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The year is 1 964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent. Pinkie will stop at nothing in his brutal quest to make a name for himself within the criminal underworld. But when a cold bloodied killing links him to a waitress named Rose, he uses seduction to secure her silence. Can Rose be saved in time from Pinkie, or will he drag her further into a world of death and damnation? - Director:
- Rowan Joffe
- Cast:
- Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren
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From Primetime Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf comes the red-hot third season of Chicago Fire. Though many of the firefighters still grieve over the loss of one of their own in a brutal explosion, they are faced with new challenges: a determined arsonist, the complications of staff romance and tension inside the house with shocking results. Watch the passion and conflicts flare amongst the brave men and women of Firehouse 51 in Series Three of 'Chicago Fire', presented back-to-back and uninterrupted for maximum impact! - Director:
- Joe Chappelle
- Cast:
- Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund
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It's 1907 in Vienna, the "City of the Waltz". Beautiful Sophia Loren is the Austrian princess who, despite her exile from the familial estate for "scandalous indiscretions", scorns her mother's wish to marry a prince. Instead, she sets her sights on handsome John Gavin, a visiting American mining engineer who has garnered the approval of her father (Maurice Chevalier) as well. - Director:
- Michael Curtiz
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- Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin
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Haunted by his past, WWII veteran and drifter Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) crosses paths with a mysterious movement called The Cause, led by Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) aka The Master and his wife Peggy (Amy Adams). Their twisted relationship is the core of this film. Will Freddie be able to outrun his past? Will The Cause help or hurt him? Can this tortured, violent creature be civilized? Or is man, after all, just a dirty animal? - Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, William O'Brien, Joaquin Phoenix
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His past has been erased. Now he wants a future. A minor car crash has a major impact on the Thompson family when their teenaged son Steve (Neil Patrick Harris) sustains a 'simple dose of concussion'. Steve's life goes into freefall as injuries deep in his brain wipe out his memory, erasing every element of his identity. His mother Randi (Teri Garr) refuses to give up on her son, even if he is now a stranger to his own family. But Randi's well-meaning efforts to restore Steve's old life drive him to breaking point, and Randi must face the harsh fact that there's only one way to restore Steve to the heart of his shattered family. - Director:
- Donald Wrye
- Cast:
- Teri Garr, Neil Patrick Harris, Randle Mell
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When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger. - Director:
- Ric Roman Waugh
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston
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Chicago Fire returns with a riveting look into the everyday heroics and private lives of the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Firehouse 51, where plunging into roaring infernos and putting out personal fires is just another day on the job. But in Season Two, there are more than just flames to battle when the station lands on the short list for a shutdown, sending the team on a rescue mission they're not equipped to handle. - Director:
- Joe Chappelle
- Cast:
- Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund
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The sequel to the worldwide smash hit 'Olympus Has Fallen' begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the Western world. But what starts out as the most protected event on Earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders, devastate every known landmark in the British capital, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States (Aaron Eckhart), his formidable secret service head (Gerard Butler), and an English MI-6 agent who rightly trusts no one. - Director:
- Babak Najafi
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman
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When a group of heavily armed and meticulously trained extremists launch a daring daylight ambush on the White House, the President (Aaron Eckhart) and his staff are taken hostage inside an impenetrable underground bunker. Only former U.S. Secret Service agent, Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is left in the besieged building to do the job he has trained for all his life: to protect the President - at all costs. Acting President (Morgan Freeman) must rely on Banning to rescue the President before the terrorists can unleash their ultimate terrifying plan. - Director:
- Antoine Fuqua
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman
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From Primetime Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf comes Chicago Fire, the compelling hit series critics call "riveting TV". An up-close and personal view into the lives of everyday heroes, watch this gripping 24-episode first season back-to-back and uninterrupted as it follows the adventures of the men and women of Chicago Firehouse 51, the courageous fire-fighters, rescue squad, and paramedics whose actions make the difference between life and death. Featuring a hot, young cast and packed with edge-of-your-seat suspense, drama, and thrills, Chicago Fire! - Director:
- Jeffrey Nachmanoff
- Cast:
- Jesse Spencer, Al Michaels, Taylor Kinney
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Unfolding in real-time, Lions For Lambs tells the powerful story of an ambitious senator, a journalist chasing a hot story, and two soldiers sent on a secret, perilous mission. As arguments and bullets fly, their stories are woven ever more tightly together, revealing the delicate line that separates the lion and the lamb within each of us... - Director:
- Robert Redford
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Mika Brzezinski, Meryl Streep
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"Life" explores the human capacity for connection in an increasingly splintered society. Manchester, England. The residents of a large suburban house go about their very different lives. The walls that divide their flats keep them apart. But life has a way of bringing people together. Like all ordinary lives, theirs are filled with the extraordinary. And as their stories begin to intersect, hidden secrets connect these characters in ways that could never have been anticipated. - Director:
- Kate Hewitt
- Cast:
- Saira Choudhry, Peter Davison, Calvin Demba
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Coming Home (1998)Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home
Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley and Emily Mortimer star in this heart-rending story of shattered innocence. When Judith Dunbar is sent to boarding school she makes friends with the wild and carefree Loveday Carey-Lewis. Loveday introduces Judith to her glamorous and wealthy family and their enchanting Cornish ancestral home of Nancherrow. The next few years are glorious, joyful halcyon days of passion, fun and romance, as the friends remain blissfully unaware of the spectre of war which is about to overshadow their lives. - Director:
- Giles Foster
- Cast:
- Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley, Penelope Keith
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In the aftermath of her husband Denis's tragic death, Vai Ahern (Dervla Kirwan) investigates what may have happened in the hours after he caused chaos at her 50th birthday party by unexpectedly announcing their impending break-up. Re-examining the life of the man she was married to for 25 years, Vai explores his complex and damaged relationships with his daughters, stepdaughter and brother. The deeper Vai delves into previously hidden family secrets, the more she realises how much Denis's (Stuart Graham)'s controlling, manipulative behaviour affected each member of the Ahern clan. Ultimately she begins to face the shocking realisation that one of them may have been driven to murder. - Director:
- Dathaí Keane
- Cast:
- Dervla Kirwan, Seána Kerslake, Gemma-Leah Devereux
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What do a sexy stewardess (Pam Grier), a street-tough gun runner (Samuel L. Jackson), a lonely bail bondsman (Robert Forster), a shifty ex-con (Robert De Niro), an earnest federal agent (Michael Keaton), and a stoned-out beach bunny (Bridget Fonda) have in common? They're six players on the trail of half a million dollars in cash! The only questions are... who's getting played...and who's gonna make the big score? - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Quentin Tarantino, Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson
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