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In this rediscovered classic, restored for a new generation, Private detective Steve Whispering Smith (Richard Carlson) is intent on holidaying in England but soon becomes distracted by a pretty face. Unfortunately, the pretty face comes with a problem attached - and that problem is murder.

Featuring strong support from Greta Gynt, Herbert Lom, Rona Anderson and Alan Wheatley...

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Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) has his little grey cells put to the test in this classic tale of murder and deceit. Aboard a luxury cruise ship, a beautiful and wealthy heiress is murdered.

As secrets from the victims past unfold, Poirot faces a surfeit of suspects armed with heavy motives, including her charming but feckless husband, his jilted ex-lover, o corrupt lawyer and an embittered servant.

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Colonel Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton) is secretly back in London to accept the task of reinstating an African leader deposed in a violent military coup, but without the combat skills of his two old friends, there isn't going to be a mission.

With his two reliable loose cannons in place, Faulkner and the team enact a text book rescue operation but disaster is close at hand when the cynical multinational who set up the whole deal turns the tables, striking a new deal with the local despot which sees 'The Wild Geese' trying to escape with their lives intact

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Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell and Max von Sydow star in director Steven Spielberg' action-packed foretelling vision of the future.

When Precrime detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is identified as a future murderer, he must race against his own specialized police department and time itself to prove his innocence of a crime he has yet to commit.

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For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 remake of this epic "The Ten Commandments".

Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this version tells the story of the life of Moses (Charlton Heston) once favoured in the Pharaoh's (Yul Brynner) household, who turned his back on privileged life to lead his people to freedom. With a rare on-screen introduction by Cecil B. DeMille himself.

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Out Of Africa follows the true life story of Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep), an amazingly strong-willed woman who moves from Denmark to run a coffee plantation with her philandering husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer) in Kenya around 1914.

To her astonishment she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious British adventurer and idealist (Robert Redford).

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Peter Ustinov returns with an all-star cast in one of Agatha Christie's most sinister mysteries! When a shrewish stage star is found strangled at a posh island resort, detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) is called in to investigate.

But as the brilliant Belgian learns, it isn't a matter of who would want the diva dead, but who wouldn't? As he follows the twists and turns of clues and motives, Poirot soon discovers that even among the rich and famous, murder never takes a holiday.

Washed-up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his evil nemesis Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn) resurfaces after 16 years, they must face Bob's past and run for the future.

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The untold story of the witches of Oz, Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman who has yet to discover her true heart.

The two meet at Shiz University and forge an unlikely friendship - before their lives take different paths following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Their extraordinary adventures will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

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The first film from producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin to feature the legendary lady supersleuth Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury), following their successful Poirot pictures. The scene is set in the Coronation year of 1953 and the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead.

All is as it should be until Hollywood arrives in the form of an internationally famous film cast, leading to much local excitement and an epidemic of sudden death. Taking advantage of Christie cachet, the producers have followed a winning formula in casting the leading roles from the cream of the feature film actors.

The magical, heart-warming story, which has become the most popular family film of all time, tells the story of a spirited young woman, Maria (Julie Andrews), who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of the autocratic Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer).

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"The Ballad of Wallis Island" follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together.

His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.

Black Bag is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and his beloved wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). When she is suspected of betraying the nation. George faces the ultimate test-loyalty to his marriage or his country.

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This 1974 production of Agatha Christie's 1934 classic is a judicious mixture of mystery, murder and nostalgia.

Which member of the all-star cast, on board the luxurious train, perforated the no-good American tycoon with a dagger twelve times? Was it Ingrid Bergman's shy Swedish missionary; or Vanessa Redgrave's English rose; Sean Connery as an Indian Army Colonel; Michael York or Jacqueline Bisset; perhaps Lauren Bacall; Anthony Perkins or John Gielgud as the victim's impassive butler. Finney spreads unease among them with subdued wit and finesse.

From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.