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Avengers: Endgame (2019)Avengers 4
The fourth instalment of the 'Avengers' series is the once-in-a-lifetime culmination of 22 interconnected films and the climax of an epic journey. Earth's, heroes will finally understand how fragile our reality is - and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it - in a story of friendship, teamwork and setting aside differences to overcome an impossible obstacle. - Director:
- Anthony Russo
- Cast:
- Robert Downey Jr., Taika Waititi, Chris Evans
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Cold Pursuit (2019)In Order of Disappearance
Welcome to Kehoe, it's -10 degrees and counting at this glitzy ski resort in the Rocky Mountains. The local police aren't used to much action until the son of unassuming town snowplough driver, Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson), is murdered at the order of Viking (Tom Bateman), a flamboyant drug lord. Fueled by rage and armed with heavy machinery, Nels sets out to dismantle the cartel one man at a time, but his understanding of murder comes mainly from what he read in a crime novel. As the bodies pile up, his actions ignite a turf war between Viking and his long-standing rival White Bull (Tom Jackson), a soulful Native American mafia boss, that will quickly escalate and turn the small town's bright white slopes blood-red. - Director:
- Hans Petter Moland
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheal Neeson
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Final Recall (2017)The Recall / The Recall: Abduction (Virtual Reality)
A group of friends are spending the weekend at a cabin while, unbeknownst to them, aliens have begun to attack planet Earth. A number of them are abducted by the alien spaceship hovering over the forest. Annie (Laura Bilgeri) and Charlie (Jedidiah Goodacre) survive the mass-abduction and must rely on an eccentric and dangerous hunter who seems to have special knowledge of the attack. The Hunter (Wesley Snipes) goes on explaining that this day has been prophesized for years and extra-terrestrials have been guiding Earth's evolution in preparation for their ultimate takeover. - Director:
- Mauro Borrelli
- Cast:
- Wesley Snipes, RJ Mitte, Jedidiah Goodacre
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Two-time Emmy Award Winner Aaron Paul stars in the most gripping thriller of the year, about a man desperately trying to find his missing girlfriend. 'Come and Find Me' follows the twisting lives of David (Aaron Paul) and Claire (Annabelle Wallis), whose idyllic relationship comes to an abrupt and inexplicable end after Claire disappears without a trace. Shocked at discovering that Claire was living a double life entwined in the criminal underworld, David begins to follow her trail down a frantic and extremely dangerous path. Devastated but incapable of letting go, he's forced to risk everything if he ever wants to see her again. - Director:
- Zack Whedon
- Cast:
- Aaron Paul, Annabelle Wallis, Garret Dillahunt
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Lucy (Brittany Snow), a young woman on her way home from graduate school, emerges from a Brooklyn subway to find that her neighbourhood, Bushwick, is under attack by black-clad military soldiers. Her boyfriend dies in an explosion, sending her into the chaos of the invasion alone. When she is attacked by two thugs, ex-Marine Stupe (Dave Bautista) intervenes, and the two are thrown together amidst the chaos of grenade explosions and armed looters. The destruction from Brooklyn to Manhattan continues to spread, as Stupe captures and unmasks a soldier, whom they are shocked to discover is American. As America declares war on itself, Lucy and Stupe must fight local gangs, survive riots, and continued attacks from the invading soldiers to make it out of Bushwick alive. - Director:
- Cary Murnion
- Cast:
- Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Arturo Castro
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The Age of Shadows (2016)Secret Agent
During the Japanese occupation, a group of freedom fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by the Japanese forces. A group of resistance fighters led by the leader's second in command try to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul. It's a game of cat-and-mouse as it's up to a Korean-born Japanese police officer to infiltrate the resistance at all costs by befriending an antique dealer who's involved in the plot but never exposed. - Director:
- Jee-woon Kim
- Cast:
- Byung-hun Lee, Yoo Gong, Kang-ho Song
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A Prophet (2009)Un prophète
A nineteen-year-old troublemaker starts a six year sentence in a notorious prison, a concrete hell where violence is the only language understood. Taken under the wing of a powerful mafia boss, he is initiated into a vicious and brutal way of life. As the years pass, he proves his worth, moving up the ranks within the prison. However, he has his own plans, and they don't involve taking orders from anyone. Using his ruthless cunning to extend his influence beyond the walls of the jail, he arranges drugs runs, hostage exchanges and violent assassinations. Once merely a petty criminal, he is soon on his way to establishing a criminal empire of his own. - Director:
- Jacques Audiard
- Cast:
- Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif
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By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue; namely, the ragtag crew of a PBY Catalina, who are sent to search for survivors. Amid the vast openness of the Pacific, with days passing and the chance of rescue fading, the men are forced to face their own mortality. - Director:
- Mike Phillips
- Cast:
- Joe Barrino, Aidan Bristow, Jerry Buteyn
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With the Middle East in turmoil, Israel's preeminent Ally is thrust into an impending war - America is now the target as the battle for Jerusalem begins. Based on the Best Selling Book by Dr. John Hagee, feature highlights the reality of an inevitable conflict between Israel and Islam. When nuclear weapons are smuggled into America, Senior FBI Agent, Shane Daughtry (David A.R. White) is faced with an impossible task - find them before they are detonated. The clock is ticking and the only people who can help are a washed up arms dealer (Lee Majors), a converted Israeli Mossad Agent (Stacy Keach) and a by-the-book CIA Deputy Director (Randy Travis). In this film of international terror and suspense, nuclear holocaust on American soil threatens global stability and the impending destruction of the world. - Director:
- Harold Cronk
- Cast:
- David A.R. White, Anna Zielinski, Randy Travis
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Zev Guttman (Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer), receives a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award Winner Martin Landau), containing a stack of money and a letter detailing a shocking plan. Both Zev and Max were prisoners in Auschwitz, and the same sadistic guard was responsible for the death of both their families - a guard who, immediately after the war, escaped Germany and has been living in the U.S. ever since under an assumed identity. With Max wheelchair-bound, Zev must embark on a crosscontinental road-trip to bring justice once and for all to the man who destroyed both their lives. - Director:
- Atom Egoyan
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith
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"Wheeler" is an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character under prosthetic make up, actor Stephen Dorff successfully infiltrates Music City and takes his character on an authentic singer/songwriter journey. With the help of key allies on the ground, Wheeler converses with real people in real locations, with every musical number performed live. The line between reality and fiction blurs as Wheeler chases his dream in this touching tribute to old school country legends Kris Kristofferson. - Director:
- Ryan Ross
- Cast:
- Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Audrey Spillman
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A former high-powered advertising executive, the now 80-something Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine), insists on micromanaging every aspect of her life - including her own obituary. She hires Anne (Amanda Seyfried) Sherman, a writer at the local paper, to memorialise her. But the past comes back to haunt her when Anne finds that no one - not Harriet's estranged daughter, her ex-husband, her former colleagues, or even her priest - has anything good to say about her. Determined to get her way, Harriet decides to reinvent her image in the time she has left. She embarks on a late-life "to-do" list she believes will cement her legacy in print... - Director:
- Mark Pellington
- Cast:
- Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, AnnJewel Lee Dixon
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When Katie (Nicky Whelan) moves to town to start a new life with her young daughter, after enduring an abuse past, she quickly befriends another mother, Angela (Gina Gershon), and her husband Brian (Nicolas Cage). She is soon welcomed into the couples innermost-sanctum, and is even chosen to become their surrogate mother, for a long-desired child. However, Katie is harbouring a dark secret about her past that may prove to have fatal consequences for Angela, Brian and their child. - Director:
- Jonathan Baker
- Cast:
- Gina Gershon, Nicolas Cage, Faye Dunaway
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After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips (Sam Worthington) spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa (Octavia Spencer). Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever. - Director:
- Stuart Hazeldine
- Cast:
- Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw
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Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana (Gal Gadot), princess of the Amazons, raised on a sheltered island paradise and trained to be an unconquerable warrior. When an American pilot (Chris Pine) crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers...and her true destiny. - Director:
- Patty Jenkins
- Cast:
- Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright
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