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Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) is struggling with catastrophic writer's block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay. His picture-perfect second wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focused in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood. Charles' desperate search for inspiration leads him to invite Madame Arcati (Judi Dench), a medium recently exposed as a fraud, to perform a séance in their home. They all get more than they bargained for when Arcati accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife: the fiery and jealous Elvira (Leslie Mann) who embarks on a mission to kill Charles so she can spend eternity with him which leads to an increasingly comical and deadly love triangle. - Director:
- Edward Hall
- Cast:
- Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Aimee-Ffion Edwards
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The Last Don (1997)Mario Puzo's the Last Don
Mario Puzo's best-selling novel comes to life in this epic saga of America's most powerful crime family. Danny Aiello stars as Don Clericuzio, the wise and ruthless leader of an empire where the price of loyalty is paid in blood. When his only daughter marries the son of a rival mobster, a violent war is sparked between the families that spans three generations. - Director:
- Graeme Clifford
- Cast:
- Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, Daryl Hannah
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)Bronenosets Potyomkin
Planned by the Soviet Central Committee to coincide with the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the unsuccessful 1905 Russian Revolution, this film was developed by the 27 year-old Sergei Eisenstein from less than one page of script from a planned eight-part epic that was intended to chronicle a large number of revolutionary actions. Starting with the Potemkin's crew's refusal to eat maggot-infested meat, the mutiny develops and their leader Vakulinchuk is shot by a senior officer. The officers are overthrown and when the Potemkin docks at Odessa, crowds appear from all directions to take up the cause of the dead sailor and open rebellion ensues. What became the most celebrated sequence in world cinema history follows as the Czarist soldiers fire on the crowds thronging down the Odessa steps; the broad newsreel-like sequences being inter-cut with close-ups of harrowing details. Returning to sea, the Potemkin's crew prepares the guns for action as the ship, flying the flag of freedom, steams to confront the squadron. When they finally meet their worst fears are allayed as, with relief coupled with joy, they are universally acclaimed. This film, which was destined to become such an influential landmark in cinematographic history, opened in Moscow in January 1926. It ran for only four weeks. - Director:
- Sergei M. Eisenstein
- Cast:
- Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov
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Marie Antoinette (Emilia Schüle / Charlotte Angel) is just a teenager when she leaves Austria to marry the Dauphin of France. Arriving at Versailles, she must obey the numerous and complex rules of French court. Transforming from the young Dauphine to the Queen of Style and a true fashion icon, Marie Antoinette will attempt to recreate Versailles in her image: free, independent and feminist. But her successes will provoke jealousy and rivalry, as her opponents within the Royal Family will do everything they can to bring her down... - Director:
- Geoffrey Enthoven
- Cast:
- Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer
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Renowned actress Brenda Blethyn returns as the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope in four compelling new feature-length episodes of this hit crime drama. The indomitable Vera and her trusted team unravel more complex cases, exploring stories of corporate corruption, organised crime and deeply buried personal guilt. An entrepreneur's murder delivers no shortage of suspects, while the discovery of a teenager's body floating near a salmon farm reveals a tangled web of deceit between two families. The murder of a cleaner whose death occurred several hours after the killer blow landed sends Vera on an intriguing trail, and it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems when a wealthy betting shop tycoon is killed during a home invasion. Set against the breathtaking landscapes of Northumberland, this top-rating drama is inspired by the bestselling novels and characters created by acclaimed author Ann Cleeves. - Director:
- Paul Gay
- Cast:
- Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty, Jon Morrison
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1971 proves an explosive year at Castle Gate as CID investigates a bomb at an Oxford college and a death threat to Oxford Wanderers' star striker. The death of a local taxi driver leads to a conspiracy at the heart of London's Soho, and when winter brings with it an almighty snowstorm, Endeavour (Shaun Evans) finds himself stranded at an abandoned hotel, caught in a game of gruesome revenge, while Thursday races to find him before it's too late. - Director:
- Shaun Evans
- Cast:
- Roger Allam, Shaun Evans, Sean Rigby
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New Year's Day and 1970 begins with a body on an Oxford canal towpath. The start of the new decade sees new relationships blossom and old friendships challenged as fatality strikes a ground-breaking college project, a family Indian restaurant is devastated by murder, and an all-women Oxford college is struck by tragedy. From the waterways of Venice to the streets of Oxford, 1970 brings a new evil and the ultimate test to our Castle Gate CID gang from which they may never survive. - Director:
- Shaun Evans
- Cast:
- Anton Lesser, Sean Rigby, Roger Allam
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It's 1969 and things have taken a darker turn for the old Cowley team. With Endeavour (Shaun Evans), Thursday (Roger Allam) and the gang now scattered across Oxfordshire, it takes a series of brutal crimes - including the death of a young schoolgirl, a fatal act of sabotage, a deadly campaign of gossip and rumour in a picturesque village and a murder at the Bodleian Library - to reunite them. Now joined by former adversary DCI Ronnie Box (Simon Harrison) and his sidekick DS Alan Jago (Richard Riddell), the gang must battle crime and corruption to finally solve their greatest challenge - the truth behind George Fancy's death. - Director:
- Johnny Kenton
- Cast:
- Anton Lesser, Simon Harrison, Aston McAuley
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From the award-winning producers of 'Line of Duty', 'Save Me' is an extraordinary and powerful new thriller written by and starring Lennie James (The Walking Dead). Nelson 'Nelly' Rowe is a man who 'likes a drink', loves whoever he's sleeping with and is the life and soul of his local boozer. He's a charmer, a chancer, a fighter, a liar and, at his age, a man who should know better but couldn't care less; until it all goes terribly wrong. Nelly's world is turned upside down when he's arrested and accused of kidnapping the 13-year-old daughter he was barely aware of. Jody's mother, Claire (Suranne Jones) - who knew Nelly a lifetime ago and hasn't seen him since - is convinced of his guilt. With the cops on his tail and all the evidence pointing right at him, Nelly is going to have to turn his life around if he's to find out who framed him and, more importantly, save the life of the daughter he never knew enough to love. - Director:
- Nick Murphy
- Cast:
- Storm Adaser-Ratteray, Daniel Adegboyega, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
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Lawmen: Bass Reeves: Series 1 (2023)Bass Reeves
From Executive Producers Taylor Sheridan (1883) and David Oyelowo (Selma) comes the untold story of the most legendary lawman in the Old West: Bass Reeves. 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' follows the journey of Reeves (Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family. - Director:
- Christina Alexandra Voros
- Cast:
- David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton
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As 1968 dawns, a year of change promises to challenge the private and professional lives of Endeavour and his colleagues. Endeavour's recent promotion leads him to reluctantly mentor new recruit Fancy, while Thursday is beginning to think about life after the police. But in Oxford, crime never sleeps, and the team continue to be tested by mysterious and intriguing cases of murder, greed and deception. Meanwhile, the rise of organised crime in the city promises to change Oxford forever. When 1968 comes to a close, will things at Cowley Police Station ever be the same again? - Director:
- Brady Hood
- Cast:
- Abigail Thaw, Tom Durant Pritchard, Tom Wisdom
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Inside No. 9: Series 1 (2014)Inside Number Nine
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith follow up the multi-award-winning Psychoville with an anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected. What goes on behind closed doors on the street where you live? Be invited into six very different No 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.
Episodes Comprise:
1. Sardines
2. A Quiet Night In
3. Tom and Gerri
4. Last Gasp
5. The Understudy
6. The Harrowing- Director:
- David Kerr
- Cast:
- Bruce Mackinnon, Katherine Parkinson, Jo Stone-Fewings
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Oxford's brilliant young detective opens the casebook on a brand new set of perilous murder mysteries as Endeavour returns. Following the dramatic finale of series three, we find Oxford's finest picking up the pieces of their personal and professional lives. DC Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) awaits the result of his Sergeant's Exam, while Dl Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) and his wife Win struggle to cope with their children flying the nest; Sam gone to the Army and the traumatised Joan... who knows where? But there are even greater challenges to face. The Summer of Love is on the turn, and the Oxford City Police finds itself caught on the frontier of the future; computers, pop music, the National Health, nuclear power, the struggle between old and new played out on the battleground of Oxford. For every force for progress there is a malign counterforce, and Endeavour, Thursday and colleagues are plunged into their most perilous, baffling and terrifying cases to date. - Director:
- Ashley Pearce
- Cast:
- Roger Allam, James Bradshaw, Shaun Evans
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The American Gilded Age was a period of significant economic change, conflict between old and new systems, and fortunes made and lost. Season Two opens on Easter 1883 as Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) learns her bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected. Over eight episodes, Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy) and the old system to gain a foothold in society, George Russell (Morgan Spector) battles a growing union at his Pittsburgh steel plant, Marian (Louisa Jacobson) secretly teaches at a girls' school, and Ada (Cynthia Nixon) starts a new courtship, to Agnes' (Christine Baranski)' disapproval. In Brooklyn, the Scott family heals from a shocking discovery, and Peggy (Denée Benton) becomes an activist through her work at 'The New York Globe'. - Director:
- Michael Engler
- Cast:
- Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson
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BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning actress Brenda Blethyn is back as the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope, investigating more tragic and intriguing cases. Vera may be unconventional and unglamorous, but she faces the world with her caustic wit, guile and courage. In this brand new season, the indomitable Vera and her trusted team chase ruthless killers and unravel complex mysteries, uncovering secrets that sometimes stray a little too close to home. Set against the breathtaking landscapes of Northumbria, this award-winning ITV drama is based on the bestselling Inspector Stanhope books by Ann Cleeves. - Director:
- Paul Gay
- Cast:
- Paul Kaye, Peter Davison, Faith Alabi
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