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Louis (George Blagden) has brought an end to the Affair of the Poisons and won the war against Holland. It seems that nothing will thwart his plans to expand his empire and assert his power over the whole of Europe. But his dreams come at a cost, the people have had enough of paying and trouble is brewing. At Versailles too, Louis must face new challenges. Maintenon, his new mistress, leads him into an assertion of absolutism causing him considerable dissent in the Court. The King's tolerance for any kind of dissidence, be it from his people, Protestants or the Pope himself, slowly disappears; and yet a threat hangs over Louis: a mysterious prisoner whose face is hidden behind an iron mask. - Director:
- Richard Clark
- Cast:
- George Blagden, Stuart Bowman, Jessica Clark
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Surrounded by lies and deceit, verteran secret agent, Adereth (Ben Kingsley), can no longer distinguish between enemy and ally. Corruption is detected in the production of Syrian chemical weapons and after a shocking kidnap, Adereth is brought in for one final mission. In search for answers, he soon forges a relationship with Angela (Monical Bellucci), a key lead in his investigation. Hostility from his allies however together with a dubious past that can escape him, leaves Adereth trapped in a complex web of mistrust in this intelligent and gripping spy thriller. - Director:
- Eran Riklis
- Cast:
- Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci, Itay Tiran
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Mr. Jones (2019)Man Made
Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland brings to the screen the extraordinary and powerful story of the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin's genocidal famine in Ukraine, which killed almost 10 million during The Holodomor of 1932 and 1933. Gareth Jones (James Norton) is an ambitious Welsh journalist, who gained fame after his report on being the first foreign journalist to fly with Hitler. On leaving a government role, Jones decides to travel to Moscow in an attempt to get an interview with Stalin himself. Hearing murmurs of government-induced famine, Jones travels clandestinely to Ukraine, where he witnesses the atrocities of man-made starvation. Deported back to London, Jones publishes an article revealing the horrors he witnessed, but is accused of being a liar by those who have an interest in silencing him. As the death count mounts, Jones has to fight for the truth. - Director:
- Agnieszka Holland
- Cast:
- James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard
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A Prophet (2009)Un prophète
A nineteen-year-old troublemaker starts a six year sentence in a notorious prison, a concrete hell where violence is the only language understood. Taken under the wing of a powerful mafia boss, he is initiated into a vicious and brutal way of life. As the years pass, he proves his worth, moving up the ranks within the prison. However, he has his own plans, and they don't involve taking orders from anyone. Using his ruthless cunning to extend his influence beyond the walls of the jail, he arranges drugs runs, hostage exchanges and violent assassinations. Once merely a petty criminal, he is soon on his way to establishing a criminal empire of his own. - Director:
- Jacques Audiard
- Cast:
- Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif
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"Greed" tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion but after a damaging public government investigation, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry, the film sees McCreadie's rise and fall through / the eyes of his biographer, Nick (David Mitchell). - Director:
- Michael Winterbottom
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson
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With the Godfather Don Pietro murdered, there is a void to be filled in the underworld of Naples. His son Genny takes control, using the opportunity to settle old scores. The survivors of the remaining factions, exhausted by the warring and massive police pressure, have suffered drastic financial losses and make peace. And with Avitabile in prison for another year, Genny now has to reign over North Naples and Rome. Ciro, on the other hand, has had his revenge but his dreams and his family have been destroyed. He decides to leave everything behind, travels to Bulgaria and goes to work for the big-time drug dealer Valentin. But when Ciro has to return to Naples, he forms a new powerful partnership with the young and ambitious Enzo; a light that was once extinguished in Ciro's eyes reappears. Enzo, with Ciro's help, learns how to be a real boss and to take what he is entitled to. It is a time of drastic change for all of them. Once they started out as street-level drug dealers. Now they are casting their net way beyond the city of Naples and the borders of Italy. - Director:
- Claudio Cupellini
- Cast:
- Marco D'Amore, Salvatore Esposito, Cristina Donadio
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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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Birds of Prey (2020)Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
You ever hear the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho andnSfe mafia princess? This twisted tale is told by Harley Quinn herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis (a.k.a. Black Mask), and his zealous right hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. While on the trail, Harley clashes with the Birds of Prey, but the unlikely foursome may have to team up to take Roman down. - Director:
- Cathy Yan
- Cast:
- Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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The Iron Mask (2019)Viy 2 / Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask / The Mystery of Dragon Seal: Journey to China
"The Iron Mask" sees action legends Jackie Chan (Rush Hour) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Total Recall) team up in this action high concept fantasy historical epic, featuring breath-taking fights and stunning visuals. Set in the 18th century, 'The Iron Mask' follows English traveller Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) as he journeys from Russia to China encountering dragons, black magic wizardry and a dragon king, in this incredible but dangerous adventure. This action adventure also stars Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner). - Director:
- Oleg Stepchenko
- Cast:
- Jason Flemyng, Peter Rafelson, Melody Peng
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Every house is identical. Every house is empty. Except for yours. Welcome to YONDER. Gemma (Imogen Poots) and Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) are a young couple looking to take the next step in their relationship and own their first home. Sold on the prospect of an ideal suburban lifestyle at the newly opened YONDER, they drive out with enigmatic estate agent Martin (Jonathan Aris) to take a look, and the trap is sprung. In YONDER, the food they're given has no taste, identical homes line identical streets tesselating toward the horizon underneath a sky dotted by uniform clouds, and every road leads right back to the new home that has become their prison. The idyllic dream of 'suburban bliss' has given way to a recursive nightmare, and the only hope for Gemma and Tom's escape lies within a mysterious box and the infant inside it. - Director:
- Lorcan Finnegan
- Cast:
- Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann
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From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind the modern horror masterpiece 'The Witch', comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890's. As an approaching storm threatens to sweep them from the rock and strange apparitions emerge from the fog, each man begins to suspect that the other has become dangerously unmoored. - Director:
- Robert Eggers
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- Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman
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Strike Back: Series 8 (2020)Strike Back - Vendetta
Section 20's Warren Brown (Thomas 'Mac' McAllister), Daniel MacPherson (Samuel Wyatt), Alin Sumarwata (Gracie Novin), Varada Sethu (Manisha Chetri) return with Jamie Bamber (Colonel Alexander Coltrane) back in command. Guest stars include Ivana Milicevic (Banshee, Gotham, The 100) and Alec Secareanu (God's Own Country, Baptiste). The kidnapping of a British scientist leads Section 20 into a conspiracy involving a terror group on the rise, who have seemingly emerged from nowhere. The mission takes them from the Mafia strongholds on Europe through Tel Aviv and Venice and beyond - and when a terror attack rocks a European city, they realise even darker forces at work here. Loyalties will be tested, alliances shattered, and not everyone will make it home alive. Featuring fast-paced action and breath-taking stunts, 'Strike Back' returns for one final mission. - Director:
- Bill Eagles
- Cast:
- Alin Sumarwata, Warren Brown, Daniel MacPherson
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Bad Boys for Life (2020)Bad Boys 3
The original Bad Boys, Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), are back. After a string of assassinations and an attempt on Mike's life, he convinces a hesitant Marcus to hold off retirement and partner one last time. Together, they team up with AMMO, the new hotshot division of the Miami PD, to take down the merciless head of the Aretas Cartel. - Director:
- Adil El Arbi
- Cast:
- Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens
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The Grudge (2020)The Grudge: The Untold Chapter
A curse born in Japan is simultaneously unleashed in the U.S. Those who encounter it are consumed by its fury and met with a violent fate. Producer Sam Raimi brings us the untold chapter of this horror classic starring Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin with Horror Movie Legend Lin Shaye (Insidious, Ouija), and Jacki Weaver in the darkest, creepiest, most shocking film in the series. - Director:
- Nicolas Pesce
- Cast:
- Tara Westwood, Junko Bailey, David Lawrence Brown
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A harrowing drama set during the Salvadoran Civil War, 'Salvador' is one of director Oliver Stone's most underrated films, a thrilling and violent look at the chaos of war as seen through the lens of an amoral photojournalist. In 1980, young men, women and children are being brutally killed in a bloody civil war in El Salvador. A horrific setting, but a perfect one for Richard Boyle (James Woods), a sleazy journalist whose career needs a jumpstart. Armed with his camera, Boyle joins the front lines in an attempt to capture atrocious-but-valuable images of pain and horror. But with each picture he takes, he catches a tragic side of humanity that ignites his long-buried compassion. And he unexpectedly discovers something that will change him forever: his soul. - Director:
- Oliver Stone
- Cast:
- James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy
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