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“One Hour With the Truth” is broadcast nightly from Miami across Latin America, carrying the hardest sensationalistic stories it can find. Star anchorman Manolo Bonilla (John Luguizamo, ICE AGE; ER) has flown down to a small town in Ecuador with producer Marisa (Leonor Watling, TALK TO HER) and cameraman Ivan (Jose Maria Yazpik) on the trail of a child serial killer and rapist, “The Monster of Babahoyo”. The accidental death of a young boy brings the town to the verge of lynching Vinicio Capeda (Damian Alcazor), a humble travelling salesman. Manolo’s intervention saves the man’s life, and makes a great story for his show. Vinicio is put in jail for involuntary manslaughter and he offers Manolo information about the “Monstruo” in exchange for a news story on TV about his wrongful imprisonment. Manolo accepts, powerfully drawn to the dark side he senses in Vinicio. He begins to break the rules, determined to be the hero who single-handedly stops the killer. A gripping crime drama from writer/director Sebastian Cordero.

Out of Time

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Matt Lee Whitlock is chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida. He's respected by his peers and loved by his community. But when Banyan Key is shocked by a double homicide, everything Matt Lee thought he knew starts to unravel, and he finds himself in a race against time to solve the murders before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

Queen of Earth

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Elisabeth Moss delivers a fearless performance in this tour-de-force portrait of psychological breakdown. In her second collaboration with acclaimed director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip), she stars as Catherine, a woman careening towards emotional collapse after a one-two punch of heartbreaking events. Seeking peace and solitude, she heads to the secluded lakehouse of her best friend, Virginia (Inherent Vice's Katherine Waterston). But their quiet country retreat becomes a journey into steadily mounting hysteria as past and present collide and the love-hate relationship between the two women threatens to tear them apart. Driven by Moss' unforgettable performance, this darkly funny psychological thriller immerses viewers in the shattered mind of a woman on the edge.

The Drowning Pool

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Harper, the wisecracking private investigator, goes to New Orleans to help out an old flame, Iris Deveraux. After the murder of her mother- in-law, someone implicates Iris and attempts to blackmail her. Harper has more suspects than he needs - Iris' sixteen-year-old Lolita-esque daughter, a former chauffer, a businessman and his kinky wife, and even Iris herself. What he uncovers is a web of tangled affairs and distractions all clouded by the murky water of the drowning pool.

Out of Death

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When Shannon (Jaime King) sets out on a hike to spread her deceased father’s ashes, she witnesses a corrupt sheriff’s deputy, Billie (Lala Kent) brutally murder a drug dealer. Having seen Shannon witness the murder, Billie and her cohorts set off to permanently silence Shannon. On the run from the dirty cops, Shannon stumbles into and recruits the help of a retired cop, Jack Harris (Bruce Willis).

Suburban Cowboy

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In this gritty story based on real events, a drug dealer on Long Island finds himself over his head when one of his soldiers robs a connection to ruthless Serbian gangsters. When the debt falls on his shoulders he is forced to take drastic measures.

My Cousin Rachel

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Rachel Ashley (Olivia De Havilland) is the widow of a wealthy Cornish man who has died under mysterious circumstances. The dead man's cousin, Philip Ashley (Richard Burton), arrives to investigate his relative's untimely parting and quickly begins to suspect the widow. What complicates matters is the fact that he seems to be falling in love with her. A cliff-side confrontation leads to a fatal fall for Rachel, and it would seem that justice has somehow been served... until Philip discovers some unlikely evidence that points to her innocence.

Best Seller

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Cop turned author thiller-- Dennis Meechum is a fiercely honest police executive who once gained celebrity as an author of crime stories. Cleve, by his own account, is a professional hitman whose killings helped build a business empire. When Cleve is fired after years of service by the industrialist whose empire he helped build, he seeks revenge. Thus, the two men from opposite sides of the law come together to bring down the crooked industrialist. Cleve will disclose unkown details of all crimes in which he took part - extortion, graft, political corruption and murder. Meechum will take it all down and write a new best seller. Cleve will see his former boss's true criminal nature exposed and get his revenge.

The Estate

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When a narcissistic son (Chris Baker), yearning for a life of luxury, and his father’s erratic gold-digging wife (Eliza Coupe) decide to kill their way into their inheritance, they employ the help of an absurdly handsome, mysterious hitman (Greg Finley), initiating a psychosexual love triangle that spirals into more than anyone bargained for. Deftly balancing sharp humor and horror, THE ESTATE delivers a perfectly campy, wildly enjoyable thrill ride that packs a deadly punch.

My Mom Robs Banks

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When a teenage girl discovers her own mother is behind the recent rash of nearby bank robberies, she's determined to help her come clean about the thugs forcing her to do so.

The Royal Hotel

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Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Royal Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town. Soon, Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

The Donor

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A woman undergoes an illegal organ transplant only to discover that the young girl who donated the kidney died during the operation. Determined to stop this heinous activity, but torn by the moral dilemma of being saved by it, she fights against her reluctant husband, an LAPD Detective, to pull down the ring of criminals behind it.

The Intruder

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When a young married couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) buys their dream house in the Napa Valley, they think they have found the perfect home to take their next steps as a family. But when the strangely attached seller (Dennis Quaid) continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale.

First Target

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A group of deadly assassins are targeting the U.S. President as he tours a state park aboard a tram. It's up to the Secret Service, led by tough and brainy Alex, (Daryl Hannah) to stop them.

Basic Instinct

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Oscar® winner Michael Douglas stars with red-hot Sharon Stone in this groundbreaking and controversial film that redefined the genre of the sexy thriller. When tough but vulnerable detective Nick Curran (Douglas) meets a cold, calculating novelist with insatiable sexual urges (Stone), he is caught in a deadly web of betrayal, lies, and murder—quickly descending into San Francisco's dark and dangerous underworld where suspicions mount, bodies fall, and only basic instincts keep you alive.

Station West

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A Western mining town... a fortune in gold... a beautiful lady crime boss... and the undercover investigator sent to flush her out. Lust, deceit and greed collide violently on the frontier in Station West. Sent to investigate the murders of a pair of cavalrymen, Lt. John Haven (Dick Powell) lands a job as hired gun for the local saloonkeeper, a very lovely woman named Charlie (Jane Greer). But Haven suspects Charlie of being the mastermind behind the murders and a plot to steal a fortune in gold. Now, despite the attraction the builds between the two, Haven's suspicions may prove to be true in this classic film noir Western.

Closed Circuit (2013)

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From the producers of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy comes a riveting and suspenseful mystery starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall. A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly brings two exceptional lawyers (Bana and Hall) with a romantic past together on the defense team. They soon realize they’ve stepped into a dangerous web of cover-ups and lies, and their knowledge of the government’s top-secret classified evidence has put their reputations and lives at stake. Co-starring Ciarán Hinds, Julia Stiles and Jim Broadbent, it’s a non-stop, heart-racing guessing game that critics call “an entertaining conspiracy thriller.” (Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press)

Molly's Game

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The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe.

Drowning in Secrets

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A woman must uncover the truth behind her sister's mysterious disappearance before the culprit targets her.

The Face of an Angel

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A filmmaker (Brühl) and investigative reporter (Kate Beckinsale) lose themselves in the seedy underbelly of a murder case in this thriller starring Kate Beckinsale (UNDERWORLD), Daniel Brühl (RUSH) and Cara Delevingne (PAPER TOWNS). Director Michael Winterbottom takes his inspiration for this true crime story from Barbie Nadeau's book 'Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox'.

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