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Star Trek (2009)Star Trek: The Future Begins
When the Romulan Nero comes from the future to take revenge on the Federation, rivals Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) must work together to stop him from destroying everything they know. On an exhilarating journey filled with spectacular action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits of the U.S.S. Enterprise will voyage through unimaginable danger, boldly going where, no one has gone before. - Director:
- J.J. Abrams
- Cast:
- Greg Grunberg, Chris Pine, Majel Barrett
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The new film from Paolo Sorrentino, the acclaimed director of The Consequences of Love and The Family Friend, is a riveting talk of political intrigue and organised crime, based n the extraordinary life of Guilio Andreotti. Italian Prime Minister no less than seven times, Andreotti's long career was dogged by persistent accusations of conspiracy, Mafia connections and state-sponsored terror. Epic in scope and featuring a commanding performance from Toni Servillo (Gomorrah) as the chillingly enigmatic Andreotti, this compelling and visually dazzling film explores the labyrinthine political machinations and shady criminal underworld surrounding this fascinating and controversial figure. - Director:
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast:
- Toni Servillo, Beppe Grillo, Anna Bonaiuto
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Have you ever wanted to sit on the front row of a catwalk fashion show? The September Issue puts you in the shoes of the world’s most influential woman in fashion icon, Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue magazine. Taking us behind her trademark bob and huge sunglasses The September Issue is a revealing look at the inner workings and glamour of the fashion industry as they prepare the biggest ever issue of the magazine. Exposing the truth behind the pictures, and featuring appearances from some of the world’s most fascinating designers, as well as actress and covergirl Sienna Miller, The September Issue is the must have accessory for all fashion lovers. - Director:
- R.J. Cutler
- Cast:
- Anna Wintour, Thakoon Panichgul, André Leon Talley
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Deep Water (2006)Глубокие воды
Confronted by a perilous sea, bad weather, an unfinished boat and painfully slow progress, Donald faces an impossible dilemma - to continue into the open ocean with a leaking boat or return home defeated and bankrupt. Using original 16mm footage, tape recordings and interviews, this film reconstructs one man's extraordinary physical and psychological journey. - Director:
- Louise Osmond
- Cast:
- Donald Crowhurst, Jean Badin, Clare Crowhurst
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In marshal Virgil Cole and deputy Everett Hitch's line of work, you shoot quick, you shoot clean and you reload straightaway. No feelings. Feelings get you killed. Paired as rivals in A History of Violence, Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen stand together as friends and for-hire peacekeepers Cole and Hitch in a character-driven, bullet-hard Western based on Robert B. Parker's novel. As the woman who arrives in town with only a dollar and a keen sense of survival, Renee Zellweger adds feelings - those things that can get you killed - to a quest to bring murderer Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) to justice. Blood will spill in the town called Appaloosa. - Director:
- Ed Harris
- Cast:
- Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger
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Sexy Beast (2000)Bestia salvaje
A contented ex-villain is forced to do one last spectacular robbery by a psychotic face from his past in this mould-breaking stylish thriller by director Jonathan Glazer. Gary Dove (Ray Winstone) is blissfully retired, living in a Spanish villa paradise with the wife he adores. His perfect lifestyle is shattered by the arrival of his gangster nemesis Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), intent on persuading him to return to London for a big heist. Desperate not to sacrifice his carefully built idyll, Dove is drawn into a shocking battle of wills with Logan, ending in an explosive psychological showdown, and a sensational underwater bank robbery in which he must risk everything to protect the woman he loves. - Director:
- Jonathan Glazer
- Cast:
- Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
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Rescue Dawn (2006)Giải Cứu Lúc Bình Minh
Rescue down is the incredible true story of Dieter Dengler, a US polot shot down flying a top-secret mission over Laos. Captured by the notoriously ruthless Pathet Lao soldiers, Dengler is taken to a P.O.W camp whose barely sane inmates have lost all hope of survival. but something inside Dieter refuses to give up and he plans to execute a last-gasp bid for freedom through the dangerous jungles of South East Asia. - Director:
- Werner Herzog
- Cast:
- Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
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Wendy and Lucy (2008)Train Choir
Wendy (Michelle Williams), a young woman adrift in the world, is driving to Alaska in the hope of finding work. Her only companion is her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in small-town Oregon, her life quickly starts to unravel. Stranded, broke and friendless, she faces a series of increasingly painful choices. Reichardt's understated approach and Michelle Williams' quiet, touching performance combine to heart-breaking effect. Simple and direct, 'Wendy and Lucy' is a moving meditation on resilience, reflecting the precarious lives that society often chooses to ignore, and the love that sustains them. - Director:
- Kelly Reichardt
- Cast:
- Michelle Williams, Deirdre O'Connell, M. Blash
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From the writer/director of Michael Clayton, Duplicity is a smart, slick and cool espionage movie. Academy Award winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star as two sexy spies turned- corporate operatives who attempt to pull off one of the biggest heists ever. As the stakes rise in the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse, they'll put everything on the line to remain one double-cross ahead of the rest. - Director:
- Tony Gilroy
- Cast:
- Julia Roberts, Ivo Nandi, Clive Owen
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Present day London. Socially inept, exceptionally dull Minister Of International Development, Simon Foster, has caused outrage amongst his superiors and sparked a media-frenzy by accidentally mentioning a possible attack on the Middle East. Rabid, ruthless, profane and relentless Director Of Communications, Malcolm Tucker, has been sent in to pull the right strings, immediately dispatching Foster on a "fact finding" trip to Washington. Increasingly out of his depth, Simon Foster suddenly finds himself thrown into an anarchic world of abusive peaceniks, unhinged warmongers, infantile bureaucrats of Northampton to Washington’s West Wing, rest assured it can only get worse. - Director:
- Armando Iannucci
- Cast:
- Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini
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Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet delivers a dynamic performance in this tale of eroticism, secrecy and guilt set in turbulent post-Nazi Germany. Bringing to life the celebrated international novel, Winslet is riveting as Hannah Schmitz; a lonely, working-class woman who experiences a brief but intense affair with a teenage boy. Years later they meet again; Hannah now a defendant in a notorious case and her ex-lover, now a law student, holding the secret to her salvation. - Director:
- Stephen Daldry
- Cast:
- Kate Winslet, Klemen Novak, Ralph Fiennes
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"The Damned United" tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough (Michael Sheen) and his doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football; Leeds United. Taking the job without trusty lieutenant Peter Taylor (Timothy Spall) by his side, and with a changing room full of what in his mind were players loyal to his bitter rival Don Revie (Colm Meaney), would lead to an unheralded examination of Clough's belligerence and brilliance over 44 days. This is that story. The story of The Damned United. - Director:
- Tom Hooper
- Cast:
- Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper
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On the eve of her 18th birthday and succession to the English throne, young Princess Victoria is caught in a royal power struggle. But it is her blossoming love affair with Albert that will determine the strength of her reign. Can she dedicate her life to her country and her heart to the one man she truly loves? Discover the passion and romance behind one of history's greatest love stories. - Director:
- Jean-Marc Vallée
- Cast:
- Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany
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Based on the bestseller by Richard Yates and directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, this mesmerising and moving story follows the lives of a passsionate young couple living in the suburbs of Connecticut who decide to risk everything to pursue their dreams. They are willing to break away from the ordinary - but can they do it without breaking apart? - Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)Vals Im Bashir
One of the most visually dazzling, strikingly original and stunningly realised films about war ever made, this landmark in animation is an extraordinary, ingenious work of devastating intensity. Based on the true story of director Ari Folman, an Israeli 1982 Lebanon War in which he fought, the film charts his deep into the mystery, fragments of memory creep up in surreal images as the truth of what happened behind to unravel. - Director:
- Ari Folman
- Cast:
- Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag
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