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Moon (Juliette Marquis) is intelligent, articulate, confident, beautiful, caring and an internet pornstar. Despite her unusual career, she manages to dutifully care for her father (James Woods) who suffers from Parkinson's disease.

Moon has chosen her path rather than being forced into it and as such she represents a whole new breed of sexually empowered women of a guilt-free generation. She shares her feelings of life, love and loss with her best friend (Rosario Dawson), a potential boyfriend (Kip Pardue), her porn producer (Tomas Arana) and directly to the camera. As she tests moral and societal boundaries, Moon's world begins to unravel and she is forced to deal with the ramifications of the choices she's made.

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Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a work of art worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he wakes to discover that he has no memory of where he has hidden the painting.

When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang's leader (Vincent Cassel) hires a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon's psyche. As she digs deeper into his broken subconscious, the stakes become much higher and the boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur and disappear.

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Jack Nicholson and an outstanding star-packed cast power this suspenseful, action thriller about a man with a vengeful obsession.

For six long years, Freddy Gale (Nicholson) has waited to take his revenge on John Booth (David Morse), the man jailed for a crime that stripped Freddy's life of all happiness and meaning. Now, Booth is getting out of prison and Freddy's giving him just three days to live... before he returns to get even.

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Abandoned by a mentally unstable mother, young Norma Jean Baker (Judd) dreamed of becoming a movie star. Even after changing her name to Marilyn Monroe (Sorvino) and achieving superstardom and the adulation of millions, Norman Jean's troubled past continued to haunt her.

Increasingly dependent on alcohol and drugs after failed love affairs with the Kennedys, fights with studio executives and high-profile divorces to baseball great Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, Marilyn's life ended suddenly in 1962 at the age of 36. More than four decades later, the mystique and the mystery surrounding her life lives on... amazingly recreated with astonishing accuracy and haunting performances in Norma Jean and Marilyn.

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"Kingsman: The Secret Service" introduced the world to Kingsman - an independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. In 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle', our heroes face a new challenge.

When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organisation in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organisations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that's becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy.

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Lila (Kari Wuhrer) is a starving artist taking a job in the Psychology Department for extra cash. She meets with Professor Burton (Eric Roberts) and he explains the work: Lila is to report on the sensations she receives from various objects.

Lila correctly senses the objects belong to a woman who was murdered. Lila moves into the deceased women's apartment to uncover the mystery. But as the plot unfolds, we learn that Burton is using Lila for her psychic ability and to identify the murder because the Professor himself is under suspicion for the crime.

Everyone's a suspect when a murder is committed on a lavish train ride, and a brilliant detective must race against time to solve the puzzle before the killer strikes again.

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Life is not quite what it seems in this haunting and sensual masterwork from writer/director Todd Field. Kate Winslet and Jackie Earle Haley star along with Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson in this "beautiful, provocative and compelling" adult drama.

Base don the novel by Tom Perrotta, this film explores how the lives of seemingly perfect families can unravel in the wake of an adulterous affair.

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Atlantic City, 1922: The Roaring '20s are about to begin in earnest and despite a booming economy, alcohol is scarce and gangster violence is heating up.

Amidst this backdrop, Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), whose marriage to Margaret has become a sham after she signed away his highway windfall to the church, faces the challenge of mending old relationships. Nucky also encounters new competition from a hair-trigger gangster who builds a strategic bulkhead between New York and Atlantic City in an effort to siphon off Nucky's alcohol business. The conflict brings out die best and worst in Nucky as new and familiar faces undergo compelling metamorphoses within the third season of this Golden Globe and Emmy Award- winning series.

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Atlantic City 1921. In the wake of Prohibition, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) wields ultimate power in "the world's playground." After rigging the Atlantic City mayoral election, Nucky and young WWI veteran Jimmy Darmody appear to be in control of the city.

However, their grip soon begins to unravel as Nucky is arrested for election fraud and members of both his inner circle and family begin to question their allegiances. All die while, mobsters like Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Al Capone wait in the wings, looking for the right opportunity to grab a bigger piece of Nucky's pic.

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Ex-police woman turned sex therapist, Linda (Suranne Jones) has her own problems. Unable to have children with her husband Richard (Cristian Solimeno), she turns to her business partner and brother-in-law, Greg (Tristan Gemmill) for help.

Life only gets more complicated when Linda is called in to consult on a sordid murder case by her former lover, Angie (Eva Pope). Things hit a little close to home when one of Linda's clients is found dead. Caught in a storm of emotional conflict, intrigue, suspicion and unsure who to trust, Linda begins to realise that her own life may be in danger.

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Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey) seems to have it all - the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect husband - except for in bed where sex has always left her a bit short of the finish line.

When the problem drives her desperate husband to leave her for one of high school students, Priscilla's idyllic world is shattered. She sets out on a quest to become just as good at sex as she is at everything else in life, embarking on a wild journey that leads her into the arms of the man she least expected and to the discovery that happiness is something found in the most unlikely places.

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Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas and Patsy Kensit star in this mesmerising story of a scientist who marries the woman of his dreams - only to find himself entangled in a nightmarish web of dark intrigue and shocking secrets! With stunning performances and breathtaking visuals, Angels and Insects

is tantalising, hypnotic...and seething with sexuality. Taken in by a wealthy family after a failed expedition to the Amazon, biologist William Adamson (Rylance) wins the hand of his benefactor's daughter (Kensit) and believes his dreams of fame and fortune may finally come true. But a servant (Thomas) has secret knowledge about his new family, and his visions of grandeur tarnish in light of an erotic decadence and illicit passion beyond his darkest fears.

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On the day of her 11th birthday, Angeliki jumps from the balcony of her family home, falling to her death with a smile on her face.

While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep insisting that it was a tragic accident, but for how long will the family secrets remain?

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stunning screen adaption to date in this 19th Century period thriller. Upon the death of her incestuous father, a young woman is called on to serve as a Governess for two children, Miles and Flora. Their uncle, the master, became the guardian of the youngsters after the loss of their parents.

Seduced by the charm of their uncle, she accepts his one condition: to take sole responsability for them and never trouble him. Although happy with the location and nature of her job. the Governess soon encounters problems with the two children and the estate housekeeper. When she stumbles upon a secret room, the Governess discovers dark secrets and begins to understand the reason behind the children's errie behaviour