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Elena and Vladimir are unequal partners in their second marriage, he rich, she a former nurse. The two of them have met late in life, each with a child from a previous marriage.

When Vladimir falls ill and decides to leave his money to his daughter, Elena comes up with a plan to provide her feckless son and his family with a real change in life...

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Loosely based on a short story by American novelist William Saroyan, 'The Banishment' is a powerful and atmospheric portrait of an unraveling marriage. Having left the city, Alex and Vera set up home with their children in a remote but idyllic-seeming country house.

But then one day Vera makes a shocking confession, setting in motion a chain of events that will lead to tragedy. Acclaimed director Andrey Zvyagintsev confirms his position as an absolute master of style and mood with this award-winning and stunningly photographed story of masculine pride, morality and betrayal.

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After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips (Sam Worthington) spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.

Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa (Octavia Spencer). Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

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It's high noon on Wisteria Lane as a brand-new rival (Vanessa Williams) stirs up even more excitement, deceit and romance in the neighbourhood. Lynette gets jealous when Renee starts spending time with Tom, and Bree finds herself falling for Keith (Brian Austin Green).

Meanwhile, Gabrielle makes a shocking personal discovery, Susan copes with a life-threatening event and a mysterious shooting has everyone on edge. Through all the drama, the world's most famous housewives are bound together by the friendship they share and the secrets they keep.

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While a liberated Kaneez discovers what life is like without the shackles of marriage, Nas attempts to disguise her sexuality and embarks on a marriage of convenience with Naveed.

Though when he starts at Ackley Bridge the realities of their sham relationship hit home and the pair struggle to keep up the charade. Mandy is in crisis. Her marriage is on the rocks, exam results are plummeting and Sadiq wants her out. Can she save both her marriage and the school? Emma is in a mess. Sami is getting married but not to her. Forced to balance life as a teacher, mother and lover Emma must decide whether to move on or give in to her fatal attraction. And after a stint in Young Offenders, Jordan is working for a local drug dealer but when he's mugged by two women in niqabs there's more than just his grades at risk...

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If You Summon Her, You May Not Live To Regret It. According to the legend, a supernatural entity known as The Queen of Spades can be summoned by drawing a door and staircase on a mirror in the darkness, and by saying her name three times.

She gets her energy from reflective objects; she cuts locks of hair from those asleep, and those that see her go mad or die. As a prank, four teenagers decide to call The Queen of Spades. But when one of them dies of a sudden heart attack, the group realize they have awakened an ancient evil and their lives all now hang in the balance.

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Set in and around the corridors of power, 'Bodyguard' tells the story of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?

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Four astronauts, Captain Theo Cooper (Brandon Routh), Dr. Emily McTier (Caity Lotz), Bug Kieslowski (Ben Feldman) and Cole Dvorak (Dane Cook) are sent on a gruelling simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel.

Locked away for 400 days, the crew's mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the ship, they discover that this mission may not have been a simulation after all.

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Bohemian Rhapsody is an enthralling celebration of Queen, their music, and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek), who defied stereotypes and convention to become one of history's most beloved entertainers.

Following Queen's meteoric rise, their revolutionary sound and Freddie's solo career, the film also chronicles the band's reunion, and one of the greatest performances in rock history.

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Marvin (Finnegan Oldfield) is different. He is a quiet, sensitive and artistic fifteen-year-old with an unwitting attraction to other boys. This makes him victim to forceful bullying, both at school and within the confines of his impoverished home, making his situation unbearable.

With the support of his teacher, Marvin discovers his thirst for theatre, and its transformative power of becoming someone else. Refusing to be victimised, Marvin moves to Paris to reinvent himself. As a theatre student, he swiftly befriends the right people including legendary actress Isabelle Huppert (playing herself), and with her help, begins to exorcise the ghosts of his childhood. Winner of the Queer Lion at the Venice International Film Festival, 'Reinventing Marvin' is a powerful, uplifting story of a young man's quest, against all odds, to be himself.

"Hacksaw Ridge" is the epic and inspiring true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), an army medic and conscientious objector who, during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun.

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Nighty Night is a British dark comedy about a sociopath called Jill (Julia Davis) who upon finding out her husband Terry (Kevin Eldon) has cancer she begins shopping for an alternative despite Terry still being alive.

She sets he sights on Don (Angus Deayton), a married man whose wife Cathy (Rebecca Front) is in a wheelchair. Jill manipulates, cheats, steals and does just about anything to be with Don while trying to ignore and cover up everything she does to get there.

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Winner of numerous festival prizes all over the world, 'When I Saw You' is the second film from the Jordan-based Palestinian film-maker Annemarie Jacir, (and Palestine's 2012 Oscar' entry) and is set in 1967 when thousands of Palestinian refugees fled to camps in Jordan in the wake of the June War.

The 11 year-old Tarek, along with his mother Ghaydaa, has been separated from his father in the general chaos. Stifled and bored in the refugee camp, Tarek goes in search of his father in the forest around and ends up with a group of fedayeen who adopt him as a kind of mascot. Soon his mother arrives too, and they try to make their way home, leaving behind victimhood with a new-found sense of hope and freedom.

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When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation.

At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.

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Please note this film is on a double sided disc, and both sides need to be played in order to see the entire feature.

His name was Kunta Knite. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, whispering the name of Kunta Knite from one generation to the next until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee. His name was Alex Haley. And he proclaimed Kunta Knite's name to the world. Through the lineage of one family, Haley and his Pulitzer prize-winning Roots told a story for all America and the world. Seen by 130-million viewers during its initial U.S telecasts and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L.Wolper production remains a vital and engrossing entertainment landmark a quarter-century later. Digitally remastered for optimal video and audio presentation from the original elements, Roots will prove to be an unforgettable DVD journey.