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Bored by the daily tedium of her office job, Kate (Ruth Wilson) is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger (Tom Burke) awakens her.

High on infatuation and the exhilaration of this new relationship, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to this mysterious new man. Hoping he will provide the escape she so desperately desires, she embarks on an emotionally dangerous journey that slowly begins to consume her. With a cast that also includes Hayley Squires, 'True Things' is the unmissable new film from acclaimed director Harry Wootliff.

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It's 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge - how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation.

It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war - centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies - taking impossibly high risks, defying logic, and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.

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In this action thriller directed by Michael Bay, veteran Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), desperate for money, turns to his adoptive brother Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal) for help. A career criminal, Danny instead offers him a huge score.

But when their heist goes awry, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop and EMT (Eiza Gonzalez) onboard. Will and Danny must evade a city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape LA has ever seen.

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Critically acclaimed drama 'Das Boot' returns with a new season, pairing three tension-fuelled storylines with intensive character studies exploring how the human soul can become twisted by war. U-boat ace Von Reinhartz (Clemens Schick) is chased across the Atlantic after his loyalty is questioned.

Hoffmann (Rick Okon) finds shelter with Sam (Vincent Kartheiser) in New York, but is desperate to get home. In La Rochelle, Margot (Fleur Geffrier) battles to save a Jewish family as Forster (Tom Wlaschiha) closes in.

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While the 1980s has sometimes been dubbed 'the decade that taste forgot', the decade did still have its fair share of exceptional music. And one performer whose most acclaimed work was produced during the 1980s, probably made the most exceptional, ethereal and unique music of the entire period.

Her name is Kate Bush. Kate's 1985 album 'The Hounds of Love' was more than just exceptional however; one could certainly use that accolade in describing her four previous and all subsequent records, but 'Hounds of Love' was exquisite - for many of us it remains, quite simply, the best album ever made! This film puts 'Hounds of Love' under the microscope and with the aid of musicians who played on the album, Kate's biographer, journalists, musicologists and a host of other contributors, the story behind the album's build-up, production, release, impact and legacy is told here in full.

Features:
- Live and studio versions of every track on the album
- Review, critique and comment on each song
- Behind the scenes footage
- Archive interviews with Kate speaking at the time about the record and its creation The first airing of the legendary 'Kris Needs Zig-Zag Interview' recording (Kate's only given music press interview at the release of the album)

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In 1961, Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history.

Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly - he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage - how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.

Neve Kelly (Clara Rugaard) returns from the dead to avenge her own murder. Discovering that certain people can see her, she uncovers the secrets of her rural community - but soon realises that she must ultimately confront the dark force that haunts her to get justice.

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Acclaimed filmmaker Joachim Trier returns with 'The Worst Person in the World', a wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning.

Set in contemporary Oslo, it features a star-making lead performance from Renate Reinsve as a young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, navigates multiple love affairs, existential uncertainty and career dissatisfaction as she slowly starts deciding what she wants to do, who she wants to be, and ultimately who she wants to become. As much a formally playful character study as it is a poignant and perceptive observation of quarter-life angst, this life-affirming coming of age story...

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Witness. Target. Protector. Gypsy Moon (Lena Headey) is a novelist by day but when night falls, she dances to earn her keep. However, when the family next door to her is brutally attacked and murdered by crime boss Jack (Sam Worthington) and his thugs.

Gypsy finds herself the protector to a young boy and his dog - the only survivors of the attack. Gypsy quickly realises she is the only thing that stands between them and their survival in this truly edge-of-your seat thriller.

From visionary director Robert Eggers comes 'The Northman', an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.

A killer targets Gotham's elite, sending The Batman (Robert Pattinson) on an investigation. As evidence mounts, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice amidst corruption.

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Sometimes, an entire life can change in one night.

This dark comedic thriller, based on the novel by Chris Bohjalian, stars Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden, a New York-based, globe-trotting flight attendant with a devil-may-care attitude and a history of binge drinking, who relishes flying off at a moment's notice to her next great adventure. But Cassie's glamorous world is thrown into a tailspin when she wakes in the wrong bed, in the wrong hotel, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Haunted by the bleak future she faces if she doesn't clear her name, Cassie scrambles to put together the pieces of a night in Bangkok gone terribly wrong, leading her down a twisted path filled with unsettling discoveries and more than a few illegal escapades.

Licorice Pizza is the timeless story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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One of Marvel's most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic anti-hero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr.

Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil - or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?

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During the Autumn of 1942, in occupied France, U-612 is now ready for its maiden voyage, preparing to head into the increasingly brutal warfare with its young crewmen, including the new commander, Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon).

As the 40 young men take on their first mission, they struggle with the cramped and claustrophobic conditions of life underwater. Their personalities are pushed to the limit as tensions rise and loyalties begin to shatter. Meanwhile, at the port of La Rochelle, the world of Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps) spirals out of control as she is engulfed in a dangerous liaison and forbidden love, torn between her loyalty for Germany and the Resistance. In the process, she begins to question her entire belief process. Could everything she thought to be true, in fact be a lie? A story of choices and survival, "Das Boot" explores the emotional torment of life during World War Two, and the brutal reality of living within a senseless war.