christopher-chiu-tabet's - Rented List

Lake Bell stars in 'In a World...', a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about a struggling vocal coach who strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movie-trailer voiceovers, only to find herself in direct competition with the industry's reigning king - her father.

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"1864" is the dramatic and moving story of Denmark erupting into a futile war that would become one of the bloodiest in Danish history. Two brothers; Laust and Peter grow up poor but happy in the Danish countryside.

Both boys fall in love with the adorable Inge, a local Proprietor's daughter, who in turns loves Peter for his sensitivity and intellect, and Laust for his strength and drive. Following victories in the First Schleswig-Holstein War of 1848-50 and in utter disregard of a treaty signed with the major powers of Europe, Denmark's political powers spark a second War. Peter and Laust, whose own father died from wounds caused by a German bullet in 1850, quickly volunteer for the army. 150 years later the maladjusted Claudia inhabits the same area. Forced to accept a job as an aide for the 100-year-old Baron at the manor, Claudia discovers Inge's forgotten diary, a tale of thousands of young men that sacrificed their lives in a pointless war.

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Benjamin is a nobody, an outsider, but this changes when he meets the charismatic Max. The two of them couldn't be more different, but they share one mutual interest: hacking. Together with Max's friends, they form the subversive hacker group CLAY (Clowns Laughing At You).

For the first time in his life Benjamin feels like he belongs and even the beautiful Marie starts to notice him. But what started out as fun soon turns deadly serious, when Benjamin and CLAY are suddenly investigated by German Secret Service and Europol. With the leading Europol cybercrime investigator at their heels, Benjamin starts to realize that he is no longer a nobody, but one of the most wanted hackers of the world.

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On a hot summer day, a bicycle is found in a wheat field, and nearby, the body of a young girl. The killer is never found. 23 years later. Same date. Same place. Another bicycle. Another girl.

This time round, an ageing detective convinced that history is repeating itself, comes out of retirement determined to track down the perpetrator with the help of his young colleague. Spanning a week in the investigation, both of them will begin a journey that will see intact worlds shatter apart.

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15-year-old Alma is consumed by her out-of-control hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to down-and-dirty daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on...

Alma and her best friend Sara live in an insufferably boring little town in the hinterlands of Norway called Skoddeheimen. After Alma has a stimulating yet awkward encounter with the boy she fancies at a party, she makes the mistake of telling her incredulous friends, who ostracise her at school. At home, Alma's single mother is overwhelmed and embarrassed by her daughter's extravagant phone sex bills and wears earplugs to muffle Alma's round-the-clock acts of self-gratification.

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The Taliban have just seized power and a widow reluctantly decides to disguise her 12-year-old daughter as a boy - the Osama of the title - so that at least one family member can earn a living.

But the 'boy' is soon dragged off for religious instruction and military training and resultantly the disguise is uncovered, triggering a sharp slide into tragedy.

Marcel and Arletty's quiet, economically but emotionally rich life is disrupted when she is diagnosed with a serious disease. At the same time, Marcel takes a young illegal immigrant under his wing.

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A story about a man who learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy. Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) is a man who has learnt to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher.

His only son Kyle (Daryl Sahara) is an insufferable jackass who won't give his father the time of day. Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.

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From the animation studio that brought you studio The Animatrix comes the visually-stunning new anime film based on the popular Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. In Treasure Town, life can be both gentle and brutal.

This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two street urchins who watch over the city, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis.

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On November 13th 1990, in the idyllic town of Aramoana, quiet local David Gray took a high-powered automatic weapon and inexplicably shot dead 13 of his neighbours. It remains the worst mass murder in New Zealand's history.

As emergency services scrambled desperately to reach the town, a handful of local policemen risked their lives trying to apprehend the gunman. Terrified residents were trapped in their homes for 22 hours, not knowing where David Gray was -- or if they were to become his next victim. Out Of The Blue is the gripping true story of the bravery and compassion of ordinary people in the most extraordinary of situations.

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As a Jewish cantor forsaking the synagogue choir for a chance at rock stardom against the wishes of his orthodox father (Laurence Olivier). Diamond brings his own distinctive sounds to the touching tale based upon the story of Al Jolson.

Diamond sings ten songs including the Top Twenty hit Love On The Rocks.

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Belgrade, Serbia, The Year Is 2074. Edit keeps failing her exams. Her parents keep nagging her. Her boyfriend's a pothead. Her teacher is pervy. She is bored with life and no-one's giving her a break.

When her drug-dealing friend offers to implant a stolen military memory chip into her bloodstream to improve her brain power, she jumps at the chance. Little could she predict just how powerful the chip was. The stolen technology begins to take over her mind and body. She develops a split personality and new powers greater than she ever imagined. But, the battle is now on to retrieve the stolen technology running through her veins - and Edit has to race against time to save her life... With sex, drugs, fast cars and hover boards, this Serbian Bcyberpunk/anime hybrid is based on Aleksa Gajic's graphic novel, Technotise,

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Tina (Eva Melander) is a customs agent with a nose for trouble. She can literally smell human emotions, which is a handy talent for sniffing out suspicious border crossers.

But when a mysterious male traveller's scent confounds her, she's faced with hugely disturbing insights about who she is and what she wants.

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Annemarie Jacir's latest film is set over the course of a day in Nazareth, the largest Arab majority city in Israel, and stars real-life father and son Mohammad and Saleh Bakri playing a father and his estranged son.

Abu Shadi (Mohammad Bakri) is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60's living in Nazareth. After his daughter's wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi (Saleh Bakri), his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father to hand-deliver the wedding invitations to each guest, which is the local Palestinian custom. As the pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head, challenging their fragile and very different lives.

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Inspired by Dee Brown's acclaimed bestseller, the HBO Films event Bury My Heart At Wounded Kneebegins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn.

The action centers on the struggles of three characters: Charles Eastman, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor; Sitting Bull, the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land - the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes, one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale work to improve life for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment.