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Biologist and former soldier Lena (Natalie Portman) is shocked when her missing husband (Oscar Isaac) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth. - Director:
- Alex Garland
- Cast:
- Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson
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Filled with thrilling battle sequences, mind-blowing fight choreography, and epic adventure, Robin Hood is an action-packed retelling of the classic legend. Returning home from the Crusades, Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) finds his country oppressed by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn). With the help of Moorish warrior Little John (Jamie Foxx), Robin transforms into the heroic outlaw Robin Hoc taking up arms to fight the sheriff and win the heart of his love, Mai Marian (Eve Hewson). - Director:
- Otto Bathurst
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- Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn
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Agent Carter: Series 2 (2016)Marvel's Agent Carter
Bigger, bolder and brighter than the white-hot lights of 1940s Hollywood, 'Marvel's Agent Carter' blazes back for a second season packed with action, humour and intrigue! In the wake of World War II, top SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is dedicated to stopping new, Atomic Age threats. Blessed with brains, beauty and formidable fighting skills, Peggy trades the lampposts of New York City for the palm trees of Los Angeles to crack a baffling case with her partner in crime-fighting, Edwin Jarvis (James D'Arcy): A body has just been discovered in a frozen lake…during a heatwave. When this bizarre phenomenon is traced to Isodyne Energy, the mystery deepens, exposing a shocking conspiracy and the revelation of a substance that could end life as we know it - once it falls into the hands of actress-turned-mad-scientist Whitney Frost. With the fate of humanity at stake, Peggy must defeat Whitney, face off again with archnemesis Dottie Underwood and navigate a love triangle involving potential new romance Dr. Jason Wilkes and smouldering old flame Chief Daniel Sousa. - Director:
- Lawrence Trilling
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- Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Chad Michael Murray
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On the eve of senior year, Scott and his friends find themselves facing the possibility of a future without each other, a next phase of their lives that might take them in different directions despite their best intentions. Little do they know that outside forces are already plotting to break the pack apart long before they ever see graduation. Reeling from crushing losses, Scott struggles to put his pack back together while the Dread Doctors' final creation, a creature known as The Beast, terrorises Beacon Hills. - Director:
- Russell Mulcahy
- Cast:
- Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Holland Roden
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From acclaimed director Mike Leigh comes this epic portrayal of events surrounding the infamous 1819 'Peterloo Massacre' in Manchester, when armed government forces charged into a crowd of 60,000 peaceful protesters who were desperate for greater democracy and improved working conditions. Featuring stellar performances from Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear, 'Peterloo' is an explosively visceral retelling of a defining moment in British history. - Director:
- Mike Leigh
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- Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell
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Willy Loman (Dustin Hoffman) has spent his entire working life as a struggling travelling salesman, living under the illusion that he and his family are destined for success. In order to cope with his failures Willy lives in the past and begins to lose touch with reality. Willy's life takes a tragic turn when he is fired from his long-time job forcing him to live on handouts from his old friend Charlie (Charles Durning). His depression worsens as he comes to terms with life around him - his eldest son Biff (John Malkovich) is an unemployed Kleptomaniac and younger son Happy (Stephen Lang) is a cynical womaniser. Willy feels particularly guilty about an affair which has distanced him from Biff. A broken man, Willy contemplates suicide rather than face the reality that his life has been a failure... - Director:
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast:
- Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich
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15th Century Florence. The House of Medici, one of the most powerful Florentine families and bankers to the Pope. Cosimo (Richard Madden), who has long abandoned his dreams of becoming an artist, inherits the bank when his father Giovanni (Dustin Hoffman) mysteriously collapses. Harbouring the dangerous secret that his father was murdered, Cosimo must fight to protect all his family has worked so hard to attain. As head of the Signoria, with attacks coming from all sides and war looming, he needs to decide whether to side with the nobility, as Giovanni would have done, or to step out from his father's shadow. Full of intrigue and suspense, 'Medici: Masters of Florence' follows the twists and turns through war, plague and even exile as the family attempts to hold on to power. - Director:
- Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Cast:
- Richard Madden, Stuart Martin, Annabel Scholey
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Still healing from tragic losses, Scott, Stiles, Lydia and Kira return to a new semester of school with more human worries than supernatural, while also trying to help their new friend, Malia, integrate back into society. But Kate Argent's surprising resurrection brings a new threat to Beacon Hills along with the emergence of another mysterious enemy known simply as The Benefactor. - Director:
- Russell Mulcahy
- Cast:
- Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Tyler Hoechlin
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Agent Carter: Series 1 (2015)Marvel's Agent Carter
Hold on to your hats as one fearless woman redefines heroism in the perilous arena of international espionage. With equal parts brains, beauty and brawn, Marvel's Agent Carter from ABC Studios ignites a firestorm of adventure, suspense and action-packed fun integral to the origins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 1946, top SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) operative Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is still reeling from the loss of Steve Rogers (a.k.a. Captain America). But now that the war is over, peacetime deals her yet another blow as she finds herself marginalised when the men return home from fighting abroad. Now her "missions" consist of fetching coffee and answering glumes - until old acquaintance Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) is framed for selling his deadliest weapons to the highest bidder, and he contacts the one person he trusts to clear his name: Agent Carter. Working as a secret double agent with the aid of Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis (James D'Arcy), Peggy must evade both her SSR colleagues and mysterious foreign assassins as she attempts to track down those responsible and dispose of the weapons before they inflict mass destruction. Relive all the glamour and excitement of Marvel's Agent Carter. - Director:
- Louis D'Esposito
- Cast:
- Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Chad Michael Murray
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Based on Peter Rock's novel 'My Abandonment', 'Leave No Trace' revolves around a teenage girl (Thomasin McKenzie) and her father (Ben Foster) who have lived undetected for years in Forest Park, a vast wood on the edge of Portland, Oregon. A chance encounter leads to their discovery and removal from the park and into the charge of a social service agency. They try to adapt to their new surroundings until a sudden decision sets them on a perilous journey into the wilderness seeking complete independence and forcing them to confront their conflicting desire to be part of a community or a fierce need to live apart. - Director:
- Debra Granik
- Cast:
- Thomasin McKenzie-Harcourt, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard
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Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his stellar literary career. Ignoring infidelities and excuses made in the cause of his art, she has put up with his behaviour with undiminished grace and humour. The foundations of their marriage have, however, been built upon a set of uneven compromises and Joan has reached a turning point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel rewarding a spectacular body of work, Joan will confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and some long-buried secrets. 'The Wife' is a poignant, funny and emotional journey, a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation... - Director:
- Björn Runge
- Cast:
- Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons
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In this new take on the tragic love story, Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) is a seasoned musician who discovers - and falls in love with - struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer...until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons. - Director:
- Bradley Cooper
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- Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott
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The evolution story of Marvel's most enigmatic, complex and badass character - Venom! Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is a broken man after he loses everything including his job and fiancée. Just when his life is at its lowest, he becomes host to an alien symbiote which results in extraordinary superpowers - transforming him into Venom. Will these powers be enough for this new lethal protector to defeat great evil forces, especially against the far stronger and more weaponised symbiote rival, Riot (Riz Ahmed)? - Director:
- Ruben Fleischer
- Cast:
- Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed
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13 Hours (2016)13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right. Visionary director Michael Bay delivers a "Rock-Solid Action Drama" you won't soon forget in '13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'. Follow the elite ex-military operators who fought back against overwhelming odds to save American lives this portrayal of true heroism. - Director:
- Michael Bay
- Cast:
- John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale
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Lost souls looking for something find themselves at a strange hotel perched on the edge of a cliff slowly crumbling into the sea. Each of them is hoping one way or another to put their troubles behind them. Funny, perceptive and tender, Carol Morley's "Edge" inventively weaves together the lives of the idiosyncratic hotel guests and staff. As they help each other contemplate the mystery of their lives they discover things about themselves they never knew. Set in an uncanny snow covered coastal landscape. - Director:
- Carol Morley
- Cast:
- Maxine Peake, Marjorie Yates, Joe Dempsie
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