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A mysterious stranger is hired to defend a remote frontier town from three outlaws who are making people's lives a misery. Although he rids the community of the troublemakers, the residents' lives take a turn for the worse as their saviour seizes control of the town and seeks to punish them for their past sins. Western, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, alongside Verna Bloom and Marianna Hill

An elite squad of Navy SEALs, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner. Action thriller, starring Scott Adkins, Ashley Greene and Ryan Phillippe

Daredevil explorers Rick and Evelyn O'Connell are called into action when their son accidentally resurrects the evil Chinese Emperor Han from his ancient tomb. The family now faces a race against time to prevent the merciless leader from awakening his vast terracotta army in a plot to take over the world. Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh.

A crook double-crosses his partners in crime, a betrayal that leaves their friend and mentor dead. One year later, they regroup and come up with a daring plan to exact revenge on the traitor and reclaim their ill-gotten gains. Crime thriller inspired by the 1969 movie, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green and Donald Sutherland

With the imminent destruction of their home planet approaching, a man and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark living on the fringe of society, he is forced to take a stand to protect his adopted home from a fanatical general from his own world, who intends to wipe out the human race. Sci-fi adventure based on the Superman comic-books, starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon and Russell Crowe

A pair of treasure hunters embark on a globetrotting search for a fortune that was lost 500 years previously, in a race against time against a ruthless rival who claims to be the rightful owner. The quest for fortune and glory sets the younger of the duo on a search for his missing brother. Action adventure, starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas

A storm-chaser and her estranged husband are brought together in a joint project to monitor the path of an oncoming tornado - but the pair face a race against the clock as a rival government-backed group with hi-tech resources tries to beat them to it. Action thriller, starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Ancient titans Godzilla and Kong clash in an epic battle against an undiscovered threat hidden within the Earth. Director Adam Wingard's blockbusting fantasy adventure, starring Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Brian Tyree Henry

A computer hacker discovers the world around him is nothing more than a virtual-reality fantasy created by malevolent living machines. Entering the devastated real world, he joins freedom fighters risking their lives to bring the truth out into the open and liberate the human race. Sci-fi action thriller, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving

Fugitives from the law they swore to protect, Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett run a gauntlet of duplicitous police officers and gun-toting criminals in an attempt to clear their late captain's name. Fourth chapter in the action adventure franchise, starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens and Ioan Gruffudd

A New York cop in debt to loan sharks persuades his foster brother and fellow police officer to rob a train carrying all the day's takings from the city's subway network. However, things start to go wrong when a female detective creates rivalry between the pair, and a pyromaniac serial killer threatens their plans. Action comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Lopez and Chris Cooper