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The much-anticipated sequel finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr.

Gruber's antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief...

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Stalin Is Dead! And with The Soviet Union's top job now up for grabs, the men in Stalin's council are about to enter an 'interview' process unlike any other.

With the prospect of absolute authority over the nation within grasp, in the days that follow, devious plotting and farcical backs tabbing are fair play, and one man will emerge with supreme power over the USSR. The question is: who?

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Narrated by Daisy Ridley 'The Eagle Huntress' tells the story of Aisholpan a 13-year-old nomadic Kazakh child of the Altai Mountains.

With the help of her father she battles the elements and deeply ingrained prejudice to try and become the first female in 12 generations of her family to be an eagle huntress. Let your heart soar and follow Aisholpan through finding and rearing her baby eagle, to taking part in the annual prestigious Golden Eagle Festival.

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In this thrilling, climactic chapter of the Planet of the Apes saga, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel (Woody Harrelson).

But after suffering unimaginable losses, Caesar resolves to 'avenge his kind, pitting him against the Colonel for a final showdown that will determine the future of the planet!

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Baby (Ansel Elgort) - a talented, young getaway driver - relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway.

But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.

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In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in D.C.

But when she takes on the all-powerful pro-gun movement she finds herself at the centre of a terrifying battle andffl decide if she's willing to make sacrifices greater than she ever imagined - or will winning come at too high a price?

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The life and controversial death of Vincent van Gogh as told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them.

Beginning a year after his demise, this portrait of the artist is built via a series of interviews conducted by Armand Roulin (Booth) - a regular model for the artist's portraits - who becomes obsessed with van Gogh's death, caused by a bullet wound to the stomach. Was it an accident? Was it suicide? 'Loving Vincent' sets out to explore one of art's great mysteries, a unique film created using over over 65,000 hand painted frames and features music from the award winning composer Clint Mansell (The Fountain; Black Swan).

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Albert Serra's new film is an adaptation of the Due de Saint-Simon's memoirs, starring Jean-Pierre as the Sun King in his last days. The dying king can barely move from his bed in Versailles. His relatives and his closest counsellors come in turns at his bedside, but he can barely rule his kingdom.

His secret wife Madame de Maintenon, and his doctor Fagon dread his last breath and try to hide it from the public, to preserve the future of France. Jean-Pierre Leaud, in his costume, hair and poses, fully embodies the last few days of the longest serving king of France, who, with his seventy-two years reign, changed the face of the monarchy and of France.

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Five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) gets lost on a train travelling away from his home and family. Frightened and bewildered, he ends up thousands of miles away, in chaotic Kolkata.

Somehow he survives living on the streets, escaping all sorts of terrors and close calls in the process, before ending up in an orphanage that is itself not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. As an adult, not wanting to hurt his adoptive parents' feelings, Saroo (Dev Patel) suppresses his past, his emotional need for reunification and his hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother. But a chance meeting with some fellow Indians reawakens his buried yearning. Armed with only a handful of memories and his unwavering determination, Saroo sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

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1980. Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) is the number one ranked tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court.

A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship; the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American, John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf).

In a majestic world of intricate hand-drawn textures, a shipwrecked man is found marooned on a desert island. With his attempted escapes thwarted by the stranger and larger-than-life titular red reptile, the man's existence is forever altered when something extraordinary occurs.

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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.

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Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) is divorced, retired and leads a reclusive and relatively quiet life. One day, he learns that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica (Charlotte Rampling), left in her will a diary kept by his best friend.

Tony's quest to recover the diary forces him to revisit his flawed recollections of his youth and, digging deeper, uncovers deceit, regrets and guilt buried long ago. Can Tony bear to face the truth and take responsibility for the devastating consequences of actions he took so long ago? 'The Sense of an Ending' is a deeply moving and uplifting story about the paths chosen in life, and the power of memory, love and forgiveness.

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Sam Neil (Event Horizon, Bicentennial Man), Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut) and Billy Zane (Titanic) - in riveting performances. Joe and Rae Ingram (Neil and Kidman) do the right thing and rescue the half-delirious sole survivor (Zane) of a crippled schooner.

But soon the stranger will plunge the unwary pair into an intense battle of cat and mouse. And life and death.

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Dean Cain stars in this pulse-pounding suspense-thriller about a man who is tuck at a crossroads, caught in the crosshairs and way beyond the point of no return.

Cain "carries the film with ease" as Jeremy Stanton, a sereotypical yuppie whose situtation turns out to be anything but typical when a seemingly routine road trip develops into an increasingly desperate game of cat and mouse. Trapped in a maze of endless desert highways, bound by a vital deadline and pursueed by an unseen menace , Stanton is about to take the longest - and perhaps last - ride of his life!