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Ken Russell directs this biographical drama starring Rudolf Nureyev as Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino. The film begins at the 31-year-old actor's funeral in 1926 in New York and, using flashbacks, backtracks to his glory days when the former ballroom dancer used his good looks and charm to mould a successful silent movie career and become one of the first male screen idols in Hollywood.
Robert Zemeckis directs and co-writes this biopic about French high-wire artist Philippe Petit. On the morning of 7th August 1974, Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) began a walk 1,350 feet above the ground between the Twin Towers in New York City. Using just a balancing pole to keep him upright, Petit attempted to make a journey that no man had ever made before, with hundreds of onlookers gazing up from below. The cast also includes Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon and James Badge Dale.
Action thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a former hitman who must return to the criminal world he left behind in order to seek revenge. After John Wick refuses to sell his car to Russian gang leader Iosef, the gang members break into his home and kill his dog, a gift left to him by his deceased wife Helen. It turns out that Iosef is the son of Wick's ex-boss Viggo Tarasov, head of the Russian mafia in New York. As John attempts to track down and kill Iosef he encounters assassin Ms. Perkins, who is working for Viggo, and eventually faces his former boss in an ultimate showdown.
Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas star in this sci-fi action movie following the Marvel Comics superhero. Decades earlier scientist Hank Pym (Douglas) invented a special suit that would allow him to transform to the size of an ant and give him super strength. The ageing hero approaches petty thief Scott Lang (Rudd) and, with the help of his daughter Hope Van Dyne (Lilly), Hank trains him to become the new Ant-Man. After Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) takes over his former mentor Pym's business he produces a similar suit to be worn by the military as well as a more powerful suit for himself, transforming him into Yellowjacket. This results in chaos and it's up to Ant-Man to use both his thieving skills and his newfound abilities to save the day.
F.W. Murnau's silent vampire classic. Count Orlok (Max Schreck) decides to move from his ruined castle to the city of Wisborg and hires real estate agent Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to make the arrangements for him. But Orlok is also the vampire Nosferatu and when he takes a shine to Hutter's young wife Ellen (Greta Schröder), it seems that the worst is indeed possible.
Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway star in this western depicting the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Doc Holliday (Keach) travels with Kate Elder (Dunaway), whose services he won in a poker game, to the town of Tombstone in Cochise County to visit his old friend Wyatt Earp (Harris Yulin). Upon arrival, they find the election campaign in full swing with Sheriff Wyatt standing as a candidate. But the powerful gang of cowboys in the Clanton family strongly object to his bid and the two warring factions decide to meet at the O.K. Corral to settle their differences in a shoot-out to the death.
With Sean Connery returning to the role after sitting out one instalment, James Bond is ready for his latest mission. And what does M want of him this time? To infiltrate a worldwide diamond smuggling operation. The action - which moves between Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the desert - sees Bond encounter Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood), steal a moon buggy, get beaten up by a couple of female karate experts known as Bambi and Thumper, before finally bringing him face-to-face with a Howard Hughes-type recluse who is intent on nuclear blackmail and world domination.
Pierce Brosnan's third outing as Bond sees him come up against another dangerous nemesis - Renard (Robert Carlyle), a power-crazed terrorist intent on taking control of the world's oil supplies. Bond has his work cut out defeating Renard, as the villain has a bullet lodged in his brain which renders him immune to any pain. As his mission grows more perilous Bond also encounters sultry oil heiress Elektra (Sophie Marceau), and nuclear scientist Christmas Jones (Denise Richards).
Sean Connery returns as Secret Service agent James Bond in the second of the series, once again saving the world from the terrorist threats of the SPECTRE organisation. Bond is sent to Istanbul to steal a Russian coding machine, but comes up against two fearsome opponents also interested in the device: East German spy Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), who hides a deadly switchblade in her shoe; and Red Grant (Robert Shaw), an assassin posing as a fellow British agent.
Maisie Williams and Florence Pugh star in this British drama written and directed by Carol Morley. Lydia and Abbie (Williams and Pugh) are best friends at their all-girls boarding school but they are very different people; Lydia is quiet and introverted while Abbie is ambitious and popular. After Abbie jeopardises her friendship with Lydia by sleeping with her brother, a fainting epidemic breaks out at the school and people are left wondering whether the mysterious Lydia could be the key...
Liam Neeson, Ed Harris and Joel Kinnaman star in this action drama from director Jaume Collet-Serra. Hitman Jimmy Conlon (Neeson) has no choice but to shoot and kill the son of his former boss and friend Sean Maguire (Harris) when his own son Michael (Kinnaman) is targeted by the mob. Now the ruthless Maguire seeks revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, meaning Jimmy must do all he can to protect his son and his family from corrupt police officers and contract killers. Will he succeed? The cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio, Common, Boyd Holbrook and Genesis Rodriguez.
Kevin James returns to work as everyone's favourite mall cop in the sequel to the 2009 comedy. When clumsy, overweight security guard Paul Blart (James) travels to Las Vegas with his daughter Maya (Raini Rodriguez) to attend the annual Security Guard Conference, he inadvertently discovers that a heist is being planned by master criminal Vincent (Neal McDonough). As the security team of the Las Vegas hotels refuse to take the threat seriously, Blart takes it upon himself to find the crooks and catch them in the act, proving to himself and everyone around him that he's still got what it takes to be a good security guard. The cast also includes Eduardo Verastegui, Daniella Alonso and David Henrie.
Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Kate Mara and Michael B. Jordan star in this reimagined story of the team of Marvel's superheroes known as the Fantastic Four. When four young, budding scientists are teleported to an alternate universe by a government project that hopes to learn more about our planet, they awaken realising that their physical forms have changed beyond recognition. Reed Richards (Teller) has gained the ability to stretch his body into unthinkable forms and lengths and is renamed Mister Fantastic, Ben Grimm (Bell) is changed into The Thing with a body of stone giving him indestructible super-strength, Susan Storm (Mara) becomes the Invisible Woman and is able to generate force-fields around herself, and Johnny Storm (Jordan) becomes the Human Torch with the ability to shoot fireballs from his body. Together, they must put their new-found abilities to the test and work as a team to save the Earth from the evil Dr. Doom (Toby Kebbell).
Dziga Vertov's groundbreaking film accompanied by a new, specially-written score by composer Michael Nyman. Vertov's film is widely acknowledged as one of the landmark achievements of early modern cinema; its use of such radical effects as dissolves, split screens, slow motion, superimpositions and freeze frames have made for one of the most enduring representations of early 20th century city life.
In this US remake of his 1997 film 'Funny Games', director Michael Haneke delivers a savage critique on the way violence is portrayed in the media. Arriving at their remote holiday cabin in the Hamptons for a quiet vacation, George (Tim Roth), his wife Ann (Naomi Watts), and their young son Georgie (Devon Gearheart), find themselves subjected to a harrowing ordeal involving mental and physical torture, when two young, psychotic killers come calling.
Cult Jamaican classic starring reggae star Jimmy Cliff as Ivanhoe Martin, a country boy who comes to Kingston to make it big in the music industry. Hampered by payola and music industry corruption, Ivanhoe turns to ganja-dealing to try and make ends meet. Events spiral out of his control and he soon finds himself on the run from the police. The celebrated soundtrack is peppered with reggae classics by the likes of Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The Melodians and Cliff himself who performs, among others, the title track and the timeless 'Many Rivers to Cross'.
Reese Witherspoon stars in this Academy Award-nominated drama based on the true story of Cheryl Strayed, the woman who embarked on a 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in a journey of self-discovery. After the tragic death of her mother and with an impending divorce on the table, Cheryl (Witherspoon) decides to try to find out who she really is and why she insists on abusing her life with men, drugs and bad decisions. Along the way she discovers more about herself than she ever could have imagined. The cast also includes Gaby Hoffmann, Laura Dern and Kevin Rankin.
Adaptation of Vera Brittain's autobiography. In 1913, Brittain (Alicia Vikander) is set to take up a place reading English at Somerville College, Oxford, but with the outbreak of the Great War and the enlisting of her fiancé (Kit Harrington) and brother Edward (Taron Egerton), she instead opts to sacrifice her studies and become a volunteer nurse, working at the Western Front. Here Brittain witnesses the harsh realities of war first hand, undergoing a series of horrific experiences which will have a lasting influence on her life.
Lars von Trier's bold, brilliant and controversial film finally arrives in its fully fleshed-out form – the only version personally approved by the director - with over 80 minutes of unseen footage. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stacy Martin play Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who one night is found beaten up in an alley by a gentle old bachelor. After taking her to his flat he cares for her wounds and asks how she got herself into such a situation; thus Joe begins recounting the dark, lusty and labyrinthine story of her life. Audiences can now experience the definitive and completely uncensored cut of this profoundly moving and viscerally shocking landmark film in two parts. PLEASE BE AWARE: This is a mainstream movie, but with an artistic element, and the scenes depicted are of an extremely graphic nature.
Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in the third instalment of the sci-fi film series based on the novels by Suzanne Collins. In the aftermath of the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss finds herself in the underground District 13, struggling to adjust to her new life and role as the 'Mockingjay' in the rebellion against the Capitol and tyrannical ruler President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Meanwhile, her friend and fellow Games victor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is in the hands of the Capitol, where he is tortured and brainwashed. Katniss soon realises that to save the ones she loves she will have to join the revolt, led by President Coin (Julianne Moore), and become a symbol of hope for the rebels. With help from her friends and allies, including Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Katniss sets out to bring down the Capitol and President Snow once and for all.
Gary Shore directs and Luke Evans stars in this fantasy horror origin story. The film follows Vlad Tepes (Evans) and his struggle to protect his family and his people from the malevolent Ottoman sultan Mehmed (Dominic Cooper), whose ever-expanding empire has put Vlad's homeland in danger of being conquered. Desperate to find a solution, Vlad seeks the help of a mysterious man (Charles Dance) who grants him the powers to defeat his enemy. But do these newly-gained powers come at too high a price?
While holidaying in Barbados, widowed Foreign Office employee Judith (Julie Andrews) begins a romance with handsome Russian military attaché Feodor (Omar Sharif). However, Feodor is in reality the second-in-command of the KGB, and when Judith returns to England she finds herself under suspicion of deliberately liaising with an enemy agent.
Sword-and-sandal action epic directed by Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular hero. After successfully completing the twelve labours set out for him by King Eurystheus as a means of atoning for previous sinful actions, Hercules is now a legendary mercenary in Greece. Using his reputation and strength to his advantage, he is able to overcome the most powerful of enemies. However, when he is asked by the Thracian King (John Hurt) and his daughter to defeat a particularly savage warlord, Hercules finds himself having to endure the most difficult task set for him yet. |
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