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Inspired by a true story - tree young men with disabilities (Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, Ravi Patel) flee their overbearing parents on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal that caters to people with disabilities, in order to lose their virginity and embrace their independence Gabourey Sidibe

stars as their jaded nurse driver, Janeane Garofalo and C.S. Lee also star as concerned parents hot on their trail.

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In 2006, Northern Ireland's bloody troubles had dragged on for decades.

Now with the growing threat of a new generation inspired by the 9/11 attacks to escalate the conflict to new levels of destruction, both the Catholic Republican and the Protestant Unionist sides are finally persuaded to seriously explore a peace agreement at UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's (Toby Stephens) urging. Unfortunately, the principle negotiators, firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney), are decades-long implacable enemies. However with talks about to start, Paisley has his wedding anniversary that he is determined to attend at home, and McGuinness decides he must accompany his enemy to prevent him from being persuaded to abandon this chance for peace. With the Prime Minister and his MI-5 staff nervously watching from secret cameras, the two foes undertake a journey together in which they bridge the seemingly unbridgeable and change the course of history.

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Julie Walters takes on the lead role in a revealing portrait of Mo Mowlam; the powerfully charismatic woman whose no-nonsense approach to politics helped achieve one of the most monumental landmarks in British history, the Good Friday Agreement Mo's warmth, passion and unorthodox style made her

renowned throughout the country and loved by many. Away from the public gaze, she found happiness later in life with husband Jon Norton (David Haig), but just months before the pivotal 1997 general election, she discovered she had a brain tumour. Defying medics, her brave battle with ill-health was played out on the public stage.

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On 30th January 1972, British soldiers shot dead 13 unarmed civilians taking part in an anti-internment civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland.

This event became known as 'Bloody Sunday', and was a major turning point in the history of the modern Irish troubles, catapulting the conflict into a civil war, driving many young men into the IRA and fueling a 25 year cycle of violence. The film centers around Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt), who organised the civil rights march, and lived through the horror of the day.

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From Academy Award Winner Steve McQueen, the director of '12 Years a Slave', and from Gillian Flynn, the writer of 'Gone Girl', comes a powerful thriller with a stellar cast, including Oscar Winner Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo.

Four women - with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal acts - conspire to take fate into their own hands. Also featuring Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson, Widows delivers explosive action and gripping suspense!

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This epic, action-packed Western tells the incredible true story of Bass Reeves (David Gyasi), the first black U.S. Marshal in the Wild West. Having escaped from slavery after the Civil War, Reeves arrives in Arkansas seeking a job with the law.

To prove himself, he must hunt down a deadly outlaw (Frank Grillo) with the help of a grizzled journeyman (Ron Perlman). As he chases the criminal deeper into the Cherokee Nation, Reeves must dodge bullets and severe discrimination in hopes of earning his star - and ends up cementing his place as a cowboy legend.

Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Mark Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything - his career, his livelihood, and his family - to expose the truth.

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In 1950's New York, Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective with an affliction, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis).

Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance.

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Starring Academy Award winners Charlize Theron, and Nicole Kidman and Academy Award nominees John Lithgow and Margot Robbie.

Based on the real scandal, 'Bombshell' is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

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The last man on earth is not alone. Will Smith portrays that lone survivor in 'I Am Legend', the action epic, fusing heart-pounding excitement with a mind-blowing vision of a desolated Manhattan.

Somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist Rober Neville (Will Smith) is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. But he is not alone. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows...watching Neville's every move...waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered...and quickly running out of time.

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The line forms here. As the Bartlet administration enters the last year, Oval Office hopefuls emerge from both major parties. And so do political strategists eager to back those bids for the White House dreamers and doers willing to leave their West Wing posts for another grab at the brass ring.

An up-and-coming congressman (Jimmy Smits) and an astute Republican senator (Alan Alda) are among the Presidential aspirants. But in addition to the running for office, there's the business of running the country - a job on the shoulders of Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his now reorganised staff. It's a taxing job under any circumstance, even more so when the nation's commander-in-chief battles the ravages of MS. The candidates, the staff, the nation: see how they run in this remarkable 22-episode Season 6.

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Ladies and gentlemen: the President of the United States! Glenallen Walken, the Speaker of the House and an iron-willed conservative, becomes temporary President while President Bartlet copes with his daughter's kidnapping.

The West Wing staffers are torn between duty to the current Chief Executive and loyalty to the former. The resolution of the kidnapping crisis and Bartlet's tenuous return to power are two of the intriguing storylines on an eventful fifth season.

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She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor.

Based on true events, 'Official Secrets' tells the story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist who received a shocking memo in 2003: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in blackmailing United Nations Security Council members so they vote in favour of the Iraq War. Unable to stand by, Gun defies her government and leaks the memo to the press, beginning an explosive chain of events that will ignite an international firestorm, expose a vast political conspiracy, and put Gun and her family in harm's way.

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The campaign comes to an end. The votes are cast. And the reelected Bartlet Presidency begins its ambitious second term in The West Wing, the highly entertaining series that in its 23-episode fourth season claimed its fourth consecutive Emmy Award for Best Drama.

The administration has its agenda and mandate. But history has a wide way of imposing agendas and curtailing dreams. Unforeseen events soon dominate. Sam exits to vie for a seat in a Republican congressional stronghold. The Vice-President lays scandal on the White House doorstep. A genocide in Africa raises the question of intervention - and inspires the declaration of a bold foreign policy doctrine. And an unthinkable events leads to the stunning swearing in of a replacement President.

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Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures, "Borgen" uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue.

The setting is "Borgen", the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as 'The Castle". After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist Birgitte Nyborg now faces the biggest dilemma of her life. The question is: Will she succumb to pressure to compromise her ideals and face the consequences, both on and off the political stage?