dan23's - Rented List

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Screen adaptation of the award-winning comic series created by Frank Miller. Interweaving multiple storylines from the series' history, the film is set both before and after 'Sin City' (2005).

Powers Boothe returns as corrupt politician Senator Roark, who is being hunted down by Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) after the suicide of her friend and protector John Hartigan (Bruce Willis). Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a shady gambler determined to bring down the city's biggest villain; and Josh Brolin plays Dwight McCarthy, a man struggling to maintain control over his life and personal demons while fending off his ex-girlfriend Ava (Eva Green)'s wealthy husband Damien Lord (Marton Csokas).

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"Eddie the Eagle" follows the realisation of the childhood dream of Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) and his unflinching determination to become Great Britain's first Olympic ski-jumper.

Reluctantly aided by former ski-jumper Bronson Peary, (Hugh Jackman), as his coach, Eddie is unwavering in his quest to reach the 1988 Calgary Winter Games. 'Eddie the Eagle' is an uplifting, inspirational story that celebrates human spirit, passion, and one man's refusal to accept defeat.

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"The Nice Guys" takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a missing girl.

During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power.

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It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men (eight 'guards' and twelve 'prisoners') in an intense two week investigation into aggressive behaviour in a simulated prison environment. It soon became a quest to survive...

Based on a real life psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's debut feature is a resonant, hard-hitting look at the abuse of power and the corruption of authority. Masterfully shot with the use of hidden cameras, the film builds to a bloody and thrilling climax. Nominated as the German contender for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, 'Das Experiment' features a no holds barred performance by Moritz Bleibtreu as Tarek, a heroic undercover journalist who stands up against the brutalities inflicted by the would-be guards.

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A plainclothes street patrolman, Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) might be the best cop in New York, but he's unwilling to play dirty and give into the police corruption surrounding drugs, violence, and kickbacks that his colleagues indulge in every day.

When he decides to expose those around him, Frank finds himself a target - not just to the city's criminals, but to his own peers.

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Threads, a shockingly realistic account of global nuclear war and its horrific aftermath. It's a normal Thursday in Sheffield when East. and West stumble into war and Britain is devastated by 200 megatons of nuclear explosive. This chilling film tells the story of a nuclear strike on Britain.

Through the eyes of two Sheffield families we witness the immediate after effects of the attack - the shock, grief, radiation sickness, hypothermia and starvation. In the months that follow, hideous injuries remain untreated, looters are shot on sight, food supplies run out and many die in the intense cold of the nuclear winter. Thirteen years on reveals a depopulated Britain living below subsistence level - a devastated economy where money has no value, crops fail through lack of pesticides, no fuel and machinery, and a brutalised post war generation grows up stunted mentally, physically and emotionally.

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Winner of three Academy Awards including best picture, "Moonlight" is a breath-taking coming-of-age story and the best reviewed film of the year.

"Moonlight" follows the story of Chiron (Ashton Sanders) from his early childhood in his depressed Miami neighbourhood to adulthood in Atlanta as he navigates the dangers of drugs, violence, family, love and sexuality.

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Freddy Heflin (Sylvester Stallone) is a simple, small-town Sheriff who had big dreams of becoming a New York City cop before a heroic deed left him deaf in one ear. Though he saved the life of the woman he loves (Annabella Sciorra), she went on to marry someone else.

But everything in Freddy's life is about to change! After he uncovers evidence of a murder, fakes suicide and police tampering, Freddy must choose between the men he idolises, the woman he adores and the law he's sworn to defend.

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Finding a girl when you're a nerdy science geek can be hard. But what happens if that special someone dies in a bizarre gardening accident and it's all your fault? Meet Jeffrey Franken. He's just killed the love of his life and now he's going to rebuild her...

From the body parts of the dead streetwalkers who exploded when he introduced them to a lethal new drug - Supercrack! Little does he know that a good recipe requires the correct ingredients. Jeffrey isn 't putting his life back together; he's building... a Frankenhooker!

Five years in the making, 'Eraserhead' contains all of the trademark attributes of a Lynch film - haunting visuals, an ethereal score, unsettling sound design, and, most notably, a black sense of humour - creating a world onscreen thatis exhilarating, terrifying, and truly unique.

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A group of real-estate salesmen-cum-con artists live on the edge. All the time. Life is good for only one. For the rest, life hangs in the balance. There is no room for losers. The name of the game is simple: A-B-C. A-Always. B-Be. C-Closing. Always be closing. Sell or go under. Right under.

Deep rock bottom under. That's the name of the game. It's simple.

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America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, 'Dazed and Confused' eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen.

A launching pad for a number of future stars, the first studio effort by Richard Linklater also features endlessly quotable dialogue and a blasting, stadium-ready soundtrack. Sidestepping nostalgia, 'Dazed and Confused' is less about "the best years of our lives" than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting...for something to happen.

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They're down on their luck and up to their necks in Senoritas, Margaritas, Banditos and Bullets! Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short travel a dusty road to adventure in this zany mix of sharp one liners and clever sight gags.

The "Three Amigos" are a silent screen comedy act who have seen better days. So has a remote Mexican hamlet, which is being terrorized by a fierce bandit gang. Finally, in desperation, a naive villager sends the actors a telegram asking for help. Thinking they're being offered a fortune for a personal appearance, the hapless trio arrives in Mexico, only to discover this time that they're dodging real bullets!

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

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Tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) half-jokingly muses about killing his wife with a stranger he meets on a train, unhinged playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who'd prefer his father be deceased. In theory, each could murder the other's victim. Crisscross. No motive. No clues. No problem...

except: Bruno takes the idea seriously, with deadly consequences.