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When it becomes clear that the new generation of Vikings doesn't remember the bond between dragon and human, Hiccup sets a plan to celebrate dragons with a grand Snoggletog holiday pageant and gets a heartwarming surprise visit from Toothless for one more adventure. Reunite with Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless, Light Fury and all your friends on the Isle of New Berk in 'How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming', a brand new adventure based upon the critically acclaimed 'How to Train Your Dragon' film trilogy from DreamWorks Animation. - Director:
- Tim Johnson
- Cast:
- Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)Terminator 6
Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet. - Director:
- Tim Miller
- Cast:
- Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis
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In this mind bending action thriller, a troubled young woman named Suki (Katie Cassidy) confronts her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn", an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. But as Suki gets closer and closer to being cured, her world will be turned inside out and she's haunted by a disturbing thought...what if her last unwanted personality turns out to be her true identity? - Director:
- John Suits
- Cast:
- Katie Cassidy, Sir Hollywood, Garret Dillahunt
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While the vast majority of genre geeks seemed to be jerking each other off to "Hobo with a Shotgun", cult horror fanatics were getting turned onto "Dear God No!". Made without studio backing, or the big-mouthed noise of the Quentin Tarantino crowd and all those hipsters who gobbled up "Troll 2" like it was "cool", "Dear God No!" is a biker flick that successfully employed do-it-yourself movie making techniques to create a film that feels like a direct product of the Seventies. It's brimming with exploitation value, including topless tommy gun toting Nixon strippers, a blood soaked burnout on a nun's chest, and even a psychotic Bigfoot that ravages the Georgian woods. "Dear God No!" is a homage to sleazy bikersploitation ripped from the pages of early Seventies rebel filmmaking - a wild and trippy ride through southern biker culture soaked in gasoline and beer. - Director:
- James Bickert
- Cast:
- Jett Bryant, Madeline Brumby, Paul McComiskey
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She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor. Based on true events, 'Official Secrets' tells the story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist who received a shocking memo in 2003: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in blackmailing United Nations Security Council members so they vote in favour of the Iraq War. Unable to stand by, Gun defies her government and leaks the memo to the press, beginning an explosive chain of events that will ignite an international firestorm, expose a vast political conspiracy, and put Gun and her family in harm's way. - Director:
- Gavin Hood
- Cast:
- Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode
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A Trip to the Moon (1902)Le voyage dans la lune / Le voyage extraordinaire / A Trip to Mars
Originally released in 1902, this legendary 16-minute film is widely considered to be one of the most important works in film history. Created just six years after the invention of cinema this is where narrative cinema truly began. George Melies' masterpiece features six members of the Astronomers' Club, fired into space by a giant cannon, on a strange and wonderful journey to the moon to meet its inhabitants. The colour version of A Trip to the Moon, hand-painted frame by frame, was considered lost for many years, until a print, in a desperate condition, was found in Spain in 1993. It is this version which has been meticulously restored by Lobster Films, the Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and the Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage - one of the most sophisticated and expensive restorations in the history of cinema. The luminous resulting film is accompanied by a new original soundtrack by French duo AIR. Accompanying the film is an hour long documentary, The Extraordinary Voyage, detailing the restoration process and featuring words from esteemed directors such as Michel Gondry, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Costa-Gavras and Michel Hazanavicius. - Director:
- Georges Méliès
- Cast:
- Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon
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In the Autumn of 1939, Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) and Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis) set out to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas. The self-centred Harrer, whose sole preoccupation was the achievement of fame and glory, would experience an emotional awakening on his fantastic journey that would take him from the heights of conquest to the depths of internment in a British prisoner of war camp, then from escape and a harrowing two year trek through the Himalayas, to the mysterious Tibetan city of Lhasa. As a stranger in a strange land which few westerners have ever visited, Harrer befriends the young Dalai Lama, and tutors the religious leader in the ways of the Western world. - Director:
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Cast:
- Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong
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Half of all marine life has been lost in the last 40 years and by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish. Feature documentary 'Blue' takes us on a provocative journey into the ocean realm, witnessing a critical moment when the marine world is on a precipice. Passionate advocates for ocean preservation take us into the world of changing oceans to see our impacts upon the whales, sharks, turtles, sea lions, birds, corals and the myriad sea life upon which our oceans, and planet, depend. 'Blue' shows us there is a way forward and the time to act is now. - Director:
- Karina Holden
- Cast:
- Lucas Handley, Madison Stewart, Mark Dia
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Ninja Scroll (1993)Jubei Ninpocho
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold...or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways and possibly his life. Amazing, beautiful and mysterious, 'Ninja Scroll' blends the mysticism of 17th Century Japan into an intensely packed tale of pulse-pounding anime action, fantasy and adventure. - Director:
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Cast:
- Stephen Apostolina, Dean Wein, Wendee Lee
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Little Monsters (2019)Petit Monstre
When an opportunity arises to chaperone a school excursion alongside the charming and enigmatic teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong'o), directionless slacker Dave (Alexander England) jumps at the chance to impress her. What wasn't on the itinerary was obnoxious children's television host Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad) and a zombie invasion after experiments at a nearby military base go awry. The trio must put their heads together, whilst ensuring they don't freak out the kids, to fight their way to safety - with their guts intact. - Director:
- Abe Forsythe
- Cast:
- Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad
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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)Zombieland 2
A decade after 'Zombieland' became a hit film and a cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone) have reunited for 'Zombieland: Double Tap'. In the sequel where the comic mayhem stretches from the White House and through the heartland, these four slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family. - Director:
- Ruben Fleischer
- Cast:
- Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone
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Retired hit man Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is forced on the run by a young, highly skilled operative who will stop at nothing to eliminate his target. Now on a race around the globe, Henry must outsmart the mysterious assassin at every step - but how far will he go once they finally come face to face? - Director:
- Ang Lee
- Cast:
- Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen
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A supernatural force brings together two lost souls undergoing radical treatment at an experimental drug-testing facility but when facility is locked down for the weekend and the drugs take effect the human guinea pigs experience sinister hallucinations pointing to a horrific double murder. Unsure of where reality stops, the apparitions become more and more threatening until the only way to leave the facility I alive is to solve this haunting secret. - Director:
- Jason Stutter
- Cast:
- Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Suze Tye
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Nancy Drew is smart, stylish and very nosy! In her small hometown of River Heights, she's renowned for her detective skills and individual fashion sense. But when Nancy moves to Hollywood with her Dad, she's faced with a new school, a whole new crowd, an over-eager sidekick with a crush, and being away from her almost-boyfriend Ned. But Nancy won't let any normal teenager stuff get in he way of solving her greatest challenge yet, the murder mystery of famous Hollywood star. - Director:
- Andrew Fleming
- Cast:
- Emma Roberts, Tate Donovan, Max Thieriot
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Set in a detention camp in an America of the near-future, Punishment Park's pseudo-documentary style (continuing Watkins' subversive innovations with Culloden and The War Game) places a British film crew amongst a group of young students and minor dissidents who have opted to spend three days in 'Bear Mountain Punishment Park'. The detainees, rather than accept lengthy jail sentences for their 'crimes', gamble their freedom on an attempt to reach an American flag— on foot and without water—through the searing heat of the desert. What follows is a lethal, one-sided game of cat-and-mouse with a squad of heavily armed police and National Guardsmen. - Director:
- Peter Watkins
- Cast:
- Patrick Boland, Mitchell Harding, Mike Hodel
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