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The acclaimed latest from writer-director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire), 'Perfect Days' is a luminous reflection on the beauty found in everyday life. Koji Yakusho (13 Assassins) stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo's numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life. Featuring an unforgettable soundtrack of classic rock and pop, this is a tender, shimmering and ultimately life-affirming marvel. - Director:
- Wim Wenders
- Cast:
- Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
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From the creators of 'Despicable Me' comes an adventure-filled new comedy about overcoming your fears and opening yourself up to the world and its opportunities, filled with Illumination's signature subversive humour, authentic heart and unforgettable characters. The Mallard family embarks on a journey south for the winter to Jamaica via New York City, only for their well-laid plans to go awry, leading to new friends and unknown horizons. Get ready to take a flight on a hilariously funny, feathered family vacation like no other! - Director:
- Benjamin Renner
- Cast:
- Kumail Nanjiani, Tresi Gazal, Elizabeth Banks
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An artist and ceramist in Portland, Oregon is on the verge of an important show, but she's plagued with personal problems. Her neighbour-slash-landlady (a fellow or rival artist, as it happens) is failing to fix the hot water in her apartment. Her cat has almost killed a pigeon in their street and she feels obligated to look after the poor injured thing in a cardboard box, instead of working. Her mother (an administrator in the community arts centre where the artist works) is querulously estranged from her dad, who appears to have free loading house guests from Canada. And her bipolar brother, who also has artistic leanings is digging a huge hole in his back garden... - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André Benjamin
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In this modern-day retelling of the book of Job, Kevin Garner (Kristoffer Polaha) gets separated from Molly (Elizabeth Tabish), the love of his life, when a mysterious adversary known as The Benefactor (Neal McDonough) sends him to an alternate dystopian reality after Kevin refuses The Benefactor's enticing offer of wealth and power. Stranded in a tyrannical, parallel Earth, encountering infinite worlds and impossible choices, will hope and faith be enough to guide him back to the woman he loves? - Director:
- Brock Heasley
- Cast:
- Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Liz Tabish
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In this animated musical-comedy, Asha (voice of Ariana DeBose), a sharp-witted idealist in the kingdom of Rosas, makes a powerful wish that's answered by Star, a ball of boundless energy. Soon, Asha and Star must face a formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas - to save her community and prove that when one brave human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things happen. - Director:
- Chris Buck
- Cast:
- Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk
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The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (Dominic Sessa) — and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph). - Director:
- Alexander Payne
- Cast:
- Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
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In Season Two Of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds', the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, commanded by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and will embark on personal journeys that continue to test, resolve and redefine their destinies. Facing friends and enemies both new and familiar, their adventures unfold in surprising ways never seen before on any "Star Trek" series. - Director:
- Chris Fisher
- Cast:
- Anson Mount, Alex Kapp, Ethan Peck
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The Boy and the Heron (2023)Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka / How Do You Live?
From legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) comes a Bafta and Academy Award-winning® new fantasy adventure. After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family's estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events leads him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito's new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey, Mahito must uncover the secrets of the world and the truth about himself. - Director:
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast:
- Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki
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Anselm (2023)Anselm - Das Rauschen der Zeit
Following one of contemporary art's most renowned artists, Anselm Kiefer, this documentary is an expressive portrait of an artist at work. Anselm allows audiences to experience a multi-dimensional voyage of discovery, mining cultural texts and Kiefer's personal history to contextualise his life's work, which explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history. - Director:
- Wim Wenders
- Cast:
- Anselm Kiefer, Daniel Kiefer, Anton Wenders
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Trolls Band Together (2023)Trolls 3
Get ready for an all-star family reunion like no other in the latest chapter of DreamWorks Animation's blockbuster musical franchise, now with, a Sing-Along Edition! As Poppy (Anna Kendrick) grows closer to her now boyfriend Branch (voice of Justin Timberlake), she discovers his secret past as a member of her favourite boyband, BroZone, with his four estranged brothers. When Branch's bro Floyd is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious popstars, Branch and Poppy embark on an action-packed journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd. Along.the way Poppy uncovers a family secret of her own, a long-lost sister named Viva (voice of Camila Cabello). 'Trolls Band Togethe'r features the franchise's signature psychedelic joy-bomb of new and classic pop hits that will have you singing and dancing along over and over again! - Director:
- Walt Dohrn
- Cast:
- Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Daveed Diggs
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River (2023)Ribâ, nagarenaide yo
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto (Riko Fujitani) is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop! While trying to find the source of the time loop, characters confront discontentment with their employment, mortality, and the impending end of a relationship in this charming time adventure comedy. - Director:
- Junta Yamaguchi
- Cast:
- Riko Fujitani, Manami Honjô, Gota Ishida
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Wonka (2023)Willy Wonka
"Wonka" tells the wondrous story of how a young dreamer named Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) becomes the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate maker.- Director:
- Paul King
- Cast:
- Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur
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An alien crash lands on Earth and must pass himself off as small-town human doctor Harry Vanderspeigle. Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life... but things get a bit rocky when he's roped into solving a local murder and realises he needs to assimilate into his new world. - Director:
- Robert Duncan McNeill
- Cast:
- Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds
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'Typist Artist Pirate King' is a magical, empathetic, hopeful journey through England and the mind. When Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) and her psychiatric nurse Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald) take to the road in an electric car, searching for an art exhibition, they meet all manner of people along the way, and as a friendship develops between them, there is reconciliation with the past. - Director:
- Carol Morley
- Cast:
- Monica Dolan, Kelly MacDonald, Gina McKee
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The Marvels (2023)Captain Marvel 2
Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole, her powers become entangled with super-fan Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Together, this unlikely trio must team up and work together to save the universe. - Director:
- Nia DaCosta
- Cast:
- Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani
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