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As Hitler's forces storm across the European landscape and close in on the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) is elected the new Prime Minister. With his party questioning his every move, and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn) sceptical of his new political leader, it is up to Churchill to lead his nation and protect them from the most dangerous threat ever seen. - Director:
- Joe Wright
- Cast:
- Gary Oldman, David Strathairn, Kristin Scott-Thomas
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Midnight Sun (2016)Midnattssol
Kahina Zadi (Leila Bekhti), a French police officer, travels to Kiruna, a small mining community in remote northern Sweden, to investigate a brutal murder of a French citizen. With the help of Anders Harnesk (Gustaf Hammarsten), a Swedish DA and a member of the Sami, an ancient, mysterious indigenous tribe of Scandinavia, they are faced with new killings and the initial murder turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. Kahina and Anders come to realise that behind the killings is a ten-year-old secret conspiracy involving many of the town's inhabitants. Kahina finds herself confronting a ruthless serial killer, always one step ahead, a macabre plan, and her own painful past. - Director:
- Måns Mårlind
- Cast:
- Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Albin Grenholm
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Wallander: Collected Films 27-32 (2014)Den orolige mannen /
Based on the books by best-selling author Henning Mankell, with 'The Troubled Man' being adapted from the novel of the same-name, Krister Henriksson is back as Kurt Wallander for one final series. An investigation with ties to the Cold War involving his own relatives in The Troubled Man' and a case of a missing eight year old who disappears on her way to school in 'Missing' where we see Kurt back from a work suspension and keen to get back to normality. Kurt may be back in familiar territory but his close colleague, Martinsson, starts to notice that Kurt is forgetting what he is doing more and more, while his daughter Linda seems to be in denial about his declining health. As Kurt begins to accept that he has a problem, finally seeking the advice of his doctor, he attempts to hide his frightening diagnosis from his friends and relatives and carry on as best he can with the cases at hand. - Director:
- Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
- Cast:
- Krister Henriksson, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Mats Bergman
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Set against the stunning backdrop of the Canadian Rockies in the idyllic but troubled town of Little Big Bear, 'Tin Star' unleashes a cinematic, sometimes blackly comic, thrill ride of a story. At the heart of the show is a virtuoso performance from Tim Roth, who plays Jim Worth - an expat British police chief who has come to Canada to start a new life. However, his much-longed-for peace and tranquillity is shattered when a family member is brutally murdered in a horrifying act of seemingly random violence. This one moment unleashes the demon of his dark alcoholic past as Worth embarks on a path of bloody vengeance, setting in motion a lethal chain of events with devastating consequences for those caught up in the wreckage of his former life. - Director:
- Rowan Joffe
- Cast:
- Tim Roth, Genevieve O'Reilly, Christina Hendricks
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The Long Winter Is Here...Throughout seven thrilling episodes, the penultimate Season 7 focuses on a convergence of armies and attitudes that have been brewing for years. As the season begins, Daenerys Targaryen -accompanied by her. Unsullied army and emboldened by Dothraki/lronborn allies and her lethal trio of dragons - has finally set sail for Westerns with Tyrion Lannister, her newly appointed Hand. Jon Snow has apparently consolidated power in the North after his spectacular conquest of Ramsay Bolton and the return of Winterfell to Stark control. In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister, bereft of any surviving heirs, has successfully seized the Iron Throne. But as these and other factions drive towards new alliances or (more likely) violent conflicts, the cold specter of another, apocalyptic threat - in the form of an army of undead White Walkers - threatens to undermine the status quo and obliterate the outcome of these smaller, all-too-human rivalries. - Director:
- Jeremy Podeswa
- Cast:
- Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey
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Tin Star is a British crime drama TV series starring Tim Roth as Jim Worth, Genevieve O'Reilly playing Angela Worth, Abigail Lawrie as Anna Worth, and Christina Hendricks as Elizabeth Bradshaw in the main roles. In it, a remote mountain town is shaken up by the sudden realization that things are not as idyllic as at first they seemed to be. - Director:
- Rowan Joffe
- Cast:
- Tim Roth, Genevieve O'Reilly, Christina Hendricks
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Emerging from the war-torn shadows of England's Dark Ages, an idealistic mason, Tom Builder (Rufus Sewell), sets out on a quest to erect a glorious cathedral bathed in light. But when that light threatens to illuminate the dark secrets of ambitious Bishop Waleran Bigod (Ian McShane) and the battling progeny of King Henry, Queen Maud (Alison Pill) and King Stephen (Tony Curran), they'll stop at nothing to keep those secrets safe! - Director:
- Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Cast:
- Ian McShane, Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne
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Dark Heart (2018)Dark Heart AKA Wagstaffe
Set and filmed in the heart of London, this atmospheric crime series from critically acclaimed writer Chris Lang and Ben Harris follows Dl Will Wagstaffe (Tom Riley), a workaholic whose personal life is as troubled and complex as his day job, as he investigates a string of horrifying murders. Still haunted by the unsolved murder of his parents when he was 16, 'Staffe' continues his personal hunt for their killers. Called to the scenes of disturbingly brutal murders, the pressure is on as Staffe pushes the boundaries in his search for the truth; what he uncovers is far more shocking than he could have ever imagined. - Director:
- Colin Teague
- Cast:
- Tom Riley, Anjli Mohindra, Miranda Raison
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Jamie Foxx stars as Django, a slave who teams up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to seek out the South's most wanted criminals with the promise of Django's freedom. Honing vital hunting skills, his one goal is to find and rescue the wife (Kerry Washington) he lost to the slave trade long ago. When their search ultimately leads to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the infamous and brutal proprietor of "Candyland", they arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Now their moves are marked and Candie's treacherous organisation closes in on them. - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has lost faith in humanity and is set on a path of self-destruction, until he is hired to protect the young daughter (Dakota Fanning) of a wealthy family in Mexico City. But, when the little girl is kidnapped, Creasy unleashes a firestorm of relentless vengeance against those responsible. - Director:
- Tony Scott
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning
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Deutschland '86 (2018)Deutschland! / Deutschland '86: Series 2
1986: East Germany is broke, Perestroika is real, terrorism plagues Europe, the AIDS crisis intensifies and the struggle against apartheid rages on. Banished for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) wallows in limbo until his Aunt Lenora (Maria Schrader) conscripts him into her plan to drum up hard currency abroad. They set off on an adventure through Africa, Western Europe and finally home to East Germany. Can mafioso-style Capitalism save Communism just in the nick of time? - Director:
- Florian Cossen
- Cast:
- Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba
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Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lower-level cabinet member who is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the US Capitol during the State of the Union. Completely unprepared, the new Commander-in-Chief must struggle to hold together a country on the brink of imploding - against a chaotic backdrop of shocking conspiracies, thinly veiled agendas and raw emotions - whilst leading the search to find who is responsible for the attack. - Director:
- Paul McGuigan
- Cast:
- Kiefer Sutherland, Chadi Alhelou, Natascha McElhone
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BumbleBee (2018)Brighton Falls
Cybertron has fallen. When Optimus Prime sends BumbleBee to defend Earth, his journey to become a hero begins. Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld), a teenager trying to find her place in the world, discovers and repairs the battle-scarred robot, who's disguised as a Volkswagen Beetle. As the Decepticons hunt down the surviving Autobots with the help of a secret agency led by Agent Burns (John Cena), BumbleBee and Charlie team up to protect the world... - Director:
- Travis Knight
- Cast:
- Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O'Brien, Peter Cullen
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Warren Thompson (Martin Clunes) is a pedantic driving instructor who suddenly finds himself in his mid-fifties with a job he doesn't enjoy and a family he never asked for. Warren just wants an easy life. He's happy with a clean house, a neat garden, and a nice cup of tea. But thanks to his naturally difficult personality, Warren is constantly finding himself in sticky situations. 15 years ago Warren was content; a bachelor working for the civil service and living alone. Fast forward and he's now a driving instructor, living with his partner Anne and her two sons, and is struggling to adapt to the role of 'husband', 'father' and 'brother or son-in-law'. Not blessed with patience, empathy, or any kind of paternal instinct whatsoever, we follow Warren and the hilarious situations this gets him into, both at work and at home. - Director:
- Adam Miller
- Cast:
- Martin Clunes, Lisa Millett, Tim Preston
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Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson star in 'Chernobyl', the critically acclaimed five-part mini-series. On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian SSSR suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and Western Europe. Dramatising the true story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, Chernobyl shines a light on the brave men and women who fought an unprecedented war against an invisible enemy, and who suffered and sacrificed, saving millions of lives, often at the cost of their own. - Director:
- Johan Renck
- Cast:
- Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård
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