wj90's - Rented List
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Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is from a blue-collar family from the hills of West Virginia, whose clan has been famous for its bad luck for nearly 90 years. After being fired from his job, and with his ex-wife (Katie Holmes) threatening to move out of State taking their daughter with her, Jimmy decides he has to do something to get his family's life back on track. With a little help from his brother Clyde Logan (Adam Driver), his sister Mellie (Riley Keough) and an incarcerated explosive expert, the aptly named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), he plans to steal $14 million from the Charlotte Motor Speedway on the busiest race day of the year. - Director:
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast:
- Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig
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Dunkirk (2017)Bodega Bay
The story unfolds on land, sea and air, as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk with enemy troops closing in. RAF Spitfires engage the enemy in the skies above the Channel, trying to protect the defenseless men below. Meanwhile, hundreds of small boats manned by both military and civilians are mounting a desperate rescue effort, risking their lives in a race against time to save even a fraction of their army. - Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast:
- Michael Caine, Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)Planet of the Apes 3
In this thrilling, climactic chapter of the Planet of the Apes saga, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel (Woody Harrelson). But after suffering unimaginable losses, Caesar resolves to 'avenge his kind, pitting him against the Colonel for a final showdown that will determine the future of the planet! - Director:
- Matt Reeves
- Cast:
- Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn
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Cemetery of Splendour (2015)Rak ti Khon Kaen
In the latest film from the director of the Cannes Palme d'Or winning 'Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lines', soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Jen befriends Keng who uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men. Doctors explore ways, including coloured light therapy, to ease the mens' troubled dreams.There may be a connection between the soldiers' enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic. Magic, healing, romance and dreams are all part of Jen's tender path to a deeper awareness of herself and the world around her. - Director:
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cast:
- Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram
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Son of Saul (2015)Saul Fia
Saul Auslander (Géza Röhrig) is a member of the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners forced to assist in the machinery of the Nazi concentration camps. While at work, he discovers the body of a boy he recognises as his son. As the Sonderkommando plan a rebellion, Saul vows to carry out an impossible task: to save the child's body from the flames and to find a rabbi to offer the boy a proper burial. - Director:
- László Nemes
- Cast:
- Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn
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After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down Balthazar Bratt, the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother - a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps - one former super-villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad. - Director:
- Kyle Balda
- Cast:
- Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker
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Alien: Covenant (2017)Alien: Paradise Lost
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with 'Alien: Covenant', a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape. - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Michael Fassbender, Lorelei King, Katherine Waterston
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Girl Asleep (2015)Fantastic Birthday
The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll (Bethany Whitmore). On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her only friend Elliott (Harrison Feldman), until her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and she's flung into a parallel place; a world that's weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous - only there can she find herself. Based on the critically acclaimed production by Windmill Theatre, 'Girl Asleep' is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind. - Director:
- Rosemary Myers
- Cast:
- Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Amber McMahon
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In a small town on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, two runaway teenagers, Laila and Aaron, have taken sanctuary in a remote caravan park. Lying low, they live a hand to mouth existence. But a relentless gang of bounty hunters, hired by Laila's father, are in pursuit. Desperate to escape, the young lovers are forced to travel deeper into the unforgiving terrain of the Moors, towards an uncertain fate. - Director:
- Daniel Wolfe
- Cast:
- Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Connor McCarron, Gary Lewis
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"The Natural" follows the epic journey of Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford). A baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, Hobbs finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, Hobbs finds himself coming back to baseball, joining the roster of the lowly New York Knights. Can Hobbs overcome physical pain - and nefarious forces - to lead the Knights to the pennant? - Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Cast:
- Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
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With smoldering sensuality and biting humor, the surprising relationship between the three title subjects is revealed in sex, lies, and videotape, the most-talked about erotic comedy of the decade. James Spader (TV's "Blacklist", Crash) ran away with the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his brilliantly understated and seductive performance as Graham, a long-lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife Ann, and her saucy sister Cynthia. One by one, each is drawn into the very "personal project" Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed. A monumental debut effort from first-time feature director Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich), this comic original includes riveting performances from Peter Gallagher (American Beauty), Andie MacDowell (Michael) and Laura San Giacomo (TV's "Just Shoot Me"). - Director:
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast:
- James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
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"Hidden Figures" tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) - brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell), a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial lines and inspired generations. - Director:
- Theodore Melfi
- Cast:
- Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)Tony and Susan
Susan (Amy Adams) is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal). The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was lost. - Director:
- Tom Ford
- Cast:
- Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon
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'Northern Soul' is the story of a youth culture in the 1970's, which changed a generation. No longer satisfied with the prospect of a small town life and a factory production line two young boys dream of going to America to discover rare records which will help them become the best DJ's on the scene. This journey forces them to confront rivalry, violence and drug abuse and their friendship is tested to the limit. - Director:
- Elaine Constantine
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, Antonia Thomas, Christian McKay
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Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover (Ellie Kendrick) returns to her family farm to confront her estranged father, Aubrey (David Troughton). Shadowed by ill-remembered conflicts and unspoken regrets, the pair set out to heal their fractious yet still loving relationship. - Director:
- Hope Dickson Leach
- Cast:
- Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden
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