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Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when he is forced to rebuild his small-market team, on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane, with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill), develops a roster of misfits...and along the way, forever changes the way the game is played. - Director:
- Bennett Miller
- Cast:
- Brad Pitt, Greg Papa, Robin Wright
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The Killing: Series 1 (2007)"Forbrydelsen"
Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department. She is supposed to move to Sweden with her fiancée, but everything changes when a 19-year old girl, Nanna Birk Larsen, is found raped and brutally murdered. Along with detective Jan Meyer, Sarah is forced to be ahead of the investigation, as it soon becomes clear that Lund and Meyer are chasing a very intelligent and dangerous murderer. Local Politician Torels Hartmann is in the middle of a hard election campaign to becomes the new mayor of Copenhagen when suddenly, evidence links the city hall to the murderer. But is he really the murderer? At the same time, the girl's family and friends struggle to cope with their loss. Over the course of twenty days, suspect upon suspect is sought out as violence and political pressures cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer. - Director:
- Birger Larsen
- Cast:
- Sofie Gråbøl, Kai Selliken, Torsten Jansen
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The Killing tells the gripping story of the police investigation into the murder of a Seattle schoolgirl, Rosie Larsen. The drama expertly weaves three distinct stories around the killing including the detectives assigned to solve the case, the victim's grieving family and the political schemers who fall under suspicion. As the tense series unfolds, it becomes clear that there are no accidents; everyone has a secret, and while the characters think they've moved on, their past isn't done with them. - Director:
- Patty Jenkins
- Cast:
- Mireille Enos, Billy Campbell, Joel Kinnaman
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Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a rebellious sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in international cocaine smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door. However, when his enthusiastic new partner disappears, his favourite hooker attempts to blackmail him and the drug-traffickers themselves try to buy him off, sergeant Boyle finally realises that he needs to take matters into his own hands. - Director:
- John Michael McDonagh
- Cast:
- Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong
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Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Ruth (Keira Knightley) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield) are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth - that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors - they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. - Director:
- Mark Romanek
- Cast:
- Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield
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In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldcmort (Ralph Fiennes). It all ends. - Director:
- David Yates
- Cast:
- Daniel Radcliffe, Leslie Phillips, Emma Watson
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Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine), are two best friends who are taking a break at their dilapidated mountain house. However, their peace is soon disturbed by the arrival of a group of obnoxious college kids. When one of the students (Katrina Bowden), gets separated from her friends, the boys try to lend a hand, only to be mistaken for a pair of murderous backwoods hillbillies intent on killing everything in their path! As they try to put things right, the misunderstanding grows, as does the body count... - Director:
- Eli Craig
- Cast:
- Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
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Following the death of his mother, the young 'J' Cody (James Frecheville) goes to live with his estranged gangster relatives. With conflict escalating between his family of criminals and the police's armed robbery division, 'J' finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded vengeance plot. As he naively navigates his way through the criminal underworld, he is forced to question where his loyalties lie as he tries to decipher who he can trust and who can protect him as he struggles for his own survival. - Director:
- David Michôd
- Cast:
- James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton
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Donor Unknown is a documentary feature following the journey of JoEllen Marsh as she goes in search of the sperm donor father she only knows as Donor 150. JoEllen, now 20, has always known her family 'wasn't like other families'. She grew up in Pennsylvania with two mothers, and a burning curiosity to know more about her anonymous donor father. When she discovers a unique online registry which connects donor-conceived children, she manages to track down a half-sister in New York. The New York Times picks up the story, and, over time 12 more half-siblings emerge across pigeon in a broken-down RV in a Venice Beach car park. In the 1980, Jeffrey supplemented his meager income by becoming a sperm donor at California Cryobank. His number was Donor 150. - Director:
- Jerry Rothwell
- Cast:
- JoEllen Marsh, Danielle Pagano, Fletcher Norris
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Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) awakes in a Berlin hospital with severe head injuries and very little knowledge as to how he got there. The doctors inform him that he has been in a coma for four days after surviving a near fatal car crash. Attempting to piece together the incidents leading up to the accident, he discovers that his wife (January Jones) no longer recognizes him and another man has taken his identity. Now the only thing standing in the way of him and the killed. It's time for Dr. Harris to face his identity, his sanity and take back his life…by force. - Director:
- Jaume Collet-Serra
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones
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It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive... - Director:
- Paul Andrew Williams
- Cast:
- Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris
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Inside Job is the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. - Director:
- Charles Ferguson
- Cast:
- William Ackman, Matt Damon, Daniel Alpert
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How I Ended This Summer (2010)Kak Ya Provyol Etim Letom
The film is set on a remote weather station in the Arctic manned by old hand Sergei and the novice Pavel. When Pavel receives an important radio message, his fear of the older man prevents him telling Sergei the shocking news. From this deception, lies and suspicions poison relations between the two to such an extent that Pavel is in fear of his life, not just from the polar bears that roam the island, but from Sergei. - Director:
- Aleksey Popogrebskiy
- Cast:
- Grigoriy Dobrygin, Igor Chernevich, Artyom Tsukanov
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Potiche (2010)Potiche (Trophy Wife)
Suzanne (Deneuve) is a "Potiche"; a beautiful, subservient wife dedicated to serving the selfish whims of her tyrannical husband. But after the exploited workers of his umbrella factory decide to strike, Suzanne takes on the role as head of the company to great success. Although business and personal politics are about to collide with the arrival of Maurice (Depardieu), a charming union leader and a former lover of Suzanne's. - Director:
- François Ozon
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini
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The year is 1965 and the place is Brooklyn. Troubled sixteen-year-old Michael has just started his first term at St Basil’s Catholic School For Boys. Completely daunted by this new environment, Michael soon befriends a group of demented, restless misfits whose enthusiasm for cheap booze, cigarettes, hot chicks and rock’n’roll hilariously and dramatically collides with the school’s repressive traditions. - Director:
- Michael Dinner
- Cast:
- Andrew McCarthy, John Heard, Kate Reid
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