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In 1992, Cameron Todd Willingham (Jack O’Connell), a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak, was convicted of arson-related triple homicide and put on death row. TRIAL BY FIRE is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond that formed between Willingham and Elizabeth Gilbert (Laura Dern), a Houston mother of two, who battled against the state for 12 years to try and save Willingham by exposing suppressed evidence and illogical...
2) Boomerang
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International icon Alain Delon delivers a fine dramatic performance in BOOMERANG (Comme un boomerang), a compelling father-and-son story from the famed crime-novelist/filmmaker José Giovanni (Birds of Prey). While under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques (Delon), pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman’s widow…until the press reveals that Jacques...
3) Escobank
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This film is dubbed.A notorious group of criminals, each with a haunting past, find themselves in desperate need of cash for their own reasons.
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Examine differences between two of the most important types of money management companies or designated traders - mutual funds and hedge funds - and contrast the trading strategies they pursue. Learn why index funds are a good investment option, and about the trading technique called a short sale. Then consider whether hedge funds have the power to trigger a financial crisis.
6) Saving Grace
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A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind.
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Is it right to do whatever it takes to save a child's life? Cameron Diaz stars as a mother whose daughter is diagnosed with a fatal form of leukemia. In a desperate bid to save the life of her first daughter (Abigail Breslin), she bears another daughter--specially conceived and implanted to be an ideal donor for her older sister. Now, 11 years later, that second child has undergone countless invasive procedures, blood donations, bone marrow donations--and...
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Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen (Rush) suffers a near-fatal stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed and confined to a retirement home. Resistant to the staff and distant from his friendly roommate, Mortensen soon clashes with seemingly gentle resident Dave Crealy (Lithgow) who secretly terrorizes the home with a sadistic game called “The Rule of Jenny Pen” while wielding his dementia doll as an instrument of cruelty. What begins as childish torment...
9) House of Ka
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After her father contracts a supernatural illness, a young aristocrat named Margaret Trelawny and a gentleman lawyer unravel an increasingly twisted mystery to save her father’s life, revealing dark family secrets and an ancient curse.
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Legendary producer Alexander Korda’s marvel THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, inspired by “The Arabian Nights,” is one of the most spectacular fantasy films ever made, an eye-popping effects pioneer brimming with imagination and technical wizardry. When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess. With its luscious...
11) Safe House
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Trapped in a high-security safe house after a terrorist attack in downtown Los Angeles, six government agents realize they must survive not just the enemy outside, but the potential traitor among them.
13) Great Absence
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When working actor Takashi receives a jarring call from the police, he is forced to reconnect with his estranged father of 20 years, Yohji — an esteemed academic slipping rapidly into dementia. As Takashi attempts to piece together the mystery of Yohji’s missing wife and the fractured life his father now inhabits, their reunion uncovers long-buried tensions and unspoken grief, forcing Takashi to trace the past of his father that he has long refused...
15) Call Me Dad
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Emil and Viktor are best friends and partners in their new catering company, which in itself is a trial. But when Viktor's new girlfriend turns out to be Emil's mother, the friendship is really put to the test.
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Ex-CIA agent Andy Bustamante and Investigative Journalist Paul Beban investigate a flurry of new and disturbing activity as they continue their forward-recon mission to research areas of high strangeness beyond the borders of Skinwalker Ranch. While deploying the Skinwalker team’s roster of experts along with some of their own, the shocking results they obtain are changing the game at Skinwalker Ranch and beyond. It’s no longer a question of whether...
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Who is in charge of monitoring the financial markets? How are the rules of the game enforced? Consider the fundamental reasons that financial institutions require regulation, and learn some of the conflicts that arise between entities charged with this task. Then, see how a cycle of regulation and deregulation began in the 1930s and continued through the financial crisis of 2008 and beyond.
18) Kill the Jockey
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Perpetually inebriated and in hock to a minor mafioso, once-renowned jockey Remo seems to have a death wish. After a thoroughbred throws him from the saddle during the big race that would clear him of his debts, Remo is hospitalized. Adopting a new identity, he manages to escape to the streets of Buenos Aires while being hunted by the mob in this wild and surreal crime comedy.
20) Motherhood
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In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.