William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield), a thief turned FBI informant, infiltrates the Illinois Black Panthers to track their charismatic leader, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), whose rising political prowess has captured the attention of J. Edgar Hoover's bureau. As O'Neal manipulates both his comrades and handler, a battle wages in his soul. Will he align with the side of good - or follow commands to subdue Hampton by any means?
Filmed in 1968 whilst Czechoslovakia enjoyed a brief moment of political liberalization, 'Larks on a String' is a searing political comedy from director Jin Menzel and writer Bohumil Hrabal. Like their earlier Oscar-winning triumph Closely Observed Trains, it audaciously combines black humour with grim reality. Set in a scrap metal yard where political dissidents are interned to be re-educated, the film is both a powerful critique of totalitarianism and a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit.
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
South Africa, 1976. The police ruled Gordan Ngubene's death a suicide. But when Afrikaans schoolteacher Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) saw the body he knew his friend of 15 years was the victim of police torture. Seeking justice, Ben hires barrister Ian McKenzie (Marlon Brando) to represent the Ngubene family at the inquest, but the judge ignores the evidence and exonerates the police. Refusing to "give it up", Ben risks his family and career as he takes on a system run by racists, thugs and murderers. For if you're not with the Afrikaners, you're against them. And choosing the wrong side could get you killed.
Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80's who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement or the cartel's enforcers catch up to him.
The Balkans, 1939. British professor Guy Pringle (Kenneth Branagh) arrives in Romania with his new bride, Harriet (Emma Thompson), and becomes enmeshed in the politics of anti-fascism. Despite Harriet's serious misgivings, Guy's social circle soon includes members of the British Secret Service who want to involve him in dangerous missions, and a downtrodden prince who zeroes in on Guy's generous nature and winds up living with the Pringles. So the stage is set for a mesmerising story of marriage tested by accidental betrayal, callous insensitivity, and a world in upheaval.
Hostage situations, prison riots, wedding murders - all part of a day's work for the Baltimore Homicide Team. In this fourth series, Detective Pembleton returns to duty after his stroke and not everyone is pleased to see him back. Kellerman is investigated by federal prosecutors for his possible involvement in a bribery scam and an apparent suicide causes turmoil for the squad when it is discovered that the victim is a former homicide detective who was working undercover in a theft ring.
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of Gotham City dressed as a clown. Disregarded by society Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as Joker in director Todd Phillips' thrilling origin story.
Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk tells how the great Lonesome Dove saga first began. In the Texas Republic at a time when three cultures: Anglo, Hispanic and Comanche, were in furious conflict over the same harsh land a young Augustus McCrae (David Arquette) and Woodrow Call (Jonny Lee Miller) are young Rangers. Ripe for adventure they head off into the dangerous and forbidding territory with the Texas-Sante Fe expedition under the leadership of land pirate and soldier Caleb Cobb. The Rangers suffer at the hands of treacherous leadership and soon encounter the Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump and the silent Apache, Gomez.
With gallows humour and dogged determination, the men and women of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide division race to keep pace with the killers who haunt their city. But it's not easy with over 250 murders a year and the ominous "Board" tracking their every move. In this third series, Lewis and Howard are without partners. Someone needs to come along to shake things up - enter brash detective Mike Kellerman from the arson unit. After impressing the boss, he's invited to join Maryland's finest. Interesting developments are in store including a change in location when the entire Police Department has to be relocated when a gas pipe explodes at HQ and when Howard is promoted but Russert demoted. This 6 disc DVD box set contains all 22 episodes from series three.
Homicide: Life On The Street is one of the most critically acclaimed shows in US TV History. It captures the gritty reality of life for a team of homicide detectives in the front line of crime fighting. In the second season, the Baltimore Homicide team deal with several murder victims who are found wearing only white gloves; Beau Felton and his wife have marital problems and Detectives Munch, Lewis and Bayliss decide to buy their favourite bar.
Homicide: Life On The Street is one of the most critically acclaimed shows in US TV history. It captures the gritty reality of life for a team of homicide detectives in the front line of crime fighting. Groundbreaking in its time, Homicide focuses on the gruelling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases.
MLK/FBI is the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI's surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, utilizing a trove of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and unsealed by the National Archives, as well as revelatory restored footage, the documentary explores the government's history of targeting Black activists, and the contested meaning behind some of our most cherished ideals. Featuring interviews with key cultural figures including former FBI Director James Comey and directed by Emmy Award-winner and Oscar-nominee Sam Pollard, 'MLK/FBI' tells this astonishing and tragic story with searing relevance to our current moment.
From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind the modern horror masterpiece 'The Witch', comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890's. As an approaching storm threatens to sweep them from the rock and strange apparitions emerge from the fog, each man begins to suspect that the other has become dangerously unmoored.
Episodes Comprise:
- Two Little Indians
- Life With Tom
- Puppy Tale
- Posse Cat
- Hic-Cup Pup
- Little School Mouse
- Baby Butch
- Mice Follies
- Neapolitan House
- Downhearted Duckling
- Pet Peeve
- Touche, Pussy Cat
- Southbound Duckling
- Pup On A Picnic
- Mouse For Sale
- Designs On Jerry
- Tom and Cherie
- Smarty Cat
- Pecos Pest
- That's My Momy
- The Flying Sorceress
- The Egg And Jerry
- Muscle Beach Tom
- Down Beat Bear
- Blue Cat Blues
- Barbecue Brawl
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