'The Trial of Christine Keeler', takes a fresh look at one of the most iconic and infamous scandals in British history: the chain of events in the 1960's that became known' as 'The Profumo Affair' and forced the resignation of Prime Minister Macmillan. A scandal of sex, spies and lies, it dominated British media in 1963, rocked its government, and Ied to the trial and imprisonment of 19-year-old Christjne Keeler (Sophie Cookson). It also led to the resignation of the British War Minister John Profumo (Ben Miles) and the tragic trial and death of London socialite, Dr. Stephen Ward (James Norton). Starring Sophie Cookson (Kingsman), James Nlorton (Grantchester) and Ellie Bamber (Les Miserables), this dramatisation, based on real events, is set at the height of the Cold War in a fascinating era of shifting class, gender and racial politics. Taking us behind the headlines of this ground-breaking British scandal, the story is told through the lives of its key characters with flashbacks to the infamous affair.
The mysterious Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) appears at a small advertising agency and soon takes over from the hapless employees, including the bumbling Pumer (John Cleese), skiving boss Ferrett and sexy secretary Tanya. Rimmer rises through the ranks of the agency, creating saucy marketing campaigns for Graham Chapman, before turning the firm into a successful polling company and moving into politics. With chicanery, manipulation, and relentless opinion polls, the Machiavellian Rimmer becomes MP for Budleigh Moor and acquires a trophy wife before rapidly working his way up, with charismatic deception, to even greater heights.
Two brothers return to the hometown they left eight years earlier, to find it still run by the same game of small-time drug dealers and petty thugs. Their purpose, it soon becomes clear, is not reunion, but revenge - a quest of particular significance for Richard (Paddy Considine), the leader of the two, whose obsessive desire to even the score will lead them into dangerous territory.
1715 - The Golden Age of Piracy. New Providence Island is a lawless territory, controlled by history's most notorious pirate captains. The most feared is Captain Flint. As the British Navy returns to redeem their land and exterminate Flint and his crew, another side of him emerges. He allies himself with Eleanor Guthrie, daughter of the local kingpin, to hunt the ultimate prize and ensure their survival. Many opponents stand in their way: rival captains, jealous of Flint's power; Eleanor's ambitious and intrusive father; and a young sailor recently recruited onto Flint's crew, John Silver, who constantly undermines his captain s agenda.
Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular television series 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'. With her trademark wit, impeccable style, and trusty pearl-handled revolver, Phryne fights injustice on an international scale in this globe-trotting adventure. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne rescues a young Bedouin girl held captive after a village massacre and reunites her with her uncle at a stately English manor. But then a man claiming to have information for the girl is shot, leaving behind a mysterious pendant. Vowing to find the truth, Phryne enlists the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson (Nathan Page) to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse.
There's $2 million dollars in a suitcase on a desk in an apartment in Chicago...Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) launders money for the mob. Violet (Jennifer Tilly) is his alluring Mafia Moll. Corky (Gina Gershon) is an ex-con who just got out of the joint. What's the last thing that could come between a sleazy wise guy like Caesar and all that money? A couple of women with bodies to die for and brains to match. They become engulfed in a physical attraction that spurs them to relieve Violet's boyfriend of the $2 million in cash. Corky and Violet are about to learn the meaning of trusting someone with your life. And Caesar? He's about to learn a little something about women. In the end, it all comes down to one question…Who can you trust?
After seducing and marrying the already betrothed Sir Ralph Skelton (Denholm Elliott), Lady Barbara Skelton (Faye Dunaway) finds life very dull, despite her wealth and good fortune. Desperate for excitement and danger she is thrown into the arms of infamous highwayman Jerry Jackson (Alan Bates). Every evening she slips away from home to join him in his criminal exploits. But how long before her perilous nighttime escapades are discovered?
"Greed" tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion but after a damaging public government investigation, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry, the film sees McCreadie's rise and fall through / the eyes of his biographer, Nick (David Mitchell).
In 1930s Korea, during Japanese occupation, Sookee (Tae-ri Kim) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on an enchanting and lavish estate with her domineering uncle. Yet Sookee has a secret, she has been recruited by a swindler posing as an illustrious Count to spy on the Lady so he can eventually seduce her and steal her fortune. However, this swindler is not the only one with a desire to seduce.
When struggling publisher Tom Duval (Stanley Weber) discovers that his only successful author Jane Lockhart (Karen Gillan) has writer's block he knows he has to unblock her or his company will go bust. But with her newfound success, Jane has become too damn happy to write, meaning Tom will have to make her life a misery if he's going to get her to finish the novel. With the help of his best friend Roddy (Iain De Caestecker), Tom sets about trying to dismantle Jane's happiness. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he's in love with her...
Jane is renowned for being one or the most popular cartoon strips in wartime Britain. She began her long run in 1932 when the Daily Mirror printed the adventures of an innocent young blonde who had an uncanny knack for losing her clothes. In 1949 the model for Jane, Christabel Leighton-Porter, also starred in the film "The Adventures of Jane" playing the blonde heroine who falls foul of a ruthless gang of spivs. When Jane refuses to keep her nose out of their business, the gang decide to make her disappear. Can the faithful Fritz come to the rescue of his mistress? "Murder at 3 A.M." stars Dennis Price as Inspector Lawton of Scotland Yard. A series of late-night murders is baffling the police and as the murders continue, each fresh clue ends up in a dead end. Sensing he is on the verge of a breakthrough, Lawton is horrified to discover that new evidence pinpoints his sister's fiance as the murderer.
Diana (Claudia Koll) and Paolo (Paolo Lanza) are happily married despite her much greater sexual appetite: he's content to simply listen to the stories of her various adventures. But when she has an affair that's much too close to home, he throws her out, and she moves into a Venetian flat to embark upon an erotic voyage of discovery, while at the same time trying to win him back.
Susan (Amy Adams) is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal). The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was lost.
Get ready for the wild comedy that goes where no movie has dared go before! Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks star as two cash-strapped roommates who try to get out of debt by making an adult film. Once the cameras start rolling, things quickly get complicated...and hilarious!
After being dumped by his girlfriend (Michelle Ryan), art student Ben Willis (Sean Biggerstaff) develops chronic insomnia. Finding himself with too much time on his hands, Ben begins working the night shift at the local supermarket. There Ben begins to imagine he can freeze time and uses his "ability" to undress and sketch the female customers in the nude. Ben is occasionally distracted from his fantasy by his unconventional yet hilarious co-workers, who introduce him to their inventive antics of losing time to survive the boredom of the graveyard shift, but it is quiet check-out girl Sharon (Emilia Fox) who catches his attention and she soon becomes the object of his fantasies. Written and directed by Sean Ellis, Cashback unveils a world where reality and fantasy blur and love and beauty are realised in the most unusual places.
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