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Director Ridley Scott, who created two of Hollywood's most stylish adventure thrillers, Alien and Blade Runner, hits the mark again in Black Rain. Academy Award winner Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia play New York cops whose job to escort a vicious assassin back to his native Japan leads the two Americans into Osaka's exotic underworld and right into the middle of a raging, brutal 'Yakuza' gangland battle. - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura
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Perennially picked-on high school nerds Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are sick of their status at the bottom of the social food chain. Using Wyatt's computer, the two hatch a plan to create their dream woman - and following a massive power surge, that woman unexpectedly appears in the form of Lisa (Kelly LeBrock). Gorgeous, intelligent, and blessed with limitless magic powers, Lisa makes the boys' dreams come true...but what about Wyatt's gun-toting psycho older brother Chet (Bill Paxton), and the two bullies (Robert Downey Jr. and Vamp's Robert Rusler) determined to put them back in their place? - Director:
- John Hughes
- Cast:
- Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock
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In the not too distant future when cloning plants, pets and human organs is accepted, a sinister corporation has begun illegally duplicating entire human beings. One night Adam Gibson , an old-fashioned family man and decorated fighter pilot, comes home to find that his perfect life has been stolen by his clone. Suddenly plunged into a sinister world of murder, corruption and high-tech deception, he is torn from his family as relentless assassins desperately try to kill him to bury the evidence. But this time they cloned the wrong man, and Adam will risk anything to reclaim his family and life. - Director:
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Cast:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andrea Libman, Michael Rapaport
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With an impoverished world plunged into a Cold War with a new enemy, Britain's Ministry of Defence is on the brink of developing a game-changing weapon. Lead scientist Vincent McCarthy (Toby Stephens) provides the answer with his creation, 'The Machine' - an android with unrivalled physical and processing skills. When a programming glitch causes an early prototype to destroy his lab, McCarthy enlists artificial intelligence expert Ava (Caity Lotz) to help him harness the full potential of a truly conscious fighting machine. - Director:
- Caradog W. James
- Cast:
- Caity Lotz, Simon Winkler, Toby Stephens
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Cockney brothers Terry and Andy McGuire are desperate to save their grandad's care home. Their only chance of getting the money they need is to rob a local bank. Meanwhile, on a docklands building site a plague of zombies are accidentally unleashed from 350-year-old cursed tomb. Before you know it, good old London town is under attack from a deadly legion of flesh-eating nutters. But can Terry and Andy get some shooters, grab the loot and save their grandad from the night of the living brown bread before all goes pear shaped. - Director:
- Matthias Hoene
- Cast:
- Rasmus Hardiker, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan
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Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a fun-loving, fast-talking trucker, takes on his craziest haul yet - delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours. With Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) hot on his trail and eager to teach him some respect for the law, the Bandit joins forces with good ol' boy, Cledus (Jerry Reed) and runaway bride Carrie (Sally Field). - Director:
- Hal Needham
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- Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed
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In a post-apocalyptic world, a savage war between man and vampire raged for centuries. A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) receives word of fresh attacks but now it's personal, his niece has been kidnapped by a new hive of merciless vampires. To save her, he must break his vow of peace and hunt down the hive before it's too late. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and packed with bloodthirsty action, this full throttle crusade takes you on the hunt for a deadly new breed of killer. - Director:
- Scott Stewart
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- Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q
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From the Academy Award-winning creators of 'Toy Story' comes the world's number one animated film that captured the hearts of fans and critics everywhere. Featuring ground-breaking animation, imaginative storytelling and unforgettable voice talent, 'Monsters Inc. ' opens the door to a world of mischief and mayhem and scares up monster-sized laughs along the way. Top Scarer Sulley (voice of John Goodman) and his enthusiastic Scare Assistant Mike (voice of Billy Crystal) work at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream processing factory in Monstropolis. The main power source of the monster world is the collected screams of human children. However, monsters believe children are dangerous and toxic, and they are scared silly when a little girl wanders into their world. Sulley and Mike do their best to return the girl home, but they face monstrous intrigue and some hilarious misadventures along the way. Treat yourself to the most entertaining movie of the year with all-new exclusive bonus features and animation for monster laughs and monster fun. - Director:
- Pete Docter
- Cast:
- Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs
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Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a cop who's angry at the system for handling criminals with kid gloves. Hes on suspension but the FBI gives him an opportunity to go undercover in Mississippi and infiltrate "The Brotherhood", a white supremacist biker gang that runs drugs. In the Brotherhood, each member legally changes his name to his Brotherhood nickname. They're led by a violent psychopath named Chains Cooper (Lance Henriksen) and Joe - begrudgingly accepts the job. As a member of the gang, Joe - renamed "John Stone" - learns that they're plotting a paramilitary assault on the state capitol to rescue a gang member sentenced to execution and it's up to Joe to stop them. - Director:
- Craig R. Baxley
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- Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe
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Feature-length animated adventure set in a Lego version of Gotham City. When Lex Luthor (voice of Clancy Brown) struggles to gain public support during his presidential campaign he decides to team up with the Joker (Christopher Corey Smith), who can produce a special gas that will sway public opinion. After Luthor helps the Joker escape from Arkham Asylum, the pair plan to defeat Batman (Troy Baker) and Superman (Travis Willingham) and bring down Gotham City. The rest of the Justice League join forces with the two superheroes as they fight to save the city. - Director:
- Jon Burton
- Cast:
- Clancy Brown, Troy Baker, Christopher Corey Smith
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Four cops down: two dead, two likely. An NYPD drug bust has gone horribly wrong, and Detective Ray Tierney heads the investigating task force. He already has ties to the case. His brother was commander of the ambushed officers. His brother-in-low, a fellow officer, often partnered with them. The more Ray uncovers, the more those family ties are tested. And the more the fraternal order starts to fray. - Director:
- Gavin O'Connor
- Cast:
- Edward Norton, David Anthony Pizzuto, Colin Farrell
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One A red-eye flight across the country, a small group of passengers - Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, David Morse, Frankie Faison, Bronson Pinchot- awakens mid-journey to face a shocking reality: they are somehow the only people left in the entire world. Fear turns to panic and desperation when they learn that they have slipped though a rip in the fabric of the universe. Unimaginable evil awaits them if they don't find a way back... and they are literally running out of time. Based on the story from Stephen King's bestseller "Four Past Midnight". . - Director:
- Tom Holland
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- Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, David Morse
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Buddy cops Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are back, trying to keep a key witness (Joe Pesci) - and themselves - alive in 'Lethal Weapon 2'. Murtaugh is still the rock-solid family man. Riggs is still the reckless daredevil, but now he counts the odds before bucking them. He cracks more jokes, too. 'I thought in this film I could take Riggs in a slightly different direction and maybe have some fun', Gibson says. Fun it is. And exciting, from its breathless, opening chase through LA streets to its raging gun-battle finale. In between, there's a six-story plummet from a window, a booby-trapped toilet, a Houdini-like underwater escape and the incredible destruction of a chic hillside stilt house. 'With Mel and Danny, Joe is the third stooge', director Richard Donner says. That makes three drop-dead funny guys. And one of them is lethal. - Director:
- Richard Donner
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- Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
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Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), a New York City detective specialising in forensics was once the country's leading criminologist. A near-fatal injury in the line of duty has, however left him paralysed with little will to live. Feisty, a street-smart policewoman Amelia Donaghy is on the verge of moving to a desk job but her last call as a street cop leads her to the discovery of a gruesomely mutilated corpse. When Rhyme's fellow detectives persuade him to take on the case, he pulls Ameila reluctabtly away from her new job to help him. Although an unlikely pairing, Amelia must become Rhymes' ears, eyes and legs as they race against the clock to get inside the mind of this madman and defeat him at his own game.... - Director:
- Phillip Noyce
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah
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It (1990)Stephen King's It
October, 1957. "It" awakens and the small town of Derry, Maine will never be the same. Stephen King brings to life every childhood fear and phobia as seven children face an unthinkable horror which appears in various forms, including "Pennywise" (Tim Curry) - a clown who lives, hunts and kills from the town's sewers. Years later, the surviving adults who are brave enough return to stop the new killing spree, this time for good. - Director:
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- Cast:
- Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole
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