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Captain Phillips (2013)A Captain's Duty / Maersk Alabama
"Captain Phillips" is a multi-layered examination of the true story of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. The two men are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. - Director:
- Paul Greengrass
- Cast:
- Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman
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On a quest to solve a string of mysterious and brutal murders, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his trusted ally Watson (Jude Law) plunge into a world of dark arts and startling new technologies, where logic, and a good right hook, are the best crime fighting weapons. Explosive action, baffling mystery and astonishing intrigue follow the two in a race to uncover and foil a terrifying plot that threatens to destroy the country. - Director:
- Guy Ritchie
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- Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
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Gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) controls 1949 Los Angeles, Chief Bill Parker (Nick Nolte) enlists Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) to exact vigilante justice, and Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling) is drawn in as he falls for Grace Faraday (Emma Stone), the elegant beauty whom Cohen claims as his own. Inspired by an incredible true story. - Director:
- Ruben Fleischer
- Cast:
- Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
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Borrowing a double decker bus for a mobile home, four young mechanics search for fun in the sun from London to Athens. Bachelor Boy Cliff Richard dons his dancing shoes and brings a beat to the beach in the breeziest Summer Holiday on record! Featuring the legendary title song, alongside '7 Days to a Holiday' and 'Take You for a Ride', this video gives you the opportunity to sing along with Cliff. - Director:
- Peter Yates
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- Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes
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The thrills are non-stop as CIA recruit Ryan (Chris Pine) is caught in a dangerous web of intrigue spun between bis unsuspecting fiancee (Keira Knightley), a shadowy government agent (Kevin Costner), and a ruthless Russian criminal (Kenneth Branagh). Ryan must quickly evolve from analyst to fully-fledged operative to stop a devastating terrorist plot against the United States. The stakes have never been higher in this "clever, super-suspenseful" thrill ride. - Director:
- Kenneth Branagh
- Cast:
- Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)Ray Harryhausen, le titan des effets speciaux
The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of Gilles Penso's definitive documentary 'Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan'. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen's seminal influence on modern-day special effects, the documentary features enlightening and entertaining interviews with the man himself, Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippett, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Guillermo del Toro, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and many more. These filmmakers, who today push the boundaries of special effects movie-making, pay tribute to the father of Stop Motion animation and films such as 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms', 'It Came from Beneath the Sea', 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad', 'Mysterious Island', 'Jason and the Argonauts' and 'The Golden Voyage of Sinbad' - the films that enthralled them as children and inspired them to become filmmakers in their own right. - Director:
- Gilles Penso
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- Ray Harryhausen, Peter Jackson, James Cameron
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Attack on Titan: Series 1: Part 1 (2013)Shingeki no Kyojin
When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defences, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother. Eren and his surviving friends enlist to fight against the insatiable monsters. The future looks bleak, but there's more to Eren than meets the eye: he may be humanity's last hope against extinction. From the director of Death Note and High School of the Dead comes the series Anime News Network calls "an intense, visceral, and graphic thrill ride". The Titans have come to feast. Anything can happen. No one is safe. - Director:
- Tetsuro Araki
- Cast:
- Yûki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Bryce Papenbrook
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The story of a team of pioneers undertaking the most important mission in human history. Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey stars as ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper, who must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition travelling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. - Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast:
- Matthew McConaughey, Bill Irwin, Anne Hathaway
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Chris Kyle's (Bradley Cooper) mission is to protect his brothers in arms while being a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the Seal creed to "leave no one behind". But upon returning to his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Bradley Cooper, Brad Abrell, Sienna Miller
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Armed with the amazing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) joins forces with his new mentor Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from ruthless villains! With humanity's fate in the balance, Pym and Lang must pull off a daring heist against insurmountable odds. - Director:
- Peyton Reed
- Cast:
- Paul Rudd, Tom Kenny, Michael Douglas
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)Män som hatar kvinnor
Enigmatic computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) unite to solve the case of a missing girl. The unlikely due form a fragile alliance as they dig into the past of a secretive and dysfunctional family. As they unravel a dark and appalling family history, Blomkvist and Salander are about to discover how close they can get to the truth before they too become a target. - Director:
- Niels Arden Oplev
- Cast:
- Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling
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Sir Tony Robinson, the history presenter and former 'Blackadder' star, tells the story of the Great War. How it started, how it changed the world and how it finished with a hundred-day flourish of military brilliance, which finally put an end to four years of incompetence and slaughter. With the aid of hundreds of amazing archived images of the Great War which chronicle World War 1 from start to finish and breathe new life into the story, Robinson will also show how the Great War changed British people for generations to come - liberating large portions of the working class, powering the rise of the Labour party and breaking the old ties of service to the aristocracy. - Director:
- Julian Carey
- Cast:
- Tony Robinson, Catrine Clay, Max Hastings
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Expert mountaineers Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) and Scott Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal) lead rival expeditions to scale the highest peak on Earth, Mount Everest. Their quest becomes dangerous when the fearless climbers collide head-on with one of the fiercest blizzards in the mountain's history. Faced against impossible conditions, the limits of human spirit and physical endurance are put to the ultimate test in an epic struggle for survival in this chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller based on actual events. - Director:
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast:
- Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)Captain America 3
An explosive rift rocks the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the game-changing epic, 'Captain America: Civil War'. When government pressure to rein in the Avengers drives a deep wedge between Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), best friends are turned into bitter enemies. Against a backdrop of divided loyalties, mysterious villains and new allies, the ultimate battle for the future of the Avengers and all humanity erupts... - Director:
- Anthony Russo
- Cast:
- Kerry Condon, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr.
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"Ash vs. Evil Dead", a 10-episode half-hour series, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film The Evil Dead. The series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell - the original filmmakers - and Craig DiGregorio, who serves as executive producer and showrunner. Campbell reprises his role as Ash, the stock boy - now an aging lothario - a chainsaw-handed monster-hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons - personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its "Evil" grip. The cast also includes Lucy Lawless as Ruby, a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks, Ray Santiago as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash's loyal sidekick, Dana DeLorenzo as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past, and Jill Marie Jones as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan state trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner. - Director:
- Sam Raimi
- Cast:
- Bruce Campbell, Bridget Hoffman, Ray Santiago
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