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Based on Thomas Harris' first story of Hannibal Lecktor, 'Red Dragon', 'Manhunter' introduced this popular character to an unsuspecting public. It remains a cult classic and is considered the most prominent landmark in Mann's career.

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The tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them).

Meet the contestants - a fly-fishing bloodhound owner (Guest), Shih-Tzu-doting partners, squabbling yuppie lawyers, a bimbo trophy wife and her poodle handler and a married couple who dream up little ditties about terriers - all fighting for the ‘Best in Show’ prize.

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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.

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When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.

As they attempt to find a way out of the swamp they come across the Crowley house, the former home of Victor Crowley, a hideously deformed boy killed in tragic circumstances. It soon becomes apparent that the legend of Victor Crowley is much more than just a story and soon the group find themselves hunted by a killer more hideous and terrifying than they could ever have imagined.

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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.

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A prostitute since she was 13, Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron) is a drifter with no friends and no family. Alone in a Florida bar and on the brink of suicide, she meets a young woman, Selby Wall (Christina Ricci).

Misfits thrown together by chance, they're kindred spirits - Aileen, the victim of a tragic and abusive upbringing; Selby, rejected and abandoned by her parents. Aileen is desperate to sustain the relationship that soon develops between the two of them and earns money the only way she can - turning tricks. Then, one fateful night a John turns violent. In self-defence Wuornos shoots him dead and unleashes inside herself a rage that will compel her to kill...and kill again. 'Monster' is the true and often moving story of the woman who was doomed to become America's first female serial killer.

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Europe will never be the same again after Scotty Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz) and his buddies take off for the express to excess! They're hooking up with hot strangers and jamming all the extreme insanity they can into the wildest trip of their lives! No swimsuit, no problem.

Let it all hang out 'cause you're driving into the totally wild pleasures of Eurotrip!

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On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers (Will Sandin) brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing he was safely locked away in a mental hospital - until tonight.

Tonight, Michael (Tony Moran) returns to the same quiet neighbourhood to relive his grisly murder again...and again...and again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween!

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He has no name. He protects a powerful secret. Now, to fulfill an ancient prophecy, he has found the one who's supposed to take his place - and it's the most unlikely candidate of all.

In this dazzling action adventure, the Monk (Chow Yun-Fat) is a Zen-calm martial arts master, whose duty has been to protect a powerful ancient scroll that holds the key to unlimited power. Now, faced with finding the scroll's next guardian, the Monk's quest brings him to America. According to an ancient prophecy - and to his disbelief— the Monk's successor is a charming, street-tough wild card named Kar (Seann William Scott). Using high-flying acrobatics, martial arts action and quick witted humour, the Monk instructs Kar in the ways of a protector and the duo become partners to save the scroll from the power hungry armies who try to steal it!

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A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, 'American Hustle' tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work

for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

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Set in China's Citing Dynasty, 'The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk' tells the story of a ruthless emperor who enslaves his people, and persecutes a courageous revolutionary group that is mobilizing to destroy his powerful regime.

When young folk hero Fong Sai-yuk (Jet Li) discovers that his own father is a freedom fighter who has been targeted for retribution, he embarks on a heroic quest for justice that will unite his people and create a legend that will never be forgotten.

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When the President of the United States is caught in a scandal just two weeks before the election, it's up to his White House advisor Ronnie Bream (Robert De Niro) to clean up the mess.

Ronnie joins forces with Hollywood Producer Stan Moss (Dustin Hoffman) to divert the country's attention from the President's crime. They decide that what is needed to stop the media spotlight is a war, but lacking a real war, they fake one. Actresses play pretty refugees and rock stars record hit songs about freedom. Soon America is rallying around the President. But trouble arrives when a rough and tough Senator gets wise to the pair's tricks. Meanwhile, Election Day gets closer and closer...

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"127 Hours" is the incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on to his arm trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can to make it out alive.

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An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even in-line skates, but the establishment has dismissed him as a crackpot.

Desperate to be taken seriously, Fogg makes an outlandish bet with Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent), the head of the Royal Academy of Science: to circumnavigate the globe in no more than 80 days! With his valet Passepartout (Jackie Chan) and thrill-seeking French artist Monique (Cecil De France) at his side, Fogg is headed on a frantic, heart-pounding round-the-world race that takes our heroes to the world's most exotic places by land, sea, and air.

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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.