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The epic 'Predator' legacy continues with this action-thriller set in the Comanche Nation.

When Naru (Amber Midthunder), a fierce and highly skilled young warrior, sets out to protect her people, the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator - leading to a vicious and terrifying showdown.

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Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed.

Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

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During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner.

While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu", this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And no matter what the Nazis throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back – even if it means killing every last Nazi in his path.

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Along the way, he encounters Agamemnon (Sean Connery), Robin Hood (John Cleese), Napoleon (Ian Holm) and winds up as a passenger on the Titanic, although not necessarily in that order.

But is this just random entertainment laid on for history fan Kevin's benefit, or part of a wider struggle between the forces of Good (Ralph Richardson) and Evil (David Warner)?

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"Avatar: The Way of Water" reaches new heights and explores undiscovered depths as James Cameron returns to the world of Pandora in this emotionally packed action adventure.

Set more than a decade after events of the first film, this breathtaking new movie launches the story of the Sully family and introduces audiences to the majestic ocean tulkun.

Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a retired Pawnee scout out to claim his birthright, meets Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt), an Englishwoman hell-bent on revenge. Their paths fated to cross, they travel north together.

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Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (voice of Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement.

When the infamous supervillain group, the Vicious 6, ousts their leader, Gru attempts to join their ranks but soon finds himself the mortal enemy of the apex of evil. With Gru on the run, the Minions attempt to learn martial arts to help save him, and Gru discovers that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.

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Witness. Target. Protector. Gypsy Moon (Lena Headey) is a novelist by day but when night falls, she dances to earn her keep. However, when the family next door to her is brutally attacked and murdered by crime boss Jack (Sam Worthington) and his thugs.

Gypsy finds herself the protector to a young boy and his dog - the only survivors of the attack. Gypsy quickly realises she is the only thing that stands between them and their survival in this truly edge-of-your seat thriller.

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Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people.

As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

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Ryan Reynolds stars in this action-packed comedy as a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and soon decides to become the hero of his own story...one he rewrites himself.

Also starring Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery and Taiki Waititi, and directed by Shawn Lew, 'Free Guy' is ranid-fire fun.

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Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence.

Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realise that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

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In Season Three, The Real Gods Are Coming...and they are very angry. Westworld's android hosts were never allowed to leave the park. But now, at the end of the game, they're here: in our world.

Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) escapes into the mysterious innerworkings of the technocratic elite, only to be surprised by the dark truth that ties her world and ours. Caleb (Aaron Paul), a struggling veteran trying to better himself, has a life-changing encounter, while Bernard's (Jeffrey Wright) attempts to lie low under a new identity are threatened. Maeve (Thandie Newton) is thrown into a new kind of world, where she reunites with a couple of familiar faces before crossing paths with a mysterious figure who seeks her help. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and featuring Tessa Thompson, Ed Harris, Vincent Cassel, Rodrigo Santoro and more, these eight engrossing episodes, produced by Kilter Films and Bad Robot Productions, explore questions about the nature of our reality and the question of free will.

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

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George Bailey (James Stewart) has spent his entire life in the small town of Bedford Falls.

Despite his yearning to see the world, George has always sacrificed his personal ambitions for the sake of his family and the local community, settling down to marry his childhood sweetheart, Mary (Donna Reed), and raise a family. However, when a huge amount of money goes missing from the savings and loans company he panics and finds himself preparing to commit suicide. However, he is shown the error of this idea by Clarence (Henry Travers), an angel who has been sent to Earth in order to earn his wings. To this end, Clarence shows George just how badly Bedford Falls and its residents would have turned out had he never been born.

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Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires living together and struggling to cope with modern life. From doing housework to trying to get into nightclubs, they're perfectly normal - except for their immortality, fangs, and thirst for human blood.

When their 8000 year-old housemate, Petyr, turns 20-something Nick into o vampire, the guys must guide him through his newfound eternal life. In return, they ore forced to learn a thing or two about modern life.