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"Patrick Melrose" is a new kind of family saga which takes a scathing and sardonic view of the upper-classes, shining an unforgiving light on the privilege, greed, cruelty and vulnerabilities that lie within their ranks. Played to perfection by Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick himself is many things: an aristocratic addict, a rakish and outrageously funny playboy, but he is also a man living as a victim of the sins of his parents (Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh). Based on the celebrated novels by Edward St. Aubyn, this intelligent, beautifully told series, follows Patrick as he embarks on a harrowing yet humorous decades-spanning odyssey to come to terms with the effects of childhood trauma. - Director:
- Edward Berger
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz
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From 1971 to 1980, millions followed the drama and spectacle of this lavishly-filmed television series following, the trials and triumphs, loves and betrayals, adventures and disasters of James, his family and others in the 'Onedin Line' fleet and boardroom. Series Two heralds the end of the American Civil War and new opportunities for the shipping trade, but James faces troubles in his business and personal life. As struggling seamen prepare to strike, Anne is torn between her principles and loyalty to her husband and Yellow Fever is putting the whole city in peril. Meanwhile Albert and Elizabeth's marriage has reached breaking point and the rivalry between James and Daniel Fogarty intensifies... - Director:
- Bill Rea
- Cast:
- Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond
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When Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) receives a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve, he realises that his entire family is in danger of annihilation. As the enemy closes in, Tommy flees his country house and heads to the only safe place he knows. Co-starring Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Adrien Brody and Tom Hardy, Steven Knight's beloved crime saga makes a triumphant return to the streets of Birmingham in its most sensational and action-packed chapter yet. - Director:
- David Caffrey
- Cast:
- Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson
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Kinky Boots (2005)The Kinky Boot Factory
For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. But to save the business from imminent bankruptcy, young Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy transvestite cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild design are breath of fresh air in the stuffy old shop! - Director:
- Julian Jarrold
- Cast:
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts
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Centennial: The Complete Series (1978)Centennial
Journey to the Wild West in the sweeping, sensational epic drama 'Centennial'. Relive the grand hopes, dreams, loves and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado - from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. With over 26 hours of drama, this incredible set gives fans the opportunity to own the complete chronicle that showcases one of the finest casts ever assembled, including Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad, Timothy Dalton, Mark Harmon, Andy Griffith, Raymond Burr, Dennis Weaver, Lynn Redgrave, Sharon Gless, Stephanie Zimbalist, Sally Kellerman and many more. Based on James A. Michener's best-selling novel, this Primetime Emmy Award-nominated saga is a captivating look at the intertwining lives of the brave men and women in a fictional American town that endured the growing pains of a nation on the rise. - Director:
- Virgil W. Vogel
- Cast:
- Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Richard Chamberlain
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The Captain (2017)Der Hauptmann
Based on the astonishing true story of a teenage German soldier (Max Hubacher) whose sadism would eventually earn him the nickname of the Executioner of Emsland. The Captain picks up two weeks before the end of the war. A petrified soldier, fleeing military police, finds a Nazi captain's uniform to wear and avoid execution. Thus disguised and high on the terrifying charisma of his clothing, he invents a secret mission from the Fuhrer and embarks on a brutal odyssey of torture and slaughter. - Director:
- Robert Schwentke
- Cast:
- Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau
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Tempers flare and fists fly in COWBOY, an action-packed classic based on the real-life adventures of a young tenderfoot turned tough cattleman. Glenn Ford stars as Tom Reece, a range-hardened trail boss who has just arrived in Chicago after months on the plains. When he loses all his money in a high-stakes poker game, he reluctantly accepts a $3,800 loan from hotel desk clerk Frank Harris (Academy Award winner Jack Lemmon) in exchange for a piece of his cattle business. Frank, a would be cowboy, has fallen hopelessly in love with Maria Vidal (Anna Kashfi) the voluptuous daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher. Though her father forbids the lovers from seeing each again, Frank holds Tom to their partnership agreement and forces the feisty wrangler to take him on the cattle drive to Maria's hometown of Guadalupe. There, the two men find all the excitement they can handle in this all-star Technicolor tale of fiery emotions and dangerous desires. - Director:
- Delmer Daves
- Cast:
- Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi
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Alan Bennett's hilariously vicious, deliciously tasteless satire is set in 1947 England, when postwar privations could encourage the most respectable citizens to dabble in black market doings. When Gilbert Chilvers (Michael Palin), a meek podiatrist, and his social-climbing wife Joyce (Maggie Smith) learn that town bigwigs have bribed a farmer to fatten up an unlicensed pig, Joyce persuades Gilbert to kidnap the animal, and mayhem ensues. - Director:
- Malcolm Mowbray
- Cast:
- Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
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Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 'Killing Eve' centres on two women; Eve (Sandra Oh) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose desk-bound job doesn't fulfil her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle (Jodie Comer) is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. 'Killing Eve' topples the typical spy-action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse. - Director:
- Harry Bradbeer
- Cast:
- Fiona Shaw, Owen McDonnell, Jodie Comer
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John Curry transformed ice skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal. Toxic yet charming; rebellious yet elitist; emotionally aloof yet spectacularly needy; ferociously ambitious yet bent on self-destruction, this is a man forever on the run: from his father's ghost, his country, and even his own self. Above all, Curry was an artist and an athlete whose body time and time again - sometimes against his will - became a political battlefield. - Director:
- James Erskine
- Cast:
- John Curry
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The King's Choice (2016)Kongens nei
An award-winning historical drama based on a true story about three dramatic days in 1940, when the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: surrender or die. With the German Air force and soldiers hunting them, the Royal Family is forced to flee from the capital - parting ways without knowing if they'll ever see each other again. The Crown Princess Martha (Tuva Novotny) leaves Norway with the children to seek refuge in Sweden, whilst King Haakon (Jesper Christensen) and the Crown Prince Olav (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) stay to fight. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, Haakon makes his final decision; he refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives. - Director:
- Erik Poppe
- Cast:
- Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Karl Markovics
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Black '47 (2018)The Ranger
It's 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney (James Frecheville), a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his family. He's seen more than his share of horrors, but nothing prepares him for the famines hopeless destruction of his homeland that has brutalised his people and there seems to be no law and order. He discovers his mother starved to death and his brother hanged by the brutal hand of the English. With little else to live for, he sets out on a destructive path to avenge his family. - Director:
- Lance Daly
- Cast:
- Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea
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Concluding a powerful and groundbreaking five-season run, 'Boardwalk Empire', the Emmy - winning HBO drama series from Academy Award nominee/Emmy Award winner Terence Winter and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese begins its final season in 1931, a full six years after the end of Season 4. In stark contrast with the Roaring '20s, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression, and with the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky is looking to legitimise himself by forging alliances with liquor producers. Season 5 also includes flashback scenes of Nucky, Eli, the Commodore, Gillian and others from 1884-1900 - childhood experiences that would shape their relationships and their futures. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon
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Atlantic City, February 1924: Picking up 8 months after the events of Season 3, Nucky Thompson is laying low at the end of the Boardwalk after barely surviving an overthrow by gangster Gyp Rosetti. But the calm will be short-lived, as Nucky faces new challenges, including a clash with a violent Harlem powder broker, a battle with his brother Eli over Eli's college-age son, and the irresistible lure of lucrative - and perilous - opportunities in Florida. - Director:
- Timothy Van Patten
- Cast:
- Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon
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The Plague (2005)The Plague: The True Story of the Black Death
It began like the common cold. Then came fever, baseball-sized black swellings on the neck, and coughing up blood. Few infected lived more than two days. It was history's worst biological disaster and almost half of Europe's population died within three years. Visit the plague ships' rat-infested holds, witness the terror that swept through towns, and walk with religious flagellants. Follow a princess as she travels into the centre of the plague, a doctor who struggles to understand what is happening and a Jewish merchant caught up in violent attacks. Hear the actual words of the victims, taken from diaries and journals. From the Pope's palace to the humble huts of medieval peasants, watch as people live and die in the unforgiving grip of fear and death and wonder how we would act if such a terrible event happened today. - Director:
- Robert H. Gardner
- Cast:
- Sam Mercurio, Kelly DeVries
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