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From the producers of 'The King's Speech' comes the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska), a young woman who leaves her life in the city behind to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert.

Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver) who begins to photograph her voyage. Tracks is an inspirational tale of self-discovery, set against one of the most dangerous and breathtaking backdrops on the planet.

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'A New York Winter's Tale' is a timeless story of sweeping romance and crossed destinies. In a mythical New York City near the turn of the 20th century, burglar Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) meets a dying young woman named Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay).

Falling irrevocably in love with her, Peter's only option is to discover a way to stop time and bring her back from death.

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On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery - fossilised evidence of bacterial life.

Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora.

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Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) sees bis free-wheeling life overturned when he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

Determined to survive, Woodroof decides to take matters in his own hands by tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. After finding an unlikely ally in Rayon (Jared Leto), he establishes a hugely successful "buyers' club" and unites a band of outcasts in a struggle for dignity and acceptance that inspires in ways no one could have imagined.

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From visionary director Terry Gilliam, 'The Zero Theorem' stars two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth, an eccentric and reclusive computer genius plagued with existential angst.

Living in isolation in a burnt-out church, Qohen is obsessively working on a mysterious project personally delegated to him by Management aimed at discovering the meaning of life - or the lack thereof - once and for all. Increasingly disturbed by unwanted visits from people he doesn't fully trust including the flirtatious Bainsley (Melanie Thierry), Management's wunderkind son Bob (Lucas Hedges), his unpredictable colleague Joby (David Thewlis), and would-be digital therapist Dr. Shrink-Rom, it's only when he experiences the power of love and desire that he's able to understand his own reason for being.

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When a busy London market is decimated by terrorists, the country prepares for one of the most high-profile cases in British history.

The defence team (Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall) step into a dangerous web of secrets and lies and uncover a sinister conspiracy that points to a possible government cover up. What follows finds the two lawyers lives in jeopardy.

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Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader (Kate Winslet) to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four (Theo James).

Together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.

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Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe stars as Noah in the film inspired by the timeless story of courage, sacrifice and hope.

Also starring Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Jennifer Connelly, this visually stunning, action-packed adventure from acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky is hailed as "a one-off creation of colossal proportions".

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Reuniting with director Joel Hopkins for the first time since 2008's 'Last Chance Harvey', Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson plays Kate, whose biting banter with ex-husband Richard (Pierce Brosnan) suggests that the embers of their former ardour haven't been fully extinguished.

When an unscrupulous French financier steals their nest-egg to buy a $10 million diamond for his bride-to-be, the divorced duo grudgingly agree to work together and hatch a plot to nab the rock.

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Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams (Mia Wasikowska). He feels powerless to change any of these things.

The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

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From Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman, 'Labor Day' is a "beautifully crafted" and "captivating" romance starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin as two strangers drawn together under incredible circumstances.

What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story in the unforgettable film that critics are calling "uplifting and heartbreaking".

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'Half of a Yellow Sun' is an epic love story weaving together the lives of tour people swept up in the turbulence of war.

Olanna (Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy family who return to the privileged city life of newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her "revolutionary professor" lover (Ejiofor) and his new houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega), while her sister becomes a successful businesswoman and falls in love with an English writer (Joseph Mawle, Birdsong). As civil war engulfs them, they are thrown together and pulled apart in ways they had never imagined.

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Detroit 2028: In a city where crime is out of control, dedicated police officer and family man Alex Murphy is determined to fight corruption in a world ruled by chaos.

But when Alex is critically injured, a ruthless multinational company specializing in technological weaponry called Omnicorp transforms him into an unstoppable part-man, part-robot crime fighter. But what they didn't count on is that inside the machine there's still a man who's hungry for justice and the truth, a man who's willing to fight for his own freewill.

'Lone Survivor' tells the incredible true story of four Navy SEAL's on a covert mission to neutralise a high-level al-Qaeda operative in the mountains of Afghanistan. Ambushed, isolated and surrounded by a much larger force of Taliban, they confront unthinkable odds together.

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Russell (Christian Bale) and his younger brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) have always dreamed of escaping their backgrounds and finding better lives.

When a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, Rodney is lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast - a mistake that will almost cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother.