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Capernaum (2018)Capharnaüm / Chaos
Forced to live by his wits in order to survive, Zain's life in Beirut reaches a turning point when his parents make an unforgiveable deal that will see his younger sister (Haita 'Cedra' Izzam) married off. Left distraught by this terrible turn of event he takes to the road and whilst looking for work at a fairground, befriends a young woman who is working as a cleaner and helps to look after her adorable baby Jonas (Boluwatife Treasure Bankole). Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) and Jonas form a touching bond but things are about to get much more complicated when a set of circumstances force Zain to make choices that will have huge ramifications. 'Capernaum' is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit - a battle cry for the forgotten, the unwanted and the lost that offers hope in the most unexpected of places. - Director:
- Nadine Labaki
- Cast:
- Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
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The Showcase of the Immortals transforms into a two-night sports-entertainment spectacle for the ages! It's The Claymore vs. The Beast when Drew McIntyre gets his opportunity at immortality against Brock Lesner for the WWE Championship. WWE's most indestructible forces come to a collision course as Goldberg defends the Universal Championship against Braun Strowman. Shayna Baszler gets a challenge she can sing her teeth into when she collides with Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch. Yowie Wowie! John Cena steps into the twisted mind of Bray Wyatt in the first-ever Firefly Fun House Match. "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles crosses paths with Undertaker in a Boneyard Match. In a bout never seen before, Charlotte Flair goes head-to-head with Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship. For the first time in almost a decade, Edge returns from retirement to The Grandest Stage of Them All to take on former partner turned rival Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing Match. Plus More! Welcome to WrestleMania! - Director:
- Kevin Dunn
- Cast:
- Brock Lesnar, Drew Galloway, Bill Goldberg
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Reed (Christopher Abbott) is going on a business trip and he's got everything meticulously planned: check into a hotel and kill an unsuspecting victim. Only then can he rid himself of his devious impulses and continue to be a good husband and father. But he gets more than he bargained for with volatile call girl Jackie (Mia Wasikowska). Before the night is over, a feverish nightmare will unfold, and Reed and Jackie will seal their bond in blood. - Director:
- Nicolas Pesce
- Cast:
- Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa
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If Beale Street Could Talk is the story of Tish (KiKi Layne), a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her fiancee's innocence. It is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families and their lives, trying to bring about justice through love, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined. - Director:
- Barry Jenkins
- Cast:
- KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
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"On the Basis of Sex" is inspired by the powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality. From being one of only a few women accepted at Harvard Law to co-founding the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU, Bader Ginsburg overcame all odds to become one of the most influential figures in the battle for equal rights, passionately arguing ground-breaking landmark cases and giving a voice to those unable to be heard. - Director:
- Mimi Leder
- Cast:
- Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux
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Cold Pursuit (2019)In Order of Disappearance
Welcome to Kehoe, it's -10 degrees and counting at this glitzy ski resort in the Rocky Mountains. The local police aren't used to much action until the son of unassuming town snowplough driver, Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson), is murdered at the order of Viking (Tom Bateman), a flamboyant drug lord. Fueled by rage and armed with heavy machinery, Nels sets out to dismantle the cartel one man at a time, but his understanding of murder comes mainly from what he read in a crime novel. As the bodies pile up, his actions ignite a turf war between Viking and his long-standing rival White Bull (Tom Jackson), a soulful Native American mafia boss, that will quickly escalate and turn the small town's bright white slopes blood-red. - Director:
- Hans Petter Moland
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheal Neeson
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Mektoub, My Love (2019)Destiny, My Love: Second Song / Mektoub, My Love: Canto / Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Amin (Sham Boumedine), an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer to a fishing village in the South of France to reconnect with his family and his childhood friends. Together with his cousin Tony (Salim Kechiouche) and his best friend Ophelie (Ophelie Bau), he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday. Armed with his camera and guided by the bright summer light of the Mediterranean coast, Amin pursues his philosophical quest while gathering inspiration for his screenplays. When it comes to love, only Mektoub ('destiny'in Arabic)... - Director:
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cast:
- Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche
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Love marriages around the world are simple. Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In India, there are few more steps...Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. Girl's family has to love the girl. Grl's family has to love the boy's family. Boy's family has to love the girl's family. And if the boy and girl still love each other, they get married. "2 States" is a story about a journey of one such couple, Krish Malhatra (Arjun Kapoor) and Ananya Swaminathan (Alia Bhatt). They meet at the IIM-Ahmedabad and during the course they fall in love. Complications arise after the course comes to an end and they decide to get married. Krish and Ananya belong to two different states of India. Krish, a North Indian Punjabi boy from Delhi, and Ananya, a Tamilian Brahmin from Chennai. They take a conscious decision; till their parents don't agree they won't get married. Everything goes down hill when the parents meet. There is a cultural clash oppose the wedding. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple faces a tough battle in front of them. For its easy fight and rebel, but much harder to convince. Will Krish and Ananya's love for each other sustain the battles? Will they manage to convince their parents and make it to their wedding? The film thus is a humorous take on inter community marriages in India. - Director:
- Abhishek Varman
- Cast:
- Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amrita Singh
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Coming Home (1978)Buffalo Ghosts
When Marine Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) leaves for Vietnam, his wife Sally (Jane Fonda) volunteers at a local hospital. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a former sergeant whose war injury has left him a paraplegic. Embittered with rage and filled with frustration, Luke finds new hope and confidence through his growing intimacy with Sally. The relationship also transforms Sally's feelings about life, love and the horrors of war. And when, wounded and disillusioned, Sally's husband returns home, all three must grapple with the full impact of a brutal, distant war that has changed their lives forever. - Director:
- Hal Ashby
- Cast:
- Jane Fonda, Jon Voight., Bruce Dern
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)Kamera o tomeru na!
"One Cut of the Dead" opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film. Yet this is no ordinary warehouse. It's been said that it's the site of military experiments on humans. From nowhere, real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew! This may sound like a the plot of a cliched zombie film, but 'One Cut of the Dead' is something completely different! Starting off with a non-stop one-take 37 minute shot, the film then completely switches direction and turns the zombie genre completely upside-down into a charming, audience-friendly comedy with an ending you won't see coming! - Director:
- Shin'ichirô Ueda
- Cast:
- Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama
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When Michael (Robert De Niro), Steven (John Savage) and Nick (Christopher Walken) are captured by the Vietcong, they are forced to play Russian Roulette by their brutal captors, who make bets on their survival. The experience of capture leaves them with terrible physical and spiritual wounds, and when Michael returns to Saigon to fulfill an old promise to one of his friends, he makes an unexpected, horrific discovery. Also featuring astonishing performances from Meryl Streep as the woman both Michael and Nick fall in love with, and John Cazale as their unhinged and insecure friend Stan, 'The Deer Hunter' is widely acknowledged as one of cinema's great masterpieces and contains some of the most memorable scenes in film history. - Director:
- Michael Cimino
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale
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"Second Act" is an inspirational comedy starring Jennifer Lopez as Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations of not having achieved more in life. As an experienced, quick-witted, perceptive employee, she is passed over for a promotion solely because she doesn't have a college degree. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act. - Director:
- Peter Segal
- Cast:
- Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini
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The Wild Pear Tree (2018)Ahlat Agaci
Sinan (Dogu Demirkol) returns from his studies in the city of Canakkale to his parents' home in the small rural town of Can. He hopes to publish a book of essays and short stories (or what he describes as a "quirky auto-fiction meta-novel"). But his teacher father Idris (Murat Cemcir) is an addictive gambler, so much so that his mother and sister have become reluctantly accustomed to making do without food or electricity. And so Sinan, with his writing dreams, worrying that we will be reduced after army service to teaching in the remote East, wanders around town, visiting his grandparents, encountering old friends, all the while looking for funding for his book. - Director:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast:
- Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Dogu Demirkol
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At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the unique personal journey of her rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans - until now. 'RBG' is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career from Betsy West and Julie Cohen. - Director:
- Julie Cohen
- Cast:
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Clinton
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When veteran LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) receives an ink-marked bill in the office mail, she is forced to confront her past, and her connection to murderer and gang leader Silas (Toby Kebbell). Still haunted by an undercover FBI sting gone horribly wrong, Bell is flooded with painful memories of her old partner Chris (Sebastian Stan) and becomes hell bent on closing the case, whatever it takes. - Director:
- Karyn Kusama
- Cast:
- Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany
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