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Catch him if you can. The Fugitive if on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Jones is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of an U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. The non-stop chase has one exhilarating speed: all out. - Director:
- Andrew Davis
- Cast:
- Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Part One
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most. - Director:
- Joaquim Dos Santos
- Cast:
- Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac
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Claire Denis' first English-language feature sees a group of convicts assigned to a difficult space mission with the belief they will be freed if they are successful. The film follows Monte (Robert Pattinson), one of the convicts aboard the mission a few years after its launch as he raises his daughter in complete isolation on the empty spacecraft as it heads towards it's final destination... - Director:
- Claire Denis
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- Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin
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Tommy (1975)Tommy by 'The Who'
If you've ever wanted to hear Jack Nicholson sing or marvel at the sight of Ann-Margret drunkenly cavorting in a cascade of baked beans, Tommy is the movie you've been waiting for. The Who's brilliant rock opera is sublimely matched by director Ken Russell's penchant for cinematic excess during the peak of his filmmaking audacity. It's a fever-dream of musical bombast, revolving around the titular 'deaf, dumb, and blind kid' (Roger Daltrey) who survives the childhood trauma that stole his senses to become a Pinball Wizard. Tommy's odyssey is rendered through wall-to-wall music, from the bloodstream shock of 'The Acid Queen' (Tina Turner) to Elton John's towering rendition of 'Pinball Wizard' and Daltrey's epiphanous rendition of 'I'm Free'. Other star performers include Eric Clapton and (most outrageously) the Who's drummer Keith Moon. Tommy is a classic of creative rock cinema, worthy of the musical and filmmaking genii who fuelled its creation. - Director:
- Ken Russell
- Cast:
- Roger Daltrey, Liza Strike, Gillian McIntosh
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A chatty, worm-like parasite offers the utmost psychedelic experiences to its host if they allow him to latch onto their necks and inject their brains with a bizarre secretion. For Brian this trip is better than his dull life, but in order to maintain the buzz, he must provide this parasite with its favourite food - human brains. - Director:
- Frank Henenlotter
- Cast:
- Rick Hearst, John Zacherle, Gordon MacDonald
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Exiled from their home nations, four strangers from separate corners of the earth agree to undertake a dangerous mission to transport unstable dynamite through the dense jungle of South America in order to earn their passage home. When the slightest bump in the road could equal instant death, the real question is not whether these men will survive this nerve-shredding ordeal but who will they have become if they return at all? - Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
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Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)Michael Kohlhaas
16th century France: Michael Kohlhaas, a horse dealer and loving father, lives a happy and prosperous life in the peaceful countryside. But when a cruel, rapacious baron seizes his livelihood and defiles his family's honour he will take up arms and set out on a mission for vengeance that will send the kingdom up in flames... - Director:
- Arnaud des Pallières
- Cast:
- Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot
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Cruising (1980)William Friedkin's Cruising
New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who is preying on the patrons of the city's underground bars. Captain Edelson (Paul Sorvino) tasks young rookie Steve Burns (Al Pacino) with infiltrating the S&M subculture to try and lure the killer out of the shadows - but as he immerses himself deeper and deeper into the underworld, Steve risks losing his own identity in the process. - Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, James Sutorius, Paul Sorvino
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Just out of college for the summer, a group of friends head to the mountains for a weekend of sun and fun. Their destination - a remote, luxury cabin deep in the forest and miles from the nearest town. They stumble across an abandoned mine and, as a dare, decide to explore the dark and claustrophobic tunnels. But an incomprehensible discovery quickly turns their dream holiday into a living nightmare. Soon they are fighting for their lives as an unstoppable chain of events is set in motion.
The more they try to change their future, the more they seal their fates...- Director:
- Richard Gray
- Cast:
- Briana Evigan, Julianna Guill, Rebecca Da Costa
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Jaded Richard Grindle (Ross Noble) is the sleaziest clown working the children's party circuit. Arriving late to one birthday, his timing is off, the bratty kids a nightmare and a prank goes horribly wrong: he falls on a kitchen knife and goes to that Big Top in the sky. Years later the same nasty kids attend another more grown up bash. Little do they know, thanks to a black magic clown cult, Stitches will be the uninvited guest of honour seeking revenge on those responsible for his untimely death. Gore and frights combine in this twisted tale of one very bad clown. - Director:
- Conor McMahon
- Cast:
- Ross Noble, Tommy Knight, Eoghan McQuinn
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This presentation of the powerful film classic features an additional five minutes of footage cut from the film's original release, plus the original overture and extended soundtrack. Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of the Roman Empire at its glorious height. - Director:
- Stanley Kubrick
- Cast:
- Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
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Eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall - a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that? - Director:
- Samuel Bodin
- Cast:
- Lizzy Caplan, Olivia Sussman, Antony Starr
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Eldorado (2012)Highway to Hell
The evening was going to be a normal Blues Brothers tribute show for Oliver and Stanley Rosenblum, The Jews Brothers till their agent JJ decides to send them to a mythical western town called Eldorado. With cannibals, music and dancing this is not what Oliver and Stanley expected, especially when they find out that they are the main course of the day. YES folks its Mamma Mia for horror fans... In this comedy horror musical with a touch of Rocky Horror and Blazing Saddles thrown in. - Director:
- Richard Driscoll
- Cast:
- Peter O'Toole, Richard Driscoll, Daryl Hannah
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As a wild storm rages over Lord Byron's literary house party, the poet suggests that his famous guests concoct a ghost story. But after deciding a seance would liven up the evening, they soon conjure up their deepest fears and are plunged into a surreal horror. Is it merely the power of their own intense lust and vivid imaginations that is tormenting them or have they, in fact, raised the dead? - Director:
- Ken Russell
- Cast:
- Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson
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The Intruder (2019)Motivated Seller
When a young married couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) buy their dream house in the Napa Valley, they think they have found the perfect home to take their next steps as a family. But when the strangely attached seller (Dennis Quaid) continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale. - Director:
- Deon Taylor
- Cast:
- Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid
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