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August 2011 Movies

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May. 5, 2019

Best Movies Released August 2011

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Features footage from the 2011 Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Kevin Kerslake

Music

73%

  • 3
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A husband gets swapped with his best friend, a lazy man child.

Leslie Mann, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, Scott Moore, David Dobkin, Jeff Kleeman

R Comedy

86%

  • 3.6
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Said to be a rebooth of the "Planet of the Apes" franchise.

Andy Serkis, James Franco, John Lithgow, Peter Chernin, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton, Rupert Wyatt, Dylan Clark

PG-13 Action Adventure

75%

  • 4.5
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Two estranged childhood friends channel their talent and passion for music into a cross-country road trip that brings them face to face with their past on a quest to confront the future.

Taryn Manning, Kevin Zegers, Rose Atropos, Clifton Hangar, Scott Rosenbaum, Jason Ritter

R Drama Music 1 hr, 32 mins

61%

  • 4
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A documentary about the psychedelic 1960s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

Alex Gibney, Allison Ellwood

R Documentary

28%

  • 4
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In Bosnia in 1999, Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. peacekeeper whose post with the Intl. Police Task Force was arranged by DynCorp Inc., is assigned to run the IPTF office that investigates sex trafficking, domestic abuse and sexual assault. She ultimately alleges that peacekeepers, U.N. workers and international police are visiting brothels and facilitating sex trafficking by forging documents and aiding the illegal transport of woman into Bosnia. DynCorp responds by firing Bolkovac, who returns to the U.S. and files a wrongful termination case. She wins the suit but says she's still blacklisted.

Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, Christina Piovesan, Amy Kaufman, Larysa Kondracki, Eilis Kirwan, Vanessa Redgrave

R Drama

68%

  • 4.3
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A pair of eccentric L.A.-based friends spend their time preparing for the apocalypse.

Rebekah Brandes, Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Vincent Grashaw

R Drama Action

52%

  • 4
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The drama follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy.

Raoul Ruiz, Carlos Saboga, Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Clotilde Hesme

Drama

44%

  • 3.5
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Story follows a young white woman in the early 1960s in Mississippi who becomes interested in the plight of the African-American domestic servants that every family has working for them. She writes their stories about mistreatment, abuse and heartbreak, all just before the Civil Rights revolution.

Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Blum, Octavia Spencer, Nate Berkus, Chris Columbus

PG-13 Drama Adaptation

88%

  • 4.3
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A man left behind on a space station witnesses the collapse of human civilization.

William Eubank

Fantasy Sci-Fi

94%

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A 3D concert movie based on the performances from Glee Live! In Concert!

Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Kevin Tancharoen, Ryan Murphy, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley

PG Music Concert

77%

  • 3.5
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The fifth installment of the franchise in which teens escape a deadly accident only to later discover that death is hunting them down. The opening scene will involve a suspension bridge and another scene reportedly involves a character undergoing laser-eye surgery.

Tony Todd, Eric Heisserer, Walter Hamada, Craig Perry, Ellen Wroe, Emma Bell, Dave Neustadter, Steven Quale

R Sequel Thriller 1 hr, 26 mins

69%

  • 4.1
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A comedy about a pizza delivery guy on an unlikely caper.

Nick Swardson, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Peña, Fred Ward, Ruben Fleischer, Ben Stiller, Danny R. McBride, Stuart Cornfeld

R Action Comedy

83%

  • 3.9
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Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later. Far more than a film for F1 fans, Senna unfolds a remarkable story in a remarkable manner, eschewing many standard documentary techniques in favor of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and previously unseen.

Asif Kapadia

PG-13 Biography Sports 1 hr, 46 mins

62%

  • 4.4
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1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A "Happy" circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon.

Alex de la Iglesia

R Comedy 1 hr, 41 mins

41%

  • 2.8
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A hospital nurse forced to do the bidding of a criminal after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.

Fred Cavaye, Mireille Perrier, Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Elena Anaya

R Thriller Crime 1 hr, 24 mins

72%

  • 3.5
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A new breed of crime-fighter now stalks the urban landscape: the anti-graffiti vigilante. These dedicated blight warriors stop at nothing to rid their neighborhoods and cities of street art, stickers, tags, and posters. Yet several of these vigilantes have become the very menace they set out to eliminate. In their relentless attempt to stamp out graffiti, they have turned to illegally and destructively painting other people's property.

Max Good

Documentary

54%

  • 5
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The drama follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy.

Raoul Ruiz, Carlos Saboga, Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Clotilde Hesme

Drama

44%

  • 3.5
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The film centers on the Spanish police’s discovery of hours of recorded evidence that shed new light on a gruesome murder investigation. The found footage documents a family’s summer holiday, where a brother and sister investigate a terrifying local urban legend. As their investigation intensifies, strange occurrences in and around the house escalate rapidly, before culminating in unspeakable atrocities.

Fernando Barreda Luna

R Thriller Horror 1 hr, 15 mins

70%

  • 2.8
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The fourth part of the "Spy Kids" franchise, which will be in 3D.

Danny Trejo, Ricky Gervais, Jessica Alba, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Antonio Banderas, Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven

PG Action Sequel

64%

  • 4.3
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A new take on the Robert E. Howard-created character. Conan rises above all other heroes in the fictitious Hyborian age, taking place around 12,000 years ago.

Ron Perlman, Jason Momoa, Leo Howard, Henry Winterstern, Joshua Oppenheimer, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Rachel Nichols, Marcus Nispel

R Action Adventure

55%

  • 3.8
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Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) meet for the first time during their graduation and proceed to meet one day a year for the next 20 years. They experience different lives and loves until they realize they are meant for each other.

Anne Hathaway, Nina Jacobson, Jim Sturgess, Jamie Sives, Rafe Spall, Lone Scherfig, David Nicholls, Romola Garai

PG-13 Comedy Romance 1 hr, 48 mins

83%

  • 3.8
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A teenager discovers his neighbors are vampires.

Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Michael De Luca, Anton Yelchin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Josh Bratman, Craig Gillespie, Alison Rosenzweig

R Comedy Horror

91%

  • 4.1
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No plot details have been announced.

Neil Burger, John Davis, Stephen Hauser

Thriller Suspense

59%

  • 3
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A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.

Patrick Dempsey, Mekhi Phifer, Rob Minkoff, Peter Safran, Scott Moore, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mark Damon, Jon Lucas

NR Comedy Crime 1 hr, 27 mins

95%

  • 3.5
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Griff, a shy and awkward office worker by day, finds escape from his ordinary life by assuming the identity of a fantastic superhero each night. Griff's secret is jeopardized when he meets Melody, a cute but unconventional daydreamer.

Ryan Kwanten, Leon Ford

Comedy Romance 1 hr, 33 mins

94%

  • 3
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riginally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers her ways to challenge the established sexual and social order.

Rene Feret, Marie Feret, Marce Barbe

NR Drama 2 hrs, 0 mins

70%

  • 2
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An American journalist, his cameraman and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire of the five-day war between Russian and the Georgian Republic in 2008.

Renny Harlin, Val Kilmer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Andy Garcia, Michael P. Flannigan, David Imedashvili, David Battle, Rupert Friend

R Action War

86%

  • 3.2
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The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.

Togo Igawa, Mona Achache, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Josiane Balasko, Ariane Ascaride

NR Drama

48%

  • 4.2
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The U.S. occupation of the Philippines in 1900 provides the backdrop to this story of squad of American soldiers who occupy a village and learn how to live and negotiate with the natives. They focus on the local head man who finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and the Americans.

John Sayles, Maggie Renzi, Garret Dillahunt, D.J. Qualls, Chris Cooper, Joel Torre, Yul Vazquez

R Drama 2 hrs, 8 mins

78%

  • 4.2
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Follows Ming Dynasty scholar Yangsheng (Hiro Hayama) as he seeks to gain the stamina needed to satisfy his beautiful new bride, Yuxiang (Leni Lan).

Christopher Sun Lap Key, Miyavi Matsunoi, Lan Yan, Hiro Hayama

NR Drama Fantasy 1 hr, 53 mins

93%

  • 1
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Explores the alleged usage of subliminal messaging in advertising, music, film, television, anti-theft devices, political propaganda, military psychological operations, and advanced weapons development, to determine if such tactics have succeeded.

Jeff Warrick

Documentary

0%

  • 3
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"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

Luc Besson, Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Amandla Stenberg, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Robert Mark Kamen, Olivier Megaton

PG-13 Action Thriller

90%

  • 4
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An idealist, hounded by his overbearing mother, crashes into the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition while also wreaking havoc.

Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, T.J. Miller, Marc Turtletaub, Anthony Bregman, Peter Saraf, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott

R Comedy 1 hr, 35 mins

79%

  • 3.3
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A young girl is sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend and discovers sinister creatures that live underneath the stairs.

Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Matthew Robbins, Bailee Madison, Troy Nixey, Mark Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, Jack Thompson

R Thriller Suspense

58%

  • 3.6
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A troubled family gets a second chance at happiness when the mother suffers a memory loss and can't recall the last 15 years of her life.

Max Thieriot, Mark Lisson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Keith Carradine, Hope Davis, Madeline Zima, Selma Blair, Vivi Friedman

R Drama Comedy

78%

  • 3.5
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The follow-up to "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". No plot details are available yet.

Tyrese Gibson, Steven Spielberg, Patrick Dempsey, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Bay, Josh Duhamel, Ken Jeong, Leonard Nimoy

PG-13 Action Adventure 2 hrs, 37 mins

90%

  • 4.5
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A wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen's growing sexual rebellion.

Sarah Kazemy, Maryam Keshavarz, Nikohl Boosheri

R Drama 1 hr, 47 mins

81%

  • 3.6
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Mandy Moore and Martin Freeman star as a bored suburban couple that decide to spice up their sex life by swinging.

Martin Freeman, Deepak Nayar, David Mutch, Jonathan Newman, Mandy Moore, Melissa George, Jonathan Silverman, Jerry Stiller

R Comedy Romance 1 hr, 25 mins

61%

  • 3.3
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Two seemingly different men (Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson) embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South, learning along the way that life isn't about where you end up - it's how you get there that matters. Somewhere along the 900 miles between Austin, TX and Huntsville, AL the two men become unlikely friends.

Taryn Manning, Mario Van Peebles, George Richards, Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson, Kiele Sanchez, Luke Perry, Tom Skerritt

Drama

76%

  • 4.6
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The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.

Randy Manis, Jeff Prosserman

Documentary

50%

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A high class prostitute (Isabelle Huppert) and an eminent psychoanalyst discover that they share many things in common. They are both unhappy with their professions, seeking a way out that involves unique contact with each other's worlds.

Sabila Moussadek, Jeanne Labrune, Richard Debuisne, Isabelle Huppert, Bouli Lanners

NR Drama Comedy 1 hr, 35 mins

79%

  • 2
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A struggling writer, Ray Wyatt, acquires fame when a notorious murderer steals his car and the newest draft of his script.

Krysten Ritter, Steven Kampmann, Darrell Hammond

Comedy

35%

  • 1.7
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Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman claiming that she's calling from the past.

Luis Guzman, Matthew Parkhill, Stephen Moyer, Rachelle Lefevre

R Horror

79%

  • 3.4
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The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.

Togo Igawa, Mona Achache, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Josiane Balasko, Ariane Ascaride

NR Drama

48%

  • 4.2
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Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa heartland. Pregnant at seventeen, married a few months later, by the age of 18 she found herself living in a trailer with no plans beyond having more babies-until she found Jesus.

Vera Farmiga, Tim Metcalfe, Matt Parker, Taissa Farmiga, Bill Irwin, Carly Hugo, Jonathan Burkhart, Donna Murphy

R Drama Biography 1 hr, 51 mins

74%

  • 3
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When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbours, they accidentally created one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.

Matthew Bate, Julie Byrne

NR Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

35%

  • 4
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The story centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) who knows about the murder.

Andy Serkis, Rowan Joffe, Paul Webster, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Riley, Pete Postlethwaite, John Hurt, Sean Harris

R Drama

75%

  • 4
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The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.

James 'Jim' Whitaker

Documentary

28%

  • 1
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A down-and-out law student sues Satan for $8 trillion dollars. Satan appears to defend himself and the trial of the century takes place.

Corbin Bernsen, Shannen Fields, Timothy A. Chey, Tom Sizemore, Malcolm McDowell, Bart Bronson, Rebecca St. James, Jeff Gannon

Drama Comedy

56%

  • 2.3
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Twenty years after World War II's end, three Mossad agents learn that a Nazi war criminal is still alive and set out to pursue him across Europe.

Jessica Chastain, Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Kris Thykier, Ciaran Hinds, John Madden, Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 54 mins

77%

  • 3.7
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Assigned to guard Divya, the daughter of a business tycoon, Lovely Singh accompanies Divya to her campus, but ends up rubbing her the wrong way with his over-protective nature and paranoia about security. She finds him to be a major obstacle in leading a regular campus life. To throw him off-track and get him out of the way, she plans to trap him in a fake love affair.

Siddique

Action Comedy

92%

  • 3.6
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Released in 1983, Scarface is directed by Brian Del Palma and written by Oliver Stone and stars Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer. Scarface is the rags-to-riches story of Tony “Scarface” Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban immigrant who finds wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams…at a price he never imagined. Tony Montana’s meteoric rise, lavish life and soul-destroying fall anchor an epic film that inspired a worldwide following.

Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino, Brian De Palma, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia

R Drama Crime 2 hrs, 50 mins

50%

  • 4.5
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Lucien Ginsberg grows up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, and then later transforms into the hard-living showman Serge Gainsbourg. He becomes as famous for his glamorous lovers, including Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin, as he for writing such hits as Je t'aime ... moi non plus.

Joann Sfar, Marc DuPontavice, Didier Lupfer, Laetitia Casta, Eric Elmosnino, Anna Mouglalis, Mylene Jampanoi

Drama Biography 2 hrs, 2 mins

44%

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Top August 2011 Movie Trailers

The Debt Theatrical Trailer
Colombiana Theatrical Trailer
One Day Theatrical Trailer
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The Curse of The Necklace
Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Territory (series)
Dindin
Never Let Go
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Magpie
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Thriller
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Thriller
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He Never Left Official Trailer
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Comedy
The Gutter Official Trailer
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