Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
1) The 12th man
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Breathtaking action adventure that tells an incredible true life story of heroism and a man's unbreakable will to live.
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"A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive. When David meets Vanessa, the victim's sister, he submits to a reckless passion and underlying sense of redemption before realizing Robert will do unspeakable things to protect their secret." --container....
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Set in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil, the largest Japanese diaspora in the world, the film follows Akemi, an orphan who discovers she is the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Forging an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates; Akemi must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.
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Centuries after the Order of the Dragon cursed him with immortality and murdered his wife, Dracula arrives in Victorian London to wreak his revenge. Posing as an American industrialist who intends to bring modern science to England, Dracula sets out to destroy the sect, only to fall in love with a woman who strongly resembles his dead wife, an obsession that threatens to thwart all his plans.
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Obsessed with gene regeneration, and fascinated by the phenomenon of the waking dream, Dr. Reese explores the psyche of Gabriel Howarth, a young man whose life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality. When Gabriel's dreams mirror political assassinations, he must race against the clock to not only save himself and his wife Brinn, but stop an experimental government program.
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"When an Andy Warhol painting suddenly surfaces, it triggers a chain reaction of danger-filled events for a colorful group of characters including: a forger turned art dealer; a mobster and painter with a penchant for scorpions; a seductive museum conservator; and a stuntman and wannabe ninja...the race for the painting comes to an explosive conclusion."--container.
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Presents the latter years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40 year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547). Although he has been in power for many years and should be comfortable with his status and position, Henry's life and times remain as turbulent, controversial and dramatic as ever-- as witnessed by wives 5 and 6.
11) 97 minutes
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A hijacked 767 has 97 minutes of fuel left before it crashes, potentially killing thousands. Government agents monitoring the threat must determine whether they can trust an undercover agent to avert the crash and save the innocents on board.
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Depicts Elvis from '50s teen outcast to worldwide sensation, through his grim decline to spectacular '68 comback. Experience the triumphs and tragedies, excesses and affairs, madness and music.The life of Elvis Presley, one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived, from his humble beginnings to his meteoric rise to fame. Uses master recordings of Elvis' biggest hits.
13) Albert Nobbs
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A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
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Set in the 1930's in war-torn China and inspired by true events, George Hogg is a young Englishman who leads sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. During his journey, George learns to rely on the support of Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love...
15) August Rush
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A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
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Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion, and much more.
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Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl, but she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
18) Damascus cover
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Israeli spy, Ari Ben-Zion, haunted by the death of his son, is recalled to Jerusalem after a failed attempt to bring a mole back to Israel alive. Unsure how many of its operatives have been exposed, the Mossad assigns Ari to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist out of Syria. While in Damascus, Ari's loneliness is relieved by Kim, a young American photographer. Within days of his arrival, his mission goes wrong, and to survive, Ari reaches out to a...
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In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom is qualified to rule the monarchy.
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Criterion collection volume 514
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In 1862, during the Kansas-Missouri border war, Jake and Jack Bull join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack's father is killed by marauding members of the abolitionist Jayhawkers. They are aided by unusual ally, Holt, who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave.