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On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates 'The Umbrella Academy' and prepares his "children" to save the world. Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father's passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death. But the estranged family begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse. 'The Umbrella Academy' is based on the comic book series created and written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Ba, and published by Dark Horse Comics. - Director:
- Ellen Kuras
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- Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castaneda
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In this action thriller directed by Michael Bay, veteran Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), desperate for money, turns to his adoptive brother Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal) for help. A career criminal, Danny instead offers him a huge score. But when their heist goes awry, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop and EMT (Eiza Gonzalez) onboard. Will and Danny must evade a city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape LA has ever seen. - Director:
- Michael Bay
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González
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Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) must face the past he thought he left behind and confront his father, leader of the dangerous Ten Rings organisation.
- Director:
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Cast:
- Dee Bradley Baker, Simu Liu, Awkwafina
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)Untitled Fred Hampton Project
William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield), a thief turned FBI informant, infiltrates the Illinois Black Panthers to track their charismatic leader, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), whose rising political prowess has captured the attention of J. Edgar Hoover's bureau. As O'Neal manipulates both his comrades and handler, a battle wages in his soul. Will he align with the side of good - or follow commands to subdue Hampton by any means? - Director:
- Shaka King
- Cast:
- Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons
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Undertow (2009)Contracorriente
Miguel (Cristian Mercado), a respected local fisherman, is expecting his first child with his beautiful wife, Mariela (Tatiana Astengo). However, their peaceful existence is threatened by Miguel's love for Santiago (Manolo Cardona), a visiting artist whose presence is viewed as a threat by the villagers. When a fatal accident befalls the community, Miguel is faced with hiding his true feelings or coming to terms with who he is and risk losing everything, including those he loves. - Director:
- Javier Fuentes-León
- Cast:
- Cristian Mercado, Tatiana Astengo, Manolo Cardona
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Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon (Denzel Washington) is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter (Rami Malik), impressed with Deke's cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track a suspect (Jared Leto), Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case. - Director:
- John Lee Hancock
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto
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Ex-championship diver Viktoras whiles away his days on the Creek coast toiling away at a factory with only his dreams, medals and grandmother for company. When a phone call summons him to Germany, a simple road trip is the answer - that is until he crosses paths with the handsome Mathias - a free-spirited hitchhiker who tempts Viktoras to take the road not taken. 'The Man with the Answers' is a picture-postcard travelogue about the familial ties that bind, the boys that catch our eye, and the twists and turns that lead us home. - Director:
- Stelios Kammitsis
- Cast:
- Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil, Pier Andrea Bosna
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In the 1840's, acclaimed self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) works alone on the wild and brutal Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis. The days of her famed discoveries behind her, she now hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself and her ailing widowed mother. When one such tourist, Roderick Murchison (James McArdle), arrives in Lyme on the first leg of a European tour, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte (Saoirse Ronan), who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Mary, whose life is a daily struggle on the poverty line, cannot afford to turn him down but, proud and relentlessly passionate about her work, she clashes with her unwanted guest. They are two women from utterly different worlds. Yet despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably. - Director:
- Francis Lee
- Cast:
- Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice
Two titans of justice, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Superman/Clark Kent (Henry Cavill), meet in the most anticipated showdown of our time. Fearing the actions of a godlike super hero left unchecked, Gotham City's formidable vigilante takes on Metropolis' revered saviour while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. But as Batman and Superman go to war, a separate danger arises, one that may threaten all of humanity. - Director:
- Zack Snyder
- Cast:
- Ben Affleck, Carla Gugino, Henry Cavill
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"The Boys" is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes - as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as gods - abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It's the powerless against the super-powerful as 'The Boys' embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about 'The Seven' and their formidable Vought backing. - Director:
- Dan Trachtenberg
- Cast:
- Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr
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Westworld: Series 3 (2020)Westworld: Season Three - The New World
In Season Three, The Real Gods Are Coming...and they are very angry. Westworld's android hosts were never allowed to leave the park. But now, at the end of the game, they're here: in our world. Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) escapes into the mysterious innerworkings of the technocratic elite, only to be surprised by the dark truth that ties her world and ours. Caleb (Aaron Paul), a struggling veteran trying to better himself, has a life-changing encounter, while Bernard's (Jeffrey Wright) attempts to lie low under a new identity are threatened. Maeve (Thandie Newton) is thrown into a new kind of world, where she reunites with a couple of familiar faces before crossing paths with a mysterious figure who seeks her help. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and featuring Tessa Thompson, Ed Harris, Vincent Cassel, Rodrigo Santoro and more, these eight engrossing episodes, produced by Kilter Films and Bad Robot Productions, explore questions about the nature of our reality and the question of free will. - Director:
- Jonathan Nolan
- Cast:
- Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright
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Following the closure of a gypsum mine in the Nevada town she calls home, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road in this "exquisite film" (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal). Exploring an unconventional life as a modern-day nomad, Fern discovers a resilience and resourcefulness unlike any she's known before long the way, she meets other nomads who become mentors in the vast landscape of the American West. - Director:
- Chloé Zhao
- Cast:
- Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May
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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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Gillian Murphy, Sam Neill and Helen McCrory lead a stellar cast in the acclaimed series from the writer of 'Eastern Promises' that redefines the British gangster epic. Birmingham, 1919. The Shelby family lead the Peaky Blinders - a feared gang named for their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps. Until now the Peaky Blinders have made money from illegal bookmaking, protection and the black market. But when a crate of guns goes missing from the local arms factory, Thomas Shelby (Murphy) recognises an opportunity to move up in the world.
As rival gangs, Communist revolutionaries and IRA Fenians descend on Small Heath in pursuit of the weapons, Winston Churchill dispatches a ruthless police chief from Belfast (Neill) to impose order on an increasingly lawless city and recover the guns.- Director:
- Otto Bathurst
- Cast:
- Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory
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It is 2026, and humanity has been pushed to near extinction by a deadly virus. When a group of survivors desperate to find a new source of power travels into the woods near San Francisco, they discover a highly evolved community of intelligent apes led by Caesar (Andy Serkis). The two species form a fragile peace agreement but dissention grows and the groups find themselves hurtling toward an all-out war. - Director:
- Matt Reeves
- Cast:
- Gary Oldman, Hélène Cardona, Lynnanne Zager
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