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Golden Globe Winner Idris Elba and Oscar Winner Kate Winslet star in this sweeping, suspenseful drama based on Charles Martin's novel. When a plane they've chartered to beat a storm crashes in a remote mountain area, two strangers (Elba and Winslet) must trust each other in order to survive the extreme elements. With little hope of rescue, they begin a perilous journey that will shape the course of their lives. - Director:
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast:
- Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges
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Helmed by the legendary Arthur Penn and starring Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen, "Dead of Winter" is a seasonal suspenser par excellence! Loosely inspired by the 1945 classic "My Name is Julia Ross", this eighties update presents Steenburgen as an aspiring actress who is lured out to a country retreat in Canada, in ice-cold weather, to audition for a well-paid dream job. Unfortunately for her, though, a sinister plan is being unravelled around her - which will culminate in entrapment, torment, torture and a blood curdling revelation! - Director:
- Arthur Penn
- Cast:
- Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes
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Emma Stone and Steve Carell bring their A-game to this crowd-pleaser based on the electrifying true story of the 1973 tennis match between women's champion Billie Jean King (Stone) and former men's champ Bobby Riggs (Carell). As fierce rivals on opposite sides of the court and the gender equality issue, Billie Jean and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the sporting world. Filled with heart, humour and biting wit, 'Battle of the Sexes' is a triumphant celebration of the historic contest that changed the game! - Director:
- Jonathan Dayton
- Cast:
- Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough
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After Paul and Jenny part company with their sinister housekeeper Agatha, the disgruntled former employee gives a vintage doll called Robert to their son Gene. Soon after Agatha's departure, strange events begin plaguing the household. Furniture is vandalized, objects are thrown around and maniacal giggles echo through the house in the middle of the night. But nobody believes Gene when he claims Robert is to blame for the disturbances. Paul and Jenny consider the possibility that a supernatural force has taken over their home, but as the occurrences escalate, they discover that it's not the house that's haunted... it's the doll. - Director:
- Andrew Jones
- Cast:
- Lee Bane, Megan Lockhurst, Cyd Casados
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Happy Death Day (2017)Again / Half to Death
Blumhouse produces this original and inventive rewinding thriller in which a blissfully self-centered co-ed (Jessica Rothe) is doomed to relive the day of her murder unless she can identify her masked assailant and hopefully stop the madness. If she can't, she will be stuck in an insane loop, reliving a ghoulish nightmare that has become her death day. - Director:
- Christopher Landon
- Cast:
- Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine
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After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong - the system built to protect the Earth is attacking it and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything...and everyone...along with it. - Director:
- Dean Devlin
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Melinda Hill, Jim Sturgess
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Five medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience - giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife. But as their experiments become increasingly dangerous, they are each haunted by the sins of their pasts, brought on by the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side. - Director:
- Niels Arden Oplev
- Cast:
- Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev
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Old college friends Luke (Rafe Spall), Hutch (Robert James-Collier), Phil (Arsher Ali) and Dom (Sam Troughton) - decide to take a hiking trip deep in the Swedish wilderness in order to bond and reminisce about old times. However, they soon find themselves hopelessly lost in the dense woods and, as night closes in they become increasingly desperate to escape the woods. But they are not alone. Someone, or something, malevolent is watching them, intent on making them face their deepest fears and ensuring they never leave. - Director:
- David Brückner
- Cast:
- Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier
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Leatherface (2017)Texas Chainsaw 4
Years before the events of 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', the infamous Sawyer family's youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff's daughter dead. Ten years later, he kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities, including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter's death, the Sawyer teen goes on a violent road trip from hell - ultimately moulding him into the monster now known as Leatherface. - Director:
- Alexandre Bustillo
- Cast:
- Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike
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It's the summer of 1983 in Italy, and Elio (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old, spends his days in his family's villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father, an eminent professor. Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever. - Director:
- Luca Guadagnino
- Cast:
- Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg
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Sweet Sixteen (1983)Sweet 16
With a top notch cast that includes Susan Strasberg, Bo Hopkins and Scream Queen sensation Dana Kimmell, this tale of childhood trauma crafts a compelling whodunit mystery around some small town disappearances and a stack of dead bodies. Is the perpetrator male or female? And just what is going on with the boy-baiting Melissa (Aleisa Shirley)...A mysterious and alluring presence who turns a tiny Texas community upside down with her sudden appearance. - Director:
- Jim Sotos
- Cast:
- Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg, Patrick MacNee
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This is the outrageous and controversial story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford (Dunaway) and her struggle with the deal roles of fading actress and tormented mother. The public Crawford was strong-willed, glamorous and admirable, but Mommie Dearest reveals the private Crawford, the woman desperate to be a mother, adopting her children when she was single and trying to survive in the devastating movie industry. The rage, the debilitating strain, and the terrifying descent into alcoholism and child abuse are graphically - and unforgettably - depicted in this film. - Director:
- Frank Perry
- Cast:
- Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Blade Runner 2
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. - Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Harrison Ford, Bernie Leinfelder, Ryan Gosling
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"Primer" is set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two young engineers, Abe (David Sullivan) and Aaron (Shane Carruth), are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation while conducting extracurricular experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current project, a device that reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it by blocking gravitational pull, they accidentally discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next. - Director:
- Shane Carruth
- Cast:
- Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden
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Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who – after being separated by loss – discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. An unforgettable meditation on love and grief, A Ghost Story emerges ecstatic and surreal – a wholly unique experience that lingers long after the credits roll. - Director:
- David Lowery
- Cast:
- Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr.
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