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The Lego Movie (2014)Lego: The Piece of Resistance
The first-ever full-length theatrical 'Lego' movie follows Emmet (voice of Chris Pratt), a perfectly average 'Lego' mini-figure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person in the world. He is drafted into an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant and save the world, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously under-prepared. - Director:
- Phil Lord
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- Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks
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Love and Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era-defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost. - Director:
- Bill Pohlad
- Cast:
- John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks
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Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son; but he isn't her boy. Driven by one woman's relentless quest for the truth, the case exposes a world of corruption, captivates the public and changes LA forever. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, William Brent, Colm Feore
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Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, 'Her' follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet "Samantha", a bright, female voice (Scarlett Johansson) who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other. - Director:
- Spike Jonze
- Cast:
- Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams
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Chris Morris' "Four Lions" is a funny, thrilling comedy that illuminates modern jihadism through the prism of farce. It understands jihadists as human beings. And it understands human beings as innately ridiculous. What "This Is Spinal Tap" did for heavy metal and "Dr Strangelove" the Cold War, "Four Lions" does for the modern face of terrorism. In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it's a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He'd realize he joined the cell to channel his nihilism - If he had half the self knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb – but he can't blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has "started eating newspaper". Instead he's training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face? - Director:
- Christopher Morris
- Cast:
- Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar
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Through Joshua Oppenheimer's work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him. The youngest brother is determined to break the spell of silence and fear under which the survivors live, and so confronts the men responsible for his brother's murder - something unimaginable in a country where killers remain in power. - Director:
- Joshua Oppenheimer
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- Anonymous
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Michael Stone (David Thewlis), a husband, father and successful motivation speaker, is crippled by the mundanity of his life. On yet another business trip he checks into a clinically commonplace hotel once more. But this time a chance meeting with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an unassuming, small-town sales rep, throws the dullness into disarry and Michael feels he may have actually met someone who can make a change. From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and animation master Duke Johnson comes "Anomalisa", a tender, touching and achingly funny black comedy, filmed entirely in extraordinary stop motion animation. - Director:
- Duke Johnson
- Cast:
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan
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Audition (1999)Ôdishon
Recent widower Shigeharu Aoyama is advised by his son to find a new wife, so he seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years. They take advantage of their position in a film company by staging an audition to find the perfect woman. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu becomes enchanted by Asami, a quiet, 24-year-old woman, who is immediately responsive to his charms. But soon things take a very dark and twisted turn as we find that Asami isn't what she seems to be... - Director:
- Takashi Miike
- Cast:
- Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
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Down on his luck Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) stumbles upon the dangerous, cut-throat world of underground world of freelance crime journalism - discovering that filming murder and mayhem can be a quick way to make a buck. Aided by Nina (Rene Russo), a ruthless veteran of TV news, Lou combs LA's seedy underbelly for the city's most sensational news footage. He soon discovers he's uniquely suited to his new job, but events begin to spiral out of control as one dark choice leads to another. - Director:
- Dan Gilroy
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton
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An alien entity inhabits the earthly form of a seductive young woman who combs the Scottish highways in search of the human prey it is here to plunder. It lures its isolated and forsaken male victims into an otherworldly dimension where they are stripped and consumed. But life in all its complexity starts to change the alien. It begins to see itself as 'she', as human, with tragic and terrifying consequence. 'Under the Skin' is about seeing ourselves through alien eyes. - Director:
- Jonathan Glazer
- Cast:
- Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay
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Spirited Away (2001)Sen to chihiro no kamikakushi
Chihiro, a headstrong 10-year-old girl, is unhappy that her family are moving house and that she will have to make new friends. As they make their way to the new home, Chihiro's father takes a detour to explore a mysterious tunnel in the woods. On the other side is what seems to be a deserted theme park but is in fact a ghostly town. Unwittingly, they have strayed into the Land of the Spirits, a world of dreamlike scenery inhabited by ancient gods and magical beings, ruled over by the sorceress, Yubaba. With her parents held captive and Yubaba set on enslaving them forever, Chihiro must use all her energy to survive in this strange new place. With the help of Haku, a brave young spirit, she is forced to overcome her Pears and join an epic battle for her family's freedom. - Director:
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast:
- Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)Kaguyahime no monogatari
When an aging bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl in a glowing stalk of bamboo he and his wife decide to raise her as their daughter. Growing at a rapid rate, she soon becomes an enchanting and beautiful young lady, but beneath the magic she holds a secret that will affect the lives of all those she encounters and everything she claims to love. - Director:
- Isao Takahata
- Cast:
- Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Darren Criss
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Some Like It Hot (1959)Not Tonight, Josephine!
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest and homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfet... until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for "Josephine", an ancient play-boy (Joe Brown) falls for "Daphne", and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! - Director:
- Billy Wilder
- Cast:
- Marilyn Monroe, Paul Frees, Tony Curtis
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Eight Hours are Not a Day (1973)Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
Rainer Werner Fassbinder had been making feature films for three years - and already amassed a filmography that would satisfy most careers - when he decided to take on a bigger challenge. Teaming up with West German television channel WDR, he conceived of 'Eight Hours Don't Make a Day', a series that would extend to five feature-length episodes to be broadcast at monthly intervals. Centring on the Kriiger family, as well as their lovers, in-laws, friends and co-workers, the series takes a sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic look at domestic relationships and labour relationships, with particular focus on skilled worker Jochen (Gottfried John) and his new girlfriend, Marion (Hanna Schygulla). Reminiscent of working-class soap operas such as 'Coronation Street' and the family-based sitcoms of Carla Lane, 'Eight Hours Don't Make a Day' has been one of the more difficult to find entries of Fassbinder's extraordinarily prolific output. - Director:
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast:
- Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich
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Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) leads a group of Anglican nuns to a remote Himalayan range of mountains, there to set up a mission in an abandoned harem. This is her first position of authority and she finds both her physical and her spiritual limits being taxed as she has to maintain order and discipline in a claustrophobically hostile environment. Slowly but surely, however, the privations and hardship they must endure, the extremes of climate and the peculiar amorality of the local natives all combine to slowly corrupt the women's faith, pushing them further into jealousy, anger and madness... - Director:
- Michael Powell
- Cast:
- Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson
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