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Rocky (1976) HD

6 March

Action

This is the story of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere, but when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it’s his one shot at the big time. A once in a lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner.

Nominated for ten and won a total of three Academy Awards® in the following categories:

Won:

Best Picture
Best Director (John G. Avildsen)
Best Film Editing

Nominated:

Best Music
Original song Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Burgess Meredith)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Talia Shire)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sylvester Stallone)
Best Writing Best Sound Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Burt Young)

Silence Of The Lambs (1991) HD

13 March

Thriller

Jodie Foster plays Clarice Starling, a brilliant FBI recruit chosen by her mentor, Special FBI Agent Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn), to track down a serial killer known only Buffalo Bill. To do so, Clarice must enlist the help of the sociopathic Dr. Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a monstrous but shrewd psychiatrist who can lead her to the murderer. While risking her life, Clarice finds herself on a collision course with her own past. The encounters between Clarice and Lecter are riveting; as the mad doctor employs a series of clever games in an attempt to draw the young agent into his web, Clarice, though on to his game, finds herself nevertheless spellbound by the doctor’s brilliance and madness all at once.

Nominated for seven and won a total of five Academy Awards® in the following categories:

Won:

Best Picture
Best Director (Jonathan Demme)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jodie Foster)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Hopkins)
Best Writing

Nominated:

Best Film Editing
Best Sound

Schindler's List (1993) HD

20 March

Drama

Schindler’s List is an indelible story of devastation, genocide and triumph of the faith of one human being. It is a story of survival – not merely the survival of one man, but a selected number of Jews enduring the darkest period in recorded human history.

Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) was a man of great talents and even greater contradictions. A born salesman and inveterate gambler, he sought his fortune in the aftermath of the German invasion of Poland. Like many an enterprising businessman, he joined the Nazi party to make deals but was himself indifferent to politics.

The only thing he truly believed in was enjoying life to the fullest. His conscience gave him trouble at first. Taking over a confiscated enamelware plant in occupied Krakow, he made a quick fortune on bibles, black-market deals and the labour of his unpaid Jewish workers. Yet gradually, Oskar Schindler began to absorb the overwhelming events surrounding him. As the Holocaust descended over Europe, this once—ebullient befriender of Nazi officials, was ready to risk it all to protect and rescue more than 1100 Jews sheltered in his factory.

When and why did compassion for his workers transcend his own self-interest? Perhaps only Oskar Schindler could answer that if he were alive today.

Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley co-star.

The film was nominated for 12 and won a total of seven Academy Awards® in the following categories:

Won:

Best Picture
Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
Best Film Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction/Set Direction
Best Music
Original Score Best Writing

Nominated:

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Liam Neeson)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ralph Fiennes)
Best Sound Best Costume Design
Best Makeup

Chicago (2002) HD

27 March

Drama/Musical

The Windy City’s promise of adventure and opportunity dazzle Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), an outwardly innocent performer who dreams of singing and dancing her way out of her ho-hum life.

Roxie’s one wish is to follow in the golden footsteps of vaudeville performer Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Roxie gets her wish when some very wrong steps land both the star and starlet in prison for separate murder charges.

Under the crooked care of the prison Matron Morton (Queen Latifah), Roxie meets up with legendary lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere). He agrees to take Roxie’s case for an immodest fee.Roxie’s career explodes, to the chagrin of her mentor. But the clever Miss Kelly has a few surprises left for her second act...

Based on the award-winning musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, Chicago is a stunning spectacle full of intrigue, love, betrayal, rivalry and friendship, a pageant of music and dance that adroitly shifts between reality and fantasy, as Roxie’s world moves from the prison to the courtroom to the stage.

The film was nominated for 13 and won a total of six Academy Awards® in the following categories:

Won: