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On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behaviour have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? - Director:
- David Fincher
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- Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
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Acclaimed magician Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth) dazzles his audiences with feats of supernatural amazement. But when it comes to the inexplicable, Stanley is a dedicated sceptic. Enter Sophie Baker (Emma Stone), psychic, soothsayer and stunning seductress. As Stanley and Sophie embark on misadventures up and down the French Riviera, will they discover proof of a world beyond the laws of physics or have they fallen under the sway of a more earthly chemistry? Woody Allen pulls the strings with precision in this enchanting romantic comedy that explores the realm between what's understood in our minds and what's known in our hearts. - Director:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden
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Supernatural (1977)Supernatural: Series
Werewolves, vampires and ghosts haunt the living in this much sought-after BBC horror anthology series devised by talented TV dramatist Robert Muller. Referencing a rich vein of literary gothic stories, from Shelley's Frankenstein to Le Fanu's Carmilla, the series presents seven unique tales (including the admired two-parter Countess Ilona and The Werewolf Reunion) across eight unsettling instalments. Each episode opens in the Club of the Damned, where prospective entrants are required to tell a story that will chill the blood of the assembled members. But much is at stake for the storyteller, as failure to induce terror in all who attend carries the price of certain death. - Director:
- Claude Whatham
- Cast:
- Andre van Gyseghem, Billie Whitelaw, Sandor Elès
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Seduced by dreams of making it big, Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) move to New York to pursue their passion for music. However, when Dave rejects her for the fame and fortune of a big solo contract, Gretta find herself alone and far from home. Just when she's decided to move back to London, life begins to look up when struggling record producer Dan (Mark Ruffalo) stumbles upon her singing during an open mic night. Captivated by her raw talent and inspiring authenticity Dan persuades Gretta to take a fresh approach to making music and together they transform the streets of New York in to their recording studio, giving their careers one final shot. - Director:
- John Carney
- Cast:
- Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine
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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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Anne, a budding young actress, stumbles across secret recordings of a sinister plot to appease the Nazis. As close friends die in suspicious circumstances, she finds herself swept into a web of dark secrets and in increasing danger from a powerful and menacing enemy. With her most precious certainties destroyed and unable to trust even those closest to her, she comes to realise the full extent of her own betrayal and vulnerability. - Director:
- Stephen Poliakoff
- Cast:
- Romola Garai, Eddie Redmayne, Juno Temple
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'Maleficent' explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the classic' Sleeping Beauty', and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) cruelly places an irrevocable curse oh the human king's newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realises that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever. - Director:
- Robert Stromberg
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, Peter G. Reed, Elle Fanning
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'Mad Men: The Final Season, Part 1', is the beginning of the end for television's most celebrated show -four-time Primetime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series and winner of three consecutive Golden Globes. Set in the captivating world of 1960s New York, 'Mad Men' continues to follow iconic ad man Don Draper (Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm), his colleagues and his family. - Director:
- Scott Hornbacher
- Cast:
- Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton, Christina Hendricks
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A mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later, is now considered among the twentieth century's greatest photographers. Maier's strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. - Director:
- John Maloof
- Cast:
- Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Daniel Arnaud
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Pretty young teacher Jenny Bunn (Hayley Mills) moves down south in the Swinging Sixties. Jenny's hardly had time to settle into her digs before local lothario Patrick (Oliver Reed) spots her, wines and dines her and sweeps her back to his place for a night of (in his mind) meaningless sex. It's then that Patrick makes a truly shocking discovery: Jenny is a virgin - and intends to stay that way. Patrick hasn't met a virgin before, so he's totally confused - and a bit scared. Can he persuade the virtuous Jenny to join the permissive society or should he just give up and settle for the easy charms of randy TV quiz show girl Wendy (Aimi MacDonald)? Whatever he's going to do, he'd better do it fast - because Jenny's grubby old landlord Dick (John Bird) and super-rich socialist Julian (Noel Harrison) are also sniffing around her... - Director:
- Jonathan Miller
- Cast:
- Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed, Noel Harrison
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He's a defiant rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks. She's a privileged dancer for an elite performing arts school... Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) is on a road to nowhere until he meets Nora Clarke (Jenna Dewan) during community service at Maryland School of Arts. Nora is the school dance prodigy and when her future hangs in the balance, she takes a chance on Tyler, a gifted yet troubled street dancer. Their worlds couldn't be more different but when they dance, the sparks between them fly. When Tyler's past lures him, back to the street, both their futures are in jeopardy. Tyler must choose between Nora and a new future or loyalty to his friends...will Tyler step up to the challenge? Step Up is an exhilarating hip-hop-fuelled fairy tale about making your one shot at an improbable dream come true. - Director:
- Anne Fletcher
- Cast:
- Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Damaine Radcliff
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Arriving in Egypt, Darley (Michael York), a young Irish schoolmaster finds himself in the beautiful city of Alexandria, with massive houses, masked balls, extreme opulence, incredible poverty and adolescent prostitution. The society into which Darley naively enters is dominated by Justine (Anouk Aimée), an enchantingly beautiful Jew. Among Justine's numerous friends and lovers are Pursewarden (Dirk Bogarde), a British official obsessed with his blind sister Liza; Narouz, Justine's fanatic brother-in-law, and Toto, a homosexual. So begins a chain of interlocking relationships at the heart of which lies a treacherous conspiracy. - Director:
- George Cukor
- Cast:
- Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster
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Cycling with Moliere (2013)Alceste à bicyclette
Once-great actor Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini) spends his days alone, painting second-rate portraits and cycling through the windblown landscape of France's Ile de Re. One day his old friend Gauthier (Lambert Wilson), a famous TV star, arrives unexpectedly to coax him into a return to the stage, promising him a role in Moliere's classic play, 'The Misanthrope'. At first Serge dismisses the idea but slowly, as the pair's relationship begins to echo the play itself, he finds himself being inextricably drawn in... - Director:
- Philippe Le Guay
- Cast:
- Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa
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Oscar winner Juliette Binoche gives a "powerhouse performance" in this visually stunning portrait of a year in the life of Camille Claudel, the sculptor Auguste Rodin's infamous mistress. The French auteur Bruno Dumont, whose previous masterpieces include Flanders and Hors Satan, draws up a beautifully stark vision of a woman denied her art, confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France where she will never sculpt again. We follow Camille through her story as she struggles to adjust to life in the asylum and awaits a visit from her brother, the writer Paul Claudel. Binoche gives an excruciatingly honest performance, acting alongside real patients, in what is a must-see cornerstone of cinema history. - Director:
- Bruno Dumont
- Cast:
- Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Robert Leroy
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Faith (Marisa Tomei) is looking for her soul mate... but he's not the man she's about to marry! She's known his name - Damon Bradley - since childhood, but that's all the Ouija board ever told her. Now, following a slim lead, and with her best friend Kate (Bonnie Hunt) in tow, Faith takes off to Italy in a last-ditch attempt to find her destiny. Here she stumbles into Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) who doesn't need a Ouija board to tell him that Faith is his soul mate. The only trouble is, his name doesn't fit the bill - and Faith is determined that her romantic quest must continue. - Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt
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