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Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine), are two best friends who are taking a break at their dilapidated mountain house. However, their peace is soon disturbed by the arrival of a group of obnoxious college kids. When one of the students (Katrina Bowden), gets separated from her friends, the boys try to lend a hand, only to be mistaken for a pair of murderous backwoods hillbillies intent on killing everything in their path! As they try to put things right, the misunderstanding grows, as does the body count... - Director:
- Eli Craig
- Cast:
- Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
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Following the death of his mother, the young 'J' Cody (James Frecheville) goes to live with his estranged gangster relatives. With conflict escalating between his family of criminals and the police's armed robbery division, 'J' finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded vengeance plot. As he naively navigates his way through the criminal underworld, he is forced to question where his loyalties lie as he tries to decipher who he can trust and who can protect him as he struggles for his own survival. - Director:
- David Michôd
- Cast:
- James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton
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Donor Unknown is a documentary feature following the journey of JoEllen Marsh as she goes in search of the sperm donor father she only knows as Donor 150. JoEllen, now 20, has always known her family 'wasn't like other families'. She grew up in Pennsylvania with two mothers, and a burning curiosity to know more about her anonymous donor father. When she discovers a unique online registry which connects donor-conceived children, she manages to track down a half-sister in New York. The New York Times picks up the story, and, over time 12 more half-siblings emerge across pigeon in a broken-down RV in a Venice Beach car park. In the 1980, Jeffrey supplemented his meager income by becoming a sperm donor at California Cryobank. His number was Donor 150. - Director:
- Jerry Rothwell
- Cast:
- JoEllen Marsh, Danielle Pagano, Fletcher Norris
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Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) awakes in a Berlin hospital with severe head injuries and very little knowledge as to how he got there. The doctors inform him that he has been in a coma for four days after surviving a near fatal car crash. Attempting to piece together the incidents leading up to the accident, he discovers that his wife (January Jones) no longer recognizes him and another man has taken his identity. Now the only thing standing in the way of him and the killed. It's time for Dr. Harris to face his identity, his sanity and take back his life…by force. - Director:
- Jaume Collet-Serra
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones
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It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive... - Director:
- Paul Andrew Williams
- Cast:
- Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris
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Inside Job is the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. - Director:
- Charles Ferguson
- Cast:
- William Ackman, Matt Damon, Daniel Alpert
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How I Ended This Summer (2010)Kak Ya Provyol Etim Letom
The film is set on a remote weather station in the Arctic manned by old hand Sergei and the novice Pavel. When Pavel receives an important radio message, his fear of the older man prevents him telling Sergei the shocking news. From this deception, lies and suspicions poison relations between the two to such an extent that Pavel is in fear of his life, not just from the polar bears that roam the island, but from Sergei. - Director:
- Aleksey Popogrebskiy
- Cast:
- Grigoriy Dobrygin, Igor Chernevich, Artyom Tsukanov
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Potiche (2010)Potiche (Trophy Wife)
Suzanne (Deneuve) is a "Potiche"; a beautiful, subservient wife dedicated to serving the selfish whims of her tyrannical husband. But after the exploited workers of his umbrella factory decide to strike, Suzanne takes on the role as head of the company to great success. Although business and personal politics are about to collide with the arrival of Maurice (Depardieu), a charming union leader and a former lover of Suzanne's. - Director:
- François Ozon
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini
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The year is 1965 and the place is Brooklyn. Troubled sixteen-year-old Michael has just started his first term at St Basil’s Catholic School For Boys. Completely daunted by this new environment, Michael soon befriends a group of demented, restless misfits whose enthusiasm for cheap booze, cigarettes, hot chicks and rock’n’roll hilariously and dramatically collides with the school’s repressive traditions. - Director:
- Michael Dinner
- Cast:
- Andrew McCarthy, John Heard, Kate Reid
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Inspired by an incredible true story, this epic film of survival against-the-odds tells the story of a group of seven prisoners who escaped from a Soviet gulag in Stalin-era Russia and walked over 4,000 miles across some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world, crossing the Siberian Arctic, the Gobi desert and the Himalayas before finally arriving in British-ruled India. - Director:
- Peter Weir
- Cast:
- Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell
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Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is on a mission to identify a bomber who destroyed a train just hours earlier and who plans to kill thousands more with a much larger explosion in the heart of Chicago. A top-secret program, named 'Source Code', allows Colter to exist briefly as another man in the parallel reality of the doomed commuter train. Each time he returns to the train, Colter has just eight minutes to uncover the bomber's identity. The more he learns, the more convinced he becomes that he can prevent the deadly blast from ever happening - unless time runs out first - Director:
- Duncan Jones
- Cast:
- Scott Bakula, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan
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Of Gods and Men (2010)Des hommes et des dieux
Inspired by true events, this powerful and afrecting film tells the story of a group of Cistercian monks living in the remote mountains of North Africa. When an Islamic fundamentalist group massacres a team of foreign workers, fear sweeps through the region and the brothers are faced with abandoning their monastery and the community who depend on them, or making the courageous decision to stay. - Director:
- Xavier Beauvois
- Cast:
- Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin
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Corporate billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) have little in common, or so it seems. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover that surface differences (and sheet contempt) aside, they have a deep desire to experience the best that life has to offer, before they 'kick the bucket'. They write a joint 'bucket list' of and embark on the adventure of a lifetime. - Director:
- Rob Reiner
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Vin Scully, Morgan Freeman
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The Inbetweeners follows four friends, Will, Simon, Neil and Jay, as they try hopelessly to navigate their way through sixth form, with their hormones running riot. Neither the coolest kids in school, nor the ultimate nerds the four 'inbetweeners' try their best to improve their social standing, and more importantly impress girls, with hilarious results. From Simon's wardrobe malfunction whilst taking part in the school fashion show, to Will trying to escape being known as the kid who shat himself in the exam, to Jay's trying to avoid his dog's attentions, to Neil's 18th birthday party, nothing goes quite to plan. But that's okay, because they have each other. No, wait, that makes it worse. - Director:
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- Cast:
- Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison
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Film-makers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sense a story unfolding as they begin to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They have no idea that their project will lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives as they unravel an intriguing Facebook mystery. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue. - Director:
- Henry Joost
- Cast:
- Yaniv Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
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