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3) Hot fuzz
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Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer. He has an arrest record that is higher than any other officer on the force. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so obvious. They send him to the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford. He is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer Danny Butterman, who is the son of the police chief. Danny is a huge action movie fan...
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when the FBI's John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The behind-the-scenes story of the larger-than-life action stars who ruled '80s and '90s Hollywood-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, and Jean-Claude Van Damme-and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, Rambo, and The Terminator. The Last Action Heroes opens in 1990, at the Cannes film festival, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone finally...
8) Oblivion
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Jack Harper is the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanity's fate in his hands.
9) Arbitrage
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Robert Miller is a New York hedge-fund magnate who appears to have it all: money, power, a loving wife, and a devoted daughter working by his side. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is running on borrowed time, trying to unload his crippled trading company before his frauds are revealed. A deadly error throws Miller's life into a tailspin, raising the suspicions of a detective and threatening the future of his financial empire.
10) Unstoppable
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
Description
Sequences of action and peril, and some language.
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
11) Peter Pan (DVD)
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
Description
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell give three children the ability to fly. When they join him in Neverland, they all band together to lead the Lost Boys in a battle against Captain Hook.
"A dazzling retelling of the J.M. Barrie tale."--San Francisco Chronicle
"A tribute to the power of good storytelling."--Toronto Star
"Sumptuous-looking and engagingly acted."--New York Post
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
Description
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison....
14) Godzilla
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
From visionary new director Gareth Edwards comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.
Del visionario el nuevo director Gareth Eduardo viene una historia poderosa de coraje humano y reconciliación ante fuerzas de naturaleza titánicas, cuando Godzilla imponente se eleva para restaurar el equilibrio como...
15) Casanova
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
Description
Casanova has to begin searching for a wife. He is a womanizer with many conquests and If he cannot show he is living a more respectable life, the Church will throw him out of Venice. He is quickly engaged to Victoria, a woman with a pure reputation. As soon as that is arranged, he meets Francesca, a feminist who hates all he stands for. He pretends to be someone else to get into her good graces, and soon finds out she is engaged to Papprizzio, a man...
16) Holes
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
Description
A group of teenagers are at a detention camp in the desert. The warden has them dig holes in the desert to build character. One of the boys begins to wonder what the real reason is for the digging and giving the warden anything 'special' that they find.
"A faithful and richly satisfying adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel."--Charlotte Observer
"As kids' films go, it's a thoughtful, superior piece of work..."--San Francisco Chronicle
"The acting...
17) Van helsing
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
Description
Legendary monster hunter Van Helsing is summoned to mysterious Transylvania on a mission that will thrust him into a sweeping battle against the forces of darkness!
"A fun, action-packed, highly interesting movie."--Reeltalk Movie Reviews
"Spectacular and fun."--Roger Ebert
"The rare kind of movie where the badness just adds to the fun."--Miami Herald
18) Real steel
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
19) The goonies
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English
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A band of misfit kids searches for buried treasure in a subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of Mama Fratelli and her outlaw brood. The kids befriend Fratelli's hideously deformed (but soft-hearted) son, who comes to their rescue.
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