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Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
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2013.
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Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was...
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[2014]
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Barney and the rest of the team come face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded the team with Barney. Stonebanks became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill, or so he thought. Stonebanks now is making it his mission to end the team, but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of team members, recruiting individuals who are younger,...
7) The revenant
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[2016]
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English
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Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
8) Labor Day
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"From Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno), Labor Day is “a romance to root for”* starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin as two strangers drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story in the unforgettable film that critics are calling “satisfying and deeply touching” Nominated for the Audience Choice Award...
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[2010]
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The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
10) Astro Boy
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2010.
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English
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Set in futuristic Metro City. When a brilliant scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot boy he names Astro Boy. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance. Along his way he experiences betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
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A family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings is set against the backdrop of the turbulent summer of 1968 in Martha's Vineyard, where twenty-two-year-old Whitney Dane begins questioning her goals and sense of independence at the side of a fiercely ambitious, underprivileged man.
12) Edge of madness
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[2003]
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She traveled to the wild country, ready to face every challenge with her new husband. But Annie never expected to fear the man she was meant to love. Was she to blame, or was there something darker and more complex? Journey into the mind of a woman torn by betrayal, and haunted by her own desires.
13) The contractor
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[2007]
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English
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A retired marksman is approached by his old employers to finish a job in London, where a terrorist leader he failed to get before has been captured and is under heavy protection. But when Dial is framed for the lead British investigator's murder, he begins to realize that he has been seriously double-crossed.
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2005.
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Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plan the robbery of a diamond collection with George and Ken. George gets caught by the police during the act, but did he have the diamonds on him at the time? Wanda thinks the best way to find out is to get close to George's lawyer, Archie.
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c2010
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Es la historia de 10 amigos, miembros de un peligroso cartel de la droga, cuya ambicin̤ de poder y dinero los lleva a matarse entre ellos mismos. Lo que se inici ̤como una aventura en la que siendo jv̤enes entraron pensando hacerse millonarios, termin ̤mal para todos. El pacto que sellaron al comenzar, se rompi ̤en mil pedazos presionados por la perspectiva de la muerte o de la cr̀cel. Porque en este negocio, al final siempre se pierde.
Ten...
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2008.
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English
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Jesse James is the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that...
19) The host
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2013.
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English
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When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over humans' bodies and erasing their minds, a young woman risks everything to protect the people she cares about most.
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