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When a young Amish boy (Lukas Haas) inadvertently witnesses a brutal murder while en route to Philadelphia with his recently widowed mother, Rachel (Kelly McGillis), Detective John Book (Harrison Ford) is assigned to the case.

With the perpetrators desperate to silence the sole witness, Book and his two wards are forced to hide out in the heart of the Amish community. As passions between Book and Rachel ignite, the killers close in, culminating in a dramatic, life-and-death clash of cultures that while change the lives of those involved forever.

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Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado (Kôki), finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father's (Takehiro Hira)'s traveling puppet samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Jack

Lowden). Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Hack Lowden). What follows is a tense, high-stakes pursuit as Tornado battles to outwit her enemies and escape with her life.

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Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy.

The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan) and his patron George Westinghouse (Jim Gaffigan). Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz), whose daughter Anne (Eve Hewson) takes a more than casual interest in the inventor. Anne analyzes and presents the story as it unfolds, offering a distinctly modern voice to this scientific period drama which, like its subject, defies convention.

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"The Salt Path" is the inspiring story of husband and wife, Raynor (Gillian Anderson) and Moth (Jason Isaacs) Winn's 630-mile trek along the beautiful and rugged South West coastline.

After being forcibly removed from their home, they make the decision to walk, seeking solace and a sense of acceptance in nature. 'The Salt Path' is a story of hope and resilience, a portrayal of home, and how it can be lost and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.

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During a mission to Mars, astronaut Patrick Ross (Justin Lazard) is infected by alien DNA. Back on Earth he starts to transform into a terrifying alien entity with a one track mind - to mate with human women and colonise the world with his half-alien offspring.

Scientist Laura Baker (Marg Helgenberger) and ex-military assassin Press Lennox (Michael Madsen) race against time to stop Patrick.They use Eve (Natasha Henstridge), the beautiful half-alien clone, to lure Patrick, but Eve's instinct to mate is too strong and she escapes looking to procreate with Patrick to create and alien race that spells doom for mankind.

Get ready for the electrifying action and adventure of Tron: Ares. When a highly sophisticated Program named Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, it marks humankind's first encounter with A.l. beings.

Jennifer Lawrence is Dominika, a former ballerina forced to enter Sparrow School, a secret government program that thrusts her into a treacherous espionage game between Russia and the CIA. She emerges trained as a lethal agent, but is trapped in a world she desperately wants to escape.

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It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory. Still living in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amid the infected.

One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When one of them decides to venture into the dark heart of the mainland, he soon discovers a mutation that has spread to not only the infected, but other survivors as well.

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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.

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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.

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Grace Pudel (voices of Sarah Snook / Charlotte Belsey / Agnes Davison) is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books.

At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert (voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee / Mason Litsos), she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky (voice of Jacki Weaver), who is full of grit and lust for life. From Academy Award-winning - animation writer and director Adam Elliot, 'Memoir of a Snail' is a poignant, heartfelt, hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

The next chapter from the World of John Wick follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. Eve seeks revenge for her father's death, and finds herself crossing paths with John Wick himself.

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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.

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The time has come to say goodbye. The cinematic return of the global phenomenon follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s.

When Mary (Michelle Dockery) finds herself at the centre of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.

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Jack Nicholson plays Henry Moon, a third-rate outlaw, in this romantic comedy set in the 1860s. Moon is saved from hanging by the intervention of a lovely young woman who agrees to marry and take charge of him.

Mary Steenburgen plays Julia Tate, the headstrong but genteel Southern virgin who weds Moon only to help her work the gold mine she insists is on her property.