jorph600's - Rented List
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Winter 1968, and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy (Renée Zellweger) is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted: haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood, and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on? Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of "the world's greatest entertainer". - Director:
- Rupert Goold
- Cast:
- Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock
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Bigfoot (2019)Hoax
When a group of young campers are viciously murdered in the wilderness, a team are sent in to investigate what happened. Once there, they discover the deaths could be linked to the mythical Bigfoot and set out to prove it's existence. What they discover, however, is more unexpected and dangerous than anything they could have imagined. - Director:
- Matt Allen
- Cast:
- Adrienne Barbeau, Ben Browder, Brian Thompson
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Luke Nightingale (Miles Robbins), a lonely young boy with an emotionally unstable mother, invents a friend named Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger) who leads them both into a world of fantasy and imagination. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to banish him to the bottom of his subconscious. Twelve years later, Luke, now a college freshman, brings Daniel back - and he now appears as a charming, manipulative young man with a terrifying secret agenda. - Director:
- Adam Egypt Mortimer
- Cast:
- Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane
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Ready or Not (2019)Family Ritual
When a young bride (Samara Weaving) marries into a ridiculously rich and delightfully deranged family, her wedding night becomes her worst nightmare as she's forced to play a lethal game of hide-and-seek and must fight to stay alive. 'Ready or Not' is a wicked comedy-thriller that elevates the phrase "til death do us part" to shocking new heights! - Director:
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
- Cast:
- Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
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Rambo: Last Blood (2019)Rambo V / Rambo 5
Almost four decades after he drew first blood, Sylvester Stallone is back as one of the greatest action heroes of all time, John Rambo. Now, Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. A deadly journey of vengeance, 'Rambo: Last Blood' marks the last chapter of the legendary series. - Director:
- Adrian Grunberg
- Cast:
- Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)Disney's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
The story of Disney's most iconic villain continues in 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil', starring Angelina Jolie. After sharing many happy years together, Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) begin to question the tangled ties that bind them as they are torn apart by Aurora's upcoming wedding, unexpected allies and new forces at play. But their love proves strong, and they live happily ever after. - Director:
- Joachim Rønning
- Cast:
- Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson
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Bethany Lovell (Eve Kathryn Oliver) has struggled to fit in her whole life. Between her over-bearing parents and her odd behaviour, she has always felt like she was on the outside. That is until Avondale's popular clique kidnap her for a surprise birthday party to celebrate her sweet sixteen. What they don't realise is that Bethany is now the target of the urban legend known as 'Thorn' and tonight he has returned for her and nothing will stand in his way, as the Bloodletting Behemoth cuts his way through the small town in search of his latest victim and only one person can stop him. - Director:
- Mj Dixon
- Cast:
- Eve Kathryn Oliver, Sophie Bryant, Maria Lee Metheringham
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Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle (2016)Alan Partridge: Scissored Isle
Steve Coogan returns in his iconic role winning him the BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy. 'Scissored Isle' also won the International Emmy for Best Comedy. Following a controversial on-air incident, Alan attempts to make amends. Leaving behind his comfortable existence and vast detached house, Alan takes a journey of redemption. He journeys into an unreported Britain inhabited by the very people he had offended to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a 'schasm' has formed - a schism or chasm, between the haves and the have-nots (or haven'ts). From supermarket staff to payday lenders, disaffected street gangs to food scavenging 'freegans', Alan pledges to move among them; to understand them; to see the world through their eyes. And - god willing - along the way become a better citizen, a better man and a better, more sought-after broadcaster. - Director:
- Neil Gibbons
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Ben Rufus Green
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Deep in Florida's darkest everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise), and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger and change civilization forever. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan), is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead in the swamp. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes "Swamp Thing" - a half human/half plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue the beautiful Cable and defeat the evil Arcane...even if it costs him his life! - Director:
- Wes Craven
- Cast:
- Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise
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An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy (Adam Straughan), who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier. They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - and this one is real. - Director:
- Abigail Blackmore
- Cast:
- Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)She Who Brings Gifts
The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that turns its victims into flesh-eating "hungries". At an army base in rural England, a group of immune children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell (Glenn Close). The children attend school lessons daily, guarded by the ever watchful Sergeant Parks (Paddy Considine). But one little girl, Melanie (Sennia Nanua), stands out from the rest. She excels in the classroom, is inquisitive, imaginative and loves her favourite teacher Miss Justineau (Gemma Arterton). When the base falls, Melanie escapes along with Miss Justineau, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell. Against the backdrop of a blighted Britain, Melanie must discover what she is and ultimately decide both her own future and that of the human race. - Director:
- Colm McCarthy
- Cast:
- Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Dominique Tipper
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When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger. - Director:
- Ric Roman Waugh
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston
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As a category 5 hurricane tears through Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) rushes to find her father, who is injured and trapped in the crawl space of their home. The storm intensifies and water levels rise, just as the pair face an even more terrifying threat - alligators lurking below the surface, ready to chomp. - Director:
- Alexandre Aja
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- Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark
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James Cagney takes the lead in this biopic of silent horror film star Lon Chaney, star of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'The Phantom of the Opera'. Born to deaf, mute parents, Chaney, mildly successful as a mime and juggler in vaudeville, employs and later marries his assistant Cleva Creighton (Dorothy Malone). But Cleva's disgust on discovering Chaney's parents are deaf mutes is soon compounded when she gives birth to their son, believing he too will be deaf. With Chaney's vaudeville career taking off, Cleva, psychologically frail, walks out on her husband and son, forcing a cash-strapped Chaney to place his son in a home. Determined to get his son back, Chaney travels to Hollywood and immerses himself in as much work as he can find, soon building a reputation for himself as a respected and talented artist. Now remarried, and with his life back on track, Chaney's world is turned upside down once more when Cleva reappears demanding the return of her son. - Director:
- Joseph Pevney
- Cast:
- James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer
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Following the death of their parents, Flora (Verna Harvey) and Miles (Christopher Ellis) are left in the care of repressed governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird). But it is Peter Quint (Marlon Brando), the malevolent Irish servant, who truly rules the household; Miss Jessel, equally repulsed and fascinated by Quint, is drawn into a secret sado-masochistic affair with him, while Flora and Miles are increasingly in his thrall... - Director:
- Michael Winner
- Cast:
- Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird
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