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1) Raging Bull
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Robert De Niro teams up with director Martin Scorsese to create one of cinema's eternal masterpieces. Nominated for eight Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director, this contemporary classic is "ambitious, violent, poetic and lyrical" (The New York Times). De Niro turns in a powerful, Best Actor Oscar®-winning performance as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both...
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In rural Gaotai county, two lonely, middle-aged outcasts are pushed into an arranged marriage by their families. Ma (Wu Renlin) is a humble farmer with little to offer his timid and sickly wife, Cao (Hai Qing), except for a small abandoned house on a barren patch of land. From just a few seeds, their newly planted crops take root and flourish; and similarly, an unexpected bond between the two starts to blossom. As seasons pass their dedication to...
3) Ferrari
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During the summer of 1957, bankruptcy looms over the company that Enzo Ferrari and his wife built 10 years earlier. He decides to roll the dice and wager it all on the iconic Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy. Includes French SDH.
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After Gavin, Izzy and Dr. Nathan embarked on a final rescue effort in La Brea's Season 1 finale, what's next for the group? In a world where a massive sinkhole has already opened up in the middle of Los Angeles, leading to an unexplained primeval land expect more perilous journeys as the situation escalates.
6) Memento
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Three-time Oscar nominee Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception) directs this critically acclaimed mystery. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago,...
7) The Congress
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An aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent, her alias will be controlled by the studio and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so her digitized character will stay forever young.
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Celebrate 100 magical years of Disney with this collectible compilation of animated shorts! Join Mickey and his friends in these ten hilarious, madcap adventures which have entertained generations of children and adults alike. Highlights include The Band Concert, where Maestro Mickey and his friends face wild challenges while performing outdoors. Then see what happens when Goofy is in the driver's seat pulling Mickey's Trailer. In Pluto's Sweater,...
10) The Black Dahlia
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In 1947 two cops investigate the shocking and gruesome murder of an aspiring young starlet. With a corpse so mutilated that photos are kept from the public, the case becomes an obsession for the men as their lives begin to unravel.
11) The Aviator
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An epic biopic depicting the early years in the career of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes, from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
12) The staircase
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Inspired by a true story, The Staircase follows writer and war veteran Michael Peterson after the suspicious death of his wife Kathleen. On December 9, 2001, Michael makes a frantic 911 call reporting Kathleen has fallen down the stairs of their Durham, NC home. But when the district attorney brings murder charges, members of Michael's blended family must choose whose side they're on and which version of events to believe. As the case becomes engulfed...
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Ray Donovan has seen it all, handled it all, and buried every shady little secret the rich and powerful could throw at him. As a preeminent fixer to the stars, Ray is the kind of hero who gets his hands dirty; but every hero has his weak spot. Ray has the Donovans. If he's going to outrun his family's past and save them from themselves, Ray will have to confront the deep-rooted scars that made him what he is today: the guy who will never, ever back...
14) Blood Simple
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A man hires a private investigator to kill his wife, who he thinks is cheating on him, and her lover, but the investigator has a plan of his own. A bad situation suddenly gets worse.
15) The Cotton Club
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Francis Ford Coppola's lavish, 1930s-era epic comes to a vivid new life in this newly remastered and restored version featuring never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences. The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people who visited the club, those who ran it and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous. Alternatly released as The Cotton Club Encore.
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Follow the footpath for fun! Come along with Little Hakka the child who, with the help of her sister Amei uses magic and her "Hakka Hat" to battle evil forces intent on destroying nature. Be transported into a world where anything is possible in this beautifully animated adventure for children focused on natural cognition, family care, looking out for one another, and personal growth. Take flight with Little Hakka: The Legend Of Bigfoot.
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