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Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana (Gal Gadot), princess of the Amazons, raised on a sheltered island paradise and trained to be an unconquerable warrior. When an American pilot (Chris Pine) crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers...and her true destiny. - Director:
- Patty Jenkins
- Cast:
- Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright
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Deadpool 2 (2018)Love Machine / Daisy / DP 2
American action thriller in which Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as alternative superhero Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool. When a mysterious young boy with incredible powers captures the attention of the ruthless time-travelling mutant Cable (Josh Brolin), Deadpool must acquire a group of fellow rebels with incredible abilities to stop Cable in his path of destruction and save the boy. - Director:
- David Leitch
- Cast:
- Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds
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The Shape of Water (2017)Cold War Project
From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes 'The Shape of Water', an otherworldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden, high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Cast:
- Sally Hawkins, Alison Brooks, Michael Shannon
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Pan's Labyrinth (2006)El laberinto del fauno
Visionary director Guillermo del Toro creates a unique, richly imagined epic with Pan's Labyrinth, a gothic fairy tale set against the postwar era of Fanco's Spain. Pan's Labyrinth unfolds throught the eyes of Ofelia, a young girl uprooted to a remote military outpost commanded by her new stepfather. Powerless and lonely in a place of great danger, Ofelia lives out her own dark fable as she confronts monsters both otherworldly and human after she discovers a neglected labyrith behind the family home. There she meets Pan, a fantastical creature who challenges her with three tasts which he claims will reveal her true identity. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Cast:
- Ivana Baquero, Pablo Adán, Ariadna Gil
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The Devil's Backbone (2001)El Espinazo del diablo
From acclaimed Mexican horror maestro Guillermo Del Toro comes 'The Devil's Backbone', a truly terrifying spine-tingler combining state of the art special effects with towering performances from a combination of Latin legends. A deliciously dark horror, 'The Devil's Backbone' tells the tale of a remote Spanish orphanage during the final days of The Spanish Civil War whose young inhabitants are brutally terrorised by Santi, a decomposing spirit who stalks the building's dark decaying hallways. But, as the film builds to a grisly, explosive finale, the children learn the true story of Santi's death and rise up to vow a deadly vengeance on his vicious murderer. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Cast:
- Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
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The Orphanage (2007)El orfanato
Many years ago, Laura (Belén Rueda) left the orphanage where she had spent her childhood. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and her young son Simon (Roger Príncep), with a dream of restoring and reopening the long-abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. But the mysterious surroundings awaken Simon's imagination and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales on not-so innocent games...As events take a sinister turn, Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family. - Director:
- J.A. Bayona
- Cast:
- Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep
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This stylish black-comedy thriller stars Ralph Fiennes as Harry, a vicious London crime-boss, who send his two hit-men to the picturesque Belgian City of Bruges - to lay low and wait for orders. While Ken (Brendan Gleeson) is happy just to sight see (!), his fast-talking partner, Ray (Colin Farrell) sets out for an adventure. Before long, Ray is experiencing hilariously surreal encounters with tourists, skinheads, dwarves and prostitutes! When, at last, the call comes from Harry, the fun turns to a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions. - Director:
- Martin McDonagh
- Cast:
- Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds
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Volver (2006)To Return
Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and her sister Sole (Lola Duenas) are visited by the apparition of their Mother (Carmen Maura), who has returned to reconcile with her daughters and resolve an issue that has haunted the family since her death. In Pedro Almodovar's latest critically-acclaimed film, the living and deceased co-exist without discord, creating a filmic experience which is at once hilarious and yet filled with a deep, genuine emotion. VOLVER is a film about life in Almodovar's native La Mancha; a film about the way the presence of the dead continues to add richness and humanity to the lives of those they leave behind. - Director:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast:
- Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
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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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Wild Tales (2014)Relatos Salvajes
From director Damian Szifron and producer Pedro Almodovar comes six stories, each exploring a different facet of revenge and the various brilliant, mad, toe-curling and hilarious flavours in which it can be dished out. Whether it's taking out a belligerent crime lord, getting even with officious parking enforcement, retribution for infidelity, or good old fashioned road rage, 'Wild Tales' takes acts of vengeance for infuriating, often all too familiar situations and blows them out to a bitter and hysterical end in this outrageous, tense and ferociously funny dark comedy. - Director:
- Damián Szifrón
- Cast:
- Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa
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Nine Queens (2000)Nueve Reinas
Set in Buenos Aires over the course of 24 hours, 'Nine Queens' is a taut, highly seductive heist thriller in which nothing is what it seems and where no one can be trusted. A naive young con artist Juan (Gaston Pauls) teams up with an enigmatic, experienced master criminal Marcos (Ricardo Darin) for what could be the crime to end all crimes. But in a relationship propelled by brinkmanship and double-cross, corruption rarely has a happy ending. - Director:
- Fabián Bielinsky
- Cast:
- Ricardo Darín, Claudio Rissi, Gastón Pauls
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)Diarios de motocicleta
Based on the journals of the man who would later become the revolutionary Che Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries follows the story of two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado on a road trip to discover real Latin America. The two friends leave their familiar surrounding in Buenos Aires on a rickety 1939 Norton 500. Although the bike breaks down in a course of their eight month journey, they press onward, hitching rides along the way. They begin to see a different Latin America in the people they meet on the road, and the diverse geography they encounter begins to reflect their own shifting perspectives. This is a start of a journey of self-discovery, tracing the origins of a revolutionary heart. - Director:
- Walter Salles
- Cast:
- Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna, Mía Maestro
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Valentin (2002)Valentín
Meet Valentin: eight years old, mop-topped, with a wealth of wisdom just waiting to burst out from behind bottle topped spectacles. He's also Argentina's greatest hope for space exploration. Though only within the boundaries of his NASA-obsessed mind and his rather chaotic real life in 1969 Buenos Aries. Living with his grandmother while his divorced father philanders in the city, he's grown weary of being motherless and craves the attention that the right beautiful lady could bring him...and his father. And there lies the conundrum. So he hatches a plan to bring a little life and true love into father's life, his family and those of his eccentric neighbours. - Director:
- Alejandro Agresti
- Cast:
- Rodrigo Noya, Alejandro Agresti, Julieta Cardinali
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Son of the Bride (2001)El hijo de la novia
Rafael Belvedere (Ricardo Darin) is at a crossroads. He is 42 and with no apparent direction in his life he recollects the days when he wanted to resemble his fictional hero, Diego de la Vega. The childhood days of when he put on the black cape and the mask are now only but a distant memory. He feels that he can't fulfil the expectations that life brings him. He has no motivation, has a divorce behind him and lives for the restaurant his father (Hector Alterio) founded. He can't even sacrifice time to watch his daughter, Vicky (Gimena Nobile) growing up. His life begins to have a new meaning when he meets again with childhood friend Juan Carlos (Eduardo Blanco) who, despite having a personal tragedy on his shoulders, will help him in a particular way to reconstruct his past and recover his present. Along the way, he'll support his father to fulfil his mother's dream: get married in a church. - Director:
- Juan José Campanella
- Cast:
- Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro
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Game of Thrones is an American fantasy series based on the Song of Fire and Ice series by prolific fantasy writer George R. R Martin. Set in the fantastical medieval world where seasons last for years and Winter is Coming. The Stark family, a respectable barony with ties to the ancient religion of the land, find themselves embroiled in a battle for the Iron Throne after the suspicious death of King Robert puts his adolescent and potentially illegitimate son on the throne over the King’s more worthy brother. Violence, drama, sex, tension and dark magic populate this eagerly anticipated HBO adaptation. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Sean Bean, Sean Bean, Struan Rodger
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