommars (role=Julie March)</actor>
      <actor>Clarence Gilyard Jr. (role=Conrad McMasters)</actor>
      <actor>Kene Holiday (role=Tyler Hudson)</actor>
      <actor>David Froman (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Roebuck (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Newton (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Brynn Thayer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kari Lizer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Purl (role=Charlene Matlock)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Durrell (role=D.A. Lloyd Burgess)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2NmYTk4ODctNmE0NS00ZGEyLWJjOTYtOTU5NGM4OGRlNDM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,30,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Legal Drama|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Good idea and for awhile good execution. But the later seasons turned Andy Griffith into a mumbling, stuttering idiot. This is one series where less is more. Watch the 1st 4-5 seasons then walk away.</review>
    <description>Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0106168</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Walker, Texas Ranger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, one of the last old-fashioned heroes of the West, is a protective friend but a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to bring a criminal to justice. He works on instinct, often drawing on the traditions of his Native American ancestors. His partner, James Trivette, has a more modern approach to crime-solving. C.D. Parker, a retired Ranger, and Alex Cahill, the county assistant district attorney who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, support the Rangers in their battle to serve justice.—DANIEL</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Preece</director>
      <director>Tony Mordente</director>
      <director>Jerry Jameson</director>
      <director>Eric Norris</director>
      <director>Christian I. Nyby II</director>
      <actor>Chuck Norris (role=Hayes Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Clarence Gilyard Jr. (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sheree J. Wilson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Noble Willingham (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nia Peeples (role=Sydney Cooke)</actor>
      <actor>Judson Mills (role=Francis Gage)</actor>
      <actor>Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman (role=Uncle Ray Firewalker)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Bendall (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jackson Burns (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Sanchez (role=Detective Carlos Sandoval)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Wall (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Martin (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTJkZGViN2EtN2M2Ny00YTVhLWFjNjItYTBkOTBjN2YxZjY4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXN3aWZ0dw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,49,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Contemporary Western|Police Procedural|Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>Yes, the acting is horrendously bad. Yes, the dialog is unbelievably cheesy and stale. Yes, the plots are unoriginal and don't make sense. But damn it, when was the last time that we were able to just turn on the television, sit back and enjoy the action without having to deal with some over-the-top action/drama that goes way too fast and shoves some moral lesson on life in our faces? That's what makes Walker Texas Ranger so enjoyable -- it really recreates the feel of those classic Westerns that used to be on all the time back in the '50s. So horrendously bad that it's great to watch when you just need some time to unwind and forget about everything else. And you've gotta admit, it paved way for a great comedy segment on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. I know I'll still be watching this for years to come</review>
    <description>Cordell Walker and his partner, James Trivette, are Texas Rangers. They make it their business to battle crime in Dallas and all around the state of Texas.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0111438</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Timecop</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Washington DC in 1994, the Senate Oversight Committee (SOC) is being spoken to in the capitol building by George Spota, who explains that for the past 20 years, Doctor Hans Kleindast, the Nobel laureate who help the government with the space program back in the 1960s and 1970s, has been doing research, and his field of research has been time travel. The SOC believes that Hans is a quack -- until George tells the SOC that Hans actually succeeded in his research and took a trip to the past then back to the present. You can't travel into the future because the future hasn't happened yet. George makes it clear that a covert agency is needed to police time travel, so the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) is formed. Named as the director of the TEC is Commander Eugene Matuzak, formerly of the Washington DC police department. Senator Aaron McComb, who sees possibilities, agrees to chair the oversight on the new program. Sometime later, at a shopping center, TEC agent Max Walker and his wife Melissa are being watched by a pair of shady looking men. Later, at home. Max and Melissa spend some passionate time together. That night, Melissa is about to tell Max something extremely important when the phone rings. Max answers the phone and is told to go to TEC headquarters. Max gets dressed and as soon as Max opens the front door to go outside, he is attacked by the two men from the shopping center. As the two men are beating Max up. Max sees Aaron looking out the window of the bedroom that Melissa is still in, and Aaron is holding Melissa hostage, forcing Melissa to watch Max's beating. The two men outside then shoot Max, who is wearing a bulletproof vest -- and then an explosion engulfs the house, killing Melissa. On October 30, 1929, on Wall Street in New York City, a man named Lyle Atwood enters an office building and rides an elevator up to an office. There is a sudden ripple in the office, and Max enters from the future. It turns out that Lyle is Max's partner, and Lyle is planning to stop the depression from happening. Max wants to know who Lyle is working for, and Lyie calls two security men into the office to deal with Max. Max beats up the two security men, and Lyle pulls out a gun and opens fire on Max. When Lyle runs out of bullets, Max forces Lyle to admit that he's working for Aaron, and that Aaron has paid off a lot of other TEC agents as well. Lyle then jumps out the window. Max jumps out after Lyle, grabs him, and takes Lyle with him back to present time, which is now the year 2004, ten years after Melissa's murder. TEC judge Marshall sentences Lyle to be immediately executed, so Lyle is sent back to 1929 and is dropped to his death from the point in midair where Max and Lyle disappeared to 2004. At TEC Headquarters in 2004, Aaron, Max, and Matuzak are showing Senator Malcolm Nelson around the TEC building. Aaron reminds everyone that people who go back in time risk coming into contact with a past version of themselves. The same matter cannot occupy the same space at the same time, because if that happens, and if it's a person accidentally making physical contact with their past version, that person will die, and their body will disappear from the face of the Earth. Later, Max tells Matuzak that Aaron wants to shut down the TEC so no one can stop him from altering the past to his advantage, because Aaron is now running for President of the United States. Aaron's fading campaign for president is dealt a blow when he is denied federal campaign matching funds. Just before Max wakes up, two men break into his home to kill him, but Max turns the tables and kills the two men who broke in. TEC internal affairs investigator Sarah Fielding questions Max. Max soon learns that Sarah may be on the wrong side in this. Max must travel back and forth in time to bring Aaron down...and when Max goes back to 1994 and finds out what Melissa wanted to tell him 10 years ago, it gives Max incentive to at least try to prevent Melissa's murder.—Todd Baldridge</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Hyams</director>
      <actor>Jean-Claude Van Damme (role=Walker)</actor>
      <actor>Mia Sara (role=Melissa Walker)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Silver (role=Senator Aaron McComb)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce McGill (role=Cmdr. Eugene Matuzak)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Reuben (role=Agent Sarah Fielding)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Bellis (role=Ricky)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Schombing (role=Agent Lyle Atwood)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Lawrence (role=George Spota)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Welsh (role=Senator Utley)</actor>
      <actor>Brent Woolsey (role=Shotgun)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Loree (role=Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Shane Kelly (role=Rollerblades)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|United States</country>
    <date>1994</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODFlM2IyMzgtZWU4OS00YWViLWJhMmEtYzA4ZWY4MGJjZGI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Superhero|Time Travel|Action|Crime|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>I thought this was a notch above the normal no-brainer kick-boxer action flicks which star men like Jean-Claude VanDamme, Steven Segal, Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, etc. because of the interesting and somewhat complex tale with time travel as the main theme. The story also has some good twists and humor.THE GOOD - Kudos to the four s's in here: Silver, suspense, special-effects and sound - all of them are very good. There is something about Ron Silver's looks that spell "sleazy and rotten" before he even opens his mouth! When he speaks, his accent and profanity quickly verifies those suspicions. The special- effects - at least when this came out in the mid '90s - were very cool when the time travelers reached their destinations and appear out of this wall of near- transparent plastic. The story can be a bit confusing at times but is fun at most times, especially near the end when doubles of all the characters are on the screen at onceTHE BAD - The bad part of the film is the credibility, especially with Silver who plays a politician. No politician, no matter what party or where, would be this much of low-life. In fact, the story is full of unlikable and untrustworthy characters, too many of them. There also is too much Rambo-mentality and the final action goes on way too long. The time travel ange of the story may be intelligent but the dialog in this movie is just plain dumb and too juvenile.Overall, this is one of the best of a small group of well-done Van Damme movies</review>
    <description>Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0090390</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>ALF</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Tanner family is an average American family. One day, they discover that they have a visitor. He's small, he's furry, he's arrogant, and he's an alien from the planet Melmac. Unsure what to do, they name him ALF: Alien Life Form. Alf soon decides that as much as he misses his home planet, there's a lot to be said for Earth: the Tanners are willing to concede anything as long as he doesn't announce his presence. Oh yeah, the Tanners also have a cat, which looks rather tasty...—Murray Chapman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nick Havinga</director>
      <director>Burt Brinckerhoff</director>
      <director>Gary Shimokawa</director>
      <director>Peter Bonerz</director>
      <director>Tom Patchett</director>
      <actor>Paul Fusco (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Max Wright (role=Willie Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Schedeen (role=Kate Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Elson (role=Lynn Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Benji Gregory (role=Brian Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>John LaMotta (role=Trevor Ochmonek)</actor>
      <actor>Liz Sheridan (role=Raquel Ochmonek)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Blake (role=Jake Ochmonek)</actor>
      <actor>Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros (role=Gordon 'ALF' Shumway)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Meara (role=Dorothy Halligan)</actor>
      <actor>Jim J. Bullock (role=Neal Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Daily (role=Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Dykstra)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjUzZmM3MTQtZjU2Yy00NTFjLThkYjUtM2Q2ZjIzZDk3Y2FkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>High-Concept Comedy|Sitcom|Comedy|Family|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>ALF is a classic show, I remember loving watching this show every week when I was a kid with my brother and parents, ALF was such a funny character and also very cuddly! I recently saw this show again on DVD when my brother gave it to me for Christmas, didn't watch it until over the last month when I had some free time and the jokes were not as funny now as I remember when I was a kid, but obviously this is a show for families and children to enjoy so that's not too surprising, I bet kids today would still love this show. ALF is still an all time classic character.I'd recommend this for any family, great for kids with some good morals in the episodes</review>
    <description>When an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12677870</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Law &amp; Order: Organized Crime</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The hit drama series Law and Order: Organized Crime moves to Peacock for its fifth season. Reprising the role he originated on Law and Order: SVU, Christopher Meloni stars as Det. Elliot Stabler, who returned to New York after a decade abroad to rebuild his life following a devastating personal loss. As lead detective in Sgt. Ayanna Bell's (Danielle Moné Truitt) Organized Crime Control Bureau, he works to dismantle New York's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises while fending off dangers that often follow him home. Helping to expose the dark and complex criminal world of their targets are undercover expert Bobby Reyes (Rick Gonzalez) and tech genius Jet Slootmaekers (Ainsley Seiger). While on assignment, Stabler leans on his brother Randall (Dean Norris) to keep the Stabler family safe and thriving. Season five explores the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome. As his worlds collide, Stabler will put everything on the line to protect the vulnerable and fight for justice. Law and Order: Organized Crime is produced for Peacock by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jean de Segonzac</director>
      <director>John Polson</director>
      <director>Fred Berner</director>
      <director>Jon Cassar</director>
      <director>Eriq La Salle</director>
      <actor>Christopher Meloni (role=Detective Elliot Stabler)</actor>
      <actor>Danielle Moné Truitt (role=Sergeant Ayanna Bell)</actor>
      <actor>Ainsley Seiger (role=Jet Slootmaekers)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Gonzalez (role=Detective Bobby Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Nicky Torchia (role=Eli Stabler)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Burstyn (role=Bernadette Stabler)</actor>
      <actor>Brent Antonello (role=Detective Jamie Whelan)</actor>
      <actor>Tate Ellington (role=Dr. Kyle Vargas)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Cannon (role=Detective Carlos Maldonado)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Lin (role=Detective Victoria Cho)</actor>
      <actor>Dean Norris (role=Randall Stabler)</actor>
      <actor>Nona Parker Johnson (role=Detective Carmen 'Nova' Riley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjZjM2Q3ODUtZDE2MC00Y2Q5LTkxMzctYWU4Y2U3YzExMTAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I think once viewers understand that this is not supposed to be a branch of SVU they could give it an opportunity on its own. People are comparing it to its franchise when in fact it's really its own show. It doesn't wrap up with a bow every episode bike SVU does. The storylines are longer and for me that's a nice change because I never thought it was realistic for the cases in SVU to be solved within an episode or two. If you're interested in 21st-century mob crimes that are of this time, I don't think that you will have an issue with show one bit. The only reason why I'm not giving it a full 10 is because I'm not sure if it's a budget issue, but props just don't look good on the show. You'll see an iPhone that doesn't have an iPhone interface. You'll see I'll prop for an octopus that isn't CGI so it's inflated and looks really cheap. I think that could possibly get better with a larger budget With more viewership or if they already have the budget from the other series then they need to up their prop game. Watch this without the expectation that it is SVU and just a brand new show and I think you'll have the same outlook as I did</review>
    <description>Former Special Victims Unit (SVU) Detective Elliot Stabler returns to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to join a new Taskforce, the Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB), that works to dismantle illegal criminal enterprises.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0081859</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Colt für alle Fälle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Colt Seavers is a stuntman who works as a bounty hunter when he is in a financial crunch. He is aided by his cousin Howie, who has gone to practically every college and studied every course for a semester, and his protegee Jody. He also helps friends who are framed or being threatened by criminals. He was working for Samantha Jack in the first season; Terri Michaels became Colt's new boss for the next three seasons; then the last season Colt got his jobs either from Pearl Sperling or Edmund Trench.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Daniel Haller</director>
      <director>Hollingsworth Morse</director>
      <director>Bruce Bilson</director>
      <director>Michael O'Herlihy</director>
      <director>Russ Mayberry</director>
      <actor>Lee Majors (role=Colt Seavers)</actor>
      <actor>Douglas Barr (role=Howie Munson)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Thomas (role=Jody Banks)</actor>
      <actor>Markie Post (role=Terri Michaels)</actor>
      <actor>Jo Ann Pflug (role=Samantha 'Big Jack' Jack)</actor>
      <actor>William Bryant (role=The Director)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Cooper (role=Director)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Kiser (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Doug McClure (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Donner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dick Durock (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nedra Volz (role=Pearl Sperling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1981</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGI2NTQ3NTctYWM0ZC00YjVlLTg5MDAtMWE5ZmNlNzJjMzdmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX165_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Comedy</category>
    <review>Sure, this show had holes in it, it is cheesy, but I loved it. In Junior High I grew up on this, and it influenced me greatly. I can not watch boring sit coms, which maybe have 2 sets, or even cheaper made reality tv shows. Do I really care who gets voted off the island , or can keep their hand on a rock for 2 hours. After years of watching Colt drive through a china shop with his truck, use the trailer part of the truck which is used to move cars as a ramp, use a a rocket pack and hang onto the side of a chopper. All in a hour show! This show raised the bar high. My wife hates Heather Thomas. and says she's there for her anatomy, with her lines "Colt he's got a gun or "Oh Colt." Howie was funny, and added good comedy. The Unknown stunt man theme was great. I loved the time some thugs beat up an identical truck to Colt's and he drives off with the real one and these 2 huge guys leaving the bar say, "hey what did you to my truck." Speaking of trucks I think that truck must have started the SUV craze, with the imprint it left on many 30 and 40 year olds minds. I love the Mad comic spoof on this show. A must watch</review>
    <description>Film stuntman Colt Seavers moonlights as a bounty hunter.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0118480</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stargate: Kommando SG-1</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>General Hammond summons Colonel Jack O'Neill out of retirement to embark on a secret rescue mission. O'Neill confesses that he disobeyed orders to destroy the Stargate on Planet Abydos, and that scientist Daniel Jackson may still be alive. Arriving on Abydos with his team, O'Neill meets up once again with the scientist, who has discovered a giant elaborate cartouche in hieroglyphics. All signs point to the fact that this is a map of many Stargates that exist throughout the galaxy - a development that makes the dream of the SG-1 team to travel throughout the universe in time a reality.—Sean Fitzgibbons</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter DeLuise</director>
      <director>Martin Wood</director>
      <director>Andy Mikita</director>
      <director>William Waring</director>
      <director>William Gereghty</director>
      <actor>Amanda Tapping (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Judge (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Shanks (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Dean Anderson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Don S. Davis (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Jones (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kufluk (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Teryl Rothery (role=Heimdall)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Shea (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Browder (role=Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell)</actor>
      <actor>Beau Bridges (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Black (role=Vala Mal Doran)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzczMjM1M2MtNzFjZi00ZWYwLTlkNzAtOGQwN2E2MzdhMDg1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I'm a little bias since I grew up watching this show; I have literally seen the entire series more times then I can count, since it is one of my favorites, but maybe that's why I am also qualified to review it.If you watch Stargate Atlantis first and then try this one; you wont like it. Stargate Atlantis was made beautifully and has more action and go to it. Stargate SGI is a little slower and can get boring after awhile, compared to today's newer Sci-Fi series it has a hard time standing up. But there are so many good things about this show as well, that I recommend you give it a fair chance before crossing it off the list. The idea behind the series; being able to travel to any limit of planets, and what you might find on those planets is beyond endless for possibilities. I find Stargate SGI did a very good job with coming up with creative stories to tell in each episode. They also did an extraordinary job of building each episode off of the last. You can't just watch this show from anywhere, you need to start from the beginning for it to make sense.The cast in this show and their characters were very well chosen, they play off of each other beautifully, adding lots of humor to each episode, but not too much to make it goofy. Instead each episode has a perfect amount of heart and grit, making you fall in love with each character.The first episode does contain explicit content, but ONLY the first episode. There is no other nudity in the entire show. As the seasons progress, I do find the last two seasons are the best in the entire series. It's to bad that they faze out Richard Dean Anderson; he truly was the heart of the team that made the show, but by introducing Claudia Black and her wicked humor it made up for the loss that was felt</review>
    <description>A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0084967</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das A-Team</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1972, a special forces A-Team, John H. "Hannibal" Smith, Bosco Albert "B.A" Baracus, and Templeton "Face(man)" Peck, led a raid into North Vietnam to rob the Central Bank of Hanoi and bring an end to the war, a raid that succeeded but which landed Smith's A-Team in trouble when his Commanding Officer, Colonel Samuel Morrison, was killed in a Raid shelling. Smith, Baracus, and Peck were court-martialed and sentenced to Fort Brag, but quickly escaped from the prison and into the Los Angles underground. For the next dozen years they survived as soldiers of fortune, aiding those in trouble in the United States or overseas, working with their former pilot, H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdoch, who has been committed to a Veterans Hosptial psyche ward and must be broken out via confidence games hatched by Templeton Peck, and also dodging the determined pursuit of the Army, first led by the Colonel who ran the Prison the team escaped from Colonel Francis Lynch, then by the Army's best troubleshooter in Vietnam, Colonel Roderick Decker, an officer who got the job done irrespective of methods or cost and whose methods earned enmity from Hannibal Smith. After three years Decker was replaced by Harlan "Bull" Fulbright, a General whose own lack of success earned him discharge from the Army but which also allowed him to later hire the team to help him find an Amerasian daughter he previously never knew he had. In 1986 a mysterious freelance intelligence operative, former General Hunt Stockwell, struck a deal with the government whereby he in effect kidnapped the A-Team for a final court-martial and had them executed - a ruse for them to carry out covert suicide missions in exchange for eventual pardon.—Michael Daly</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael O'Herlihy</director>
      <director>Dennis Donnelly</director>
      <director>Craig R. Baxley</director>
      <director>David Hemmings</director>
      <director>Tony Mordente</director>
      <actor>George Peppard (role=Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Dwight Schultz (role=Captain H. M. 'Howling Mad' Murdock)</actor>
      <actor>Mr. T (role=B.A. Baracus)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk Benedict (role=Lieutenant Templeton 'Faceman' Peck)</actor>
      <actor>Melinda Culea (role=Amy Amanda Allen)</actor>
      <actor>Lance LeGault (role=Colonel Roderick Decker)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Franklin (role=Captain Crane)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Velez (role=Frankie Santana)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Vaughn (role=General Hunt Stockwell)</actor>
      <actor>Marla Heasley (role=Cherise)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Dyer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Ging (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1983</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzg3OWE4ZDMtOWY2NS00ZThjLTljYjUtNzg4ZDQzMGVjOWNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,26,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Crime</category>
    <review>Seriously, who didn't grew up with "The A-Team"? Watching an "The A-Team" episode was always an adventure, the next day I would always talked about with my friends, how 'neat' it all was. Everybody loved "The A-Team"! However it is a completely ridicules series to watch these days of course. Basically ever episode is build up the same; Someone with trouble hires the A-Team, A-Team comes, A-Team kicks butt, A-Team builds something, A-Team saves the day. Also occasionally Murdock first has to escape from the mental hospital and B.A. has to be drugged because there are going to fly. There are lot of these repeating returning moments in "The A-Team". It's ridicules but somehow you never get tired of it.Absolutely best thing are the characters. The four main persons are excellent on their own but even better when they were together. Especially Murdock and B.A. were at their best when they were together in a scene. Hannibal (George Peppard) is the leader and always the man with the plan, he sometimes disguises himself in silly looking costumes. Put a pillow beneath his shirt, give him a fake mustache and a big fat cigar and voilà, he is a businessman. B.A. (Mr. T) is the strong almost indestructible man with his trademark golden chains and his fear of flying and his love for milk. Face (Dirk Benedict) is the ladies man who often uses his charm as his weapon. Murdock (Dwight Schultz) is the crazy fool and the pilot of the bunch. Every character has his own specialty, it's simple but works effective for a TV-series like this.The action was also often the same, all of the car chases were always filmed at the same way and it was extremely obvious at times that they used puppets during certain stunts. Also it was amazing to see how everybody always survived the biggest crashes and explosions.Always one of the highlights of an episode was when our hero's were building something. They build some most amazing things at times such as tanks. Like "MacGyver", all they ever needed was a pack of bubblegum, some duct tape and a screwdriver.It is too bad that the final season was a disgrace. Sure it had the wonderful Robert Vaughn always in a fairly large role but the fun element was really gone in the last season. Often the stories were extremely ridicules even for "The A-Team" standards and it simply was not fun or enjoyable to watch. Also the final episode was an huge disappointment. Basically is was just a standard episode like any other from season 5 without anything special that would indicate that this was the final episode.Still I will always have fond memories of "The A-Team" and I often watch the re-runs. I think I have seen every single episode at least three times now but it just is something you'll never grow tired of.8/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com</review>
    <description>Four ex-Army Special Forces soldiers become heroes for hire, after being branded as war criminals for a crime they didn't commit. After breaking out of Prison, they end up helping the downtrodden while on the run from the Military Police.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1628033</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Top Gear</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and entertainment television programme about motor vehicles, primarily cars, and is now relaunched as a general motoring magazine show as of 2002, and becoming the most widely watched entertainment television programme in the world.—paul keeling</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brian Klein</director>
      <director>Phil Churchward</director>
      <director>Nigel Simpkiss</director>
      <director>Jon Richards</director>
      <director>Richard Heeley</director>
      <actor>Richard Hammond (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Clarkson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>James May (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>The Stig (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Collins (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Harris (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Flintoff (role=Self - Interviewee)</actor>
      <actor>Paddy McGuinness (role=Self - Interviewee)</actor>
      <actor>Matt LeBlanc (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rory Reid (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Perry McCarthy (role=The Stig)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Schmitz (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>8.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTJmNmYwMDItY2JmNy00Y2JiLTgyOWItOTdmMDczMzViYzA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFuaW5vc2M@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Motorsport|Travel|Adventure|Comedy|Sport|Talk Show</category>
    <review>Yes, this show is about cars, but then again it isn't. Mostly it's about extremes of opinion, dreams and fantasies, dares, one-up-man-ship, and taking everything just a little bit further. And it's also entertaining - very entertaining, which is what television is meant to be, and so often is not. I'm not all that interested in cars, and my son doesn't even drive, but we both love the show, and watch it religiously.The balance of presenters: Jeremy, the loud-mouthed, cuttingly funny, over-bearing older guy; Richard, the young, cute, quirky, adolescent one; James, the sensitive, quiet, contemplative, intelligent one; is nothing short of genius!It seems that no expense is spared, either on the experiments and dares, or on filming, and this adds to the visual experience. This show is funny, even hilarious at times, classy, controversial, and hugely entertaining. Most people I know who watch this show know almost less than nothing about cars, and I think that says a lot about how successfully this program reaches beyond the expected demographic of young male petrol-heads</review>
    <description>The hosts talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1472584</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Max Steel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The teenager Max McGrath and his mother Molly McGrath return to their house in their hometown that they left when his famous father, the scientist Jim McGrath, died during a storm. Max is lonely at school but when he is hit in his bicycle by the truck of his mate Sofia Martinez, he befriends her. Soon he knows Jim's partner in the N-TEK company and friend Dr. Miles Edwards at home since his mother has invited him to have dinner with them. Out of the blue, Max sees fluid energy around his hand and then he meets the amnesiac alien Steel, who saves him from blowing-up absorbing his energy. Max learns that he is a power generator and Steel is capable to absorb his excessive energy. Further, Earth is in danger since the alien breed Ultralink is threatening the planet, and Max has powers and an armor when joining with Steel. In flashbacks, he learns about the work of his past and what really happened to him.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stewart Hendler</director>
      <actor>Ben Winchell (role=Max McGrath)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Bello (role=Molly McGrath)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Garcia (role=Dr. Miles Edwards)</actor>
      <actor>Ana Villafañe (role=Sofia Martinez)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Doyle (role=Jim McGrath)</actor>
      <actor>Phillip DeVona (role=Harkins)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Slaughter (role=Murphy)</actor>
      <actor>Al Mitchell (role=Dr. Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Lawrence Kao (role=Dr. Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Brett Gentile (role=Mr. Quinn)</actor>
      <actor>Avis-Marie Barnes (role=Ms. Bernardo)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon Larracuente (role=Attentive Kid)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzA5NzkxYWMtNjgwOS00OGU3LTlhOWUtMjY1OTM0MjdmMWNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Superhero|Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I remember a cartoon that pretty much was the same deal, except that cartoon more had a base on action sports which was what I was expecting with this film but as it turns out there was another more recent cartoon, this movie was based on. Max is a kid who moved around a lot and he discovers why when he moves to the place were his mom and dad met and it triggers the energy spectrum that gives him super powers.The formula was straight forward and it should have worked but all it did was doze me off, literally snoozing. Thought the movie did have some interesting surprises, but I spent most of the flick trying to keep my eyes open to pay too much attention. Will say I enjoyed Andy García's role in this film. Far different than anything I've seen him in before and he most likely did it cause it was fun to do and he looked like he had fun. So that was enjoyable.Max Steel could have been so much better, but it's not. So it's not worth watching. Should have based it on the 1st cartoon I guess</review>
    <description>The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and his alien companion, Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7238392</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Taxi 5</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A police officer who's transferred in the police of Marseilles gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerful Ferraris with the older nephew of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Franck Gastambide</director>
      <actor>Franck Gastambide (role=Sylvain Marot)</actor>
      <actor>Malik Bentalha (role=Eddy Maklouf)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Farcy (role=Gibert)</actor>
      <actor>Salvatore Esposito (role=Toni Dog)</actor>
      <actor>Edouard Montoute (role=Alain Trésor)</actor>
      <actor>Sabrina Ouazani (role=Samia)</actor>
      <actor>Sand Van Roy (role=Sandy)</actor>
      <actor>Anouar Toubali (role=Michel Petrucciani)</actor>
      <actor>Monsieur Poulpe (role=Ménard)</actor>
      <actor>Sissi Duparc (role=Sandrine Brossard)</actor>
      <actor>Ramzy Bedia (role=Rachid)</actor>
      <actor>Moussa Maaskri (role=Lopez)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Morocco</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTYyNTk2MzctZDFlNS00Y2NiLThlOTctNWVhMTc1MmZmMWRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>This movie is a waste of time and money. Very poor and simplistic jokes, with feces being thrown away (is this funny??!!!!), midgets, and fat women. No ideas, poor car chases (especially compared with the fast and furious)... Bad actors, bad screenplay, bad filming, stereotypical parts, just a crap.</review>
    <description>A police officer who's transferred in the police of Marseilles gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerful Ferraris with the older nephew of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1318514</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Planet der Affen: Prevolution</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Scientist Will Rodman has been working on a cure to help curing his father's Alzheimer's disease. The failure of this causes him to become the father figure of a baby ape he names Caesar. As he grows up, Caesar is showing extraordinary human intelligence, to which Will decides to keep to himself. But after an unfortunate accident, Caesar is sent to an impound with other apes. These events lead to Caesar planning to strike back against humanity, which result in serious consequences.—Blazer346</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rupert Wyatt</director>
      <actor>Andy Serkis (role=Caesar)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Konoval (role=Court Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Notary (role=Bright Eyes)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Ridings (role=Buck - Ape)</actor>
      <actor>Devyn Dalton (role=Cornelia - Ape)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Caputo (role=Alpha)</actor>
      <actor>James Franco (role=Will Rodman)</actor>
      <actor>Freida Pinto (role=Caroline Aranha)</actor>
      <actor>John Lithgow (role=Charles Rodman)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=John Landon)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Felton (role=Dodge Landon)</actor>
      <actor>David Oyelowo (role=Steven Jacobs)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Canada</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI0NDI4MjU5MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTgwMDYyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Disaster movies are a dime a dozen now a days. We have seen an influx of Alien takeovers recently and it is getting a bit stale I must admit. Don't get me wrong, I love films about ET's taking over, but Hollywood has beaten that horse to death. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a welcome change to this trend pitting us measly humans against our closest ancestors, Great Apes. Directed by Rupert Wyatt ("The Escapist") and supported by the unbelievable WETA Digital ("King Kong", "Lord of the Rings", "Avatar") for special effects. "Apes" is a wonder of motion capture, an intelligent heart felt script with great direction. Unfortunately, the human actors left a lot to be desired. But this film isn't about the humans, it's all about the Simians.As plots go, this is pretty basic. James Franco plays Will Rodman, a brilliant scientist with a breakthrough drug that just may cure Alzheimer's. Rodman and his team are using chimpanzee's to test this new drug and in the process find out that it increases intelligence as well as repair cells in the brain. One of the test subjects gets loose in an intense sequence and ultimately put down. It turns out that she had just given birth to a beautiful baby chimp who inherited this new "altered" gene. Rodman decides the only moral thing to do is to take the baby home while a co-worker tries to find a sanctuary but once Rodman finds out that this little ball of fur has the intelligence of a human child twice it's age he decides to keep and raise the chimp as a child. It's only a matter of time that our chimp Caesar figures out he is not like the other children in the neighborhood. Rodman is forced to give up Caesar to an "Ape Sanctuary" and there begins some of the most exhilarating revolutionary action I've ever seen.Technically, this film is massive. The work WETA Digital did with motion capture (mo-cap) is truly a wonder to behold. Visual Effects Supervisor with WETA Digital Joe Letteri stated that they built on the technology used in "Avatar" to produce the most realistic and accurate portrayal of the actors suited to play the Simians. Andy Serkis (Gollum from "Lord of the Rings" and Kong from "King Kong") plays chimp Caesar. Serkis manages to fool all of us into believing he is a real animal with super intelligence. His facial emotions and mannerisms should most certainly nominate him for an Oscar. There is a real connection that the audience feels with Caesar and it is all thanks to Serkis' work. Without such an experienced mo-cap actor, this film would not have been such a success.Not only is the technology used to create the revolution amazing, the action is top notch as well. Many times I found myself with my jaw on the floor from the intense sequences put to screen. Everything from a simple terrifying look from an angry ape to the full out battle on the Golden Gate Bridge was pulled off without a hitch. Many points to the pacing of the films action as it could have been the crutch that killed this beast of a film. One of the most amazing scenes in my opinion is when a group of apes are fleeing over top a suburban neighborhood through the trees. While this is going on we see some people on the street while leaves upon leaves are falling to the ground. This level of detail is apparent in every shot, brilliant work by the production team.My only problems with this film is the acting from Franco and Freida Pinto, who plays the love interest. They both seemed to "phone it in" as it were. They were not overly impressive and just seemed stale. Maybe the director wanted them to tone it down so that Serkis would have more of an impact acting as a voiceless chimp. Either way, as I said in the beginning, this film wasn't about the humans. It's about compassion, freedom and understanding and on those levels the film is a grand success</review>
    <description>A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1856101</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Blade Runner 2049</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>2049. It's been approximately two decades since the Tyrell Corporation, the creators and original manufacturers of replicants (bioengineered superhumans), went bankrupt, a new generation of replicants manufactured by industrialist Niander Wallace who saved the world with his replicants in establishing synthetic farming in light of collapsing natural ecosystems. While the replicants of the Tyrell era are now outlawed in they having violently rebelled, they "retired" (aka destroyed) by blade runners, the Wallace era replicants, which have been programmed to obey, are seen as necessary to society. Many current day blade runners are Wallace era replicants. K, short for his serial number KD6-3.7, is one such blade runner working for the LAPD under Lieutenant Joshi. On one of his assignments, K discovers what he believes are human remains, but on forensic examination are actually the remains of a female replicant who has signs of having given birth during her life, presumably to a human baby. Joshi, fearing the worst of what this finding actually means and it getting into the wrong hands, orders K to discover and destroy any evidence of this finding, which includes locating the baby, probably now grown, and destroying him/her. As K discovers some further evidence to this story concerning his own history (each replicant which is implanted with a manufactured and thus not real history), K begins to suspect that this story may be a little more than just a professional assignment to him and which may jeopardize his future beyond that information getting into the wrong hands with which he will also have to deal.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Denis Villeneuve</director>
      <actor>Ryan Gosling (role='K)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Bautista (role=Sapper Morton)</actor>
      <actor>Robin Wright (role=Lieutenant Joshi)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Arnold (role=Interviewer)</actor>
      <actor>Vilma Szécsi (role=Angry Old Lady)</actor>
      <actor>Ana de Armas (role=Joi)</actor>
      <actor>Wood Harris (role=Nandez)</actor>
      <actor>David Dastmalchian (role=Coco)</actor>
      <actor>Tómas Lemarquis (role=File Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Sylvia Hoeks (role=Luv)</actor>
      <actor>Edward James Olmos (role=Gaff)</actor>
      <actor>Jared Leto (role=Niander Wallace)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|Spain</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2NjZjUwM2EtNjc2Yy00NzRkLTg3ODctNTgyYzE1ZjUxN2FhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpvaG5oYXJ0._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Artificial Intelligence|Cyber Thriller|Cyberpunk|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Epic|Sci-Fi Epic|Action|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>'Blade Runner' is a masterpiece and a favourite of mine. It is still to this day a genre and film landmark, and ties with 'Alien' as Ridley Scott's best film, despite being disliked at the time it has rightly gained its reputation as a classic.Hearing that there was a sequel over thirty years later left me with intrigue, with a great cast (Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford), one of the best cinematographers in the film industry today in Roger Deakins and with an equally great director on board (having liked to loved Denis Villeneuve's previous films), but also nervousness considering (with notable exceptions) the general reputation with sequels. 'Blade Runner 2049' turned out to be well worth the wait, it is easy to see why it will alienate some with its very long length (can understand the overlong criticism) and slow pace but it is even easier to understand the acclaim the film has received.Is 'Blade Runner 2049' better than 'Blade Runner' or on the same level? No. Is it nearly, or shall we say just, as good? Yes. To me it is one of Villeneuve's better films along with 'Sicario' and 'Incendies' (my least favourite of his is 'Arrival' and despite being an understandably divisive effort to me it was still good) and one of the exceptions to the general reputation of sequels. A sequel that treats its predecessor with respect (including some thoughtful and cleverly done nods to it, including quotations from the original score, even Ryan Gosling's name is a nod to the original author Phillip K Dick) and also its audience with respect. Despite its faults, it's also one of my favourite films of the year, and this year has been very hit and miss for films so this is saying quite a bit.Sure 'Blade Runner 2049' is not without its flaws. Can totally see where people are coming from criticising the length, most of the time it was not a problem but some of the time there was a sense that the length was too inflated, 20 minutes could have trimmed with no problem at all. There are a few implausibilities and contrivances here and there towards the end and much more could have been done with the underdeveloped character of Jared Leto (the only weak link in the cast, he doesn't have the presence to pull the role off and doesn't look comfortable or interested).However, 'Blade Runner 2049' does a huge amount right. It looks amazing, it's impeccably and imaginatively designed with some of the best special effects seen in a long time. It's Deakins' cinematography that particularly stands out, darkly gritty, gorgeously fluid and beautifully audacious Deakins shows that he is fully deserving of being considered one of today's best cinematographers. One cannot praise 'Blade Runner 2049' without mentioning some of the best directing Villeneuve has ever done in a contender for the best directed film of the year (well between him and Nolan for 'Dunkirk'), he is absolutely the right man for the job and shows himself to be not only completely at ease with the material but also tailor made for it. Once again there is a beautiful darkness but also a hard edge and sense of wondrous awe.Another big standout is the synthetic music score by Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, so well done and fitting that one doesn't miss Johann Johannsson that desperately. Though imagine what the film would have been like with his involvement, from my understanding he was originally meant to do the music but was fired for reasons that are a mystery to me and Wallfisch and Zimmer were parachuted in and did marvellously with big shoes to fill. It's appropriately hauntingly discordant, heart-pounding and tension-filled, with seeming echoes and quotes to the original's score. The sound effects are clever and thrillingly authentic, like for example the replicated wolfhound.When it comes to the writing and story, 'Blade Runner 2049' also triumphs, even if the story is not perfectly executed. The action-oriented scenes and conflicts are filled with tension and suspense as well as ingeniously choreographed, a fine example being the masterful prologue which has to be one of my favourite opening sequences of 2017. The science fiction elements are positively awe-inspiring, often making my jaw drop, while the philosophical ones are incredibly thought-provoking and never heavy-handed (many films have made a hash with this aspect, it was refreshing to see a film doing it well). Despite being a long and slow film, a vast majority of the film was richly rewarding, with a delicious quiet tension and absorbing mysterious elements.Excepting Leto, the acting is great. Best of all being Harrison Ford as a suitably world-weary Indiana Jones-like Deckard, that and the 'Apocalypse Now'-like meeting with Ryan Gosling providing a nostalgic element, and a deliciously cold-hearted Sylvia Hoeks (her character and performance being what Leto's character and performance should have been). Ryan Gosling also plays it straight to great effect.All in all, despite imperfections this jaw-dropping, richly rewarding, very respectful and visually stunning follow-up is just as good, if not quite as, as the 1982 masterpiece and one of my favourites of the year. 8.5/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0119664</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Metro</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars. The ending is played out with Roper and his partner McCall attempting to rescue Roper's kidnapped girlfriend. A major element in the plot is the relationship between Roper and his girlfriend.—P.Wong</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Carter</director>
      <actor>Eddie Murphy (role=Insp. Scott Roper)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Miyori (role=Detective Kimura)</actor>
      <actor>Art Evans (role=Lt. Sam Baffett)</actor>
      <actor>James Carpenter (role=Officer Forbes)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Rapaport (role=Kevin McCall)</actor>
      <actor>Donal Logue (role=Earl)</actor>
      <actor>Jeni Chua (role=Debbie, Earl's Hostage)</actor>
      <actor>Dick Bright (role=Bank Manager)</actor>
      <actor>David Michael Silverman (role=SWAT Officer Jennings)</actor>
      <actor>Denis Arndt (role=Capt. Frank Solis)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Somerville (role=Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>Malou Nubla (role=Reporter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTYzNWIwMjQtYzkyYi00MjViLWE4YjgtZmNhZDNkZjY3YTM3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Cop|Cop Drama|Action|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Metro appears to be a low-budget action affair, which whilst it has nothing new to offer, shows us a different side to Eddie Murphy as an actor that we hadn't seen before in his previous films. People have in the past often compared this to Beverly Hills Cop 1, in terms of the fact that they are both your typical, run- of- the- mill cop movies, but the comparisons seem to come to an end when you compare that film to Metro, in terms of plot, character types and the fact that Eddie Murphy doesn't joke about as negotiator/cop Scott Roaper that often. Not like his predecessor, Axel Foley. Here, as Roaper he is much more serious and not as laid back in contrast to his most famous movie character. Metro plays out as a straight out action movie that isn't reliant on laughs, which in itself is no bad thing. One of the main problems that some of the audiences had, in regards to their expectations of Metro, was by assuming that it would be something similar on the lines of Beverly Hills Cop. It has its funny moments, but these are few and far between throughout the film, as the narrative in Metro is very much serious and the standard cop thriller we'd come to expect.Overall, Metro is not a bad effort and the action sequences are well executed. Murphy gives a surprising turn and performance as Roaper and thus it makes a change to see him in an almost completely non-comedic role, which he does well in.Not bad indeed</review>
    <description>A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0280486</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bad Company</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When a Dartmouth-educated C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother (Chris Rock), an African-American street-wise hustler with no idea what's coming for him. The C.I.A. wants the twin to finish a project on which his brother was working. But this street-wise twin has absolutely no experience, so the agency sends in experienced Agent Oakes (Sir Anthony Hopkins) to train the twin to act and talk like a real C.I.A. Agent.—Andreas Furumo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joel Schumacher</director>
      <actor>Anthony Hopkins (role=Oakes)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Rock (role=Kevin Pope)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Marsh (role=Dragan Adjanic)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Macht (role=Seale)</actor>
      <actor>Kerry Washington (role=Julie)</actor>
      <actor>Adoni Maropis (role=Dragan Henchman #1)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Stormare (role=Adrik Vas)</actor>
      <actor>Dragan Micanovic (role=Michelle Petrov)</actor>
      <actor>John Slattery (role=Roland Yates)</actor>
      <actor>Brooke Smith (role=Officer Swanson)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Sunjata (role=Officer Carew)</actor>
      <actor>DeVone Lawson Jr. (role=Officer Parish)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Czech Republic|United States</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3MTA5MTcwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDMwNzI3._V1_QL75_UX190_CR0,0,190,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spy|Action|Comedy|Thriller</category>
    <review>I don't really know what I expected from this film, but I certainly found much more than I had been looking for. Given that it stars Chris Rock, I did expect a great deal of irreverent, silly comedy. What I found, instead, was an interesting spy film and a very, very odd buddy picture.The acting from both Rock and Hopkins is exceptional. The plot, while a bit thin, is interesting.The film pulled me in and held me from beginning to end</review>
    <description>When an Ivy League-educated C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother (Chris Rock).</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1408253</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ride Along</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Aspiring police officer Ben (Kevin Hart) longs to marry his gorgeous girlfriend Angela (Tika Sumpter), but before he can propose, he must first get the approval of her tough-as-nails brother James (Ice Cube), a top detective in the Atlanta Police Department. When Ben gets accepted into the academy, he finally musters the courage to ask for James' blessing. Still unconvinced that Ben has what it takes to provide for his beloved baby sister, James invites Ben on a ride-along through the toughest parts of town. At first James' efforts to terrify the young trainee go perfectly, but once the pair incur the wrath of Atlanta's most feared criminal, all bets are off..</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tim Story</director>
      <actor>Ice Cube (role=James Payton)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Hart (role=Ben Barber)</actor>
      <actor>John Leguizamo (role=Santiago)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce McGill (role=Lt. Brooks)</actor>
      <actor>Tika Sumpter (role=Angela Payton)</actor>
      <actor>Bryan Callen (role=Miggs)</actor>
      <actor>Laurence Fishburne (role=Omar)</actor>
      <actor>Dragos Bucur (role=Marko)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Owen (role=Crazy Cody)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Latimore (role=Ramon)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Pharoah (role=Runflat)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Rementer (role=Marko's Gunman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmZjNDI1OTEtMmE4Ni00Njc4LWJlY2EtMjM5OGJiZGY4ZTdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQUlNRGJWaWRlb1RodW1ibmFpbFNlcnZpY2U@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Cop|Action|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>I love Kevin Hart don't get me wrong. His stand up is hilarious and I also love Ice Cube's movies AND the two of them have great chemistry on screen and all but....it wasn't that funny. This movie had its' funny parts but the problem is most of them you already saw on the preview. This won't go on my list of funniest movies I've ever seen but it had decent action and decent humor. It had a little twist toward the end but thinking of the premise movies like Meet the Parents were funnier or Twenty one jump street or The Heat but what can I say it was filmed well and the two of them together provided enough entertainment so the film is worth a watch</review>
    <description>Security guard Ben must prove himself to his girlfriend's brother, top police officer James. He rides along James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0172156</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bad Boys II</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), who are part of the Miami PD's Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT), still don't always get along, and now they're keeping secrets from each other. Mike's secret is that he's been seeing Marcus' sister, Sydney "Syd" Burnett (Gabrielle Union) who is a reported paper pusher for the DEA's New York office. Marcus's secret is that he has asked for a transfer, because he wants to spend more time with his family, and less time with Mike. That's all set aside when their boss, Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) assigns them to stop the flow of record amounts of ecstasy into the city. This puts Mike and Marcus on the trail of the most dangerous enemy that they have ever faced...Cuban drug kingpin Hector Juan Carlos "Johnny" Tapia, who wants to take control of the entire ecstasy trade in the USA, and is working with local dealers and club owners such as Russian mafia boss Alexei. Every time the Miami PD has ever arrested Tapia, Tapia has sued the Miami PD for false arrest, and won millions of dollars. This has caused the department to back off and not go after Tapia. Well, everyone has backed off except for Mike and Marcus, who have never faced Tapia before. Now, it seems that Tapia is using a mortuary as a cover for his operations, smuggling ecstasy hidden inside dead bodies, while sending his money to Cuba in hidden compartments in the coffins. While Mike and Marcus try to bring Tapia down, they also deal with the discovery that Syd is actually working undercover for the DEA to bring down a money laundering operation run by Alexei, and as part of her undercover job, Syd is in deep with Tapia. When Haitian gangsters try to steal Tapia's money and kill Syd, the two investigations cross paths. Syd's cover is later blown, and she is kidnapped by Tapia, who takes her to his compound in Cuba. With the unofficial help of people from the CIA, the Miami PD, and anti-Castro forces in Cuba, Mike and Marcus head out to rescue Syd, and bring Tapia down. How far will Tapia go to keep his drug empire? And how far will Marcus and Mike go to rescue Syd?—Todd Baldridge</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Bay</director>
      <actor>Martin Lawrence (role=Detective Marcus Burnett)</actor>
      <actor>Will Smith (role=Detective Mike Lowrey)</actor>
      <actor>Jordi Mollà (role=Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia)</actor>
      <actor>Gabrielle Union (role=Syd)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Stormare (role=Alexei)</actor>
      <actor>Theresa Randle (role=Theresa)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Pantoliano (role=Captain Howard)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Shannon (role=Floyd Poteet)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Seda (role=Roberto)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Manuel Olazábal (role=Detective Marco Vargas)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Sanchez (role=Carlos)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Rollins (role=TNT Leader)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjEzY2QyYzItZjBmYS00MzgzLTllYmEtNzZhYjEwNGRlNjljXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Cop|Cop Drama|Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>I think us movie buffs sometimes forget that not all movies are made to have some sort of under lying message that can or will change our lives. That's why it pains me to see some users give this film a bad review because "the dialog is weak" or "the scenery isn't vibrant" or something along those lines. This is not a stab or an insult to you, but what I'm saying is; sometimes movies are made with one intended purpose... ENTERTAINMENT! I could careless if this film had poor actors, poor script, poor lighting, that doesn't matter when you watch an action film. This movie delivers your monies worth too, in my opinion Will Smith and Martin Larwence make such a great team that part of the fun is just watching these two get into it from time to time. And with Michael Bay directing, you know you're going to get some good action scenes. Let's face it, Bad Boys II has one of the best car chase scenes ion recent history, it dominates the dismal over played chase in Matrix Reloaded which was the other big summer sequel of that year. I think all that needs to be said here in a retort is the movie is an action movie ans needs to be looked at as an action movie. To hell with the elements that the Academy looks at, appreciate the film for all the stuff that blows up and the laughs the cast can bring you to</review>
    <description>Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0112178</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Federation starship USS Voyager, chasing a band of Maquis rebels, enters the dangerous space nebula known as the Badlands. Both ships are transported by a distant space probe to the Delta Quadrant, 75,000 light-years from Federation space. Voyager's crew and the Maquis form an uneasy truce to rescue crewmen of both ships, kidnapped by the probe's builder, the powerful, dying Caretaker. The Maquis ship is destroyed in a battle with the warlike Kazons. To prevent a Kazon aggression against a helpless world, Voyager destroys the space probe. Without the probe, it will take 75 years for Voyager to travel back to Federation space. With the differences between them rendered meaningless by time and distance, The Federation and Maquis crews unite aboard Voyager. Together, they embark on their new mission: to boldly go - home.—Anthony Bruce Gilpin</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Livingston</director>
      <director>Winrich Kolbe</director>
      <director>Allan Kroeker</director>
      <director>Michael Vejar</director>
      <director>Cliff Bole</director>
      <actor>Kate Mulgrew (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Beltran (role=Cmdr. Katanay)</actor>
      <actor>Roxann Dawson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Duncan McNeill (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Phillips (role=Neelix)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Picardo (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Russ (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Garrett Wang (role=Ensign Kymble)</actor>
      <actor>Tarik Ergin (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Majel Barrett (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jeri Ryan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Lien (role=Palaxia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1995</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmY2YjE1M2YtY2QwZS00YjdiLWExNDgtMDkzZGE2NTQ5YzFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXN3aWZ0dw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Sci-Fi Epic|Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>I have a particularly strong attachment to this show and can honestly say it is my favorite in the whole Star Trek universe. I started to watch it from day one all the way to the end even though it took a while for the series to fully realize its potential. The first 3 seasons were good but nowhere near as great as the show would become later yet I hung on, hopeful that something better would come along and then boom, Seven of Nine appeared.The show only started to become really wonderful when Jeri Ryan was added to the show with Scorpions at the end of the 3rd season as the cliffhanger for season 4. Somehow, I really connected with this particular character and from then on, they could do no wrong or at least, they could always count on my loyalty to watch. Sure the writing is uneven in places and some episodes are not as great as others but it's true for any series.I have to say that the number one reason why I connected so strongly with this series is this particular set of characters. Somehow, it all gelled so well and even though I have favorites of course like Seven, The Doctor and Janeway, they all had something interesting to add to the mix and the chemistry always worked for me, even in sub par episodes. But thankfully, even the lowest rated episodes have something interesting to offer.I was particularly satisfied with how the series ended, the perfect conclusion to one heck of a journey and I still miss it to this day even though I can always watch to my heart's content any time I feel like it. This is connected with a great time in my life and I will always remember if fondly.A strong 9 stars is well deserved and the 1 star is deducted from the perfect score only because the writing is sometimes not as strong as it should be, especially with episodes not connected to the Borg or Seven of Nine. But still, every single show has something to offer and this series remain one of the very best I had the pleasure of experiencing as it ran for 7 successful seasons and I could not recommend it enough</review>
    <description>Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is seventy-five years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0106145</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The stable wormhole discovered by the Deep Space Nine crew is known to the Bajoran people as the Celestial Temple of their Prophets. Sisko, as discoverer of the wormhole and its inhabitants, is therefore the Emissary of Bajoran prophesy. The wormhole's other end is in the Gamma Quadrant, halfway around the galaxy from Bajor. That section of space is dominated by the malevolent Dominion. The Dominion is led by the Changelings, the race of shapeshifters to which Odo belongs. As of the beginning of the sixth season, Cardassia has joined the Dominion, and together they are waging war on the Federation and their Klingon allies. The war is quickly becoming the most costly war ever for the Federation, and the Deep Space Nine crew must fight to protect their way of life.—Matthew D. Wilson</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Livingston</director>
      <director>Les Landau</director>
      <director>Winrich Kolbe</director>
      <director>Allan Kroeker</director>
      <director>LeVar Burton</director>
      <actor>Avery Brooks (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rene Auberjonois (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Cirroc Lofton (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Siddig (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Colm Meaney (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nana Visitor (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Shimerman (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Farrell (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Dorn (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Randy James (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Judi M. Durand (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>David B. Levinson (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJlZjNjY2MtODUzYS00NDI0LThkMDItNmEzODdlOWJlZGU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>DS9 is more character-focused and has longer story arcs than any Star Trek series before it (and after it until Disco). Unlike Disco, which is sheer melodrama, DS9 manages to simultaneously be fun and challenge viewers with dark and thought-provoking content. It's a difficult balance to achieve, and the writing team deserves kudos.The interactions between Odo and Quark, Bashir and Garak, and Sisko and Dax are the biggest highlights. Dukat is one of the greatest Star Trek antagonists ever, and is played masterfully by Marc Alaimo. All of the characters feel like real people, including the Bajorans, who are immensely frustrating with their religious doctrine and political pursuits.Unlike other Trek series, it's hard to think of standout episodes of DS9 (except maybe "The Visitor"), but the series as a whole is very well done</review>
    <description>In the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0105946</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Babylon 5</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the year 2258, it is ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. Commander Sinclair takes command of a giant five-mile-long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space. At a crossroads of interstellar commerce and diplomacy, Commander Sinclair (2nd season Captain Sheridan) must try to establish peace and prosperity between various interstellar empires, all the while fighting forces from within the Earth Alliance. It is a precarious command, particularly given that sabotage led to the destruction of Babylon stations 1, 2, and 3 and 4 vanished without trace.—Tony Lammens</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Vejar</director>
      <director>David J. Eagle</director>
      <director>Janet Greek</director>
      <director>Jim Johnston</director>
      <director>John C. Flinn III</director>
      <actor>Mira Furlan (role=Ambassador Delenn)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Biggs (role=Dr. Stephen Franklin)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Furst (role=Vir Cotto)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Katsulas (role=G'Kar)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Jurasik (role=Londo Mollari)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Doyle (role=Michael Garibaldi)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Mumy (role=Lennier)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Boxleitner (role=President John Sheridan)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Christian (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff Conaway (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Tallman (role=Lyta Alexander)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Thompson (role=Talia Winters)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODY1ZDI5ZmMtM2MzMS00NzNhLTkyYzQtNzI0MmZhZDYyOTc4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,44,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Bored by today's generic, soul- and lifeless mass productions I check out some of those gems of long gone times. Babylon 5 beats every show today marketed under the label of sci-fi easy: likable and interesting characters, suspenseful storylines and good old action and fine fx work make Babylon 5 a lighthouse shining amidst the ocean of mediocrity and worse. Top and gets better with every decade of the decline of the entertainment industry</review>
    <description>In the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0220506</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Halloween: Resurrection</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When a group of college students win a contest to spend the night in the childhood home of brutal serial killer Michael Myers, they expect a few scares but none of them are prepared for what awaits them. The house has been rigged with cameras as they are to be broadcasted live over the internet to be watched by millions. As they wander around the house in search of some kind of answer for Michael's murderous actions they find a bigger problem. Michael has come home and he does not intend to let anyone leave his house alive.—SLIMSEANY</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rick Rosenthal</director>
      <actor>Jamie Lee Curtis (role=Laurie Strode)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Loree (role=Michael Myers)</actor>
      <actor>Busta Rhymes (role=Freddie Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Bianca Kajlich (role=Sara Moyer)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Patrick Thomas (role=Rudy)</actor>
      <actor>Daisy McCrackin (role=Donna)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Kirby (role=Jim)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Ian Nicholas (role=Bill)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Merriman (role=Myles Barton)</actor>
      <actor>Tyra Banks (role=Nora)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Kay (role=Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Gus Lynch (role=Harold)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>3.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWMxOTJjOGQtMGI0Ny00NjE2LTk4NzEtMGQwMmUzY2FlODUwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Slasher Horror|Teen Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is catatonic locked in an asylum after the last encounter with Michael Myers. She is faking it and he is still after her. He stabs her in the back and sends her off the roof. Sara Moyer (Bianca Kajlich), Rudy Grimes (Sean Patrick Thomas) and Jen Danzig (Katee Sackhoff) are friends studying in Haddonfield University. Jen signs them up for a reality show at the Myers house. They are joined by Bill Woodlake (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Donna Chang, and Jim Morgan in the show run by Freddie Harris (Busta Rhymes) and Nora Winston (Tyra Banks). Myles Barton is in a chatroom relationship with Sara. Unknown to them, the six reality TV guests are locked in the house with Michael Myers.Despite any possible retcon, the first fifteen minutes are still the best part of this movie. Jamie Lee Curtis is Halloween every bit as much as Michael Myers. The rest is something else. Whatever it is, it's not Halloween. The reality TV idea is annoying and it gets worst with the intermittent reality TV camera work. I like a few of the actors, but Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes really lower the likability factor. It's so bad that I am more interested in everybody getting killed. I don't care if any of them survive</review>
    <description>Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6535880</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Halloween Haunt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Scott Beck</director>
      <director>Bryan Woods</director>
      <actor>Katie Stevens (role=Harper)</actor>
      <actor>Will Brittain (role=Nathan)</actor>
      <actor>Shazi Raja (role=Angela)</actor>
      <actor>Schuyler Helford (role=Mallory)</actor>
      <actor>Chaney Morrow (role=Ghost)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Marxen (role=Clown)</actor>
      <actor>Terri Partyka (role=Witch)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Rose (role=Vampire)</actor>
      <actor>Damian Maffei (role=Devil)</actor>
      <actor>Schuyler White (role=Zombie)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Hunt (role=Sam)</actor>
      <actor>Karra Robinson (role=Young Woman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2ZiMDgyMDYtOWM3ZC00NDYyLTgwODctNjhhMDhhYmM0NTVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Slasher Horror|Teen Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>There have been multiple films in this genre, and as each year passes, they seem to get more and more lame, I didn't expect much.What a surprise Haunt was, genuinely unnerving in parts, lots.of scares, plenty of surprises. Best part for me has to be where there is a realisation by the group of thrill seekers what exactly is going on in that house.I really liked the start, it gives you a flavour of the tone, I thought the ending could have perhaps been a little better.Overall, way better than it should have been. 7/10</review>
    <description>On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3758162</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>A Score to Settle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After serving 19 years in prison for a crime not committed, Frank is released. He will have to make a choice - to make up for lost years with his son or to take revenge on people whom he considered friends. Will Frank be able to start life again?—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Shawn Ku</director>
      <actor>Nicolas Cage (role=Frank Carver)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Le Gros (role=Joey Carver)</actor>
      <actor>Karolina Wydra (role=Jennifer)</actor>
      <actor>Mohamed Karim (role=Jimmy the Dragon)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Tracey (role=Tank)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Bratt (role=San Quentin)</actor>
      <actor>Bailey Coppola (role=Young Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Zyan Panagopoulos (role=Bagman)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Alegria (role=Young Q)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Ko (role=Prison Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Timpano (role=Baby-Faced Thug)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole G. Leier (role=Sleepy's Daughter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTJmMmQ5NmEtNGQ1Ny00NTA5LWI3M2EtOGYzN2E1ODkyYTQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQTNwaW5nZXN0._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Gangster|Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Right, well I had very little expectations to this 2019 movie from writer John Stuart Newman and director Shawn Ku. Why? Well, it is a Nicholas Cage movie, need I say more? I can't claim to be a fan of his in any way. Sure, he puts on the occasional good movie, but they are few and far apart.Regardless, I had the chance to watch "A Score to Settle", so I sat down to watch it, as I tend to watch movies that I haven't already seen before.And glad that I did, because this movie was definitely one of Nicholas Cage's better performances, and a movie where you actually get to see him having acting talents. And while the movie itself was sort of mediocre, Cage actually managed to lift it up and out of mediocrity with his impressive performance.The storyline in "A Score to Settle" definitely had potential. Sure, it didn't offer much of anything new to the genre, but it was still enjoyable enough for what it turned out to be.Aside from Nicholas Cage, the movie has some nice performances by the likes of Benjamin Bratt, Noah Le Gros and Karolina Wydra. I can't claim to be familiar with neither Noah Le Gros or Karolina Wydra, but they definitely performed well in this movie."A Score to Settle" is an adequate movie if you have nothing more pressing on your to-watch-list. While it wasn't outstanding, it was still good enough for a single viewing.My rating of "A Score to Settle" would have been a very mediocre five out of ten, given the flatlining storyline, but Nicolas Cage's performance lifted the movie up a notch, who knew!</review>
    <description>An ex-enforcer for a local crime syndicate has vowed to enact retribution on his mob bosses after 19 years of wrongful imprisonment. The only thing diverting his violent plans is a new found relationship to his beloved son.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1688653</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Metal Tornado</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Helios World Inc. aims to solve the world's energy crisis by gathering and transmitting energy from solar flares. Despite warnings of a design flaw from the developing scientist, company head Jonathan Kane pushes the project forward and unknowingly unleashes a free-ranging and self-perpetuating magnetic vortex. Only Michael Edwards, a leading scientist on the company team, thinks something might be amiss when a sizable portion of their harvested energy simply disappears. The general area thereafter discovers itself endangered by a roving and unprecedented problem growing rapidly in strength - unique, unpredictable and potentially unstoppable. As if this isn't bad enough, the Paris branch of Helios World is set to run the same flawed program and thereby birth a second voracious monster in Europe.—statmanjeff</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gordon Yang</director>
      <actor>Lou Diamond Phillips (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Evigan (role=Jonathan)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Schorpion (role=Greg)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Gendron (role=Allysa)</actor>
      <actor>John Maclaren (role=Ron)</actor>
      <actor>Alexis Maitland (role=Megan)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Stewart (role=Dennis)</actor>
      <actor>Jon McLaren (role=Shane)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Tucker (role=Sheriff Riley)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Drummond (role=Wendy)</actor>
      <actor>Teri Loretto (role=Marjorie)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Reynolds (role=Stan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>3.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2IzM2NlNWItM2U4Ny00OTQyLWJmOWYtYjZjZjAyMmViYjFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Well, just given the title of this movie you already know what you are in for. And true enough, this movie delivered exactly what was expected.The storyline alone was so implausible, and it was really hard to buy into what was happening. Throughout the movie I was curling my toes every time I saw that electromagnetic tornado. It was just such a bad concept.As for the cast in "Metal Tornado", well the only face I recognized was Lou Diamond Phillips. Now I am not one to judge his selection in roles in movies, but "Metal Tornado", for real? The people in the movie were doing good jobs with their roles, it was just the story that was halting and dragging everything down.There are lots of disaster movies out there, and there seem to be no real middle ground. The disaster movies are either super awesome with amazing effects, or they are quite the opposite; disasters in themselves. "Metal Tornado" must be said to be in the latter of the two categories. There are far better disaster movies available out there, and "Metal Tornado" is good for only less than mediocre entertainment if you are really, really into disaster movies and have nothing better to do.Honestly, then I have seen worse disaster movies than "Metal Tornado", but still, it was hardly worth sitting through from start till end</review>
    <description>An American company inadvertently unleashes a magnetic vortex on an unprepared world.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>24221914</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monsternado</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Having spent the last 20 years tracking strange occurrences over the infamous Bermuda Triangle, ridiculed scientist Matt Radostits proves everyone wrong when a sudden change of the magnetic pull on the area causes massive creatures to emerge from the depths of natural history. And that's not all. As the powerful waterspout rapidly grows into a destructive monster-filled tornado heading towards the land, unprotected civilians seek refuge in a luxurious hotel, only to find themselves trapped. With long-extinct beasts roaming the streets and time running out, can Matt save the day?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tyler-James</director>
      <actor>Derek Miller (role=Matt Radostits)</actor>
      <actor>Chloe Karr (role=Lara)</actor>
      <actor>Graham Miller (role=Don)</actor>
      <actor>Jase Rivers (role=Clive Delaney)</actor>
      <actor>May Kelly (role=Pepper)</actor>
      <actor>Lila Lasso (role=Tina)</actor>
      <actor>Michael S. Siegel (role=Grady)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Patrick Brooks (role=Business Man)</actor>
      <actor>Eduardo De Vicente Chato (role=Robed Man)</actor>
      <actor>Danielle Scott (role=Pamela Rousey)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Adamson (role=Flloyd)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Pauley (role=Karen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>2.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzdjZjRlMDQtMjliNi00ZmRlLTg3NDctOWQwNDk4MzNmNmUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX486_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Horror</category>
    <review>PlotA tornado, infested with prehistoric monsters, has formed in the Bermuda Triangle, and is making its way towards land. Now the city must fight to survive against these deadly creatures.CastUsual suspects Danielle Scott and May Kelly ham it up and Jase Rivers is just terrible.VerdictIt appears Sharknado has started it's own sub-genre, as if Clownado wasn't bad enough now we have Monsternado and it's beyond abyssmal.So to be clear there's no logical explanation for it, the "Monsters" are mostly animals or exaggerated versions of them and as you'd imagine the CGI ranges from bad down to Spectrum graphics.The cast are weak, but our girls who play FBI agents oh dear that's next level cringe inducing levels of "Acting" and I couldn't use that word me loosely.Monsternado is on par with Sharknado in that it's ugly, nobody in front of the camera is trying, nobody behind the camera knows what they're doing and it'll entertain you in the same way as a carrier bag blowing in the wind does. Namely you have no idea why you're even watching it.RantsYou know instances where a person will defend someone who is entirely talentless and the reason is that they're attracted to them. Such as girls with boy bands or guys with the Kardashians! May Kelly is one for me, I like seeing in in films and appreciated seeing her here! Sadly the girl has the acting aptitude of a bag of farts.BreakdownInteresting premiseCGI is very poorActing is non-existentOozes incompetence at every stage</review>
    <description>A tornado, infested with prehistoric monsters, has formed in the Bermuda Triangle, and is making its way towards land. Now the city must fight to survive against these deadly creatures.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22035004</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Killing Gucci: People Magazine Investigates</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Maurizio Gucci, former head of the Italian fashion empire, lies dead in a pool of blood outside his Milan home. An obvious hit job, the murder spurs authorities to seek out possible suspects. The only problem--there are almost too many to count.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWYxMTA4NjEtZjIxZS00ZjY1LWI5MjYtMTAwZjI3NzMwMGE5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary</category>
    <description>Maurizio Gucci, former head of the Italian fashion empire, lies dead in a pool of blood outside his Milan home. An obvious hit job, the murder spurs authorities to seek out possible suspects. The only problem--there are almost too many to count.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0162811</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Hour of Power</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Weekly Sunday worship from Shepherd's Grove. Founded by the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, the worship includes messages from other pastors and some guest speakers.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Bashian</director>
      <director>Phil Roberts</director>
      <director>Michael Conley</director>
      <director>Gino Freselli</director>
      <actor>Bobby Schuller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Schuller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Robert H. Schuller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sheila Schuller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Robert A. Schuller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Arnold (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Haven Schuller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Chad Blake (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tim McCalmont (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Connor Warren Smith (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Penner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Grandpre (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1970</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmE0ZTEzMGItYjBjZi00ZTQwLTgzZmUtNzM1YzVlNWNkZWYxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Talk Show</category>
    <review>The Hour of Power with Bobby Schuller is a Blessing and provides Hope to the World. As a viewer of The Hour of Power for 30 years I am grateful for an Hour of Hope each week in a World filled with Hate and Despair. God Bless The Hour of Power and Bobby Schuller for years to come as we face ever increasing challenges in America and around the World. Since 1970 The Hour of Power has been on the air through good times and bad. The Church endures despite enormous obstacles and practices Hope as first instilled by Dr. Robert Schuller in 1955. Thank God for this Ministry which has a New Name but the Same Spirit of Faith and Love. God Loves your Hour of Power and so do I</review>
    <description>Weekly Sunday worship from Shepherd's Grove. Founded by the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, the worship includes messages from other pastors and some guest speakers.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0844653</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Legend of the Seeker</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this valiant tale vividly told. Now, enter Terry Goodkind's world, the world of The Sword of Truth. In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, Richard Cypher discovers a mysterious woman in his forest sanctuary named Kahlan Amnell. She has come seeking help...and much, much more. Richard's world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword-to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed...or that their time has run out. This is the beginning. One story. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.—Terry Goodkind</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Beesley</director>
      <director>Garth Maxwell</director>
      <director>Michael Hurst</director>
      <director>Jonathan Brough</director>
      <director>Chris Martin-Jones</director>
      <actor>Craig Horner (role=Richard Cypher)</actor>
      <actor>Bridget Regan (role=Kahlan Amnell)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Spence (role=Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander)</actor>
      <actor>Craig Parker (role=Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Tabrett Bethell (role=Cara Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin J. Wilson (role=General Egremont)</actor>
      <actor>Danielle Cormack (role=Shota)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Blackmore (role=Sister Marianna)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Fransham (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>William Morgan Sheppard (role=The Keeper)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Laga'aia (role=Chase Brandstone)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Marais (role=Denna)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|New Zealand</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjA0OGY5YWEtYTZmNy00YTI3LTk5ODItMWQ1M2VkMmQ0MzY5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Fantasy|Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy</category>
    <review>I bought Wizard's First Rule the day it was released in 1994, simply because of the great cover art and my love for new, good fantasy books. What I got was my favorite fantasy series of all time, including Tolkien and Jordan. I am a published author myself, as well as having a profile on this website. I am an avid reader of classic literature since 1975, especially fantasy. So, written above, is my claim to believability.This series is terrific. The camera work and ambiance is smooth and satisfying for the fantasy genre of swordplay, magic and high adventure on an epic scale. The story is changed a bit, especially the time line, but that is expected to keep it exciting and suspenseful for a TV audience, which it is. Can you imagine tuning into a show about a book you've never heard of and watching a woods guide walking around the forest for 2 hours? Of course not. It amazes me how many people complain about the series without doing a bit of research, making common errors. Terry Goodkind IS involved, intimately, with the story flow of the show and to keep his characters as close to his creations as possible, allowing only changes needed for TV adaption. You can read a letter about the series, directly from Terry to his readers, on his official website TerryGoodkind.com. It explains everything. Go read it to keep this review shorter after you've finished here.Some people are comparing this series to the Lord of the Rings movies, and, in the same breath, complaining about the changes made for this TV series from the Wizard's First Rule book. Yeah, like they never had to cut anything out of LOTR movies. That book was only about the size of the bible. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE LOTR; books and movies. It's my second-favorite fantasy series of all time. The only reason I like Goodkind better is deeper characters more easily related to. As for the changes in the "Legend" series, as you will read in Terry's letter, they are mainly ADDITIONS to use up all the time they are afforded in a full TV series. People seem to be uninformed of this and are making snap judgments. Now, I don't know about you, but I can't think of anything better than watching my favorite book series in live action with even MORE content and background, from, and approved by, Terry himself. I'm beside myself with happiness at this and hope everyone tunes in and avoids the uninformed negativity, and that it runs for 11 seasons to tell the expanded stories of every single book in The Sword of Truth series.Some are also comparing this to Hercules and Xena simply because some of the same people happen to be working on it. Hercules and Xena this is not. Those shows were entertaining in their own right. I enjoyed the episodes that I saw. However, they were mainly a bunch of campy, individual fantasy-based shows that happened to form a series. They were meant to be that way for people who enjoyed that type of show, and I don't fault them for that, at all. Legend of the Seeker is a continuing story of amazing vision, that of Terry Goodkind's first book, "Wizard's First Rule." If you enjoy epic fantasy, trust me, keep watching.I hope you found this helpful</review>
    <description>After the mysterious murder of his father, a son's search for answers begins a momentous fight against tyranny.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9125038</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>AfterBuzz TV's Spartacus: War of the Damned After Show</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Sean A. Overman (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Spicy Mari (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Campbell Cooley (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzcwY2U0OTEtZWFmOC00ZjEzLThiYWEtOGE5Y2NjMGU5ZDRkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX350_.jpg" />
    <category>Talk Show</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0091060</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Familie zum Knutschen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dick Maas</director>
      <actor>Nelly Frijda (role=Ma Flodder)</actor>
      <actor>Huub Stapel (role=Johnnie)</actor>
      <actor>René van 't Hof (role=Zoon Kees)</actor>
      <actor>Tatjana Simic (role=Dochter Kees)</actor>
      <actor>Horace Cohen (role=Henkie)</actor>
      <actor>Nani Lehnhausen (role=Toet)</actor>
      <actor>Boris (role=Whisky)</actor>
      <actor>Wodan (role=Whisky)</actor>
      <actor>Lou Landré (role=Maatschappelijk Werker)</actor>
      <actor>Apollonia van Ravenstein (role=Yolanda Kruisman)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Flack (role=Wim Kruisman)</actor>
      <actor>Lettie Oosthoek (role=Buurvrouw Neuteboom)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Netherlands</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzg4YmJmYTctMGE0Ni00MjIxLTg5NDMtYzVlYzZjNDU5MGJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Comedy</category>
    <review>Dick Maas made and wrote his first of the Flodders-trilogy as a brilliant comedy without knowing that there would be two sequels which were not so strong. The housing problem in Holland in cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam is acute and there is above all the problem of illegal immigrants. And what more is: living on a belt or next to a chemical plant can be dangerous. Flodder is more than a simple comedy: it is also a social satire of the cool Dutch bourgeosie who wants to be isolated of the big towns where there is criminality and so on but who goes to the warm countries during holidays to change their mediocre existence. Take Yolanda (Apollonia van Ravenstein), she is bored by her neighbourhood where never happens anything - there are f.i. no "café's" - and tired of her husband Kolonel Wim Kruisman (Herbert Flack) and she starts a sexual adventure with Johny Flodder (Huub Stapel). Alcoholism is also a subject of the movie: the alcohol is made at home and consumed in high quantities and whisky is drunk in floods by Kolonel Kruisman. This comedy is unsurpassed and is at the same time a sociological study of the escape out of town of the high-class citizens to the outskirts</review>
    <description>A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5594440</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>People Magazine: Investigativ</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES uncovers the heart-wrenching true stories behind crimes that transcended headlines and became part of popular culture. Exclusive first-hand interviews, reveal shocking twists, new evidence, and unexpected resolutions.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephen Schuster</director>
      <director>Mike Testin</director>
      <director>Adam Werth</director>
      <director>Thomai Hatsios</director>
      <director>Charlie Mysak</director>
      <actor>Alicia Dennis (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Helling (role=Self - People Magazine Senior Writer)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Pelisek (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Cynthia Sanz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Wakeford (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jess Cagle (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Elaine Aradillas (role=Self - Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>K.C. Baker (role=Self - People Magazine Staff Editor)</actor>
      <actor>Wendy Naugle (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Johnny Dodd (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Hanlon (role=Self - People Magazine Senior News Editor)</actor>
      <actor>David Christopher Wells (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>People Magazine: Investigativ (TV Series 2016– ) - IMDb</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTcxNzdiYWQtYjI2NC00Y2U1LTliNTMtZTA3NmZjYjMzMDgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime Documentary|True Crime|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>I'll keep it short: If you are a fan of the True Crime genre you will probably like this series. It follows "the usual patterns" and executes the documentation and narrative quite well. It is nothing "special" but definitely one of the better shows of this kind I have seen in a while.Unfortunately a few of the cases have already been documented/discussed in a lot of detail on other shows, but there are quite a few which I have never heard of before.If you are done watching "The Jinx", "Making a Murderer" and I guess "The Killing Season" and liked those shows you will find some entertainment in this one, too.Overall i would recommend it, 7/10</review>
    <description>Shocking twists revealed. The true stories behind gripping crimes that transcended headlines are uncovered in this true crime investigation series.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4209256</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Colony</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Colony is a naturalistic drama about a family that's torn by opposing forces and makes difficult decisions as its members balance staying together with surviving the struggle of the human race. Set in the near future, the story takes place in Los Angeles, which exists in a state of occupation by a force of outside intruders. Some people choose to collaborate with the authorities and benefit from the new order, while others rebel and suffer the consequences. Josh Holloway stars in Colony as Will Bowman a former FBI agent who - in a bid to protect his family - is forced to collaborate with the occupational government to bring down the growing resistance movement inside the L.A. colony. Sarah Wayne Callies co-stars as Katie Bowman, Will's wife and a mother of three who struggles daily to keep her family safe and united in an occupied Los Angeles.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Juan José Campanella</director>
      <director>Tim Southam</director>
      <director>Nelson McCormick</director>
      <director>Peter Leto</director>
      <director>Roxann Dawson</director>
      <actor>Josh Holloway (role=Will Bowman)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Wayne Callies (role=Katie Bowman)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Jacobson (role=Alan Snyder)</actor>
      <actor>Tory Kittles (role=Broussard)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Crovetti (role=Gracie Bowman)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Neustaedter (role=Bram Bowman)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Righetti (role=Madeline)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Buster (role=Charlie Bowman)</actor>
      <actor>Ally Walker (role=Helena Goldwyn)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Rose Perkins (role=Jennifer McMahon)</actor>
      <actor>Erin Way (role=Lindsey)</actor>
      <actor>Cooper J. Friedman (role=Hudson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAyNzE0MjEzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTU1NDU2NzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Sci-Fi Epic|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Series three finished with a cliffhanger and no ending. Why the heck can't these production houses plan things better. I get it, ratings go down a bit, ditch the show.Well in that case, plan and write the series so that the actual ending is at the end of series three without the need for a fourth series. Bloody dishonourable morons. Art and business don't mix so well. I want to know what happened !They could give the go-ahead like what happened with sense-8. Fund a final chapter. The final act could be compressed into a single movie length episode.So they save money, and appease us fans</review>
    <description>In the wake of a mysterious alien invasion, a family fights to stay together in a new world order.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>25012890</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ice Storm</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When a devastating winter storm slams into North Carolina with the lowest recorded temperatures in history, the whole state starts to freeze over. The spread of the freeze continues to grow taken more and more villages, towns and cities down with it and America is now in the grip of a major disaster. As temperatures turn even colder, climatologists and disaster relief experts race to save lives and stop the storm before it freezes the entire East Coast and America stands on the edge of an icy abyss.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jared Cohn</director>
      <actor>McKenzie Westmore (role=Molly)</actor>
      <actor>Grant Bowler (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Tyler Christopher (role=Griffin)</actor>
      <actor>William Baldwin (role=Senator Carlson)</actor>
      <actor>Tori Griffith (role=Chrissy)</actor>
      <actor>Jessie B. Evans (role=Clay)</actor>
      <actor>Adam H. Marchand (role=David)</actor>
      <actor>Tola Lawal (role=Yolanda)</actor>
      <actor>Mica Javier (role=Natasha)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Pearson (role=Sven)</actor>
      <actor>Ace Christensen (role=Lang)</actor>
      <actor>Juliet Angelina Hernandez-Mark (role=Ava)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>2.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzVjYjQ1ZjQtMGViNi00NDMyLWFjNzUtN2VkOTNiMGQ0N2VlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Honestly think it was written by a child and my dog could have created better special effects. Random emotional responses from the actors that had us in hysterics they were so ridiculous. I thought I'd already seen the worst film ever. I was wrong. This is it. If the acting, story line and visual effects were bad, this was only surpassed by the horrendous score. We're still trying to work out whether this is actually a serious film or whether it was made as a joke. Am guessing William Baldwin lost a bet and was forced to do this. Oh and I forgot to mention the ridiculous neoprene suits with the lights making them look like extras from a high school play reenacting Star Trek</review>
    <description>When a devastating winter storm slams into North Carolina with the lowest recorded temperatures in history, the whole state starts to freeze over. The spread of the freeze continues to grow taken more and more villages, towns and cities down with it and America is now in the grip...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt25012890/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2140379</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Self/less: Der Fremde in mir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The body of sixty-eight year old New York City based cutthroat real estate development mogul Damian Hale is being ravaged by cancer, he not having much longer to live. The one person he wants to reconnect with before he dies is his estranged daughter, Claire Hale, who refuses to speak to him. Through anonymous means, Damian learns of the secret Phoenix Corporation based in New Orleans and run by Dr. Albright, who, for a $250 million fee, performs a revolutionary procedure called shedding: Damian's still functioning brain with all its knowledge and memories will be transferred into a laboratory created healthy body. The procedure would entail that Damian give up his life as he knows it, but with what money he is able to stash away, to start life anew in a newly created identity, in his case thirty-five year old Phoenix born Edward Kidner. Part of the recovery is to take medication contained in a red capsule on a daily basis. In missing one dose, "Edward", during his recovery away from the secret and hidden facility, begins to see visions of people and places he doesn't know, but knows something about, and inherently knows exist in real life. In tracking down the people and places in his vision hopefully without Albright or his subordinates knowing, Edward begins to believe that his life under Albright's world will never be his own. In the process, he has to figure out exactly what those red capsules he takes every day actually do, which again he surmises is not exactly what Albright tells him, and how to regain a life he can call his own while also protecting/saving those Albright sees as acceptable collateral damage in unknowingly getting Damian to this point as Edward.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tarsem Singh</director>
      <actor>Ryan Reynolds (role=Young Damian)</actor>
      <actor>Natalie Martinez (role=Madeline)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Goode (role=Albright)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Kingsley (role=Damian)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Garber (role=Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Derek Luke (role=Anton)</actor>
      <actor>Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Melora Hardin (role=Judy)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Dockery (role=Claire)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Page (role=Carl)</actor>
      <actor>Brendan McCarthy (role=Anton 2)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Francis Murphy (role=Dr. Jensen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc4MTk0NjgyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjEyNTg2NDE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Action|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Billionaire Damian Hale (Ben Kingsley) is on top of the world until he runs into a problem he can't solve, Cancer. His only hope is a new medical procedure called "shedding," in which his consciousness is transferred to a healthy body. After Damian undergoes this procedure, he becomes a man named Edward (Ryan Reynolds). Once he attempts to start a new life in New Orleans, he starts to become ravaged by visions of his new body's past. As he begins to investigate the origin of his new body, he learns the lengths that his creators will take to protect their procedure and keep their identities secret.The film, I will admit, introduces an original concept that not many films have covered. It's a shame that it does not stay with it for very long. We start off with older Damian coming to terms with where he is in his life and with his condition and then the film pivots to more of an action film as younger Damian/Edward investigates his roots through his visions and survive its resistance. It was a shame that more time wasn't spent with the older version of Damian. This loss created a void in the story. It would have been better if we could have spent more time with him so his character could be more developed. From the little we got to see, he appears to not be that great of a person. If we knew more, we would have reason to root for him. The time spent during an unnecessary sequence in the middle could have helped with that. There is a lack of consistency in the character of Damian as well. The character is played by 2 different actors but their performances are not the same. There seems to not be any apparent, similar, alignment in mannerisms between the two Damians, they don't act too similarly either. That could either be because of writing, Ryan Reynolds' performance, and/or not too careful direction. The film had the chance to try to answer some philosophical questions relating to the value of human life or the morality of valuing a life over. When you start to wonder if this whole "shedding" procedure is even possible, you are forced to accept that it is. Instead of being about Damian coming to terms with his new body and life, it chooses the path of gun fights and car chases. This is the moment when the film falls into the realm of mediocrity. It isn't revolutionary. The twists will not come as much of a surprise either. The film managed to keep my attention but I would of preferred it to cover more of the philosophical issues relating to the procedure. The film has a good idea but it could have been portrayed in a different/better way</review>
    <description>A dying real estate mogul transfers his consciousness into a healthy young body, but soon finds that neither the procedure nor the company that performed it are quite what they seem.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>23284944</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Highly Suspect Reviews" Screener Squad: All The Old Knives</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2022</date>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1662293</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nothing Left to Fear</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A family's journey toward a better life is interrupted by an unstable man of the cloth.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Leonardi III</director>
      <actor>Anne Heche (role=Wendy)</actor>
      <actor>James Tupper (role=Dan)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Peck (role=Noah)</actor>
      <actor>Rebekah Brandes (role=Rebecca)</actor>
      <actor>Carter Cabassa (role=Christopher)</actor>
      <actor>Wayne Pére (role=Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Stone (role=Mary)</actor>
      <actor>Clancy Brown (role=Pastor Kingsman)</actor>
      <actor>Joel K. Berger (role=Balloon Boy)</actor>
      <actor>John O'Neil (role=Door Painter)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Roberts (role=New Boy)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Roop (role=Jennifer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>4.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE2NjMxNjc0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTgyNzUzMDE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Horror</category>
    <review>Another typical Hollywood horror B-movie. This one riffs on the likes of CHILDREN OF THE CORN and THE WICKER MAN in the tale of a small town hiding a dark secret. A new and boring family move into the community, where they're soon assailed by mysterious events and characters harbouring dark secrets.It's a long-winded and slow-paced story and one that doesn't offer up a whole lot of interest, it has to be said. NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR actually does better when focusing on the non-horror elements like characterisation and character interaction and falls down when it comes to the cheesy horror scenes, augmented with CGI ghostly faces as they are. It also relies too much on jump scares and clichéd, derivative moments for effect when really it should be offering something new.The cast aren't too bad, although they are given little enough to work with. Anne Heche is unrecognisable from her early Hollywood roles in the likes of SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS; she plays the suburban mother here. Rebekah Brandes isn't too bad either, although as with Alexandra Daddario in Texas CHAINSAW 3D, she's given little to do other than wander around in a skin-tight t-shirt. Clancy Brown is the best thing in it, but he doesn't have enough screen time</review>
    <description>A family's journey toward a better life is interrupted by an unstable man of the cloth.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0463854</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>28 Weeks Later</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Almost six months have passed since the outbreak of the Rage virus that virtually destroyed civilisation of mainland Britain. The infected have starved to death and the island has been declared 'virus free. A US task force has arrived to set up a colony of survivors on the Isle of Dogs. Don, one of the survivors from the original outbreak works as a caretaker at the safe zone and welcomes his two children, Tammy and Andy who had been out of the country on a school trip, back into the country. However, an innocent adventure from the two kids, begins a chain reaction that leads to yet another outbreak of the virus and once again the survivors are left fighting for their lives.—Iantjambo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Juan Carlos Fresnadillo</director>
      <actor>Robert Carlyle (role=Don)</actor>
      <actor>Rose Byrne (role=Scarlet)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Renner (role=Doyle)</actor>
      <actor>Harold Perrineau (role=Flynn)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine McCormack (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Idris Elba (role=Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Imogen Poots (role=Tammy)</actor>
      <actor>Mackintosh Muggleton (role=Andy)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Walker (role=Sally)</actor>
      <actor>Shahid Ahmed (role=Jacob)</actor>
      <actor>Garfield Morgan (role=Geoff)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Beecham (role=Karen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Spain|United States</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDAyMDE1NzYtMjg3ZC00MjE4LThjOGMtYmZiOTUwOTY5MjA0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Zombie Horror|Horror|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>'28 Weeks Later (2007)' expands on the first film in a surprisingly natural way, even if it answers a nicely ambiguous question which that superior picture purposely left hanging. It's a relatively consistent-feeling affair, even if it never captures the isolation or relentless fury of its predecessor. It does get a bit 'been there, done that' when the plot kicks in simply because of where it starts and where it ends up, though it does take a number of risks and isn't afraid to be pretty grisly, either. It's also a fairly distinct experience in its own right, one that's enjoyable throughout. 7/10</review>
    <description>Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>29001749</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Earthquake Underground</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a massive earthquake submerges a hotel, a young architect must overcome all odds to save his pregnant girlfriend before the structure collapses.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brian Nowak</director>
      <actor>Matthew Gademske (role=Brian)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Cole (role=Amy)</actor>
      <actor>Houston Rhines (role=Reese)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Dorsey (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Tran (role=Deb)</actor>
      <actor>Pakob Jarernpone (role=Joe)</actor>
      <actor>Deaton Gabbard (role=Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Lyindaa Russell (role=Roberta)</actor>
      <actor>LeJon Woods (role=Craig)</actor>
      <actor>Cayla Black (role=Sasha)</actor>
      <actor>Mallorie Clark (role=Alicia)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Millsaps (role=Elevator Tech)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>3.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODU4NDZmMDEtNzAwYS00NmVjLTk5YmYtNmNlZmE3NDcxYzEyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>This movie is definitely giving the budget of $5 because the acting is bad, the quality is bad! Just everything is bad! This "movie" reminds me of one of those movies back when Syfy movies were that same quality!The fact that they are still making movies lien that today it's crazyWhoever made this film needs to go back to film school and maybe over the years wait til make a better what ever this was because it was awful! This is a waste of time and money sorry to those who ACTUALLY believed it would be good! I'm sorry it was too long the characters weren't interesting at ALL very bland and mediocre never ever watch this movie!I wish I could give it a lower rating</review>
    <description>After a massive earthquake submerges a hotel, a young architect must overcome all odds to save his pregnant girlfriend before the structure collapses.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5254610</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Final Score</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Scott Mann</director>
      <actor>Martyn Ford (role=Vlad)</actor>
      <actor>Gordon Alexander (role=Emil)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Dinu (role=Tatiana)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Pedrero (role=Anton)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Rowntree (role=Pavel)</actor>
      <actor>Ray Stevenson (role=Arkady)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Bautista (role=Knox)</actor>
      <actor>Lara Peake (role=Danni)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Gaskell (role=Rachel)</actor>
      <actor>Pierce Brosnan (role=Dimitri)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Rogers (role=Young Dimitri)</actor>
      <actor>Craig Conway (role=Viktor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzMyMGYyY2ItYmY5Yi00ZDc0LTgwNGMtZTU0MzkzMTQ2ZmQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Bautista takes his beloved niece to a football match and has to stop terrorists blowing the place up.Ok, so this is absolute nonsense and if you started looking for plot holes you'd never see the film. However, Bautista has presence, the action scenes are well put together, the villains are nasty and the climax impressive given the budget. You could do a lot worse with a beer on a Friday night</review>
    <description>After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22897544</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>6 Hours Away</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It follows ex-Marine Chris Montano after his wife goes missing during a business trip. He then finds himself in a race against time to save her.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nicolás Di Blasi</director>
      <actor>Guillermo Iván (role=Chris Montano)</actor>
      <actor>Lara Wolf (role=Sara)</actor>
      <actor>Joey Zavala (role=Maya Montano)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Rose (role=Dules)</actor>
      <actor>Roberto Sanchez (role=James Montgomery)</actor>
      <actor>Oscar Lopez (role=Hugo)</actor>
      <actor>Oscar Lopez Camaron (role=Roman)</actor>
      <actor>Ariann Murad (role=Agent Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Oscar Torre (role=Salvador)</actor>
      <actor>Iliana Guibert (role=Amanda)</actor>
      <actor>Osvaldo de León (role=Sebastian)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Mayorga (role=Nurse Garcia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Mexico</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWE4OGNjMjEtMzFjNS00ZWY5LTg0NzItMjQ1YzhlY2Q1ZjU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action</category>
    <review>I went into this movie with no expectations. The only reason I watched it was because it had been filmed in Mexicali and the movie trailer looked decent. This film is your standard low budget film so don't look for anything spectacular. The plot itself for the first half of the film is interesting and reminded me a bit of Taken in that sense but the whole second half jumps the shark and leaves you scratching your head and leaves too many questions unanswered. The acting at times is inconsistent and just down right cringe but it has its moments. The fighting is the biggest sin in this movie. The fighting is so fake and laughable but at times that's what makes it enjoyable to watch because it's so bad. This film had potential and had they taken a little more time and maybe hired a better fight director it could've been much more but when you get you're self into these low budget films it comes with the territory. I can't really recommend this film but it was a okay one time watch</review>
    <description>It follows ex-Marine Chris Montano after his wife goes missing during a business trip. He then finds himself in a race against time to save her.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27505513</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>America Is Sinking</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Extreme flooding is brought on by melting glaciers, and rapid erosion loosens faults, resulting in earthquakes and massive tsunamis. Scientists are racing against time to create sinkholes to balance the water as North America sinks.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mario N. Bonassin</director>
      <actor>Johnny Pacar (role=Dr. Chase Heibert)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Paré (role=General Robert Glenn)</actor>
      <actor>Lindsey Marie Wilson (role=Dr. Ruth Robbins)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Logan (role=Captain Pierce)</actor>
      <actor>Mindy Montavon (role=Dr. Michelle Jorgensen)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Cole (role=Advisor Emily Williams)</actor>
      <actor>Chelsea Gilson (role=Daniella Thompson)</actor>
      <actor>Jamel King (role=Lt. Michaels)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Wesley Green (role=Lt. Green)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Rogers (role=Pilot James Miles)</actor>
      <actor>Bryan Scamman (role=Ken Ortega)</actor>
      <actor>Hunter De Vere (role=Navy SEAL)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>2.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDUxZjNiMDUtNDM5MC00ZjY3LTlmYTAtMWI2ZDg5NGFkODk4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX525_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I can't remember the last time I saw a film that came out so poorly. The dialog was like something produced by early A. I., or at least by someone who rarely interacts with humans. The acting was flat and unnatural, like this was the first time the actors had seen the script. The effects, well, you expect cheezy effects in a B movie, so I'll let that one slide. The science and engineering aspects were absolutely nonsensical. I can honestly say it was shockingly bad. I always watch to the end before passing judgement, and this one just doesn't get any better as it goes on. I give it 2/10 stars, only because someone probably put their heart into making it and must be reading a lot of terrible reviews right now. If you read this and still watch it, you are doing a charitable thing. Good luck</review>
    <description>Extreme flooding is brought on by melting glaciers, and rapid erosion loosens faults, resulting in earthquakes and massive tsunamis. Scientists are racing against time to create sinkholes to balance the water as North America sinks.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2151543</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Arachnoquake</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As a swarm of earthquakes triggered by years of extensive fracking hammers New Orleans, an unstoppable army of subterranean albino spiders comes to light. Now, it's up to an unproven hero, the bus driver, Paul, to lead a vulnerable group of tourists to safety, while elsewhere in town, the mutated fire-breathing arachnids have turned the city into an endless buffet. More and more, the spiders grow and multiply, obeying the repulsive queen of the underground hive. Can a hopeless layabout save the day?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Griff Furst</director>
      <actor>Megan Adelle (role=Annabel)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Boocock (role=Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Edward Furlong (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Tracey Gold (role=Katelynn)</actor>
      <actor>Bug Hall (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Hardt (role=Petra)</actor>
      <actor>Grant James (role=Gramps)</actor>
      <actor>Lucky Johnson (role=Glen)</actor>
      <actor>Earl Maddox (role=Roux)</actor>
      <actor>Skyy Moore (role=Justin)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Phillips (role=Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Dane Rhodes (role=Jean Jacques)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>2.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUzNzM0Njc2NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDIxMTk5Nw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>This is a horrible movie but it can be horribly fun if you watch it with friends, and you just make jokes and laugh about how stupid the movie is, which I'm pretty sure is exactly what the intention of the film's producers was.Basically this movie is about a huge earthquake which somehow opens up a sinkhole in the earth but it also simultaneously somehow awakens a colony of ancient and incredibly dangerous, deadly poisonous and aggressive spiders.That really sums it up. The story doesn't really have any surprises and all the shocks and scares you will see coming a mile away. But there are a lot of fun moments and so bad they're funny death scenes. Pretty much every possible way you could picture spiders killing someone is covered in this movie.Stupid, mindless fun</review>
    <description>An earthquake triggers a brood of giant fire-breathing spiders to attack the city of New Orleans.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8593824</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Old Way</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Montana Territory, 1898. With unadulterated hatred for the man who killed his father simmering for over two decades, trigger-happy gunslinger James McAllister and his jackals visit Colton Briggs, a grizzled frontier shopkeeper and family man. After all, blood begets blood. Now, innocents must pay for his crimes as Briggs' past returns with a vengeance, thirsty for revenge. But the former cold-blooded bounty hunter's 12-year-old daughter, Brooke, is caught in the middle of an undying vendetta. Is Briggs prepared to return to the old way to settle old scores for the last time?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brett Donowho</director>
      <actor>Nicolas Cage (role=Colton Briggs)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Kiera Armstrong (role=Brooke Briggs)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Le Gros (role=James McCallister)</actor>
      <actor>Clint Howard (role=Eustice Bedford)</actor>
      <actor>Abraham Benrubi (role=Michael 'Big Mike' Orleans)</actor>
      <actor>Kerry Knuppe (role=Ruth Briggs)</actor>
      <actor>Boyd Kestner (role=Robert McCallister)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Lazarre-White (role=Greg)</actor>
      <actor>Corby Griesenbeck (role=Walter McCallister)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Searcy (role=Marshal Jarrett)</actor>
      <actor>Shiloh Fernandez (role=Boots Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Phillip Aguirre (role=Store Owner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGVjYTU4MWMtNmUzYy00MDVhLWE4NzktNTEzZWUwYzM5YjgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>This is both a typical Nick Cage move and a solid Western. It's an unlikely combo, but welcome nonetheless.The plot is traditional: one act of violence leads to another, until our protagonists are led into a search for vengeance. The twist is that they're a father and his very young daughter.Cage does a satisfactory job as the emotionless killer who's not sure how to be a dad. Ryan Armstrong steals the show as his precocious daughter, who never bats an eye at danger.It's all fairly predictable, but good fun. The supporting performances are flavorful, especially Noah Le Gros as the villain and Nick Searcy as the crusty old marshal. My biggest complaint: I wish the film had been longer, and given us more time with these people.This is very much like the better Westerns that were cranked out by the dozens in the 1950s. Wish we had more of them today</review>
    <description>An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0109506</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Crow</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On the Halloween Eve and the night before their wedding, the guitar player Eric Draven and his girlfriend Shelly Webster are murdered by a violent gang. The criminals are not punished, and a crow brings Eric's soul back to revenge their violent deaths. One, by one, the crow shows the members of the gang to Eric until his revenge is complete and he can rest in peace with Shelley.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alex Proyas</director>
      <actor>Brandon Lee (role=Eric Draven)</actor>
      <actor>Rochelle Davis (role=Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Ernie Hudson (role=Sgt. Albrecht)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Wincott (role=Top Dollar)</actor>
      <actor>Bai Ling (role=Myca)</actor>
      <actor>Sofia Shinas (role=Shelly Webster)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Thomson (role=Darla)</actor>
      <actor>David Patrick Kelly (role=T-Bird)</actor>
      <actor>Angel David (role=Skank)</actor>
      <actor>Laurence Mason (role=Tin Tin)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Massee (role=Funboy)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Todd (role=Grange)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1994</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTIyNmFkY2QtMjRhMi00MzVlLTk1NzEtMzZiYWViMWE2MjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Fantasy|Serial Killer|Superhero|Supernatural Horror|Tragedy|Action|Crime|Drama|Fantasy|Horror</category>
    <review>Based on the comic book created by James O'Barr. The Crow stars Brandon Lee as rock star Eric Draven, who, precisely one year after his murder, returns from the grave to take revenge on the vicious criminals responsible for the rape and death of his fiancée and his own untimely demise.The basic plot for this supernatural thriller is rather simplistic, holding very few surprises and delivering little in the way of genuine suspense, but a poetic screenplay charged with dark romanticism, a terrific cast (Michael Wincott is particularly memorable as head villain Top Dollar) and extremely stylish direction from Alex Proyas ensure that the film is far from forgettable. Proyas, a prolific music video director, nails the comic book aesthetic, delivering a stream of impressive visuals, with grandiose, sweeping cinematography, stunning lighting, and incredible set design, all steeped in Gothic neo-noir atmosphere and set to a cool alt-rock soundtrack.Brandon, son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, gives a charismatic central performance, and would most likely have become a major star in his own right had his life not been tragically cut short by an accidental shooting on the set of this movie, a fact that only goes to make the finished article an even more tragic and haunting experience</review>
    <description>The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1586752</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Machine Gun Preacher</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sam Childs is a real-life ex-biker gang member. He decides to turn his life around by heading to East Africa to help repair homes that have been destroyed by civil war. He is affected by the plight of the people, especially the children. Against advice, he begins building an orphanage in militia territory. He also goes on an armed mission to rescue the children who have been kidnapped by the militia - who are being taken and forced to become child soldiers.—kad</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marc Forster</director>
      <actor>Gerard Butler (role=Sam Childers)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Monaghan (role=Lynn Childers)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy Baker (role=Daisy)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Shannon (role=Donnie)</actor>
      <actor>Ryann Campos (role=Paige #1)</actor>
      <actor>Madeline Carroll (role=Paige #2)</actor>
      <actor>Souleymane Sy Savane (role=Deng)</actor>
      <actor>Reavis Graham (role=Pastor Krause)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Carey (role=Bill Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Coven (role=Shannon Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Misty Mills (role=Biker Chick)</actor>
      <actor>Sidi Henderson (role=Shaved Head)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxNTA2OTIwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQ4ODYzNg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>True Crime|Action|Biography|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>When a movie title sounds as corny as "Machine Gun Preacher", you would expect it to be another mindless action movie. Thinking the same, I recently watched this on a lazy afternoon with no good expectations whatsoever. Not half way through the movie and I was highly mistaken for underestimating this film. Somewhere between what I expected and what I experienced, is a fierce narration of human rights abuse that the 'free world' has chosen to ignore, just because it can be ignored.Soon after his release from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) goes on a drug and alcohol fuelled rampage of violence. After a vicious attack on a drifter, Sam attends a church service with his wife Lynn (Michelle Monaghan) and comes home a changed man. Call it an epiphany- from a hardened biker outlaw, Sam is suddenly a model Christian and a respectable member of society. This is when he volunteers as a missionary to Uganda. What he finds there changes his life and opens his eyes to the atrocities of war-torn Southern Sudan. Armed with the Bible in one hand and an assault rifle in the other, Sam becomes a legend overnight but soon finds himself reverting to his former self when faced with mounting pressure and dwindling resources in saving Sudanese children from the evil clutches of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). As clichéd as it sounds, the context here – about a criminal who finds God, then goes on a crusade against child abduction and human genocide – seems contrived and done before. However, googling 'Sam Childers' will not only yield over two million links, it will throw light on one of the greatest atrocities involving under aged children. In fact, I highly recommend the 30 minute YouTube video titled "Invisible Children" as a mood setter, before watching "Machine Gun Preacher". If you are man enough to sit through this movie without as much as batting an eyelid, I dare you to not shed a tear as the end credits go up. Through monochromatic short takes, we are not only introduced to the real Sam Childers, we get to see the real victims; barely 10 year olds, whose crayon sketches are so shocking that it forms a stark contrast to their counterparts in other parts of the free world. Acclaimed director of "Monster's Ball" and "The Kite Runner", Marc Forster fuses Sam Childers' memoirs of Another Man's War with Jason Keller's screenplay into this remarkable, not-to-be-missed movie. Forster's forte is in making an action-drama with a heart wrenching aftertaste, a unique feat not many directors have achieved since Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" or even Kevin Macdonald's "Last King of Scotland". What makes this movie all the more compelling is that every bit of it is true. On the other hand, there isn't much the audience can do except wallow in pity. Or is there? If one man, just one man, can fight for the lives of innocent children thousands of miles from the comfort and safety of his home, then Forster's true success is in allowing the audience to judge for themselves, whether looking the other way is the humane thing to do. Childers' arch nemesis and leader of the LRA, Joseph Kony, is never really shown in the movie, and deservingly so. In comparison, googling 'Joseph Kony' will yield just about 300,000 links. Evidently, Forster has given prime importance to Childers' heroics and in the process, vindicates our hero's gung-ho yet controversial modus operandi. If you think about it, war machines are scattered all over the planet in the defense of "peace", so why shouldn't one man shoot to kill, even if it costs 100 bullets to save the life of one abducted child? Before I get to my 'must-see' conclusion, let me also add that Gerard Butler may not be half the man Sam Childers appears to be, but as the protagonist, Butler returns to form with the same intensity last seen in his portrayal as King Leonidas in "300". There is a connection between both these characters and Butler skillfully drives the message that freedom is a God given right and no human being should ever have to live or die in captivity. With lesser screen time but in easily her best role so far, Michelle Monaghan smolders as a brunette. Her captivating looks aside, Monaghan plays her part to perfection as Childers' wife and sole impetus when the going becomes relentlessly tough. Also worth mentioning are Michael Shannon as Childers' friend in Pennsylvania and Souleymane Savane as his trusted aid in Uganda. Now, did I mention this is a must-see movie? You can either choose to watch it or not. Considering the butterfly effect, if you do watch this movie, there is a slim possibility that another child under Childers' care will receive a morsel of food</review>
    <description>Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0421073</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Street Kings</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>LAPD detective Tom Ludlow is a ruthlessly efficient, unorthodox undercover cop. Captain Jack Wander always covers for Ludlow, as do even his somewhat jealous colleagues. After technically excessive violence against a vicious Korean gang during the liberation of kidnapped child sex slaves, Ludlow becomes the target of hotshot Internal Affairs captain James Biggs, who feels passed-over after Wander's promotion to chief. Ludlow's ex-patrol partner, Terrence Washington, sides with IA but is killed during a shop robbery in Ludlow's presence. Ludlow works his way through the twisted rungs of the police and the deadly streets of Los Angeles for answers that only lead to more questions.—KGF Vissers (TC edit)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Ayer</director>
      <actor>Keanu Reeves (role=Detective Tom Ludlow)</actor>
      <actor>Forest Whitaker (role=Captain Jack Wander)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh Laurie (role=Captain James Biggs)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Evans (role=Detective Paul Diskant)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Mohr (role=Sgt. Mike Clady)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Crews (role=Detective Terrence Washington)</actor>
      <actor>Naomie Harris (role=Linda Washington)</actor>
      <actor>Common (role=Coates)</actor>
      <actor>The Game (role=Grill)</actor>
      <actor>Martha Higareda (role=Grace Garcia)</actor>
      <actor>John Corbett (role=Detective Dante Demille)</actor>
      <actor>Amaury Nolasco (role=Detective Cosmo Santos)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI1NTUzOTA1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjQyMzgyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Cop Drama|Drug Crime|Gangster|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>STREET KINGS Welcome to Street Kings, the movie that sees Keanu Reeves returning to the genre that made him famous, the action/crime/thriller. And boy is it good to have him back. Whatever your opinion of Reeves is as an actor, I really think he's grown on me in recent years. This also might have something to do with the fact that the guy really doesn't make bad movies that often. Street Kings is definitely in the upper tier of his work, both in his performance and as a film.One thing that should immediately stand out to you is the size and profile of the cast, which is not short on stars. However, underneath the sea of recognizable faces is a gripping thriller with enough gunfire and blood to satisfy most fans of the action genre, as well as a compelling story to keep the crime buffs interested. We follow Reeves' Tom Ludlow, a brutal and unforgiving LAPD detective, as he works the streets of Los Angeles without rules and uses whatever force is necessary to get the job done. However, when he is implicated in a crime, he must put all he knows behind him to save his life and career.Keanu Reeves...I can't think of many actors who have played more characters that define the word 'badass' (maybe Mark Wahlberg). So what if his abilities are limited to being dark, moody, and the definition of brooding intensity? He's GOOD at it! He can play the most repulsive guy (like he does in this movie as well as Constantine), yet still come off as likable, which is why I'll finally admit that I like the guy.The massive supporting cast is headlined by Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, and everyone's favorite snarky doctor, Hugh Laurie. While Whitaker does his usual theatrical/over the top act, it really fits with his character and doesn't detract from the film. Laurie is also great in a scene stealing role as the Captain after Ludlow's badge. Chris Evans is forgettable, but not horrible. Cameos from "The Moniker Team", as I like to call it, are welcome additions as well. This team consists of Common, The Game, and Cedric the Entertainer. Common's cameo as an ice cold villain is memorable and almost scary. I loved him. Amaury Nolasco annoyed me once again, while seeing John Corbett in a movie was kind of weird, considering that he 'retired' a few years ago.The mood and atmosphere of Street Kings is where it gets its title. It really felt like a constant power struggle within the movie not only between the characters, but with Reeves' character as well. His character's light and dark sides both come out in the film, but the real twist is which side comes out on top in the end. The film has several twists and turns, including a somewhat predictable revelation as to who the main bad guy is, but I found that I was never bored. It is well paced and definitely entertains with some dark and dry humor here and there.With Street Kings, you've got a thriller that doesn't bring a lot of new things to the table in the 'dirty cop movie', but instead has a strong foundation in its cast and director (David Ayer, the man behind other dirty cop stories such as Training Day and Harsh Times), which shows on screen. It's one of the better thrillers this year, and is worth a look if you're into the genre</review>
    <description>An undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0413573</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grey's Anatomy: Die jungen Ärzte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital deal with life-or-death consequences on a daily basis -- it's in one another that they find comfort, friendship and, at times, more than friendship. Together they're discovering that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kevin McKidd</director>
      <director>Debbie Allen</director>
      <director>Rob Corn</director>
      <director>Chandra Wilson</director>
      <director>Allison Liddi-Brown</director>
      <actor>Ellen Pompeo (role=Dr. Meredith Grey)</actor>
      <actor>Chandra Wilson (role=Dr. Miranda Bailey)</actor>
      <actor>James Pickens Jr. (role=Dr. Richard Webber)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin McKidd (role=Dr. Owen Hunt)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Chambers (role=Dr. Alex Karev)</actor>
      <actor>Jesse Williams (role=Dr. Jackson Avery)</actor>
      <actor>Camilla Luddington (role=Dr. Jo Karev)</actor>
      <actor>Bokhee An (role=Nurse BokHee)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Dempsey (role=Dr. Derek Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Ramirez (role=Dr. Callie Torres)</actor>
      <actor>Caterina Scorsone (role=Dr. Amelia Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Capshaw (role=Dr. Arizona Robbins)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2NlM2NiOTAtN2ZmNy00OWYyLWE2NTAtNTI5ZjM4OTdkMDY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Medical Drama|Soap Opera|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Grey's Anatomy has been a staple of television drama for many years, captivating audiences with its blend of medical intrigue and personal relationships. However, after Season 11, the series took a turn that didn't resonate with me as much.While I appreciate the show's efforts to address important social issues, the focus in Season 12 and beyond felt overwhelmingly centered on themes of race and LGBTQ+ representation. While significant in today's cultural climate, this shift often overshadowed the storylines and well-developed characters that initially drew me to the show. The emphasis on social justice narratives sometimes felt forced, detracting from the character development and complex medical cases that made earlier seasons so engaging.I understand the importance of representation in media, but the balance felt off, making the show feel more like a platform for social commentary rather than a cohesive narrative.In conclusion, while I commend the creators for their commitment to inclusivity, I miss the nuanced storytelling that characterized the earlier seasons of Grey's Anatomy. I hope future seasons can find a way to blend these important themes with the rich, character-driven plots that made the series a beloved classic</review>
    <description>A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0238784</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gilmore Girls</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lorelai Gilmore, 32, has such a close relationship with her daughter Rory that they are often mistaken for sisters. Between Lorelai's relationship with her parents, Rory's new prep school, and both of their romantic entanglements, there's plenty of drama to go around.—lcheala@imdb.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jamie Babbit</director>
      <director>Amy Sherman-Palladino</director>
      <director>Chris Long</director>
      <director>Lee Shallat Chemel</director>
      <director>Kenny Ortega</director>
      <actor>Lauren Graham (role=Lorelai Gilmore)</actor>
      <actor>Alexis Bledel (role=Rory Gilmore)</actor>
      <actor>Keiko Agena (role=Lane Van Gerbig)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Patterson (role=Luke Danes)</actor>
      <actor>Yanic Truesdale (role=Michel Gerard)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Bishop (role=Emily Gilmore)</actor>
      <actor>Edward Herrmann (role=Richard Gilmore)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa McCarthy (role=Sookie St. James)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Gunn (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Liza Weil (role=Paris Geller)</actor>
      <actor>Liz Torres (role=Miss Patty)</actor>
      <actor>Jared Padalecki (role=Dean Forester)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWIxNjc1MjMtMzZiMy00ZDA4LTgzZDUtNjk1ZGE0NDMwMTM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Teen Drama|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>"Have you ever watched Gilmore Girls?" It's what my friend said when she recommended me this show while were discussing my tumultuous family relations. She said: "Give it a shot, you might find it surprising how much you can relate to these characters, their journeys and struggles." Said and done.I have just finished watching the show and the last episode had me crying from beginning to end, and this is a statement to the most powerful asset the show has: the ability to make us relate and sympathize with the characters. This is a show about relationships: family, friends and love, plus we get to see one the main characters go through high school and college, and who can't relate to those things?! Life is tough and relationships are hard, but to still believe in your goals and dreams despite it all is what this show is all about.The Gilmore Girls:Lorelai's character (the mom) is the soul of the entire show, her dysfunction relationship with her parents, the hard work put into building her life and independence, the love, care and trust (even if a bit idealized) she shares with her daughter is a wonder to see, she is a living and breathing compulsive joker that made me laugh out loud so many times I lost count, and all of it lets us connect with her in so many levels.Rory's character (the daughter) is the one everyone wish they were: has good grades, likes to study, is ambitious and above it all has in her mother a best friend and a partner. As she comes of age, we get to see a lot we can relate to: first love, first time, getting to college, existential crisis (every college kid has at least one), graduation and the uncertainties that lies ahead of adulting around.Emily's character (the grandmother) is the one that makes us understand why all of us gotta go to therapy: because our parents didn't. She is also the reason one of the most iconic parts of the show exists, the Friday night dinners with Lorelai and Rory. The dinners are almost a synthesis of the entire show where these three women, who lead absolutely different lives and want completely different things from one another, try to get together and figure out a way to be a family.The show is pretty clever in depicting the impact family support can have on someone as well as the result family disfunction can inflict on somebody, and that's what family is all about. But don't get me wrong, sometimes the very lesson the show is trying to teach about the importance of clear communication, and the problems with misinterpretation and assumptions are sometimes used for a lack of better writing, especially concerning Lorelai and Rory's romantic interests throughout the show and are very often frustrating and out of character.It has a lot of great side characters and the tone and dynamic between them all shifts a bit from season 4 forward. It's a nice depiction of the small-town way of life and has a rare yet kind and considerate take on relationships between generations (grandma, mother and daughter). All and all Gilmore Girls is an up lifting, feel-good and cozy show. I loved this journey and I genuinely think it made me realize and change the way I see myself and deal with my family issues (and all of it while having a good time!). Hope a lot of people give it a shot, because it's definitely worth it</review>
    <description>A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0410975</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Desperate Housewives</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Behind the facade of a postcard-perfect subdivision live four women whose lives are anything but idyllic. Klutzy Susan is divorced and the mother of teenage Julie. Lynette is married to Tom and the frazzled mother of four rambunctious children. Bree is the neighborhood's Martha Stewart, whose perfection masks major dysfunction. Ex-model Gabrielle, married to handsome and successful Carlos, wants to have her cake and eat it too. Looking down on it all is Mary Alice, who took her own life but comments on the lives of her former neighbors.—Jwelch5742</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Grossman</director>
      <director>Larry Shaw</director>
      <director>David Warren</director>
      <director>Arlene Sanford</director>
      <director>Bethany Rooney</director>
      <actor>Teri Hatcher (role=Susan Delfino)</actor>
      <actor>Felicity Huffman (role=Lynette Scavo)</actor>
      <actor>Marcia Cross (role=Bree Hodge)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Longoria (role=Gabrielle Lang)</actor>
      <actor>Ricardo Chavira (role=Carlos Solis)</actor>
      <actor>Brenda Strong (role=Mary Alice Young)</actor>
      <actor>James Denton (role=Mike Delfino)</actor>
      <actor>Doug Savant (role=Tom Scavo)</actor>
      <actor>Shawn Pyfrom (role=Andrew Van De Kamp)</actor>
      <actor>Nicollette Sheridan (role=Edie Britt)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Bowen (role=Julie Mayer)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle MacLachlan (role=Orson Hodge)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGIwMGUzMWUtZDRkNi00ZDVjLWE1MjMtMTZhYjUyMWFiNWRjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Satire|Soap Opera|Comedy|Drama|Mystery|Romance</category>
    <review>First a brief synopsis..The story from this show, starts with the suicide of Mary Alice a woman who lives in a nice and quiet place called Wisteria Lane. This woman was married and had a teenage boy, from this point on starts the mistery of why she killed herself. Her four best friends; Susan (Teri Hatcher), Lynette (Felicity Huffman), Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) and Bree (Marcia Cross) start to put things together about her suicide while a new resident moved into the neighborhood named Mike Delfino with a mysterious past. Is he a bad guy or a good guy? Or a bad guy doing a good thing? First what I really want to say for a non-spoiler review is that this series came out in 2004 and I decided to binge it in 2018 of June. It held up incredibly via Hulu. I was hooked after just 1 episode!! That's all it took. Also I should mention I'm a straight guy. This series is NOT JUST FOR WOMEN! There is much to love about this series that men will cherish. The comedy is incredible but the relatable situations are outstanding as well. The mysteries and intrigue are brilliant too. What's impressive about this series is that despite a big mystery hanging above, so much entertainment goes on that you forget about it and are captivated by each individual episode. I cant believe it took me so long to watch this show but I honestly dont think I would have appreciated it as much in 2004 as a kid. I think all I would have thought about was the gardner and gabrielle having an affair but now I found I cared more about how she mainted to cover the secret as it happened and I started watching.Dont think for a second because this series is from 2004 it may not be good because the best TV has come from the 90s and 2000s! That was the age in which TV was shaped to inspire the shows on TV today. I've learned many things this week and one thing is that all incredible art pieces, they dont age they hold up with time. For e.g. I just started ER and I'm addicted and it holds up too and that was 1994! When desperate housewives came out, TV was different then. It wasnt as censored as it is today and you can feel the difference or I can at least. (Watch a drama from then90s on network TV and then imagine it on that same channel take NYPD pilot for example) what I'm saying is it doesnt matter if this is old incredible!!!!This series is a must-see that provides pure entertainment and laughs for you each episode and the first handful of seasons!!!I cant believe I almost never watched this gem of a series...what a exhilarating experience!!! Bravo 9/10</review>
    <description>A close-knit group of housewives reside in Wisteria Lane. It may appear to be a seemingly perfect neighborhood but it hides many secrets, crimes, forbidden romances and domestic struggles.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6394324</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Charmed</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This reboot of the original series centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches. Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch's work is never done.—Deadline Hollywood</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stuart Gillard</director>
      <director>Joseph E. Gallagher</director>
      <director>Vanessa Parise</director>
      <director>Jeffrey W. Byrd</director>
      <director>Kenneth Fink</director>
      <actor>Melonie Diaz (role=Maggie Vera)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Jeffery (role=Mel Vera)</actor>
      <actor>Rupert Evans (role=Harry Greenwood)</actor>
      <actor>Madeleine Mantock (role=Macy Vaughn)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Donica (role=Jordan Chase)</actor>
      <actor>Poppy Drayton (role=Abigael Jameson-Caine)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Hargrove (role=Parker Wagner-Caine)</actor>
      <actor>Ser'Darius Blain (role=Galvin Burdette)</actor>
      <actor>Christin Park (role=Swan)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Tamaki (role=Niko Hamada)</actor>
      <actor>Bethany Brown (role=Ruby)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Barrett (role=Mikaela)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjlkMGUyMzAtYTIwYy00ODgxLWFjZmQtYzc4MzE0NTY1MzFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Fantasy|Drama|Fantasy|Mystery</category>
    <review>I never like to compare a remake to the original, at least not as a shortcut to determining its quality. But sometimes it is hard not to, especially when you are a fan of the original.I always liked the original "Charmed". It was just campy enough. The actresses were engaging. And the mythology within the series was fairly creative.This new version of the series, however, is marked by moments of faux scaring punctuated by loud sounds (you know how you are watching a film and there is a moment of suspense when the character senses something is on the other side of the door and then a cat launches itself into view with a loud screech to scare the audience) and a needless proclivity to dwell on political correctness and politically-charged story elements that detract from the real story.What we have are some good actors stuck in a bad dream. They are saddled with dialogue that is sometimes silly, sometimes annoying. One reason I checked out the pilot was the inclusion of Sarah Jeffery as sister Maggie. She did a fine job as Jennifer Lopez's daughter in the recently wrapped "Shades of Blue". And actor Rupert Evans, who I was not familiar with, succeeds somewhat in rising above this vehicle.But in the end, this is a series that really lacks, well... charm</review>
    <description>Follows the lives of three sisters who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are powerful witches.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0452046</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Criminal Minds</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In this crime series, a crack team of F.B.I. profilers fly from Quantico to the focal point of the criminal activity of various serial killers. There they investigate the evidence from the crime scenes, compose a profile, and try to prevent the next fatal strike. Top brain was academic Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), who left the bureau after some difficult decisions. His more by-the-book operational right hand man Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) then took over the team. After Gideon leaves, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), previously retired, rejoins the bureau in an effort to make a difference in people's lives again and follow-up on a case he worked years ago. The still juvenile Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) is an erudite on everything except real-life, Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), a brilliant computer whiz who gets access to any database, et cetera. As they are mobile, cooperation with local Police and F.B.I. Agents is important, but often poses jurisdictional and other problems, as do some witnesses and suspects.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Glenn Kershaw</director>
      <director>Félix Enríquez Alcalá</director>
      <director>Rob Bailey</director>
      <director>Edward Allen Bernero</director>
      <director>Matthew Gray Gubler</director>
      <actor>Kirsten Vangsness (role=Penelope Garcia)</actor>
      <actor>A.J. Cook (role=Jennifer Jareau)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Gray Gubler (role=Dr. Spencer Reid)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Mantegna (role=David Rossi)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Gibson (role=Aaron Hotchner)</actor>
      <actor>Shemar Moore (role=Derek Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Paget Brewster (role=Emily Prentiss)</actor>
      <actor>Aisha Tyler (role=Dr. Tara Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Rodriguez (role=Luke Alvez)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Henney (role=Matt Simmons)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Tripplehorn (role=Alex Blake)</actor>
      <actor>Mandy Patinkin (role=Jason Gideon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2FjZDIzNzAtMzg4MC00OGVmLWI1MTItOGVkNWRjNjY1OTI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Psychological Drama|Psychological Thriller|Serial Killer|Suspense Mystery|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I really have to say I actually miss Criminal Minds more than I thought I would. I watched all 15 seasons and even watch the reruns when they're on. I'm glad that they're bringing it back to Paramount Plus later this year. It's a show that is a little darker than your average crime show on network tv. It follows the B. A. U. (Behavioral Analyst Unit) as they hunt the country's most dangerous serial killers and rapists by anticipating where and what they'll do next. Any show that lasts 15 seasons has to be pretty good. If you love crime shows and don't mind a darker and gruesome tone then give this show a try</review>
    <description>A group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13957038</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fixer Upper: Welcome Home</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Chip and Jo are back with new ideas for turning outdated homes into jaw-dropping, innovative living spaces. Having expanded their business (and their family), the Gaineses now juggle more while renovating, which keeps things unpredictable.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Joanna Gaines (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Chip Gaines (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjkyZThjYmItMzc5MS00YjA1LTgwNmYtMzY0YjM0MGU4YWU2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Home Improvement|Reality TV</category>
    <review>I really give the Gaines family credit for keeping all that was good in the past, but freshening it up for the new network.She gets more talented as time goes on, and Chip is smart enough to let her shine. These are real people who happen to be naturally decent and nice without being sappy. They are surrounded by neighbors and friends who are showcased for their own talents.A terrific new addition to the network</review>
    <description>Chip and Jo are back with new ideas for turning outdated homes into jaw-dropping, innovative living spaces. Having expanded their business (and their family), the Gaineses now juggle more while renovating, which keeps things unpredictable.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1895103</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein perfektes Hochzeitskleid</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follow the emotional journey of plus-size brides as they shop to fulfill their dream dress fantasy in Say Yes To The Dress: Big Bilss. Clients include the winner of Miss Plus America 2010, a former cheerleader, a woman who bought her first dress simply because it fit, a bride who intended to diet but didn't lose the weight, and much more!</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anna Park</director>
      <actor>Roger Craig Smith (role=Self - narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2M2MmU2MGEtMTk2ZS00MDU3LWI2YjItNzM0YTYwYWM2OThmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>The inner workings of premier bridal salon Kleinfeld Bridal continue to be revealed, but this time, plus-size brides shop to find their dream dress and the perfect fit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0333780</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Natürlich blond 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sassy postgrad Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is all about animal rights. In fact, she puts her nuptial plans on hold to head to Washington, D.C. to get an anti-animal testing bill passed. Her building's doorman quickly shows her the ways and workings of our nation's capital.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Charles Herman-Wurmfeld</director>
      <actor>Reese Witherspoon (role=Elle Woods)</actor>
      <actor>Sally Field (role=Congresswoman Rudd)</actor>
      <actor>Regina King (role=Grace Rossiter)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Coolidge (role=Paulette Parcelle)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce McGill (role=Stanford Marks)</actor>
      <actor>Dana Ivey (role=Libby Hauser)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Lynn Rajskub (role=Reena Giuliani)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Cauffiel (role=Margot)</actor>
      <actor>Alanna Ubach (role=Serena McGuire)</actor>
      <actor>J Barton (role=Timothy McGinn)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Anderson (role=Michael Blaine)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Thomas (role=UPS Guy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDc2ZjhlYjMtODMxOS00OWE3LWIzMzUtZjJmNzFmNjQ2Zjk1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR9,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Yes, yes I know it's a sequel so what do I expect. Well, generally I do expect a lot from Reese Witherspoon. I enjoyed Legally Blonde a lot, and thought it was clever and very funny. In it, Elle backed up her perkiness and style with competence. Even the courtroom scene, if audacious, was reasonably believable. However improbable, it was at least possible for the plot to take the twists and turns that it did, and for Elle to achieve success - which ultimately Elle's success was due to her hard work and brilliant mind, not her looks.The new movie has none of that. The scenes of committee hearings and Congressional sessions are completely unrealistic and not believable. The sad thing is it probably COULD be made believable, but it's just not done right. Even worse, her ultimate success comes in spite of her incompetence in the political arena, rather than due to her competence. And her marriage - which to Elle's character would be expected to be a VERY big deal - is a minor subplot. Overall the script feels half-done, and as a result the whole thing just doesn't work. At least there were a few good yuks, though not as many as in the original movie.I've heard they're working on LB3, in which Reese runs for President. Let's hope Reese gets a little more "Type A" and gets that one done right again</review>
    <description>Elle Woods heads to Washington, D.C. to join the staff of a Representative in order to pass a bill to ban animal testing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5827228</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bull</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The adventures and cases of a middle-aged male and his team doing their best to read all types of people and try to help innocent from danger and prison in order to live their lives. Along the way, they all try their best to get to know each other to work better together.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dennis Smith</director>
      <director>Dan Lerner</director>
      <director>Michael Smith</director>
      <director>Bethany Rooney</director>
      <director>Eric Stoltz</director>
      <actor>Michael Weatherly (role=Jason Bull)</actor>
      <actor>Geneva Carr (role=Marissa Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Jaime Lee Kirchner (role=Danny James)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Jackson (role=Chunk Palmer)</actor>
      <actor>Freddy Rodríguez (role=Benny Colón)</actor>
      <actor>MacKenzie Meehan (role=Taylor Rentzel)</actor>
      <actor>Yara Martinez (role=Isabella 'Izzy' Colón)</actor>
      <actor>Annabelle Attanasio (role=Cable McCrory)</actor>
      <actor>Inna Muratova (role=TAC Employee)</actor>
      <actor>Jazzy Kae (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Courtney Gonzalez (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jill Flint (role=Diana Lindsay)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU1NDkxNDY4Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDIwNjg0OTE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Legal Drama|Workplace Drama|Comedy|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>''Bull'' doesn't reflect the cynical, violent vibe we usually get in 2010s shows. By its spirit, it belongs to early 00s or late 90s. With the shows of that era, it shares both its strenghts and its weaknesses.The strenghts are idealism, friendship, romance and heartwarming optimism. And the weaknesses are its overly formulaic episodes and rather simple solutions to complicated problems.I would say that the strenghts overcome weaknesses. It is a contemporary blast from the past, but one that makes you feel good and think about morality and humanity</review>
    <description>Brilliant, brash, and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition, and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and the accused tick.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0427229</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zum Ausziehen verführt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Tripp is a 35-year-old bachelor still living with his parents, Al and Sue. Al and Sue hire professional interventionist Paula to play Tripp's girlfriend and seductively manipulative him into moving out of their home, but Paula and Tripp fall in love for each other, and when Tripp's best friends, Ace and Demo, accidentally discover the truth about Paula, one uses it to blackmail her for a date while the other spills the beans to Tripp, spoiling both the intervention and their budding, genuine relationship. To fix the situation, Tripp's and Paula's friends converge to plot a manipulative intervention of their own.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tom Dey</director>
      <actor>Matthew McConaughey (role=Tripp)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Jessica Parker (role=Paula)</actor>
      <actor>Zooey Deschanel (role=Kit)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Bartha (role=Ace)</actor>
      <actor>Bradley Cooper (role=Demo)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Bradshaw (role=Al)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy Bates (role=Sue)</actor>
      <actor>Tyrel Jackson Williams (role=Jeffrey)</actor>
      <actor>Katheryn Winnick (role=Melissa)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Corddry (role=Gun Salesman)</actor>
      <actor>Patton Oswalt (role=Techie Guy)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Tobolowsky (role=Bud)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ5ZWRjNmUtMDBlOC00OTViLWE1YmMtM2IyZTU1YjlmYzQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>I thought this movie was fun. I'm a big fan of Terry Bradshaw and I thought he and Kathy Bates made a "real couple". His "nude room" scene was a scream - I would have never expected that. I also enjoyed the scene Kathy Bates expresses her fears about her marriage to her son and the reasons - a little touch of real life. But my favorite character has to be Kit (Zooey Deschanel). Every comedy movie needs a straight (man/woman) I loved her, she was great. In my opinion the depth of the secondary characters was the strength of this movie. I didn't particularly care for the ending. I look forward to seeing more of Zooey Deschanel - great job</review>
    <description>A thirty-something is still living with his parents until they hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That's when the fun begins.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0098635</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Harry und Sally</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The movie is framed with stories of elderly couples telling stories about their relationships. Several stories are told throughout the movie. A couple talks about how they fell in love at first sight and knew that they were going to spend their lives together. Another one says how they met 30 odd years after 6th grade and got married shortly after. In another case, the guy got married and divorced a few times before he met the woman of her dreams. The point being that there is no set template for the "happily ever after" and that each love story follows its own path.The story begins in 1977. Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) finish college at the University of Chicago and meet when both need someone to share a drive to New York City, where Sally is beginning journalism school and Harry is presumably starting a career; at the time, Harry is dating a friend of Sally's, Amanda (Michelle Nicastro). Harry irritates Sally from the beginning as he won't stop smooching Amanda, even though Sally was waiting in the car for him.The underlying theme arises from their differing ideas about relationships between men and women which emerge during this journey. Sally is super organized and disciplined and Harry is none of those things. Sally wanted to divide the 18-hour journey into 6 shifts of 3 hours each, or by mileage.Harry says that journalism is a profession where one only writes about things that happen to other people. Sally is a happy person, while Harry characterizes himself as the dark one. He claims to read the last page of the novel first, so in case he dies before he finishes it, he knows how it ends.Sally says that women are practical, while Harry believes that a passionate marriage is better than the "right" one. They have a meal at a diner and Sally is a fussy person who likes her order with a lot of conditions. Harry guesses correctly that she is broken up with her boyfriend, which she claims is due to jealousy.Harry calls Sally attractive and she is offended as she thinks Harry is coming on to her, as he is dating Amanda. Sally says that they will only ever be friends.
Harry evinces the view that "Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way" even with ones "he finds unattractive". Sally disagrees, claiming that men and women can be strictly friends without sex. On the way, at a stop in a diner, Sally is angered when Harry tells her she is attractive; she accuses him of making a pass at her. In New York, due to their divergent philosophies, they part on less than friendly terms.Five years later, they meet in a New York airport and find themselves on the same plane. Both are in relationships; Sally has just started dating a man named Joe (Steven Ford)-who happens to be an old friend of Harry's-and Harry is engaged to a woman named Helen (Harley Kozak), which surprises Sally. Sally is a journalist now. Harry was sitting behind Sally and exchanged seats with the person sitting next to her.
Harry postulates that women like to hold on to men all night after sex, and men are thinking if 30 seconds are enough for them to get out of bed and go back to their own home.Harry suggests they become friends, forcing him to elaborate on his previous rule about male-female friendships; they can never be friends because the sex part gets in the way by suggesting an amendment that they can be friends if both of them are in separate relationships. But Harry also that seeking a friendship outside the relationship can mean that the relationship is missing something and is eventually doomed for failure.
Despite Harry's suggestions of exceptions to that rule, they separate concluding that they will not be friends.Harry and Sally meet yet again five years later, in a New York bookstore. They have coffee together and talk about their previous relationships, which have ended. Sally broke up with Joe just a few weeks ago. She is 31 and is under a lot of pressure to get married and start a relationship. Harry was married but found that his wife was cheating on him. Harry is a political consultant.After leaving the cafe, they take a walk and decide to be friends. In subsequent weeks, they have late-night phone conversations, go to dinner, and spend a lot of time together. Their dating experiences with others continue to highlight their different approaches to relationships and sex.During a New Year's Eve party, Harry and Sally find themselves attracted to each other. Though they remain friends, they set each other up with their respective best friends, Marie (Carrie Fisher) and Jess (Bruno Kirby). The four go to a restaurant, where Marie and Jess hit it off; they later get engaged.One night, Sally tearfully tells Harry over the phone that her ex, Joe (Steven Ford), is getting married to his legal assistant, and he rushes to her apartment to comfort her. They unexpectedly have sex that night, resulting in an awkward moment the next morning as Harry quickly leaves in a state of distress. This creates tension in their relationship. Their friendship cools for three weeks until the two have a heated argument during Jess and Marie's wedding dinner. Following this fight, Harry repeatedly attempts to mend his friendship with Sally.At a 1988 New Year's Eve party with Jess and Marie, Sally misses Harry. He is spending New Year's Eve at home, watching Dick Clark's 16th annual New Year's Rockin' Eve. Before midnight, Harry walks around the city. As Sally is about to leave the party, Harry appears and declares his love for her. She claims he is only there because he is lonely, but he lists the many reasons he loves her. Harry and Sally marry three months later, exactly 12 years and three months after their first meeting.The last segment in which couples discuss their relationship histories is an interview with Harry and Sally, talking about their wedding.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rob Reiner</director>
      <actor>Billy Crystal (role=Harry Burns)</actor>
      <actor>Meg Ryan (role=Sally Albright)</actor>
      <actor>Carrie Fisher (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Kirby (role=Jess)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Ford (role=Joe)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Jane Persky (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Nicastro (role=Amanda)</actor>
      <actor>Gretchen Palmer (role=Stewardess)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Alan Beuth (role=Man on Aisle)</actor>
      <actor>David Burdick (role=9 Year Old Boy)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Viviani (role=Judge)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Hunt (role=Waiter at Wedding)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjYyZjk1ZDMtMGJmZC00YmI0LWJhYTYtYzA1MDcyN2JhOTU3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Can you beat some of the lines in this film? As a guy, which I am, I identified with Harry's lines so much, and you can't help but side with him. The chemistry between the two actors, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan is superb, and you believe in them when they talk, you feel for them when they look at each other. Even the friends are well casted, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. It's such relaxed acting and filming that you do nothing but watch these people fall in love, and pretty soon you feel like you're involved as well. With a fantastic soundtrack, direction, script and acting, it's a great film</review>
    <description>Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7406320</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>History of Horror</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Sayenga</director>
      <actor>Eli Roth (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Maxson (role=Zombie)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Nicotero (role=Self - Executive Producer &amp; Director, The Walking Dead)</actor>
      <actor>Ariel de Ment (role=Vampire)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Zombie (role=Self - Writer &amp; Director, House of 1000 Corpses)</actor>
      <actor>Bryan Fuller (role=Self - Writer &amp; Creator, Hannibal)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Wright (role=Self - Writer &amp; Director, Shaun of the Dead)</actor>
      <actor>Quentin Tarantino (role=Self - Director)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Maltin (role=Self - Film Critic)</actor>
      <actor>Mick Garris (role=Self - Creator, Masters of Horror)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Hill (role=Self - Author, The Fireman)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Timpone (role=Self - Editor, Fangoria Magazine)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2I0MDBkNGMtODdlYy00NzgwLWI2NzktYzE3Njg3MzkzNTZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|History|Horror</category>
    <review>Lots of great cameos by influential film buffs, such as Tarantino, and actors show up regularly too. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of horror and moves along at a nice pace to fit as many movies in as they can. I can't picture myself watching this more than once but for what it is it's great</review>
    <description>An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8571524</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>LKW-Bergung extrem</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin O'Toole</director>
      <director>Ainsley Keeler</director>
      <director>Anna Lumsden</director>
      <director>Nathaniel Walters</director>
      <director>Phillip Rashleigh</director>
      <actor>Kieran O'Brien (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Roman Michalewicz (role=Self - Age: 35, Years on the job: 8, Vehicles Recovered: 8400+)</actor>
      <actor>Pat Jennings (role=Self - Age: 27, Years on the job: 7, Vehicles Recovered: 7640)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Hargreaves (role=Self - Age: 32, Years on the job: 5, Vehicles Recovered: 6000+)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Kelly (role=Self - Age: 45, Years on the job: 27, Vehicles Recovered: 15000+)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Bird (role=Self - Emergency Planning Officer, Highways England)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Beirne (role=Self - Age: 33, Years on the job: 3.5, Vehicles Recovered: 3500+)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzU4ZDk0NTktZmFhMy00OTBiLTk0OGItN2QwMzBiODc4MDQ4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>Completely agree with previous reviews. Anyone remotely connected to the recovery world will be cringing at the banal commentary. It must also cause some embarrassment to the operatives portrayed in the series</review>
    <description>Following men and women working in the heavy recovery business, as they tackle jack-knifed lorries, crashed HGVs and roadside breakdowns.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0106179</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Akte X: Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are different: Mulder is a believer in the paranormal while Scully is not. Together, they investigate paranormal cases which takes them all the way to alien conspiracies within the U.S. government and even puts their lives and careers at risk. Together, they try to solve the mysteries within the U.S. government, no matter what they have to do, and along the way they try to solve any other case that's related to the paranormal.—yatessixecho</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kim Manners</director>
      <director>Rob Bowman</director>
      <director>David Nutter</director>
      <director>Chris Carter</director>
      <director>R.W. Goodwin</director>
      <actor>Gillian Anderson (role=OSS Agent)</actor>
      <actor>David Duchovny (role=Fox Mulder)</actor>
      <actor>Mitch Pileggi (role=SS Sturmbannfuehrer)</actor>
      <actor>William B. Davis (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Patrick (role=John Doggett)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Braidwood (role=Melvin Frohike)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Harwood (role=John Fitzgerald Byers)</actor>
      <actor>Dean Haglund (role=Richard 'Ringo' Langly)</actor>
      <actor>Annabeth Gish (role=Monica Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Lea (role=Michel)</actor>
      <actor>James Pickens Jr. (role=Jamaican Crewman)</actor>
      <actor>Sheila Larken (role=Margaret Scully)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>8.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDk3ZDhmZTgtMjcwYy00OGYyLWI2MDMtY2VkYzgyZDBhMWY2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjM4OTI2MTU@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Conspiracy Thriller|Police Procedural|Psychological Thriller|Suspense Mystery|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) is a marginalized loner FBI agent stuck in the basement. He's been ostracized because he's a true believer in the paranormal. Dr Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is a skeptic, a woman of science, and assigned to keep Mulder under control.The X Files represents a breakout for the sci-fi genre. Its success gave it license to put on more paranormal shows treated as reasonable. It also became a benchmark by which these shows are measured. There are amazing episodes with some less so. The best is the chemistry between the two leads. It broke new ground with great writing from some future notable names. It lasted 9 seasons. It may have gone on too long but it was great while it lasted</review>
    <description>Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1694423</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>MasterChef USA</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A nationwide search for the best home cooks in America. One of 50 hopefuls will become a culinary star and one of America's "Masterchefs."</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brian Smith</director>
      <director>Rich Kim</director>
      <director>Richard Franc</director>
      <actor>Gordon Ramsay (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Bastianich (role=Self - Guest Judge)</actor>
      <actor>Aarón Sánchez (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Ryan (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Graham Elliot (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Tosi (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Silverstein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Shanika Patterson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Hallock (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Chang (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Green (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bowen Li (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzM5MWYxODktMzkzOC00NjMyLTg4MmEtYTE5MDc4OGJlYWMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cooking Competition|Game Show|Reality TV</category>
    <review>Like Hells Kitchen tis show is about a cooking contest and it's entertaining but also not very complex. It's a fun short bit of entertainment. Nothing less and nothing more</review>
    <description>A nationwide search for the best home cooks in America. One of 50 hopefuls will become a culinary star and one of America's "Masterchefs."</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0460681</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Supernatural: Zur Hölle mit dem Bösen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Back to top</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Singer</director>
      <director>Philip Sgriccia</director>
      <director>John F. Showalter</director>
      <director>Thomas J. Wright</director>
      <director>Kim Manners</director>
      <actor>Jared Padalecki (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jensen Ackles (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Misha Collins (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Sheppard (role=Shapeshifter)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Beaver (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Calvert (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Pellegrino (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Samantha Smith (role=Eve)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Connell (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Benedict (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Rhodes (role=Sheriff Jody Mills)</actor>
      <actor>Osric Chau (role=Kevin Tran)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWQyMGYwYTUtYjgzYi00M2FjLWFlZTEtZTNiMTM3ZjkwYWVhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Fantasy|Monster Horror|Supernatural Fantasy|Supernatural Horror|Drama|Fantasy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Starting off I was immediately hooked onto the show. Mainly because of Sam and Dean being so much fun to watch. Jensen and Jared's chemistry on the show is so good. Other supporting characters too like Bobby, Castiel, and others also help the show. The show itself may be a little corny at times, but that's the fun of it. Yes the show may have gotten mediocre to down right ridiculous after season 5, however the first 5 seasons are entertaining, funny, emotional, and captivating. As weak as the later seasons may be, Jensen, Jared, and Misha are the reason why people still love the show. Even when the writing was at it's weakest the cast always delivered</review>
    <description>Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0862592</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kaffee oder Tee</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Münch</director>
      <actor>Heike Greis (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Seidler (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jens Hübschen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Evelin König (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kristina Hortenbach (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Heike Boomgaarden (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Fatma Mittler-Solak (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Gehrlein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Klink (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Martina Meuth (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Neuner-Duttenhofer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Volker Kugel (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWM4ZWFkYzItM2M0My00MjQ5LTljMmQtYTBiZTM0MmZkMWY4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8972990</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verrückt nach Fluss</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Infotainment docu Crazy for river.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>André Goerschel</director>
      <director>David Enge</director>
      <director>Jessica Ahianlé</director>
      <director>Ute von der Lieth</director>
      <director>Susanne Schmölz</director>
      <actor>Mirko Scheffe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Raul Kraaier (role=Sefl)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie Gehrlein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolph van der Meulen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Müller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>John Wentel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Lachnitt (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Stockerl (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Kirchgäßner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Weiser (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Schoenen-Schragmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Althoff (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzZlNDg3ODItNDQ5YS00YTM1LTkwMDUtMmEzODYxNDEzNjhkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>Infotainment docu Crazy for river.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1129398</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Maria Wern, Kripo Gotland</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Juggling motherhood and detective work, Maria solves heinous crimes on a picturesque Swedish island while sustaining her female perspective.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Erik Leijonborg</director>
      <director>Johan Lundin</director>
      <director>Lisa Farzaneh</director>
      <director>Lisa Ohlin</director>
      <director>Charlotte Berlin</director>
      <actor>Eva Röse (role=Maria Wern)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Perski (role=Per Arvidsson)</actor>
      <actor>Oscar Pettersson (role=Emil)</actor>
      <actor>Allan Svensson (role=Hartman)</actor>
      <actor>Jerka Johansson (role=Sebastian Ståhl)</actor>
      <actor>Sigrid Johnson (role=Linda)</actor>
      <actor>Ulf Friberg (role=Ek)</actor>
      <actor>Tanja Lorentzon (role=Erika)</actor>
      <actor>Matilda Wännström (role=Linda Wern)</actor>
      <actor>Lola Zackow (role=Sasha)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Astor (role=Oscar)</actor>
      <actor>Tehilla Blad (role=Iris)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWE5NTE4Y2QtMWQzOC00NzYzLTgyZWUtNGI4ZWI3MDEzODQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZhcmdtaWM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Maria Wern is a widowed Swedish police inspector who takes her two young children from Stockholm to the east coast island of Gotland to start a new life.Gotland is a beautiful island, but any hopes Maria may have had of pursuing the perpetrators of minor traffic breaches is soon dashed as a number of gruesome murders take place in this Scandanavian paradise and Maria at times needs to ensure the security of her kids. I think Norse mythology and the occult permeate the Scandanavian culture and identity and if you watch Swedish crime as often as I do then you'll expect the occasional plot line to have its genesis in some bizarre ritualistic obsession. Having said that, the stories in the Maria Wern series are fascinating and well scripted and the supporting actors are all first class. But Eva Rose is a genuinely accomplished actress and her screen presence throughout the series makes viewing each episode an enjoyable experience. And although an old flame of Maria's appears in a couple of episodes, the producers have opted for a series without distracting romantic entanglements.As far as I am aware the seven movie-length episodes contained in the Maria Wern DVD complete the series. I hope for a second set to be produced but that seems unlikely. If you like this series you'll enjoy the comparable Irene Huss series, which is located in Gotenburg on the west coast of Sweden and offers a similarly talented actress in Angela Kovacs. 8/10</review>
    <description>Juggling motherhood and detective work, Maria solves heinous crimes on a picturesque Swedish island while sustaining her female perspective.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1532271</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Berlin-Stettin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The director revisits places of his own past. Born in 1944 in Stettin (now the Polish city of Szczecin) and grown up in Berlin-Karlshorst, he has met and turned numerous people and locations between the two cities into the protagonists of his films. Now, he returns to them to find out more about the history of this region, and how much of his own life has overlapped with the lives of his protagonists.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Volker Koepp</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2U4NDhkM2MtNTRiNy00YjQzLTkyZTMtMWI3ZDQ2ZGVkMzM3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>The director revisits places of his own past. Born in 1944 in Stettin (now the Polish city of Szczecin) and grown up in Berlin-Karlshorst, he has met and turned numerous people and locations between the two cities into the protagonists of his films. Now, he returns to them to fin...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1532271/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0862613</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nachtcafé</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A weekly talk show where several people, celebrities or lesser-known individuals, sit in one round and discuss one topic regarding society, family, or other issues.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Karsten Frings</director>
      <director>Michael Maschke</director>
      <director>Wolfgang Rommel</director>
      <director>Christian Kapp</director>
      <director>Brigitte Dimter</director>
      <actor>Wieland Backes (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Steinbrecher (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wilhelm Schmid (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Nuber (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mathias Jung (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Kallwass (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Ohana (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Bauer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Hitzler (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Frey (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Bartens (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1987</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODEwYmNhNzQtOWYxNC00MjhmLTk3OTAtYjMwMWZhOGU4MDllXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX317_.jpg" />
    <category>Talk Show</category>
    <description>A weekly talk show where several people, celebrities or lesser-known individuals, sit in one round and discuss one topic regarding society, family, or other issues.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0378405</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mutter kommt in Fahrt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eva Maria Splitt is thrilled because her busy husband Herbert is finally taking early retirement. She is less happy about his fixed idea of a six-month trip with the motorhome: Eva Maria hates camping to the death, but since Herbert looks forward to the long tour like a child, she postpones the unpleasant duty of having a word with her husband , see you later. After all, as a mother, she has her hands full - the 20-year-old son Frederik sticks his feet under his parents' table. Eva Maria is also a regular babysitter for granddaughter Luise, because the working daughter Anna and the overworked son-in-law Daniel are both very stressful. And by the way, Eva Maria is also interested in share prices, investment funds and warrants. When she hit the headlines by winning a stock market game, Daniel even offered her a job in his financial advisory firm. She gladly accepts them, because since her husband, who retired early, has put all his energies into the pedantic restructuring of the house, the household has sunk into alphabetical chaos. So finally the day of departure comes, but since Eva Maria still hasn't had the heart to tell Herbert about her aversion to camping, she has to quit her job and get into the cramped mobile home with him. Endless traffic jams, noisy motorcyclists and stuffy camping neighbors who would love to be beaten to death with a slat from their own hunter's fence make the planned pleasure trip an expected horror trip for Eva Maria: After a solid crash, she lets her husband drive on alone and first flees to hers Sister. But a clever newspaper ad - and above all the exploding biotech stocks - bring the sloping boom back into balance.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ariane Zeller</director>
      <actor>Gila von Weitershausen (role=Eva Maria Splitt)</actor>
      <actor>Elmar Wepper (role=Herbert Splitt)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Tremsal (role=Anna Jakobson)</actor>
      <actor>Thure Riefenstein (role=Daniel Jakobsen)</actor>
      <actor>Inge Blau (role=Hiled)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Faßnacht (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Neumann (role=Gisela)</actor>
      <actor>Verena Peter (role=Ingrid)</actor>
      <actor>Heike Thiem-Schneider (role=Maren)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich von Dobschütz (role=Werner)</actor>
      <actor>David Winter (role=Frederik Splitt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmI5ZWUzMDktNzEwMi00NjkzLWJhYWQtOGY5MTk5NmRmM2Q4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR5,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Eva Maria Splitt is thrilled because her busy husband Herbert is finally taking early retirement. She is less happy about his fixed idea of a six-month trip with the motorhome: Eva Maria hates camping to the death, but since Herbert looks forward to the long tour like a child, sh...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0378405/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1275619</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Ferienhaus in Marrakesch</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexander Wiedl</director>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Kurt Basinski)</actor>
      <actor>Carolina Vera (role=Mona Abu Taye)</actor>
      <actor>Anica Dobra (role=Jutta Basinski)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Stritzel (role=Ottfried Basinski)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Kelling (role=Edda Basinski)</actor>
      <actor>Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (role=Norman Hopkins)</actor>
      <actor>Mourad Zaoui (role=Daud)</actor>
      <actor>Ahmed Yarziz (role=Farraj)</actor>
      <actor>Omar Azzouzi (role=Dr. Feisal)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzg2YTM1MGQtYmUxNS00YTdkLTllMmMtNzJhMjVkODdlMGMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_CR192,98,1067,1600_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7687152</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Huck</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Freundner</director>
      <director>Patrick Winczewski</director>
      <actor>Patrick von Blume (role=Huck)</actor>
      <actor>Aykut Kayacik (role=Cem)</actor>
      <actor>Emanuel Fitz (role=Caspar)</actor>
      <actor>Valerie Neuenfels (role=Katja)</actor>
      <actor>Soma Pysall (role=Ayse)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Kleiber (role=Kommissar Bleyle)</actor>
      <actor>Nadia Hilker (role=Betti)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Besta (role=Karsten Rühle)</actor>
      <actor>Gojko Mitic (role=Victor)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Hoecke (role=Valerie)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Schad (role=Herrmann Schlegel)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Bender (role=Mechthild Meiling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWVjMzc2YzMtZjdhMy00MGE4LThkNTItYjQ4MDcxODFhMDA4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7668836</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Song für Mia</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Handsome young fashion boutique salesman Sebastian Jagow is about to see his dream come true when a music producer impressed by his demo offers him a contract. Heading home, he hits his head hard and awakes blind, hard to diagnose for how long, if he can heal at all. Release from hospital is no relief, being dependent on his finally with an overprotective mother is unbearable. Help is hired, student Mia Königs, a cheerful chatterbox. The youths soon match and bond, she even dreams of a romantic rapport, while 'Sebbe' writes a sensitive song she sneakily posts from 'the cutest blind by ever', which goes viral but isn't to his taste. Finally his eyesight returns after top-notch surgery, so he can resume his old life and taste stardom. Fate still plays a cruel twist, enforcing another reconsideration round.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mira Thiel</director>
      <actor>Tim Oliver Schultz (role=Sebastian Jagow)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Kalenberg (role=Mia Königs)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Roy (role=Annelie Jagow)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Friedrich (role=Gabriel Jagow)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Beck (role=Erik)</actor>
      <actor>Rony Herman (role=Finn)</actor>
      <actor>Max von Thun (role=Jens Meinholdt)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie von Kessel (role=Dr. Michels)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Paulina Kulks (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Griegel (role=Pfleger Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Schafroth (role=Pfleger Roman)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Hohm (role=Türsteher)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3Yjc2NzMtYjNjOS00MzlhLWJiYjQtNzRkMGY2NjUwNzdmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Gelungenes Experiment für die ARD, top Casting,Kalenberg spitzenmässig! SongHitverdächtig!?</review>
    <description>For the good-looking Sebastian everything runs by itself: during the day he works in a trendy fashion boutique, in the evening he flirts through the city's clubs. And he has a dream: one day he wants to be in the spotlight as a singer. When the well-known music producer Meinhold ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt7668836/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0076980</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Auf Achse</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Masten</director>
      <director>Hartmut Griesmayr</director>
      <director>Walter Bannert</director>
      <director>Ilse Hofmann</director>
      <director>Charly Weller</director>
      <actor>Manfred Krug (role=Franz Meersdonk)</actor>
      <actor>Rüdiger Kirschstein (role=Günther Willers)</actor>
      <actor>Nele Mueller-Stöfen (role=Julia Hensmann)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Knüfken (role=Heinz-Dieter 'Eddi' Velten)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Rohde (role=Lkw-Fahrer Kaschinski)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Buchrieser (role=Max Kottan)</actor>
      <actor>Roberta Manfredi (role=Cinzia)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Hessenland (role=Sekretärin Möller)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Wiesinger (role=Toni Teuffel)</actor>
      <actor>Meret Becker (role=Bettina Krüger)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanette Mühlmann (role=Claudia Niederegger-Morales)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph M. Ohrt (role=Siegfried von Hofmeister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Germany</country>
    <date>1980</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGFmZGE3NzgtZTFjNi00ODM3LWFhYTQtY2QwYzJiMWFhMDcwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Crime</category>
    <review>Being born in 1980, I can confirm that this TV show is German, aired on German TV, and aired in the 1980s. Everything about this show is authentic, especially its racism. 1980s Germans were exclusively racist towards foreigners they perceived as weaker, never towards obviously bullying foreigners. Italians, Eastern Europeans and Greeks are welcome targets if you follow your 1980s German rule book. Even that part was pleasant to watch because - that was what Germans were and what they strived to be. Germany being located in the centre of Europe is probably destined to shoot this kind of pan-European trucker show</review>
    <description>The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7671748</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Heiland: Wir sind Anwalt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Romy Heiland, an ambitious lawyer, has been blind since birth - well, almost: Romy has one percent very test, to which she is very attached. The new cases challenge her and her assistant Ada in unusual ways.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christoph Schnee</director>
      <director>Oliver Dommenget</director>
      <director>Oliver Schmitz</director>
      <director>Bruno Grass</director>
      <director>Dirk Pientka</director>
      <actor>Peter Fieseler (role=Ben Ritter)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Kalkhof (role=Ringo Holländer)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Athenstädt (role=Romy Heiland)</actor>
      <actor>Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt (role=Paul Heiland)</actor>
      <actor>Peggy Lukac (role=Karin Heiland)</actor>
      <actor>Aleksandar Jovanovic (role=Rudi Illic)</actor>
      <actor>Sina Reiß (role=Tilly Vogel)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Fischer (role=Ada Holländer)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Diemer (role=Odette Santos)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Martinek (role=Romy Heiland)</actor>
      <actor>Le-Thanh Ho (role=Nayong Curtis)</actor>
      <actor>Marlen Ulonska (role=Richterin Fürhofer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTJkNjRhMTgtNTI4MS00MDBmLTk5NzAtMjJmNDVmNTJiODE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Romy Heiland, an ambitious lawyer, has been blind since birth - well, almost: Romy has one percent very test, to which she is very attached. The new cases challenge her and her assistant Ada in unusual ways.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1031675</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schöne Aussicht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Graf Alexander von Schönberg domineers a Black Forrest from his ancestral castle, as sole major employer in his brewery. As the local school must attract a new principal, he throws in a home to rent from him. It's taken by fresh Berlin divorcee Anna Wiegand, whose modern ideas please the old-fashioned locals no more then the count's dog who keeps chasing her tomcat up a tree, she even asks the constable to ban posters for his traditional beer. Only employing ex-con Janosch as school janitor with enough IT skills to modernize everything is a quick hit. Dealing with the dyslexia of the count' daughter Lily, who was raised in Italian in honor of her late mother, proves the crucial uphill battle.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Erwin Keusch</director>
      <actor>Anica Dobra (role=Anna Wiegand)</actor>
      <actor>Heio von Stetten (role=Graf Alexander von Schönberg)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Dietze (role=Caroline Wiegand)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=Brigitte Schäufele)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Wackernagel (role=Elfie)</actor>
      <actor>Vinzenz Kiefer (role=Janosch)</actor>
      <actor>Nelly Keusch (role=Lilly von Schönberg)</actor>
      <actor>Tatiani Katrantzi (role=Rita Tenner)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Stoll (role=Gudrun Hausleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Viering (role=Schulrat)</actor>
      <actor>Hannelore Bähr (role=Uschi)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Matousek (role=Francesca)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI2Mjk0NTU2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTU4MzkzMg@@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>After separating from her husband, the Berlin teacher Anna Wiegand turns her back on the big city to take over the management of the elementary school in an idyllic Black Forest village. This brings her closer to her daughter Caroline, who is studying in Freiburg and is now tryin...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1031675/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5308098</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Sommerliebe zu Dritt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For Jackie and Martin, a dream team for ten years, all signs point to family happiness. Together with "Omma" Gisela, their closest confidante, the young couple moves from the Ruhr area to Munich. While he earns money as a well-paid trade fair builder, she hopes to have offspring soon. The well-ordered molecules of their picture book marriage are thrown into chaos by a chance acquaintance. The reason for this is Serge, who runs a creperie in the trendy district. He flirts with Jackie in an outrageously sexy way. The easy-going Breton has something daring that her "man for life" lacks. Martin doesn't initially notice how much her hormones are surging, as she travels a lot with her new job. He is absolutely sure of his wife anyway and confidently becomes friends with Serge. At a lively dinner for three, the couple learns more about the Frenchman's "savoir-vivre". To Jackie's astonishment, his free-spiritedness also appeals to her "Omma", who advises with Ruhrpott pragmatism: Once is not once - and when you get over it, your erotic curiosity goes away. However, Jackie is still hesitant to get involved with Serge's sensuality, which is no longer just for her. But Martin is not yet ready to engage in a ménage à trois without taboos.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nana Neul</director>
      <actor>Paula Kalenberg (role=wife)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Panzner (role=husband)</actor>
      <actor>Vladimir Korneev (role=lover)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Nüsse (role=Omma)</actor>
      <actor>Irm Hermann (role=Nora)</actor>
      <actor>Sigi Zimmerschied (role=Gustl)</actor>
      <actor>Lara Mandoki (role=Betty)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin Ackermann (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Heide Ackermann (role=Gundula)</actor>
      <actor>Jef Bayonne (role=Fischverkäufer Joel)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Fischer (role=Fußballer Beppo)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Fischer (role=Fußballer Rudi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTI2N2NjM2MtYjVmZS00ZjVkLThhZjEtMWQ3N2YwMWY3Yzc2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX383_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>For Jackie and Martin, a dream team for ten years, all signs point to family happiness. Together with "Omma" Gisela, their closest confidante, the young couple moves from the Ruhr area to Munich. While he earns money as a well-paid trade fair builder, she hopes to have offspring ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt5308098/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15762026</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Planet der Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Filmed in 22 counties, it follows 80 unique species on how they pursue a mate, from the beginning of the courtship to how they overcome enormous obstacles in the race to win a partner.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joe Loncraine</director>
      <director>Simon Nash</director>
      <director>Jeff Wilson</director>
      <actor>David Attenborough (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>8.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODk1ZGRmMTEtYmFkMC00YWRhLTljMDItMDZiM2JjNzM0YjM3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Nature Documentary|Documentary</category>
    <description>Filmed in 22 counties, it follows 80 unique species on how they pursue a mate, from the beginning of the courtship to how they overcome enormous obstacles in the race to win a partner.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0103772</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Basic Instinct</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Nick Curran is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder of a rock star, who has been killed using an ice pick. All the evidence points to a beautiful woman, Catherine, as the main suspect of the crime. Catherine is a psychologist and she's written one crime novel, a story in which a similar crime is described. Curran goes to Catherine's house to interrogate her about the victim and what happened that night. Apparently, Catherine was a formal lover of the musician and she even spent that night with him, but she claims to have not killed him. Nick feels attracted immediately to Catherine, but she's a quite intelligent woman who manages to avoid his questions cleverly, using her physical attributes and seductive personality. Catherine has a romantic relationship with another woman, but that won't be an obstacle for Nick, who everyday seems to be much more interested in her. But Nick's been checked by a psychologist, Beth, who was his girlfriend in the past, because the detective had an alcohol problem. But the sexual attraction that Nick feels for Catherine, seems to provoke the problem again. Nick becomes Catherine's lover, a fact that threatens to hinder the investigation and puts in danger his life, discovering a wild sexuality never experimented before. Nick's convinced that Catherine is innocent, but maybe love and sex are blinding him in his way of unfolding the truth.—Alejandro Frias</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Verhoeven</director>
      <actor>Michael Douglas (role=Det. Nick Curran)</actor>
      <actor>Sharon Stone (role=Catherine Tramell)</actor>
      <actor>George Dzundza (role=Det. Gus Moran)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Tripplehorn (role=Dr. Beth Garner)</actor>
      <actor>Denis Arndt (role=Lt. Phil Walker)</actor>
      <actor>Leilani Sarelle (role=Roxy Hardy)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce A. Young (role=Det. Sam Andrews)</actor>
      <actor>Chelcie Ross (role=Captain Talcott)</actor>
      <actor>Dorothy Malone (role=Hazel Dobkins)</actor>
      <actor>Wayne Knight (role=ADA John Correli)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Tobolowsky (role=Dr. Lamott)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Mouton (role=Detective Harrigan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1992</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWEzYmZhZTAtMWVkYi00NWQ2LWIzNWQtNTYwOTI1ZmQ1ZjJkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Erotic Thriller|Psychological Thriller|Suspense Mystery|Whodunnit|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Basic Instinct was an entry into the neo-noir genre of the 90's (The Last Seduction, Fatal Attraction etc ) that tried to update 40's/50's American film noir as well as bringing in elements of Hitchcock's Vertigo. On this level Basic Instinct is a brilliant conveyor of noir themes that portrays an unstable detective out of control in an intricate unfathomable plot with a femme fatale, Hollywood mansions, dark shadowy rooms, smart cynical dialogue and smoking. It is also flawed on this level with its unnatural characterisation. However, the artificiality of the plot, genre, characterisations and the look creates a distance between the viewer and the film. When you take this into account along with the constant references to watching in the film, outlined below, the film moves to a different level. It is no longer about whether Catherine Tramell is the killer but is more about the spectatorial process of watching a (Hollywood) film.For example, Catherine Tramell(Sharon Stone) is a writer whose murder plots exactly follow the murders that occur in the film. Her coolness and openness about these killings gives her a sense of being in control of Nick Curran's(Michael Douglas) destiny. In this way, she is like cinema itself spinning a predetermined plot line that the audience represented by Douglas just follows.Throughout the film, the detective seems resigned to his lack of control, totally in awe of Catherine Tramell ready to go along with her. This is similar to the way the audience submits itself inside the cinema to the control that the screen exerts. However just as we do, Curran attempts to predetermine the plot with his own expectations. He tells Tramell that he has his own idea how it will end - "The cop survives" - The final question of "What do we do now, Nick?" is met with "F*** like minxes, raise rug rats, live happily ever after." another idealistic expectation of the cinema audience. However the ambiguous final shot reminds us that Douglas/the audience may not get the ending he wants - only cinema decides whether that ice pick under the bed will be used.Another parallel with the cinema experience is the way Nick Curran seems to identify with Tramell. At the start he is a recovered smoker and drinker and Tramell gets him to start again. Over the course of the film his attraction to Tramell's character makes him take on more and more of her traits - aggressive sexuality, risk taking, use of her dialogue and more and more leaps into fantasy. He is almost merging with her and this is reflected in his interrogation scene being shot identically to Tramell's earlier one. Again this development mirrors the way cinema audiences identify with the film narrative. The Hollywood ideal is that the viewer leaves his/her outside of the cinema in order to temporarily identify with the fantasy characters on screen.Another main aspect of the cinema experience touched on here is the voyeuristic process of watching itself. Curran is constantly in a spectatorial position. It is most obvious where he watches Tramell through a window that looks like a cinema screen itself. Another scene where he is trying to find out about Tramell on a computer sees him reprimanded by a colleague for "jacking off to the screen". This likens Douglas to an audience member watching the film in a similarly voyeuristic way. This is the reason why Hitchcock is such a strong influence on this film - these are classic Hitchcockian themes.My final comparison is the bi-directional aspect of cinema touched on in the film. The interrogation scene where Tramell manipulates the audience of detectives is the only time where Tramell has point of view, reminding us that cinema watches and manipulates us as well. Also the fact that throughout Tramell knows so much about Detective Curran's past is a similar device. Tramell uses what she knows about Curran to make her murder work, just as Hollywood exploits what it knows about our desires of movies in order to sell us their product. (And those desires may have been partly contrived by Hollywood).The female murderers (who look like old film stars) that Tramell hangs around with represent other archetypal Hollywood stories - maybe these could have been other films that Nick Curran watched before when he took up smoking before.Is it a coincidence that the words "cinema theatre" can be found in the name Catherine Tramell and the word "audience" can be found in "Detective Nick Curran" ? Probably</review>
    <description>A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11701822</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>WaPo Berlin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jasmin Sayed, a commissioner who has lived in Germany for almost 30 years, is launching a new elite unit dedicated to the protection of Berlin's waters.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oren Schmuckler</director>
      <director>Alexander Sascha Thiel</director>
      <director>Seyhan Derin</director>
      <director>Neelesha Barthel</director>
      <director>Markus F. Adrian</director>
      <actor>Sesede Terziyan (role=Jasmin Sayed)</actor>
      <actor>Hassan Akkouch (role=Fahri Celik)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Grunert (role=Wolf Malletzke)</actor>
      <actor>Juri Padel (role=Dr. Jan Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Sarina Radomski (role=Paula Sprenger)</actor>
      <actor>Nils Brunkhorst (role=Federico)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Schöneburg (role=Hanna Kowollik)</actor>
      <actor>Oska Melina Borcherding (role=Marlene Weber)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Rosik (role=Anton Sprenger)</actor>
      <actor>Marion Kracht (role=Alexandra Falkenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Grothum (role=Gisela Heinze)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Breite (role=Klaus Neumann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjA3OTIxMmUtY2Q2OS00NjExLTljYWUtN2YwNDMwZWRjMmI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX390_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Jasmin Sayed, a commissioner who has lived in Germany for almost 30 years, is launching a new elite unit dedicated to the protection of Berlin's waters.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21221378</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Gänseprinzessin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The humorous and cheerful Princess Polly does not have it easy. Her parents' kingdom is in a state of emergency: Since Polly's brother disappeared years ago, there has been mourning. The king cannot bear to laugh, the queen tries, but is increasingly challenged by the situation at court. And of all things, Princess Polly finds it all particularly difficult, because she loves to joke and cheer up other people. It is therefore not so easy for everyone to keep their composure at court. When Polly makes her two maids laugh at the funeral service in memory of the prince, the laughter spreads like an avalanche among the bystanders. The king cannot tolerate this - a fight ensues, Polly leaves. At the same time, the adventurer Leif crosses the national border. He wants to ride through the mourning country as quickly as possible, but then he sees the resistance fighter Hagen, who is being taken away in front of his eyes, and frees him. The two can only escape the king's guards with the help of a magical old woman: "Everyone has to take their burden on their back!" is their maxim and Leif must also start taking responsibility - first by helping. He has to carry the bundle of firewood home for her. In return, she uses her magic to save the two fugitives from the king's guards. Leif, Hagen and the magical old woman arrive at an enchanted clearing in the forest - here she lives, together with many geese and her "daughter". It's Polly, who was also able to find shelter here. The magical old woman with snow-white hair challenges the young people around her and opens up new horizons for them. Will they manage to reshape the country's future together and free it from the burden of grief?—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Frank Stoye</director>
      <actor>Mina Christ (role=Prinzessin Polly)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Malton (role=Gänsehirtin)</actor>
      <actor>Regula Grauwiller (role=Königin Kunigunde)</actor>
      <actor>Johann von Bülow (role=König Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Jascha Baum (role=Leif)</actor>
      <actor>Zoran Pingel (role=Hagen)</actor>
      <actor>Marius Marx (role=Hauptmann der Wachen)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Buchmann (role=Zofe Leonore)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Dobberkau (role=Palastwache Rolf)</actor>
      <actor>Mo Ahmadi (role=Wachsoldat Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Laue (role=Anführer der Soldaten)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Hartmann (role=Fürst Frederik)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2U3NTNjNzUtNzA3YS00MWNkLWJhOWEtM2IxNmJmMDY1NDIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX218_.jpg" />
    <category>Family|Fantasy</category>
    <description>Prinzessin Polly hat es nicht leicht. Das Königreich befindet sich in einem Ausnahmezustand: Seit Pollys Bruder vor Jahren verschwand, herrscht Trauer. Der König erträgt kein Lachen. Doch ausgerechnet Prinzessin Polly fällt das besonders schwer, sie liebt es, Witze zu machen und ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt21221378/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11146544</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die drei Königskinder</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>King Alexander is happy with his commoner-born queen Marie, but their three children are puppies (actually switched at the queen mother Eliza's orders by chamberlain Corbinian, who put each in a basket in the river), then she dies mysteriously. 12 years later, the king still mourns, refusing to remarry any princess picked by his mother. Then on a hunting trip, he meets Theo, Fritz, and Lotte, three foundlings--who greatly resemble his late wife--raised by farmer Hank and his wife. Eliza decides to dispose of the princes by tricking them into attempting to seek infallible answers from the bird of truth, which requires two equally magical gifts, each likely to be transformed at failure into rocks.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Frank Stoye</director>
      <actor>Hedda Erlebach (role=Lotte)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Ehrenreich (role=Theo)</actor>
      <actor>Caspar Kryzsch (role=Fritz)</actor>
      <actor>Adele Neuhauser (role=Königinmutter Eliza)</actor>
      <actor>Rüdiger Vogler (role=Hofdiener Corbinian)</actor>
      <actor>Sonsee Neu (role=Emmi)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Bousdoukos (role=Hans)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Stetter (role=König Alexander)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Becht (role=Königin Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Max Ruhbaum (role=Hofschneider)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Spiess (role=Vogel der Wahrheit)</actor>
      <actor>Karin van der Laag (role=Aunt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTBmMWZjYWItN2M3MC00MzNlLThmOTItYzRkYTBiODRmODI3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Family|Fantasy</category>
    <description>King Alexander is happy with his commoner-born queen Marie, but their three children are puppies (actually switched at the queen mother Eliza's orders by chamberlain Corbinian, who put each in a basket in the river), then she dies mysteriously. 12 years later, the king still mour...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt11146544/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0055581</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ferien in der Silberbay</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two formerly rich men try to get back on their feet, counting on their respective son and daughters marriage prospectives. The two youths meet and fall in love not knowing about their parents plan and even when the truth comes out and they are told to break the engagement because they are not rich, they fight to stay engaged and marry.—Salvatore Santangelo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Filippo Walter Ratti</director>
      <actor>Mario Carotenuto (role=Mario Moriconi)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Solari (role=Lia Moriconi)</actor>
      <actor>Giuseppe Porelli (role=Barone Onofrio Onofri)</actor>
      <actor>Oliviero Prunas (role=Luigino Onofri)</actor>
      <actor>Paola Patrizi (role=Rossella Morricone)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Steel (role=Pietro)</actor>
      <actor>Valeria Fabrizi (role=Valeria)</actor>
      <actor>Tiberio Murgia (role=Tiberio Canale)</actor>
      <actor>Mauro Neroni (role=Sergio)</actor>
      <actor>Annie Gorassini (role=Ragazza della 'roulette russa)</actor>
      <actor>Rosalba Neri (role=Santuzza)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriella Conti (role=Grazia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>4.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzhkMjFjNDctN2RiMC00NTQxLWE3NGMtMWJiNmY5ZDk1YjVmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX63_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>What a pleasant surprise: this musical, little Italian piece of classic comedy not only contains some of the finest characteractors but also a major English star: Anthony Steel! The story is fine, the dialogue excellent and the settings on the Cote d'Azur wonderful</review>
    <description>Two formerly rich men try to get back on their feet, counting on their respective son and daughters marriage prospectives. The two youths meet and fall in love not knowing about their parents plan and even when the truth comes out and they are told to break the engagement because...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0055581/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0313168</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Kristallprinzessin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>While studying in Milan, the talented glass designer Marie Haller fell in love with the young nobleman Max, the heir to the traditional Wartenborg crystal cutting factory. After the announcement of their spontaneous marriage, it wasn't just the Wartenborgs who were amazed. Marie's mother Hanna also panics because she has to confess to her daughter that she had an affair with Max's father Julius von Wartenborg 20 years ago: Marie married her half-brother. Shortly afterwards, Max dies under tragic circumstances. Julius' wife Alexa and the imperious patriarch Johannes von Wartenborg blame Marie. Disappointed, she withdraws from her noble relatives and also from her mother. By working in Franz Leitner's crystal cutting factory - the von Wartenborgs' competitor - Marie recovers from the severe blow of fate. Julius, who has now realized that Hanna is the true love of his life, seeks contact with his illegitimate daughter. But Marie believes he is only interested in her talent as a designer and wants to poach her for the von Wartenborgs. Only when Marie realizes that she is just being used by Leitner, who is planning a hostile takeover of von Wartenborg's crystal cutting factory, does she understand where her real place is.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rolf von Sydow</director>
      <actor>Denise Zich (role=Marie Haller)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Kruse (role=Hanna Haller)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Schicha (role=Jürgen Haller)</actor>
      <actor>Wayne Carpendale (role=Max von Wartenborg)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Herzsprung (role=Julius von Wartenborg)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=Alexa von Wartenborg)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Böhlke (role=Johannes von Wartenborg)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Elsholz (role=Thomas Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Behnke (role=Harald von Thannheim)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Matousek (role=Frederike)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Röth (role=Franz Leitner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>3.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjRmMGU2MzYtMzM3OS00MjVhLWI4ZmUtNjdjZWQwZWQ0ZGIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,15,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>While studying in Milan, the talented glass designer Marie Haller fell in love with the young nobleman Max, the heir to the traditional Wartenborg crystal cutting factory. After the announcement of their spontaneous marriage, it wasn't just the Wartenborgs who were amazed. Marie'...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0313168/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1242149</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geld.Macht.Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Christine Kabisch</director>
      <director>Helmut Metzger</director>
      <actor>Roland Koch (role=Markus von Rheinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Gerlinde Locker (role=Liselotte von Rheinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Jana Klinge (role=Elena von Rheinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen (role=Marietta von Rheinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Schäfer (role=Sophia von Rheinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Roy (role=Mona Sailer)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Bertheau (role=Ariane Sailer)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Zirner (role=Frank von Rheinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Elena von Eysmondt (role=Cinzia La Rocca)</actor>
      <actor>Luca Jochen (role=Carlos La Rocca)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Brandner (role=Will Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Lentrodt (role=Philipp Markland)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjY3YWVjY2YtYWNiYi00YmJiLTg1NTUtY2M0YWRhYWU3MzA2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX218_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0797886</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Robbe zum Verlieben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Thomas Krugmann is a caring father who has been looking after his two children Moritz and Nele alone since the tragic death of his wife. The sympathetic veterinarian has found a new partner in the elegant Sabine - but Moritz and Nele, who have not yet gotten over the death of their mother, simply cannot cope with the new woman at their father's side. Therefore, a holiday together on the Baltic Sea should improve the relationship between the children and Sabine. However, the holidays take an unexpected turn right at the beginning, because due to a failed booking, the unequal quartet finds itself without accommodation at the holiday destination. Rescue is approaching in the form of the charming fisherwoman Anne, who quickly accommodates Thomas, Sabine and the children in the small pension of their old friend Piet. Despite the idyllic surroundings, there is no exuberant holiday mood - no matter how hard Sabine tries, she just can't get close to Nele and Moritz. Quite different is the relaxed Anne: with her and her eccentric and amusing pet, the tame seal William, the kids immediately feel at home. Thomas also seeks to be close to the stubborn fisherwoman. Through her he seems to find that light-heartedness that can finally get him over the loss of his wife. In the meantime, things are starting to spark between Piet and Sabine: the laid-back outdoorsman is courting the chic townswoman in a touchingly timid manner. But although Thomas and Anne, like Sabine and Piet, feel that they feel more for each other than just friendship, none of them dares to take the decisive step. At the traditional village ball, the knot finally seems to burst - until the insecure Anne, afraid of disappointment, pulls out at the last moment. But Thomas won't be put off that easily.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christine Kabisch</director>
      <actor>Gesine Cukrowski (role=Anne Petersen)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Mommsen (role=Thomas Krugmann)</actor>
      <actor>Marlies Engel (role=Stina)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Becker (role=Dr. Knut Hansen)</actor>
      <actor>Deborah Kaufmann (role=Sabine Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Baum (role=Piet Jensen)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Stührk (role=Nele Krugmann)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Alexander Seidel (role=Moritz Krugmann)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Wolf-Schönburg (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Neithardt Riedel (role=Amtsleiter)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Wedekind (role=Fiete)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Hein (role=Jannik)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc5NzQ2NTk0OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTg3Njk2._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,14,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family|Romance</category>
    <description>The pretty fisher woman Anne lives alone until the seal that swam to her looks for her man for life.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3738622</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Trennung auf Italienisch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After their divorce, Eva and Marc would prefer to stay away from each other forever. But the former dream couple have to meet again to sell their vacation home in South Tyrol. A potential buyer couple has already been found, but unfortunately the picturesque farmhouse turns out to be pretty run-down after being empty for a long time. But then working together in the old vacation home brings back memories of better times. Both initially pretend to have settled into their lives without each other. Marc is now with the beautiful and energetic Sophie, with whom he will soon move to Shanghai, while Eva is with the attractive Felix, who - unlike Marc - can accept her as she is. But Marc and Eva haven't really finished with each other yet. There is still too much between them. For the first time in a long time, they seem to be able to talk about their past in peace. But then Sophie and Felix unexpectedly turn up in South Tyrol. The two bring a breath of fresh air to the renovation work. But it soon becomes clear that there are a lot of unspoken things in the air. The more time the two couples spend together on the small estate, the more uncertain it suddenly seems whether their plans for the future are still viable.—3sat</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Gärtner</director>
      <actor>Julia Brendler (role=Eva)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Luca (role=Marc)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Zimmermann (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Letkowski (role=Felix)</actor>
      <actor>Claudio Caiolo (role=Giovanni)</actor>
      <actor>Yasmina Djaballah (role=Isabella)</actor>
      <actor>Edoardo Purgatori (role=Stefano)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mitterrutzner (role=Luigi)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz-Josef Braun (role=Pfarrer Alberti)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Kaloff (role=Hauskäufer 1)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Gärtner (role=Hauskäufer 2)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Pranter (role=Michl-Dieb)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGY3NzQwYjItYzlkOS00YmI3LWFmNTQtZDU3ZmQzMzFkOWYwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family|Romance</category>
    <description>After their divorce, Eva and Marc would prefer to stay away from each other forever. But the former dream couple have to meet again to sell their vacation home in South Tyrol.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>29603757</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Loriot 100</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vicco von Bülow is featured in a number of video snippets from his well-known cartoons, rare documentary material from the early years of his career, and interviews with friends, colleagues, specialists, and admirers.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>André Schäfer</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDU0ODc1YTMtY2Y2Yy00NTcyLWI5MTUtYjJmYjA2YTNlNTE5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Vicco von Bülow is featured in a number of video snippets from his well-known cartoons, rare documentary material from the early years of his career, and interviews with friends, colleagues, specialists, and admirers.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6002090</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Büffel sind los</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Young farmer Max Wolf is convinced that a water buffalo herd is the only future for the Bavarian farm he runs with junior brother Konrad and their mother Erika, but they have not enough pasture. The neighboring land Max plans to lease is also ideal to 'fuel' the bio-gas plant of ruthless Michael Bliesinger and his more moderate father Alois, who plan to chase Max whatever it takes. Slutty Romanian Sveta flees a prostitution gangster and arrives on Max's farm, where Erika wants her gone, as a seduction for Conrad, yet farm girl Sveta proves herself useful in the barn and meadow. Village publican Alois Bliesinger and his son Michael make Sveta alternative offers, but her heart now beats for Max, who doesn't respond, but jealous Michael Bliesinger declares war, the herd being the key stakes, after the brothers deal with the illegal pimp.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tomy Wigand</director>
      <actor>Anna Unterberger (role=Sveta Crezka)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Benjamin (role=Max Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias van Dieken (role=Michael Bliesinger)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Fritz (role=Konrad Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Walser (role=Erika Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Pohl (role=Alois Bliesinger)</actor>
      <actor>Nora Boeckler (role=Kellnerin Moni)</actor>
      <actor>Eva-Maria Kurz (role=Gerdi)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Morris (role=Veterenär)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Ziesch (role=Claus)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjlmMmNkYmQtMzBhOS00MTY5LTg3YzEtMDQ4MmYzMmY3ZDhiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX353_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>It is an absolute B movie. It starts like a fake western movie and continuous with an East European prostitute on the run from her manager. Bad example of a good quality German movie. There are many of good quality and better than average American entertainment. But this one is n...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6002090/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1822261</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schlaflos in Schwabing</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Playful college boy Florian (20), who dropped out of law school, gets a far from warm welcome when surprising-visiting his workaholic, sleepless aunt Fanny Burkhard, who buried herself in work as business partner in Roland Beck's Munich business consulting firm after the mother of his two boys snapped him up romantically due to Fanny's trailing. She changes her tune, almost begging him to stay, when she realizes a lovable gamer is just the ally she needs to score the deal that can win her last dream, heading the new Hongkong office, by convincing her study days housemate and admirer Christian to sell his old-fashioned firm, which devises original board games but ails financially due to backward marketing, to her German client rather then a Chinese competitor. Christian invites them to his Baavrian Alpine cabin home, where Florian gets on great with his daughter Marie. Fanny must face her past, options in life and conflicting loyalties, including to buddy and former love rival Nicole.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christine Kabisch</director>
      <actor>Mariele Millowitsch (role=Fanny)</actor>
      <actor>Jan-Gregor Kremp (role=Christian)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Gastdorf (role=Nicole)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Gebauer (role=Roland Beck)</actor>
      <actor>François Goeske (role=Florian)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Hausburg (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Mehnert (role=Rebecca Beck)</actor>
      <actor>Nathalie Schott (role=Lilly)</actor>
      <actor>Eckhard Preuß (role=Markus)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Dragomir (role=Fanny Kid)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Kupfer (role=Björn Kubacki)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWM4YzBjOWQtY2VhZi00NDA3LThkNTEtNzEyNzVjOGYxYzI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,19,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Fanny Burkhard is a woman in her prime: attractive, fit and successful at work. Together with Roland Beck, she runs a management consultancy whose specialty is threading hostile company takeovers: large corporations that want to swallow small companies find cunning helpers in the...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1822261/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0386105</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verliebte Diebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An elegant lady on the outside, but in truth a cunning jewel thief: for Claire Vanderboldt, bourgeois: Klara Waldleitner, no coup is too complicated. The higher the security measures, the greater Claire's ambition to get to the object of her desire. After her recent series of burglaries in a luxury hotel in Lichtenstein, however, an old acquaintance thwarts her plans. Vinzenz Kröger, a former master thief who is now trying his hand at manufacturing industrial robots, steals from the thief and returns all the valuables to their owners. But although he saves Claire from being arrested by the police, she doesn't trust him and his declarations of love. He's cheated her too many times in the past. When Claire carries out a spectacular jewel robbery in Hamburg shortly afterwards, she has no idea that Vinzenz is once again on her heels. He involves her in a breakneck escape over the rooftops of the city - at the end of which the loot naturally becomes Vinzenz's possession. However, the elegant charmer is less successful in his middle-class profession. His company is on the brink of bankruptcy, the new robots don't work, and the deal that saved him with a large Chinese company is also in danger of collapsing. Thanks to his equally inconspicuous and witty assistant Martina Ahlers, however, Kröger discovers that his competitor Axel Tiedtke is behind the sabotage of his new industrial robots. Together with Claire and Martina, Vinzenz hatches a crazy plan to trick the unscrupulous Tiedtke.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Patzak</director>
      <actor>Götz George (role=Vinzenz Kröger)</actor>
      <actor>Gudrun Landgrebe (role=Marika Bartosch)</actor>
      <actor>Jacques Breuer (role=Axel Tiedtke)</actor>
      <actor>Hermann Beyer (role=Oscar Waldleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Ad Fernhout (role=Jess Verhülsdonk)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Licht (role=Gilbert Koch)</actor>
      <actor>Mirjam Ploteny (role=Frau Koch)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Künzler (role=Kommissar Rüttli)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Seibt (role=Wachtmeister Brechbühl)</actor>
      <actor>Jaecki Schwarz (role=Dr. Gerber)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Hoesl (role=Barkeeper)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Zelic (role=Rezeptionist Hotel Vaduz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2Q3NGU2ZmMtYTU4Ni00ZTRjLWE1YTktY2JjMDkyNmUwZjFhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR33,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>An elegant lady on the outside, but in truth a cunning jewel thief: for Claire Vanderboldt, bourgeois: Klara Waldleitner, no coup is too complicated. The higher the security measures, the greater Claire's ambition to get to the object of her desire. After her recent series of bur...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0386105/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>23143876</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Barcelona for Beginners: Familie und andere Katastrophen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follows Mariana and Samuel who move to a mountain neighborhood away from their traumatic childhoods, but their beliefs start to crumble when a tragic event rocks the neighborhood and shatters their dreams.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mar Coll</director>
      <director>Sara Fantova</director>
      <director>Celia Giraldo</director>
      <director>Aina Clotet</director>
      <actor>Aina Clotet (role=Mariana)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Borràs (role=Samuel)</actor>
      <actor>Violeta Sanvisens (role=Lia)</actor>
      <actor>Artur Santiago (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Roc Santiago (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Nausicaa Bonnín (role=Laura)</actor>
      <actor>Marta Bassols (role=Roberta)</actor>
      <actor>Lis Moreno (role=Elena)</actor>
      <actor>Katya Voronina (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>María Adell (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Alcalá Freudenthal (role=Alicia)</actor>
      <actor>Clara Álvarez (role=Anna)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|Sweden</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODRmN2ZiODItZjUxMi00NmRjLWFiZmYtYzQ3NjIxZTZkODU2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX344_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>This is an excellent series, without a doubt the best Catalan show I've watched in recent years.The plot is about a young couple with two kids who move to a neighbourhood in the hills behind Barcelona, to be closer to nature. They are a middle-class, a bit hipster couple with good jobs, who have exchanged roles after four years: he is a full time homemaker while she works full time as a seller of expensive, "fairtrade" rugs made in Morrocco. The series revolves around their experience trying to balance work with raising their children and the contradictions they live in.It seemed to me a realistic portrait of how parenthood may be in our present time, with all the insecurities of our society (individualist well-being, globalisation, fakeness, the pervasive presence of screens and social networks, etc.) naturally reflected throughout the eight episodes.The script never stops being good, until the end; it's often funny, even though it's generally a drama with some depth.Happy to see Catalan culture is still alive and able to create fiction of quality and relevance</review>
    <description>Follows Mariana and Samuel who move to a mountain neighborhood away from their traumatic childhoods, but their beliefs start to crumble when a tragic event rocks the neighborhood and shatters their dreams.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15399698</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rückkehr nach Rimini</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Rimini - that sounds like fun, love and adventure. For the three school friends Helmut, Peter and Edgar, their vacation there in their early 20s was unforgettable. Now retired, they take a spontaneous trip to their old place of longing. A journey into the past that becomes a test of their friendship and an unexpected turning point that makes them rethink their lives.—ARD</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sarah Winkenstette</director>
      <actor>Nicolò Barbiani (role=Comparsa)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Bilotta (role=Adonis)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Bock (role=Peter Cerny)</actor>
      <actor>Flaminia Fegarotti (role=Chefin Trattoria)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Fischer (role=Helmut Ortel)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Giordano (role=Flavia)</actor>
      <actor>Giorgio Gobbi (role=Toni)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Maertens (role=Fritzi Ortel)</actor>
      <actor>Larissa Sophie Römer (role=Nelly)</actor>
      <actor>Enzo Salomone (role=Massimo)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Schütz (role=Edgar Singer)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Stolze (role=Maria Cerny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2M1ODBlYTQtNTkzNi00MDNmLWE1ZWUtMjAwMDY0YTU4MTM3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX189_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Rimini, 1971. Adventure, zest for life, love and an unforgettable vacation for school friends Helmut, Peter, Edgar and Peter's sister Josefine. The friendship fell apart after the vacation in Rimini and now, after forty years, little is left but the occasional card night.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12200128</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wilder Wilder Westen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Zoo stories from the Münster Zoo and the ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, both located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Marcel Alaze (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Vollbracht (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>Zoo stories from the Münster Zoo and the ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, both located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0466568</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Pferdeinsel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Pre-teen Lukas Steinfurth never met his father and is extremely shy, except with his favorite horse, but after an accidental injury turns it aggressive, the manage schedules it for euthanasia. Luckily the Lukas factor convinces the owner to send it to the horse whisperer Nils Peterson, a recluse on an island. Mother Katja Steinfurth risks her career as business consultant to move there so long with Lukas, who initially shows no interest in the horse or a local girl his age seeking friendship, but Nils gets him to bond with all, finally talking normally. Then the kid's father Gregor Thal, a colleague of his mother, arrives and is overheard with Katja, shocking Lukas, whom Nils convinces to get to know his sire before making up his mind.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Josh Broecker</director>
      <actor>Hannes Jaenicke (role=Nils Peterson)</actor>
      <actor>Muriel Baumeister (role=Katja Steinfurth)</actor>
      <actor>Maurice Teichert (role=Lukas Steinfurth)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Besson (role=Gregor Thal)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Studt (role=Helene Wiegand)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Delfs (role=Frau Dröse)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Boysen (role=Pfarrer Clemens Niebauer)</actor>
      <actor>Sina Richardt (role=Paula Niebauer)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Lüttge (role=Reitlehrer Jürgen)</actor>
      <actor>Heide Simon (role=Lehrerin Kohn)</actor>
      <actor>Luciano Silvestrini (role=Edgar)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI0OTc0NDY2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjAzNTkzMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Katja's son Lukas, who doesn't know his father, loves horses more than anything else. When his favorite horse is to be put down because it behaved aggressively after an accident, Katja decides to visit horse whisperer Nils on an island.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27952428</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Wunderschön!" Von Ravenna nach Parma</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Tamina Kallert (role=Self - Moderatorin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>20158276</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>WaPo Elbe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As tranquil as the river Elbe may pass their provincial Saxon water police station, its four inspectors have little time for idleness. In the wake of crime, the level-headed chief Maike runs the precinct with a steady hand. Jack-of-all-trades Sami holds the fort and keeps the station vessel afloat. The up-and-coming Jana and Moritz not only have the looks but also the wits and the brains, which they put to good use in their cases: A mysterious death by drowning that leaves the quartet breathless... A fatal fishing trip, a secret love affair, and false confessions... A creepy hostage situation that, despite all deceptive calm, dramatically exposes the risks of their job... And when quarrels with their colleagues from the other side of the border cause even more turbulent waters, the four are fortunate to have each other's backs. Because they really are not just colleagues - they are a close-knit family.—Beta Film</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Ladkani</director>
      <actor>Carina Wiese (role=Maike Junghans)</actor>
      <actor>Adnan Maral (role=Sami Fares)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Prakopenka (role=Jana Macourek)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdi Özten (role=Moritz Krätschmer)</actor>
      <actor>Regine Hentschel (role=Jana Macourek)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Cathrin Buhtz (role=Doris Wolff)</actor>
      <actor>Swetlana Schönfeld (role=Agata Macourek)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Licht (role=Horst Rowitz)</actor>
      <actor>Timo Jacobs (role=Frieder Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Darchinger (role=Peter Kreutzer)</actor>
      <actor>Mira Elisa Goeres (role=Susanne Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Heike Trinker (role=Eva Kreutzer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGIxZjM0NjktNDc5Mi00YTBlLWJjOTctOTgwMjg0YmFiYzlmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Illegal salmon fishing, drug trafficking and deadly rivalries: the crime rate in the German-Czech border region is growing, which is why a new team of water police occupies the outpost on the Elbe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1462047</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Sommer auf Sylt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Anne Berger is very glad to travel this year with her family (husband and two children) to Sylt.The day has come and suddenly Anne Berger learns that her husband Stefan has a love affair with his female assistant.Very angry she decides to travel with her two children without saying anything to her husband.Instead of going to the hotel where the family made reservations, Anne finds an old boarding house managed by Lina Hansen, a very kind woman.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Nennstiel</director>
      <actor>Christine Neubauer (role=Anne Berger)</actor>
      <actor>David C. Bunners (role=Stefan Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Janner (role=Lina Hansen)</actor>
      <actor>Jochen Horst (role=Jan Hansen)</actor>
      <actor>Giulia Karkhoff (role=Emily Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Luca Classen (role=Robert Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Nadeshda Brennicke (role=Meike Hartung)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Häusler (role=Frau Kleinert)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Baum (role=Dr. Piet Bornhold)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Licht (role=Herr Krause, Bankangestellter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmY0MmJmZjAtNjFiNi00Nzg0LWE4YmUtMzBjNDRjMjViZmU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>Anne Berger is very glad to travel this year with her family (husband and two children) to Sylt.The day has come and suddenly Anne Berger learns that her husband Stefan has a love affair with his female assistant.Very angry she decides to travel with her two children without sayi...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1462047/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3093780</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gestern waren wir Fremde</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Tiefenbacher</director>
      <actor>Lisa Wagner (role=Sophie Ferber)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Thieme (role=Karl Ferber)</actor>
      <actor>André Szymanski (role=Max Seefeld)</actor>
      <actor>Julia von Sell (role=Beate Ferber)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Maria Sturm (role=Julia Seefeld)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Merki (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Hoening (role=Herr Willrich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWE0YTRhNDItOTQ5Mi00ODU4LWE2NDYtYzBkMDJkMTVlYWZjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10283222</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Meine Mutter..." Meine Mutter traut sich was</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eifel landlady Antonia "Toni" Janssen and Rufus van Berg would like to get married without fanfare and in a small circle. To the bride's chagrin, her mother Heidi has very different ideas for her only daughter's wedding. She would like to invite the whole village. Rufus doesn't have much good news either: Toni's useless "ex" Hajü, who imposes himself as a "best friend" and best man, wants to organize a proper bachelor party for him. What the former star chef fears most, however, is a visit from his parents Carl and Luise, whose marriage is in a state of permanent crisis. In fact, Rufus' mother's bad mood exceeds even the worst of expectations: not only is she consumed by her husband's constant flirting, but she's also unenthusiastic about her son's new life. Luise lets Toni know bluntly that she would have wished for a different daughter-in-law. In order to straighten out the house blessing, Rufus must show that he stands by his wife.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <actor>Diana Amft (role=Antonia Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Luca (role=Rufus von Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Margarita Broich (role=Adelheid Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Kreye (role=Carl van Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine von Maydell (role=Luise van Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaus Benda (role=Hans Jürgen)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Bieker (role=Hanno Hase)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=Hannelotte Kümpner-Sellendorf)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Sprick (role=Marc)</actor>
      <actor>Muriel Leonie Graf (role=Charly)</actor>
      <actor>Nagmeh Alaei (role=Andrina)</actor>
      <actor>Fabienne Hesse (role=Maris)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>4.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWVkNmMwMDktYjU3My00NzE2LTliMjYtNDg4ODQ4ZjA5NmYwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Innkeeper Toni and star chef Rufus want to get married in a small circle without fuss. Toni's mother, however, is planning a lavish party. Rufus mother, on the other hand, does not believe in the connection between the two lovers. It gets messy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0427232</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Farben der Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The successful Berlin lawyer and art lover Ulli Kanter surprises his partner Susanne Pauli with a very special idea: he has hired an artist to paint a large-format oil portrait of Susanne. Susanne is not particularly happy about this idea, however. Her unease escalates into open rejection when Ulli brings the artist home for dinner. It turns out that Markus Marberg is an old school friend of Susanne's. The catch: the chaotic Markus and the ambitious Susanne couldn't stand each other. When Markus also fills up the evening's entertainment with anecdotes about "achiever" Susanne, she has had enough. She makes it clear to Ulli that she will definitely not be a model for Markus. Ulli, on the other hand, finds Markus extremely likeable and even arranges new accommodation for the penniless painter with the cosmopolitan artist's widow Maria Kornblum. Susanne's teenage son Tobias is also totally enthusiastic about the new "friend of the family", not least because the creative Markus gives him practical tips on how to win the heart of his school friend Louise. Only Susanne reacts quite venomously whenever she meets Markus. But as the saying goes: those who love each other tease each other. When Markus jumps overboard on a pleasure boat during a summer party, Susanne rushes to help the supposedly drowning man despite her panicky fear of water. This dramatic event finally brings Markus and Susanne together. They begin a passionate affair. But then Susanne learns that Markus is not only an artist, but also an art forger - and that Ulli paid a lot of money for one of his copies. Although Markus wants to turn himself in to the police voluntarily, the deeply disappointed Susanne breaks up with him and confesses the affair to Ulli. Markus is sentenced to prison. On the day of his release, Ulli is already waiting for him outside the prison - and he has a huge surprise in store for the completely astonished Markus.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Zoltan Spirandelli</director>
      <actor>Katja Weitzenböck (role=Susanne Pauli)</actor>
      <actor>Heio von Stetten (role=Markus Marberg)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemarie Fendel (role=Maria Kornblum)</actor>
      <actor>Hansa Czypionka (role=Ullrich Kanter)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Buschhorn (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Spirandelli (role=Tobias Pauli)</actor>
      <actor>Guntbert Warns (role=Botho Gerber)</actor>
      <actor>Hansjürgen Hürrig (role=Dr. Knut Gerlach)</actor>
      <actor>Zoltan Spirandelli (role=Dr. Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Annedore Kleist (role=Gisela)</actor>
      <actor>Kirk Kirchberger (role=Lars)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gerber (role=Woeller)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWNkMTFkZGMtMWVjNS00NDcwLTg5ZjEtZjM0ZTI4OWZlNDUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX333_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>If you have your future wife portrayed by her old school friend, you shouldn't be surprised at the consequences</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10642680</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Wunderschön!" Urlaub rund um Köln</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Tamina Kallert (role=Self - Moderatorin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35435674</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Heimatflimmern: Ein perfekter Sommertag</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Eva Schötteldreier</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmJiNzNiZjctNTM3Yy00MjQ1LWE0YTItOWNhNzU1ZWE4MWMwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR0,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6778686</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Donna Leon" Tod zwischen den Zeilen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The discovery of a corpse begins a puzzling case for Inspector Brunetti: Enrico Franchini, a former priest who devoted his life to collecting precious writings, was brutally murdered in his apartment. Copies of old books that can be found on his computer lead to mysterious processes in the Biblioteca Merula, which is famous for its ancient collections. The investigators learn from the director, Dottoressa Fabbiani, that for some time now, individual pages have been torn out of precious tomes and stolen. These rarities can be good business for thieves, and the murdered man also had contacts in the black market. Piero Sartor, a Merula employee, behaves suspiciously, as does the American historian Joseph Nickerson Brunetti, and soon comes across the traditional Morosini-Albani family, who once provided doges and still have influence. Their offspring Gianni is currently running for the office of mayor of Venice. That makes the investigation in the better circles of the lagoon city particularly delicate. In addition, the inspector's persistence is shaken when his son Raffi, who is secretly involved in the case, is endangered.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sigi Rothemund</director>
      <actor>Uwe Kockisch (role=Commissario Guido Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Jäger (role=Paola Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Degen (role=Vice-Questore Patta)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Fischer (role=Sergente Lorenzo Vianello)</actor>
      <actor>Annett Renneberg (role=Signorina Elettra Zorzi)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Diemling (role=Raffi Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Mössmer (role=Alvise)</actor>
      <actor>Thorsten Merten (role=Piero Sartor)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Schrott (role=Gianni Morosini-Albani)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Krüger (role=Roberto Dura)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Schily (role=Dottoressa Fabbiani)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Joseph Nickerson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2Y4NWM4MDUtYTMxOS00ZTY2LTliNGYtZTNmODZhOTQxNWJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>A former priest and lover of old books is brutally murdered right among his collection. The police find out he had stolen illustration pages from books he took out from Bibliotheca Merulana.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11804134</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Polartag/Polarnacht" Polartag: Skandinaviens Wildnis im Sommer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandra Sailer</director>
      <director>Steffen Sailer</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2019</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWRjMmViMGQtNDZjMi00NTc0LWFjMWMtMjQ1OGI5MDIwMmVmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR62,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12266516</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Meine Mutter..." Meine Mutter will ein Enkelkind</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Rufus van Berg flies to Madeira for a cooking class. Toni learns from Mama Heidi that she wants to be a grandma soon. That is faster than expected. Suddenly the autistic Mia, supposedly the daughter of Rufus, stands in the door. Her mother Annette, Rufus' ex-girlfriend, has to travel and therefore needs a place to stay for the 15-year-old girl. Heidi likes the child straight away, only Toni has problems with the unexpected child.—Hexer71</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jurij Neumann</director>
      <actor>Diana Amft (role=Antonia Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Luca (role=Rufus van Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Margarita Broich (role=Adelheid Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Stockfleth (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaus Benda (role=Hans-Jürgen)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Verena Müller (role=Annette Olearius)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Bieker (role=Hanno Hase)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=Hannelotte Kümpner-Sellendorf)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Sprick (role=Marc)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjVmOTU0NTgtOGNlNi00NThhLTkzZTUtYThmYzQ0NTljNGY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Rufus van Berg flies to Madeira for a cooking class. Toni learns from Mama Heidi that she wants to be a grandma soon. That is faster than expected. Suddenly the autistic Mia, supposedly the daughter of Rufus, stands in the door. Her mother Annette, Rufus' ex-girlfriend, has to tr...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt12266516/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0448125</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>So fühlt sich Liebe an</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Konrad is a man in his mid-forties: professionally successful as editor-in-chief of a respected news magazine, married, and faithful. He no longer expects surprises from life. But that changes abruptly when he falls in love with the confident, charming journalist Hanna. "Kissed awake" by Hanna, Konrad suddenly realizes how many unfulfilled dreams he still has. While his friend, the notorious womanizer Maximilian, considers how, as the magazine's new publisher, he could discreetly place his current flame, Alexandra, in the publishing house without his wife Linda getting wind of the affair, Konrad, after 20 years of faithfulness, suddenly feels the desire to start anew with Hanna. On the other hand, he doesn't want to jeopardize his marriage to Barbara and therefore tries to keep his love for Hanna secret. But then, Barbara learns of her husband's affair from Maximilian, of all people. This breach of trust puts the two men's long-standing friendship to the test-especially since Maximilian repeatedly backstabs his friend, even in the editorial department. Konrad must decide.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Gersina</director>
      <actor>Maria Furtwängler (role=Hanna)</actor>
      <actor>Hannes Jaenicke (role=Konrad)</actor>
      <actor>Jan-Gregor Kremp (role=Maximiliam)</actor>
      <actor>Ute Willing (role=Linda)</actor>
      <actor>Heidrun Gärtner (role=Barbara)</actor>
      <actor>Mavie Hörbiger (role=Alexandra)</actor>
      <actor>Heinrich Giskes (role=Jensen)</actor>
      <actor>Nicky Kantor (role=Tommy)</actor>
      <actor>Saskia Schwarz (role=Kollegin)</actor>
      <actor>Geraldine Graber (role=Kollegin)</actor>
      <actor>Herb Andress (role=Verleger)</actor>
      <actor>Molly Moll (role=Juanita)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGM4ZTFlYTQtN2E0NS00MDZhLTkyYTItNDExZDUwNDA1OTZiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>A successful journalist must choose between his wife and a co-worker.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4832814</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Tatort" Borowski und das Fest des Nordens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Borowski and Brandt must solve an enigmatic murder case just before the start of "Kieler Woche"</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Bonny</director>
      <actor>Axel Milberg (role=Klaus Borowski)</actor>
      <actor>Sibel Kekilli (role=Sarah Brandt)</actor>
      <actor>Misel Maticevic (role=Roman Eggers)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Hartmann (role=Tamara Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Kügel (role=Roland Schladitz)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Kukulies (role=Rolf Felthuus)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Antonowicz (role=Dr. Kroll)</actor>
      <actor>Lilly Barshy (role=Luisa Dussmann)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Danowski (role=Jantje Dussmann)</actor>
      <actor>Maureen Havlena (role=Maren Reese)</actor>
      <actor>Thao Vu (role=Nguyet Minh)</actor>
      <actor>André Lassen (role=Beamter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjc5MTZkYzEtYzM1NC00NzAyLWJhMDMtMmI4MjM3MmVhMWQ1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX189_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>As a big fan of the Tatort phenomenon, this episode was deeply disappointing. The story is filled with senseless violence and abundance of depressed (and depressing) characters. The Kommisar team Borowski and Brandt have never been less appealing. Borowski goes over and beyond his usual narcissist and sexist behavior, even lowering himself to calling his colleague a "stupid cow" when they disagreed about a point of procedure. Kommissar Brandt is struggling with a newly diagnosed and very serious chronic illness, frequently taking in pills. Borowski is depressed because apparently his wife and teenage daughter have exited his life, and is desperately seeking female companionship. -- The episode title is derived from the annual festivities at the "Kieler Woche", where extended carnival-like partying culminates in an impressive "parade" of classic ships and sail boats. A few brief scenes show Borowski in the company of an Asian immigrant waitress who made it clear that she was "legally in the country and in no need of a native born husband". --A major contributor to my low rating for this episode is the repulsiveness of the "killer", who seemingly murdered repeatedly without a motive. Other minor players are of similar debased character, making it difficult to watch the entire film, much less be entertained by it. - I've seen the Tatort Team from Kiel in many other episodes, some of which I rank among my favorites. "Borowski und das Fest des Nordens", however is very far from the mark. Avoid this one, it's not worth your time</review>
    <description>Borowski and Brandt must solve an enigmatic murder case just before the start of "Kieler Woche"</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15444460</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alles in bester Ordnung</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Marlen's apartment is packed to the rafters with objects too valuable or important to throw away, while Fynn plans to go through life with only 100 things in his possession. The fact that they can't keep their hands off each other and end up falling in love holds true to the old adage that opposites really do attract.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Natja Brunckhorst</director>
      <actor>Corinna Harfouch (role=Marlen)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Król (role=Magnus Joosten)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Killer (role=Kerstin)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Vörtler (role=Winfried Rehberger)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Krutmann (role=Handwerker 1)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Platzen (role=Handwerker 2)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie von Chamier (role=Mädchen)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin von Chamier (role=Nachbarin)</actor>
      <actor>Norman Schäfer (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Brachschoss (role=Geschäftsreisender)</actor>
      <actor>Sergio Salas (role=Fahrradbote)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Milberg (role=Möbelpacker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjcyMjJjNTctMTRjMS00MjBlLTk0MTAtYzdhOTkyYWM4OTAxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>No pun intended - also no idea if that is the international title. It would be a translation of the German title for sure. And it would also be the pun the studio chose to go with ... and not a bad one for sure. Because our main character here (the female one), is anything but ... well let's put it how it is: she is a hoarder. If you have no idea what that is: it is a person that is not able to throw things away, while also having a lot of stuff and getting more - making their appartments almost unliveable.That being said, while for someone from the outside it may seem like chaos, hoarders themselves not only don't see that, but also seem to be able find whatever they are looking for. Now let that person clash with someone that can be called a minimalist ... well it almost writes itself. I am being facetious of course. It is well written and it also well acted ... if you are down with the premise, the movie will deliver on it ..</review>
    <description>Hoarder Marlen's apartment is packed with useless objects while Fynn plans to go through life with only 100 things in his possession. The fact that they end up falling in love holds true to the old adage that opposites really do attract.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1255893</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Plötzlich Onkel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Since his wife left him, Hannes Herbst happily focused on running his old-timers garage, racing rallies in them and old-fashioned hobbies in his TV-free home. Then his sister Esther Wortmann, estranged years ago by deserting their dying father, arrives unannounced, expecting he minds her rascal sons Jonathan 'Jona' and little Bruno, 'while she is examined in hospital'. He accepts very reluctantly, disliking any disturbance to his meticulously planned domestic life, and is furious when she's scheduled for surgery and long recovery. Trapped, he relies on a disliked tenant to coach him at child-care, but slowly grows protective and even fond of the equally unamused scamps.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Kreindl</director>
      <actor>Fritz Karl (role=Hannes Herbst)</actor>
      <actor>Tina Ruland (role=Lilli Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Elena Uhlig (role=Esther Wortmann)</actor>
      <actor>Paul von Kunhardt (role=Jonathan Wortmann)</actor>
      <actor>Orlando Lenzen (role=Bruno Wortmann)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Kroll (role=Susi Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Sebaldt (role=Astrid Schmitz)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Tasche (role=Fritz Kaminski)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Sachse (role=Maren Seelhof)</actor>
      <actor>Giovanni Luzi (role=Gino Andreardi)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Ullrich (role=Sebastian Schäfer)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Wolf (role=Dr. Jürgen Weber)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjg0ODY5ODU2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTg1NDA3NjE@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family</category>
    <description>Since his wife left him, Hannes Herbst happily focused on running his old-timers garage, racing rallies in them and old-fashioned hobbies in his TV-free home. Then his sister Esther Wortmann, estranged years ago by deserting their dying father, arrives unannounced, expecting he m...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1255893/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0793458</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Panda, Gorilla &amp; Co</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This zoo documentary soap shows the everyday life of the animals and the work of the zookeepers in the two zoos of Berlin, Germany - the Berlin Zoological Garden and the Tierpark Berlin.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jana von Rautenberg</director>
      <director>Ulrike Licht</director>
      <director>Wibke Miller</director>
      <director>Daniel Remsperger</director>
      <actor>Olaf Baden (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Berkling (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ruben Gralki (role=Self - Zoo Berlin)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Kaminski (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Möller (role=Self - Zoo Berlin)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Pauly (role=Self - Veterinarian)</actor>
      <actor>René Walther (role=Self - Tierpark Berlin)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Grüßer (role=Self - Zoo Berlin)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Aust (role=Self - Zoo Berlin)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Hasselmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Ochs (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Grit Vogt (role=Self - Tierpark Berlin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDcwMjQ0MTQtZWNlYy00Nzc5LWEzMTQtMTkwZDBlM2RlNzdlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR74,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Docusoap Reality TV|Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>This zoo documentary soap shows the everyday life of the animals and the work of the zookeepers in the two zoos of Berlin, Germany - the Berlin Zoological Garden and the Tierpark Berlin.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17079276</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bettina</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Set in East and West Berlin, follows the life of singer-songwriter Bettina Wegner, who unites the political and the private in the poetry of her song lyrics, and really only ever wanted to sing love songs.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lutz Pehnert</director>
      <actor>Joan Baez (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Angelo Branduardi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Perry Friedman (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Kling (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jens-Peter Kruse (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Morgenstern (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Musick (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Oktoberklub (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Karsten Troyke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Karsten Troyke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Wegner (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzQ4ZTI5MDUtZTU5Zi00ZDM0LWFlYTQtMjM0NWE4NjMwZmRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
    <description>Set in East and West Berlin, follows the life of singer-songwriter Bettina Wegner, who unites the political and the private in the poetry of her song lyrics, and really only ever wanted to sing love songs.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2017038</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>All Is Lost</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>We first meet the unnamed protagonist -- a sailor floating on the ocean waves, sans hope, minutes from death. On the soundtrack, our hero reads a final missive to the world; he expresses remorse to his loved ones for hurting them, and prepares to enter a watery grave. The picture then jumps back in time by eight days, and an intertitle places us in the Indian Ocean, 1700 nautical miles from the Sunda Straits. The boats-man, lying asleep below deck on his schooner, is suddenly jostled to consciousness by a horrifying crash. He discovers that a steel crate, floating in mid-ocean, has torn a gaping hole into the side of his vessel. From that ominous beginning, the crises mount, including flooding, a ruined ham radio, and blinding thunderstorms. Though the sailor tries everything he can think of to save himself, external challenges ultimately coalesce and threaten to damn him..</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>J.C. Chandor</director>
      <actor>Robert Redford (role=Our Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|Mexico</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgyNTU0MTMxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjgzMjQzMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Sea Adventure|Survival|Action|Adventure|Drama</category>
    <review>Here we follow a solo sailor who experiences an extraordinary run of bad luck. We follow in detail his attempts to extricate himself. Right from the beginning, the life-threatening accidents that befall him seem insurmountable, but he is a tough man who attempts to deal with them one after the other. It becomes a grim battle for survival.You do not need to be a sailor to enjoy this movie. And indeed if you are a sailor, apparently you won't enjoy it, as shown by the numerous wealthy reviewers lambasting the film because of the technical sailing details. Apparently a lot of rich old guys think they could have done better than the character in this film.If you're not much of a sailor (like me), you'll spend a good deal of time wondering what he's doing and marveling at his self reliance. I don't know whether the sailing part was realistic. To enjoy the movie, it doesn't matter. It all seemed bone-crunchingly realistic, although at one point I did wonder whether an exhausted 77-year-old has the strength to haul himself up the side of a sailboat like that.This is an unusual film for several reasons. First, there is almost no dialogue. You can watch it with the sound off. Second, it is set completely on two vessels in the Indian Ocean, but the camera almost never scans the horizon. We rarely actually see the sea or the entire boat. Sometimes there are several astonishing shots of the boat from underneath. All this gives the film a strangely claustrophobic feel, despite its maritime setting. Third, the protagonist is a taciturn, very competent sailor who also happens to be a man in his late 70s. The movie has nothing to say, but yet much to say, about old age.This movie is like "Gravity" in that it depicts a human being in extremis. The main character is not the sailor, but Fate. The sea represents a brutal and uncaring universe. Like "Gravity", the ultimate message is: when sh*t happens you can lie down and give up, or you can deal with it. The choice is up to you. Most of us have a hard time with that because it's easier to curse Fate and condemn the universe as unfair</review>
    <description>After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4378376</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Babylon Berlin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1929 Berlin, Gereon Rath, a detective from Cologne, is seconded to the vice squad in order to crack a series of blackmail cases. Meanwhile, a train from Moscow to Berlin is hijacked by communist revolutionaries. The train is carrying more than it appears.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Henk Handloegten</director>
      <director>Tom Tykwer</director>
      <director>Achim von Borries</director>
      <actor>Volker Bruch (role=Gereon Rath)</actor>
      <actor>Liv Lisa Fries (role=Charlotte Ritter)</actor>
      <actor>Lars Eidinger (role=Alfred Nyssen)</actor>
      <actor>Fritzi Haberlandt (role=Elisabeth Behnke)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Markovics (role=Samuel Katelbach)</actor>
      <actor>Jens Harzer (role=Dr. Anno Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Friedel (role=Reinhold Gräf)</actor>
      <actor>Jördis Triebel (role=Dr. Völcker)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Herzsprung (role=Helga Rath)</actor>
      <actor>Benno Fürmann (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Misel Maticevic (role=Der Armenier)</actor>
      <actor>Thorsten Merten (role=Henning)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmQ3YWI2YzctZjNmYS00OGRhLTk3MzgtNDA2ZWU3ZmVjODA1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>(Review updated after Season 4).Berlin, 1929. A detective from Cologne, Gereon Rath, is seconded to the vice squad in order to crack a series of blackmail cases. Meanwhile a train from Moscow to Berlin is hijacked by communist revolutionaries. The train is carrying more than it appears.Superb drama series. At the most basic level this is a crime/detective drama and a very good one. Always intriguing with multiple strands of plots operating, seemingly in parallel. The separate plots do coalesce eventually, forming a picture that is more than the sum of the parts.Great, gritty depiction of life. Hardly any character is non-expendable and sub-plots don't always have happy endings.Some great character development and character-based sub-plots too. The story arc of Charlotte Ritter is particularly interesting and engaging. On this note, great work by Volker Bruch as Rath and Liv Lisa Fries as Ritter but the casting and performances of all involved are spot-on.What lifts this series to another level, however, is the historic background and the feeling that you're seeing history being played out before your eyes. You see the changes and upheavals occurring in Germany, especially the rise of the National Socialists (Nazis), and how this affects the country and life in general.The historic side is not merely a backdrop but part of the plot. The rise of the Nazis has a significant impact on the plot, especially in Season 3 and probably more so in forthcoming seasons. Rather than a crime drama, the series could easily be a study on Germany's path to World War 2.This historic aspect increases in significance as the series goes on, culminating in Season 3 which is a great mix of classic whodunnit, political machinations and historic events.There is a downside to the historic side though. Any time the police are up against National Socialists you know they are going to be stymied by the politics and the influence the Nazis hold in high places. Does make the series quite frustrating at times (well, I did say it was gritty) and it will be interesting to see how the writers pivot away from this obvious perennial dead end, especially as the National Socialists gain more power.This political aspect comes to a head in Season 4 as the police and SA, the paramilitary wing of the National Socialist Party, clash.Season 4 also marks a downturn in the quality of the show as the plot becomes less watertight, being inconsistent, haphazard and contrived at times. It's also quite unfocussed as we have several sub-plots in play, many of which are unconnected with anything else going on. The interest and engagement levels suffer as a result.S4 is still reasonably interesting though, just not as good as previous seasons.Season ratings: S1 8/10, S2 9, S3 10, S4 7.5</review>
    <description>Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10068932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kommissar Bäckström</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Unscrupulous and arrogant murder detective Evert Bäckström finds himself with the hardest case he ever had when a skull pierced with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jonathan Sjöberg</director>
      <director>Amanda Adolfsson</director>
      <director>Manuel Concha</director>
      <director>Andreas Öhman</director>
      <director>David Berron</director>
      <actor>Kjell Bergqvist (role=Evert Bäckström)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Lindström Bolmgren (role=Ankan Carlsson)</actor>
      <actor>Filip Berg (role=Olsson)</actor>
      <actor>Peshang Rad (role=Olzzon)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Lydahl (role=Niemi)</actor>
      <actor>Elvis Stegmar (role=Edvin)</actor>
      <actor>Pekka Strang (role=Toivonen)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Dyrstad (role=Clara Nord)</actor>
      <actor>Malgorzata Pieczynska (role=Nadja)</actor>
      <actor>Jens Hultén (role=Tomas Eriksson)</actor>
      <actor>Helena Bergström (role=Tussan)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Sjöholm (role=Tina Bonde)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden|Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFmNjAwYTUtNGE5Mi00MGE4LTljYjgtNTY4YmM3YzAzMzhlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>There's a tongue-in-cheek irreverence to this - I love how employees freely talk back to their bosses - yet it still manages to tell an interesting tale. The script is brisk and avoids much of the soap opera backstory that kills so many productions. Kjell Bergqvist is perfect as the irascible but brilliant lead. The supporting cast doesn't disappoint. To top if off, the cinematography and palette are pleasing to the eye. It's all presented with low-key direction that lets the actors and action breathe, punctuated with some above-average CGI effects to mix it up</review>
    <description>Unscrupulous and arrogant murder detective Evert Bäckström finds himself with the hardest case he ever had when a skull pierced with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5450528</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hochzeitskönig</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Gentle, patient Bavarian policeman Barney Brunner soon starts regretting having agreed to merge his household -including duly skeptic preteen son Feddy - with his chaotic lover, workaholic social worker Hanna König -with teen brat Lia, who asks neither before inviting her hunky boyfriend Alkan in her bed. Hannah's mother Wilhelmine being hospitalized after a car crash, she volunteers to run her wedding agency, but finds it dangerously in debts and commandeers Barney's 'help' to save it. Barkeeper and bride client Jenny pawned the rings bought by groom Simon Riedel, an unsuspecting ministerial driver, who ignores her gambling addiction and semi-fraudulent first marriage. Hannah even drags her home, wrecking Barney's last hope of some privacy or quiet, even expects his legally dubious help for the thief.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ben Verbong</director>
      <actor>Aglaia Szyszkowitz (role=Hanna König)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Mittermeier (role=Barney Brunner)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike C. Tscharre (role=Jenny Hofer)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Unger (role=Simon Riedel)</actor>
      <actor>Hildegard Schmahl (role=Wilhelmine König)</actor>
      <actor>Anastasia Trebuth (role=Lia König)</actor>
      <actor>Joël Sommer (role=Freddy Brunner)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Merki (role=Dr. Ulrich Weinzierl)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Pregler (role=Ferdinand Huber)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Walch (role=Heribert Hitzler)</actor>
      <actor>Wiebke Puls (role=Iris Reitmayr)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos Lobo (role=Giorgio Rizzoli)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2JmYzY2NDUtMmUyMC00NTQ4LWI5MmYtODMyODIxYWVhMzkyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,17,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Sozialarbeiterin Hannah König jobbt nebenbei als Weddingplanerin</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1293843</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wir stehen auf Berlin</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephan Düfel</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8196260</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The television series is about the trio Werner Träsch, Ralle Schieber and Tarik Büyüktürk, who work for the Berlin garbage disposal, the three men who are the eponymous "Three from the garbage disposal". Werner Träsch, the boss among the garbage collectors, maintains a relationship with Gabi "Späti" Hertz. The trio goes about their work with passion and great care. The three men also have a heart for the people around them, who they take care of and for whom they sometimes go into situations to help. Träsch, Schieber and Büyüktürk are big fans of oldie music.—Wikipedia</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hagen Bogdanski</director>
      <director>Christiane Balthasar</director>
      <director>Bettina Bouju</director>
      <director>Edzard Onneken</director>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Werner Träsch)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Strecker (role=Rüdiger Dorn)</actor>
      <actor>Adelheid Kleineidam (role=Gabi Hertz)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Glade (role=Gerald)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Kessler (role=Specki)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Louisa Garde (role=Annika Träsch)</actor>
      <actor>Jörn Hentschel (role=Ralle Schieber)</actor>
      <actor>Aram Arami (role=Tarik Büyüktürk)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Werner (role=Kowalski)</actor>
      <actor>Mareile Blendl (role=Doris)</actor>
      <actor>Carla Demmin (role=Pauli Träsch)</actor>
      <actor>Rasmus Max Wirth (role=Postbote)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFiY2JiMTMtMWEyOC00Mjg5LTliNjUtZjZlZTI3MWU4ZDllXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>The television series is about the trio Werner Träsch, Ralle Schieber and Tarik Büyüktürk, who work for the Berlin garbage disposal, the three men who are the eponymous "Three from the garbage disposal". Werner Träsch, the boss among the garbage collectors, maintains a relationsh...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt8196260/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13819562</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Träume sind wie wilde Tiger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For twelve-year-old Ranji from Mumbai, Bollywood is the greatest: The colorful films of the Indian film industry with their infectious songs and dance choreographies make him happy - like millions of other compatriots. He wants nothing more than to stand in front of the camera with his declared hero, the Indian superstar Amir Roshan. But his great longing moves into an unreachable distance when his parents reveal to the boy their dream of emigrating to distant Germany. Only the hope of attending a casting for Amir Roshan's new film keeps him going - even if it takes place in his old homeland, India. You have to fight for your dreams - they won't come true on their own. Neighboring girl Toni, who turns out to be an unexpected ally for Ranji, knows that too. With courage and combined forces, the two set out to make their dreams come true - and in doing so they also find the happiness of true friendship.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lars Montag</director>
      <actor>Shan Robitzky (role=Ranji)</actor>
      <actor>Annlis Krischke (role=Toni)</actor>
      <actor>Murali Perumal (role=Sunil)</actor>
      <actor>Sushila Sara Mai (role=Kalinda)</actor>
      <actor>Irshad Panjatan (role=Daada)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Schwarz (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Ratte-Polle (role=Janette)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Petri (role=Patrizia)</actor>
      <actor>Terence Lewis (role=Amir Roshan)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Knaup (role=Herr Schröbler)</actor>
      <actor>Adriana Altaras (role=Schulleiterin)</actor>
      <actor>Roberto Blanco (role=Passagier im Flugzeug)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmU5MGMzYjktNWVjZC00YzkzLTk3ZTQtNTQ0MDU3NzVlYWFjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX309_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <description>For twelve-year-old Ranji from Mumbai, Bollywood is the greatest: The colorful films of the Indian film industry with their infectious songs and dance choreographies make him happy - like millions of other compatriots. He wants nothing more than to stand in front of the camera wi...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13819562/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1265629</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Stein</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Karola Hattop</director>
      <director>Franziska Meyer Price</director>
      <director>Dominikus Probst</director>
      <director>Peter Altmann</director>
      <director>Edzard Onneken</director>
      <actor>Julia Stemberger (role=Katja Stein)</actor>
      <actor>David C. Bunners (role=Alexander Fumetti)</actor>
      <actor>Jochen Horst (role=Stefan Hagen)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Studt (role=Karola König)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Kleinert (role=Reneé Reinhardt)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Schendel (role=Dr. Karl Kanter)</actor>
      <actor>Annekathrin Bürger (role=Christa König)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Manchen (role=Ulrich König)</actor>
      <actor>Irm Hermann (role=Frau von Ryben)</actor>
      <actor>Annett Kruschke (role=Marie Kanther)</actor>
      <actor>Ivonne Schönherr (role=Victoria Treff)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Schupp (role=Micha)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDY1MmRmNDQtOTY3ZS00NzU5LWJkMDMtMTRlYzMyODQ2MzIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX327_.jpg" />
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0090536</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Treffpunkt Flughafen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Crew of an East German Interflug airline's Il-62 aircraft embarks on adventures across Eastern Europe, Vietnam, Angola, and Cuba, offering a glimpse into their personal lives and challenges.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Manfred Mosblech</director>
      <actor>Walter Plathe (role=Paul Mittelstedt)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Naumann (role=Werner Steinitz)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Zartmann (role=Jürgen Graf)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Schubert (role=Karlheinz Adler)</actor>
      <actor>Marijam Agischewa (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tam Phan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Regina Beyer (role=Karin Mittelstedt)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Gehrke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Dittus (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Helga Göring (role=Mutter Mittelstedt)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Mosblech (role=Jana Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Schnitzler (role=Caroline Drechsler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTg3MjkyZDctZmIzYy00YzVjLWJlMjgtOTdmMDZkMTZiZWUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX219_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <description>Crew of an East German Interflug airline's Il-62 aircraft embarks on adventures across Eastern Europe, Vietnam, Angola, and Cuba, offering a glimpse into their personal lives and challenges.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0094226</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Untouchables: Die Unbestechlichen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is deternimed to take down Al Capone, but he learns that it's not going to be easy, because Capone has the police in his pocket. But Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war. They recruit academy cadet George Stone and Treasury Agent Oscar Wallace, who is also an accountant, who wants to prosecute Capone for tax evasion. When they make headway, Capone tries to get them, but they are untouchable.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brian De Palma</director>
      <actor>Kevin Costner (role=Eliot Ness)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Connery (role=Jim Malone)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Martin Smith (role=Oscar Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Garcia (role=George Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Robert De Niro (role=Al Capone)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Bradford (role=Mike)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Kehoe (role=Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Sullivan (role=George)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Drago (role=Nitti)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Clarkson (role=Ness' Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Vito D'Ambrosio (role=Bowtie Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Goldstein (role=Scoop)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1987</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzk4ZDJkNTItNTQwZi00YWE2LThiZmUtZTJlYTdmYmQ1ZTBkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Gangster|Period Drama|Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>This film takes place during the Prohibition, the golden age of American Mafia, and shows the difficulties that law enforcement ​​had to arrest Al Capone, Chicago's biggest mafia boss. Brian de Palma seems to have a powerful attraction for violence and the mafia, this being his second major film on the subject (the first, if I'm not mistaken, was "Scarface"), but there is no doubt that his work was good and deserves congratulations. The story is told from the point of view of law enforcement, which is a novelty since most of the films that focus on Al Capone tend to show his life, or moments of his criminal course. This film shows him as the big villain he was and glorifies police officers, easily transforming Eliott Ness (played brilliantly by Kevin Costner in one of the most interesting works of his career) into a paladin of justice and law. Robert De Niro revisits his gangster movies ("The Godfather", "Goodfellas" etc.) in a curious and comic interpretation of Al Capone, and Sean Connery plays a street policeman of Irish descent. In fact, it was precisely in this character that Connery got his only Oscar, despite all actors have fulfilled my expectations. The film is well constructed, looking to alternate epic action scenes (sometimes recalling in my mind the glory of cavalry battle charges) with moments of great psychological depth and some suspense. At times, however, the film seems a bit forced, with exaggerated appeals to sentimentality, as it does in the final sequence, often parodied or imitated in later films. Another problem with the film is that it is not faithful to historical events. Al Capone's arrest was not like that, nor was Ness behind it. The film contains some scenes of great violence and is inadvisable for children, adolescents and impressionable people</review>
    <description>During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0478959</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Winzerkönig</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After years of being away from his hometown, a man (Krassnitzer) comes home and takes over the family business after the sudden death of his father.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Holger Barthel</director>
      <director>Claudia Jüptner</director>
      <director>Michael Riebl</director>
      <director>Walter Bannert</director>
      <actor>Harald Krassnitzer (role=Thomas Stickler)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Fleming (role=Georg Plattner)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Stemberger (role=Andrea Plattner)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Ostermayer (role=Hermine Schnell)</actor>
      <actor>Achim Schelhas (role=Paul Plattner)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Hübsch (role=Gottfried Schnell)</actor>
      <actor>Branko Samarovski (role=Blasius Schmalzl)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Blum (role=Hedwig Plattner)</actor>
      <actor>Ferry Oellinger (role=Jakob Ressler)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Michel (role=Claudia Plattner)</actor>
      <actor>Carin C. Tietze (role=Johanna Strasser)</actor>
      <actor>Britta Hammelstein (role=Anna Stickler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWNjYmFhYTctMzk1My00NmYwLTlkMWMtYzY4NTBhMWI4ZTU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,8,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>After years of being away from his hometown, a man (Krassnitzer) comes home and takes over the family business after the sudden death of his father.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0855962</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Pfarrer Braun" Der unsichtbare Beweis</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Shortly after father Braun arrives in his new parish Pfaffenberg, a Catholic stronghold in the former Saxon GDR part, the grand rectory, alas object of several tours a day, becomes a crime scene as Spanish guide Rosa is murdered and suspicion falls on her lover, Czech colleague Matje, whom Braun grants church asylum. Local police, ex-GDR, refuses so examine other angles and cocky but clumsy commissioner Geiger can't handle them, so Braun takes the case, assisted by devout acolyte Johannes Kurig. They find alternative motives, establish opportunity and set a trap. .—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ulrich Stark</director>
      <actor>Ottfried Fischer (role=Pfarrer Guido Braun)</actor>
      <actor>Hansi Jochmann (role=Margot Roßhauptner)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Heinrich Brix (role=Kommissar Geiger)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Michael Rehberg (role=Bischof Hemmelrath)</actor>
      <actor>Gilbert von Sohlern (role=Monsignore Mühlich)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Mezger (role=Johannes Kurig)</actor>
      <actor>Roman Knizka (role=Matej Topol)</actor>
      <actor>Ute Willing (role=Veronica Bartels)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Stritzel (role=Dr. Reinhardt Bartels)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kremer (role=Franz Hagenow)</actor>
      <actor>Veit Stübner (role=Wirt Kobilke)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Kempter (role=Rosa Grevenich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjgwOTg5MjE0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTkwMTcy._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,5,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Mystery</category>
    <description>Shortly after father Braun arrives in his new parish Pfaffenberg, a Catholic stronghold in the former Saxon GDR part, the grand rectory, alas object of several tours a day, becomes a crime scene as Spanish guide Rosa is murdered and suspicion falls on her lover, Czech colleague M...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0855962/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>23143392</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sprich mit mir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Karo is 28, freshly separated from her boyfriend and, like every year, she is going on holiday with her mother Michaela. They travel to the Baltic Sea, and what starts as an annual trip soon turns out to be a journey into the past of two women who couldn't be more different.—G</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Janin Halisch</director>
      <actor>Alina Stiegler (role=Karo)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Philipp (role=Michaela)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Lohmeyer (role=Jochen)</actor>
      <actor>Pearl Graw (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Berlin (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Zethphan D. Smith-Gneist (role=Viktor)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Besson (role=Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Piloty (role=Hausmeister)</actor>
      <actor>Rojin Haddad (role=Sami)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTYzNDZiYWEtYjk1ZS00NDlmLWI5ZWEtYzRmODAwNGYwOTVmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_CR0,1,1199,1799_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Karo is 28, freshly separated from her boyfriend and, like every year, she is going on holiday with her mother Michaela. They travel to the Baltic Sea, and what starts as an annual trip soon turns out to be a journey into the past of two women who couldn't be more different.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0229409</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Geheimnis des Rosengartens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Christian Michels insists to provide shelter in the temporarily shut-down countryside castle hotel he co-manages to landscape architect Katharina Klante and her buddy Monika Miller, whose car broke down at night on the road to Berlin. Taking a morning stroll, Katharina protests when she sees his partner Martin Vogt's team violently cut down plants in the historical castle gardens by her favorite designer. Adulterer Christian first convinces her to stay a while and advise a proper restoration, then seduces her, behind the lusting back of his airhead lover, Martin's daughter, student Laura Vogt. Katharina panics and decides to return to Dresden after finding Martin's regular gardener is her own mother Marlies Faller, who talks her out of coming clean after admitting Laura is the daughter she arranged to be adopted by Martin and his wife Beate while pretending to Kat she had a miscarriage. In Dresden she bumps into Laura, who insists to become friends, but attempts a suicide after finding Christian cheated on her with unsuspecting Katharine.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gabi Kubach</director>
      <actor>Barbara Wussow (role=Katharina Klante)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Kohlund (role=Martin Vogt)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Fortell (role=Christian Michels)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Focke (role=Marlies Faller)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=Beate Vogt)</actor>
      <actor>Gesche Tebbenhoff (role=Monika Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Wandtke (role=Dr. Maurer)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Schüler (role=Arzt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjU3MjgyMDU4MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTE4MDcy._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>A landscape architect who has to stay in a castle hotel in need of renovation because her car breaks down is confronted with her past when the adopted daughter of the lord of the castle turns out to be her own child.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0205323</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Polizeiruf 110" Parkplatz der Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Knötzsch</director>
      <actor>Lutz Riemann (role=Oberleutnant Zimmermann)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Schmidt-Schaller (role=Leutnant Grawe)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Perdelwitz (role=Marita Schubke)</actor>
      <actor>Kaspar Eichel (role=Jörg Schubke)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie Külberg (role=Antje Schubke)</actor>
      <actor>Elke Kriwolutzki (role=Lissi Eisermann)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Siebenschuh (role=Steffen Eisermann)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Richter-Reinick (role=Bruno Handtke)</actor>
      <actor>Willi Schrade (role=Kurt Bornmann)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Leschnitz (role=Brigadier)</actor>
      <actor>Wilfried Pucher (role=Gerichtsmediziner)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid Barkmann (role=Serviererin der Gaststätte)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTQ4YTE2ODAtZmQ5Yy00MzU5LTlkYmEtNGE2ODkzZDcyNzhiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0421063</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Hauptgewinn für Papa</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The astrophysicist Peter Grainernapp unexpectedly wins a fire-red luxury convertible, but as a result the likeable scientist and single father not only has more horsepower, but also more problems: the media, his neighbors and lots of people pounce on the supposedly lucky and winning guy. Xenia Teschmacher, the mayor's sophisticated advisor, wraps Peter around her finger and uses him for her PR purposes. Things get too much for Peter, and so he neglects his children and especially his nice colleague Anja Lohse, with whom he is head over heels in love. When he then sells the patent for the revolutionary telescope that he developed together with Anja to shady investors, he has apparently run his life against the wall. Eventually it dawns on him that he would be happier with a few horsepower less.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bodo Fürneisen</director>
      <actor>Heio von Stetten (role=Dr. Peter Grainernapp)</actor>
      <actor>Dana Vávrová (role=Anja Lohse)</actor>
      <actor>Anica Dobra (role=Xenia Teschmacher)</actor>
      <actor>Jaecki Schwarz (role=Dr. Heinze)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Montag (role=Dr. Schierling)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Wiedemann (role=Gisela Grainernapp)</actor>
      <actor>Anian Zollner (role=Dr. Ernst Neumann)</actor>
      <actor>Ingo Naujoks (role=JohannesHaugk)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Kranzkowski (role=Dr. Melzer)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Atzler (role=Frecher Mitschüler)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Bähnk (role=Bankangestellter)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Bäumer (role=Marie Lohse)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODA4ODA2NzUtNTAwZC00NWE1LWI5MGItMjVhMzkyZDJjY2VkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,6,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>The astrophysicist Peter Grainernapp unexpectedly wins a fire-red luxury convertible, but this not only gives the likeable scientist and single father more horsepower, but also more problems</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1569426</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im Schatten des Pferdemondes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Veterinarian Eric Gustavson is supposed to heal a traumatized mare on the estate of widow Jane Hamilton. The animal is behaving very aggressively and doesn't even let other horses near her. But widow Jane also thinks that Eric would cope as a handsome second husband. But the veterinarian is attacked by the mare and lands in hospital. While there he falls in love with the doctor who is looking after him. This enrages the widow.—chris hager, switzerland</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Steinke</director>
      <actor>Catherine Flemming (role=Jane Hamilton)</actor>
      <actor>Suzan Anbeh (role=Dr. Elaine Mercury)</actor>
      <actor>Volkert Kraeft (role=John Hamilton)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Kelling (role=Claire Hickman)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Täschner (role=Tom Flatcher)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Dose (role=Jimmy Flatcher)</actor>
      <actor>Jürg Plüss (role=Edward)</actor>
      <actor>Sina Tkotsch (role=Mary Flatcher)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Wellano (role=Michael Turner)</actor>
      <actor>Stuart Davidson (role=Party Guest)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>3.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWQwODhkMGQtMjVmNy00MjA4LWI4YzItYmRkNDlkOWMxMDhmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX181_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Veterinarian Eric Gustavson is supposed to heal a traumatized mare on the estate of widow Jane Hamilton. The animal is behaving very aggressively and doesn't even let other horses near her. But widow Jane also thinks that Eric would cope as a handsome second husband. But the vete...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1569426/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6280986</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fanny und die geheimen Väter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>There is no trace of boredom in Fanny Steininger's life. One moment she's fleeing a pawn collector out the window, the next an inheritance snows in the house. An unknown person, allegedly her biological father, bequeathed a fortune to the 60-year-old, including a country house by the lake. Of course, that turns everything on its head. Her sisters Ute and Karin would prefer it if Fanny didn't use this inheritance to balance the red figures on her account. Can Walter Jeromin even be Fanny's father? Fanny flirts with the inheritance. Were it not for the guardianship of the mentally handicapped, supposed half-brother Elias Jeromin. She seeks advice from the law firm "Hackenbusch and Sons". The quirky lawyer Wotan Hackenbusch wants his family to provide a lawyer in every generation - in line with tradition. But he doesn't trust his son Tristan. Rather, he relies on Rita Kopp - the lawyer who has not yet lost a case. But Fanny takes the shy Tristan as legal counsel. With her resolute support, Tristan gains increasing confidence and another client. Lydia, who, like Fanny, was supposedly born out of wedlock, seeks her father's approval all her life. But since he stubbornly closes himself off to her, Lydia now goes to court with Tristan's help. So many fathers and Fanny right in the middle.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Monheim</director>
      <actor>Jutta Speidel (role=Fanny Steininger)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Merki (role=Wotan Hackenbusch)</actor>
      <actor>Johann David Talinski (role=Tristan Hackenbusch)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Ulrich (role=Rita Kopp)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Mojen (role=Elias Jeromin)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Stolze (role=Karin Steininger)</actor>
      <actor>Isolde Barth (role=Ute Steininger)</actor>
      <actor>Max Schmidt (role=Otto Steininger)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Witte (role=Jens Pächtle)</actor>
      <actor>André Jung (role=Julius Schönleber)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Jendroßek (role=Lydia Canetti)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick von Blume (role=Dr. Markus Tielsch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjczMzU3MTgtMWUzZi00NzU4LTk4MGYtNzM4NTI3YzMxNjY5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>There is no trace of boredom in Fanny Steininger's life. One moment she's fleeing a pawn collector out the window, the next an inheritance snows in the house. An unknown person, allegedly her biological father, bequeathed a fortune to the 60-year-old, including a country house by...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6280986/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1276419</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Königin und der Leibarzt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1767, British Princess Caroline is betrothed to mad King Christian VII of Denmark, but her life with the erratic monarch in the oppressive country becomes an isolating misery. However, Christian soon gains a fast companion with German Dr. Johann Struensee, a quietly idealistic man of the Enlightenment. As the only one who can influence the King, Struensee is able to begin sweeping enlightened reforms of Denmark through Christian, even as Caroline falls for the doctor. However, their secret affair proves to be a tragic mistake that their conservative enemies use to their advantage in a conflict that threatens to claim more than just the lovers as their victims.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nikolaj Arcel</director>
      <actor>Alicia Vikander (role=Caroline Mathilde)</actor>
      <actor>Mads Mikkelsen (role=Johann Friedrich Struensee)</actor>
      <actor>Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (role=Christian VII)</actor>
      <actor>Trine Dyrholm (role=Juliane Marie)</actor>
      <actor>David Dencik (role=Ove Høegh-Guldberg)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas W. Gabrielsson (role=Schack Carl Rantzau)</actor>
      <actor>Bent Mejding (role=J. H. E. Bernstoff)</actor>
      <actor>Harriet Walter (role=Augusta - Princess of Wales)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Bro (role=Louise von Plessen)</actor>
      <actor>Søren Malling (role=Hartmann)</actor>
      <actor>Søren Spanning (role=Munter)</actor>
      <actor>Frederik Christian Johansen (role=Arveprinsen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Denmark|Sweden|Czech Republic|Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkxMzcyOTg0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjg3NzMzMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Biography|Drama|History|Romance</category>
    <review>You could dismiss this film as a Danish history lesson but it is more than that. It is a love story with an improbable background in a rather gloomy setting, the Danish Court of the late 18th century. Mad (or at least seriously disturbed) King Christian VII (Mikkel Folsgaard - superbe) marries 16 year old English princess Caroline (Alicia Vikander) who happens to be George III's sister). He prefers the company of his dog and mistress to her. It is not surprising that Caroline falls for Johann Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) who becomes the king's personal physician on the strength of his knowledge of Shakespeare (especially Hamlet). The king is, as they say, easily led, and for a year or so Sturensee, despite being German, has a fine time as de facto ruler enacting liberal measures such as the abolition of serfdom and the repeal of censorship laws, not to mention free smallpox inoculations. But the forces of reaction led by the king's stepmother gather. It was surprising to learn that 18th century Denmark was such a backward society.Mads Mikkelsen gives a nuanced performance – 'quiet intensity' in fact, and Alicia Vikander is equally intense. They are a serious couple imbued with the ideals of the 18th century Enlightenment but their passion is physical as well as intellectual. Unfortunately their ideals are a little advanced for Denmark of the 1770s despite support from writers such as Voltaire. The local book-burners led by Hoegh-Guldberg (David Dencik) are not swayed by argument of course.The production is full of atmosphere. The castles are suitably gloomy and there's plenty of medieval squalor beyond the castle gate. Much of the action takes place in winter which adds to the chilly atmosphere. The aristocracy are suitably heartless and the peasants downtrodden. The king provides some zany (if not quite authentic) moments, appointing his Great Dane to his council and ordering Struensee to make Caroline a "fun queen".This is quite a long movie at 140 minutes yet is enthralling from start to finish. Even though you can guess the ending you are swept along by the story and the performances. You can see why the audiences at Cannes loved it</review>
    <description>A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1388921</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Von ganzem Herzen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The medic Dr. dr Hannah Blacher and the writer Arthur Chalimar could hardly be more opposites: she is a renowned and pedantic cardiologist, he is an eccentric artist. As luck would have it, the strict heart specialist and the brash bestselling author live next door to each other in the same hotel. There is no question that friction will soon arise. Unbeknownst to Hannah, Arthur is fascinated by his chance acquaintance's principled attitude, which is why he decided to use her as a source of inspiration for his new novel. To do this, however, he has to get to know the stubborn Hannah better - not an easy task, as it soon turns out. "With all my heart" Gudrun Landgrebe and Christian Kohlund play an unlikely dream couple in this romantic comedy. * As the saying goes, opposites attract. With the strict cardiologist Dr. dr Hannah Blacher (Gudrun Landgrebe) and the easy-going bestselling author Arthur Chalimar (Christian Kohlund), however, do not seem to confirm this wisdom: Even when they first met by chance at the Baden-Baden airport, it was not love, but rather antipathy at first sight. While the renowned doctor is in town to take part in a congress and apply to head a new heart research center, Chalimar wants to write his new novel in the tranquil spa town. And as luck would have it (or is it fate?), the two not only stay in the same hotel, they also live next door to each other. So it doesn't take long before a small war breaks out between the pedantic doctor and the eccentric artist, who gives free rein to his desire for cigar smoke and partying. While Hannah wishes her roommate on the moon, her daughter Luisa (Luise Bähr) tries everything she can to get an interview with the star author - because the student would much rather become a journalist than follow in her mother's footsteps career goal of course knows nothing. In this situation, Luisa finds it just right that Chalimar has developed an artistic fascination with her disciplined and principled mother, who is so very different from himself. Not only that, he even wants the clueless Hannah as a source of inspiration for his new novel Use "The Dragon Woman". With Luisa's secret help, he tries to get to know his favorite enemy better, who only has her Congress and her new job on her mind. That's easier said than done, however. But how does another saying go: What teases itself, .—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Berno Kürten</director>
      <actor>Gudrun Landgrebe (role=Hannah Blacher)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Kohlund (role=Arthur Chalimar)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Bähr (role=Luisa Blacher)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Güldenberg (role=Jerome Pfenninger)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Kügel (role=Dr. Watzmann)</actor>
      <actor>Fanny Stavjanik (role=Carla)</actor>
      <actor>Arnfried Lerche (role=Rezeptionist)</actor>
      <actor>Aida-Ira El-Eslambouly (role=Zimmermädchen)</actor>
      <actor>Max Ruhbaum (role=Kellner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODEyMmRkMDAtMTA0Yi00MGE0LWJkNGUtMmNlMGQyNWRlNmY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>Meticulous medical doctor Hannah Blacher and eccentric writer Arthur Chalimar live next door to each other in the same hotel. Some friction soon arises</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21803980</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"30 Favoriten" Die 30 schönsten Sommerhits der 70er</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzQ3MDg0OTctN2MxZS00N2U5LTkzMDAtNTkwZjJkNTYxMTRkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,10,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>32810348</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"30 Favoriten" Die 30 schönsten Sommerhits der 90er</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjIwOTE2MWYtYmE0OC00YjEyLTk2NzMtZmYyMDkxODYwZjY3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR36,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0372824</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Kinder des Monsieur Mathieu</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On 15 January 1949, the former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives in "Fond de l' Etang" ("Bottom of the Well"), a boarding school for orphans and problematic boys, to work as an inspector. The place is administrated with iron fist by the cruel director Rachin, and most of the boys have severe punishments for their faults. Clément decides to teach the boys to sing in a choir in their spare time, and identify the musical potential of the rebel Pierre Morhange, the son of a beautiful single mother for whom he feels a crush. He also has a special feeling for the young Pépinot, a boy that expects the visit of his father every Saturday near the gate, but indeed lost his parents in the war. With his methods, Clément changes the lives of the boys, of the other employees and his own.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christophe Barratier</director>
      <actor>Gérard Jugnot (role=Clément Mathieu)</actor>
      <actor>François Berléand (role=Headmaster Rachin)</actor>
      <actor>Kad Merad (role=Chabert)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Paul Bonnaire (role=La Père Maxence)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Bunel (role=Violette Morhange)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Baptiste Maunier (role=Pierre Morhange)</actor>
      <actor>Maxence Perrin (role=Pépinot)</actor>
      <actor>Grégory Gatignol (role=Mondain)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Blumenthal (role=Corbin)</actor>
      <actor>Cyril Bernicot (role=Le Querrec)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Fargeot (role=Boniface)</actor>
      <actor>Théodule Carré-Cassaigne (role=Leclerc)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Switzerland|Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg4OWY5MDYtOTFiMS00ZTg5LThhNDYtMGE3ZjZlNzE2ZjNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Period Drama|Drama|Music</category>
    <review>The locale for this French sub-titled film is a locked fortress-like school for poor boys from broken homes, WWII orphans and juvenile delinquents, very Dickensian in feel. The principal of the school,is a detestable man who abuses students and teachers equally. You've seen the plot before, of course, and some of the characters are "stock" sorts. But the acting of the lead, the teacher who "saves" the students by luring them into singing, is portrayed charmingly by Gerard Jugnot. Mostly bald, a bit stocky and no beauty, he is nonetheless disarming. The boy soprano, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, has a wonderful voice, and the chorus is splendid. Particularly fine was the score, almost entirely original, by Bruno Colais. I was looking for something inspiring on this bitter cold inaugural day in the U.S. Les Choristes made my spirit soar and reaffirmed that kindness, generosity of self and the gift of music still have the power to change people's lives</review>
    <description>Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0250153</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Flugstaffel Meinecke</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jörg Wilbrandt</director>
      <director>Wolfgang Münstermann</director>
      <actor>Jürgen Zartmann (role=Kurt Meinecke)</actor>
      <actor>Madeleine Lierck (role=Brigitte Meinecke)</actor>
      <actor>Hartmut Schreier (role=Thomas Sander)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Schubert (role=Winfried Oppel)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Panknin (role=Herbert Holz)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Zschocke (role=Hermann Brückner)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Hecke (role=Dr. Walter Karschewski)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Mai (role=Bauer Appelboom)</actor>
      <actor>Christel Peters (role=Oma Susemiehl)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Hupfer (role=Ludwig Meinecke)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Lange (role=Sven Meinecke)</actor>
      <actor>Renate von Wangenheim (role=Marianne Bergmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWNlODNiODUtOTM2NS00Mjk3LWJhODMtZGI1YWZhMzk2OWUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0054698</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Frühstück bei Tiffany</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.—filmfactsman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Blake Edwards</director>
      <actor>Audrey Hepburn (role=Holly Golightly)</actor>
      <actor>George Peppard (role=Paul Varjak)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Neal (role=2E Failenson)</actor>
      <actor>Buddy Ebsen (role=Doc Golightly)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Balsam (role=O.J. Berman)</actor>
      <actor>John McGiver (role=Tiffany's Salesman)</actor>
      <actor>Dorothy Whitney (role=Mag Wildwood)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Adams (role=Rusty Trawler)</actor>
      <actor>Elvia Allman (role=Librarian)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Reed (role=Sally Tomato)</actor>
      <actor>Claude Stroud (role=Sid Arbuck)</actor>
      <actor>Mickey Rooney (role=Mr. Yunioshi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzc2NzY0NTQ3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODE0NzM4NA@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Even now 57 years after its original release, Breakfast At Tiffany's remains a charming love story between two hustlers of sorts. Audrey Hepburn is not the Holy Golightly that Truman Capote intended, she couldn't be but she was Audrey Hepburn in all of her 1961 glory. Amazing how it still works that Audrey Hepbun touch. George Peppard is gorgeous but impenetrable. Mickey Rooney, unforgivable. Henry Mancini, opportune but. strangely enough the character that fascinated me the most in my latest viewing is Patricia Neal. I would love to see a full movie about that woman. She exudes sensuality and smartness. Blake Edwards concocts a lighter fare from Capote's book and as it happens, it's still very much alive and surprisingly relevant</review>
    <description>A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1153108</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Hochzeitswalzer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Stubborn chef Sebastian Brandt 'resigns' over another row with the petty Hotel Rheinblick director Huber to return to his family vineyard in his sports car. He returns after an accidental run-in with the hotel's highest maintenance guest: equally talented and idiosyncratic concert pianist Lotta Basalle, who stays there to prepare her loveless wedding with 'suitable' orchestra director Björn Larsson, essentially all arranged by her extremely bossy mother Annabel Basalle, but only has time for her next concert. he stubbornly refuses the serve her minimalist orders, sowing off his finest food pairing. Mother arrives, smelling a romantic rat, but can't prevent them learning to appreciate each-other's art, and growing closer, as she accompanies him to an ex's wedding, and reconsiders her own.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andrea Katzenberger</director>
      <actor>Chiara Schoras (role=Lotta Basalle)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Luca (role=Sebastian Brandt)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Björn Larsson)</actor>
      <actor>Eleonore Weisgerber (role=Annabel Basalle)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Burian (role=Bernd Brandt)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Lerchbaumer (role=Portier Reinhardt)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Brandl (role=Hoteldirektor Huber)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Mildner (role=Köchin Jette)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Lardon (role=Hotelangestellter)</actor>
      <actor>Tatiani Katrantzi (role=Silke)</actor>
      <actor>Lars Wellings (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Heyn (role=Denis)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIyNDc0OTk4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzE2MjAzMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>The young, talented and idiosyncratic concert pianist Lotta Basalle is about to make a big comeback: the celebrated musician withdrew from the public for three years after almost dying in a serious car accident. Music fans and critics are now all the more excited about their firs...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1153108/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0857252</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Pfarrer Braun" Drei Särge und ein Baby</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The moving boxes have not yet been unpacked when the young Czech Leni takes refuge from a ring of girl traffickers in Pastor Braun's church. The heavily pregnant woman gives birth to her child in the pastor's bed of all places - which leads Bishop Hemmelrath to make assumptions that drive him to the brink of despair. When Leni suddenly disappears and leaves her child behind, Braun and his housekeeper have to step in as surrogate parents. "Father Braun" is very pleased with the new role, but unfortunately has little time for the child. He is too preoccupied with the case of the beautiful Elbe river owner Susanna Vogelsang. Rumor has it that the "black widow" has already put two of her husbands to death. When her third husband Karl also dies under mysterious circumstances, two widow comforters are on hand: the pathologist Dr. Storz and the undertaker Florian Graf. Pastor Braun can't help it - he simply has to "criminalize" again. Of all people, Inspector Geiger, who is investigating a ring of girl traffickers, puts the priest on the right track this time: there is a connection between Leni's disappearance and Karl Vogelsang's death. The priest, who has been through all the holy waters, is investigating a particularly complicated murder case this time. Audience favorite Ottfried Fischer once again takes on the role of the amateur investigator who is perfectly tailored to him with great enthusiasm. Alongside Hansi Jochmann, Peter Heinrich Brix, Hans-Michael Rehberg and Gilbert von Sohlern, Fischer is supported by Leonard Lansink and Peter Sattmann, among others. Wolfgang F. Henschel directed the film against the picturesque backdrop of Saxon Switzerland.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang F. Henschel</director>
      <actor>Ottfried Fischer (role=Pfarrer Guido Braun)</actor>
      <actor>Hansi Jochmann (role=Margot Roßhauptner)</actor>
      <actor>Antonio Wannek (role=Armin Knopp)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Heinrich Brix (role=Kommissar Geiger)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Michael Rehberg (role=Bischof Hemmelrath)</actor>
      <actor>Gilbert von Sohlern (role=Monsignore Mühlich)</actor>
      <actor>Sunnyi Melles (role=Susanna Vogelsang)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Kanis (role=Leni)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Lansink (role=Florian Graf)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Sattmann (role=Dr. Storz)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Stieren (role=Pavel)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Stegemann (role=Gewitsch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjgwOTg5MjE0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTkwMTcy._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,5,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Mystery</category>
    <description>The moving boxes have not yet been unpacked when the young Czech Leni takes refuge from a ring of girl traffickers in Pastor Braun's church. The heavily pregnant woman gives birth to her child in the pastor's bed of all places - which leads Bishop Hemmelrath to make assumptions t...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0857252/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10295834</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sunburned</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Claire (13) is vacationing with her sister Zoe and mother Sophie at a resort hotel in southern Spain. Sophie spends her days by the pool and shows a minimum of interest in her daughters. In the beginning Claire clings to her older sister Zoe, who mercifully lets her tag along. But when Zoe meets a boy her own age, Claire is left alone. By the beach Claire befriends Amram, a young Senegalese beach vendor. As their relationship deepens, Claire tries to help him, but unintentionally ends up making his desolate situation even worse.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Carolina Hellsgård</director>
      <actor>Sabine Timoteo (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Zita Gaier (role=Claire)</actor>
      <actor>Gedion Oduor Wekesa (role=Amram)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolais Borger (role=Zoe)</actor>
      <actor>Anima Schwinn (role=Sandra)</actor>
      <actor>Mehdi Lamrini (role=Salid)</actor>
      <actor>Yassmine Othman (role=Older Spanish Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Lola Botello (role=Cleaning Lady)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Poland</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDZjZmQyOTgtNWU4Zi00ZTdhLWFlNjgtMDk5MWUwZWE4Y2VmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Claire is a thirteen-year-old German girl. She is on a vacation in Spain with her older sister and their mother. Zoe, the sister, isn´t very interested in spending time with her sister. And Sophie, the mother, rarely cares about her daughters.All of this leads to Claire spending much time on her own. One day, that changes when Claire meets Amram. He is a Senegalese boy and works as a beach vendor. Claire and Amram soon become friends. But their friendship is tested when it turns out that his future is uncertain.I´m a huge fan of clarity. And "Sunburned" could have offered me less confusion. One example of this is the location. The movie takes place in Spain. But there is almost nothing of Spanish origin in the movie. Why is that? In another scene I had questions about a clothing choice. But all in all, I think that this movie is quite good. Not fantastic, but watchable. I don´t know who I would recommend this movie to. Maybe to someone who likes beaches</review>
    <description>Feeling neglected by her mother and sister on their holiday in Spain, 13-year-old Claire tries to help a young Senegalese beach vendor to escape his misery.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3676040</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Hochzeit meiner Schwester</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bernadette , a public relations executive and a strong woman, will organize the wedding of her little sister Lissy at the Tagernsee.Lissy has missed her father Valentin and she thinks that her father must be present in this wedding.Bernadetteis still angry with Valentin, a lucky fellow , who abandoned the mother and the two little girls and traveled through the worlds as musician.Besides Bernadette has to prepared the wedding with Walter, the best friend of the broom and she begins to fall in love with this man.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marco Serafini</director>
      <actor>Chiara Schoras (role=Bernadette)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Ströbel (role=Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Konstantin Wecker (role=Valentin)</actor>
      <actor>Henrike von Kuick (role=Lissy)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Thiele (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Pascal (role=Katharina)</actor>
      <actor>Despina Pajanou (role=Astrid)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Giggenbach (role=Hartmut)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Marie Kopp (role=Klein Bernadette)</actor>
      <actor>Fiona Neumann (role=Klein Lissy)</actor>
      <actor>Roberto Martinez Martinez (role=Pfarrer)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Ewelina (role=Mitarbeiterin Werbeagentur)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIyNDc0OTk4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzE2MjAzMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family|Romance</category>
    <review>Two sisters. the wedding of the younger. the mother and the return of father, after an adventurous life. drops of humour and crumbs of stories. a German film reminding many others from the same genre, with Hallmark flavour. that did it a nice film. not great or memorable. maybe, only comfortable. but enough for remind values and familiar episodes from our lives. so, precise and nice. not very convincing. but a film about life. family. and fundamental choices</review>
    <description>Bernadette , a public relations executive and a strong woman, will organize the wedding of her little sister Lissy at the Tagernsee.Lissy has missed her father Valentin and she thinks that her father must be present in this wedding.Bernadetteis still angry with Valentin, a lucky ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt3676040/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36476314</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>KLAR</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"KLAR" is a reporter-magazine on ARD Mediathek, BR Fernsehen, NDR Fernsehen and radiobremen TV.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Julia Ruhs (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Jette Nietzard (role=Self - Grüne)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Günther (role=Self - CDU)</actor>
      <actor>Ruud Koopmans (role=Self - Migrationsforscher)</actor>
      <actor>Kaare Dybvad Bek (role=Self - Minister für Ausländer und Integration Dänemark)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Kunz (role=Self - Polizei Stuttgart)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Kyrath (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Levi Salomon (role=Self - Jüdisches Forum für Demokratie und gegen Antisemitismus)</actor>
      <actor>Asena Aytekin (role=Self - Tochter von Ömer Aytekin)</actor>
      <actor>Seydi Aytekin (role=Self - Sohn von Ömer Aytekin)</actor>
      <actor>Ömer Aytekin (role=Self - Frisör aus Hamburg)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Eisenbraun (role=Self - Polizeipräsident Stuttgart)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzQzZmRkNmEtMjI4ZC00ZjZjLTg2OGQtM2IwNTBiMDVmODY0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX514_.jpg" />
    <category>News|Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>"KLAR" is a reporter-magazine on ARD Mediathek, BR Fernsehen, NDR Fernsehen and radiobremen TV.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4911940</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tschick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mike is a loner: no friends, no hobbies, no girlfriend. That is until he meets Tschick, who's new in school, looks like he's been in a lot of fights and has a tendency to be drunk. At the beginning of the summer break, Tschick shows up at Mike's door with a stolen car and together they start the adventure of their lifetime: no parents, no maps, no plan - but definitely a lot of fun.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Fatih Akin</director>
      <actor>Tristan Göbel (role=Maik Klingenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Aniya Wendel (role=Tatjana Cosic)</actor>
      <actor>Justina Humpf (role=Natalie)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Busche (role=Kevin)</actor>
      <actor>Jerome Hirthammer (role=Lukas)</actor>
      <actor>Max Kluge (role=Hans)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Samel (role=Herr Wagenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Schneider (role=Mutter Klingenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Nadine Dubois (role=Frau Weber)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Peker (role=Herr Schuback)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Bohm (role=Josef Klingenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Katerina Poladjan (role=Mathelehrerin Strahl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|France</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzJmZWZlZWYtMmExMS00Mjg3LTkwYmItMjgwOThlYjAzNjdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Comedy|Coming-of-Age|Road Trip|Comedy|Drama|Family</category>
    <review>Charming, amiable teen-age comedy with a few moments of sadness thrown in as well. Two 14 year old 'outsider' boys in Berlin form a friendship, and take off for the country in a stolen car, seeking adventure. The odd couple of friends here are pretty endearing. There's no big, obvious reason Maik is an outsider. He's OK looking, not a bad kid, not a teacher's pet or a bad boy. He just has the bad luck of not standing out enough to make him cool, so he's become a non-entity in his class. His counterpart – the very hard to overlook Tschick -- is an extremely tall Russian immigrant 'new-kid' with a silly hair cut and a bad-ass tough attitude. Their bond is sweet, and somehow believable. Based on a popular young-adult German novel, "Tschick" is not as edgy, odd and original as most of Akin's films, but has just enough quirk and personality to keep it from falling into feeling too familiar, even if the basic story is a variation on something we've seen many times. Of all Akin's earlier films probably the closes analog is "In July" (2000) – a familiar rom-com story given a personality through Akin's approach. If not the revelation I was hoping for given the brilliance of Akin's best films ("Head-On", "The Edge of Heaven") it's still a likable coming of age film with it's own bittersweet take on the world</review>
    <description>Two young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5700562</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Zürich-Krimi</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Maybe you can't make a killing in Zurich anymore, but it's still possible to kill and get killed - Attorney Thomas Borchert is back in his native Zurich. And if you need an ace lawyer specialized in financial manipulation, embezzlement, money laundering and the latest offshore scheme, he's your man. In fact, he knows both sides of the law pretty well, since he was fired without notice by his employer and charged with accepting astronomical bribes in a scandal in South America. Back in Zurich, Borchert wants to clear his name and find out who put the blame on him. Fleeing from the jurisdiction of the German authorities, he sets up his legal practice in a rickety trailer on his family's property in Zurich. The Zurich legal and financial world had better get used to his hulking figure appearing at the most inconvenient times and places. Assisting him, reluctantly at first, is the daughter of an old friend, an idealist who's wary of associating with the disgraced lawyer. In other words, she's worried about her career. Borchert - who's defending himself - doesn't have one anymore, and both are getting closer as they contend with a tabloid's tawdry revelations.—Beta Film</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Roland Suso Richter</director>
      <director>Florian Froschmayer</director>
      <director>Connie Walter</director>
      <director>Carlo Rola</director>
      <director>Matthias Steurer</director>
      <actor>Christian Kohlund (role=Thomas Borchert)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Hunger-Bühler (role=Dr. Reto Zanger)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Paule Klink (role=Dominique Kuster)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Banzhaf (role=Regula Gabrielli)</actor>
      <actor>Yves Wüthrich (role=Furrers Assistent)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Kiwitt (role=Hauptmann Furrer)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Zogg (role=Beat Bürki)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Gallego Zapata (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Kramer (role=Hauptmann Furrer)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Weber (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Bennent (role=Andrea Dolmas)</actor>
      <actor>David Bennent (role=Jürg Dolmas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2RjMWMwZDYtZGEwMC00NWJkLWE0ZDgtYzVkNzU1OGQ4ZDVkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>The location seems impervious to crime and yet it's the perfect backdrop to thoughtful and complex plots. Borchert is seasoned, cynical and driven by truth and justice. He has a dark side that makes him empathetic to understand human motivation. Even in tailored suits, he looks disreputable enough to talk to seedier compatriots. Dominique is a lawyer, daughter of Borchert's best friend and finds more in common with the unorthodox Borchert than with her society lawyer father. Her love interest is a crime inspector. The three in uneven interaction solve crimes with multiple strands. Moderately paced, little violence, thankfully lacking the hyped tension and violence of many American shows, this show is a great view with a glass of red wine</review>
    <description>The Zurich thriller.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0090440</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Großstadtrevier</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jürgen Roland</director>
      <director>Torsten Wacker</director>
      <director>Guido Pieters</director>
      <director>Jan Ruzicka</director>
      <director>Lars Jessen</director>
      <actor>Maria Ketikidou (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Fedder (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Saskia Fischer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Till Demtrøder (role=Henning Schulz)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Heinrich Brix (role=Lothar Krüger)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Neusser (role=Rolf Bogner)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Hoppe (role=Dietmar Steiner)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Fricke (role=Daniel Schirmer)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Zwinz (role=Carl Schnitzler)</actor>
      <actor>Wanda Perdelwitz (role=Julia Decker)</actor>
      <actor>Dorothea Schenck (role=Anna Bergmann)</actor>
      <actor>Jens Münchow (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGMwZjBlNzUtMWI4ZC00NjBjLWFiZDUtM2FlODQyNmRiMTJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Everyone who has ever been to Hamburg should watch this series. The pictures, the stories and the characters, both main and supporting, are a big, loving homage to this great city.In the 80s, when the series started, it had a completely different message. There was this tough but still female police officer who was there to show people that women could do proper police work, too. Mareike Carriere did a good job and her character developed over the time and became a really interesting person. When she finally quit it was a huge loss.The original male officer had been Arthur Brauss, a somewhat grumpy, older, experienced officer who suddenly had to deal with that young, vivacious woman at his side. Well, they had quarrels, but they came to an arrangement with each other of course over the years.He was followed by Jan Fedder, who then became the big star of this series with his rough charm and broad Hamburg accent. He was the real stuff, the typical "Hamburger Jung" (boy from Hamburg) who grew up between harbour and Reeperbahn and knows the city like the back of his hand.Around that time the series slowly changed into what it is today: Funny, exciting, picturesque, dark, surprising and thoroughly dependable. You get what you bargained for with that series. In short: it is simply "Hamburgisch".There is only one small thing, you have to know: If you don't fall in love with Hamburg while watching that series, you are a heartless fool</review>
    <description>The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0313106</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>NDR Talk Show</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The NDR Talkshow is a talk show of the station NDR.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nadja Zonsarowa</director>
      <director>Andrea Achterberg</director>
      <director>Alexandra Farrensteiner</director>
      <director>Eduard Baumgartner</director>
      <director>Rolf Buschmann</director>
      <actor>Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Schöneberger (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Pilawa (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Tietjen (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Westlake (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Alida Gundlach (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Wimmer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wolf Schneider (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Hermann Schreiber (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Til Schweiger (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Mittermeier (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Steffen Hallaschka (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Germany</country>
    <date>1979</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmI3NjdlNzQtOTM5Ny00NDg2LWJkZDUtODRhNTk5ZGQ1MTE4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX288_.jpg" />
    <category>Talk Show</category>
    <description>The NDR Talkshow is a talk show of the station NDR.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6523104</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unsere Geschichte</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Steffen Schneider</director>
      <director>Torsten Wacker</director>
      <director>Susanne Brahms</director>
      <director>Rainer Krause</director>
      <director>Dietrich Duppel</director>
      <actor>Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolas König (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Hegeler (role=Self - Sprecherin)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Gustavus (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriele Blum (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Brauer (role=Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Henniger von Wallersbrunn (role=Carl Loewe)</actor>
      <actor>Steffen Böye (role=Vorarbeiter)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Schad (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Silke Maier-Witt (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Kreutzkamp (role=Self - Weltenbummler)</actor>
      <actor>Juliana Kreutzkamp (role=Self - Weltenbummler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2Y1Mjc5MzUtZmQxYi00NmJlLWE0NWUtNWI5ZTNiOWQ4NmNlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX390_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36312366</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sardinien, der kleine Kontinent im Mittelmeer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Denise Jacobs</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTczYzE2ODMtMjlmMS00NGZkLWExZjQtY2Y0ZjU4ZTIwNmYxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9256012</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hannes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>19-year-old Moritz and Hannes have been best friends ever since they were kids. Everything changes the day Hannes is the victim of a motorcycle accident and falls into a coma. Moritz is convinced that his friend will wake up soon.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Steinbichler</director>
      <actor>Leonard Scheicher (role=Moritz)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Nussbaum (role=Hannes)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriela Maria Schmeide (role=Schwester Walrika)</actor>
      <actor>Verena Altenberger (role=Dr. Redlich)</actor>
      <actor>Hannelore Elsner (role=Frau Stemmerle)</actor>
      <actor>Heiner Lauterbach (role=Dr. Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Vicari (role=Nele)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Schreglmann (role=Brenninger)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Steinbacher (role=Kalle)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Kranz (role=Florian)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanette Hain (role=Verena)</actor>
      <actor>Nicki von Tempelhoff (role=Hubert)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGQwNzdjMGMtYzNiZi00YzExLTg5YTEtNGFjYjIxZDhiY2Q5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>19-year-old Moritz and Hannes have been best friends ever since they were kids. Everything changes the day Hannes is the victim of a motorcycle accident and falls into a coma. Moritz is convinced that his friend will wake up soon.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5212256</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Familie verpflichtet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The happy gay couple DAVID and Khaled would love to marry publicly - if there weren't Khaled's homophobic father ALEDRISSI, David's pseudo orthodox jewish acting mother LEA and a possible paternity and gallery insolvency.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hanno Olderdissen</director>
      <actor>Omar El-Saeidi (role=Khaled Aledrissi)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian von Pufendorf (role=David Silbermann)</actor>
      <actor>Maren Kroymann (role=Lea Silbermann)</actor>
      <actor>Ramin Yazdani (role=Faisal Aledrissi)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Brandmeier (role=Sarah Finkelstein)</actor>
      <actor>Kristin Hunold (role=Ajna Aledrissi)</actor>
      <actor>Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen (role=Nils Nürtinger)</actor>
      <actor>Nikola Kastner (role=Petra)</actor>
      <actor>Corny Littmann (role=Herr Maier)</actor>
      <actor>Lilay Huser (role=Tante Alba)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Marischka (role=Frau Löffler)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Heyn (role=Peer Oswald)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzU4YzM3MDgtOTQ0MC00OTNkLThlNDgtZDc5MTFlMjE5NmFkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>The German film Familie verpflichtet was shown in the U.S. with the translated title Family Commitments (2015). It was directed by Hanno Olderdissen.The film is a classic comedy farce. Characters are exaggerated, everyone is deceiving someone, and no one in the audience expects anything but a good time. The reason I liked this film was because it was interesting, well-acted, and very funny.Max von Pufendorf plays David, who is flamboyant, obviously gay, and Jewish. Omar El-Saeidi plays his partner Khaled, who isn't flamboyant, isn't obviously gay, and isn't Jewish. He's a quiet gym teacher, who must pass his final exam before becoming certified. He doesn't demonstrate gay stereotypes. He loves David as much as David loves him, but he can't come out because his father, Aledrissi (Ramin Yazdani) is homophobic. Aledressi may be homophobic, but he isn't anti-Semitic. He points out that Jews lived together peacefully with Muslims for centuries. David's mother, Lea (portrayed by Maren Kroymann), isn't homophobic, but she's prejudiced against Muslims.There's a huge supporting cast, including Khaled's (very) heterosexual female principal, Khaled's hostile aunt, and a blocked artist living in the attic of David's art gallery. There's also Sarah (Franziska Brandmeier) a young Jewish art student who is pregnant with David's child. (Don't ask.) Brandmeier's role requires her to be adorable. She's adorable.We saw Family Commitments in the excellent Little Theatre, as part of ImageOut, the wonderful Rochester LGBT Film Festival. The movie is one of the 22 films that had their East Coast or New York State premiere at ImageOut. It will work well on the small screen. It's worth seeking out and seeing</review>
    <description>The happy gay couple DAVID and Khaled would love to marry publicly - if there weren't Khaled's homophobic father ALEDRISSI, David's pseudo orthodox jewish acting mother LEA and a possible paternity and gallery insolvency.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11559658</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Nordstory</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>There is an important reason for its popularity: Norderney has consciously shed its "grubby image" over the past two decades and is now focusing on a dignified audience. Magnificent buildings such as the Kurtheater and Conversation House characterize the island, along with nature and the wide beach in the Wadden Sea National Park. Modern hotels have been built, the famous Milchbar and trendy shops directly on the beach are just as attractive.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anke Kultür</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTM4ZDYxYWUtMGU4Yy00NjliLTgzYzQtNGQ4YzQzZjc3ZTEyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>With more than three million overnight stays a year, Norderney is by far the most popular of the East Frisian Islands among holidaymakers. The ferry departs every hour from Norddeich Mole towards Norderney.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18939192</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Waldmacher</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>FOREST MAKER is the portrait of a remarkable man whose life's work was honored with the so-called alternative Nobel, the Right Livelihood Award in 2018. Tony Rinaudo has found a way to grow trees in the most barren areas by activating the tree stumps and roots still alive as an "underground forest" for decades and thereby secures the livelihood of thousands of farmers in Africa. His method "Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration" (FMNR) restores not only soil but dignity and hope. The Chief of all Farmers, as he is affectionately known today in many villages, has had to fight an uphill battle to gain acceptance for his ideas. Having worked in the Sahel region for 30 years he witnessed despair and famine but also resilience, determination and change. In THE FOREST MAKER Volker Schlöndorff follows Tony Rinaudo to different African countries to witness the effect FMNR has had on fighting desertification and repeatedly encounters issues that also concern us in Europe - migration, climate change, gender justice. To complement his view, he invited African filmmakers to collaborate with him and share their experience of rural life and local challenges. THE FOREST MAKER shows ordinary people doing extraordinary things and carries a strong message of community, self-empowerment and, above all, hope.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Volker Schlöndorff</director>
      <actor>Tony Rinaudo (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDZlODcwMmMtODkyYi00MzIwLWE1ZDgtNWYwNWE3YjExMzljXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Together with African small farmholders Tony Rinaudo, an Australian agronomist, has been fighting against the spread of the desert for 30 years and challenges ideas of conventional reforestation with his simple yet effective method.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36461196</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Elefant, Tiger &amp; Kids</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>29800793</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Marita</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An actress commits suicide in a theatre full of people. Now she haunts the venue and those who visit.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Roni Benaid</director>
      <actor>Louise Delos Reyes (role=Sandra)</actor>
      <actor>Rhen Escaño (role=Marita)</actor>
      <actor>Ashtine Olviga (role=Cristina)</actor>
      <actor>Yumi Garcia (role=Ellie)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan David (role=Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Joe (role=Dianne)</actor>
      <actor>Taneo Sebastian (role=Joey)</actor>
      <actor>JD Axie (role=Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Babierra (role=Nympha)</actor>
      <actor>Neil Tolentino (role=Selmo)</actor>
      <actor>Zion Moriah (role=Body Double Marita)</actor>
      <actor>Syra Mulleno (role=Fiona)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Philippines</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2RlODkzZTMtYWNlMS00ZmU0LWIwYjItYzBjMzllZThhNGMwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Horror</category>
    <description>An actress commits suicide in a theatre full of people. Now she haunts the venue and those who visit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11570112</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unsere Geschichte</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Greving</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjNiY2YyZWUtNjYyZC00OWY1LWIxZWItOTM4ZDFmMWE1OGZhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,8,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Short</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0806901</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Polizeiruf 110</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're a great crime-fighting team--when they're not fighting each other.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Krätzig</director>
      <director>Thomas Jacob</director>
      <director>Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt</director>
      <director>Eoin Moore</director>
      <director>Manfred Mosblech</director>
      <actor>Peter Borgelt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Frohriep (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Winkler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jaecki Schwarz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sigrid Göhler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Gruber (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Schmidt-Schaller (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Krause (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Steimle (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Anneke Kim Sarnau (role=Leutnant Arndt)</actor>
      <actor>Lutz Riemann (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1971</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDBmM2UwMGUtNTg5Zi00MDAyLWE4MDUtYmEzNmZmZGZhZWZkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>True Crime|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <description>Alexander Bukow and Katrin König, together they make a great team for fighting crime - when they're not fighting each other.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8636756</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Klassentreffen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It has been 25 years since they graduated from high school or could have done it if they had not graduated beforehand, had done laps of honor or simply failed. Now they see each other again at the class reunion, the former top of the class, the former genius, the ex-class brat, the ex-class ass, meanwhile in their mid-40s, and suddenly face the people with whom they dreamed their future life back then . But what has actually happened in reality now? With others, but also with yourself? Annette Frier, Charly Hübner, Anja Kling, Jeanette Hain, Nina Kunzendorf, Fabian Hinrichs, Oliver Wnuk, Elena Uhlig, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Anna Schudt, Christian Kahrmann, Marek Harloff, Aurel Manthei, Nadja Zwanziger, Nicole Kersten, Guido Renner, Björn Jung: That is the impressive list of actors and actresses who came to play with 17 former classmates without a text or a well-written story. Burghart Klaußner slipped into the role of the teacher who doesn't want to miss a reunion with his old students. Without knowing the full life path of all the other characters, the actors improvised for two days on the basis of their role profiles and their own life experience, they got into unpredictable situations, astonished the others - and probably sometimes also themselves - with quick-wittedness and dramaturgical imagination and developed in this way moments and stories full of humor, melancholy and truthfulness.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Georg Schütte</director>
      <actor>Annette Frier (role=Gesa)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Schudt (role=Astrid)</actor>
      <actor>Elena Uhlig (role=Sandra)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Wnuk (role=Thorsten)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanette Hain (role=Marion)</actor>
      <actor>Charly Hübner (role=Krischi)</actor>
      <actor>Kida Khodr Ramadan (role=Ali)</actor>
      <actor>Fabian Hinrichs (role=Sven)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Kunzendorf (role=Katharina)</actor>
      <actor>Aurel Manthei (role=Andi)</actor>
      <actor>Marek Harloff (role=Hergen)</actor>
      <actor>Björn Jung (role=Stefan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzcwNmU4MGYtZjg5NC00N2FhLTlmNjQtMjM5NDNkZTQyOTg5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>It has been 25 years since they graduated from high school or could have done it if they had not graduated beforehand, had done laps of honor or simply failed. Now they see each other again at the class reunion, the former top of the class, the former genius, the ex-class brat, t...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt8636756/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6221320</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kaum zu glauben</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandra Farrensteiner</director>
      <director>Frederik Schnitzler</director>
      <actor>Kai Pflaume (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Hoëcker (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Stumph (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Pilawa (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wincent Weiss (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Vollbracht (role=Self - Guest)</actor>
      <actor>Sophia Flörsch (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tarek Helmy (role=Self - Guest)</actor>
      <actor>Céphas Bansah (role=Self - Guest)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Penski (role=Self - Deutschland's älteste Komparsin)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Vogel (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2VlZGNkNjgtMzY2Ny00YzI1LWIzZTktZGI5MzE5NmQ5NmRhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX95_.jpg" />
    <category>Game Show</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1478320</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fasten à la Carte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Fasten à la Carte.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans-Erich Viet</director>
      <actor>Dietmar Bär (role=Gilles Demmonget)</actor>
      <actor>Maxim Mehmet (role=Paul Scheffke)</actor>
      <actor>Inka Friedrich (role=Marit Hansen)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Brambach (role=Zimmermann)</actor>
      <actor>Catrin Striebeck (role=Diana)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Schad (role=Risto)</actor>
      <actor>Piet Fuchs (role=Kellner Miramar)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Ketikidou (role=Valerie)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Sass (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Wiener (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjkxNDI3NzEtYzBhMS00ZWU3LTg4MjItOTgxOTNiMDk4MjRmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>Fasten à la Carte.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14428336</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Tatort" Was wir erben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The suspicious fall of the stairs of the 78-year-old industrialist widow Elisabeth Klingler calls the inspectors Franziska Tobler and Friedemann Berg on the scene. Klingler had just announced an amendment to her will for her daughter, her son, her granddaughter and the notary: the family villa should go to her carer Elena Zelenko after her death. A shock for their children, who react with vehement indignation. It was only when their mother was dying that Gesine and Richard found out that Elisabeth Klingler and Elena Zelenko had secretly married. Unlike their niece Toni, they don't want to accept this fact. Especially since it is now about more than just the villa. Torn between grief, the feeling of being rejected and the fear of the financial repercussions, the duped heirs present the commissioners with various references to Zelenko's involvement. Franziska Tobler and Friedemann Berg follow up, but also keep an eye on the family members. Especially since they discover in their investigations that the Klinglers and Elena Zelenko had a common past whose shadows weighed on Elisabeth Klingler.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Franziska Schlotterer</director>
      <actor>Eva Löbau (role=Franziska Tobler)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Jochen Wagner (role=Friedemann Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Schily (role=Gesine Rathmann)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Messutat (role=Richard Rathmann)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Polley (role=Toni Wood)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Elkin (role=Zofia Janczak)</actor>
      <actor>Marie-Anne Fliegel (role=Elisabeth Klingler-Rathmann)</actor>
      <actor>Wieslawa Wesolowska (role=Elena Zelenko)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Jungmann (role=Notar Hägele)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Erdt (role=Rechtsanwalt Kretz)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Hauter (role=Leitende Kriminaltechnikerin)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Böger (role=Karin Deuter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTgyNWEzNjItMjU3OS00NjE4LTg0MzMtYjVmYWE2NWQzYjA5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX175_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <description>The suspicious fall of the stairs of the 78-year-old industrialist widow Elisabeth Klingler calls the inspectors Franziska Tobler and Friedemann Berg on the scene. Klingler had just announced an amendment to her will for her daughter, her son, her granddaughter and the notary: th...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt14428336/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>26760928</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Vogelperspektiven</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jörg Adolph</director>
      <actor>Ilse Aigner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Baer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Baier (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Bairlein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Elmar Ballstedt (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Becker (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Beckmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Brendel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Arnulf Conradi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Erlwein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Csilla Gere (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Thorsten Glauber (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGI3MzVjMDAtYjdlMS00MjQzLWI5NWYtY2Q2MTIxZDQyNWNmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,25,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0356300</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Strafgericht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The criminal court was a court show in which fictional court cases in criminal matters were presented.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Catharina Niens-Klees</director>
      <director>Thomas Klees</director>
      <director>Matthias Schwab</director>
      <actor>Ulrich Wetzel (role=Ulrich Wetzel)</actor>
      <actor>Funda Bicakoglu (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Gersdorf (role=Schöffin)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Bockholt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos Gebauer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Ricke (role=Stefan Mittler)</actor>
      <actor>Gerrit Reinecke (role=Zeuge)</actor>
      <actor>Reinhard Broich (role=Karl Laibach)</actor>
      <actor>Sandro Azzolini (role=Oliver Reinhardt)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Reher (role=Angeklagter Landwirt)</actor>
      <actor>Steffi Haake (role=Anke Bauernfeind, Angeklagte)</actor>
      <actor>Larz Jackson (role=Dirk Buchholz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>3.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzg3ZTZmZjctNDlmNS00YWYxLTlmYzUtYjUyNWJkNjI3Zjg3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>The criminal court was a court show in which fictional court cases in criminal matters were presented.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0312172</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monk</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Back to top</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Randy Zisk</director>
      <director>Jerry Levine</director>
      <director>Andre Belgrader</director>
      <director>Michael Zinberg</director>
      <director>Anton Cropper</director>
      <actor>Tony Shalhoub (role=Frank DePalma)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Gray-Stanford (role=Lieutenant Randall Disher)</actor>
      <actor>Ted Levine (role=Stottlemeyer)</actor>
      <actor>Traylor Howard (role=Natalie Teeger)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Kamel (role=Dr. Kroger)</actor>
      <actor>Bitty Schram (role=Sharona Fleming)</actor>
      <actor>Emmy Clarke (role=Julie Teeger)</actor>
      <actor>Kane Ritchotte (role=Benjy Fleming)</actor>
      <actor>Hector Elizondo (role=Dr. Neven Bell)</actor>
      <actor>Melora Hardin (role=Cameron)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Bagley (role=Harold Krenshaw)</actor>
      <actor>Max Morrow (role=Benjy Fleming)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjBmYmIzNjktNjk0ZS00MjNkLWE1MjMtNmVkMGI2M2Q5ZmJhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Bumbling Detective|Cop Drama|Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Monk is a classic. Tony Shalhoub is incredible as a former detective with obsessive compulsive disorder. It's such an original show that will keep you laughing and entertained throughout its entire run. I didn't start watching it until it was almost off the air but heard such good things about it that I finally thought I'd gave it a chance. So glad I did because it quickly became one of my favorite comedy/detective shows I've ever seen! It is the perfect blend of comedy and mystery. Even though Tony Shalhoub won a ton of awards for his work as Monk, including numerous Emmy &amp; Golden Globe awards, he still is such an underrated actor who was just perfect in this as Monk! I miss this great show so much and still try to watch it whenever I see it's on</review>
    <description>Adrian Monk is a brilliant former San Francisco detective, who now consults the police as a private consultant while battling with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1481601</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Lehrer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The life of a special, crazy teacher.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Gersina</director>
      <director>Nico Zingelmann</director>
      <director>Sebastian Sorger</director>
      <director>Alexander Sascha Thiel</director>
      <director>Christoph Schnee</director>
      <actor>Ulrich Gebauer (role=Günther Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Hendrik Duryn (role=Stefan Vollmer)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Piwek (role=Karl Sievers)</actor>
      <actor>Nadine Wrietz (role=Barbara Knopmacher)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Ginkel (role=Karin Noske)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Lewald (role=Frau Cornelius)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Merz (role=Michael Jäger)</actor>
      <actor>Zsá Zsá Inci (role=Emma Dehler)</actor>
      <actor>Samy Abdel Fattah (role=Güney)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Goursaud (role=Bibi)</actor>
      <actor>Mascha von Kreisler (role=Melanie)</actor>
      <actor>Zejhun Demirov (role=Mehmet Yilmaz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjVmZmYwMjMtYWM5OS00ZTI4LWJjNjctYzQ5ZjM3MDU3MThmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Very funny tv series showing young people in junior high school problems. Besides shows difficult life of their teachers. Great cast of the movie show! Good and instructive comedy</review>
    <description>The life of a special, crazy teacher.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2715356</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verdachtsfälle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>What does Verdachtstalle mean in English? Where can I find plots,synopsis?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marko Cvitanovic</director>
      <actor>Oliver Ritz (role=Polizist Hauke Mertesacker)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Ehlert (role=Franca Liebelt)</actor>
      <actor>Nathalie Griffin (role=Nathalie Reiß)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Wasik (role=Fabian Schergel)</actor>
      <actor>Till Kraemer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mischa Filé (role=Jannick van Dyke)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Klagge (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Majewski (role=Maximilian Koernig)</actor>
      <actor>Sascha Brungs (role=Victor Heldt (2014))</actor>
      <actor>Karolina Muszalski (role=Chantal Schocht)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Bockholt (role=André Köhler)</actor>
      <actor>Anke Poguntke (role=Mutter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>1.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmFkMjFkZTAtOGY2OC00NDFjLWEwOGUtYTU4M2YwNWIxNGE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>What does Verdachtstalle mean in English? Where can I find plots,synopsis?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0069904</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Columbo" Doppelter Schlag</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Flamboyant television chef Dexter Paris and his identical twin brother, conservative banker Norman haven't been on speaking terms for years, yet both disapprove that their rich uncle Clifford Paris is about to wed much younger, beautiful Lisa Chambers, fearing for the sizable estate. Clifford is killed at home by dropping an electric mixer into the bathtub while he is bathing, electrocuting him, before moving him to the gym to make it seem like he had a heart attack while using an exercise bike. Amongst the hysterics of in-living, family-devoted housekeeper Mrs. Peck, who practically co-raised the orphaned brothers, whenever he soils or moves anything, let alone cuts the power, Columbo soon senses an autopsy is needed and learns from Dexter, who stays around or takes the detective on air in his studio kitchen, even the banker has a motive: gambling debts. Clifford's lawyer, Michael Hathaway, reveals to the twins that a new will exists, disinheriting them in favor of Lisa regardless of marriage, which he is willing to "lose" if kept on as manager of the huge inheritance. However, Hathaway finds himself framed for the murder of Chambers , who had the other copy of the will, by pushing her from her balcony, thus also setting up Hathaway as prime suspect for their uncle's murder. Columbo however unravels the double plot, having guessed their conspiracy after checking phone records.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Butler</director>
      <actor>Peter Falk (role=Columbo)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Landau (role=Norman Paris)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanette Nolan (role=Mrs. Peck)</actor>
      <actor>Tim O'Connor (role=Michael Hatheway)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Newmar (role=Lisa Chambers)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Stewart (role=Clifford Paris)</actor>
      <actor>Dabney Coleman (role=Detective Murray)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Hawley (role=Mrs. Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Richardson (role=Young TV Lawyer)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Rothwell (role=2nd Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Morton (role=Older TV Lawyer)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Cristino (role=Stickman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWYwYzRkODgtZjBlNi00ODhiLTgyYWUtZGFlNmM3NTk2NTczXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>This Columbo is unique in that we don't really know the exact outcome until the very end. Our favorite dark horse detective suspects a pair of identical twin brothers of killing their rich uncle; each points the finger at his brother. In a mystery series in which the crime is shown at the beginning of the drama, this twist could reasonably be used only once or twice, and this was Columbo's time. Other than that wrinkle, this episode fits in well with others of the series. It has a lighter tone than some, with a very funny performance by Jeanette Nolan as the fastidious and loyal housekeeper who takes an instant dislike to Columbo</review>
    <description>A smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0074042</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Quincy</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Quincy and Sam are working as Coroners. Inspecting dead people they often see facts that don't match the theories of the police how or if really they were murdered.—Wolfgang Klimt</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Georg Fenady</director>
      <director>Ray Danton</director>
      <director>Ron Satlof</director>
      <director>Paul Krasny</director>
      <director>David Moessinger</director>
      <actor>Jack Klugman (role=Dr. R. Quincy, M.E)</actor>
      <actor>John S. Ragin (role=Dr. Robert Asten)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ito (role=Sam Fujiyama)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Roman (role=Sgt. Brill)</actor>
      <actor>Garry Walberg (role=Lt. Frank Monahan)</actor>
      <actor>Val Bisoglio (role=Danny Tovo)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Garrett (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>John Nolan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Diane Markoff (role=Diane)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Scott Taylor (role=Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Filip Field (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Virgo (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1976</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWJhNGZmNzctYTg5Yy00OTIxLWI5NWItNGIzMWE4MjA5MGMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXN3aWZ0dw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I have enjoyed Quincy for years--both when it first came on TV and in the years following its wide-spread syndication. Despite enjoying the show very much, I must, however, admit that the show was very formulaic and predictable. In 90% of the episodes, they stuck one of two very well-established plot outlines:1. There is a death and it's assumed that it was by natural causes. In most of these cases, it's actually murder. 2. To Dr. Quincy, the case "just doesn't seem right" and he won't close the case--wanting to take more time with the autopsy or do some investigating on his own. 3. His boss, Dr. Asten, argues with Quincy to just wrap it all up due to either time constraints or pressure from outside sources. In essence, Asten is a bureaucratic weenie and Quincy a crusader for truth. 4. Quincy's friend, Lt. Monahan, wants to close the case because he KNOWS that it either wasn't a murder or he's blaming some innocent guy for the crime. Oddly, despite the Los Angeles Police Department being one of the largest ones in the world, somehow Monahan is almost always on the case--he's apparently a very, very busy guy--as is Quincy! 5. In the end, Quincy is vindicated. Yet, despite this, by the time they do the next episode, they once again begin this same process!6. They all end up at Danny's and someone says something funny.OR:1. A death occurs. 2. Dr. Quincy becomes angry because the death was caused by some social issue such as spousal abuse, sexual abuse or poorly staffed emergency care centers, so he goes on a rampage and annoys practically everyone.3. Quincy grandstands, makes speeches and preaches not just to the folks in the show but AT the audience.4. Folks FINALLY listen to Quincy and they all end up at Danny's restaurant. But because it's a social issue program, they may or may not say something funny to end the show.So why, despite the predictability of the show did I and so many others like it? Well, perhaps it was because although you knew what to expect in general, the shows were very creative in how they thought out the murders. Also, in a few cases, there weren't murders but the show managed to bring up excellent public health issues (though occasionally they were VERY preachy). Plus, over the years, the show evolved into a likable cast. Heck, after a while, you even grew to like Asten--especially since he mellowed and was less of a paper-pushing bureaucrat in later episodes.Excellent writing, a likable cast and great imagination, this show has stood up well over time.UPDATE: I just finished re-watching the entire series and think I should update my review. As the show progressed, the quality of the shows began to decline. The decline was slow at first but by season eight, the shows were just awful. I assume they ran out of ideas for crimes to solve, as more and more as the show progressed the shows became soapboxes for social ills NOT shows about forensic science. And, soapbox shows, while perhaps important, are far, far less entertaining</review>
    <description>The cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10064124</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Perdida: Vermisst</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A man gets caught in Colombian customs with drugs, his goal is to end up in prison to contact who kidnapped his daughter years ago.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Iñaki Peñafiel</director>
      <director>Rafa Montesinos</director>
      <director>David Ulloa</director>
      <actor>Daniel Grao (role=Antonio Santos)</actor>
      <actor>Carolina Lapausa (role=Inma)</actor>
      <actor>Melani Olivares (role=Eva Aguirre)</actor>
      <actor>Fernando Solórzano (role=Quitombo)</actor>
      <actor>Juan Carlos Messier (role=Cruz)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Arias (role=Sebastián)</actor>
      <actor>Veronica Velasquez (role=Soledad Santos)</actor>
      <actor>David Trejos (role=Ignacio)</actor>
      <actor>Ana María Orozco (role=Milena)</actor>
      <actor>Adriana Paz (role=Angelita)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Soneira (role=Soledad Santos (niña))</actor>
      <actor>Antonio Mora (role=Enrique)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjk1MzhjYzYtNTdkZi00MDdjLThlY2QtYmFlYjg4NjE2OWIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>A great effort. Cunning ingenious crafted script, fast paced. though it relies on make-believe contrived stuff to kick the plot ahead. Exciting from beginning to end</review>
    <description>A man gets caught in Colombian customs with drugs, his goal is to end up in prison to contact who kidnapped his daughter years ago.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1466074</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Columbo</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When you first saw him, Lieutenant Columbo looked like a bum that just came off the street. He had a bumbling demeanor, was overly polite and seemed to chomp on the same short cigar on a daily basis. However, beneath all that comical exterior was probably the most dogged investigator in the Los Angeles Police Department. Columbo was often called on to investigate high profile murders that involved the rich and famous. The culprits were often amused by him, and just as they thought they were going to get away with murder, Columbo would find a way to trap them or find enough evidence to make them confess.—Brian Washington</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bernard L. Kowalski</director>
      <director>Harvey Hart</director>
      <director>James Frawley</director>
      <director>Richard Quine</director>
      <director>Leo Penn</director>
      <actor>Peter Falk (role=Columbo)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Lally (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dianne Travis (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Kirby (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>John Finnegan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Draper (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Vito Scotti (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Val Avery (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jerome Guardino (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Cassidy (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Culp (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Arlene Martel (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1971</date>
    <star-rating>8.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjJlY2I4OGUtOTY0NC00OGQ5LThlMTktMjhhZDNhNTZkZWJlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Bumbling Detective|Cop Drama|Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Sure, I love modern crime dramas like CSI, but in my opinion, Columbo is on a whole other level. Most crime dramas airing currently are all about complicated chemical tests, DNA, and high-octane car chases and shootouts. Columbo is subtler than that. His common sense, shrewd observation, and disarming demeanor solve the cases. And, more than that, you really get into the psychology of the killers, who are often at least somewhat sympathetic characters driven to the edge by circumstance. In every episode, the scene where Columbo finally confronts them with the solution and hard evidence is always fantastic. This is a gem of a TV show, and I think anybody who likes CSI, Law &amp; Order or any other crime dramas, will seriously enjoy this series</review>
    <description>Los Angeles homicide detective, Lieutenant Columbo, uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to root out even the most well-concealed crimes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11711678</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verrückt nach Camping</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Uli Schmidt</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary|Reality TV</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6274158</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schwarzbrot in Thailand</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ottmar hands his Hamburg bakery to daughter Janina, retiring after 40 years with his wife to compatriot Beinle's fancy seniors residence in Pattaya, Thailand, which also provides private nursing as required. She waited decades to enjoy free time, exploring another culture - but he just wants rest, missing enterprise, while the demented retired judge Lobinger scares him. Tourist package deal groups host Max convinces Ottmar to finance, behind his wife's back (the spouses suspects each-other of an affair), a 'real German bakery', but once the contract is signed, the scammer disappears with all Ottmar's savings. With their marriage near breaking, Ottmar and Tanja must seek help and adapt.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Gärtner</director>
      <actor>Veit Stübner (role=Ottmar)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Gruber (role=Tanja)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Malton (role=Becky)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Franke (role=Lobinger)</actor>
      <actor>Dujdao Vadhanapakorn (role=Anchalee)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Kanies (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Kind (role=Beinle)</actor>
      <actor>Vera Kasimir (role=Janina)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Roth (role=Rüdiger)</actor>
      <actor>Kailas Mahadevan (role=Cem)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Olan Dreesen (role=Hotel Manager)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjgyODJlZjMtODNmZC00NTNiLTljNzQtM2EyZWY2OTU4NmJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,13,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Ottmar hands his Hamburg bakery to daughter Janina, retiring after 40 years with his wife to compatriot Beinle's fancy seniors residence in Pattaya, Thailand, which also provides private nursing as required. She waited decades to enjoy free time, exploring another culture - but h...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6274158/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11269640</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bonusfamilie</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Isabel Braak</director>
      <actor>Inez Bjørg David (role=Lisa)</actor>
      <actor>Lucas Prisor (role=Patrick)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Schäfer (role=Katja)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Windolf (role=Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Louise Sophie Arnold (role=Bianca)</actor>
      <actor>Fillin Mayer (role=Eddie)</actor>
      <actor>Levis Kachel (role=William)</actor>
      <actor>Swetlana Schönfeld (role=Biggi)</actor>
      <actor>Irene Rindje (role=Püppchen)</actor>
      <actor>Arnel Taci (role=Sebastian)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Lier (role=Hendrik)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick von Blume (role=Katjas Chef)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzNkMjA1YWEtZTEwZi00NWRkLTgzNmYtZjk4ZDYwNGM3NTg1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family</category>
    <review>Cheap copy of the swedish original. Not worth to watch</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0202832</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It is 1740 and the English and French colonial forces are waging war against each other in their struggle to take control of North America. Both powers take advantage of existing tribal rivalries and enlist local tribes, the Delawares and Hurons, on either side of their conflict. Chingachgook, the last of the Mohicans, is now living among the Delaware and is granted the hand of the chief's daughter after saving the old man's life. His marriage is postponed however, when his betrothed is kidnapped by the Huron and Chingachgook sets out to recapture her with the assistance of his white friend, Deerslayer. This rescue is complicated by the interference of white settlers out to make money by collecting Huron scalps and ultimately Chingachgook must unite the tribes against their common enemy, the white man</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Groschopp</director>
      <actor>Gojko Mitic (role=Chingachgook, die Große Schlange)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Römer (role=Deerslayer)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Schreiber (role=Tom Hutter)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Frohriep (role=Harry Hurry)</actor>
      <actor>Lilo Grahn (role=Judith Hutter, die Tochter)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Drahota (role=Wahtawa)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Knittel (role=Gespaltene Eiche)</actor>
      <actor>Milan Jablonský (role=Quick Elk)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Preusker (role=Hauptmann Warley, engl. Offizier)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Ulrich (role=Englischer Corporal)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Zugowski (role=Thornton, engl. Fähnrich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkxNDI4OTk4NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTA4ODc4._V1_QL75_UX152_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Drama|Romance|Western</category>
    <review>Chingachgook, a Mohawk-born Delaware warrior, strives to rescue his wife Wahtawah from the clutches of an enemy camp of Huron. Joined by his trusted huntsman Deerslayer, the two confront racist pioneers and brutal British soldiers in their quest. Deerslayer catches the desire of Judith and thus the jealousy of her suitor, Harry. The action of the story functions like a seesaw, characters continuously traveling back and forth between a house on the lake and the Huron camp until the violent climax.Richard Groschopp's last theatrically released film, Chingachgook, offers a fresh and entertaining look into a genre not familiar in the United States, an Indian adventure film with German actors and direction. Constructed in a manner very different to American films, it asserts a distinct foreign identity through an American locale. Its slow editing style allows the actors to perform in a large frame, emphasizing their movements like dance. Dance is an element of the film that is explored by the director. What appear as silly dances routines placed sporadically throughout the film are referential to the beautiful and precise choreography of fascist-era military parades and functions. This connection reveals Groschopp's ties to the propaganda films of Leni Riefenstahl, working early in his career as a cinematographer for the Olympia films of 1936. Due to Soviet occupation of East Germany at the time of the film's production, there are communist references apparent within the film as well. The Delaware and Huron communities are each portrayed as large, cohesive, units, shown in wide angle shots to reveal the magnitude of bodies, much like Vertov's and Eisenstein's work. A British attack on an Indian camp recalls images of the Odessa Steps scene from Battleship Potemkin(1925), an obvious reference to Soviet influence on the culture of East Germany.Aesthetic beauty is important in the film. All of the well intending characters are physically attractive and are framed to reveal their sculpted and/ or shapely bodies. The personalities of the characters fall short of believable, however their interactions with one another are humorous due to their flatness. For example, Judith is attracted to Deerslayer's boyish good looks, and to show her attraction she trips in front of him and falls conveniently into his arms. The painfully stereotypical relationship these two characters have make the film worth watching in its own right, but the film has other merits. It is kinky melodrama with uber-German looking Indians fighting German speaking redcoats. The effect this film had on me (as a upstate New Yorker who grew up where the film takes place) was one that I encourage others to experience</review>
    <description>Chingachgook is about to marry the daughter of the Delaware chief, when the Hurons kidnap her. Chingachgook and his friend Deerslayer try to rescue her though white scalp hunters interfere until the tribes unite against the palefaces.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0069353</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tecumseh</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At the beginning of the 19th century, white settlers regularly make and break treaties with the Native American inhabitants to gain possession of vast hunting grounds at ludicrously low prices without any bloodshed. Harrison, Governor of Indiana, has made and broke no less than fifteen such treaties, driving increasing numbers of Indians out to the infertile West. To put a stop to this criminal practice, the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh tries to unite the Native Americans. In 1811, he founds a tribal alliance and has Native American lands declared communal property. Chiefs who sell their land in spite of this agreement are to be killed. During the chief's absence, however, Harrison raids the "sacred city" of Tippecanoe founded by Tecumseh and his supporters, reducing it to ashes. The few survivors of the bloodbath flee to Canada, where they join forces with the English as they wage war against America. But they, too, fail to keep their promise to Tecumseh concerning an independent Indian state. In a decisive battle, the defeated English betray and abandon their Native American allies. Together with the other members of his tribe, Tecumseh is killed too.—DEFA Film Library</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Kratzert</director>
      <actor>Gojko Mitic (role=Tecumseh)</actor>
      <actor>Annekathrin Bürger (role=Eileen)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Römer (role=Simon McKew)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Niemczyk (role=McKew)</actor>
      <actor>Mieczyslaw Kalenik (role=Gen. Brook)</actor>
      <actor>Milan Beli (role=Raffael)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Greese (role=Gov. William Harrison)</actor>
      <actor>Gerry Wolff (role=Newman)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Ripperger (role=Barry)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Schreiber (role=Col. Procter)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Köfer (role=Mac)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Ulrich (role=O'Brian)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ4NzcwMDk2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzQ1MTkwMzE@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>History|Western</category>
    <review>Western. Production of the East German film studio DEFA, where the main role is played by the Yugoslav actor, "Honored Indian of the Soviet Union" Gojko Mitic. This is the seventh of twelve that I intend to watch and revise. I definitely did not see this picture, because otherwise I would have remembered it, but for now here is my brief opinion - the Hero of the Indian people. I want to warn you in advance that there are no shortcomings in this picture, but there are several clarifications that I will highlight in a separate paragraph, but for now let me focus your attention on the expressive merits of this good western.So, here they are:1. The story of Tekumze - the whole picture is focused on him, the role of which is played by the legendary Goiko Mitic, Tekumze - no less legendary leader of the Shawnee tribe, who realized that only having united into one people, they are able to withstand the ruthless onslaught of the pale-faced and preserve their home ... This cannot be done without petty separatism, but precious time has already been lost, but then, unexpectedly, war breaks out between the young United States and the mighty (everywhere except North America) British Empire, giving Tekumza and his people a chance that he uses. On this path, intrigue, betrayal, betrayal, a test of friendship, love and battles await him. The ending of the picture is exactly what it was in real life, and nothing can be done about it, alas! The script is well written and played at a high level. We are waiting for the "classic" twists in this series of paintings, to which we have all become accustomed for a long time.2. Fights, skirmishes, battles - that's for this huge thanks to the creators, because not only are there a lot of extras and the viewer feels himself in the center of the battle, but also the technical performance was at the highest level. Your humble servant got a real pleasure from these scenes. The battles very closely follow the historical descriptions, so this western can be used to study the history of that period of time.3. Decorations and costumes - it can be seen that it was spent on the creation of the picture, and quite a lot, because all the uniforms are good as for selection, and correspond to historical prototypes. The scenery is not inferior to them in anything. Forgive my enthusiasm, but I'm not lying. Honestly honest!4. Music - I really want to scold the composer, because for such a large-scale western one could write no less powerful musical accompaniment, well, or at the level of the Western "Trail of the Falcon", but in the end we have completely passable musical compositions that only partially convey the intensity of the drama ...5. Relationships - and again, the relationship between the red and the pale is perfectly reproduced, since the latter, whether they are Americans or the British, despise the Indians, and only use them as temporary allies, while they are dogging each other, and when the matter is for peace, they will start again oppress the Indians. Of course, among the pale-faced there are honest and decent people, such as the Governor of Canada, General Issac Brock, but there are quite a few of them, and they themselves cannot always influence the situation. Contempt and hatred, often open, and when pale-faced need it through clenched teeth. The Cruel Law of America's Conquest.A little about the main characters:1. Tekumze performed by Goiko Mitic - the legendary leader of the Indians, who created an alliance of tribes and went to war with the Americans in alliance with England, received the rank of general for his bravery. He dreamed of a strong and independent Indian state, but the harsh truth of life turned out to be different. He shows himself as an intelligent and calculating politician and commander, who was superbly played by Goiko. Bravo!2. Simon Mekew performed by Rolf Roemer - a close friend of Tekumse, who became his sworn enemy, a colonel of the American army. How bad it is that one trifle and wrong conclusions ruin the strong friendship of people that consider each other brothers. Rolf got an unusual role, but he coped with it unambiguously. Well done!3. William Henry Garrison, played by Wolfgang Grese, is the governor of Indiana and a supporter of the expulsion of the Indians from their native lands. An insidious politician and commander, for whom "honor" and "word" are worthless. What a pity that there are so many such people. Wolfgang was good at this role.Of course, to date, the fights, battles shown in this western are not able to impress the minds of the audience. There is practically no blood again, everyone just falls when they receive "mortal wounds", and the music has not been turned on, this is obvious. But let's make a discount on the release time. But I repeat - the extras added plus signs to my final assessment.Well, next time Goiko Mitic will have to save the Apache tribe from the insidious pale-faced. It will be in the picture "Apache".As a result, we have a good western with Goiko Mitic, with an excellent and tense script, large-scale battles, good music and excellent acting</review>
    <description>At the beginning of the 19th century, white settlers regularly make and break treaties with the Native American inhabitants to gain possession of vast hunting grounds at ludicrously low prices without any bloodshed. Harrison, Governor of Indiana, has made and broke no less than f...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0069353/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0155742</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Ärzte" Herberge für einen Frühling</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Bernd Böhlich</director>
      <actor>Gudrun Landgrebe (role=Kathrin Klein)</actor>
      <actor>Gunter Schoß (role=Prof. Kugler)</actor>
      <actor>Swetlana Schönfeld (role=Christa Kugler)</actor>
      <actor>Gojko Mitic (role=Joel Cutter)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaus Gröbe (role=Daniel Kugler)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Dittus (role=Schwester Elsa)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Jürgen Steinmann (role=Dr. Breese)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Ludwig (role=Paul Staiger)</actor>
      <actor>Gerry Wolff (role=Mahud)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Elias (role=Hannes)</actor>
      <actor>George Inci (role=Algerischer Fahrer)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Sachße (role=Mutter von Felix)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1996</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ3ZWJiOTctZmY4NC00MWI3LTk1NjctZWU0ZjAyZmY5MzA1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14016500</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Sommer, als ich schön wurde</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A love triangle between one girl and two brothers. A story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Erica Dunton</director>
      <director>Jeff Chan</director>
      <director>Jesse Peretz</director>
      <director>Zoe R. Cassavetes</director>
      <director>Megan Griffiths</director>
      <actor>Lola Tung (role=Belly)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Briney (role=Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin Casalegno (role=Jeremiah)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Kaufman (role=Steven)</actor>
      <actor>Jackie Chung (role=Laurel)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Blanchard (role=Susannah)</actor>
      <actor>Rain Spencer (role=Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Summer Madison (role=Nicole)</actor>
      <actor>Alfredo Narciso (role=Cleveland)</actor>
      <actor>David Iacono (role=Cam)</actor>
      <actor>Minnie Mills (role=Shayla)</actor>
      <actor>Kelsey Rose Healey (role=Dara)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWZjNDYwNDItYmYyNS00YjJjLWJkNGEtMTQ4ZTVkYjc4YzAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Teen Drama|Teen Romance|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Amongst the cliches, irritating characters, and the irritating choices they make, there is something comforting about this series. The soundtrack, stunning locations, colorful costumes, excellent casting, and all around solid performances make an otherwise unoriginal series quite entertaining....and by the way, I'm team Conrad</review>
    <description>A love triangle between one girl and two brothers. A story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0094568</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tiere machen Leute</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Lothar Bellag</director>
      <actor>Alfred Müller (role=Dr. Eberhard Butzke)</actor>
      <actor>Roman Kaminski (role=Dr. Jürgen Feiniger)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemarie Bärhold (role=Rita Schneewolf)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Mai (role=Carola)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Delmare (role=Opa Rossko)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz-Dieter Knaup (role=Schöner Helmut)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Schall (role=Astrid)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Wünscher (role=Hilde Kreisköter)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Waller (role=Frau Müller-Pagel)</actor>
      <actor>Otmar Richter (role=Herr Zinke)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Loebinger (role=Frau Wilhelm)</actor>
      <actor>Bert Franzke (role=Herr Steinitz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1988</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2FkYjhkNDQtZWZlYy00MTNkLWE4YzEtMWYwMjA2ZmYzYjk0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4642192</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Trautmann</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Inspired by the true story of Bert Trautmann (Kross, of The Reader), a German who during World War II served as an ardent member of the Hitler Youth and later of the Luftwaffe. Then after the war he played soccer in England, as a goalkeeper for Manchester City. His presence on the team, which hired him in 1949, inspired protests. Would fans ever accept a former enemy as a star player?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marcus H. Rosenmüller</director>
      <actor>David Kross (role=Bert Trautmann)</actor>
      <actor>Freya Mavor (role=Margaret Friar)</actor>
      <actor>John Henshaw (role=Jack Friar)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Melling (role=Sergeant Smythe)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Socha (role=Bill Twist)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Sands (role=Man City President Tilson)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Johns (role=Roberts)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Young (role=Grandma Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Chloe Harris (role=Betsy Walters)</actor>
      <actor>Mikey Collins (role=Alf Myers)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Lewis (role=Jock Thompson)</actor>
      <actor>Dervla Kirwan (role=Clarice Friar)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGQ4YmNlNTMtNTRmNS00NTUxLWI0ZTktYzRjZmM2YjYzNDE1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR86,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Soccer|Biography|Drama|Romance|Sport|War</category>
    <review>Quite often in sports biopics, the story far super cedes their sporting achievements. This couldn't be any more true in the case of Bert Trautmann as his fascinating story gets told here; becoming a hero to many Englishman not so long after fighting to kill them.What this film succeeds in is balancing when the right time for poignancy is and when to include some levity. What lets it down is the pacing. There were a few times where I felt the wrong moments were being drawn out, where more important and interesting moments were being rushed through too quickly.You don't need to be a football fan to enjoy it, it's a human interest story above all else</review>
    <description>The love story of a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0080356</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alma schafft alle</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Konrad Petzold</director>
      <actor>Agnes Kraus (role=Alma Kröpelin)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Mahr (role=Dr. Otto Kröpelin)</actor>
      <actor>Gojko Mitic (role=Hannes Felix)</actor>
      <actor>Birgit Edenharter (role=Rosi Schröder)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Delmare (role=Krischan Hahnemann)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Wollner (role=Erna Hahnemann)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Schubert (role=Herbert Groll)</actor>
      <actor>Hellena Büttner (role=Illona Maschke)</actor>
      <actor>Lubomír Kostelka (role=Pawel Novák)</actor>
      <actor>Marta Raslová (role=Jana Novákova)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Kantorková (role=Frau Novákova)</actor>
      <actor>Otmar Richter (role=Krummbein)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1980</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzcxNmRjNmYtYjhiYS00OGJhLThmYTEtYWQ3ODc2OTViOTVmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>This is the 3rd film starring Agens Kraus as Alma Krause. The first one ("Viechereien", DDR 1976) introduces us to Alma Krause, who lives in East Berlin and provides room and board for her nephew Heinz. The story focuses on Heinz, who studies to become a veterinarian. After Heinz' transfer to Mecklenburg, a state in the Northern part of East Germany, auntie Alma moves along with him. The second one ("Oh diese Tante", DDR 1977) focuses on Alma and Dr. Kroepelin and their life in Mecklenburg. This one brings the conclusion to part 1 and 2. The story lines in all 3amovies are simple and predictable, but nice, clean and funny. If you are familiar with the life style in East Germany, you will certainly enjoy and appreciate these three films. They are quick-witted, just showing Agens Kraus at her best. She was one of the most famous actresses in East Germany, who passed away in May of 1995 at the age of 84. Other recommendations: "Florentiner 73" (1972), "Neues aus der Florentiner 73" (1974) and "Aber Doctor!" (1980)</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22490118</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Sagenhaft" Der Bayerische und der Böhmerwald</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Christoph Bigalke</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTkyNjM5NzktZWM3OC00ZDFiLThhZjktMTliNTQyNmYxOWZiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX189_.jpg" />
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0353936</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rapunzel oder Der Zauber der Tränen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Rapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Then, one day, a mysterious stranger comes for a visit.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ursula Schmenger</director>
      <actor>Sylvia Wolff (role=Rapunzel)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk Schoedon (role=Prinz)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Schorn (role=Alte Zauberin)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Glöss (role=Brautmutter)</actor>
      <actor>Gunda Aurich (role=Häßliche Prinzessin)</actor>
      <actor>Arno Wyzniewski (role=Medicus)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Zimmermann (role=Oberjäger Albrecht)</actor>
      <actor>Manfred Borges (role=Vogt)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Viehmann (role=Diener)</actor>
      <actor>Annemarie Ripperger (role=Zofe)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst-Georg Schwill (role=Küchenchef)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Knust (role=Baumeister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany</country>
    <date>1988</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmFmMDVkZTktMTRjOS00Y2YwLThjNjAtOWM5MDI5OTZmNWU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Family|Fantasy</category>
    <description>Rapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Then, one day, a mysterious stranger comes for a visit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2195032</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Livland</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Volker Koepp</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzMyZDcxMzMtODlkMC00ZmE0LWFlYzAtMzM3MjhhMjMwYzNlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0798738</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Liebe auf den dritten Blick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dianne Schönleber is married with Heiko.Her husband will travel to Verona for his business.Dianne thinks that their marriage is happy til one day she receives an anonymous letter with the phrase: "Your husband sleeps with another woman".So she decides to travel immediately by night train to Verona.In the train she meets Anton Brück and they have to share the same compartment.Anton helps her to escape to the identity control because the identity card of Dianne has expired.Anton tells Dianne that his wife was unfaithful and left him.A little before Verona Anton left the compartment because he didn't bought his train ticket.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Metzger</director>
      <actor>Katja Weitzenböck (role=Dianne Schönleber)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Koch (role=Anton Brück)</actor>
      <actor>Thure Riefenstein (role=Heiko Schönleber)</actor>
      <actor>Sabrina White (role=Viktoria)</actor>
      <actor>Dietrich Mattausch (role=Bartolo Berlinghieri)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Eckert (role=Isabella Berlinghieri)</actor>
      <actor>Thamara Barth (role=Claudia)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Kiwitt (role=Carabiniere)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYxODNlOWUtNDQxMC00NGY3LTg5MmItZDM0NDc3M2JhOGY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR36,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Dianne Schönleber is married with Heiko.Her husband will travel to Verona for his business.Dianne thinks that their marriage is happy til one day she receives an anonymous letter with the phrase: "Your husband sleeps with another woman".So she decides to travel immediately by nig...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0798738/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1349451</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alles in Butter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Generally-humble Bob Pickler has found his niche in life as a butter sculptor, handily winning the Iowa state Mastery in Butter carving championship 15 years running. His ambitious current second wife, Laura Pickler, parlays Bob's local fame to further her own egotistical aspirations to be known as a person doing social good, her eye on the Iowa state governor's seat, and perhaps even the White House. When Bob agrees to a request by event organizers to take himself out of further competitions to allow others to have their moment of butter fame, Laura believes that her aspirations are shattered, as the centerpiece of what gave them renown has been taken away. She decides to enter the competition herself to continue the Pickler legacy, expecting to intimidate any newcomers. What she doesn't expect is the entry of Destiny, a 10-year-old black foster child who doesn't even know her last name, as her parentage is uncertain. She's been in countless foster homes, never finding the right place and parents for her, so not finding her own place in life; one foster parent has even told her that she has no talent. Her latest foster parents are Ethan and Jill; she considers them extremely "white," but they really want to do anything they can, above and beyond, to make her feel welcome in their home. But after what she's been through already, she is on her guard. When she sees Bob's 15th winning butter sculpture, a life-sized rendering of the Last Supper. As Destiny carves and sculpts from the heart, Laura will do anything required to beat Destiny, even cheat. Meanwhile, bike-riding stripper/hooker Brooke has her own vendetta against the Picklers, especially Laura.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jim Field Smith</director>
      <actor>Jennifer Garner (role=Laura Pickler)</actor>
      <actor>Ty Burrell (role=Bob Pickler)</actor>
      <actor>Garrett Schenck (role=Orval Flanagan)</actor>
      <actor>Kristen Schaal (role=Carol Ann Stevenson)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Yudoff (role=Announcer)</actor>
      <actor>Phyllis Smith (role=Nancy)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Leavell (role=Helen Flanagan)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Chrest (role=Butter Fan)</actor>
      <actor>Deana Ricks (role=Butter Fan's Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Yara Shahidi (role=Destiny)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Tippens (role=Mrs. Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Dodie Brown (role=June Carmichael)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTcxMTM4NTA2M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTY0MjEyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Satire|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>In small-town Iowa, an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.Let me say right off the bat what I did not like about this film: the political angle. I did not mind the Newt Gingrich carving, but was it really necessary for the Picklers to be presented as Republicans? Their political views were not important -- their competitive spirit was.That aside, it was pretty great. The ensemble cast is incredible -- Hugh Jackson, Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde (who steals the show on her bicycle)? Awesome. Ashley Greene outside of Twilight? Incredible. And Alicia Silverstone, who I had completely forgotten existed, comes back in a big way.Some of the humor here is weak, and some of it is a bit cheap (two sex scandals are a key part of the plot)... but for a film about carving butter, it all ends up being pretty decent</review>
    <description>In Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0365819</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tage des Sturms</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>June 17, 1953: The people in the GDR refuse to obey their political leadership. Hartmut Brücken's family also become involved in the political events.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Freundner</director>
      <actor>Peter Sodann (role=Alfred Mannschatz)</actor>
      <actor>Thekla Carola Wied (role=Hertha Mannschatz)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Peter Hallwachs (role=Bruno Pfefferkorn)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Petri (role=Claudia Brücken)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Blochberger (role=Jugendlicher)</actor>
      <actor>Natascha Paulick (role=Krankenschwester)</actor>
      <actor>Lutz Blochberger (role=1. Mitarbeiter der Staatssicherheit)</actor>
      <actor>Torsten Ranft (role=Bahnhofsvorsteher)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst-Georg Schwill (role=Pförtner)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Seifert (role=Meinecke)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Wandtke (role=Genosse Kodewitz)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Winkler (role=Lokführer Max)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmRhMTc5YzQtMGQ5Ni00NTY5LThkYjMtMDM1YjcyZGI1NzQyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|History</category>
    <description>June 17, 1953: The people in the GDR refuse to obey their political leadership. Hartmut Brücken's family also become involved in the political events.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12981440</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Tatort" Ein paar Worte nach Mitternacht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Berlin building contractor Klaus Keller is found shot on his 90th birthday. A sign hangs around his neck with the words: I was too cowardly to fight for Germany. Keller was the senior boss of a large Berlin construction company, his current largest project was the construction of a documentation center on the Shoah in Israel. A right-wing assassination attempt? Much seems to speak for it. But there is another lead. A youth photo of the crime victim Klaus and his brother Gert has disappeared from the dead man's apartment. Does the murder have anything to do with the two brothers? Economic miracle child and winner of the turnaround is one - Stasimajor, SED functionary and loser is the other. Two post-war routes that diverged with the division of Germany and could not reunite even after '89. Nina Rubin and Robert Karow ask why and delve into a complex family history in which the generation of sons also plays an important role. Michael Keller runs his father's construction company and Gert's son Fredo is the owner of a printing company in Pankow. Moritz, Klaus' grandson, recorded a video of his beloved grandfather on the occasion of the birthday party - the last document from Klaus Keller - his last words. Moritz 'attractive friend Ruth, politically committed student and waitress in Klaus Keller's regular restaurant, knows the family well. Can their internals help Karow advance the investigation? Rubin and Karow encounter the German past and its consequences and in the end are faced with a crime of which they had no idea.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lena Knauss</director>
      <actor>Meret Becker (role=Nina Rubin)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Waschke (role=Robert Karow)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Kurt (role=Michael Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Marie-Lou Sellem (role=Maja Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Scheicher (role=Moritz Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Becker (role=Rolf Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Genzkow (role=Anna Feil)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Matz (role=Else Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Friedhelm Ptok (role=Gerd Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (role=Dieter Karow)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Grossmann (role=Kiezbewohner)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Krause (role=Spurenermittler Knut Jansen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTYyNGM2NzEtMzgyMy00OWVhLWI5NjgtYWY4MDY1Yjc1NDU1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX189_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <description>The Berlin building contractor Klaus Keller is found shot on his 90th birthday. A sign hangs around his neck with the words: I was too cowardly to fight for Germany. Keller was the senior boss of a large Berlin construction company, his current largest project was the constructio...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt12981440/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0496282</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Drei teuflisch starke Frauen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Career woman Dana Weber has been the editor-in-chief of a glossy magazine for 15 years. Her unshakable self-confidence suffers the first crack when her snooty boss throws her out for reasons of age. Because she has never saved any money and her ex-lover Martin won't lend her any, Dana has to vacate her luxurious apartment. At her older sister Maria's birthday party, it's not easy for her to pretend that everything is fine as usual. On the other hand, widow Maria, who lives in the villa she inherited from her parents, is tranquility itself. The practicing esotericist refurbishes old furniture in a relaxed manner and gets along great with her Sonnyboy offspring Robert - until it turns out that he has defected from a notorious real estate shark Had an ear slapped while vouching for Mother's villa. When the third sister Julie also caught her husband Bertram in flagranti with the very young wannabe pop singer Nina, all three were in a serious crisis. But the "Golden Girls" don't give up and set up a powerful women's shared flat. With their combined strength, they forge a diabolical conspiracy with which they not only screw the half-silk real estate agent, but also Julie's unfaithful husband and Dana's ex-boss miss a proper reminder.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ariane Zeller</director>
      <actor>Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (role=Maria von Steuben)</actor>
      <actor>Gaby Dohm (role=Dana Weber)</actor>
      <actor>Gila von Weitershausen (role=Julie Sander)</actor>
      <actor>Henny Reents (role=Veronika 'Vroni)</actor>
      <actor>Rüdiger Vogler (role=Bertram Sander)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Hans Sommer)</actor>
      <actor>Ralf Bauer (role=Robert von Steuben)</actor>
      <actor>Claudelle Deckert (role=Nina Wuttke)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Engert (role=Viola Sander)</actor>
      <actor>Wilhelm Manske (role=Anwalt Rainer Lustig)</actor>
      <actor>Thorsten Nindel (role=Sören Veit)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Peach (role=Klaus Gruber)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>3.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc1NDg3ODU2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDY1ODMwNw@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Career woman Dana Weber has been the editor-in-chief of a glossy magazine for 15 years. Her unshakable self-confidence suffers the first crack when her snooty boss throws her out for reasons of age. Because she has never saved any money and her ex-lover Martin won't lend her any,...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0496282/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8783976</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alfons Zitterbacke: Das Chaos ist zurück</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Nerdy schoolboy Alfons Zitterbacke has a dream, to become an astronaut, but feels not supported by his worried father, gray mouse Paul, and has few friends, except alas not too bright fellow outsiders Benni Diezler and Nico Klausner, also bullied by the popular knaves. Even staff pick on eager but accident-prone Alfons, especially the grumpy history teacher, who comes to hate him. He sets his hope on a young inventors competition, determined to enter a brilliant flying machine, helped by his buddies, and joined by odd classmate Emilia Held. That proves hard, as things go wrong and enemies strike, but he perseveres and gets to correct his rapport with father.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Schlichter</director>
      <actor>Tilman Döbler (role=Alfons Zitterbacke)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Maria Lara (role=Louise Zitterbacke)</actor>
      <actor>Devid Striesow (role=Paul Zitterbacke)</actor>
      <actor>Leopold Ferdinand Schill (role=Benni Diezler)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Moell (role=Emilia Held)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Antony Renzenbrink (role=Nico Klausner)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Thalbach (role=Direktorin Dr. Girzig)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Stumph (role=Opa Klausner)</actor>
      <actor>Bürger Lars Dietrich (role=Sergej Krumov)</actor>
      <actor>Olaf Schubert (role=Chemielehrer)</actor>
      <actor>Thorsten Merten (role=Herr Flickendorf)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Stumph (role=Frau Diezler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzBhNTdjZjItYTkyZi00Y2RiLWIzODgtODkzNjQ0NzZhMDIyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Comedy|Family</category>
    <description>Clumsy peculiar pupil Alfons Zitterbacke dreams of being an astronaut and wreaks havoc anywhere he goes but against all odds wants to proof everyone who is teasing him wrong especially his father who wants him to be more of a 'normal' kid.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0069725</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Apachen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Directed by Gottfried Kolditz, this action-packed Eurowestern is based loosely on the legend of heroic Apache warrior Ulzana.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gottfried Kolditz</director>
      <actor>Gojko Mitic (role=Ulzana)</actor>
      <actor>Milan Beli (role=Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Colea Rautu (role=Nana)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Niemczyk (role=Ramon)</actor>
      <actor>Gerry Wolff (role=Shopkeeper)</actor>
      <actor>Elsa Grube-Deister (role=Theresa)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Ludwig (role=Miguel)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Delmare (role=Doctor Klein)</actor>
      <actor>Hartmut Beer (role=Gleason)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Kube (role=Gold Digger)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Weisgerber (role=Commander)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Schön (role=Oberst Keanrey)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany|Romania|Soviet Union</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1NTU1Njk3OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzQ2Mjk4._V1_QL75_UX155_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Western</category>
    <review>Here stars the famous chieftain Apache named Ulzana seeking vengence and battling a vicious scalphunter called Johnson and his henchmen in the region of Picos Altos, Mexico , where dangerous people are looking for copper . As an Apache tribe of the Mimbrero led by Ulzana is peacefully settled when they go to Santa Rita village to buy and sell products .Then a group of American/Mexican cutthroats attack and kill the peaceful Indians carrying out an extremely violent slaughter. But Ulzana escapes and he seeks revenge against his enemy.Indian Eurowestern is loosely based on the legendary Apache warrior . A violent , gritty Western that enjoyed success in the Eastern countries. It shows the life of an Indian tribe , the sufferings , feats , attacks and a bloody massacre, including creepy scalphunting .The picture has thrills , emotion, action-packed , assaults and violence . Exciting though it is , the film isn't without its thoughful side , it has drama and action in equal measure . It is is well starred by Gojko Mitic one of the most known and most loved players in Eastern countries. He was born on June 13, 1940 in a village of the previous Yugoslavia , now Serbia. His first roles were as an Indian secondary in the known Winnetou/Old Shatterhand films as Winnetou or Treasure of the silver lake, Winnetou 2 Last of the renegades, The Vultures, Winnetou: The last shot . His first main role was as Tokei in the movie from the East German : Sons of the Great Bear. This was the beginning of a long career playing Indian chieftians such as Severino , Last Mohican's Chingachcook , Blutsbruder , White Feather , Tahmahkera , Ulzana and even the famous Winnetou in TV. They were all successful but he was always dubbed because of his accent . Mitic became a charming man among the women because of his attractive and glamour , and even playing the heroic slave rebel called Spartacus . His movies became popular in Germany , Yugoslavia and even the USA. It has an atmospheric as well as thrilling musical score , and the catching score remembrance Spaghetti Western soundtrack . And an evocative cinematography , but a remastering being really necessary because of film copy is washed-out . Shot in Samarkand , Uzbekistan , Romania and the wonderful Yugoslavian lanscapes .Ulzana feat was also adapted by Robert Aldrich in 1952 as Ulzana's Raid with Burt Lancaster , Bruce Davison , Jorge Luke and Joaquin Martinez as Ulzana . This motion picture titled Apachen 1973 had a sequel titled Ulzana 1974 , being regularly directed by Gottfried Kolditz , cowritten by Gojko Mitic and financed by Deutsche Production or Defa. I would like to recommend it to those who appeal Pasta/Paella Westerns usually filmed in Spain</review>
    <description>Directed by Gottfried Kolditz, this action-packed Eurowestern is based loosely on the legend of heroic Apache warrior Ulzana.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0072336</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ulzana</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After the events of Apachen (1973), Native American warrior chief Ulzana has found a place for his Apache tribe in Arizona. The local merchants hire Burton, a corrupt army officer lusting after Ulazana's Mexican wife, to kick them out.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gottfried Kolditz</director>
      <actor>Renate Blume (role=Leona)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Hoppe (role=Captain Burton)</actor>
      <actor>Colea Rautu (role=Nana)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Delmare (role=Bob Tribolett, Kellner im Saloon)</actor>
      <actor>Alfred Struwe (role=Aldrigton, Bürgermeister von Tucson)</actor>
      <actor>Dinu Gherasim (role=Oberst)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Sandulescu (role=Buuly, Armeescout)</actor>
      <actor>Hannjo Hasse (role=Der Herr aus Washington)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Dissel (role=Mexikanischer Arzt)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Mohr (role=Sergeant Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Berndt (role=John Richard Wardley - Tucson-Reiter)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Gehrke (role=Ball, Postmeister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>East Germany|Soviet Union|Romania</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGNhNTMwMjYtM2M5Mi00ZjEzLTlhZjQtNzU4ZDlkN2UxZDBmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Adventure|Western</category>
    <review>Loosely based on historical events and following the previous movie "Apachen", "Ulzana" stars Gojko Mitic again as the chief of the Mimbrero tribe. They have peacefully settled in Arizona, where they manage to make such a good harvest they can start selling fruit. This is a thorn in the side of local merchants who quickly find a corrupt army officer named Burton to start some trouble, causing the native Americans to leave their reservation. Burton keeps an eye on Ulzana's beautiful Mexican wife Leona (Renate Blume) to make things more complicated. Yes, you guess right: Ulzana doesn't find that funny ;-). Shot in Uzbekistan (!), this is a western produced 1973 by the DEFA which had gained several years of experience with westerns by then. And it shows. "Ulzana" is a real joy with all ingredients for 90 entertaining minutes. I'd like to recommend it also to those among you who know the kind of westerns shot in Spain, but haven't checked out East German productions before</review>
    <description>After the events of Apachen (1973), Native American warrior chief Ulzana has found a place for his Apache tribe in Arizona. The local merchants hire Burton, a corrupt army officer lusting after Ulazana's Mexican wife, to kick them out.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3640276</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Brokenwood: Mord in Neuseeland</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is good at his job but bad with relationships. When he comes to the city of Brokenwood to solve a crime he falls in love with it and decides to stay, but soon Shepherd begins to collide with Detective Kristen Sims.—Potatodato</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Smith</director>
      <director>Murray Keane</director>
      <director>Katie Wolfe</director>
      <director>Joshua Frizzell</director>
      <director>Mark Beesley</director>
      <actor>Neill Rea (role=Mike Shepherd)</actor>
      <actor>Fern Sutherland (role=Kristin Sims)</actor>
      <actor>Cristina Serban Ionda (role=Gina Kadinsky)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Willetts (role=Frodo Oades)</actor>
      <actor>Jarod Rawiri (role=D.C. Daniel Chalmers)</actor>
      <actor>Tracy Lee Gray (role=Trudy Neilson)</actor>
      <actor>Nic Sampson (role=D.C. Sam Breen)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth McRae (role=Mrs. Marlowe)</actor>
      <actor>Roy Ward (role=Rev. Lucas Greene)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Hoyte (role=Ray Neilson)</actor>
      <actor>Pana Hema Taylor (role=Jared Morehu)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Moy (role=Simon Hughes)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>New Zealand</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzFlMWVmOWUtZGM2My00ZDExLTllNDktOTg4MzU0M2QzZTdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>I stumbled across this series just out of curiosity and for some exposure to New Zealand and its culture. What I got was a quirky light-hearted show that combines solving murder mysteries with a dose of humor, and none of the dark, disturbing plots and atmosphere that most shows today seem to favor.Acting is excellent. I particularly love Gina and her interaction with Mike, and others. She steals the show with her one liners. It's also has a great format that introduces many recurring characters from previous episodes to truly give the feeling that you're watching stories that take place in a community, not just a series of unrelated stories that could take place anywhere.As a foreign viewer, I don't recognize any of the actors. In most of these crime solving procedural shows I watch in the US, the murderer is always the guest star with the top billing, usually a recognizable face, and that spoils the mystery. In Brokenwood, it's more difficult to pick out the murderer, so extra entertaining for me.It's nice to watch a wholesome show like this once in a while, without all the gun violence. And being a long-running show, you can be invested in it without being disappointed.As Gina would say, in Russia, they would not like this show. They do not like humor. And not enough people die</review>
    <description>Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1772254</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das blaue Licht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Good soldier Jakob expect the promised pay on top of glory after a victorious war, but king Karl gives only his standard speech and worthless medals. Returning home wounded and penniless, Jacob passes out, trying to boil his wrecked shoes in the forest. He's spotted by the witch, who seduces him as a foxy woman and, as he smells a rat and seeks to run, tricks him as last favor to fetch from her well an ever-shining blue lamp. Not gullible enough to hand it over first, he's dropped down, but finds lightening the lamp awakes a stylish European equivalent of a jinn, Lampman, who can give him anything. Seeking revenge, he demands Karl's most prized possession. Initially displeased with the crown princess Augustine, promised in marriage to seal a warlike dynastic alliance, Jacob and she soon fall in love. Their plans to liberate her get Jacob on the gallows at her arranged wedding day with warrior prince Philipp, the only hope being the lamp, which only thieving beggar knave Johann, which he spared arrest, knows enough about.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Carsten Fiebeler</director>
      <actor>Christoph Letkowski (role=Jakob)</actor>
      <actor>Marleen Lohse (role=Prinzessin Augustine)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Tramitz (role=Lampenmann)</actor>
      <actor>Reiner Schöne (role=König Karl)</actor>
      <actor>Veronica Ferres (role=Hexe)</actor>
      <actor>Gideon Finimento (role=Johann)</actor>
      <actor>Nils Nelleßen (role=Wache 1)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Langenbeck (role=Wache 2)</actor>
      <actor>Lilith Stangenberg (role=Alma)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Bach (role=Prinz Philipp)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Hörbe (role=Wirt)</actor>
      <actor>Hannes Wegener (role=Fritz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzU1NTdlOTgtNjgyZC00NDgwLTg3MWUtOGZhNTdhOTY0ZTNkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX311_.jpg" />
    <category>Family|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <description>Good soldier Jakob expect the promised pay on top of glory after a victorious war, but king Karl gives only his standard speech and worthless medals. Returning home wounded and penniless, Jacob passes out, trying to boil his wrecked shoes in the forest. He's spotted by the witch,...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1772254/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9046736</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Galoschen des Glücks</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Grand Duchess Ottilie and her servants are in the middle of preparing for Princess Aurora's birthday. The castle is being serviced, the kitchen is steaming and all the rooms are lordly furnished.
Kitchen boy Johann feels the great desire to be one of those "up there". He does not notice that he is loved, namely by Lisbeth, the maid of Princess Aurora, a boyish beauty.
The funny cooks Frau Sorge and Frau Glück spend the whole day at the steaming stove, plucking chickens and peeling potatoes. What nobody knows: They are fairies part-time and have certain magical powers.
They have been in their care - unused and slightly dusty - for many years: the galoshes of happiness. Of course they didn't miss Johann's wish and Lisbeth's secret love. And also not that the two would be a good match if only Johann wasn't so blind.
When Princess Aurora appears at the castle for her birthday party, it is love at first sight for Johann. But she is out of reach for him. By chance he puts on the galoshes of luck and immediately his wish comes true. The simple Johann becomes Prince Ludwig. Although he does not know about the magical power of the galoshes, he tries to approach Aurora as a nobleman. With success. But since Ludwig now has the appearance of a prince, but not the knowledge of the rules of etiquette and rituals of the nobility, he threatens to be exposed. Lisbeth of all people tries to keep him safe from it again and again.
Mrs. Sorge and Mrs. Glück soon notice that something has gone wrong. But how do you explain the situation to Lisbeth, who often asks about Johann? The longer Ludwig is in the world of fine people, the more he notices how little he has in common with it. Aurora's superficial talk and her arrogant behavior make him less and less sympathetic to her. Strangely enough, Lisbeth now often comes to mind. But before he can understand his true feelings, the catastrophe happens. Prince Ludwig is exposed as a con man and is supposed to end up in dungeon. Only the galoshes of luck can save him. But in the meantime they have changed hands and granted the servant Oskar a wish. Ludwig can only hope that he will get her back so that he can convince Lisbeth of his love as Johann Lisbeth.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Friederike Jehn</director>
      <actor>Jonas Lauenstein (role=Prinz Ludwig)</actor>
      <actor>Luise von Finckh (role=Lisbeth)</actor>
      <actor>Josefine Voss (role=Prinzessin Aurora)</actor>
      <actor>Annette Frier (role=Frau Sorge)</actor>
      <actor>Inka Friedrich (role=Frau Glück)</actor>
      <actor>Corinna Kirchhoff (role=Ottilie, Großtante)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Lehmann (role=Prinz Lazlo)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Rüppel (role=Prinz Amadeus)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Schefé (role=Otto)</actor>
      <actor>Alberto Fortuzzi (role=Oskar)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Erbherr (role=Schausteller)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Gerhardt (role=Schausteller 1)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWJmODE0NTAtOGQ3Zi00NTI4LWJjN2YtYWQ0ZDgwOGJlYzNhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX189_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <description>Grand Duchess Ottilie and her servants are in the middle of preparing for Princess Aurora's birthday. The castle is being serviced, the kitchen is steaming and all the rooms are lordly furnished. Kitchen boy Johann feels the great desire to be one of those "up there". He does not...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt9046736/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>34112288</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Superfood Bohnen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jasmin Lakatos</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2ZjMzQyZWItZTA5YS00ZjAwLTlhNjgtYmQxN2M5NGY1Y2U2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22493904</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>She Chef</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Agnes travels from luxury kitchen to luxury kitchen. We follow the young woman on a culinary journey that lets us experience the craft of cooking from up close.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Melanie Liebheit</director>
      <director>Gereon Wetzel</director>
      <actor>Agnes Karrasch (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Melzer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Wissler (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDg0M2E1MjItNmY3OS00ODA3LWI2OWYtMjFiOGY2MGE5Y2NjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR3,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>What a delightful movie. So many movies today are shallow, CGI-laden superhero retread stories that just numb the mind. This movie is completely different - my wife and I really enjoyed watching Agnes' journey of self-discovery told through this film. The filmmaker did a great job in editing - it feels like you are "right there" in the kitchen with the chefs. The film takes a few unexpected turns, which makes the story that much more compelling. The film explores work pressures and it's affect, but in a greater sense, humanism and the ability of people to connect on a deeper level. Highly recommended</review>
    <description>Agnes travels from luxury kitchen to luxury kitchen. We follow the young woman on a culinary journey that lets us experience the craft of cooking from up close.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0905537</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Tatort" Die Anwältin</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Dieter Berner</director>
      <actor>Peter Sodann (role=Hauptkommissar Bruno Ehrlicher)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Michael Lade (role=Hauptkommissar Kain)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Nickel (role=Kriminaltechniker Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Annekathrin Bürger (role=Frederike)</actor>
      <actor>Simone von Zglinicki (role=Staatsanwältin Mitterer)</actor>
      <actor>Doreen Jacobi (role=Anwältin Corinna Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Johann von Bülow (role=Andreas Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Schenk (role=Bauunternehmer Peter Ludwig)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Bettermann (role=Kreditsachbearbeiter Dr. Stefan Bischof)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Reschke (role=Ines Bischof)</actor>
      <actor>Lissy Tempelhof (role=Maria Bischof)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Ecks (role=Petra Mühl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTAyOTFkNjAtZjJlNy00NTkzLThiYWQtZDkyY2RlNGUyZjMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,16,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2387880</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Heiter bis tödlich</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Wilhelm Engelhardt</director>
      <director>Christoph Klünker</director>
      <director>Jorgo Papavassiliou</director>
      <director>Thomas Jahn</director>
      <director>David Carreras</director>
      <actor>Isabell Gerschke (role=Kristina Katzer)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Franck (role=Lukas Hundt)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Alles (role=Yvette Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Schenke (role=Dr. Leo Sturm)</actor>
      <actor>Rita Feldmeier (role=Elli Katzer (credit only))</actor>
      <actor>Anna Krajci (role=Jule Katzer)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Greiling (role=Joseph Ottner)</actor>
      <actor>Mathis Landwehr (role=Alexander Rick)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Speichert (role=Dr. Simone Nüssele-Dövedin)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Pohl (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nora Huetz (role=Mandy Seifert)</actor>
      <actor>Nike Fuhrmann (role=Anja Dahm)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTc4NGY1NDktOWYzOC00NWJmLWE1YWUtYzFjOWJjOWJiNzIwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8708280</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>State of the Union</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Louise and Tom who meet in a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephen Frears</director>
      <actor>Brendan Gleeson (role=Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Clarkson (role=Ellen)</actor>
      <actor>Chris O'Dowd (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Rosamund Pike (role=Louise)</actor>
      <actor>Esco Jouley (role=Jay)</actor>
      <actor>Janet Amsden (role=Older Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff Rawle (role=Older Husband)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Cubitt (role=Gina)</actor>
      <actor>Elliot Levey (role=Chris)</actor>
      <actor>Aisling Bea (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Sope Dirisu (role=Giles)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Stewart (role=Cathy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzhhODM1MGMtMmFhYS00OTY0LWI0ZTktODU5ZmM0OTI2ZGI1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>I feel like in this day and age when the traditional family is so apparently going into decline, where so many people are prone to the mentality that "if it doesn't work, I'll just start anew and find something that's better," this short little series is extremely refreshing and might provide a cause for some relevant and meaningful reflection.What I really love about the series is how real the characters feel. Even though we only get to see a short snippet of their lives, the episodes do a great job of showing us how broken they are and the struggle that they are going through.I don't think I would have enjoyed the series as much if they actually showed the conversations/therapy sessions that they had. Frankly that would have just been predictable/boring drama that I can certainly do without. What the short 10 minute style so brilliantly depicts is the internal struggles that they are grappling with, without any added meaningless cliches and drama.Also Chris O'Dowd and Roasmund Pike are very likable and have great chemistry together. The conversations they had were quite witty consistently funny throughout without feeling too overly pretentious.I couldn't recommend this enough to anyone who is even remotely interested after reading the synopsis</review>
    <description>Louise and Tom who meet in a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7142712</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grüner wird's nicht sagte der Gärtner und flog davon</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Georg "Schorsch" Kempter is a gardener in a small Bavarian town, working day-in, day-out in his nursery, which is facing bankruptcy. He doesn't like to talk much. He never has. His marriage has long lost all its magic and on top of that, he has trouble to connect with his daughter. Only when he is flying in his own rickety biplane, Schorsch feels truly free. When the owner of the local golf course tries to cheat Schorsch for his money, claiming the shade of green of the grass Schorsch has planted on the golf course is not right, insolvency seems unavoidable. So just when his airplane is about to be impounded, Schorsch grabs the control stick and flies away in an attempt to save his plane and himself. He embarks onto a journey into the unknown, to places he has never seen before, full of odd and special encounters - and with every take-off and every landing, this tough man's heart slowly warms up to what you might call an idea of happiness.—Majestic Filmproduktion</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Gallenberger</director>
      <actor>Elmar Wepper (role=Schorsch Kempter)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Bading (role=Philomena)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Baumgartner (role=Monika Kempter)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Manzel (role=Hannah)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Tukur (role=Richard von Zeydlitz)</actor>
      <actor>Sunnyi Melles (role=Evelyn von Zeydlitz)</actor>
      <actor>Karolina Horster (role=Miriam Kempter)</actor>
      <actor>Gudrun Ritter (role=Ellen von Zeydlitz)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Stegemann (role=Dr. Starcke)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Hanemann (role=Hans)</actor>
      <actor>Tilman Pörzgen (role=Timo)</actor>
      <actor>Gilbert von Sohlern (role=Fimpel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmU3OWEwOTYtM2I5Yi00OGI4LTg0NDEtYWZiMWZiMmIwN2MwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Georg "Schorsch" Kempter is a gardener in a small Bavarian town. When the owner of the local golf course tries to cheat Schorsch for his money, he grabs the control stick and flies away in an attempt to save his plane and himself.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2887954</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tokyo Vice</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1999 he was hired as a rookie reporter for Yomiuri Shimbun. As a cadet, he describes being taken under the wing of Sekiguchi, an older detective. Adelstein was initially assigned to "tacky" Saitama, and the memoir covers his next 12 years as a staffer for the paper, describing 80-hour work weeks, relationship difficulties, and the interactions between crime reporters and the police. Specific cases involve the search for the killer of Lucie Blackman, and the memoir also details death threats, after he published an expose on Tadamasa Goto. He also uncovered that Saitama Prefecture was altering scientific data on dioxin contamination.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Josef Kubota Wladyka</director>
      <director>Alan Poul</director>
      <director>Hikari</director>
      <director>Takeshi Fukunaga</director>
      <director>Eva Sørhaug</director>
      <actor>Ansel Elgort (role=Jake Adelstein)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Watanabe (role=Hiroto Katagiri)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Keller (role=Samantha)</actor>
      <actor>Shô Kasamatsu (role=Sato)</actor>
      <actor>Rinko Kikuchi (role=Eimi)</actor>
      <actor>Kosuke Tanaka (role=Tin Tin)</actor>
      <actor>Takaki Uda (role=Trendy)</actor>
      <actor>Nobushige Suematsu (role=Gen)</actor>
      <actor>Ayumi Ito (role=Misaki)</actor>
      <actor>Kazuya Tanabe (role=Yabuki)</actor>
      <actor>Shun Sugata (role=Ishida)</actor>
      <actor>Ayumi Tanida (role=Tozawa)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDFlYjYxMzgtYmFlMi00ZDFmLTljYTItMTY5MDY2ZGRlYTE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Gangster|Police Procedural|True Crime|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>I've walked part-way in Jake Adelstein's shoes. I used to work in a Japanese IT company in Tokyo as the only Japanese speaking caucasian employee. I took hour long trips through the crowded train stations, learning to sleep while standing up, jammed between other commuters. Finally returning home after a late night karate lesson to what can only be described as a hole in the wall. Only to get up again with little sleep and do it all over again.The scenes in Tokyo Vice are as authentic as I've seen - given it's based on a true story, filmed on location, and advised by Jake himself.From the English teaching, the casual racism, long hours, the stifling bureaucracy and office culture, to the heavy smoking and drinking, to the Russian girls in the hostess "snack" clubs. The neon wonderlands of Kabuki-cho and Shibuya are here on display, but it's portrayed dark, gritty, and noir given the subject matter. People unfamiliar with Japan will be struck by the seemingly absurdist culture which juxtaposes young men trying to act and look tough in a world surrounded by sexual objectification, neon lights, video games, and cuteness - and a near impenetrable ancient culture.Viewers might also be struck by the Japanese constantly trying to practice their English on the foreigner all the time - despite his high Japanese fluency. When human relationships are fraught with distrust and are only resolved through transactional quid-pro-quo in Japan - something which this series highlights - getting a freebie language practice opportunity is worth it's weight in yen. It's certainly a lot cheaper than the hostess clubs.Ansel Elgort's attempt at Japanese is a pretty good one, playing the role of the "gaijin" - the well meaning, Japanese speaking, and learned foreigner who is never taken seriously by the culture he's immersed in.Ken Watanabe is - well - not much else to say. He's brilliant as usual, and his moody detective certainly plays the part.Can't wait to see the rest of the series, as the first three episodes are extremely watchable</review>
    <description>A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0920449</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Giraffe, Erdmännchen &amp; Co</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This zoo documentary soap shows the everyday life of the animals and the work of the zookeepers in the Frankfurt Zoological Garden and in the Opel Zoo. Both located in Hesse, Germany.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Olaf Pessler (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Reinhard (role=Self - Zoo Frankfurt)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Grenz (role=Self - Veterinarian - Opel-Zoo)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Geiger (role=Self - Veterinarian - Zoo Frankfurt)</actor>
      <actor>Astrid Parys (role=Self - Zoo Frankfurt)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Beckmann (role=Self - Zoo Inspector - Opel-Zoo)</actor>
      <actor>Uta Westerhüs (role=Self - Veterinarian - Opel-Zoo)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Karer (role=Self - Zoo Frankfurt)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Arlt (role=Self - Zoo Frankfurt)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel König (role=Self - Opel-Zoo)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan von Gemünden (role=Self - Opel-Zoo)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Rimpler (role=Self - Opel-Zoo)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2RjMmUzN2MtOTlmYi00OTk0LTliOWUtMGQzM2Y4Njg4Njg0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Docusoap Reality TV|Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>This zoo documentary soap shows the everyday life of the animals and the work of the zookeepers in the Frankfurt Zoological Garden and in the Opel Zoo. Both located in Hesse, Germany.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5896868</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>WaPo Bodensee</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A team of German maritime police solve crimes on and around Lake Constance.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Raoul W. Heimrich</director>
      <director>Jan Haering</director>
      <director>Tom Zenker</director>
      <director>Daniel Rakete Siegel</director>
      <director>Saskia Weisheit</director>
      <actor>Floriane Daniel (role=Nele Fehrenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Wendy Güntensperger (role=Julia Demmler)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=Mechthild Fehrenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Calvin (role=Niklas Fehrenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Wilde (role=Paul Schott)</actor>
      <actor>Max König (role=Jakob Frings)</actor>
      <actor>Sofie Eifertinger (role=Johanna Fehrenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Werdelis (role=Pirmin Spitznagel)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Rapold (role=Hauptmann Aubry)</actor>
      <actor>Ole Puppe (role=Andreas Rambach)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Horn (role=Marten Rambach)</actor>
      <actor>Paulina Hobratschk (role=Melanie Kowalski)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTA2YWIxMmEtODhhYS00M2I3LThiOWItMWI4NjBhYzNhZTBiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>A team of German maritime police solve crimes on and around Lake Constance.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4449470</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rentnercops: Jeder Tag zählt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Durchschlag</director>
      <director>Michael Schneider</director>
      <director>Janis Rattenni</director>
      <director>Patrick Winczewski</director>
      <director>Dennis Satin</director>
      <actor>Katja Danowski (role=Vicky Adam)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Le (role=Hui Ko)</actor>
      <actor>Tilo Prückner (role=Edwin Bremer)</actor>
      <actor>Verena Plangger (role=Heidrun Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Prelle (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Isabelle Barth (role=Tina)</actor>
      <actor>Helene Grass (role=Dr. Rosalind Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Hockenbrink (role=Hanno)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Winkler (role=Günter Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Witza (role=Lotta)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Eilert (role=Joschua)</actor>
      <actor>Hartmut Volle (role=Sven Tollkinn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGIyYzEzZWUtZjhhMC00MjY0LWEwMmUtYjVjNmFkMjZlZDliXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Well written script, tone setting usage of music at the start of each episode, funny, sometimes strange plots, great acting and interaction between the very different characters. The relation between young and old resp. male and female characters is sometimes hilarious. Definitely more ideas and style than average german crime series</review>
    <description>Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10349952</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Ungewollten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Full of confidence, 937 Jewish refugees leave the port of Hamburg in 1939. Nazi Germany behind them, freedom in front of them. A visa for Cuba promises a life without fear. But Havana refuses entry. Captain Schröder sets course for the USA. Washington also refuses the "St. Louis" to call at a safe US-American port. When Canada also refuses to accept the boat, the journey is set free to the odyssey on the Atlantic Ocean. On board, the words suicide and mutiny make the rounds. Less than a month after leaving the port of Hamburg, the "St. Louis" arrives in Antwerp. Almost a third of the passengers will be murdered by the Nazis in the following years. (Source: ARD)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ben von Grafenstein</director>
      <actor>Ulrich Noethen (role=Kapitän Gustav Schröder)</actor>
      <actor>Britta Hammelstein (role=Martha Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Kienast (role=Offizier Klaus Ostermeyer)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Panzner (role=Otto Hendrich)</actor>
      <actor>Golo Euler (role=Walter Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Elgar do Rosário (role=Leo Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Attila Georg Borian (role=Karl Pollock)</actor>
      <actor>Virgílio Castelo (role=Dr. Josef Joseph)</actor>
      <actor>Luís Esparteiro (role=Robert Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriela Barros (role=Elise Loewe)</actor>
      <actor>Pedro Lacerda (role=Dr. Max Loewe)</actor>
      <actor>João Craveiro (role=Deutscher Zollbeamte)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Portugal</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmNlNTMwMDQtNWJjZS00MmY1LTk3OGItZjYyMzk2OTdmMTQwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Drama|History</category>
    <description>The movie is based on the real story of 937 German Jewish refugees leaving from Hamburg in 1939, far from Nazism to Cuba. Their journey for freedom became an Odyssey on the Atlantic ocean.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2379538</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hochzeiten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bernhard and Claire were once what one calls a "dream couple". Until Claire caught her godly husband on an affair and left him without further ado. More than 20 years have passed since then, but the two are still like fire and water. There are other reasons for this, however, because while the major entrepreneur Bernhard is developing ultra-modern and not exactly environmentally friendly aircraft, Claire is running a small nursery and is very successful as an environmental activist. But now her daughter Sophie, who works as an engineer in her father's company, wants to marry her colleague Ingo. The two workaholics seem to have a common job in particular. In this situation, parents have little choice but to sit down at the table to plan their wedding. This occasion comes in handy for Bernhard: He needs Claire's support to win an Indian industrialist for an important project for his troubled company. The man was in love with Claire years ago and Bernhard hopes that she will now let her charm play out again. Claire is initially furious when she learns of this plan. But the upcoming wedding also awakens memories of the common past - and so it doesn't take long before sparks of the amorous kind suddenly fly between the brawlers. Sophie too is confronted with a chapter from her past that was believed to have been closed for a long time. Her once great love Hans, a successful writer who once left her overnight and disappeared abroad, stands in front of her completely surprising. His appearance whirls the seemingly orderly emotional life of the young woman completely upside down. Soon Sophie has to wonder if she and Ingo really want to get married out of love.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nikolai Müllerschön</director>
      <actor>Senta Berger (role=Claire)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich von Thun (role=Bernhard)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Martinek (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Bergmann (role=Ingo)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Karl (role=Hans)</actor>
      <actor>Bibiane Zeller (role=Erna)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Marischka (role=Nicole)</actor>
      <actor>Karl-Heinz Kirchmann (role=Chauffeur)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Schneller (role=Pfarrer Neubauer)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Misske (role=Wirtschaftsminister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTVhY2E4ODYtZDExMy00MWFhLWE5NWMtMzA3ZjBhM2I2MTVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>Bernhard and Claire were once what one calls a "dream couple". Until Claire caught her godly husband on an affair and left him without further ado. More than 20 years have passed since then, but the two are still like fire and water. There are other reasons for this, however, bec...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt2379538/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21237390</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bosnien und Herzegowina</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Caroline Haertel</director>
      <director>Mirjana Momirovic</director>
      <actor>Semir Sam Osmanagich (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Evelina Cehajic (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Nenad Sprengo (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Marlena Cukteras (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Aric (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Azra Ochron (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Irena Rozic (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Goran (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Nenad Djolic (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Marin Mamusa (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Rehic (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Goran Topic (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmFkNzRmMGItZWI2ZS00NWRjLWE4YmUtNjM3NTQ5YTBmYWM4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7397604</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Bozen Krimi</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Detective Sonja Schwarz has given up her top job in Mainz to follow her husband to Bolzano. But things are getting heated in the patchwork family, which also includes her stepdaughter and her husband's nasty ex-mother-in-law.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thorsten Näter</director>
      <director>Thomas Nennstiel</director>
      <director>Sabine Derflinger</director>
      <director>Josh Broecker</director>
      <director>Marcus Ulbricht</director>
      <actor>Chiara Schoras (role=Sonja Schwarz)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Raab (role=Jonas Kerschbaumer)</actor>
      <actor>Charleen Deetz (role=Laura Schwarz)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Kreuzer (role=Katharina)</actor>
      <actor>Hanspeter Müller (role=Peter Kerschbaumer)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Oertel (role=Capo Matteo Zanchetti)</actor>
      <actor>Sinja Dieks (role=Sofia)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Sarbacher (role=Fransesco Rossi)</actor>
      <actor>Stefano Bernardin (role=Riccardo Riello)</actor>
      <actor>Susanna Simon (role=Giulia Santoro)</actor>
      <actor>Helmfried von Lüttichau (role=Robert Lanthaler)</actor>
      <actor>Xaver Hutter (role=Thomas Schwarz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDJjYTQ4NDktN2UwZC00Yzc2LTkzOTQtNTRlY2I4Yzg5NTVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <description>Detective Sonja Schwarz has given up her top job in Mainz to follow her husband to Bolzano. But things are getting heated in the patchwork family, which also includes her stepdaughter and her husband's nasty ex-mother-in-law.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>32864330</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>DD Next Level</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A sharp-witted film critic suddenly finds himself trapped inside the kind of movie he loves to ridicule.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>S. Prem Anand</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>India</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGMyNThjZjEtN2M5NS00ZWVjLTkyODYtMjkzNGVjZGY2MThlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Devil's Double Next Level is a horror film with a different concept movie. Scenes featuring Motta Rajendran and the co-actors make us laugh and keep us engaged throughout. The film blends horror and humor in a unique way that adds to the overall entertainment. Watching it without any expectations allows you to enjoy the fun and surprises it offers. It's not the usual horror movie and stands out for its comic timing and performances, especially by Rajendran and for the team. DDnext level is a light-hearted horror film worth a casual watch with friends or family for a fun weekend escape from routine</review>
    <description>A sharp-witted film critic suddenly finds himself trapped inside the kind of movie he loves to ridicule.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0887815</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das große Hessenquiz</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Jörg Bombach (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Alisa Mewes (role=Self - Gewinner)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Kinne (role=Self - Gewinner)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Bopp (role=Self - Kandidat)</actor>
      <actor>Valeska Sommer (role=Self - Kandidat)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Neul (role=Self - Kandidat)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Henke (role=Self - Kandidat)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Schott (role=Self - Kandidat)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk Friese (role=Self - Kandidat)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Jaworski (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2RlODk1YzUtYzY4NS00MjFjLWIzNjAtZjkxYWI4YjRlZjU1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX118_.jpg" />
    <category>Game Show</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>26591046</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gefangen im eigenen Körper: 44 Stunden zwischen Leben und Tod</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Gil Avni found himself in a Kafkaesque situation. He lies dying in the ICU, anesthetized and ventilated, diagnosed with cerebral edema. From the medical team fighting for his life and his closest relatives coming to say their goodbyes, Gil learns about his final hours. These 44 hours are told through his testimony and of those who were around him.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rotem Gross</director>
      <actor>Gil Avni (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Israel</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWMxNGFmYmEtYzU2ZC00YThkLWE2NTUtOWQ5NDBlMDc4NWUyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Gil Avni found himself in a Kafkaesque situation. He lies dying in the ICU, anesthetized and ventilated, diagnosed with cerebral edema. From the medical team fighting for his life and his closest relatives coming to say their goodbyes, Gil learns about his final hours. These 44 h...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt26591046/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0853064</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unser Kindermädchen ist ein Millionär</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Champagne, parties, beautiful women: This is what a normal "working day" looks like for the industrialist's son Max Helmer. The good-looking womanizer sees his managerial position in the family's large corporation as more of a nuisance. So it's no wonder that his tradition-conscious father Manfred is very worried about the future of the company, because Max is supposed to follow in his footsteps one day. But soon old Helmer is presented with a welcome opportunity to bring his unsettled son to his senses: When the entire management staff of the corporation is ordered to return to the "base" for two weeks to remember what work means, poor Max is hit particularly hard. He is supposed to go to work for single businesswoman Elena Gruber and her three children - as a domestic help. At first, the clever Max leaves no stone unturned to avoid work: a cleaning team takes care of the house cleaning and a luxury caterer delivers lunch, while the snobby millionaire's son puts his feet up as usual. Only when his father gets wind of the matter and threatens severe consequences does Max try to complete his task with some honor. Elena's spirited kids want to get rid of their new supervisor as quickly as possible, while Max, for his part, is increasingly fascinated by his attractive client. And although Elena also takes a liking to her charming "house husband", Max cannot land the self-confident businesswoman as easily as he does with his usual party girls. Elena also has completely different problems: the fashion company she works for is on the verge of bankruptcy. When Max hears about her worries, his entrepreneurial spirit awakens. He secretly develops a plan to save Elena's company by means of a friendly takeover by the Helmer Group - of course also in the hope of impressing the woman of his dreams. But the plan threatens to backfire. When Elena finds out who is behind the tempting takeover offer, she feels betrayed. Convinced that Max only sneaked into her house to spy on her, she turns away from him.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bettina Woernle</director>
      <actor>Gregor Törzs (role=Max Helmer)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stemberger (role=Elena Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Degen (role=Manfred Helmer)</actor>
      <actor>Grit Boettcher (role=Martha)</actor>
      <actor>Ingo Hülsmann (role=Paul Helmer)</actor>
      <actor>Vespa Vasic (role=Tina Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Fabian Grass (role=Walter Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Wahlen (role=Hänschen Gruber)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Rudolph (role=Britta Mehlhorn)</actor>
      <actor>Konstantin Graudus (role=Bernhard Weber)</actor>
      <actor>Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger (role=Chef Bredow)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Ebner (role=Alte Dame)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWY5NmM4OTYtM2Y1Yi00N2ZiLTg0YzUtZGJmMTdmNjkxNzJhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX317_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family</category>
    <description>Max Helmer, son of Paul Helmer, a great businessman, must now work for a while as domestic help to know better what is work and the value of money.He will help Elena and her children.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1594243</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Tatort" Heimatfront</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jochen Alexander Freydank</director>
      <actor>Maximilian Brückner (role=Franz Kappl)</actor>
      <actor>Gregor Weber (role=Stephan Deininger)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Mücke (role=Philipp Weitershagen)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Trepte (role=Lars Leroux)</actor>
      <actor>Constantin von Jascheroff (role=Ingo Böcking)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Kiefer (role=Hendrik Milbrandt)</actor>
      <actor>Alice Hoffmann (role=Gerda Braun)</actor>
      <actor>Lale Yavas (role=Dr. Rhea Singh)</actor>
      <actor>Hartmut Volle (role=Horst Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Jäger (role=Psychologin)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Gwisdek (role=Markus Schwarz)</actor>
      <actor>Torsten Michaelis (role=Oberst Claasen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWE4NzA0YzQtODgyZS00ZWUwLThiMTQtZDVjYTQ2YzJkNjRmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1537996</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Urlaub mit kleinen Folgen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The pregnant German marketing expert Billie searches the Spanish confectioner Juan with whom she had the momentous holiday affair. While she helps her friend Kurt to decorate a new confectionery, she finds herself welcomed by Juan's family.—kite</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Bräutigam</director>
      <actor>Muriel Baumeister (role=Sybille 'Billie' Fleming)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Bergmann (role=Kurt Möbius)</actor>
      <actor>Gaby Dohm (role=Billies Mutter Elke)</actor>
      <actor>Gunther Gillian (role=Juan)</actor>
      <actor>Cornelia Schmaus (role=Pilar)</actor>
      <actor>Isabel Janela (role=Montse)</actor>
      <actor>Sonia Serrano (role=Teresa)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Tryphon (role=Jordi)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Baumecker (role=Markus)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMThjZjBiNmUtNjAwOS00OGU2LTgyMzMtNDdjY2JiZGJkMjBmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>The pregnant German marketing expert Billie searches the Spanish confectioner Juan with whom she had the momentous holiday affair. While she helps her friend Kurt to decorate a new confectionery, she finds herself welcomed by Juan's family.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10272386</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Father</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A series of vignettes, often building upon themselves, is presented from the perspective of Anthony, an elderly Londoner, in his home. The next in the series often contradicts the previous, leading to the question of what is real and what is in Anthony's mind, possibly of things from his past that are no longer, in the one thing that is certain: that Anthony suffers from Alzheimer's. Those vignettes that are not from his perspective show what is real in his life: that he has an adult daughter Anne and that Anthony has only recently moved in with her and her husband Paul in Anthony driving away the caregivers that Anne had hired for him when he lived on his own. While Anne loves her father, their relationship is often strained in his waning lucidity and the negative effect his constant presence is having on her marriage. Her ability to carry out a life independent of him is compromised if she cannot find further support in care for him. She doesn't want to take the final step of having him placed in a home, but she may have no other alternative if his situation worsens or if her own personal situation, irrespective of him, changes.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Zeller</director>
      <actor>Olivia Colman (role=Anne)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Hopkins (role=Anthony)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Gatiss (role=The Man)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Williams (role=The Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Imogen Poots (role=Laura)</actor>
      <actor>Rufus Sewell (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Ayesha Dharker (role=Dr Sarai)</actor>
      <actor>Roman Zeller (role=Boy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France|United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDA5MmY1NDQtYzM5Ni00OTFlLWFlMjAtNzkxZDdlMTY3ZTUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,26,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>This is a film that stays with you. Of course there's the brilliant performances but there's more. While other films have taken on old age and dementia, those films took on coping with a significant other's condition. The difference here is that the film is from the sufferer's perspective. You therefore see these events as if you yourself have dementia. And it's stunning how, when you walk away, you know you can</review>
    <description>A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. When he tries to understand what is happening around him, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1815716</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ganz der Papa</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Steurer</director>
      <actor>Jörg Schüttauf (role=Alex Brehm)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Richter (role=Sophie Schönemann)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Franke (role=Willy Brehm)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Bolkart (role=Charlie Brehm)</actor>
      <actor>Francesca Bolkart (role=Charlie Brehm)</actor>
      <actor>Grace Reutlinger (role=Paula Schönemann)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Umbach (role=Dr. Stephan Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Moses Wolff (role=Udo)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah-Lavinia Schmidbauer (role=Klavierlehrerin Peggy)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Arnold (role=Frau Freitag)</actor>
      <actor>Jo Kern (role=Ute Romanhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Pia Hänggi (role=Ärztin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmM0M2Q4NGItMTExOS00MGJiLWI4MmEtM2E1MDE0OTZmOGY5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,17,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5302844</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Mord mit Aussicht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The police from Hengasch's neighboring town "Hammelforst" - yes, there is also a police station in this sleepy Eifel village - under the direction of Detective Inspector Holm, is called to Hans-Peter Jogereit's house. There is said to have been a heated argument here. And what they find there not only irritates the Hammelforst police: Next to a shot Jogereit, Sophie Haas is holding the murder weapon. And because the dead Jogereit is Sophie's archenemy, she is now suspected of murder. Since the only possible defense witnesses are Dietmar, Bärbel, Heike and Jan, of all people, Holm interrogates them in detail. But everyone describes the past 24 hours from their very subjective point of view... For Holm, it not only turns out that Sophie cannot be the murderer, but also that this, at first glance, heterogeneous bunch, to put it mildly, actually loves each other very, very much. But one question remains: Who is actually behind the murder of Jogereit?—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Schomburg</director>
      <actor>Caroline Peters (role=Sophie Haas)</actor>
      <actor>Bjarne Mädel (role=Dietmar Schäffer)</actor>
      <actor>Meike Droste (role=Bärbel Schmied)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Kleinert (role=Heike Schäffer)</actor>
      <actor>Johann von Bülow (role=Jan Schulte)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Proll (role=Sandra Holm)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Matschke (role=Hans-Peter Jogereit)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Riedler (role=Mara)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen-Maja Antoni (role=Irmtraud Schäffer)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Hanemann (role=Hans Zielonka)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Heyn (role=Dr. Bechermann)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Davis (role=Philip)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwNTYzODc1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODczNzQ2NzE@._V1_QL75_UX93_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>Remember the woman who really wanted that job, but got a completely different one instead? Somewhere where no one wants to go ... well more or less. Even more so because of all the murders that occured there. But that was for entertainment purposes of course. Comedy TV show and all that. And the show ran succesfully for 3 seasons - and got this deserved movie to round things up.We get many of our series regulars and a few new faces to round things up. There are some stabs at political correctness and expectations (cliches) and the jokes may feel a bit familiar - although some seem to not like the movie at all. Even those who were fans of the show. I am surprised a little bit - because it is really good that this isn't just another (double) episode but something own. A movie that has its own story while keeping the traits and characteristics of its characters. So remember, if you liked the show, do not expect this to be more of just the same and embrace it. If you haven't seen the show yet ... well if you like this give it a shot .. even if it means you know where it all will eventually end ..</review>
    <description>Sophie Haas and her team are forced to state everything they know about the committed crime in the nearby village.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0405433</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Vater werden ist nicht schwer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Actually, senior teacher Frank Fauster has every reason to be happy: he has a responsible job as a high school principal, a pretty house with a garden, an understanding wife and a bright son. Nevertheless, he is plagued by the first symptoms of a midlife crisis. His marriage to Elisabeth has broken down, and he doesn't get along too well with his son Noah. Meanwhile, Frank's much younger lover, the teacher Ira, is telling him that he should finally come clean to his wife. As if that weren't enough to worry about, Frank receives a surprising call from a retirement home in the middle of preparations for his 50th birthday: his father, whom he has never met, wants to see him again before he dies. However, in the retirement home, the astonished Frank does not find a terminally ill old man, but rather a rather sprightly older gentleman. What he doesn't suspect is that Gustav isn't his father at all, but a tramp who made himself comfortable in the deceased's bed. Since Gustav doesn't clear up the mistake, Frank takes him home with him. Elisabeth and Noah immediately like their supposed "father-in-law" and "grandpa". With his idiosyncratic advice, the charming tramp really shakes up the Fausters' staid family life. There is only one problem for Gustav, who feels completely at home in his role: his mother Hannelore is also expected at Frank's big birthday party. In order not to be discovered as an impostor, Gustav tells his "ex-wife" that he is an actor who is supposed to impersonate Frank for Noah's high school graduation prank. At first the old lady plays along. But of course it is only a matter of time before the truth comes to light during the extremely turbulent birthday celebration. Gustav quietly and secretly leaves the chaotic party. At first there is great excitement at the family table. But eventually the whole family realizes that they only managed to overcome their family problems with the help of the clever Gustav. Only: Where is Gustav now?—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>René Heisig</director>
      <actor>Heinz Baumann (role=Gustav Tobel)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Frank Fauster)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Kryll (role=Elisabeth Fauster)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Stetter (role=Noah Fauster)</actor>
      <actor>Marion Mathoi (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Schlattner (role=Ira Wallenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Heidy Forster (role=Hannelore Fauster)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Schuhmacher (role=Lina)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Deschauer (role=Schwester Walburga)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Merki (role=Bestatter)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Reinecker (role=Heimleiter)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Bittenbinder (role=Sekretärin Altenheim)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjdmYmRiOGMtOWM4Zi00YzRkLWIwNmItMjYwMzgxZmI4OTM0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR42,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Actually, senior teacher Frank Fauster has every reason to be happy: he has a responsible job as a high school principal, a pretty house with a garden, an understanding wife and a bright son. Nevertheless, he is plagued by the first symptoms of a midlife crisis. His marriage to E...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0405433/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27139439</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Max und die wilde 7: Die Geister-Oma</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Max isn't popular at school and is often teased for living with his mother in a retirement home. He not only has a close friendship with the seniors there, but they assist in finding out who is responsible for the haunting in the castle.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Winfried Oelsner</director>
      <actor>Lucas Herzog (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Uschi Glas (role=Vera Hasselberg)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Killian von Hohenburg)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Thieme (role=Horst Dobberkau)</actor>
      <actor>Klara Nölle (role=Laura)</actor>
      <actor>Giuseppe Bonvissuto (role=Ole)</actor>
      <actor>Michael A. Grimm (role=Klaus Sonnenfeld)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Matschenz (role=Sportlehrer Ströhle)</actor>
      <actor>Inge Maux (role=Madame Orlov)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Peker (role=Koch Karle)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Petri (role=Oberschwester Cordula)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy Hartwig (role=Fußballer Mannie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTdjYTI4MTktMjkzYi00YzMxLWFiNTUtM2ZmZjAxY2UyOGM1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <description>Max isn't popular at school and is often teased for living with his mother in a retirement home. He not only has a close friendship with the seniors there, but they assist in finding out who is responsible for the haunting in the castle.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13426644</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Freundschaft auf den zweiten Blick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Elmar Kern doesn't like change. After the death of his wife, the 69-year-old lacks any drive to start over. But that is exactly what Marlene foresaw - and came up with something for him while he was alive to get him out of his comfort zone of grief: a dog as a loyal companion and a detailed program that she posthumously gave Elmar in recorded video messages. For her sake, the widower agrees to everything - even dance lessons, where he meets the course instructor Anna. Marlene's last business decision, to join the cozy optician's shop of all things with the sales-oriented chain "Weitblick", puzzles him. Suddenly Elmar has to subordinate himself to the regional manager Frank and even complete a training course including an exam just to be able to continue his own business. What bothers the otherwise level-headed businessman the most is the dashing manner and rough tone of his new boss. However, when Elmar finds out why the father of the family, Frank, is secretly staying the night in the branch, the fronts break up. Because the opponents are not only connected by the dog, which follows both as master.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Holger Haase</director>
      <actor>Jürgen Heinrich (role=Elmar Kern)</actor>
      <actor>David Rott (role=Frank Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Teresa Harder (role=Marlene Kern)</actor>
      <actor>Heike Trinker (role=Anna Richter)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Maria Sturm (role=Cornelia Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Brauer (role=Jonas)</actor>
      <actor>Yvonne Yung Hee Bormann (role=Chinh Ngo)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Birkner (role=Roland Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Richter (role=Barbara Meydahl)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Kleine (role=Ole Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Hubertus Hartmann (role=Konzernchef Gannter)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Zerck (role=Tierheimmitarbeiter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGFiN2E5MTktZTQ4MC00OTVmLTk4MTktZGY2OWIyYmY2NjZjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX312_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Elmar Kern doesn't like change. After the death of his wife, the 69-year-old lacks any drive to start over. But that is exactly what Marlene foresaw - and came up with something for him while he was alive to get him out of his comfort zone of grief: a dog as a loyal companion and...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13426644/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18501738</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Färöer: Raue Schönheit im Atlantik</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Lars Pfeiffer</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmQ2MmFmZGMtYTcwMi00ZWE2LTg1Y2YtMmQzY2M5MmZlYjJiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11944132</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unsere wunderbaren Jahre</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The history of the Wolf family in post-war Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mira Thiel</director>
      <director>Elmar Fischer</director>
      <actor>Elisa Schlott (role=Ulla Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Loibl (role=Gundel Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Maria Mühe (role=Margot Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Riemann (role=Christel Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Jochen Wagner (role=Walter Böcker)</actor>
      <actor>David Schütter (role=Tommy Weidner)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Trepte (role=Jürgen Vielhaber)</actor>
      <actor>Damian Hardung (role=Winne)</actor>
      <actor>Ella Lee (role=Betty Vielhaber)</actor>
      <actor>Merlin Sandmeyer (role=Benno)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Kienast (role=Kramer)</actor>
      <actor>Hanna Plaß (role=Regina Vielhaber)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjc3YjRkYWQtOWM0Mi00MzY1LWI0OTEtZTBhMTIxMDJiNDZlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>I like pretty much everything.They succeed to transport us to the 40' 50' era. Good photography, with good choice of colours, and very good production. Good performance of all in main or support.A nice plot with a great sense of human life, where people make mistakes and learn from them.The historic part it's also good and allow the viewer to understand how Germany dealt with post WWII</review>
    <description>The history of the Wolf family in post-war Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>33269734</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Popcult Japan</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"PopCult Japan" tells the story of a phenomenon-about the creation of the anime and the world of manga at the end of the 1990s, as series like Sailor Moon, Mila Superstar, Dragon Ball and Kickers, German private television flooded to the Otaku community that meets conventions and exchanges on the internet.—ARD</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marcus Fitsch</director>
      <actor>Jannik Endemann (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Kaps (role=Publisher)</actor>
      <actor>Toan Nguyen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hirohiko Araki (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Cathy Cat (role=Cosplayer)</actor>
      <actor>David Füleki (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Heyer (role=Cosplayer)</actor>
      <actor>Hitoshi Uchida (role=Collector)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTBmYWZmOTYtOTAxZC00OGI2LWJhM2EtZWIxMDYwYWFmODU3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX393_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>"PopCult Japan" tells the story of a phenomenon-about the creation of the anime and the world of manga at the end of the 1990s, as series like Sailor Moon, Mila Superstar, Dragon Ball and Kickers, German private television flooded to the Otaku community that meets conventions and...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt33269734/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>24220816</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>2 unter Millionen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>What hurts more: losing the wife to her younger lover after 21 years of marriage or having to share a lottery win with her after the breakup? The parcel carrier Henry doesn't want to give up half of his unexpected wealth because of the divorce. While his wife Ellen wants to make a clean break with the new beginning, he tries to save the long-hopeful marriage, but only on paper. The disappointment hurts too much to share the cash fairly. Neither his own daughter, who needs money for a journalism school, nor his best friend Mehmet know about the new fortune. His "favorite colleague" Mona either doesn't like the fact that Henry doesn't tell her the truth. She doesn't really recognize Henry anymore, with whom she has fallen in love. Ellen is also surprised that Henry, who is chronically exhausted, can afford an expensive racing horse. But there's a reason for the secrecy, because Henry wants to make his dream come true to win the Grand Prix of Germany. His maxim: Believe in losers too.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Tiefenbacher</director>
      <actor>Oliver Mommsen (role=Henry Lafers)</actor>
      <actor>Nadeshda Brennicke (role=Mona Kubelik)</actor>
      <actor>Jule Böwe (role=Ellen Lafers)</actor>
      <actor>Kailas Mahadevan (role=Mehmet Buballa)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Schäfer (role=Alexandra Ludwig)</actor>
      <actor>Anna-Lena Schwing (role=Flo Lafers)</actor>
      <actor>Tristan Seith (role=Chief Eichberg)</actor>
      <actor>Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger (role=Knuth Lafers)</actor>
      <actor>Edelgard Hansen (role=Luise Mohn)</actor>
      <actor>Rafael Stachowiak (role=Marvin Schulz)</actor>
      <actor>Carolin Spieß (role=Tanja Sandmann)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Owusu-Sekyere (role=Jamal)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTBmNDc3OGItZWY5ZC00NTQyLThhZTUtZGZiZDZjZDYwOTQzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>What hurts more: losing the wife to her younger lover after 21 years of marriage or having to share a lottery win with her after the breakup? The parcel carrier Henry doesn't want to give up half of his unexpected wealth because of the divorce. While his wife Ellen wants to make ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt24220816/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10847044</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Tatort" Das perfekte Verbrechen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A busy square in the middle of the city, 12:00 noon. The student Mina Jiang is just waving at her fellow student Luise from afar when she suddenly collapses and dies. A shot in the back of the head leads inspectors Rubin and Karow to the historical center of Berlin. An initial determination of the location shows that the shot was fired from a building not far away, the "Berlin School of Law", a private elite university for the training of lawyers. The seminar room, from which the shots were probably fired, was occupied by four students who were holding a colloquium: Quembach is in charge of the course, Falkenstein, Wolfram Liere and Godlewsky belong to the inner circle. Rubin and Karow find out that each year the members of the colloquium choose a new member who must pass certain tests to be admitted. This year it is Benjamin Renz, who comes from Oberschöneweide and does not come from an elitist family. He is friends with Luise, who does not accept the secret men's union. He has already passed two tests of courage, but what is Probatio No. 3 all about? The founder of the university, Prof. Richard Liere, seeks the support of his star lawyer, Dr. Perner to advise the suspected students. Karow develops ambition, after all he too has started studying law and knows Liere from earlier times.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brigitte Bertele</director>
      <actor>Meret Becker (role=Nina Rubin)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Waschke (role=Robert Karow)</actor>
      <actor>Anton von Lucke (role=Benjamin Renz)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Pätzold (role=Theodor Alexander Freiherr zu Quembach)</actor>
      <actor>Max Krause (role=Wolfram Liere)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Scheidweiler (role=Ansgar Godlewsky)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Walcher (role=Friedrich Herrmann Falkenstein)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Kroh (role=Luise Kossen)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kurth (role=Prof. Dr. Richard Liere)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Genzkow (role=Anna Feil)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Krauss (role=Knut Jansen)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Nickisch (role=Gunther)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjRlNjUzYzYtNzljYS00MGQzLWE0MGQtNGZmMGZiNzMxZGY3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>The Berlin Tatort team Rubin/Karow are investigating a senseless murder of a young University student. The trail of clues appears to be left deliberately by the master-mind perpetrator of "the perfect crime". - This episode reminds of the Hitchcock Classic "Rope", which in turn was based on the sensational Leopold &amp; Loeb murder trial of the 1920's, where privileged young graduate students murdered one of their peers simply for the thrill of getting away with it (which , of course, they didn't).Many macabre situations in this story give the viewer pause. Is this what it takes to "belong" to an elite club, and should anyone strive for such membership? Hauptkommissar Karow surprises once more with revelations of hidden talents, while his ranking partner Rubin gets the best dialog lines as a police woman who will not be intimidated by arrogant persons of interest. The pair of crime fighters are always worth watching, even if a particular story isn't quite top grade. This one is something for nightmares</review>
    <description>A student is shot in the open in front of her university out of nowhere. Apparently there is no motive for the murder.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9011176</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Meine Mutter..." Meine Mutter spielt verrückt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eifel landlady Antonia "Toni" Janssen and Cologne star chef Rufus now run the "Kupferkanne" together. However, the country inn's kitchen is a bit cramped for the two's distinct egos. For the overworked Toni, the unexpected opportunity to really relax in a luxury hotel comes at just the right time. The only catch is: Her mother Heidi, who won a competition this holiday weekend, is also part of the party. This threatens to be exhausting. Nevertheless: Who would let an all-round wellness package at the posh Ocean Grand Hotel expire? After a short back and forth we go to the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile, at home, Rufus is happy to finally be able to turn the stove on and off to his heart's content. Finally, the celebrity chef works obsessively to regain his gourmet star, which he unjustly lost. Ironically, Rufus' companions from Cologne meet the two ladies again on the Baltic Sea: Ivo works in the Ocean Grand Hotel as Maître. Heidi has always liked the charmer of the old school. Now she is throwing herself head over heels into a love adventure: Heidi wants to leave everything behind to start a new life with the man of her dreams. The fact that she wants to contribute her share of the "copper pot" as start-up capital sets Toni's alarm bells ringing. However, she does not have much time to save her newly in love mother from making a mistake.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <actor>Diana Amft (role=Antonia Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Bernsdorf (role=Helen Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Bieker (role=Hanno Hase)</actor>
      <actor>Margarita Broich (role=Adelheid Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Luca (role=Stephan Luca)</actor>
      <actor>Filip Peeters (role=Ivo)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Sprick (role=Marc)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDIxZmNhYWMtNTA4MS00NDZhLTg3OGUtOGRiYTFiNDhmMTg0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>A mother goes with her long grown daughter on a luxury trip to the Baltic Sea. She meets her old love again and it sparkles again. The daughter does not agree with that.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18408698</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Into the Ice: Expedition in Grönlands kaltes Herz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A grand, cinematic adventure on the Greenland ice sheet with three leading scientists in search of what the ice can tell us about our climate, our past and possible future. Epic and thought-provoking.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lars Ostenfeld</director>
      <actor>Jason Box (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alun Hubbard (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Denmark|Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTIzZDVhMjYtNTUzYS00ZjJkLWE3NTYtYTdiNWEzNWQ0OTlkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>A grand, cinematic adventure on the Greenland ice sheet with three leading scientists in search of what the ice can tell us about our climate, our past and possible future. Epic and thought-provoking.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2173023</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>28 Minuten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Julie Gali</director>
      <director>David Baradel</director>
      <director>Adrien Soland</director>
      <director>Gaël Legras</director>
      <director>Mathilde Rouault</director>
      <actor>Elisabeth Quin (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Renaud Dély (role=Self - Panelist)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Mathieu Pernin (role=Self - Panelist)</actor>
      <actor>Pascal Blanchard (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Xavier Mauduit (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Nadia Daam (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bertrand Badie (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Sportouch (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Alix Van Pée (role=Self - Panelist)</actor>
      <actor>Éric Fassin (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Quatremer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anne-Elisabeth Moutet (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDRiNGIzNWItN2E1Yi00YjkwLWEwNDItM2RjMmIzZmQ5N2RlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR2,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>News</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18253368</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Traum vom Fliegen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Tanja Dammertz</director>
      <director>Anja Kindler</director>
      <actor>Meik Spallek (role=Sprecher)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjg3MjliNGYtZTNiMS00MjRkLTg3ZDgtODE3ZmNlN2M0NmJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7371654</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stadt Land Kunst</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jennifer Luby</director>
      <director>Thomas Chauvineau</director>
      <director>Fabrice Michelin</director>
      <director>Alexis Sarini</director>
      <director>Elsa Libaux</director>
      <actor>Linda Lorin (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Kempin (role=Self - narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Chantal Allès (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Sonia Dauger (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Stan Taffel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>François Jenny (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Laure Michel (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Garnier-Pelle (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anne-Gaëlle Weber (role=Self - Professor of Comparative Literature)</actor>
      <actor>Jacques Pirlet (role=Self - tourist guide)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Marie Fontaine (role=Self - actor)</actor>
      <actor>Kleber Mendonça Filho (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU2ODg4MzItMjcyZi00ZmJlLThjYjUtMmM4ZTdjMjBkNTliXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18213362</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die letzten Venezianer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Venice embodies the original and ideal idea of a city: a place of meeting, social life and exchange. The city has remained a village, with its small stores, narrow streets and hidden courtyards, places where it is still possible to meet the few remaining inhabitants. A village that is now ruled by the tourism industry, which doesn't seem to have eyes for the city's hidden treasures. The documentary tells of Venice beyond tourism and cliches, seen through the eyes of those who have been called "the last Venetian", artisans and historical inhabitants of the lagoon who live the city with passion, culture and memory.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Simona Risi</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDAwOWIxMGEtOWMyNy00OWMzLTlkMDYtNDc0YWNkM2VjYjRkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Venice embodies the original and ideal idea of a city: a place of meeting, social life and exchange. The city has remained a village, with its small stores, narrow streets and hidden courtyards, places where it is still possible to meet the few remaining inhabitants. A village th...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt18213362/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6176272</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Terra Mater" Der Schrei des Adlers</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Otmar Penker</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2016</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjA2NWQ5ZDktMTQ3YS00MTc1LWI2M2EtYTkxY2MwMWU5NTQ2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17679584</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Blau des Kaftans</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly Mina realises how much her husband is moved by his presence.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Maryam Touzani</director>
      <actor>Lubna Azabal (role=Mina)</actor>
      <actor>Saleh Bakri (role=Halim)</actor>
      <actor>Ayoub Missioui (role=Youssef)</actor>
      <actor>Mounia Lamkimel (role=Blue Caftan Client)</actor>
      <actor>Abdelhamid Zoughi (role=Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Zakaria Atifi (role=Bachir)</actor>
      <actor>Fatima Hilal (role=Boutique Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Mariam Lalouaz (role=Boutique Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Kholoud El Ouehabi (role=Boutique Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Amira Tiouli (role=Boutique Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Hanaa Laidi (role=Boutique Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Aymane El Oarrari (role=Boutique Customer's Child)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Morocco|Belgium|Denmark</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjlhZTMwYzctM2M5OS00MTg4LWFkZmMtYzg1NmM3YWU2NzVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>"Halim" (Saleh Bakri) lives with his ailing wife "Mina" (Lubna Azabal) and together they run a small tailoring business. Now he is a master craftsman, everything is measured, cut and stitched by hand - a fairly labour intensive and time consuming process. To help meet the demands of his impatient customers, he has acquired an handsome apprentice "Youssef" (Ayoub Missioui) who takes a keen interest in his work and demonstrates an aptitude that is increasingly appreciated by "Halim". What's also fairly obvious is that both men are attracted to each other and we now embark on a rather delicate triangle in which the two men - entirely platonically - develop their relationship under the watchful gaze of his wife whom we suspect suspects, but... It's a very gently paced film this, allowing the three strong performances from these on-form character actors to develop slowly and engagingly and though the underpinning issues of sexuality in a country that is still largely unwelcoming is part of the theme, it is not a greater a part than the observation of the couple's happy marriage nor of the creative beauty of the men's skills at creating garments of delicacy and fineness. It's a film about discovery and family and I found it worked really quite well as we navigate a myriad of challenges towards the conclusion that, like the rest of this story, is anything but simple. It's quite observational in nature, so don't expect things to rattle along - they don't, but it draws together threads of lives and choices in as intricate a fashion as any of his creations and is really well worth a watch</review>
    <description>A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10851414</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>a-ha</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>a-ha is Norway's only international pop band and their hit 'Take On Me' is still one of the most-played songs of the last millennium. The film follows the band over a period of four years, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When 'Take On Me' reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985, the dream came true. Or did it? Almost 35 years after their breakthrough, a-ha still creates magic on stage with their melancholic and timeless music. They tour the world but drive in separate cars and stay in separate hotel rooms. They only meet on stage, doing the one thing they love. The film closely portrays the challenging creative and personal dynamics of a group of three strong individuals who have grown up together, but in different directions. What does success do to friendship? Why are they not capable of creating new music together anymore? This is a story of great music, big ambitions, broken friendship--and maybe forgiveness.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Robsahm</director>
      <director>Aslaug Holm</director>
      <actor>Morten Harket (role=Self - Singer)</actor>
      <actor>Magne Furuholmen (role=Self - Keyboards)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Whittle (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Pitzer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Omdahl (role=Self - a-ha Biographer)</actor>
      <actor>Lauren Savoy (role=Self - Pål Wife)</actor>
      <actor>John Ratcliff (role=Self - Manager, 1983-85)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Slater (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lars Horntveth (role=Self - Producer)</actor>
      <actor>Just Loomis (role=Self - a-ha Photographer Since 1985)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Wiik (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Norway|Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ5ODNiOWMtN2Q3MC00MTIwLTgxNDMtYTEzZjg5MzVmMTFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary|Music</category>
    <review>The Norwegian pop sensation A-ha has had a long and eventful career. This documentary is based on the music, but also how the members have experienced being part of this pop group. What I really appreciated about the documentary is that it devotes a lot of space to just the music. The film deals with the group's releases in chronological order, and allows members to tell about the background for different styles and choices. For those of us who grew up with A-ha, this provides new insight and it is exciting to hear Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar talk about songwriting, production and not least the collaboration between them. This documentary also reveals strong disagreements between the group's members, and the disagreements they have had that at times have made it difficult to keep the group together. I find this documentary both insightful and entertaining. It also has many new recordings of the group over the years. Key people also contribute. This makes the documentary appear solid and worth seeing</review>
    <description>Follows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>16124450</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hanna Schygulla</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>André Schäfer</director>
      <actor>Rosana Cuellar (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Espinosa (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>François Ozon (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Reiter (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lothar Schirmer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hanna Schygulla (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tabarek (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Angelo Santo Venerito (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Egypt</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDFmYzJlOGQtMGQxMC00MmRhLTk2ZmYtMGUxM2YzOGYxZWFjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX200_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11226218</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Fotograf Steve McCurry</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An intimate look at Steve McCurry, best known for his famed photograph 'Afghan Girl', who has braved hardship and personal risk over his 40-year career to create some of the most enduring images of our time.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Denis Delestrac</director>
      <actor>Paul Theroux (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Steve McCurry (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sharbat Gula (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Duffy (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Dannin (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>John Echave (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Andie Belone (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Bannon (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzBiYWVhY2EtZmFhMS00YTg0LWJlZWUtM2MzZTA3ZWJiOTRjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX149_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
    <description>An intimate look at Steve McCurry, best known for his famed photograph 'Afghan Girl', who has braved hardship and personal risk over his 40-year career to create some of the most enduring images of our time.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0072684</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Barry Lyndon</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) is a young, roguish Irishman who's determined, in any way, to make a life for himself as a wealthy nobleman. Enlisting in the British Army, fighting in the Seven Years War in Europe, Barry deserts from the British Army, joins the Prussian Army, gets promoted to the rank of a spy, then becomes pupil to con artist and gambler Chevalier de Balibari (Patrick Magee). Barry then lies, dupes, duels, and seduces his way up the social ladder and enters into a lustful but loveless marriage to a wealthy countess named Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson), takes the name of "Barry Lyndon", settles in England with wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams, then slowly falls dramatically into ruin.—matt-282</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stanley Kubrick</director>
      <actor>Ryan O'Neal (role=Barry Lyndon)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Berenson (role=Lady Honoria Lyndon)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Magee (role=The Chevalier du Balibari)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Berkoff (role=Lord Ludd)</actor>
      <actor>Gay Hamilton (role=Nora Brady)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Kean (role=Barry's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Murray Melvin (role=Rev. Samuel Runt)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Middlemass (role=Sir Charles Lyndon)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur O'Sullivan (role=Capt. Feeny - the Highwayman)</actor>
      <actor>Godfrey Quigley (role=Capt. Grogan)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Rossiter (role=Capt. John Quin)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Stone (role=Graham)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmY4ZjQ3ZGQtNDZlYS00NzhhLThhZTktN2FjNThmZDUxNzU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Dark Comedy|Epic|Period Drama|Adventure|Drama|War</category>
    <review>In terms of story this is on the surface at least, the simplest thing Kubrick ever made. However in terms of the technical aspect, it must have been one of his most challenging. The plot is basically about how greed, arrogance and ignorance can easily become the ruin of a man. The story itself is well told, but mostly quite simple as I said. The humor keeps us interested in the story, as does its undeniable visual beauty. It is not a stretch to say that this must be among the most beautiful looking films ever made. Every scene is filmed in all natural light, whether it be by sun or fire, and the landscapes and architecture handpicked by Kubrick himself are amazing. As in all Kubrick films, so much attention to small details equates to a great result in the end. Spielberg himself has called this film "possibly the most beautifully shot film in history.".In terms of story, it's entertaining, in terms of it's technical achievement, the film is a landmark. Even for all the story's simplicity, there is a startling statement in the film that certainly can give the viewer real pause and thought. The finality of this world, the equality of all things in the end. It is certainly an interesting, powerful and very humbling down to earth observation. It is the kind of worldly observation that could perhaps lead some people to ruin, and yet lead others to strive for perfection. Perhaps that is part of Kubrick's thinking here, a Kubrickian challenge if you will, as he certainly was always an artist that was challenging his viewers. That through this observation people may become more aware of what they're leaving behind in this world...as one day, we will all equally be gone. For all the things written about this film, it is probably not nearly as unimportant of a story as many critics have said of it. Then again, critics and moviegoers alike have long been trying to catch up to Stanley, and never the other way around. 8.5/10</review>
    <description>An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18246546</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Maritimes Erbe</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Katja Duregger</director>
      <director>Mathias Haentjes</director>
      <director>Achim Scheunert</director>
      <actor>Renzo Piano (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anna (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Gerly (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Forman (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Carlo Martzi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos San Clodio (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kalle (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Holtz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ondine Morin (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Nitzsche (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Davide Casceri (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWY2ZWFiODEtYzk1Ny00YWM2LTk4ZjQtYmNmYWJiM2EzNWI2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>31508470</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tattoo: Trend oder Tradition</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hannes Schuler</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGU0M2ZmMTgtMGQ3YS00NDgyLWE2N2QtZDU2YTdjMDQyM2VjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_CR0,1,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37118302</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Rätsel der Wolken</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As ephemeral as they are fascinating, clouds remain an enigma for science. How do they form? What role do they play in the climate? Is it possible to exploit them? A world tour of scientific experiments designed to better understand them.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sebastian Lindemann</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmUxOGNlYzUtYWRiNS00Nzg1LWEwZGItYTJlODc2NTJjYmMyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>As ephemeral as they are fascinating, clouds remain an enigma for science. How do they form? What role do they play in the climate? Is it possible to exploit them? A world tour of scientific experiments designed to better understand them.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>19818800</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Magischer Maghreb</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Heike Nikolaus</director>
      <actor>Anne Moll (role=Sprecherin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTA2MmVkNWUtZWFlYi00MWE1LWEwN2EtNTZlZWQ0ZDVkN2NhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0056059</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hatari</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>John Wayne and his ensemble cast cavort over the African landscape filling orders from zoos for wild animals. Bruce Cabot plays "the Indian", a womanizing sharpshooter who is gored by a rhino in the opening scenes of the film. This becomes a running theme through the movie; their bad luck in catching rhinos, and provides the climactic ending chase. While Bruce is in the hospital, Elsa Martinelli shows up as a woman photographer from a Swiss zoo, and John wants to send her packing. She strongarms the Duke into letting her stay by promising that her zoo will buy most of their animals this season if she's allowed to go along on the hunts and take photos. Hardy Kruger, Gerard Blain, Michelle Girardon and Valentin de Vargas round out the group. They traipse over the African landscape capturing animals; Elsa also has a running gag where she collects baby elephants as the movie goes along. In the end she's acquired three of them.—Marta Dawes</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Howard Hawks</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=Sean Mercer)</actor>
      <actor>Elsa Martinelli (role=Mama Tembo)</actor>
      <actor>Red Buttons (role=Pockets)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Cabot (role=Little Wolf aka The Indian)</actor>
      <actor>Valentin de Vargas (role=Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez)</actor>
      <actor>Eduard Franz (role=Dr. Sanderson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1962</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjdjNDBiZjItY2MxOS00NGUzLTg3ZTgtMmNhZTEzMTA5ZmVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Jungle Adventure|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>I am somewhat surprised at a few of the negative comments in this forum regarding the movie. Although I see 95% positive, the ones that dislike the movie because of the romance between Dallas and John are particularly distasteful.They point out an age discrepancy, and call John "Grandpa Wayne", good grief! John Wayne was 59 yrs old at the making of this movie, and the actress that played Dallas was 27. In real life those kind of romances happen all the time, why would anyone be surprised when they happen in fiction?The animal scenes are exquisite. I doubt there will ever be a movie like this made again. This is how animals get into the zoos, they just don't walk in there and say "sign me up!"I like everything about this movie; it is a diversification for Wayne, who was already maybe the most diverse actor in Hollywood history. (consider The Conquerer vs. The Quiet man). It has love, comedy, drama, and animals!Plus all the actors in the movie were given great character depth. I am sure many people have heard of the baby elephant walk, but did not know it came from this movie.Its such a fun movie, I have to give it a 10, because there is no way to make it any better. What a great achievement of direction, producing, and animal filming</review>
    <description>A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9145510</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schweigend steht der Wald</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Anja Grimm returns to the remote forest area where her father disappeared without a trace when she was eight years old. Her sudden appearance triggers a brutal murder. Disturbances in the forest floor and pointer plants force her on the trail of deeper layers of guilt and crime and trigger a catastrophe.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Saralisa Volm</director>
      <actor>Henriette Confurius (role=Anja Grimm)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Saavedra (role=Rupert Gollas)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Gustav Dallmann)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Stadlober (role=Konrad Dallmann)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Bittenbinder (role=Waltraud Gollas)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Herrschmann (role=Franz Gollas)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Katzmair (role=Markus Obermüller)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Jungmann (role=Xaver Leybach)</actor>
      <actor>Astrid Polak (role=Anna Leybach)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Baumer (role=Susanne Heim)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Brenner (role=Chef der Baufirma)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQxZWU0OGQtYWVhMy00MzI5LTliYzItYzVlYmYxYmEzOWFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|History|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>User What-a-punk has already said everything I could say about the movie. I would just like to add that you can see from the obviously not a few negative reviews that the story also touches those people who find its core very unpleasant and disturbs them in their self-image. And that's a good thing.We must never stop doing that.Especially now, when achievements in respect, humanity, human dignity and modern social behavior that were long thought to be secure are once again being called into question by a growing primitive minority with crude slogans, unbridled anger and fervent hatred.This story is a good illustration of how false feelings of homeliness and tranquillity could and still can be the basis for the worst horrors</review>
    <description>Anja Grimm returns to the remote forest area where her father disappeared many years ago. Her research triggers a brutal murder. Traces in the forest soil and pointer plants lead her to deeper layers of guilt and crime.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10334160</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Falling Into Place</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A love story set in Scotland and London that follows romance between Kira and Ian, who met too briefly over a winter weekend while on the run from themselves.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Aylin Tezel</director>
      <actor>Mike Noble (role=Josh)</actor>
      <actor>Juliet Cowan (role=Sara)</actor>
      <actor>Olwen Fouéré (role=Judy)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Dowling (role=Emily)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Anderson (role=Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Fulton (role=Ian)</actor>
      <actor>Rory Fleck Byrne (role=Aidan)</actor>
      <actor>Aylin Tezel (role=Kira)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Carter (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Mason (role=Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Mains (role=Jamie)</actor>
      <actor>Cian Barry (role=Liam)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjczMDhlMmUtYTM5MS00YzI3LTgwODgtYTUwN2Y0NzExZTE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX268_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>No pun intended - seeing Aylin in this ... at first I was unsure it was her (as you can tell I did not check anything casting or crew wise) ... but if you've seen her before you recognize her. And reading that she wrote and directed this? Kudos - especially considering her performance in this - heavy lifting so many things and doing a great job.Not sure if this is her debut, but I know that she is a great actress. In the stuff I have seen her in, she worked more than fine. The movie is about characters - broken and trying to find themselves ... maybe inside someone else (again no pun intended).There is family, there are relationships ... this feels as real as it can be (being a movie). The dialog works greatly to say the least. Really well done, with life going its course, not caring about ones struggles ... but will the humans we encounter help us in our fight? Will we be able to fight together? Watch and see</review>
    <description>A love story set in Scotland and London that follows romance between Kira and Ian, who met too briefly over a winter weekend while on the run from themselves.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13177242</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tom Cruise</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After 40 years, Tom Cruise continues to push the envelope in film. Exposing one's heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Régis Brochier</director>
      <actor>Dany Benedito (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2Q0YTU1YWUtMjQyMS00M2M4LWEyNGItNzM2NTYzMTUwZDYxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
    <description>After 40 years, Tom Cruise continues to push the envelope in film. Exposing one's heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7660730</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Black Earth Rising</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. She was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international human-rights lawyer. Kate, who has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. But Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when Eve takes on the prosecution of a controversial militia leader at the International Criminal Court. The accused man, who once fought to stop the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now stands accused of committing crimes against humanity.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hugo Blick</director>
      <actor>John Goodman (role=Michael Ennis)</actor>
      <actor>Michaela Coel (role=Kate Ashby)</actor>
      <actor>Noma Dumezweni (role=Alice Munezero)</actor>
      <actor>Lucian Msamati (role=David Runihura)</actor>
      <actor>Tyrone Huggins (role=Patrice Ganimana)</actor>
      <actor>Tamara Tunie (role=Eunice Clayton)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Beveney (role=Nkanza a Nkanga)</actor>
      <actor>Treva Etienne (role=Frank Munezero)</actor>
      <actor>Malou Coindreau (role=Hana Ennis)</actor>
      <actor>Emmanuel Imani (role=Florence Karamera)</actor>
      <actor>Abena Ayivor (role=President Bibi Mundanzi)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Schiller (role=Daniel Drewe)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDQ5YmI1NjktOGY0MC00YmU3LWE2YWEtZTJhODMxYTU4ZmRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRzdGFzaWVr._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,2,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Legal Thriller|Political Thriller|Psychological Thriller|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>An intelligent script digs below the superficial understanding that some of us (including me) have of the dreadful events in Rwanda, while creating strong characters to drive forward a human story. The actors are more than up to the task of making this balance work. I am gripped and eagerly await episode 3</review>
    <description>Kate is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose adoptive mother, an international lawyer, faces a case that will shake their lives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36297391</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Guédelon II: Une Aventure Médiévale</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>32461652</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Steinzeit-Menü</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Charles-Antoine de Rouvre</director>
      <actor>Nathalie Spitzer (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0213847</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Zauber von Malèna</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nino. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nino is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?—</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Giuseppe Tornatore</director>
      <actor>Monica Bellucci (role=Malèna Scordia)</actor>
      <actor>Giuseppe Sulfaro (role=Renato Amoroso)</actor>
      <actor>Luciano Federico (role=Renato's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Matilde Piana (role=Renato's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Pietro Notarianni (role=Professor Bonsignore)</actor>
      <actor>Gaetano Aronica (role=Nino Scordia)</actor>
      <actor>Angelo Pellegrino (role=Segretario politico)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriella Di Luzio (role=Mantenuta del Barone)</actor>
      <actor>Pippo Provvidenti (role=Dott. Cusimano)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Terranova (role=Moglie Dott. Cusimano)</actor>
      <actor>Marcello Catalano (role=Lieutenant Cadei)</actor>
      <actor>Elisa Morucci (role=Lupetta)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2U0NmMxMjgtYTA5MC00YmMyLTllNDEtZGE1ZDE4M2Q2ZjE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Drama|Romance|War</category>
    <review>I found the film to be visually hypnotic and very moving. I was also impressed with the film maker's story telling technique. The film brought me into the bustling street life of the Sicilian village by eye-level camera work and the comments of the people in crowded scenes, through which I was taken with the characters. Just like walking down a busy urban street anywhere with your ears and eyes open. The film made me wake up to the fact that so much American film, perhaps all contemporary film, is composed mainly of close ups with two or a few people. Not this film. There is a sequence with airplanes overhead that is absolutely dizzying without any fancy 3-D or pyrotechnic effects. Mr. Tornatore brilliantly uses silent stares, pairs of eyes and silly dream sequences with amazing effect. The male lead, an adolescent boy, is portrayed with great empathy by Giuseppe Sulfaro without schmaltz or sanitizing, so typical in American films about puberty. The title role, played well by a dazzling Monica Bellucci, could have been written for a young Sophia Loren. (My dream sequence, I guess) My favorite character was Renato's father, hilariously played by Luciano Federico. A must see</review>
    <description>As Italy enters WWII, a teenage boy in a small, narrow-minded Sicilian town becomes obsessed with a young woman.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35653042</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Alpenfeldzug des Augustus</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>How, in 15 B.C., did the Roman emperor Augustus manage to take control of vast swathes of the Alps occupied by the Celts? Combining archaeological discoveries, real-life situations and expert analysis, this documentary reconstructs this vast military operation.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Breier</director>
      <actor>Lucas Schmid (role=Self - Détectoriste)</actor>
      <actor>Silvio Vass (role=Self - Champion du monde de tir à la fronde)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Preinfalk (role=Self - Reconstituteur, centurion de la XIIIe légion Gemina)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Kubanek (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ulises Ritterbrand (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Livia Ruby (role=Self - Géomètre)</actor>
      <actor>Matthieu J. Glardon (role=Self - Expert en balistique)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGY5MzBhZmQtMTE5Yy00OGMzLTk2MTctMGNiM2Q4YjkxN2Y0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>How, in 15 B.C., did the Roman emperor Augustus manage to take control of vast swathes of the Alps occupied by the Celts? Combining archaeological discoveries, real-life situations and expert analysis, this documentary reconstructs this vast military operation.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35653034</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Flotte der Römer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An identical replica of an ancient merchant ship reveals the navigational secrets of these master sailors. Chronicle of an archaeological and historical voyage.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Prestel</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjM5MDQ1NWQtNDliNi00YTgzLWE4YmEtNDg4N2JjNWY0OTk5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR114,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>An identical replica of an ancient merchant ship reveals the navigational secrets of these master sailors. Chronicle of an archaeological and historical voyage.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12325424</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>ARTE Reportage</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Frédéric Tonolli</director>
      <director>Olivia Dehez</director>
      <director>Anna Psaroudaki</director>
      <director>Yannick Cador</director>
      <director>Mylène Sauloy</director>
      <actor>William Irigoyen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dixon (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Cursol (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alois Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos Arturo Velanja (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pere Teodoro (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Eva (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pab (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Thierry Roz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Freddy Mendez (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick d'Haussy (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Bacquie (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODk1OGJkM2UtYTMyNC00ZGRkLWEwZTAtYzBjMWM3NDgxZDk1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>28706216</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Keltinnen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Sabine Bier</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODdiN2NmMTItYjdjMi00MWU0LThmY2EtYzE4MjQ3N2M4MzkxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17518292</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Klangweber: Die Neoklassiker Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Anne-Kathrin Peitz</director>
      <actor>Sonia Achkar (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Volker Bertelmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Joep Beving (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ludovico Einaudi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Gerald Hüther (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Krohn (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hania Rani (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Leonie Reineke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Steffen Schleiermacher (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Sophie Wagner (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTA3MTRiNTgtYWE5Yy00N2M2LTk2MmQtOGRjMWQxZTdhNzUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Music</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37048425</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unter Druck</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>How free and independent is the press in Europe? In recent years, multiple crises and the rise of authoritarianism have put pressure on journalists. We take a look at these countries, where aggression towards the media seems to be undermining the very idea of democracy.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steffi Fetz</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDAwOGM4OGYtNjc1Yi00OGM4LWJiMTktNGU0NGFkODRjZDZjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>How free and independent is the press in Europe? In recent years, multiple crises and the rise of authoritarianism have put pressure on journalists. We take a look at these countries, where aggression towards the media seems to be undermining the very idea of democracy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27128888</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Megamacht der Microchips</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Nicolas Vescovacci</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmMwMWQwZmEtNzVmMS00Y2M1LThiZDItYjQ4MGJiY2MxYmYyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37094863</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Irlands unbekannte Mitte</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Anna Steuber</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmEwZTMxMjktMTcwNy00OTFjLTgzZjItOTY4M2Y5MzBhNTlhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR114,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0062467</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Warte, bis es dunkel ist</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The film opens in a Montreal apartment on a cold winter morning, where Lisa (Samantha Jones) waits for an old man to sew bags of heroin into the cloth body of a rag doll. As Lisa leaves the apartment with the doll, we see the man watching her leave, then dialing someone on the phone. Lisa takes the doll with her on a flight to New York City, but when, on disembarking, she sees a man watching her, she becomes worried and gives the doll for safekeeping to fellow passenger photographer Sam Hendrix (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.). The man who'd been watching Lisa then roughly escorts her away. Later, when Lisa calls Sam to ask for the doll, Sam and his wife are unable to find it.Some time afterward, small-time con artist Mike Talman (Richard Crenna) and his partner Carlino (Jack Weston) arrive at the basement apartment where Sam lives with his blind wife, Susy (Audrey Hepburn). The two men watch until both the apartment's occupants have left, then enter. They have an appointment with Lisa, who'd been their partner in crime prior to the recent imprisonment of both, but they are met instead by Harry Roat, Jr. (Alan Arkin), whom the audience recognizes as the man who watched and met Lisa at the airport. He offers them $2,000 each if they find Lisa's doll, which is somewhere in the apartment.After discovering Lisa's dead body hanging in a garment bag, Talman and Carlino want to make a quick exit, but Roat points out that they have left their fingerprints all over the apartment, while he has worn gloves. Roat is then able to prevail upon the two to help him dispose of Lisa's body (he claims that he killed her because he caught her going into business for herself). Roat orders Talman and Carlino to help him try to find the heroin-stuffed doll.The next day, Susy's neighbor leaves for the weekend, and Sam leaves on a business trip. Once Susy is alone, the criminals begin an elaborate con game: In order to gain entry into the apartment, Talman arrives posing as a friend of Sam's, Carlino poses as a police officer, and Roat poses first as an old man and then as the man's son. Using first an innocuous story about Sam and the doll, then a darker one implying that Lisa has been murdered and that Sam will be suspected, the men persuade Susy to help them find the doll. Talman gives her the number of the phone booth across the street as his own after falsely warning her of a police car stationed outside.Susy meanwhile has grown suspicious of Carlino and Roat, and Gloria (Julie Herrod), a neighbor who is paid by Susy to help her with errands, has been going in and out of the apartment, sometimes without Susy's noticing. After Talman leaves, Gloria sneaks into the apartment carrying the doll, which she stole earlier. She tells Susy there is no police car outside, and Susy discovers the doll. Wanting to confirm her suspicions about Carlino and Roat, Susy tells Gloria to go home and watch the phone booth that is next to Roat's van parked outside. If a man goes into it, Gloria is to phone Susy, let the phone ring twice, and hang up. Gloria tells Susy she can signal her by banging on the pipes.On Carlino's next visit, after he calls Roat at the phone booth, Gloria sends Susy the telephone signal, and she sends the signal a second time after Susy calls Talman to tell him she has the doll. Finally realizing that Talman is a criminal in cahoots with the two others, Susy hides the doll. When he walks in with Corlino and Roat following quietly, she tells him the doll is at Sam's studio. The three criminals leave after Roat cuts the telephone cord.When Susy bangs on the pipes, Gloria comes in and Susy sends her to the bus station in a taxi to wait for Sam. When Susy discovers that the telephone cord has been cut, she prepares to defend herself by putting the criminals in the dark along with her, breaking all the light bulbs in the apartment's light fixtures. She also pours a chemical into a bowl.When Talman returns, she refuses to cooperate when he demands that she hand over the doll. Talman has spent the most time with Susy and he has come to admire her for her quiet strength and ability to stand up to the three criminals despite her disability. He admits to her that he and his confederates are part of a criminal plot and that Sam, as Susy suspected, is completely innocent of any involvement, while Roat is a particular danger. Susy needn't worry, though, Talman says, as he has sent Carlino to kill Roat.However, having anticipated that the others would turn on him, Roat has instead killed Carlino by running him over. As Talman prepares to leave, pausing to say something to Susy as he stands in the doorway, Roat suddenly appears and stabs him in the back.Intent on acquiring the doll, Roat chains the door shut in the dark apartment, pours gasoline on the floor, and sets a piece of newspaper on fire. A desperate battle follows in which Susy throws the chemical solution in Roat's face and forces him to put out the fire as well as smashes the last lightbulb in the apartment. The battle ends when Roat obtains light by opening the refrigerator, whose door he props open with a rag in the hinge. Susy, weeping (because she forgot about the refrigerator light), pulls the doll out of its hiding place and hands it to Roat. While Roat cuts open the doll and gloats over the treasure inside, Susy is able, unnoticed by him, to arm herself with a butcher knife.Roat then announces his intention to rape Susy, but, as he leads her to the bedroom, she manages to stab him in the belly. As she stumbles across the floor toward the kitchen window to scream for help, Roat leaps out from the darkened bedroom and grabs her ankle. Screaming, Susy wrenches free, but the dying Roat doggedly pursues her, using the knife with which she stabbed him to drag himself across the floor. Susy is at the refrigerator, trying to close its door and thus extinguish its light, unaware of the rag that is preventing its closure. She then gropes for the refrigerator's cord, murmuring desperately, "Where is it?" As the reeling Roat stands with his last strength and staggers toward her with the knife, the refrigerator light finally goes out, and Susy's scream merges with the sound of a police siren.The scene switches to the arrival of police cars outside the apartment. When the police enter with Sam and Gloria, Sam finds an unbroken light bulb, and we see the room littered with the bodies of Talman and Roat, but no Susy. Finally, as Sam calls out for her, the door of the unplugged refrigerator moves, and Susy emerges from behind it, shaken but alive.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Terence Young</director>
      <actor>Audrey Hepburn (role=Susy Hendrix)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Arkin (role=Roat Sr)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Crenna (role=Mike Talman)</actor>
      <actor>Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (role=Sam Hendrix)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Weston (role=Carlino)</actor>
      <actor>Samantha Jones (role=Lisa)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Herrod (role=Gloria)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjdkOGM1ZjYtYzQ3YS00YTVjLThmODItY2I5ZjM2NTBjOWQyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Thriller</category>
    <review>Never in my life have I ever seen 800 people fly off their seas like I did the night I saw WAIT UNTIL DARK at the cinema in 1970. And I was up there with them. Moaning away in shock. Screaming! (and I don't scream) ............In the run up to the final 20 mins the cinema management slammed the foyer doors, switched off all the aisle lights one by one all around the cinema, and turned up the volume; ripples of creepiness washed over the audience....and then....whammo! The noise from the audience, the screaming and the shifting about in our seats.....I haven't heard shocked noises like that in a cinema since. Do yourself a BIG favour...........get the DVD and watch this at home, by yourself, in total darkness! You will scream your head off and tell everyone you know what a great thriller this is</review>
    <description>A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22498242</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wo ist meine Schwester</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Can twin sisters sense each other? In any case, Marie feels Amelie. While the one sister is already on her way home from their birthday party, Marie, who stayed longer, suddenly collapses on the dance floor. That night, Amelie never arrives home and disappears without a trace. Her friend Jonas alerts the police the next morning, worried that something must have happened. Chief Inspector Ingo Thiel immediately begins the investigation, but for the time being he and his SOKO team are groping in the dark: no witnesses, no enemies, just an earring found in the park. But then Marie notices that something is missing from the couple's apartment: a striking patchwork blanket that Marie had given her sister. Thiel is certain: Jonas is hiding something. So does he have something to do with the disappearance of his girlfriend?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Imboden</director>
      <actor>Heino Ferch (role=Ingo Thiel)</actor>
      <actor>Kristin Suckow (role=Amelie Reinhard)</actor>
      <actor>Max Hubacher (role=Jonas Lange)</actor>
      <actor>Sina Bianca Hentschel (role=Conny Roth)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Kukulies (role=Winni Karls)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Führmann (role=Tim Koller)</actor>
      <actor>Martina Gedeck (role=Dorothee Reinhard)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Heinrich (role=Friederike Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Karolina Horster (role=Martha Stachowicz)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Wolf (role=Floriane)</actor>
      <actor>Ute Stein (role=Heidi Thiel)</actor>
      <actor>Mareile Blendl (role=Dr. Nathalie Sturz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGZlNmFmNTAtMTU5Zi00NmNjLTgzN2YtMTZiMzJkODZmMzQ5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX221_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <description>Can twin sisters sense each other? In any case, Marie feels Amelie. While the one sister is already on her way home from their birthday party, Marie, who stayed longer, suddenly collapses on the dance floor. That night, Amelie never arrives home and disappears without a trace. He...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt22498242/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12562042</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lettlands weiße Küste: Vom Zauber einer Sommernacht</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Galina Breitkreuz</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzEwYzJiOGEtMzQxNS00Nzc5LTg2YTctZTRmMzEwYzU0ZTczXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0118883</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fletchers Visionen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a New York City taxi driver, who has a strange habit. He makes complicated scenarios of conspiracies and publishes them in a newsletter sent out to five recipients. He keeps doing that, until something unbelievable happens: One of his "conspiracy theories" turns out to be real, and so he finds himself chased by the man hiding behind the whole thing.—Chris Makrozahopoulos</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Donner</director>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Jerry Fletcher)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Roberts (role=Alice Sutton)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Stewart (role=Dr. Jonas)</actor>
      <actor>Cylk Cozart (role=Agent Lowry)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Alexander (role=Flip)</actor>
      <actor>Alex McArthur (role=Cynic)</actor>
      <actor>Rod McLachlan (role=Justice Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Potts (role=Justice Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Sterling (role=Justice Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Rich Hebert (role=Public Works Man)</actor>
      <actor>Brian J. Williams (role=Clarke)</actor>
      <actor>G.A. Aguilar (role=Piper)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzdhMmUzNTctMTZlOC00Yjk5LWIyNjItODM5YThkMjc4MmY5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Dark Comedy|Political Thriller|Psychological Thriller|Action|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I found this film really hard to focus on, there was Mel Gibson playing a paranoid crazy guy, being dragged off by government/non-government 'spooks' and having some sort of weird obsession with Julia Roberts. But as the film unfolded, and the storyline, a complex one, began to unravel it all started to make some kind of sense. My favorite part has to be the self destruction of his apartment, that was quite imaginative. Before I saw this i was expecting something along the lines of Lethal Weapon, being the same star, and same director. But it was so completely different from what I thought it would be and it actually ended up being a better film as a consequence. Mel Gibson played a completely different character than what we usually see, which worked to his benefit and Julia Roberts proved with this film, that she still had star power. Definitely worth a look</review>
    <description>A taxi driver with a penchant for conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of these theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21416896</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mel Gibson</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Winner of two Oscars and many other film awards, Mel Gibson is a talented actor and director. However, the star of "Mad Max", creator of the hits "Braveheart" and "The Passion of the Christ" also has other faces. He is widely considered a reactionary Catholic, and in Hollywood - an outsider. The creators use archival materials to recall his successes, failures and scandalous behavior under the influence of alcohol.—Montago</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bruno Sevaistre</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTFhMzcxYWItZTUxZS00Y2Q1LTljOTItZTE1NGY4ZjZhMGJhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
    <description>Winner of two Oscars and many other film awards, Mel Gibson is a talented actor and director. However, the star of "Mad Max", creator of the hits "Braveheart" and "The Passion of the Christ" also has other faces. He is widely considered a reactionary Catholic, and in Hollywood - ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt21416896/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>18235146</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Club Zero</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A new teacher is causing a stir at an elite boarding school in the UK. Miss Novak is a nutritionist and wants to teach the pupils about healthy eating. A small group of teenagers - Elsa, Helen, Fred, Ragna and Ben - take part in her course. The nutrition lessons quickly develop into a sect-like group. The focus is on "cleansing the body from the inside". Miss Novak proposes a mono-diet to her students, which soon turns into a zero-diet that can solve a whole bundle of problems: the body is cleansed and liberated, the environment is relieved and capitalism is cheated. By the time the wealthy parents of the pubescent children realize that a huge problem is developing, it is too late. Even the dismissal of Miss Novak can no longer free the children from their delusion that they live better without food. Club Zero devours its members.—Arte</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jessica Hausner</director>
      <actor>Mia Wasikowska (role=Ms Novak)</actor>
      <actor>Ksenia Devriendt (role=Elsa)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Barker (role=Fred)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Baker (role=Ragna)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel D Anderson (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Gwen Currant (role=Helen)</actor>
      <actor>Andrei Hozoc (role=Corbinian)</actor>
      <actor>Sade McNichols-Thomas (role=Joan)</actor>
      <actor>Sidse Babett Knudsen (role=Ms. Dorset)</actor>
      <actor>Amir El-Masry (role=Mr. Dahl)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Lawrence (role=Ms. Benedict)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Hoare (role=Fred's Father)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|United Kingdom|Germany|France|Denmark|Turkey|United States|Qatar|Bosnia and Herzegovina</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjc3YWE3ZDUtZjE4NS00MTJhLWJmODctMThkNGFmY2U3Mjk3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>The film addresses a very interesting and distressing topic, but it was not executed masterfully. The performances are good and the story gradually keeps us intrigued, but the work in general doesn't have much of a "pulse". The film spends a long time without going anywhere, and when we think that a climax will arrive and that we will be shocked, predictable or simple things happen.At least I'll say one thing: The background scene during the end credits is very interesting and a little scary. I think it was the scariest part of the film, but obviously I won't say what it's about here because I don't want to spoil it</review>
    <description>A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21416192</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Coca-Cola und das Plastikproblem: Ein Konzern in der Kritik</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Whales beached after ingesting plastic, oceans soiled: a quarter of marine waste today comes from cans and plastic bottles. The drinks industry produces 470 billion single-use bottles each year, 25% of which come from Coca-Cola. Although the world's largest soft drink producer has set ambitious targets to prevent this environmental pollution, it has often failed to do so. In the 1950s, the company sold its drink exclusively in returnable glass bottles, which it washed and refilled. Two decades later, these were replaced by disposable bottles - a decision whose devastating effects still linger.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Laura Mulholland</director>
      <actor>James Atherton (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Backui (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Darrell Blatchley (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Merci Ferrer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lew Freeman (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Gower (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Fahad Kakooza (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Marina Keil (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Kirenga (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Middleton (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Clarissa Morawski (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Priestland (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWQ0MmY0MjYtMjdkZC00Mjg2LTg0MjEtZmUzNmUwZTkyMzEzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Whales beached after ingesting plastic, oceans soiled: a quarter of marine waste today comes from cans and plastic bottles. The drinks industry produces 470 billion single-use bottles each year, 25% of which come from Coca-Cola. Although the world's largest soft drink producer ha...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt21416192/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0051133</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Pariserin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Brigitte Laurier, the young and impulsive daughter of the French Prime Minister, is determined to shape her life according to her own ideas. When she falls in love with Michel Legrand, her father's handsome office manager, she does everything she can to win him over. Michel, who has a reputation for being a charmer and womanizer, initially dutifully tries to fend off Brigitte's advances. But Brigitte does not give up and manages to stage a scandal that ultimately forces Michel to marry her. However, the couple's marriage is ill-fated from the start. Brigitte is sure that Michel will cheat on her sooner or later and, after a phone call from one of his former lovers, believes that he is probably already having an affair. She angrily confronts him at a gala held on the occasion of Prince Charles' state visit. Filled with jealousy, Brigitte declares that she will cheat on Michel with the next person who walks through the door. When Prince Charles himself enters the room, Michel laughs and wishes her good luck in her endeavor. Brigitte, however, is not deterred - and flirts diligently.—Arte</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michel Boisrond</director>
      <actor>Charles Boyer (role=Le prince Charles)</actor>
      <actor>Henri Vidal (role=Michel Legrand)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Bardot (role=Brigitte Laurier)</actor>
      <actor>Noël Roquevert (role=Le docteur d'Herblay)</actor>
      <actor>Madeleine Lebeau (role=Monique Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Fernand Sardou (role=Fernand le Barman)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Maurier (role=Caroline Herblay)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Pizani (role=Ambassadeur Mouchkine)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Tréjan (role=Le colonel d'aviation)</actor>
      <actor>Judith Magre (role=Irma)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Charvey (role=Un mauvais garçon)</actor>
      <actor>Vera Talchi (role=Titine)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Italy</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI4MjMxODEyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzA2MTk5Mw@@._V1_QL75_UX154_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Brigitte Bardot sparkles in this lighthearted romp with Charles Boyer and looks great as always. Although I prefer her dramas and melodramas her romantic comedies are a filling dessert. She seems comfortable, relaxed, and appears to be having a fine old time. Boyer is always charming and an undervalued actor for many years.A 6 out of 10. Best performance = BB. The music is annoying, especially the opening, but the color is great. All Bardot fans should seek this out (just for fun). I think Bardot is under-rated because few of her films are GREAT ART, but she holds her own with anybody and was always a treat for the eyes as well</review>
    <description>Set against the picturesque springtime in Paris, the President of France's daughter marries a buttoned down cabinet official, but after her new husband starts stepping out behind her back, the young bride takes off for the Riviera.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0064045</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mörder GmbH</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For her first assignment, a lady journalist tracks down the head of an organization offering to kill, for money, people deserving of such a fate. She thinks herself very clever when he agrees to take a contract with himself as the target. What she doesn't know is that her paper's owner is second-in-command in the Bureau, and has his own reasons for supporting her challenge.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Basil Dearden</director>
      <actor>Oliver Reed (role=Ivan Dragomiloff)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Rigg (role=Sonya Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Telly Savalas (role=Lord Bostwick)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Noiret (role=Monsieur Lucoville)</actor>
      <actor>Warren Mitchell (role=Herr Weiss)</actor>
      <actor>Beryl Reid (role=Madame Otero)</actor>
      <actor>Clive Revill (role=Cesare Spado)</actor>
      <actor>Vernon Dobtcheff (role=Baron Muntzof)</actor>
      <actor>Annabella Incontrera (role=Eleanora Spado)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Griffith (role=Monsieur Popescu)</actor>
      <actor>Jess Conrad (role=Angelo)</actor>
      <actor>George Coulouris (role=Swiss Peasant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1969</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTFkNzlhMjEtNzYyNS00NTYwLTg3YTctMTEyZGIwMjYzMDdmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX274_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>This film is an enjoyable enough lightweight romp, with an array of locations and actors that is perhaps excessive.Oliver Reed is suavely bucaneering as the main protaganist, while the other main star, Diana Rigg of Avengers fame, does a very well-judged comic performance as the feminist journalist in 1910. It's a shame she didn't appear in more films. No other actors get much of a chance to shine, as there are far too many minor characters.The writing is OK; you get the feeling that there should be more laughs than there are. Still, it's an enjoyable enough way to spend an hour and a half.Rating:- *** (out of *****)</review>
    <description>A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0051087</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Stern des Gesetzes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Morgan Hickman is a bounty hunter bringing a dead man into a town of people who, as usual, hold him in contempt. He's steeled to the cold reception though, saying in that inimitable Fonda manner, "I don't mind the chill: I'm after money." Ben Owen - the town's young, temporary sheriff - desperately needs the confidence that can only come from knowledge and experience, and though he tries to treat Morgan Hickman with the same disdain as the townspeople, he sees that Hickman - bounty hunter or not - KNOWS how to act, how to handle dangerous situations, how to be the kind of man that Ben wishes to be. When Ben chides Hickman with, "I wouldn't expect no bounty hunter to appreciate this badge," Hickman answers sharply, "I wore one a lot longer than you ever will." At this, Ben's face shows shock, then hope. He suddenly sees Hickman as the man who can teach him to be a sheriff. The rest of the movie offers us a veritable graduate course in Western frontier law enforcement. In teaching the younger man, Hickman is inevitably reminded of why he once wore that Tin Star, and - in so doing - he rediscovers himself. [Cf: "The Outlaw Josey Wales"]—John Withrow</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Mann</director>
      <actor>Henry Fonda (role=Morgan Hickman)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Perkins (role=Sheriff Ben Owens)</actor>
      <actor>Betsy Palmer (role=Nona Mayfield)</actor>
      <actor>Michel Ray (role=Kip Mayfield)</actor>
      <actor>Neville Brand (role=Bart Bogardus)</actor>
      <actor>John McIntire (role=Dr. Joe McCord)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Webster (role=Millie Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Baldwin (role=Zeke McGaffey)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Shannon (role=Buck Henderson)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Van Cleef (role=Ed McGaffey)</actor>
      <actor>James Bell (role=Judge Thatcher)</actor>
      <actor>Howard Petrie (role=Harvey King)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDI5ZGVjZGYtNGUzZS00NTE4LThjMjktNDk2ZDJhMzJjZDc3XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Psychological Drama|Western</category>
    <review>1957 was a good year for movies and amongst all the strong contenders, The Tin Star still managed to get Oscar nominated for best original screenplay, by the same screenwriter that brought that real trail- blazing classic, Stagecoach, to life.Anthony Mann's black &amp; white Western isn't a long, sprawling John Ford epic, nor does it feature Ford's often comical characters but at a fairly concise 92 mins it feels like a real book - a story that's never hurried and which includes proper characterisation and dialogue. Those wanting John Wayne spitting into the dust and cowboys and Indians need look elsewhere...I've always liked Henry Fonda - and whilst many have pointed out that Mann's main man had previously been James Stewart, Fonda takes that slim thoughtfulness that Stewart eschewed and added dignity as well as grit - maybe somewhere between a Wayne and Stewart mix. You can never take your eyes off Henry Fonda - tall, dark and brooding if there ever was one. Anthony Perkins is (of course) very different to Norman Bates in Psycho and for those of us who saw him in that long before this earlier work, will not be disappointed. Fonda plays the older, wiser but now turned to bounty hunter ex lawman, who helps out rookie sheriff Perkins, both strategically but morally, too, when an outlaw gang terrorise the town.The near-silent ending is as tense as you'll find anywhere within any Western - and you will be both too - silent AND tense...Radio Times gives Tin Star a rare five stars - and you won't see this undervalued and under-known western on TV very often. It does get onto Sky Movies Classics once in a while but I don't recall it ever being on terrestrial TV, at least recently, so the DVD does make good sense. If you like the western genre and not yet seen The Tin Star, you really should..</review>
    <description>A cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>11835722</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Krieg und Show: Die Schlacht am Little Bighorn</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Molly Hermann</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5153956</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Last Contact</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 2063, the rise of the sea levels reduces Earth to two small continents in war against each other. The platform Sentinel is located on the sea to avoid and protect the continent from any attack of the enemy and is armed with the powerful nuclear weapon "Martha". The four crew members are Sgt. Hendrichs; Corporal Cassidy "Cass"; and soldiers Sullivan "Sully" and Baines under two-year contract. However, the rescue to relief them that should have come three months ago has not arrived and there is tension inside the platform. When they see a vessel near the platform, Sully uses a small motorboat to investigate and finds an empty vessel. Sully and Cass are lovers, and he protects her most of the time. Hendrichs wants to use the supplies to stay at the Sentinel, while Sully and Baines want to repair the ship and return to the continent. Soon Hendrichs becomes insane and destroys the ship but is locked in the storage room by Sully and Baines. Their isolation disturbs the team and soon Sully discovers dark secrets about the missing relief vessel and one member of the crew.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tanel Toom</director>
      <actor>Kate Bosworth (role=Cassidy)</actor>
      <actor>Lucien Laviscount (role=Sullivan)</actor>
      <actor>Martin McCann (role=Baines)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Kretschmann (role=Hendrichs)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Pullen (role=Marine Sergeant)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Tammaru (role=Marine Corporal)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Erik Ehrenberg (role=Marine 1)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Estonia|Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTdmY2RiYmMtZjY0Yi00MmY3LTk3YzctMmE2ZWVhZGEwMWU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dystopian Sci-Fi|Drama|Horror|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Although the few actors and locations are very good for what seems a low budget movie, the pacing and tension works very well at the start, and the developments are smooth enough to carry the film for a while... the movie lasts two hours for a plot that is not particularly worth the wait, considering it doesn't stick the landing with its disappointing ending. The best compliment I can give it : it's not particularly bad or annoying at any point (see Interceptor for comparison purposes). But there's a lack of cohesion, specially with the message (if there even is one).. a lack of action, emotion, satisfaction or anything to hang on to</review>
    <description>A platoon of soldiers are stranded in an abandoned military base on a near future Earth waiting for the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7275830</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lara</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It's Lara's 60th birthday, and she has every reason to celebrate: this evening, her son Viktor will be giving the most important piano concert of his career. Lara was, after all, the one who'd mapped out and driven his musical career. Yet Viktor has been unreachable for weeks and nothing indicates that Lara will be welcome at his debut performance. Without further ado, she buys up all the remaining tickets and hands them out to everyone she meets. The more Lara strives to make the evening successful, however, the more events get out of control.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan-Ole Gerster</director>
      <actor>Corinna Harfouch (role=Lara Jenkins)</actor>
      <actor>Johann von Bülow (role=Polizist Fauser)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Khuon (role=Polizist Walter)</actor>
      <actor>André Jung (role=Mr. Czerny)</actor>
      <actor>Edin Hasanovic (role=Sascha Czerny)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Meier (role=Frau an Konzertkasse)</actor>
      <actor>Hildegard Schroedter (role=Marion)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Morgeneyer (role=Katharina)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Kempter (role=Boutique-Verkäuferin)</actor>
      <actor>Mala Emde (role=Johanna)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Wenzel (role=Klavierschüler)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Bock (role=Paul Jenkins)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDY0MTNlYzktNWQxZi00MzRjLThmZTEtZjZlZjZjOWU4NjZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Music</category>
    <review>Excellent cinematography. Very well played by the main actress. A very touching portrait of a broken woman's broken relationship with her son, her life, herself. Very well written to fit a lifetime's key conflict into one single day, one single evening, one single concert</review>
    <description>It's Lara's 60th birthday, and this very evening, her son will be giving his debut piano concert. Lara mapped out his musical career. But Lara is not welcome at his debut performance. Even if Lara engages, everything gets out of control.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17889104</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das erste Museum der Moderne: 100 Jahre Folkwang-Museum</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hilka Sinning</director>
      <director>Maria Anna Tappeiner</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDcyY2QwODEtYmUyYi00MjRlLThmZmUtODc2M2IzMTlhMjEzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27641395</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Häuser der Kunst</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Sascha Schmidt</director>
      <director>Natascha Geier</director>
      <actor>Verena Wolfien (role=Self - Sprecherin)</actor>
      <actor>Deep Purple (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Gillan (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Freestone (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Roger Glover (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Shirley-Smith (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Peter Schwerfel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sophia Armonavicius (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Marie Avisard (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Ganzkow (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Aurelius Armonavicius (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Norbert Muller (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmVkYjQxY2QtMDEyZS00NGM5LWIwZjEtNDJlYWY4ODFhYTkxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37242953</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Inseln im Nordmeer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Sven Heiligenstein</director>
      <director>Christian Schidlowski</director>
      <actor>Marianne Graffam (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27206654</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chinas Straflager</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as Laogai, an abbreviation for "reform through labor". In such camps, forced labor and physical and mental torture were used to bring about a so-called mental reform, re-education in the spirit of the Chinese Communist Party. Millions of Chinese were affected. Many were executed. In hundreds of camps, the Party took advantage of the prisoners' free labor to build the economy. Self-criticism and denunciation were often the only way to escape martyrdom. Successive waves of purges culminated in the Cultural Revolution, which saw massive human rights abuses, political assassinations, massacres, and exiles in remote parts of the country. Using unreleased archive footage, the documentary tells the story of the invention, development and improvement of China's totalitarian system of surveillance and repression up to the present day, never told before.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tania Rakhmanova</director>
      <actor>Camille Sannes (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Stark (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Bozo (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Pol Brissart (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Brunet (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Demory (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Yumi Fujimori (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Michel Laroussi (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Martial Le Minoux (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Marot (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Pascal Quilichini (role=Self - Additional Voice)</actor>
      <actor>Ai Weiwei (role=Self - Interviewee)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Switzerland</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWUyYThlY2EtMDU0ZC00OTg3LTgzZDgtOWNlOTRkMThjODI1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|History</category>
    <description>After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as Laogai, an abbreviation for "reform through labor". In such camps, forced labor and physical and mental torture were used to bring abo...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt27206654/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27416317</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Picasso Dance: Acht Choreographien frei nach Picasso</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Thibaut Charlut</director>
      <director>Valérie Müller</director>
      <actor>Mario Barzaghi (role=PICASSO)</actor>
      <actor>Soukeyna Boro (role=WOMEN 1)</actor>
      <actor>Virginie Caussin (role=WOMEN 2)</actor>
      <actor>Alizéee Duvernois (role=WOMEN 3)</actor>
      <actor>Taos Mesbahi (role=WOMEN 4)</actor>
      <actor>Anastasia Shevtsova (role=WOMEN 5)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU5ZTQwZGItN2VmNS00NDg2LTg4NDUtMWE2MjAzNjg3NzY0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>10238680</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Orient-Express</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The mystics and adventure of the legendary Orient Express. Opening in 1883, and closing in 1977, this is the true story, and what is done to save it.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Louis-Pascal Couvelaire</director>
      <actor>Malena Perrot (role=La riche passagère de Vienne)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDM2ZjViNDUtMWU2Zi00NTgwLWI4ODYtMDFiMGExZDM1YTliXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>The mystics and adventure of the legendary Orient Express. Opening in 1883, and closing in 1977, this is the true story, and what is done to save it.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4951982</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kursk</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>August 2000: Mikhail Averin is a respected man in the Russian Northern Fleet. At the helm of the "K-141 Kursk", the most modern Russian nuclear submarine equipped with cruise missiles, he successfully steers the pride of an entire nation through the seas. During training on the high seas, a fatal chain of accidents occurs, resulting in explosions that damage the bow of the ship. The steering and instruments fail, causing the Kursk to sink uncontrollably into the depths. Many of the sailors are already dead; only a few survivors remain in the stern of the submarine, trapped at the bottom of the Barents Sea. With no light and no chance of communicating, the men are conserving their food and oxygen reserves as best they can, waiting exhausted, soaked and frightened for outside help. However, the Russian navy is not capable of such a rescue, as the only ailing salvage ship is unable to reach the survivors. Although the trapped people can be heard knocking desperately, they cannot be helped. British Commodore David Russell offers his Russian friend Admiral Gruzinsky NATO's help. However, Gruzinsky is forced by his superiors to turn down the offer. Meanwhile, Averin's wife Tanya and other families of the sailors are left completely in the dark about the situation of their loved ones. The relatives of those trapped try desperately to get through to the Russian navy command. But they are stubborn.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Vinterberg</director>
      <actor>Matthias Schoenaerts (role=Mikhail Averin)</actor>
      <actor>Léa Seydoux (role=Tanya Averina)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Simonischek (role=Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky)</actor>
      <actor>August Diehl (role=Anton Markov)</actor>
      <actor>Max von Sydow (role=Vladimir Petrenko)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Firth (role=Commodore David Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Bjarne Henriksen (role=Russian Rescue Ship Captain)</actor>
      <actor>Magnus Millang (role=Oleg Lebedev)</actor>
      <actor>Artemiy Spiridonov (role=Misha Averin)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Basman (role=Leo)</actor>
      <actor>Pit Bukowski (role=Maxim)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Schweighöfer (role=Pavel Sonin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|Luxembourg|Romania|Canada|United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTEyYzA4NzItMDA4Ni00Mjg5LWE2N2ItOWM3Mjc4YjIzMDE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Docudrama|Psychological Drama|Sea Adventure|Tragedy|Action|Adventure|Drama|History|Thriller</category>
    <review>Since it is based on the true story of the K-141 Kursk submarine disaster, we already know the end of the story. So it was a true challenge for director Thomas Vinterberg (known for Jagten, Festen,...) to take a special approach for his movie. He made the clear choice to focus on the emotion and the human side of this tragedy, rather than on the political side.The result is a strong movie which succeeds in dragging you into the submarine itself and it's victims (and wifes). It's no coincidence that the aspect ratio shifts to wide during the whole submarine sequence and back to narrow (16:9) at the beginning and conclusion of the story.Or like the director himself said at the moviepremière in Ghent, Belgium: "Well ... you should see it</review>
    <description>The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>32546794</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Music video for Pet Shop Boys song "A new Bohemia" from his album "Nonetheless". Directed by Andrew Haigh</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andrew Haigh</director>
      <actor>Pet Shop Boys (role=Pet Shop Boys)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDJhNTRiZmEtNDNmZS00MGY5LWE1NDctODNiN2NlZmFjYzU5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Music</category>
    <description>Music video for Pet Shop Boys song "A new Bohemia" from his album "Nonetheless". Directed by Andrew Haigh</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36966284</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kenia, Heldinnen der Savanne</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Eduardo Barrachina</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzNjM2I4OTEtZmVhZi00OTViLWI1NjktMGRmOTRiZDkyZmJkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37232357</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Carmen: Geburt eines Mythos</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jean Rousselot</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2Q1MmEzZTQtZjlhMy00NzkwLTkxYmUtZTIzOWEzMzZmNjYzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0105328</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schtonk</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Even as a boy in bombed-out Berlin, Fritz Knobel discovered how to do good business with the gullible and gullible: He sells his customers genuine "Führer" memorabilia that he has actually fabricated himself. As an adult, Fritz finally poses as the art and antiques dealer "Professor Dr. Knobel" and works on forgeries of all kinds, but without being able to capitalize on them. When Knobel meets Hermann Willié, a cash-strapped reporter for the magazine "HH-Press", at a "comradeship evening", fate takes its course - Knobel has just produced a secret "Diary of the Führer". Willié senses a global sensation and opens the money taps at his publishing house, while Knobel works hard to produce his magnum opus. When the "Hitler Diaries" are presented to an astonished public, Willié sees himself at the peak of his career. But not for long.—Arte</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Dietl</director>
      <actor>Götz George (role=Hermann Willié)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Fritz Knobel)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Hörbiger (role=Freya von Hepp)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Hoppe (role=Karl Lentz)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Manzel (role=Biggi)</actor>
      <actor>Veronica Ferres (role=Martha)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Mühe (role=Dr. Wieland)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Benrath (role=Uwe Esser)</actor>
      <actor>Hermann Lause (role=Kurt Glück)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Schönböck (role=Professor Strasser)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemarie Fendel (role=Mrs. Lentz)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Juhnke (role=Kummer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1992</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQwNTMzODU2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjY0NTkwMzE@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Parody|Satire|True Crime|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>I was a kid when this incident happened. I still know the turmoils when the Stern magazine reported about the Hitler diaries, which were faked by the forger Konrad Kujau (in the movie: Fritz Knobel). The Stern Magazine payed 9,3 million Deutsche Mark for the faked diaries and made a big repotage, which short after turned out to be a canard, careless enquiered. The journalist who pushed the story was to fixated to his career to better check the authenticity of the diaries. So this is a movie about a real incident that happened nearly like the movie describes it. (1983 we didn't have the Euro as currency; 1 Euro was 1,95 Deutsche Mark).'Schtonk!' shows how the incident happened, but also shows it a little overdrawn in a naive and sober way of storytelling. On the other hand the acting is very good, the production used some of the best German actors. I like the red line that goes through the storry, which is easy to follow. I like the increasing escallation of the story, step by step. It's a clear recommendation for people who want to know about that incident and also for people who like good press stories. This one is authentic</review>
    <description>The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>19719904</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Plan 75</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With the largest population over the age of 75 and still growing, Japan implements a program to encourage its elderly citizens to make way for the younger generation. Plan 75 offers a stipend and support services for citizens of 75 years of age to choose assisted euthanasia. Plan 75 focuses on Michi (Chieko Baisho), a healthy 78-year-old, who finds herself financially struggling and wondering about her future. All around her Plan 75 advertises an option to "cash in and cash out" of her increasingly bleak situation. Will she choose Plan 75?—KS at ClassicCoupleAcademy.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chie Hayakawa</director>
      <actor>Yûsaku Mori (role=Young Man)</actor>
      <actor>Yoko Yano (role=Michi's Co-worker)</actor>
      <actor>Mari Nakayama (role=Michi's Co-worker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|France|Philippines|Qatar</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDBlNWNkYmMtNDY5OC00Mzg2LTk2YTYtNzVmZjhjYmMwNjc4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>A difficult subject of the loneliness and desolation of growing old when you are on your own and aggravated by a social &amp; government encouragement of sacrifice any financial burden on the younger generation because you are now not contributing to society (this is not actual circumstances but we may not be far from it yet). It follows the story of 3 main characters (it actually touches much more than 3 different roles/characters in the story) of how this government funded Plan 75 (which because of it success, it is being considered for lowering from age 75 to 65!) is being marketed like a 5-star flan with compensation of money to use before volunteering to die, the gross act of dyibg itself in mass partitioned premises, the disposal of the bodies possessions, mass cremations and ashes lanong in landfills. The main 3 characters include a 78 lady who faces life alone and has to decide to choose the Plan or not, a young guy who markers the solan and a worker who has to handle the dead bodies and their possessions. It's a slow moving story but a hauntingly rewarding one. Remember - if you are lucky, you grow old. Even if you have children, you may be lonely. Even if you have friends, they may die first. A thought provoking story indeed</review>
    <description>Faced with a rapidly aging population, a Japanese government in the near future rolls out an unsettling agenda.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1718835</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein liebster Alptraum</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Agathe lives with her husband and son in a posh apartment in front of the Jardin du Luxembourg. Patrick lives with his son in the back of a van. She is the head of an important contemporary art foundation. He lives thanks to social security and odd jobs. She has graduated after studying for 7 years. He has spent almost 7 years behind bars. She has a good relationship with the Minister of Culture and Arts. He has a good relationship with alcoholic beverages of all kinds. She loves intellectual discussions. He loves occasional sex with big-breasted women. They should have never met, but their sons are inseparable. They will see why in the end.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anne Fontaine</director>
      <actor>Isabelle Huppert (role=Agathe Novic)</actor>
      <actor>Benoît Poelvoorde (role=Patrick Demeuleu)</actor>
      <actor>André Dussollier (role=François Dambreville)</actor>
      <actor>Virginie Efira (role=Julie)</actor>
      <actor>Corentin Devroey (role=Tony)</actor>
      <actor>Donatien Suner (role=Adrien)</actor>
      <actor>Éric Berger (role=Sébastien)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Magnan (role=Le principal du collège Henri IV)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Podalydès (role=Marc-Henri)</actor>
      <actor>Samir Guesmi (role=L'inspecteur de la DDASS)</actor>
      <actor>Françoise Miquelis (role=La psychologue)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Luc Couchard (role=Milou Demeuleu)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQxMzU1NDgyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTMwNjY0OA@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>The chance encounter of two different characters, from opposite social environments, having divergent interests, one sticking to the other without the latter being able to get rid of the clinger, is a narrative outline which has been used and abused over the years ("L'emmerdeur", the Pierre Richard/Gérard Depardieu comedies, many a screwball comedy of the golden age of Hollywood,...), so don't expect "Mon pire cauchemar" to surprise you in any way. As a matter of fact, Anne Fontaine's film reproduces the "odd couple" model, with its two main protagonists bickering back and forth most of the film's running time before mellowing at each other by the end of the story. Here you have Isabelle Huppert as a stiff, supercilious bourgeoise vs. Benoît Poelvoerde as a hopeless tosser who sticks like glue to her. However, although "Mon pire cauchemar" does not break any new ground in terms of narrative, it nevertheless works well, both as a pure comedy and a romcom. Two reasons can account for this apparent paradox. The first one is that Anne Fontaine is well aware that she is not innovating here. What she is after in fact is to use the stereotypes inherent in this type of comedies and to play with them in a laid-back way. We have seen Benoît Poelvoerde so often in the role of the self- satisfied pain in the neck that we can guess in advance what his character will say and do. In this case, laughter comes from these very expectations. The same applies to Isabelle Huppert who has more than once been uptight and cold on the big screen. The second reason, as far as the romantic aspect goes, is that Anne Fontaine (along with her co-writer Nicolas Mercier) manages to make us believe in the love story, highly improbable as it appears in the first half. And if she does so, it is because she has been able to give flesh to her lead couple. Even if, for a time, they seem to be nothing but puppets that wiggle their heads and flap their arms in the air, their humanity is gradually revealed when Anne Fontaine goes beyond their blatant defects (Agathe's snobbery and haughty coolness ; Patrick's terrible shamelessness) and shows either partner bringing to the other what he/she misses. Seeing Huppert letting loose and starting at last to ENJOY life and Poelvoorde declare in a moving scene: "I'm just a pathetic schmuck. I'm toxic" marks a welcome change of tone. The funny but mechanical comedy of the beginning has become more profound and we can now adhere to the two characters instead of merely laughing at them. All in all, this is surely not the best comedy ever filmed, but being a well-paced one, moreover very well interpreted by Huppert, Poelvoorde and André Dussolier (never better than when he can, as is the case here, be smart, light and weak), it is well worth seeing</review>
    <description>Through their befriended sons, an icy uptight Parisian art dealer and a fun-loving Belgian blue-collar man living out of his van, cross paths in an unlikely way.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21036434</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kadoua und die Elefanten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Schlamberger</director>
      <director>Ben Wolter</director>
      <actor>Yvon Jansen (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmE5M2IxYmYtYzQ3Mi00ZWY3LTgxMzktZjA5MTIxMjk4NjdlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>31307968</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Fall Marianne Voss</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Griesenow, 2013: Die Friseurin Marianne Voss wird von ihrer Tochter Heike tot im Wald gefunden. Kurz darauf gerät Ehemann Karsten unter Mordverdacht. Doch er beteuert seine Unschuld. Marianne und Karsten Voss führten über nahezu 50 Jahre eine harmonische Ehe. Als Karsten wegen Mordes angeklagt wird, steht die Kleinstadt unter Schock. Der Indizienprozess bringt erschütternde Einsichten in die Ehe des scheinbaren Vorzeigepaars. Die Zeugenaussagen vor Gericht lassen die Geschichte der Familie Voss ab 1990 wieder aufleben. Nachdem Karsten zum Bürgermeister der brandenburgischen Kleinstadt gewählt wird, beschert er dem Ort einen unvergleichlichen Aufschwung. Er ist als charismatischer, tatkräftiger und sympathischer Macher bekannt und beliebt. Und auch nachdem er in Rente geht, sind Karsten und Marianne Voss ein gern gesehenes, perfektes Paar. Und jetzt soll er seine Frau ermordet haben?—ZDF</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Uljana Havemann</director>
      <actor>Jörg Schüttauf (role=Karsten Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Atheer Adel (role=Nebenkläger Anwalt)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Besson (role=Staatsanwalt Hildebrand)</actor>
      <actor>Ponny Distakul (role=Mayari)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Effertz (role=Frau Schuhmann)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Ehrlichmann (role=Heike Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Arne Fiedler (role=Herr Schumann)</actor>
      <actor>Doreen Fietz (role=Richterin)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Freihof (role=Nachbar Ulrich)</actor>
      <actor>Helene Grass (role=Verteidigerin Thiessen)</actor>
      <actor>Fabian Hanis (role=Mitstreiter Maik)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Hausburg (role=Mitarbeiterin Sabine)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmIxZWE1ZjEtMjQ3OS00ODk0LWIwYzUtNDNiMWVmODc3NTBjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Griesenow, 2013: Die Friseurin Marianne Voss wird von ihrer Tochter Heike tot im Wald gefunden. Kurz darauf gerät Ehemann Karsten unter Mordverdacht. Doch er beteuert seine Unschuld. Marianne und Karsten Voss führten über nahezu 50 Jahre eine harmonische Ehe. Als Karsten wegen Mo...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt31307968/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6777286</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Maria Theresia</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the time of absolute monarchies, political intrigue, and diplomacy through marriage, love is not a word associated with marriage. And a ruling Empress? Not even imaginable. But a bright little girl is growing up at the Hofburg palace: Not only does beautiful Maria Theresa study books she isn't supposed to read; she also has a crush on dashing Francis Stephen of Lorraine, whom her father, Charles VI, eventually allows her to marry. When Charles VI dies, an edict paves his daughter's way to the throne. The new Habsburg ruler is only 23 years old, and expecting her fourth child. Maria Theresa eagerly responds to her realm's need for reform and handles the state of affairs while her husband spends much of his time with their children. But Austria seems to be on the verge of collapse and European rulers soon attack the Habsburg Empire. It takes a diplomatic masterpiece for Maria Theresa to win allies and--eventually--revitalize an empire that would influence the rest of Europe for almost 150 years.—Happy_Evil_Dude</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Dornhelm</director>
      <actor>Vojtech Kotek (role=Franz Stephan)</actor>
      <actor>Tatiana Pauhofová (role=Elisa Fritz)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Pechlát (role=Protokollmeister)</actor>
      <actor>Zuzana Stivínová (role=Elizabeth)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Posch (role=Maria Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Dominik Warta (role=Johann Bartenstein)</actor>
      <actor>Cornelius Obonya (role=Gottfried Philipp Spannagel)</actor>
      <actor>Bálint Adorjáni (role=Nicholas Esterházy)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Bárta (role=Kinsky)</actor>
      <actor>Jirí Dvorák (role=Harrach Friedrich)</actor>
      <actor>Zuzana Mauréry (role=Mademoiselle de Chartres)</actor>
      <actor>Milan Ondrík (role=Leopold)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Czech Republic|Slovakia|Hungary</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDU3MWQ5MzQtZjcyYy00ZjlkLTlkY2MtMzI5NTc3MTcxODFlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX327_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>First of all, this movie is not historically accurate, e.g. the real Karl VI. died from either mushroom poisoning or an unknown disease, in the movie he had a hunting accident. If you want to learn about history, better watch a documentary or read a book.This movie concentrates on the person of Maria Theresia, her personal experiences and her feelings.It is not easy to judge the mnovie as a drama. The story largely follows historic events, so there is little room for surprises or interesting side-plots.At the time, people at the court had to act stiff which didn't leave much room for the actors to show their skills. Whenever possible, they did a decent job.Summary: Not a must see for those interested in the history or those who want to see a good drama, but it's not too bad either. Watch it when you are bored and there is nothing better on</review>
    <description>Dramatizes the life of Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, focusing on her rise to power, political reforms, and personal challenges in 18th-century Europe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5122010</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>360°: Die GEO-Reportage</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Gordian Arneth</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0082661</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lili Marleen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees, but his family thinks Willie is a Nazi and may be a risk for them. One day Willie helps Robert, but must stay in Germany. As she starts to sing "Lili Marleen," she becomes very famous and every soldier hears that song via radio--even Hitler wants to meet her. She still doesn't forget Robert, and she helps to smuggle concentration camp photos to Switzerland. Robert wants to visit her, but is captured. Will they ever see each other again?—Marco Louis</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rainer Werner Fassbinder</director>
      <actor>Hanna Schygulla (role=Willie)</actor>
      <actor>Giancarlo Giannini (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Mel Ferrer (role=David Mendelsson)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Schumann (role=von Strehlow)</actor>
      <actor>Hark Bohm (role=Taschner)</actor>
      <actor>Gottfried John (role=Aaron)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Baal (role=Anna Lederer)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Kaufmann (role=Miriam)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Kier (role=Drewitz)</actor>
      <actor>Roger Fritz (role=Kauffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Will (role=Bernt)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Hoven (role=Ginsberg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1981</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5MzMwMDg1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjgxMzcyMTE@._V1_QL75_UX154_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Music|Romance|War</category>
    <review>Yes, there is such a thing, despite the fact that IMDb does not currently list it.This film is a clever examination of how hard it was NOT to become part of the Nazi system. Willie is a German singer, in love with a Swiss Jewish conductor. She returns to Germany to help her lover with the resistance, however his father - who disapproves of their relationship - has arranged that she will not be able to return to Switzerland. Stranded in Berlin, Willie is forced to use a Nazi connection just to get some work...and he just happens to be the newly appointed Cultural Director. So Willie is given the opportunity to perform and record 'Lili Marleen'. The song becomes a hit, and Hitler becomes a fan. I won't go into the rest of the plot, but be assured that there are twists and turns.By the end of this movie, you will not be able to get the song 'Lili Marleen' out of your head as it is repeated countless times. Believe me, I saw the film last week, and I am still singing it</review>
    <description>In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top brass.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12682832</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>California Dreamin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>California Dreamin' follows five interconnected stories on one fateful night in Las Vegas.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Aaron Parpart</director>
      <actor>Zoe Lara (role=Ella Visconti)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Parpart (role=David)</actor>
      <actor>Kyler Campbell (role=Calvin)</actor>
      <actor>Chynna Walker (role=Jessie)</actor>
      <actor>Sydney Carvill (role=Mel)</actor>
      <actor>Alize Cruz (role=Savannah)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Davis (role=The Rider)</actor>
      <actor>Malachi Durant (role=Trommel Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Liss Wheeler (role=Desi)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Tabet (role=Jacob)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Weidenfeld (role=Mandi)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea White (role=Haley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGM2ODFiODgtN2UxYy00YTRhLWE3OTgtYmQyZDg4ZDcyNGE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>California Dreamin' follows five interconnected stories on one fateful night in Las Vegas.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2825476</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wilde Inseln</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Each episode explores the wildlife on an island or archipelago, where evolution resulted in remarkable diversity. The island are in different oceans and conditions, and whether isolated or not, wildlife, human populations and even geology often interact(ed) significantly with insular and/or continental neighbors.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Kirby</director>
      <director>Colin Collis</director>
      <actor>Paul McGann (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Grawe (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmIxMTBkZjMtNTkwYi00NGVmLWI1NzYtNzMzZDBjNzQ3NmZlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Each episode explores the wildlife on an island or archipelago, where evolution has led to remarkable diversity.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0119396</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jackie Brown</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Forty-four-year-old flight attendant Jackie Brown gets caught with gun dealer Ordell Robbie's money and to get the ATF off her back she sets up Ordell with her new friend, a bail bondsman named Max Cherry. But what the ATF doesn't know, is that they are part of her wild plan to get Ordell's half million dollars and get off scot-free. However, she has to do it under the noses of both Ordell, the ATF man and a local cop. What she doesn't know is Ordell's blonde beach bunny wants the money for herself as does Ordell's ex-con friend.—Ryan Burgos</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Quentin Tarantino</director>
      <actor>Pam Grier (role=Jackie Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Ordell Robbie)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Forster (role=Max Cherry)</actor>
      <actor>Bridget Fonda (role=Melanie)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Keaton (role=Ray Nicolette)</actor>
      <actor>Robert De Niro (role=Louis Gara)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Bowen (role=Mark Dargus)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Tucker (role=Beaumont Livingston)</actor>
      <actor>LisaGay Hamilton (role=Sheronda)</actor>
      <actor>Hattie Winston (role=Simone)</actor>
      <actor>Sid Haig (role=Judge)</actor>
      <actor>Aimee Graham (role=Amy, Billingsley Sales Girl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDI0MTdiYjEtMjNhMi00NzQ3LThiNWItNzVhMTBiZDU4NTI4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXJoYW5uYWg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Drug Crime|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Although different than some of Tarantino's more violent precursors, such as "Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction" and "True Romance" this is an excellent film. Where it lacks in violence however, the film makes up for in language earning it an "R" rating in the US. In certain scenes, I thought it Tarantino went to far with the explicit language and it seemed awkward and artificial, but that does not cast a shadow of over what I thought was an otherwise fantastic film. The editing and directing is excellent. There is good character development of the main characters, yet there is not one scene where the movie drags throughout its entire 150 minutes. I couldn't tear myself away from this movie until the very end.Especially enjoyable is the performance by Robert Forster whose character I thought was outstanding. Max Cherry, played by Forster, is a tempered bail bondsman who cautiously handles his unscrupulous clients. One day he is approached by Ordell Robbie, played by Samuel L. Jackson, to post a bond for Jackie Brown, a middle aged flight attendant for a low cost airline who gets caught smuggling Ordell's fortune in Mexico into the US. The initial meeting between Jackie and Max sets up a relationship between these two characters on both professional and personal level and that changes Max from a methodical and business man to almost an innocent young boy with a crush. The last scene in the movie between these two characters is absolutely brilliant.I highly recommend this film and it's fun to watch Tarantino mature as a director. The little extras littered throughout the film such as "Chick with Guns", the fabulous locations such as the Cockatoo Inn, and the excellent characters make this film well worth a view</review>
    <description>A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>34751854</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Tagliamento, von den Alpen bis zur Adria</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Giuseppe Bucciarelli</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWZhNGY3NDgtMGI4YS00NGNlLTg1NjgtYTE4ZGM0MjVlMmY4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37184019</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Schrebergarten: Ein Blick über den Zaun</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Katherina Lörsch</director>
      <director>Julia Waldmann</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjU4NTIzYzItNTk4OC00YzhlLWEyMjAtODYxMTIzYmNmZDU0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>21983834</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Natur und ihr Netzwerk der Wohltäter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Explore the world of nature, a world filled with biological interactions between animals and plants. And between animals and plants. We will go to mountains and plains, to forests, wetlands and scrublands, where ecosystems are exposed to various thermal conditions, and we will reveal to you the principles of the existence of ecosystems all over the Earth.—Cineserie</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jean-Christophe Chatton</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>Die Natur und ihr Netzwerk der Wohltäter (TV Mini Series 2022) - IMDb</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODdiMTRlN2ItNWFmMS00NGJkLTgwNTctMTUwODc5ZDVjYzE5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Explore the world of nature, a world filled with biological interactions between animals and plants. And between animals and plants. We will go to mountains and plains, to forests, wetlands and scrublands, where ecosystems are exposed to various thermal conditions, and we will re...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt21983834/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0042192</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alles über Eva</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At a prestigious awards ceremony, the celebrities of the theatrical world gather to honor one of their brightest new stars: the amazing young Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), whose meteoric rise to fame is unprecedented. Looking on from the audience are many other famous thespians and figures of the theater: the well known director Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill), the successful playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Karen (Celeste Holm), and one of the brightest stars of Broadway, the incomparable Margo Channing (Bette Davis). All look upon Miss Harrington with a mixture of distaste and disgust on their faces, while off to the side sits the well known and often reviled theater critic Addison DeWitt (George Sanders), who, with a bemused look on his face, begins to recount Eve's recent past. He, better than anyone else, knows all about Eve.Not so long ago, Eve was just a star-struck young woman, waiting outside the stage door night after night, hoping to catch a glimpse of her idol Margo Channing. Finally noticed and brought in by Margo's friend Karen, Eve gushes her unworthiness and gratitude, and manages to ingratiate herself quickly into Margo's life as a general assistant. She also impresses Margo's long-time mate Bill as a helpful and guileless girl who wants nothing more than to be of use. Before long, Eve is living in Margo's home, answering telephones and bringing her breakfast in bed. Birdie, Margo's maid (Thema Ritter) begins to dislike Eve, and tells Margo that it's unnerving the way Eve studies her every move. She can sense trouble brewing.Thus alerted to Eve's behavior, Margo become's suspicious, and while all around assure her that Eve is an innocent kid just trying to help, she begins to see plots and schemes everywhere. Holding a party for Bill's birthday, Margo gets a little too drunk and angrily abuses everyone. Confiding in Karen after Margo's stinging accusations, Eve asks a favor: could Karen possibly put in a good word for her with her playwright husband? She's consider it the greatest thing in her life if she could serve as Margo's unworthy understudy the new play he's writing.Karen gladly assents, and all too soon Eve gets her chance to show her own abilities. Margo is famous for being late, and at an ordinary read-through which she fails to attend, Eve upstages Margo badly, astonishing the critic DeWitt with her wonderful abilities. Suddenly there's a new kid in town, and under her very nose Eve is stealing all of Margo's attention. Stunned by Eve, Margo has an angry confrontation with Bill, who decides it's time he said goodbye. Karen and Lloyd have also become fed up with Margo's attitude towards Eve, and Karen decides to teach her old friend a lesson. A suspiciously empty gas tank prevents Margo from returning from a weekend getaway in time for that night's performance, and Eve takes the stage. The performance is very good, and Addison DeWitt begins to take more than a passing interest in the career of Miss Harrington. Waiting outside her dressing room, he overhears Eve as she tries to seduce Bill away from Margo. Bill refuses her advances, and DeWitt steps in to the opportunity.His review in the paper lauds Eve and quotes her as saying some rather nasty things about Margo Channing. Shaken into the realization that Margo has been justly suspicious of Eve all along, Bill returns and Lloyd and Karen rally around their old friend. Bill even proposes marriage to Margo, and they all celebrate over dinner, but a note arrives for Karen during the meal. Eve is waiting in the ladies room, begging Karen to listen to what she has to say. Curious but armed with complete distrust, she finds Eve lamenting this terrible turn of events. DeWitt has twisted her words she claims, and the last thing in the world Eve wanted was to hurt her idol Margo.For a moment, Karen believes Eve is sincere, and reassures her that Margo will recover. Rising to leave, Eve asks another favor. She wants Karen to make sure the lead in her husband's next play is given to her. Eve is suddenly hard and cold, and Karen, confused, refuses at first. Eve however has a nasty threat to hold over Karen. She'll reveal to DeWitt just who it was that arranged that empty gas tank, and kept Margo out of the city. Stunned, Karen must assent, and returns to the table not knowing just what to do. Margo announces she's decided not to be in that new play Lloyd's writing anyway, and Karen is forced to laugh at the bizarre turn of events while the others wonder just what is so funny.Soon Eve is on stage as the lead in Lloyd's play, with Bill reluctantly directing. Everyone is fighting backstage, but Eve reveals herself as a master at manipulation, coddling and soothing everyone to keep them working together, all the while driving wedges into their relationships. She also begins to work on stealing Lloyd away from Karen, and by the time they are ready to open off Broadway, Eve has set the stage for her greatest triumph. Addison DeWitt has followed events closely and has become Eve's closest adviser, attending the rehearsals. Walking her back to the hotel in the afternoon before opening night, he implements a plan of his own. Telling Eve that he will be taking control of her career, she becomes angry with him and tells him to get out. She announces that Lloyd is leaving Karen for her, and once she has him under her control, there will be no limit to what she can achieve.DeWitt has other plans. He has had a long talk with Lloyd's wife Karen, and he know much more than Eve thinks. He also knows that Eve herself is nothing what she seems; she has lied about her past, her name, everything in fact, and he now has the power to wreck her career before it really starts. Also, Lloyd is not leaving his wife for her. Eve will now do as he says."You're an improbable person, Eve," he says, "but so am I. We have that in common. Also a contempt for humanity, an inability to love or be loved, insatiable ambition - and talent. We deserve each other." Finding her own manipulations turned against her, Eve is forced to accept DeWitt's terms. She collapses on the bed in tears.And so we return to the prestigious ceremony where the wonderful Eve Harrington is accepting an award from a room full of her peers. Cold and calculating, she has achieved all her ambitions at the cost of all trust or friendship. Margo Channing will go on being Margo Channing, and Eve will be left to her own bitterness at being under Addison DeWitt's control. Returning to her empty hotel room, she pours a drink, and is startled to see a young woman sleeping in a chair behind her."Who are you?" demands Eve angrily. The young woman is Phoebe, a high-school girl who admires her immensely. The doorbell rings, and Eve, too tired to answer it, accepts Phoebe's offer of help. At the door is DeWitt, returning with Eve's forgotten award. In a glance, he takes in Phoebe and all her shallow ambition, and as he leaves he smiles sardonically, knowing that the cycle is beginning all over again.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joseph L. Mankiewicz</director>
      <actor>Bette Davis (role=Margo)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Baxter (role=Eve)</actor>
      <actor>George Sanders (role=Addison DeWitt)</actor>
      <actor>Celeste Holm (role=Karen)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Merrill (role=Bill Simpson)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh Marlowe (role=Lloyd Richards)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Ratoff (role=Max Fabian)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Bates (role=Phoebe)</actor>
      <actor>Marilyn Monroe (role=Miss Casswell)</actor>
      <actor>Thelma Ritter (role=Birdie)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Hampden (role=Aged Actor)</actor>
      <actor>Randy Stuart (role=Girl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1950</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2U4MzM3ODItN2EzMi00NTY5LTgyYWUtYWQyZmViNDI2Y2IyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Showbiz Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>Your number one fan, has finally met you, she's made quite a connection, and now you're paired just like a two, organises your affairs, running up and down the stairs, whatever you need doing, that's exactly what she'll do. It's not too long before the sycophant attempts, to take a little piece, of all that she has dreamt, front and centre of the stage, with an audience engaged, all established on embellishing pretence. But there's a price that success usually requires, after someone has initiated fires, their enabler's a tiger, a cunning, devious backbiter, who'll have them dangle from his strings and walk his wires.Timeless and enduring with outstanding performances that to this day still take your breath away</review>
    <description>A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>33266028</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Uma Thurman: Die stille Kämpferin Hollywoods</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Lukas Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Quinn Askew (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Violet Lucca (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mira Nair (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Talib Sadik (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Andrzej Sekula (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sher Sweet (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzAyZDczMDktZmZiZi00NDk2LWIzNDgtMTM4YjVjNWRiYWQ3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>22857256</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bye Bye Tibériade</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lina Soualem</director>
      <actor>Hiam Abbass (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Said Abbas (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Omaya Younes (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Johayna Hussein Abbas (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Buthayna Abbas Hajo (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Hussein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wafa Malgo (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Zahera Bounechada (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hanan Abbas Diab (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Naief Abbas (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jalla Abbas (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Amer Khalil (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|Occupied Palestinian Territory|Qatar</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzQ0OTYzZTktYTk2My00ZTFmLThjNWQtYWY3NzY0YzhkZGMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX416_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Documentary</category>
    <review>Memorializing one's family history is an exercise that can provide a valuable record of our relatives' past and establish the legacy that has carried through the years to the present day. It can also teach us much about what distinguishes one's kindreds in terms of their characteristics, accomplishments and values. The impact of that can be quite revelatory, too, producing a chronicle of inspiring insights and profound achievements of one's relations, especially those that emerged in the face of challenge, adversity and cultural limitations. In her second documentary feature, director Lina Soualem has sought to capture a loving record of those qualities in this highly personal film that charts the lives of four generations of her family's women, including herself, her mother (Emmy-nominated actress Hiam Abbass), her grandmother and her great-grandmother. The picture primarily follows the experiences of the filmmaker's three ancestral generations during their lives in their Palestinian homeland from the days of the creation of Israel in 1948 to the time of Abbass's emigration to France, where she began her acting career and gave birth to her daughter. In doing so, the film juxtaposes the family's individual history with that of the larger cultural backdrop against which their story is set. It also provides viewers with a look at the actress's return to Palestine with her daughter after a prolonged absence, a time of remembrance and reflection. As touching and uplifting as this story can be, however, there are times when it starts to play more like a highly polished home movie than a theatrical documentary. It also would have benefitted from a deeper look at the historical back story and how its events helped shape the lives of these courageously determined women. That's particularly true in the wake of recent developments (even though this film was made before them), given that the inclusion of such background material would have leant a more profound understanding to the longstanding prevailing circumstances in Palestine and the role that they played in the unfolding of this family's story. Moreover, the film seems to puzzlingly downplay Abbass's career accomplishments, achievements that marked a key turning point in the family's history, one specifically inspired by her yearning to leave the "suffocating" conditions of life in her homeland. Soualem certainly deserves kudos for her attempt to deftly mesh personal and cultural considerations in this film, her heart clearly in the right place. However, the overall mix doesn't quite gel as well as it could have, leaving viewers with a story that may be moving and poetic but that somehow feels somewhat incomplete. Perhaps that comes from being too close to the material, no matter how sincere one's intents might be - and how earnestly one wants to see those goals fulfilled</review>
    <description>Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1058601</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Buddenbrooks</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the 1840s, Lübeck is a dominating commercial town on the Baltic coast, and the Buddenbrooks are among the town's first families. Consul Jean Buddenbrook has two sons, Thomas and Christian, and a daughter, Antonia, called Tony. He dearly loves them but also expects them to sacrifice personal happiness for the sake of the company if necessary. The first to learn this is Tony, who is married off to Hamburgian businessman Bendix Grünlich. Meanwhile, her brothers have learned the trade in Amsterdam and London respectively. Crushed by Tony's marriage disaster and several unlucky transactions, Jean Buddenbrook turns the business over to his eldest, Thomas, who marries Dutch heiress Gerda, a passionate violinist, but never forgets his first love, a flower girl. After spending time in Valparaiso, Christian also returns to Lübeck. Thomas soon learns that his brother is much more interested in the theatre and actress Aline than in the company, which causes a rift between the brothers. Seeing that she can't heal it, their mother admonishes them to at least conceal it from the public.—emkarpf</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Heinrich Breloer</director>
      <actor>Armin Mueller-Stahl (role=Johann 'Jean' Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>Iris Berben (role=Elisabeth 'Betsy' Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Schwarz (role=Antonie 'Tony' Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>August Diehl (role=Christian Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Waschke (role=Thomas Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>Raban Bieling (role=Hanno Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>Léa Bosco (role=Buddenbrook)</actor>
      <actor>Maja Schöne (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Proll (role=Aline Puvogel)</actor>
      <actor>Justus von Dohnányi (role=Bendix Grünlich)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Feifel (role=Alois Permaneder)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Fehling (role=Morten Schwarzkopf)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ1Njk2NTIyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTkwNTgyMg@@._V1_QL75_UX154_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Director Heinrich Breloer has throughout his career shown interest in classic German literature. This is one of the more ambitious efforts by Breloer, an adaptation of Thomas Mann's massive family saga from 1901. It's not Breloer's first stab at the Nobel-winning writer, since he previously made a miniseries about his life (2001), with actor Armin Mueller-Stahl in the lead role. They re-team in "Buddenbrooks" (2008), with Mueller-Stahl playing the family patriarch. He gives the only memorable performance in the film.Thomas Mann is near-impossible to adapt, not just because of the great length of his finest novels, but the psychological depth in them, the detailed depiction of the present moment and the philosophical nature of the dialogue. The bar has been set pretty low, with efforts such as Hans W. Geissendörfer's "The Magic Mountain" (1982), which turned the existential mystery of life into something resembling Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980). The worst offense you can commit against a writer like Mann in an adaptation, is to be in a hurry. And unfortunately, by choosing the format of a feature film instead of a television series, you are forced to do just that.I personally prefer "The Magic Mountain" to "Buddenbrooks" as a novel. They have a quarter of a century between them, and Mann has clearly developed as a psychological narrator by "The Magic Mountain". Still, the earlier work is great as well, though it is more enjoyable near the beginning than near its end. This adaptation is two and a half hours long, so it doesn't feel like too much time has elapsed by the end of it. Yet, the super-fast tempo makes the whole very uninteresting. The characters aren't fleshed out to have personalities, and the financial decline of the family starts way too abruptly.Breloer is clearly working with a considerable budget, as the outdoor scenes looked nice and fitting for the historical period. Yet every single scene in this film goes over too fast. You don't get to enjoy the epoch. Together with the rushed pace of the screenplay, the polished visuals make the characters look unrealistically clean, and empty in spirit.Had he chosen to do this as an eight hour miniseries, this might be a pretty watchable adaptation. Yet I fear to say that even then Breloer would not have been a unique enough film-maker, and the end product would have been a visual re-telling of the novel, instead of a well-thought-out, personal art work of its own. If this makes you interested about Thomas Mann, it's good, but that's unlikely.Read the book instead, it wins you over really fast</review>
    <description>In the 1840s, Lübeck is a dominating commercial town on the Baltic coast, and the Buddenbrooks are among the town's first families. Consul Jean Buddenbrook has two sons, Thomas and Christian, and a daughter, Antonia, called Tony. He dearly loves them but also expects them to sacr...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1058601/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36984366</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Großstadtgeflatter</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Nigel Pope</director>
      <director>Jackie Savery</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>37184025</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Welt der Botanischen Gärten: Paradiese unter Glas</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Angela Scheele</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGRlODNiMGEtNjUyNi00MzEwLWIzNWEtNmNlMTJlM2UzMTIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6441228</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Treibjagd im Dorf</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Keglevic</director>
      <actor>Max von Thun (role=Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Weisz (role=Irene)</actor>
      <actor>Manuel Rubey (role=Josef)</actor>
      <actor>August Schmölzer (role=Anton)</actor>
      <actor>Enzo Gaier (role=Franzi)</actor>
      <actor>Edita Malovcic (role=Seren)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Rauh (role=Ferri)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Walser (role=Erna)</actor>
      <actor>Sissy Höfferer (role=Amalie)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Menzel (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Beutler (role=Friederike)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Matousch (role=Huberbauer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTBmZWFkYzctNzU1OS00ZTY0LTg4OTEtYWM4OGFlOTMwYTJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>31710249</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An over-the-hill ex-golfer, fired from his job, sees hope in coaching a troubled teen prodigy after his wife leaves him, staking his future on the youth's success.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jonathan Dayton</director>
      <director>David Dobkin</director>
      <director>Valerie Faris</director>
      <director>Jaffar Mahmood</director>
      <director>MJ Delaney</director>
      <actor>Owen Wilson (role=Pryce Cahill)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Dager (role=Santi Wheeler)</actor>
      <actor>Lilli Kay (role=Zero)</actor>
      <actor>Mariana Treviño (role=Elena Wheeler)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Maron (role=Mitts)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Greer (role=Amber-Linn)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Kiera Armstrong (role=Angela)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Olyphant (role=Clark Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Sébastien Duncan (role=Jett)</actor>
      <actor>Parm Soor (role=Golf Course Official)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Douglas (role=Dale)</actor>
      <actor>Kirstin Eggers (role=Hotel Receptionist)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDNlOTRlZDMtMTU0OS00NGFlLThkY2YtN2E4N2I0YzUxNDEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Sport</category>
    <review>This show is well cast, and endearing. But it's also extremely light and fluffy. The first three episodes are fun in that way shows should be, but at the same time Owen Wilson is playing a variation of every character he's ever played.You're waiting for the shoe to drop, or the big thing to happen, and it kind of never does. It's the kind of show you put on Sunday afternoon when you need a decent nap and aren't too scared to miss an episode because the "previously on" will fill in the blanks.If you're looking for something easy and full of surface, this is the show for you. But then again, that's only after the first three episodes. I will happily eat my hat if it turns into something deeper as it goes along.But hey, the soundtrack to this show is pretty great</review>
    <description>An over-the-hill ex-golfer, fired from his job, sees hope in coaching a troubled teen prodigy after his wife leaves him, staking his future on the youth's success.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>33095227</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die gefährlichsten Bahnstrecken der Welt</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjE2ZTk5ZjQtZDgyZS00ZTEzLWEwYWMtMzM5NjhkMjlhNzU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR2,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15018172</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die gefährlichsten Bahnstrecken der Welt</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Marita Neher</director>
      <actor>Claudia Michelsen (role=Sprecherin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGI3ZTI0NzYtMjhmMi00OTNmLWJlYjktNDA3MjRjNWZlMTFiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5834534</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ku'damm 59</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This is a story about a woman and her three daughters in Germany in the 1950s. One of the daughters wants more from life and becomes a part of the rock'n'roll subculture.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sven Bohse</director>
      <actor>Sonja Gerhardt (role=Monika Schöllack)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Michelsen (role=Caterina Schöllack)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Ehrich (role=Helga von Boost)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Schüle (role=Eva Fassbender)</actor>
      <actor>Trystan Pütter (role=Freddy Donath)</actor>
      <actor>Sabin Tambrea (role=Joachim Franck)</actor>
      <actor>August Wittgenstein (role=Wolfgang von Boost)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Noethen (role=Kurt Moser)</actor>
      <actor>Laura de Boer (role=Ninette Rabe)</actor>
      <actor>Heino Ferch (role=Dr. Jürgen Fassbender)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Pietschmann (role=Hans Liebknecht)</actor>
      <actor>Alma Löhr (role=Dorli)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjJkZThiMWQtYjk2YS00ZTNjLWI3ODItZTg3YTBmZWExYzczXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>If I had to say what the main theme of this series is, both of its seasons included, I'd say the oppression of women. I find myself wondering whether it was greater in 1950's Germany than that decade in the U.S. With the story revolving around a family of women, a mother along with her three adult daughters, I'm fascinated by the script which has each daughter handling her relationship(s) with men differently. Overriding all of them is that grand old social more of "what will the neighbors think"? The happiness of each daughter as an individual is not nearly as important as being seen as good, virtuous, and proper, i.e., living within the societal norms.The show is done so well that as other reviewers have said, watching it is often an emotional roller coaster. Observing these young women be subjected to not only the domination of them by their men, but the support and enforcement of that domination by other other women, I find myself feeling so grateful for the freedoms we have today that many women take for granted. I'm sure, for example, that a woman first starting out on her own today would find it incredible that back then a married woman couldn't get her own credit card or (at least in some places) not be able to eat in a restaurant alone without being seen as a prostitute.Everyone should watch this show, both for how entertaining it is as well as educational. Special mention for the music which is like a character in itself. The blues number done by the youngest daughter who's also the rebellious one, played by Sonja Gerhardt, is terrific. Her acting is also excellent, as is that of the other main roles</review>
    <description>This is a story about a woman and her three daughters in Germany in the 1950s. One of the daughters wants more from life and becomes a part of the rock'n'roll subculture.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2773498</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schlachthof</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfons Schön</director>
      <director>Riccardo Gullotta</director>
      <director>Jay Schmidt</director>
      <director>Kai von Kotze</director>
      <director>Kai Schmitt</director>
      <actor>Michael Altinger (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Springer (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Constanze Lindner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Teresa Reichl (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Kinseher (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Astor (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Lüdecke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Django Asül (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Weber (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Severin Groebner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Emmanuel Peterfalvi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Grünwald (role=Joe Waschl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTgzN2IzMGEtYjVlZS00NWU2LThkYTktNzNmOWU3ZWQ1ZTMyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR74,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2436682</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Duell</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kieran Darcy-Smith</director>
      <actor>Woody Harrelson (role=Abraham)</actor>
      <actor>Liam Hemsworth (role=David Kingston)</actor>
      <actor>Alice Braga (role=Marisol)</actor>
      <actor>Emory Cohen (role=Isaac Brant)</actor>
      <actor>Felicity Price (role=Naomi)</actor>
      <actor>William Sadler (role=Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Benedict Samuel (role=George)</actor>
      <actor>Giles Matthey (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>Raphael Sbarge (role=Doctor Morris)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Carter (role=William)</actor>
      <actor>David Born (role=Hoot)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy Lee Jr. (role=Jesse Kingston)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWE1ZDQ0YWMtMzdkMC00ZTljLWI4YzctYzA0NzE3ZmViZjJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>I think most people would have expected more form a movie starring Woody Harrison and Liam Hemsworth,both who were in The Hunger Games together, but it was a pretty plain, low budget kind of thing that happen to have a really good story to it. Hemsworth plays a Texas Ranger who is sent after a man killing Mexicans in a small town he runs, and just by coincidence, this same man killed his father 20 years ago in a strange ritual of code of honor from the town they are from. Making matters worse is the fact that this Texas Ranger brings with him his Mexican Wife just because she complained about having nothing to do around the house while he's gone, and she ends up being put under the religious spell this man has got on some of the townsfolk.Hemsworth plays a decent cowboy. Not as dashing as his older brother, Chris as he goes for more of the Clint Eastwood type. Woody Harrison is a good villain in the film. It's similar to his work in the film, Out of the Furnace.But I really like the grim story that the Western told about the treatment of the Mexicans after the borderline for Texas was created.Overall it was a brilliant western that had no frills just a great story with some good actors telling the tale</review>
    <description>A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0051773</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Indiskret</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment as she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for. They begin a love-at-first-sight relationship, but she finds out that he has been keeping a secret from her. When she learns of his lie, she becomes furious and works out a plan for revenge.—Julie Sherman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stanley Donen</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Philip Adams)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid Bergman (role=Anna Kalman)</actor>
      <actor>Cecil Parker (role=Alfred Munson)</actor>
      <actor>Phyllis Calvert (role=Mrs. Margaret Munson)</actor>
      <actor>David Kossoff (role=Carl Banks)</actor>
      <actor>Megs Jenkins (role=Doris Banks)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2Q0MDlmYTAtOTU0NS00ODhkLTgxODctY2RmZjVjZjlkNDY1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX172_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>Out of Warner Brothers, Indiscreet is directed by Stanley Donen and stars Ingrid Bergman &amp; Cary Grant, with support coming from Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, David Kossoff &amp; Megs Jenkins. It is based on the play "Kind Sir" written by Norman Krasna. Plot sees Bergman as Anna Kalman, an accomplished actress who can't believe her luck when she finally meets the man of her dreams, Philip Adams (Grant). However, Phillip is keeping a secret, a secret that Anna finds out about and promptly sets about getting even with him for.Indiscreet is a very simple movie. Grant and Bergman re-team again 12 years after making Notorious with Alfred Hitchcock. Their chemistry is again sparkling and Donen utilises it to the maximum by naturally building the film around the charismatic stars. There's no hidden agendas here, the movie knows it is breezy and understands that good writing (edgy at times) and two comfortable actors can make for good entertainment. It starts off slow, but the character build up pays off once Grant &amp; Bergman start their romance, in fact the comedy is indeed thin on the ground for the first half of the film. But once the secret at the core of the plot is out, the comedy kicks into gear, with a dancing party sequence joyous and alone is worth watching the film for.Also note worthy is the London location which provides a fitting back drop to the well mannered, well to do, coupling of Anna &amp; Phillip. While the costumes too are pleasing and hang nicely off of the two aesthetically safe-in middle-age actors. It's no screwball, far from it, so any expectation of that will surely disappoint newcomers. And true to say it's very old fashioned and of its time as regards its romantic ideals. But that's OK, we like light hearted well written comedy, especially when it's performed as smooth as it is here. 7/10</review>
    <description>An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him--although he's already married.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14061114</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nie zu spät</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The 59-year-old flight captain Paul is proud to have made it to the top in his dream job under his own steam. Shortly before his last ascent in the prestigious Airbus 747-8, he has to deal with his only weak point, which the self-confident achiever has been able to generously admit to himself: as a husband and father, Paul does not have that, as his two failed relationships with two children show same sense of responsibility as in the cockpit. Only flying is nicer - this motto also applies to starting his third family with the much younger Susanne. It was actually agreed that Paul would take early retirement and take over the upbringing of their son Franz so that she could get going after parental leave. When Paul quits this deal for the sake of the 747-8, Susanne dumps him with the five-year-old without warning and issues an ultimatum. Now, of all times, his two older children are unannounced at the door. Sensitive student Jonas is unhappily in love and rebellious student Tabea opposes her mother's boarding school plans. Both insist that their father finally takes time for them. Paul would like to send an SOS, but this time his ex-wives Martina and Karin won't help. Completely on his own, he now has to learn what is important when it comes to being a father.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tomy Wigand</director>
      <actor>Heino Ferch (role=Paul Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Picco von Groote (role=Susanne Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Pablo Grant (role=Jonas Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Harriet Herbig-Matten (role=Tabea Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Josef Gottlieb (role=Franz Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Ines Honsel (role=Martina Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Sheri Hagen (role=Karin Langner)</actor>
      <actor>Jale Arikan (role=Dr. Ayse Akgül)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Schreglmann (role=Erzieher)</actor>
      <actor>Irina Wanka (role=Elke Schmitt)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Lauterbach (role=Mädchen im Sand)</actor>
      <actor>Lorena Handschin (role=Liv Decker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTgwZGQ5MTItYmIyMy00OWFhLTk0MWItOGU5ZjA5ZDU4MTA3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>The 59-year-old flight captain Paul is proud to have made it to the top in his dream job under his own steam. Shortly before his last ascent in the prestigious Airbus 747-8, he has to deal with his only weak point, which the self-confident achiever has been able to generously adm...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt14061114/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3014866</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Jerico Projekt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>London based CIA operative Billy Pope is killed in his unsuccessful attempt to complete a deal with computer hack Jan Strook, better know online by his handle The Dutchman, for a wormhole program that allows its user to circumvent nuclear codes to launch at will, that deal being the program itself, immunity, a passport, and $10 million. Billy's superior, Quaker Wells, employs Dr. Micah Franks to conduct an untested surgery to transfer Billy's brain functions into another human to be able to access Billy's memory in the goal to discover The Dutchman's hidden location and thus the wormhole program, and where Billy hid the not recovered $10 million. The test subject chosen for his unique physiological brain structure is incarcerated Jerico Stewart, an extremely violent and remorseless criminal with the emotional capacity of a child. Shortly after the surgery, Jerico is able to escape custody, with Wells and Franks unaware of Jerico's mental state. The surgery was partially successful in that Billy's mental functions are conflicting with Jerico's. As Wells and his team go on a quest not only for Jerico but also The Dutchman, The Dutchman himself, in that not completed transaction with Billy, has the wormhole program for sale at that same price, the Russians who are in the market. Overriding it all is former businessman Xavier Heimdahl, The Dutchman's former partner in the wormhole program and Billy's murderer. Xavier's main mission is retrieving the program itself. As such, Xavier is also after Jerico and The Dutchman, and will use whomever he needs to achieve his goal, including targeting Billy's loving family, his wife Jill Pope and their adolescent daughter Emma Pope.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ariel Vromen</director>
      <actor>Kevin Costner (role=Jerico Stewart)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Oldman (role=Quaker Wells)</actor>
      <actor>Tommy Lee Jones (role=Dr. Franks)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Reynolds (role=Bill Pope)</actor>
      <actor>Gal Gadot (role=Jill Pope)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Pitt (role=Jan Strook - The Dutchman)</actor>
      <actor>Amaury Nolasco (role=Esteban Ruiza)</actor>
      <actor>Alice Eve (role=Marta Lynch)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Traue (role=Elsa Mueller)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Adkins (role=Pete Greensleeves)</actor>
      <actor>Lara Decaro (role=Emma Pope)</actor>
      <actor>Freddy Bosche (role=CIA Agent Pfeffer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Bulgaria</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY2MjY3NDMxNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTY0MjYzODE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spy|Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>I often feel people are far to critical of some movies, this would fall into that category. Solid action thriller, good cast, good action and a few comical lines. Ignore the low ratings</review>
    <description>A dangerous convict receives an implant containing the memories and skills of a dead CIA agent.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1017919</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grüne Insel im Taifun</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Schlamberger</director>
      <director>Nick Upton</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjFlMmRmMjUtZGYwOS00YmU1LTliY2YtOTRkNzdkYjVmNTZkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5642884</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Was im Leben zählt</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Vivian Naefe</director>
      <actor>Petra Schmidt-Schaller (role=Miriam Kirsch)</actor>
      <actor>Wotan Wilke Möhring (role=Gregor Thaler)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Achim)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Gummich (role=Lori)</actor>
      <actor>Max von Thun (role=Jan)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Loibl (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Stillkrauth (role=Hausmeister Eberling)</actor>
      <actor>Sylvana Krappatsch (role=Ingrid)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Weidner (role=Isabell)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Klischies (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Fautz (role=Nina)</actor>
      <actor>Lara Sophie Rottmann (role=Julchen Kirsch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc0NDcxOTAwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODU1MjA1NA@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,7,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9261476</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verliebt auf Island</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Claudia is traveling to Iceland for her son Patrick's dream wedding. She has a big surprise with her: she is the mysterious "new girl" of his best friend Alex, who even proposed to her and wants to turn the wedding ceremony into a double wedding. However, the secret lovers are waiting for the right time to tell the unsuspecting Patrick. Both fear that he might be unenthusiastic. Shortly after arriving in Reykjavik, Patrick gets a phone call that throws everything upside down for him: his fiancee Anna cancels at the last second. He also gets bad news from the start-up he set up in Hamburg with Alex. Patrick would love to fly back immediately, but a volcanic eruption thwarts his plans. Instead of celebrations and honeymoons, he has to while away the time with Alex, Claudia and his assistant Nina with a tourist program. Nina also has a secret agenda: she wants to seize the opportunity to win Patrick's heart.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nico Sommer</director>
      <actor>Ann-Kathrin Kramer (role=Claudia)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Blaskovic (role=Patrick Freydank)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Seebacher (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Heist (role=Gerhardt Kresters)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=Sieglinde Kresters)</actor>
      <actor>Gunnar Hansson (role=Gunnar)</actor>
      <actor>Natalie Thiede (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Hrefna Hallgrímsdóttir (role=Angestellte von Iceland Airline)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODhkNTQwMzEtYThiYy00M2M1LWJkZDktMjcyOWFmYmVmYWI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Claudia is traveling to Iceland for her son Patrick's dream wedding. She has a big surprise with her: she is the mysterious "new girl" of his best friend Alex, who even proposed to her and wants to turn the wedding ceremony into a double wedding. However, the secret lovers are wa...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt9261476/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1840877</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wildes Skandinavien</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Wildes Skandinavien.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Haft</director>
      <director>Uwe Anders</director>
      <director>Oliver Goetzl</director>
      <director>Tobias Mennle</director>
      <actor>Martin Umbach (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5ODkxMzI3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDUyMjAz._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,11,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Wildes Skandinavien.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4080728</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Mann namens Ove</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After forty years of dedicated work on the railways, 59-year-old widower Ove Lindahl, a cantankerous creature of habit and the fear of his well-kept suburban neighbourhood, finds himself forced into retirement. And now that he has given up on life, Ove can watch over his gated community like a hawk and whittle down the monotony of his miserable existence. But life is as exciting as it is unexpected. Suddenly, a new next-door neighbour takes Ove by surprise, and a reluctant friendship gives him a new lease of life. However, is the cynical but sympathetic curmudgeon capable of change?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hannes Holm</director>
      <actor>Rolf Lassgård (role=Ove)</actor>
      <actor>Bahar Pars (role=Parvaneh)</actor>
      <actor>Filip Berg (role=Unga Ove)</actor>
      <actor>Ida Engvoll (role=Sonja)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Almborg (role=Patrick)</actor>
      <actor>Klas Wiljergård (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Chatarina Larsson (role=Anita)</actor>
      <actor>Börje Lundberg (role=Rune)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Gödicke (role=Oves pappa)</actor>
      <actor>Johan Widerberg (role=Vitskjortan)</actor>
      <actor>Anna-Lena Brundin (role=Journalisten Lena)</actor>
      <actor>Nelly Jamarani (role=Sepideh)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden|Denmark|Norway</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTNjNDIxMzUtNzM3Ny00N2M0LTgwNzYtZWE3NDBkZjc1OGFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Things have gone on for too long and it must end, those who break your rules you just cannot defend, so it's time to say goodbye, join your lady in the sky, but even that's starting to drive you round the bend. But then a woman and her family appear, Parvanah scythes and cuts, through all of your past tears, helps to bring some perspective, and the courage to forgive, so when the time arrives there's nothing to be feared.A truly wonderful tale of a cantankerous old man who manages to fondly reflect on the lost love of his life while being inspired by a new neighbour who breaks his outer shell and reveals a generous and kind, larger than life heart. Great performances all round but especially from Rolf Lassgård, who is and will be forever unequalled, unmatched and peerless in the role</review>
    <description>Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6354632</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Astrid</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An autistic woman uses her talents and tendencies to solve crimes.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Iris Merveille</director>
      <actor>Astrid Coppens (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bram Coppens (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jani Kazaltzis (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Natalia Druyts (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Delgouffe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tanguy Ottomer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Van Tilborg (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jelle Vandamme (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>James Cooke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Damen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Aagje Vanwalleghem (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastien Lagree (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Belgium</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmE2YzA5NWMtZTUwYy00MDdiLWI2NzktNGI5N2ZjNjNhZmIyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX95_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <review>I can't believe there are no reviews and so few ratings for this show. I've only seen the first episode but that alone is worth the 8 star rating.The actors (all of them) are talented and charming. I don't speak French, but the actors have great inflections and even though I'm reading the words, the meaning and sensitivity comes through the vocalizations. The characters may not be original (is there anything new under the sun?), but the characters are fresh and interesting nonetheless.The locations are nice. I'm used to mostly American and Canadian locations, so it's nice seeing a new setting in France.The direction is spot on, character building is nice. The storyline was nothing mind blowing, but I watch TV for the characters more than the story.Give this show a try, even if you don't like subtitles, it'll be worth the effort</review>
    <description>An autistic woman uses her talents and tendencies to solve crimes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1560671</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Nacht der Jäger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The sequel to Jagarna (1996), the film concerns Erik who is asked to return to his hometown in Sweden to solve a brutal murder. Although hesitant to go back due to unfavourable memories of the town, Erik accepts, but finding an answer to the murder proves a complex task.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kjell Sundvall</director>
      <actor>Rolf Lassgård (role=Erik Bäckström)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Stormare (role=Torsten)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Nordin (role=Karin Johansson)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Tjernström (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Lo Kauppi (role=Johanna Lager)</actor>
      <actor>Jesper Barkselius (role=Åström)</actor>
      <actor>Eero Milonoff (role=Jari Lipponen)</actor>
      <actor>Johan Paulsen (role=Mats)</actor>
      <actor>Ellenor Lindgren (role=Elin Ledin)</actor>
      <actor>Olov Häggmark (role=Hempo)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Hedlund (role=Niklas)</actor>
      <actor>Yngve Dahlberg (role=Erik's boss)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGQyZmI3ZDAtMjMyZS00OTdkLWE5NGEtNWRiZGZlM2VlMTUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>False Trail is named, and put under the heading, of a thriller. Because of the lack of actually thrilling thrillers, this title didn't mean much to me. But Kjell Sundvall's movie really does as it says on the tin.In this Swedish sequel, we follow Erik Bäckström, an aging policeman called down to his old home town where a young woman has gone missing. Here we watch a murder case unfold, and are not only confronted with Erik's painful past, but are lead into a deeper, more sinister mystery than we initially imagined.What first hits you about this movie is the dark, dense setting. Set in the picturesque woods of Norrland Sweden, you're struck by wintry lakes and friendly faces. In the beginning, the characters seem like boring, basically normal people. But when we delve into the mystery, and the first inklings of doubt and suspicion creep in, things begin to escalate, and our opinions change at every twist.This movie really kept me alive and thinking. Its plot twists were calculated and realistic, and the acting was superb. Peter Stromare's character was fantastically played; everything we once thought we knew about him is warped and distorted until we see the character that he is. Through tongue-in-cheek gore and unprecedented acts of violence, this story will make you jump in your seat and question every motive.Without giving too much away, notice Sundvall's directing; cutting into the truth like a fly on the wall, and letting the chaos run wild around him, until the characters realise the daunting reality just a step too late. Excellently done. In total, a well thought-through movie that did indeed thrill</review>
    <description>A Stockholm cop returns again to his hometown in the northern wilderness to investigate a murder.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>28528837</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Flusskreuzfahrten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Johannes Backes</director>
      <actor>Gregor Höppner (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmRhZDZhMzktYjY0ZS00MTkxLWIzZmUtZjRkMTYwMDYxMDM2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX94_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13007444</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Donau ist tief. Ein Krimi aus Passau</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Private detective Ferdinand Zankl is suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend, the shelter manager Nunzia Rossi. He is arrested by the Passau police. At this point, of all times, Zankl is under great pressure to act because of another matter. The media had reported that excavation work was taking place in the Bavarian Forest to find relics from Roman times. Since Zankl buried the body of an Arab contract killer there last winter to protect Frederike Bader, he urgently needs to prevent the excavation team from coming across the body he has buried. However, his hands are tied due to his arrest. He calls Frederike for help. As an ex-police officer, she should secretly investigate and prove his innocence. Although Frederike never wants to have anything to do with Zankl again after what happened a few months ago, she accepts this deal to protect her daughter. Because Zankl is putting Frederike under pressure that he has information about her safety in witness protection. He only wants to give this to her if she helps him. She starts the investigation. She secretly finds out that the Czech puppy smuggler Jaroslav Kaiser was at the scene at the time of the crime. Jaroslav Kaiser is then arrested with the support of the Czech police. In a comparison with Zankl, Kaiser says that he also saw the private detective at the crime scene at the time of the crime. Since Zankl still has a clear relationship motive for the murder of Nunzia Rossi, he remains in custody. The Chief Inspector Grill and her colleague Piontek are delighted, because in secret, Grill would like to convict Zankl in order to score points in her new position. Frederike's first investigations thus prove to be a huge blow. Meanwhile, the archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation are approaching the place where Ferdinand Zankl buried the hit man Ahmed Bahdari - side by side with the remains of a Roman legionnaire. At the same time, Frederike comes across a second, promising lead in the murder of Nunzia Rossi on the farm of the popular Passau pop singer Ilka Unseld. The countdown is on, because the discovery of the double-occupied grave is only a matter of hours .</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Maurice Hübner</director>
      <actor>Andreas Bittl (role=Elmar 'Elwis' Wissmann)</actor>
      <actor>Gottfried Breitfuss (role=Konditor Helmut)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Bujinski (role=Frau Bielmeier)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Carow (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Phillip Dechamps (role=Dr. Jan Heckmann)</actor>
      <actor>Dagny Dewath (role=Nunzia Rossi)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Eschrich (role=KHK Piontek)</actor>
      <actor>Timo Fakhravar (role=Ahmed Bahdari)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Gaida (role=Franz Hertel)</actor>
      <actor>Birte Hanusrichter (role=Ilka Unseld)</actor>
      <actor>Maj-Britt Klenke (role=Selena)</actor>
      <actor>Kamil Krejcí (role=Jaroslav Kaiser)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWQ3ZmFmOTItYjYwNy00YmIxLTgyYWItNDgwZWZlZjE0YzY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>This sequal answers some open questions from part one and continues the witness protection plot</review>
    <description>Private detective Ferdinand Zankl is suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend, the shelter manager Nunzia Rossi. He is arrested by the Passau police. At this point, of all times, Zankl is under great pressure to act because of another matter. The media had reported that excavatio...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13007444/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>16360896</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hudson River: Der Fluss zwischen Wildnis und Skyline</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>John K. Dutton</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2E5MmZkY2UtNTlkZS00ZDQyLTliNTgtNWE2YWZmMmZkNjA3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0034396</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wir bitten zum Tanz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dancing school owner Hofeneder (Hans Moser) faces of a sudden competition from Roublée who has opened a dancing school of his own nearby. It turns out that Roublée is an old rival of Hofeneder. Roublée has taken the love interest of Hofeneder and married her. The grown up daughter of Roublée secretly took dancing lessons at Hofeneders dancing school as her father had forbidden her to enjoy already dancing distractions in her age. At Hofeneder she learns to know and love Xandl (Hans Holt) who works as a dance teacher at Hofeneder but in reality is somebody of the Vienna upper class. After some funny complications have occurred everything leads to a happy ending.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hubert Marischka</director>
      <actor>Hans Moser (role=Tanzschulbesitzer Hofeneder)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hörbiger (role=Roublée)</actor>
      <actor>Elfie Mayerhofer (role=Sylvia)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Holt (role=Xandl)</actor>
      <actor>Auguste Pünkösdy (role=Mrs. Seewald)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Eybner (role=Neufingerl)</actor>
      <actor>Helli Servi (role=Fannerl)</actor>
      <actor>Theodor Danegger (role=Hartenau)</actor>
      <actor>Thea Weis (role=Trude Gradaus)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Lorenz (role=Ungefar)</actor>
      <actor>Juliane Schäfer (role=Lori)</actor>
      <actor>Pepi Glöckner-Kramer (role=Mrs. Simmerl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>1941</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTY5OWI2YTgtM2VlZC00YzQwLWI4YjYtMTI4ZWM1NzkzMWEzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music|Musical|Romance</category>
    <description>Story of two dancing school owners who had been rivals and are now competing against each other.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12193804</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Whitney Houston: I wanna dance with somebody</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A cautionary tale about how suppressing who you really are will prove devastating, regardless of one's God-given talent or acquired wealth. The story of Whitney's rise to great fame and many accolades for that tremendous voice is dogged with struggles for approval from within her own family, and fears of what the public may accept. These struggles, in large part, lead down a road of self-doubt and a search to escape the pain that leads to her ultimate demise.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kasi Lemmons</director>
      <actor>Naomi Ackie (role=Whitney Houston)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Tucci (role=Clive Davis)</actor>
      <actor>Ashton Sanders (role=Bobby Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Tamara Tunie (role=Cissy Houston)</actor>
      <actor>Nafessa Williams (role=Robyn Crawford)</actor>
      <actor>Clarke Peters (role=John Houston)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Washington (role=Gary Houston)</actor>
      <actor>Bailee Lopes (role=Bobbi Kristina (8-11 Years Old))</actor>
      <actor>Bria Danielle Singleton (role=Bobbi Kristina (16-19 Years Old))</actor>
      <actor>JaQuan Malik Jones (role=Michael Houston)</actor>
      <actor>Kris Sidberry (role=Pat Houston)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Heard (role=Rickey Minor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmQwMWYyM2EtNGJjYS00OGY1LTgyZjEtYWEzMGFkZWRkYTNkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Showbiz Drama|Biography|Drama|Music</category>
    <review>I like a biopic as much as the next person. But when one creates a biopic, they have to show a different side to the person we know behind the celebrity, or something the average person doesn't really know up until this point.This film ain't one of them.The film takes up way too much of its runtime showing Whitney's iconic performances in their total. Which not many music biopics do and for good reason; we can just watch them elsewhere.It also doesn't focus in too much on her personal life. The domestic and drug abuse between her and Bobbi was toned down, her relationship with Robyn, arguably the best moments in the film, are fleeting, and the film is way too nice to Clive Davis (not surprising since he executive produced the film) who was like her family, but also like her family, tried to mould her into something she was not.It's clear that to this day, people still want to control Whitney's legacy. So as a result, the film cannot explore the complexities, flaws, turmoils and difficulties of this incredibly talented woman. Because there is no doubt, she was a one of a kind phenomenal singer.But the film is not interested in going further into her inner emotional life - only scratching the surface and emphasising her talent.I would suggest watching the Kevin MacDonald documentary, which focuses more on why Whitney ended her life the way she did and the clues to her inner turmoil, while also listing her contributions to the music world and the things she loved the most in life</review>
    <description>A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&amp;B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0087277</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Footloose</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Classic tale of teenage rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren McCormack and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small Midwestern town, he's in for a real case of culture shock. Though he tries hard to fit in, the streetwise Ren can't quite believe he's living in a place where rock music and dancing are illegal. However, there is one small pleasure: Ariel Moore, a troubled but lovely blonde with a jealous boyfriend. And a Bible-thumping minister, who is responsible for keeping the town dance-free. Ren and his classmates want to do away with this ordinance, especially since the senior prom is around the corner, but only Ren has the courage to initiate a battle to abolish the outmoded ban and revitalize the spirit of the repressed townspeople. Fast-paced drama is filled with such now-famous hit songs as the title track and "Let's Hear It for the Boy".—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Herbert Ross</director>
      <actor>Kevin Bacon (role=Ren)</actor>
      <actor>Lori Singer (role=Ariel)</actor>
      <actor>John Lithgow (role=Rev. Shaw Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Dianne Wiest (role=Vi Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Jessica Parker (role=Rusty)</actor>
      <actor>John Laughlin (role=Woody)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Gorcey (role=Wendy Jo)</actor>
      <actor>Frances Lee McCain (role=Ethel McCormack)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Youngs (role=Chuck)</actor>
      <actor>Douglas Dirkson (role=Burlington Cranston)</actor>
      <actor>Lynne Marta (role=Lulu)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur Rosenberg (role=Wes)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1984</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg0ODIwNzQyM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDcwOTE5OQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Teen Drama|Teen Romance|Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Prior to seeing this movie, all I had heard suggested that I was better off not watching it unless it was to ridicule. I looked at my uncle dancing round his living room to some of its music and asked myself if anybody expected me to take that seriously. It's got a place in movie history even for the title song alone, though, so I decided I couldn't live with myself unless I gave it a chance. It was definitely worth it.The style is reminiscent of a whole host of other '80's teen flicks, but only a handful are better. Most of the cast do great things with their roles. Kevin Bacon actually manages to make the clichéd concept seem kinda cool, here showcasing an easy charm that was to become the hallmark of much of his later work. Crucially, the music is actually pretty good too! (Even if I am torn between wanting to cringe and dance when I hear the theme!)On reflection it's no cheesier than something like "All the Right Moves" (which has a great cast doing their best but suffers from a plodding story) In fact, it's miles better! At least the music in "Footloose" gave the makers a viable way to pep things up whenever the story begins to flag. This film is much, MUCH better than I had been led to believe, so give it a chance if you ain't seen it yet but thought you knew the score. Chances are, you don't..</review>
    <description>A big city teenager moves to a small town where Rock and Roll music and dancing have been banned by backward local parents and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17594368</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unsere wilde Schweiz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This series is an expedition through wild Switzerland. In four films we take to the stage of nature, search for the big and small dramas that take place in the animal and plant world, explore the origins of time-honoured myths and legends about busy dwarfs and scary dragons. And we tell stories of people who live and work in the midst of this nature.—doc.station</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Fischötter</director>
      <director>Anja Glücklich</director>
      <director>Michael Gregor</director>
      <director>Anne Wigger</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Switzerland|Germany</country>
    <date>Unsere wilde Schweiz (TV Mini Series 2018) - IMDb</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODhhNzRkNjQtN2ZlMy00YmMyLWIxNTQtMjNhNGE2YTc4ZDA2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX89_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>This series is an expedition through wild Switzerland. In four films we take to the stage of nature, search for the big and small dramas that take place in the animal and plant world, explore the origins of time-honoured myths and legends about busy dwarfs and scary dragons. And ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt17594368/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0419022</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Paradies in den Bergen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A married newspaper editor drives to the mountains with her asthmatic son and falls in love with a handsome farmer.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hartmut Griesmayr</director>
      <actor>Ursula Buschhorn (role=Katja Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Schir (role=Johannes Assamer)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Lesch (role=Erik Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Lanz (role=Marianne Diringer)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Fux (role=Alter Sepp)</actor>
      <actor>Wolf-Niklas Schykowski (role=Christopher Stern)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Reinhart (role=Frau Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Bichler (role=Maria Steiner)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Rudolph (role=Dr. Maren)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Friedl (role=Gemeinderat Maier)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Dornauer (role=Gemeinderat Brenner)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Ortner (role=Gemeinderat Neunteufel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA5MTU5NzIwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDMyNzMwNzE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR34,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>A married newspaper editor drives to the mountains with her asthmatic son and falls in love with a handsome farmer.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1365555</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Am Seil</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Fabian Eder</director>
      <actor>Katharina Stemberger (role=Lena Frey)</actor>
      <actor>Heio von Stetten (role=Martin Langseiler)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Michael Rehberg (role=Josef 'Sepp' Langseiler)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Kirchlechner (role=Pfarrer Korbinian)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Redlich (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie von Poser (role=Sabine)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Mitterer (role=Gemeindeamtsmitarbeiter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODA4ODA2NzUtNTAwZC00NWE1LWI5MGItMjVhMzkyZDJjY2VkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,6,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2352294</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tod in den Bergen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For years, the now mummified body of a seemingly complete stranger in the nearby village has lain in an icy mountain crevice. There, a young doctor discovers it during one of her not-quite-legal mountain tours in a cordoned-off, untouched area. When her boyfriend is murdered during further investigations, she gets involved in the investigation herself.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nils Willbrandt</director>
      <actor>Ursula Strauss (role=Clara Lang)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Atzorn (role=Jan Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Karl (role=Inspektor Hannes Bucher)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfram Berger (role=Gregor Lang)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Eitner (role=David Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Lust (role=Raffael)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Wittmann (role=Johann Brainauer)</actor>
      <actor>Ulli Maier (role=Dr. Maria Knapp)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Tonkel (role=Bürgermeister Andreas Püber)</actor>
      <actor>Milinko Ametovic Beganovic (role=Tänzer)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Lischka (role=Schwester Zitta)</actor>
      <actor>Reinhold G. Moritz (role=Stadtwirt Karl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTgyZTU4NjEtMjU4NS00ZTgwLWJiMjktYWEzYzUxNjcxZjUwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Thriller</category>
    <review>No pun intended - if a body is discovered way too late (frozen), does that also mean that any leads will be cold? Also am I allowed to do another pun, even if I claim I do not intend them? Well you'll be the judge and maybe even investigator ... which I reckon to a degree you can be with this movie too (both those things that is).I do like a crime story - so I may be a bit biased I reckon. That said, I think it does start off quite nicely to say the least ... still that is not enough for the whole movie and run time ... as the other reviewer is saying the movie does fall flat towards the end ... there's no life in it if you will (yes I went there again - something you probably you won't ... with this movie) ... still there is worse out there</review>
    <description>For years, the now mummified body of a seemingly complete stranger in the nearby village has lain in an icy mountain crevice. There, a young doctor discovers it during one of her not-quite-legal mountain tours in a cordoned-off, untouched area. When her boyfriend is murdered duri...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt2352294/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3708148</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Blutsschwestern</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Five women celebrate their reunion in an Alpine hut, but their past blurs the atmosphere.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Roth</director>
      <actor>Silke Bodenbender (role=Charly)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolette Krebitz (role=Rita Kastner)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Weisz (role=Sonja)</actor>
      <actor>Edita Malovcic (role=Manu)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Schärf (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Raimund Wallisch (role=Max's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Krassnitzer (role=Ritas Father)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Fuith (role=Typ 1)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Schlag (role=Typ 2)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Liebmann (role=Typ 3)</actor>
      <actor>Lola Dietrich (role=Junge Charly)</actor>
      <actor>Anna von Zierotin (role=Junge Ingrid)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWNiMmMzODYtNzZkYy00YzJmLTliMzktZDFmYTZlMzg4NzIxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Thriller</category>
    <description>Five women celebrate their reunion in an Alpine hut, but their past blurs the atmosphere.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6231158</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Kommissar und die Alpen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Weed smoking, foulmouthed Rocco Schiavone is an offbeat Deputy Commissioner of the State Police. For disciplinary reasons he is transferred to the Alpine town of Aosta, far from his beloved Rome. The sophisticated but cranky Roman despises the mountains, the cold, and the provincial locals as much as he disdains his superiors and their petty rules. But he loves solving crimes.—Harry</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Simone Spada</director>
      <director>Michele Soavi</director>
      <director>Giulio Manfredonia</director>
      <director>Luca Brignone</director>
      <actor>Marco Giallini (role=Rocco Schiavone)</actor>
      <actor>Ernesto D'Argenio (role=Italo Pierron)</actor>
      <actor>Francesco Acquaroli (role=Sebastiano Cecchetti)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Ginepro (role=Domenico D'Intino)</actor>
      <actor>Massimiliano Caprara (role=Michele Deruta)</actor>
      <actor>Filippo Dini (role=Maurizio Baldi)</actor>
      <actor>Massimo Olcese (role=Andrea Costa)</actor>
      <actor>Gino Nardella (role=Ugo Casella)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Vismara (role=Caterina Rispoli)</actor>
      <actor>Massimo Reale (role=Alberto Fumagalli)</actor>
      <actor>Tullio Sorrentino (role=Fabrizio Marchetti)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Ragonese (role=Marina)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDZjNmI2ZTItMWNjOC00ZDAzLTlmYzctOTNjMWY3ODQ4ZWMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Roco Schiavone is a touching and beautifully made mystery series. A brilliant detective who grows up in Rome with thieves as friends, but thieves with honor and a belief in only taking from those who deserve it. Rocco loved his wife, and continues to be haunted by her as she tries in vain to get him to "live his life' without her. He is sent to work in a beautiful but freezing location in the Italian Alps. Everything about this show is wonderful from touching and often funny dialogue between the motley crew Rocco works with, to the moments he spends with his wife's ghost, to the adorable dog he adopts after his owner is found dead, to the exceptional and pitch perfect acting. A special show indeed. The only other mystery I like as much right now is Vera, they are both beautiful, rich and moving mysteries</review>
    <description>A cranky and unorthodox detective is exiled to the snowbound Val D'Aosta where he is confronted with compelling cases.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>17009246</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bayern, Land der Gams</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jens-Uwe Heins</director>
      <actor>Nicolas Cybulska (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Hörmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Miller (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sandro Nicoloso (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wibke Peters (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolph Plochmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Karl-Heinz Wohlmann (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2ZjYzY3ZjItZDY2Ni00Y2NkLWE5OWQtYjllODVkZGFkNDgxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>20860622</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mit dem Postschiff durch die Südsee</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Eliane Koller</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTdiZTBlM2QtN2ZiNS00OTM1LWE2YTctZWE3NDYxOWFmYzk3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15089272</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nanga Parbat: Mein Schlüsselberg</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Reinhold Messner</director>
      <actor>Benno Steinegger (role=Reinhold Messner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDc2MWMwZjgtN2EwNC00MTgyLWIyNjgtZjRhMGIyMTAyNzg2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>As always, a well told documentation by Reinhold Messner - nothing new is told for the connoisseur of mountain worlds, but again reported very extensively about the Nanga Parbat, with many nice details. Sometimes the music, speaker and images don't quite go together - for example when Reinhold Messner reports on his death experience, and in the following scene there are relaxed guitar sounds with inappropriate speaker text. But all in all very worth seeing</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>34942957</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Sprache der Tiere</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A new five-part wildlife and science series explores the latest exciting research on animal communication that decodes the complex languages of animals and discovers that they are just as talkative as humans. Each episode reveals how animals communicate, showcasing the scientists at the heart of this research, and the technology they are using - from computer simulations to AI programme, and sophisticated recording devices, such as bat detectors. We reveal how king penguins use a special call to locate their young, and how researchers are trying to decode the different barks of dogs. We also look at the waggle dance that honeybees use to communicate where food sources are located, and how butterflies talk by using UV patterns on their wings. At last, we can eavesdrop on the secret conversations going on all around us.—zdf-studios</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Becky Evans</director>
      <actor>Jeff Young (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGJlY2U0NDgtZDkxOS00YzllLThhODAtOTU4MjFhNzdjZDQ1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Delves into animal communication, uncovering their complex languages through cutting-edge research, technology and scientists' efforts to understand various creatures, from king penguins to butterflies.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6848848</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Die Toten vom Bodensee" Der Wiederkehrer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Investigator Hannah Zeiler has the idea that her father, Chief Prosecutor Dr. Hermann Zeiler, after a sailing accident more than 20 years ago could still be alive. Before she could meet her informant Johannes Leitner, recently released from prison, on the Galgeninsel peninsula, she is crushed unconscious and Leitner is shot. Hannah's godfather, former mentor and the head of the investigation Ernst Gschwendner, assumes a suicide. The forensic examination shows otherwise. Hannah reports to Gschwendner that she thought she had seen her father. Commissioner Micha Oberländer tells Hannah that he also saw her father on the Galgeninsel peninsula. He suspects that her father shot Leitner because he blackmailed him. Hannah and Micha find that Gschwendner has to do with the disappearance of Hermann Zeiler. Hannah confronts Gschwendner with the fact that he saved her mother out of the lake before her eyes, and then drown her behind her back, because she had found out everything about their wicked schemes. Their schemes are: Gschwendner and Hermann Zeiler looked for people rich, single, without heirs for inheritance theft; Leitner murdered them; Gschwendner claimed natural death; Drillich falsified documents; Hermann Zeiler inherited under the false name Oliver Wallner. After Leitner was caught for murder, Hermann Zeiler faked his own death and went into hiding. Hermann Zeiler shoots Drillich because he fears that Drillich could be dangerous to him with his knowledge of Hermann Zeiler's second identity as Oliver Wallner. Micha and Hannah tracks Hermann Zeiler down at Drillich's, where Hermann Zeiler is shot by Micha, while he is aiming at his daughter, because she doesn't want to let him go, as he imagines. Gschwendner is arrested.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hannu Salonen</director>
      <actor>Matthias Koeberlin (role=Micha Oberländer)</actor>
      <actor>August Schmölzer (role=Ernst Gschwendner)</actor>
      <actor>Hary Prinz (role=Thomas Komlatschek)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kremer (role=Karsten Brandstätter)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Pohl (role=Thomas Egger)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie Stappenbeck (role=Sabine Reubach)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Beimpold (role=Margret Reubach)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Strobele (role=Hermann Zeiler)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Strasser (role=Gabor Drillich)</actor>
      <actor>Inez Bjørg David (role=Kim Oberländer)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Koch (role=Klara Amann)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Kuchenbuch (role=Johannes Leitner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjliZDg2NDQtY2I1Zi00YThhLTg5NjMtYzA1MWY5OTFlNzViXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Micha Oberländer investigates the fatal head-shot of Johannes Leitner on "Galgeninsel" with the service of Hannah Zeiler, who lies unconscious besides the corpse. She sought privately to let him clarify the fate of her father, but was followed and knocked down. *Hannah's former m...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6848848/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6052190</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Deep Time History</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story of humans is often driven by events from the prehistoric past. How did physics, geology, biology, chemistry shape our history?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wade Carney</director>
      <director>Douglas Cohen</director>
      <director>James Grant Goldin</director>
      <director>Gabriel Rotello</director>
      <actor>Jonathan Markley (role=Self - Host and Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Bullen (role=Cristopher Columbus)</actor>
      <actor>Michio Kaku (role=Self - Theoretical Physicist)</actor>
      <actor>Kirk Ryde (role=Fritz Haber)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Christian (role=Hernan Cortes)</actor>
      <actor>Lola Tatlyan (role=Mesopotamian #1)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel D. Houy (role=Peasant)</actor>
      <actor>Seth Bellinger (role=Union Captain)</actor>
      <actor>Sako Karakozian (role=Ancient Farmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWJjYjBhYWYtMzYwZS00MDgxLWEyZTYtYTRkZjM4MjUxNmQ1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzIyMjM0MDY@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>As someone who loved "Connections" and is highly tolerant of the simplified leaps from one discovery/advance/situation to another, I think it was a bit of a stretch sometimes to tie something like teosinte to the big bang.And I laughed out loud at the idea that colonial conquest was due to pesticides. I don't dispute the facts of the spice trade getting us here, but the way it was presented did give me a chuckle.It did make me think about how uneven distribution of the planet's features and bugs set up a lock-in that only permitted certain outcomes. And how that continues to play out, and will for the deep future as well. And I imagine that was the point.I thought it was well done and enjoyable, as well as provocative</review>
    <description>The story of humans is often driven by events from the prehistoric past. How did physics, geology, biology, chemistry shape our history?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>36657468</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>phoenix vor Ort: Abschied Von Papst Franziskus</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"phoenix vor Ort: Abschied von Papst Franziskus" is a special newscast on phoenix Germany.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Abdullah II King Of Jordan (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jill Biden (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Biden (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Bätzing (role=Self - Vorsitzender der deutschen Bischofskonferenz)</actor>
      <actor>Elke Büdenbender (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>King Charles III (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>The Dalai Lama (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dronning Sonja (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pope Francis (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Frederik X (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>King Carl XVI Gustaf (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>King Harald V (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM3MDc4MDUzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM3MjY1MjE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>News</category>
    <description>"phoenix vor Ort: Abschied von Papst Franziskus" is a special newscast on phoenix Germany.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35889264</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Neue Deutsche Welle</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>34895502</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tolkien: Die wahre Geschichte der Ringe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An early orphan, loving husband and father, J. R. R. Tolkien, who died in 1973, was a novelist, poet, essayist, philologist, professor of Old English and English literature at Oxford University. Underneath his quiet, pipe-smoking grandfatherly exterior, he displayed an abundance of creativity. He imagined an entire world, the fabulous Middle-earth of England before the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons, where a myriad of peoples - hobbits, elves, orcs and magicians - live side by side in epic adventures. The novelist drew his inspiration from certain places - the verdant Midlands and the Swiss Alps in particular - from certain important events in his life, from the great Scandinavian and European myths and from his love of ancient languages.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jean-Christoph Caron</director>
      <director>Matthias Schmidt</director>
      <actor>Stuart Lee (role=Self - Éditeur de 'A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien)</actor>
      <actor>Adrián Maldonado (role=Self - Auteur du blog 'Almost Archaeology)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Dillinger (role=Self - Historien, Oxford Brookes University)</actor>
      <actor>John Garth (role=Self - Auteur de 'Tolkien et la Grande Guerre)</actor>
      <actor>Dimitra Fimi (role=Self - Autrice de 'Tolkien, Race and Cultural History)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Honegger (role=Self - Spécialiste de littérature anglaise)</actor>
      <actor>Martin S. Monsch (role=Self - Auteur de 'Switzerland in Tolkien's Middle-Earth)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Röttinger (role=Self - Historienne)</actor>
      <actor>Raphael Richard (role=Self - Guide de montagne)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Ferré (role=Self - Directeur de la publication du 'Dictionnaire Tolkien)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzZkZGI0ZjQtNjI1MC00NmZkLWIzYzctM2YwYjI4OTBlNGI1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>An early orphan, loving husband and father, J. R. R. Tolkien, who died in 1973, was a novelist, poet, essayist, philologist, professor of Old English and English literature at Oxford University. Underneath his quiet, pipe-smoking grandfatherly exterior, he displayed an abundance ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt34895502/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>16277384</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Leben in zehn Fotos</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A series of extraordinary lives each unlocked by a just a handful of images, from iconic shots to private snaps, their secrets revealed by those who know their stories best.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Yemisi Brookes</director>
      <director>Donna Bertaccini</director>
      <director>Maeyen A. Bassey</director>
      <director>Louise Lockwood</director>
      <director>Kiyoka Rhodes</director>
      <actor>Bob Harris (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hunter Davies (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mike McGear (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Gruen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Lewisohn (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Fawcett (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Wildes (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>John Harris (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Anderson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Kwan (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Shannon Lee (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Lee Cadwell (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2Q2MjQ3MWEtN2Y2Mi00YWExLWEzZjktNDYzMWQzMjY1NWUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>This is a nice little show produced by the BBC.They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and this show designs to test that theory, by using photographs of celebrities to generate thoughts by those either in the pictures with them, or from those who knew them best.It's an interesting affair, but obviously does depend on your interest in the subject being covered. If you have no interest in the person then of course you're more than likely going to switch off.It's a bit of a slow moving affair, but credit to the BBC for making such programmes. It's certainly not in the Gen X remit that they seem to be going for</review>
    <description>A series of extraordinary lives each unlocked by a just a handful of images, from iconic shots to private snaps, their secrets revealed by those who know their stories best.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35766161</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Traumziele Südostasiens</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGE0NzJmYTgtMTNhZi00M2UzLTk4Y2QtYjg2MmU4NjA1NmE3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_CR0,1,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>33254553</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Sommer am Bodensee</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Viktor Apfelbacher</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2E1ZjUyMDAtZGZiMi00MWFiLWE1NzEtM2FkZTUwNTRjYTdhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27468659</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geheimnisvolle Tote</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Bradshaw</director>
      <director>David Upshal</director>
      <actor>Bettany Hughes (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Luigi Capasso (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Jackson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sofia Aziz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Rando (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sahar Saleem (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Hay (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmQ4NDQ1Y2UtMmI5NS00NmMwLWExYTUtMGZiMGUxM2NiMmVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX234_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13106192</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Phoenix Plus</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Hans-Werner Fittkau (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Weidmann (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>David Damschen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Bildau (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Davies (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Inge Swolek (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Xuewu Gu (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Sahr (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Anny Hartmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Staake (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Hoffmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ludger Wößmann (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc4MmYxNDEtY2E1My00MDMzLWJhZjgtMTczYTEwYTdlOWNkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>27237001</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Wunder der Jahreszeiten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmZmNDM2ZjktMTJkYi00ZGU2LWE4ZDgtMDZkYjA0MGI4OGM2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR2,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13161702</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mythos Nordsee</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Die Nordsee ist mit einer Fläche etwa so groß wie Frankreich im Vergleich zu den Weltmeeren ein Winzling, aber für Europa, seine Entwicklung und Geschichte von großer Bedeutung. 80 Millionen Menschen leben an ihren Ufern, fast ein Viertel aller weltweiten Schiffsbewegungen finden dort statt, drei Millionen Tonnen Fisch, fünf Prozent der globalen Fangmenge stammen aus der Nordsee, obwohl sie lediglich 0,2 Prozent der Weltmeeresfläche bedeckt. Nicht zu vergessen das Öl: Täglich werden aus Nordseevorkommen für 150 Millionen Dollar Öl gefördert. "Mythos Nordsee" begleitet die Geschichte der Nordsee durch zehn Jahrtausende. Von ihrer Entstehung am Ende der letzten Eiszeit bis zu den großen Sturmfluten in den 50er und 60er Jahren, die über 2.700 Todesopfer forderten. Die Dokumentation begibt sich auf die Spuren der großen Nordseemythen, dem fantastischen Seemannsgarn der Matrosen: Erzählungen von Totenschiffen, Meeresgöttinnen, Riesenkraken und Superwellen, die mit ihren tödlichen Wassermassen alles Leben mit sich reißen. Der Kampf der Anrainer gegen die tatsächlichen Gefahren, die unberechenbaren Fluten der Nordsee begann bereits lange vor der Zeitenwende. Römische Chronisten berichten von künstlichen Erdhügeln, die die Nordseevölker aufschütteten, um ihr Land vor der See zu schützen. Heute nimmt der Küstenschutz gigantische Ausmaße an, kommt modernste Technik zum Einsatz. Computer ermöglichen es, die gefürchteten Sturmfluten vorhersehbar und Schutzmaßnahmen planbar zu machen. Zusammengenommen bilden die Wehre und Deiche der Nordsee das größte globale Bauwerk.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Papirowski</director>
      <actor>Stefan Costache (role=Roman soldier)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Kühn (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Schlacke (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjNlNThiY2UtYWExMS00NDlmLWEzMDMtMjg4YWI5NTE5MjQ3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|History</category>
    <description>Die Nordsee ist mit einer Fläche etwa so groß wie Frankreich im Vergleich zu den Weltmeeren ein Winzling, aber für Europa, seine Entwicklung und Geschichte von großer Bedeutung. 80 Millionen Menschen leben an ihren Ufern, fast ein Viertel aller weltweiten Schiffsbewegungen finden...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13161702/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>14439130</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Finnland</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Augé</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmI1NDAwOWYtZDk1Ni00Y2MxLWExZDAtNTBmNjEwNzUyZDExXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35682476</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rückkehr der Diktatoren</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2RiYWZmODUtZjE3Ni00YjIyLTk4YzMtNzM5MDc1NjMwNTg3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR80,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35665505</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Krieg der Zukunft</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>12334278</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Schweiz von oben: Vom Zauber der Alpenrepublik</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Bardehle</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzJiOGM5YmUtZDM4YS00YmUxLWI5Y2ItNWQ5ZTQ5MjFlOTQ3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX94_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2121663</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verklag mich doch</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>David Scharschmidt</director>
      <director>Heidrun Seeger</director>
      <director>Uwe Stemmler</director>
      <actor>Oliver Ritz (role=Hauptkommissar Marco Thorwald)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Schlichting (role=Pawel Wüst)</actor>
      <actor>David Florio (role=Aaron Zöller)</actor>
      <actor>Nazif Kilic (role=Leandro)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Klagge (role=Self - Lawyer)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Beidinger (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Balasta (role=Café Gast 2)</actor>
      <actor>Zoe Dahm (role=Café Gast 3)</actor>
      <actor>Nils Dreischoff (role=Marvin Brinkert)</actor>
      <actor>Frauke Honecker (role=Brigitta Kemper)</actor>
      <actor>Joanna Jarle (role=Marie Eilert)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Kaufhold (role=Café Gast 1)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>3.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWIxNTc0MjUtZGJhMC00YjFkLTllZmYtYTZmNTA0ODQ4MzdlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,11,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3224428</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Cook clever mit Jamie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jamie Oliver shows how you don't need a massive budget to make great, delicious food</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Matthews</director>
      <actor>Jamie Oliver (role=Self - Presenter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgyNjY1NzA3M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODQ4NTcwNDE@._V1_QL75_UX166_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>Jamie Oliver shows how you don't need a massive budget to make great, delicious food</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6470478</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Good Doctor</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young male who has a disability works as a doctor at a huge hospital. With the help of colleagues, friends, and mentors, he does his best to navigate his life and try to help all of his patients in the best way possible. He does his best to fit in socially as well.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Listo</director>
      <director>Steven DePaul</director>
      <director>Rebecca Moline</director>
      <director>Gary Hawes</director>
      <director>David Straiton</director>
      <actor>Freddie Highmore (role=Dr. Shaun Murphy)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Schiff (role=Dr. Aaron Glassman)</actor>
      <actor>Hill Harper (role=Dr. Marcus Andrews)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Chang (role=Dr. Audrey Lim)</actor>
      <actor>Paige Spara (role=Lea)</actor>
      <actor>Fiona Gubelmann (role=Dr. Morgan Reznick)</actor>
      <actor>Will Yun Lee (role=Dr. Alex Park)</actor>
      <actor>Antonia Thomas (role=Dr. Claire Browne)</actor>
      <actor>Bria Samoné Henderson (role=Dr. Jordan Allen)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Galvin (role=Dr. Asher Wolke)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Gonzalez (role=Dr. Neil Melendez)</actor>
      <actor>Elfina Luk (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzYyY2ZkNWMtOTRjZS00OGQ4LWE1OTUtNzVjODM1YWY5NGRiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Medical Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>Just as enjoyable as House M. D. by the same creator David Shore. I appreciate Freddie Highmore so much I'm glad he's been nominated! It's impressive how well Shaun handles everything I know I couldn't even being quirky I have bad anxiety, IBS, and I'm not as intelligent as a lot. Anyway The Good Doctor is an incredible well written and captivating series that is easy to love! I love all the cast and brilliance put in the medical aspects. I would appreciate it if more like my review</review>
    <description>Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and Savant syndrome, is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>4655480</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chicago Med</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.—NBC</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Waxman</director>
      <director>Charles S. Carroll</director>
      <director>Michael Pressman</director>
      <director>Nicole Rubio</director>
      <director>Anna Dokoza</director>
      <actor>S. Epatha Merkerson (role=Sharon Goodwin)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Platt (role=Dr. Daniel Charles)</actor>
      <actor>Marlyne Barrett (role=Maggie Lockwood)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Gehlfuss (role=Dr. Will Halstead)</actor>
      <actor>Lorena Diaz (role=Nurse Doris)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Tee (role=Ethan Choi)</actor>
      <actor>Yaya DaCosta (role=April Sexton)</actor>
      <actor>Torrey DeVitto (role=Dr. Natalie Manning)</actor>
      <actor>Courtney Rioux (role=Paramedic #1)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Rains (role=Crockett Marcel)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Donnell (role=Connor Rhodes)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Weber (role=Dr. Dean Archer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjM1MmY5ZDYtNzM0Mi00OWU5LWIxYjYtODA1ZTlhY2FlMzgwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Medical Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>Things that are a nuances: they intubate EVERYONE! WHY? Surgeons literally gut people in front of family members, which is extremely traumatic. April, Natalie, Dr. Bekker, and Dr. Holstead are all ABSOLUTELY ANNOYING!!! They literally cause my skin to crawl with them merely speaking. The fact that their characters have that kind of power on the viewer means Wolf did a great job in balancing out the love-hate of the characters lol. We cannot love everyone. LOL. Happy viewing</review>
    <description>The city's most highly skilled medical team saves lives, while navigating their unique interpersonal relationships.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>3205802</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>How to Get Away with Murder</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bill D'Elia</director>
      <director>Stephen Cragg</director>
      <director>Laura Innes</director>
      <director>Michael Smith</director>
      <director>Jet Wilkinson</director>
      <actor>Viola Davis (role=Annalise Keating)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Brown (role=Nate Lahey)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Falahee (role=Connor Walsh)</actor>
      <actor>Aja Naomi King (role=Michaela Pratt)</actor>
      <actor>Matt McGorry (role=Asher Millstone)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Weber (role=Frank Delfino)</actor>
      <actor>Liza Weil (role=Bonnie Winterbottom)</actor>
      <actor>Conrad Ricamora (role=Oliver Hampton)</actor>
      <actor>Karla Souza (role=Laurel Castillo)</actor>
      <actor>Alfred Enoch (role=Christopher Castillo)</actor>
      <actor>Amirah Vann (role=Tegan Price)</actor>
      <actor>Rome Flynn (role=Gabriel Maddox)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjExNDgzNTU5Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzA0OTU3MjI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Legal Thriller|Suspense Mystery|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I saw at least 3 other reviews of this TV show that put it at a 6/10 for the sole reason that it is an inaccurate portrayal of lawyers. Yes, and...? Does that take away from the brilliant plot and acting? I don't think anything in film or television is an accurate portrayal of anything. If someone were to rewrite this exciting show into an "accurate portrayal" of law, then it would just be a show about Viola Davis filling out paper work and occasionally showing up in court. And some of these reviewers go on to say that it is a shame that people believe that is how the court of law is in real life. My advice to them is to go to the IMDb page of the Avengers and write a review that says, "it's a shame that every single person who watches this movie now believes superheroes actually exist," because apparently no one who is a consumer of media entertainment has the common sense to know that lawyers do not, in reality, go around killing and bribing everyone. No one watches a show like How to Get Away with Murder for a lesson in law, they watch it for the interesting characters and fascinating plot. I had to write this review to correct all of the mistaken reviews that gave this show anything less than a 7, because the overall rating of this show was dismaying to me. And to learn it is for such a irrelevant reason</review>
    <description>A group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>2805096</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chicago P.D</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At the center of "Chicago P.D." is Det. Sgt. Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), who is at ground zero against the war on crime in Chicago. He will do anything to bring criminals to justice. From multiple Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and the team behind the hit series "Chicago Fire," "Chicago P.D." is a riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's elite Intelligence Unit, combating the city's most heinous offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high-profile murders and beyond. Hand-picked as the head of the unit is Voight, who has assembled a team of diverse detectives who share his passion, and commitment to keep the city safe. They include Det. Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda), who is more level-headed and "by the book" than his counterpart; Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer), a brash young detective who previously saw active military duty in the Middle East; Halstead's partner Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush), a former "bad girl" who turned her life around with Voight's help; Alvin Olinsky (Elias Koteas), an experienced undercover detective and confidante for Voight; and Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger), a quick-witted cadet plucked from the police academy as Olinsky's partner. The unit also includes two rising young uniform cops - Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins), a charismatic patrolman who has an active social life, and Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati), a patrol officer who strives to one day become a part of the elite Intelligence Unit. Sheldon Jin (Archie Kao) is the tech geek in charge of surveillance and tech ops.—NBC Television</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chad Saxton</director>
      <director>Mark Tinker</director>
      <director>Eriq La Salle</director>
      <director>Nick Gomez</director>
      <director>Carl Seaton</director>
      <actor>Jason Beghe (role=Hank Voight)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick John Flueger (role=Adam Ruzek)</actor>
      <actor>Marina Squerciati (role=Kim Burgess)</actor>
      <actor>LaRoyce Hawkins (role=Kevin Atwater)</actor>
      <actor>Amy Morton (role=Trudy Platt)</actor>
      <actor>Jesse Lee Soffer (role=Jay Halstead)</actor>
      <actor>Tracy Spiridakos (role=Hailey Upton)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Seda (role=Antonio Dawson)</actor>
      <actor>Elias Koteas (role=Alvin Olinsky)</actor>
      <actor>Sophia Bush (role=Erin Lindsay)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Levy Aguilar (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Geraghty (role=Sean Roman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjdhYTcyNmQtNGE3Ni00ZWMxLWI3YjEtOTRhMzI1Yjc4Zjk5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I have really enjoyed Chicago PD ever since it first started back in 2014. There are so many different police/crime shows to choose from these days that's it's hard to pick which ones to watch...watch this one. It shows how their unit investigates their cases. All the characters are well written with good back stories. That's what separates this from other cop shows, the characters development and the great cast that portrays these characters. I highly recommend this of your a fan of police shows. Every episode is satisfying and you can't say that about other cop shows. After ten seasons it's still one of the most entertaining cop shows on tv</review>
    <description>Follows the lives of the personnel of the fictional 21st District, which houses both uniformed officers and the department's elite Intelligence Unit as they fight every day to keep the city of Chicago, Illinois safe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1551632</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rizzoli &amp; Isles</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Boston's assertive detective Jane Rizzoli and steady medical examiner Maura Isles are hailing from very different economic backgrounds, but the strong, competent women effectively work together to solve the city's most puzzling crimes.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Haber</director>
      <director>Steve Robin</director>
      <director>Michael Katleman</director>
      <director>Norman Buckley</director>
      <director>Gregory Prange</director>
      <actor>Angie Harmon (role=Jane Rizzoli)</actor>
      <actor>Sasha Alexander (role=Maura Isles)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Bridges (role=Frankie Rizzoli Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce McGill (role=Vince Korsak)</actor>
      <actor>Lorraine Bracco (role=Angela Rizzoli)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Thompson Young (role=Barry Frost)</actor>
      <actor>Idara Victor (role=Nina Holiday)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Goodman (role=Lieutenant Sean Cavanaugh)</actor>
      <actor>Tina Huang (role=Susie Chang)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Sinclair (role=Kent)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Egglesfield (role=Tommy Rizzoli)</actor>
      <actor>Jaime Collaco (role=Officer Garcia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjYxMzdiNDYtZWQyZi00Yzk5LThlMTMtNTQxODIxZTA5ZTM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>I've always liked this show - and am glad it's being repeated now on independent stations. When Angie Harmon starred on Law &amp; Order, her character's pushiness and arrogance, her deep rasping voice and model's gait - really put me off. But on this show, the actress, playing the two lead detective, Rizzoli, has grown on me - her character is given a family background, allowed to show a variety of emotions, and Harmon has simply become a much better actress than years ago.I really liked Sasha Alexander, who plays the other lead character, pathologist Isles, when she starred on NCIS and was very disappointed when she left the program (after its first year?). She's utterly charming, obviously bright (good as very necessary for this character!)The plots are not ones you'll want to rewind to see how the complex pieces fell into place (this isn't Columbo) but they are involving enough to carry forward the narratives of the shows.The supporting characters are well-enough written - though the humor is often hokey.The warmth of the ensemble is very noticeable - one senses not only that the characters are supposed to like each other - but that the actors really do. It's a strange thing to say that a police detective show is heartwarming - yet this is.As one comes to like the characters more and more, it's their back stories and their concurrent personal stories that make this a very welcome watch.There's nothing BIG about the series - it's modest, light, and has its own charm and warmth. I really like it</review>
    <description>Boston's assertive detective Jane Rizzoli and steady medical examiner Maura Isles are hailing from very different economic backgrounds, but the strong, competent women effectively work together to solve the city's most puzzling crimes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1158608</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Seehund, Puma &amp; Co</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This zoo documentary-soap shows the everyday life of the animals and the work of the zookeepers in the Jaderpark, in the Bremerhaven Zoo, and in the Seal Centre Friedrichskoog, all located in north-west Germany.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Volkmar Strüßmann</director>
      <director>Frauke Ludwig</director>
      <director>Claire Wilisch</director>
      <director>Kati Grünig</director>
      <director>Svenja Halberstadt</director>
      <actor>Mark Bremer (role=Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Tanja Rosenberger (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Grunert (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Thien (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriele Grond (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmar Hein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Minnemann (role=Self - Veterinarian)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen Gürster (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kalle Kretschmer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Nils Popken (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Diekmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Schlepps (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGNhYWMzMjktODA4My00ZDY0LTgyMzQtZmJiZjc2NTllOGM1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR73,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|Reality TV</category>
    <description>This zoo documentary-soap shows the everyday life of the animals and the work of the zookeepers in the Jaderpark, in the Bremerhaven Zoo, and in the Seal Centre Friedrichskoog, all located in north-west Germany.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5492808</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Borga</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The two brothers Kojo and Yoofi grow up on the electronic waste dump Agbogbloshi, which is based within Ghana's capital Accra. In order to survive, they are extracting valuable metals by burning western electronic devices. Kojo is a second born son who wants to gain the acknowledgment and respect of his father. One day Kojo meets a Borga from Germany. His dream of going there is born. 10 years later he leaves his family behind in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a Borga. Arriving in Germany after a five-year odyssey through the continents he realizes quickly that he was chasing a myth. Germany does not welcome him with open arms. But going back is no option. Being ashamed of coming home not having made it, he has to fulfill the picture of the wealthy Borga from Germany.—Happy_Evil_Dude</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>York-Fabian Raabe</director>
      <actor>Eugene Boateng (role=Kojo)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Paul (role=Lina)</actor>
      <actor>Lydia Forson (role=Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Adjetey Anang (role=Father)</actor>
      <actor>Jamal Baba (role=Young Kofi)</actor>
      <actor>Thelma Buabeng (role=Choga)</actor>
      <actor>Prince Kuhlmann (role=Ebo)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Kwarteng (role=Bartez)</actor>
      <actor>Devrim Lingnau (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Mutlu Acar (role=Sanitäter Markus)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Nii Amugi (role=Priest)</actor>
      <actor>Ekow Blankson (role=Chief)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWMyMjljMDAtZWY2MS00MGU3LWI2YjUtYjYzYmIyZmM1NTI0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX144_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Authentic, touching film that gives an insight into foreign family structures, tells it in a touching and approachable way, so that we are looking for recognition together with the main actor. Great acting and directing</review>
    <description>"Borga" is Better. A Borga is a Ghanaian abroad living an excessive wealthy lifestyle. At least that's what they want everyone to believe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>1031932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gegenüber</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Georg and Anne are a forty-year-old odd couple living in Essen. Their two children are students. They live in an apartment that they have been able to buy thanks to the help of Anne's father. Anne is a schoolmistress motivated by her job while her husband is a police officer, calm and efficient, but not particularly interested in the advancement of his career. To put it briefly, they are a couple like millions of others - Until the day when Anne, feeling unconsciously that the family bliss is only on the surface, starts becoming violent. And her victim is no other than Georg.—Guy Bellinger</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Bonny</director>
      <actor>Matthias Brandt (role=Georg Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Trauttmansdorff (role=Anne Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Wotan Wilke Möhring (role=Michael Gleiwitz)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Bormann (role=Denise)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Brass (role=Marie Hoffmann)</actor>
      <actor>Jochen Striebeck (role=Hans Josef)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Körber (role=Mechthild)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Dieter Clausnitzer (role=Andreas Hinreich)</actor>
      <actor>Ole Ohlson (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Özgür Özata (role=policeman)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Ratte-Polle (role=Sabrina)</actor>
      <actor>Till Butterbach (role=Polizei-Kollege)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTdjMWYxMjItZTlkMi00MDQzLWFiMWYtYjg4NTljYzcwOGNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Teacher Anne and policeman Georg are thought of as the perfect couple. However, appearances are deceptive: one of them is covered with scars and bruises. But which one is the abuser?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0066612</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zwei Compañeros</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>During the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s, a peasant named El Vasco (Tomas Milian) starts a revolt in his central Mexican town by killing the army colonel in charge. Rebel leader and self-appointed General Mongo (Francisco Bódalo) soon arrives on the scene and recruits El Vasco into his revolutionary gang. However, Mongo is more interested in gaining fortune for himself than for his country. Yodlaf Peterson (Franco Nero), a Swedish mercenary, arrives in Mexico to sell guns to General Mongo. The safe containing the money is locked and only Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) knows the combination. Xantos is the leader of a student counter-revolution that opposes violence, and is held in a prison by the United States army, after he tried to find funding from the US and did not agree to give the monopoly of his country's entire oil wealth in return. El Vasco dislikes the suit-wearing Peterson and calls him a "penguin", but at the suggestion of General Mongo, the two reluctantly join forces and set out to capture Xantos. Their task is made harder by the American army looking for rebel leader Pancho Villa and a wooden-armed American named John Svedese (Jack Palance), who wants to exact revenge on Peterson, his former business partner. Peterson had left John to die after he was crucified, and his pet hawk had to peck his right hand off to save him. In order to maximize their personal gain and to support Xantos' rebel fighters, El Vasco and Peterson have to double cross Mongo. They receive help from Lola (Iris Berben), the leader of Xantos' rebel group, who El Vasco falls for, and her group of young teenage revolutionaries.—Larry B.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sergio Corbucci</director>
      <actor>Franco Nero (role=Yodlaf 'The Swede' Peterson)</actor>
      <actor>Tomas Milian (role=El Vasco)</actor>
      <actor>Fernando Rey (role=Prof. Vitaliano Xantos)</actor>
      <actor>Iris Berben (role=Lola)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Schubert (role=Zaira Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Álvaro de Luna (role=John's Henchman)</actor>
      <actor>Jesús Fernández (role=Teenage Xantista)</actor>
      <actor>Claudio Scarchilli (role=Mexican Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Lorenzo Robledo (role=Captain Jim)</actor>
      <actor>Giovanni Petti (role=Mexican Border Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Gérard Tichy (role=Mexican Lieutenant)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Palance (role=John Svedese)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|Spain|West Germany</country>
    <date>1970</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAyMWNkOTgtODI5ZC00YjkyLWJlNjUtOTBiZjJlMDc5NWJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Action|Comedy|Western</category>
    <review>With a dream cast of Franco Nero (as Swedish mercenary Yod Peterson aka "penguin") and Tomas Milian (Mexican rebel Vasco), a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone and Sergio Corbucci at the Directors helm, this film was always likely to deliver. And it delivers 100%.The story centres around the town of San Bernardino, and a fight for power between General Mongo (Bodalo) and Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey). Xantos, a pacifist with a young and dedicated following, has been imprisoned at Fort Yuma by the Americans. His absence has left the town, and its safe, at the mercy of Mongo. However, without the combination for the lock, he is unable to access the wealth of the town.Mongo enlists the help of Peterson to rescue Xantos, for both the combination code and probable execution. Vascos is sent to accompany him, having already suffered much humiliation as a result of an earlier confrontation with the Swede. This makes for a very uneasy relationship.A brief fracas with Xantos' followers at a hold-up on a train enables Peterson to escape from Vacos' close watch. However, he is soon relying on his companion to rescue him, after he is captured by a former partner John (Jack Palance) - who he had previously betrayed some years ago to save his own skin. This betrayal had resulted in John being nailed to a tree, and relying on his faithful pet falcon, Marsha, to rescue him by biting off his hand. Not surprisingly, John holds a grudge (as well as a wooden hand!).On escaping John's grasp, the two make an assault on Fort Yuma in an attempt to free Xantos from the Americans. As the adventure really heats up, they're paths will soon cross with the American army, General Mongo, Xantos' followers and, of course, John and Marsha.The first third of the film is perhaps a little slow and episodic, but does successfully reveal the characters of Peterson and Vasco to the viewer (with fantastic character play by Nero and Milian respectively). Once the background is established, the film soon explodes into action with a series of exciting and highly effective chases and battle sequences. Corbucci at his best.Probably the strongest element of this movie however is its subtle use of humour. Much of this is provided by the chemistry between the two leading roles, but the laughs really reach a crescendo with Peterson and Vasco's final liaison with Jack's falcon Marsha. Just one great scene in a film full of them.It is no doubt a crime to have got so far into my review without mentioning Jack Palance's performance in much detail, because his performance as the unhinged, marijuana smoking John is scene stealing. Quite possibly one of the greatest villains of all the Spaghetti Westerns I have seen.Music is provided by Morricone, and as always the score is a perfect accompaniment to the action - both memorable and rousing. In fact it always amazes me how the man could be so consistent! In summary, this is a must view film from the ever reliable Corbucci. And my mouth waters at the prospect of watching his other Mexican revolutionary movies ('A Professional Gun' and 'What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution')..... very shortly, hopefully</review>
    <description>A Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0322546</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Herz in Flammen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Berno Kürten</director>
      <actor>Anja Kling (role=Beate Wangenheim)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Brucker (role=Frank Fliester)</actor>
      <actor>Max Tidof (role=Karl Schrobnik)</actor>
      <actor>Cecilia Kunz (role=Maria Schreiner)</actor>
      <actor>Ralf Wolter (role=Leo)</actor>
      <actor>Ilja Richter (role=George Blau)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjFjNDcxYmMtMTY3MS00MTMzLWE4ZGQtZjNlMDZlOTMwMDcwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX170_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0059380</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lausbubengeschichten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At the end of the 19th century a Catholic pastor and religious teacher confiscated the book Lausbubengeschichten from Ludwig Thoma in his class from one of his students.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Käutner</director>
      <actor>Heidelinde Weis (role=Cora Thoma)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich von Thun (role=Franz Reiser)</actor>
      <actor>Käthe Braun (role=Theres Thoma)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Thomalla (role=Geheimrat)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Juhnke (role=Stuewe)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Verhoeven (role=Karl Schultheiss)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Wery (role=Joseph Semmelmeier)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Rösner (role=Dominikus Pfanzelter)</actor>
      <actor>Michl Lang (role=Josef Filser)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Rhomberg (role=Pfarrer Falkenberg, 'Kindlein)</actor>
      <actor>Beppo Brem (role=Bauer Rafenauer)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Hassencamp (role=Professor Bindinger)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1964</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmUxYmFkMmMtNzlhYS00MGY5LThlODItZTI0NmRjNGM4YTc0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX186_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>One of the most beloved Bavarian comedic-writers was without a doubt Ludwig Thoma (1867-1921). Thoma understood it, to dissect the everyday of simple commoners, the bigoted bourgeoisie as well as the local politics and chauvinism, which he would often satirize without mercy or discrimination. Often this would cause problems for the writer, who was occasionally sued for his works and even had to spend time in jail for being 'disrespectful to authority figures". However, today Thomas is best remembered for his humorist "Lausbubengeschichten" (literally "Little Scoundrel's Tales"), a collection of short-stories which, as the lore has it, Thoma based on his own childhood, growing up in rural Oberammergau.Ludwig (Hansi Kraus) lives at the time of the demise of his royal highness, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, in a small Bavarian hamlet and is the scourge of the community. Be it arrogant Prussian tourists, stern teachers, superstitious village-priest or his nagging aunt, nobody is safe from Ludwigs incessant tricks and pranks. Only his uncle Filsner (Michel Lang) shows sympathy for the "scoundrel" Ludwig and seems to understand that Ludwig doesn't perform his pranks out of spite or malice, but rather in the name of a greater justice (which makes Ludwig somewhat of an early troll).Of course, by todays standards Ludwigs pranks are generally harmless fun, always targeting particularly bigoted or deserving victims. The urban setting and all-star cast (virtually all actors were well known and well loved at the time) struck a cord with the movie-goers and "Lausbubengeschichten" became a hit at the box-office, spawning numerous sequels. After the reservoir of Thomas Scoundrel's stories was depleted, Kraus was cast in numerous other Films, like the "Lümmelfilme" (yet another word for youthful scoundrel), where he played the Ludwig persona in everything but name. Being typecast as such didn't do the young actor very good, who would later admit, that the industry virtually dropped him soon after he hit puberty and Kraus soon later disappeared into obscurity.Non-German / -Bavarian viewers might ask themselves what all the fuzz was about. "Lausbubengeschichten" is a strictly local affair and it would require some background-knowledge of time and area to understand all the puns and inside jokes. Yet, it remains one of the most beloved Bavarian films of the 1960s that is still shown on Bavarian Television on a regular basis. In other words: a definite must see for those who are culturally interested (and you'd be hard-pressed to find a Bavarian, who hasn't seen the film(s) or knows them by heart)</review>
    <description>At the end of the 19th century a Catholic pastor and religious teacher confiscated the book Lausbubengeschichten from Ludwig Thoma in his class from one of his students.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>7068610</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kidbusters</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bernard has everything money can buy, but his filthy-rich Kopenhagen banker father is never home, so he gets obediently spoiled by patiently abused butler Mikkelsen. Father Jakobsen is just released from prison, but mother failed to pay the rent and is hospitalized exhausted, while the family with four schoolkids, who were already stealing at school, is evicted. They have no place to go but uncle Georg, whose smuggling 'job' landed dad in jail in the first place. He convinces the kids to 'innocently' abduct Bernard from his lavish costumed birthday party for a million krone ransom, with benjamin Bertram as same age playmate-lure. They actually all enjoy the 'adventure', but father is furious to find out and butler Mikkelsen seizes his chance to tell the banker it's a ten million ransom, luring the Jakobsens into arrest so he can retire on the ransom. Bernard however sides with his new friends and mounts a rescue and revenge.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Frederik Meldal Nørgaard</director>
      <actor>Alfred Bjerre Larsen (role=Anders)</actor>
      <actor>Anders Brink Madsen (role=Dad)</actor>
      <actor>Luca Reichardt Ben Coker (role=Bertram)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Lykke (role=Uncle Georg)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Mosbæk (role=Mikkelsen)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Jacob Hallas (role=Oskar)</actor>
      <actor>Cornelius Müller (role=Bernard)</actor>
      <actor>Kristian Ibler (role=Bernard's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Mads Bjørn (role=Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Therese Damsgaard (role=Mom)</actor>
      <actor>Henrik Holmen (role=Police Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Valin Jakobsen (role=Detective)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Denmark</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGMzNTQ3YjEtZGIyYy00MzQ2LTgyZWItMWVmMDE1MGQ5OWMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Family</category>
    <description>The movie is about Bertram and his family who in order to get money for a new flat are caught up in Uncle Georg's attempt to kidnap a rich boy. But things don't go as planned.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>9842736</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Biene Majas wilde Schwestern</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Haft</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>23769946</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Willkommen in den Bergen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Michele decides to leave the capital and moves to the remote dying village Rupe in the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. It's an idyllic place, both in winter and summer, but problems arise to save the local school where Michele had requested to teach and which has very few pupils.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Riccardo Milani</director>
      <actor>Antonio Albanese (role=Michele Cortese)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Raffaele (role=Agnese)</actor>
      <actor>Alessandra Barbonetti (role=Maria Antonietta)</actor>
      <actor>Franca Di Cicco (role=Luigia)</actor>
      <actor>Elisa Di Eusanio (role=madre di Duilio)</actor>
      <actor>Donatella La Cesa (role=Quirina)</actor>
      <actor>Sergio Meogrossi (role=sindaco Ezechia)</actor>
      <actor>Corrado Oddi (role=preside Gaetano)</actor>
      <actor>Solidea Pistilli (role=Filomena)</actor>
      <actor>Sergio Saltarelli (role=Nunzio)</actor>
      <actor>Paolo Setta (role=Maresciallo Dei Carabinieri)</actor>
      <actor>Enzo De Sanctis (role=Di Villetta Barrea)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODkzZmExZDMtOWYyYi00OTU3LWJiN2QtY2Y4ZDBlZmNkNmExXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>In the film "Un Mondo a Parte" by Riccardo Milani, we find a narrative that transcends simple comedy to offer an intimate and reflective look into the life of an elementary school teacher in search of a fresh start. The rating of 6 out of 10 suggests exploring the nuances of this story, which, while it may not shine for originality, still manages to capture the essence of human solidarity and the value of education. The film introduces us to Michele Cortese, masterfully portrayed by Antonio Albanese, a teacher weary of the outskirts of Rome who finds a new lease on life in the tranquil Abruzzese village of Rupe. Here, Michele faces the challenge of the imminent closure of the local school, a battle he undertakes with determination alongside his colleague Agnese, played by Virginia Raffaele. Albanese's portrayal adds depth to Michele's character, conveying to the audience his quest for redemption and a new purpose in life. Raffaele, in the role of Vice Principal Agnese, brings vitality and energy that perfectly contrasts with Albanese's character, creating a fascinating dynamic between the two protagonists. The film's plot, while it may appear linear and predictable at points, still manages to convey a message of hope and resilience. The defense of the local school becomes a symbol of the strength of the community and the importance of human solidarity, while the challenges that Michele and Agnese face highlight the determination and perseverance necessary to overcome life's obstacles."Un Mondo a Parte" also stands out for its evocative and authentic setting, which transports the viewer to the heart of rural Italian life. The breathtaking landscapes and details of daily life in the village of Rupe add another layer of depth to the story, transporting the viewer to a world rich in emotions and meaning."Un Mondo a Parte" is much more than a simple comedy: it is an emotional journey that explores universal themes such as love, hope, and resilience. Despite its flaws, the film still manages to touch the audience's heart with its authentic and engaging narrative. A viewing experience that certainly deserves to be shared and appreciated</review>
    <description>Michele relocates from capital to remote village Rupe in Abruzzo park. Challenges emerge as she aims to keep local school with few students open, set against idyllic winter and summer backdrops.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0460664</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>München 7</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Cabaret award-winner Andreas Giebel stars as old sheriff Xaver Bartl, with former 'Marienhof' star Florian Karlheim as his colleague Felix Kandler.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Franz Xaver Bogner</director>
      <actor>Andreas Giebel (role=Xaver Bartl)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Karlheim (role=Felix Kandler)</actor>
      <actor>Jockel Tschiersch (role=Dago Schindler)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Herrschmann (role=Karl Haun)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Kinseher (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Winfried Frey (role=Polizeihauptmeister Hans Kneidl)</actor>
      <actor>Johann Schuler (role=Polizeihauptmeister Fred Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Neubauer (role=Elfi Pollinger)</actor>
      <actor>Dorothee Hartinger (role=Irmi Bartl)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Gruber (role=Monika Riemerschmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Koschitz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Wittmann (role=Maxi Bartl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTMzZGI1ZmEtNzFjYS00MDQxLTgzMGUtNGVhOTY5MmNiODAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX157_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>Franz Xaver Bogner is one of the few artists who really understands how to capture the bavarian spirit on film. He has proved this with his famous series "Irgendwie und Sowieso" and continues this manner with his latest production "München 7". I think that you need to be from Munich to really understand and enjoy fully the joy of this series. I do however have to complain a little bit. The first two seasons are just perfect. The fans of Bogner will fully understand this. While Season 3 and 4 are a little bit to much type of "mass-production". Somehow the spirit and the love for details that was present in the first two seasons got lost in season 3 and 4. Still I want to give 10 stars for München 7 because this series shows you perfectly the heart of Munich. The stories are entertaining and I only can imagine how it could be difficult to shoot in famous places like the Viktualienmarkt in the hart of Munich. I only wish that Bogner will create many more episodes for the future</review>
    <description>Cabaret award-winner Andreas Giebel stars as old sheriff Xaver Bartl, with former 'Marienhof' star Florian Karlheim as his colleague Felix Kandler.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13745964</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Österreichs und Südtirols Bergdörfer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Ninaus</director>
      <director>Fritz Aigner</director>
      <director>Karim Kosta</director>
      <director>David Walter Bruckner</director>
      <director>Amelie Stiefvatter</director>
      <actor>Franz Robert Wagner (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxZGUwYzMtNGNjOC00MDQ2LTkwM2EtY2JiYzJjNzliNmIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR2,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>8505838</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kirschblüten &amp; Dämonen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Karl lives alone in Munich. He drinks too much, has lost his job and his family as a result, and is suffering from the separation from his little daughter. When he is drunk, he is pursued by demons. He remembers Japan and better times. One day, the Japanese woman Yu appears at the door. Ten years ago, she looked after Karl's father Rudi in Tokyo when Karl had no time for him. Now she is back. She wants to see Rudi's grave and the house he lived in. Karl reluctantly drives with her to the country, but he cannot resist Yu's charm. His parents' house has been empty for a long time, and the siblings are at odds. Yu calls into the well in front of the house and explains to Karl that the dead live deep there. They spend the night in the house, and Karl's demons return. But Yu knows how to deal with them. Karl is increasingly plagued by oppressive memories of his childhood, his siblings, his dead parents. They are back and ask Karl: "What are you doing with your life? Why aren't you happy?" Karl, with Yu's support, begins to fight for himself and his story - for this he almost has to die and go all the way to Japan to find out whether he himself is already a ghost or still alive.—BR</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Doris Dörrie</director>
      <actor>Golo Euler (role=Karl)</actor>
      <actor>Aya Irizuki (role=Yu)</actor>
      <actor>Hannelore Elsner (role=Trudi)</actor>
      <actor>Elmar Wepper (role=Rudi)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Eitner (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Floriane Daniel (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Ehrenreich (role=Robert Angermeier)</actor>
      <actor>Birgit Minichmayr (role=Karolin)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Rogall (role=Anita)</actor>
      <actor>Kirin Kiki (role=Großmutter von Yu)</actor>
      <actor>Carlotta Rupp (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Chloé Marie Mischek (role=Ima)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTRiZDEzMzQtMTYwOC00ODNiLWE1YmQtYjczYzk3ZmJmMDMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>A man stricken by grief at the death of his parents returns to the family home, in an attempt to face down his demons.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0054826</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Drei Mann in einem Boot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Drei Freunde wollen durch eine Bootstour auf dem Rhein ihren Frauenproblemen entfliehen.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Weiss</director>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Jerome (Jo) Sommer)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Erhardt (role=Georg Nolte)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (role=Harry Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Cramer (role=Betje Ackerboom)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Duscha (role=Grit Nolte)</actor>
      <actor>Loni Heuser (role=Carlotta, Grit's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Sieber (role=Captain Ackerboom)</actor>
      <actor>Ida Boros (role=Julischka (Fee) von Wendorf)</actor>
      <actor>Bum Krüger (role=Melman)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Reichert (role=Mägele)</actor>
      <actor>Sepp Rist (role=Guggemos)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Wanka (role=Dr. Flüeli)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|West Germany</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzg5NjE2ODU1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODI5MDk0Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX157_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>I rated this one quite high and above current average. And this is because all that was intended here, was light heart escapist entertainment, no depth, no message beyond and above. Heinz Erhard was the German Comedian of a perfect kind, H.J. Kulenkampff the (later) lead Saturday Night Show Lead and Walter Giller, still very young, the light hearted bachelor. The story is easy, 3 guys of different kind get together on the Rhine, travel from South East Germany via Switzerland to Netherlands along beautiful landscape and with light intervention from the ladies, be they wives, possessive Girlfriend or surprised hands on freighter girl. Light Story, easy touch, well played --&gt; going to 8</review>
    <description>Drei Freunde wollen durch eine Bootstour auf dem Rhein ihren Frauenproblemen entfliehen.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>26446278</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Graf von Monte Christo</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d'If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the men who betrayed him.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandre de La Patellière</director>
      <director>Matthieu Delaporte</director>
      <actor>Pierre Niney (role=Edmond Dantès)</actor>
      <actor>Bastien Bouillon (role=Fernand de Morcef)</actor>
      <actor>Anaïs Demoustier (role=Mercédès Herrera)</actor>
      <actor>Anamaria Vartolomei (role=Haydée)</actor>
      <actor>Pierfrancesco Favino (role=Abbé Faria)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Mille (role=Danglars)</actor>
      <actor>Vassili Schneider (role=Albert)</actor>
      <actor>Julien De Saint Jean (role=Andréa)</actor>
      <actor>Julie De Bona (role=Victoria)</actor>
      <actor>Adèle Simphal (role=Angèle)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Narbonne (role=Eugénie Danglars)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Raffaelli (role=Morrel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDA4NjkwOTEtMWMxOC00MWQyLThkNWMtNWVmMzRlNmFlNWMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Swashbuckler|Action|Adventure|Drama|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>Well, this a great piece of cinema, the actors play well, the scenes are well designed and the music is top notch. Yet, at someone that read the book before, a lot of the actual story, is not just missing but heavily modified. This is frustrating and they main reason it's a 8 and not 10, but I guess taking a 6 books story into a 3 hours move isn't that easy. Some of the original characters are missing and grouped into new character (Angelel). So, if you are not a Dumas fanatic, go watch it, you will have a good time ! The 3 hours feel like 20 minutes, with good romance, great costumes, great action scenes and drama</review>
    <description>After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0097289</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Erik der Wikinger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Terry Jones</director>
      <actor>Tim Robbins (role=Erik)</actor>
      <actor>Mickey Rooney (role=Erik's Grandfather)</actor>
      <actor>Eartha Kitt (role=Freya)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Jones (role=King Arnulf)</actor>
      <actor>Imogen Stubbs (role=Princess Aud)</actor>
      <actor>John Cleese (role=Halfdan the Black)</actor>
      <actor>Tsutomu Sekine (role=Slavemaster)</actor>
      <actor>Antony Sher (role=Loki)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Cady (role=Keitel Blacksmith)</actor>
      <actor>Charles McKeown (role=Sven's Dad)</actor>
      <actor>Tim McInnerny (role=Sven the Berserk)</actor>
      <actor>John Gordon Sinclair (role=Ivar the Boneless)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Sweden</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDI5MTBjODctYjdkMi00ZjZiLWFhMjEtMDY4MDRhN2I1NWE2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Sword &amp; Sorcery|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy</category>
    <review>'Erik' was quite cute and had some absolutely brilliant moments but overall wasn't as tight and consistently funny as I was hoping. There were quite a few sections that seemed to wander along pointlessly; what a pity!Tim Robbins was fine in a cutesy, little boy way which is, I guess, what he was supposed to be. I couldn't help wishing he had a tad more substance. Cleese's role seemed generally uninspired with only brief moments of genius. It was fun, however, seeing Tim McInnerny pre-Blackadder-"Captain Darling" days and Antony Sher made an excellent "trickster" Loki.It's possible that the print I rented from my local video shop was a bit more dingy than the original, but the stunning scenery (filmed in Norway, Malta and England) lost its effect.Despite these negatives, it's certainly worth watching at least once, if only for those inspired moments of comedy it contains</review>
    <description>Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0371936</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schöne Lügen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Kim Joosten is young, attractive, and happily married. Her career as a successful interior decorator is just picking up when a terrible accident leaves her mentally and physically scarred. Soon she discovers that her life wasn't as good as she thought: her best friend and colleague is trying to keep her in the background so that customers won't see her face, and her husband has lost his job and is cheating on her. Only Andreas, a young man she met in the hospital, can help her get her life back.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Karola Hattop</director>
      <actor>Susanna Simon (role=Kim Joosten)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Morgenroth (role=Max Joosten)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Karner (role=Julia Steinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Niels-Bruno Schmidt (role=Andreas Wenzel)</actor>
      <actor>Carin C. Tietze (role=Sylvie Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Hoger (role=Gabriele Nitsche)</actor>
      <actor>Gila von Weitershausen (role=Sabine Fichtner)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Strobele (role=Valentin Nitsche)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Beyerling (role=Milena Nitsche)</actor>
      <actor>Isolde Barth (role=Dr. Schulz)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus-Peter Thiele (role=Professor Sandner)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Schauss (role=Krankenschwester)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGQ0MDMyNGMtYTNiYi00MDRjLWFjZWQtMWZmYWIwMTY5NGZmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,16,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Kim is always concerned about her appearance. When she saves a child's life, she suffers severe burns and is disfigured from then on. Suddenly things go downhill. Can Kim make a break for it?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>5587610</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Donna Leon" Das goldene Ei</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Laundrette delivery boy Davide collapses from a fatal overdose cardiac medicine while delivering Bruneti's wife's laundry. Devout mother Ana Cavanella, whose sister Maria Pia runs the salon, confesses having helped mentally handicapped Davide committing suicide. Yet the Brunettis aren't convinced the case is that simple, given evidence of his taste for life and creative talent. Paolo gets into trouble by perjuring herself to counter an order from above trough Patta, who is presently obsessed with a profiling author's book he was invited to write an introduction for, to close the case. After an autopsy, nearly prevented by untimely cremation, shows the tablets weren't just Ana's, Guido digs into the family's past and links it to the attempts to stifle his investigation, leading to disabled copper magnate Ludovico Lembo and his wife Ginevra. The doctor who prescribed the tablets is murdered.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sigi Rothemund</director>
      <actor>Uwe Kockisch (role=Commissario Guido Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Jäger (role=Paola Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Degen (role=Vice-Questore Patta)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Fischer (role=Sergente Lorenzo Vianello)</actor>
      <actor>Annett Renneberg (role=Signorina Elettra Zorzi)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolo Polesello (role=Davide)</actor>
      <actor>Juliane Köhler (role=Ana Cavanella)</actor>
      <actor>Imogen Kogge (role=Maria Pia)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Böhne (role=Ginevra Lembo)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Peter Hallwachs (role=Ludovico Lembo)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Da Gloria (role=Renata)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Schenk (role=Dr. Proni)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2Y4NWM4MDUtYTMxOS00ZTY2LTliNGYtZTNmODZhOTQxNWJlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Laundrette delivery boy Davide collapses from a fatal overdose cardiac medicine while delivering Bruneti's wife's laundry. Devout mother Ana Cavanella, whose sister Maria Pia runs the salon, confesses having helped mentally handicapped Davide committing suicide. Yet the Brunettis...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt5587610/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0301210</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Donna Leon" In Sachen Signora Brunetti</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Commissario Guido Brunetti can't concentrate on the case of a brave pizzeria boss who dares testify against mob extortion, because his socially conscious wife Paolo gets him suspended by confessing the smashing of a travel agency's window and refusing to settle on damages, blaming it for alleged sexual abuse at the popular Thai destination, yet dares scold Guido's 'immorality' and leaves home as a theatrical gesture. Shortly after, the agency manager is sacked by the owner, whom she publicly insults at a restaurant, the night before he's murdered at home. Brunetti is reinstated to investigate and finds alternative motives and suspects in darker, related businesses.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sigi Rothemund</director>
      <actor>Joachim Król (role=Commissario Guido Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Auer (role=Paola Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Furtwängler (role=Signora Mitri)</actor>
      <actor>Jophi Ries (role=Sandro Bonaventura)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Degen (role=Vice-Questore Patta)</actor>
      <actor>Annett Renneberg (role=Signorina Elettra Zorzi)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Fitz (role=Conte Orazio Falier)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Fischer (role=Sergente Lorenzo Vianello)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Diemling (role=Raffi Brunetti)</actor>
      <actor>Ueli Jäggi (role=Dr. Stefano Aurino)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Umbach (role=Giuliano Zambino)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Brandt (role=Davide Mitri)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzEwNzJhMDQtYTM5Mi00MGQ3LTkyOTctOWY2OTU3YjU4NmM2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX168_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Commissario Guido Brunetti can't concentrate on the case of a brave pizzeria boss who dares testify against mob extortion, because his socially conscious wife Paolo gets him suspended by confessing the smashing of a travel agency's window and refusing to settle on damages, blamin...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0301210/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15240158</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geschichten vom Franz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When Franz discovers the influencer Hank Haber, his two best friends Gabi and Eduard are at first skeptical. But Franz, as the smallest in class, with his unpredictable beeping voice, is very much up for any kind of advice. In addition to his teacher Zick Zack, the queen of the class Elfi is causing him recently headaches. Franz realizes that the seemingly simple path does not lead to the goal when Gabi is suddenly gone. Even his mom and dad are at a loss, and the parents of Gabi anyway. So Franz and Eduard set off on an adventurous search all by themselves - bypassing the terrifying Mrs. Berger - in the end the trio finds again what they thought they had lost: the biggest friendship that can be found in the world. Family movie based on motifs from the book series by the famous Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Johannes Schmid</director>
      <actor>Jossi Jantschitsch (role=Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Nora Reidinger (role=Gabi)</actor>
      <actor>Leo Wacha (role=Eberhard)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Strauss (role=Mama Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Schwarz (role=Papa Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Dornauer (role=Hank Haberer)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Bill (role=Frau Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Egger (role=Zick Zack)</actor>
      <actor>Laurenz Haider (role=Josef)</actor>
      <actor>Arwen Hollweg (role=Elfi)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Edtmeier (role=Mama Gabi)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Noori (role=Wolferl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjlhZjQ5MTktYmJmMi00ZmEzLWE2ZGUtYjQyNTQ1ZTgxZTNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <description>Franz, as the smallest in class, is very much up for advice. When Franz discovers an influencer, his two best friends are skeptical. In the end the trio finds again what they thought they had lost: the biggest friendship in the world.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>31242738</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Am Abgrund</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger fights there for democracy and against environmental destruction. Gerd travels to Baku as an election observer for the Council of Europe, where he wants to campaign for the release of Leyla and other political prisoners. Only on site does he realize that the government and the lobbyists of influential companies are using politicians like him to gain credibility for the ruthless, environmentally destructive extraction of critical raw materials. Leyla and her friend Valentina open his eyes to the extent of corruption that does not stop at Western European politicians. Will Gerd, together with Leyla and the help of her friend, be able to make the corruption of politics public?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Daniel Harrich</director>
      <actor>Hans-Jochen Wagner (role=Gerd Meineke)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Tabatabai (role=Alina Kasparjan)</actor>
      <actor>Luna Jordan (role=Leyla Kasparjan)</actor>
      <actor>Alina Levshin (role=Valentina Akhmedowa)</actor>
      <actor>Heiner Lauterbach (role=Herbert Pfleiderer)</actor>
      <actor>Navid Negahban (role=Tofik Gasimov)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Milberg (role=Konrad Günther)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Hartwig (role=Dahlia Cremona)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Bezzel (role=Klaus Grothoff)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Brambach (role=Andreas)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Sommer (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Romain Creutzmeyer (role=Parlementaire)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmJhZWRjNDEtNGU2Yy00YmQwLWIwMWQtMTU1NjA0ZGZkODE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Thriller</category>
    <description>Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt31242738/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>6667634</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lost Places</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Structures of steel and iron eerily stand unfinished after they were abandoned midway in construction, covered in weeds, moss and rust, the show explores what they could have been.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Luke Wales</director>
      <director>Tom Williams</director>
      <director>Bruce Burgess</director>
      <director>Tamsin Curry</director>
      <director>James Wright</director>
      <actor>Tom Ward (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Selwood (role=Self - Historian and Author)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Bell (role=Self - Engineer &amp; Adventurer)</actor>
      <actor>James S. Corum (role=Self - Military Historian)</actor>
      <actor>James Meigs (role=Self - Author and Journalist)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Gough (role=Self - Historian &amp; Author)</actor>
      <actor>Lynette Nusbacher (role=Self - Military Historian)</actor>
      <actor>Sascha Auerbach (role=Self - Historian)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Barratt (role=Self - Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>Dougal Jerram (role=Self - Earth Scientist)</actor>
      <actor>Geoffrey Wawro (role=Self - Historian &amp; Author)</actor>
      <actor>Roma Agrawal (role=Self - Engineer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWRmMTBhMmItNWRlYi00ODRmLThiZmEtNDlkZDY0MWM0OGI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>It's a bit lighter on facts and figures than I'd prefer and definitely too heavy on the dramatisation, but otherwise excellent. I can't help but look up all the locations on Google maps of these amazing structures and then go digging in further on Wikipedia for more detail. Hugely entertaining and educational. I recommend this show to anyone with a passing interest in modern archaeology, architecture or recent history</review>
    <description>Structures of steel and iron eerily stand unfinished after they were abandoned midway in construction, covered in weeds, moss and rust, the show explores what they could have been.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35890367</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Augen auf bei der Berufswahl</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>0386950</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mayday</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Air Crash Investigation" shares accounts and stories of astonishing survival and heartbreaking disasters of some of the most tragic incidents in the history of aviation. Plane crashes and near-disasters from around the globe are investigated in meticulous detail, providing a look into what went wrong and if they could have been prevented. These events have helped change aviation safety and brought about some of the most important standard regulations that we know today. Survivor accounts and event re-enactments weave gripping tales while computer-generated images (CGI) and expert testimony better explain the reasons behind the fatal or near-fatal events.—HardHouseClubber</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tim Wolochatiuk</director>
      <director>Mark Mainguy</director>
      <director>George D'Amato</director>
      <director>Su Rynard</director>
      <director>James Hyslop</director>
      <actor>Jonathan Aris (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Bogaert (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>John Cox (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>John Nance (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Feith (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Benzon (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Schleede (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Macintosh (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Haueter (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Malcolm Brenner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>David Learmount (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Strauch (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>8.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFmNTg3ZmMtMmQ0Ny00YTk1LTgwNTAtNjkyNjc0YzUxOWY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR2,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Docuseries|Crime|Documentary|History</category>
    <review>I'm an aviation enthusiast and a big fan of this show, presented in Brazil by National Geographic and called "Mayday Desastres Aéreos" (something like "Mayday Air Disasters)".It's presented in a very easy way to understand so everybody can watch and enjoy it.One my my favorite episodes is the "Blow Out", that's the first episode of the second season. It's really amazing the pilot survived.The computer graphics is a must and recreates the aircraft models and situations with accuracy.The actors dramatization are not bad, but it seems to be overused sometimes</review>
    <description>Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>32118576</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lost Places</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Karoline Kleinert</director>
      <director>Lutz Rentner</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>26757272</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lost Places</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Tom Ockers</director>
      <actor>Claudia Urbschat-Mingues (role=Self - Sprecherin)</actor>
      <actor>Holger Meding (role=Self - Historiker)</actor>
      <actor>Reinhard Zöllner (role=Self - Historiker)</actor>
      <actor>Francesco Saverio Moschetta (role=Self - Psychiater und Neurologe)</actor>
      <actor>Maddalena Carli (role=Self - Historikerin)</actor>
      <actor>Mariana Llanos (role=Self - Politikwissenschaftlerin)</actor>
      <actor>Akira Yamada (role=Self - Historiker)</actor>
      <actor>Carlo Gentile (role=Self - Historiker)</actor>
      <actor>Annacarla Valeriano (role=Self - Historikerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTRkMWUzNDgtMDA0Zi00YzdlLWIwZWEtOGY3YTlmODE5ZjMyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35048688</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Spacetime Blues</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follow Hans von Schwartz, a German WW2 rocket engineer working on a top-secret "Space-Time vehicle", and his brave daughter Lili, as they tried to turn the war in another direction - upwards. After a risky theft of an exotic fuel, Lil disappeared into woods, presumably forever lost in time... Little did they know that many decades later, a playful little American boy would sight the first real moon rocket. He was in awe. But soon after, his Mom took him to Europe, where he only could spot some old trains. End of story? Nope. Mikey kept on dreaming. And as he got older, of German beers and Danish girls as well - even little mermaids. Two stories from two ages. What could these people possibly have in common? They would soon find out, as their destinies crossed path in space and time. Mikey and Lili were in for a big surprise.—Hans Starlife</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Starlife</director>
      <actor>Hans Starlife (role=Berlin puppeteer)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Starlife (role=Berlin speaker)</actor>
      <actor>Vivian Li Starlife (role=Mars farmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDRiMTljNTEtYzk0My00N2E0LThiNWMtOGJhYTZkODYxMzNkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure</category>
    <description>A German WW2 engineer works on a secret vehicle with his daughter Lili. Decades later, a young boy dreams of rockets, trains and girls. What could they possibly share? They would soon find out, as their destinies crossed in space and time.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15155118</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dreamcars: Inside the Factory</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Showcases the design, manufacture, and testing of extraordinary luxury and performance vehicles, from the first weld to the final polish.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Heiko Sedlock</director>
      <actor>Mate Rimac (role=Self - Founder &amp; CEO)</actor>
      <actor>Stefano Domenicali (role=Self - Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Mitja Borkert (role=Self - Head of Design)</actor>
      <actor>Christophe Piochon (role=Self - Member of the Board)</actor>
      <actor>David Thilenius (role=Self - Gentleman Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Reiner Luth (role=Self - Director, Segment E-Vehicles)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Benndorf (role=Self - Head of Continantal Assembly)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Moser (role=Self - Vice President, Corporate Quality)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Friedl (role=Self - Vice President, Plant Zuffenhausen)</actor>
      <actor>Shaun McNeil (role=Self - Head of Engine Assembly)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Piccinini (role=Self - Quality Coordinator)</actor>
      <actor>Ricardo Stipancevic (role=Self - Composite Production Coordinator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmM1ZjBlZWEtMDc0MC00ZGViLThhMDgtOTY4NTY3YWM4MzJiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX363_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Showcases the design, manufacture, and testing of extraordinary luxury and performance vehicles, from the first weld to the final polish.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>30270711</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Marvellous Machines</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sir Tony Robinson presents this documentary series in which he travels the world to explore the most unusual and innovative machines and vehicles in this series which is packed with exciting stunts and epic challenges.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Timothy Clarkson</director>
      <actor>Tony Robinson (role=Self - Presenter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>9.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxMTIxMzExMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIzMzAzOA@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Sir Tony Robinson presents this documentary series in which he travels the world to explore the most unusual and innovative machines and vehicles in this series which is packed with exciting stunts and epic challenges.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35718039</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Märchen vom guten Bösen Wolf</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13510786</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mega-Konstruktionen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Reveals the engineering secrets built into six modern wonders - from Europe's fastest passenger train and largest luxury cruise ship, to North America's toughest bridge and the world's mightiest heavy-lift aircraft.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wayne Derrick</director>
      <director>Andre Holzinger</director>
      <director>Dominic Rees-Roberts</director>
      <actor>Andres Williams (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Peter King (role=Self - Aerodynamics Expert - Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory)</actor>
      <actor>Minas Myrtidis (role=Self - VP - Environmental Operations and Compliance - MSC)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Szemenyei (role=Self - Chief Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>Giovanni Iannace (role=Self - Mechanic)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Mailhot (role=Self - Chief Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>Vincenzo Porzio (role=Self - Maître d'hôtel)</actor>
      <actor>Alexis Lauzon (role=Self - Project Manager)</actor>
      <actor>Alonso Stewart (role=Self - Pool Supervisor)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Simard (role=Self - Ironworker Foreman)</actor>
      <actor>Sofia Apadula (role=Self - Operations Director - Italo NTV)</actor>
      <actor>Angelo Pansera (role=Self - Train Manager - Italo NTV)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTUzYjM1YjgtNDkwOC00MGQ2LWI5N2MtYTU2ZmYxN2Q1NGQxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX393_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Reveals the engineering secrets built into six modern wonders - from Europe's fastest passenger train and largest luxury cruise ship, to North America's toughest bridge and the world's mightiest heavy-lift aircraft.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>15663846</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Spacetime</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Daniel Bäumler</director>
      <director>Holger Heinrich</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDAwYWI3YWUtMWU4Ny00NzkxLTkxYmYtNDZiOTNhZWU2OWM0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>13439230</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Geheimnisvolle Orte" Das verlorene Alt-Berlin</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Eva Röger</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2020</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250611</entry-date>
    <showid>35686502</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wie extrem wird das Wetter, Sven Plöger</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>34555672</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das geheime Leben der Tiere</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Showcases rare footage of animal behaviors across 77 species in 24 countries, highlighting their intelligence and adaptability through pivotal life moments like birth, raising families, and finding food.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rebecca Bangay</director>
      <actor>Will Foster-Grundy (role=Self - Cinematographer)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh Bonneville (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2ZiOWRmYjItZjQyNi00MzgxLThmNDUtMTI1NGI5NzM1MzA0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Nature Documentary|Documentary</category>
    <review>I have never even written a review about an animal documentary but this is beyond believable and truly masterful. You expect the beauty of locations around the world and seeing animals you otherwise would know nothing about, but this is beyond anything I have ever seen. First, there is no real animal violence in this but all about the magic of particular animals. Second, most of the animals featured are ones I have never seen before and not familiar with, but not selected randomly. They are magical in their intelligence and sci-fi like abilities. Things they can go with their bodies that are incredible. Finally, the advancement of filming is apparent in what it captures, some animals no bigger than a pea. Each episode ends with a short trailer about the film crew in each episode and their process of capturing the magic. Mind blowing beautiful, magical and masterful</review>
    <description>Showcases rare footage of animal behaviors across 77 species in 24 countries, highlighting their intelligence and adaptability through pivotal life moments like birth, raising families, and finding food.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2275990</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Bletchley Circle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>During WWII, men and women working at Bletchley Park played a vital role, breaking the codes used by the German military. Nine years later, former codebreaker Susan is a housewife and mother, but she continues to recognize patterns that surround her in everyday life. When a series of women are brutally murdered around London, Susan sees a pattern emerging. However, when a police-search for what Susan believes to be an overlooked victim turns up nothing, she realizes she cannot solve this puzzle alone. Enlisting three former Bletchley Park colleagues: Millie, Lucy, and Jean; Susan knows they have little time to break this code before the killer strikes again.—L. Hamre</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andy De Emmony</director>
      <director>Sarah Harding</director>
      <director>Jamie Payne</director>
      <actor>Rachael Stirling (role=Millie)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Graham (role=Jean)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Rundle (role=Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Maxwell Martin (role=Susan)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Dexter (role=Timothy)</actor>
      <actor>Hattie Morahan (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Faye Marsay (role=Lizzie)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Blood (role=Ben Gladstone)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Birch (role=Harry)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gould (role=Deputy Commissioner Wainwright)</actor>
      <actor>Elliot Kerley (role=Sam)</actor>
      <actor>Jocelyn Macnab (role=Claire)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Canada</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTM5YzA3YWYtMjkyNC00ODllLWFjMTQtYTIyODg1N2E5YTZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Crime|Drama|History|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>This was a sparkling, well thought out, murder mystery. It dealt with the part of World War II that we seldom get to see on the screen. These four women had developed their minds to nearly super-human levels, only to let them rust in the decades following the war. This drama is set in that curious after-time. It's a time when hands that had once killed and maimed had to be placed in a domestic setting. Both the protagonists and villain were all products of that curious time. They captured the sense of mid- 50's London exquisitely. The piece was well cast, well filmed and well acted. I hope that we get to see more of the amazing women of Beltchley</review>
    <description>In 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3747572</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grantchester</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It's 1953, and Sidney Chambers is vicar of Grantchester, a village just outside Cambridge. Sidney's life is a quiet life - right up until the moment that murder comes his way. Pushed into the dangerous world of lies, betrayal and murder, Sidney quickly finds that his insight into the human condition, and the natural trust that he engenders in people, means that he excels in his new position as "detective." Joining Sidney as he journeys into this dark world is the affable but world-weary Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, the naive, but well-meaning curate Leonard Finch, and his austere and constantly disapproving housekeeper Mrs Maguire. But crime isn't the only matter that occupies Sidney. He's smitten with the witty, beautiful, Amanda, but could high society Amanda ever be allowed to marry a lowly country vicar? Can you still see the best in people when the world of murder asks you to see the worst?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rob Evans</director>
      <director>Tim Fywell</director>
      <director>Katherine Churcher</director>
      <director>Jermain Julien</director>
      <director>Edward Bennett</director>
      <actor>Robson Green (role=Geordie Keating)</actor>
      <actor>Tessa Peake-Jones (role=Mrs. Maguire)</actor>
      <actor>Al Weaver (role=Leonard Finch)</actor>
      <actor>Kacey Ainsworth (role=Cathy Keating)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Brimble (role=Jack Chapman)</actor>
      <actor>Bradley Hall (role=Larry Peters)</actor>
      <actor>Skye Lucia Degruttola (role=Esme Keating)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Dimsdale (role=Daniel Marlowe)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Brittney (role=Will Davenport)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Johns (role=Miss Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Rose Allen (role=Dora Keating)</actor>
      <actor>James Norton (role=Sidney Chambers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAxY2U4NjAtMTFmMy00NDk5LTgyMWEtOTc0ZDg1MGFmODRjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cozy Mystery|Period Drama|Suspense Mystery|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Maybe Patzak1974 is unaware that this series is based on stories by James Runcie, son of a former Archbishop of Canterbury who had himself served as a tank commander in WW2 before being ordained. Though James wasn't born until 1959, I think we can assume that he based the character of Sidney on conversations he had had with his father about his wartime experiences and how they affected his faith.Personally, I find the character much more believable than many portrayals of clergy I've seen in TV dramas. At least he is correctly addressed as "Mr Chambers", since the American habit of addressing priests as "Reverend" had not then reached these shores</review>
    <description>A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068135</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Straßen von San Francisco</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A pair of plainclothes homicide detectives, Lieutenant Mike Stone and Inspector Steve Keller, cruise the streets of San Francisco, California solving a variety of crimes, usually involving murder. Stone is the street-smart twenty-year veteran cop, and Keller is the college-educated rookie. Much of the series' success was due to the friendly by-play and relationship between the two leads.—Marty McKee</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Virgil W. Vogel</director>
      <director>Walter Grauman</director>
      <director>William Hale</director>
      <director>Harry Falk</director>
      <director>Seymour Robbie</director>
      <actor>Karl Malden (role=Detective Lt. Mike Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Douglas (role=Inspector Steve Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Reuben Collins (role=Inspector Bill Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Hatch (role=Inspector Dan Robbins)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Bradley (role=Medical Examiner)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Harris (role=Detective Lee Lessing)</actor>
      <actor>Darleen Carr (role=Jeannie Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Ray K. Goman (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>John Kerr (role=D.A. Gerald O'Brien)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Sadoff (role=Dr. Lenny Murchison)</actor>
      <actor>Vince Howard (role=Stan)</actor>
      <actor>Maurice Argent (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI2NDI2MjEwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjc2NjkzMTI@._V1_QL75_UX218_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>It was not only that Karl Malden and Michael Douglas had good chemistry for four out of five seasons, they did. But it was a friendly generational rivalry in looks and style.Back in the 40s and 50s on the big screen and small detectives all looked like Karl Malden with the button down shirts and the obligatory fedora. But in 1972 when The Streets Of San Francisco made its debut Malden was dinosaur from another era. So without one big of dialog set you had a generation gap the second Michael Douglas in a hip outfit for the Seventies or as hip as a police force allows you to be. But there was no conflict, an occasional disagreement as the older cop taught the younger one. But it wasn't that Malden was always right. Occasionally Douglas taught Malden a thing or two about reaching the younger generation when it was necessary to solve a case.Douglas left the show in 1976 and Richard Hatch became Malden's new partner. But they never quite got it together as a team the way Malden did with Douglas.I liked the show, I liked the stories. But most of all Malden and Douglas were a joy to watch</review>
    <description>A veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1233187</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Afrika im Herzen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Since two years the Dr. Katrin Berger manages with her colleague Sam Vanderloo a small clinic in Namibia.Besides she takes care for Lindiwe and Neo, the two children of the first marriage of her dead husband Max.Sam Vanderloo is in love with Katrin, but he hasn't found the correct moment for his proposal of marriage.Suddenly appears Stefan, the twin brother of Max.Katrin remembers that when Max was alive , both twin brothers didn't understand each other.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Sämann</director>
      <actor>Christine Neubauer (role=Dr. Katrin Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Francis Fulton-Smith (role=Dr. Sam Vanderloo)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Peach (role=Stefan Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Ronja Forcher (role=Lindiwe Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Pascal Andres (role=Neo Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Nonkosi Frances Ndlazilwana (role=Makhulu)</actor>
      <actor>Fezile Mpela (role=Kim)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Molatlou (role=Ari)</actor>
      <actor>Zandile Mstuona (role=Nomsa)</actor>
      <actor>Verua Kavezeri (role=Rebecca)</actor>
      <actor>Sonwabile Ngoma (role=Elias)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>3.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzg1ZjM2YWQtODliZS00YzU4LThkOTktMDE0ODg5MmI4ZDdhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_CR0,1,1199,1799_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <description>Since two years the Dr. Katrin Berger manages with her colleague Sam Vanderloo a small clinic in Namibia.Besides she takes care for Lindiwe and Neo, the two children of the first marriage of her dead husband Max.Sam Vanderloo is in love with Katrin, but he hasn't found the correc...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1233187/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15407098</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sister Boniface Mysteries</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent's Convent - nun, scooter rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Gibson</director>
      <director>Ian Barber</director>
      <director>John Maidens</director>
      <director>Merlyn Rice</director>
      <director>Dominic Keavey</director>
      <actor>Lorna Watson (role=Sister Boniface)</actor>
      <actor>Max Brown (role=Sam Gillespie)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Iwu (role=Felix Livingstone)</actor>
      <actor>Ami Metcalf (role=Peggy Button)</actor>
      <actor>Belinda Lang (role=Mrs. Clam)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Crowden (role=Miss Thimble)</actor>
      <actor>David Sterne (role=Tom Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Miranda Raison (role=Ruth Penny)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Daws (role=CC Lowsley)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Fiol (role=Sister Reg)</actor>
      <actor>Tina Chiang (role=Sister Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Pickles (role=Reverend Mother Adrian)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
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    <category>Cozy Mystery|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>I loved this character when she appeared in Father Brown so I was delighted to see this spin-off. It is wonderful light, amusing British TV. Some of the dialogue makes you giggle. Occasionally you laugh out loud: "We took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They never said anything about sobriety." Looking forward to each week's episode</review>
    <description>The investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent's Convent - nun, scooter rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0094525</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Agatha Christie's Poirot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In this long-running British television series, David Suchet starred as Dame Agatha Christie's enigmatic, eccentric, and extremely intelligent detective Hercule Poirot. From England to the Mediterranean, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser), Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson), and Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran), Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.—Bai</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Edward Bennett</director>
      <director>Renny Rye</director>
      <director>Andrew Grieve</director>
      <director>Brian Farnham</director>
      <director>Richard Spence</director>
      <actor>David Suchet (role=Hercule Poirot)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh Fraser (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Jackson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Pauline Moran (role=Miss Lemon)</actor>
      <actor>David Yelland (role=Laverton West)</actor>
      <actor>Zoë Wanamaker (role=Ariadne Oliver)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Bebb (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>George Little (role=Dicker)</actor>
      <actor>Phillip Manikum (role=Police Sergeant)</actor>
      <actor>Jona Jones (role=Constable)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Ryecart (role=Sir Anthony Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Farrell (role=Knighton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>8.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTI1NzQ3MzQ1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzczNDk3MjE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Poirot is an excellent tv series, with great production values and an outstanding cast. The only bad thing I can say about it is that I've already seen every episode 5 times, and remember how they all end. David Suchet is excellent as the refined, French speaking (Walloon) Belgian detective of the title. On all his cases, he is ably assisted by his Watson, Captain Hastings, and his secretary Miss Lemon. The series is set in the thirties, and the characters still carry the scars of the first world war with them, while at the same time omens of the next conflict are ever present. A fourth member of the cast is their modern Art Deco apartment building. The jazzy score gives an extra feeling for the period.Anyway, if you haven't seen this little gem already, don't miss it. It is as good as Agatha Christie's other detective series Miss Marple, with Joan Hickson</review>
    <description>Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1091909</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Murdoch Mysteries</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the late 1890s, police Detective William Murdoch takes a new, more scientific approach to solving crimes. Assisted by coroner Dr. Julia Ogden and Constable George Crabtree, Murdoch introduces such concepts as finger marks and lie detecting machines. He has the support of his somewhat doubtful superior, Inspector Brackenreid, though at times, even he finds Murdoch's methods - and claims - somewhat astounding.—garykmcd</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Laurie Lynd</director>
      <director>Harvey Crossland</director>
      <director>Peter Mitchell</director>
      <director>Eleanore Lindo</director>
      <director>Cal Coons</director>
      <actor>Yannick Bisson (role=Inspector William Murdoch)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Craig (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jonny Harris (role=Constable George Crabtree)</actor>
      <actor>Helene Joy (role=Dr. Julia Ogden)</actor>
      <actor>Lachlan Murdoch (role=Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome)</actor>
      <actor>Shanice Banton (role=Violet Hart)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Maslany (role=Inspector Llewellyn Watts)</actor>
      <actor>Arwen Humphreys (role=Margaret Brackenreid)</actor>
      <actor>Georgina Reilly (role=Dr. Emily Grace)</actor>
      <actor>Clare McConnell (role=Effie Crabtree)</actor>
      <actor>Bea Santos (role=Louise Cherry)</actor>
      <actor>Kristian Bruun (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDI4YmNlNTItZjhhOC00MzYxLTg5YTAtYWRiMTk0YTE1YTFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cozy Mystery|Period Drama|Police Procedural|Suspense Mystery|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Having neither read the books nor seen the original television movies, I come to the series with unbiased (if ignorant) eyes. My wife and I, who lived briefly in Toronto, are both charmed by Murdoch and his slightly daft colleagues. "Charmed" is the word, for we find the actors, scripts, clothing, details and the City of Toronto itself charming. The bigotry faced by a Catholic detective in the city of the Family Compact rings very true as does Murdoch's gentle piety, a refreshing change in today's detective shows. It is a bit mystery, a bit soap opera, a bit character study and a lot of fun. We, at least, have been captivated by William Murdoch as portrayed by Yannick Bisson, a character who is a genuinely honest, gentle and quiet man of strength facing ethical, moral, professional and legal challenges in each episode. George Crabtree and the Inspector become more interesting as time goes on. The corruption of Toronto and Ontario politics hides behind several episodes while the turn of the 20th century fascination with science and "the coming thing", as Brisco County Junior would say, gives some lightness to the whole thing. In the final analysis it is the interplay of characters, centred on the troubled but charming Murdoch himself, that elevates the Murdoch Mysteries to the level of Midsomer, Taggert or Poirot. A fine series and not only for Canadians</review>
    <description>In the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0090465</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kir Royal</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This ironic mini series deals with Baby Schimmerlos, gossip reporter of Munich tabloid "MATZ", and the city's legendary high society circles. As everyone who believes to be important wants to be in his column, Baby's job isn't an easy one. Beside the small and big scandals of more or less glamorous people he has to take care of his neglected girlfriend Mona who finally starts a singing career...—fippi2000</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Dietl</director>
      <actor>Franz-Xaver Kroetz (role=Baby Schimmerlos)</actor>
      <actor>Senta Berger (role=Mona)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Hildebrandt (role=Herbie Fried)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (role=Friederike von Unruh)</actor>
      <actor>Billie Zöckler (role=Edda Pfaff)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Marischka (role=Der Ministerpräsident)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Wessely (role=Sedlacek)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Muliar (role=Gregory Wiener)</actor>
      <actor>Ortrud Beginnen (role=Liane von Alversleben)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Guth (role=v. Alversleben)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Schmidinger (role=Staatssekretär Clausthaler)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Harlander (role=Taxifahrer (voice))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Dark Comedy|Satire|Comedy</category>
    <review>Together with the mini-series "Monaco Franze" (also directed by Helmut Dietl), "Kir Royal" was one of the finest shows produced by German TV. Whereby, we have to use the word "German" very loosely, since both shows have been produced in the free-state of Bavaria, particularly its capital Munich. Munich: fondly referred to by the locals as "the Monaco of the south" (and by non-Bavarians, so-called Prussians, as "Germanys Palermo").See, Munich is rather unique when it comes to the parallel societies, the rigid social-hierarchy, that often reminds of the Indian caste system: You're either average working-class, lovingly referred to by the upper-class as "scum", or you're part of the "Schickeria". The "Schickeria", which consists the so-called "important people", the upper-ten-thousand, the rich, the new money, royalty, politicians, wannabes and hanger-ons. As part of the Schickeria, you have the obligation to party all night, eat only the fanciest of foods (whether you like that food or not) and, most importantly, you'll need to see your picture in next mornings newspaper. That is where boulevard-reporter Baby Schimmerlos comes in and that is what makes Baby "the king of Munich".There are distinct similarities between Schimmerlos and the above mentioned "Monaco Franze": both are archetypal characters that you'll only find in Munich. Both are proletarians, hailing from the lower end of society and have elbowed their way into the upper-ten-thousand. But where Monaco Franze is a local Casanova, a sort of lovable scoundrel, Schimmerlos is an ice-cold, ruthless reporter, who has but one thing on his mind: to dig up as much dirt as possible, have it printed under his name and, almost more important, under his picture. Schimmerlos decides who is "in" and who is not, which makes him the untitled king-maker of the Schickeria, a man to be feared, hated but to whom you better suck up to if you want to be part of the elite.It would be difficult to find sympathy for a character like Schimmerlos (or, in a matter of fact, for any of the shallow, duplicitous, narcissistic folk that portray the members of the Schickeria). Schimmerlos has nothing but disdain for his upper-class "friends", treats his photographer Herbie more like a manservant or a dog, his girlfriend Mona just slightly better, and his secretary Edda like a slave. Generally Baby has only sympathy for one and only one person: Baby Schimmerlos. What makes the viewer root for Schimmerlos is the excellent play by actor Franz Xaver Kroetz. Same goes for the rest of the cast, which consists only of the cream of the crop of German film, TV, comedy and cabaret.The magic word is "satire". If you're looking for slapstick or contrived comedy, you won't find any in "Kir Royal". The comedic aspects are created purely by the situations and the characters – and if you've ever spent some time in Munich, you'll notice that all characters and situation are spot on and eerily realistic.Another aspect that makes the show special is the fact that director Dietl and screenwriter Patrick Süskind (author of "The Perfume") knew when to stop. Unlike many modern shows, who don't shy away from churning out the most ludicrous storyline in the hope of surviving another season, "Kir Royal" says all that is has to say in six episodes.A final word about the meaning of "Kir Royal", which is a cocktail of champagne and Crème de Cassis: if you want to be "in" you better be ready to put your 20 bucks on the table for a glass of Kir Royal (but be warned: it tastes horrible). Otherwise, when in Munich, you'll have to drink beer like the rest of the "scum"</review>
    <description>This ironic mini series deals with Baby Schimmerlos, gossip reporter of Munich tabloid "MATZ", and the city's legendary high society circles. As everyone who believes to be important wants to be in his column, Baby's job isn't an easy one. Beside the small and big scandals of mor...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0090465/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5962460</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wer aufgibt ist tot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>His car crashed. He is not dead - yet. Paul now has the ability to turn back time and relive the days before the crash. But can he change the outcome, can he even prevent his death?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephan Wagner</director>
      <actor>Bjarne Mädel (role=Paul Lohmann)</actor>
      <actor>Amber Bongard (role=Sonja Lohmann)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Kempter (role=Angie)</actor>
      <actor>David C. Bunners (role=Max Stritter)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Bohning (role=Dr. Angelschön)</actor>
      <actor>Viola Pobitschka (role=Jutta)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Bröcker (role=Nussbaum jr)</actor>
      <actor>Till Florian Beyerbach (role=Junger Kollege)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Roth (role=Herrmann)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Rupp (role=Neurologe)</actor>
      <actor>Lutz Magnus Schäfer (role=Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang S. Zechmayer (role=Autor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjRjMGE3MDgtMzY2ZS00ODc4LWEyN2QtYmVmMjU1Y2ZmYjYxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Bjarne Mädel is the go-to guy in Germany now for more complex comedic characters. In this made-for-TV-movie he is the washed-up, but arrogant salesman Lohmann. The basic plot is simple: when he picks up a mysterious hitch-hiker, things turn bad for him soon... his car crashes and he finds himself in a ghost like state while his body is in a coma. When he learns that his wife has to decide to pull the plug and seems to be very eager to do it, he uses his new ability to travel back in time to desperately set his former life straight regarding his job and his family... This movie borrows its plot from a lot of fantasy movies, like "Groundhog day" and others... It could have been a nice little dark comedy, but it only works like one for the first 15 minutes. Unfortunately, the script takes the characters way too serious and we follow Lohmann exploring every corner of his sad life until it falls nearly into a "tearjerker" atmosphere. Besides Mädel with an usually good performance it has a mediocre cast, especially Friederike Kemptner who plays a guardian angel character with a little sadistic streak is pretty annoying. After all, its just a made-for-TV movie, but the basic idea is not bad and it could have been handled better</review>
    <description>His car crashed. He is not dead - yet. Paul now has the ability to turn back time and relive the days before the crash. But can he change the outcome, can he even prevent his death?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6174388</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Falsche Siebziger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bavarian small town Weiler is impoverished since the only major employer, a plant, shut down, so locals seeks any alternative income. Worst off is Hubertus Hochstetter, whose bookie is so violently impatient that he even robs his still doting model son Daniel's school trip savings. Arguing in the car, they hit an electricity pole, which electrocutes two pensioners, including grandpa Cajetan Hochstetter, whose pension was their last reliable income. Hubertus decides to hide the corpses in the abandoned salt mine and hires nearby rest home pensioner Johannes Tiefenbach, physically resembling, as stand-in so they can share the pension. Two neighbours resort to a similar ploy, but the actors must be coached, have boundaries and scruples, or prove too greedy. So the web of lies gets ever more entangled, especially after the arrival of wealthy 'Prussian' couple Wolfi and Kicki Trost, followed by more shady killings.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Kiefersauer</director>
      <actor>Sebastian Bezzel (role=Hubertus Hochstetter)</actor>
      <actor>Gundi Ellert (role=Anna Schranner)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Krojer (role=Daniel Hochstetter)</actor>
      <actor>Ilse Neubauer (role=Marlies Braun)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin von Steinburg (role=Iris Schranner)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Stillkrauth (role=Johannes Tiefenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Wittmann (role=Karl Kainz)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Ebner (role=Kiki Trost)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Greiner (role=Kurt)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Liegl (role=Wolfi Trost)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Lerchbaumer (role=Pfarrer König)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Murr (role=Autohändler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTAzYTBhZGYtMGI3NC00NmJiLWFkZjMtZGJiN2ZiMTVhNGJhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>In a small Bavarian village, which is marked by globalization, three seniors die almost simultaneously. Their children decide to keep them officially alive to get better with the retirement of the deceased.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1147079</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Inas Nacht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ina Müller talks to two, sometimes three, guests at the bar of the pub, and gives the visitors the opportunity to ask questions to the respective guests. In addition to the talks, the presenter usually sings a song with each guest.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Axel Hahne</director>
      <actor>Ina Müller (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>De Tampentrekker (role=Themselves)</actor>
      <actor>Kleine-Ina-Müller-Band (role=Themselves)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Regener (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Element of Crime (role=Themselves)</actor>
      <actor>Guido Maria Kretschmer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Loos (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Cäthe (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Olli Schulz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Olaf Schubert (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Clueso (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bosse (role=Themselves)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTQ0NWZhYmMtZmVmNi00MDBiLWIwYTgtMWMyOWNmNDU4NTc5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Music|Talk Show</category>
    <review>This german talk show works and fails with the moderator of the show. The setting is well done in a traditional pub in Hamburg, the concept is also nice, with guests singing there self-chosen songs and a chanti-choir (sailor's music) standing on the open window outside the pub, commentating the interviews with their songs and humour. There is much alcohol, smoking and unconvential talking. The only flaw (in the moments she is not a win) is the moderator Ina. Sometimes she loses the talk and sometimes she is too selffocused. But when she gets it right, she is charming and entertaining too</review>
    <description>Ina Müller talks to two, sometimes three, guests at the bar of the pub, and gives the visitors the opportunity to ask questions to the respective guests. In addition to the talks, the presenter usually sings a song with each guest.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0107426</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Little Buddha</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad, Raju, a waif from Kathmandu, and an upper class Indian girl. Together, they journey to Bhutan where the three children must undergo a test to prove which is the true reincarnation. Interspersed with this, is the story of Siddharta, later known as the Buddha. It traces his spiritual journey from ignorance to true enlightenment.—Samantha Santa Maria</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bernardo Bertolucci</director>
      <actor>Keanu Reeves (role=Siddhartha)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Isaak (role=Dean Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Wiesendanger (role=Jesse Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Raju Lal (role=Raju)</actor>
      <actor>Greishma Makar Singh (role=Gita)</actor>
      <actor>Sogyal Rinpoche (role=Kenpo Tenzin)</actor>
      <actor>Ven. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche (role=Abbot)</actor>
      <actor>Bridget Fonda (role=Lisa Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Ven. Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen (role=Lama Dorje)</actor>
      <actor>Jo Champa (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Jigme Kunsang (role=Champa)</actor>
      <actor>Thubtem Jampa (role=Punzo)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Liechtenstein|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjEyNzNmZjYtZjU4Ni00MGM1LTk4MTMtMTJmY2U1NGQ3NDkxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Bertolucci is a director who doesn't keep making the same movie.Little Buddha has much about it that can be praised. It shows much, tells some, and demands of the viewer some thought. This is not something always appreciated by the viewer. The key to understanding this movie, I believe, is not the search for the reincarnation of an important Buddhist teacher, nor is it the life of the Buddha up to the time he achieves enlightenment, but the way a child, or children, and an old man, come to understand together something of the connections that may exist between themselves. We don't see through a character's eyes, we watch the effects of the characters on each other. In particular, Jesse, the 9 year old American who may or may not be the reincarnation, holds our attention because we watch him absorb the lessons that are being taught, and as he learns them, he grows in ways we can expect a 9 year old to grow. We also watch his father, whose character becomes more sympathetic as the movie progresses, who has even further to grow than his son, because he has already learned too much.The movie is also beautiful to watch. The cinematography, the editing and the direction combine to provide just the right dramatic tension to a movie whose pacing is deceptive, in that it seems slow, but is not. The ultimate result is that a viewer who allows it, will find him or herself transported for a little while, to unexpected places</review>
    <description>After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9071322</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Vergiftete Wahrheit</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Cincinnati, Ohio 1998: Up-and-coming corporate attorney Robert Bilott, a new partner at a prestigious law firm, is visited by one of his grandmother's neighbors from West Virginia. Angry farmer Wilbur O. Tennant asks him to sue chemical multinational DuPont. His cows, according to the accusation, are being poisoned by a nearby landfill. Such a mandate is actually out of the question for Bilott, because he normally represents corporations. When he drives to remote Parkersburg to see for himself, his mind changes abruptly. The lawyer sees shocking evidence of the poisoning of the cattle with his own eyes: black teeth, huge tumors and terrible deformities. With the backing of his law firm boss Tom Terp, he files a lawsuit and gains access to confidential company files. While DuPont routinely plays for time, Bilott uncovers a scandal that is also endangering the health of many people. Much to his wife's chagrin, the idealistic lawyer gets stuck in the case, putting his career and health at risk. And yet he doesn't give up.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Todd Haynes</director>
      <actor>Mark Ruffalo (role=Rob Bilott)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Hathaway (role=Sarah Barlage Bilott)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Robbins (role=Tom Terp)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Pullman (role=Harry Dietzler)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Camp (role=Wilbur Tennant)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Garber (role=Phil Donnelly)</actor>
      <actor>Mare Winningham (role=Darlene Kiger)</actor>
      <actor>William Jackson Harper (role=James Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Louisa Krause (role=Carla Pfeiffer)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Crowley (role=Larry Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Cromer (role=Kim Burke)</actor>
      <actor>Denise Dal Vera (role=Sandra Tennant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTM3ZDdmMGMtN2I4ZC00NDFiLTlkNWUtY2YxM2MzNjU0NzNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Legal Drama|Biography|Drama|History|Mystery</category>
    <review>EVERYONE needs to see this movie. These chemicals are in all of us, especially C8 (PFOA). Derived from The Manhattan Project, DuPont used one of the most toxic "forever chemicals" in everything from cooking products to paint. 99% of all humans have it in their systems.Before you dismiss this as "hyperbole" or exaggerated for artistic license, don't. This is based on decades of documented and well known civll and criminal cases, countless deaths, DuPont's own records they tried to hide, and on and on. This isn't another "liberal agenda" film as some often state as a means of dismissal - this is about all of us and knows no political bounds. Please, I sincerely implore you, watch this movie and do your own research if you doubt any of it - and prepare to be gutted (warning: not an uplifting film)</review>
    <description>A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8613070</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Porträt einer jungen Frau in Flammen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At the end of the eighteenth century, Marianne (Noemie Merlant), a young painter, is teaching painting lessons. One of her students asks her about a painting of hers, which Marianne calls "Portrait of a Lady on Fire".Years prior, Marianne arrives on an isolated island in Brittany. Marriane is very passionate about her art. She travels to the Island by a small rowboat and one of her canvasses falls overboard. Marriane jumps into the water herself to retrieve it.
She is hosted in the reception room of the mansion, which also doubles up as a studio. Marianne is shown to be a modern woman for her era, and she smokes a pipe.She had been commissioned to paint a portrait of a young woman named Heloise (Adele Haenel), who is to be married off to a Milanese nobleman. Marianne is informed that Heloise has previously refused to pose for portraits as she does not want to be married. The marriage will proceed once Heloise's portrait is sent to the Milanese nobleman and if he approves, The Countess and Heloise will be called for.
Heloise has arrived on the Island just a few weeks ago from the Benedictines where she served in the Convent. She was brought home after her sister died, and the sister was the one originally supposed to marry the Milanese nobleman. The sister committed suicide by jumping off the cliffs.
In the studio, Marianne finds an unfinished portrait of Heloise, with a full body, but no face.Marianne acts as Heloise's hired companion for her walks, to be able to paint her in secret and accompanies her on daily walks to memorize Heloise's features.
Marianne tries to study Heloise's features such as the cartilage of her ears, her hands and her blonde hair. Heloise always stays ahead of Marriane on her walks, and so she is never able to get a good look at her.Try as hard as she may, Marianne struggles to recall Heloise's features from her memory.
The Countess (Valeria Golino) fears for Heloise as her sister had recently died when she was betrothed against her will. The house maid Sophie (Luàna Bajrami) believes she committed suicide.On her walks Marianne starts talking to Heloise. Heloise tells her that is not willing to marry as she knows nothing about the man, she is supposed to spend her life with. Marianne tells Heloise that she does not intend to marry ever. Heloise is jealous that Marianne has a choice in the matter.Marianne finishes the portrait but finds herself unable to betray Heloise's trust and reveals her true reason for arriving. She also burns the unfinished painting of the previous artist.
After Heloise criticizes Marianne's painting saying that it looks nothing like her, Marianne destroys the work. Heloise's mother is shocked to hear that Heloise is willing to pose for Marianne over the next few days (when she had decided to fire her on want of incompetence). While her mother leaves for Italy, Heloise and Marianne's bond grows.Sophie confides to Marriane that she hasn't had a period for 3 months now.
Marianne knows Heloise very well by now. She knows the movements Heloise makes when she is angry, she bites her lips when she is embarrassed, and she doesn't blink when she is annoyed.
Heloise also knows Marriane equally well. She touches her face when she doesn't know what to say, she raises here eyebrows when she loses control, and she breathes through her mouth when she is troubled.One evening, they read the story of Orpheus and Eurydice while debating the true reason why Orpheus turned around to look at his wife. The pair help Sophie, a maid, have an abortion using homemade remedies, and later go to a gathering where women sing and dance, during which Heloise's dress briefly catches fire. Meanwhile, Marianne is haunted throughout the house by visions of Heloise in a wedding dress.The next day, Marianne and Heloise go to a cave and share their first kiss, and passionately make love later that night. Over the next few days, their romance grows stronger. However, it is cut short by the inevitable return of Heloise's mother. Marianne sketches drawings of each of them to remember each other and bids a short farewell. As Marianne runs out of the house, she hears Heloise say, "Turn around". She turns around and sees Heloise in her wedding dress.In the present, Marianne reveals that she saw Heloise two more times. The first time she sees Heloise at a gallery in the form of a portrait, where Heloise is shown to be with a child-but also surreptitiously holding onto the book that has the sketch of Marianne.
The second time Heloise is seen at a concert, overwhelmed with emotions as the orchestra plays Vivaldi's Four Seasons, which Marianne once played for her on a harpsichord.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Céline Sciamma</director>
      <actor>Noémie Merlant (role=Marianne)</actor>
      <actor>Adèle Haenel (role=Héloïse)</actor>
      <actor>Luàna Bajrami (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Valeria Golino (role=La Comtesse)</actor>
      <actor>Christel Baras (role=La faiseuse d'ange)</actor>
      <actor>Armande Boulanger (role=L'élève atelier)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Delamarche (role=L'homme salon)</actor>
      <actor>Clément Bouyssou (role=Le batelier)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzlhZDg4YjUtMGMxMS00YzgzLWE4ZWMtNmUwYjc5NzlmYTA4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Steamy Romance|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>This film's cinematography is beyond perfect. Every scene appears as though it was taken out of a masterpiece painting. The only other work I recall even close to its visual poetry is Barry Lyndon.Every actor, especially the two leads, have done their job amazingly. Watch it if you haven't. This movie is art at its finest</review>
    <description>On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>31542175</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Helix</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As a bodyguard at the BKA, Helen Schilling is responsible for the security of the controversial Minister of Economics and Environment Richard Bauer at a press event. When Bauer suffers a seizure in front of the journalists, it quickly becomes clear: the minister was the victim of a targeted attack. In the course of the investigation, Helen becomes involved in a highly explosive plot, behind which a war for the dominance of future genetic research and its ethical limits is unfolding. Helen is also under pressure in her private life: like her younger sister Paula, she suffers from a genetically inheritable, fatal disease. In order to fulfill her long-held wish for a healthy child, she decides to undergo illegal germline therapy abroad. Her husband Cem had surprisingly received the offer from the international luminary in the field of genetic optimization, Dr. Wöllner - almost too good to be true. Shortly afterwards, events come to a head. Who is using Helen as a pawn in a sophisticated plan?—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Elmar Fischer</director>
      <actor>Svenja Jung (role=Helen Schilling)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Finzi (role=Prof. Wöllner)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Bloching (role=Paula Schilling)</actor>
      <actor>Ugur Kaya (role=Cem)</actor>
      <actor>Benny O. Arthur (role=Ed Deaver)</actor>
      <actor>Mina Tander (role=Nina Karlström)</actor>
      <actor>Hannes Jaenicke (role=Richard Bauer)</actor>
      <actor>Helene Grass (role=Lisa Hoettger)</actor>
      <actor>Bastian Trost (role=Helge Jacobsen)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Warmbrunn (role=Severin Prinz)</actor>
      <actor>Prodromos Antoniadis (role=Heiner Zapf)</actor>
      <actor>Robin Czerny (role=Lars Gosling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1MzRkMzMtNjU1Mi00NWEzLThlNTEtZmE1ZjJjYWQ0NTU3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX116_.jpg" />
    <category>Thriller</category>
    <review>In principle not such a bad idea for a plot which wants to address modern genetic methods. However, many things are completely unrealistic: this guy being an omnipotent Hacker, murderer using a synthetic virus with the police being able to identify this virus including its manipulation within a day or so. Two sister having Chorea Huntington but still wanting to be mothers even though they will not live more longer than 10 years. And then the suggestion that gene manipulation by Crispr Cas9 was required to have a healthy child. But simple preimplantation diagnostics would be sufficient to select a healthy embryo completely without gene repair. So, these inconsistencies are really unsatisfying for a movie that wants to address scientific topics</review>
    <description>As a bodyguard at the BKA, Helen Schilling is responsible for the security of the controversial Minister of Economics and Environment Richard Bauer at a press event. When Bauer suffers a seizure in front of the journalists, it quickly becomes clear: the minister was the victim of...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt31542175/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0071032</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Petrocelli</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.—Marty McKee</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Irving J. Moore</director>
      <director>Herb Wallerstein</director>
      <director>Joseph Pevney</director>
      <director>James Sheldon</director>
      <director>Leonard Katzman</director>
      <actor>Barry Newman (role=Anthony J. Petrocelli)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Howard (role=Maggie Petrocelli)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Salmi (role=Pete Ritter)</actor>
      <actor>Arnold Jeffers (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Don Starr (role=Judge Watson)</actor>
      <actor>Lowell Gleason (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Stromsoe (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>David Huddleston (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Moe Mosley (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Steve 'Bunker' de France (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Ashley (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Eastin (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU1MjgwNzYyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTM3NDM4MjI@._V1_QL75_UX174_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Of all the imported US cops and lawyers series shown on British TV in the early 70's, including Kojak, Columbo, Rockford, Cannon, McMillan and Wife, Banacek, Harry O and McCloud (I can't remember anymore!), this is the one I liked best. Barry Newman stars as the eponymous title character, apparently reprising an earlier film role, a smart-suited, sharp-witted Italian-extraction lawyer building his own home out in the country along with his ever-supportive wife (Susan Howard), who becomes the go-to guy for a seemingly never- ending array of almost-beyond-doubt guilty defendants who he then proceeds to unerringly got off in the last reel thanks to his Sherlock Holmes-like deduction skills. In this he was assisted by his loyal, if somewhat slow assistant, Cowboy Pete.The shows took on the whodunit format of Columbo, invariably presenting an open and shut case against the plaintiff only for Petrocelli to turn things around with his own reconstruction of the actual events, usually after he's put himself and / or his wife and / or big Pete in harm's way first to get at the truth. That's the good thing about a whodunit, it keeps you guessing and watching to the very end.Formulaic it may have been, but Newman played the title role with some flair and some flint garnering good support from Howard who was far from the shrinking wife in the background. I remember in particular Newman's habit of saying "No further questions" after he'd roasted a hostile witness on the stand, plus did he ever finish building that house of theirs out in the back of beyond?Anyway, for me this is another of those vintage shows from my youth that I loved at the time and which I'm pleased to say, dodgy fashion aside, holds up well to watching again today</review>
    <description>A Harvard-educated lawyer from Boston sets up shop in a small Arizona town.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0403755</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Dicke</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The series is about lawyer Gregor Ehrenberg, who helps the little people with a big heart and thus gives his own life more sense.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Josh Broecker</director>
      <director>Lars Jessen</director>
      <director>Thomas Jahn</director>
      <director>Oliver Dommenget</director>
      <director>Thomas Jauch</director>
      <actor>Dieter Pfaff (role=Gregor Ehrenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Dal (role=Yasmin Ülküm)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin Pollitt (role=Gudrun Wohlers)</actor>
      <actor>Gisela Schneeberger (role=Christina Ehrenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Postel (role=Isabel von Brede)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Heynert (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Kreye (role=Martin Brüggemann)</actor>
      <actor>Fabian Meier (role=Bodo Merker)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Ziesing (role=Lars Meckel)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Franke (role=Norbert Merker)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Grote (role=Lisa Schubert)</actor>
      <actor>Alina Liss (role=Charlotte Schubert)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTJiNDk3YWUtNzk3OS00ZGM5LThhYTctMDY3NzNiNGZjYmE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX391_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <review>Dieter Pfaff was already at an advanced age, when he decided to become an actor instead of concentrating on teaching, producing and directing movies. However, physically as big as in his talents, the roles did not lie on the streets for him. So he wrote roles and financed movies that were tailored for himself. The high audience ratings and the superb critiques, including the several prices that he got for his "psychologically extremely differentiated acting" proved him to be on the right way. Nowadays, Dieter Pfaff is one of the greatest and best-known German character actors. "Beauty is heavy", Ottfried Fischer said once in his role as Father Guido Braun. But it is not primarily beauty that attracts people towards lawyer Gregor Ehrenberg (Pfaff), but his decision that he once made to become out of a successful and rich economy-attorney an ever more successful, yet less rich but much happier low-class-people attorney. And these people are really not only low concerning their budgets, but often they are already lying in the gutter before they get a helping hand from the huge star-attorney. Meanwhile, his bureau looks "a house-corner restaurant" ("Eine Eckkneipe", his later business partner), the only comfortable piece of furniture is his extremely wide upholstered chair, apt to contain this enormous spirit in the enormous body. His partners are not lawyers, but a Turkish-German secretary and her friend, a cleaning-woman. Ehrenberg prefers to discuss his cases and get ideas from them than from his academic colleagues. Unforgettable for every non-native Northern German is Ehrenberg's all-Matutinal ceremony to enjoy a "Franzbrötchen" as he calls what the rest of the world calls Croissant. When his secretary gets pregnant, he Stantepede decides to turn his coffee-kitchen into a children's' station: "Because who, I ask you, seriously needs a coffee-kitchen?". This series is a true highlight and may, by the way, serve as a proof how much higher the intellectual level of today's Germany's TV programs are then average Hollywood productions</review>
    <description>The series is about lawyer Gregor Ehrenberg, who helps the little people with a big heart and thus gives his own life more sense.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2611652</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Virgin Mountain</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Fusi, a 43 year old man, still lives with his mother. His daily life is characterized by monotonous routine. The appearance of vibrant Sjöfn and young neighbour Hera will upset his old bachelor habits.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dagur Kári</director>
      <actor>Gunnar Jónsson (role=Fúsi)</actor>
      <actor>Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir (role=Sjöfn)</actor>
      <actor>Sigurjón Kjartansson (role=Mörður)</actor>
      <actor>Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir (role=Fjóla)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Una Dagsdóttir (role=Hera)</actor>
      <actor>Arnar Jónsson (role=Rolf)</actor>
      <actor>Thorir Sæmundsson (role=Elvar)</actor>
      <actor>Þorsteinn Gunnarsson (role=Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Friðrik Friðriksson (role=Friðrik)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Grímsson (role=Jörgen)</actor>
      <actor>Gísli Jökull Gíslason (role=Police officer)</actor>
      <actor>Ingunn Jensdóttir (role=Svana)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Iceland|Denmark</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjEyMDgxODY1NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTIxNDQyNDE@._V1_QL75_UX522_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Glaciers of Iceland melt with warmth of Icelandic cinema. Virgin Mountain is distant but full of love, steady like a paint of cold colors but earnest and sincere same as Fusi who is naming movie. Embracing Fusi is a complicated state for audiences. It is so easy to love and to be one with him but he reminds us people who are same as him around us and who are ignored by us. It gives an amount of heartache scaled with moral compass of every individual viewer. Besides it, the empathy we feel for him gives us a hope to be better person.Fusi may be the most naive man in the world. He has not evil inside and everything is so simple for him even sometimes he can't see the consequences of his actions. He doesn't get mad against people who are unfair to him, he even doesn't know what revenge is. Everything he knows is helping other and acting for the common good. But beyond of his fragile look, he keeps a solid persona as same as his size. He is like a virgin nature which welcomes the torrid heat of sun and the fruitful spaciousness of rain with same excitement. After all a smile on his face is a relief in our souls.Virgin Mountain promises a good time for watching even though relatively dark and slow shootings. Good balance with dram and comedy keep viewer's eyes open and modest acting of Gunnar Jónsson makes movie reliable and striker. This festival movie reflects the real soul of Icelandic cinema in a very successful way</review>
    <description>Fusi, a 43 year old man, still lives with his mother. His daily life is characterized by monotonous routine. The appearance of vibrant Sjöfn and young neighbour Hera will upset his old bachelor habits.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7076630</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeiten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Executive Producer and Writer Gwyneth Hughes' adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke) as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of "villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting, and dancing", takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Strong</director>
      <director>Jonathan Entwistle</director>
      <actor>Michael Palin (role=William Makepeace Thackeray)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Cooke (role=Becky Sharp)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Bateman (role=Rawdon Crawley)</actor>
      <actor>Johnny Flynn (role=William Dobbin)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Jessie (role=Amelia Sedley)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Pugh (role=Mr. John Osborne)</actor>
      <actor>Ellie Kendrick (role=Jane Osborne)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Russell Beale (role=Mr. John Sedley)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Rowe (role=George Osborne)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Clunes (role=Sir Pitt Crawley)</actor>
      <actor>Sian Clifford (role=Martha Crawley)</actor>
      <actor>David Fynn (role=Jos Sedley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDBjOTE0ZWEtZTIwNy00NjcyLWJlNzctODk5ZjYwYmI4ZDMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Period Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>The author of Vanity Fair intended a novel without a hero, according to wikipedia. At first protagonist Becky Sharpe seems like a heroine - a smart, strong-willed woman aiming at success - but her flaws soon become apparent, and they are many. And most of the people she meets are either no better, or better but much dumber.Becky is neither all bad nor all good, although her bad qualities are sometimes very, very bad. To me it seems Becky is doing her best in a society in which the only option for a woman - no matter how smart - to achieve upward mobility is through marriage, and Becky is a character who should be wheeling and dealing but instead spends her time on seduction and plotting. (I don't know if that's how she comes across in the book.)Olivia Cooke is wonderful as Becky (she has a cheeky, sardonic quality reminiscent of Phoebe Waller-Bridge), and the rest of the cast is excellent.Highly recommended</review>
    <description>An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5137338</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Victoria</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Geoffrey Sax</director>
      <director>Olly Blackburn</director>
      <director>Tom Vaughan</director>
      <director>Jim Loach</director>
      <director>Chloe Thomas</director>
      <actor>Jenna Coleman (role=Victoria)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Schiller (role=Mr. Penge)</actor>
      <actor>Tommy Knight (role=Archibald Brodie)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Waller (role=Lord Alfred Paget)</actor>
      <actor>Nell Hudson (role=Nancy Skerrett)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Hughes (role=Albert)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Kingsley (role=Mr. Francatelli)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Wilson-Jones (role=Lady Emma Portman)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Holtz (role=Baroness Lehzen)</actor>
      <actor>Nigel Lindsay (role=Sir Robert Peel)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Flemming (role=the Duchess of Kent)</actor>
      <actor>David Oakes (role=Duke of Coburg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTk0M2VhNWEtMDQyMy00NjYzLWE2NmUtMWRjNmJiYjkwMDkxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzQ0MDUyMzg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Docudrama|Historical Epic|Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>**This is primarily intended as a rebuttal to some very unforgiving reviews.I started watching this show when I first came out and as many other reviewers have already stated, I was absolutely captivated by Jenna Coleman's and Rufus Sewell's portrayals of Queen Victoria and Lord M, respectively. I maintain that Rufus was a brilliant Lord M, and frankly I think the reason the writers were able to successfully execute Lord M and Victoria's fabricated infatuation for one another is rooted in the casting. It wouldn't have worked if M was cast accurately, a bumbling old man 40 years her senior.I'm actually very surprised to read so many criticisms of Tom Hughes's Albert. On the contrary, I thought he did an excellent job. I've always been quite interested in the monarchy and have read extensively on some kings and queens that have captured my imagination in particular - Victoria being one of them - and their personal relationships. It's well-known that V and A were besotted with one another; I believe Victoria wrote "Albert is beautiful" in her diary after their second meeting in 1839. It's also true that she did not want to get married and felt that she was being manipulated into a union with someone who was more convenient for the family than for love. Albert was shy, intellectually-inclined, and very handsome. I don't understand what element of that Tom Hughes neglected. His chemistry with Jenna was suspiciously compelling until I learned that they're together in real life. I think he was altogether very convincing - perhaps with a modern flair, but that seems to be the feel of the entire show.Which brings me to my next point. For someone like me, who really enjoys costume dramas and romance, this is a wonderful show. The sets are magnificent (CGI leaves something to be desired, but it's not too offensive), the costumes are to die for, and the writing is good. No, it's not absolutely stellar. But it's certainly entertaining. The cast handles very artfully the script they've been given. If you are very knowledgeable about history and find it absolutely impossible to enjoy a show that has taken more than a few creative liberties, this is not the show for you. It's not anything near a documentary, and drama is paramount. I agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, and there are many stories that writer Daisy Goodwin could have spun into a far more accurate and believable series. That being said, I don't hold it against her. While there are some plot lines that seem to have been pulled out of nowhere, the majority of creative liberty comes in the form of exaggeration in this show. Inclinations and motivations are stretched to the nth degree to really show the watcher that this character is either a good guy or a bad guy.I think the show is worth watching. If you're new to it, certainly watch up to episode 3 in season 1 - that's when Albert's character is really first introduced and the show begins to take a turn. Season 3 started last night here in the US and I found the premiere engaging. I'm excited to see what happens next, as long as Albert's death is conveniently delayed for as long as possible</review>
    <description>The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1534431</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Liebe ohne Minze</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Star architect Robert Franke expects his bride, fashion designer Saskia Schiller, to move in with her teen daughter Mira to Munich from the country, but the brat refuses to leave her school friends and takes off to seek her unsuspecting biological father, Moroccan textile mill heir Armine Baka. By shere luck, she bumps into him in Marrakech, and it clicks with the helpful gentleman before the truth catches up as Saskia arrives. Armine compromises his future as firm heir by turning on the patriarch for having arranged his pregnant lover to leave without even informing him ever. The trio grows closer during the short holiday Mira gets Saskia to grant the pair to learn to know each-other and his charming family, despite a scorpion crisis.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Karsten Wichniarz</director>
      <actor>Christina Plate (role=Saskia Schiller)</actor>
      <actor>Erol Sander (role=Amine Baka)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Beyerling (role=Mira Schiller)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Zierl (role=Robert Franke)</actor>
      <actor>Janette Rauch (role=Veronika Stadlheim)</actor>
      <actor>Daniele Legler (role=Mohamed Baka)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Stosch (role=Daniel)</actor>
      <actor>Thamara Barth (role=Lehrerin Rita Schulze)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Kalman (role=Wirt)</actor>
      <actor>Laila Achouri-Schulz (role=Arzthelferin Marokko)</actor>
      <actor>Hassan Chamek (role=Dominique Baka)</actor>
      <actor>El Ouadli My Youssef (role=Omar Baka)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWExNDNlYzEtYTY0YS00OTRiLWJiMTItYmU0ZmIzYTkyM2NhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX317_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
    <description>Mira never know his father, but she always has too. One day her mother told her want to married, she get be angry and disappointed. Fortuitously he found his father on the Internet, she find out he lives in Marrakech. Aftre that he secretly bought a flight ticket and flew straigh...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1534431/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13021476</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bestselling author Paul Mann is in a bad mood. The man in his late forties can clearly feel his decline: his creativity, his body, his libido - his wife Emilia can feel it too. The mother of three and voice actress longs for the passion of yesteryear and plunges headlong into a one-night stand with the much younger and extremely attractive Ruben. Instead of revitalizing her marriage to her husband Paul, the affair leads them both straight into marital crisis: time for a "break". Her three children - Fe, Bo, and Marie - think it's stupid that his father is moving out. While Emilia gets involved with Ruben, Paul finally falls into a funk. His friend Theo, who is the same age as him, advises him to find a much younger partner - he knows what he's talking about. Paul actually encounters an unexpected opportunity: his daughter's attractive teacher makes clearly tempting offers to the favorite author of her youth. However, hitting the reset button isn't that easy. As soon as the separated spouses experience the long-awaited wildness again, they begin to question their decisions.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Gallenberger</director>
      <actor>Christoph Maria Herbst (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Paul (role=Emilia)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Vogel (role=Theo)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Nöth (role=Fe)</actor>
      <actor>Bella Bading (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Wanja Valentin Kube (role=Bo)</actor>
      <actor>Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen (role=Eva Schneiderhahn)</actor>
      <actor>Nicola Perot (role=Ruben Jacobs)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Lamprecht (role=Magda)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Jordan (role=Jonathan)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Philipp (role=Heike)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Tukur (role=René Güldenberg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzg1MWUxZTUtNmNjOS00OTBkLThiZWItNmRiNDlkODI5NmU3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>The movie has a good cast and it´s fun to watch these people at work. It also has quite some really funny moments and dialouges.In the bigger picture, the overall storyline is quite cheesy and doesn´t really hold up to the acting. Thus, its a missed chance to discuss the complexitiy of crisis, losses and chances of long-lasting relationships.Summed up, the movie feels too much on a simplistic side, but is a nice watch for a night when one wants to have it a bit easy</review>
    <description>The successful writer Paul and the sought-after voice actress Emilia were always considered to be the absolute dream couple by friends: Harmonious, happy, successful, with three charming children named Bo, Marie and Fe. But now, in their late 40s, their relationship is threatened...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt13021476/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21986288</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>vamos a la playa</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Students Benjamin, Katharina and Judith travel to Cuba to find Katharina's absconded brother Vanya. But this endeavor quickly becomes a minor matter - Katharina is looking for sexual adventures for which she is prepared to pay, Benjamin is looking for real love and Judith doesn't really want a relationship at all. When Cuban dance teacher Ignacio turns up and shakes up the threesome constellation, they all become increasingly entangled in emotional contradictions, sexual desires and sincere feelings. The clichéd projections of the Western guests increasingly collide with the complex reality of economic inequality on the island.—MDR</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bettina Blümner</director>
      <actor>Leonard Scheicher (role=Benjamin)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Schulz (role=Katharina)</actor>
      <actor>Maya Unger (role=Judith)</actor>
      <actor>Jakub Gierszal (role=Wanja)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Cuba</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGYxNzBjZmEtMzU0Mi00OTc3LWIzNDItNDg0MzNiMTJmZGM1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>There is a scene of a man, surrounded by typically colourful Cuban architecture, on a horse while using his phone - the contrast between worlds of old and new, of tourist eyes (read also of the filmmaker's eyes). It feels authentic, vivid, alive. It is an exception to a film of guidance - a manipulation of feeling within a fascinating culture.Take for example: Benni, one of the protagonists, who is shown to be calculating. We see him counting the finances of every day. Once more, in case you didn't notice, he is logical, he premeditates everything, he cannot let go. One more time. Let's show them again. The viewer isn't given a chance here to interpret, but is told how a character must be. In case we didn't realise already, we hear once again in the hallway of the hotel how he won't let ago even when drunk.I would like to focus on what kept me watching: the random conversations with strangers. The essence of the search, for which the viewer is not really invested for nothing, is really explained. There is money...inheritance, and then western guilt at excessive tourism, and it possesses the film like a streetdog with jaws clenched upon the inevitable appearance of a wedding dress.There are no great revelations in this film, no personal stakes that the characters themselves seem to have worked towards. Instead, it is the hands of the writer, the director, moving the strings of the puppets, and the viewer left to be manipulated or turn off. It is not to say that it is not worth watching. Sometimes I felt the air of Cuba filling our living room. But I longed more for the place rather than the story, which went nowhere and everywhere. I longed for depths of characters far beyond this film. Time to go back to words</review>
    <description>Katharina's father provides ample funds for her and Benjamin to travel to Cuba and search for Katharina's missing brother Wanja. They take Judith along on an odyssey that ultimately forces them to challenge their values and ways of life.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0116118</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Doctor Who: Der Film</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>While transporting the remains of the Master, an evil Time Lord, the Doctor suffers a TARDIS malfunction and ends up in San Francisco in 1999. The Master escapes and assumes a bodily form, the Doctor regenerates, and with the help of an attractive heart surgeon the Doctor must locate and defeat the Master before the turn of the millennium at midnight.—Michael C. Berch</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Geoffrey Sax</director>
      <actor>Paul McGann (role=The Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Roberts (role=Bruce)</actor>
      <actor>Daphne Ashbrook (role=Dr. Grace Holloway)</actor>
      <actor>Sylvester McCoy (role=The Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Yee Jee Tso (role=Chang Lee)</actor>
      <actor>John Novak (role=Salinger)</actor>
      <actor>Michael David Simms (role=Swift)</actor>
      <actor>Dolores Drake (role=Curtis)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Radick (role=Gareth)</actor>
      <actor>Eliza Roberts (role=Miranda)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Croft (role=Motorcycle Policeman)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Wirkkunen (role=Ted)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1996</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkxNTYxMTE3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzU1MDEzMTI@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Time Travel|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>It was in January 1996 that I first heard that my all time favourite TV hero was returning to our screens as a joint BBC / American network TVM . Whoever you are reading this review never EVER give up on your hopes and dreams because for DOCTOR WHO fans in the early 1990s not one of us ever believed we`d be seeing our favourite show return , never mind seeing a big budget American production or that this version was gong to have BAFTA award winning actor Paul McGann in the title role . Words fail to describe the anticipation me and every single other Who fan in the cosmos had in waiting till the TVM was broadcast in May . The only comparison I can think of is LOTR diehards waiting to see FELLOWSHIP , THE TWO TOWERS and RETURN OF THE KING . When the day of the broadcast came one Bank holiday Monday I`d almost bitten my fingers off in unbearable anticipation . I`d read every article I could find about the production in telefantasy magaziness , Paul McGann`s Doctor had appeared on the front cover of every British TV guide and the trailers led me to believe the Daleks were going to be heavily featured alongside the Master . So in mid evening the TVM began and for 90 minutes all the world`s problems disappeared . When the end titles rolled I was torn between being totally amazed by the good and bitterly disappointed by the bad .The good bits were Geoffry Sax`s direction . Every single cent was up there on screen for the audience to gasp at . This is one Who story that can`t be accused of having crap FX . Sax also does an excellent editing job with intercutting between scenes , and it really was fascinating watching a Who story take place in an American setting . But the best aspect to the production is Eric Roberts camp scene stealing performance as the Master . My own memories of Roger Delgado`s original Master soon faded as Roberts bad-ass TERMINATOR inspired American arch enemy of the Doctor stole the entire show .But unfortunately much of the bad outweighed the good and most of this was entirely down to Matthew Jacobs script which involved far too much continuity and extremely bad continiuty at that which not only displeases diehard fans but will alienate casual viewers at the same time . Regeneration ? temporal orbit ? the eye of harmony ? I know of these concepts because I`m a fan but here they`re presented entirely different from what I know them as . Likewise when did the Doctor become half human ? But the most disappointing thing were the Daleks who seem to be intergalatic hangmen and not the Nazis of the universe as shown on TV for three decades . Also bitterly disappointing to see them relegated to an off screen cameo when according to the trailers they might have been making a physical presence . Oh BTW can anyone really understand the plot ? At times it felt more like a Bond movie as the Doctor races around on a motor bike trying to save the world from a super villain . With the exception of Roberts no one really turns in a good performance least of all McGann who is surely one of Britain`s most underrated actors . I really expected more from him , though to be fair he didn`t have a lot to go on due to the script.Oh well I suppose it was good while it lasted and I suppose my life has been slightly enriched after seeing an American version of DOCTOR WHO , and let me just repeat if someone had told me in 1992 I`d one day be watching an American version of the show I would have laughed in their face . It`s not the worst DOCTOR WHO story I`ve seen but it`s not a story I`ll watch over and over again unlike The Silurians , Inferno , Genesis Of The Daleks , Seeds Of Doom or Kinda . These really were classic pieces of not only Who but of British television</review>
    <description>The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2072089</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>24 Milchkühe und kein Mann</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For 25 years, Elli ran a farm in provincial Bavaria alongside her husband. The heavy work never left the two much time for contemplative togetherness: pragmatism instead of romance determined their togetherness. But despite all the hardships, after the unexpected death of her husband, Elli is determined to continue the business. Elli cannot expect any help from her daughter Kathrin, who works in a luxury hotel in Munich, and her son Christian, whose Thai wife Alicha runs a hairdressing salon in the village. Her bank advisor Kurt also urges her to sell the heavily indebted farm as quickly as possible. But the militant farmer's wife ignores this advice as well as Kurt's amorous advances. She wants to take her life into her own hands, and that includes finding love again - a man who can lend a hand on the farm without spoiling the romantic relationship. For this purpose, she enlists the help of a dating agency, where she is classified as "difficult to place" due to her job. In fact, at first only odd types and aging couch potatoes seem to seek contact - and even their interest dwindles as soon as they find out about Elli's job. Raymond, from Zimbabwe alone, is undeterred by the prospect of living on a farm. When they first meet, the two immediately like each other, with his down-to-earth, reserved nature, the African can immediately win Elli over. Without further ado, she offers him to move in with her on a trial basis. However, the mismatched couple causes irritation in the village. The men in particular view the dark-skinned Africans with suspicion and prejudice. Even Ellis' own son, although married to a foreigner himself, is skeptical about the new man at his mother's side. But Elli doesn't want to let her new happiness be destroyed that easily. She defends Raymond against all hostilities. However, when he is denounced by a villager at the immigration office, Elli dares a courageous step to save Raymond from safe deportation.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Kronthaler</director>
      <actor>Jutta Speidel (role=Elli Kreuzer)</actor>
      <actor>Christofer von Beau (role=Raymond Mabaya)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Giggenbach (role=Kurt Feierabend)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Murr (role=Christian Kreuzer)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Chang (role=Alicha Kreuzer)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin von Steinburg (role=Kathrin Kreuzer)</actor>
      <actor>Agathe Taffertshofer (role=Vroni Brandl)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Blumhoff (role=Hedwiga Stadler)</actor>
      <actor>Max Schmidt (role=Alfons Hasslinger)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Herrschmann (role=Fritz Rückwärtshäuser)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Dörfler (role=Max Brandl)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea L'Arronge (role=Dolores)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGI5MDZhYjQtMjNjOS00ZTFlLWJkMmUtODg1ODRmZjBhMmYzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>For 25 years, Elli ran a farm in provincial Bavaria alongside her husband. The heavy work never left the two much time for contemplative togetherness: pragmatism instead of romance determined their togetherness. But despite all the hardships, after the unexpected death of her hus...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt2072089/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3084336</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ohne Dich</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Martina and her partner Ralf run an upscale restaurant in Cologne with great success. On the Breton coast they now want to recover from everyday stress. The holiday is going wonderfully, the two are still as in love as on the first day and enjoying the break in the wild and romantic surroundings. But then one day Ralf doesn't return from an early morning sailing excursion. The police can locate the boat, but Ralf has disappeared. While the French officials assume a sailing accident in which Ralf fell overboard, Martina does not want to be satisfied with this explanation. She is firmly convinced that Ralf is still alive and that there must be another reason for his disappearance. But their desperate search on the Breton coast remains unsuccessful. Back in Germany, the nagging doubts do not leave her in peace. Again and again in the coming weeks she comes across clues that could explain Ralf's whereabouts - and then only increase the agonizing uncertainty. Her childhood friend Johannes, her brother Andreas and her mother Renate try in vain to give her other thoughts. But Martina cannot and does not want to finish with what has happened. Torn between hope and despair, she gradually seems to lose her mind, she feels pursued and watched. Then a trail leads you back to France, to a sleepy village on the Breton coast.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Baxmeyer</director>
      <actor>Stefanie Stappenbeck (role=Martina)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Pietschmann (role=Ralf)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Mommsen (role=Johannes)</actor>
      <actor>David C. Bunners (role=Christian)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Danowski (role=Clara)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Eickhoff (role=Gast)</actor>
      <actor>Murali Perumal (role=Dr. Lorenzo)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Grossmann (role=Andreas)</actor>
      <actor>Elodie Hachet (role=Mädchen Bootsverleih)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Krößner (role=Martinas Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Post (role=Arzt im Krankenhaus)</actor>
      <actor>Elmira Rafizadeh (role=Hülya)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzhlZDdjY2UtNGJmNi00ODZjLWIyZGEtNGY3ZTJjZWY2ODA4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR53,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <description>Martina and Ralph have almost everything. Love, passion, friends, family. In a trip, though, Ralph disappears leaving no clue that suggests he is still alive...or dead.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32278237</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dein perfektes Jahr</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Aus Versehen lässt sie den Kalender jedoch auf einer Parkbank liegen. Dort entdeckt ihn der eigenbrötlerische Verleger Jonathan und entschließt sich kurzerhand, die Verfasserin ausfindig zu machen. Er ist berührt von der liebevollen Gestaltung des Kalenders. Nur mühsam führt Jonathan den Verlag seines Vaters, nachdem dieser an Demenz erkrankt ist. An die damaligen großen Erfolge kann er nicht anknüpfen, und auf seinem Schreibtisch stapeln sich die Aufgaben. Auf der Suche nach der Besitzerin des Kalenders nimmt Jonathan die eingetragenen Termine wahr. Schnell findet er sich auf schrägen Konzerten, bei Chorstunden und in fremden Restaurants wieder und bemerkt, wie seine verloren geglaubte Lebensfreude langsam wiedererweckt wird. Auf wundersame Weise kreuzen sich fortan Hannahs und Jonathans Wege. Zunächst wissen sie nichts von der Verbindung durch den Kalender. Langsam finden die beiden zueinander, und es beginnt, zwischen ihnen zu knistern. Bis Hannah realisiert, dass Jonathan viel mehr wusste, als er vorgegeben hat. Als dann auch noch Simon verschwindet, der ein ganz eigenes Geheimnis mit sich herumgetragen hat, sieht sich Hannah zutiefst mit der Frage konfrontiert, was die wahre Liebe wirklich bedeutet. Sie muss sich entscheiden.—ZDF</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Luise Brinkmann</director>
      <actor>Susi Banzhaf (role=Elisabeth Krug)</actor>
      <actor>Uke Bosse (role=Leopold)</actor>
      <actor>Albrecht Ganskopf (role=Herr Bode)</actor>
      <actor>Alina Hidic (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Jürgens (role=Jonathan Grief)</actor>
      <actor>Gregor Knop (role=Kai Uwe Henning)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Krüger (role=Buchhändlerin)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Kutschera (role=Tina)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Lorenz (role=Marlene)</actor>
      <actor>Kailas Mahadevan (role=Herr Bogdanovic)</actor>
      <actor>Dietrich Mattausch (role=Grief sen)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Niehaus (role=Simon Klamm)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDI0NjdiODctOGIxZC00YmFhLTgwODUtMTI3MGE2M2I4NmE3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,16,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
    <description>Aus Versehen lässt sie den Kalender jedoch auf einer Parkbank liegen. Dort entdeckt ihn der eigenbrötlerische Verleger Jonathan und entschließt sich kurzerhand, die Verfasserin ausfindig zu machen. Er ist berührt von der liebevollen Gestaltung des Kalenders. Nur mühsam führt Jona...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt32278237/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27728198</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Deutschland aus dem All</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>From space, Germany appears as a work of art made up of colours, shapes and patterns: from the emerald-green bloom of algae to the expanse of golden blooming rapeseed fields to the abstract forms of the highest wine-growing regions in Europe. They are images of bizarre habitats and seemingly magical worlds. The mighty Alps in the south, rugged coasts in the north, unique natural spaces, divided and reunited: Germany, located in the heart of Europe, has been shaped by countless social, economic and ecological upheaval processes. A country in constant change. Satellites open up completely new perspectives. The view from several hundred kilometers high reveals unknown dimensions, surprising insights and connections, captured in spectacular images.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Francesca D'Amicis</director>
      <director>Jörg Siepmann</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjE1M2NkNTgtNDAyOS00YWM2LWE4NWYtNDAwYzAzNDcyZTQ2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Nature Documentary|Documentary</category>
    <description>From space, Germany appears as a work of art made up of colours, shapes and patterns. Satellite imagery, combined with drone and other camera footage, give a quite new view of Germany, its landscapes, its nature and the changes by humans.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0346255</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eisenbahn-Romantik</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexander Schweitzer</director>
      <director>Susanne Mayer-Hagmann</director>
      <director>Bernhard Foos</director>
      <director>Bettina Bansbach</director>
      <actor>Hagen von Ortloff (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jo Jung (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Stöckle (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Henrik van Ypsilon (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Guckelsberger (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Brendel (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Helge Sidow (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Hede Beck (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Hörnke-Trieß (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Schurr (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Torsten Föste (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Michalski (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1991</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODg5ZTIyNDAtNzEwNy00YjkzLTk5NWItNTIzMmIyZDJmNTdlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX390_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>I go out sometimes from the fact which becomes soon more entire the list now &gt; them Term of the standard episodes amounts to max. 29 M. - from the available one A material become also results with a term of 44, 58 or 89 Min. Then educatedly which are called, e.g., He-special 628 XL and are sent of course first by the SWF. Then there are repetitions in the regional program transmitters (early "third"), with takes, 3-sat, arte and Phoenix over the Year. Twice per year there is "The long Night of the Railway" at various transmitters provided that they mostly feel like in April and one half a year later. Hagen von Ortloff is the Moderator in all Episodes from Nr. 1 to now (2018-12)</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13804588</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Erbe Österreich" Habsburgs Ringstraßenbarone</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Pamela Milkowski</director>
      <director>Susanne Pleisnitzer</director>
      <director>Burkhard Stanzer</director>
      <director>Valentin Badura</director>
      <director>Harald Staudach</director>
      <actor>Friedrich von Thun (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Windhofer (role=Leopold)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwMzU4MjY3NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwODAzNjky._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,7,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>16409608</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Life Below Zero</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Based on the popular BBC Studios format and multi-Emmy® Award-winning reality series, Life Below Zero, the long-awaited Canadian adaptation, Life Below Zero: Canada follows a group of individuals from different cultural backgrounds, including Canadians, First Nations and Swiss trappers, giving viewers an unfiltered glimpse into how they survive in the coldest and most remote regions of Northern Canada. Filmed across the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Northern Ontario, with a crew of six people, 120 days travelling and over 500 hundred hours of footage shot, the docuseries captures the compelling stories of five 'off the grid' Canadians who must navigate through deadly weather, with limited resources, to seek out food, water and shelter.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Kilback</director>
      <director>Victor Kushmaniuk</director>
      <director>Mark Stevenson</director>
      <actor>Kim Pasche (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Becky Broderick (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre-Yves Duc (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bentley Kakekayash (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Grenier (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Latour Harrison (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Denenize Basil (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Felicia Miles (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Marie Kakekayash (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM1NTUyZTAtYjZmOS00YTQ2LThjN2UtNDEyMzE5NWY4OGYzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <review>Like it's sister show (Alaska) &amp; others from the same TV stable it is spoilt by over loud background music drowning out the cast speaking. These are "reality" shows, not opera. Why not let the natural sound come through without constant background droning like some build up to a Bond movie climax. It really spoils a good programme. Just my opinion</review>
    <description>From long, dark, frozen winters to sweltering, bug-infested summers, Life Below Zero: Canada captures the day-to-day trials of people living in unforgiving environments.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4192786</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rätselhafte Geschichte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jamie Theakston attempts to uncover the truth about historical mysteries, ancient relics, hidden treasures, conspiracy theories and lost civilizations. Have these stories been omitted from the history books?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bruce Burgess</director>
      <director>Charlie Clayton</director>
      <director>Patrick Hewlett</director>
      <director>Steve Gillham</director>
      <director>Rory Kaufhold</director>
      <actor>Jamie Theakston (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Gough (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Lynn Picknett (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Selwood (role=Self - Historian &amp; Author)</actor>
      <actor>Tony McMahon (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Felix (role=Self - Author &amp; Historian)</actor>
      <actor>Lionel Fanthorpe (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Walters (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Bellinger (role=Self - Anthropologist &amp; Historian)</actor>
      <actor>Dallas Harley Jones (role=Reenactment)</actor>
      <actor>Andreia Serras (role=Reenactment)</actor>
      <actor>Clive Prince (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzBkNmRhOTEtNjU2Ni00N2I0LWJhY2EtZjgyZWZjMmIwYzlmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|History</category>
    <review>I love historical documentaries especially when it's regarding religious beliefs/practices, anything secretive, lost or hidden history but this show is very dull most of the time. All the episodes are an hour long and most of the time I felt like what they discussed could be explained in a half hour episode. They reuse the same experts every episode, I would love to know what qualifications does a woman who wrote two books in Mary Magdalene have regarding Nazi Germany political and military tactics including weapons, propaganda and stolen artworks or on ancient Roman and Greek oracles. I am not saying she can't I just find it strange that the only mention of her expertise is related to earlier Christianity which is if a completely different time period and geographical location than the Nazi party or Ancient Greek and Roman oracles. They discuss the Fraternity if Freemasons but never mention the Raja Shrine or Daughters if the Eastern Star both of which are groups associated and connected with the Freemasons. The one "expert" said the temple of Luxor was recreated in Paris with the Louvre museum only a minute or two after saying the pyramids in front of the Louvre are replicas if the pyramids of Giza. The logical question anyone paying attention would have is what are representations of pyramids from Giza doing in a representation of a temple from Luxor. The only logical explanation is it wasn't a recreation of them temple of Luxor which didn't have pyramids and the pyramids are representative of Giza, two separate locations in Egypt.Bottom line is most of the episodes don't have much (or at least an hours worth) of information some of which is incomplete, wrong or just assumptions with no real evidence for it (if the temple of the oracle collapsed how do you know there was a fissure in the ground where they sat allowing volcanic gasses to leak up through, you don't). Funny how the science channel has a show that seems largely based in speculation and not proven fact, so much for scientific method</review>
    <description>Jamie Theakston attempts to uncover the truth about historical mysteries, ancient relics, hidden treasures, conspiracy theories and lost civilizations. Have these stories been omitted from the history books?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6903244</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Expedition ins Unbekannte: Die Suche nach Außerirdischen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Josh Gates sets off in a four part mini-series where he'll travel over 50,000 miles to four different continents and try to answer one of mankind's ultimate questions. Are we alone in the universe?</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Josh Gates (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rodrigo Fuenzalida (role=Self - UFO Researcher)</actor>
      <actor>Milton Wainwright (role=Self - Molecular Biologist)</actor>
      <actor>John Homan (role=Self - Project Manager, Webb Telescope Test Team)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Rose (role=Self - Sent Into Space)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Ridley (role=Self - Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>Chase Kloeztke (role=Self - MUFON Investigator)</actor>
      <actor>Lucien Junkin (role=Self - Robotics Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>Peggy Whitson (role=Self - Commander, Expedition 51)</actor>
      <actor>Cheryl Murphy (role=Self - Eyewitness)</actor>
      <actor>Orville Murphy (role=Self - Eyewitness)</actor>
      <actor>Travis Walton (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGFlOGI5OTAtNGRmMC00NTVjLWI5Y2UtMzJiOWIzOWZmZDk4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Reality TV</category>
    <description>Josh Gates sets off in a four part mini-series where he'll travel over 50,000 miles to four different continents and try to answer one of mankind's ultimate questions. Are we alone in the universe?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22307146</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wettkampf der Kettensägen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Ultimate chainsaw carving competition series with challenges on artistry, stamina and carving skills, to re-imagine ordinary wood logs into jaw-dropping works of art.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Shane Geddes</director>
      <actor>Adam Beach (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Cook (role=Self - Technical Judge)</actor>
      <actor>Katharine Dowson (role=Self - Artistic Judge)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Wood (role=Self - 20 years carving, Wales)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Villiers (role=Self - 5 years carving, AB, Canada)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Bowsher (role=Self - 5 years carving, Scotland)</actor>
      <actor>Sylvia Itzen (role=Self - 22 years carving, Germany)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Mallon (role=Self - 10 years carving, Virginia, USA)</actor>
      <actor>John Hayes (role=Self - 6 years carving, Ireland)</actor>
      <actor>Jesse Toso (role=Self - 17 years carving, BC, Canada)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Palmer (role=Self - 10 years carving, NB,Canada)</actor>
      <actor>Bongo Love (role=Self - 20 years carving, Zimbabwe)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMThhZWRiYzItN2Y5MC00YmNiLWI0ZjktMGYyZjlhZmJiMzA2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX93_.jpg" />
    <category>Game Show</category>
    <review>Easy to watch tv that shows various carving techniques and skills. They give just enough explanation as to what the carvers are doing and what the pros and cons of the different wood that they work with are. Judging seems fair, which I really appreciate, and the talent here is absolutely wonderful.I also really liked that there was a camaraderie and respect between all the contestants. Sure, a little drama can be entertaining, but a friendly completion was a nice breath of fresh air.I enjoyed the variety of challenges and prompts that were given as well. The shiphead challenge was probably my favorite.Highly suggest and I really hope they give this another season</review>
    <description>The Ultimate chainsaw carving competition series with challenges on artistry, stamina and carving skills, to re-imagine ordinary wood logs into jaw-dropping works of art.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0380481</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kim Possible: Die geheimen Akten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The first video compilation of four episodes of Kim Possible.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Bailey</director>
      <director>David Block</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk0NTQwODkwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzgyMzUyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX75_.jpg" />
    <category>Parody|Action|Animation|Comedy|Family|Mystery</category>
    <review>Comprised of three episodes linked together by computer animation of Rufus (Nancy Cartwright), this "film" introduces us to Kim Possible (Christy Carlson Romano), Ron Stoppable (Will Friedle), Wade (Tahj Mowry), select family members, and a few of the major villains from the Kim Possible universe, including Dr. Drakken (John Di Maggio), DNAmy (Melissa McCarthy), The Bebes (Kerri Kenney) and Shego (Nicole Sullivan). In the first section, Ron wants to join the school cheerleading squad, and we meet and learn the motivation behind Dr. Drakken and The Bebes. In the second section, the school is on a field trip to a ski resort, and we meet and learn the motivation behind DNAmy. In the final section, DNAmy and Dr. Drakken encounter each other while the kids work on a science project. The DVD also includes the premier episode of the series--where Kim has a crush on a boy at school. She tries to work up the courage to ask him to the school dance and takes time out to investigate Dr. Drakken's latest plans for world domination in Tokyo.The bad news is that except for one episode--the third section of the "film"--everything else on this disc was viewable on The Disney Channel, as part of the Kim Possible series. They should have just begun releasing seasons of the show on DVD, with the "extra episode" as a bonus. Surely this will be done at some point in the future, which means, at best, that the money you'd pay for this disc will be for the extra episode, the linking computer graphics, a Christy Carlson Romano music video, and a brief computer graphic synopsis of the major villains on the series.The good news is that the show is well done, and viewed as a film, The Secret Files is entertaining, with the new material tying the first 40 minutes together nicely. Kim Possible somewhat resembles Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the villains are more child and young-teen friendly. There is a heavier sci-fi / James Bond feel to the show, with Wade functioning as a combination of Bond's M and Q. Humorous material arrives quickly and regularly, on many levels, so everyone from toddlers to adults should find various aspects of the show amusing. The animation is a melding of typical American Saturday morning fare and Japanese anime, and the content also has a slight "anime jr." feel.As you'd expect, episodes tend to have messages for kids--it's okay to want to do things that aren't gender stereotypes, acceptance of friends, acceptance of parents, problems can be solved with resourcefulness, different people have different strengths and it's beneficial to work together, and so on. For adults, there are regular humorous cultural stabs--cuddly toy fads, science geeks, etc. It's a pleasant mixture with elements aimed at various age groups.My rating is for the quality of the material, viewed as a film. Unless you're a serious Kim Possible fan, I wouldn't recommend buying the DVD. Wait for seasons to appear on disc. To satiate your curiosity in the meantime, rent the DVD and/or just watch episodes of the show on The Disney Channel</review>
    <description>The first video compilation of four episodes of Kim Possible.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1936582</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Nazi-Jäger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Witnesses and historians retell the events leading up to the capture and or death of some of World War Two's most heinous Nazi fugitives.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>P.J. Naworynski</director>
      <director>Marcus Valentin</director>
      <director>Tim Wolochatiuk</director>
      <actor>Fred Napoli (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Walters (role=Self - Author, Hunting Evil)</actor>
      <actor>Beate Klarsfeld (role=Self - Nazi Hunter)</actor>
      <actor>Serge Klarsfeld (role=Self - Nazi Hunter)</actor>
      <actor>Uki Goñi (role=Self - Author, The Real Odessa)</actor>
      <actor>Rafi Eitan (role=Self - Former Mossad Commander)</actor>
      <actor>Zvi Aharoni (role=Self - Former Mossad Agent)</actor>
      <actor>Avraham Bendor (role=Self - Former Mossad Agent)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Camara (role=Beate Klarsfeld)</actor>
      <actor>Tatsu Carvalho (role=Rafi Eitan)</actor>
      <actor>Alexsandro Palermo (role=Serge Klarsfeld)</actor>
      <actor>Diego Becker (role=Zvi Aharoni)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|Brazil</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU0M2YwYjgtM2FhNy00MTQ4LThhZmItNDU0NGVjNDA5Mjc0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,1,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|History</category>
    <review>Well put together series using both actors and historical films and stills. This is essential viewing for anyone who doesn't have good knowledge if the atrocities committed by Germany in WWII which should never be forgotten or forgiven. Illustrates just how pathetic virtually all the Nazis are after the war, hardly the master race they liked to think they were</review>
    <description>Witnesses and historians retell the events leading up to the capture and or death of some of World War Two's most heinous Nazi fugitives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4279012</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Death Parade</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Humans who die are either sent to heaven or hell, but a select few are sent to a bar called the Quindecim, where they play twisted games to determine their fate, all the while recalling the pieces of their lives that contributed to where they ended up.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Yuzuru Tachikawa</director>
      <director>Shin'ichirô Watanabe</director>
      <director>Jun Shishido</director>
      <director>Yôsuke Hatta</director>
      <director>Migmi</director>
      <actor>Jamie Marchi (role=Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Organ (role=Decim)</actor>
      <actor>Asami Seto (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tomoaki Maeno (role=Decim)</actor>
      <actor>Anastasia Munoz (role=Quin)</actor>
      <actor>Jad Saxton (role=Nona)</actor>
      <actor>Rumi Okubo (role=Nona)</actor>
      <actor>Kôki Uchiyama (role=Clavis)</actor>
      <actor>Z. Charles Bolton (role=Clavis)</actor>
      <actor>Robert McCollum (role=Ginti)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Laure (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Leah Clark (role=Additional Voices)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTRhYjAwM2UtMjJlNC00OTI1LThiZmQtZmM2YWE1OWNmMjM2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Anime|Psychological Drama|Animation|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>This anime will grab your full attention from the start and never let go. It begins with a couple arriving after their death in an unknown place where they are to be judged on whether they deserve to be reincarnated or sent to the void. In order to be fairly judged, they must play a game. It is during this game that their hidden darkness is brought out. At the end of the game the arbiter will make the decision on who will be reincarnated and who will be sent to the void. The main intrigue in the show is that none of the people have clear memories and it's throughout the game that these memories are brought to light. The memories can make a person react very differently, as they realize how they've been hurt in life and how they feel in general about the life they lead.The show does have it's issues. The existence of the arbiters is somewhat explored, but never fully explained. Why do these beings exist? They don't even know that themselves. There's also a god-like character who's purpose is never discovered. These flaws don't stop this from being a great show however. I highly recommend this anime if you like psychological thrillers and want to delve into existentialism a bit</review>
    <description>After death, humans go to either heaven or hell. But for some, at the instant of their death, they arrive at the Quindecim, a bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1888075</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Death in Paradise</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sent to a Caribbean Island to investigate a murder, a Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Poole, ends up being semi-permanently stationed there. While most people would regard this as ideal, just about everything about the island disagrees with Poole.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Signy</director>
      <director>Leon Lopez</director>
      <director>David O'Neill</director>
      <director>Alrick Riley</director>
      <director>Jermain Julien</director>
      <actor>Elizabeth Bourgine (role=Catherine Bordey)</actor>
      <actor>Don Warrington (role=Commissioner Selwyn Patterson)</actor>
      <actor>Danny John-Jules (role=Officer Dwayne Myers)</actor>
      <actor>Joséphine Jobert (role=Officer Florence Cassell)</actor>
      <actor>Tobi Bakare (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ralf Little (role=Will Teague)</actor>
      <actor>Shantol Jackson (role=DS Naomi Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Ginny Holder (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Martins (role=DS Camille Bordey)</actor>
      <actor>Tahj Miles (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kris Marshall (role=DI Humphrey Goodman)</actor>
      <actor>Ardal O'Hanlon (role=DI Jack Mooney)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjIwY2JiYjMtOWNkNS00Mzk4LWI5MjQtMWMxMzc2NTg4NzA4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>British TV viewers have been spoiled with great detective shows over the past decades. Bergerac, Inspector Morse and Frost have trained us to expect quirky, interesting shows with characters who become part of British culture. It's early days yet, but I think that 'Death in Paradise' has the chance to join them.Backed by Danny John-Jules, Sara Martins and Gary Carr, Ben Miller brings the quintessentially quirky detective to life in this brilliant show. A fish out of water, DI Richard Poole must handle the transition from safe, temperate London to the bright colours of a small French Caribbean island, St. Marie, and bring the essence of British policing to its very un-British environment.The show's funny, interesting and very addictive. The writing is great and the acting just perfect. Carr and John-Jules bring the underdog policeman to life in the time-honoured way (complaining whilst showing just how much more they know than their boss believes) and Miller plays the lost Brit abroad perfectly whilst adding that touch of off the wall brilliance that a British detective is meant to bring to a show. Martins adds a sparkling performance as his sidekick with a wonderfully wry view of the British policeman's inability to adapt to the island's lovely lifestyle.This show's one to watch and one I hope will carry on in this vein. If it does, we'll see it treated with the same respect as the big names in British detective shows.Easily 8/10 stars</review>
    <description>The British owned Caribbean island of Saint Marie needs a British Detective Inspector to head up the police force. Some of the DIs take to the posting better than others, but they all find something to love about living in paradise.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6173162</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Wilsberg" Straße der Tränen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ekki gave a nocturnal ride right home to snooty Emelie Boll after her graduation party, but the next morning she's reported missing and her schoolmates having (re-)posted on social media, studly classmate Dustin 'Superdustin' Jörgereit recognizes the car and hence identifies Ekki as the 'kidnapper/killer' before joining a vigilante-style juvenile search and rescue mob, which disregards the police, except cool-posing Overbeck, who soon switches to the armchair version with whizz-kid Julius von Bebber. Wilsberg investigates, fearing the MO fits at lest two abduction-murder cases in the region, while in vain-disguised Eki seeks shelter at either's home. *The Boll parents, whose rocky marriage now collapses, engage Alex as lawyer and to handle the press mob, but Peter Boll soon fires her for impertinent questions. Wilsberg and Ekki manage to join the search posse, which turns on Peter's PA, who was fired for indiscretion towards Alex, and turns out the son of dodgy police profile Hiltrud Appeldorn, who gets wounded and maintains her son's innocence, while hiding some secret involving his paraplegic father, a former engineer and cabdriver. The finale unveils several criminals.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dominic Müller</director>
      <actor>Leonard Lansink (role=Georg Wilsberg)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Korittke (role=Ekki Talkötter)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Paule Klink (role=Alex Holtkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Rita Russek (role=Kommissarin Springer)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Jankowsky (role=Overbeck)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Petri (role=Hiltrud Appeldorn)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Moog (role=Peter Boll)</actor>
      <actor>Regula Grauwiller (role=Susanne Boll)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Okon (role=Dustin Jörgereit)</actor>
      <actor>Timon Ballenberger (role=Julius von Bebber)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Rubtsov (role=Markus Appeldorn)</actor>
      <actor>Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen (role=DJane Sandy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJkNTRmZDAtZmEyNC00ZDNmLWIxYzMtZjcxMTI5MmNhYmFhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <description>Ekki gave a nocturnal ride right home to snooty Emelie Boll after her graduation party, but the next morning she's reported missing and her schoolmates having (re-)posted on social media, studly classmate Dustin 'Superdustin' Jörgereit recognizes the car and hence identifies Ekki...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt6173162/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0363988</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das geheime Fenster</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mort Rainey, a successful author, is passing through a hard period in his life. After catching his wife sleeping with another man, they separate and he moves away from the city to somewhere in the country. One day a man appears at his door, presenting himself as John Shooter, and accuses Mort of copying a story from him. Although Mort believes things can be solved once he shows Shooter the original version, which had appeared two years before Shooter's version, written in 1997, while Rainey's was published in early 1995. He can't seem to be able to get an original copy in the time limit set by Shooter. Strange things then start happening that prevent him from receiving the needed original, and Mort tries to find out who Shooter really is and if he is responsible for the things that have been happening.—FcPoliFan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Koepp</director>
      <actor>Johnny Depp (role=Mort Rainey)</actor>
      <actor>John Turturro (role=John Shooter)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Bello (role=Amy Rainey)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Hutton (role=Ted Milner)</actor>
      <actor>Charles S. Dutton (role=Ken Karsch)</actor>
      <actor>Len Cariou (role=Sheriff Dave Newsome)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Heney (role=Mrs. Garvey)</actor>
      <actor>Vlasta Vrana (role=Fire Chief Wickersham)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Holland (role=Detective Bradley)</actor>
      <actor>Gillian Ferrabee (role=Fran Evans)</actor>
      <actor>Bronwen Mantel (role=Greta Bowie)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Marleau (role=Juliet Stoker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODBkNWQ5OTYtZmFmMS00NTE4LTg5MmEtZmI4ZDJlOWVkZWQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Whodunnit|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I've seen psychological thriller's that try to scare you more than melt your brain, this one I'm proud to say does both. It's a very, very malicious and haunting thrill machine. I t brings the very essence of how horror and Psycho thriller's are suppose to be done, not with over the top gore and CGI, but with old school conventional means.Secret Window is as sinister as it is smart it rolls along at a very steady pace and brings more to the table than what was required. It shows you what the decent into madness and utter chaos looks like, it shows you the depth and moral ambiguities of a torn man who's lost everything. With that said you can examine the physic of the mind as it cracks under extreme and constant pressure and how your choices do affect who you help, or who you hurt. This film's pace and dark style is meant to reflect horror films of the 40's, 50's, 60's and early 70's before gore became cool but that makes this film such a joy to watch and study. And that makes it a great film, not a good film, a great film.Johnny Depp( who was fantastic here.) gives a very eccentric and brilliant performance as the conflicted writer Mort Rainey, John Turturro does exceptionally well as the sinister and vicious Shooter and he almost outclasses Depp in this film. Charles S. Dutton does well with the few scenes he's. But the main let down and I think the reason for this film's poor reviews from critics were the bland and very lame performances of Timothy Hutton( he won an Oscar he can do better than this.) and Maria Bello, they really lowered the caliber and class of this film and forced Depp to try harder to make them look good and make there time on screen with him good, but he succeeds and they fail. But Turturro and Depp hold up strong.Secret Window is a very Keene and captivating psychological/horror thriller that is surefire mind boggling entertainment and out of this world fun. This movie is great rainy day entertainment or any day entertainment for that matter it's just all around a fantastic and mind boggling film that makes you question the sanity of writers and the world they live in ( speaking as one myself.) it brings to question as the thoughts in our mind really our conscious or our selves just speaking out to right the wrongs doe against us It's a film that ask those questions and then you have to answer. All in all Secret Window was a sinister, malicious and thought provoking film that delivers a movie going experience like no other</review>
    <description>A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0143058</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Rettungsflieger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"The Air Rescue Team" is a perfectly-practised team. They have nerves of steel and are ready for action within seconds whenever serious casualties in Hamburg need to be rescued. They operate around the clock and are wide awake upon command, since a moment of inattentiveness can cost human lives. The emergency doctor, the pilot, the on-board mechanic, and the paramedic have committed themselves to the motto "search and rescue". Of course, the four partners and friends also have personal challenges to meet. They are all relieved to discover that they can remain what they are: "The Air Rescue Team."—ZDF Enterprises</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rolf Liccini</director>
      <director>Thomas Jacob</director>
      <director>Thomas Nikel</director>
      <director>Georg Schiemann</director>
      <director>Guido Pieters</director>
      <actor>Oliver Hörner (role=Stabsfeldwebel Jan Wollcke)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre René Müller (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Marlene Marlow (role=Oberstabsarzt Dr. Sabine Petersen)</actor>
      <actor>Holger Umbreit (role=Wasserschutzpolizist)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Leja (role=Major Alexander Karuhn)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolas König (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Bähnk (role=Oberbootsmann Thomas Asmus)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Tasche (role=Dr. Roland Kettwig)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Wolff (role=Oberfeldwebel Jonny von Storkow)</actor>
      <actor>Gerit Kling (role=Stabsarzt Dr. Maren Maibach)</actor>
      <actor>Viola Wedekind (role=Schwester Cora)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Kiesewetter (role=Madeleine Descartes)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjk5NDgwODUtYjYxZi00ZDBhLWIzOTgtMDNmYWJjZDcxZjExXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>When this series ran on GermanTV here in the US, both my husband and I liked it very much because we both loved anything to do with flying. So we found little to criticize. I liked it so much that, after the demise of GermanTV, I bought all 11 seasons of the series on DVD and have been watching most of them several times. I had noticed slight discrepancies in continuity when some things were done or said which were not compatible with events that had happened earlier. As I have no medical knowledge whatsoever, I cannot comment on the medical jargon used (for which I am glad), but in Episode 11 of the 10th season a really ridiculous mistake was made. According to police, rescuers and hospital personnel, a young couple who stayed overnight in their car was said to suffer from carbon dioxide poisoning. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is found in carbonated soft drinks as well as in beer, champagne and other alcoholic beverages. It is not poisonous. The toxic gas is carbon monoxide (CO) which becomes dangerous when an internal combustion engine or a stove is operated in an enclosed space with no ventilation. I find it difficult to imagine that neither the actors nor the staff noticed this mistake</review>
    <description>Every member of Hamburg's Air Rescue Team--emergency doctor, pilot, mechanic and medics--has nerves of steel and is ready for action within seconds, whenever there are serious casualties to be rescued in and around Hamburg.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0879870</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eat Pray Love</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Writer Elizabeth Gilbert has reached a crisis of faith in her life. Without her husband Stephen realizing it, they have arrived at diverging places in their life, and she admits that she wants out of their marriage. Following Liz and Stephen's divorce, Liz immediately jumps into a relationship with actor David Piccolo, whom she meets literally while he is performing in a stage play. After spending time with David, she realizes that she is her biggest problem, and that she needs to find herself. Partly based on earlier foretellings of a Balinese medicine man, Liz maps out her next year, which will be spent in three places. The first is Italy to learn Italian and regain her love of food, which has now become more a matter a sustenance. The second is India at the ashram of David's yogi to achieve spiritual peace. And third is Indonesia to reconnect with medicine man Ketut Liyer to see if he can provide any more insights into her life. Although she sticks to her geographic plan, she often experiences things along the way that she didn't expect. But everything she worked so hard to achieve, that much-needed balance in life over the year, may all be lost by the end of her stay in Indonesia.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ryan Murphy</director>
      <actor>Julia Roberts (role=Liz Gilbert)</actor>
      <actor>I. Gusti Ayu Puspawati (role=Nyomo)</actor>
      <actor>Hadi Subiyanto (role=Ketut Liyer)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Crudup (role=Stephen)</actor>
      <actor>Viola Davis (role=Delia Shiraz)</actor>
      <actor>A. Jay Radcliff (role=Andre)</actor>
      <actor>Mike O'Malley (role=Andy Shiraz)</actor>
      <actor>Ashlie Atkinson (role=Bookstore Girl)</actor>
      <actor>James Franco (role=David Piccolo)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Roberts Gillan (role=Woman in Play)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan O'Nan (role=Play Walk-Out)</actor>
      <actor>Gita Reddy (role=The Guru)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|India|Indonesia</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTMzNTU5MTczNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTk0NTM2Mw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Altogether, the topic, the locations, the atmospheres, the acting made me enjoy the movie more than the book. I read the book and found it OK, but not like fantastic (almost like the Alchymist by Coehlo; sort of simple enough for anyone to understand, but deep enough for a lot of people to feel intellectual or in touch with new thoughts). But for the movie I had low expectations, based on the reviews - nonetheless I was positively surprised, though left wondering if most critics are just a bunch of sheep following a path (made by an old sheep who left decades ago)? And hence, obliged to hate any woman prioritizing herself?The movie deals with a topic that very few (American) movies actually deal with - our inner lives and pursuits for balance and happiness. Maybe because it is difficult, as it is a somewhat stand still, internal journey. But EPL has made it possible by wrapping it into an external journey too. But my main point adding to the other reviews: Some of the criticism of the movie is that the main character doesn't seem to have a good reason to be unhappy, and to leave her husband. However, what is dealt with in the book, but not comes across in the movie, is that she and her husband are to trying to have a baby, as is expected by "people" (and by her husband). EG discovers in this process that she is still not ready for children, in fact she never will be. She doesn't feel cut for it at all, and if she has a child, she feel she'll lose herself (her new husband got himself fixed before he met her, so there was never a question about it). To choose away what many women view as a deed to validate their existence; having children, is tough and scary. One will be judged. Also, she knew her husband's expectation of building a family was not unreasonable, making her feel ashamed and different. This is one of the key reasons for her to start praying; to be able to follow her own instincts, breaking the conventional norms. By excluding from the script this realization for the main character, the viewer is left puzzled with what is wrong in this marriage, there is something that doesn't make sense here. Too bad, leaving this issue out, as it would've added another dimension to the movie and increase the viewers understanding of why EG and her husband should split.I can't help wonder why they chose to eliminate it from the story, whether it is because it would not appeal to conservative American women who after all are the majority of the box office customers for this movie? Or whether the movie creator thought it wouldn't make a difference? After all it made the whole lot of difference to the marriage, and was a impetus for her entire journey</review>
    <description>A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0304415</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mona Lisas Lächeln</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Set in 1953, Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Newell</director>
      <actor>Julia Roberts (role=Katherine Ann Watson)</actor>
      <actor>Kirsten Dunst (role=Betty Warren)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Joan Brandwyn)</actor>
      <actor>Maggie Gyllenhaal (role=Giselle Levy)</actor>
      <actor>Ginnifer Goodwin (role=Connie Baker)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic West (role=Bill Dunbar)</actor>
      <actor>Juliet Stevenson (role=Amanda Armstrong)</actor>
      <actor>Marcia Gay Harden (role=Nancy Abbey)</actor>
      <actor>John Slattery (role=Paul Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Marian Seldes (role=President Jocelyn Carr)</actor>
      <actor>Donna Mitchell (role=Mrs. Warren)</actor>
      <actor>Terence Rigby (role=Dr. Edward Staunton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGMwNDBmY2QtMDU1ZS00MmI2LWFiMzUtMDBjZDA4NDRjZTQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Workplace Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>I just watched this movie in the theatres as it was released just a few days ago overhere. What can you expect from it? You've seen the trailers... It looks pretty much like Dead Poet's Society doesn't it? But with women instead? :-D.Well, I had that feeling indeed. It felt like Dead Poet's Society during some periods in the movie. But overall, it was still different. The surface story isn't that complicated and easy to follow. It's nothing new either. But it was displayed very well.Sure, it's about a teacher... her passion to teach and the way she outwitted the students to get the best out of them... It also shows the way a good teacher cares for their students and so forth... and the way contradicting ideas may blind one's ideas and actions, towards those who they are meant for. Did that sentence sound weird or what? :).You can't go wrong with the cast here. You've got Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnefer Goodwin, etc. They played great in the movie.Julia Roberts is just great at playing these emotional roles. It was believable as well. I at least could feel the frustration which she had. Her character is more of a confused type. She reminded me of Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds... There was basically a mixture of confusion and dedication... thus as a teacher, despite how sure of she may be of her teaching methods, you also sense a nervousness in her... a feeling of uncertainty as to whether her methods of getting the messages across to the students or not will work. I thought Julia Roberts did a great job in that area.Kirsten was just excellent. You could feel the internal turmoil going through her throughout the movie. One might argue that she had a pretty wack role and that she overacted etc. but I don't agree with that. She's practically a heartless b**** through the movie, but you can't help but understand why. The same goes for Julia and Maggie. Just the way they were depicted in the movie, you really felt for them. Ginnefer Goodwin's character was also funny and emotional to watch.Marcia Gay Harden, as Julia's friend was great. She was a pretty funny character to watch, but at the same time, you just can't help but feel sorry for her.Times have changed... from those times and now. Many might watch this movie and go, "Uhm, okay, what's the big deal?" But the problem is that women have gone through a great ordeal and struggle to get to where they are today in society. Even today, they still fight to gain respect in many areas in the world today.I've heard many bad comments about this movie. And funnily enough, most of them come from guys... whilst the females found it a bit better. There were some negative comments but many said that they loved it, but felt that it wasn't a movie for everyone.The movie tackling the issue of feminism only touches upon a small part of it all of course. One cannot tackle the whole aspect of feminism in any one single movie at all, and I found the focus to be good enough. There are many stereotypes here and I found them necessary to get the points across. If it were not for the stereotypes, people would be wondering what the point really was. But now that there are stereotypes, people will complain about them.I thought that it was a bit too short. It could have focused a bit more on the other characters in the movie... i.e. the girls in school. A few more subplots and build ups may have been better. There was a little foreshadowing in the movie but one couldn't help but wonder where the movie was going. But what overcame this, from my point of view, was that you just felt that you wanted to get to know the characters in the movie more. The more you knew about each character, the more the characters knew about one another. I thought that was quite nice.I would advise everyone with an open mind for dramas to go watch this movie. If guys see this movie as a "chick flick"... they really won't know what to expect cause this would be "the most THE chick flick for chicks" if you get my drift. I'm a guy and I found it entertaining... Whether it was insightful or not, I wouldn't say it was, due to experiences and stories throughout my life.The movie isn't without flaws... There could have been even more character build up if only the director's were given more film to record the picture. But do watch this if you can :). It'll be worth the time, if you're patient enough :)</review>
    <description>Katherine Watson teaches art history in 1953 at the respectable all-female Wellesley College. She encourages her conservative students to question and disregard the outdated societal mores for women.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2215842</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Father Brown</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Gibson</director>
      <director>Ian Barber</director>
      <director>Matt Carter</director>
      <director>Dominic Keavey</director>
      <director>Miranda Howard-Williams</director>
      <actor>Mark Williams (role=Father Brown)</actor>
      <actor>John Burton (role=Sergeant Goodfellow)</actor>
      <actor>Sorcha Cusack (role=Mrs McCarthy)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Deam (role=Inspector Mallory)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Chambers (role=Inspector Sullivan)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Carroll (role=Lady Felicia Montague)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Price (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Price (role=Sid Carter)</actor>
      <actor>Emer Kenny (role=Bunty)</actor>
      <actor>Claudie Blakley (role=Mrs. Devine)</actor>
      <actor>Ruby-May Martinwood (role=Brenda Palmer)</actor>
      <actor>John Light (role=Captain Flynn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDYyYmQ2MjMtNTk4NC00MzM4LThmYTUtMzA3N2M1ZDEzMTQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Bumbling Detective|Cozy Mystery|Period Drama|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>This is, as another reviewer quite rightly said: "utter tosh". Well of course it is. It is delightful, fluffy, nonsensical utter tosh and I say Thankyou for that. TV is missing more of this sort of silliness. It is so very easy to watch. If you blink you miss nothing but if you watch it without blinking, it is easy on the eyes/heart/soul. Sunday afternoon by the fire with a hot chocolate cupped in hand...THAT is what this programme is and I for one think they should be applauded for providing this 'niche service' for those of us who like a small slice of comfy 'utter tosh' in our otherwise frantic chaotic troublesome lives</review>
    <description>In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10688206</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Deadly Tropics</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Fun, female-driven police mysteries set on the breathtaking island of Martinique.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Denis Thybaud</director>
      <director>Stéphane Kappes</director>
      <director>Lionel Chatton</director>
      <director>Marie-Hélène Copti</director>
      <director>Julien Seri</director>
      <actor>Sonia Rolland (role=Mélissa Sainte-Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Béatrice de la Boulaye (role=Gaëlle Crivelli)</actor>
      <actor>Julien Béramis (role=Aurélien Charlery)</actor>
      <actor>Valentin Papoudof (role=Philippe Dorian)</actor>
      <actor>Stéphan Wojtowicz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Antoinette Giret (role=Chloé)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Douba-Paris (role=Lucas)</actor>
      <actor>Stany Coppet (role=Cyril Aubrun)</actor>
      <actor>Tya Deslauriers (role=Thaïs Lafleur)</actor>
      <actor>Guillaume Gabriel (role=Arnaud)</actor>
      <actor>Arié Elmaleh (role=Franck)</actor>
      <actor>Yoli Fuller (role=Baptiste)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODBhZGZlY2QtOGI2Ni00OTI2LWE3OTQtNDEzNjczNmVjYjg3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Having watched both seasons within the space of a few days one can say that it's a series that is watchable. We're having a heatwave at the moment so being stuck in the house meant that dross like this made the time pass quickly.And one learnt from it too - Martinique despite being a part of France is clearly desperately poor yet has a cost of living equivalent to the mainland. I never knew that there was a thriving sex tourism industry there either with mouth-wateringly high prices for the black guys who serviced elderly and middle-aged Frenchwomen.As for the plots they were pretty easy - as a person who's hopeless at whodunnits I got about half of the murderers right. One thing that struck me was that three of the stories had a LGBT theme and another had a side story about it. Again one learnt from this about the attitudes prevailing that are more in common with the developing world than Metropolitan France.The two lead actresses and their sidekick Aurélien made an interesting team - it was formulaic but done well enough that one didn't groan about it. Should another series come out I'll watch it</review>
    <description>Fun, female-driven police mysteries set on the breathtaking island of Martinique.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0866439</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verliebt in die Braut</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Against the odds, New Yorkers Tom and Hannah, who have known each other since they were in college together ten years ago, became best friends, those odds being their differences: Tom, a Lothario, who fashions his dating life to avoid any sort of commitment, and Hannah, the one woman who called out his womanizing behavior - his admiration of her in doing so the basis of their friendship - and with who he has never pursued because of it. Independently wealthy Tom, who lives off the royalties from inventing the takeout coffee cup collar, is like his father, also a womanizer, who, conversely is commitment happy in being on wife number six, he choosing younger trophy wives even in knowing they are marrying him primarily for his money. When Hannah, an art historian, returns to New York after a six week business trip to Scotland, she brings with her new fiancé Colin, a wealthy scotch maker and royaled Scot (the son of a Duke) with who she fell in love at first sight, they planning on getting married in Scotland in two weeks time. The problem for Tom is not the fact that as her best friend Hannah asks him to be her maid of honor, but that while she was away he came to the realization that he wanted a life of commitment, specifically with her. With his best male friends advising him, Tom decides to accept the role of maid of honor both so that he can show up Colin, and show Hannah that he is changed man worthy of her committed love. His already difficult job of showing himself in a different light to Hannah is made all the more difficult as Hannah's cousin Melissa is one of the bridesmaids, she who has never forgiven Tom, a former lover, for their split.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Weiland</director>
      <actor>Patrick Dempsey (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Monaghan (role=Hannah)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin McKidd (role=Colin)</actor>
      <actor>Kadeem Hardison (role=Felix)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Messina (role=Dennis)</actor>
      <actor>Richmond Arquette (role=Gary)</actor>
      <actor>Busy Philipps (role=Melissa)</actor>
      <actor>Whitney Cummings (role=Stephanie)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Nelson (role=Hilary)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Quinlan (role=Joan)</actor>
      <actor>Selma Stern (role=Grandma Pearl)</actor>
      <actor>Sydney Pollack (role=Thomas Sr)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjEyMDc4NTI3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDg0NTQ2MQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Slapstick|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>I have to start by saying that I am not a huge fan of "chick flicks" but I actually really liked this one! I thought this had a lot of humor and it wasn't really cheesy humor, it was actually funny.I saw this at a screening for theater managers and at first I wasn't even going to go. I wasn't expecting much from it, it just looked like another rip off of a hundred other romantic comedies. I was very surprised that that I liked it the entire way through and it kept my interest the whole time! Although I enjoyed the movie, it was not an original idea. The one thing I did really enjoy about it was that this wasn't a sad girl trying to get the guy like many other movies like this are, it was shown through the guy's perspective which isn't quite as over done.I won't give out any details you don't already see in the trailer for the movie: Patrick Dempsy's character is great with women and his best friend is a successful intelligent woman. She goes to Scotland on business and Patrick's character realizes he has actually fallen in love with her now that shes gone. She comes back and he is ready to profess his love but there's one problem: she met someone else and is getting married! So now he is her "maid of honor" and has to try and stop the wedding. Like I said, not really an original idea but it is MUCH funnier and more interesting than most of the romantic comedies I have seen. Especially with him being maid of honor, its really hilarious.If you are looking for an original movie that hasn't been done before then this is not for you. But if you enjoy romantic comedies and want a good laugh this one is definitely worth seeing. I watched it in a group of about half and half for men and woman and 90% of the people I talked to enjoyed it. I would see it again and I would definitely recommend it to anyone, even if you don't like "chick flicks"</review>
    <description>Hannah surprises Tom, her best friend who is secretly in love with her, with the news of her engagement to a wealthy man. Things take a complicated turn when she asks Tom to be her maid of honor.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0884732</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Trauzeugen AG</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With ten days until his wedding to Gretchen Palmer, the type of woman he thought he could never get in she being proverbially way out of his league, successful accountant Doug Harris has finally admitted to himself that he not only doesn't have friends to fill the seven groomsmen's spots to match Gretchen's seven bridesmaids, but that none of his current or former acquaintances feels comfortable enough to accept the role of best man in he having no true friends. Beyond the under pressure story he came up with of the best man being someone named Bic Mitchum, an army priest currently serving in El Salvador, Doug doesn't want to tell Gretchen about this issue in wanting the wedding to go perfectly for her. Seeing what is happening with Doug and knowing that this problem will throw a wrench into his vision for the wedding, Edmundo, their stereotypically effeminate wedding planner, points Doug in the direction of the figurative and literal underground business, The Best Man Inc., operated by Jimmy Callahan, his service to act as a best man at weddings for such friendless men like Doug, complete with a "best buds" back story. No matter what package any of his clients purchase, the one thing that Jimmy is up front to them about is that their relationship is solely business, any pretense of friendship just that: pretend. Doug feels that he has to go off the list of services Jimmy offers for what Jimmy refers to as "the golden tux" package - price tag: $50,000 - as it entails something more elaborate than Jimmy has ever perpetrated, especially in finding seven groomsmen, the nine of them who have to show Gretchen and the world that they indeed have long been the closest of friends. Beyond anything that may expose their ruse, especially to Gretchen, complications ensue when Doug, for the first time in his life, has a group of men he truly considers his friends, even if he had to pay $50,000 for their services. The question then becomes if Jimmy feels the same way, he never having gone to this extent in his services and thus never having gotten to know a client more so than Doug.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeremy Garelick</director>
      <actor>Kevin Hart (role=Bic)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Gad (role=Doug Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Affion Crockett (role=Drysdale)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Garcia (role=Garvey)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Gill (role=Dickerson)</actor>
      <actor>Corey Holcomb (role=Alzado)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Howard (role=Ed Palmer)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Kane (role=Plunkett)</actor>
      <actor>Cloris Leachman (role=Grandma Palmer)</actor>
      <actor>Jenifer Lewis (role=Doris Jenkins)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Ritchson (role=Carew)</actor>
      <actor>Mimi Rogers (role=Lois Palmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAxNTgwNjkzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjAxNzk3MjE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Raunchy Comedy|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>"God created the world in seven days. We gotta do a whole lot more in a lot less time." Doug Harris (Gad) is getting married but has a problem. Doug doesn't have any friends and needs groomsmen. When he is told about Jimmy (Hart) he thinks he found his solution. The more the two get to know each other the more they find out about themselves. I was a little leery about this movie. The previews made it seem funny enough and I really like Josh Gad, but Kevin Hart can sometimes get a little too annoying for me. This is an exception. Hart played it almost perfect and I never once felt like he was too over the top or annoying like in Ride Along. I laughed much more than I was expecting to at this and there is enough types of humor for everyone to find something they will like. There is also enough heart and story in this to keep you interested in what is happening and not just waiting for the next joke. Me and my wife both liked this more than we expected too and this is one of the better comedies to come out in a while. Overall, nothing all that original and pretty predictable but it was very funny and when you rent a comedy that is what you are looking for. To me this is Kevin Hart's best movie I have seen. I give this a B+</review>
    <description>Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in need.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4515448</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Terra X: Alexander der Große</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Alexander the Great.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Christ</director>
      <director>Christian Twente</director>
      <actor>Alexander Demandt (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tanja Scheer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Gehrke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>David Schütter (role=Alexander)</actor>
      <actor>Teodora Duhovnikova (role=Olympias)</actor>
      <actor>Stoyan Aleksiev (role=Aristoteles)</actor>
      <actor>Sascha Tschorn (role=Hephaistion)</actor>
      <actor>Andrey Slabakov (role=Philipp)</actor>
      <actor>Vladi Georgiev (role=Alexander (Young))</actor>
      <actor>Vladislav Violinov (role=Philotas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWMyYWUwMTYtOGIxNS00YmIzLWE1NDAtNjFkODAwYzNmY2M4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX166_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|History</category>
    <description>Alexander the Great.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32221461</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Club der Dinosaurier</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Club der Dinosaurier" is a Comedy Series on ZDFneo.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lutz Heineking</director>
      <actor>Lilly Krug (role=Fiona)</actor>
      <actor>Max Mauff (role=Johannes Treutmann)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Gerhardt (role=Carina Perski)</actor>
      <actor>Alessandro Schuster (role=Rick Veldkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Serkan Kaya (role=Drago)</actor>
      <actor>Tomomi Themann (role=Suki)</actor>
      <actor>Shadi Eck (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Diyar Ilhan (role=Janni)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Schiller (role=Trine)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Josef Statnik (role=Corny)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Beck (role=Uli)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Baum (role=Holger)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODljNjE0MzktZDBmOS00MmZhLTlhOGEtNmU5MTU1NzllNGQwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>"Club der Dinosaurier" is a Comedy Series on ZDFneo.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9742794</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Countdown in Madrid</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final between the Netherlands and Spain only four days away, Thom, a brilliant young engineer who is treading water in his career, is approached by Walter Moreland, the grizzled owner of a salvage business. When Walter invites him to join his hand-picked band of robbers, surprisingly, Thom accepts, bent on bringing an impossible task to fruition: break into the impenetrable vault of the Bank of Spain, the most secure location in the world. Now, there is no turning back, and in their meticulously planned project every second counts. Can Walter's team pull off the heist of the century?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jaume Balagueró</director>
      <actor>Freddie Highmore (role=Thom)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Riley (role=James)</actor>
      <actor>Liam Cunningham (role=Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Jose Coronado (role=Gustavo)</actor>
      <actor>Luis Tosar (role=Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (role=Bank of Spain Chairman)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Stein (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Holguín (role=Muñoz)</actor>
      <actor>Famke Janssen (role=Margaret)</actor>
      <actor>James Giblin (role=Thom's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Feys (role=Crew Member)</actor>
      <actor>Fernando Martín (role=Craig)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|France|United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWY0NDk1ZDktZjJmOC00Y2JlLThjYTEtNDVkYmYwYmI1NDdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNuZXNodQ@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>The first half of the film grabs your interest with intrigue and slick production, but too many holes in the script later, loses you. It's a gorgeously shot caper film, but tries too hard to be cool, and someone should have spent more time plugging those story holes, as one's interest drains by the end</review>
    <description>Follows a genius engineering graduate who is interested in the Bank of Spain's safe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7263154</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Undercover</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Belgian Federal Police finds itself on the track of one of the world's largest XTC networks, which has been under the radar for years. Dutchman Ferry Bouman is at the head--a man who, despite his fortune, prefers to spend his time in a simple chalet on the popular campsite next to his villa. Ferry is slippery and seems elusive, so the Belgian and Dutch police forces decide to join forces. They install their two best undercover agents, Belgian Bob Lemmens and Dutch Kim De Rooij, as a camping couple in a chalet close to Ferry and his wife Danielle Bouman. Their intention is clear: infiltrate Ferry's life, win his trust, and plant Bob as a criminal with whom Ferry can do business.—robbyvlasschaert</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joël Vanhoebrouck</director>
      <director>Eshref Reybrouck</director>
      <director>Cecilia Verheyden</director>
      <director>Frank Devos</director>
      <director>Pieter Van Hees</director>
      <actor>Tom Waes (role=Bob Lemmens)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Burgos (role=Ferry Bouman)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Lammers (role=Ferry Bouman)</actor>
      <actor>Manou Kersting (role=Nick Janssens)</actor>
      <actor>Elise Schaap (role=Danielle van Marken)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Becquart (role=Nathalie Geudens)</actor>
      <actor>Jeroen Van der Ven (role=Patrick Dierickx)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Verlinden (role=Polly Lemmens)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Drijver (role=Kim de Rooij)</actor>
      <actor>Robbie Cleiren (role=Marc Gevers)</actor>
      <actor>Katrien De Ruysscher (role=Liesbeth Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Celest Henri Cornelis (role=Jackson Geudens)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Belgium</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGQwOTliYTktZGJiNy00NmUzLWFiZDQtMzhmMjk3ODdmZjg5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFuaW5vc2M@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drug Crime|Police Procedural|True Crime|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Being Dutch myself and not expecting much from Dutch series which far too often try to copy US/UK material, this is a very decent entry in the Netflix library.The cast is quite good allround, giving us some convincing performances. Especially Tom Waes and Frank Lammers are a joy to behold.Being only four episodes in, I think the story is interesting and keeps me on my toes enough to want to see what's coming. It is however (so far) nothing new or thoroughly original in terms of story. But the delivery is spot-on, down to earth and compelling.As a Dutchman I'm obviously a little biased but this is definitely worth a shot</review>
    <description>Inspired by real events, undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7587890</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Rookie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Rookie (2018) was inspired by a true story. John Nolan is the oldest rookie in the LAPD. At an age where most people are at the peak of their careers, Nolan cast aside his comfortable small-town life and moved to L.A. to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies 20 years younger than himself, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, humorous, and unpredictable world of a "young" cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bill Roe</director>
      <director>Michael Goi</director>
      <director>Tori Garrett</director>
      <director>Chi Yoon Chung</director>
      <director>Lisa Demaine</director>
      <actor>Nathan Fillion (role=Officer John Nolan)</actor>
      <actor>Alyssa Diaz (role=Angela Lopez)</actor>
      <actor>Richard T. Jones (role=Wade Grey)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa O'Neil (role=Sava 'Juicy' Wu)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Winter (role=Jake 'Dim' Butler)</actor>
      <actor>Mekia Cox (role=Nyla Harper)</actor>
      <actor>Shawn Ashmore (role=Wesley Evers)</actor>
      <actor>Jenna Dewan (role=Bailey Nune)</actor>
      <actor>Lisseth Chavez (role=Officer Celina Juarez)</actor>
      <actor>Titus Makin Jr. (role=Jackson West)</actor>
      <actor>Brent Huff (role=Quigley Smitty)</actor>
      <actor>Tru Valentino (role=Aaron Thorsen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzRkMzY0OGYtNDVmZi00YzBiLTkyNDUtZWJjN2IwMDI3MmY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>The Rookie is one of the better cop shows on tv right now. Nathan Fillion leads a really good cast who all do a good job making this a show worth watching. Anyone who's seen Fillion in a show knows he never disappoints. This show does good job balancing drama, action, suspense and humor. It also shows how tough it is to be a police officer both at work and at home. Some of the negative reviews are from people that don't like that they take real world problems of today and apply them to the show. Everyone knows there are a thousand police shows to choose from but if you're looking for an exciting and original show then give The Rookie a try</review>
    <description>Starting over isn't easy, especially for John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of joining the LAPD. As their oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from those who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0118401</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Inspector Barnaby</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The rural English county of Midsomer should be a quiet, idyllic location. However, people keep getting murdered. Luckily Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and his trusty sidekick Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy are there to solve the crimes.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Renny Rye</director>
      <director>Peter Smith</director>
      <director>Richard Holthouse</director>
      <director>Sarah Hellings</director>
      <director>Jeremy Silberston</director>
      <actor>John Nettles (role=DCI Tom Barnaby)</actor>
      <actor>Jane Wymark (role=Joyce Barnaby)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Jackson (role=Dr. George Bullard)</actor>
      <actor>Neil Dudgeon (role=Daniel Bolt)</actor>
      <actor>Fiona Dolman (role=Charity Solicitor)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Hughes (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Howard (role=Cully Barnaby)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Hendrix (role=DS Jamie Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Casey (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sykes (role=Sykes the Jack Russell Terrier)</actor>
      <actor>Annette Badland (role=Fleur Perkins)</actor>
      <actor>Kirsty Dillon (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDkzMmFmZDAtYmM3Ni00Mjc1LWEwMjYtMzJjNDQ4YTA1OTAzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Despite being set in beautiful English countryside the Midsomer villages are dangerous places to live, it seems that behind every perfectly trimmed hedge a potential murderer is lurking. It is rare that an episode features a single murder, usually there are two or three. Given the high murder rate one would expect that the local constabulary would have a large murder unit but in fact all murders are investigated by DCI Tom Barnaby and his sergeant.It is a mistake to join any club, society or organisation in the Midsomers as they are nearly all hotbeds of jealousy, rivalry and backstabbing and those that aren't will somehow offend other villagers. These feelings inevitably lead to murder, usually in a fairly imaginative way. Unusually for a TV detective Barnaby is happily married with a grown up daughter. It is surprising that wife Joyce and Daughter Cully have survived as they often found themselves in the groups where the other members were dropping like flies.While there are plenty of murders it is never overly gory so it is suitable for all but the most squeamish. The cast do a great job, as well as the regulars you can expect to see several well known British actors appearing as suspects and victims. Don't expect it to be too serious though and don't expect it to accurately portray police procedure... Barnaby rarely wastes time with trivial things like search warrants or telling a suspect their rights before questioning them</review>
    <description>A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11920358</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"München Mord" Was vom Leben übrig bleibt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A heart-sick undertaker falls dead at his daughter's birthday party. The daughter reports doubts about a natural cause of death. A case for the special department.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan Fehse</director>
      <actor>Bernadette Heerwagen (role=Angelika Flierl)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Mittermeier (role=Harald Neuhauser)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Held (role=Ludwig Schaller)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Süß (role=Helmut Zangel)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Ingelfinger (role=Eva Thallinger)</actor>
      <actor>Inka Friedrich (role=Maria Thallinger)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Schir (role=Dr. Quirin Werner)</actor>
      <actor>David Tobias Schneider (role=Adam Thallinger)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Aumer (role=Josef Thallinger)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Müller (role=Notarzt)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Griegel (role=Stefan)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Azizi (role=Ärztin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmE5ZDI0ODUtNzk2ZC00YzUyLWIyZDgtMDkwYjcyNzZlYTdjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX327_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>A heart-sick undertaker falls dead at his daughter's birthday party. The daughter reports doubts about a natural cause of death. A case for the special department.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1535109</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Captain Phillips</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Assigned the dangerous task of taking the unarmed container ship, Maersk Alabama, from Oman to Mombasa, Kenya, the American navigator, Richard Phillips, and his crew see their worst fear come true, in 2009. Off the coast of Somalia--for the first time in maritime history--an opportunistic gang of armed-to-the-teeth Somali pirates seize the American vessel, demanding millions as ransom, dragging Alabama's men, the brazen pirates, and the U.S. Navy in a five-day cat-and-mouse game. As the Navy SEALs of the USS Bainbridge are on standby, Captain Phillips' ship approaches Somalia. Will they get out of there alive?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Greengrass</director>
      <actor>Tom Hanks (role=Captain Richard Phillips)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Keener (role=Andrea Phillips)</actor>
      <actor>Barkhad Abdi (role=Muse)</actor>
      <actor>Barkhad Abdirahman (role=Bilal)</actor>
      <actor>Faysal Ahmed (role=Najee)</actor>
      <actor>Mahat M. Ali (role=Elmi)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Chernus (role=Shane Murphy)</actor>
      <actor>David Warshofsky (role=Mike Perry)</actor>
      <actor>Corey Johnson (role=Ken Quinn)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Mulkey (role=John Cronan)</actor>
      <actor>Yul Vazquez (role=Captain Frank Castellano)</actor>
      <actor>Max Martini (role=SEAL Commander)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Malta</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM5ODI2ODAzM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTU0MzUzMDE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|True Crime|Action|Biography|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Based on true events, Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips is the rarest of thrillers, the kind that relies on neither distracting special effects nor circumspect character development. Driven by a powerful, soul-baring performance by the inimitable Tom Hanks, the movie never lags, never oversells the plight of its characters, never reduces anyone or anything to mere caricature.Hanks is the titular captain of the United States container ship MV Maersk Alabama, cruising along the coast of Somalia with a full load and heading toward the horn of Africa. Two skiffloads of armed Somalis close in, ready to board the vessel. They're pirates, working for a warlord in their impoverished country, and they smell opportunity.If this were a standard action flick, we might see the heroism of Phillips and his motley crew as they fight the evil pirates and save the world. It's not so here. There are nuances afoot; for once, we get the perspective of the lead pirate (Barkhad Abdi) without falling into the easy trap of feeling empathy toward him. The pirates board the giant ship, clearly pleased with their find. Muse (Abdi) quickly proves himself to be a strong, humanistic leader; he's single minded (where's the crew? where's the goods?) but not sinister. His gang includes a strong man with a quick temper and Muse's own relative, who'd begged to come along on the mission - a mission that, when successful, would go a long way to improving their lives. The movie is told in two distinct halves: the time spent by the pirates on the Maersk as they search in vain for treasure and crew, and the time spent in the ship's lifeboat as they make their way to Somalia. The villains are conflicted and desperate. And armed. But they're quickly immersed in an impossible situation. This is one of the toughest, most naked performances of Hanks' stellar career. It's sometimes painful and heart wrenching to watch. He's an Everyman, per usual, but he's not also a savior or a hero. He doesn't suddenly develop super strength and overpower the bad guys. He's just a guy in charge of a boat and its passengers. Matching him wit for wit while frantically trying to keep his own wits about him is Abdi as the skinny, intelligent Muse, seemingly a veteran of high piracy (though not against huge container ships). Abdi is a wonder to watch; unpredictable and cunning but a little greedy and rapidly running out of viable options. Truly a talent to look out for, Abdi nails this role.The ending is predictable only in the most general sense. Bill Ray's screenplay does not duck some plausible consequences to the actions of each main player and leaves us with a scene that is as emotionally overpowering as anything in Hanks' previous Philadelphia. It seems that every time Tom Hanks makes a good movie, people begin to label it as "Oscar bait," as if the movie were created just as a vehicle to earn an award. Captain Phillips delivers a tight, action-packed story fraught with none of the usual missteps of the genre, and if it is indeed rewarded with the highest of honors, it will be well deserved</review>
    <description>The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7016936</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Killing Eve</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eve Polastri is a British Intelligence analyst. An assassin is killing off prominent people with no known connection between them but the intelligence community has no leads. A theory by Eve gets her on a secret task force to catch the killer, an assassin whose future is inextricably linked with Eve's.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Damon Thomas</director>
      <director>Stella Corradi</director>
      <director>Jon East</director>
      <director>Harry Bradbeer</director>
      <director>Lisa Brühlmann</director>
      <actor>Jodie Comer (role=Villanelle)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Oh (role=Eve Polastri)</actor>
      <actor>Fiona Shaw (role=Carolyn)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Bodnia (role=Konstantin)</actor>
      <actor>Owen McDonnell (role=Niko)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Delaney (role=Kenny)</actor>
      <actor>Edward Bluemel (role=Hugo)</actor>
      <actor>Camille Cottin (role=Hélène)</actor>
      <actor>Kirby Howell-Baptiste (role=Elena Felton)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Gilbert (role=Yusuf)</actor>
      <actor>Harriet Walter (role=Dasha)</actor>
      <actor>Anjana Vasan (role=Pam)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTg3M2I5YmQtZDQ5Zi00ZWNiLTgxNjktMmM5Y2RkZGRkOGZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Spy|Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>The first two season were fantastic. Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh are fantastic and have great chemistry.the show however gets too convoluted about season 3 and the end of the series is very disappointing</review>
    <description>After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2701582</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der junge Inspektor Morse</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Before he was Inspector Morse, Endeavour Morse was a junior police detective in the Oxford area. We follow the various murder cases of the early days of his career and how he solved them in inimitable fashion. We also see Morse's private side and how this shaped him into the detective inspector he became..—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Shaun Evans</director>
      <director>Kate Saxon</director>
      <director>Colm McCarthy</director>
      <director>Geoffrey Sax</director>
      <director>Andy Wilson</director>
      <actor>Shaun Evans (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Roger Allam (role=DCI Fred Thursday)</actor>
      <actor>James Bradshaw (role=Dr. Max DeBryn)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Rigby (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Lesser (role=ACC Reginald Bright)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline O'Neill (role=Win Thursday)</actor>
      <actor>Abigail Thaw (role=Dorothea Frazil)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Vickers (role=Joan Thursday)</actor>
      <actor>Dakota Blue Richards (role=WPC Shirley Trewlove)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Laskey (role=Peter Jakes)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Bannon (role=Sam Thursday)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Harrison (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>8.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTMzODc0NjMtNmI1Yi00Nzk4LThiMTMtMWRjMDcyMTBkODY4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Considering that detective procedurals populate the British television landscape perhaps more than any other genre, one might lament at the prospect of not only another crime drama, but a prequel to one of the most beloved shows, mystery or otherwise, to ever grace the small screen, Inspector Morse. Those who might dismiss Endeavour as just another generic addition to an already overcrowded marketplace, however, would be making a grievous error.The year is 1965 and an eccentric young Detective Constable, Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans), is making waves at the Oxford City Police with not only his unorthodox but brilliant methods of deduction, but for his refusal to tow the line in order to please the upper echelons of both the Force and society. Under the steadfast guidance of the seasoned and similarly incorruptible, Fred Thursday (Roger Allam), Morse finds himself embroiled in a number of complex cases that expose him to the darker side of life and human nature.Although the series will naturally draw comparisons to its popular predecessor, thanks to the show's gripping narratives, vibrant swinging sixties backdrop and perfect blend of light and dark overtones, Endeavour is easily able to distinguish itself by its own considerable merits. Much of the show's success can be attributed to the ingenious casting of Evans, who puts his own unique stamp on the iconic role. Of course there are parallels to the world weary DI so expertly embodied by John Thaw, but Evans wisely avoids imitation, as the twenty-year age difference between the two interpretations allows the actor to create something fresh. The addition of the character of Fred Thursday is inspired. The street wise, war veteran is the perfect mentor for the idealistic Morse and their relationship is one of the highlights of the series. Fantastic entertainment on every level!http://infilmandtvland.wordpress.com</review>
    <description>Set from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2109184</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Paranormal Activity 4</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The movie begins with the end of Paranormal Activity 2 (2010). Katie is possessed by a demon, kills her sister Kristi, and runs away with Kristi's son Hunter. The story then jumps ahead five years later and focuses on siblings Alex and Wyatt, Alex's boyfriend Ben, and a frightening little boy across the street named Robbie. Alex and Ben decide to use laptop computers to document the frightening supernatural occurrences that happen when Robbie is around Alex's house. Robbie seems especially interested in Alex's brother Wyatt, and wants what he and Wyatt do to be kept secret from Alex. Alex's parents are too detached to notice the evil emerging around them.—jwerwin</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Henry Joost</director>
      <director>Ariel Schulman</director>
      <actor>Katie Featherston (role=Katie)</actor>
      <actor>Kathryn Newton (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Shively (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Aiden Lovekamp (role=Wyatt)</actor>
      <actor>Brady Allen (role=Robbie)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Dunham (role=Doug)</actor>
      <actor>Alexondra Lee (role=Holly)</actor>
      <actor>Georgica Pettus (role=Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Alisha Boe (role=Tara)</actor>
      <actor>Brendon Eggertsen (role=Derek)</actor>
      <actor>Constance Esposito (role=Robbie's Mom's Friend)</actor>
      <actor>Ty Dawson (role=Shadow Boy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY1NzQzMjEwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDkwOTkyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Found Footage Horror|Supernatural Horror|Horror|Mystery</category>
    <review>That is my advice. I saw it for the first time as a rental, and when I began watching it I feared I had come across a dud but as the day progressed I watched it bit by bit and began to like it.I agree it is short on scares compared to the first three, but it makes up for it in telling a good story. It all comes together slowly, but by the time the movie ends I feel the viewer is left with a coherent and intelligent film.And as for the description of the movie as being "boring" I didn't find it boring at all. Everything moves along at a snappy pace, enhanced by lively characters and good acting. Kathryn Newton did an especially good job. She seemed totally at ease in the role of Alex</review>
    <description>It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1620449</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Konferenz der Tiere</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A Group, a devoted, and lively group, which is a pack, a rag-tag, and lovable pack of mistaken animals, and wild animals team up and joining forces waiting for their water by a dam in Africa, only to find that the water is being held in dam which that has been built by the people.A group, which is a menagerie of humans and people.—Marah Durman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Reinhard Klooss</director>
      <director>Holger Tappe</director>
      <director>Kicel Tirim</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Germany|United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJiYWE5ZTctNjUyZS00YmJjLWExNjktOWRhNTgzMDgwM2RiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>The recent years have spawned a great number of animated movies, as the animation studios are picking up pace and utilizing better graphics, dynamics and overall improvement. "Animals United" is actually a decent animated movie from 2010.The story is about the animals of the savanna having no water, as man has build a massive dam at a hotel resort. And animals worldwide are also suffering from the effects of climate change and global warming. The animals band together to change this and make man see the error of his ways.Initially the storyline is adequate, however, it is weighed down to a level where it becomes intolerable at times, because of the heaviness of the topics of which the story tries to incorporate; climate change and global warming. At times it just becomes too much of a propaganda against the mistakes people have made in the poaching and exploitation of Earth's resources. It really wasn't suitable for an animated movie, and worked against the movie as a whole.As for the animation and graphics, well I enjoyed that. The images were nice to look at and the characters were well created and had lots of unique characteristics and personalities. Many of the animal characters were likable and nice, which would be a great appeal for the family movie aspect of "Animals United".The English version of the movie had a good list of voice actors/actresses to its rank, and people did good jobs with bringing the voices out for each individual character.Despite the upsides to the movie, I am going to give "Animals United" a 5 out of 10 rating only, because of the climatic and economical aspects that the movie tried to incorporate and painfully fleshing out that man is to blame. We already know that man is the culprit behind the sorry state of our Earth as it is today. And those heavy topics didn't have a home in an animated movie in my opinion, hence the mediocre rating, as it brought down the movie's overall enjoyment.For a family movie, "Animals United" comes off as too heavy and too political. It is something that people from early teens and beyond could relate to and understand. But small kids and children? No, the movie's topic is too heavy for those. Sure, they could enjoy the animation itself and the characters, but not the story</review>
    <description>A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0164912</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stuart Little</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eleanor (Geena Davis) and Frederick Little (Hugh Laurie) are intending to adopt a new family member. Their son George wants to go to the orphanage with them but has to go to school. They go to an orphanage where they meet and adopt an anthropomorphic mouse named Stuart (Michael J. Fox), whom they select over many other boys and girls up for adoption. Mrs. Keeper (the woman in charge) warns that humans should not be adopting mice.
Stuart was helping the Littles trying to figure out who would be the right kid to adopt. Stuart knows almost everything about the other children, having been at the orphanage for a long time.
Stuart wins them over by saying that he knows that nobody would want to adopt a mouse.However, Stuart is greeted coldly by their older son George (Jonathan Lipnicki), who refuses to acknowledge him as his brother. He was expecting a real boy and is disappointed as Stuart can't play any games with him. The family has a cat named Snowbell (Nathan Lane), who tries to eat Stuart.Family includes Uncle Crenshaw (Jeffrey Jones), Cousin Edgar (Brian Doyle-Murray), Grandpa Spencer (Harold Gould), Aunt Beatrice (Allyce Beasley), Aunt Tina (Connie Ray), Grandma Estelle (Estelle Getty), Uncle Stretch (Patrick Thomas O'Brien). That night, Snowbell visits Stuart and requests that he keep a low profile, so as to avoid getting seen by the other cats and damaging Snowbell's image (the alley cats would laugh forever if they heard that there was a mouse with a pet cat).Stuart's life with the Littles gets off to a bad start when George unknowingly throws him down the laundry chute with his pajamas and Eleanor puts him in the washing machine where he ends up submerged and swallows a lot of detergent making him really sick.
He begins to feel like an outcast in the family when they bring him gifts and George snaps at them claiming that Stuart isn't his brother but simply a mouse. When Stuart admits he is lonely the Littles ask Mrs. Keeper (Julia Sweeney) to find Stuart's real parents. The Littles file an application at the orphanage.Stuart earns Snowbell's wrath when his friend, Monty the Mouth (Steve Zahn) visits for food. As Snowbell tries to keep him from seeing Stuart, Stuart makes a scene trying to get a cereal box from a cupboard. When he sees him and discovers he is a member of the family, Monty cannot contain himself. Enraged, Snowbell tries to kill Stuart, who narrowly escapes by fleeing into the basement. Here, Stuart learns that George keeps a playroom and the two interact and eventually, George comes to accept Stuart as his brother. Stuart also finds that George keeps a toy car just his size.Stuart finally bonds with George when they start playing together and plan to finish George's remote-controlled racing sailboat, Wasp, for an upcoming boat race on Conservatory Water in Central Park.Snowbell later goes with Monty to an alley to meet with Smokey (Chazz Palminteri), an alley cat mobster working for a mafia gang of other alley cats, who agrees with Snowbell to have Stuart removed from the household at his request.Stuart and George finish Wasp in time for the race, but on the day of the race, the controller is smashed by accident (by Stuart). Stuart pilots Wasp himself but ends up in a tussle with a larger boat piloted by George's bully, Anton (Miles Marsico) who is smashing all boats faster than his, as his own boat is larger and stronger. When he attempts to do the same thing to Stuart's boat, Stuart manages to bite into the line of his sail, rendering Anton's boat inoperable. Stuart manages to win the race, gaining George's respect.However, during the family celebration, the Littles are visited by a mouse couple, Camille (Jennifer Tilly) and Reginald Stout (Bruno Kirby), who claim to be Stuart's birth parents who sent him to the orphanage due to poverty. After discussion, Stuart reluctantly leaves with his real parents, taking the small car with him as a goodbye present from George and they go to their home, a small toy castle on a golf course.A few days later, Mrs. Keeper arrives at their house and reveals the truth to the Littles that Stuart's real birth parents died many years ago in an accident at a supermarket after a pile of canned food fell on them. Realizing that the Stouts are impostors, the Littles call the police Detective Allen (Jim Doughan) &amp; Detective Sherman (Jon Polito), who begin a search operation. However, it is revealed that the Stouts were actually sent by Smokey, who had tricked them into posing as Stuart's parents and forced them to abduct Stuart from the Little household with the intention of having him brought over to the alley cat gang so they can kill Stuart.Realizing Stuart has been kidnapped, the family organizes a search party with "missing person" posters, using his photograph from the family photo. Fearing his involvement will be exposed and that he will be kicked out of the house, Snowbell informs Smokey about the news and Smokey settles on assassinating Stuart instead.
Smokey calls a meeting with Reginald. However, he and Camille have grown to love Stuart like the Littles did and reveal the truth to him. In Central Park (on his way home), Stuart finds himself confronted by Smokey and his gang, who chase him through the park and into a sewer drain, where he manages to outrun them, but loses his car and luggage in the process. Stuart returns home, only to find that the Littles are already gone (they were all out looking for Stuart). Stuart enters the house where he meets Snowbell, who lies to him about the Littles enjoying themselves greatly since Stuart's departure. Snowbell shows him the family picture with Stuart's face cut out (the Littles had actually removed the picture to provide one for the Missing posters).
Feeling unwanted, a heartbroken Stuart leaves and becomes discouraged.The Littles return home with no success in finding Stuart. Meanwhile, Smokey, Monty and the other alley cats manage to trace Stuart back to Central Park and bring Snowbell along for the hunt. Snowbell, having redeemed himself since he felt guilty over his selfishness, finds Stuart and rescues him from the cats while admitting that he lied.
The cats catch up with them and Snowbell attempts to convince Smokey to call off the hit on Stuart but is refused. Instead, Smokey orders the cats to kill both Stuart and Snowbell.
Although Snowbell defeats Monty and the other cats by snapping the tree branch on which they are standing, Smokey attempts to kill him upon discovering his betrayal, only for Stuart to intervene and save Snowbell by hitting Smokey in the face with another branch and knocking him out of the tree and into the water. He emerges but is immediately attacked by dogs.Stuart and Snowbell eventually return home, where Stuart happily reunites with the Little family, telling them that Snowbell actually found him and helped him on the way back, who has realized Stuart truly is family.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rob Minkoff</director>
      <actor>Geena Davis (role=Mrs. Little)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh Laurie (role=Mr. Little)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Lipnicki (role=George Little)</actor>
      <actor>Jeffrey Jones (role=Uncle Crenshaw)</actor>
      <actor>Connie Ray (role=Aunt Tina)</actor>
      <actor>Allyce Beasley (role=Aunt Beatrice)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Doyle-Murray (role=Cousin Edgar)</actor>
      <actor>Estelle Getty (role=Grandma Estelle)</actor>
      <actor>Harold Gould (role=Grandpa Spencer)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Sweeney (role=Mrs. Keeper)</actor>
      <actor>Dabney Coleman (role=Dr. Beechwood)</actor>
      <actor>Miles Marsico (role=Anton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United States</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmU1ODBiZGQtNzRkNy00ODRhLWI2ZjktMjZiZWI0YjYzOWRlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Adventure|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Truly a family movie, especially made for kids. That explains all; the absurdity, the irrational acts, the incredible story and yet the finale.Don't mess the story by thinking how can it happen in real life, because it won't.The casts are well chosen, unfortunately Jonathan Lipnicki is less adorable than his appearance in Jerry MacGuire. Geena Davis is very standard as well as the other casts. But look at that little mouse! He's so adorable indeed, very sweet and beautifully made to make you fall in love with him from the first sight.Well, it worked well, at least from the ratings and the gross income.A family classic movie. Watch it on a Sunday morning. It will lift your spirit up</review>
    <description>When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0385880</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monster House</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>12-year-old DJ Walters (Mitchel Musso) spies on his elderly neighbor, Mr. Nebbercracker (Steve Buscemi), who confiscates any item landing in his yard. Nebbercracker is harsh on kids who land on his lawn even accidentally. He yells at them, confiscates their toys or bikes and chases them off his lawn and away from his old and scary looking house.
DJ keeps detailed logs of all incidents at Nebbercracker's house. DJ believes that there is something wrong with Nebbercracker's house, but even his own parents do not believe him.DJ's parents leave town for the weekend for a dentists' convention, leaving him in the care of Elizabeth "Zee" (aggie Gyllenhaal), their babysitter.
Charles "Chowder" (Sam Lerner), DJ's best friend comes by to spend time with him. Chowder loses his basketball on Nebbercracker's lawn. Chowder begs DJ to retrieve the ball, as it cost $28, which Chowder had to earn by doing household chores for multiple weeks. DJ is caught by Nebbercracker while recovering it, who rages at him before apparently suffering a heart attack and being taken away by an ambulance. As soon as Nebbercracker goes down, the heater of the house comes alive and starts spewing smoke through the chimney. DJ finds a key lying on the lawn and keeps it.Zee invites her boyfriend to spend time with at DJ's house and is not at all interested in taking care of DJ.
That night, DJ receives phone calls from Nebbercracker's house with no one on the other end. He calls back the number and can hear ringing noises coming from Nebbercracker's house. DJ can see movement in the Nebbercracker house, even though nobody is supposed to be home.
DJ eavesdrops on Zee's boyfriend Bones (Jason Lee), who tells Zee about losing his kite on Nebbercracker's lawn when he was younger, and that Nebbercracker supposedly ate his wife.
Zee kicks Bones out of the house for being a nuisance and he goes to the Nebbercracker's front lawn. As he uproots the grass, Bones sees his kite in the doorway of Mr. Nebbercracker's house. But he and the kite are consumed by the house as he is retrieving it.
DJ runs over to inform Chowder that Nebbercracker is back and Bones's blood is on his hands. Chowder is at a construction site where a large crane has been left unattended, with ignition keys plugged in. Chowder is dismissive of DJ's claims and to calm him down, he offers to approach the Nebbercracker house himself. Chowder is attacked by the house when he rings the bell and manages to escape as the reach of the house does not extend beyond the front lawn. Chowder now believes DJ.The next morning, Jenny Bennett (Spencer Locke) is selling Halloween chocolates to all houses in the neighborhood. DJ and Chowder see her going to Nebbercracker's house, and they rush out to warn her, catching her before she is eaten by the house. Jenny then calls Chowder and DJ, and calls the police, but officers Landers (Kevin James) and Lester (Nick Cannon) do not believe their story.
The trio seek advice from Reginald "Skull" Skulinski (Jon Heder), who is claimed to be an expert on the supernatural. They learn that the house is a "Domus Mactabilis" (Latin for "deadly home"); a being created when a human soul merges with a structure. They assume the house is inhabited by Nebbercracker's soul. The only way to kill the house is to destroy its heart, its source of life.They conclude that the heart must be the fireplace, as DJ realizes that the chimney has been smoking since Nebbercracker died. Chowder provides a cold medicine-filled dummy that should cause the house to sleep long enough for them to douse the furnace.
Officers Landers and Lester thwart their plan (when they pass through the neighborhood on a drive by), and they are arrested when Landers finds the cold medicine, stolen from Chowder's father's pharmacy, inside the dummy. The cops place the trio in their car while they examine the house. The house eats Landers, Lester and the car. DJ, Chowder and Jenny escape the car but are trapped in the house.The house falls asleep (as the dummy was also with the cops when they were eaten by the house), and they begin exploring. They fall into the basement and find a collection of toys accumulated from Nebbercracker's lawn, as well as a cage containing the body of Constance the Giantess (Kathleen Turner), Nebbercracker's wife, encased in cement. The house realizes they are inside and attacks them. DJ, Chowder and Jenny force the house to vomit them outside by grabbing its uvula.Nebbercracker arrives home alive, revealing that the house is possessed by Constance. As a young man Nebbercracker met Constance, who was an unwilling member of a circus sideshow, and fell in love with her despite her obesity. After helping her escape, she and Nebbercracker began building the house. One Halloween, as children tormented her, Constance tried hurting them with an ax, but lost her footing and died in the foundations of the house; the cement buried her body. Nebbercracker finished the house after Constance's death, knowing it was what she would have wanted. Aware that Constance's spirit made the house come alive, Nebbercracker tried keeping people away by pretending to hate children.DJ tells Nebbercracker it is time to let Constance go, but she overhears. The house breaks free from its foundation and chases the group to a construction site. Nebbercracker attempts to convince Constance that she should die while holding a stick of dynamite, but Constance refuses. As she tries to eat him, Chowder fights the house off with a back hoe, causing it to fall into a pit. DJ is given the dynamite, and he and Jenny climb to the top of a crane while Chowder distracts Constance. DJ throws the dynamite into the chimney, destroying the house.The trio see Nebbercracker with Constance's spirit for the last time before she fades away. DJ apologizes to Nebbercracker for the loss of his house and wife, but Nebbercracker thanks DJ and the kids for freeing him and Constance.That night, children in their Halloween costumes are lined up at the site of Nebbercracker's house, where DJ, Chowder and Jenny help him return the toys to their owners. Jenny's parents pick her up and DJ and Chowder go trick-or-treating, which they previously thought they were too old for. Those who were eaten by the house emerge from the basement.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gil Kenan</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODYxNjgxYTctNWVjOS00YTc1LTg3NWMtODcxNTBlMzVjNWVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Slapstick|Teen Comedy|Animation|Comedy|Family|Mystery</category>
    <review>Well, I think if I saw this movie when I was ten years old, I would have been totally scared and could not sleep for weeks. Now it seems time has changed: ten-year-old children are playing horror-video games so probably what was too scary for them in the eighties is just right and fun now. Actually this is just what you could expect from a movie about a monster house: funny, spectacular, sometimes frightening. Quite a well-developed story - even if it is full of clichés, or should I say homage? - with the usual "two boys, one girl" trio as seen in Star Wars or Harry Potter. The animation is strange at first: they seem like rubber dummies, but thanks to the motion capture, their movement and expressions are first rate. While they look like having plastic hair, there is a great development since Polar Express in one field: their eyes are constantly moving - full of life. And the whole movie is just a typical and fun Spielberg-Zemeckis production with elements of Hitchcock. Besides the extraordinarily dark scenes it just feels like those very entertaining Spielberg productions of the eighties</review>
    <description>Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1650062</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Super 8</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Summer, 1979: a group of young friends are filming a Super-8 movie when a pickup truck derails a speeding train. When the locals start to disappear and even the inquisitive deputy can't come up with answers, suspicions emerge that the incident was anything but an accident. As the truth finally begins emerge, no one is prepared to learn what now stalks the unsuspecting citizens of this once quiet community.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>J.J. Abrams</director>
      <actor>Joel Courtney (role=Joe Lamb)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Tuck (role=Mrs. Kaznyk)</actor>
      <actor>Joel McKinnon Miller (role=Mr. Kaznyk)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Lee (role=Cary)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Mills (role=Preston)</actor>
      <actor>Riley Griffiths (role=Charles Kaznyk)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Basso (role=Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle Chandler (role=Deputy Jackson Lamb)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Eldard (role=Louis Dainard)</actor>
      <actor>AJ Michalka (role=Jen Kaznyk)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Miller (role=Kaznyk Twin)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Miller (role=Kaznyk Twin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTEyNTY5NzQ5NDheQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDQ4MzA2MjMx._V1_QL75_UY281_CR88,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Overtly nostalgic movie about a bunch of kids stumbling on a secret weapon blunder while making a zombie flick. Yes, it is an obvious hommage to Spielberg, that much have been said.The kids are remarkable, everyone of them. In fact, as soon as the movie moves away from them, it suffers, althought Kyle Chandler, reliable, does a good job with non-verbal acting. The one kid I liked most was the "directing" one, reacting with slight disgust at the thought that his own sister (she must have been ugly when younger) could actually be attractive to others, but all of them had their quirps that made them likeable in their own ways.When compared with contemporary Stephen King's "It" adaptation, which is similar in many ways, it is less lurid and graphic, and adults are less of a threat, but the nostalgia factor is doubled. I especially liked the middle-class settings and realities, the small Ohio town. My favorite moment was when they actually showed the full movie the kids made ("The Case") during the end credits, which makes it the most agreable end credits I ever witnessed.Alas, not all was perfect and the main CGI creature is somewhat of a wet petard, and some characters were less than convincing, like the stoner guy. It is however a movie with a heart. Or maybe it's me who's getting too old</review>
    <description>During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0416236</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Geheimnisse der Spiderwicks</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Three young siblings, two brothers and one sister, discover a new world of danger after they move into an abandoned house that is in the middle of a forest. With the threats getting closer, they must protect themselves from anything that is on their way.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Waters</director>
      <actor>Freddie Highmore (role=Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Mary-Louise Parker (role=Helen)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Nolte (role=Mulgarath)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Bolger (role=Mallory)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew McCarthy (role=Richard)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Plowright (role=Aunt Lucinda)</actor>
      <actor>David Strathairn (role=Arthur Spiderwick)</actor>
      <actor>Jordy Benattar (role=Young Lucinda)</actor>
      <actor>Tod Fennell (role=Helen's Co-Worker)</actor>
      <actor>Mariah Inger (role=Nurse)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Lavalley (role=Tow Truck Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Lise Durocher-Viens (role=Mrs. Spiderwick)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAyNTY3NTExMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzExNDczMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Fairy Tale|Action|Adventure|Drama|Family|Fantasy|Thriller</category>
    <review>Although The Spiderwick Chronicles did fall short in comparison to other films in the same genre, it did offer some fun entertainment for the entire family.Being a fan of most fantasy novels and films, I had the wonderful opportunity to read through the entire series last year and was actually looking forward to its adaptation on the big screen.What surprised me the most was actually the length of the film. It was fairly short (90 minutes) and I felt that the producers made a huge mistake by attempting to cram all five books into one film instead of dividing them into separate features. I had recognized a few of the scenes from the books, but overall it seemed very rushed and excluded many of the series most exciting moments. Any fan of the books would probably be disappointed in the way the series was handled and executed.As for the rest of film, I thought it was well done. The CGI continues to be to focal point in most of these types of family films and the producers spent a great time with its detail and design. The fairies looked neat, the goblins were frightening, and the big bad ogre looked well  big and bad.Overall, I would say this film would make for a great matinée on a Sunday with the kids. There are several moments that may scare children under the age of five, but otherwise it should appeal to children of all ages</review>
    <description>Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0486655</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Sternwanderer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young man, with an unlucky life, travels to a fantasy kingdom where he meets a fallen star. Together, they embark on a journey of adventure where they encounter mythical creatures, royalty, pirates, and others. During their travels, they both learn the true meaning of love. Hunting them down along the way, are a trio of witches who have sinister intentions of capturing the fallen star in order to regain their youth.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthew Vaughn</director>
      <actor>Bimbo Hart (role=Young Scientist)</actor>
      <actor>Alastair MacIntosh (role=Victorian Academic)</actor>
      <actor>David Kelly (role=Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Barnes (role=Young Dunstan)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Magowan (role=Una)</actor>
      <actor>Melanie Hill (role=Ditchwater Sal)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Cox (role=Tristan)</actor>
      <actor>Sienna Miller (role=Victoria)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Cavill (role=Humphrey)</actor>
      <actor>Nathaniel Parker (role=Dunstan)</actor>
      <actor>Darby Hawker (role=Grumpy Customer)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Ellis (role=Mr. Monday)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States|Iceland</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjM0NDhmOGMtNjk3MS00ZjFkLThhOGQtZmZiYmY5OWI2MDM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Fairy Tale|Fantasy Epic|Feel-Good Romance|Quest|Romantic Epic|Swashbuckler|Adventure|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>I went to a small advance screening of this movie on July 19th, knowing no more than the names of a few of the actors and that it was a fantasy/adventure quest of some sort.The plot line really is nothing like I have seen, and a unique story is certainly appreciated with everything else that is currently in or coming soon to theaters. In spite of what first impressions may give, it isn't cheesy, corny, tacky, or ridiculous, and is actually highly entertaining and funny. The flow is quite well done, nothing seems rushed or dragged out. The soundtrack, for lack of better words, is magical and adds much to the film, as opposed to simply filling the silence as often happens in movies or TV. And even though I might have known what was coming at points, I still couldn't bear to stop watching the screen; to my knowledge, not a single person left the theater during the entire movie.My one gripe is that there seems to be almost no marketing for this film, and as brilliant as it is I can't figure out why</review>
    <description>In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0101272</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Addams Family</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An evil doctor finds out that Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams family fortune. Young Wednesday doubts the new Uncle Fester's sincerity, even as he adapts very well to the strange family. Can the doctor carry out her evil plans?—Ivo Kroone</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Barry Sonnenfeld</director>
      <actor>Anjelica Huston (role=Morticia Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Raul Julia (role=Gomez Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Lloyd (role=Uncle Fester Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Hedaya (role=Tully Alford)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Wilson (role=Abigail Craven)</actor>
      <actor>Judith Malina (role=Granny)</actor>
      <actor>Carel Struycken (role=Lurch)</actor>
      <actor>Dana Ivey (role=Margaret Alford)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Benedict (role=Judge Womack)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Ricci (role=Wednesday Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy Workman (role=Pugsley Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Hart (role=Thing)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1991</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGM0YmYwYWUtNjRmOC00ZmM1LWFkMTAtNDg2MGJhZDIyNTZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Satire|Supernatural Fantasy|Comedy|Fantasy</category>
    <review>The Addams Family has had a death... Fester Addams. But lo and behold, their lawyer knows a man who resembles Fester and if he passes the impostor off, could gain access to the family vault, full of treasures untold. But can the fake Fester survive the family's maniacal games? I don't have much experience with older incarnations of the Addams Family. So, I can't make an educated comparison. However, this film excels in every way: macabre, humorous and just plain eccentrically absurd. The casting is also amazing... Raul Julia in the performance of his career, and Christopher Lloyd in a very offebeat role even for him.This was a breakout performance for Christina Ricci (playing Wednesday Addams). Sure, it possibly typecast her into weird roles ("Casper", "Sleepy Hollow", "Pumpkin") but this is, beyond a doubt, where she fits. She can do drama ("Monster", "Black Snake Moan") but will always be America's goth girl.This film's dark humor is family appropriate -- cartoon violence, no nudity and marginal language. They simply do not make films like this anymore. Full credit must be given to the writer and director for bringing this family to life in a way that just cannot be repeated. Well, aside from the sequel</review>
    <description>Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0106220</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Addams Family in verrückter Tradition</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston) welcome their third child: a mustachioed baby boy named Pubert. Older siblings Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) openly loathe their new brother, and repeatedly attempt to eliminate him by tossing him from the roof of the house, dropping an anvil on him, and decapitating him with a guillotine. Alas, in true Addams style, little Pubert cheats death and mutilation time and time again. He also amuses himself by shooting flaming arrows from his cradle.With the house a shambles, Morticia and Gomez opt to hire a nanny to keep the children in check. Wednesday and Pugsley make short work of every new applicant until the arrival of Debbie Jelinsky (Joan Cusack), a seemingly sweet, chipper, and innocent woman who is hired on the spot. Hapless Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd), who had been pining for a romantic relationship, immediately becomes infatuated with the beautiful newcomer.It is revealed that Debbie, unbeknownst to her new employers, is a serial killer who preys on wealthy and lonely men. Knowing of the vast Addams fortune, she had selected Fester as her next victim. She coyly flirts with him, toying with his naive emotions, hoping to marry him and then murder him for his wealth. Debbie's ruse does not fool Wednesday and Pugsly, who make no secret of their suspicions. To remove them from the picture, Debbie persuades Gomez and Morticia to send them to summer camp.
To their confusion and horror, Pugsley and Wednesday are sent to the bland and WASP-y Camp Chippewa. Lost in a sea of blond, preppy children, they quickly make enemies with the snobby Amanda Buckman (Mercedes McNab), and the disturbingly cheerful camp owners, Gary and Becky Granger (Peter MacNicol and Christine Baranski). They befriend another misfit, the nerdy Joel Glicker (David Krumholtz), who develops a crush on Wednesday. The three are often sent to the Harmony Hut, a tiny cottage decorated with flowers and inspirational posters, and forced to watch sappy musicals and Disney films as a twisted form of punishment.Though overwhelmed with desire for Debbie, Fester is too shy to speak to her. He recruits Gomez and Morticia to accompany them on a double date for moral support. Fester makes a typical slob of himself on the dinner outing, but Debbie, with the fortune in mind, pretends to return his affections and the two are engaged by the end of the night.Wednesday and Pugsley receive the news of Fester's impending wedding, and resolve to stop him from marrying the two-faced Debbie. Along with Joel, they attempt to sneak out of the camp at night but are caught. They later confirm Debbie's sinister true identity from a pack of Joel's, "Schitzos and Serial Killers" trading cards.
The children briefly visit home to attend Fester and Debbie's wedding, which takes place in a graveyard. The newlyweds leave for their Hawaiian honeymoon.While Fester bathes in their hotel room, Debbie attempts to kill him by dropping a radio into the bathtub. She is shocked to find, of course, that Fester is impervious to death and actually seems to enjoy the experience. A frustrated Debbie bribes the (virgin) Fester with sex, telling him that if they make love he can never see his family again. Fester is reluctant to agree, but is soon seduced. He informs Gomez that they can never meet again, and Gomez spirals into depression.Debbie and Fester move into a lavish mansion, where Gomez and Morticia attempt to visit. Fester is still enslaved by Debbie, who banishes her in-laws from the house. Soon after, baby Pubert goes through dramatic emotional and physical changes: he becomes a blond-haired, rosy-cheeked giggling cherub. Morticia and Gomez are horrified. Grandmama (Carol Kane), Morticia's witch mother, determined that the changes were brought on by anxiety due to Fester's departure, and may become permanent if not addressed quickly. The family resolves to win Fester back.Meanwhile, Gary and Becky have arranged the end-of-camp play, an incredibly inaccurate and prejudiced musical about the first Thanksgiving. Amanda Buckman is given the lead role of the Pilgrim heroine Sarah Miller, while Wednesday is cast in the "secondary, but still compellingly written" role of Pocahontas.Pugsley, Joel, and the other misfit campers become even more at odds with the rest of the camp, but Wednesday becomes inexplicably cooperative (and even cracks a smile). At the performance, however, the kids get their revenge. Wednesday, who had been faking her sweet behavior, leads the misfits (dressed as Indians) on a rebellion, burning the stage and tying up other campers. She, Joel, and Pugsley escape by canoe as Gary and Becky are tied to a spit over an open fire. Joel and Wednesday have their first kiss, while Pugsley hijacks a camp van to take them home.For their three-week anniversary, Fester is preparing a fancy dinner for himself and Debbie. Debbie hides a massive bomb in a gift box, leaving it with Fester while she goes out to get champagne. She returns home later to watch the explosion, but is foiled again when an intact Fester emerges intact from the rubble. Debbie then pulls a gun on Fester and prepares to shoot him, but Fester is saved by Thing, the family's loyal disembodied hand, who is driving Debbie's car. They speed off towards the Addams' mansion, with Debbie in hot pursuit. The Addams family has a brief, happy reunion before they are interrupted and captured by a vengeful Debbie who is wielding a shotgun. Debbie straps the family into electric chairs, then explains her life via a slide show, citing an incident on her tenth birthday as the catalyst for her life of crime (her parents bought her Malibu Barbie instead of Ballerina Barbie).Mercifully, baby Pubert manages to get to the attic and splice two loose wires together, reversing the current so that when Debbie throws the switch, she is reduced to a pile of dust and credit cards. Her tombstone is shown to be inscribed: "Debbie Addams, Wife and Psycho".Months later, the family celebrates Pubert's first birthday. After the party, Wednesday and Joel (whom she had invited) visit Debbie's grave. Wednesday claims that Debbie was sloppy for allowing herself to be caught, and that if she herself were to ever marry she would scare her husband to death. Joel scoffs it off, but is suddenly grabbed by a bloody hand (presumably Thing) that shoots from the ground, as Wednesday gives a knowing smirk.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Barry Sonnenfeld</director>
      <actor>Anjelica Huston (role=Morticia Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Raul Julia (role=Gomez Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Lloyd (role=Uncle Fester Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Cusack (role=Debbie Jellinsky)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Ricci (role=Wednesday Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Carol Kane (role=Granny)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy Workman (role=Pugsley Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Kaitlyn Hooper (role=Pubert Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Kristen Hooper (role=Pubert Addams)</actor>
      <actor>Carel Struycken (role=Lurch)</actor>
      <actor>David Krumholtz (role=Joel Glicker)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Hart (role=Thing)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzM3M2UwNmQtMWJiNS00ZGYzLWE5YWQtODRjMWU0NGQzNDE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Satire|Supernatural Fantasy|Comedy|Fantasy</category>
    <review>One of my favorite films. Paul Rudnick clearly had a field day writing this screenplay.As odd as it may seem, this sequel is in many ways superior to its predecessor. The first had to spend much of its time introducing the Family--and, just as importantly, paying (totally justified) homage to Charles Addams' brilliant cartoons and to the old television series. As a result, the plot felt forced, as if it had been the best way the writers could think of to showcase all the source material. In the end, one left the theater feeling that the movie had been 'about' the old sight gags. And then there was the totally shameless product placement...but I digress.Addams Family Values, on the other hand, gets to be more playful. Because we all know who we're dealing with by now, we don't have to spend nearly so much time introducing the family and their skewed universe. Instead, the characters get more of a chance to develop as they glide blithely through a fuller, more cohesive story.Paul Rudnick's screenplay is masterful--you'll be quoting from it for weeks. Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston are particularly marvelous as one of the most genuinely loving, passionate couples you've seen in ages. In a weird sort of way.That dance number! Morticia's ever-present shaft of light! Christina Ricci as the sublime Wednesday! Joan Cusack, unhinged! A split-second cameo by Charles Busch! Oh, rapture. I could go on and on, but I'm running out of superlatives. Suffice it to say that this movie is well worth your time</review>
    <description>The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1288558</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Evil Dead</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A long, challenging rehabilitation weekend awaits young opiate addict Mia, who has one last chance to kick the habit for good in the isolated family cabin in the thick woods. However, as Mia's estranged brother David and his girlfriend Natalie meet up with David's old friends, Olivia and Eric, a hair-raising discovery in the cellar will soon lead to a frantic night of demonic possession and madness. Now, an ancient malevolent force demands blood and the precious souls of the living. Who can stop the ever-growing evil of the encircling forest?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Fede Alvarez</director>
      <actor>Jane Levy (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Shiloh Fernandez (role=David)</actor>
      <actor>Lou Taylor Pucci (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Lucas (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Blackmore (role=Natalie)</actor>
      <actor>Phoenix Connolly (role=Teenager)</actor>
      <actor>Jim McLarty (role=Harold)</actor>
      <actor>Sian Davis (role=Old Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Butterworth (role=Toothless Redneck)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Willetts (role=Long-Haired Redneck)</actor>
      <actor>Randal Wilson (role=Abomination Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Inca (role=Grandpa the Dog)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|New Zealand|Australia</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIzMjY4NDkzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODExODMzOQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Splatter Horror|Supernatural Horror|Teen Horror|Zombie Horror|Horror</category>
    <review>We seem to be in a time where the remakes of remakes will be remade, even films like Cabin Fever aren't remaining sacred, the obligatory remake follows.Evil Dead now is a remake with a bit of bite, of course it has every possible cliche under the sun ticked off. We have the obligatory character coming out of the ground with long stringy hair, we have the trapdoor, the book of death, and of course the vomiting. Despite all the blatant lack of any sort of imagination Evil Dead somehow manages to capture the imagination, and provide ninety minutes of quite thrilling entertainment.The scares are plentiful, and the acting is such that you believe in the pain, physical and mental, it really is quite well made. Effective use of special effects and music.Not a film I'd look to watch on a regular basis, but it's somehow rather refreshing. 7/10Please enough with the remakes though</review>
    <description>Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1568346</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verblendung</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Found guilty on 16 counts of aggravated libel, disgraced Stockholm-based journalist of the radical Millennium magazine, Mikael Blomkvist, decides to step aside. Having all the time in the world, ruined Mikael reluctantly agrees to work for the millionaire industrialist, Henrik Vanger, who, for the past four long decades, has been trying to shed light on the mysterious disappearance of his beloved 16-year-old niece, Harriet. But as Mikael digs deep into the opaque past of the dysfunctional Vangers, under the guise of writing a memoir, he stumbles across emotionally detached Lisbeth Salander, the very same computer hacker who intruded into his personal life on Henrik's behalf. Now, against the backdrop of unaccountable disappearances, shocking family secrets, and a string of nauseating first-degree murders, the unlikely team must work in unison to unearth the truth. What has happened to poor Harriet?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Fincher</director>
      <actor>Daniel Craig (role=Mikael Blomkvist)</actor>
      <actor>Rooney Mara (role=Lisbeth Salander)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Plummer (role=Henrik Vanger)</actor>
      <actor>Stellan Skarsgård (role=Martin Vanger)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Berkoff (role=Frode)</actor>
      <actor>Robin Wright (role=Erika Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Yorick van Wageningen (role=Bjurman)</actor>
      <actor>Joely Richardson (role=Anita Vanger)</actor>
      <actor>Geraldine James (role=Cecilia)</actor>
      <actor>Goran Visnjic (role=Armansky)</actor>
      <actor>Donald Sumpter (role=Detective Morell)</actor>
      <actor>Ulf Friberg (role=Wennerström)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden|United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM2OTU4MDA1OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzg2MTAyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Psychological Thriller|Serial Killer|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Not quite in the top 5 of David Fincher's best films ('Se7en', 'The Social Network', 'Fight Club', 'Gone Girl' and 'Zodiac') but it does come close. And this is somebody who found a lot to like about all his films, including his lesser ones like 'Alien 3' and 'Panic Room'.Despite being often considered a remake, personally prefer to call it a second adaptation of the book. The book is a fantastic read, and as an adaptation while it is condensed and has some changes Fincher's film still adheres to the basic tone of the book as does the Swedish version. Of the two versions, the Swedish version just gets the edge for its incredible atmosphere complete with bleakness, chills, shocks and is more authentic, with Noomi Rapace burning the screen enigmatically with her presence.Where Fincher's film improves over the previous version are in four areas. One is the production values, which are far more audacious here. The cinematography, both bleakly moody and exquisite to look at, is more cinematic and perfectly captures the frozen landscape which is like a character in itself. The film is very tightly edited too in a way that is distinctively Fincher. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' music score is another winner of theirs, it is haunting and gives a really unnerving vibe, combined with some clever sound mixing. The script, even when condensed, is more polished and tighter and also has more flow. While Lisbeth is a fascinating and complex character in the Swedish film, the Lisbeth in Fincher's film has even more complexity and more variation of emotions.Fincher's direction is exemplary, showing a mastery of visual style and mood setting, ensuring that the film stays intriguing throughout the length. In lesser hands and with less assured pacing, with the long running time 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' could have been a long haul but had plenty of intrigue. Much of the storytelling is gripping, and while not as authentic or quite as masterful in atmosphere like the Swedish counterpart was it has its fair share of chills, twists and turns (without being convoluted or illogical) and shock value as well as a murky bleakness. Contrary to what some believe, this second adaptation did have point (was fearing it wouldn't), as it made the story more accessible and gave it more exposure.Good acting helps. Daniel Craig is very wisely restrained, the character should have a quiet determination and dignity which Craig handles very well. Christopher Plummer is simply terrific as well, one of his best performances in recent years, while Stellan Skasgard is frighteningly demented and Yorick van Wageningen is unsettlingly sadistic. Robin Wright does her best with a shallow character. Best of all is a magnificent Rooney Mara, such a multi-layered performance and sees Mara not just playing the role but disappearing into it. See her appearance for example, so committed that when you see her in other films you would not believe that it's the same person.There are faults however. Did not think much of the Gothic James Bond-like opening sequence that just felt jarring and out of place. Nor with the accents, which were a mix for some of the actors of having one too heavy or thick (Wright) or not attempting one at all (Craig). The decision to use both English and Swedish in some scenes did have a tendency to confuse, while the central relationship (mostly successfully done) did feel underdeveloped and, even for characters that are the heart of the story, takes over the story a little too much somewhat.All in all, almost as good as the Swedish version and better than both of that film's heavily flawed but still worthy sequels. 8/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by hacker Lisbeth Salander.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6964748</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alex Rider</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When Alex Rider learns that his uncle Ian has been killed in the line of duty as a British spy - and not in a car accident like he's been told - everything changes for this otherwise normal teen. He is approached by Alan Blunt, head of a shadowy offshoot of MI6 known as The Department, who reveals that Alex has been unknowingly trained since childhood for the dangerous world of espionage. Pressured to help investigate his uncle's death - and how it connects to the assassination of two high-profile billionaires - Alex reluctantly assumes a new identity and goes undercover in a remote boarding school called Point Blanc. Isolated far above the snowline in the French Alps, Point Blanc claims to set the troubled teenage children of the ultra-rich back onto the right track. But as he digs deeper, Alex discovers that the students are in fact the subjects of a disturbing plan by the mysterious Doctor Greif - a plan which he will have to risk his life to stop.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andreas Prochaska</director>
      <director>Christopher Smith</director>
      <director>Rebecca Gatward</director>
      <director>Jon Jones</director>
      <director>Brian O'Malley</director>
      <actor>Otto Farrant (role=Alex Rider)</actor>
      <actor>Vicky McClure (role=Mrs. Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Brenock O'Connor (role=Tom Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Dillane (role=Alan Blunt)</actor>
      <actor>Ronke Adekoluejo (role=Jack Starbright)</actor>
      <actor>Nyasha Hatendi (role=Smithers)</actor>
      <actor>Ace Bhatti (role=Crawley)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Levin (role=Yassen Gregorovich)</actor>
      <actor>Marli Siu (role=Kyra)</actor>
      <actor>Macy Nyman (role=Steph)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Wong (role=Nile)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Buzzeo (role=Mr. Boswell)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGNkMDI3NjMtMjdjMC00MjY4LWI0NjMtMjgwM2Y0ZTc0MjI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQTNwaW5nZXN0._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spy|Teen Adventure|Teen Drama|Action|Adventure|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>I read critics review. They seem to think the series was for kids. No way! Although I don't imagine that some won't watch it. I'd say 15+. Yes it was violent but not unnecessarily. Some called it slow, I think the pace was nicely set fast enough to keep interest but not so fast to miss the detail and the detail was needed. Ok it wasn't that believable but neither is James Bond. So what if the number of times Alex rider isn't shot is stupid, it's entertainment not reality. Compare it to other action adventure and forget that your meant to watching a kid. When you do this, you realise it's better that most and compares well with some of the best</review>
    <description>Alex Rider is an ordinary teenager enlisted to work on behalf of MI6, where he uses skills he didn't know he had to become an extraordinary spy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1013753</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Milk</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Upon moving to San Francisco from New York City in 1972, forty year old Harvey Milk gains focus in his life as a gay activist in the city's Castro district. Gay rights activism turns to political activism as Milk decides he can be a more effective voice for the gay community as a politician, elected or not. Through several elections and losses both for a city seat and a state assembly seat, Milk becomes the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected to political office when he wins a San Francisco supervisor seat in 1977. His many political battlefronts include one with the national anti-gay Save the Children crusade, led and fronted by singer Anita Bryant. Closer to home, Milk has a continuing struggle with his fellow supervisor, Dan White, a staunch social conservative.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gus Van Sant</director>
      <actor>Sean Penn (role=Harvey Milk)</actor>
      <actor>Emile Hirsch (role=Cleve Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Brolin (role=Dan White)</actor>
      <actor>Diego Luna (role=Jack Lira)</actor>
      <actor>James Franco (role=Scott Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Alison Pill (role=Anne Kronenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Garber (role=Mayor Moscone)</actor>
      <actor>Denis O'Hare (role=John Briggs)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Cross (role=Dick Pabich)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Spinella (role=Rick Stokes)</actor>
      <actor>Lucas Grabeel (role=Danny Nicoletta)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon Boyce (role=Jim Rivaldo)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1ODI4Nzk3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzkzOTYzMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR6,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Period Drama|Political Drama|Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>Gus Van Sant's talent and humility allows Harvey Milk to be a the center of this remarkable story without putting himself in front of the camera. Sean Penn shines with a new and extraordinary light as Harvey Milk. His humanity is overwhelming at times. That permanent smile defining his face talks volumes about his faith in people, no matter what. His awareness is filled with truth and innocence, he worries he's about to be 40 and hasn't accomplished anything. Little did he know.The film is constructed brilliantly in a series of vignettes that builds up into a whole fluid narrative. Josh Brolin, as the disturbed Dan White is another standout in a complex and remarkable performance. No cheap shots here. Diego Luna, Joseph Cross and Emile Hirsch are also terrific as the boys around Harvey but it is James Franco who truly gets under your skin. His romantic turn is one of the most compelling gay love stories I've ever seen (and I've seen Brokeback Mountain). Highly recommended</review>
    <description>The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1200371</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die beste Klasse Deutschlands</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Nadja Zonsarowa</director>
      <director>Michael Maier</director>
      <director>Bastien Angemeer</director>
      <director>Matthias Schwab</director>
      <actor>Malte Arkona (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Clarissa Corrêa da Silva (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Krell (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Anke Engelke (role=Self - Co-Host)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Caspers (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Shary Reeves (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Schüle (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Killerpilze (role=Themselves)</actor>
      <actor>Fabian Halbig (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Halbig (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Nico Santos (role=Self - Guest)</actor>
      <actor>Marti Fischer (role=Self - Guest)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
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  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1295061</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Karla &amp; Katrine</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Karla invites Katrine to spend the holidays with her, hoping they might become best friends. As it turns out, nothing goes as planned. Karla meets Jonas and falls in love for the first time, and she nearly forgets all about Katrine. However, the two girls are forced to put their difficulties aside for a while, as they join Jonas in exposing a local gang of thieves.—Nordisk Film Valby A/S</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Charlotte Sachs Bostrup</director>
      <actor>Elena Arndt-Jensen (role=Karla)</actor>
      <actor>Nanna Koppel (role=Katrine)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Berman (role=Jonas)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaj Støvring Hansen (role=Mads Morten)</actor>
      <actor>Lasse Guldberg Kamper (role=Lillebror)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Hillingsø (role=Rikke)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolaj Kopernikus (role=Leif)</actor>
      <actor>Therese Glahn (role=Dolly)</actor>
      <actor>Allan Olsen (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Stahlschmidt (role=Ulrik)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Fals Nygaard (role=Tommy)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Clara Sachs Leschly (role=Mia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Denmark</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDczYTc2ZTEtZjAzOC00ZjNkLThlYTgtMmI0ZjZkNTk4YzA0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX334_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <review>What a beautiful movie. The two girls really shine. They behave like kids their age, their problems seem real and I felt for them at times. There's some awkwardness, some fun, but overall much wholesomeness. No downer movie by any means, but of course there is trouble and some arguing. The plot is not always predictable, but the ending is like it should be, or you would expect.I think this movie is relatable for everyone who is or has been a 12-year old, the good parts and the bad</review>
    <description>Karla invites Katrine to spend the holidays with her, hoping they might become best friends. As it turns out, nothing goes as planned. Karla meets Jonas and falls in love for the first time, and she nearly forgets all about Katrine. However, the two girls are forced to put their ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt1295061/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0939006</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tauch, Timmy, Tauch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dive Olly Dive! follows the adventures of two young submarines in training "Olly and Beth" under the guidance of Diver Doug at the Special Underwater Research Facility (S.U.R.F.)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bob Doucette</director>
      <director>Gary Hurst</director>
      <director>Bob Baxter</director>
      <director>Jane Schneider</director>
      <actor>Shane Withington (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gibson Nolte (role=Ranger)</actor>
      <actor>Julie McGregor (role=Minnie)</actor>
      <actor>Suzie MacKenzie (role=Ethel)</actor>
      <actor>Sean-Ryan Petersen (role=Olly)</actor>
      <actor>Allisyn Snyder (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Aubrey (role=Suzie Seaplane)</actor>
      <actor>Elle Labadie (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Robbie E. Harrison (role=Olly)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine McGraffin (role=Suzy Seaplane)</actor>
      <actor>Jacinta Stapleton (role=Dr. Katz)</actor>
      <actor>Moises Arias (role=Olly)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States|United Kingdom|Belgium|Germany|Ireland|China|France</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
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    <category>Computer Animation|Sea Adventure|Animation|Fantasy</category>
    <review>When I first watched this last year, I was actually surprised &amp; I found it quite an interesting children's' show.I'm in my teens now &amp; I actually like watching this show whenever it's on. I usually have to wait until the holidays for it to come on again.Some kids shows that I like watching that aren't hardly on anymore didn't get good ratings like 'Dive Olly Dive'. This show should definitely get better ratings than it's got now.I don't really think the people who rated this show were really fair on how good this show is. This is probably the only kids show that I watch on Channel 7 in Australia. Some are alright, but this is one of the shows that I like watching if I've got nothing else on.I insist you give it a watch &amp; see what you think of it</review>
    <description>Dive Olly Dive! follows the adventures of two young submarines in training "Olly and Beth" under the guidance of Diver Doug at the Special Underwater Research Facility (S.U.R.F.)</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5863818</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Prinz Himmelblau und Fee Lupine</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>To a wicked queen's despair, her hunting-fond heir, prince Himmelbalu ('sky blue' in German), turns down every eligible aristocrat. Desperate, she turns to a witch imprisoned under the sorcery ban and promises her release if she gets the prince to find a bride. Accompanied on the hunt only by his loyal friend squire Fred, the prince is easily brought under a spell, but it's the vindictive witch's evil trick to render him oblivious and mean to all. Only fairy Lupine, who truly falls in love with him but is also brought under a cruelly coordinated half-time spell, and her devoted sister Elli can take on the sorcery magically, even if it's out of their league.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Dietrich</director>
      <actor>Ruby O. Fee (role=Fee Lupine)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Berlin (role=Prinz Himmelblau)</actor>
      <actor>Mechthild Großmann (role=Königin)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Kempter (role=Confidante)</actor>
      <actor>Sarina Radomski (role=Elli)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Güldenberg (role=Knappe Fred)</actor>
      <actor>Enno Hesse (role=Lakai der Königin)</actor>
      <actor>Toini Ruhnke (role=Fee Else)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Rust (role=Fee Rosa)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
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    <category>Family|Fantasy</category>
    <description>The queen wants to find an appropriate match for her son, Prince Himmelblau, but he insists on choosing his own bride and sets out with his page to find one, He soon meets the enchanting fairy Lupine.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1430094</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Karla &amp; Jonas</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Charlotte Sachs Bostrup</director>
      <actor>Elena Arndt-Jensen (role=Karla)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Berman (role=Jonas)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaj Støvring Hansen (role=Mads Morten)</actor>
      <actor>Lasse Guldberg Kamper (role=Lillebror)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Hillingsø (role=Rikke)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolaj Kopernikus (role=Leif)</actor>
      <actor>Nastja Arcel (role=Jette)</actor>
      <actor>Mira Wanting (role=Nanna)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Leon (role=Cille)</actor>
      <actor>Esben Pretzmann (role=Patrik)</actor>
      <actor>Anders Juul (role=Micky)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Oliver Hansen (role=Mikkel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Denmark</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTA5NTg3ZjMtNzZmMS00Y2Q2LTlkZjItYjAxMDQzOGFkZGQzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX327_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <description>Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4312830</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Potter's son Michel has a problem: he just can't be afraid, not even a tiny bit. His brother Caspar is annoyed by this, his father extremely worried. Only Princess Elisabeth, whom he happens to meet at a pond, is extremely amused and drawn to the fearless potter's son. When the sexton of the small hometown fails to teach Michel to fear, Michel spontaneously goes out into the world to learn how to fear. And in the middle of the moor, the first thing to do is to meet two dead bodies who are determined to do everything. Princess Elisabeth lives with her father, the king, in a makeshift tent city. The king's castle is occupied by ghosts. It is cursed and uninhabitable along with its treasure. The princess enjoys the adventure life, but the father is all a thorn in the side: A princess should live like a princess. The king only wants one thing: his castle back. He has promised his daughter to anyone who can put an end to the haunted house. But so far all of the candidates have failed. The castle ghosts have already taught legions of princes to fear - above all the huge, blue monster lurking in the entrance hall and Tiamat, the terrifying ghost woman. But there is someone who is not afraid of anything, not of ghosts and not even of a stubborn princess.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tobias Wiemann</director>
      <actor>Tim Oliver Schultz (role=Michel)</actor>
      <actor>Isolda Dychauk (role=Prinzessin Elisabeth)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Thalbach (role=Tiamat)</actor>
      <actor>Heiko Pinkowski (role=Küster)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Kavanian (role=Moorleiche)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Kessler (role=Moorleiche)</actor>
      <actor>Heiner Lauterbach (role=König)</actor>
      <actor>Milan Peschel (role=Wirt)</actor>
      <actor>Roy Peter Link (role=Caspar)</actor>
      <actor>Jochen Nickel (role=Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Schrader (role=Küsterfrau)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Wilde (role=Torfstecher)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmI2M2E4NTItYjkxOS00MzU4LWE0MTYtMjE4MjYyOWY0YWVmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX486_.jpg" />
    <category>Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>I am very amazed that in practice, yes, I would say, the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm, about "The Tale of the One Who Went to Learn Fear," was accurately conveyed, minor digressions only benefited!It was nice to watch, the Germans filmed about their own fairy tale, not very bloated (in terms of budget), but I did not regret that I watched it, it was interesting to watch the characters, the main ones, and the secondary ones, as they play well for me. At one time, it didn't really catch on to the audience, probably for the budget, for 2014 it's still rather weak, for 2007-8 it's just right)Before watching, because I didn't even know that there was such a film, I read a fairy tale and played a game, I thought, well, right now I know everything, but there were still terrible moments, and what I didn't expect, and the riddle at the end, my respect, the potter guessed , but I don't think for a long time, gave 2 answers, and failed (And in 2023, it's a direct outlet in comparison with modern films</review>
    <description>Michel knows no fear, so he sets out to learn it. He meets Princess Elisabeth and her father, a king, who live in a tent city because their castle is haunted. The king has promised Elisabeth's hand to the one who can vanquish the ghosts.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2571776</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Onneli und Anneli</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jill and Joy find money on the street and buy Mrs Rosebud's house, which is custom-made for two little girls. Jill and Joy enjoy the summer of their lives and make the acquaintance of two wondrous neighbour ladies, Tinglestein and Tanglestein.—Jiilo_Kim</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Saara Cantell</director>
      <actor>Aava Merikanto (role=Onneli)</actor>
      <actor>Lilja Lehto (role=Anneli)</actor>
      <actor>Eija Ahvo (role=Mrs. Ruusupuu)</actor>
      <actor>Jaakko Saariluoma (role=Urho Ulpukka)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna af Schultén (role=Rouva Rosina Rusina)</actor>
      <actor>Elina Knihtilä (role=Tingelstiina Vappunen)</actor>
      <actor>Kiti Kokkonen (role=Tangelstiina Vappunen)</actor>
      <actor>Samuli Vauramo (role=Arska)</actor>
      <actor>Kristiina Elstelä (role=Grandmother)</actor>
      <actor>Elias Koistinen (role=Petteri)</actor>
      <actor>Irina Pulkka (role=Anneli's mother)</actor>
      <actor>Kari-Pekka Toivonen (role=Anneli's father)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Finland</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjk3NjY1ZmQtMDkxMS00Yzk1LThkN2ItMjJmZGYyYTNlMDczXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,15,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <description>Jill and Joy find money on the street and buy Mrs Rosebud's house, which is custom-made for two little girls. Jill and Joy enjoy the summer of their lives and make the acquaintance of two wondrous neighbour ladies, Tinglestein and Tanglestein.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5514368</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geheimnisse der Weimarer Republik</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) is regarded as a departure into the modern age, which failed because too many opponents wanted to put the clock back in the past. The need in Germany was not yet sufficiently developed to face democracy and take political fate into its own hands.—Ulf Kjell Gür</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Uli Weis</director>
      <actor>Andreas Rödder (role=Self - Historian, University of Mainz)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Kopper (role=Self - Economic historian, Bielefeld University)</actor>
      <actor>Hubertus von Hindenburg (role=Self - Grandson of Paul von Hindenburg)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfram Pyta (role=Self - Historian, University of Stuttgart)</actor>
      <actor>Alice Schwarzer (role=Self - Publicist and Feminist)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Gebauer (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Mayer (role=Self - Historian, Akademie für Politische Bildung)</actor>
      <actor>Mirko Drotschmann (role=Self - Historian and Journalist)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>8.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWViODdhMDktYzVkYi00ZmEyLWIyOWMtMWNiZDAxNjg3MjBkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>Artikel Grundgestz 140 zeichnet was anderes heraus:Art. 140Die Bestimmungen der Artikel 136, 137, 138, 139 und 141 der deutschen Verfassung vom 11. August 1919 sind Bestandteil dieses Grundgesetzes.Also Arschkarte für diese Bezahlten Rest Nazis</review>
    <description>The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) is regarded as a departure into the modern age, which failed because too many opponents wanted to put the clock back in the past. The need in Germany was not yet sufficiently developed to face democracy and take political fate into its own hands.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>31283567</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Party, Strand und Mord</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Gregory Aujol</director>
      <director>Flora Desponts</director>
      <director>Sylvan Meyer</director>
      <actor>Adrien (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandre (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wayne Bisbee (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Castaneda (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Julio Castillo (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alvaro de la Pena (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ross (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Socorro (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Allen Stuart (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Walley (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Zandrea (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjk1MjIxNjUxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODk2NzM4Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,8,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>36457581</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Besseresser" Fragwürdiges US-Food</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU3ZDk3ZjAtMWIwMi00OWUzLWFkY2YtY2JiZDE5YzMzMzBhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR21,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>36457569</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Besseresser" Freche Frankreich-Fakes</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU3ZDk3ZjAtMWIwMi00OWUzLWFkY2YtY2JiZDE5YzMzMzBhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR21,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>36457565</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Besseresser" Seltsame Spezialitäten der Briten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2025</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU3ZDk3ZjAtMWIwMi00OWUzLWFkY2YtY2JiZDE5YzMzMzBhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR21,0,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>35662616</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Prinz von Saudi-Arabien</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjUzNDgxNTktZWQxZC00MTYyLTkwZTAtZTNkNmU4MDliZTBkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR3,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10776484</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A case that remained a mystery for nearly thirty years. The desperate search of a brother for his sister. And the agony of those who are left behind by a chillingly brutal crime.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sven Bohse</director>
      <actor>Matthias Brandt (role=Thomas Bethge)</actor>
      <actor>Karoline Schuch (role=Anne Bach)</actor>
      <actor>Silke Bodenbender (role=Barbara Neder)</actor>
      <actor>August Wittgenstein (role=Jan Gerke)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Ofczarek (role=Robert Neder)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Schily (role=Marianne Bethge)</actor>
      <actor>Hildegard Schmahl (role=Erika Bethge)</actor>
      <actor>Hanno Koffler (role=Jürgen Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Mirco Kreibich (role=Heiner Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Lust (role=Frank Behringer)</actor>
      <actor>Karsten Mielke (role=Lohse)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Grove (role=Staatsanwalt Leest)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2VhNDg2NmItZjNmNS00M2Y4LWJiYjMtMzZjNjdjY2UzZjVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>A world-class German series. Camera, story, actor! Everything seems to be right in this German series. The six-part captivates from the first minute, only comes a little lurch in the end. All in all, however, an extraordinary achievement from the author as well as the actor and director. True Detective in Germany</review>
    <description>A case that remained a mystery for nearly thirty years. The desperate search of a brother for his sister. And the agony of those who are left behind by a chillingly brutal crime.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13311582</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die sieben Superkrieger der Geschichte</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Klaus Kastenholz</director>
      <director>Christian Stracke</director>
      <actor>Mirko Drotschmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jochen Fornasier (role=Self - Archäologe)</actor>
      <actor>Leonie Hellmayr (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Häusser (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Rahel Oesterle-El Nabbout (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk-Boris Rödel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Sarnowsky (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Sievert (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Toplak (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary|History</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10394800</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Planeten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In this major landmark series, Professor Brian Cox tells the extraordinary life story of our solar system. For four and a half billion years each of the planets has been on an incredible journey, filled with astonishing spectacle and great drama. Using the data from our very latest explorations of the solar system combined with groundbreaking CGI this series reveals the unimaginable beauty and grandeur of eight planets whose stories we are only just beginning to understand.—'BBC: The Planets'</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stephen Cooter</director>
      <director>Martin Johnson</director>
      <director>Nic Stacey</director>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=Self - Presenter)</actor>
      <actor>Fran Bagenal (role=Self - Juno Mission Scientist)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Porco (role=Self - Cassini Imaging Team Leader)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Webster (role=Self - Cassini Chief Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Becker (role=Self - Juno Mission Scientist)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Chabot (role=Self - Messenger Instrument Scientist)</actor>
      <actor>David Grinspoon (role=Self - Planetary Science Institute)</actor>
      <actor>Cathy Olkin (role=Self - Deputy Principal Investigator New Horizons)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Eigenbrode (role=Self - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)</actor>
      <actor>Leigh Fletcher (role=Self - University of Leicester)</actor>
      <actor>Michele Dougherty (role=Self - Cassini Principal Investigator)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Murray (role=Self - Queen Mary University of London)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States|China</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>9.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGI0ZmRiMjItY2UyNy00ZTJmLWI0MDYtNDY5YzY4ZGRjNTRkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>History Documentary|Nature Documentary|Science &amp; Technology Documentary|Documentary</category>
    <review>Epic! What a journey! We've learned so much in such a short period of time. I keep thinking back to my time in secondary school learning about the solar system and what we knew then compared to now is absolutely mind blowing! The production, music, editing and special effects really make you feel you're there. But Brian Cox is the star of the show, his delivery and narration is 10/10. If you like Planet Earth but are longing for something a little more extraterrestrial, look no further. The Planets will not disappoint</review>
    <description>Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15757074</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Faszination Weltall</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Professor Brian Cox journeys across the vastness of time and space revealing epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ashley Gething</director>
      <director>Suzy Boyles</director>
      <director>Clementine Cheetham</director>
      <director>Tom Hewitson</director>
      <director>Poppy Pinnock</director>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=Self - Presenter)</actor>
      <actor>Grant Tremblay (role=Self - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)</actor>
      <actor>Hakeem Oluseyi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Gibor Basri (role=Self: University of California, Berkeley)</actor>
      <actor>Nial Tanvir (role=Self - University of Leicester)</actor>
      <actor>Urmila Chadayammuri (role=Self - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)</actor>
      <actor>David Rosario (role=Self - Newcastle University)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Pontzen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>David Kaiser (role=Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</actor>
      <actor>Kirsten Hall (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kimberly Arcand (role=Self - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)</actor>
      <actor>William J. Borucki (role=Self - Kepler Principal Investigator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>8.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTA3NmY4ZjUtMjE1NC00NGM3LWJjZTQtYTA4NGE1MmU3NzA5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>What a great show. Thank you for explaining things in a way that not only scientists can understand. Adding philosophy into the mix of science and really beautiful cinematography and visual special effects. So many unnecessary hateful comments for a show that brings so much to the table for the full range of viewers who have access to this. This show is created for all not just those who are experts in the subject. If it wasn't 'dumbed down' many of us would have no interest in this. Dr Cox is to the Universe what Richard Attenborough is to Planet Earth. We appreciate you Dr Cox. Don't ever stop delivering this type of content for years to come</review>
    <description>Professor Brian Cox journeys across the vastness of time and space revealing epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>28010603</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Terra X History</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Uli Weidenbach</director>
      <director>Friedrich Scherer</director>
      <director>Alexander Berkel</director>
      <director>Michael Funken</director>
      <director>Peter Hartl</director>
      <actor>Isaak Dentler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Moog (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Mirko Drotschmann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Suzanne Vogdt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sönke Neitzel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Arnold (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Lach (role=Konrad Naumann)</actor>
      <actor>Fanny Staffa (role=Vera Oelschlegel)</actor>
      <actor>Gert Rosenthal (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Egon Balder (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Frankenstein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sybille Steinbacher (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTEzOWFlN2QtYjBhYS00Mjg2LTk3NTQtYTQ5OWVlZDI1MjdkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>30399508</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Kloft</director>
      <actor>Eric Vuillard (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kirstin Buchinger (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Caquet (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Bauer (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>T.G. Otte (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Longerich (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Goldstein (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Bremer (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Isabel Heinemann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Schattenberg (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin Kompisch (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Süß (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTk2NWUwMGItMmFlMi00NzFmLWFjMTQtZjVlNmJlMWJmZjE0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX96_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>35867895</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>U-Boote</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9129466</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mythen und Monster</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A series exploring the history, archaeology and truths behind legendary creatures such as vampires, cyclops, sea monsters, and dragons.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dan Aldridge-Neil</director>
      <director>Elliot Kew</director>
      <actor>Stefan Ashton Frank (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Joy Reidenberg (role=Self - Comparative Anatomist)</actor>
      <actor>Onyeka Nubia (role=Self - Medievalist)</actor>
      <actor>Winnie Li (role=Self - Mythologist)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Schwab (role=Self - Mythologist)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Kamil (role=Self - Classicist)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Regal (role=Self - Historian)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Glover (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Miles Russell (role=Self - Archaeologist)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Williams (role=Self - Forensic Anthropologist)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Kluge (role=Self - Historian)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Gordon (role=Self - Plant Pathologist)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUzNGUzMTUtYjM0ZC00YWNmLThkYzUtZmU2MGEwNWRhZDFmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>A series exploring the history, archaeology and truths behind legendary creatures such as vampires, cyclops, sea monsters, and dragons.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>35686384</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tatort Mittelalter</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>33184359</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Tote von nebenan</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>This grisly new documentary series delves into the shocking case of a body discovered after 28 years hiding in plain sight.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gareth Johnson</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU3MTBlZGEtOWJmZC00Njc0LWFmY2MtNTU5NDY4YzM2ZTM4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR4,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>Every now and then you find a series by accident that you cannot put down.I was surprised I've never heard of this particular case, especially when a lot of it began in New Zealand. I watched the three episodes one after another it was that riveting. It was great to have actual footage from a "current affair" back in New Zealand with the people involved. The children suffered so much with no help from the NZ government. It was very sad.I am usually not a fan of interviews in a documentary series as they are a bit drawn out but this one was very well done. Give the series a go he won't regret it</review>
    <description>This grisly new documentary series delves into the shocking case of a body discovered after 28 years hiding in plain sight.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>30226546</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Besseresser</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Sebastian Lege (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Reza (role=Self - Food Expert)</actor>
      <actor>Lilly Temme (role=Self - Food Expert)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTJlYWFmMjYtOGY1MC00ZWFiLTgxOTYtZmEyZGZiNmQ4MWI0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8672912</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geheimes Russland: Moskaus Unterwelten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Moers</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32134967</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein Besuch in Nordkorea</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Anne Breer</director>
      <director>Marta Werner</director>
      <actor>David Bell (role=Self - Englischlehrer, Irland)</actor>
      <actor>Vicky Truong (role=Self - Reiseveranstalterin, USA)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes M. (role=Self - Technischer Leiter, Deutschland)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Ferguson (role=Self - Produktingenieur, USA)</actor>
      <actor>Jukka Lehtonen (role=Self - Projektmanager, Norwegen)</actor>
      <actor>Ulv Hanssen (role=Self - PhD Student, Norwegen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Documentary|Short</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12868026</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Tag in Auschwitz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>One day in May 1944, Bernard Walter comes to work - his mission is to photograph the Auschwitz concentration camp. So based on his images, so are we in this film following victims and perpetrators during a day in Auschwitz.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Winfried Laasch</director>
      <actor>Dario Gabbai (role=Self - Auschwitz Inmate, Member of a 'Sonderkommando)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Hördler (role=Self - Historian, University of Göttingen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIyNmJkMmUtNWU4OC00MDIzLWI3ZWItZmVmYWEyNjI0Y2Y1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>History Documentary|Documentary|History</category>
    <description>One day in May 1944, Bernard Walter comes to work - his mission is to photograph the Auschwitz concentration camp. So based on his images, so are we in this film following victims and perpetrators during a day in Auschwitz.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1976000</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die zwei Gesichter des Januars</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In early-1960s Greece, during a visit to the eternal ruins of the Athenian Acropolis, the sophisticated couple of the affluent holidaymaker, Chester MacFarland, and his elegant young wife, Colette, have a chance encounter with the streetwise American tour guide, Rydal. Yearning for MacFarland's comfortable lifestyle, the petty conman accepts the fashionable couple's generous invitation to dinner; however, Chester's murky past comes back to haunt him, and, suddenly, the mysterious death of a prying private investigator binds them together. Now, Chester has no other option but to trust Rydal, as a dangerous cat-and-mouse game leads them to Istanbul. Can Rydal trust either of the cryptic MacFarlands?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hossein Amini</director>
      <actor>Oscar Isaac (role=Rydal)</actor>
      <actor>Viggo Mortensen (role=Chester)</actor>
      <actor>Kirsten Dunst (role=Colette)</actor>
      <actor>Daisy Bevan (role=Lauren)</actor>
      <actor>David Warshofsky (role=Paul Vittorio)</actor>
      <actor>Pat Hillard (role=American Hotel Guest)</actor>
      <actor>Ozan Tas (role=Hotel Grand Receptionist)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mair (role=Elderly Man at Hotel Grand)</actor>
      <actor>Helena Jinx Jones (role=Elderly Woman at Hotel Grand)</actor>
      <actor>Omiros Poulakis (role=Nikos)</actor>
      <actor>George Tzoganidis (role=Heralkion Hotel Receptionist)</actor>
      <actor>Ioannis Vordos (role=Cafe Owner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France|United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA5MDQ0NTA4NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzk1MjEzMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Mystery|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>I agree with an earlier reviewer that this film derives much of its effect from being set in 1962. The period feel is beautifully communicated and the plot needs to work itself out in a world where places like Athens, Crete and Istanbul were not just exotic but isolated, where holidaying Americans would still be surprised and interested to meet other Americans, and people on the run could hope to hide away. The chemistry between the three leads, who are all well played, does lack fizz and there is a clumsy and rather hackneyed third act. But the film is never less than engaging and all the better for not resorting to surprise twists. The music tries too hard to be exciting, almost as if the director thinks the visuals need some extraneous help to keep the audience interested. I think he is wrong - there is enough going on here, including some fine acting and cinematography, to appeal to audiences who like films with substance, a trajectory, and a sound sense of place and time</review>
    <description>A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>30485732</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Natur macht Geschichte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>From winds that connect peoples to bacteria that topple empires: the six-part documentary series tells of the effect of the elementary forces of nature on the fate of humanity.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Keti Vaitonis</director>
      <director>Arabella Scheube</director>
      <director>Edith Stecker</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzEwZTUzOWMtZmU4ZS00MTU2LTlhOWMtOTEzNjgxZDk5YTEwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>From winds that connect peoples to bacteria that topple empires: the six-part documentary series tells of the effect of the elementary forces of nature on the fate of humanity.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1453159</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Säulen der Erde</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Pillars of the Earth is set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart. In that time, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against the backdrop, love-stories entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, the sadistic Lord William, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone work and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age. Follett masterfully weaves these stories through political turmoil of 12th century England, creating a relevant and viable world for today's audience and for generations to come.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sergio Mimica-Gezzan</director>
      <actor>Ian McShane (role=Waleran Bigod)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Macfadyen (role=Philip)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Redmayne (role=Jack)</actor>
      <actor>Hayley Atwell (role=Aliena)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Parish (role=Regan Hamleigh)</actor>
      <actor>Natalia Wörner (role=Ellen)</actor>
      <actor>Anatole Taubman (role=Remigius)</actor>
      <actor>John Pielmeier (role=Cuthbert)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Bathurst (role=Percy Hamleigh)</actor>
      <actor>Clive Wood (role=King Henry I)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Claflin (role=Richard)</actor>
      <actor>Liam Garrigan (role=Alfred)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Canada|United Kingdom|Hungary</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmZmZjM5M2YtYTliYy00OTI1LThhYjYtMGEzYjcxNTc0OTIzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Period Drama|Drama|Romance|Thriller|War</category>
    <review>I have read everything Ken Follett has written, but I pretty much had him pegged as a writer of extraordinarily readable suspense potboilers. Better than Stephen King, but no Cormac McCarthy. Then, in 1989 he unveiled "Pillars of the Earth" and I was stunned. Follett gave full rein to his incredibly vivid and compelling storytelling abilities. When I finished I was sad. I could no longer follow the adventures of these heroic and scheming English men and women in the the tumultuous 12th Century, a time of uncertainty over who should be on the throne.I have now watched the first six episodes (available on Netflix for instant viewing) and am dying to see the final two when they come available. I didn't know what to expect, but I can declare myself fully satisfied. What worried me most going in was the series was what the tone would be. Follett is a master of grand, operatic gestures. The mini-series captures that.He also is far from shy about sex, barbarism and vulgarity. There's a scene when the monks put Ellen on trial as a witch that made my jaw drop. No F-bombs, but one startling c**t bomb. The incest theme between William and his mother is not explicitly shown, but very clear.Occasionally, it's a bit "stagey" and the CGI is good, but not state of the art.Still, "Pillars" is a triumph of epic storytelling</review>
    <description>Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>29703469</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mysteriöse Kriminalfälle der DDR</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Nina Rothermundt</director>
      <director>Shirin Gill</director>
      <director>Marco Gadge</director>
      <actor>Remo Kroll (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Goll (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Thiers (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Wilmar Bohmeier (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Müller-Enbergs (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Carsta Drillisch (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Wunschik (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Kaufholz (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Gräf (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Boris Luis Santa Coloma (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Kittel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Waibel (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDczMmQzNzUtN2JhYi00MThkLThiYjMtZGY0ZDBhYzVjZDg2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_CR0,1,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>30319024</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die schwersten Unglücke der DDR</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Ingo Dell</director>
      <director>Nina Rothermundt</director>
      <director>Steffi Lischke</director>
      <actor>Michael Goll (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Eckart Eckhardt (role=Self - Sprecher)</actor>
      <actor>Henrik Bispinck (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Materna (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Hamann (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Börold (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sigrid Smolka (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Schurack (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rüdiger Ungewiß (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Lippke (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Uhl (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Mülchen (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDIyNzNjMzQtNjNiOS00NDEzLTgxZDItYmMwNWM4MzgxN2IyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_CR0,1,90,133_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32063628</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Terra X Harald Lesch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Terra X Harald Lesch" is a series on german ZDF. It's the Successor of Leschs Kosmos (2010)</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Harald Lesch (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Lauterbach (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDNlYmJmMWItOGE4YS00ZjhjLTk1YjItMmYyYzk5ZGNiYmJiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,32,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>News|Family|Talk Show</category>
    <description>"Terra X Harald Lesch" is a series on german ZDF. It's the Successor of Leschs Kosmos (2010)</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8385148</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Killer's Bodyguard 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bodyguard Michael Bryce has been an emotional wreck in suffering from recurring nightmares ever since working with hitman Darius Kincaid, the situation which has led to his license being revoked. As he awaits word if his license will be reinstated, Michael heeds his therapist's advice to decompress in taking a sabbatical i.e. vacation. His path to a more relaxed self takes a one hundred eighty degree turn when he is not only reunited with Darius, but Darius' perpetually angry con woman wife, Sonia Kincaid, the two who only recently officially got married and who are now trying to have a baby. While it was Sonia who initially tracked Michael down for his help, the three again are forced to work together by somewhat rogue Interpol agent Bobby O'Neill in they partly being the cause for a setback in his latest case in the recent cyberattacks on European infrastructure presumably by Greek national Aristotle Papadopoulos, O'Neill who was on the verge of learning Papadopoulos' grand plan before the threesome arrived on the scene. What happens in the three's mission to discover and stop Papadopoulos' grand plan is especially Michael and Darius' ever evolving antagonistic relationship, one of the three having a history with Papadopoulos, and Michael's own relationship with his bodyguard stepfather who has thus far guided his life and career.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Patrick Hughes</director>
      <actor>Ryan Reynolds (role=Michael Bryce)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Darius Kincaid)</actor>
      <actor>Salma Hayek (role=Sonia Kincaid)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Goodall (role=Crowley)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca Front (role=Therapist)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriella Wright (role=Veronika)</actor>
      <actor>Alice McMillan (role=Ailso)</actor>
      <actor>Kristofer Kamiyasu (role=Zento)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Oldman (role=Vladislav Dukhovic)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Hopper (role=Magnusson)</actor>
      <actor>Blake Ritson (role=Gunther)</actor>
      <actor>Richard E. Grant (role=Seifert)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States|Sweden|Bulgaria|France</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGJjNGIyZjItMTA2Ni00OTA2LThjMmYtNDIyOTk5NWNlNjgwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNuZXNodQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Dark Comedy|Action|Comedy|Crime|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>Banderas is now Greek. And wants to wreck havoc in the EU. Although the movie was (at times) fun and it's cool to see Samuel Jackson and Morgan Freeman in the same film, a star-packed cast can't get this film rated above 6. And 6 is already too much.Where to start...Pace is inconsistent and compared to the 1st film there are some really boring parts. Action is focused on bang-bang and car chase, coupled with some extreme shouting from Salma Hayek. Acting is ok (if you can stand Hayek).Storyline is outdated and exaggerated but keeps the European vibe of the first film, which is consistent.Comedy is prevalent throughout the film and there are some good moments.And of course...Antonio Banderas:He plays the villain, Greek billionaire Aristotle Papadopoulos, but he doesn't take the role too seriously and he still is the one and only Antonio Banderas, with the one and only Spanish accent we all know. He delivers some funny one-liners mixed with a few popular Greek words and almost looks like a villain BUT with a really weak and bad plan.Comedian Ryan Reynolds does well in comedy.Frank Grillo is always a nice addition, even though his role in the film is not essential.Nice cinematography, photography and great Italian landscapes. And some truly funny moments.Maybe since they're chasing a Greek, they should have done more shots in Greece, so it could have been more relevant. Because in the overall story the connection with Italy seemed rather weak.To conclude, there's a few reasons to watch this film. But it's not as good as the previous one, so be prepared.I personally enjoyed it but it's no more than a 6/10</review>
    <description>The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10312776</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bluff City Law</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lawyers at an elite Memphis law firm specialize in controversial landmark civil rights cases.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Terlesky</director>
      <director>Janice Cooke</director>
      <director>Adam Davidson</director>
      <director>Erica Dunton</director>
      <director>Catriona McKenzie</director>
      <actor>Jimmy Smits (role=Elijah Strait)</actor>
      <actor>Caitlin McGee (role=Sydney Strait)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Sloane (role=Jake Reilly)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Luwoye (role=Anthony Little)</actor>
      <actor>MaameYaa Boafo (role=Briana Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Stony Blyden (role=Emerson)</actor>
      <actor>Jayne Atkinson (role=Della Bedford)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Shepherd (role=George Bell)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Kelly (role=Robbie)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Johnson (role=Father Charles)</actor>
      <actor>Fredric Lehne (role=Tommy)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Childs (role=Judge Sarnow)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2Y0YzM2MzUtMzYzOC00ZDVhLWE0NDItNTdjMWExYjY0ZjYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Of course this type of dramatic civil suit courtroom battle(s) show has been on the re-hash wheel since the Perry Mason days of the 1950's. In fact for veteran actor Jimmy Smits who most recently played the Hispanic criminal rebel Nero Padilla on the hit crime series Sons Of Anarchy, in his earlier television roles he played ADA Miguel Prado in the Emmy winning 2008 series Dexter, and we can turn back the hands of time 33 years earlier he also played a young and hip lawyer named Victor Sifuentes in the 1980's drama series L.A. Law. So Jimmy Smits is a bona fide TV lawyer of the highest calibre and his resume is second to none.In this new series Jimmy Smits plays Elijah Strait and he wants to team up in the courtroom(s) of America with his estranged daughter Sydney (Caitlin McGee) who definitely has a chip on her shoulder due to the way her dad treated her mom while they were assumed to be the darling family everyone dreamed of being.It may seem to be that cookie cutter courtroom drama where because of some last minute information that is rushed into the courtroom during closing arguments that is provided to the lawyer heroes Elijah Strait and his daughter Sydney tears flow as the jury finds in favour of the smaller symbolic David to the corporate Goliath and the day has been saved once again....until next week.I really like Jimmy Smits as an actor so I will cut the series some initial slack and watch a few more episodes and see if this series develops a real heart and soul, and a court room style all its own.I give the series an 8 out of 10 rating</review>
    <description>Lawyers at an elite Memphis law firm specialize in controversial landmark civil rights cases.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32597078</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Soko Donau</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A fallen flower pot kills a young inhabitant of a community home in Vienna. Was it an accident or was it dropped on purpose? Gundl Tschernegg sees herself as responsible for the house and has a suspect. But she discredits herself in trying to help the criminal investigation team. Finally, it turns out that a student lost his nerves because of another inhabitant playing basketball while trying to study for his final exams.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Holger Barthel</director>
      <actor>Stefan Jürgens (role=Carl Ribarski)</actor>
      <actor>Lilian Klebow (role=Penny Lanz)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Voggeneder (role=Gundel Tschernegg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDMwMDg4NDYtOWVjMS00NmJlLWE5ZTUtNjhkNDEwNWU5ODJhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>A fallen flower pot kills a young inhabitant of a community home in Vienna. Was it an accident or was it dropped on purpose? Gundl Tschernegg sees herself as responsible for the house and has a suspect. But she discredits herself in trying to help the criminal investigation team....&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt32597078/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15393652</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eismayer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sergeant Major Eismayer, the toughest training officer in the Austrian Armed Forces, has a secret he carefully hides from public view: he is homosexual. When he falls in love with a recruit, his artificial heteronormative existence is shaken to the core. To a man like Eismayer, a gay relationship cannot be reconciled with the traditional understanding of what a soldier should be. Will he preserve his image of a tough-as-nails man's man or follow his heart? Is there some way to do both? Based on real events.—Golden Girls Film</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Wagner</director>
      <actor>Gerhard Liebmann (role=Vizeleutnant Charles Eismayer)</actor>
      <actor>Luka Dimic (role=Mario Falak)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Koschitz (role=Christina Eismayer)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Noori (role=Striegl)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Schärf (role=Hauptmann Karnaval)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Fischer (role=Oberst Kurt Hierzberger)</actor>
      <actor>Lion Tatzber (role=Dominik Eismayer)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Johne (role=Jan)</actor>
      <actor>Mona Kospach (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Hack (role=Gratzl)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Lampl (role=Mader)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Böhm (role=Kila)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDkyY2M5ODQtZTFkYy00ZTViLWEzM2QtOGI4ZGNhYWRjM2UyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR10,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|History|Romance</category>
    <review>When I first read the synopsis of 'Eismayer', I thought "god, is it going to be another 'The Sergent (1968)' or 'Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)'?". But thank god, time's changed.I've been living in West Europe as an immigrant for barely about 15 years, and couldn't know it first hand like the locals - but I've seen how much has changed within those decade and and a half alone regarding gay rights and overall acceptance of different sexualities. In that context, older Charlie's fear and self-hate about his sexuality is just as real as younger Mario's 'I'm here, I'm queer' attitude. But in the end, we see it's the Mario's generation and their attitude that is the future. Their happy ending feels dearer because it is not any more a secret in the closet or a lonely fight against the world. Come out and embrace your love, and people will be be happy for you.'Eismayer' is pretty much a conventional drama, not an artistic marvel. But it's well made, well acted and down-to-earth. Recommended</review>
    <description>Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5584782</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Siebzehn</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Paula, an above-average intelligent student, is in love with her classmate Charlotte. At the same time she feels permanently provoked by dissolute Lilly to challenge her limits.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Monja Art</director>
      <actor>Elisabeth Wabitsch (role=Paula)</actor>
      <actor>Magdalena Wabitsch (role=Magdalena)</actor>
      <actor>Bailey (role=Paulas Hund)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Ozinger (role=Kathrin)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Prem (role=Marvin)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kubicek (role=Busfahrer)</actor>
      <actor>Anaelle Dézsy (role=Charlotte)</actor>
      <actor>Leo Plankensteiner (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Wychodil (role=Tim)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Juda (role=Rauchender Schulwart)</actor>
      <actor>Chantal Zitzenbacher (role=Claudia)</actor>
      <actor>Astrid Hafner (role=Nathalie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzU0NGFjNGEtYTU2Mi00ODVkLWFiM2ItOGMzMzNkMTdiNzQ3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>One might see Siebzehn (17) as an Austrian version of Dazed and Confused with an emphasis on sexuality identity and the achieving and not always achieving of one's desires. It's interesting that the film appears mainly set in a regional setting, rather than one of the bigger cities. It does however contain many of the familiar tropes from teenage films (drugs, bullies, three-sided relationships, school competitions, dance/concerts, fights and barely an "adult" to be seen. Even the 2 teachers who have some involvement in the narrative, only appear to be in their twenties.) The film is anchored by a fine central performance from Elisabeth Wabitsch as Paula. I wish I could say the same about all the other supporting roles, but in all honesty, some were fairly amateurish. Being a teenage film too, be prepared to watch a lot of the characters lie around various rooms texting away on their phones. Yes, it's reality I guess, but doesn't always make riveting viewing. It's fair to say too, that many may find the conclusion somewhat anti-climactic</review>
    <description>Paula, an above-average intelligent student, is in love with her classmate Charlotte. At the same time she feels permanently provoked by dissolute Lilly to challenge her limits.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5541132</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grießnockerlaffäre</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Franz Eberhofer, still drunk, is woken up the morning after a lavish police wedding by a heavily armed special forces commando, who unfortunately cannot be chased away by Grandma's broom. His colleague Barschl has been found dead with a knife in his back.And unfortunately the murder weapon, Franz's pocket knife of all things, can be identified without a doubt because his name is engraved on it. The fact that the deceased is Franz's unloved boss and declared arch enemy doesn't make things any better. It's good that his old hippie father has come up with a nice alibi for him. But Franz has to investigate himself. Luckily his friend Rudi Birkenberger is on hand to help him solve the delicate case. Franz also has a lot to do in his private life. His dad has been seething with jealousy ever since his grandmother's childhood sweetheart, the eccentric Paul, turned up and took over the house. And that's not all: because Paul can't stand anything else, his grandmother only cooks semolina dumpling soup. Things also get tricky for Franz when he narrowly misses a marriage proposal from his girlfriend Susi.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ed Herzog</director>
      <actor>Sebastian Bezzel (role=Franz Eberhofer)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Schwarz (role=Rudi Birkenberger)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Maria Potthoff (role=Susi)</actor>
      <actor>Enzi Fuchs (role=Oma Eberhofer)</actor>
      <actor>Branko Samarovski (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Eisi Gulp (role=Vater Eberhofer)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Wittmann (role=Leopold Eberhofer)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Zinner (role=Metzger Simmerl)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Christensen (role=Ignaz Flötzinger)</actor>
      <actor>Max Schmidt (role=Wirt Wolfinger)</actor>
      <actor>Sigi Zimmerschied (role=Dienststellenleiter Moratschek)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Kügel (role=Bürgermeister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjk0ZGE0ZmYtN2UwZS00N2UxLWI2NGUtZjhkMzU3NDhiNmViXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX327_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Not entirely of course, because as the other movies this does live with a lot of humor. But having said that, there are quite a few serious things that are happening in this. And they work too, especially if you are invested in the characters. So while the other movies worked standalone, this one probably won't have the same impact if you haven't seen at least one of the other 3 movies that have been made until now.Since I haven't read the books yet, I still can't talk about how they fare in direct competition to the movies. But I do know that the characters are more than well established and even with a couple of new ones thrown in, it won't bring the house down. The opposite is the case, the environment of the movie makes it easy for anyone new to really come in and do their thing. Murder mystery is the main driving theme ... but there is so much more here ... If that floats your boat, then enjoy</review>
    <description>Police officer Franz Eberhofer is woken up by his colleagues because his boss Barschl has been killed. The murder weapon is Franz' knife, so he is suspected to be the murderer of his hated boss.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10252330</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Enkel für Anfänger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Karin falls on her head in retirement. Her husband Harald would rather save up for a stair lift than finally go overseas with Karin. In order to bring freshness into her life, the fit senior citizen follows the example of her funky sister-in-law Philippa, who supports young parents as a volunteer grandmother. Unlike Philippa, a teacher and grandmother by profession, Karin has little practical experience with children. However, she quickly manages not only to gain the trust of the neglected Jannik. Even his pubescent sister Merle thinks the straightforward senior is cool. Karin's old friend Gerhard, whom she dragged along to the grandparents' agency, is also doing much better than expected. The lonely ex-doctor wants to help his lovable godson Viktor to assert himself at school and in life. Karin's husband Harald, on the other hand, remains in his old routine and doesn't even notice that his wife's spirits are awakening: When Kai, Jannik's father, who is almost the same age, makes clear advances, she no longer feels just like "grandma". Now the desire to dare even more new things is awakened.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Groos</director>
      <actor>Maren Kroymann (role=Karin)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Harald)</actor>
      <actor>Maxime Diemer (role=Lilly)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Sukowa (role=Philippa)</actor>
      <actor>Heiner Lauterbach (role=Gerhard)</actor>
      <actor>Serkan Kaya (role=Zeitungsbote)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Kalenberg (role=Antje)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Oliver Schultz (role=Tobias)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Gleich (role=Leonie)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Gleich (role=Leonie)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Grüner (role=Viktor)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Kämmer (role=Leiterin Großelterndienst)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzMwMDYyZjktZWQwMS00YzBhLWI4NDItNjMwMDllZGI1NmIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>What to do when one gets old? The question you might have to ask yourself one day (and we all hope we'll have that problem ... well we may wish to stay forever young, but that seems to be out of the realm of reality) ... and one that is the essence of this movie.There is voice over to introduce us to this concept and to the 3 main characters. All of whom get a job - like a nanny ... but as the english title suggests "granny nanny". Now one of the characters is male so technically it isn't just grannies ... on the other hand, some might call him feminine so there is that too.But all that aside, the movie is quite fun and has rich characters with their own issues and while they are old, they still can learn new tricks (yes the saying - I'm aware of it, so I reckon pun intended) ... Interestingly and charming, for those who care and don't mind seeing old people on their screen struggling with a newer generation, they almost have nothing in common with ... or do they</review>
    <description>Three frustrated pensioners volunteer themselves as Grand-Godparents to three stressed children.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6587640</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Trolls World Tour</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends, set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Walt Dohrn</director>
      <director>David P. Smith</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjRhZDM1NzYtM2U4Mi00NmNkLTk0MWMtNzliNTY5ZTEzOTgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR87,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Jukebox Musical|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy|Musical</category>
    <review>It was ok. My kids (ages 4 and 7) lost focus many times while watching. The music was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as the first Trolls movie</review>
    <description>When the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2510894</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hotel Transsilvanien 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It's Mavis (Selena Gomez) and Johnny's (Andy Samberg) wedding day. Dracula (Adam Sandler) is worried that she'll decide to move out of the hotel, but he decides to keep it together for her sake.One month later, Johnny tells Dracula that Mavis wants to go flying with him. They play a game of hide-and-seek, but Mavis quickly gets winded. She tells him that she can't fly very far, since she's pregnant.Dracula is overjoyed that he's going to be a grandfather, until Mavis mentions that it's possible her child will be a human. When the due date arrives, Dracula sneaks into the delivery room disguised as a nurse. He swears that no one will ever harm his grandson, before handing him to Mavis.On Dennis' (Asher Blinkoff) first birthday, there is a party, and Johnny's parents, Mike (Nick Offerman) and Linda (Megan Mullally) are invited. Also at the party are Frankenstein (Kevin James) and Eunice (Fran Drescher), Wayne (Steve Buscemi) and Wanda (Molly Shannon), Griffin (David Spade), and Murray (Keegan-Michael Key). Dracula is convinced that Dennis will grow up to be a vampire, even when Linda points out that he doesn't have any fangs. Wayne tells her that he has until his fifth birthday to have his fangs grow in. Mike tells Johnny he should get a job, but Dracula bails him out by saying that he already has a job at the hotel, making the humans feel more comfortable there.Months later, Mavis calls for Johnny and Dracula and tells them that Dennis said his first word. Dennis says "Bleh bleh bleh," then repeats it over and over again. Not amused, Dracula checks inside his mouth for any sign of growing fangs, finding nothing.When Dennis is four, Dracula tries to teach him how to turn into a bat. Dennis is only able to flap his arms and run around the room. Dracula tells Dennis that he'll dance for him if Dennis will try to turn into a bat. Mavis comes in and asks what they're doing. Dracula mentions that six of Wayne's pups are having a birthday party, but Mavis doesn't want Dennis to go, since they play too rough with him. Dracula asks her if she doesn't want Dennis around monsters, and Dennis says he wants to watch his favorite video, Kakie the cake monster (Chris Kattan). Mavis points out that he hasn't yet shown any signs that he's not human.Mavis reluctantly brings Dennis to the party, and a girl pup named Winnie (Sadie Sandler) tells Dennis she loves him and they will get married. Dennis squirms away from her. Mavis is overjoyed by all of the fun things at the party, such as limbo and a piñata, though she wreaks a bit of havoc when she breaks the piñata and the werewolf pups eat the candy. In the chaos that ensues, Dennis gets knocked to the ground and one of his teeth falls out; Mavis is horrified, but Dracula excitedly rushes to see if Dennis' fangs are going to come in. She tells Dracula that she and Johnny have been talking about moving to California, so that Dennis can grow up around other humans; she still doesn't think that her son will manifest any vampire powers before his fifth birthday.Saddened, Dracula goes to see Johnny in his room. Johnny tells him that he loves it at the hotel, and doesn't want to move. Dracula tells him to take Mavis to his parents' house, while Dracula will watch Dennis. His plan is to have the monsters show their skills, so that Dennis will decide to turn into a vampire. He only has one week left before Dennis' fifth birthday.Johnny and Mavis fly away, and moments later the monsters pull up. Together, they all drive off with the Blob riding sidecar in an attached Rascal scooter. Johnny and Mavis land in Santa Cruz and rent a car. Dracula and the group arrive at the forest, and he tells Frankenstein to show Dennis how he scares people. Two joggers pass by and see him, but they aren't frightened. Instead, they ask if he will take a picture with them, which he happily agrees to do. Dracula then tells Wayne to kill a deer, and he starts to chase after one, but gets distracted when a frisbee flies by. He quickly chases and grabs the frisbee, to Dennis' delight. Angry, Dracula drives the group away, and the scooter becomes detached, sending the Blob over a cliff. Dracula says he'll be fine, since he's shapeless.Johnny and Mavis are driving through Santa Cruz, and she asks him to stop at a minimart. She gets fascinated by the potato chips and Slurpees. It's Murray's turn to try and impress Dennis, and Dracula tells him to conjure up a sandstorm. Murray starts chanting and twisting, but then he hurts his back, only producing a small sand pile that Dennis happily plays with. Johnny and Mavis see a park where kids are doing bicycle stunts, and Johnny borrows a kid's bike to show off his tricks. Mavis decides to give it a try, and is able to do floating loop-de-loops and stop in midair. They leave for Johnny's parents' house, and Mavis decides to check in on Dennis.Dennis is fast asleep when Dracula's phone rings, and he doesn't want her to know that they left the hotel. Griffin puts his sunglasses on Dennis, and moves his arms and talks for him so Mavis won't see that he's asleep. Dracula decides that he will have to teach Dennis himself. He drives them to the Vampire Summer Camp where he spent his childhood. The camp director meets them and says that Dracula was a legend as a kid. The vampire children are all eating mice.Johnny and Mavis arrive at Mike and Linda's house, and find the guest room made over with a makeshift coffin. Mavis thinks it would be a great place to raise Dennis. Linda announces that she's invited other human-monster couples over.Dracula takes Dennis and the group to the top of a 200-foot tower, and he throws Dennis off, thinking that he'd figure out how to fly before he hit the ground. One by one, the monsters look over the side and announce that he's still not flying. When he gets close to the ground, Dracula flies down and grabs Dennis. Frankenstein leans on the side of the rail, causing the tower to fall over and land in the campfire. Frankenstein is set on fire, and he runs wildly through the buildings, setting them all on fire. A tree falls and crushes the hearse.Johnny and Mavis are on the roof, and she tells him that she doesn't want Dennis to grow up in Transylvania, and end up being a freak like her. Johnny says that he'd be overjoyed if Dennis grew up to be curious and full of life like she is. His phone rings and he shows her a video that he thinks a friend sent him. She recognizes that it's Dennis falling off the tower. Frantic, she calls Dracula. Sirens are blaring as firemen try to put out the fire. Dracula answers the phone and tells her that they're still at the hotel. Dennis grabs the phone and starts to tell her that Dracula was teaching him how to fly, but Dracula smashes the phone before he can finish. Mavis tells Johnny that they have to head back to the hotel right away.Dracula realizes he has to get back to the hotel quickly, but they don't have a car. The Blob rides up on his scooter, and they all leave. Mavis decides that it will take too long to fly back on a plane, so she turns into a bat and grabs Johnny, then flies off. The Blob gets stuck in traffic, and Mavis flies through a raincloud and gets sopping wet. When the traffic clears, the Blob has to pull off the road and duck behind some bushes. Mavis flies through a thunderstorm, dodging lightning bolts. Frankenstein blows the Blob up like a balloon, and then lets go, causing him to shoot forward with them. They race a train, narrowly beating it through a tunnel. Dracula holds Dennis up in the air and lets him pretend to fly.Mavis and Dracula arrive at the hotel at the same time, and she shows him the video of Dennis falling, which has gone viral. Angrily, she tells him that she'll have his birthday party there, and then they're moving to California.The night before the party, Mavis tells Dracula that she invited his human-hating father, Vlad (Mel Brooks). Dracula pulls Johnny aside and tells him that Vlad can't know that he and his family are humans, or he'll eat them. Johnny decides to make the party a costume party. Everyone is dressed as monsters, and Johnny is wearing a cheap vampire costume. Vlad arrives with the demon Bela (Rob Riggle), and Dracula tells Frankenstein to keep him away from Mavis and the humans. Brandon, the actor who played Kakie, shows up as a performer. Vlad meets Johnny and thinks he's a freaky-looking vampire. When Vlad meets Dennis, he wants to see his great-vamp-son's fangs; when he has none, he thinks he's a "late-fanger," just as Dracula was, and tells them that all they have to do is scare Dennis' fangs out of him. Kakie sets up to start his act, and Vlad makes him levitate. Mavis notices Vlad offstage and wonders what her grandfather is doing. Vlad makes Kakie's costume head spin, and then makes him act possessed. Dennis jumps into Dracula's arms. Vlad makes Kakie's body shape-shift. Dracula stops him, saying that it's not worth it. Mavis asks what's going on, and Dracula says that he was trying to scare Dennis into growing fangs. Johnny says they were desperate, and she realizes that he was in on it. All of them, along with Johnny's parents, start arguing. Upset, Dennis runs off, and Winnie follows after him.Winnie leads Dennis to a dog fort. Bela sees them and calls out more demons. Mavis and Johnny realize that Dennis isn't there, and everyone at the party runs off to try and find him. Bela swoops into the fort and grabs Dennis and Winnie, who bites his hand. Bela flings her away, causing her to crash on the ground. This enrages Dennis enough for his fangs to come in, and his vampire powers manifest immediately.Dracula, Johnny, Mavis and the rest of the monsters join in the fight, driving the demons away. Unseen, Bela grabs a sharp branch and flies straight at Johnny, trying to kill him. Just in time, Vlad, having had a change of heart, stops Bela and shrinks him, warning his former minion to never come near him or his family ever again.Mavis decides to continue raising Dennis at the hotel. Since it's still Dennis' birthday, they return to the party and get ready to eat Dennis' cake. After the gremlin lady swallows the entire cake in one bite, the party resumes and everyone has a great time, even Dracula and Vlad, who dance in typical over-the-top vampire fashion.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Genndy Tartakovsky</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg3MTcwNzU1N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzgwODEwNjE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Dark Comedy|Satire|Slapstick|Supernatural Fantasy|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>For cartoons, Genndy Tartakovsky has had his hands in and on a lot of peoples' favorite shows. There's something about Tartakovsky's vision of cartoons that breathes life into every movement that is made by them. Tartakovsky made his directorial debut with Hotel Transylvania (2012) and although it was not universally renowned, made people found it to be a fun family movie with a well-developed story, energetic animation and colorful characters. Plus even though it dealt with Halloween related characters, the idea wasn't to scare but make light of the characters and the lore of which they originated from. Here we are with its sequel and although it does keep several elements from the original the same, some things have changed and other parts should have changed. Thankfully, this sequel isn't brought down a whole lot, but it is enough to notice the differences in what should've been focused on more.The story to this installment revolves around Dracula (Adam Sandler) trying to bring out the inner vampire of his hybrid grandson Dennis (Asher Blinkoff) brought upon by newly wedded couple/parents Mavis (Selena Gomez) and Jonathan (Andy Samberg). The reason for this is fearing that if their son has no vampire blood flowing in him anywhere, Mavis would end up leaving the hotel for good. Although the premise isn't as obvious, unfortunately the execution ends up feeling very similar to that of the first (plot wise). Dracula claims he is more open minded now but still clings to his past and tries to hide his true ambitions. In some respects, this particular play out moots the point of the first film altogether. Once Drac accepted Jonathan into his world, he should've been prepared for what came after. It just makes it feel like he didn't learn from before. The writing group for this entry shrunk in size. For the first film, five writers were involved. Here only two were, of which only one of them were from the original five.The one from the original five was Robert Smigel, a writer for multiple Saturday Night Live episodes. The other writer credited for this film was Adam Sandler and unfortunately it shows too. How? Two words, potty humor. Yes, and it sticks out like a soar thumb. Hotel Transylvania (2012) did have some silly moments but none of the comedy required potty humor. That's not to say all of the scenes don't work, but there are scenes where experienced viewers will be able to point out the scenes that Adam Sandler had wrote in. It's just not necessary. Of all problems with this and a familiar plot, that's it. For the moments that don't included immature humor, the rest of the comedy bits are new and contemporary, which is having the characters play off of their own flaws and personalities or trying to have them figure out social media. Drac can't seem to understand that to use a touch screen, you can't have long fingernails. He'll get it I'm sure.There's also new character additions to the cast, which is great although sometimes it can sink a film if it becomes over saturated. All the original characters voiced by Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, David Spade and Steve Buscemi all sound exactly as they should and still play off one another well. Even Keegan-Michael Key who replaces CeeLo Green as Murray from the first film practically sounds the same too. Some of the new voice actors to jump on board or receive more attention are Sadie Sandler as Winnie (one of Wayne's children), Jon Lovitz as a "phantom of the opera" type character and the comedy guru himself, Mel Brooks playing Vlad, Dracula's father. It really is nice to see a bunch of new and old voice actors work together though. Plus, a star talent like Brooks isn't wasted either. His appearance isn't as long as everyone else's roles but he comes in at the best time.Again since this production was headed by Tartakovsky, the animation and character designs are nothing but great. The character designs are all unique and have intricate texture detailing. Alan Hawkins who worked as an animator for the first film serves a senior animation supervisor for this entry. Considering his past work being on projects like Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Arthur Christmas (2011), Hawkins feels like a great collaborator for Tartakovsky's vision. The film score produced by Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh continues his usual work but again fails to provide his listeners with an actual soundtrack for download. The score itself matches the scenes well and portrays the right emotion but it's weird that Mothersbaugh can provide a score for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) or The Lego Movie (2014) but can't for these films. Why so selective in distribution?It's not a huge step down from the original but it is noticeable. The sequel does maintain all the character relations and chemistry while adding in new ones like Drac's father voiced by Mel Brooks. It also keeps the same great animation and music. Unfortunately although the premise feels new, the execution is very much parallel to the first film in some ways. Plus with Adam Sandler now active in writing the script, some his childish annoying potty humor got in the recipe as well and it's obvious as all get out</review>
    <description>Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1222817</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Zoowärter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A middle-aged male who works in a zoo discovers the truth about all of the animals. They do their best to help him find someone to spend the rest of his life with. Along the way, he gets to know the animals better and deeper and find out how they are in their time.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Frank Coraci</director>
      <actor>Kevin James (role=Griffin Keyes)</actor>
      <actor>Rosario Dawson (role=Kate)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Bibb (role=Stephanie)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Jeong (role=Venom)</actor>
      <actor>Donnie Wahlberg (role=Shane)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Rogan (role=Gale)</actor>
      <actor>Nat Faxon (role=Dave)</actor>
      <actor>Steffiana De La Cruz (role=Robin)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Bakay (role=Franky)</actor>
      <actor>Jackie Sandler (role=TGIF Waitress)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Gottschalk (role=Jurgen)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon Keener (role=Nimer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgyNjQ0MDc1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTE4NjQyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Family|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>Griffin Keyes (Kevin James) is the perfect employee. In addition to being the favorite of all the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo, he's professional, courteous and well-liked by his co-workers. His dedication was only compounded when, five years earlier, he was dumped by his fiancée mid-proposal. But when his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) comes back into his life at his brother's engagement party, his career soon feels like an albatross around his neck. Fearing the loss of their favorite zookeeper, the animals (voiced by Sylvester Stallone, Nick Nolte, Cher and others) intervene. They reveal the fact that they can speak and always could and then proceed to offer Griffin whatever help they can in winning back his former girlfriend. The attempts and advice vary in detail but what it all amounts to is a slapstick tsunami. It can enhance a storyline when used correctly but the use of it in this film is meant to replace one. It makes for a lot of laughs, but not a lot of originality. Basically, if you've seen the commercial, you've seen the movie. The kids will enjoy it, you might too, but you'd like it just as much if you waited to rent the DVD</review>
    <description>A group of zoo animals decide to break their code of silence in order to help their lovable zookeeper find love, without opting to leave his current job for something more illustrious.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0471042</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Aushilfsgangster</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For years, Arthur Shaw, the most prestigious tenant in Manhattan's most luxurious high-rise condominium called The Tower, has been running a methodical Ponzi scheme. For more than a decade, Josh Kovaks, the Tower's attentive manager, has been catering to the pampered residents' every whim, dreaming of a peaceful retirement. However, now that Josh along with the rest of the staff find themselves among Shaw's many victims, and their entire pension plan pinched by the ruthless plutocrat, the deceived employees will need to take matters into their own hands, and retrieve, if they can, a lifetime's stolen savings. Can justice be served? But, first of all, how do you steal from a thief?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brett Ratner</director>
      <actor>Ben Stiller (role=Josh Kovaks)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Murphy (role=Slide)</actor>
      <actor>Casey Affleck (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Alda (role=Arthur Shaw)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Broderick (role=Mr. Fitzhugh)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen McKinley Henderson (role=Lester)</actor>
      <actor>Judd Hirsch (role=Mr. Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Téa Leoni (role=Special Agent Claire Denham)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Peña (role=Enrique Dev'Reaux)</actor>
      <actor>Gabourey Sidibe (role=Odessa)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Arianda (role=Miss Iovenko)</actor>
      <actor>Marcia Jean Kurtz (role=Rose)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY1NDU4NzUxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjExMzgyMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Action|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>Tower Heist is Ben Stiller's latest comedy where he plays the building manager of a New York high rise tower block. He regrettably invests him and his staff's pension money with a smooth-talking crook who lives in the top floor penthouse. Naturally, the crook wastes their money and they're left without a cent.Therefore, Ben and a few other disgruntled employees, enlist the help of small time crook Eddie Murphy to break into the penthouse and steal back their money.It's a decent enough premise and, again, all the cast to a decent enough job. There you have it - it's a decent film. Not quite funny enough to be a comedy through and through. Not quite dramatic enough to be a straight drama. It even throws in a bit of a high speed car chase into the mix to add an element of 'action' into the genre.It's a bit of a mixed bag. If you go into it without any expectations, you should find it an okay watch.Not great, but not bad either. Fans of Stiller and Murphy should find extra things to enjoy about it</review>
    <description>When a group of hard-working guys find out they've fallen victim to their wealthy employer's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>16280138</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Magic Mike: The last Dance</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Magic" Mike Lane (Tatum) takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Hayek Pinault) who lures him with an offer he can't refuse...and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he-and the roster of hot new dancers he'll have to whip into shape-be able to pull it off?—magicmikeslastdancemovie</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven Soderbergh</director>
      <actor>Jemelia George (role=Zadie Rattigan)</actor>
      <actor>Channing Tatum (role=Mike Lane)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Llaca (role=Event Planner)</actor>
      <actor>Erin Cline (role=Housewife 1)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen Olivares (role=Housewife 4)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Bencomo (role=Kim's Husband)</actor>
      <actor>Caitlin Gerard (role=Kim)</actor>
      <actor>Harj Dhillon (role=Harj)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Lawrence (role=Woody)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin Spokes (role=Matthew (the director))</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Griffin (role=Isabel Ascendant Actor)</actor>
      <actor>Evan Milton (role=Isabel Ascendant Actor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTdkMWM3MDItMjdhNS00Mzg3LTkyYTctMjgwMzM5N2IzOTRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Showbiz Drama|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>My wife and I saw this on opening night at the movie theater. Surprisingly, it was a decent crowd with mainly couples. The beginning was o'k , the ending was pretty good but the middle was absolutely borrrring!!!! It will almost put you to sleep. There was no chemistry , no character development and not much going on. Unlike the first two , Mike had rapport with his dance partners , this one had nothing. The dance partners were too old to be a stripping act so that would not work, but they could have come up with something better. This will probably be the end of this one, as I'm assuming this is going to get a thumbs down - all the way around</review>
    <description>Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7242816</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Harrow</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A male forensic medical examiner who has lived a difficult life teams up with an agency to solve crimes and stop criminals. Along the way, he discovers multiple truths about his life that he never knew about and how it can affect him while working with the agency.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Andrikidis</director>
      <director>Grant Brown</director>
      <director>Catherine Millar</director>
      <director>Tony Tilse</director>
      <director>Mairi Cameron</director>
      <actor>Ioan Gruffudd (role=Dr. Daniel Harrow)</actor>
      <actor>Darren Gilshenan (role=Dr. Lyle Fairley)</actor>
      <actor>Damien Garvey (role=Bryan Nichols)</actor>
      <actor>Ella Newton (role=Fern Harrow)</actor>
      <actor>Hunter Page-Lochard (role=Callan Prowd)</actor>
      <actor>Jolene Anderson (role=Dr. Grace Molyneux)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Lise Phillips (role=Stephanie Tolson)</actor>
      <actor>Robyn Malcolm (role=Maxine Pavich)</actor>
      <actor>Remy Hii (role=Simon Van Reyk)</actor>
      <actor>Faustina Agolley (role=Edwina Gharam)</actor>
      <actor>Mirrah Foulkes (role=Soroya Dass)</actor>
      <actor>Miriama Smith (role=Renae Warrington)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGU2NjZmNjEtMTY1Ni00YjY5LTgwNzItMzNlMDU0YjFlNWEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Medical Drama|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>While I can't speak to the authenticity of Australian location portrayal, as other reviewers have, I think the show was great.Acting, camera work, jokes, and banter between coworkers, all served to create a believable environment.And that dark past of his, just waiting to be revealed and possibly destroy everything, hovers in the background, creating tension.I find myself waiting for the next episode.One reviewer complains about there being a personal story behind the main character, but that's how we end up finding out about that mysterious past of his.And, seriously, what do they want? A cardboard cutout character with minimal lines and no home life? The added drama keeps the show interesting, adds extra levels to the character as it goes, and family members are always potentially at risk when there's a hero character involved, so there's that.Give the show a chance and don't pay attention to bad reviews if you already think you might like something</review>
    <description>Harrow tells the story of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a forensic pathologist with a total disregard for authority.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15502356</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Family Dinner</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Overweight teenager Simi spends the Easter holidays at the farm of her aunt Claudia and her family. She wants her aunt, a professional nutrition coach, to help her lose weight, but has to realize more and more that things on the farm are not above board. Who can Simi really trust on this farm?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Hengl</director>
      <actor>Pia Hierzegger (role=Claudia)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Pink (role=Stefan)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Katlein (role=Simi)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Sladek (role=Filipp)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2Q4MDMzOGYtYTJhZS00NWE0LTg3ZmMtZmY3MGJkNDRkYjg3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Psychological Horror|Suspense Mystery|Drama|Horror|Mystery</category>
    <review>The film was advertised as a domestic horror film and the mood and the location was very well met. In terms of action, the whole film takes place on a farm in the countryside (Lower Austria), the actors are all very convincing and were well chosen. Pia Hierzegger is of course fantastic as the aunt, very believable.The label horror film is too strong for me, although it certainly fits into the genre, but measured against today's usual horror films, the film is already rather harmless, more psychological thriller. Also, the film offers little surprising.The story: overweight teenager Simi visits aunt Claudia, a nutrition expert, in the countryside (with hopes to be helped with dieting), with (newly married) uncle Stefan and cousin Fillip (from the first marriage of the aunt). Simi feels uncomfortable from the beginning, the cousin a creep, the aunt strict, the uncle too nice?I felt they got inspired by films like "Get Out," "The Wicker Man," as well as some Hammer films from the sixties. Without giving more away, you definitely guess what the whole thing is leading up to in the course of the film. That's what I meant by unsurprising. I was missing a twist that would change your view of the story and question your perception, so to speak, but that twist doesn't come. Conclusion: well done, but not top notch</review>
    <description>An overweight teenager spends the holidays at her aunt's farm in the hope of getting help to lose weight, but soon after her arrival, she begins to suspect that something is very wrong at this place.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6169920</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>L'animale</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Riding on their tuned-up bikes, Mati and her posse of male friends intimidate their neighborhood and harass the girls. In their village, they rule. But when her closest pal Sebastian falls in love with Mati and her enemy Carla unexpectedly turns into a friend, Mati is in danger of losing her standing among her male friends. Meanwhile Mati's parents have a decision to make: What's more important, appearances or reality?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Katharina Mückstein</director>
      <actor>Sophie Stockinger (role=Mati)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin Resetarits (role=Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Dominik Warta (role=Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Franz Richter (role=Carla)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Hofer (role=Sebastian)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Marcus Singer (role=Kogler)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Morzé (role=Philipp)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Pohl (role=Felix)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Bittenauer (role=Barkeeper)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Johne (role=Hannes)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa-Caroline Nemec (role=Lisa)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg (role=Deutschlehrerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWFmMDJiMGUtODNlZS00MTZmLWFhM2EtMDBmZmJmOGRjYjUwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX522_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Drama</category>
    <review>I would love to see the film again. I liked it very much but on the internet I can not find anything. Someone can help me</review>
    <description>Mati, a small-town Austrian tomboy wrestles with gender identity while her parents confront their own buried truths.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0408142</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner Herbert Molin is brutally murdered in the remote town of Sveg, Lindman travels north to investigate. The more Lindman digs into the mysterious killing, the less he is sure to have known the man he feels so much indebted to...—Urs Egger</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Urs Egger</director>
      <director>Mark Rosman</director>
      <actor>Tobias Moretti (role=Stefan Lindmann)</actor>
      <actor>Veronica Ferres (role=Veronica Molin)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Schell (role=Fernando Hereira)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Marsh (role=Giuseppe Larsson)</actor>
      <actor>Bjørn Floberg (role=Lasse Rundström)</actor>
      <actor>Bibi Andersson (role=Elsa Berggren)</actor>
      <actor>John Wood (role=Jonas Andersson)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Byrne (role=Emil Wetterstedt)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Prinz (role=Herbert Molin)</actor>
      <actor>Mats Långbacka (role=Erik)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Andersson (role=Magnus)</actor>
      <actor>Per Morberg (role=Holger)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany|Canada</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTg0MTk3ODk3MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjUyMTI3MzE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR55,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>The acting is rather motionless, the lack of pace and the length just kills this movie.Everyone is trying hard to make something of it but it rarely shows.One of the many mediocre made for TV movies</review>
    <description>Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner Herbert Molin is brutally murdered in the remote town of Sveg, Lindman travels north to investigate. The more Lindman digs into the mysterious killing, the less he is sure to have know...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0408142/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>35543957</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Land der Berge</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Olga Kosanovic</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzQ3ODdiMmUtMmJlNi00YzRmLWJiYzUtOTM2OTAwNTdiODFkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY207_CR3,0,140,207_.jpg" />
    <category>Short</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11540468</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Breathe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the near future, an environmental tipping point is passed that takes out all plant life. Without the release of oxygen from photosynthesis, atmospheric levels plunge to 5%, too low for people to operate without masks. Pockets of survivors exist made possible by various oxygen generator equipment. One such group is the Hudson family in Brooklyn. Darius is an engineer with sufficient skills to build his own homemade unit. Unfortunately, he discovers that his calculations regarding its performance are in error. The machine can only support two people in the long run. Thus, when his father dies in an accident, he insists he take the body to reside next to his wife's. It is really a ploy to sacrifice himself for the benefit of his wife Maya and brilliant daughter Zora. Zora misses her dad terribly. She frequently uses her ham radio to broadcast her thoughts about the technical projects they used to work on together. The signal is picked up by a surviving group living in a Philadelphia subway station. They send a trio of their community to find Darius's home so they can improve their oxygen generating capacity. The trio of Tess, Lucas and Mike travel the 100 miles in three days hoping to glimpse the Darius technology. They go about approaching for help in entirely the wrong way - through force. Maya does not respond well to their threats of violence in they are not complicit. Eventually, they are able to penetrate through all the security devices that Darius built to protect his family. The technical workings of it are too complicated for them to understand.—Garon Smith</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stefon Bristol</director>
      <actor>Jennifer Hudson (role=Maya)</actor>
      <actor>Milla Jovovich (role=Tess)</actor>
      <actor>Quvenzhané Wallis (role=Zora)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Worthington (role=Lucas)</actor>
      <actor>Common (role=Darius)</actor>
      <actor>Raúl Castillo (role=Micah)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Martin (role=Mike)</actor>
      <actor>Kaliswa Brewster (role=Harriet)</actor>
      <actor>James Saito (role=The Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzlmMmU2NDctODM4YS00MTgzLTg0MDgtZmI2YWRmYTgxMTAzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>In dreary, poorly performed near-future sci-fi "Breathe" Jennifer Hudson &amp; over-confident teen daughter Quvenzhané Wallis live alone (months after hubbie / dad Common left them) in empty post-apocalyptic NY, struggling in the barren planet's devastated atmosphere - til Milla Jojovich, Sam Worthington &amp; Raúl Castillo turn up asking about their oxygen machine... but are the gun-toting visitors' intentions good or bad? Cue tediously repetitive to &amp; fro 'trust them or not' flawed sequences all leading to a wholly implausible short-cut ending. Doug Simon's lame screenplay is chiefly to blame, but Stefon Bristol's stressed direction doesn't help. Disappointing fare. A turd. Flush it</review>
    <description>An East Flatbush mother and daughter, barely surviving in an oxygen-less world, must band together to protect each other when intruders arrive claiming to know their missing father.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13097932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>One Life</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The true story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realized it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it's 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It's not until a live BBC television show, 'That's Life', surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children - now adults - that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Hawes</director>
      <actor>Anthony Hopkins (role=Nicky Winton)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Olin (role=Grete Winton)</actor>
      <actor>Johnny Flynn (role=Young Nicky Winton)</actor>
      <actor>Helena Bonham Carter (role=Babi Winton)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Steed (role=Bernard)</actor>
      <actor>Matilda Thorpe (role=Nina)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Brown (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Sharp (role=Trevor Chadwick)</actor>
      <actor>Jirí Simek (role=Rudi)</actor>
      <actor>Romola Garai (role=Doreen Warriner)</actor>
      <actor>Juliana Moska (role=Hana Hejdukova)</actor>
      <actor>Michal Skach (role=Jan Slonek)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Czech Republic|Australia|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTQxZmMyMDYtYjg0Yi00YTE0LWJkZTAtMzYwZTQ4YjZiZmRiXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Period Drama|Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>Turn on the news and what do you see? Man's inhumanity to man. Ukraine, Gaza etc etc. It's enough to make you lose faith in the human race - or it would be were it not for the occasional story of humanity at its best.In Czechoslovakia in 1938-9, a small group of people (Nicholas Winton is the best known as he was the last survivor of that group) are appalled by the plight of mainly Jewish refugees, and resolve to do something. Despite opposition from governments (German, Dutch, British and American) they manage to evacuate 669 children and provide them with foster families in the UK, where many of their descendants live to this day. A further 250 children were on a train that was scheduled to leave on the day war was declared. Two of them were still alive at the war's end.Then the story was forgotten for more than forty years, until at last Nicholas Winton was given the recognition he deserved (not the least astonishing part of the story is that Robert Maxwell did one decent thing in his life).The film is in two parts; the younger Winton being played by Johnny Flynn, the older by Anthony Hopkins. Both give stand-out performances. Also excellent is Helena Bonham Carter as Winton's mother. The scene where she tells a bureaucrat what she thinks of him is priceless.But the most important aspect of the film is its message. Human kindness is still a force in the world. Everyone can make a difference. No good deed, be it great or small, is ever wasted.If only governments were run by people like Nicholas Winton</review>
    <description>Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3468380</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Which Brings Me to You</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Hutchings</director>
      <actor>Britne Oldford (role=Audrey)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Hale (role=Jane)</actor>
      <actor>John Gallagher Jr. (role=Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Nat Wolff (role=Will)</actor>
      <actor>Genevieve Angelson (role=Eve)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Hodge (role=Elton)</actor>
      <actor>Ward Horton (role=Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Federico Rodriguez (role=Noah)</actor>
      <actor>Marceline Hugot (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Kai Chen (role=Gloria)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Mulheren (role=Eddie)</actor>
      <actor>Bria Condon (role=Amanda)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWVjZGVlZmEtMTQwYi00NTgyLTliODAtM2NiMGQyODM1MGQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Lucy Hale, who I discovered in "The Hating Game", is absolutely lovely...but plays the hot mess Jane in this film. Together with Nat Wolff, who plays Will, they make up the romantic duo which starts as a simple wedding guest hook-up...but quickly and somewhat awkwardly morphs into the potential for more.These two are well suited for one another, Hale and Wolff, with excellent chemistry. The story is unusual for a romantic comedy, in fact it tells itself rather inside out. We learn about all of their past failed relationships...the why you wouldn't want to be in a relationship with either one, but at some point you start pulling for these two.I am not going to say this is the most romantic film, but I think young people today might identify with their plight. While not on my recommendation list, I didn't hate it. I enjoy some of the dialogue and the idea of being brutally honest from the start</review>
    <description>Two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>33350035</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Feste &amp; Freunde</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Over the past 3 years, Ellen, Annette, Rolf, Sebastian and Mareike celebrated, faced defeats and changes together. As their friendship is tested, they ponder life's essentials and most importantly, question their true selves.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Dietl</director>
      <actor>Laura Tonke (role=Ellen)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Shakeri (role=Natalie)</actor>
      <actor>Annette Frier (role=Mareike)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Ofczarek (role=Rolf)</actor>
      <actor>Henning Flüsloh (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Trystan Pütter (role=Adam)</actor>
      <actor>Katia Fellin (role=Maya)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Zehrfeld (role=Sebastian)</actor>
      <actor>Pegah Ferydoni (role=Dina)</actor>
      <actor>Marlene Tanczik (role=Becky)</actor>
      <actor>Linus von Emhofen (role=Jakob)</actor>
      <actor>Ludger Bökelmann (role=DJ Ric)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMThlMmRlOTUtYjdkNi00N2I3LWIxYmMtMWFmYjYwMjdiMTI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Over the past 3 years, Ellen, Annette, Rolf, Sebastian and Mareike celebrated, faced defeats and changes together. As their friendship is tested, they ponder life's essentials and most importantly, question their true selves.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32216008</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alter weißer Mann</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Heinz Heimlich fulfills the cliche of the the so called old white man. In order to get promoted, he pretends to be political correct. But the facade begins to falter when he invites his superiors to his house for dinner one day.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Simon Verhoeven</director>
      <actor>Bruno Alexander (role=Tobi)</actor>
      <actor>David Baalcke (role=Puschinsky)</actor>
      <actor>Momo Beier (role=Leni Hellmich)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Besson (role=Dr. Geter Golsch)</actor>
      <actor>Leona Grundig (role=Tamara)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Honold (role=Kleindarsteller)</actor>
      <actor>Yun Huang (role=Kerstin Li Yan Bell)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Junge (role=Mika)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Kempf (role=Keno)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Josef Liefers (role=Heinz)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Maertens (role=Dr. Steinhofer)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Mahita (role=Mavie Hellmich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWI1MjAwZjUtZDI5MS00MGVhLTkzM2MtMjExNGRlZmFjODkwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Quirky Comedy|Satire|Comedy</category>
    <review>The title and first 15-20 minutes made me worry this would just be an old white man complaining about how you can't say anything anymore. Some jokes, especially early on, definitely missed the mark and made me cringe, but the movie, like its main character Heinz, goes on a surprising journey of self-reflection. By the end, it comes to a resolution that felt thoughtful and satisfying. While it wasn't perfect and the beginning had me skeptical, I left the theatre feeling like the movie had more to say than I'd initially expected.I do feel like the entire AI storyline and Elyas M'Barek's character could've been left out without any damage to the script. That whole part felt like it was just added to have the popular actor in it without committing too much screentime and money</review>
    <description>Heinz Heimlich fulfills the cliche of the the so called old white man. In order to get promoted, he pretends to be political correct. But the facade begins to falter when he invites his superiors to his house for dinner one day.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>29268110</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Smile 2: Siehst du es auch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Living under the irrevocable curse of the Smile Demon, police officer Joel now sees with late Rose's eyes. However, he cannot break the chain of the demonic infection alone; try as he might, the touch of evil will continue to corrupt people from within. Soon, Skye Riley, an emotionally broken pop icon gearing up for her comeback, is about to discover that it is not her history of substance abuse getting in the way of her plans. Has her past returned with a vengeance, or has stress manifested itself at the worst possible time? But what if Skye has caught the Smile - Siehst du es auch? (2022)?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Parker Finn</director>
      <actor>Naomi Scott (role=Skye Riley)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemarie DeWitt (role=Elizabeth Riley)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Gage (role=Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Miles Gutierrez-Riley (role=Joshua)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Jacobson (role=Morris)</actor>
      <actor>Ray Nicholson (role=Paul Hudson)</actor>
      <actor>Dylan Gelula (role=Gemma)</actor>
      <actor>Raúl Castillo (role=Darius)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle Gallner (role=Joel)</actor>
      <actor>Drew Barrymore (role=Drew)</actor>
      <actor>Zebedee Row (role=Alexi)</actor>
      <actor>Roberts Jekabsons (role=Yev)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTkxZmFjMDktNDEwMy00MDI0LTg2ZDAtNThkZDcxZDAwZWVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Horror|Showbiz Drama|Supernatural Horror|Tragedy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>It's pretty similar in structure and how it plays out to the first movie, so if you liked 1 then you'll like 2. But where this movie really shines is Naomi Scott. She gave this movie 1,000% and I was absolutely blown away by her performance. She demonstrates so much range and brings an intensity to the movie that was definitely not present in the first movie. They also really amped up the gore here, which I enjoyed.As for issues, as mentioned previously it's quite similar to the first movie. I was hoping for the formula to get changed up a little, but it follows the same blueprint. Also, as this movie is almost completely standalone, it treads some similar ground in terms of lore and learning about what the "entity" is. So if you've seen the first movie, you'll get some repetitive aspects there.It's still solid enough on its own though. There are some very creepy sequences, great gore, and Naomi Scott being the absolute shining star of the movie. It's definitely worth seeing just for her performance alone</review>
    <description>About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>31272016</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Vierer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Married couple Paul and Sophie want to pep up their sex life with a foursome and invite Mia and Andy. What Sophie doesn't know: Paul has exchanged Andy for his best buddy Lukas. What Paul doesn't know: Sophie and Lukas have had an affair.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Iván Sáinz-Pardo</director>
      <actor>Lucía Barrado (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Florian David Fitz (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Diyar Ilhan (role=Dennis)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Koschitz (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Mücke (role=Lukas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDhkM2RhY2UtNDZlZC00NzE1LWI2YTQtMDI0OWZlMmM4MDhhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Satire|Comedy</category>
    <description>Married couple Paul and Sophie want to pep up their sex life with a foursome and invite Mia and Andy. What Sophie doesn't know: Paul has exchanged Andy for his best buddy Lukas. What Paul doesn't know: Sophie and Lukas have had an affair.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4978420</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Borderlands</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Ramírez), the universe's most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits - Roland (Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral preteen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina's musclebound protector; Tannis (Curtis), the oddball scientist who's seen it all; and Claptrap (Black), a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora's most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands - but they'll be fighting for something more: each other.—Lionsgate</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Eli Roth</director>
      <actor>Cate Blanchett (role=Lilith)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Hart (role=Roland)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Ramírez (role=Atlas)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Lee Curtis (role=Tannis)</actor>
      <actor>Ariana Greenblatt (role=Tiny Tina)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Munteanu (role=Krieg)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Gavankar (role=Knoxx)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Byron Davis (role=Marcus)</actor>
      <actor>Olivier Richters (role=Krom)</actor>
      <actor>Gina Gershon (role=Moxxi)</actor>
      <actor>Ryann Redmond (role=Ellie)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Lee (role=Larry)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Hungary</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDM1YzQxZGYtOTllZS00MzI2LWI0YjYtMGJmYTQ5ZmY3ZjZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Adventure Epic|Dark Comedy|Quest|Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Whoever let this get re-written and re-shot into PG13 hell should kicking themselves. It needed to be as deranged as the video games. What happened?? This could have been awesome but we got Jumanji without the Rock. (The Rock would've made this worse to be honest.) What I can give it a 4 for is the world-building, action sequences, effects, costumes and props. Not even Cate and Jamie-Lee could breathe life into some of the innane dialogue. Not even Jack Black's cheap CL4P-TP laughs were enough to add another star. I wanted to like this movie but I will stick to playing the games. Unless we somehow magically get that R-rated cut, write this one off</review>
    <description>An infamous bounty hunter returns to her childhood home, the chaotic planet Pandora, and forms an unlikely alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12672620</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die drei Musketiere</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>D'Artagnan finds himself in a perilous situation after Constance Bonacieux is kidnapped. To save her, he must form an unlikely alliance with the enigmatic Milady Dee Winter. As war erupts and Athos, Porthos, and Aramis join the front lines, a dark secret from the past threatens to shatter old alliances. D'Artagnan and Milady must navigate a treacherous path, facing danger and betrayal, to rescue Constance and protect the kingdom.—Oscar Serpa</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Bourboulon</director>
      <actor>François Civil (role=D'Artagnan)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Cassel (role=Athos)</actor>
      <actor>Romain Duris (role=Aramis)</actor>
      <actor>Pio Marmaï (role=Porthos)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Green (role=Milady)</actor>
      <actor>Louis Garrel (role=Louis XIII)</actor>
      <actor>Vicky Krieps (role=Anne d'Autriche)</actor>
      <actor>Lyna Khoudri (role=Constance Bonacieux)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (role=Duc de Buckingham)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Ruf (role=Le cardinal de Richelieu)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Barbé (role=Le capitaine de Tréville)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Mille (role=Le comte de Chalais)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Germany|Spain|Belgium</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTA0NjM1M2QtY2E2NC00ZDQ1LTliNmMtNGY5OWUwMzRkZDBhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Period Drama|Superhero|Swashbuckler|Action|Adventure|Drama|History</category>
    <review>Part 2 of the current film adaptation is by no means a bad film, thanks to the actors, budget and, of course, the literary source material. Nevertheless, it falls well short of its predecessor, not least because of the high expectations following the first film. What's missing this time? A certain freshness, the haunting presence of the protagonists, their actually indispensable interaction, memorable climaxes. Content now rules here, almost too much for the running time, instead of fun.Eva Green gives an outstanding performance in her parade role as the femme fatale, this time making the important and correct decision that less is often more</review>
    <description>The Musketeers decide to join forces with the mysterious Milady to put their enemies out of action, while the Kingdom of France is divided by religious wars and remains under British threat.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6986990</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Hanging Sun</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Francesco Carrozzini</director>
      <actor>Charles Dance (role=Jacob)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mullan (role=Dad)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Brown Findlay (role=Lea)</actor>
      <actor>Frederick Schmidt (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Spruell (role=Nicholas)</actor>
      <actor>Salóme Gunnarsdóttir (role=Anita)</actor>
      <actor>Alessandro Borghi (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Valensi (role=Silas)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Noble (role=Police Agent)</actor>
      <actor>Lorenzo McGovern Zaini (role=Young John)</actor>
      <actor>Tommy C. Carey (role=Leon)</actor>
      <actor>Francesca Anna Bellucci (role=John's Mother)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzZlM2MwMDctMzgzYS00MWE4LTg5YWYtNmQyOGZmNWQzMWExXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Romance</category>
    <review>The Hanging Sun is a noir thriller set in the Norwegian fjords that revolves around the complex, and often conflicting, relationship between fathers and children and the latter's desire for emancipation. The interpretations of Alessandro Borghi and the rest of the cast are convincing, it is a pity that the actors have to move in a narration devoid of bite and often predictable.The screenplay of The Hanging Sun seems to take the viewer's empathy with the characters for granted, especially with the one played by Borghi, whose background leaves rather indifferent. The choice of the flashback structure, with the editing juxtaposing moments from the man's past with sequences set in the village that tell the present of Lea and her son Caleb, should convey a tension that however does not arrive. A listless direction, and a somewhat clumsy management of emotional climaxes - including the one that leads to the final confrontation between the protagonist and his father - does not help to enter the story; at the end of the vision, of The Hanging Sun remains only the charm of a location on the edge of the world immortalized with a visual taste that does not find its equivalent in a solid story capable of involving. The result, unfortunately, is poor in substance and emotion</review>
    <description>On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>23856264</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>So sind wir, so ist das Leben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Toni is raising her five children alone. A full-time job. She also sings at bars and had a hit single 20 years ago. Today, as her two eldest prepare to go to college, Toni wonders: what will she do when all of her offspring have left home?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nathan Ambrosioni</director>
      <actor>Camille Cottin (role=Antonia 'Toni' Livesi)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Gioria (role=Marcus)</actor>
      <actor>Louise Labèque (role=Camille)</actor>
      <actor>Oscar Pauleau (role=Timothée)</actor>
      <actor>Juliane Lepoureau (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Mouchet (role=La mère de Toni)</actor>
      <actor>Guillaume Gouix (role=Le médecin)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Muller (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Saadia Bentaïeb (role=Mme Audemard)</actor>
      <actor>Benoît Giros (role=Doyen université)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Espargilière (role=Conseillère orientation)</actor>
      <actor>Louis-Aubry Longerais (role=Le secrétaire bilan de compétences)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjBjODBhZjAtYTFjYy00YjViLWI5NDYtYjc0MzBmZGRmYTNjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>As in literally - especially if you are the (lone) mother of 5 children/kids ... so no pun intended of course. The movie is able to depict and show us the struggle the mother and the kids have to go through. What a powerhouse central performance. I knew she is a great actress, but this goes ahead and shows it with full force.The interactions and the dialog work like a charm. Just the way we get introduced to everyone ... amazing. While we do get glimpses of the kids (and they are not all alright, but don't play the blame game), the main focus remains the mother. I don't recall the father being brought up too many times. He is mentioned and the kids do want to have him in their life (some of them), but he is a side case ... he exists, but that is about it.And it is good that the movie does not open up a new topic ... a new battlefield if you want to call it that. Great little movie that could ... and did ... if you like drama that feels (and is) real ... well what are you waiting for</review>
    <description>Toni is raising her five children alone. A full-time job. She also sings at bars and had a hit single 20 years ago. Today, as her two eldest prepare to go to college, Toni wonders: what will she do when all of her offspring have left home?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1684562</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Fall Guy</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Colt Seavers, a seasoned stuntman recovering from a near-fatal injury, who is drawn back into the spotlight when a Hollywood movie star mysteriously vanishes. Forced to confront his past and the risks of his profession, Colt embarks on a thrilling mission to find the missing actor. Unraveling a dangerous conspiracy, he must navigate treacherous situations, relying on his exceptional skills and unwavering determination. As the stakes rise, Colt must choose between his own safety and the truth, all while attempting to mend his broken relationship with his former love. In a high-octane climax, Colt faces a final, perilous challenge that will test his limits and define his legacy.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Leitch</director>
      <actor>Ryan Gosling (role=Colt Seavers)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Blunt (role=Jody Moreno)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Taylor-Johnson (role=Tom Ryder)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Waddingham (role=Gail Meyer)</actor>
      <actor>Teresa Palmer (role=Iggy Starr)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Hsu (role=Alma Milan)</actor>
      <actor>Winston Duke (role=Dan Tucker)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Knight (role=Dressler)</actor>
      <actor>Matuse (role=Doone)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Dunn (role=Nigel)</actor>
      <actor>Zara Michales (role=Venti Kushner)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory J. Fryer (role=Rush McCabe)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|Australia|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmE3ZDc1OGItZGJkZS00OTlmLWJmODUtNDYzODY2NGEwYjAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>The Fall Guy is a movie about making a movie. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays an action star who's stuntman is played by Ryan Gosling... who has a real stuntman doing his stunts. The Fall Guy is filled with this type of third-degree meta-ness. I found it amusing.The intro to the early screening called it a love letter to stuntmen. This is an accurate statement. Everyone who loves movies, action fans specifically, owe so much of their enjoyment to stuntmen. The movie showcases so many beautiful stunts. It truly is a celebration of that profession.This is also heavily a love story. I normally don't go for that, but this one hit me in all the right ways. I felt all of the emotions they wanted me to feel.I think most people will enjoy The Fall Guy. But the ones who will love it the most are people who are fascinated by the artistry of in-camera action, or fans of romantic comedies. Also, we need an Oscar for stunt work asap.(1 viewing, early screening EMX 5/1/2024)</review>
    <description>A stuntman, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>28618089</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Million Minuten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vera and Wolf Küper, parents to Nina and Simon, navigate work and family stress. Their world gets shaken with Nina's motor disorder diagnosis, reminding Wolf of her wish for a million minutes, just for the really nice things.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christopher Doll</director>
      <actor>Tom Schilling (role=Wolf Küper)</actor>
      <actor>Karoline Herfurth (role=Vera Küper)</actor>
      <actor>Pola Friedrichs (role=Nina Küper)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Kriener (role=Regina Küper)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Król (role=Werner Küper)</actor>
      <actor>Hassan Akkouch (role=Bassem Ibn 'Ben' Hamoud)</actor>
      <actor>Anneke Kim Sarnau (role=Claudia Herhenrath)</actor>
      <actor>Godehard Giese (role=Dr. Finkelbach)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Fuchs (role=Ergotherapeutin)</actor>
      <actor>Jorg Witte (role=Dennis)</actor>
      <actor>Pálína Georgsdóttir (role=Woman at the airport)</actor>
      <actor>Jónmundur Grétarsson (role=Jon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTczNTk3ZmQtNzZlMy00NzJiLWFjODctN2Y2MGY3YTY1OWIwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Vera and Wolf Küper, parents to Nina and Simon, navigate work and family stress. Their world gets shaken with Nina's motor disorder diagnosis, reminding Wolf of her wish for a million minutes, just for the really nice things.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14714980</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Poker Face</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Tech billionaire and gambler Jake Foley (Crowe) hosts a high-stakes poker game between childhood friends, offering them the chance to win more money than they've ever dreamed of. The evening takes a turn when he unveils his elaborate plan seeking revenge for their betrayals and to play, they'll have to give up the one thing they've spent their lives trying to keep...their secrets. As the game unfolds, thieves break in and they must band together to survive a night of terror.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Russell Crowe</director>
      <actor>Russell Crowe (role=Jake Foley)</actor>
      <actor>Liam Hemsworth (role=Michael Nankervis)</actor>
      <actor>RZA (role=Andrew Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Aden Young (role=Alex Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Bastoni (role=Paul Muccino)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel MacPherson (role=Sam McIntyre)</actor>
      <actor>Brooke Satchwell (role=Nicole Foley)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Tassone (role=Victor)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Nable (role=Billy)</actor>
      <actor>Benedict Hardie (role=Styx)</actor>
      <actor>Molly Grace (role=Rebecca Foley)</actor>
      <actor>Elsa Pataky (role=Penelope)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTYzZTYyMjEtZTNjMi00ODFjLTkyMWUtNDViOTRiZDRhM2M3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>This movie serves you with a triple dose of Russell Crowe. Acting, directing and screenplay. Let me tell you, there are very few people that talented on earth that can do all three successfully, and Crowe is not one of them. Other than beautiful scenery, cars, architecture and art you don't get much here. If you are satisfied with just that you might be ok with this movie, but if you are looking for a good thriller, look somewhere else.Couple of things I disliked about this movie: 1. It's kinda boring and the overall action is silly. 2. The casting was done based on popularity and not based on fit for the role (RZA, Liam Hemsworth). Also, if you have a group of childhood friends, should they not be at the same age as grown-ups? The characters are all annoying. Morally deficient and thus failing to pull any emotions from the viewers. You are rich and made all the wrong decisions, who cares.Third thing is the Poker. I think Poker fans will be really disappointed by this movie, having the name and the art suggest it is something to do with high-level card game, but other than a random event here and there, there is really nothing to do with poker, and really doesn't showcase the professionalism behind a Texas-Holdem game for example. In short, if you intend to watch this movie for some nice poker moves, you will be deeply disappointed.Some good points: If you are an art lover, there are a few dialogues there discussing art in an interesting way and also I really liked the first 10 minutes intro of the movie, unfortunately it goes downhill from there, all the way to a predictable and pointless ending. Even the cars are boring and the car race is pointless and un-exciting, to the point where it feels production was careful not to risk scratching the cars before returning them to the rental car agency.To sum up- don't spend your time and hard earned money on this one. Exact score: 44 / 100</review>
    <description>A tech billionaire hosts a high-stakes poker game between friends, but the evening takes a turn when long-held secrets are revealed, an elaborate revenge plot unfolds, and thieves break in.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27662142</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Green Deal</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follows Carole as she tries to save the life of her son who has been wrongfully sentenced to death in a rigged trial.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Édouard Bergeon</director>
      <actor>Alexandra Lamy (role=Carole Landreau)</actor>
      <actor>Félix Moati (role=Martin Landreau)</actor>
      <actor>Sofian Khammes (role=Saïd Ayouche)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Chen (role=Nila Jawad)</actor>
      <actor>Antoine Bertrand (role=Paul Lepage)</actor>
      <actor>David Chin (role=Maître Abang)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Fitzgerald (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Torreton (role=Manzoni)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Costillas (role=Clément)</actor>
      <actor>Fatou N'Diaye (role=Députée Anya Mbaye)</actor>
      <actor>Emmanuel Courcol (role=Le ministre)</actor>
      <actor>Christophe Rossignon (role=L'ambassadeur de France en Indonésie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzI4YmU0YTItYTBkOC00N2JlLWEwNjQtM2ZiNmM5NDgxMWU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>In an attempt to save her son Martin, who has been unjustly sentenced to death in Indonesia, Carole embarks on an unequal fight against the palm oil producers responsible for deforestation and against powerful industrial lobbies.The film met mixed critical reception in its native land , and the imdb rating is average ; when the dust settles,one has to admit it's a courageous movie, not always convincing , but which will grab you till its ending ,in spite of a rather conventional denouement ,with the obligatory deus ex machina , the revealing photograph and the magic of computering.The first part is the most successful ,IMHO ; the cinematography is splendid , using the wide screen with taste , enhancing this wonderful forest ,the lungs of our planet ; thus, my favorite scene is the stroll through the forest when the native kneels down before his "father" a giant centenarian tree ; but the following scene shows the company workers ,chopping down the trees to get this palm oil ,which will make money in the name of ecology ; the Asian girl speaks about the forest wildlife , all these animals who desert their habitat .... The people 's dispensary and the Canadian doctor ,though ,are at least as important as an anthropology student and his tesis (which gives its title to the movie) , that's why the ending is downright embarrassing for that matter IMHO.It turns ecological ,economical and political thriller in its second part ; Alexandra Lamy gives a restrained but effective performance ,the director insisted she do not wear any make-up. To a lesser degree ,the same can be said of Felix Moati .The treatment recalls then the trail-blazer in this field ,André Cayatte 's,so often unjustly despised by the French biased critic .Perhaps there're too many things : the French farmers urging their government to tax the palm oil (whereas their colza produces a less polluting green fuel ); the listlessness of this government because France has capital invested in the oil company , the deputy probably more interested in her electorate (and telling the distraught mother that there has been no executions for twenty years in Indonesia ,it takes thoughtlessness to new limits ). An unpleasant short look at the people ,who,unlike the highbrows, seem unable to sympathise (the woman in the café ); and the hunting scene verges on grotesque .In spite of these reservations ,"la promesse verte" is to be recommended ,and its final lines on the screen are apivotal warning to all of usOnly 50% of the dialogue is in French ,40 % in English and 10% in Indonesian ,which may be off-putting to some ;my copy had no subtitles at all , I hope the other viewers will be luckier</review>
    <description>Follows Carole as she tries to save the life of her son who has been wrongfully sentenced to death in a rigged trial.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7720142</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Assassin Club</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>MORGAN GAINES is the world's most elite assassin. While on the final mission of his career, he suddenly finds himself fighting for his own life when another mystery assassin targets him. He soon discovers that several of the world's top assassins-including himself-have all been contracted to kill each other in a deadly game orchestrated by an unknown mastermind. Morgan races to pick off the other assassins, and he must defend not only his own life, but also the lives of those he holds most dear: his girlfriend SOPHIE and their unborn child.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Camille Delamarre</director>
      <actor>Henry Golding (role=Morgan Ganes)</actor>
      <actor>Noomi Rapace (role=Agent Vos)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Melchior (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy Jean-Louis (role=Inspector Leon)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Neill (role=Caldwell)</actor>
      <actor>Anastasia Doaga (role=Jonna)</actor>
      <actor>Claudio Del Falco (role=Ryder)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriele Rossi (role=Pablo Martinez)</actor>
      <actor>Sheena Hao (role=Yuko)</actor>
      <actor>Lorenzo Buran (role=Alec Drakos)</actor>
      <actor>Dafne Renate Broglia (role=Nina)</actor>
      <actor>Borut Veselko (role=Yakov)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Italy</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzNlMDExN2QtNGYwNC00MjE2LWE4YTItOTRkMmI0NzViN2U2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>Henry Golding is "Morgan", somewhat reluctantly tasked by his handler "Caldwell" (Sam Neill) with an unique challenge. It seems he is embroiled in a game of death - and there are six other professional hit-people out there all determined to kill him (unless he kills them first). He wants to retire to a settled life with his teacher girlfriend "Sophie" (Daniela Melchior) but when the two of them encounter "Drakos" (Lorenzo Buran) in a public park, he realises that the choice isn't going to be his! The idea isn't bad, but what now ensues is all rather poor, sorry. There is plenty of pace but the delivery has more holes that a Swiss cheese festival. These are supposed to be amongst the most lethal and devious folks alive yet they all find each other with ease; there is way too much sentiment as the drama predictably unfolds and the underlying ownership of the plot is convoluted and really weak. Now had we spent a little longer with Golding in his one and only shower scene, then perhaps that might have redeemed his otherwise really hammy performance, but we don't so it doesn't, and coupled with a frankly terrible effort from the wooden-as-ever Neill and the almost pantomime-menace contribution from Noomi Rapace as the police investigator "Vos" - a woman with quite a secret - we are left with a film that stays defiantly in the realms of a flat-footed and over-scripted television movie. Someone, somewhere, is determined to make Henry Golding a star. Good luck with that - he has all the charisma of a wet beer mat</review>
    <description>An assassin is given a contract to kill seven people around the world only to discover the targets are also assassins who have been hired to kill him.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10245072</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Salem's Lot: Brennen muss Salem</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Salem's Lot, in the south of Maine, the local R.T. Straker hires two men to bring a heavy crate to the basement of the Mansion Marsten. What they do not know is that the vampire Kurt Barlowis inside the box. Meanwhile, the writer Ben Mears returns to his hometown Salem's Lot after many years in New York City to research the Mansion Marsten. He befriends and dates the local Susan Norton, who lives in Boston but returned to the town since her father was very sick and died, and now she is spending a period giving support to her mother. The friends Mark Petrie, Danny Glick and his brother Ralphie are at Mark's house, who is a newcomer in town. When the brothers return home, they walk along an isolated path and Straker kidnaps Ralphie for Barlow. Soon the boy turns into a vampire and attacks his brother Danny that attacks the gravedigger Mike Ryerson, in the beginning of a vampire spree at Jerusalem's Lot. Now Ben, Susan, Mark, the teacher Matt Burke, the coroner Dr. Cody and the alcoholic Father Callahan are the only hope to save the town from the vampires.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gary Dauberman</director>
      <actor>Lewis Pullman (role=Ben Mears)</actor>
      <actor>Makenzie Leigh (role=Susan Norton)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Preston Carter (role=Mark Petrie)</actor>
      <actor>Alfre Woodard (role=Dr. Cody)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Camp (role=Matt Burke)</actor>
      <actor>John Benjamin Hickey (role=Father Callahan)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Crovetti (role=Danny Glick)</actor>
      <actor>Spencer Treat Clark (role=Mike Ryerson)</actor>
      <actor>Pilou Asbæk (role=R.T. Straker)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Ward (role=Kurt Barlow)</actor>
      <actor>Danielle Perry (role=Marjorie Glick)</actor>
      <actor>Debra Christofferson (role=Ann Norton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWRiYWVlYmYtNDI0Ni00NTQwLTkyNTktN2I3ODE3NDczZDI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Vampire Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>What makes the book a masterpiece is the slow burn. The budding love affair. The vignettes of strange things happening around town. The eventual gathering of a gang of misfit heroes that come together in perfect King fashion.All of that is gone. The pacing is largely incoherent. Characters jump to conclusions (the right ones, always) without a second thought. It's hard to love any of characters because they all lack the depth they need to make the story move forward.There are some really amazing moments here, and some small sparks of genius. But, unfortunately, this adaptation is defanged</review>
    <description>An author returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover that the townspeople are being attacked by a bloodthirsty vampire.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14636214</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sweethearts</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two college freshmen pull a "Turkey Dump" and break up with their high school sweethearts over "Drunksgiving" - the one chaotic night before Thanksgiving in their hometown that puts their codependent friendship to the test.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jordan Weiss</director>
      <actor>Kiernan Shipka (role=Jamie)</actor>
      <actor>Nico Hiraga (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Caleb Hearon (role=Palmer)</actor>
      <actor>Ava DeMary (role=Claire)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Hall (role=Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Tramell Tillman (role=Coach Reese)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Kim Booster (role=Ethan)</actor>
      <actor>Miles Gutierrez-Riley (role=Lukas)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Zucker (role=Tyler)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Taylor (role=Diane)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Yamada (role=Norman)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Zucker (role=Megan Mendelson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWY0ZGE5NTQtNzA3MS00MTNhLWJmMGItNGY5Nzc2ZWY4MjA1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Holiday Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>Usually I find myself saying that a movie had no right to be this good. With 'Sweethearts' it's a case of the moving having no right to be this bad. The film created some great characters and then gave them absolutely nothing to do.This is a film that was unable to justify its existence. If your entire plot is just tracking down your significant other to break up with them in time for Thanksgiving, chances are you haven't put enough effort into your script.The film started so well. As I mentioned some great characters, with some talented actors in the roles, and even some funny physical comedy. And then it just stopped. The movie stopped trying to be funny and it stopped being interesting in any sense. It's like they blew the comedy budget in the first 20 minutes. Quite bizarre. 5/10</review>
    <description>Two college freshmen pull a "Turkey Dump" and break up with their high school sweethearts over "Drunksgiving" - the one chaotic night before Thanksgiving in their hometown that puts their codependent friendship to the test.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13539646</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die wandernde Erde II</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Frant Gwo</director>
      <actor>Jing Wu (role=Liu Peiqiang)</actor>
      <actor>Yi Sha (role=Zhang Peng)</actor>
      <actor>Xuejian Li (role=Zhou Zhezhi)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Friend (role=Mike)</actor>
      <actor>Zhi Wang (role=Han Duoduo)</actor>
      <actor>Kawawa Kadichi (role=Herbert Copley)</actor>
      <actor>Vitalli Makarychev (role=Andrey Gerasnov)</actor>
      <actor>Clara Lee (role=Space Elevator Female Attacker)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Nicholson (role=Space Elevator Male Attacker A)</actor>
      <actor>Vladimir Ershov (role=Space Elevator Male Attacker B)</actor>
      <actor>Ren Li (role=Korean Pilot)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Lau (role=Tu Hengyu)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>China</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjY4NWE2NGMtYzE1Ny00ODY4LTkxZTAtZWY1NTFkNWI5YTk4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Over the last decade, Chinese cinema has made giant leaps and bounds in terms of quality and sophistication of their films, especially in sci-fi genre. The Wandering Earth and this prequel, The Wandering Earth II, is a significant milestone. As a prequel, it has more depth in the story than the first, though the premise behind the main conflict is a bit shallow to be believed, as if "digital life" and survival of the planet are mutually exclusive. Pizza OR pepperoni? What kind of a decision is that? You still need the pizza, with or without the pepperoni.But like its predecessor, the problem is pacing. The story is grand, an epic tale of an audacious plan to save mankind and Earth from the dying sun. But the pacing is so ridiculously fast, that it's difficult to enjoy and appreciate it. It's so focused on the crisis from all angles that it feels like every scene and every shot is less than two seconds long. For subtitle readers, it's even worse to follow. On top of that, there is visual information overload, with names flashing on the screen. There is so much going on, you will be afraid to blink and miss an important plot point.And then there are the annoying tropes. I think this is the third or fourth Chinese film and TV show I've recently watched that has a shrill little girl/daughter yelling and crying "Baba! Baba!" to stoke our sympathy and emotional attachment to. And, where do they find these foreign actors?!? They cannot act and they are loud. Perhaps this is how they want to portray westerners, but there are plenty of international films shown in China--they have to know how bad these actors are, right? With so many actors (waiters) in Hollywood looking for work, you'd think it'd be easy to find more passable supporting cast.Despite all this, you're not going to watch The Wandering Earth series for the acting--this is a CGI spectacle. It's gorgeous, and if you treat it like cut scenes from a triple-A video game, you'll enjoy it a lot</review>
    <description>Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14181816</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Maggie Moore</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Police Chief Sanders investigates the bizarre murders of two women with the same name and unravels a web of small-town lies. He meets and quickly falls for Rita, a nosy neighbor who is eager to help solve the mystery.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Slattery</director>
      <actor>Jon Hamm (role=Jordan Sanders)</actor>
      <actor>Tina Fey (role=Rita Grace)</actor>
      <actor>Micah Stock (role=Jay Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Mohammed (role=Deputy K. Reddy)</actor>
      <actor>Happy Anderson (role=Michael Kosco)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Azarian (role=Greg Wachsteter)</actor>
      <actor>Derek Basco (role=Tommy T)</actor>
      <actor>Louisa Krause (role=Maggie Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Holland (role=Maggie Lee Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Denham (role=Andrew Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Bobbi Kitten (role=Cassie Novak)</actor>
      <actor>Tate Ellington (role=Duane Rich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmVhY2VmMzYtN2I0Ny00YWRlLWJjMjAtZTM5MjcxN2U0NTM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>This movie is a nice viewing on a popcorn and a movie kinda night. It starts off a bit slow and meandering. Cards are all laid out on the table, you're watching a decent murder investigation with no real questions because you already know what's going on. But the third act comes in hot with an OMG WTF that launches into a rather tense finale with some real stakes and a fairly satisfying ending.I think movies like this need support. It's okay to sit through a movie that isn't force feeding you "action" all the time. It's okay to let a movie marinate. It's okay to sit through the beats rather than constant jump cuts.The language was a bit much for me. But overall, a decent independent movie at a time when Hollywood needs to return back to decent original movies</review>
    <description>Police Chief Sanders investigates the bizarre murders of two women with the same name and unravels a web of small-town lies. He meets and quickly falls for Rita, a nosy neighbor who is eager to help solve the mystery.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32241578</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Schule der magischen Tiere 3</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Children with magical animal companions at Winterstein School experience adventures spanning a forest and fashion show, encountering a snobbish cat and vegan crocodile while navigating friendship and first love.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sven Unterwaldt Jr.</director>
      <actor>Emilia Maier (role=Ida Kronenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Loris Sichrovsky (role=Jo Wieland)</actor>
      <actor>Emilia Pieske (role=Helene May)</actor>
      <actor>Luis Vorbach (role=Silas Sawatzki)</actor>
      <actor>Lilith Julie Johna (role=Anna-Lena Zink)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Conrads (role=Benni Schubert)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Große (role=Miss Mary Cornfield)</actor>
      <actor>Justus von Dohnányi (role=Schuldirektor Siegmann)</actor>
      <actor>Meltem Kaptan (role=Museumsdirektorin Dolores Arikan)</actor>
      <actor>Heiko Pinkowski (role=Hausmeister Wondraschek)</actor>
      <actor>Milan Peschel (role=Mister Mortimer Morrison)</actor>
      <actor>Marleen Lohse (role=Elvira Kronenberg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWY1YzAwMTktYmEwMi00OGEyLTk1ODgtZmY3NzdiZTdhMjIzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <description>Children with magical animal companions at Winterstein School experience adventures spanning a forest and fashion show, encountering a snobbish cat and vegan crocodile while navigating friendship and first love.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11057302</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Madame Web</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1973, the pregnant scientist Constance Webb is researching a rare breed of spider in the Amazon rain forest in Peru. She succeeds in finding it and when she returns to the camp to show her discovery to her team, the security Ezekiel Sims shoots and kills Constance and her team to steal the valuable spider and flee. A local tribe of spider men tries to save Constance, but she delivers her daughter and dies. They send her daughter for adoption in New York City and in 2003, Cassandra "Cassie" Webb is a bold paramedic, working with her friends Ben Parker and O'Neil. When she saves a driver in a car accident, his car falls off the bridge with Cassie inside and she dies for 3 minutes. Ben reanimates her and she has visions from the future at Ben's wife Mary Parker baby shower. Then she sees O'Neal's death driving the ambulance in a fire at the harbor. Soon she learns that she can change the future when a bird hits her window and dies. The fire department doctor releases her for one week to rest and Cassie takes a train to travel. She foresees a strange man killing the teenagers Julia Cornwall, Anya Corazón and Mattie and she saves and flees with them. Soon she learns that she has clairvoyant powers, and the man is Ezekiel trying to kill the teens before they kill him in the future.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>S.J. Clarkson</director>
      <actor>Dakota Johnson (role=Cassandra Webb)</actor>
      <actor>Sydney Sweeney (role=Julia Cornwall)</actor>
      <actor>Isabela Merced (role=Anya Corazón)</actor>
      <actor>Celeste O'Connor (role=Mattie Franklin)</actor>
      <actor>Tahar Rahim (role=Ezekiel Sims)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Epps (role=O'Neil)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Roberts (role=Mary Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Scott (role=Ben Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Kerry Bishé (role=Constance)</actor>
      <actor>Zosia Mamet (role=Amaria)</actor>
      <actor>José María Yazpik (role=Santiago)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy-Ann Hart (role=Susan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Mexico|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIyMWE3NzYtNjQ5Zi00NjNlLWI3YmUtN2RjNWFhMDY4OWEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Superhero|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>First Impression:The opening of the Madame Web was immersed in a mystique and ambition, enhanced by great musical score; yet, as the movie progresses, it becomes a mixed bag and a rollercoaster of emotions.The Positive:Musical Score and Sound Design: The standout feature of "Madame Web" is its musical score. The soundtrack not only enhances the emotional depth of the film but also succeeds in creating in some moments genuine goosebumps. The sound design really enhances this impact by carefully using sound pans, bass, and reverse effects. It creates a sense of tension and immersion which is one of the film's strongest features.The Mixed:Visual Effects and Costume Design: Some of the visual effects in "Madame Web" were visually appealing. The costume design, like Casey's red jacket and the three spider girl villain outfits standing out as particularly stunning contributions to the film's aesthetic, but it was not often shown in the film since the films direction and focus was different. I was disappointed.Acting and Direction: Although I thought Casey's character development - her ability to see the world from a different perspective - was great, I didn't like how it was visually presented. The way it was edited was poorly done. The editor could use 2 distinct color grading features where one sees the future and two, she sees the present moment.However, The performances throughout the film feel lackluster, with the actors appearing confused and disengaged. This, combined with direction that fails to maintain interest or coherence in many scenes, significantly undermines the film's potential.Negatives:Cinematography: Cinematography is bad since some pictures don't show a clear image. The camera moves so fast that I cannot comprehend the picture. I kind of recognized that it tries to initiate the rapidness of the events from the spider's eye point of view but it was a tasteless decision. The Cinematography is not something like wow. The reason why Cinematography was lacking is because it was heavily based on medium closeups and dutch tilts which on one hand was a unique choice but on the other hand very hard to watch. I found the 180 degree round camera rotations super cool, but again, I expected varied distance shots, not just medium shots. The train scene Cinematography was the best in the film.Editing and Pace: The editing is arguably the weakest element of "Madame Web," with its rapid cuts and disjointed flow detracting significantly from the storytelling. This lack of coherence makes it challenging for the audience to fully engage with the narrative.Plot and Overall Execution: The storyline of "Madame Web" is cluttered and clichéd, suffering from a lack of originality and clear direction. The film's ambition is evident, but the execution falls short of creating a compelling narrative.The Conclusion:"Madame Web" presents a paradoxical experience, with exceptional music and sound design standing that sharply contrasts with its various flaws in editing, cinematography, and direction.Although there are some visually and emotionally stunning moments, they are frequently overshadowed by a lack of coherence and clarity.Also, I think this film would be reasonable and great to be incorporated in a TV series which would have allowed for a more in-depth exploration of characters and plot.Nevertheless, Madame Web is a bit of a mixed bag, with moments of potential that ultimately leave the viewer something different visually.Rating: 3/10</review>
    <description>Forced to confront her past, Cassandra Webb, a Manhattan paramedic that may have clairvoyant abilities, forms a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures, if they can survive their threatening present.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14030816</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Baghead</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following the death of her estranged father (Peter Mullan), Iris (Freya Allan) learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father's body and meet with The Solicitor (Ned Dennehy) to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub's basement - Baghead - a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead. Two thousand in cash for two minutes with the creature is all it takes for desperate loved ones to ease their grief. Neil (Jeremy Irvine), who has lost his wife, is Iris' first customer. Like her father, Iris is tempted to exploit the creature's powers and help desperate people for a price. But she soon discovers breaking the two-minute rule can have terrifying consequences. Together with her best friend Katie (Ruby Barker), Iris must battle to keep control of Baghead and figure out how to destroy her, before she destroys them.—STUDIOCANAL</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alberto Corredor</director>
      <actor>Freya Allan (role=Iris Lark)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Irvine (role=Neil)</actor>
      <actor>Ruby Barker (role=Katie)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mullan (role=Owen Lark)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Müller (role=Baghead)</actor>
      <actor>Svenja Jung (role=Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Ned Dennehy (role=Solicitor)</actor>
      <actor>Julika Jenkins (role=Regina)</actor>
      <actor>Saffron Burrows (role=Catherine)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Römer (role=Otto Vogler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United Kingdom|France|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWM3NTRkYzUtMDQ4ZC00ZTBmLThmYTAtNmZiNTVlMGYyOTQ1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Horror|Mystery</category>
    <review>Ok maybe i'm way off on this one. But i went into this movie blind and knowing absolutely nothing about it, and came out liking it more than the people who took me to see it and were looking forward to it.I mean its not a perfect movie, and it did have a couple of lame familiar moments. But overall it tried it hardest to be different and avoid the same old thing we've seen time and again. It had a decent plot with a couple of twists, and good acting. But is a mild horror really. So won't keep all fans of the genre happy.Its a strange one as there's nothing terribly old but nothing amazingly new in the movie. But i'd say its worth a one of watch. Even if my friends would say it isn't</review>
    <description>A young woman inherits a run-down pub and discovers a dark secret within its basement - Baghead - a shape-shifting creature that will let you speak to lost loved ones, but not without consequence.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11068094</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>White Bird</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In R. J. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie and Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère's heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marc Forster</director>
      <actor>Bryce Gheisar (role=Julian Albans)</actor>
      <actor>Priya Ghotane (role=Rahmiya)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Mirren (role=Grand-mère)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Hudeckova (role=Sara (age 5 and 8))</actor>
      <actor>Ishai Golan (role=Max Blum)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Ross (role=Rose Blum)</actor>
      <actor>Ariella Glaser (role=Sara Blum)</actor>
      <actor>Mia Kadlecova (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Selma Kaymakci (role=Mariann)</actor>
      <actor>Orlando Schwerdt (role=Julien Beaumier)</actor>
      <actor>Jem Matthews (role=Vincent)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Cramond (role=Jerome)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTYyYTFiNjUtNmZiOC00MjQxLWJkYzktMzIxZWEyMTI0OWRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Period Drama|Biography|Drama|Family|War</category>
    <review>The headline names of Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson drew me to this one, the type of film that I would normally pass on, given that it concerns a theme that has probably been done a hundred times before. And of course it has, but not always in such a compelling and effective way. It avoids becoming too saccharine or clumsily tugging at over used emotional strings. Yet, there are sweet moments and powerfully emotional moments, but done so subtly that they creep up on you with great effect. Of course the darkest side of human nature is introduced soon enough, as the daily life of a sleepy French town is unmercifully invaded. Having said that, this is still a film that can be watched by the whole family, as it avoids being graphicly violent, whilst leaving viewers in no doubt as to the nature of evil. There are all sorts of lessons to be learned ( or relearned ) regarding how people choose to behave in ordinary as well as extraordinary situations.As an added bonus, the cinematography and production are exceptional with an effective soundtrack. The young actors look like they are as experienced as the two much older stars mentioned previously</review>
    <description>Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian is visited by his grandmother and is transformed by the story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during World War II.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6793580</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wir sind Champions</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Marco Montes is a basketball coach who works as second trainer of an important team of ACB (Spanish basketball national league), but in reality he is a man burned inside himself in his professional life as well as personal life, turning him in an arrogant and bad-mannered man. During an ACB's game, a discussion with the first trainer causes an incident and he's fired out from the stadium. Just later Marco, completely drunk, crashes unwittingly his car against a police car, being arrested. In the trial the judge makes Marco to decide: go to the jail for 2 years or passing 90 days making community services. Reluctant, Marco is forced to training a basketball team called "Los Amigos" (The Friends) formed by players with learning difficulties, Manuel, Paquito, Jesús, Sergio, Fabián, Juanma, Benito, Marin and Collantes, and helped by old Julio, social center's director where they meet. At the same time that Marco tries to save his marriage with Sonia, a woman tired of his excuses about to have a child that she wants it at any cost, Marco meets the team and he starts training them, but the troubles increase after Julio tells him that Los Amigos has been accepted to participate in the Paralympic national league's competition. Noticing of all difficulties to get a team capable to win the league, Marco feels frustrated, and the relation with Sonia suffers. Therefore, the lighthearted of the team and their natural goodness make that Marco questions not only is life situation, but the way he behaves with people and the real things of the life. With the unexpected help of own Sonia, Marco finds himself looking for redemption, and looking to turn Los Amigos in the champions that he knows all they are.—Chockys</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Javier Fesser</director>
      <actor>Javier Gutiérrez (role=Marco)</actor>
      <actor>Athenea Mata (role=Sonia)</actor>
      <actor>Juan Margallo (role=Julio)</actor>
      <actor>José de Luna (role=Juanma)</actor>
      <actor>Sergio Olmos (role=Sergio)</actor>
      <actor>Jesús Vidal (role=Marín)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Ramos (role=Collantes)</actor>
      <actor>Julio Fernández (role=Fabián)</actor>
      <actor>Fran Fuentes (role=Paquito)</actor>
      <actor>Roberto Chinchilla (role=Román)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan López (role=Manuel)</actor>
      <actor>Luisa Gavasa (role=Amparo)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODk4NWY2OTItNjkwOS00NTY2LWEyMGYtYzdjOTg4MTRkNWE2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Basketball|Comedy|Drama|Family|Sport</category>
    <review>This tender and beautifully made movie is quite obvious and predictable. But it is worth to sacrifice originality when your goal is to focus in the moral message. And this movie has a strong an powerful moral message, so overwhelming that it makes you feel almost like in a church listening a sermon of an old and good hearted priest. It is like 2 hours of visual Aesop greek fables where the characters, instead of animals, are archetypical humans. The most important critic is to our own Spanish history: the National Basketball team cheated in the Paralympic Games of Sydney 2000, because 10 out of 12 of our basketball players did not have any mental disability. They won the gold medal, but they had to return it afterwards. Also the film showcases the extraordinary negative consequences of hyper protective parenthood in raising narcissistic people, completely immature in their 30s an 40s to the point that they can not endure the risks and challenges of sustaining a relationship, facing rejection or creating a family. Specially consistent during the whole film is the critic to our society, based in success over experience, performance over playfulness, fitness over kindness, dominance over community. Finally, the most subtle but powerful subversive message in the movie is questioning to which extent are sick and poisoned the people that consider ourselves "normal". Much of our "normality" might be counter productive, to the point to make us too rigid, cold hearted and stressed because of our own insane standards. All the special basketball players of this special team show us that most of the times it's ok to look silly, to do something stupid or to fail constantly, because they still have each other. So many of us can not say the same. This movie is such a nice, entertaining, sweet and tender way of reflecting about all these moral values. It's been selected to compete for the Oscar to the best foreign film, but honestly I think they have no chance. We are still too much into an Instagram Age to take a movie like this one seriously</review>
    <description>A basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>19890316</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>What Happens Later</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two ex lovers, Bill (David Duchovny) and Willa (Meg Ryan) get snowed in at a regional airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. But as they unpack the riddle of their mutual past and compare their lives to the dreams they once shared, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Meg Ryan</director>
      <actor>Meg Ryan (role=Willa)</actor>
      <actor>David Duchovny (role=Bill)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGVjODUyNTQtOWI1Yy00MDZjLWIyYzItYTZhMWNmZTdiNjU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>The movie is mostly about two actors just talking. It doesn't have the strongest start, but it turns into a little magical gem of a film. It's not your typical cute romcom; you probably need to be more of a romance movie fan than a romcom enthusiast. It didn't make me feel too mushy inside, which is basically how I judge romance movies, but I still very much enjoyed it.The writers were important for this. It's essentially watching two ex-married individuals, everything else very much in the background. Their interactions felt genuine, showing a sense of maturity. Wasn't loudly bitter and bickering. The airport voice added a humorous touch, slyly responding to their conversation. The Instacart line made me giggle, and the movie had many little quips like that.The dialogue-heavy approach allows us to get to know the characters while also letting Willa and Bill catch up as they relive moments from their past, which is the plot. Some of it is painful, and some provides clarity. As the movie progresses, the chemistry between the two characters gets better, and the conversations become deeper. It even imparts some life lessons. I initially thought it might be a wannabe version of Richard Linklater's "Before" Trilogy movies or Chris Evan's "Before We Go," but it offers a sensible twist, portraying an older couple reminiscing about their younger selves. I enjoyed it, and it also reminded me of "Destination Wedding."The writers did a pretty good job. Of course, it's not a film for everyone, as many may not want to spend over an hour watching just two people talk. The budget seems noticeably low, particularly in the outside views of the snowstorm, resembling flakes in a snow globe. But that doesn't detract from what the movie aimed to achieve.The movie isn't entirely grounded in reality; it incorporates elements like the universe working in mysterious ways, adding a touch of magic. It brought back memories of when I got stuck at the airport in Germany, where they powered down everything at night; I didn't expect airports to do that either lol. The story has some twists and turns, but it's more about the chemistry between the two characters and their connections to other people in their lives</review>
    <description>Willa and Bill are ex-lovers that will see each other for the first time in years when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13149378</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Und morgen seid ihr tot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two Swiss citizens, Daniela Widmer and David Och, who were kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakistan in July 2011 and succeeded in making a spectacular escape after eight months spent in captivity.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Steiner</director>
      <actor>Morgane Ferru (role=Daniela Widmer)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Schelker (role=David Och)</actor>
      <actor>Siddhant Karnick (role=Nazarjan)</actor>
      <actor>Dara Sandhu (role=Omarra)</actor>
      <actor>Yassmine Othman (role=Ade)</actor>
      <actor>Ignacio Herráez (role=El feo indomable)</actor>
      <actor>Danish Sood (role=Chiragh)</actor>
      <actor>Ajay Kumar Nain (role=Addeka)</actor>
      <actor>Arda Görkem (role=Esmatullah)</actor>
      <actor>Ingo Ospelt (role=Beat Widmer)</actor>
      <actor>Rajeev Singh (role=Pakistani Cop)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Pfammatter (role=Yvonne Widmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Switzerland|Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWJlNTc3YmEtOGU1MS00NTc2LTgyZDctN2I2Y2RkOTVlOGFlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Admittedly I am Swiss. This fact shall, however, not influence my review of this Swiss made movie. First of all, the basic events upon which the movie is based are known among the Swiss population. Nevertheless, what really happened remains hidden and is known only to the people who were involved. The movie tries to accommodate different perspectives, namely the one of the two hostages themselves, and the one of the general public - represented by the media in the movie.Now let's get to the review: We follow the young Swiss couple Daniela and David, who are on their way back from Pakistan to Switzerland, after having spent month's travelling in a camper van. When they take a detour through a rather remote region, and when there is no police escort provided for "5 minutes" of the way, it happens. They first land in the hands of criminals, who then sell them to the Taliban, where we are to spend our time together with them in captivity.The movie is truly intense, and I found it to be highly atmospheric. The places, and especially the protagonists - here mainly Pashtun tribesmen and Taliban - look and act very authentic. The actors perform solid - I especially liked Sven Schelker portraying David Och, Siddhant Karnick as Nazarjan and Kunal Kapoor as Lala. The music adds a great deal of atmosphere too, and the attack of the Pakistan Army on one of the places, where the couple is held hostage, is just thrilling. Therefore, in general the movie is rather a nail biter.Not only are we engaging in a hostage situation, but also in a clash of different traditions here. I can highly recommend the film and hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. 8/10</review>
    <description>Two Swiss citizens, Daniela Widmer and David Och, who were kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakistan in July 2011 and succeeded in making a spectacular escape after eight months spent in captivity.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>20316748</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>City of Darkness</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Tornado, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Soi Cheang</director>
      <actor>Louis Koo (role=Cyclone)</actor>
      <actor>Richie Jen (role=Dik Chau)</actor>
      <actor>Raymond Lam (role=Chan Lok-kwan)</actor>
      <actor>Chun-Him Lau (role=Shin)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Ng (role=King)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Tsz-Tung Wu (role=Twelfth Master)</actor>
      <actor>German Cheung (role=AV)</actor>
      <actor>Chung-Chi Cheung (role=Chief)</actor>
      <actor>Cecilia Choi (role=Jim's Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Kwok (role=Jim)</actor>
      <actor>Wing-Cheong Law (role=Uncle Ling)</actor>
      <actor>Katarina Ching-Sum Li (role=Chau's Wife)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Hong Kong|China</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjgzMjZkNmYtYjkyOS00ZDBjLWFlNWUtYzFhODUwNWFhYmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Martial Arts|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>"Walled In" is adapted from a comic book, and it shows at times with its larger-than-life characters, setting, and seemingly superhuman feats during battle scenes. The Walled City of Kowloon was a real place, running with little government intervention, which adds an aura of mystique and allows for creative liberties.Stuck in development hell since the 2000s, the studios saw huge potential in this film and bet big on it. They assembled some of Hong Kong's finest crew and production team, even creating a replica of the Walled City for shooting.The action sequences are fine but not groundbreaking. There are too many quick cuts intended to show the hectic and intense nature of the fights, but this detracts from clarity, unlike the more appreciable choreography seen in "Ip Man."Louis Koo and Raymond Lam, both veterans of the trade, successfully helm the film. Koo brings an enigmatic and benevolent image, while Lam offers an effortless everyman appeal. The supporting cast does their part well, with Philip Ng being particularly lauded for his rare villainous turn as the nearly unbeatable big bad.The film seems to suffer from catering to too many characters and their different motivations, resulting in a predictable storyline. However, for kung fu fanatics like myself who enjoy the action as much as the Hong Kong brand of drama that comes with it, this is a long overdue and very welcome dose of ass-kicking goodness. Hopefully, it starts a new wave in the years to come</review>
    <description>Follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21807222</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Saw X</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most chilling installment of the SAW franchise yet explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw's most personal game. Set between the events of SAW I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer - only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, John returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through a series of ingenious and terrifying traps.—Lionsgate</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kevin Greutert</director>
      <actor>Tobin Bell (role=John Kramer)</actor>
      <actor>Shawnee Smith (role=Amanda Young)</actor>
      <actor>Synnøve Macody Lund (role=Cecilia Pederson)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Brand (role=Parker Sears)</actor>
      <actor>Renata Vaca (role=Gabriela)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Okamoto (role=Diego)</actor>
      <actor>Octavio Hinojosa (role=Mateo)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Briseño (role=Carlos)</actor>
      <actor>Costas Mandylor (role=Hoffman)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Beach (role=Henry Kessler)</actor>
      <actor>Donagh Gordon (role=Dr. Finn Pederson)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastián Torres (role=Masked Gunman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Mexico|Canada</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDJkYjRiNzQtM2FjYy00YjlmLWFjY2QtNTMwM2VlZTdhNjIzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFsZWxvZw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Body Horror|Splatter Horror|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>PlotA sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.CastTobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Ragnarok's Synnøve Macody Lund shine.VerdictI'll be honest, I haven't enjoyed a Saw movie since Saw III. I thought Spiral breathed a small amount of life into the series but not enough to make it credible. Much like Final Destination they pounded out movie after movie each less inspired as the last! A dead franchise in my opinion. Hearing about another I couldn't have been less excited and after the watching the trailer and seeing it was a prequel had me confident this would be another bland uneventful final nail in the franchises coffin.I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong, and here I was wrong.I don't like prequels, I deemed this a dead franchise, but somehow someway against the odds they delivered a decent enough film and I'd argue the 3rd best overall behind the original and part 2.I just love how unexpected it is, you defies logic and reason and provides an engaging tale and one that doesn't rely on shock value or gore like many of those that game before did.Good job, now I'm open to more.RantsI like Shawnee Smith, my first experience with her was as the crazy girl in the original The Stand (1994) but her presence here seemed strange on account of how much older she looks here then last time we saw her. They used no effect to make her look younger and the timeline subsequently made no sense. I know such things shouldn't matter but movies are about immersion and that took something away from it here.BreakdownSurprisingly decent plotSolid performances by many of the castHas breathed new life into a dead seriesThe Shawnee Smith age issue is annoying</review>
    <description>A sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12404266</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Last Rifleman</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>'The Last Rifleman' is a 2023 drama film starring Pierce Brosnan and John Amos (inspired by real events) about a 92-year-old Northern Irish World War II Army veteran, Artie Crawford, who "broke out" of his care facility to attend the 75th anniversary D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France in June 2019. Along the way, he is aided by strangers, makes some new friends and says a heartfelt goodbye to a fallen friend, while news of his "escape" makes him an international sensation.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Terry Loane</director>
      <actor>Pierce Brosnan (role=Artie Crawford)</actor>
      <actor>Clémence Poésy (role=Juliette Bellamy)</actor>
      <actor>John Amos (role=Lincoln Jefferson Adams)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Prochnow (role=Friedrich Mueller)</actor>
      <actor>Ian McElhinney (role=Tom Malcolmson)</actor>
      <actor>Tara Lynne O'Neill (role=Tracy Milligan)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Bottomley (role=Rory)</actor>
      <actor>Desmond Eastwood (role=Tony McCann)</actor>
      <actor>Stella McCusker (role=Maggie Crawford)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Rafferty (role=Vicky Tedjury)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Loane (role=Charlie Lennon)</actor>
      <actor>James Keating (role=Artie Crawford (17))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Ireland|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDQ0OGU1ZDAtOWRhNS00NDY0LTk4ZTUtNjhiNzY4YTIwZDAzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|War</category>
    <review>Based on the true story of Bernard Jordan, a British man who escaped his nursing home in the south of England and somehow got from Calais to Normandy to commemorate D-Day.This wonderful film switches our hero to be from Northern Ireland. This was a brave and commendable choice. For this alone it should be watched as it shines a light on the brave sacrifice of so many loyal Irishman in WW2.What made it a 10/10 for me were two things. First it was absolutely authentic. The black soldier wasn't "bigged up" but neither did he need to be. This was a superb scene. John Amos was excellent in his role here.The second was that Terry Loane, as Director, and Kevin Fitzpatrick's writing ensure that tough issues are not ignored. Pierce's Brosnans anger with the SS soldier seems entirely genuine and Kevin does not shirk the difficulty of crafting the scene. Jurgen Prochnow isn't so strong here.But a special shout out must be made for Clemence Poesy who steals every frame she is in. You will remember her from Harry Potter but here she is older and showing off her acting range.Of course Pierce is amazing. It breaks my heart that this film was not promoted or marketed. It deserves so much better</review>
    <description>A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>23468836</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Touch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the late 1960s, Kristófer (Palmi Kormákur) is a young Icelander man studying at London School of Economics, but his left-wing beliefs put him at odds with the school administration. After being mocked by his college friends for saying he would drop out, Kristófer impulsively applies to be a dishwasher at Nippon, a Japanese restaurant owned by chef Takahashi, where he meets and falls in love with Miko (Kôki), Takahashi's daughter. Kristófer learns Japanese and works hard at Nippon, earning the trust of Takahashi and Miko. He witnesses Takahashi forcibly break up a relationship between Miko and her boyfriend. Takahashi trains Kristófer as a chef and lets him come in early to practice. As Miko visits Kristófer to taste his cooking, they grow closer and start a relationship, unbeknownst to Takahashi. Miko confides in Kristófer that her family was originally from Hiroshima, and her mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bombing. Facing discrimination back home as 'Hibakusha,' they moved to England. Upon coming back from a holiday, Kristófer is shocked to see that the restaurant has been closed, and the Takahashis have moved away without saying a word, except for one final paycheck addressed to him. Fifty years later, Kristófer (Egill Ólafsson) is now a widower living alone in Iceland. His memory is failing, and his doctor suggests that he should resolve any unfinished business while he still has time and capacity. Kristófer closes his restaurant and sets out to find Miko just when the world is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arriving in London in the midst of pandemic restrictions, Kristófer finds Takahashi's restaurant is now a tattoo parlor. He manages to locate Hitomi, a former employee at Nippon, who tells him that Takahashi and Miko moved back to Japan 50 years ago, and Takahashi has since passed away. She gives Kristófer Miko's last known address. Kristófer visits Miko's (Yôko Narahashi) apartment in Japan. After a moment of hesitation, the two embrace, not having seen each other for over half a century. Miko reveals the reason for her sudden departure: her father always feared that her children would have birth defects from radiation exposure, so he forbade her from having relationships altogether. When he discovered Miko was pregnant with Kristófer's child, he moved her back to Japan, and later forced her to give the child up for adoption. Miko has remained unmarried since, with no other children. Miko then tells Kristófer that their son, Akira (Eugene Nomura), was born a healthy child and happily adopted, and is now a chef with his own restaurant and family. She takes him to Akira's restaurant, where she is a regular customer. Kristófer is overcome with emotion upon seeing his son for the first time, though Akira remains unaware of his biological parents. The film ends with Kristófer and Miko walking down the street hand in hand. As the screen fades to black, he softly sings to her the Icelandic song he sang years ago in a party at Nippon.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Baltasar Kormákur</director>
      <actor>Egill Ólafsson (role=Kristófer)</actor>
      <actor>Masahiro Motoki (role=Takahashi-san)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Sheen (role=Mrs. Ellis)</actor>
      <actor>Masatoshi Nakamura (role=Kutaragi-san)</actor>
      <actor>Meg Kubota (role=Hitomi)</actor>
      <actor>Tatsuya Tagawa (role=Arai-san)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Nishikawa (role=Goto-san)</actor>
      <actor>Starkaður Pétursson (role=Markús)</actor>
      <actor>Akshay Khanna (role=Phillip)</actor>
      <actor>Kieran Buckeridge (role=London Hotel Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Brandy Row (role=Tattoo Shop Owner)</actor>
      <actor>Benedikt Erlingsson (role=Dr. Stefánsson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Iceland|United Kingdom|Japan</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTIyZGE4OGYtOWFiNC00OTcxLWE2NjQtYzA3NDRiNTNlZDdkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>I'm actually surprised there weren't any reviews for this film yet. It has a high score on Rotten Tomatoes.I am not a very good writer the way other reviews are written, so I'll keep it simple:As you can gather from the trailer, this is a story about an Icelandic man who appears to be reaching a point in his life where he wants to perhaps tie up some loose ends, which included searching for his long lost love. The love affair was set in the rebellious 60s, and featured the younger Kristoffer looking for a job in London while he was still studying abroad from his Icelandic home. He picked a Japanese restaurant because of the help wanted sign outside, but as he was leaving, he saw the restaurant owners daughter and decided he really wanted to work there haha. Well, you can't blame him, Miko, played by the very attractive Koki, has wonderful charisma, and she gave him that second look as she walked away lol. Well, you can sort of guess what happens with the whole dating the boss/father's daughter behind his back, then it's discovered. So the elder Kristoffer was hoping to reconnect with his lost love.The movie is presented in chronological order, but it jumps back and forth between the present and past. We also get insight into certain stigmatisms that Japanese society can have, and how that affects one's upbringing and destiny.Overall, it was a very well made film. I found all the actors (the younger and elder versions) very engaging. I was thinking at first this movie was about the young man becoming a better cook at the restaurant, but it's really about the relationship between Kristoffer and Miko.And if you're worried that there's some sort of over the top, tragic ending, I can't spoil it for you - but you don't have to worry about that.I hope more people go out to see this film and lend their better writing skills to reviewing this film and hopefully appreciation of it</review>
    <description>A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; Touch follows one man's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>18363072</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Royal Hotel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Royal Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture, but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kitty Green</director>
      <actor>Julia Garner (role=Hanna)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica Henwick (role=Liv)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Nordrum (role=Torsten)</actor>
      <actor>Dylan River (role=Bartender)</actor>
      <actor>Keylan Devine-Ingerson (role=French Man)</actor>
      <actor>Bree Bain (role=Office Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Yovich (role=Carol)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Malone (role=Jules)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Cheel (role=Cassie)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Weaving (role=Billy)</actor>
      <actor>James Frecheville (role=Teeth)</actor>
      <actor>Nic Darrigo (role=Kev)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTQzMzMxYTYtNTgyYS00ZTA5LWE2MzYtN2YxZGFiYzZlNzFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>This movie is a dramatic interpretation of the documentary film "hotel coolgardie" (I reviewed that also on IMDb)It tells the story of two backpackers travelling through Australia and they take up a job via a job agency (very common in Australia backpacking community). Only downside the hotel is in south Australia in a mining location.They are met with a culture shock of how rough the men are and how the women have to cope with chauvinism.The movie portrays real life in the mining towns of southern Australia where the pub is the main gathering location and where men drink far too much.There are a few scenes where artistic license is used to make for a more dramatic movie but all in all it's a true reflection of the experiences many female travellers have.I recommend to watch and then view "Hotel Coolgardie" to compare</review>
    <description>Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12584954</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Twisters</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Retired storm chaser Kate Carter reluctantly returns to the field after a tragic past experience. She joins forces with reckless social media star Tyler Owens when they encounter unprecedented and terrifying tornadoes. As multiple storm systems converge over Oklahoma, the competing teams must work together to survive and confront the unpredictable forces of nature.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lee Isaac Chung</director>
      <actor>Daisy Edgar-Jones (role=Kate)</actor>
      <actor>Glen Powell (role=Tyler)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Ramos (role=Javi)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon Perea (role=Boone)</actor>
      <actor>Maura Tierney (role=Cathy)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Hadden-Paton (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Sasha Lane (role=Lily)</actor>
      <actor>Daryl McCormack (role=Jeb)</actor>
      <actor>Kiernan Shipka (role=Addy)</actor>
      <actor>Nik Dodani (role=Praveen)</actor>
      <actor>David Corenswet (role=Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Tunde Adebimpe (role=Dexter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWUzZWYxYjItMzkxMi00YTUwLWIyNDAtM2RjMmJiYzU1MjM3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Action|Adventure|Thriller</category>
    <review>There's a reason this movie became available on stream so quickly. It simply isn't a good movie. Twister, the original was a classic which included mediocre acting but decent drama. This movie provided less of both. Many years after the first, the CGI offered nothing more and the acting offered less. It's a shame that remakes like this pay no homage to the original movie and lack the talent to improve given all the technological advantages. Powell needs to slow down his career after Top Gun and not make weak movies like this. Tornadoes are so much more catastrophic than depicted in this move and it shouldn't be celebrated in the face of cinema so poorly</review>
    <description>Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>28142896</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Weekend in Taipei</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Years ago, committed DEA agent John Lawlor fell in love with Joey Kwang, a Taipei-based transport driver working in the criminal underworld, but was forced to flee due to tragic circumstances. Now, the duo reunites when Lawlor blows his cover as a chef and takes an off-the-books weekend mission to Taipei to bring down a billionaire drug kingpin... who just so happens to be Joey's new husband. From the creators of Taken and The Transporter, WEEKEND IN TAIPEI hits theaters this November 8th.—Ketchup Entertainment</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Huang</director>
      <actor>Luke Evans (role=Agent John Lawlor)</actor>
      <actor>Sung Kang (role=Kwang)</actor>
      <actor>Wyatt Yang (role=Raymond)</actor>
      <actor>Pernell Walker (role=Charlotte Fields)</actor>
      <actor>Yi-ching Lu (role=Po Po, Joey's grandmother)</actor>
      <actor>Enrique Alonso Concha Cornejo (role=Santiago)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Ireland (role=Agent Simons)</actor>
      <actor>Alain Figlarz (role=Agent Freddie)</actor>
      <actor>Denny Gou Chiang-Lee (role=Uniformed Cop)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Lyu (role=Cousin Gucci)</actor>
      <actor>Tjarret Yong (role=Salesman)</actor>
      <actor>Welly Yang (role=Ferrari Manager)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Taiwan|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTMwMDUwOWQtNmZjMC00YjhhLThjY2UtYjRhNGY0ZjhhYTc4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Martial Arts|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>Part martial arts, part "John Wick," part romance, and part "family" film; this movie tries to be too many things at once and, not surprisingly, fails. Considering this flick contains the seeds of at least four separate movies, the result was a competent one, even if the "family ending" leaves you scratching your head (but with a smile on your face) for what is, in the last analysis, an "action" flick. After an absence of thirteen years, a DEA returns to Taipei, the Republic of China, to confront the drug lord who cost him the love of his life. What he doesn't know is that very same woman is now the pampered wife of said drug lord, and that he has a son he never knew about. Sound interesting? It is. Whether that is enough for you, you have to see the movie to find out</review>
    <description>A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9214772</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monkey Man</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With the dreadful scars of injustice etched on his sinewy body and the brutal murder of his mother haunting him forever, Kid lives and breathes vengeance. But the underdog has a long way to go before he becomes a cold assassin. As the young pariah dices with death in underground fight clubs for a song, a deadly plan to uproot corruption and those who robbed him of his happiness begins to form. After all, the Kid has nothing to lose but his soul. And as the white-hot embers of rebellion threaten to burn everything to ashes, pain and blood can only lead to enlightenment and closure. Blind with rage and murderous desire, who can stop the Monkey Man and the revenge from the gutter?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dev Patel</director>
      <actor>Dev Patel (role=Kid)</actor>
      <actor>Pitobash (role=Alphonso)</actor>
      <actor>Jatin Malik (role=Young Kid)</actor>
      <actor>Sikandar Kher (role=Rana)</actor>
      <actor>Sobhita Dhulipala (role=Sita)</actor>
      <actor>Ashwini Kalsekar (role=Queenie)</actor>
      <actor>Vipin Sharma (role=Alpha)</actor>
      <actor>Adithi Kalkunte (role=Neela)</actor>
      <actor>Jomon Thomas (role=Mirza)</actor>
      <actor>Pehan Abdul (role=Lakshmi)</actor>
      <actor>Brahim Chab (role=Sher Khan)</actor>
      <actor>Suhaimi (role=Sheru)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|Singapore|India</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMThlZmYyY2UtYTMyMy00NWI3LWI1NDEtODk4Zjc0OWMyN2U3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Martial Arts|One-Person Army Action|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>I think the comparison of Monkey Man and John Wick is not so correct. Sure.......both are revenge story. But both are conceived quite differently. John Wick delved into the universe of hitmen, while Monkey Man is a straight and dirty action thriller. It's actually a "superhero" movie after Indick. One of the big pluses is the atmosphere and setting. The movie is really Indian and not a US movie set in India. The approach to the story is related to this. The film starts off sharp and tries to keep it up for the entire footage. I also have to praise the action sequences. It is not a revolution, but they are filmed excellently and relatively raw. The main character is likable and relatable. Of course, the film is not perfect and anyone could argue that it is a fairly standard story about revenge. And it is so........... but it is done differently and brilliantly. A beautiful 8.5/10 for me</review>
    <description>An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systematically victimize the poor and powerless.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21064584</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Iron Claw</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.—A24</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sean Durkin</director>
      <actor>Holt McCallany (role=Fritz Von Erich)</actor>
      <actor>Maura Tierney (role=Doris Von Erich)</actor>
      <actor>Grady Wilson (role=Young Kevin)</actor>
      <actor>Valentine Newcomer (role=Young David)</actor>
      <actor>Zac Efron (role=Kevin Von Erich)</actor>
      <actor>Harris Dickinson (role=David Von Erich)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Innes (role=Ring Announcer)</actor>
      <actor>Chavo Guerrero Jr. (role=The Sheik)</actor>
      <actor>Garrett Hammond (role=Sportatorium Referee #1)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Simons (role=Mike Von Erich)</actor>
      <actor>Jullian Dulce Vida (role=Sound Man)</actor>
      <actor>Cazzey Louis Cereghino (role=Bruiser Brody)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2Y3MDU4MmItY2MzZC00ZmIwLWE0OWUtMDhjNDQ4MDkwZmFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Tragedy|Biography|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>To think I originally dismissed this movie completely and now, after finally having seeing it, it has become one of the best movies I've seen in some time. The surprises are constant, first I had never heard of of the Von Erich, I didn't know the director and I knew Zac Efron. All details that under normal circumstances would have kept me away but. Oh my goodness! What a wonderful movie, beautifully written and directed and then Zac Efron! A performance of such beauty and of such truth that made me want to see the movie again, immediately. I didn't, but I will. It moved me and shattered me because I believed him. He's not alone, Jeremy Allen White is also superb and the last minutes of the movie found me with tears running down my face. Terrific</review>
    <description>The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13506526</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Stella. Ein Leben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Stella Goldschlag grows up in Berlin during the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, but is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, and her life turns into an hopeless tragedy.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kilian Riedhof</director>
      <actor>Paula Beer (role=Stella Goldschlag)</actor>
      <actor>Bekim Latifi (role=Aaron Salomon)</actor>
      <actor>Damian Hardung (role=Manfred Kübler)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Basman (role=Johnny)</actor>
      <actor>Maeve Metelka (role=Inge Lustig)</actor>
      <actor>Nadja Sabersky (role=Lilo Streszak)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Anna Grob (role=Hansi Meyer)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Martschewski (role=Fritz Günther)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Koch (role=Ilja Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Konstantin Gries (role=Theo)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Riemann (role=Toni Goldschlag)</actor>
      <actor>Lukas Miko (role=Gerd Goldschlag)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria|Switzerland|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmNkZTJhYzUtZmU1Yy00MWE5LWIzOGItNjU4NGY0NTM3NDQ3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX529_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|History|War</category>
    <review>I have been an admirer of Paula Beer since seeing her in "Frantz" and "Undine". I have no doubt that she would be more than capable of portraying the complexities of a woman like Stella Goldschlag, to the point where, while not accepting the decisions she made, one might at least be able to understand the reasons that she made them. That belief remains true, but sadly, Kilian Riedhof's film is not her chance. While technically capable, and with superior attention to period detail, "Stella: A Life" - particularly in its last two thirds - fails in the prime area of narrative cinema: "Storytelling". Indicators of Stella's motivations are lost in what becomes a frustrating series of virtual jump cuts, and the audience is left to fill in the gaps to try and understand what has not been shown. The protagonist's evolution from "victim" to "villain" seems to have been left in the cutting room floor, and all that remains of Beer's performance is a slide show, rather than a fully developed characterisation. It is disappointing to see this wasted opportunity discuss a (still) largely unexamined aspect of such a pivotal epoch of social history</review>
    <description>Stella Goldschlag grows up in Berlin during the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, but is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, and her life turns into an hopeless tragedy.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13655120</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>I.S.S</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gabriela Cowperthwaite</director>
      <actor>Ariana DeBose (role=Dr. Kira Foster)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Messina (role=Gordon Barrett)</actor>
      <actor>John Gallagher Jr. (role=Christian Campbell)</actor>
      <actor>Masha Mashkova (role=Weronika Vetrov)</actor>
      <actor>Costa Ronin (role=Nicholai Pulov)</actor>
      <actor>Pilou Asbæk (role=Alexey Pulov)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGU5YzNlZTUtNjY1YS00NTNhLWI4YWEtMWE2NTRkNzYyZmMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Space Sci-Fi|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>The premise of the movie is great, but some poor decisions in the script ruined the movie for me. This could've been a very good, Hitchcockian suspense thriller. Instead, they give away too much too soon, and make every action too predictable. There is some suspense, but it does not pervade the entire film; it is only intermittent. The characters are not very complex at all, and the viewer isn't very vested in any of them by the time things turn sour. As for the ending, I'm not sure what they were going for there.I was really expecting more from this movie, but left very disappointed. Not the worst I've seen this year, but it also could've been one of the best</review>
    <description>Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14041896</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Parenting</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A couple rents a countryside house for a weekend with their parents and then discover it's inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Craig Johnson</director>
      <actor>Nik Dodani (role=Rohan)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon Flynn (role=Josh)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Edie Falco (role=Sharon)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Kudrow (role=Liddy)</actor>
      <actor>Dean Norris (role=Cliff)</actor>
      <actor>Vivian Bang (role=Sara)</actor>
      <actor>Parker Posey (role=Brenda)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Avallone (role=Donna)</actor>
      <actor>Elle Kaye (role=Zombie Donna)</actor>
      <actor>Chloe Sciore (role=Allie)</actor>
      <actor>John Hawe (role=Jamie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTE2ZDgwZmEtMDYzMS00MDk5LTg2MjgtZjI4OTYwNTAyOGFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Comedy|Horror</category>
    <review>Is it a cinematic masterpiece?Well, no...But does the fun the cast and crew had making it show through?Absolutely.Decided to have a drink and watch a random recommended movie and this did not disappoint. From the first scene with the most in-your-face exposition drop I knew this was going to be one to just sit back, turn my brain off, and enjoy some silliness. It's a great concept and the film doesn't try and pretend to be more than that. Also, the casting is fantastic and all the actors were a blast to watch.If you're looking for a great critique on the horror comedy genre look elsewhere, but if you just want to watch a fun horror comedy movie then this is worth the hour and a half runtime</review>
    <description>A couple rents a countryside house for a weekend with their parents and then discover it's inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22050754</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Strangers: Chapter 1</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1, the chilling first entry of this upcoming horror feature film series.—Lionsgate Entertainment</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Renny Harlin</director>
      <actor>Ryan Bown (role=Jeff Morell)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Kreutzova (role=Dollface Double)</actor>
      <actor>Letizia Fabbri (role=Pin-Up Double)</actor>
      <actor>Madelaine Petsch (role=Maya)</actor>
      <actor>Froy Gutierrez (role=Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Cartwright (role=Rudy)</actor>
      <actor>Stevee Davies (role=Dougie)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Brake (role=Sheriff Rotter)</actor>
      <actor>Pedro Leandro (role=Deputy Walters)</actor>
      <actor>Ema Horvath (role=Shelly)</actor>
      <actor>Janis Ahern (role=Carol)</actor>
      <actor>William Lee Rayner (role=Cook)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Slovenia|Slovakia|Switzerland|Spain</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmJiODY5Y2YtZTk2Ny00MTA5LWFiYzYtMGFlYTJmNzFlMWE4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Horror|Slasher Horror|Horror</category>
    <review>I don't want to waste too much energy on this review but I was quite disappointed. I was looking forward to this one and it just ended up being a lame reboot of the original.It started out with a silly tone, cheesy script and even some tacky product placement. We get into it with two relatively unlikeable main characters that barley have enough background/plot to keep the story rolling. There are countless direct parallels (I'm talking exactly the same) to the original movie and even some from the second one. To the point where it didn't feel like an homage and I caught myself thinking... why am I sitting here watching the same movie I did in 2008, but like, worse...?It was marketed as though it was a prequel, but there was not even an ounce of origin story and there were things such as smart phones and push to start cars that placed it in the future from the original. So if this wasn't a prequel, what are we doing here?? There were multiple plot points that were seemingly important that went nowhere... including an inhaler, dietary restrictions, a friends vacation and some strung up poultry.I'm just confused and disappointed as to why they simply remade this movie with even less of a storyline, not as good actors and a lame ending... all without infusing anything new, interesting or original into it. All in all it was relatively entertaining as a stand alone I suppose... If you haven't seen the original and are super into jump scares, then go for it. Otherwise just rewatch Liv Tyler lol 3.5 rounding up to a 4, probably wouldn't recommend</review>
    <description>After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14849194</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Holdovers</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1970, at the Brandon boarding school, Professor of Ancient History Paul Hunham is loathed by his students, by the other teachers and by the headmaster. He spends his life reading books alone in his apartment at Brandon. During the Christmas holidays, the headmaster Dr. Hardy Woodrup assigns Hunham to stay at Brandon taking care of four students that failed the tests or have no family available in the period. Together with Hunham, stay the manager of the cooks Mary Lamb, who grieves the loss of her son in the Vietnam War, and the troubled student Angus Tully, since his divorced mother recently remarried and wants to spend the period traveling in honeymoon with her new wealthy husband. Near Christmas, the four other students are released and Hunham, Mary and Tully have to stay together, and they learn more about each other's life.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexander Payne</director>
      <actor>Paul Giamatti (role=Professor Paul Hunham)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Sessa (role=Angus Tully)</actor>
      <actor>Da'Vine Joy Randolph (role=Mary Lamb)</actor>
      <actor>Carrie Preston (role=Miss Lydia Crane)</actor>
      <actor>Brady Hepner (role=Teddy Kountze)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Dolley (role=Alex Ollerman)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Kaplan (role=Ye-Joon Park)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Provost (role=Jason Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Garman (role=Dr. Hardy Woodrup)</actor>
      <actor>Naheem Garcia (role=Danny)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Thorne (role=Thomas Tully)</actor>
      <actor>Gillian Vigman (role=Judy Clotfelter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTBjNDMyOTEtNDNhZi00NjBhLWJlZGUtZjM2YTNlNjE4OTE2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Holiday Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Holiday</category>
    <review>Do you miss how they used to make films in the 1970s? Plenty of filmmakers do, except they take that nostalgia and just do watered down versions of better movies. As an example see Taxi Driver and King of Comedy then watch Joker and you'll get what I mean.Thankfully, Alexander Payne has managed to take his sentimentality and make an original film out of it. Or if The Holdovers is a pale imitation of a superior picture then the filmmaker has managed to trick me because I don't feel as if I've seen this movie before but done better.Now to be clear, there aren't things you've never seen before in the movie. I mean, you know the characters are going to bond at some point. And people will grow to care about each other. That's a given. How we get there, however, is what makes the film seem fresh and entertaining and ever bit as good as any flick made back in the day.I hope more people see it</review>
    <description>In 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26736843</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>They See You</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mina, a pet shop employee carrying the wounds of a troubled past, finds herself stranded in a mysterious forest in Ireland. As night falls, she seeks shelter, only to become entangled in a hair-raising conspiracy. Now trapped inside a decaying woodland shelter with three perfect strangers, Mina is unaware that unseen creatures watch their every move with keen interest. Separated from the eerie unknown by a gleaming, one-way mirror and a strict survival procedure, the group is always in grave danger. When resistance is futile, can the confined specimens outwit their captors and escape the Watchers' grasp?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ishana Shyamalan</director>
      <actor>Dakota Fanning (role=Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Georgina Campbell (role=Ciara)</actor>
      <actor>Olwen Fouéré (role=Madeline)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Finnegan (role=Daniel)</actor>
      <actor>Alistair Brammer (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>John Lynch (role=Kilmartin)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Dargan (role=Young Mina)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Dargan (role=Young Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Morris (role=Burke)</actor>
      <actor>Shane O'Regan (role=Collin)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Tighe (role=Bus Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Zarima McDermott (role=University Student)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Ireland</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmMxMTZjZGMtYjJmNC00YjEwLTliNGUtODg3YzdhYmU4OGExXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Suspense Mystery|Fantasy|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I have often thought of this novel since consuming the audiobook in a couple days last year. I've recommended it to a lot of fellow horror readers, too. I personally feel that the film adaptation falls incredibly short of what it could have been. The novel is beautifully crafted with suspense and character development, whereas the movie offers 2D characters that are simply there just because. Their faces remain blank the majority of the movie and their line delivery is flat and almost always as if they're bored talking.In true Shyamalan fashion, (yes, it's M. Night's daughter who directed it, but the apple doesn't fall far from the tree), the twist is a huge moment. While it does get revealed, it also changes a huge part of the original ending of the book, which makes the overall story even more of a 2D "horror twist." The book's ending gave me chills; the movie's ending gave me cliché horror.I will say, I was eager to see who would play the character of Madeline, as she is such a force in the book as the most interesting character, as well as the one who has been trapped in the forest the longest, and Olwen Fouéré portrays her beautifully. The overall set design and atmosphere of the film is also done well, which helps but also makes the movie's poor script and characters feel all the more disappointing at times.While I won't actively encourage not seeing this movie, I DO encourage you to check out the book, by A. M. Shine. I'm also happy that an author whose work I appreciate it getting the attention of Hollywood to have his work made into a different media form - let's hope if his other works become film or television adaptations, that they'll be given the adaptation they deserve</review>
    <description>A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>28833698</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zwei zu eins</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a communist family discovers a bunker full of money soon to be worthless. With the help of their neighbors, they embark on a race against time to enter the capitalist world in style.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Natja Brunckhorst</director>
      <actor>Sandra Hüller (role=Maren)</actor>
      <actor>Max Riemelt (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Zehrfeld (role=Volker)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Werner (role=Käte)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Kurth (role=Markowski)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Brambach (role=Lunkewitz)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin Wehlisch (role=Janette)</actor>
      <actor>Anselm Haderer (role=Jannik)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Shirin Keiling (role=Dini)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Höller (role=Uwe Mattes)</actor>
      <actor>Olli Dittrich (role=Vertreter Meier)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Keune (role=Genosse ABV)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGRkYzMxY2EtOGJkOS00MmZkLWExYWItMTI0NTEwYzM1NWY0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Romance</category>
    <review>No pun intended - I reckon towards the end there is also the Ugly ... which is why I have a bit of mixed feelings. This seems mostly fun and games - yes the stakes are high. But the mood change that occurs ... is almost uncalled for and in my view almost derails the movie ... I say almost because it still is able to swing around and become a bit lighter! Though I reckon that is not entirely true about the kids toy ... but you'll understand once you watch.The kid is really good by the way. Most of the actors are doing a phenomenal job. With kids you do not always know what you'll be getting - she is one to watch for sure. The whole thing (premise wise) is based on a true story. But I reckon they made up the characters - which seems to be supported by what you get to read in the end credits.Talking of which, if you were entertained by the movie - there is a short clip after the credits rolled ... which is a nice touch! Nothing big, but a fun one for those who care. The odds were in their favor it seems ... (not just two to one) ..</review>
    <description>After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a communist family discovers a bunker full of money soon to be worthless. With the help of their neighbors, they embark on a race against time to enter the capitalist world in style.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21819258</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bonus Track</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A 16-year-old who believes he is a future star musician, even when no-one else in his small town does. The arrival of the son of a famous musical duo who helps him rehearse for a talent show leads both boys to learn from each other and grow closer.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Julia Jackman</director>
      <actor>Joe Anders (role=George Bobbin)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Wokoma (role=Andi Anderson)</actor>
      <actor>Ellie Kendrick (role=Donna Button)</actor>
      <actor>Josh O'Connor (role=Jonno)</actor>
      <actor>Ray Panthaki (role=Mr. Zeppelin)</actor>
      <actor>Elle McCloskey (role=Molly)</actor>
      <actor>Ciara Southwood (role=Polly)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Cowdery (role=Toby)</actor>
      <actor>Roger Evans (role=Alan)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Wadia (role=Headmistress)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Salmon (role=Mike Marvin)</actor>
      <actor>Alison Sudol (role=Julia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBlZDBkMzQtMzljOS00OGZiLTg3MDQtYTcyOWI0MDc2NDJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <review>In small town 2005-6, George is in his last year of high school, and dreams of being a music star. However, he has failing grades, including music class, where he can only plunk out the same few notes that will form the rhythm track of his barely-started song. He holds out hope of being noticed at the year-end Leavers' Talent Show, though a kindly teacher warns him that, after the show, he will be leaving.Along comes new student Max, son of a famous music duo (who recently separated, both professional and marital). Even if faulty, Max's rendition of a piano sonata is far above George's efforts. Despite being mobbed by girls, Max has his eye on George, and they work on his song together. While on an overnight trip to a challenge camp, Max gets George to sneak out with him to drink and have a kiss - which is captured by a paparazzo, making them big local news.Max decides to leave for London, where he could be lost in the crowd, leaving George to perform alone at the Talent Show.This film has an interesting concept of being divided up into "tracks", each part introduced with a different song. With his disinterest in them, the girls at school has already pegged George as gay, while lesser experience with Max means he is still not typecast - until the photo comes out. As the audience, we are waiting to see if the Bromance becomes something more</review>
    <description>Charming teen, an aspiring musician teams up with the son of a rock star to try and win the school talent show.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14415204</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Never Let Go</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandre Aja</director>
      <actor>Halle Berry (role=Momma)</actor>
      <actor>Percy Daggs IV (role=Nolan)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony B. Jenkins (role=Samuel)</actor>
      <actor>Kathryn Kirkpatrick (role=Grandma)</actor>
      <actor>Georges Gracieuse (role=Grandpa)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Kevin Anderson (role=Hiker)</actor>
      <actor>Cadence Compton (role=Hiker's Daughter)</actor>
      <actor>Christin Park (role=Medic)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Lavigne (role=The Evil)</actor>
      <actor>Mila Morgan (role=Little Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Adrien Morot (role=Puppeteer)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy Tse (role=Puppeteer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|France</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJiOTFlZDUtMmZkMy00OTM0LThkYmEtMzkzNDk4NDQ5NGFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>Never Let Go starts with an intriguing premise: a mother in a post-apocalyptic world fights to protect her children from bloodthirsty creatures by keeping them tied to a rope. If they let go, they're attacked. However, despite this interesting concept, the movie fails to create the tense atmosphere the story demands. Instead of pulling us into a truly dangerous and desperate situation, the film loses focus and struggles to convey the real threat the characters face.The plot twists are another weak point. Some are too predictable, and from early on, I felt like I could guess where the story was heading. Though I'm not entirely sure, because the ending is especially confusing and poorly explained, leaving us without a clear conclusion - as if the writer wasn't sure what message they wanted to convey.Director Alexandre Aja has proven capable of crafting good films with simpler themes, like the remake of The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension, or Piranha 3D, but whenever he tackles more complex narratives, such as in Horns, he tends to fall short. In his case, "less is more" really applies.That said, I have to admit the different approach might attract viewers looking for something unusual. However, for me, this film didn't hit the mark. There was a moment of real tension involving the fate of an animal that made me anxious, but aside from that, I felt indifferent in about 80% of the situations.It's far from terrible due to the original concept that sets it apart from other films in this subgenre, but it lacks the essential ingredients to truly stand out or leave a lasting impression</review>
    <description>A family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27724113</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Arctic Convoy: Todesfalle Eismeer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Summer 1941: Hitler seems unstoppable, invading the Soviet Union. Convoys of cargo ships with war materials began the perilous journey to Murmansk. Ordinary sailors facing German superiority in the icy Arctic sea with lives at stake.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken</director>
      <actor>Tobias Santelmann (role=Mørk)</actor>
      <actor>Anders Baasmo (role=Skar)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Ruud Ellingsen (role=Ragnhild)</actor>
      <actor>Preben Hodneland (role=Lars)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Lundgren (role=Johan)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Ranes (role=Sigurd)</actor>
      <actor>Olav Waastad (role=Erik)</actor>
      <actor>Tord Kinge (role=Isaksen)</actor>
      <actor>Kristian Repshus (role=Evensen)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Fort (role=Evensen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Norway</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjVhN2UwYTgtMzgzYy00YjE2LTllNGYtNGM0MGJiZjVmODNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama|History|Thriller|War</category>
    <review>While a huge improvement over movies like Kampen om Narvik, it is obvious that this movie got rewritten several times and changed direction. While the movie still manages to have a grip on the audience in terms of suspense, some of its plot points do not hold up well. It seems the movie went from the idea of a captivating war movie to budget restraints, forcing the movie makers to focus on interpersonal differences between the captain and his crew. That is something i feel detracts from the story, and it also is writing that has been done to death in other movies like Crimson tide. All in all, if you want to see a bit of WWII action, watch this, but if you rather would like something more believable and historically more accurate, then watch Krigsseileren any day over this</review>
    <description>Summer 1941: Hitler seems unstoppable, invading the Soviet Union. Convoys of cargo ships with war materials began the perilous journey to Murmansk. Ordinary sailors facing German superiority in the icy Arctic sea with lives at stake.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12311866</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kinder des Zorns</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Wimmer</director>
      <actor>Elena Kampouris (role=Boleyn Williams)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Moyer (role=Eden Edwards)</actor>
      <actor>Callan Mulvey (role=Robert Williams)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Spence (role=Pastor Penney)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Hunter (role=Calvin Colvington)</actor>
      <actor>Jayden McGinlay (role=Cecil)</actor>
      <actor>Ashlee Juergens (role=Carly Cowder)</actor>
      <actor>Sisi Stringer (role=Tanika)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Klocek (role=Calder Colvington)</actor>
      <actor>Orlando Schwerdt (role=Cal Colvington)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew S. Gilbert (role=Sheriff Gebler)</actor>
      <actor>Rory Potter (role=Boyd)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDQ1MGJkYzgtZDcyMC00YjBmLTg3MTAtMWU3NjMyOTliNWRlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Slasher Horror|Supernatural Horror|Horror</category>
    <review>The acting,camera/cinematography,sets,costume,score/music and sound was all well done. For me, what brought the suspension of disbelief to screetching halts were several little things in the building of the STORY. I personally didn't care for the special effect of the cornman...I'm of the old school where slow and creepy can be more frightening than abrupt and obvious. The other special effects tho, were well done.Not even a NOD towards the original story teller, Stephen King.Most impressed with the acting and camera work.I didn't HATE this movie. And You can tell a lot of money went into the making of it. I think the screenplay is where it went wrong.It was just a leeeetle bit less than a "meh" for me</review>
    <description>The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27458299</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alles Fifty Fifty</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A divorced couple takes a trip to Italy for a family vacation with their young son and her new boyfriend.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alireza Golafshan</director>
      <actor>Laura Tonke (role=Marion)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Bleibtreu (role=Andi)</actor>
      <actor>Valentin Thatenhorst (role=Milan)</actor>
      <actor>David Kross (role=Robin)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Stein (role=Jens)</actor>
      <actor>Jasin Challah (role=Paris)</actor>
      <actor>Aennie Lade (role=Mila)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=Elke)</actor>
      <actor>Riccardo Angelini (role=Giando Kellner)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Brenner (role=Herr Accapatoio)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Christopher Ehler (role=Lawyer Restaurant)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Forthuber (role=Lehrer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjgxZTZjODQtMzA0My00MjYxLWFiNmMtMDI2ZTc4Yjc0ODNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>A divorced couple takes a trip to Italy for a family vacation with their young son and her new boyfriend.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12037194</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a post-apocalyptic Australia, Furiosa, a young woman from the Green Place, is captured by the Biker Horde led by Dementus. After witnessing her mother's brutal death, she is forced to become Dementus's surrogate daughter. Years later, Furiosa escapes Dementus's clutches and joins forces with the Warlord Immortan Joe. She eventually betrays Joe and leads a rebellion against Dementus, avenging her mother's death and reclaiming her freedom. Furiosa, now a formidable leader, embarks on a journey to find a new home, carrying the hope of a brighter future for the survivors of the Wasteland.—Warner Bros. Pictures</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Miller</director>
      <actor>Anya Taylor-Joy (role=Furiosa)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Hemsworth (role=Dementus)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Burke (role=Praetorian Jack)</actor>
      <actor>Alyla Browne (role=Young Furiosa)</actor>
      <actor>George Shevtsov (role=The History Man)</actor>
      <actor>Lachy Hulme (role=Rizzdale Pell)</actor>
      <actor>John Howard (role=The People Eater)</actor>
      <actor>Angus Sampson (role=Organic Mechanic)</actor>
      <actor>Charlee Fraser (role=Mary Jabassa)</actor>
      <actor>Elsa Pataky (role=Mr. Norton)</actor>
      <actor>Nathan Jones (role=Rictus Erectus)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Helman (role=Scrotus)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjViOTY3MjctMmZmOS00NmVkLTg0MDMtOTc1NjY4ZjdlNzg2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Car Action|Desert Adventure|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>George Miller... "Why yes, yes I do. Well sort of anyway..."I really really wanted to love Furiosa but in the end I didn't, I liked it but didn't love it. Big big shoes to fill, I completely love Fury Road - a perfect action film in every way, so I was prepared to have this film fall in its shadow. Which it did. Furiosa is fun but its sadly no FR.The good news:You want action? There is action, loads of it. Like any good Mad Max story it holds true to its promise to entertain the masses with spectacle. Glorious. We get the hot rods, big wheels, diggers, bikes of all shapes and sizes, as well as flying contraptions, weaponry galore and no holding back on the violence. Explosions, bodies flying, witness me etc. Plenty. It can be brutal and nasty but true to form and true to Mad Max. What more do you want?Casting is good, perhaps a few too many characters leaving each of them to have not quite enough to do especially with Immortan Joe's followers. Anja Taylor Joy is good as Furiosa and Hemsworth seems to really be enjoying himself. Dementus is a great villain, a sort of love child of Immortan Joe and The Humungus; the presence, the wee speeches, his villainy is fun. And he gets to be very Aussie no need to hide that accent. I also liked a younger and much cleverer Immortan Joe; in this film he's not the core bad guy and without the need to get his 5 wives back as a motivator making him crazy we get to see him as the warlord he is. Smart and patient and in control.And there's world building! Which was very cool. We got to see more of the Wasteland and get hints of how it ticks and what made it so.The bad news:Visually Furiosa is a bit of a mixed bag; sometimes we get stuff worthy of its predecessor and other times we get stuff that is... less so. The colour is much more pale than the richness of FR and the cinematography is no where near the standards. Occasionally the CGI lets the film down just a bit. In Fury Road you got the impression that it was almost all practical effects even if it wasn't. In Furiosa there are sequences where I went... 'eww, yikes' as the standards of the film dropped. Only a few moments but be prepared.The music is often absent or very lacking. The sweeping epics of Fury Road are almost gone instead we get much more background stuff or even sadly largely silent action sequences. This leads to a lack of tension, nothing edge of your seat here.The writing and edit isn't great. The characters lack spark and bits feel missing. Miller is trying to tell a story but seems unsure of how to write characters in which one can invest. Furiosa has more ambition in its story telling and I think its execution is lacking. The core story solid but it seems a bit empty on the screen. The film jumps at times skipping over character development worthy of exploration.In the edit i really really missed the fast cuts of Fury where Miller really built his scenes through tight production and cuts and edits where everything builds beautifully and leads to a great conclusions. Miller did this scene after scene in FR whereas in Furiosa its really lacking. Means theres not as much tension, not as many 'that was close' nor 'that was amazing' moments.Overall I did like it. Furiosa is a good Mad Max film but its no Fury Road. I'd be surprised if the film is recognized at Oscar time, where Fury Road won 6 Furiosa might get a nomination or two in the technical but no nominations for Directing or Best Picture.By my deeds I honour him...By my wallet I honour George Miller, Witness Furiosa. Its worth your time and money but not more than that</review>
    <description>After being snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, while the tyrants Dementus and Immortan Joe fight for power and control, the young Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>20256448</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Force of Nature: The Dry 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Five women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping to find their informant still alive.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Connolly</director>
      <actor>Eric Bana (role=Falk)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Torv (role=Alice Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Deborra-Lee Furness (role=Jill Bailey)</actor>
      <actor>Robin McLeavy (role=Lauren)</actor>
      <actor>Sisi Stringer (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Ansell (role=Bree)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline McKenzie (role=Carmen Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (role=Eric Falk)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Roxburgh (role=Daniel Bailey)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Briggs (role=Ian Chase)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Radley (role=Sergeant King)</actor>
      <actor>Archie Thomson (role=Aaron Falk)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODg1MmZhYmQtZDM3My00YjAxLTg3ODUtMmI2MGQ4ZWIzNTk2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>A sequel to 2021's sleeper hit The Dry, Force Of Nature: The Dry 2 once again follows brooding detective Aaron Falk where after his informant (Anna Torov) gets lost in the forest on a work retreat he joins a search and rescue team to help find her. Along the way he's forced to confront more of his childhood trauma.Unfortunately the title for this movie sets the stage for what is a pretty convoluted and muddled movie and is overall a step down in my opinion compared to the first. There are three competing storylines here, the group of women, Aaron's trauma from his past and a serial killer subplot that literally goes nowhere. All of these storylines compete for attention but in the end they all end up falling flat. Also with the exception of Eric Bana as Falk almost every other character in this movie is unlikable (with maybe the only other exception being Mortal Kombat's Sisi Stringer.) With so much going on here it's surprising how unsatisfying and bland this movie was. Five stars for Bana though who is pretty much the only reason this might be worth your time.Jane Harper wrote a third and final Aaron Falk book that was published last year so I feel like it's inevitable that it also gets adapted to make a trilogy out of this. Hopefully it's more in line with the first movie compared to this and it can finally give Bana's Aaron Falk some sense of happiness because the amount of past and present trauma he's endured throughout both Dry movies is kind of crazy</review>
    <description>Five women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping to find their informant still alive.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15799866</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Silent Night: Stumme Rache</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>From legendary director John Woo and the producer of John Wick comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father (Joel Kinnaman) who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death. Full of Woo's signature style, Silent Night redefines the action genre with visceral, thrill-a-minute storytelling.—Lionsgate</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Woo</director>
      <actor>Joel Kinnaman (role=Brian Godlock)</actor>
      <actor>Harold Torres (role=Playa)</actor>
      <actor>Catalina Sandino Moreno (role=Saya Godlock)</actor>
      <actor>Yoko Hamamura (role=Ruiz)</actor>
      <actor>Valeria Santaella (role=Venus)</actor>
      <actor>Vinny O'Brien (role=Anthony Barelo Esq)</actor>
      <actor>Alejandro Monteros (role=Webface's Wingman)</actor>
      <actor>Angeles Woo (role=Policewoman)</actor>
      <actor>Braulio Iara (role=Carlos)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Briseño (role=Taylor (age 7))</actor>
      <actor>Binah Heike Anne Jauand Martínez (role=Taylor (newborn))</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Gabriel Moreno Martínez (role=Taylor (age 1))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Mexico</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjBmODNjM2EtYTNhMS00YTNkLWI4ODktN2IyMmY2YjA5MzJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Gun Fu|One-Person Army Action|Psychological Drama|Tragedy|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>Watching John Woo's "Silent Night" and as much as I hate to admit it, I'm kind of bored.Also, the lack of dialogue from ANYONE is just weird. Sure, he can't talk due to being shot (it's in the trailer, hardly a spoiler) but the others haven't been shot. Having no one else speak just takes away the impact of the MC losing his own voice.I'm also struggling with the fact this guy has zero training but thinks he is going to take on the whole criminal underworld - training himself with YouTube videos in his basement.I guess, all I'm saying is, if you want a decent "You shot my kid, I must kill you all" revenge film - check out Kevin Bacon's "Death Sentence"</review>
    <description>A grieving father enacts his long-awaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9140634</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die größten Filmemacher aller Zeiten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A fascinating look at the life and work of some of Hollywood's most iconic filmmakers.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lyndy Saville</director>
      <actor>Ian Nathan (role=Self -- Contributing Editor, Empire Magazine)</actor>
      <actor>Bonnie Greer (role=Self -- Author and Critic)</actor>
      <actor>Derek Malcolm (role=Self -- Film Critic)</actor>
      <actor>Neil Norman (role=Self -- critic)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Armstrong (role=Self -- Critic, Sunday Times)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Mandrake (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2I3YjBkMTAtMWE5Ni00ZmEzLWIwNzgtMTRkMjFlN2NkMWU0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX286_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>This, and its sister show Discovering Film (which concentrates on acotors), are both going downhill now the show has moved on from classic Hollywood.A lot of the modern directors, such as Jonathan Demme, don't have much weight, or they've literally made ONE highly acclaimed film and laughably get an episode (John Singleton &amp; Antoine Fuqua). If one masterwork is really enough, there are hundreds of directors who've been overlooked by the series. Another problem is there are too many clips and not enough context.I'm also puzzled as to why the show has become so narrowly focused on Hollywood. They used to explore world cinema, with diverse shows on the likes of people from Sergei Eisenstein to Claudia Cardinale. Now they seem to bypass legends like Wener Herzog to focus on middle-of-the-road, at best, modern Hollywood filmmakers. They have skipped too many legends, too much of the world, and we're left with a show that recounts the last few decades of an increasingly narrow film world. There's little left to discover in these shows, but the magic is still out there if they could find it again. .</review>
    <description>A fascinating look at the life and work of some of Hollywood's most iconic filmmakers.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12972134</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hounds of War</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ryder and his professional, ruthless elite team have been on covert missions for the US government, overthrowing regimes and neutralizing targets for their country. But their knowledge makes them a threat and a presidential order demands their annihilation. They are sent to Libya on a false mission, where they walk into a trap set by their own contact and are brutally annihilated.—Rakuten</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Isaac Florentine</director>
      <actor>Frank Grillo (role=Ryder)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Patrick (role=Colonel Hart)</actor>
      <actor>Rhona Mitra (role=Selina)</actor>
      <actor>Leeshon Alexander (role=Bulldog)</actor>
      <actor>Urs Rechn (role=Hollywood)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Marsh (role=President Lane)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Elder (role=Joshua Reed)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Strange (role=Santiago)</actor>
      <actor>Yvonne Mai (role=Jenna)</actor>
      <actor>Raha Rahbari (role=Maria Torres Blanco)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Charles (role=Tony 1)</actor>
      <actor>Eskindir Tesfay (role=Tony 2)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Malta|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTFhOTYwYWUtMTUyMy00MjhhLWJjMjQtZmNmMWYxZDRkMDc1XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama</category>
    <review>Grillo always make the B grade action movies looks better.. Yeah it's a cliche story but enough to you chill n relax in 90min..a little bit harsh if lower than 4/10... The careography of the action, the locations of the movie.. the camera.Hounds of War" is a gritty action film that focuses on mercenaries involved in a conflict in a fictional country. The story delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the moral complexities of war. It showcases intense action sequences and character-driven narratives, exploring the personal motivations of those who fight for profit rather than patriotism. The film is noted for its realistic portrayal of combat and the psychological impact of warfare on the characters</review>
    <description>After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to take revenge for his brothers.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1340094</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Crow</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eric and Shelly, broken kindred spirits yearning to start over, find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. As fatal bullets sever the star-crossed lovers' ties with the mortal world, Eric gets a second chance at love and redemption when supernatural forces grant him unlimited power. But second chances are hard to come by; Eric must pay in blood to save all he holds dear. With revenge etched on his mind, the grim avenger embarks on an otherworldly quest to right a wrong, whatever the cost. And now, the Crow has some loose ends to tie up.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rupert Sanders</director>
      <actor>Bill Skarsgård (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>FKA twigs (role=Shelly)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Huston (role=Vincent Roeg)</actor>
      <actor>Josette Simon (role=Sophia)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Birn (role=Marion)</actor>
      <actor>Sami Bouajila (role=Kronos)</actor>
      <actor>Karel Dobrý (role=Roman)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Bolger (role=Chance)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Orozco (role=Dorm)</actor>
      <actor>David Bowles (role=Wickham)</actor>
      <actor>Samba Goldin (role=Jay)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Wei (role=Zadie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|France|Czech Republic|Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjg4ZTZkMDMtZWNjZi00ZDlkLWExOTUtYWUyNzMyYjNjYWMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Fantasy|Dark Romance|One-Person Army Action|Serial Killer|Splatter Horror|Superhero|Supernatural Fantasy|Supernatural Horror|Tragic Romance|Action</category>
    <review>I'm trying to be as impartial as possible about this film. The original movie had such a deep gothic atmosphere that really resonated within the 90s. The current rendition of The Crow is a true showing of giving a property to a group of people who just don't get it. We definitely need to commend those who worked on the film because it's frankly beautiful, and you can tell a lot of care was put into the making of it. Sadly, a beautiful picture doesn't make up for crap storytellings or characters, and this is where the film ultimately fails. You remember in Austin powers when Dr. Evil asks if he's hip and cool? It felt like the studio was doing a vote on what would make the main protagonist "edgy" with giving him a bunch of tattoo's and problems to show he's really in some deep times. This is precisely what they do, but yet the main characters honestly give you little to no reason to care about them because they aren't likable In my honest opinion (I also couldn't tell you the antagonist's character name because that's how little I cared). At the end of the day is this movie a 1 star? No! However anyone who says this is an 8 or above are the same folks that would argue borderlands had heart. Judge as you will fellow rockers of the free world</review>
    <description>Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered. Given a chance to save the love of his life, Eric must sacrifice himself and traverse the worlds of the living and the dead, seeking revenge.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11315808</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Joker: Folie à Deux</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Left to rot in Arkham State Hospital after the televised murder in Joker (2019), an emaciated Arthur Fleck now awaits trial for his crimes. Trapped in a cage and seething inside, Arthur grapples with his alter ego, seeking ways to vent his frustration and rage. And then, he sees her; Lee is not only a fellow inmate but also Arthur's true psychopathic soulmate. With music setting them free, sparks fly, and tomorrow doesn't look that bad. Who cares what people think? Does the world know what it means to be crazy in love with somebody?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Todd Phillips</director>
      <actor>Joaquin Phoenix (role=Arthur Fleck)</actor>
      <actor>Lady Gaga (role=Lee Quinzel)</actor>
      <actor>Brendan Gleeson (role=Jackie Sullivan)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Keener (role=Maryanne Stewart)</actor>
      <actor>Zazie Beetz (role=Sophie Dumond)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Coogan (role=Paddy Meyers)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Lawtey (role=Harvey Dent)</actor>
      <actor>Leigh Gill (role=Gary Puddles)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Leung (role=Dr. Victor Liu)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Lofland (role=Ricky Meline)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Smitrovich (role=Judge Herman Rothwax)</actor>
      <actor>Sharon Washington (role=Debra Kane)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzc2NDVjMzYtY2MxZi00Yzk4LWIzZDgtNmI2NTllMjBmOTY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Jukebox Musical|Prison Drama|Psychological Drama|Psychological Thriller|Drama|Musical|Thriller</category>
    <review>This feels more like a spin-off than a true sequel, spending most of its runtime rehashing the original through court scenes and interviews, rather than pushing the story forward. The writing is serviceable at best, often relying on thin threads to loosely tie one musical dream sequence to the next. Joaquin Phoenix's performance is fine, but it lacks the raw intensity that defined his portrayal in the original. Lady Gaga, on the other hand, seemed to intentionally tone down her usual flamboyance, likely to avoid overshadowing him, which, while understandable, feels like a missed opportunity for a more dynamic performance.The musical numbers, full of energy and spectacle, are easily the highlight of the film, with the singing and dancing offering moments of reprieve from the otherwise sluggish narrative. Unfortunately, these sequences can't sustain the film's momentum. The lack of a substantial plot causes the movie to feel overlong, dragging on for more than two hours, making it feel unnecessarily stretched. Without the gripping psychological tension of its predecessor, the film struggles to find its footing, leaving it more of an indulgent showcase for musical theatrics than a coherent, engaging continuation of the story</review>
    <description>Struggling with his dual identity, failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>29439114</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Room Next Door</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.—Sony Pictures Classics</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Pedro Almodóvar</director>
      <actor>Julianne Moore (role=Ingrid)</actor>
      <actor>Tilda Swinton (role=Michelle)</actor>
      <actor>John Turturro (role=Damian)</actor>
      <actor>Alessandro Nivola (role=Policeman)</actor>
      <actor>Juan Diego Botto (role=Photographer)</actor>
      <actor>Raúl Arévalo (role=Spanish Priest (Bernardo))</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Luengo (role=Fred's Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Høgh Andersen (role=Fred)</actor>
      <actor>Esther McGregor (role=Young Martha)</actor>
      <actor>Alvise Rigo (role=Jonah (The Trainer))</actor>
      <actor>Melina Matthews (role=Lawyer)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Demeestere (role=Stella)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|United States|France</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDRiODg5MjYtNTBkZS00NWMxLWFjOGEtOTVhN2FjOTE2NjlkXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>I was curious to see what Pedro Almodóvar would do differently in his first non-Spanish-language film, built around two of the most talented actors working today. The answer, alas: it's disappointing. There are many ways in which "The Room Next Door" lacks what makes Almodóvar's work so distinctive - the spontaneity, the sense of improvisation, the comic timing, the fizzy ensemble work -- but this film's main fault, as I see it, is that it's just plain overwritten, something that is rare in his previous work.The screenplay (which he is credited with writing) was adapted from a novel by Sigrid Nunez that I have not read, but it sounds like vast swatches of the dialogue were lifted verbatim from it, with much that is ponderous and stilted, slowing down and emptying the film, where Almodóvar's work is usually characterized by lapidary dialogues and madcap forward movement, plunging you into the characters' world with little exposition - as a viewer, you are kind of just there, hanging on for dear life, and figuring out relationships and social context as you go, grabbing at what you can. Even in films that deal with dark subjects ("Pain and Glory" or "Bad Education" come to mind), the action and its background unfold in convincing ways (even when these are actually crazy if you stop and think about them) that draw on our intuition and empathy and depend only marginally on extended expository narration.Here, it is the opposite: the characters talk and explain on and on, with a few awkward flashbacks to establish context. Little is left to our imaginations. So, while some of the usual Almodóvarian hallmarks are there, particularly in the exquisite use of saturated, cunningly coordinated color and in the tastefulness of many of the sets and costumes (here with lots of lovely still lifes of flowers and fruits), these are reduced to props - they don't serve to tell the story and overwhelm you into accepting the reality of his crazily artificial visual worlds in the way they do in most of his films. And the computer-generated backdrops of New York feel completely artificial and thus become meaningless. Almodóvar's films certainly have plots, often quite convoluted (which is part of the fun), but they don't feel plot-driven, even when they are. "The Room Next Door", on the other hand, is all about its plot, and it is the weaker for it.With talents like Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore (plus the estimable John Turturro) in front of the camera, there have to be, and are, some great, often very moving, moments - how could there not be, especially given the plot's central premise and the way it both reinforces and strains a longstanding , close friendship in its final days? But the wordiness of this screenplay undermines Swinton, in particular. Her awesome strength lies in her powerful, enigmatic presence and in her understatement. In my unscientific assay, she speaks as much dialogue here as she has done in at least the last three or four of her films (the ones I've seen, that is) combined. Think of her stunning performances in another fairly recent film about the fraught relationship between two women, "The Eternal Daughter" (2022), in which she plays, devastatingly, both an aging mother and her middle-aged daughter. The relationship between the two is subtle, shifting, complex, rich and involving - and yet so little of that is based on explicit dialogue. Or take her terrific performance in "Memoria" (2021), the enigmatic masterpiece of cosmic messaging by one of the greatest of all non-verbal directors, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. These are the kinds of films in which Swinton flourishes, going all the way back to "Orlando" (1992). (She did make "The Human Voice", speaking an extended monologue by Jean Cocteau - remarkable, and showing her versatility, but not characteristic of her.) In "The Room Next Door", she is required to deliver page after page of stilted - downright unnatural - prose in ways that are uncomfortable to watch and that are alienating, at least for this viewer. (This is all made worse by the upper-class, educated-American accent Swinton is required to employ. It's impeccably observed, as you would expect from her. But, as is so often the case with actors speaking lines in accents that are not their own, you sense that a lot of the energy that should be going into the interpretation is instead being directed into making sure they get the accent right. That is definitely the case here, especially since so many of her monologues are delivered in exceedingly tight shots.)So I speak in sadness, as someone who's been an unconditional admirer of Almodóvar going back to the 1980s. His films have always been based on his own very peculiar, very specific vision of a Spanish culture that may never have existed in reality, but in which he makes us want to believe. Stepping out of that into English and into such a different, and less compelling, American world appears to have been a mistake. Let's hope that Almodóvar, as he pursues his amazing, extended, and rich career, will quickly go back to being himself, not the unnatural, wordy, uncompelling version that we are given here. This one, I fear, was a mistake</review>
    <description>Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26753003</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Trap: No Way Out</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Philadelphia, the fireman and family man Cooper goes with his daughter Riley to the concert of the pop star Lady Raven in an arena. Ariel is a great student and has had three A's and one B at school and he wants to reward her. Soon Cooper notes the movement of several police officers in the arena and the salesman Jamie that he has just befriended tells him that the police know that the notorious serial-killer "The Butcher" is in the concert. Further, there are 3,000 police officers and the arena is under siege. Cooper is "The Butcher" and spends the concert trying to find a way to leave the arena. Riley finds the behavior of her father weird, but she does not suspect anything. But soon Cooper finds a way to leave the arena with Riley without raising any suspect from the FBI and the police officers.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>M. Night Shyamalan</director>
      <actor>Josh Hartnett (role=Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Ariel Donoghue (role=Riley)</actor>
      <actor>Alison Pill (role=Rachel)</actor>
      <actor>Hayley Mills (role=Dr. Josephine Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Langdon (role=Jamie)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Bacolcol (role=Spencer)</actor>
      <actor>Marcia Bennett (role=Cooper's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Smythe (role=Tour Manager)</actor>
      <actor>M. Night Shyamalan (role=Spotter)</actor>
      <actor>Lochlan Miller (role=Logan)</actor>
      <actor>David D'Lancy Wilson (role=Sniper Leader)</actor>
      <actor>James Gomez (role=Sniper Leader)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjE3NWRlNjgtMGNlYS00YjViLTlhMWYtYzYzODU5NGE3YTNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Horror|Psychological Thriller|Serial Killer|Crime|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>A watchable movie, but the director ventures into too many different directions. The third act feels very disconnected from the rest of the film, culminating in a never-ending finale with bland characters that are poorly developed.The story veered into many different directions, making it feel unfocused. I did not enjoy the poor acting, except for Josh Harriett, who was the only good part of the movie.The third act was particularly undetermined and disjointed. Surprisingly, the best part of the movie was during the film credits.Even Josh Harnett's performance, the sole highlight, couldn't save the film from its shortcomings</review>
    <description>A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21986198</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dear David</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The life of Laras, a smart high school student, changes completely when her provocative fantasy blog about David whom she likes is leaked to everyone at school. David knew that the author was Laras and promised not to leak it. The reward: Laras is asked to bring David closer to Dilla, his best friend, who is accused by the school of being the author of this horrendous fantasy. Dilla still denied the accusation, even though she was bullied by her friends. The triangular relationship becomes complicated.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lucky Kuswandi</director>
      <actor>Shenina Cinnamon (role=Laras)</actor>
      <actor>Emir Mahira (role=David)</actor>
      <actor>Caitlin North Lewis (role=Dilla)</actor>
      <actor>Maya Hasan (role=Hana (Laras's Mother))</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Zhang (role=Mrs. Indah)</actor>
      <actor>Restu Sinaga (role=Mr. Dedi)</actor>
      <actor>Firas Yodha (role=Dafa)</actor>
      <actor>Michael James (role=Arya)</actor>
      <actor>Palestine Irtiza (role=Gilang)</actor>
      <actor>Ara Ajisiwi (role=Farah)</actor>
      <actor>Claudya Putri (role=Joanna)</actor>
      <actor>Priska Nathasia (role=Kelly)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Indonesia</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzU4Nzk2NGYtZWFkOC00YWNmLWFmMTEtMGQwYjkzZDU1OWM2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>Right, while I was somewhat much older than the target audience for this 2023 Indonesian drama titled "Dear David", I have to admit that the movie actually turned out to be entertaining and enjoyable.Writers Winnie Benjamin, Daud Sumolang and Muhammad Zaidy put together a nicely written storyline that had a richly detailed character gallery to bring the story to life on the screen. And it is a story that draws you in and takes you along on a ride as Laras's secret writing leaks to the school and turns her and David's lives upside down.Sure, the storyline is aimed at a young adult audience, no doubt about it. But I actually found the storyline and script to be rather nicely written and constructed, and that made for an thoroughly watchable and entertaining movie.The acting performances in "Dear David" were good. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but they definitely put on good and realistic performances. Leading actress Shenina Cinnamon really carried the movie quite well, and she certainly is a very talented actress.Something that was working against the overall enjoyment of the movie was the length of the movie. It ran for nearly two hours, and would have benefitted from a much more generous cutting touch in the final editing. Nearly two hours of a drama such as this was pushing it to the limit and beyond.A movie such as "Dear David" is one that will find a wide appeal with the young adult audience, of that I am quite sure. And not just with an Indonesian audience either. Give director Lucky Kuswandi's movie a chance, because it definitely is an entertaining movie.My rating of "Dear David" lands on a six out of ten stars</review>
    <description>A straight-A high schooler's life is turned upside down when her risqué fantasy blog about her crush is leaked to everyone at school.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>20215234</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Konklave</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following the unexpected death of the Pope, British Cardinal Thomas Lawrence finds himself entrusted with the critical task of managing the papal election. As hopeful cardinals flock to Vatican City from the four corners of the earth, a subtle power game begins behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel. Soon, the voting starts, and four frontrunners emerge. However, personal beliefs and nuances of conspiracy and foul play create an air of intrigue within the sequestered conclave. Sworn to secrecy yet caught up in a vortex of doubt and weighty secrets, the well-respected Dean of the College of Cardinals must confront human weaknesses and damaging rumours to protect the delicate decision-making process. Outside, the world's media waits anxiously for the white smoke to rise.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Edward Berger</director>
      <actor>Ralph Fiennes (role=Lawrence)</actor>
      <actor>Jacek Koman (role=Wozniak)</actor>
      <actor>Lucian Msamati (role=Adeyemi)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Tucci (role=Bellini)</actor>
      <actor>John Lithgow (role=Tremblay)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Novelli (role=Dead Pope)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Loibl (role=Mandorff)</actor>
      <actor>Brían F. O'Byrne (role=O'Malley)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Rossellini (role=Sister Agnes)</actor>
      <actor>Rony Kramer (role=Mendoza)</actor>
      <actor>Sergio Castellitto (role=Tedesco)</actor>
      <actor>Valerio Da Silva (role=Father Haas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGM4OGNiODUtZWQxYy00ZWYwLWI0ODUtZGU5NjYxYjJkOTgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,1,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>This is a political thriller. With a bit of tweaking this sort of vaguely labyrinthine plotting goes on wherever there is a quest for power and control.The main actors - Fiennes, Tucci, Lithgow, Rossellini and Msamati, deliver powerful performances, and the film is worth seeing for these alone.The script is well written, although cliched in some parts, but does provide tension, momentum and intrigue.The settings equally play their part and, given the scale, add gravitas and authenticity, not just a backdrop.Having said all of that, and without giving away anything away, the ending felt added on, and didn't properly integrate with the rest of the film. Whilst the message was well intentioned, to an extent, it undermined the build up in the rest of the film - it felt simplistic and a la mode - unnecessarily. A pity, because if as much attention had been given to this part of the film as the rest, it would have been a better film</review>
    <description>When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15314262</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Beekeeper</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A retired clandestine operative seeks revenge after his kind-hearten landlady is driven to suicide by a devastating phishing scam that steals millions from her charity. His quest for justice escalates, revealing a web of corruption and deceit as he uncovers the true extent of the scam's impact. The operative, known for his unique skills and unwavering resolve, employs his expertise to dismantle the criminal network and bring those responsible to justice, while also confronting the personal toll of his actions.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Ayer</director>
      <actor>Jason Statham (role=Adam Clay)</actor>
      <actor>Emmy Raver-Lampman (role=Agent Verona Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Naderi (role=Agent Matt Wiley)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Hutcherson (role=Derek Danforth)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Irons (role=Wallace Westwyld)</actor>
      <actor>David Witts (role=Mickey Garnett)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Epp (role=Pettis)</actor>
      <actor>Taylor James (role=Lazarus)</actor>
      <actor>Phylicia Rashad (role=Eloise Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Jemma Redgrave (role=President Danforth)</actor>
      <actor>Minnie Driver (role=Director Janet Harward)</actor>
      <actor>Don Gilet (role=Deputy Director Prigg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjg1MTY1MDAtZGM2My00NmJkLTgwMmItZTEyOTg4YjgzYjY5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|One-Person Army Action|Political Thriller|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Verona Parker is easily one of the worst characters ever written for the screen, takes away everything this movie aspires to be. The actress also did a piss poor job and always had me cringing at the unrealistic and unreasonable choices she makes. If you'd delete that character entirely, this movie would've been a whole lot better in the long run.Subject wise it's a very nice concept of a revenge thriller against scam call centers- but again, the whole govt mumbo jumbo makes it feel a whole run of the mill action BS from Hollywood mid tier movies. If the story had been awhole lot grounded, it would've done a whole lot better imo</review>
    <description>A former operative of a powerful organization embarks on a brutal campaign for vengeance.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21692408</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kung Fu Panda 4</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Po must train a new warrior when he's chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realizes he's going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted Corsica fox, Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.—Oscar Serpa</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Mitchell</director>
      <director>Stephanie Stine</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China|Japan</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzFhZTE4ODAtYmYwOC00MmVmLWJlYTctMTUzM2MwYTUwMTk3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Action|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy|Thriller</category>
    <review>Gorgeous visuals, fun combats, and lots of variety in characters; I feel children, especially those who belong to the age bracket of 5-10, will have a great time with it.However, teenagers or matured adults may have reservations about the film, particularly those who have grown up with this series and hold the franchise in high regard. They would notice the diminishing charm, the losing essence, and the fading magic of the storytelling that was once prominent but now are gone.The franchise has regrettably become a cash-cow, which serves nothing but one lone purpose: to mint money for the studio and their executives. I think they should stop now</review>
    <description>After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22693996</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Fest fürs Leben</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Huber</director>
      <actor>Christoph Maria Herbst (role=Dieter)</actor>
      <actor>Cynthia Micas (role=Jella)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Hosemann (role=Steve)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Schüttauf (role=Marcel)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Allmayer (role=Florian)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Brandhoff (role=Lasse)</actor>
      <actor>Banafshe Hourmazdi (role=Sebi)</actor>
      <actor>Pit Bukowski (role=Uwe)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Shakeri (role=Ursel)</actor>
      <actor>Sahin Eryilmaz (role=Nabil)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Schäfer (role=Gitta)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Münchow (role=Marvin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjg4ZTJhODQtMmZiYS00ZjM2LWIyMTQtMjRjNGYxNmM1M2MzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX144_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14124080</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>In voller Blüte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>'The Great Escaper' is a 2023 biographical drama film starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson (based on the true story) of an 89-year-old British World War II Royal Navy veteran, Bernard Jordan, who "broke out" of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France in June 2014. Along the way, he is aided by strangers, makes some new friends and says a heartfelt goodbye to a fallen friend, while news of his "escape" makes him an international sensation.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oliver Parker</director>
      <actor>Michael Caine (role=Bernard Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Graeme Dalling (role=Cyclist)</actor>
      <actor>Myles Olofin (role=Cyclist)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Hayde (role=Cyclist)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Queensberry (role=Edith)</actor>
      <actor>Danielle Vitalis (role=Adele)</actor>
      <actor>Glenda Jackson (role=Irene Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Jackie Clune (role=Judith Cook)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Oshin (role=Scott Selwood)</actor>
      <actor>Brennan Reece (role=Martin Roberts)</actor>
      <actor>Elkie Kristine Jeffery (role=A Candy Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Deborah Rose Watt (role=A Candy Girl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France|Sweden</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODJkOTJkYWMtNTNmZi00NDZmLTliN2YtNmJhZjkwMGVjNjRjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|War</category>
    <review>The great escaper is a new release this week and is based on the true story of Bernard Jordan played by the iconic Michael Caine. Whilst living in his care home in Hove, England with his wife Irene played brilliantly by Glenda Jackson (RIP) WW2 veteran Bernie wishes to attend the 70th anniversary D day event in France. Unfortunately though he misses the deadline to go with the other veterans and due to being 90 years of age he would perhaps be ill advised to go on his own. That is until Irene convinces him that it's something he must do and so off he embarks on his adventure.This film is exactly what you'd expect it to be an at times emotional and yet heartwarming story about not letting age stop you from living your life helmed by two icons of cinema. Michael Caine for me is up there in a class of legendary British acting talents like Jim Broadbent and Maggie Smith. It's such a difficult industry to get into to even appear on one film but to have the longevity in this industry that those actors have made for themselves is nothing short of remarkable and should be commended. That being said however it is Glenda Jackson who steals this film. Her character stays behind at the care home whilst Bernie goes off on his adventure and some of the witty lines she has can't help but bring a smile to your face. Whilst at home she reminisces about the past and how she met Bernie and we get flashbacks to the young couple. Whilst away Michael Caines character is still struggling with PTSD like symptoms from the Second World War and whilst I think it's important to remember how horrific war is and the impact it has on peoples lives for years in the future it is perhaps Irene's story that gives us hope. It's the fact that after all these years they've stayed together and looked after eachother. There's a lot of lines of dialogue in this film that I loved but one of my favourites was when Irene says something along the lines of 'we haven't done extravagant things, we've done simple things but we did them bloody well'. Sometimes just finding that right person and getting to spend your entire life with them is enough.A great film with a lesson of love not war that should be seen on the big screen by people of all ages.Rating: 7/10</review>
    <description>Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>28607951</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Anora</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ivan Zakharov, the impetuous son of a Russian plutocrat, is used to having it all. As a result, when a $15,000 girlfriend experience with sassy exotic dancer Anora rocks his world, it's only natural that Ivan goes the whole hog and ties the knot. It's a proper rags-to-riches story; however, true love and infatuation are two entirely different things. And when Daddy's intimidating goons show up unannounced, the volatile situation demands an answer to the most crucial question. Do the star-crossed lovers have what it takes to be together forever?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sean Baker</director>
      <actor>Mikey Madison (role=Ani)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Weissman (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Yura Borisov (role=Igor)</actor>
      <actor>Lindsey Normington (role=Diamond)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Weider (role=Nikki)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Radwinsky (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Brittney Rodriguez (role=Dawn)</actor>
      <actor>Sophia Carnabuci (role=Jenny)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Eydelshteyn (role=Ivan)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Bitter (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Ella Rubin (role=Vera)</actor>
      <actor>Ross Brodar (role=Mansion Day Guard)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzQ5MjFlZDctMjhiNS00Yjk1LWFmMDEtNjgwYjg4MTMyYWU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Raunchy Comedy|Steamy Romance|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>I don't understand at all how this got 5 Oscar's this year. I'm watching for the first time as it has now hit streaming and I was left very confused. It was slow in the first half, picked up a little in the second and then the last half went back to being slow. A lot of scenes were super drawn out, there was no need for the film to be as long as it was. We got absolutely no back story on Anora at all which is what I was waiting for. Don't get me wrong, Mikey Madison isn't a bad actress but I was waiting for more. For the most part she just cursed, showed her body and screamed a lot. I didn't really see a performance worth best actress, even though her performance wasn't terrible. The script also wasn't that good, there were a lot of pieces that were overly repetitive and the characters were pretty much one dimensional. I guess the audience is left to use our imagination but I wish we were given more for the runtime</review>
    <description>A young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>30253266</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Painter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An ex-CIA operative is thrown back into a dangerous world when a mysterious woman from his past resurfaces. Now exposed and targeted by a relentless killer and a rogue black ops program, he must rely on skills he thought he left behind.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kimani Ray Smith</director>
      <actor>Charlie Weber (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Voight (role=Byrne)</actor>
      <actor>Madison Bailey (role=Sophia)</actor>
      <actor>Max Montesi (role=Ghost)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Avgeropoulos (role=Naomi Piasecki)</actor>
      <actor>Rryla McIntosh (role=Elena Maran)</actor>
      <actor>Luisa d'Oliveira (role=Agent Kim)</actor>
      <actor>Leah Gibson (role=Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Gray-Stanford (role=Niles)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Lobo (role=Anxious Man)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Tattersall (role=Young Byrne)</actor>
      <actor>Ryder Miller (role=Young Peter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjc2YmFmMjctNGEzNC00OTQ3LTk0YTctNjI0OWUzNTZkMzAzXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Thriller</category>
    <review>I am not even finished watching the movie and had to write a review (which is not common at all for me). I wasn't expecting a great movie so am fine with the predictable plot and not great fight scenes. I love to watch Hallmark movies so am good with predictability! The one reason I may not finish watching it is because of the horrible acting by Marie Avgeropoulos. I can't imagine that anyone could do a worse job than her. Well maybe the other lady agent... Maria A. Completely ruins the movie. So, know that it is a fine movie - nothing special but okay except you will want to rip your eyes out when she is on screen</review>
    <description>An ex-CIA operative is thrown back into a dangerous world when a mysterious woman from his past resurfaces. Now exposed and targeted by a relentless killer and a rogue black ops program, he must rely on skills he thought he left behind.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15078804</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Problemista</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Alejandro, a young optimist from El Salvador, has a big dream: to make a name for himself as a toy designer. Instead, things go downhill when Alejandro loses his current job while waiting for a response to his dream internship application. With only 30 days to find a new sponsor before the US government deports him, Alejandro's future looks bleak. That is until Elizabeth, a high-energy force of nature, offers him a deal--she'll sponsor his stay in the country if he helps her pull off an unforgettable gallery show. But as Alejandro finds himself trapped in visa limbo, cold doubts creep into his mind. Is Alejandro the problem? What if the cure is worse than the disease?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Julio Torres</director>
      <actor>Julio Torres (role=Alejandro)</actor>
      <actor>Tilda Swinton (role=Elizabeth)</actor>
      <actor>RZA (role=Bobby)</actor>
      <actor>Catalina Saavedra (role=Dolores)</actor>
      <actor>James Scully (role=Bingham)</actor>
      <actor>Laith Nakli (role=Khalil)</actor>
      <actor>Spike Einbinder (role=Spray)</actor>
      <actor>Logan J. Alarcon-Poucel (role=Young Alejandro)</actor>
      <actor>Greta Lee (role=Dalia)</actor>
      <actor>Larry Owens (role=Craigslist)</actor>
      <actor>Glo Tavarez (role=Beatriz, Khalil Law Paralegal)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly McCormack (role=Sharon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWYxODM3OWQtZDI5Ni00NWRkLTllNTctMjA3Mzk5OTYyNjQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Quirky Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>Have you ever had to deal with the red tape involved in immigrating to another country? Was that other country the US? It clearly was for writer/director Julio Torres who details in fantastical fashion the bonkers policies we have in place for immigrants who, quote, follow the rules, unquote and try and make it in America.But as a I say, this is a fantastical depiction so the narrative is not a straight forward story and really, why would you want that? Let's leave the hard hitting news piece with jokes stuff to John Oliver.Problemista is the most creative and funny movie I've seen so far this year and I hope folks check it out. It's really good</review>
    <description>Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>24070754</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>All eure Gesichter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Since 2014, in France, Restorative Justice has offered victims and perpetrators of offences the opportunity to dialogue through secure systems, supervised by professionals and volunteers such as Judith, Fanny or Michel. Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, sentenced for theft with violence, Gregoire, Nawelle and Sabine, victims of home jacking, robbery and purse snatching. Also Chloe, victim of incestuous rape, all engage in measures of Restorative Justice. On their journey, there is anger and hope, silence and words, alliances and heartbreaks, awareness and regained confidence. And at the end of the road, sometimes, reparation.—https://www.allocine.fr/</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeanne Herry</director>
      <actor>Leïla Bekhti (role=Nawelle)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Benoît (role=Yvette)</actor>
      <actor>Dali Benssalah (role=Nassim)</actor>
      <actor>Élodie Bouchez (role=Judith)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Pierre Darroussin (role=Michel)</actor>
      <actor>Adèle Exarchopoulos (role=Chloé Delarme)</actor>
      <actor>Gilles Lellouche (role=Grégoire)</actor>
      <actor>Miou-Miou (role=Sabine)</actor>
      <actor>Pascal Sangla (role=Cyril)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Testot (role=Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Raphaël Quenard (role=Benjamin Delarme)</actor>
      <actor>Sébastien Houbani (role=Mehdi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWYwMjBhODctNzBkMS00YTNmLWFmMWMtMzExNTc0MmIxYzI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Je verrai toujours vos visages is part of a recent wave of French cinema that sheds light on the public institutions' efforts to heal woes in society and help the vulnerable. Basically, the "Fraternité" in the French Republic motto "Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité."So, if you have enjoyed watching Hors Normes, or Pupille, this movie should be a positive experience for you.You may have read the plot. You may be concerned that the movie is too emotionally heavy. That life is already painful and you are not in the mood for a movie tackling an issue so serious. Rest assured: the movie is not all suffering. Go for it. You will learn something or two, including the value of compassion.One element of disappointment for me is the packaging of the stories together into a movie. The movie switches between two different stories, and I was personally not convinced that there is any real synergy between them. It feels like each story was not enough for one movie, so they glued the two together. Or that the creators were keen on showing different missions undertaken by the Restorative Justice system. Likewise, the movie delves randomly and somewhat superficially at the personal lives of the public agents. We get sneak peaks every now and then that we could have done without. Too much and at the same time not enough.In short, good story but the salt and pepper of the movie could have been better seasoned</review>
    <description>Victims of violent crime and perpetrators meet up in a restorative justice group in order to have a dialogue and heal from their trauma.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21454134</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Bikeriders</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1965 Chicago, Benny, an impulsive young biker, will stop at nothing to prove his mettle to Johnny, the formidable leader of the local Vandals Motorcycle Club. But as Johnny realises his days at the helm are numbered, he begins the search for his successor. To everyone's surprise, including Benny, he is the perfect candidate. However, as the Vandals gain power and notoriety, Benny must confront the harsh truth: brutal violence is creeping up on his once-beloved club. With law enforcement and rival gangs closing in, both Johnny and Benny face an impossible dilemma: put family first or succumb to the unforgiving law of the streets.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeff Nichols</director>
      <actor>Austin Butler (role=Benny)</actor>
      <actor>Jodie Comer (role=Kathy)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Hardy (role=Johnny)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Shannon (role=Zipco)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Faist (role=Danny)</actor>
      <actor>Boyd Holbrook (role=Cal)</actor>
      <actor>Damon Herriman (role=Brucie)</actor>
      <actor>Beau Knapp (role=Wahoo)</actor>
      <actor>Emory Cohen (role=Cockroach)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Glusman (role=Corky)</actor>
      <actor>Toby Wallace (role=The Kid)</actor>
      <actor>Norman Reedus (role=Funny Sonny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTE3Mzg3MjYtYmEyZi00Njc2LWE0NDktMzhmNzAxMDk0NjhhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Gangster|Period Drama|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>While I have a certain fondness for the movie BIKERIDERS, I still find it to be a rather mediocre title. There's undeniably something off about this film. Despite its fantastic cinematography, perfect locations, and meticulously designed decors, the movie fails to leave a lasting impression. It features a plethora of talented actors, making its failure seem implausible. Yet, by the time the credits rolled, I was left feeling utterly indifferent. Nothing from the supposed storyline stood out or stayed with me.Even with Michael Shannon, who is one of my favorite actors, the impact was minimal. His brief appearance was so inconsequential that the film wouldn't suffer if it were entirely omitted. Sadly, the same can be said for the rest of the cast. They were equally underutilized and forgettable. This film, with all its potential, ultimately ended up being a colossal waste of talent and opportunity. Despite its visual excellence and strong cast, it fails to deliver a memorable or impactful experience, leaving audiences with a sense of squandered potential</review>
    <description>After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27534307</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Speak No Evil</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An American couple, Ben and Louise, befriend a British family, Paddy and Ciara, while on vacation in Italy. The British family invites the Americans to spend a weekend at their remote farmhouse in Devon. What begins as a dream getaway quickly turns into a nightmare as the British family's true nature is revealed, leading to a terrifying and unsettling experience for the American couple.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>James Watkins</director>
      <actor>James McAvoy (role=Paddy)</actor>
      <actor>Mackenzie Davis (role=Louise Dalton)</actor>
      <actor>Scoot McNairy (role=Ben Dalton)</actor>
      <actor>Aisling Franciosi (role=Ciara)</actor>
      <actor>Alix West Lefler (role=Agnes Dalton)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Hough (role=Ant)</actor>
      <actor>Kris Hitchen (role=Mike)</actor>
      <actor>Motaz Malhees (role=Muhjid)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Højlev Jørgensen (role=Torsten)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Croatia|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGE3NzE5MzItZTEwMS00ODQ5LWI5ZDYtYTQ1MTQ5N2UyYjEyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Psychological Horror|Psychological Thriller|Drama|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>James Mcevoy stole the show. His performance blurs the lines between being charismatic and charming to unnerving and sinister. The remake of the Danish film with the same title follows in its footsteps for most of the film however, does differ in the final act.The original film I believe takes it to a level that makes it different and memorable. The remake struggles to get to the unhinging and downright terrifying moments in the third act that they original created (Especially the ending scene in the quarry).However, the remake it does offer a new twist to the original. A different setting on an English farm which boasts a different type of scenery from the original as well as an American family being the guests.This movie provides some special moments where the viewers are cringing (in a good way) at the conversations that the couples are having. Definitely makes you feel uneasy, specially when you know the nature of the hosts intentions.I just feel like the final act was a bit too Hollywood, in the sense of the families actions and ultimate conclusion to the film. However, I will say that the remake does enough to warrant enough for its creation thoroughly helped by a special performance by James and his fellow cast members.Enjoyable :))</review>
    <description>A family is invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>19356262</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Drive-Away Dolls</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Philadelphia, 1999. Fresh out of an ugly breakup, Jamie convinces Marian, her uptight best friend, to tag along on a long road trip to sunny Tallahassee, Florida, to visit Aunt Ellis. After picking up a basic Dodge Aries from a car rental service, the two Drive-away Dolls zoom off south, unaware they've been given the wrong car. But that's the least of their worries--a pair of criminals hot on their heels and the trunk's unsavoury content is another story.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ethan Coen</director>
      <actor>Margaret Qualley (role=Jamie)</actor>
      <actor>Geraldine Viswanathan (role=Marian)</actor>
      <actor>Beanie Feldstein (role=Sukie)</actor>
      <actor>Joey Slotnick (role=The Goon)</actor>
      <actor>Colman Domingo (role=The Chief)</actor>
      <actor>Pedro Pascal (role=Penis Collector)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Camp (role=Curlie)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Damon (role=Senator Gary Channel)</actor>
      <actor>Connie Jackson (role=Aunt Ellis)</actor>
      <actor>Annie Gonzalez (role=Carla)</actor>
      <actor>Gordon MacDonald (role=Cicero's Waiter)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Vartholomeos (role=Bart)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGY3ZmJjZGUtNTI4NC00NjI4LTk1YWYtYmU0YWNmZjA3YTE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Comedy|Quirky Comedy|Road Trip|Action|Comedy|Thriller</category>
    <review>An Ethan Coen movie and I am a big fan of his earlier work with the Coen Brothers, but I never much liked their farcical comedies and this is yet another one out of that silly comedy genre...The bad: it's not funny. I did not laugh once. THAT matters (to me), because supposedly this is a "comedy". But humour is quite personal, so perhaps others will be roaring with laughter?More bad: It's not thrilling WHATSOEVER. Not for one eenie minie minute is it thrilling. THAT I can guarantee you without a doubf!This looks more like a cheaply produced television or streaming movie than a real feature movie. It lasts only 1 hour and 17 minutes and still I got bored. (A leftover from the Corona era?)What is it then? It's a (failed) silly "comedy". Without ANY true to life characters (AT ALL). Even in a farce like this the characters have to be sympathetic or at least have something going for them that one can relate to, but none of that. Such a pity...I am really a big fan of actress Margaret Qualley. She absolutely shined in several other movies lately, but her performance in this movie is just too plain SILLY, SO much so that her SILLY performance really (!) irritated me from the very start. That's no good...Perhaps only suited for the fans of the earlier (much better) farcical Coen Brother comedies (Brother where art thou for example)? BUT BEWARE: this is nowhere near as good, so you have been warned !!! (3 exlamation marks)</review>
    <description>Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an unexpected road trip to Tallahassee. Things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6495056</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Raus aus dem Teich</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A small family of ducks decide to travel on a long journey to the other side of the world and have a wild adventure. Along the way, they discover that there are multiple dangers out there. They all need to work together if they want to make it to the other side of the world.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Benjamin Renner</director>
      <director>Guylo Homsy</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjNkZGFiNTQtNTQ3ZS00YjNjLTk0NTUtZDViMmU0NTQwZGZiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>I went with low expectations about this film because the trailers looked like the movie wasn't good, but after watching it i can say it's really worth the ticket.Visually there's nothing to complain about here the ducks and all kinds of birds that appear here look nice and are really expresive.Soundwise nothing outstanding, decent, you can hear every character clearly because all was mixed well. The ambient for all scenarios is done pretty well too (Swamps, cities, forrest)Storywise This is what i liked the most because it's not that dumb for an illumination movie, it has drama and funny moments throughout the entire run, but nothing too deep, just enough to be entertaining.I would say if you go alone or with your family you'll have a good time</review>
    <description>A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8633464</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>After Yang</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang , malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.—A24</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kogonada</director>
      <actor>Colin Farrell (role=Jake)</actor>
      <actor>Jodie Turner-Smith (role=Kyra)</actor>
      <actor>Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja (role=Mika)</actor>
      <actor>Justin H. Min (role=Yang)</actor>
      <actor>Orlagh Cassidy (role=Lilian)</actor>
      <actor>Ritchie Coster (role=Russ)</actor>
      <actor>Sarita Choudhury (role=Cleo)</actor>
      <actor>Clifton Collins Jr. (role=George)</actor>
      <actor>Ava DeMary (role=Vicky)</actor>
      <actor>Adeline Kerns (role=Twin 1)</actor>
      <actor>Ansley Kerns (role=Twin 2)</actor>
      <actor>Haley Lu Richardson (role=Ada)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWYwMTRkNjItNTkzYy00YWJjLTgwMWYtZThlZDU5YTkyMWI1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Artificial Intelligence|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>In what seems to be the near future, a married couple and their young daughter deal their "techno-sapien" android/nanny Yang ceasing to function. As the husband tries to get him (note, not "it") refurbished, he learns more about Yang's life, both with his family and the one before he met them. "Technos" like Yang are equipped with memory that allow them to record a few seconds each day, and in some of the film's finest moments, the husband gains access to these. It's touching to see what was notable to Yang, who is more human-like (or even Christ-like) than machine, and Kogonada explores what it means to be a conscious organism in a world where technology could possibly create consciousness.Despite the premise, After Yang seems to deal more with death and the loss of a gentle person in one's life than it does with the traditional themes of robots in science fiction. It certainly doesn't pursue some of the more interesting angles, e.g. The privacy breach Yang represents. When the company "recycles" technos, you see, it has access to a massive amount of information about the family they were with. We see that Yang is warm and gentle, in direct contrast to specter of a high-tech Big Brother or the cool, emotionless tension we see in the parents, and it made me wonder whether it was possible to create organisms that are better than humans, and not the apocalyptic Terminator type devices seen elsewhere.It's all a very interesting concept, but I'm not sure Kogonada did as much with it as he could have. He also moves this film along at too slow a pace, one bordering on pretentiousness. The wonderful dance sequence in the opening credits and Mitski's cover of Glide help breathe life into it, but not enough for me to truly love this film. Maybe more perspective from the little girl or mother, or maybe letting up on the brake to allow for more of development in the story would have done it for me. Worth seeing though</review>
    <description>In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21186614</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Andrea lässt sich scheiden</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A policewoman wants a divorce and city job promotion but after hitting her drunk husband with her car in an accidental collision, she flees the scene, committing a hit-and-run.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Josef Hader</director>
      <actor>Birgit Minichmayr (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Hader (role=Franz Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Schubert (role=Georg)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Stadlober (role=Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Branko Samarovski (role=Andreas Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Stipsits (role=Andy)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Hofstätter (role=Mitzi)</actor>
      <actor>Marlene Hauser (role=Gerti)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Hübsch (role=Nachbar)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Pink (role=Udo)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Edlinger (role=Gertis Mann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjQ5ZmE4MjQtNjMwYy00NjM3LTgzYmUtNjk0YzBiNmM5ZjZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>Josef Hader has returned to the director's chair after his first film as a director, "Die wilde Maus", was a great success with critics and audiences. Now he has raised the bar considerably. This time he has taken the subject of his film much more seriously, even if the typical raunchy dialogue can still be heard here. Nevertheless, the core story tells of policewoman Andrea, who wants to divorce her husband and then move from the provinces to the state capital to pursue more interesting police work. But then a stupid accident happens and Andrea's entire life is thrown into turmoil. Along the way, the film uses clear, calm images to show us the simplicity and loneliness of life in an insignificant place somewhere in the countryside.Birgit Minichmayr as Andrea, who has been the most sought-after Austrian actress in the German-speaking world for some time now, carries the film with incredible presence, and that's a good thing, because the story offers hardly any external tension. Everything happens in the moment and her restrained performance gives the viewer just enough insight to understand her next steps. However, she is supported in the supporting roles by an impressive array of acting greats in some very small but fine roles. Thomas Stipsits in particular, who, like Hader, comes from the cabaret scene and is enjoying increasing success in film, puts on a great performance in the role of the drunken husband of a young man.Josef Hader appears here as the second main character in the plot, although he primarily acts as a catalyst for the developing story. His character has all the typical Hader characteristics: a loner squared with a penchant for self-dismantling. Despite the occasional situation comedy that arises from this, it is ultimately this honesty towards himself that will ultimately save Andrea from her inner shell</review>
    <description>A policewoman wants a divorce and city job promotion but after hitting her drunk husband with her car in an accidental collision, she flees the scene, committing a hit-and-run.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14647404</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Cat Person</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Margot meets Robert while working at the concession stand at a local independent movie theater. He comes in alone. Buys popcorn and candy. She is bored, and flirts with him, and they develop a stilted rapport. From the beginning, he is thin-skinned and insecure, but she finds that if she goes to the extra effort of not saying anything that might potentially offend him, they can pull off a playful banter. Does she have feelings for him, or are they copies of feelings? Robert is "cute enough that she could have drummed up an imaginary crush on him if he'd sat across from her during a dull class." She is 20 and knows that he's older, but thinks he's in his late 20s. He turns out to be 34.—Rialto Pictures</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Susanna Fogel</director>
      <actor>Emilia Jones (role=Margot)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Braun (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Geraldine Viswanathan (role=Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Rossellini (role=Dr. Enid Zabala)</actor>
      <actor>Hope Davis (role=Kelly)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Shyer (role=Ernie)</actor>
      <actor>Liza Koshy (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Lehman (role=Billie)</actor>
      <actor>Isaac Powell (role=Clay)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Gill (role=Kyle)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle Selig (role=Lucas)</actor>
      <actor>Liza Colón-Zayas (role=Officer Elaine)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|France</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjkyMmNmZDMtYWVjMy00ZTE5LThiZWYtYzA0NGNiMGIyYTlkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Comedy|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I saw this as part of an Odeon Screen unseen showing so was completely and literally in the dark about what I was going to see. Well I was pleasantly surprised. It's a tale about 20 year old Margot and her bouncing around the excitement and misunderstandings of relationships and how communication, expectation and reality can all blow things up.There were times whenn I expected the story to go down a sinister route but then was I being manipulated by the opening quote?Worth your time. This is just a privileged view into a 20 year Old's life which reverberated with me on many levels. If you approach this as just that then you won't be disappointed</review>
    <description>When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that he doesn't live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts. A razor-sharp exploration of the horrors of dating.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10993078</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Boneyard</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A police chief and a detective join forces with an FBI agent to find a serial killer who left skeletal remains in the New Mexico desert. As each of their agendas and methods clash, a tangled web of intrigue casts suspicion in all directions.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Asif Akbar</director>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Agent Petrovick)</actor>
      <actor>50 Cent (role=Chief Carter)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Van Holt (role=Detective Ortega)</actor>
      <actor>Nora Zehetner (role=Detective Young)</actor>
      <actor>Deena Bacon (role=Vanessa)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Angel (role=Uniformed Police Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Courtney Akbar (role=Samantha Petrovick)</actor>
      <actor>Randall J. Bacon (role=Detective Jackson)</actor>
      <actor>Lilo Baier (role=Jourdan)</actor>
      <actor>Xavier Beloved (role=Chubbs)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Patrick Bryan (role=SWAT Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Camille Collard (role=Candy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWFmNDY1ZWItZTNkZS00OTdkLWI5ZjYtMTc0MDQ4MDI2NTE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Serial Killer|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Watching someone as notable as Mel Gibson be involved in such a mediocre film shows how the mighty have fallen. This movie has soap opera grade acting, local cable directing and camera angles, and low budget set/costume design. The premise of the film has a lot of potential but fell beyond flat.I am a .50 cent fan, but the 10-20 min he's actually on screen is painful to say the least. You'll definitely need subtitles to understand a word he says, all his dialogue (most of the dialogue in the movie) and conversations come off as unnatural. You can tell that the actors/actresses memorized their lines in the parking lot the day of filming.Save your money and Avoid this Tubi movie</review>
    <description>Inspired by the true events of a serial killer that may still be out there today.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13433802</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>A Quiet Place: Tag Eins</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The intern of a hospice, Sam, goes with her nurse Reuben and the other patients to a puppeteer show in Manhattan expecting to eat a pizza. Out of the blue, there is an alien invasion with dangerous creatures sensitive to sound and afraid of the water. The military blow-up the bridges to contain the invaders. Sam sees her friend Reuben murdered by a creature and goes with her cat to the Bronx, where she lived, expecting to eat a pizza. Along her journey, the Londoner Eric follows Sam and befriends her in the end. The helicopters warn the survivors to take a boat to leave Manhattan, but Sam wants to stay.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Sarnoski</director>
      <actor>Lupita Nyong'o (role=Samira)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Quinn (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Wolff (role=Reuben)</actor>
      <actor>Djimon Hounsou (role=Henri)</actor>
      <actor>Eliane Umuhire (role=Zena)</actor>
      <actor>Takunda Khumalo (role=Osahar)</actor>
      <actor>Alfie Todd (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Ronnie Le Drew (role=Marvin Monroe)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Wong (role=Cashier)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Roberts (role=Dwayne)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin Fleming (role=Businessman)</actor>
      <actor>Elijah Ungvary (role=Frightened Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWFiOWFmNmUtYWUxOC00ZDAyLWE3NDctNmVhYmYyYTlkNThhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Monster Horror|Drama|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Although occasionally tugging at the old sentimental heartstrings, A Quiet Place: Day One offers zero answers about what happened during the initial invasion.It's true, "hiding the monster" is essential in some cases, but we are now three movies in, know what they are, and we WANT to know more about them. But alas, nothing.The two leads are solid but given very little in the way of action because there is little to go on. The earlier installments, especially the first, had a way of steadily ratcheting up the tension from beginning to end, keeping the characters in what felt like genuine danger at all times. Not here; the monsters are always off someplace in the distance, like watching a Lion at a zoo that barely sticks his head out of his cave to take a bite, then goes back in for a nap.The fleeting moments when we see the monsters are technically impressive, showcasing the filmmakers' skills. However, it never feels like a danger to our two heroes or their cat. Maybe a little here and there?This isn't a terrible movie, and It doesn't feel like a "cash grab" when watching it. However, when you make a prequel billed as 'What Happens on Day One' and it doesn't show it, with little tension, no new territory covered, or answers given, it's hard not to feel disappointed.___September 2024 - Clearly the top three reviewers (I am currently in 4th) read my review first, even using my angles and terminology. Maybe they are A. I.? Who cares, except, they couldn't write a review without spoilers could they</review>
    <description>A young woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21810682</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The End We Start From</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mahalia Belo</director>
      <actor>Jodie Comer (role=Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Fry (role=R)</actor>
      <actor>Yves Rassou (role=MW)</actor>
      <actor>Ramanique Ahluwalia (role=DR)</actor>
      <actor>Neil Bell (role=MWC)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Sosanya (role=G)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Strong (role=N)</actor>
      <actor>Phillipa Peak (role=B)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Davies (role=U)</actor>
      <actor>Roddy McDermott (role=U)</actor>
      <actor>Katherine Waterston (role=O)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandria Riley (role=P)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmQxYTQ2ODYtOWIwNC00MGZjLWJkNzMtZmRlOGNmYWM1ZWZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>A woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.I think this film does not know what it wants to be. It's very pretentious, with lots of sombre scenes that don't mean anything, to a far-too-loud score that is overly dramatic, to interactions that don't really mean anything.It hints at times of the breakdown of society, and the lack of Govt strategy to deal with the problem, and the stoical resolve some people show in getting back to normal. But they are inferred by me rather than implied by the film. I think if the film has a point then it is only one that was invented by the watcher to make sense of it.The acting isn't too bad throughout but I don't think they really have much to work with. There's very little dialogue and much of what there is can be confusing. Interactions between people seem to be standalone murals which the director hopes look impressive but have no real connection to the story. There's also some very weak plot lines which seem to go nowhere and it feels as if they were just an idea that didn't last.I watched it simply because Jody Comer put her name to it and I expected it to shine because of her but sadly, I think she picked a pig in a poke with this one.It's not vile, it's not dire, it's simply not very good. The worst thing is it is tedious and monotonous including having to turn the volume down all the time for the silly soundtrack and then back up again for the dialogue.It's not the worst film I've ever seen but I won't ever feel the need to watch it again</review>
    <description>A woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4428398</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Paws of Fury: Die Legende von Hank</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Come along with me to a place that's anything but regular. It's a place where dogs can shapeshift, cats can wield swords, and imaginary friends can become real. A place where the right hero for the job just might be alien rocks, teenagers, or super powered kindergarteners made in a lab. It's a place where a kid can be a genius, a secret agent or even ten different aliens. A place where the menu conists of cookie cats, bacon pancakes, gargantuan jawbreakers, and even Froggy Apple Crumple Thumpkins. It's a place where the greatest adventures can take place at a park, a creek, a bodega, summer camp, or even in the middle of nowhere. A place where you can live inside a whale, solve mysteries, fight ice wizards and go to a school entirely inhabited by animals. It's a place where Death can be your best friend, a goldfish can be your brother, one man can be both your uncle AND grandpa, and bears can be your friendly neighbors who stack on top of each other. It's a place where you don't have to change in order to feel welcome. It's a place that will accept you as you are, whether you're a scam artist, a cow, a chicken, an apple, an onion, or even a dude who can't get a date to save his life. It's a place that only exists to make you laugh, feel happy, and forget all of your troubles full of fun, magic and music from Alligator to Zebra. It's a place we like to call... Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Bailey</director>
      <director>Mark Koetsier</director>
      <director>Rob Minkoff</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China|United Kingdom|Canada</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzI0NjQ1YzYtNDFjNC00ODE1LWE0NDAtN2I2MWNkNmFkMzRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNuZXNodQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Farce|Martial Arts|Parody|Satire|Action|Adventure|Animation|Comedy</category>
    <review>Same movie as blazing saddles but samurai and for kids. Because of this it's very predictable. Still like it tho and I think kids would love it. Solid seven stars</review>
    <description>Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7093904</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dragonkeeper</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With the disappearance of the dragons and the rise of an evil Emperor, the fate of ancient China rests on the shoulders of one young girl, who must find the last remaining dragon egg and fulfill her destiny. Join Ping as she becomes who she was always meant to be... the DragonKeeper.—olisilumea</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jianping Li</director>
      <director>Salvador Simó</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|China</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTg4MTVlZGUtMzgxYy00ZTBkLTgzZTctZjg0YmUxNDVjMzdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Animation|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Ping is an orphan girl living with a servant woman tasked with feeding the "Honored Guests" living under her master's care. The "Honored Guests" are actually the last two imperial dragons along with their unhatched egg.Ping learns that she has the power to control qi or chi which makes her a dragon keeper and she is destined to be the person to take the last remaining egg to a special birthing pool to hatch. To achieve this goal she will need the help of her dragon friend, Danzi, and her mouse friend, Hua Hua, to retrieve the stolen egg.Ping will have to overcome the sickly Emperor, who wants the egg's qi to heal his illness, and the evil necromancer, Diao, who wants to steal the egg's qi to become an immortal god.I enjoyed this film very much although I did think that some of the subject matter might be confusing to a child. It's beautifully animated but it was lacking a little something that I just can't put my finger on. My biggest complaint is that it simply didn't feel complete. The film seemed to leave a lot of questions unanswered and feels as though there must be a sequel in the works but I couldn't confirm my suspicion.Glad I came across it and I hope they are planning to make a sequel simply because I feel there should be more to Ping, Danzi, Hua Hua and Kai's story. I would definitely watch it</review>
    <description>The fate of ancient China rests on the shoulders of one young girl, who must find the last remaining dragon egg and fulfill her destiny.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11207270</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When the young performers on a music contest show admit they have never heard of Angus Scattergood, Bodi is compelled to join the show to restore the Rock Legend's good name.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Bell</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWIzOTBiNDMtOGRhOS00NTdmLTllZjQtNTY0OTNjNWNlNzgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Rock Dog 3 is easily one of the least engaging movies I've seen recently, both failing as a standalone film and as a sequel. The entire plot from beginning to end is as predictable as it can be, and the main conflict doesn't even make any logical sense once you actually think about it for more than a few seconds. This, combined with the consistently unfunny humor and some scenes of obnoxious dialogue, makes the movie boring at best and mentally draining at worst. I seriously struggled to sit through the entire movie again to write this review.None of the new characters managed to become interesting or endearing in any way. Additionally, nearly all of the characters from the previous movies have either been completely butchered or contribute so little that they may as well not even have been included in the first place. While animation isn't terrible direct-to-DVD sequel of this type, the use of recycled footage and voice lines from previous movies is just embarrassing. Most of the voice acting and music are actually passable and sometimes even decent, but that's not nearly enough to make up for everything else I've mentioned.Even though this isn't even close to being the worst movie I've seen, I still wouldn't recommend watching it in the slightest. With all of the other, far more enjoyable animated movies that have been released recently, I see no reason to waste your time on this</review>
    <description>When the young performers on a music contest show admit they have never heard of Angus Scattergood, Bodi is compelled to join the show to restore the Rock Legend's good name.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7080422</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Drachenreiter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Centuries ago, humans and dragons lived in perfect harmony. Nowadays, with the unstoppable humans closing in on the last dragon refuge, a small community of the remaining mythical creatures has no other choice but to fight. As a result, to prove his worth and avert extinction, Firedrake, a silver-hued, one-of-a-kind young dragon, embarks on a perilous quest to the edge of the world, along with feisty brownie Sorrell, to find the Rim of Heaven: a hidden, colourful haven for dragons protected by powerful magic. En route, they pick up orphaned Ben, who claims to be an experienced dragon rider, and off they go to far-off, snow-capped Himalayas. However, not far behind them is monstrous Nettlebrand, an invincible, artificial dragon slayer, bent on stopping them. Do they stand a chance of saving the last dragons?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tomer Eshed</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Belgium|Spain|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmYwYWNlOGMtY2FjMS00NWRmLThjNTUtZDU3YTNjY2YxYTYwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Centuries after a human instigated war against dragonkind, the remaining dragons now live a sheltered existence hidden from the world of man. When human development approaches their valley, silver dragon Firedrake (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) decides he must find the mythical dragon sanctuary The Rim of Heaven. Firedrake is joined by his friend Sorrell (Felicity Jones), a forest brownie, and the two set off on their journey to save dragonkind from confrontation with humans. When Firedrake arrives in the city, a chance encounter leads him to Ben (Freddie Highmore) a street orphan and petty thief whom Firedrake mistakes for a great Dragon Rider (due to a movie poster for "How to Tame your Dragon"). Ben learning of possible treasures tied to the Rim of Heaven decides to go along with Firedrake, but when an ancient artificial being brought to life through alchemy named Nettlebrand (Patrick Stewart) learns of Firedrake and his quest, the stakes become more desperate with Nettlebrand in pursuit of not only Firedrake, but also the dragons at the fabled Rim of Heaven.Adapted from the 1997 German children's novel Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, the book became a best seller upon its English language translation. An adaptation was announced in development with Constantin Films producing and distributing, and visual effects house Rise FX producing the actual animation. While Rise FX has a history providing visual effects for many large scale Hollywood productions, in particular the visual effects for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rise has recently ventured into feature film production with the likes of sci-fi film Stowaway and now Dragon Rider or as it's known in its U. S. release Firedrake the Silver Dragon. The movie doesn't break much new ground for children's animated films, and the marketing has been more than a little blatant about evoking memories of Dreamworks' How to Train your Dragon franchise (down to using similar style font and text on the poster), but while simple Dragon Rider is an effective film that hits all the right beats.The movie is essentially a road movie with Firedrake an adventurous dreamer who lives vicariously through the stories told to him by dragon elders, and Sorrell as the more cautious and realistic grounding element who's more practical than Firedrake. The voicework by Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Felicity Jones is really well done and you buy their dynamic and they work well together. Freddie Highmore as Ben I thought worked reasonably well as the slightly selfish character who follows the redemption arc, and while it's nothing groundbreaking I thought it was done well. Patrick Stewart's performance as Nettlebrand I rather liked because he walks the line playing a character both relentless and threatening, but also dives into silliness with a very strange running gag of using a fictional website called "fetchamatch.com" using a very steampunk looking computer that was so surreal in terms of its presentation and placement I honestly couldn't help but crack a smile over it. The animation is also qell done with the textures and models well rendered and falling just shy of the level of Dreamworks or Pixar, but more than exceeding something like Illumination.With the story being very much inspired by road movies the movie is built around various "episodes" our characters encounter. Most of the encounters are reasonably entertaining with an encounter with a zoologist who specializes in fantastical creatures being quite fun, a sequence with a djinn who lives in the exhaust pipe of a rusted Volkswagen Beetle, and a sequence set in India filled with strong visuals and some entertaining comic banter between two one off characters. One drawback I'd say that comes from this is despite the established ticking clock of Firedrake's clan going to war with humans, very little threat seems to come from the human world and the movie seems rather detached from it despite taking place in modern day. Pretty much every human the trio comes across is friendly to them or helpful and it probably would've helped sell the desperation a bit more had their been an encounter with a malicious group of humans to establish why Firedrake's clan needed to be relocated. Admittedly this is probably a nitpick and as I haven't read the book I'm not sure if this point was addressed in the book, but it's definitely one of the more noticeable sticking points to the movie. The film also has some rather out there references to other animated films such as the previous mentioned "How to Tame your Dragon" movie poster that was rather headscratching in terms of its inclusion, and I kid you not, a blink and you'll miss it visual reference to the Ice Age films. How? Why? I have no idea, but the surrealness of its inclusion was definitely amusing.Dragon Rider is a slightly above average children's film that will be inoffensive viewing for its target audience. While stylistically it owes a lot to the How to Train Your Dragon films, the movie finds its own voice and identity to keep itself distinct. Whether this is enough will depend on a viewer by viewer basis, but having seen a number of Vanguard Animation or Crest Animation films that reveled in their own laziness I'm probably giving Dragon Rider some leeway. It's not a bad example of what Rise FX is capable of in terms of feature production, and with some refinement I wouldn't mind seeing more from them</review>
    <description>A young silver dragon teams up with a mountain spirit and an orphaned boy on a journey through the Himalayas in search for the Rim of Heaven.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0441773</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kung Fu Panda</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story is set in the Valley of Peace, a fictional land in ancient China inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Po (Jack Black), a panda, is a Kung Fu fanatic who idolizes the Furious Five, Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (Seth Rogan), a quintet of Kung Fu masters trained by the red Panda Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), who resides at the Jade Palace temple.Helping his goose father Mr. Ping (James Hong) in his noodle restaurant, Po has been unable to achieve his dream of becoming a Kung Fu master himself.
Po admires his Furious Five action figures. An extreme fan of Kung Fu, Po dreams of one day becoming a master worthy of fighting alongside the Five but his girth and clumsiness makes this dream simply a dream and his Kung Fu talents reside only within his knowledge of moves and artifacts. He is hesitant to express his desires to his dad who is more interested in running his restaurant and advertising his famous 'secret ingredient soup'.Oogway (Randall Duk Kim), an old tortoise and Shifu's mentor, has a vision that Shifu's former student, the evil snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane), will escape from prison and return to the Valley of Peace to take revenge for being denied the Dragon Scroll, which is said to hold the secret to limitless power.Shifu is alarmed and sends his messenger, the goose Zeng (Dan Fogler), to strengthen security at Chorh-Gom Prison, where Tai Lung is held. Oogway then proclaims that it is time to choose the Dragon Warrior; a master of great skill who will be granted the secrets of the universe by reading the Dragon Scroll, kept delicately out of reach on the temple ceiling.
Shifu then holds a Kung Fu tournament for the Furious Five so that Oogway may identify the Dragon Warrior, the one Kung Fu master worthy of receiving the Dragon Scroll and capable of defeating Tai Lung.Flyers for the competition are spread throughout town and the villagers flock to the temple. Excited to have the opportunity to see his idols in person, Po follows with his noodle cart in tow but struggles on the long staircase to the temple. Po arrives as the arena doors close and is unable to enter. Desperate to see the Dragon Warrior chosen, Po straps himself to a set of fireworks, rockets into the sky, and crashes into the middle of the arena in front of Oogway's pointing finger. To everyone's surprise, Oogway proclaims Po as the Dragon Warrior. Oogway's decision is final, despite Shifu's protests, and Po is carried (unsuccessfully) into the temple leaving Tigress greatly disappointed since it seemed Oogway would have chosen her if Po hadn't arrived.Believing Oogway's decision to be an accident, Shifu tries to dispatch Po by ridiculing him into quitting Kung Fu training.
Inside the temple, Po examines, with awe, the many weaponry and valuable artifacts before Shifu approaches him and berates him for his obvious lack of skill. He deflates Po's excitement by grabbing his finger in what Po recognizes as the Wuxi Finger Hold, reputed to be extremely powerful. Shifu promises that Po will regret ever being chosen before taking him to the Fives training room where Po is promptly put to the test. Nervous, but excited to try some Kung Fu moves, Po accepts the challenge but is hurtled, flung, and beaten down to a now-existing Level 0.The Furious Five similarly despise and mock Po as an upstart with no skill in Kung Fu. Disheartened, Po retreats to a secluded spot. Oogway finds him sitting beneath the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom with peaches stuffed into his mouth. Sensing his distress, and noting that he finds comfort in food, Oogway tells Po that he worries too much about what was or what could be. He should instead focus on the present moment rather than doubting himself.After receiving encouragement from Oogway, however, Po endures his grueling training and slowly begins to befriend the Five with his tenacity, culinary skill, and good humor. However, the Five become impressed by Po's fortitude and eventually start to warm up to him, with the exception of Tigress.Tigress reveals that Shifu's toughness comes from his shame over Tai Lung's betrayal and having raised him as a cub. Having found him as a newborn on the steps of the temple, Shifu raised Tai Lung as his own and began to hope that he was the fabled Dragon Warrior when the cub displayed a natural talent in Kung Fu. However, when the time came to stand before Oogway, the grand master sensed darkness in Tai Lung and denied him the honor of receiving the Dragon Scroll. Enraged, Tai Lung went on a rampage through the village and attempted to take the scroll by force. Caring for him too much, Shifu was unable to fight Tai Lung and Oogway was forced to defeat him by blocking his Chi. Tigress then says that Shifu never cared for anything or anyone since, not even her, his own foster daughter.Zeng arrives at Chor-Gom Prison and is escorted to Tai Lung's hold by the over-confident Commander Vachir (Michael Clarke Duncan), a rhinoceros. Vachir assures Zeng that the prison is inescapable as one of Zeng's feathers falls within reach of Tai Lung. Using his tail, he uses the feather to remove the Chi-blockers in the turtle-shell contraption on his back and break free. Tai Lung escapes the prison in an explosive display of his fierce Kung Fu abilities and grabs Zeng, instructing him to fly back to Shifu to announce that the real Dragon Warrior is coming home.Shifu learns of Tai Lung's escape and informs Oogway, who extracts a promise from Shifu to believe in Po and then ascends to the sky in a cloud of peach blossoms from the Tree of Heavenly Wisdom. Shifu then tells Po and the Five about Tai Lung's escape and Oogway's death, claiming Po is the only one who can stop him. Horrified, Po runs away, but Shifu stops him. When asked why he stayed, Po admits he disliked his former self but believed Shifu could change him. Po then makes Shifu confess that he does not know how to train him as the Dragon Warrior. Tigress overhears and decides to stop Tai Lung herself.Shifu, however, discovers that Po is capable of impressive physical feats when motivated by food. Shifu entertains an idea and tells Po where Monkey keeps his cookies before hiding behind the doorway. He reenters and sees Po performing a perfect split near the ceiling, chowing down on the cookies. Realizing Po's latent talent, Shifu takes him high into the Wu Dan Mountains to the Pool of Sacred Tears where Oogway founded the origins of Kung Fu. With a dramatic flourish, Shifu proclaims to be Po's master, with full faith in his student at last. With that emotional support, Shifu begins his rigorous training Po, using food as a reward. Po's unique training proves to be successful, and he grows stronger and more coordinated while Shifu's own spirits rises and advances at Po's rapid improvement. Shifu's faith in Po is vindicated in an increasingly energetic duel over a dumpling that becomes a wild spar in which the Giant Panda fights with powerful and innovative skill to win. However, it is when Po throws back the dumpling, he won that Shifu has truly advanced, with a newfound emotional strength and serenity.Tigress leaves the Jade Palace and runs out to the countryside, soon followed by the rest of the Five, to meet Tai Lung head on. They find him crossing the Thread of Hope, a series of bridges through the mountains. They attempt to stop him on the last bridge. After an epic battle, the Five gain the upper hand and appear to have defeated Tai Lung, tying him to the remains of the severed bridge and sending him into the mist below. However, Tai Lung's skills prove superior, and he surprises them by flinging himself onto the cliff and overpowering them with a chi block, leaving only Crane to return as a warning. Crane flies in, carrying the rest of the Five, who have been paralyzed by Tai Lung's attacks.Shifu decides that Po is ready to receive the Dragon Scroll, but the scroll reveals nothing but a blank, reflective surface. Believing the scroll to be useless, Shifu orders Po and the Five to evacuate the valley. As Tai Lung arrives and fights Shifu, the distraught Po finds his father who, in an attempt to console him, reveals that the long-withheld secret ingredient to his famous "secret ingredient soup" is nothing. He explains that something becomes special if people truly believe that it is. Po opens the scroll to see his reflection on its glazed surface and realizes the secret. Po and goes back to confront Tai Lung before the leopard is able to kill Shifu.Shifu waits at the top of the steps until Tai Lung arrives. Refusing to give his old student the scroll, Shifu battles Tai Lung. Tai Lung demands his birthright to have the scroll and blames Shifu for planting dreams in his head of what he thought was his destiny and not standing up to Oogway when the turtle disagreed. Tai Lung see Master Oogway's memorial, the snow leopard sneeringly counters that Shifu has obviously replaced the late Master and thus the red panda now has the authority to arbitrarily overrule Oogway's decision. Infuriated at the idea of disrespecting his teacher's legacy like that, Shifu goes on the attack.In the battle, Tai Lung wails at Shifu to tell him how proud he is, and Shifu admits that he was proud from the first moment, but it was his pride that blinded him from seeing what Tai Lung was becoming. Denying any interest in apologies or any reconciliation with his foster father, Tai Lung demands only the scroll. He is stopped from dealing a deadly blow to Shifu by Po, who appears, exhausted, at the doorway of the temple. Baffled by the Dragon Warrior's pudgy exterior, Tai Lung attacks Po when he reveals the Dragon Scroll in his hand. Their battle takes them into the village, each one vying for possession of the scroll. At one point, Po imagines the scroll as a bowl of dumplings to encourage him to climb a high precipice to get it, but Tai Lung is convinced that the scroll is giving him magical powers.After a protracted battle, Tai Lung finally wins the scroll and triumphantly opens it for the supposed power within. However, upon seeing the golden reflection within, he completely fails to understand its symbolic meaning. When Po rises to explain it, Tai Lung refuses to accept the panda's words.Now consumed with such enraged despair, Tai Lung attacks Po again, but without discipline or real purpose behind it. Using ingenuity and his rebounding stomach, Po manages to render Tai Lung helpless. Tai Lung spews out a slur of insults before Po takes his finger in the Wuxi Finger Hold. Tai Lung calls Po's bluff and Po admits that Shifu never taught him the move - he figured it out on his own.Po flexes his Pinky, resulting in a magnificent wave of raw energy that resonates throughout the valley and is felt by the Five leading the refugees into the hills. Having presumably killed Tai Lung, Po is cheered on by the returning villagers. Tigress and the rest of the Five bow down to Po, calling him master, before Po runs back to the temple to check on Shifu.Po finds Shifu lying still, but alive, on the floor of the temple and tells him he defeated Tai Lung. Shifu thanks him and tells Po that he's brought him peace before closing his eyes. Po calls out to him and Shifu reprimands him, saying that he's merely resting. Po lies down beside him and, after a quiet, meditative moment, asks if he wants to get something to eat.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Osborne</director>
      <director>John Stevenson</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkzMjcyNTcxOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzI4NDQ4._V1_QL75_UY281_CR74,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Kung Fu|Martial Arts|Slapstick|Wuxia|Action|Adventure|Animation|Comedy</category>
    <review>Like many others, I saw the "trailers" featuring Jack Black. The featurette made me think "Okay, at least I got to check this out". Not much more. It didn't make me think "This is gonna be awesome" or anything like that.Boy, was I ever under-expecting.At first I thought it was quite okay, decent entertainment and at least not totally crap. But then the really funny scenes and details kicked in, after Po gets into the temple. From then on, it was laugh after laugh, excellent voice acting, amazing CG animation (but this is Dreamworks so I expected that).The whole deal simply hit home run for me. Spot on. I love martial arts movies, I love Dreamworks CG movies and I must admit I find Jack Black amazingly funny (saw Be Kind Rewind the other day and loved it). There was so much charm and amusement in this movie. It's without doubt the best animation from Dreamworks since the first Shrek.Now, I am not saying this will be for everyone. There IS a lot of fighting going on, and while it is (for most of the movie) comical (yet amazing to behold) violence, it might not be suitable for the smallest of children. But for any healthy kid aged 6-7 or above (especially boys), this will be kick-a**! I cannot really put my finger on anything bad. Sure, the movie is filled with clichés, but sometimes you can go a long way with those. And this one serves them perfectly. I even rated this higher than Ratatouille, due to the fact that it took me totally by surprise. With Ratatouille, I EXPECTED it to be great. Kung Fu Panda I only expected to be decent, but it was awesome. That deserves the last point</review>
    <description>To everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1302011</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kung Fu Panda 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A male panda who is still in kung fu training first must deal with his past in order to defeat an evil peacock who wants to rule and take over China. With the help of his allies, the panda must travel a long journey to confront his past to save China.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jennifer Yuh Nelson</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDUwMTE2MTE1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjA2MzAzMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Kung Fu|Martial Arts|Slapstick|Action|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>Having seen and enjoyed (if not been bowled over by) the original, I was surprised and delighted by this movie that seems to prove that Dreamworks, while still not quite on a Pixar level (Yet!) could soon catch them up. It handles much more sensitive material than the first movie and tackles some truly dark and heavy subject material, but manages to keep it from becoming a drama by dropping in comedic material in a manner that is never jarring, out of place, or desperate. Lord Shen made for one of the most delightful villains of recent movie history. His push against the future contrasting with Po's struggle with the past was wonderful to watch. Po's talks with his father brought a tear to my eye in more than one moment in the film. This company and production team have firmly established themselves as formidable storytellers and I'm eager to see what's next</review>
    <description>Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0413267</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Shrek der Dritte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Prince Charming, disgraced after the events of the previous film and the death of his mother, the Fairy Godmother, vows revenge against Shrek and schemes to claim the throne of Far Far Away. Determined to rally support, he visits the Poison Apple tavern and persuades a group of fairy tale villains to join his cause, promising them their "happily ever afters." Together, they plan to overthrow the kingdom.Meanwhile, Shrek and Princess Fiona are named successors to the throne as King Harold's health declines. Shrek, reluctant and ill-suited for royal duties, struggles as the acting regent. On his deathbed, Harold reveals the existence of another heir: Arthur "Artie" Pendragon, Fiona's cousin.After Harold's funeral, Shrek, along with Donkey and Puss in Boots, sets sail to find Artie. Before departing, Fiona reveals she is pregnant, much to Shrek's dismay as he doubts his ability to be a father. Their journey leads them to Worcestershire Academy, an elite boarding school, where they discover that Artie is an awkward and insecure 16-year-old. Shrek informs Artie of his destiny as the future king, which initially excites the young man. However, Donkey and Puss inadvertently terrify him with exaggerated tales of royal responsibilities, causing Artie to panic and attempt to commandeer the ship back to the school. In the ensuing chaos, the ship crashes on a remote island where they encounter Merlin, Artie's eccentric retired teacher. Merlin helps Shrek and Artie bond, building trust between them.Back at the castle, Fiona and Queen Lillian host a baby shower, only to be ambushed by Charming and his villainous allies. While Fiona and the other princesses are imprisoned, their friends-including Gingy, Pinocchio, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Three Little Pigs-stall the villains long enough for Fiona and Lillian to plot their escape. Meanwhile, Captain Hook and his pirates are sent to capture Shrek and Artie.On the island, Shrek narrowly evades Hook, who reveals Charming's coup. Determined to protect Artie, Shrek insists they return to Worcestershire, but Artie convinces Merlin to magically transport them to Far Far Away. The spell works, but with a side effect: Donkey and Puss accidentally switch bodies.Once in the kingdom, Shrek learns that Charming plans to execute him in a theatrical spectacle. While attempting to rescue him, Shrek and his friends are captured. To protect Artie, Shrek lies to Charming, claiming he only brought Artie as a pawn to avoid being king himself. Convinced, Charming spares Artie and dismisses him.Fiona, frustrated by the other princesses' passivity, takes charge. With Queen Lillian's help, they break out of the dungeon and rally their friends. Meanwhile, Puss and Donkey persuade a disheartened Artie to return, explaining Shrek's lie was meant to protect him.Charming's theatrical execution of Shrek begins, but the audience openly mocks him, favoring Shrek. Just as Charming is about to deliver the fatal blow, Fiona, the princesses, and their allies storm the stage. Though initially overwhelmed, the tide turns when Artie arrives and delivers an impassioned speech to the villains, urging them to embrace their potential and follow their dreams instead of resorting to evil. Inspired, the villains abandon Charming's cause and reconcile with the kingdom.Enraged and unwilling to surrender, Charming lunges at Artie with a sword. Shrek intervenes, seemingly struck, but the blow misses. Dragon topples the stage tower onto Charming, ending his reign of terror.With Charming defeated, Artie is crowned king of Far Far Away, uniting the kingdom in celebration. Merlin reverses Donkey and Puss's body swap, and the group returns to the swamp, where Shrek and Fiona embrace their new roles as parents to triplets, navigating the chaos of parenthood with help from their friends.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Miller</director>
      <director>Raman Hui</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmI0NmI0MTItYzIzNy00YzcwLTk3ZmItZDU0MTAyM2JjOGRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adult Animation|Computer Animation|Fairy Tale|Parody|Slapstick|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>I enjoyed Shrek the Third, but I found a lot of it very disappointing as well. The plot is very contrived, and has been done better many times before. The script, has a number of very bright spots, but is dull in comparison to two very good predecessors. It just goes to show how sequels are nearly always inferior to the original. In fact, the only sequels that surpass their original is Toy Story 2, Home Alone 2 and Garfield 2. There is a very funny scene with Donkey and Puss in Boots having a sort of body swap, and Donkey doing that priceless innocent eye look. But that is pretty much it, though girls may delight in Fiona and all the fairytale princesses having some sort of princess reunion. The animation is mostly well done, and the voice talents are very good indeed, especially Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas. However, the film, which showed a lot of promise, is undermined by a contrived storyline and an uneven script. All in all, enjoyable, but it could have been much better. 6.5/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>Reluctantly designated as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away, Shrek hatches a plan to install the rebellious Artie as the new king while Princess Fiona tries to fend off a coup d'état by the jilted Prince Charming.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3470600</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sing</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Buster Moon, a dapper koala, presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal (some might even say delusional) optimist, who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life's ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Garth Jennings</director>
      <director>Christophe Lourdelet</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|United States|France</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg0MjA1NTM0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjYzOTk0MDI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Jukebox Musical|Animation|Comedy|Family|Musical</category>
    <review>This date night was going to be an unexpected twofer. First on our list we saw La La Land and just loved it so we stuck to the musical genre and next on our list was the lighter side of comedy with the animation feature Sing. Neither Mrs. Shullivan or I are fans of 3-D films but this was the only format being offered at 10:00 PM so we went for it. It took me about 15 minutes to adjust to the 3D format even though I have tried it a few times before, and my opinion has not changed. In my opinion the 3D format does not add any value to a film and by the sparse theater crowd I assume most are in agreement with me. Producers have attempted the 3D format for more than 60 years now with little success and I will be glad when the format is abandoned and the editors rely on content quality and not CGI.The film Sing is great and it will appeal to a vast crowd from the age of 3 to 103. After I had adjusted to the 3D format and we got to know the animal characters and the story line I for one just forgot that it was an animated feature and I sat back and watched the film progress in a very positive light. There are some big name stars lending their voices and I am sure they are proud of their finished product. Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) owns a theater for live performances that lately he has been unable to sustain paying his debts so the bank is after him to pay up or the bank will repossess Buster's dream theater. Buster's late father had worked extremely hard in his car wash across the street from the theater to fulfill Buster's dream to open the theater and Buster needed to pull off the biggest hit of his life if he were to keep his dream theater out of the bankers grasp. Each of the animal characters has a story to tell. Each of the animal characters also has a great voice and a personal life that the winning prize money if they were to win the sing off would take care of. The plot is simple so the children should be able to follow along relatively easy, all the animated animal characters were adorable. There are also some bad guys besides the bankers who want their hands on the prize money, and this just adds more humor and excitement to this cute little animated feature.The songs were great, the story line very heartwarming, and the animated characters were all cute and cuddly. Mrs. Shullivan and I ended our date night on a high note for this twofer evening. I give the film an 8 out of 10 rating, taking two points off for making me watch the film in 3D which did nothing to enhance this viewers experience. If you like this review I also wrote one on the first film we saw tonight which was La La Land</review>
    <description>In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0351283</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Madagascar</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Eric Darnell</director>
      <director>Tom McGrath</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxNTQyOTA2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTQ2MzkxMDI@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR6,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Dark Comedy|Jungle Adventure|Slapstick|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>I have to admit, I was sick of the over advertising, but I decided to give Madagascar a chance. Lately, I've actually been getting more into the computer animation flicks and wanted to see what Madagascar was all about. I don't get why there are a lot of users here on IMDb that absolutely hate this film or didn't really get into it, because I thought it was a very cute and enjoyable film for the kids and adults.Marty, Meldman, Alex, and Gloria are all zoo kept animals who are pampered all day and entertain humans on a constant schedule. Marty wants more though, he wonders where he comes from and what it would be like to be in the wild. Alex, the lion, is truly against this and will have no part of it, but tries to find Marty after he escapes. The rest of the gang follows, but they are caught by the animal catchers and are sent back, but accidentally fall of the boat shipping them home and they end up on an island called Madagascar. They are "welcomed", if that's the right word, by other animals and must learn how to survive, but it's going to be hard when Alex is starving for meat! I loved the American Beauty and Chariot of Fire references, I thought they were just so funny! There are more than a few good laughs in this film and I felt like it was being unfairly rated here on IMDb, yes, it's not as great as The Incredables, but I really feel like anyone could love this film. I'm actually going to be on my way to buy it, I loved it that much, so please give this movie a fair chance. Believe me, it's worth your time.8/10</review>
    <description>A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2709768</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Pets</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A Jack Russell terrier named Max (Louis C.K.) luxuriously lives with his owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) in Manhattan, hanging out with a fat and apathetic gray tabby cat Chloe (Lake Bell), hyperactive pug Mel (Bobby Moynihan), a laid-back miniature dachshund Buddy (Hannibal Buress), and a green and yellow budgie parakeet Sweet Pea (Tara Strong).Max believes that Katie would do anything for him, and he considers himself to be her protector. Katie adopted Max when she found him in a wooden box, abandoned on the streets and they have been together since then. Max meets his friends after Katie leaves for work.
Gidet is a white Pomeranian who has a crush on Max and lives in the same building as Max.One day, Katie adopts Duke (Eric Stonestreet), a large and shaggy Newfoundland mix dog from the pound, leaving Max jealous because of her larger focus on Duke. Katie tells Max that Duke did not have a home either. Duke is very friendly in front of Katie, but when Katie is gone, he tries to muscle into Max's space. He starts by sleeping in Max's couch. Max cannot sleep the entire night, due to Duke's snoring. Max complains to Katie, but she cannot understand anything, and Duke realizes that Max is trying to get rid of him. Duke threatens Max that if only one of them can stay in the apartment, then it will be Duke.
Duke eats Max's lunch as well. Duke only comes under control when he accidentally breaks a vase and Max knows that Katie will be livid with that.Enraged by Max's attitude towards him, Duke tries to abandon Max in an alley when they are taken for their daily walk by the dog walker (and left to play in the park), but they end up getting attacked by a feral cat gang led by Sphynx cat Ozone (Steve Coogan). The cats remove Max and Duke's collars, and the dogs are caught by Animal Control. Duke fears that he will be put down if he goes back to the pound. The Animal Control van drives the captured dogs to the pound.They are rescued by a rabbit named Snowball (Kevin Hart), the leader of "The Flushed Pets", a cult who hates humans because its members were abandoned and mistreated by them. The Flushed Pets attack the van and its human guards and free the captured animals. The gang includes a slow-witted tattooed pig named Tattoo (Michael Beattie) and they plan to start a revolution against the humans.After Max and Duke pretend to despise humans as much as they do by saying they "killed" their owners, the Flushed Pets invite them to join. To prove their loyalty, they must agree to be bitten by a one-fanged viper. Right before it happens, Snowball learns from the cats from the alley that Max and Duke are domesticated. With their cover blown, Max and Duke escape the drains and board a ferry to Brooklyn, inadvertently killing the viper in the process. Snowball vows to kill them and sets off.Gidget (Jenny Slate) discovers that Max is missing and travels to the roof of the apartment building to understand the true size of Manhattan. She finds and recruits a vicious red-tailed hawk, Tiberius (Albert Brooks), who was locked in his cage, to locate him. After looking over the city for Max, Tiberius returns to Gidget with Ozone, who directs Gidget and Tiberius to the sewers after being forced to by Gidget. Gidget and Tiberius then recruit Mel, Buddy, Chloe, guinea pig Norman (Chris Renaud), and Sweet Pea as they trek across Manhattan in search of Max and Duke, led by the elderly, paralyzed basset hound Pops (Dana Carvey). The group encounters Snowball, who vows to kill them, too. Most of the rescue group escapes but Norman is captured.Max and Duke begin to get along with each other. They raid a sausage factory after getting hungry. Duke tells Max about his elderly previous owner Fred. He adopted Duke as a puppy and raised him adoringly in Brooklyn, but Duke got lost chasing a butterfly one day and was taken by Animal Control, but Fred never came looking for him. Although Duke isn't sure if Fred will reconcile with him, Max convinces him that Fred will and convinces Duke to find him. They arrive at his house but learn from a resident cat named Reginald that Fred has died. Resentful and angst-ridden, Duke accuses Max of attempting to get rid of him. Heartbroken, Duke accuses Max of attempting to get rid of him and barks at the new homeowners who have just returned to the house and called Animal Control. The handlers catch Max, but Duke interferes long enough for Max to escape and ends up being captured instead.While plotting to rescue Duke as he follows the Animal Control van, Max is attacked by Snowball and his comrades. However, Snowball's gang are captured, and Snowball decides to ally with Max to rescue them. They drive and crash a city bus into the van on the Brooklyn Bridge, stopping traffic. The Flushed Pets appear and, unaware of Max and Snowball's alliance, corner Max, but Gidget and her team save him. The van rolls away; the captured Flushed Pets escape, but the van dives in the East River with Max and Duke inside. Max tries to retrieve the keys, but they float away. Snowball jumps off the bridge and brings Max the spare keys. Max rescues Duke and they make it out before the van sinks.The entire group return to the apartment by taxi. Max expresses his appreciation and infatuation toward Gidget, who returns with affection. Snowball and the Flushed Pets then come up with a new plan to annihilate all humans, but Snowball is then adopted by a little girl named Molly (Kiely Renaud). At first, Snowball resists, but gives in to her sweetness and lets himself be adopted by her. The remaining Flushed Pets return to the sewers. The other pets return and embrace their owners, and Max and Duke finally reunite with Katie, sparking a true friendship.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Renaud</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmUyZGQ0MmMtOTM1OS00NmEwLThhY2ItZGJlM2Q2OTc0M2FhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR1,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Urban Adventure|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>When you see as many movies as I do (and you start writing reviews in your head while you're watching them), certain movies, parts of movies, plot points or characters remind you of other movies. In my reviews, I often note those parallels, using them to comment on the movie I'm reviewing. Sometimes I note similarities between movies to say that the more recent film is unoriginal. Other times, it's just to help explain what the new movie is like. The animated adventure comedy "The Secret Life of Pets" (PG, 1:30) reminds me very much of two other animated features  but that's not necessarily a bad thing.Tell me if this sounds familiar: Someone's possessions (as he or she views them) actually have secret lives of their own which are only really apparent when the owner is not around. These anthropomorphic possessions relate to each other and form friendships. When a newer version of the original is brought into the group, jealousy emerges and the original tries to get rid of the interloper. This struggle results in both of the rivals being thrust out of the comforts of home into the little-understood big, bad world, a situation which requires their compadres to venture out of their own comfort zones to mount a rescue.That set-up fits Illumination Entertainment's 2016 "The Secret Life of Pets" as well as it does the 1995 Pixar/Disney classic film "Toy Story". (Think, "Pet Story", or "The Secret Life of Toys".) But considering that the 2016 film is about animals rather than toys, maybe the better comparison is to another 2016 animated feature (also from Disney) by the name of "Zootopia". In both of those 2016 films, a couple of anthropomorphic animals (among many others living in a big city) form a partnership which develops into a mutually beneficial friendship. I guess it's not unfair to think of "The Secret Life of Pets" as a mash-up of "Toy Story" and "Zootopia". Nevertheless, this one charts its own unique course and is as entertaining as those other two  or the "Despicable Me" films, also from Illumination Entertainment.Now that you know what "The Secret Life of Pets" is LIKE, here's what it's ABOUT: The movie focuses on a small brown and white terrier named Max (voiced by Louis C.K.) and his relationship with the other pets in his apartment building. Max lives in a small Manhattan apartment with his owner, a young woman named Katie (Ellie Kemper). When Katie goes to work each day, Max sits at the door wondering where she has gone and waiting for her to come back and play with him. Meanwhile, the pets in the building across the alley and above and below his apartment (and one guniea pig lost in the air ducts) are more active in their daily lives (and more mobile) than is readily apparent. (Thus, the title of the film.) Some of the neighborhood pets include an overweight white cat named Chloe (Lake Bell), a bulldog named Mel (Bobby Moynihan), a dachshund named Buddy (Hannibal Buress), a canary named Sweet Pea (Tara Strong), and Gidget (Jenny Slate), a white Pomeranian who has a secret crush on Max.Except for missing Katie during the day, all is well in Max's little world  until one not-so-fine day when Katie brings home another dog she rescued from a shelter. Duke (Eric Stonestreet) is a large, shaggy, dark brown dog who has no problem throwing his weight around to get the best place to sleep, or as much food as he wants, or  anything else. Max starts scheming about how to get rid of Duke, but one such attempt while they're in the park with Katie's dog walker back-fires and sets both Max and Duke off on a wild and dangerous journey around the city. When Gidget realizes that Max has disappeared, she enlists their mutual pet friends, plus a caged hawk named Tiberius (Albert Brooks), and a few other neighborhood pets (including the Dana Carvey voiced "Pops"), to help her find Max. Meanwhile, Max and Duke have to try escaping from animal control workers, a disfigured alley cat named Ozone (Steve Coogan) and a small, but crazed and bitter bunny named Snowball (Kevin Hart), who was discarded by the magician he worked for and now leads a sewer-dwelling group of radicals called The Flushed Pets, who are bent on wiping out all the humans – and who decide that Max and Duke are also their enemies."The Secret Life of Pets" is every bit as entertaining as you'd hope, based on its theatrical trailers, or its movie posters, or just its title. Co-writers Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch exploit many of the well-known quirks of different kinds of pets, but give each character in the film its own personality. Then, once the script clearly establishes who each of these characters are, it gives them plenty to do, but without making the story unnecessarily complicated. Co-directors Chris Renaud (who also voices the aforementioned lost guinea pig) and Yarrow Cheney bring this promising concept and excellent script to realization by keeping the plot moving and not overdoing any of the film's big ideas or overplaying any of the gags. Finally, with the film's impressive voice cast and the filmmakers' "Despicable" history, the performances and the visuals are excellent across the board. On the critical side, I found a subplot involving Duke's backstory and a "Grease"-inspired sausage-fueled dream sequence to be odd and unnecessary diversions, and I would've liked to see just a little more originality and inspiration sprinkled throughout the movie. However, there's no denying that "The Secret Life of Pets" is very well-done good, clean fun for the whole family. "A-</review>
    <description>The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0448694</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der gestiefelte Kater</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After reuniting with someone from the past, a male outlaw cat, along with a female thief cat, tries to recover a rich golden egg in order to clear his name for a crime that he was not responsible for. He does everything that he can to be the hero of his hometown once again.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Miller</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIyNjM4NzMxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDU3NjUyMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Fairy Tale|Swashbuckler|Action|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Shrek had run its course, having forcefully pushed itself into a fourth film that was really too trying, but I suppose Puss in Boots, introduced in the second film of the franchise, proved to have nine lives, and extended his longevity through a spin off film of his own. After all, there are plenty of cat lovers out there, and his antics in the Shrek movies were undoubtedly the highlights when the Ogre and his pet donkey were getting really tired. Originally intended for straight to video, Puss in Boots proved to have what it takes for a big screen outing, and it didn't disappoint.Dreamworks Animation may seem to have a stranglehold on making a mickey out of well known fairy tales, and this continues in its re-imagining of characters adopted for the Puss in Boots origin story, where we go into his background as an orphaned kitty cat brought up by Imelda (voiced by Constance Marie), only to disappoint his foster mum when he got betrayed by best friend Humpty Alexander Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), a brilliant inventive and creative mind who had turned to a life of crime, staining the honor that Puss had gained through a heroic deed, banishing him forever as an outlaw and bandit.The two major story arcs in this film enriched the narrative, one dealing with the past of Puss in Boots, while the other having him reluctantly team up with Humpty once again if only to get close to his new squeeze, the master thief Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), to take on the very grown up and nasty Bonnie and Clyde inspired Jack and Jill (Billy Bob Thorton and Amy Sedaris), who are in possession of the fabled magical beans belonging to the other Jack (and the Beanstalk), where planting them at the correct spot would mean a path to the heavens to gain access to the goose that lays golden eggs, with repercussions of course that comes with a force of nature to be reckoned with.What worked for Puss in Boots were the strengths of its story arcs, the major set action pieces, the voice cast really providing that level of flair to the many flamboyant characters in the film as well as dramatic, emotional depth to key characters, and who can forget the comedy. There are plenty of sight and verbal gags, and innuendos galore that hardly a moment goes by without something naturally hilarious happening, and does so quite subtly without screaming and forcing their way down your throat. Which I had found the later Shrek films guilty of doing just that.Antonio Banderas provides the voice for Puss in Boots, and it's quite convenient that the character gets modelled after Zorro through a series of identifiable elements from costuming, behaviour as well as style, a character that Banderas himself have played twice in live action films. Puss continues to drawn upon established abilities especially that of its iconic hypnotic eyes, which somehow in a self-fulfilling fourth wall prophecy, will have any audience in stitches as well as held in captivating aww/awe. Zach Galifianakis voices the misunderstood character Humpty Dumpty to perfection, providing that balance of villainy and sympathy, while I suspect that the animators would have had a field day with Humpty especially with the plenty of movement gags that he got himself into, and playing upon none too subtle fat jokes on the character, resulting in the character stealing the scene most of the time. Hayek on the other hand did just enough providing her sultriness to the incredibly sexy feline that looked like, erm, Batman in costume.Hitting the right notes consistently throughout the film, here's a pussy cat that's both a lover and a fighter and a film that can appeal to both young and the not too young at heart alike. The producers of Shrek and Kungfu Panda may have found itself another character that has enough legs to carry off yet another franchise on its own, but please don't let it merge or include characters from Shrek too soon, as this kitty deserves a rogues gallery and supportive allies of its own. Recommended</review>
    <description>An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor, and regain the trust of his mother and town.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>29623480</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der wilde Roboter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a world immersed in technological wonders, Roz, an endearing helper robot, finds itself in a precarious situation after crash-landing on a remote, untamed island. Programmed to assist anyone in need, Roz embarks on an unexpected journey through the dense wilderness, only to stumble upon a mysterious egg. As the island's curious animals gaze at the metallic newcomer with bewilderment and mockery, Roz realises that survival in this unfamiliar territory demands more than just its programmed skills. Now filled with uncertainty, Roz must evolve and learn the ways of the wild. Of course, forging alliances could help. But time is not on its side; Roz must reach its full potential before winter. With reality blurring the line between technology and life, what if the wild robot discovered what it means to be a human?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Sanders</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjkwNjVlZWMtYTdhZC00ZTNhLThkODUtM2IwYWRmMjRmMDM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Artificial Intelligence|Computer Animation|Survival|Animation|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I loved this movie.It has a wonderful message of tolerance and unity. The voice acting is charming. The animation is very good, stunning at times. I liked the story, though I can see some people feeling it's too schmaltzy or corny.In a world that is so divided, and a country that is seemingly hopelessly divided, it's very comforting to experience a story of characters coming together, being able to accept their differences, and building a community. Sadly, that's what makes it fiction too. But it's nice to dream.The fact that the title character, and the character that inspires all the change, is the ultimate "other" only serves to make the point more elegantly.I suppose some people will think it's manipulative and needlessly tugs at the audience's heartstrings. But that's part of the beauty to me.I loved this movie</review>
    <description>After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0366548</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Happy Feet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Every emperor penguin attracts a mate by singing a unique "heartsong". If the male penguin's heartsong matches the female's song, the two penguins mate. Norma Jean, a female penguin, falls for Memphis, a male penguin and they become mates. They lay an egg, which Memphis cares for while Norma Jean leaves with the other females to fish. While the males struggle through the harsh winter, Memphis briefly drops the egg. The resulting chick, Mumble, is unable to sing but can tap dance. Nevertheless, he is enamored with Gloria, a female penguin who is regarded as the most talented of her age. One day, Mumble encounters a group of hostile skua, with a leader who is tagged with a yellow band, which he says is from an alien abduction. Mumble narrowly escapes the hungry birds by falling into a crevice.Now a young adult, Mumble is frequently ridiculed by the elders and their leader Noah. After escaping from a leopard seal attack, Mumble befriends five Adelie penguins named Ramón, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo and Raul, known collectively as "the Amigos", who embrace Mumble's dance moves and assimilate him into their group. After seeing a hidden human excavator in an avalanche, they opt to ask Lovelace, a rockhopper penguin, about its origin. Lovelace has the plastic rings of a six pack entangled around his neck, saying that they have been bestowed upon him by mystic beings.For the emperor penguins, it is mating season and Gloria is the center of attention. The Amigos unsuccessfully attempt to help Mumble win her affection by having Ramón sing a Spanish version of "My Way" behind Mumble, with the latter lip syncing. After Mumble desperately begins tap dancing in synch with her song, she falls for him and the youthful penguins join in for singing and dancing to "Boogie Wonderland". The elders are appalled by Mumble's conduct, which they see as the reason for their lean fishing season. Memphis begs Mumble to stop dancing, for his own sake, but when Mumble refuses, he is banished.Mumble and the Amigos return to Lovelace, only to find him being choked by the plastic rings. Lovelace confesses they were snagged on him while swimming off the forbidden shores, beyond the land of the elephant seals. The group decide to take Lovelace with them to remove the rings. Not long into their journey, Gloria encounters them, wishing to become Mumble's mate. Fearing for her safety, he ridicules Gloria, driving her away.At the forbidden shore, Mumble, Lovelace and the Amigos are attacked by the two orcas, during which Lovelace gets free from the plastic rings. After escaping, they find a fishing boat. Mumble exhaustingly pursues it alone, eventually washing up on the shore of Florida, where he is rescued and kept at Sea World with Magellanic penguins. After a long and secluded confinement in addition to fruitlessly trying to communicate with the humans, he nearly succumbs to madness. When a girl attempts to interact with Mumble by tapping the glass, he starts dancing, which attracts a large crowd. He is released back into the wild, with a tracking device attached to his back. He returns to his colony and challenges the will of the elders. Memphis reconciles with him, just as a research team arrives, verifying Mumble's statements of "aliens" existing. The entire colony engages in dance in front of the research team, whose expedition footage prompts a worldwide debate, which eventually leads to the banning of all Antarctic overfishing, satisfying both the emperor penguins and the Amigos.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Miller</director>
      <director>Warren Coleman</director>
      <director>Judy Morris</director>
      <actor>Charlotte Gillman (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Warren Coleman (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Williamson (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Carly Andrews (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Cassandra Swaby (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Winston Cooper (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Nixon (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Tracey (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Yann Le Berre (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Belinda Bromilow (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Zitner (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
      <actor>Dasi Ruz (role=Live Action Cast)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTZkZjczOTgtNjBmOS00YmVlLWJjYzQtMjRkMzdjNTEyZjc5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Jukebox Musical|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Music|Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>This movie set the bar at a new level for animation. This is a great companion piece to "March of the Penguins". (In fact, you should see "March of the Penguins" before seeing this one.) While the stock animated movie script still seems be 'cute-yet-quirky animals on quest', this one pulls it off better than most.Arguably, the film makers tried to cram too many songs into the soundtrack. And the story didn't need to be as long as it was but the overall environmental message was good.In the end, you'll look how the choices of our 'modern' lifestyles affect the rest of the world.This movie is definitely worth the watch -- and a discussion with your kids afterward</review>
    <description>Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1402488</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Happy Feet 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Everyone must work together when the home of the penguins is threatened. Mumble has extreme difficulty connecting with his son while he looks up to someone else. Other penguins to find true happiness in the most difficult of times while they are trying to save the home of the penguins.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Miller</director>
      <director>Gary Eck</director>
      <director>David Peers</director>
      <actor>Septimus Caton (role=Guitarist)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Vunich (role=Beanie Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQxOTEwOTk3MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjk5ODQyMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Computer Animation|Jukebox Musical|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>First of all I want to say this, I really like animation films and I actually liked this more than the first Happy Feet. The characters felt more developed and they went through a more interesting journey. This film aims to tell to children not to lie and how important the friendship is. However I have been astonished when I have seen rude comments on Happy Feet 2. I think people are being too harsh on this movie. Some critics refused to look deeper because this is not their usual type of child animation film. I am actually shocked while reading some of the scathing reviews. Also, I think people are being too hypercritical because the first Happy Feet won the Oscar. I loved this movie and I found it far superior to Rango, Gnomeo &amp; Juliet and Cars 2. The animation was amazing. In my opinion, it has the best production values and cinematography of any animated film of 2011, I have watched lately. The story is in-depth, layered, complex and much more meaningful than the first Happy Feet. Also, there are significant themes and messages about community, teamwork, bravery, overcoming obstacles and environmentalism. I laughed, cried and felt such empathy for these penguins because this movie has a lot of soul and heart</review>
    <description>Mumble's son, Erik, is struggling to realize his talents in the Emperor Penguin world. Meanwhile, Mumble and his family and friends discover a new threat their home -- one that will take everyone working together to save them.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0790724</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jack Reacher</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a man drives a van into a parking garage across the Allegheny River from PNC Park and, after paying for parking, readies a sniper rifle. He takes aim and appears to randomly kill five people around the stadium and on the river's North Shore Trail before fleeing in the van.
The police soon arrive, headed by Detective Emerson, and they discover a shell casing as well as the coin used to pay for parking. A fingerprint taken from the coin points to James Barr, a former U.S. Army sniper. When the police raid his house, they find the van, equipment for making bullets, the rifle in question, and Barr who they arrest.During an interrogation by Emerson and the District Attorney, Alex Rodin (Richard Jenkins), Barr writes "Get Jack Reacher" on a notepad. Reacher (Tom Cruise) is a drifter and former U.S. Army Military Police Corps officer. Reacher later arrives in Pittsburgh after seeing a news report about Barr and the shooting. Emerson and Robin deny Reacher's request to view the evidence, but agree to let him see Barr, who was brutally attacked by fellow inmates while being transported and is now in a coma. While there, he meets Barr's defense attorney, counselor Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), the DA's daughter, who is trying to save Barr from the death penalty.Helen says she can arrange for Reacher to see the evidence if he will become her lead investigator. Reacher retorts that he is not interested in clearing Barr. He confidentially reveals that Barr previously had gone on a killing spree during his tour in Iraq but was not prosecuted because the victims were under investigation for major crimes (sexual assault rally of 28 Iraqi women in 4 days) -and the U.S. Army wants them forgotten. Reacher then vowed that if Barr tried anything like this again, he would take him down. Jack is sure that James is guilty but is puzzled that instead of confessing James asked for Jack Reacher to be called, fully knowing that Jack Reacher would kill James if he again found him to be guilty.Reacher agrees to investigate if Helen visits the victims' families to learn about the people murdered that day. Reacher goes to the crime scene and finds inconsistencies with this location, and thinking a trained shooter would have committed the killings from the cover of the van on the nearby Fort Duquesne Bridge. After Helen reports her findings about the victims to Reacher, he suggests that the owner of a local construction company was the intended victim, with the killing of other random victims intended to cover up that fact.After a seemingly random bar fight, Reacher realizes that someone is attempting to strong-arm him into dropping his investigation. Reacher is later framed for the murder of the young woman who was paid to instigate that bar fight, but this only motivates him further. Before her death, Jack had traced her &amp; found that the man paying her was only known as the Zec. Jack gets Zec's address from the girl &amp; goes there. He is attacked by Russians, but escapes.Jack speaks to Helen &amp; theorizes that maybe James was framed. The only evidence that puts James on the scene of the crime is a coin, with his fingerprint, that James allegedly used to pay for parking. Jack thinks that James asked for him because James believed that Jack would find the truth, no matter how much Jack believed James to be the criminal. Jack thinks that somehow the Russian mafia took James's fingerprint &amp; DNA &amp; planted it at the shooting site to frame James for the killing.Jack had noticed a car following him since he joined the investigation. A number check reveals that the car is registered to a front company owned by the Russian mafia who wanted to buy a construction company to increase their legit presence. The owner of the company wasn't willing to sell &amp; had sued the Russian front company. Jack theorizes that the mafia got the owner of the company murdered &amp; killed 4 random people in the vicinity to cover up the intended victim.Reacher eventually follows a lead at a shooting range in the neighboring state of Ohio, owned by former U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Cash, who will only talk if Reacher proves his sniping skills, which he does. Cash tells Jack that James was his best shooter &amp; always hit bulls' eye at 700 yards. But Jack contests this theory by saying that James was never this good a shooter in the army. Jack thinks that James was accompanied by a friend, who switched the target sheets to make James look like an expert. Video recording tapes show that James was always with a guy whom Jack saw as part of the mafia team attacking him.The real perpetrators are members of a Russian gang masquerading as legitimate businessmen. The gang's elderly leader spent much of his life in a Soviet Gulag and is known only as the Zec (prisoner). The gang kidnaps Helen with the aid of their accomplice police detective Emerson and holds her hostage at a construction site or mine. Reacher outwits the mob guards, killing them with Cash's help.
Jack tells Emerson before killing him that nobody would have checked the parking meter, not even him, &amp; that's how he knew Emerson was involved. He then confronts the Zec about the conspiracy. The Zec is killed by Reacher after the Zec asserts that the other conspirators who were killed by Reacher were the only witnesses against the Zec, and that Reacher would more likely be the one to go to prison as a drifter accused of murdering a young woman.Reacher and Cash flee the scene, making Reacher a wanted man, but with confidence that Helen will clear his name. When Barr awakens from his coma, he tells Helen that he has no recent memory but believes that he must be guilty of the shooting. Barr's mental reconstruction of how he would have committed the shootings confirms Reacher's theory was correct from the beginning to Helen's father. Still unknowing of all this, Barr is willing to confess and accept punishment, fearing that Reacher will mete out justice if the law does not.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christopher McQuarrie</director>
      <actor>Tom Cruise (role=Reacher)</actor>
      <actor>Rosamund Pike (role=Helen)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Jenkins (role=Rodin)</actor>
      <actor>David Oyelowo (role=Emerson)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Herzog (role=The Zec)</actor>
      <actor>Jai Courtney (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Vladimir Sizov (role=Vlad)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Sikora (role=Barr)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Raymond-James (role=Linsky)</actor>
      <actor>Alexia Fast (role=Sandy)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Helman (role=Jeb)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Duvall (role=Cash)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI2NzA4NjU0NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDM4MzI2OA@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|One-Person Army Action|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>There was a time—let's call it "The 80s"—when action movies didn't need CGI cheats, shaky-cam and ADD-editing to entertain us. They also didn't have to destroy ten city blocks, have a "clever" hook or feel the need to tack on a social message to justify their carnage. No, all they needed was a reason for some good old steak and potatoes action and a star to anchor it all. 2012's Jack Reacher has these qualities in spades.Maybe this won't appeal to the eGeneration who need to have their senses constantly bombarded, but for the rest of us, Jack Reacher is a solid bit of retro-refreshment</review>
    <description>Jack Reacher, a homicide investigator, digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper responsible for a mass shooting.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0106918</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Firma</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mitch is a much sought after young graduate of law school. When he's made an excellent offer by a small law firm in Memphis, he and his wife Abby, are elated. Very soon Mitch becomes worried about "The Firm's" clients, and is approached by the FBI who are investigating their Mafia connections.—Rob Hartill</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sydney Pollack</director>
      <actor>Tom Cruise (role=Mitch McDeere)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Tripplehorn (role=Abby McDeere)</actor>
      <actor>Gene Hackman (role=Avery Tolar)</actor>
      <actor>Hal Holbrook (role=Oliver Lambert)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Kinney (role=Lamar Quinn)</actor>
      <actor>Wilford Brimley (role=William Devasher)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Harris (role=Wayne Tarrance)</actor>
      <actor>Holly Hunter (role=Tammy Hemphill)</actor>
      <actor>David Strathairn (role=Ray McDeere)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Busey (role=Eddie Lomax)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Hill (role=F. Denton Voyles)</actor>
      <actor>Tobin Bell (role=The Nordic Man)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjMwNmZlMDctMWEyZC00ZTIyLWIzNjYtNzViOWJiNWIyNTcwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Legal Thriller|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>In this excitingly convoluted genre piece by Sydney Pollack---who blossomed into a straightforwardly commercial director who was happily a part of the commercial mainstream, unlike such surviving contemporaries as Sidney Lumet and Woody Allen---Tom Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a poor boy who is embarrassed by his meager roots now that he has graduated from Harvard Law fifth in his class. He gets offers from the top law firms in New York and Chicago, yet ultimately opts for a smaller firm stationed in Memphis. His choice is money-minded. He regards money as peace of mind, however later in the film he is less certain than he's ever been of how flush he'd need to have to be truly at peace.Some movies about the law reduce the judiciary elements to the rank of incidental. This one squeezes them for all they're worth. Without betraying too much of the story, I can say that McDeere is soon enough being blackmailed by both the FBI and the firm's security chief, grizzled and mild Wilford Brimley, quite compelling in an unusual jaunt as a bad guy. To protect himself, Mitch has to exercise both mind and body, eluding hit men and outwitting lawyers, to save both his life and his license to practice law.Drawn from the novel by John Grisham, as adapted by three of the most high-priced screenwriters at the time, this star-studded suspense melodrama takes an admirable two and a half hours to work its way through a hair-splitting ethical hodgepodge. By the finale, regardless of McDeere's gasping expounding during phone calls in the middle of a chase sequence, his plan of action is bewildering. And then there is the one character who never saw two particular killers when she witnessed another character's death because she was totally enclosed and hidden, which is how she survived, but in a later scene with Mitch, she says she saw the killers and details what they looked like, even the color of one's eyes, the one actually being an albino. However, it doesn't seem as far-fetched as it would were the style of the movie not as competent even when the fine points were bleary.Sydney Pollack, usually a solid director of easy-going entertainment, liked to make big, demanding movies and he was secure working with huge stars. Whether or not that colors his movies with a sugar-coated worthiness, he utilized them as abbreviated exposition. Case in point: One glance at Hal Holbrook as the top dog of the Firm and we sense it's a suspicious organization. Holbrook almost always plays the ostensibly dignified man with skeletons in his closet. One look at Gene Hackman, as the law partner who becomes Cruise's coach, and we know he's an incredibly faulty yet essentially not such a bad man, as he always is. One look at Cruise and we get a complacent feeling, because he is, in lots of his roles, just a little slow to figure things out. His characters appear to trust people too readily, and so it seems authentic when he accepts the Firm's song and dance and inducements.The movie is practically a compilation of great small character performances. Ed Harris, menacing with a shaved head, mainly requires little more than a couple of concise appearances to persuasively disclose the FBI's case against the Firm, and to divulge its airy readiness to force a potential witness to undergo impossible duress. Another potent performance is by David Strathairn, as the brother McDeere hasn't told the Firm about. Strathairn has arisen as one of the most commanding character actors around. There are also rich performances by Gary Busey, as an articulate private eye, and especially by Holly Hunter, as his allegiant secretary. Actually, watching this high falutin' legal thriller, it hit me that law firms have to some extent usurped Army platoons as Hollywood's most enjoyed universal human setting. The new law thrillers have the same components as those reliable old World War II action films: Assorted cultural and character archetypes who battle each other when they're not battling the enemy. The law movies have one formidable leg-up: the female characters engage equally in the fray, rather than simply cooking, cleaning and writing letters.The vast peanut gallery of characters makes The Firm into a persuasive Hollywood landscape. There are enough convincing people here to give McDeere a genuine environment to inhabit. And Pollack was forbearing inwith some ways with his material. He would allow a scene to go on until the point was made somewhat more acutely. That would let an actor like Hackman be stunningly compelling in scenes where he delicately authenticates that, in spite of everything, he has a decent soul. A sensitive scene near the climax between Hackman and Tripplehorn is like an advanced course in acting. The parts of The Firm seem better than the whole. And there are some great parts</review>
    <description>A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0407304</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Krieg der Welten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi actioner.—Majorwest</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steven Spielberg</director>
      <actor>Tom Cruise (role=Ray Ferrier)</actor>
      <actor>Dakota Fanning (role=Rachel Ferrier)</actor>
      <actor>Miranda Otto (role=Mary Ann)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Chatwin (role=Robbie)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Robbins (role=Harlan Ogilvy)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Gonzalez (role=Vincent)</actor>
      <actor>Lenny Venito (role=Manny the Mechanic)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Ann Walter (role=Bartender)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Robinson (role=Grandmother)</actor>
      <actor>Gene Barry (role=Grandfather)</actor>
      <actor>David Alan Basche (role=Tim)</actor>
      <actor>Roz Abrams (role=Roz Abrams)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTMwMzI5ZmYtODViMS00MTUxLThiYWQtMWQxNWMxODlkNTVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Adventure Epic|Alien Invasion|Disaster|Sci-Fi Epic|Urban Adventure|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>This movie would be a whole lot better if the characters weren't so annoying *ahem* Fanning. The effects look great and the storyline is interesting. The characters lack depth and are so bad that you end up not caring if they live or die</review>
    <description>An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0369339</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Collateral</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vincent arrives in LA and is handed a package at the airport by a courier (Jason Statham).Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx) is a Los Angeles cab driver trying to earn enough to start his own limousine business. LA has 17 million people and is the 5th largest economy in the world all by itself. Yet, the city is too spread out and too disconnected and nobody knows each other.One night, Max drives U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Annie Farrell (Jada Pinkett Smith) to her office where she prepares for a drug indictment case. Annie is talking on the phone to her colleague and Max understands that she is working on a big case and is going to work all night to prepare the paperwork to file in court the following day. Annie wanted Max to take a specific route, but Max suggests a different one suggesting it would be faster. They make a bet and turns out Max was right.
Annie takes a liking to Max, leaving him her business card. Vincent (Tom Cruise) enters the cab next, giving Max $600 (as Max makes $400 in a regular shift and Vincent adds another $100 if he gets to LAX on time) for chauffeuring him to five appointments. Vincent tells Max that he is in Los Angeles for one night to complete a real estate deal and has a 6 AM flight out of LAX, and Max agrees.
Max talks about how he hates LA and that one time a dead man's corpse rode the subway for 6 hours before anyone noticed it.As Max waits at the first stop, Vincent enters an apartment complex and shoots drug dealer Ramone Ayala (Thomas Rosales, Jr.). Ayala unexpectedly falls out of the window directly onto the cab, forcing Vincent to reveal himself as a hit-man. He coerces Max to hide the body in the trunk, clean up the car and continue with their arrangement. LAPD detective Ray Fanning arrives where Vincent made the kill and reveals the victim was a police informant.However, Max is pulled over by police due to damage from Ayala's impact, but just before the officers can investigate, they are summoned to a higher priority call. Vincent then leaves Max tied to the steering wheel in an alley as he murders attorney Sylvester Clarke. Max calls for help from a group passing by, who proceed to rob him and Vincent's briefcase, but Vincent returns and kills them. Fanning arrives at the hospital morgue to see the bodies of criminal lawyer Sylvester Clark, Vincent's second target, and the two dead robbers, and realizes that this is the work of a hit-man.Vincent then brings Max to a jazz club to drink with club owner Daniel Baker (Barry Shabaka Henley) after it closes. Daniel is set to testify against Vincent's client.
Max pleads with Vincent to let Daniel go, and Vincent bets that Daniel cannot answer a question about Miles Davis. Daniel seemingly gives a correct answer, but Vincent unexpectedly shoots Daniel in the head, dissatisfied with his answer. Max has a panic attack.Learning of Max's nightly visits to the hospital to see his mother, Vincent then insists Max visit his mother Ida (Irma P. Hall) in the hospital to avoid breaking routine. He pretends to be Max's colleague and develops a rapport with Ida. At the hospital, Ida proudly tells Vincent that Max has his own limousine company, revealing Max has been lying to her for her approval.
This upsets Max, who then runs out with the briefcase and tosses it off a bridge onto the freeway. With his target list destroyed, Vincent forces Max to meet drug lord Felix Reyes-Torrena (Javier Bardem), threatening to murder Max's mother otherwise.Posing as Vincent, Max meets with Felix and successfully acquires a USB flash drive listing the last two targets. Felix orders his men to follow Max and eliminate him should he fail. Plugging the flash drive into the cab's computer Vincent and Max acquire the details of the next target, Korean gangster Peter Lim, who is at a nightclub.Meanwhile, LAPD Detective Ray Fanning (Mark Ruffalo) uncovers the connection between the three victims and reports his finding to FBI Special Agent Frank Pedrosa (Bruce McGill), who identifies the targets as witnesses for the pending indictment case against Felix. Pedrosa thinks that Max is the hit-man, based on FBI surveillance of Max entering and leaving Reyes-Torrena's bar, and orders the FBI agents to protect Lim.Pedrosa assembles a force to secure witness Lim and converges on the crowded nightclub simultaneously with Vincent, who in turn is being followed by Felix's men. Vincent manages to execute all of Lim's guards, Felix's hit-men and Lim himself, before slipping out of the club amid the chaos. Fanning rescues Max and smuggles him outside, but is killed by Vincent, who beckons Max back into the cab. Following their getaway, the two get into an argument over their lives in which Max openly views Vincent as a psychopath and Vincent accuses Max of being too passive with his life.Max finally snaps, speeds through the empty streets and deliberately crashes the cab. Vincent takes off on foot before a police officer arrives at the wreck and notices the corpse in the trunk.
Max spots Annie's profile on the Vincent's open laptop and realizes she is Vincent's final target. He overpowers the officer and takes Vincent's gun before running to Annie's building and her office.He tries to phone her as the signal cuts off but manages to get into her office and save her by shooting Vincent, allowing them to escape. Max and Annie board a metro rail train with Vincent in pursuit. Boxed in and left with no other option, Max makes his last stand. Firing blindly as the train lights dim and flicker, Max mortally wounds Vincent in a shootout while emerging unscathed. Vincent slumps into a seat and dies as he repeats an anecdote heard earlier about a man who died on a train and went unnoticed for six hours. Max and Annie then get off at the next station, in the dawn of a new day.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Mann</director>
      <actor>Tom Cruise (role=Vincent)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Foxx (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Jada Pinkett Smith (role=Annie)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Ruffalo (role=Fanning)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Berg (role=Richard Weidner)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce McGill (role=Pedrosa)</actor>
      <actor>Irma P. Hall (role=Ida)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Shabaka Henley (role=Daniel)</actor>
      <actor>Richard T. Jones (role=Traffic Cop #1)</actor>
      <actor>Klea Scott (role=Fed #1)</actor>
      <actor>Bodhi Elfman (role=Young Professional Man)</actor>
      <actor>Debi Mazar (role=Young Professional Woman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM0MDMzNDEtNzMyNS00M2NlLWJlNDUtOTFiMGNhOWZhYzEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>People rave about Tom Cruise in other projects, but I'll say his best 2 for me are Born on the Fourth of July and this one.It isn't just about playing against type. It's about the difference between playing someone who's bad and just being bad. It's about authenticity. You see it in great actors.I'm new to this site but I've seen hundreds, if not thousands of films in my lifetime. He's one of the few modern movie actors who have this kind of star power. He's not as authentic (or instead of authentic I should say he sometimes looks like he's efforting his performance) in all of his performances as others (like a Spencer Tracy or Henry Fonda, for example), but when he's on...He's ON</review>
    <description>A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27489557</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Abigail</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A six-member-crew kidnaps the twelve-year-old ballerina Abigail from her home and brings her to an isolated old mansion, expecting to receive a fifty-million-dollar ransom from her wealthy father. The abduction was organized by the mastermind Lambert and the identity of the father and the crew members are unknown by each other except Lambert. While in the mansion, he gives names to each kidnapper, and they are the former military addicted medic Joey; the former corrupt detective Frank; the former military sniper Rickles; the hacker and wealthy daughter that embezzled her family money Sammy; the dumb mobster bodyguard Peter; and the reckless sociopath and getaway driver Dean. The masked Joey is the contact with Abigail, and she promises that nobody will hurt her. She also removes her blindfold and moves her handcuff from her back to make the girl more comfortable. When Dean is found with a severed head in the kitchen, Frank goes to Abigail's room without mask and asks her who her father is. He learns that he is the dangerous crime lord Kristof Lazaar and certainly his notorious cruel right-hand Valdez has found Dean. Frank decides to leave the group, but soon they find that they are trapped inside the mansion. Further some evil creature is hunting them down.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matt Bettinelli-Olpin</director>
      <director>Tyler Gillett</director>
      <actor>Melissa Barrera (role=Joey)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Stevens (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Alisha Weir (role=Abigail)</actor>
      <actor>Kathryn Newton (role=Sammy)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Durand (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Angus Cloud (role=Dean)</actor>
      <actor>Giancarlo Esposito (role=Lambert)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Goode (role=Father)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Ireland|Canada</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTE4OTJjYTItZWYxNy00ODA4LThmZWYtOWY2OThmMzZkZDAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Monster Horror|Splatter Horror|Vampire Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>Now that I've seen this I can understand all the warnings on here to avoid the trailers and I can understand why. I had no idea what this was about other than it involved a young girl who is kidnapped, much to the eventual dismay of said kidnappers. Not having a clue where this was going help immensely with the surprise factor. This thing is good, bad, too long due to a back story, absolutely bonkers, wild, crazy, bloody, corny, gory, exciting and fun! Its setup is what I stated, but from there on in, you are on your own here. The cast is pretty good. The title character, the little girl, is wonderfully played by Alisha Weir. Dan Stevens plays one of the kidnappers and this guy is becoming a chameleon with his variety of roles. Here he is mean, internally ugly and pretty much a sleazeball type. Kevin Durand as a dim muscleman is funny as are a lot of things in this smorgasbord of a horror film. There are a few things that are just stupid, but it's a little hard to tell what is intentional as opposed to just poor writing. As I never watch TV anymore, I had never seen Angus Cloud before. Hard to tell much about him from this, but he does play a loser here very well. If you like horror films, ya gotta see this</review>
    <description>After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0150377</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Doppelmord</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Libby Parsons appears happily married to Nick and has a wonderful son, Matty. While spending the night on a sailboat Nick has proposed as a gift, Libby wakes up and finds Nick gone and blood all over the boat and she picks up the bloody knife. When an investigation begins, it's discovered that Nick was in financial trouble and had a two million dollar life insurance policy. Libby is arrested and tried for murder. She entrusts Matty to the care of their friend, Angela. Angela and Matty fail to make a prison visit and Libby tracks Angela down in San Francisco and during the calls while speaking to Matty he calls out a hello to Daddy and she learns that Nick is alive. A fellow inmate informs her that since she's been convicted of killing Nick already, she can now actually kill him and not be charged. After seven years she's paroled and placed in the custody of Travis, a parole officer. When she tries to find Matty, she breaks a few laws and violates her parole restrictions. She escapes custody to look for her son with Travis on her trail.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bruce Beresford</director>
      <actor>Tommy Lee Jones (role=Travis)</actor>
      <actor>Ashley Judd (role=Libby)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Weir (role=Matty - Age 4)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Brazeau (role=Bobby)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Greenwood (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Annabeth Gish (role=Angie)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Campbell (role=Bartender At Party)</actor>
      <actor>Brennan Elliott (role=Yuppie Man)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Schneider (role=Yuppie Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gaston (role=Cutter)</actor>
      <actor>Gillian Barber (role=Rebecca Tingely)</actor>
      <actor>Tom McBeath (role=Coast Guard Officer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany|Canada</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzQxNDQwOWUtNmNmOC00N2Y1LWEzN2ItYzY2OGM3ZmJmYWYwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Dark Comedy|Legal Thriller|Suspense Mystery|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>If you listen to the critics who knows where we would be. Iignored the comments that this was another Fugitive only a female version, but found the movie fast paced and well acted by Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, as well as the whole cast. I liked the story line and it was exciting and the time just flew by. Go see it you will enjoy it!!!</review>
    <description>Jailed for her Husband's murder, a woman learns he lives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22048412</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>MaXXXine</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1985, in Los Angeles, the notorious porn-star Maxine Minx goes to an audition for a horror movie to be directed by the famous Elizabeth Bender, who is selecting the cast for her film "Puritan II". Maxine please the director and is invited to perform the lead role in the film, despite her past in adult films. Meanwhile, the serial-killer Night Stalker is killing several people in Los Angeles. When Maxine's friends Amber James and Tabby Martin invite her to go to a party at the house of a producer in the Hollywood Hills, Maxine declines the invitation since she has a second job at a peep show to raise money and is tired. Soon her bodies are found in a cemetery branded with satanic symbols and Det. Williams and Det. Torres meet Maxine in front of her house to talk about the murders, but Maxine says that she does not talk to cops. Meanwhile, the sleazy private investigator John Labat tells Maxine that his client wants to meet her and gives his address, but she ignores him. When Labat follows her car, Maxine hits his face and breaks his nose. Maxine receives a VHS tape with the footage of her film in Texas six years ago when her colleagues were murdered and she asks her friend Leon, who works at the video rental below her apartment, whether it is possible to identify who made it. She discloses to her agent Teddy Night that Labat is chasing her and he tells her that he will solve this problem. She goes to the studio and the amicable fellow actress Molly Bennett tells Maxine that she will go to a party in the Hills. When Leon is murdered by the Night Stalker, Det. Williams and Torres realize that Maxine is the common element in the three last murders. She does not tell anything to them and goes alone to the address that Labat gave to her but is followed by the detectives. Soon Maxine makes dreadful discoveries in the house in the Hills.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ti West</director>
      <actor>Charley Rowan McCain (role=Maxine Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Prast (role=Ernest Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Mia Goth (role=Maxine Minx)</actor>
      <actor>Deborah Geffner (role=Elaine Casting)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Lench (role=Producer)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Debicki (role=Elizabeth Bender)</actor>
      <actor>Chloe Farnworth (role=Amber James)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Swanick (role=Frankie Love)</actor>
      <actor>Uli Latukefu (role=Shepard Turei)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Pingleton (role=Angel)</actor>
      <actor>Giancarlo Esposito (role=Teddy Night, Esq)</actor>
      <actor>Moses Sumney (role=Leon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|New Zealand</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTQwN2E5YzItNGIxZC00NzZkLTljMGMtYjc4OTdlYzllMTcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Serial Killer|Slasher Horror|Crime|Horror</category>
    <review>In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. However, as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Los Angeles, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.Maxxine is a film that really emphasizes style but falls short in the substance department. While I appreciated the throwbacks to slasher and horror films of the 80s, the plot and execution felt a bit disjointed and lacked coherence. Despite this, the film's unique style ultimately triumphs over its shortcomings. Mia Goth once again delivers an enigmatic performance, though her character felt less compelling compared to the previous instalments in the trilogy.The third act was somewhat disappointing as it didn't live up to the intense buildup. As a fan of the genre, I found elements to enjoy, but I couldn't help feeling let down by the less-than-epic finale, especially after the thrilling conclusions of the previous two films</review>
    <description>In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14824590</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>On the Line</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A host takes a call, where an unknown person threatens to kill the showman's entire family on air. To save loved ones, the radio host will have to play a survival game and the only way to win is to find out the identity of the criminal.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Romuald Boulanger</director>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Elvis)</actor>
      <actor>William Moseley (role=Dylan)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Spera (role=James)</actor>
      <actor>Enrique Arce (role=Tony)</actor>
      <actor>Yoli Fuller (role=Steven)</actor>
      <actor>John Robinson (role=Noah)</actor>
      <actor>Ravin J. Ganatra (role=Hemavatinandan)</actor>
      <actor>Avant Strangel (role=Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Yann Bean (role=Bruce)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Tate (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Carole Weyers (role=Carole Weyers)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Dillon (role=Justin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE5M2ZjNDQtOTYzMy00OWQzLTk0NzMtYjZkOTc1ZDA3YjNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Thriller</category>
    <review>On The LineOverall this was all good fun, at best it was a TV movie with a few twists, the acting was firm and where it was clunky that was entirely deliberate as you will see as the plot unfolds.Mel Gibson was good and I must say I really rather enjoyed it, some critics on here are overly harsh or picky this was never meant to be an Oscar contender lol. The direction was crisp the side actors delivered, the music was good and unobtrusive and there was a good deal of comic gags throughout despite this being a thrillerI'm gonna give this a firm 6 outta 10 for pure entertainment, for me it was a downloader to watch on the home cinema with ice cream midweek</review>
    <description>A host takes a call, where an unknown person threatens to kill the showman's entire family on air. To save loved ones, the radio host will have to play a survival game and the only way to win is to find out the identity of the criminal.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10342730</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Saw</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game.—Lionsgate</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Darren Lynn Bousman</director>
      <actor>Chris Rock (role=Detective Zeke Banks)</actor>
      <actor>Max Minghella (role=Detective William Schenk)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Marcus Banks)</actor>
      <actor>Marisol Nichols (role=Captain Angie Garza)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Zeppieri (role=Detective Fitch)</actor>
      <actor>Ali Johnson (role=Officer Jeannie Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Zoie Palmer (role=Kara Boswick)</actor>
      <actor>Dylan Roberts (role=Sergeant Morgey)</actor>
      <actor>K.C. Collins (role=Detective Drury)</actor>
      <actor>Edie Inksetter (role=Detective Kraus)</actor>
      <actor>Nazneen Contractor (role=Coroner Chada)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Mitchell (role=Detective O'Brien)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGQ0MmVmMGItMWE5YS00YjJlLTg0NzctMGY5Y2EzOGYwM2IwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Psychological Horror|Psychological Thriller|Splatter Horror|Whodunnit|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Didnt have a great story like the original, didnt have a character that grabs you like jigsaw. Ending was weak and the ending saw twist was now where near as good as most saws. Sorry Chris but didnt like you in fargo and didnt like you here. It might just be me maybe seeing him as a stand up comic to much, but his acting delivery seems the same as his stand up. And his presence just doesn't transfer into drama horror or him being a tough guy. Was ok once but not theater or bluray worthy, it's a Netflix or cable watch film</review>
    <description>In this new chapter from the Book of Saw, a detective and his partner investigate grisly murders that are eerily reminiscent of the past.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0093010</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine verhängnisvolle Affäre</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dan Gallagher, a New York City corporate lawyer, and Beth Gallagher are happily married, with a six-year-old daughter named Ellen. When Beth and Ellen leave town for what ends up being an extended weekend, Dan, regardless, falls into a sexual liaison with Alex Forrest, a woman he has just met. She is a new associate editor at one of his firm's client agencies. As she knows about his marital situation, he enters into the liaison with the unspoken understanding that it is no-strings and will end no later than when Beth and Ellen return home. He feels comfortable enough with the situation when he and Alex enter it mutually initiated as he has no reason to see her in his day-to-day life. As the end of the weekend approaches, it becomes increasingly clear to him that she wants to continue their relationship using different means to achieve i, including being passive-aggressive toward him, and emotional blackmail. Conversely, he wants to protect the current life he has with Beth and Ellen, which means Beth not finding out about Alex. As he does whatever he can to dissuade Alex, she also goes to new extremes to keep him, her actions which may possibly include harm to herself, him, and most importantly to Beth and Ellen, all in an effort to show him that she "will not be ignored".—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Adrian Lyne</director>
      <actor>Michael Douglas (role=Dan Gallagher)</actor>
      <actor>Glenn Close (role=Alex Forrest)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Archer (role=Beth Gallagher)</actor>
      <actor>Stuart Pankin (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Foley (role=Hildy)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Gwynne (role=Arthur)</actor>
      <actor>Meg Mundy (role=Joan Rogerson)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Brennan (role=Howard Rogerson)</actor>
      <actor>Lois Smith (role=Martha)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Nussbaum (role=Bob Drimmer)</actor>
      <actor>J.J. Johnston (role=O'Rourke)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Arkin (role=Lieutenant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1987</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTYyODI4MWUtZDViNC00OWUzLTk0NzEtMjAyM2E4MzUwMmJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Erotic Thriller|Psychological Thriller|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Given that I see about 150-200 movies a year (mostly in the theater, but also on demand), it is absolutely amazing that I had never seen "Fatal Attraction", originally released in 1987 (119 min.), yes 33 years ago! So the other night I was channel-surfing for something good to watch, and there it was about to start on SHO. I decided to tune in.No point in introducing the film's plot, which everyone knows. So let me just add a couple of general observations. First, I was surprised how good the film actually was. I'm not sure where I had gotten the idea in my head that this probably wasn't going to be all that good, but it is an intense, very intense, stalker-drama. Second, the three lead performances are rock solid, led by a believable crazy-over-the-top Glenn Close. Her transformation from lover to stalker to hater is absolutely spine-tingling. Third, the movie of course feels a bit dated when you see not a single communication exchange on mobile devices. Instead, old landline phones actually ring out loud. No texting of course. Fourth, after watching this the other night, I read up a bit on the movie's history and legacy, and it was then that I learned that the movie's original ending was changed drastically into what we now know as the ending. The original ending sounds sounds more logical to me that what it eventually would become, although I can certainly see the shock value in the new ending.Bottom line, this movie was a pleasant surprise all around, and these 2 hours just flew by. Glad that I finally joined the rest of the cinema-loving crowd and now have seen "Fatal Attraction", 33 years after the facts. If you are one of those who like me hadn't seen this yet. I'd readily suggest you check it out and draw your own conclusion</review>
    <description>A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0361748</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Inglourious Basterds</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1941, SD Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), nicknamed the "Hebrew Hunter", interrogates French dairy farmer Perrier LaPadite (Denis Menochet) at his house in the countryside. LaPadite has 3 gorgeous daughters Julie (Tina Rodriguez), Charlotte (Lea Seydoux) and Suzanne (Lena Friedrich).
Landa is not a violent man, and conducts his investigation with charm, tact and ruthless logic. He promises that LaPadite and his family will be rewarded for cooperation and will not be harassed for the duration of the German occupation of France. He conducts the investigation in English, so that the hiding Hebrews cannot understand him.To save his family, LaPadite confesses to hiding 5 members of the Hebrew Dreyfus family underneath his floor. Landa orders SS soldiers to shoot through the floorboards and kill the family but allows teenage Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent) to escape.In spring 1944, 1st Special Service Force Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) recruits eight Hebrew-American soldiers for a mission behind enemy lines, telling them they each owe 100 Nazi scalps and will take no prisoners. The black ops commando unit tasked with instilling fear among Nazis in occupied France by killing and scalping them.
The group includes Sergeant Donny "The Bear Hebrew" Donowitz, Privates First Class Smithson Utivich and Omar Ulmer, rogue German Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz (who had killed 13 Gestapo officers while he was enlisted in the German army. He was captured, but then rescued by the Basterds), and Austrian-born translator Corporal Wilhelm Wicki.The team is dropped into France ahead of D-Day dressed as civilians to carry out their mission. Raine asks his team to be cruel to the Nazis and spread terror in German military ranks with their barbaric actions.The "Basterds" become so feared, that even Adolf Hitler (Martin Wuttke) hears of them.
Hitler personally interviews a soldier, Butz (Sonke Mohring). Butz relates how his squad was ambushed and his sergeant (Richard Sammel) beaten to death with a baseball bat by Staff Sergeant Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), when the sergeant refused to divulge information about the location of another German patrol nearby.
Butz survived by providing the information, but Raine carved a swastika into his forehead with a knife. Raine leaves this mark on all surviving German soldiers as a way to make their Nazi affiliations clear even after the war.In June 1944, Shosanna runs a cinema in Paris as "Emmanuelle Mimieux". She meets Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Bruhl), a German sniper whose exploits are to be celebrated in a Nazi propaganda film, Stolz Der Nation (Nation's Pride), starring as himself. Private Fredrick Zoller was a Wehrmacht marksman who became a war hero after killing at least 250 enemies in three days.Attracted to Shosanna, Zoller convinces Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) to hold the premiere at her cinema. Landa, as the premiere's head of security, interrogates Shosanna but does not reveal if he recognizes her. Shosanna seizes the opportunity, secretly resolving to burn down her cinema with her African American projectionist and lover, Marcel (Jacky Ido) and killing the top Nazi leaders at the premiere, with her collection of highly flammable nitrate films.Meanwhile, film critic of German cinema, Lieutenant Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) is recruited for "Operation Kino" by British General Ed Fenech (Mike Myers) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Rod Taylor). Hicox will rendezvous with their agent, German film star Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) and the Basterds, and infiltrate and plant explosives at the premiere.Hicox and Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), a convicted German sergeant freed by and joining the Basterds after killing several of his superiors, meet Von Hammersmark at a tavern where Staff Sergeant Wilhelm (Alexander Fehling) celebrates the birth of his baby son.Sturmbannfuhrer (SS rank equivalent to major) Dieter Hellstrom (August Diehl) notices Hicox's odd accent. Hicox gives himself away, signaling three drinks by not holding up his fingers correctly as a German would do. In the ensuing firefight, everyone except Wilhelm and Von Hammersmark is killed. While Raine negotiates with Wilhelm, the actress shoots the sergeant.Raine tortures Von Hammersmark, believing she set his men up, but she convinces him of her loyalty to the Allies and reveals that Hitler will be attending the premiere. Though his German-speaking men and Hicox are dead, he decides to go ahead anyway. She proposes that Raine, Donowitz and Ulmer attend the premiere posing as Italian filmmakers, remarking that Germans do not recognize Italian accents. He, Donny, and Omar (Omar Doom) pose as Von Hammersmark's Italian escort and cameramen. Landa investigates the tavern and finds Von Hammersmark's shoe and a napkin with her signature.The Basterds infiltrate the premiere with timed explosives. Landa, who is fluent in Italian, readily sees through their cover and confronts Von Hammersmark with her missing shoe before choking her to death. He has Raine arrested along with Utivich (BJ Novak), whom he has also detected, but leaves Ulmer and Donowitz in the theater. Recognizing the opportunity of his situation, Landa offers to let the attack proceed if Raine's OSS commanders will guarantee his safety after the war. Raine contacts his commanders and Landa negotiates a generous deal for himself and his radio operator.During the screening, Zoller slips away to the projection booth and berates Shosanna for rejecting his advances, leading them to shoot each other dead. As Nation's Pride reaches its climax, Shosanna's face appears on the screen telling the Nazi audience that they are about to be killed by a Hebrew. Having locked the auditorium, Marcel ignites a pile of film behind the screen with his cigarette, setting the theater ablaze. Ulmer and Donowitz break into the opera box, gunning down Hitler and Goebbels and firing into the crowd until their explosives kill everyone inside the cinema, including themselves. Donowitz spends his last seconds unloading his sub-machine gun into Hitler's face.Landa and his radio operator drive Raine and Utivich into Allied territory, where they surrender to Raine. Raine casually shoots the radio operator, infuriating Landa for breaking the terms of the deal, but Raine shrugs off his outrage. Utivich and Raine admit that they would make the same deal given the choice, then carve a swastika into Landa's forehead that Raine dubs his "masterpiece."</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Quentin Tarantino</director>
      <actor>Brad Pitt (role=Lt. Aldo Raine)</actor>
      <actor>Mélanie Laurent (role=Shosanna Dreyfus)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Waltz (role=Col. Hans Landa)</actor>
      <actor>Eli Roth (role=Sgt. Donny Donowitz)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Fassbender (role=Lt. Archie Hicox)</actor>
      <actor>Diane Kruger (role=Bridget von Hammersmark)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Brühl (role=Fredrick Zoller)</actor>
      <actor>Til Schweiger (role=Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz)</actor>
      <actor>Gedeon Burkhard (role=Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki)</actor>
      <actor>Jacky Ido (role=Marcel)</actor>
      <actor>B.J. Novak (role=Pfc. Smithson Utivich)</actor>
      <actor>Omar Doom (role=Pfc. Omar Ulmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzA4ZTZmMzItNmMyNS00MTk2LTg3MTgtNjYzZDBmMWJjYjMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Period Drama|Adventure|Drama|War</category>
    <review>Aside from the Kill Bill's I have not seen any other Tarantino film. I heard this one was good and so I watched. It's great. From the opening scene you are mesmerized by Christoph Waltz's unnerving performance. He gets a lot of credit and rightfully so. Hans Lands is possibly one of the greatest movie villains of all time. There so many iconic moments and Tarantino demonstrates how normal dialogue scenes can become suddenly intense with words alone. Every actor gives it their all with Brad Pitt giving a memorable performance as well. This movie is worth watching just for its opening but it also has back to back quality scenes that are well shot and have excellent dialogue. The movie balances it's comedy with excellent dark moments reminding viewers that this is indeed a WW2 film. Overall, my favourite Tarantino film of the three I've seen and might be for some time. Worth watching for Christoph Waltz</review>
    <description>In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26047818</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wo die Lüge hinfällt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ben and Bea have a chance encounter and immediately hit it off. Things seem to be going well but then the relationship turns sour. If they thought they were done with seeing each other, they're sorely mistaken. They move in the same social circles and end up getting invited to a wedding in Australia where they'll be forced to endure each other.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Will Gluck</director>
      <actor>Sydney Sweeney (role=Bea)</actor>
      <actor>Glen Powell (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Mia Artemis (role=Barista)</actor>
      <actor>Nat Buchanan (role=Miranda Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Bonello (role=Skyler Cappuccino)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Shipp (role=Claudia)</actor>
      <actor>Hadley Robinson (role=Halle)</actor>
      <actor>Dermot Mulroney (role=Leo)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Griffiths (role=Innie)</actor>
      <actor>Deborah Faye Lee (role=Flight Attendant)</actor>
      <actor>Lance Kerfuffle (role=Peter Gluck)</actor>
      <actor>Taryn Gluck (role=Olivia von Stauffenberg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjU4NTYyZGItNWZhMS00ZWYxLTg3OGEtMWE3ZDgwNTE0OGIyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>Neither brilliant nor dreadful, "Anyone But You" features a cast of characters that are unbelievably attractive and, apparently, insanely wealthy. It stars Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeny's breasts in the formulatic equivalent of a Hallmark Movie knock-off. You know the drill - two perfect young people meet, are instantly attracted to each other, are separated by a misunderstanding with hilarious hijinks ensuing. The misunderstanding is eventually resolved, love blooms once more, and all ends well.What sets this film apart is excellent cinematography with lovely wide-angle views of the Australian countryside. The supporting cast is very capable although the Australian men are played as oafish stereotypes. Glen Powell plays his part well, but Sydney Sweeny appears to be reading her lines from a teleprompter offscreen. Not the worst movie out this holiday season and enjoyable as long as you refrain from high expectations</review>
    <description>After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice-cold--until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1411238</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Freundschaft Plus</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Handsome, charming Adam never forgot about Emma, whom he met at summer camp, and bumps into now he's a TV show assistant aspiring a script writing career and she a hospital intern. Utterly drunk after another depressing stunt form his terribly selfish father, twice-divorced Hollywood has been Alvin, Adam is carried to her med students apartment, waking up naked and taunted being oblivious, yet a good and apologetic sport. Emma admits being incapable of any relationship but he accepts to become sex mates without strings, which works a while, rendering her flirtatious best mate Sam jealous, while their other friends try to coach the non-couple into becoming one. Irresistible Adam does everything right, yet her fear of romance keeps spoiling the fun of his date plans.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ivan Reitman</director>
      <actor>Natalie Portman (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Ashton Kutcher (role=Adam)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Kline (role=Alvin)</actor>
      <actor>Cary Elwes (role=Dr. Metzner)</actor>
      <actor>Greta Gerwig (role=Patrice)</actor>
      <actor>Lake Bell (role=Lucy)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Thirlby (role=Katie Kurtzman)</actor>
      <actor>Jake Johnson (role=Eli)</actor>
      <actor>Mindy Kaling (role=Shira)</actor>
      <actor>Talia Balsam (role=Sandra Kurtzman)</actor>
      <actor>Ophelia Lovibond (role=Vanessa)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Branum (role=Guy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDc4NDQ3MzUyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzk5MjEzMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR88,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Raunchy Comedy|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>I had very low expectations for No Strings Attached. The couple would make the decision to use each, one would fall for the other, and in the end they would live happily ever after. I was correct about the overall story line, but, impressively, the writers found a way the mix in enough comedy to keep you entertained for the full 110 minutes. On top of that, there is enough cutsie romance to make for the perfect date night movie. Comedy to make you laugh and romance to cheer up any romantic girl.... sounds like a romantic comedy to me!Natalie Portman shows her range of acting abilities by having two extremely different films in theaters at the same time. I was thoroughly impressed with her ability to drop the comedic one liners and portray a unaffectionate woman who's fallen in love realistically. Comparing this to her award-winning role in Black Swan made her abilities even more impressive. I cannot say the same for Ashton Kutcher. He has a great face and is great at comedic acting. However, each serious, romantic scene he was in became unrealistic and uncomfortable. Overall, this is the perfect date night or girls night movie. It has some great comedic moments and brings in the romance that most ladies love to see. If you are looking for a light-hearted romantic comedy, this is a great choice.See more reviews at http://burningreview.blogspot.com</review>
    <description>A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11804152</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Till Death: Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In New York, Emma Davenport breaks up her relationship with her Afro-American lover Tom in a hotel room. Then she meets her controlling husband Mark at his office in his law firm where Tom works, and he invites her to have dinner with him since it is their marriage anniversary. Emma met Mark when she was attacked by the criminal Bobby Ray, who lost his left eye when Emma hits his eye with the car key, and is in prison for many years. After dinner, Mark blindfolds Emma and heads to their isolated house in the countryside and they have a night of sex. On the next morning, Emma wakes up hand cuffed to Mark, and he commits suicide, shooting his head. Emma seeks her cellphone, but she finds it was trashed by him. She also looks for a knife or a tool to get rid of his body, but Mark removed everything from the house. Further, he drained the gas from the tank of his car. Out of the blue, Tom arrives at the house since Mark sent a message to him as if he were Emma. Suddenly, a truck arrives with Bobby and his younger brother Jimmy, in the beginning of a cat and mouse game with Emma.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>S.K. Dale</director>
      <actor>Megan Fox (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Eoin Macken (role=Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Callan Mulvey (role=Bobby Ray)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Roth (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Aml Ameen (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Balahurov (role=Man Proposing)</actor>
      <actor>Teodora Djuric (role=Waitress)</actor>
      <actor>Lili Rich (role=Executive Assistant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGVjNWUyNWMtNGQyMC00YTFkLWIyMTYtZDM4N2YxMmUzNTIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,26,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Horror|Psychological Thriller|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>Just wondered how her makeup remains untouched till the end of the movie! That's hilarious </review>
    <description>A woman is left handcuffed to her dead husband as part of a sick revenge plot. Unable to unshackle, she has to survive as two killers arrive to finish her off.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0243220</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Liebe in Brooklyn</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other.—ozyre cekda</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gina Prince-Bythewood</director>
      <actor>Sanaa Lathan (role=Zora Banks)</actor>
      <actor>Wesley Snipes (role=Franklin Swift)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Imperioli (role=Vinney)</actor>
      <actor>Laz Alonso (role=Moving man)</actor>
      <actor>Clark Johnson (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Regina Hall (role=Portia)</actor>
      <actor>Cleveland Sampson (role=Walter)</actor>
      <actor>Fernando Phifer Cameron (role=Tyree)</actor>
      <actor>Dequan Henderson (role=Marcus)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Day (role=Allen)</actor>
      <actor>CCH Pounder (role=Mrs. Swift)</actor>
      <actor>John Amos (role=Mr. Swift)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmQ3ZDcwNzAtNzhiMS00ZjYzLTgzYjgtNzFhZTliNGNjMzkzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>At last, Wesley snipes starts to fulfil the promise he showed us in TheWaterdance. It seems like he stopped acting for a while to become an actionstar, and here he proudly reclaims his ground as one of the finest actors onscreen today. Sanaa Lathan is great as well, in a lovely small story of arelationship. That's all it is, and yet it holds and moves. The supportingactors are all great too- I particularly liked Regina Hall. The music isterrific- did she sing it herself? and the direction and script are alltop-notch. Well done</review>
    <description>A couple in the midst of a tumultuous relationship fight to stay together.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12917050</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The List</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Melissa Miller Costanzo</director>
      <actor>Clark Backo (role=Kenzie Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Shelley Hennig (role=Sam)</actor>
      <actor>Halston Sage (role=Abby)</actor>
      <actor>Gregg Sulkin (role=Cooper Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Geoff Pierson (role=Mayor Capozzi)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy DeVito (role=Patty)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Navarro (role=Jake)</actor>
      <actor>Brendan Meyer (role=Rob)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Lee (role=Wedding Planner)</actor>
      <actor>Will Peltz (role=Avon)</actor>
      <actor>Stephanie Sanditz (role=Adrian)</actor>
      <actor>Delaney Rowe (role=Leyna Stone)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDExZDlhZDktMTk3ZC00M2U3LTlhMmItYzE1ZTExYzA3NDEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Abby Meyers (Halston Sage) is at a New York City bar with her friends and her fiance when famous actress Kenzie Scott walks in. The conversation quickly turns to celebrity passes as everybody makes up their own list. During the wedding shower, her fiance lets slip that he slept with Kenzie Scott after the bar encounter and this sends her into a tailspin. Her best friend Chloe (Chrissie Fit) takes her to L. A. where she starts hunting down her own list with Chloe's ex Sam (Shelley Hennig)'s help.As often is the case in this type of rom-com, the hot young girl with model looks just can't get laid. It's a stupid trope. Halston Sage is a hot actress with some comedic chops. She tries. Comedy is not her best skillset but she tries. The stale comedy writing is not helping her and those two guys seems to be relative newcomers. I think Halston can be unleashed with better material and more physical comedy. She needs to do more slapstick to heighten the comedy. Plenty of hot ladies have made that comedic leap and she can be one of them</review>
    <description>After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21188080</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lisa Frankenstein</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>1989. Let's face it: lonely high school senior Lisa Swallows hates her life. After all, her father has remarried and moved into his new wife's house, forcing the teenage girl to change school. As a result, Lisa would rather spend time at the local Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, exploring the moss-covered headstones and imagining the stories of the people buried beneath them. Meanwhile, Lisa's stepsister, Taffy, seems to be everyone's favourite. However, one fateful night, a mysterious storm forms over the abandoned graveyard, and a powerful bolt of lightning strikes the ground, resurrecting the corpse of a Victorian-era man. Now, the mouldy, half-decayed creature has a new lease on life. Who cares if it is missing a few vital body parts? Fortunately, Lisa is an excellent seamstress.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Zelda Williams</director>
      <actor>Kathryn Newton (role=Lisa)</actor>
      <actor>Liza Soberano (role=Taffy)</actor>
      <actor>Jenna Davis (role=Lori)</actor>
      <actor>Trina LaFargue (role=Tricia)</actor>
      <actor>Paola Andino (role=Misty)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Montes (role=Vince)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Greening (role=Jock)</actor>
      <actor>Mae Anglim (role=Drunk Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Eikenberry (role=Michael Trent)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Pierce Mathus (role=Lisa's Mom)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Sexton (role=Axe Murderer)</actor>
      <actor>Jailyn Rae (role=Psychic Jenny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDdlZjhjNDctYTU4OC00MjU3LWE0NjUtYzk5ZDRhNzljOGU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Dark Romance|Comedy|Horror|Romance</category>
    <review>Lisa Frankenstein is one of those films that I don't like as much as I had hoped I would upon the first viewing, but I like it more and more every time that I see it. In that respect it is similar to Beetlejuice for me personally. A totally campy film with a lot of things that don't make sense or aren't fully explained; it feels like there are some deleted scenes that should have been left in, but maybe they were concerned about the film running too long and kept it short and simple.Kathryn Newton gives an excellent performance as the main character, and her dad reminds me so much of the dad in Coraline.It's simply entertaining dark humor in a teen angst storyline! I totally recommend it for a fun night out</review>
    <description>A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14504294</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Weinprobe für Anfänger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Hortense has a big heart and no one to share it with except her cat, her embittered mom, and a group of homeless people for whom she prepares a gourmet dinner at the local church every week. While buying a nice bottle of wine, Hortense meets Jacques, a fifty-something, grumpy local cellarman. Eager to see him again, she attends a chaotic wine tasting in Jacques' shop - meeting his best friend who clumsily tries to seduce her, and his new apprentice who turns out to have a rare gift for tasting as well as an unfiltered honesty. As Hortense and Jacques grow closer and closer, their past begins to catch up to them.—Happy_Evil_Dude</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ivan Calbérac</director>
      <actor>Isabelle Carré (role=Hortense Le Bris)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Campan (role=Jacques Dennemont)</actor>
      <actor>Mounir Amamra (role=Steve)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Viellard (role=Guillaume)</actor>
      <actor>Olivier Claverie (role=Dr. Milmont)</actor>
      <actor>Geneviève Mnich (role=Danièle Le Bris)</actor>
      <actor>Rébecca Finet (role=Dr. Valensi)</actor>
      <actor>Séphora Pondi (role=La collègue sage-femme)</actor>
      <actor>Sébastien Delpy (role=Le père Benoît)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Benezit (role=M. Meyer, le comptable)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Arènes (role=L'assistante sociale)</actor>
      <actor>Michaël Perez (role=Barnabé)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzUzY2JmMjctYzlkYS00N2FmLTkxMGEtYmY2ZDk2ZjMxOWQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>A magnificent romantic comedy with endearing characters, perfectly interpreted by Isabelle Carré and Bernard Campan. Pleasant and harmonious dosage of love, humor, sadness, joy, tenderness. I like to be moved when I watch a movie, with this film, I was served. I laughed a lot but also cried. A fantastic movie, all in delicacy. This film transports us to a very beautiful sentimental story where lives intersect, attract each other, repel each other and agree despite the vicissitudes of everyday life. A eulogy to life with all the pleasures it gives us and its sufferings too, according to one's life choices. Well filmed, well written, well acted. When talent, love and humor come together, the result can only be good</review>
    <description>Jacques is divorced and runs a small wine shop, on the verge of bankruptcy. Hortense, determined not to end up single and involved in the association, walks into his store one day and decides to sign up for a tasting workshop.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4669252</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Georgetown</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected journalist Elsa Brecht, Mott has a knack for making himself indispensable and impossible to ignore. The only one seemingly immune to his charms is Elsa's daughter Amanda, who might simply disapprove of her mother marrying a much younger man - or perhaps she senses something more sinister beneath the smooth-talking surface?—yusufpiskin</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christoph Waltz</director>
      <actor>Christoph Waltz (role=Ulrich Mott)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Redgrave (role=Elsa Breht)</actor>
      <actor>Annette Bening (role=Amanda Breht)</actor>
      <actor>Corey Hawkins (role=Daniel Volker)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Lett (role=Robert Pearson)</actor>
      <actor>Amin Bhatia (role=Khatami)</actor>
      <actor>Jayne Lewis (role=Socialite)</actor>
      <actor>David Reale (role=Weatherford)</actor>
      <actor>Kent Sheridan (role=U.S. General)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Lea (role=Detective Reid)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Miranda (role=Detective Koteras)</actor>
      <actor>Massimo Cannistraro (role=Catering Worker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmM3Njk5OTYtNzAyOC00OTU2LTkzM2YtZmVlNDRkNDQ2YjllXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Political Drama|True Crime|Biography|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>A compelling movie that reveals the flaws in American high society to readily accept people based on vague connections and sheer gall. The protagonist in this movie, played wonderfully by Christoph Waltz (who also directs) is both fascinating and disturbing - a character so determined to climb the social and political ladder that he'll attempt to charm and shmooze his way into virtually every opportunity, all delivered with the smile of a charming, dinner party host. The film unfolds via a series of flashbacks, each showing chapters of the character's life and disturbing personality, culminating in a criminal event. The other cast members are equally brilliant and the movie keeps the tension going throughout. A great film to watch if you're interested in human psychology and the motivations behind those that prey on the vulnerabilities and egos of others</review>
    <description>Ulrich Mott, an ambitious social climber, marries a wealthy widow in Washington D.C. in order to mix with powerful political players.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>19637052</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Love Lies Bleeding</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>1989. With her eyes fixed on the grand prize, winning a national bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas, Jackie, a driven Oklahoman runaway, winds up in Lou's grimy Crater Gym. Surrounded by the sound of weights clanking and the lingering smell of sweat, Lou, a taciturn loner who still hasn't found the guts to leave town, decides to take a chance on the muscular outsider. But as the perfect strangers fall hard for each other, sharing an electrifying emotional bond, self-destructive revenge and shocking violence creep into their romance. Sometimes, the sins of the past are all we have. And with thick, warm blood staining the enamoured rebels' hands, tomorrow's promises are another story. After all, bullets say the best goodbyes.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rose Glass</director>
      <actor>Anna Baryshnikov (role=Daisy)</actor>
      <actor>Kristen Stewart (role=Lou)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Franco (role=JJ)</actor>
      <actor>Katy O'Brian (role=Jackie)</actor>
      <actor>Jena Malone (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Eldon Jones (role=Billy)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Harris (role=Lou Sr)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Haun (role=Gym Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Orion Carrington (role=O'Riley)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Blood-Smyth (role=Dave)</actor>
      <actor>Keith Jardine (role=Chester)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry G. Angelo (role=Mikey)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODJiZDc0MGQtNWVjOC00MjBkLTgxYjgtNjc3YzBjYmRlODI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Romance|Drug Crime|Erotic Thriller|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>The acting is really good. The chemistry between Kristen and Katy (beefy chick) felt very natural. Say what you will about Kristen in the Twilight movies, but she's got some serious acting chops. She did a banger job in this movie. Ed Harris's hair is crazy evil and his performance is up there with Kristen's. Dave Franco was funny, but I also hated his character. The movie has some unexpected dark humor at times, which was surprising given its dark and gritty look. There's some good use of sound design, there's a lot of squishy noises throughout the movie. The soundtrack is solid as well. The movie's got its own distinct style. Cinematography was pretty impressive. They made some really nice creative decisions with certain shots and the way they filmed certain scenes.This movie is equal parts intense, violent, unsettling and funny at times. I don't know what it is about A24 but they always seem to do weird things in the movies they release. Overall, the movie was fine with the exception of two moments where it turned really weird and of course both of those moments could be seen as metaphorical. This movie takes a downward spiral where things get pretty dark and out of control. In essence, this movie is about love, obsession, addiction, past trauma, toxic relationships and extremely flawed characters. Unfortunately there's not a single character with a redeeming quality by the end of the movie that you can cheer for or relate to, and this makes it hard to truly get invested in. The beginning part of the movie was the best. But once things start to spiral out of control, it becomes unsettling, intense and not the most pleasant of rides. Although I was glued to the screen while watching and it was entertaining, I don't think I'd watch this one again. I can recommend it though</review>
    <description>Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0133093</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Matrix</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>During the year 1999, a man named Thomas Anderson (also known as Neo), lives an ordinary life. A software techie by day and a computer hacker by night, he sits alone at home by his monitor, waiting for a sign, a signal - from what or whom he doesn't know - until one night, a mysterious woman named Trinity seeks him out and introduces him to that faceless character he has been waiting for: Morpheus. A messiah of sorts, Morpheus presents Neo with the truth about his world by shedding light on the dark secrets that have troubled him for so long.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lana Wachowski</director>
      <director>Lilly Wachowski</director>
      <actor>Keanu Reeves (role=Neo)</actor>
      <actor>Laurence Fishburne (role=Morpheus)</actor>
      <actor>Carrie-Anne Moss (role=Trinity)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Weaving (role=Agent Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Foster (role=Oracle)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Pantoliano (role=Cypher)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Chong (role=Tank)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Arahanga (role=Apoc)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Doran (role=Mouse)</actor>
      <actor>Belinda McClory (role=Switch)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Ray Parker (role=Dozer)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Goddard (role=Agent Brown)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>8.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDQ4NTRmN2ItYjgzMS00MzY3LWEwNmYtYmE2ODllZDdhNGI1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXdvbmtpbQ@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR20,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Artificial Intelligence|Cyberpunk|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Gun Fu|Martial Arts|Sci-Fi Epic|Action|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>When this came out, I was living with a roommate. He went out and saw it, came home and said, "Dude, you have to go see The Matrix." So we left and he sat through it a second time. This movie is splendidly done. The mystery about what the Matrix is, unravels and you see a dystopian future unlike any we as a race would want. I have watched this over and over and never tire of it. Everyone does a great job acting in this, the special effects are above par and the story is engaging</review>
    <description>When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0234215</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Matrix Reloaded</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Six months after the events of the first movie, Neo and Trinity are now romantically involved. Neo has nightmares about Trinity attacking a power station inside the matrix and then being pursued by an Agent. Trinity bursts through the window, guns in hand. She turns on her back in mid-air, an agent is pursuing her and jumps after, head first. They exchange gunfire, falling to the streets below in slow motion. Eventually Trinity is shot in the chest.We see the Nebuchadnezzar from outside as it hovers through the sewers and lands. Inside are Link (Harold Perrineau) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) in the cockpit.
Morpheus receives a message from Captain Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) of the Logos calling an emergency meeting of all of Zion's hovercraft. Zion has confirmed the last transmission of the Osiris: an army of Sentinels is tunneling towards Zion and will reach it within 72 hours.Commander Lock (Harry Lennix), the ranking military officer of Zion, orders all ships to return to Zion to prepare for the onslaught. Morpheus states that there is nothing to fear, for he believes the prophecy will come true very soon and end the war.
Morpheus asks a ship to remain in order to contact the Oracle, in defiance of Commander Lock's orders. Captain Ballard (Roy Jones Jr.) of the Caduceus volunteers while Nebuchadnezzar returns to Zion to recharge and make repairs.Morpheus and Trinity are driving to an exit as Morpheus calls Link and asks what happened. Link says a bunch of agents showed up and that suddenly the "coding got all weird." He has never seen anything like it. Morpheus then asks where Neo is now. "He's doing his Superman-thing."
The Nebuchadnezzar approaches Zion. Once landed The crew exits the ship and are met by Captain Mifune (Nathaniel Lees) and three A.P.U. escorts. Lock (Harry Lennix) tells Morpheus off for asking a ship to stay behind, when they all had been ordered back to Zion. Morpheus defends himself with his belief that they must have Oracles' advice and that Neo will be the key to ending the war. Lock on the other hand has no confidence in the prophecy and is only concerned with having all the firepower available when the machines reach Zion.Councilor Hamann (Anthony Zerbe) enters the middle of the discussion. He asks their opinion on what is to be said about the situation to the people at the gathering that evening. Lock believes they should know as little as possible, they wouldn't want to start a panic. Morpheus thinks the truth should be told and that there will be no panic because there is nothing to fear.Link arrives at his apartment where his girlfriend, Zee (Nona Gaye), is waiting with her sister-in-law, Cas (Gina Torres), her niece (Alima Ashton-Sheibu) and nephew (Joshua Mbakwe). "Uncle Link!" the little ones exclaim as he walks through the door. After welcoming him home, Cas and her kids leave. Zee is not happy at all. Link serving on Morpheus' ship terrifies her. All other ships are home twice as often as Nebucadnezzar. She has also already lost two brothers on that ship and is afraid she will lose him too.In Zion's temple, Morpheus announces the news of the advancing machines to the people. He confirms the rumors of the machines digging and convinces everyone that there is indeed nothing to be afraid of. While everyone else parties like never before, Neo and Trinity are alone at last and they make passionate love to each other and have the sex of their lives!The Caduceus receives a message from the Oracle. One of the Caduceus crew, Bane (Ian Bliss), encounters Agent Smith, who takes over Bane's (Hugo Weaving) avatar. Smith then leaves the Matrix through the phone, gaining control of Bane's real body in the real world.Neo receives a message from the Oracle (Gloria Foster) and the Nebuchadnezzar ventures out so Neo (Keanu Reeves) can contact her. Lock is outraged at Counselor Hamann for giving the Nebuchadnezzar clearance to leave. He did so because he believes their survival depends on more than how many ships they have. Neo meeting her bodyguard, Seraph (Collin Chou). After realizing that Oracle is part of the Matrix, Neo asks how he can trust her. She replies that it is his decision.Oracle explains that the programs that do their job are invisible, as opposed to those who do not. The latter manifest as what humans refer to as ghosts, vampires etc. "When a program faces deletion, it can either choose to hide out here or return to the Source. Where you must go." "The machine mainframe."Oracle explains that she is an exiled program and instructs Neo to reach the Source of the Matrix by finding the Keymaker (Randall Duk Kim), a prisoner in the home of the Merovingian (Lambert Wilson). The Keymaker makes keys that can open hidden portals. As Oracle departs, Smith appears, telling Neo that after being defeated, he knew he was supposed to return to the Source to be deleted, but refused, and is now a rogue program. He demonstrates his ability to clone himself using other people in the Matrix, including other agents, as hosts. He then tries to absorb Neo as a host, but fails, prompting a battle between Neo and Smith's clones. Neo manages to hold his own but is forced to retreat from the increasingly overwhelming numbers.Back in the real-world Neo is unplugged. Neo confirms that he encountered Amith and that he has found a way to copy himself. He also remarks that Smith's attempt to consume him just before the fight felt like he did in the hotel hallway where Smith had shot him six months before.In Zion the council and all crews are gathered. Lock explains their current situation and tactics. The council have limited confidence in these tactics. They then ask if there has been word from the Nebucadnezzar. The council asks for two volunteer ships to go search for them, against Lock's protests. Captain Soren (Steve Bastoni) stands up immediately. No other reacts to the request. Bane/Smith suggests to Ballard that they should volunteer, but Ballard just tells him to shut up. Eventually Niobe declares her willingness to search for the missing party, to Lock's surprise and horror.Neo, Morpheus and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) visit the Merovingian and ask for the Keymaker. The Merovingian, a rogue program with his own agenda, refuses to let him go. His wife Persephone (Monica Bellucci), tired of her husband's attitude and seeking revenge on her husband for his infidelity, betrays him and leads the trio to the Keymaker, on the that Neo kiss her as if she were Trinity, she wants to remember what love feels like. Trinity protests by pulling a gun at Persephone, but as they need the Keymaker she has no choice but to back down and look on in anguish.Persephone allows one of the Merovingian's henchmen to escape to tell her husband. The Merovingian soon arrives and, while Morpheus, Trinity and the Keymaker escape, Neo fights the Merovingian's supernatural servants. Neo eventually kills them all. Disappointed, the Merovingian spits that he has survived Neo's "predecessors" and storms out, shutting the door behind. Neo breaks through the door and finds himself high up in the mountains.Meanwhile, the Keymaker connects the door at the end of a hallway to a sub-level parking garage, but Morpheus fails to close the door before one of the Twins gets an arm between the door and the door frame. In the meantime, the Keymaker acquires a car, and Trinity runs over and gets in the driver's seat while Morpheus holds the Twins at bay with a Katana he'd taken from the Merovingian's hallway and a pistol. Morpheus gets in the car and they flee. As they drive away one of the twins closes the door in Neo's face.Morpheus and Trinity are trying to escape with the Keymaker on the highway, facing several Agents and The Twins (Neil and Adrian Rayment). Trinity and the Keymaker obtain a motorcycle from a passing semi-trailer and continue towards their exit. It is not long however before an Agent takes control of another semi-truck, forcing Trinity to turn around. Police follow and are soon transformed into more Agents. Morpheus comes towards them on the roof of another semi-truck and grabs the Keymaker. Trinity is no longer being pursued and escapes, as it is the Keymaker the Agents want this time.
Though he puts up a ferocious fight, Morpheus is thrown off, but Niobe catches him on the hood of her car. Morpheus gives Niobe a silent pointing gesture and she races him to a point in front of the semi.
Just as the Agent is about to terminate the Exile, Morpheus jumps on him, throwing him off. The Agent is still to relocate to the driver's seat of the same semi-truck, and forces Niobe's car out of traffic. Further back another Agent is in control of another semi-truck and turns the truck, aiming for the other truck and a head-on collision.
Ultimately, the Twins are killed, and Neo flies in to save Morpheus and the Keymaker.Zion's remaining ships prepare to battle the machines. Within the Matrix, the crews of the Nebuchadnezzar, Vigilant and Logos help the Keymaker and Neo reach the door to the Source. The crew of the Logos must destroy a power plant in order to prevent a security system from being triggered by the Keymaker's keys, and the crew of the Vigilant must destroy a back-up power station.Haunted by a vision of Trinity's death, he asks her to remain on the Nebuchadnezzar. The Logos is successful, but the Vigilant is destroyed by a Sentinel. Trinity replaces the Vigilant crew and completes their mission. Agent Thompson corners her and they fight.As Neo, Morpheus and the Keymaker reach the Source through a hallway of shortcuts to other doors in the Matrix, the Smiths appear and try to kill them. The Keymaker unlocks the door to the Source, allowing Neo and Morpheus to escape the Smiths, but the Keymaker is killed. Before taking his last "breath," he tells Morpheus which door to take to get home and gives Neo the key he needs to open the special door. Simultaneously an Agent is heading for Trinity without her knowledge. Neo enters the door of light.He is now in a room where the walls are made up of old-fashioned television screens.
Neo meets a program called The Architect (Helmut Bakaitis), the Matrix's creator. In the complex conversation that follows, the Architect explains that Neo is part of the design of the Matrix. There were multiple previous versions of the Matrix and the One, which is now in its sixth iteration.The Architect describes the first Matrix, which was perfect and therefore failed. The Architect tried again, making it reflect the human nature, but in vain. The problem was discovered by "an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche." The Oracle discovered that the humans had to be given choice.Neo is meant to stop the Matrix's fatal system crash that naturally recurs due to humans' free will, leading to dozens of humans gradually refusing to accept the simulation. As with the five previous Ones, Neo has a choice: either reboot the Matrix from the Source and pick 23 survivors to repopulate the soon-to-be-destroyed Zion, as his predecessors all did, or go to save the imperiled Trinity, causing the Matrix to crash and killing everyone in it.Unless Neo returns to the Source to reboot the Matrix, it will crash, killing everyone connected to it. Combined with Zion's destruction, this would mean mankind's extinction, and the machines would survive on some lesser energy source. He doubts, however, that Neo will accept the extinction of all humans.The Architect presents Neo with two doors. The one to his right leads to the Source, and the one on the left to Trinity and the downfall of man. The old man can tell that Neo's feelings are blinding him from the "fact" that Trinity will die either way.Neo learns of Trinity's situation and chooses to save her instead, as Trinity falls out of a window and is shot by the Agent she is fighting. Neo catches Trinity, but she dies. Unwilling to let her go, Neo uses his powers to remove the bullet and restarts her heart.They return to the real world, where Sentinels attack them. Morpheus fails to understand why the prophecy has not come true. Neo tells him and the others that they have 24 hours to save Zion, and that the prophecy was just another form of control, a lie. Morpheus has major trouble accepting this, but before they can contemplate this complexity, their proximity alert sounds.The Nebuchadnezzar is destroyed, but the crew escapes. As the Sentinels catch up to them, Neo realizes he can sense the machines in the real world and telepathically destroys them but falls into a coma. The crew are picked up by another ship, the Mjolnir. The Mjolnir's captain reveals that the machines wiped other ships defending Zion after someone prematurely activated an EMP. Only one survivor was found: the Smith-possessed Bane, who lies beside Neo in the medical bay, also unconscious.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lana Wachowski</director>
      <director>Lilly Wachowski</director>
      <actor>Ray Anthony (role=Power Station Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Anu (role=Kali)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Arness (role=Police #2)</actor>
      <actor>Alima Ashton-Sheibu (role=Link's Niece)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Bakaitis (role=The Architect)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Bastoni (role=Soren)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Bellucci (role=Persephone)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Bernhardt (role=Agent Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Valerie Berry (role=Priestess)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Bliss (role=Bane)</actor>
      <actor>Liliana Bogatko (role=Old Woman at Zion)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Budd (role=Zion Controller)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Action Epic|Cyberpunk|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Martial Arts|Sci-Fi Epic|Superhero|Action|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>The 2nd movie in the Matrix franchise follows Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus as they continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army. The Wachowski's are once again able to craft incredibly memorable moments on top of an intriguing story. The CGI struggles to keep up during the infamous "Rubber Neo" fight scene, but overall this sequel is a blast to watch</review>
    <description>Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0242653</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Matrix Revolutions</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bane/Smith and Neo are both in an unconscious state. The former is said to be merely asleep, whereas neural patterns of Neo are identical to those of people who are connected to the Matrix. Morpheus, dispirited after the destruction of the Nebuchadnezzar and discovering the true nature of the Prophecy at the end of the last film, starts a search for Neo within the Matrix despite him not being jacked in. Neo is in fact trapped in a limbo: a subway station named "Mobil Avenue" ("Mobil" notably being an anagram for "Limbo".), a transition zone between the Matrix and the Source (the Machine mainframe). At this station, Neo meets a 'family' of programs (of Indian Origin). The little girl called Sati talks to Neo, saying that her father has told her Neo isn't supposed to be in the station. Father tells Neo that Mobil Avenue is controlled by a program called The Trainman who, in turn, is an exile loyal only to The Merovingian. When Neo tries to board the train with the family, the Trainman refuses, and knocks him away from the train, telling Neo he makes the rules down here.Seraph contacts Morpheus on behalf of the Oracle, who now resides in a different "shell" (see Cast, above). The Oracle informs Morpheus and Trinity of Neo being trapped in Mobil Avenue. Seraph, Morpheus, and Trinity pursue the Trainman to secure Neo's release, but he escapes. Their only option now is to go to a place called Club Hel and confront the Merovingian for Neo's freedom. The three fight their way from the club's parking garage to the coat check station. They engage some of the Merovingian's guards, who are able to walk on ceilings and walls and kill them all, gaining access to the elevator.The trio force their way into a large dance hall, brandishing two guns each. The Merovingian, in a display of scornful admiration, tells them to hand over their guns and he'll meet with them directly. The Merovingian demands "the eyes of the Oracle" in exchange for Neo's release. Trinity however loses her patience and provokes a Mexican standoff in which she, Morpheus, Seraph and the Merovingian each have a gun to their heads, forcing the Merovingian to release Neo.In Mobil Ave, Neo tries to leave by running through the train tunnel. When he does, he simply runs back into the station from the opposite direction. Some time later, Trinity arrives and frees Neo.Troubled by new visions of the Machine City, Neo decides to visit the Oracle one last time before returning to the real world. She informs him that as the One, upon visiting the Source (the Machine mainframe), he developed a connection with it. The Matrix and the rest of the Machine world, are derived from the Source as well. Thus we learn that all of Neo's abilities - both in and out of the Matrix - exist because of this connection. This is how Neo was able to stop the machines giving pursuit after the Nebuchadnezzar was destroyed, although the end result of his lack of preparation was temporary confinement in Mobil Avenue. She characterizes Smith (who is also growing in power) as his exact "opposite" and his "negative". She also elaborates upon the relationship between her and the Architect (tellingly, each of them ejects an exasperated "Please!" when Neo asks them about the other). She also tells Neo cryptically that "everything that has a beginning has an end" and warns that Smith's power threatens not only the Matrix, but also the Source and eventually the Machine City. The Oracle states that the war is about to end "one way or another."After Neo takes leave of the Oracle, a large group of Smith clones arrive at her home. One of them, the original Smith, finds Seraph and Sati. Smith then confronts the unresisting Oracle and assimilates her, and having gained her powers of precognition, the new Smith cackles maniacally at the future he is seeing.In the real world, the remaining crew of the Nebuchadnezzar and the Mjolnir (referred to by the characters as "the Hammer") encounter Niobe's deactivated ship, the Logos and its crew (whose ordeal is portrayed in the game Enter The Matrix). They successfully reactivate the ship and begin to interrogate the now awakened Bane, who claims he has no memory of the events of the earlier battle. After contemplating his visions, Neo announces that he needs a ship to travel to the Machine City, although he cannot explain why. Roland, the Mjolnir's captain refuses him but Niobe (who was told by the Oracle in Enter The Matrix that she would have to make a choice to help Neo or not), lets him take the Logos over Roland's protests. Trinity decides to accompany Neo.The two remaining crews plan to return to Zion, and avoid the Sentinel army by allowing Niobe to pilot the Mjolnir through a series of service tunnels, which are nearly impossible to navigate. Shortly after departure, the Mjolnir's crew discover that Bane has murdered a crew member and has hidden aboard the Logos. However they are unable to double-back in order to warn Trinity and Neo. Before the Logos can depart, Bane ambushes Trinity and takes her hostage. Neo fights Bane, who reveals himself as a manifestation of Smith. During the struggle, Bane manages to blind Neo by cauterizing his eyes with a severed electric cable. As Bane appears to have the upper hand, he closes in on Neo - only to have his attack thwarted and reversed. Neo can see Smith inside Bane as a fiery form, in spite of his blindness. Neo finishes the fight by smashing Bane's head with a jackhandle and releases Trinity, who pilots them towards the Machine City.Niobe, with Morpheus as her co-pilot, flies the Mjolnir through the lowest tunnel system. Flying slowly and at low power to avoid detection, they make their way to Zion. One of the craft's hover pads collides with the debris on the floor of the tunnel - the bang is heard by the sentinels, who immediately pursue the craft. The crew makes a valiant effort to fight them off, however, they overwhelm the ship and begin to damage it with cutting lasers. A small group of sentinels also rips off the craft's communication's antenna, making it impossible for them to signal Zion they're coming.In Zion, the defenders deploy infantry armed with rocket launchers and Armored Personnel Units in order to protect the dock from assault. The dock is breached by two giant drilling machines, Diggers, and a huge swarm of sentinels, igniting The Battle of Zion. Despite a desperate effort the APUs fail in holding the Dock and many are destroyed. In other areas of the dock, Link's wife, Zee, and her partner, Charra, use a rocket launcher to fight the sentinels and Diggers. Charra manages to blow the leg off a Digger, however it uses another of it's legs to stabilize itself. She is also able to disable another Digger for a short time - it is soon reactivated by more sentinels that recharge the massive machine. Zee is able to escape the sentinels, however, Charra is killed by them.During the battle, Captain Mifune fails to open the gate for the approaching Mjolnir and is attacked and viciously wounded by a swarm of sentinels. With his last breath he tells Kid (who was renewing his ammunition supply at the time), to open the gate for the Mjolnir. Kid is reluctant at first, saying he did not complete the combat training needed, only for Mifune to tell him, "Neither did I." The Kid suddenly finds the courage to fight through a cloud of Sentinels to the gate and open it. Just as the remaining humans are about to be overwhelmed, the Mjolnir bursts through the gate, with further Sentinels close behind. The Mjolnir's EMP is fired which disables all electronic equipment in the area. The EMP destroys all the present Sentinels, but it also disables the remainder of Zion's defenses. The humans are forced gather what weapons they can and fall back to the temple entrance, awaiting the next Sentinel swarm which will surely overwhelm them all.Nearing the Machine City, Neo and Trinity fly over the harvesting fields where millions of humans produce energy for the city. They are attacked by the city's defense system, which hurls numerous mobile bombs and Sentinels at the Logos. Neo uses the power given by his connection to the Source to destroy the incoming bombs. However, Sentinels overwhelm the ship. To evade them Trinity flies the Logos up into an electrical storm cloud. The Sentinels are disabled, but the cloud also disables the ship's engines. As the ship emerges temporarily above the cloud layer, Trinity gets her only glimpse of real sunlight and blue sky. The ship then stalls and plummets back into the storm cloud as it free-falls directly toward the Machine City. Trinity attempts to ignite the engines but it is too late and the ship crashes into a machine tower. The impact of the collision fatally wounds Trinity, and she dies in Neo's arms.Neo emerges into the Machine City to strike a bargain with the machines, personified by the Deus Ex Machina. Neo warns the machines that Smith (who has by now assimilated every human and programme within the Matrix) is beyond the machines' control, and will soon assault the Source to which the Matrix is connected. He offers to help stop Smith in exchange for a ceasefire with Zion. The second wave of Sentinels in Zion instantly responds by standing down at the temple entrance. Neo openly confronts the Deus Ex Machina, a massive droid with a human child's face that acts as the interface to The Source. Neo negotiates with it, saying that in exchange for a peaceful coexistence, he'll destroy Smith and his clones, which have infected most of the Machine City. The Deus insists that they don't need Neo's assistance, to which Neo says "If that's true... then you should kill me now." The Deus agrees, providing a connection for Neo to enter the Matrix and confront Smith. The Deus suggests that Neo might fail - Neo says he won't.The city is now wholly populated by tens of thousands of Smith copies - the clone with the Oracle's powers steps forth, claiming he has already foreseen his own victory. Smith's clones stand by and watch while Neo and Smith square off. Fighting on the streets, through buildings and into the sky, they continually repel each other. While battling in the sky, Smith grabs Neo and plunges to the ground with him, creating a massive crater. The two continue to battle in the crater, seemingly to a standstill. Neo is eventually outmatched by Smith, who pauses to gloat that he has "seen this [the details of his victory] before". Describing the details aloud, he cannot remember what he was supposed to say next in his vision. Neo refuses to give up the fight, and a frustrated Smith continues his attack until Neo is too badly hurt to go on. To both Smith and Neo's surprise, Smith announces "everything that has a beginning has an end." Hearing the Oracle's parting advice again allows Neo to understand that Smith's assimilation is not total, and baits the scared Smith into assimilating him. Neo's final words to Smith are, "It was inevitable," quoting Smith's oft-spoken admonition.Smith's assimilation of Neo is seemingly successful, and when the Oracle-Smith asks Neo-Smith whether it is over, he receives a nod and smile as reply. Back in the Machine city, Neo's body spasms as a surge of energy enters his body through the Matrix connection. Neo is returning to the source, and starting with the Neo copy of Smith, a white light begins to rip the clones apart from the inside out. One by one, similar to the destruction of Agent Smith at the end of The Matrix, the copies are destroyed.With the elimination of the Smiths, all the programs and humans that were possessed return to normal, including the Oracle. The Sentinels that were about to attack the humans withdraw from Zion. Neo, having sacrificed himself to save both the Machines and humans, is unplugged from the Matrix and his body is respectfully carried away by the Machines.The Architect, upon meeting the Oracle, tells her that she "played a very dangerous game" by attempting to change the way the Matrix functioned. The Oracle responds by saying that she understood the risk and knew it was worth taking. She asks the Architect what will become of any humans who want to be unplugged from the Matrix, and the Architect replies that "they will be freed." The Oracle asks the Architect, "Do I have your word?" The Architect answers "What do you think I am? Human?"The closing shot of the film depicts a new dawn on the world of the Matrix, created by Sati. Plant life is shown in the Matrix, and for the first (and last) time the ubiquitous green tint is absent.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lana Wachowski</director>
      <director>Lilly Wachowski</director>
      <actor>Mary Alice (role=The Oracle)</actor>
      <actor>Tanveer K. Atwal (role=Sati)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Bakaitis (role=The Architect)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Beahan (role=Coat Check Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Francine Bell (role=Councillor Grace)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Bellucci (role=Persephone)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Blackman (role=Charra)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Blasingame (role=Deus Ex Machina)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Bliss (role=Bane)</actor>
      <actor>David Bowers (role=Q-Ball Gang Member #1)</actor>
      <actor>Zeke Castelli (role=Operations Officer Mattis)</actor>
      <actor>Collin Chou (role=Seraph)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDc2YjgyZmYtOTJhNy00MGI2LTg3ZGMtOGE4NWE5ZDU0Mzc5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Cyberpunk|Gun Fu|Martial Arts|Sci-Fi Epic|Superhero|Action|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Going into this movie I had one wish: To leave feeling that it was a successful conclusion to a two-part film. Taking Reloaded/Revolutions as a single (very large) movie with an intermission is the best way to evaluate it. Viewed that way I think it succeeded. I thought Revolutions was the equal of Reloaded, yet I can see how many will think it failed. The ending gave us everything we needed to know, but did not show us all we wanted to see. I'm speaking of the last twenty minutes or so here. After a visually robust middle, in which I felt my eyes grow larger in their sockets more than once, the ending seemed like an anticlimax. It needed to be longer, and I would gladly have traded some of the fx flair used earlier to give the final part of the film it's justified due. It will be awhile before I can look at it more objectively (perhaps I'll have to wait to view the two parts as one on DVD). I only suggest now that anyone seeing it let it sink in completely before being too critical</review>
    <description>The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15239678</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dune: Part Two</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Paul Atreides is accepted by part of the Fremen and Stilgar believes he is the promised one Lisan al Gaib from the prophecy of the people from North. Paul learns the customs of the Fremen and falls in love with Chani. However, Stilgar and his mother Jessica want Paul to go to the South to join forces and fight the House Harkonnen and the Emperor, but Paul is afraid of the outcome, since he had a vision of many casualties in the showdown of the Holy War.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Denis Villeneuve</director>
      <actor>Timothée Chalamet (role=Paul Atreides)</actor>
      <actor>Zendaya (role=Chani)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca Ferguson (role=Jessica)</actor>
      <actor>Javier Bardem (role=Stilgar)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Brolin (role=Gurney Halleck)</actor>
      <actor>Austin Butler (role=Feyd-Rautha)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Pugh (role=Princess Irulan)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Bautista (role=Beast Rabban)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Walken (role=Emperor)</actor>
      <actor>Léa Seydoux (role=Lady Margot Fenring)</actor>
      <actor>Stellan Skarsgård (role=Baron Harkonnen)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Rampling (role=Reverend Mother Mohiam)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|United Arab Emirates|Hungary|Italy|New Zealand|Jordan|Gambia</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>8.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTg4Mjc1MTktZmMwNy00YWY0LTk4MGEtNTM0NDU3YWZmMDQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Desert Adventure|Epic|Sci-Fi Epic|Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Had the pleasure to watch this film in an early screening and was completely blown away."Dune: Part 2" is everything one could ask for from a film of its kind. As a big fan of the Game of Thrones franchise, it's been a long time since iv'e encountered this level of world-building and epicness. The plot and story development are carried out in an awe-inspiring manner throughout the movie, progressing at a precise pace toward a spectacular climax that is executed perfectly.Denis Villeneuve continues to prove himself as one of the most promising filmmakers of our time, and if it was up to me I would keep him in these high-budget epic tales such as these since there are very few directors working today that can tackle this genre as good as he does. The film received praise from many great filmmakers, the most notable being Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Oppenheimer), who very accurately compared Villeneuve's achievement in this film to the "Empire Strikes Back" of the modern era.Would highly recommend to re-watch the first movie in order to appreciate the subtleties and foreshadowing better, though it's not completely necessary since the movie is pretty self-contained. More specifically, one of the most prominent and impressive strengths of the movie is how it stands on its own without relying too heavily on the first part. Of course, for those who really want to enjoy the story, there's no real point in watching the second part without having seen the first one. However, even those who watched it a few years ago and don't remember every little plot detail will be able to catch up very quickly while watching the Pt. 2 and will understand all the important details-even the smaller ones. Non-ideally, even someone who hasn't watched the first movie at all will greatly enjoy this one, as it is very self-contained despite relying heavily on the first movie-an impressive and highly commendable screenplay effort by the writers.Timothée Chalamet delivers a very impressive and charismatic performance, to the point where it seems like this is the role he was born to play. Zendaya also gives a very good performance, with significantly more screen time than in the first movie. Austin Butler manages to be terrifying in the role of the villain, Rebecca Ferguson shines in one of the best performances of the year, and Javier Bardem surprises in a role that sometimes provides the comic relief of the movie. In addition to them, the film is filled with top-tier actors and actresses who all perform their roles amazingly.Hans Zimmer's score is masterful just as you'd expect, and one step up from the Oscar winning and Grammy nominated score of Pt. 1. Technical aspects such as VFX, Production Design, Sound, Editing, etc. Are all top notch and awards-worthy. The action sequences are absolutely mind blowing and sent chills down my spine. Denis direction is impeccable, and the story is absolutely fascinating- continuing to develop characters from Pt. 1 even deeper and introduce new incredible and intriguing characters.In my personal opinion, the movie is better than the first part in pretty much every aspect. While the first part was excellent, it mainly served as a setup and positioning of the pieces for the sequel. In "Part 2," the story reaches its climax, with one of the strongest climaxes seen on the big screen in recent decades, befitting the complex work Frank Herbert wrote many years ago.I believe (and surely hope) this movie will be a major player in the next Award Season. Below-the-line wins are pretty much guaranteed as of now, but I hope it will get some love in above-the-line categories such as Direction and even Best Picture, perhaps to break stigmas presented against the Fantasy/Sci-Fi genre in recent years at the Academy. As a big fan of the genre, unless a better competitor will be released later this eligibility period, maybe it's time for a movie like this to triumph once again.While the movie serves as a great wrap-up to the story introduced in Pt. 1, in my opinion it could serve as an even better set-up to a possible masterpiece in "Dune: Messiah", which I really hope will get green-lit soon.Don't miss the opportunity to catch this movie on IMAX, since I believe it's an historic piece of epic-Fantasy/Sci-Fi cinema and a movie that will be remembered as a classic of the genre.Extremely recommended</review>
    <description>Paul Atreides unites with the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0399201</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Insel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lincoln Six Echo is just like everyone else - he's waiting to go to the Island, the only place left in the world to actually live a life. It all sounds like paradise, but Lincoln Six Echo soon discovers that there's actually a sinister purpose going on at that facility and that he must escape - but not before stopping the sinister plan.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Bay</director>
      <actor>Ewan McGregor (role=Tom Lincoln)</actor>
      <actor>Scarlett Johansson (role=Sarah Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Djimon Hounsou (role=Albert Laurent)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Bean (role=Dr. Bernard Merrick)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Buscemi (role=James McCord)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Clarke Duncan (role=Jamal Starkweather)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Phillips (role=Jones Three Echo)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Stepanek (role=Gandu Three Echo)</actor>
      <actor>Noa Tishby (role=Community Announcer)</actor>
      <actor>Siobhan Flynn (role=Lima One Alpha)</actor>
      <actor>Troy Blendell (role=Laurent Team Member)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie McBride (role=Laurent Team Member)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmIwYzA2ZmMtZjFmNS00ZjdkLTk1MDAtNjM5Yjg0ZDQ2Y2QxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dystopian Sci-Fi|Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>In 2019, Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) and Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson) are best friends in a repressive and intriguing society, where everybody expects to win the lottery. The prize is to move to a paradisiacal island outside the domes that protect the dwellers against the contaminated environment. Jordan wins the lottery, and Lincoln accidentally finds the scary truth behind the utopist award."The Island" is an original, intriguing and scary view of science, ethic and society in a near future. Using elements of "Logan's Run", "Matrix", "Gattaca" and "The Thirteenth Floor", among other sci-fi movies, and non-stop action, it is a surprisingly great film. I liked very much the amoral behavior of Dr. Merrick (Sean Bean), with a total lack of ethic, and the possibility of replacement parts raised in the story. Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor shows a good chemistry, and watching this sci-fi / action movie is worthwhile, even to think how cloning process shall be discussed by the society and controlled through well-studied laws. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "A Ilha" ("The Island")</review>
    <description>In 2019, a mercenary pursues a man and woman who escaped a research facility after learning their true fate.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0100802</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Total Recall</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>What is reality when you can't trust your memory? An Earthbound construction worker keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a false memory transplant service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly wrong and another personality surfaces. When his old self returns, he finds groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have orders to kill him. He finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars to join up with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question. Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?—John Vogel</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Verhoeven</director>
      <actor>Arnold Schwarzenegger (role=Quaid)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Ticotin (role=Melina)</actor>
      <actor>Sharon Stone (role=Lori)</actor>
      <actor>Ronny Cox (role=Cohaagen)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Ironside (role=Richter)</actor>
      <actor>Marshall Bell (role=Kuato)</actor>
      <actor>Mel Johnson Jr. (role=Benny)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Champion (role=Helm)</actor>
      <actor>Roy Brocksmith (role=Dr. Edgemar)</actor>
      <actor>Ray Baker (role=McClane)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemary Dunsmore (role=Dr. Lull)</actor>
      <actor>David Knell (role=Ernie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Mexico</country>
    <date>1990</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2E0ZDkyMTAtMzQ1MS00MDUxLTk4NzYtODM5NjhmYjJmYjVhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cyberpunk|One-Person Army Action|Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>The red pill and how's a dream comes reality.... I rewatched this movie after almost 30 years and definitely is a classic. The script and action is so much better than today's full CGI movies</review>
    <description>When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0096874</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zurück in die Zukunft II</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Marty McFly and Doc Brown make an exhilarating visit to the year 2015 seemingly to resolve a few problems with the future McFly family. But when the two return home, they soon discover someone has tampered with time to produce a nightmarish Hill Valley, 1985. Their only hope is to once again get back to 1955 and save the future.—Official Synopsis</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Zemeckis</director>
      <actor>Michael J. Fox (role=Marlene McFly)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Lloyd (role=Doctor Emmett Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Lea Thompson (role=Lorraine)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Shue (role=Jennifer)</actor>
      <actor>James Tolkan (role=Strickland)</actor>
      <actor>Jeffrey Weissman (role=George McFly)</actor>
      <actor>Casey Siemaszko (role=3-D)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Zane (role=Match)</actor>
      <actor>J.J. Cohen (role=Skinhead)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Fleischer (role=Terry)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Koch (role='Ronald Reagan' Video Waiter)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Gherardi (role='Ayatollah Khomeini' Video Waiter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmRmZmJmMTMtOWQ3Zi00NTE5LWFhNzMtMGJjYWQxYzcwYTBkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure Epic|Car Action|Cyberpunk|Dystopian Sci-Fi|High-Concept Comedy|Teen Adventure|Teen Comedy|Time Travel|Urban Adventure|Adventure</category>
    <review>Back to the Future Part II (1989) was green lighted after the success of the first film. The film follows the further adventures of Marty and Doc Brown. This film and the third installment were filmed back to back. However the complexity of the storyline turned off many of the fans of the original. But this is what I enjoyed about this movie. Instead of being the same old run-of-the-mill by the numbers sequel, the film makers decided to do something different and make this a brain twister film. The beauty of this movie is that you have to pay close attention to it.The film takes place right after the events of part one. Doc Brown comes back from the future to help Marty get his kid out of trouble. Instead of leaving well enough alone, all three of them head off to the future to try and change events. They managed to pull it off but unfortunately they tore a fabric in time due to Marty being greedy and the nosy efforts of Doc Brown. Can Doc and Marty safely restore the space and time continuum before the universe collapses upon itself?A fun sequel with a few cast changes (Elizabeth Shue now portrays Marty's girlfriend whilst Crispin Glover is no longer with in the film except in stock footage). Most of the original players return to reprise their original roles. Michael J. Fox stretches his acting abilities by playing his son and daughter as well as his older self. If you enjoyed the first film then you'll really want to watch this one (if you haven't already).Highly recommended</review>
    <description>After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0088763</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zurück in die Zukunft</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Hill Valley, California, 1985. Destined to follow in his wimpy dad's footsteps, average high school teenager Marty McFly is about to make history. And when his crackpot scientist friend Emmett "Doc" Brown fashions a time machine out of a 1982 DeLorean DMC-12, Marty inadvertently jumps back 30 years to do the unthinkable. But things were different in 1955. Like a fish out of water, Marty gives his all to keep the time/space continuum intact; however, unforeseen romantic complications stand in the way of a safe return. Now, a pressing question arises. What will it take to go back to the future?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Zemeckis</director>
      <actor>Michael J. Fox (role=Marty McFly)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Lloyd (role=Dr. Emmett Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Lea Thompson (role=Lorraine Baines)</actor>
      <actor>Crispin Glover (role=George McFly)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Wells (role=Jennifer Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Marc McClure (role=Dave McFly)</actor>
      <actor>Wendie Jo Sperber (role=Linda McFly)</actor>
      <actor>George DiCenzo (role=Sam Baines)</actor>
      <actor>Frances Lee McCain (role=Stella Baines)</actor>
      <actor>James Tolkan (role=Mr. Strickland)</actor>
      <actor>Casey Siemaszko (role=3-D)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Zane (role=Match)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1985</date>
    <star-rating>8.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk4ZjIxYjItYTkyZC00ZWEwLWI4MTEtNzBiNmNjYTg2NDI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>High-Concept Comedy|Teen Adventure|Teen Comedy|Time Travel|Urban Adventure|Adventure|Comedy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I love Back to the Future. While having a typical 80s feel to it, which I like, I love how fun, irresistible and original the film is. The special effects are dazzling and the comedy is suitably sly and sophisticated. Helping along the way is a script that is pretty ingenious, the sort of script that has quotable lines and also pokes fun at 1950s icons and lifestyles during the frequent bouts of time travelling. The score by Alan Silvestri elevates the sense of fun to a greater level, the main theme is one of the most memorable themes ever in the history of film, or so I think anyway. Robert Zemekis's direction is very good, and the cinematography, scenery and costumes are also excellent. And I have to mention the acting, Michael J Fox is really appealing in the role of Marty McFly, the role that propelled him to stardom, and Christopher Lloyd is brilliant in one of his most memorable roles(and yes this includes Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Professor Plum from Clue). Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover are also great. Overall, brilliant film that is good in so many ways. 10/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1034032</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gamer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ken Castle is extremely rich, popular, and powerful since he invented and started exploiting the virtual online parallel reality games. In these games, people can either pay to be a user or get paid to be an 'actor' in a system of mind-control. In the ultimate version, Slayers, death row convicts act as gladiators in a desperate dim bid for survival, which no one has achieved yet. The champion, John 'Kable' Tillman, is scheduled to die just before he'd gain release, but he persuades his teenage 'handler' to hand over the reins so he can fully use his talents and experience. Kable escapes to freedom, but Castle's men chase him. Kable has to fight his way back to Castle's headquarters to challenge his hidden evil plans.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Neveldine</director>
      <director>Brian Taylor</director>
      <actor>Gerard Butler (role=Kable)</actor>
      <actor>Amber Valletta (role=Angie)</actor>
      <actor>Michael C. Hall (role=Ken Castle)</actor>
      <actor>Kyra Sedgwick (role=Gina Parker Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Logan Lerman (role=Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Alison Lohman (role=Trace)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Crews (role=Hackman)</actor>
      <actor>Ramsey Moore (role=Gorge)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Yoo (role=Humanz Dude)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Chase (role=Geek Leader)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Callahan (role=Backup Geek)</actor>
      <actor>Brighid Fleming (role=Delia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQyNzkzNTQxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjc4NTAyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Psychological Thriller|Action|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>My movie philosophy: don't blame a movie for not being what it's not meant to be.To enjoy a movie, you don't need the movie to be amazing, great, or even good (sometimes). You just need to know what you should expect.So what do you expect from gamer? If you want gore, violence, blood, nudity...go ahead and see it. If you want Gerald Butler running around shooting people, fighting people, baring his muscles and looking tough like action heroes do, go ahead and see it. If you want Michael C. Hall playing an evil guy trying to take over the world, and baring his muscles, and even showing off his Broadway background a little bit, go ahead and see it. (but you'd be a little disappointed since he shows up less than you'd expect as this is quite a short movie, only 1.5 hours). Even if you want to see some hot lesbian actions probably imagined by very non-lesbian people, or a cute teenage boy who probably isn't supposed to do anything other than being a cute teenage boy...go ahead and see it.But If you want go in and find some surprise- and twist-filled plot, some complicated multi-layer character development, or some brilliant insight into society or even humanity, then no, don't go see Gamer.The problem is, if you are really expecting the later things I mentioned, I think it's partially you fault that you are going to spend one and a half hour of your precious time sitting in a theater suffering from this movie and then hate it with a passion. Because really, those aren't what Gamer is meant to be, even though some people may actually believe that they are.The reality is that while not what many would call a great (or even good) movie, Gamer could be thoroughly enjoyed, as long as you know what it should be. Because I think it's everything it set out to be. You just need to (maybe grudgingly) accept what it's supposed to be and either enjoy it for what it is, or realize that it's not a movie for your high level of intelligence and ignore it completely</review>
    <description>In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0409459</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Watchmen: Die Wächter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the Watchmen?"—T-Hen</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Zack Snyder</director>
      <actor>Malin Akerman (role=Silk Spectre II)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Crudup (role=Jon Osterman)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Goode (role=Ozymandias)</actor>
      <actor>Jackie Earle Haley (role=Rorschach)</actor>
      <actor>Jeffrey Dean Morgan (role=Comedian)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Wilson (role=Nite Owl)</actor>
      <actor>Carla Gugino (role=Silk Spectre)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Frewer (role=Moloch)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen McHattie (role=Hollis Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Mennell (role=Janey Slater)</actor>
      <actor>Rob LaBelle (role=Wally Weaver)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Houston (role=John McLaughlin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWUyNTNhMDUtOGYyZC00YTk5LWJiNTYtMTlmYzIwM2Q3YzNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWdhbWF6b2E@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dystopian Sci-Fi|Superhero|Action|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Christopher Nolan was right. This movie indeed came out too early.This movie not only shows us the pictures. But also the people behind them.What I love about Watchmen is that it's mature and basic study of how our society is structured. There's so many quotes that can be used in todays world. And with Zack Snyders visuals. It really blends well.I gotta say. People calling this movie "boring" are the ones watching 4 movies a year. And they're all action heavy blockbusters</review>
    <description>In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11820950</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Portable Door</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The movie centers on Paul and Sophie, lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells and Co. and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells, the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation.—Franky Liesenborgs</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeffrey Walker</director>
      <actor>Christoph Waltz (role=John Wells Snr)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Gibson (role=Paul Carpenter)</actor>
      <actor>Damon Herriman (role=Monty)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Wilde (role=Sophie Pettingel)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Neill (role=Dennis Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Demi Harman (role=Job Applicant)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel House (role=Professor Van Spee)</actor>
      <actor>Miranda Otto (role=Countess Judy)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Pang (role=Casimir Suslowicz)</actor>
      <actor>Arka Das (role=Neville)</actor>
      <actor>Jessica De Gouw (role=Rosie)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Story (role=Mr. Roden)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmRiODIzNWItNWUyYS00YzMyLWI1MjMtZDNjMjczMDk1NjU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Fantasy Epic|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Mystery</category>
    <review>I read a lot of reviewers comparing this movie with Harry Potter but I don't agree. The story is totally different, much weirder which was a good thing I thought. The only thing they have in common is that it is all fantasy and in this genre The Portable Door is an entertaining movie. It takes a while to understand what's going on but it's never annoying. Christopher Waltz always delivers, never disappoints. Sam Neil was also good in playing his strange character. The whole cast did a decent job making this movie interesting to follow. I can see some sequels in the future if it catches on. I'm up for it</review>
    <description>Two lowly interns at J.W. Wells and Co., a mysterious firm based in London, uncover a plot by their CEO to disrupt the ancient magical world with modern corporate practices.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15426722</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Zeitspringer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>One night Max's brother Beo, a scientist, disappears from his laboratory during an experiment. One year later, while visiting the laboratory, Max and his friends activate a machine that allows people to travel in time.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ludovico Di Martino</director>
      <actor>Matteo Schiavone (role=Max Fulci)</actor>
      <actor>Fabio Bizzarro (role=Flebo)</actor>
      <actor>Andreagaia Wlderk (role=Greta)</actor>
      <actor>Francesca Alice Antonini (role=Lena)</actor>
      <actor>Gianmarco Saurino (role=Beo Fulci)</actor>
      <actor>Federico Tocci (role=Vulcano)</actor>
      <actor>Gianmarco Vettori (role=Montanari)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Scalera (role=Dottoressa Sestrieri)</actor>
      <actor>Fabrizio Gifuni (role=Luzio)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastiano Bianco (role=Professore di ginnastica)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Celli (role=Squadrista secco)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Dugoni (role=Metronotte)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|Malta</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>4.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2YxNDU2NGItZGJhNC00ZjE2LWE5OTMtY2ZhZWQ2ODhjNjU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Fantasy</category>
    <review>A group of youngsters activate some futuristic looking technology, which transports them back in time, back to a Rome 1939, ahead of the start of the second world war.It's an Italian film, I watched it with subtitles, it represents a very interesting time in Italy's history.It's not the most original story, it's been done many times over, but it is always an interesting concept, seeing people from the present day transported back in time. You see Gen Z have to deal with the mindsets of the time, the fascists and general ideas of everyday people, it made for some interesting moments, but I found the coming of age elements a little cheesy.The sets are pretty good, the visuals are perhaps the best aspect of the film, some pretty good special effects too. That scene where the time machine sprang to life looked great.The acting was good, strong performances all round.If you like time travel stories, you may enjoy it.6/10</review>
    <description>One night Max's brother Beo, a scientist, disappears from his laboratory during an experiment. One year later, while visiting the laboratory, Max and his friends activate a machine that allows people to travel in time.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0416449</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>300</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes sends his massive army to conquer Greece. The Greek city of Sparta houses its finest warriors, and 300 of these soldiers are chosen to meet the Persians at Thermopylae, engaging the soldiers in a narrow canyon where they cannot take full advantage of their numbers. The battle is a suicide mission, meant to buy time for the rest of the Greek forces to prepare for the invasion. However, that doesn't stop the Spartans from throwing their hearts into the fray, determined to take as many Persians as possible with them.—rmlohner</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Zack Snyder</director>
      <actor>Gerard Butler (role=King Leonidas)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Headey (role=Queen Gorgo)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic West (role=Theron)</actor>
      <actor>David Wenham (role=Dilios)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Regan (role=Captain)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Fassbender (role=Stelios)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Wisdom (role=Astinos)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Pleavin (role=Daxos)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Tiernan (role=Ephialtes)</actor>
      <actor>Rodrigo Santoro (role=Xerxes)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen McHattie (role=Loyalist)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Kramer (role=Ephor #1)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|Bulgaria</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmQxYmYwZGUtZGZhNS00Y2U5LTk2Y2EtM2VmZDRhOTcwODdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Epic|Sword &amp; Sandal|Action|Drama</category>
    <review>This film isn't for all people. That's to say about a lot of movies in general of course, but this one in particular brings up a big clashing point between critics; What do we want to see in our movies? What is more important, to portray a fictional setting for the sake of giving people a mind blowing visual experience or to amuse and amaze them with clever plot twists and intelligent dialogs?First lets analyze what exactly this film is made of. Basically, the whole thing is just one epic fighting scene after another. Most noticeably is the camera work and the visual effects. Every shot seems like it was intended to be a work of art. The colors, the characters, the costumes, the backgrounds... every little detail has been given so much attention. During the big fights you'll also instantly notice the unique editing. There are a lot of "time slowdowns" throughout the battles which show what exactly is happening. Fatal wounds that slowly leak blood spatters in the air, decapitated heads traveling in slow-motion across the screen... it's all there. The story on the other hand isn't very complicated, in the sense that the whole movie could probably be described in a sentence or two. The dialogs are simple and most often talk about moral values like freedom and honor. If you would look at the script, it would probably look like another movie that has nothing more to offer then idealistic visions of how life should be.Reviewers of this title seem to be split up in two groups. They either love it with passion calling it an epic movie of the 21th century, or hate it even more and throw it off like a piece of garbage consisting of mindless action and silly cliché phrases. I feel reluctant to take a position in this argument. Normally it's tolerable to weigh out both sides of this matter to result in a fair judgment about a movie. Not in this one. On the one hand the visual are surely among the best to be witnessed in a movie. Every detail, every background, every special effect set to the scenes are so mindblowingly stunning. On the other hand the plot and dialogs are of the most simplistic and quite frankly dumb kind. "I fight for freedom! I'd rather die in honor then live in shame!" Sounds familiar? Of course it could be debated that this movie was never intended in the first place to have a unique plot that makes your head spin. But from an objective point of view it's still lacking in this department, so it should be noted.Now that's fine and all, but does that all make of the film? Is it worth watching or what? I think it is. For me the good outweighs the bad by miles. From the second the movie started it grabbed me and didn't let go. Every battle, every scene of the movie had me at the tip of my chair. Everything from the strong acting to the wondrous visuals to the war-shouts of the soldiers was just so stunning... it was truly a wonderful experience.I did not one single moment felt like the movie lacked anything. But I could imagine why other people did.So here's the deal.If you are easily impressed by beautiful landscapes, wonderful camera-work and editing and powerful acting then go see this. Right. Now. You'll be missing out if you don't. There is so much to see, so much power in the way this comic is translated to the big screen... It'll leave you in awe.However, you are looking for a good story, clever plot twists, some innovating to the world of the movies then skip this. 300 contains nothing of this, nor does it wants to give you this. I enjoyed this movie so much, but I know there will be people that will pass of as rubbish, and that's understandable. Just be sure to make up your mind about what you want to see when you go to the theater yourself instead of being drawn into bias by the tons of reviews this site has to offer</review>
    <description>In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1253863</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>300: Rise of an Empire</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the wake of the Persians' victory over King Leonidas and his brave Spartans in 300 (2006), pitiless mortal-turned-god King Xerxes is bent on wiping out Sparta and Athens and conquering Greece. As Artemisia, the ruthless commander of the Persian Navy, assembles a massive fleet of ships and sets sail for conquest, Athenian General Themistocles prepares to defend Greece by sea, striving to entice Queen Gorgo to join the battle and rally more troops to fight for freedom. But with the unstoppable Persian hordes on the verge of victory, the fate of Greece hangs by a thread. In this seemingly unwinnable, once-and-for-all confrontation, can Themistocles lead the charge against the invaders and prevent the rise of an empire?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Noam Murro</director>
      <actor>Sullivan Stapleton (role=Themistokles)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Green (role=Artemisia)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Headey (role=Queen Gorgo)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Matheson (role=Aeskylos)</actor>
      <actor>Callan Mulvey (role=Scyllias)</actor>
      <actor>David Wenham (role=Dilios)</actor>
      <actor>Rodrigo Santoro (role=Xerxes)</actor>
      <actor>Jack O'Connell (role=Calisto)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Tiernan (role=Ephialtes)</actor>
      <actor>Igal Naor (role=King Darius)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Pleavin (role=Daxos)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mensah (role=Persian Emissary)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Bulgaria</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3Nzk5NTM4MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTg4OTAwMTE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Epic|Sword &amp; Sandal|Action|Drama</category>
    <review>Not as good as the first one, but still watchable</review>
    <description>Greek general Themistocles of Athens leads the naval charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0816462</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Conan</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the dark times of the Hyborian Age, the helpless Cimmerian boy, Conan, sees his entire village burn to the ground, and his fellow residents perish by the evil warlord, Khalar Zym, who seeks to piece together the last fragments of the magical Mask of Acheron. As the boy grows into a muscular man capable of defending himself, Zym's daughter, Marique, unearths the fabled artefact that can resurrect the dead and enslave the world. However, after a chance encounter with the pure-blooded warrior-monk, Tamara, Conan answers the call to arms and, bent on revenge, embarks on a peril-laden quest to thwart the dangerous megalomaniac's plans. Can Conan, the Barbarian, avert the impending age of darkness?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marcus Nispel</director>
      <actor>Jason Momoa (role=Conan)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Lang (role=Khalar Zym)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Nichols (role=Tamara)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Perlman (role=Corin)</actor>
      <actor>Rose McGowan (role=Marique)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Sapp (role=Ukafa)</actor>
      <actor>Leo Howard (role=Young Conan)</actor>
      <actor>Steven O'Donnell (role=Lucius)</actor>
      <actor>Nonso Anozie (role=Artus)</actor>
      <actor>Raad Rawi (role=Fassir)</actor>
      <actor>Laila Rouass (role=Fialla)</actor>
      <actor>Saïd Taghmaoui (role=Ela-Shan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Bulgaria|Germany|India</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUyMzI5NDA1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzIyNTY5NQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Sword &amp; Sandal|Sword &amp; Sorcery|Action|Adventure|Fantasy</category>
    <review>I've always been a fan not only of Robert E. Howard's fantasy stories but also of the Marvel Comics or the 1982 film "Conan the Barbarian" with Arnold Schwarzenegger. So when I heard of a new Conan I was most interested. With today's budget and cgi they really could pull it off. Oh Man I was wrong.Where do I start as everything is wrong in this movie  Words cannot adequately describe how terrible this movie is. It's that bad. However I have come to my senses to provide you with seven reasons why this film is bad.Number 1 the plot is "shaky". Here is the plot summary in one sentence: Conan witness the destruction of his Tribe and the Death of his Father by an evil Warlord who search the pieces of an ancient mask that is supposed to resurrect his wife, an evil sorceress that could grant him the powers of a God  OK??? Obviously a Conan film isn't built on a Tarkovskian scenario but with this Conan we reach an apogee in terms of bad writing. Writers Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer aren't fit for writing. The least they could have done was to read Robert E. Howard's literature and if as I suspect they aren't capable of reading more than 10 pages, I suggest looking at Marvel Comics who introduced a relatively lore-faithful version of Conan the Barbarian in 1970 written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith. In fact the total lack of understanding the character of Conan not only from the writers but also from Director Marcus Nispel and actor Jason Momoa is the main problem. I am not a Conan fanatic but if you put the word Conan somewhere in a movie title I guess as a Director you need to understand what is the essence of a Conan movie  You owe it to your audience; you owe it to yourself Number 2, the script is bad and as soon as Conan's Mother opens her mouth to name his son before she dies we know we are in for a treat of bad dialogs and overall silly script. What follows is ridicule one liners deliver with zero conviction from every protagonist.Number 3, where are the sidekicks? In a Conan film good sidekicks are mandatory. I remember Subotai (Jerry Lopez) in the 1982 Conan. He was a cool, loyal, and courageous dude. Every fan of this film remembers the crucifixion scene when suddenly Subotai appears in the horizon to save the day. Valeria was also a very likable and an equally strong character, some sort of Valkyrie that impacted Conan's emotions. In this 2011 version female characters are filler. The dialog of the main female character consists in screaming "Conan" every time she is in danger. Moreover there are no charismatic sidekicks or even interesting other characters. The black pirate serves as a pretext for a black character but has the personality of a "playmobil"; the "Arabic" Thief is so common I don't even remember his name or face.Number 4, a good villain should have depth  Stephen Lang as Khalar Zym does not do the job. Sure there wasn't much to do with the poor script he had in hands and screaming "barbarian!!!" every 2 seconds of his screen time doesn't help. Plus Rose McGowan transformed by either plastic-surgery or bad cgi (couldn't really tell) as his witchy daughter Marique is so outrageously goth that you constantly wonder if you are in a Conan film or in a remake of the Crow. Net net all protagonists are badly written and played even Ron Perlman, as Conan's father, is wasted.Number 5, there isn't any consistency between the scenes We watch Conan's Ship being attacked during the night, but the next scene of the battle for the Ship happens during the day  We see the girl go mating with Conan in a rocky cave of what seems to be a cliff environment. In the next morning when she attempts to go back to the Ship she gets kidnapped in what appears to be a Forest. At this stage I kept wondering if the Director was a little bit "special" or if the film editor endured a lobotomy half way during the editing session. Now that I think about it it's probably both.Number 6, they didn't hire a lead designer and that shows they should have. Costumes, armors, or even Architecture (by the way you can clearly see the use of models) don't fit the Conan universe and there isn't any vision or unity regarding the design of the film. As a result you don't have a feel that the story takes place in a possible ancient time with tangible ancient civilizations. So basically the production recycled costumes from the last 10 sand &amp; sandals films and the result is catastrophic.Number 7, they didn't hire a composer and that shows too. I understand that not everyone can be Basil Poledouris the composer of the haunting score from the 1982 Conan but in this 2011 Conan I was forgetting the music as I was watching the film this is a premiere to me.As a conclusion there is close to nothing that is enjoyable in this film. There is no sense of adventure that makes a heroic fantasy film worth it. There is no sense of progression that makes a revenge plot efficacious. There is no sense of danger that makes an action film breathtaking. There is no sense of feasibility that makes a film epic. There is no adequate script that makes characters believable and there is no musical soundtrack that draws you into the Journey. Give me 45millions dollars (half of the amount spent on this mockery) and some of the Conan fans from IMDb and we will probably do a better film</review>
    <description>A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0172495</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gladiator</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A dying Marcus Aurelius plans to name his loyal and brave General Maximus as his successor in order to restore the power of the Roman Senate. However, his power-hungry, jealous son Commodus learns of the plan and plans to execute Maximus in order to secure his claim to the throne. Maximus escapes execution, but is sold into slavery and is forced to become a gladiator. Eventually, Maximus and his fellow gladiators are sent to Rome to perform for Commodus. Through his bravery he wins over the masses, much to the chagrin of Commodus. Can Maximus use his newfound popularity to avenge Marcus Aurelius' death, or will Commodus be able to keep the throne?—</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ridley Scott</director>
      <actor>Russell Crowe (role=Maximus)</actor>
      <actor>Joaquin Phoenix (role=Commodus)</actor>
      <actor>Connie Nielsen (role=Lucilla)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Reed (role=Proximo)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Harris (role=Marcus Aurelius)</actor>
      <actor>Derek Jacobi (role=Gracchus)</actor>
      <actor>Djimon Hounsou (role=Juba)</actor>
      <actor>David Schofield (role=Falco)</actor>
      <actor>John Shrapnel (role=Gaius)</actor>
      <actor>Tomas Arana (role=Quintus)</actor>
      <actor>Ralf Moeller (role=Hagen)</actor>
      <actor>Spencer Treat Clark (role=Lucius)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Malta|Morocco</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>8.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWQwNTRiMTUtNjZhOS00MTg2LWIwMGUtNzk0MzY5OTE5NzNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Adventure Epic|Epic|Period Drama|Sword &amp; Sandal|Action|Adventure|Drama</category>
    <review>Ridley Scott's Gladiator is not a perfect film, I would think that the hardiest of fans, of which I'm firmly one, know this deep down. Yet just like Commodus in the film is keen to point out that he himself has other virtues that are worthy, so does Gladiator the film. Enough in fact to make it an everlasting favourite of genre fans and worthy of the Academy Award acknowledgements it received.In narrative terms the plot and story arc is simplicity supreme, something Scott and Russell Crowe have never shied away from. There has to my knowledge as well, never been a denial of the debt Gladiator owes to Anthony Mann's 1964 Epic, The Fall of the Roman Empire. Some folk seem very irritated by this, which is strange because the makers of Gladiator were not standing up bold as brass to proclaim they were unique with their movie, what they did do was reinvigorate a stagnant genre of film for a new generational audience. And it bloody worked, the influence and interest in all things Roman or historically swashbuckling of film that followed post Gladiator's success is there for all to see.What we do in life echoes in eternity.So no originality in story, then. While some of the CGI is hardly "Grade A" stuff, and there's a little over - mugging acting in support ranks as some of the cast struggle to grasp the period setting required, yet the way Gladiator can make the emotionally committed feel - overrides film making irks. Crowe's Maximus is the man men want to be and the man women want to be with. As he runs through the gamut of life's pains and emotionally fortified trials and tribulations, we are with him every step of the way, urging him towards his day of revenge splattered destiny; with Crowe superb in every pained frame, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor that he should have won for The Insider the previous year.Backing Crowe up is Joaquin Phoenix giving Commodus preening villainy and Connie Nielsen graceful as Lucilla (pitch Nielsen's turn here against that of Diane Kruger's in Troy to see the class difference for historical period playing). Oliver Reed, leaving the mortal coil but leaving behind a spicy two fold performance as Proximo the Gladiator task master. Olly superb in both body and CGI soul. Richard Harris tugging the heart strings, Derek Jacobi classy, David Hemmings also, while Djimon Hounso gives Juba - Maximus right hand man and confidante - a level of character gravitas that's inspiring.I didn't know man could build such things.Dialogue is literate and poetic, resplendent with iconic speeches. Action is never far away, but never at the expense of wrought human characterisations. The flaming arrows and blood letting of the Germania conflict kicks things off with pulse raising clarity, and Scott and his team never sag from this standard. The gladiator arena fights are edge of the seat inducing, the recreation for the Battle of Carthage a stunning piece of action sequence construction. And then the finale, the culmination of two men's destinies, no soft soaping from Scott and Crowe, it lands in the heart with a resounding thunderclap. A great swords and sandals movie that tipped its helmet to past masters whilst simultaneously bringing the genre alive again. Bravo Maximus Decimus Meridius. 10/10</review>
    <description>A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0120004</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das relikt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum sends two crates from South America containing his findings, and when the crates arrive at the museum there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that supposedly brought the crates to the U.S. A murder soon takes place in the museum, and while investigating the murder, Lt. Vincent D'Agosta enlists the help of Dr. Margo Green, a researcher, at the museum. She has taken an interest in the contents of her colleague's crates. Unknown to both there is a large creature roaming the museum which is gearing itself up for a benefit reception which the city's mayor is to attend.—Rob Hartill</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Hyams</director>
      <actor>Penelope Ann Miller (role=Dr. Margo Green)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Sizemore (role=Lt. Vincent D'Agosta)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Hunt (role=Dr. Ann Cuthbert)</actor>
      <actor>James Whitmore (role=Dr. Albert Frock)</actor>
      <actor>Clayton Rohner (role=Det. Hollingsworth)</actor>
      <actor>Chi Muoi Lo (role=Dr. Greg Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Ryan (role=Tom Parkinson)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Lesser (role=Mayor Robert Owen)</actor>
      <actor>Diane Robin (role=The Mayor's Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Lewis Van Bergen (role=John Whitney)</actor>
      <actor>Constance Towers (role=Mrs. Blaisedale)</actor>
      <actor>Francis X. McCarthy (role=Mr. Blaisedale)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Germany|Japan|United States</country>
    <date>1997</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDgxMDQ5ODItMzM4NC00NGIxLTk2MzYtMTA4ZDg5NTUyYmRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Suspense Mystery|Horror|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>On it's own the movie is pretty good... I liked it so much it made me want to read the book - which was exponentially better! The movie changed the location from New York to Chicago and dumped most the the main characters and central storyline and added some that don't have anything to do with the storyline (like D'Agosta's supersticious nature)... they really dumbed it down. There is a fantastic character, Agent Aloysius Pendergast who was completely omitted from the film - what a shame... If you liked the movie then read the series by Douglas Preston &amp; Lincoln Child: Relic, Reliquary, Thunderhead, Cabinet of Curiosities, Still Life with Crows, Brimstone and Dance with Death. -Enjoy!</review>
    <description>A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like God, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0120382</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Truman Show</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is the star of one of the most popular shows in TV history. The only thing is-he doesn't know he's the star.Selected at birth and legally adopted by a television studio following an unwanted pregnancy, Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program filmed and broadcast worldwide, 24/7, through approximately five thousand hidden cameras.An entire other world has been fabricated for him in a special enclosure in Hollywood, to simulate a small town called Sea Haven. Truman's entire world is a huge TV set &amp; all he knows are simply actors, including his wife. Truman's world is populated by actors and crew members who serve as his community while carefully keeping him from discovering the truth. They also earn revenue for the show through cleverly disguised product placement.Truman's hometown, Seahaven Island, is set inside an enormous soundstage, which allows Christof, the show's creator and executive producer, to control most aspects of Truman's life, including the weather.To prevent Truman from escaping, Christof has orchestrated various scenarios, such as the "death" of Truman's father in a boating accident to instill Thalassophobia, and has the cast reinforce Truman's anxieties with messages about the dangers of traveling and the virtues of staying home. The island set is surrounded by water to ensure Truman can't escape.Though the producers intend for Truman to fall in love with and marry a woman named Meryl, Truman develops feelings for Lauren, an extra. Sympathetic to Truman's plight, she tries to tell him the truth but is fired and forcibly removed from the set before she can convince him. Truman eventually marries Meryl, but their relationship is stilted and passionless, and he secretly continues to imagine a life with Sylvia and dreams of traveling to Fiji, where he was told she had moved. Meanwhile, in the real world, Sylvia joins "Free Truman", an activist group that calls for Truman's liberation.It is on day 10,909 that the trouble begins. As he's getting ready for work, a strange object falls from the sky near Truman's car. It appears to be a light of some kind.His wife Meryl (Laura Linney) &amp; friend Marlon (Noah Emmerich) also play a role in keeping Truman on the island despite his ambitions to roaming the world. Meryl indicates Truman's financial obligations like the mortgage &amp; car payments to scuttle his dreams.Next day, Truman sees a homeless man that looks like his dad (Brian Delate) (who supposedly died). Suddenly a lot of obstacles appear &amp; whisk the homeless guy away. That night in basement Truman dreams of a woman he had his eye on in college, who was strangely sidelined from his life as Meryl turned up. Deducing that the city somehow revolves around him, Truman begins questioning his life and asking who he sees as his closest confidants to help him solve the mystery.A month later Truman meets that girl from high school named Lauren (Natascha McElhone) &amp; she reluctantly agrees to speak with him. Before she can reveal the truth about the show she is whisked away by strangers. Lauren reveals her real name is Sylvia.The next day as Truman wanders around in his car, he notices even more strange things including a studio set inside an elevator. Truman picks up Marlon &amp; decides to leave the island. The next day, Truman attempts to leave Seahaven, but finds that there are no flights available to Fiji for at least a month, and the bus he attempts to take to Chicago breaks down before it can even leave.Truman decides to leave by car, but a perfectly synchronized traffic jam appears. When he 'pretends' to give up and go home, the traffic jam magically disappears, and he heads to the town's only bridge out of town. His fear of water makes him force Maryl to drive over the bridge, but a "nuclear" power plant leak stops him &amp; he is returned to his home.
There, he confronts Meryl and challenges the sincerity of their marriage. A panicked Meryl tries to change the subject with a product placement, causing Truman to snap and hold her at knife-point. Meryl breaks character to call for help and is removed from the show.Everyone tries to tell Truman that there is no controversy. His mother (Holland Taylor) comes &amp; explains that the homeless guy was indeed his father under the guise of him having developed amnesia after the boating accident.
It soon becomes apparent that this reuniting was due to Christof (Ed Harris) the creator of the 'Truman Show,' who felt that reintroducing Truman's Father would quell his emotional turmoil. The show regains its ratings, and Truman seems to return to his routines.
At the office, Truman is introduced to Vivien (Heidi Schanz) (Christof's planned replacement since Meryl as now left the cast).Christof goes on a talk show &amp; explains that the death of Truman's father was a way to stop Truman urge to explore the world.
Sylvia confronts him on air &amp; Christof says that Truman is free to leave anytime &amp; that he stays because he likes it there.One night, however, Christof discovers that Truman has begun sleeping in his basement. Disturbed by this change in behavior, Christof sends Truman's best friend Marlon to visit and discovers that Truman has disappeared through a makeshift tunnel in the basement. Christof suspends the broadcast for the first time in its history, leading to record viewing numbers.
Mid night turns to noon as the "Sun" is brought up to assist with the search.Christof finds Truman sailing a boat to escape the island. Christof uses the weather program to stop Truman, &amp; almost drowns him but shuts it off when Truman does not relent.Truman continues on, until he hits the side of the stage. Finding a ledge, he walks along it to a small stairwell with an exit door. As he attempts to go through, a loud booming voice is heard overhead.
Christof speaks to Truman, acting as both a God and a Father to him, and revealing that Truman's entire life was a television show. Christof tries to plant doubt in Truman's mind, that he belongs in this world, and that he is afraid to leave.Truman then grows silent, before turning to the sky, and proclaiming, "In case I don't see Ya-good afternoon, good evening, and good night." Then, bowing, he steps through the door, and into a new life.
Viewers around the world celebrate Truman's escape, and Sylvia races to greet him. The executive producers end the program with a shot of the open exit door, leaving Christof devastated. After the broadcast ends, Truman's viewers look for something else to watch.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Weir</director>
      <actor>Jim Carrey (role=Truman Burbank)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Linney (role=Hannah Gill)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Emmerich (role=Marlon)</actor>
      <actor>Natascha McElhone (role=Sylvia)</actor>
      <actor>Holland Taylor (role=Truman's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Delate (role=Truman's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Blair Slater (role=Young Truman)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Krause (role=Lawrence)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Schanz (role=Vivien)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Taylor (role=Ron)</actor>
      <actor>Don Taylor (role=Don)</actor>
      <actor>Ted Raymond (role=Spencer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1998</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjc5MGY5MTctNDE3OS00OWQ4LWFhYWQtNDc0NTBmYjFiNDM3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|High-Concept Comedy|Psychological Drama|Satire|Showbiz Drama|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>'The Truman Show' epitomizes strong and original storytelling on screen. This film is emotionally engaging, didactic, witty, dramatic and very unique. For those unfamiliar with the concept, Truman Burbank has never left his ideal home town of Sea Haven. What he doesn't know is that his entire environment is a materialized set and he is the ignorant star of a reality TV show of epic proportions.Taking this entirely original concept, writer Andrew Niccol and director Peter Wier take the viewer into territory uncharted by anything in film history. Thus, the plot is entirely unpredictable but still flows along expertly. The tightness of the screenplay and the immaculate pacing of Peter Wier contribute largely to this film's brilliance.The acting performances are amongst the best I've ever seen. Jim Carey is superb as Truman, effortlessly conveying his fears, desires and personality. Ed Harris is excellent as the reclusive creator of the production. In addition, the entire support cast appears synthetic enough to let the audience know they are "acting" for Truman but in some scenes let their "genuine" feelings shine through. The ensemble simply cannot be faulted. Carey was hardly done by not to get an Oscar nomination for his performance.The music and visuals are top notch. The cinematography has a reality TV feel that is clever but never intrusive. The shot selection is of the highest quality, particularly in the movie's final sequence. Muscially, this film is incredible. Phillip Glass is a dream on the piano, perfectly evoking the mood for each section of the narrative. The two combine excellently during the scene in which Truman breaks his routine for the first time. During the sequence, Truman makes subtle changes to the bland routine he follows compliantly every day. The emotion of the music when combined with the apparent simplicity of Truman's actions makes this scene one the most powerful I'v ever experienced.This film is an absolute gem. It effortlessly combines everything a classic film should have. It has comedy, drama, strong character development, atmosphere, originality, superb visuals, a superb score, tight writing, raises interesting moral questions as well as providing insight into the human condition. One cannot watch this spectacular film without wondering how a human would react when put in that kind of situation. It touches on our sense of adventure, desire for conformity and the courage we require to question the life we are presented with. 'The Truman Show' does all this in the most accessible and compelling fashion. One of the greatest films of our time</review>
    <description>An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0800080</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der unglaubliche Hulk</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>At Culver University in Virginia, Gen. Thunderbolt (William Hurt) Ross meets with Dr. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton), the colleague and lover of his daughter Betty (Liv Tyler), regarding an experiment that is meant, Ross claims, to make humans immune to gamma radiation. The experiment-part of a World War II era "super soldier" program that Ross hopes to recreate-fails and exposes Banner to huge amounts of gamma radiation. This has the effect of causing Banner to transform into the Hulk for brief periods of time, whenever his heart rate rises above 200. The Hulk destroys the lab and injures or kills the people inside. Banner becomes a fugitive from the U.S. military and Ross in particular, who wants to convert the Hulk process into a weapon.Five years later, Banner works at a bottling factory in Rocinha, Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, while searching for a cure for his condition. On the Internet, he collaborates with a colleague he knows only as "Mr. Blue", and to whom he is "Mr. Green". He is also learning meditative breathing techniques from a martial arts expert to help keep control, and has not transformed in 158 days.After Banner cuts his finger, a drop of his blood falls into a bottle, and is eventually ingested by an elderly consumer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, creating medical complications and eventually killing him. Using the bottle to discover Banner's location, Ross sends a SWAT team, led by Russian-born British Royal Marine Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) to capture him. Banner transforms into the Hulk and defeats Blonsky's team. After Ross explains how Banner became the Hulk, Blonsky agrees to be injected with a small amount of a serum developed as part of the same operation, which gives him enhanced speed, strength, agility, and healing, but also begins to deform his skeleton and impair his judgment.Banner returns to Culver University and reunites with Betty, who is dating psychiatrist Leonard Samson. Banner is attacked by Ross and Blonsky's forces, tipped off by the suspicious Samson, causing his transformation into the Hulk. The ensuing battle in a courtyard outside the university proves to be futile for Ross' forces and they eventually retreat. But Blonsky, whose sanity is starting to falter, boldly attacks and mocks the Hulk. The Hulk dispatches Blonsky and flees with Betty. After the Hulk reverts to Banner, he and Betty go on the run and stay in a motel for the night where she cuts his hair and they get ready to make love but give up at last because his heart rate monitor is beeping frequently. Banner contacts Mr. Blue, who urges them to meet him in New York City.Mr Blue is actually cellular biologist Dr. Samuel Sterns, who tells Banner he has developed a possible antidote to Banner's condition. After a successful test, he warns Banner that the antidote may only reverse each individual transformation. Sterns reveals he has synthesized Banner's blood samples, which Banner sent from Brazil, into a large supply, with the intention of applying its "limitless potential" to medicine. Fearful of the Hulk's power falling into the military's hands, Banner attempts to convince Sterns to destroy the blood supply. Blonsky is revealed to have survived his injuries from the previous battle and has completely healed. He joins Ross' forces for a third attempt take Banner into custody. They succeed and Banner, along with Betty, are taken away in Ross' helicopter.Blonsky stays behind and forces Sterns to inject him with Banner's blood, as he covets the Hulk's power. Sterns warns that the combination of the super-soldier formula and Banner's blood may cause him to become an "abomination". Unconcerned, Blonsky forces Sterns to administer the blood and a gamma charge. The experiment mutates Blonsky into a creature with size and strength surpassing that of the Hulk, but drives him to become angry like the Hulk. Abomination then attacks Sterns, who gets some of Banner's blood into a cut on his forehead causing it to mutate him. Abomination then rampages through Harlem. Unlike Hulk, Abomination cannot revert back to normal Blonsky state.Realizing that the Hulk is the only one who can stop Abomination, Banner convinces Ross to release him. He jumps from Ross' helicopter and transforms after hitting the ground. After a long and brutal battle through Harlem, the Hulk defeats and nearly kills Abomination by choking him with a huge chain, relenting only after Betty's plea to spare him. After having a small, peaceful moment with Betty, the Hulk flees from the scene, and escapes from New York.
A month later, Banner is in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Instead of trying to suppress his transformation, he is attempting to transform in a controlled manner. As his eyes turn green, a smile appears on his face.In a post-credits scene at a local bar, General Ross is approached by Tony Stark, who reveals that a "team" is being formed.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Louis Leterrier</director>
      <actor>Edward Norton (role=Bruce Banner)</actor>
      <actor>Liv Tyler (role=Betty Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Roth (role=Emil Blonsky)</actor>
      <actor>William Hurt (role=General 'Thunderbolt' Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Blake Nelson (role=Samuel Sterns)</actor>
      <actor>Ty Burrell (role=Leonard)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Cabot (role=Major Kathleen Sparr)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mensah (role=General Joe Greller)</actor>
      <actor>Lou Ferrigno (role=Security Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Soles (role=Stanley)</actor>
      <actor>Débora Nascimento (role=Martina)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Bryk (role=Commando)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|Japan</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwMTQ4Mzk5NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDMyNjA3MQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Kaiju|One-Person Army Action|Superhero|Urban Adventure|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>As I am writing this review, Avengers: Endgame is breaking box-office records as the culmination of 11 years of the MCU. Marvel Studios has become a juggernaut that seemingly nothing can ever stop. When The Incredible Hulk came out in 2008, the second movie of the so-called « Phase 1 » after Iron Man, such a success was merely a hope, if it was envisaged at all.However, this movie is an oddity in the MCU. It isn't considered an essential watch, a lot of people just forget about it, or simply have never seen it. And this isn't very suprising, as The Incredible Hulk has a completely different feel as any other MCU movie. There are no vibrant colors, jokes are few and far between, and, supreme heresy, it doesn't even feature the beloved Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / the Hulk. Despite that, I think this movie should be more recognized by Marvel enthusiasts.For one, I was surprised at the number of foreshadowing in it. Despite its reputation, it is very clear, watching now, that it was definitely intended as the beginning of a cinematic universe. There are references to Stark Industries, to super soldiers, to S.H.I.E.L.D., and the movie clearly lays the ground for a sequel (that never happened and probably never will).The performances were strong, and I will single out Edward Norton, who left the Marvel boat after this, for reasons still a bit unclear. Watching this movie made me regret that he didn't stay in the role for more movies (no disrespect to Mr. Ruffalo whom I like a lot, as does everyone). I am a big fan of Edward Norton in general, from whom I have never seen an unenjoyable performance. That stays true for this movie. To me, his casting as Bruce Banner was an inspired one. He portrayed the tortured soul of the character exactly as I envision it, and with a lot of nuances.The story itself isn't very remarkable. It's fairly conventional, although maybe not totally conventional for a superhero movie. I would say it's more of a thriller, about a man on the run from the military who are after his secrets and his life. We've seen this story before, but here the man also happens to turn into a big, green monster when his pulse gets too high. It isn't just a thriller, though, bu also very much a love story, which may be one of the reasons of its unpopularity (?). If that's the case, then it's a shame, because I found the love story actually well done. There was a real chemistry between Edward Norton and Liv Tyler, who portrayed a sweet, but capable Betty Ross, and there wasn't a moment where I didn't believe that these two characters were completely in love.What this movie might be criticized for, is a lack of the titular Hulk. It's true that it's mainly Banner's story. However, the scenes in which the Hulk appears are very satisfying. I must say I was impressed by the CGI. It isn't as modern as what we're used to see nowadays, but still very good. In a movie with such a realistic feel, it's even more difficult to make a huge CGI monster look like it's really there in the scene, but I though that it worked perfectly.This movie definitely is the odd one out in regards to the whole MCU, but I think it deserves not to be forgotten or dismissed. Not only is its quality on par with other, more popular Marvel movies, it is also our only Hulk solo movie, and it will stay so for the foreseeable future, due to the distribution deal between Marvel and Universal. So, if you're taking a nostalgia trip through the history of the MCU, or if you're only just now starting to delve into this cinematic universe, don't skip the Incredible Hulk</review>
    <description>Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3731562</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kong: Skull Island</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A diverse team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers unite to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific, as dangerous as it is beautiful. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape a primal Eden in which humanity does not belong.—IMDb Editor</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jordan Vogt-Roberts</director>
      <actor>Tom Hiddleston (role=James Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Preston Packard)</actor>
      <actor>Brie Larson (role=Mason Weaver)</actor>
      <actor>John C. Reilly (role=Hank Marlow)</actor>
      <actor>John Goodman (role=Bill Randa)</actor>
      <actor>Corey Hawkins (role=Houston Brooks)</actor>
      <actor>John Ortiz (role=Victor Nieves)</actor>
      <actor>Tian Jing (role=San)</actor>
      <actor>Toby Kebbell (role=Kong)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Mitchell (role=Mills)</actor>
      <actor>Shea Whigham (role=Cole)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Mann (role=Slivko)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China|Vietnam|Canada|Germany|United Kingdom|Singapore|India|Australia</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDM5ZWRmOGItNDYwZS00NTY1LTg5YzMtYmRhN2M5Y2I2MTNjXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFuaW5vc2M@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Jungle Adventure|Kaiju|Supernatural Fantasy|Survival|Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>When the Vietnam War ends, Bill Randa (John Goodman) and his partner Houston Brooks (Corey Hawkins) from the Monarch organization succeed to get the financing for an expedition to the recently discovered Skull Island from Senator Willis (Richard Jenkins). He hires the former Captain James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) to guide the expedition; a group of soldiers under the command of Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson); and the awarded journalist and photographer Mason Weaver (Brie Larson). On the arrival, the helicopters need to cross a storm and soon they drop bombs on the forest to map the seismology of the island. Soon they are attacked by a huge gorilla called Kong that destroys the helicopters and kills part of the crew and scatter the rest through the island. The group commanded by Conrad meets Hank Marlow (John C. Reilly), a survivor from the World War II that lives with a tribe of natives. He explains that Kong protects the island and the natives from underground monsters and shall not be killed. But Colonel Packard is insane seeking revenge for his men that died."Kong: Skull Island" is a brainless adventure with several stupidities. For example, the number of helicopters in the beginning of the journey of Randa, Conrad and Packard is totally incompatible with the size of their ship. Bo pilot would dare to cross a storm like that in a helicopter. The attack of all the helicopters to Kong is absolutely imbecile. Most of the survivor's attitude are at least unreasonable. On the other side, the adventure is highly entertaining and the special effects are top notch. Therefore the best option to the viewer is to shut down the brain and enjoy the adventure since this is the purpose of this type of blockbuster. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Kong: A Ilha da Caveira" ("Kong: The Skull Island")</review>
    <description>After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11348232</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Requin: Der Hai</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Le-Van Kiet</director>
      <actor>Alicia Silverstone (role=Jaelyn)</actor>
      <actor>James Tupper (role=Kyle)</actor>
      <actor>Deirdre O'Connell (role=Anne)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Chung (role=Fisherman)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Mudge (role=Lizzie)</actor>
      <actor>Kha Mai (role=Tour Guide)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>2.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzZkMTU4ODQtZTU4MS00ODBhLWIxNDQtMjNmNmZjNmQwNjcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>"the shark" yeah ok whatever. There are barely any sharks. That's not even the tension. The tension is between you and the remote as you argue with your roommate to keep playing it in the hopes that a shark will appear</review>
    <description>A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0971209</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>A Perfect Getaway</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Newlywed Hollywood Screenwriter Cliff Anderson and his wife, Cydney, head off to Hawaii for their honey-moon. After obtaining permits they drive a rented car and encounter hostile hitch-hikers, Cleo and Kale. They subsequently come to find out that police have discovered a brutally murdered couple with their teeth and nails removed. Cliff and Cydney then encounter war-vet Nick and his girlfriend, Gina, and together the four trek their way towards a popular beach. It will not take them long to realize that both Nick and Gina are a little odd, but before they could decide to separate from them, they find themselves confronted by Kale and Cleo, as well as unknown stalkers.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Twohy</director>
      <actor>Steve Zahn (role=Cliff)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Olyphant (role=Nick)</actor>
      <actor>Milla Jovovich (role=Cydney)</actor>
      <actor>Kiele Sanchez (role=Gina)</actor>
      <actor>Marley Shelton (role=Cleo)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Hemsworth (role=Kale)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Ruivivar (role=Chronic)</actor>
      <actor>Dale Dickey (role=Earth Momma)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Navy Tuiasosopo (role=Supply Guy)</actor>
      <actor>Wendy Braun (role=Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Cruz (role=Helicopter Pilot)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Sun (role=Counter Girl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkyMDU2MzIyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDgzMzI2Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>This is a good movie. However, it will probably not get a fair shot by most. The reason is the way the story is structured in which apparently nothing happens in the first 45 minutes. For today's average 18-34 audience this is almost intolerable as they are now conditioned to expect cheap CGI thrills and impossibly huge explosions in the first two minutes of the film (not necessarily a bad thing BTW). What underrated Director/Writer David Towhy is doing is actually putting your brain to work during the first two acts of the movie, all the while enjoying some incredible visuals of the Hawaiian tropical rain forest. Towhy concentrates on subtle character development. The acting is good. Mila Jovovich and Timothy Oliphant are the two that carry the film throughout. All in all I have to say that Towhy put out a fairly plausible story here with none of the CGI generated hyperbole that we see so much of nowadays</review>
    <description>Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8864596</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Transformers One</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but who once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Josh Cooley</director>
      <actor>Misty Lee (role=(uncredited))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWI0M2E1ZGMtMjk4Yi00ZGQwLTlkODYtMDYyMGE5N2U2ZDMyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Adventure Epic|Computer Animation|Fantasy Epic|Sci-Fi Epic|Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Animation|Family</category>
    <review>Transformers One Review by flexartsWhy is it GOOD?1) After a long wait, there is finally a Transformers film set entirely on Cybertron without any human presence.2) Even though Peter Cullen's voice is more charismatic, Chris Hemsworth still does an excellent job of portraying young Optimus Prime.3) The depth given to each of these iconic characters is spot on and executed extremely well.4) The animation is Fantastic with the G1 character designs given a modern touch. Wait... Say that again?5) Everything about the sound here is superb, from the incredibly detailed sound design to Brian Tyler's impressive score.6) Bumblebee sets the mood when it comes to comedy, even his friend STEVE is BETTER than MINECRAFT STEVE.Why is it BAD?1] The character development feels rushed, especially D-16's transition into Megatron which is not smooth.In conclusion: Transformers One has become the best Transformers film so far by offering a more substantive story than the live-action films. 9.1/10 :D</review>
    <description>The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but who once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0418279</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Transformers</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sam Witwicky, after persuading his teacher to give him an A, gets his first car, an old Camaro. One day, Sam's car drives itself to an old junkyard where it trnsforms into Autobot Bumblebee, with the objective of protcting Sam. Meanwhile, a decepticon attacks a US military base in Qatar. It tries to steal some data but is interrupted by the base commander who cuts all server hardlines. Only a handful of soldiers survive and are taken for debriefing. The Autobots land on Earth and explain to Sam about the Allspark, an object with power to creat worlds and fill them with life. Sam finds his great great grand father's glasses on which is imprinted the cube's location. As both Autobots and Decepticon fight for the Allspark, who will it be to take the source to limitless power?—srijanarora-152-448595</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Bay</director>
      <actor>Shia LaBeouf (role=Sam Witwicky)</actor>
      <actor>Megan Fox (role=Mikaela Banes)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Duhamel (role=Captain Lennox)</actor>
      <actor>Tyrese Gibson (role=USAF Tech Sergeant Epps)</actor>
      <actor>Rachael Taylor (role=Maggie Madsen)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Anderson (role=Glen Whitmann)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Voight (role=Defense Secretary John Keller)</actor>
      <actor>John Turturro (role=Agent Simmons)</actor>
      <actor>Michael O'Neill (role=Tom Banacheck)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Dunn (role=Ron Witwicky)</actor>
      <actor>Julie White (role=Judy Witwicky)</actor>
      <actor>Amaury Nolasco (role=ACWO Jorge "Fig" Figueroa)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTcyMzQ5NTA0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTM5ODgyMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR86,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Alien Invasion|Sci-Fi Epic|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>If you want a movie full of explosions and fighting robots, this is the movie you need to see. Although, it would have been a shorter movie if they didn't go slo-mo during a lot of the fight scenes (which is all right, because it's cool)</review>
    <description>An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1055369</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Transformers: Die Rache</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As the humans of planet Earth are adapting to their new lives with the aliens, an old enemy returns from the dead to begin another war and get revenge on everyone. This time, the enemy has new allies to help battle against those who oppose him.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Bay</director>
      <actor>Shia LaBeouf (role=Sam Witwicky)</actor>
      <actor>Megan Fox (role=Mikaela Banes)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Duhamel (role=Major Lennox)</actor>
      <actor>Tyrese Gibson (role=USAF Chief Master Sergeant Epps)</actor>
      <actor>John Turturro (role=Simmons)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Dunn (role=Ron Witwicky)</actor>
      <actor>Julie White (role=Judy Witwicky)</actor>
      <actor>Isabel Lucas (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>John Benjamin Hickey (role=Galloway)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Marsden (role=Special Air Service Forces)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Howard (role=Special Air Service Forces)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Papajohn (role=Cal)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Jordan|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTA3MzU3MzgxNTZeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDQ2MDY3MzMx._V1_QL75_UY281_CR88,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Car Action|Desert Adventure|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>It has it's issues (show me a movie that doesn't) but it's overall very much watchable and enjoyable</review>
    <description>Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4701182</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bumblebee</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Set in the past, a young female who is trying to figure out her life discovers and helps a warrior alien who is damaged. As he is recovering, two enemy aliens arrive to try to destroy the warrior alien and take full control of everyone on the planet.—RECB3</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Travis Knight</director>
      <actor>Hailee Steinfeld (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (role=Memo)</actor>
      <actor>John Cena (role=Agent Burns)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Drucker (role=Otis)</actor>
      <actor>Pamela Adlon (role=Sally)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Schneider (role=Ron)</actor>
      <actor>Ricardo Hoyos (role=Tripp)</actor>
      <actor>John Ortiz (role=Dr. Powell)</actor>
      <actor>Glynn Turman (role=General Whalen)</actor>
      <actor>Len Cariou (role=Uncle Hank)</actor>
      <actor>Kollin Holtz (role=Craig)</actor>
      <actor>Gracie Dzienny (role=Tina)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJlNmI5MDQtMmU4ZS00ZTcwLTkwMjUtNzY2NmY0ZWUzMjMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Car Action|Teen Adventure|Urban Adventure|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Bumblebee is surprisingly fantastic, it had better written humor and characters. it's a transformer movie but with heart and soul. The action sequences are excellent and had far less unnecessary explosions and better editing as you can see everything clearly. The characters are well drawn and have personality. Bumblebee is such a lovable character in this one and his dynamic duo with Charlie is just perfect. The performances are very good; Hailee Steinfeld is well-casted, and she easily carries the film. The visual effects are stunning, and the soundtrack is amazing; it has a lots of classic 80s songs that fits well with the themes presented in the movie.Overall, Bumblebee is one of the better films in the transformer franchise, it's well-written and has rich characters, and also very entertaining</review>
    <description>Bumblebee teams up with a teenage girl to protect the world while the Decepticons hunt him with the help of a secret agency.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10687506</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die wundersame Welt des Louis Wain</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, psychedelic pictures transformed the public's perception of cats forever. Set in the early 1900s, we follow Wain as he seeks to unlock the "electrical" mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily Richardson (Claire Foy).</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Will Sharpe</director>
      <actor>Benedict Cumberbatch (role=Louis Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Foy (role=Emily Richardson-Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Riseborough (role=Caroline Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Toby Jones (role=Sir William Ingram)</actor>
      <actor>Sharon Rooney (role=Josephine Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Aimee Lou Wood (role=Claire Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Hayley Squires (role=Marie Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Stacy Martin (role=Felicie Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Phoebe Nicholls (role=Mrs. Wain)</actor>
      <actor>Adeel Akhtar (role=Dan Rider)</actor>
      <actor>Asim Chaudhry (role=Herbert Railton)</actor>
      <actor>Taika Waititi (role=Max Kase)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODMxZTdkNDUtYTY2My00MTFmLWEwMjktZTlhYjRkNDNlMmI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Tragedy|Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>Some films can firmly claim to be one-of-a-kind, such as; 'The Life of Pi', then there's this one, about a painter I had not heard of from the late eighteen hundreds. Louis was a tortured fellow bordering on several psychotic spectrums while being extremely gifted in the arts, etc - leaving behind his remarkable (and much copied) Cat paintings that took the era by storm. Its style is dazzling all the way, and impresses on many levels - it starts off with a rather convoluted opening, that may not suit viewers with a short attention span or an impatience for understanding what drives a character's actions.This is a fact-based story running the gamut of human emotions - seeking to open doorways into the lives of troubled souls who existed during unsympathetic, and rather medically ignorant times (think also of Van Gogh). Production design, performances, cinematography and, music are exemplary, leaving patient audiences with a unique and precious gift.Director, co-writer, Japanese/English Will Sharp is no stranger to Bipolar disorders being type 11, and injects powerful understandings into Louis's character. Will's brother, Arthur Sharp, imparts wonderful emotional support supplying a stand-out Theremin based music score. Story writer Simon Stephenson has created a rich human experience giving us much to feel and think about (perhaps there's also a nod to Australian pop artist Martin Sharp here).One aspect that created a little disappointment was the decision to photograph in a variation of the old 4 x 3 frame. It added nothing to the story, in fact gave the film a cramped, claustrophobic feel, that can be better achieved in production design. Modern movie makers sometimes, mistakenly, think they need to go backward - away from the vast improvements in aspect ratios, this can sacrifice vital elements within their work. The end credits were neat but why so small? Otherwise, it's quite a special experience from Studio Canal and Amazon Studios</review>
    <description>English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1311076</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein Dinner mit Hervé</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A look at the life of French actor Hervé Villechaize, co-star of the hit '70s TV series Fantasy Island (1977), who took his own life in 1993 at the age of 50.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sacha Gervasi</director>
      <actor>Peter Dinklage (role=Hervé Villechaize)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Dornan (role=Danny Tate)</actor>
      <actor>Frida Munting (role=Attractive Secretary)</actor>
      <actor>Harriet Walter (role=Baskin)</actor>
      <actor>Laurence Ubong Williams (role=Harding)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Sturgeon (role=Koski)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Mays (role=Casey)</actor>
      <actor>Sabina Franklyn (role=Katie's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Orlando Goldsmith (role=Baby James)</actor>
      <actor>Rafferty Goldsmith (role=Baby James)</actor>
      <actor>Oona Chaplin (role=Katie)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Rednall (role=Male Friend)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzA3MjAxZjAtM2VhOC00ODFiLTgwODgtM2M4ZGQ5NzA5ZGE1XkEyXkFqcGdeQW1yb3NzZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama</category>
    <review>It took me a while to let go of the 'that's not the type of dwarfism he had' problem, but when I was finally able to do so, I was able to appreciate the story much more. It touched (lightly, admittedly, but also in an 'everyman' (sic) kind of way) on the themes of self-belief, self-control, and self-congratulation, and how thin the line between them is. One false move can see you fall on your face, or require you to push someone else out of your way; and we never know when that false move may occur or what may prompt it to happen</review>
    <description>A look at the life of French actor Hervé Villechaize, co-star of the hit '70s TV series Fantasy Island (1977), who took his own life in 1993 at the age of 50.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8521778</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bob Marley: One Love</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Reinaldo Marcus Green</director>
      <actor>Kingsley Ben-Adir (role=Bob Marley)</actor>
      <actor>Lashana Lynch (role=Rita Marley)</actor>
      <actor>James Norton (role=Chris Blackwell)</actor>
      <actor>Tosin Cole (role=Tyrone Downie)</actor>
      <actor>Umi Myers (role=Cindy Breakspeare)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Welsh (role=Don Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Nia Ashi (role=Teen Rita Marley)</actor>
      <actor>Aston Barrett Jr. (role=Family Man Barrett)</actor>
      <actor>Gawaine 'J-Summa' Campbell (role=Antonio 'Gillie' Gilbert)</actor>
      <actor>Naomi Cowan (role=Marcia Griffiths)</actor>
      <actor>Alexx A-Game (role=Peter Tosh)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gandolfini (role=Howard Bloom)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2NiYmI2OTktNTU3My00MDQ3LWI1NjUtZWJiNjljYWZkMzFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|Biography|Drama|Music</category>
    <review>It's fine, just nothing all that memorable.I had a pleasant enough time viewing 'Bob Marley: One Love', though it does kinda seem a bit hollow post-watch - as in I don't feel like I've learned much nor actually seen that much, the movie has like three noteworthy events but then that's kinda it. The music from those involved also didn't feel amazingly utilised, I guess they didn't want it to be too jukebox-y.Kingsley Ben-Adir does well in the lead role as Bob Marley himself. I'm not a Marley superfan or anything close, I basically only know his biggest hits, but the resemblance of Ben-Adir seemed off to me - a thought that was only solidified when the real Marley appears via archive footage at the end. Perhaps that's just me, though.Lashana Lynch gives a good performance, spearheading the rest of the cast who are alright; interesting to see James Norton, Michael Gandolfini too... even if I didn't realise it was Gandolfini until the credits. Overall, it does feel like the film only scratches the surface of Marley's life. I wanted more from it, but to be fair it is still a decent flick in my opinion</review>
    <description>The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14316602</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tyson</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A biographical TV series about Mike Tyson</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>DeShawn Harold Mitchell (role=Eddie)</actor>
      <actor>Joey Gutierrez (role=Lawyer)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Foxx (role=Mike Tyson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>Tyson (TV Mini Series) - IMDb</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjk4MGZlYzAtMDc5YS00YzFhLTg3OTAtMzNmNjI3YWY2MzlhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_CR0,0,3167,4751_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography</category>
    <description>A biographical TV series about Mike Tyson</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7748472</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Wizard of Lies: Cast interviews</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Nathan Darrow (role=Andrew Madoff)</actor>
      <actor>Robert De Niro (role=Bernie Madoff)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Henriques (role=Self - Actress &amp; Author of the book 'The Wizrad of Lies)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Levinson (role=Self - Director &amp; Executive Producer)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Pfeiffer (role=Ruth Madoff)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ0MzIxMzUwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjE1NjM1Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,7,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary|History|Short|Talk Show</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15321644</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gotti 2: The Final Chapter, Facts Undisputed</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Based on the life of John Gotti, the infamous real-life mobster.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Armand Assante (role=John Gotti)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>Gotti 2: The Final Chapter, Facts Undisputed - IMDb</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDM4OTQyYzItMGM2ZC00YzkxLTlkZDUtY2MzNWQ0MThhZDdmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,15,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Based on the life of John Gotti, the infamous real-life mobster.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8971476</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Whistleblower</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following a fatal accident, a Chinese expatriate working for a mining company in Australia discovers that new technology developed by the company may be a health risk, and investigates a web of conspiracies in his search for the truth.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Xiaolu Xue</director>
      <actor>Jiayin Lei (role=Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Tang Wei (role=Zhou Siliang)</actor>
      <actor>Xi Qi (role=Judy)</actor>
      <actor>John Batchelor (role=Harrison)</actor>
      <actor>Ce Wang (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Simay Argento (role=Hooker)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Bastoni (role=Harrison's Gunman)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Clayson (role=News Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>Brett Cousins (role=Tom Baker)</actor>
      <actor>Jane Downer (role=Nyasa)</actor>
      <actor>Douglas Embry (role=Worker)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Flaherty (role=Dean)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|China</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDhmMjJjNWEtZDZmMi00ZDllLTkwZjMtNmQ1ZGVlNmVmMTFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>The introduction to The Whistleblower - featuring James Bond style opening credits, and an explosive earthquake in Africa which devastates a village - may leave you thinking you're about to watch an entirely different film. Though the movie haphazardly juggles the action and thriller genres, it also tries its hand at melodrama and comedy, with mixed results, the film having such massive tonal shifts, it almost gave me a nose bleed.The plot follows protagonist, Mark (Lei Jiayin), a Chinese citizen with an Australian residence permit, working in the land down under for Harrison (John Batchelor) a big-shot at GPEC, an international mining giant. It might be worth noting that approximately half of the film is in English, and the other half is in Chinese (with subtitles).When a city in China wishes to take advantage of GPEC's coal production, their representative - who also happens to be Mark's ex-girlfriend - Siliang (Tang Wei), is sent to negotiate on the local government's behalf.Their complicated relationship history in mind, Mark and Siliang engage in a night of lurid passion ~ after which she gets on a plane and Mark goes home to his family (we are only *now* introduced to his wife, Judy (Xi Qi) and son). Before Judy discovers Mark's infidelity, Siliang's flight crashes at sea.This shocking turn of events is made more so when Siliang contacts Mark - no, she's not a zombie - she has cheated death, and is now in hiding, suspecting mercenaries had a hand in taking down the plane. Mark's doubts are put to rest when one colleague, Peter (Ce Wang), dies under mysterious circumstances, and another GPEC staffer, Tom (Brett Cousins) goes missing in Africa. What conspiracy could be at play here? Who is behind it all? And can Mark and Siliang figure it all out in time?Tang Wei gives an excellent performance, as usual, which ironically is a problem ~ her character is disingenuous and not particularly likable, making it hard to sympathize with her. Siliang's intellect is also questionable ~ not long into the movie, she contacts one of the antagonists after her 'death' and says (I'm paraphrasing) 'hey mate ~ I'm actually alive ~ please don't come after me'. What, dear reader, do you think happens next?Similarly, John Batchelor is totally under-appreciated with the two-dimensional character he has been handed, which does not befit his acting prowess. I strongly recommend 2012's Red Dog to anyone who wants to see Batchelor's extraordinary range.Moving on, by the time Judy uncovers Mark's infidelity, the film attempts to portray *him* as the victim, with Mark's son initially supporting him. The addendum that I found Judy to be the most endearing and empathetic character represents not just Xi Qi's phenomenal talent, but the film's inability to understand its audience ~ we'll come back to this problem later.What makes the film an even harder pill to swallow is how overly complicated everything is, with so many twists and turns. I'm all for a good twist (I'm looking at you, 2002's High Crimes), but here in The Whistleblower? Character X is a villain; now they're a victim; no, they're a villain again; now they're indifferent ~ and this issue plagues more than one role.Moreover, when the film is not being confusing, it becomes unrealistic and relies on sheer happenstance - example, when our protagonist literally finds evidence on the side of the road. Is that how investigations are supposed to work?This is further compounded by the film's repetitive structure, which mirrors 1998's Godzilla. Exchange a giant lizard for Mark and Siliang; exchange New York for Melbourne (and parts of Africa); and exchange U. S soldiers for random mercenaries. I dare you to count the number of times the bad guys find our leads and pursue them.I would however like to give credit to the film, in its ability to establish information early in the narrative, which then becomes important later ~ example, the initial African earthquake and Judy's profession in digital animation. If only everything in the film could have been this well executed.Returning to the aforementioned tonal shifts, a lot of this comes down to the choice of soundtrack. Despite the film's ability to score emotional scenes, the action sequences can be more hit and miss, with the inclusion of generic, almost cartoony, slap-stick style music. The overused effects, which accompany the occasional explosion or car chase, equally hamper immersion. Being passable at best, scenes of cars robotically flipping 180 degrees into the air, are likely to make most viewers shake their heads in disbelief.Lastly, one thought I kept returning to was, 'who is this movie made for?' Chinese audiences? A text crawl at the end of the movie reveals whistleblowing is basically illegal in China. Australian audiences? It's ironic that two major Australian film financiers produced a feature which demonizes Australia as a country willing to corrupt and hurt China. Additionally, movies produced by Australia usually self-promote the beauty of the nation's natural wonders, and with the exception of a scene at a famous landmark in the first act, so much potential is squandered, with most Australian locations appearing generic.What about international audiences? Well, the script's attempts at English, though grammatically good, are terribly formal, clunky and robotic. People DO NOT talk like this. Additionally, when Mark's infidelity is scandalized in the national news, he and Siliang are seemingly crucified, for what would not even be considered a worthy story in Australia (and presumably in many Western countries) ~ Mark's just an average joe - a foreigner at that, and who he sleeps with shouldn't make front page news (unlike in China where losing face is so serious).The Whistleblower, from its execution to its intended message, misses the mark (no pun intended) in so many ways. Though the finale is in some ways, satisfying, this cannot make up for an otherwise bloated, and more often than not, incoherent narrative, which blows more than it whistles</review>
    <description>Following a fatal accident, a Chinese expatriate working for a mining company in Australia discovers that new technology developed by the company may be a health risk, and investigates a web of conspiracies in his search for the truth.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10312484</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Forensics: The Real CSI</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Follow West Midlands Police as they use real life forensic science to catch criminals.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matt Haan</director>
      <director>Aoife Carey</director>
      <director>Jules Endersby</director>
      <director>James Incledon</director>
      <actor>Siobhan Finneran (role=Narrator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmMxNjE1YjUtYzIyMC00YmI2LWExMTctYjNlMzg4YWRmMTZkXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime Documentary|Police Procedural|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>This is a very interesting watch, if you're tuning in expecting to see something dramatic, along the lines of one of Netflix's more outrageous documentaries, forget it, this series isn't on the same lines.This is a very procedural, systematic crime series, you see the point of view of the forensics and the Police, you will see interviews and footage, some of it particularly graphic.Well narrated by Siobhan Finneran, she doesn't try to add any sense of drama, or any nonsense, it's factual.Grizzly, intriguing and factual, it's a good series. 8/10</review>
    <description>Follow West Midlands Police as they use real life forensic science to catch criminals.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10551278</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Killer Motive</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>They'll focus on the reasons behind a particular killing and explore how investigators uncovered the motive in order to crack the case.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Troy Roberts (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jd Crighton (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmVmYjAzMzctMGRmNi00YTFjLWE3ZGMtYWEzNmI2ZTcwNDkxXkEyXkFqcGdeQTNwaW5nZXN0._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Mystery</category>
    <review>I just want to say that I love Dateline and the other shows produced but I will never watch Killer Motive again. I watched a couple because I wanted to see if maybe Troy Robert's would calm his "I am taking what I learned in reporter school on how to speak when giving the news, literal, without putting any of my own personality in it" demeanor.He did calm it down, but not enough. His professional inflection wipes away any hope for me to be able to relate and admire him. I would rather listen to a 4 year old whine and scream his way through an hour long story than to listen to Troy Robert's speak one sentence.Plus, he has an I don't give a crap expression on his face when interviewing anyone about their heartbreaking story. It's to the point of seeming disrespectful.I can't be the only one who sees this!I actually LOVE LOVE LOVE the layout and stories of Killer Motive (I tried to watch about three of them before I deleted it off my dvr because of my annoyance of him screwing up the whole show). He's got the looks for a great video interviewer but as soon as he says the first sentence, I'm ready to give up.The reason I'm writing this is because every time I see a commercial for that show I get very frustrated because it was so good and I can't enjoy watching it because of Troy Roberts.It's just so maddening!What I can and will do is watch it with my friends because we have fun parroting his way of speaking, but we can't binge watch because we all can't stand it.I'm not expecting to be as amazing as Keith Morrison. No one is.Side note: I've always said that if I won the lottery, one of the first things I would do is hire Mr Morrison to read me bedtime stories every night.I'm so not kidding either. That man should be Uber famous just for his speaking talent. I'm waiting for him to write some kind of story novel and turn it into an audiotape, mainly because I don't need a lottery win to have that in my life forever.Ok. I feel better...until the next commercial for it.Maybe you could help me figure out how to watch your interesting/informative "Killer Motive" WITHOUT hearing Mr. Roberts speak?I'd be most gratefulPs. And I ONLY watched the "48 Hours" shows that he is absent from</review>
    <description>They'll focus on the reasons behind a particular killing and explore how investigators uncovered the motive in order to crack the case.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8069360</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>License to Kill</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Series chronicles accounts of patients put into jeopardy by medical professionals.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeffrey Venditi</director>
      <actor>Terry J. Dubrow (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Westlund (role=Extra)</actor>
      <actor>DonnaKelli Barnett (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>William Thomas Jones (role=Police Chief)</actor>
      <actor>Natalie Daniels (role=Lauren Hardman)</actor>
      <actor>Mia Rivera (role=Nurse)</actor>
      <actor>Michele Ann Einert (role=Patient)</actor>
      <actor>Robyn Ashley Dennis (role=Daughter #1 (2019))</actor>
      <actor>Josh Beck (role=Matthew Stavron)</actor>
      <actor>Grant Nicholas (role=Oliver O'Quinn)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Christensen (role=Joey Rovero)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Sharpe (role=Robert Courtney)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzYwNDJmYzgtZThiYi00ZTg0LThkZTYtYThhZDRjNGM4OGE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <description>Series chronicles accounts of patients put into jeopardy by medical professionals.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10955486</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>007 License to Kill: Hollywood Premiere</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>Mark Pirro (role=Presenter)</actor>
      <actor>Maud Adams (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Bach (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Martine Beswick (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Albert R. Broccoli (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lois Chiles (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Dalton (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Davi (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Griffin Dunne (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>David Hedison (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Lynn-Holly Johnson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Kiel (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM5NDczNDA1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzcyMzY0NA@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>News|Short</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8257674</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Buried in the Backyard</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Examines true-crime stories of victims found buried in the least suspicious places.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Douglas Elford-Argent</director>
      <director>Erik S. Weigel</director>
      <director>Greg Francis</director>
      <director>Bobby Munster</director>
      <actor>Sadie Medley (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Kieran Harriman (role=FBI agent)</actor>
      <actor>Amir Mo (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rhoda Pell (role=Church Parishioner #1)</actor>
      <actor>Faith Barrett (role=Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Tiffany Villalobos (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Crystal Richards (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Minshall (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mignon Farmani (role=Sandra McGee)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Patrick Butler (role=Tenant)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Sutton (role=Detective #2)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Waite (role=Phillip Rackstraw)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTU1MjJjNTktZWNiOC00ZTk5LTljZWMtYzE5OTk4M2IzMjUwXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>The show is interesting but the narrator kills it. She's horrible. She doesn't fit the feel of the show and is way past her depth. I'm not sure if the show requested she read the way she does but man is it bad. The worst part is that whether her voice actually fits for this style of documentary is really irrelevant when she is reading so poorly. Sometimes she sounds like a robot, but most of the time, she sounds like she's narrating an HGTV show. This show is about murder...obviously narrating in a chipper way is definitely not the way to do it.Again, I don't know if the producers asked for her to read it that way, but I can't help but believe that this is entirely her decision. And it's a bad one</review>
    <description>Examines true-crime stories of victims found buried in the least suspicious places.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>29335921</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Citizen Detective: Im Auftrag der Toten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Gripping true stories of regular citizens and the cases that they're consumed by - each episode of this documentary series unpacks the details of a case while exploring the psyches of those who simply need to know what happened and why.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Josh Hallmark (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rebekah Heath (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGQ1MmE2NjQtZWM0YS00MzdhLTkwZTYtMjMyZDc5ZTE2MWFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary</category>
    <description>Gripping true stories of regular citizens and the cases that they're consumed by - each episode of this documentary series unpacks the details of a case while exploring the psyches of those who simply need to know what happened and why.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1843894</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im Todestrakt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row inmates.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Herzog</director>
      <actor>Werner Herzog (role=Interviewer)</actor>
      <actor>Hank Skinner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Carty (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>James Barnes (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph C. Garcia (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Fratta (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>George Angel Rivas Jr. (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Raymundo Cabrera (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jovelle Joubert (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Connie Spence (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Goldberg (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Tod Goodyear (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Austria</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmRjYWY2ODMtYjc3NS00NzllLWE4ZTEtNTVhMjk5MjUzMzM3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>I watched the three episodes of this series only days after watching 'Into the Abyss'. While I found the full length feature documentary slightly boring and even more disappointing, the same can not be said about 'Death Row'.Herzog, the creator of this series, does not go on a rampage to prove somebody's innocence, nor does he advocate loudly his opinion about capital punishment. Instead he creates an opportunity to the viewer to get to know the person condemned to die. The emphasis is not about what is right and wrong, or who did what. Its about the person in death row, as well as other human aspects involved. Proper weight is given to the case's individual details, and at least my curiosity about the evidence and what occurred in the crimes was satisfied.I strongly recommend this series to people that find the theme at least mildly interesting. This series is politically some what neutral in spite of Herzog opposing capital punishment. I found some of the subjects - not all - likable, and felt strong compassion for them. This is a special mini-series and I'm very glad I watched it, even though I was disappointed by 'Into the Abyss'</review>
    <description>An inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row inmates.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22436166</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The First 48: Scared Silent</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/IMDb/Mobile/DesktopQRCode-png.png" />
    <category>Crime</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26831504</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Who Killed Robert Wone</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In this riveting, three-time Emmy®-nominated Clue-like murder mystery, investigators and true-crime sleuths attempt to unravel the truth behind the chilling, baffling, and stranger-than-fiction death of Robert Wone</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jared P. Scott</director>
      <actor>Glenn Kirschner (role=Self - Fmr. Federal Prosecutor)</actor>
      <actor>Bernie Grimm (role=Self - Fmr. Defense Attorney for Joe Price)</actor>
      <actor>Craig Brownstein (role=Self - Blogger, Who Murdered Robert Wone)</actor>
      <actor>Bryan Waid (role=Self - Lead Detective)</actor>
      <actor>David Greer (role=Self - Blogger, Who Murdered Robert Wone)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Wagner (role=Self - Host, The Mystery on Swann St)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Torchinsky (role=Self - Robert's Friend)</actor>
      <actor>Darcey Geissler (role=Self - Robert's Friend)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Geissler (role=Self - Robert's Friend)</actor>
      <actor>Lou Chibbaro Jr. (role=Self - Journalist, Washington Blade)</actor>
      <actor>Lois Goslinoski (role=Self - Medical Examiner)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Jaffe (role=Self - Editor, The Washingtonian)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWY3NzQ1MGQtNjdkMi00ZDMzLThmNDctMzkwZTI3MmNjMzBmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime Documentary|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>The robert wone case of washington dc ,2006-2010-____. A case that seems so obvious from the start, but fades deeper and deeper into olivion of the smoke laid by the defendants and their lawyers, and the proscecutioners and stupid teqnical mistakes done by their csi squad and homicide detectives. Its like playing ludo in stead off lido when deciding what kind of trial would be best for the fallout for the prosecutions case.Peacock has really made the grounds for a very good product of true crime story telling, a very dissapointing conclusion to every part involved, though it couldve won even more credibility if they couldve got interviews of the ex defendants.A well above feature movie length 2 part minitvseries packed with factuals, just a tiny percent of dramatization, therefore a recommend from the grumpy old man</review>
    <description>In this riveting, three-time Emmy®-nominated Clue-like murder mystery, investigators and true-crime sleuths attempt to unravel the truth behind the chilling, baffling, and stranger-than-fiction death of Robert Wone</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>35046718</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im Bett mit einem Serienkiller</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Telling the stories of former partners of serial murderers. With first-hand testimony they provide a unique and fascinating insight into the twisted minds of these terrifying criminals.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Kerry Daynes (role=Self - Forensic Psychologist)</actor>
      <actor>Christa Ackroyd (role=Self - Crime Journalist)</actor>
      <actor>Sohom Das (role=Self - Forensic Psychiatrist)</actor>
      <actor>Honor Doro Townshend (role=Self - Criminologist)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Jo Howard (role=Self - Former Partner)</actor>
      <actor>Terri Lemoine (role=Self - Former Partner)</actor>
      <actor>Martyn Hunter-Craig (role=Self - Former Partner)</actor>
      <actor>Cindy Brown (role=Self - Former Wife)</actor>
      <actor>John Treanor (role=Self - Former Partner)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy Hancock (role=Self - Former Partner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTlmZjI5NmItNmU0Yy00NmFkLWExNWMtZjA0MjgzYzg3ZDIxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Telling the stories of former partners of serial murderers. With first-hand testimony they provide a unique and fascinating insight into the twisted minds of these terrifying criminals.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1705096</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verliebt, verlobt, verhaftet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A biography about real people who marry their "soulmates", until they learn that the person they thought they married, isn't who they say they are.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mary Bissell</director>
      <director>Justin Wolfe</director>
      <director>Justin Wolf</director>
      <director>Valerie Haselton Drescher</director>
      <actor>Valerie Haselton Drescher (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline Hennessy (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Gulbranson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Annie K. Fox (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>T. Anthony Quinn (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathon Ruckman (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Loeh (role=Home Run Hitter)</actor>
      <actor>Shannon MacKinnon (role=Swinger)</actor>
      <actor>Jae Boddie (role=Nurse)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Donegan (role=Son)</actor>
      <actor>Juan Eloy Carrera (role=Family Lawyer)</actor>
      <actor>William Powell (role=FBI Agent)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjViYTIwYzktOGE0ZC00Yjk5LWJhODYtZmExNjg3NmNmMGU5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>I really enjoy the show. My only problem is the spokes woman who tells the stories, drives me crazy how she stretches her vowels in every word she says</review>
    <description>A biography about real people who marry their "soulmates", until they learn that the person they thought they married, isn't who they say they are.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8650734</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Whistleblower</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Features real-life stories of heroic people who put everything on the line in order to expose illegal and dangerous wrongdoing when major corporations rip off U.S. taxpayers.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Alex Ferrer (role=Self - Host)</actor>
      <actor>George Karadsheh (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Soe Maunglay (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGQ1ZjZkYTAtNDg4MC00N2UyLTkwYTctZTQ5NDJlM2FiNTEyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>I love stories like these.Only saw a few episodes so far, but I really hope they keep making this show. I feel like if they advertised it more, it would be a big hit</review>
    <description>Features real-life stories of heroic people who put everything on the line in order to expose illegal and dangerous wrongdoing when major corporations rip off U.S. taxpayers.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10187208</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Junge namens Weihnacht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Honest widower Joel works his tail off in their Finnish forest home to provide for doting son Nikolas, who even gets to keep mouse Miika as pet. When the king assembles the able men calling for adventurers to bring some hope back to the gloomy realm from the High North, Joel partakes and calls his wicked sister Carlotta to mind Nikolas, but the parasite exploits and practically chases boy and mouse. Nikolas sets out to find father, delighted to learn Miika can talk and help him befriend a moose, on whose back, having freed him from an arrow, they reach the mysterious northern paradise he believes depicted and sketched a route to on heirlooms from his late mother. Nothing is to be found where it leads, until a local teaches him you must believe hard enough to enter the magical village of Christmas fans. However it's in the grim grip of a wicked sorceress who bans all fun, drawing on paranoia since a local couple's kid son Kip was abducted by men. Nikolas escapes from the dungeon and discovers it's the doing of his father's rough adventurous band's doing. They free and return the boy, but Joel has to sacrifice himself to enable the magical sled to take flight. Nikolas invents the Christmas presents and gets the king's blessing.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gil Kenan</director>
      <actor>Maggie Smith (role=Aunt Ruth)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella O'Sullivan (role=Andrea)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Fry (role=Matt)</actor>
      <actor>Eden Lawrence (role=Patrick)</actor>
      <actor>Ayomide Garrick (role=Moppet)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Lawfull (role=Nikolas)</actor>
      <actor>Michiel Huisman (role=Joel)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Broadbent (role=King)</actor>
      <actor>Rune Temte (role=Anders)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Lenkowsky (role=Hessu)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Gudgeon (role=Palace Courtier 1)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Pitthan (role=Palace Courtier 2)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France|United States|Czech Republic|Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDIxZjJjYjQtNDdjMC00NWVlLWI2YWItOTRhNzA3ZGJkYTlhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Holiday Family|Adventure|Drama|Family|Fantasy|Holiday</category>
    <review>This is a slightly 'Klaus' (2019), slightly 'Santa &amp; Pete' (1999) and slightly 'Santa Claus The Movie' (1985) type film with hints of 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' (2000) production and sets. It's an origin story, so it's easy to compare it to these films of a similar vein, but it's still different enough to enjoy it in its own right.The writer has created a charming story, that kids will love and be able to watch with their families without the adults getting bored.Matt Haig's usual style of books might possibly be classed as self help, so it was interesting to find that the writer of a book that literally (excuse the pun) saved my life, had also created this enchanting tale, but not a shock to find that I enjoyed it.It has a large cast of famous faces and they all deliver without anyone stealing focus or performing badly.It is the type of film that has a fairytale feel to it, so there are some characters that are played with a more stage show styling. Some of the characters would definitely be booed if they were in a pantomime.I was even surprised that I liked Stephen Merchant's role, he usually winds me up, but he works very well as Miika.It has a slightly old fashioned feel to it, but yet still has a certain something that keeps it relevant today. There's probably some sort of moral in there too, but I need to watch it again to find it, as I wasn't looking for it, but I'm sure I will watch it again next year, if not again this year.775.05/1000</review>
    <description>In this origin story of Father Christmas, an ordinary boy--with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side--sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father, who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10628092</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Contra</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn't enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university's president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team.—Canon y mus</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sönke Wortmann</director>
      <actor>Nilam Farooq (role=Naima Hamid)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Maria Herbst (role=Richard Pohl)</actor>
      <actor>Hassan Akkouch (role=Mo)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Stötzner (role=Professor Lamprecht)</actor>
      <actor>Meriam Abbas (role=Lial Hamid)</actor>
      <actor>Mohamed Issa (role=Junis Hamid)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Gorski (role=Benjamin)</actor>
      <actor>Lieke Hoppe (role=Johanna)</actor>
      <actor>Fatima Naji (role=Oma)</actor>
      <actor>Cristiano Papasimos (role=Abu)</actor>
      <actor>Akim Schödel (role=Jamal)</actor>
      <actor>Selin Dörtkardes (role=Anissa)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzYxYzNhYTctMGFhOC00YmU0LWEzMmQtMjRlMWVmYmU3MzFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Finally a nice, high-quality and funny movie with Christoph Maria Herbst, as "usual" with pithy sayings as a convinced cynic who says what many think, but above all Nilam Farooq does a really great job, she really inspired me. Although the main theme of racism, equal opportunities and prejudice uses the usual clichés, it succeeds here in an entertaining, funny and also touching way and lives from the dialog. Not over the top or silly, but addresses the seriousness in an ironic way. The setting of a university with a debating competition and the battle themes is refreshing. Really a nice surprise.-------------Conclusion:Worth seeing</review>
    <description>A university professor's ignorance is exposed when he must prepare a student for a debate.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0102510</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die nackte Kanone 2 1/2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lieutenant Frank Drebin loves a mystery. Why are we here? Is there life after sex? Yes, Drebin tackles the big issues, and the biggest of all is how to stop devious Quentin Hapsburg's plan to destroy the environment. Returning are Jane, the woman who can melt a cheese sandwich from twenty paces, the intrepid Captain Ed Hocken, and the man so famous, a beverage was named after him, as hard-luck cop Nordberg.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Zucker</director>
      <actor>Leslie Nielsen (role=Lt. Frank Drebin)</actor>
      <actor>Priscilla Presley (role=Jane Spencer)</actor>
      <actor>George Kennedy (role=Ed Hocken)</actor>
      <actor>O.J. Simpson (role=Nordberg)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Goulet (role=Quentin Hapsburg)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Griffiths (role=Earl Hacker)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline Brookes (role=Commissioner Brumford)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony James (role=Hector Savage)</actor>
      <actor>Lloyd Bochner (role=Baggett)</actor>
      <actor>Tim O'Connor (role=Fenzwick)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mark Richman (role=Dunwell)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Williams (role=Ted Olsen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1991</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzBiMTc2YzQtYjg0OS00NmJlLWE4OGUtM2E2MmZhMzRkN2I5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Parody|Satire|Slapstick|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is now working in Washington D.C. with his two partners (Oscar-Winner:George Kennedy and O.J. Simpson). Their job is see if everything goes smooth for Dr. Albert Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths) speech for the President of the United States (John Roarke). His speech could be highly controversial for the whole world, since it involves the country's energy program. Quentin Haspburg (Robert Goulet) kidnaps Dr. Albert Meinheimer before the speech by using a look-like, which he doesn't want the world industry of fossil and nuclear fuels instead of the environmental ones. But Frank is still heartbroken after he left his girlfriend Jane (Priscilla Presley), who's now working for Dr. Meinherimer.Directed by David Zucker (Airplane!, BASEketball, Ruthless People) made an enjoyable sequel to the original. The cast seems to be having an great time and there's some original new gags as well. This sequel was just as big at the box office like the original did. Although the film critics had mixed opinions with this one. DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an good digitally remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD includes the teaser trailer, original theatrical trailer and an humorous commentary track by the director, producer:Robert K. Weiss and Host:Peter Tilder. "The Naked Gun 2 1/2:The Smell of Fear" perphas lacks some of the great gags of the original. But if you enjoy spoof comedies, don't miss this one. TV Version adds some additional footage. Written by the director and Pat Proft (Bachelor Party, Hot Shots!, Police Academy). (****/*****)</review>
    <description>Lieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0067318</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Käfer geht aufs Ganze</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jimmy Bondi has an extraordinary car. Indeed, she is intelligent and crammed with gadgets of all kinds. Both will participate in a rally through the jungle and steppe of Africa and face the greatest international specialists. However, villains will try to sabotage the super-ladybug--but they will learn at their own expense that, thanks to her many technical improvements, she is largely defensive.—Pascal</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Zehetgruber</director>
      <actor>Gerd Duwner (role=James Butler)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Mackay (role=Von Springel)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Brown (role=Howard)</actor>
      <actor>Constanze Sieck (role=Angie Jo)</actor>
      <actor>Lex County (role=Nick Hallmark)</actor>
      <actor>Surrender Singh (role=Singh)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Dean (role=Abdul)</actor>
      <actor>Fatimah (role=Schwester)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Switzerland|West Germany</country>
    <date>1971</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIzNjMxMTE3NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzUzNzYyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX143_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>The first of five movies director Rudolf Zehetgruber made about a yellow Volkswagen beetle with many gadgets. He played the driver himself, called Ben in this movie, but Jimmy Bondi in the sequels. Another difference is that there are considerably less gadgets in this first movie yet. This is a rather simple story about a race in Africa, entirely shot on location in Tanzania, where film-making was an adventure in itself almost 50 years ago. A hovercraft shall race against several racing cars, although it is obviously slower, but it is allowed to short cut the racing track across water to even the chances. Dudu, the yellow VW beetle, is only permitted as a support car, not as a full participant in the race, but the little car bravely faces the challenges of the African wilderness. This is a nice little race movie with some comedy elements, clumsily narrated and except for the Tanzanian locations, offering little to remember. Most of the sequels improved the concept a lot, I voted 4-7-6-5-3 for the five movies</review>
    <description>Jimmy Bondi has an extraordinary car. Indeed, she is intelligent and crammed with gadgets of all kinds. Both will participate in a rally through the jungle and steppe of Africa and face the greatest international specialists. However, villains will try to sabotage the super-ladyb...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0067318/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0287717</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Spy Kids 2: Die Rückkehr der Superspione</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The OSS now has a full child spy section and Carmen Cortez (Alexa PenaVega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) have become agents of the OSS. Carmen and Juni are children Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) and Ingrid Cortez (Carla Gugino), who are OSS spies in their worn right.
They face particularly hard competition with Gary (Matt O'Leary) and Gerti Giggles (Emily Osment), the children of double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles (Mike Judge), whom Carmen and Juni helped to rescue in the previous film. It is shown that Carmen defends Gary and has a crush on him.In an incident at a local amusement park, where the President's daughter Alexandra (Taylor Momsen) deliberately sabotages a thrill ride which juggles its passengers, forcing the Giggles and the Cortez kids to compete in the rescue. Alexandra deliberately put herself in danger to attract the attention of her father, who neglects her. Alexandra had also stolen the Transmooker from the President (Christopher McDonald). Juni rescues Alexandram while Gary takes the Transmooker. Carmen and Gerti work together to disable the ride and to save all the passengers.
The Cortez's are hoping that Gregorio will be named Director of the OSS at a major award function.At the award ceremony, Donnagon - who has somehow hacked into the teleprompter which the President was reading from - is named the director of the OSS. Donnagon felicitates Gary and Gerti for saving Alexandra, gives them level one OSS badges, and gives them highly coveted assignments.
At the award function, all the adults are knocked unconscious after they drink the wine. Only the spy kids are not impacted as they don't drink the wine. The function is infiltrated by enemy agents who steals the Transmooker from the President and escape in their ship.Juni is fired after being framed by Gary - who was actually to blame - into losing the "Transmooker", a highly coveted device which can shut off all electronic devices.
Carmen and Juni activate spy devices inside the OSS office and find that the enemy ship was last located near a mysterious Island, where people reported exotic animals in the vicinity.The kids contact Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming) &amp; Minion (Tony Shalhoub) to get the history on Donnagon. Minion says that Donnagon cannot be trusted and it seems that he is trying to steal the Transmooker.
In his new position as director, Donnagon can carry on with his plan to steal the Transmooker, so he can rule the world.After Carmen manages to hack into the database and reinstates Juni's level as an agent, she and Juni follow the trail to a mysterious island near China, which is home to Romero (Steve Buscemi), a lunatic scientist. Machete helps the Cortez kids to get fully outfitted for their mission.
The Cortez kids reach the Island in their submarine, but the submarine shuts down as they near the island. The kids escape the submarine in their underwater suits and land on the island. The Island is surrounded by mysterious monsters.Meanwhile, Donnagon figures out that the Cortez kids are going after the Island and informs the parents that their kids are lost. Gregorio and Ingrid immediately swing into action trying to locate their children. They are joined by Ingrid's parents (Ricardo Montalban) and (Holland Taylor), who are top notch spies in their own right.
The Giggle kids also follow the Cortez kids to the Island. None of the spy gadgets work on the Island so both team of kids are on their own.
The Cortez kids climb to the volcano in the middle of the island and fall in. They reach a hidden chamber inside the volcano, where they meet Romero.Romero has been attempting to create genetically miniaturized animals, so he can make a profit by selling the animals to kids. He also perfected the science to create cross animals with physical features from different species.
He had an experiment go wrong after accidentally pouring growth concoction onto the mutated set of animals. Romero is using the Transmooker device to keep his Island invisible to the outside world.
The Cortez kids rescue the Giggles kids from the Island monsters and bring them to Romero.
Romero reveals that he works for a man named Donnogan. The Cortez kids figure out that Donnagon is really after the Transmooker device. Gary refuses to believe that his father is the villain here.The Cortez parents track Carmen and Juni with non-electrical implants in their dental work.The Cortez kids decide to destroy the Transmooker device before Donnagon gets to the Island. But the device is hidden on the other side of the Island and very well protected. The Giggles kids follow the Cortezes.
The Cortez kids figure out that Donnagon wants the whole family killed together, so nobody can stop him. Carmen knew about the dental implants and destroys them so that their parents cannot track them.
The Cortez parents are still able to track them with a tracer that Grandpa Cortez had put in Juni's necklace.
The Cortez kids enter an antechamber under the Island and continue their quest for the Transmooker.After a number of action sequences, such as fighting skeletons and other monsters, Carmen is captured by a Spork, which is quite literally a flying pig and dropped into an Eagle nest.
Carmen meets Gerti there who tells her that Gary is really evil, and Carmen changes her feelings for Gary and sides with Juni who was going to be hurt by Gary.Donnagon reaches the Island as the Cortez kids take away the Transmooker and head to the beach.
The spy kids - along with the help of their family, Romero and Gerti Giggles - destroy the Transmooker and defeat Donnagon and Gary but Gregorio and Donnagon fight each other.Donnagon is relieved by the President and Gary is disavowed, while Juni quits due to the impersonal treatment of agents by the OSS.
During the credits, Machete (Danny Trejo) has Carmen sing as an undercover pop star in a concert. Carmen says she can't sing so Machete gives her a mic which auto-tunes her voice and a belt that helps her dance. He also gives Juni a guitar that plays itself.
After the performance, Machete informs Carmen that he had not put the batteries in and Carmen was actually singing.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Rodriguez</director>
      <actor>Antonio Banderas (role=Gregorio Cortez)</actor>
      <actor>Carla Gugino (role=Ingrid Cortez)</actor>
      <actor>Daryl Sabara (role=Juni Cortez)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Buscemi (role=Romero)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Judge (role=Donnagon)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Trejo (role=Machete)</actor>
      <actor>Cheech Marin (role=Felix Gumm)</actor>
      <actor>Matt O'Leary (role=Gary Giggles)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Osment (role=Gerti Giggles)</actor>
      <actor>Ricardo Montalban (role=Grandfather)</actor>
      <actor>Holland Taylor (role=Grandmother)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Cumming (role=Fegan Floop)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
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    <category>Action|Adventure|Comedy|Family|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>The first "Spy Kids" is an incredibly over the top but entertaining film for younger audiences and even though I still recommend this sequel I think that its just a little too over the top. Story is of course about Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara) who have become top spies for their agency but now they are in competition for the best jobs by another brother/sister spy team. A gadget called the Transmooger that can shut down any defense system is stolen from the President and Juni is blamed for his carelessness. The Agency sends Gary (Matthew O'Leary) and Gerti (Emily Osment) who are the children of Donnagon (Mike Judge) who is in charge of Operations so Carmen hacks into the computer and has the mission changed so that she and Juni are sent instead. They travel underwater to an island that is invisible and inhabited by strange looking creatures but they have to hurry because Gary and Gerti will be showing up eventually to get the Transmooger that they are trying to find as well. The meet Romero (Steve Buscemi) who is hidden underground because he was the one that created all the creatures and he thinks they want to kill him. Meanwhile, Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) and Ingrid Cortez (Carla Gugino) are in pursuit to find their children along with the help of Grandfather (Ricardo Montalban) and Grandmother (Holland Taylor). Not only did Robert Rodriguez direct this film but he also wrote, edited, produced, scored and did the production design. I'm sure he did other things as well and this shows that he remembers his days as a poor independent filmmaker with this type of self reliance. Rodriguez has a wild imagination and its not uncommon in his films for him to throw everything at an audience but the kitchen sink. This film is chock full of digital effects and at times it bordered on being more animated than live action. As much as I enjoyed the first film I always told people that I thought it would be even better if the story was more simplified. Have the kids in more realistic situations like James Bond but instead we got a cartoonish film with walking thumbs and gadgets that even Bond himself would laugh at. Here in this sequel it goes even more over the top with such outlandish situations that even Indiana Jones would be clueless. I couldn't decide which was more incredible, the giant monsters on the island or the fact that parents were sending their small children out on dangerous missions to save the world! Another thing I noticed was the sister of Haley Joel Osment who plays one of the other spy kids. It may be too soon to judge her but after watching Emily Osment's performance in this film she should beg her brother for acting lessons. She has an eternity to go. I am recommending this film for its wild imagination and high tech energy and their are some nice tributes to the great Ray Harryhausen but if they continue to make these sequels they might want to think about simplifying the stories</review>
    <description>The Cortez siblings set out for a mysterious island, where they encounter a genetic scientist and a set of rival spy kids.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1179025</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Adèle und das Geheimnis des Pharaos</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On a desperate mission to save her comatose sister, Agathe, the feisty novelist and audacious adventurer, Adèle Blanc-Sec, finds herself in exotic Egypt, in search of famed Pharaoh Ramesses II's mummified physician. However, as a catastrophic complication in the name of science sets free a fearsome 136-million-year-old pterodactyl in turn-of-the-century Paris, suddenly, the imprisoned academic, Professor Espérandieu, is in high demand. Now, bumbling Parisian inspectors, trigger-happy big-game hunters, and an appalling arch-nemesis threaten to thwart Adèle's master plan. Will Adèle save her sister?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Luc Besson</director>
      <actor>Louise Bourgoin (role=Adèle Blanc-Sec)</actor>
      <actor>Mathieu Amalric (role=Dieuleveult)</actor>
      <actor>Gilles Lellouche (role=Inspecteur Albert Caponi)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Paul Rouve (role=Justin de Saint-Hubert)</actor>
      <actor>Jacky Nercessian (role=Marie-Joseph Espérandieu)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Nahon (role=Le professeur Ménard)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolas Giraud (role=Andrej Zborowski)</actor>
      <actor>Gérard Chaillou (role=Président Armand Fallières)</actor>
      <actor>Serge Bagdassarian (role=Ferdinand Choupard)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Pérot (role=Nini les Gambettes)</actor>
      <actor>François Chattot (role=Raymond Pointrenaud)</actor>
      <actor>Stanislas de la Tousche (role=Le chauffeur Pointrenaud)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|United States</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
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    <category>Desert Adventure|Globetrotting Adventure|Quest|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Family|Fantasy|Mystery</category>
    <review>Having been lucky to find it was showing at the cinema, I must admit I jumped at the chance to see it being a fan of Luc Besson. I didn't really know what to expect (having only seen trailers for the movie) and I never read the original stories, however I was pleasantly surprised.Overall the film was very funny and had some very good set pieces, including a very enjoyable scene in Egypt and a scene in a Parisian prison that reminded me of the slapstick nature of the original "Pink Panthers". Louise Bourgoin was very good as the titular heroine and was able to pull off both charm and dead-pan humour effectively throughout the film, making her a pleasure to watch.However I must admit that at times the plot did wear thin at places and I would be lying if I didn't say that the story itself was very silly. At times it felt as though I was watching a cross between "The Mummy Returns" and "The Crystal Skull" (although this movie is a far superior specimen) while at other times the film reverted to a more serious adventure tone, unable to properly balance the two tones.All in all I enjoyed the film and would happily see it again. If you are the sort of person who enjoyed "Sahara" and "National Treasure" then this film is for you. On the other hand fans of the more refined explorer films such as "Raiders" might find little to relate to. That being said I do hope for is that the film will be successful enough to merit a sequel, even if the ending does leave it on a rather pointless cliffhanger</review>
    <description>An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7749142</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Känguru-Chroniken</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Comedy based on the radio comedy and the bestselling books and audio-books by Marc-Uwe Kling.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dani Levy</director>
      <actor>Dimitrij Schaad (role=Marc-Uwe Kling)</actor>
      <actor>Rosalie Thomass (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Adnan Maral (role=Friedrich Wilhelm)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Seyfi (role=Otto von)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen-Maja Antoni (role=Herta)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Lamprecht (role=Jeanette)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Hübchen (role=Jörg Dwigs)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Strohecker (role=Jesus)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Zillmann (role=Der Dicke)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Katzmair (role=Der Kleine)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Aaron Blake (role=Der Große)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Agnes Schröder (role=Die mit den Haaren)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>If you know and love the books you may come away a bit disappointed. Most of the humor which relies on the reader/listener having some familiarity with literature, philosphy, history is missing.All the more complicated or self-referential bits of humor are missing. It basically feels like a dumbed down version with some unneccesseary additions (e.g. a love story).Forcing the episodic nature of the book(s) into a coherent story was certainly not easy and it shows in the weak cookie-cutter plot.Actor quality is also a mixed bag. Especially the protagonist and main antagonist aren't cast particularly well or just weren't given enough to work with by the script.That said the kangaroo CGI is good quality, the interaction between it and the other characters feel natural. The movie starts off funny and the pacing works for the most part. Some signature jokes were also incorporated well into the story.If they take the criticisms to heart I feel they could crank out another one or two of these movies with better quality. There's certainly more than enough source material to draw from</review>
    <description>Comedy based on the radio comedy and the bestselling books and audio-books by Marc-Uwe Kling.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5974030</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jesus Rolls</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>John Turturro plays macho bowler Jesus Quintana in this remake of the 70s French movie 'Balls', a title that applies to bowling as much as it applies to what he and his buddy have going for them. A trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again, even as they inadvertently perform good deeds. When they make enemies with a gun-toting hairdresser, their journey becomes one of constant escape from the law, from society and from the hairdresser, all while the bonds of their outsider family strengthen.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Turturro</director>
      <actor>John Turturro (role=Jesus)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Cannavale (role=Petey)</actor>
      <actor>Audrey Tautou (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Sarandon (role=Jean)</actor>
      <actor>Pete Davidson (role=Jack)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Hamm (role=Hairdresser)</actor>
      <actor>J.B. Smoove (role=The Mechanic)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Walken (role=Warden)</actor>
      <actor>Sable Boykin (role=Nursing Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Blake Nelson (role=Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Margaret Reed (role=Doctor's Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Trotta (role=Boy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>4.4</star-rating>
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    <category>Quirky Comedy|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>We all loved Big Lebowski. It was a masterpiece. And The Jesus was such a great little part of it. But it doesn't warrant this debacle. I could waste your time with long-winded, yammering examples of what's wrong with it, but you can probably already tell. Just watch Lebowski again. Unless you're like me, you haven't seen it for awhile. Personally, I just finished watching it, to cleanse myself of this. Great cast, bad movie</review>
    <description>A trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1389072</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Downsizing</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Searching for a way to address overpopulation and global warming, Norwegian scientist Dr. Jorgen Asbjornsen of Edvardsen Institute develops "downsizing", an irreversible process that shrinks organic material. The institute was itself set up in the 1950s with the profits from producing mustard gas during WW II, so that the fruits of science could be used for the betterment of humanity. Over population was identified as one of the major threats facing humans, and downsizing was an unlikely solution that worked.
Jorgen becomes part of the first group of 36 human test subjects and is encouraged that the process reduces people to a height of approximately 5 inches (12.9 cm) (a ratio of 2744 to 1 to the original body size or 0.0364% of their current mass and volume), drastically decreasing their consumption and waste. When the findings are revealed at a conference five years later, there is a global sensation.
Dr. Andreas Jacobsen (Soren Pilmark) worked with Jorgen on the procedure. The process is short and painless with a mild discomfort of the removal and replacement of dental and other prosthetic. The subjects are lightly sedated and recover after an hour or two.
The habitat for the test subjects was a 7 by 11 meters of gas permeable enclosure. It was designed to protect the test subjects from the hazards of weather, animals and insects. The non-Compostable waste of 36 people for 4 years barely filled one garbage bag. The institute proposes a 200-300-year long transition from a "big" to a "small" society. The test subjects even had the first "small" baby ever born.Ten years later, Paul (Matt Damon) (an occupational therapist) and Audrey Safranek (Kristen Wiig) are a married couple in Omaha with financial issues. The world economy is losing billions of dollars in consumer spending due to the effects of downsizing. Construction, Automobiles, housing and even defense are suffering. Due to vacant properties (when people downsize, they leave their "big" homes behind), the real estate market had taken a major hit.
At a college reunion, they encounter Dave (Jason Sudeikis) and Carol Johnson (Maribeth Monroe) who have "downsized," an irreversible process invented 15 years earlier that involves shrinking humans to a height of five inches.
While the inventors advocate that downsizing is environmentally friendly through the reduction of waste, Dave argues that its benefits extend far beyond that and improve one's life through the increase in value of their money.Exploring the possibilities of downsizing, Paul and Audrey attend a sales pitch for Leisureland given by "small" couple Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris) and Laura (Laura Dern). Laura claims that her entire diamond jewelry set cost only $83 (which is also their food budget for 2 months). They live in a palatial house. A 12,000 sq feet equivalent house costs $63,000, the health package another $4500 and $15,000 for the downsizing procedure. Paul savings of $152,000 in real money translates to $12.5 million in Leisureland.
Paul and Audrey agree to undergo the process and move to Leisureland, one of the most popular communities for small individuals (with the best houses, the best doctors, best appliances, all the great concert tours and the best restaurants). Audrey's parents say that they are going to miss her a lot.
The procedure has a 1:225,000 chance of resulting in injury, disability or death. Paul is taken to the men's section, and he is told that he will re-united with Audrey in the recovery room within 5 hours.
After undergoing downsizing, Paul receives a call from Audrey, saying that she was unable to go through the procedure and, opting out at the last minute, will be leaving him.One year later, Paul finalizes the divorce with Audrey, and settles into his new apartment. Although Paul had anticipated a life of relative ease, he works as a telemarketer for Lands' End since he let his occupational therapy license lapse because he had not expected to have to work after being shrunk. Paul has started dating someone. While attending a birthday party, Paul has a discussion with Dave and says that he regrets his decision to downsize. Soon after, Paul breaks up with his girlfriend and attends a party hosted by his neighbor Dusan (Christoph Waltz).The next morning, Paul notices that one of Dusan's house-cleaners is Ngoc Lan Tran (Hong Chau), a Vietnamese political activist who was jailed and downsized against her will. Lan Tran was the sole survivor of a human smuggling attempt (17 downsized people were smuggled) to the United States in a television box (in a container shipment headed for Target) and had her leg amputated upon arrival as it was infected from the unsanitary conditions inside the TV box. She was brought to Lesiureland, which is considered to have the best medical facilities for the small.
Attempting to assist Lan Tran with her prosthetic leg, Paul returns to her house in the slums outside of the walls of Leisureland. After assisting Lan Tran's dying friend, Paul attempts to repair Lan Tran's prosthetic leg only to break it and make her unable to work.In return, Paul works for Lan Tran's cleaning service where he also assists in gathering food from around the city that Lan Tran distributes throughout the slums. Dusan attempts to release Paul from his obligation by taking him to Norway, the site of the first small community with his friend Joris Konrad (Udo Kier). Dusan says something big is happening and they want the group to come there quickly and are offering a lot of money for the same, but Lan Tran argues to come along. Lan Tran had received international attention after her arrival in the United States, including personal correspondence from the inventor of downsizing, Dr. Jorgen Asbjornsen (Rolf Lassgard), who had previously invited her to Norway.While traveling in a fjord, Paul's boat encounters Dr. Asbjornsen and his wife, Anne-Helene (Ingjerd Egeberg). Dr. Asbjornsen announces that humanity is doomed, as the positive feedback of Arctic methane emissions is impossible to be stopped and will result in the eventual extinction of the human race.
Arriving in the first colony, Paul is shown that Dr. Asbjornsen planned for such a contingency with the creation of a large vault inside a mountain to insulate the colony and preserve humanity in the event of an extinction. Their descendants will emerge when the surface environment stabilizes in about eight thousand years.
Dusan and Joris are skeptical of the cult-like plan and say the extinction will not happen for hundreds of years. Paul is excited to enter the vault and asks Lan Tran to join him. She rejects his offer, saying that he does not need to enter the vault and can do good in their community by returning. Paul enters the vault but changes his mind and leaves as the door is closing, choosing to return with Lan Tran, Dusan, and Konrad.Having returned to Leisureland, Paul assists Lan Tran in her duties of providing needed aid and supplies to the people of the slums.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexander Payne</director>
      <actor>Matt Damon (role=Paul Safranek)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Waltz (role=Dusan Mirkovic)</actor>
      <actor>Hong Chau (role=Ngoc Lan Tran)</actor>
      <actor>Kristen Wiig (role=Audrey Safranek)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Lassgård (role=Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen)</actor>
      <actor>Ingjerd Egeberg (role=Anne-Helene Asbjørnsen)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Kier (role=Konrad)</actor>
      <actor>Søren Pilmark (role=Dr. Andreas Jacobsen)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Sudeikis (role=Dave Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Maribeth Monroe (role=Carol Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Jayne Houdyshell (role=Paul's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Phil Reeves (role=Audrey's Dad Larry)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Norway</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTgxNDUyZDYtY2Q4Zi00Y2I4LTg0ZDMtMjM3MWU0NTgzM2Q4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dystopian Sci-Fi|Drama|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>When Norwegian scientists develop a means to shrink living things down to miniature size, with the average human standing only 5 inches tall, the world sees it as great new opportunity. "Downsized" people use less resources, take up less space, and have a smaller impact on the environment. As an added bonus, their "full-size" bank accounts translate to vastly more wealth at smaller size, since less material is needed to build dream mansions or create fabulous jewelry. Within a decade, "downsized" towns are springing up around the world, and middle-class Nebraskans Paul (Matt Damon) and Audrey (Kristen Wiig) make the decision to join the "little people". However, when complications ensue, Paul finds his worldview shattered, and he's left looking for new direction in his life.Director Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska) has a knack for character and the human condition. This movie, easily his biggest budgeted effort due to the special effects involved, loses a little of that thanks to the film's ambitions and the overreaching scope of the story. Payne seems to making some points about the lengths people will go to in hopes of achieving the upper class dream of many Americans, with the big house and country club aesthetics. Payne also spends time on the danger of climate change, and the last section of the film takes this to apocalyptic levels. Whether he's exaggerating for effect, comic or otherwise, he doesn't make clear, but it's also possible that he's being sincere in his fears. Damon serves his purpose well, as he's called on mainly to be a blank slate, a rather empty man looking for meaning in the world.The stand-out performances are from Christopher Waltz as Damon's obnoxious neighbor, and especially Hong Chau as a one-legged Vietnamese former political dissident turned janitorial worker. She's phenomenal, and should have nabbed a supporting Oscar nomination. The movie was a flop with both critics and the box office, but I liked it, and continue to look forward to Payne's work</review>
    <description>A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9284430</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Beste kommt noch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Arthur Dreyfus and César Montesiho are two different men and two lifelong friends from the school times: while Arthur is a neurotic chemical teacher in a university hospital divorced of his wife Virginie and with a stranded relation with his teen daughter Julie, César is a free-spirited bohemian and womanizer always on money troubles, with Lucia as his last conquer. After an accidental fall from his balcony when a pawnbroker went to his house claiming his belongings by not paying the loan he has, César meets Arthur asking some of money. Learning that César is hurt in his back, Arthur forces César for going to the hospital to heal him, but a few days later Arthur is called by a doctor's hospital to give him bad news: a radiography revealed a terminal lung cancer with a six-months lifespan. Shocked and confused by it, Arthur meets César attempting to tell it, but César's revelation about an incoming paternity with Lucia causes a huge misunderstanding, with César thinking by mistake that he's Arthur the ill. Getting that Arthur be fired temporally from his job and after Lucia leaves César by his immaturity (canceling their plans to be parents), this one makes a deal with Arthur to live without limits all the things they couldn't before, surprising Julie as Virginie by Arthur's change of attitude. However, Arthur fights against his remorse looking for the right moment to reveal César the truth, at the same time Arthur meets a young Arab named Randa Ameziane, a former cancer patient who leads a support group. Fulfilling their mutual bucket lists, César and Arthur not only try to enjoy each day as if it was the last, but they will face to their past and the mistakes happened. But will be Arthur capable to say César the truth at time to fix all the broken between them?—Chockys</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandre de La Patellière</director>
      <director>Matthieu Delaporte</director>
      <actor>Fabrice Luchini (role=Arthur Dreyfus)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Bruel (role=César Montesiho)</actor>
      <actor>Zineb Triki (role=Randa Ameziane)</actor>
      <actor>Pascale Arbillot (role=Virginie)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Marie Winling (role=Bernard Montesiho)</actor>
      <actor>André Marcon (role=Le prêtre)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Narbonne (role=Julie Dreyfus)</actor>
      <actor>Thierry Godard (role=Dr. Cerceau)</actor>
      <actor>Martina García (role=Lucia)</actor>
      <actor>Sébastien Pierre (role=L'huissier)</actor>
      <actor>Rajat Kapoor (role=Le médecin indien)</actor>
      <actor>Marie-Julie Baup (role=La femme avec la cigarette)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjcxZWJmNTYtOTMxNS00Y2Y1LWE2NzctYTFiMjZjNTlkNzFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>Beautiful, sweet and emotional! True friendship that makes you a better person. I love these actors, they are as great as ever. A movie to savour and cherish</review>
    <description>Two friends decide to live all the things they couldn't after a huge misunderstanding.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0070280</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Käfer auf Extratour</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jimmy Bondi and his miracle beetle Dudu take part in a car stunt show in Liverpool, England, at the request of their friend Aldo Regozzani.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Zehetgruber</director>
      <actor>Sal Borgese (role=Aldo Regozzani)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin Oginski (role=Jo Hegglin)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Ritchie)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Roderer (role=Dr. Hugo Stützli)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Jecklin (role=Gloria Bingermeier)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Nowak (role=Self - Hotel's headmaster)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Muxeneder (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Maatz-Brothers (role=Helldrivers group)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Nowak (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Möhner (role=Ivan Leskovich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmFhODdhNGUtZDI3Yi00MDQ2LWIxZjEtZDVmMjM1OGQxM2RmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX325_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Fantasy</category>
    <review>You know, instead of a love bug - which was the original name of the first Herbie movie - so no pun intended as always. This is the third in the series (of a total of 5 Dudu movies - the name of the car) ... though I reckon the last one was ... well we'll get to that, when we get to that.After the first one was I guess successful, they went on to make more. And they had the formula or taken the idea from the American movie, which I mentioned above. But the Dude really came to life in the sequels .. the first one was really bad ... and I am still being nice to it.This one has even more updates and gadgets ... kids will love it. And some of the fathers I reckon - and while Herbie only had one movie out at the time, Dude managed to get a third one in before the first Herbie sequel saw the light of day</review>
    <description>Jimmy Bondi and his miracle beetle Dudu take part in a car stunt show in Liverpool, England, at the request of their friend Aldo Regozzani.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0072361</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das verrückteste Auto der Welt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jimmy Bondi learns that an orphanage is in trouble and tries to save it.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Zehetgruber</director>
      <actor>Kathrin Oginski (role=Schwester Johanna)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Jean-Pierre)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Beiger (role=Marchese de la Pozzi)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Roderer (role=Jakob Robusti)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Jecklin (role=Fräulein Bingermeier - Robustis Assistentin)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Feuchtenberg (role=Mr. Brown I)</actor>
      <actor>Peter W. Staub (role=Hotelbesitzer Häckli)</actor>
      <actor>Marion Winter (role=Isabell)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDgyNjc5YjYtNWZkMi00Zjc3LTgxNmEtOWY0Y2FlNGQ5Y2FjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX355_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>This movie is the 4th movie in the "Dudu" series, a yellow beetle doing a rally over the Alps. It draws from Herbie the white beetle, but where Herbie had a soul, this one is controlled by a computer (lot's of blinking lights, clicking sounds, and a tape recorder.The film itself is rather mediocre, the plot is shallow and pretty much predictable. There are a few moments where you have to smile because it's just so incredibly stupid. I remember seeing this thing when I was about 6 or 7 and I loved it back then. So seeing this movie does require the right kind of infantile attitude :).Many characters in the movie itself are dubbed in Swiss German, as the rally happens in Switzerland. This invites a lot of smiles for Germans, it just sounds cute, in my opinion</review>
    <description>Jimmy Bondi learns that an orphanage is in trouble and tries to save it.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0078535</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zwei tolle Käfer räumen auf</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Pitscho assists El Guancho, who lives in Lanzarote, when he is dealing with the mafia.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Zehetgruber</director>
      <actor>Kathrin Oginski (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Sal Borgese (role=Sal)</actor>
      <actor>Fernando Sancho (role=Alfonso, Mafia-Boss)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Harris (role=Don Fernando Hidalgo)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Jansen (role=Emanuel)</actor>
      <actor>Ricardo Palacios (role=Capitano)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Tiede (role=Major)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1979</date>
    <star-rating>3.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTY4M2Y3YWYtNmUyYi00ZTE3LWFiMjYtZjJmMTA0OTkzM2RjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>The last of five movies director Rudolf Zehetgruber made about a yellow Volkswagen beetle with many gadgets. However, the famous Dudu is trashed after only a few minutes at the beginning of this movie. It's a shame! A kind of spider robot with an annoying beepy voice becomes the new companion of El Guancho (played by Zehetgruber himself), obviously in the wake of the 'Star Wars' mania of the late seventies. Guancho and his robot are fighting various gangsters including Hidalgo (Brad Harris) and Alfonso (veteran western actor Fernando Sancho). Even if the last sequel is a total disappointment, they managed again to find great locations: shot on the Canary Islands (mostly Lanzarote, partly Gran Canaria, I would guess from my own visits there). Anyhow, it would have been nice to get an actual story beyond a couple of standard chases around a (yawn) gold treasure. In opposite to the previous movies, they didn't even manage to install interesting female characters. I voted 4-7-6-5-3 for the five movies</review>
    <description>Pitscho assists El Guancho, who lives in Lanzarote, when he is dealing with the mafia.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0267913</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Scooby-Doo</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mystery Inc. (Daphne, Fred, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby Doo) has broken up; on the grounds of who has been solving their cases. After two years seperated, they are mysteriously joined together to solve a case on Spooky Island. A theme park owned by a man named, Mondavarious. He needs their help, figuring out why the vacationers are leaving mellow and sober. But it seems they are brought back as one for more than just solving a case.—Rachel</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Raja Gosnell</director>
      <actor>Freddie Prinze Jr. (role=Fred)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Michelle Gellar (role=Daphne)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Lillard (role=Shaggy)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Cardellini (role=Velma)</actor>
      <actor>Rowan Atkinson (role=Mondavarious)</actor>
      <actor>Isla Fisher (role=Mary Jane)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Grives (role=N' Goo Tuana)</actor>
      <actor>Mark McGrath (role=Sugar Ray)</actor>
      <actor>Rodney Sheppard (role=Sugar Ray)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Greco (role=Zarkos)</actor>
      <actor>Kristian Schmid (role=Brad)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Hope (role=Old Man Smithers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDkwNzM2NTEtYWRlMi00YjAyLWJjMDQtOWRkMDUyODZiN2ZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Bumbling Detective|Slapstick|Supernatural Fantasy|Whodunnit|Adventure|Comedy|Family|Fantasy|Mystery</category>
    <review>It's been 16 years since this movie came out, and I decided to watch it after browsing the Netflix library while being high. I was looking for the dumbest possible movie to watch, and thought Scooby Doo should do. Boy, like, how wrong was I? Never knew this was actually a stoner movie. I think it's silly enough to be fun if you watch it sober, but if you're high - it's awesome. Just stack up on scooby snacks and enjoy the ride</review>
    <description>After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5420210</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kings of Hollywood</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The second teaming between De Niro and Gallo since the 1988 action comedy Midnight Run, which the latter wrote, follows Max Barber (De Niro) and his partner Walter (Zach Braff) who play down-and-out B-Movie producers who find themselves in trouble with mob boss Reggie Fontaine (Morgan Freeman). To save himself and Walter, Barber has to sell the only great script he's ever had to his former intern and, now, A-Movie producer, James Moore (Emile Hirsch). On the first day of shooting Moore's lead actor dies in a stunt accident and lets him cash in on a huge insurance policy. That gives Barber an idea to do the same. They take a horrible script called The Oldest Gun In The West and hire a washed-up cowboy actor, Duke Montana (Tommy Lee Jones) to play the lead. Known for doing his own stunts during his prime, Montana is poised for an early demise allowing Barber to get away with his get-rich-quick scam. Only one problem...nobody told Montana.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Gallo</director>
      <actor>Robert De Niro (role=Max Barber)</actor>
      <actor>Tommy Lee Jones (role=Duke Montana)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Freeman (role=Reggie Fontaine)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Braff (role=Walter Creason)</actor>
      <actor>Emile Hirsch (role=James Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Sheryl Lee Ralph (role=Bess Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Katzman (role=Megan Albert)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Griffin (role=Devon)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Mullinax (role=Bob Stillwater)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Muldoon (role=Frank Pierce)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Lott (role=Sophie Renee)</actor>
      <actor>Blerim Destani (role=Boris)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzAyNTVkMWYtNjNkOC00ZWQxLWJmODEtODhhYTY4NzNmOTk0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Dark Comedy|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>The Comeback Trail deserves a higher rating than it gets at the moment (5.6 stars while I was writing this). Okay you will not die from laughing but it's certainly pleasant to watch. It's an easy movie to watch, well written, and with a great cast. Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, those are world class actors that almost never fail and they didn't in this movie. Add Emile Hirsch and Zach Braff to that cast and you get a movie full of talent and it clearly shows. To give this movie a negative review is just a bad judgement. As a comedy it's just lighthearted but not bad at all</review>
    <description>A film producer who owes money to a mobster tries to "accidentally" kill his aging movie star for an insurance scam so he can payoff his debt, but he begins to realize that the movie they're shooting is a masterpiece in the making.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4400038</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monsieur Chocolat</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Near the end of the 19th century, in a wandering circus somewhere in Northern France, Rafael Padilla, an illegal Cuban immigrant working as a performer, accepts a partnership with the famous, yet declining white clown and acrobat George Footit to be his sidekick and renew his old numbers. Before long, the ambitious duo Footit and Chocolat will conquer Paris of the Belle Époque, taking by surprise the well-bred and demanding Parisian audience with their exuberance and originality which revolutionised the stagnant circus acts. Unfortunately though, with great success and fame come great problems, and Chocolat who was always under the shroud of prejudice and racial discrimination will sadly lose everything for the sake of ambition and artistic exploration.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Roschdy Zem</director>
      <actor>Omar Sy (role=Rafael Padilla dit Chocolat)</actor>
      <actor>Clotilde Hesme (role=Marie Hecquet)</actor>
      <actor>Olivier Gourmet (role=Joseph Oller)</actor>
      <actor>Frédéric Pierrot (role=Théodore Delvaux)</actor>
      <actor>Noémie Lvovsky (role=Yvonne Delvaux)</actor>
      <actor>Alice de Lencquesaing (role=Camille)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Descas (role=Victor)</actor>
      <actor>Olivier Rabourdin (role=Firmin Gemier)</actor>
      <actor>Thibault de Montalembert (role=Jules Moy)</actor>
      <actor>Héléna Soubeyrand (role=Régina Badet)</actor>
      <actor>Xavier Beauvois (role=Jacques Potin)</actor>
      <actor>Antonin Maurel (role=Le clown Ortis)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2UzNzk4NTktZWZiZi00YTEzLWJmMGUtMDVkOWEwMDE1MDEyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama</category>
    <review>Films about racism come in a variety of genres and styles. Most are essays in conflict and hardship so it is unusual to find one that is based on circus clowns and laughter. The traditional circus was a mirror of the race and class structures of society and audience response reflected social values. This theme overarches the delightful French film Chocolat (2016) that is based on the true story of the first black-skinned circus entertainer in 19th century Paris.A brief note on the history of clowns might help to see the deeper layers of this film. Dating to Greek and Roman theatre, the popularity of the clown's low-class buffoonery reflects the human need to occasionally step outside of the norms of society. Their costumes and personality codes vary widely from the European harlequin jester or comical fool to the American down-and-out hobo caricature. Traditional circus clowns perform slapstick comedy in pairs: the white-faced clown is the instigator of gags, the red-faced (or Auguste) clown is the victim or fall-guy. With centuries of tradition behind them, it was a cultural shock for French circus audiences to see a black-faced Auguste clown for the first time and terrifying to know that it was not black makeup.It is 1886 and the tired-looking Circus Delvaux is auditioning for acts to restore its fortunes. White clown George Foottit (James Thiérrée) is struggling to find work until he teams up with a former Cuban-negro slave with the stage name of Chocolat (Omar Sy). They quickly become a sensational duo, and the Delvaux circus prospers as crowds flock to see George kick, slap, and humiliate Chocolat. As their fame grows, Chocolat becomes the star celebrity and flaunts his success with flamboyant clothes, expensive car, gambling and substance abuse. Over time, Chocolat grows resentful of the racist taunts and abandons George for a career as a Shakespearean actor. Despite a credible performance as Othello, French audiences cannot accept a black person in serious theatre. With growing gambling debts and ill health, Chocolat ends his career in sadness and despair.There are so many engaging layers in this film. Both co-stars are brilliant in their roles and the detailed period sets exude authenticity. The behind-the-tent circus life is full of unusual and interesting humanity living in convoys of small caravans that move entertainers from town to town. From the perspective of the modern screen-reliant world, it is charming to see the physicality and humour of the lost art of circus slapstick comedy. While today's social conscience finds the blunt racism of a past era repulsive, this film reminds us of the ever-presence of race as a social divider. The appearance of black skin no longer shocks anyone but black talent is still the 'Auguste' in contemporary cinema.This multi-layered film has a nuanced mix of humorous entertainment, historical insight and contemporary relevance. While funny faces, staring eyes, and goofy slapstick struggles to draw loud laughter today, the dark message of Chocolat lies in its portrait of racism masked as humour</review>
    <description>The rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10366514</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eiffel in Love</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from Arun's past.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Bourboulon</director>
      <actor>Romain Duris (role=Gustave Eiffel)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Mackey (role=Adrienne Bourgès)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Deladonchamps (role=Antoine de Restac)</actor>
      <actor>Armande Boulanger (role=Claire Eiffel)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Raffaelli (role=M. Bourgès)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandre Steiger (role=Jean Compagnon)</actor>
      <actor>Andranic Manet (role=Adolphe Salles)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Hérisson (role=Édouard Lockroy)</actor>
      <actor>Stéphane Boucher (role=Pauwels)</actor>
      <actor>Damien Zanoly (role=Émile Nouguier)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Fougère (role=Mme Bourgès)</actor>
      <actor>Jérémie Petrus (role=Edmond)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2ZlMzllN2MtYWE4OS00NGRiLTg4YTQtMTk0ZWNkMWMzYWZiXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Biography|Drama|History|Romance</category>
    <review>Beautifully produced film with great story, great filming, great actors, but spoilt by very poor ending. Eiffel, the architect of the amazing tower, is beset by huge financial problems, huge construction problems, huge political problems, yet suddenly we cut to the completed tower, with crowds cheering and champagne flowing, and no explanation as to how any of these issues were resolved! Did someone let an amateur editor loose on the movie</review>
    <description>The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from Arun's past.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7737640</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Breaking News in Yuba County</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When her husband goes missing, underappreciated suburban homemaker Sue Buttons (Allison Janney) gets a taste of being a local celebrity as she embarks on a city-wide search of Yuba County to find him. Trying to prolong her newfound fame, she stumbles into hilarious hijinks as her world turns upside-down: dodging a wannabe mobster (Awkwafina), a relentless local policewoman (Regina Hall), her local news-reporter half-sister (Mila Kunis) who's desperate for a story, and her husband's deadbeat brother (Jimmi Simpson), who all set out to uncover the truth behind the disappearance.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tate Taylor</director>
      <actor>Allison Janney (role=Sue Buttons)</actor>
      <actor>Mila Kunis (role=Nancy)</actor>
      <actor>Regina Hall (role=Detective Cam Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Awkwafina (role=Mina)</actor>
      <actor>Wanda Sykes (role=Rita)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Barkin (role=Debbie)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Modine (role=Karl Buttons)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmi Simpson (role=Petey Buttons)</actor>
      <actor>Keong Sim (role=Mr. Kim)</actor>
      <actor>Juliette Lewis (role=Gloria Michaels)</actor>
      <actor>Clifton Collins Jr. (role=Ray)</actor>
      <actor>Samira Wiley (role=Jonelle)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
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    <category>Dark Comedy|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>At first i was reluctant to watch this mostly because of the title of the film, but I m glad i did. It's a fun film. The concept is not new but the story is actually good with plenty of twists and surprises coupled with some good acting by the female lead and the cast overall. Runtime is sufficient and the pace of the film is good, making it easy to watch. Maybe a bit more violent than you would expect but maybe also a bit more funny than you would expect; the film does not try to take itself that serious. If you are looking for a fun, multi-faceted story with the protagonists getting more and more entangled as it progresses and toppled with some dark humour, then give it a go. 7/10</review>
    <description>A woman takes advantage of her growing celebrity status when the police and the public think her dead husband is just missing.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0483706</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das kleine Arschloch und der alte Sack</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After falling into the coffin at Mrs. Mövenpick's funeral, the old bastard is buried alive - and of course, goes straight to Hell. When the little asshole finds out about this, he and the dog Peppi leave no stone unturned to free the old bag from the devil's clutches. The only problem is: the old sack actually feels at home in the hellish den of sin and is in no hurry to come back to earth.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Schaack</director>
      <director>Konrad Weise</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
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    <category>Animation|Comedy</category>
    <review>Some critics already warned before this movie that it is really bad and sadly this is true. If you have seen the first movie, don't watch this sequel, if you haven't seen the first don't watch the second, either.To make it short: Most of the scenes are not funny, there is not much to laugh about in it. Even more, the movie is not entertaining at all, it is just boring. The dialogues (or more often monologues) are boring, the dancing scene is even more boring (and much too long), the duck "side-plot" is boring and i cannot remember how often i looked at my watch. Oh, and the Helge Schneider's music is annoying at best if you don't like his kind of jazz. The songs in the first movie were good and funny but here the background music is just bad and misplaced and the songs simply crap. The only thing they did well are the drawings. They look as good as in the first one, if you like the style.The movie is a waste of time, money and good mood, even if you have not expected too much in advance. But now, i think, i am ready to see an Uwe Boll movie</review>
    <description>After falling into the coffin at Mrs. Mövenpick's funeral, the old bastard is buried alive - and of course, goes straight to Hell. When the little asshole finds out about this, he and the dog Peppi leave no stone unturned to free the old bag from the devil's clutches. The only pr...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0483706/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11013468</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hilfe, die Kinder sind zurück</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A married couple planned on spending the year traveling abroad. Instead, their 27-year-old daughter and her boyfriend lose their apartment and move in, derailing any plans for the big trip.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michèle Laroque</director>
      <actor>Michèle Laroque (role=Catherine)</actor>
      <actor>Stéphane De Groodt (role=Yann)</actor>
      <actor>Alice de Lencquesaing (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Olivier Rosemberg (role=Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Laurence Bibot (role=Mylène)</actor>
      <actor>Hichem Yacoubi (role=Abdel)</actor>
      <actor>Lionel Abelanski (role=Blanchard)</actor>
      <actor>Olga Mouak (role=Fatou)</actor>
      <actor>Galice Gracci (role=Vanessa)</actor>
      <actor>Oriane Deschamps (role=Mathilde)</actor>
      <actor>Manuel Severi (role=Fabrice)</actor>
      <actor>Diva Sicard (role=Maya)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
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    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Straightforward comedy which is about a couple on their late 50s who lodge their child with her boyfriend and the problems that occur beacause of the coexistence in the same house.The movie starts by showing us the life of the retired couple with their everyday issues and at the sane time the life of the young couple trying to start their life. However because of some problems the young couple have to move out from their rented house. In their strugle to find a place, fast, they end up in her parents house.I found the movie very easy to watch, everything stays simple. The characters are well-written, the acting is good. I recommend it if you are looking for a fun movie</review>
    <description>A married couple planned on spending the year traveling abroad. Instead, their 27-year-old daughter and her boyfriend lose their apartment and move in, derailing any plans for the big trip.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13531468</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Leben ein Tanz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>26-year-old ballet dancer Élise sustains an injury during a performance and is told she will probably never be able to dance again. She has lost her purpose and has to change her life. With the help of friends, she finds other work. This takes her to Brittany where she meets a company for modern dance. The new experiences and friendships rekindle the fire in her. Will she be able to dance again?—pepemoko</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Cédric Klapisch</director>
      <actor>Marion Barbeau (role=Elise Gautier)</actor>
      <actor>Hofesh Shechter (role=Hofesh)</actor>
      <actor>Denis Podalydès (role=Henri Gautier)</actor>
      <actor>Muriel Robin (role=Josiane)</actor>
      <actor>Pio Marmaï (role=Loïc)</actor>
      <actor>François Civil (role=Yann)</actor>
      <actor>Souheila Yacoub (role=Sabrina)</actor>
      <actor>Mehdi Baki (role=Mehdi)</actor>
      <actor>Alexia Giordano (role=Anaïs)</actor>
      <actor>Robinson Cassarino (role=Robinson)</actor>
      <actor>Marilou Aussilloux (role=Aria Gautier)</actor>
      <actor>Mathilde Warnier (role=Mélodie Gautier)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|Netherlands</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
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    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>What a fantastic tribute to dance, to creation, to the fact of reinventing oneself after a hard blow ! Cedric Kalpisch delivers a beautiful film reinventing his own cinema, making it "rise" to a high standard of aesthetics, which was not his best point so far.First of all, let me underline the fact there is a clear pun in the French title "en corps" which would mean "into the body" or "by the body"... and again and again which is said "encore" in French.For those who don't know much about the director of "en corps", Cedric Kalpisch has been a huge and popular French director of funny comedies in the 90's and the 00's. Some of Cedric Klapisch's main films became cult movies for my generation: The Good Old Daze, Family Ressemblances, or the Erasmus cult film called "Pot Luck" in 2002. Since then, it has been very difficult for him to renew his style, and reach his prime again.For the first time in two decades, he's managed to find a new theme, a new style and has made a pleasant, interesting and beautiful film. That's why I allow myself a little review about it because it's really worth this time.The film focuses on the physical, mental and sentimental reconstruction of its heroine, Elise, an injured dancer who must invent herself again at the age of 26. One of the feature of the film is the portrait of this heartbroken dancer, who is wisely played by Marion Barbeau who is quite convincing as a beginner actress . Another feature is of course the way he depicts the dance and the creation of contemporary dance, the energy of the dance itself, the freshness of the young dancers and their relation with classical dance. It's really fascinating and the participation of the Israeli dancer, Hofesh Shechter, is really a brilliant input.The complex and suprising recovery of the main character reminds us that Cedric Klapisch knows how to portray complex, sensitive characters with broken and disturbed destinies. Despite a rather simple plot, you get surprises along the way and genuine laughters.Her bleak fate (at the beginning) is enlightened by funny appeareances and the help of experienced actors such as François Civil (her physiotherapist) who is just hilarious,but also Pio Marmaï (the cooker) or Bruno Podalydès, (her father) who provide welcome humour, as well as depth in the story and above all they allow to have some hope for the rest of the film.Klapisch really surprised me with the way he depicts the art of choreography (it's absolutely magnificient) in its various forms, aestitically speaking but most importantly respecting a fluidity in the film that allows us to be captivated by Eloise's fate throughout the film and understand it through dance moves.En corps ("rise) is a fine way for Klapisch to renew himself, without denying himself. I am convinced it will be remembered as one of his most important films</review>
    <description>Elise, a very promising classical dancer, is injured during a performance at 26 years old. Although she's told she will no longer be able to dance, she will try to find a new direction in contemporary dance.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0175142</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Scary Movie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Six friends - Cindy Campbell, Bobby Prinze, Buffy Gilmore, Greg Phillipe, Ray Wilkins, and Brenda Meeks - are being stalked by a serial killer. A serial killer that is after them because of an accident that they caused last Halloween. A serial killer that seems to have come out of every other scary movie. The body count has already started with Drew Decker, the local town slut, and it's starting to build up. The friends are going to have to escape from both the killer's clutches and annoying news reporter Gail Hailstorm if they plan on living to the sequel...—Will</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Keenen Ivory Wayans</director>
      <actor>Carmen Electra (role=Drew)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Sheridan (role=Doofy)</actor>
      <actor>Frank B. Moore (role=Not Drew's Boyfriend)</actor>
      <actor>Giacomo Baessato (role=Trick or Treater #1)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle Graham (role=Trick or Treater #2)</actor>
      <actor>Leanne Santos (role=Trick or Treater #3)</actor>
      <actor>Mark McConchie (role=Drew's Dad)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Kruper (role=Drew's Mom)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Faris (role=Cindy Campbell)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Abrahams (role=Bobby Prinze)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Ducommun (role=Cindy's Dad)</actor>
      <actor>Regina Hall (role=Brenda)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
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    <category>Parody|Raunchy Comedy|Slapstick|Stoner Comedy|Teen Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>I recently rewatched this to see just how it would age and if it could still bring in the laughs and I can confidently say that it does (for the most part)</review>
    <description>A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0087332</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ghostbusters</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The film opens within the New York Public Library, where a librarian (Alice Drummond) is first gathering books, before heading downstairs to a remote and empty section. She places a book back on the shelf, not noticing that the books behind her are levitating across the aisle. Later, she passes the card catalogue shelves as they open behind her and suddenly begin to hurl their contents into the air. Frightened and screaming, she runs through the room before being stopped by an unseen ghost, which scares her terribly. This leads into the title card.After the opening title shot, the film continues in the Paranormal Studies Dept. of Columbia University, where Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) is conducting a test on ESP with a nerdy male student (Steven Tash) and an attractive female student (Jennifer Runyon). Venkman continually flirts and lies about her abilities, while enjoying administering electric shocks to the male student. Having finally had enough, the male student departs, and Venkman continues to flirt with the young woman. Dr. Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) enters, and frantically begins to tell Venkman about the sighting at the library, insisting they leave at once to check it out. Venkman makes a date with the student, and follows Stantz out.Upon arriving at the library, Venkman and Stantz meet up with Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Venkman proceeds to ask a series of personal (and cynical) questions about her medical and social history, before the three head down to the area the ghost supposedly inhabits. While down there, the three men collect ectoplasmic residue, discover a tall "symmetrical stacking" of books from floor to ceiling, and narrowly escape a falling bookcase.Turning the same corner as the librarian, they see the ghost: a transparent form of an elderly lady (Ruth Oliver), reading a book. Having no idea what to do, Venkman begins to talk to the ghost as if it were a lady in a bar. She shushes him, before Stantz proclaims he knows what to do. They stealthily approach the ghost, before Ray yells, "Get her!" and the ghost mutates to a ghoulish, skeletal apparition, scaring the hell out of the trio, who run screaming from the library. They ignore the library administrator (John Rothman) in their frantic way out.After they've calmed down a bit, they walk back to the university. Venkman mocks Ray's idiotic plan, and Egon announces that based on his readings, they now have a "good change of actually catching a ghost and holding it indefinitely." However, once they get back to the school, they meet the dean (Jordan Charney) who tells them that their grant has been terminated due to their shoddy and highly suspect findings, research, and methods.Peter and Ray sit drinking on campus, and Ray mopes about their bleak prospects, before Peter suggests this turn of events happened so that they could go into business for themselves, as the world's first firm for paranormal investigations and eliminations.Peter convinces Ray to take out a mortgage on his childhood home, and use it for startup capital. The trio checks out an empty firehouse to use as a headquarters, and while Egon enumerates the many problems with the building itself, Ray is beside himself with excitement at the prospect of living and working there, specially with the fire-fighter pall in the middle of the hall.At 55 Central Park West, classical musician Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) arrives home with groceries. Her neighbor, übernerd and accountant Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), stops her in the hall, telling her that her television had been left on. Louis badgers her about an upcoming party he's hosting, and Dana finally brushes him away and enters her apartment. As she is putting away her groceries, she notices that her eggs are now leaping out of their shells and cooking themselves on her countertop. She then hears a growl coming from her refrigerator, opens it, and sees an otherworldly temple, and a doglike creature that growls the word "Zuul" (voiced by Ivan Reitman), before Dana frantically slams the door shut.Back at the newly christened Ghostbusters headquarters, Ray pulls up, shocking Peter with the new business car, an old beat-up ambulance that needs a lot of work. Peter goes back inside, makes small talk with their new secretary, Janine (Annie Potts), and waits around for business.Dana arrives seeking an explanation for the events in her kitchen. Peter flirts vigorously with her, while Egon and Ray examine her briefly, and speculate as to what may be the cause of her encounter. After deciding on a plan of action, Peter insists on going with Dana back to her apartment, where he haphazardly looks around, but mostly flirts with her. He looks in the kitchen, and sees the eggs on the counter, but nothing else out of the ordinary. Dana is annoyed, but Peter continues to beg her for a date, pledging to solve her problems in an effort to impress her.Later, the Ghostbusters sit around enjoying dinner celebrating getting their first customer, but Ray has to let them know that the meal has just used the last of the business' petty cash. Fortunately, even as the business' failure is staring them in the face, Janine finally gets an urgent call about a ghost that needs removal immediately. Peter, Ray, and Egon quickly dress, and race out of their headquarters, to the Sedgwick Hotel, where the manager (Michael Ensign) informs them of a ghost on the 12th floor. They've always had problems, he tells them, but lately it's gotten out of hand. The Ghostbusters assure him they'll take care of it, and head up to the 12th floor. Egon and Ray worry about their equipment, which Peter describes as an unlicensed nuclear accelerator, and decide that they'll ignore the danger for now. They make chitchat conversation with a guest (Murray Rubin) outside the elevator, and they tell him they are going to kill a cockroach, to which the guest answers, "That's gotta be some cockroach." He takes the next elevator.Almost immediately after the Ghostbusters exit the elevator, a maid startles them, and they nearly kill her with their proton packs. The three split up, and Ray eventually sees the ghost: a rotund, green blob, eating everything on a room service cart. Ray tries to hit it with his proton pack but misses, and it flies away, frightened. Ray calls Peter on his walkie-talkie, and Peter, who is now face-to-face with the ghost, is suddenly attacked by it. Ray runs to Peter, and finds him on his back, covered in green slime, but otherwise OK. Egon calls them and informs the other two that the ghost went into the hotel's ballroom.They calm the hotel manager, and then set to work on containing the little green ghost. While shooting their weapons all over the room, Egon suddenly warns the others not to cross their streams, because to do so would result in the destruction of "all life as you know it." After destroying much of the ballroom with their seriously unstable proton packs, the Ghostbusters finally trap the ghost, and burst triumphantly from the ballroom, before the anxious manager and a host of guests burst in. The Ghostbusters haggle with the manager over the $5000 bill for a moment, and then head back home, victorious.This successful hunt proves to be but the first of a sudden rash of hauntings mean brisk business for the Ghostbusters. There is a montage of a series of missions, news spots, newspaper clippings, and stories about the Ghostbusters' new fame and success. There are even interviewed by Larry King and Joe Franklin (themselves).Peter briefly meets with Dana after her orchestra practice, and flirts a bit with her before telling her about Zuul, whom he has discovered is associated with an ancient Sumerian god of destruction, Gozer. He tells her that he'll go over it in more detail over dinner, and finally, she agrees to a date.The Ghostbusters soon hire a fourth man, Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), a black, blue-collar type guy, who is just looking for a job. Hired immediately by Ray and Peter, Winston is handed a couple of traps and led off by Ray to learn about getting rid of the ghosts, while Peter is informed that there is a man from the EPA waiting for him.Walter Peck (William Atherton), the pompous EPA delegate, condescendingly talks to Peter, refusing to acknowledge that Peter is, in fact, a PhD, and therefore, Dr. Venkman, and briefly questions him about the possible environmental impact of their business, and specifically, their custom-built storage facility. He demands to see it, but Peter just patronizes him for a bit before throwing him out.Ray shows Winston how they unload the ghosts they've trapped into the storage facility, while Egon admits he is worried about the facility's looming capacity problem and the larger problem it indicates. To illustrate, Egon tells them that his latest research indicates that the city is experiencing a colossal increase in paranormal activity, comparing it to a 600-pound Twinkie. Peter joins them, mentioning the EPA, and memorably asks, "What about the Twinkie?"A brief shot on the top of Dana's building shows that dog-like gargoyle statues atop the roof are breaking apart and real animals are underneath the stone.Back inside, Dana arrives home, and is once again accosted by Louis who is raving about his party. He is disappointed when Dana tells him she has a date. She gets rid of him again, and goes into her apartment, undressing and talking on the phone. She sits in an armchair for a moment before noticing the same growling sounds from the kitchen. Before she can react, three arms burst from the chair and hold Dana down as she is dragged through her kitchen door to one of the Terror Dogs. Another shot on the roof shows that the gargoyles on the roof have completely broken apart, and whatever was in them is loose.Louis' party continues as he rambles on about the price efficiency of his hosting a party. Two guests show up, hand Louis their coats, and he throws them -unnoticing- on the terror dog sitting at his desk. It roars, and bursts through the door, apparently only after Louis. He runs out of the apartment, through Central Park, before being cornered and attacked outside Tavern on the Green.Meanwhile, Peter arrives at Dana's apartment, stepping over the carnage of Louis' party, and knocks on the door. Dana opens it, dressed in a slinky red dress, and asks, "Are you the Keymaster?" Peter says no, so she angrily slams the door in his face. He knocks again, and enters after answering her question "yes". Dana says that she is Zuul, and they must prepare for the coming of Gozer, The Destructor. Peter talks to her and resists the possessed Dana's aggressive advances, before requesting to speak with the real Dana. At first, Dana coyly replies "There is no Dana, there is only Zuul," trying to kiss him but Peter, still trying to get through to the real Dana Barrett, restrains her. The possessed Dana now becomes visibly annoyed at his persistence, as Peter once again inquires about the real Dana; she replies in an unearthly demonic voice "There is no Dana, only Zuul!" Peter sarcastically dismisses her and gives her to the count of three to talk to the real Dana. With each count, Dana presents further signs of her possession: at first demonically rolling her eyes, then panting like an animal, and finally roaring like a demonic beast and magically floating above her bed. She turns over in midair, to face down at Peter whom asks her to please come down. Dana roars fiercely at him, finally frightening him.Louis, looking disheveled and generally abused, runs out from Central Park rambling, and asks a hansom cab horse if he is the "Gatekeeper". The driver (Danny Stone) chases him off, so he runs away, screaming about a sign of Gozer's arrival.The NYPD arrives at the Ghostbusters headquarters, to drop off Louis, who's been captured and rejected by both the city jail and Bellevue's psych ward. Egon looks at him briefly, and takes him inside. Louis reveals his name is Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer. He goes on about the history of Gozer, how the god assumes various forms and would mean the destruction of the civilization he targets. During the exam, Peter calls, and tells Egon about the developments with Dana, who is now lies heavily sedated on the bed next to him. Egon tells Peter in return about Louis' psychic transformation, and insists Peter come back to headquarters.Winston and Ray are driving back to the office, Winston driving while Ray examines the "very odd" blueprints of Dana's apartment building. Winston asks Ray about his belief in God, and speculates that the reason they've been so busy lately is because the dead have been rising from the grave, as it was foretold in the Book of Revelations, as a precursor to judgment day, and the end of the world. Ray ponders this.Back at headquarters, Walter Peck has returned with a court order, a cop, and a Con Edison worker (Larry Dilg), intent on shutting down the storage facility. Egon tries to talk them out of it, and Peter arrives just in time to antagonize Peck some more, before the cop intervenes and the Con Ed guy, although highly reticent handling equipment he has never seen before, shuts off the power grid. A warning buzzer sounds, and everyone clears the building, as the storage facility rumbles and begins to destroy the basement.A supernatural light show occurs, as all kinds of paranormal energy bursts through the building and shoots out of the roof. Across town, Dana, immediately wakes up from her sedation, and walks toward her living room window. Louis is excited, claiming this is the sign he was waiting for. Ray and Winston arrive to witness the disaster's immediate aftermath even as Peck demands they all be arrested for causing it. Enraged at this self-righteous blowhard outright lying about them while ignoring his own responsibility in this disaster, Egon attacks Peck, getting everyone arrested.Ghosts run rampant through the city, but most of the energy seems to run directly to Dana's building. Dana growls at the energy, ripping out the wall of her apartment in a small explosion.Sitting in jail, Ray shows Egon and Peter the blueprints of Dana's apartment building, pointing out highly unorthodox methods and materials, especially near the roof. Egon tells them that the building, he's discovered, was designed by an insane architect/surgeon named Ivo Shandor. In the 20's, Shandor was evidently so disgusted by the First World War, that he decided he would try to bring about the end of the world with a secret society of Gozer worshippers. They performed rituals atop Dana's building, and the roof itself was meant to be the gateway to allow Gozer into our world. A guard arrives (Reginald VelJohnson), and tells the Ghostbusters that the mayor wants to meet them, to deal with the rash of ghosts and other unbelievable phenomenon happening throughout the city.Louis arrives at Dana's demolished apartment, introducing himself as the Keymaster. A smiling Dana responds she is the Gatekeeper and they share a passionate kiss before slowly making their way up to the roof via a mythical staircase behind the wall where Dana's fridge used to be as lightning flashes ominously.The four men and Peck are brought before the Mayor (David Margulies) both arguing their sides. Peck claims the Ghostbusters are con artists and use nerve gases to force people to hallucinate and have visions of ghosts. Winston steps up and defends the things he's seen as real while numerous city officials like the Fire Chief present evidence of bizarre phenomena of which the Ghostbusters have the only possible explanation. Ray reveals that the city is headed for a disaster of "biblical proportions", and Venkman finally appeals to the possibility that the mayor could be responsible for saving the lives of millions of registered voters. Convinced, the Mayor throws Peck out of his office and offers whatever support he can to the Ghostbusters.People have gathered all around the apartment building, which has clearly become the center of the entire mess. They cheer as the Ghostbusters arrive with a police escort and following National Guard troops, and Peter mugs for the crowd. The four men put on their proton packs and are prepared to enter, but a sudden earthquake seems to swallow them beneath the street. Eventually, they emerge unharmed to the continued cheers from the crowd. They band together and head inside.Once inside, they must climb the stairs to Dana's 22nd floor apartment. Dana and Louis lie on a large stone table as lightning flashes in the dark sky above them. Dana seductively wakes up, followed by Louis. They stare in awe at the large Temple in front of them then walk toward the opposite stone pedestals where the Terror Dog statues once stood. The Ghostbusters arrive to find Dana's apartment burned out and more or less destroyed. They see the staircase in the kitchen and go up.Dana and Louis stand on their pedestals and raise their arms to the sky. They are suddenly struck by bolts of lightning which they redirect toward the temple door, causing it to grind open and signaling the arrival of Gozer the Gozerian. With the temple doors finally open, Dana and Louis now absorb their full power as the Ghostbusters arrive just in time to see the lightning converge on the demonic couple in a huge blast, transforming them back into the monstrous Terror Dogs, who now turn and roar menacingly at the Ghostbusters before leaping towards the side of the Temple doors.Gozer appears in the form of an exotic female with a tall, dark flattop and blood red eyes (Slavitza Jovan). Egon points out that she's not really a woman, but rather, takes the shape of whatever it wants. Peter goads Ray into talking to her. Ray very formally requests that Gozer returns to her place of origin, but she responds by asking if he is a god. He says no, and Gozer responds by shooting lightning from her fingers and nearly hurling the Ghostbusters off the roof.They regroup and decide to attack Gozer, but she nimbly jumps clear of their streams and lands behind them. Another attack proves fruitless as she disappears rather than being caught in the streams. Believing they are victorious, the Ghostbusters begin to celebrate, but it is short-lived as Gozer's booming voice is heard above the city demanding that they "choose the form of the Destructor".Peter tells everyone to clear their minds, and think of nothing, so no form will be taken, but it is clearly too late. Ray admits he did his best, but something just popped in his mind, something he thought could never harm anyone. "It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man."A 10-story, white, puffy marshmallow man begins to walk the streets of the city, crushing everything underfoot. When he is close enough, the Ghostbusters open fire, setting Mr. Stay Puft ablaze, as he begins to climb the building, King Kong style.Running for cover, the Ghostbusters appear out of ideas, until Egon suggests that they cross the streams, in an effort to close the door, and destroy Gozer's portal. Realizing this will probably mean their doom, the Ghostbusters go ahead with the plan, and set off to finish the god.Crossing the streams does indeed result in a catastrophic explosion, destroying the temple and incinerating the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, raining molten marshmallow all over the street, including an onlooking Walter Peck.Back on the roof, the Ghostbusters have survived, and slowly emerge from the rubble, covered in marshmallow. Peter finds the roasted carcasses of the Terror Dogs, and believes Dana dead. Behind him, though, her fingers crack through the hardened ruins of the animal, and the Ghostbusters quickly break apart the rest, freeing her and Louis. They leave the roof, and Winston exclaims, "I love this town!"As the closing credits roll, the Ghostbusters return to the street to the roaring cheers of the crowd. Peter and Dana kiss in front of everyone, Louis is helped into an ambulance, and as they drive off, the green ghost from the hotel roars toward the camera as it fades to black.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ivan Reitman</director>
      <actor>Bill Murray (role=Dr. Peter Venkman)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Aykroyd (role=Dr. Raymond Stantz)</actor>
      <actor>Sigourney Weaver (role=Dana Barrett)</actor>
      <actor>Harold Ramis (role=Dr. Egon Spengler)</actor>
      <actor>Rick Moranis (role=Louis Tully)</actor>
      <actor>Annie Potts (role=Janine Melnitz)</actor>
      <actor>William Atherton (role=Walter Peck)</actor>
      <actor>Ernie Hudson (role=Winston Zeddmore)</actor>
      <actor>David Margulies (role=Mayor)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Tash (role=Male Student)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Runyon (role=Female Student)</actor>
      <actor>Slavitza Jovan (role=Gozer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1984</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgxNTM3MDUxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDgwMDgxMjE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>High-Concept Comedy|Quirky Comedy|Supernatural Fantasy|Action|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>What's that you say? Ghostbusters, one of the most financially successful and over-hyped comedies of the eighties, underrated? Yes. Precicely because it was so over-hyped and made so much money, there has been a stigma attached to this film identifying it as a childish FX piece, when it is nothing of the sort. Most of the lines people remember("He slimed me," "OK. So? She's a dog," "When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!") are not its funniest or wittiest lines, which often are missed on first or even second viewing. I laugh every time I observe a gag or a quip that I somehow missed the other 20 times I viewed a scene; "Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head, remember that?" "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me", or, to the driver of a van from a loony bin, "Dropping off or picking up?" Brilliant.Not only is Ghostbusters funny, it manages to include some truly scary scenes. And not just lose-your-popcorn moments like the fridge from Hell, but also scenes of quiet, thoughtful chill, like Egon's retelling of how the possessed apartment building came into being, or Winston recalling the Book of Revelation. Which other film has managed to combine the Marx Brothers with HP Lovecraft?The special effects hold up well, besides some obvious studio sets and models, but what really creates this film's world is the stunning cinematography. Manhattan, perhaps the pinnacle of Gothic architectural evolution, is brilliantly utilised here to create a sense of menacing grandeur. After watching "Ghostbusters" I couldn't imagine the realm of the Old Gods opening into our world from anywhere else. The soundtrack is great, not the overrated theme (Which was in fact lifted from Huey Lewis' "I Need a New Drug"), but the wonderfully blusey "Cleaning Up the Town," the creepy proto-techno chiller "Magic" and also the wonderful score by the late and much lamented Elmer Bernstein</review>
    <description>Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0090357</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Geheimnis des verborgenen Tempels</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Paired with the owlish, reticent young John Watson (Alan Cox), Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) embarks on the solution of a mystery that involves a hallucinatory and lethal drug, and a religious cult celebrating ancient Egyptian rites of mummification. They all enter and view, from a hiding place, an Ancient-Egyptian-themed cult, known as the Rame-Tep (also known as Rametep and Ramatep), performing a ceremony in which a young girl is hypnotized, wrapped in linen, and killed with the pouring of boiling wax atop her body. The trio gets spotted, and are each hit by a thorn and experience their own horrific hallucinations in a graveyard, but eventually recover.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Barry Levinson</director>
      <actor>Nicholas Rowe (role=Sherlock Holmes)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Cox (role=John Watson)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Ward (role=Elizabeth Hardy)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Higgins (role=Professor Rathe)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Fleetwood (role=Mrs. Dribb)</actor>
      <actor>Freddie Jones (role=Chester Cragwitch)</actor>
      <actor>Nigel Stock (role=Rupert T. Waxflatter)</actor>
      <actor>Roger Ashton-Griffiths (role=Det. Sgt. Lestrade)</actor>
      <actor>Earl Rhodes (role=Dudley)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Oulton (role=Master Snelgrove)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Newell (role=Bentley Bobster)</actor>
      <actor>Donald Eccles (role=The Reverend Duncan Nesbitt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1985</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM3MTY4ODAzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzMzOTgwMw@@._V1_QL75_UX314_.jpg" />
    <category>Teen Adventure|Adventure|Fantasy|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>My son turned 12 in August. We purchased this movie at a drugstore while on vacation because I remembered watching it a loving it when I was younger. My son has a love of mysteries and "spies", so I thought that this would be a good movie for him to enjoy. He watched it twice the first day and has seen it several times over the last couple of weeks. It really appeals to younger mystery fans, even though it is rated PG-13, for violence. I would recommend any parent see this movie before they let their kids see it. Some of the violence is hallucinatory, and therefore quite "scary". I think the way it begins Holmes's and Watson's friendship is fun and creative. I think the script and characterizations are well done (especially in light of more current movies, which are just to draw viewers to the theater and have no substance.) The casting was inspired, and I don't see how they could have improved upon it. The cinematography was great and the special effects very good for the time of this movie. Some people might find Holmes's character a bit smug, but that is accurate to the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I recommend this movie to mystery fans, fans of Sherlock Holmes (but NOT "perfectionist" fans), and anyone who enjoys a young fellow showing up his elders</review>
    <description>When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0206275</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Save the Last Dance</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sara Johnson dreams of becoming a professional ballerina. After the accidental death of her mother, Sara is forced to move from Lemont, a quiet Chicago suburb, to her father's ghetto apartment on Chicago's gritty south side. The new urban environment, very different than what she is used to, adds to Sara's feelings of loss and frustration, and her misplaced guilt, which is caused by the fact that her mother had been en route to her dance performance at the time of her death. But when she meets Derek, a popular fellow student with a passion for hip hop dancing and a future brighter than his troubled past, her repressed ambition is released through a revitalized interest in dance.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Carter</director>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Sara)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Patrick Thomas (role=Derek)</actor>
      <actor>Kerry Washington (role=Chenille)</actor>
      <actor>Fredro Starr (role=Malakai)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Kinney (role=Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Bianca Lawson (role=Nikki)</actor>
      <actor>Vince Green (role=Snookie)</actor>
      <actor>Garland Whitt (role=Kenny)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Oas (role=Diggy)</actor>
      <actor>Cory Stewart (role=Lip)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Anglin (role=Glynn)</actor>
      <actor>Dorothy Martin (role=Momma Dean)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2001</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzc4MmU1ZTUtNWQxNi00YTZhLTg0ZDgtNzQ2ZTQxOGRjZWE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Okay, so it won't bring home a little golden guy. . .it's from MTV Films for crying out loud. But who says everything has to? I will say this; this movie actually had a little more substance than what I walked in expecting. I went to the theater on opening night with 5 girlfriends expecting to hear some good music and see some good choreography and scenery of Chicago--a city I dearly love. I got all of that. But I also got a glimpse of broken homes, the dynamic between a father and daughter who don't know each other, friends who've gone by the wayside that you still don't want to let go of, I could say more. Oh, and the thing that really still pisses people off though it's 2001. . .interracial relationships. I'm not saying the plot isn't a little rehashed, but there's not a whole lot that's new out there. No, it's not a great film--I give it a B, but I'd see it again. In fact I did see it again with another set of friends on Saturday night. All in all, I saw this movie with 10 friends of varying sex, age and race and all of us liked it. I think that's a pretty good showing</review>
    <description>A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0486656</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Save the Last Dance 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerina of the school. She befriends her roommates, Zoe and Miles, who teach hip-hop classes. She has ballet classes with the rigid and famous Monique Delacroix that she idolizes - Monique requires full commitment, discipline and hard work from her students. When Miles, who is a composer, invites Sara to help him compose the music for the dance choreography Sara's passion for hip-hop is sparked and she also falls in love with Miles. When she is assigned to perform Giselle in an important event, she feels divided between the technique of the ballet and the creative work offered by Miles.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Petrarca</director>
      <actor>Izabella Miko (role=Sara)</actor>
      <actor>Columbus Short (role=Miles)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline Bisset (role=Monique)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Brooks (role=Katrina)</actor>
      <actor>Aubrey Dollar (role=Zoe)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Brennan (role=Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Seana McKenna (role=Simone Eldair)</actor>
      <actor>Ne-Yo (role=Mixx)</actor>
      <actor>Diane Fabian (role=Bella the Pianist)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Allan (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Watling (role=Marcus)</actor>
      <actor>Evan Williams (role=Shane)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2M5NmFhNTItYzA3OS00YTIzLWExZGEtYTc3NGRmYTZjMTE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>I've got to say when I first heard about a Save the last dance 2 I thought cheap knock off can never come near the original. Then when I saw the cast for this film i was even inclined to feeling this was going to be a poor sequel but you know what its not that bad...I think that this is a fun lively little film its not a world beating film or anything like that but a good film to watch in the comfort of your home. I find this is probably one of the better dance films on the market at the moment and the love story element flowing in the background carries the film along nicely. I think perhaps 6/10 is a fair mark for this film</review>
    <description>Sara joins Julliard to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a Prima ballerina, but she soon falls in love with hip-hop and a young composer - both of whom challenge her ambitions.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0988045</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sherlock Holmes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As a spate of ritualistic murders terrorises late-1800s Victorian London, the lithe pugilist and debauched detective with the uncanny sense of deduction, Sherlock Holmes, and his acutely observant brother-in-arms, Dr Watson, manage to send to the gallows their occultist arch-enemy, Lord Blackwood. However, evil knows no boundaries--and as the disquieting rumours that the fiendish practitioner of the black arts has eluded death start to spread like wildfire--a mysterious copycat picks up where the deceased aristocrat left off. Now, against the backdrop of rampant superstition, Sherlock's feisty old flame with a hidden agenda, Irene Adler, has returned to further complicate matters, as the seemingly resurrected Blackwood continues his reign of terror. Has the dark lord, indeed, returned from the dead? Is he intent on slaughter and destruction?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Guy Ritchie</director>
      <actor>Robert Downey Jr. (role=Sherlock Holmes)</actor>
      <actor>Jude Law (role=Dr. John Watson)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel McAdams (role=Irene Adler)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Strong (role=Lord Henry Blackwood)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Marsan (role=Inspector Lestrade)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Maillet (role=Dredger)</actor>
      <actor>Geraldine James (role=Mrs. Hudson)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Reilly (role=Mary Morstan)</actor>
      <actor>William Houston (role=Constable Clark)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Matheson (role=Lord Coward)</actor>
      <actor>James Fox (role=Sir Thomas Rotheram)</actor>
      <actor>William Hope (role=Ambassador Standish)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI3NDQ5MTg2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTQ0ODY5Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Whodunnit|Action|Adventure|Mystery</category>
    <review>... not the movie, but the number of self-professed Holmes aficionados who apparently have no knowledge of Holmes. For the record, Holmes was a miserable, irresponsible drug addict who did indeed sleep on the floor, insult his best friend, experiment on his dog, and never ever wore a deerstalker's cap (at least, not until television was invented). He was a brawler who practiced martial arts and was as likely to slum around in the filthiest of rags as he was a suit.It wasn't until after Doctor Watson took him in hand that he truly refined himself and became a "respectable" member of society. And yes, we can tell that this movie takes place THAT early in their relationship because Watson has not yet married his wife (the retconning did annoy me, too, by the way, but you just can't avoid a little re-imagining here and there).Speaking of unavoidable, Irene Adler, Holmes' one uncapturable (is that a word?), simply had to be cast as a potential love interest. The flirting, the romance, and the near-make-out session were irresistible to the director (and to all of the audience who're honest with themselves).That being said, I felt Robert Downey, Jr. played Sherlock Holmes to perfection. His characteristic caustic attitude towards Lestrade and even Watson at times was exactly how I'd imagine him. He gives several summations of his observations and deductions that brought Holmes to life in an almost unparalleled way. His fight scenes (preceded the first few times by superhuman calculations) show both the mental and physical sides of Holmes in ways that Watson's notes can't quite convey, but at which they constantly hint.As for Watson himself, Jude Law delivered a wonderful performance. I was a little skeptical of how well he fought, given Watson's wartime injury, but his character and demeanor were entirely on the nose. His loyalty to Holmes despite his frustrations with him could not have been captured more expertly, I feel. No one, no matter how patient or forgiving, could endure Holmes forever without the occasional confrontation. The original Holmes, after all, was not above insulting his best friend or even deriding his deductive capabilities at times. Nevertheless, Watson never could abandon his friend in his time of need.This version (or vision, if you will) of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest creation may be more swashbuckling, more thrilling, and more edgy than any other incarnation, but that doesn't make it any less faithful to the original. Aside from a little revisionist history in the cases of the female leads, nothing is that far out of the ordinary; and no amount of references to Madonna will change that</review>
    <description>Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0107211</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein unmoralisches Angebot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>To bounce back from unemployment and the severe recession that threatens to cost them their dream house in Santa Monica, the devoted high-school sweethearts--the talented architect, David, and his real-estate agent wife, Diana--get up their nerve and decide to gamble their last $5,000 in Las Vegas. There, the suave billionaire and high-stakes gambler, John Gage, tempts the broke young couple and makes David the indecent proposal: should Diana accept to spend the night with him, $1,000,000 is theirs. Indignant but already seduced, Diana and David reluctantly agree. They say money can't buy love. Can the husband and wife survive John's ultimate test?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Adrian Lyne</director>
      <actor>Robert Redford (role=John Gage)</actor>
      <actor>Demi Moore (role=Diana Murphy)</actor>
      <actor>Woody Harrelson (role=David Murphy)</actor>
      <actor>Seymour Cassel (role=William Shackleford)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Platt (role=Jeremy)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Bob Thornton (role=Day Tripper)</actor>
      <actor>Rip Taylor (role=Mr. Langford)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Connolly (role=Auction M.C)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Brooks (role=Realtor)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Epstein (role=Van Buren)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Zorn (role=Screenwriter)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin West (role=Screenwriter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDI4ZWIwYTctN2I4MS00NWFmLTk0YWQtNWY0ZGQ5NWQ3Mjc4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Romance|Steamy Romance|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>I'm only writing a review to share the humorist Erma Bombeck's observation.In one of her last columns before her passing, she mentioned that she and her husband had gone to see this movie.As they were driving home, her husband asked "Well? Would you?" "Would I what?" she asked."Would you sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars?" "It depends," she said.Her husband was shocked. "DEPENDS?" he choked. "Depends on WHAT?" "Depends on whether he'd let me make monthly payments..." she replied.I passed root beer through my nose when I read that - had to share</review>
    <description>A billionaire offers $1,000,000 to a young married couple for one night with the wife.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0293124</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Erkan &amp; Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A couple of slackers find an antique dagger and manage to free the gorgeous female warrior was imprisoned in it by an evil spell. An evil sorcerer is not happy by this turn of events and determines to possess both the blade and the warrior through a sacrificial ceremony. The two heroes manage to rescue the damsel in distress and defeat the wizard and his minions by employing skills mastered through hours of video game play.—David Bassler</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Axel Sand</director>
      <actor>Bettina Zimmermann (role=Tana)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Boden (role=Dr. Basten)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Schulberg (role=Kartan)</actor>
      <actor>Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (role=Prof. Johns)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Herforth (role=Dravolda)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Thurnau (role=Trixi)</actor>
      <actor>Simone Dericks (role=Pamela)</actor>
      <actor>Udo Moll (role=Jobst)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Gareisen (role=Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Ricardo Eche (role=Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Gennadi Vengerov (role=Möllner)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Rappenglück (role=Horst)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>4.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4MjU0MTQ0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTA4Njk5._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Comedy</category>
    <review>The second movie by the two Bavarian comedians, Erkan and Stefan. They discover an ancient dagger and free the beautiful warrior virgin Tana (Bettina Zimmermann) from it. Evil sorcerer Kartan, however, wants both the dagger and the virgin for a sacrifice ceremony. Erkan and Stefan rely on their video game experience to defeat the dark forces. At a length of only 77 minutes, the movie doesn't slow down too often between the gags, so if you have got the appropriate sense of humor, you may find this quite enjoyable. Excellent: Corinna Harfouch as the teacher who breaks her own rules to solve problems without violence. On the other hand, the performance of Bettina Zimmermann is disappointing. One needs more than wildly rolling eyes to follow the footsteps of a Michelle Yeoh or Sandahl Bergman. The parody elements are reminding me of movies like Stephen Sommers' "The Mummy", Harold Ramis' "Bedazzled" and J. Lee Thompson's "Firewalker", among others</review>
    <description>A couple of slackers find an antique dagger and manage to free the gorgeous female warrior was imprisoned in it by an evil spell. An evil sorcerer is not happy by this turn of events and determines to possess both the blade and the warrior through a sacrificial ceremony. The two ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0293124/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14014068</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Book of Love</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Six months after publication, the novel of young, lonely, uptight and unsuccessful British writer Henry Copper was sold to no one in the UK. But when his book is suddenly a surprise hit in Mexico, his publisher Jen Spencer insists he travels there on a promotional tour. Upon arrival, a confused Henry discovers the reason behind his novel's popularity: Mexican translator María Rodriguez has entirely rewritten his dull book as a steamy erotic novel. Furious, Henry tells Jen he wants to leave it and make a public declaration explaining the rewrite, but she convinces him to continue the tour and take advantage of the novel's success. Helped by Pedro, the Mexican publisher of the novel, Henry and a reluctant María must now travel together on a book tour across Mexico. As time goes by, Henry gets to know María as a single mother of young Diego and carer for her grandfather Max, while also in a troubled relationship with Diego's father Antonio, a "free spirit" who is an expert at avoiding his responsibilities. While Henry feels like a fraud, María feels frustrated with her dreams to write her own original work, dealing with the success of the novel she translated being attributed to him. As tempers flair and sparks begin to fly, Henry and María begin to find love and lust despite themselves. However, when the tour ends and they both must back to their respective lives, Jen makes Henry a proposal: stay in Mexico a little longer to write a sequel to the novel's Mexican version together, which will have unexpected results for both of them.—Chockys</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Analeine Cal y Mayor</director>
      <actor>Sam Claflin (role=Henry Copper)</actor>
      <actor>Remmie Milner (role=Jill - Bookshop Manager)</actor>
      <actor>Antonia Clarke (role=Allison)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Punch (role=Jen Spencer)</actor>
      <actor>Fernando Becerril (role=Max Rodríguez)</actor>
      <actor>Verónica Echegui (role=Maria Rodríguez)</actor>
      <actor>Ruy Gaytan (role=Diego)</actor>
      <actor>Tiff Finney (role=Sexy Woman in DM)</actor>
      <actor>Evelyn Farrell (role=Elderly Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew McIntosh (role=Sexy Man in DM)</actor>
      <actor>Laura de Ita (role=Rosa - Interviewer)</actor>
      <actor>Edwarda Gurrola (role=Verónica)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States|Mexico</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk1MDUzMWEtMTQzZC00YjBlLWE2MTEtNTkyMDBjY2VhZTVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>It's the CUTEST idea, the acting was okay, as written, I'm sure. But that's where the problem is, there's no chemistry really written in the movie and their attraction comes out of nowhere really, even though I do like them. It needs better writing.I just can't get over this really adorable idea not being written to its fullest.Love the British and Mexican agents. Great personality!</review>
    <description>A British writer realizes that his novel is a success in Mexico because a peculiar translation of it.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7600382</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ride Like a Girl</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rachel Griffiths</director>
      <actor>Teresa Palmer (role=Michelle Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Neill (role=Paddy Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Brooke Satchwell (role=Therese Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Anneliese Apps (role=Brigid Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Zara Zoe (role=Maree Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Katie Castles (role=Margaret Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Gryffin Morrison (role=Young Stevie)</actor>
      <actor>Summer North (role=Young Michelle)</actor>
      <actor>Mitch Goring (role=Young Patrick)</actor>
      <actor>Joanna Halliday (role=Young Bernadette)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Russell (role=Young Andrew Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Lucia Schwerdt (role=Young Cathy Payne)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmMyYjgxZDktNmE0Zi00MmJiLWI0NDktNzYzMGNkNmQwYzVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQTNwaW5nZXN0._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Biography|Drama|Sport</category>
    <review>... not too many jockeys, if any, so you need to be a legend or achieve something pretty spectacular to qualify. A truly inspirational story, if you need a fix of happiness with a tear or two thrown in, or some motivation to take the next step to achieving your dreams, look no further than here</review>
    <description>The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0313737</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Chef zum Verlieben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lucy Kelson, the brilliant but insecure lawyer with a sharp, strategic mind, is working as a Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation: one of New York City's most important commercial real estate developers. As a result, she can't get much sleep, and as if that weren't enough, she also has a chronic ulcer. Of course, it's not the job that's getting to her; it's her millionaire boss, George Wade. Handsome, charming, and, irrefutably, self-centred, George treats Lucy more like his nanny than a well-trained Harvard Law graduate, and what's even more impressive, he can barely choose a tie without her help. Now, after one long year of calling the shots--pretty much on everything, from his clothes to his divorce settlements--Lucy Kelson is finally calling it quits. But, Wade is given two weeks notice. Is it ever too late to say "I love you"?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Marc Lawrence</director>
      <actor>Sandra Bullock (role=Lucy Kelson)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh Grant (role=George Wade)</actor>
      <actor>Alicia Witt (role=June Carver)</actor>
      <actor>Dana Ivey (role=Ruth Kelson)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Klein (role=Larry Kelson)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Burns (role=Meryl Brooks)</actor>
      <actor>David Haig (role=Howard Wade)</actor>
      <actor>Dorian Missick (role=Tony)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Dokuchitz (role=Tom)</actor>
      <actor>Veanne Cox (role=Melanie Corman)</actor>
      <actor>Janine LaManna (role=Elaine Cominsky)</actor>
      <actor>Iraida Polanco (role=Rosario)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWI2ZDdlNGItMGEyMy00MDU1LTkyMGItMjM3MmQ2MThhNTE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant hearken back to classic screwball comedies in a very engaging if somewhat shallow romantic film that accentuates laughter above sentiment and succeeds wonderfully - even when it's not especially witty or gut-busting.Bullock plays Lucy Kelson, a committed left-wing attorney with an immaculate Ivy League background who fights the good fight against the heartless developers of lower Manhattan and the outer boroughs. Complications ensue when she finds herself working for one such figure, George Wade (Grant) in exchange for his preserving a Coney Island landmark near her childhood home. Wade's not a bad guy, but he's frightfully dependent on Lucy for everything. When it seems possible she might at last get clear of him, she begins to have second thoughts about letting him go.Two things I really, really like about this movie. One is the chemistry of Grant and Bullock. Bullock takes to being the butt of assorted slapstick with a gusto rare for a gorgeous screen star. She seems to have inherited the Doris Day mantle from Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, though in a better way than either of those two screen stars. It's a pity she's since shown no interest in maintaining it. Grant plays off her very well in a role he could perform in his sleep - and sometimes seems to do just that, albeit in a good way. He has a casual way with a line that reminds me of Roger Moore or David Niven at their best, and shows he is growing comfortably into a solid on-screen presence after years of coasting on looks and charm. If IMDb.com is correct, he got paid $12.5 million for this, which if true is way too high, but he is probably the one guy who could make Wade so enjoyable, to the point where you're happy at his shenanigans for keeping Lucy by his side.The other thing is the NYC backdrop. There's some eye-popping visuals courtesy of legendary cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, like the bridges lit up like Christmas trees in the background while Bullock has a drunk moment with Grant aboard his yacht. Another scene features a helicopter shot of Manhattan by the Hudson, with a nice nod at 9/11 that doesn't impose itself on the viewer but is there for the noticing. (This was the first film shot in the city after the tragedy.) You can compare "Two Weeks Notice" with classic romantic comedies like "What's Up Doc?" or "Bringing Up Baby." Not that it's as good, but the goal is similar in that it strives to entertain more than play with one's heartstrings.Alright, the story is shallow. We never really get a sense of Kelson's duties with Wade except when it comes to being pulled out of weddings to pick out ties. Her absentee boyfriend is barely established. The supporting cast is not well developed, except Robert Klein and Dana Ivey as Lucy's parents. (Klein especially is wonderful.) Alicia Witt is spellbindingly gorgeous as Kelton's would-be replacement, and she plays wonderfully off the main pair, but she's suddenly thrust into the role of the heavy simply for plot convenience, and it's jarring. Too many other secondary roles are like that, too.The script, by director Marc Lawrence, has its share of lame one-liners, but it keeps a steady, merry tempo that distracts from the film's shortcomings at least somewhat while focusing on its key strengths, Bullock and Grant. Lawrence's direction is similarly solid. I like the little bits of business between Bullock and Grant, like when they pick off each others' plates at Fraunces Tavern, or when she refuses his offer of a sidewalk kebob, calling it a "flesh popsicle." The scene that sticks out most is of her at an outdoor party, wearing a lovely tulle gown and a clown nose. This is one film that makes a serious point of being goofy and glamorous all at once, and it works. If all romantic comedies were so committed to being entertaining, it would be a lot easier for us guys to sit through them</review>
    <description>A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0141098</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Auf die stürmische Art</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ben Holmes, a regular guy, is on his way to his wedding. A little accident hinders the takeoff, and soon Ben finds himself in a stranger's rental car with eccentric but attractive Sarah. Several catastrophic incidents later, the two are thought to be a married couple and run into Ben's best friend and his girlfriend, who happens to be the bride's best friend. Now, Ben and Sarah must face the problem that they really might be made for each other, but they also might just be panicking about upcoming events: his marriage and her first meeting with a special person.—Julian Reischl</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bronwen Hughes</director>
      <actor>Sandra Bullock (role=Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Affleck (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Maura Tierney (role=Bridget)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Zahn (role=Alan)</actor>
      <actor>Blythe Danner (role=Virginia)</actor>
      <actor>Ronny Cox (role=Hadley)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Fairman (role=Richard)</actor>
      <actor>Janet Carroll (role=Barbara)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Schiff (role=Joe)</actor>
      <actor>David Strickland (role=Steve)</actor>
      <actor>Meredith Scott Lynn (role=Debbie)</actor>
      <actor>George D. Wallace (role=Max)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjViZGVjYTUtZDA3Ni00YjU0LTg0YmUtMjU5OGI2Y2Q2MzI1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>It seems on the surface to be a romantic _planes, trains and automobiles_ but at times tried for something more, where it failed miserably. Some may like the nontraditional ending, but the attempts at "deep insight" into the world of marriage flopped around not really going anywhere.But if you were interested by the story, the movie tried other methods to distract you. The unnecessary special effects, of which the falling rain was the most obvious, served to do nothing but annoy. The camera-work is erratic at best.One note of caution, however. My movie experience as a whole was less than satisfying, sitting in the first row with a group of young'uns around..</review>
    <description>A soon-to-be-married man encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1700258</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kokowääh</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Henry is a handsome screenwriter who is trying to win the heart of the woman he truly loves. His plans are interrupted when he finds Magdalena, a little girl at his house.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Til Schweiger</director>
      <director>Torsten Künstler</director>
      <actor>Numan Acar (role=Arbeiter Gewerbehof)</actor>
      <actor>Meret Becker (role=Charlotte)</actor>
      <actor>Gode Benedix (role=Tankwart)</actor>
      <actor>Anne-Sophie Briest (role=Mutter im Supermarkt)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Finzi (role=Tristan)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Gerat (role=Katharina)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Kempter (role=Agentin)</actor>
      <actor>Torsten Künstler (role=DHL Kurier)</actor>
      <actor>Misel Maticevic (role=Rob)</actor>
      <actor>Genoveva Mayer (role=Frau in Bar)</actor>
      <actor>Sönke Möhring (role=Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>Jana Reinermann (role=Fan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1MzUzMTkzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzM1NjE2NA@@._V1_QL75_UX341_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>The little girl acted very well. It's very sweet to tell a story that is a little routine</review>
    <description>Henry is a handsome screenwriter who is trying to win the heart of the woman he truly loves. His plans are interrupted when he finds Magdalena, a little girl at his house.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8880922</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Jönsson Bande</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following a failed heist, Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jonsson (Dorsin) ends up in prison. Once released, his gang have become law-abiding citizens and Sickan has to continue on his own. Crime broker Anita (Olin) tasks him with a simple burglary, but it turns out to be something a lot bigger than Sickan thought it was. Now he needs the help of his past accomplices to carry out the most difficult heist in the history of the gang.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tomas Alfredson</director>
      <actor>Henrik Dorsin (role=Charles Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson)</actor>
      <actor>Hedda Stiernstedt (role=Doris)</actor>
      <actor>David Sundin (role=Harry)</actor>
      <actor>Anders Johansson (role=Ragnar Vanheden)</actor>
      <actor>Reine Brynolfsson (role=Televinken)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Göranzon (role=Margit Vanheden)</actor>
      <actor>Lennart Hjulström (role=Gösta Vanheden)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Olin (role=Anita)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Ahlström (role=Jan Poppe)</actor>
      <actor>MyAnna Buring (role=Regina Wall)</actor>
      <actor>Henric Holmberg (role=Knut Enberg)</actor>
      <actor>Pekka Strang (role=Henrik Adlerstierna)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>4.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2JjNjkyOWUtNGE3OS00MDFjLTljNmYtOWM3N2MyMmM5MjgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFuaW5vc2M@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>They had a great cast but missed the signature characters special things. The plot was really convoluted and had weird plot holes. Sad this didn't turn out to be what we all expected, a bad script sunk this boat I'm afraid</review>
    <description>A reboot of the famous Swedish saga "Jönssonligan" ("The Jönsson Gang")</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8001346</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Asterix und das Geheimnis des Zaubertranks</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Panoramix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Astérix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic Potion.—Hugo Van Herpe</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexandre Astier</director>
      <director>Louis Clichy</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDUxNWMxZWYtNjczMC00MzE5LWE3NDQtMDQ5OWEyYzU2NDExXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>It's always difficult to judge a sequel on objective terms as the original always carries the edge of being "unprecedented" in a way or another.Sure "The Mansion of Gods" wasn't a newcomer as the eight animated Asterix film but it was preceded by adaptations that belonged to the lesser category and movies that -despite their success- sowed incertitude over Asterix' adaptability in the minds of many fans... until Astier came.And I loved his film because unlike its predecessors, it didn't try to emulate Disney or Pixar trends and that was the first credit I gave to the director and writer Alexandre Astier, a comedian who proved to be as much a fan of the little Gaul as Alain Chabat and a worthy successor. And it also helped that the film was a faithful adaptation of one of the best comic-book adventures, a sedentary one with an interesting commentary on deforestation, urbanism and its effect on environment, to put it simply an ecological and social view on the march of progress from the village's perspective.While I was hoping a second Astier movie, I didn't know there was one in preparation so it caught me totally off guard. I came, I saw the trailer and then two fears conquered me.First, the title "The Secret of the Magic Potion" gave the first major hint: it wasn't an adaptation, while this didn't prevent "The Twelve Tasks" to be a masterpiece, I was afraid Astier would get too carried away by the previous success and go a little overboard, making the kind of stories similar to the recent albums from Uderzo. Of course, one won't expect 100% realism for a series whose narrative is driven by a magic potion but it's pretty much handled like a McGuffin and only Uderzo is blamable for having gone as far as showing people getting bigger, turned into granite and worse, cows flying in the Atlantis or Alien invasion.The second trouble was with the voices, for non-French speakers, Roger Carel is to Asterix what Mel Blanc was to many Looney Tunes characters, that he could voice the little Gaul during a time span of 47 years was a credit to his longevity and irreplaceability. But the lone survivor of a generation of voice-actors who shaped the childhoods of millions of children retired before the release, which prompted Astier to cast Christian Clavier. It wasn't the most unwise choice as Clavier is still the best live-action version of Asterix. I didn't have any problem with his voicing especially since Astérix isn't given a central role, the real focus is Getafix who must find a heir to transmit the secret of his most famous recipe, the magic potion that give a superhuman power to its drinker, except Obelix who "fell inside where he was little".While indispensable in the series, the magic potion has catalyzed a few adventures such as "The Golden Sickle", "The Great Crossing" and "The Black Gold" which allows many fans to know a few ingredients, beside the mistletoe and the lobster (for the flavor) there must be some fish (reasonably fresh), some black oil, ultimately replaced by beetroot juice, for a better taste and the rest lies on Getafix' unique knowledge and can only be transmitted from druid's mouth to druid's ear.The magic potion has always been a popular trope like the French equivalent of Popeye's spinach and the expression "to fall into something as a child" (meaning being good at it from the start) or "magic potion" (meaning a secret) has entered common language in French (like so many expressions coined by Goscinny). So the initial idea was good, though the fact that it was a broken ankle that pushed Getafix to contemplate his decline was rather far-fetched. Didn't he fall after saving a bird and making stunts that could have made Disney's Tarzan yodel with jealousy? He did act like a prima-donna that was so unlike his usual venerability.Anyway, what Getafix wants, Getafix gets. So he is escorted by Asterix and Obelix to the quest for the right successor, he sends a small herd of boars to call his 'fellow druids' for a special meeting at the Carnutes forest. And the druids part restored my confidence in Astier's humor, except for one tiny detail, not so tiny but the size of a child actually.The first film had a cute relationship between Obelix and a Roman child, one that wasn't overplayed and didn't make an underdog hero out of the child. Of course, once the little girl pops up in a school scene, my intuition anticipated everything and accurately so, I was afraid it would another of these Moana-Frozen "chosen one" things again. First of all, she doesn't belong to the film's canon. Not that it matters but who are their parents anyway? Aren't they worried over her disappearance? It doesn't take an Asterix fan to understand what she was doing, only being aware of most family-friendly movies trends. I suspect some marketing behind that choice, it didn't have the Astier zest in it.Overall, the film provides a nice backstory of Getafix and an interesting rival in Sulfurix, the druid who's clearly more powerful and whose only flaw is not to have invented the magic potion, his alliance with the Romans and the fact that the Gauls left the village to pick before the journey, made the climax rather predictable but I guess it was spectacular enough to make for a positive impact, maybe because there's always that self-awareness in Astier that has a certain ring to it.So I liked it in the sense that it stayed faithful to the first film's spirit and didn't take any major deviation, I only wish it could have deviated more for some stuff we've seen in so many animated movies, especially coming from Astier...ix</review>
    <description>Asterix and Obelix help Getafix search for a young druid worthy of succeeding him, all while his old nemesis Demonix seeks to steal the recipe for his legendary magic potion.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7225386</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>25 km/h</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following their father's death, two very different brothers reunite for a special journey: a road trip from the Black Forest to the Baltic Sea on their vintage mopeds. During this soul-searching trip, the duo experiences several unusual encounters.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Markus Goller</director>
      <actor>Lars Eidinger (role=Christian)</actor>
      <actor>Bjarne Mädel (role=Georg)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Hüller (role=Tanja)</actor>
      <actor>Franka Potente (role=Ute)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Maria Lara (role=Ingrid)</actor>
      <actor>Jella Haase (role=Willie)</actor>
      <actor>Jördis Triebel (role=Lisa)</actor>
      <actor>Wotan Wilke Möhring (role=Hantel)</actor>
      <actor>Matti Schmidt-Schaller (role=Konrad)</actor>
      <actor>Mateusz Kosciukiewicz (role=Adam)</actor>
      <actor>Sesede Terziyan (role=Taxifahrerin)</actor>
      <actor>Curd Berger (role=Pfarrer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDE1Yzc2NGQtZGIyNS00NDIzLWJlMjQtNTc5MDRhYjQ4MzgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>It's always nice, when dramas don't get too cheesy. This is about two brothers of different attitudes colliding 30 years after they spiltted up. They re-united at their father's funeral. One is an international manager, tied to a tied scedule with many communication over smartphone. He left home early because of the home situation. The other is a craftsman, leading a carpenter's workshop. After taking several drinks and some psychological obstacles, the two brothers start a journey on their lower motorbikes they had when they were fifteen and experience each other new. The best on this movie is, that it doesn't become too cheesy and had some fine moments, but also some comedic. This is no movie with big secial effects, but it takes some heart to watch it. No stuff for people searching for action, scifi, pure comedy, crime, thrillers, and many other genres. I voted it 7/10, because it's sure not the peak of filmhistory, but it's a solid drama with heart and it's sometimes a little bit silly, but close enough to reality to be enlighted with that brother's story. It's one of the better German movies.Greets,Breumaster</review>
    <description>Two very different brothers reunite and start on a very special journey: a road trip on their motorbikes which they imagined in their childhood.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0092890</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dirty Dancing</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse, that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful action of her life, Baby later sneaks out to see Johnny, ostensibly to apologize for her father's rudeness, and ends up consummating her relationship with Johnny. A jealous fellow vacationer sees Baby sneaking out of Johnny's bungalow the next morning, and in an act of retribution, tells management that he is responsible for a theft the evening before, knowing he would not furnish his real whereabouts.—Amanda W, amended by Linda C.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Emile Ardolino</director>
      <actor>Jennifer Grey (role=Baby Houseman)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Swayze (role=Johnny Castle)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Orbach (role=Jake Houseman)</actor>
      <actor>Cynthia Rhodes (role=Penny Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Weston (role=Max Kellerman)</actor>
      <actor>Jane Brucker (role=Lisa Houseman)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Bishop (role=Marjorie Houseman)</actor>
      <actor>Lonny Price (role=Neil Kellerman)</actor>
      <actor>Max Cantor (role=Robbie Gould)</actor>
      <actor>Neal Jones (role=Billy Kostecki)</actor>
      <actor>'Cousin Brucie' Morrow (role=Magician)</actor>
      <actor>Wayne Knight (role=Stan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1987</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDVjMTdiNDEtMjhhZi00OTQzLWI0ZTItNzE1Yzc5MDExOTFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Feel-Good Romance|Teen Romance|Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Dirty Dancing is a classic film that is so memorable that it is hard to say anything negative about it. It has a reasonable plot but is accompanied by an immortal soundtrack and moments that make this film remarkable. Herein lies it's value as it can be revisited for positive memories and a soundtrack second to none. While many will argue Schindler's list or 12 Years A Slave is a superior film not many will agree you can revisit or watch it over again. The songs featured in this classic will be included on our iPod's and play on the radios for years to come. We will never forget when Patrick Swayze hoisted Jennifer Grey up for the dance sequence at the end, timeless moments that keep this film alive and memorable. Dirty Dancing in its essence is a film about letting go of strict societal norms and letting the music embrace you. You dance and feel the beat as opposed to observing rules and steps, the music dictates the rhythm and mood. Perhaps this iconic film was significant in the departure from traditional dancing as fewer people know dancing. Dancing as we see in modern movies or real life is people moving to the music without any defined steps, perhaps started by this iconic film.This film is a must see and should be on your bucket list. It is easy to understand and easy to get lost in this great soundtrack</review>
    <description>Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0104291</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Forever Young</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.—Rob Hartill</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Steve Miner</director>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Capt. Daniel McCormick)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Lee Curtis (role=Claire Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Elijah Wood (role=Nat Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Isabel Glasser (role=Helen)</actor>
      <actor>George Wendt (role=Harry Finley)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Morton (role=Cameron)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolas Surovy (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>David Marshall Grant (role=Lt. Col. Wilcox USAF)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Hy Gorman (role=Felix)</actor>
      <actor>Millie Slavin (role=Susan Finley)</actor>
      <actor>Veronica Lauren (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Art LaFleur (role=Alice's Father)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1992</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWYwMGM2YWYtYjA2OS00MTQ0LWE0ZWItZDZkNWEzZTBmYWYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,60,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Time Travel|Drama|Romance|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I saw it a few days ago and enjoyed it. it's not a masterpiece, i mean the main idea was a little unoriginal and the ending was predictable, but it was a funny and enjoyable movie to watch, especially the chemistry betwean mel Gibson and jamie lee curtis(two great actors) and also elijah wood which was pretty great. mel Gibson did a fine job.it is not his best work but he was good,the most important thing he did was not letting the character be a boring one.elijah wood was also funny and i was kinda surprised to see him in this movie.afterall this movie cannot be considered as a masterpiece or an influential film,but the very important point is that it's not trying to.this film is supposed to be amusing and entertaining and to be "light" for it's audience,and imo it's very successful in it's own way. i give it a 7 out of 10</review>
    <description>During a cryogenics test, a pilot frozen in 1939 awakes in 1992 but time is running out, as his body starts to age rapidly.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8354218</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fireheart</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sixteen-year-old Georgia Nolan dreams of being the world's first-ever female firefighter. When a mysterious arsonist starts burning down Broadway, New York's firemen begin vanishing. The Mayor of New York calls Georgia's father Shawn out of retirement to lead the investigation into the disappearances. Desperate to help her father and save her city, Georgia disguises herself as a young man called "Joe" and joins a small group of misfit firefighters trying to stop the arsonist.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Theodore Ty</director>
      <director>Laurent Zeitoun</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Canada|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDQxZjNlMGItNTQxZS00NDM2LTg1ZWUtNGM4MGY0N2RkZTk5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>As a female firefighter I am probably not the target audience for this film, but thought I might be able to offer a useful perspective given the subject matter. The concept of the film is unique, and kids (and maybe even some parents) would probably find it to be a fun adventure along the lines of Scooby Doo, but firefighters may find it hard to like.It comes across as a film that tries to show what firefighters do in an age-appropriate way, while still containing plenty of the fun elements that appeal to kids. While this may be fine for its target audience, the result is a sufficiently inaccurate (and at times illogical) depiction of firefighting that will likely be a frustrating watch for a firefighter. But not just that, this is not a film where you can sit your kids down in front of it and tell them, "this is what mummy/daddy does". It's just too dissimilar.Going into this film, I was concerned the 'woman fighting the patriarchy' plot point might be overdone to the point of being grating, but it actually had a much smaller role than I expected, and was handled fairly well, and was more just used to set the stage for later events.It's worth mentioning that there's probably no trigger warnings for firefighters in this film. It is significantly sanitised since it's directed at a young audience, and I don't recall even seeing any open flame, just smoke. There's also no blood, gore, violence, car accidents, or character death. However, like most firefighting films that are not made with accuracy in mind, expect to be yelling at the tv a lot.Firefighters, by all means let your kids watch this one, but if you join them don't expect to find it all that great yourself. Also, be prepared to field a few questions where you have to explain all the ways firefighting isn't like this movie</review>
    <description>Nolan, aspiring to be the first female firefighter, joins a misfit crew fighting an arsonist after her father is tasked to investigate missing firemen. Disguised as "Joe", she battles to save her city and support her father's mission.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8774798</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>100% Wolf</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>100% Wolf centers on Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Positive he'll become the most fearsome werewolf ever, Freddy is in for a shock when his first "warfing" goes awry, turning him into a ferocious - poodle.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alexs Stadermann</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|Belgium|United Kingdom|United States|Netherlands|Russia</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2M5NGVkMzktZTQyNS00MWIwLWE3OGEtODM1MGI3NGYwZDNkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Adventure|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>If we were living in 'normal' times I doubt 100% Wolf would have had a cinematic release here in the U.K. however, without any summer releases from the major Hollywood studios this Australian animation has its moment to shine on the big screenAnd shine it does. The animation is bright and breezy, the characters are all colourful and likeable and the voice cast is very good too. The chaotic story is fast paced and easy to follow for little ones but is still entertaining for adults too, even though it is a little predictable. It has a positive message as the narrative pushes the importance of what is happening on the inside rather than the outside. Plus there is plenty of silly humour to enjoy for both adults and kids alike.I went to my local cinema with very low expectations and was pleasantly surprised as was my seven year old daughter. It's nowhere near as polished or well crafted as a Disney or a Pixar animation however, it is just as good as anything from Illuminations, BlueSky or Sony Animations.If you have a young family and you all want 90 minutes of escapism then 100% Wolf is worthy of your attention, especially since there is very little out there at the moment.7/10 - A solid and enjoyable family frolic</review>
    <description>100% Wolf centers on Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Positive he'll become the most fearsome werewolf ever, Freddy is in for a shock when his first "warfing" goes awry, turning him into a ferocious - poodle.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1564349</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein Freund, der Delfin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Fatherless smart rascal Sawyer Nelson's gloom already landed him in summer school, where he makes no effort when his closest kin, Florida home town's swim champion Kyle Connellan, leaves for Afghanistan to have the army pay for studies he can't afford. Ditching class at the beach, Sawyer spots a dolphin caught in a fishery net, helps untangle it against adult angler's bad advice, watches oceanography Dr. Clay Haskett's marine animals rescue team take charge, and follow them to the center, which is in dire financial trouble. Intruding, he meets and befriends Clay's imp daughter Hazel, who helps him discover the listless, dangerously tail-wounded dolphin somehow only reacts to the boy's presence and thus earns exemption from the outsider entry ban. Even Sawyer's nurse mother is impressed by his dedication to the smart dolphin, enough to take him off summer school despite teacher Doyle's doubts if he can pass just by essay. The tail must be amputated, and Kyle returns desperate with an amputated leg, but the broken cousin's veterans hospital prosthesis expert Dr. Cameron McCarthy offers hope to reboot both lives with custom-made artificial limbs. All seems lost when a hurricane wrecks the center's building, yet Sawyer and many friends come up with a daring plan.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Charles Martin Smith</director>
      <actor>Harry Connick Jr. (role=Dr. Clay Haskett)</actor>
      <actor>Ashley Judd (role=Lorraine Nelson)</actor>
      <actor>Nathan Gamble (role=Sawyer Nelson)</actor>
      <actor>Kris Kristofferson (role=Reed Haskett)</actor>
      <actor>Cozi Zuehlsdorff (role=Hazel Haskett)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Freeman (role=Dr. Cameron McCarthy)</actor>
      <actor>Austin Stowell (role=Kyle Connellan)</actor>
      <actor>Frances Sternhagen (role=Gloria Forrest)</actor>
      <actor>Juliana Harkavy (role=Rebecca)</actor>
      <actor>Megan Lozicki (role=Brittany)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Fitzpatrick (role=Max Connellan)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Ostrenko (role=Alyce Connellan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|United States</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc1Nzc0NTQ2OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTU2MzQzMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR11,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Docudrama|Drama|Family</category>
    <review>Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) is stuck in summer school and his belove cousin Kyle, who is a champion swimmer, is going to war. One day, he helps rescue a dolphin entangled by a crab trap. The dolphin named Winter loses her tale and she needs her rescuer. Dr. Haskett (Harry Connick Jr.) reluctantly agrees to let him help. Kyle loses his leg in the war. Dr. McCarthy (Morgan Freeman) working on Kyle's prosthetic leg is recruited to develop a prosthetic tail for Winter.It's a very lovely family movie. Sure it's pulling on all the heart strings. It's got a pelican sidekick, the adorable kid leads, war heroes, disabled kids, and the dolphin. It may be cheesy. It may be hokey. It may be corny. But I love it all. If you have a heart, you'll love it too</review>
    <description>A boy finds a dolphin that was injured in a trap. They become friends, but the dolphin needs to have its tail amputated to survive. With the help of a biologist and a prosthetics specialist, the boy tries to save the animal.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5970928</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>So viel Zeit</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Every day counts. What sounds like a hackneyed calendar phrase involuntarily becomes the motto of life for the music teacher Rainer. A brain tumor eats its way through the head of the mid-fifties and at best gives him another year. The inventory of his existence so far is not very intoxicating: with his ex-wife Brigitte there is no turning back, for his son Daniel he is anything but a good dad and only his worn-out guitar reminds of the childhood dream of a rock career. That his band "Bochums Steine" didn't make it 30 years ago was mainly due to Rainer and his ego. Now he would like to round up the boys again - for a farewell or a belated breakthrough? Who knows. At the concert organizer Steffi he runs into open doors with his revival idea. The drummer Bulle, bassist Konni and keyboardist Thomas - all between a middle-class existence and an age-related life crisis - join in after initial hesitation. To get the singer Ole back on board, however, Rainer has to jump over his shadow - and straighten what he screwed up at the time. He doesn't have much time.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Philipp Kadelbach</director>
      <actor>Jan Josef Liefers (role=Rainer)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Vogel (role=Ole)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Rohde (role=Bulle)</actor>
      <actor>Richy Müller (role=Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Bundschuh (role=Konni)</actor>
      <actor>André Hennicke (role=Oehlke)</actor>
      <actor>Alwara Höfels (role=Corinne)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Tonke (role=Steffi)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanette Hain (role=Brigitte)</actor>
      <actor>Scorpions (role=Scorpions)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Böhne (role=Angelika)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Berlin (role=Konni (jung))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTNjOTc0MWYtZDJmYS00Yzk3LWIzMGYtNDQ4ZWUwNTM2ZjczXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Music</category>
    <description>Every day counts. What sounds like a hackneyed calendar phrase involuntarily becomes the motto of life for the music teacher Rainer. A brain tumor eats its way through the head of the mid-fifties and at best gives him another year. The inventory of his existence so far is not ver...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt5970928/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7534136</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das große Abenteuer des kleinen Vampir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A friendship forms between a never-aging 10-year-old vampire and an orphan schoolboy, but a moon headed monster throws obstacles in their paths.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joann Sfar</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2YzM2NmZmMtMGJhNy00YTZlLWE1YTktOTM5ZjU2MDI4NzFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animation|Family|Fantasy|Horror</category>
    <review>I was fourteen when the little vampire cartoon was on TV, and I hadn't watched much of it, but found it cool. More than twenty years later this adaptation in log footage taught me the details of the story that I did not know. It's quite cute and I like the graphics, nice and followable</review>
    <description>A friendship forms between a never-aging 10-year-old vampire and an orphan schoolboy, but a moon headed monster throws obstacles in their paths.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12618926</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Parallele Mütter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Surprised by their accidental pregnancies, Janis, an accomplished 40-year-old professional photographer, and Ana, an utterly unprepared, wide-eyed teenager, find themselves in a Madrid maternity ward. Now, two single women are about to give birth to their first child--one is nervous, the other is looking forward to embracing the experience. Under those circumstances, as infallible maternal instincts start to kick in, the deep traumas of the past give way to female solidarity, paving the way for an unforeseen but profound bond between the two parallel mothers. Indeed, life can be full of unexpected things, either happy or sad, and little by little, the miracle of motherhood intertwines with the mystery of death, and somehow, Spain's troubled history. And, suddenly, the deeply buried truth needs to be told.—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Pedro Almodóvar</director>
      <actor>Penélope Cruz (role=Janis)</actor>
      <actor>Milena Smit (role=Ana)</actor>
      <actor>Israel Elejalde (role=Arturo)</actor>
      <actor>Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (role=Teresa)</actor>
      <actor>Rossy de Palma (role=Elena)</actor>
      <actor>Julieta Serrano (role=Brígida)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen Flores (role=Dolores)</actor>
      <actor>Ainhoa Santamaría (role=Niñera)</actor>
      <actor>Adelfa Calvo (role=Sobrina de Brígida)</actor>
      <actor>Trinidad Iglesias (role=Nieta de difunto)</actor>
      <actor>Julio Manrique (role=Jesús)</actor>
      <actor>Chema Adeva (role=Actor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|France|United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTk3YWVkOWItMjY5Zi00MDg0LTgwYjItZDI0ZjlhNjhhMmIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Psychological Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>Almodovar's gift is to take a soap-opera storyline - two mothers and their babies - and give it a glossy sheen that makes it seem almost fresh. All the cast take their roles seriously. Penelope Cruz is the best of them; on screen she has an incandescence that reminds me of Sophia Loren's early films.There's a background story in which Cruz's lover is trying to get permission to excavate the grave of some villagers savagely killed in the early years of the Civil War. I rather wish that this had been given more screen time. The final scene of this movie is nothing less than magnificent</review>
    <description>The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21622000</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wow! Nachricht aus dem All</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Billie, a eleven year old child is well on her way following her mother's footsteps Who explored space as an astronaut.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Felix Binder</director>
      <actor>Ava-Elizabeth Awe (role=Annabell, genannt Billie)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Nölle (role=Dino)</actor>
      <actor>Ronald Zehrfeld (role=Alex Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Alwara Höfels (role=Silke)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Christensen (role=Wolfgang)</actor>
      <actor>Lavinia Wilson (role=Dr. Margot Boshley)</actor>
      <actor>Isabella Parkinson (role=Carlitta)</actor>
      <actor>Murali Perumal (role=Tomasio)</actor>
      <actor>Anatole Taubman (role=Agent Silver)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Trepte (role=Agent Grey)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Hacke (role=Flight-Officer Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Braun (role=Ingenieur Hellström)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDc4MDUzOTUtZDVmOS00Mjc1LWE2ZmQtMTQzNGVlY2U0MGE0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Adventure|Family|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <description>Billie, a eleven year old child is well on her way following her mother's footsteps Who explored space as an astronaut.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0494238</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tintenherz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mortimer "Mo" "Silvertongue" Folchart raises his thirteen-year-old daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett) alone after the disappearance of his wife Resa (Sienna Guillory). He restores books for a living and travels with Meggie to find an old book called "Inkheart" in antique bookshops in Europe. When he is approached by a weird man called Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), she overhears him calling her father "Silvertongue". Meggie discovers later that he has the ability of bringing characters out of the books to the real world. They escape from Dustfinger heading to Italy to Meggie's aunt Elinor Loredan's (Dame Helen Mirren's) manor, where the men of the evil Capricorn (Andy Serkis) abduct them with the intention of forcing Mo to bring the powerful Shadow to Earth.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Iain Softley</director>
      <actor>Brendan Fraser (role=Mo)</actor>
      <actor>Sienna Guillory (role=Resa)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Strange (role=Bookshop Proprietor)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Bettany (role=Dustfinger)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Mirren (role=Elinor)</actor>
      <actor>Matt King (role=Cockerell)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Speirs (role=Flatnose)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Foreman (role=Basta)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Graham (role=Fulvio)</actor>
      <actor>Mirabel O'Keefe (role=Young Meggie)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Serkis (role=Capricorn)</actor>
      <actor>John Thomson (role=Darius)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United Kingdom|United States|Italy</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjExMTIzNjQ4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTI1NjYzMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR76,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Globetrotting Adventure|Supernatural Fantasy|Teen Fantasy|Adventure|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Mo (Brendan Fraser) is good father, happily married who has a special talent to bring personages out of books. But his wife named Resa(Sienna Guillory)has disappeared. One night he brings out various characters named Capricorn and Basta from Inkheart , a book written by Fenoglio (Jim Broadbent) whose story is set in Middle Age and plenty of magical beings. As there suddenly appears Capricorn (Andy Serkis) and Basta (Jamie Foreman), two nasties, and Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie (Eliza Bennett) discovers the truth and she also has supernatural powers . Meggie along with his father and grandmother confront several fantastic adventures, dangers and risks.This exciting motion picture displays derring-do adventure, romance ,fairy tale ,and spectacular frames with phenomenal production design. The flick gets lots of bombastic special effects including supernatural apparitions, wizards ,legendary heroes and numerous images have you on the edge of your seat. As appears the heroes of tales as ¨1.001 nights¨, ¨the minotaur¨, ¨Rapunzel¨ and several others. Riveting set pieces illuminate the full-blown adventures blending witchcraft, fairies, necromancy and turns out to be extremely amusing. Stimulating adventures of ours protagonists are complemented by a breathtaking final attraction in the castle scenes with incredible appearance of an overwhelming ominous shadow. Casting is frankly extraordinary, Brendan Fraser as impetuous hero, Andy Serkis plays magnificently a shamelessly villain and Helen Mirren as likable grandmother, and brief appearance of Jennifer Connelly as Roxanne, among others. Ideal main cast is completed by phenomenal secondary actors as US as British players. The movie packs a sensational production design by John Beard , accompanied by a glamorous cinematography by Roger Pratt filmed on location, in Italian Riviera, Liguria and Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England, including a mesmerizing photography with wonderful , marvelous landscapes . Emotive soundtrack appropriately adequate to fantasy by Javier Navarrete. The picture is brilliantly directed by Ian Softley. He's a good writer, producer and director,who achieved big time with ¨The skeleton key¨, ¨K-Pax¨, ¨Backbeat¨ and Hackers¨. Rating: Better than average. Essential and indispensable watching for fantastic cinema lovers</review>
    <description>A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>15338966</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Reunion</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Snowbound at their high school reunion, former classmates uncover a murder and scramble to identify the killer among them before they're all iced out for good.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Nelson</director>
      <actor>Lil Rel Howery (role=Ray Hammond)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Magnussen (role=Evan West)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Chung (role=Jasmine Park)</actor>
      <actor>Chace Crawford (role=Mathew Danbury)</actor>
      <actor>Jillian Bell (role=Vivian Chase)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Hitchcock (role=Theodore Buckley)</actor>
      <actor>Cassandra Blair (role=Meagan Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Dianne Doan (role=Lisa Danbury)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Dobrev (role=Amanda Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Mickey Schiff (role=Singer)</actor>
      <actor>Siobhan Murphy (role=Pregnant Stacy)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Pedrad (role=Pregnant Amy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzI2YjFlY2YtNWZmMi00MmFkLTllZmMtM2U2NmU5Y2IxOTUwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Mystery</category>
    <review>'Reunion' came out of absolutely nowhere. 24 hours ago I hadn't even heard of it. Tonight I found myself really enjoying it. It was exactly my kind of movie. An isolated mystery/whodunit with a pretty decent cast. Sign me up immediately. And even though it was a little formulaic, it ticked all the boxes that needed to be ticked.The film leans a lot more towards the comedy side of things than taking itself too seriously. That said, I thought it found a pretty good balance. There was one character played by Jillian Bell who was perhaps a little overly comedic for the overall tone of the film - but she was so funny and got so many laughs out of me that I didn't even mind.The key thing for a film like this to stick the landing. It needs a good wrap up that makes you think back on everything you've seen and see it in a different light. This film had that. It was a well done ending. 'Reunion' is a really good time and a film I would happily recommend. 7.5/10</review>
    <description>Snowbound at their high school reunion, former classmates uncover a murder and scramble to identify the killer among them before they're all iced out for good.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10945288</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Wolf und der Löwe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A wolf pup and a lost lion cub are rescued by a girl in the heart of the Canadian wilderness. Their friendship will change their lives forever.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gilles de Maistre</director>
      <actor>Molly Kunz (role=Alma)</actor>
      <actor>Graham Greene (role=Joe)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Carrick (role=Eli)</actor>
      <actor>Derek Johns (role=Charles)</actor>
      <actor>Rhys Slack (role=Rapha)</actor>
      <actor>Evan Buliung (role=Allan)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca Croll (role=Ysae)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Cornfoot (role=Jack)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Brochu (role=Mr. Mitchell)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Plante (role=Receptionist)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Costain (role=Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Brent Radford (role=Police Captain)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Canada</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTgyMmQ3ZmYtZDg5MC00ZTdkLWI4NjQtYTNhNmFjNGU2MTlkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Coming-of-Age|Adventure|Drama|Family</category>
    <review>In spite of the critical reviews this film has a lot of heart, friendship and healing. The acting was less than stellar in some areas, but had the script been better the acting would have been as well. Graham Green as always played his part well, and he continues to be one of my favorite actors.This is the story of a real friendship between a wolf and a lion, thrown together because of man, and it you're like me their stupidity will make you angry at times. The juxtaposition between the ways of man who desire to use animals and fears them and the girl who loves and cares for them provides a powerful contrast, and to my mind is one of the strongest points of the film. Worldwide it grossed over $14 million so I think a lot of people would agree with me. It's worth a watch, and it deserves better than the 6 rating that it has at this point</review>
    <description>A wolf pup and a lost lion cub are rescued by a girl in the heart of the Canadian wilderness. Their friendship will change their lives forever.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2049403</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lydia Deetz, now a paranormal talk show host, faces a series of supernatural challenges when her daughter Astrid inherits her psychic abilities and Betelgeuse resurfaces, determined to marry her. Amidst family drama and ghostly encounters, Lydia must navigate the Afterlife, confront her past, and protect her daughter from the sinister forces at play.—Oscar Serpa</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tim Burton</director>
      <actor>Michael Keaton (role=Beetlejuice)</actor>
      <actor>Winona Ryder (role=Lydia Deetz)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine O'Hara (role=Delia Deetz)</actor>
      <actor>Jenna Ortega (role=Astrid Deetz)</actor>
      <actor>Justin Theroux (role=Rory)</actor>
      <actor>Willem Dafoe (role=Wolf Jackson)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Bellucci (role=Delores)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur Conti (role=Jeremy)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Kellington (role=Bob-Shrinker)</actor>
      <actor>Santiago Cabrera (role=Richard)</actor>
      <actor>Burn Gorman (role=Father Damien)</actor>
      <actor>Danny DeVito (role=Janitor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|France</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGQ3MmM5NzMtMjM5Zi00NTBkLWJlZjktNmM0YTcwNzMwNTAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Dark Fantasy|Slapstick|Supernatural Fantasy|Supernatural Horror|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror</category>
    <review>The special effects were amazing. The acting was good. But there were SO many storylines. And none of them got enough time to be fully developed. Any one of the storylines, could have been the focus of the entire movie. Each storyline was rushed through and ended so fast. It's really unfortunate. And they put too much focus on Lydia's father. They honestly didn't even have to address the fact that he's wasn't in the movie. The actor in real life is a sex offender, so why even discuss his character? It added nothing to the movie.There are also a lot of ghosts from part 1 that I felt should have been in this sequel-just use makeup and special effects like they did for Beetlejuice. Or recast them if you don't want them to show that they've aged. Also, I almost walked out during the first hour. It was boring. The movie didn't get good until the second hour</review>
    <description>After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9172422</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die schönste Zeit unseres Lebens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sadly, Victor, an unemployed sixty-year-old cartoonist, feels that his marriage is failing. Having admitted that things cannot be improved, sad-eyed Victor seems to have come to terms with the course of events, while his wife, Marianne, is bent on having a blast, with or without him. Then, Antoine, a young screenwriter and owner of a company that stages historical re-enactments with pinpoint accuracy, offers Victor a unique form of time travel. Now, with the help of his expertise, Victor can relive the most important day of his life: the day he met the love of his life at the cosy La Belle Époque café in Lyon, four long decades earlier. Indeed, things were much simpler back then; however, can Victor rewrite people exactly as he would like them to stay?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nicolas Bedos</director>
      <actor>Daniel Auteuil (role=Victor Drumond)</actor>
      <actor>Guillaume Canet (role=Antoine)</actor>
      <actor>Doria Tillier (role=Margot)</actor>
      <actor>Fanny Ardant (role=Marianne Drumond)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Arditi (role=Pierre)</actor>
      <actor>Denis Podalydès (role=François)</actor>
      <actor>Michaël Cohen (role=Maxime Drumond)</actor>
      <actor>Jeanne Arènes (role=Amélie)</actor>
      <actor>Bertrand Poncet (role=Adrien)</actor>
      <actor>Lizzie Brocheré (role=La copine de Margot)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Scimeca (role=Hans Axel von Fersen)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Millet (role=Josiane)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzc4YzEzNTYtMzVkOC00NDlmLWI0ODItNTliODNlOWRmOGIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR87,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Fantasy|Romance</category>
    <review>Aging Victor is down on his luck: he's unemployed and he has been kicked out of his own home as his wife has left him for his former boss, the man who fired him. Then he is offered a chance to recreate a moment in time and he chooses the moment in 1974 when he and his wife first met.An interesting, entertaining and emotional film. Great in its application of nostalgia and our desires to relive our fondest moments. The central plot is quite basic and ends fairly predictably, though emotionally. However, some of the sub-plots are quite interesting, especially the Antoine-Margot-Victor relationship. There's also some very funny moments: the assistant director gets some great scenes and one-liners.Not always engaging though. The plot does seem unfocused at times and some scenes and sub-plots go nowhere.Can't fault the casting: the big names, Daniel Auteuil and Fanny Ardant, are great and nobody puts a foot wrong. Doria Tillier, as Margot, steals the show though</review>
    <description>Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1289401</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ghostbusters</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a botched attempt to hide her eccentric past and radical ideas about the supernatural, Columbia University's ridiculed physicist Erin Gilbert now finds herself jobless. And as if that weren't enough, Erin must swallow her pride and bury the hatchet with dishonoured former partner Abby Yates. But to pay the bills and prove that ghosts exist, the unrepentant duo of spirit hunters will need all the help they can get. As a result, tech expert Jillian Holtzmann and inexperienced Patty Tolan join the cause, eager to comb New York City for evidence of paranormal activity. However, the team is unaware that trouble is brewing. Once more, the unsuspecting Big Apple is in danger. Will the Ghostbusters live up to their reputation?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Feig</director>
      <actor>Zach Woods (role=Tour Guide Garrett)</actor>
      <actor>Kristen Wiig (role=Erin Gilbert)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Begley Jr. (role=Ed Mulgrave)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Dance (role=Harold Filmore)</actor>
      <actor>John Milhiser (role=Higgins Student)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Harris (role=Higgins Student)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa McCarthy (role=Abby Yates)</actor>
      <actor>Karan Soni (role=Bennie)</actor>
      <actor>Kate McKinnon (role=Jillian Holtzmann)</actor>
      <actor>Bess Rous (role=Gertrude Aldridge Ghost)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Higgins (role=Dean)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Jones (role=Patty Tolan)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjUyNjMyMjIxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDE4NTY5ODE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Slapstick|Supernatural Fantasy|Action|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>This reboot of the classic Ghostbusters film tries to be an improvement, but falls short in terms of script and characters. It has a good production, good cinematography, crazy action scenes and dazzling digital effects. The design of the ghosts is amazing and gives them a very cartoonish look. The rest of the movie leaves a lot to be desired. It has a fascinating story with an interesting villain, but it's not fully exploited. The female leads that replace the original cast show some grace, but their characters are not well written. There are moments that, instead of being funny, the characters end up giving pity to others, like much of the comedy in the film. Chris Hemsworth's character is too clumsy and silly. He can make people laugh at times, but unfortunately his character is so goofy that he doesn't make for good comic relief. The script is pretty mediocre and that ends up making the movie far from a good reboot. Even the cameos by the actors from the original movie don't help much. This Ghostbuster movie is sadly a failed reboot and because of that it is the most inferior installment in the entire franchise. My rating for this movie is 6/10</review>
    <description>Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26546123</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Beautiful Wedding</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a crazy night in Las Vegas, Abby and Travis discover that they're married, and they head to Mexico for a honeymoon with friends and family.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Roger Kumble</director>
      <actor>Dylan Sprouse (role=Travis Maddox)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Gardner (role=Abby Abernathy)</actor>
      <actor>Austin North (role=Shepley)</actor>
      <actor>Libe Barer (role=America)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Estes (role=Benny)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Bauer (role=Sancho)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle Richards (role=Vivian Hayes)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Aiono (role=Miguel)</actor>
      <actor>Emmanuel Kabongo (role=Buzz)</actor>
      <actor>Molly Miller (role=Thumbelina)</actor>
      <actor>Trevor Van Uden (role=Thomas Maddox)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Hesketh (role=Trenton Maddox)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2MxODgzMmUtYmM0Ni00YWU1LTg3YzQtNTMxYTc5MWQ4YzJjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>This film is hilariously over-the-top to the point where it's almost a satirical look at the genre altogether. The first 15 minutes were fun with the "oh no, we got married" plot and introducing some more serious themes. But at almost exactly 20 minutes, everything goes downhill. The director chose to insert animations, make the characters unlikable, and camera angles that were abhorrent.The writing is so grotesquely clunky that it's a wonder it was ever greenlit by production at all. Then you remember it's low budget and realize they though they could make a blockbuster out of pennies. They cannot.The film isn't all bad. Sprouse's comedic timing and line delivery (even if the lines are terrible) is the saving grace of an otherwise over-the-top film. If you can detach yourself completely from a cohesive storyline, believable lines, and hyper-sexualized female lead, the film is...okay. It's fun and light, but doesn't come close to matching the bantering fun of the first film. You can tell it was written by a man whose peak humor is in sock puppets and Adam Sandler films.For book fans...Just skip it altogether. If you need something to play in the background or critique for a film class, this is perfect</review>
    <description>After a crazy night in Las Vegas, Abby and Travis discover that they're married, and they head to Mexico for a honeymoon with friends and family.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11541220</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hilfe, ich hab meine Freunde geschrumpft</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>To protect his magic objects Otto Leonhard has taught Felix the secret art of shrinking. When Felix's friends almost mess up his date with Melanie, he shrinks them spontaneously to a tenth of their size.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Granz Henman</director>
      <actor>Eloi Christ (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Hartmann (role=Sandra Vorndran)</actor>
      <actor>Cosima Henman (role=Michi)</actor>
      <actor>Lina Hüesker (role=Ella Borsig)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Keymer (role=Felix Vorndran)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Kling (role=Frau Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Ostrowski (role=Lehrer Coldegol)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Sawatzki (role=Hulda Stechbarth)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias Schäfer (role=Lukas)</actor>
      <actor>Lorna zu Solms (role=Melanie)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Stein (role=Peter Vorndran)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Sulzer (role=Mario Henning)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjBhNTBiNDEtM2RiNi00ZGZmLWI4NzItMzc0YWMxZGJkM2U1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>The formula is well known by now I reckon. But even if you never have seen one of the many "shrunk my ... (insert whatever is the flavor of the month here)", you will get it pretty quickly. One of the things that is a bit different here, is the love story. And it is almost a complicated one ... well for a light comedy that is.And it may not have the right message considering the who loves who and how it is decided and the creepy let's watch factor of it .. you'll know what I mean, even when they do jokes about it ... to take away the creepiness that is.But this is overall a sweet affair ... that is quite decent for what it is. Predictable and easy ... but sometimes you need one of these I reckon</review>
    <description>To protect his magic objects Otto Leonhard has taught Felix the secret art of shrinking. When Felix's friends almost mess up his date with Melanie, he shrinks them spontaneously to a tenth of their size.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1490017</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Lego Movie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a Lego universe, the blind and elderly wizard-like Master Builder Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) attempts to protect a super-weapon called the "Kragle" from the evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell). He fails, but prophesies that a person called "the Special" will find the Piece of Resistance capable of stopping the Kragle. Lord Business believes Vitruvius simply made up the prophecy and kicks him off of a cliff.
Lord Business is an evil businessman who hates Master Builders, tyrant of Bricksburg and the Lego Universe who is the company president of the Octan Corporation under the name President Business.Eight and a half years later, Lord Business is now President Business, ruler of the whole world &amp; who wants everyone to follow instructions in their daily life. An ordinary construction worker named Emmet Brickowski (Chris Pratt) comes across a woman named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) searching for something in the construction site. When he investigates, he falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance (revealed to be a Krazy Glue cap). Compelled to touch it, Emmet experiences vivid visions and passes out.He awakens in the custody of Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), Lord Business' lieutenant, with the Piece of Resistance attached to his back. There, Emmet learns of Business' plans to freeze the world with the Kragle (revealed to be a tube of Krazy Glue with the label partially rubbed out) at "Taco Tuesday".
Good Cop/Bad Cop is a police officer with a two-sided head and a split personality who serves Lord Business as the commander of the Super-Secret PoliceWyldstyle rescues Emmet and takes him to the Old West, another Lego "world". She explains that every "world" used to be connected with people from different "worlds" helping each other in everyday activities. However, Lord Business abhors the thought, and constructs walls to separate all the "worlds".In the "Old West", Wyldstyle introduces Emmet to meet Vitruvius. She explains that she and the wizard are Master Builders, gifted people capable of building anything they need without instruction manuals. She further explains that due to Business' disapproval of such anarchic creativity, Master Builders are actively hunted down by Business, led by Bad Cop.Lord Business explains to Bad cop that due to his dislike of people messing with his stuff (using Lego blocks to create new things without instruction manuals, he is going to use Kragle (short for a faded tube of Krazy Glue) to "freeze" everyone so that they can't change things at random.Although disappointed to find that Emmet displays no trait possessed by Master Builders, Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are convinced of his potential when he recalls visions of a humanoid deity called "the Man Upstairs", the person who is said to be the creator of all the "worlds".Bad Cop tracks down Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius and a chase ensues. They are rescued by Wyldstyle's boyfriend Batman (Will Arnett) and travel to the Cloud Cuckoo Land. There they are taken to a council of the remaining Master Builders. Emmet says that he's not a Master Builder and "the least qualified person in the world to lead". Master Builders are unimpressed with Emmet and refuse to fight Business.Master Builders include Superman (Channing Tatum), Green Lantern (Jonah Hill), Wonder Woman (Cobie Smulders), protocol droid C-3PO, smugglers Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, Gandalf, Dumbledore, The Flash, Aquaman, Milhouse, Michelangelo and Speed Racer.Due to a hidden tracking device in Emmet's leg, Bad Cop and his forces attack, overwhelm, and capture all the remaining Master Builders. Emmet, Wyldstyle, Vitruvius, Batman, Unikitty (Alison Brie) a unicorn/cat hybrid-like Master Builder who lives in Cloud Cuckoo Land, and Benny (Charlie Day) a "1980-something space guy"-like Master Builder who is obsessed with building spaceships, manage to escape on a submarine. It sinks soon after and they are rescued by Metal Beard (Nick Offerman) a pirate-like Master Builder seeking revenge on Lord Business for taking his body parts following an earlier encounter and causing him to remake his body from bricks.On board Metal Beard's ship, Emmet believes the Master Builders' weakness is that their individual creativity prevents them from working together and that Business will never expect them to 'follow the instructions'. After saving them all with his Double-Decker couch invention, Emmet devises a plan to infiltrate Business's headquarters and disarm the Kragle.Emmet fails with he and his team imprisoned and Vitruvius decapitated by Lord Business. With his dying words, Vitruvius reveals he made up the prophecy. Business throws the Piece of Resistance off the edge of the universe, sets his headquarters to self-destruct, and leaves the Master Builders and Bad Cop to die.Vitruvius' ghost appears before Emmet and explains it was not the prophecy, but his self-belief that made him the Special. Tied to the self-destruct mechanism's battery, Emmet flings himself off the edge of the universe to disarm the device and saving the Master Builders who escape further danger with the aid of Good Cop. Inspired by Emmet's sacrifice, Wyldstyle, who reveals her real name to be Lucy, rallies the Lego people across the universe to use whatever creativity they have to build machines and weapons to fight Business' forces, with the Master Builders leading the charge.Emmet finds himself in the basement of the real world, where the events of the story are being played out within the imagination of a boy, Finn (Jadon Sand), on his father's Lego set. The father-revealed as "the Man Upstairs" and Finn's inspiration for Business, who chastises his son for ruining the set by creating hodgepodges of different characters and play-sets and proceeds to permanently glue his perceived perfect creations together.Realizing the danger his friends are in, Emmet wills himself to move and gains Finn's attention. Finn returns Emmet and the Piece of Resistance to the Lego world and Emmet, now possessing the skills of a Master Builder, fights his way onto Lord Business' ship. In the real world, Finn's father looks at his son's creations again and is impressed.Realizing Finn based the villainous Lord Business on him, the father has a change of heart and allows his son to play with his Lego however he sees fit. In the Lego world, Emmet tells Business that he too, is special, as is everyone. Finn's father reconciles with his son, which plays out as Business reforming, capping the Kragle with the Piece of Resistance, and removing the glue from his victims with mineral spirits.After the world is restored, Lucy and Emmet enter a relationship with Batman's blessing. Finn's father grants Finn and his younger sister permission to play with the Lego sets as well, causing Duplo aliens to arrive in the Lego universe and threaten destruction.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Phil Lord</director>
      <director>Christopher Miller</director>
      <actor>Jadon Sand (role=Finn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Denmark|Australia|Norway</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzkyMjA1ODQzMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTQ2NzMyMzE@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR88,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Computer Animation|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Globetrotting Adventure|Quest|Quirky Comedy|Satire|Slapstick|Stop Motion Animation|Action|Adventure</category>
    <review>Kids will love it but the writing and layered humor will also please most adults. Very well done</review>
    <description>An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0044954</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Um Haaresbreite</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a mobster's widow testifies, she goes under the radar to avoid being killed. On a cross-country train trip, she's taking to testify, the mob wants their revenge. Though she's accompanied by 2 cops, Walter Brown and his partner, her arrival isn't a sure thing.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Fleischer</director>
      <director>William Cameron Menzies</director>
      <actor>Charles McGraw (role=Det. Sgt. Walter Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Windsor (role=Mrs. Frankie Neall)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline White (role=Ann Sinclair)</actor>
      <actor>Gordon Gebert (role=Tommy Sinclair)</actor>
      <actor>Queenie Leonard (role=Mrs. Troll)</actor>
      <actor>David Clarke (role=Joseph Kemp)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Virgo (role=Densel)</actor>
      <actor>Don Beddoe (role=Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Maxey (role=Sam Jennings)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Harvey (role=Train Conductor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1952</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjVkM2M3MTAtZDBjYi00ZmQ3LWFiZjQtYzYxNzBmODVkMDI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Film Noir|Gangster|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Trains have it all over ships and planes when it comes to creating a microcosm. On an airplane, everybody's crammed together; nobody can sneak on or leave (except by parachute or defenestration). An ocean liner has its private staterooms and public spaces, but, again, is an island, entire onto itself. But trains stop regularly to take on and disgorge passengers, and they run along their fixed and earthbound course, with windows looking out on rivers and highways, at big cities at high noon and small towns in the dead of night. And so they've always been the preferred vehicle for suspense, with countless thrillers using the rails as their setting. One of the tautest and most toothsome, in its modest, low-budget way, is Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin. It opens in Chicago, where a pair of Los Angeles police detectives are to escort the widow (Marie Windsor) of a recently slain gang leader back to the coast to testify before a grand jury. She's a hard case (`a 60-cent special...poison under the gravy'), and guarding her is a dangerous job. Sure enough, one of the cops takes a fatal bullet in the stairway of her low-rent apartment house (she shows scant sympathy). Windsor's finally smuggled aboard the train, in a Pullman car's locked compartment adjoining that of her custodian Charles McGraw. Almost certainly, one or more mobsters followed her. It's up to McGraw to smoke them out before they kill Windsor, who knows too much. But he slowly learns that some vital information has been deliberately kept from him....Fleischer makes inventive use of the jostling in the cramped passageways  and of the all but vanished rituals of club cars and dining cars. He packs the train with seasoned character actors, notable among them Jacqueline White, Paul (`Nobody loves a fat man') Maxie, and Don Beddoe. The closely worked script, by Earl Fenton (based on a novel by Martin Goldsmith, who also penned the original material for Detour), doesn't stint on gaudy patter for them to spout (it's a moveable feast of salty epigrams). Best of all, The Narrow Margin offers the addictive Marie Windsor her meatiest role, showcasing her tough-gal talents. Rolling her huge and extraordinary eyes, she aims her exhaled smoke like a stream of deadly gas and hard-boils her lines into hand grenades (to McGraw: `This train's headed straight for the cemetery. But there's another train coming along  a gravy train. Let's get on it.'). It's one of Hollywood's more perplexing secrets why Windsor toiled exclusively, with the possible exception of her Sherry Peatty in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, in the B-movie ghetto. But she helped make that ghetto the liveliest part of Tinsel Town</review>
    <description>A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051436</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>König der Freibeuter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>World-renowned pirate Jean Lafitte is drawn in to the defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812 by his love for the daughter of then-Governor of Louisiana Claiborne. He is betrayed by the Americans and must deal with the stubborn General Andrew Jackson to get his crew released from jail. The two strike a bargain and Lafitte comes to Jackson's rescue in the defense of Louisiana, only to be outcast again.—R.B.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Quinn</director>
      <actor>Yul Brynner (role=Jean Lafitte)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Bloom (role=Bonnie Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Boyer (role=Dominique You)</actor>
      <actor>Inger Stevens (role=Annette Claiborne)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Hull (role=Ezra Peavey)</actor>
      <actor>E.G. Marshall (role=Gov. William Claiborne)</actor>
      <actor>Charlton Heston (role=Gen. Andrew Jackson)</actor>
      <actor>Lorne Greene (role=Mercier)</actor>
      <actor>Ted de Corsia (role=Capt. Rumbo)</actor>
      <actor>Douglass Dumbrille (role=Collector of the Port)</actor>
      <actor>Robert F. Simon (role=Capt. Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Sir Lancelot (role=Scipio)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
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    <category>Period Drama|Adventure|Drama|History|Romance|War</category>
    <review>This was the last film that Cecil B. DeMille had anything to do with. He originally planned to direct this remake of his 1938 film The Buccaneer, but ill health prevented him from doing so. So apart from a brief prologue and a production credit saying the film was presented by him, DeMille left the producing to good friend Henry Wilcoxon and the directing to his son-in-law Anthony Quinn.This version has the added attractions of great technicolor photography and Paramount's new wide screen Vistavision process. I saw in the theater when I was 11 years old and it is quite an eyeful. Yul Brynner makes as dashing a Jean Lafitte as Fredric March did in the 1938 film. Charlton Heston repeats his Andrew Jackson role from The President's Lady which he made earlier in the Fifties. Heston though was not satisfied because he realized that he was made up to look like the Andrew Jackson we know from the double sawbuck when he was in the White House. At New Orleans he was a bit younger. But like Moses and the circus boss from The Greatest Show on Earth, you follow him to Hades and back.The best role in the film for me though was Charles Boyer as Dominic You, Lafitte's cynical second in command. A former artillery officer in Napoleon's army, he left there and took up piracy out of disillusionment with how the French Revolution turned out. Boyer has some good and wise lines in his counsel to Lafitte even if he's drunk while delivering some of them.After The Ten Commandments, DeMille had plans to make a film about Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts and was in negotiations with David Niven to play Baden-Powell. He got sidetracked with this film and then he died in early 1959. Of course the Boy Scout film never did get made by anyone.Although DeMille eliminated one element of the plot from 1938 the traitorous Senator played by Ian Keith the rest of the film is pretty much the same. This is hardly the real story of Jean Lafitte. When not on the action, the film does drag in spots. Maybe that's why Anthony Quinn never directed another film.This version of The Buccaneer had one additional thing going for it. Country singer Johnny Horton had a mega hit record of The Battle of New Orleans at the same time the film came out. Both must have fed off each other in profit making. I well remember you couldn't go a day without hearing The Battle of New Orleans playing some time on the radio.It's not history, it's DeMille at his gaudiest</review>
    <description>During the War of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0069229</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Schatzinsel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Hough</director>
      <director>Andrea Bianchi</director>
      <director>Antonio Margheriti</director>
      <actor>Orson Welles (role=Long John Silver)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Burfield (role=Jim Hawkins)</actor>
      <actor>Lionel Stander (role=Billy Bones)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Slezak (role=Squire Trelawney)</actor>
      <actor>Rik Battaglia (role=Captain Smollett)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Rohm (role=Mrs. Hawkins)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Muller (role=Blind Pew)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Lefebvre (role=Ben Gunn)</actor>
      <actor>Aldo Sambrell (role=Israel Hands)</actor>
      <actor>Víctor Israel (role=Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Adolfo Thous (role=Black Dog)</actor>
      <actor>Miguel Pedregosa (role=Gray)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|France|Italy|West Germany|Spain</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc0MDUwMjYyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTI0NDEyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX120_.jpg" />
    <category>Swashbuckler|Adventure|Drama|Family</category>
    <review>Fabulous and appealing adventures starred by two unforgettable characters , Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver . Again we live the roaring adventure of men against the sea . We share the struggles , the heartaches , the laughter of courageous souls who leave their houses they love to dare the wrath of the angry pirates . Upright men and greedy pirates in conflict with their destiny enacting the Robert Stevenson's most thrilling story . Jim Hawkins (Kim Burfield) encounters the map that leads to a distant island where is a buried treasure . Jim , captain Smollett (Rik Battaglia) , Squire (Walter Slezak's final film) , Doctor Livesey (Angel Del Pozo) and , of course , a boisterous Long John Silver (a brilliant triumph by Orson Welles who was paid $150,000) carry out a journey to isle of hidden bounty . The young cabin boy Hawkins has a treasure map and a boatload of kill-crazed pirates eager for the riches hidden on Treasure Island . Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship . But even greater risks lie ahead when Hawkins finds out that his trusted colleague Long John is actually a nasty pirate with mutiny on his mind . As young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure .The greatest adventure of all time !. Now Orson Welles as "Long John Silver". The greatest pirate adventure ever!.Sail away into the all-new excitement of the greatest pirate adventure ever!Fun story with plenty of adventure , intrigue , fights and action . The whole piece of adventure teems with emotion , thrills , humor , exotic atmosphere and being pretty amusing . Orson Welles who is also screenwriter hands perfectly the role as rogue pirate and gives a memorable acting , as always , though Yul Brynner was also chased by the producers for the Long John Silver part . Delightful performance by Jean Lefebre as Ben Gunn , as well . At the film appears usual secondary actors in several 60s and 70s Spanish-Italian co-productions, such as Angel Del Pozo , Paul Muller , Rick Battaglia , Barta Barry , Victor Israel , Jose Jaspe and Aldo Sambrell . Colorful cinematography by Cecilio Paniagua , the opening scenes were filmed in Italy : Mount Gelato Falls , Lacio , and remaining ones were shot in Mojacar , Almeria , Andalucia , Spain . The motion picture was middling but professionally directed by John Hough and uncredited by Andrew White and Antonio Margheritti. This production is powered by the great Orson Welles. Rating : Acceptable and passable .Other renditions based on this classic novel are the following ones : vintage version (1934) by Victor Fleming with Wallace Beery , Jackie Cooper and Lewis Stone ; Disney take on (1950) by Byron Haskin with Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll ; (1999) retelling by Marc Charlesbois with Jack Palance , Patrick Bergin and Kevin Zegers ; TV recounting by Fraser C Heston with Charlton Heston , Christian Bale and Richard Johnson ; ¨Treasure Island in Outer Space", TV miniseries (1987) set in space directed by Antonio Margheritti with Anthony Quinn as Long John Silver , David Warbeck as Doctor Livesy and Philippe Leroy as Squire ; ¨Muppet's Treasure island¨ (1996) and recent rendition (2012) by Steve Barron , starred by Eddie Izzard , Rupert Penry-Jones , Daniel Mays , Donald Sutherland and Elijah Wood . In addition , a cartoon-Sci-Fi version as ¨Treasure planet¨ (2002) directed by John Musker and Ron Clemens</review>
    <description>Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0040613</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nur meiner Frau zuliebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Manhattan, middle-class Jim Blandings lives with his wife Muriel and two teenage daughters in a four-bedroom, one-bathroom leased apartment. Jim works in an advertising agency raising $15,000 a year and feels uncomfortable in his cramped apartment. When he sees an advertisement for a huge house for sale in Connecticut for an affordable price, he drives with his wife and the real-estate agent and decides to buy the old house with no technical advice. Family-friend lawyer Bill Cole sends an acquaintance engineer to inspect the house; he advises that he should just build another one. Jim checks the information with other engineers and all of them condemn the place: instead of a dream house, he has bought a "money pit."—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>H.C. Potter</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Jim Blandings)</actor>
      <actor>Myrna Loy (role=Muriel Blandings)</actor>
      <actor>Melvyn Douglas (role=Bill Cole)</actor>
      <actor>Reginald Denny (role=Simms)</actor>
      <actor>Sharyn Moffett (role=Joan Blandings)</actor>
      <actor>Connie Marshall (role=Betsy Blandings)</actor>
      <actor>Louise Beavers (role=Gussie)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Wolfe (role=Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Shannon (role=Tesander)</actor>
      <actor>Tito Vuolo (role=Mr. Zucca)</actor>
      <actor>Nestor Paiva (role=Joe Apollonio)</actor>
      <actor>Lurene Tuttle (role=Mary)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1948</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Romantic Comedy|Satire|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>This movie is a little unusual in that it's got a very slim plot and the movie itself is done at a very slow and leisurely pace. While this makes it pretty different from the average Grant film, it is still highly watchable and entertaining. It's sort of like someone said "let's just follow Cary around and watch as he gets perturbed at all the little problems that come up when you are having a house rehabbed". Considering what a fun actor he is in the film and the great support he gets from Myrna Loy and Melvin Douglas, the film works very well. While the film has pretty modest pretensions, it makes the most of the material. It's a great film for Cary Grant fans or for the whole family</review>
    <description>A man and his wife decide that they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0055428</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Todesstrahlen aus dem Weltall</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The stories of Japanese civilians with the specter of a nuclear World War III looming.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Shûe Matsubayashi</director>
      <actor>Furankî Sakai (role=Mokichi Tamura)</actor>
      <actor>Akira Takarada (role=Takano)</actor>
      <actor>Yuriko Hoshi (role=Saeko Tamura)</actor>
      <actor>Nobuko Otowa (role=Oyoshi Tamura)</actor>
      <actor>Yumi Shirakawa (role=Teacher)</actor>
      <actor>Chishû Ryû (role=Ehara)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Itô (role=Watkins)</actor>
      <actor>Eijirô Tôno (role=Captain Kasagimaru)</actor>
      <actor>Sô Yamamura (role=Prime Minister)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Uehara (role=Foreign Minister Kusaka)</actor>
      <actor>Seizaburô Kawazu (role=Director of the Mizutani Defense Agency)</actor>
      <actor>Nobuo Nakamura (role=Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGE2MTk0ZWItMzdhMi00NTJiLTk0YzEtYTM4YjI5YWJmMjhmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX558_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>This is a story about the end of the world. It takes two hours to get there but when it comes its quite spectacular.This is the story of two superpowers speeding toward war. In the middle are the Japanese and the people who live in Japan. We watch as the impending doom affects the lives of several regular Japanese, and we watch as the troops in the bunkers prepare to send their missiles.Its sad its maudlin and its very dated. Special effects aside the film when dealing with the military looks all wrong, the fake superpowers are distracting. The fact that both superpowers speak in often oddly accented English distracts from the film, as does the fact that what they say is basically stilted discussion of the wisdom of war.I can imagine that this film once rocked peoples world, in particular in the full 110 minute version, but now it remains as a talky, dated film about the end of the world. I'm not certain its worth seeing because it is so soapy and stilted, whoever it is important in that this film very graphically shows what will be left after the bombs drop, nothing, nothing but black ruins and dead bodies.As a film 5 out of 10, as a warning 10 out of 10.PS- If you want to see the bombs drop its about 100 minutes in</review>
    <description>The stories of Japanese civilians with the specter of a nuclear World War III looming.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0088000</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Rache der Eierköpfe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Relentlessly bullied for being "different," the bosom buddies and big-time nerds, Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe, are on their way to Adams College. However, when the homeless Alpha Betas, the campus' fraternity of barbaric jocks, are left with nothing, Gilbert and Lewis, along with a motley crew of genius pariahs, will find themselves with their backs to the wall. Now, as the harmless nerds are reaching their breaking point, there is no turning back, and if the gifted boys want to beat the obnoxious football players at their own game, they will have to rise to the occasion. Who will win the inevitable, no-holds-barred war between fraternities? Above all, will the nerds finally have their revenge?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeff Kanew</director>
      <actor>Robert Carradine (role=Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Edwards (role=Gilbert)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Busfield (role=Poindexter)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Cassese (role=Wormser)</actor>
      <actor>Curtis Armstrong (role='Booger)</actor>
      <actor>Larry B. Scott (role=Lamar)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Tochi (role=Takashi)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Meyrink (role=Judy)</actor>
      <actor>Ted McGinley (role=Stan Gable)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Salinger (role=Burke)</actor>
      <actor>Donald Gibb (role=Ogre)</actor>
      <actor>David Wohl (role=Dean Ulich)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1984</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
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    <category>Raunchy Comedy|Slapstick|Teen Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>The ultimate "Misfits Revenge" movie, REVENGE OF THE NERDS became an instant classic in 1984, with some of the most memorable scenes and quotable dialogue since YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. This raunchy comedy follows a group of oddball college students who are thrown together by circumstance and exposed to constant humiliation and ridicule by the jock fraternity on campus and how they get their ultimate pay back. Yes, the film is predictable as they come as we've seen this formula a million times, but it's watchable thanks to some wonderful set pieces, outrageous dialogue and on target performances by Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong (memorable as Booger), John Goodman, Ted McGinley (no that is not a misprint), Larry B. Scott, and Timothy Busfield. Standout scenes include the "Wonder Joint" Party and the Lamda's musical performance during the big Olympic competition. A hilarious comedy that demands repeated viewings</review>
    <description>At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057468</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Todestrommeln am großen Fluß</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lawrence Huntington</director>
      <actor>Richard Todd (role=Inspector Harry Sanders)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Lieven (role=Dr. Franz Weiss)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Rilla (role=Dr. Schneider)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Lloyd (role=Tom Hamilton)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Arden (role=Jim Hunter)</actor>
      <actor>Vivi Bach (role=Nurse Marlene Dorfman)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Brewer (role=Jack Pearson)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Sabela (role=Bosambo)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|West Germany</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzg0YTBlNGMtN2Q5OC00ZmFkLThjMTEtYmJmY2QyYmIxYWE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX185_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure</category>
    <review>There's something appealing about low-budget British thrillers of the early '60s. Despite the lack of action they always seem to contain worthy scripts, strong acting and enough twists and turns in the plot to stay interesting. DEATH DRUMS ALONG THE RIVER is no exception. The film itself is based on a character created by top krimi writer Edgar Wallace in his book Sanders of the River. Inspector Sanders is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense river policeman whose job is to keep things quiet at his station in Africa. Of course the location of the film means that we get plenty of appealing backdrops to the story and a wider variety of nationalities than you might expect from a more typical British-set movie. The plot is fairly simplistic and tends to drag out the most minute detail into a ten minute subplot with lots of talky static moments. Yet the script is interesting, giving life to some larger-than-life characters and there's a whodunit angle to keep the audience guessing.Richard Todd takes the role of Sanders and makes it his own. Sanders isn't a very approachable or appealing hero in the same way, say, James Bond is. Instead he tends to keep himself to himself and doesn't take action unless he needs to. Todd puts in an accordingly subtle performance. The story includes some light comedy relief in the form of an officer in Sanders' command who is always put down by Sanders and comes across as slightly stupid. This doesn't really make Sanders a very likable character though, instead he seems quite selfish and unfeeling.The script offers some nice characterisations. The best is Bill Brewers as vagabond Pearson who may or may not be the villain. With his familiar face and bear-like manner, Brewers is a delight in the role and it's just a shame he isn't more predominant – instead his character is pretty extraneous to the central plot. German Euro-crumpet Marianne Koch is on hand as the female lead, Doctor Jung, but she doesn't have a lot to do other than romance with Sanders. The film offers the minimum of suspense and a couple of nice moments (the stand-off at the native funeral) but the lack of action hurts. Despite being book-ended by two good chases (the opening police hunt and the closing speedboat race) the middle of the film drags a little and cries out for some incident. This isn't a bad film but it could have been so much more had it been a little livelier</review>
    <description>A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0079116</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Flucht von Alcatraz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The true story of Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a cunning bank robber who was sent to Alcatraz Island, the most feared prison in the world. Although nobody had ever escaped from Alcatraz, Frank masterminded this elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. In twenty-nine years, this seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates, who were never heard of again.—Chris Makrozahopoulos</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Don Siegel</director>
      <actor>Clint Eastwood (role=Frank Morris)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick McGoohan (role=Warden Arthur Dollison)</actor>
      <actor>Roberts Blossom (role=Chester 'Doc' Dalton)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Thibeau (role=Clarence Anglin)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Ward (role=John Anglin)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Benjamin (role=English)</actor>
      <actor>Larry Hankin (role=Charley Butts)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce M. Fischer (role=Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Ronzio (role=Litmus)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Stuthman (role=Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>David Cryer (role=Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Madison Arnold (role=Zimmerman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1979</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2E5NjhiNWYtNThmYy00ZTA1LTg4ZWMtMWQ3YzA3NWFiMjA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQUlNRGJWaWRlb1RodW1ibmFpbFNlcnZpY2U@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Prison Drama|Biography|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Alcatraz: the escape proof prison located on an island in San Francisco Bay. During its 29 years as a U.S Federal Prison there were over a dozen escape attempts which failed. Yet one attempt in 1962 might just have succeeded in breaking three of its inmates out. That attempt is the focus of the 1979 film Escape From Alcatraz, a superb example of how to bring a real-life story to the screen.The cast is stellar but low key throughout. Clint Eastwood plays the ringleader of the escape, Frank Morris. Eastwood portrays Morris as being a low key, intelligent and yet charismatic individual who uses both his brain and personality in the lead up to the escape. His nemesis is the cold, ruthless and at times even vindictive prison warden played by Patrick McGoohan in a role that seems tailor made for him even if he only pops up in the film every so often but does so to great effect. Appearing about mid-way through the film to aid in the escape are the Anglin twins who are the played with charm and charisma by Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau. Along the way we meet some of Alcatraz's other prisoners including Paul Benjamin as English, Roberts Blossom as the painter Doc, Frank Ronzio as long term prisoner Litmus, Bruce M. Fischer as the appropriately named prison animal Wolf and Larry Hankin as potential escapee Charley Butts (though the name of the actual prisoner was changed for the film). The performances are all low key which adds to the atmosphere and suspense of the film immensely.The entire film has an atmosphere of menace and suspense to it. From the moment Morris is brought to the island, director Don Siegel places the viewer into the exact same situation the character (and by extension the real prisoner) finds himself in: a world confined to a small piece of island where time passes by slowly, escape seems impossible and, thanks to fellow prisoners like Wolf, death could potentially hit you at any moment. The film was shot inside the infamous prison itself, the film therefore has a strong sense of authenticity to it that is hard to achieve in a studio set. Sequences such as Morris' time in solitary confinement in D-block or the escape attempt itself showcase this fact.That sense of authenticity is combined with the work of those behind the camera to create the aforementioned atmosphere. The solitary confinement sequence, for example, is inter-cut by Ferris Webster to include shots of the sun rising and setting over the prison to help give the audience a sense of time that I suspect would have been a luxury to anyone who has ever experienced it. The score from Jerry Fielding is, like the rest of the film, low key to be point of barely being noticeable yet highly effective when it is used. The one thing that brings that atmosphere though is the cinematography of Bruce Surtees which gives the entire film a cold look akin to a permanently gloomy day and permanently dark nights. The result is a film that keeps you on edge the whole time, even if you know how it ends.Which, in a way, brings us to the script. Richard Tuggle's script, based on the J. Campbell Bruce book of the same name, has the feeling of being a meticulously researched, well thought out piece of writing. The script stays very true to the known facts of the escape with only a few minor changes (such as the name of the potential fourth escapee for example). As a result this film isn't fast paced or action packed. The story builds as we see Morris settling into the prison, adjusting to it, formulate the escape plan and then work towards carrying it out. There's plenty of suspense along the way as each stage has its own risks and potential to go wrong, which keeps the viewer waiting to see what happens next. The result is that the escape attempt itself is made all the more powerful in terms of its suspense. Yet Tuggle keeps his characters at the center and keeps their characterizations firmly anchored in reality. As a result the script makes the film real and suspenseful without ever letting never letting the facts, overwhelm the people.Escape From Alcatraz is a superb example of how to bring a true story to the screen. From its low key but effective performances to its authenticity and sense of menace, the film is highly effective both as a docudrama and as a suspense film. While those who can only stand the fast pace editing and highly stylistic films of today might find it utterly dull, others will find a fascinating true story brought to life in fine form</review>
    <description>Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0046250</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Herz und eine Krone</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour of European capitals. When she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted, regimented schedule. One night Anne sneaks out of her room, hops into the back of a delivery truck and escapes her luxurious confinement. However, a sedative she was forced to take earlier starts to take effect, and the Princess is soon fast asleep on a public bench. She is found by Joe Bradley, an American newspaper reporter stationed in Rome. He takes her back to his apartment. The next morning Joe dashes off to cover the Princess Anne press conference, unaware that she is sleeping on his couch. Once he realizes his good fortune, Joe promises his editor an exclusive interview with the Princess.—filmfactsman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>William Wyler</director>
      <actor>Gregory Peck (role=Joe Bradley)</actor>
      <actor>Audrey Hepburn (role=Princess Ann)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Albert (role=Irving Radovich)</actor>
      <actor>Hartley Power (role=Mr. Hennessy)</actor>
      <actor>Harcourt Williams (role=Ambassador)</actor>
      <actor>Margaret Rawlings (role=Countess Vereberg)</actor>
      <actor>Tullio Carminati (role=General Provno)</actor>
      <actor>Paolo Carlini (role=Mario Delani)</actor>
      <actor>Claudio Ermelli (role=Giovanni)</actor>
      <actor>Paola Borboni (role=Charwoman)</actor>
      <actor>Alfredo Rizzo (role=Taxicab Driver)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Solari (role=Hennessy's Secretary)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWYxMjJkOWYtODI0NC00MzIzLWIwMmQtOTdlM2VhMjcyZTU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>After Trumbo we decided to watch one of the films of which Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplay for. Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck as a reporter and Audrey Hepburn as a royal princess out to see Rome on her own. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also won. It was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo's credit was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003. On December 19, 2011, full credit for Trumbo's work was restored.The DVD sat on my shelf for the longest time and I am so glad I took it out to watch. The screenplay is subtle, filled with nuances that Hepburn and Peck teased them out beautifully. I can hardly detect an air of pretension and emotional manipulation. This is as romantic as it gets between a princess and an everyday man. The ending in the big hall really hits the spot. So much is left unsaid but yet what is said speaks volumes. It never betrays the tone of what the film sets out to be but yet my heart was beating with the full desire of wanting to see the relationship go a certain more familiar way. This is an amazing date movie with oodles of intelligence</review>
    <description>A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068768</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sinola</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) is a former bounty hunter and all-around tough-guy in the American southwest. When a band of Mexicans find their U.S. land claims denied and all relevant records destroyed in a courthouse fire, they turn to force-of-arms. Luis Chama (John Saxon) is their charismatic leader, spouting revolutionary rhetoric and demanding land reform. A wealthy landowner with interests in the disputed area, Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall), decides to settle things his own way. He hires a band of killers and wants Joe Kidd to help them track Chama. Initially, Kidd wants to avoid any involvement, until Chama makes the mistake of stealing Kidd's horses and terrorizing his friends.—Tad Dibbern</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Sturges</director>
      <actor>Clint Eastwood (role=Joe Kidd)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Duvall (role=Frank Harlan)</actor>
      <actor>John Saxon (role=Luis Chama)</actor>
      <actor>Don Stroud (role=Lamarr)</actor>
      <actor>Stella Garcia (role=Helen Sanchez)</actor>
      <actor>James Wainwright (role=Mingo)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Koslo (role=Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Walcott (role=Mitchell)</actor>
      <actor>Dick Van Patten (role=Hotel Manager)</actor>
      <actor>Lynne Marta (role=Elma)</actor>
      <actor>John Carter (role=Judge)</actor>
      <actor>Pepe Hern (role=Priest)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
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    <category>Classical Western|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>This is a pretty good though very simple Western and I am sure that the somewhat low ratings are due, in part, to the movie not being exactly what Clint Eastwood fans expected. In this film, he plays Joe Kidd--a decent sort of guy but not exactly as super-human as "the man with no name" in his Spaghetti Westerns. He's a lot like Eastwood in UNFORGIVEN because he seems not so super-human, except that he is a fundamentally decent person in JOE KIDD, whereas in UNFORGIVEN he's almost like a multiple personality (one nice and the other evil). The character Joe Kidd shows off his abilities here and there, but he isn't the amazing man with a 6-shooter as you'd expect from Eastwood either--though he sure does pretty well with a rifle or train (you'll have to see what I mean by seeing the picture). So overall, this film is very good but a bit subdued and more realistic than most of Eastwood's Westerns--plus at under 90 minutes, it's pretty short as well. One way I knew this was a pretty good flick was that my wife sat and watched the film with me--and she hates Westerns</review>
    <description>An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049743</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Siebente ist dran</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A former sheriff, haunted by the loss of his wife in a Wells Fargo robbery, hunts for the seven men responsible for her death. Along the way, he assists a couple traveling west from Kansas City to California, and is forced to deal with another former outlaw he had once sent to prison.—scgary66</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Budd Boetticher</director>
      <actor>Randolph Scott (role=Ben Stride)</actor>
      <actor>Gail Russell (role=Annie Greer)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Marvin (role=Bill Masters)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Reed (role=John Greer)</actor>
      <actor>John Larch (role=Payte Bodeen)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Graham (role=Henchman)</actor>
      <actor>John Beradino (role=Clint)</actor>
      <actor>John Phillips (role=Jed)</actor>
      <actor>Chuck Roberson (role=Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Stuart Whitman (role=Cavalry Lt. Collins)</actor>
      <actor>Pamela Duncan (role=Señorita Nellie)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Mitchell (role=Fowler)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
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    <category>Classical Western|Psychological Drama|Western</category>
    <review>Like McCrea, Scott did not become exclusively a Westerner until the mid-forties, but once established he became a Western star of distinction, achieving his best and most interesting roles as his career matured Scott was a great gentleman  It was simple for him to do the part because it was indeed the prime quality he brought to his many roles as lawman or lone rider  Scott's best work was the group of seven movies he made with director Budd Boetticher in the fifties In these he obtained a new stature as the lone figure on a mission of vengeance or similar private quest, becoming a tougher, more forceful character, the archetype of the much-parodied image  As we all know, a man's actions are what make the man, and over and over again, Scott believed in courage  He believed in conspicuous displays of courage  And finally he rounded off this splendid climax to a long career by starring with Joel McCrea in "Ride the High Country." Boetticher's style was marvelously simple and economical, sticking closely to the same plots, locations and character types in each of his Westerns and stressing movement and action rather than ideas Budd Boetticher's "Seven Men From Now" is 78 minutes  And as concise as this great Western is, it has four really well-developed characters traveling through Apache country; beautiful storytelling; takes full advantage of the location; and there are a lot of narrative incidents Ben Stride (Scott) represents a man whose wife has been killed and he's going to go out and seek revenge  But his style is ramrod straight and not very interesting  The killers that Stride is after are all opportunists  They are men who had broken the law  Boetticher introduces a sympathetic bad man, Bill Masters (Lee Marvin) who had been put in jail twice by the ex-Sheriff  But you get the sense that Masters wouldn't kill a woman  That's not what he has in mind... But, surely, he wants the $20,000 in gold from the strongbox  Ultimately, he had to test himself up against Ben Stride in the final confrontation: the stronger villain against the stronger hero  Lee Marvin stole the show  He had all the little tricks, and twitches, and schemes  He is magnetic, especially in one key scene on that stormy night, when he gets inside the covered wagon, asking for a cup of hot black coffee Tension mounts when he tells John Greer (Walter Reed) that his wife is beautiful  He wanted to get on Stride's nerves  And some tension grew between the three characters  Annie Greer (Gail Russell) was the object of desire  She was wonderful foil, essential, torn between two men  Obviously her character quite quickly falls for Scott's character  Her husbandwho seems weakturns out to be stronger than we thought... Stride let his own life down because he was too proud  We hear him says: "A man ought to be able to take care of his woman." This is the line that's submitted to a test by the whole action and script and direction of the movie One last note: Without sacrificing any of the traditional action elements, there was somehow an extra dimension to the Boetticher Westerns; they had a biting, underplayed quality, the kind of films one would have expected had John Huston (in his prime) suddenly decided to become a director of Westerns</review>
    <description>A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0055866</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Eroberer von Korinth</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe - daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus - who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe sends the handsome Roman to recuperate at the home of Callicrates, a political moderate. Artemide, wife of Callicrates, also falls for Caius Vinicus but when he spurns her, she has him arrested and imprisoned. Hebe then agrees to marry Diaeus if he will spare the Roman's life but Caius Vinicius is soon freed by Callicrates and his allies, just as a Roman army arrives to battle Corinthian forces.—dinky-4 of Minneapolis</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mario Costa</director>
      <actor>Jacques Sernas (role=Caius Vinicius)</actor>
      <actor>John Drew Barrymore (role=Diaeus)</actor>
      <actor>Geneviève Grad (role=Hebe)</actor>
      <actor>Gianna Maria Canale (role=Artemide)</actor>
      <actor>Gordon Mitchell (role=Gen. Metellus)</actor>
      <actor>Gianni Santuccio (role=Critolaus)</actor>
      <actor>Nando Tamberlani (role=Callicrates)</actor>
      <actor>Ivano Staccioli (role=Hippolytus)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Fantasia (role=Lucius Mummius)</actor>
      <actor>Gianni Solaro (role=Caesar)</actor>
      <actor>José Jaspe (role=Traitor)</actor>
      <actor>Dina De Santis (role=Chimene)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|France</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
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    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>A Roman ambassador goes to Corinth , but the protests raise against Roman domination, wounding an imperial Centurion named Caius Vinicius ( Jacques Sernas known as Paris in Elaine of Troy by Robert Wise). He is saved and recuperated thanks the gorgeous Hebe ( Genevieve Grad of Louis De Funes' Gendarme of Saint Tropez series ) daughter of the anti-Roman ruler , the astute Critolaus (Gianni Santuccio) . Hebe is being unsuccessfully wooed by the ruler's second-in-command , the nasty Diaeus ( John Drew Barrymore, Drew Barrymore's father). Hebe sends the Centurion to heal at the house of Callicrates (Nando Tamberlani) who supports the pacific existence with Romans . Artemide ( Gianna Maria Canale , starring in another historic film : Teodora), spouse of Callicrates, also falls in love for the Centurion but Caius Vinicius is double-crossed , tortured and jailed . Hebe then agrees to marry Diaeus if he will save the Roman's life but then a Roman army comes to fight Corinthian forces. The Roman consul Mummius (Andrea Fantasia ) and general Metellus (Gordon Mitchell , star in various Hercules), with infantry and cavalry advanced into the Peloponnese against the revolutionary government of the Achaean League commanded by Diaeus (John Drew Barrymore of The Trojan Horse) and takes place an epic final battle and Corinth is finally destroyed and fired in some cheesy scenes.This acceptable Peplum contains emotions , drama , a love story and overwhelming images of battles . Spectacular production design and breathtaking final fighting with thousands of extras . The picture is regularly directed by Mario Costa an expert on adventure and cloak and sandal genre . The film is partially based on historic events that happened of the following manner : The Battle of Corinth was a battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC, that resulted in the complete and total destruction of the state of Corinth which was previously so famous for its fabulous wealth. The 140's BC was a decade when Rome proved its military superiority to its neighbors. In 146 BC the Romans stormed the city of Carthage and set it ablaze. The Romans spent the spring of 146 taunting the Greeks. That winter a group of Greek cities retaliated against Rome, leading to a war that doomed the city of Corinth. The Roman consul Mummius, with 23,000 infantry and 3,500 cavalry (probably two legions plus Italian allies) with Cretans and Pergamese, advanced into the Peloponnese against the revolutionary government of the Achaean League. The Achaean general Diaeus camped at Corinth with 14,000 infantry and 600 cavalry (plus probably some survivors of another army beaten earlier). The Achaeans made a successful night attack on the camp of the Roman advance guard, inflicting heavy casualties. Encouraged by this success they offered battle the next day but their cavalry, heavily outnumbered, did not wait to receive the Roman cavalry charge but fled at once. The Achaean infantry however held the legions until a picked force of 1000 Roman infantry charged their flank and broke them. Some Achaians took refuge in Corinth, but no defense was organized because Diaios fled to Arcadia. Corinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures and art plundered. The annihilation of Corinth marked a severe departure from previous Roman policy in Greece and it is perhaps telling that Carthage shared a similar fate in this same year. Rome could no longer pretend that they were conquering the world in self defense. With Greece under Rome's control, a new chapter was added to Rome's history called the Greco-Roman Era</review>
    <description>Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe - daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus - who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe s...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0055866/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0045512</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Treffpunkt Honduras</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners, and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards.—Rod Crawford</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jacques Tourneur</director>
      <actor>Glenn Ford (role=Jim Corbett)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Sheridan (role=Sylvia Sheppard)</actor>
      <actor>Zachary Scott (role=Harry Sheppard)</actor>
      <actor>Rodolfo Acosta (role=Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Elam (role=Castro)</actor>
      <actor>Ric Roman (role=Jiminez)</actor>
      <actor>Rico Alaniz (role=Bermudez)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Andrews (role=Capt. McTaggart)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Conrad (role=Luis)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
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    <category>Jungle Adventure|Adventure|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Steve Corbett (Glen Ford) is given a mission to find a former Honduras president who was recently deposed in a result of a coup d'etat in order to give him money that will help him to come back to power. In order to do that he is made to join a group of prisoners who were being transported on a boat, force the captain to take them to the shore and set them free, taking as hostages an American couple (played by Ann Sheridan and Zachary Scott) and embark on a dangerous journey through Central American jungle in order to fulfill his mission whatever the cost.Though the film has it's interesting moments, such as location shots of the jungle and it's inhabitants, the story is weak with uninteresting characters not managing to convince one to care for them. 5/10</review>
    <description>A wealthy American couple are hostages on an arduous jungle journey.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0034922</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Von Agenten gejagt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An American ballistics expert and naval engineer, Howard Graham, is traveling with his wife Stephanie to Batumi by train. They stop in Istanbul to meet Kopeikin, who is the armaments representative of Graham's company, and he takes Graham to a nightclub to discuss business. Kopeikin introduces the dancer Josette Martel to him and during the show, the magician invites Graham to go to the stage. An assassin, Banat, tries to kill Graham, but hits the magician instead. Graham is forced to go to the Turkish police and Colonel Haki from the secret service shows him a photograph of Banat, who has been hired by a German named Muller to kill him. Haki asks Graham to travel to Batumi by steamship since it would be a safer trip. However, Graham stumbles over Banat and Muller on board, in the beginning of his journey into fear.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Norman Foster</director>
      <director>Orson Welles</director>
      <actor>Joseph Cotten (role=Howard Graham)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Warrick (role=Mrs. Stephanie Graham)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Moorehead (role=Mrs. Mathews)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Durant (role=Gogo Martel)</actor>
      <actor>Everett Sloane (role=Kopeikin)</actor>
      <actor>Eustace Wyatt (role=Muller)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Readick (role=Matthews)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Barrier (role=Kuvetli)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Moss (role=Peter Banat)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Schnabel (role=Translator for Ship's Captain)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Conried (role=Swami Magician)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Meltzer (role=Ship Baggageman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1943</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
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    <category>Film Noir|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>While returning from a conference munitions expert Joseph Cotten and his wife Ruth Warrick are taken to a nightclub in Istanbul by the mysterious Edward Sloane where Cotten is almost killed. Magician Hans Conreid is a victim of his own slight of hand, but it's Cotten who's the target as Orson Welles as the Turkish police inspector deduces. Welles's solution get Cotten out of the country so if he's killed at least it won't be on his watch. Welles books passage on a tramp freighter for Cotten and the freighter is loaded with highly interesting characters, one of whom at least is a Nazi assassin.This was another Mercury Theater production with most of the regulars from Citizen Kane/The Magnificent Ambersons back again. Welles's police inspector is a small, but crucial part of the story. Welles, for whatever reason is being unduly modest. Journey Into Fear is undoubtedly the greatest film that Orson Welles never took credit for directing. I can find certain touches here from Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, and The Stranger. If he didn't officially direct you can take it to the bank that Norman Foster knew exactly what Welles was trying to get out of each and every scene.Look also here for a good performance by Mexican cinema great Dolores Del Rio as a most mysterious femme fatale on the freighter.Journey Into Fear is a short film, slightly less than 70 minutes running time. I'm sure that RKO had it playing at the bottom end of double features. Maybe we'll see a 'director's cut' of this one day and know what Welles's own perspective was</review>
    <description>An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0040000</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Frau am Strand</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Scott, a troubled Coast Guardsman assigned to a fog-bound station on a remote stretch of beach, suffers from Post Traumatic Stress when he survives a mine explosion that sinks his ship. Although he is engaged to a beautiful young woman who loves him, he becomes involved with an enigmatic femme fatale whom he meets near the beached wreckage of a torpedoed ship. She is married to a renowned painter who was blinded in a traumatic, but mysterious incident, details of which are very hazy. Although they only live in a small cottage, the couple have an ambivalent relationship especially in regards to his priceless cache of unsold paintings, a relationship that evolves into a romantic triangle as Scott falls under her seductive spell.—dule1029@aol.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jean Renoir</director>
      <actor>Joan Bennett (role=Peggy)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ryan (role=Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Bickford (role=Tod)</actor>
      <actor>Nan Leslie (role=Eve)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Sande (role=Otto Wernecke)</actor>
      <actor>Irene Ryan (role=Mrs. Wernecke)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Darien (role=Lars)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Norris (role=Jimmy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1947</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGU3ZTAwOTAtYjAwNS00NGY5LWJiMDctZDQwYjc0YzYyNTBhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX215_.jpg" />
    <category>Film Noir|Crime|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>`Woman on the Beach' could have been a much better film; that's the tragedy of it. There's meat in this soup of a movie-mainly because of the performances of Charles Bickford and Joan Bennett. But the rest of it is awfully weak, including, somewhat surprisingly, Robert Ryan. The main failures are the screenplay and the score. The latter can be forgiven, although it's so heavy as to be intrusive, but the former is full of holes that leave the viewer baffled.I've seen the film three times now and I'm still trying to figure out what exactly happened to Ryan in his career during the war (Navy? Coast Guard? As a previous reviewer here suggested, it's weirdly unclear what Ryan's duties were before and after the war) and what is supposed to be wrong with him.The secondary characters seem to have wandered into the noirish landscape from a Ma and Pa Kettle film and frankly I'm not all that surprised that Ryan seems ambivalent about marrying good girl, Nan Leslie. Renoir doesn't seem to have known just what genre of a film he was making. We go from the woman's film to film noir to hokey comedy and back again. Irene Ryan is wildly out of place and her performance is over the top in the worst kind of way.But the gems in this film are Bennett and Bickford. Their characters' seamy, violent, sado-masochistic relationship is riveting and you can't help but wish that Renoir had spent more time focusing on it and less on the antics of the Wernecke brood. Joan Bennett usually needed good material (`Scarlet Street', `The Reckless Moment', `The Woman in the Window') to shine, but she does quite well here, particularly in her scenes with Bickford. There's also a wonderful moment where Ryan is beginning to realize that she isn't quite the put-upon little woman he thought she was. Her reaction is worth suffering through scenes about chocolate cake and the decorations at the coast guard station.Charles Bickford is fabulous as the blinded, bitter and jealous artist, easily outshining the usually excellent Robert Ryan, who appears merely dazed and confused. This was the film that got me interested in Bickford's career. I've yet to find the movie where he isn't excellent</review>
    <description>A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0037549</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Leichendieb</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story, a young medical student learns that both good and evil are manifested in all men.—Carl Schultz</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Wise</director>
      <actor>Boris Karloff (role=Cabman John Gray)</actor>
      <actor>Bela Lugosi (role=Joseph)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Daniell (role=Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Atwater (role=Meg Cameron)</actor>
      <actor>Russell Wade (role=Donald Fettes)</actor>
      <actor>Sharyn Moffett (role=Georgina Marsh)</actor>
      <actor>Donna Lee (role=Street Singer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1945</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTk0NzdkMzMtMjk1Ny00ZjY1LTg4MjQtMTI3ZTg1ZmJmMmMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>As of this writing, I have seen four of the nine Val Lewton DVD Horror Collection films and this one was, by far, the best.Henry Daniell, Boris Karloff, Edith Atwater,Russell Wade, Sharyn Moffet and Bela Lugosi all acted well. I had forgotten that Karloff was a decent actor, not just some Frankenstein monster who couldn't deliver a line. He had a creepy voice, too, which lent itself nicely to horror films. I just found him fascinating here.In addition, this movie had a well-known director, Robert Wise, and the story was adaption of a Robert Louis Steevenson. So, you see, this film had good bloodlines, pun intended. This was not some schlocky Ed Wood B-film. This movie is a high class affair.I found it more of a crime story than anything else as a doctor (Daniell), trying to further his knowledge and needing human specimens (dead) to continue his research, has his graveyard supply cut off to him and then has to have his helper (Karloff) kill people to provide him the bodies. Meanwhile, a young and more moral student of the doctor, gets wind of what's happening and doesn't share his mentor's view that the "ends justify the means."At any rate, this a keeper. Like the other Lewton films I've seen, it's well- photographed, too. I can only hope a few of the five I haven't seen yet are this good</review>
    <description>A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0124319</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Titan mit der eisernen Faust</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to stop him.—frankfob2@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Giorgio Ferroni</director>
      <actor>Gordon Scott (role=Mucius)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriella Pallotta (role=Clelia)</actor>
      <actor>Massimo Serato (role=Tarquin)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriele Antonini (role=Arunte)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Pia Conte (role=Valeria)</actor>
      <actor>Roldano Lupi (role=Porsenna)</actor>
      <actor>Philippe Hersent (role=Publicola)</actor>
      <actor>Franco Fantasia (role=Claudius)</actor>
      <actor>Bernard Farber (role=Milone)</actor>
      <actor>Nando Angelini (role=Un guerriero estrusco)</actor>
      <actor>Fortunato Arena (role=Un guerriero estrusco)</actor>
      <actor>Tullio Altamura (role=Un senatore)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|France</country>
    <date>1964</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTcyMzg3MTkyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTE3MjgwMzE@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Drama</category>
    <review>The king Tarquinio is banished from Roma . Mucio Scevola (Gordon Scott) married to Clelia goes to Porsena's headquarter and demonstrates his courage by burning himself a hand , for that reason is named Scevola (the left-handed) . Tarquinio (Massimo Serato) unites to Lars Porsena (Roldano Lupi) , king of Etruscos . They ask to Romans as hostages a group of young women (Gabriella Pallota , Maria Pia Conte). But Aronte(Antonini) , Porsena's son , enamored to Valena (Pia Conte) frees her and she passes the river Tiber . Meantime , Scevola hides his hand into an iron glove and begins the fighting .This is an enjoyable sword and sandals movie with historical backstage , action , a love story , battles and spectacular scenarios . Gordon Scott is top-notch , as the historic hero who finds many dangerous situations while attempting to save Rome and his true love , Clelia , of several risks . Strong and robust Gordon Scott was a magnificent muscle-man . He was one along with Ed Fury , Brad Harris , Kirk Morris , Reg Park , Mark Forest , among others , whom to seek fame and fortune acting absurdly as muscle mythological figures , but anybody topped Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott in popularity . He played another historical character : ¨Coroliano , hero without country¨ with battle stock shots taken from this one and directed again by Giorgo Ferroni , a Peplum expert (Conquest of Micenas , Trojan war) . The motion picture is based on true events but has not prospect historical . The real deeds are the following : Tarquino(534-509, B.C.) was the seventh and last king of Roma and he governs tyrannically . The rape of Lucrecia by his son caused a riot and he was overthrown , the Roman Republic was proclaimed and he actually disappeared . Rating : Better than average Peplum fodder and better than most Sword and Sandals movies , thanks to Gordon Scott and slick direction by Giorgo Ferroni</review>
    <description>A story of justice and tyranny with the fate of Rome in the balance.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0044426</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kampf um den Piratenschatz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1674, "reformed" pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman...who's been supplanted by notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on the ship is Edwina Mansfield, seemingly a damsel in distress, to whom there's much more than meets the eye.—Rod Crawford</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Raoul Walsh</director>
      <actor>Robert Newton (role=Blackbeard)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Darnell (role=Edwina Mansfield)</actor>
      <actor>William Bendix (role=Ben Worley)</actor>
      <actor>Keith Andes (role=Robert Maynard)</actor>
      <actor>Torin Thatcher (role=Sir Henry Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Irene Ryan (role=Alvina - Lady in Waiting)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Mowbray (role=Noll)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Egan (role=Briggs)</actor>
      <actor>Skelton Knaggs (role=Gilly)</actor>
      <actor>Dick Wessel (role=Dutchman)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Caruso (role=Pierre La Garde)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Lambert (role=Tom Whetstone)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1952</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2JlY2Y0YzktOThkZi00NmU5LTlhYjYtNmEyNzdiYWM1NTcwXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Sea Adventure|Swashbuckler|Adventure|Romance</category>
    <review>Hollywood turned out dozens of pirate adventures in its heyday, most, such as The Black Swan, The Spanish Main, Captain Kidd etc etc, were flat and routine swashbucklers that lacked the kind of acting presence, story, and edge that made MGM's 1934 version of Treasure Island, and Warner's Captain Blood from 1935 standards of the genre. The pirate movie throughout the 40's, much like the western, was in need of something fresh.In 1950, Robert Newton made a stalwart impression as Long John Silver in the British remake of Treasure Island, released through Disney. Though the film was not nearly as good as the '34 MGM version, Newton managed to surpass the performance of Wallace Beery's Silver, which was no easy feat as Beery was exceptional in that role.Coming off of that success, RKO paired Newton with hit and miss director Raoul Walsh to make Blackbeard the Pirate. Newton's performance in the title role was even better than his turn in Treasure Island - a definitive portrayal of the pirate captain that continues to predominate the genre. Not a single actor from Wallace Beery to Victor McLaglen to Charles Laughton to Peter Ustinov to Dustin Hoffman to even Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp have managed to usurp the pure overbearing sea scenery chewing double-dealing rapscallion that is Robert Newton as Blackbeard. His performance, as brutal as it is humorous, is a joy to behold, and elevates the film to a higher level.The film itself is not as routine as one might expect either. There is a plot going on here (albeit not exactly an airtight one), and some fine supporting performances from William Bendix (always watchable), Linda Darnell, and Keith Andes, a mostly forgotten actor who apparently could do it all in show business from sing and dance to swordfight. His cutlass battles in Blackbeard are of Flynn/Rathbone quality, but actually remind one more of the kind of swordfighting seen in Lester's The Three Musketeers 20 years later. For a film made in 1952, there is a surprising amount of gore in this as well.Not a great story, but a good one, and entertaining throughout. Everything you'd expect from a 50's adventure on the high seas is delivered here - action, romance, blood and treachery. One of the best pirate movies of all time</review>
    <description>Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057083</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Acapulco</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard, who is the champion diver of Mexico. He is angry at Mike for taking some of his hours, and stealing his woman.—Pat McCurry</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Thorpe</director>
      <actor>Elvis Presley (role=Mike Windgren)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Andress (role=Marguerita Dauphin)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Lukas (role=Maximillian Dauphin)</actor>
      <actor>Larry Domasin (role=Raoul Almeido)</actor>
      <actor>Alejandro Rey (role=Moreno)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Carricart (role=Jose Garcia)</actor>
      <actor>Teri Hope (role=Janie Harkins)</actor>
      <actor>Mariachi Los Vaqueros (role=Mariachi Los Vaqueros)</actor>
      <actor>Mariachi Aguila (role=Mariachi Aguila)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGFjMTFmYTktNDdiMS00YmU2LWIyMWQtNzBlOWRlZDM5Zjk3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <review>Fun in Acapulco is your standard, run of the mill Elvis flick. Unfortunately, it suffers from bargain basement production, but it is good enough to help you forget your troubles. It is obvious that some of the scenes filmed in "Mexico" were actually done in front of a blue screen. According to Priscilla Presley, the hotel scenes were filmed at a Mexican style hotel in California. Of course with every Elvis film, there is a few big names thrown in for good measure. In this case, the beautiful Ursula Andress, fresh from Dr. No and Alejandro Rey, who would find fame in The Flying Nun and Moscow on the Hudson. The cast is amicable, and most of the songs are passable (with the exception of the stupid 'No Room To Rumba In A Sportscar'). Elvis was still searching for that big role. While a few of the stars went on to meatier roles, Elvis was stuck doing the same thing. You could tell by the time he was finished with movies, he was just burned out. Still, you can see he has the knack for acting, even in a flick like this. I know it sounds like I am putting down this film, but I still find some charm in it. You can't say no to Elvis or Acapulco</review>
    <description>A yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0072926</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im Auftrag des Drachen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) was a government assassin, who was sent to terminate, or as they call it "sanction" anyone who killed an American Agent. His former employer asks him to sanction two men who killed an Agent. When he refuses, his employer threatens to expose the artwork he has amassed with the money he earned working for them, to the I.R.S., knowing that he can't account for how he acquired them. So he agrees to one job, only which he does. When he refuses to do the second one, a woman he picked up took the money he was paid. Knowing his employer sent her, he confronts the man and tells him what he can do with himself. That's when he is told that the agent who was killed is an old friend of his, and the reason why they need him is because he's a mountain climber and the second man though unknown, is part of group who will be climbing the Eiger, which is a mountain that he tried to climb twice and failed. When he accepts after demanding a large fee, his employer tells him that a man against whom he has sworn vengeance, though not involved with the death of his friend, so he was not deemed a sanction, but he was the one who transported the information that was taken from him so they'll allow him to go after him. So he proceeds to go to a friend's mountain climbing school to train for the climb. While there the man shows up and wants to make a deal with him.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Clint Eastwood</director>
      <actor>Clint Eastwood (role=Jonathan Hemlock)</actor>
      <actor>George Kennedy (role=Ben Bowman)</actor>
      <actor>Vonetta McGee (role=Jemima Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Cassidy (role=Miles Mellough)</actor>
      <actor>Thayer David (role=Dragon)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Grimm (role=Meyer)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Pierre Bernard (role=Montaigne)</actor>
      <actor>Brenda Venus (role=George)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Walcott (role=Pope)</actor>
      <actor>Candice Rialson (role=Art Student)</actor>
      <actor>Elaine Shore (role=Miss Cerberus)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Howard (role=Dewayne)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzU1M2RjMzItOGM1MS00ODY1LWJmMWUtOGU1YTE4YmI4NTA0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Spy|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Sort of an Americanized James Bond where government assassin Clint Eastwood travels to different locales fighting killing and boinking (not always in that order). It's got colorful characters, beautiful women, and a cartoon villain that would be right at home in a Roger Moore Bond flick. Gorgeous Vonetta McGee is reason alone to see this. Lots of pretty ladies in this film but she's on a whole other level.Like most of Eastwood's 70s movies it's got plenty of grit and machismo. Certainly not one for the pearl clutchers. This is also one of those movies where you are reminded of what's missing in so many of today's movies. No I'm not talking about the politically incorrect stuff. That's another conversation. I'm talking about things like pacing and stuntwork and filming on location even if it might be slightly dangerous. Everything is faster and faker and more sanitized now. But I'll get off my soapbox before I start printing pamphlets. In closing, The Eiger Sanction is far from Eastwood's best but it is a good watch. Also I really love that jeep</review>
    <description>Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0065547</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Chisum</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, John Chisum is increasingly worried as Lawrence Murphy moves in on the local stores, bank and land by questionable means. Chisum and fellow honest ranch owner Henry Tunstall try and use the law, but Murphy owns that too. Confrontation threatens and Tunstall's man Billy Bonney is not slow to get involved.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andrew V. McLaglen</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=John Chisum)</actor>
      <actor>Forrest Tucker (role=Lawrence Murphy)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher George (role=Dan Nodeen)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Johnson (role=James Pepper)</actor>
      <actor>Glenn Corbett (role=Pat Garrett)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Prine (role=Alex McSween)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Cabot (role=Sheriff Brady)</actor>
      <actor>Patric Knowles (role=Henry Tunstall)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Jaeckel (role=Jess Evans)</actor>
      <actor>Geoffrey Deuel (role=Billy 'The Kid' Bonney)</actor>
      <actor>Pamela McMyler (role=Sallie Chisum)</actor>
      <actor>John Agar (role=Amos Patton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1970</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDViNjk1ZWUtM2UxYy00MzFjLWIyMmYtNTY3YTU2Yjc4NjkzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Tragedy|Biography|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>The first few times I saw this movie, I hadn't read the history of the Lincoln County Land Wars.However, in recent years, with the convenience of the internet at hand, I read the histories along with watching the movie. Compared to the amount of factual change that most movies based on a history put on film, this movie is not far from being spot on.In fact, the amount of direct action that John Wayne's character, Chisum, took in the film, is probably the element that is the most out of place.Billy the Kid really did work for an English rancher involved in the dispute. His boss really did fund a rival general store with a lawyer. Both the English rancher and the lawyer were murdered by the faction controlled by the rival general store.Billy the Kid really did get his outlaw career kicked off in seeking vengeance for his boss and mentor's murder. Pat Garret really was supported for sheriff by John Chisum, who somehow managed to stay out of the thick of the feuding even though his use of huge tracts of public grazing land was part of the heart of the dispute.So history buffs can safely enjoy this movie knowing that history is just bent a little, and not ripped completely asunder as the case would be with most movies. LOL That said, this is a very entertaining western. John Wayne is on top of his game as a cattle baron, and the supporting cast does a fine job. It includes a bit of everything: rustling, gunfights, stampedes, crooked sheriffs, greedy bad guys, heroic good guys. It has more plot surprises than the normal western (and that is precisely because it kills off certain characters approximately when and how they died in the real events).All in all, an enjoyable and surprisingly informative film about a real "old west" feud</review>
    <description>Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0071241</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Borsalino &amp; Co</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Marseille, after the funeral of his best friend and partner François Capella, Roch Siffredi and his gangsters capture an Italian gangster that tells that the hit was ordered by the mobster Giovanni Volpone. They also learn that his brother is coming to Marseille by train. Siffredi and his men intercept the train and throw Volpone's brother on the rails. Soon Volpone kills Siffredi's men, destroys his businesses, throws his right-hand Fernand with a big stone into the sea and captures Siffredi that goes missing. He also uses his influence to replace Inspector Fanti by the corrupt Inspector Cazenave. Fernand survives and looks for Siffredi, who is interned in a hospice. Siffredi flees from the asylum with the support of Fernand and they escape to Italy by boat. Years go by until a truck of Borsalino and Co. travels to Marseille with Siffredi, Fernand and their new gang. Retribution is coming.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jacques Deray</director>
      <actor>Alain Delon (role=Roch Siffredi)</actor>
      <actor>Riccardo Cucciolla (role=Volpone)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Ivernel (role=Inspector Fanti)</actor>
      <actor>André Falcon (role=Inspector Cazenave)</actor>
      <actor>Lionel Vitrant (role=Fernand)</actor>
      <actor>Adolfo Lastretti (role=Luciano)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Germain (role=Le 'Nègre)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Koulak (role=Spada)</actor>
      <actor>Marius Laurey (role=Teissere)</actor>
      <actor>Serge Davri (role=Charlie)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Meisner (role=Le médecin)</actor>
      <actor>Jacques Debary (role=Le préfet)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Italy|West Germany</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGMwNDM2ZmEtYmJiNy00ZGQ2LTg3NTUtYzcwMzYwMjY5ZjRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>'Borsalino and Co.' (the English title is 'Blood on the Streets') is a good case study of the risks of 'sequel' films. Film director Jacques Deray and producer Alain Delon tried in 1974 to repeat the success of 'Borsalino' released on screen in 1970, which featured Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo, in an elegant and well choreographed production, in which the two mega-stars almost mathematically divided their time and space on the screen, being extremely careful not to shadow each other. Francois Capella, the hero played by Belmondo, dies in a spray of bullets at the end of the first film, and 'Borsalino and Co.' begins with his funeral. Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon) will spend the sequel looking for the assassins of his friend, taking revenge upon them in a cruel and spectacular way and fighting with his rivals for the control of Marseilles in the mid-1930s. The task will not be easy.Although it is happening at the same period and in the same locations, the story of 'Borsalino and Co.' has a tone different from the one of the original movie. If there is a moral motivation in 'Borsalino' that balances the character and deeds of the heroes this was friendship. Friendship remains in the second film only a pretext mentioned in the first scenes, revenge takes its place as a feeling that guides the actions of Roch Siffredi. 'Borsalino' was more like a mobsters movie inspired by successful similar American films. 'Borsalino and Co.' slips much further into the 'film noir' genre. Less successful are the political or historical nuances, the introduction of the fascist association of Roch's enemies seems forced. From the light atmosphere, the local color, the humor and the fun of the original film, there is nothing left, even Claude Bolling's music is less inspired this time.'Borsalino and Co.'o and Co.' it's not a bad movie. It is a cursive action film, and the story has something from 'Count de Monte Cristo', if we are already in Marseilles. Delivered by the need to be careful about the pharmaceutical partition of the screen with Belmondo, Delon dominates the film and creates a role closer to that he had other gangster films in which he played the role of the bad guy with an angelic face. However, the rest of the casting is much less inspired than the first movie in the series, and none of the supporting roles provide the opportunity for an acting creation to remember more than five minutes after the screening ends. 'Borsalino' was a special film, a piece of entertainment with the chance to be remembered long after watching it. 'Borsalino and Co.' it's just a reasonable vintage action movie. It ends with a 'to be followed' sign that never happened, and I believe that the producer and the director were inspired not to continue the series</review>
    <description>Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057954</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sanders und das Schiff des Todes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Harry Sanders returns to England after losing his job as a police inspector in West Africa. However, he soon returns to the continent to investigate the offshore diamond operation of a shady American tycoon.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Lynn</director>
      <actor>Richard Todd (role=Harry Sanders)</actor>
      <actor>Dale Robertson (role=A. J. Magnus)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Drache (role=Janny Von Koltze)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Koch (role=Helga)</actor>
      <actor>Elga Andersen (role=Elizabeth Von Koltze)</actor>
      <actor>Derek Nimmo (role=Tom Hamilton)</actor>
      <actor>George Leech (role=Carlo Seton)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Bayman (role=Charlie Singer)</actor>
      <actor>Gordon Mulholland (role=Mr. Spyker)</actor>
      <actor>Buster Perry (role=Emil)</actor>
      <actor>Josh du Toit (role=Hajo Peterson)</actor>
      <actor>T.R.J. Edwards (role=Finn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|South Africa</country>
    <date>1965</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTNlYjVjY2EtN2ZiNi00MGRmLTllNTctMzM1ZWJmMzQzOGRmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX94_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Drama</category>
    <review>COAST OF SKELETONS and its predecessor, DEATH DRUMS ALONG THE RIVER, are two of the finest Harry Alan Towers-produced movies of the 1960s. They're both exotic, Africa-shot detective adventures that come across as Bond flicks mixed with German krimi (both tales are based on SANDERS OF THE RIVER, a novel by Edgar Wallace). DEATH DRUMS ALONG THE RIVER has the edge, but this is still a worthy follow-up.The story sees the efficient investigator Harry Sanders en route to visit the crew of a diamond-hunting ship, where his mission is to find out what happened to a previously-wrecked vessel. Before long he finds himself caught up in conflict between the captain and his crew, along with a conspiracy to make certain members millionaires.COAST OF SKELETONS is perfectly adequate, Sunday afternoon viewing-type fare. The story is straightforward and yet complex enough to keep you watching, and there's a wealth of hard-knuckle action to keep male viewers enthralled. None of the twists and turns of the narrative are very surprising, but they're certainly handled adroitly by the director.Richard Todd makes for an ever-dependable hero, and he's backed up by an effective Dale Robertson as the gruff captain and Euro-crumpet Marianne Koch as his second. The outrageously posh Derek Nimmo shows up as another associate. COAST OF SKELETONS is certainly one of the slickest and most entertaining of the Towers of London productions</review>
    <description>Harry Sanders returns to England after losing his job as a police inspector in West Africa. However, he soon returns to the continent to investigate the offshore diamond operation of a shady American tycoon.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0029002</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>...und ewig siegt die Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In this gossamer-light romance, a wealthy American woman meets a charming Parisian headwaiter and they fall in love. However, the woman's estranged husband blackmails her into returning to America with him. The headwaiter follows her trail to New York, where, after months of searching, he finds her again and they reaffirm their love. They board a ship headed back to France, but her insanely jealous husband compels the captain to steer the ship into dangerous waters, where it will almost certainly collide with icebergs and be destroyed.—Dan Navarro</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Frank Borzage</director>
      <actor>Charles Boyer (role=Paul Dumond)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Arthur (role=Irene Vail)</actor>
      <actor>Leo Carrillo (role=Cesare)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Clive (role=Bruce Vail)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Lebedeff (role=Michael Brovsky)</actor>
      <actor>George Meeker (role=Norton)</actor>
      <actor>Lucien Prival (role=Private Detective)</actor>
      <actor>George Davis (role=Maestro)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1937</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjFkZGY3NTQtZWVmYy00OWY0LWFiMDAtNDk4ZTRjMTVhYzU0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Comedy|Dark Romance|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Colin Clive is one obsessed man. Insanely jealous of wife Jean Arthur's imaginary lovers, he still won't let her go in divorce. Before Arthur's got a real one in head waiter Charles Boyer.History Is Made At Night is another one of Frank Borzage's romantic films with tender lovers and lots of soft focus cinematography. A common thread that seems to run in Borzage's films is forces that threaten to keep intended folks apart. This is true in Three Comrades and The Mortal Storm where it is the political situation in Germany of the twenties and thirties respectively. In History Is Made At Night, what keeps them apart is Boyer's conscience.Colin Clive as the husband is a multimillion dollar owner of transoceanic ship line who sets a trap trying to catch Arthur in a compromising position. When total stranger Boyer walks in and breaks up the trap and hits Clive's chauffeur a few times, Clive being the obsessed fellow he is, kills the chauffeur and says a burglar did it.Of course Boyer thinks he did it and when he finds out the Paris police are looking for him, he and Arthur go back to Paris from New York where they have run away to. They have the bad luck to be on one of Clive's ships where from a distance he controls the fate of all.Boyer and Arthur make a beautiful couple in love. However a biography of Jean Arthur assures us there was nothing to anything about that. This was also Colin Clive's farewell film. Sadly he died a few months after this film was out. Known primarily for being Baron Frankenstein, creator of the undead, he was so much more than that as this film aptly demonstrates.We also can't forget Leo Carrillo who plays chef Caesar who aids and abets Boyer and Arthur's romance. Carrillo was a guy who always added something to any film he was in.If tender romance and ship board excitement are your thing than History Is Made At Night is your film indeed</review>
    <description>A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0060862</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die gefürchteten Vier</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Mr Grant hires four hard-boiled adventurers, Rico Fardan, Bill Dolworth, Jake Sharp and Hans Ehrengard, to rescue his wife Maria, kidnapped by Mexican revolutionary Jesus Raza and took away behond the border. The four professionals are middle-aged and two of them took part in the Mexican revolution. They feel their time is over.—Yepok</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Brooks</director>
      <actor>Burt Lancaster (role=Dolworth)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Marvin (role=Fardan)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ryan (role=Ehrengard)</actor>
      <actor>Woody Strode (role=Jake)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Palance (role=Raza)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Cardinale (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Bellamy (role=Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Joe De Santis (role=Ortega)</actor>
      <actor>Rafael Bertrand (role=Fierro)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (role=Padillia)</actor>
      <actor>Marie Gomez (role=Chiquita)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos Romero (role=Revolutionary)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1966</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2ZmMjQ5N2YtM2Y2My00YjU3LTgxMGEtNDdkMWI0OGVmMmY0XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Globetrotting Adventure|Western Epic|Action|Adventure|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>Though not as perceptively grim in tone and style as Sam Peckinpah's epitaph The Wild Bunch, Richard Brook's The Professionals almost certainly inspired the former and was also one of the last great westerns Hollywood ever produced. Made at a time when the 'classical' era was waning, Brooks went entirely nostalgic, creating a story about John Wayne-like characters completely loyal to their cause but also flawed in many ways.The cast is superb. The exotic beauty of Claudia Cardinale is great fodder for the main cast of Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode. Although Ryan and Strode have considerably less screen time, the relationship between Lancaster and Marvin is terrifically fleshed out along with Brooks' steady hand guiding the entire process of four men on the hunt to rescue a millionaire's kidnapped wife only to realize all is not as it seems. Despite the fact that this film will forever be compared to the ones it inspired like The Wild Bunch or The Dirty Dozen, it should be admired on its own terms. It is a very entertaining and satisfying film with solid writing, acting, directing and editing along with some stunning cinematography of the American southwest. Compared to today's films, who could ask for anything more</review>
    <description>An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054230</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zwei in einem Zimmer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A romantic comedy about a dancer who lives in New York and a would-be musician who arrives in town to make his fame &amp; fortune, and platonically share an apartment. It's not too long before sparks fly as they struggle to make it in the city's 'rat race'.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Mulligan</director>
      <actor>Tony Curtis (role=Pete Hammond Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Debbie Reynolds (role=Peggy Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Oakie (role=Mac)</actor>
      <actor>Kay Medford (role=Mrs. Gallo)</actor>
      <actor>Don Rickles (role=Nellie Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Marjorie Bennett (role=Edie Kerry)</actor>
      <actor>Hal K. Dawson (role=Bo Kerry)</actor>
      <actor>Norman Fell (role=Telephone Repairman)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Drake (role=Toni)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Bushkin (role=Frankie J)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Butera (role=Carl)</actor>
      <actor>Gerry Mulligan (role=Gerry)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjZlOGNlMTQtNTE2Ni00NTExLTk3YTYtNDhmYjBkYTY3Y2NmXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>DEBBIE REYNOLDS and TONY CURTIS are excellent as two young people in 60's-era New York City facing adversity with street smart skills developed after abuse from thugs like DON RICKLES (a savage performance), and other so-called big shots.Curtis takes pity on Reynolds and invites her to share his flat--but his luck fades when his musical instrument is stolen. True love blossoms as Reynolds tries to help him with lots of obstacles thrown in their way by assorted no-gooders.Garson Kanin directed from his play and he keeps the action moving and the stylish backgrounds show New York City scenes that would make any New Yorker nostalgic for "the way it was".A downbeat, sometimes bitter dose of comedy/drama that has so much energy and such appealing performances from Reynolds and Curtis, that you'll be drawn into it from the start. Well worthwhile</review>
    <description>An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0047437</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sabrina</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The daughter of a chauffeur (Sabrina, played by Hepburn) has been madly in love with the youngest playboy son (David, played by Holden) of a Long Island society family. Although he was never serious about the young woman, she dreams he will one day fall madly in love with her. She moves to Paris to become a chef, and returns to Long Island a changed woman on the outside. Inside, Sabrina is still madly in love with David. When David invites her to a ball at the mansion, she is delirious with delight. This affair, however, jeopardizes not only David's impending marriage, but a business deal brokered by his older, responsible brother, Linus (played by Bogart). Linus arranges an unfortunate "accident" that lays David up for several days. Linus then proceeds to woo Sabrina - even convincing David he's doing this for him. Linus pretends that Sabrina has made him curious about what it would be like to leave his corporate world behind and live in Paris. Sabrina believes she's seeing a "secret side" of Linus Larabee, and starts falling in love with this new Linus. Linus entices Sabrina to run away with him and move back to Paris - even though he has no intentions of leaving with her. At the last minute, Linus realizes he cannot hurt her like this and arranges to send David (who has recovered from the accident) in his place. David realizes Sabrina no longer loves him, and (surprisingly) his older brother is in-love with Sabrina. So David arranges to have true love find its course, and the two lovers sail to Paris.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Billy Wilder</director>
      <actor>Humphrey Bogart (role=Linus Larrabee)</actor>
      <actor>Audrey Hepburn (role=Sabrina Fairchild)</actor>
      <actor>William Holden (role=David Larrabee)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Hampden (role=Oliver Larrabee)</actor>
      <actor>John Williams (role=Thomas Fairchild)</actor>
      <actor>Martha Hyer (role=Elizabeth Tyson)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Vohs (role=Gretchen Van Horn)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Dalio (role=Baron St. Fontanel)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Hillaire (role=The Professor)</actor>
      <actor>Nella Walker (role=Maude Larrabee)</actor>
      <actor>Francis X. Bushman (role=Mr. Tyson)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Corby (role=Miss McCardle)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1954</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjlkYjI2MjEtMjQ2MC00MzJlLWFkMTUtMzIzYTg3ZWFmNGM0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Sabrina is a movie that was made for Audrey Hepburn. She is simply charming as the title character. The story is Cinderella like in that Sabrina, a chauffeur's daughter with a crush on the playboy son of her father's employer, goes to Paris and returns as a mature sophisticated lady who charms everyone she meets.The picture is enhanced by the direction of Billy Wilder and the casting of Humphrey Bogart and William Holden (Why did they make him blond?)as the Larabee brothers who vie for Miss Hepburn's affections.But the film is clearly Miss Hepburn's and one can see why she was one of the most beloved actresses of her time. Watch Sabrina and you too will fall in love with her. A marvelous film</review>
    <description>After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0050721</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monpti</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A romantic and funny love story with a tragic end. In Paris a young Hungarian artist (Monpti) and a girl (Anne-Claire) meet and fall in love. But just when she is prepared to give herself to him she finds a pair of lady's pants in his room. He is perfectly innocent but the reason why the pants are there is as humouristic as incredible. So when he tells the truth she gets very angry though she was prepared to "forgive" his "side step". Another pattern is much more serious. Anne-Claire fears that Monpti would have no interest in her if she told that she is a nobody. So she builds up a story of being a rich girl with a private chauffeur. She even takes Monpti to a family church funeral and points out all her relatives, even telling which ones are not on speaking terms. When he finally exposes her lies a violent explosion results. She runs away in despair and is overrun by a car. At the hospital their love returns. But she will die after a few days. - In the background of many scenes we have seen the couple who overrun Anne-Claire, and their shallow emotions were recurrently contrasted with the genuine love of the young couple.—Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Käutner</director>
      <actor>Romy Schneider (role=Anne-Claire Jouvain)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Buchholz (role=Monpti (young))</actor>
      <actor>Mara Lane (role=Nadine)</actor>
      <actor>Boy Gobert (role=Monpti (old))</actor>
      <actor>Olive Moorefield (role=Zaza)</actor>
      <actor>Bum Krüger (role=Herr von Nr. 17)</actor>
      <actor>Iska Geri (role=Frau von Nr. 17)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Todd (role=Fliegenäugiger)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Offenbach (role=Redaktionssekretär)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTY5NTAyNDQzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTc4NDYxMzE@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>The German cinema had her glory days with the German Expressionism of the '20s and '30s and became relevant again not earlier than with the "Neue Deutsche Welle" in the '70s. At least that is the general opinion in film history. In my opinion there were also made worthwhile films in the meantime. In this respect I have a guilty pleasure for the films of Helmut Käutner and Wolfgang Staudte. Maybe not all of them classics but pleasant entertainment nevertheless."Montpi" (abbreviation for "Mon Petit") is no exception.Special attraction are the lead actors, who were still at the beginning of their careers.Horst Buchholz would become, at least for my generation, synonymous with inspector Derrick form the TV series in later years.Romy Schneider is in "Montpi" not so demure as in the "Sissi" trilogy (1955, 1956, 1957, Ernst Marischka) but certainly not so worldly and cynical as in "La piscine" (1969, Jacques Deray). In fact she is beautiful and for 1957 standards very sexy.At the beginning of the movie Buchholz plays a very clumsy boy. For a moment I was afraid of a slapstick kind of movie like "They're a weird mob" (1966, Michael Powell), the film I saw before this one and that disappointed me very much. Happily this phase doesn't last very long. At the end of the film you even wish for a more happy ending.In between the film is a very pleasant romance. Paris is portrayed as it often is in films of the '50s: the romantic capital created for young people who live in shabby attics but are lucky in love. See for example also the opening scene of "An American in Paris" (1951, Vincente Minnelli).As comic counterpoint to the Buchholz / Schneider romantic couple there is also a rich, bored and cheating couple.In the appartment building of the Buchholz character we see various little sideplots through the windows of his neighbours. A feauture Käutner has copied from "Rear window" (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)</review>
    <description>A poor 22 y.o. Hungarian man who's recently arrived in Paris meets a seemingly wealthy 17 y.o. Parisian girl. They fall in love, but tragedy ensues when the truth behind the girl is revealed.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0056950</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Eroberung von Mykene</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A deposed prince arrives in a city ruled over by a cult that worships an evil monster as a god. He becomes a gladiator and his feats in the arena earn him a place on the queen's royal guard, but secretly he plots to lead a revolution and destroy the creature that has enslaved the people.—movies4men</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Giorgio Ferroni</director>
      <actor>Gordon Scott (role='Hercules)</actor>
      <actor>Alessandra Panaro (role=Medea, Queen of Tyro)</actor>
      <actor>Rosalba Neri (role=Demeter, Queen of Micenas)</actor>
      <actor>Arturo Dominici (role=Penthius, General of Micenas)</actor>
      <actor>Michel Lemoine (role=Euneos)</actor>
      <actor>Nerio Bernardi (role=Asterion, High Priest)</actor>
      <actor>Geneviève Grad (role=Pasifae)</actor>
      <actor>Pietro Marascalchi (role=Moloch)</actor>
      <actor>Fortunato Arena (role=Gladiator Instructor)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff Cameron (role=Gladiator)</actor>
      <actor>Veriano Ginesi (role=Gladiator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|France</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjJiYTJkMDctNWY2ZC00ZWU3LWFjY2ItZDZkMTE5NmUzNjAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX283_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Fantasy</category>
    <review>I must appreciate to Italian filmmakers and producer to keeping alive this great specific genre which was so hyped on Europe and latin America neither, this epics based on Greek mythology's characters, meanwhile those pictures were not properly to much faithful, not unusual they used to merge many times the characters on inaccurate period of time, this one they brings Gordon Scott a famous American actor to leading role due this body be bulky and brawny to portrait Hercules, it was clearly a small budge, in so many aspects, poor sets, a cheaper casting, bad makeup, the props as Hercules wearing an silly oversized helmet was too much, the battles were in slow paced, almost boring scenes, the screenplay has a lot of inconsistencies, the storyline about the Mycenaean people who really existed in the Greek's past is quite acceptable, anyway it can seems a contradiction, but despite a low rate gave by me I've really enjoy this genre, that was the very first piece of DVD bought to my huge DVD-Blu-Ray Collection, by the way, often these DVD available here in Brazil has a poor image mostly them VHS transfer onto DVD without any restoration!!!Resume:First watch: 2004 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5.5</review>
    <description>A prince passes himself off as Hercules and does battle with an evil queen and her bloodthirsty religious cult in Mycene, in order to free the people of a neighboring kingdom.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0055636</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zarte Haut in schwarzer Seide</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Daniella, a fashion model, goes to Rome to replace a model who's been murdered. Once there, she meets two men, Count Castellani, whose clothes she'll model, and Karl Bauer, a reporter in the hotel room next to hers. Castellani gives Daniella the spotlight, which prompts jealousy from another model. Is he merely trying to seduce her? It's soon apparent that he has other plans as well: the line of clothes is a cover for smuggling and perhaps espionage. Daniella may be in danger - one model is dead already. Is Bauer to be her protector, or is he after something too? Is anyone who they seem?—</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Max Pécas</director>
      <actor>Ivan Desny (role=Count Castellani)</actor>
      <actor>Elke Sommer (role=Daniella)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Schmid (role=Karl Bauer)</actor>
      <actor>René Dary (role=Lanzac)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Banz (role=Mannequin)</actor>
      <actor>Sandrine (role=Mannequin)</actor>
      <actor>Claire Maurier (role=Esmerelda)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|West Germany</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTI1NzU4ZjgtODkzZS00MjFhLWE4OTAtZjFmNWMzZGViNjFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>This film reminded me of the "Perils of (fill in the blank)" comics and adventure stories brought to the screen. The beautiful, innocent heroine repeatedly finds herself in precarious situations through no fault of her own or by trying to do what she conceives to be the moral thing. Yet she escapes unmarked and unmolested although she occasionally has to suffer the loss of her clothes. In the end she emerges whole in the arms of a strong, virile man to whom she willingly and demurely submits. This pretty much describes "Daniella by Night". The scenario here is the world of espionage although these guys are pretty lame spies. Anyway it doesn't really matter because the focus is Elke Sommer. This vastly underrated actor carries the film. Without her it wouldn't even be worthy of the title of "worst flick ever". She seems to float through the action in - or out of - her designer clothes, radiant and smiling, blissfully unaware or unconcerned of the danger around the corner. It's a chic romp with noir overtones, clever use of shadows, slick camera work and a fantastic jazz score. Good fun with erotic undertones</review>
    <description>Daniella goes to Rome to replace a model who's been murdered. Count Castellani, her boss, is smitten with her and so is reporter Karl. When another model is killed in Castellani's house Daniella investigates trying to clear his name.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0029284</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Meine Lieblingsfrau</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After his wife Ellen (Irene Dunne), disappears at sea, Nick Arden (Cary Grant) waits seven long years before finally marrying beautiful Bianca (Gail Patrick). As luck would have it, Ellen suddenly reappears in Nick's life during his honeymoon with Bianca and informs him that she's been shipwrecked on a desert island. Nick is overjoyed to see her, but becomes insane with jealousy when he learns of her only island companion: handsome Stephen Burkett (Randolph Scott).—maschzentertainment</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Garson Kanin</director>
      <actor>Irene Dunne (role=Ellen Wagstaff Arden)</actor>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Nick Arden)</actor>
      <actor>Randolph Scott (role=Stephen Burkett)</actor>
      <actor>Gail Patrick (role=Bianca Bates)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Shoemaker (role=Ma Arden)</actor>
      <actor>Scotty Beckett (role=Tim Arden)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Lou Harrington (role=Chinch Arden)</actor>
      <actor>Donald MacBride (role=Yosemite Hotel Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Hugh O'Connell (role=Johnson - Insurance Adjuster)</actor>
      <actor>Granville Bates (role=Judge Bryson)</actor>
      <actor>Pedro de Cordoba (role=Dr. Kohlmar)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1940</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODQ4NDMxOWUtMTIyMi00YzJiLTlhMGEtMThjZjg1NWYzMDFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Screwball Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>After his shipwrecked wife is declared dead and he takes on a new wife, Grant's first wife resurfaces, rescued after seven years on an island. This reteaming of Grant and Dunne after their success with "The Awful Truth" is pretty funny for the most part, as Grant tries to solve the problem of one wife too many while dealing with jealousy after learning that Dunne had a male companion (Scott) on that island. The only complaint is that the laughs stop in the last quarter of the movie, which is rather uninteresting as the focus shifts from comedy to romance. Bates, who is hilarious as a flustered judge, died in July 1940 but managed to act in 12 films released that year</review>
    <description>Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the very day that her husband remarries.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053143</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unternehmen Petticoat</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>December, 1941. While docked in The Philippines in preparation for its first wartime order to sink or destroy all enemy fleet, the submarine USS Sea Tiger sustains major damage in a Japanese air raid. Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman, its first and only captain, in lamenting the fact that the Sea Tiger has never seen active battle in its one year of service, is able to convince Capt. J.B. Henderson, rather than sending it to the junk yard, to let his crew make the minor repairs required for it to become at least seaworthy so that they can make the two thousand mile voyage to Darwin, the closest full service naval yard, where all the necessary repairs can be done properly in order for it to be sent back into commission. One problem is that these minor repairs necessarily need to be accomplished within two weeks. Another problem is by the time the decision is made, many of the crew have been reassigned leaving Sherman with a skeleton crew. And a third seemingly just as big a problem is that Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Nicholas Holden is assigned to the crew, he generally attired in dress whites or non-regulation designer clothes, he whose only role in the war has been to make his own life and that of other senior officers and their wives fun and comfortable far away from any danger. Holden is aware that this assignment is outside his comfort zone, but he still wants to play his part working to his strengths of understanding how to operate outside "regulation" so that he can move onto his next more appropriate assignment once they reach Darwin whatever that comfortable assignment may be. Beyond the issue of the sub's seaworthiness or lack thereof with these band-aid repairs and the perils of the war still raging, they face further issues in the seeming incompatibility of male submarine life with an infusion of the feminine in more ways than one en route to Darwin.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Blake Edwards</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Curtis (role=Lt. JG Nicholas Holden)</actor>
      <actor>Joan O'Brien (role=Lt. Dolores Crandall RN)</actor>
      <actor>Dina Merrill (role=Lt. Barbara Duran RN)</actor>
      <actor>Gene Evans (role=Chief Molumphry)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Gregg (role=Maj. Edna Heywood RN)</actor>
      <actor>Robert F. Simon (role=Capt. J.B. Henderson)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Gist (role=Lt. Watson)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin MacLeod (role=Ernest Hunkle)</actor>
      <actor>George Dunn (role=The Prophet)</actor>
      <actor>Dick Crockett (role=Harmon)</actor>
      <actor>Madlyn Rhue (role=Lt. Reid RN)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmNjNTg4YmEtYTllMi00YjgyLWFmM2YtMjIzOWNhNzc0N2M3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Farce|Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Romance|War</category>
    <review>This movie is a wonderful example of a film that isn't particularly deep or important BUT that still works well because it's so much fun and the writing, though quirky, works. Of course I will admit that the plot from time to time gets really silly (culminating with the sub being painted pink and being forced to go that way into action). I guess it's just that this is a nice blend of acting by Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in a cute little war picture that ALMOST makes WWII look kind of fun. The end result is charming and silly and worth watching but with no real meaning or significance at all--and is that always such a bad thing</review>
    <description>During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062855</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>...und morgen fahrt ihr zur Hölle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. On the one hand are the powerful forces of the Allies, on the other, all that remains of the Third Reich. The scene is set for the Battle of the Ardennes.—Leigh Thomas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alberto De Martino</director>
      <actor>Frederick Stafford (role=Joe Mortimer, Sesame)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Bianchi (role=Kristina von Keist)</actor>
      <actor>Curd Jürgens (role=Gen. Edwin von Keist)</actor>
      <actor>John Ireland (role=Capt. O'Connor)</actor>
      <actor>Michel Constantin (role=Sgt Rudolph Petrowsky)</actor>
      <actor>Helmuth Schneider (role=SS Gen. Hassler)</actor>
      <actor>Howard Ross (role=Randall)</actor>
      <actor>Jacques Monod (role=Partisan)</actor>
      <actor>Adolfo Celi (role=Luc Rollman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|France|West Germany</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc0MzA3ODMxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzQzMTkwMzE@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|War</category>
    <review>Possibly the best that I've watched of the "Euro-Cult" variations on Hollywood's war-themed spectaculars of the 1960s (ditto with respect to the films of director De Martino); that said, its overall quality is only comparable to second-tier legitimate efforts like, say, THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE (1968) or KELLY'S HEROES (1970)! I've watched a few of these during the past year and they mostly emerged to be competent and enjoyable, but also instantly forgettable; being usually co-productions between various European countries, they still managed to attract a number of international stars. In this case, the hero is played by American Frederick Stafford (who later made BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN [1969] and EAGLES OVER London [1969]). Interestingly, the film co-stars four James Bond alumni in leading lady Daniela Bianchi (FROM Russia, WITH LOVE [1963]), Curd Jurgens (THE SPY WHO LOVED ME [1977]), Adolfo Celi (THUNDERBALL [1965]) and Anthony Dawson (DR. NO [1962]); also on hand are Howard Ross, Michel Constantine, John Ireland and, most impressively perhaps, Helmuth Schneider as a nasty SS officer.What's unusual about this particular title is that it throws in an elaborate diamond caper (with access to the vault gained from under water) amidst the usual Nazis-vs.-Partisans action. Of course, to complicate matters further is the budding romance between Stafford and Bianchi (she's a Jew married to high-ranking German officer Jurgens!) and, besides, virtually all those involved have their own agenda as to what to do with the loot! The action sequences are no less sweeping than those of the typical Hollywood outing, particularly during the (rather protracted) climax  this is then followed by a clumsy attempt to tie up its many loose ends, thus making the whole even more overlong! As a matter of fact, in hindsight it seems that the film doesn't know whether it wants to be a straightforward war actioner, a tongue-in-cheek caper adventure or something a lot more solemn altogether, but at least it does have its moments in each of these facets.Incidentally, this was one of the few times where composers Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai shared credit for a film score (which is alternately stirring and melancholy); usually, the latter either composed alone or conducted the former's themes</review>
    <description>Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. On the one hand are the powerful forces of the Allies, on the other, all that remains of the Third Reich. -Leigh Thomas</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0070034</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Mann mit der Todeskralle</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Hong Kong, a Mr Braithwaite attends a sparring match of martial artists. Among them is a man named Lee who fights an opponent considerably larger than him. Lee himself is exceptionally skilled, forcing his opponent (Sammo Kam-Bo Hung) to yield. At the end of the match, several of the monks present raise their hands creating an obstacle that Mr Lee flips himself over easily, earning their applause.
Braithwaite meets later with Lee. Before Lee talks to Braithwaite, he gives a short lesson in harmony and control to a young male student of his, teaching the boy not to attack with anger or exposition. Lee also teaches the boy how to bow properly to earn the respect of an opponent. Braithwaite reveals his purpose for the meeting: Lee has received an invitation to a large martial arts tournament on a private island run by a reclusive man named Han. Han is suspected of doing business in prostitution and heroin, however no solid evidence can be found linking Han to any nefarious dealings. Braithwaite wants Lee to attend the tournament and act as a spy. Lee is slightly reluctant, having not wanted to attend the tournament, however he agrees.Before Lee leaves for Han's island, he visits the Old Man of his Shaolin temple, who tells Lee about the day his sister was killed. Many of Han's thugs had come to the mainland and had attacked Su Lin. Though she skillfully and bravely fought them off, she was cornered in an old warehouse. Rather than be beaten and raped, she killed herself with a shard of glass. One of the men who led the attack, Oharra, Han's right-hand man, witnesses her suicide. The Old Man bids Lee to obtain revenge not only for his sister but for the honor of Shaolin.Around the time that Lee is ready to board Han's sampan, two other men arrive. Roper, a fancy playboy of sorts, who totes a lot of baggage, has come to the Orient to hide out from the mob, to whom he owes money. In his last meeting with some mob thugs, Roper fought his way out of having his leg broken to repay his debt. The second man is Williams, a black man who was harassed and attacked by the police right after meeting with his sensei in the United States. When he was a attacked, Williams fought back, besting the two cops and escaping in their cruiser.On the boat to Han's island, Lee and Roper both bet on a praying mantis match. Roper favors the larger of the two insects while Lee favors the smaller. Lee wins a handful of cash on the match. While Lee takes in the breeze from the harbor, an aggressive invitee named Parsons tries to antagonize him after tripping a boy carrying a load of fruit. He asks Lee about his fighting style; Lee answers it is "the art of fighting without fighting". Parsons scoffs, trying draw Lee into a match. Lee suggests that they take a small dinghy to a nearby island and match on the beach. When Parsons eagerly climbs down to the boat, Lee releases it from the sampan and lets it drift out behind, holding onto the rope and ordering Parsons not to pull himself in or he'll set him adrift on the ocean. Lee then hands the rope to the crewmembers, who are greatly amused.On the island, the passengers see hundreds of other martial artists practicing on giant courts. That night, everyone attends a lavish feast. Han arrives, bidding welcome to his guests, praising them for their skill and thanking them for attending. He has several women with him who act as his elite personal guard. He tosses several pieces of fruit in the air while the women hit them with small darts, thrown with pinpoint accuracy. Lee catches one of them. After dinner, Han's hostess, Tania, brings young women to Roper and Williams -- Roper requests to spend the night with Tania herself. The woman Williams is with warns him not to step outside his room when Williams wants to get some fresh air.When Tania visits Lee, he requests the young woman who threw the dart in the apple he'd caught at the banquet.
Lee meets with the dart thrower, Mei Ling, who is actually a spy sent by Braithwaite prior to recruiting Lee. She tells him that she's found out very little about Han's illegal activities except that many young women who come to the island disappear. Lee later sneaks out of his room. Evading Han's guards, he finds a hidden trapdoor that leads to several underground chambers where Han has been cooking heroin. He subdues a few of Han's guards and is forced to retreat when the possibility of being discovered becomes too great. As he sneaks back to his room, Williams spots Lee climbing a nearby wall.The next morning, Han attends the 1st few rounds of his tournament. He finds that Roper and Williams fight exceptionally well. Roper lays a few bets on Williams that pay off and has Williams lay down more bets. The two win a substantial amount of cash. Han appears and announces that one of his guests had been outside of their room after curfew and that some of his guards were attacked. He has his greatest fighter, Bolo, kill them all as punishment. Han later sends a message to Williams to meet him in his quarters. Roper is suspicious and tells Williams to watch his back.In his meeting with his host, Williams is praised by Han for his abilities, though they are unorthodox. Han mentions that Williams fights more for glory than harmony but Williams shrugs off Han's opinion, saying he fights to look good. Han then accuses him of attacking his guards the previous night. Williams is immediately angered, demanding that he be allowed to leave the island. Han refuses and a couple of his thugs attack Williams, who defeats them easily. Han himself takes up a combat stance and the two fight around the close quarters of Han's office. When Williams tries to kick Han in the hand, he inexplicably injures his foot. Han takes advantage and finally beats Williams down, killing him with a single blow. He removes the glove from his left hand, revealing that it's made of solid bronze.Back at the tournament, Roper beats a few opponents. Lee is called up to fight Oharra, one of Han's champions. With the memory of his dead sister to guide him, Lee lands several lightning-fast hits on Oharra. Oharra suddenly grabs one of Lee's feet with Han barking at him to let Lee go. Lee counterattacks with a vicious backflip kick to Oharra's chin that knocks him back. To finish him, Lee delivers a ferocious kick to Oharra's chest, knocking him into a few chairs and some of the spectators. Enraged, Oharra grabs two bottles, breaking them and brandishing the necks as weapons. Lee knocks the bottles from Oharra's hands and kicks him to the ground. Lee then lands a fatal blow to Oharra's throat. Han is flustered, telling the crowd that he has been disgraced by his champion and he leaves the court silently.Han later meets with Roper, showing him his extravagant home. One room is filled with glass display cases and Eastern weapons. In one case are the bones of a human hand. Han cheerfully says the severed hand is a "souvenir". He takes Roper into a room with a guillotine, placing own cat under the blade. He tells Roper that real loyalty is being able to kill at request but Roper refuses to pull the release rope that would kill the cat. Han pulls the rope, which activates a platform that lowers them into the lower levels of Han's house. Down there Roper sees Han's heroin lab and the prostitutes and prisoners he holds. Most of the women have vacant looks, as if drugged. Han makes Roper a generous offer to join his operation but Roper refuses when Han shows him the body of Williams, hanging over a deep pool. Roper is visibly upset at the sight of his dead friend and Han has the body dropped into the pool. Roper is taken prisoner.Needing to investigate further and to find a radio to get a message out to Braithwaite, Lee infiltrates the lower level again that night, picking up a cobra placed at the trapdoor to scare off any snoopers. Lee finds his way to the radio room, using the cobra to force the radio operators out. He gets his message out by telegraph. When he's discovered by Han's guards, he battles them, beating them with his fighting ability and their own weapons. After dispatching the last group, he rushes into another chamber but is trapped by closing metal doors. Above him, Han tells him that his fight with his guards was "extraordinary" and that he was planning to recruit him. Lee, however, has no desire and allows himself to be taken prisoner.The next morning on the tournament courts, Han orders Lee and Roper to be pitted against each other but they both refuse to fight. Han menacingly says he'll find opponents for them to fight, starting with pitting Bolo against Roper. Bolo carries the fight to his advantage for a few minutes until Roper battles back and lands a hard kick to Bolo's crotch, taking all the fight out of him. Infuriated, Han orders his men to attack both Roper and Lee. They find themselves easily defeated. Lee moves on Han, who takes off his fake fist and replaces it with a clawed appendage. Lee battles him, receiving a few slashes but is able to disarm Han when the drug lord has his claw stuck on a table. Meanwhile, Mei Ling frees all of Han's prisoners, directing them out to the tournament courts where they engage Han's men.Han runs off to his house with Lee right behind. In his trophy room, he takes an attachment for his wrist comprised of several sharp blades. The two square off - Han is able to slash Lee several times and wields a spear from his arsenal, however Lee is able to beat him back, forcing him to retreat behind a hidden door his spear becomes stuck in. Lee enters the room, finding it that it's entirely walled with mirrors. He moves slowly and deliberately, watching for Han. Han strikes a Lee a few times but Lee is finally able to work out an effective strategy: he begins breaking the mirrors around him, eliminating Han's advantage. He finally finds Han and gives him a vicious kick to the chest, impaling him on the spear he tried to use against Lee.Roper sits on the tournament court exhausted after the battle with Han's men. He glances to the side and sees that Tania is dead. Lee arrives back at the court and they exchange a parting glance. The final shot of the movie is of Han's claw stuck in the table.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Clouse</director>
      <actor>Bruce Lee (role=Lee)</actor>
      <actor>John Saxon (role=Roper)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Kelly (role=Williams)</actor>
      <actor>Ahna Capri (role=Tania)</actor>
      <actor>Shih Kien (role=Han)</actor>
      <actor>Betty Chung (role=Mei Ling)</actor>
      <actor>Geoffrey Weeks (role=Braithwaite)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Archer (role=Parsons)</actor>
      <actor>Marlene Clark (role=Secretary)</actor>
      <actor>Allan Kent (role=Golfer)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Keller (role=L.A. Cop)</actor>
      <actor>Mickey Caruso (role=L.A. Cop)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Hong Kong|United States</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZThlMjc5OTQtNzdmOC00NDRjLTg3ZDEtYmM3ZDc1MzlkMTgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Kung Fu|Martial Arts|One-Person Army Action|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>When it comes to kung fu, Bruce Lee is a legend. When it comes to kung fu cinema, Enter the Dragon is the most highly regarded. In other words, you owe it to yourself to see this flick! The story is relatively simple but quite sufficient and sprinkled with humor. The locations and setting are wonderful as well. The characters are one of the main attractions here though, with the gambling but honorable Roper (John Saxon), the feisty and unorthodox (but effective!) Williams (Jim Kelly), Chinese Hercules Bolo, and the great baddie Han, the hand man. Bruce Lee's presence, of course, steals the show. While some of the fight scenes from Lee's Chinese Connection (I think that's the one) may rival the ones here, ETD is a far more well-rounded film. The variety of exciting fights are skillfully choreographed and there's not too much downtime from the action either; even in the flash back we have some excellent female butt-kicking. And you gotta love that 70's soundtrack! This is a classic action film that will never be forgotten. The two-disc DVD was loaded with goodies; you really couldn't ask for more, except for maybe a better commentary. Producer Paul Heller was dull, dry, and had little to offer</review>
    <description>A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0042895</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rio Grande</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke commands a U.S. cavalry troop north of the Rio Grande. Indians have been raiding and then fleeing south of the river into Mexico. Yorke is surprised when he learns that the son he has not seen for 15 years, Jeff, has flunked out of West Point. He's barely digested the information when his son shows up at the camp as a new cavalry recruit. His personal life gets even more complicated when his wife, Jeff's mother, Kathleen also shows up at the fort intent on taking her son home. As the situation increasingly deteriorates, the women and children are sent to safety but the wagon train is attacked and all the children taken forcing Yorke and his men to cross into Mexico to get them back.—garykmcd</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Ford</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke)</actor>
      <actor>Maureen O'Hara (role=Mrs. Kathleen Yorke)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Johnson (role=Trooper Travis Tyree)</actor>
      <actor>Claude Jarman Jr. (role=Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Carey Jr. (role=Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone)</actor>
      <actor>Chill Wills (role=Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon))</actor>
      <actor>J. Carrol Naish (role=Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan)</actor>
      <actor>Victor McLaglen (role=Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon)</actor>
      <actor>Grant Withers (role=U.S. Deputy Marshal)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Ortiz (role=Capt. St. Jacques)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Pendleton (role=Capt. Prescott)</actor>
      <actor>Karolyn Grimes (role=Margaret Mary)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1950</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzExMWFhMjAtNjM2Ny00MDhiLWFiZDctZmRiZTcyYzZjOWNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Drama|Romance|Western</category>
    <review>Although I am not particularly fond of westerns, I saw this movie since I had heard much about it from many people. It is true that a lot of westerns show the wild lives of cowboys overdoing with cruelty. RIO GRANDE, however, is a different story. It is not only a western but a highly educational movie which combines all precious values in life, some of which do not necessarily go in harmony, including honor, love, the feeling of duty, grandeur, and psychological reflections. Moreover, as a film, it is supplied with highly prestigious cinematography, memorable music, and, most importantly, great cast. But there is something more that makes Ford's film really memorable - the characters presented very clearly. But why such a title? While watching the movie, one clearly notices that the title RIO GRANDE does not only refer to the famous river that separated the cavalrymen from Indians in Mexico, but has wider metaphorical extensions.The characters are very well developed throughout. Lieutanant Kirby Yorke (John Wayne), a northerner, lost the family 15 years earlier but never gives up finding a chance to rebuild the old relationship with his southern wife, Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara) and their son Jeff. His "rio grande" is duties and strict orders that make a barrier for a happy life within the family. Kathleen Yorke tries to get her son out of the cavalry; however, Jeff decides to protect honor rather than his comfort. She also aims at rebuilding the family ties with Kirby but is aware that it requires much sacrifice. Their relationship is built upon a high respect for the freedom of both and a very delicate love between a man and a woman. Jeff (Claude Jarman), their son, attempts to do right and seeks for the honorable deeds. The blink of ambition in his eyes is noticeable in every scene with him. There are also other characters that the movie shows in a very psychological light (consider Travis Tyree played by Ben Johnson).The cast give memorable performances but the pair of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara shine above all. Wayne seems to have been born for the role and, although he played in two previous parts of John Ford's cavalry trilogy (FORT APACHE and SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON), he gives his best performance in RIO GRANDE. Wayne wonderfully emphasizes grandeur, feeling of duty and a husband who reflects on his past mistakes in marriage. Maureen O'Hara has something aristocratic in her behavior as well as in her appearance, which helps her portray a southern lady who used to live a rich life on a plantation. She also stresses her attempts to rebuild the past mistakes; however, she seems to be driven by completely different factors.Music is absolutely wonderful for this genre. The ballads supply the movie with sentimental mood. Yes, they are deadly sentimental, but they in no way make you sad but rather lifted to high emotions. Here comes to my mind a very poetic scene when Wayne and O'Hara are serenaded by troop soldiers on one moonlit night. Their faces strongly express profound emotions and nostalgia for the better life together. This is so well played that anybody who sees the pair will be able to deduce some reflections from their faces.Some people said that the Apaches are showed as real monsters in RIO GRANDE. It is important to state here that they are showed exactly in the way they were perceived rather than what they were really like. These were very "wild" tribes in the eyes of the white people and that is what the film shows. As a matter of fact, both the Apaches and the cavalrymen defended their values and John Ford did not forget about it.And coming back to the thrilling atmosphere of the movie, there is one more aspect that needs to be mentioned - the locations. The Monument Valley supplies the scenes with authenticity as well as drives viewers into a wonderful mood. It simply leaves an unfading trace in memory as do the cast, the content, and everything about RIO GRANDE.What to say at the end?... The last part of Ford's cavalry trilogy, though 55 years old, is a classic attempt to bring all that is valuable onto screen - HISTORY MEETS SINGLE INDIVIDUALS! Aren't our lives constructed in such a way that we all have our own "rio grande", such a barrier that closes us from happiness? I leave this universal question open to every open minded reader as John Ford implicitly did more than 50 years ago to every open minded viewer. Anyway, the film is unarguably worth seeing</review>
    <description>A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0294465</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Todeskommando Iwo Jima</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Late in World War II, an inexperienced U.S. officer, determined to win glory for himself, loses half his platoon in a bloody battle with Japanese soldiers. While trying to extract his men from their precarious position, a lieutenant blunders into another enemy force who plan to wipe out the remaining soldiers using a well-laid ambush. The officer and a beautiful villager are taken captive, but desperately try to escape to warn the Americans of their deadly peril.—David Bassler</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ken Loring</director>
      <actor>Marlene Dauden (role=Pelita Cruz)</actor>
      <actor>Leopoldo Salcedo (role=Gen. Kenji Takahashi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Philippines</country>
    <date>1970</date>
    <star-rating>4.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Action|War</category>
    <description>Late in World War II, an inexperienced U.S. officer, determined to win glory for himself, loses half his platoon in a bloody battle with Japanese soldiers. While trying to extract his men from their precarious position, a lieutenant blunders into another enemy force who plan to w...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0294465/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062363</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tolldreiste Kerle in rasselnden Raketen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies, and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts.—Rhino</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Don Sharp</director>
      <actor>Burl Ives (role=Phineas T. Barnum)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy Clitheroe (role=General Tom Thumb)</actor>
      <actor>Terry-Thomas (role=Captain Sir Harry Washington Smythe)</actor>
      <actor>Graham Stark (role=Grundle)</actor>
      <actor>Lionel Jeffries (role=Sir Charles Dillworthy)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Price (role=The Duke of Barset)</actor>
      <actor>Troy Donahue (role=Gaylord)</actor>
      <actor>Daliah Lavi (role=Madelaine)</actor>
      <actor>Hermione Gingold (role=Angelica)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Cornwell (role=Electra)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Teege (role=Bulgeroff)</actor>
      <actor>Stratford Johns (role=Warrant Officer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI0Nzk5MjExMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzk5Mjg4._V1_QL75_UX152_.jpg" />
    <category>Satire|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>"Rocket to the Moon" is a film that boasts some great actors and a fantastically whimsical central concept - yes, it's another of those "Victorians try to reach the Moon" stories, though this one's based on something by Jules Verne anyway, so hurrah for that. I've never read the original, so I haven't a clue which bits of the film are faithful to the book, though I'm sure comedy pratfalling wasn't high on Verne's list of priorities for narrative-inclusion. I've always loved Victoriana, and films set in the period always look sumptuous. The entire concept of the Victorian scientists trying to expand the horizons of humanity has always fascinated me. The 60's version of "The Time Machine" remains my favourite film after what must be over fifteen viewings, and even the dismal Ray Harryhausen venture "First Men in the Moon" dregs up some respectability for its early Victorian scenes with a rather excitable Lionel Jeffries (who's in this film too)."Rocket to the Moon" sometimes contains the same levels of charm and enjoyment of similar "epics", but to use a whoary old clichéd reviewer's line, the whole is less than the sum of its parts. The whole inventors bit is still terribly entertaining, and an early scene where a bridge is held together only by the initiation ceremony ribbon, which then gets cut by Queen Victoria, is good for a giggle. However, though every so often there are such delights as debating how a rocket could be propelled to the Moon ("You would need a big cannon!"), and what to do should they meet any alien life ("Chloroform!"), in between there are some long stretches of not very much happening at all, and there are one too many misfired gags. The plot goes for a complete Burton during the last twenty five minutes or so, which descends into a drawn out and utterly pointless chase scene between a vintage car and a penny-farthing. The inclusion of what is suggested to be some kind of brothel to which Deliah Lavi's character is forcibly sent also seems terribly out of place with the playful innocence of the action surrounding it ("Why are there bars on the windows?" "Oh, that's not to keep you girls in. It's to keep the gentlemen out.") There is some top-notch comedy talent on display to keep the viewer periodically entertained. Terry-Thomas, as always, gives it his best shot, playing one of his most caddish characters - in fact, at times he actually does seem quite dangerous, which can make for one or two rather disturbing scenes. Lionel Jeffries is always good value for money, and even Graham Stark succeeds at being amusing here. For me, however, a quiet and understated performance from Dennis Price steals the picture, even if he doesn't actually have any jokes per se. The scene in which he slowly discovers that Terry-Thomas has a rigged pool table is probably the best of the film, and there's a rather electric bit soon after where he attacks T-T at a club, complete with shouting and copious stick waving.However, the young leading man, Troy Donahue, is utterly wooden, and kills quite a few potentially funny lines. Comedy German eccentric Gert Frobe veers alarmingly between being hilarious ("What do we do now?" "I don't know, we've never got this far before,") and being tremendously irritating. And the less said about Deliah Lavi, the better. No, in fact, let's talk about her anyway. Maybe it's just the character she's forced to play, a bimbo who leaps into the arms of whatever young man may be nearest to her at the time. But Deliah doesn't try to give her much of a personality, and so just resembles a walking personality vacuum. The writer doesn't even seem to have bothered in giving her character any logical sense, as she appears to teleport from place to place for no reason at all except plot expediency (why the hell is she in the rocket at night for any reason other than to be discovered by T-T and Lionel Jeffries?) In the chase scene at the end she seems to acquire a penny-farthing from nowhere, and frankly just looks ridiculous - and it's painfully obvious when a double has been used in the long shots.The plot groans with the attempts to include a bit of jeopardy, and so T-T, starting off as a harmless cad, embezzling the project money, suddenly turns into a bit of a leering psycho, determined to make sure the rocket never leaves the Earth, even if to do so means killing off Troy Donahue (then again, maybe that's not such a bad idea). There's also a running gag about a Russian spy that doesn't appear to really lead anywhere, and after the first use of it (which is actually funny) should really have been dropped.I really wanted to like this film more than I did, and, indeed, on first viewing I found it a great, if a touch gentle, little feature. However, on subsequent viewings, the meandering nature of the story becomes more and more obvious, as do the number of jokes that just plain don't work. Fantastic actors appear wasted in roles that require them to change their character's personality practically every other scene - Lionel Jeffries' Sir Charles Dillworthy seems to harbour a loathing of T-T's Washington-Smythe at the beginning, then appears terrified of him, then angry, and then just willingly teams up with him by the end anyway.Overall, though the concept of the film still remains a huge attraction, and actors like Dennis Price and Terry-Thomas still make it well worth watching on a Sunday afternoon, I can't help but feel a bit disappointed with "Rocket to the Moon", which would have been better having it's plot tightened up and getting rid of a few of the longer set pieces (Gert Frobe's cannon experiments, for example). Or maybe it just needed to be a bit funnier.6/10</review>
    <description>In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0032728</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der lange Weg nach Cardiff</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Aboard the freighter Glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie. The men smuggle drink and women aboard, fight with each other, spy on each other, comfort each other as death approaches, and rescue each other from danger.—Jim Beaver</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Ford</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=Olsen)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Mitchell (role=Driscoll)</actor>
      <actor>Ian Hunter (role=Smitty)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Fitzgerald (role=Cocky)</actor>
      <actor>John Qualen (role=Axel)</actor>
      <actor>Mildred Natwick (role=Freda)</actor>
      <actor>Ward Bond (role=Yank)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur Shields (role=Donkeyman)</actor>
      <actor>J.M. Kerrigan (role=Crimp)</actor>
      <actor>Rafaela Ottiano (role=Bella)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen Morales (role=Principal Spanish Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Pennick (role=Johnny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1940</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWY3ZWVmNWYtZTE4MC00ZjI3LWE4YzEtZDc5MDVjYThhZTZmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX156_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|War</category>
    <review>The Long Voyage Home is a compilation film of four one act plays by Eugene O'Neill who some will argue is America's greatest dramatist. The man who did the stitching together of O'Neill's work about the crew of the S.S. Glencairn is Dudley Nichols and presiding over it all is the direction of John Ford.Mr. Ford is usually someone who really puts an individual stamp on one of his movies. But the usual Ford trademarks are noticeably absent from The Long Voyage Home. Probably in mood and style the film of Ford's this comes closest to is The Informer. In fact J.M. Kerrigan is playing almost the same part in this as he did in The Informer.One thing Ford always did was use the right kind of music to set the tone for a film. Those 19th century ballads like I Dream of Jeannie that work so well in something like Stagecoach are substituted for Harbor Lights. That song expresses so well the longing of a whole bunch of rootless men to find some kind of stability in their lives.Eugene O'Neill spent many years at sea and the characters of these men on the S.S. Glencairn are drawn from his own youthful experience. Most of our planet is covered by water and no country owns it. It's just called the high seas and the seamen on it are an international fraternity, like the S.S. Glencairn crew. I've always felt that O'Neill was trying to say that if there's any salvation to be had in this old world, it's to be found on the salt water. It's the only place where all kinds of people really work for a common goal, stay alive and make the trip.The original plays had a World War I background, but it has been updated for World War II. Especially in the part when the crew becomes convinced that Ian Hunter is some kind of spy. Certainly the second World War in 1940 gave the audiences some real interest. Ian Hunter may have given his career performance in this as Smitty. Turns out he's far from what everyone suspects.Hard to believe that John Wayne would be in a film by one of our greatest dramatists. But the Duke holds his own in the ensemble. It's the only time he ever attempted some kind of accent and he pulls it off. But I'm sure he thought once was enough.Wayne as Olsen is the innocent of the group, maybe the only time he's ever been that on the screen. The rest of the crew makes every effort to see he does in fact get home to Sweden. It turns out to cost one of them his life ultimately. If you're any kind of depressed, The Long Voyage Home or any Eugene O'Neill is not good for your mental health. He's one pessimistic fellow that O'Neill. But his insights into our character and soul are always penetrating as they are in The Long Voyage Home</review>
    <description>A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0071824</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>McQ schlägt zu</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Seattle, early one morning, two uniformed police officers, and plainclothesman Stan Boyle, are found shot. The two uniformed officers died of their wounds. Boyle's partner, Lt. Lon McQ, is certain local hood Manuel Santiago is behind these killings, especially after a known hit man, employed by Santiago, tries to kill McQ. Defying the orders of his superior, Captain Ed Kosterman, McQ tails Santiago. After confrontations with both Santiago and Kosterman, and despite the sympathy of city councilman Franklin Toms, McQ enlists the help of private detective "Pinky" Farrell, and soon becomes involved in a major narcotics deal - one that blows up in the face of both McQ and Santiago and that leads to the discovery of a stunning secret for McQ.—Michael Daly</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Sturges</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=McQ)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Albert (role=Kosterman)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Muldaur (role=Lois)</actor>
      <actor>Colleen Dewhurst (role=Myra)</actor>
      <actor>Clu Gulager (role=Toms)</actor>
      <actor>David Huddleston (role=Pinky)</actor>
      <actor>Al Lettieri (role=Santiago)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Adams (role=Elaine)</actor>
      <actor>Roger E. Mosley (role=Rosey)</actor>
      <actor>William Bryant (role=Stan Boyle)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Kelton (role=Radical)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Tornatore (role=LaSalle)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWExNzlmM2QtNmZkYS00NjA0LWExY2ItMTJhNWYzZjkyMzZlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Okay so John Wayne will forever be remembered as "The Duke" in a countless string of westerns, but watching him play an honorable and tough as nails cop named Police Lieutenant Lon McQ, is worth every penny watching him do "his thing". Some of the other IMDb reviewers have compared this film to the Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) films but in fact The Duke, is just playing himself and rather than seeing him riding a big horse The Duke is seen cruising and shooting in his extremely rare Brewster Green 1973 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455 (Super Duty). I could not imagine the Hollywood heavyweight John Wayne squeezing into a two (2) door 1974 Ford Pinto so of course if he is playing a cop out to revenge his friends murder and defending himself against a mob and drug cartel, the director has to put The Duke behind a muscle car.Honestly, I have NEVER seen a bad John Wayne film and this is no exception. In fact I quite enjoyed the storyline, and John Wayne was perfectly cast as the lone detective out seeking justice with a big, big gun and two big fists. You will not be disappointed.I give McQ a solid 7 out of 10 IMDb rating</review>
    <description>Seattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068699</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Fremder ohne Namen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A mysterious gunfighter without a name (Clint Eastwood) rides across the desert landscape and arrives in the mining town beside the sea "Lago" to stay for the night. After gunning down three desperado's who tried to kill him, the town hires the gunfighter to help defend the town from three murderous outlaws. Stacey Bridges (Geoffrey Lewis), Bill Borders (Scott Walker), and Cole Carlin (Anthony James), who have been released from jail after they brutally whipped to death the town's local lawman Marshal Jim Duncan (Buddy Van Horn) who is in his grave with an unmarked gravestone, set out to return to "Lago" to get their vengeance. Can the mysterious gunfighter without a name stop the three outlaws?—Daniel Williamson</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Clint Eastwood</director>
      <actor>Clint Eastwood (role=The Stranger)</actor>
      <actor>Verna Bloom (role=Sarah Belding)</actor>
      <actor>Mitchell Ryan (role=Dave Drake)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Ging (role=Morgan Allen)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Gierasch (role=Mayor Jason Hobart)</actor>
      <actor>Ted Hartley (role=Lewis Belding)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Curtis (role=Mordecai)</actor>
      <actor>Geoffrey Lewis (role=Stacey Bridges)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Walker (role=Bill Borders)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Barnes (role=Sheriff Sam Shaw)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Brinegar (role=Lutie Naylor)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Bull (role=Asa Goodwin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2IyMGQ1OTAtZmRiNy00MWY1LTk2YjEtZDM4ODVkZjllN2ZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Period Drama|Psychological Drama|Drama|Mystery|Western</category>
    <review>A heat haze reigns over the high plains, making them look like the valleys of the shadow of death. Emerging from the mistiness a lone rider seems to make one with the shadow, coming to our direction. It's not an entrance as much as an appearance, and in the small town of Lago, not the most welcomed one. From the simple by-standers to the business owners, gazes of bewilderment and barely concealed fears converge to his direction, stares that say "who is he?" "where does he come from?" "what is he doing here?". As usual, Clint Eastwood looks like he doesn't give a d***, and we -viewers- know we'll be lucky if one of the three questions gets an answer.That's the attitude Eastwood built his legend on, as the emerging Western icon after John Wayne but closer to a Bogart-like figure, Eastwood had that edge over Wayne, he didn't need a story, his 'presence' could make a film. Eastwood emerged with the late 60s and his "Man-With-No-Name" character immediately appealed to a young generation of movie goers longing for outcasts who could reflect their own defiance toward the petty preoccupations of a conservative society, minus the insecurity. Eastwood played rebellious characters but with coolness oozing from his apparent detachment, he made his charisma so effortless that he stole Wayne's thunder.Speaking of Wayne, that he criticized "High Plain Drifters" in an open letter to Eastwood proves the latter's point, he might have played a "right-wing fantasy" in "Dirty Harry" but when you're criticized by Wayne in 1973, you're not in conflict with the Western icon but with the out-of-touch director of "Green Berets". Eastwood was old-fashioned but in a revolutionary way. And this is why his figure as the lonesome stranger coming from nowhere but not for nothing became an enduring trademark of his own, one that stuck to him until his Oscar-winning "Unforgiven". And twenty years later, Eastwood knew the secret ingredient he had to instill in his movies: making his Stranger's character as quiet and stingy in words as his Leone's counterpart and as effective in words and action as his Don Siegel's Harry.Some critics saw in the film an attempt to imitate the masters but that's an unfair trial because what Eastwood imitates (not without a few ounces of self-awareness) is the character he created and whom he plagiarizes with insistence, because that's the way you build your own style. As a director, he's rather minimalist and linear, with a few flashbacks cleverly inserted to give a needed boost to the plot, until a climax that looks like nothing seen before, not in old Westerns, not in Leone's: surrealism with a meaning. In "Pale Rider", a similar confrontation would be handled in a less showy manner but "High Plain Drifters" redeems its lack of subtlety by the boldness of his protagonist and his personal motives that give a weird of plausibility in his actions, it might even be Eastwood's way to renovate the Western genre, whipping the dust off with a mystical savagery.That's Eastwood's touch, to infuse spirituality in seemingly ordinary stories, with mysterious but not unreal protagonists, men with a way with the gun and the ladies and yet accessible to the common folks, never too detached, never too straightforward... there's an element of humor and balance that keep his heroes rooted in reality while their aura evokes supernatural elements. Now, it would ruin the experience to reveal what "High Plain Drifters" is about but let's say it involves a town that is so full of coward people that it makes Hadleyville people look like the Magnificent Seven The film opens with the Stranger killing three thugs who were literally begging for it, as a result, the town asks him for protection against three outlaws who are coming to attack them. He accepts, but not without a price.As the plot moves on, a few hints are given, the sound of a whip alerts the Stranger, a woman bumps into him in a way to 'make acquaintance' What he does after is condemnable and ugly but what the scene denounces is the apathy and lack of reaction of the men not without reminding of "Dirty Harry" and whose correlation with the Stranger's mission is revealed later. Meanwhile, the film oscillates between moments of ominous quietness, brutality and humor, especially when the town is ready to accept any of the Stranger's wishes including the nomination of the town's midget (Billy Curtis) mayor as sheriff and mayor. The Strangers throws customers out of the hotel, making an enemy out of the owner, and a friend out of his wife (Verna Bloom). Later, some treacheries are revealed among the "good" people of Lago, which broadens even more the notions of good and evil, an issue that became persistent in Eastwood's body of work as soon he started making movies."High Plain Drifters" denounces the evilness lying in every human being who acts wrongly but also the lack of reaction of the seemingly good citizen, the more violent scenes involves a nasty public lynching by whipping where we see people staring at a good man being tortured, with a silence that truly gives consent. We never really get to know what ties the flashback with the Stranger, however we know there's a record to settle and that some incidents are so dramatic that it takes a certain dose of poetic justice to fix it, a vision of what is right that doesn't necessarily indulge in being good, that might not be the vision of everyone of the West, but it was Eastwood's and it fit the mood of the 70s and we're disillusioned enough to embrace his poetry almost five decades later.John Wayne was in position to criticize him but time certainly did justice to the director who did justice in his own movies... when he gets back to the heat haze, we know justice was done and it's satisfying enough</review>
    <description>A gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053848</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Café Europa</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Frankfurt, the G.I. Tulsa McLean bets all the money his friends Cookie and Rick and he are saving to buy a night-club of their own in USA that his mate Dynamite will seduce and spend a night with the untouchable cabaret dancer Lili. When Dynamite is transferred to Alaska, Tulsa has to replace him in the bet, but he falls for Lili and tries to call off the game.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Norman Taurog</director>
      <actor>Elvis Presley (role=Tulsa McLean)</actor>
      <actor>Juliet Prowse (role=Lili)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ivers (role=Cookie)</actor>
      <actor>James Douglas (role=Rick)</actor>
      <actor>Sigrid Maier (role=Marla)</actor>
      <actor>Arch Johnson (role=Sgt. McGraw)</actor>
      <actor>Mickey Knox (role=Jeeter)</actor>
      <actor>John Hudson (role=Capt. Hobart)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Slate (role=Turk)</actor>
      <actor>Beach Dickerson (role=Warren)</actor>
      <actor>Trent Dolan (role=Mickey)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Crow (role=Walt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzQwMjA1NGQtZWIxMC00YmM0LWFmYmItMWM4MTU2NTNmMWQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Jukebox Musical|Rock Musical|Comedy|Musical</category>
    <review>Elvis was photographed in uniform while still in service (in Germany) for this amusing, light service comedy. He must make good on a bet made for another serviceman who's been sent to Alaska -- to bed dancer Prowse within a week. She's legendarily cold, but warms up to E's garrulous charms and his chivalry. She takes him out to the country, where he sings to her on a ski-lift and (unfortunately) at a children's puppet show. This is really the beginning of the new Elvis, the family Elvis, which is now despised by many fans of his grittier 50s act, but also really helped him sustain his career through the weird 60s pop music atmosphere. A lot of people that are into Elvis are down on his movie recordings, but the fact is that this is what kept his stuff going when others who came up in rock and roll (Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Bill Haley, etc.) were faltering or beginning exclusively European and Mexican tours and films. The film, as it is, should serve as nostalgia for some, and as a bright spot of silliness on the now much bleaker cinema screens</review>
    <description>Tulsa McLean, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer. But when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0072704</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bis zur bitteren Neige</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>15 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from show-biz, married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair with his stepdaughter Shirley gives him the guts to ask for a role. His former agent gets him one, but it's with a small company in Vienna, Austria. The stress worsens his alcoholism - the tablets he takes to hide the effects lead him to hallucinations. When his wife and girlfriend appear at the same time, he's no longer capable of handling the situation.—Tom Zoerner</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gerd Oswald</director>
      <actor>Maurice Ronet (role=Paul Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Suzy Kendall (role=Joan Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Uhlen (role=Shirley Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Wodetzky (role=Natascha Petrowna)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Renar (role=Mörtl)</actor>
      <actor>Balduin Baas (role=Fogosch)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Fernau (role=Schauberg)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Prikopa (role=Polzfuss)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Gasser (role=Schinzel)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Marecek (role=Chuc O'Donovan)</actor>
      <actor>Regine Felden-Hatheyer (role=Anita Smetana)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Guttenbrunner (role=Jeanette Remy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI1MDc1OTczMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTUxMzQyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX136_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>I watched this because Gerd Oswald made some movies in Hollywood (A Kiss Before Dying, Crime of Passion) which I find interesting. Bis zur bitteren Neige (to the last bitter drop), based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel, the Harold Robbins of the German speaking world, is an Austrian production, probably done with a comparatively low budget.It is not a good movie, the main problem being, so I assume, the necessity of condensing a sprawling storyline into a coherent script. The pacing is bad and abrupt, Characters remain two dimensional and do not develop, some scenes are unnecessary, others seem to be missing. And yet one feels that with a twist here, an addition there, the script and with it the movie would have improved considerably.The main character, former movie star and kept husband, has a bad drinking problem and the movie somehow shows his death in degrees. Malcolm Lowry's Unter the Volcano is appropriately cited by one of the supporting characters. The alcoholic is at times unable to distinguish between reality and his hallucinations. His starring in a movie far away from Hollywood (in Vienna) strengthens his feeling of disorientation. There is a weak mystery angle to the whole thing (too easy to guess). However, Oswald aptly introduces the viewers to this zone between dream and reality. A woman doctor cares for him as if she was an angel. There are some spooky locations in Vienna, plus some scenes in front of the Belvedere, in the Imperial Coach Collection at Schönbrunn Palace etc. The set designs are pretty good, especially the labyrinthine hotel suite, and seem like an echo of Hollywood melodramas of an earlier age.French actor Maurice Ronet plays the all washed up main character. He bears a certain resemblance to Tony Curtis. His performance convinced me, he really looks like he is on the brink, muddled, frustrated and scared, with a ravaged face and uncertain movements. He has one great scene when he unexpectedly breaks out of his gloomy mood and performs a dance routine to the tunes of an extremely corny song. The rest of the cast is so-so or outright bad and uninspired, the exception being Christine Wodetzky who plays the afore mentioned guardian angel-doctor</review>
    <description>15 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from show-biz, married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair with his stepdaughter Shirley gives him t...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0072704/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051745</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hausboot</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Upon the sudden death of his estranged and nearly-divorced wife, absentee father Tom claims ownership of his three children, seemingly more from spite against his in-laws than out of consideration for his kids. When youngest son Robert runs off in reaction, he's returned by spoiled socialite Cinzia, who's been itching to escape her orchestra-conductor father's dictates. Being a willful child herself, she harmonizes immediately with the kids and, needing a hideout, agrees to be hired on as their nanny. Finding their new house destroyed by a lustful, careless irresponsible Italian handyman, the five decide to live on the man's neglected and dilapidated houseboat rather than rightfully sue him and take rooms at a hotel. As Cinzia bridges the gap between Tom and his kids while starting to learn how to cook and clean, Tom's newly-divorced sister-in-law Carolyn makes a play for him. He accepts her proposal, but as Cinzia draws men in like a dog in heat, he realizes that he's more interested in Cinzia.—statmanjeff</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Melville Shavelson</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Tom Winters)</actor>
      <actor>Sophia Loren (role=Cinzia Zaccardi)</actor>
      <actor>Martha Hyer (role=Carolyn Gibson)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Guardino (role=Angelo Donatello)</actor>
      <actor>Eduardo Ciannelli (role=Arturo Zaccardi)</actor>
      <actor>Murray Hamilton (role=Capt. Alan Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Mimi Gibson (role=Elizabeth Winters)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Petersen (role=David Winters)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Herbert (role=Robert Winters)</actor>
      <actor>Madge Kennedy (role=Mrs. Farnsworth)</actor>
      <actor>John Litel (role=Mr. William Farnsworth)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Klemperer (role=Harold Messner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTEwMWY0YTMtNTQ3Zi00Y2MyLTgwY2UtYmRjYzYyN2I3OGZlXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Satire|Screwball Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Family|Romance</category>
    <review>Widowed lawyer Cary Grant hires Sophia Loren to take care of his three kids and moves them all onto a houseboat. He believes Sophia to be a maid but, in fact, she's the daughter of a famous Italian conductor. Comedy and romance ensues. Cary does well with a character that's not really likable at first. He has great chemistry with Sophia, who pretty much owns the picture. She's sexy, funny, and charming. The three kids are played by Paul Peterson (of Donna Reed Show fame), Charles Herbert (13 Ghosts, among others), and Mimi Gibson (this is probably her best role). They're all good, particularly Herbert. Love his scenes with Sophia. Harry Guardino is a treat as the guy who sells Cary the houseboat after destroying their other house. Cary's then-wife Betsy Drake was originally set to star. Their marriage was on the rocks at the time, and he was having an affair with Sophia, so she wound up with the part. It worked out best for us as it would have been a far different movie with Drake, who had a pretty bland screen presence. It's a pleasant, enjoyable mix of romantic and family comedy. Nothing unpredictable or deep but good fun</review>
    <description>A widower, his three young children, and an Italian nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0034248</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Verdacht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) is a prim, proper English lady, and Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) is a suave, charming playboy. They're as surprised as anyone when they fall madly in love with each other, but since Lina's stuffy parents would never approve of her romance with a cad like Aysgarth, she must elope. Setting up a lovely home after a whirlwind honeymoon on the Continent, Lina begins to see another side of Johnnie; his charm and bonhomie hide the fact that he's not only broke, but a very accomplished liar.Worried about their future, Lina presses Johnnie to find employment, and when he comes home one day showering expensive gifts on her, she believes his story of working for an obscure cousin, managing his estates. Dropping in one day at the office of this cousin, Lina is shocked to find that Johnnie was discharged weeks ago, and is told that she need not worry, as his former employee will not prosecute, at least not at this time.Johnnie always manages to allay Lina's fears with his charm, but she trusts him less and less. One of his old school chums, 'Beaky' Thwaite (Nigel Bruce) has dropped in for a long visit, and Lina begins to suspect the the two of them are cooking up some scheme to cover Johnnie's gambling debts. Beaky has money but little business sense, while Johnnie is always thinking about making money without actually working for it. They have a plan to buy some rocky coastline property and develop a seaside resort, but Johnnie changes his mind at the last minute, so he and Beaky must go to London to dissolve their business arrangement.Lina's suspicions get the better of her as she imagines Beaky meeting an untimely death on the dangerous road along the coast. Johnnie has been reading lots of murder mysteries, intrigued with the techniques of poisoning someone without leaving a trace. When the police come calling a day later, she learns that Beaky has indeed died mysteriously, and when Johnnie returns she finds she can no longer trust him. She cannot even stay in the same room at night with him, and when he brings a simple glass of milk to her before bed, Lina is filled with dread. She fears that Johnnie now plots to poison her, and collect the money from her life insurance.Trying to get away while she still can, she tells Johnnie she must visit her Mother. Johnnie is angry with her, but insists on driving her down the same dangerous coastal road, lined with its jagged cliffs.They speed along, Johnnie drives faster and faster, skirting the edge of the cliff, and veering at the last second down a "shortcut". Lina can only ride along in terror of what Johnnie has planned.As he swerves around a curve, Lina's door falls open and she nearly tumbles out over the edge of the cliff. Screaming, she clings to the car, as Johnnie's hand reaches over. Siezed with terror, she tries to avoid being pushed out, but he lunges at her, and at the last instant pulls her back into the car.Skidding to a stop, he demands to know what's gotten into her. "How much can a man stand?" he asks. Gradually, understanding comes over her, and as Johnnie explains, she realizes that he had nothing to do with Beaky's death, and that his fascination with poison is centered on himself. He meant to commit suicide rather than face his insurmountable debts, and spare his beloved Lina the shame of seeing him in prison. Clinging to him, she vows that they will face the future together, and they turn the car around for home.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Hitchcock</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Johnnie Aysgarth)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Fontaine (role=Lina McLaidlaw)</actor>
      <actor>Nigel Bruce (role=Beaky)</actor>
      <actor>Isabel Jeans (role=Mrs. Newsham)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Angel (role=Ethel - Maid)</actor>
      <actor>Auriol Lee (role=Isobel Sedbusk)</actor>
      <actor>Reginald Sheffield (role=Reggie Wetherby)</actor>
      <actor>Leo G. Carroll (role=Captain Melbeck)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1941</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGY2ZmE1ZWUtMGVlMS00ZTJhLTkyNjgtMDM1NDRlMmFkZTI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,43,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Film Noir|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>That could have been Cary Grant's most chilling line in his long career.*SPOILERS*Except RKO didn't have the courage of its convictions. Having bought the rights to Francis Iles' novel, and despite Hitchcock's insistence on sticking with the original ending, neither preview audiences nor the studio were ready to accept Cary Grant as a murderer. So its present ending was hastily written and shot. It completely subverts all the fine work that's gone before.Joan Fontaine was a brilliant actress and valiantly, passionately, breathlessly tries to make the shockingly amateurish dialogue in the final scene work -- "Oh, Johnny! You were going to kill yourself instead of me, like the audience and I have thought for the last 90 minutes! Oh, Johnny! It's as much my fault as it is yours! Oh, Johnny! I was only thinking of myself . . . ," etc.Cary Grant does his best with this final abomination of a climax. "Lina! Lina! How much can one man bear! When you and the audience thought I was in Paris murdering Beaky I was really in Liverpool!" Etc.Huh?In other words, this beautifully produced, directed, acted and written psychological suspense thriller turns out to be about a charming lazy n'er-do-well who's sponged and embezzled his way through life, who marries a beautiful but neurotic aristocrat who, from day one, increasingly assumes the worst about her husband -- convincing herself (and us) that he's killed before and now is about to kill her?"Just kidding," the tacked-on final scene says. "It was all innocent. You eating popcorn out there in the dark, and Lina, should be ashamed for even THINKING such things! Go home now." It helps, out of self defense, to watch "Suspicion" with the original ending in mind. Yes, the milk is poisoned. Yes Johnny killed Beaky in Paris. Yes, he's a psychopath who lies, cheats, steals and kills. Yes, Lina believed him and loved him deeply -- the only man she's ever loved. Yes, her life is no longer worth living, now that she knows the truth about Johnny. Yes, she rightly suspects that milk is poisoned. So she writes a letter to her mother, telling the truth about Johnny's exploits, and that he is poisoning her as she writes -- and that she intends to die. She seals the letter and gives it to Johnny to mail. She drinks the milk. Johnny leaves and unknowingly drops Lina's letter into a mailbox, thus sealing his fate.THAT'S a rewarding ending.It also makes everything that's gone before (including writing, directing, performances and cinematography) plausible. It gives "Suspicion" a reason to exist.But that's the novel's ending.The film's "Lina and the audience are just paranoid" ending makes fools out of all the talent on display here. And of us.Hold mentally to the original ending and you'll love it</review>
    <description>A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0042046</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das unheimliche Fenster</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a working-class neighborhood in New York, the boy Tommy makes up stories to his mother Mary Woodry and father Ed Woodry. One summer night, Tommy sleeps on the fire escape to soften the heat, and he witness the murder of a man through the window by his neighbors Joe Kellerson and his wife Jean Kellerson. Tommy runs back home and tells his parents what he saw, but they do not believe him. He flees to go to the precinct and Detective Ross brings him back home, but Mary tells to the detective that Tommy is a liar. Further, on the next morning, she goes with Tommy to the Kellerson's apartment trying to force Tommy to apologize for them, but the boy refuses. Now the criminals are warned that Tommy knows something about that night.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ted Tetzlaff</director>
      <actor>Barbara Hale (role=Mary Woodry)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur Kennedy (role=Ed Woodry)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Stewart (role=Joe Kellerson)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Roman (role=Jean Kellerson)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Driscoll (role=Tommy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1949</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIyNjU4MDMyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTMxOTgwMzE@._V1_QL75_UX152_.jpg" />
    <category>Film Noir|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>A belter of a B noir out of RKO. Story plays as a variant to the boy who cried wolf legend and finds young Bobby Driscoll as Tommy, a boy prone to telling tall tales. So when one night he spies upstairs neighbours murdering a man, nobody believes him...The build up to the crime is considered, we are privy to Tommy's home life in a cramped New York tenement, his parents loyal and hard working and they have plenty of love for their fanciful son.Once the crime is committed, a shocking incident compounded by the fact it's perpetrated by a normal looking male and female couple, a destitute pairing prepared to do the unthinkable just for cash, then things get real tense and the thrills begin to roll.Tommy is now under threat from the killers and he needs to be silenced, so as the cramp confines of the hot and sweaty tenement area are vividly brought to life via noir visuals, Ted Tetzlaff (director) and his cinematographers (Robert De Grasse &amp; William O. Steiner) excelling, the paranoia and tension builds to the point that the gripping finale acts as a merciful release.Very well performed by a cast that also includes Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Arthur Kennedy and Barabara Hale, this late 1940s noir is highly recommended. 8/10</review>
    <description>To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054692</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Blaues Hawaii</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Chadwick "Chad" Gates has spend two years of military service in Europe. Following his discharge, he returns home to Oahu, Hawaii. He is reunited with his girlfriend Maile Duval and his old friends, but avoids his parents for several days. His father is a business executive at a fruit company and expects him to join the business. His mother is a snobbish woman who looks down at his lower-class friends, and disapproves of his relationship with Maile. Chad does not want to work for the fruit company, and instead tries to work as a tour guide. His first assignment is to take care of the young teacher Abigail Prentice and her class of teenage girls. He gets in trouble when the flirtatious girl Ellie Corbett starts hitting on him.—Dimos I</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Norman Taurog</director>
      <actor>Elvis Presley (role=Chad Gates)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Blackman (role=Maile Duval)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Lansbury (role=Sarah Lee Gates)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Walters (role=Abigail Prentice)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Winters (role=Fred Gates)</actor>
      <actor>John Archer (role=Jack Kelman)</actor>
      <actor>Howard McNear (role=Mr. Chapman)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Brodie (role=Tucker Garvey)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Kay (role=Beverly Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Iris Adrian (role=Enid Garvey)</actor>
      <actor>Hilo Hattie (role=Waihila)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Maxwell (role=Ellie Corbett)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2M3YTQ4OTctOGZjZS00Mjc1LTljOTYtZTFiNDlkYTg2NTU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Rock Musical|Comedy|Musical</category>
    <review>Elvis Presley was a hugely influential performer with one of the most distinctive singing voices of anybody. He embarked on a film career consisting of 33 films from 1956 to 1969, films that did well at the box-office but mostly panned critically (especially his later films) and while he was a highly charismatic performer he was never considered a great actor.While not one of the top three Elvis films, those being 'King Creole', 'Flaming Star' and 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Blue Hawaii' is one of his better overall films. It's proof that his early films were actually pretty good, but unfortunately it was one of his last good ones when the formula started here wore increasingly thin and further suffered from looking less appealing and even the quality of the soundtracks and Elvis' acting wavering significantly.'Blue Hawaii' could have been better. The formulaic story has occasional draggy spots due to the content not quite being enough to sustain the running time. While most of the soundtrack is great, there is a big difference between the best songs and the weakest, with a couple of songs that don't feel necessary, feel thrown in for the sake of it and are neither catchy or beautiful, particularly "Ito Eats" and "Splicin' Sand". The supporting cast is variable, annoying Jenny Maxwell and dull John Archer coming off worst.However, Elvis looks natural and is very charismatic, as well as vocally and performance-wise being very much in prime. Personally thought Joan Blackman was appealing, likewise with her chemistry with Elvis, but Roland Winters and particularly Angela Lansbury fare best in support.Visually, 'Blue Hawaii' is one of the most beautiful-looking Elvis films, along with 'King Creole' and 'Flaming Star'. It's beautifully shot and Hawaii entrances more than it ever has on film. Norman Taurog directs assuredly in by far one of his better outings with Elvis (there were 9 and the first two, the other two being 'GI Blues', are the best).Most of the soundtrack is simply great, the highlight being the sublime "Can't Help Falling in Love", one of Elvis' most famous songs and it is impossible to not understand why. "No More", "Rock-a-Hula Baby", "Hawaiian Sunset" and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" are honourable mentions. The script is witty and there is enough of the story that amuses and charms.In conclusion, good Elvis film, one of his better ones without being among his very best. 7/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057380</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Old Shatterhand</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In order to prevent a peace treaty from returning valuable grazing land to the Apaches, settlers stage several ambushes to pin the blame on Chief Winnetou's tribe. Winnetou (Pierre Brice) and Old Shatterhand (Lex Barker) set out to find the real culprits. The trail of deception leads to power-hungry U.S. Cavalry officer Bradley (Guy Madison), who wants to incite a war between the Apaches and Comanche. The settlers, it turns out, aren't the only ones who want to sabotage the peace treaty. When Old Shatterhand is thrown into the stockade by Bradley, Winnetou goes on the war path to save his blood brother.—Larry B.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hugo Fregonese</director>
      <actor>Lex Barker (role=Old Shatterhand)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre Brice (role=Winnetou)</actor>
      <actor>Daliah Lavi (role=Paloma)</actor>
      <actor>Guy Madison (role=Capt. Bradley)</actor>
      <actor>Gustavo Rojo (role=Cpl. Bush)</actor>
      <actor>Rik Battaglia (role=Dixon)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Fawcett (role=Gen. Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Mirko Ellis (role=Joe Burker)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Ramsey (role=Timple)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|France|Italy|Yugoslavia</country>
    <date>1964</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTZkNWJiNzctNjlmOC00MmQ4LTg4ZWEtOThjYmVhZTk5ZWU2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Adventure|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>Adventures , action , crossfire and gorgeous Yugoslavian exteriors magnificently photographed . Again the intimate Winnetou and Old Shatterhand in a dangerous adventure set on wonderful landscapes . As usual , at the beginning takes place an emotive meeting between and Winnetou (Pierre Brice) and Old Shatterhand (Lex Barker married Spanish Carmen Cervera and early deceased Lex , she subsequently wedded Baron Thyssen) . This time Winnetou and Old Shatterhand have to battle some renegades who attempt to break a peace treaty between White Men and Indians . As bandits trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers . Then , beloved Winnetou attempts a treaty of peace and prepares a summit between the Indian tribes and the Northern General Taylor (Charles Fawcett) . Meantime , Old Shatterland and his faithful half-brother are on the trail to chase the nasty Dixon (Rik Battaglia) . Capt. Bradley (Guy Madison) , Sergeant (Gustavo Rojo) and Dixon want to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men . Then Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Sam Hawkens (ordinary Ralf Wolter) try to prevent this . Old Shatterhand and Sam set out on pursuit of the bandits and prepares them a trap . Later on , Apache chief Winnetou tries to free his adopted son called Tujunga and Old Shatterhand who have been taken prisoners by a traitor captain (Guy Madison) . Apaches are joined by a Comanche party and both of them attack the fort at a spectacular scenes . At the end , Indians besiege the fort and occurs a breathtaking epilogue by means of arrows , shootouts , explosions and cannons.This Western!?!?!Adventure results to be a pleasant episode about one of the series of popular German made Western , featuring the duo formed by valiant ¨Old Shatterhand¨ who agrees to help Indians against White traitors and immortal ¨Winnetou¨ , both of them repeat their same notorious roles as dignified as always . This enjoyable saga benefits from sensational adventures , shootouts , explosions , exciting combats , larger-than-life characters and impressive scenarios . Furthermore , a lovely support cast ,such as Daliah Lavi as a gorgeous , exotic Mestiza , the American Guy Madison , Spanish Gustavo Rojo , Italian Mirko Ellis and Gojko Mitic who is one of the most famous and most loved actors in East Germany and in the other countries in Eastern Europe and starred a lot of Indian roles . Winnetou-Pierre Brice repeats , as usual, his excellent and immortal role to be continued in a TV series. Lex Barker scores especially high marks , though he plays as a serious and intelligent frontiersman . Enjoyable relationship between Old Shatterhand and Winnetou is quite match . Pierre Brice is sensational as Winnetou , he is descendant of old French nobility , after enlisting as volunteer to the French Army and fighting in Indochina, he attended acting lessons and got a first small role in some film . In 1962, a German producer searched for an actor who should play the Native American chief Winnetou on a Western movie adapted from novels by Karl May and got to know Brice at the Berlin Film Festival. He got the role and portrayed "Winnetou" in ten more movies with his co-star Lex Barker as "Old Shatterhand". These very successful productions made him a superstar in Germany, winning several awards such as Bambi or the Golden Otto of teenager magazine "Bravo". Furthermore , received Germany's Cross of Merit, First Class as one the most popular Frenchmen in Germany . Although appearing on countless other movies and TV shows, he will always be best remembered as "Winnetou", whom he also played at the Bad Segeberg open air theater.The highbrow Lex Barker who like his co-star and good friend Pierre Brice started a singing career and released several records and played most part of series : ¨Apache gold (1963)¨ by Harald Reinl, ¨Apaches last Battle (1964)¨ by Hugo Fregonese, ¨Last of renegades(1964)¨, ¨The desperate trail¨, ¨Old Surehand¨ (1965) directed by Alfred Vohrer, "Half-Breed" (1966)¨ by Harald Philipp, ¨In the valley of death(1968)¨ by Harald Reinl . Stewart Granger took the role in two occasions ,he starred a diverse character but the role is pretty similar to Old Shatterland , he plays with mirth and liking manner as ¨Among vultures¨ and ¨Winnetou and Surehand¨ .Besides Rod Cameron starred only one : ¨Old Firehand¨ in which chemistry between stuffy Cameron and Brice is inexistent . The film displays a colorful cinematography in Superpanorama 70 , filmed in Atelier, Spandau, Berlin, Germany (studio) and location Krka Falls, Krka National Park, Croatia , Krute, Popovo Polje, Tresbisnica river,Yugoslavia ,Ulcinj, Montenegro . Catching , sensitive musical score ,though with excessive use of synthesizer by Italian Riz Ortalani , replacing Martin Bottcher , series' ordinary , being eventually substituted in some episode by Peter Thomas . The motion picture produced by Artur Brauner Productions - still successfully working- was professionally directed by Hugo Fregonese . Hugo was an Argentina director who emigrated to Hollywood, then became technical adviser on latino themes at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, and subsequently under contract at Universal from 1950 to 1952 filming ¨Man in the attic¨ with Jack Palance , ¨Blowing wild¨with Gary Cooper , ¨Decameron Nights¨with Joan Fontaine , ¨Harry Black and the tiger¨with Steart Granger . Spent the rest of the decade in Europe directing Euro-westerns as ¨Savage Pampas¨ and potboilers as "The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse" , Terror as "Dracula vs. Frankenstein" before finishing his career back in the country of his birth . Rating : 6 , acceptable and passable . Worthwhile seeing for marvelous landscapes and breathtaking outdoors from Yugoslavia and Croatia</review>
    <description>Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0046303</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein großer Freund Shane</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Enigmatic gunslinger Shane rides into a small Wyoming town with hopes of quietly settling down as a farmhand. Taking a job on homesteader Joe Starrett's farm, Shane is drawn into a battle between the townsfolk and ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker. Shane's growing attraction to Starrett's wife, Marian, and his fondness for their son Joey, who idolizes Shane, force Shane to realize that he must thwart Ryker's plan.—Jwelch5742</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>George Stevens</director>
      <actor>Alan Ladd (role=Shane)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Arthur (role=Marian Starrett)</actor>
      <actor>Van Heflin (role=Joe Starrett)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon De Wilde (role=Joey Starrett)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Johnson (role=Chris Calloway)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar Buchanan (role=Fred Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Emile Meyer (role=Rufus Ryker)</actor>
      <actor>Elisha Cook Jr. (role=Stonewall Torrey)</actor>
      <actor>Douglas Spencer (role=Axel 'Swede' Shipstead)</actor>
      <actor>John Dierkes (role=Morgan Ryker)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Corby (role=Mrs. Liz Torrey)</actor>
      <actor>Paul McVey (role=Sam Grafton)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmEzZDI4MTEtOTkwMS00OTE0LWJkYTctOGVkNTAxNThhMGJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>I first saw this in the early 90s. Revisited it recently on a DVD which i own. When you love a western, it's a film like Shane that you go back to time and time again. Everything has already been said about this great film n there seems to be little left to say but as a fan of western films, lemme contribute by praising how good this film is. The single greatest asset is the wonderful cinematography. The mountains, the lakes, the hills, farms n houses all looked straight outta poetry n painting. Loyal Griggs did an amazing work with the film's cinematography. The story is about a mysterious gunfighter (Alan Ladd) who helps a farming family against cattle barons wanting the farmers land. Jack Palance in a role of pure malevolence with his evil smirk n few dialogues. George Stevens' direction is truly stunning. He made a very touching film. This film has contributed a lot towards the western genre</review>
    <description>An ex-gunfighter defends homesteaders in 1889 Wyoming.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0047000</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die lockende Venus</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Texas heiress Mary 'Mame' Carson strikes oil twice in one day, and her wealth scares away her fiance; so she decides to take a boat trip incognito to Paris and snare a husband using only her own abundant natural charms. To this end, she switches identities with model Myrtle Brown, and sets sail with her bosom pal Annie...and French revue star Pierre DuQuesne, who has been hired to keep a watchful eye on "Mary Carson" a perfect setup for Musical Comedy Misunderstandings.—Rod Crawford</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lloyd Bacon</director>
      <actor>Jane Russell (role=Mary 'Mame' Carson)</actor>
      <actor>Gilbert Roland (role=Pierre DuQuesne)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur Hunnicutt (role='Waco' Mosby)</actor>
      <actor>Mary McCarty (role=Annie Farrell)</actor>
      <actor>Paula Corday (role=Celeste)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Elliott (role=Bill Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Craig Stevens (role=Phil Barton)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Geray (role=François, Ship Steward)</actor>
      <actor>John Wengraf (role=Commodore Renard)</actor>
      <actor>Michael St. Angel (role=George Hodges)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Darrow (role=Donna Adams)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Dobbins (role=Kitty Lee)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGI2NzJhMmYtODE0ZC00NjM2LWI5ZmEtYTJjMmE2YTUyMDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,42,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classic Musical|Holiday Romance|Comedy|Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>"The French Line" was a Howard Hughes-produced opus in 3-D, designed to showcase star Jane Russell (you can make your own guesses what the purpose of putting this innocuous musical in 3-D was...I'll give you two!). To be kind, its no "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", to which it has some similarities.Jane plays a Texas girl who is a reluctant millionairess - she has inherited her late father's ranch, which happens to be sitting on copious oil fields. But poor Jane only wants a man who will love her for who she is, not her money. She bewails her lot to her friend and guardian, ranch hand Arthur Hunnicutt, when her latest beau, Craig Stevens, jilts her before heading to the altar because he, like all the others, can't handle having a rich wife. Hunnicutt talks her into not canceling her planned wedding cruise to Paris on the French line, the Liberte (as pronounced by Jane, the Li-burr-tay), only she decides to go incognito so she can catch a man who knows nothing about her money.Well, first of all, do you really think a millionairess who happens to look like Jane Russell would have such problems? This is purely a confection of a film and not worth worrying about plot lines, but its all just pretty damn silly. And unfortunately, someone decided it should be a musical except all the blah numbers are staged very awkwardly. Jane is beautiful, but hasn't much to work with here and leading man Gilbert Roland seems both a bit too mature as a match for her and definitely too Spanish to play a Frenchman (they try to pawn it off by giving him a Spanish mother). It all ends with a fashion show which just may be the most ludicrous of many far-fetched Hollywood fashion shows. And by now, all the naughtiness which got this opus condemned by the League of Decency and denied a Production seal (Jane's skimpy costumes and bumps &amp; grinds) seem fit for a toddler to watch</review>
    <description>When her fiancé leaves her, an oil heiress takes a cruise incognito in order to find a man who will love her for herself and not for her money.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0099195</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Butterbrot</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Gabriel Barylli</director>
      <actor>Gabriel Barylli (role=Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Hoenig (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Stefan)</actor>
      <actor>Timna Brauer (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Natascha Aghfurian (role=Lilli)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1990</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGE1M2U1ZWMtYWQ1NC00YzQ0LTg3YzYtNmUwNjJjN2E0ZGI0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR55,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0046288</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mörder ohne Maske</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Her seclusion is made difficult by Cappy Gordon, a mob strongman out to kill her unless she runs off with him. Trying to help Claire is Russ Lambert, an American prizefighter.—Daniel Bubbeo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolph Maté</director>
      <actor>Robert Mitchum (role=Russ Lambert)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Darnell (role=Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Palance (role=Cappy Gordon)</actor>
      <actor>Sandro Giglio (role=Cable Car Conductor)</actor>
      <actor>Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (role=Vasco)</actor>
      <actor>Reginald Sheffield (role=Mr. Woburn)</actor>
      <actor>Margaret Brewster (role=Mrs. Woburn)</actor>
      <actor>Roy Roberts (role=Charley Malloy)</actor>
      <actor>Salvador Baguez (role=Officer Hernandez)</actor>
      <actor>Maurice Jara (role=Fernando)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Walsh (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Seymour (role=Felipe)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTAyYmQwMjAtYTMyOC00NDI4LTk4NTctNTQ2NmRlY2FkYTM0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,48,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Film Noir|Gangster|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>These are the last spoken words in this movie, before it ends rather abruptly. They characterize the whole affair accurately. Second Chance is a beautiful movie, the locations in Mexico look superb and made me yearn for my next holiday, despite the faded colors. In the middle there is a long sequence of a typical fiesta with fireworks and a surprisingly lascivious and suggestive dance scene  just for the fun of it. The action moves on to a spectacular old suspension railway which I also found impressive and entertaining.Unfortunately the story development is not good. It looks like nobody could decide what kind of movie this should be. It starts out like a film noir, then becomes a dreamy romance before turning into a classic, full fledged disaster flick with a suspended cable car full of different characters (look how all passengers assemble on the rear platform without the whole thing keeling over as I expect it should). Every part is OK in itself, but the different pieces do not tie together well.Anybody who is interested in old movies, where locations, objects and events may or may not have symbolic significance will like this Technicolor movie made by RKO studios in its last stages of existence</review>
    <description>Mobster Vic Spalato's girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she's willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0031067</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Findelmutter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Unemployed Polly Parrish impulsively picks up a baby foundling, her employer's playboy son assumes its hers then offers her a job if she lives up to her motherly duties, then the "supposed" grandfather steps in to find where his 'grandson' came from.—RosieBee</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Garson Kanin</director>
      <actor>Ginger Rogers (role=Polly Parrish)</actor>
      <actor>David Niven (role=David Merlin)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Coburn (role=J. B. Merlin)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Albertson (role=Freddie Miller)</actor>
      <actor>E.E. Clive (role=Merlin's Butler)</actor>
      <actor>Elbert Coplen Jr. (role=Johnnie - the Baby)</actor>
      <actor>Ferike Boros (role=Mrs. Weiss - the Landlady)</actor>
      <actor>Ernest Truex (role=Orphanage Investigator)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Penn (role=Jerome Weiss)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Stanton (role=Hargraves)</actor>
      <actor>Frank M. Thomas (role=Orphanage Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Edna Holland (role=Orphanage Matron)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1939</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBjMGNlZjUtMmRjMS00MTc0LTgxNzQtNGNjMDU5MDM4ODRhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Holiday Romance|Romantic Comedy|Screwball Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>For some reason that completely baffles me, TCM rarely broadcasts this wonderful, romantic comedy of errors, but frequently shows the lame musical remake, Bundle of Joy. Which cast would you rather watch - Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher and Adolphe Menjou, or Ginger Rogers, David Niven and Charles Coburn? For me, every member of the cast in this original version is far better than his/her counterpart in the remake. The original cast delivers a film with risqué overtones (with a wink to the Hays Office), while Reynolds and (especially) Fisher turn the remake into 1950's milk and cookies.In Bachelor Mother a beautiful, young Ginger Rogers is at her peak. She portrays a wonderfully sympathetic character. She is strong and feminine; exasperated yet determined. David Niven delivers perfectly as a somewhat spoiled, sophisticated and yet befuddled scion of a wealthy department store magnate. And I always love to see Charles Coburn - in top form here as the blustery, but good-hearted department store magnate who desperately wants a grandson.I like Debbie Reynolds fine, but Debbie doesn't deliver as nuanced a performance as Ginger Rogers. Eddie Fisher as an actor - No Way! The only time he is not completely painful to watch is in Butterfield 8 - where, incidentally, he doesn't sing. Adolphe Menjou is okay.I get angry at TCM for showing the remake more frequently than this delightful original. I get angrier still that some Hollywood boob thought it would be a good idea to remake Bachelor Mother, filling it with some lame songs that only serve to interrupt the flow of the story.For a terrific romantic comedy, accept no substitutes: check out Bachelor Mother. And tell TCM which film you prefer. Maybe it will start showing this film more often</review>
    <description>An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0056062</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die ins Gras beißen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather than face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.—alfiehitchie</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Don Siegel</director>
      <actor>Steve McQueen (role=Pvt. John Reese)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Darin (role=Pvt. Dave Corby)</actor>
      <actor>Fess Parker (role=Sgt. Bill Pike)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Guardino (role=Sgt. Jim Larkin)</actor>
      <actor>James Coburn (role=Cpl. Frank Henshaw)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Newhart (role=Pvt. James Driscoll)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Adams (role=Homer Janeczek)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Ferry (role=Sgt. Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Kellin (role=Pvt. Stan Kolinsky)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Prescott (role=Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Hoover (role=Capt. Roger Loomis)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Phillips (role=Jeep Driver)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1962</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmJmZWE2OWYtZjJlNi00ODc4LWEwM2ItZGM0YmJlMDkwNTFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|War</category>
    <review>Very underrated film, excellent action, realistic, with frantic battles and lulls where we get to see the various personalities of the excellent cast. McQueen is a hard nosed bitter Sarge - tough, would kill you as soon as look at you. Great comic touches too, a fine Siegel film. War drama at its best.Black and white film is most effective. Like the film Battleground only not in the winter. There is good dialogue with the GI's - Bob Newhart is real funny. Very violent, with nice action sequences - almost too intense. Do not see an edited version. See the real thing</review>
    <description>Small squad must hold off German attack.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0093058</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Full Metal Jacket</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1967, during the Vietnam War, a group of new United States Marine Corps recruits arrives at Parris Island for basic training. After having their heads shaved, they meet their Senior Drill Instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). Hartman employs draconian tactics to turn the recruits into hardened Marines prepared for combat. Among the recruits are Privates "Joker" (Matthew Modine), "Cowboy" (Arliss Howard), and the overweight, bumbling Leonard Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio), who earns the nickname "Gomer Pyle" after attracting Hartman's wrath.Unresponsive to Hartman's discipline, Pyle is eventually paired with Joker. Pyle improves with Joker's help, but his progress halts when Hartman discovers a contraband jelly doughnut in Pyle's footlocker. Believing that the recruits have failed to improve Pyle, Hartman adopts a collective punishment policy: every mistake Pyle makes will earn punishment for the rest of the platoon, with Pyle being spared. In retaliation, the platoon hazes Pyle with a blanket party, restraining him to his bunk and beating him with bars of soap wrapped in towels. After this incident, Pyle becomes a model Marine. This impresses Hartman, but worries Joker, who recognizes signs of mental breakdown in Pyle, such as talking to his M14 rifle.Following their graduation, the recruits receive their Military Occupational Specialty assignments; Joker is assigned to Basic Military Journalism. During the platoon's final night on Parris Island, Joker discovers Pyle in the bathroom loading his rifle with ammunition. Joker attempts to calm Pyle, who executes drill commands and recites the Rifleman's Creed. The noise awakens the platoon and Hartman. Hartman confronts Pyle and orders him to surrender the rifle. Pyle kills Hartman, and then commits suicide.In January 1968, Joker, now a Sergeant, is a Marine War correspondent in Vietnam for Stars and Stripes with Private First Class Rafterman (Kevyn Major Howard), a combat photographer. Rafterman wants to go into combat, as Joker claims he has done. At the Marine base, Joker is mocked for his lack of the thousand-yard stare, indicating his lack of war experience. They are interrupted by the start of the Tet Offensive as the North Vietnamese Army attempts to overrun the base.The following day, the journalism staff is briefed about enemy attacks throughout South Vietnam. Joker is sent to Phu Bai, accompanied by Rafterman. They meet the Lusthog Squad, where Cowboy is now a Sergeant. Joker accompanies the squad during the Battle of Hue, where platoon commander "Touchdown" (Ed O'Ross) is killed by the enemy. After the area is declared secure by the Marines, a team of American news journalists and reporters enter Hue and interview various Marines about their experiences in Vietnam and their opinions about the war.During patrol, Crazy Earl (Kieron Jecchinis), the squad leader, is killed by a booby trap, leaving Cowboy in command. The squad becomes lost and Cowboy orders Eightball (Dorian Harewood) to scout the area. A Viet Cong sniper wounds Eightball and the squad medic, Doc Jay (John Stafford), attempts to save him against orders, being wounded himself. Cowboy learns that tank support is not available and orders the team to prepare for withdrawal. The squad's machine gunner, Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin) disobeys Cowboy and attempts to save his teammates.He discovers there is only one sniper, but Doc Jay and Eightball are killed when Doc attempts to indicate the sniper's location. While maneuvering towards the sniper, Cowboy is shot and killed.
Animal Mother assumes command of the squad and leads an attack on the sniper. Joker discovers the sniper, a teenage girl, and attempts to shoot her, but his rifle jams and alerts her to his presence. Rafterman shoots the sniper, mortally wounding her. As the squad converge, the sniper begs for death, prompting an argument about whether or not to kill her. Animal Mother decides to allow a mercy killing only if Joker performs it. After some hesitation, Joker shoots her.The Marines congratulate him on his kill as Joker stares into the distance, displaying the thousand-yard stare. The Marines march toward their camp, singing the Mickey Mouse March. Joker states that despite being "in a world of shit," he is glad to be alive and no longer afraid.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stanley Kubrick</director>
      <actor>Matthew Modine (role=Pvt. Joker)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Baldwin (role=Animal Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent D'Onofrio (role=Pvt. Pyle)</actor>
      <actor>Dorian Harewood (role=Eightball)</actor>
      <actor>Kevyn Major Howard (role=Rafterman)</actor>
      <actor>Arliss Howard (role=Pvt. Cowboy)</actor>
      <actor>Ed O'Ross (role=Lt. Touchdown)</actor>
      <actor>John Terry (role=Lt. Lockhart)</actor>
      <actor>Kieron Jecchinis (role=Crazy Earl)</actor>
      <actor>Kirk Taylor (role=Payback)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Colceri (role=Doorgunner)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Boa (role=Poge Colonel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>1987</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGU0ZmYwNmUtMzc2Mi00ZjYxLWE2MjctY2Q1NjE1NmZiOTJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,26,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Period Drama|Drama|War</category>
    <review>Though I've read only a couple of dozen of the nearly 500 comments on this film, I didn't see any from ex-Marines who'd had the Parris Island experience. I went through PI in 1957. The time period in the picture would have been about 1967, since the in-country sequence includes the '68 Tet Offensive. Little had changed in those 10 years except the switch from M1s to M16s. For the most part Kubrick got Parris Island right on the money. And why shouldn't he have, since his screen DI, Lee Ermey was in fact a real DI before he started acting (he played another DI in "The Boys of Company C," an earlier and lesser Vietnam flick)? He had a built- in technical adviser. The screams and insults and profanity and physical punishment were all part of the DIs armamentarium. When you're facing up to 75 young strangers you need to immediately establish absolute authority and hang on to it for 13 weeks. Furthermore, you want to break the breakable as soon as you can. My platoon had its Private Pyles and though none ended up as he does in "Full Metal Jacket," I remember that they simply disappeared from our ranks, never to be heard from again. Nothing Ermey as Sgt. Hartman does is exaggerated.Kubrick, however, does exaggerate. Speaking of Pyle's ending, it's almost impossible for me to imagine that a recruit could manage to sneak a clip of live rounds away from the rifle range. Every shooter at the range has his own rifle coach, and every single round is very carefully accounted for. Kubrick started the killing one scene too early.I've read that DIs nowadays are forbidden to use the time-honored f-word, and are not allowed to lay hands on recruits. I don't know if that's good or bad for training (I had my face slapped hard my first day of boot camp and that was just for openers), but then all of us old-timers like to brag about how tough it useta be!A final note: It's interesting to compare "Full Metal Jacket" to another attempt at a portrayal of Parris Island, Jack Webb's "The DI," made around '55 or '56. Webb tries for authenticity, but as I was to learn a year or so later, his PI was a boy scout camp</review>
    <description>A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0067292</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Kapitän</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After Wilhelm Ebbs promotes to a cruise captain his longed for dream turns into a nightmare.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Wilhelm Ebbs)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Matz (role=Claudia Lund)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Tappert (role=Konsul Carstens)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Stankovski (role=Meier-Pollex)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Janson (role=Jörg Neher)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Lundi (role=Anette Breitenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Korte (role=Prittel)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Offenbach (role=Otto Krümel)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Pfitzmann (role=Oldenburg)</actor>
      <actor>Ruedi Walter (role=Friedrich Haas)</actor>
      <actor>Margrit Rainer (role=Elsie Haas)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Lange (role=Victor Anderson)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1971</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDU5MTRjMjAtZTYxYS00NGNiLTljNWQtY2U5OTQzZTQyZTg0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX85_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>After Wilhelm Ebbs promotes to a cruise captain his longed for dream turns into a nightmare.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0029947</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Leoparden küßt man nicht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bringing Up Baby is a screwball comedy about a paleontologist, David Huxley (Cary Grant), involved with a scatterbrained woman, Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn), and a tame leopard named Baby (Nissa the Leopard). Baby, in Susan's temporary care, is a gift from Susan's brother to their aunt Elizabeth (May Robson), who David hopes will make a large donation to his museum. David is about to marry Alice (Virginia Walker).David is piecing together a brontosaurus skeleton that is missing one bone (the fictitious intercostal clavicle), which Susan's dog, George (Asta from Mordsache Dünner Mann (1934)) steals and buries. David and Susan try to recover the bone and Baby, who got away. Meanwhile, a psychiatrist (Fritz Feld) believes that both of them are off their nut and have them put in jail. Susan escapes. While she's gone, George leads Baby to the jail. A few minutes later Susan comes back with a leopard at the end of a rope, not realizing that it is not Baby, but a dangerous circus animal (also played by Nissa the Leopard). George corrals the wild leopard in one of the jail cells and saves the day.Several weeks later, Susan finds David (who has been jilted by Alice because of her) working on his brontosaurus reconstruction at the museum. After giving him the missing bone (which she found by trailing George), she tells him she has persuaded her aunt to make the large donation. Against his advice, Susan climbs a tall ladder next to the dinosaur to be closer to him. When the ladder starts swaying dangerously, she climbs onto the skeleton. Before it collapses, David grabs her hand. Surveying the wreckage of his work, David gives up and admits that he cannot live without her.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Howard Hawks</director>
      <actor>Katharine Hepburn (role=Susan Vance)</actor>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=David Huxley)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Catlett (role=Slocum)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Fitzgerald (role=Aloysius Gogarty)</actor>
      <actor>May Robson (role=Aunt Elizabeth)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Feld (role=Dr. Lehman)</actor>
      <actor>Leona Roberts (role=Mrs. Gogarty)</actor>
      <actor>George Irving (role=Alexander Peabody)</actor>
      <actor>Tala Birell (role=Mrs. Lehman)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Walker (role=Alice Swallow)</actor>
      <actor>John Kelly (role=Elmer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1938</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDE4YmEyYTQtMGUwMC00MTU0LWI0MDgtNWZmOGJmYTRmNmJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Screwball Comedy|Comedy</category>
    <review>Those people who don't like this movie seem to miss the point; IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIDICULOUS AND MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL! THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY! Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I want to say that I really did have a laugh a minute. Both Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn are very adapt at this kind of comedy, in top form here, and work very well together. They have a great, very funny supporting cast, as well; though most are long dead and forgotten, many were well-known character actors in the 30's. They knew their craft, and are great at it here. Howard Hawks must have been some director to be able to fashion such a great movie out of a madcap pace and a script in which everyone talks at the same time and is always ad-libbing. (I've heard those were his trademarks, though.) One scene after another at breakneck pace, but never a dull moment. As soon as one laugh stops, another one begins. In case you haven't gotten the point, I highly suggest you see this movie. It may be 60 years old, but it's still hilarious</review>
    <description>While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0067902</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The son of an Argentine chemist travels to Vienna to solve the murder of his father. Step by step he realizes that his father was internationally entangled in Secret-Service machinations and chemical-weapon sales, and ends up in mortal danger himself. Meanwhile, he also realizes that there is no connection between his father's murderess and those dubious activities. Her motive for killing him goes back much further, to a court hearing during the Third Reich.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Vohrer</director>
      <actor>Alain Noury (role=Manuel Aranda)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Tappert (role=Dr. Otto Forster)</actor>
      <actor>Konrad Georg (role=Martin Landau)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Frank (role=Karl Flemming)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Winter (role=Nora Hill)</actor>
      <actor>Doris Kunstmann (role=Irene Waldegg)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Moog (role=Hofrat Groll)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Zilcher (role=Tilly Landau)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Baumann (role=Gilbert Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Fleischmann (role=Jean Mercier)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Pasetti (role=Fedor Santarin)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich G. Beckhaus (role=Richter Dr. Gloggnigg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>1971</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGY3NDY0NmEtNWEzMy00ZWU0LWE1NmYtNmEwZmNjYmY4NzRkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX304_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>At the beginning of the 1970s Germany's film industry was looking for a new formula for success, since the public's interest in the Edgar Wallace films was declining. It found two: episodic sex comedies were the one, and movies based on the novels by Johannes Mario Simmel were the other. Here we have a film of the latter kind, directed by a former Edgar Wallace regular: Alfred Vohrer.The settings of Simmel's stories were typically high society in some form or another, and had often a bit of intrigue, crime, and even murder thrown into them. So this allowed the filmmakers to go for glamorous characters, living a glamorous lifestyle, with glamorous friends and enemies. 'Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen' very much fits into this picture.Therefore, the emphasis is less on the somewhat dubious story but rather on the surroundings. These people here live in big houses, travel by plane, use computers (yes, it used to be glamorous once), had contact with SS officers etc. etc. As non-promising as all of this may sound, there is nothing wrong with the way Vohrer filmed the story and overall this is certainly one of the better filmings of a Simmel novel. It is quite watchable if you do not pay too much attention to detail (e.g. the decoding session at the computer is unintentionally funny, for any semi-literate computer user) but instead try to get into the mood of the picture</review>
    <description>The son of an Argentine chemist travels to Vienna to solve the murder of his father. Step by step he realizes that his father was internationally entangled in Secret-Service machinations and chemical-weapon sales, and ends up in mortal danger himself. Meanwhile, he also realizes ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0067902/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057589</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Todesauge von Ceylon</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The action takes place in India where the Maharanee is in big trouble: her husband died and nobody knows where his last wills are hidden. Lex Barker and two raiders want to double-cross the wicked Maharanee.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gerd Oswald</director>
      <director>Giovanni Roccardi</director>
      <actor>Lex Barker (role=Larry Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Smyrner (role=Helga Ferlach)</actor>
      <actor>Magali Noël (role=Gaby)</actor>
      <actor>Eleonora Rossi Drago (role=Maharani from Tungala)</actor>
      <actor>Maurice Ronet (role=Dr. Gérard Rinaldi)</actor>
      <actor>Franco Fabrizi (role=Manuel Da Costa)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Nielsen (role=Professor Ferlach)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Carsten (role=Hermann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|West Germany|France</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzcwMTcwYzAtNjI0Mi00ZDVhLWE3MmEtMDQ4YzAwZjNlOWQyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX304_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure|Crime</category>
    <review>When Sri Lanka was still called CeylonThe German producer Wolf C. HARTWIG was able to win the US star Lex BARKER for the leading role with his RAPID Film. It was shot on location, the story isn't that special. A typical West German adventure film from the 1960s.The beautiful women from Denmark (Ann SMYRNER), France (Magali NOEL) and Italy (Eleonora ROSSI DRAGO) are interesting. Hans NIELSEN and Peter CARSTEN play supporting roles. Maurice RONET also provides French star power.In the 1960s, long-distance travel was still unaffordable, so West German audiences went to the cinema to see exotic landscapes</review>
    <description>The action takes place in India where the Maharanee is in big trouble: her husband died and nobody knows where his last wills are hidden. Lex Barker and two raiders want to double-cross the wicked Maharanee.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062713</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>San Sebastian</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.—Espere</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Henri Verneuil</director>
      <actor>Anthony Quinn (role=Leon Alastray)</actor>
      <actor>Anjanette Comer (role=Kinita)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Bronson (role=Teclo)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Jaffe (role=Father Joseph)</actor>
      <actor>Silvia Pinal (role=Felicia)</actor>
      <actor>Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (role=Felipe Cayetano)</actor>
      <actor>Jaime Fernández (role='Golden Lance)</actor>
      <actor>Rosa Furman (role=Agueda)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Askin (role=Vicar General)</actor>
      <actor>José Chávez (role=Antonito)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Desny (role=Col. Calleja)</actor>
      <actor>Fernand Gravey (role=Governor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Italy|Mexico|United States</country>
    <date>1968</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDZmNWY1MjUtZDRjZC00ZjBkLWE2MTQtZWMzN2U1YzZkNDcwXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,41,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Action|Adventure|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>This exciting picture deals with an outlaw disguising himself as priest who helps defend tribal land ,(people living on the edges of themselves and their resourcefulness and limited supplies) from a gang of mean bandits and rebel Indians that want tribe's crop . ¨Two hundred years ago Mexico was ruled by a King in far-off Spain who was attempting to impose an alien religion and system of law upon a proud but diverse people . They ranged from simple villagers , torn between old and new , to the most warlike of the Indian tribes : the Yaquis who were determined to resist all change . This is the story of Astray who chose to fight both the king and the Yaquis ¨ . Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn) is a bandit who has been given sanctuary in a church by Father John (Sam Jaffe), whom he then accompanies to the village of San Sebastian (Mexico) . The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the ridges from Yaquis, who ordinarily attack the little town and rob all their food . When Father John is killed, the villagers mistakenly believe the bandit is a parish priest . Alastray at first tell them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle on a San Sebastian sculpture seems to demonstrate they are correct . After that , the priest train them to kill and defending themselves when the village is besieged by the violent Yaquis . Meanwhile , the Indian war party (commanded by Jaime Fernandez as Golden Lance) and a rebel group (led by Charles Bronson) then head out to conquer the Mexican village held in an impregnable fortress that the villagers have built and the priest assists them in regaining their confidence.This Western movie produced by Jacques Bar is a Franco-Mexican-Italian co-production,; it packs thrills, emotion, romance, action packed , extraordinary performances and spectacular finale battle . This Western-drama is an interesting story that carries a genuine charge of intelligence with exciting battle of wits between an upright outlaw and a nasty mestizo . Sensational acting by two big star names, Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson . Strong secondary cast plenty of Mexican actors as Silvia Pinal, Pedro Armendariz Jr , Enrique Lucero, Jaime Fernandez, Chano Urueta and special mention to Sam Jaffe as kind old priest and Leon Askin as Vicar General . Interesting and thrilling screenplay by the prestigious James R Webb . Very good cinematography filmed in Metrocolor by Armand Thirard and on location in Durango, El Saltito, Durango, San Miguel de Allende, and Guanajuato, Mexico . Sensible musical score by the maestro Ennio Morricone in one of his best scores , including particular style and sound . The picture is splendidly directed by Henry Verneuil, a Turkish director working in France from the 40s. Although not a director of great reputation among the critics, his movies have almost all been aimed squarely at the commercial market. Verneuil is an expert on heist-genre such as he proved in ¨The Sicilians clan(68)¨ also with Gabin and Delon, ¨The burglars(1971)¨with Omar Shariff and Jean Paul Belmondo , furthermore on Warlike genre : ¨Weekend at Dunkirk¨and ¨The 25th hour¨and only one Western : Guns of San Sebastian(68)¨. He seemed to have dropped out of the film-making after 1976, but in 1981 unexpectedly reappeared with yet another of his caper film : ¨Thousand millions of dollars¨. Rating : Good movie and above average, a must see for Western lovers and Quinn and Bronson fans</review>
    <description>In 1743, outlaw Leon Alastray is hunted by the Spanish army but is given sanctuary by a priest in a village terrorized by marauding Yaqui Indians.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0044706</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zwölf Uhr mittags</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The movie opens with outlaws Jack Colby (Lee Van Cleef), Ben Miller (Sheb Wooley), and Jim Pierce (Robert Wilke) meeting up on horseback and riding into the small town of Hadleyville on a Sunday morning. As church bells ring out, the townspeople eye the notorious gang warily. Meanwhile, Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) and pacifist Quaker Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) are getting married at the Justice of the Peace office. The three outlaws ride through town and settle in outside the train depot to await the noon arrival of gang leader Frank Miller.Marshal Kane and his radiant bride are congratulated by the town mayor (Thomas Mitchell) and the retired Marshal (Lon Chaney, Jr.), and Kane reluctantly hangs up his star per his wife's wishes. Just then a telegram arrives announcing the pardon of Frank Miller, who Kane had arrested and sent to prison for murder years earlier. The station master declares that Miller is coming on the noon train. Along with the arrival of the other three outlaws, it is obvious that the Miller gang is reuniting to come after Kane and the judge who sentenced Miller. Kane and Amy are quickly hustled out of town in hopes of avoiding bloodshed. Once out on the open road, Kane suddenly turns his buckboard around and tells a bewildered Amy that he can't run from his past. Besides, the new Marshal won't arrive until the following day and the town will be defenseless. Back in town, the world-weary judge who sentenced Miller to prison is packing up his office and getting out of town. He advises Kane to do the same.Kane's hot-headed young deputy, Harvey Pell (Lloyd Bridges), who was passed over for the Marshal's job, presses Kane to turn over the reins to him and get out of town. Kane declines. Complicating things is the fact that Deputy Pell has taken up with saloon owner Helen Ramirez (Katy Jurado), a former lover of both Kane and Frank Miller. With Miller coming back, Helen Ramirez decides to sell the saloon and leave town. Determined not to be a widow, Amy Fowler also buys a ticket on the departing noon train.At the train depot, Ben Miller grows impatient and rides in to pay a visit to the town saloon, where he is welcomed like a returning hero. As Miller leaves, he runs straight into Kane and they exchange glares. Kane enters the unfriendly confines of the saloon to ask for volunteers and overhears the surly bartender speculating he will soon be shot dead. An angry Kane knocks him to the floor. The jeering saloon patrons rebuff Kane and he leaves empty handed. Kane then pays a visit to the packed church and interrupts the sermon to ask for help. A heated debate erupts among the parishioners, and a lesson in civics follows as a few brave citizens stand up for Kane and the rest find excuses to avoid conflict. The realization that he may be fighting alone begins to dawn on Kane. A visit to the retired and cynical former Marshal only produces another rejection.Meanwhile, Amy drops in on a surprised Helen Ramirez, searching for an answer to Kane's stubborn refusal to leave. Amy thinks her husband is staying because of Ramirez. Ramirez sets her straight. Tired and stressed, Kane goes to the livery stable and thinks about saddling his horse and leaving. Deputy Pell sees him and follows him in, pressuring him to leave. When Kane resists, Harvey slugs him. A desperate fistfight ensues, which Kane wins. Kane goes to the barber's office to clean up and hears the undertaker building a coffin.Back at the Marshal's office, the one man who has volunteered to stand with Kane backs out when he discovers they will be alone. After the man leaves, Kane makes out his will and leaves it in a desk drawer. The clock ticks down the last seconds before noon. Suddenly, the shrill whistle of the approaching train sounds. The three outlaws lace up their gunbelts as the train nears. In a heartwrenching scene, Kane steps out onto the street just as Amy and Helen Ramirez drive by on their way to the station. Amy looks away, but Helen doesn't. Just as the two women arrive at the station, Frank Miller steps off the train, makes eye contact with Helen, and turns away to strap on a gun belt. In an iconic scene, the camera goes wide to reveal Marshal Kane all alone on the deserted streets.The Miller gang walks into town, where Kane is waiting. Kane catches a break when foolish Ben Miller smashes a shop window to steal a hat. Kane circles behind the gang on their blind side and calls out. When they whirl around, Kane drops Ben Miller. Amy hears the gunshot as the train pulls out and jumps off. She runs into town to find Ben Miller dead in the street. Kane is soon caught in a crossfire and takes refuge in the hayloft of the livery stable. Colby rushes the stable, only to be gunned down by Kane. The remaining two outlaws set fire to the stables and prepare to shoot Kane as he is smoked out. Kane drives the frantic horses out, concealing himself Indian-style in the midst of the fleeing horses. He escapes, but not without getting shot off his horse. The wounded Kane holes up in a small store as Miller and Pierce pour shots Into the building. Pierce stops to reload in front of the Marshal's office across the street and is suddenly shot in the back at close range. As he collapses, Amy is revealed behind the shattered window, gun in hand. Frank Miller realizes what has happened and takes Amy hostage, using her as a shield to approach Kane's position. Miller calls Kane out, threatening to kill Amy unless he shows himself. Kane lowers his gun and steps out. Knowing that Miller is about to kill her husband, Amy spins around and claws Miller's face as he throws her down. Marshal Kane quickly takes aim and kills Miller. As the townspeople flood into the street, Kane's wagon is driven up so the couple can resume their wedding journey. Will Kane surveys the ungrateful townspeople scornfully and drops his tin star into the dust.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Fred Zinnemann</director>
      <actor>Gary Cooper (role=Marshal Will Kane)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Mitchell (role=Mayor Jonas Henderson)</actor>
      <actor>Lloyd Bridges (role=Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell)</actor>
      <actor>Katy Jurado (role=Helen Ramírez)</actor>
      <actor>Grace Kelly (role=Amy Fowler Kane)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Kruger (role=Judge Percy Mettrick)</actor>
      <actor>Ian MacDonald (role=Frank Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Eve McVeagh (role=Mildred Fuller)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Farley (role=Dr. Mahin)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Shannon (role=Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Lee Van Cleef (role=Jack Colby)</actor>
      <actor>Sheb Wooley (role=Ben Miller)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1952</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmViZTI3MTgtZmQxNi00NmNjLWJiMjEtZmIyNzA3NGYxOTc0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Drama|Thriller|Western</category>
    <review>...a quote from Men in Black that applies here if it ever applied anywhere.Gary Cooper plays marshal Will Kaine, who turns in his star immediately after he marries Amy, a Quaker girl (Grace Kelly). Upsetting the celebration is the news that killer Frank Miller is due on the noon train and his first order of business is to kill Kaine, a man who Kaine helped send to prison five years ago and swore blood vengeance at the time. The three members of his gang are waiting at the depot. Miller escaped hanging, got a long sentence, and some knuckleheads on the parole board have turned him loose. At first Kaine is with the popular sentiment - Run!. But then he realizes that Miller will lay waste to the town if he isn't there - the new marshal isn't due in until the next day - plus Miller will hunt him down wherever he is - Kaine will always be looking over his shoulder.He goes around looking for deputies to help him make his stand. Oh, everybody talks about what a good job Kaine did, but nobody stands up for him. They have all kinds of excuses. That a shootout will cause investors from the east and north to think their town is just another shoot em up town, that if Will isn't there Miller will just leave etc. In the end the result is NOBODY stood by him in his hour of need, in spite of the fact that many in the town owed their lives and fortunes to Kaine cleaning up the town.The best device in this movie - added after a preview called the film dull - is the constant showing of the clock, ticking away the precious minutes Kaine has. And he is a human hero - because you can tell dying is on his mind, running is on his mind, but in the end he stays to face his enemies. The scene towards the end, with him standing in the middle of a dusty abandoned main street as the camera pulls back just to show how alone Kaine is in this battle is iconic.Where is his wife you might ask? With a ticket in hand to get on the next train out. At least Grace Kelly's character has a reason for her pacifism - her newly found Quaker faith. What she fails to realize is that unless you are willing to be a slave you have to be strong enough that you can afford pacifism.There are some great performances here. There is Lon Chaney as the old sheriff who Will goes to for help. The old sheriff has the best excuse of all - he is just too old for this. Will would be looking after him instead of himself. Then there is Lloyd Bridges as one of the most unlikeable characters in film history. He's Kane's ex-deputy Harvey Pell and he is a weasel without the cuteness factor. He is tired of living in Kaine's shadow, just a little jealous that Kaine had Harvey's girl before he had her, very resentful that Kaine would not recommend him to be the new marshal. But here is his chance - if Kaine runs, Kaine is no better than he is. That is why he beats Will up trying to put him on a horse towards the end of the film. He doesn't want Will to live, he wants him to run, to somehow prove he is a coward.And you have to love the townspeople thinking that this will just "all go away" if everybody hides. The first act of the foursome of gunslingers when they hit town is not to kill Kaine, but to smash a store window and take a woman's bonnet that one of the killers fancies - an act of theft. They'll be stealing more than stuff by nightfall if nobody stops them.Highly recommended</review>
    <description>A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048044</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Flucht nach Burma</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. The bereaved father wants Brecan's head, no questions asked, but Captain Cardigan of the colonial police hopes to find him first for a fair trial. Meanwhile, Brecan finds refuge on the teak plantation of wealthy colonial Gwen Moore, where mutual attraction soon makes him indispensable...—Rod Crawford</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Allan Dwan</director>
      <actor>Barbara Stanwyck (role=Gwen Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ryan (role=Jim Brecan)</actor>
      <actor>David Farrar (role=Cardigan)</actor>
      <actor>Murvyn Vye (role=Makesh)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Montell (role=Andora)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Warwick (role=The Sawbwa)</actor>
      <actor>Reginald Denny (role=Commissioner)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Cabal (role=Kumat)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Coe (role=Captain of the guard)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Montoya (role=Dacoit)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Numkena (role=Kasha)</actor>
      <actor>John Mansfield (role=Sergeant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM4MDU0OTgyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjgzMjg4._V1_QL75_UX125_.jpg" />
    <category>Adventure</category>
    <review>it must have been quite impressive for it's time - Color film, old-time film noir star B. Stanwyck and film military hero Robert Ryan were the big attractions in this far-away-location B movie; one of the 2-movie pack in the discount bin from TCM. it DOES have crystal-clear color photography andexcellent sound. Lots of messing about with elephants and tigers, and actors reciting monotone lines; the script needed some more zing or something - not much of a plot in the first half, but it gets better as it goes along. This was made about 10 years before Stanwyck's starring role in "Big Valley". Robert Ryan redeemed himself by doing "Longest Day" and "Battle of the Bulge" after this. Directed by Allan Dwan, who had started in 1911 in silents, and had worked his way up in every occupation in the film industry</review>
    <description>A fugitive in British Burma hides on a teak plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0037048</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ledernacken</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Harold D. Schuster</director>
      <actor>Pat O'Brien (role=Maj. Steve Lockhart)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ryan (role=Capt. Dan Craig)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Hussey (role=Lt. Ellen Foster)</actor>
      <actor>Frank McHugh (role=Sgt. Louis Leary)</actor>
      <actor>Barton MacLane (role=Sgt. Maguire)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Martin (role=Pfc. Jimmy Fowler)</actor>
      <actor>Russell Wade (role=Lt. Tony 'Junior' Hewitt)</actor>
      <actor>Edmund Glover (role=Pvt. Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Andersen (role=Lt. Harrigan)</actor>
      <actor>Michael St. Angel (role=Lt. Sherwood)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick O'Moore (role=Australian Doctor - Field Hospital)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Brown (role=Cook)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1944</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDU2MTM1OGUtMjEyMi00NDNlLWFiNzgtNmUxZmZhMGQ2MTFhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,48,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|War</category>
    <review>While Pat O'Brien's films often lacked realism, he was a fun actor to watch and his films almost never failed to entertain. Robert Ryan was also extremely entertaining (but a bit underrated) but a different sort of actor--much more believable and ordinary (in a good way). With both these wonderful actors in the film, it's no surprise that I'd watch this film! As far as the film goes, it is a pretty standard WWII action film. It chronicles a group of Marines through some nameless engagements as well as a romance between Ryan and Ruth Hussey--who, inexplicably, was cast as an Australian--though she hadn't a trace of the proper accent. Nothing great here, but competently done. Oh, and despite Ryan receiving second billing, clearly he's the leading man here, though O'Brien was the household name--thus the billing. Worth seeing but not necessary unless you are a Robert Ryan fan</review>
    <description>A U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068195</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Alle Menschen werden Brüder</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Vohrer</director>
      <actor>Harald Leipnitz (role=Werner Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Doris Kunstmann (role=Lillian)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer von Artenfels (role=Richard Mark)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Schwarzkopf (role=Boris Minski)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Fleischmann (role=Kommissar Eilers)</actor>
      <actor>Konrad Georg (role=Paradin)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Volkmann (role=Vanessa)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Maybach (role=Die Rote)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid van Bergen (role=Nachtclub-Sängerin)</actor>
      <actor>Alf Marholm (role=Delacorte)</actor>
      <actor>Manfred Seipold (role=Kriminalbeamter Olsen)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Baumann (role=William Carpenter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>4.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDM2NzBlMDItNGU2ZC00NWFhLWI4MDktOTgwMzlmM2M1NGY0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX332_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048728</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Über den Dächern von Nizza</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"The Cat" is John Robie (Cary Grant). Now a respectable and well-to-do grower of grapes and flowers on the French Riviera, before World War II he was a jewel thief -- a cat burglar -- who was imprisoned but granted parole so he could fight the Germans. Someone is using the Cat's M.O. to steal jewelry again, and the police think Robie must be involved. When they visit his handsome stone villa to take him in for questioning, he gives them the slip with help from his housekeeper Germaine (Georgette Anys), who leads the cops on a car chase while Robie catches the bus.He drops in on his old gang from the French Resistance, a group of ex-cons whose war work, like Robie's own, led to grants of parole that depend on keeping their noses clean. Restaurant manager Bertani (Charles Vanel), wine steward Foussard (Jean Martinelli), and the others are all under a cloud while the Cat is at large, and they blame Robie. Still, when the police arrive at Bertani's restaurant, Foussard's teenaged daughter Danielle (Brigitte Auber), who has apparently enjoyed flirting with Robie in the past, spirits him across the bay in a motorboat to the safety of a Cannes beach club.Robie enlists the aid of an insurance man of Bertani's acquaintance, H.H. Hughson (John Williams) of Lloyds of London, in order to prove his innocence. Robie's plan is to catch the new cat burglar in the act. To do this, he obtains a list of the most expensive jewels on the Riviera from the reluctant Hughson. The first name on the list is Jessie Stevens (Jessie Royce Landis), who is traveling with her daughter Francie (Grace Kelly). Robie strikes up an acquaintance with them -- one met with delight by Jessie, a pretense of modesty by Francie, and claws-baring jealousy from Danielle.Francie is not afraid of a little fun. Although she sees through Robie's cover as an American industrialist, the considerable charms of this thief are worth catching. She dangles before him her jewels, teases him with steamy tales of rooftop escapades, exposes herself as a feline of a special breed: an accomplice who might share his passion. Fireworks fill the night and can even be seen in the sky.That night, Jessie's jewels are stolen, and Francie suddenly feels that Robie has taken advantage of her. He narrowly evades the clutches of the police and goes back on the lam.He stakes out a house where he believes the new burglar will strike and is violently attacked. In the ensuing struggle he kills the attacker. It's Foussard, Bertani's wine steward.The police chief is satisfied that Foussard was the jewel thief, but, as Robie points out to him in the presence of the abashed Hughson, this would have been impossible: Foussard had a prosthetic leg and couldn't possibly climb on rooftops.After Robie is ejected from Foussard's funeral, Francie apologizes and confesses her love for him. They agree to attend a masquerade ball the coming weekend.At the ball, Francie is resplendent in a gold gown in the style worn at the court of Louis XV, Robie unrecognizable behind the mask of her attendant, a Moor. The police hover nearby, hoping to arrest Robie. When Jessie asks the Moor to go get her "heart pills," Robie's voice tips off the authorities to his identity. After he returns, Francie and the Moor dance the night away while the police wait them out. But upstairs the cat burglar strikes, cleaning out many a jewelry box. Finally, Francie and the Moor go to her room, and the mask is removed: the Moor is Hughson, switched in to conceal Robie's exit.Meanwhile, Robie waits and watches on the roof. His patience is rewarded when another figure in black appears. But just as his pursuit begins, the police throw a spotlight on him. Again he flees and shots ring out, but he manages to corner his foe with jewels in hand. Unmasked, his nemesis turns out not to be a man after all. Danielle is the new Cat, and she confesses that she's been working for her father and Bertani to frame Robie for the latest thefts. Danielle tries to get away but slips and nearly falls, until Robie has a change of heart and saves her from falling off the roof to a certain death and turns her over to the police.In the final scene, Robie speeds back to his vineyards, and Francie races after to convince him that he needs a woman around to help. He agrees but seems less than thrilled about including her mother.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Hitchcock</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=John Robie)</actor>
      <actor>Grace Kelly (role=Frances Stevens)</actor>
      <actor>Jessie Royce Landis (role=Jessie Stevens)</actor>
      <actor>John Williams (role=H.H. Hughson)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Vanel (role=Bertani)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Auber (role=Danielle Foussard)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Martinelli (role=Foussard)</actor>
      <actor>Georgette Anys (role=Germaine)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjk0ZmRmMzItMjhjMS00OWQzLWE2MzgtYjNlMDExNDk0MTU2XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Whodunnit|Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>There is much to like about Hitchcock's TO CATCH A THIEF: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly at the height of their appeal, a witty script that offers Jessie Royce Landis one of the funniest roles ever seen in any Hitchcock film, and excellent cinematography designed to show off the beauties of Monte Carlo--all packaged in a lightweight tale that is two parts romance, two parts travelogue, one part comedy, and just enough classic Hitchcock suspense to keep this lighter-than-air confection from flying apart.The well known story concerns a string of jewel robberies along the Riviera which lead local officials to suspect that a famous and long retired cat burglar (Grant) is once more on the prowl--but rather than hope the authorities will find the real culprit Grant elects to protect himself by unmasking the thief for himself. In the process he encounters an icy beauty (Kelly) who takes considerable pleasure in tantalizing him with her charms, her jewels, and her knowledge of his criminal past, and her mother (Landis), who is perhaps the best of the "clever matrons" to appear in any Hitchcock film. As the police close in, the three of them devise a plot to expose the thief and clear Grant, with whom Kelly has now fallen in love.Unlike most Hitchcock's most famous films, TO CATCH A THIEF offers nothing dark to trouble our thoughts, and it is perhaps best regarded as a romantic fantasia, the director's vacation from his more typical material. While it will never compete with the more famous VERTIGO and REAR WINDOW of the same period, it is extremely well done and quite a bit of fun to watch. Viewers seeking a pleasant film with a romantic touch will enjoy it a great deal.Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer</review>
    <description>A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0059757</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der steinerne Wald</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sigmund must defend the Petrified Forest against Hunding and his viking army.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Emimmo Salvi</director>
      <actor>Gordon Mitchell (role=Hunding)</actor>
      <actor>Eleonora Bianchi (role=Siglinde)</actor>
      <actor>Pamela Tudor (role=Brunhilde)</actor>
      <actor>Franco Doria (role=Knut, the Midget)</actor>
      <actor>Attilio Severini (role=Fredrik)</actor>
      <actor>Franco Beltramme (role=Manfred)</actor>
      <actor>Lella Cattaneo (role=Oddrun, the Witch)</actor>
      <actor>Lia Giordano (role=Blonde Viking Woman)</actor>
      <actor>Giorgio Tesei (role=Olaf)</actor>
      <actor>Luisa Rivelli (role=Erika)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy</country>
    <date>1965</date>
    <star-rating>4.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDZkM2U3OWEtMzU2My00YWQ5LWJjNjItYWI3YTc0NDJlNzgwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX95_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure|Drama|Music|Romance</category>
    <review>Technically, its dealing with the Nibelungen myth (even if the title would imply an improbable continuation of the 1936 Leslie Howard/Bette Davis/Humphrey Bogart gangster classic!) should have made of this obscure Italian peplum an ideal candidate to spice up my planned Fritz Lang retrospective; however, having found my only previous encounter with its director's work, ALI BABA AND THE SEVEN SARACENS (1964) – incidentally, also starring the American beefcake star of this one, Gordon Mitchell – as one of the poorest of its kind, I thought better of not tainting that studious task with inferior material and get to the film immediately given that I was going through a whole bunch of similarly modest fare (several of which featured Mitchell anyway!). As it turned out, while the end result was nothing particularly special, I enjoyed it well enough to venture forth with another Salvi-Mitchell combo at my disposal: VULCAN, SON OF JUPITER (1962)! Having said this, the film does not follow Lang's storyline because none of the characters he depicted (Siegfried, Krimheld, Attila The Hun, etc.) appear here: instead we have Hunding (Mitchell), Sigmund, his sister Brunhilde (a Valkyrie – cue Wagner's famous theme but I was actually reminded of the classic Looney Tunes spoof "What's Opera, Doc?"!) and his lover Siglinde, and Erika (the latter's jealous sister). In any case, the tale of Siegfried and the dragon had already seen service within the peplum genre via Giacomo Gentilomo's eponymous 1957 film. Despite his being a Viking, the naturally-blond Mitchell oddly sports dark hair in this one while the first appearance of Gunnar, the hero's lieutenant (actually, a Viking defector himself!), made me burst out into uncontrollable laughter that did not subside for a full minute because of his incredibly scruffy hair-do! Another unintentional source of amusement is provided for non-discriminating viewers by the scenes depicting Hunding seeking the counsel of a witch whose visions are, unfortunately, hilariously over-animated! While Sigmund and Siglinde are together enjoying a romantic tryst in the forest, his camp is attacked and decimated by the enemy; upon learning of this, the hero takes out his anger upon the survivors (and even his girl!) but, when eventually silenced by a stronger pony-tailed acolyte, I could swear the actor portraying him was smiling while carrying Sigmund away like a sack! The action is virtually uninterrupted throughout the film but, frankly, little of it is actually all that engaging with only Sigmund's elaborate escape from Hunding's camp – swinging from ropes, supplied by the usual comic-relief dwarf sidekick, over the heads of his oblivious captors – although even this sequence is marred by being all-too-obviously shot day-for-night</review>
    <description>Sigmund must defend the Petrified Forest against Hunding and his viking army.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0040331</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jedes Mädchen müßte heiraten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Living in the big city, Anabel Sims, a shop girl at Roger Sanford and Co. Department Store, has matrimony at the front of her mind, but no potential husband discounting "Old Joe" back in her hometown of Greenville, he who she has no intention of marrying even if he asks her. She knows who she will want to marry once she sees the man, and believes that women should be able to take on the traditional male role in the courtship ritual in pursuing that man. It is love at first sight for her when she spots who she will learn is esteemed pediatrician Dr. Madison W. Brown, she indeed using every trick at her disposal to get him to want to marry her. She learns that he is a creature of habit, which makes it easy for her to stalk him, but she also learns that he considers himself a confirmed bachelor, and if he does decide to marry that he wants to choose his own wife rather than the other way around as he quickly learns what she is doing in constantly and "accidentally" running into him. As such, Anabel adds another measure of attack in her plan, namely to have a potential suitor in name only to make Madison believe that he has competition in garnering her affections. The name she comes up with is Roger Sanford, the owner of the department store. Complications ensue when Roger does actually get involved in Anabel's personal life, he a thrice married and currently single playboy who generally does fall for women if he knows someone else is after them, such as an esteemed pediatrician.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Don Hartman</director>
      <actor>Cary Grant (role=Dr. Madison Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Franchot Tone (role=Roger Sanford)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Lynn (role=Julie Howard)</actor>
      <actor>Betsy Drake (role=Anabel Sims)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Mowbray (role=Mr. Spitzer)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Risdon (role=Mary Nolan)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Gaines (role=Sam McNutt)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Hayden (role=Gogarty)</actor>
      <actor>Chick Chandler (role=Soda Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Belasco (role=Violinist)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Essler (role=Pierre)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Q. Nilsson (role=Saleslady)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1948</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODkyNTVhYTQtNTNiNy00NGFkLTgxOGItMWJhMmVlMzMzYWJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>I am always amazed and disappointed by commentators who cannot accept depictions of other eras without imposing their own contemporary socio-cultural values. Judging by many reviews of this film, Prince Charming must have been a stalker!This film is a quaint depiction of a bygone era, with different social mores. It is a delightful comedy, and Betsy Drake is so charming, it is no wonder that she became Mrs. Cary Grant shortly after this film was completed. Grant, himself, delivers a fine, and rather subtle performance. Give him some credit; he portrays a very serious character that does not become a wet blanket in this light comedy. He is certain that he is being chased, then not so certain, and finally decides that it doesn't really matter. I am also a fan of Franchot Tone, and he delivers a nice performance in an undemanding role. Diana Lynn is also good. None of these roles is very demanding, but each actor creates a credible, likable character. The end also provides a fun surprise, and a brief appearance by a young Eddie Albert. Otherwise the plot is simplistic in the extreme; the film stands or falls on the characters. A bunch of likable, easy to watch characters make this an enjoyable little movie</review>
    <description>A willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0060865</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Rätsel des silbernen Dreieck</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Jacobs</director>
      <director>John Llewellyn Moxey</director>
      <actor>Christopher Lee (role=Gregor)</actor>
      <actor>Leo Genn (role=Inspector Elliott)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Newlands (role=Barberini)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Drache (role=Carl Fleming)</actor>
      <actor>Eddi Arent (role=Eddie)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Kinski (role=Manfred)</actor>
      <actor>Margaret Lee (role=Gina)</actor>
      <actor>Suzy Kendall (role=Natasha)</actor>
      <actor>Cecil Parker (role=Sir John)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Maddern (role=Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Maurice Kaufmann (role=Mario)</actor>
      <actor>Lawrence James (role=Detective Sgt. Manley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|West Germany</country>
    <date>1966</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxODMzOTY4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTczMzk0NQ@@._V1_QL75_UX150_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>As almost everybody has already noted, "Circus of Fear" is not a horror movie, despite the title, the advertising and the presence of Christopher Lee (in a secondary role). It's a cross between a crime caper and a whodunit. And as soon as you get over your initial reservations, it turns out to be an engrossing film that keeps you guessing all the way to the end. The story is full of strange, shady, secretive and suspicious characters, but the revelation of the killer's identity still comes as a shock (to me at least - it blew my theory away!). Apart from the sometimes overemphatic music score, this 40-year-old movie still holds up today. And who wants to miss any opportunity of seeing Klaus Kinski playing....Klaus Kinski? This guy only needed a cigar, a few close-ups and two or three lines of dialogue to look creepy! (**1/2)</review>
    <description>A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0073636</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mit Dynamit und frommen Sprüchen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A band of drunken thugs overruns a small village in the Indian Nation that is run by Minister Goodnight and his daughter Eula and proceed to violate and kill the villagers. Miss Goodnight teams up with ruthless Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn to go after them and bring them to justice.—Christopher D. Ryan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stuart Millar</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=Rooster Cogburn)</actor>
      <actor>Katharine Hepburn (role=Eula)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Zerbe (role=Breed)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Jordan (role=Hawk)</actor>
      <actor>John McIntire (role=Judge Parker)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Koslo (role=Luke)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Colvin (role=Red)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Lormer (role=Rev. Goodnight)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Romancito (role=Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Lane Smith (role=Leroy)</actor>
      <actor>Warren Vanders (role=Bagby)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Gatlin (role=Nose)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzZjN2JhZGMtODUzNS00YjYzLWJmOGYtNjY1ZWQ3OTAxODI4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Adventure|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>This is one of a few movies that I can watch over and over again and still enjoy. That said, it's also my favourite Western. (And I'm not a big fan of the genre.)The story is simple. Cogburn (Wayne) is tracking down a load of nitro stolen by Hawk (Jordan)and his gang. As the gang of outlaws bid a hasty retreat, they stumble upon Eula (Hepburn), her minister father, and several Indians including a teen-aged boy named Wolf.The plot is simple and had their characters been played by any other actors besides Wayne and Hepburn, the film would have been mediocre at best. Their performances make the film shine. Every scene they have together crackles with chemistry. When Wayne says to Hepburn, "being with you pleases me", I got the feeling he meant it and that Hepburn received the compliment with genuine pleasure. Well, maybe it's just good acting.In any event, the film is a nice way to pass some time for those unfamiliar with Wayne or Westerns and a must-see for all Wayne and Hepburn fans</review>
    <description>Marshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down her father's murderers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0064091</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Schlacht an der Neretva</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Battle of Neretva is known as the ''fourth offensive,'' the most humane battle in World War II led by Yugoslav partisans. In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against the Yugoslav partisans in Western Bosnia. They encircled the mountain and begin a mop up operation. Outgunned and outnumbered, the partisans must not only defend themselves, but try to protect thousands of refugees too. The large German force advances towards the only remaining bridge over the Neretva river, through which the partisans intend to escape and evacuate the wounded into free territory. The supreme headquarters orders the bridge to be demolished, but it is just a foolish ruse to weaken the enemy forces on the other side of the river. The movie Battle of Neretva is one of the most famous productions by the Yugoslav film industry.—krule88 and ETO History Buff</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Veljko Bulajic</director>
      <actor>Yul Brynner (role=Vlado)</actor>
      <actor>Hardy Krüger (role=Kranzer)</actor>
      <actor>Franco Nero (role=Riva)</actor>
      <actor>Sylva Koscina (role=Danica)</actor>
      <actor>Orson Welles (role=Senator)</actor>
      <actor>Curd Jürgens (role=Lohring)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Dawson (role=Morelli)</actor>
      <actor>Milena Dravic (role=Nada)</actor>
      <actor>Ljubisa Samardzic (role=Novak)</actor>
      <actor>Boris Dvornik (role=Stipe)</actor>
      <actor>Oleg Vidov (role=Nikola)</actor>
      <actor>Pavle Vuisic (role=Sofer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Yugoslavia|Italy|West Germany|United States|France|Croatia</country>
    <date>1969</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA3MzE0MzYyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzMxODk1MDE@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Historical Epic|Drama|History|War</category>
    <review>It is sad that the most widely distributed version of this Yugoslavian war epic "Bitka na Neretvi" is the 102 minute version edited and dubbed in USA by Commonwealth United Films. This version, known as "The Battle of Neretva" has been shortened by a full hour. It looks a bit like a long trailer, offering samples of what is obviously a big scale, melodramatic giant of a film, like "The Longest Day". At times the re-editing looks like it has been made with an axe, some dialogue being cut from the middle of a sentence.I have just seen, however, a longer Commonwealth version: 127 minutes, 25 minutes longer. This is a far superior version, professionally edited into a coherent, well flowing narrative. It seems that the 102 minute "stub" has been edited from this. I can only imagine how much deeper the characterization would be with the 40 minutes still missing from the original. The Italian and German versions are longer than this 127 minute version, and they have been released on DVD. Still, for anyone preferring an English translation, this could be the best version around. Sadly it only seems to be available on VHS</review>
    <description>World War II drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0033922</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mr. und Mrs. Smith</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sophisticated New York couple David and Annie Smith have an unusual marriage with an inordinate number of rules and regulations. One rule entitles them to ask each other one question per month which the other must answer completely honestly. Annie asks David if he would marry her again if he could have the time over again and David confides that he misses his freedom and so probably wouldn't. Later that day, an official from the town where they got married calls to see David. He explains that owing to a state boundary dispute, all couples married between 1936 and 1939 in the county were not legally married. David decides to have fun with this fact, but unbeknown to him, the county official calls to see Annie too and disaster results.—Col Needham</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Hitchcock</director>
      <actor>Carole Lombard (role=Ann Smith née Krausheimer)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Montgomery (role=David Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Gene Raymond (role=Jeff Custer)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Carson (role=Chuck)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Merivale (role=Mr. Custer)</actor>
      <actor>Lucile Watson (role=Mrs. Custer)</actor>
      <actor>William Tracy (role=Sammy)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Halton (role=Mr. Harry Deever)</actor>
      <actor>Esther Dale (role=Mrs. Krausheimer)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Dunn (role=Martha)</actor>
      <actor>Betty Compson (role=Gertie)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Farr (role=Gloria)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1941</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODhhZmVmMmItNjJmMi00MGQ4LTk5MDMtZjgxNDE5NjdkN2JkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romantic Comedy|Screwball Comedy|Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>According to the Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Carole Lombard prevailed upon Alfred Hitchcock to direct one her comedy films as a favor. Since Hitchcock admired her talent he did so.It's important to remember that this is a Carole Lombard film and view it that way. Viewed as such it's not a bad marital comedy though if one is expecting certain Hitchcock touches they won't be there. Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard are a constantly spatting married couple. They love each other, but to them arguing is like exercise. In a moment of oneupsmanship Montgomery answers in the affirmative to a question by Lombard as to whether he'd marry her if he had to do it all over again.His words come back to haunt him when Charles Halton from Lombard's hometown in Idaho and says that because of a technicality they're not legally married. Montgomery spends the rest of the film trying to win Lombard back. Some of the best movie comedies have been made on a premise flimsier than this one. Mr.&amp;Mrs. Smith is not the best of comedies, but it is far from the worst.I have a feeling that Alfred Hitchcock may have had Lombard in mind for future projects more of his own taste. I can see her easily in some of his later films. Lombard was only 32 when she died. Pity we'll never know</review>
    <description>A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0038537</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Morgen und alle Tage</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many questions, trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.—Les Adams</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Berry</director>
      <actor>Joan Fontaine (role=Susan)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Stevens (role=Bill Cummings)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemary DeCamp (role=Martha Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Wally Brown (role=Jake Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Arline Judge (role=Margie Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Renny McEvoy (role=Charlie Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Driscoll (role=Billy Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Treen (role=Alice Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Doreen McCann (role=Barbara Beesley)</actor>
      <actor>Erskine Sanford (role=Higgler)</actor>
      <actor>Queenie Smith (role=Mrs. Beesley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1946</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk3OTkyOTc1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTQyMjI2._V1_QL75_UX173_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Mystery|Romance|War</category>
    <review>Some kind of "the best years of my life" in miniature , "from this day forward" is mainly "backwards" for it essentially consists of flashbacks ; back from war,the hero has now to fight against a Civil Service , with a staff who is often inconsiderate to men who risked their life for their homeland.As Mark Stevens makes his way through those forms to fill in ,he remembers the past , his wife (Fontaine) ,her family , his difficulty to find a job, his failed attempt at an illustrator career ,his brother-in-law's idle life ,and ,last but not least,the draft morning ...The secondary characters are not developed enough ,notably the tight-fisted wealthy mom ,but both principals are endearing;Stevens would play opposite Joan Fontaine's sister ,Olivia De Havilland, in "the snake pit "(1948) but this time was overshadowed by his partner.Fontaine and Stevens dance on the title song</review>
    <description>Incidents of a marriage are recalled in flashback.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062849</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein Leben hängt an einem Dollar</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A few people are on the search of three one Dollar coins with numbers that Show where a treasure is burried.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mario Amendola</director>
      <actor>Charles Southwood (role=Alan Burton)</actor>
      <actor>Julián Mateos (role=Hondo)</actor>
      <actor>Alida Chelli (role=Juana)</actor>
      <actor>Mirko Ellis (role=El Condor)</actor>
      <actor>Pietro Ceccarelli (role=Cincaro)</actor>
      <actor>Dada Gallotti (role=Mrs. Garland)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Mizar (role=Fortune Teller)</actor>
      <actor>Piero Morgia (role=Prieto Friend in Posada)</actor>
      <actor>Arrigo Peri (role=Banquero)</actor>
      <actor>Ivano Staccioli (role=Luis Garcia)</actor>
      <actor>Luis Rico (role=Viajero)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|Spain</country>
    <date>1968</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDFkNGRlZDctNjI5OC00NmRmLWFkMjgtNzcwYjFhOWRjM2Q0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX395_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Romance|Western</category>
    <review>Fun Western about two drifters who team up to steal three golden coins ; both of whom carry out several adventures , saloon brawls , shootouts and resolve conflicts among nasty robbers that want to take a treasure . Entertaining Spaghetti Western dealing with a greedy mouse-and cat game to take valuable coins in which there are inscriptions to locate the hidden treasure . As a few people are on the search of three one Dollar coins with numbers that show where a Confederate treasure is buried . Alan Burton (Charles Southwood) accused for a crime is jailed in prison , there meets a cellmate , the Mexican Hondo (Julian Mateos). The bandits break out and join forces themselves to discover it and they are frequently fist fighting , and disputing against the nasty El Condor (Mirko Ellis) to keep the treasure for themselves . There are three coins , one of them owns the villain El Condor , another stays guarded at a bank safe box and the third was taken by Burton to a Southern Major in Stagecoach (Guillermo Méndez) . Burton and Hondo become good colleagues , but they cannot get along peacefully . Meantime , a beautiful Posada girl called Juana helps both drifters and plays both sides against each other . El Condor and his henchmen attempt to rob a bank , but he and his cohorts foil the planned robbery . Along the way our two not so upright heroes rob the robbers but, needless to say, Burton get distracted by the gorgeous Saloon girl . Passable Spaghetti Western about a simple and plain plot , as two outlaws compete with each other over a treasure . As duo protagonist take on a sadistic crime boss , and his black-dressed hoodlums , who attempt to find the Army treasure . This movie is a bawdy , plenty of action Western , not the dark and vengeful kind one might expect from a typical Spaghetti , being more a story of ambition than vengeance . The comic relief in charge of Julian Mateos who gives his role a sympathetic and charming tone , as the humor misses in a couple of parts , but works pretty well in general if you recognize this as a light-hearted film . The story is one of those in which everyone double crosses one another in the search for gold , as a great number of betrayals while hunting the fabulous treasure . It is typical , but engaging and fun . There is a twist at the end , but I saw it coming about 10 minutes into the movie . This is a serviceable Spaghetti which doesn't take itself too seriously . This good natured spaghetti packing some diverting elements , thrills , shoo'em up , go riding throughout the wonderful Almerian landscapes and results to be quite entertaining . The acting seems about average for a Eurowestern . It stars Charles Southwood , an American who emigrated to Italy and developed a brief career , mostly Pasta Western as ¨Sartana , trades your pistol for a coffin¨ , ¨Roy Colt and Winchester Jack¨ , ¨Gringo, pray to die¨, "Heads I Kill You, Tails You're Dead! They Call Me Hallalujah" . Co-stars Julian Mateos , a famed Spanish actor who played some American/Italian/Spaniard Westerns as ¨Return of the Magnificent Seven¨, ¨Catlow¨, ¨Shalako¨, ¨Four rode out¨, ¨Hellbenders¨. And Alida Chelli is beautiful as Juana , and as well as being so nice to look at . Mirko Ellis steals the show by doing the best acting out of the entire cast, as a villainous killer who goes church , prays , confesses and worships Virgen Del Pilar , as well as torturing contenders by means of Chinese tortures . The film is full of gun-play and fistfight among Charles Southwood , Julián Mateos , Mirko Ellis over who will take the treasure . Support cast is decent with familiar faces : Ivano Staccioli , Guillermo Méndez , Lorenzo Robledo .This is a slightly funny film with entertaining as well as bewildering events , craziness , twists and lots of fun . There are pursuits , stagecoach attacks , crossfire , fights , heinous cutthroats , and many others things . It's a so-so Western All'Italiana including amusing dialogue , eccentric situations , and turns . Filmmaker often uses disconcerting and twisted incidents to give us a passable movie plenty of violent as well as absurd happenings ; and that , at least , kept me entertained for the almost half an hour of duration . Atmospheric cinematography by Aldo Giordani in Technicolor , Techniscope , though a perfect remastering being necessary . The music score by Carlo Rustichelli is great , including a catching song titled : Where is my fortune ? . The orchestra , trumpets, and guitar music set the proper tone for a western. The motion picture was uneven but professionally directed by Mario Amendola , under pseudonym of Irving Jacobs , though it has flaws and gaps . He was born in Liguria and died in Rome, ¨Lazio¨ where he shot some Westerns . Mario was a prolific writer and director, especially known for Par-Impar (1978), The great silence (1968) , A Friend Is a Treasure (1981). Mario wrote/directed all kinds of genres as Comedy : Pascualino Cammarata, Honeymoons Will Kill You , A Friend Is a Treasure, Banana Joe , Aladino , I'm Getting a Yacht , The Nights of Boccaccio ; Action : Squadra Antigangs , Squadra Antitruffa , The Cop in Blue Jeans , Africa Express , and Western as : Winchester Justice, Bandera Bandits , Terror of Oklahoma and this ¨Dai Nemeci Mi Guardo Yo¨ (1968) . Connoisseurs of the spaghetti western should see it at least once . That having been said, this film is still lots of fun to watch, especially if you are a spaghetti western fan</review>
    <description>A few people are on the search of three one Dollar coins with numbers that Show where a treasure is burried.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0041866</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Teufelshauptmann</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece, the pretty Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated for their own safety. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company, Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.—garykmcd</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Ford</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles)</actor>
      <actor>Joanne Dru (role=Olivia Dandridge)</actor>
      <actor>John Agar (role=Lt. Flint Cohill)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Johnson (role=Sgt. Tyree)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Carey Jr. (role=Second Lt. Ross Pennell)</actor>
      <actor>Victor McLaglen (role=Top Sgt. Quincannon)</actor>
      <actor>Mildred Natwick (role=Abby Allshard)</actor>
      <actor>George O'Brien (role=Maj. Mac Allshard)</actor>
      <actor>Arthur Shields (role=Dr. O'Laughlin)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Dugan (role=Sgt. Hochbauer)</actor>
      <actor>Chief John Big Tree (role=Chief Pony That Walks)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Graham (role=Sgt. Hench)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1949</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmRjMjJiZWMtNWY3Ni00NmU3LWI0ZjgtZDk1MjE5ZDM2YzNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Western</category>
    <review>and he has easily seen it over 200 times. He got me hooked on it when I was a young girl by pointing out all the gentle humor and the repeated comedic bits that separate it from many other westerns. I still love it for those reasons and more."Yellow Ribbon" is not John Ford's best movie, but it may be John Wayne's. Capt. Brittles is -- needless to say -- the antithesis of Henry Fonda's Col. Thursday in "Fort Apache." When the film opens, it is obvious Capt. Brittles has earned the respect of his troops and won their loyalty, and by the fade-out they have come to love him like devoted sons.For someone who was allegedly so difficult to work with, John Ford put together a truly remarkable stock company of actors and technical personnel. They appeared in his films time and again, and there was more or less a core group of professionals on screen and off that gave all of Ford's westerns color, excitement and realism. But "Yellow Ribbon" has something less expected: warmth. And there's not a thing wrong with that."She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" is also arguably the most sentimental movie John Ford ever made, and there's nothing wrong with that, either</review>
    <description>Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0055069</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zu heiß gebadet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After his girlfriend leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts to search for a job. When he finally finds one, it happens to be in a large house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?—Chris Makrozahopoulos</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jerry Lewis</director>
      <actor>Jerry Lewis (role=Mama Heebert)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Traubel (role=Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon)</actor>
      <actor>Pat Stanley (role=Fay)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Freeman (role=Katie)</actor>
      <actor>George Raft (role=George Raft)</actor>
      <actor>Harry James (role=Harry James)</actor>
      <actor>Marty Ingels (role=Marty Ingels)</actor>
      <actor>Buddy Lester (role=Willard C. Gainsborough)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Jean (role=Gloria)</actor>
      <actor>Hope Holiday (role=Miss Anxious)</actor>
      <actor>Jack LaLanne (role=Jack LaLanne)</actor>
      <actor>Westbrook Van Voorhis (role=TV Person to Person)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTIyYTZhZTItNDQxMS00NjRiLTg4MWQtMjY5OTNjZDU1ZWM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Slapstick|Comedy</category>
    <review>On the one hand this is a greatly entertaining, goofy, comedy but on the other its also a bit of a failure.What the movie fails at is being a consistent one and maintaining a story throughout. It seems that about half way through the film-makers decided to throw the story overboard and to me the second half of the movie did not really felt in tone with its first half. But this might also very well be simply due to the fact that there wasn't much story to work with in the first place. It's an extremely simplistic story, that serves as an excuse to allow Jerry Lewis act crazy and incredibly immature.And this is what makes the movie still some good lighthearted fun to watch. The comedy is real goofy and slapstick like and it shall most likely please the Jerry Lewis fans. The movie really has some good laughs in it, so as a comedy the movie still delivers, despite of its weaker second half.Seriously, things don't even make sense anymore in its second half and a couple of different story lines and characters get thrown in, as if it all was a last minute decision. Things get really forced, such as for instance the 'love story' that really came out of nowhere and therefore just never worked out at all.But no, I don't want to sound too negative about this movie, since it was one that I still enjoyed watching. The movie is a fun one to watch and a true pleasure to look at, due to its nice sets and Jerry Lewis, who was simply perfectly silly and provided the movie with much more fun and entertainment than its script could ever had.Decent enough, simple entertainment.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com</review>
    <description>A clueless, recently-single graduate unwittingly takes a job as a servant in a mansion inhabited by dozens of young women.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0059740</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die vier Söhne der Katie Elder</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John, the eldest, is a well-known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get their ranch back from the town's gunsmith who won it from their father in a card game, after which he was murdered. Troubles come, however, just because they carry the Elder name.—anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Henry Hathaway</director>
      <actor>John Wayne (role=John Elder)</actor>
      <actor>Dean Martin (role=Tom Elder)</actor>
      <actor>Martha Hyer (role=Mary Gordon)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Anderson Jr. (role=Bud Elder)</actor>
      <actor>Earl Holliman (role=Matt Elder)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Slate (role=Ben Latta)</actor>
      <actor>James Gregory (role=Morgan Hastings)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Fix (role=Sheriff Billy Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>George Kennedy (role=Curley)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Hopper (role=Dave Hastings)</actor>
      <actor>Sheldon Allman (role=Harry Evers)</actor>
      <actor>John Litel (role=Minister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1965</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzlkYjM1NGItNzI3Yy00ZWUzLTgwZTMtZWEwNmRjODUwZDFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Classical Western|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>Feisty Katie Elder has passed on and her sons have arrived in Clearwater, Texas for her funeral. Katie's four sons are played by John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson, Jr. and three's a certain amount of hostility directed towards them from some quarters. And a bit of fear evident in the town's people. It also turns out that their father had been murdered a few months before that and their ranch now belonged to James Gregory. When questions are asked, trouble starts.One thing is clear though, none of her kids has quite turned out the way she hoped, but the three oldest are going to see that young Anderson becomes some kind of success in life. Despite some glaring plot weaknesses The Sons of Katie Elder is a film that is sold by the sincere playing of its leads. I'm not quite sure why the Elder boys didn't come back with the news of their father's death and settled things back then. Or why Michael Anderson was so resistant to some higher education.This was a special film for John Wayne, the first post cancer operation film he made. And he did it and all his subsequent films with essentially one lung. One thing about Duke was that he really loved MAKING movies. I've always thought on some level he wanted them to make money because that way he could make more of them. Wayne just loved being out on location, working all day and partying all night, this was him. Although his health gradually deteriorated and he became more testy and irritable and he had more and more need of an oxygen tank as years past, he wouldn't give it up until he HAD to. For John Wayne it really was a labor of love.Wayne surrounded himself with a good cast of familiar players for the most part. This was his second film with Dean Martin who after completing this film started on his highly acclaimed variety show. And his guest on his first show, John Wayne to plug the upcoming release of their film. They are an interesting pair of older Elder brothers. Wayne who lives by a strict code and Martin who gets by on his wits and a larcenous streak. Still the affection the two had for each other in real life comes forth on the screen.Dino has a real moment to shine when he sneaks out and brings Dennis Hopper back to the stable where Wayne and a wounded Anderson are holed up. One of his best acted scenes from any of his films.George Kennedy plays a menacing gunman that James Gregory hires and he also gets quite a clout from John Wayne with a two by four after Kennedy was bullying John Doucette. It's a great cinematic moment from a Wayne film, but afterwards you can't find any trace of injury on Kennedy for the rest of the film. I remember in Joe Kidd when Clint Eastwood gave Don Stroud a similar clout, Mr. Stroud looked every bit the injured party for the rest of that film.Though we never see Katie Elder we get quite the picture of the uncomplaining pioneer mother through the townspeople that knew her and their sons. I'm still also not sure though why Earl Holliman was supposed to be such a bad role model, he's a hardware merchant in another town. Still the other three Elder boys want Anderson to aim higher than that.Elmer Bernstein's musical score is one of the best that is featured in a John Wayne film. Wayne films were always distinguished by good use of music, something the Duke learned from John Ford. Bernstein and the Duke first worked together in The Comancheros and this one is every bit as good as that rousing score.The action sequences are the best part of the film and the last half hour with the ambush on the bridge by Gregory's men right up to the explosive climatic battle with Wayne and Gregory, the excitement doesn't let up for a New York minute. No western fan should miss it</review>
    <description>Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068935</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Todeskralle schlägt wieder zu</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Tang Lung, a skilled martial arts fighter from Hong Kong, visits friends in Rome to find that their restaurant business is being threatened by a criminal gang. The gang are not above using violence to try to get the restaurant owner to sell. He helps them defend their business but the gang then escalates proceedings.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bruce Lee</director>
      <actor>Bruce Lee (role=Tang Lung)</actor>
      <actor>Nora Miao (role=Chen Ching Hua)</actor>
      <actor>Chuck Norris (role=Colt)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Wall (role=Bob)</actor>
      <actor>Ti Chin (role=Ah Quen)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Liu (role=Tony)</actor>
      <actor>Little Unicorn (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Malisa Longo (role=Italian Beauty)</actor>
      <actor>Ngan Wu (role=Waiter)</actor>
      <actor>Jon T. Benn (role=The Big Boss)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Hong Kong</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Kung Fu|Martial Arts|One-Person Army Action|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs, then again in the early 2k on a dvd which I own.Revisited it recently.As a kid from the 80s n aft seeing this movie, i was in awe aft witnessing the nunchukas fight sequence.This one gets a bit repetitive cos of the same goons who keeps on getting thrashed by the character of Lee but they keep on coming back. One of the fat goon with a beard looks like poor man's Russell Crowe.The best n the most memorable is the treatment of the fight in the Colosseum with Chuck Norris with a cat as a spectator.In this one Lee plays Tang Lung, a kung fu expert who is sent from Hong Kong to Italy by his uncle to help family friends whose restaurant business is threatened by a mafia boss.This one showcases Lee's immense energy n amazing fighting skills, especially the way his feet moves.He mimicked Mohammad Ali's float like a butterfly style.Lee is allowed to have a sense of humor in this movie.This one aint gory like The Big Boss.Ping-Ou Wei (famous for playing the interpreter in this one n the Fist of Fury) acted very well. His body language is total effeminate, especially his limp wristed n running style is a big lol.Another best fight sequence is the one in the alley with the nunchukas</review>
    <description>A country bumpkin martial artist visits his relatives in Rome, Italy, where he must defend them and their restaurant against harassment from brutal gangsters.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0063037</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die grosse Treibjagd</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After the war in Congo, two mercenaries take a mission to safeguard uranium transportation in a South American jungle, fighting bandits and local miners.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mel Welles</director>
      <actor>Ray Danton (role=Marco Anderson)</actor>
      <actor>Pascale Petit (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Stoll (role=Man in Black)</actor>
      <actor>Inma de Santis (role=Isabel)</actor>
      <actor>Vicente Roca (role=Gomez)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Möhner (role=Steinmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Spain|Italy</country>
    <date>1968</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTdjM2ExY2UtMTdkOC00NGNmLWE3ZTctNjYxMTFkMDg1YzkwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX295_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama</category>
    <review>Mercenary film with Ray Danton and Carl MöhnerSince mercenaries were the focus of war films like "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) in those years, successful producer Luggi Waldleitner (1913-1998) sensed a market niche with his Roxy Film and had this exciting film in German-Spanish-Italian co-production stage.When there is nothing left to fight in the Congo crisis, two mercenaries (Ray Danton, Carl Möhner) move on to Latin America. There they are supposed to protect the ore transport of a mine owner (Georges Rigaud) through the jungle against bandits. In particular, a mute man in black (Günther Stoll) becomes a bitter adversary. When one of the two mercenaries switches sides, the other finds himself alone against a superior number of villains. Only the striking Maria (Pascale Petit) stays by his side...So nothing new on the mercenary front! But the film is very exciting and the actors are particularly appealing.The American actor Ray Danton (1931-1992) had come to the Roman Cinecitta a few years earlier to compete with muscle god Steve Reeves as "Sandokan". He later became a TV director in America, also directing episodes of DALLAS and DYNASTY.Since his appearance in "Rififi" (1955), Carl Möhner (1921-2005) has appeared alternately in international and German productions.Günther Stoll (1924-1977) is certainly still remembered as the grumpy detective in the early DERRICK episodes on the German television station ZDF.Not a big genre masterpiece, but you can definitely watch it</review>
    <description>After the war in Congo, two mercenaries take a mission to safeguard uranium transportation in a South American jungle, fighting bandits and local miners.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052993</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der letzte Zug von Gun Hill</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive saddle, that Morgan recognises as belonging to his old friend Craig Belden, now cattle baron in the town of Gun Hill. Belden is sympathetic, until it transpires that one of the murderers is his own son Rick, whom he refuses to hand over. Morgan is determined to capture Rick and take him away by the 9.00 train; but he is trapped in the town alone, with Belden and all his men now looking to kill him.—David Levene</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Sturges</director>
      <actor>Kirk Douglas (role=Marshal Matt Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Quinn (role=Craig Belden)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Jones (role=Linda)</actor>
      <actor>Earl Holliman (role=Rick Belden)</actor>
      <actor>Brad Dexter (role=Beero)</actor>
      <actor>Ziva Rodann (role=Catherine Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Bing Russell (role=Skag)</actor>
      <actor>Val Avery (role=Steve, Horseshoe Bartender)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Sande (role=Sheriff Bartlett)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTRiYmI4ZWUtNzhmOS00OWY2LTgxYTctZDQ3N2QzMzliNmUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Western</category>
    <review>I just saw this film recently on cable and was reminded of how well made it was. I'm a fan of the late director John Sturges' work and I own both "The Magnificent Seven" &amp; "The Great Escape" on DVD. "Last Train from Gun Hill" does'nt get the same mention along with the well deserved recognition of these other films of the director. I'd rank it among the best classic westerns of the 50's &amp; 60's period of great Hollywood movies. The story benefits from starring two great actors in Kirk Douglas and the late Anthony Quinn. Earl Holliman showed great promise in an early role as the spoiled rotten son of Mr. Belden. I'm surprised that he did not become a bigger star as a character actor throughout his career. And the late Carolyn Jones turned in a strong performance too as Linda. Definitely up there in the same ranking of great classic westerns and one of the best efforts of John Sturges. I will buy this DVD as well to add to my movie library! Lorenzo the tbirdman</review>
    <description>A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057138</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Henker von London</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A group of vigilantes hang wrong-doers.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Edwin Zbonek</director>
      <actor>Hansjörg Felmy (role=John Hillier)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Perschy (role=Ann Barry)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Borsche (role=Dr. Mac Ferguson)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Preiss (role=Inspector Morel Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Riebauer (role=Dr. Philip Trooper)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Fernau (role=Jerome)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Forster (role=Sir Francis Elliott - Ann's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Howland (role=Tom Jenkins - alias Gabby Pennypacker)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
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    <category>Crime|Horror</category>
    <review>This is an above average Edgar Wallace thriller.Some creepy opening scenes set the pace. A hooded society passes judgement on criminals"beyond the reach of the law".They are hung and dumped into the Thames river.A hangman's rope from Scotland Yard is repeatedly stolen and used in the executions.Is there a member of Scotland Yard in the society? An inspector tries to find out.A phoney society is set up by criminals and quickly brought to an end.In the meantime a serial killer is beheading young women and absconding with their heads.The serial killer while tying into the society feels like it came out of another movie (a sci-fi flick).The killer is a scientist trying to attach living heads to a robot's body. This drags the film down from a being a superior film. All in all still a minor classic</review>
    <description>A group of vigilantes hang wrong-doers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0040536</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Brief einer Unbekannten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Vienna about 1900, the decadent pianist and wolf Stefan Brand is challenged for a duel by a deceived husband. He arrives in his apartment and tells his dumb butler John that he intends to leave Vienna to avoid the scheduled duel, and John delivers a letter from an unknown woman to him. He reads the letter written by his former neighbor Lisa Berndle where she tells that she was a teenager when she develops a platonic love for Stefan, who is a promising pianist compared to Mozart. Lisa worships his performances on the piano, but she moves with her family to Linz. Later she returns to Vienna as an independent young woman, having a brief affair with Stefan, who travels to Milano promising to return in two weeks. Years later, she meets him again at the opera and her passion arises again, believing that Stefan remembers her...—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Max Ophüls</director>
      <actor>Joan Fontaine (role=Lisa Berndle)</actor>
      <actor>Louis Jourdan (role=Stefan Brand)</actor>
      <actor>Mady Christians (role=Frau Berndle)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Journet (role=Johann Stauffer)</actor>
      <actor>Art Smith (role=John)</actor>
      <actor>Carol Yorke (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Howard Freeman (role=Herr Kastner)</actor>
      <actor>John Good (role=Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger)</actor>
      <actor>Leo B. Pessin (role=Stefan Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Erskine Sanford (role=Porter)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Waldis (role=Concierge)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Bryden (role=Frau Spitzer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1948</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2FhMGEzNmQtNjM5Zi00NDI4LTlhOTktOTMxY2U5MjgxODA2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Tragedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Preposterously plotted but stylishly directed and impeccably acted, this is vintage Golden Age Hollywood melodrama. So much of the story-line is improbable, as the young Joan Fontaine's poor young French teenager develops a lifetime crush on the debonair but rakish concert pianist Louis Jourdain, a fascination that has tragic consequences for both. Like another classic film from around the same time "Portrait Of Jennie" the mistake is made in initially having the female lead attempt to carry herself off as a much younger version of herself, but once she matures into adult-hood, Fontaine is effective as the quietly enigmatic woman forever drawn to Jourdain's debonair charms.I found it equally hard to believe that Jourdain's character could forget his previous encounters with Fontaine, especially the way that Max Ophuls directs the telling scenes, never mind that she eventually goes on to father his child. Such a plot could only end in death and tragedy and while I couldn't believe a word of it, still it was wonderfully entertaining along the way.The costumes and sets are excellent and Jourdain and Fontaine are to be commended too for their fine performances, but doyens of film-making will particularly enjoy the skill with which director Ophuls employs his camera-work, so fluidly at times that the action appears to float in front of the viewer's eyes.In a way, this film reminded me of grand opera, a wholly unbelievable story brought to life by the skill of its creator</review>
    <description>A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0058706</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Ungeheuer von London-City</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major West End hit... and the leading man is rapidly becoming the prime suspect!—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Edwin Zbonek</director>
      <actor>Hansjörg Felmy (role=Richard Sand)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Koch (role=Ann Morlay)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Schönherr (role=Dr. Morely Greely)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Nielsen (role=Inspector Dorne)</actor>
      <actor>Chariklia Baxevanos (role=Betty Ball)</actor>
      <actor>Peer Schmidt (role=Teddy Flynn)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Tillmann (role=Sir George Edwards)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Pfeil (role=Horrlick)</actor>
      <actor>Kurd Pieritz (role=Maylor)</actor>
      <actor>Elsa Wagner (role=Housekeeper Emily)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Fischer (role=Helen Capstick)</actor>
      <actor>Gudrun Schmidt (role=Evelyn Nichols)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1964</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
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    <category>Crime|Horror</category>
    <review>Pretty sure this is my first German 'krimi' and am rather surprised how much I enjoyed it. Said by some to be a precursor to the Italian giallo, I can now see why. Not only is there a silly/comic element but the actual kills are uncompromising with extensive use of force reducing victims to 'rag doll' like state and complete with body dragging and carrying sequences. My copy is dated 1964 and in some respects this looks earlier, being shot in b/w and featuring foggy streets (Hamburg standing in for London), complete with cobbles sparkling in their wetness. Also referencing back to the earliest German expressionist horror with curved brick walls extreme angles and long dark shadows creeping across the victim before the attack. In other ways the film strikes as later because 1964 would seem early to see such casual and concentrated violence and incidental sexuality. Very interesting and enjoyable watch</review>
    <description>Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major West End hit... and the...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0058706/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0096933</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Black Rain</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When a member of the Japanese Yakuza is arrested in New York, detectives Nick Conklin and Charlie Vincent are assigned to escort him to Japan. Conklin in particular is none too pleased that they are not prosecuting the prisoner themselves. They no sooner arrive in Japan however than they are duped and turn their prisoner over to gangsters posing as police. The detectives stay on in Japan hoping to work with their Japanese counterparts but have some difficulty dealing with local protocol and customs. Over time, Conklin develops a working relationship with Detective Masahiro and together they manage to ensure justice is served.—garykmcd</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ridley Scott</director>
      <actor>Michael Douglas (role=Nick Conklin)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Garcia (role=Charlie Vincent)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Takakura (role=Masahiro)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Capshaw (role=Joyce)</actor>
      <actor>Yûsaku Matsuda (role=Sato)</actor>
      <actor>John Spencer (role=Oliver)</actor>
      <actor>Guts Ishimatsu (role=Katayama)</actor>
      <actor>Yûya Uchida (role=Nashida)</actor>
      <actor>Tomisaburô Wakayama (role=Sugai)</actor>
      <actor>Miyuki Ono (role=Miyuki)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Root (role=Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Riehle (role=Crown)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTE4NDZiM2UtMmE2Yi00YTI3LTlkMzQtODllNzdjOWQzNzRmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX322_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>I saw this film on crappy pan and scan VHS when I was about 12 and I didn't really understand it and I wasn't really up on Ridley Scott's work. As a result, the impact of the film was somewhat lost on me. I was expecting an action film instead of a character drama with lots of police procedure. But now, older and wiser and with a brand new Blu Ray of the movie, I am finally able to appreciate how clever the film is.The story unfortunately IS riddled with 80s Cop Movie clichés and goes through quite a lot of familiar motions. But if you see past that you'll appreciate the immense atmosphere and mood that Ridley Scott piles on. Simply put, Michael Douglas is Nick Conklin, a bad cop (pretty much the exact same character in Basic Instinct) who drag races on his superbike to pay alimony and pinches drug money instead of turning it in for evidence. Enjoying lunch with partner Charlie (Andy Garcia) in a steakhouse in New York's meat-packing district, they just happen to witness a Yakuza execution by wanted Japanese criminal Sato (Yusaku Matsuda, who was dying of cancer during filming and didn't tell anyone). After a quick punch-up and shoot-out they find themselves chaperoning Sato back to Osaka. But when they arrive there he manages to escape, leaving them embarrassed with lots of questions to answer.Nick and Charlie find themselves in a very foreign and intolerant world and recapturing Sato proves to be difficult in many ways. Not the least of which is Japan's alienating culture (from an NYPD point of view) and rigid rules. Nonetheless, Nick is determined to catch Sato and restore his honor.Like I said, the atmosphere of the film is overwhelming, which is really all the film needs. The clichés and stereotypes don't matter so much when you are involved this much. Hans Zimmer (his first film with Ridley Scott) provides a deeply emotional and very melodic score that'll be rattling around in your head for days. It's a shame it's never had a comprehensive CD release, as it's one of Zimmer's most impressive efforts.You could call it a pretty 80s movies, but I still do feel that it holds up pretty well today. As one of Ridley Scott's more forgotten works, it's well worth checking out</review>
    <description>Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0073559</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Männer des Gesetzes</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.—frankfob2@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kirk Douglas</director>
      <actor>Kirk Douglas (role=Howard Nightingale)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce Dern (role=Jack Strawhorn)</actor>
      <actor>Bo Hopkins (role=Wesley)</actor>
      <actor>James Stacy (role=Harold Hellman)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Askew (role=Krag)</actor>
      <actor>David Canary (role=Pensteman)</actor>
      <actor>Alfonso Arau (role=Pepe)</actor>
      <actor>Katherine Woodville (role=Mrs. Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Roberts (role=Mr. Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Beth Brickell (role=Carla Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Dick O'Neill (role=Wiley)</actor>
      <actor>Louie Elias (role=Rains)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1975</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
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    <category>Drama|Western</category>
    <review>Kirk Douglas had already directed the somewhat terrible Scalawag in 1973, but that previous flop did not deter him from having a second stab at the directing job a couple of years on. Fortunately, Posse is a much more accomplished film than Scalawag in every way: Douglas's own direction is more assured, the script by Christopher Knopf and William Roberts is very literate and clever, and Fred Koenekamp's cinematography has a good, professional look about it. By 1975, one would have thought that there would be little mileage left in the western genre. It seemed that nothing new could be done, but this one comes up with a fresh twist by having the "hero" gradually revealed as an unlikable and ambitious social climber.Marshal Howard Nightingale (Douglas) publicly announces that he will bring in infamous railroad bandit Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern). Although Strawhorn is a criminal of considerable notoriety - and definitely a man who belongs behind bars - Nightingale has an ulterior motive for apprehending his man. For the good Marshal has decided to run for the Texan senate, and believes that if he can nail Strawhorn - painting himself as a hero into the bargain - he will win over plenty of voters. Gradually, more and more people begin to see through Nightingale's selfish and egotistical political plans. His own posse have their doubts about how they will figure in the Marshal's future schemes; a news editor named Hellman (James Stacy) expresses distrust over the Marshal's ludicrously self-important opinion of himself; even Strawhorn eventually realises what his sly adversary is up to. Ultimately, Nightingale loses his posse and his public favour, with a little clever intervention from Strawhorn, and sees his political dreams left in tatters.The critical response to Posse was much more favourable than Douglas's previous directing attempt, and deservedly so. The western action in the film is good, solid stuff, not too violent (as was the trend in '75), but certainly tough enough to satisfy genre addicts. Douglas gives a strong performance as the absurdly self-obsessed marshal, and Dern is even better as the charismatic, even likable, bandit. The subversive nature of the plot (hero gradually turns out to be villain, villain gradually turns out to be hero) is intriguing and fairly fresh, and helps to add interest to the film. While Posse has occasional lulls, and a few noticeably amateurish performances lower down the cast list, it remains a fresh, interesting, and intriguing addition to a virtually exhausted genre</review>
    <description>An unscrupulous politico marshal and his deputies chase a gang of train robbers whose leader proves that every man has his price.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068767</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Todesgrüße aus Shanghai</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young man, Chen, returns to Shanghai to marry his fiancée to discover that his martial arts teacher has died. The circumstances surrounding his death start to appear suspicious when a local Japanese martial arts school starts harassing the students at the Chinese school in an attempt to drive them out of the area. Chen is intent on revenge for the death of his mentor.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wei Lo</director>
      <actor>Bruce Lee (role=Chen Zhen)</actor>
      <actor>James Tien (role=Fan Chun-hsia)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Yi (role=Yen)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Baker (role=Petrov)</actor>
      <actor>Fu Ching Chen (role=Chao)</actor>
      <actor>Shan Chin (role=Tung)</actor>
      <actor>Ying-Chieh Han (role=Feng Kwai-sher)</actor>
      <actor>Jun Katsumura (role=Suzuki's bodyguard)</actor>
      <actor>Chung-Hsin Huang (role=Tien)</actor>
      <actor>Feng Tien (role=Fan)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Liu (role=Chin)</actor>
      <actor>Wei Lo (role=Inspector)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Hong Kong</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
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    <category>Kung Fu|Martial Arts|Action|Drama|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>Written &amp; directed by Wei Lo (who also plays the role of The Inspector), "The Chinese Connection" is simply a classic Bruce Lee martial arts film. It of course serves its purpose of dishing out lots of great combat (complete with hilarious over use of "impact" sounds). But there's more here going on than that. This also features some funny comedy, and some particularly potent drama. It's a tale of bigotry, as the Japanese in Shanghai treat their Chinese counterparts with contempt, and demean them.Taking place at the turn of the 20th century, it stars Bruce as Chen Zhen, a student who returns to his school to learn that the beloved "Master" has died. Not only that, but he just might have been murdered, to boot. Naturally, Chen swears to solve the crime and get some revenge. He takes on all comers, while the carnage mounts.There's some pretty delicious gore in this lively affair, which goes on a bit long at one hour and 47 minutes, but it still has much to recommend it. Lo and Bruce get your attention and keep it with their many intense fight sequences. It also offers a little dose of romance, as Chen hopes to marry the girl whom he loves (Nora Miao). The villains are wonderfully despicable; you love to hate them, and eagerly anticipate the inevitable showdown between Bruce and characters such as Petrov (Robert Baker), a massive Russian who shows off his superhuman strength in one amusing segment.The acting is just fine from everybody concerned. Bruce is indeed at his best, proving his physical prowess at every turn and displaying that memorable screen presence.Good, solid action entertainment, a must for martial arts fans.Eight out of 10</review>
    <description>During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062709</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bang Bang Kid</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An eccentric inventor shows up in a wide-open frontier town with a mechanical robot he says he can turn into a gunslinger to help clean up the town.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Stanley Prager</director>
      <director>Luciano Sacripanti</director>
      <director>Giorgio Gentili</director>
      <actor>Guy Madison (role=Bear Bullock)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Milo (role=Gwenda Skaggel)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Bosley (role=Meriweather P. Newberry)</actor>
      <actor>Riccardo Garrone (role=Killer Kossock)</actor>
      <actor>Luciano Bonanni (role=The barber)</actor>
      <actor>José María Caffarel (role=Mayor Skaggel)</actor>
      <actor>Eugenio Galadini (role=Old Man)</actor>
      <actor>Giustino Durano (role=Hotchkiss)</actor>
      <actor>Renato Chiantoni (role=Hotel Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Ennio Antonelli (role=Councilman)</actor>
      <actor>Mimmo Poli (role=Bartender)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Tatar (role=Leech)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|Italy</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
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    <category>Spaghetti Western|Adventure|Drama|Western</category>
    <review>This Chorizo/Pasta Western displays laughs , emotion , irony , thrills , stirring adventures , shoot'em up , slapdash , and results to be pretty amusing but mediocre . It is set in the mythical city of Limerick , Montana , a wide-open frontier town where rules by the iron fisted Bullock (Guy Madison) who submits firmly the citizens and possesses an impressive castle transported , sandstone by stone , from Europe . With an army of bandits , led by the diabolical murderer Kossock (Ricardo Garrone) , Bullock enforces a reign of terror without equal in history . Then , the Mayor (José Maria Caffarel) announces an offer by publicizing posters along the town captioning : ¨Wanted sheriff , need enterprising champion of peoples rights to rid small mining town of vicious gunman , slow guns need to apply ; signed : Mayor¨ . The greatest heroes of the West have attempted to stand up to the Monarch of Limerick but all have failed . There turns up Meriweather P. Newberry (Tom Bosley of Happy Days and Charlie's Angels), a mild-mannered traveling doctor who has never been in a gunfight in his life , he says he can turn into a gunslinger to help clean up the town . In a desperate manner , the people of Limerick rest their hopes on him . Unbeknownst to Kossock and his gang , Newberry has decided to use Limerick to try out his newest invention : a mechanical gunslinger , the Bang bang Kid , robot CAX107. Also joining the resistance fighters are the Mayor's daughters : the lovely Gwenda (Sandra Milo) , and the beautiful Betsy (Dianyk Zurawoska), two women who will stop at nothing to avenge the injustice of Bullock's reign .This amusing , engaging movie is crammed of fist-fights , punches , kicks , moving stunt-work , colorful outdoors and lots of humor . Bang Bang Kid is just a mildly amusing action comedy Western , about on the level of a lesser Bambino/Bud Spencer - Tritinity/Terence Hill movie . This is a nice and funny juvenile story for kiddies with some touches of humor in charge of the mechanical artifact . Sympathetic acting by Tom Bosley as an eccentric inventor who shows up with a mechanical robot . Bosley is top-notch as a likable freewheeling inventor , meanwhile taking on two ominous villains . Likable and ironical performance from Guy Madison as a tyrannical crime lord who has returned mankind to the dark ages . Madison is delightful and enjoyable as a baddie who uses all kinds of tricks and fakes to get his purports . It's a co-production Spanish-Italian and , of course , shot in Spain , on location in Manzanares El Real , La Pedriza , Colmenar Viejo , and a spectacular castle of Manzanares El Real and Madrid surroundings , that is regularly photographed in Eastmancolor by the Spanish Antonio Macasoli , though a perfect remastering is necessary because of the film-copy is washed-out . There are many fine technicians and professional assistant direction and decent production design by the prestigious Wolfgang Burmannn , a magnificent scenario on the town and barren outdoors , dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun and fine sets . The musician Nino Fidenco -Spaghetti Western's usual-, composes an agreeable soundtrack and well conducted and splendid leitmotif ; it's full of attractive sounds and lively score , including catching ballad at the beginning . The motion picture written by José Luis Bayonas was middlingly directed by Giorgio Gentilli (Madigan's Millions) and Luciano Sacripanti (Ragan). Both of whom are director assistants and occasionally filmmakers , shooting a few films</review>
    <description>An eccentric inventor shows up in a wide-open frontier town with a mechanical robot he says he can turn into a gunslinger to help clean up the town.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052164</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schmutziger Engel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Beate has a crush on her teacher Dr. Agast and uses Agast's son Dieter to get close to him. When Agast refuses her she claims he tried to rape her. The scandal is immense, Agast has to face trial. But how can he prove it's all a sham?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Vohrer</director>
      <actor>Peter van Eyck (role=Studienrat Dr. Torsten Agast)</actor>
      <actor>Corny Collins (role=Beate)</actor>
      <actor>Doris Kirchner (role=Norma Berg)</actor>
      <actor>Adelheid Seeck (role=Erika Romayer)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Sinjen (role=Ruth)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Hancke (role=Gerti)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Nielsen (role=Direktor Schorlemmer)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Peters (role=Kalweit)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Meyn (role=Strafverteidiger)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Linkmann (role=Direktor Franke)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Schafheitlin (role=Untersuchungsrichter Wangen)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Peine (role=Schulrat Höhne)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
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    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Beate has a crush on her teacher Dr. Agast and uses Agast's son Dieter to get close to him. When Agast refuses her she claims he tried to rape her. The scandal is immense, Agast has to face trial. But how can he prove it's all a sham?</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048474</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Piratenblut</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handsome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary. The inevitable conflict over the pearls brings violence and corruption to the quiet island.—Rod Crawford</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Allan Dwan</director>
      <actor>Virginia Mayo (role=Rita Delaine)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Morgan (role=Dan Merrill)</actor>
      <actor>David Farrar (role=Bully Hague)</actor>
      <actor>Murvyn Vye (role=Halemano)</actor>
      <actor>Lance Fuller (role=George)</actor>
      <actor>Basil Ruysdael (role=Tuan Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Montell (role=Momu)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDBkZTUyNmYtZDhhOC00M2Q5LTkwY2QtOTIwNGUxMDc2NWI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Adventure</category>
    <review>Virginia Mayo is the only reason why you would feel like watching this naive story which looks like a very average comic strip.She sails to an island with her two pals to latch on to the black pearls (check the title).Best scenes are when she claims to be a missionary (sic) talking about the "true" God to a priest who has other fish to fry:celebrating a wedding for instance.Although in love with one of the beachcombers ,Rita (Mayo) falls (or pretends to) in love with a native who knows where the treasure is hidden.But a giant octopus (is it the monster Cecil B.De Mille used in "reap the wild wind"(1942) and Ed Wood hired for "Bride of the monster" (1956)?)keeps a close watch on it</review>
    <description>Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handsome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary. The i...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0048474/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0059166</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Familienjuwel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Nine-year-old Donna Peyton is orphaned when her father dies and leaves her with a $30 million fortune. Her late father's attorney, John Wyman, explains that she must visit each of her six uncles (all played by Jerry Lewis) and decide which of them will become her new "father."—Ray Hamel</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jerry Lewis</director>
      <actor>Jerry Lewis (role='Bugs' Peyton)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Cabot (role=Dr. Matson)</actor>
      <actor>Neil Hamilton (role=Attorney)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Adler (role=Mr. Lyman, Attorney)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Strauss (role=Pool Hall Owner)</actor>
      <actor>Jesslyn Fax (role=Airline Passenger)</actor>
      <actor>Renie Riano (role=Airline Passenger)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Corby (role=Airline Passenger)</actor>
      <actor>Marjorie Bennett (role=Airline Passenger)</actor>
      <actor>Herbie Faye (role=Joe)</actor>
      <actor>Milton Frome (role=Pilot)</actor>
      <actor>Gene Baylos (role=Clown)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1965</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWYwZTFhZmYtY2VmZC00NTlhLWI2YjMtMTEwOGU3Y2Y0ZjA5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Parody|Slapstick|Comedy</category>
    <review>Ten year old heiress Donna Peyton (Donna Butterworth) spends two weeks with each of her six uncles to try and decide who is to be her new father, when it's patently obvious that her caring chauffeur Willard Woodward is the perfect candidate.A vanity project written by, starring and directed by Jerry Lewis, The Family Jewels sees the comic actor playing seven different characters, thereby allowing him to run the gamut of his comedic repertoire: loveable (Willard), scatterbrained (old sea salt Uncle James), grouchy (circus clown Uncle Everett, who hates kids), zany (Uncle Eddie the pilot, who sounds a lot like Jack Lemmon from The Great Race), logical (private detective Uncle Skylock), and villainous (gangster Uncle Bugsy).Films don't get more self-indulgent than this, Lewis milking his multiple roles for all they are worth, the star often over-egging the pudding, with many of the characters outstaying their welcome. Lewis is having so much fun doing his zany thing that he doesn't know when to call it quits and move on to the next segment. The result is a film that could have done with some judicious editing to remove the chaff, but I imagine Lewis's ego got in the way of that happening.Butterworth is charming as the young rich girl who is constantly bemused by her many uncles' eccentric behaviour, and Lewis is at his best when he's playing loveable Willard, but overall there is way too much grandstanding from its star for this to be considered a success</review>
    <description>A young heiress must choose among six uncles, one of whom is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0061578</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das dreckige Dutzend</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>WWII Army Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) has a history of bucking authority, including that of his former commander Col. Breed (Robert Ryan). Now under the authority of General Worden (Ernest Borgnine), Reisman is asked to lead a commando unit. Their mission: a stealth attack on a posh vacation chateau for Wehrmacht officers in occupied France, in hopes of disrupting German command before an Allied invasion.It's essentially a suicide mission, and the proposed soldiers are bizarre. After reviewing their qualifications, their crime history, and an interview, twelve military convicts sentenced to death or life prison terms are asked to volunteer in return for full pardons. The convicts include Wladislaw (Charles Bronson), a German-speaking former officer who attacked a superior rather than follow a stupid order, black activist Jefferson (Jim Brown), gangster Franko (John Cassavetes), psychopath Maggott (Telly Savalas), and mentally slow Pinkley (Donald Sutherland).With the aid of Sergeant Bowren (Richard Jaeckel), the men are taken to a heavily guarded remote camp for training. Nonconformists by nature, Reisman must resort to harsh discipline and incentives to motivate the uncooperative group. When Reisman deprives them of warm water for shaving, Bowren labels them, "the Dirty Dozen". As time passes, they finally begin to learn how to work together as a group.As a reward, Reisman brings in a group of local hookers for a party for the men, isolating the misogynist Maggott in the guard tower for safety. When Colonel Breed finds out about this breach of regulations, he demands that Reisman's unit "prove themselves". Arrangements are made for them to participate in a local war game. Major Max Armbruster (George Kennedy) is assigned to monitor them, and is impressed by their ingenuity in avoiding capture and "thinking outside the box" in order to achieve their objective.Training for their mission commences in earnest. Rather than having complex instructions that the men might not remember, Reisman develops a chant for them all to memorize each part of the attack plant. "One: down to the road block, we've just begun; Two: the guards are through; Three: the Major's men are on a spree; Four: Major and Wladislaw go through the door; Five: Pinkley stays out in the drive; Six: the Major gives the rope a fix; Seven: Wladislaw throws the hook to heaven; Eight: Jiménez has got a date; Nine: the other guys go up the line; Ten: Sawyer and Gilpin are in the pen; Eleven: Posey guards points five and seven; Twelve: Wladislaw and the Major go down to delve; Thirteen: Franko goes up without being seen; Fourteen: Zero-hour, Jiménez cuts the cable, Franko cuts the phone; Fifteen: Franko goes in where the others have been; Sixteen: we all come out like it's Halloween." The group recites this constantly to drive it into their minds.When they parachute into France, Jiminez (Trini López) dies on impact. The plan proceeds as planned ... until a lone woman brings out Maggot's inner demons. He tells her to scream, then stabs her, then starts shooting, alerting the Germans to the attack. Gilpin's (Ben Carruthers) leg gets trapped as the roof gives way, forcing him to sacrifice his life in order to explode the antenna tower. The Germans run to an underground bomb shelter, disrupting the original plan. Reisman and Wladislaw lock the victims inside and pour gasoline in the air vents, and Jefferson throws live grenades in afterwards.Germans have been picking off the convicts one by one the entire time, and now only four are left. As Franko exclaims that they've made it, he is shot. Reisman, Wladislaw, and Sgt. Bowren escape with their lives.Back in Allied territory, General Worden decrees that the dead convicts will be listed as soldiers who gave their lives honorably in the line of duty.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Aldrich</director>
      <actor>Lee Marvin (role=Major John Reisman)</actor>
      <actor>Ernest Borgnine (role=General Worden)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Bronson (role=Joseph T. Wladislaw)</actor>
      <actor>Jim Brown (role=Robert T. Jefferson)</actor>
      <actor>John Cassavetes (role=Victor R. Franko)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Jaeckel (role=Sergeant Bowren)</actor>
      <actor>George Kennedy (role=Major Max Armbruster)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Meeker (role=Captain Stuart Kinder)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Ryan (role=Col. Everett Dasher Breed)</actor>
      <actor>Telly Savalas (role=Archer J. Maggott)</actor>
      <actor>Donald Sutherland (role=Vernon L. Pinkley)</actor>
      <actor>Clint Walker (role=Samson Posey)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
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    <category>Action|Adventure|War</category>
    <review>John Wayne who apparently was offered the part of Major Reisman probably wisely turned it down. Wayne would never have done in the part of the maverick major in charge of training the way Lee Marvin was so perfect in the role. In fact Marvin's and the performance of others in the cast helped The Dirty Dozen get over two very big improbable situations I have always found in this film.The first one being the way the conflict between Robert Ryan and Lee Marvin is handled. I can certainly see why a spit and polish West Point graduate like Ryan would not like Marvin, why Marvin would rub him the wrong way. But I cannot understand why when the Dozen are transferred to his command for parachute training they don't tell him what's going on. I would think he would have a need to know. Then again a whole big part of the film wouldn't have occurred if Ryan had been let in on Marvin's mission.The second thing is that granted these guys might be considered expendable to say the least with several of the dozen scheduled for a firing squad, but the army would want to make sure the mission had some chance of succeeding. There's no way, absolutely no bloody way, that a psychotic like Telly Savalas would have been allowed on the mission. And why Lee Marvin didn't scrub him when psychiatrist Ralph Meeker offered to is beyond me as well.Those glaring holes in the story have always prevented me from giving The Dirty Dozen the top rating that most have given it. But it hasn't prevented me from enjoying the film.The basic idea of the film appeals to me. An unorthodox major taking a group of nonconformists to say the least and making them a crack fighting outfit. Regular army training did not do it for this crew the first time around.Charles Bronson is one of the dozen and this film certainly put him well on the way to top billing. A dozen years later in fact he'd have it over Lee Marvin in Death Hunt. Jim Brown also having just finished his football career began his movie career with a winning performance as another of the dozen. John Cassavetes was singled out for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Also Donald Sutherland got his first real notice as yet another of the dozen.A year later William Holden and Cliff Robertson did The Devil's Brigade which bore a lot of resemblance to The Dirty Dozen. It got slammed by critics for ripping off from The Dirty Dozen. The only problem was that Holden's film was based on a real outfit and The Dirty Dozen is pure fiction. Only in movieland.Marvin's mission is to infiltrate and kill a lot of the German high command as they gather at a French château in the weeks before D-Day. How he does is something you have to watch The Dirty Dozen before. But I think you'll like seeing what happens</review>
    <description>During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0067824</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Todesfaust des Cheng Li</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young man, Cheng Chao-An, moves to the country to live with his cousins and gets a job at the local ice factory. Unbeknownst to him, the owner of the factory is selling drugs from the factory. Workers who have discovered his secret have gone missing. Being skilled at martial arts Cheng would be useful in the fight against the owner but he's sworn off fighting, due to a promise he made.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wei Lo</director>
      <director>Chia-Hsiang Wu</director>
      <actor>Bruce Lee (role=Cheng Chao-an)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Yi (role=Chow Mei)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Liu (role=Hsiao Chiun (Boss Mi's son))</actor>
      <actor>Chih Chen (role=Ice Factory Manager)</actor>
      <actor>Ching-Ying Lam (role=Ah Yen (Cheng's cousin))</actor>
      <actor>Lung Chan (role=Blue Shirt Henchman)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Chang (role=Disciple)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Hong Kong</country>
    <date>1971</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2U4NjYzOTYtMzE4MS00YTdhLThiN2YtYWFiMmZiNzcxMmE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Kung Fu|Martial Arts|One-Person Army Action|Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>After trying to make a name in Hollywood with the TV series "Green Hornet" with mixed results, young actor and martial artist Bruce Lee traveled back to Hong Kong where his popularity as Kato was very high, there met Raymond Chow and received the chance to star a film about martial arts. "Tang Shan Da Xiong", or "The Big Boss" (known in the U.S. as "Fists of Fury"), was the final result and the movie that started Lee's career and his way to becoming a legend of celluloid."The Big Boss" is about a young Chinese man named Cheng Chao-an (Bruce Lee) who travels to Thailand looking for a job. Living with his distant cousins, he finds a job in the ice factory where his cousins work and soon he finds a family in them, developing a close friendship with Hsiu Chien (James Tien) and a big affection for Chow Mei (Maria Yi). Although he is a skilled fighter Cheng sworn an Oath of non-violence to his mother, promising that he would not be a get in fights. However, things get complicated when two of his cousins disappear and is discovered that the ice factory has a dark secret. Cheng will have to break his Oath in order to unveil the mystery behind the disappearance of his new family.Directed by Wei Lo (who would also discover Jackie Chan), "The Big Boss" was a breath of fresh air to martial arts films as it showed a flawed hero in a modern setting. The story (by Wei Lo and Bruce Lee) is very well developed and filled with suspense and action, and in a bold move for an action film, the main character remains almost inactive for the first half as Cheng must avoid violence due to his oath. The film not only launched Lee's career to stratosphere, it influenced his own film-making's style and the way future martial arts movies were done.Wei Lo's usually restrained style was also influenced by his young actor's abilities, "The Big Boss" can be seen as his transition to a more explosive way of film-making that would be completed in his next Lee's film ("Fist of Fury") and the subsequent Jackie Chan's films. The natural and raw look of the film added to the high dose of graphic violence (it is probably the goriest film in Lee's career) give the movie a harsh, gritty realism that adds to its charm.As many have already said (and will continue saying without a doubt), Lee was a very charming actor whose presence filled the screen and owned it completely. That statement is proved here as we see him not as a killing machine, but as a common man who just wants to live peacefully, giving us many scenes of Cheng enjoying his new found family and struggling with his own vices. Lee's performance is very natural although one could say that he was basically playing himself. The rest of the cast ranges from average to OK, with James Tien, Quin Lee and Malalene being the best among them. However, it's fair to notice that the poor dubbing, typical of movies of the era makes a bit difficult to judge them fairly."The Big Boss" is considered among the weakest of Lee's films and not without a reason. Those accustomed to constant action scenes will feel it is slow due to the film's pacing and the way the story is built. The acting, as written above, is not very good and only Lee and Tien's performances are of constantly quality. And finally, Wei Lo's inclusion of some silly comedic effects feels terribly out of pace in an otherwise dark and gritty action film.To summarize, "Tang Shan Da Xiong", or "The Big Boss", is a terrific film on its own right, and together with "Fist of Fury" ("The Chinese Connection") and "Enter the Dragon", a basic film to understand Lee's career and the development of martial arts films during the 70s. It may not be a classic as the films mentioned, but this was just the beginning of the legendary Bruce Lee. 7/10</review>
    <description>A young Chinese man sworn an oath of non-violence moves to Thailand to work with his cousins in an ice factory, which he discovers to be a front for a sinister heroin-smuggling operation.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0070127</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gott schützt die Liebenden</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The engineer Paul Holland proposes to his girlfriend Sybille shortly before a business trip, which she accepts. When Paul returns to Berlin, Sybille has disappeared without a trace.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Vohrer</director>
      <actor>Harald Leipnitz (role=Paul Holland)</actor>
      <actor>Gila von Weitershausen (role=Sybille)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Jonasson (role=Laura)</actor>
      <actor>Nino Castelnuovo (role=Emilio Trenti)</actor>
      <actor>Manuel Zarzo (role=Vittorio)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Kohut (role=Putulski)</actor>
      <actor>José María Prada (role=Lafuente)</actor>
      <actor>Umberto Raho (role=Barutti)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Lapsien (role=La Mamma)</actor>
      <actor>Paolo Giusti (role=Ricardo)</actor>
      <actor>Lorenzo Robledo (role=Tonio)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Esser (role=Albers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Spain|Italy|West Germany</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDUwOTVkYWQtMDBmNi00NDlmLWEzYWUtY2UyM2RjNzRjNTRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX292_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Thriller</category>
    <description>The engineer Paul Holland proposes to his girlfriend Sybille shortly before a business trip, which she accepts. When Paul returns to Berlin, Sybille has disappeared without a trace.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0033996</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Rächer von Texas</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>John Sands (Rod Cameron), formerly a Texas marshal whose talents with guns caused the law to turn against him,is a fugitive in Mexico, when he learns from "Dusty" Stewart (Cathy Downs)that his brother in the Texas panhandle, Billy Sands (John C. Champion), her fiancé and crusading newspaperman, his been mysteriously murdered in Sentinel, Texas. Despite the price on his head, Sands comes north to the panhandle to find his brother's killer.—Les Adams</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Lesley Selander</director>
      <actor>Rod Cameron (role=John Sands)</actor>
      <actor>Cathy Downs (role=Jean 'Dusty' Stewart)</actor>
      <actor>Reed Hadley (role=Matt Garson)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Gwynne (role=June O'Carroll)</actor>
      <actor>Blake Edwards (role=Floyd Schofield)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff York (role=Jack)</actor>
      <actor>Rory Mallinson (role=Sheriff Jim)</actor>
      <actor>Dick Crockett (role=Elliott Crockett)</actor>
      <actor>James Harrison (role=Harland)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Gerry (role=Raven McBride)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Wayne (role=Gambler)</actor>
      <actor>Francis McDonald (role=Crump)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1948</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTgyNThmODEtMDk0ZC00ZjMyLTgyOTgtNjlmOWQ4MDRjZjBiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Western</category>
    <review>John Sands is a famed ex lawman ,most celebrated for having faced down Billy the Kid .He is now living in Mexico ,having fallen foul of the law in the States,and is working as a storekeeper when news reaches him that his brother has been murdered .He vows to return to America to avenge his brother despite knowing full well this places him at risk of arrest . He is drawn into enmity with the ruthless Matt Garson who is also his rival for he hand of Garson's secretary (Joan O'Carroll)and to complicate matters he law is on his tail.Blake Edwards -a man mostly known for his acerbic comedic scripts-co wrote this movie and the screenplay is above average for the genre, and the era .Add some lively action ,including the old genre staple of a bar -room brawl ,and some capable performances and the result is a good and watchable B movie that devotees of the Western will especially enjoy</review>
    <description>John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0116361</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Freeway</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vanessa the main star of the movie lives a nightmare life. Her mother is a whore and her step father a crack head child molester. When Vanessa's mother is arrested again for prostituiton and her step father is taken away for posession of drugs she decides to hit the road and find her grandmother who she has never met.—James Jarem</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthew Bright</director>
      <actor>Kiefer Sutherland (role=Bob Wolverton)</actor>
      <actor>Reese Witherspoon (role=Vanessa Lutz)</actor>
      <actor>Bokeem Woodbine (role=Chopper)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Perri (role=Cop #1)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Peters (role=Cop #2)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Meyerson (role=Cop at Truckstop)</actor>
      <actor>Craig Barnett (role=Cop #3)</actor>
      <actor>G. Eric Miles (role=Cop #4)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Bodison (role=Detective Breer)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Hedaya (role=Detective Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Renna (role=Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Kathleen Marshall (role=ER Nurse)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|France</country>
    <date>1996</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWIyNTEyM2QtMGY0ZC00ZWZlLTk1OGItM2QxZWZlZmE0Y2NiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>I know, it may seem ridiculous to some, but actually, even after all these years (now well into 2012), this is still a film to watch, and no one could have delivered the key role more perfectly than Reese Witherspoon. She is simply spectacularly spot on with her characterization of the theme and culture that is her character here.The story is a bit hard edged for some, but sadly, not entirely outside the realms of reality in the current world.Do characters like hers in this film really exist as portrayed? Absolutely yes. Do characters like that portrayed by Sutherland, the predatory pedophile sociopath who appears to be so acceptably "normal" to the outside world? Absolutely yes, as recent history has shown only too clearly.On the surface this may have appeared to be a sort of whacky, creepy crime thriller, but actually, if one actually takes the time to watch this film, there is much more to this than the ad copy may have suggested at the time.It is still currently viable, to this very day . . . has stood the test of time.And it is absolutely one of Reese's best ever performances.Sadly, her more recent work has sort of flattened out into much less risky, complex roles, but hey, a great actress she is</review>
    <description>A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0060777</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Gold von Sam Cooper</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Nevada, prospector Sam Cooper and his partner strike gold. But Sam's greedy partner starts shooting at Sam who takes refuge inside the gold mine. His partner follows him inside the mine but is blown-up by a dynamite charge set-up by Sam on purpose. Now alone, Sam takes a load of dust gold and heads toward the nearest town. On the way, Sam meets a group of starving desperadoes who steal his horses and his food, ignoring the gold dust in the canvas sacks. Sam dumps the gold dust in the river and goes on foot, passing the Sierras, the desert and the abandoned Spanish Catholic Mission before arriving in town. Once in town, Sam sends a wire to his adoptive son, Manolo Sanchez, whom he trusts, to come meet him. Manolo arrives in town and meets with Sam who asks for Manolo's help in working his secret gold mine. Unfortunatelly, Manolo also runs into an old friend, a ruthless killer named Brent, who wants his share of the gold. Sam is angry but has no choice but to take both Manolo and Brent along. However, for protection, Sam asks an old army buddy of his, Mason, to join the group. Mason is sour at Sam for their desertion from the army and for Mason's subsequent capture and imprisonment in an army brig for 3 years. But the lust of gold is strong and Mason joins the group for half of the profits. The four men buy mining tools, supplies and food from a local store, raising the storekeeper's suspicions about a possible gold strike. In the morning they depart, heading for Sam Cooper's secret gold mine and straight into trouble.—nufs68</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Giorgio Capitani</director>
      <actor>Van Heflin (role=Sam Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Gilbert Roland (role=Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Kinski (role=Brent the Blondie)</actor>
      <actor>George Hilton (role=Manolo Sanchez)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Ross (role=Annie)</actor>
      <actor>Sergio Doria (role=Hal Brady)</actor>
      <actor>Giorgio Gruden (role=Drugstore Owner Lancaster)</actor>
      <actor>Hardy Reichelt (role=Slim)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|West Germany</country>
    <date>1968</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQxMTFjYzctODM5Ni00YmM2LWJhMTItOWNiOGYwOTlhNGFjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX275_.jpg" />
    <category>Spaghetti Western|Western</category>
    <review>Sam Cooper, (Van Heflin) was a gold prospector all his life and he finally found a good gold mine and one of his partners decided to kill him in order to keep it all for himself. However, Sam Cooper manages to blow up the mine and bury his partner instead, meaning that Sam Cooper had to hide the gold because it was too heavy to carry back by horseback through a desert area. Sam Cooper gets back in town and gathers up a group of guys, some he did not care to tag along. One guy was Mason, (Gilbert Roland) who knew Sam Cooper in past years and Sam figured he could trust him. There is one gal who appears in the town named Anna, (Sarah Ross) who is a sexy bar girl who gives Sam and eye full of her female charm. Brent the Blonde, (Klaus Kinski) is dressed up like a preacher but is a human rattlesnake who will give you one look and blow you away the next second. This film is very much like the Humphrey Bogart film, "Treasure of Sierra Madre", but this film is full of cruel evil men lusting for gold and gold only</review>
    <description>Four men embark on a mission to unearth a fortune in gold from a mine.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0082671</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lola</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola (Barbara Sukowa), a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute, exults in her power as a tempter of men, but she wants more: money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor (Mario Adorf) against the new straight-arrow building commissioner (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything--and everyone--is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Lola, an homage to Josef von Sternberg's classic Der blaue Engel (1930), is a wonderfully satirical tribute to capitalism.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rainer Werner Fassbinder</director>
      <actor>Barbara Sukowa (role=Lola)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Mueller-Stahl (role=Von Bohm)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Adorf (role=Schuckert)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Fuchs (role=Esslin)</actor>
      <actor>Helga Feddersen (role=Fräulein Hettich)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Baal (role=Lola's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Ivan Desny (role=Wittich)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Volkmann (role=Gigi)</actor>
      <actor>Hark Bohm (role=Völker)</actor>
      <actor>Rosel Zech (role=Frau Schuckert)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Neudorfer (role=Frau Fink)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Kaufmann (role=Susi)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1981</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkyNTY2MzQwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDgyMDcxMzE@._V1_QL75_UX140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>A common and probably unfair criticism of Fassbinder is that his film-making displayed a darkly misogynistic streak. Truthfully, rather than a misogynist, Fassbinder believed that both sexes were worthy of a good kicking -- he had no political reservations preventing him from showing women at their ugliest and most manipulative. Fassbinder, a man who had sex with both men and women and had complicated and unconventional relationships with members of both sexes, most likely viewed the distinction between men and women as a thin and hazy line; he based 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant', a lesbian melodrama with absolutely no male actors in the entire film, on his own experiences with men, after all.Fassbinder wanted to expose the ugly truth wherever it may lie: in response to a question he was once asked by Karlheinz Böhm as to where his political allegiance lay, he stated, 'No matter if it's on the right, left, top or bottom, I shoot in every direction.' Furthermore, some of Fassbinder's films display men at their ugliest and women at their most sympathetic, such as 'Martha', which features Margit Carstensen's character psychologically and emotionally tortured and gaslighted by her monster of a husband (the aforementioned Böhm) to such a degree that she ends the film both emotionally and literally crippled.'Lola', however, is almost certainly one of the films that will attract the 'misogyny' label from many. The film's protagonist is, simply, a whore. She is unsympathetic, vain and manipulative. Everyone in the film knows that she is a whore (even her own embarrassed mother), with the sole exception of Armin Mueller-Stahl's character, a naive and ageing 'moralist', who falls in love with a mirage, a contrived, fictional version of her.When Lola finally realises that the wealthy and respectable Von Bohm has fallen in love with her, her reaction is not one of joy or relief, or one of belief that she could potentially escape the ugly world she is trapped in -- instead she coldly realises she has another man with capital to exploit to the emotional bitter end, except this one comes with a ring.'Do you want to live in a world without morality? A world that's only bad and rotten and corrupt?' Lola is asked. 'I would love to. My only problem is that they do not allow me to take part' is her darkly serious reply. You get the feeling that Lola chose the gutter, that the gutter didn't necessarily choose her; this is in contrast to many films about the 'liberation' of prostitutes.The film is set in the strange era of immediate post-war Germany, a period in which an entire country awoke from mass hypnosis, literally bombed back into reality; a nation that had to rebuild itself, rediscover its dignity and learn to come to terms with its morass of guilt.The use of colour filters in Fassbinder's late films is distinctive and powerful, creating a queasy and sleazy mood of the garish underworld; along with 'Querelle', 'Lola' is a great example of this. It's as if Fassbinder took the melodrama of his beloved Douglas Sirk and placed it right in the hungry stomach of Hell.'Lola' is a strong film: unconventional, creative and fascinating, but it doesn't quite reach the level of brilliance of the other two entries in his 'BRD Trilogy' -- the outstanding 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' from 1979, and the tragic and near-perfect 'Veronika Voss' from the year of his death, 1982</review>
    <description>A seductive cabaret singer-prostitute pits a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, launching an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything-and everyone-is for sale.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051681</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Greifer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>German actor Hans Albers shot himself to fame in 1930 with the movie "Der Greifer." Here Albers plays Sgt. Harry Cross. Representing Scotland Yard he mingles with the cream of British society to bring a murderer to justice. Greeting everyone with off-handed cheerfulness, Albers is able to put the culprit "at ease" long enough to tighten the noose. He also wins the girl of his dreams, Dolly Mooreland, fetchingly played by Charlotte Susa. Hans Albers was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Albers starred in a 1958 remake of the film once again playing the role of the retiring police superintendent.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Eugen York</director>
      <actor>Hans Albers (role=Otto Friedrich Dennert)</actor>
      <actor>Hansjörg Felmy (role=Harry Dennert)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Cramer (role=Ursula Brandt)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Frank (role=Josef Schmitz)</actor>
      <actor>Mady Rahl (role=Toni)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Peters (role=Mücke)</actor>
      <actor>Siegfried Lowitz (role=Dr. Schreiber)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Sebaldt (role=Kriminalassistentin Schramm)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Stankovski (role=Willy Goede)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Windeck (role=Mutter Schmitz)</actor>
      <actor>Carsta Löck (role=Lena)</actor>
      <actor>Lia Eibenschütz (role=Frau Mertens)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWVhMjkwYWUtZGYzNy00MmUyLWI4YjgtOGMzZGNlYzU2YjE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX158_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>For Hans Albers the part of the retiring police superintendant is a repeat of the same part he played in the first version in 1930 (!). It seems to me that in this 2nd version Albers is better cast, though I never saw the 1930 version. Albers easily dominates the film and plays his part with a lot of joy and irony. The makers gave him the chance to render a song from his standard repertoire in at the same time the best scene in the film: during the underworld part Albers sings "Beim ersten Mal da tut's noch Weh", the song he sang for the first time in Helmut Käutner's "Grosse Freiheit Nr 7" of 1943. This is also the last film in which Hans Albers had a really good part. After this film came the only passable "Der Mann im Strom" (q.v.) and two others with Albers I would not care to mention. Though the film can be considered a Hans Albers vehicle in retrospect, York surely did not aim for it. His aim was to make a psychological thriller. As such it is good entertainment, but the psychological element (the women killer who loves his mother too much) is on the simple side to say the least and is also taken to seriously, that is: a bit more tongue-in-cheek would have helped to make it acceptable. There are some big problems with the continuity of the script: at at least two occasions the action jumps without any logic. Watch how the film jumps from the bar to the arrest of Albers; someone forgot to bridge the two scenes</review>
    <description>German actor Hans Albers shot himself to fame in 1930 with the movie "Der Greifer." Here Albers plays Sgt. Harry Cross. Representing Scotland Yard he mingles with the cream of British society to bring a murderer to justice. Greeting everyone with off-handed cheerfulness, Albers i...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0051681/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11851548</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Orphan: First Kill</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The only thing more terrifying than how it ended, was where it all began. In Estonia 2007, before the events of the first film, Leena Klammer escapes from the Saarne Institute and travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. When they first bring her home, her suspicious mother Tricia, grows very anxious of her, she starts to show a dark side that her mother has never seen in her daughter before. How far will a mother go to protect her family from the nightmare that she first brought into her home?—alonzovillafra</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>William Brent Bell</director>
      <actor>Isabelle Fuhrman (role=Leena)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Tricia Albright)</actor>
      <actor>Rossif Sutherland (role=Allen Albright)</actor>
      <actor>Hiro Kanagawa (role=Detective Donnan)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Finlan (role=Gunnar Albright)</actor>
      <actor>Samantha Walkes (role=Dr. Segar)</actor>
      <actor>Lauren Cochrane (role=Officer Leahy)</actor>
      <actor>Gwendolyn Collins (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Kristen Sawatzky (role=Federica)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff Strome (role=Lobby Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea del Campo (role=Betsy)</actor>
      <actor>Alec Carlos (role=Mike)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
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    <category>Psychological Drama|Psychological Horror|Serial Killer|Slasher Horror|Crime|Drama|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>One of the most underrated horror films of the 2000s is Orphan (2009). Many horror fans will probably agree that the 2000s wasn't exactly the best decade for the genre, but there were some brilliant exceptions here and there (The Descent (2005) and REC (2007) always stand out, for example). It surprises me that Orphan has been mostly forgotten by the masses, because it really is an exceptional piece of work. It's tense, the performances are all solid, and the twist is so fantastic that it boggles the mind that it isn't talked about more often. Nevertheless, Orphan: First Kill, a prequel film that nobody asked for, is here to reintroduce Esther (Fuhrman) into the public consciousness. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sceptical when I read that this film would be a prequel. Considering how Esther's true nature was revealed in the original's masterful third-act twist (I won't spoil it here), a great deal of tension has already been eliminated from any future storylines involving this antagonist. To my surprise, however, David Coggeshall manages to throw a few curveballs into the film's narrative to keep us on our toes, but regardless of a pretty ludicrous plot twist and some decent splatter, Orphan: First Kill doesn't measure up to the strengths of the original.On the plus side, Isabelle Fuhrman slips back into the role of Esther effortlessly, and the filmmakers utilise some neat film trickery to withhold the illusion that she is supposed to be a thirteen-year-old girl. Fuhrman is twenty-five now, so it was always going to be a challenge to trick the audience into believing her portrayal of Esther as we once did back when she was the same age as the character. Arguably, this was one of the most important aspects of the film to get right, and I'm glad to say the filmmakers succeeded. The performances are decent enough and Julia Stiles works well alongside Fuhrman to create a unique dynamic that I wasn't anticipating. Where the film falters is a lack of genuine suspense, and the key twist here is, whilst intriguing, quite far-fetched. It doesn't pack the same punch as the original and the script changes gears so fast and so often that it never gives its ideas time to breathe. It's almost as if the filmmakers were uncomfortably conscious of the fact that the film's best trick has already been played in the original. In the end, Orphan: First Kill is a perfectly fine yet unnecessary horror film. A prequel to the original film was never going to hit in the same way, but for what it is, it's alright. Isabelle Fuhrman is once again a strong screen presence and there are some fun kills, but ultimately the film left me wondering if it really needed to exist in the first place</review>
    <description>After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0831387</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Godzilla</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1954, the United States military witnesses a nuclear test. A hydrogen bomb is detonated at the moment a giant creature emerges from the ocean. In 1999, Project Monarch scientists Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe) and Vivienne Graham (Sally Hawkins) investigate a colossal skeleton unearthed in a collapsed mine in the Philippines. They find two chrysalises; one dormant, one broken open and a recently made trail to the sea (This trail triggers an earthquake which is followed all the way to Japan). In Japan, the Janjira Nuclear Power Plant experiences unusual seismic activity. Supervisor Joe Brody sends (Bryan Cranston) his wife Sandra and a team of technicians into the reactor. While the team is inside, the reactor is breached, releasing radioactive steam. Sandra and her team are unable to escape and the plant collapses into ruin.Fifteen years later, Joe's son Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a US Navy explosive ordnance disposal officer (including nuclear bombs), returns from a tour of duty to his family in San Francisco but has to immediately depart for Japan after Joe is detained for trespassing in the Janjira quarantine zone. Joe, determined to reveal the disaster's true cause (he believes that the new seismic readings being measured in Janjira are very similar to the ones measured on the day of the nuclear disaster 15 years ago), persuades Ford to accompany him to their old home within the zone to retrieve vital data.
They successfully retrieve the data but are captured and taken to a secret facility within the plant's ruins. Here Serizawa &amp; Graham meet Jeo as Jeo used to manage the plant, the day it was ruined &amp; also because he does not believe that it was a natural disaster.Inside, a giant winged creature emerges from containment and escapes, destroying the facility. The creature was under a massive concrete containment structure but was generating increasing electromagnetic pulses at subsequently shorter intervals, pulsing towards a giant EMP outburst. The creature is known to feed on nuclear material (hence the attack on Janjira 15 years ago, to find an energy source to sustain itself till it grew stringer. Serizawa decides to kill the creature by electrifying it, but that does not work &amp; the creature escapes. Joe is severely wounded and later dies. The incident is reported as an earthquake.Serizawa, Graham and Ford join a US Navy task force led by Admiral William Stenz on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga to search for the creature, dubbed "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism," ("MUTO"). To Ford, the scientists reveal how a 1954 US Submarine based deep sea expedition triggered the awakening &amp; appearance of Godzilla, a prehistoric alpha predator, predating mankind by millions of years when radiation levels on our planet's surface were much higher. The Godzilla &amp; others like him, use radiation as a food source &amp; as the surface levels decreased, they retreated closer to the planet's core to get their radiation. Early nuclear tests were really attempts to kill it; that Project Monarch was formed secretly to study Godzilla; and that the MUTO (which hatched 15 years ago in the collapsed mine in the Philippines &amp; headed straight for the nearest source of radiation, the Janjira nuclear plant &amp; cocooned itself for 15 yrs until it emerged like a butterfly) caused the Janjira destruction. Ford reveals that Joe had monitored echolocation signals that indicated the MUTO was communicating with something.Post this Ford is deposited in Honolulu to catch a commercial flight to SFO.
The MUTO is found feeding off the wreckage of a Russian nuclear submarine (as any nuclear source is food for NUTO) it deposited in a forest in Hawaii. The military attacks and the battle shifts to Honolulu International Airport where Ford is waiting for a flight home. The MUTO keeps generating EMPs to deactivate all weapons unleashed against him.Godzilla arrives (Serizawa had predicted that Godzilla would battle MUTO as it is an Alpha predator &amp; will not accept any challenge to his authority. Godzilla figured MUTO's location by the Echolocation pulses that the MUTO had be generating to communicate with something else), causing a tsunami that devastates Waikiki. After briefly fighting Godzilla, the MUTO flies away, and Honolulu is left in ruin. Stenz's carrier battle group follows the Godzilla as it approaches the US Pacific coast. Serizawa reckons that Godzilla is hunting &amp; will be following MUTO.Meanwhile, at a Nevada nuclear waste facility, a second, larger and wingless MUTO, emerges and devastates Las Vegas. The scientists deduce that the second MUTO is female, the two were communicating and will meet to breed. Serizawa also concludes that the 2nd MUTO came from the dormant spore found in the Philippine mine &amp; was trashed in Nevada where US disposes all its nuclear waste.The task force follows Godzilla, projecting that the monsters will meet near San Francisco. Over the scientists' objections, Stenz approves a plan to use nuclear warheads to lure the monsters to a safe distance from the city and then detonated to destroy the monsters. Ford returns with the military to California and joins a team delivering the warheads by train to Stenz's team waiting in SFO (He persuades the team lead to let him join as he has activated &amp; deactivated nuclear arsenal in real combat situations). All digital stuff on the warheads is replaced with analog stuff, including the remote detonators as MUTO's can mess with them with their EMPs. The female MUTO destroys the train and devours one of the warheads. The remaining warhead is airlifted to the city and is activated, but the MUTOs capture it and take it to a nest in the downtown area, where the female deposits her eggs.After the military fails to stop Godzilla when it arrives at the Golden Gate Bridge, Stenz accepts Serizawa's advice and orders the military to withdraw to allow the three monsters to fight. While they battle, soldiers, including Ford, enter the city by HALO jump to find and disarm the warhead. Unable to disarm the warhead at the nest, they put it on a boat for disposal at sea. Ford destroys the nest, causing the female to leave the battle. Godzilla then kills the male, using its tail to crush the MUTO against a building. The female finds and kills the team on the boat, but Ford is saved when Godzilla kills the female by firing atomic breath down her throat and decapitating her. Godzilla then collapses from injury and exhaustion. Ford pilots the boat out to sea and is rescued before the warhead detonates.The next day, Ford finds his family at an emergency shelter. In the city ruins, Godzilla, thought to be dead, suddenly awakens and returns to the ocean after a final roar.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gareth Edwards</director>
      <actor>Aaron Taylor-Johnson (role=Ford Brody)</actor>
      <actor>CJ Adams (role=Young Ford)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Watanabe (role=Dr. Ishiro Serizawa)</actor>
      <actor>Bryan Cranston (role=Joe Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Elizabeth Olsen (role=Elle Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Carson Bolde (role=Sam Brody)</actor>
      <actor>Sally Hawkins (role=Vivienne Graham)</actor>
      <actor>Juliette Binoche (role=Sandra Brody)</actor>
      <actor>David Strathairn (role=Admiral William Stenz)</actor>
      <actor>Richard T. Jones (role=Captain Russell Hampton)</actor>
      <actor>Victor Rasuk (role=Sergeant Tre Morales)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Sabongui (role=Lieutenant Commander Marcus Waltz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM5MjgwMDU5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTY3MjEzMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dinosaur Adventure|Disaster|Kaiju|Urban Adventure|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>When this came out, people were upset that it did not have enough creatures in it. I agreed back then but now after the sequels I realize that Gareth Edwards was trying to focus on the story and not just a CGI fest. I really enjoyed Bryan Cranston's character and wish I could have more of that too. While I left wanting more, sometimes that is better than having too much</review>
    <description>The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0146316</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lara Croft is a wealthy, British archeologist/tomb raider who tries to thwart a secret society/doomesday cult seeking two pieces of a mysterious device hidden in two different places of the world in order to use it during a rare planetary alignment to bring them unlimited power to control or destroy the world.—Matthew Patay</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Simon West</director>
      <actor>Angelina Jolie (role=Lara Croft)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Voight (role=Lord Richard Croft)</actor>
      <actor>Iain Glen (role=Manfred Powell)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Taylor (role=Bryce)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Craig (role=Alex West)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Johnson (role=Distinguished Gentleman)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Rhind-Tutt (role=Mr. Pimms)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Phillips (role=Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Phillips (role=Julius, Assault Team Leader)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Appleton (role=Young Lara)</actor>
      <actor>Henry Wyndham (role=Boothby's Auctioneer)</actor>
      <actor>David K.S. Tse (role=Head Laborer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Japan|Germany</country>
    <date>2001</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzk4NWM5YjgtMGM5Ny00NTEwLTljMjItOGU2ZTcwMTJjMjhiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Globetrotting Adventure|Jungle Adventure|Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Thriller</category>
    <review>"Tomb Raider" is a harmless diversion that should please its core audience. I loved the performance of Angelina Jolie, who brings the computer game heroine Lara Croft to life. I watched an interview with Jolie in which she said that she really "became Lara Croft".With her mock British accent, Jolie is a lot of fun as the adventurer-archaeologist who is equal parts Bruce Wayne and Indiana Jones, but with a much better body.Taking its cue from the video game, the film's screenplay is more of a puzzle than a plot. The script is a patchwork of ideas that plays like a Greatest Hits collection of other films. It deals with end of the world stuff, but it never feels apocalyptic. It's controlled chaos, utterly lacking in surprise. The script jumps from one expected moment to the next, never apologizing for its lack of originality.At least Jolie understands the limitations of the script. There's enough conviction in her performance to make you want to believe in Lara Croft, the spunky heiress is who is equally at home in her spacious mansion or within the catacombs of a lost tomb. She's guided by the spirit (both literally and figuratively) of her late adventurer father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight), and assisted by an archaeologist Alex West (Daniel Craig) and cyber-geek creator Bryce (Noah Taylor).The film opens like "Raiders of the Lost Ark," with Lara Croft deep inside one of those musty, dusty tombs. Instead of outrunning a giant boulder, Croft squares off against a mechanical monster, a robotic menace that seems to come out of nowhere. It doesn't. We learn that it's a creation of Bryce, used to keep Croft on her toes.Angelina Jolie made the perfect Lara Croft; her facial expressions and sly smirks added a personality to the flick that I can only imagine the video game is missing. She seemed smart, brave, and composed as well as full of emotion. Okay, maybe the parts with her father (real-life papa Jon Voight) were a little over the top, but since the whole movie is just eye-candy anyway they seemed to fit.The fight scenes among ruins got me. How can you not love Lara Croft jumping onto a swinging obelisk to smash a glass eye that holds the key to time, or sledding thru an ice cave being pulled by dogs? Or the scene where the villains jump through her castle windows as she rappels around the walls, smashing chandeliers and pistol-whipping bad guys? What's a girl to do but hop on her motorbike, take a guy out sideways, and race off at 100 miles an hour? Excellent</review>
    <description>Adventurer Lara Croft explores lost empires and discovers immeasurable treasures in her daily life, but a secret from the past of her father, a missing archaeologist, will lead her to one of her greatest challenges.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9850344</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bis an die Grenze</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anne Fontaine</director>
      <actor>Virginie Efira (role=Virginie)</actor>
      <actor>Omar Sy (role=Aristide)</actor>
      <actor>Grégory Gadebois (role=Erik)</actor>
      <actor>Payman Maadi (role=Asomidin Tohirov)</actor>
      <actor>Elisa Lasowski (role=Sonia, la femme battue)</actor>
      <actor>Emmanuel Barrouyer (role=L'homme violent)</actor>
      <actor>Anne-Pascale Clairembourg (role=Martine, la femme d'Erik)</actor>
      <actor>Anne-Gaëlle Jourdain (role=La mère maltraitante)</actor>
      <actor>Cécile Rebboah (role=L'assistante sociale)</actor>
      <actor>Cédric Vieira (role=Le mari de Virginie)</actor>
      <actor>Thierry Levaret (role=Hervé, le chef du commissariat)</actor>
      <actor>Aurore Broutin (role=La psychologue)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|China</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGE2NDA4MzktM2Q1ZC00ZjZiLWEzNmQtOGYwNzMxZmUyODNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQWdhbWF6b2E@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>It would have been much better to have a longer first part than the too unlikely second part. Anyway excellent Gregory Gadebois</review>
    <description>Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0443649</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>10.000 BC</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Trained by his mentor, Tic'Tic, to hunt giant mammoths and to be fearless, the young hunter, D'Leh, embarks on a peril-laden journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. When ferocious, horse-riding warlords raid the Yagahl camp and abduct the beautiful, blue-eyed girl, Evolet, D'Leh has no other choice but to lead a handful of brave young warriors into hostile regions, and pursue the invaders to the end of the world. Now, driven by destiny, the unlikely band of protectors must fight tooth-and-nail against cunning, skilled, and powerful adversaries to free Evolet and the captured members of the tribe. Will D'Leh fulfil his destiny?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Roland Emmerich</director>
      <actor>Steven Strait (role=D'Leh)</actor>
      <actor>Camilla Belle (role=Evolet)</actor>
      <actor>Cliff Curtis (role=Tic'Tic)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Virgel (role=Nakudu)</actor>
      <actor>Nathanael Baring (role=Baku)</actor>
      <actor>Mona Hammond (role=Old Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Khan (role=One-Eye)</actor>
      <actor>Reece Ritchie (role=Moha)</actor>
      <actor>Joel Fry (role=Lu'kibu)</actor>
      <actor>Kristian Beazley (role=D'Leh's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Junior Oliphant (role=Tudu)</actor>
      <actor>Louise Tu'u (role=Baku's Mother)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|South Africa|New Zealand|Germany</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTA0NDgyMTIyMDFeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDgyNjk2MzMx._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dinosaur Adventure|Period Drama|Action|Adventure|Drama|Fantasy|History</category>
    <review>You know how when you go to a cafeteria style restaurant and you see something you usually enjoy like lasagna. You get the lasagna and take a bite with the fond memories of the last time you ate it in a real restaurant. When the first taste hits your tongue and all hopes of future meal enjoyment are flushed down the toilet. 10,000BC is the cafeteria lasagna. It looks goods, has the potential to be great, you have fond memories of other movies in the same genre that were good, and then you watch it. It's edible but just barely. The movie had pretty good special effects and wasn't boring which is why I gave it a five. The dialog and acting were for the most part sub-par. The story didn't even make an attempt to suspend your disbelief. Forget historically inaccurate, it was ridiculous. If I were you I would catch the matinée or wait for someone else to pay for the cafeteria lasagna</review>
    <description>In the prehistoric past, D'Leh is a mammoth hunter who bonds with the beautiful Evolet. When warriors on horseback capture Evolet and the tribesmen, D'Leh must embark on an odyssey to save his true love.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4196776</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jason Bourne</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A decade after he exposed Operation Blackbriar (as seen in The Bourne Ultimatum) and disappeared, Jason Bourne has finally recovered from his amnesia, isolating himself from the world and making a living by taking part in savage, bare-knuckle fighting bouts. In Reykjavík, Nicky Parsons, who has been collaborating with a hacktivist group led by Christian Dassault, hacks into the CIA's mainframe computer server to expose its black ops programs. This alerts Heather Lee, the head of the agency's cyber security operations division, and CIA director Robert Dewey. In the process, Parsons finds documentation concerning Bourne's recruitment into Treadstone and his father's role in the program. She travels to Athens to find and inform him..</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Greengrass</director>
      <actor>Matt Damon (role=Jason Bourne)</actor>
      <actor>Tommy Lee Jones (role=CIA Director Robert Dewey)</actor>
      <actor>Alicia Vikander (role=Heather Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Cassel (role=Asset)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Nicky Parsons)</actor>
      <actor>Riz Ahmed (role=Aaron Kalloor)</actor>
      <actor>Ato Essandoh (role=Craig Jeffers)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Shepherd (role=Director NI Edwin Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Camp (role=Malcolm Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Vinzenz Kiefer (role=Christian Dassault)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Kunken (role=Baumen)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Stylianou (role=Greek Van Driver)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China|Spain|Japan|Iceland|Germany|Italy</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI5MTA5NDk1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODIxMTIzOTE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>One-Person Army Action|Spy|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>The original Bourne trilogy of Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum were brilliant displays in effective storytelling and great action. Jason Bourne, however, isn't quite as proficient in both of those areas. On the one hand, it's action-packed to the brim, and provides for a hugely entertaining watch, but on the other, it's a disappointment as far as bringing yet another intriguing and truly thrilling mystery to life is concerned.Let's start on the bright side, however, with the action. Paul Greengrass does yet another sterling job at directing some hugely exciting action sequences (including a thrilling chase in Athens that harks back to Ultimatum's Tangier chase), and in tandem with yet another excellent performance by Matt Damon as Jason Bourne himself, the action is definitely the best part of this film.Where the story lacks, Jason Bourne more often than not gives you some insane action to revel at. Sure, it's not the work of storytelling geniuses, but if you're the sort of person who can turn their brain off for two hours and watch wall-to-wall action and explosions, then this film will have you in dreamland. It's not a Michael Bay movie, and Greengrass' style lends a lot to making more vibrant action sequences, but there's no doubt that fans of big action will love this film.On the whole, I did enjoy this film, and I was able to recognise its flaws and just watch it as a big blockbuster. However, I can't escape feeling disappointed at the film's total failure to tell as intriguing a story as the first three films in the series.The enthralling mysteries and gradual revelations about Jason Bourne's past were what really separated this series from any other spy thriller. In this movie, however, everything felt a lot more generic, with a much bigger emphasis on action than clever storytelling and patient, gradual character and plot development. Unfortunately, it's that that makes Jason Bourne look pale in comparison to the original trilogy, and those who are expecting yet another engrossing and intelligent thriller will certainly be disappointed.That said, there are bright moments in the story too. It's not a horrifically dull film, and there are a few details that relate right the way back to The Bourne Identity. What's more is that Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander and Tommy Lee Jones all put in very strong performances to add a degree of gravitas to what is in truth a very clichéd and repetitive story, which was good to see.Overall, I am disappointed by Jason Bourne, in that it doesn't manage to tell such an enthralling and intelligent mystery as the series' original trilogy, but its top-quality action and strong directing and performances still allowed me to have a lot of fun for two hours</review>
    <description>The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1935194</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Overdrive</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story centers on two car thieves, brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities and wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss. Andrew and Garrett Foster (Scott Eastwood and Freddie Thorp) are thieves who specialize in luxury cars, only the most expensive cars. They've been hired to steal a gorgeous Bugatti 1937 valued million euros, so they head to the south of France for the job. But they get caught, and Jacomo Morier (Simon Abkarian), the local crime boss who owns the Bugatti, doesn't take it lightly. In exchange for their lives the two brothers will have to steal a car from Max Klemp (Clemens Schick), Morier's arch-rival, and not any car, Morier wants them to steal Klemp's 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, his most prized car.—Teaser-Trailer.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Antonio Negret</director>
      <actor>Scott Eastwood (role=Andrew Foster)</actor>
      <actor>Freddie Thorp (role=Garrett Foster)</actor>
      <actor>Ana de Armas (role=Stephanie)</actor>
      <actor>Gaia Weiss (role=Devin)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Abkarian (role=Jacomo Morier)</actor>
      <actor>Clemens Schick (role=Max Klemp)</actor>
      <actor>Abraham Belaga (role=Laurent Morier)</actor>
      <actor>Kaaris (role=Franck)</actor>
      <actor>Magne-Håvard Brekke (role=Kuhn)</actor>
      <actor>Joshua Fitoussi (role=Leon)</actor>
      <actor>Pierre-Marie Mosconi (role=Officer Closson)</actor>
      <actor>Frédéric Anscombre (role=Officer Depaul)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Belgium|United States|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmVmMjliMjYtYmQ4OC00NzVjLWI0MDktNzllZGIyMzM0NzMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Action|Adventure|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>This movie reminds me the French "Taxi" movie series (from Luc Besson): bad action scenes, bad acting, bad script, bad camera work.... I don't know how Scott Eastwood got involved in this movie. Because he can have a pretty good acting career like his father by selecting better projects.Ana De Armas is not good either (before her big break in Blade Runner 2049). Surely because of the crappy and unoriginal script.And I don't know how this movie got funded. Surely it can be a nice TV movie, so forgettable</review>
    <description>Two car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1013752</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fast &amp; Furious</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dominic Toretto, street racer-thief who's still wanted by both the law and some criminals he has crossed, decides to cut himself from everyone close to him including his girlfriend Letty. Later he learns Letty was killed in L.A. so he returns to find out what happened. Brian Conner, an undercover cop allowed Dom to escape instead of turning him in, now works for the FBI. He's been searching for a elusive drug dealer known as Braga. His trail leads him to the same man that Dom is looking for. It seems that Letty was working as a courier for Braga. When Braga searches for some new drivers, Dom and Brian put themselves forward. Dom wants to get to the man who killed Letty while Brian is looking for Braga.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Justin Lin</director>
      <actor>Vin Diesel (role=Dominic Toretto)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Walker (role=Brian O'Conner)</actor>
      <actor>Jordana Brewster (role=Mia)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Rodriguez (role=Letty)</actor>
      <actor>John Ortiz (role=Campos)</actor>
      <actor>Laz Alonso (role=Fenix)</actor>
      <actor>Gal Gadot (role=Gisele)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Conley (role=Penning)</actor>
      <actor>Shea Whigham (role=Stasiak)</actor>
      <actor>Liza Lapira (role=Trinh)</actor>
      <actor>Sung Kang (role=Han)</actor>
      <actor>Tego Calderon (role=Tego)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Japan|United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmEzZWQ5YzItOGU5ZC00NjdlLTkwYWYtZTg1MTcyM2Y4ODk4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Car Action|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) have escaped to the Dominican Republic and resume their criminal ways. However when the cops close in on Dom, he decides to leave everything behind including Letty. Later he finds that Letty has been killed while working for drug baron Braga who is using street racers to drive his drugs across the border. Only he doesn't know that Letty was working for Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) as an informant. Now Dom and Brian are both trying to get Braga by infiltrating his group as drivers.The family is back and the movie is so much the better for it. Director Justin Lin returns after Tokyo Drift. The franchise really missed the presence of Vin Diesel. The only minor disappointment are the car chases. They're good but just not great. They can be better. It's also sad to lose Letty so early on in the movie. It misses her energy</review>
    <description>Brian O'Conner, back working for the FBI in Los Angeles, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1800393</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Last Son</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A legendary gunslinger (Worthington) is on a warpath to kill off his children, due to a Cheyenne curse placed on him that says one of his children will kill him. This film stars Sam Worthington, Machine Gun Kelly, Thomas Jane, &amp; Heather Graham.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tim Sutton</director>
      <actor>Sam Worthington (role=Isaac LeMay)</actor>
      <actor>Colson Baker (role=Lionel)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Jane (role=Solomon)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Marie Palmer (role=Megan)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Graham (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Kim DeLonghi (role=Grace)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Bohnen (role=Soldier Ernie)</actor>
      <actor>Scotty Bohnen (role=Cecil)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Meraz (role=Patty)</actor>
      <actor>James Landry Hébert (role=Grayton Willets)</actor>
      <actor>Bates Wilder (role=Coleman)</actor>
      <actor>James Di Giacomo (role=Pierce)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzQwZjI1ZGItYjI1Mi00MTY4LWE1NzYtZDc5ZGY5MWJjZjU1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Thriller|Western</category>
    <review>Sombre, grim and slow The Last Son drags itself to an inevitable ending like a terminal disease. There's never any doubt how this little slice of misery is going to end but despite only running for 92 minutes it seems a lot longer. The cast crawl through every scene as if on the verge of collapse through exhaustion. There is no light and dark here, only inky blackness made even deeper by the constant howling wind and jarring electronic soundtrack. It's all been done before and a lot better too, 2005's "The Proposition" springs to make mind. Track down that movie and give this one a miss</review>
    <description>An outlaw attempts to end his evil family line.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0095956</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rambo III</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>John Rambo, unwilling to accompany old friend Colonel Trautman behind Soviet lines in Afghanistan, ends up going there on an unofficial rescue mission after Trautman is captured. Bullets and bombs fly in all directions as the indestructible Rambo quickly works his way through a large camp of Soviet soldiers.—Rob Hartill</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter MacDonald</director>
      <actor>Sylvester Stallone (role=Rambo)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Crenna (role=Trautman)</actor>
      <actor>Marc de Jonge (role=Zaysen)</actor>
      <actor>Kurtwood Smith (role=Griggs)</actor>
      <actor>Doudi Shoua (role=Hamid)</actor>
      <actor>Randy Raney (role=Kourov)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Gilbert (role=Tomask)</actor>
      <actor>Harold Diamond (role=Stick Fighter)</actor>
      <actor>Hany Said El Deen (role=Gun Dealer)</actor>
      <actor>Shaby Ben-Aroya (role=Uri)</actor>
      <actor>Marciano Shoshi (role=Afghan Girl)</actor>
      <actor>Sadiq Tawfiq (role=Helicopter Person)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1988</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWJmNTcxZGItZThlZC00NTY4LTg3MjUtMTgyMTcxZGY4NjQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,59,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>One-Person Army Action|Action|Adventure|Thriller</category>
    <review>Having single-handedly defeated the Vietcong in First Blood Part II, there was no going back for John Rambo: once a tortured soul, he was now a larger-than-life comic-book hero righting the world's wrongs through extreme violence and that was how he would have to stay in order to keep his fans happy. Rambo's next mission would have to be bigger, the villains more evil, and the body count higher. With the US in the midst of a cold war with Russia, the answer was obvious: send Rambo to kick Russian butt in Afghanistan.Armed with a knife that would shame Crocodile Dundee, several big guns, and his trusty bow with explosive-tipped arrows, Rambo frees his ex-commanding officer Col. Trautman (Richard Crenna) from a Soviet fort and liberates the Mujahadin, laying waste to hundreds of the enemy in the process.But while the film's numerous battle scenes certainly deliver on the promise of much carnage, with some of the biggest on-screen explosions of the 80s, the film offers little in the way of genuine excitement or tension thanks to Rambo being virtually indestructible. The spectacular action also has the effect of making proceedings seem rather dull whenever Stallone eases off the trigger, resulting in this film being a marginally less enjoyable affair overall than the previous movies.Ironically, for all of Rambo III's glorification of violence in the name of a noble cause, the closing message, dedicating the film to 'the gallant people of Afghanistan', unintentionally but effectively illustrates the futility of war</review>
    <description>Rambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0462499</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>John Rambo</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Amid the political protests of the Saffron Revolution in Burma, ruthless SPDC officer Major Pa Tee Tint (Maung Maung Khin) leads Burmese junta army forces to pillage small villages (of the Karen ethnic community) in a campaign of fear. His soldiers sadistically slaughter innocents, abduct teenage boys to be drafted into his army and hold women hostage to be assaulted as sex slaves.
Tint threatens the villagers that he would burn their villages and massacre their population if they resist him or take any help from the armed rebels.Tint is not opposed to using chemical weapons to keep the ethnic community under control with fear. Buddhist monks take out marches protesting the genocide, but the protests are disrupted and all foreign journalists in the country are killed or deported by force. There are more landmines in Burma than anywhere else in the world.
The Burmese army's campaign against the Karen people has been going on 60 years, the longest running conflict in the world.Meanwhile, 20 years after the events in Afghanistan, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is still living in Thailand, making a meager living as a snake catcher and by providing boat rides. The captured snakes are delivered to a local hospital to milk them to create anti-venom medication.
Rambo also hunts for fish using his specialized bow and donates that to the local monks for their sustenance.A missionary doctor from Colorado named Michael Burnett (Paul Schulze) hires Rambo to use his boat to ferry their group up the Salween River into Burma on a humanitarian mission to provide medical aid to a village inhabited by the Karen people. Michael says that people call Burma a war zone, but it is more like genocide of a specific ethnic community. Michael argues that he has been there 5 times before.Rambo initially refuses, then agrees when requested by Michael's fiance Sarah Miller (Julie Benz). Sarah says that all lives are special and reveals that her group is a group of volunteers from a church in Colorado who want to get desperately needed aid for the Karen Christian community. Rambo says that war changes nothing and refuses to get involved. Sarah convinces Rambo by saying that he must care about something in life. Rambo agrees to take them without taking any of their money.
Rambo says that he is from Arizona and left the US when he was drafted in the Vietnam war.During the trip, the boat is stopped by pirates demanding Sarah in exchange for passage, forcing Rambo to kill them. Rambo wants to turn back, but Sarah argues that they are very close to their target village and people there are getting killed and sexually assaulted every day. She says that she is responsible for what happens to her and asks Rambo to continue.Greatly disturbed by Rambo's actions, Michael sends him back upon arriving at their destination, claiming his group no longer wants his help. Michael says that the group will take the overland route on their way back and says that he would report Rambo's actions to the authorities in Thailand. Sarah gives Rambo a cross and leaves without saying anything.
In the village, the missionaries provide aid to those attacked by Tint's soldiers. But the army strikes, the villagers are massacred, and the missionaries are abducted. The villagers who manage to run away are mowed down by a jeep mounted machine gun. The missionaries are taken to the army base, where Sarah is put into a pig pen, chained at the neck and at constant threat of sexual assault.On his way back, Rambo destroys the pirate boat by setting fire to it but eventually gets back to his village in Thailand.The pastor of the missionaries' church Father Arthur Marsh (Ken Howard) comes to Thailand and asks Rambo to guide a team of five foreign mercenaries on a rescue mission. Arthur says that the missionaries were supposed to return 10 days ago and there is no word from them.
Rambo takes the mercenary team to the drop-off point and offers to help, but Lewis (Graham McTavish), a former SAS soldier and the team's leader, refuses. Lewis believes that Rambo is afraid of the action and would be a liability in the field.Myint (Supakorn Kitsuwon), a Karen rebel familiar with the area, leads the mercenaries to the village of the massacre. Myint says that Tint's unit that attacked the village had over 100 soldiers.
As they survey the damage, a squad of Tint's soldiers arrive in a cargo truck with a group of villagers, intent on playing games and killing them. A popular form of entertainment is to make the hostages run across a field teeming with landmines and to bet on who blows up first. If anyone manages to survive, they are shot down when they reach the other side.Outnumbered, the mercenaries take cover and watch helplessly as the soldiers' prey on their hostages. Having secretly followed the mercenaries, Rambo emerges in time to kill all the soldiers with his bow and arrow, allowing the hostages to escape unharmed. Rambo joins the mercenary team, and they make their way to Tint's soldiers' camp. They stealthily rescue the surviving American missionaries and Burmese hostages and flee under cover of night.The next morning, Tint and his soldiers pursue them. Rambo lures a section of the army into activating a dormant British Tallboy bomb left lying in the forest, killing his targets. Eventually, Tint's soldiers manage to capture everyone except for Rambo, Sarah, and School Boy (Matthew Marsden), the mercenaries' sniper.Before Tint can execute the mercenaries, Rambo launches a surprise attack by seizing a jeep mounted with an M2 Browning machine gun, igniting a massive firefight in the jungle during which he shoots most of Tint's army dead while the mercenaries engage Tint's soldiers. The Karen rebels, led by Myint, arrive and join the fight, helping to overwhelm Tint's soldiers and kill them all. After realizing his defeat, Tint attempts to escape, but Rambo intercepts and disembowels him dead with his machete.
Sometime later, Rambo returns to the United States to visit his father at his home in Bowie, Arizona.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sylvester Stallone</director>
      <actor>Sylvester Stallone (role=John Rambo)</actor>
      <actor>Julie Benz (role=Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Marsden (role=School Boy)</actor>
      <actor>Graham McTavish (role=Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Jake La Botz (role=Reese)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Kang (role=En-Joo)</actor>
      <actor>Maung Maung Khin (role=Tint)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Schulze (role=Michael Burnett)</actor>
      <actor>Cameron Pearson (role=Missionary #4 (Jeff))</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Peterson (role=Missionary #2 (Dentist))</actor>
      <actor>Tony Skarberg (role=Missionary #3 (Videographer))</actor>
      <actor>Kasikorn Niyompattana (role=Snake Hunter #2)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United States</country>
    <date>2008</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTAyNzQ0ODcyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwODIwNDY4._V1_QL75_UY281_CR81,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Jungle Adventure|One-Person Army Action|Tragedy|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>I saw this at an advance screening in Oslo, and going in, I didn't expect it to be any more than a cheesy and somewhat gory tribute to eighties actioners by a star/director/producer/writer who was desperate to relive past glory. That latter may or may not be true, but my former assessment was plain wrong. This movie is authentic, shocking and unlike any other comparable movie.Given its genre, the movie is a masterpiece. The story is simple but solid, and works on several levels. The action scenes are unparalleled, more intense than "Black Hawk Down", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Stalingrad" put together. The level of brutality and gore will shock and fascinate, and no doubt cause some level of controversy.Stallone proves himself to be an excellent director, as well as in excellent shape for his age. I had little faith in him going in, and I stand corrected.This is a Rambo who has come to terms with who and what he is, in a movie that holds up when compared with the original "First Blood". Well done, Sly. Well done indeed</review>
    <description>In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0325703</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lara Croft</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss, an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara recruits Terry Sheridan, a British marine turned mercenary (and her former love interest) to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb...—Gavin Nelson</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jan de Bont</director>
      <actor>Angelina Jolie (role=Lara Croft)</actor>
      <actor>Gerard Butler (role=Terry Sheridan)</actor>
      <actor>Ciarán Hinds (role=Jonathan Reiss)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Taylor (role=Bryce)</actor>
      <actor>Djimon Hounsou (role=Kosa)</actor>
      <actor>Til Schweiger (role=Sean)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Yam (role=Chen Lo)</actor>
      <actor>Terence Yin (role=Xien)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Caltagirone (role=Nicholas Petraki)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Cavanah (role=MI6 Agent Stevens)</actor>
      <actor>Ronan Vibert (role=MI6 Agent Calloway)</actor>
      <actor>Lenny Juma (role=Village Leader)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany|Japan|United Kingdom|Hong Kong</country>
    <date>2003</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDg5YWJlNjMtNzNjNC00YjZmLWEwMDQtNDBhMmZjYWRmMjBiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Globetrotting Adventure|Action|Adventure|Fantasy</category>
    <review>Angelina Jolie returns as a distaff Indiana Jones in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life," an action/adventure film (based on a video game character) that is just goofy enough and inane enough to be almost entertaining.In this follow-up adventure - which is designed to give historians and social studies teachers a severe case of the heebie-jeebies - Lara, the world-famous archaeologist and adventurist, finds evidence that the mythical Pandora's Box is really no myth at all, but rather an actual object loaded with enough plague and pestilence to wipe the entire human race off the face of the planet. It lies buried somewhere, hidden by Alexander the Great in the 4th Century B.C. when he discovered how virulent and deadly the contents of the box really were. Now, twenty-four centuries later, Lara has to try and prevent an evil billionaire capitalist from locating the container, prying open the lid, and bringing an end to civilization as we know it.Though the storyline is clearly not one to be conjured with, all that really matters in a movie such as this one is that the action move quickly and the stunts be sufficiently enterprising to engage the audience. Credibility is the last prerequisite in a Lara Croft adventure, as evidenced by the fact that if Lara isn't parachuting smack dab onto the deck of a ship or into the passenger seat of a moving jeep, she's hitching a ride on the back of a great white shark and riding it to safety. Ah well, it's all in good fun, I suppose, and Jolie not only looks stunning in all the outfits she's been given to wear, but seems to be having a fine time playing along with the joke.The ending is inevitably anticlimactic, but viewers can have a pretty good time getting there at least</review>
    <description>Lara Croft sets out on a quest to prevent Pandora's box from landing into the wrong hands.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14539740</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It follows the epic team-up of the iconic titans Godzilla and King Kong as they face a new and terrifying threat to Earth. After their previous battle, Godzilla and Kong have retreated to their respective territories. However, a series of mysterious tremors and natural disasters signal the awakening of an ancient and powerful titan, known as The Empire, which threatens to dominate both monsters and humans. Realizing that they must unite to confront this unprecedented danger, Godzilla and Kong set aside their differences. The movie features breathtaking battles and stunning visual effects as the two giants clash with The Empire in a series of epic confrontations. Amidst the chaos, humans play a crucial role in understanding and navigating the challenges posed by these colossal beings. With the fate of the world at stake, Godzilla and Kong's alliance is tested in a thrilling roller coaster of destruction and courage. The film highlights the themes of resilience and unity, ultimately showcasing the power of cooperation in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.—Marvin Kalngan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Adam Wingard</director>
      <actor>Rebecca Hall (role=Ilene Andrews)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Tyree Henry (role=Bernie Hayes)</actor>
      <actor>Dan Stevens (role=Trapper)</actor>
      <actor>Kaylee Hottle (role=Jia)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Ferns (role=Mikael)</actor>
      <actor>Fala Chen (role=Iwi Queen)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel House (role=Hampton)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Smyck (role=Harris)</actor>
      <actor>Chantelle Jamieson (role=Jayne)</actor>
      <actor>Greg Hatton (role=Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Copeland (role=Submarine Commander)</actor>
      <actor>Tess Dobré (role=Submarine Officer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjM3MTczYjQtZmYyZS00YjA3LWE0YzUtODUwMTU0ODBmYjgzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Dinosaur Adventure|Disaster|Globetrotting Adventure|Kaiju|Supernatural Fantasy|Action|Adventure|Fantasy|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>As a hard-core Kaiju fan of many years, I love that we are being treated to all of these Godzilla movies as of late. My opinion of the first two in this series (Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is that they were (somewhat) reality based and not obviously made for children. My criticism of G v K (the ending in particular) and this movie is that so much of it is far-fetched and fantasy based. Much more cartoonish.The bottom line is, they're making the monsters out to have too much human intelligence when they should actually be more animalistic. This was like watching a superhero movie and in my opinion, making the monsters out to be superheroes is a huge mistake. That's what happened when Toho did this in the 60's/70's which resulted in Godzilla movies becoming silly, low-budget kids movies, which has since been ridiculed for decades and has tarnished Godzilla's image. I understand the writers are trying to be creative and give the fans something different from all of the other monster movies out there, but this can be done without all the cheese. Please stop making the monsters so human!I enjoyed the movie but have to admit that I am somewhat disappointed</review>
    <description>Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2943178</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mad Heidi</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>With Switzerland under the thumb of autocratic leader and cheese magnate President Meili, sweet Swiss mountain girl Heidi sees her picture-perfect world turn upside down when she catches the eye of the authoritarian regime. Wanted for crimes against the Fatherland, Heidi now has no choice but to embark on a roaring rampage of revenge to find closure. But freedom demands sacrifice. And when cheese is all you've got, is Heidi prepared to look death in the eye, thwart the dictator's megalomaniac plans of global domination, and protect the land's lactose-intolerant?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Johannes Hartmann</director>
      <director>Sandro Klopfstein</director>
      <actor>Alice Lucy (role=Heidi)</actor>
      <actor>Max Rüdlinger (role=Kommandant Knorr)</actor>
      <actor>Casper Van Dien (role=President Meili)</actor>
      <actor>David Schofield (role=Alpöhi)</actor>
      <actor>Kel Matsena (role=Goat Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Almar G. Sato (role=Klara)</actor>
      <actor>Pascal Ulli (role=Dr. Schwitzgebel)</actor>
      <actor>Kaspar Weiss (role=Minister Gutzweiler)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Kolm (role=Fräulein Rottweiler)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca Dyson-Smith (role=Lutz)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Fischer-Schulthess (role=Helvetia)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Föry (role=Flora)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Switzerland</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTkyNmYyYzAtNGNmZi00YmYzLWI2ODktMTBjNTgyOWY3ZTUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Fantasy|Horror</category>
    <review>The story behind "Mad Heidi" is almost as interesting - if not MORE interesting - than the film itself. The project started more than 3 years ago as the crazy dream of a bunch of Swiss horror/cult film-buffs. The mission: make the first-ever Swiss exploitation movie, preferably as insane and over-the-top as humanly possible. The challenge: they didn't have any money, only a lot of devoted enthusiasm and energy.What followed is probably one of the most impressive and respectable crowd-funding campaigns in history. Via Internet and various social media channels, the "Mad Heidi" hype slowly but surely increased. Funds were raised via merchandising (you could even buy a cuckoo-clock) and the pre-order DVD sales of a movie that didn't exist yet! The campaign was incredibly successful, and the film was made with more than enough budget for excellent special effects, and even the involvement of a relatively well-known B-actor; - Casper Van Dien.But then came Covid-19 ... Just like everything else in the world, the release of "Mad Heidi" was put on hold, and the patience of the cast, crew and thousands of co-funders got tested immensely. Now, and finally, the movie had its world-premiere at the Brussels' International Fantastic Film Festival. It was a real party.Inevitably, the festive ambiance before, during and after the screening of "Mad Heidi" heavily influenced my experience and rating. I'm sorry for that, but it's simply impossible to get euphoric when you are surrounded by hundreds of people yodeling in a theater, wearing fake Swiss Nazi-uniforms, and drinking beer.Most importantly, though, "Mad Heidi" is exactly what it promised to be ever since the beginning of production; - namely a massively entertaining and absurdly eccentric exploitation movie with copious amounts of splatter, twisted humor, demented characters, self-parody, deliberately dumb quotes and catch-phrases, and non-stop vitality. The tone, style and content of the film isn't new or innovative. The plot is comparable to crowd-pleasing flicks like "Inglourious Bastards" or "Iron Sky", and the script pays tribute to approximately three dozen of cinematic treasures varying from "The Sound of Music" to "Lady Snowblood".The story is of lesser importance, but it neatly follows the structure of a textbook revenge-thriller. If I tell you Casper Van Dien stars as the tyrannical and megalomaniacal President of Switzerland, and simultaneously CEO of the only authorized company to produce and export cheese, you already know enough. He wants to obtain world-domination via genetically altered cheese, but a heroic girl from the Alps is determined to get revenge for the murder of her boyfriend and the downfall of her beloved Motherland.Of all the great fun and splendid gimmicks, what I most appreciated is how the makers wonderfully inserted every possible Swiss cliche and national symbol into their film. There's the Matterhorn and cheese bowls in the film-logo already, but everything else you could possibly associate with Switzerland features as well: idyllic mountain paths, Alp horns, cuckoo clocks, cheese fondue, watches, pocket knives, Toblerone chocolate, ... There's so much lunacy and mayhem happening that Heidi's character and her quest for revenge is even pushed to the background sometimes, which is a minor default</review>
    <description>Swiss mountain girl Heidi is abducted by brutal government troops and must defend herself and fight a war against a cheese-fueled machinery of hate.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0164184</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Anschlag</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The United States is very critical of the Russians' treatment of Chechneya, that are ready to step in, but the new Russian President, who they believe is a hardliner, tells them that this is none of their concern. However, CIA analyst Jack Ryan, who did research on the man, doesn't think he is. But when the Russians continue to attack Chechneya, and the Russian President claims responsibility when in reality he is not, the Americans are ready to go against him. But what they don't know is that there is a third party who is trying to push them into war, which may happen when they detonate a nuclear bomb in the US and people in the Russian Military are in league with this third party and helping him push the two countries to war. But Ryan knows something's going on and is trying to find out what it is before it's too late.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Phil Alden Robinson</director>
      <actor>Ian Mongrain (role=Syrian Radar Operator)</actor>
      <actor>Russell Bobbitt (role=Israeli Pilot)</actor>
      <actor>James Cromwell (role=President Fowler)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Jenkins (role=Admiral Pollack)</actor>
      <actor>Bruce McGill (role=National Security Advisor Revell)</actor>
      <actor>John Beasley (role=General Lasseter)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Freeman (role=DCI William Cabot)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Baker Hall (role=Defense Secretary Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Al Vandecruys (role=US STRATCOM Colonel)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Cohee (role=Mt. Weather General)</actor>
      <actor>Philip Pretten (role=President's Military Aide)</actor>
      <actor>Alison Darcy (role=Fowler's Aide)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany|Canada</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDNmNmRlNTYtMGFmYy00YmJiLThkODYtNWMwYWQwN2ZjOGI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Political Thriller|Spy|Action|Drama|Thriller|War</category>
    <review>Jack Ryan's entry with lots of noisy action , thrills , chills , tension and amazing thriller . This blockbuster is an acceptable adaptation of the novel by Tom Clancy , companion to other prior renditions . The title is paraphrased from a Winston Churchill speech; "Why, you can take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together - what do you get? The sum of their fears." It deals with CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) along with a ranking member (Morgan Freeman) of Presidential administration must thwart the plans of a terrorist faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's newly elected president by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore. As there are 27,000 Nuclear Weapons and One Is Missing . Now Ryan goes back in action for the most vital assignment of his life : to save the President (James Cromwell) and the nation .Stirring outing filled with emotion , suspense , chills , twisted intrigue and extraordinary nail-biting action scenes . This film is a prequel to the others in the Jack Ryan series . The 'Harrison Ford' films are direct follow-ups to The hunt for Red October (1990) despite the recast of Alec Baldwin's role . Nevertheless, in this film we see Jack Ryan meet John Clark, something which also happens in Clear and present danger (1994) . Therefore this film might be best understood as a reboot of the Jack Ryan series . Interesting screenplay plenty of twists and thrills by Paul Attanasio and Daniel Pyne . However , the filmmaker changed the villains from Islamic extremists , in the novel , to Neo-Nazis ; this was done because prior to the 11 September 2001 attacks, he did not believe Arab terrorists could plausibly accomplish all that was necessary for the plot to work on film . Good production design , in fact , the CIA scenes were filmed at the actual CIA headquarters ; this was one of the times the CIA had ever done such a thing . And this was the first American film unit to enter the Kremlin , though Red Heat (1988) was the first American unit to film in Moscow . The spectacular "Super Bowl" scene takes place in Baltimore , the two teams playing in the game are portrayed by the Toronto Argonauts and the Montreal Alouettes . Real U. S. Marines along with two Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters were used for the sequence of rescuing Fowler from the wrecked motorcade . The picture has a very good support cast who gives excellent performances such as James Cromwell as President Fowler , Bruce McGill as National Security Adviser , John Beasley as General Lasseter , Philip Baker Hall as Defense Secretary , Joseph Sommer as Senator , Michael Byrne , Liev Schreiber , Alan Bates , Sven-Ole Thorsen , Ron Rifkin , Colm Feore and special mention to Ciaran Hinds as Russia President . Spectacular musical score fitting to action and suspense by maestro veteran Jerry Goldsmith . Colorful and atmospheric cinematography by John Lindley . The picture is well directed by Phil Alden Robinson , though Philip Noyce, director of previous entries, was offered to direct but turned it down and Wolfgang Petersen was also offered the chance to direct but declined.This blockbuster is an entertaining adaptation of the novel by Tom Clancy , companion to ¨The hunt for Red October¨ by John MacTiernan with Alec Balwin and Sean Connery , followed by ¨Patriot games¨ (1992) by Philip Noyce with Harrison Ford taking over the role of Ryan from Alec Baldwin and again ¨Clear and present danger¨(1994) by Philip Noyce with Harrison Ford and Anne Archer . Then Harrison Ford dropped out of reprising the role of Jack Ryan because he and director Phillip Noyce could not agree on the script and Noyce ended up dropping out of the film as well. And finally , Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) by Kenneth Brannagh with Chris Pine as Jack Ryan , Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner</review>
    <description>CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0440963</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Bourne Ultimatum</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what he is--legendary assassin. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Greengrass</director>
      <actor>Matt Damon (role=Jason Bourne)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Nicky Parsons)</actor>
      <actor>David Strathairn (role=Noah Vosen)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Glenn (role=Ezra Kramer)</actor>
      <actor>Paddy Considine (role=Simon Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Finney (role=Dr. Albert Hirsch)</actor>
      <actor>Joan Allen (role=Pam Landy)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Gallop (role=Tom Cronin)</actor>
      <actor>Corey Johnson (role=Wills)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Brühl (role=Martin Kreutz)</actor>
      <actor>Joey Ansah (role=Desh)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Stinton (role=Neal Daniels)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany|France|Spain</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzVjYzM3OGItNGE5Yy00YWJjLWE5ZGEtZDk0MWFjYjA3NDY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UY281_CR78,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Spy|Action|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Jason Bourne sits in a dusty room in with blood on his hands, trying to make sense of what he's just done. Meanwhile, a CIA chief in NYC outlines the agency's response to what's just happened on screen. An American flag stands proudly on the centre of his desk in the foreground of the shot, but as he speaks, it slips out of focus as his plan veers into morally dubious territory, as if it doesn't want to be associated with the course of action the government man decides is necessary in the interests of national security.This shot effectively captures the mood of the film. As well as portraying Bourne's quest to find out how he became Jason Bourne, Ultimatum is also an examination of the human costs of the measures taken to protect us in the interests of stability and security.It is also probably the best film you'll see in the cinema this year. It's just so intense. Bourne says to Simon Ross (Considine) "This isn't some newspaper story, this is real" and in the audience you almost believe him. The camera shakes, but remains steady enough for you to see everything and feel like you're there with Bourne as he tries to elude his pursuers, and the performances are so good that these guys seem as though they are the characters they're portraying, instead of just being actors performing well-written roles. The action scenes are so brutally fast-paced and well choreographed that they seem instinctive instead of planned to the minutest movement; the stunt-work is nothing short of amazing.The pacing is just incredible. It keeps driving forward towards its conclusion, but not so fast that it leaves you struggling to piece together the plot; the script delivers the information you need as quickly and clearly as possible before moving on to the next tense action set-piece. While they're often simple (the Waterloo sequence is essentially just a man on a phone being watched by a man on a phone) they're charged with such dramatic intensity that you can't take your eyes off them. The film is just so focused on powering forwards that you can't help being swept along by it.With its intense action set-pieces, brilliantly paced storyline, and intelligent examination of the decisions made in the name of national security, the Bourne series is one that accurately captures the ambiguities of our age. Ultimatum is its peak</review>
    <description>Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8368408</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gunpowder Milkshake</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Following in her assassin mother's footsteps, who abandoned her when she was twelve years old, highly trained Sam has evolved into an exemplary professional killer. However, when Sam decides to put the life of an unfortunate eight-year-old girl above the interests of the nefarious organisation called the Firm, she will have to confront her past, and the murderous henchmen of the ruthless crime syndicate. But, no matter how effective Sam is, can the second-generation killer-for-hire clean up her mess?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Navot Papushado</director>
      <actor>Karen Gillan (role=Sam)</actor>
      <actor>Freya Allan (role=Young Sam)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Headey (role=Scarlet)</actor>
      <actor>Chloe Coleman (role=Emily)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Giamatti (role=Nathan)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Ineson (role=Jim McAlester)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Nagaitis (role=Virgil)</actor>
      <actor>Carla Gugino (role=Madeleine)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Smiley (role=Dr. Ricky)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Bassett (role=Anna May)</actor>
      <actor>Joanna Bobin (role=Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Yeoh (role=Florence)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>France|Germany|United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjMzYmFhNDYtNmY0OC00NTkxLWFlM2EtYjM0YTFlYzE2ZDk0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|One-Person Army Action|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>If you liked "shoot 'em up" for 2005... It's like a sequel... It just has the added Assassin Organisation trope to go with it... Enjoy the action, comedy and simple storyline...</review>
    <description>Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6644200</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>A Quiet Place</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story of the young Abbott family is told starting on day eighty-nine of their ordeal. Unaware if anyone else on Earth is still alive besides them, they have to remain as silent as possible under most circumstances, which means no speaking, to evade deadly and seemingly indestructible armored creatures which track their targets solely by sound and which have led to the Abbotts' solitary existence. This existence is made all the more difficult for eldest offspring Regan in being deaf and thus unable to gauge the issue of sound, which is why father, Lee, is constantly trying to devise ways to upgrade her cochlear implant if only for her survival. Under these circumstances, the family tries as best it can to lead as normal a life as possible with devised safeguards to protect them despite anything that may happen to them potentially to throw them off this routine of mock normalcy and survival. Through this ordeal, they also try to learn as much as they can about the creatures in the hope of someday being able to destroy them to regain their lives. For parents Lee and Evelyn, the first priority is protecting the children at all cost, which the children may not always see or understand especially concerning the day eighty-nine incident.—Huggo</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Krasinski</director>
      <actor>Emily Blunt (role=Evelyn Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>John Krasinski (role=Lee Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>Millicent Simmonds (role=Regan Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>Noah Jupe (role=Marcus Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>Cade Woodward (role=Beau Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Russom (role=Man in the Woods)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU1MjhlNmEtZGJlNS00ZWExLWJiNGYtMWZhMjY5OTQ4ZGZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Alien Invasion|Monster Horror|Drama|Horror|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>The unique plot combined with the great acting skills of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt that creates a mysterious atmosphere and keeps you on the edge of your seat.Actor, co-writer and director John Krasinski seems to understand this thoroughly, and the result is an unnerving film. The premise is intriguing - in the near future, humans are viciously hunted down by mysterious creatures equipped with a heightened sense of sound. Their only known weakness is that they are blind.Krasinski uses this to create a dreadful sense of atmosphere throughout the film. The rules that exist in this universe are established early on with minimal exposition. After all, the characters can't communicate with each other openly. Additionally, since very little is known about these creatures, this film smartly implements one of the fundamental rules of the genre - the fear of the unknown. This setup pushes the family to invent creative ways to survive. The cast is minimal - besides Krasinski, Emily Blunt plays his wife, and their real-life chemistry translates brilliantly. Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds play two of their children. Being a deaf actress, Millicent is the perfect choice to star in this mostly silent film, and her authentic performance stands out along with Blunt who showcases her impressive acting range. Horror, in particular, only works if you're invested in the characters, and this cast absorbs you into their terrifying world</review>
    <description>A family struggles for survival in a world invaded by blind alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3110958</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Unfassbaren 2</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After the events in Die Unfassbaren - Now You See Me (2013), one year after taking down the vengeful tycoon Tressler and putting the magic debunker Bradley behind bars, the Four Horsemen have gone underground, trying to lie low. While awaiting orders from the Eye, the illusionists learn that a dominant telecommunications company has perfected a sinister plan. As danger jolts the team into action, they face off against a secretive tech guru and an unknown threat. Now, the group must put their skills to good use to pull off an impossible stunt that will clear their names. But is the world prepared for the show's second act?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jon M. Chu</director>
      <actor>Jesse Eisenberg (role=J. Daniel Atlas)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Ruffalo (role=Dylan Rhodes)</actor>
      <actor>Woody Harrelson (role=Chase McKinney)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Franco (role=Jack Wilder)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Radcliffe (role=Walter Mabry)</actor>
      <actor>Lizzy Caplan (role=Lula)</actor>
      <actor>Jay Chou (role=Li)</actor>
      <actor>Sanaa Lathan (role=Deputy Director Natalie Austin)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Caine (role=Arthur Tressler)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Freeman (role=Thaddeus Bradley)</actor>
      <actor>David Warshofsky (role=Agent Cowan)</actor>
      <actor>Tsai Chin (role=Bu Bu)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Hong Kong</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM4ODg1MzQ1N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDM5Nzk5ODE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|Heist|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Crime|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>The 1980s-inspired sequel reimagines the original blockbuster by emphasizing the individuals and their distinctive features. Both new converts and admirers of the original should find the revisit enjoyable.The grand illusion thriller "Now You See Me" borrowed ideas from Soderbergh's "Ocean's" series and Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige". With a convoluted plot and a chatty, fiercely competitive group of renegade magician heroes, the film was both witty and bordering on ridiculous.The movie features a number of jaw-dropping moments, fake-outs, and teases. The film's denouement is always focused on the audience, with the Horsemen-a troupe of illusionists-stranded on a private jet. The movie is an exhilarating and suspenseful roller coaster since it never stops winking</review>
    <description>The Four Horsemen resurface, and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1205537</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kenneth Branagh</director>
      <actor>Chris Pine (role=Jack Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>Keira Knightley (role=Cathy Muller)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Costner (role=Thomas Harper)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Branagh (role=Viktor Cherevin)</actor>
      <actor>Lenn Kudrjawizki (role=Constantin)</actor>
      <actor>Alec Utgoff (role=Aleksandr Borovsky)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Andersson (role=Dimitri Lemkov)</actor>
      <actor>Elena Velikanova (role=Katya)</actor>
      <actor>Nonso Anozie (role=Embee Deng)</actor>
      <actor>Seth Ayott (role=Teddy Hefferman)</actor>
      <actor>Colm Feore (role=Rob Behringer)</actor>
      <actor>Gemma Chan (role=Amy Chang)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Russia|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM2NTM1OTI3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODczNzM0MDE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Conspiracy Thriller|Spy|Action|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>It's ironic that "Jack Ryan" is part of the title for this one because this is the furthest from the character that any of the films have been. Beyond a some what similar back-story, the doctor soon to be wife, and that he works for the CIA, Ryan is not Ryan. They turn him more into a spy/field agent than the brainy analyst that he's meant to be. As a result, there is nothing in this movie that makes it stand out from the rest of it's genre. It's just another spy movie with an over the top villain that's plotting world domination. It's predictable and generic. They sacrificed what made the Jack Ryan character unique. I'm not saying that the movie didn't work as some Bond/Bourne/Mission Impossible wannabe with bits and pieces slapped together from every spy thriller ever made. It captured successful elements from those films pretty well. It's just a shame that they relied on recycling tired and over used narrative when there is still a bunch of great Ryan books that they have yet to adapt. There should be no reason to slap together this films story when a much more talented writer like Clancy still has more stories to draw from. I agree with Peter Travers comment "It's a product constructed out of spare parts and assembled with computerized precision."Despite following a predictable formula very closely instead of the source material, the movie still works as entertainment. Chris Pine is great, despite the writers failing him, and he really carries the movie. He could be a great Jack Ryan if they actually wrote the character correctly. Branagh delivers a pretty good villain, even though he's more suited for a Bond film. There are a couple of scenes that deliver good suspense. It's just not a Jack Ryan movie. It seems that they only used Jack Ryan for the brand name rather than faithfully trying to tell a story about him</review>
    <description>Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1194173</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Bourne Vermächtnis</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Six weeks after Jason Bourne's escape from Moscow, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), an operative belonging to a Defense Department black ops program called Operation Outcome, is assigned to Alaska for a training exercise. He is forced to survive weather extremes and traverse rugged terrain to arrive at a remote cabin as punishment for missing training and going off the grid for four days. The cabin is operated by an exiled Outcome operative, Number Three (Oscar Isaac), who informs Aaron that he has broken the mission record by two days. As an Outcome operative, Aaron uses experimental pills known as "chems" (chemicals) which enhance the physical and mental abilities of their users.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tony Gilroy</director>
      <actor>Jeremy Renner (role=Aaron Cross)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Glenn (role=Ezra Kramer)</actor>
      <actor>Stacy Keach (role=Adm Mark Turso USN Ret)</actor>
      <actor>Edward Norton (role=Col Eric Byer, USAF, Ret)</actor>
      <actor>Donna Murphy (role=Dita Mandy)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Chernus (role=Arthur Ingram)</actor>
      <actor>Corey Stoll (role=Zev Vendel)</actor>
      <actor>Alice Gainer (role=Lean Forward MSNBC Anchor)</actor>
      <actor>Prue Lewarne (role=CNN Reporter)</actor>
      <actor>Howard Leader (role=MSNBC Man Analyst)</actor>
      <actor>James Joseph O'Neil (role=Sterisyn-Morlanta Gateman)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Weisz (role=Dr. Marta Shearing)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan|South Korea|Canada|United Arab Emirates|Philippines</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDk2MjY1NDIzOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDI4NjEyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Globetrotting Adventure|Spy|Action|Adventure|Thriller</category>
    <review>I have never written a review here, but I felt compelled to actually step up and defend this movie.The Bourne Legacy was everything I expected it to be. It couldn't be too close to the previous Bourne films, but had to be close enough to let us know a storm is coming.Bourne's presence throughout the film is what spins this story into action and I felt it was balanced perfectly. We all want Bourne, but this is Aaron Cross's story. Renner and Weisz were great, but I think the scripting has been derided by many as terrible. I had no issues with anything and even felt compelled by Renner's character motivation. This was someone yearning to be more, not someone who was already better than everyone else, but just couldn't remember.Let's cross our fingers and hope we all get what we want and pair Bourne and Cross in the next film.There is so much more going on than just Jason Bourne and if we don't get to explore that then the franchise will be poorer for it</review>
    <description>An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2231253</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wild Card</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Las Vegas, Nicholas "Nick" Wild is a bodyguard that works in the office of his friend Pinky and accepts strange jobs, like helping his client Osgood to impress his girlfriend. When the young man Cyrus Kinnick hires Nick to show Las Vegas and protect him while gambling, Nick's friend Holly, who is a escort girl, sends a message to him and says that she was raped and beaten during the last night, and she wants to know the name of the criminal to sue him. Nick learns the name of the rapist, the gangster Danny DeMarco, but he does not want to be involved with the Mafia. However, Holly is resolute, and Nick subdues Danny and his two bodyguards in his suite in the Golden Nugget Hotel and Holly cuts the head of his dick. They also steal 50 thousand dollars from his drawer, but Holly shares with him and leaves Las Vegas. Nick goes with Cyrus to the casino, and he gambles the 25 thousand dollars that Holly had split with him. Nick, who is an addicted gambler, wins more than five hundred thousand dollars in blackjack, but he decides to continue betting and loses all the money. Meanwhile, DeMarco sends his gangsters to capture Nick to get revenge and the kingpin mobster Baby wants to talk to Nick about what happened to DeMarco last night.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Simon West</director>
      <actor>Jason Statham (role=Nick Wild)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Angarano (role=Cyrus Kinnick)</actor>
      <actor>Hope Davis (role=Cassandra)</actor>
      <actor>Milo Ventimiglia (role=Danny DeMarco)</actor>
      <actor>Max Casella (role=Osgood)</actor>
      <actor>Stanley Tucci (role=Baby)</actor>
      <actor>Sofía Vergara (role=DD)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Alexander (role=Pinky)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Heche (role=Roxy)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Browning (role=Tiel)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Willig (role=Kinlaw)</actor>
      <actor>François Vincentelli (role=Benny)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2MxNzhhNzEtYjgwZC00OGZjLWEzNTctMTMxMzJhZGFjMjIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|One-Person Army Action|Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>"Nick Wild" (Jason Statham) is a bodyguard who lives and works in Las Vegas because he is essentially down on his luck and doesn't have the money to start life anew. At least he doesn't think so. Then one night when a female friend named "Holly" (Dominik García-Lorido) is brutally raped and beaten he decides to help her get revenge--even though he knows it is going cause him big trouble once everything is said and done. Even worse, this particular problem also spills over onto an innocent client by the name of "Cyrus Kinnick" (Michael Angarano) who has hired Nick in order to avoid trouble. Now, rather than reveal any more I will just say that I happened to like this film because it had a decent plot, nice action and a couple of likable characters who happen to be mired in a dismal situation and are struggling with their own insecurities and inner demons. At least, that is how it seemed to me. In any case, I thought this was an enjoyable film and I have rated it accordingly. Above average</review>
    <description>When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play...and it's all or nothing.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0450259</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Blood Diamond</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer - an ex mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen, an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.—Production</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Edward Zwick</director>
      <actor>Leonardo DiCaprio (role=Danny Archer)</actor>
      <actor>Djimon Hounsou (role=Solomon Vandy)</actor>
      <actor>Jennifer Connelly (role=Maddy Bowen)</actor>
      <actor>Kagiso Kuypers (role=Dia Vandy)</actor>
      <actor>Arnold Vosloo (role=Colonel Coetzee)</actor>
      <actor>Antony Coleman (role=Cordell Brown)</actor>
      <actor>Benu Mabhena (role=Jassie Vandy)</actor>
      <actor>Anointing Lukola (role=N'Yanda Vandy)</actor>
      <actor>David Harewood (role=Captain Poison)</actor>
      <actor>Basil Wallace (role=Benjamin Kapanay)</actor>
      <actor>Jimi Mistry (role=Nabil)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Sheen (role=Rupert Simmons)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Germany|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWE4ZTNiYzMtMjYzYy00YTg4LWIxMDYtZmQ1NDE1M2ZjNjIyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Political Thriller|Quest|Adventure|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Leonardo DiCaprio has become one of the premiere American actors. With a set of natural instincts that lends a non-showy, believable quality to all of his performances, versatility, and movie star size charisma that fills up the screen and emotionally hooks the viewer into his character and story, it is hard to think of another male American actor (with the exception of Johnny Depp) who is consistently giving an audience its money worth; these two gentleman have taken the reins from Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, as those two Oscar-winning future legends of the silver screen gracefully age into more mature roles.In Blood Diamond, it is Mr. DiCaprio's performance that raises this film above it's standard Hollywood fare of a script (although it is a solid script) into something memorable. His performance here as an opportunistic diamond smuggler equals that of the one he gave earlier in the fall as "Billy Costigan" in The Departed, although the two characters couldn't be more different from each other. It may be his best performance yet, and in terms of sheer charisma and memorability it certainly rivals his mega-star making performance as "Jack Dawson" in Titanic. I liked Blood Diamond a great deal, but do not think it is a great film. A good movie? Yes. Very mainstream and formulaic, but it is raised up quite a bit by DiCaprio's character and his terrific realization of it. If I had read this script beforehand, I never would have thought of Leo for this role- possibly George Clooney or some other star known for "roguish charm," but not Leo. But now, having seen it, I can't imagine anybody else as "Danny Archer;" it is a fully realized, winning performance.Mr. Hounsou was wonderful as well, and I liked the chemistry between the two men in their scenes together. He was able to make the audience feel the gamut of emotions his character experiences during the course of the movie- pride and hope, fear, outrage, resignation, mistrust, desperation, and determination, and beautifully rises above the somewhat limiting way his role was written.I thought Ms. Connelly did as good a job as possible in her role as "the idealistic journalist who wants to make a difference." Her part was just a larger version of Joaquin Phoenix's in Hotel Rwanda. As always, I find she brings a certain dignity and intelligence to her performances and does not allow her incredible beauty to overshadow her acting. I thought she and Leo worked wonderfully together, as well, and along with Mr. Hounsou they make an engaging trio you can't help rooting for.In comparing it to other recent films about Africa, I didn't think this was quite as good as as Hotel Rwanda, but better than The Interpreter, The Constant Gardener, and The Last King of Scotland. I felt an emotional engagement with the characters I didn't experience in the latter three films. I found the script allowed my care for the characters to grow as the story progressed, and was not overly manipulative. At times it veered too much into standard action movie territory, with much violence and many "close calls" but would then be brought back into the realm of compelling human drama by a wonderfully acted, intimate scene.After reading some early negative comments, I was pleasantly surprised at my response to it. Compelling characters and the skillful use of a truly gripping global issue as the plot line make this a satisfying viewing experience- one that I would happily see again</review>
    <description>A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0120647</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Deep Impact</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young man who's part of his school's astronomy club sees something in the sky that is not known. So they take a picture of it and send it to their adviser who, upon seeing it, jumps into his car and crashes. A year later a reporter who's investigating why a member of the President's cabinet resigns when she goes to speak to him he says he wants to be with his family. Later she's brought before the President who asks her to keep what she knows under wraps for now. She convinces him to call a Press Conference so that he can tell everyone what's going on. Later at a Press Conference, the President announces that a year ago that two astronomers discovered something; a comet. And eventually that it's course will take it to earth but the problem is that the comet is so big that if it strikes it will cause what is known as an Extinction Level Event which will wipe out all life on the planet. And he announces that for sometime the government along with a few others have been building a vessel that will sent to intercept the comet. The reporter then asks the President if the reason why his Cabinet member resigned is because he doesn't believe the plan will work. The President assures them that they have thought it out carefully. In the meantime the young man who found the comet is being hailed as a hero. And the crew who's going to stop the comet makes their farewells to their families.—rcs0411@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mimi Leder</director>
      <actor>Robert Duvall (role=Spurgeon Tanner)</actor>
      <actor>Téa Leoni (role=Jenny Lerner)</actor>
      <actor>Elijah Wood (role=Leo Biederman)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Redgrave (role=Robin Lerner)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Freeman (role=President Beck)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Schell (role=Jason Lerner)</actor>
      <actor>James Cromwell (role=Alan Rittenhouse)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Eldard (role=Oren Monash)</actor>
      <actor>Jon Favreau (role=Gus Partenza)</actor>
      <actor>Laura Innes (role=Beth Stanley)</actor>
      <actor>Mary McCormack (role=Andrea Baker)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Schiff (role=Don Biederman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1998</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODZlODlkM2UtN2IxYi00NGY2LTkzZWYtYmFjZDNlMTgxYjMyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Disaster|Space Sci-Fi|Action|Drama|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>Both Deep Impact and Armageddon were released in the same year 1998 and both had almost same story but I enjoyed Deep Impact more.The cast played their characters nicely. The direction was good. The running time was proper 2 hour and not like Armageddon which sas unnecessarily stretched to 2hr 30min. The pacing was also proper, you will not get bored. The logic in the story was far better than Armageddon.It's hard to believe how did this movie grossed less than Armageddon. It's box-office collection is proof that movie is underrated. Overall, give it a try. You eill enjoy it</review>
    <description>A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6475714</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Monster Hunter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ranger Captain Natalie Artemis and her six-man Alpha team seeks in a desert area the Bravo team that vanished. Out of the blue, they are surprised by a storm and cross a gateway to another world. They are attacked by an underground monster and a man first warns them and then help them with his bow and arrow. The monster kills two soldiers and Artemins and four soldiers hide in a cave, but they are attacked by spider-like monsters. Artemis is rescued by the Hunter, and they fight each other first. Then they team-up to reach the other side of the sand, and they succeed to kill the monster. The hunter returns to his people and their leader The Admiral offers to help her to return to her world.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul W.S. Anderson</director>
      <actor>Milla Jovovich (role=Artemis)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Jaa (role=Hunter)</actor>
      <actor>Ron Perlman (role=The Admiral)</actor>
      <actor>Diego Boneta (role=Marshall)</actor>
      <actor>Meagan Good (role=Dash)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Helman (role=Steeler)</actor>
      <actor>Jin Au-Yeung (role=Axe)</actor>
      <actor>Hirona Yamazaki (role=Handler)</actor>
      <actor>Jannik Schümann (role=Aiden)</actor>
      <actor>Nanda Costa (role=Lea)</actor>
      <actor>Nic Rasenti (role=Captain Roark)</actor>
      <actor>Clyde Berning (role=JSO V22 Pilot #1)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United States|Japan|China|South Africa|Canada</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmEyM2JkN2ItNmQ3NS00ZTkzLWEwMjYtZmU1YmJlODczZWM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Fantasy|Action|Adventure|Fantasy</category>
    <review>It looked incredibly good, but it bounced around leaving extremely large gaps in the story. I've never played, or had even heard of, the video game. So I am guessing that is why I felt like the movie made no sense and was nothing more than Mila Jovovich flying around killing monsters that had killed dozens of other soldiers and warriors with ease. The action was colossally over the top, even for an action movie of its nature and style. Every single battle with Mila Jovovich against a monster had a "nick of time" scene. It was so repetitive that it became cliché before half of the movie was done. I gave it 5 stars because it looked so good and Mila Jovovich is always fun to watch, no matter how ludicrous her character is. This movie is definitely only for people who enjoy watching Mila Jovovich be a fabulously over the top action hero</review>
    <description>When Cpt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers. Feature film based on the video game by Capcom.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0441881</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Danger Close</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Outnumbered, outgunned, never out of courage - 'Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan' is an exhilarating and hard-hitting war thriller based on the unbelievable true story of The Battle of Long Tan. Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) and his company of 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives in the Battle of Long Tan. With 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong soldiers closing in, their ammunition running out and casualties mounting, each man.—tpsimpleman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kriv Stenders</director>
      <actor>Travis Fimmel (role=Major Harry Smith)</actor>
      <actor>Toby Blome (role=Private Bill 'Yank' Akell)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander England (role=Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Kirby)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Glenane (role=Captain Morrie Stanley)</actor>
      <actor>Uli Latukefu (role=Bombardier Ray Ngatai)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Bracey (role=Sergeant Bob Buick)</actor>
      <actor>Sean McCarthy (role=Private Vic Grice)</actor>
      <actor>Mojean Aria (role=Second Lieutenant Gordon Sharp)</actor>
      <actor>Ryan Hance (role=Private Barry 'Custard' Meller)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Abbey-Young (role=Private Ron Eglinton)</actor>
      <actor>James Storer (role=Private Kenny Gant)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Esler (role=Gunner Ken Deacon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTIxY2RkNTQtNDgxZC00NzExLTg3ZDktMmYxYzU1MDMzMzU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Drama|War</category>
    <review>Close calls and other things that indicate that danger is ... well close by. As the title already tells you, this is about the Battle of Long Tan. I was not really aware of that battle or what went down and who won (no pun intended). And I did not just pick this from my Prime to watch because one very well known Vikings actor is in it. It was fun to see him in something else than in a Vikings setting though.And he is front and center again in this one. He has to make decisions that have impact on not just him and his crew, but many others. Now war movies are tough to watch - but if they are as well made as this one, they are also quite beautiful (and yes I'm aware of the irony, especially in this very vivid effort, that shows us the repercussions)! For some this may feel a bit over the top at places, but overall it does stay grounded. And has us in the middle of it all ... not for the faint of hearted for sure</review>
    <description>In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0184858</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wild Christmas</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Rudy Duncan is a reformed car thief who's just a day away from being released from prison. His cellmate and best friend, Nick is also due for release at the same time with Rudy. Nick continually brags about the female pen pal Ashley he's been writing to and has a large number of photos on his wall. But stabbed during a food riot Nick ends up out of the picture, and Rudy meets Ashley waiting outside the prison and assumes Nick's identity and ends up spending time with Ashley. Ashley's brutal sibling Gabriel and his crew of gun running thugs knew Nick used to work for a casino and want his assistance on a Christmas Eve robbery of the casino. Rudy attempts to explain the truth about his identity but must continue to act as Nick to save his life. Rudy is coerced to reluctantly aid Gabriel and his thugs to rob the casino. But things aren't what they appear and the robbery doesn't go quite as planned.—monkeykingma</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Frankenheimer</director>
      <actor>Ben Affleck (role=Rudy Duncan)</actor>
      <actor>James Frain (role=Nick Cassidy)</actor>
      <actor>Dana Stubblefield (role=The Alamo)</actor>
      <actor>Mark Acheson (role=Mean Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Heaton (role=Ugly Staffer)</actor>
      <actor>Isaac Hayes (role=Zook)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Sunczyk (role=Distant Inmate #1)</actor>
      <actor>Dean Wray (role=Guard #1)</actor>
      <actor>Hrothgar Mathews (role=Exit Guard)</actor>
      <actor>Charlize Theron (role=Ashley)</actor>
      <actor>Clarence Williams III (role=Merlin)</actor>
      <actor>Donal Logue (role=Pug)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzBmMWM1MmQtMjE3Yy00YWE4LTk2NWMtYTY3YTcyN2I4ZmI2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Action|Crime|Holiday|Thriller</category>
    <review>I really like John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games. Which is a turnaround for me, because when I first saw it years ago I wasn't too impressed. Last year I saw it on vacation around the holiday season on TV though, and found myself enjoying it. It's not the greatest movie, and much of it is ludicrous, but it's packs a mean spirited, sleazy punch and keeps up a nice wintry atmosphere to keep you warm on a cold night, whether from the booze or the bullets. The film gets shat on a lot, especially by star Charlize Theron who famously said she only did it to work with Frankenheimer, but I think it's way more fun than people give it credit for. Ben Affleck back in the sordid chapter of bis career, plays a recently paroled convict who's on his way to meet his cell mate Nick's pen pal girlfriend, pretending to be him. Nice guy. She turns out to be a sweetheart in the form of Theron, and things look up for old Ben. Until, however, her volatile, psychotic gangster brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise) shows up with a pack of thugs who have a notion to rob a casino that Nick used to work at, using him as an inside man. Only, he isn't Nick, and has no idea about the casino, forcing him to think on his feet and stall his way through the dangerous predicament. Sinise is a guy I'm usually indifferent too, or bores me, but here he's a wide eyed, brutish lunatic and really has fun with the role. Theron is appropriately sexy and enigmatic, and there's standout work from three tough guy actors I really enjoy, playing Gabriel's henchman, sporting the delightful monikers Pug (Donal Logue), Merlin (Clarence Williams III) and Jumpy (Danny Trejo). They're like the three ill tempered elves to Gabriel's raving Santa, and steal the film. Dennis Farina plays loudmouth, dirtbag casino owner Jack Bangs, James Frain has a silly bit, and there's a demented cameo from Isaac Hayes ("monsters in the gelatin!!"). It's a loud, dumb flick and it knows it, but it also knows how to have a good time in style. Even when the third act erupts in a cascade of increasingly laughable double crosses and perplexing plot turns, it never stops having fun. Nothing says the holidays like jail time, casino robbery, backstabbing sociopaths, Santa suits and shotguns, and a little murder</review>
    <description>After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0430105</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Vier Brüder</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In Detroit, when the beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist, her four dangerous sons come to her funeral. Bobby Mercer, Angel Mercer and Jack Mercer join the regenerated ex-union leader Jeremiah Mercer, and they decide to investigate the murder. They discover that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Singleton</director>
      <actor>Mark Wahlberg (role=Bobby Mercer)</actor>
      <actor>Tyrese Gibson (role=Angel Mercer)</actor>
      <actor>Garrett Hedlund (role=Jack Mercer)</actor>
      <actor>Terrence Howard (role=Lt. Green)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Charles (role=Detective Fowler)</actor>
      <actor>Sofía Vergara (role=Sofi)</actor>
      <actor>Fionnula Flanagan (role=Evelyn Mercer)</actor>
      <actor>Chiwetel Ejiofor (role=Victor Sweet)</actor>
      <actor>Taraji P. Henson (role=Camille Mercer)</actor>
      <actor>Barry Shabaka Henley (role=Councilman Douglas)</actor>
      <actor>Jernard Burks (role=Evan)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Welsh (role=Robert Bradford)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2005</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmZhYjI4MzAtNjJiMi00ODQ4LTkwOGEtNThhNmRlNDI3MzFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Whodunnit|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I was ready to bet that this was a remake after an older movie. Great 60's and 70's music, the endless theme of the small town terrorized by a villain and the rise to justice of the people involved, Mark Wahlberg... ;) OK, I am unfair to the man, but it's true isn't it? He is always cast into old looking movies or remakes. I actually like how he is playing. I think that he is a reasonable actor and has potential beyond the action movies in which we've become accustomed to seeing him.The plot is quite simple: adoptive mother of four and town saint gets killed by thugs. The four brothers kick ass accordingly. But beyond the obvious cliché, the movie was quite good. The actors played well, the feelings were nicely transmitted to the audience and the details were realistic enough and emotion conveying. Actually, for this kind of movie, I am ready to grade high.The bad thing about this film were the villains. Unconvincing small time crooks that suddenly have the power to hire people with Steyr Augur rifles and other high power weapons. Unconvincing crooked cop who has no motive for actually being corrupt. In the end, the movie is rather relaxing, considering we never meet anything unexpected.Worth a watch, although I would rate it as a TV movie, to watch in bed, rather than a cinema thing</review>
    <description>When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0105112</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Stunde der Patrioten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is on a "working vacation" in London with his family. He has retired from the CIA and is a Professor at the US Naval Academy. Jack gives a lecture at the Royal Naval Academy and then walks out to meet up with his wife Cathy (Anne Archer) and daughter Sally (Thora Birch).Meanwhile, Cathy and Sally are sightseeing near Buckingham Palace. The two come upon a British Royal Guard, and Sally tries to get the guard to react by doing an improvised tap dance in front of him. She's impressed when the guard, trained to ignore distraction, has no reaction to her antics.As Sally and Cathy walk away from the guard, en route to rendezvous with Jack, they walk by a stolen cab, in which sit three Ulster Liberation Army (ULA) terrorists: Kevin O'Donnell (Patrick Bergin), the driver, as well as Sean Miller (Sean Bean) and his younger brother Patrick (Karl Hayden). The three are loading their guns as they prepare to carry out an ambush on Lord William Holmes (James Fox), the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and a member of the British Royal Family (the cousin of the Queen Mother). As they finish loading their weapons, another accomplice, Annette (Polly Walker), radios to them that Lord Holmes is leaving the palace with his wife and son.As Lord Holmes's car leaves the palace, the terrorists' car falls in line behind him. They follow the car, headed for the ambush point. As they drive, O'Donnell and the Miller brothers don ski masks.Meanwhile, Ryan is about to cross the street to meet with his wife and daughter. He arrives at the same time that Lord Holmes's car is passing through the area.Moments later, Annette pulls another cab right in front of Lord Holmes's vehicle, forcing them to stop. Simultaneously, the cab driven by O'Donnell and the Millers boxes them in from behind. The Millers and another accomplice jump out and quickly plant a bomb underneath the chauffeured car's engine. Ryan sees what's going on and hastily gets his family to take cover just as the bomb is detonated. Moments later, Sean and another accomplice open fire on the car, killing Lord Holmes's driver and bodyguard. The onslaught does not kill Lord Holmes, who is currently using his body to shield his family. Sean marches over to the rear door and orders Lord Holmes out of the car at gunpoint. Ryan, unable to stand being just a bystander, immediately breaks cover, runs up behind Miller, and disarms him. As Ryan moves to grabs Sean's pistol, he is shot in the left shoulder by the unnamed accomplice. Ryan returns fire, fatally wounding the unnamed accomplice. As Patrick tries to run, Ryan fatally shoots him as well. Seeing two of the royal guards and the police racing towards the scene, O'Donnell and the remaining terrorists quickly get back in their cars and drive flee, leaving Sean to be arrested. They retreat back to a warehouse, where they change out license plates.Ryan is taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. He's visited by a representative from the US consulate and officers from the London police and questioned about his heroics. He's told about both Kevin O'Donnell, the leader of a violent ULA splinter group, and the Miller brothers, who were both orphaned at a young age and came under O'Donnell's care and tutelage. Sean is an especially dangerous and violent sociopath who shares O'Donnell's radical views about British rule of Northern Ireland.Ryan is called to testify against Sean Miller as a witness. Though Sean's counsel questions Ryan's involvement in the incident, citing that he's not a field agent with the CIA or any other organization that would operate in his manner, Ryan holds his own. Miller has an outburst as Ryan is led out of the court chamber and vows revenge. Subsequently, Miller is convicted on all charges and sentenced to life in prison. Ryan is awarded the order of Knight Commander of the Victorian Order and eventually returns to the United States. When they arrive, Cathy tells him she's been having morning sickness and that she's pregnant.On the possibility that Miller's ULA comrades might try to liberate him, the authorities take no chances. To that extent, they set up decoy convoys on the day that Miller is to be transferred to Albany Prison on the Isle of Wight. However, O'Donnell's associate, Annette, is able to get information about the convoy that carries Miller from a man named Dennis Cooley (Alex Norton), a rare books dealer and mole. Miller's motorcade is in transit with the officer in charge of Miller's arrest and incarceration, Inspector Robert Highland (David Threlfall), when it comes to a stop at a drawbridge. The raised bridge, however, is a trap meant to block them in. Moments after the convoy comes to a stop, Miller's comrades fire rocket launchers to blow up the escort cars, killing their drivers. They then march up to the prison van and order the guards out at gunpoint by taking the bridge operator hostage and threatening to shoot him. One of the guards talks back to them, and is shot dead for his troubles. The other officer and Highland are pulled out by O'Donnell, thrown on the ground, and forced to lie on their stomachs. O'Donnell chastises Highland, who is Irish, for turning against his own country and people. O'Donnell then hands Miller a pistol. Miller subsequently executes the two police officers and the bridge operator by shooting each of them in the back of the head, and then they flee the scene.Miller and his companions flee on a tramp steamer from Britain to Libya, to prepare for their next kidnapping attempt on Lord Holmes. Miller, however, cannot shake his anger towards Ryan for killing his younger brother and persuades several members of his entourage to accompany him to the United States on a short mission targeting Ryan and his family.Miller is accompanied by Annette, comrade Ned Clark (Keith Campbell), and a fourth henchman. Annette and Clark travel to the United States Naval Academy to ambush Ryan as he's leaving work. Ryan notices Clark idling nearby. Clark casually walks away, but Ryan clearly unnerved, then gets even more nervous as he hears a car engine starting. His suspicions are well warranted-as he continues walking down the street, he looks in the reflection of a parked van's rear-view door and sees that Clark, and the stolen car driven by Annette, are following him. Ryan pretends not to see them until he's walking past a parked panel truck, at which point he ducks behind the truck. Clark draws a silenced pistol and prepares to corner Ryan, but Ryan attacks him first. The two fight hand-to-hand and Clark quickly gets the upper hand, throwing Ryan to the curb. He grabs his pistol and is about to shoot Ryan when he's shot dead himself by a US Marine sentry. Annette quickly flees in her Jeep. Ryan, realizing that Miller is going after Cathy and Sally, jumps into his car and drives off.Simultaneously, Miller and the other henchman rent a brown work van and follow Cathy as she picks up Sally from school, with Miller riding shotgun. They prepare to follow the two but are temporarily held up by a crossing guard. Once the crossing guard clears, they pursue her to the highway. Ryan tries to frantically call Cathy on his car phone, but she is busy answering phone calls from the hospital. As he's trying to connect with her, Miller and his driver recklessly weave in and out of traffic to catch up with Cathy. Ryan eventually gets through to Cathy and tells her to get off the highway and find the nearest police station. Unfortunately, just as the call ends, Miller's van comes charging up on her using the left shoulder. Miller moves to the backseat of the van, grabs a sub-machine gun, and slides open the door. Another car momentarily delays him, but once he has a clear aim, Miller opens fire, spraying Cathy's car with bullets. A multi-car pileup ensues as Cathy loses control of her car and crashes head-on into a concrete barrier. Ryan, who has found himself stuck in traffic headed in the other direction, sees the smoke from the crash and realizes the worst.Cathy and Sally are airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Cathy will recover quickly and her pregnancy is unaffected. Sally, however, is in very bad shape and her chances are 50/50. Ryan eventually finds out a few hours later that Sally will recover but it will take time. Late one night Ryan receives a phone call from Miller himself. Miller taunts Ryan, suggesting that Jack can't protect his family and he'll never find Miller.Enraged, Ryan decides to go back to work for the CIA, having earlier rejected the appeal of his former superior, Vice Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones). His old contact, Marty Cantor (J.E. Freeman), teams him up with a small group that specializes in the ULA and other Irish terrorist groups.Ryan's tireless work leads him to conclude that Miller is in hiding at a training camp, one of many located in Libya. He also determines that a recent new arrival at the camp may be Dennis Cooley, who'd escaped the London police when he discovered they were using surveillance devices in his bookshop. Ryan, through IRA spokesman Paddy O'Neil (Richard Harris), also determines that the woman with long red hair that he saw driving one of the cars in the attack on Lord Holmes and in the attempt on his own life at the naval academy, is the same woman who works for O'Donnell and is in one of the Libyan camps.Ryan makes his recommendations to his superiors at the CIA. Greer invites Jack to a live feed of a SAS strike team attack on the camp. Everyone in the camp is eliminated but unbeknownst to the CIA and Ryan, Miller and his companions have already fled the camp and are on their way to the US to stage their next attack on Lord Holmes.Lord Holmes decides to visit Ryan at his home to formally present his KCVO. With the aid of Lord Holmes' traitorous assistant, Miller's group tracks Holmes to this location, kills the Diplomatic Security Service agents and Maryland state troopers guarding the house, and attempts once more to kidnap Lord Holmes. Ryan leads Holmes and his family to safety while he attempts to lure Miller and his companions away from his home by stealing one of the boats they'd arrived in at the cliffs near the Ryan's home. A furious boat chase in a heavy storm on the Chesapeake Bay ensues, with Miller, Annette, and O'Donnell in pursuit.The FBI Hostage Rescue Teams are scrambled to pick up Holmes. Upon realizing that Ryan is trying to lead them away from Holmes, Miller's companions try to persuade Miller to turn around, but an enraged and deranged Miller kills his terrorist companions and continues his pursuit of Ryan. Ryan and Miller fight hand to hand; Miller is killed when Ryan impales him backward on a boat anchor, and his body is obliterated in the subsequent explosion of the craft when it hits a rocky reef.Credits roll just after Caroline Ryan learns the gender of the child she is going to have, and before she tells Jack and Sally.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Phillip Noyce</director>
      <actor>Harrison Ford (role=Jack Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Archer (role=Cathy Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Bergin (role=Kevin O'Donnell)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Bean (role=Sean Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Thora Birch (role=Sally Ryan)</actor>
      <actor>James Fox (role=Lord Holmes)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel L. Jackson (role=Robby)</actor>
      <actor>Polly Walker (role=Annette)</actor>
      <actor>J.E. Freeman (role=Marty Cantor)</actor>
      <actor>James Earl Jones (role=Admiral Greer)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Harris (role=Paddy O'Neil)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Norton (role=Dennis Cooley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1992</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGY5ZGRhY2QtYTVmOS00ODgzLTlkYmUtYTIzNTkzMTU4MGVjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,43,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Political Thriller|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>If I were to make a quick summary of this movie, it would be "a good, but not great, action flick." I don't think this movie was intended to be innovative, to be great, to be memorable. What it was intended to be was entertaining, and it lived up to this expectation.Harrison Ford is the master of remaining as low-key as possible. He has had so many films where he can over-emphasize, over-dramatize, and simply over-act. Ford has the maturity to keep this from happening, and he does so again in this film. Ford is supported quite well with such actors/actresses as James Earl Jones (reprising his role as Greer from The Hunt for Red October), Samuel L. Jackson, and Anne Archer. For an action flick, acting is much above average.It was also suspenseful...thrilling. I thought the ending had a nice build-up and climax. I realize this is different from the book's ending...but remember, these are two different visions...not the same one. This brings up a big point in movie-watching: Comparing a movie to a book is the worst thing you can do. They are two completely different genres. More importantly, as I said before, they are two different visions.I'm not a big action fan. I used to be, but anymore most stories are the same. To this end I would say Patriot Games is fairly mainstream. However, it was always fun to watch and sometimes thrilling to watch. I'm also not a big Tom Clancy fan, but I've given the movies based off his books a shot because again they are different visions. The result is (at least with Patriot Games) a good film to watch on a Saturday night with a bowl of popcorn. Don't expect great things, but don't expect to be disappointed, either.Rating: 7/10</review>
    <description>When CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13067292</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rogue Hostage</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Single father and former Marine Kyle Snowden, on a routine stop for his job in Child Protective Services, finds himself and a group of innocent customers trapped inside his stepfather's store.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jon Keeyes</director>
      <actor>Tyrese Gibson (role=Kyle Snowden)</actor>
      <actor>John Malkovich (role=Sam Nelson)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Jai White (role=Sparks)</actor>
      <actor>Brandi Bravo (role=Clove Martinez)</actor>
      <actor>Luna Lauren Velez (role=Sunshine)</actor>
      <actor>Holly Taylor (role=Mikki)</actor>
      <actor>Zani Jones Mbayise (role=Angel Snowden)</actor>
      <actor>Fedna Jacquet (role=Rainey)</actor>
      <actor>Charlie Sara (role=Shane)</actor>
      <actor>Susannah Hoffman (role=Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Alvarado (role=Sligh)</actor>
      <actor>Mickey Solis (role=Sergeant)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>3.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjZmMTkzMTAtODNmZC00YmUwLThlNDEtNWY3Mjc3MWUzY2ZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>Here's another example of hiring big-name actors to entice the viewer to see a really bad film. And was it ever bad.I get that it's newb writer Mickey Solis' first full length film screenplay, but there's no excuse to take a simple generic genre, and chop it up into incoherent nonsense where the action was laughable, and the dialogue cringe-worthy. "What's that? A bomb (over the door)". *still opens door* "be careful". Uggggh. The story lacked continuity and basic logic. The normally comfortable 93 minute runtime felt like 2+ hours with the slow pacing and dragged out filler scenes for the little amount of substance the (convoluted) story had.What's even worse, is that you have producer and seasoned director Jon Keeyes quarterback this entire nonsense. I've seen first time amateur directors produce a film 100x better. He horribly directed the scenes, camera work, and failed miserably in directing his cast. The cinematography was bad, and the score on the worst side of the b-film grade spectrum. The sound felt distant, as if someone forgot the boom mics.I want to say that perhaps if some of the high-paid actor budget was used to have a seasoned filmmaker go over the amateur screenplay for edits to improve it, but a seasoned director (Keeyes) could/should have fixed this mess. I feel bad for Gibson and Malkovich having this flop on their resume. It's a very generous 4/10 from me, all going to the star leads who did their best with what they had to work with</review>
    <description>Single father and former Marine Kyle Snowden, on a routine stop for his job in Child Protective Services, finds himself and a group of innocent customers trapped inside his stepfather's store.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0095963</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Red Heat</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Russian policeman sent after a Georgian drug dealer who has escaped to the United States and is awaiting extradition in Chicago. Jim Belushi plays his temporary partner on the Chicago police. When the drug dealer escapes, the two police must overcome their differences in order to recapture him.—John Vogel</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Walter Hill</director>
      <actor>Arnold Schwarzenegger (role=Ivan Danko)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Boyle (role=Lou Donnelly)</actor>
      <actor>Ed O'Ross (role=Viktor Rostavili)</actor>
      <actor>Gina Gershon (role=Cat Manzetti)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Bright (role=Sgt. Gallagher)</actor>
      <actor>J.W. Smith (role=Salim)</actor>
      <actor>Brent Jennings (role=Abdul Elijah)</actor>
      <actor>Gretchen Palmer (role=Hooker)</actor>
      <actor>Pruitt Taylor Vince (role=Night Clerk)</actor>
      <actor>Brion James (role=Streak)</actor>
      <actor>Gloria Delaney (role=Intern)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Jason (role=TV Announcer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1988</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmM2NDk2MWMtMzlmYS00ZWMzLWI3NmYtZGZlNzdkMmIxNGE2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Cop|Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Well, this is indeed a classic Schwarzenegger movie, no doubt about it. And it is actually a movie that proves to be timeless, as you can watch it again and again.The storyline is good and director Walter Hill picks up the pace from the very beginning and doesn't really take his foot off of the speed pedal throughout the movie. And that is a good thing, because the audience is in for an action ride here, as was the tendency with the 80s action movies starring Schwarzenegger.Needless to say that there is an abundance of action throughout the course of "Red Heat".Arnold Schwarzenegger is superb in the role of Ivan Danko, and his accent is just glorious for the role. Jim Belushi actually fits the role of Art Ridzik, an American police officer tired of his job, worn down and just lashing out at the world; he has that particular quality to his demeanor. And that brings us to Ed O'Ross, in the role of Viktor Rostavili, because he fits that archetypical type of bad guy so well and really had that gritty look to him.Now, you might want to put your sense of realism on the shelf before you sit down and watch "Red Heat", because that is not the main focus of the movie. You know what you get here, Schwarzenegger facing insurmountable odds and coming out on top - the same formula used in all of his action movies, essentially. But hey, it was good entertainment, and that is all that matter.But while "Red Heat" is not the defining movie of Schwarzenegger's movie career, it is definitely one of the more memorable and outstanding movies.I am rating "Red Heat" seven out of ten stars. I grew up on Schwarzenegger's movies and the 1988 movie "Red Heat" is still as entertaining and watchable in 2019 as it was back in 1988</review>
    <description>A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0822854</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Shooter</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Having seen his spotter buddy Donnie Fenn die as disloyal brass abandoned them on mission, US Marine champion sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger resigned to live in the Wyoming Rockies, alone with his dog. Colonel Isaac Johnson uses his fellow Medal of Honor reputation and patriot appeal to lure Bob back for a short mission: working out how a 'suspected' sniper could kill the president, speaking at public venues. After his report, a second speaking guest of honor, Ethiopian archbishop Desmond Mutumbo, is killed 'by accident,' and a local cop fails to eliminate Bob. Shot twice and on the run, he handcuffs rookie FBI special agent Nick Memphis and steals his FBI car, which he drives into the river after a long chase. Unable to treat his wounds effectively, he drives to Donnie's widow (Sarah Fenn) in Kentucky. She helps sew him up and assists his search for the culprits, later joined by Nick, who faces dishonorable discharge or worse but smells a rat and dares dig for the nasty truth on Johnson's White House ploy (rescued by Bob before a torture team disposes of him, too). Taking on the schemers proves dangerous for all.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Antoine Fuqua</director>
      <actor>Mark Wahlberg (role=Bob Lee Swagger)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Peña (role=Nick Memphis)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Glover (role=Colonel Isaac Johnson)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Mara (role=Sarah Fenn)</actor>
      <actor>Elias Koteas (role=Jack Payne)</actor>
      <actor>Rhona Mitra (role=Alourdes Galindo)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Walker (role=Louis Dobbler)</actor>
      <actor>Tate Donovan (role=Russ Turner)</actor>
      <actor>Ned Beatty (role=Senator Charles F. Meachum)</actor>
      <actor>Lane Garrison (role=Donnie Fenn)</actor>
      <actor>Zak Santiago (role=Senior Agent)</actor>
      <actor>Michael-Ann Connor (role=Junior Agent)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2007</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDc3N2Q0NjMtNmZiMi00ZDFkLWFiZWEtNzM2NmFkNWI1MWNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>One-Person Army Action|Political Thriller|Psychological Thriller|Action|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>"Shooter" is a tale about a patriot who gets used &amp; abused by the government that he swore allegiance to. Even worse, they do nasty things to his dog. It's the kind of movie that makes you want to run off to Canada, not because you hate your country but because you hate the goons who are running it. But don't pack your hockey stick just yet because the story provides enough satisfying turns to keep things entertaining rather than depressing."Bob Lee Swagger" (Mark Wahlberg) is an Army sniper, one of the best, who is given the assignment of planning--but not executing--an assassination. That's all I'll say about the plot because the fun part is riding all the twists &amp; turns that follow. Danny Glover plays his government liaison while at the top is Ned Beatty playing a questionable senator.What follows is an action packed political conspiracy thriller along the lines of a Tom Clancy story ("Clear and Present Danger", "Patriot Games") but with the noticeable difference that our hero Bob is a total badass, sort of like a dash of "First Blood". And that's what makes this movie really fun when he starts to take things on the offensive.My only criticism is, as I implied in my title, a few preposterous things happen so be prepared. You know, stuff like when a person gets shot multiple times but is still able to swim across the Delaware River. (I mean bullets, sure, but all that Jersey waste'll kill ya faster than battery acid.) But if you can go along for the ride without raising too many eyebrows, this flick will definitely keep you riveted from start to finish. Bonus points for being shot in Philadelphia, the perfect city for a story like this</review>
    <description>An expert marksman living in exile, is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Now on the run after being double crossed for the assassination attempt he was trying to prevent, he sets out for the real killer, and the truth.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3212232</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rage: Tage der Vergeltung</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When the manager of Honda vehicles Stanley Hill returns to Columbus, Ohio, he is welcomed by his beloved wife Vivian at the airport. Vivian is an advisor of Governor Merserve, who has reduced the crime rate in Ohio, and now she is analyzing the environmental effect of a duct of oil in Columbus. When they are at the parking lot, they are approached by three scumbags that kill Vivian. Stan identifies one of the thugs to Det. Gibson and Det. Walker, but they release the criminal telling that they do not have enough evidences to keep him locked up. But Stan is a former CIA operative and he seeks out his former partner Dennis to find justice to Vivian. Soon they find a network of corruption in very high level and Stan decides to eliminate the problem.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chuck Russell</director>
      <actor>John Travolta (role=Stanley Hill)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Meloni (role=Dennis)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Schull (role=Abbie)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Trammell (role=Det. Gibson)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick St. Esprit (role=Gov. John Merserve)</actor>
      <actor>Rebecca De Mornay (role=Vivian Hill)</actor>
      <actor>Asante Jones (role=Det. Walker)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Sloan (role=Lemi K)</actor>
      <actor>Luis Da Silva Jr. (role=Charley Lawes)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Whalen (role=Mike)</actor>
      <actor>Jayden Blake Cochran (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Kane (role=Jenna)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGRlODc0ODctMjNmNy00NWFhLWJhOTEtOGZhZmJlMDhjYmUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|One-Person Army Action|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>"How is him walking out of here going to help my case?" Stanley (Travolta) has just returned home from a long trip and is excited to see his wife again. While on his way home she is murdered. After doing everything by the book legally the killer is set free. Not willing to accept that Stanley takes matters into his own hands and the hunt begins. First of all, this is not a bad movie at all. On the other hand its a little too generic for it to be all that good. There are a few neat twists in this but for the most part you can predict everything that is going to happen pretty easy. Travolta isn't a bad choice for this but he seems a little flat in some parts. In terms of the little B action movies that have been coming out this is definitely one of the best ones, but again this movie has been done over and over and is just not all that exciting. Overall, good movie but too generic to watch over and over. I give this a B-</review>
    <description>Stanley Hill opens a can of brutal vengeance on the thugs who murdered his wife and the corrupt cops who are protecting them.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0455944</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Equalizer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Haunted by his mysterious past, Boston hardware store employee Robert McCall now leads a silent, low-profile existence to appease his inner demons. But the past always returns with a vengeance. And when Robert's platonic late-night companion Teri ends up in the hospital after a nearly fatal encounter with the brutal Russian mob, the insomniac ex-virtuoso of pain must again put his deadly skill set to good use. As the pitiless guardian angel equalises the odds, feral retribution rains down on everyone involved. Who will live to tell the tale when Robert's bloody ballet of death ends?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Antoine Fuqua</director>
      <actor>Denzel Washington (role=Robert McCall)</actor>
      <actor>Marton Csokas (role=Teddy)</actor>
      <actor>Chloë Grace Moretz (role=Teri)</actor>
      <actor>David Harbour (role=Masters)</actor>
      <actor>Haley Bennett (role=Mandy)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Pullman (role=Brian Plummer)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Leo (role=Susan Plummer)</actor>
      <actor>David Meunier (role=Slavi)</actor>
      <actor>Johnny Skourtis (role=Ralphie)</actor>
      <actor>Alex Veadov (role=Tevi)</actor>
      <actor>Vladimir Kulich (role=Vladimir Pushkin)</actor>
      <actor>E. Roger Mitchell (role=Lead Investigator)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ2NzQyMTYzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTY5MzgyMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>One-Person Army Action|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Denzel Washington is just great and The Equalizer belongs like the John Wick (Keanu Reeves) and Taken (Liam Neeson) movies to the new masterclass of revenge/vigilante movies. The Equalizer is a true to the heart successor of our former (or still) heroes of long gone times like Mr. Eastwood and Mr. Bronson: the king is dead, long live the king, so to say.The Equalizer is great stuff - if you like your action spiced up with a good shot of violence</review>
    <description>A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0139654</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Training Day</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The film follows a single day in the life of an LAPD cop, Jake Hoyt (Hawke), who is scheduled to be evaluated by Detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), a highly decorated LAPD narcotics officer who could advance Jake's career. In Alonzo's car, the pair of officers observe teenage Mara Salvatrucha members dealing drugs in a park. Instead of arresting the buyers, Alonzo confiscates the drugs and tells Jake to take a hit from the marijuana.Jake initially refuses, but Alonzo puts a gun to his head and says Jake's failure to use drugs could get him killed by a street dealer. Jake relents and smokes the marijuana, but shortly thereafter, Alonzo tells him the marijuana was laced with PCP. While driving, Jake notices a female high school student being sexually assaulted by two men in an alley. Jake jumps out to help her and subdues the attackers, but Alonzo refuses to report the incident. He tells the girl to leave, telling Jake that the girl's gang member (Sureno) cousin will seek the attackers out for revenge. Jake discovers the girl's wallet on the ground and takes it. Jake objects to Alonzo's use of vigilante "street justice," but Alonzo characterizes Jake as naive.Alonzo and Jake then go to the home of a drug dealer named the Sandman and serve a phony search warrant, which is actually a cover for Alonzo to steal drug money. Jake again objects to Alonzo's actions, especially since it could have gotten them killed. The duo then arrive at Baldwin Village to visit Alonzo's Salvadoran girlfriend Sara (Eva Mendes) and their young son. Afterward, Alonzo meets with a group of high-ranking police officials dubbed the "Three Wise Men" (Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin and Raymond J. Barry). They tell Alonzo that they know he owes money to the Russian Mafia and suggest that he leave town. But Alonzo insists he can control the situation and gets permission from the Wise Men to "cash in on an account" with the caveat that he avoids a scandal. Alonzo later tells Jake that he had to give Sandman's money to the Three Wise Men to obtain an arrest warrant.Alonzo takes Jake and several other narcotic officers to the home of Roger (Scott Glenn), a drug dealer and former police officer the two visited earlier. Using the warrant, they seize several million dollars from underneath the floor of Roger's kitchen, but Jake refuses to take his share of the cash -- much to the suspicion of the other cops. Alonzo then shoots Roger and arranges the scene to appear like a justified shooting. Jake refuses to lie, and after being threatened seizes Alonzo's gun. A Mexican standoff ensues, with Jake threatening to shoot Alonzo while the other officers threaten to shoot Jake. Alonzo then reveals that the LAPD will run a blood test on Jake following the shooting, thus detecting the PCP he had smoked earlier. Alonzo offers to have the test results falsified in exchange for Jake's cooperation. Jake reluctantly agrees, and Alonzo again urges Jake to drop his naive view of police work.Alonzo then drives Jake to the home of a Mexican gangster named "Smiley" (Cliff Curtis), allegedly to run an errand. Alonzo gives Smiley a package containing a large stack of money, which Smiley asks his sister to count while he plays poker with two other gang members. Jake is persuaded to join the game and engages in tense conversation with the three men. After Smiley's sister confirms to him that the count is correct, Smiley receives a message on his phone. Smiley then reveals to Jake that Alonzo has abandoned him, and explains Alonzo's situation: by midnight, Alonzo must pay $1 million to the Russian mob for killing one of their couriers in Las Vegas or be killed himself.Alonzo has paid Smiley to kill Jake. Jake tries to escape but is overpowered and dragged into the bathroom to be executed. The men search his pockets, finding the wallet he had picked up earlier from the girl he rescued, who is Smiley's cousin. Smiley calls the girl, who confirms that Jake defended her against the attackers. In gratitude for protecting his cousin, Smiley lets Jake go, and asks for no hard feelings because the planned execution was "just business".Jake returns to Sara's apartment looking for Alonzo. He attempts to arrest Alonzo, but Alonzo resists and they fight. Jake eventually subdues him, after which the local gang members and residents begin congregating to watch. Alonzo tries to get the crowd on his side by offering a reward to whoever kills Jake, but they have grown tired of Alonzo's arrogance and allow Jake to walk away with the money.In his escape to LAX, Alonzo is surrounded by Russian hit-men who kill him. The final scene has Jake pulling into his driveway and going home to his wife, Lisa (Charlotte Ayanna), and daughter, while a radio broadcast describes Alonzo's death as occurring honorably while "serving a high-risk warrant near LAX."</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Antoine Fuqua</director>
      <actor>Denzel Washington (role=Alonzo)</actor>
      <actor>Ethan Hawke (role=Jake)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Glenn (role=Roger)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Berenger (role=Stan Gursky)</actor>
      <actor>Harris Yulin (role=Doug Rosselli)</actor>
      <actor>Raymond J. Barry (role=Lou Jacobs)</actor>
      <actor>Cliff Curtis (role=Smiley)</actor>
      <actor>Dr. Dre (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Snoop Dogg (role=Blue)</actor>
      <actor>Macy Gray (role=Sandman's Wife)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Ayanna (role=Lisa)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Chinlund (role=Tim)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2001</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTFmNDI4NjktZmIzZS00YWU3LWJmNjctZjMwNjE5ZjA2Y2I1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Drug Crime|Gangster|Police Procedural|Psychological Drama|Psychological Thriller|Tragedy|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>Jake(Hawke, innocent yet with some edge) has been on the force for over a year and a half now. He wants to make detective, and that means joining Narcotics. For his titular training day he must impress Alonzo(Washington, simultaneously threatening and charming). He will soon find that this is a cop who crosses the line frequently. Exactly how far is he willing to go?The acting by both leads is amazing. Honestly, for everyone in this. Denzel steals the show, but Ethan still really makes a mark. This is immensely gritty, with many honest looks at what happens in the bad neighborhoods of LA, as told by a screenwriter and director who actually lived there. The authenticity is a huge part of why this is so compelling. With a few exceptions, you really feel like this could happen(there are things that are not very credible. Others have already detailed them, I don't really have anything to add), and it really provokes a discussion of police brutality. Despite an episodic nature, every scene has a distinct purpose in the overall narrative, although for a number of them, you won't realise what it is until later.This contains a lot of strong language, some brutal violence, and a little nudity. I recommend it to everyone who can stomach the contents. 8/10</review>
    <description>A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7638348</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Boss Level</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Retired special forces agent Roy Pulver is clueless why his worst nightmare day keeps repeating in a seemingly endless time-loop, but became resigned at going through the spectacular motions, starting with a man trying to cut his throat while he wakes up and being killed by rapid fire from a helicopter, jumping down several floors, next hijacking a sports car, meeting and interacting with his ex Jemma Wells and several weird people at a diner and being killed there. Slowly he works out how to get further in a next run, and that it all relates to Jemma's invention and how to use her hints, while finding out it's also about his pre-teen son Joe, who doesn't even know him but ditches school for a gaming arcade, and the key is guarded by a Chinese sword expert in the skyscraper fortress of mysterious colonel Clive Ventor. Besides learning better physical motions, his view in things also evolves, even his priority becomes leaving a world to Joe.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Joe Carnahan</director>
      <actor>Frank Grillo (role=Roy Pulver)</actor>
      <actor>Mel Gibson (role=Colonel Clive Ventor)</actor>
      <actor>Naomi Watts (role=Jemma Wells)</actor>
      <actor>Will Sasso (role=Brett)</actor>
      <actor>Annabelle Wallis (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Sheaun McKinney (role=Dave)</actor>
      <actor>Selina Lo (role=Guan Yin)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Yeoh (role=Dai Feng)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Jeong (role=Chef Jake)</actor>
      <actor>Meadow Williams (role=Pam)</actor>
      <actor>Rio Grillo (role=Joe)</actor>
      <actor>Armida Lopez (role=Esmerelda the Chauffeur)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Australia|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTNhOWQ3ZDktMjgyMi00YTE2LTgwMzItNDFlM2Y0ZTE5ZDUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,26,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|One-Person Army Action|Time Travel|Action|Adventure|Comedy|Mystery|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>There are more levels of meaning to this film than may be obvious. With the number of highbrow story elements compressed into 100 mins (causality loops, DNA coded missing mass, Egyptian mythology and catastrophism) it would have been very easy to overwhelm and confuse the audience with too many ideas - but Boss Level doesn't. The story is well told, very well paced and seems to make a point of intentionally evolving from chaotic and complex to calm and clear. Clive Ventor's plan is horrific but logical and it's eventually revealed that Roy Pulver really only ever had one job from the start. When he devises his final, final, final, FINAL plan, despite everything that's happened, it makes perfect sense and also provides a valuable message about not giving up - even when you know the situation is completely hopeless.What could have been just a nihilistic Groundhog Day shoot 'em up turns out to be something far more intelligent and emotionally engaging. Good ending too</review>
    <description>Trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, a former special forces agent must unlock the mystery behind his untimely demise.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26658104</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Imaginary</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter, Alice, finds a stuffed bear named Chauncey. As Alice's behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize that Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeff Wadlow</director>
      <actor>DeWanda Wise (role=Jessica)</actor>
      <actor>Taegen Burns (role=Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>Pyper Braun (role=Alice)</actor>
      <actor>Betty Buckley (role=Gloria)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Payne (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Veronica Falcón (role=Dr. Soto)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Salary (role=Ben)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Sato (role=Liam)</actor>
      <actor>Alix Angelis (role=Samantha)</actor>
      <actor>Wanetah Walmsley (role=Barbara)</actor>
      <actor>Rhythm Hurd (role=Young Jessica)</actor>
      <actor>Shawn Sanz (role=Officer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGNlNTVkMDEtMzE0Ni00ZWY1LThhNjYtNWJjNmNmMTc2MTk2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Horror|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Ironically, I feel like the movie lacked some imaginative ideas for a movie like this. Also, is it me or is nothing actually that scary anymore? The actors weren't bad, they would only act out what's in front of them but I liked the idea of this movie a lot but not what was delivered, sadly. Also, I didn't see any need for the husband to even be in the movie, that felt like a pointless character to be trimmed out. Additionally, there is always the same kind of family dynamics in these movies with a miserable angsty teenager etc, would have been cool to make the movie stand out and not always follow the samey blueprint</review>
    <description>A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0463985</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sean Boswell, who has always been an outsider. A loner at school, his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racing -- which has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent out of the country to live with his Farther in the military, in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road, the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal, gravity-defying automotive challenge - drift racing, a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses of hairpin turns and switchbacks. For his first unsuccessful foray in drift racing, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," with ties to the Yakuza, the Japanese crime machine. The only way he can pay off the debt of his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld, where the stakes are life and death.—ahmetkozan</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Justin Lin</director>
      <actor>Lucas Black (role=Sean Boswell)</actor>
      <actor>Brandon Brendel (role=Clay's Buddy)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Booko (role=Clay's Buddy)</actor>
      <actor>David V. Thomas (role=Clay's Buddy)</actor>
      <actor>Ashika Gogna (role=Cheerleader)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Salazar (role=Chubby Hispanic Kid)</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Caira (role=Auto Shop Bully)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Ray McDonald II (role=Auto Shop Bully)</actor>
      <actor>Nikki Griffin (role=Cindy (Clay's Girlfriend))</actor>
      <actor>Vincent Laresca (role=Case Worker)</actor>
      <actor>Lynda Boyd (role=Ms. Boswell)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Goodman (role=Major Boswell)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|United States</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4YjA0YzktNDQ1Ni00MWE0LWIyOTgtN2QxZDY5NmE1ODE4XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Car Action|Action|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Look behind the woeful accent and this is actually a good movie. The first F&amp;F was about racing, then went all Miami Vice. A final return to the street racing scene had to move away from the original cast as they had lost their 'From the streets' appeal.Anyway back to this, some sweet cars that aren't the massively expensive hyper cars of later episodes and some trick driving to boot.A quality film if you manage to watch it a couple of times and don't dwell on the accent</review>
    <description>A teenager becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6864046</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Shadow</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Yimou Zhang</director>
      <actor>Chao Deng (role=Commander)</actor>
      <actor>Qianyuan Wang (role=Captain Tian)</actor>
      <actor>Jingchun Wang (role=Minister Lu)</actor>
      <actor>Jun Hu (role=General Yang)</actor>
      <actor>Xiaotong Guan (role=The Princess (The King's Sister))</actor>
      <actor>Lei Wu (role=Ping (General Yang's Son))</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>China|Hong Kong</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzQ0ZDBlZDgtM2E5MS00N2U5LTk2MmEtN2UxYmM5YTA2OTI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Wuxia|Action|Adventure|Fantasy|History|War</category>
    <review>This film will be well remembered, not for its ink paint style of cinematography, but for its characters, dialogue and ensemble performance. Deng Chao, who plays both the Shadow and the Commander at a time and can be often seen in the same frame with the help of marvellous visual effects, deserves all the attention and compliments for his commitment to acting. Didn't expect the adapted-from-historical-events drama turns out to be an action thriller ending with heavy blood stains, and the film almost reminded me of Feng Xiao-Gang's "The Banquet" when the ending credits rolled. But then, when I thought of the body moves of the Shadow, the Commander and his wife among Yin and Yang in the fight-practicing scene, and those tender moments between Shadow and his love, and their passion covered or burned through eye contact and physical distance in the light and the dark, I realised this is a Zhang Yimou film. The craftsmanship is simply for storytelling</review>
    <description>In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10195452</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>American Skin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nate Parker</director>
      <actor>Nate Parker (role=Lincoln 'Linc' Jefferson)</actor>
      <actor>Omari Hardwick (role=Omar 'Derwood' Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Beau Knapp (role=Officer Mike Randall)</actor>
      <actor>Theo Rossi (role=Officer Dominic Reyes)</actor>
      <actor>Shane Paul McGhie (role=Jordin King)</actor>
      <actor>Milauna Jackson (role=Tayana Jefferson)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Espinosa (role=Kajani Jefferson)</actor>
      <actor>Vanessa Bell Calloway (role=Bernice)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Warren (role=Melvin)</actor>
      <actor>AnnaLynne McCord (role=Allison Randall)</actor>
      <actor>Allius Barnes (role=Jayden)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Bodison (role=Captain Eugene Morris)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjIzNmRlZDQtNTRkNy00NTc1LWEwZGItM2I2NDhlOWI1Yjg2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRvb2xpbmhk._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Thriller|Tragedy|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>The most ironic thing about the reviews for this movie is the purposeful down-voting due to the subject matter and - likely - simply because of the trailer. The irony lies in the direct response of the up-voting and both sides not consciously realizing how closely those actions mirror the social issue that the movie attempts to highlight.If even half of the reviewers bothered to watch the movie, they would realize that the actual purpose of the movie - in this writer's opinion - is the act of hard conversation. Not 'I-yield-3-minutes-to-the-gentleperson-from-Georgia'-type conversation but rather direct, constant and heated - yet metered - conversation.Communication and understanding is the key to advancing all solutions to problems, especially considering how polarized the US has become in recent times.The production value of the movie is also fine. Those that presented negative comments and ratings based on 'poor production value' are using that as an excuse for bias. The production may not be US$100M-summer-blockbuster fare but that wasn't the intent, and would have sorely taken away from the delivery.The fact that this movie was produced in 2019, before the BLM/George Floyd-inspired protests and the Capitol-storming is a testament to why these conversations need to be had and why that time has long-passed. However, the next best time to start something is now.'American Skin' is not just timely, it's incontrovertibly relevant.The honest rating for this film is 7.1 but I confess my heart wants to give it a 9</review>
    <description>A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13210838</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Gentlemen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The series follows Eddie Horniman, who has inherited his father's sizeable estate only to discover that it's sitting on top of a weed empire owned by the legendary Bobby Glass. Has this straight-up soldier got what it takes to master the dark arts of the British criminal underworld and take control of the entire operation?—Rosy Cordero</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Guy Ritchie</director>
      <director>David Caffrey</director>
      <director>Eran Creevy</director>
      <director>Nima Nourizadeh</director>
      <actor>Theo James (role=Eddie Horniman)</actor>
      <actor>Kaya Scodelario (role=Susie Glass)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Ings (role=Freddy Horniman)</actor>
      <actor>Joely Richardson (role=Lady Sabrina)</actor>
      <actor>Vinnie Jones (role=Geoff Seacombe)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Vu (role=Jimmy Chang)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Goodwins (role=Jack Glass)</actor>
      <actor>Stephane Fichet (role=Mr. Lawrence)</actor>
      <actor>Logan Dean (role=Blanket)</actor>
      <actor>Chanel Cresswell (role=Tammy)</actor>
      <actor>Alexis Rodney (role=Stevens)</actor>
      <actor>Mason Antonio Fardowe (role=Keith)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>8.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzJkYmM3MWMtYjgxYy00NDlhLTg2YWEtYjZkMWJjYTczNGFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Action|Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>If this dosen't get renewed for a season 2 myself and I imagine plenty of other people will riot. A majority of the stuff netflix puts out is mediocre at best and most of it you forget after watching because its just mush. Most of it feels like it's purely just to keep the content machine flowing. The gentlemen feels totally different and might actually be one of the greatest shows I've seen and it's only the first season.Top acting, top direction, top writing, top everything basically. Guy Ritchie is absolutely on form here. Had me right on the edge of my seat for a majority of the show trying to work out all the angles, agendas, schemes going on between the multiple calculated characters through out the show and on so many occasions I thought I had it worked out until a few moments later I'd be proven wrong again with another brilliantly executed twist.The gentlemen (2019) was already a fantastic film but what limited it was the time it had to tell its story however giving Guy Ritchie and his team a full 8 episodes to play with to fully pad out this story was very clearly an excellent choice and I truly hope this show takes off in a big way not only because it deserves it but because Netflix will hopefully realise what a treat this show is and give us more seasons.I could go on for ages about this show but I'd rather leave as much detail out of this review as possible because I went into this series essentially blind and I absolutely loved it however I imagine knowing more of the details before hand wouldn't have had the same impact so if you can, watch this before you learn any more about it, trust me.So in short, watch this show. As soon as possible. Its fantastic</review>
    <description>When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to a huge weed empire, and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2660888</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Star Trek Beyond</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Getting through the first half of their five-year mission, Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise crew now venture into uncharted territories. They arrive at Starbase Yorktown for shore leave, Kirk intends to be promoted to Vice Admiral to remain there and has recommended Spock for his present position as ship's captain. After a devastating attack by a massive army of unknown aliens, Kirk and his crew find themselves stranded on an unknown planet with no means of contacting the Federation or each other. The alien warlord Krall seeks an ancient weapon called the Abronath that Kirk has kept after an unsuccessful diplomatic mission. Reunited and aided by the alien warrior Jaylah, Kirk and crew must fight to survive and take on this deadly menace with a strong hatred for the Federation. Will they be able to destroy the new danger before it's too late?—Blazer346</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Justin Lin</director>
      <actor>Chris Pine (role=Captain James T. Kirk)</actor>
      <actor>Zachary Quinto (role=Commander Spock)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Urban (role=Doctor 'Bones' McCoy)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Pegg (role=Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott)</actor>
      <actor>John Cho (role=Sulu)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Yelchin (role=Chekov)</actor>
      <actor>Idris Elba (role=Krall)</actor>
      <actor>Sofia Boutella (role=Jaylah)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Taslim (role=Manas)</actor>
      <actor>Lydia Wilson (role=Kalara)</actor>
      <actor>Deep Roy (role=Keenser)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Roxburgh (role=Ensign Syl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|China</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjMyODk2NzY5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjI1Mjc0OTE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,46,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Space Sci-Fi|Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi|Thriller</category>
    <review>After the noisy and irretrievably stupid (though reasonably entertaining) Into Darkness, I wasn't desperate to watch this one, but when I finally did I was relieved to discover that it was even more enjoyable than the first film in the reboot, a rollicking adventure with terrific alien weapons, fun McCoy/Spock repartee, a promising newcomer alien, and a lot of really excellent action scenes. The movie had almost all the qualities of the original series except one - the thinking part. The smartest thing in the movie is the funny opening scene, which suggests the difficulty of communication between different cultures. But that's the last thing in the movie that suggests even a moment of thought. The main villain has very little in the way of motivation, and when he explains his purpose it's quite disappointing. Nothing in this movie is there to provoke thought, and I'm not entirely convinced that anything in the movie really makes sense, although there's nothing at the time that hit me as too absurd to live with (unlike the previous movie).If you expect this movie, like the series, to explore racism and war culture, well, you're not going to be happy. But if you just want some old-fashioned action with some familiar characters, this totally hits the spot</review>
    <description>The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1980209</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Pain &amp; Gain</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 1995, schemer Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is a recently released convict who had served time for Medicare fraud. Sun Gym owner John Mese (Rob Corddry) hires him to increase membership and make the gym more fitness-based. Lugo increases the gym's membership by 75% within six weeks and befriends trainer Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie), a bodybuilder rendered impotent due to his steroid use. Lugo soon lusts after the earnings and lifestyle achieved by Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), a sleazy new member he begins to train, who Lugo believes is a crook. Inspired by motivational speaker Jonny Wu (Ken Jeong), Lugo decides to be a "do-er" and hatches a plan to extort Kershaw for his assets by kidnapping and torturing him..</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Bay</director>
      <actor>Mark Wahlberg (role=Daniel Lugo)</actor>
      <actor>Dwayne Johnson (role=Paul Doyle)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Mackie (role=Adrian Doorbal)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Shalhoub (role=Victor Kershaw)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Harris (role=Ed DuBois)</actor>
      <actor>Rob Corddry (role=John Mese)</actor>
      <actor>Bar Paly (role=Sorina Luminita)</actor>
      <actor>Rebel Wilson (role=Robin Peck)</actor>
      <actor>Ken Jeong (role=Jonny Wu)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Rispoli (role=Frank Griga)</actor>
      <actor>Keili Lefkovitz (role=Krisztina Furton)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Rutherfurd (role=Carolyn 'Cissy' DuBois)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUyNTI4NTc0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzY3MDEzMzE@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Caper|True Crime|Action|Biography|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Michael Bay's "Pain and Gain" is a very bleak, very dark comedy about three knucklehead bodybuilders in pursuit of their own American dream, even if the road there is paved with sex, drugs, torture, humiliation, and even murder.Bay is shamelessly reputed for huge explosions, choppy editing, excessively flashy/glitzy cinematography, sexy women, fancy cars and (recently) giant robots. With "Pain and Gain" he returns to low-budget territory since his debut "Bad Boys" in 1995. The result - the film is a debauchery in style - it's all over the film. Although Bay cuts back on the explosions and robots (mercifully), everything else has Bay written all over it, and considering how morbidly ridiculous the film's subject matter is, Bay tackles it in such a head-on and energetic manner that the audience is whisked off for the insane ride ahead.For this movie, he has assembled together Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie as the three bumble-heads who have their hearts set in the right goal but clearly lack the intellect to do so. All three men look jacked up, and play their parts as ridiculous as the part goes for it, especially Johnson, who clearly is having a blast showing off a completely different side of him as opposed to what we've been seeing him of late. Wahlberg plays a character so dangerously goofy and dumb one will wonder whether such a person exists in real life. Tony Shalhoub's unfortunate but still jerk-ish character sets the tone for most of the movie as his predicament grows from one spectrum of ridiculousness to another. By the time we've reached sexy Bar Paly's and hilarious Rebel Wilson's love interest characters, the audience have probably seen enough.Then in comes Ed Harris as Detective Du Bois. Just when I thought the film was about to careen off the rails into insanity. He's the only sane person in the whole movie, and his presence helps bring balance and clarity to what was a ludicrous first half.Comic relief is key in Bay's action films, but here he's going all out at comedy, and he sure does pull of the stops. The film is simply put, hysterical. The fact that it was indeed a true story makes it all the more hilarious to watch, who honestly can think of some story like this and pull if off straight?I am aware that since this is a film, some liberties had to be made to the story and characters. Some scenes were undoubtedly exaggerated, but which one? Every scene looked and felt so surreal, every major character ridiculous, every line of dialogue inducing a chortle from the audience. But it was a dementedly fun ride, and Bay, after making two bloated sequels about giant robots, finally returns to his stride</review>
    <description>A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0298130</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ring</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story begins with two teenage girls discussing the events of the previous weekend, during which one of them, Katie Embry (played by Amber Tamblyn), went to a cabin in the mountains to spend time with some friends. While talking, the subject of a supposedly cursed videotape is brought up. The other girl, Rebecca 'Becca' Kotler (played by Rachael Bella), states that anyone who watches this video receives a phone call, in which a voice says, "you will die in seven days." Then, exactly seven days (to the minute) after viewing the tape, the viewer dies. Katie reveals in horror that she had watched that video at the cabin last weekend with three friends, exactly seven days earlier. After a series of unexplainable occurrences, involving a television in the house turning itself on and eerie sounds, Katie is mysteriously killed while Becca has the misfortune of watching, causing her to be institutionalized in a mental hospital.The film then introduces Katie's aunt, Rachel (played by Naomi Watts), a journalist living in Seattle. Her son, Aidan, was not only Katie's cousin but also a good friend, and seems to be sensitive to psychic occurrences. Aidan's teacher brings to Rachel's attention that he had been drawing pictures of his cousin dead in the ground for days before Katie actually died. At Katie's funeral, Rachel's sister asks her to investigate her daughter's death, and, as she begins, she learns of the videotape. Her investigation leads her to the same cabin in the mountains where Katie and her friends had watched the tape. There, she finds the tape and eventually watches it. After that the phone rings and a girl says - seven days. The next day she calls Noah, Aiden's father, to see the video. Noah is sarcastic and skeptical about the link between the videos and the deaths, but Rachel becomes increasingly convinced after pictures taken of her show her face severely distorted - an effect that was present in the pictures of Katie and her friends the day after watching the tape. Noah watches the tape, and asks her to make a copy for further investigation. Unfortunately, just as Rachel is beginning to truly fear there is something dangerous about this tape, Aidan watches it a couple of days later. On the same day, Noah calls Rachel and tells her that he believes her claims about the tape, after he sees himself in a convenience store camera with a blurry face. As he talks to her on the phone, we see a pile of developed photographs that Noah has recently taken of himself...all with his face distorted.After viewing the tape, strange things begin to happen to Rachel, and presumably anyone else who had viewed the cursed images. She experiences terrible nightmares, nose bleeds, and curious surreal situations (such as when she pauses a section of the cursed tape in which a fly is running across the screen, she finds she is able to pluck it from the monitor). Rachel's investigation turns to the tape itself, which contains a seemingly random series of disturbing, grainy, black and white images. Investigating those images leads Rachel to Anna Morgan (the woman seen in the tape) who lived on Moesko Island with her husband and daughter, and raised horses. Rachel discovers that a mysterious tragedy befell the Morgan ranch, in which all the horses seemed to go mad, killing themselves attempting to flee the ranch. This presumably caused Anna Morgan to become severely depressed, and shortly after taking residence at a mental institution, to commit suicide.Rachel goes to the Morgan's house and finds Richard Morgan who refuses to talk about the video or his daughter. Rachel goes to see the local doctor to ask about the Morgan family. The old doctor tells her that Anna wanted a child more than anything, but was never able to successfully carry a fetus to term. One winter they left and returned with Samara whom they adopted. But after some time Anna started complaining about visions that only happened when Samara was around, so she sent them both to a mental institute on the mainland. Noah goes to the institute and finds Anna Morgan's file and discovers that a video is missing. Rachel goes back to the Morgans' house, where she discovers the tapes of Samara's conversations with the doctor. Samara timidly explains that she does not intentionally hurt the people around her, but "it won't stop." After watching the video of Samara's conversation, Rachel is confronted by Richard Morgan, who has taken all the electronics in the house into his bathroom as the bathtub is overflowing with water. He states the girl was evil, and then promptly kills himself by lying in the bathtub and turning on the electronics via a switch-controlled extension cord around his neck.Noah arrives at the house just after Richard's death, and together with Rachel, he goes to the barn to discover a little room where Samara was kept by her father. Behind the wallpaper they discover a burned image of a tree recognizable from the video tape, and Rachel remembers seeing it near the cabin at Shelter Mountain Inn. From this, we begin to gather that Samara had the supernatural ability to inadvertently burn images into the things around her - including the minds of the horses and the minds of her parents, driving her mother to kill herself. Rachel and Noah depart the Morgan farm and arrive at Shelter Mountain Inn, and discover a well underneath the floor. Rachel is led to where Samara was killed; at the bottom of a well. A strike from a falling TV, presumably perpetrated by Samara, results in Rachel falling into stuck in the well and finding Samara's body. Samara, or at any rate, the not-completely-dead body of Samara, uses her ability to show Rachel that Anna attempted to smother Samara with a garbage bag in order to end the madness created by Samara's ability, dumping her body in the well afterwards. However, we see Samara's eyes open as she sinks and watches her mother close the well, and a horrified Rachel realizes that Samara was still alive. Rachel notifies the authorities, and Samara, whose body rapidly decomposes in Rachel's arms after Rachel awakes from the vision, is given a proper burial, presumably putting her spirit to rest. Noah asks her how long could you survive trapped in a well, and Rachel guesses that you could survive seven days.At this point it seems that everything is well again, and Rachel informs Aidan that they will no longer be troubled by Samara. However, Aidan quickly corrects her and says that Samara's spirit has been released, evident by the bruises on his arm, given by Samara in a nightmare that Rachel also experienced. In the film's most unsettling and memorable scene, Noah is going over some film prints in his apartment when his TV turns on to static, in the same fashion that Rachel's niece Katie experienced before her death. Noah turns it off casually before the TV turns itself on again, which alerts Noah. He is then treated to a recurring image of a well, in which a long-haired female figure (Samara) crawls out of the well and slowly walks toward the screen. It intensifies as Noah quickly backs away and Samara literally crawls out of the television set. Noah knocks over a shelf in fear and crawls away before turning around, only to have Samara stare directly at him, causing his inevitable death which Rachel discovers after racing to his apartment. Rachel rushes home and destroys the tape in hysterics, unable to understand why she was spared but Noah was killed. She realizes that the only way to escape Samara after watching the video is to make a copy of the tape and show it to someone else, thus continuing the cycle. Rachel made a copy to show to Noah, while Noah made no copies. The movie ends with Rachel helping Aiden to make a copy of the tape.As the tape copy is made, Aidan turns to his mother, Rachel and asks her who was to see the tape?</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gore Verbinski</director>
      <actor>Naomi Watts (role=Rachel)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Henderson (role=Noah)</actor>
      <actor>David Dorfman (role=Aidan)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=Richard Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Jane Alexander (role=Dr. Grasnik)</actor>
      <actor>Lindsay Frost (role=Ruth)</actor>
      <actor>Amber Tamblyn (role=Katie)</actor>
      <actor>Rachael Bella (role=Becca)</actor>
      <actor>Daveigh Chase (role=Samara)</actor>
      <actor>Shannon Cochran (role=Anna Morgan)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Thigpen (role=Teacher)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Lineback (role=Innkeeper)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Japan</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODEzNjg4YTctZjY3Ny00YTVjLThiZjUtN2Y4OTc4YzQ1YWFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Horror|Mystery</category>
    <review>'The Ring' is one of the few horror films that still makes me jump after multiple viewings and is probably up there as one of my favourites of the genre. I've always admired the way this film seems to sustain a high level of tension from practically start to finish. I can't think of many films that have done a better job at creating an eerie atmosphere and a level of creepiness that never seems to erode away no matter how many times you watch it.Part of the reason I like this film so much is it has a storyline you can actually buy into. Too many horrors focus too much on trying to scare the audience without giving enough thought to plot. For me an eerie horror like this with a convincing plot trumps anything that relies on gore and jump scares. Personally I would consider 'The Ring' is be one of the best horror films of the 2000s. Strong story, solid acting, successfully creepy and just as effective on second and third viewing</review>
    <description>A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6920084</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>September 30, 1998, Raccoon City. With the dark memories of a troubled childhood at the Umbrella Corporation's Raccoon City Orphanage still haunting her mind, Claire Redfield returns to her now decaying hometown. However, as Claire reunites with her estranged brother Chris, the entire city suffers an all-out outbreak of the deadly T-virus: an engineered bioweapon inducing blind cannibalistic delirium in humans. Now, with the city plunged into chaos, Claire, Chris, and a handful of police officers have only a few hours to solve the mystery of the remote Spencer Mansion and find a way out of the zombie-infested town. But the city is swarming with the unstoppable monstrosities of the nefarious pharmaceutical organisation. Can the uninfected survivors escape a fate worse than death?—Nick Riganas</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Johannes Roberts</director>
      <actor>Kaya Scodelario (role=Claire Redfield)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah John-Kamen (role=Jill Valentine)</actor>
      <actor>Robbie Amell (role=Chris Redfield)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Hopper (role=Albert Wesker)</actor>
      <actor>Avan Jogia (role=Leon Kennedy)</actor>
      <actor>Donal Logue (role=Chief Irons)</actor>
      <actor>Neal McDonough (role=William Birkin)</actor>
      <actor>Lily Gao (role=Ada Wong)</actor>
      <actor>Chad Rook (role=Richard Aiken)</actor>
      <actor>Marina Mazepa (role=Lisa Trevor)</actor>
      <actor>Nathan Dales (role=Vickers)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Cruddas (role=Ben Bertolucci)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTEzMDM5ZGEtZDE0Yi00NzI0LTg4ZDAtODA1ZmUzMmQ4MzgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Monster Horror|Supernatural Horror|Zombie Horror|Action|Horror|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>Why this casting?Why this director?Why this story?Why everything in this movie.Unfortunately, as expected, this movie sucks. While the CGI is not that bad as it was in the trailer, everything else is.Story is a chopped up blend of first and second game, but written badly. Casting is almost completely wrong. But even worse - characters are all written and crafted wrong. That's not Leon, that's not Jill Valentine, that's not the Redfields and that sure as hell is not Wesker.Not to say anything against actors, ironically enough - as bad as they got casted - most of the actors in this movie are pretty good actors, from Donal Logue to Kaya Scodelario. They were just given trash script and story to work with.Zombies look like generic vampires from SyFy tv shows or whatever. Also - there's some inspired but bizzare camerawork at times.Locations are underutilised and most are kinda bland looking. Atmosphere is eaten pretty fast by the movie's runtime so there's none of that either.I don't get it. It's not a unknown brand or something. Even more, RE series is on a high point lately as a video game franchise - one excellent remake, one good and two fantastic sequels in the past couple of years.Yet, movie is given into the hands of a director/writer that hadn't made a good movie in his entire career.Such shame and wasted potential</review>
    <description>Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0098439</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Tango und Cash</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon at the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.—Murray Chapman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andrei Konchalovsky</director>
      <actor>Sylvester Stallone (role=Tango)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Russell (role=Cash)</actor>
      <actor>Teri Hatcher (role=Kiki)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Palance (role=Yves Perret)</actor>
      <actor>Brion James (role=Requin)</actor>
      <actor>James Hong (role=Quan)</actor>
      <actor>Michael J. Pollard (role=Owen)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Z'Dar (role=Face)</actor>
      <actor>Lewis Arquette (role=Wyler)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Morris (role=Hendricks)</actor>
      <actor>Roy Brocksmith (role=Fed. Agent Davis)</actor>
      <actor>Susan Krebs (role=Prosecutor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1989</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTEyZDE2OTEtYTQzNC00ZDRmLThiNGYtNDFmNmFlMTNhMzY4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,106,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Cop|Action|Comedy|Crime|Thriller</category>
    <review>Back in the 80's, kitsch cinema had two main sections - gory horror movies and daft action films, of which this film obviously fits into the latter. While the gory horror movies of the eighties often lacked credibility, that section of kitsch movies beats the daft action films because of the much higher content of inventiveness; but more often than not, the daft action movies make for good entertainment, even if they're somewhat less than brilliant. Tango and Cash is a notable action movie because it stars two of the eighties most popular action stars - Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, whose antagonistic partnership makes up the core of this movie. The plot device to get the maverick cops to work together is hardly important, but nevertheless it follows the two as a corrupt state buys into a plot by a criminal kingpin to land them both in jail, which promptly sees our hero's in with the masses of criminals they themselves have sent to the clink. As you can imagine, they're not the most well liked of inmates. Especially not by 'Maniac Cop' himself, Robert Z'Dar...The action in the movie comes thick and fast and this, when combined with the one-liner packed script make the movie feel more like a parody than a serious take on the genre. This is all good, however, as this movie is pure entertainment, and seeing two of the 80's hottest action stars fire off silly dialogue at one another is a treat to say the least. The action is over the top, and we get to watch our hero's do such things as slide down electrical cables and drive a souped up SUV around an explosion packed warehouse, and it makes for great entertainment. Of course, what the movie packs in action and snappy dialogue, it lacks in other areas such as credibility and depth; but nobody tunes into a kitschy 80's action movie for plot depth and sophistication, so blaming the movie for not offering these things is ridiculous. On the whole, if you're after a good two hours of solid action fare, you could certainly do a lot worse than Tango and Cash. This movie packs a lot of punch, delivered by two strong leading men. Thumbs up</review>
    <description>Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9682428</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Night Swim</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The former baseball player Ray Waller, his wife Eve, and their children Izzy and Elliot are looking for a house to settle down. Ray has a degenerative disease and was forced to retire as a player. When they see a beautiful house with a backyard swimming pool that they can afford and close to the school where Eve will work and Izzy and Elliot will study, they immediately buy it. The doctor says that the swimming pool will help Ray to have a better condition. Soon they learn that the swimming pool is connected to a water spring. But Elliot first and Izzy later sees a weird creature in the bottom and believes the swimming pool is haunted. The Wallers decide to give a party in the swimming pool to their neighbors in the community and weird things happen. Further, Eve learns that a girl, Rebecca, disappeared into the swimming pool fifteen years ago. She decides to investigate and learns the secret of the swimming pool.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Bryce McGuire</director>
      <actor>Wyatt Russell (role=Ray Waller)</actor>
      <actor>Kerry Condon (role=Eve Waller)</actor>
      <actor>Amélie Hoeferle (role=Izzy Waller)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin Warren (role=Elliot Waller)</actor>
      <actor>Jodi Long (role=Lucy Summers)</actor>
      <actor>Nancy Lenehan (role=Kay)</actor>
      <actor>Eddie Martinez (role=Coach E)</actor>
      <actor>Rahnuma Panthaky (role=Dr. Sridhar)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Sinclair (role=Pool Tech)</actor>
      <actor>Ellie Araiza (role=Angel)</actor>
      <actor>Joziah Lagonoy (role=Tommy)</actor>
      <actor>Liz Parkinson (role=Bony Woman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|United Kingdom|Australia</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjdmYjUwYTctNWE4Ni00M2Q2LWIzNzItMjg1NTE4ODEyMjM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Supernatural Horror|Horror|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I went into this film with expectations at an exceptionally low tide, having seen many critic and user reviews laughing about the "haunted swimming pool" idea. As I sat down to watch, beer in hand (a must for this film, honestly), I expected it to be downright awful, and to find myself yelling to many a character, "JUST DONT GO IN THE POOL!?!?" To my honest surprise, while this movie is absolutely kooky (I can only assume its writers were high AF when they came up with the idea), and not at all scary, everyone did the best with the material they had, and when the story went *deeper* to add more to the haunted pool idea, I actually was pretty pleased with how everything eventually came to the surface. I'm a horror fan-and a comedy fan-and this is kind of in the middle of both. It's a mindless way to pass the evening (as I said, drinks are highly recommended), but while it may not float your boat, it's not the worst way to spend your time. Go in it with no to low expectations, and maybe you'll be surprised</review>
    <description>A family moves into a new home, unaware that a dark secret from the house's past will unleash a malevolent force in the backyard pool.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6020800</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gold: Im Rausch der Gier</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the not too distant future, two drifters (Zac Efron, Anthony Hayes) traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders, while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anthony Hayes</director>
      <actor>Zac Efron (role=Man One)</actor>
      <actor>Akuol Ngot (role=Mother on Train)</actor>
      <actor>Thiik Biar (role=Baby on Train)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Sobik (role=Outpost Attendant)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Hayes (role=Man Two)</actor>
      <actor>Susie Porter (role=The Stranger's Sister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWVmMzE2ZTktY2U0OS00NzE4LWI5NzgtZDYzMGY5NDViMzUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Contemporary Western|Psychological Drama|Psychological Thriller|Action|Adventure|Thriller</category>
    <review>Zac Efron hasn't been in much lately. I suspect he's probably just working on other projects and doing other things with his time. But 'Gold' was not the type of film I expected him to come back with. At least it looked kind of interesting so I was excited to check it out. Here are my thoughts.The film starts out very slowly. There are only two characters and neither of them are very interesting. At this point I was worried this could be a very slow and dull film. Then it gets to the plot though and things start to become a little more interesting.The thing that bugged me most about the film was that it made no sense. Efron's character stays to guard the gold, however no one has ever found it before now. So why are they worried someone will miraculously find it in the next 5 days in the absolute middle of nowhere? I had trouble getting past that plot-point.A large portion of the movie is just Efron's character by himself trying to survive. For a film to get away with this you have to be impeccable, otherwise you will lose your audience fast. 'Castaway' was strong enough to pull it off (just) - and even then it took a volleyball to carry it through. 'Gold' isn't quite as strong. The middle of this film can get a little tedious.The make-up used on Efron's face was very well done. It didn't seem particularly consistent (I could be wrong on that but it felt like every time we cut to a new scene he looked different to the last), but it did look very painful and quite realistic.The ending of the film is a bit of fun. I like it when films aren't afraid to do something a bit different in terms of concluding their film.This is a very somber film. There are exactly zero laughs attempted. It doesn't take away from the film, but it is worth noting. 'Gold' isn't a film I will watch again. It had its moments and was mildly enjoyable at times but probably not one I would go out of my way to recommend. 6/10</review>
    <description>In the not too distant future, a drifter travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5717194</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Disturbing the Peace</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A small-town marshal who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting, must pick up his gun again to battle with a gang of outlaw bikers that has invaded the town to pull off a brazen and violent heist.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>York Alec Shackleton</director>
      <actor>Guy Pearce (role=Jim)</actor>
      <actor>Devon Sawa (role=Diablo)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Greyson (role=Catie)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Sirow (role=Matt)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Grodnik (role=Jarhead)</actor>
      <actor>John Lewis (role=Shovelhead)</actor>
      <actor>Terence J. Rotolo (role=Spider)</actor>
      <actor>Barbie Blank (role=Amanda)</actor>
      <actor>Branscombe Richmond (role=Big Dog)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Bellisario (role=Pyro)</actor>
      <actor>Dwayne Cameron (role=Diesel)</actor>
      <actor>Leticia Cline (role=Trixie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>3.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmY3Zjg3NjctZGM4Zi00MWRkLThiMzEtMDU5ZjU4NGYwYjFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Contemporary Western|Action|Thriller</category>
    <review>I've never watched a Guy Pearce film I didn't like until now. What the hell was he thinking starring in this? That was dreadful. I'm sure he walked out of the premier thinking the same thing. I don't want to waste my time getting into detail but the story was extremely unrealistic. Not to mention literally every actor other then the two leads were horrible. Whoever produced this film should be thrown in jail for stealing an hour of my life. 3 stars</review>
    <description>A small-town marshal who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting, must pick up his gun again to battle with a gang of outlaw bikers that has invaded the town to pull off a brazen and violent heist.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0258463</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Bourne Identität</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>On a stormy night, a young man is pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea by the crew of a fishing boat. Thinking the young man is dead, a curious fisherman with a scalpel finds two bullets in his back and a miniature laser device in his hip. The laser reveals a Swiss bank account number. But our wet hero isn't dead, and soon finds himself in Zurich. In the bank vault the young man discovers his name, Jason Bourne. In addition, he finds a baffling pile of different passports, all with his picture, and a huge pile of cash. In the U.S. Embassy, Jason Bourne discovers his love interest and travel partner, Marie, along with the fact that someone wants to kill him. Armed with a bag of money and mysterious martial arts skills, with Marie by his side, Bourne scours Paris for clues about his identity and past life... and finds himself in the middle of two assassination plots masterminded by the CIA.—Joshua Bess</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Doug Liman</director>
      <actor>Matt Damon (role=Bourne)</actor>
      <actor>Franka Potente (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Cooper (role=Conklin)</actor>
      <actor>Clive Owen (role=The Professor)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=Ward Abbott)</actor>
      <actor>Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (role=Wombosi)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Mann (role=Zorn)</actor>
      <actor>Walton Goggins (role=Research Tech)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Hamilton (role=Research Tech)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stiles (role=Nicolette)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Dutton (role=Eamon)</actor>
      <actor>Denis Braccini (role=Picot)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Czech Republic|Germany|United States</country>
    <date>2002</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGZkYTZjNTctNjkzOS00YjAzLTk5MTgtMGQwYWJiODI5MDNkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>One-Person Army Action|Political Thriller|Psychological Thriller|Spy|Suspense Mystery|Action|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>James Bond and Ethan Hunt take notice. "The Bourne Identity" is my new standard for contemporary spy thrillers. Gone (or almost gone) are the special effects that James and Ethan rely on all too heavily. Hell, in those franchises the special effects have virtually replaced story and characters. "The Bourne Identity" has a very straightforward story to tell, a mystery that slowly unravels. Spycraft is not all about technical gizmos, but requires human brains and human brawn (and a fair amount of gunplay and car chases). Set in various locales in Switzerland and France during the winter much of the visuals for "The Bourne Identity" are gray and damp. That's a plus, Monte Carlo and like locales can get boring. Mat Damon is great as Jason Bourne, fished from the Mediterranean mostly dead by gunshot wounds. A total amnesiac, he slowly realizes that he possesses the deadly skills of a well-trained assassin, and that someone is out to kill him. Franka Potente is equally good as the young woman swept up in his life and forced to run with him. Run or be killed.I can't say enough good things about this movie. Doug Limon, thanks, you did a great job</review>
    <description>A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0475784</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Westworld</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Westworld isn't your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park, looked after by robotic "hosts", allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park's guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged.—Jwelch5742</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard J. Lewis</director>
      <director>Jonathan Nolan</director>
      <director>Frederick E.O. Toye</director>
      <director>Vincenzo Natali</director>
      <director>Stephen Williams</director>
      <actor>Thandiwe Newton (role=Maeve Millay)</actor>
      <actor>Jeffrey Wright (role=Bernard Lowe)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Harris (role=Man in Black)</actor>
      <actor>Evan Rachel Wood (role=Christina)</actor>
      <actor>Tessa Thompson (role=Charlotte Hale)</actor>
      <actor>James Marsden (role=Teddy Flood)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Hemsworth (role=Ashley Stubbs)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Sarafyan (role=Clementine Pennyfeather)</actor>
      <actor>Anthony Hopkins (role=Dr. Robert Ford)</actor>
      <actor>Aaron Paul (role=Caleb Nichols)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Quarterman (role=Lee Sizemore)</actor>
      <actor>Rodrigo Santoro (role=Ettore)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDU4YzZmZjMtYTZlNi00NGY4LThjZjgtMGE5YjA1YzVhMWQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNuZXNodQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Artificial Intelligence|Dystopian Sci-Fi|Sci-Fi Epic|Drama|Mystery|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>My rating is for season 1 only. Season 1 was amazing and was followed up ok with the 2nd. It should have ended there. Seasons 3 &amp; 4 make you wonder if the people responsible for them ever watched the first two. The last season was like having to watch the Game of Thrones final episode 8 times in a row</review>
    <description>At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0264235</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lass es, Larry</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>He's got it all: a loving wife, good friends, a successful career, a great home...what could possibly go wrong for Larry David? Seinfeld co-creator Larry David stars as himself in this hilarious, off-kilter comedy series that presents an unflinching, self-deprecating depiction of his life.—Penske</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeff Schaffer</director>
      <director>Robert B. Weide</director>
      <director>Larry Charles</director>
      <director>Bryan Gordon</director>
      <director>David Steinberg</director>
      <actor>Larry David (role=Larry David)</actor>
      <actor>Jeff Garlin (role=Jeff Greene)</actor>
      <actor>Cheryl Hines (role=Cheryl)</actor>
      <actor>Susie Essman (role=Susie Greene)</actor>
      <actor>J.B. Smoove (role=Leon Black)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Lewis (role=Richard Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Ted Danson (role=Ted Danson)</actor>
      <actor>Bob Einstein (role=Marty Funkhouser)</actor>
      <actor>Ashly Holloway (role=Sammi Greene)</actor>
      <actor>Shelley Berman (role=Nat David)</actor>
      <actor>Antoinette Spolar (role=Larry's Receptionist)</actor>
      <actor>Ellia English (role=Auntie Rae)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2000</date>
    <star-rating>8.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDFmYjJkNzUtZjgwMi00ZWUxLThhZDMtY2QzNWRlNzZkZTM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Sitcom|Comedy</category>
    <review>I can certainly understand why many people don't like this show. The improv style is something of an acquired taste, there isn't much of a storyline at any point and Larry David himself (or at least this exaggerated version of him) is a bit of a polarizing figure. However, I personally consider it one of the best TV comedies ever made. It took me a while to really get a feel for it, and I stopped and restarted more than once, but once you get into it there's really nothing else like it. It's also one of the only shows I have seen that has maintained its standards all the way through. We're talking 90 episodes of consistent brilliance with barely a dip. Most comedies run dry after 2 or 3 seasons so it's a credit to the writing and acting that Curb Your Enthusiasm has stood the test of time so well.Larry David is one of the best engineers of situational comedy in the business. The way the episodes unfold is brilliant and there are some hilarious high payoff moments. Yes, the punchlines are telegraphed and yes, the episodes do follow a fairly predictable formula but I don't find that to be a problem. Many great comedies are equally unsubtle, but as long as the characters are rich enough to pull it off, it really doesn't detract from the overall quality of the show.Larry himself is a wonderfully observed character. His dry biting wit coupled with his almost autistic social clumsiness makes him the perfect contrast to the pretentious So-Cal socialites and celebrities. One criticism I have of the show, however, is the string of attractive girlfriends that Larry dates in the later seasons. I can accept him punching above his weight with Cheryl given his wealth and status, but after they separate, he is somehow able to find an endless stream of desirable girlfriends young enough to be his daughter and he does it without flaunting his money or fame.The supporting cast is a huge success. Cheryl Hines and Jeff Garlin occasionally come unstuck in the more heavily improvised scenes, but both of their characters complement Larry perfectly. The infamous entourage of Ted Danson, Richard Lewis and Bob Einstein are brilliant accessory characters who develop very nicely as the show progresses and have a high level of authenticity. They share some great scenes and successfully help take the comedic load off Larry's shoulders. My personal favourite though has to be the amazing Susie Essman who is absolutely hilarious as Susie Greene. Her undiluted disgust at the mere sight of Larry (or indeed, her own husband) never ceases to amuse me and her heavily accented tirades and outbursts are probably my favourite part of the show.Curb Your Enthusiasm is one of the finest comedy shows I have ever seen and I would recommend it to anyone. However, I would urge you to watch at least one full season before writing it off as it can take some getting used to. I hope they continue to make this show indefinitely, there's little else that compares</review>
    <description>Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0141842</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Sopranos</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>North Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, self-described "waste management consultant," reluctantly seeks a psychiatrist's help after blacking out. Lest he appear weak, he must keep his therapy a secret from the rest of the Mob. He's stressed: his teenage daughter is giving his wife fits; his mean-spirited mother refuses to move to a retirement community; his aging Uncle Junior, jealous of Tony's rise to the top, won't stay in line and engineers a plot to kill Tony; and the feds, armed with RICO, are circling. In therapy, Tony must come to terms with his father's example, his mother's manipulations, and his own fears of death and loss of family.—</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Timothy Van Patten</director>
      <director>John Patterson</director>
      <director>Allen Coulter</director>
      <director>Alan Taylor</director>
      <director>Henry Bronchtein</director>
      <actor>James Gandolfini (role=Tony Soprano)</actor>
      <actor>Edie Falco (role=Carmela Soprano)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Imperioli (role=Christopher Moltisanti)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Van Zandt (role=Silvio Dante)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Iler (role=A.J. Soprano)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Sirico (role=Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie-Lynn Sigler (role=Meadow Soprano)</actor>
      <actor>Lorraine Bracco (role=Dr. Jennifer Melfi)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Chianese (role=Junior Soprano)</actor>
      <actor>Aida Turturro (role=Janice Soprano Baccalieri)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Schirripa (role=Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri)</actor>
      <actor>Drea de Matteo (role=Adriana La Cerva)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>9.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTBlNDAzZTUtM2ZmOS00OTg4LWJkNWEtNDU2NzU2NDNmZTg5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Epic|Gangster|Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>What can be said about The Sopranos that hasn't been said? It's absolutely one of the best tv shows of all-time. I just rewatched it all the way through again 15 years after it ended and it still holds up today as one of the best shows ever. The writing and acting is what makes this show so special. The entire cast is perfect for their roles, especially James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. If it winning a million awards isn't enough for you to watch it then all you have to do is ask anyone who's ever seen it and I guarantee they'll say go watch it immediately. So, if you're one of the few people who hasn't seen this amazing show yet then do yourself a favor and go watch it as soon as you can. I promise you won't be disappointed</review>
    <description>New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13819960</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>And Just Like That..</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The series follows Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Patrick King</director>
      <director>Cynthia Nixon</director>
      <director>Gillian Robespierre</director>
      <director>Nisha Ganatra</director>
      <director>Anu Valia</director>
      <actor>Sarah Jessica Parker (role=Carrie Bradshaw)</actor>
      <actor>Cynthia Nixon (role=Miranda Hobbes)</actor>
      <actor>Kristin Davis (role=Charlotte York)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Cantone (role=Anthony Marentino)</actor>
      <actor>Evan Handler (role=Harry Goldenblatt)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Ramirez (role=Che Diaz)</actor>
      <actor>Sarita Choudhury (role=Seema Patel)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Ari Parker (role=Lisa Todd Wexley)</actor>
      <actor>Cathy Ang (role=Lily Goldenblatt)</actor>
      <actor>Alexa Swinton (role=Rose Goldenblatt)</actor>
      <actor>Karen Pittman (role=Dr. Nya Wallace)</actor>
      <actor>Niall Cunningham (role=Brady Hobbes)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzYwZGExNmItMTQ4Mi00YzFjLThiZWEtODgyNzk2NjdjZGNiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Raunchy Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Shoes? Tick. Hat? Tick. Woke? Tick. Tick. Tick. Cosmos? Tick.Every Sex in the City memory box ticked in the most hammer in-your-face way.And the rather funny, eccentric and gorgeously frivolous 30 somethings have now turned into babbling and nasty 50yo idiots.Terrible script writing beyond belief. Sip a Cosmo for every cliche and you'll be on the floor by scene 2!Writers have not built on each character - they've torn them down. Miranda acts like a kiwi fruit</review>
    <description>The series follows Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8634332</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Righteous Gemstones</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eli Gemstone runs a megachurch with his sons Jesse and Kelvin. The church has made the Gemstone family incredibly wealthy and powerful. For them the church is a business, one to be run ruthlessly and efficiently. Wealth and fame also brings its trappings and indiscretions.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jody Hill</director>
      <director>David Gordon Green</director>
      <director>Danny McBride</director>
      <director>Jonathan Watson</director>
      <actor>John Goodman (role=Dr. Eli Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Danny McBride (role=Jesse Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Adam Devine (role=Kelvin Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Edi Patterson (role=Judy Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Cassidy Freeman (role=Amber Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Baltz (role=BJ)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Cavalero (role=Keefe Chambers)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Alan Williams (role=Martin Imari)</actor>
      <actor>Skyler Gisondo (role=Gideon Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin Munn (role=Abraham Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Kelton DuMont (role=Pontius Gemstone)</actor>
      <actor>Walton Goggins (role=Baby Billy Freeman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmU2YzcwMzAtZjFiNy00MjZjLWJlMWItZDc3YTQxZDI5YmFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Comedy|Drama|Financial Drama</category>
    <review>The Righteous Gemstones is truly one of the funnier shows that's came out in years. I didn't have any idea that it was going to be as funny as it was so I put off watching it and finally just caught up and I'm so glad I did. It's filled with sophomoric humor but there's so much more to this show than that. It surprisingly has a heart to this show. It gives you a hilarious look at how even religion is a business. Every cast member is hilarious but Danny McBride is the true star as he is in most things. He is incredibly underrated as a comedian. He's always a scene stealer in every movie he does and this, Eastbound &amp; Down and Vice Principals are classic tv shows. If you're a fan of Danny McBride type comedy then this is absolutely the show for you. It will literally make you laugh out loud</review>
    <description>Follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2356777</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>True Detective</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.—Rich28</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Cary Joji Fukunaga</director>
      <director>Issa López</director>
      <director>Daniel Sackheim</director>
      <director>John Crowley</director>
      <director>Justin Lin</director>
      <actor>Matthew McConaughey (role=Detective Rust Cohle)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Farrell (role=Detective Ray Velcoro)</actor>
      <actor>Mahershala Ali (role=Detective Wayne Hays)</actor>
      <actor>Woody Harrelson (role=Detective Marty Hart)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel McAdams (role=Detective Ani Bezzerides)</actor>
      <actor>Carmen Ejogo (role=Amelia Reardon)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Monaghan (role=Maggie Hart)</actor>
      <actor>Taylor Kitsch (role=Officer Paul Woodrugh)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Dorff (role=Detective Roland West)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Potts (role=Detective Maynard Gilbough)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Reilly (role=Jordan Semyon)</actor>
      <actor>Scoot McNairy (role=Tom Purcell)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>8.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWRmYjkzZjEtMTljMC00YTQ0LTk1N2MtZDM1ODdjY2UyMDJkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Epic|Hard-boiled Detective|Police Procedural|Psychological Drama|Psychological Thriller|Serial Killer|Suspense Mystery|Whodunnit|Crime</category>
    <review>Season 1 still remains the greatest television I've ever seen. McConaughey's best performance to date and Harrelson goes toe-to-toe with him. Everything from the acting (including every minor character) to the writing to the cinematography to the score is phenomenal</review>
    <description>Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1255913</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bored to Death</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Lehmann</director>
      <director>Adam Bernstein</director>
      <director>Alan Taylor</director>
      <director>Tristram Shapeero</director>
      <director>Paul Feig</director>
      <actor>Jason Schwartzman (role=Jonathan Ames)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Galifianakis (role=Ray Hueston)</actor>
      <actor>Ted Danson (role=George Christopher)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Burns (role=Leah)</actor>
      <actor>John Hodgman (role=Louis Greene)</actor>
      <actor>David Rasche (role=Bernard)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Platt (role=Richard Antrem)</actor>
      <actor>Halley Feiffer (role=Emily)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Slate (role=Stella)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Thirlby (role=Suzanne)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Kay Place (role=Kathryn Joiner)</actor>
      <actor>Zoe Kazan (role=Nina)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWM4NzMwNmItNjFhMy00ZmRhLWIzNGItZmExOWUzNjM2YzMyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>High-Concept Comedy|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>When I first heard of this show, I sort of shrugged it off, more excited for the new season of 'Big Love' and the new mini-series 'The Pacific' that HBO had to offer me. And then, one day, I started to watch. This show is absolutely hilarious and well done. Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, and Zach Galifianakis are all amazing here. It takes the classic detective story, puts it in a martini shaker with modern day, and serves you one satisfying experience. Each characters antics and flaws are hilarious and endearing, and as messed up as they each are, you can't help but adore them. Hopefully, HBO will renew it for a second season, as I was left impressed with the first. This is definitely not a show to miss</review>
    <description>A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4406178</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Gilded Age</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Old New York the 1880's. Old Money and New Money are the opposites that attract to create a Post Civil War Era New York society. The Who's Who of society is carefully orchestrated by the Old Money folks that can't help but be fascinated and seduced by the "nouveau riche" folk. The lives of the characters are also merged with people from all walks of life.—BaublesBangles</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Engler</director>
      <director>Salli Richardson-Whitfield</director>
      <director>Deborah Kampmeier</director>
      <director>Crystle Roberson Dorsey</director>
      <actor>Taissa Farmiga (role=Gladys Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Carrie Coon (role=Bertha Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Morgan Spector (role=George Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Louisa Jacobson (role=Marian Brook)</actor>
      <actor>Denée Benton (role=Peggy Scott)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Richardson (role=Larry Russell)</actor>
      <actor>Blake Ritson (role=Oscar Van Rhijn)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Jones (role=Bannister)</actor>
      <actor>Jack Gilpin (role=Church)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Ahlers (role=Jack Trotter)</actor>
      <actor>Cynthia Nixon (role=Ada Brook)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Baranski (role=Agnes Van Rhijn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>8.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzBlNjU2NmUtYzJlZS00ZjIxLTg4MTQtZjU3YjgzY2IxY2FhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Period Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>There are a metric ton of poor reviews for the Gilded Age, most of which seem disappointed that it's not Downton Abbey. Of course it's not. Nor is it Gosford Park, Belgravia, The English Game, Doctor Thorne, nor any number of other series and movies that the Baron Fellowes of West Stafford has written or produced.The Gilded Age is best reviewed as a stand-alone series, and not any sort of spin-off or successor to the immensely successful Downton Abbey. Yes, the costumes and sets are spectacular, and the casting is sublime, led by the magnificent Carrie Coon (not "Coons", good grief. If you're going to put down her acting, the very least you can do is spell her name correctly). Other standouts are Morgan Spector, as robber baron. George Russell, and the always entertaining Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon and particularly Christine Baranski, as the witty, but sharp tongued Aunt Agnes.It's not necessarily the best show on television, but it's far from the worst, and an easy binge watch, with consecutive story arcs that are well conceived and written. It's not historical drama, it's a costume drama, with a superb cast, and tightly scripted dialogue. It's not Downton Abbey, nor does it pretend to be. It is, however, a peek into the extravagant lives of the very rich in Post Civil War America</review>
    <description>The conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0159206</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sex and the City</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Patrick King</director>
      <director>Allen Coulter</director>
      <director>Michael Engler</director>
      <director>Michael Spiller</director>
      <director>Alan Taylor</director>
      <actor>Sarah Jessica Parker (role=Carrie Bradshaw)</actor>
      <actor>Kim Cattrall (role=Samantha Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Kristin Davis (role=Charlotte York)</actor>
      <actor>Cynthia Nixon (role=Miranda Hobbes)</actor>
      <actor>David Eigenberg (role=Steve Brady)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Noth (role=Mr. Big)</actor>
      <actor>Willie Garson (role=Stanford Blatch)</actor>
      <actor>Kyle MacLachlan (role=Trey MacDougal)</actor>
      <actor>John Corbett (role=Aidan Shaw)</actor>
      <actor>Evan Handler (role=Harry Goldenblatt)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Lewis (role=Jerry 'Smith' Jerrod)</actor>
      <actor>Lynn Cohen (role=Magda)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1998</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDI0MjIzN2YtMTlhYS00ZjM0LThkZTAtZTU4ZDdlODEzZjViXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Feel-Good Romance|Raunchy Comedy|Romantic Comedy|Sitcom|Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>Endlessly rewatchable, sex and the city is a one of a kind tv show epitomizing the early 2000s. With a long running tv show it's inevitable to have some good and not so good storylines. But for the most part, SATC got it right, showcasing four single girls navigating love and life in New York City. One of my all time favs</review>
    <description>Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7660850</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Succession</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Waystar Royco is a global media company with holdings across several industries and continents. At the helm is its CEO and founder, 80-year-old Logan Roy. There is speculation that he will retire soon and hand over the reins to one of his children but he appears to have no intention of doing that. This does not sit well with his children, three of which have ambitions to run the massive company.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark Mylod</director>
      <director>Andrij Parekh</director>
      <director>Shari Springer Berman</director>
      <director>Robert Pulcini</director>
      <director>Lorene Scafaria</director>
      <actor>Nicholas Braun (role=Greg Hirsch)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Cox (role=Logan Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Kieran Culkin (role=Roman Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Friedman (role=Frank Vernon)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Macfadyen (role=Tom Wambsgans)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Ruck (role=Connor Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Snook (role=Shiv Roy)</actor>
      <actor>Jeremy Strong (role=Kendall Roy)</actor>
      <actor>J. Smith-Cameron (role=Gerri Kellman)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Nicholson (role=Colin)</actor>
      <actor>Dagmara Dominczyk (role=Karolina Novotney)</actor>
      <actor>Justine Lupe (role=Willa Ferreyra)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>8.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDRiYzQ1NTYtMTM1Yi00MmExLWFkYmEtMjBmNzlmZGQwYjU3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Dark Comedy|Epic|Satire|Tragedy|Workplace Drama|Comedy|Drama|Financial Drama</category>
    <review>Going into this I thought there was no way Succession could ever live up to all the hype surrounding it but then I watched it. It not only lives up to it but surpasses it in every way. This really is one of the best shows of all-time. I heard such great things about it and saw all the awards it's won but still put it off until recently. I can't believe how much I was missing out on, I binged the entire series within a week. I have to admit that you have to give it a few episodes before you really get into it because it starts off pretty slow but before you know it you'll be addicted. I can't say enough about this cast either, the entire cast is unbelievable, not a single bad actor on the entire show. Every actor/actress on the show have been nominated for their performances in this, thats unheard of for a show. Here's the list of all the actors/actresses that have been nominated and or won an Emmy for their performance: Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Matthew Macfayden, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, Alexander Skarsgård, James Cromwell, J. Smith-Cameron, Adrien Brody, Hope Davis, Sanaa Lathan, Cherry Jones, Harriet Walter, Hiam Abbass &amp; Arian Moayed. That's ridiculous and unheard for any show. That's how good this show is, 17 different actors were nominated for an Emmy, almost all of them multiple times and in every season the show was on. Succession absolutely deserves all the awards it's won and more</review>
    <description>The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10466872</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dune: Prophecy</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ten thousand years before Paul Atreides joined the Fremen to lead an uprising on Arrakis to take down House Harkonnen, two sisters (Valya and Tula Harkonnen) create the mysterious all-female order called the Bene Gesserit. In Dune Prophecy, the siblings combat forces that threaten the future of humankind.—brianfabulous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Anna Foerster</director>
      <director>Richard J. Lewis</director>
      <director>John Cameron</director>
      <actor>Emily Watson (role=Valya Harkonnen)</actor>
      <actor>Olivia Williams (role=Tula Harkonnen)</actor>
      <actor>Chloe Lea (role=Sister Lila)</actor>
      <actor>Jade Anouka (role=Sister Theodosia)</actor>
      <actor>Faoileann Cunningham (role=Sister Jen)</actor>
      <actor>Aoife Hinds (role=Sister Emeline)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Marten (role=Sister Avila)</actor>
      <actor>Travis Fimmel (role=Desmond Hart)</actor>
      <actor>Jodhi May (role=Empress Natalya)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (role=Princess Ynez Corrino)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Mason (role=Keiran Atreides)</actor>
      <actor>Shalom Brune-Franklin (role=Mikaela)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States|Canada|Hungary</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGRkZjQ5ZDItYjg5MC00MDc4LWE3MDAtMDkzOGMxYmY4NDQyXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Action Epic|Adventure Epic|Desert Adventure|Epic|Sci-Fi Epic|Action|Adventure|Drama|Sci-Fi</category>
    <review>I've been looking forward to Dune: Prophecy ever since I first heard about it. Then I saw the trailers and my excitement grew even more. Well, after seeing it I can say that it without a doubt lived up to my expectations. Your expectations have to be realistic though, if you're expecting something as perfect as the Dennis Villenueve directed films then you're going to be disappointed, but if you go into it just expecting a perfectly paced, fascinating series that will keep you thoroughly invested every episode then you'll love it. The world building that takes place and the attention to every detail is as good as it gets for a tv show. This series is best watched binged because I can promise when you finish an episode you can't wait to start the next. You're not going to want to wait a week between episodes, it's that good</review>
    <description>Two Harkonnen sisters combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8772296</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Euphoria</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An American adaptation of the Israeli show of the same name, "Euphoria" follows the troubled life of 17-year-old Rue, a drug addict fresh from rehab with no plans to stay clean. Circling in Rue's orbit are Jules, a transgender girl searching for where she belongs; Nate, a jock whose anger issues mask sexual insecurities; Chris, a football star who finds the adjustment from high school to college harder than expected; Cassie, whose sexual history continues to dog her; and Kat, a body-conscious teen exploring her sexuality. As the classmates struggle to make sense of their futures, the series tackles the teenage landscape of substance-enhanced parties and anxiety-ridden day-to-day life with empathy and candor.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sam Levinson</director>
      <director>Pippa Bianco</director>
      <director>Augustine Frizzell</director>
      <director>Jennifer Morrison</director>
      <actor>Zendaya (role=Rue Bennett)</actor>
      <actor>Hunter Schafer (role=Jules Vaughn)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Elordi (role=Nate Jacobs)</actor>
      <actor>Maude Apatow (role=Lexi Howard)</actor>
      <actor>Alexa Demie (role=Maddy Perez)</actor>
      <actor>Sydney Sweeney (role=Cassie Howard)</actor>
      <actor>Eric Dane (role=Cal Jacobs)</actor>
      <actor>Austin Abrams (role=Ethan Lewis)</actor>
      <actor>Angus Cloud (role=Fezco)</actor>
      <actor>Barbie Ferreira (role=Kat Hernandez)</actor>
      <actor>Colman Domingo (role=Ali)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Fike (role=Elliot)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>8.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmVkNjgyMmYtOGY4NS00YzIzLWI2NGMtM2FlMWZmMzNjMzk5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Coming-of-Age|Teen Drama|Drama</category>
    <review>This show is visually.. unbelievable. The acting is outstanding. Every character plays an insanely difficult role to uphold their character. This show is very hard to watch at times - and raises the question of "why?" often. Most negative reviews are coming from those who cannot acquire a taste for the vulgarity of this - which is understandable. This show is not for everyone. But it's undeniable that this show is flawlessly directed - and the actors are so impressive. This is not one of the best shows i've seen in terms of story line, but in terms of cinematography and acting this show is superb. Gotta give it up to Zendaya, too. Wow</review>
    <description>Rue Bennett is a drug addict fresh from rehab, who's struggling to stay clean and make sense of her future. Her life changes drastically when she meets Jules Vaughn, a trans girl who recently moved to town following her parents' divorce.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4215716</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Thronecast</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sue Perkins and Jamie East discuss the latest Game of Thrones episodes throughout the season.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Toby Baker</director>
      <director>Ollie Bartlett</director>
      <actor>Jamie East (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sue Perkins (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Samuel Winner (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Geoff Lloyd (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Grace Dent (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rachel Parris (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jonathan Ross (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Al Murray (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Antonsson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Elio M. García Jr. (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kelly Anne Smith (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Isaac Hempstead Wright (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjk5MjFhYTYtNTBiOC00YjI1LWEyYzQtMTIyZTM2OGU1MmIxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Talk Show</category>
    <review>Seeing that the only review has been left by someone who didn't even watch a full episode I had to leave my opinion. I have watched Thronecast from the start and it has changed quite a bit over the years. I like that you can learn the history of Westeros that Got doesn't cover from the books and the guests usually have something interesting to say. It's good to see some of the old cast. Sue is hilarious and obviously loves the show.To compare it unfavourably to the talking dead is ridiculous. . At least on Thronecast they actually have something to discuss</review>
    <description>Sue Perkins and Jamie East discuss the latest Game of Thrones episodes throughout the season.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10090796</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Game of Thrones: The Last Watch</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones," chronicling the creation of the show's most ambitious and complicated season. Debuting one week after the series finale, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH delves deep into the mud and blood to reveal the tears and triumphs involved in the challenge of bringing the fantasy world of Westeros to life in the very real studios, fields and car-parks of Northern Ireland. Made with unprecedented access, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH is an up-close and personal portrait from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers. Much more than a "making of" documentary, this is a funny, heartbreaking story, told with wit and intimacy, about the bittersweet pleasures of what it means to create a world - and then have to say goodbye to it.—Glimmer Films</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jeanie Finlay</director>
      <actor>Kevin Alexander (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alfie Allen (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Anderson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Gethin Anthony (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Pilou Asbæk (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Candice Banks (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Barnes (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Bean (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>David Benioff (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Rachael Blair (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>John Bradley (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDE2MmY5ZjItNjViMy00YTA2LThmZjUtYTQwNGUxNTFkN2I5XkEyXkFqcGdeQWtlbGFyc2Vu._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <review>I loved that the doc wasn't focused on the actors, D&amp;D and other people we used to see in Game Revealed series but it was mainly focused on the people who really make the show.For a documentary film aspect, I don't think it was edited well. But as a fan of the show, it was great seeing the amount work everyone put into this show.The last season was dissapointing but I still respect people who put their best into this season. Writers sucked but the quality of esthetics, details, the set, decor, make up, costume... I think they all deserve the best awards.Thank you again</review>
    <description>Chronicles the creation of Game of Throne (2011)'s final season, its most ambitious and complicated one.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2575988</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Silicon Valley</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Working out of a shared house in San Francisco, Richard Hendricks and his team are working on creating revolutionary technology. But first he and his company, Pied Piper, need to navigate the maze of hurdles, back-stabbings and setbacks systemic to technology start-ups, some of which come from competitors but many come from trusted sources.—grantss</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mike Judge</director>
      <director>Alec Berg</director>
      <director>Jamie Babbit</director>
      <director>Eric Appel</director>
      <director>Charlie McDowell</director>
      <actor>Thomas Middleditch (role=Richard Hendricks)</actor>
      <actor>Josh Brener (role=Nelson 'Big Head' Bighetti)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Starr (role=Bertram Gilfoyle)</actor>
      <actor>Kumail Nanjiani (role=Dinesh Chugtai)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Crew (role=Monica Hall)</actor>
      <actor>Zach Woods (role=Donald 'Jared' Dunn)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Ross (role=Gavin Belson)</actor>
      <actor>Jimmy O. Yang (role=Jian Yang)</actor>
      <actor>Suzanne Cryer (role=Laurie Bream)</actor>
      <actor>T.J. Miller (role=Erlich Bachman)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Diamantopoulos (role=Russ Hanneman)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Williams (role=Hoover)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>8.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTdiMmFhYjUtMDJiZS00MzczLTkyYzEtZjJkNzY4YTdkNTU2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpnYW1i._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Quirky Comedy|Sitcom|Comedy</category>
    <review>I have been a member of IMDb for many many years now and am a big movie and TV enthusiast. That said, until now, not once have I felt the need to type up a review. Silicon Valley if possibly the funniest show I have seen, ever. The writing is thoughtful, with perfect comedic timing. The only word to describe the characters is awesome. They all work so well together that the comedy flows effortlessly. I am surprised to see that this show is coming from HBO. I would expect a show like this from Netflix but not HBO. But I must commend them because they hit this one out the park. I look forward to what I hope will be a long lasting series with many more seasons to come. You can see from my profile that I have been a member here for many years and have not ever written a single review, so you can be assured that what I say is true. If you haven't seen Silicon Valley you are missing out. Go check it out</review>
    <description>Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>26246248</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mary &amp; George</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Countess of Buckingham molds her son to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover through intrigue; to become richer, more titled and influential than England has ever seen.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Oliver Hermanus</director>
      <director>Florian Cossen</director>
      <director>Alex Winckler</director>
      <actor>Julianne Moore (role=Mary Villiers)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Galitzine (role=George Villiers)</actor>
      <actor>Tony Curran (role=King James I)</actor>
      <actor>Mark O'Halloran (role=Sir Francis Bacon)</actor>
      <actor>Niamh Algar (role=Sandie)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Rawlins (role=Sir Edward Coke)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob McCarthy (role=Kit Villiers)</actor>
      <actor>Rina Mahoney (role=Laura Ashcattle)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Fairn (role=Jenny)</actor>
      <actor>Amelia Gething (role=Frances Coke)</actor>
      <actor>Trine Dyrholm (role=Queen Anne)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Victor (role=John Villiers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODIwNDQzNTgtOTQyZC00ODI0LTgxZjktM2JhM2I2YTk2YzczXkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Drama|History</category>
    <review>Sky &amp; STARZ are good at making historical dramas, not the great ones, though. Especially when STARZ writes works based on what really happened in history, the storyline is linear and one-dimensional. It never challenges itself to be something great. There are some good sides. Thanks to the effort from STARZ, I actually researched actual historical materials to delve deeper and to know in detail what really happened (The White Princess, Becoming Elizabeth, Gaslit, and etc.). The funny thing is that research and reading books are way much more interesting and exciting than watching the series made by STARZ.'Mary &amp; George' is the trendiest of all (maybe because it's produced the latest). Editing is straightforward and fashionable. Scenes cut to unexpected but real moments rather than explaining everything in between. My favorite scene is the very first scene of the first episode. Mary, who is still connected to George by umbilical cord says "Before I cut you free, what should I call you?". It gives me chills and sums up the whole seven episodes of the relationship between Mary and George. She never lets him free till everything including George is ruined. Iconic scene</review>
    <description>The Countess of Buckingham molds her son to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover through intrigue; to become richer, more titled and influential than England has ever seen.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0907694</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rosamunde Pilcher</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dieter Kehler</director>
      <director>Stefan Bartmann</director>
      <director>Rolf von Sydow</director>
      <director>Marco Serafini</director>
      <director>Hans-Jürgen Tögel</director>
      <actor>Stuart Davidson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Colin Matthews (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander-Klaus Stecher (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Patrik Fichte (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Will Husbands (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Lara-Joy Körner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Denise Zich (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Roll (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Ziegler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Will Mattos (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Corbridge (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>1993</date>
    <star-rating>3.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDRkYzc2NTgtYzliMC00ZWVhLWE3ZWEtOWVjMTNhNGY0YjEwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0920505</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Inga Lindström</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Stories of heroines and heroes - it's all about love and the sometimes bumpy road to it. The secret protagonist is the incomparably beautiful Swedish landscape.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ulli Baumann</director>
      <director>Marco Serafini</director>
      <director>Udo Witte</director>
      <director>Karola Meeder</director>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <actor>Carin C. Tietze (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Eva-Maria Grein von Friedl (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Heinrich (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tobias van Dieken (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Achleitner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Roy (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mirco Reseg (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Max Engelke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Börje Lundberg (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Suzan Anbeh (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Thure Riefenstein (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Hendrik Duryn (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>4.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWI5Y2Q2YWEtNDg4NS00ZTZhLTlhMjEtMDEzMzc4ZWQ1YTQ3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Stories of heroines and heroes - it's all about love and the sometimes bumpy road to it. The secret protagonist is the incomparably beautiful Swedish landscape.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0207932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Traumschiff</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Every episode features a cruise to a different spectacular location aboard a German luxury liner. There are usually several storylines, mostly of the romantic kind, involving the passengers and sometimes the crew of every cruise. There is always a feel-good factor and usually a happy ending for all.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans-Jürgen Tögel</director>
      <director>Michael Steinke</director>
      <director>Stefan Bartmann</director>
      <director>Karola Meeder</director>
      <director>Helmut Metzger</director>
      <actor>Heide Keller (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Naumann (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Siegfried Rauch (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sascha Hehn (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nick Wilder (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Schmidt (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Weiss (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Wussow (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Morgenroth (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Silbereisen (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Collien Ulmen-Fernandes (role=Dr. Jessica Delgado)</actor>
      <actor>Marek Erhardt (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>1981</date>
    <star-rating>4.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU2ODE0ODM2Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDE0MDYxMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX134_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Revolving around cruises on a German luxury liner, the show features intertwining romantic story lines among passengers and crew, set against scenic locales with an uplifting, feel-good vibe and happy resolutions.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5713908</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lena Lorenz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Fed up with her hectic life in Berlin, midwife Lena spontaneously packs her bags and drives to her parents' farm in Bavaria. But no pure Alpine idyll awaits her there: her mother isn't at all happy that she has returned; Grandfather Leo nags, as always; and her best friend Julia doesn't welcome her with open arms.—Jakkepoes</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sebastian Sorger</director>
      <director>Michael Kreindl</director>
      <director>Sophie Allet-Coche</director>
      <director>Ismail Sahin</director>
      <director>Jan Bauer</director>
      <actor>Eva Mattes (role=Eva Lorenz)</actor>
      <actor>Raban Bieling (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Roll (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Liane Forestieri (role=Julia)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Edtbauer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Limpinsel (role=Dr. Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Judith Hoersch (role=Lena Lorenz)</actor>
      <actor>Pablo Sprungala (role=Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Stillkrauth (role=Leo Lorenz)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Bremermann (role=Aimee Benzweiler)</actor>
      <actor>Jens Atzorn (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kerstin Julia Dietrich (role=Hanne Striebel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmIwZjljNjgtMDM2Mi00NGYzLWEzOTctZDFlZDJkZjI0ZDdiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Family|Romance</category>
    <description>Midwife Lena flees hectic Berlin for her Bavarian family farm, hoping for solace. Her return upsets her mother, irritates Grandfather Leo and distances her best friend Julia, dashing Lena's hopes for a peaceful retreat.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1131728</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Basmati Blues</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dan Baron</director>
      <actor>Brie Larson (role=Linda)</actor>
      <actor>Utkarsh Ambudkar (role=Rajit)</actor>
      <actor>Scott Bakula (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Saahil Sehgal (role=William)</actor>
      <actor>Tyne Daly (role=Evelyn)</actor>
      <actor>Donald Sutherland (role=Gurgon)</actor>
      <actor>Lakshmi Manchu (role=Sita)</actor>
      <actor>Suhasini Mulay (role=Mrs. Patel)</actor>
      <actor>Kaizaad Kotwal (role=Director Kapoor)</actor>
      <actor>Karim Hajee (role=Vikram)</actor>
      <actor>Prashant Prakash (role=Buddy)</actor>
      <actor>Firdaus Mevawala (role=Aman)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>3.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzdmYTlkZjgtNDA1Zi00ZjZiLTllZmYtYzdmOTA2MTcxNzRjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>Brie Larson is my favorite actress. So I didn't care about the poor ratings, I went for the movie. As I watched many Indian movies before, so I knew what I was watching. Random dancing, singing and the critical situations like hindi tv serials. I wonder why people think that American actors would fit in a Indian film</review>
    <description>A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3786750</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schlaflos in Istanbul</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Marcus Ulbricht</director>
      <actor>Tim Bergmann (role=Jakob)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Gerat (role=Didem Aksoy)</actor>
      <actor>Tayfun Bademsoy (role=Ekrem Aksoy)</actor>
      <actor>Meral Perin (role=Birsen Aksoy)</actor>
      <actor>Aykut Kayacik (role=Ali)</actor>
      <actor>Dominique Horwitz (role=Jean Claude Lazar)</actor>
      <actor>Waldemar Kobus (role=Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Ercan Durmaz (role=Batikan)</actor>
      <actor>Taylan Erler (role=Attila)</actor>
      <actor>Marysol Fernandez (role=Sekretärin)</actor>
      <actor>Rike Schäffer (role=Susa)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI4NjU0NDgzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDk4Njc2._V1_QL75_UY140_CR36,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9302026</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Und wer nimmt den Hund</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two grown children, a paid-off home and a well-ordered life - the Hamburg aquarium director Georg Lehnert and his wife Doris can be happy with themselves. But instead of re-creating their regained togetherness as well-off best-agers, the two are faced with separation because Georg is having an affair. The fact that he sees the much younger zoology doctoral student Laura as nothing less than "the" woman of his life hurts Doris particularly badly. To calm his conscience, Georg undergoes separation therapy. Every week he examines the causes of the relationship breakdown in a three-way conversation with Doris and the therapist Gisela Bruhns. Unfortunately, he lacks the necessary sensitivity and so the abandoned woman soon retaliates with drastic measures. While the separation dispute has a negative impact on Georg's new relationship, Doris finds new energy and professional plans after a painful start-up phase. Georg doesn't really like the fact that his wife is thriving without him - especially since he has to realize that there is no perspective with Laura. Maybe the whole separation is a mistake after all?—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rainer Kaufmann</director>
      <actor>Martina Gedeck (role=Doris Lehnert)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrich Tukur (role=Georg Lehnert)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Heinze (role=Laura Ritter)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Thomas (role=Dr. Gisela Bruhns)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Hensema (role=Axel)</actor>
      <actor>Giulia Goldammer (role=Lisa Lehnert)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Jordan (role=Peter Lehnert)</actor>
      <actor>Julika Jenkins (role=Claudia)</actor>
      <actor>Till Huster (role=Wärter Hagedorn)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Rubtsov (role=Tom)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjEwM2QzNmUtMzA4NS00ZTA5LTlmNTktN2MwN2JlNGY1ZjQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Family|Romance</category>
    <review>I came very close to walking out the film. It was so boring and the characters so unlikable. I kept expecting humor to carry the film. Yes there a few scenes that draw a small laugh but it wasn't enough to carry slow pace and repetitive positioning of characters.My German wife enjoyed the film and we watched it in Original.So clearly some can enjoy it.If she wasn't there I would have left.At least I can see the irony in that</review>
    <description>After 26 years of marriage, Georg and Doris are headed for a divorce. While Georg is having some fun with a much younger co-worker, Doris wants the divorce to be kept quite, so the couple is undergoing separation therapy, and some rough sessions of it are ahead.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8461120</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Lilo Maertens has been the editor of a women's magazine for several years. Now the women's-rights activist is close to her 80th birthday and must admit slowly but surely that she has to hand over the management. After eye surgery, Lilo is initially out of action and must with her son Ruben and his wife Jutta. From then on she makes life difficult for the couple. Only Finn finds access to his grandma.—wolfgang-164-778235</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Jauch</director>
      <actor>Christiane Hörbiger (role=Lilo Martens)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Adorf (role=Roland Hartwig)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Auerbach (role=Herr Hohmann)</actor>
      <actor>Juliane Behneke (role=Astrid)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Bezzel (role=Ruben Martens)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Joy Brand (role=Olivia)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Brendler (role=Jutta Martens)</actor>
      <actor>Karoline Bär (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Danowski (role=Amanda Schlüter)</actor>
      <actor>Yorck Dippe (role=Alfons Petersen)</actor>
      <actor>Michelangelo Fortuzzi (role=Finn Martens)</actor>
      <actor>Frithjof Gawenda (role=Tobi Erdmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDExZTQ3MjItZGY1YS00Y2U3LWIwOWUtMzU5MGY1ZTY1NDUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,2,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Lilo Maertens has been the editor of a women's magazine for several years. Now the women's-rights activist is close to her 80th birthday and must admit slowly but surely that she has to hand over the management. After eye surgery, Lilo is initially out of action and must with her...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt8461120/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>9243824</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Fluss des Lebens</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Torsten C. Fischer</director>
      <director>Carlo Rola</director>
      <director>Michael Karen</director>
      <director>Franziska Meyer Price</director>
      <director>Bettina Blümner</director>
      <actor>Mihaela Sirbu (role=Arzt)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Klare (role=Robert Wegner)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Borgmann (role=Daniela Tannek)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Kreuzer (role=Johanna Langhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Janek Rieke (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Nadeshda Brennicke (role=Sarah)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Hecke (role=Charlotte)</actor>
      <actor>Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet (role=Annika)</actor>
      <actor>Isabell Gerschke (role=Yara)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Krassnitzer (role=Franz Tannek)</actor>
      <actor>Pegah Ferydoni (role=Pavarti)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Fischer (role=Romy Feldmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWZkMzliN2QtNGVkMi00OGViLWJhOGYtZjUwZGY3ZTFhNDcyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6153094</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Marie fängt Feuer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Marie a member of the Wildegg volunteer fire department, knows how to put out fires. Humorous and tireless, she fights for her ideals, her family and friends.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans-Jörg Hofer</director>
      <director>Katrin Schmidt</director>
      <director>Edzard Onneken</director>
      <director>Marcus Weiler</director>
      <director>Michael Karen</director>
      <actor>Christine Eixenberger (role=Marie Reiter)</actor>
      <actor>Saskia Vester (role=Irene Reiter)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Fierek (role=Ernst Reiter)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Dörfler (role=Gerhard Tenne)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Murr (role=Stefan Weingartner)</actor>
      <actor>Sylta Fee Wegmann (role=Angie)</actor>
      <actor>Moritz Regenauer (role=Max Reiter)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang M. Bauer (role=Ludwig)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Holdenrieder (role=Daniel)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Raab (role=Marco)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Gerdon (role=Rita Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Luca (role=Christoph Bauer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkzNGNmYjQtMmM5OS00NzdmLTg4NmMtYzcyNjQyNGRlZWI2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
    <description>Marie a member of the Wildegg volunteer fire department, knows how to put out fires. Humorous and tireless, she fights for her ideals, her family and friends.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3337156</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Lächeln der Frauen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Parisian publisher Jean-Paul Monsignac's chief editor is inspired to write his first novel, 'The smiling of women', but pretends it's a translation from a fictional English author, Robert Miller. Only his dodgy unhappily married buddy Adam Goldberg knows the truth and that it's romantically inspired by a single fleeting meeting with local restaurant chef Aurélie Bredin. When she accidentally discovers in a bookshop the lead character Sophie is her, she contacts the publisher demanding to meet the author. As the novel was an instant bestseller, André and Adam had to hire actor Caesar to enact Robert Miller and André, who is secretly in love with Aurélie, twists in all directions to frustrate neither her, his love nor his employer, which seems to wok out disastrous in all respects.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Gregor Schnitzler</director>
      <actor>Melika Foroutan (role=Aurélie Bredin)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Sadler (role=André Chabanais)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Jochen Wagner (role=Adam Goldberg)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Rohde (role=Jean-Paul Monsignac)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Richter (role=Bernadette)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Letkowski (role=Caesar)</actor>
      <actor>Roeland Wiesnekker (role=Jacquie)</actor>
      <actor>Teresa Harder (role=Madame Petit)</actor>
      <actor>Muriel Wimmer (role=Florence Mirabeau)</actor>
      <actor>Catherine Bode (role=Michelle Auteuil)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Böttcher (role=Helene)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Kanies (role=Monsieur Chagall)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTBjMzJhNjgtM2NlZi00NjA1LWJkM2EtMmI1NDIxODE4NmE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>A lector writes a book under a pseudonym and falls in love with the woman he wrote the book about. The book becomes a bestseller.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>18718108</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lehrer kann jeder</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Richard lives apart from his wife. He is unemployed. His life is really not running smoothly right now. Rather by chance, he gets into conversation with the director of his daughter's school, who is desperately looking for teachers - which gives Richard an idea. He is a mathematician. And after all, everyone can become a teacher!—StevieB69</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ingo Rasper</director>
      <actor>Christoph Maria Herbst (role=Richard Glossat)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Zeh (role=Anke Glossat)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Lentrodt (role=Sport Teacher)</actor>
      <actor>Virginia Leithäuser (role=Isabelle Glossat)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=School Principal)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Hörbe (role=Sorokin)</actor>
      <actor>Florian Appelius (role=Johannes Rauch)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Hanemann (role=Friedrich Pizek)</actor>
      <actor>Tua El-Fawwal (role=Filiz Ünder)</actor>
      <actor>Riccardo Campione (role=Pupil)</actor>
      <actor>Carlotta Bähre (role=Luise)</actor>
      <actor>Anne-Kathrin Gummich (role=Ulrike Hirsch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDIwZTE0ZWItOTg3OC00NWQ2LTlhOGEtMjBlMDExYmJiMGZlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Richard lives apart from his wife. He is unemployed. His life is really not running smoothly right now. Rather by chance, he gets into conversation with the director of his daughter's school, who is desperately looking for teachers - which gives Richard an idea. He is a mathemati...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt18718108/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6022568</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zwei verlorene Schafe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eine Schauspielerin soll einen untalentierten Pfarrer coachen, der Probleme mit dem Predigen hat.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sylke Enders</director>
      <actor>Andrea Sawatzki (role=Rebecca Fritz)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Hartwig (role=Thaddäus Gerlach)</actor>
      <actor>Steffi Kühnert (role=Sina)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Breite (role=Dr. Michael Gerlach)</actor>
      <actor>Margit Bendokat (role=Agnes Möller)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra von Ruffin (role=Isabell Stanew)</actor>
      <actor>Marlon Kittel (role=Marco)</actor>
      <actor>Chiron Elias Krase (role=Max Strehlow)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Brenner (role=Hans Stanew)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Heinrichs (role=Leo Fritz)</actor>
      <actor>Heike Schober (role=Frau Strehlow)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Schweighöfer (role=Herr Fricke)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODkxNDY5NzU2M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjU1ODMwNw@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,8,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Eine Schauspielerin soll einen untalentierten Pfarrer coachen, der Probleme mit dem Predigen hat.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>8503572</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Toni, männlich, Hebamme</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Toni (Leo Reisinger) is a natural talent as a maternity nurse and loves his job more than anything - even if it's not always easy for him as a male midwife. When the 39-year-old lost his job in the hospital, he had no choice: he had to start his own business. Toni can only afford to get into the practice of gynecologist Luise (Wolke Hegenbarth) if he drives a taxi at night. Unfortunately, a time bomb is ticking in the partnership with the doctor: there is a delicate secret between the two that he should reveal before she finds out. Toni also wants to come to terms with his ex-wife Hanna (Kathrin von Steinburg), who kicked him out because of a misstep at the midwife carnival. Easier said than done, because the baby whisperer has his hands full.—Degeto</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Sibylle Tafel</director>
      <actor>Leo Reisinger (role=Toni Hasler)</actor>
      <actor>Wolke Hegenbarth (role=Luise Fuchs)</actor>
      <actor>Frederic Linkemann (role=Franzl)</actor>
      <actor>Soogi Kang (role=Ja-Mai)</actor>
      <actor>Juliane Köhler (role=Dr. Evi Höllriegel)</actor>
      <actor>Kathrin von Steinburg (role=Hanna Aschenbrenner)</actor>
      <actor>Julius Bestehorn (role=Ferdi)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie von Poser (role=Karen)</actor>
      <actor>Marcel Mohab (role=Polizist Sami)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Monsorno (role=Josi)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Schwab (role=Malu)</actor>
      <actor>Lara Grunwald (role=Lotta)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzVkZDI1YTItYWU5MS00ZDVmLWFiZDQtNGFkMjIyYWJmYTQ2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Unfortunately, Toni does not always have it easy as a male midwife.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1011637</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lilly Schönauer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Holger Barthel</director>
      <director>Marco Serafini</director>
      <director>Heidi Kranz</director>
      <director>Karola Hattop</director>
      <director>Martin Gies</director>
      <actor>Marion Mitterhammer (role=Sabine Scheffler)</actor>
      <actor>Dunja Bernatzky (role=Iris)</actor>
      <actor>Denise Zich (role=Katharina 'Kathy' Weissenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Erol Sander (role=Frederik Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Dietze (role=Charlotte 'Charly' Stein)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Lanz (role=Beatrice Brunhausen)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna-Christine Gehlen (role=Laura Althoff)</actor>
      <actor>Muriel Baumeister (role=Jana Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Wussow (role=Katja Narholz)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Herzig (role=Paula Breuer)</actor>
      <actor>Lara-Joy Körner (role=Clara Weichsler)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Schütt (role=Valerie Reinhardt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>3.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzA5NDE5ZmEtOTE5YS00OTA1LTkyZTQtYTZmNTAzZjIxMzQxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13514366</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Katie Fforde</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The films of the Katie Forde series - these are melodramas and love stories set in Boston and its picturesque coastal surroundings. At the center are modern women with courage and heart.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Metzger</director>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <director>Sebastian Grobler</director>
      <director>Frauke Thielecke</director>
      <director>Felix Herzogenrath</director>
      <actor>Dave Dyshuk (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Frank L. Goodyear (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Becker (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>René Ifrah (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Stephen Radochia (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy-Ann Hart (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sam Zephir (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Haug (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Limpinsel (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kristina Klebe (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Merwin (role=Mr. Stanford)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Eriksen (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDRhOTU0NzAtMDI5OC00ODNiLWJiN2MtNDM2OWQ2MTFhN2NmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX284_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>The films of the Katie Forde series - these are melodramas and love stories set in Boston and its picturesque coastal surroundings. At the center are modern women with courage and heart.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0930022</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Traumhotel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Not a continuous series with consistent story continuity, but a number of essentially independent stories, 'Love Boat without the cruise ship'. Each episode is set in another exotic holiday destination, interweaving the adventures of local inhabitants and hotel staff and some of the hotel guests, whose problems usually root at home in Europe, with ample images of the local nature, traditions, monuments, and wildlife.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Otto Retzer</director>
      <director>Gloria Behrens</director>
      <director>Marco Serafini</director>
      <director>Dietmar Klein</director>
      <director>Sigi Rothemund</director>
      <actor>Christian Kohlund (role=Markus Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Morgenstern (role=Leonie Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (role=Dorothea von Siethoff)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Hausburg (role=Leonie Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Kirchberger (role=Susanne)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Plate (role=Sandra Saarberg)</actor>
      <actor>Saskia Valencia (role=Nadja Bülow)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Leopold Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Zierl (role=Jan Thermölen)</actor>
      <actor>Marion Mitterhammer (role=Verena Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Hardy Krüger Jr. (role=Wayne Carstens)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Hoffmann (role=Maharadscha)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <star-rating>4.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWM2ODg4ZmUtODEwMS00NDZiLTk2N2EtZTVhNGE0YmE0ZjE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Not a continuous series with consistent story continuity, but a number of essentially independent stories, 'Love Boat without the cruise ship'. Each episode is set in another exotic holiday destination, interweaving the adventures of local inhabitants and hotel staff and some of ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0930022/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>21811438</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dr. Nice</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dr. Nice is a heartthrob and star surgeon, until an accident stiffens his right hand. An inheritance leads him to the Flensburg Fjord and to daughter Lea, of whom he knew nothing.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christian Theede</director>
      <director>Thorsten Schmidt</director>
      <director>Constanze Knoche</director>
      <director>Ulrike Grote</director>
      <actor>Patrick Kalupa (role=Dr. Moritz Neiss)</actor>
      <actor>Josefine Preuß (role=Charlie Winkler)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Grill (role=Dr. Florian Schmidtke)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Zeh (role=Janne Andersen)</actor>
      <actor>Maj Borchardt (role=Lea Koch)</actor>
      <actor>Hedi Kriegeskotte (role=Doris Stecker)</actor>
      <actor>Idil Üner (role=Dr. Melek Birol)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Knobbe (role=Mikkel Andersen)</actor>
      <actor>Marc Zwinz (role=Horst Niebel)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno F. Apitz (role=Hartmut Peddersen)</actor>
      <actor>Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen (role=Timo Pörksen)</actor>
      <actor>Leonie Parusel (role=Nikki)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjI3N2M5NjAtZWE5OS00MTllLWExMzEtMTA4YTI0YzBmMmUxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Dr. Nice is a heartthrob and star surgeon, until an accident stiffens his right hand. An inheritance leads him to the Flensburg Fjord and to daughter Lea, of whom he knew nothing.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13514390</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Emilie Richards</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sunday film series based on stories by American author Emilie Richards about love, happiness and longing in picturesque New Zealand landscapes.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <director>Thomas Hezel</director>
      <director>Michael Keusch</director>
      <director>Oliver Dommenget</director>
      <director>Christoph Schrewe</director>
      <actor>Craig Hall (role=Oliver)</actor>
      <actor>Suzan Anbeh (role=Paige Duvall)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Lanz (role=Julia Whitman)</actor>
      <actor>Jana Klinge (role=Julianna Mason)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie Schütt (role=Tina Fielding)</actor>
      <actor>Theresa Scholze (role=Stacey MacDonald)</actor>
      <actor>Luise Bähr (role=Casey Fallon)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Bott (role=Antoinette 'Toni' Deveraux)</actor>
      <actor>Liane Forestieri (role=Kelsey Donovan)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Mommsen (role=Duncan Sinclair)</actor>
      <actor>Gesine Cukrowski (role=Jessica)</actor>
      <actor>Jörg Schüttauf (role=Matthew Haley)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2EwYmE4OGQtMzFlNi00OTI0LTk3ZGYtZWYzOWY1NjZjODA2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>Sunday film series based on stories by American author Emilie Richards about love, happiness and longing in picturesque New Zealand landscapes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2338157</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Zu schön um wahr zu sein</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Steurer</director>
      <actor>Sabine Postel (role=Barbara Köster)</actor>
      <actor>Lilli Fichtner (role=Leonie Köster)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Sattmann (role=Walter Köster)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Pietschmann (role=Jonas Bauer)</actor>
      <actor>Filip Peeters (role=Robert Bellmann)</actor>
      <actor>Heinrich Schafmeister (role=Wuttke)</actor>
      <actor>Rosa Enskat (role=Anke Neumann)</actor>
      <actor>Megan Gay (role=Diana Hardenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Lena Amende (role=Steffi)</actor>
      <actor>Jean Paul Baeck (role=Phyz)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Baeck (role=Phyz)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaus Benda (role=Oliver van Lent)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWVjYzIxNDQtODE0ZC00MTIxLWExMDMtNjk2NWFmOWIxMjIxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1969076</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Liebesjahre</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Love years.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matti Geschonneck</director>
      <actor>Iris Berben (role=Vera)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Simonischek (role=Uli)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Kunzendorf (role=Johanna)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Milberg (role=Darius)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Schlenzig (role=Maklerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODkzMTFiZGQtMjA3Ni00ODExLWEwNDAtMTY3NzExYmYzODU5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX329_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Love years.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0842604</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Nonne und der Kommissar</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Having just been transferred to a country monastery, Sister Camilla stumbles over a corpse in the chapel. Camilla immediately makes investigating the death her own business.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hajo Gies</director>
      <actor>Ann-Kathrin Kramer (role=Schwester Camilla)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Kommissar Josef Baumert)</actor>
      <actor>Deborah Kaufmann (role=Angelique Koslowski)</actor>
      <actor>Rüdiger Vogler (role=Anton Boenisch)</actor>
      <actor>Mina Tander (role=Svenja Klauser)</actor>
      <actor>Lars Gärtner (role=Kriminalassistent Danny Köhler)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Janner (role=Oberin Ludwiga)</actor>
      <actor>Anne von Linstow (role=Schwester Anabel)</actor>
      <actor>Constanze Wetzel (role=Schwester Babette)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Stegemann (role=Polizeiarzt Otto Mohnhaupt)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Piske (role=Hansi Klauser)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Rüger (role=Tobias Schäfer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGMxOGUzMDgtMzk0Ni00N2Y3LWE3ZTktMWRiYTFhYmE1Mjc3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,23,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <description>Having just been transferred to a country monastery, Sister Camilla stumbles over a corpse in the chapel. Camilla immediately makes investigating the death her own business.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2203692</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein vorbildliches Ehepaar</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two men meet in the men's room of a courthouse. Both just divorced, they decide to help each other recover their wives.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ben Verbong</director>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Thomas Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Heino Ferch (role=Roman Ellermann)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie von Kessel (role=Isabelle Ellermann)</actor>
      <actor>Annika Kuhl (role=Vicky Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Beate Abraham (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Ulrike Arnold (role=Anwältin)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Klawun (role=Kathrin)</actor>
      <actor>Mareile Blendl (role=Sekretärin)</actor>
      <actor>Tatjana Günther (role=Lea)</actor>
      <actor>Sabina Weber (role=Mutter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2012</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjEwNjU0MzAtMmViZS00MmE5LTllMjEtMDRlMDBkMGNjOGJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX183_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Two men meet in the men's room of a courthouse. Both just divorced, they decide to help each other recover their wives.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7887026</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Frühling</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Katja Baumann is a nurse working in a hospital in Munich. One day as she leaves the hospital she meets Tim Lechner, a young boy who tells her his mother is in the hospital and a rural domestic helper is in charge of him and his sisters but they don't feel quite right around her. Katja gives up her holiday with her husband and travels to Frühling to help Tim and his sisters until their mother can recover her health. Katja so enjoys her new domestic-help duty that she decides to stay in Frühling and collaborate with the parish priest to help families who are having difficulties.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Kronthaler</director>
      <director>Michael Karen</director>
      <director>Thomas Jauch</director>
      <director>Dirk Pientka</director>
      <director>Tom Zenker</director>
      <actor>Simone Thomalla (role=Katja Baumann)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Herrschmann (role=Pfarrer Sonnleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Kristo Ferkic (role=Adrian Steinmann)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Willecke (role=Lilly Engel)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Ebner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Marco Girnth (role=Mark Weber)</actor>
      <actor>Aniya Wendel (role=Nora Kleinke)</actor>
      <actor>Catalina Navarro Kirner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Sosniok (role=Dr. Tom Kleinke)</actor>
      <actor>Nadine Wrietz (role=Leslie Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph M. Ohrt (role=Jan Steinmann)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Gerold (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2011</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjVmMWIxN2EtOTJjYy00ZjA1LWJhMzItNjYwMmJhNjBhNmI5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Nurse Katja meets Tim, whose mom is hospitalized. She forgoes vacation to care for Tim and siblings upon their discomfort with the rural helper. Katja enjoys the role and stays, working with the priest to assist struggling families.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6542108</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Mops zum Verlieben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Sarah is a young woman whose life is in a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after. Yet, like it or not, her Grandmother has bequeathed her a very spoiled pug - Patrick. Surely she must have had her reasons?.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mandie Fletcher</director>
      <actor>Sam Fletcher (role=Harry)</actor>
      <actor>Beattie Edmondson (role=Sarah Francis)</actor>
      <actor>Ann Queensberry (role=Granny)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Lewis (role=Geoff the Parkgoer)</actor>
      <actor>Kasia Koleczek (role=Saskia the Parkgoer)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Potter (role=Caroline)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Roddy (role=Graham)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Davison (role=Alan)</actor>
      <actor>Cherie Lunghi (role=Rosemary)</actor>
      <actor>Archie Barnes (role=Zachary)</actor>
      <actor>Rosie Ede (role=Shop Assistant)</actor>
      <actor>Gemma Jones (role=Celia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Belgium|United States</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmRjNDExMzctZWE1NS00NGJiLWI4YTctNDY4MmYwMjQ2ZGMwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family|Romance</category>
    <review>I didn't know what to expect, but this movie kept my attention, had some interesting subplots, and was genuinely sweet and funny. The lead was likable and the pug was adorable. I enjoyed Sarah's interactions with her family, her work life, and there was even some romance. If you enjoy romantic comedies or even family films featuring animals, this may be the film for you</review>
    <description>Sarah is a young woman whose life is in a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after. Yet, like it or not, her Grandmother has bequeathed her a very spoiled pug - Patrick. Surely she must have had her reasons?.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11011452</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Matze, Kebab &amp; Sauerkraut</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Noah and Akim have been best friends since childhood. They made a pact with one another that nothing would ever come between them, especially not a woman. But they didn't know about Charlotte back then.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Christoph Schnee</director>
      <actor>Christine Eixenberger (role=Charlotte Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Dinda (role=Noah Hirschman)</actor>
      <actor>Omar El-Saeidi (role=Hakim Abu Yazid)</actor>
      <actor>Francis Fulton-Smith (role=Daniel Hirschman)</actor>
      <actor>Andrea Sawatzki (role=Rachel Hirschman)</actor>
      <actor>Adnan Maral (role=Yussef Abu Yazid)</actor>
      <actor>Siir Eloglu (role=Melek Abu Yazid)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Grothum (role=Mariella Hirschman)</actor>
      <actor>Nurit Hirschfeld (role=Hannah Hirschman)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Baumecker (role=Älterer Arzt)</actor>
      <actor>Paulina de Matteis (role=Blondine)</actor>
      <actor>Aybi Era (role=Annuk)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmY5NDU1ODctNzE2NS00M2VlLThkNDQtNGZmMTY1ZGFkODcxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>I saw the movie today. It was the worst movie I have ever seen.I watched it till the end, because I was in shock about the how bad this movie was.The acting was very....At some point of the movie they just all of the sudden talk to the camera.At another point there were Nazis in suits...The movie reminds me of the room..Yeah maybe that's the case and hopefully this was just a joke inside a joke of a joke inception...</review>
    <description>Noah and Akim have been best friends since childhood. They made a pact with one another that nothing would ever come between them, especially not a woman. But they didn't know about Charlotte back then.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3653402</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Mütter-Mafia</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Connie Wischnewski has been married for many years with Lorenz Wishneski and they have an adolescent daughter, Nelly, and a young boy ,Julius.One day Lorenz says Conny that he wants to divorce. So Connie and the children must leave the apartment in Cologne and they will live in the house of Lorenz's mother who died recently. This house is in the suburbs and in a very bad state. Nelly is very angry wants to go back to the apartment. On the morning Nelly gets angry because her cell phone doesn't work. Connie carries Julius to the school by bicycle: suddenly her bicycle shocks with a Jaguar car: the owner of the car appears and she doesn't recognize that she did it. She became enchanted by the Jaguarman. At the school she meets a group of jaded mothers who spend their time improving the education of their children. Back at the house she meets Mimi , her neighbor who has come to help with the house and they will become good friends.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Tomy Wigand</director>
      <actor>Annette Frier (role=Conny Wischnewski)</actor>
      <actor>Roeland Wiesnekker (role=Anton Alsleben)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Bergmann (role=Lorenz Wischnewski)</actor>
      <actor>Chiara Schoras (role=Frauke Werner-Kröllmann)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Löbau (role=Mimi)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Kaufmann (role=Mutter vom Jaguarmann)</actor>
      <actor>Ela Paul (role=Gitti)</actor>
      <actor>Claudio Magno (role=Julius Wischnewski)</actor>
      <actor>Charlotte Uedingslohmann (role=Nelly Wischnewski)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Schiller (role=Laura-Kristin Kröllmann)</actor>
      <actor>David Nolden (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Linus Trzcinski (role=Jasper 'Japser)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzcwNmU4MGYtZjg5NC00N2FhLTlmNjQtMjM5NDNkZTQyOTg5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR35,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Family</category>
    <review>The life of Conny Wischnewski is a real disaster. Her husband wants to divorce and forced her to leave the apartrment in Cologne and to live in the house in the suburbs. The house who belonged to the mother of her husband is in a very state. In the school of her son there is a groupof jaded women.It's not a great comedy, but some moments are quite pleasant because Annette Frier, Roeland Wiesnekker and Tim Bergmann are good actors</review>
    <description>Connie Wischnewski has been married for many years with Lorenz Wishneski and they have an adolescent daughter, Nelly, and a young boy ,Julius.One day Lorenz says Conny that he wants to divorce. So Connie and the children must leave the apartment in Cologne and they will live in t...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt3653402/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12838798</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Meine Mutter..." Meine Mutter und plötzlich auch mein Vater</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Eifel landlady Toni Janssen and her mother Heidi are again running the copper jug in a team of two. While Heidi's pension is running at full speed, Toni wants to shift down a few gears at her newly renovated country inn. The new name "Kupferknnchen" is supposed to stand for a less ambitious concept: home-style cooking for the bar guests. However, her new chef, Sebastian Holtmann, has the highest culinary demands. He not only has a lot on the pan, but also appears extremely self-confident. Toni is astonished that Sebastian would prefer to reopen under his name. She is surprised to meet her father Kurt, who left his family 33 years ago and now lives on the street. Heidi reacts annoyed when Toni, unsuspecting, pulls in her father, whom she accidentally took in the car. And Toni could tease that she met her papa this way. Now she does not let her parents quarrel out of duty: no excuses - she wants to hear the whole story. While Kurt stands by his mistakes, Heidi is not very informative. It is true that she doesn't leave the irresponsible slacker good. But Heidi didn't do everything right either.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jurij Neumann</director>
      <actor>Lucas Prisor (role=Sebastian Holtmann)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Kurt)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaus Benda (role=Hans-Jürgen)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Bieker (role=Hanno Hase)</actor>
      <actor>Fabienne Hesse (role=Maris)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=Hannelore Kümpner-Sellendorf)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Sprick (role=Marc)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmE0YzQ3OGMtYzg4MS00Y2ZkLWI4N2YtYTAyNWEyM2ExMWY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Eifel landlady Toni Janssen and her mother Heidi are again running the copper jug in a team of two. While Heidi's pension is running at full speed, Toni wants to shift down a few gears at her newly renovated country inn. The new name "Kupferknnchen" is supposed to stand for a les...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt12838798/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3819692</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Glück der Anderen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Claudia Garde</director>
      <actor>Veronica Ferres (role=Ellen König)</actor>
      <actor>Dominic Raacke (role=Christian Bahle)</actor>
      <actor>Tatjana Alexander (role=Nora Preuss)</actor>
      <actor>Gundi Ellert (role=Carla)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Preuss (role=Magret König)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Hellmann (role=Benno Schmitz)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Baumer (role=Verkäuferin)</actor>
      <actor>André Kolbe (role=Rechtsanwalt)</actor>
      <actor>Hanna Maria Schlau (role=Guest in the Jazz Club)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTZjNTUzYzYtOTAxMi00M2VhLWExMDgtZDg2ZWMxNjA5NWQzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_CR63,93,1800,2700_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0431777</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Geheimnis der Karibik</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A widowed businessman searches for the real mother of his adopted daughter in Mexico.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Karola Meeder</director>
      <actor>Christian Wolff (role=Holger Merten)</actor>
      <actor>Henriette Richter-Röhl (role=Maya Merten)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Bachmann (role=Dr. Ina Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Edgar de la Vega Yañez (role=Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>René Hofschneider (role=Rolf Gerdes)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Prager (role=Pater Josef)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Roy (role=Mirinda Lopez)</actor>
      <actor>Jesus Soberanis (role=Einsatzleiter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2004</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAxNTQzNDgzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTUzNTA0MzE@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,1,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>A widowed businessman searches for the real mother of his adopted daughter in Mexico.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1302574</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mama kommt</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Isabel Kleefeld</director>
      <actor>Senta Berger (role=Luise Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Anja Kling (role=Christiane Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Jella Haase (role=Jette Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Schloo (role=Lars Rühmann)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Lindow (role=Stephan Noestlinger)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Kreye (role=Brückner)</actor>
      <actor>Simon Verhoeven (role=Thomas 'Tommi' Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Kelling (role=Hedda)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Philipp (role=Nadja Pawlowa)</actor>
      <actor>Maria de la Calle (role=Putzfrau Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus-Peter Grap (role=Jürgen)</actor>
      <actor>Emil Reinke (role=Hendrik)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NTE2NDM4OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg1MzIyOA@@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13944674</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dora Heldt</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Mark von Seydlitz</director>
      <director>Dirk Regel</director>
      <actor>Lambert Hamel (role=Heinz Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Stinshoff (role=Christine)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Thomas (role=Dagmar Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Gundi Ellert (role=Charlotte Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Sattmann (role=Walter Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Julia-Maria Köhler (role=Doro)</actor>
      <actor>Markus Majowski (role=Dennis)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Sonntag (role=Kalli)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Hagen Dittmann (role=Gisbert Meyer)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Hörner (role=Daniel Kramer)</actor>
      <actor>Mark von Seydlitz (role=Polizist Bonke)</actor>
      <actor>Gaby Dohm (role=Tante Inge Müller)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2009</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmQ3YzAyZTQtN2NiOC00ZjgxLTlhZGItOGY4ZDFkMWIyMmUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,4,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2897094</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Neue Adresse Paradies</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The building contractor Stefan suddenly goes bankrupt. He and his family are left with only their motor home. In the middle of the night, he lands with his wife Jenny and daughter Natascha on a campsite. There, Jenny meets her childhood sweetheart Christian. After initial resignation, Stefan has an idea how to rescue his family and the other campsite residents from their awkward situation.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Stauch</director>
      <actor>Dana Golombek (role=Jenny)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Brambach (role=Stefan)</actor>
      <actor>Leonie Tepe (role=Natascha)</actor>
      <actor>Annette Paulmann (role=Manuela)</actor>
      <actor>Agathe Taffertshofer (role=Rosi)</actor>
      <actor>Eisi Gulp (role=Bolek)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Tregor (role=Charly)</actor>
      <actor>Steffen Wink (role=Christian)</actor>
      <actor>Sven Gielnik (role=Leon)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Fieseler (role=Jörg Kreuzer)</actor>
      <actor>Ella-Maria Gollmer (role=Alina)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Bach (role=Frau Renner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzM0YjBiMmEtYjQzZS00NjI1LWIzNDgtNjllMDk4N2IwY2U3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>The building contractor Stefan suddenly goes bankrupt. He and his family are left with only their motor home. In the middle of the night, he lands with his wife Jenny and daughter Natascha on a campsite. There, Jenny meets her childhood sweetheart Christian. After initial resigna...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt2897094/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11388822</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Romantik à la Carte</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Caroline is busy running her restaurant in New York when she suddenly receives a message that she has inherited her aunts Café in Lemon Myrtle Cove, Australia. She had to go down to Australia to try and arrange the sale of the Café. When she arrives she's soon met by resistance from the Café's personnel that are afraid that the Café will lose it's character and that they will lose their if she sells. They convince the Cafés cook, Simon, to delay the repairs needed to sell and try and convince Caroline not to sell.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rosie Lourde</director>
      <actor>Cindy Busby (role=Caroline Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Tim Ross (role=Simon Cook)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Bingham (role=Denise Wilson)</actor>
      <actor>Perry Mooney (role=Molly)</actor>
      <actor>Marita Wilcox (role=Marla)</actor>
      <actor>Naomi Sequeira (role=Beth)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Bensley (role=Dale Whitely)</actor>
      <actor>Joey Vieira (role=Nathaniel)</actor>
      <actor>Jenny Wynter (role=Aunt Doreen)</actor>
      <actor>Isla Long (role=Young Caroline)</actor>
      <actor>Gavin Zimmermann (role=Alex the Waiter)</actor>
      <actor>Jordan Small (role=Sally)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjM4NThhOGEtNmVlNS00Mzk5LTg4YWMtOTRlYWQ4N2Y3ZjRiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
    <review>A typical Hallmark movie but even more cheesy than normal and with lots and lots of plot holes. As another reviewer said "Busby is awful, she plays the same character in all of her films". There is absolutely zero chemistry between the leads (and it feels like we missed something because all of the sudden there's love when just moments ago the characters hated each other). The plot is obviously predictable from the first minutes. The argument is lousy and the "final conflict" part is just too rushed and just strange. The cooking, ocean and the Australians are nice though. Really liked the girl playing Beth.I normally like Hallmark romances but this one was too boring and weird (like, all was too unbelievable). Would not recommend nor watch again</review>
    <description>When New York restaurateur, Caroline Wilson inherits a café in Lemon Myrtle Cove, Australia, she begins to fall in love with the place and its people, in particular, the cafe's charming local chef, Simon Cook.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5816124</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Handwerker und andere Katastrophen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ein Ehepaar muss feststellen, dass ihr Hauskauf zur Bewährungsprobe für die Beziehung wird.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Steurer</director>
      <actor>Tanja Wedhorn (role=Silke)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Mommsen (role=Stefan)</actor>
      <actor>Gundi Ellert (role=Renate)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Tarrach (role=Herr Panter)</actor>
      <actor>Ursela Monn (role=Sieglinde)</actor>
      <actor>Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (role=Dietmar)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Sattmann (role=Dr. Umland)</actor>
      <actor>Hüseyin Ekici (role=Lehrling Büni)</actor>
      <actor>Evgenij Verenin (role=Geselle Tomas)</actor>
      <actor>Thilo Prothmann (role=Trockenbauer Hein)</actor>
      <actor>Ole Eisfeld (role=Jan)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Foyse (role=Fabian)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2016</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDIzYmY3YTctYmU3NS00ODYzLWI4MmMtMzRiN2M4N2E4MzNhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Ein Ehepaar muss feststellen, dass ihr Hauskauf zur Bewährungsprobe für die Beziehung wird.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1720090</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ariane Ostler manages a dairy farm in the mountains of Bavaria.Georg, mayor of the town of Reichertsbrunn and also restaurant owner , is a former lover of Ariane: he visits her often, but she is not interested in him.Bernhard Maywald is a very serious tax income inspector who has been sent to Reichertsbrunn to put in order the income tax system.After listening to an informal talk in the restaurant about Ariane Ostler he decides to visit Ariane Ostler on her farm.After a long walk and a fall he arrives and Ariane takes care of him.But when he begins to speak about incomes taxes she gets angry.He asks for a little place to sleep and she sends him to the barn.The next day Ariane goes down to Reichertsbrunn to try to explain her situation and to make peace with Bernhard,but the attempt fails.Bernhard writes his report and Ariane must pay a fine of 150.000 Euros.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dietmar Klein</director>
      <actor>Michaela May (role=Ariane Ostler)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Bernhard Maiwald)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Held (role=Georg Ametsrieder)</actor>
      <actor>Alexandra Schiffer (role=Victoria Ostler)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Krückl (role=Franz Mächtlinger)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna Bittenbinder (role=Wilma Karg)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Redlich (role=Birgit)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk Galuba (role=Ewald Schnapp)</actor>
      <actor>Miriam Krause (role=Ernie)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Maria Darnov (role=Dr. Gisbert Brinzner)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Freundorfer (role=Pfarrer)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Poost (role=Sven)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTlhNmVhZTQtMGQwYS00OTIzLWI5NTYtZjgxYjM3MTBlMzVjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX181_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Ariane Ostler manages a dairy farm in the mountains of Bavaria.Her former lover Georg visits her to live again a new love.Bernhard Maywald is a income tax inspector send to Reichertsbrunn.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5742120</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In an evening Kathi was telling that she would like to have children, when her boyfriend listened this he runs away.Soon her female friend Caro and Jan will marry.So Kathi will help Caro for the wedding planning.But she needs a companion for this event.After some attempts in an internet single site she didn't find anybody suitable.On the other side Jan has a friend Theo who will help him for the wedding.Kathi begins to feel well with Theo, but Theo has a very dominant girlfriend Brith.But little by little Kathi and Theo will understand each other better.—zutterjp48</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Holger Haase</director>
      <actor>Anna Maria Sturm (role=Kathi)</actor>
      <actor>Kostja Ullmann (role=Theo)</actor>
      <actor>Nadja Becker (role=Caro)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Grill (role=Jan)</actor>
      <actor>Jasmin Schwiers (role=Brith)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Piesk (role=Markus)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Meier (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Daniel Zillmann (role=Ralf)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Heynert (role=Holger)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Näthe (role=Paul)</actor>
      <actor>Dominik Bliefert (role=DJ)</actor>
      <actor>Cem Erzincan (role=Real Raoul)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmMxOGVlMTEtYzNkMy00Yzk0LWFkYjEtNGI2ZTkyMWQ2MDg3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>Kathi is invited to her BFF's wedding. As her ex +1 are also invited, she dates a dozen guys thru Datelink - to no avail. Kathi helps plan the wedding with the groom's friend, Theo, but he's taken.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22258078</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>"Meine Mutter..." Meine Mutter gibt es doppelt</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Toni" Janssen and her mother have always existed as a double pack. The otherwise pragmatic Heidi finds it difficult for her daughter to move out. There isn't much time to lament, because Toni has already packed her bags to move in with her friend Andrina. Nothing so wild, Heidi assures: Mechernich is not out of the world. Actually, Heidi should be happy when her sister Claudia is unannounced at the door of her pension. However, she comes neither to chat nor to comfort, but to claim her share of the parental inheritance. The twins, once best friends as well, are now resurfacing something that broke them up a long time ago. The air is burning in the "Tonis" too. The ambitious chef Sebastian Holtmann fears an incognito visit from a critic. While owner Toni is through with the star kitchen, Sebastian threatens to fail because of his own demands. For him, every rice side dish is everything.—ADR Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>John Delbridge</director>
      <actor>Nagmeh Alaei (role=Andrina)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Amft (role=Antonia Janssen)</actor>
      <actor>Ava Azadeh (role=Nadira)</actor>
      <actor>Nikolaus Benda (role=Hans-Jürgen)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Bieker (role=Hanno Hase)</actor>
      <actor>Margarita Broich (role=Claudia Romme)</actor>
      <actor>Margarita Horbach (role=Roswitha)</actor>
      <actor>Ramona Kunze-Libnow (role=Hannelotte Kümpner-Sellendorf)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Mairich (role=Ärztin)</actor>
      <actor>Lucas Prisor (role=Sebastian Holtmann)</actor>
      <actor>Cedric Sprick (role=Marc)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2QyZmJhYmYtYjUwZS00YmJlLTg5ZTctY2FlZjJkYTM2MDRmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <description>Bei den Janssen-Frauen steht Veränderung ins Haus: Toni will endlich auch privat auf eigenen Beinen stehen und hat sich entschieden, zu ihrer frisch getrennten, besten Freundin Andrina nach Mechernich zu ziehen. Mit der Gründung einer Frauen-WG will sich Toni auch dem Einfluss vo...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt22258078/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>2806674</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Familie Sonntag auf Abwegen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Als die Kinder der Familie Sonntag in ihr Elternhaus zurückkehren, ist Chaos vorprogrammiert.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ulli Baumann</director>
      <actor>Gisela Schneeberger (role=Bärbel Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich von Thun (role=Franz Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Paul (role=Karo Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Anna Maria Sturm (role=Moni Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Sebastian Bezzel (role=Robert Sonntag)</actor>
      <actor>Carolina Vera (role=Lorena)</actor>
      <actor>Sissy Höfferer (role=Sylvie)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Giggenbach (role=Dr. Dieffenbach)</actor>
      <actor>Heide Ackermann (role=Alte am Flughafen)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Burger (role=Maklerin Seiffert)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Bürgin (role=Carlos)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Duda (role=Georg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2013</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjJlNjNiYzctZDJiMC00Y2M0LTkwNDMtYWVjM2ZhM2M2Nzk0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Als die Kinder der Familie Sonntag in ihr Elternhaus zurückkehren, ist Chaos vorprogrammiert.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3886126</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Es kommt noch besser</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Die 55-jährige Chefsekretärin Ina verliert ihren langjährigen Job und muss sich neu orientieren.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Florian Froschmayer</director>
      <actor>Andrea Sawatzki (role=Ina Becker)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Walter Pirsch)</actor>
      <actor>Runa Greiner (role=Enno Pinzdorf)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Brückner (role=Sven Selig)</actor>
      <actor>Yung Ngo (role=Ngo Quang)</actor>
      <actor>Nadine Wrietz (role=Elke Pinzdorf, Ennos Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Florence Kasumba (role=Ärztin)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Scharff (role=Albert)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Lehmann (role=Andy)</actor>
      <actor>Avan Lyn (role=Jonas Brandt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTdiZThmNTktZjE1NS00YzNjLThjMTUtMTNhMzhkNDMwZDNhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Die 55-jährige Chefsekretärin Ina verliert ihren langjährigen Job und muss sich neu orientieren.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6108910</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wenn Frauen ausziehen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Matthias Tiefenbacher</director>
      <actor>Anna Maria Mühe (role=Paula)</actor>
      <actor>Max von Thun (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich von Thun (role=Alfons)</actor>
      <actor>Anne Schäfer (role=Regina von Ott)</actor>
      <actor>Sophie von Kessel (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Siegfried Terpoorten (role=Sepp)</actor>
      <actor>Saskia Vester (role=Judith)</actor>
      <actor>Jean-Yves Berteloot (role=Eric)</actor>
      <actor>Michelle Barthel (role=Fritzi)</actor>
      <actor>Felix Vörtler (role=Karl)</actor>
      <actor>Marlene Morreis (role=Diana)</actor>
      <actor>Max Schmidt (role=Ludwig)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>4.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzdiMjUwZjMtOTc4ZC00N2RiLWI0ZTQtNTExMDNjZDNkYTQzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX187_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>12422964</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sportabzeichen für Anfänger</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>One of the most difficult disciplines is jumping over one's own shadow. With this wisdom, Bertram Dinkler, a biscuit manufacturer by trade and anything but a sports junkie, believes he can help lazy classmates of his daughter Charlotte on the jumps. However, his old-fashioned know-it-all triggers an unexpected fighting spirit not in the young people, but in the single mother Stefanie Eckhoff. A dispute at the parents' evening ends with an unusual bet: If it's that easy, Stefanie challenges him, Bertram can set a good example. However, it is not enough for the late fifties to get the sports badge - they have to do better than you. During the first training session, the opponents notice that they may have leaned a little too far out of the window. Shot put, long jump, sprint - who would have thought it would be so tough? But there is no turning back for Bertram, because his marketing manager Franziska Stich would like to use his fitness program for a public relations campaign. Stefanie can neither give herself the nakedness of retreating nor of failure. Fortunately, their stubbornness helps both to unleash unimagined energies. For Bertram and Stefanie: fair play is nice when you can afford it.—ARD Das Erste</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Roth</director>
      <actor>Andrea Sawatzki (role=Stefanie Eckhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Berkel (role=Bertram Dinkler)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Heinze (role=Thomas Eckhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Weisz (role=Franziska Stich)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Koch (role=Henning Will)</actor>
      <actor>Sara Fazilat (role=Jasmin Hellmann)</actor>
      <actor>Daria Wolf (role=Lena Eckhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Maja Meinhardt (role=Charlotte Dinkler)</actor>
      <actor>Matti Schmidt-Schaller (role=Johann Dinkle)</actor>
      <actor>Hildegard Schroedter (role=Ingrid Baumann)</actor>
      <actor>Christoph Glaubacker (role=Vertrauenslehrer)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Kessler (role=Sven König)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDI3ZmVhYzUtZmVmNi00MDk0LTkxZmUtMjgzOTA4YmY4OWUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX331_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>One of the most difficult disciplines is jumping over one's own shadow. With this wisdom, Bertram Dinkler, a biscuit manufacturer by trade and anything but a sports junkie, believes he can help lazy classmates of his daughter Charlotte on the jumps. However, his old-fashioned kno...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt12422964/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>27708682</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Endlich Witwer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Pia Strietmann</director>
      <director>Anca Miruna Lazarescu</director>
      <director>Martin Enlen</director>
      <director>Rainer Kaufmann</director>
      <actor>Joachim Król (role=Georg Weiser)</actor>
      <actor>Tristan Seith (role=Gerd Weiser)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Kempter (role=Susanne Weiser)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Baral (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Anneke Kim Sarnau (role=Gisela Rückert)</actor>
      <actor>Caroline Hanke (role=Susanne Weiser)</actor>
      <actor>Dela Dabulamanzi (role=Soleil)</actor>
      <actor>Katja Studt (role=Becky)</actor>
      <actor>August Zirner (role=Sokrates)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Hoppe (role=Uwe Kohlross)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Tarrach (role=Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Malton (role=Karin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2018</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGIxZTU0YjItZWNlMS00MjVjLWEyNTYtODkyOThmZTIzZDgxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR33,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>23118788</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Familie Bundschuh</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Family comedies revolving around the Bundschuh couple, who, thanks to their exhausting relatives, are plunged from one disaster into the next.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Thomas Nennstiel</director>
      <director>Vivian Naefe</director>
      <director>Franziska Meyer Price</director>
      <actor>Andrea Sawatzki (role=Gundula)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Milberg (role=Gerald)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Löbau (role=Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Judy Winter (role=Susanne)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Grossmann (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Thekla Carola Wied (role=Ilse Schultze)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Ochsenknecht (role=Herr Mussorkski)</actor>
      <actor>Amber Bongard (role=Ricarda Bundschuh)</actor>
      <actor>Levis Kachel (role=Matz)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Maria Halmer (role=Edgar Schultze)</actor>
      <actor>Nicholas Monu (role=Reginald Shoemaker)</actor>
      <actor>Claudio Schulte (role=Matz Bundschuh)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2015</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDY3OWY5OTItODVkMS00MzEyLWFjMTgtYTFkMjQ0MDg3ZTYyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Family comedies revolving around the Bundschuh couple, who, thanks to their exhausting relatives, are plunged from one disaster into the next.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0206512</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>SpongeBob Schwammkopf</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Set underwater in the Bikini Atoll, is a fictional town called Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants lives in his iconic pineapple house and loves hanging around with his best friend Patrick.SpongeBob also enjoys Jellyfishing, Blowing Bubbles, but most of all, enjoys working as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab.Patrick Star is SpongeBobs best friend and although he is seen to be dumb, he has shown signs of intelligence as well.Squidward Tentacles is also an employee at the Krusty Krab, but unlike SpongeBob he doesn't enjoy working there and is quite often unhappy about it. Squidward does enjoy Painting, Playing his Clarinet and collecting fancy items.Mr Eugene Krabs is the greedy owner and proprietor of the Krusty Krab restaurant. Despite being loving money, he does still respect SpongeBob as an employee. Mr Krabs also has a teenage, whale daughter named Pearl, who is often seen with her friends. He also has an ever ongoing feud with Plankton over his secret formula.Sandy Cheeks is the resident scientist in Bikini Bottom and along with Karen, she is the smartest member of the town. She is almost always helping out her friends with new inventions. Being a squirrel, she wears an air helmet when she is not in her tree dome.Sheldon and Karen Plankton are the owners of the restaurant across the street from the Krusty Krab, The Chum Bucket. The Chum Bucket doesn't usually get great business and Sheldon grows ever envious of Mr Krabs success and is always seen attempting to steal his secret formula. Karen is his computer wife and brains behind most of his evil schemes.Gary is SpongeBobs pet snail, which he loves a lot. Despite being a snail, Gary has also been showing signs of intelligence, but can also be quite sarcastic at times as well.Mrs Puff is SpongeBobs boating instructor, who has failed him over and over again, to the point where she doesn't want to get into the boat with him. She is also Mr Krabs' girlfriend and the two are seen having dates together.Some other characters seen round Bikini Bottom are, Larry the Lobster, BubbleBass and all the incidentals.Together, SpongeBob and his friends go on wacky adventures around Bikini Bottom.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Vincent Waller</director>
      <director>Dave Cunningham</director>
      <director>Alan Smart</director>
      <director>Sherm Cohen</director>
      <director>Stephen Hillenburg</director>
      <actor>Tom Kenny (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rodger Bumpass (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Fagerbakke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Clancy Brown (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mr. Lawrence (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dee Bradley Baker (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn Lawrence (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jill Talley (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Sirena Irwin (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Mary Jo Catlett (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Lori Alan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos Alazraqui (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1999</date>
    <star-rating>8.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDUwNjBkMmUtZjM2My00NmM4LTlmOWQtNWE5YTdmN2Y2MTgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Animal Adventure|Farce|Hand-Drawn Animation|Quirky Comedy|Sea Adventure|Slapstick|Animation|Comedy|Family|Fantasy</category>
    <review>When "Spongebob Squarepants" first started, I was one of those who watched it religiously. I absolutely loved it, and thought it was the best animated show on Nickelodean. I loved the fact it was funny, creative and original. It was vibrantly animated, with lavish colouring and convincing character features. The theme tune, what can I say? Probably the catchiest theme tune out of the shows airing on Nicolodean now. The writing was witty, funny and even intelligent, and the characters were endearing, from Spongebob himself, cynical Squidward, Eugene H. Karbs and the hilarious Patrick. And the voice acting was well done.So why did I not give it a higher score? Like "Rugrats" and "The Simpsons" the newer episodes don't work. They aren't as funny or as creative in terms of written quality as the older episodes,relying too much on toilet humour, and the voice acting sometimes is lazy, Patrick in particular now seems bored and world weary now. And Spongebob, the voice is way too high. The episode ideas aren't as original or as well thought out, in fact they are rather predictable and unrealistic. The animation and the theme tune are pretty much the only things that make the newer episodes remotely watchable. All in all, I do really like this show, for the sense of fun and creativity it has, but I just wish the newer episodes weren't as tired. 7/10 Bethany Cox</review>
    <description>The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0212082</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das war unser Rommel</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Documentary about the German campaign in Africa in 1941/42 and the personality of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Horst Wiganko</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDA3NDk5OTg2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzYxNzM5._V1_QL75_UX134_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary|War</category>
    <description>Documentary about the German campaign in Africa in 1941/42 and the personality of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0042500</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Schündler</director>
      <actor>Willy Rösner (role=Benedikt Oberbucher)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Richter (role=Vitus Brandner)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Kinz (role=Posthalterin)</actor>
      <actor>Erika von Thellmann (role=Kuni Schlederer)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Cornelius (role=Afra Schlederer)</actor>
      <actor>Erika Remberg (role=Veronika)</actor>
      <actor>Elise Aulinger (role=Barbara)</actor>
      <actor>Gustl Gstettenbaur (role=Ludwig)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz-Leo Fischer (role=Serventa)</actor>
      <actor>Sepp Nigg (role=Klarinettensteffl)</actor>
      <actor>Thea Aichbichler (role=Theres)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Pinegger (role=Jägerfranzl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1950</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjU3NDE5MjY3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjczNzEwMzE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR30,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048403</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The modern priest Hell gives orphan Annerl a job and a home in his house. The pretty young girl is being stalked by landlord Finsterberg. When she keeps on turning him down, he spreads rumors about Annerl and Hell in the small village.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Lehner</director>
      <actor>Waltraut Haas (role=Annerl)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Auer (role=Pfarrer Hell)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Kinz (role=Wirtschafterin Brigitte)</actor>
      <actor>Attila Hörbiger (role=Gutsherr Finsterberg)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Ladengast (role=Sepp)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Rueprecht (role=Michel Berndorfer)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Ehmann (role=Einödpfarrer)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Pröckl (role=Mesner)</actor>
      <actor>Theodor Grieg (role=Gamswirt)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Glaser (role=Krämerwirt)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Schmidtberger (role=1. Bruder von Michel)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Gutschy (role=Bruder von Michel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|West Germany</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>4.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjM2MTg5NGMtN2JiZC00NTcwLTk2ZDgtZjM1MmMwZWNmMTJkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>The modern priest Hell gives orphan Annerl a job and a home in his house. The pretty young girl is being stalked by landlord Finsterberg. When she keeps on turning him down, he spreads rumors about Annerl and Hell in the small village.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053937</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ich zähle täglich meine Sorgen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Martin</director>
      <actor>Peter Alexander (role=Peter Hollmann)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Schöner (role=Rosemary Bancroft)</actor>
      <actor>Gunther Philipp (role=Teddy Quick)</actor>
      <actor>Loni Heuser (role=Elisabeth Myrtle)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane König (role=Tatjana)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Esser (role=Kapitän Friedrichsen)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Waitzmann (role=Erster Offizier Petzold)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Paetsch (role=William Bancroft)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Hartig (role=Zahlmeister)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Franck (role=Tajada)</actor>
      <actor>Benno Gellenbeck (role=Figueiras)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Lorenz (role=Miss Kerr)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2FkMjFlZTMtNmMyNS00OGI1LWFjNjYtYTBhNjMwZTY1MTIwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Musical</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0457261</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Peter Steiners Theaterstadl</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Steiner</director>
      <director>Alfred Anders</director>
      <director>Peter Goercke</director>
      <director>Adal Berto</director>
      <director>Egon Biscan</director>
      <actor>Gerda Steiner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Steiner (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Seyfried (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gerda Steiner-Paltzer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Auer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Rudi Decker (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Manfred Maier (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Erna Wassmer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Winfried Frey (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Manuela Denz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Franz A. Huber (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Nino Korda Jr. (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany|West Germany</country>
    <date>1986</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWVlOWY5MjAtM2Q1Zi00MzdlLWIyMGItNmQ0OTNhODUxYjUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family|Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0058039</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die drei Scheinheiligen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Schott-Schöbinger</director>
      <actor>Willy Millowitsch (role=Hubert Kleiner)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Juhnke (role=Horst Itzenblitz)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Gross (role=Siegfried Zackl)</actor>
      <actor>Viktor Staal (role=Dr. Ebert)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Reichert (role=Dr. Rothnagel)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Farner (role=Bettina Schöner)</actor>
      <actor>Teddy Parker (role=Toni)</actor>
      <actor>Ini Brunel (role=Anita Schöner)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Schultes (role=Max Kneisel)</actor>
      <actor>Herta Konrad (role=Stubenmädchen)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Schneider (role=Postenkommandant)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Grill (role=VW-Bus-Fahrer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1964</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWRjZjhkZGQtZWM4NS00MDFiLTg3MTQtZTk2MzJmODMyNWQ0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049318</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Hochzeit auf Immenhof</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story is set around 1956, two years after the first film. What was menacing then has become bitter truth: The Immenhof has been closed by officials, awaiting auction. In the meantime, Angela has died, so Jochen is now a widower. Oma Jantzen and Angela's younger sisters Dick and Dalli live with him in the forester's house. To save the manor house, Dalli has started a "pony circus" with the village children in the barn, while Dick has given up hope of Ethelbert ever returning; he hasn't written in over a year. She doesn't know he's already on his way, bringing along his university friend Ralf. When Ethelbert learns from Dalli that Dick and Ralf are getting much better acquainted than he was bargaining for (we're talking about getting to first-name basis here, it's the 1950s), and he also learns of the trouble the Immenhof is in, he secretly summons his rich uncle Pankraz and his beautiful daughter Margot to the forester's house. After many pranks the ponies and Dalli's gang of would-be cowboys play on Pankraz, he finally caves in, saves the Immenhof, and allows his daughter to marry Jochen. Dick is now expecting letters from Ralf, and Ethelbert may or may not transfer his attentions to Dalli.—emkarpf</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Volker von Collande</director>
      <actor>Angelika Meissner (role=Dick)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Brühl (role=Dalli)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Klinger (role=Jochen von Roth)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Nielsen (role=Pankraz)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Henckels (role=Dr. Pudlich)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Fuchs (role=Ethelbert)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Andersen (role=Margot)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Sieber (role=Hein Daddel)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Tost (role=Mans)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTdiODJkZmMtOWQ2ZC00ZWU5LWJlMTYtODc2YmVjOWNiMjU0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX96_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <review>This is part 2 of the so-called "Immenhof series". Although in principal it did not matter much who sat in the director's chair, this part with its already weaker story (than that of part 1) is not helped much by Volker von Collande's uninterested direction. It is a good thing that Fritz Arno Wagner was behind the camera, although he could not prevent that when finally something resembling a plot is starting (with the arrival of Hans Nielsen as the financial saver), the story telling becomes untidy.The main attraction remain the regulars of the cast: the both attractive Heidi Brühl and Angelika Meissner with their catching acting and both routinists Margarete Haagen and Paul Henckels</review>
    <description>The story is set around 1956, two years after the first film. What was menacing then has become bitter truth: The Immenhof has been closed by officials, awaiting auction. In the meantime, Angela has died, so Jochen is now a widower. Oma Jantzen and Angela's younger sisters Dick a...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0049318/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049495</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Meineidbauer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After his step brother Jacob dies in an accident, farmer Matthias Ferner learns from Paula, Jacob's spouse of many years, that she and her two children will inherit the whole farm. She takes over command immediately, failing to realize that he must feel like her servant. So he searches and destroys his brother's will and even swears a perjury in court - but there's a witness he didn't count in.—Tom Zoerner</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rudolf Jugert</director>
      <director>Edgar G. Ulmer</director>
      <actor>Heidemarie Hatheyer (role=Paula Roth)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Wery (role=Mathias Ferner)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Hörbiger (role=Marei Roth)</actor>
      <actor>Hans von Borsody (role=Franz Ferner)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Freitag (role=1. Grenzpolizist)</actor>
      <actor>Heino Hallhuber (role=Jakob Roth)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Offenbach (role=Christoph Demuth)</actor>
      <actor>Bobby Todd (role=Gast in der Schänke)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Völz (role=2. Grenzpolizist)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Hermann Schaufuß (role=Amtsrichter)</actor>
      <actor>Attila Hörbiger (role=Pichler, Revierleiter der Grenzpolizei)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmVkNTUwNjMtYTVhYi00NDgzLWJkMzYtNzA0NDYwZjc1YWNmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX296_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>After his step brother Jacob dies in an accident, farmer Matthias Ferner learns from Paula, Jacob's spouse of many years, that she and her two children will inherit the whole farm. She takes over command immediately, failing to realize that he must feel like her servant. So he se...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0049495/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0181982</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die blonde Christl</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An escapist story, from a popular Heimat writer, about a girl who falls in love with a small town violin maker, to take viewers' minds off the Depression there are Bavarian songs and scenes of skiing and hunting in the Alps.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Franz Seitz</director>
      <actor>Karin Hardt (role=Christine Schröder)</actor>
      <actor>Theodor Loos (role=Benekdikt Oberbucher)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf von Goth (role=Hans Brandtner)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Wernicke (role=Franz Lechner)</actor>
      <actor>Gertrud de Lalsky (role=Frau Schöder)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1933</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmZlYzZkZTMtNWU3ZS00Y2U4LTkzODgtMGY3N2Y5NjFiNzNlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX91_.jpg" />
    <description>An escapist story, from a popular Heimat writer, about a girl who falls in love with a small town violin maker, to take viewers' minds off the Depression there are Bavarian songs and scenes of skiing and hunting in the Alps.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0044204</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wenn die Abendglocken läuten</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Braun</director>
      <actor>Willy Birgel (role=Albrecht von Finke)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Holst (role=Gloria Römer)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hörbiger (role=Lehrer Storm)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Holt (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Fjorsen (role=Rosemarie)</actor>
      <actor>Käthe Haack (role=Frau Brenda)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Voß (role=Gutsherr von Brenda)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Reimann (role=Singer)</actor>
      <actor>Die Schöneberger Sängerknaben (role=Singers)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1951</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWNhM2NlMTctY2EyOC00NGE2LWE5NGItM2RmMjUyMWZhNmQ5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057338</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Musterknabe</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Company boss Fritz's younger brother Benno suffers from exam anxiety, so Fritz enrolls in school using Benno's name to graduate in his place. But because Fritz knows all the answers he is not exactly popular with his fellow students.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Jacobs</director>
      <actor>Peter Alexander (role=Dr. Fritz Geyer)</actor>
      <actor>Gunther Philipp (role=Dr. Erwin Berthold)</actor>
      <actor>Gusti Wolf (role=Frl. Puppernick, Sekretärin)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Jansen (role=Benno Geyer)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Carl (role=Erich Pacher)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Epp (role=Mathilde Pacher)</actor>
      <actor>Adrienne Gessner (role=Elisabeth Geyer)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Stoss (role=Prof. Kramm)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Loewe (role=Dr. Oberwasser)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Steinacher (role=Uschi, Bennos Freundin)</actor>
      <actor>Theo Lingen (role=Direktor Prof. Dr. Liebreich)</actor>
      <actor>Rosl Dorena (role=Anna, Haushälterin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTYyODg2NzctZjZhYS00MmNlLWI1NWMtYjVjM2EzY2ViZTNmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <review>Germany has wrongly been denied to have great humour and good comedians - Germany, in fact, has a lot, it is just ignored, too confined due to language barriers (like the wonderful Michael Bully Herbig stuff) or more on the intelligent/satirical side (Loriot, Dieter Nuhr etc.). A great comedic tradition of Germany (and Austria) is the tradition of funny but also satirical (intelligent criticism in a funny/entertaining way) high school movies, like the ultimate classic 'The punch bowl' featuring the wonderful Heinz Ruehmann in 1944, the Hans(i) Kraus stuff from the 1960ies and 1970ies up until recent successes like the F* ju Goethe (Suck me Shakespeare - not a fitting translation) - series. And this one is another example and a very well done one. I can't and won't conceal that I am biased since I have always been a huge fan of the most excellent Peter Alexander (but who isn't a fan of "Peter the Great"!), and consider me very happy having been able to meet him in person as a child at one of his shows. Beside his Count Bobby-movies (sometimes cheesy but always cute and funny, and also starring Gunther Philipp and Bill Ramsay) this is one of his best movies, witty, humourous, with a lot of charm of course, and also featuring the wonderful Theo Lingen, Gunther Philipp and Cornelia Froboess and cute songs (with funny lyrics and word changes). Although 'The punch bowl' is absolute cult and the F* ju Goethe-stuff is hilarious, I guess this is my favorite back-to-highschool-movie. RIP, Peter Alexander, you were superb</review>
    <description>Company boss Fritz's younger brother Benno suffers from exam anxiety, so Fritz enrolls in school using Benno's name to graduate in his place. But because Fritz knows all the answers he is not exactly popular with his fellow students.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048813</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wunschkonzert</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Accountant and would-be song-writer Willy inadvertently gets into a live TV game show and is tasked with finding, presenting and performing with a motley band of six amateur musicians within 90 minutes.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Erik Ode</director>
      <actor>Georg Thomalla (role=Willy Vogel)</actor>
      <actor>Germaine Damar (role=Inge)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Holm (role=Renate Holm)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Dahlke (role=Knoll)</actor>
      <actor>Bully Buhlan (role=Bully Buhlan)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Gross (role=Lüdecke)</actor>
      <actor>Peter W. Staub (role=Fireman, guitarist)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Juhnke (role=Horn)</actor>
      <actor>Peer Schmidt (role=Ad man, pianist)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Vespermann (role=Steinberg)</actor>
      <actor>Erica Beer (role=Knoll's wife)</actor>
      <actor>Inge Meysel (role=Cleaning lady)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>3.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDY0ZWUyMDUtMmMxMy00ODYwLWJmOTYtNTdmZDBjZjNlOGE5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX150_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <description>Accountant and would-be song-writer Willy inadvertently gets into a live TV game show and is tasked with finding, presenting and performing with a motley band of six amateur musicians within 90 minutes.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0044352</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>An jedem Finger zehn</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Erik Ode</director>
      <actor>Germaine Damar (role=Margit Rameau)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Auer (role=Bert Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Loni Heuser (role=Loni)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Fips Kluger)</actor>
      <actor>Bibi Johns (role=Biggy Nilsson)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Gross (role=Kontrabassist Franz Hempel)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Fuetterer (role=Gregor Bruchsal)</actor>
      <actor>Detlev Lais (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Kenneth Spencer (role=Okay)</actor>
      <actor>Hubert von Meyerinck (role=Direktor des Lido)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Kroll (role=Pensionswirt Kroll)</actor>
      <actor>Cornelia Froboess (role=Cornelia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1954</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc2ODYxOTE1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjEzNTAzMTE@._V1_QL75_UX93_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music|Romance</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062197</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rheinsberg</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Wolf und Claire verbringen ein Wochenende in dem romantischen Ort Rheinsberg.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Cornelia Froboess (role=Claire)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Wolff (role=Wolf)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Hinz (role=Claire's Father)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Stephan (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Peitsch (role=Carla)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Windeck (role=Frau Knappcke)</actor>
      <actor>Anita Kupsch (role=Paula)</actor>
      <actor>Ehmi Bessel (role=Claire's Mother)</actor>
      <actor>Dinah Hinz (role=Lissy)</actor>
      <actor>Willi Rose (role=Vogler)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Nicklisch (role=Innkeeper)</actor>
      <actor>Uwe Reichmeister (role=Ede)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1967</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE0YzIwMTAtZGU0Mi00NGNkLWExZGQtMjQ5ZTA0NWUzZWE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX276_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>Enchanting literary adaptation based on a story by Kurt TUCHOLSKY! EUROVISION star Cornelia FROBOESS (at the EUROVISION Song Contest 1962 for Germany with TWO LITTLE ITALIENERS) and the German actor Christian WOLFF (Forsthaus Falkenau, German television series on the ZDF channel in the 1990s) play a wonderfully cozy pair of lovers who courageously focus on the first trip together. Nostalgic and very harmless!Comedy specialist Kurt HOFFMANN (two GOLDEN GLOBEs for FELIX KRULL and WIR WUNDERKINDER) directed this film for CCC FILMKUNST by producer Artur BRAUNER (1918-2019). Other roles include well-known actresses such as Agnes WINDECK, Ruth STEPHAN, the later PRAXIS BÜLOWBOGEN (TV series on the German broadcaster ARD in the 1980s) star Anita KUPSCH and THE HERITAGE OF THE GULDENBURG (TV series on the German broadcaster ZDF in the 1980s) star Monika PEITSCH.446,000 viewers wanted to see the film, released by CONSTANTIN Filmverleih, in the cinema. A film made for nostalgia fans! Certainly a bit old-fashioned back then, but beautiful and touching</review>
    <description>Wolf und Claire verbringen ein Wochenende in dem romantischen Ort Rheinsberg.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0063920</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Kommissar</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Theodor Grädler</director>
      <director>Wolfgang Becker</director>
      <director>Wolfgang Staudte</director>
      <director>Dietrich Haugk</director>
      <director>Michael Braun</director>
      <actor>Erik Ode (role=Kommissar Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Reinhard Glemnitz (role=Heines)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Schramm (role=Grabert)</actor>
      <actor>Helma Seitz (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Wepper (role=Harry Klein)</actor>
      <actor>Elmar Wepper (role=Erwin Klein)</actor>
      <actor>Emily Reuer (role=Helga Lauer)</actor>
      <actor>Rosemarie Fendel (role=Franziska Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Helwig (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfrid Lier (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk Dautzenberg (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Astan (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1969</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGMyMTc3ZWEtZGYyYi00NjVmLWEwMGEtMTYyMmYyMTMxNDQ4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Well I was quite young when "Der Kommissar" (as far as I know the correct translation would be: the chief inspector) was on German tv from 1969 until 1976 but I remember it well. Even though I live in Portugal for 17 years now, I sometimes have the chance to see the reruns on German cable tv. I enjoy each episode.One thing that makes this tv series immediately stand out is its theater approach. Many a murderer is played by an excellent actor with classical stage experience. Often actors using the "method acting" approach are present to provide counter balance. Usually the whole cast is excellent.The team of four: Erik Ode in the title role, Reinhard Glemnitz, Guenther Schramm and Fritz Wepper (later in 1974 his brother Elmar took over) have an honest approach which is sadly missed from more recent German crime-solving tv series with the possible exception of "Der Alte"(roughly translated: the old police lieutenant) with the excellent Rolf Schimpf in the title role. Erik Ode adds a "world weariness" yet a sharp wit that stems from an old school which is sadly missed.I don't know if any English version of "Der Kommissar" exists (dubbed or with subtitles) but it is definitely worth checking out.Herbert Jarczyk's title music might sound a bit "outdated" (to put it mildly) but please don't let yourself get distracted by it.Der Kommissar: definitely quality classic German tv</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0070981</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Derrick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Stephan Derrick is a chief inspector with the Munich police who must solve murder cases with his assistant, Harry Klein. This show is based more on psychological methods to find out who the murderer was than on action scenes or car chases. Derrick prefers to talk to people and learn more about their personalities, so he considers the phone a vital instrument.—Peter W. Simeon</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Theodor Grädler</director>
      <director>Helmuth Ashley</director>
      <director>Zbynek Brynych</director>
      <director>Alfred Weidenmann</director>
      <director>Alfred Vohrer</director>
      <actor>Horst Tappert (role=Stephan Derrick)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Wepper (role=Harry Klein)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Schäfer (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Holger Petzold (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dirk Galuba (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Bormann (role=Kriminalbeamter Echterding)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Stoll (role=Kriminalbeamter Schröder)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Bertram (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Philipp Moog (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Gahr (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno W. Pantel (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Jarczyk (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODViMDE4ZmEtMjAwNi00OTYxLTg5YmItZjUwMjlhMzE3YTcyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama</category>
    <review>Coming from neighboring Poland, I had two German episodes in my life, both spanning a couple of years. The first one was in the 80s. I remember "Derrick" from that period, watching it regularly together with "One Case for Two" and "Tatort" productions. It was a good entertainment and helped me to learn German. Additional attraction of "Derrick" at that time was the fact that I remembered Fritz Wepper (playing Harry Klein) from famous "Cabaret" and very exciting WW-2 drama "The River Line". After leaving Germany, I always tried to remember that period of my life by regularly reading German books and watching some German productions in the original language. That way I came across the episodes from "Derrick" from the 70s, which simply captivated me. I started to understand why this series became popular in several countries. It offered a new approach by showing who has done it (like "Columbo"), but the most original for me was a combination of the crime genre with that of social drama. Some of the episodes could have been made by famous directors of the Italian, French, or Czech schools, but "Derrick" never got over-sentimental or boring. Those early episodes have almost the power of watching documentaries about the 70s. So I put "Derrick" alongside my other favorite crime TV series like "Columbo", "Taggart" or "Wallander".</review>
    <description>Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant, Inspector Harry Klein, solve murder cases in Munich and surrounding areas.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051675</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grabenplatz 17</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Erich Engels</director>
      <actor>Kai Fischer (role=Stimmungssängerin Isabella)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Preiss (role=Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Lange (role=Grossunternehmer Harald Flint)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Wahl (role=Kriminalsekretär Willy Wagenknecht)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Regnier (role=Polizeichemiker Dr. Wagenknecht)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Sebaldt (role=Ringkämpferin Anni Prasuhn)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Litto (role=Lily)</actor>
      <actor>Carsta Löck (role=Frau Quast)</actor>
      <actor>Elke Aberle (role=Evchen Flint)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Küster (role=Erzieherin Karin Drews)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Peters (role=Buchmacher Eugen Machon)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Meyn (role=Kriminalrat Sasse)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2RlYjFlNjUtY2NmZS00MGI1LTlhMzYtNzQ0ZjhjNzBkMDlhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX175_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <review>Broadcast in the same year, when Fröbe had his huge success in the Swiss child-serial-killing movie "It happened on broad daylight" (1958), he took over a small roll in "Grabenplatz 17". From now on, this huge and big man was mainly to see in the roles of villains, capital criminals and perverse murderers. These old criminal movies who filled the German 50ies practically alone, alongside with the first Lederhosen- and other sexually intended low-level achievements, were mainly a prolonged strategy to distract people from the still existing burdens of World War II and a strong economic recession before the weather became clearer in the 60ies.The main purpose of these movies was to entertain, and so they still should be watched. They are neither bad copies from the highly stylized American Film Noirs nor predecessors of the early French New Wave criminal movies by Jean-Pierre Melville. However, for everybody living abroad, movies like "Grabenplatz" 17 bring all those actors and actresses with whom one grew up back into one's living-room. Amongst all the so-so elaborates of the time when life, on both sides of the Ocean, was still a bit easier and even the police smoke and drank wherever they were, "Grabenplatz" 17 had a lucky fate insofar as it was directed by Erich Engels who directed twenty years ago most of the movies of Karl Valentin. I hope that the work of Engels, who is nearly forgotten nowadays, will appear part by part on DVD in the near future</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048624</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sissi</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Princess Elisabeth (Schneider), also known as Sissi, captivates the young Emperor of Austria, Francis Joseph (Böhm). His domineering mother, Archduchess Sophie (Degischer), has made plans for him to marry his cousin Princess Helene (Franz), but as fate would have it, he meets Sissi instead and is charmed by the vivacious princess who prefers fishing to courtly receptions.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ernst Marischka</director>
      <actor>Romy Schneider (role=Sissi)</actor>
      <actor>Karlheinz Böhm (role=Kaiser Franz Joseph)</actor>
      <actor>Magda Schneider (role=Vickie)</actor>
      <actor>Uta Franz (role=Nene)</actor>
      <actor>Gustav Knuth (role=Duke Max in Bavaria)</actor>
      <actor>Vilma Degischer (role=Archduchess Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Meinrad (role=Gendarmerie-Major Böckl)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Nikowitz (role=Archduke Franz Karl)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Fochler (role=Graf Grünne)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Böheim (role=Johann Petzmacher)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Archduke Carl-Ludwig)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Wagener (role=Baronin Wulffen)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc4NjQzMTUwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDM4NDYxMzE@._V1_QL75_UX163_.jpg" />
    <category>Period Drama|Comedy|Drama|History|Romance</category>
    <review>I know these films are considered by some purported high-brows to be of low popular-art form and saccharine emotions. They have historical inaccuracies and pander to the idea of what should-have-been, rather than perhaps quite what was. But-man oh man-they are extremely well-made and extremely enjoyable. There is nothing wrong with these films on a visceral or visual level.The production values in the sets and costumes and the magnificent outdoor locales makes these films really spectacular. But the very rich and cohesive performances by the cast are what keep these films alive. Above all Romy Schneider and Vilma Degischer as Sissi and Sofia playing the tension between the young empress and her formidable mother-in-law, are great to watch. Each has their own humanity and, actually, rich human qualities shine through in all of the other characters quite beautifully.Karl-Heinz Boehm is excellent as the young emperor torn between his love for the fresh and lively Sissi and duty to his by-the-book mother. And Magda Schneider and Gustav Knuth are warm and sympathetic as Sissi's parents.The restoration, recently performed on these films, has left them looking incredibly beautiful (on par with "Gone With the Wind"). And people are now able to enjoy these films in the U.S., as they have recently been sub-titled in English and given deluxe DVD transfers with bonus features. Apparently there was an assembled version made of all 3 films and dubbed-horribly-into English included in the set. But above all it is great to see them released here with a good translation and anexcellent DVD presentation</review>
    <description>In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0249943</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schloß Vogelöd</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Remake of a silent Murnau classic: a young man returning to his castle is suspected of murdering his brother, who had married the man's old sweetheart in his absence.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Max Obal</director>
      <actor>Walter Steinbeck (role=Leopold, Graf von Vogelöd)</actor>
      <actor>Carola Höhn (role=Marianne, Gräfin von Vogelöd)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Stüwe (role=Andreas, Leopolds Bruder)</actor>
      <actor>Käthe Haack (role=Maly, Baronin von Siebeneich)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Zesch-Ballot (role=Johann, Graf von Safferstätt)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Dunskus (role=Christoff von Brauenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Grete Reinwald (role=Käte von Brauenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Hellmer (role=Matthias, ein Waldhüter)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Sessak (role=Wally, Tochter des Waldhüters)</actor>
      <actor>F.W. Schröder-Schrom (role=Kriminalrat Kugler)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Adalbert Schlettow (role=Kriminalassistent Bornemann)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Ettel (role=Dr. Wappold, Kreisarzt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1936</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTkxMTMwZDItMDAyNy00YmVlLTgyN2UtZWVlYWFjMDg0MDY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX93_.jpg" />
    <category>Mystery</category>
    <description>Remake of a silent Murnau classic: a young man returning to his castle is suspected of murdering his brother, who had married the man's old sweetheart in his absence.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049309</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Heute heiratet mein Mann</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Liselotte Pulver (role=Thesi Petersen)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Heesters (role=Robert Petersen)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hubschmid (role=Georg Lindberg)</actor>
      <actor>Gustav Knuth (role=Karl Nielsen)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Regnier (role=Niki Springer)</actor>
      <actor>Gundula Korte (role=Karin Nielsen)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Maria Meineke (role=Betsy)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid van Bergen (role=Ulla Radtke, Mannequin)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Waldow (role=Direktor Wilhelm Anders)</actor>
      <actor>Lina Carstens (role=Tante Erna)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Haagen (role=Schwester Theophenia)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Finck (role=Dr. Agartz, Zahnarzt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzljZGM2YjctODVlNC00OWMwLTg3MmQtYjFmYTA5YzQ5NjY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX157_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0036227</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Ochsenkrieg</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Deppe</director>
      <actor>Elfriede Datzig (role=Julia Someiner)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Richter (role=Lampert Someiner)</actor>
      <actor>Wastl Lichtmanegger (role=Jakob Someiner)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Rösner (role=Runotter)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Kampers (role=Malimmes)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Sattler (role=Amtmann Someiner)</actor>
      <actor>Thea Aichbichler (role=Marianne Someiner)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Schmid-Wildy (role=Marimpfel)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (role=Heinrich von Burghausen)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Ulmer (role=Peter Pienzenauer)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Vogelsang (role=Schwarzecker)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Ehrhardt-Hardt (role=Sigwart)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1943</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzExMzc2YjEtNzBmMy00NDkyLTkwMjEtNWNhOWNjNmRhNzM1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX199_.jpg" />
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0047175</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Liebe und Trompetenblasen</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Weiss</director>
      <actor>Hans Holt (role=Peter von Salis)</actor>
      <actor>Nadja Tiller (role=Ninon Careli Star)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Koch (role=Bettina von Brixen)</actor>
      <actor>Adolf Gondrell (role=Stahl)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Muxeneder (role=Hupp)</actor>
      <actor>Gunnar Möller (role=Nikolaus von Laffen)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Schultze-Westrum (role=Frau von Barro)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Waldow (role=Oberst von Küchlin)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Weiss (role=Der Grossherzog Heinrich XVIII)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1954</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWI2NTI2ZGQtM2JkNi00NTYxLWE3MWQtY2Y1YWZhMWU5MmJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,19,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0045956</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Keine Angst vor großen Tieren</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Emil is a coward. When he falls in love with a woman who wants a real man, he has to find the courage beyond his jolly demeanor.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Ulrich Erfurth</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Emil Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Körner (role=Anni)</actor>
      <actor>Gustav Knuth (role=Schimmel)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Paudler (role=Frau Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Gisela Trowe (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Fuetterer (role=Bollmann)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Tiedtke (role=Zirkusdirektor)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Ponto (role=Polizei-Kommissar)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Sieber (role=Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Florath (role=Ziegler)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Slezak (role=Frau Richter)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Herking (role=Dame in Straßenbahn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxNTI3Njg5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjMzMzMyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX75_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Emil is a coward. When he falls in love with a woman who wants a real man, he has to find the courage beyond his jolly demeanor.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053941</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im weissen Rössl</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In the white Rössl.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Jacobs</director>
      <actor>Peter Alexander (role=Leopold Brandmeyer)</actor>
      <actor>Waltraut Haas (role=Josepha Vogelhuber)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Dor (role=Brigitte Giesecke)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Hoven (role=Dr. Siedler)</actor>
      <actor>Estella Blain (role=Klärchen Hinzelmann)</actor>
      <actor>Gunther Philipp (role=Sigismund Sülzheimer)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Finck (role=Prof. Hinzelmann)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Jelde (role=Wilhelm Giesecke)</actor>
      <actor>Frithjof Vierock (role=Piccolo Franzl)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Lindinger (role=Bürgermeister)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Winter (role=Mirzl)</actor>
      <actor>Raoul Retzer (role=Feuerwehrhauptmann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDAwNzBkZGUtOGJmZi00NzYyLWIxZmUtNDM3ZDlhOWVhMjVlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>I saw this when I was a child and even today I can remember the title track and "Was Kann Des Sigismund Dafür, Daß Er so Schön Ist ?" which was translated into French as "On A Le Béguin Pour Célestin" .I can remember Josepha the inn's owner and her butler ,Leopold ,in love with her.Then the guests' arrival and love is around the corner;the plot is made of lovers' to-ings and fro-ings.Everything can happen in that inn ,even the emperor Frances -Josef can come ;this chocolate box Austria with its Agfacolor (like in the Sissi saga ,another dear memory) is as kitsch and as charming as the old Christmas cards.I wish I could see it again</review>
    <description>In the white Rössl.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0046732</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the audience.—Ulf Kjell Gür</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Liebeneiner</director>
      <actor>Hans Albers (role=Hannes Wedderkamp)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Pittes Breuer)</actor>
      <actor>Fita Benkhoff (role=Luise)</actor>
      <actor>Erwin Strahl (role=Bilek)</actor>
      <actor>Sybil Werden (role=Marion)</actor>
      <actor>Gustav Knuth (role=Brandstetter snr)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Wagner (role=Kattmann)</actor>
      <actor>Helga Franck (role=Anni)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Graf (role=Jürgen Brandstetter)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Neuss (role=Nigrantz)</actor>
      <actor>Else Reval (role=Die stramme Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Liselotte Malkowsky (role=Singer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1954</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk4MTg1MzY1OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTA3NTA0Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime|Drama|Music</category>
    <description>After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the audience.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0047932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Charleys Tante</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two seducers, who have invited two charming Swedish women to their home, ask the brother of one of them to dress up as a woman and play the chaperons.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Quest</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Dr. Otto Dernburg)</actor>
      <actor>Hertha Feiler (role=Carlotta Ramirez)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Biederstaedt (role=Ralf Dernburg)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Charley Sallmann)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Stephan (role=Mona)</actor>
      <actor>Bum Krüger (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Olden (role=Wolke)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Peters (role=Britta Nielsen)</actor>
      <actor>Elisa Loti (role=Ulla Bergström)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Leibelt (role=Niels Bergström)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hörbiger (role=August Sallmann)</actor>
      <actor>Helmuth Rudolph (role=Consul General)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjExNTM1NjQyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjI0MTM5._V1_QL75_UX133_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>Brandon Thomas classic comedy gets the average German 50's cinema treatment here: mediocre production values and uninspired direction of a routinist without any guts. But we may be glad that Heinz Rühmann was given the opportunity to play the aunt as it he and both Paul Hörbiger and Hans Leibelt who make the film worth watching: when they are on the scene there is something to laugh about. Any other moment the film is dreary and makes the viewer long for a next scene with the three mentioned gentlemen.Hans Quest did not really know what to do with the material to make the whole thing into a fast-paced comedy that will not let the viewer have time to think about what he is seeing; and that is what "Charley's Aunt" needs. Dull supporting cast (very disappointing Hertha Feiler and Ruth Stephan, but were their parts written well enough?). Hans Olden has a repeated one-liner that must have been very funny on paper, but neither he nor Quest knew how to make the repeated joke work.But enjoy Heinz Rühmann as the aunt, and surely when he does the "Amazonas-Mambo". (5/10)</review>
    <description>Two seducers, who have invited two charming Swedish women to their home, ask the brother of one of them to dress up as a woman and play the chaperons.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054464</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Weit ist der Weg</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Schleif</director>
      <actor>Freddy Quinn (role=Freddy)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Schöner (role=Anita)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Schultze-Westrum (role=Schwester Teresa)</actor>
      <actor>Leon Askin (role=Luiz)</actor>
      <actor>Panos Papadopulos (role=Nelito)</actor>
      <actor>Nayantara (role=Janni)</actor>
      <actor>Eduardo Abbas (role=Capanga do Luiz)</actor>
      <actor>Dionísio Azevedo (role=Delegado)</actor>
      <actor>Eugenio Kusnet (role=Doctor)</actor>
      <actor>Antonio Pitanga (role=Cobrador no Bonde)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTg1MzEyMDQ4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjIyNzg4._V1_QL75_UX134_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Musical</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048809</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Theo Lingen</director>
      <actor>Paula Wessely (role=Maria Lindner)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Rueprecht (role=Prinz Karlheinz)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Schulz (role=Obeerhofmarschall Clewing)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Sima (role=Ministerpräsident Barthel)</actor>
      <actor>Eduard Linkers (role=Finanzminister Bollemann)</actor>
      <actor>Guido Wieland (role=Kultusminister)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Kupetz (role=Forstminister)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Hörbiger (role=Lore, Tochter der Wirtin)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Sandt (role=Mizzi)</actor>
      <actor>Helli Servi (role=Fräulein Liebling)</actor>
      <actor>Theo Lingen (role=Blackwell)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Conrads (role=Fox)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWUxOWVjOTMtYmFmNC00Mzk3LThiZmYtN2U0YTVmYjgyYzFiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX85_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32639349</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Sonne über dem Meer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Schlechte</director>
      <actor>Arno Assmann (role=Der Gesandte)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Burg (role=Ehefrau Louise)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Bleibtreu (role=Tochter Aline)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Umberg (role=Bruno)</actor>
      <actor>Benno Sterzenbach (role=Geschäftsmann August-Leo Braner)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Solbrig (role=Ehefrau Sophie Braner)</actor>
      <actor>Volker Eckstein (role=Der junge Flüchtling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzY1ZTE3NGMtYWVmNS00NWQ5LTk2ZTUtODE2MmZmMWNlN2IxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR24,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0070651</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Hannes has his muzzle full at the beginning and quits with his boss. He travels to his grandfather for a rest. A dramatic romance about Hannes ultimately leads to him being able to help his grandpa. And he returns to his boss.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Jacobs</director>
      <actor>Roy Black (role=Hannes Cremer)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Nielsen (role=Renate Berndorf)</actor>
      <actor>Heidi Hansen (role=Ilse Berndt)</actor>
      <actor>Elke Aberle (role=Mucki)</actor>
      <actor>Anita Mally (role=Babs)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Millowitsch (role=Zimmermann Uwe)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Haensler (role=Annie)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (role=Fotograf Harry)</actor>
      <actor>Gracia-Maria Kaus (role=Janine Breitner)</actor>
      <actor>Rut Rex (role=Luise Klingenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Olsen (role=Breitner)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Garden (role=Silvia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>4.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDAzZGI2YmUtNDExZi00MjQ4LTlhYzktOTczMDI4NzczMGRjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX437_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <review>This picture is atypical of the genre; it has no subplots and it seems the director had some difficulty concentrating on the subject-matter of the picture. The films seems empty at times.. However, having said this, it is still a Roy Black picture with singing, honest emotions and good intentions. Boy meets girl, misunderstanding, separation, and then bliss, happiness.. A nice movie for a late Sunday afternoon in which you have nothing else to do and enjoy adolescent romantics and antics. Biederstaedt is fine actor but his role is limited, Peter Millowitsch is just playing himself. In 2008 still going strong in his own Kölnisch theater with folk-comedies. Not a good movie, bordering on darkish camp and therefore representative of the seventies. Times were not hopeful with the oil-crisis and rising unemployment</review>
    <description>Hannes has his muzzle full at the beginning and quits with his boss. He travels to his grandfather for a rest. A dramatic romance about Hannes ultimately leads to him being able to help his grandpa. And he returns to his boss.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049293</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Hauptmann von Köpenick</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...—Patrick Dersjant</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Käutner</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Wilhelm Voigt)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Held (role=Dr. Obermüller)</actor>
      <actor>Hannelore Schroth (role=Mathilde Obermüller)</actor>
      <actor>Willy A. Kleinau (role=Friedrich Hoprecht)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Steckel (role=Adolph Wormser)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Domin (role=Jail Director)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Schellow (role=Capt. von Schlettow)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Willy Wormser)</actor>
      <actor>Bum Krüger (role=Schutzmann Kilian)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Offenbach (role=Wabschke)</actor>
      <actor>Ilse Fürstenberg (role=Marie Hoprecht, Voigts Schwester)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Sebaldt (role=Auguste Viktoria Wormser, seine Tochter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>7.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc3MDczNzQ1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDM3Njc5._V1_QL75_UX130_.jpg" />
    <category>Satire|Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>In 1940 one of Germany's finest directors and its most popular actor combined to make a delightful piece entitled 'Clothes make the man' and teamed up again sixteen years later with this adaptation of Carl Zuckmayer's satire on the dangers of militarism which had been previously filmed twice by Richard Oswald. Although the milieus are totally different, both films have a not dissimilar theme, dealing as they do with how one's social standing and how one is viewed are determined by the way one is costumed.Both films are essentially vehicles for the immensely talented and much-loved Heinz Ruehmann whose persona encourages the viewer's sympathies. Although greatly admired by Hitler and co., he had cleverly managed to appear neutral whilst his influence enabled his ravishing wife Hertha Feiler to star in films despite her grandmother being Jewish. Both he and director Helmut Kautner somehow succeeded in remaining apolitical.This latter film takes a satirical swipe at both the military mentality and the Prussian cult of the uniform whilst the visual juxtapostions of the military elite and the hoi polloi are well realised. Quite a few buffoons on display of course with a particularly fine performance by Martin Held whilst Hannelore Schroth as his wife does her best in a thankless role. It is not without its serious moments and Ruehmann's plea as the hapless Wilhelm Voigt for humanity over rules touches the heart.It is a faithful adaptation with excellent production values and would have delighted Ruehmann devotees whose presence guaranteed a healthy box office but for this viewer at any rate the director seems, unusually for him, to have played it safe on this occasion and not taken any chances which results in the film somehow lacking the requisite bite.What it does in no uncertain terms is to call to mind Peter Ustinov's observation: "The Army is the final repository of the fool.</review>
    <description>A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Pru...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0049293/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0062935</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Ente klingelt um halb acht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>German Italian parody of spy comedies in American dress. Punctuality and roasting taps are the focal point of this fast-paced history with Heinz Rühmann.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rolf Thiele</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Dr. Alexander)</actor>
      <actor>Hertha Feiler (role=Adele)</actor>
      <actor>Graziella Granata (role=Dr Jaspers)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Regnier (role=Professor Sauermann)</actor>
      <actor>John Van Dreelen (role=Rechtsanwalt Kellermann)</actor>
      <actor>Balduin Baas (role=Lesender)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Schündler (role=Staatsanwalt)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Allerson (role=Tommy)</actor>
      <actor>Monica Teuber (role=Ulrike)</actor>
      <actor>Inge Marschall (role=Krankenschwester)</actor>
      <actor>Angela Hillebrecht (role=Ilse)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Epskamp (role=Polizeiarzt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Italy|West Germany</country>
    <date>1968</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzQwNDkzMTc4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjAzMTI5._V1_QL75_UX77_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Rolf Thiele obviously wanted to make a grotesque and topical satire on social, technical and political changes in the 60's, but neither the grotesque nor the satire came very easy with him. It is a very poor and in the meantime also very dated and talkative satire. Not only the satire is poor, the film is poorly made too; Thiele never had any control. The film never runs smoothly and some trick cinematography is cheaply executed. Married couple Heinz Rühmann and Hertha Feiler are totally at a loss here; this would be their last film together and it is a shame that it had to be this dud</review>
    <description>German Italian parody of spy comedies in American dress. Punctuality and roasting taps are the focal point of this fast-paced history with Heinz Rühmann.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0071170</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Jacobs</director>
      <actor>Detlev Eckstein (role=Peter 'Pitt' Ahrens)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Herberger (role=Felix Kempfmann)</actor>
      <actor>Jutta Speidel (role=Julia Fabian)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Krüger (role=Fräulein Steiner)</actor>
      <actor>Kristina Nel (role=Astrid)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Tappert (role=Dr. Siegfried Elsenbeck)</actor>
      <actor>Gerlinde Locker (role=Frau Ahrens)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Biederstaedt (role=Wolfgang Ahrens)</actor>
      <actor>Konrad Georg (role=Krüger)</actor>
      <actor>Margot Trooger (role=Fräulein Landgraf)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Mack (role=Dr. Krummbach)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Spier (role=Wiesling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1974</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2Y0ZmQyNGUtMTYxNy00ZThhLTk2MDYtOWI1OWYzYjI5MGJkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX180_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0244650</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Martinsklause</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Richard Häussler</director>
      <actor>Willy Rösner (role=Waze, Verweser im Gadener Land)</actor>
      <actor>Gisela Fackeldey (role=Recka)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Engelmann (role=Eberwein, Propst von Berchtesgaden)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Richter (role=Sigenot, der Fischer)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Cornelius (role=Edelrot)</actor>
      <actor>Ferdinand Anton (role=Ruedlieb Schönauer)</actor>
      <actor>Sepp Nigg (role=Wambo)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Janssen (role=Waldram)</actor>
      <actor>Hubert Kiurina (role=Henning)</actor>
      <actor>Alf Eder (role=Sindel)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Dahlen (role=Rimiger)</actor>
      <actor>Uli Steigberg (role=Hartwig)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1951</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGUyZjExZTItZDgzNi00NWY1LTgwZjMtNGE1NGZiOWNkYzI0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0064696</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Morgens um Sieben ist die Welt noch in Ordnung</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A quirky family lives their simple but joyful life which centers around the youngest family member, a little boy.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Archibald Eser (role=Gaylord)</actor>
      <actor>Gerlinde Locker (role=May)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Arens (role=Jocelyn)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Hinz (role=Grandfather)</actor>
      <actor>Agnes Windeck (role=Aunt Marigold)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Körber (role=Rose)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=Becky)</actor>
      <actor>Gerd Vespermann (role=Roberts)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Bötticher (role=Stan)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Zacher (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Lissa (role=Frau Fogerty)</actor>
      <actor>Gerd Lohmeyer (role=Willy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1968</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTZmZTYxNzAtNmZhMS00ZGFlLTllMmMtODNhMTFmMzMwMjMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX280_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Family</category>
    <description>A quirky family lives their simple but joyful life which centers around the youngest family member, a little boy.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052061</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Peter Voss, der Millionendieb</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Writer Peter Voss is faking a bank robbery, to find the robber of a rare jewelery.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Becker</director>
      <actor>O.W. Fischer (role=Peter Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid Andree (role=Barbara Rottmann)</actor>
      <actor>Margit Saad (role=Marion)</actor>
      <actor>Mara Lane (role=Monique)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mosbacher (role=The Baron)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Carsten (role=Willy)</actor>
      <actor>Henri Cogan (role=Otto)</actor>
      <actor>Boy Gobert (role=Ramon Cadalso)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Leibelt (role=Mr. Rottmann)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Linkmann (role=Van Zanten)</actor>
      <actor>Franz-Otto Krüger (role=Uhl)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Bobby Dodd)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjEzNjAyNjAyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDUzMjYzMzE@._V1_QL75_UX328_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>Nice, exotic and colourful escapism with O.W. Fischer as the right choice for Peter Voss. It could have been faster paced and it has a slow start; this is compensated by all the locations (Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Portugal etc), the silly but enjoyable story (in this version extended) and the beautiful women. There is one problem with the logic of this version: the real identity of Van Zanten could have been established long before Peter Voss arrives at Hong Kong.Compared to the Peter Voss of 1946 it has more style and maybe elegance, but the Bobby Dodd here played by Walter Giller is no match for the splendid one played by Karl Schönbock. While in the 1946 version Peter Voss starts as a bank clerk, in this version he is already a swinger. All in all, this version is a O.W. Fischer vehicle and the 1946 version a film for the whole cast. Boy Gobert has a very funny cameo as a matador afraid of flying. In short: good fun</review>
    <description>Writer Peter Voss is faking a bank robbery, to find the robber of a rare jewelery.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053166</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Peter Voss, der Held des Tages</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Peter Voss is once again on a mission to help a good friend. He is to find eight stolen Ming figures of inestimable value.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Georg Marischka</director>
      <actor>O.W. Fischer (role=Peter Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Christian (role=Grace McNaughty)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Giller (role=Bobby Dodd)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Vogel (role=Prinz José Villarossa)</actor>
      <actor>Ingmar Zeisberg (role=Dolly)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Mosbacher (role=Baron de Clock)</actor>
      <actor>Helga Sommerfeld (role=Mary de la Roche)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Linkmann (role=Rechtsanwalt Perrier)</actor>
      <actor>Ralf Wolter (role=Charley, der Jockey)</actor>
      <actor>Ady Berber (role=Leslie aus Texas)</actor>
      <actor>Stanislav Ledinek (role=Präsident)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Englisch (role=Haushälterin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>5.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM1MDAyMzUyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODE2Mzc5MQ@@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <review>Worthless, talkative and annoying sequel to the Peter Voss film of 1958. Due to the terrible direction of Georg Marishka it misses the elements that made part 1 such fun: humour and flair. The script is bad and disjointed and contains a very illogical plot in which O.W. Fischer has to disguise himself ad nauseam. Fischer is okay but cannot save this dud, and has to carry the film by himself, as the rest of the cast - including that overrated (as sex kitten, that is) Linda Christian - is uniformly boring. The Peter Voss series was not continued after this one, but at least one Bobby Dodd rip-off was made</review>
    <description>Peter Voss is once again on a mission to help a good friend. He is to find eight stolen Ming figures of inestimable value.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051333</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>...und abends in die Scala</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Nobody knows the real identity of famous singer Gloria del Castro because she is married to the secretary of family Pierre de Motestant, who shall not know that she is a star. When she get to know that her husband has an affair, she decides to disclose her identity and sign a contract with the Berliner Scala. But shortly after that peace in the family is restored and she is unwilling to fulfill the contract. This is the chance for Catarina Duval a Parisian vaudeville actress who wants to become a revue star. She is engaged as substitute and presented as Gloria del Castro to the audience. At the premiere night real Cloria del castro is watching the show with her stand-in. How will she react?—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Erik Ode</director>
      <actor>Caterina Valente (role=Caterina Duval)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Riedmann (role=Robert Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Stephan (role=Trudchen Putzke)</actor>
      <actor>Hubert von Meyerinck (role=Alfons Spadolini)</actor>
      <actor>Silvio Francesco (role=Silvio)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Allan (role=Nico)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Waldow (role=Direktor Hagemann)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Lieven (role=Pierre de Motestant)</actor>
      <actor>Gerold Wanke (role=Bobby Fox)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Mira (role=Frau Mertens)</actor>
      <actor>Lise Bourdin (role=Yvette de Motestant)</actor>
      <actor>Billy Daniel (role=Choreograph)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDA4NTYwOWItYTg1Ni00NGE2LTk2ZjktNDNhM2IyZDdlNTNjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX185_.jpg" />
    <category>Musical|Romance</category>
    <review>Nostalgic Schlager - Spaß / hit fun with Caterina ValenteA singer married to an influential minister has scored a few hits incognito, so that everyone is now wondering who the successful singing star actually is. A busy impresario (Hubert von Meyerinck) accidentally books the stage of the prestigious SCALA with the help of his enchanting assistant Trudchen Putzke (sweet as always: Ruth Stephan) in order to finally make the unknown star known. It's just stupid that Ms. Minister wants to remain unknown at all costs! What could be more obvious than to hire a still undiscovered young singer named Caterina Duval (of course: La Valente!), who performs on the backstage stages in Paris with her partners Silvio (Silvio Francesco) and Nico (Richard Allan), as a supposed super star! It's just a shame that the proud lady doesn't want to appear under someone else's name! The director Robert Mertens (Gerhard Riedmann) still has to do a lot of work...You didn't need more plot for schlager / pop fun from the golden fifties. Caterina Valente was able to rely on a proven dream team with producer Artur Brauner (CCC Film) and screenwriter Curth Flatow ("Ich heirate eine Familie"). The later television legend Erik Ode (1910-1983, "Der Kommissar") acted as director. The turbulent film premiered on February 22, 1958 in the Stuttgart universe.Caterina Valente sings one of her biggest hits with "Play again for me, Habanero". Other songs: "A Night on the Rio Grande", "Music is in the Air". Brigitte Mira and Monika Peitsch appear in smaller roles.One drawback is that Gerhard Riedmann (1925-2004) remains all too pale as the main character. The chemistry with La Valente isn't right either. The dance scenes with her brother Silvio Francesco and the great American Richard Allan, whom Marilyn Monroe instigated in "Niagara" to attempt to murder her husband Joseph Cotten, are convincing. Seeing these three sing and dance together was worth the price of admission!The great Caterina Valente only celebrated her 90th birthday in January 2021. It's time to rediscover this great entertainer</review>
    <description>The chorus girl Caterina Duval gets the chance of her life when hired as stand-in of a famous star. On the opening night Catarina is singing, dancing and stepping into the hearts of the audience.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0058906</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>An der Donau, wenn der Wein blüht</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Since architect Frank Richter's wife's death, their son Florian (7) is determined to see his dad marries to get hum an second mother. Durng a trip from Bavaria to uncle Maurice's monastery by Danube steamer, the young Cupid selects and fetches an ideal candidate, Gabriele Welser. Dr. Walter Kuntz, her fiancé, meanwhile travel along the Danube by sports-car and picks up a sassy hitchhiker to his taste.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Géza von Cziffra</director>
      <actor>Hansjörg Felmy (role=Frank Richter)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Schöner (role=Gabriele Welser)</actor>
      <actor>Gaston Brocksieper (role=Florian Richter)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Dr. Walter Kuntz)</actor>
      <actor>Letícia Román (role=Susi Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Markus (role=Hofrätin Welser)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Eybner (role=Diener Ferdinand)</actor>
      <actor>Ottilie Iwald (role=Frau Beck)</actor>
      <actor>Edd Stavjanik (role=Chauffeur Martin)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Habietinek (role=Tagportier)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Puchstein (role=Nachtportier)</actor>
      <actor>Hansi Prinz (role=Wirtin Aurora)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|West Germany</country>
    <date>1965</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDVkYmZhM2QtMzY5My00ZmVhLTg3NDEtMGRhODA1MWM1MGYzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX153_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Since architect Frank Richter's wife's death, their son Florian (7) is determined to see his dad marries to get hum an second mother. Durng a trip from Bavaria to uncle Maurice's monastery by Danube steamer, the young Cupid selects and fetches an ideal candidate, Gabriele Welser....&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0058906/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054465</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Austrian count von Warthenberg is a grumpy stud-farm-recluse since his wife's death. Ths summer, his old lover Susanne Weiden arrives, hoping for a 'fat' marriage and inheritance. But his daughter Hanna made other plan with secret lover Michael, teacher of Vienna's world-famous Wiener Sängerknaben, who will spend their Alpine countryside holiday in the village. Among them is adolescent Michael 'Mikel', son of the count's estranged elder daughter Maria. The plan is to make grandpa and knave meet and bond before their blood-ties are revealed. A stray dog accidentally and equestrian genes help.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Eduard von Borsody</director>
      <actor>Willy Birgel (role=Graf von Warthenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Schwiers (role=Susanne Weiden)</actor>
      <actor>Teddy Reno (role=Singer)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Ande (role=Michael)</actor>
      <actor>Annie Rosar (role=Alma)</actor>
      <actor>Loni von Friedl (role=Hanna)</actor>
      <actor>Senta Wengraf (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Carl (role=Der Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>Hermann Thimig (role=Dr. Mersmann)</actor>
      <actor>Lola Urban-Kneidinger (role=Frau Roesner)</actor>
      <actor>Alfred Costas (role=Maxi)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Horn (role=Bürgermeister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjg1YjkyMGEtMGRiYS00Njc5LTlmNzAtMjlkYjc0NzRjZGVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>The usual one-dimensional life in the Heimat is this time centered around the shrill voices of the Viennese Boys Choir without no one around to keep them from singing, on the contrary. The story is as simple and exciting as the snow on the mountains and excessively sentimental. Direction and acting are poor. There is, however, one scene (the father talking about his horse with his daughter's lover, who thinks that the father is talking about his fiancee) that is side splitting funny; maybe Willy Birgel thought: Let's do at least one scene worthwhile</review>
    <description>Austrian count von Warthenberg is a grumpy stud-farm-recluse since his wife's death. Ths summer, his old lover Susanne Weiden arrives, hoping for a 'fat' marriage and inheritance. But his daughter Hanna made other plan with secret lover Michael, teacher of Vienna's world-famous W...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0054465/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053855</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Gauner und der liebe Gott</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Axel von Ambesser</director>
      <actor>Gert Fröbe (role=Paul Wittkowski)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Vogel (role=Anton Braumberger)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Schwiers (role=Maria Holzmann)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Englisch (role=Frau Nestle)</actor>
      <actor>Manfred Kunst (role=Peter Holzmann)</actor>
      <actor>Barbara Gallauner (role=Fräulein Mauer)</actor>
      <actor>Toni Treutler (role=Thérèse Braumberger)</actor>
      <actor>Gerd Seid (role=Richard)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Zander (role=Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Jacob (role=Gerichtspräsident)</actor>
      <actor>Erland Erlandsen (role=Kriminalkommissar)</actor>
      <actor>Karlheinz Böhm (role=Pater Steiner)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODNiMzBjMGUtNTJlYi00Njc3LWEzOTktMzMzYzliZjY3MTI1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <review>Gert Froebe, internationally best known as "Goldfinger", the opponent of James Bond, is a safeblower, who was betrayed by his best friend. Now he's on the run and hides in a small village by impersonating a priest. There he needs all his skills to help a young widow and her son, cause Mr. Baumberger (Vogel), the "bad guy" of the village, wants to get the bailiffs onto her. The bond is locked in the safe, so you should get the idea. I like this movie very much. It's highly enjoyable and even after watching it several times I like the interaction of Froebe and Karl-Heinz Boehm (the sun of the famous conductor Karl Boehm). If you can watch it do so</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0053885</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gustav Adolfs Page</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes for her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancé Roland. Of course she must hide that she's a woman, especially when they go to war against Wallenstein.—Tom Zoerner</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Rolf Hansen</director>
      <actor>Liselotte Pulver (role=Page Gustl Leubelfing)</actor>
      <actor>Curd Jürgens (role=König Gustav Adolf)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Schwiers (role=Korinna)</actor>
      <actor>Walther Reyer (role=Hauptmann Roland)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Schmid (role=Herzog von Lauenburg)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Nielsen (role=Bürgermeister Leubelfing)</actor>
      <actor>Eddi Arent (role=Anton Leubelfing)</actor>
      <actor>Lina Carstens (role=Haushälterin Therese)</actor>
      <actor>Vera Complojer (role=Wirtin)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Eybner (role=Seni)</actor>
      <actor>Helmo Kindermann (role=Lauenburgs Bote)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriele Reismüller (role=Königin Maria Eleonora)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM0MjE0MDgxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzk1MDMzMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX155_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance|War</category>
    <review>Based on the well-known novella by the Swiss writer Conrad Ferdinand MEYER (1825 - 1898), director Rolf HANSEN tells an unheard of incident from the time of the Thirty Years' War. The young Gustl (Liselotte PULVER) lives as an orphan with her uncle (Hans NIELSEN), who is the mayor of Nuremberg. As an ardent admirer of the Swedish King Gustav Adolf (Curd JÜRGENS), she seizes the opportunity and becomes the successful warlord's page instead of the overly anxious mayor's son (Eddi ARENT). To do this, of course, she has to pretend to be a man. After THE WIRTSHAUS IM SPESSART (1958), another "trouser roll" for the tomboyish Liselotte PULVER. But it's not just Gustl's mistress Korinna (Ellen SCHWIERS) who soon discovers the young page's secret. The Swedish king's numerous enemies soon sense their chance...Beautiful pictures from picturesque Rothenburg ob der Tauber and a tried and tested literary adaptation! This really can't go wrong! The chemistry between Lilo PULVER and BAFTA AWARD nominee Curd JÜRGENS (in 1959 he was nominated for THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS with Ingrid BERGMAN) simply doesn't work. The film wasn't well received at the West German box office either. Only 1,218,000 visitors wanted to see the film, which was now considered too old-fashioned. With an average entry fee at the time of EUR 0.74 (source: InsideKino), that makes a BOX OFFICE the equivalent of only EUR 901,320.For Liselotte PULVER, one of the superstars of the West German film industry, it was also annoying that she had to turn down two lucrative offers because of her commitments to GUSTAV ADOLFS PAGE: She would have been cast as Esther (who was then played by the Israeli actress Haya HARAREET) in the MGM Production BEN-HUR and as the female lead (Sophia LOREN) in EL CID! PULVER may have reconciled that she met her long-time husband Helmut SCHMID on GUSTAV ADOLFS PAGE, who was part of the cast alongside Walter REYER and Gabriele REISMÜLLER</review>
    <description>Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes for her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancé Roland. Of course she must hide that she's a woman, especially when they go to war against Wallenst...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0053885/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054025</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der letzte Zeuge</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid, who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to someone else. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer must overcome the unaccountably-biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor, and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defense lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Staudte</director>
      <actor>Martin Held (role=Direktor Werner Rameil)</actor>
      <actor>Hanns Lothar (role=Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Schwiers (role=Ingrid Bernhardy)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Goslar (role=Dr. Heinz Stephan)</actor>
      <actor>Adelheid Seeck (role=Gerda Rameil)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Hinz (role=Landgerichtsrat Ricker)</actor>
      <actor>Lore Hartling (role=Assessorin Ebeling)</actor>
      <actor>Siegfried Wischnewski (role=Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Juhnke (role=Kriminalsekretär Wenzel)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Graf (role=Anwalt Dr. Beyer)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Bessler (role=Dr. Hollberg)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Mannheim (role=Frau Bernhardy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAwOTFiMmUtMjVkMy00YjU5LTk2YjgtMTk5NmFkZDJlMzUwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX162_.jpg" />
    <category>Legal Drama|Crime</category>
    <review>Wolfgang Staudte worked from the Second World War up to 1956 in East Germany and afterwards in West Germany. One of his most well known films was "Die Mörder sind unter uns" (1946) with Hildegard Knef.By 1960 his most innovative years were gone, and that can be seen from "The last witness". It is a rather standard court room drama. Good but not special. Surprising end but rather static in the rest of the film.The real value of the film is in its criticism on the judicial apparatus. The police is more interested in getting a file closed as quickly as possible than in finding the truth. The court is full of bourgeois prejudices. A woman with lots of amorous affairs must also be perfectly capable of committing the crime. A woman having an extramarital relationship wit a married man threatens his marriage, the responsibility of the man himself is just denied</review>
    <description>Courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid, who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to someone else. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer must overcom...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0054025/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052580</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Arzt aus Leidenschaft</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Klingler</director>
      <actor>Adrian Hoven (role=Dr. Manfred Wiegand)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Birgel (role=Staatsanwalt Perschke)</actor>
      <actor>Klausjürgen Wussow (role=Dr. Wolfgang Friedberg)</actor>
      <actor>Antje Geerk (role=Elisabeth Massmann)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Wery (role=Professor Ruge)</actor>
      <actor>Ellen Schwiers (role=Oberschwester Hilde)</actor>
      <actor>Erica Beer (role=Margot, eine Barfrau)</actor>
      <actor>Jan Hendriks (role=Felix Friedberg)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Mannheim (role=Frau Friedberg - seine Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hoffmann (role=Generaldirektor Massmann)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Hancke (role=Schwester Elvira)</actor>
      <actor>Theodor Danegger (role=Friedrich, Pförtner im Krankenhaus)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTEzOGE4NWItMDc0Mi00YjIzLWFiOWUtYTM0NTliMjk4NzIwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX151_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>I enjoyed watching "Arzt aus Leidenschaft" (A Doctor of Conviction). The story is about Wolfgang Friedberg (Klausjurgen Wussow), who is an extremely talented doctor who puts his heart and soul into medical research. However, he obtained his doctorate many years ago using forged certificates from another student (Jan Hendriks), who is now blackmailing him with demands for money. Other people, such as the head nurse (Ellen Schwiers) at the clinic, are joining in the blackmail to secure their own piece of the pie. The film is the second adaptation of the novel by the now forgotten writer Karl Unselt, who was once the author of popular books and also studied medicine. The plot is rather typical of popular pre-World War II literature, and the film perhaps does not have much depth. However, the story is engaging, the characters are clearly outlined, and the acting is good, so for me it was good entertainment. Additionally, I liked the note of optimism with the belief that every person should be given a second chance in life because none of us is perfect</review>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>32133358</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Lady Christina</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Jetsetter, adventurer, and owner of a very unusual London bus, Lady Christina de Souza likes the finest things. Even if they don't belong to her. And the more exotic - or alien - the better. But Christina's activities have caught the attention of UNIT, and now Sam Bishop is on her trail.—Big Finish Productions</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helen Goldwyn</director>
      <actor>Michelle Ryan (role=El Guapo)</actor>
      <actor>Warren Brown (role=Sam Bishop)</actor>
      <actor>Gareth Corke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Tracy Wiles (role=Jacqui McGee)</actor>
      <actor>William Gaminara (role=Lord Alfred de Souza)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Brenher (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ewan Bailey (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christopher Ryan (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline King (role=Sylvia Mott)</actor>
      <actor>Matt Barber (role=Ivo Fraser-Cannon)</actor>
      <actor>Rosa Coduri-Fulford (role=Bunny Warren)</actor>
      <actor>Melissa Collier (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <date>2018</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjE5NjM1MGEtOTI1Yi00MGE3LTk1YWQtNDRlN2NmOTNlMDhhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,10,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Sci-Fi</category>
    <description>Jetsetter, adventurer, and owner of a very unusual London bus, Lady Christina de Souza likes the finest things. Even if they don't belong to her. And the more exotic - or alien - the better. But Christina's activities have caught the attention of UNIT, and now Sam Bishop is on he...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt32133358/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0070956</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Zwillinge vom Immenhof</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Schleif</director>
      <actor>Heidi Brühl (role=Brigitte 'Dalli' Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Janson (role=Alexander Arkens)</actor>
      <actor>Birgit Westhausen (role=Sibylle 'Billy' Arkens)</actor>
      <actor>Bettina Westhausen (role=Roberta 'Bobby' Arkens)</actor>
      <actor>Jutta Speidel (role=Anke)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Brauren (role=Mutter Karstens, Mutter Dorfkrug)</actor>
      <actor>Vera Gruber (role=Stine)</actor>
      <actor>Bernd Herzsprung (role=Klaus)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Schafheitlin (role=Dr. Tiedemann, Tierarzt)</actor>
      <actor>Günter Lüdke (role=Ole)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Hegarth (role=Chef von Brigitte Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Schündler (role=Lehrer Zwilling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1973</date>
    <star-rating>4.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM4OTQwNjc5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzA1NTE5._V1_QL75_UX137_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Family</category>
    <review>Part 4 of the so-called "Immenhof series" had to wait 16 years after part 3. Well, I think that at the time of part 3 (1958) no one had the slightest notion that in the 70's the German mainstream cinema would be thàt in decline and thàt desperate that the producer and the director only could think of a follow-up on 50's material. Because that what this film is: a 50's film made in the 70's.The makers did not even bother to come up with some new ideas to the standard format: again an elderly veterinary courting the elderly lady of Immenhof. In fact there is hardly a story at all. The makers also do not bother to explain why the Immenhof is not the same house anymore.Original cast member of the first three parts Heidi Brühl can be seen as the owner; she and the twin sisters (nice girls) make it at least bearable. (4/10)</review>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0083429</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ich heirate eine Familie</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Werner, a successful single without family, meets Angelika (Angie), a divorced mother with three children, of whom especially the eldest daughter, teenager Tanja, is very difficult. Very soon, Werner marries Angie and she and her children move in his house, to the horror of the housekeeper, Frau Rabe. And the problems move in with them - Tanja becomes even more difficult, son Markus wants to go to his father and son Tom is afraid, that Werner's dog Lulu might eat his guinea pig. But Werner and Angie manage every problem, that a typical West German couple has.—Curth Flatow</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Weck</director>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Werner Schumann)</actor>
      <actor>Thekla Carola Wied (role=Angelika 'Angi' Graf)</actor>
      <actor>Julia Biedermann (role=Tanja Graf)</actor>
      <actor>Timmo Niesner (role=Markus Graf)</actor>
      <actor>Tarek Helmy (role=Tom Graf)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Sebaldt (role=Sybille 'Bille' Vonhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Herrmann (role=Wolfgang Frank)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Bötticher (role=Alfons Vonhoff)</actor>
      <actor>Bruni Löbel (role=Frau Rabe)</actor>
      <actor>Gaby Heinecke (role=Doris Niemayer)</actor>
      <actor>Ute Christensen (role=Martina Hambach)</actor>
      <actor>Frauke Tholen (role=Franziska Graf)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Austria</country>
    <date>1983</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTRmZWZlYmYtMzNjYi00Yzc2LWIwYzEtN2M1NDcwMmMwOWVhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>When a divorced woman with three children meets the charming Werner from Vienna, this is the beginning of the most popular family series in Germanys TV history (at least in the last 30 years).The show mixed new social realities (broken home families) with the old feel-good attitude of the 60s - resulting in a TV series which is timeless in spite of typical 80s furniture and clothes. You can still watch it, not only for nostalgia reasons, but because the new family system gives you the good feeling that every problem can be solved within 45 minutes - and you can be happy in a family even in troubled times like these.A more than funny supporting cast provides for many laughs. Must see TV for German Generation Xers..</review>
    <description>Werner, a successful single without family, meets Angelika (Angie), a divorced mother with three children, of whom especially the eldest daughter, teenager Tanja, is very difficult. Very soon, Werner marries Angie and she and her children move in his house, to the horror of the h...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0083429/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0060631</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Liselotte von der Pfalz</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The story of free-spirited German Princess Liselotte who, giving in to her father's wish, marries Philippe, the Duke of Orleans. Initially she is met with arrogance by her new husband and his court, and especially by his mistress Palatine, who flaunts her affair with Philippe in her face. Liselotte uses her charm and the weapons of womanhood and soon wins over the court and also the affections of her husband. But her enemies spin intrigues against her and skulduggery is afoot.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Heidelinde Weis (role=Liselotte von der Pfalz)</actor>
      <actor>Harald Leipnitz (role=Herzog von Orléans)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Hübner (role=Prinzessin Palatine)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Caninenberg (role=König Ludwig XIV)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Dietl (role=Lorraine)</actor>
      <actor>Gunnar Möller (role=Herzog von Kurland)</actor>
      <actor>Erwin Linder (role=Kurfürst Karl Ludwig von der Pfalz)</actor>
      <actor>Joachim Teege (role=Abbé)</actor>
      <actor>Else Quecke (role=Frau von Bienenfeld)</actor>
      <actor>Karla Chadimová (role=Paulete)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich von Thun (role=Rudo)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Blum (role=Beauvais)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1966</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzM4MTNhYmQtZTQ0Yi00ZmJhLThkMDUtNTI3ZmRkNDAyY2IyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Comedy</category>
    <review>A german countess (Heidelinde Weis) and an french aristocrat (Harald Leipnitz) are forced to a marriage. With her charming manners at least she wins the love of her prince. An old-fashioned, but entertaining entry in the long history of german history-comedies</review>
    <description>The story of free-spirited German Princess Liselotte who, giving in to her father's wish, marries Philippe, the Duke of Orleans. Initially she is met with arrogance by her new husband and his court, and especially by his mistress Palatine, who flaunts her affair with Philippe in ...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0060631/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054074</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mein Schulfreund</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Theatrical adaptation: In the 3rd Reich a mailman writes Goering,an old school chum, to end the war. To avoid a death sentence, Goering has the man declared insane.Which causes complications years later.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Robert Siodmak</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Ludwig Fuchs)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Schröder (role=Hauptmann Kühn)</actor>
      <actor>Hertha Feiler (role=Frau Kühn)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Kerst (role=Hauptmann Sander)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Graf (role=Dr. Lerch)</actor>
      <actor>Mario Adorf (role=Niedermoser)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Leibelt (role=Professor Strohbach)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Golling (role=Krögelmeier)</actor>
      <actor>Carsta Löck (role=Frau Wenzel)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Hessenland (role=Postrat)</actor>
      <actor>Margaret Jahnen (role=Schwester Camilla)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Kargus (role=Wärter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTYyODY0MjQzNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDI5MDk0Mg@@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>I had never heard of this latter-day Siodmak effort prior to its showing up one afternoon on Italian TV. As it turned out, this was quite an interesting and unusual film – being a critique of the Nazi regime from the viewpoint of the Germans themselves. Even more surprising is the fact that the subject matter is treated here as black comedy – dealing with an ageing postal worker (a wonderful Heinz Ruhmann) who, fed up with the war, decides to write to his old school chum Hermann Goering; however, his letter is intercepted by the latter’s underlings and Ruhmann soon finds himself a political prisoner! Eventually, Goering (never actually seen) gets wind of his friend’s situation and orders a medical examination where he’s to be declared insane and thus not qualified for the death sentence – the trouble is that, with the war over, he can’t get his old job back because of this “condition”!! So begins his 15-year odyssey to contact the people who could attest to his normal mental health – however, they’re either dead, behind bars or unwilling (a Nazi doctor, involved in the sterilization of patients and who was against the diagnosis, suffered the consequences for defying Goering’s instructions). Among the funny/absurdist bits are the fight between Goering’s lackeys for possession of the treasonous letter, Mario Adorf’s appearance as a fellow prisoner of Ruhmann’s (he killed a relative for snoring and, being a law student, is actually cross that it’s his cellmate who’s passed off as crazy rather than himself) and the party after the war during which a masked Ruhmann attempts to elicit a response from an ex-Nazi officer determined to keep a low profile</review>
    <description>Theatrical adaptation: In the 3rd Reich a mailman writes Goering,an old school chum, to end the war. To avoid a death sentence, Goering has the man declared insane.Which causes complications years later.</description>
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  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0249945</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Eine Seefahrt, die ist lustig</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A middle aged widow accompanies her daughter to a North Sea beach resort to meet a prospective mate.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Alwin Elling</director>
      <actor>Ida Wüst (role=Johanna Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Henckels (role=Emil Winkler)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Genschow (role=Fritz Schmitz)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Krüger (role=Leni Müller)</actor>
      <actor>Erich Fiedler (role=Konstantin Theobald Wurzel)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Heidemann (role=Hein Kluge)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Benzinger (role=Nachbar der Winklers)</actor>
      <actor>Anneliese Würtz (role=Schneiderin)</actor>
      <actor>Edith Linn (role=Schiffsreisende)</actor>
      <actor>Manny Ziener (role=Schiffsreisende)</actor>
      <actor>Curt Cappi (role=Barmann)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Draeger (role=Schiffsreisender)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1935</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2NlMzJlMDQtYTFkMC00MDc4LTg5YzktODFjM2UzYTE2OWNlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,15,140,140_.jpg" />
    <description>A middle aged widow accompanies her daughter to a North Sea beach resort to meet a prospective mate.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0068936</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mensch, ärgere dich nicht</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Peter Weck</director>
      <actor>Uschi Glas (role=Ulla Wendt)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Thomalla (role=Ewald Fröhlich)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Roberts (role=Thomas Conrad)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Hörbiger (role=Frl. Glöckner)</actor>
      <actor>Corinna Genest (role=Mathilde Kühlborn)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Korte (role=Paul Wegmann)</actor>
      <actor>Beppo Brem (role=Horst Vogel)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Hübner (role=Clusius)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Lieffen (role=Max)</actor>
      <actor>Erni Singerl (role=Zenzi Vogel)</actor>
      <actor>Margot Mahler (role=Frl. Quecke)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Dahlen (role=Alois)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1972</date>
    <star-rating>3.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTA4NWNjZWQtNTFhZi00MzYwLWFkYzYtM2Y4NGM4MGEwODQxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Slapstick|Comedy</category>
    <review>Despite the considerable talents of Georg Thomalla as a physical comedian this is yet another very poor effort. Mostly to blame are the writers. While the main story line of someone secretly photographed for an advertising campaign merely stretches credibility, the supporting story of everyone brown-nosing the suspected lottery winner (and then rejecting him once this turns out to be an error) just does not ring true. Or rather - it sounds like a story from a different era, and I have the slight suspicion that the writers raided some piece of (say) 19th century literature (perhaps a play), I just cannot say which. One could still have placed this in the Germany of 1952, but in the much more prosperous place Germany was 20 years later it does not make much sense any longer.To make matters worse, the film makers felt the need to add (young) romance to the film, because that's what all German comedies of the period had, for better or worse. Here it's for worse - Ulla Wendt (Uschi Glas) is just too sweet, and Thomas Conrad (Chris Roberts) has really nothing to do but be a love interest.The humour is generally heavy-handed, of the kind that works reasonably well on stage but much less well on celluloid. What makes it appear even more dated are some fleeting moments of almost Chaplinesque melodrama</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0065204</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wenn süß das Mondlicht auf den Hügeln schläft</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Based on a book by Eric Malpass, the film focuses on the everyday life of a German family perceived through the eyes of its youngest member - six-year-old Gaylord.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Liebeneiner</director>
      <actor>Archibald Eser (role=Gaylord)</actor>
      <actor>Irina von Bentheim (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Hinz (role=Großvater)</actor>
      <actor>Luitgard Im (role=May)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Bruhns (role=Jocelyn)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Körner (role=Becky)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Zacher (role=Peter)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Uhlen (role=Jenny)</actor>
      <actor>Jürgen Lentzsch (role=David)</actor>
      <actor>Ilse Fürstenberg (role=Frau Miller)</actor>
      <actor>Gerd Lohmeyer (role=Willy)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Haller (role=Schilling)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1969</date>
    <star-rating>5.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDYzNjViZWMtMTI4ZS00OTUxLWI4NjMtMzFmMzU2NjFjZDU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Based on a book by Eric Malpass, the film focuses on the everyday life of a German family perceived through the eyes of its youngest member - six-year-old Gaylord.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054896</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Freddy und der Millionär</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul May</director>
      <actor>Freddy Quinn (role=Fritz Meyer)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Erhardt (role=Präsident John Stone, Millionär)</actor>
      <actor>Grit Boettcher (role=Edith Schmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Vittoria Prada (role=Silvia Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Grethe Weiser (role=Mrs. Keller)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Vogel (role=Kunststudent)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Offenbach (role=Robert, Diener)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Wilcke (role=Rex)</actor>
      <actor>Enrico Viarisio (role=Arzt)</actor>
      <actor>Giustino Durano (role=Polizist)</actor>
      <actor>Cathrin Heyer (role=June)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Bürks (role=van Straaten)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany|Italy</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTU2ZTAwZmUtNWVkZi00MTBiLWFkNTktZTU0MmExMzZmZTAwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Musical</category>
    <review>Gorgeous colors and beautiful Italian scenery are not much consolation for a ridiculous story and mediocre performances. Singer turned actor Freddy offers some of his pop songs, while on a fantastic voyage to retrieve some money he foolishly loaned to an obnoxious millionaire (played by Comedic national treasure Heinz Erhardt). The supporting cast includes some popular film/TV stars of the day, but the final product just doesn't rise above formula rom-com fluff.Erhardt delivers plenty of his signature witty one-liners, which work much better on stage in front of a live audience. Freddy (and others) constantly breaking into song is unmotivated and adds little to the thin story. To see many popular celebrities in their youth, by all means, sit through the lame parade of shenanigans, but for if you want quality entertainment, skip this turkey</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0048335</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mamitschka</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Rolf Thiele</director>
      <actor>Mila Kopp (role=Mamitschka)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Platte (role=Tatinek)</actor>
      <actor>Jester Naefe (role=Rosa)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Hackenberg (role=Frantek)</actor>
      <actor>Ida Krottendorf (role=Nozena)</actor>
      <actor>Evi Kent (role=Olga)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Thiele (role=Joseph)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Hahn (role=Poldi)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Haller (role=Baldur)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Behrendt (role=Wilborn)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Henckels (role=Herr Samhaber)</actor>
      <actor>Margarethe Andersen (role=Frau Samhaber)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTczNDNjMzYtNDVlYi00YzUwLTk5NDgtNTRmYzY5OWQzOTQxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX92_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057136</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Heimweh nach St. Pauli</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A pop singer who has been successful on Broadway, is homesick and returns.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Werner Jacobs</director>
      <actor>Freddy Quinn (role=Jimmy Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Jayne Mansfield (role=Evelyne)</actor>
      <actor>Beppo Brem (role=Seppl)</actor>
      <actor>Erna Sellmer (role=Mutter Steinemann)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Albrecht (role=Theo Steinemann)</actor>
      <actor>Christa Schindler (role=Rosie Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Hein Riess (role=Kuddel)</actor>
      <actor>Heiner Holl (role=Manager Harry)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Palent (role=Rotkäppchen)</actor>
      <actor>Addi Münster (role=Wirt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI0NjYzMjA0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjAxMjMzMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX153_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Musical</category>
    <description>A pop singer who has been successful on Broadway, is homesick and returns.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057174</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im singenden Rössel am Königssee</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When young Cordula's father dies, he leaves her his hotel, the Black-Weisses Rossel. However, his will states that if she doesn't marry a man from the hotel industry by a certain date, the hotel will revert to the ownership of her uncle Simon. Desperate, she searches for a suitable mate before the deadline expires.—frankfob2@yahoo.com</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Franz Antel</director>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Benedikt Fidelis)</actor>
      <actor>Waltraut Haas (role=Cordula)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Schöner (role=Monika Jensen)</actor>
      <actor>Gunther Philipp (role=Karlheinz Eberhard Strax)</actor>
      <actor>Trude Herr (role=Sieglinde)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Sima (role=Josef 'Simon' Wendel)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hörbiger (role=Amtsgerichtsrat Zwicker)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Löwinger (role=Hausdiener Ignaz)</actor>
      <actor>Adeline Wagner (role=Putzi Fink)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Olsen (role=Direktor Hugo Maria Kahn)</actor>
      <actor>Ady Berber (role=Harald)</actor>
      <actor>Manuela (role=Sängerin Manuela)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjY2ZmZlYTEtNDM4Zi00YjM4LWI5N2YtMzU0YjQwYWI3NTBlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX291_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Cordula's father has died, and his will states that she will inherit his hotel only if she manages to marry an experienced hotelier before a certain date. Out of her wits, she starts looking for someone who might fill the bill.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0057505</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Raul Thorsten is the strictest teacher in the costume design class in Vienna. He firmly believes that women tend to belong in the kitchen and are artistically completely untalented.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Nachmann</director>
      <actor>Adrian Hoven (role=Modeschöpfer, Maler und Lehrer Raul Thorsten)</actor>
      <actor>Wera Frydtberg (role=Schwester Nina Thorsten)</actor>
      <actor>Karin Heske (role=Schülerin Susi Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hörbiger (role=Raimund Valentin)</actor>
      <actor>Rex Gildo (role=Sänger Billie Bill)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Vogel (role=Gag-Man Hans Rabe)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Richter (role=Gag-Man Klaus Fuchs)</actor>
      <actor>Lou van Burg (role=Showmaster und Sänger Lou van Burg)</actor>
      <actor>Carmela Corren (role=Juanita)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Wentzel (role=Charlotte)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Sima (role=Direktor Sendelmohn)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Franke (role=Sekretärin Fräulein Brigitte)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1963</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTcyOTYwMTA0M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODgzNTAzMTE@._V1_QL75_UX93_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <description>Raul Thorsten is the strictest teacher in the costume design class in Vienna. He firmly believes that women tend to belong in the kitchen and are artistically completely untalented.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0045318</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Weibertausch</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Karl Anton</director>
      <actor>Viktor Staal (role=Simon Gigl)</actor>
      <actor>Carola Höhn (role=Rosl Lanner)</actor>
      <actor>Gertrud Kückelmann (role=Urschi Holler)</actor>
      <actor>Karlheinz Böhm (role=Lorenz Holler)</actor>
      <actor>Erika von Thellmann (role=Ochsenwirtin Genoveva)</actor>
      <actor>Heinrich Gretler (role=Bürgermeister)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Vogel (role=Alisi Resch)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Haagen (role=Tante Angermeyer)</actor>
      <actor>Liesl Karlstadt (role=Fuchsin)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Waldow (role=Ausrufer der Schaubude)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1952</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzcwZWRiNmUtNGQ2YS00NWNjLTk1NmQtN2E5ZGM3YjgzMTUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX91_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051186</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wer die Heimat liebt</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Fred Solm</director>
      <actor>Hermann Erhardt (role=Jakob Sonnleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Christl Erber (role=Evi Sonnleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Alfred Böhm (role=Bertl)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Bülau (role=Konrad Prandtner, Hilfsjäger)</actor>
      <actor>Wilfried Fränzl (role=Gustl)</actor>
      <actor>Georg Gröller (role=David Sonnleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Hennings (role=Dr. Karl Bruckner, Rechtsanwalt u. Jagdpächter)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Kroll (role=Tschida, Oberlehrer)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Kunisch (role=Susanne)</actor>
      <actor>Eduard Köck (role=Balthasar Gottsgraber)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid Ludwig (role=Ingrid)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Müller-Reitzner (role=Willi Hochegger)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2VkZjRmYzUtNzI3Mi00MDVjLTliNmYtNDdlYTdkM2ViMzhlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX180_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051710</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Heimatlos</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Herbert B. Fredersdorf</director>
      <actor>Marianne Hold (role=Barbara)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Lenz (role=Franz Leitner)</actor>
      <actor>Freddy Quinn (role=Freddy)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Stöckel (role=Pfarrer)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Conny Fürst)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Vita (role=Gertie)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Fuetterer (role=Hanuschke)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Brasch (role=Autolackierer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>5.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmQ1OTc0M2EtMTY2YS00OTY4LTg2YWMtN2YyMmVmNzE1NWM0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,10,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0043605</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Grün ist die Heide</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The former landowner Lüder Lüdersen had to flee East Prussia because of the war and is now working as an administrator for his cousin in Lüneburg.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Deppe</director>
      <actor>Hans Stüwe (role=Lüder Lüdersen)</actor>
      <actor>Sonja Ziemann (role=Helga)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Gebühr (role=Gottfried Lüdersen)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Haagen (role=Frau Lüdersen)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Prack (role=Walter Rainer - Förster)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Richter (role=Hannes)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Reimann (role=Nachtigall)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Schmitz (role=Tünnes)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Holst (role=Mona von Buckwitz)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Sieber (role=Oberförster)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Sima (role=Zirkusdirektor)</actor>
      <actor>Else Reval (role=Frau Zirkusdirektor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1951</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzVkZjkxYzUtMmJlMi00MzdmLTk1M2ItNDc0ZWY3MTEyNjhiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX323_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>This is one of the most typical examples of the genre known as "Heimatfilme" (homeland films), and immensely popular in its day. It is characterized by an intense nostalgia and an almost complete denial of the realities of life after the war, although it is mentioned that some of the main characters are refugees from eastern German lands (as were a significant portion of the film's appreciative audience) and there is some joking about servants who don't stay in their place! The plot is a collation of almost all the cliches of the genre, from the comic romances to the villainous thief who must be brought to justice by the hero (in such stories, for some reason, it is almost always a poacher captured by a forester). The setting is a sunny countryside where a couple of lovable vagabonds provide musical interludes, singing the title song "Grun ist die Heide" while strumming the musical instruments that they carry around from village to village, sleeping in the fields like true sons of nature (no mention of what they do in the wintertime). In short, this movie is extremely interesting as a glimpse of the mentality of its times, but for no other reason</review>
    <description>The former landowner Lüder Lüdersen had to flee East Prussia because of the war and is now working as an administrator for his cousin in Lüneburg.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0050644</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Die Lindenwirtin vom Donaustrand</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The small and remote Austrian town of Arnstein has built a new landing stage for the Danube steamers to call. First passenger is Helga, a young architecture student who has left her study course. She returns to her foster-mother Therese and is welcomed, but Therese relies on her inn for a living and it's mortgaged to the hilt to Kilian, who threatens to foreclose. Helga uses her feminine charm to get some breathing space. Inevitably Helga quickly finds romantic involvement in the small town, with Fred, and together they borrow furniture and fittings without permission from the unoccupied local castle to liven up the inn. This becomes a major attraction with young people, (cue rock'n'roll music and dancing) and everything looks to be running well until the castle's owner suddenly returns. For a moment things look black ... with Therese still in debt, what will become of them all?—Hazel Freeman</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Quest</director>
      <actor>Marianne Hold (role=Helga)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Holm (role=Fred)</actor>
      <actor>Annie Rosar (role=Theres)</actor>
      <actor>Frank Holms (role=Jimmy)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Conrads (role=Maxl)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Böheim (role=Prof. Ferdl)</actor>
      <actor>Alma Seidler (role=Kathie)</actor>
      <actor>Senta Berger (role=Marie)</actor>
      <actor>Hugo Gottschlich (role=Sepp)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Frey (role=Prof. Herdmenger)</actor>
      <actor>Monika Dahlberg (role=Rosl)</actor>
      <actor>Greta Putz (role=Franzie)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>4.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTBkNTRhNTMtNjJhNC00YjU0LTk3YTAtNmM1N2QzNTJkMzRmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX231_.jpg" />
    <category>Musical|Romance</category>
    <description>Romantic complications in a small Austrian town.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051765</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Im Prater blüh'n wieder die Bäume</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>While visiting Vienna's famed Prater, Archduke Peter Ferdinand meets Lixie, the daughter of a government official. He falls in love with her--creating a complicated situation for Lixie, who has declared her love for her handsome young piano teacher, Toni.—flug</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Wolff</director>
      <actor>Johanna Matz (role=Lixie Härtl)</actor>
      <actor>Gerhard Riedmann (role=Erzherzog Peter Ferdinand)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Sandt (role=Mizzi Starek)</actor>
      <actor>Theo Lingen (role=Herr Schindler)</actor>
      <actor>Marte Harell (role=Frau Sacher)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Rueprecht (role=Toni Reitmeier)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Nicoletti (role=Isabella)</actor>
      <actor>Egon von Jordan (role=Adjudant Jankowitz)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Stiepl (role=Baronin Ilona)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Liewehr (role=Baron Lazi Köröshazi)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Frey (role=Kommerzialrat Stangl)</actor>
      <actor>Ljuba Welitsch (role=Sängerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc5OTIzMzMzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDE2Mzc5MQ@@._V1_QL75_UX155_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama|Romance</category>
    <description>While visiting Vienna's famed Prater, Archduke Peter Ferdinand meets Lixie, the daughter of a government official. He falls in love with her--creating a complicated situation for Lixie, who has declared her love for her handsome young piano teacher, Toni. Toni's hopes for a posit...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0051765/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049024</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Bonjour Kathrin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Three young musicians are desperately looking for a job. Short of money they had to hand over their instruments to a pawnbroker. They join a young composer nearly financially short as themselves who convinces them to move with him to San Remo where he will premiere his first revue and in which they shall feature in. Meanwhile they are working in a hotel as chambermaid, bellboy and waiter to earn their living. But on the San Remo festival they get their chance to show their talent.—Anonymous</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Karl Anton</director>
      <actor>Caterina Valente (role=Kathrin)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Alexander (role=Pierre)</actor>
      <actor>Silvio Francesco (role=Silvio)</actor>
      <actor>Dietmar Schönherr (role=Duval)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Vogel (role=Fogar)</actor>
      <actor>Helen Vita (role=Denise)</actor>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (role=Columbus)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Olsen (role=Lebaudi)</actor>
      <actor>Sabine Hahn (role=Therese)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Edelhagen and his Orchestra (role=Specialty)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTY4MDY2N2QtNTQ2OC00MTM4LWE1NjYtNjU3MWNhMGQ3OWFiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Musical</category>
    <review>This film seems a bit like a prototype of the films that the great entertainer Caterina Valente would make in the following years for Artur Brauner's CCC-Film. The plot is based on the comedy operetta "The Happiest Woman in the World - The Pompadour's Bed" by Kurt Feltz and Max Wallner, music by Fred Raymond. For example, "Come with me to Italy for a while" is sung. The plot is wonderfully inconsequential, but all the stars who would also appear in later Caterina Valente films are involved. Of course, brother Silvio Francesco, Rudolf Vogel, Helen Vita and Dietmar Schönherr as the smart boy of hearts. Special casts promise full-blooded entertainer Peter Alexander (who unfortunately remains a bit pale) and the later quiz master Hans Joachim Kulenkampff (Einer wird gewinnen) as the revue's impresario.It is also interesting that the film was produced by Alfred Greven in a studio in Wiesbaden, who was already very successful during the UFA era and then became infamous through his work for the Continental in Paris (studios in Boulogne Billancourt). If you are interested in this time, the film "The Passierschein / Laissez-Passer" by Bertrand Tavernier is strongly recommended.But back to the undisputed star of the film, which - unlike the ones produced by Brauner - still seems very playful and almost like an experimental film.Caterina Valente is now 93 years old. The German-speaking film community should definitely not forget that it had and still has such a star in its ranks!!</review>
    <description>Three young penniless musicians travel to San Remo to work as hotel clerks and to get a chance to show their talent on the San Remo festival.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0056432</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ruf der Wildgänse</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Heinrich</director>
      <actor>Ewald Balser (role=Caleb Gare)</actor>
      <actor>Heidemarie Hatheyer (role=Amelia Gare)</actor>
      <actor>Brigitte Horney (role=Mrs. Sandbo)</actor>
      <actor>Marisa Mell (role=Judith Gare)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Janson (role=Sven Sandbo)</actor>
      <actor>Gertraud Jesserer (role=Ellen Gare)</actor>
      <actor>Hans H. Neubert (role=Mark Jordan)</actor>
      <actor>Regine Felden-Hatheyer (role=Amelia Gare - young)</actor>
      <actor>Ray Maa (role=Malcolm, Knecht)</actor>
      <actor>Raoul Retzer (role=Wirt Johannson)</actor>
      <actor>Per Schwenzen (role=Nils)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDI5NTI2NzItZDM3Ny00YTY2LWFiMTItMTYyNDYzODZlNjcwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX294_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>Austrian HEIMATFILM / homeland film with Marisa Mell and Horst JansonThis film by the former DEFA director Hans Heinrich (1911-2003) was based on a novel by Martha Ostenso and had its premiere on September 22, 1961 in Nürnberg / Nuremberg. What's special is that the numerous exterior shots were shot in Canada, which contributes significantly to the film's good atmosphere.In a prequel story, we see a young couple in love with their child on the run in 1886 Manitoba. The young man is killed, the child is taken from the woman, and the woman finds shelter in a dark farm building.The actual action begins about 25 years later. The God-fearing Caleb Gare (Ewald Balser, 1898-1978, native of Wuppertal) rules like a tyrant over his wife Amelia (Heidemarie Hatheyer) and their two daughters Judith (Marisa Mell) and Ellen (Gertraud Jesserer). The girls can only secretly allow themselves small escapes to the village to meet teacher Mrs. Sandbo (Brigitte Horney) and her son Sven (Horst Janson). The bizarre family structure is shaken when a young surveyor named Mark Jordan (Hans H. Neubert) comes to the area. Progress cannot be stopped even by prayers. It soon becomes clear that there is a special connection between Amelia and young Mark. A catastrophe occurs...The plot is certainly very clear and doesn't offer too many unexpected twists. The strength of this film lies in the beautiful shots of Canada and the exceptionally strong actors. Marisa Mell (1939-1992) and Horst Janson (born 1935) are particularly inspiring as a lover hungry for life. Ewald Balser ("Sauerbruch", 1954) and Brigitte Horney (was in an acting class with Inge Meysel and Lilli Palmer) shine in each of their films. The young Hans H. Neubert (born in 1937) could still be seen in a few films, but after 1967 his trace was lost. Very mysterious! The still very young Gertraud Jesserer (born in 1943) was at the very beginning of her great career. In 1991 she experienced a severe blow of fate. Her son Nikolas Vogel (1967-1991) died as a war photographer in Ljubljana, at the beginning of the Yugoslavian War.And then of course Heidemarie Hatheyer (1918-1990)! This great tragedy is an integral part of the German film industry. After her beginnings as "Geierwally" (1940), she became Maria Schell's great, but mostly inferior, rival in the 1950s. For example, in "Dr. Holl" (1951), where she had to forego her love affair with Dieter Borsche in favor of Schell. Or in the Berlinale classic "DIE RATTEN / The Rats" (Golden Bear 1955!), where she even wanted to get hold of Schell's (film) child due to her own lack of motherhood. There wasn't a handkerchief left dry. Shortly before her death, Heidemarie Hatheyer could still be admired as a guest star on DIESE DROMBUSCHS / That Drombusch Family. In the ZDF hit series in 1990 she played Herma Hohenscheid, a close confidante and patron of Uncle Ludwig (Günter Strack). As a result, this great actress deservedly received an audience of millions again.This unusual HEIMATFILM / homeland film is well worth seeing simply because of the footage from Canada</review>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051973</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nachtschwester Ingeborg</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Ingeborg works at a hospital under Professor Burger and his son the surgeon Manfred Burger. A double affair with father and son ends her job. But she is pregnant.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Géza von Cziffra</director>
      <actor>Ewald Balser (role=Prof. Burger)</actor>
      <actor>Claus Biederstaedt (role=Dr. Manfred Burger)</actor>
      <actor>Camilla Spira (role=Frau Roeder)</actor>
      <actor>Ilse Steppat (role=Frau Burger)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Schafheitlin (role=Oberarzt Dr. Ranzau)</actor>
      <actor>Franziska Kinz (role=Oberschwester Mathilde)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Küster (role=Schwester Gerti)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Dallansky (role=Dr. Hans Markwitz)</actor>
      <actor>Gudrun Thielemann (role=Schwester Erna)</actor>
      <actor>Bum Krüger (role=Patient Breitmeier)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Kalin (role=Schwester Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Frey (role=Dozent Birkel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTZmMjFkOGItOWE2NC00ZTQwLThjZjEtN2NhYjExNWQ3NGMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX88_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>'Nachschwester Ingeborg' turned out to be the surprise hit of 1958, outgrossing many production that cost twice as much. The films seemed to promise a great future for its charming star, Edith Nordberg, neé Immy Schell, Maria's and Maximilian's much more talented sister. But she fooled everybody and retired some times later. The pic tells the oh-so-sad story of night nurse Ingeborg, who suffers a lot in this first class tear-jerker. Barbara Stanwyck played a night nurse some 25 years earlier too, in a fast paced cheapie for WB but while Barbara was hard as nails and had to cope with Clark Gable in one of his earliest roles, her German counterpart Ingeborg is more of the passive kind. Always the good gal she smiles through tears and after many a teardrop she marries the handsome young doctor...Fade Out</review>
    <description>Ingeborg works at a hospital under Professor Burger and his son the surgeon Manfred Burger. A double affair with father and son ends her job. But she is pregnant.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0137200</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In a small German village in the middle of large moors, there is an old legend of a young woman having sunk in the wetland after being raped by a Swedish intruder of the Thirty Years' war. Now young Dorothee, falling in love with the architect Ludwig, is harassed by an obnoxious, rich farmer Eschmann. The brutal man is ready to do anything to get the maiden. The history is repeating itself, as Eschmann follows Dorothee to the moors after his crime.—B-rapunSaario</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans H. König</director>
      <actor>Ruth Niehaus (role=Dorothee Aden)</actor>
      <actor>Hermann Schomberg (role=Dietrich Eschmann)</actor>
      <actor>Armin Dahlen (role=Ludwig Amelung, Architekt)</actor>
      <actor>Gisela von Collande (role=Fiete, Eschmanns Magd)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Brackebusch (role=Sophie Amelung)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Körber (role=Friederike Aden)</actor>
      <actor>Hedwig Wangel (role=Kräuterjule)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Florath (role=Stallmacher, Wirt)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Waldow (role=Albert Berndsen, Handelsvertreter)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Ladengast (role=Fromann, ein alter Schäfer)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Friebel (role=Heini Schütt, Verkäufer)</actor>
      <actor>Konrad Mayerhoff (role=Wilhelm Aden)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1952</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWQ2ZmU5N2ItNGVlMC00OTljLTkxOTYtZWZkOTBiNzgxZGYxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>'Roses Bloom on the Meadow-Grave' belongs in the subgroup of movies known as 'Heimatfilm', a film genre unique to the German-speaking world. 'Heimat' is the German word for 'country' or 'homeland'. Heimatfilmen take place largely outdoors, emphasising the countryside of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There is usually a young heroine who somehow embodies the spirit of the land. Nature is celebrated, specifically Germanic nature. But the typical Heimatfilm is celebratory in nature, and celebratory *of* nature. 'Meadow-Grave' is extremely unusual, in that it's a dark, morbid Heimatfilm with a Gothic atmosphere.Dorothee is a peasant girl, daughter of farmers Wilhelm and Friederike. They can barely stake out a living on their small tract in the Lüneburg Moor. Her parents arrange Dorothee's betrothal to Dietrich Eschmann, a wealthy old lecher. But Dorothee is in love with her childhood companion Ludwig, who has now become a successful architect in the big city. Eventually, Eschmann threatens her. Dorothee lures him out to a lonely spot on the moors. In order to save herself from Eschmann's clutches, Dorothee may have to die on the moors. Has she any hope of happiness?This film is pervaded by a strong sense of Germanic doom, of destiny being more powerful than human desires. None of this is unusual for German subject matter, but it's very unusual indeed within the Heimatfilm structure. This movie's photography is stark, moody and distinctive. Most of the leading actors give excellent performances, and the ending is impressive. I'll rate this movie 8 out of 10</review>
    <description>In a small German village in the middle of large moors, there is an old legend of a young woman having sunk in the wetland after being raped by a Swedish intruder of the Thirty Years' war. Now young Dorothee, falling in love with the architect Ludwig, is harassed by an obnoxious,...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0137200/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0228481</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Kampf mit dem Drachen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vehicle for the great character actress Adele Sandrock, who plays a countess refusing to sell her family's three hundred year old traditional brewery to a competitor.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Franz Seitz</director>
      <actor>Adele Sandrock (role=Gräfin Drachenstein)</actor>
      <actor>Joe Stöckel (role=Bachmeier)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Schlenck (role=Fritz Carsten)</actor>
      <actor>Lucie Englisch (role=Trude Carsten)</actor>
      <actor>Gretl Theimer (role=Komtess Helene)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Lantzsch (role=Carsten Sr)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Eichheim (role=Nickelmann)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Odemar (role=Bihold)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Byk (role=Wirtschafterin)</actor>
      <actor>Justus Paris (role=Karl)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Elzer (role=Spange)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1935</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjZkZTA2YmUtZTNlNC00YjY1LTgxNTMtZmJkZDA3ZjY3M2FjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX155_.jpg" />
    <description>Vehicle for the great character actress Adele Sandrock, who plays a countess refusing to sell her family's three hundred year old traditional brewery to a competitor.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0055033</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Junge Leute brauchen Liebe</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Géza von Cziffra</director>
      <actor>Cornelia Froboess (role=Annie Becker)</actor>
      <actor>Johannes Heesters (role=Charles Fürst)</actor>
      <actor>Waltraut Haas (role=Barbara Hagen)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Weck (role=Axel Enders)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Ramsey (role=Bill)</actor>
      <actor>Senta Berger (role=Madeleine Talbot)</actor>
      <actor>Katharina Mayberg (role=Fatme)</actor>
      <actor>Boy Gobert (role=Pierre Papillon jr)</actor>
      <actor>Hubert von Meyerinck (role=Monsieur Terrier)</actor>
      <actor>Sieglinde Thomas (role=Inge, Annies Freundin)</actor>
      <actor>Frithjof Vierock (role=Fritzchen)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Brix (role=2. Polizist)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1961</date>
    <star-rating>4.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2ZkY2QyNzYtYjhiYi00OWIzLTgxMzYtZmI5M2VmZGM5M2VmXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX149_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Musical</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052967</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kein Mann zum Heiraten</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Wolf, the son of a wealthy manufacture, enjoys life to the fullest. The sporty all-rounder shines as a racing driver, regatta rower and skier, but he cannot impress his girlfriend in the long run. The self-confident boutique owner considers him a great lover, but thinks he's not serious enough to make a good husband. Wolf is very disappointed, but then he puts all his efforts into proving otherwise.—SidneyBroadshead</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Deppe</director>
      <actor>Marianne Hold (role=Brigitte Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Friedl Czepa (role=Therese Hammerschmidt)</actor>
      <actor>Johanna König (role=Annaberta Frühling)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Alder (role=Robert 'Bobby' Berger)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Gross (role=Baupolizist)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hoffmann (role=Karl Kruse)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Muxeneder (role=Seppl)</actor>
      <actor>Beppo Brem (role=Xaver Kirchmeyer)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Buschhoff (role=Sizilianer)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Waldbrunn (role=Detektiv)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>4.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGY0YjlhOTQtOTA0Mi00NWNhLThhNzgtZTlkZDY5YzE4ODcxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>A wealthy dilettante tries to prove himself to his girlfriend so he can marry her.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0198419</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Dieser Mann gehört mir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Landarzt Wilhelm Löhnefink hat genug vom Junggesellendasein und geht auf Frauensuche.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Paul Verhoeven</director>
      <actor>Winnie Markus (role=Gretl Fänger)</actor>
      <actor>Gustav Fröhlich (role=Dr. Wilhelm Löhnefink)</actor>
      <actor>Heidemarie Hatheyer (role=Fita Busse)</actor>
      <actor>Gretl Schörg (role=Rita Andersen)</actor>
      <actor>Wilfried Seyferth (role=Paul Fänger)</actor>
      <actor>Albert Florath (role=Dr. Stichnot)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Platte (role=Karl Dewoka)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Schwarz Jr. (role=Walter Welling)</actor>
      <actor>Gustl Busch (role=Freifrau von Königsfeld)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1950</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWQ1NTM0YWUtMGQ0Zi00ZTFjLWIwNjMtYzViNzMxOTE4NzllXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX156_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>Landarzt Wilhelm Löhnefink hat genug vom Junggesellendasein und geht auf Frauensuche.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054090</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mit Himbeergeist geht alles besser</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Georg Marischka</director>
      <actor>O.W. Fischer (role=Philipp Kalder)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Koch (role=Hilde von Hessenlohe)</actor>
      <actor>Petra Schürmann (role=Suzie)</actor>
      <actor>Bill Ramsey (role=Captain)</actor>
      <actor>Bruno Hübner (role=Helmut Niederberger)</actor>
      <actor>Helmut Qualtinger (role=Seppl Reber)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Muliar (role=Vaclav Pivatschek)</actor>
      <actor>Horst Naumann (role=Reporter)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>7.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWI3ZWRhNWYtMjE4Ny00NGNkLTg2MzgtYzg1MmU3NWYxNmVlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX281_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0044791</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Kaplan von San Lorenzo</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Gustav Ucicky</director>
      <actor>Willy Birgel (role=Catani)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Borsche (role=Don Stefano)</actor>
      <actor>Gertrud Kückelmann (role=Gilda)</actor>
      <actor>Ilse Steppat (role=Isabella Catani)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula von Teubern (role=Gräfin Torri)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Haagen (role=Constanza)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Skraup (role=Quirino)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Regnier (role=Kriminalkommissar Morro)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus W. Krause (role=Dr. Paquet)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Fuetterer (role=Dr. Matheson)</actor>
      <actor>Grete Reinwald (role=Tami)</actor>
      <actor>Curt Ackermann (role=Verteidiger Gildas)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWMxODFmODAtOGMwZi00NGJlLWE4OGQtMjc4NTk5ODlhZjY2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX86_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052055</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Pauker</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Dr. Hermann Seidel is an authoritarian teacher at a small town high school.After the dislocation to a big town school, he sees himself and his concept of education, put to a severe test.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Axel von Ambesser</director>
      <actor>Heinz Rühmann (role=Dr. Hermann Seidel)</actor>
      <actor>Wera Frydtberg (role=Vera Bork)</actor>
      <actor>Gert Fröbe (role=Freddy Blei)</actor>
      <actor>Bruni Löbel (role=Frl. Selinski)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Leibelt (role=Headmaster Wiesbacher)</actor>
      <actor>Franz-Otto Krüger (role=Headmaster Gaspari)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Löwitsch (role=Harry Engelmann)</actor>
      <actor>Ernst Reinhold (role=Martin Rössler)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Verhoeven (role=Peter Wieland)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Vogel (role=Eduard Neureiter)</actor>
      <actor>Axel Scholtz (role=Axel)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Zander (role=Rudi Bär)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1958</date>
    <star-rating>6.5</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAyMDk0NDQ1OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTk4ODAyMQ@@._V1_QL75_UX134_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama</category>
    <review>It would not be entirely unfair to describe this film as a dated piece of "honest teacher tames rough rascals". It has been done better before and it has been done better since. Some of the youth rebellion ideas have become unintentionally funny.The one redeeming feature of the piece are the wrestlers. Gert Fröbe as a professional wrestler, fixed results, faked injuries and all is a sight to be treasured. The connection to the main plot is slim - Gert shows the teacher a few moves for self-defense, and one night the rebellious youth abandons a planned physical attack when our teacher is accompanied by some of these silverbacks</review>
    <description>Dr. Hermann Seidel is an authoritarian teacher at a small town high school.After the dislocation to a big town school, he sees himself and his concept of education, put to a severe test.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0054002</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Kriminaltango</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The owner of an mighty villa ran out of money. He was a host to his friends, but they didn't pay the rent. He is instructing his housekeeper Lorenz to sell it. He meanwhile, is visiting his aunt in the countryside. Lorenz complains, cause he has taken his money and the money of his uncle before, so he is able to pay the bills! But no way! No interest. He leaves! When resting with the aunt He ready in newspapers there ist an announce fromm a girl watching out for a Job. At his adress! He immediately jumps into the car, finding out what happened this time!—aignereveline</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Géza von Cziffra</director>
      <actor>Peter Alexander (role=Peter Martens)</actor>
      <actor>Vivi Bach (role=Inge)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Carsten (role=Boxer-Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Vogel (role=Lorenz)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Lüders (role=Onkel Albert)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Nicoletti (role=Frau Schleinitz)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Muliar (role=Klau-Maxe)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Olsen (role=Generaldirektor Schleinitz)</actor>
      <actor>Frauke Sinjen (role=Elisa)</actor>
      <actor>Sylvia Lydi (role=Gerti)</actor>
      <actor>Sieglinde Thomas (role=Lina)</actor>
      <actor>C.W. Fernbach (role=Huber)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1960</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWVhNWU0NzYtNmNjMC00NDI2LTljMjktOWJmMWM3N2I3ZTkxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX90_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Musical</category>
    <description>The owner of an mighty villa ran out of money. He was a host to his friends, but they didn't pay the rent. He is instructing his housekeeper Lorenz to sell it. He meanwhile, is visiting his aunt in the countryside. Lorenz complains, cause he has taken his money and the money of h...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0054002/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0221992</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gruß und Kuß aus der Wachau</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Fritz Schulz</director>
      <actor>Rolf Wanka (role=Ulrich Kürenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Louis Soldan (role=Uli Kürenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Joseph Egger (role=Adalbert Kürenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Maria Eis (role=Amalasintha Kürenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Imhoff (role=Püringer, Aushilfskellner)</actor>
      <actor>Waltraut Haas (role=Anni)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Sandt (role=Resi)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Schönauer (role=Franzi)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Fuß (role=Pepi Marisch, Briefträger)</actor>
      <actor>Gretl Schörg (role=Miss Violet Hutton from California)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Lang (role=Aloisia Bründl)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Müller (role=Otto Binder)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1950</date>
    <star-rating>6.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmU4ZDAwN2UtN2ExOC00NTdmLWI3NDEtYTlhOWFmODc0MjM1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR23,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Musical</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0052919</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Immer die Mädchen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>When he hears a rumor about an affair between a teacher and one of his pupils at Baroness Siebenstein's boarding school for girls, journalist Dr. Clausen hopes for a good story and joins the staff uncover. But instead of the scandalous low moral standards he expected, he discovers that the school i effectively ruled by spoiled girl Leo, who's out to insult and destroy all of her teachers--including him.—Tom Zoerner</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Fritz Rémond Jr.</director>
      <actor>Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (role=Schriftsteller Dr. Peter Klausen)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Görner (role=Dr. Vera Reimann)</actor>
      <actor>Renate Ewert (role=Lu)</actor>
      <actor>Vivi Bach (role=Silvia Hellmann)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Nicoletti (role=Sportlehrerin Florence Henderson)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Borck (role=Marianne Ruppertsberger)</actor>
      <actor>Helga Martin (role=Nicola Beheim)</actor>
      <actor>Uschi Siebert (role=Birgit Siemsen)</actor>
      <actor>Fita Benkhoff (role=Baronin Beate Siebenstein)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Henckels (role=Major a.D. Baron Siebenstein)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Gross (role=Professor Habicht)</actor>
      <actor>Otto Wernicke (role=Diener Adam Fröschl)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1959</date>
    <star-rating>5.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmYxNzA3MzEtNTA2NS00MjFlLTk2Y2QtNjM1ZWQzMGYzNDE2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX171_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>When he hears a rumor about an affair between a teacher and one of his pupils at Baroness Siebenstein's boarding school for girls, journalist Dr. Clausen hopes for a good story and joins the staff uncover. But instead of the scandalous low moral standards he expected, he discover...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0052919/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0040727</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Rendezvous im Salzkammergut</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Alfred Stöger</director>
      <actor>Herta Mayen (role=Fritzi Werner)</actor>
      <actor>Inge Konradi (role=Gretl Wiesinger)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Holt (role=Thomas Brand)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Meinrad (role=Peter Baumkirchner)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Markus (role=Frau Baumkirchzner)</actor>
      <actor>Theodor Danegger (role=Franzl)</actor>
      <actor>Harry Fuß (role=Harry)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1948</date>
    <star-rating>6.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk5NDE1ODM1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjMwMTE0MzE@._V1_QL75_UY140_CR21,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Musical</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049439</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Liebe, Sommer und Musik</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Two greedy brothers want to buy valuable land from the Rinnertaler Toni. He agrees on the condition that he gets to know the singer Bettina, whom he admires very much.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hubert Marischka</director>
      <actor>Joe Stöckel (role=Ferdinand Lobmeier, Gastwirt)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Heller (role=Simon Lobmeier, Bürgermeister)</actor>
      <actor>Dorit Kreysler (role=Resi Rinnertaler, Tonis Schwester)</actor>
      <actor>Jutta Günther (role=Bettina Bertoni, Jazzsängerin)</actor>
      <actor>Isa Günther (role=Netti, ihre Zwillingsschwester)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Conrads (role=Hugo Hasenbichl, Jazzmusiker)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Friedrich (role=Sänger)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Jansen (role=Emil Buschke)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Karas (role=Zitherspieler)</actor>
      <actor>Lonny Kellner (role=Sängerin)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Kuhn (role=Sänger)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Martens (role=Vroni, Kellnerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria|West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDI3NDEwNWMtYmMwMC00YzY5LTk5NjAtYmY5MDhiYmI1MGJiXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX139_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <description>Two greedy brothers want to buy valuable land from the Rinnertaler Toni. He agrees on the condition that he gets to know the singer Bettina, whom he admires very much.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0050618</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der kühne Schwimmer</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Karl Anton</director>
      <actor>Gunther Philipp (role=Otto von Senff - Damenwäschefabrikant)</actor>
      <actor>Susanne Cramer (role=Gaby Marshall)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Gross (role=Dr. Hans Sommer - Tierarzt)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Stephan (role=Karin Biedermann)</actor>
      <actor>Gunnar Möller (role=Dr. Richard Moebius)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Herwig (role=Ulla von Senff - Ottos Schwester)</actor>
      <actor>Boy Gobert (role=Fritz Hohebirke)</actor>
      <actor>Hanita Hallan (role=Lili Jonas)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Muxeneder (role=Xaver Kraxentrager)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Berndt (role=Emma)</actor>
      <actor>Franz Fröhlich (role=Bürgermeister)</actor>
      <actor>Lolita (role=Self - singer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>5.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmU4M2M1ZjUtMWRhZi00Zjk3LWE1OTItYTIyODAyMGI1YjhjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX94_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0025106</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ferien vom Ich</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>An American businessman, traveling incognito to get away from the demands of work, finds relief at a rural sanitarium .</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Deppe</director>
      <actor>Hermann Speelmans (role=Georges B. Steffenson, amerik. Großindustrieller)</actor>
      <actor>Carola Höhn (role=Eva von Dornberg)</actor>
      <actor>Georg H. Schnell (role=Dr. Hartung, Arzt)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Zesch-Ballot (role=John Stone, Generalsekretär bei Steffenson)</actor>
      <actor>Ewald Wenck (role=Lehmann, Faktotum des Ferienheimes)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Adalbert Schlettow (role=Barthel, Gutsinspektor)</actor>
      <actor>Gina Falckenberg (role=Doris, John Stones Schwester)</actor>
      <actor>Walter Steinbeck (role=Eberhardt Kreutzer, Direktor)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Genschow (role=Erich Bürger, Büroangestellter)</actor>
      <actor>Cilly Feindt (role=Elisabeth Schuhmacher)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Henckels (role=Hein Stumpe, Justizrat)</actor>
      <actor>Werner Finck (role=Ottokar Geldern)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1934</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTA1MGNlMDItY2FjMi00YTZlLWE4OGQtYjUyZjgwNGYyZDcyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX78_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
    <description>An American businessman, traveling incognito to get away from the demands of work, finds relief at a rural sanitarium .</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0027710</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Gäßchen zum Paradies</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Vehicle for the popular Austrian comic Hans Moser, as a dogcatcher in the poor part of town whose life changes when he befriends an abandoned youth and a stray animal.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Fric</director>
      <actor>Hans Moser (role=Tobias Haslinger - der Hundefänger)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Bosse (role=Peter - der Waisenknabe)</actor>
      <actor>Mady Rahl (role=Anni - Mädchen aus der Schießbude)</actor>
      <actor>Hilde Maroff (role=Sonja - dessen Frau)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Czechoslovakia|Germany</country>
    <date>1936</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGRhOWI1YzYtMDU0My00MjBhLWI1OTAtNTg2ZjQ4YzY4MjQwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Vehicle for the popular Austrian comic Hans Moser, as a dogcatcher in the poor part of town whose life changes when he befriends an abandoned youth and a stray animal.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0049441</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Max Nosseck</director>
      <actor>Walter Müller (role=Franz Steiner)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Wahl (role=Heinz Brandt)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Carl (role=Alois Prill, Möbelhändler)</actor>
      <actor>Theo Lingen (role=Dr. Erwin Hacker, Rechtsanwalt)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Imhoff (role=Hermann Kleebusch)</actor>
      <actor>Erika von Thellmann (role=Lisbeth, seine Frau)</actor>
      <actor>Jester Naefe (role=Christa, deren Tochter)</actor>
      <actor>Nicole Heesters (role=Traute Rösler)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Stephan (role=Emmi, Nichte des Portiers)</actor>
      <actor>Adrienne Gessner (role=Ida Sorgmann, Eheberaterin)</actor>
      <actor>Angelika Hauff (role=Mausi, Hackers Freundin)</actor>
      <actor>Ilse Peternell (role=Anna)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODJkNGQ4NTItOTMxMS00YjQxLTk5MWMtZTA5ZmIwNTgzM2M4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,12,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0050617</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Königin Luise</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The life of Luise de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia, and her opposition to Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Wolfgang Liebeneiner</director>
      <actor>Ruth Leuwerik (role=Königin Luise)</actor>
      <actor>Dieter Borsche (role=König Friedrich Wilhelm)</actor>
      <actor>Bernhard Wicki (role=Zar Alexander)</actor>
      <actor>René Deltgen (role=Napoleon)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Nielsen (role=Hardenberg)</actor>
      <actor>Charles Regnier (role=Talleyrand)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Domin (role=Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz)</actor>
      <actor>Margarete Haagen (role=Gräfin Voss)</actor>
      <actor>Irene Marhold (role=Friederike)</actor>
      <actor>Alexander Golling (role=Großfürst Konstantin)</actor>
      <actor>Ado Riegler (role=Von Köckritz)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Brackebusch (role=Bäuerin)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2U5MzZmM2UtZDU2OS00MGM1LWI0ODEtNzlmNTc4OWMwOTY3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <review>After her sensational success in the film THE TRAPP FAMILY (1956), Ruth LEUWERIK (1924 - 2016) had finally become the female superstar of the West German film industry. When she recovered from makeup poisoning in Berlin, which she had contracted during the filming of TRAPP, she decided to play the Prussian Queen Louise in her next film.This Queen Louise had become famous because her husband King Friedrich Wilhelm (Dieter BORSCHE) and his military power Prussia had become hopelessly involved in the conflict between the Russian Tsarist Empire and Napoleonic France at the beginning of the 19th century. In the film, the politically inexperienced Luise advises her husband to get closer to Tsar Alexander (Bernhard WICKI, ACADEMY AWARD Nominee 1960 for DIE BRÜCKE), but then has to undertake a humiliating supplication to Napoleon (Rene DELTGEN, GERMAN FILM AWARD Winner 1954 for WEG OHNE UMKEHR) after the devastating defeat of Jena and Auerstedt. Already terminally ill, Luise can only advise her subjects to increase their efforts in terms of education.Director Wolfgang LIEBENEINER offers a sentimentally exaggerated history lesson. The star-studded spectacle was produced by the legendary Ilse KUBASCHEWSKI's DIVINA Film, who also had the film marketed by her GLORIA film distributor. After all, more than 4 million cinemagoers wanted to see LEUWERIK (GERMAN FILM AWARD Winner 1954 for GELIEBTES LEBEN) as the queen. Other roles included Hans NIELSEN as Count Hardenberg, Charles REGNIER as Talleyrand and Margarete HAAGEN, who was very popular through DIE MÄDELS VOM IMMENHOF (1955), as Queen Luise's confidante.A little too kitschy and glorifying authority, but with excellent production design, for which the upcoming ACADEMY AWARD Winner Rolf ZEHETBAUER (awarded in 1973 for CABARET) from the BAVARIA Studios in Geiselgasteig near Munich was responsible</review>
    <description>The life of Luise de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia, and her opposition to Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0045980</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Königliche Hoheit</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Literary adaptation: An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Harald Braun</director>
      <actor>Dieter Borsche (role=Prince Klaus Heinrich)</actor>
      <actor>Ruth Leuwerik (role=Imma Spoelman)</actor>
      <actor>Lil Dagover (role=Gräfin Löwenjoul)</actor>
      <actor>Mathias Wieman (role=Dr. Raoul Überbein)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Fernau (role=Großherzog Albrecht)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Henckels (role=Hofmarschall Bühl zu Bühl)</actor>
      <actor>Günther Lüders (role=Kammerdiener Neumann)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Bildt (role=Staatsminister von Knobelsdorff)</actor>
      <actor>Heinz Hilpert (role=Samuel Spoelman)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Hübner (role=General)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Vespermann (role=Finanzminister Krippenreuther)</actor>
      <actor>Tilo von Berlepsch (role=Adjutant Graf Schellenberg)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1953</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTgxNDc4NjQzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjgwNjQ1MjE@._V1_QL75_UX90_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Drama|Romance</category>
    <review>After a string of highly profitable low-budget melodramas and sudsy love triangle, Germany's reigning box-office queen Ruth Leuwerik finally got a worthy part that did full justice to her considerable talent: 'Koenigliche Hoheit' was adapted from a novel by Thomas Mann -- who, according to all reports, was pleased with the film version. Ruth Leuwerick stars as an American heiress raised in Europe. She falls in love with stiff and dull Dieter Borsch, a handsome but shy German prince. Their romance seems doomed when Borsch is obliged to enter into a marriage of convenience to save his country from bankruptcy. A fortuitous 11th-hour plot-twist prevents the film from being merely another variation of The Student Prince. 'Koenigliche Hoheit' might have benefited from a lighter directorial touch than the one displayed by Dr. Hans Braun</review>
    <description>Literary adaptation: An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0047195</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig's prison-castle.—KGF Vissers</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Helmut Käutner</director>
      <actor>O.W. Fischer (role=Ludwig II)</actor>
      <actor>Marianne Koch (role=Prinzessin Sophie)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Bildt (role=Richard Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Friedrich Domin (role=Otto von Bismarck)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Kutschera (role=Graf Holnstein)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Hübner (role=Von Pfistermeister)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Meyn (role=Professor Dr. Gudden)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Fernau (role=Prinz Luitpold von Bayern)</actor>
      <actor>Willy Rösner (role=Minister von Lutz)</actor>
      <actor>Klaus Kinski (role=Prinz Otto von Bayern)</actor>
      <actor>Fritz Odemar (role=General von der Tann)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Frey (role=Kaiser Franz Joseph)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1955</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ3MjMzMjUzOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjU2NzI5._V1_QL75_UX124_.jpg" />
    <category>Costume Drama|Period Drama|Biography|Drama|History</category>
    <review>Helmut Kautner's biopic of the famous king was dwarfed by Visconti's four-hour mammoth magnum opus (1972).It did not deserve to fall into oblivion though.Of course people will complain because the writers passed over in silence the fact that this king was gay.In 1954,what else could they do? When they filmed Tchekovsky's life,they did the same.Some people will say that Helmut Kautner took the easy way out : he made Ludwig's so called impossible love for Sissi the reason why he did not marry.Visconti's Elizabeth was not fooled when she ironically asked her cousin:"you want me to be your impossible love?" And however,I like this film: there are beautiful romantic scenes between OW Fisher and Ruth Leuwerick: "look at those clouds up above,they seem very near from each other but they are actually faraway"or "down there ,it's eternity" .The pacifist side of the king is highlighted,which made him a man ahead of his time ;what could such a man do in the company of such wolves as Bismarck and the other politicians of the era.Klaus Kinski -nowadays the most famous actor of the movie- appears as Otto and he makes each of his three scenes count: particularly impressive is that scene when he feels the first effects of the madness: Visconti's Otto is rather bland by comparison.But the reason why you should give this movie a chance is its cinematography:the colors are splendid indeed ,sometimes luminous when Sissy urges Ludgwig to remain pure ,sometimes dark under an ominous sky when the king's megalomania knows no bound anymore.Dig that scene where the king and Sissy's sister Sophie are all alone in an opera theater and the girls breaks down crying "I cannot stand that anymore".Wagner's music enhances all the film and Visconti's and Kautner's treatments are not that much different as far as the musician is concerned.At about the same Time,Ernst Marischka began his Sissy saga</review>
    <description>King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0047195/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0050291</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Das haut hin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Slapstick comedy about a student trying to win the heart of a circus artist by showing off artistic skills.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Géza von Cziffra</director>
      <actor>Peter Alexander (role=Toni Matthis, Student der Zoologie)</actor>
      <actor>Margit Nünke (role=Bianca)</actor>
      <actor>Gunther Philipp (role=Hassler)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfgang Lukschy (role=Carossa, Löwendompteur)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Olden (role=Direktor Zaretti, Biancas Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Gerold Wanke (role=Primel, Student)</actor>
      <actor>Else Reval (role=Mafalda, Flohzirkusdirektorin)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid Schwarz (role=Flora, Zimmermädchen)</actor>
      <actor>Grethe Weiser (role=Annemarie Plötzlich, Tonis Tante)</actor>
      <actor>Herbert Weissbach (role=Hotelportier)</actor>
      <actor>Reinhard Kolldehoff (role=Kuhlmann, Zirkusangestellter)</actor>
      <actor>Erwin Bredow (role=Solotänzer)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>5.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE2MDk5OTcwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNTE2OTE5._V1_QL75_UX76_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Music</category>
    <description>Slapstick comedy about a student trying to win the heart of a circus artist by showing off artistic skills.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0051199</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Und so was will erwachsen sein</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After her husband's death, young Elisabeth Teky struggles to keep her wineyard in Langenlois, a city in Lower Austria, alive. Thus, her caretaker, Korbinian Grammelshuber, aims for an arranged marriage to a rich winemaker. At the same time a rich wine merchant named Steffie Köster asks her nephew Richard to buy wine from Elisabeth. Richard lets his friend Jörg do the job and go to Langenlois, where he immediately falls in love with Elisabeth.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans H. König</director>
      <actor>Herta Staal (role=Elisabeth Teky, Weingutsbesitzerin)</actor>
      <actor>Gunnar Möller (role=Jörg Strasser, Volksschullehrer)</actor>
      <actor>Paul Hörbiger (role=Korbinian Grammelshuber, Verwalter)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Nicoletti (role=Stefanie Köster, Weinhändlerin)</actor>
      <actor>Peer Schmidt (role=Richard Köster, ihr Neffe)</actor>
      <actor>Karl Skraup (role=Gerichtsvollzieher Bindinger)</actor>
      <actor>Hertha Martin (role=Yvonne Sommer, Schlagersängerin)</actor>
      <actor>Ingeborg Hüttinger (role=Anni, Wirtschafterin)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Hörbiger (role=Kellergehilfe Franz)</actor>
      <actor>Oskar Wegrostek (role=Anton)</actor>
      <actor>Raoul Retzer (role=Rottenwieser, Barbesitzer)</actor>
      <actor>Christine Kaufmann (role=Christl, Münchner Ferienkind)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Austria</country>
    <date>1957</date>
    <star-rating>5.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDdiYjRiNmEtOTlmYi00ZmFkLTlkOTEtNmI0ODhjZmI2OTFhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX87_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Romance</category>
    <description>After her husband's death, young Elisabeth Teky struggles to keep her wineyard in Langenlois, a city in Lower Austria, alive. Thus, her caretaker, Korbinian Grammelshuber, aims for an arranged marriage to a rich winemaker. At the same time a rich wine merchant named Steffie Köste...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0051199/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0065062</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein Tag ist schöner als der andere</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Kurt Hoffmann</director>
      <actor>Vivi Bach (role=Kirsten)</actor>
      <actor>Ingrid Braut (role=Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Siegfried Siegert (role=Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Isabelle von Eichborn (role=Pluto)</actor>
      <actor>Wolfram von Eichborn (role=Wolfi)</actor>
      <actor>Holger von Eichborn (role=Holli)</actor>
      <actor>Jacqueline von Eichborn (role=Jackie)</actor>
      <actor>Evelyn von Eichborn (role=Evie)</actor>
      <actor>Justina von Eichborn (role=Puckie)</actor>
      <actor>Clarissa von Eichhorn (role=Clarissa)</actor>
      <actor>Eleonore Weisgerber (role=Carla)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Christiani (role=Rolf Bender)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1969</date>
    <star-rating>5.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGY1MmEzNTItNDc0NC00Y2NkLWJmYWYtMmRmNzZhNzQyMDUzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,5,140,140_.jpg" />
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0037413</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Umwege zu dir</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Theodor is married to much younger Fritzi. When she visits Alfred Theodor gets an anonymous tip. Enraged Theodor enters Alfred's apartment but finds only Fritzi's sister Lony. Alfred now wants to propose to Lony, but she has disappeared.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Thimig</director>
      <actor>Marte Harell (role=Leonie 'Lony' Strass)</actor>
      <actor>Richard Romanowsky (role=Sektionschef Prof. Theodor von Stass)</actor>
      <actor>Christl Mardayn (role=Schwester Fritzi Strass)</actor>
      <actor>Dagny Servaes (role=Baronin von Dobeneck)</actor>
      <actor>Susi Nicoletti (role=Tochter Vilma von Dobeneck)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Schlenck (role=Inspektor Hackhofer)</actor>
      <actor>Auguste Pünkösdy (role=Gräfin Bärenburg)</actor>
      <actor>Erik Frey (role=Alexander Rödersdorf)</actor>
      <actor>Lotte Lang (role=Zoffe Relly)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Truxa (role=Robert)</actor>
      <actor>Ursula Ludwig (role=Stubenmädchen)</actor>
      <actor>Rudolf Stadler (role=Diener Franz)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1947</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWMxNTVmZDEtNjNlOC00MGY4LWFlNGYtODQ2NzBjNWM5MzA4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,19,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Romance</category>
    <description>Theodor is married to much younger Fritzi. When she visits Alfred Theodor gets an anonymous tip. Enraged Theodor enters Alfred's apartment but finds only Fritzi's sister Lony. Alfred now wants to propose to Lony, but she has disappeared.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0140301</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Jäger vom Roteck</title>
    </titles>
    <credits>
      <director>Hermann Kugelstadt</director>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>West Germany</country>
    <date>1956</date>
    <star-rating>5.7</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZGZjMDM3MWEtODIwNi00YTZlLWFmZjgtOGY0NDQ2ZGQ0ZGUyXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX85_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0030178</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Gewitter im Mai</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Rivalry in a Bavarian town over a woman culminates in the unselfish rescue of one of the two men, in danger scaling a mountain peak, by the other.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hans Deppe</director>
      <actor>Viktor Staal (role=Poldi Sonnleitner)</actor>
      <actor>Hansi Knoteck (role=Dorle Weber)</actor>
      <actor>Ludwig Schmid-Wildy (role=Domini, Dorfschmied)</actor>
      <actor>Anny Seitz (role=Vroni)</actor>
      <actor>Hans Richter (role=Hein Andresen)</actor>
      <actor>Hermine Ziegler (role=Dorles Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Rolf Pinegger (role=Förster, Poldis Vater)</actor>
      <actor>Thea Aichbichler (role=Försterin, Poldis Mutter)</actor>
      <actor>Viktor Gehring (role=Bürgermeister)</actor>
      <actor>Josef Eichheim (role=Xaver, Gemeindediener)</actor>
      <actor>Willi Schur (role=Schiffskoch)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1938</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzJjMDAxNGUtM2VkZi00Mzk4LWJhMGYtNmQ4ODkyMTc4NjYwXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Drama</category>
    <description>Rivalry in a Bavarian town over a woman culminates in the unselfish rescue of one of the two men, in danger scaling a mountain peak, by the other.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>35834125</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Cold Case Files: Dead West</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The American West, death is always a shadow over the shoulder: a grizzly bear , an avalanche, a bite from a rattlesnake; those are just the natural threats; if one wants to get away with murder, the West may be the perfect place to do it.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Dude Walker (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Adrian Van Nice (role=Self - Chief Trial Dep)</actor>
      <actor>Patrick Haugse (role=Self - Fmr. Sergeant, Boulder County Sheriff's Office)</actor>
      <actor>Cahnya Parker (role=Self - Carol Murphy's Sister)</actor>
      <actor>Conraya Carpenter (role=Self - Carol Murphy's Sister)</actor>
      <actor>Kirk Mitchell (role=Self - Reporter (Ret.), Denver Post)</actor>
      <actor>John Kellner (role=Self - District Attorney, 18th Judicial District, Colorado)</actor>
      <actor>Kayla Suggs (role=Self - Pamela Shelly's Daughter)</actor>
      <actor>Marlo Pronovost (role=Self - Editor, Stillwater County News)</actor>
      <actor>Carl Bowen (role=Self - Sheriff, DeWitt County Sheriff's Office)</actor>
      <actor>Dave Cawley (role=Self - Cold Podcast Host)</actor>
      <actor>Amanda Gadd (role=Self - Dana Dodd's Half-Sister)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2025</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTUzNzViMTEtMTFkNi00MzlkLWI3NDEtN2FlYjU2NjZjZjI4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX389_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime Documentary|True Crime|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>The show is good in that it is diving into cases that do not seem to have been "done to death" by the myriad other true crime shows.However, much like "Sins of the South", the narration is ridiculously over the top. "Dude Walker" (alias of Thomas McMullen) has more of an accent than the actual regional people being interviewed and/or recounting their memories.Much like the Pace Salsa commercial, he deserves a "New York City" in regards to his faux twang.So far I am able to tolerate the voice acting (aka narration). I just wish I knew why these shows cannot source regional VAs and use ones with exaggerated (fake) dialects</review>
    <description>The American West, death is always a shadow over the shoulder: a grizzly bear , an avalanche, a bite from a rattlesnake; those are just the natural threats; if one wants to get away with murder, the West may be the perfect place to do it.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>33094139</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wie ich ermordet wurde</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Forensic pathologists work with investigators to crack questionable cases.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chad Cunningham</director>
      <actor>Brennan Cross (role=Dr. Wayne Ross)</actor>
      <actor>Chad Governale (role=Doctor Jamie Downs)</actor>
      <actor>L.J. Dragovic (role=Self - Chief Medical Examiner)</actor>
      <actor>Tio Ragland (role=Dr. Antoine Wrice)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Fry (role=Self - Bryan Police Department)</actor>
      <actor>Miles Tucker (role=Self - Investigator)</actor>
      <actor>Micah Strange (role=Detective Sprague)</actor>
      <actor>Lance Matthews (role=Self - Bryan Police Department)</actor>
      <actor>Travis Smith (role=Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Satish Chundru (role=Self - Pathologist)</actor>
      <actor>Leah Courtney (role=Self - Emergency Medical Technician)</actor>
      <actor>Jarvis Parsons (role=Self - Chief Prosecutor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjU0ODlhMWMtZWY2NC00MGMyLWIwOTAtZGUzYmRlOTE3ZTEzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX222_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Forensic pathologists work with investigators to crack questionable cases.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11165808</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Vermisst und ermordet</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Iain Paterson</director>
      <actor>Shaun Dooley (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>David Swindle (role=Self - Former investigating officer)</actor>
      <actor>Keith Davies (role=Self - Major Investigation Team, Essex Police)</actor>
      <actor>Frank le Duc (role=Self - Editor, Brighton and Hove News)</actor>
      <actor>Steve Reynolds (role=Self - Major Investigation Team, Essex Police)</actor>
      <actor>Linda Jones (role=Self - Danielle's Mum)</actor>
      <actor>Gary Pearson (role=Self - Editor, Thurrock Gazette)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Mayo (role=Self - Family Liaison Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Kenny (role=Self - Psychologist)</actor>
      <actor>Julian Druker (role=Self - Correspondent)</actor>
      <actor>Diana Parkes (role=Self - Joanna's mother)</actor>
      <actor>Iain McSporran (role=Self - Solicitor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2019</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2M0NTYyNmEtOTBiMy00MzUwLWJjNWMtNmVmYzUxMmI4Y2Q2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>True Crime|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>Watching on Netflix. Heartbreaking to see those who are the 'other' victims, but it is important their voices are heardHowever, episode 9 based in France and no subtitles. I'm sure the police officer is very expansive but I have no idea</review>
    <description>British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>22459586</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Code Des Verbrechens</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>After a robbery of epic proportions at the premises of a private security firm in Paraguay, federal agents from the Foz do Iguaçu bureau launch a complex investigation. Following the trail of the DNA samples they collect, they discover a trace that connects the robbery in the neighboring country with other recent crimes, unveiling an even larger plan involving criminal elements from both countries.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Heitor Dhalia</director>
      <director>Pedro Morelli</director>
      <actor>Maeve Jinkings (role=Suellen)</actor>
      <actor>Rômulo Braga (role=Benício)</actor>
      <actor>Thomás Aquino (role=Sem Alma)</actor>
      <actor>Larissa Bocchino (role=Suely)</actor>
      <actor>Pedro Caetano (role=Rossi)</actor>
      <actor>Natasha Jascalevich (role=Contorcionista)</actor>
      <actor>Thais Lago (role=Mônica)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriela Moreno (role=Cynthia)</actor>
      <actor>Débora Veneziani (role=Letícia)</actor>
      <actor>Gabriel Chadan (role=Cauã)</actor>
      <actor>Erom Cordeiro (role=Fernando)</actor>
      <actor>Priscila Martz (role=Refém)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Brazil</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjcxYzkzOGYtNzY0Yy00YzFjLWEzOWYtNDZiMGM1M2I5YjlhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Action|Crime|Drama|Thriller</category>
    <review>First of all, for foreigners, know that the actions in the series are actually quite common in the lives of Brazilians. Our country is huge and crime prevails. A few years ago this new modality emerged in which on a "random" day criminals, drug dealers, corrupt police officers and heavily armed mercenaries invade a city and completely dominate it. There is no chance of resistance, civilians are tied to vehicles, police officers are executed, the entire city is closed. I say this because, looking from the outside, it may seem like a fantasy, but the reality is much worse than what is shown in the series</review>
    <description>Follows the complex work of federal police officers in an unprecedented investigation that culminates in the beginning of a thread that unravels, like no other, the construction of crime in the country.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>10356466</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unschuldig hinter Gittern</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In an intimate portrayal of injustice, this series reveals the true experience of being wrongfully convicted and the impact that lasts well beyond the prison bars. Each episode explores the harrowing story of a person who was convicted of a crime they didn't commit and their fight to prove their innocence in a court of law. Through a first-hand recount from the exoneree themselves and supporting interviews with those close to the case, the crime and trial are critically examined to find flaws and falsehoods in the original conviction that prove their innocence. But even exoneration can't heal all wounds, the impact extends further than just lost years and affects every part of their lives; sometimes beyond repair.—Jess Black</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Jess Black</director>
      <actor>Lee Jagow (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Angelo MacDonald (role=Self - Defense Attorney)</actor>
      <actor>Dennis Maher (role=Self - Wrongfully Convicted)</actor>
      <actor>Bret Christian (role=Self - Author)</actor>
      <actor>Kwame Ajamu (role=Self - Wrongfully Convicted Man)</actor>
      <actor>Terry Gilbert (role=Self - Attorney)</actor>
      <actor>Kristine Bunch (role=Self - Wrongfully Convicted)</actor>
      <actor>Tom Percy (role=Self - Attorney)</actor>
      <actor>John Button (role=Self - Wrongfully Convicted Man)</actor>
      <actor>Herman Lindsey (role=Self - Wrongfully Convicted Man)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie McAllister (role=Self - Fire Protection Engineer)</actor>
      <actor>LaShawn Ajamu (role=Self - Kwame's Wife)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDM3NzU1ZjgtNjRlZC00ZmUyLWIxMzAtMzBjZTUxZDQ0MGU1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Documentary</category>
    <description>In an intimate portrayal of injustice, this series reveals the true experience of being wrongfully convicted and the impact that lasts well beyond the prison bars.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>6459472</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Cold Case Files</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Tense new series exploring cold cases from victims death to criminal conviction. Expertly narrated by a foreboding Danny Glover.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Phil Lott</director>
      <director>Ari Mark</director>
      <actor>Bill Kurtis (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Danny Glover (role=Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Laurent Andruet (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Bradford Eckhart (role=Swat Officer)</actor>
      <actor>Gregory Falatek (role=Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Evangelos Giovanis (role=Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Keith J. Obit (role=Matthew Bonner)</actor>
      <actor>Angelica Olson (role=Jenni Corrigan)</actor>
      <actor>Grey Robertson (role=Police Officer at Funeral)</actor>
      <actor>Andrew Rudy (role=Paul Jones)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Sturges (role=Officer Jack Taylor)</actor>
      <actor>David J. Garfield (role=Detective Strand)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2017</date>
    <star-rating>7.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWFhZjA1OTQtZmMwNi00NTUzLTgxNzYtODhkNzlkNjMyNzE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LXZpZGVvLXVwZGF0ZXI@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime Documentary|True Crime|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>Interesting Note: This series will test your patience simply because it intentionally goes slow for a truly somber effect. Here's my secret: change the speed you watch this to 1.5X. The dialog is just as understandable and you won't feel like everything is in slow motion any longer. It's actually a better show! Onward to actually reviewing Cold Case Files.Cold case crime shows have usually left the viewer hanging as are the cases at the time the episodes were made. This one is not another one of those. These cases are of that small percentage that languish for years and are finally solved. That in itself is of more interest to this viewer. The care and quality of the way the stories are told and recreated is seriously good. In fact it's the seriousness of presenting these cases that makes it also exceptional within the genre. These are tragic cases with extended periods of no breaks and as a result no closure for the families, It is truly poignant and the law enforcement personnel eventually solving these give the family a chance at a degree of peace. This kind of show is much better than the average crime TV shows in my opinion. Why it didn't get more seasons is a mystery? Surely others see this as a quality production with compelling stories</review>
    <description>Tense new series exploring cold cases from victims death to criminal conviction. Expertly narrated by a foreboding Danny Glover.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>31720133</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Houses of Horror: Gewalt und Terror am College</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>"Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life" exposes the dark side of Greek Row and its impact on some of the young men and women who participate. Each one-hour episode features first-hand accounts of how the power, control, and secrecy of fraternities and sororities can create a cult-like dynamic leading to an environment where nefarious activity--from drug use to sexual assault--is able to thrive. Through exclusive sit-down interviews with those involved including former fraternity and sorority members, family, law enforcement and experts, the series details how these organizations that seemingly offer acceptance and community for young people have far-reaching consequences that can turn dangerous, and even deadly.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTZmY2VmYTItZmE1MS00MTk5LWEyMWUtZDBhZjY1ZDUxZTRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Documentary</category>
    <description>Exposes the dark underbelly of fraternity and sorority life at some of America's top universities.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>13423730</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The First 48: Momente der Entscheidung</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Hosted by former "First 48" detectives, each episode presents different cases previously featured on the show, all with a common theme.</plot>
    <credits>
      <actor>Matt Frazier (role=Self)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2020</date>
    <star-rating>8.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTJlZTQ3NzYtOTE2My00NjgyLTgxMWUtOWYzODAyYzY1ZWJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX411_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Hosted by former "First 48" detectives, each episode presents different cases previously featured on the show, all with a common theme.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>28810493</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Teufel auf der Anklagebank</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The first and only time "demonic possession" has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Chris Holt</director>
      <actor>David Glatzel (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Alan Glatzel (role=Self - David's Brother)</actor>
      <actor>Arne Cheyenne Johnson (role=Self - Debbie's Boyfriend)</actor>
      <actor>Chris McKinnell (role=Self - Grandson of Ed and Lorraine Warren)</actor>
      <actor>Glenn Cooper (role=Self - Connecticut Detective)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Minnella (role=Self - Arne Johnson's Defense Attorney)</actor>
      <actor>Mike Allen (role=WINE - AM)</actor>
      <actor>Raine Van Elsacker (role=Alan Glatzel)</actor>
      <actor>Kathy Rupcic (role=Judy Glatzel)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Mae Beatty (role=Debbie Glatzel)</actor>
      <actor>Beckett Stortini (role=Carl Glatzer Jr)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Woodcock (role=Carl Glatzel Sr)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>5.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ3ZjBlYzAtMWE4OS00NDY2LWEyMWQtOWI4MGY1ODliNDE1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWpvc2FyYw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime Documentary|True Crime|Crime|Documentary|Horror</category>
    <review>A young boy is apparently being possessed by a demon. David sees visions, hears things, sounds demonic, and needs an intervention from the Catholic church. A murder happens, and an interesting defence is put forward.I'm not totally convinced here, it was a watchable hour or so, but it didn't really have a lot of meat on the bone as it were. Sure it's out in time for Halloween, but the wonderfully imagery doesn't quite tell the whole story, yes it's about possession, but it's very talky.Your enjoyment level is going to depend on where you sit on the whole debate of demons and possessions being real or not. I looked for a plausible solution, for me it felt as though were presented with a very credible one.Let's applaud it for not being made into a six part series, it's pretty brief, and there is some interesting content, and some startling footage. You will see heavy influences for horror films, those were interesting to spot.Sominex, wow that advert was quite something, that was a pretty unexpected twist.6/10</review>
    <description>Using reenactments and home videos, this dark documentary investigates the apparent possession of a young boy and the brutal murder that followed.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>3951130</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Teuflische Nachbarn</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>True crime show about conflicts between neighbors that go terribly wrong.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Brian Rice</director>
      <director>David Tebby</director>
      <director>Tim Wolochatiuk</director>
      <director>Dafydd Palfrey</director>
      <director>Sid Zanforlin</director>
      <actor>Tish Iceton (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>David Bacque (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Craig Cyr (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Brian Scott Carleton (role=John Kendall)</actor>
      <actor>Drew Riedstra (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Huss (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ed Valtenbergs (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Sauvé (role=Rick)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Kerba (role=Tony Moore)</actor>
      <actor>Aury Barnett (role=Officer Ed Drury)</actor>
      <actor>Dawn Sadler (role=Keri Blake)</actor>
      <actor>David Parisian (role=John Elmor)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Canada|United States</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2VkZWI0ZDAtNzkxYi00NWE2LWEyMTAtYTI1NWE3OTg3YzMyXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Docudrama|True Crime|Action|Crime|Drama|Horror|Thriller</category>
    <review>Great crime documentary save for one problem: Before every commercial break there's a run of upcoming scenes, and unless you're prepared to very quickly mute the TV and close your eyes, these will be spoilers. Viewers are supposed to be held in suspense. But when a "coming up" preview shows the person you LEAST suspect swinging a weapon ... that just ruins the suspense. We don't need the spoilers. I want to be sitting at the edge of my seat, wondering who's going to blow first. The inserted previews ruin this experience. I hope the director of this series sees my review. STOP THE SPOILERS!Muting the TV and closing one's eyes isn't a practical solution. Sometimes I'm caught off guard, or someone else in the room has the remote</review>
    <description>True crime show about conflicts between neighbors that go terribly wrong.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0098844</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Law &amp; Order</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinctly separate yet forever intertwined groups of people. There's the police department, represented here by the 27th precinct homicide detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, interview witnesses and then, when the evidence points to a suspect or suspects, they will place them under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhatten District Attorney's office, who discuss deals and plea bargains, prepare the witnesses and evidence all whilst conducting the people's case in the trial of the accused. Both teams work together as well as with the Medical Examiners Office, Crime Lab and Police and District Attorney psychologists or psychiatrists. Matters are rarely resolved easily, or for the people involved, satisfactory. Crimes are committed which frequently create public unrest and controversy, race, morals and beliefs are frequently challenged and manipulated, the guilty can go unpunished and the innocent ruined forever. The detectives and prosecutors are weary, cynical, flawed, human and vulnerable. And, yet they are somehow still dedicated to their jobs, to make the guilty answer for their crimes and gain some sense of justice for the victim and the victim's family. These are their stories...—Scott</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Constantine Makris</director>
      <director>Edwin Sherin</director>
      <director>Jace Alexander</director>
      <director>David Platt</director>
      <director>Richard Dobbs</director>
      <actor>Sam Waterston (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>S. Epatha Merkerson (role=Mrs. Denise Winters)</actor>
      <actor>Jerry Orbach (role=Defense Attorney Frank Lehrman)</actor>
      <actor>Steven Hill (role=DA Adam Schiff)</actor>
      <actor>Jesse L. Martin (role=Detective Ed Green)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Hendrix (role=ME Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers)</actor>
      <actor>Fred Thompson (role=DA Arthur Branch)</actor>
      <actor>Chris Noth (role=Detective Mike Logan)</actor>
      <actor>Benjamin Bratt (role=Rey Curtis)</actor>
      <actor>Michael Moriarty (role=Executive ADA Ben Stone)</actor>
      <actor>Carolyn McCormick (role=Dr. Elizabeth Olivet)</actor>
      <actor>Elisabeth Röhm (role=ADA Serena Southerlyn)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>1990</date>
    <star-rating>7.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBiOTViNjItODc0OC00NzA1LWI5ZjAtOWI4ODlmZTdiMmFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Legal Drama|Legal Thriller|Police Procedural|Psychological Thriller|Serial Killer|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>I am giving an 8 as the prior seasons this was generally an excellent show. What I like about Law and Order is that it is a show that made you think about the issues being presented and you could formulate your own thoughts about how you thought the issues should play out. The show never outright told you how to think or feel about things. And sometimes the characters would do things you disagreed with but you understood them enough to know where they were coming from.But with this revival since the cancellation, it is unbelievable how poor the writing is. I do not fault the actors like some people are here. The dialogue and scenarios they are put in are so ridiculous and cringe worthy that great actors like Pacino or Deniro couldn't save this. As one example, the recent issues of abortion and Roe Vs Wade being overturned, it would make sense to incorporate this into a storyline and abortion stories have been done before in the show which I felt were well done. But definitely not now, the show tells you exactly how we are on the wrong side of history and how this is creating so much anger and extremism in society. And the thing is I agree with the sentiment but there is nothing to think about or consider. The show and writers are pushing their ideological message in such an overt and obvious way that it becomes laughable. I no longer see this show as something that is worthy of sparking debate and I will simply watch the original series as they are worth going back to</review>
    <description>Two Part drama which focuses on the New York criminal Justice System by showing a violent crime investigated by police detectives in the first half and then the trial of the accused in court by the prosecutors in the second half.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>18573724</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>So Help Me Todd</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Meticulous attorney Margaret Wright hires her talented but scruffy son Todd as her law firm's in-house investigator. As the black sheep of the well-heeled Wright family, Todd is a laid-back, quick-thinking, excellent former private detective who fell on hard times after his flexible interpretation of the law got his license revoked. Margaret's penchant for excellence and strict adherence to the law is at complete odds with Todd's scrappy methods of finding his way through sticky situations: by the seat of his wrinkled pants. When Todd inadvertently teams with his mother on a case, she's surprised to find herself duly impressed by -- and proud of -- his crafty ability to sleuth out information with his charm and his wide-ranging tech savvy. At last, Margaret sees a way to put her son on a suitable path to living an adult, financially solvent life she approves of, and she asks him to join her firm.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Nancy Hower</director>
      <director>Daniel Willis</director>
      <director>Michael Spiller</director>
      <director>Stuart Gillard</director>
      <director>Nick Gomez</director>
      <actor>Marcia Gay Harden (role=Margaret)</actor>
      <actor>Skylar Astin (role=Todd)</actor>
      <actor>Madeline Wise (role=Allison)</actor>
      <actor>Tristen J. Winger (role=Lyle)</actor>
      <actor>Inga Schlingmann (role=Susan)</actor>
      <actor>Rosa Arredondo (role=Francey)</actor>
      <actor>Clayton James (role=Chuck Grant)</actor>
      <actor>Thomas Cadrot (role=Chet Venables)</actor>
      <actor>Leslie Silva (role=Beverly Crest)</actor>
      <actor>Jeffrey Nordling (role=Gus Easton)</actor>
      <actor>Matthew Wilkas (role=Lawrence Wright)</actor>
      <actor>Heather Elizabeth Morris (role=Judy Maxon)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>7.6</star-rating>
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    <category>Cozy Mystery|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>I can't believe they canceled this show. I hope another network picks it up. The characters have great chemistry and the storylines keep you engaged and wanting more. The episodes are both simple and complex with enough seriousness to keep it from being unbelievable, and enough laughter to keep it light hearted and entertaining. It's a show I was comfortable watching with my mother and/or friends. I love the relationship that Todd has his with mother and siblings. I could write so much more but with the show being canceled I am sure this is useless feedback. In any event, I truly hope that another network continues with show as it is truly worth watching while decompressing from daily tasks.</review>
    <description>A talented P.I. agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his mother, who is reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>18258908</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>NCIS: Sydney</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>NCIS: Sydney is an Australian police procedural television series. It will be a spin-off of the long-running series NCIS and the fifth series in the NCIS franchise. In February 2022, Paramount+ announced it had commissioned a series of the NCIS franchise to be filmed in Sydney, Australia. It will debut in Australia on Paramount+ in 2023 and Network 10 in mid-2024. NCIS: Sydney will follow a talented and tireless team of Naval Criminal Investigative Services agents dedicated to solving criminal cases involving the Marines and the Navy.—sfroggys</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>David Caesar</director>
      <director>Catherine Millar</director>
      <director>Kriv Stenders</director>
      <director>Jennifer Leacey</director>
      <director>Shawn Seet</director>
      <actor>Olivia Swann (role=Michelle Mackey)</actor>
      <actor>Todd Lasance (role=Jim 'JD' Dempsey)</actor>
      <actor>Sean Sagar (role=DeShawn Jackson)</actor>
      <actor>Tuuli Narkle (role=Evie Cooper)</actor>
      <actor>Mavournee Hazel (role=Bluebird 'Blue' Geeson)</actor>
      <actor>William McInnes (role=Doc Roy 'Rosie' Penrose)</actor>
      <actor>Lewis Fitz-Gerald (role=Richard Rankin)</actor>
      <actor>Bert LaBonté (role=NCIS Special Agent Ken Carter)</actor>
      <actor>Georgina Haig (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Daniela Farinacci (role=Foreign Minister Quinn)</actor>
      <actor>Kate Skinner (role=Natalie Rankin)</actor>
      <actor>Henry McWilliam (role=Jack Dempsey)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Australia|United States</country>
    <date>2023</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDNlMGRjYjktYTBiMi00YzkxLTgwNDUtNWQ5YjU0NzRiYTZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXNvbG5vbXM@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cop Drama|Police Procedural|Action|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>You shouldn't expect it to be like the original. Mark Harmon isn't even involved in this one.The stories are improving as they go. If it survives the first season it will be a miracle. We've watched all of the NCIS shows and this is by far the worst.The lead, Olivia Swann, is AWFUL. She is wooden and what is meant to sound authoritative ends up sounding petulant and rude. She seems incapable of actual emotions. She definitely can't carry this show. Most of the cast are growing on me a bit after several episodes. Still not sure if we'll stick with it but PLEASE get that chick an acting coach</review>
    <description>Follows a joint team of American Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agents and Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers who work together to investigate crimes involving the Navy in and around the Indo-Pacific Ocean in Australia.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>14449470</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>FBI: International</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the "Law and Order" brand, faced-paced drama FBI: INTERNATIONAL is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's International Fly Team. Headquartered in Budapest, they travel the world with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be. Not allowed to carry guns, the Fly Team relies on intelligence, quick thinking and pure brawn as they put their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people. The Fly Team's Special Agent Scott Forrester, their accomplished and dedicated leader, puts his missions ahead of his personal life and is rarely seen without the team's "secret weapon" - their trusty Schutzhund dog, Tank. Second in command is Special Agent Jamie Kellett, not afraid to tussle - in an alley or courtroom - and her extensive network of informants is a powerful resource. Special Agent Andre Raines shines in the field and makes good use of his accounting background in tracking criminal enterprises' moving money; and the group's newest member is Special Agent Cameron Vo, a competitive West Point grad who excels at interrogation and strategy. A key part of the mix is the unflappable Europol Agent Katrin Jaeger, a multilinguistic liaison between the FBI Fly Team and each host country they inhabit. Always at the scene where American interests are at risk, FBI: INTERNATIONAL is a globe-trotting depiction of law enforcement overseas.—CBS</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Michael Katleman</director>
      <director>Alex Zakrzewski</director>
      <director>Avi Youabian</director>
      <director>Jonathan Brown</director>
      <director>Attila Szalay</director>
      <actor>Carter Redwood (role=Special Agent Andre Raines)</actor>
      <actor>Vinessa Vidotto (role=FBI SA Cameron Vo)</actor>
      <actor>Eva-Jane Willis (role=Europol Agent Megan 'Smitty' Garretson)</actor>
      <actor>Luke Kleintank (role=FBI SSA Scott Forrester)</actor>
      <actor>Heida Reed (role=FBI SA Jamie Kellett)</actor>
      <actor>Christina Wolfe (role=FBI SA Amanda Tate)</actor>
      <actor>Eric James Gravolin (role=Kyle Cartwright)</actor>
      <actor>Stefan Trout (role=Ernesto Saunders)</actor>
      <actor>Christiane Paul (role=Europol Agent Katrin Jaeger)</actor>
      <actor>Jesse Lee Soffer (role=FBI SSA Wesley 'Wes' Mitchell)</actor>
      <actor>Sydney Sainté (role=Celeste Lee)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Junillon (role=Claire Armbruster)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>6.6</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTM2M2EyOTMtZWVlMS00YzZkLWJlZTAtYmJiMDQxNWFiMThjXkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UY281_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Action|Adventure|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>Really wish Jesse Lee Soffer never left Chicago PD, one of the most gripping, well-written, consistently brilliant Police dramas on Tv today. I get that he maybe wanted to branch out as an actor, and leave his Jay character behind, but he deserves better than this show. I'll admit I've been watching season 4, mainly to see how Jesse goes in the show, but I'm quickly getting tired of the cookie cutter Hollywood scripts and storyline's. The acting is above average, and there is some decent yet over-blown action sequences. Maybe I've been spoiled by Chicago PD, but I just find it to be the pinnacle of law enforcement on television. Best of luck to those involved in FBI: International</review>
    <description>Follows the elite team of operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) International Fly Team (IFT), as they travel across Europe to neutralize threats against American Interests.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0880992</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Unter anderen Umständen</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Detective Inspector Jana Winter investigates with her team in the Schleswig-Holstein area while also fulfilling her role as a mother. Her intuition for the psychological dimension of crimes often leads her on the right track, and she must assert herself against her male colleagues time and again.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Judith Kennel</director>
      <director>Ziska Riemann</director>
      <director>Gunnar Fuss</director>
      <director>Thomas Berger</director>
      <actor>Natalia Wörner (role=Jan Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Herforth (role=Matthias Hamm)</actor>
      <actor>Martin Brambach (role=Arne Brauner)</actor>
      <actor>Jacob Lee Seeliger (role=Leo Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Werlinder (role=Alwa Sörensen)</actor>
      <actor>Ralph Misske (role=Rechtsmediziner)</actor>
      <actor>Friederike Linke (role=Frida Tiesen)</actor>
      <actor>Kian Schmidt (role=Leo Winter)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian von Pufendorf (role=Ole Jessen)</actor>
      <actor>Hansjürgen Hürrig (role=Dr. Bernd Fabian)</actor>
      <actor>Marcus Mittermeier (role=Christoph Olson)</actor>
      <actor>Matthias Brandt (role=Niko Brix)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>6.8</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDBjZjhjNGQtNzI2ZC00Yzc0LThiNDctNGQ4MjM3MGIyMGNkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX326_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Detective Jana Winter balances investigating crimes with her Schleswig-Holstein team and parenting. Her psychological insights guide cases, though she must stand up to her male colleagues.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0874686</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Ein starkes Team</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>It's almost 20 years since our illustrious Trio set off to solve some of Berlin's more bizarre murder mysteries. The success of the show's longevity hinges around the humor of former DDR Volkspolizei detective Otto (Florian Martens), who never seems to adapt to the Western way of policing, and his eccentric friend "Sputnik" (Jaecki Schwarz). This latest episode introduces yet another change in the lineup as a new male colleague joins the illustrious Trio on a dark-humor caper after an undertaker's murder that exposes the cut-throat business of funeral planning, where only the most successful survives in the business--literally. the murder of an undertaker. ZDF are still managing to come up with some compelling stories, making these 88 minutes worth watching.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Johannes Grieser</director>
      <director>Martin Kinkel</director>
      <director>Maris Pfeiffer</director>
      <director>Ulrich Zrenner</director>
      <director>Thorsten Näter</director>
      <actor>Florian Martens (role=Otto Garber)</actor>
      <actor>Jaecki Schwarz (role=Sputnik)</actor>
      <actor>Arnfried Lerche (role=Lothar Reddemann)</actor>
      <actor>Maja Maranow (role=Verena)</actor>
      <actor>Tayfun Bademsoy (role=Yüksel Yüzgüler)</actor>
      <actor>Kai Lentrodt (role=Ben Kolberg)</actor>
      <actor>Stefanie Stappenbeck (role=Linett Wachow)</actor>
      <actor>Robert Seethaler (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Leonard Lansink (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Matthi Faust (role=Sebastian Klöckner)</actor>
      <actor>Eva Sixt (role=Dr. Simkeit)</actor>
      <actor>Maximilian Wigger (role=Axel)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1994</date>
    <star-rating>6.7</star-rating>
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    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>It's almost 20 years since our illustrious Trio set off to solve some of Berlin's more bizarre murder mysteries. The success of the show's longevity hinges around the humor of former DDR Volkspolizei detective Otto (Florian Martens), who never seems to adapt to the Western way of...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt0874686/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0880565</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Wilsberg</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Wilsberg: the thriller from Münster.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Martin Enlen</director>
      <director>Dominic Müller</director>
      <director>Hans-Günther Bücking</director>
      <director>Dennis Satin</director>
      <director>Philipp Osthus</director>
      <actor>Leonard Lansink (role=Georg Wilsberg)</actor>
      <actor>Rita Russek (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Roland Jankowsky (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Oliver Korittke (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Ina Paule Klink (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Vittorio Alfieri (role=Grabowski)</actor>
      <actor>Heinrich Schafmeister (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Patricia Meeden (role=Tessa Tilker)</actor>
      <actor>Andreas Merker (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Christian Skibinski (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Janina Fautz (role=Merle)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Laupichler (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>1995</date>
    <star-rating>7.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWI2NmQwMGMtZTJjZC00ZjgwLTgyZjMtMGM2NGM4ZThlNDljXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Comedy|Crime</category>
    <description>Wilsberg: the thriller from Münster.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>1846197</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Mord im Mittsommer</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>A beautiful summer morning is marred when a man's body washes up to shore. Crime inspector Thomas Andreasson and colleague Carina Persson are put on the case with very few leads. It soon turns out that the truth behind the murder is more complicated than expected. Based on Viveca Sten's hugely popular crime novel Still Waters, and set in the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mattias Ohlsson</director>
      <director>Niklas Ohlson</director>
      <director>Marcus Olsson</director>
      <actor>Alexandra Rapaport (role=Nora)</actor>
      <actor>Jonas Malmsjö (role=Henrik)</actor>
      <actor>Nicolai Cleve Broch (role=Alexander)</actor>
      <actor>Gustaf Hammarsten (role=Bengt-Olof Stenmark)</actor>
      <actor>Ping Mon H. Wallén (role=Anna)</actor>
      <actor>Anton Lundqvist (role=Pär)</actor>
      <actor>Kassel Ulving (role=Tor)</actor>
      <actor>Jakob Cedergren (role=Thomas)</actor>
      <actor>Anki Lidén (role=Margit)</actor>
      <actor>Louise Edlind (role=Monica)</actor>
      <actor>Lion Monn (role=Simon)</actor>
      <actor>Sandra Andreis (role=Mia)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Sweden</country>
    <date>2010</date>
    <star-rating>6.9</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjg1YTNhM2UtMTYzMC00NGMzLThjZTgtMjU0ODhmMWE3NDdjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX164_.jpg" />
    <category>Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Romance|Thriller</category>
    <review>I enjoyed this series. I was tired of heavy and dark murder mystery programs.There is good chemistry between all the characters.Enjoy the scenery and plan your next vacation to this beautiful part of Sweden</review>
    <description>Viveca Sten's popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime and the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>4214012</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Nord bei Nordwest</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Former Hamburg cop Hauke Jacobs helps Schwanitz police officer Lona Vogt with their cases while he works as the new veterinarian in town with their assistant's support Jule Christiansen.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Felix Herzogenrath</director>
      <director>Nina Wolfrum</director>
      <director>Markus Imboden</director>
      <director>Hinnerk Schönemann</director>
      <director>Steffi Doehlemann</director>
      <actor>Hinnerk Schönemann (role=Hauke Jacobs)</actor>
      <actor>Marleen Lohse (role=Jule Christiansen)</actor>
      <actor>Cem-Ali Gültekin (role=Mehmet Ösker)</actor>
      <actor>Stephan Tölle (role=Herr Töteberg)</actor>
      <actor>Regine Hentschel (role=Bleckmann)</actor>
      <actor>Joshy Peters (role=Martin Puttkammer)</actor>
      <actor>Jana Klinge (role=Hannah Wagner)</actor>
      <actor>Victoria Fleer (role=Bine Pufal)</actor>
      <actor>Henny Reents (role=Lona Vogt)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Prager (role=Reimar Vogt)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Furch (role=Simon Rost)</actor>
      <actor>Kiara Fakhoury (role=..)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWE3YmNkMmYtYzg1OS00YWM0LTk5MmQtOTMzZTFlNTEzNDIxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX388_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>Few genres have been played most in TV series as the police one, practically every country has had several them, most outstanding probably had been italian, swedish, spanish, french and, why not, german like this; formerly Hamburg police Hauke Jacobs moves to a small town on the north coast, Schwanitz, buys a small fishing boat and settles down as the village's new rural veterinarian; reasons for the change of the protagonist are not clear, it seems that he does not get along the people, however from the very beginning helps the police officer Lona Vogt in the resolution of the most varied crimes, while exercising his new profession with the help of his assistant Jule Christiansen, who seems in love with him</review>
    <description>Former Hamburg cop Hauke Jacobs helps Schwanitz police officer Lona Vogt with their cases while he works as the new veterinarian in town with their assistant's support Jule Christiansen.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>5015548</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Agatha Raisin</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>The Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Geoffrey Sax</director>
      <director>Roberto Bangura</director>
      <director>Matt Carter</director>
      <director>Audrey Cooke</director>
      <director>Paul Harrison</director>
      <actor>Ashley Jensen (role=Agatha Raisin)</actor>
      <actor>Matt McCooey (role=Bill Wong)</actor>
      <actor>Lucy Liemann (role=Sarah Bloxby)</actor>
      <actor>Mathew Horne (role=Roy Silver)</actor>
      <actor>Jamie Glover (role=James Lacey)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Barnett (role=DI Wilkes)</actor>
      <actor>Jason Merrells (role=Sir Charles Fraith)</actor>
      <actor>Katy Wix (role=Gemma Simpson)</actor>
      <actor>Jodie Tyack (role=Toni Gilmour)</actor>
      <actor>Marcia Warren (role=Mrs Boggle)</actor>
      <actor>June Watson (role=Mrs Josephs)</actor>
      <actor>Rhashan Stone (role=Jez Bloxby)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.2</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2IwMzg0ODEtYmVmZS00MzcwLThlZTMtNmRlMmVmYjU5Nzc3XkEyXkFqcGdeQWxiaWFtb250._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Cozy Mystery|Comedy|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>The last episode of S2, I had a hard time watching. Face up after 2 times. Watching S3E1 and not 10 min in and I'm annoyed.I love the cast and am really disappointed by the shift into silliness. While it works, kind of, it's like it swallowed a huge bucket of silliness instead of just a cup. Like baking, ratios matter.I'll watch but in the background. Tolerable but not my fav show anymore</review>
    <description>The Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>7845932</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Der Usedom-Krimi</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Former district attorney Karin Lossow and Detective Chief Superintendent Julia Thiel, a formidable mother-daughter duo, solve criminal cases on the picturesque island of Usedom.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Andreas Herzog</director>
      <director>Matthias Tiefenbacher</director>
      <director>Grzegorz Muskala</director>
      <director>Felix Herzogenrath</director>
      <director>Oliver Schmitz</director>
      <actor>Katrin Sass (role=Staatsanwältin Karin Lossow)</actor>
      <actor>Rainer Sellien (role=Holm Brendel)</actor>
      <actor>Max Hopp (role=Staatsanwalt Brunner)</actor>
      <actor>Rikke Lylloff (role=Ellen Norgaard)</actor>
      <actor>Jana Julia Roth (role=PM Dorit Martens)</actor>
      <actor>Till Firit (role=Rainer)</actor>
      <actor>Milena Dreißig (role=Staatsanwältin Katharina Stozek)</actor>
      <actor>Peter Schneider (role=Stephan Thiel)</actor>
      <actor>Merab Ninidze (role=Lucjan Gadocha)</actor>
      <actor>Lisa Maria Potthoff (role=Julia)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Bading (role=Sophie Thiel)</actor>
      <actor>Elsa Krieger (role=Merle Witt)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2014</date>
    <star-rating>7.0</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDNlMzc4MWEtNjVlNy00ZGM5LTk2MDUtMDIxOWZmODAwMjZlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX416_.jpg" />
    <category>Cozy Mystery|Suspense Mystery|Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller</category>
    <review>These comments are based on watching the first five episodes, the only ones to date to be available in the UK. They were watched in German with English subtitles.This German crime series is set on the island of Usedom, just off the coast, in the Baltic. The island is mostly German but the eastern tip is over the border in Poland.As the series starts former prosecutor, Karin Lossow, is released from prison having served her time for the killing of her husband. Her daughter, Julia Thiel, is a senior police officer on the island and she isn't keen to re-establish a relationship with her mother. Each episode features a self-contained mystery which inevitably requires Julia to work with Polish colleagues... including one she is having an affair with. In the various cases Julia's family often seem to be tangential involved; if it isn't her mother it is her teenage daughter.I rather enjoyed this series. Its new title here is clearly aiming to get on the 'Nordic Noir' bandwagon; this is a bit unfortunate as it doesn't have that feel. It might not be as light hearted as the likes of 'Midsomer Murders' but it certainly isn't as dark in tone as 'The Killing' or 'The Bridge'. The murder mysteries are interesting and provide enough suspects to keep the viewer guessing and the main characters are interesting; their relationships adding to the story rather than detracting from it. The setting added to the series; it is part of the world I knew nothing about and the fact that it was on the German/Polish border added to the interest. I hope further episodes are made available here as the final episode shown leaves many questions unanswered. Overall I'd recommend this to fans of murder mysteries looking for a new location</review>
    <description>Former district attorney Karin Lossow and Detective Chief Superintendent Julia Thiel, a formidable mother-daughter duo, solve criminal cases on the picturesque island of Usedom.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>33998454</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Theresa Wolff</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Die 17-jährige Emilia wird mit einer Plastiktüte über dem Kopf an einem "Lost Place" aufgefunden. Die Identifizierung ergibt, dass sie die Tochter des Jenaer Oberstaatsanwalts ist. Gutbürgerlicher Familienhintergrund, kurz vor dem Abitur, sportlich - Emilia wurde aus einem geordneten Leben mit großartiger Zukunftsperspektive gerissen - warum? Selbstmord erscheint unwahrscheinlich. Noch bevor Theresa (Nina Gummich) und ihr Team mit der Klärung der Todesursache beginnen können, stürmt ein bewaffneter junger Mann den Sektionssaal: Latif Lahani (Rojan Juan Barani), ein junger Marokkaner. Er behauptet, Emilias Ehemann zu sein. In seiner grenzenlosen Verzweiflung bedroht er das Team. Mit einem Schuss, der sich versehentlich löst, verletzt er Theresas Kollegen Zeidler. Mitarbeiter, die den Schuss gehört haben, informieren die Polizei über die Geiselnahme in der Rechtsmedizin. Nun liegt es in Theresas Händen, eine Eskalation im Sektionssaal zu verhindern - eine schwierige Aufgabe für eine Frau, die sich am besten mit Toten versteht.—Crew United / ZDF</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Hansjörg Thurn</director>
      <actor>Rojan Juan Barani (role=Latif Lahani)</actor>
      <actor>Niels Bormann (role=Konrad Geissler)</actor>
      <actor>Hannah Ehrlichmann (role=Birge Rikker)</actor>
      <actor>Anouk Elias (role=Maria)</actor>
      <actor>Sahin Eryilmaz (role=Ceyhan Topal)</actor>
      <actor>Nina Gummich (role=Theresa Wolff)</actor>
      <actor>Arda Görkem (role=Birol)</actor>
      <actor>Katrin Hansmeier (role=KHK Nicola Maier)</actor>
      <actor>Gwentsche Kollewijn (role=Billie)</actor>
      <actor>Aurel Manthei (role=Bruno Lewandowski)</actor>
      <actor>Claudia Mehnert (role=Lena Geissler)</actor>
      <actor>Mascha Paul (role=Cloudy)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <date>2024</date>
    <star-rating>6.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWVjODQyY2MtNjg5My00ZDBkLTkxMzMtZGRlNzI0ZmFhNjg2XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,14,140,140_.jpg" />
    <category>Crime</category>
    <description>Die 17-jährige Emilia wird mit einer Plastiktüte über dem Kopf an einem "Lost Place" aufgefunden. Die Identifizierung ergibt, dass sie die Tochter des Jenaer Oberstaatsanwalts ist. Gutbürgerlicher Familienhintergrund, kurz vor dem Abitur, sportlich - Emilia wurde aus einem geordn...&lt;!-- --&gt; &lt;a class="ipc-link ipc-link--baseAlt" tabindex="0" aria-disabled="false" data-testid="plot-read-all-link" href="/title/tt33998454/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl"&gt;</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>11981644</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Professor T</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>Every aspect of Professor Jasper Tempest's life is rigidly structured. Impeccably dressed and meticulously punctual, he lectures at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology. Thanks to a strictly regimented routine, his OCD and germaphobia are under control. But his buttoned-down world is slowly undone as one of his former students, Detective Sergeant Lisa Donckers, persuades him to assist in an investigation. Professor T's brilliant mind proves invaluable, but cracks in his carefully constructed, emotionless shell begin to appear. Working with the fiery, occasionally chaotic Lisa drags him out of his comfort zone and forces him to confront his suppressed feelings for an old flame, Detective Chief Inspector Christina Brand. And when he moves back into his dusty and derelict family home - an uncharacteristically irrational decision - he finds it difficult to escape the influence of his imperious mother, Adelaide: They share a harrowing family secret that has cast a long shadow over both their lives.—Beta Film</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Dries Vos</director>
      <director>Maarten Moerkerke</director>
      <director>Kaat Beels</director>
      <actor>Ben Miller (role=Professor Jasper Tempest)</actor>
      <actor>Barney White (role=Dan Winters)</actor>
      <actor>Sarah Woodward (role=Ingrid Snares)</actor>
      <actor>Douglas Reith (role=The Dean)</actor>
      <actor>Frances de la Tour (role=Adelaide Tempest)</actor>
      <actor>Emma Naomi (role=Lisa Donckers)</actor>
      <actor>Andy Gathergood (role=Paul Rabbit)</actor>
      <actor>Juliet Aubrey (role=Christina Brand)</actor>
      <actor>Juliet Stevenson (role=Dr. Helena Goldberg)</actor>
      <actor>Rupert Turnbull (role=Young Jasper Tempest)</actor>
      <actor>Ben Onwukwe (role=Herman Donckers)</actor>
      <actor>Sunetra Sarker (role=Maiya Coswami)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom|Germany|Belgium</country>
    <date>2021</date>
    <star-rating>7.3</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzFlM2Y2Y2UtYzBjMS00Yjk3LThhMzktMDQ0Njk2ZWM3NzJlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Psychological Drama|Suspense Mystery|Crime|Drama|Mystery</category>
    <review>This series is centred on Professor Jasper Tempest; a criminology lecturer at Cambridge. After a request from police officer, and former student Lisa Donkers, he starts helping the local constabulary with their investigations. He isn't easy to work with; he is obsessed with cleanliness and will say exactly what he thinks which makes him seem rude and insensitive.I really enjoyed the Belgian original so went into this with some trepidation. It isn't bad but I must say I didn't enjoy it as much as the original. Since the cases are basically the same this might be considered redundant but not everybody likes subtitles and the stories, characters and cases feel right for a light ITV crime drama. The cast does a fine job; Ben Miller is fun in the lead role and Frances de la Tour impresses as his mother. The rest of the cast, playing more 'normal' characters are good too. The cases are interesting and should keep the viewer guessing to the end without being too convoluted. Overall I'd recommend watching the Belgian original but if it is unavailable where you are or you don't like subtitles this is a decent substitute. If more episodes are made I'll tune in</review>
    <description>Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, assists the police in solving crime.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>17719354</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>The Real Death in Paradise</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>British true crime documentary series in which family members, friends and investigators share first-hand accounts of mysterious deaths, both solved and unsolved, of British citizens abroad.</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Basilio Longo</director>
      <director>Charlie Graham</director>
      <director>Seth Lebrese</director>
      <director>Ryan Blair</director>
      <director>Rodrigo Delgado</director>
      <actor>Anna Maxwell Martin (role=Self - Narrator)</actor>
      <actor>Chelsea Emery (role=Nixiann)</actor>
      <actor>John Junior (role=Alex)</actor>
      <actor>Chelsey Emery (role=Nixiann)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <date>2022</date>
    <star-rating>6.1</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzQ4ZGQ4MmEtNjc4YS00YTI1LThmZmEtNTAwZWRkMmEwMTA3XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX83_.jpg" />
    <category>True Crime|Crime|Documentary</category>
    <review>If you have ever watched UK TV show Death In Paradise you know the police force on St Marie always solve the case and the deed doer is jailed! Sadly that is not the case for many places in what was one part of the UK Commonwealth. This show goes into detail about people who are killed in former places of the commonwealth and that the guilty are not quickly caught. As it take years if someone is ever convicted and even longer before going to trial. So just remember when you jet off to that tropical location if something happens the way the law works there my be very different then how it would he handled in the UK</review>
    <description>British true crime documentary series in which family members, friends and investigators share first-hand accounts of mysterious deaths, both solved and unsolved, of British citizens abroad.</description>
  </show>
  <show>
    <entry-date>20250612</entry-date>
    <showid>0491738</showid>
    <titles>
      <title>Psych</title>
    </titles>
    <plot>During his childhood, Shawn Spencer (James Roday) developed a remarkable talent for noticing the tiniest of details under the guidance of his policeman father, Henry (Corbin Bernsen). However, upon growing up, he found it difficult to get a job, and spends most of his time using his skill to give the Police anonymous tips. However, the tips are so good that some cops become suspicious that he is involved with the crimes. To clear his name, Shawn finally settles on a career: he pretends to be a psychic. No one really believes him, but he continues to be so helpful to the Police that they keep calling him in on cases they can't solve. Shawn soon brings his childhood friend Barton "Gus" Guster (Dulé Hill) into his scheme, and between their bantering, they manage to solve every case with which they are presented.—rmlohner</plot>
    <credits>
      <director>Mel Damski</director>
      <director>Steve Franks</director>
      <director>James Roday Rodriguez</director>
      <director>Stephen Surjik</director>
      <director>John Badham</director>
      <actor>James Roday Rodriguez (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Dulé Hill (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Timothy Omundson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Corbin Bernsen (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Maggie Lawson (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kirsten Nelson (role=Self)</actor>
      <actor>Liam James (role=Young Shawn)</actor>
      <actor>Sage Brocklebank (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Kurt Fuller (role=..)</actor>
      <actor>Carlos McCullers II (role=Young Gus)</actor>
      <actor>Skyler Gisondo (role=Young Shawn)</actor>
      <actor>Kristy Swanson (role=Marlowe Viccellio)</actor>
    </credits>
    <country>United States</country>
    <date>2006</date>
    <star-rating>8.4</star-rating>
    <icon src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDQ4OTgyZDItY2U3NS00Y2FlLThiOTYtMzhiNTVjYjBjZjM3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg" />
    <category>Buddy Comedy|Bumbling Detective|Cozy Mystery|Police Procedural|Whodunnit|Comedy|Crime|Mystery</category>
    <review>There have been plenty psychic and detective shows over the years but Psych is absolutely one of the best of them. It's just a flat out fun show! Shawn (James Roday Rodriguez) and Gus (Dule Hill) have such great chemistry that keeps the show fresh every episode and the supporting cast are all perfect! As great as the cast is the writing is just as good. It's a smart and quick witted written show. Even though I loved every episode of every season I have to say that the first season is the weakest and the show really hits its stride in season two. There are so many laugh out loud moments and a good murder mystery every episode. By reading through most of these reviews it looks like most people agree that they had a good time watching this show and really like it</review>
    <description>When a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.</description>
  </show>
</shows>