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The Shape of Water (2017)Cold War Project
From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes 'The Shape of Water', an otherworldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden, high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Cast:
- Sally Hawkins, Alison Brooks, Michael Shannon
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The Resistance (2017)The Invisibles / Die Unsichtbaren
June 1943, Germany. The Nazi regime has declared Berlin "judenfrei"- free of Jews. However, 7,000 Jews have succeeded in pulling off the unthinkable. Hiding in attics, basements, and warehouses, and protected by courageous Berliners, they have become invisible to the authorities. 'The Resistance' tells the story of four survivors. Cioma (Max Mauff) is an art student who uses his drafting skills to forge passports in exchange for food ration cards; Hanni (Alice Dwyer) dyes her hair blond and tries to pass as Aryan; teenager Eugen is handed to a succession of sympathetic Communist families; and Ruth (Ruby O. Fee) must resort to roaming the streets before being taken in by a surprising protector. - Director:
- Claus Räfle
- Cast:
- Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee
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Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in this bold and original musical filled with infectious showstopping performances that will bring you to your feet time and time again. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and celebrating the birth of show business, the film follows the visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerising spectacle. - Director:
- Michael Gracey
- Cast:
- Hugh Jackman, James Babson, Michelle Williams
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When her father jumps bail, 17 year-old Ree Dolly faces losing the home put up as his bond, where she lives with her invalid mother and younger siblings. With no choice but to track him down in the harsh environs of the Ozark mountains, she looks to his friends and relatives for clues, only to be met with threats and a hostile wall of silence. Undeterred, Ree risks her life to piece together the shocking truth. - Director:
- Debra Granik
- Cast:
- Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt
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Young, handsome and wealthy, publishing tycoon David Aames (Tom Cruise) can have anything his heart desires. Still, David's charmed life seems incomplete. One night, David meets the woman of his dreams (Penelope Cruz) and believes he may have found the missing piece. But a fateful encounter with a jealous lover (Cameron Diaz) suddenly sends David's world out of control, rocketing him on a roller-coaster ride of romance, sex, suspicion and dreams...to a shocking, final awakening you will never forget. - Director:
- Cameron Crowe
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
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Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe) kills giants; she devotes every moment of time she can to researching the variations of giants, learning how to kill them, laying traps and, when a giant strikes her town, killing it. Defiant, friendless and misunderstood, Barbara is reluctant to share her world of monsters and magic with those closest to her, having little time to convince her long-suffering sister or the well-meaning school psychiatrist, that the approaching dangers are all too real. When new arrival in town Sophia, however, takes an interest in giant-lore and appears eager to forge a friendship, Barbara finally allows someone else to take a peek into her dangerous world. - Director:
- Anders Walter
- Cast:
- Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots
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Sam Neill - in his first lead role in a feature - plays Smith, a man escaping the break-up of his marriage by finding isolation on an island off the Coromandel Peninsula. As he settles into his new life, the country is experiencing its own turmoil: an oil embargo has led to martial law and civil war, into which Smith reluctantly finds himself increasingly involved. - Director:
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast:
- Sam Neill, Nevan Rowe, Ian Mune
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Blood and Glory (2016)Modder en Bloed
Set in 1901, this period epic follows Willem Morkel (Stian Bam) - a Boer and family man whose wife and son are murdered during the Anglo-Boer War. Captured as a prisoner of war, Willem must survive incarceration in the notorious St. Helena concentration camp and defeat the ruthless Colonel Swannel (Grant Swanby) at his own game...rugby. - Director:
- Sean Else
- Cast:
- Charlotte Salt, Josh Myers, Greg Kriek
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Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence), a scientist working on a pioneering energy project, wakes up one morning to find that the technology has malfunctioned, leaving him as seemingly the only man left on earth. As Zac wanders the deserted city of Hamilton, New Zealand, hoping to find some remnant of life besides himself, his mind begins to disintegrate until fantasy and reality blur together in a heady, terrifying cocktail. - Director:
- Geoff Murphy
- Cast:
- Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
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A Fantastic Woman (2017)Una mujer fantástica
Marina Vidal's life is thrown into turmoil following the sudden death of her partner, Orlando. Met with suspicion from the police and contempt from her lover's relatives. As tensions rise between her and Orland's family, she is evicted from their shared home and banned from attending his funeral. But faced with the threat of losing everything, Marina finds the strength to fight back. Sebastián Lelio returns with a groundbreaking, deeply humane and Oscar-winning story about a trans woman's fight for acceptance. Anchored by a powerhouse performance from rising star Daniela Vega, 'A Fantastic Woman' is an urgent call for compassion. - Director:
- Sebastián Lelio
- Cast:
- Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco
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A group of weary travellers, a spooky mansion, and a madman on the loose upstairs! Director James Whale's 'The Old Dark House' is one of the best and most entertaining horror films of the 1930's. Caught in a storm whilst journeying through a remote region of Wales, a group of travellers take refuge in a sinister mansion inhabited by the bizarre Femm family and their mute butler, Morgan (Boris Karloff). Trying to make the best of a bad situation, the group settles in for the night, but the Femm family have a few skeletons in their closet, and one of them is on the loose... - Director:
- James Whale
- Cast:
- Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
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Bitter Harvest (2017)Devil's Harvest
As Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, a young artist named Yuri (Max Irons) battles to survive famine, imprisonment and torture to save his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) from the "Holodomor", the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians. Against this tragic backdrop, Yuri escapes from a Soviet prison and joins the anti-Bolshevik resistance movement as he battles to reunite with Natalka and continue the fight for a free Ukraine. - Director:
- George Mendeluk
- Cast:
- Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Terence Stamp
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The Mercy (2018)Deep Water
Academy Award winner Colin Firth portrays the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare (Rachel Weisz) and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron. - Director:
- Jamie Marsh
- Cast:
- Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth, David Thewlis
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Escape (2012)Flukt
Ten years after the Black Death ravaged the country, a poor family is on a journey to find better living conditions. On a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless outlaws. They only spare the life of the nineteen year old Signe. She is taken captive and the gang takes her back to their camp. Here she learns that she is intended a fate worse than death. Signe understands that the only solution is to escape. - Director:
- Roar Uthaug
- Cast:
- Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Kristian Espedal
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Battle of the Bulge (2018)Wunderland / 1944: Battle of the Bulge
"Battle of the Bulge" is an epic film set during the last great battle of World War II. Christmas 1944, and the Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa (Steven Luke) and his platoon of infantry soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa and his men must find the strength to stand against their enemy in the epic fight that would become known as "The Battle of the Bulge". - Director:
- Luke Schuetzle
- Cast:
- Tom Berenger, Wade Everett, Steven Luke
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