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Kate and Alex (Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt) own a successful Manhattan furniture store, reselling mid-century modern treasures purchased from the estates of the newly deceased. Wanting to enlarge and remodel the apartment where they live with their acne-ridden teenage daughter Abby (Sarah Steele), they've bought the unit neighboring their own. But before they can expand their home, they must wait for the current tenant • miserable, 91-year-old Andra (Ann Guilbert), to die. As Kate's family gets to know Andra and the granddaughters who look after her (Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet), animosity, infidelity, friendship, and empathy play out with sharp humour and pathos. - Director:
- Nicole Holofcener
- Cast:
- Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall
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'The Big Sick' is the hilarious and heart-rending true story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his stand-up sets. What they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing, which complicates the life that is expected of Kumail by his traditional Muslim parents. When Emily is beset with a mystery illness, it forces Kumail to navigate the medical crisis with her parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano), who he's never met, while dealing with the emotional tug-of-war between his family and his heart. - Director:
- Michael Showalter
- Cast:
- Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter
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In Tumbledown, a young widow (Rebecca Hall), falls for a brash New York writer (Jason Sudeikis) who barrels into her rural Maine town investigating the death of her husband, folk-music hero Hunter Miles. Hannah is scraping her life back together in a cabin at the foot of Tumbledown mountain, attempting to seal every shred of her husband's life into a biography. When Andrew, an academic who has a different take on Hunter's life and death, shows up looking for the truth of this mysterious musician, the pair clash. But gradually they find themselves collaborating to craft Hunter's story, and beginning to write the next chapter of their lives together. - Director:
- Sean Mewshaw
- Cast:
- Rebecca Hall, Jason Sudeikis, Blythe Danner
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When a busy London market is decimated by terrorists, the country prepares for one of the most high-profile cases in British history. The defence team (Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall) step into a dangerous web of secrets and lies and uncover a sinister conspiracy that points to a possible government cover up. What follows finds the two lawyers lives in jeopardy. - Director:
- John Crowley
- Cast:
- Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent
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This early 1970s erotic thriller stars Luan Peters and infamous sex symbol Fiona Richmond; and features a cameo from the band Thunderclap Newman. Bored with her mundane existence, a young housewife is led astray by a charming door-to-door salesman. Karen is a beautiful and intelligent housewife, but she's tired of her solicitor spouse and her empty, suburban lifestyle. She is lonely and wants something more. Enter fast-talking businessman Alex. He enters Karen's life, and makes a series of sexual advances towards her. Karen falls in lust with him, and so begins her descent into a world of sex, orgies... and blackmail. - Director:
- Anthony Sloman
- Cast:
- Luan Peters, Vincent Ball, Jason Twelvetrees
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Post-World War I England, 1921, an author and paranormal skepric (Rebecca Hall) is invited to a countryside boarding school by the head master (Dominic West) to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. But just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, a chilling encounter makes her question all her rational beliefs. - Director:
- Nick Murphy
- Cast:
- Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton
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Ryuhei Kitamura (Director), delivers this twisting tale of terror concerning a missing heiress, a gang of vicious bandits, and a vacationing couple who aren't what they seem. In the wake of a bloodbath that left 14 students dead, wealthy heiress Emma (Adelaide Clemens) has vanished without a trace. A few months later, a young couple (Luke Evans and Laura Ramsey) cross paths with the ruthless Hoag (Lee Tergesen) and his band of thieves, who run them off of the road in a violent robbery attempt. When Hoag and his crew learn that the mysterious couple has taken Emma hostage, they assume they'll be collecting a handsome reward. Little do they realize they've just gotten in deep over their heads, and as the body count spikes, the real fight for survival begins. - Director:
- Ryûhei Kitamura
- Cast:
- Luke Evans, Steve Alterman, Gary Grubbs
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Directed by Neil Jordan and starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan, Byzantium is an erotic horror fantasy that takes vampire mythology to a new level of modern terror. Upon the wind swept shores of a desolate coastal town stands the Byzantium guesthouse. After years of being abandoned, its doors are about to be opened again by the predatory and seductive Clara (Arterton), who plans on turning the hotel into a brothel, and her young and introverted daughter Eleanor (Ronan). But these mysterious women have a dark secret that goes back 200 years and is about to reach its ungodly and deathly climax. - Director:
- Neil Jordan
- Cast:
- Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley
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Angel Blade (2002)Forbidden Angel
Teenage prostitutes are being killed and no one knows why. The streets of Las Vegas loom with an undercurrent of lust, fantasy, power, passion and addiction. Enter detective Bradley Cooper (David Heavener) an on the edge cop who is slowly unraveling the secret behind the murdered prostitutes... they were all pregnant. Dr. Martin Gites (Marc Singer) a renowned author and psychologist, who is linked to each killing, is let off the hook by Commissioner Shank (Richard Moll). He leads Cooper to lingerie shop owner Frida (Margot Kidder) the only shop owner in town selling the angel panties found on each victim at the scene. Everyone has a dark secret. A secret that kills anyone who tries to uncover it's wicked truth. A truth that is about to unveil it's wrath on Bradley Cooper or it's next victim. - Director:
- David Heavener
- Cast:
- David Heavener, Marc Singer, Margot Kidder
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I Know Who You Are: Series 1 (2017)Sé quién eres
From his ripped clothes and blood-battered face it is clear that he has been in some sort of accident, but he can't remember who he is or how he got there... His name is Juan Elias (Francesc Garrido), a married father of two children and a successful criminal lawyer with aspirations of becoming Dean of the University. But when the police find the wreck of Elias' car, they also find the mobile phone of his 23 year old niece, Ana Saura (Susana Abaitua), who disappeared on the night of the accident. All the evidence points to the fact that Elias killed her. Now he will have to find a way to prove his innocence, even though he himself is unsure of whether or not he's innocent or guilty. - Director:
- Pau Freixas
- Cast:
- Francesc Garrido, Oriol Rafel, Blanca Portillo
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Domino (2005)Domino: Thợ Săn Tiền Thưởng
The daughter of respected actor and matinee idol Lawrence Harvey and model turned socialite Sophie Wynn (Jacqueline Bisset), Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) was born into a life of wealth and privilege - a lifestyle that did not interest her. Even from her earliest years, Domino rebelled against convention and the jet set. At the tender age of eight her beloved father passed away and her mother looked to the stability of boarding school in a misguided attempt to tame her wild child. But nothing could repress Domino's fiery nature - not friendships, not school, not her mother's high society. Even the extraordinary excesses paraded before her during a brief stint at modeling paled in comparison to her own escapades. Not until she stumbled upon a job seminar recruiting aspiring bounty hunters was her thirst for excitement at long last quenched. To Sophie's horror, Domino not only fell in love with the job but also with her fellow adventurers, who over the years would become her family. - Director:
- Tony Scott
- Cast:
- Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Édgar Ramírez
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The Jacket (2005)Regresiones de un hombre muerto
After recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) returns to his native Vermont suffering from amnesia. When he is accused of murdering a police officer and committed to a mental institution, a physician, Dr. Becker (Kris Kristofferson), puts him on a controversial treatment regimen in which Starks is injected with experimental drugs, confined in a straight-jacket, and locked for extended periods in the body drawer of the basement morgue. In his drugged and disoriented state, Starks' mind propels him into the future, where he meets Jackie (Keira Knightley), and discovers that he is destined to die in four days. Together, they search for a way to save him from his fate. - Director:
- John Maybury
- Cast:
- Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig
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Billy Bathgate (1991)Tay Sai Đắc Lực
Hungry for a taste of the good life, streetwise New York teenager Billy Bathgate (Loren Dean) joins the gang of fiery 1930s mobster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman). Billy is seduced by the power, money and glamour of crime and quickly rises up through the ranks. But when he falls for Drew Preston (Nicole Kidman), Dutch's sultry, strong-willed girlfriend, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous love triangle that just might get both of them killed. - Director:
- Robert Benton
- Cast:
- Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean
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Watty, Starlene, and their friends are just as tough and dangerous as the Texas town they live in. When Watty and his psychotic partner Billy Mack murder a young girl in a botched robbery, Watty and Starlene turn their flight into a wild honeymoon joyride, where all you need for a good time is Love And A .45. - Director:
- C.M. Talkington
- Cast:
- Gil Bellows, Renée Zellweger, Rory Cochrane
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Director Donna Deitch makes a strong impression in her first feature film, a simple story of a lesbian love affair, based on Jane Rule's 1964 novel 'Desert of the Heart'. Helen Shaver stars as Vivian Bell, an uptight 35-year-old Columbia University professor who travels to Reno to get a divorce. She arrives in Reno on her way to Frances Parker's (Audra Lindley) ranch, where she is staying to establish six weeks of residency in order to obtain the divorce. Once at the ranch, Vivian catches the fancy of Frances's adopted daughter Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), a casino worker ten years younger than herself. Vivien tries to remain unruffled as Cay makes unabashed overtures to her. Cay thinks that all Vivian needs is the love of another woman, and soon enough the two are in each other's arms. - Director:
- Donna Deitch
- Cast:
- Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley
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