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Gattaca (1997)The Eighth Day
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realise his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete (Jude Law). Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a stunning co-worker (Uma Thurman). But when a flight director is brutally murdered, a clue left at the crime scene threatens to shatter Vincent's plans... - Director:
- Andrew Niccol
- Cast:
- Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
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The true story about Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan), the controversial entrepreneur and property baron. Having established the Raymond Revue Bar and Men Only magazine he went on to become Britain's richest man by the early 90's. 'The Look of Love' focuses on Raymond's tumultuous relationships with the three most important women in his life: his wife Jean (Anna Friel), his lover Fiona (Tamsin Egerton) and his daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots). - Director:
- Michael Winterbottom
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, Anna Friel
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From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds. - Director:
- Greg McLean
- Cast:
- Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington
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Spike Lee's remake of the critically acclaimed Korean masterpiece, 'Oldboy' follows the story of Joe Doucette (Josh Brolin), a man who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement, for no apparent reason. When he is suddenly released without explanation, he begins an obsessive mission to find out who imprisoned him, only to discover that the real mystery is why he was set free. - Director:
- Spike Lee
- Cast:
- Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson
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Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old-fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to "pull" a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn't compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old-fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she's determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old-fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. - Director:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Cast:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
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300 years ago, Mad Dolly (L.E. Mack) was burned alive at the stake, screaming a terrible curse upon her persecutors and their descendants. Now she's back and hunting. James Garrick (John Nolan) - her latest intended victim realises she's coming when people start to die bloodily all about him. Knifed, slashed, crushed, beheaded, impaled. Suspicion falls on his mysterious cousin Ann (Carolyn Courage), a hostess at a seedy Soho sex club. Is she possessed by Mad Dolly or just a helpless pawn caught up in a storm of demonic terror? - Director:
- Norman J. Warren
- Cast:
- John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey
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Ex-Mexican Federal agent Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo) is recruited by the President of the United States (Carlos Estevez) for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man - he must fight his way across Mexico to take down a madman revolutionary and eccentric billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson) who has hatched a plot to spread war across the planet by launching a weapon into space. - Director:
- Robert Rodriguez
- Cast:
- Danny Trejo, Corey Burton, Alexa Vega
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The Good Shepherd (2006)El buen pastor
Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it. But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets...but will Edward's destroy him? - Director:
- Robert De Niro
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Robert Bermudez Cordell, Angelina Jolie
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Lolita (1997)Lolita: Una pasión prohibida
When schoolteacher Humbert Humbert (Jeremy Irons) marries his landlady, Charlotte Haze (Melanie Griffith), it's purely to get close to her daughter Lolita (Dominique Swain) who reminds him of the childhood sweetheart he lost in tragic circumstances. But Humbert's forbidden love becomes an obsession that threatens to engulf them both and change their lives irrevocably. - Director:
- Adrian Lyne
- Cast:
- Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith
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Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), Luke is with Jill (Anna Kendrick) and Jill wants to know if Luke is ready to talk about marriage. The answer to that question becomes crystal clear when Luke and Kate unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend. - Director:
- Joe Swanberg
- Cast:
- Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick
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Single mother Collette McVeigh is a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardliner IRA brothers. When she is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA bomb plot in London, an MI5 officer (Mac) offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison for 25 years or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in Mac and return home, but when her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave danger. - Director:
- Jamie Marsh
- Cast:
- Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson
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Academy Award winner Ang Lee brings his extraordinary vision to 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk', based on the widely-acclaimed, bestselling novel. The story is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing battle in Iraq and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through a sequence of flashbacks the truth about what really a happened is revealed - contrasting the realities of the war with America's distorted perceptions of heroism. - Director:
- Ang Lee
- Cast:
- Pedro Morillo Jr., Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund
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When young, ambitious Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is hired by an elite private intelligence firm, she is immediately sent on a dangerous undercover assignment. Infiltrating an anarchistic activist group called "The East", Sarah must take part as the group terrorises corporate leaders who seem to get away with crimes against humanity. But the more the group's activities escalate, the more Sarah's life is in danger. - Director:
- Zal Batmanglij
- Cast:
- Brit Marling, Michael Nouryeh, Alexander Skarsgård
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When Adam (Danny Dyer) is invited by Alice (Gillian Anderson), a woman he has just met, to accompany her to a lavish party in the country he knows he is going to have the best night of his life. Following mind-blowing sex, the pair speed away from the party down a wooded and desolate road in Alice's car. In a moment of distraction a fateful collision occurs leading to a vicious and brutal attack that results in a consequent vendetta where Adam and Alice must fight violence with violence. A dark and disturbing sexual thriller, 'Straightheads' is a brutal and uncompromising tale of lust, violence and self-preservation. - Director:
- Dan Reed
- Cast:
- Danny Dyer, Gillian Anderson, Adam Rayner
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