machotrouts's - Rented List

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The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties - a child soldier - in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, 'Beasts of No Nation' unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu (Abraham Attah, in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds the boy into a hardened killer. Fukunaga's relentlessly roving camera work and stunning visuals - realism so intensely visceral it borders on the surreal - immerse the viewer in a world of unimaginable horror without ever losing sight of the powerful human story at its center.

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The fact she's Russian, an obvious sex maniac and can't speak a word of English seems at first to be a good thing.

But when Nadia's (Nicole Kidman) mysterious Russian cousins turn up out of the blue to celebrate her birthday, John (Ben Chaplin) finds himself drawn into an adventure that he didn't ask for, but which might be exactly what he needs. Forced into robbing his own bank to save Nadia's life, John discovers that life has quite a few more surprises than he bargained for.

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When a London tunneling project uncovers an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of slumber, all hell breaks loose. Twelve-year-old Quinn (Christian Bale) sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape this new terror.

Twenty years later as a "fire chief", he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons dominating the air, burning the land, and feeding on the ash. Unexpectedly, Van Zan (Mathew McConaughey), a hotshot American militia leader, shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there is a struggle for leadership - until both men realise only one species is getting out of this alive.

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If you somehow had the chance, would you do your life over? Thirtysomething Mike O'Donnell would. Then one mysteriously magical moment, Mike gets his chance. He's suddenly back at Hayden High where he's the star of the basketball team, a total hottie and a classmate to his own teenage kids...

which gives Mike a chance to go from not-so-good dad to a really cool friend.

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A powerful and extraordinary film... undoubtedly one of the best films of the year. An unflinching look at the complexities of human conflict in America. A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers.

A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie Cop. A middle-aged Korean couple. They all live in L.A. and in the next 36 hours, they will all collide...

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The young D'Artagnan (Michael York) arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos (Oliver Reed), Porthos (Frank Finlay), and Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), each of whom challenges him to a duel.

D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston), who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux (Raquel Welch) and the passionate Milady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.

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Deep within the hallowed walls of Ivy League's most prominent campus, there exists a secret society where power and influence are bred. Only a few are chosen to join the group where Presidents are groomed, wealthy bloodlines bond, and devious plots are hatched.

For Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson), an invitation to join the prestigious secret college organization, The Skulls, is a dream come true. But when a fellow pledge gets caught up in murder, Luke finds himself alone amidst the sinister and well-connected brotherhood and now he must summon the strength to stand up against immeasurable odds.

Action superstar Vin Diesel is Xander Cage, a notorious underground thrill-seeker recruited by the government to infiltrate and destroy a ruthless Russian crime ring in this high-octane, turbo-charged adventure-thriller.

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Halle Berry stars in her 'Best Actress', Academy Award - winning role as the wife of a condemned man on death row, with Billy Bob Thornton as the executioner destined to find a new life and new hope with the condemned man's widow.

Monster's Ball is a film about intersecting lives, in which the characters transform one another in a deeply profound way. But can these two people, drawn together by passion and violence, wrestle their future from the tangled grasp of the past?

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When a power-crazed despot schemes to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros -the legendary Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor Alejandro Murrieta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero - to defeat the tyrant's unscrupulous plans.

But can even their combined skills, bravado and derring-do be enough to achieve de la Vega's ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter and held him prisoner for twenty years?

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GIendon Wasey (Sean Penn) is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria (Madonna) is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs.

But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shanghai.

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Combining romance, drama, music and comedy, the film chronicles the tentative love affair that springs up between Jack and Susie, both of whom have already had their past illusions about life and love somewhat flattened by past experience, and it depicts the filial love between Jack and Frank,

which is both a support and constraint for each brother and their mutual love for music.

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Carter (Sean O'Bryan) has been dumped again and he wonders if he's ever going to find a woman who wants to be more than "just friends".

His conniving best-friend Pat (Blake Steury) and beautiful stepsister Erin (Vanessa Marcil) both know what's causing the problem: he's just too nice! It's time for Carter to learn how to how to play the dating game to win-that is, to score!

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Enigma is director Michael Apted's skillful adaptation of the best seller by Robert Harris. In March 1943 the code breakers at Bletchley Park, Britain's top secret intelligence station, are facing their worst nightmare.

Nazi U boats have unexpectedly changed the code by which they communicate with each other and the German High Command. An Allied merchant shipping convoy crossing the Atlantic with 10,000 passengers and vital supplies is in danger of attack. The authorities turn for help to Tom Jericho, a brilliant young mathematician and code breaker. Unknown to his colleagues, Jericho (Dougray Scott) has another equally baffling enigma of his own to unravel. Claire (Saffron Burrows), the woman with whom he has fallen in love, has disappeared from Bletchley just when the authorities suspect there may be a spy at the Park. To get to the bottom of both mysteries he enlists the help of Hester (Kate Winslet), Claire's best friend. Together they keep one step ahead of the secret services (led by a suave Jeremy Northam) and investigate Claire's mysterious life, reaching a conclusion that uncovers international and personal betrayals.

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When recent widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) is advised by his son to find a new wife, he seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years.

The two men decide to take advantage of their position working at a film company to stage an audition to find the perfect partner. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu soon becomes enchanted byAsami (Eihi Shiina), a quiet, 24-year-old woman, who is immediately responsive to his charms. However, events quickly take a very dark and twisted turn as we find that Asami isn't what she seems to be...