In the weeks before his death, Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 June 25, 2009) was rehearsing a show, This Is It, that was to open in July. This film begins with a few of the auditioning dancers speaking to the camera about why theyre trying out and what Jackson means to them. Then we plunge into rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The film is arranged by musical number with prerecorded material and footage from Jacksons various rehearsals edited together to take us through what would have been the concerts set list.

Pre-dating Peter Jacksons arrival (Bad Taste) by three years, New Zealands first horror movie sees actor Michael Hurst fighting mutants (including Bruno Lawrence) on Waiheke Island, in his movie debut. Hursts character is out to avenge the mad scientist who forced him to kill his own parents. A grand prize-winner at a fantasy festival in Paris, David Blyths colourful and proudly OTT splatterfest marked the first of many horrors funded by the NZ Film Commission, and was the first local showcase of the smoothly-flowing Steadicam camera.

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified teacher, makes a marriage of convenience to Gilbert Joseph, paying for his passage to England on condition he sends for her. She not only hopes to see Michael again but believes that living in Britain will give her more scope. When she arrives in London in 1948, she is extremely disappointed by the one room in which they must live and the obvious colour prejudice. Queenie, their liberal landlady, is also a woman used to disappointment, marrying decent but dull and sexless Bernard to get her away from the family farm. Whilst Bernard - now presumed missing - was in the Air Force during the war, she first took in lodgers from the armed forces, partly for the company, including Michael, with whom she had sex.

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A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

After a successful run with Second City, Hal Sparks began performing at numerous comedy clubs including The Improv, The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and at Comic Reliefs American Comedy Festival. For five seasons, he co-starred as Michael on the hit series Queer as Folk. His numerous television appearances include VH-1s hit pop culture series I Love the 70s/80s/90s, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, Charlie Rose, Good Morning America, The View, Politically Incorrect, The Late, Late Show and Hollywood Squares.