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Better Watch Out (2016)Safe Neighborhood
On a peaceful and quiet suburban street during the holiday season, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a 'normal' home invasion. Featuring a superb cast led by Olivia DeJonge, star of M. Night Shyamalan's smash hit 'The Visit', and Levi Miller, star of Pan, 'Better Watch Out' is a deliriously vicious thrill ride packed with original twists and turns. Chris Peckover directs this sinister holiday horror that is destined to be a Christmas classic. - Director:
- Chris Peckover
- Cast:
- Ben Ward, Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller
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In an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance, Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a man whose spare existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) forces him to return to the hometown he abandoned years before. Rocked by contact with his estranged ex-wife (Michelle Williams) and the revelation that Joe has made him guardian of his teenage son (Lucas Hedges), Lee is forced to face up to painful memories and newfound levels of responsibility as he reconnects with his family. Kenneth Lonergan's critically acclaimed masterpiece is an extraordinary journey of grief, love and wit that will stay with you long after watching. - Director:
- Kenneth Lonergan
- Cast:
- Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler
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Fire at Sea (2016)Fuocoammare
One hundred and fifty miles south of Sicily, sits Lampedusa, a small, quaint island home to just six thousand people. But as their ordinary lives continue, Lampedusa forms the stage for a different story, one of tragedy - it is the first port of call for African and Middle-Eastern refugees whose last hope for a peaceful life is Europe. - Director:
- Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast:
- Pietro Bartolo, Samuele Caruana, Samuele Pucillo
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As the US prepares for war in Iraq, CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) gets into political crossfire due to her husband Joe (Sean Penn) and his public stand against the invasion. While involved in undercover operations in the field, Plame's secret status gets leaked by the White House as deterrent and punishment. With everyone out to get her, a gruelling race against time and government begins to save her exposed contacts, her family and herself. - Director:
- Doug Liman
- Cast:
- Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison
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The NEDS tells a story of a young man's journey from prize winning schoolboy to knife carrying teenager. John McGill (Conor McCarron) struggles with the low expectations of those around him and events take a maddening turn as he descends into shocking violence on a seemingly one man mission of self destruction. - Director:
- Peter Mullan
- Cast:
- Conor McCarron, Greg Forrest, Joe Szula
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Lion (2016)A Long Way Home
Five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) gets lost on a train travelling away from his home and family. Frightened and bewildered, he ends up thousands of miles away, in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow he survives living on the streets, escaping all sorts of terrors and close calls in the process, before ending up in an orphanage that is itself not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. As an adult, not wanting to hurt his adoptive parents' feelings, Saroo (Dev Patel) suppresses his past, his emotional need for reunification and his hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother. But a chance meeting with some fellow Indians reawakens his buried yearning. Armed with only a handful of memories and his unwavering determination, Saroo sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. - Director:
- Garth Davis
- Cast:
- Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara
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Feature follows Richard Karlsen (Jack Reynor), golden-boy athlete and undisputed alpha-male of his privileged set of South Dublin teenagers, through the summer between the end of school and the beginning of university. Richard's world is bright and everything seems possible, until one summer night when love, pride and jealousy cause Richard to commit an act that will shatter the lives of those closest to him... - Director:
- Lenny Abrahamson
- Cast:
- Jack Reynor, Fionn Walton, Gavin Drea
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From acclaimed director Ken Loach comes this astonishing story of triumph and adversity in modern day Britain. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) has worked as a joiner for most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) who is battling to keep her two young children fed. Daniel and Katie find themselves in a no-man's land, striving to pull themselves out of the welfare bureaucracy of modern day Britain. - Director:
- Ken Loach
- Cast:
- Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy
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In the House (2012)Dans la maison
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, and finds himself strangely compelled as the boy becomes more dangerously involved with his class-mate's attractive mother. However, as the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred, the boy's intrusion unleashes a series of uncontrollable events. - Director:
- François Ozon
- Cast:
- Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer
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