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BlacKkKlansman (2018)Black Klansman
From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. In the early 1970's, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a difference, he bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. He recruits a seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation. Together, they team up to take down the extremist organisation aiming to garner mainstream appeal. 'BlacKkKlansman' offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970's America that is just as relevant in today's tumultuous world. - Director:
- Spike Lee
- Cast:
- John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
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Winter 1968, and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy (Renée Zellweger) is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted: haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood, and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on? Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of "the world's greatest entertainer". - Director:
- Rupert Goold
- Cast:
- Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock
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Visionary director Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber
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Parasite (2019)Gisaengchung
Kim Ki Taek's (Song Kang Ho) family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son, Ki Woo, gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle, but as their deception unravels events begin to get increasingly out of hand in ways you simply cannot imagine. - Director:
- Joon-Ho Bong
- Cast:
- Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo
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Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars (Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan). They'll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever! - Director:
- Jake Kasdan
- Cast:
- Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart
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The Invisible Man (2020)Untitled Universal Monster Project
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex suddenly dies, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turn lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel while she desperately tries to prove she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. - Director:
- Leigh Whannell
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
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Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) is a 17-year old kid from New Jersey- He's bored of school and dreams of making it big in the dazzling world of the New York theatre. His dreams are realised when he meets a youthful Orson Welles (Christian McKay) and lucks a place in his legendary production of Julius Caesar. Over the course of a magical week, Richard makes his Broadway debut, finds romance, and experiences the dark side of genius after daring to cross the brilliant Welles. Richard has to grow up fast... - Director:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay
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"Jojo Rabbit" follows a lonely German boy Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided by his wildly idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism. - Director:
- Taika Waititi
- Cast:
- Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie-Harcourt, Scarlett Johansson
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In Disney and Pixar's Onward, teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot (voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt) get an unexpected opportunity to spend one more day with their late dad, so they embark on an extraordinary quest aboard Barley's epic van Guinevere. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. But when the boys' fearless mum Laurel (voice of Julia Louis-Dreyfus) realises that her sons are missing, she teams up with a part-lion, part-bat, part-scorpion, former warrior - aka The Manticore (voice of Octavia Spencer) - and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed. "It's pure, perfect Pixar" - Director:
- Dan Scanlon
- Cast:
- Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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When Flynn (Jeff Bridges), the world's greatest video game creator, sends out a secret signal from an amazing digital realm, his son discovers the clue and embarks on a personal journey to save his long-lost father. With the help of the fearless female warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son venture through an incredible cyber universe and wage the ultimate battle of good versus evil. - Director:
- Joseph Kosinski
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Edie Mirman, Garrett Hedlund
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Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (2013)Micro Monsters / Micro Monsters 3D / Micro Monsters 3D: With David Attenborough
David Attenborough takes audiences on a magnificent journey through the hidden world of bugs. Using cutting-edge technology, viewers will go deep inside the kingdom of spiders, scorpions and insects. Each story reveals the marvellous adaptability of the most successful group of animals on the planet - from armies of killer ants to spiders weaving silken trap doors, ferocious scorpions with paralysing stings to beetles shooting boiling chemicals at their enemies, and bees communicating with a waggle dance to assassin bugs that clothe themselves in their victims' corpses. In this extraordinary new series from a BAFTA and Emmy-winning team, David Attenborough uses pioneering macroscopic camera techniques to explore these fascinating creatures in unparalleled, intricate detail, seeing their sophisticated behaviours and complex environments up close as never before. - Director:
- Alex Hemingway
- Cast:
- David Attenborough, Alan Henderson
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When free-spirited petty crook Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He's on the side of a brewing war, soft-spoken, coolly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) on the other. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. - Director:
- Milos Forman
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman
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Frozen II (2019)Frozen 2 / Disney's Frozen 2
The award-winning team behind the worldwide phenomenon returns with 'Frozen 2', featuring the original cast and all-new music. Elsa (voices of Idina Menzel / Eva Bella / Mattea Conforti), Anna (voices of Kristen Bell / Livvy Stubenrauch / Hadley Gannaway), Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff), Olaf (voice of Josh Gad) and Sven venture into the enchanted forest and dark seas beyond Arendelle - where Elsa discovers not only the truth about her past, but a threat to her kingdom. - Director:
- Chris Buck
- Cast:
- Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad
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When unemployed teacher and single mother Magda (Penélope Cruz) is diagnosed with breast cancer, she begins to doubt everything around her. While watching her son play football she meets talent scout Arturo (Luis Tosar) who takes a shine to both Magda and her son. When Arturo receives a phone call with news that his wife and daughter have been in a car accident, Magda goes with him to the hospital. As she has told no-one else of her illness, Magda decides to confide in Arturo and the two grow closer, bonding over ill fate. When she discovers that she is pregnant Magda realises that she has something to live for and changes her ways to ensure she is around to see her daughter grow up. - Director:
- Julio Medem
- Cast:
- Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia
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Sabina Wilson (Kristen Stewart), Elena Houghlin (Naomi Scott), and Jane Kano (Ella Balinska) are working for the mysterious Charles Townsend (voice of Robert Clotworthy), whose investigative agency has expanded internationally. The new Angels are among the world's smartest, bravest, and most highly trained women all over the globe. Under the guidance of Bosley (Elizabeth Banks), the Angels have to protect a revolutionary technology from becoming weaponized. They will have to rely on each other as their assignment becomes increasingly treacherous and even those closest to them can no longer be trusted. - Director:
- Elizabeth Banks
- Cast:
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Clotworthy, Naomi Scott
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