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A contented ex-villain is forced to do one last spectacular robbery by a psychotic face from his past in this mould-breaking stylish thriller by director Jonathan Glazer. Gary Dove (Ray Winstone) is blissfully retired, living in a Spanish villa paradise with the wife he adores. His perfect lifestyle is shattered by the arrival of his gangster nemesis Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), intent on persuading him to return to London for a big heist. Desperate not to sacrifice his carefully built idyll, Dove is drawn into a shocking battle of wills with Logan, ending in an explosive psychological showdown, and a sensational underwater bank robbery in which he must risk everything to protect the woman he loves. - Director:
- Jonathan Glazer
- Cast:
- Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
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Rescue down is the incredible true story of Dieter Dengler, a US polot shot down flying a top-secret mission over Laos. Captured by the notoriously ruthless Pathet Lao soldiers, Dengler is taken to a P.O.W camp whose barely sane inmates have lost all hope of survival. but something inside Dieter refuses to give up and he plans to execute a last-gasp bid for freedom through the dangerous jungles of South East Asia. - Director:
- Werner Herzog
- Cast:
- Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
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"Wendy and Lucy" is the story of Wendy (Oscar-nominated Michelle Williams), who is driving to Alaska in hope of a summer of lucrative work and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart and she finds herself desperately searching for her only true friend. Starring Kelly Reichardt's own beloved dog as Lucy. - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Michelle Williams, Deirdre O'Connell, M. Blash
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From the writer/director of Michael Clayton, Duplicity is a smart, slick and cool espionage movie. Academy Award winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star as two sexy spies turned- corporate operatives who attempt to pull off one of the biggest heists ever. As the stakes rise in the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse, they'll put everything on the line to remain one double-cross ahead of the rest. - Director:
- Tony Gilroy
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- Julia Roberts, Ivo Nandi, Clive Owen
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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. - Director:
- Armando Iannucci
- Cast:
- Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini
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Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet delivers a dynamic performance in this tale of eroticism, secrecy and guilt set in turbulent post-Nazi Germany. Bringing to life the celebrated international novel, Winslet is riveting as Hannah Schmitz; a lonely, working-class woman who experiences a brief but intense affair with a teenage boy. Years later they meet again; Hannah now a defendant in a notorious case and her ex-lover, now a law student, holding the secret to her salvation. - Director:
- Stephen Daldry
- Cast:
- Kate Winslet, Klemen Novak, Ralph Fiennes
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"The Damned United" tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough (Michael Sheen) and his doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football; Leeds United. Taking the job without trusty lieutenant Peter Taylor (Timothy Spall) by his side, and with a changing room full of what in his mind were players loyal to his bitter rival Don Revie (Colm Meaney), would lead to an unheralded examination of Clough's belligerence and brilliance over 44 days. This is that story. The story of The Damned United. - Director:
- Tom Hooper
- Cast:
- Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper
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On the eve of her 18th birthday and succession to the English throne, young Princess Victoria is caught in a royal power struggle. But it is her blossoming love affair with Albert that will determine the strength of her reign. Can she dedicate her life to her country and her heart to the one man she truly loves? Discover the passion and romance behind one of history's greatest love stories. - Director:
- Jean-Marc Vallée
- Cast:
- Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany
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Based on the bestseller by Richard Yates and directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, this mesmerising and moving story follows the lives of a passsionate young couple living in the suburbs of Connecticut who decide to risk everything to pursue their dreams. They are willing to break away from the ordinary - but can they do it without breaking apart? - Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)Vals Im Bashir
One of the most visually dazzling, strikingly original and stunningly realised films about war ever made, this landmark in animation is an extraordinary, ingenious work of devastating intensity. Based on the true story of director Ari Folman, an Israeli 1982 Lebanon War in which he fought, the film charts his deep into the mystery, fragments of memory creep up in surreal images as the truth of what happened behind to unravel. - Director:
- Ari Folman
- Cast:
- Ari Folman, Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai
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Ruthless, cunning and sexy, The Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) is a class-A criminal for the 21st Century. Along with his stunning partner Nat the Gypsy (Monica Bellucci), The Dobermann leads a crazy gang of bank robbers into one of the most awesomely high-tech weapons ever seen: Dobermann and his gang are thirsty for action. Hot on their trail is the sadistic renegade cop Christini (Tcheky Karyo) who will break every rule, legal and moral, to personally dispense with The Dobermann. Christini sets a merciless trap for his arch enemy which culminates into a relentlessly explosive confronation, finally bringing the two evils face to face..... - Director:
- Jan Kounen
- Cast:
- Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci
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'Lee Evans: Big - UK Tour 2008' is just that, his biggest comedy tour ever, taking in 59 dates in the UK's biggest arenas and playing to over 500,000 people. Three years on since his record breaking XL tour Lee has pulled out all the stops to make this funniest, most spectacular, biggest performance to date. "Lee Evans: Big: Live at the O2" was recorded at London's O2 Arena where lee played 5 sell out nights in 2008 to over 80,000 people. Lee is at his peak with big stand up, big effects and a big performance in what has to be the biggest video of the year. - Director:
- Tom Poole
- Cast:
- Lee Evans, Simone Alicia Elie, David A. Burt
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Korean War vet and retired autoworker Walt Kowalski doesn't much like how his life or his neighbourhood has turned out. He especially doesn't like the people next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But events force Walt to defend those neighbours against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley
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Heartbeat Detector (2007)La question humaine
Heartbeat Detector is an immersive corporate thriller in which Mathieu Amalric plays Simon Kessler, an in-house corporate psychologist, who is asked to investigate the erratic behaviour of the company CEO. His investigations take him under the skin of his company, and its neutral corporate language, to dark, Cach-style transgressions. Hailed by critics as a remarkable, ambitious and visionary film it features an astonishing performance from Mathieu Amalric in the lead role, as a damaged yuppie and vulnerable gumshoe, who begins to unravel as company intrigues whittle away his self-belief. - Director:
- Nicolas Klotz
- Cast:
- Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Edith Scob
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Silent Running (1972)Running Silent
In the not-so-distant future, Earth is barren of all flora and fauna, with what remains of the planet's former ecosystems preserved aboard a fleet of greenhouses orbiting in space. When the crews are ordered to destroy the remaining specimens, one botanist, Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), rebels and flees towards Saturn in a desperate bid to preserve his own little piece of Earth that was, accompanied only by the ship's three service robots. - Director:
- Douglas Trumbull
- Cast:
- Bruce Dern, Joseph Campanella, Cliff Potts
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