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Inspired by true events, this is the remarkable, action-packed story about the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.

Follow the epic and intense journey of General Nanisca (Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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Fallen Women? Does it mean they've hurt their knees? After a decade of soul saving in Africa, Charles Fortescue is asked to minister to the ladies of the night in 1906 London.

So Fortescue feeds them, shelters them and not infrequently provides them a bed - his! A naive man of the cloth becomes a man of the sheets in this playfully naughty yet always tasteful comedy that stars Monty Python's Michael Palin as Fortescue and features a colourful array of cockeyed characters: a blissful airhead (Phoebe Nicholls), a lusty mission sponsor (Maggie Smith), a bewildered butler (Michael Hordern), an earthy bishop (Denholm Elliott), a cantankerous John Bull (Trevor Howard) and more.

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Here's the bold and sweeping epic adventure that's guaranteed to thrill action seekers of all ages. Jason Scott Lee stars as Mowgli, a boy raised by wild animals in the jungles of India.

Longing to enter mans world, Mowgli is aided by Kitty, the beautiful daughter of British official Major Brydon (Sam Neill). Mowgli soon faces a ruthless soldier who wants both Kitty's hand in marriage and a hand on mythical treasures that only Mowgli can find.

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Directed by Alexander Mackendrick "The Maggie" is a heartwarming comedy set in Scotland, about a skipper who tricks a wealthy American into entrusting him to ship valuable cargo on a dilapidated old puffer boat called 'The Maggie'.

The American tycoon realises his mistake and goes up against the scheming crew of the Maggie who are determined to outwit the American and keep the contract.

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Phoebe (Sean Young) and Julian (Richard Lewis), two American's in Rome, discover a lost dog named Napoleon while on a train and, being good Samaritans, decide to take him back to his owners in Monte Carlo. When they arrive at Napoleon's wealthy owner's property however, they discover them dead.

Panic-ridden they flee the scene of the crime and unknowingly make themselves prime suspects in this increasingly bizarre, yet hilarious, murder mystery.

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He was once a devoted family man and a brilliant musician. Now Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) lives rough on the streets of Manhattan, his mind twisted and tortured by mental demons.

But when he discovers a frozen corpse outside the cave he calls home, his fractured imaginings unleash a chain of events that threatens much more than The cops, including his own daughter dismiss the death as accidental. But Romulus, guided by visions and hallucinations, is convinced it's murder and becomes obsessed with unmasking the killer...

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Renowned detective Joseph Walker is haunted by a past of violence, passion and betrayal - a past which threatens his ability to hunt down a killer with a terrifying message for the world.

Heading up an investigation into a series of gruesome and elaborately staged murders, Joseph is puzzled by the bizarre nature of the killings and the presence of mysterious symbols traced into a layer of sand at each murder scene. To end the killings, Joseph must solve the riddle. But the clock is ticking - are Joseph and his new squad just tracking a criminal or are they themselves part of the murderer's plan? XIK

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Rex Harrison plays novelist Charles Condomine who is plagued by the ghost of his sexy first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond). Second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) doesn't believe him and brings in eccentric medium madam Arcati (A hilarious performance by Margaret Rutherford) to get proof.

Lean and Coward's third screen collaboration (after 'In Which We Serve' and 'This Happy Breed' and Before 'Brief Encounter') is a sophisticated and witty delight.

DCI Red Metcalfe's renowned ability to get under the skin and into the minds of deranged killers is put to the ultimate test in two cases of terrifying murders.

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Patrick Troughton stars in this recreation of a lost classic from 1967. The Tardis has been stolen. Marooned on Earth in the year 1966, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) set out to find the missing time-machine.

Their investigations bring them to a mysterious London antiques shop, where all the antiques all seem to be brand new. Kidnapped by the antique shop's owner, the Doctor is then brought face to face with a very old enemy - the Daleks. Working from a house in Victorian England, the Daleks have a new masterplan to conquer the universe. And in order to carry it out, they need the Doctor's help. The original 1967 master recordings of 'The Evil of the Daleks' were lost soon after the programme's original transmission. However, audio-only recordings of all seven episodes have survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated presentation of this lost classic.

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When a prostitute is murdered in San Francisco's ritzy Nob Hill district, an anonymous tip implicates minister and political crusader Reverand Logan Sharpe (Martin Landau). Lt.

Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), who has known Sharpe for many years, asks to be assigned to the case in hopes of clearing his friend's name. So begins the detective's journey through a twisted maze of baffling evidence, frantic chases, deadly gunfire and bad alibis. Before long, Tibbs finds himself bitterly torn between his duty as a cop... and his loyalty to a friend.

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Scotland Yard's tough-talking Detective Chief Inspector Redfern Metcalfe, a man totally obsessed with the minds and motivations of murderers.

Messiah

In the grip of a heatwave: London becomes the stalking ground of a brutal serial killer. Though each death is horribly different, the killer leaves an unmistakeable signature - he cuts out the victim's tongue and replaces it with a silver spoon...
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When Red's estranged brother is found knifed to death in Leadenhall Market, the hunt for justice gets personal. But as the body count rises the horrifying truth dawns: none of the investigating team, or their families, are safe...

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Sidney Poitier reprises his role as Lt. Virgil Tibbs in this taut drama that exposes the ruthless, high-stakes world of international drug trafficking.

Under the cover of darkness, six masked figures raid a seemingly respectable furniture factory - and steal a multimillion-dollar cache of heroin! But these are no ordinary crooks. They're a passionate band of former users-turned-vigilantes whose frustration with the law's inability to combat the city's drug problem spurs them to take on a powerful narcotics ring. After contacting Tibbs, they confess to the break-in, beg him to keep silent and ask for his help. But once he reluctantly agrees to operate outside the law, Tibbs soon finds himself at odds with the police and a ruthless drug syndicate that will stop at nothing to silence him!

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The Doctor (Voice of William Hartnell) stars alongside his travel companions Vicki (voice of Maureen O'Brien) and Steven (voice of Peter Purves) which sees the Tardis landing on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the three suns which its orbits.

Trapped on the planet with them are the Drahvins, a race of warrior women, and the reptilian Rills. The Drahvins want to steal the Rill spaceship to escape the planet's death throes, and enlist the Doctor's help, which he is forced to give when Maaga, the cunning Drahvin leader, keeps first Vicki and then later Steven as her hostage. Even though the Doctor is determined to broker a peace deal between the two sides in this conflict and help everyone escape safely, Maaga doesn't trust him. Or the Rills...

In the Deep South, homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. When the bigoted town sheriff (Rod Steiger) gets involved, both he and Tibbs must put aside their differences and join forces in a race against time to discover the shocking truth.