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Seattle, Washington, a city in the midst of a crisis. While the innocent sleep, lives are being lost on the streets. The Yakuza have raged war on one of the most feared gangs of Mexican drug lords in the world and Seattle has been caught in the crossfire.

Meanwhile a local bank has been taken siege by Leroy Jacobs, an armed and dangerous man who's slowly slipping over the edge. The city's only hope for justice is Sheriff Elijah Kane (Steven Seagal) and his elite force of undercover cops, a new breed of extreme law enforcement.

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After forming in Birmingham, England, in the 1970's, UB40 became one of the world's most influential Reggae bands, spreading the word of this uniquely Jamaican music to an eager international audience.

Through fascinating interviews, which display the band's infectious enthusiasm and disarming modesty, this film tells UB40's story form their formation in Birmingham to recording at their own studios with some of the artists who inspired them to play Reggae music - artists such as Winston Groovy, Ken Boothe and John Holt. Shot in Jamaica and Birmingham, the programme features a soundtrack of classic UB40 recordings such as 'Kingston Town', 'One in Ten' and 'Red, Red Wine'.

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Jodie Comer "makes her mark" (Owen Gleiberman) in this thought-provoking drama set during the 14th century in France from visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott.

Based on actual events, the film centres on one woman's (Comer) accusation that she was brutally attacked by Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), her husband Jean de Carrouges' (Matt Damon) friend. Now, in order to prove his wife's claim, de Carrouges must fight Le Gris to the death, the victor believed to be determined by God. All three lives hang in the balance in this gripping, cinematic film also starring Ben Affleck as Le Gris' scheming ally, Count d'Alençon.

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The Wild West has gone to Hell, literally, and the world's best hope of being saved lies in the gun-slinging hands of Sheriff Roy Pulsipher (Jeffrey Donovan) as he becomes the newest officer for the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) enforcing the afterlife's laws.

If the Old West was wild while he was alive, wait until Roy sees how weird it gets once he dies. Roy thought joining the R.I.P.D. would give him a chance to revisit his daughter and solve the mystery of his murder. Instead, he has his holsters full with havoc and hellfire when he's given a mission to stop a dangerous demon from opening a portal to the underworld. The fate of the living and the dead now depends on Roy and his partner Jeanne (Penelope Mitchell), a mysterious swordswoman, as cowboys clash with creatures and undead insanity unleashes apocalyptic chaos.

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In Roland Emmerich's 'Moonfall', a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all - but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), and a conspiracy theorist, KC Houseman (John Bradley), believe her. The unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.

Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Russell Crowe), 'The Pope's Exorcist' follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

From visionary director Robert Eggers comes 'The Northman', an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

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In search of his next big story, journalist Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy) lands an exclusive interview with convicted murderer and death row inmate Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who discovers Eddie's secret and becomes the host for Carnage, a menacing and terrifying symbiote.

Now Eddie and Venom must get past their contentious relationship and work together to defeat him.

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In the beginning was the Moon, Diana. Her lover was the Dawn, Lucifer - God of Light. They created man, and man built the monuments which tracked their paths across the skies. Now man could predict the movements of the Gods, he sought to control them, through priests and ritual...

An underground 'cult classic' since it was first made in 1969, Malcolm Leigh's 'Legend of the Witches' now receives its first-ever release. Featuring Britain's self-proclaimed 'Chief of Witches', Alexander Sanders, and his coven, this shocking, originally X-rated film documentary recorded in detail previously hidden magic rites and rituals. It shared the secrets of initiation into a coven, divination through animal sacrifice, ritual saying, the casting of a 'death spell' and the chilling intimacy of a 'Black Mass'. The film also explores Britain's hidden pagan heritage and its continued influence on our lives today, despite rigorous persecution by the Church through torture and death. Visiting the Witchcraft Museum at Boscastle in Cornwall, it reveals many rare artefacts dating back centuries - and some more modern examples of spell-casting that proves that witchcraft is still very much alive and thriving in our world... Totally unique, 'Legend of the Witches' provides an unrivalled insight into a secret world of forbidden knowledge and ancient arcane practices...

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Set 200 years before the events of 'Game of Thrones', the series finds the Targaryens ruling over the Seven Kingdoms - and on the brink of a civil war within their own house.

Prior to the birth of a son, King Viserys (Paddy Considine) sent shockwaves through the kingdom and declared his daughter, Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy), his heir. Once a healthy boy entered the picture, plans were afoot to make sure she would never sit on the Iron Throne. Now, with schemes hatched on both sides - and the kingdom in the balance - viewers will see the house that dragons built and learn how they tore it all down.

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In the final series of 'A Discovery of Witches', Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) return from their trip to 1590 to find tragedy at Sept-Tours. They must find the missing pages from the Book of Life and the Book itself before it's too late.

Their enemies are gearing up against them, and a monster from Matthew's past who has been lying in wait will return for revenge.

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The second season of 'A Discovery of Witches' sees Diana (Teresa Palmer) and Matthew (Matthew Goode) hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London. Here they must find a powerful witch to help Diana master her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life.

In the present day however, their enemies have not forgotten them.

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Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg) is haunted by memories of places he has never been and manifests skills he's never learned.

When a secret group that calls themselves "Infinites" comes to his rescue, they reveal that his memories are real - but they are from multiple past lives. Evan must work with the Infinites to unlock the answers in his memories that are the key to stopping a madman from destroying humanity.

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Since its premiere in 1922, Benjamin Christensen's exploration of the role of superstition in medieval minds has caused an outrage and protest from both the general public and religious groups.

Dramatizing satanic activates and rituals including the ways in which suspected witches were tortured and killed, Haxan is a deliriously imaginative masterpiece. Not until its re-release in 1941 did the director earn belated fame and respect - proof that this genre-defying 'documentary' was far ahead of its time. In 1968, the film won further praise and a whole new audience when it was re-released with a William Burroughs narration, under the title Witchcraft through the Ages.