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Disillusioned with life, celebrated artist Bradley Morahan (James Mason) retreats to the solitude of a tropical island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The island, however, turns out to be far from uninhabited. Bradley soon stumbles upon Cora, played by Helen Mirren, a beautiful, highly spirited teenage girl who lives with her alcoholic grandmother. Cora dreams of escaping the island and running away to the bright lights of Brisbane. Inspired by the young girl, Bradley starts to paint naked portraits of her. To Cora, it's an innocent way to earn money and finally escape the island. To him, Cora is a fresh source of artistic inspiration. Others, though, may see their relationship differently... - Director:
- Michael Powell
- Cast:
- James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran
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Tokyo Drifter (1966)Tôkyô Nagaremono
Tetsu (Tetsuya Watari) and his boss Kurata (Ryûji Kita) want to put their life of crime behind them and go straight. But the past is not so easy to escape and when Kurata comes under threat from old adversaries, loyalties soon draw his number one bodyguard back into a world of gangland rivalry and bloodshead. - Director:
- Seijun Suzuki
- Cast:
- Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani
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The hunt has evolved - and so has the explosive action - in the next chapter of the 'Predator' series. Now, the most lethal hunters in the universe are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before... and only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and an evolutionary biology professor can prevent the end of the human race. - Director:
- Shane Black
- Cast:
- Boyd Holbrook, Juan Pacheco, Trevante Rhodes
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Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)Johnny English 3
Rowan Atkinson returns as the much-loved accidental secret agent in 'Johnny English Strikes Again'. When a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, the country's only hope is called out of retirement. English's new mission is his most critical to date: Dive headfirst into action to find the mastermind hacker. A man with few skills and analogue methods, English must overcome the challenges of modern technology - or his newest mission will become the Secret Service's last. - Director:
- David Kerr
- Cast:
- Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko
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Breakout (1975)Ten-Second Jailbreak
Imprisonment in a foreign country...it may be a fate far worse than death. Jay Wagner (Robert Duvall) is framed for murder by his scheming grandfather (John Huston). Unjustly convicted, he faces 28 hard years of confinement in a crowded Mexican prison. Wagner's guilt-ridden wife Ann (Jill Ireland), who unwittingly aided in framing him by confiding in the grandfather, turns to pilot Nick Colton (Charles Bronson) and his partner Hawk (Randy Quaid) to help Wagner escape. Only the most cunning and daring tactics can free Wagner, So Colton must plan the impossible! - Director:
- Tom Gries
- Cast:
- Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland
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"The Boys from Brazil" is a terrifying film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers, based on Ira Levin's thrilling book of the same title. In the setting of 1970's South America, a notorious Nazi War criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck), gathers a group of former Nazis to work on a covert project to establish a Fourth Reich. But when famed Nazi-hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier) is enlightened to Mengele's bone-chilling scheme - to clone 94 young Hitlers and cause horror on a global scale - he attempts to unravel the conspiracy. - Director:
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Cast:
- Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
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Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)Ant-Man 2
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes 'Ant-Man and the Wasp'. Still reeling from the aftermath of 'Captain America: Civil War', Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is enlisted by Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) for an urgent new mission. He must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside the Wasp as they join forces to uncover secrets from the past. - Director:
- Peyton Reed
- Cast:
- Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña
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Set in the volatile arenas of intelligence and global politics, an elite CIA operative (Mark Wahlberg) is aided by a top-secret tactical command unit as they are tasked with smuggling a mysterious police officer carrying highly classified information out of South East Asia. On this 22 mile mission, the team soon realise they're not just against the clock, but against the city's gangs, police and military too, who are dead set on reclaiming the renegade officer and the information he carries. - Director:
- Peter Berg
- Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais
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Cold War (2018)Zimna Wojna
In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the creative freedom of the West. But one day, as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. Pawel Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning 'Ida' with the stunning 'Cold War', an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in luminous black and white, it spans decades and nations to tell a love story that is as tragic as it is moving, and as transportive as it is honest. - Director:
- Pawel Pawlikowski
- Cast:
- Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc
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Deadpool 2 (2018)Love Machine / Daisy / DP 2
American action thriller in which Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as alternative superhero Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool. When a mysterious young boy with incredible powers captures the attention of the ruthless time-travelling mutant Cable (Josh Brolin), Deadpool must acquire a group of fellow rebels with incredible abilities to stop Cable in his path of destruction and save the boy. - Director:
- David Leitch
- Cast:
- Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds
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One by one, the victims fell, each death more gruesome than the last. The actual murders that rocked Boston in the 60's are the gripping subject matter of this unforgettable police thriller. Henry Fonda stars as the investigating police detective. Tony Curtis delivers a stunning performance as the psychopath Fonda must conquer. Filmed in a documentary style that makes the horrifying events all the more real, 'The Boston Strangler' is one of the most powerful films in its genre. - Director:
- Richard Fleischer
- Cast:
- Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
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Based on the incredible true story...As two avid sailors set out on a journey across the ocean, Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) couldn't anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope for rescue, Tami must find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved. 'Adrift' is the unforgettable story about the resilience of the human spirit and the transcendent power of love. - Director:
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast:
- Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas
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The unbelievable but entirely true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson) living a routine existence in Kentucky, who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious art heists in US history. Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world's most valuable books from the special collections room of Transylvania University Library. But not everything is as it seems, and as the thrilling theft unfolds, each of them starts to question whether their attempts to inject excitement and purpose into their lives is simply a misguided attempt at achieving the American Dream. - Director:
- Bart Layton
- Cast:
- Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk
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Hotel Artemis is a secret hospital for criminals run by The Nurse (Jodie Foster) and her orderly Everest (Dave Bautista). After a daring heist, a wounded bank robber (Sterling K. Brown) checks in while riots rage outside - but finds himself entangled with an arms dealer (Charlie Day), a crime lord (Jeff Goldblum) and a mysterious assassin (Sofia Boutella) whose mission pits all the guests against each other in a deadly game of survival. - Director:
- Drew Pearce
- Cast:
- Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella
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Hue and Cry (1947)Hue & Cry
'Hue and Cry' has since become known as the first of the Ealing comedies proper, and was also the first to make brilliant use of post-war London's exterior locations. The story follows a boy who becomes convinced that a major heist is being planned and executed through the pages of boys' weekly serial The Trump. Having been laughed out of the police station, be and the rest of bis friends set about entrapping the culprits and exposing the plot. - Director:
- Charles Crichton
- Cast:
- Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler
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