rjs's - Rented List
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Scarlett Johansson is terrific in the visually stunning 'Ghost in the Shell', an action-packed adventure set in a future world where people are enhanced with technology. Believing she was rescued from near death, Major (Johansson) becomes the first of her kind: a human mind inside an artificial body designed to fight the war against cyber crime. While investigating a dangerous criminal, Major makes a shocking discovery -the corporation that created her lied about her past life in order to control her. Unsure what to believe, Major will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery of her true identity and exact revenge against the corporation she was built to serve. - Director:
- Rupert Sanders
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- Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano
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Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973)La Morte Negli Occhi del Gatto
The MacGrieff's, a wealthy Scottish family, are rocked by a grisly murder on their estate. The youngest, Corringa (Jane Birkin), finds herself embroiled in an increasingly bizarre saga. As the bodies pile up, Corringa starts suspecting someone within her own family of the murders, is it her arrogant cousin, James (Hiram Keller)? Their seductive French teacher, Suzanne (Doris Kunstmann)? Her own mother, Alicia (Dana Ghia)? Or can the legend of the MacGrieff family be true? That any MacGrieff killed by the hands of another will bring about a vengeful curse on the whole clan. - Director:
- Antonio Margheriti
- Cast:
- Jane Birkin, Carolyn De Fonseca, Hiram Keller
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The brutal story of the doomed monarch who lost 3 kingdoms, 3 husbands and eventually, her head. At a time of massive upheaval and instability, Mary is torn between devotion to her cousin Elizabeth I, and duty to her country. After taking control of war-torn Scotland, the unfolding drama of the ruthless queen's scandalous affairs would lead to her tragic end at the hands of the one person she thought she could trust. - Director:
- Thomas Imbach
- Cast:
- Camille Rutherford, Mehdi Dehbi, Sean Biggerstaff
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