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The contemporary, thrilling and fast-paced crime series, 'Van Der Valk', centres on the investigations of a charismatic detective (Marc Warren) - a complex, thoughtful and 'real' sleuth who tackles tough crimes. Set in the lively and enigmatic city of Amsterdam, the series follows Van Der Valk's engaging, unapologetic and street-smart methods as he leads his dynamic team in solving murders using astute human observation and inspired detection...
1. Love in Amsterdam
Two seemingly unrelated men are found murdered in different parts of Amsterdam on the same day. Are the deaths connected and could there be a link to the disappearance of a student activist? Commissaris Van Der Valk must uncover the truth whilst also dealing with overly keen rookie cop Job Cloovers (Elliot Barnes-Worrell) joining his tight knit team.
2. Only in Amsterdam
The murder of a young woman leads Van Der Valk and his team into a world of mysticism, drug addiction and tempestuous family dynamics. Van Der Valk attempts to unravel the tangled threads of the murder whilst fending off office gossip about him and a newly single Lucienne (Maimie McCoy).
3. Death in Amsterdam
The brutal murder of a fashion vlogger is live streamed on his own feed, drawing Van Der Valk and the team into the glamourous world of high fashion. But Van Der Valk is preoccupied by the parole hearing of a criminal with links to a past case that could endanger the team but also unlock a secret in his past.- Director:
- Max Porcelijn
- Cast:
- Marc Warren, Maimie McCoy, Luke Allen-Gale
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A dangerous but charismatic fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) is hiding out from bounty hunters on a remote island on the Mississippi when he's discovered by two young boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland). An unlikely alliance forms as the boys struggle to help Mud escape his pursuers whilst at the same time reunite him with his long-time love Juniper (Reese Witherspoon). - Director:
- Jeff Nichols
- Cast:
- Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland
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Justice (2011)Seeking Justice
Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) lives a happy life with his beautiful wife Laura (January Jones) but the horrific events of one night turn their world upside down, when Laura is left for dead following a violent attack. Will is approached by a stranger (Guy Pearce) who offers to dispense immediate justice to Laura's attacker, Confused and distraught, Will accepts the proposal, but it's not long before his fateful decision sets off a spiral of life threatening events, exploding into an action packed finale as Will realises that Justice comes at a high price. - Director:
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast:
- Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce
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Danger UXB (1979)Danger UXB: The Complete Series
When a young Royal Engineer Officer is killed trying to defuse a bomb, he is replaced by raw officer recruit Brian Ash (Anthony Andrews). Ash is shocked to discover that his new unit, the 97th Tunnelling Company, is in fact a hastily formed bomb disposal squad. With the Blitz devastating London every night and making massive demands on Royal Engineers' manpower, he is to take command of 347 Section forthwith. It's not long before he's facing the real thing at close range, with his men looking on from a safe distance, making bets as to whether he'll go the same way as his predecessor... - Director:
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Cast:
- Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roëves, George Innes
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The Nest (2021)The Bewailing
When Meg (Maple Suttles) and her mother Beth (Sarah Navratil) visit a yard sale, Beth buys her young daughter an adorable stuffed bear, thinking it may help with Meg's separation anxiety. As children do, she quickly becomes completely attached to the bear, talking to it and taking it everywhere she goes. However, soon Beth notices that the bear is communicating with Meg and even influencing her daughter's behaviour. Then when Meg starts developing hoarding habits, and seems infected by a manipulative parasitic creature, things take a turn for the worse. Soon it's clear there's something much more nightmarish and sinister to this yard sale toy than anyone could have imagined. - Director:
- James Suttles
- Cast:
- Dee Wallace, Sarah Navratil, Maple Suttles
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"Years and Years" follows the Lyons, a busy Manchester family. Daniel's getting married to Ralph (Dino Fetscher). Stephen (Rory Kinnear) and Celeste (T'Nia Miller) worry about their kids. Rosie's chasing a new fella. Edith hasn't been home for years. All presided over by Gran, the imperial Muriel (Anne Reid). But when their lives all converge on one crucial night in 2019, the story accelerates into the future, following the lives and loves of the Lyons over the next 15 years. And what a world! Everything we fear, and everything we hope for, happening around this tight-knit family. Society gets hotter, faster, madder, with the turmoil of politics, technology and distant wars affecting the Lyons in their day-to-day lives. Set against this, the Lyons have to navigate their everyday hopes and fears, knowing that one ordinary family could never change the world. Or could they? - Director:
- Simon Cellan Jones
- Cast:
- Rory Kinnear, T'Nia Miller, Anne Reid
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Newly promoted Detective Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft (Sarah Parish) returns to head up a new merged police service. Revered by colleagues and delivering impressively low crime figures. Bancroft is riding a professional high. However, this success comes at a great cost as Bancroft is left isolated and estranged from her beloved son, Joe, and facing increasing pressure from her dangerous pact with crime boss, Daanish Kamara (Ryan McKen). When a disturbing double murder brings her personal and professional life crashing together, she is forced to confront a chilling new enemy. With threats closing in from all sides, the repercussions of her past actions will come back to haunt her in ways she could never have expected. - Director:
- Lawrence Gough
- Cast:
- Paul Adeyefa, Sarah Parish, Charles Babalola
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Bombshell (2019)Fair and Balanced
Starring Academy Award winners Charlize Theron, and Nicole Kidman and Academy Award nominees John Lithgow and Margot Robbie. Based on the real scandal, 'Bombshell' is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. - Director:
- Jay Roach
- Cast:
- Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie
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A dark and compelling thriller exploring what happens when heinous crimes, long buried in the past, come back to haunt us. Created and written by Kate Brooke, leading actress Sarah Parish plays respected police officer Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft. Ruthless and courageous, Bancroft is a brilliant copper. She has given her life to the police force. But when ambitious fast-tracked recruit, Katherine Stevens joins the force, played by acclaimed actress Faye Marsay, Katherine takes on a cold case and unwittingly disturbs the ghosts of Bancroft's devastating past. With strong female characters at its heart and a detective with an explosive secret, this original crime drama is packed full of twists. - Director:
- John Hayes
- Cast:
- Sarah Parish, Faye Marsay, Ryan McKen
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"Ackley Bridge" is back for another laugh-out-loud, irreverent and highly emotional series set in and around a school designed to unite the divided white and Asian communities of a small Yorkshire mill town. The school is now part of a large multi-academy trust. Mandy has a new nightmare boss Ken who has dumped a load of unmanageable kids from the trust's other schools on to her. Along with a suspect 'A-team' of senior staff, joining the school are new hot-headed Deputy Head Martin and disenchanted Director of Behaviour Sue Carp. As Ackley's Year 13 pupils enter their final year they all face questions about their future. Will Nas get to Oxford? Will Kaneez and Rashid take things to the next level? What will happen with Sadiq? Only one thing's for sure: at Ackley Bridge, nothing is certain. - Director:
- Penny Woolcock
- Cast:
- Poppy Lee Friar, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Sunetra Sarker
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Captain Newman (Gregory Peck) heads up a chaotic military hospital treating post-traumatic stress disorder. "We're short of beds, doctors, orderlies, nurses, everything ... except patients!" Newman tells Corporal Leibowitz (Tony Curtis), as he browbeats him to sign up as an orderly. Newman also seduces an army nurse (Angie Dickinson), into what she thinks is a romantic date... until he asks her to transfer to Ward 7 instead of taking off her clothes! One of the most poignant and funny war films - a joy to watch. - Director:
- David Miller
- Cast:
- Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson
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Cocky and headstrong Johnny Truelove is living the wannabe gangsta's American dream as a drug dealer in the privileged neighbourhoods of LA. For Johnny and his crew their existence is a heady blur of partying and looking for the next thrill. When raging hothead Jake fails to come up with money he owes Johnny, the situation escalates into a battle for dominance between the two and results in an ill-fated event with irreparable circumstances for all involved. For Johnny, the line between playing a gangsta and becoming one soon blurs, with very real consequences for everyone involved... - Director:
- Nick Cassavetes
- Cast:
- Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin
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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... - Director:
- Penny Woolcock
- Cast:
- Amy-Leigh Hickman, Poppy Lee Friar, Liz White
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Texas brothers - Toby (Chris Pine), and Tanner (Ben Foster), come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. Vengeance seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger, Marcus (Jeff Bridges) looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement. As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide. - Director:
- David Mackenzie
- Cast:
- Dale Dickey, Ben Foster, Chris Pine
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Five years ago teacher Sally Wright (Katherine Kelly) lost everything: her job, her marriage, her freedom. She was convicted of the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Matty Taylor, with whom she was also accused of having a sexual relationship. But now her guilty verdict has been overturned with irrefutable evidence of her innocence. Determined to regain all that was lost, Sally embarks on a quest for justice, driven by the need to prove beyond all doubt that she is innocent of all charges and that she was faithful to ex-husband Sam (Jamie Bamber). With a new inquiry lead by DI Michael Braithwaite (Shaun Dooley), those close to Matty increasingly come under scrutiny and, as the investigation intensifies, deeply buried secrets and hostilities rise to the surface, threatening to destroy the lives of those caught up in its wake. - Director:
- Tracey Larcombe
- Cast:
- Katherine Kelly, Wuese Houston-Jibo, Katharine Simmons
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