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The Bricklayer

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The Bricklayer (2023)

R 110 min - Action, Thriller - 14 December 2023
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Someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.

Director:  Renny Harlin
Writers:  Pete Travis, Hanna Weg
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Angel Has Fallen

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Angel Has Fallen (2019)

R 122 min - Action, Thriller - 21 August 2019
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After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

Director:  Ric Roman Waugh
Writers:  Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook, Ric Roman Waugh
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The Thin Red Line

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The Thin Red Line (1998)

R 171 min - Drama, History, War - 25 December 1998
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The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

Director:  Terrence Malick
Writers:  Terrence Malick
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Syriana

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Syriana (2005)

R 128 min - Drama, Thriller - 23 November 2005
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The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.

Director:  Stephen Gaghan
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Meet the Fockers

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Meet the Fockers (2004)

PG-13 115 min - Comedy, Romance - 22 December 2004
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Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

Director:  Jay Roach
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Just Mercy

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Just Mercy (2019)

PG-13 136 min - Drama, Crime - 25 December 2019
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The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

Director:  Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers:  Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham
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Heavyweights

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Heavyweights (1995)

PG 100 min - Comedy, Family, Drama - 17 February 1995
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Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.

Director:  Steven Brill
Writers:  Judd Apatow, Steven Brill
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The Homesman

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The Homesman (2014)

R 122 min - Western, Drama - 18 May 2014
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When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.

Director:  Tommy Lee Jones
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 106 min - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 21 December 2000
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In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.

Director:  Joel Coen
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Lincoln

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Lincoln (2012)

PG-13 149 min - Drama, War - 16 November 2012
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A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Director:  Steven Spielberg
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