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The future looks uncertain for the three couples in Mike Bullen's tragicomic depiction of 30 something life.

Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale) desperately want to be parents and face rigorous adoption procedures, however unknown to Rachel, Adam's first love is back on the scene to win him back. David (Robert Bathurst) is battling to keep his marriage together after his short-lived affair but Karen (Hermione Norris) is not warming to his efforts and her drinking spirals out of control. Fortunately for her, her editor Mark (Sean Pertwee) comes to the rescue giving Karen new hope. Ramona (Jacey Salles) finds the atmosphere at home unbearable and decides to pursue alternative career options. Jenny (Fay Ripley) sets off to New York and Pete (John Thomson) is left alone once more. However things improve when Rachel's stunning Australian friend Jo (Kimberley Joseph) moves into his spare room. After some heavy flirting Pete finally manages to get together with Jo, the girl of his dreams. However things don't run smoothly and Jo heads for home, leaving Pete with no alternative but to jet off to Australia to win her back.

New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover 'The French Connection'. But when one of the criminals tries to kill Doyle, he begins a deadly pursuit that takes him far outside the city limits.

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Detective Frank Bullit's new assignment seems routine: protecting a star witness for an important trial. But before the night is out, the witness lies dying and the cool, no-nonsense Bullitt (Steve McQueen) won't rest until the shooters - and the kingpin pulling their string - are nailed.

From the opening shot to closing shootout, Bullitt crackles with authenticity: on-location San Francisco filming, crisp dialogue and to-the-letter police, hospital and morgue procedures. An Oscar winner for Best Film Editing (1968), this razor-edged thriller features on of cinema history's most memorable car chases.

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"Cold Feet" is the award-winning comedy drama series that hooked the nation with the very real and extremely fanny portrayal of the loves, lives and dramas of three young-ish couples living in the North of England.

The third series opens with the patter of tiny 'Cold Feet' as David (Robert Bathurst) and Karen (Hermione Norris) rediscover the joys of parenthood. Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale) are now living happily together after their reconciliation, but will they take the big leap down the aisle? Pete (John Thomson) and Jenny (Fay Ripley) are not having such a rosy time of it Pete moves out of the family home, leaving Jenny to enter the job market again - with disastrous Meanwhile, David gets involved in local politics with the encouragement of the beautiful Jessica, as Jenny goes on a date with internet millionaire bob.com.

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Rachel (Helen Baxendale) has abandoned Adam (James Nesbitt) on a train platform, six months later she's back. The 'Cold Feet' saga continues with the fantastic 2nd series.

Three young couples in the North of England battle with their fears of infidelity, in-laws, impotence and other very modern crises in this humorous and touching comedy drama. Adam's life has descended into bachelor squalor. Desperate to get back on track, he begins dating again. Jenny (Fay Ripley) and Pete's (John Thomson)'s marital problems have just taken a turn for the worse. Karen (Hermione Norris) is shocked by David (Robert Bathurst) who wants to forget executive stress and become a house husband. Meanwhile Pete spots Rachel in the supermarket with a baby of unknown identity and gives chase, armed with a camera...

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The award-winning series begins here as we're introduced to the fantastically gripping world of 'Cold Feet', the fast and funny comedy drama which has gripped the nation.

Immersing us in the lives of three 30 something couples who are trying to cope with the ups and downs of love, marriage, friendship, careers, infidelity and anything else that comes their way!

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Four ordinary men in two canoes navigate a river they only know as a line on a map, taking on a wilderness they only think they understand.

Deliverance, written by James Dickey based on his novel, surges with the urgency of masterful storytelling, like Georgia's Chattooga River along which it was shot. Equally masterful is the portrayal of each man's change of character under stress, harrowingly enacted by award winners Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. Director John Boorman sets us on the knife-edge of survival - and draws us in with the irresistible force of a raging current.

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Hollywood's hottest director Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs) assembles an all-star cast for a skillfully woven tale of small-time gangster life in a most ambitious and provocative film, 'Pulp Fiction'.

Bruce Willis (Die Hard) and Oscar Nominees John Travolta (Best Actor) and Samuel L Jackson (Best Supporting Actor) deliver career performances as petty thugs in LA's criminal underworld - where gritty confrontations, fast talk and perverse humour are all part of the daily grind. Nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award 1995, this boldly inventive and expertly orchestrated crime sage is hailed by critics as a landmark achievement in modern filmmaking!

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Christmas is a magical time when anything can happen. And for Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a down-to-earth newspaper reporter, it's just about to. Whilst driving to her fiance's house on Christmas Eve, she hears a radio broadcast that will change her life.

Eight-year-old Jonah (Ross Malinger) is worried about his recently widowed father, and calls a radio station agony aunt. Persuaded onto the phone, Jonah's dad Sam (Tom Hanks) tells of his love for his dead wife and how their time together was pure magic. Annie is so touched by his heartfelt sentiment that she becomes determined to meet him. But there are a few problems: Sam's in Seattle, Annie's in Baltimore...and Sam doesn't even know that Annie exists!

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He shouldn't have been there. But in the moment that Michael Sullivan's son witnesses a brutal slaying, the lives of this 12-year-old and his gangster father are shattered irrevocably and their destinies forever joined. Now.

targeted by the mob he's devoted his life to, Sullivan and his son find themselves with nowhere to turn and a sadistic killer in relentless pursuit. It's here - in a fierce and primal struggle to stay alive and protect his boy - that this lifelong gangster will discover honour and redemption. Riveting, powerful and visually stunning, Road to Perdition ranks among the classic gangster movies of all time.

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Los Angeles, city of angels. Amnesiac and wounded, a mysterious femme fatale wanders on the sinuous road of Mulholland Drive. She finds a shelter at Betty's house (Naomi Watts). an aspiring actress just arrived from her hometown and in search of stardom in Hollywood.

First of all intrigued by the stranger who calls herself Rita (Laura Elena Harring), Betty discovers that her handbag is dull of dollar bundles. The two women get to know each other better and decide to investigate in order to discover Rita's true identity....

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Uncancel your plans for the future - Futurama is back! In this all new, feature-length epic, evil nudist aliens send Bender on a rampage through time, forcing him - slightly against his will - to steal all of Earth's priceless historic treasures.

Will the heroic Planet Express crew save the planet? Will Leela find true love? Will the ancient and terrible secret of Fry's buttocks be revealed?

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In Futurama's latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe.

But what lies beyond? Horror? Love? Or maybe both, if it happens to contain a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions! Nothing less than the fate of human and robot-kind is at stake as the Futurama crew takes on....The Beast with a Billion Backs.

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Charlotte (Ryder) is an adolescent girl torn between her blossoming passions for a handsome caretaker (Michael Schoeffling)... and her desire to be a nun (a tough calling for a girl who's Jewish).

Complicating her already precarious teen angst is a little sister (Ricci), a determined would-be swimmer she affectionately calls 'fishhead', and their mother (Cher), a non-traditional, sexy, flamboyant woman who relocates them to a new town every time she causes a hint of scandal... which is often. But even as their personal styles clash, these three incredibly different individuals begin to see that nothing... not even a life-threatening tragedy... can tear apart the bonds of family.

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With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place...

a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for FUTURAMA’s grandest adventure yet...