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New Tricks returns for its eleventh series and Dan Griffin, Steve MacAndrew and Gerry Standing are back investigating cold cases under the watchful eye of their boss DCI Sasha Miller. Gerry goes back to his roots in Bermondsey when his youngest daughter decides to get married and while he's there an old friend asks for help to find whoever murdered his grandson. Meanwhile Sasha finds it tricky working with her ex-husband and fellow police officer, DAC Ned Hancock, Steve's parenting skills are tested when his son falls foul of the law and Dan Griffin needs some cheering up from his colleagues when his daughter, Holly leaves home for university. The team investigates a wide variety of crimes from the death of a young A&E doctor to an international interpreter with a passion for chess, there's an occult mystery that leads the team to the underground river fleet and there's the murder of a pub landlord where Gerry and Steve end up in an English vineyard. They also have to go back in time to investigate the mysterious deaths of an anti-nuclear activist, a local bobby from the 50's whose wife is now in a care home suffering from dementia and a schoolgirl from the 80's whose ascetic father has a secret to hide. Throw in some Roman re-enactment, some black market steroids, the death of one of Griffin's friends and a difficult reunion between Steve and his father and you have another compelling ten episodes of New Tricks. - Director:
- Andy Hay
- Cast:
- Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite
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The King's Man (2021)Kingsman: The Great Game
Set during WWI, 'The King's Man' tells the exhilarating origin story of Kingsman, the world's very first independent intelligence agency. As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gathers to plot a war to wipe out millions across the globe, one man must race against time to stop them. - Director:
- Matthew Vaughn
- Cast:
- Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans
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He was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of career thief and ex-con Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed - and that the man responsible is the U.S. President? Clint Eastwood portrays Whitney and directs this crisp, finely acted adaptation of David Baldacci's best-seller. Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney and more top talents create well-rounded characters that intensify a constantly spiraling game of cat-and-mouse between Whitney, local police and the highest levels of Oval Office power. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris
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Jack Irish: Series 1 (2016)Jack Irish - Blind Faith
Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) is engaged to track down a missing man, but the investigation goes pear-shaped when his quarry is killed before his eyes. The client becomes an enigma and the job is revealed to be an elaborate set up - one that now has Jack prime suspect for murder. Even his alibi is false - the alluring but unnerving metal sculptor, Sarah Longmore (Claudia Karvan), claims to have been with Jack at the time. If all this isn't disturbing enough, the only witness to the crime has taken off in his beloved Studebaker. Meanwhile, in Manila, Linda Hillier's (Marta Dusseldorp) journalistic instincts tell her she is on the trail of something big. But when the beginnings of her expose are quickly quashed, the opportunity of a lifetime begins to look like a dead end job - until a mysterious meeting with a criminal in hiding. But all is not what it seems... - Director:
- Kieran Darcy-Smith
- Cast:
- Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen
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A brilliant ensemble stars in this enthralling film from Marvel Studios. 'Eternals' follows a group of ancient heroes from beyond the stars who have protected humanity since the dawn of our existence. When Deviants - monstrous creatures who were thought gone forever - mysteriously reappear, the Eternals return, hoping to save humanity once again. - Director:
- Chloé Zhao
- Cast:
- Gemma Chan, Mahershala Ali, Richard Madden
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Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)Jack Irish 3 - Dead Point
A former lawyer reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, he reinvents himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, then takes on cases that plumb the depths of Australian society. In Dead Point as police forces close in on a drug smuggling operation in Melbourne, Jack is tasked with retrieving a red leather-bound book for an anonymous client. - Director:
- Jeffrey Walker
- Cast:
- Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen
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Jack Irish (2012)Jack Irish: Bad Debts / Jack Irish: Black Tide
Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) is a man getting his life back together. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, punter and sometime lover. An expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. - Director:
- Jeffrey Walker
- Cast:
- Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen
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Action-packed thrills, edge-of-your-seat car chases and high-stakes explosions are up for grabs in 'Honest Thief'. Starring Liam Neeson as career criminal turned good-guy who is double crossed by a corrupt FBI agent (Jai Courtney) and framed for murder. Directed by Mark Williams, 'Honest Thief' follows Tom (Neeson), a bank robber who tries to turn himself in after falling for Annie (Kate Walsh) who works at the storage facility where he's stashed his money. Complications ensue when his case is turned over to ruthless FBI Agent Nivens (Courtney) and Tom must go underground to save both himself and Annie. - Director:
- Mark Williams
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney
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She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor. Based on true events, 'Official Secrets' tells the story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist who received a shocking memo in 2003: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in blackmailing United Nations Security Council members so they vote in favour of the Iraq War. Unable to stand by, Gun defies her government and leaks the memo to the press, beginning an explosive chain of events that will ignite an international firestorm, expose a vast political conspiracy, and put Gun and her family in harm's way. - Director:
- Gavin Hood
- Cast:
- Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode
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Mulholland Drive (2001)Mulholland Dr.
Los Angeles, city of angels. Amnesiac and wounded, a mysterious femme fatale wanders on the sinuous road of Mulholland Drive. She finds a shelter at Betty's house (Naomi Watts). an aspiring actress just arrived from her hometown and in search of stardom in Hollywood. First of all intrigued by the stranger who calls herself Rita (Laura Elena Harring), Betty discovers that her handbag is dull of dollar bundles. The two women get to know each other better and decide to investigate in order to discover Rita's true identity.... - Director:
- David Lynch
- Cast:
- Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
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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. - Director:
- Thomas McCarthy
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin
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When Freddy (Hermione Corfield), a troubled young woman, is nearly assaulted outside a nightclub, the toilet attendant steps in to help. Baba (Dipo Ola), a former child soldier, acts with swift, unstoppable brutality. She's entranced. The pair form an instant intoxicating connection. Something dark within both of them quickly emerges. Soon they set about exacting revenge on people from Freddy's past - Baba's skill for violence and Freddy's tinge of psychopathy prove a lethal combination. But they're not the only ones on the hunt. Can dysfunctional detectives DI Mendy (Babou Ceesay) and DS Franks (Eve Myles) set aside their opposing views long enough to catch the deadly duo? - Director:
- Jon Jones
- Cast:
- Babou Ceesay, Hermione Corfield, Kamara Abraham
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Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress, when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEAL's to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII. - Director:
- Donovan Marsh
- Cast:
- Gerard Butler, Ethan Baird, Jacob Scipio
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Rookie cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). It's his job to win Cosello's trust and help his detective handlers (Mark Wahlbery and Martin Sheen) bring Costello down. Meanwhile, SIU officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole. Now these covert lives cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the widely acclaimed The Departed. Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral tale of crime and consequences. This is searing, can't-look-away filmmaking: like into the eyes of a con - or a cop - with a gun. - Director:
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Bo Cleary, Matt Damon
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Living a life of leisure on the sun-drenched coast of Italy, young Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) has it all: friends, the love of a beautiful woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the best things his father's money can buy. Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) on the other hand, has nothing but charm, good looks and a deadly obsession to take over this rich man's life. In another landmark motion picture from Academy Award-winning directory Anthony Minghella a riveting game of stolen identity unfolds with Ripley's desperate attempts to stay one step ahead of ever-growing suspicion. - Director:
- Anthony Minghella
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
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