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This Swedish film centres on circus performer Elvira Madigan (Pia Degermark) and army officer Sixten Sparre (Thommy Berggren). Both have run away from their lives - Elvira from her family's circus, Sixten from the army, his wife and his children.

Meeting in a forest, they instantly fall in love and the outside world becomes meaningless. But as summer turns to winter and without food and money, the tragedy of the young lovers' situation becomes apparent.

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"Giant" is a movie of huge scale and grandeur in which three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive and clash in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons.

It's also one of the most beloved works of director George Stevens, who won an Academy Award for this film, one of 10 Oscar nominations the film earned.

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'A New York Winter's Tale' is a timeless story of sweeping romance and crossed destinies. In a mythical New York City near the turn of the 20th century, burglar Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) meets a dying young woman named Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay).

Falling irrevocably in love with her, Peter's only option is to discover a way to stop time and bring her back from death.

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From Academy Award winning writer/director, Oliver Stone, and co-written by historian Prof. Peter Kuznick, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th Century.

From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and the fall of Communism, this in-depth, surprising and totally riveting series demands to be watched again and again.

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The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and exposes all aboard to the disease.

Colonel Mackenzie is called in to handle the situation and finds Dr. Chamberlain who is on board the train. Mackenzie decides to re-route the train to the Cassandra Crossing where it will plunge into oblivion. But passengers miraculously begin to recover and Chamberlain must race against time to disconnect the cars.

The action heats up - and so does the temperature - for Manny, Sid, Diego, and Scrat. Trying to escape the valley to avoid a flood of trouble, the comical creatures embark on a hilarious journey across the thawing landscape and meet Ellie, a female woolly mammoth who melts Manny's heart.

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Let it begin! Get ready for the most totally awesome adventure ever as Bolt, the coolest action hero on Earth, and me, Rhino, his faithful partner and right-hand hamster, set off on a super secret mission! As one half of the Dynamic Duo, I'll let you in on the action.

One day I'm watching Bolt on TV, and the next thing I know I'm working alongside my all-time favorite hero in stealth mode! We have to make it all the way from New York City to Hollywood to defeat the forces of evil and save the lovely Miss Penny from ultimate peril. But don't worry - armed with Bolt's "Super-Bark" and my rolling ball of thunder, we're ready for anything.

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In the second series of this Victorian drama, our indomitable heroine, 'Hetty Feather', continues her battle against the harsh conditions and unfair punishments at her home in the Foundling Hospital.

Funny, fiery and feisty as ever, Hetty leads her friends through pranks and adventures: ghost-hunting, runaways, burnt letters, stolen goods and even a missing snake. Hetty's determination to find her mother leads her into more conflict with arch enemy, the cruel and manipulative Matron Bottomly, and their struggle leads Hetty into facing her greatest fears as she gets closer to the truth about her identity. While the Foundlings must fight to survive and encounter loss and separation, they also find friends, fun and laughter in unexpected places - until Hetty is stunned to make the greatest discovery of her life.

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When her father jumps bail, 17 year-old Ree Dolly faces losing the home put up as his bond, where she lives with her invalid mother and younger siblings.

With no choice but to track him down in the harsh environs of the Ozark mountains, she looks to his friends and relatives for clues, only to be met with threats and a hostile wall of silence. Undeterred, Ree risks her life to piece together the shocking truth.

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John F. Kennedy's assassination was the murder of the century. Over the last 40 years, divergent conspiracy theories surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald have captured the imagination of people the world over.

Now, for the first time compelling facts supporting a new scenario have been uncovered: Oswald was a weapon-for hire in the ultimate round of a deadly duel between John F. and Robert Kennedy vs. Fidel Castro. Just weeks before Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Oswald travelled to Mexico. After the assassination, FBI supervisor Laurence Keenan re-traced Oswald's movements in Mexico to find out what he had done during his stay there. The information that Keenan were confronted with was so explosive that President Johnson personally ordered an immediate halt to the investigations in Mexico. For the first time in the history of the investigation of the Kennedy assassination, the Mexican secret service DSF allows access to its archives. A study of these documents clearly reveals that while in Mexico Oswald had been contracted to assassinate Kennedy. The actual investigative breakthrough, however, comes in the form of highly credible, expert "insider" witness statements. They reveal why Oswald was recruited, how and by whom. Wilfried Huismann's HD documentary is a milestone on the long road to the final resolution of the open question of the century: Who really killed JFK?

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The heartwarming Bafta-winning drama returns, packed with shocks and surprises as it continues the compelling story of childhood sweethearts, reunited after nearly 60 years apart, as they and their families negotiate the highs and lows of life and relationships.

The latest series of this acclaimed ensemble drama sees Celia and Alan's marriage tested by revelations about an incident in his past. As his daughter Gillian tries to deal with the dramas of her own complicated love life, Caroline has settled into happy domesticity with pregnant partner Kate. But her life is thrown into turmoil by sudden and tragic events and, despite feeling angry about her mother's absence from her wedding, Caroline needs Celia and stepdad Alan more than ever.

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A stuntman has been murdered. A supermodel has been painted to death. A shipment of cocaine has turned up inside a batch of Colombian cod.

Only one team can solve such evil crimes: it's time to call the Really Serious Crimes Squad! The 'Oblivion Boys' Mark Arden and Stephen Frost star as the unconventional murder detectives Steve Lazarus and Mark Dingwall. Together, the troublesome duo solve crimes with their microwave-meal-loving, part-time cinema attendant Police Chief (Peter Bland), the lovely Beverley (Race Davies), and the incredibly boring plain clothes detectives and resident git Gary (Jeremy Gittins). Other crimes include a bizarre art installation involving a corpse, the mysterious death of a newspaper astrology expert and a spate of murders that seem to be imitating Cluedo scenarios...

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Heart-warming comedy about taking chances and rolling with the consequences. One night, two people, on a first date like no other... Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single, hung-over, and exhausted by her well-meaning but clueless friends' continual matchmaking. Nancy is done with dating.

She's reached the end of her rope, and is more than happy to hole up, seal up, and resign herself to a life alone. That is until Jack (Simon Pegg) mistakes Nancy for his blind date at Waterloo Station, and she does the unthinkable and just... goes with it. Because what if pretending to be someone else finally makes her man up, and become her painfully honest, awesomely unconventional, and slightly unstable true self?

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A one-night stand becomes a life-long commitment when twenty-three-year-old Jimmy Chance inadvertently impregnates a wanted felon and decides to raise Hope, their bouncing baby girl, on his own.

The suddenly overwhelmed Jimmy needs all of the help he can get, relying on his quirky family members and a pretty grocery clerk for love and support.