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A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy Scottish town of Little Haven, forcing Anna (Ella Hunt) and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilisation falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other. - Director:
- John McPhail
- Cast:
- Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire
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Charming comedy about the mostly true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) - from his daring prison escape at age 70 to an unprecedented string of bank heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who is captivated by Forrest's commitment to his craft, and jewel (Sissy Spacek), the woman who loves him despite his criminal ways. - Director:
- David Lowery
- Cast:
- Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek
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Utøya: July 22 (2018)Utøya 22. juli
On 22 July 2011, more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on the island of Utoya outside Oslo were targeted by an armed, right-wing extremist. In this first fictional movie about the attack, director Erik Poppe's breathless single-take re-enactment is told entirely from the perspective of a teenage girl Kaja (Andrea Berntzen) and her friends. Minute by minute we watch them trying to escape the gunman as they fight for their survival. - Director:
- Erik Poppe
- Cast:
- Andrea Berntzen, Yngve Berven, Belinda Sørensen
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Cold War (2018)Zimna Wojna
In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the creative freedom of the West. But one day, as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. Pawel Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning 'Ida' with the stunning 'Cold War', an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in luminous black and white, it spans decades and nations to tell a love story that is as tragic as it is moving, and as transportive as it is honest. - Director:
- Pawel Pawlikowski
- Cast:
- Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc
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Black Mirror: Series 1 (2011)Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror
A dark trilogy of twisted tales. 'Black Mirror' is a drama series from Charlie Brooker consisting of three separate self-contained stories.
1. The National Anthem is a political thriller in which the Prime Minister faces a huge dilemma and has to choose between bowing to the pressure of public opinion or following his own moral compass.
2. 15 Million Merits is a satire on entertainment shows. In this world, the only way to escape drudgery is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and just hope you can impress the judges.
3. The Entire History of You is set in an alternate reality where everyone has access to a system which records everything they do, see or hear. You need never forget a face, holiday or night out again... but is that a good thing?- Director:
- Euros Lyn
- Cast:
- Rory Kinnear, Lindsay Duncan, Donald Sumpter
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Scattered to the far corners of the 'J' galaxy and beyond, our 'Killjoys' find themselves united by the knowledge of the name of their true enemy: The Lady. An immeasurable manifestation of evil without beginning or end, The Lady is making her play and our trio has something she wants - the Hullen Heir. While Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) is on a journey to face her biggest foe yet, D'av (Luke Macfarlane) and John (Aaron Ashmore) are trapped in an elevator in deep space with a pregnant Delle Seyah (Mayko Nguyen). - Director:
- Stefan Pleszczynski
- Cast:
- Tamsen McDonough, Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore
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Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. Based on the best-selling book series from Charlaine Harris (the author behind True Blood), comes a journey into a remote Texas town where no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics, angels, and assassins, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different. As the town members fight off outside pressures from rowdy biker gangs, ever-suspicious cops, supernatural entities, and their own dangerous pasts, they band together and form a strong and unlikely family. - Director:
- Niels Arden Oplev
- Cast:
- François Arnaud, Joe Smith, Dylan Bruce
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Series Two of 'Frankie Drake Mysteries' delivers a slate of new adventures, as the ladies of Drake Private Detectives take on more challenging cases and face off against some impressive foes. Things are made more complicated for the team with the arrival of Detective Tom Greyson (Anthony Lemke), who keeps running into our favourite red-headed female PI. As they grow closer, do either of them want the complications that being more than friends would invite? From the Palais Royale to the atelier of Coco Chanel (Romane Portail), underground casinos to bawdy burlesque clubs, this series promises a rip-roaring adventure. - Director:
- Ruba Nadda
- Cast:
- Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard
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Our heroes embark on new, action-packed adventures, risking their lives once again to save the world. They face off against Santa's brother, the Patron Saint of Thieves, try to save a town plagued by ghosts from the Civil War, battle a casino that steals luck, and endure a body switching fiasco. But, their greatest challenge will come from within the Library itself. With Charlene no longer tethered to the Library, which keeps it grounded to humanity, one Librarian and one Guardian must step up and take the mantle. As Jenkins organizes the Tethering Ceremony, the high ritual that will bond the pair to the Library forever, thus granting them immortality, Flynn and Baird seem poised to make this sacrifice. Until a woman from Flynn's past reveals herself to be one of the Library's dirty little secrets. Confronted with a dark mystery about the Library, every Librarian must ask themselves some tough questions: Is the Library itself good or evil? After millennia of one Librarian at a time, is it dangerous to have multiple Librarians working together? Can a Librarian ever live a "normal" life filled with love, friends and family? The Librarians have a lot of research to do, but this time, they'll need to find the answers inside themselves without any books or prophecies. - Director:
- Marc Roskin
- Cast:
- Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth
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Lauren Mauldin (Thora Birch) is a strong-willed but misguided young woman who encourages her millions of blog followers to apply her scientific formula to all relationships in order to prevent heartache. If you follow her six-month "PIG Theory", you will always have the upper hand and you will Never be cheated on! Her plan works smoothly until her sister Gena introduces her to the charming and undefeated women's advocate attorney, Calvin Chesney (Chris Klein). Calvin refuses to believe human connections can be so easily categorized. He challenges Lauren to a competition to prove her theory wrong. He'll pick five of his closest friends to be tempted by Lauren's beautiful bait. If three out of five cheat, Calvin must admit defeat and never speak to Lauren again. But if three out of five resist temptation, Lauren must shut down her blog and date Calvin like a normal person, with no expiration date. - Director:
- Harvey Lowry
- Cast:
- Thora Birch, Kimberly Stanphill, Claire Coffee
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)Come As You Are
After Cameron Post (Chloe Grace Moretz) is caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, she's quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy centre that treats teens "struggling with same-sex attraction". At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious "de-gaying" methods, and earnest Christian rock songs - but this unusual setting also provides her with an unlikely gay community. For the first time, Cameron connects with peers, and she's able to find her place among fellow outcasts. - Director:
- Desiree Akhavan
- Cast:
- Chloë Grace Moretz, John Ellison Conlee, Steven Hauck
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The road to the best album of the 1980's. Following the disappointing sales of Kate Bush's fourth album, 'The Dreaming' in 1982, she told the press, "I finished my last album, did the promotion, then found myself in a kind of limbo. It took me a long time to be able even to write again". In the summer of 1983, she built her own 48-track studio in the grounds of her family home, which she could use at any time she liked, without being concerned about the cost. Kate Bush began recording demos for 'Hounds of Love' in January 1984. After five months, she began overdubbing and mixing the album in a process that took a year. The recording sessions included use of the Fairlight CMI synthesiser, piano, traditional Irish instruments, and layered vocals. The album was produced as two suites - side one being "Hounds of Love" and side two a seven-track concept piece, "The Ninth Wave". Bush described it as being "about a person who is alone in the water for the night. It's about their past, present and future coming to keep them awake, to stop them drowning, to stop them going to sleep until the morning comes". The 'Hounds of Love' remains not just a masterpiece for the cognoscenti, but a truly classic album, one of the finest of the decade, and for many, among the best of all time. This documentary film puts the record under the microscope and with the aid of numerous contributors, who worked along-side Kate, plus KB experts and musicologists, the finest journalist and rare performance and studio footage, the story behind the album's build-up, production, release, impact and legacy is told here in full. - Director:
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- Kate Bush
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'Wynonna Earp' is back in all her whisky soaked, reckless glory and facing her biggest challenge yet: taking on the demon who cursed her family. Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) and her team battle both supernatural and mortal enemies - and the rest of the 77 cursed revenants who are hot on her heels and looking to end Wynonna before she sends them back to hell. The fate of the Ghost River Triangle - and the entire world - hangs in the balance as, the team must find a way to end the Earp Curse and bring peace back to Purgatory, before it's too late. - Director:
- Paolo Barzman
- Cast:
- Shamier Anderson, Melanie Scrofano, Tim Rozon
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Alan Cumming stars as Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer. He is a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behaviour to packed classes of adoring students. But when tenacious top NYPD detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic) appeals to him to help her catch a serial murderer who is using Dylan's first book as a tutorial, Dylan is compelled by the case and comes out of retirement. Though Dylan and Lizzie initially clash, when it comes to catching killers, they realise they will make an ideal team if they both trust their instincts. - Director:
- Marc Webb
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- Alan Cumming, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings
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In the Fade (2017)Aus dem Nichts
Katja's (Diane Kruger), life is torn apart when her husband and young son are suddenly killed in a bomb attack. A police investigation point to a pair of young neo-Nazis as the key suspects, but a lack of evidence fails to fully incriminate them, Katja is forced to take matters into her own hands and her hunt for justice begins to take increasingly dangerous and unexpected turns. - Director:
- Fatih Akin
- Cast:
- Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Açar
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