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In 1970s South Boston, FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob.

'Black Mass' tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiralled out of control, allowing Bulger to evade law enforcement while escalating his power to become one of the most notorious gangsters in U.S. history.

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Unsuccessful writer Eddie Morra's life is transformed by NZT, a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become the perfect version of himself.

But when Eddie's enhanced abilities attract unwanted attention from the rich and powerful alike, he soon realises they'll stop at nothing to uncover his secret.

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John Q. (Denzel Washington) is an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. His wife Denise and young son Michael are his world. But when Michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart transplant operation that John Q.

can't afford and his health insurance won't cover, he vows to do whatever it will take to keep his son alive. With time and options running out, a desperate gamble becomes his only hope - he takes the emergency room hostage.

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"Harry Brown" is a powerful, fresh and gritty British action thriller following one man's (Sir Michael Caine) journey through a chaotic world where drugs are the currency and guns run the streets.

Modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown, is forced to dispense his own brand of justice as he bids to clean up the run-down estate he calls home.

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Romantic thriller in which murdered yuppie banker Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) returns to Earth as a ghost to solve his own murder and protect his grief-stricken wife Molly (Demi Moore). As he cannot communicate directly with his wife, he turns to fake medium Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) for help.

Nobody is more shocked than Oda Mae to discover she has the genuine power to contact the dead. Includes the famous, much-parodied midnight pottery sequence.

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Former high school foes turned rookie cop partners can't catch a break - until they're assigned to pose as students and bust a drug ring inside their old alma mater.

Living like teenagers again, they slip back into their adolescent selves and risk the case - and their friendship - with hysterically disastrous results!

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Anna (Beth Riesgraf) is afflicted with severe agoraphobia, and her crippling fear of the outside world confines her to the safety of her home. When three men break in and invade her house on the outskirts of town, she is physically unable to flee, frozen by her phobia.

But the intruders soon discover that looks can be deceiving. Within her home, Anna is hardly helpless at all…harbouring dark secrets and a deadly will to survive.

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The Hurt Locker is an intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat.

When renegade Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) takes command of a highly trained bomb disposal unit, he frequently risks the lives of himself and those around him with his suicidal methods and a complete disregard for danger. Caught in the middle are his subordinates Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), who can only watch as their leader descends further into addiction: an addiction to war.

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James Belushi stars as Thomas Dooley, an unorthodox narcotics cop who teams with an independently minded police dog in this hilarious action-comedy. Headstrong Dooley is one step away from nailing a prominent socialite in a $50 million cocaine bust.

But branded as too crazy to partner with, no one will work with him except Jerry Lee, a superbly trained German Shepherd police dog with the best nose in the drug-busting business. The unconventional pairing pleases neither partner, but after a series of shoot-outs, stake-outs, brawls and romantic misadventures, they develop a grudging respect for each other. It's a heart-warming, fast-footed adventure about an unlikely and unbeatable police team that will have you rooting for man's best friend.

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Laugh master Jim Carrey is at his outrageous best in this side-splittingly funny comedy that proves beyond a doubt that heaven has a sense of humor. Despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend local TV reporter Bruce Nolan doesn’t think that the world is treating him fairly.

Then, after his worst day ever, Bruce angrily rails against God for running his life and mismanaging the universe. So God responds…and endows Bruce with all of His powers to see if Bruce can do a better job. From the hit-making director of Liar, Liar an the writer who brought you The Nutty Professor…all hilarity breaks loose when a little divine intervention lets the always unpredictable Jim Carrey spend a week playing God!

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Mick Haller (Matthew Mcconaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Towncar.

Having spent most of his career defending petty gutter-variety criminals, he unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime: defending a rich Beverly Hills realtor (Ryan Phillippe) who is accused of attempted rape and murder. However, what appears in the beginning to be straightforward case with a big money pay-off swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation.

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"Raging Bull" is arguably the finest work from the Scorsese and De Niro partnership. De Niro gives and amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, ever ready to erupt.

Vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, the fight sequences are famed for their realism. Violent throughout, this film is a testament to Scorsese's and De Niro's skills, creating a thoroughly absorbing film about such an unlikable character. Renowned for throwing himself into the roles of his character, De Niro went on a diet to gain fifty pounds during production for the role of the faded star.

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Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson star as mismatched undercover cops who are partnered together for their first big case.

With help from slick street snitch Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg), Starsky (Ben Stiller) and Hutch (Owen Wilson) fire up their red-and-white Ford Torino in hot pursuit of a ruthless drug dealer (Vince Vaughn). Feast your eyes on the retro "splendour" of man-perms and polyester leisure suits in the crystal clarity of high definition. Revel in the spectacularly enhanced sound quality as tires screech, bullets ricochet and disco fever rules the night!

A team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, but their mission of discovery becomes the ultimate battle between man and nature when they venture into the domain of the mighty Kong.

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Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it.

But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets...but will Edward's destroy him?