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Every house is identical. Every house is empty. Except for yours. Welcome to YONDER. Gemma (Imogen Poots) and Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) are a young couple looking to take the next step in their relationship and own their first home. Sold on the prospect of an ideal suburban lifestyle at the newly opened YONDER, they drive out with enigmatic estate agent Martin (Jonathan Aris) to take a look, and the trap is sprung. In YONDER, the food they're given has no taste, identical homes line identical streets tesselating toward the horizon underneath a sky dotted by uniform clouds, and every road leads right back to the new home that has become their prison. The idyllic dream of 'suburban bliss' has given way to a recursive nightmare, and the only hope for Gemma and Tom's escape lies within a mysterious box and the infant inside it. - Director:
- Lorcan Finnegan
- Cast:
- Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann
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"The Trials of Muhammad Ali" covers the explosive crossroads of Ali's life. When Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali, his conversion to Islam and refusal to serve in the Vietnam War leave him banned from boxing and facing a five-year prison sentence. Ali's choice of belief and conscience over fame and fortune resonates far beyond the boxing ring, striking issues of race, faith and identity that continue to confront us all today. - Director:
- Bill Siegel
- Cast:
- Eamonn Andrews, Muhammad Ali, David Susskind
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Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020)Bill & Ted Face the Music
The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter), and Theodore "Ted" Logan (Keanu Reeves). Yet to fulfil their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures and a few music legends! - Director:
- Dean Parisot
- Cast:
- Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal
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As beautiful blonde Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), she is inexplicably attacked by a seagull. Suddenly thousands of birds are flocking into town, preying on school-children and residents in a terrifying series of attacks. Soon Mitch and Melanie are fighting for their lives against a deadly force that can't be explained and can't be stopped in one of Hollywood's most horrific films of nature gone berserk. - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy
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Psycho (1960)Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho / Wimpy
Alfred Hitchcock's landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), the ill-fated traveller whose journey ends in the notorious "shower scene". First a private detective, then Marion's sister (Vera Miles) searches for her, the horror and the suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the mysterious killer is finally revealed. - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Anthony Perkins, Virginia Gregg, Janet Leigh
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When an unexploded WWII bomb is unexpectedly detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a buried cellar full of treasures, including an ancient document proving that the area is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. In an attempt to regain control, the British Government set up borders and cut off all services to the area, but the 'Burgundians' are determined to fight back! - Director:
- Henry Cornelius
- Cast:
- Stanley Holloway, E.V.H. Emmett, Betty Warren
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Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness), a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This would seem to be a boon for mankind, but the established garment manufacturers don't see it that way; they try to suppress it. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures. - Director:
- Alexander MacKendrick
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
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In this punishing action thriller starring Ruby Rose, a former Marine turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader (Jean Reno) while struggling to protect her sister's family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate and violent, the doorman calls upon her deadly fighting skills to end the showdown. - Director:
- Ryûhei Kitamura
- Cast:
- Ruby Rose, Jean Reno, Aksel Hennie
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Pius XIII (Jude Law) is in a coma. And after an unpredictable and mysterious parenthesis, the Secretary of State Voiello (Silvio Orlando) succeeds in the enterprise of having Sir John Brannox (John Malkovich), a moderate English aristocrat, charming and sophisticated, placed on the papal throne adopting the name John Paul III. The new pope seems perfect, but he conceals secrets and a certain fragility. And he immediately understands that it will not be easy to replace the charismatic Pius XIII: hanging between life and death, Lenny Belardo has become a Saint and thousands of faithful are now idolizing him, fueling the contrast between fundamentalisms. Meanwhile, the Church is under attack from several scandals that risk devastating the hierarchies irreversibly and from external threats striking the symbols of Christianity. As always, however, in the Vatican nothing is what it seems. Good and evil proceed arm in arm towards history. And to reach the showdown we must wait for the events to take their course... - Director:
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast:
- Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando
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Night Hunter (2018)Nomis
On the hunt for an elusive serial rapist and murderer, battle-hardened cop Marshall (Henry Cavill) crosses paths with vigilante duo Cooper (Ben Kingsley) and Lara (Eliana Jones), as they trap online predators and deliver their own extreme methods of justice. When Lara is kidnapped, Marshall, Cooper and the police hunt down the perpetrator, but the psychologically damaged man they capture only deepens the mystery surrounding the killings... - Director:
- David Raymond
- Cast:
- Minka Kelly, Alexandra Daddario, Henry Cavill
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The New Mutants (2020)X-Men: The New Mutants / Growing Pains
In this action-filled film, five young people who demonstrate special powers are forced to undergo treatment at a secret institution - allegedly to cure them of the dangers of their powers. But it's soon clear that their containment is part of a much bigger battle between the forces of good and evil! - Director:
- Josh Boone
- Cast:
- Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton
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Candidates Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda) and Matthew Santos (Jimmy Smits) flex their campaign muscles - and rely upon the frenetic behind-the-scenes strateging of pollsters, spin doctors, power brokers and policy wonks - as the race for the White House comes down to the wire. Season 7 marks both the beginnings of a new administration and the series' end with 22 episodes that include a compelling Vinick/Santos debate performed live. Other highlights: President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) confronts nuclear saber rattling. And the untimely death of star John Spencer takes the storyline in an unexpected direction. "Johnny, it seems we hardly knew you," Sheen says in an on-air tribute. What we do know and have here are Spencer's last contributions to the greatness that is The West Wing. - Director:
- Chris Misiano
- Cast:
- Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth, Dulé Hill
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Holland (Alec Guinness) is a shy, retiring man who works as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a maker of souvenirs. Holland remarks that, with Pendlebury's smelting equipment, one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers and smuggle them into France. Soon after, they gain the services of professional criminals Lackery (Sidney James) and Shorty (Alfie Bass) and the four plot what they believe will be the perfect crime - which turns out to be anything but! - Director:
- Charles Crichton
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
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Louis Mazzini's mother belongs to the aristocratic family D'Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Therefore, she and Louis (Dennis Price) were rejected by the D'Ascoynes. Once adult, Louis decides to avenges his mother and him, by becoming the next Duke (Alec Guinness) of the family. Murdering every potential successor is clearly the safest way to achieve his goal. - Director:
- Robert Hamer
- Cast:
- Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson
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Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Sir Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers their robbery. But the pensioner is not as harmless as she seems! A rare colour film from Ealing in the '50s, it was premiered in 1955 at the end of the Ealing Green period. - Director:
- Alexander MacKendrick
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker
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