Sunday, 30 October 2016
New Releases on Netflix - Billionaire Ransom
Packed off to a wilderness camp to learn survival skills that will teach them discipline, the problem children of billionaires must work together to save themselves after a gang of armed criminals takes the kids hostage and demands a stiff ransom.
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New Releases on Netflix - X-Men: Apocalypse
Bearing the ominous moniker of Apocalypse, a legendary mutant comes to life after thousands of years and resolves to impose an oppressive new world order. With humanity's fate at stake, the X-Men team prepares for an all-or-nothing showdown.
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New Releases on Netflix - Uncle Nick
Invited to his brother's house for a family gathering on Christmas Eve, licentious Uncle Nick soon turns the occasion into a booze-fueled disaster. After he tries to bed his alluring stepniece, some ugly family secrets surface.
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New Releases on Netflix - Men Go to Battle
Set during the Civil War, this historical drama follows brothers Francis and Henry, whose overgrown Kentucky farm has them at loggerheads. After a fight between the two gets out of hand, Henry runs off and joins the Union army.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Kind Words
While mourning their mother's death, Jewish siblings Dorona, Netanel and Shai learn that the man who raised them isn't their biological dad. The news soon sends them on a quest across France to find their real father -- who happens to be a Muslim.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Sea of Trees
Ready to end it all, distraught Arthur Brennan travels to Japan's famed "suicide forest." But his plan is disrupted by the arrival of another lost soul, Takumi Nakamura, and what began as a quest to kill themselves instead becomes a tale of survival.
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New Releases on Netflix - Undrafted
When a college baseball star is overlooked in the Major League Baseball draft, he has to set his sights on a different future. But as he's coming to grips with reality, he joins an intramural team for one final game.
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New Releases on Netflix - Holidays
The dark tales hiding behind many of our favorite annual holidays -- including Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day and Christmas -- are exposed in this eclectic anthology of short horror stories.
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New Releases on Netflix - Daylight's End
After a worldwide plague transforms most of the population into bloodthirsty vampires, a band of survivors hiding in a deserted police station takes in a lone stranger, whom they believe may be able to lead them to sanctuary.
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New Releases on Netflix - Star Trek Beyond
Released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the iconic "Star Trek" franchise, this action-packed space adventure adds to the legend of Capt. Kirk and his crew, who end up marooned on a remote planet after the "Enterprise" is destroyed.
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New Releases on Netflix - Carnage Park
Bad luck continues to dog two dimwitted bank robbers after their planned heist goes awry. With a hostage in tow, they manage to elude police but stumble into even worse circumstances when they intrude on the domain of a deranged ex-military sniper.
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New Releases on Netflix - Imperium
In this fact-based thriller, young and eager FBI Agent Nate Foster takes on an undercover role that involves penetrating a hard-core white supremacist organization rumored to be gathering the components for a dirty bomb.
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New Releases on Netflix - Within
In this dark thriller, a widower moves into a seemingly perfect new home with his daughter and new wife and realizes there are dark secrets within. Starring Michael Vartan, Erin Moriarty, and Nadine Velazquez.
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New Releases on Netflix - Gleason
Five years after a blocked punt made New Orleans Saints defensive back Steve Gleason a hero, he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. This compelling documentary, begun as a video diary for his then-unborn son, charts Gleason's struggle.
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New Releases on Netflix - My Love, Don't Cross That River
In this affecting documentary about human love and mortality, an ailing 98-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife reluctantly recognize that their time together is drawing to a close after 76 years of marriage.
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New Releases on Netflix - Wish For Christmas
When a high school senior finds out from her parents that she must miss the town's winter dance in order to attend church, she successfully wishes their faith away, bringing disastrous consequences to her family and community. To restore their faith, she is led through a series of Christmas adventures that change her heart and those around her.
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New Releases on Netflix - Hell on Wheels: Season 5.2
In the second half of the final season the transcontinental railroad slowly makes its way west, Cullen Bohannon contends with a wealth of obstacles to its progress, involving him in local feuds and occasional unrest among the largely Irish building crew.
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New Releases on Netflix - Outlander: Season 2
Even after Jamie gains his freedom from British captivity, the war continues to dominate Claire's existence as memories of her other life haunt her incessantly -- 200 years in the future.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Librarians: Season 1
After members of his specialized Librarian team are murdered, Flynn Carsen and his guardian, Col. Eve Baird, must take drastic measures to ensure the safety of the three remaining apprentices.
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New Releases on Netflix - My Love, Don't Cross That River
In this affecting documentary about human love and mortality, an ailing 98-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife reluctantly recognize that their time together is drawing to a close after 76 years of marriage.
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Sunday, 23 October 2016
New Releases on Netflix - Skiptrace
For years, Hong Kong detective Bennie Black has been trying to put ruthless crime lord Victor Wong out of business. When Bennie's niece gets ensnared in Wong's world, the gumshoe partners with a motormouthed American gambler to save her.
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New Releases on Netflix - Central Intelligence
When a career accountant reconnects with a former classmate who now works as a CIA operative, the mild-mannered number-cruncher soon finds himself waist deep in a lethal counterespionage operation.
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New Releases on Netflix - Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Stuck without dates for their cousin's wedding, Stangle brothers Mike and Dave turn to the Internet and soon attract a flood of offers. But the two women the siblings end up selecting turn out to be far more unbridled than expected.
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New Releases on Netflix - Who Gets the Dog?
Alicia Silverstone and Ryan Kwanten star in this heartfelt romantic comedy about what happens when puppy love goes to the dogs. After six years of marriage, successful physician Olive (Silverstone) and her struggling ice hockey hubby Clay (Kwanten) decide to call it quits. And although the split is amicable, they both want custody of their beloved dog Wesley. Facing a court-ordered 60-day review to determine who'll get custody, Olive and Clay each try their doggone best to win over the judge -- and the pooch. But no matter who "wins," everyone will lose -- unless man's best friend can somehow reunite the couple in this fun, charming story.
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New Releases on Netflix - Zoom
In this inventive tale that blends live action and animation, smug filmmaker Edward, would-be novelist Michelle and insecure cartoonist Emma each create a story about one of the others while existing in different realities.
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New Releases on Netflix - Mr. Church
Hired to lend a hand to a single mother diagnosed with cancer, Henry Joseph Church wins the hearts of mom Marie Brody and daughter Charlie through his cooking, establishing a bond that lasts long beyond Marie's death and Charlie's childhood.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Idol
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, this fascinating biopic dramatizes the life story of wedding singer Mohammad Assaf, who surmounted the odds and became the first Palestinian vocalist to win "Arab Idol."
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New Releases on Netflix - Warcraft
The best-selling video-game franchise comes to life in this epic adventure that pits humans against orcs as warriors from the dying planet of Draenor attempt to take over the human-controlled world of Azeroth.
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New Releases on Netflix - Nerve
After becoming involved in an online version of "Truth or Dare," young Vee soon realizes that the game is anything but an innocent lark as her audience of anonymous "watchers" begins to manipulate her life in dangerous ways.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Id
For decades, Meridith Lane (Amanda Wyss, A Nightmare on Elm Street) has felt trapped in her home. Thriving on memories of youth, she watches the years slip by while caring for her abusive father...until a figure from her past makes a surprising return. In order to live the life she desires, Meridith must confront her father's monstrous cruelty and attempt to escape his tyrannical grip. But the man who controls her every move won't let go without a fight, leading father and daughter into a series of desperate and irreversible acts.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Purge: Election Year
In the same horrific future conjured in the original, this second grisly sequel follows the struggles of average citizens frantically trying once again to survive the Purge's 12 hours of legalized mayhem and murder.
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New Releases on Netflix - Advanced Style
This well-put-together documentary profiles seven New York City women in their 60s through their 90s, whose snappy style decidedly disproves the notion that advanced years and glamour are mutually exclusive.
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New Releases on Netflix - Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
This engaging documentary recalls the remarkable and often-scandalous life of one of the 20th century's greatest art collectors: Peggy Guggenheim, who helped establish the reputations of several landmark artists of her era, including Jackson Pollock.
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Sunday, 16 October 2016
New Releases on Netflix - Free State of Jones
As the Civil War rages on, Mississippi farmer Newton Knight, his neighbors and a ragtag group of slaves band together and lead Jones County to secede from the Confederacy, establishing a mixed-race free state in the heart of the South.
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New Releases on Netflix - Barbie & Her Sisters in a Puppy Chase
Barbie and her sisters discover everything's better when you do it together in this splashy, sun-kissed adventure! After the girls and their pets arrive at an island paradise for Chelsea's big dance competition, they decide to make a quick side trip to see the nearby Dancing Horse Festival. But when their furry friends go missing at the event, it's up to the sisters to find them before Chelsea's show. While the puppies are out having an adventure of their own, the girls must use their imaginations and work together to find their furry friends in this tail-wagging good time!
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New Releases on Netflix - Café Society
Setting his sights on the magical kingdom of Hollywood, a young man migrates to Los Angeles in the 1930s and is swiftly drawn into the social whirlpool of the young and beautiful -- all pursuing their own visions of success.
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New Releases on Netflix - Hurricane Bianca
When schoolteacher Ray relocates to a small Texas town, he's soon fired for being gay. To exact revenge on the nasty homophobes, Ray returns as his outspoken drag queen alter ego, Bianca, and sows trouble all over town.
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New Releases on Netflix - Front Cover
One man does all he can to veil his Asian heritage; the other takes great pains to hide his sexual orientation. Both of these things begin to change when Ryan is hired to prepare film star Ning for a fashion shoot, and the men develop a bond.
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New Releases on Netflix - Spaceman
Set in the 1980s, this engaging biopic chronicles the story of the infamous Bill "Spaceman" Lee, an eccentric, mercurial baseball pitcher known as much for his on- and off-field antics as for his skills on the mound.
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New Releases on Netflix - Front Cover
One man does all he can to veil his Asian heritage; the other takes great pains to hide his sexual orientation. Both of these things begin to change when Ryan is hired to prepare film star Ning for a fashion shoot, and the men develop a bond.
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New Releases on Netflix - Hurricane Bianca
When schoolteacher Ray relocates to a small Texas town, he's soon fired for being gay. To exact revenge on the nasty homophobes, Ray returns as his outspoken drag queen alter ego, Bianca, and sows trouble all over town.
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New Releases on Netflix - Our Kind of Traitor
Based on a John le Carré novel, this taut spy thriller follows an English couple's deadly entanglement with a desperate Russian mobster who solicits their help in negotiating sanctuary with British intelligence authorities.
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New Releases on Netflix - Bates Motel: Season 4
As the dark saga of Norman Bates' younger years continues, more bizarre details surface regarding his aberrant relationship with his mother, Norma, and the traumas that would lead him to become a psychotic killer.
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New Releases on Netflix - Scott & Bailey: Series 5
Upon stepping into the position of acting DI, Rachel senses the growing divide amongst her team. With Janet preoccupied by the arrest of her daughter and unable to advise on the situation, the two are left struggling to refocus on the horrific case at hand: the sinister world of Darknet. Offering complete anonymity to its users, a ruthless game is being played - one man challenges another to murder, leaving a chalk mark at the scene as proof. The images are loaded to a website and the baton is passed to the next killer. Will Janet and Rachel be able to stop these vicious killers before it's too late?
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New Releases on Netflix - The Night Of
After a night of carousing, a man awakens to find an unidentified dead woman beside him and is quickly booked on a murder charge. This eight-part series follows the intricacies -- and implications -- of his complicated case.
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Wednesday, 12 October 2016
New Releases on Netflix - Man on Fire
Scott Glenn (The Challenge) is caught in a deadly game of international terrorism where money, malice and murder are the keys to survival. Present day Italy, a country plagued by the vicious savage attacks of merciless terrorists. Creasy (Glenn), a former CIA agent, now a broken shell of his old self and on the brink of total collapse, accepts a position of a bodyguard for the young daughter (Jade Malle) of one of the country's wealthiest families. He reluctantly grows attached to the little girl, giving her the friendship, guidance and support her parents are unwilling to provide. But when the child is kidnapped by a group of vicious terrorists, Creasy is thrown into a ferocious world of treachery and turmoil.
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Sunday, 9 October 2016
New Releases on Netflix - Blood Father
Ex-con, ex-drunk and ex-drug addict John Link has hardly set a sterling example for his estranged teenage daughter. But when she gets into trouble with the Mexican drug cartel after her boyfriend sets her up, Dad finally has a chance to prove himself.
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New Releases on Netflix - Ghostbusters
In this reboot of the 1984 classic, it's the ladies doing the ghost-busting. After writing a book suggesting that ghosts are real, Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates are called upon to lead the fight when spooks overrun Manhattan.
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New Releases on Netflix - Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs Mutants
The Dark Knight is back doing what he does best -- protecting the citizens of Gotham City -- in the third installment of the Batman Unlimited series, Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants.
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New Releases on Netflix - Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Revisiting the comedic chaos of the original, this rollicking sequel finds Teddy and Pete coming to the Radner family's rescue, wading into battle with the wild sorority sisters now occupying the duo's former fraternity house.
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