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On August 20th. 1973, police were dispatched to the remote farmhouse of Thomas Hewitt, in Travis County, Texas. What they found within the confines of the cryptic residence was the butchered remains of 33 human victims, a chilling discovery that shocked and horrified a nation. Now, for the first time, the only known survivor of the killing spree has broken the silence and come forward to tell the real story of what happened on a deserted rural Texas highway, when a group of five young kids inadvertently found themselves besieged by a chainsaw-wielding madman. One who would leave a trail of blood and terror that would forever become known as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". - Director:
- Marcus Nispel
- Cast:
- Jessica Biel, Scott Martin Gershin, Jonathan Tucker
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It (1990)Stephen King's It
October, 1957. "It" awakens and the small town of Derry, Maine will never be the same. Stephen King brings to life every childhood fear and phobia as seven children face an unthinkable horror which appears in various forms, including "Pennywise" (Tim Curry) - a clown who lives, hunts and kills from the town's sewers. Years later, the surviving adults who are brave enough return to stop the new killing spree, this time for good. - Director:
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- Cast:
- Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole
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12 and Holding (2005)Twelve and Holding
12 and Holding is a compelling insight into the complexities of children losing their innocence and adults struggling to guide them. In the suburbs of America, three close knit 12-year-olds - introverted Jacob, precocious Malee and vulnerable Leonard -- start down the path of self-discovery and begin to distinguish their own voices from those of their parents. Sparked by the tragic death of Jacob's twin brother, the trio band together as they grapple with feelings of revenge, the burden of grief and the indelible experiences of growing up. Stand By Me for the next generation, this is unmissable viewing. - Director:
- Michael Cuesta
- Cast:
- Conor Donovan, Jesse Camacho, Zoe Weizenbaum
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Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in The Lookout, a gritty, high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels and Isla Fisher. Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury, is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated, Chris falls prey to a con man's seductive promise of romance and a better life, and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you'll never see coming. - Director:
- Scott Frank
- Cast:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode
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Alex masterminds a plan to steal millions in untraceable cash from the London Exchange Bank. Setting up their alibi, Alex and his unlikely gang of robbers check in for a flight to the Football World Cup in Germany. Instead of going straight through departures, they pile into a van and head for Central London to spectacularly ram raid the bank. But with an unexpected turn of events, their plan gets hampered from the start. Soon they have twenty hostages and the police have surrounded the bank. There are two and a half hours before the plane leaves and £70,000,000 in hard cash to steal... - Director:
- Paris Leonti
- Cast:
- Xavier Anderson, Bill Leslie, Tony Gale
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Young Hallam is almost over the sudden death of his mother when he begins to suspect that his beautiful step-mother may have had a hand in her death. Fleeing his family for Edinburgh, he lives on the rooftops of the Capital, where his new-found obsession with Voyeurism takes a dangerous turn as he falls in love with a girl who happens to look just like his mother. - Director:
- David Mackenzie
- Cast:
- Jamie Bell, Ruth Milne, John Paul Lawler
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Nick Powell is a handsome young writer with a future as bright as he is. Then one tragic night he's brutally attacked and left for dead - but he's really not. He's trapped in a ghostly limbo where no one can see or hear him except Annie, the one person who might be able to save him. They must work quickly together to solve the mystery of his murder before it is too late, and Nick's chance to live again is lost forever. - Director:
- David S. Goyer
- Cast:
- Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden
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It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all. - Director:
- Danny Boyle
- Cast:
- Cillian Murphy, Chipo Chung, Rose Byrne
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She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. An unexpected and brutal crime leaves an innocent woman dead at the hands of masked gunmen, her husband left powerless to prevent it. After witnessing the senseless murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) appears to be lost in the strange and violent world of drugs, deceit and death. - Director:
- D.J. Caruso
- Cast:
- Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg
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Colin Briggs is serving a sentence for murder, and has all but given up on life. But after being transferred to an open prison in the heart of the Cotswolds and meeting one of the "lifers" - Fergus - existence takes on a whole new meaning. With his eccentric passion for gardening, the ageing Fergus is the last man Colin would normally team up with. But when he plants some seeds for Fergus - and they grow and blossom - Colin is strangely drawn to the garden. Soon, the inmates are hooked on horticulture, impressing both the Prison Governor and the colourful gardening author, Georgina Woodhouse, who urges the Royal Horticulture Society to sponsor a prisoners' show-garden. Yet Colin finds that he is hooked on more than just roses and violets. In fact, it's a certain Primrose who now consumes his thoughts... Georgina's beautiful and elusive daughter. Based on a true story. Greenfingers is a heart warming and inspiring tale of triumph over adversity. - Director:
- Joel Hershman
- Cast:
- Clive Owen, Dominic Frisby, Helen Mirren
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In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager whose writer-parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. The film is squirmy-funny and nakedly honest about the rationalisations and compensatory snobbisms of artistic failure as wellias the conflicted desires of adolescents for sex and status. In detailing bohemian-bourgeois life in brownstone Brooklyn, Baumbach is spot on; everyone proceeds from good intentions and acts rather badly, in spite or because of their manifest intelligence... - Director:
- Noah Baumbach
- Cast:
- Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney
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Gattaca (1997)The Eighth Day
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realise his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete (Jude Law). Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a stunning co-worker (Uma Thurman). But when a flight director is brutally murdered, a clue left at the crime scene threatens to shatter Vincent's plans... - Director:
- Andrew Niccol
- Cast:
- Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
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