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Crooked House (2017)Agatha Christie's Crooked House
In this classic Agatha Christie detective story, former diplomat Charles Hayward (Max Irons) has returned from Cairo to London to become a private detective. When Aristide Leonides (Gino Picciano), a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, is poisoned in his own bed, Detective Hayward is invited to solve the crime. - Director:
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Cast:
- Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close
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The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's (Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favour with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity. - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith
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Churchill (2017)Warlord
Churchill follows Britain's iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) in the days before the infamous D-Day landings in June 1944. As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi-occupied Europe, they await Churchill's decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead. Only the unflinching support of Churchill's brilliant, unflappable wife Clementine (Miranda Richardson) can halt the Prime Minister's physical and mental collapse and help lead him to greatness. Also starring John Slattery as General Eisenhower. Supreme Commander of the Allied D-Day operations, and Julian Wadham as British military commander Field Marshal Montgomery. - Director:
- Jonathan Teplitzky
- Cast:
- Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery
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To Bull McCabe (Richard Harris) it is his life. But now the field he has worked and loved for as long as he can remember is to be sold by public auction. When an American (Tom Berenger) bids for the land against Bull, the stage is set for a fearful confrontation that both men are determined to win. With both the land and their livelihood at stake Bull and his son attempt to frighten off the American. It's a battle that they can't afford to lose. For the field holds a dark secret that must be protected at any cost. - Director:
- Jim Sheridan
- Cast:
- Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean
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Golden Globe Winner Idris Elba and Oscar Winner Kate Winslet star in this sweeping, suspenseful drama based on Charles Martin's novel. When a plane they've chartered to beat a storm crashes in a remote mountain area, two strangers (Elba and Winslet) must trust each other in order to survive the extreme elements. With little hope of rescue, they begin a perilous journey that will shape the course of their lives. - Director:
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast:
- Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges
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Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in this bold and original musical filled with infectious showstopping performances that will bring you to your feet time and time again. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and celebrating the birth of show business, the film follows the visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerising spectacle. - Director:
- Michael Gracey
- Cast:
- Hugh Jackman, James Babson, Michelle Williams
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Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter (Edward Norton), a middle class doctor and Kitty (Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. - Director:
- John Curran
- Cast:
- Naomi Watts, Hélène Cardona, Edward Norton
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Junior Doctor Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia) has fled a cold, grey England after a broken relationship and decided to fly off in search of adventure with a glamorous hospital job in tropical South India. Anticipating sunshine, palm trees and picture-perfect beaches; prepared for sacred cows, tuk-tuks and Delhi-belly; what she doesn't expect is everything she finds at the under-resourced and over worked Good Karma Hospital. Run by the no-nonsense Doctor Lydia Fonseca (Amanda Redman) - the Good Karma Hospital turns no-one away - locals, ex-pats or tourists. In the company of laidback, beach-bar owner Greg (Neil Morrissey), and tourists-turned residents Maggie and Paul (Phyllis Logan and Philip Jackson), Ruby adjusts to life in India as she realises that the Good Karma Hospital may be more than just a rundown medical outpost-it might just be home. - Director:
- Bill Eagles
- Cast:
- Amanda Redman, Neil Morrissey, Amrita Acharia
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At the end of the First World War, beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) creates the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh - which brings him immediate acclaim. But the books' international success comes at a cost to the author, his young son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston) and his wife Daphne (Margot Robbie), in this beautifully filmed, poignant story about fame and family that also stars Kelly Macdonald. - Director:
- Simon Curtis
- Cast:
- Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly MacDonald
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Inspired by true events, 'Hampstead' tells the story of American widow Emily Walters (Diane Keaton) who, having grown bored of her day-to-day life, sets out to find some more excitement. One day when exploring the gorgeous area surrounding her home in Hampstead Village she meets Donald Horner (Brendan Gleeson), a man who lives off-grid in his own private paradise on the Heath and the two strike up an unexpected romance. However, when unscrupulous property developers threaten to uproot Donald, destroy his home and build luxury flats in its place, Emily is determined to fight back to defend the Heath as well as the man she loves. - Director:
- Joel Hopkins
- Cast:
- Brendan Gleeson, Diane Keaton, James Norton
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Ireland, 1937. Young, beautiful and trusting, Elizabeth Sullivan's world suddenly turns tragic. Pregnant after a brief affair, her family quickly marries her to an elderly farmer and banishes her to a remote County Kerry peninsula. Here, Elizabeth (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) resigns herself to a loveless, brutal marriage and begins to raise a family. Denying her longing for intimacy and love, Elizabeth immerses herself in her children's lives. Captivated by her radiance, a handsome young laborer reawakens her passions. Their relationship rocks the foundations of Elizabeth's world. What follows is a poignant story of love lost and found, of hatred and reconciliation, tears and laughter, truth and understanding and in the end, the ultimate peace that love offers to those who never lose faith. - Director:
- Richard Standeven
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Dermot Crowley, Liam Cunningham
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Film recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis; and the sweetest confection of a love affair - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric
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Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)Bridget Jones 3
Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth are joined by Patrick Dempsey for the much-anticipated next chapter of the world's favourite singleton. Forty-something and single again after breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and new. Her love life takes a turn when she meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), a suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist, Bridget finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch... she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father. - Director:
- Sharon Maguire
- Cast:
- Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent
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Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto (Brendan Gleeson) and Anna (Emma Thompson) Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon their campaign comes to the attention of the Gestapo and a murderous game of cat-and-mouse begins. - Director:
- Vincent Perez
- Cast:
- Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl, Brendan Gleeson
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During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank (Paul Scofield) decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot (Georgia Slowe) is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies (Mary Steenburgen), Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic above the office. The film tells the true story of Gies' struggle to keep the family hidden and safe, as the Nazis turn Amsterdam upside-down. Based upon Gies' memoirs and Anne Frank's famous diary, it is an eternal story of hope, endurance and devastation. Acclaimed at the Emmy Awards with no less than six nominations, this moving film earned an Emmy for William Hanley's 'outstanding writing'. Winner of an 'American Peabody Award' and a 'Christopher Award'. - Director:
- John Erman
- Cast:
- Mary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield, Huub Stapel
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