Sunday 25 December 2016

New Releases on Netflix - In a Valley of Violence


Fleeing his past for a better future in Mexico, Paul and his dog stop along the way in Denton, an all-but abandoned mining outpost now run by hooligans. When Paul clashes with the town marshal's blowhard son, things take a vengeful turn.

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New Releases on Netflix - Kill Command


An elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit squad, decdes into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is oerrun by an enemy that transcend the human concept of evil.

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New Releases on Netflix - Pete's Dragon


In this reboot of the 1977 Disney tale, young orphan Pete flees from his cruel adoptive parents and sets off for a new town with the aid of his best friend: an animated dragon named Elliott.

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New Releases on Netflix - Storks


In this animated avian tale, storks have stopped bringing babies home and started delivering packages for an e-commerce giant instead. But when a stork named Junior creates a baby by mistake, the rush is on to make things right.

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New Releases on Netflix - The BFG


Roald Dahl's spooky children's book is transformed into a family-friendly fantasy centering on young orphan Sophie, who meets a colossus called the Big Friendly Giant -- who's exiled from his peers for refusing to eat boys and girls.

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New Releases on Netflix - A Man Called Ove


Despite being deposed as president of his condo's resident association, 59-year-old misanthrope Ove continues to plague his neighbors with dictatorial demands. But when Ove's new neighbor runs over his mailbox, the old crank finds he's met his match.

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New Releases on Netflix - Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie


Still hanging on grimly to their inebriated lifestyle, Edina and Patsy deliriously demonstrate that their talent for anarchy and outrage hasn't dimmed since their wildly popular BBC sitcom went off the air.

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New Releases on Netflix - No Manches Frida


In this Mexican remake of a German comedy, the plight of a substitute teacher taking over an unruly classroom is made even more difficult when that sub isn't actually a teacher but an ex-con trying to retrieve the loot buried beneath the school.

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New Releases on Netflix - American Honey


Throwing caution to the wind, runaway teen Star joins a crew of traveling magazine sellers and soon embraces their rambunctious lifestyle, which consists of knocking on doors by day and morphing into drunken miscreants by night.

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New Releases on Netflix - Coming Through the Rye


In 1969, 16-year-old Jamie Schwartz finds a beacon of light beyond prep school when he falls in love with the book "The Catcher in the Rye" and its protagonist, Holden Caulfield -- inspiring Jamie to run away to track down its reclusive author.

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New Releases on Netflix - Dog Eat Dog


After trying to fit into life on the outside, a trio of ex-cons soon agrees that what they need is one last score. When a mobster offers them big bucks to kidnap a baby whose father owes him millions, the pals are just dumb enough to accept.

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New Releases on Netflix - Sully


Viewers around the world were astonished in 2009 when airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely landed an Airbus 320 on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled. This fact-based drama illuminates Sullenberger's life and heroic achievement.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Dressmaker


Driven away when she was young, Tilly Dunnage returns to rural Australia after years of working as a dressmaker in Paris -- and she's ready to make waves in her conservative hometown not only with her haute couture but a hidden agenda.

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New Releases on Netflix - Pet


After Seth spots former crush Holly on a bus, he finds himself falling for her all over again. But when she rejects Seth's advances, he grows obsessed with her -- leading him to abduct Holly and imprison her beneath the animal shelter where he works.

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New Releases on Netflix - When the Bough Breaks


With no luck trying to conceive a child, Laura and John Taylor decide to hire Anna as a surrogate. But after becoming pregnant, Anna begins to develop a romantic obsession with John, which soon grows into full-blown psychosis.

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New Releases on Netflix - Ray Donovan: Season 4


In the wake of last season's battle against the Armenian mafia, Ray seeks salvation by reconnecting with his faith. Meanwhile, keeping his A-list clients out of the tabloids is becoming tougher and more dangerous than ever.

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New Releases on Netflix - Versailles: Season 1


It may look like the most beautiful palace ever constructed, but within the endless rooms and gardens of King Louis XIV's Versailles, all manner of malice and intrigue brew as the courtiers and the monarch engage in a constant power struggle.

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Thursday 22 December 2016

New Releases on Netflix - Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love


In this sequel to "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors," the family of the beloved country singer finds their Tennessee farm threatened by a blizzard as Dad and the kids try to scrape together funds to buy Mom the wedding ring she's never had.

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Sunday 18 December 2016

New Releases on Netflix - Suicide Squad


In this thrill-packed visit to the dark side of the DC Comics universe, a covert government organization drafts a team of jailed supervillains to carry out black ops missions in return for clemency.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Magnificent Seven


In this remake of the rousing 1960 Western, a motley group of gunslingers comes together to protect the residents of a mining town, who are being terrorized and victimized by a ruthless gold tycoon and his gang of thugs.

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New Releases on Netflix - Kubo and the Two Strings


Young Kubo's peaceful seaside existence is abruptly upended when he unintentionally conjures a spirit from the past and soon finds himself on the run from a horde of gods and monsters, including the ruthless Moon King.

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New Releases on Netflix - Dad's Army


Based on characters from the 1970s British TV series, this goofy World War II comedy follows the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard's fumbling efforts to protect the Dover army base as the conflict is winding down. But there's a spy among the ranks.

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New Releases on Netflix - It Had to Be You


Caught off guard when she realizes her boyfriend is about to propose, offbeat jingle writer Sonia is flooded with doubt as she's forced to decide whether to join the ranks of her married friends or follow her dreams.

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New Releases on Netflix - War Dogs


Pouncing on a lucrative opportunity, buddies Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz become arms dealers supporting the U.S. effort to assist its allies in Afghanistan. But when the duo gets into a dangerous bind, they find out how few friends they have.

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New Releases on Netflix - Goat


As he starts college, Brad Land decides to pledge to the same fraternity that his older brother, Brett, already belongs to. But a series of humiliating hazing rituals soon rattles both siblings to the core.

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New Releases on Netflix - Greater


Told he lacked the skills to play on his school's football team, University of Arkansas student Brandon Burlsworth made the team as a walk-on, eventually becoming a captain and star offensive lineman for the illustrious Arkansas Razorbacks.

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New Releases on Netflix - 31


On the eve of Halloween, five carnies find themselves abducted, confined in a sinister compound and forced to play the brutal game of 31, in which they must try to survive for 12 hours against a bizarre horde of backwoods lunatics.

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New Releases on Netflix - Maximum Ride


Crossbred with avian DNA to give them usable wings, six kids escape their laboratory prison and set out on a mission of rescue, pursued by the half-wolf/half-human mutants that have been let loose on their trail.

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New Releases on Netflix - Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes


Canny and volatile detective Carl Mørck becomes focused on a cold case involving the alleged suicide of a notable politician. As Mørck and his assistant investigate, however, they become increasingly convinced that the victim was murdered.

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New Releases on Netflix - Hitchcock/Truffaut


Movie history was changed forever when director François Truffaut published his 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock." In this engaging documentary, a host of prominent filmmakers describes the effect that Truffaut's book had on their work.

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Sunday 11 December 2016

New Releases on Netflix - The Park is Mine


He was the one veteran, they couldn't ignore! Screen icon Tommy Lee Jones (Blown Away) stars in this explosive thriller about a Vietnam vet's drastic steps to make his country sit up and take notice. The war in Asia is over, but one disillusioned, disappointed ex-soldier decides to declare his own war bringing attention to the unfair and unjust treatment of Vietnam veterans in America. An expert in jungle warfare and guerilla tactics, the ex-soldier uses his lethal knowledge to "take" New York City's Central Park.

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New Releases on Netflix - Finding Dory


Continuing her colorful adventures in Nemo's animated underwater universe, Dory sets out to unravel the mysteries of a past she's completely forgotten, accompanied on her quest by aquatic pals Marlin and Nemo.

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New Releases on Netflix - Barney Thomson


Glaswegian barber Barney Thomson is leading a humdrum existence until the moment he accidentally offs his boss and plunges into the world of a serial killer. When Barney looks to his devious mum to help cover his tracks, she leaps to the challenge.

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New Releases on Netflix - Brother Nature


After years of working as a congressman's top aide, an aspiring politician gets his chance to run for a seat. But when he meets his girlfriend's family, he realizes that his potential future brother-in-law may represent a serious electoral handicap.

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New Releases on Netflix - Ben-Hur (2016)


In this remake of the biblical-era epic, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur is condemned to slavery after his boyhood best friend falsely accuses him of an assassination attempt. Years later, it's time for Ben-Hur to take his revenge.

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New Releases on Netflix - Florence Foster Jenkins


Despite her horrid singing voice, New York City heiress Florence Foster Jenkins is certain she can become an opera star. Her partner and manager, St Clair Bayfield, does all he can to shield Florence from the truth, but his task may prove impossible.

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New Releases on Netflix - Little Men


When 13-year-old Jake moves into his late grandfather's home, he's happy to find a built-in pal in Tony, the son of the seamstress who rents the downstairs shop. But while the boys hit it off, a rent dispute quickly puts their parents in conflict.

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New Releases on Netflix - Southside with You


Chronicling a fateful summer day in 1989 when a Harvard Law student wooed a pretty young attorney by taking her on a memorable South Side Chicago date, this engaging romantic drama charts the beginnings of Barack and Michelle Obama's relationship.

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New Releases on Netflix - Disorder


Just back from Afghanistan -- and with post-traumatic stress disorder to prove it -- paranoid soldier Vincent signs on to protect a Lebanese businessman's family. But Vincent soon loses his grip on reality and is sure that somebody is after them.

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New Releases on Netflix - End of a Gun


A former Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent working at a shopping mall finds himself neck-deep in trouble with the law and a drug kingpin after killing an enraged man who was beating up his girlfriend.

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New Releases on Netflix - Equity


While veteran investment banker Naomi Bishop has thrived in the cutthroat, male-dominated financial world, her leadership of a technology company's initial public offering exposes her to intense pressure from colleagues -- and a prosecutor.

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New Releases on Netflix - I Am Not a Serial Killer


Troubled by his homicidal impulses, teenage John Cleaver does his best to keep his dark imagination at bay. But when a serial killer descends on his town, John must turn to his dark side to track down and destroy the murderer -- who may not be human.

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New Releases on Netflix - American Gothic: Season 1


The prominent Hawthorne clan of Boston is rocked when they learn that there may be a serial murderer in the family. As police investigations continue, family members turn their suspicions on one another, and dark secrets start to emerge.

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New Releases on Netflix - Death in Paradise: Season 5


With a new team firmly in place, DI Humphrey Goodman is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie. Feeling as though something is still missing from his life, Goodman enlists DS Florence Cassell to help him crack the complexities of the dating world. Humphrey's deductive powers may not be of much use in the world of romance, but back on the job his considerable intellect will be key in solving some of the most perplexing murder cases Saint Marie has yet experienced.

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New Releases on Netflix - Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2


While Los Angeles has become a wasteland, strewn with the infected and abandoned by the National Guard, the survivors consider fleeing on Strand's yacht as they cope with the horrific new conditions and determine their next move.

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Thursday 8 December 2016

In a jam

It's a rare thing in cinema for a film to receive a round of applause before its titles appear. But that's what has been happening at early screenings of Oscar-tipped musical La La Land.

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Wednesday 7 December 2016

New Releases on Netflix - Heart of a Dog


While her rat terrier Lolabelle provides the focus for Laurie Anderson's meditation on love and remembrance, her lyrical essay also touches on topics as far-ranging as Buddhism's concept of the hereafter and surveillance in the wake of Sept. 11.

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Sunday 4 December 2016

New Releases on Netflix - Dead Rising 2: End Game


The sequel drops us into the zombie-infested quarantined zone of East Mission City. Investigative reporter Chase Carter must stop a secret government conspiracy which is aimed at ending the country's zombie epidemic but will also kill millions of innocent civilians.

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New Releases on Netflix - Eliminators


A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe's most dangerous assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughters life in jeopardy, a determined father must get her to safety before the people he's been hiding from tracks him down.

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New Releases on Netflix - Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno


In this rousing sequel, warrior turned pacifist Kenshin Himura reluctantly takes on Makoto Shishio, an embittered assassin scheming to topple the Meiji government with help from a gang of hired killers.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Great Gilly Hopkins


Spirited and rebellious, 12-year-old Gilly Hopkins has been in and out of a long string of foster homes. When she's sent to live with the unorthodox Maime Trotter, Gilly doesn't intend to stay long, but Maime isn't about to quit on her young charge.

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