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286 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

spacetime coordinates: 1963, Rome // Berlin

The.Man.from.U.N.C.L.E.2015.posterThe Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a 2015 American action spy comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie and Lionel Wigram. It is based on the 1964 MGM television series of the same name, which was created by Ian FlemingNorman Felton and Sam Rolfe. The film stars Henry CavillArmie HammerAlicia VikanderElizabeth DebickiJared Harris and Hugh Grant.

#Possible_sequel

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/

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0276 – Pain & Gain (2013)

spacetime coordinates: 1994 – 1995  Miami, Florida

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Pain & Gain is a 2013 American dark comedy crime film directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark WahlbergDwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. The film reunites wrestlers Dwayne Johnson and Kurt Angle. The film is loosely based on a story Pete Collins published in a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles and compiled in the book Pain & Gain: This Is a True Story (2013), which details the kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder of several victims by an organized group of criminals comprising bodybuilders affiliated with the Sun Gym. The film’s title is a play on the common adage, frequently used in fitness: “No pain, no gain“.

Comparisons between the film and actual events

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980209/

https://film.avclub.com/with-pain-gain-michael-bay-tackled-the-big-dumb-ame-1798246007

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0275 – The Beguiled (2017)

spacetime coordinates: 1864 – a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War

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The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, based on the novel of the same name (originally published as A Painted Devil) by Thomas P. Cullinan. It stars Colin FarrellNicole KidmanKirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. A film of the same name, also based on Cullinan’s book, was released in 1971.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5592248/

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0263 – Infinity Chamber (2016)

INFINITY CHAMBER (aka Somnio) is an independent feature dystopian sci-fi thriller written and directed by Travis Milloy

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Locked up in an automated prison, Frank Lerner (Christopher Soren Kelly) undergoes an interrogation process that forces him to relive the same day over and over. When a war erupts on the outside, he must find a way to escape from a computer system that won’t let him go.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3839880/

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250 – Le moine (2011)

spacetime coordinates: 17th century Madridthe-monk-2

The Monk (French: Le Moine) is a 2011 French-Spanish thriller-drama film directed by Dominik Moll. It is an adaptation of Matthew Lewis‘s The Monk: A Romance published in 1796.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605769/