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Agatha Raisin (Ashley Jensen) opens her own private detective agency in the picturesque Cotswolds. Armed with her trademark tenacity and fashion flair, along with help from her friend Roy (Mathew Horne) and paramour James (Jamie Glover), Agatha uncovers the killers lurking in her sleepy village. This series sees Agatha drumming up business for her new detective agency by investigating a legendary haunted house; enrolling in dance lessons after disaster strikes a young woman's engagement party; puts her detective skills to the test when she investigates the death of a woman James is seen arguing with, in an attempt to clear his name; and when a roast pig at the Winter Fayre turns out to be a human corpse Bill (Matt McCooey) leads the investigation under strict instructions to keep Agatha out of it. - Director:
- Carolina Giammetta
- Cast:
- Mark Aiken, Jason Barnett, Richenda Carey
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly
When callous thugs beat Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) senseless and viciously murder the gorgeous blonde he's been trying to help, the hard-boiled detective retaliates the only way he can: by hitting first and asking questions later. Cutting a brutal swathe through the city's sleazy underside, Hammer uncovers a mysterious black container whose deadly contents not only solve the murder...but trigger an apocalyptic climax as well! - Director:
- Robert Aldrich
- Cast:
- Nat 'King' Cole, Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)Charleys nya tant
Arthur (Arthur Askey), Stinker (Richard Murdoch) and Albert (Graham Moffatt) - a trio of reprobate students - are in danger of expulsion from Oxford for conduct unbecoming. After due consideration they hatch a cunning plan to save their bacon - the only problem is that it entails convincing the Dean (J.H. Roberts) that Arthur is actually Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy (Jeanne De Casalis)! - Director:
- Walter Forde
- Cast:
- Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt
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As the glinting steel and mirror-glass skyscrapers of London's financial district edge ever closer, the area surrounding Hoxton Street has been transformed by 'luxury redevelopments' and sky-high property prices. This East London street, less than a mile from the City of London, has become the last bastion of the area's traditional communities. Following its residents over a four-year period, capturing the impact of gentrification, years of austerity and the eruption of Brexit, Zed Nelson's feature-length debut is a tragicomic portrait of not just a street but a nation on the cusp of change. - Director:
- Zed Nelson
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- Not Available
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Police Squad!: Series (1982)Die nackte Pistole
Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases - full of all the sight-gags, puns, and non-sequiturs that made the series famous!
Episodes Comprise:
1. A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)2. Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
3. The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
4. Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)
5. Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)
6. Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)- Director:
- Reza Badiyi
- Cast:
- Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton
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Departures (2008)Okuribito
Professional cellist Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) is left jobless after the orchestra he plays in disbands. He and his wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) move back from Tokyo to the family home in rural Yamagata left by his mother, who passed away two years previously. Here he stumbles upon a vaguely-worded advert in a local newspaper for a job "assisting departures". He is hired on the spot by his new boss Sasaki (Tsutomu Yamazaki), only to discover the post is for an assistant nokanshi, or traditional mortician, performing the Buddhist rites of washing and preparing corpses for their final journey. Initially he keeps the nature of his employment hidden from Mika, but as his disgust for his work turns to pride, he soon finds himself coming to terms with his own life, and the past memories of the father who abandoned him as a child. - Director:
- Yôjirô Takita
- Cast:
- Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki
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During the early days of post-colonial India, a company of nomadic actors travel across the country performing Shakespeare. When a young troupe member, Lizzie (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with playboy Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), the pair must overcome cultural differences and the scheming of film actress and rival for Sanju's affections Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey). - Director:
- James Ivory
- Cast:
- Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal
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Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mum (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. 'Lady Bird' is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. - Director:
- Greta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts
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Written by and starring Jimmy Nail, 'Crocodile Shoes' follows the life of Jed Shepperd, a Geordie factory worker who writes country music in his spare time. With the prospect of redundancy looming, Jed makes a lifetime decision to quit his job and pursue his dream career as a country singer. From Newcastle to Nashville and back again, this is a story of fame and fortune; adventures, opportunities, confl icts, heartache, the rise, the fall. Featuring a critically acclaimed soundtrack that launched the real-life music career of Jimmy Nail, 'Crocodile Shoes' is the original musical drama. - Director:
- Alan Almond
- Cast:
- Jimmy Nail, Leonard Silver, James Wilby
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The unbelievable but entirely true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson) living a routine existence in Kentucky, who brazenly attempt one of the most audacious art heists in US history. Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world's most valuable books from the special collections room of Transylvania University Library. But not everything is as it seems, and as the thrilling theft unfolds, each of them starts to question whether their attempts to inject excitement and purpose into their lives is simply a misguided attempt at achieving the American Dream. - Director:
- Bart Layton
- Cast:
- Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk
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Hilary Swank delivers an unforgettable performance as Amelia Earhart, the legendary American aviatrix who boldly flew into the annals of history. Richard Gere co-stars as her charismatic business partner and adoring husband, George Putnam. Bound by ambition and love, their enduring marriage could not be broken by Amelia's determination to fly - nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). - Director:
- Mira Nair
- Cast:
- Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor
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The Ghost Train (1941)Spöktåget
Classic ghostly comedy, starring Arthur Askey and based on the play by 'Dad's Army' actor Arnold Ridley. When a group of mismatched train passengers are stranded at a rural station overnight, they soon hear of a sinister local legend telling of a ghostly train that passes through the area, ever since a terrible accident 43 years ago. Anyone who happens to gaze upon the train will face death and disaster. When the station master is suddenly found murdered, and when a disturbed young girl arrives from the local mental hospital, the passengers are thrown into further panic when they hear the roar of the approaching ghost train... - Director:
- Walter Forde
- Cast:
- Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kathleen Harrison
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)Heaven Can Wait
A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan' stars the eminently versatile Robert Montgomery as a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to Earth by entering the body of a corrupt (and about-to-be-murdered) financier - whose soul could use a transplant. - Director:
- Alexander Hall
- Cast:
- Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes
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Metropolis (1927)Metrópolis
Shortly after that 1927 release, an entire quarter of Lang's original version was cut by Paramount for the US release, and by Ufa in Germany, an act of butchery very much against the director's wishes. The excised footage was believed lost, irretrievably so - that is, until one of the most remarkable finds in all of cinema history, as several dusty reels were discovered in a small museum in Buenos Aires. Argentina in 2008. Since then, an expert team of film archivists has been working at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Germany to painstakingly reconstruct and restore Lang's film. - Director:
- Fritz Lang
- Cast:
- Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
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A Second Chance (2014)En Chance Til
Detective Andreas' (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) perfect life is thrown into chaos when he is called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple only to find their infant son neglected and crying in a closet. With red tape stopping him from intervening, Andreas is shaken to the core and finds himself powerless in protecting the child from his violent father. Slowly losing his grip on right and wrong he decides to take justice into his own hands with devastating consequences. - Director:
- Susanne Bier
- Cast:
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Mal Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen
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