joe-2's - Rented List
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Jodie Comer "makes her mark" (Owen Gleiberman) in this thought-provoking drama set during the 14th century in France from visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott. Based on actual events, the film centres on one woman's (Comer) accusation that she was brutally attacked by Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), her husband Jean de Carrouges' (Matt Damon) friend. Now, in order to prove his wife's claim, de Carrouges must fight Le Gris to the death, the victor believed to be determined by God. All three lives hang in the balance in this gripping, cinematic film also starring Ben Affleck as Le Gris' scheming ally, Count d'Alençon. - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer
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Rose (Ann Skelly), an adopted child, wants to discover her biological parents. When Rose finds her birth mother Ellen (Orla Brady), it quickly becomes clear that she has no wish to have any contact. But Rose is determined, and Ellen is forced to reveal a secret she has kept hidden for over 20 years. This revelation forces Rose to accept the nature of how she came into existence. Rose believes she has little to lose when she sets out to confront her father, Peter (Aidan Gillen). What Rose cannot foresee is that she is on a course that will prove both violent and unsettling. - Director:
- Joe Lawlor
- Cast:
- Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen
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Jagged Edge (1985)Hearts of Fire
A grisly homicide...a sensational trial...a forbidden affair. It's 'Jagged Edge', a razor-sharp suspense-thriller about crime, punishment and passion. When a San Francisco socialite is viciously murdered, her publisher husband, Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges), is accused of committing the crime. Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) decides to defend the charming, manipulative Jack, only to disregard legal ethics by having an affair with him. With the help of private eye Sam Ransom (Robert Loggia), she takes on a ruthless D.A. (Peter Coyote) who's using the case as a political steppingstone. However, a startling revelation puts Teddy in jeopardy of becoming the next victim of the 'Jagged Edge'. - Director:
- Richard Marquand
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote
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Eddington (2025)Еддінгтон
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico. A provocative, era-defining thriller from Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) that unpacks the forces that led us to where we are today, featuring a powerhouse ensemble including Austin Butler and Emma Stone. - Director:
- Ari Aster
- Cast:
- Joaquin Phoenix, Deirdre O'Connell, Emma Stone
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The Roses (2025)The Roses: A Love Story
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo Rose: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposedly ideal life, a storm is brewing. As Theo's career nose-dives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites in this wonderfully wry, dark comedy. - Director:
- Jay Roach
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Ncuti Gatwa, Allison Janney
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The Return (2024)Η επιστροφή / Itaca - Il ritorno / The Return, le retour d'Ulysse
After 20 years away Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan war. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by ambitious suitors to choose a new husband, a new king. Their son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), is facing death at the hands of the suitors in their relendess pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Odysseus has changed too. Scarred by his experience of war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. But he is forced to face his past, in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost. - Director:
- Uberto Pasolini
- Cast:
- Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria
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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. - Director:
- Darren Aronofsky
- Cast:
- Austin Butler, Lee Harris, Judy de Angelis
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A Simple Favour (2018)A Simple Favor
"A Simple Favor", directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town. Stephanie is joined by Emily's husband Sean (Henry Golding) in this stylish thriller filled with twists and betrayals, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge. - Director:
- Paul Feig
- Cast:
- Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding
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Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror and swooning soap opera, 'Rumours' follows the leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies at the G7 summit after they become lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. Starring an international ensemble cast including Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance. - Director:
- Evan Johnson
- Cast:
- Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet
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Directed by Jonathan Demme, Talking Heads concert film 'Stop Making Sense' film has been re-mixed and re-mastered allowing the brilliance of the music and visuals to take full advantage of state-of-the-art technology.
Tracklisting:
1. Psycho Killer
2. Heaven3. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel
4. Found a Job
5. Slippery People
6. Burning Down the House
7. Life During Wartime
8. Making Flippy Floppy
9. Swamp
10. What a Day That Was
11. Nave Melody (This Must Be the Place)
12. Once In a Lifetime
13. Genius of Love
14. Girlfriend is Better
15. Take Me To the River
16. Cross-Eyed and Painless
Bonus Tracks:
17. Cities
18. Big Business / I Zimbra- Director:
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast:
- David Byrne, Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir
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Three (2006)Survival Island
Three is a powerful menage a trois of action, sex and seduction that will grip you from beginning to end. Containing sexually explicit footage, the stunning Kelly Brook burns up the screen alongside Billy Zane in this intense erotic thriller. Shipwrecked on a beautiful desert island, Jennifer (Brook) is drawn into a passionate and illicit affair with attractive deck hand Manuel. Their perfect paradise is shattered when her lost husband Jack (Zane) is miraculously found alive. A vicious love triangle forms and turns swiftly, and savagely, into violence. Packed with non-stop action, suspense, betrayal and vengeance, there is only one question... Three were marooned, but how many will survive? - Director:
- Stewart Raffill
- Cast:
- Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Juan Pablo Di Pace
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Hot Milk (2025)Sıcak Süt
The directorial debut from award-winning screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida, Disobedience), 'Hot Milk' is an intimate exploration of self-discovery, desire, and the complex bonds that shape us. Set against the sun-drenched Spanish coast, a young woman discovers that the people in her life - her ailing mother, and a mysterious lover - may not be exactly who she thought they were. Secrets, lies, and revelations lead her to doors that might be best left unopened. Based on the acclaimed novel by Deborah Levy and featuring compelling performances from Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps, this is a vivid and evocative look at liberation and longing. - Director:
- Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Cast:
- Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Electra Sarri
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Eddie and Tanya fell in love over a turntable spinning Joy Division. They survived their twenties - and the eighties - and now Eddie is 38 with a wife, a child, a mortgage and three dollars to his name. "Three Dollars" is the story of a good man in bad times and his resilience in the face of circumstances that could break him. As Eddie discovers, it's amazing how far a little change will get you. 'Three Dollars' asks the question: how much is your life worth? - Director:
- Robert Connolly
- Cast:
- David Wenham, Lee Perry, Frances O'Connor
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As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian-based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic Jose Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. - Director:
- Robert Connolly
- Cast:
- Bea Viegas, Christine Martins, Ana Rosa Mendoça
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Wicked (2024)Wicked: Part One / Wicked: Part 1
The untold story of the witches of Oz, Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman who has yet to discover her true heart. The two meet at Shiz University and forge an unlikely friendship - before their lives take different paths following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Their extraordinary adventures will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good. - Director:
- Jon M. Chu
- Cast:
- Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum
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