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After years of suffering deadly reviews, hammy Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) decides it's curtains for his critics! Bumping off his detractors with executions inspired by the Bard, Lionheart stages a beheading in the manner of "Cymbeline", a stabbing inspired by "Julius

Caesar", and even an untimely removal of a pound of flesh improvised from "The Merchant of Venice" - proving once and for all that all the world really is a stage for Murder.

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America's Cold War fears are rekindled after the President of Russia dies and is succeeded by a man with a cryptic past. But East-West tensions erupt when the CIA suspects that renegade Russian scientists are developing more nuclear weapons.

Mobilised into action by CIA Director William Cabot (Morgan Freeman), Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) follows a danger-ridden trail to a shocking conclusion: terrorists plan to provoke a war between the U.S. and Russia – by detonating a nuclear bomb at a championship football game!

Elijah Price, also known as Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), finds David Dunn (Bruce Willis) pursuing Kevin Wendell Crumb's superhuman figure, The Beast (James McAvoy), in a series of escalating encounters. Price, armed with secrets critical to both men, emerges as a shadowy orchestrator.

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"Stan and Ollie" tells the untold story of the world's greatest comedy act - Laurel and Hardy - with exceptional performances from Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly. In the twilight of their careers and facing an uncertain future, Laurel and Hardy set out on a tour of Great Britain and Ireland.

After an inauspicious beginning their friendship and performances shine through, making each other and their audiences laugh whilst winning the love and affection of legions of adoring fans.

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"Mary Queen of Scots" explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan). Queen of France at 16, widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne.

By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), who rules as the Queen of England. Determined to rule as much more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Rivals in power and in love, the two Queens make very different choices about marriage and children. Betrayal, rebellion and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens - driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power.

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In early 18th-century England, a frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne, and her closest friend, Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz), governs the country while tending to Anne's ill health and volatile temper.

When new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, Sarah takes Abigail under her wing as she cunningly schemes to return to her aristocratic roots, setting off an outrageous rivalry to become the Queen's favourite.

It's the boys' night out, time for bawdy fun. Yet revelry alone can't satisfy these community leaders out on a lark. There's still an adventure they can be duped into trying, one that will transform a certain Count from moldering dust into blood-lusting flesh.

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When "Lucky" Jack Aubrey's (Russell Crowe) ship is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy, despite heavy damage to the ship and much of his crew injured. Aubrey sets sail in a high-stakes exhilarating chase to intercept and capture their foe.

It's a mission that can decide the fate of a nation - or destroy him and his crew.

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Transylvania, land of dark forests, dread mountains and black, unfathomed lakes, still the home of magic and devilry as the nineteenth century draws to its close. Count Dracula, monarch of all vampire's, is dead. But his disciples live on, to spread the cult and corrupt the world...

Young and beautiful Paris schoolteacher Marianne Danielle is on her way by coach to take up a post at the Badstein Girls' Academy where her journey is strangely interrupted... and she is persuaded to spend the night at the bleak, dilapidated chateau of Baroness Meinster. That night Marianne sees in another wing of the chateau the lone figure of a man, who turns out to be the Baroness' son. She inquires why the Baroness had not mentioned him and is told that he is ill - mentally ill. She helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way...

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Experience the entertainment phenomenon that has fans cheering and critics raving. Desperate Housewives is refreshingly original, addicting television at its best.

Now you can spend the night with the beautiful women of Wisteria Lane and relive every minute of the weekly event that heated up televisions around the world. The complete first series reveals even more dirty laundry on the housewives and their nosy neighbours.

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The Step Brothers are reunited - this time playing the world's greatest detective and his loyal sidekick and biographer - as Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Holmes and Watson. Together, they join forces to solve a murder at Buckingham Palace.

They soon realize that they only have 5760 minutes to solve the case, or the Queen will be next.

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Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80's who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.

And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement or the cartel's enforcers catch up to him.

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From Academy Award nominated director Lasse Hallstrom, The Hoax is a slick, smart and funny escapade with an acclaimed cast including Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Julie Delphy and Hope Davis.

Set in the early 1970s and based on an unbelievable true story, The Hoax stars Richard Gere as Clifford Irving, a failed writer whose career is going nowhere until he embarks on one of the greatest cons of the century. Claiming that he has conducted a series of top-secret interviews with the legendary billionaire and recluse Howard Hughes, Irving's hoax biography fools both his publishers and the entire world. However, in doing so he sparks a media frenzy that threatens to spiral out of control.

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This is the courageous story of Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe). His parents struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs.

Fearing a loss of family, friends, and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into conflict with its leader (Joel Edgerton) and begins his journey to finding his own voice and accepting his true self.

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When David Dunn (Bruce Willis) emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor - and without a single scratch on him - he meets a mysterious stranger, Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), who will change David's life forever.

Interrupting his life at odd moments, it's Elijah's presence and probing that force David to confront his destiny on a journey of self-discovery and purpose that will absolutely stun you with its power.