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Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver star in this box office winner about an uncanny Presidential look-alike recruited as a momentary stand-in for America's Chief Executive. However, things don't turn out exactly as planned and Dave finds himself continuing the masquerade indefinitely.

Real life Washington politicos and pundits join the fun as Dave uses ordinary- guy savvy to deal with the extraordinary responsibilities of the Oval Office.

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London 1940: As the Blitz rages and her future is threatened by fallout from the war, Agatha Christie (Helen Baxendale) makes the decision to kill off her most famous creation. After twelve Poirot novels in six years, Agatha should be a rich woman. Instead, she's struggling to make ends meet.

Killing Poirot in the midst of this turmoil seems almost spiteful, but Agatha has a plan: she's selling the novel to a private buyer, a super-fan who will pay anything to own a piece of history. A meeting at an infamous London hotel is arranged, where despite the presence of an old friend, things quickly go wrong. As the bombs fall and the bodies pile up, the real danger of her situation becomes apparent: the only thing more valuable than the last ever Poirot novel is the last ever book written by Agatha Christie.

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In this exciting penultimate film in The Divergent Series, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) lead a team of rebels in a daring escape over the city wall into a strange new world where they face a threat more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Together, Tris and Four wage a furious battle for survival, fighting not only for their factions and loved ones, but for the future of an entire city...

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Robert Downey Jr. returns as billionaire Tony Stark in this thrilling sequel to the worldwide blockbuster. Now that his Super Hero secret has been revealed, Tony's life is more intense than ever. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit...

but for Ivan Vanko ("Whiplash"), it's revenge! Tony must once again suit up , and face his most dangerous enemy yet, but not without a few new allies of his own.

Fast-forward to the 1980's as Wonder Woman's next big screen adventure finds her facing a wide array of foes, including Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) and Cheetah (Kristen Wiig).

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Paulina Escobar (Sigourney Weaver), a political activist who has suffered unspeakable horror in her past, is convinced that, fifteen years later, she has finally found the man responsible.

Her conviction is based solely on the memory of her senses however, having been blindfolded throughout her imprisonment. Determined to exact her revenge and force a confession, Paulina takes the man in question captive, leaving her husband, Gerardo (Stuart Wilson), torn between his wife's story and the law.

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The Dark Times. A universe where Death is still finding its feet. A universe where terrible races are born into eternal battle. Where the Great Vampires rage across the skies, where the Racnoss devour worlds, where gods play games with the future. A universe before even the Time Lords.

A history that it is forbidden to enter. The ultimate battleground between the Dalek Empire and the Time Lord Victorious. Welcome to the Dark Times. These are seven epic 'Doctor Who' stories containing legends of the Dark Times, the Dalek Empire and the Time Lord Victorious.

Episodes Comprise:
- Planet of the Daleks (1973)
- Genesis of the Daleks (1975)
- The Deadly Assassin (1976)
- State of Decay (1980)
- The Curse of Fenric (1989)
- The Runaway Bride (2007)
- The Waters of Mars (2009)

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A thrilling and emotional festive special featuring major guest stars, and the Doctor's most iconic and deadly adversaries. The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) is locked away in a high-security alien prison. Isolated, alone, with no hope of escape.

Far away on Earth, her best friends, Yaz (Mandip Gill), Ryan (Tosin Cole) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) are having to carry on with their lives without her. However, they soon discover a disturbing plan forming. A plan which involves a Dalek. How can you fight a Dalek without the Doctor? Even with Captain Jack's (John Barrowman)'s help, the gang are set to face one of their biggest and most frightening challenges yet...

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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Every house is identical. Every house is empty. Except for yours. Welcome to YONDER. Gemma (Imogen Poots) and Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) are a young couple looking to take the next step in their relationship and own their first home.

Sold on the prospect of an ideal suburban lifestyle at the newly opened YONDER, they drive out with enigmatic estate agent Martin (Jonathan Aris) to take a look, and the trap is sprung. In YONDER, the food they're given has no taste, identical homes line identical streets tesselating toward the horizon underneath a sky dotted by uniform clouds, and every road leads right back to the new home that has become their prison. The idyllic dream of 'suburban bliss' has given way to a recursive nightmare, and the only hope for Gemma and Tom's escape lies within a mysterious box and the infant inside it.

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Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, 'Watchmen', from executive producer Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers, Lost), embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking DC graphic novel while breaking new ground of its own. Angela Abar is a woman of many masks.

She's a seasoned detective in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, police force, where officers must conceal their identities to protect themselves from terrorists. While investigating a murder close to home, Angela uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy that threatens the future of the world. Regina King leads a formidable cast that includes Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Jean Smart and Tim Blake Nelson. Brimming with cutting-edge style, dark humour and outrageous action, these nine episodes follow all-too-human ''superheroes" forced to grapple with an increasingly blurry line between good and evil. Ticktock, ticktock.

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Vee (Emma Roberts), has had it with living life on the sidelines.

When pressured by friends to join the popular online game 'Nerve', Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun, but when she is partnered with a mysterious stranger (Dave Franco) she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fuelled competition. When the game takes a sinister turn, with increasingly dangerous acts, Vee is led into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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lmagine the horror of reaching middle age, losing your looks, your husband, your lover, only to be confronted with a terrifying, incomprehensible truth - your youthful self, three times over, is living and loving somewhere else in the country.

Joanna May (Patricia Hodge), a wealthy woman in her forties, is still obsessively in love with estranged husband Carl (Brian Cox), the director of a nuclear energy corporation. But Carl, consumed by jealousy and bitterness after discovering a brief affair, has used genetic engineering to clone three younger Joanna Mays...Based on a novel by Fay Weldon, 'The Cloning of Joanna May' is a darkly compelling modern-day fairy tale.

Ava (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

In Disney's 'Mulan', a fearless young woman risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China has ever known.