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Down on his luck Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) stumbles upon the dangerous, cut-throat world of underground world of freelance crime journalism - discovering that filming murder and mayhem can be a quick way to make a buck.

Aided by Nina (Rene Russo), a ruthless veteran of TV news, Lou combs LA's seedy underbelly for the city's most sensational news footage. He soon discovers he's uniquely suited to his new job, but events begin to spiral out of control as one dark choice leads to another.

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Written by Ashley Pharoah, this two-part adaptation of the much-loved John Meade Falkner novel is set in the small Dorset village of Moonfleet. In the story, young John Trenchard (Aneurin Barnard) is desperate to join the local band of smugglers led by Elzevir Block (Ray Winstone).

Together they embark on an adventure full of action, friendship, and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond. Their journey takes them from 18th Century Dorset, to the jewellery quarter of The Hague, and on to a gripping, final sea voyage. Sophie Cookson joins the cast as John's first love, Grace, who is also the daughter of Moonfleet's anti-smuggling magistrate, Mohune, played by Ben Chaplin. Omid Djalili appears as a diamond merchant, Aldobrand, and Martin Trenaman as the Turnkey.

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Lonely bartender Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) and his hardened employer Cousin Marv (James Gandolfini) run a bar that is used as a "drop" - a covert scheme that funnels cash to local gangsters.

But when they find themselves caught in a robbery gone bad, and on the hook for a debt they can't repay, both men have to make the dangerous choice between loyalty and survival.

"Into the Wild" is inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life.

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Life seems perfect for John Brennan (Russell Crowe) until his wife Lara is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit.

With their family ripped apart and Lara suicidal at the prospect of a lifetime in jail, Brennan immerses himself into a shady and dangerous underworld, risking everything to devise a highly complex prison break.

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Vinnie Jones is Danny Meehan, a football superstar who had it all: the money, the fast cars and the super model girlfriend. But now he's all washed up and when he's put inside for punching a cop things go from bad to worse.

The football mad commissioner organises a one-off game - the wardens against the inmates - and he's got to turn a bunch of out-of-shape reprobates into a winning team. If he loses he'll face the wrath of the cons. If he wins it's goodbye to his parole. But one thing's for sure - it'll be one hell of a match!

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Beginning with a kinetic, bone-crushing car accident, 'Amores Perros' imaginatively interweaves the stories of its three victims: Octavio (Gael Garcia Bernal) a young man who has fallen in love with his violent brother's wife; Valeria (Goya Toledo), a beautiful Mexican model for whom physical

appearances are everything and El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a former political assassin now exiled from his family. The result is a moving, visceral eulogy to life, loss and dog fighting on Mexico's mean streets.

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Based on a story by suspense master Stephen King, 1408 is a gripping "roller-coaster of a head trip" that will have you on the edge of your seat. John Cusack delivers "a tour de force performance" as a skeptical writer investigating paranormal events.

When he insists on staying in the reportedly haunted room in 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel against the grave warnings of the hotel manager, he discovers the room's deadly secret an evil so powerful, no one has ever survived an hour within its walls.

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Season two holds nothing back as Alicia Florrick (Juliana Margulies) struggles to follow her instincts. And her heart. In the courtroom, Alicia's relentless rival Cary (Matt Czuchry), keeps her on her toes.

At the office, she deepens her relationships with boss Diane ( Christine Baranski) and best friend Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), and continues to walk the line between professional and personal with Will Gardner (Joshua Charles). At home, her husband Peter's (Chris Noth)comeback campaign reveals truths that test their marriage... and uncovers one bombshell that could change everything.

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Benjamin Britten's haunting and sinister opera, composed in 1954, is based on the famous novella written by Henry James in 1898.

Katie Mitchell's atmospheric and innovative film of the opera returns to the late 19th century setting of the original tale, to a world where it is hard to tell ghosts from mere reflections in the glass. There have been many discussions about what happened to the children in both the novella and Britten's opera. This production, with an inspired cast led by excellent performances from Lisa Milne and Mark Padmore, remains true to both sources. The rich, dark imagery entices the viewer, exposing the deepest layers of the tantalising, unnamed and hidden past relationships between the two servants and the children in one of the greatest operas of the 20th century.

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Inspired by Steven Spielberg's own childhood, rediscover the magic of movies in 'The Fabelmans', a coming-of-age story about a young man uncovering a shattering family secret and the power of film and imagination to help us see the truth about ourselves and each other.

With a star-studded cast featuring Michelle Williams, Paul Daho, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle and Judd Hirsch, 'The Fabelmans' tells a timeless tale of heartbreak, healing, and hope for the dreamer inside all of us.

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This classic adaptation of Richard Llewellyn's heartfelt, best selling novel chronicles the fortunes of the close-knit Morgan family at the turn of the century. The Morgans experience both the best and worst of times living in their South Wales coal mining town.

Gwilym (Stanley Baker) and Beth (Siân Phillips) Morgan strive to achieve the best for their children in the midst of the hard bitten community. They are grateful for the help they receive from the dedicated and thoughtful Reverend Gruffydd (Gareth Thomas) particularly with their youngest son Huw (Rhys Powys). 'How Green Was My Valley' is a rich, moving portrait of family strength and integrity.

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Who am I now that everything has changed? With her son leaving the nest, her father's memory failing, and a boyfriend confronted by his own push and pull with death, Coroner Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan) continues to speak for the dead to protect the living.

Jenny must trust her instincts, as the aftermath of a devastating fire leads to her toughest case yet. Everybody has a story - and this season, Jenny must figure out the story her own body is telling.

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In rural Sweden around the turn of the century, three sisters reside in a vast manor house with their housekeeper. Agnes (Harriet Andersson) lives out the last days of her life in pain, hoping for companionship and affection.

Surrounded by her sisters, Karin (Ingrid Thulin) and Maria (Liv Ullmann), Agnes takes comfort in the fact that her remaining time can be spent with those close to her. However, dissatisfaction in their day-to-day-lives, and the estrangement that they feel from one another, causes the sisters to become increasingly self-absorbed.

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A genuine lost gem of 7o's American cinema, 'The Iceman Cometh' has rarely been seen since 1973. This is one of the definitive film translations of a stage play.

Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece is often referred to as the greatest work of 20th century American theatre, centring on a crowd of wastrels, misfits, anarchists, alcoholics, whores and barflies, drinking away their troubles, and making grandiose plans. When Hickey arrives, for his yearly drunken bender to celebrate landlord Harry Hope's birthday, each character's dreams and aspirations melt away with a heartbreaking poignancy, exposing the human need for illusion and fantasy as an antidote to self-delusion and despair.