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Romance! Adventure! Hilarity! Italy! Woody Allen leads this all-star cast on a rollicking ride through the streets of one of the world's greatest cities.

Lovers and fiancees, opera singers and architects, the talented and the famous, and the youthful and the wise are all players within this ensemble tour-de-force, as their stories and lives magically criss-cross and collide throughout this engaging film.

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Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown children who are concerned he can no longer live alone. Against the old man's wishes his son buys Frank a walking, talking humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health.

Slowly, and with a fair bit of reluctance, Frank begins to accept his new digital companion, seeing an opportunity to use Robot's unique skills to try their luck as a heist team.

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In the dying days of Edwardian England, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens (Benedict Cumberbatch) finds himself marrying Sylvia (Rebecca Hall), a beautiful but cruel socialite who is pregnant with a child who may or may not be his.

Christopher is determined to remain loyal to his wife, but his life is transformed the day he meets Valentine Wannop (Adelaide Clemens), a fearless young suffragette. Moving from the glittering yet shallow world of London high society to the trench-scarred battlefields of France, feature is the story of one of the defining eras of the last century; a time when old certainties are being torn down and lives are changed forever.

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Haunted by his past, WWII veteran and drifter Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) crosses paths with a mysterious movement called The Cause, led by Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) aka The Master and his wife Peggy (Amy Adams). Their twisted relationship is the core of this film.

Will Freddie be able to outrun his past? Will The Cause help or hurt him? Can this tortured, violent creature be civilized? Or is man, after all, just a dirty animal?

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From legendary director Steven Spielberg comes this acclaimed, exhilarating historical drama. Daniel Day-Lewis gives a memorable, Oscar-Winning performance as the profoundly influential American president, Abraham Lincoln.

During his final turbulent months in office, Lincoln strives to convince war-ravaged America's bitterly divided government to abolish slavery. With fierce, unstoppable courage, Lincoln inspires a decision that will change history forever.

Following the death of her father, India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) meets her charismatic uncle (Matthew Goode), whom she never knew existed. When he moves in to comfort India and her mother (Nicole Kidman), the two find that the newest member of their family might actually be their worst nightmare.

Greta Gerwig gives a glowing performance as Frances, a twenty-something woman living in New York, who dreams of being a dancer and, despite the obstacles that stand in her way, lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness.

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Inspired, inspiring, tender and touching, 'Stories We Tell' is a brilliant documentary portrait of a complicated yet deeply loving family from Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley.

Taking her cue from a family joke about-not resembling her father, Polley sets out to uncover the truth about her mysterious mother and her own uncertain lineage. Playfully yet pointedly interrogating a cast of blood relatives and family friends, she slowly pieces together a puzzle of conflicting stories, myths and memories until she makes a discovery that will shake her family to the core.
At once an exploration of the function of storytelling, the elusive nature of truth and what it means to be part of a family, 'Stories We Tell' is funny, profound, poignant and one of the most original films of the year.

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Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) want nothing more than to lose their virginity before heading off to college. To do that, though, they need to get liquor for the big party that night. With the help of their friend Fogell, a.k.a. McLovin (Christopher Mintz), and his fake I.D.

, the three of them go on a hilarious chase for that elusive booze, dodging incompetent cops while attempting to reverse a lifelong losing streak in one hilarious night.

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Our story begins in the picturesque surroundings of Barcelona where two American girls are about to find out that they have a lot more in common than they first anticipated. Vicky is a practical, studious and engaged.

Cristina on the other hand is reckless, adventurous and recovering from a failed relationship. Both of them are about to have their worlds turned upside down by an infamous, bohemian artist called Juan and his psychotic ex-wife.

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Present day London. Socially inept, exceptionally dull Minister Of International Development, Simon Foster, has caused outrage amongst his superiors and sparked a media-frenzy by accidentally mentioning a possible attack on the Middle East.

Rabid, ruthless, profane and relentless Director Of Communications, Malcolm Tucker, has been sent in to pull the right strings, immediately dispatching Foster on a "fact finding" trip to Washington. Increasingly out of his depth, Simon Foster suddenly finds himself thrown into an anarchic world of abusive peaceniks, unhinged warmongers, infantile bureaucrats of Northampton to Washington’s West Wing, rest assured it can only get worse.

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An All-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, And John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addition an physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of

two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's' control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!

Knock one back with Mac, Charlie, Dennis and his sister Dee in the outrageously funny first season of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. No subject is off limits for the hilariously warped gang at Paddy's pub – the most vain, dishonest, self-obsessed group of friends since Seinfeld...

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Based on the bestselling fantasy book series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin, this drama is set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime.

From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms arc locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honour, conquest and triumph. In the 'Game of Thrones', you either win or you die.