George Seaton writes & directs this classic drama starring Edmund Gwenn & Maureen O' Hara. Doris Walker (O' Hara), an executive at Macy's department store, believes in taking a common-sense approach to life & is consequently raising her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) not to believe in Santa Claus. This year however, the convictions of both mother & child are challenged when a kindly old man (Gwenn) is hired as the store Santa & insists that he is in fact the real thing. No one believes him, some even think he's insane, but he is willing to go to court to prove his case. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Gwenn) & Best Screenplay (Seaton). ...

A remake of the 1947 'feel good' classic, telling the heart-warming story of a young girl's desire for a fully-functional family, complete with a father & a baby brother. The girl, Susan, confides in Kris Kringle (Sir Richard Attenborough), the kindly old man who is acting as the grotto Santa in the department store managed by her mother. Kris Kringle, however, believes he is the genuine Santa Claus & this devotion to the cause makes him very popular indeed, leading to record profits for the store. This annoys rival retailers so much that they try to discredit the so-called Santa, leading eventually to a court case in which Kringle & his lawyer try to prove that he is the real thing. ...

Double bill featuring the original ' Miracle On 34th Street' & the 1994 remake. In ' Miracle On 34th Street' (1947), Doris Walker (Maureen O' Hara), an executive at Macy's department store, believes in taking a common-sense approach to life & is consequently raising her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) not to believe in Santa Claus. This year, however, the convictions of both mother & child are challenged when the kindly old man (Edmund Gwenn) hired as the store Santa insists that he is in fact the real thing. No one believes him, some even think he's insane, but he is willing to go to court to prove his case. In ' Miracle On 34th Street' (1994), a girl, Susan (Mara Wilson), confides in Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough), the kindly old man who is acting as the grotto Santa in the department store managed by her mother. Kris Kringle believes he is the genuine Santa Claus & this devotion to the cause makes him very popular indeed, leading to record profits for the store. This annoys rival retailers so much that they try to discredit the so-called Santa, leading eventually to a court case in which Kringle & his lawyer try to prove that he is the real thing. ...

Patricia Riggen directs this drama based on the memoir of Christy Beam. Jennifer Garner stars as Christy, a woman whose young daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) has been diagnosed with a rare digestive disease for which there is no cure. After an accident which would normally have proved fatal, Anna survives with barely a scratch. When she is rushed to the hospital the stunned doctors find she has been cured of her incurable disease. The cast also

Includes:: Queen Latifah, Martin Henderson & John Carroll Lynch.

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Patricia Riggen directs this drama based on the memoir of Christy Beam. Jennifer Garner stars as Christy, a woman whose young daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) has been diagnosed with a rare digestive disease for which there is no cure. After an accident which would normally have proved fatal, Anna survives with barely a scratch. When she is rushed to the hospital the stunned doctors find she has been cured of her incurable disease. The cast also

Includes:: Queen Latifah, Martin Henderson & John Carroll Lynch.

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The all-conquering pop fivesome's 1982 LP Mirage gets a lavish re-issue, complete with a second disc that has 19 tracks dedicated entirely to outtakes & rarities. ...

Fourth studio album by the American rock b&. The record entered the UK Albums Chart at 20 & features the single ' Knock Knock'. ...

Episodes 1-13 of the Japanese anime series based on the manga by Sakae Esuno. The episodes are: ' Sign Up', ' Contract Terms', ' Initial Failure', 'H&-Written', ' Voice Message', ' Silent Mode', ' Answering Machine', ' New Model', ' Blocking Calls', ' Family Plan', ' Service Terminated', ' No Service Area' & ' Number Withheld'. ...

The first 13 episodes of the Japanese anime series based on the manga by Sakae Esuno. Yukiteru Amano (voice of Misuzu Togashi) is a high school student who mostly keeps to himself. In fact, the only people he really talks to aren't people at all. He keeps his constant diary while talking to Deus Ex Machina (Norio Wakamoto), the god of space & time, & his servant Murmur (Manami Honda). But these friends aren't quite as imaginary as Yukiteru thought, & suddenly he is plunged into a murderous competition to become a god with the help of his obsessive stalker Yuno Gasai (Tomosa Murata). The episodes are: ' Sign Up', ' Contract Terms', ' Initial Failure', 'H&-Written', ' Voice Message', ' Silent Mode', ' Answering Machine', ' New Model', ' Blocking Calls', ' Family Plan', ' Service Terminated', ' No Service Area' & ' Number Withheld'. ...

Julian Schnabel directs this drama about an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the aftermath of the first Arab-Israeli war. Hind Husseini (Hiam Abbass) sets up an orphanage following the partition of Palestine & the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 that soon becomes home to almost 2, 000 children. Seven-year-old Miral (Freida Pinto) ends up in the orphanage following her mother's death. Brought up there in an atmosphere of peace & stability, she is unaware of the troubles that surround her until she goes to teach at a refugee camp at the age of 17. There, she finds herself torn between the fight for the future of her people & Mama Hind's belief that education is the only possible route to peace. ...