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Doctor Gemma Foster's life is about to be torn apart. She's a talented family doctor at the heart of her community, a loving wife and mother, a woman people can trust. But her world is fractured the moment she suspects her husband, Simon, of having an affair. Determined to discover the truth. Gemma (Suranne Jones) unearths dark secrets that threaten everything she loves. As her life and the lives of her patients and family are thrown into chaos, only one thing is certain - Gemma will find herself behaving in ways she could never have imagined... - Director:
- Tom Vaughan
- Cast:
- Suranne Jones, Bertie Carvel, Tom Taylor
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During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape. But just when you think you know the answer, the shattering final truth is revealed. - Director:
- Pete Travis
- Cast:
- Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox
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1900's Vienna, a hotbed of philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas collide in the city's grand cafes and opera houses. Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) is a brilliant young English doctor, studying under the famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (Franz Josef Koepp). When Max comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt (Jürgen Maurer), a Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he agrees to help him investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Max's extraordinary skills of perception and forensics, and his deep understanding of deviance, lead them to solve some of Vienna's most mysterious and deadly cases. - Director:
- Robert Dornhelm
- Cast:
- Matthew Beard, Jürgen Maurer, Charlene McKenna
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A prison bus en route to jail is hijacked by a gang, determined to free their leader. Before they make their escape the gang lock all of the other prisoners and guards in a barn doused with petrol. But can their impromptu prison cell withstand the flames and sparks of Bonfire Night?
- Director:
- Montgomery Tully
- Cast:
- Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne, Harry Fowler
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1859, Patrick Sumner (Jack O'Connell) joins The Volunteer as a ship's surgeon, hoping to lose himself in the tough physicality of an Arctic whaling trip. But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates, with Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner, a distinctly brutal force of nature. As the true purpose of the expedition becomes clear, confrontation between the two men erupts taking them on a journey far from solid ground and way beyond the safe moorings of civilisation. - Director:
- Andrew Haigh
- Cast:
- Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell, Sam Spruell
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It has always been recognised as one of Charles Dickens' literary masterworks, but this Bleak House is now fast-moving, daring, gripping television, Here is the murder mystery, the love story, the comic genius and the tantalising scandal of the novel but, stripped of its sentimentality, we find ourselves swept along by a pulsating and edgy drama. Out of an interminable court case spin three young people each searching for their place in the world. Their story moves fast - swirling through an incredible array of characters from passionate young lovers to ruthless lawyers, from an ice-cold aristocratic beauty to a shrewd, relentless detective - until the final thrilling climax. - Director:
- Justin Chadwick
- Cast:
- Anna Maxwell Martin, Denis Lawson, Carey Mulligan
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John (James Norton), a 35-year-old window cleaner, lives with his three-year-old son Michael (Daniel Lamont). He was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and has decided that he will find the best family to take Michael in after his death. Against the advice of the adoption agency he's working with, John cannot face telling his son the truth, taking him on visits to prospective families under the guise of visiting new friends. But as his condition starts to show, he begins to ponder what his legacy should be for his son - should Michael start life a new or should John leave him with the fools that would allow him, later in life, to know the father he had. - Director:
- Uberto Pasolini
- Cast:
- James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O'Higgins
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Hollywood star Sean Bean heads an impressive cast in this poignant and powerful series centred around Father Michael Kerrigan, a Catholic priest presiding over an urban parish in northern England. Father Michael must be a confidant, counsellor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life in contemporary Britain. With a chequered past and a complicated relationship with his own family, the priest is determined to help his parishioners through their troubles. But despite his best efforts, Father Michael can't always fix what's broken in their lives. - Director:
- Ashley Pearce
- Cast:
- Adrian Dunbar, Sean Bean, Fin Campbell
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Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a cool, calculating contract killer at the top of his game. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a cabbie with big dreams and no results. On this fateful night, Max has to transport Vincent on his next job - one night, five stops, five hits and a getaway. Thrown together, their lives in collision - neither man will ever be the same again. Tonight everything is changing... - Director:
- Michael Mann
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Michael Waxman, Jamie Foxx
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In the heart of The Ottoman Empire during the onset of The First World War, American war-correspondent Christopher (Christian Bale) and Armenian-born Michael (Oscar Isaac) notice things are not as they seem when tensions begin to mount and prominent Armenian citizens are suddenly arrested and executed by the ruling government. Realising this to be the start of a ruthless genocide aimed at the Armenian people Chris, Michael and thousands of exiled Armenians manage to evade capture fleeing to a remote mountain refuge where they vow to fight back against the might of The Empire in order to protect their identity and freedom. - Director:
- Terry George
- Cast:
- Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale
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When the son of a politically influential man is brutally murdered, thick-skinned detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) is assigned to the case. His job becomes even more challenging when he has to convince the entire police department to see past the victim's sexuality. After the dead man's roommate is convicted and Leland moves on to his next case, it appears that the two cases may be linked, and the wrong man may have been penalised. - Director:
- Gordon Douglas
- Cast:
- Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker
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Crooked House (2017)Agatha Christie's Crooked House
In this classic Agatha Christie detective story, former diplomat Charles Hayward (Max Irons) has returned from Cairo to London to become a private detective. When Aristide Leonides (Gino Picciano), a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, is poisoned in his own bed, Detective Hayward is invited to solve the crime. - Director:
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Cast:
- Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close
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Murder One Case 2 follows three riveting cases, beginning with an explosive political assassination that has a major impact on the personal and professional life of high-powered attorney James Wyler (Anthony LaPaglia).
When the Governor of California and his mistress are brutally slain, the charismatic but combative Wyler must draw on his experience on both sides of the legal fence to defend the enigmatic young woman accused of the grisly double homicide.
Engaged in a strategic battle of words and wits with the tenacious prosecuting attorney Miriam Grasso (Barbara Bosson), Wyler relies on the topnotch staff of legal associates in his charge: Chris Docknovich (Michael Hayden), Arnold Spivak (J.C. MacKenzie), Justine Appleton (Mary McCormack) and Aaron Moseley.
Gregory Itzin returns in the role of District Attorney Roger Garfield, a well-connected Los Angeles politico who has set his sights on the Govern's mansion.- Director:
- Michael Fresco
- Cast:
- Anthony LaPaglia, Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden
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"The Holly and the Ivy" is a heart-warming tale set in post-war Britain. Ralph Richardson plays Reverend Martin Gregory, a recently widowed minister who is reunited with his family one Christmas. Martin is torn between his roles of clergyman and father. His zeal for attending to his parishioners leads him to neglect the needs of his own family, until emotions boil over one Christmas. - Director:
- George More O'Ferrall
- Cast:
- Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
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Thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and policeman Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), both obsessed with their professions and determined to achieve big things, find themselves caught in a cat and mouse chase as McCauley sets plans in motion for one last heist before his retirement. When Hanna gets assigned to the case of the notorious thief, he dedicates himself to making McCauley's arrest the pinnacle of his career. - Director:
- Michael Mann
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
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