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Black Mirror: Series 1 (2011)Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror
A dark trilogy of twisted tales. 'Black Mirror' is a drama series from Charlie Brooker consisting of three separate self-contained stories.
1. The National Anthem is a political thriller in which the Prime Minister faces a huge dilemma and has to choose between bowing to the pressure of public opinion or following his own moral compass.
2. 15 Million Merits is a satire on entertainment shows. In this world, the only way to escape drudgery is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and just hope you can impress the judges.
3. The Entire History of You is set in an alternate reality where everyone has access to a system which records everything they do, see or hear. You need never forget a face, holiday or night out again... but is that a good thing?- Director:
- Euros Lyn
- Cast:
- Rory Kinnear, Lindsay Duncan, Donald Sumpter
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Fast-paced, intelligent and with whip-smart humour, 'The Diplomat' follows Laura Simmonds (Sophie Rundle), and her Barcelona Consul colleague and friend Alba Ortiz (Serena Manteghi) as they fight to protect Distressed British Nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan city. Mixing the roles of lawyer, counsellor and cop, Laura and Alba's diplomatic skills are stretched to the limit as they navigate the stream of surprising and complex cases that walk through the Consulate doors in need of their assistance. - Director:
- Jennie Paddon
- Cast:
- Sophie Rundle, Steven Cree, Philipp Boos
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Nope (2022)NOPE
Following their father's shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Keke Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera. Along with a former child star turned family theme park ringmaster (Steven Yeun) who neighbours the siblings, the pair's efforts to chase the spectacle soon bring terrifying consequences and unimaginable horror. The result is a complex social thriller that unpacks the seeds of violence, risk and opportunism that are inseparable from the romanticised history of the American West...and from show business itself. - Director:
- Jordan Peele
- Cast:
- Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea
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When Liz Evans's (Samantha Morton / Louisa Cliffe)'s local cinema in Wales is threatened with demolition, she does everything in her power to keep it open. Her final idea, to attract younger people by screening the new Jurassic Park movie there, leads to a conversation with 'Mr Spielberg' and an offer to host the premiere. - Director:
- Sara Sugarman
- Cast:
- Louisa Cliffe, Krrish Patel, Jonathan Pryce
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"Pick Up Your Ears" is a celebration of outrageous playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and his love affair with Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina) which concluded with their violent and premature deaths. Orton was one of the 1960s golden boys, from working class Leicester lad to national celebrity, from sexual innocent to grinning satyr, from penniless student to icon of Swinging London. He became a star by breaking the rules - sexual and theatrical. But while his plays including Loot, what the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr. Sloane were hugely successful, his private life was sometimes sordid, often farcical and ended in tragedy. - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
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Set within the Asian community in London, 'My Beautiful Launderette' is an unusual love story concerned with identity and entrepreneurial spirit during the Thatcher years. Omar (Gordon Warnecke) takes over the running of his wheeler-dealer uncle's launderette with the intention of turning it into a glittering place of commercial success. When he employs childhood friend and ex-National Front member Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis) they become lovers as well as working partners. However, complications soon ensue as the anger of Johnny's deserted gang begins to build and Omar is forced to face increasingly difficult family issues. - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis
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On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever. - Director:
- Eva Husson
- Cast:
- Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth
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Everyone has a Tully (Tony Curran) - the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, Jimmy (Martin Compston) and Tully ignite a friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth - a magical weekend in Manchester. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has the worst kind of news, and a request that will test their friendship, love, and loyalty to the limit... - Director:
- Peter Mackie Burns
- Cast:
- Tom Glynn-Carney, Rian Gordon, Matt Littleson
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Emma Thompson plays Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher yearning for some adventure, and some sex. And she has a plan, which involves hiring a young sex worker named Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack). As Nancy embarks on a post-marital sexual awakening and Leo draws on his skills and charm, together they find a surprising human connection. - Director:
- Sophie Hyde
- Cast:
- Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland
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November 2006. Alexander 'Sasha' Litvinenko (David Tennant), a former KGB officer, lies dying in a London hospital - poisoned by a mysterious radioactive substance. As Detective Inspector Brent Hyatt (Neil Maskell) is summoned to take his statement, Sasha directly accuses the Russian President, Vladimir Putin of orchestrating his murder. When Sasha dies a few days later, a team of Metropolitan Police officers led by Detective Superintendent Clive Timmons (Mark Bonnar), launch an investigation into what has become a chemical attack on the streets of London. As the police travel to Moscow to pursue the suspects, Sasha's devoted wife, Marina (Margarita Levieva), begins a ten-year fight against the British and Russian governments to find justice for his murder. - Director:
- Jim Field Smith
- Cast:
- Margarita Levieva, Mark Bonnar, Neil Maskell
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Ambitious, award-winning German noir series, 'Babylon Berlin' is back for a fourth outing. Series Four is set in 1930's Berlin, just after the Golden Twenties culminated in the global stock market crash and the Great Depression - and the Nazis' march to power is in full swing. The story centres on detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch), and his ambitious colleague Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries). As Gereon's investigations lead him into the boxing milieu - and politically, uncomfortably close to Hitler's militant supporters - Charlotte risks her job to help her homeless sister, who roams the streets of Berlin with a group of young peers, fighting for survival. - Director:
- Hendrik Handloegten
- Cast:
- Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Benno Fürmann
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Ambitious, award-winning German series, 'Babylon Berlin' is thrilling crime period drama. Opening in the fall of 1929 Berlin, during the tumultuous weeks before Black Friday's stock market crash, the third series sees Inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) assigned to investigate the death of an actress, only to realise that the film industry is as rotten as the underworld. In the meantime, the Black Reichswehr are regathering their forces for their next attempt to bring down democracy and provoke more clashes with the Communists. - Director:
- Henk Handloegten
- Cast:
- Philip Hersh, Volker Bruch, Libby Brien
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From Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes, the creator of 'Downion Abbey', comes a sprawling HBO drama centered on the conflict between old and new money in New York's glittering high society during the late 19th century. In a time of immense economic change, where fortunes are amassed and lost in the blink of an eye, Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), the orphaned daughter of a Union general, moves to Manhattan and becomes entangled in the social war between her aristocratic aunts (Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon) and their stupendously rich neighbors (Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon). Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society or forge her own path? - Director:
- Michael Engler
- Cast:
- Ben Ahlers, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Debra Monk
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In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III (Harry Lloyd) were discovered beneatn a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins), whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics. 'The Lost King' is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England's history. - Director:
- Stephen Frears
- Cast:
- Sally Hawkins, Shonagh Price, Helen Katamba
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When Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), once a war hero but now disgraced member of the military police, uncovers evidence of a serial killer, he must work against the all-powerful Soviet regime in order to track him down before he strikes again. As he nears the truth, Leo finds himself on a dangerous mission that sees him and those he loves facing the gravest danger. - Director:
- Daniel Espinosa
- Cast:
- Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace
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