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Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2015)Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington and Anthony Hopkins star in this double-barrelled, killer combination of gripping heist movie and tense psychological thriller, 'Kidnapping Freddy Heineken'. When they're turned down for a bank loan, low-level career criminals (Sturgess and Worthington) embark upon one of the most audacious and infamous crimes in recent history, the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken (Anthony Hopkins), heir to the brewing empire and one of the wealthiest men in the Netherlands. But once the deed is done, the reality of life on the run and the pressures of guilt soon begin to infect the kidnappers as they start to uriravel from within. - Director:
- Daniel Alfredson
- Cast:
- Yolanthe Cabau, Sam Worthington, Anthony Hopkins
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Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along. Her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos. - Director:
- Lilly Wachowski
- Cast:
- Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne
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Adapted from Michael Bond's beloved books, "Paddington" is the magical adventure of a polite young Peruvian bear (voice of Ben Whishaw), who travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, it seems that city life is not all he imagined - until he meets the Brown family, who kindly offer him a place to stay. But little do the Browns realise just how much chaos one small bear can cause - and they soon discover that their lives will never be the same again. - Director:
- Paul King
- Cast:
- Alexander Bracq, Tim Downie, Madeleine Worrall
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When two trash-picking boys from Rio's slums find a wallet in amongst the daily detritus of their local dump, little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the local police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet's return, the boys realise that what they've found must be important. - Director:
- Stephen Daldry
- Cast:
- Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura
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Chris Kyle's (Bradley Cooper) mission is to protect his brothers in arms while being a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the Seal creed to "leave no one behind". But upon returning to his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, Brad Abrell, Sienna Miller
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On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behaviour have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? - Director:
- David Fincher
- Cast:
- Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
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Academy Award nominee (Mark Wahlberg) delivers a "career-defining performance"" as Jim Bennett, a English professor leading a secret double life as a high-stakes gambler. When Jim is forced to borrow from a notorious gangster, he places the lives of those he loves in mortal danger. With time running out, he must enter the criminal underworld and risk everything to keep from losing it all. - Director:
- Rupert Wyatt
- Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman
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Charlotte is a woman who is completely defined by her career. All she wants from life is to be cut a slice of the media agency she has devoted herself to building. However, the fragility of her perfect existence is exposed when, after finding out she's been betrayed in the boardroom, she returns home and takes her anger out on her cleaner. As Charlotte's life disintegrates, we follow her on a heart-racing journey of self-discovery, atonement and danger as she fights for a future that is rosy... - Director:
- Steve Reeves
- Cast:
- Maxine Peake, Blake Harrison, Shina Shihoko Nagai
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Ex_Machina (2014)Ex Machina
In the mountain retreat of a gifted internet billionaire, a young man takes partin a strange experiment: testing an artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl. But the experiment twists into a dark psychological battle - a love triangle, where loyalties are torn between man and machine. - Director:
- Alex Garland
- Cast:
- Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
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From writer/director J.C. Chandor comes "A Most Violent Year", a riveting crime thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, the most dangerous year in the city's history. Starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this gripping story shows one man's determined battle to build his business in the midst of corruption and mob rule whilst protecting his family, without resorting to the violence that surrounds them. - Director:
- J.C. Chandor
- Cast:
- Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo
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As a boy, Louis (Jack O'Connell) is always in trouble but with the help of his older brother he channels his energy into running and becomes a 1936 Olympic competitor. When World War II breaks out, Louis enlists in the military. After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, he spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Here he becomes the favourite target of a particularly brutal prison guard because of his Olympic history. An unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit. - Director:
- Angelina Jolie
- Cast:
- Jack O'Connell, Sean O'Donnell, Takamasa Ishihara
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Eddie Redmayne gives the performance of a lifetime as renowned scientist Stephen Hawking. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking receives an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age just as he meets and falls in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together, they defy impossible odds achieving more than anyone could ever have dreamed. - Director:
- Jamie Marsh
- Cast:
- Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior
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Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon Smaug (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch) upon Lake-town. Meanwhile, Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain, and Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) finds himself for fighting for his life as five great armies go to war. As darkness converges, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide - unite or be destroyed. - Director:
- Peter Jackson
- Cast:
- Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
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Zulu (2013)Cape Town Cops
When a teen girl is discovered brutally murdered in Cape Town's botanical gardens, Chief of Police Ali Sokhela (Forest Whitaker) and cop Brian Epkeen (Orlando Bloom) are tasked with solving the crime. However upon investigating the murder they uncover a sinister synthetic drug ring with a worldwide network, releasing a new illegal substance into the market, which is spiralling out of control. Sokhela and Epkeen are soon placing their own lives in danger in an attempt to end further devastating and disturbing consequences - Director:
- Jérôme Salle
- Cast:
- Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Tanya van Graan
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Mary Bee Cuddy is an Independent frontier woman, living a life of solitude. When three women are declared insane by the local preacher (John Lithgow), she volunteers for the dangerous task of taking them to Ohio, where a ministers wife is waiting for their lost souls. Along the way she stumbles across a reprobate claim-jumper, and agrees to save his life in exchange for his help. Together the unlikely pair are pushed to their limits as they traverse the harsh, untamed Nebraska Territories on a perilous and unforgettable journey. - Director:
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Cast:
- Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer
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