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Author Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to the town of Salem's Lot after 25 years to write about the Marsten House, an old mansion with a bad reputation that has haunted the writer since childhood. But the sleepy town of Ben's youth is beginning to change.

There's an antiques store about to open, run by the mysterious Richard Straker (James Mason) and his unseen partner Mr. Barlow (Reggie Nalder), and they're living in the Marsten House. A series of deaths and disappearances leads Ben to believe that a vampire is feeding on the town. But how can he stop them, and will anyone believe him?

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In Shogun-era Japan, the powerful and sadistic Lord Naritsugu threatens to shatter the country's fragile peace and plunge it once more into war. Determined to stop him at all costs, an elite group of renegade samurai - each with their own deadly skill - plot his downfall.

Massively outnumbered, the thirteen fearless warriors must face Naritsugu's lethal army in a monumental and bloodily violent showdown.

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Neil and Abby Randall are a happily married couple living a perfect life in the Chicago suburbs.

But in the blink of an eye this safe and secure existence is turned upside down, when their daughter is taken hostage and they find themselves at the mercy of Tom Ryan , a man who wants only one thing - that over the next twenty four hours they are totally under his control. They will do his bidding. As Ryan destroys their finances, career and relationship piece by piece... their nightmare is about to take its most deadly turn. They must decide how far will they go to save their child?

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Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's dream of breaking "the big case" has faded through the years. His assignment to escort from Las Vegas "a nothing witness for a nothing trial" seems like just another meaningless exercise. Until the fireworks start.

Clint Eastwood runs "The Gauntlet" into an explosive movie embodying its title with a vengeance.The witness is hardened hooker (Sondra Locke) whom everyone, including Vegas oddsmakers, wants dead. Trapped between both sides of the law, the two must survive and obstacle course of raging gunfire, blazing cars, swooping helicopters, murderous ambushes, crazed bikers and crooked police.Building to a ferocious finale that shoots an armoured bus to smithereens with more that 8,000 bullets, "The Gauntlet" is a trip you can't miss.

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Due to the sudden illness of its regular host, BBC One show 'This Time' welcomes Alan Partridge as its guest presenter. The show sees Alan handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on a nightly magazine show.

His return to primetime television after his 90's chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You was cancelled after a guest was fatally shot on air. This Time is a heady mix of consumer affairs, current affairs, viewer interaction, highbrow interview and lightweight froth; very much the sweet spots for a man whose broadcasting style has been described as 'equidistant between chitchat and analysis'. Joining Alan in the studio is co-presenter Jennie Gresham (Susannah Fielding) and Tweet reader-outer Simon 'formerly Sidekick Simon' Denton (Tim Key).

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In 'Zack Snyder's Justice League', determined to ensure Superman's (Henry Cavill) ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) aligns forces with Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic

proportions. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own past to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and The Flash (Ezra Miller) may be too late to save the planet from Steppenwolf, DeSaad and Darkseid and their dreadful intentions.

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Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart), is an FBI agent investigating a string of bizarre murders that appear to be random, but are connected by the strange messages left personally to him by the killer.

As Mackelway races to solve this lethal puzzle, the clues begin to point to a startling possibility - that the victims were in fact killers themselves... and that his target is somehow connected to the bureau.

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Nick Lang (Michael J Fox) is a popular movie star who desperately wants to break out of his "nice guy" screen image.

Believing he'll land a role as a tough homicide detective if he can hang out with the real thing, Lang leaves Hollywood to spend a few weeks on the streets of New York with detective John Moss (James Woods). A gritty no-nonsense cop on the trail of a ruthless serial killer, the last thing Moss needs is an annoying sidekick. But his boss - a fan of Nick Lang's movies - insists, and Moss must find ways to get Lang out of his hair while pursuing the murderer.

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Entering it's third season, 'Lethal Weapon' combines action and drama with friendship and humor as it follows Detective Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans) and the squad - Captain Avery (Kevin Rahm), Scorsese (Johnathan Fernandez) and Detective Sonya Bailey (Michelle Mitchenor) - working a crime-ridden

beat in modern-day Los Angeles. The series also follows Murtaugh's family, including his wife, Trish (Keesha Sharp), and children, Roger Jr. 'RJ' (Dante Brown) and Riana (Chandler Kinney). In the third season, Murtaugh meets his match in Wesley Cole (Seann William Scott), a former international CIA operative who has been everywhere and seen everything. When Cole home and assumes his duties as an officer with the LAPD, he soon finds himself navigating a new partnership with Murtaugh as he adjusts to life in Los Angeles.

When New Orleans paramedics and long-time best friends Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan) are called to a series of bizarre and gruesome accidents, they chalk it up to a mysterious new drug found at the scene.

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Ten year old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure to be a boy.

Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Michael, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. But with the school term fast approaching, how long can Laure keep her secret?

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As twenty-four hour darkness descends upon the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter Miles knows all too well the signs of an approaching winter.

But it's while cutting Sheriff Corgan's hair that he is surprised to overhear that the body of Lucy Walters has been found, a woman he murdered days prior and hoped no one would find until the spring. When FBI Agent Crawley arrives in Dexter's sleepy town the barber finds an excitement and resolve he hasn't experienced in years... and he needs to feel it again. Now through the eyes of a deranged serial killer, we discover a chilling layer in a weary town whose only concern is surviving another long, dark winter.

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Backstabbing, Blackmail and Betrayal...it's all in the family when you're a Roy.

Blending high drama with dark humour, the acclaimed HBO series 'Succession' explores themes of power, politics and money played out within a filthy rich, dysfunctional dynasty led by aging media tycoon Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his four grown children: Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Connor (Alan Ruck). In Season 2, Kendall deals with fallout from his hostile-takeover attempt, Shiv is poised to enter the upper echelons of the company, Roman reacquaints himself with the business from the bottom up, and Connor launches an unlikely bid for president. There's plenty of juicy intrigue as this scheming, emotionally challenged family navigates a rapidly changing media landscape and the looming question of who will take over in a post-Logan world.

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After spending time working with real police officers, actor-director Maiwenn turned her experiences into this film, investigating child molesters, teen prostitutes and abusive parents.

Trying to infiltrate this dangerous, murky world is a passionate, dedicated team of cops who will risk everything to uncover the truth. But as tensions rise and emotions reach boiling point some facts will become too difficult to bear...

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Tommy Saxondale (Steve Coogan) was once a roadie for all the greats; Purple, Floyd, Genesis. Back then youth culture meant counter-culture, and refusing to conform to the suburban dream. Now Tommy's a pest controller in Stevenage and living in suburbia, but he's still railing against the system.

Only these days the system means blokes in suits who listen to Dido. Following Tommy's hostile divorce, he met his soulmate in Magz (Ruth Jones), who runs "Smash the System"; the t-shirt shop that keeps authority figures running scared, usually by selling images of them smoking a joint. Completing Tommy's surrogate family is his young lodger Raymond (Rasmus Hardicker); pest control trainee and uncomprehending disciple of Tommy's worldly wisdom. Being self-educated, Tommy often feels that he's surrounded by idiots. Like when he has to visit Vicky (Morwenna Banks) who dispenses work contracts and gross insult. Vicky is just one of the many reasons why Tommy's anger management therapy sessions won't be ending any time soon. Through it all, Tommy Saxondale is still the smartest and the dumbest guy in the room.