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Leave the World Behind
Dir Sam Esmail Written by Sam Esmail, Rumaan Alam Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke,Myhal’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Kevin Bacon. Middle aged married couple Amanda and Clay (Roberts and Hawke) take a spur of the minute holiday to a remote B&B with their teen kids Rose and Archie (Mackenzie and Evans). As they get…
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Insomnia (2002)
Dir Christopher Nolan Writers Hillary Seitz, Nikolaj Frobenius, Erik Skjoldjaeg Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donavan, Maura Tierney, Paul Dooley, Nicky Katt. A seasoned LA Detective Will Dormer (Pacino), along with his partner (Donavan) are called to assist a rural Alaskan town of Nightmute, after one of the young teen girls has been…
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Changing Lanes (2002)
Director Roger Mitchell Written by Chap Taylor & Michael Tolkin Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Amanda Peet, Sydney Pollack, Dylan Baker, Matt Molloy, Tina Sloan, Bruce Altman, Joe Grifasi. Gavin (Affleck) is an eager young lawyer whose firm is in the last steps of taking over a charity organisation…
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Derailed (2005)
Directed by Mikael HåfströmWritten by Stuart Beattie, James Siegel (novel) Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassell, Melissa George, RZA, Giancarlo Esposito, Xzibit, David Morrissey, Dennis O’Hare, Tom Conti, Addison Timlin. Two separately married people Charles (Owen) and Lucinda (Aniston) meet by happenstance on a train, they soon form a friendship – as they both appear…
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2 Days in the Valley
Directed and Written by John Herzfeld Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne Headly, Marsha Mason, Paul Mazursky, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Charlize Theron, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Peter Horton, Austin Pendleton. Set over two tumultuous days in The Valley in LA, Becky (Hatcher) awakens to find that her ex husband (Horton) has…
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The Gift (2000)
Director Sam RaimiWritten by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson Cate Blanchett, Gary Cole, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Giovani Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Rosemary Harris, JK Simmons, Chelcie Ross. In Deep South Georgia, widowed fortune teller, and clairvoyant Annie (Blanchett) has a multitude of clients; like the troubled Buddy (Ribisi),…
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Se7en
Director David FincherWritten By Andew Kevin Walker Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R Lee Ermey, Mark Boone Junior, John C McGinley, Michael Masse, Leland Orser, Richard Portnow, Richard Roundtree, Richard Schiff. This film is quintessentially one of the best, if not THE best thrillers ever made. Even quarter of a century later, it is…
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Reindeer Games (2000)
Director: John FrankenheimerWritten by Ehren Kruger Ben Affleck, Gary Sinese, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farino, James Frain, Isaac Hayes, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Clarence Williams II. Rudy (Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (Frain) are in the last few days of his jail stint. Rudy is heading home to his parents; Nick is heading to his beautiful pen…
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Identity (2003)
Identity (2003) 90m Director James MangoldWritten by Michael Cooney John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Jake Busey, Clea DuVall, John Hawkes, John C McGinley, Alfred Molina, , William Lee Scott, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Rebecca DeMornay, Carmen Argenziano, Leila Kenzel, Holmes Osborne, Bret Loehr. On a stormy night a serial killer (Vince) is having a final…
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