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When Krypton's last son crash-lands in Cold War-era Russia instead of rural Kansas, an alternate reality unfolds in this DC Elseworlds adventure. Here, we find Superman spearheading a Communist campaign to advance the ideologies of the Soviet state.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, brilliant American scientist Lex Luthor devises a plan to rein in, and ultimately destroy, the alien Soviet threat. What follows is a gripping game of cat and mouse that will leave all of humanity hanging in the balance.

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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.

From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

The intense story about a desperate young woman who is forced to go on the hunt alone for a maniacal serial killer who she believes has kidnapped her younger sister.

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"Supergirl" faces a bigger threat than ever before: a wave of anfi-alien sentiment spreading across National City that's fomented by Agent Liberty.

As Kara Danvers mentors a new investigative reporter, Nia Nal, at CatCo Worldwide Media and tries to use the power of the press to shine a light on the issues threatening to tear the city apart, Supergirl takes to the skies to battle the many villains rising up in this era of divisiveness. How does Supergirl battle a movement when she, an alien herself, represents what people fear most? But it's the malevolent Lex Luthor and his nefarious plans for evil dominion that present the Girl of Steel with her greatest challenge...and a shocking new ally.

An accountant and his much younger lover travel to the remote desert to bury the body of the woman's abusive boyfriend, only to discover that he's still alive. Reality blurs with insanity when the boyfriend hunts the couple who try to survive until dawn.

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Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in a film based on the remarkable true story about Ford Motor Company's attempt to create the world's fastest car.

American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale) together battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

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When a young bride (Samara Weaving) marries into a ridiculously rich and delightfully deranged family, her wedding night becomes her worst nightmare as she's forced to play a lethal game of hide-and-seek and must fight to stay alive.

'Ready or Not' is a wicked comedy-thriller that elevates the phrase "til death do us part" to shocking new heights!

A planned exploration of Venus starts to go wrong when one of the spaceships is in collision with asteroid. Two astronauts and a robot make it down onto the Venetian surface, but they find more than they expected on the planet.

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Beverly Hills shrink Dr. Jonathan Brooks (Nick Cassavetes) seemingly has everything; wealth, a successful practice and a beautiful lawyer fiancée, Jennifer (Diana Barton).

Brooks is helping his cop friend Harry Reams (Richard Roundtree) compile a psychological profile of a serial killer on the loose in L.A. Meantime, he starts treating an interesting new patient, Laura (Shannon Whirry), a shy woman who transforms under hypnosis into a completely different persona; the seductive Lana. A torrid affair takes place between the irresistible Lana and Brooks, but he gets more than he bargained for. Lana steals videotapes of 'sessions' the doctor has had with other patients and blackmails him with the damning evidence, while at the same time Harry Reams is getting closer and closer to identifying the serial killer.

The Help is a story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society's rules and puts them all at risk.

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Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.

His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.
Travelling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity. As the debate polarizes America, and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Chasing Ice depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.

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On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson (Frank Coghlan Jr.) is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel (Tom Tyler) by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened.

Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon.

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From director Paul Feig and Academy Award-winning' screenwriter Emma Thompson comes a heartfelt romantic comedy inspired by the unforgettable music of George Michael. Emilia Clarke stars as Kate, who works as an elf at a year-round holiday shop.

Kate faces an endless streak of bad luck and poor decision-making until she meets Tom (Henry Golding), a kind-hearted man with a mysterious past who challenges her cynical world view. It seems like nothing can keep this mismatched couple together, but sometimes you gotta listen to your heart...and you gotta have faith.

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Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of The Looney Tunes are Back In Action in this live action, animation adventure.

Daffy Duck, tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, quits the Hollywood Studio and teams up with ex-stuntman Bobby Delmont (Brendan Fasier) in a mission to rescue Bobby's father Damian Drake (Timothy Dalton) from the evil chairman of the Acme Corporation (Steve Martin). It seems Damian knows there whereabouts of a mysterious and powerful blue diamond and the Chairman will do anything to get his hands on it. Daffy and Bobby attempt to outsmart the evil Acme stooges, whilst being chased by VP of Comedy (Jenna Elfman) and Bugs - who need Daffy back at the studio. Our heroes embark on a hilarious adventure that takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas, Paris and the jungles of Africa where they must find the mythical blue diamond and return to Hollywood.

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When a group of young campers are viciously murdered in the wilderness, a team are sent in to investigate what happened. Once there, they discover the deaths could be linked to the mythical Bigfoot and set out to prove it's existence.

What they discover, however, is more unexpected and dangerous than anything they could have imagined.