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Close to Home (2005)Karov La Bayit
Smadar and Mirit, both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in personality their initial frosty relationship changes to friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues as well as the political reality of the city they live in. Close to Home sensitively portrays the realities of two teenagers forced to lead a military life but who are equally interested in love and shopping and other so-called trivial things. This desire for normality will threaten their new found friendship in a world where individuality is frowned upon. - Director:
- Vardit Bilu
- Cast:
- Smadar Sayar, Naama Schendar, Danny Geva
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Reese Witherspoon stars as Alice Kinney in 'Home Again' a modern and heartwarming romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband (Michael Sheen), Alice decides to start over and move back to Los Angeles with her two young daughters as she struggles to get a new career off the ground. On a night out celebrating her 40th Birthday, life takes an unexpected turn when Alice meets three young, charismatic filmmakers looking for their big Hollywood break and decides to let them stay temporarily. As Alice develops an exciting new romance an unconventional family dynamic emerges until everything suddenly changes when her ex-husband turns up and Alice is forced to make some big decisions... - Director:
- Hallie Meyers-Shyer
- Cast:
- Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen
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When a mysterious young man (Iko Uwais) jolts awake after months in a coma from a gunshot wound to the head, he is nursed back to health by a young student doctor, Ailin (Chelsea Islan). She renames him Ishmael, and the two grow closer together, but it's not long before they collide with a gang of dangerous criminals, and when Ailin is violently taken, Ishmael has no choice but to confront his past, awakening a dark truth and lethal personality within him... - Director:
- Kimo Stamboel
- Cast:
- Ario Bayu, Ganindra Bimo, Julie Estelle
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Matt (Josh Bowman) and Anna (Leila Mimmack) are a typical young couple living in London. Anna is enjoying a bright legal career while video gaming-obsessed Matt is a little lost, searching for direction in life. The morning after an unsuccessful date night, masked thugs kidnap Anna before assaulting Matt and locking him into a body vest that contains a mysterious package. Our reluctant hero is given a mobile phone and told to follow instructions and deliver the package to the secretive Dmitri (Neil Maskell). If he fails, or tries to seek help, they will kill Anna. Over the course of one thrilling, high-octane day, Matt must progress his way across London as a host of menacing characters and unpredictable situations test his resolve and push him to the limits. - Director:
- Adam Randall
- Cast:
- Joshua Bowman, Neil Maskell, William Houston
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Time Traveller (2015)The Lovers
"Time Traveller" is a sweeping, exciting, epic adventure set across two time periods and two continents. In 1778 a young British Captain (Josh Hartnett) is embarking on a dangerous mission which will involve murder, betrayal, deceit and revenge. At the same time, in 2020, a marine biologist lies in a coma after rescuing his wife from the wreck of a sunken ship. Could these two people be connected, and how will the violent events of 1778 affect what happens more than 200 years in the future? - Director:
- Roland Joffé
- Cast:
- Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, Tamsin Egerton
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To save his declining business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin (Walton Goggins), hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. - Director:
- Eshom Nelms
- Cast:
- Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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Former rodeo star, Sam, now lives a quiet small town life running a motel, where he begins a seemingly innocent friendship with Elwood (Christopher Abbott). Unbeknownst to Sam, the young man is responsible for the spate of violence that has recently gripped his hometown.. As the community unravels, Sam's loved ones, neighbours and business patrons become involved in the terror that unfolds, while Sam must face his past and challenge his present relationships to face-off against this unpredictable predator. Starring John Bernthal, Imogen Poots and Rosemarie Dewitt, 'Sweet Virginia' is a haunting, gripping and breathlessly tense crime thriller. - Director:
- Jamie M. Dagg
- Cast:
- Jon Bernthal, Imogen Poots, Christopher Abbott
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The Cleaning Lady (2018)Something Fierce
On the surface Alice (Alexis Kendra) seems like a woman who has it all: a gorgeous apartment, a booming career and a handsome boyfriend. The only problem is he's married to someone else. Looking for a way to simplify her life, Alice hires Shelly (Rachel Alig) to clean her house. As-AHee-begins to confide in Shelly about her illicit affair, their friendship grows... and so does Shelly's twisted obsession with her new employer. It soon becomes clear that Shelly has motives that reach further than those of a normal cleaning lady. Shelly wants to cleanse Alice's entire life and will stop at nothing until she's done. - Director:
- Jon Knautz
- Cast:
- Alexis Peters, Stelio Savante, Rachel Alig
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Born in 1918, the Royal Air Force has continued to develop radically, responding to the demands put upon it and embracing burgeoning new technologies. For 100 years the Royal Air Force's courage, perseverance and innovation has secured freedom, survival and safety for the many - at home and abroad. Since its infancy, the RAF has demonstrated the power behind its original mission: to embody an agile, adaptable, capable air force. This film includes extraordinary and unseen historic footage of WWI and WW2 and is narrated by Sir Martyn Lewis. '100 Years of the RAF' pays tribute to the determination and courage of our men and women in theatres of war, as they defend our freedom, and bring relief to people in need. - Director:
- Richard Jukes
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L.A. Vengeance (2017)Going Under / Once Upon a Time in Venice
Steve Ford (Bruce Willis) is a down but not out L.A.-based Private Investigator whose professional and personal worlds collide after his loving pet Buddy is stolen by a notorious gang. A series of crazy circumstances find him doing the gang's bidding, while being chased by two vengeful Samoan brothers, a loan shark's goons, and a few other shady characters. They say a dog is a man's best friend, and Steve shows how far a man will go to be reunited with his. - Director:
- Mark Cullen
- Cast:
- Bruce Willis, John Goodman, Jason Momoa
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Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is an aging Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories and smoking too much weed with his former-co-star-turned-dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy. - Director:
- Brett Haley
- Cast:
- Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter
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In contemporary L.A, two unacquainted millennials, spend their weekends "swiping" on the dating app WINX. The options are endless, but it's less about connection and more about hooking-up. However, when Martin (Nicholas Hoult) and Gabi (Laia Costa) meet, they find themselves talking into the early hours. Exhilarated by each other, they rush into a relationship...But is this really love? - Director:
- Drake Doremus
- Cast:
- Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Danny Huston
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A cosmic nightmare from the minds of H.P Lovecraft and Richard Stanley. 'Color Out of Space' follows Nathan (Nicolas Cage) and Theresa Gardner (Joely Richardson) and their children, whose recent retreat to rural life crumbles when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time. The local wildlife begins to mutate and the family attempts to fight the contagion that has consumed their farm with the help of a friendly hydrologist (Elliot Knight) and eccentric neighbour (Tommy Chong). But what chance can a few humans have against a nebulous entity capable of traversing the gulf between worlds, a nightmarish being that exists beyond the limits of the human spectrum? - Director:
- Richard Stanley
- Cast:
- Nicolas Cage, Brett W. Bachman, Joely Richardson
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After a botched bank robbery lands his younger, mentally handicapped brother in prison, Constatine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate and dangerous attempt to get him out. Over the course ot one adrenaline blitzed night, Connie finds himself racing against the clock to save his brother and himself. - Director:
- Ben Safdie
- Cast:
- Robert Pattinson, Ben Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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A single mother ex American FBI agent Lisa Brennan (Angela Dixon) is on vacation in Morocco when, in a horrific, unforeseen moment, her baby daughter is taken by ruthless human traffickers. With no witnesses to the abduction, she decides to take the law into her hands. Pursued at every turn by the local police, with her political connections back home unravelling dark secrets, it would appear that it's not just her daughter's life that is at stake. Trusting no one. she weaves her way through the murky backstreets and barren landscapes in an epic journey to find her daughter against incredible odds. - Director:
- Howard J. Ford
- Cast:
- Angela Dixon, Nigel Whitmey, Lisa Eichhorn
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