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Twenty Bucks is the story of a $20 bill, from its birth at an ATM to its final shredding at the bank, and the lives it touches along the way. Among those passing the buck are a prophetic bag lady (Linda Hunt), an about-to-marry-rich working stiff (Brendan Fraser), a New Age witch (Gladys Night), a struggling writer (Elizabeth Shue), a distracted cop (William H Macy), a well-mannered stick-up artist (Christopher Lloyd) and a hot-headed con man (Steve Buscemi, Big Fish). And while they may be strangers to each other, they do have one thing in common. When they passed the buck, they never expected change. - Director:
- Keva Rosenfeld
- Cast:
- Linda Hunt, Brendan Fraser, Elisabeth Shue
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A bittersweet buddy comedy, 'Robot Dreams' follows Dog, who is lonely, whiling away long evenings in his Manhattan studio apartment. Tired of his solitary life, he decides to purchase a friend, Robot, a fun-loving companion. After an idyllic day on the beach, they soon become separated. Devastated at the loss of his friend, Dog does everything in his power to get Robot back. - Director:
- Pablo Berger
- Cast:
- Ivan Labanda, Albert Trifol Segarra, Rafa Calvo
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Deep in the basement of an abandoned church, once run by a sinister religious sect, lies a strange bottle of green liquid being investigated by a group of local theoretic physics students. But as the night draws in the students soon realise that the strange relic holds a dark and powerful force beyond their control. A force that could well be the essence of pure evil: the remains of Satan himself. - Director:
- John Carpenter
- Cast:
- Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker
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Gordon Punn (Martin Donovan), a visionary scientific pioneer, is found dead shortly after he unveils his newest work: a device able to extract, record, and play a person's memories. Soon, a mysterious man (Peter Dinklage) shows up at his widow's door, claiming to be a friend of her late husband. After stealing the machine from the house, the man uses it to try and solve the mystery of Gordon's death, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him to unexpected and dangerous places. - Director:
- Mark Palansky
- Cast:
- Peter Dinklage, Matt Ellis, Jordana Largy
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The Big Hit (2020)Un Triomphe
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett's famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive. - Director:
- Emmanuel Courcol
- Cast:
- Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho
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Dune: Part Two (2024)Dune 2 / Dune: Part 2
"Dune: Part Two" explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. - Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson
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Hollywood producer Ben (Robert DeNiro) has a difficult life. He's already in over his head trying to balance two ex-wives with a director whose bold "visionary" movie, starring Sean Penn (as himself), jeopardizes both of their careers. But nothing can prepare him for the two roller coaster weeks he has to live through in this slick and outrageously funny comedy packed with star talent, including Bruce Willis as you've never seen him before. - Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro, Alexander Blaise, John Turturro
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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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Mad Cats (2023)MAD CATS
Taka (Shô Mineo), a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his missing brother Mune (So Yamanaka). Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners. Why are the monster cats after him? Why was his brother captured? What is the purpose of this mysterious young girl? Mysteries are about to be revealed as the journey leads to a final showdown. - Director:
- Reiki Tsuno
- Cast:
- Hikari Aiko, Asachill, Amanda B.
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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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It's 1908. The West has changed. Grizzled frontiersman Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) hasn't. Despite the fortune he's made selling water to thirsty desert travelers, he lies in wait. Someday two no-account desert rats - who long ago robbed Hogue and left him to die in the baking Arizona sand - will drop by for a drink... - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
- Cast:
- Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner
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Woman at War (2018)Kona fer í stríð
To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist. Known to others as "The Mountain Woman", she wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat. Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, 'Woman at War' follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl whilst planning her final act of industrial sabotage. - Director:
- Benedikt Erlingsson
- Cast:
- Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada
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Ten years after a Western economic collapse, cold-blooded drifter Eric (Guy Pearce) traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who took everything he had. After losing their trail he soon crosses paths with Rey (Robert Pattinson), a badly wounded member of the gang who was left for dead by his own brother. Vulnerable and naive Rey joins Eric as his unwitting accomplice and together they cross this new world to exact their revenge. - Director:
- David Michôd
- Cast:
- Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy
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A small town pharmacist's uneventful life is turned inside out when a chance encounter with a lonely trophy wife turns into a walk on the wild side in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde. Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) has been disregarded for years by everyone from his domineering wife Kara (Michelle Monaghan) to the goldbricking employees at the drugstore he bought from his insufferable father-in-law. When Doug embarks on an exhilarating drug-and-alcohol fuelled affair with Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde) - the most glamorous woman he has ever met - no-one is more surprised than he is. - Director:
- Geoff Moore
- Cast:
- Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan
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This tale of friendship and survival, set during the days of the 1860s focuses on a roguish group of runaways living by their wits and natural instincts. Two of them in particular are complementary opposites: Drew is a good boy from God-fearing stock in Ohio, out West to evade the draft and Jake is a scruffy scoundrel - a saddle tramp not above a little larceny here and there. Along the trail they encounter a variety of varmints and renegades. And eventually, they find themselves older and wiser for the journey and friendship. - Director:
- Robert Benton
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis
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