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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. - Director:
- Shane Black
- Cast:
- Russell Crowe, Frank Mottek, Ryan Gosling
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Rick (Christian Bale) is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, while successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world. - Director:
- Terrence Malick
- Cast:
- Ben Kingsley, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett
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Down-on-their-luck punk rockers 'The Ain't Rights' agree to a last-minute gig in a backwoods Oregon roadhouse, only to find themselves targeted by a ruthless club owner and his associates, leading to devastating consequences. From the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier, "Green Room" is a claustrophobic thriller with a thick vein of dark humour... - Director:
- Jeremy Saulnier
- Cast:
- Anton Yelchin, Ed Squires, Imogen Poots
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Whilst holidaying in Marrakech, ordinary English couple, Perry (Ewan McGregor) and Gail (Naomie Harris), befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima (Steilan Skarsgard), who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian Mafia. Lured into a Russian mobsters plans to defect, the couple soon find themselves thrust between the Russian Mafia and British Secret Service agent Hector (Damian Lewis), neither of whom they can trust. - Director:
- Susanna White
- Cast:
- Carlos Acosta, Radivoje Bukvic, Stellan Skarsgård
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Three years after her untimely death, an upcoming exhibition celebrating famed war photographer Isabelle Reed brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family home, forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently. - Director:
- Joachim Trier
- Cast:
- Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert
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Golden Years Grand Theft OAP (2016)Golden Years
When Arthur and Martha Goode find that their pension pot is virtually worthless they decide to take drastic action - by robbing a bank! After their first robbery is successful they start to like the criminal lifestyle and so decide to rob even more, but as the banks get bigger and the robberies get riskier will they be able to outwit the police as they close in? In the vein of "Lady In the Van" and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", 'Golden Years' is a hilarious British heist thriller that shows just because you're getting old doesn't mean you have to stop having fun. - Director:
- John Miller
- Cast:
- Bernard Hill, Phil Davis, Simon Callow
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When a group of cannibal savages kidnaps settlers from the small town of Bright Hope, an unlikely team of gunslingers, led by Sheriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell), sets out to bring them home. But their enemy is more ruthless than anyone could have imagined, putting their mission - and survival itself - in serious jeopardy. - Director:
- S. Craig Zahler
- Cast:
- Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox
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Zev Guttman (Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer), receives a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award Winner Martin Landau), containing a stack of money and a letter detailing a shocking plan. Both Zev and Max were prisoners in Auschwitz, and the same sadistic guard was responsible for the death of both their families - a guard who, immediately after the war, escaped Germany and has been living in the U.S. ever since under an assumed identity. With Max wheelchair-bound, Zev must embark on a crosscontinental road-trip to bring justice once and for all to the man who destroyed both their lives. - Director:
- Atom Egoyan
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith
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Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett star in "Truth", based on a riveting true story of one of network news' biggest scandals. As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather (Redford), Mary Mapes (Blanchett) believes she's broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sifting U.S. President's military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned and the casualties begin to mount. This dramatic thriller goes behind the scenes to expose the intricacies of journalistic integrity and what it takes to reveal the Truth. - Director:
- James Vanderbilt
- Cast:
- Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid
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Midnight Special (2016)Untitled Jeff Nichols/Sci-Fi Project
After rescuing his son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) from a fundamentalist religious sect who are convinced his powerful supernatural abilities are the key to their salvation, Roy (Michael Shannon), Alton and their bodyguard Lucas (Joel Edgerton) are on the run for their lives. What starts as a desperate escape from a fearsome cult soon attracts the attention of the FBI who believe the boy to be a threat to mankind's very existence. With the trio's fate hanging in the balance, Roy will stop at nothing to keep his son from harm and uncover the truth behind his unbelievable powers, a discovery which could change the world forever. - Director:
- Jeff Nichols
- Cast:
- Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst
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Tale of Tales (2015)Il racconto dei racconti
The visionary director of 'Gomorrah', Matteo Garrone, combines the magical and the macabre in this visually dazzling tale of brutal ogres, deadly sea monsters and three noble kingdoms. An extravagant, luscious and profoundly beautiful cinematic spectacle that has been acclaimed as a masterpiece, 'Tale of Tales' is adapted from 17th-century writer Giambattista Basile's dark fantasy fables... - Director:
- Matteo Garrone
- Cast:
- Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones
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Based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history, 'The Finest Hours' is a tale of courage, faith and honour in the face of overwhelming odds. When a massive storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, it rips a T-2 oil tanker in half, trapping more than 30 sailors on its rapidly sinking stern. As Captain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and his crew set out in a 12-seat rescue boat to save them, Chief Engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) struggles to buy his men more time. - Director:
- Craig Gillespie
- Cast:
- Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster
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Tom Hanks is Alan Clay, a man at a cross-roads in his life, who has to journey halfway across the world in a last-ditch attempt to stave off bankruptcy, pay his daughter's college tuition and finally do something great. Based on the best-selling novel by Dave Eggers, 'A Hologram for the King' is a heart-warming fish-out-of-water story and a moving portrait of the transcendent power of love. - Director:
- Tom Tykwer
- Cast:
- Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)The Cellar
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in a survivalist's (John Goodman) underground bunker. He claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable. But, as his increasingly suspicious actions lead her to question his motives, she'll have to escape in order to discover the truth. - Director:
- Dan Trachtenberg
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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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. - Director:
- Dexter Fletcher
- Cast:
- Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello
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