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Hannah Lee (Abigail Breslin) is a bright teen girl trapped in the dark Southern underworld of violence and guns, drugs and vicious biker gangs. Neglected by her angry sister Amber (Alexa Vega), her only refuge is her troubled uncle Donny (Lew Temple), who is a drug addict.

Both live in fear of 'Uncle Frank' Stinson (Sean Bean), who runs the illegal family business with an iron fist, aided by his psychotic younger brother Bobby (Jake Busey). But when Amber falls in love with family rival Wild Bill (James Purefoy), Hannah realizes there is no escape from the ruthless Stinsons, and cleverly schemes to pit one pawn against another in a cunning game of revenge.

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A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, 'American Hustle' tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work

for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

A savvy lawyer (Michael Fassbender) known for doing the right thing for the wrong people dives into a treacherous drug deal for some quick cash...but he soon learns that having it all could mean losing everything.

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At 17, brainy high-school junior Shirley Lyner is thinking about the future and works part-time as a babysitter to save up for college.

Shirley has always had an innocent crush on Michael, one of the dads she regularly sits for, but one night, one thing leads to another, and before long they're having a fully-fledged affair. Bingo! She reckons she's found the way to fund her way through college - running a babysitting service - with extras. Soon, she's providing teenage call girls to the dads of young children. Shirley can be ruthless, and tension builds when some of the clients overstep the mark. Then, one of the girls tries to freelance... it's only a matter of time before Shirley's carefully crafted cover is blown.

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Tom drives the Lilac Bus every Friday evening from Dublin to the village of Rathdoon. The bus carries five disparate passengers who have all reached a crossroads in their lives.

The group are Judy, the hippie, sad at being separated from her children, Dee, who discovers she's betrayed by her lover, Nancy, who has a reputation for meanness, Celia, the nurse and Mikey, the bank porter, teller of bad jokes and eternal bachelor. They all, in their own manner, experience a dramatic life changing weekend and all return as usual, on the Lilac Bus back to Dublin on Sunday evening.

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Danielle (Margot Kidder) meets Phillip (Lisle Wilson) on a "Peeping Tom" shamelessly voyeuristic TV game show and dodging her ex-husband Emil (William Finley), takes him back to her apartment. But Danielle has a separated Siamese twin sister, Dominique, who is not pleased about the overnight guest.

Journalist neighbour Grace (Jennifer Salt) sees Phillip slaughtered by one of them through her window; the body vanishes before she can convince a sceptical detective (Dolph Sweet) to take a look. Determined to prove that she's right (and get a career-advancing story), Grace investigates, assisted by a private eye (Charles Durning), and becomes more involved in the relationships among Danielle, Dominique, and Emil than she ever expected.

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"The White Queen" is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history.

A story of love and lust, deception and betrayal, bravery and murder; it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different yet equally ambitious women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power they will scheme, manipulate and destroy their way to the throne. The year is 1464 and war rages throughout England over who is the rightful King. It is a bitter battle between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster. These three women - all equally matched as wives, daughters and mothers, must fight for their survival; their lives depend on who wears the crown.

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Tbilisi, 1992: Civil war is raging in the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Amidst the mayhem, two inseparable fourteen-year-old friends, Natia and Eka, find their childhood coming to an end, with dysfunctional families, broken relationships and volatile politics all coming to a head. But the problems of disillusioned love, early marriage and oppressive male dominance will suddenly be thrown into sharp relief when one of the girls is given a gun...

Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, an ex-boyfriend with baggage and an unraveling murder mystery.

The criminal anarchy is hilarious when a foursome of full-time hit men looking to score some extra cash kidnap the boss' god-daughter. And when beleaguered wise guy Mel is set up to take the fall, underworld antics and domestic absurdities collide for a working weekend no one will soon forget...

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Martin Scorsese directs this true story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s - earning him the title "The Wolf of Wall Street". Money.

Power. Women. Drugs. Temptations were for the taking and the threat of authority was irrelevant. For Jordan and his wolf pack, more was never enough.

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Marcia (Maria Bello) and Olga (Mary Stuart Masterson) are preparing a birthday surprise for their younger sister, Irene (Erika Christensen).

There are deep seated, longstanding rifts opening up between Marcia and her siblings especially when a man from their childhood in Charleston makes a surprise appearance and jolts a few unhappy memories rising to the surface. Revelations about the sisters' stormy relationship with their father trickle sadly from Marcia's lips, Irene is caught in between two men (Chris O'Donnell and Eric McCormack) and to make matters worse, their troublesome brother (Alessandro Nivola) and girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) always seem to bring more grief whenever they're around.

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Reporter Grace Collier (Sevigny) is determined to unearth the secrets of Dr. Lacan (Rea) and his Zurvan Clinic- a sprawling estate on the outskirts of the city that is home to a treatment centre for severely disturbed children.

However, there is something sinister beneath the clinic's benign surface as several patients have mysteriously died. Is Dr. Lacan experimenting on these children? Is his hauntingly lovely but unstable assistant Angelique ( Lou Doillon ) the grown-up product of one of these experiments? As Grace strives to find the truth she plunges deeper into a dangerous web of deceit and heads towards a shocking climax that may threaten her sanity...and her life.

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Stephanie lives in Paris, where she moved many years ago to start a new life as a woman. Now working as a prostitute, she shares her love between two men Mikhail, an unemployed Russian immigrant and Jamel, a street hustler.

The trio, battling with the harsh realities of their lives, find solace in each others arms. When she receives a call from her terminally ill mother, the trio return to the rural village where Stephanie grew up. The bleak solitude of the countryside evokes a flood of memories and emotions. Stephanie is haunted by her childhood as a boy and by the early death of her sister. But with the support of her lovers, she comes to terms with the events that have made her who she is today. Exquisitely shot by Agnes Godard (Beau Travail) and with a haunting musical score by Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut and The Merchant of Venice) the landscape of the film evokes a time of tranquility and past innocence. With a stunning debut performance from the lead, Stephanie Michelini and featuring I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy performed by Antony from Antony And The Johnsons, Wild Side explores and question male identity in a sympathetic and non-judgemental way. Ultimately it shows us how the new family is anything but nuclear and instead is all about humanity, compassion and a sense of belonging.

The all-star comedy cast from "Grown Ups" returns with some exciting new additions! After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny (Adam Sandler) finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.