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Starring 5-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams, 'Sharp Objects' is a psychological drama about a city journalist with a troubled past who returns to her rural hometown to cover the murder of two pre-teen girls. As she clashes with her overbearing mother (Patricia Clarkson), her self-destructive habits return, and she finds herself identifying a bit too closely with the young victims. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and directed by the Emmy Award-winning director Jean-Marc Vallee (Big Little Lies). - Director:
- Jean-Marc Vallée
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- Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina
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Hey Arnold is back - and he's about to go where no football head has gone before in this All-New Adventure! When his class wins a trip to San Lorenzo, the last known place his parents were seen, Arnold sets out to learn the truth about his mom and dad's disappearance. Can he escape the clutches of pirates and navigate the hazardous jungle in order to have the long-awaited reunion he's dream't of his whole life? - Director:
- Raymie Muzquiz
- Cast:
- Mason Vale Cotton, Benjamin Flores Jr., Francesca Smith
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Daphne and Velma (2018)Daphne & Velma
Futuristic robots, crazy gadgets and the brightest students of tomorrow are common sights at Ridge Valley High. It's home to their newest student, the smart and capable Daphne Blake (Sarah Jeffery), and her online bestie, the tech-savvy hipster Velma Dinkley (Sarah Gilman). But not everything is as innocent as it seems on campus, as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-ranked students. Once cheery and full of life, kids are coming back as lifeless shells of who they once were. Can these two teens get along in real life, encourage each other to break down their inner weaknesses and save the town from an eerie downfall? Get ready for a mystery-filled origin story set in modern-day teenage heaven to find out. - Director:
- Suzi Yoonessi
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- Sarah Jeffery, Sarah Gilman, Vanessa Marano
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A story of love, lust, jealousy and betrayal, of one man's fight to rebuild his shattered life and a family's struggle to find the truth behind their loved one's murder. After seven years in a high security prison, David Collins' (Lee Ingleby) conviction for the murder of his wife, Tara, is overturned due to a technicality, or as his lawyer puts it an appalling miscarriage of justice. Able to start his life again and begin to repair relationships with his family and friends, David hopes to finally be allowed to mourn his wife's death. As a new investigation is launched, headed by DI Cathy Hudson (Angel Coulby), dark secrets of abuse, affairs and money troubles rise to the surface. From jealous sisters to disgruntled lovers, these secrets rip fragile relationships apart at the seams. But one question remains: is David Collins truly innocent? - Director:
- Richard Clark
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- Lee Ingleby, Daniel Ryan, Adrian Rawlins
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It's batter up at Belle Reve, and that can only mean that Amanda Waller, the penitentiary's cold and calculating warden, has a mission only the damned will take on. It's time to unleash Task Force X again, stacked with seasoned vets such as Deadshot, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang and Harley Quinn. These crafty criminals are joined by newcomers Copperhead and the martial arts master Bronze Tiger! With the target being a mystical object so powerful they're willing to risk their own lives to steal it, there's sure to be a collision of chaos, gunfire and attitudes. So, get packed for a raging road trip with the Suicide Squad! - Director:
- Sam Liu
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- Christian Slater, Vanessa Williams, Billy Brown
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During his frequent business trips to Berlin, Oren begins a passionate, loving affair with Thomas, a German baker. When Oren's regular visits abruptly cease, Thomas's life is thrown into turmoil. His world collapses when he discovers that Oren has died in a car accident. In search of answers about the life and death of his lover, Thomas moves to Jerusalem, leaving his life in Berlin behind. Concealing his past relationship with Oren, Thomas finds his way into the life of Anat - Oren's recently widowed wife. - Director:
- Ofir Raul Graizer
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- Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Roy Miller
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Based on Wilkie Collins' much-loved classic novel - widely recognised as the first mystery thriller - 'The Woman in White' is a tale of passion, intrigue and deception, taking us on a chilling ride down the shadowy paths and corridors of English country houses and ultimately into the depths of the Victorian madhouse. After a haunting encounter on Hampstead Heath with a woman who has escaped from an asylum, Walter Hartright (Ben Hardy) finds himself drawn into a mysterious and disturbing world. He leaves London to take a job in the wilds of Cumbria, teaching art to the spirited Marian Halcombe (Jessie Buckley) and the beautiful Laura Fairlie (Olivia Vinall). With Laura betrothed to the dangerous Sir Percival Glyde (Dougray Scott), Walter and the sisters become embroiled in a tale of romance, danger and suspense - all inexplicably connected to the ghostly woman from the heath, the Woman in White. Retaining the mysterious atmosphere that has captured the imaginations of the book's readers for over 150 years, 'The Woman in White' still has as much to say today as it did in 1859 about the power relationships between men and women. This bold new adaptation brings an exhilarating and modern take to the novel's striking female characters, charismatic formidable villains and gripping plot, with all its twists and turns. - Director:
- Carl Tibbetts
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- Jessie Buckley, Olivia Vinall, Dougray Scott
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Based on Louisa May Alcott's universally beloved novel, 'Little Women' is a new three-hour adaptation, from award winning creator of 'Call the Midwife' Heidi Thomas and directed by Vanessa Caswill (Thirteen). Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four March sisters: Meg (Willa Fitzgerald), Jo (Maya Hawke), Beth (Annes Elwy) and Amy (Kathryn Newton) on their journey from childhood to adulthood while their father (Dylan Baker) is away at war. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee (Emily Watson), the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: From gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage. Accompanied by the charming boy next door Laurie Laurence (Jonah Hauer-King), their cantankerous wealthy Aunt March (Angela Lansbury) and benevolent neighbour Mr. Laurence (Michael Gambon), 'Little Women' is a coming-of-age story that is as relevant and engaging today as it was on its original publication in 1868. - Director:
- Vanessa Caswill
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- Maya Hawke, Kathryn Newton, Dylan Baker
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Everything you thought you knew about vampires is wrong. They can walk in the daylight and holy water doesn't burn them. In fact, vampires can pass as normal humans so perfectly that even other vampires have trouble spotting them. Until they see human blood, that is; then they transform into monstrous beasts who mindlessly rape and murder. But not all vampires are evil. The secret task force that patrols Tokyo's vampire population has several fanged operatives, including half-human Yuuki Anzai, who believes that his human heritage lets him resist his species' basest cravings. But after Yuuki rescues graduate student Tsukasa Taira from her good friend, whom she never realized was a vampire, he realizes that he's succumbing to urges he's never felt before. And like moths to the flame, he and Tsukasa find themselves being pulled into a potentially fatal attraction. - Director:
- Hideaki Nakano
- Cast:
- Luci Christian, Justin Doran, Adam Gibbs
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Ordeal by Innocence (2018)Agatha Christie: Ordeal by Innocence
Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll (Anthony Boyle), a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. Eighteen months later, Dr. Arthur Calgary (Luke Treadaway), a mysterious scientist, walks onto the velvety lawns of Sunny Point claiming to have just returned from an expedition to the Arctic. Even more extraordinary is his claim to hold the alibi that can prove Jack's innocence. But Jack died in prison before the case could come to trial, and the Argyll family is reluctant to dig up the secrets of the past. Rachel's widower Leo (Bill Nighy) is about to marry his secretary Gwenda (Alice Eve) and none of Rachel's other adopted children Mary (Eleanor Tomlinson), Mickey (Christian Cooke), Tina (Crystal Clarke) or Hester (Ella Purnell), nor longstanding housekeeper Kirsten (Morven Christie), is willing to reopen that most horrendous chapter of their lives. However, the shattering implications of Calgary's story are too big to avoid; if he is telling the truth then the wrong person was arrested for Rachel's murder. And if Jack is innocent, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. Somebody still out there.... - Director:
- Sandra Goldbacher
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- Morven Christie, Anthony Boyle, Christian Cooke
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Croydon, 1976: under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Crashing local punk queen Boadicea's party, Enn discovers every boy's dream -gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it's love at first sight. But these teens are, in fact, aliens from outer space, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When their dark secret is revealed, the love-struck Enn must turn to Boadicea and her followers for help in order to save the girl he loves from certain death. When the punks take on the aliens, neither Enn's nor Zan's universe will ever be the same again. - Director:
- John Cameron Mitchell
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- Ruth Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning
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While his girlfriend Annie (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) is out of town, Dave (Nick Thune) decides to build a fort in his living room from cardboard boxes - only to be become trapped in a world that he himself created. It's up to Annie and an oddball group of friends to rescue him, avoiding booby traps, giant human-eating Tiki faces, a bloodthirsty Minotaur and fatally painful puns along the way. - Director:
- Bill Watterson
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- Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Adam Busch
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A raucous comedy set in Victorian London about four medical pioneers, friends and rivals - fighting to make a mark on the world. The 1840s was a time when doctors were just as likely to kill their patients as cure them, when the medicine that we take for granted today was in its infancy, and when doctors experimented on themselves and each other. It's an era when dentists numbed the pain with brandy, the insane were chained up, and the operating theatre was full of spectacle and showmanship where people would come to watch a surgeon beat his amputation speed record. Robert (Rory Kinnear) is an extraordinary, ambitious showman surgeon who can take a leg off in 92 seconds. William (Mathew Baynton) is a nervous, kind psychiatrist (then called alienist) looking to transform mental care. John (Tom Basden) is a wild, hedonistic, dentist turned anaesthetist. Caroline (Lydia Leonard) is the headstrong, intelligent wife of Robert, who is determined to fight against the male prejudices and patriarchy of Victorian society to realise her own medical ambition. Finally, there's Dr Hendrick (Rupert Everett) - The Royal Physician. He hates innovation and young people. And women. And patients. - Director:
- Andy De Emmony
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- Rory Kinnear, Tom Basden, Mathew Baynton
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Back to Burgundy (2017)Ce qui nous lie
Jean (Pio Marma'O left his family and his birthplace of Burgundy ten years ago to tour the world. Learning of his father's imminent death, he returns to his childhood home. There, he reunites with his sister Juliette (Ana Girardot), and his brother Jeremie (Francois Civil) when their father passes away just before the harvest begins. Over the course of a year, in sync with the rhythm of the seasons, the three young adults rediscover and reinvent their familial bonds, maturing and blossoming along with the wine they are making. - Director:
- Cédric Klapisch
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- Pio Marmaï, Ana Girardot, François Civil
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Junior Doctor Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia) has fled a cold, grey England after a broken relationship and decided to fly off in search of adventure with a glamorous hospital job in tropical South India. Anticipating sunshine, palm trees and picture-perfect beaches; prepared for sacred cows, tuk-tuks and Delhi-belly; what she doesn't expect is everything she finds at the under-resourced and over worked Good Karma Hospital. Run by the no-nonsense Doctor Lydia Fonseca (Amanda Redman) - the Good Karma Hospital turns no-one away - locals, ex-pats or tourists. In the company of laidback, beach-bar owner Greg (Neil Morrissey), and tourists-turned residents Maggie and Paul (Phyllis Logan and Philip Jackson), Ruby adjusts to life in India as she realises that the Good Karma Hospital may be more than just a rundown medical outpost-it might just be home. - Director:
- Bill Eagles
- Cast:
- Amanda Redman, Neil Morrissey, Amrita Acharia
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