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Lars von Trier's bold, brilliant and controversial new film tells the story of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg and newcomer Stacy Martin), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, from birth to the age of 50. One night, a gentle old bachelor named Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard) finds Joe beaten up in an alley. After taking her to his flat he cares for her wounds and questions her about her life, listening intently as, over the film's eight chapters, she recounts the lusty, labyrinthine story of her life... - Director:
- Lars Von Trier
- Cast:
- Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin
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Hustlers (2019)The Hustlers at Scores
Working as a stripper to make ends meet, Destiny's life changes forever when she meets self-assured Ramona (Jennifer Lopez), the club's top money earner and matriarch. Under Ramona's wing, Destiny (Constance Wu) soon learns how to work her way around the wealthy Wall Street regulars. When the 2008 economic collapse forces them out of work, the savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their old clients. Inspired by the viral 2016 article titled The Hustlers at Scores, this is a true story about glamour, greed and above all, friendship. - Director:
- Lorene Scafaria
- Cast:
- Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles
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The Informer (2019)Three Seconds
Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is a former special operations soldier working as an informant for the FBI to help dismantle the Polish mafia's drug trade in New York. But when the FBI's operation goes wrong, resulting in the death of an undercover NYPD cop, Pete is coerced into returning to Bale Hill, the prison he previously served time in for manslaughter, to take down the cartel from the inside. - Director:
- Andrea Di Stefano
- Cast:
- Ana de Armas, Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike
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Chato (Charles Bronson) is a half-breed Apache Indian who treads the line between two cultures, balancing allegiance to his tribe with the allure of the white man's world. But when Chato kills a vicious sheriff in self-defense, he finds himself hunted by a posse led by the ruthless Quincey Whitmore (Jack Palance), a former Confederate soldier who is determined to see him hang. It's 13 men against one, but the odds shift in Chato's favour when he leads his pursuers into Apache territory, where the harsh, cruel countryside can kill as surely as a gunman's bullet. - Director:
- Michael Winner
- Cast:
- Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore
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A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown' stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. - Director:
- Roman Polanski
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
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As a category 5 hurricane tears through Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) rushes to find her father, who is injured and trapped in the crawl space of their home. The storm intensifies and water levels rise, just as the pair face an even more terrifying threat - alligators lurking below the surface, ready to chomp. - Director:
- Alexandre Aja
- Cast:
- Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark
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Churchill: The Man (1965)Churchill the Man: Classic 1954 Pathe Documentary
A fascinating collection of four historic documentaries made by British Pathe between 1954 and 1965 celebrating the life and achievements of Sir Winston Churchill.
Churchill - The Man (1954)The classic British Pathe documentary covers Winston Churchill's life from his early years at Harrow school through his political ascendency to his leadership of the battles and campaigns of the Second World War.
The Other Side of Winston Churchill (1960)
An insightful and evocative colour film documentary based on Winston Churchill's book "Painting as a Pastime" and richly illustrated throughout with examples of his own artistic endeavours and archive newsreel of the major events and speeches given during his life. With contributions by Merle Oberon, Lady Rhoda Birley and Field Marshal Montgomery.
Ninety Glorious Years (1964)
A celebratory newsreel feature on the occasion of Churchill's 90th birthday, this is a brief summation of his life story.
This Was a Man (1965)
The official British Pathe obituary.- Director:
- Louis Clyde Stoumen
- Cast:
- Paul Scofield, Winston Churchill, Patrick Wymark
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When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger. - Director:
- Ric Roman Waugh
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston
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Set during disco's heyday, Boogie Nights is a hilarious and hysterical expose of the pornography industry as seen from those inside. Eddie (Mark Wahlberg) is a 17-year-old busboy looking for a break when veteran porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) spots him in a disco. Jack immediately senses that the virile and well-endowed young man can make him very, very rich. Lead by Jack into the wickedly glamorous realm of porn movies, Eddie emerges as Dirk Diggler, the superstar who's always pleased to see you... - Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds
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Louise Hamilton is a divorced thirty-something, intelligent, pretty and successful. All that's missing from her life is a man. Then she meets Scott - a young artist applying for a place at the New York college where she works. The attraction is instant, not least because Scott is the spitting image of Louise's one true love, who died 20 years earlier... - Director:
- Dylan Kidd
- Cast:
- Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Marcia Gay Harden
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Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) are newlyweds, but Rosemary has no idea that her wedded bliss is about to come to a horrific end. Her husband's ambition as a struggling actor is about to plunge her into an abyss of terror like she has never known. In exchange for a taste of fame, Guy makes a deal with the devil that puts his wife and soul in jeopardy. When Rosemary becomes pregnant, her husband becomes odd, her neighbours (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon) border on obsessive, and her normal life turns into a surreal nightmare. Slowly, she begins to realise that a seed of evil has been planted... and she is its host. - Director:
- Roman Polanski
- Cast:
- Mia Farrow, Gail Bonney, Tony Curtis
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Black Book (2006)Zwartboek
September 1944 - Nazi Occupied Holland. When her temporary safe house is destroyed by a bomb, the beautiful young Jewish chanteuse Rachel Steinn (Carice van Houten) joins fellow refugees in an attempt to reach safe Allied territory by boat. Tragedy strikes when a Nazi patrol intercepts their escape, ruthlessly killing everybody on-board including Rachel's family; only Rachel escapes the massacre. Embittered and desperate for revenge, she joins the Resistance where, assigned a new identity as the blond Security Service by seducing senior officer Muntze (Sebastian Koch). Without warning she becomes entangled in a deadly web of double-dealing and betrayal... - Director:
- Paul Verhoeven
- Cast:
- Carice van Houten, Emile Jansen, Sebastian Koch
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A passionate woman trapped in a sterile marriage, Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore) is immediately and irresistibly attracted to the handsome young novelist, Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) when they meet at a party given by Sarah's worthy but dull civil servant husband, Henry (Stephen Rea). They begin a passionate, illicit and sexually liberating love affair. After five intense and passion-fuelled years, Sarah abruptly walks out of Maurice's life with no explanation, leaving him utterly bereft. Two years later, Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry. His obsession with Sarah rekindled, he succumbs to his jealousy and arranges to have her followed by a private detective, Mr Parkis (Ian Hart). Haunted by memories of their affair, he re-enters her life in a desperate attempt to solve the mystery surrounding the end of the affair... - Director:
- Neil Jordan
- Cast:
- Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea
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Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw (2019)Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
For years, hulking lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and lawless outcast Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, Hobbs and Shaw must partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves! - Director:
- David Leitch
- Cast:
- Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba
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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. - Director:
- Todd Field
- Cast:
- Kate Winslet, Gary Anthony Ramsay, Jennifer Connelly
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