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Teenage social outcast Peter (Andrew Garfield) spends his days trying to unravel the mystery of his own past and win the heart of his high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone).

A mysterious briefcase belonging to his father, who abandoned him when he was a child, leads Peter to his dad's former partner, Dr. Connors. The discovery of his father's secret will ultimately shape his destiny of becoming "Spider-Man" and bring him face to face with Connors' villainous alter ego, the Lizard.

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In the year 2044 time travel has not yet been invented. But in 30 years it will have been... Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) works as a looper, a futuristic assassin who eliminates targets sent back in time by a criminal organisation.

The only rule is that you do not let your target escape -even if that target is you. The rules are put to the test when Joe is called upon to "close his loop" and assassinate his future self (Bruce Willis). In failing to pull the trigger, so begins a desperate race against the clock as Joe begins to unravel his own future and older Joe's past.

When seven cash-strapped Brits journey to a retirement resort in India, friendship and romance blossom as they touch each other's hearts in the most unexpected ways. In the end, they will all discover that life and love can begin again when you embrace today and let go of the past.

In "Prometheus", a team of scientists and explorers journey to the darkest corners of the universe searching for the origins of mankind. But what they find could threaten all life on Earth, leading to a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race!

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law return as Holmes and Watson in this acclaimed action-thriller. This time, the sleuths face off against their greatest foe, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), as they travel across Europe bent on thwarting the master criminal's plans for world domination.

Jonathan Ames: writer, romantic, unlicensed private detective. After his girlfriend leaves him and breaks his heart, Jonathan is looking to throw away some heavy emotional baggage through an unusual second career solving cases of espionage, missing persons and infidelity in the Big Apple.

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The story about Hanna (Saoirse Ronan), a girl who was brought-up to be perfect assassin. Raised and trained by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA agent, Hanna is sent out into the world on a mission.

As she travels across Europe, Hanna is pursued by agents working for a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.

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Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is truly living the high life. Flying all over the world on business, he never stops moving until he meets Alex (Vera Farmiga), a fellow passenger and learns that life isn't about the journey, but the connections we make along the way.

Acclaimed by critics and audiences everywhere, 'Up in the Air' is light and dark, hilarious and tragic, bouncy and brainy, romantic and real.

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Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems! Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo star as The Brothers Bloom, two notorious and enigmatic connien.

Looking to pull off one final con, Bloom (Adrien Brody) and Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) lure naive heiress Penelope (Rachel Weisz) on a journey that lakes them from Athens to Prague, and Mexico to St. Petersburg. With explosives expert Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi) providing a back drop of flames and flying bullets and Stephen's elaborate web of deceit pulling tighter, Bloom's feelings for Penelope begin to grow, and he soon starts to wonder if his brother has devised the most dangerous con of bis life.

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David Fincher's 'The Social Network' is the stunning tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever.

Shot through with emotional brutality and unexpected humour, this superbly crafted film chronicles the formation of Facebook and the battles over ownership that followed upon the website's unfathomable success. With a complex, incisive screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and a brilliant cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake, 'The Social Network' bears witness to the birth of an idea that rewove the fabric of society even as it unravelled the friendship of its creators.

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Julie (Juliette Binoche) loses her composer husband and their child in a car crash and, though devastated, she tries to make a new start, away from her country house and a would-be lover. But music still surrounds her and she uncovers some unpleasant facts about her husbands life.

Slowly Julie learns to live again, as music and the gift of creativity prove to be a healing force.

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At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp.

Molly and the girls, part of what would become known as Australia's 'Stolen generations', must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1500 mile adventure along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home. As shown by this outstanding motion picture, their universally touching plight and unparalleled courage are a beautiful testament to the undying strength of the human spirit.

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The eldest daughter of show-biz parents, Hannah (Mia Farrow) is a devoted wife, loving mother and successful actress.

A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest), she's also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. But when Hannah's perfect world is quietly sabotaged by sibling rivalry, she finally begins to see that she's as lost as everyone else, and in order to find herself, she'll have to choose - between the independence her family can't live with… and the family she can't live without.

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On a wintry day, a young man collapses and dies while jogging in the park. At that same moment, a baby is born.

Maverick filmmaker Jonathan Glazer affirms the promise of his brilliant debut, Sexy Beast, with his new film Birth, teaming with Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman for a metaphysical love story that explores the space between what we know and what we feel. Kidman stars as Anna, a delicate young widow who is on the verge of a new life when a solemn little boy appears, claiming to be the reincarnation of her dead husband.

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Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful daughter. A son named Anthony Jr. A mother he's trying to coax into a retirement home. A hot headed uncle. A not-too-secret mistress.

And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss. These days, it's getting tougher and tougher to make a killing in the killing business. Just because you're made ...doesn't mean you've got it made.