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When a brilliant high school student (Jonny Weston) and his friends discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time, the possibilities seem endless. They rewrite history to win the lottery, ace exams, and party like there's no tomorrow.

But by changing the past, they have threatened the future of our world. Can they undo the damage they have unleashed before it's to late?

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In an age of honour and justice by the sword, Raiden (Clive Owen) is a fallen warrior who must rise up against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge Bartok (Morgan Freeman), his dishonoured master.

This epic sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honour, and vengeance is a stunning cinematic experience not to be missed.

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Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days.

Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past - as well as a dogged police detective (Vincent D'Onofrio) who's been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years.

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In 1949 in the aftermath of the success of her most famous novel 'The Foutainhead', two students Nathaniel and Barbara, great fans of her work visit Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank.

Their friendship develops quickly as Rand's highly intellectual temperament begins to manipulate the pair's relationship, forcing the students into an akward affair and eventually marriage. As Nathaniel and Barbara's relationship is strained by the years and Rand herself struggles to complete her novel 'Atlas Shrugged', Nathaniel and Rand begin a torrid affair. Ayn attempts to justify the affair to Barbara and Frank under the growing assumption that they are superior beings deserving of special treatment. As her passion spirals out of control, leaving her friends and loved ones devastated and distraught, Ayn must decide whether to take the leap her spirit dictates to her and risk losing everything she once held dear.

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Inspired by true events, 'Play' is an acute observation based on real cases of bullying.

In a city, a group of boys aged between 12-14 robbed other children on about 40 separate occasions between 2006 and 2008, but instead of physical force used the 'brother trick' involving role play and psychological manipulation. A fascinating and disturbing account of how children can subvert a situation and by sheer authority lead others more vulnerable into dangerous territory.

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It's summer in Sweden...A primary school teacher decides to teach her colleagues a lesson they'll never forget. Teenage girls are indulging in a webcam tease and seducing strangers. University students are taking male bonding to a new level.

And as day turns to night, a coach driver decides enough is enough and won't drive his passengers any further.

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Faithfully derived from Mary Shelley's macabre gothic epic, comes the chilling tale of one man and his soulless desire to surpass the boundaries of mortal humankind.

Starring Donald Sutherland, William Hurle and Luke Goss, the crew of a weather-beaten ship stranded in an icy Northern sea rescue a man close to death - Victor Frankenstein. Delirious with cold, Frankenstein recounts his own story of a young scientist possessed of a dark and obsessive thirst for knowledge who has challenged nature at its very core by creating a monster - stitched together of severed limbs and torsos stolen from the morgue. Exposed to a thundering bolt of electricity the creature is born, not merely physically, but also of a tortured human soul that craves acceptance. Rejected by his creator, the monstrous being disappears into the night, helpless, abhorred, and vulnerable, but still subject to the most base and dangerous of human emotions - revenge. This fledging born of dark intention will stop at nothing short of complete retribution.

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In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife leave the city and move with their two children to his childhood town in the countryside. Violence erupts when truck driver Lars, Johannes's wayward brother, runs over a local woman and pins the blame on the town's Bosnian refugee.

When Johannes stands up for the man and gives him shelter, Lars and his friends head for Johannes's secluded house, armed with a shotgun and boundless rage...

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Jonathan Younger (Donald Sutherland) is a charming man who lives in a dream world. The success of his Younger Self - Storage company is entirely down to his efficient but neglected wife, Penny, whom he is constantly unfaithful to.

Their son, Winston, is Jonathan's main interest in life besides his 'entertaining' of female customers in the room above the office. One day, Penny witnesses his infidelity on the office monitor, and as a result, dies of a heart attack. Winston returns from college in England to join the company. He is quick to recognise the gap left by his mother and knows that his father's disinterest will eventually ruin them. The reality of Jonathan's life without Penny, his caring wife, falls a long way short of what it was. He is beginning to miss her. Furthermore, he is beginning to have visions of her... He can hear her... he can see her... but he cannot touch her. Each time she appears, she grows more and more beautiful and younger and younger. Jonathan, slowly but surely, falls in love with her all over again.

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Based on as Asian proverb that life can be broken down into four key emotions-happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love - The Air I Breathe follows the lives of 5 key characters: a bored banker, a ruthless crime boss, his henchman and a beautiful star, whose lives entangle when a doctor, fighting to

save the woman he loves, sets into motion the ultimate collision of fates.

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The time is 1943, for most the Second World War is a living hell, for others it's a blessing in disguise. Others like Tor Lindblom, owner of Club Havana, a decadent and nocturnal lair for the criminal elite, notorious Nazis and opportunistic hustlers.

As ruthless as they come, Lindblom is more than willing to exploit the war effort for his own personal gain. But all that's about to change with the arrival of a sensual and mysterious cabaret singer named Eva. For Eva has a dark secret: she's a double agent working for the resistance. Gathering information for the British government and intent on infiltrating the Gestapo, Eva is a key player in a deadly plan. Unbeknown to Lindblom his world and everything in it is about to be completely obliterated. The British troops are gathering, their mission: destroy.

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Eight strangers wake up in a cubed shape room. None of them seem to know how or why they got there, but they quickly realise that their survival is dependent on unlocking the secrets of Hypercube.

The unending and interconnected rooms are operating in the 4th dimension where the rules of physics no longer apply! Each of the captives possesses a specific skill that will help them navigate the cube, but only one will survive it.

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Carey Mulligan stars as a headstrong Victorian beauty in this sweeping romantic drama, based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Mulligan plays Bathsheba Everdene, an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor.

This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.

Erik (Espen Klouman Hoiner) and Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) have been best friends since childhood and both want to become writers. While Erik's manuscript is refused by the publishers as lacking in talent, Philip is eagerly welcomed and overnight becomes a young star in Norway's literary scene. Soon, their young dreams clash with reality.

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Haunting, passionate, powerful, and featuring a score by rock legend Scott Walker, 'Pola X' is Carax's dazzling adaptation of Herman Melville's novel 'Pierre, or the Ambiguities'.

Guillaume Depardieu plays Pierre, a young man who is devastated by the revelation that he has an illegitimate sister, whose existence has been kept secret from him by his mother (Catherine Deneuve). With his life shattered by lies and deception, he sets off to uncover the truth of the world - a destructive quest that threatens to consume him and those he loves.