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The Prophecy (1995)Soldados de Dios
Angels come to Earth to find a human soul that can end the war in heaven. When Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) falls victim to confusing and horrific dreams, he abandons the church at his ordination into the priesthood. Years later as a homicide detective assigned to a grisly murder case, he discovers a series of clues with dark religious overtones. Then begins a race against time to prevent the dead man's evil soul from falling into the hands of Gabriel (Christopher Walken) who seeks to take control of Heaven from God and destroy humanity itself. - Director:
- Gregory Widen
- Cast:
- Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Viggo Mortensen
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Sue Ann (Oscar winner Octavia Spencer) is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. When she is asked by a teenager to buy some booze for her group of friends, Sue Ann offers the basement of her home for the kids to hang out and party. But there are some house rules: Someone has to stay sober. Don't curse. Never go upstairs. And call her "Ma". As her hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorising nightmare, and Ma's place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth. - Director:
- Tate Taylor
- Cast:
- Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis
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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind 'The Lego Movie' and '21 Jump Street', bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that's the first of its kind. 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales (voice of Shameik Moore), and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask. - Director:
- Bob Persichetti
- Cast:
- Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld
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Behind the seemingly perfect Harper household, Greg (Jon Tenney), the lead investigator of a child abduction case, is struggling to come to terms with the recent infidelity of his wife Jackie (Helen Hunt). The already strained family harmony is further threatened when Connor (Judah Lewis), their son, appears to be the victim of a mysterious malevolent presence in their house. As the secrets start to unravel, the plot threads prove to be more interlinked than it would appear at first glance. Packed with audacious plot twists, beautifully orchestrated narrative flips and an outstanding lead performance by Helen Hunt, 'I See You' is an eerie gem, where nothing is as it seems and the terrible truth behind a family's dark secrets might just be hiding in plain sight. - Director:
- Adam Randall
- Cast:
- Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Judah Lewis
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The year is 2293. Society as we know it has broken down centuries ago with the Earth's population split into three classes: the Brutals, who work the land and are forbidden from reproducing; their overseers, the Executioners; and the highly civilised Eternals, who are protected from the outside world by a force-field. But when an Executioner, Zed (Sean Connery), smuggles himself into their isolated paradise, he risks unbalancing the system and threatening the status quo... - Director:
- John Boorman
- Cast:
- Sean Connery, Reginald Jarman, Charlotte Rampling
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Being a teenage girl in the valley is never easy. Peer pressure, social awkwardness, alienation, boyfriend trouble, ignorant parents and the apocalypse. Yes, the apocalypse. When squabbling teenage sisters Reggie (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Sam (Kelli Maroney) wake up one morning to find the human race has been thrown into extinction, they decide to track down a radio signal and hopefully other survivors. It's a journey fraught with flesh eating zombies, demented scientists and 1980s teenage girls brandishing machine guns. Who the hell said Armageddon couldn't be fun? - Director:
- Thom Eberhardt
- Cast:
- Catherine Mary Stewart, Steve LaBeau, Chris Chesser
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Spaceballs (1987)Planet Moron / Spaceballs: The Video
May the farce be with you in this hilarious space oddity from comic genius Mel Brooks that´ll send you into hyperspace with fits of laughter! Lampooning everything from 'Star Wars' and 'Alien' to 'Star Trek' and 'Planet of the Apes', this uproarious salute to science fiction is a five-star comedy that scores eight trillion on the laughometer! The fearless - and clueless - Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half man/half dog sidekick Barf (John Candy) race against time to free Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the evil clutches of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). Along the way, they confront gooey gangster Pizza the Hutt, sassy robot Dot Matrix and wise little imp Yoghurt (Brooks), who teaches them the mystical power of "the Schwartz" in order to bring peace - and merchandising rights - to the entire galaxy! - Director:
- Mel Brooks
- Cast:
- Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, John Candy
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Small town boy Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) contemplates his future. Haunted by visions of a tragic incident during his childhood, he dreams of a utopia away from parental torment. When he falls for the new boy at work, the mysterious and elusive Wilder (Aliocha Schneider), Oscar's world turns on its head. Forced to confront his inner demons and utmost desires, Oscar catapults into a charged world of fantasia and duress, guided only by the discerning voice of Buffy the talking hamster (Isabella Rossellini). - Director:
- Stephen Dunn
- Cast:
- Aaron Abrams, Leah McPherson, Jack Fulton
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Winchester (2018)The 13th Hour / Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built
On an isolated stretch of land outside of San Francisco sits the world's most haunted house. Seven stories tall with hundreds of rooms, the house has been under construction for decades. But heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren) is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook), or for the troubled doctor (Jason Clarke) she has summoned. She is building it as an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them has a score to settle with the Winchesters... - Director:
- Michael Spierig
- Cast:
- Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O'Prey
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While his girlfriend Annie (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) is out of town, Dave (Nick Thune) decides to build a fort in his living room from cardboard boxes - only to be become trapped in a world that he himself created. It's up to Annie and an oddball group of friends to rescue him, avoiding booby traps, giant human-eating Tiki faces, a bloodthirsty Minotaur and fatally painful puns along the way. - Director:
- Bill Watterson
- Cast:
- Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Adam Busch
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78/52 (2017)78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene
The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene. With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of three minutes, 'Psycho' redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and introduced a new element of danger to the movie-going experience. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans - including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich - director Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking Hitchcock's dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that's nirvana for film buffs. - Director:
- Alexandre O. Philippe
- Cast:
- Elizabeth Allan, Judith Anderson, Desi Arnaz
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Frankie (Harris Dickinson), an aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn, is having a miserable summer. He escapes the bleakness of his home life by causing trouble with his delinquent friends and flirting with older men online. When his chatting and webcamming intensify, he finally starts hooking up with guys at a nearby cruising beach while simultaneously entering into a cautious relationship with a young woman. As Frankie struggles to reconcile his competing desires, his decisions leave him hurtling toward irreparable consequences. - Director:
- Eliza Hittman
- Cast:
- Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge
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The Witch (2015)The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
New England, 1630: William (Ralph Ineson) and Katherine (Kate Dickie) lead a devout Christian life with their five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their new-born son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a family unrevelling within their own fears and anxieties, leaving them prey to an inescapable evil. - Director:
- Robert Eggers
- Cast:
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Wahab Chaudhry, Ralph Ineson
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It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah (Kathleen Pollard), a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time - stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah's terrifying home. - Director:
- André Øvredal
- Cast:
- Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush
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After the death of his young daughter, Tom Dunn is a broken man. When his wife falls pregnant again, he cannot believe their luck. However, his joy is short lived, as on the very same day, the people of Earth become plagued with terrifying visions of the end of the world. When a gigantic, all-consuming alien mothership appears in the sky and launches a ruthless attack on Earth's cities, chaos and destruction follow! Tom must find the strength and wisdom to save his wife and unborn child. However, first he must confront a shocking truth. A truth which threatens the key to the survival of the human race. The ultimate war for Planet Earth is about to begin... - Director:
- Simon Cox
- Cast:
- Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Julie Hoult
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