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Set in the late-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves (Tom Hughes) has returned from war traumatised and struggling creatively. It takes Laura Riding (Dianna Agron), a radical young American poet to reignite Robert's passion.

With the blessing of his wife Nancy, (Laura Haddock), Robert's muse become his lover. Soon the three of them are sharing a life and Laura's attention then turns to Nancy, sparking a complicated relationship that scandalises society and threatens to destroy everything they have.

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In the sensitive and affecting coming-of-age drama 'You Can Live Forever', teenager Jaime (Anwen O'Driscoll) is sent to live with her devout Jehovah's Witness relatives after the death of her father.

There, she makes an instant and unexpected connection with Marike (June Laporte), the daughter of a prominent Witness Elder, and the two begin a secret, unspoken romance. But when their attraction becomes too obvious to hide, the pair must face up to their desires and choose whether to stay wedded to their faith or break free from those around them.

Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Russell Crowe), 'The Pope's Exorcist' follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

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A comedic sci-fi drama series based on the 'Dark Horse' comic book series of the same name, 'Resident Alien' follows a crash-landed alien (Alan Tudyk) who must take on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and somehow find a way to fit in with the local human population.

While attempting to complete his secret mission on Earth, he is forced to consider the possibility that humans might be worth saving after all.

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people...

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The internationally renowned drama series 'Das Boot' returns with a third season. Chief engineer Ehrenberg (Franz Dinda) and his crew have to fulfill an impossible mission. Forster (Tom Wlaschiha) and Hoffmann (Ernst Stötzner) find themselves working together in Lisbon.

In Kiel, Hannie Lessing (Luise Wolfram) struggles with the boundaries of her status and subsequently plays with fire.

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Sooner or later, every police investigator comes across a case that remains unsolved and that haunts them. For Yohan (Bastien Bouillon), Clara's (Lula Cotton-Frapier)'s murder proves to be that case. What starts as a thorough investigation into the victim's life soon turns into a nagging obsession.

One interrogation follows another, there is no shortage of suspects and Yohan has more and more doubts. Only one thing is sure, the crime occurred on the night of the 12th.

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"Allelujah" is a warm, humourous, and deeply moving story about surviving old age. When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back.

"Allelujah" celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand.

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"The Equalizer" is a reimagining of the classic series starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah ("Chicago", "Bessie") as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to

turn. McCall presents to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is The Equalizer. Robyn's clandestine work and her personal life collide when her smart and observant daughter, Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes), and her aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint) discover her secret career as a vigilante. While Robyn contends with uncertainty at home, she is joined in her pursuit of justice by William Bishop (Chris Noth), her former CIA handler and longtime friend; Melody "Mel" Bayani (Liza Lapira), an edgy bar owner, and sniper from Robyn's past; and Harry Keshegian (Adam Goldberg), a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker. As Robyn aids the oppressed and exploited, she sometimes works with Marcus Dante (Tory Kittles), an NYPD detective who once sought to uncover her identity, but now respects the need for Robyn's type of justice even as he often questions her methods.

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In 2003 a parasitic fungus ravages the planet, turning humans into violent predators known as Infected. Twenty years later, hardened survivor Joel (Pedro Pascal) is hired by a group of rebellious freedom fighters to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone.

What should have been a quick job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey across a postapocalyptic United States, where no one can protect Joel and Ellie but each other.

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Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of

cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow - and blood.

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Blind by day and deadly vampires by night, a beautiful pair of orphaned twins try to conceal their nocturnal habits from the kindly nuns who care for them.

Uncertain of their past, the girls only know that they have lived many lives before and have always risked giving themselves away by their undying thirst for human blood. Yet kill they must and they do so mercilessly each night before beginning the day anew as two blind orphans...

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For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's (Emma Thompson) dismay.

For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbour Kaz (Shazad Latif), the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by his parents, she begins to wonder if she might have something to learn from a profoundly different approach to finding love.

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From visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan comes a thriller about a tight-knit family who are taken hostage by four armed strangers while vacationing at a remote cabin.

The visitors, led by Dave Bautista, demand that the young girl and her parents make an unthinkable choice: to save their family or save humanity.

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Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems.

First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.