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Set during the Vietnam war, the film follows B, Fai and Wing (iconic actors Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jacky Cheung and Waise Lee), three best friends fleeing from Hong Kong to seek their fortune as smugglers.

In Saigon, they join forces with fellow expat Luc (Simon Yam) and double-cross the ruthless gangster Luong to steal his gold and rescue nightclub singer Sau-ching (Yolinda Yan) from his clutches. The gang must fight their way out of the country in a nightmarish odyssey where each new battle pushes them beyond their limits and threatens to destroy their friendship. Combining the gravity of 'Apocalypse Now' with the spectacular action of Woo's earlier films, 'Bullet in the Head' is an uncompromising look at the ravages of war where ideals of brotherhood and comradeship disintegrate into greed and cruelty in a storm of bullets and blood.

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"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" finds Mario (voice of Chris Pratt) and Luigi (voice of Charlie Day) solving everyday problems in the Mushroom Kingdom with their "let's-a-go" attitude.

They meet a new friend in Yoshi (voice of Donald Glover), try to reform a miniaturized Bowser (voice of Jack Black), and eagerly look forward to Peach's (voice of Anya Taylor-Joy)'s birthday party. A call for help sends the crew across the galaxy to face new worlds, unexpected threats, and iconic characters like Rosalina (voice of Brie Larson) and Bowser Jr. (voice of Benny Safdie).

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A dark night. A crowded diner. A man with a detonator bursts in proclaiming to be from the future. This is the 117th time he's returned with the same imperative.

Before time runs out, he must recruit a group of distinctly unqualified diner patrons to stop the impending AI apocalypse and save humanity from the perils of social media. The problem? Everything is stacked against them - from skeptical strangers and brain-rotted teenagers, to algorithmic monstrosities beyond their control. But if this unlikely group can pull it off, the world might just turn out okay....Or not, I dunno!

A happily engaged couple (Zendaya and Robert Pattinson) is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

Robert Egger's 'Nosferatu' is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe.

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Unambitious yacht salesman and gigolo Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) skates on his good looks and avoids all responsibility.

His best friend Alex Cutter (John Heard) returned from Vietnam with his body ruined, but his mind sharpened and attuned to the injustices and politics that led to his predicament. After Bone witnesses a shadowy figure dump a young woman's body in the trash, he fingers local oil magnate J.J. Cord (Stephen Elliotth) as the killer. As Bone backs away from this accusation, Cutter charges forward on a crusade to make Cord pay not only for this murder, but for all the other crimes fat cats like him have routinely gotten away with. Cutter's long-suffering wife Mo (Lisa Eichhorn), struggles to keep her own head above the surface, while steering the two men toward saner waters.

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The story follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball - a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world.

Will's new teammates aren't thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionise the sport and prove once and for all that 'smalls can ball'!

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene, while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifice she made for their family - forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

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'The City of Lost Children' is a dazzling fantasy adventure from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, creators of 'Delicatessen'.

They bring their surreal vision to the story of Krank (Daniel Emilfork), a tormented scientist who sets about kidnapping local children in order to steal their dreams and so reverse his accelerated ageing process. When Krank's henchmen kidnap his brother, local fisherman and former circus strongman One sets out on a journey to Krank's nightmarish laboratory, accompanied by Miette (Judith Vittet), an orphan girl who has her own.

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When two business colleagues (Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien) become stranded on a deserted island as the only survivors of a plane crash, they must overcome past grievances and work together to stay alive.

But they're not in the office anymore, and an unsettling, wryly humorous battle of wills and wits begins in this original, darkly comedic psychological thriller.

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We join a covert extraction team as they race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility where dinosaurs too deadly for the original Jurassic Park were left behind.

Their mission: to recover DNA from three colossal dinosaurs and unlock a drug with miraculous benefits for humanity. However, in a terrain populated by perils, they come face-to-face with a shocking discovery that has been hidden from the world for decades.

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"How to Train Your Dragon" comes to life like never before as Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind the acclaimed franchise, turns his beloved animated film into a stunning live-action spectacle.

On the isle of Berk, Vikings and dragons have battled for generations, but that won't stop Hiccup (Mason Thames), the son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), from building an unlikely bond with the feared dragon, Toothless. With an ancient evil threatening their worlds, it's up to Hiccup, Toothless, and their courageous companion Astrid (Nico Parker) to make the realm realize they're stronger together, and only through friendship and bravery can they overcome the challenges of a high-flying adventure.

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Hank Thompson (Austin Borer) was a high school baseball phenom who can't play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He's got a great girl (Zoe Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.

When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he's got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out.

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Based on Stephen King's novella and brought to the screen by acclaimed director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep), 'The Life of Chuck' is the tale of a seemingly unremarkable man called Charles Kranz (Tom Hiddleston).

Told in reverse order, Chuck's life story unfolds over three chapters, reminding us that even the most ordinary life contains multitudes.

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.