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Now showing — The Act of Killing · 5 works
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Painted in red, the word "VON" is all that is left behind after a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility in Japan. The government is shattered by their inability to act, and the police are left frantically searching for ways to crack down the perpetrators. The public are clueless—until, six months later, a strange v...
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Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not harm anyone, becoming known as "Careless Monday." Quickly forgotten, society goes on about their lives as normal. During her graduation trip to America three months later, friendly college student Saki Morimi's life is f...
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A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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The Algerian fight for independence from France. Revolution filmed as it might have happened.
After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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