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The worldwide phenomenon comes to life in 'Fifty Shades of Grey' starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Doman in the iconic roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. Ana is an inexperienced college student tasked with interviewing enigmatic billionaire Christian Grey. But what starts as business quickly becomes an unconventional romance. Swept up in Christian's glamorous lifestyle, Ana soon finds another side to him as she discovers his secrets and explores her own dark desires. What results is a thrilling, all-consuming romance as Christian and Ana test the limits they will go to for their relationship. - Director:
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Cast:
- Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle
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"The Company" follows the complex lives, loves, dramas and triumphs of a company of aggressively talented dancers over a season at the world-renowned Joffrey Ballet. At the centre of this ensemble is Ry (Neve Campbell) a tough, gifted and dedicated dancer, pushed to her physical and emotional limits by the flamboyant and charismatic choreographer and company director Mr. A (Malcolm McDowell). As the season unfolds, egos collide and insecurities take over as the art of ballet becomes a war of attrition. In characteristic Altman style and envisioning the world of ballet as only he could, "The Company" serves as a love letter to artists who work in this singularly difficult and universally expressive medium. The film glides seamlessly through the array of dedicated and troubled characters, through the complex company politics, through the auditions, rehearsals and finally to the performances, which the company hopes makes all their sacrifices worth the pain and suffering they have to endure. - Director:
- Robert Altman
- Cast:
- Neve Campbell, James Franco, Malcolm McDowell
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Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner leads an all-star cast in 'Kill the Messenger', a compelling political drama based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. A hard-charging investigative reporter (Renner), stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he uncovers a link between US government intelligence agencies and Central American drug smugglers. Determined to prove the CIA used cocaine profits to fund the Contra rebels, Webb endangers his career and family when he ignores the warnings of agency operatives in his relentless pursuit of the truth. - Director:
- Michael Cuesta
- Cast:
- Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims
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"Cake" takes us into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett (Jennifer Aniston) who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower (Sam Worthington) while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife (Anna Kendrick). With her feisty housekeeper-come-caretaker (Adriana Barraza) ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption. - Director:
- Daniel Barnz
- Cast:
- Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick
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Jim Terrier (Sean Penn), is a man with a past - an ex-mercenary, whose last assassination sparked a civil war. Now working as a humanitarian in Africa to atone for his sins, it's not long before Jim's past catches up with him. Three armed men storm his village and attempt to take his life. Surviving the attack, Jim discovers that there is a price on his head. Escaping to London, he consults the only man he can trust, an old comrade, Stanley (Ray Winstone). Together, they hunt to find those trying to kill Jim, before they find him first. - Director:
- Pierre Morel
- Cast:
- Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca
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England, 1941. With London in the midst of the Blitz, a group of children, led by their young teacher Eve (Phoebe Fox) and hardened headmistress Jean (Helen McCrory), are evacuated to the abandoned Eel Marsh House. With the aid of RAF pilot Harry (Jeremy Irvine) they seek safety from the bombs in the remote coastal location. However, the group soon find themselves facing an evil far more frightening when their arrival awakens the Woman in Black. - Director:
- Tom Harper
- Cast:
- Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox
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Wild Tales (2014)Relatos Salvajes
From director Damian Szifron and producer Pedro Almodovar comes six stories, each exploring a different facet of revenge and the various brilliant, mad, toe-curling and hilarious flavours in which it can be dished out. Whether it's taking out a belligerent crime lord, getting even with officious parking enforcement, retribution for infidelity, or good old fashioned road rage, 'Wild Tales' takes acts of vengeance for infuriating, often all too familiar situations and blows them out to a bitter and hysterical end in this outrageous, tense and ferociously funny dark comedy. - Director:
- Damián Szifrón
- Cast:
- Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa
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When a brilliant high school student (Jonny Weston) and his friends discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time, the possibilities seem endless. They rewrite history to win the lottery, ace exams, and party like there's no tomorrow. But by changing the past, they have threatened the future of our world. Can they undo the damage they have unleashed before it's to late? - Director:
- Dean Israelite
- Cast:
- Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Virginia Gardner
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In an age of honour and justice by the sword, Raiden (Clive Owen) is a fallen warrior who must rise up against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge Bartok (Morgan Freeman), his dishonoured master. This epic sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honour, and vengeance is a stunning cinematic experience not to be missed. - Director:
- Kazuaki Kiriya
- Cast:
- Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie
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Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past - as well as a dogged police detective (Vincent D'Onofrio) who's been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. - Director:
- Jaume Collet-Serra
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman
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In 1949 in the aftermath of the success of her most famous novel 'The Foutainhead', two students Nathaniel and Barbara, great fans of her work visit Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank. Their friendship develops quickly as Rand's highly intellectual temperament begins to manipulate the pair's relationship, forcing the students into an akward affair and eventually marriage. As Nathaniel and Barbara's relationship is strained by the years and Rand herself struggles to complete her novel 'Atlas Shrugged', Nathaniel and Rand begin a torrid affair. Ayn attempts to justify the affair to Barbara and Frank under the growing assumption that they are superior beings deserving of special treatment. As her passion spirals out of control, leaving her friends and loved ones devastated and distraught, Ayn must decide whether to take the leap her spirit dictates to her and risk losing everything she once held dear. - Director:
- Christopher Menaul
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy
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Inspired by true events, 'Play' is an acute observation based on real cases of bullying. In a city, a group of boys aged between 12-14 robbed other children on about 40 separate occasions between 2006 and 2008, but instead of physical force used the 'brother trick' involving role play and psychological manipulation. A fascinating and disturbing account of how children can subvert a situation and by sheer authority lead others more vulnerable into dangerous territory. - Director:
- Ruben Östlund
- Cast:
- Kevin Vaz, Johan Jonason, Anas Abdirahman
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Involuntary (2008)De Ofrivilliga
It's summer in Sweden...A primary school teacher decides to teach her colleagues a lesson they'll never forget. Teenage girls are indulging in a webcam tease and seducing strangers. University students are taking male bonding to a new level. And as day turns to night, a coach driver decides enough is enough and won't drive his passengers any further. - Director:
- Ruben Östlund
- Cast:
- Villmar Björkman, Linnea Cart-Lamy, Leif Edlund Johansson
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Faithfully derived from Mary Shelley's macabre gothic epic, comes the chilling tale of one man and his soulless desire to surpass the boundaries of mortal humankind. Starring Donald Sutherland, William Hurle and Luke Goss, the crew of a weather-beaten ship stranded in an icy Northern sea rescue a man close to death - Victor Frankenstein. Delirious with cold, Frankenstein recounts his own story of a young scientist possessed of a dark and obsessive thirst for knowledge who has challenged nature at its very core by creating a monster - stitched together of severed limbs and torsos stolen from the morgue. Exposed to a thundering bolt of electricity the creature is born, not merely physically, but also of a tortured human soul that craves acceptance. Rejected by his creator, the monstrous being disappears into the night, helpless, abhorred, and vulnerable, but still subject to the most base and dangerous of human emotions - revenge. This fledging born of dark intention will stop at nothing short of complete retribution. - Director:
- Kevin Connor
- Cast:
- Luke Goss, Alec Newman, Julie Delpy
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Deliver Us from Evil (2009)Fri os fra det onde
In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife leave the city and move with their two children to his childhood town in the countryside. Violence erupts when truck driver Lars, Johannes's wayward brother, runs over a local woman and pins the blame on the town's Bosnian refugee. When Johannes stands up for the man and gives him shelter, Lars and his friends head for Johannes's secluded house, armed with a shotgun and boundless rage... - Director:
- Ole Bornedal
- Cast:
- Lasse Rimmer, Lene Nystrøm, Fanny Bornedal
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