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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Clint Eastwood directs this drama based on the autobiography of Chelsey Sullenberger. Tom Hanks stars as pilot Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as his co-pilot Jeff Skiles, who were at the helm of Flight 1549 in 2009 when, shortly after take-off, the plane hit a large flock of birds which disabled both engines. In the face of immediate danger, Sully took the decision to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River and successfully managed...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
James Gray writes and directs this action adventure adapted from the book by David Grann. Charlie Hunnam stars as British Colonel Percy Fawcett, an explorer who ventures deep into the Amazon jungle in search of a lost city thought to be the home of an ancient civilization. Accompanied by his close friend and fellow army officer Henry Costin (Robert Pattinson), Fawcett leaves behind his wife Nina (Sienna Miller) and embarks on an ambitious expedition...
84) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Ent
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Christopher Nolan writes and directs this war drama that tells the story of the Dunkirk evacuation during the Second World War. In May 1940, in the early days of the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk after being pushed back by the German army during the Battle of France, prompting a massive rescue operation to evacuate them. As the evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, gets underway,...
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Olivia Cooke and Bill Nighy star in this British horror directed by Juan Carlos Medina. Adapted from Peter Ackroyd's novel, the film follows Inspector John Kildare (Nighy) as he investigates a series of brutal murders in Victorian East London. When the husband of famous music hall singer Elizabeth (Cooke) turns up dead, Kildare takes her in for questioning. However, suspecting that Elizabeth's husband was in fact the serial killer he had been hunting...
87) Inferno
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Ent
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mystery thriller directed by Ron Howard and based on the novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role as professor of religious iconography Robert Langdon. After waking up in a hospital bed in Florence, with no memory of the events that brought him there, Langdon suddenly finds he is being pursued and his life is in danger. He must use his knowledge and skills to solve the mystery of a criminal plot connected to Dante's 'Inferno' with the help...
92) Patriots day
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon star in this drama based on the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. With the streets of central Boston lined with people supporting the runners as they complete the final stages of the race, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Themo Melikidze and Alex Wolff) set off two powerful home-made bombs next to the finishing line. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Wahlberg)...
Publisher
EiV
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Ewan McGregor directs and stars in this drama based on the novel by Philip Roth. The film charts the life of Jewish American businessman, and former standout athlete, Seymour 'Swede' Levov (McGregor) whose life begins to unravel during the social and political upheaval of the 1960s. Born and raised in Weequahic, the Jewish neighbourhood of Newark, New Jersey, Swede achieved celebrity status in his local community due to his sports star status, his...
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg and Kate Hudson star in this action drama based on real events. When a technical failure causes Gulf of Mexico drilling rig Deepwater Horizon to experience a sudden, devastating blow out, electrician Mike Williams (Wahlberg) and the rest of the crew face a desperate fight to survive. As burning oil causes fires to spread throughout the deck, Williams risks his life to help his fellow crew as they battle through the wreckage in a valiant...
99) Faust
Publisher
Artificial Eye
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Deutsch
Description
Aleksandr Sokurov directs this German-language adaptation of the classic tale about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. The story, woven into the fabric of Western culture thanks to the influential theatrical adaptations by playwrights Christopher Marlowe and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, follows a scientist, Faust (Johannes Zeiler), in search of knowledge. However, while in Goethe's version Faust is in search of the secrets of the universe, Sokurov's...
100) Stalingrad
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set in 1943 when the Nazi Germans lost 350 000 soldiers while the Russians lost three-quarters of a million defending their city, this film follows a platoon of likeable German soldiers as they fight for every inch of the way, losing their humanity along the way. The film alternates between big battle scenes and deft characterisation as it constructs a damning indictment of war.
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