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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)Beetlejuice 2 / Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024 A.D.
Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), Lydia (Winona Ryder) finds her life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. - Director:
- Tim Burton
- Cast:
- Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)Drive Away Dykes
Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, this comedy caper follows Jamie (Margaret Qualley), an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way. - Director:
- Ethan Coen
- Cast:
- Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein
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May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo, played by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago. Cut to modern day, and their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry, played by Natalie Portman, comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film about the scandal. - Director:
- Todd Haynes
- Cast:
- Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton
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When Iris (Emily Blunt) finds her best friend Jack (Mark Duplass) is down in the dumps she suggests he spend a weekend at her family's remote island retreat. Upon arriving Jack discovers Iris's attractive sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) had the same idea and is in a similar emotional state of despair. The two find common ground over a large bottle of tequila and one thing leads to another. When Iris arrives the next morning unannounced she further complicates matters for Jack and Hannah as she confides to her sister she has fallen in love with Jack. - Director:
- Lynn Shelton
- Cast:
- Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt
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"Friendship's Death" is a bizarre and absorbing story of the relationship between a British war correspondent (Bill Paterson) and a female extra-terrestrial, named Friendship (Tilda Swinton) who on a peace mission to Earth misses her intended destination of MIT, and instead lands inadvertently in Jordan during the events of Black September in 1970. The film's intelligent wit, coupled with outstanding performances from its two leads makes this a truly compelling film. - Director:
- Peter Wollen
- Cast:
- Tilda Swinton, Patrick Bauchau, Bill Paterson
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Based on Peter Rock's novel 'My Abandonment', 'Leave No Trace' revolves around a teenage girl (Thomasin McKenzie) and her father (Ben Foster) who have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast wood on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt to their new surroundings until a sudden decision sets them on a perilous journey into the wilderness seeking complete independence and forcing them to confront their conflicting desire to be part of a community or a fierce need to live apart. - Director:
- Debra Granik
- Cast:
- Thomasin McKenzie-Harcourt, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard
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Ten year old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure to be a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Michael, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. But with the school term fast approaching, how long can Laure keep her secret? - Director:
- Céline Sciamma
- Cast:
- Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson
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Celebrate the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity. In the film that critics say "will make you stand up and cheer" (Shawn Edwards, Fox TV ), discover Bob Marley's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music that changed the world. - Director:
- Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Cast:
- Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton
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"Toni Erdmann" is a touching and remarkably funny portrait of an offbeat father-daughter relationship. Sandra Huller plays Ines, a highly-strung career woman whose life in corporate Bucharest takes a turn for the bizarre with the arrival of her estranged father Winfried (Peter Simonischek). An incessant practical joker, Winfried attempts to reconnect with Ines by introducing the titular eccentric alter ego to catch her off guard, unaware of how capable she is of rising to the challenge... This breakout German comedy, which has been met with universal critical acclaim, is as humanist as it is absurdist - a film about the importance of celebrating the humour of the everyday. - Director:
- Maren Ade
- Cast:
- Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn
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Struggling with writer's block and a lacklustre love life, once-famous novelist Calvin (Paul Dano) creates a beautiful fictitious character named Ruby (Zoe Kazan) who inspires and liberates him. But not only does the creation of this character bring his work to life - it also brings Ruby to life - literally! Face-to-face with an actual relationship with his once-virtual girlfriend, Calvin must now decide whether to pen this love story or let it write itself. - Director:
- Jonathan Dayton
- Cast:
- Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening
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In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He had staged a "great escape" from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, "can-do" spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn't the whole story. It was an inspirational but sanitised retelling of one man's need to come to terms with the lasting trauma of war. Bernie's adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson) - "The Great Escaper" celebrates their enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation. - Director:
- Oliver Parker
- Cast:
- Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, John Standing
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Wonka (2023)Willy Wonka
"Wonka" tells the wondrous story of how a young dreamer named Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) becomes the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate maker.- Director:
- Paul King
- Cast:
- Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur
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Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily (Aubrey Plaza) takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level, ultimately leading to dangerous consequences. - Director:
- John Patton Ford
- Cast:
- Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo
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'Typist Artist Pirate King' is a magical, empathetic, hopeful journey through England and the mind. When Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) and her psychiatric nurse Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald) take to the road in an electric car, searching for an art exhibition, they meet all manner of people along the way, and as a friendship develops between them, there is reconciliation with the past. - Director:
- Carol Morley
- Cast:
- Monica Dolan, Kelly MacDonald, Gina McKee
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This mindbending folk horror, set in 1973, unfolds atmospherically on an unpopulated island off the Cornish coast. There, a single volunteer (Mary Woodvine) recording data on an unfamiliar flower finds her lonely daily observations turning troublingly towards the strange and metaphysical, forcing her to question what is real and what is nightmare. Is the barren landscape not just alive...but also sentient? - Director:
- Mark Jenkin
- Cast:
- Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe
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