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Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a top sports agent, long on ambition but short on scruples. After he suddenly and ceremoniously loses his job and his fiancee, both his personal and professional lives hit an all-time low. The only two people who stand by Jerry are his sole client Rod Tidwell, a second rank football player and Dorothy Boyd, a single mother inspired by his zest for life. Only through his shared journey to success with Rod and his relationship with Dorothy and her son does he begin to understand the values that really matter. - Director:
- Cameron Crowe
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- Tom Cruise, Lynnanne Zager, Cuba Gooding Jr.
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'Falling Skies' chronicles the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that leaves most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, survivors band together to begin the difficult task of fighting back against the aggressive aliens. Outside of Boston, history professor Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) helps lead a small army named 2nd Massachusetts in the battle of their lives to preserve their families and what's left of mankind. - Director:
- Greg Beeman
- Cast:
- Noah Wyle, China Anderson, Emily Hahn
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xXx 2: The Next Level (2005)xXx: State of the Union
In this action-packed sequel to the box-office smash xXx, Ice Cube stars as Darius Stone, a thrill-seeking troublemaker whose criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest xXx agent. Augustus Gibbons, the National Security Agency officer returns and recruits ex-con Stone to help save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star general and Secretary of Defence George Deckert (Willem Dafoe). Only a renegade xXx agent like Stone has the Xtreme skills to stop Deckert'5 dangerous military splinter group from taking over the government in America's capital. - Director:
- Lee Tamahori
- Cast:
- Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe
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R.I.P.D. (2013)Rest in Peace Department
Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds star as two cops working for the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.), a police force assembled from the spirits of the greatest cops that ever lived. Their job - protecting the living from monstrous spirits cleverly disguised as ordinary people. When wise-cracking Sheriff Roy Pulsifer (Bridges) is assigned Nick Walker (Reynolds), a rising star detective killed in his prime, the unlikely duo uncover a plot that could end life as we know it, and must find a way to work together before the earth is overwhelmed by angry souls unwilling to face justice. - Director:
- Robert Schwentke
- Cast:
- Toby Huss, Ryan Reynolds, Mike Judge
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Vian (Sean Bean) has just been released from prison after serving time for beating a man to death while he was drunk. Moving in with his sister, Bethley (Kate Walsh) he is desperate for retribution, and a chance to put right his terrible mistake. Making a promise to himself to stay dry, he finds a job, even a girlfriend (Eva Longoria), and the future is looking up. But when an unexpected tragedy drives him back to the bottle, old demons wake, and Vian is faced with a final battle against alcohol, those who want to see him fail, and most importantly, himself. Will he crumble in the face of his enemies, or can he find the strength to fight his demons? - Director:
- Rustam Branaman
- Cast:
- Sean Bean, Kate Walsh, Eva Longoria
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Jaws 2 (1978)Jaws II
The horror is far from over as Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprise their iconic roles in 'Jaws 2'. Four years after the great white shark terrorized the small resort of Amity, unsuspecting vacationers begin disappearing in an all-too-familiar fashion. Police Chief Brody (Scheider) finds himself in a race against time when a new shark attacks ten sailboats manned by teenagers, including his own two sons. The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in 'Jaws' returns in this worthy sequel to the original motion picture classic. - Director:
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Cast:
- Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
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It's Nikita vs. Alex! In Season 2, Nikita's protegee, Alex, may become her most lethal foe. Teamed with Michael and Birkhoff, Nikita is still on the outside, determined to destroy the black ops agency Division. But this time, Alex is on the inside, using the agency to seek revenge on her father's killers. Alex now needs and defends Division, and she knows all of Nikita's tricks. Plus, stunning secrets from the past - from the family Michael didn't know he had to the family Alex thought she'd lost - draw everyone deeper into a sinister web of betrayal and payback. In 23 explosive episodes, Season 2 is alive with all the nonstop action and drop-dead sex appeal that make Nikita the go-to show for excitement, thrills and intrigue. - Director:
- Eagle Egilsson
- Cast:
- Maggie Q, Hélène Cardona, Shane West
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After a long career of mishaps, wrong turns and utter failures, archaeological adventurers Max (Chuck Norris) and Leo (Lou Gossett) are ready to call it quits until a spunky blonde beauty with an ancient treasure map hires them to guide her into Central America to find Aztec gold. But as they draw closer to the priceless bounty, they are unaware that a powerful, vengeful spirit is tracking their every move and will stop at nothing to protect the sacred treasure! - Director:
- J. Lee Thompson
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- Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson
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A gripping mix of violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary backwoods of the south in this striking adaptation of Larry Brown's gritty and moving novel. Oscar winning actor Nicolas Cage gives a powehouse performance in the title role as the hard-living, hot tempered ex-con Joe Ransom. He's just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble - until he meets a young kid (Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tenderhearted protector. - Director:
- David Gordon Green
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- Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter
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It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. The Allies are poised to invade France and finally defeat the German army. But in Walmington-on-Sea morale amongst the Home Guard is low. Their new mission then - to patrol the Dover army base - is a great chance to revive spirits and reputation, that is until glamorous journalist Rose Winters arrives to write about their exploits, setting the pulses racing and putting the local women on red alert. MI5 then discover a radio signal sent direct to Berlin from Walmington-on-Sea. There's a spy on the loose! The outcome of the war is suddenly at stake, and it falls to our unlikely heroes to stand up and be counted. - Director:
- Oliver Parker
- Cast:
- Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon
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Jaws 3 (1983)Jaws 3-D / Jaws III / Jaws 3 People 0
The most famous shark of all time is back... bigger and more terrifying than ever in Jaws 3 starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. Everyone at Florida's Sea World is thrilled with the new "Undersea Kingdom", a maze of underwater plexiglass tunnels that permits visitors to get closer to marine life than ever before. The opening ceremonies include many important guests... and one uninvited baby shark who accidentally enters the park's lagoon through a faulty sea gate and subsequently dies. The young shark's 35-foot mother soon follows her offspring, creating the most horrifying tale of terror ever filmed in the water. - Director:
- Joe Alves
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- Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale
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For years the dedicated team of FBI investigators - Senior Agent lack Malone, Samantha Spade, Vivian Johnson, Danny Taylor and Martin Fitzgerald - have cracked New York's toughest missing-persons cases. Now a new agent joins them: Elena Delgado, a former NYPD vice squad officer plunged into the intense 24/7 world of carefully constructed timelines, cross-checked leads, psychological profiling and pulse-racing action. This season people as diverse as an Olympic hopeful, an FBI veteran, a suburban mom and a soldier of fortune with ties to terrorists go missing. Were they murdered? Kidnapped? Suicides? Or did they just walk away from lives too hellish to bear? Join the search! - Director:
- David Nutter
- Cast:
- Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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The daughter of respected actor and matinee idol Lawrence Harvey and model turned socialite Sophie Wynn (Jacqueline Bisset), Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) was born into a life of wealth and privilege - a lifestyle that did not interest her. Even from her earliest years, Domino rebelled against convention and the jet set. At the tender age of eight her beloved father passed away and her mother looked to the stability of boarding school in a misguided attempt to tame her wild child. But nothing could repress Domino's fiery nature - not friendships, not school, not her mother's high society. Even the extraordinary excesses paraded before her during a brief stint at modeling paled in comparison to her own escapades. Not until she stumbled upon a job seminar recruiting aspiring bounty hunters was her thirst for excitement at long last quenched. To Sophie's horror, Domino not only fell in love with the job but also with her fellow adventurers, who over the years would become her family. - Director:
- Tony Scott
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- Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Édgar Ramírez
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Tony Clark (Neil Pearson) is caught between a rock and a hard place. A successful detective based at Mulberry Street Police Station, he is looking forward to possible promotion to the Flying Squad, when his career suddenly takes a turn in a new and unwelcome direction. An informant contacts the Complaints Investigation Bureau (CIB) at Scotland Yard, alleging serious corruption at Mulberry Street. An unwilling Clark is pulled in to help catch whoever is responsible, in effect spying on his friends and colleagues. Disliked by uncooperative officers, and mistrusted by a cynical public, Clark and his team find themselves truly between the lines... - Director:
- Charles McDougall
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- Neil Pearson, Judy Loe, Tom Georgeson
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Their recovery window is small and every case is a race against time. Agent Jack Malone and the members of the FBI's Missing Persons Unit use advanced profiling techniques to peel back the layers of a person's life. No lies, deceptions, or evasions can withstand their withering scrutiny. They know, by revealing every fact of a missing person's life, they can track where that victim may be. You find out who they are, and you'll find out where they are. You don't have time to get it wrong, because after 48 hours, most victims are gone forever. - Director:
- David Nutter
- Cast:
- Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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