Pitt brad
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The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's that follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Bonus features included.
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The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley,...
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The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his...
4) World War Z
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Gary Lane travels the globe in an effort to eliminate the zombie pandemic that is endangering the existence of humanity.
6) Allied
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The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
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"Loretta Sage's novels are filled with ancient tombs and daring adventures, but that doesn't mean she's prepared for them in real life. When she is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who wants her to locate a legendary lost city, Loretta's handsome cover model, Alan, sets off on a heroic but hapless rescue mission. Thrust into...the jungle, the unlikely pair must work together to survive the elements--and each other--to find the city's fabled...
8) Babylon
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"A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood." --container
9) By the sea
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A married couple takes a vacation in France in the 1970s and find that their time in a sleepy seaside town, complete with a unique array of locals, strengthens their bond and reaffirms their marriage.
11) Ad astra
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"When a mysterious life-threatening event strikes Earth, astronaut Roy McBride goes on a dangerous mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the turth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe." --container
13) Fury
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April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
15) The counselor
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A lawyer makes a risky entrance into the drug trade, and gambles that the consequences won't catch up with him.
16) The counselor
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A lawyer makes a risky entrance into the drug trade, and gambles that the consequences won't catch up with him.
17) Bullet train
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This movie depicts "Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe--all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives--on the world's fastest train...and he's got to fighure out how to get off." --container
18) Sleepers
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"The judicial system is supposed to protect them. But when a youthful prank in New York's Hell's Kitchen spings out of control, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for Boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. Now, 15 years late, they have an unexpected opportunity to use that system--for revenge. Friendship. Loyalty. Retribution. The powerful themes and startling events of the...
19) Ocean's twelve
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Danny Ocean's gang is reunited for a heist to repay their debt to Terry Benedict. After a combination of several schemes to obtain the first stock certificate ever issues, they discover that another thief, 'Night Fox,' has already made off with it. Elsewhere, the Night Fox investigation brings in Isabel, a Europol detective who knows Rusty well enough to get his perspective on the case. Isabel warns the Ocean gang about the long-con' skills of both...
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Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances (including POW camp), he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the Dalai Lama.