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Ewan McGregor and former RAF pilot Colin McGregor "take to the skies" in some of the world's most iconic planes to celebrate 100 years of the RAF.

The brothers experience aerial combat at every stage of the RAF's story, from the dawn of the dogfight in World War One, the triumph of the "The Few" and the bravery of the "Bomber Boys" in World War Two, through to the Cold War and right up to the supersonic jets of today. On the way they will meet some extraordinary men and women, they will explore the great moments such as 'The Battle of Britain' and 'The Berlin Airlift', and will uncover little known stories of bravery and brilliance. It is a story of amazing machines and epic battles but above all it is the story of the men and women whose courage and ingenuity have been at the heart of the RAF for 100 years.

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The course of true love has never run smoothly for Parisian Violette (Julie Delpy), a 40 year-old workaholic whose romantic life is continually challenged by possessive teenage son, Lolo (Vincent Lacoste).

Enjoying a long holiday in Biarritz, fashion exec Violette is surprised to find herself falling for fellow divorcee Jean-Rene (Dany Boon), a clueless but highly persistent local computer programmer. When Jean-Rene announces he's due to move to Paris for a work opportunity, the unlikely relationship is given a chance to continue. However he must first attempt to win the trust and respect of troublesome 19 year-old Lolo, a challenge that the endearingly naive Jean-Rene is not at all prepared for. When Lolo returns to live with Violette, and his playful schemes evolve into more serious set-ups, Jean-Rene is faced with a decision; is he willing to compete with Lolo's obsession to remain Violette's one and only favourite?

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In Atwood's nightmarish fable, the United States of America has become The Republic of Gilead, a right-wing totalitarian state, Women are subjugated and powerless in this society.

The world is rife with disease and infection, and few women remain who can have children; these who can are taken by the government, and christened 'handmaids'. Kate, a handmaid, is sent to the house of Fred, the commander. There she must submit to his demands, and those of Serena Joy (Faye Dunaway), his jealous, vindictive wife. But some things cannot be controlled by The Republic - like Kate's growing feelings for The Commander's chauffeur Nick. Or the secret resistance, who meet under darkness.

"The Post" tells the incredible true story of the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) as they strive to expose a massive cover-up of devastating government secrets, risking their careers and very freedom in a fight for the truth.

The epic story of love, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's timeless novel by Tom Stoppard. The story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart. As Anna questions her happiness and marriage, change comes to all around her.

A murdered girl's defiant mother (Frances McDormand) boldly paints three local billboards, each with a controversial message, igniting a furious battle with a volatile cop (Sam Rockwell) and the town's revered chief of police (Woody Harrelson).

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It's Christmas 1940 and the people of Everytown, unprepared and ill-equipped, find themselves at war against an enemy who has been planning such a conflict for years.

The land is devastated by the horrors of aerial bombardment as the war drags on for thirty years, causing a period of despair, with feudal tyrants ruling a downtrodden populace suffering famine and pestilence. Can the human race rise above its desperate circumstances and build a scientific utopia?

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Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos.

K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

The Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of 'The Force Awakens' join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks new mysteries of the Force.

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Lifelong friends Wilf (Billy Connolly) and Reggie (Tom Courtenay), together with former colleague Cissy (Pauline Collins), are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired musicians. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home.

But when Jean Horton (Maggie Smith), a former grande dame of the opera and Reggie's ex-wife moves into the home to everyone's surprise, the plans for this year's concert start to unravel.

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This highly-praised debut feature from the Irish documentarist Pat Collins takes the form of a trip through the West of Ireland as a sound-recordist returning from Berlin seeks to capture the sound of silence, but after meeting the local inhabitants is drawn back to his own roots on Tory Island off

the coast of Donegal. (The video also includes an earlier documentary by Pat Collins about Tory Island).
Influenced by elements of folklore and archive, Silence unfolds with a quiet intensity, where poetic images reveal an absorbing and ultimately moving meditation on themes relating to sound and silence, history, memory and exile.

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Jia Zhangke's eighth feature is an intimate yet epic drama spanning several decades which charts the impact of China's move towards capitalism on the lives of one family.

Divided into three parts (set in 1999, 2014 and Australia in 2025), 'Mountains May Depart' follows the life of Shen Tao (played by Jia's regular collaborator Zhao Tao) and her family through 26 tumultuous years. Perhaps his most ambitious film yet, Jia's film is an astute, humane study of how the emergent culture of capitalist materialism and the forces of globalisation have impacted on Chinese society and family life.

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From Director Amma Asante, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike and set against the breath-taking backdrops of the African savannah and period London, 'A United Kingdom' tells the inspiring real-life romance of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London

office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. 'A United Kingdom' celebrates one of the greatest love stories ever told.

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Inspired by real events, "Land of Mine" follows the dramatic story of the young German prisoners who, as World War II came to an end in 1945, were forced to defuse and remove two million mines on the Danish Coast.

Presided over by tough veteran Sergeant Carl Rasmussen (Roland Mailer), these teenage POW's were treated with hostility whilst being forced to dig up the mines from the sand with their bare hands with little training. When Rasmussen begins to sympathise and promises their release back to Germany when the task is completed, they soon realise that the war is far from over.

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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?