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Outmanned, outgunned and on a mission to deliver top secret documents that could turn the tide of World War II. A young female officer (Chloe Grace Moretz) must convince a rag-tag regiment to stand by her side and get her to her final destination... With nowhere to run, time slipping away and a sinister stowaway on board, the mission looks all but lost as the oruelty of war becomes reality. Survive at any cost. - Director:
- Roseanne Liang
- Cast:
- Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale
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Mr. Jones (2019)Man Made
Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland brings to the screen the extraordinary and powerful story of the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin's genocidal famine in Ukraine, which killed almost 10 million during The Holodomor of 1932 and 1933. Gareth Jones (James Norton) is an ambitious Welsh journalist, who gained fame after his report on being the first foreign journalist to fly with Hitler. On leaving a government role, Jones decides to travel to Moscow in an attempt to get an interview with Stalin himself. Hearing murmurs of government-induced famine, Jones travels clandestinely to Ukraine, where he witnesses the atrocities of man-made starvation. Deported back to London, Jones publishes an article revealing the horrors he witnessed, but is accused of being a liar by those who have an interest in silencing him. As the death count mounts, Jones has to fight for the truth. - Director:
- Agnieszka Holland
- Cast:
- James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard
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Judy Garland plays Jean Hansen, a compassionate teacher newly employed within a small town school for disabled children. Instantly bonding with an autistic boy called Reuben, Jean believes that a reunion with his absent parents could be fundamental for his development. But the school's authority figures begin to disapprove of her modern methods and her friendship with the alienated, helpless Reuben. With a great cast and superb direction, 'A Child Is Waiting' is a deeply touching drama with a hard-hitting message. - Director:
- John Cassavetes
- Cast:
- Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands
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Turns out the good wife is not afraid to be bad. Tougher in the courtroom. Stronger for her family. And hotter than ever behind closed doors. Season 3 reveals a new side to Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies)... and she likes it. Upping her game at the office, Alicia is pivotal in helping Lockhart / Gardner navigate a year of rough waters. While she and Will (Josh Charles) finally get their romantic timing right, there are consequences for both. She has a new professional adversary in her ex, Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), who aligns with Alicia's rival Cary (Matt Czuchry). Will faces disbarment, Diane ( Christine Baranski) tries to keep the firm afloat and Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) tries to mend her damaged relationship with her best friend. Meanwhile, Eli (Alan Cumming) has joined the firm, clashing with partners, attorneys and Alicia as only he can. - Director:
- Brooke Kennedy
- Cast:
- Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi
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The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. - Director:
- Guy Ritchie
- Cast:
- Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery
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Julian (Ryan Gosling) runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for a drugs operation. He has everything he wants for until his brother is murdered, and his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas), the head of a powerful criminal organisation, arrives to collect her son's body. Furious with grief she dispatches Julian to find his killers and 'raise hell'. The stage is set for a bloody journey of betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption. - Director:
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Cast:
- Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm
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Coming-of-age drama starring Agnes Bruckner as a selfless teenager who falls for her best friend's boyfriend. Ever since her mother died, 18-year-old Audrey (Bruckner) has dedicated her life to caring for her grieving father, Henry (John Corbett). Living in the remote New Mexico desert, Audrey passes her time in the company of her best friend, Calista (Garner). In the summer following her high-school graduation, a couple named Mary (Gina Gershon) and Herb (Chris Mulkey) move into her neighbourhood, along with Mookie (Justin Long), their handsome teenage son. Audrey sees the arrival of Mookie as a chance to bring some romance into the life of her friend Calista. But after setting the pair up on a date and getting to know her new neighbour a little better, the young matchmaker soon begins to develop feelings for her friend's new boyfriend. - Director:
- Jason Matzner
- Cast:
- Agnes Bruckner, Kelli Garner, Justin Long
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In 1961, Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly - he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage - how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale. - Director:
- Roger Michell
- Cast:
- Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook
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Spunky, rebellious 13-year-old Becky (Lulu Wilson) is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff (Joel McHale) in an effort to try to reconnect after her mother's death. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Kevin James), suddenly invade the lake house. Becky, not daddy's little girl anymore, decides to take matters into her own hands. - Director:
- Jonathan Milott
- Cast:
- Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale
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Taking place over a single, fateful day in the summer of 1912, the Tyrone family (modelled after O'Neill's own) confront their bitter failings and long-held resentments. Patriarch James (Ralph Richardson) is a renowned stage actor who's never forgotten his squalid Irish childhood, and has forsaken artistic ambition for commercial success. His wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) has developed a morphine addiction, his eldest son Jamie (Jason Robards, Jr. ) is a violent alcoholic and failed actor, and his youngest (and clearly favoured) son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) is a nervous young man in poor health. All of them have something painful to say, and their silence is even worse. - Director:
- Sidney Lumet
- Cast:
- Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards
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Internal Affairs (1990)Sospecha mortal
Dennis Peck knows his way around the law. He can launder money, run a scam, fix a bad rap. He can even, for the right price, arrange a murder. "Trust me" he says, "I'm a cop". Richard Gere is Peck and Andy Garcia is Raymond Avila, the investigator determined to bring Peck to justice in this supercharged police thriller. Peck isn't going down without a fight. The slick, cold-blooded manipulator intends to take Avila's career, his marriage and even his sanity with him in 'Internal Affairs'. - Director:
- Mike Figgis
- Cast:
- Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf
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Dazed and Confused (1993)Dazed & Confused
America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, 'Dazed and Confused' eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen. A launching pad for a number of future stars, the first studio effort by Richard Linklater also features endlessly quotable dialogue and a blasting, stadium-ready soundtrack. Sidestepping nostalgia, 'Dazed and Confused' is less about "the best years of our lives" than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting...for something to happen. - Director:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey
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Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the centre of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by the scariest curse of all...love. And so begins a Gothic Romance of twists, turns and power struggles of "pure, delicious pleasure" that is "devilishly funny and luxuriantly sensuous". - Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast:
- Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville
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The sole survivor of a home invasion where she famously witnessed the death of her mother and sisters, Libby Day (Charlize Theron) lives with the knowledge that her testimony as a 7-year-old sentenced her brother, Ben (Corey Stoll), to life in prison for the horrific crime. Twenty-five years later Libby meets Lyle (Nicholas Hoult), the head of a group of true-crime enthusiasts, The Kill Club, who convince her to re-examine the events of that night. As new memories and old suspects flood back into her life, Libby begins to question her own testimony and sets out to discover the truth of her tragic past. Who did murder the Day family...? - Director:
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Cast:
- Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks
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May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo, played by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton, whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago. Cut to modern day, and their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry, played by Natalie Portman, comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film about the scandal. - Director:
- Todd Haynes
- Cast:
- Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton
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