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Released after a 10 year prison sentence, a killer hits the streets seeking vengeance against his sister's murderers.

Helped by those he believes he can trust, they go on a 24 hour killing spree to settle scores as a detective, whose superior questions her every move, tries to uncover the shocking truth behind their motives.

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Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl (Mia Goth) must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother.

Lusting for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X's iconic villain.

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1962. At the height of the Cold War, ex-soldier and convicted thief Harry Palmer (Joe Cole) is recruited to an unorthodox British spy unit whose boss, Dalby (Tom Hollander), wants his help to retrieve a missing scientist.

Working alongside cool, ambitious agent Jean (Lucy Boynton), Harry's journey will take him to the wrong side of Berlin, the risky hedonism of Beirut and the blinding light of a Pacific H-bomb test - before one step too many lands him an unwitting role in a violent political conspiracy.

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Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) a naive writer of pulp westerns, arrives in Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) but finds that Lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident.

Martins, too, curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of Limes' death and as witnesses disappear he finds himself chased by unknown assailants. Complicating matters are the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), head of the British forces, and Limes' stage actress mistress, Anna (Alida Valli). Will Martin's curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he'd rather not know?

Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz give electrifying performances in this gripping suspense thriller. A diplomat on the hunt for his wife's murderer uncovers a treacherous conspiracy that will destroy millions of innocent people - unless he can reveal its sinister roots.

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London 1889 - When Scotland Yard fails to stop the gruesome rampage of Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and his trusted associate Dr. Watson (James Mason) decide to investigate.

Undeterred by the police withholding crucial information, the duo begin a dangerous adventure through London's underworld, finding themselves at the door of psychic Robert Lees (Donald Sutherland) who helps to set them on the right path. But even if Holmes' remarkable powers of deduction can unmask the maniacal fiend, can he and Watson face the most shocking secret of all?

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Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was one of the most important and influential British playwrights of the last century. While best known for his work for the stage, this collection celebrates Pinter's significant contribution to television.

His work for the screen shares many of the qualities of that for the stage, from a fascination with the private roots of power and an abiding preoccupation with memory, to a belief in the agency of women. Featuring 10 plays made for the BBC between 1965 and 1988, and previously unavailable on video.

The Plays:
1. Old Times (1975)
2. The Hothouse (1982)
3. Mountain Language (1988)
4. The Basement (1967)
5. A Slight Ache (1967)
6. A Night Out (1967)
7. Monologue (1972)
8. Tea Party (1965)
9. Landscape (1983)
10. The Birthday Party (1987)

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Stalin Is Dead! And with The Soviet Union's top job now up for grabs, the men in Stalin's council are about to enter an 'interview' process unlike any other.

With the prospect of absolute authority over the nation within grasp, in the days that follow, devious plotting and farcical backs tabbing are fair play, and one man will emerge with supreme power over the USSR. The question is: who?

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Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins.

Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most.

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This excellent adaptation of Jerome K Jeromes classic book was broadcast to great acclaim in 1975. Starring Michael Palin, Tim Curry and Stephen Moore, the drama was adapted for television by the great Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love) and directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity).

"There were four of us - George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how bad we were - bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.. So begins the account of the three hypochondriacs' - and their dog's - journey up the Thames from Henley to Oxford in a rowing boat: Jerome, a man of a meditative turn of mind, the pompous Harris who has a passion for tombs and monuments; George, basically a large, sleepy fellow - and, Montmorency, a mischievous fox terrier who regards the water with deep misgivings. With a basic lack of boating ability they .meet plenty of mishaps, misunderstandings and near misses, but these are often the least of the Misadventures, scrapes and japes encountered by our heroes - and then, of course, there is the Curious Case of Harris and the Disappearing Pie.

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The extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin (Eddie Marsan) faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.

Told through the eyes of wife Anne Darwin (Monica Dolan), the series explores how Anne became complicit in her husband's bizarre deception to avoid bankruptcy, as she played the grieving widow and tried to convince the world, their friends, the police, and insurance companies that John had gone missing while canoeing.

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Fingers (George Cole) and his gang of criminals (including Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw) have the reputation for being the most dim-witted crooks London has ever seen.

Fingers, however, has a plan -to rob tight-fisted, loose-living millionaire and tax dodger Billy Gordon (Terry-Thomas) of his cash. The incompetent gang meet one failure after another and decide to change tack and kidnap Gordon's beloved daughter.

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Director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, returns to the world of the Road Warrior. Haunted by his turbulent past.

Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) wanders alone until he's swept up with a group, led by Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). fleeing across the Wasteland. In hot pursuit: a warlord who gathers his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly, leading to a high-octane road war.

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Britain 2007, Bryant (Sean Bean) arrives back to Britain from Iraq. The soldier finds a country he no longer recognises; violent crime, drugs, rape and murder rule the streets. He decides enough-is-enough, it's time to fight back.

Soon a small group of men gravitate to him and his cause, and together they take the law into their own hands. Their aim, to punish the guilty with violence.

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The year is 2027: The world's youngest person has just died at 18, and humankind is facing its own extinction. In a society torn apart by violence and warring sects, children of men follows Theo (Clive Owen) as he becomes an unlikely champion of earth's SURVIVAL.

One women represents the planet's LAST REMAINING HOPE - When her safety is threatened, Theo is forced to protect her from certain peril.