pjt1957's - Rented List
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"What's Up, Doc?" joyously recaptures the bubbly style of 1930s screwball comedies - and firmly establishes Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal as a romantic duo uniquely endearing in screen history. Included are a daffy luggage mix up plot, dippy dialogue exchanges, a marvelous example of the art of hotel-room demolition and one of the funniest chase sequences ever, all over San Francisco. - Director:
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Cast:
- Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
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Mads Mikkelsen gives a tour de force performance as a pilot whose plane has crashed in a remote corner of the Arctic. Stranded in the wilderness he uses his ingenuity to survive. When about to receive his long-awaited rescue, an explosive accident means his opportunity is lost and the dire situation further complicated. The tragic turn of events, involving another crash survivor forces the pilot to make a perilous choice between the relative safety of his camp and a deadly trek into the unknown. - Director:
- Joe Penna
- Cast:
- Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir, Tintrinai Thikhasuk
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After tragedy forces young Prince T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) to assume Wakanda's throne, he is faced with the ultimate test, putting the fate of his country and the entire world at risk. Pitted against his own family, the new king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and embrace his future as an Avenger. - Director:
- Ryan Coogler
- Cast:
- Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o
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In 2013 there are no highways and no dreams of a better tomorrowonly scattered survivors across what was once the United States.Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope. Kevin Costner directs and plays a wayfarer in a world where might makes rightbut destined to lead a heroic rebellion where right makes might. - Director:
- Kevin Costner
- Cast:
- Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate
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Rain Man (1988)Cuando los hermanos se encuentran
Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways, to his obsession with watching popular TV game-shows, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience... and then pulls him completely out of his self-centred world. But what begins as a reluctant and unsentimental journey for the Babbitt brothers becomes a remarkable story which connects these two vastly different people in this poignant and powerful look at the unlimited potential of the human spirit. - Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Cast:
- Dustin Hoffman, Royce D. Applegate, June Christopher
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Dune (2021)Dune: Part One
Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive. - Director:
- Denis Villeneuve
- Cast:
- Jean Gilpin, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson
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2049. A roboticist, George Almore (Theo James) is on the verge of a breakthrough. Stationed at a remote, secret facility, he has been working on a model that is a true, human equivalent android. His latest prototype, J3, is almost complete. Development of J3 has been achieved through two earlier prototypes, J1 and J2. Each prototype is an increasingly advanced version of his wife, Jules (voice of Stacy Martin), who died in a brutal car crash. Driven by love for Jules, George has secretly skewed the focus of his work: developing the robots towards the goal of creating a simulacra of Jules. As his work approaches its final and riskiest stages, external forces threaten to discover and shutdown his facility while the introduction of the highly advanced J3 collapses the delicate 'family' balance inside the facility. - Director:
- Gavin Rothery
- Cast:
- Theo James, Stacy Martin, Stacy Martin
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Dalton (Patric Swayze) is a legendary bouncer who comes to Jasper, Missouri for a special purpose: to restore order at the dangerous Double Deauce bar. But as, one by one, he rids the bar thugs, hoodlums and hit men, he incurs the wrath of their employer - the notorious racketeer Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara). The town lives in fear of Wesley, but Dalton is ready for action. He confronts Wesley's goons on one spectacular fight after another, but when they strike back with deadly force, Dalton knows he must face the crime boss himself in a blistering battle to finish. - Director:
- Rowdy Herrington
- Cast:
- Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott
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Soul (2020)Disney and Pixar's Soul
Pixar's Soul introduces Joe (voice of Jamie Foxx), who lands the gig of his life at the best jazz club in town. But one misstep lands Joe in a fantastical place: The Great Before. There, he teams up with soul 22 (voice of Tina Fey), and together they find the answers to some of life's biggest questions. - Director:
- Pete Docter
- Cast:
- Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton
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Tom, (Timothy Spall) an elderly widower, uses his trusty free bus pass to take a series of local buses on a deeply nostalgic trip across the length of the U.K., from John O' Groats to Lands End. His mission is to fulfil a promise he made to his late wife, to take her back to the place where they first met and lived happily together. Unbeknownst to Tom, his journey, and his unlikely antics on it, begin to capture the imagination of the local people that he comes across and, ultimately, Tom and his trip become a nationwide news story. - Director:
- Gillies MacKinnon
- Cast:
- Phyllis Logan, Timothy Spall, Grace Calder
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The Ice Road (2021)Red Ice
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a 'big-rig' ice road driver (Liam Neeson) must lead an impossible and deadly rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners. Contending with thawing waters and a massive storm, they discover the real threat is one they never saw coming. This is Die Hard...on ice! - Director:
- Jonathan Hensleigh
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Marcus Thomas, Laurence Fishburne
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Throughout his life Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor) has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales, in his later years he (Albert Finney) remains a huge mystery to his son William (Billy Crudup). Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures in this marvel of a movie. - Director:
- Tim Burton
- Cast:
- Ewan McGregor, Gary Newton, Albert Finney
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Based on the book, 'Cry Macho' features Clint Eastwood as a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home, away from his alcoholic mother. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair face an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Daniel V. Graulau
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"Mary Queen of Scots" explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan). Queen of France at 16, widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), who rules as the Queen of England. Determined to rule as much more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Rivals in power and in love, the two Queens make very different choices about marriage and children. Betrayal, rebellion and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens - driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power. - Director:
- Josie Rourke
- Cast:
- Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden
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Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, feature tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore - and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Steve Smith, Jared Gilman, Charles L. Campbell
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