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1) The Creator
Pub. Date
2023
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Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war; and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory;...
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Since WWII, Calvin Barr has lived with the secret that he was responsible for the assassination of Adolf Hitler. Now, decades later, the US government has called on him again for a new top-secret mission. Bigfoot has been living deep in the Canadian wilderness and is carrying a deadly plague that is now threatening to spread to the general population. Relying on the same skills that he honed during the war, Calvin must set out to save the free world...
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This 1972 film adaptation of Jack Londons classic story stars Charlton Heston and Raimund Harmstorf as government mail carriers working in the hostile environment of the Yukon during the 19th. Century Klondike gold rush. During this time demand for good sled dogs was high, this is the story of Buck, a domestic pet stolen from a California ranch and sold to work the Skagway to Dawson City route pulling mail and supplies and the effort to adapt to his...
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Sixteen-year-old Gardner Elliot has lived his whole life with a team of scientists on Mars. He's always longed to see Earth to find the father he's never known and to meet a beautiful street-smart girl named Tulsa he's become friends with online. But when his chance finally comes, doctors discover his heart can't withstand the Earth's atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner and Tulsa escape on a cross-country race against time to unravel the...
6) Hypnotic
Pub. Date
2024
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A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a series of strange, reality-bending crimes.
Pub. Date
2023
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Season Three of WALKER picks up right where season two left off in the sobering aftermath of the question: "Where's dad?" Texas Ranger Cordell Walker has his hands tied literally. Taken and held captive by an anarchist group who is determined to break him, Walker must face a painful memory from his past he's never shared with anyone and team up with an unexpected ally, Julia if he wants to get out alive.
11) Dune: part two
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"...[T]he mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee" --Container.
12) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
2019
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This take on the classic legend follows a war-hardened Robin of Loxley, as he joins forces with the world-weary Little John to assemble a group of fearless outlaws that will stage an unforgettable rebellion against the corrupt English monarchy and bring justice to the land.
14) Kill Shot
Pub. Date
2023
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Ex-Navy SEAL Jackson Hardison works in rural Montana as a hunting guide. While accompanying a mysterious new client into the mountains, the duo stumbles upon a gruesome plane crash and $100 million in stolen drug money. They quickly must fight their way out when hunted down by a group of terrorists sent to recover the cash.
15) Gran Turismo
Pub. Date
2023.
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Based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs, a struggling working-class gamer, a failed former racecar driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive. Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. It is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you're fueled from within.
16) Arthur the king
Pub. Date
2024.
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Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. Based on an incredible true story, ARTHUR THE KING follows Light, desperate for one last chance to win, as he convinces a sponsor to back him and a team of athletes for the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Dominican Republic. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance...
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2014.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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When sullen teenager Dylan Barstow is caught joyriding in a stolen car he is sent to his ex-Marine uncle for the summer, but soon they are on the way to Papua New Guinea in search of a World War II fighter plane and Dylan discovers that defiance is not a survival skill when you are lost in a jungle.
18) The Defiant Ones
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p2001
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Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, "The Defiant Ones" broke new ground by delivering its message of racial tolerance through a fast-moving blend of action and suspense. Two convicts, one white and one black, escape from a chain gang still shackled to each other.
Escaping from a Southern work gang, the two men are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by an unbridled hatred towards each other. Relentlessly...
Pub. Date
2023
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It's been a year of calm. Homelander's subdued. Butcher works for the government, supervised by Hugie of all people. But both men itch to turn this peace and quiet into blood and bone. So when The Boys learn of a mysterious Anti-Supe weapon, it sends them crashing into the Seven, starting a war, and chasing the legend of the first superhero: Soldier Boy.
Pub. Date
2013
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Joe believed in right and wrong until... His job outsourced to India. His teaser rate spiked. His wife bailed. But Joe has a plan...to get it all back, and more. Joe returns home, to the last place on planet Earth where real men can be found...Chicago. Joe's uncle Dominic is "connected". Joe wants in...to the mob, or "The Outfit", as it is called in Chicago. And he'll do anything to make it happen.