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Smart and brooding, Swedish detective thriller, 'Modus', follows psychologist and ex-FBI profiler Inger Johanne Vik (Melinda Kinnaman) as she finds herself and her autistic daughter drawn into an investigation surrounding a series of disturbing and brutal deaths in Stockholm.

The case leads her to team up with local detective Ingvar Nymann (Henrik Norlén) and together they set about uncovering the clues to these shocking crimes. As the number of mysterious murders starts to increase, Inger Johanne is driven by her need to protect her daughter and starts noticing a pattern. But her discovery of the killer's weakness and the connection to a ruthless international network unintentionally turns the entire threat towards herself and her family. Based on the best-selling novels of Anne Holt, 'Modus' is a thrilling, atmospheric crime series that raises questions about faith, intolerance, and the very nature of love itself.

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Told entirely in the words of James Baldwin, through both personal appearances and the text of his final unfinished book project, "I Am Not Your Negro" touches on the lives and assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr.

, and Medgar Evers to bring powerful clarity to how the image and reality of Blacks in America today is fabricated and enforced.

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When the President of the United States is caught in a scandal just two weeks before the election, it's up to his White House advisor Ronnie Bream (Robert De Niro) to clean up the mess.

Ronnie joins forces with Hollywood Producer Stan Moss (Dustin Hoffman) to divert the country's attention from the President's crime. They decide that what is needed to stop the media spotlight is a war, but lacking a real war, they fake one. Actresses play pretty refugees and rock stars record hit songs about freedom. Soon America is rallying around the President. But trouble arrives when a rough and tough Senator gets wise to the pair's tricks. Meanwhile, Election Day gets closer and closer...

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Who is the man who hides his scarred face behind a mask? Hero or madman? Liberator or oppressor? Who is V - and who will join him in his daring plot to destroy the totalitarian regime that dominated his nation? Natalie Portman stars as Evey, a working-class girl who must determine if her hero has

become the very menace she's fighting against. Hugo Waving plays V - a bold, charismatic freedom fighter driven to exact revenge on those who disfigured him. And Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to capture V before he ignites a revolution. The Stakes rise. The tension electrifies. The action explodes.

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American action thriller in which Ryan Reynolds reprises his role as alternative superhero Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool.

When a mysterious young boy with incredible powers captures the attention of the ruthless time-travelling mutant Cable (Josh Brolin), Deadpool must acquire a group of fellow rebels with incredible abilities to stop Cable in his path of destruction and save the boy.

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Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland shortly before and during the infamous 1981 IRA hunger strike led by Bobby Sands.

With and epic eye for the detail, the film provides a timely exploration of the final act of desperation, when the human body is the last and ultimate resources for protest.

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Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson lead an all-star cast as residents of an isolated, high-tech compound. But when they discover they're actually clones, and worth more dead than alive, they stage a daring escape.

Battling an unfamiliar environment and an armed team of mercenaries in hot pursuit, they'll risk their lives and freedom to save those they left behind - and reveal the truth about The Island.

Based on Thomas Harris' first story of Hannibal Lecktor, 'Red Dragon', 'Manhunter' introduced this popular character to an unsuspecting public. It remains a cult classic and is considered the most prominent landmark in Mann's career.

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The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London.

When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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Anthony Hopkins returns in his finest and most chilling performance yet, as the malevolent Dr Hannibal Lecter. FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer known as 'The Tooth Fairy'.

To stop the brutal murders from continuing, Graham must first let Lecter inside his head. Prepare to be disturbed as Graham confronts the brilliantly sinister Lecter in this dark and heart-pounding thriller.

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When the Vice President of the United States suddenly dies, Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is chosen by the President (Jeff Bridges) to be the first woman to hold the office.

The selection however meets with strong opposition from members of both parties, in particular a powerful political adversary Senator Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman) who orchestrates a dirty-tricks campaign, which dredges up the apparent sexual misgivings of her past. Her confirmation hearings set off a firestorm of controversy as shocking secrets from Hanson's past are revealed, threatening her personal life as well as her political future. Laine Hanson has what it takes to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now she must prove she has the stomach for what it takes to get the job.

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The fifth season of 'Outlander' sees a continuation of Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie's fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America.

The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which is unwittingly marching towards Revolution, and Jamie (Sam Heughan) must now defend the home they have built together at Fraser's Ridge while Claire seeks to put her own skills and medical expertise to use in keeping her family together and safe from harm. Meanwhile, Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger MacKenzie struggle to find their respective places in this world and chase away the shadow cast over their lives by Stephen Bonnet as they raise their son in this brave new world. For the Frasers and their family, "home" is more than simply a site on which they live, it is the place in which they are laying the foundations for the rest of their lives...

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Candidates Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda) and Matthew Santos (Jimmy Smits) flex their campaign muscles - and rely upon the frenetic behind-the-scenes strateging of pollsters, spin doctors, power brokers and policy wonks - as the race for the White House comes down to the wire.

Season 7 marks both the beginnings of a new administration and the series' end with 22 episodes that include a compelling Vinick/Santos debate performed live. Other highlights: President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) confronts nuclear saber rattling. And the untimely death of star John Spencer takes the storyline in an unexpected direction. "Johnny, it seems we hardly knew you," Sheen says in an on-air tribute. What we do know and have here are Spencer's last contributions to the greatness that is The West Wing.

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Series Four of 'Outlander' continues the story of Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) as they try to make in colonial America.

The Frasers settle in North Carolina at yet another turning point in history - the cusp of the American Revolution - where they must negotiate a tenuous loyalty to the current British ruling class, despite Claire's knowledge of the bloody rebellion to come. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate and smuggler Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will come back to haunt the Fraser family. Meanwhile, Brianna Randall and Roger Wakefield grow closer in the 20th century but make a shocking discovery that makes them consider following in Claire's footsteps.

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One crew - one killer. Andrea (Catherine Walker), a damage regulator from Benthos Oil, is sent out to Rig 45 two days before Christmas to investigate a fatal accident. As she arrives Andrea finds that the small crew is unwilling to talk to her and she has a hard time finding out the truth.

Just when the rig is hit by a hurricane and all forms of communications to the mainland is cut off, a second accident happens. Andrea realises that she and the rest of the crew are in real danger. One of them is a killer, but the question is who.