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The Courier (2020)Ironbark
In this true-life cold war spy thriller, unossuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Recruited by MI6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), Wynne forms a covert partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), and both men risk everything in a danger-fraught race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and end the Cuban Missile Crisis. - Director:
- Dominic Cooke
- Cast:
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan
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Black Widow (2021)Blue Bayou
Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) - aka Black Widow - confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. - Director:
- Cate Shortland
- Cast:
- Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour
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Manhunt: Series 2 (2021)Manhunt: The Night Stalker
"Manhunt II: The Night Stalker", a four-part drama, is the real-life story of the police pursuit of a notorious serial rapist whose 17-year reign of terror left thousands of elderly people in south east London living in fear. It is based on the diaries of Colin Sutton (Martin Clunes) and is an important case that he became involved in just before his retirement from the Force. This inquiry has a very different emphasis to the Levi Bellfield case explored in Manhunt; the victims were elderly, and the crimes were unsolved for many years. The drama explores how Colin came late to the inquiry and helped solve it in a matter of weeks, taking an incredibly dangerous serial rapist off the streets. - Director:
- Marc Evans
- Cast:
- Martin Clunes, Jude Akuwudike, Sara Lloyd-Gregory
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American Traitor (2021)Axis Sally / American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
A chilling biopic following the plight of American entertainer-turned-Nazi weapon, Mildred Gillars (Meadow Williams), who became the notorious broadcaster known as 'Axis Sally'. When she is captured and charged with treason, her lawyer must defy the odds to redeem her reputation and maintain his own. Plunging the viewer straight into the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, Al Pacino stars in this fascinating true World War 2 story, with co-stars including Thomas Kretschmann, Lala Kent and Carsten Norgaard. - Director:
- Michael Polish
- Cast:
- Meadow Spadafino, Al Pacino, Carsten Norgaard
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Former Metropolitan Police DCI Colin Sutton spent 30 years in the police force, a career that saw him lead many of the most high profile and successful murder investigations of his generation. In this feature length programme, Colin takes the viewer through the crimes commited by Levi Bellfield, one of the most notorious serial killers in modern British history. In 2002, Milly Dowler was abducted and murdered but it would be months before her body was found. In the years that followed, Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell were also killed in brutal attacks. Seeing a link between the murders, Colin Sutton launched a murder hunt and eventually brought 'the Bus Stop Killer' to justice. - Director:
- Trevor Drane
- Cast:
- Julia Balfour, Jo Brunt, Dave Leach
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When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses the arrival of alien ships from a distant world, an incredible series of events begins- planes which disappeared during the Second World War are found intact in Mexico, long lost ships mysteriously re-appear in the middle of the desert and people from all around the world, including Neary are convinced that someone is trying to communicate with them. Nearys search to find an answer leads him to take part in the ultimate encounter with the extra-Terrestrials and to board the vast, beautiful Mothership. - Director:
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast:
- Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr
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Ryan Reynolds stars in this action-packed comedy as a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and soon decides to become the hero of his own story...one he rewrites himself. Also starring Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery and Taiki Waititi, and directed by Shawn Lew, 'Free Guy' is ranid-fire fun. - Director:
- Shawn Levy
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- Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson
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"Manhunt" is a captivating mini series based on the true story of a murder investigation that kept the people of Britain gripped - and defined a detective's career. Starring Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) as DCI Colin Sutton, the story begins in August 2004 when a young woman's body is found. Sutton is appointed senior investigating officer but initially struggles: there's no forensics, motive or witnesses. Painstaking detective work finally delivers a suspect - Levi Bellfield (Celyn Jones), but now the hunt is on for enough evidence to arrest him and make sure he's found guilty at trial. 'Manhunt' follows the compelling story of how DCI Sutton charged one of Britain's most notorious killers with two murders, as well as an attempted murder, whilst also impelling Surrey police to consider Bellfield as prime suspect in the high-profile murder of Milly Dowler. - Director:
- Marc Evans
- Cast:
- Martin Clunes, Katie Lyons, Claudie Blakley
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Occupied: Series 1 (2015)Okkupert
'Occupied' is a multi-layered political suspense thriller set in a not-so-distant future. Following up on their environmental promises, the Norwegian government halts all oil production sending the country and the rest of the world into crisis. Unable to ignore the calls from the rest of the world to intervene, Russia, at the behest of the EU, stages a 'silk-glove' invasion - to secure the oil for the rest of the world. They have, they say, every intention of retreating once this has been accomplished. But events unfold that threaten to change all of this. - Director:
- Erik Skjoldbjaerg
- Cast:
- Henrik Mestad, Eldar Skar, Ane Dahl Torp
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In Cairo at the height of the Arab Spring, hotel night manager Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) receives a plea for help from the beautiful Sophie Alekan (Aure Atika). As the mistress of the powerful but dangerous hotel owner, Sophie has evidence of an arms deal that could help crush the popular uprising. Compelled to do what he thinks is right, Pine makes contact with his friend at the British Embassy. But his actions unwittingly draw him into the terrifying world of ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). When Sophie's information makes its way to Angela Burr (Olivia Colman), a government anti-corruption agent intent on bringing down Roper's empire, a leak in her network triggers a chain of events that end in tragedy. - Director:
- Susanne Bier
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- Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki
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Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore is back with 'Where to Invade Next', a provocative and hilarious comedy in which Moore will stop at nothing to figure out how to actually make America great again. Just in time for election season, America's favourite political provocateur. Michael Moore, is back with his new film, 'Where to Invade Next'. Honoured by festivals and critics groups alike, 'Where to Invade Next' is an expansive, hilarious, and subversive comedy in which the Academy Award-winning director confronts the most pressing issues facing America today and finds solutions in the most unlikely places. The creator of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Bowling for Columbine' has returned with an epic movie that's unlike anything he has done before - an eye-opening call to arms to capture the American Dream and restore it in, of all places, America. - Director:
- Michael Moore
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- Krista Kiuru, Michael Moore, Tim Walker
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Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work party girl who finds herself in relationship trouble with . her sensible boyfriend, Tim (Dan Stevens), and is forced to move back to her tiny hometown to get her life back on track She reconnects with childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), a good-natured bar owner with a coterie of drinking buddies (Tim Blake Nelson and Austin Stowell), and resumes her drinking lifestyle. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a larger-than-life creature begins attacking Seoul, South Korea on a nightly'basis, captivating spectators around the world. One night Gloria is horrified to discover a connection between these catastrophic events and her own fractured psyche. - Director:
- Nacho Vigalondo
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- Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell
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As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town's small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can't leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes on the shore, an unidentifiable man murdered only hours ago. The local police chief, Andri Olafssun, whose personal life is in shatters, realises a killer has descended into his town. As word spreads, order disintegrates into chaos as the ferry's passengers and the town's residents realise they are all possible suspects and that a killer is trapped among them. - Director:
- Baltasar Kormákur
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- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
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"In Dubious Battle" tells the inspirational story of a group of workers who rise up against the rich landowners and their private militias to protest unfair working conditions. Soon, the labour strike turns into all out warfare, as the desperate workers with nothing left to lose, confront their bosses who have no qualms about resorting to deceit and violence. - Director:
- James Franco
- Cast:
- Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D'Onofrio
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In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when she takes on the all-powerful pro-gun movement she finds herself at the centre of a terrifying battle andffl decide if she's willing to make sacrifices greater than she ever imagined - or will winning come at too high a price? - Director:
- John Madden
- Cast:
- Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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