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If Beale Street Could Talk is the story of Tish (KiKi Layne), a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her fiancee's innocence. It is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families and their lives, trying to bring about justice through love, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined. - Director:
- Barry Jenkins
- Cast:
- KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
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Kayako and Toshio's curse continues by haunting The Grudge 2's only survivor, Jake (Matthew Knight), who is now confined to a psychiatric hospital after his family's alleged suicide. As Jake's case worker Dr. Sullivan (Shawnee Smith) investigates his Chicago home, the curse continues to claim more victims. As the rage spreads, it becomes clear that Jake's horrifying stories are true, and that a mysterious Japanese woman might be the only hope of burying the Grudge, that is, unless she too becomes another victim. - Director:
- Toby Wilkins
- Cast:
- Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith, Mike Straub
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Strike Back: Series 7 (2019)Strike Back - Silent War
When a British soldier is killed on an undercover mission in South East Asia, Section 20 - an elite covert military intelligence and counter-terrorism unit - are reactivated to investigate. It's a mission which leads the team - Sergeant Thomas McAllister (Warren Brown), Sergeant Samuel Wyatt (Daniel MacPherson), and Corporal Gracie Novin (Alin Sumarwata) - into a deadly conspiracy that threatens to throw the world into war. With a new CO at the helm, Colonel Alexander Coltrane (Jamie Bamber), the team is forced to join forces with a rogue Russian operative Katrina Zarkova (Yasemin Kay Allen). But trusting the enemy might be the deadliest mistake of all... - Director:
- Bill Eagles
- Cast:
- Warren Brown, Daniel MacPherson, Alin Sumarwata
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"Killing Eve" is a story of two women, bound by a mutual obsession and one brutal act: Eve (Sandra Oh), an MI6 operative, and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), the beautiful, psychopathic assassin that she has been tasked to find. Season Two begins 30 seconds after the final episode of the first season; Eve is reeling and Villanelle has disappeared. Eve has no idea if the woman she stabbed is alive or dead, and now both of them are in deep trouble. Eve has to find Villanelle before someone else does, but unfortunately she's not the only person looking for her. - Director:
- Damon Thomas
- Cast:
- Sandra Oh, Irina Lytiak, Sonia Elliman
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Dune: Series (2000)Frank Herbert's Dune
All three episodes from the television mini-series based on Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel.
Episode 1The universe is ruled by an empire of noble groups: The Bene Gesserit, The Guild and The Great Houses, who compete for control of the planets, in particular the desert planet, Arrakis and the harvesting of "spice" a rare, mind-enhancing element, enabling space travel. Emperor Shaddam IV has assigned Duke Leto Atreides (William Hurt) and his family to take charge of Arrakis and the production of "spice". However, Leto's bitter enemy the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Ian McNeice), who formerly ruled the planet, vows to win it back.
Episode 2
The evil Baron Harkonnen hands rulership of Arrakis to his brutal nephew Rabban. But Paul Atreides and his mother Jessica have survived their escape into the inhospitable desert with the help of the Fremen - a race of desert nomads. The strengthening power of "spice" enables Paul to establish himself as the Fremen leader, Muad'dib. Whilst Paul struggles with the realisation of his fate, the Fremen rejoice in the new leader, who they believe will finally free them from oppression...
Episode 3
Paul Atreides and his army of Fremen create havoc on Arrakis and threaten to stop the flow of the "spice" being harvested by the Harkonnen. The Emperor, Baron Harkonnen and even the Bene Gesserit sisterhood ara pressing for war. A massive fleet of spaceships and imperial troops of the Empire invade the desert planet. Paul increases his strength by drinking from the "Water of Life". With the support of the Fremen, Paul attacks the Empire in a bloody battle.- Director:
- John Harrison
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- William Hurt, Alec Newman, Giancarlo Giannini
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Martin Baxter (Scott Adkins) a disgraced MI6 agent is forced back into the spy game, as a young journalist seeks out his help to expose the shocking truth about operations conducted by the Russian Secret Service. With his daughter pulled into the fray, will Martin choose family over queen and country in this explosive, action packed thriller? - Director:
- Adrian Bol
- Cast:
- Scott Adkins, Honor Kneafsey, Andrea Vasiliou
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This is the real human story of how Salisbury rose to the challenge of fighting a lethal contagion... 'The Salisbury Poisonings' is the incredible true story of the assassination attempt on double agent and spy Sergei Skripal (Wayne Swann) and his daughter Yulia (Jill Winternitz), which sent shock-waves through a small community and the public services left to deal with an unprecedented national emergency. - Director:
- Saul Dibb
- Cast:
- Rafe Spall, Anne-Marie Duff, Judah Cousin
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Valhalla (2019)Valhalla: Legend of Thor
No man, woman or child may defy the Gods. When Thor (Roland Møller) and Loke (Dulfi Al-Jabouri) seek refuge in the home of mortals, the youngest son fails to heed a warning from the Gods. As atonement for the family's sins, the gods take the two youngest children under their wing and embark on an epic adventure from Midgard to Valhalla, that will see them stare down ruthless giants, barbaric Gods and the dreaded wolf Fenrir. Ragnarok is coming... - Director:
- Fenar Ahmad
- Cast:
- Roland Møller, Andreas Jessen, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir
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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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An action-packed epic set in the pre-civil war south. This is the seldom told story of 19th century freedom fighter and forgotten hero, Shields 'Emperor' Green (Dayo Okeniyi). Fighting to free his family and race from tyranny, Emperor - a descendant of African kings turned outlaw slave - fights his way north, joining forces with abolitionist John Brown (James Cromwell) for the daring raid on Harper's ferry and helping to alter the course of American history. An inspirational and timely story of courageous black history... - Director:
- Mark Amin
- Cast:
- James Cromwell, Harry Lennix, Kat Graham
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While working with the UN Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins), son of renowned sniper Thomas Beckett, receives orders to rescue a European farmer trapped in the middle of hostile rebel territory. When he and his men arrive at the farm, a mysterious sniper ambushes them, wounding Beckett and killing everyone else. With the help of his father's former protege, sniper instructor Richard Miller (Billy Zane), Beckett must learn to think like a sniper to track down the assassin before the sniper returns to finish the job. - Director:
- Claudio Fäh
- Cast:
- Clyde Berning, Chad Michael Collins, Hlomla Dandala
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Led by Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan), the Hawaii Five-0 team faces some of the most terrifying criminals ever as they fight to enforce law and order in paradise. With his kidnapped brother's life on the line, Danny scrambles to get the money to save him, and Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim) puts his own career on the line to help; Steve meets a woman who helps him reopen his late father's last unsolved case; Kono Kalakaua (Grace Park) and Chin are taken hostage while undercover in the black market world of priceless art; Steve is kidnapped by Wo Fat; and, in the aftermath of his daughter's kidnapping, Lou Grover (Chi McBride) becomes more accepting of the team's less-than-upstanding tactics to keep the islands safe. - Director:
- Bryan Spicer
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- Alex O'Loughlin, Bonnie Berger, Scott Caan
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Richard Burton stars as Henry VIII in this historical drama, with Genevieve Bujold playing his tragic wife, Anne Boleyn. Amidst the splendour of the Tudor court, Henry and Anne's tempestuous marriage mirrors the political and religious intrigues that threaten to divide the kingdom, as Henry grows ever more desperate for a male heir to continue his line. - Director:
- Charles Jarrott
- Cast:
- Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
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Russian royalty, Parisian pauper, American entrepreneur - Zoya has lead an incredible life. This poignant and gripping epic spans even decades and crosses many oceans. Zoya's journey begins in Russia at the turn of the 20th century, when her royal upbringing is brought to a tragic end as her parents are killed in the Revolution. She escapes with her life and is forced to flee to Paris with her Grandmother. Penniless and alone, life is difficult for many years, until she meets a handsome American soldier. Against her Grandmother's wishes, she marries him and moves to New York. They are blessed with a wonderful marriage and two beautiful children - her future starts to look promising and bright. But then, her world is plunged into darkness once more as her new love falls victim to the 1929 stock market crash. Facing misfortune and poverty again, Zoya finds the courage to rebuild a life for her and her children. She discovers new talents and inner strength managing to overcome the challenges life throw in her way. Now in her search for true happiness, she must make one final gesture to her past and return to Russia, the place that would always be her home. - Director:
- Richard A. Colla
- Cast:
- Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Denise Alexander
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Cheryl Ladd and Michael Nouri star in this highly-charged romantic drama about two successful single parents who fall in love and have to confront many new and traumatic changes in their lives. Melanie is a top TV news reporter, living in New York with her two teenage daughters. Peter is a handsome, divorced heart surgeon working at an L.A. hospital with three children of his own. A chance meeting leads to instant romance and eventual marriage, bringing out the drastic changes in their lives... not all of them good. The clash of their careers is nothing compared to the storm of emotions that is unleashed when all five children have to share the same home and a whole new set of ground rules. The family disharmony is more than Melanie can cope with and she finally quits the home, pregnant and feeling desperately hurt and alone. Can the children come to their senses and bury their differences? And can Peter finally let go of his past and make the necessary compromises, or risk losing Melanie forever? - Director:
- Charles Jarrott
- Cast:
- Cheryl Ladd, Michael Nouri, Christopher Gartin
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