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1) Yo
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Winner of Best Film at the Morelia International Film Festival, "Yo" is based on a short story by Nobel laureate J.M.G. Le Clezio. "My name is Yo, I'm 15 years old, or that's what they tell me," explains the protagonist (Raul Silva) early on. A strong young man with limited mental skills, he says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her...
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"The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the stunning rise -- and suddenly uncertain reign -- of the most transformative cultural phenomenon of our time: the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave...
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"The story begins in 1957 in the star-filled skies above California's Mojave Desert. It is a special night for noted astronomer Ted Lewis, who is preparing a special dinner for his beautiful, adoring wife Lana to celebrate their wedding anniversary. In another part of town, Tammy, a waitress at small local diner with big plans for the future, looks out her window and is excited to see a shooting star, which she takes as a good sign for her dreams....
6) Dark city
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When John Murdoch awakens in a strange hotel room, he finds he is wanted for a series of murders, but he cannot remember a thing. Pursued by the police and haunted by The Strangers, mysterious beings who possess the ability to stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the riddle of his identity.
10) Bet your life
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A gambling addict agrees to a wager where he win will $2.4 million if he can stay alive for twenty-four hours.
11) Franklyn
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A single event prompts the collision of the lives of a masked detective, a self-destructive art student, a desperate father, and a lovelorn romantic in the parallel worlds of London and the futuristic, dystopic Meanwhile City.
12) Logan's run
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In the year 2274, everyone lives a wonderful life until they're 30 years old-- then they're executed.
13) The terminator
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The "Terminator" (part man, part machine) is sent to present day Earth from the future on a deadly mission. His task is to kill a young woman whose life will have great significance in the decades to come. This mechanical monster from the future leaves behind him an unspeakable path of destruction which nothing can stop.
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Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who's living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she'd lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman's adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless...
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"The year is 2065 A.D. The earth is infested with alien spirits and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a dream and guided by a mentor, Dr. Sid, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to destroy the alien presence and pure enough to protect the planet." -- case-slip.
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In the year 2707, war rages between Earth's four giant corporations as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. Amid heavy combat, an errant shell shatters an ancient buried seal, releasing a horrific mutant army from its eternal prison deep within the Earth to fulfill the ages-old prophesy and save mankind.
17) Solaris
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From a futuristic orbiting space station come reports of strange behavior and unexplained hallucinations from the cosmonauts who inhabit it.
19) Alien
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When the crew of the space-tug Nostromo responds to a distress signal from a barren planet, they discover a mysterious life form that breeds within human hosts. The acid-blooded extraterrestrial proves to be the ultimate adversary as crew members battle to stay alive and prevent the deadly creature from reaching Earth..
20) Jurassic Park
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A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
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