smw's - Rented List

It's a new decade, and the royal family are facing what may be their biggest challenge yet: proving their continued relevance in '90s Britain. As Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) and Charles (Dominic West) wage a media war, cracks begin to splinter the royal foundation.

Show moreShow less

John Munn (Dermot Mulroney), part-time taxidermist and hog farmer, lives with his two sons in an isolated farmhouse. Chris, the older boy (Jamie Bell), has itchy feet. He longs to see a world beyond the pig sty.

His younger brother Tim (Devon Alan) is perpetually sick - in no small part due to eating paint, dirt and whatever else passes through his grubby hands. The three are soon joined by a fourth. John's brother Deel (Josh Lucas) has just left jail and arrives on the farm with nowhere to go. There's an air of danger about him, but brotherly love, or at least a sense of duty persuades John to take his sibling in. It's a fateful decision, and one that will change all their lives

Show moreShow less

In 'Cobra: Rebellion' Sutherland's (Robert Carlyle)'s government is faced with their biggest challenge yet. When an unforeseen environmental disaster causes enormous destruction and loss of life, the consequences are far reaching for the Prime Minister.

The crisis spirals to include the corruption of the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms. The Prime Minister must make a crucial decision, about who he is personally, and what - ultimately - he is willing to sacrifice in order to remain in power.

Show moreShow less

Stillwater follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit.

Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

Show moreShow less

Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a shrewdly successful businessman who is accustomed to being in control of each facet of his investments and relationships.

His well-ordered life undergoes a profound change, however, when his brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gives him an unexpected birthday gift that soon has devastating consequences. There are no rules in The Game.

Show moreShow less

Rayburn Swanson (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) understands loss. After his daughter went missing, Rayburn swore off hunting and trapping and decided to help the very animals he used to kill by establishing a self-sufficient wildlife sanctuary that borders the inhospitable Boundary Waters Wilderness.

But when Rayburn spots something horrifying on one of the security monitors, he believes he might have a clue to his daughter's whereabouts. Determined to save her, Rayburn sets off into the wilderness in a race to find her before the killer does.

Show moreShow less

Candidates Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda) and Matthew Santos (Jimmy Smits) flex their campaign muscles - and rely upon the frenetic behind-the-scenes strateging of pollsters, spin doctors, power brokers and policy wonks - as the race for the White House comes down to the wire.

Season 7 marks both the beginnings of a new administration and the series' end with 22 episodes that include a compelling Vinick/Santos debate performed live. Other highlights: President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) confronts nuclear saber rattling. And the untimely death of star John Spencer takes the storyline in an unexpected direction. "Johnny, it seems we hardly knew you," Sheen says in an on-air tribute. What we do know and have here are Spencer's last contributions to the greatness that is The West Wing.

Show moreShow less

Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, now ekes out a living aboard his ship, Serenity.

He leads a small, eclectic crew, but when Mal takes on two new passengers - a young doctor and his telepathic sister - he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, and so Serenity finds itself caught between the unstoppable military force of the Alliance, the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers - and another danger lurking at the very heart of the spaceship...

From writer and director Steven Knight and starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, comes a mysterious tale of a fishing boat captain whose past is about to crash up against his life on a small island in the Caribbean and ensnare him in a new reality that might not be all it seems.

Show moreShow less

Francois Ozon's gripping true-life drama tells the story of three men who come together to dismantle the code of silence around historic abuse cases within the Catholic Church. Alexandre (Melville Poupaud) lives in Lyon with his wife and children.

One day he learns by chance that the priest who abused him when he was in scouts is still working with children. He decides to take action and is soon joined by two other victims of the priest. Francois (Denis Menochet) and Emmanuel (Swann Arlaud). They band together to "lift the burden of silence" surrounding their ordeal. But the repercussions and consequences will leave no one unscathed. Based on events from the 2019 conviction of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon for concealing the conduct of Father Bernard Preynat, 'By the Grace of God ' is an urgent portrait of resistance.

Show moreShow less

When a cop is murdered on patrol small-time crook Frank Wiecek takes the rap and is sentenced to life. Eleven years later hard-boiled reporter P.J. O'Neal is assigned to look into the case but finds the authorities unwilling to co-operate.

As he digs deeper he begins to believe they got the wrong man but must now find the evidence to prove it. Based on a true story, Henry Hathaway's classic film noir sees James Stewart give one of his most celebrated and powerful performances as the sceptical reporter who becomes obsessed with a fight for justice.

Show moreShow less

The line forms here. As the Bartlet administration enters the last year, Oval Office hopefuls emerge from both major parties. And so do political strategists eager to back those bids for the White House dreamers and doers willing to leave their West Wing posts for another grab at the brass ring.

An up-and-coming congressman (Jimmy Smits) and an astute Republican senator (Alan Alda) are among the Presidential aspirants. But in addition to the running for office, there's the business of running the country - a job on the shoulders of Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his now reorganised staff. It's a taxing job under any circumstance, even more so when the nation's commander-in-chief battles the ravages of MS. The candidates, the staff, the nation: see how they run in this remarkable 22-episode Season 6.

Show moreShow less

Their next move could be their last...In 'Cobra: Cyberwar' we find a Britain in trouble.

As the government scramble to combat a new, invisible threat, British Prime Minister Robert Sutherland (Robert Carlisle) and his team of dedicated advisers are forced to question everything they thought they knew about our relationship with the rest of the world.

Emily (Rooney Mara) and Martin (Channing Tatum) are a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily's psychiatrist (Jude Law), intended to treat anxiety, has unexpected and dangerous side effects.

Show moreShow less

Over the last century, thousands of people have gone missing. Suddenly and inexplicably, 4400 missing people are returned all at once, as they were on the day they vanished.

Unclear what this world-altering event means, the government investigates the 4400 to piece together where they've been and why they've been returned. It quickly becomes apparent that their presence will change the human race in ways no one could have ever foreseen.