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Danger. Power. Seduction. Welcome to Las Vegas 1973. Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition, white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire.

In an era of over-the-top glitz, Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (De Niro) is riding high as frontman for the Mob's multi-billion dollar Las Vegas operation. To protect their 'investment', the bosses send in Ace's boyhood pal, hot-headed enforcer Nicky Santoro (Pesci). It's a winning hand: Ace's brain and Nicky's muscle - until sexy wild card Ginger McKenna (Stone) turns up the heat. This gripping, fact-based tale boasts extraordinary performances, a sizzling soundtrack and a dizzying look beneath the glamorous facade, beyond the closed doors and behind the eyes of the men and women whose fortunes - and lives - were made and lost with a roll of the dice.

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In this hilarious drink-like-a-fish-out-of-water comedy, Vince Vaughn stars as a hard-working entrepreneur who travels to Europe with his two associates (Dave Franco and Tom Wilkinson) to close the most important business deal of their lives.

But the journey quickly spins out of control as the hapless trio encounters all kinds of crazy obstacles, including Oktoberfest bar brawls, hotel foul-ups, foreign GPS directions, and a global fetish festival. In the end, these guys gone wild might just land the deal...if they can survive the trip. Bottoms up!

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Sprung from prison on a legal technicality by his cocaine-addled attorney (Sean Penn), former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) stuns the local underworld when he vows to go straight.

Taking a job managing a glitzy, low-life nightclub, he tracks down his onetime girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller) and rekindles their romance, promising he's changed for good. But Carlito's dream of going legitimate is undermined at every turn by murderous former cronies and even deadlier young thugs out to make a name for themselves. Ultimately, however, his most dangerous enemy is himself. Despite good intentions, Carlito's misguided loyalties and an outmoded code of 'honour' will plunge him into a savage life-or-death battle against the relentless forces that refuse to let him go.

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Before history and beyond imagination! The mathinations of gods above and the fates of man and monsters here below play out in a 'Clash of the Titans'.

Decades prior to the sensational 2010 version of the tale, Harry Hamlin took up sword and shield to play valorous Perseus, mortal son of Zeus (Laurence Olivier), who sets out to fulfill his destiny by rescuing beloved Andromeda from the wrath of goddess Thetis (Maggie Smith). Perils await Perseus time and again. And eye-filling thrills await viewers as stop-motion effects legend Ray Harryhausen unleashes snake-haired Medusa, fearsome Kraken, winged Pegasus, two-headed dog Dioskilos, giant scorpions and more. Rejoice, fantasy fans: the movie gods gift us with adventure that's innovative, heroic, titanic.

Set in the world of 1980s college life, 'Everybody Wants Some' follows a freshman's first weekend at college, experiencing a fraternity-like lifestyle with his hard partying teammates as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

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If there was a paradise untouched by the war in the winter of 1940, it was Kenya's Happy Valley. There the tall, blond and impeccably groomed Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Errol, enjoyed a decadent life of pleasure with his fellow aristocrats.

Their's was a society in which adultery was routine and Errol set the pace with a series of flamboyant affairs with the colony's leading ladies – including the delightfully eccentric Alice. It was in this highly charged atmosphere that 57-year old Sir Delves Broughton, brought his ravishing young bride, Diana. It could never be the same again.

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"Berlin Station" is a contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage), an undercover agent who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. Miller has a clandestine mission: to determine the identity of a now-famous whistleblower masquerading as "Thomas Shaw".

Guided by jaded veteran Hector DeJean (Rhys Ifans), Daniel learns to contend with the rough-and-tumble world of the field office: agent-running, deception, danger and moral compromises. As he dives deeper into the German capital's hall of mirrors and uncovers the threads of a conspiracy that leads back to Washington, Daniel wonders: Can anyone ever be the same after a posting to Berlin?

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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.

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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure- and laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny.

After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen's Dowry, a fabulous fortune that mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean in 1715. Now all he has to do is get the gold, get the girl and get going before Bigg Bunny gets him.

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Set in the late 1970's, the pulsating thriller follows Charlie (Florence Pugh), a young, fiery but unfulfilled British actress and idealist whose resolve is tested after she meets the mysterious Becker (Alexander Skarsgård), while on holiday in Greece.

It quickly becomes apparent that his intentions are not what they seem, and their encounter entangles her in a complex plot devised by the spy mastermind Kurtz (Michael Shannon). Charlie takes on the role of a lifetime as a double agent but despite her natural mastery of the task at hand, she finds herself inexorably drawn into a dangerous world of duplicity and compromised humanity. Blurring the fine lines between love and hate, truth and fiction, and right and wrong, 'The Little Drummer Girl' weaves a suspenseful and explosive story of espionage and high-stakes international intrigue.

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'Wynonna Earp' is back in all her whisky soaked, reckless glory and facing her biggest challenge yet: taking on the demon who cursed her family.

Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) and her team battle both supernatural and mortal enemies - and the rest of the 77 cursed revenants who are hot on her heels and looking to end Wynonna before she sends them back to hell. The fate of the Ghost River Triangle - and the entire world - hangs in the balance as, the team must find a way to end the Earp Curse and bring peace back to Purgatory, before it's too late.

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In a mesmerising career best, Matt Dillion plays failed architect turned serial killer Jack, who over the span of 12 years leads us through his thought processes behind his increasingly depraved acts of murder which he names 'incidents'.

With a supporting cast that includes Bruno Gantz, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough and Sofie Grabol, Lars von Trier returns to the directors chair with the original uncut version of his most daring and shocking film to date.

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When Nick's (Joe Thomas) girlfriend dumps him at graduation, he has a colossal meltdown in front of the entire university. He's convinced his life is over, but his best mate Shane (Hammed Animashaun) has the perfect solution: three days at an epic music festival.

With the help of 'festival aficionado' and certified oddball Amy (Claudia O'Doherty), Shane tries to get Nick to embrace the music, the mayhem and the mud. 'The Festival' - a comedy about friendship, growing up, and going mad in a field.

Anne (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O'Dowd) - an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record of 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.

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Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm and Chris Hemsworth lead an all-star cast in this powerful thriller filled with gripping suspense and startling revelations. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past.

Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption...before everything goes to hell.