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Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but has also made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy who seems to predict their every move. An enemy only Cobb could have seen coming. - Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page
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Victorian London is gripped with fear as a serial killer - dubbed The Limehouse Golem - is on the loose and leaving cryptic messages written in his victims' blood. With few leads and increasing public pressure, Scotland Yard assigns the case to Inspector Kildare (Bill Nighy) - a seasoned detective with a troubled past and a sneaking suspicion he's being set up to fail. Faced with a list of suspects, including music hall star Dan Leno (Douglas Booth), Kildare must discover which one is the killer before the Golem strikes again. - Director:
- Juan Carlos Medina
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- Douglas Booth, Olivia Cooke, Sam Reid
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When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined. - Director:
- Jordan Peele
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- Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
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Los Angeles Detective Mark Corley (Frank Grillo) thought bailing out his eighteen-year-old son, Trent (Jonny Weston), was the worst part of his day. But on the ride home, the skies above fill with a strange blue light. Within moments, the entire city's population is vacuumed up into a massive alien ship including his son. In the aftermath, the resilient Mark and a few survivors encounter a highly skilled resistance force in South East Asia, led by the deadly Sua (Iko Uwais). In a race against time, these warriors from different sides of the world must unite to save their families and take back the planet. - Director:
- Liam O'Donnell
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- Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, Jonny Weston
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Unhappy Birthday (2011)Amen Island
Handsome Rick treats girlfriend Sadie to a birthday surprise with a difference by taking her to the secluded island of Amen to meet a mysterious woman who he believes to be her long lost sister - the enigmatic Corinne. Along for the ride is Jonny, Rick's best friend and, unbeknownst to Sadie, part-time lover. Upon arriving at the island, the locals treat the trio with suspicion, and before long the tide has closed off their only escape route. With Sadie and sister Corinne behaving in increasingly bizarre ways, and hooded strangers closing in at every turn, Rick and Jonny make a last ditch attempt to escape - Director:
- Mark Harriott
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- David Paisley, Christina De Vallee, Jill Riddiford
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Ex_Machina (2014)Ex Machina
In the mountain retreat of a gifted internet billionaire, a young man takes partin a strange experiment: testing an artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl. But the experiment twists into a dark psychological battle - a love triangle, where loyalties are torn between man and machine. - Director:
- Alex Garland
- Cast:
- Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
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While trying to develop a serum to cure the world's ills, Dr. Edward Kanopolus (David H. Hickey) comes under increasing pressure from his funder, a major pharmaceutical company. With time running out before his funds are withdrawn, Kanopolus cuts corners, and in the process unleashes a mutant monster that breaks free from the lab and embarks on a bloody killing spree. - Director:
- Steve Franke
- Cast:
- Derek Phillips, Dennis O'Neill, Liz Franke
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For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger), is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely similar killings, Bernier launches an investigation that forces him to confront unimaginable evil and the terrifying knowledge that there is a fate worse than death. - Director:
- Brian Helgeland
- Cast:
- Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Shannyn Sossamon
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Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who - after being separated by loss - discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. An unforgettable meditation on love and grief, 'A Ghost Story' emerges ecstatic and surreal - a wholly unique experience that lingers long after the credits roll. - Director:
- David Lowery
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- Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr.
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Mystery hangs over the Rill Ski Resort in Colorado after a young skier is found dead by an animal. But no ordinary animal. The Town Sheriff (Clint Walker) and Naturalists believe it could be a Yeti - the creature that was seen for years in the Colorado Rockies and North Western America. After many other skiers are found dead, Tony RilI (Robert Logan) a good hunter sees a white creature disappearing into the woods. Worried he informs his Grandmother (Silyva Sydney), the ski resort supervlsor, but in order to keep her business she keeps the Resort open and says creatures are legends. After more attacks 2 ski champions (Bo Svenson and Yvette Minieux) go into pursuit to stop the beast. - Director:
- Herb Wallerstein
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- Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan
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Kath (Beryl Reid) is a bored, middle aged woman living in the suburbs with her aging father Kemp (Alan Webb). One day she encounters the handsome and sexy Sloane (Peter McEnery) languidly sunbathing on a tombstone in the cemetery near her home. Instantly attracted to him, she invites him to become a lodger in her home, resulting in a tangled web of manipulation, jealousy and tragedy... - Director:
- Douglas Hickox
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- Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery
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The Sign of Four (1983)Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
A young woman desperate for help enlists the aid of Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) and his assistant Watson (David Healy). Drawn in by her intriguing tale the game is afoot and they begin to delve deeper into the case of a missing army captain in India, secret pacts and a king's ransom in stolen jewels, all the while shadowed by a mysterious peg-legged man and his dangerous associate. - Director:
- Desmond Davis
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- Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
For generations the Baskerville family believes they have been cursed by a diabolical killer hound that prowls the fog-drenched moors of their estate. When Sir Henry Baskerville (Martin Shaw) is found dead the great detective Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) embarks on his most famous case and will need all his skills of deduction to unravel this haunting mystery and the legend of the hound. - Director:
- Douglas Hickox
- Cast:
- Ian Richardson, Kerry Shale, Donald Churchill
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2001: A Space Travesty (2000)2000.1: A Space Travesty
When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon bass called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone, the US Marshall Service immediately send in their "best" man, Dix, on the mission. Dix travels to Vegan to rescue the President but is quickly duped and ends up returning to Earth where he installs the clone-President and removes the real one. The bumbling Dix must find a way to restore the real president before aliens takeover the Earth, and restore in himself a belief in truth justice and the American way. - Director:
- Allan A. Goldstein
- Cast:
- Leslie Nielsen, Marc Hervieux, Perry Canestrari
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The Survivor (1981)James Herbert's the Survivor
A 747 Jetliner takes off from an international airport and within minutes it is inexplicably threatening the lives of thousands as it plummets to the ground. The pilot, Keller (Robert Powell), manages to avoid total catastrophe by bringing the aircraft down in a field but even so, the resulting fire from a ruptured fuel tank ensures that from the plane, at least, there are no survivors. Except one: the pilot himself. Totured with guilt and unable to explain the reason for the disaster Keller sets upon a course of discovery, desperately seeking to overcome the temporary loss of memory that he has sustained. Hobbs (Jennt Agutter), a young woman who tries to help Keller to unravel the mysteries of both his flight and the local events. But tragedy compounds upon tragedy as it seems that the dead passengers will not release their grip on Keller, nor on anyone who stands in the path of his investigations. In a final confrontation with both his dead passengers and the responsiblity for the crash the truth is revealed. The collective personality of the dead can rest in peace. And so can Keller.... - Director:
- David Hemmings
- Cast:
- Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten
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