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Assembly (2007)Ji jie hao
War feasts upon death. It's greedy appetite carries away many a life on the battlefield, and soldiers must be ready to die at any time. Yet all these sacrifices can be given meaning and reason with honor. Amid the bloody field of war, Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission. With orders to fight until the retreat assembly call was sounded, Gu watched powerless as the ammunition ran out and his men fell one by one. Not until later did Gu realize that all the neighbouring troops had already left the field, and that his entire company had maybe died in vain because of his stubborn obedience following orders. Blinded by anger and guilt, Gu marched straight into the enemy's trench. But his life is spared, and he had no choice but to shoulder the gargantuan weight of guilt and mystery that would burden the remainder of his life... - Director:
- Xiaogang Feng
- Cast:
- Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan
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Angelina Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper reeling from the loss of three young lives she failed to save from a fire. When she comes across a bloodied and traumatized 12-year-old boy, they set out together to cross the miles of thick forest. Braving deadly lightning storms that threaten even Hannah's well-honed survival skills, they're unaware of the true dangers they face as they're hunted by two killers while a massive fiery blaze heads straight for them. - Director:
- Taylor Sheridan
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little
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Night of the Wolf: Late Phases (2014)Night of the Wolf / Late Phases / Late Phases: Night of the Lone Wolf
After narrowly surviving a savage animal attack, war veteran Ambrose (Nick Damici) discovers that the retirement home he has just moved into is beset by a bloodthirsty werewolf. Steeling himself for the next full moon, Ambrose prepares for the deadliest night of his life and one final battle against the odds. - Director:
- Adrián García Bogliano
- Cast:
- Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest
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Anthony Hopkins plays the eponymous role of a mischievious and highly independent man who, as he ages, refuses all assistance from his daughter Anne (Olivia Colman). Yet, such help has become essential following Anne's decision to move to Paris with her partner. As Anne's father tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality. - Director:
- Florian Zeller
- Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss
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Dogtooth (2009)Kynodontas
A darkly comic, discomfiting and deliberately provocative work that draws parallels with recent contemporary events. Dogtooth is shocking, compelling and perversely erotic. In a house on the edge of the city live a self-contained family. The only person allowed to leave is the father. The mother remains enclosed, 'protecting' her son and two daughters from the evils of the outside world. However, when the son reaches an age where it is deemed that his sexual needs should be met, this insular and radical environment is threatened by the arrival of a female security guard. Capturing incidents that range from the weird to the repulsive, Dogtooth presents a sharp and frequently startling look at modern life. Particularly evocative of the work of Michael Haneke this is cinema at its most bold and brilliant. - Director:
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Cast:
- Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia
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"Promising Young Woman" is a bold new vision that has ignited a debate starring Academy Award Nominee Carey Mulligan as 'Cassie': a wickedly smart but singularly focused woman, who in order to overcome events from her past lives a double life by night. Following an unexpected encounter. Cassie is given the chance to right the wrongs of the past. - Director:
- Emerald Fennell
- Cast:
- Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
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It is towards the end of World War II. After invading an island in the Philippines, Japanese servicemen meet fierce counter-offensive from the locals and the allied forces. It's just a matter of time before the few survivors are wiped out. Tamura (Shin'ya Tsukamoto) is abandoned by both his platoon and the mobile hospital. Traipsing through the jungle past the dead and dying, he reunites with two men from his unit who hunt for what they call "monkey meat". Weakened by hunger, illness and fatigue, Tamura looks ready to be reclassified from human to simian. - Director:
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Cast:
- Rirî Furankî, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yûko Nakamura
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Set against a gritty London backdrop, Olga Kurylenko plays a tough motorbike courier, whose work is interrupted when she discovers that one of the packages she's transporting is a bomb. It transpires that the gas bomb she carries is set to kill Nick Murch (Amit Shah), the only witness able to testify in Washington DC against ruthless crime lord, Ezekiel Mannings (Gary Oldman). As the British Police and FBI scramble to try and deal with the mess, the mysteriously well-trailed and equipped courier teams up with unlikely partner Nick, to evade Manning's heavily armed goons and make sure that justice is delivered. - Director:
- Zackary Adler
- Cast:
- Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah
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Flame and Citron (2008)Flammen & Citronen
1944: as WWII’s bloody conflict is ravaging Europe, two fearless and deadly freedom fighters choose to put their lives at stade fighting for the Holger Danske Resistance. Their codenames: "Flame" and "Citron" Intrepid and uncompromising, Flame dreams of an armed counterattack against the oppressive occupying forces, something which sits uneasily with Citron’s more strategic diplomacy. Ordered to hunt down two Nazi officials, this routine espionage exercise spirals out of control as Flame begins to suspect deception amongst their ranks. Soon suspicions become catastrophically real trust turns to deception and betrayal. The race is on to uncover who is ort to stop the Resistance reaching its ultimate target: the hated and feared chief of the Gestapo, Hoffmann. Based on monumental, ground breaking research into on explosive and secret history, 'Flame And Citron' takes you to the heart of war as you’ve never experienced it. - Director:
- Ole Christian Madsen
- Cast:
- Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade
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Io, Jupiters innermost moon, hosts mining colony Con-Am 27, a high-tech hellhole. There Marshall William T. O'Niel (Sean Connery) probes some mysterious deaths among the miners. In pursuit of the truth, hes alone. In Outland, writer/director Peter Hyams depicts a chilling extension of todays corporation-driven world. Dehumanisation is vividly evoked in the environments of production designer Phillip Harrison and special effects wizard John Stears, Academy Award winner for his work on Thunderball and Star Wars. - Director:
- Peter Hyams
- Cast:
- Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle
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David Byrne's American Utopia (2020)American Utopia
'Do we get stupider as we grow up?' In his wildly popular Broadway show 'American Utopia', David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. He joins the dots with his music and it all starts making sense. Spike Lee here transforms the production into immersive, dynamic cinema that radiates with astounding performances, inventive contemporary dance and political urgency. 'American Utopia' flows like an iridescent dream vision. Work by James Baldwin, Janelle Monáe and Kurt Schwitters is highlighted among exhilarating renditions of Byrne's solo work, as well as Talking Heads classics. According to the multi-hyphenate, we love looking at humans more than anything else. Anti-fascist and anti-racist, Byrne illuminates our responsibility to care for one another as he and his co-performers burn down the house. - Director:
- Spike Lee
- Cast:
- David Byrne, Jacqueline Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva
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A young man, Justin Powell (Ben Sullivan), is held up at gunpoint by two ski-masked men and dragged back to a secluded cabin. This isn't a standard kidnapping, as Justin's estranged family is at the cabin waiting for him. Composed of Justin's parents, brothers and former girlfriend Samantha (who has recently given birth to their child), Justin's family is dedicated to freeing him from the brainwashing he's undergone at the hands of a vicious cult. With the help of Jimmy Levine (Stephen Dorff), an ex Marine who deprograms brainwashed cultists, the family does their best to bring Justin back to reality. Everything goes awry when the cult (a murderous gang of masked men and women known as the Jackals) descends upon the cabin, demanding Justin back. A vicious battle unfolds, testing familial loyalties and unleashing a bloodbath in which there are few survivors. - Director:
- Kevin Greutert
- Cast:
- Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, Deborah Kara Unger
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9th Company (2005)9 rota
Post-communist Russia's highest grossing film to date, 9th Company is a stirring and extremely timely modern day war movie on a par with Hollywood blockbusters 'Full Metal Jacket' and 'Platoon'. In 1988, a band of 39 Soviet soldiers held "Hill 3234" against 400 Afghan rebels in a remarkable chapter in military history. Based on real events, the film follows the ill-fated fortunes of a small group of young Russian soldiers, from the trials of boot camp to their arrival in the heart of the war zone and the climactic, bloody battle that made them all heroes. - Director:
- Fedor Bondarchuk
- Cast:
- Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov
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Set in Glasgow in the 1970s, 'Ratcatcher' is seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie), a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world. Enticed by a gang of older boys, James is thrown together with vulnerable fourteen-year-old Margaret Anne (Leanne Mullen) and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship which becomes their hesitant but touching experience of first love... - Director:
- Lynne Ramsay
- Cast:
- Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie
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The Wave (2015)Bølgen
In 1905, a tsunami devastates a small mountain town. Scientists know it will happen again - it's only a matter of when. Present day - as one man prepares to move from his hometown with his family, his worst nightmare is about to come true. The siren goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many as possible including his own family. - Director:
- Roar Uthaug
- Cast:
- Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp
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