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'Mr and Mrs Murder' are crime scene cleaners Charlie and Nicola Buchanan a fun-loving and flirtatious couple whose unique quirks and talents lead them to solve baffling murder mysteries in this funny and thrill-filled series.

Combine Charlie's vice-like grasp of facts and figures with Nicola's deep sense of justice, observational skills and human empathy, and before you know it they're not just cleaning, they're cleaning-up crime, Supported by Detective Peter Vinetti who needs them more than they know; Nicola's niece the young and increasingly less naive Jess Chalmers and their good friends Alan and Janine who appears at ease reassembling an AK-47 or baking a sponge cake, Charlie and Nicola pursue clever killers and misguided murderers in the unexpected worlds of musical theatre, the seaside elite, high fashion, modern art, and more as they earn themselves a well-deserved reputation as 'Mr and Mrs Murder'.

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When wayward teen, Kylie is sentenced to home detention, she finds herself confronted by a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about her return. Along with the security guard charged with monitoring her ankle bracelet, Kylie begins to unravel the secrets that lie within the walls.

As the mystery unfolds, she is drawn into a tangle of terror that forces her to face her darkest fears.

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John (Jack Reynor) lives with his mother, Jean (Toni Collette), in a Dublin social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a taxi driver.

Spending his days hanging out with his best friend, Shane (Will Poulter) and long nights driving, he returns home one morning to find his mother unconscious from an overdose. It is not the first time. Embarrassed and engulfed by a sense of helplessness, Jean violently rejects John's attempts to help. But when Jean is offered a final opportunity to recover by her counselor Jim (Michael Smiley), and with no savings or insurance, John is forced to offer his services to a criminal gang to help pay for his mother's costly rehabilitation program. John is subsequently faced with a life-changing task that may alter him and his family's lives forever.

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For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), being part of a perfect family isn't easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn't know she's bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine (Rebecca Henderson), can't understand why she doesn't tell them.

Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother's betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

When 15 year-old Steve is thrown out of a juvenile centre, his single mother Diane takes on the daunting task of home schooling her troubled son. Struggling to make ends meet and rocked by Steve's livewire temperament, a shy, reclusive neighbour may prove to be the duo's unlikely saviour.

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Jennifer Lopez stars as Claire, a high-school teacher recently separated from her husband.

When a handsome and charismatic 19-year-old boy, Noah (Ryan Guzman), moves-in next door, Claire, in a moment of weakness, surrenders to Noah's advances and they have an extremely intense and steamy night together. When Claire tries to end it, Noah's flirtation turns into a dangerous, violent obsession - and Claire is pushed to her limits to protect her world from being torn apart.

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Ingrid can see in her dreams. The way the world around her looks, her husbands office, their favourite restaurant... memories. Its when Ingrid wakes each morning and opens her eyes that she suddenly remembers she is blind.

With her life dramatically changed, Ingrid has retreated to the safety of her apartment where she can feel in control once again. Her imagination becomes her reality - her deepest fantasies, desires and fears provide a constant internal monologue. But how can Ingrid make sense of all that is happening to her and who can she trust now?

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Filmmaker Thomas (Daniel Bruhl) is in Siena, Italy, to make a movie about the crime, with American journalist Simone (Kate Beckinsale) bringing him up to speed on the facts behind the salacious headlines.

Seeking a guide into the drug-fuelled University nightlife, he enlists the help of British student Melanie (Cara Delevingne). As Thomas becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth, the disturbing details of the crime scene cause him to question the motives of everyone around him, as well as his own. What dark secrets are held by the picturesque streets of this town where an innocent woman lost her life?

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BAFTA-nominated "Kajaki" tells the true story of a small army unit stationed at Kajaki Dam in Afghanistan in 2006. One morning a three-man patrol sets out to disable a Taliban roadblock.

When one of the patrol detonates a land mine, his fellow soldiers rush to his aid, only to find themselves trapped in an unmarked minefield, a relic of the Russian invasion of the 1980s. With no way out, any movement risks certain injury and possible death. Out of this terrifying day came extraordinary tales of bravery, selflessness and heroism, for comrades who risked their own lives to help each other.

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The sun is beaming and the ski slopes are spectacular for Tomas, his wife Ebba and their two children. However, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant an avalanche suddenly bears down upon the happy diners.

As the wall of snow gets ever closer, Tomas makes a split-second decision in a moment of panic that will engulf and shake his relationship with his wife and children and leave him struggling to reclaim his role as the family patriarch.

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Chris Hemsworth stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence.

When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after its security is penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) offers his old college roommate a deal: help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a frenetic, globe-trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties.

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When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to share a house again, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.

Ultimately they reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humour, heartache and redemption that only families can provide.

When estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) feel that they're at the end of their ropes, an unexpected reunion forces them to confront why their lives went so wrong. As the twins reconnect, they realise the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship.

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When a teen girl is discovered brutally murdered in Cape Town's botanical gardens, Chief of Police Ali Sokhela (Forest Whitaker) and cop Brian Epkeen (Orlando Bloom) are tasked with solving the crime.

However upon investigating the murder they uncover a sinister synthetic drug ring with a worldwide network, releasing a new illegal substance into the market, which is spiralling out of control. Sokhela and Epkeen are soon placing their own lives in danger in an attempt to end further devastating and disturbing consequences