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When Liz Evans's (Samantha Morton / Louisa Cliffe)'s local cinema in Wales is threatened with demolition, she does everything in her power to keep it open.

Her final idea, to attract younger people by screening the new Jurassic Park movie there, leads to a conversation with 'Mr Spielberg' and an offer to host the premiere.

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The world's favourite blue hedgehog is back for the next adventure in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr.

Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search of an emerald that has the power to destroy civilisations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globetrotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.

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From writer-director Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) comes a unique film starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

Although Padraic (Farrell) and CoIm (Gleeson) have been lifelong friends, they find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, bringing alarming consequences for both of them.

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Thanks to some kind of error, Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), an ordinary woman, enters the afterlife and is sent to The Good Place - which is definitely not where she belongs.

While hiding in plain sight from Michael (Ted Danson), the wise architect of the Good Place who is unaware that he's made a mistake, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome person within. Helping Eleanor navigate her new surroundings are Chidi (William Jackson Harper), her kind, open-hearted "soulmate" who sees the good in people but finds himself facing quite a dilemma; her frustratingly perfect new neighbours, Tahani (Jameela Jamil) and Jianyu (Manny Jacinto); and Janet (D'Arcy Carden), a walking, talking source for all the knowledge in the universe.

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After a sensitive widow (Kirsten Dunst) and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) move in with her gentle new husband (Jesse Plemons), a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose frightening volatility conceals a secret

torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or spell his destruction.

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Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the mighty Dora Milaje (Marija Juliette Abney / Keisha Tucker / Ivy Haralson / Maya Macatumpag) fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers after the death of beloved King

T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman). Banding together with War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), the heroes strive to forge a new path.

This epic drama explores the life and music of Elvis Presley as seen through the prism of Presley's complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

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London, 1953. Mr. Williams, played by Bill Nighy, is a veteran civil servant, a cog in the city's stifling bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild following WWII. After a shattering health diagnosis, it dawns on him he has not been living his life to the full.

Amidst the fog of his paperwork, and his loneliness at home, he yearns to find fulfilment before it's too late. He is encouraged in his search by two younger colleagues - the vibrant Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood) and idealistic new recruit Peter (Alex Sharp) - and a hedonistic stranger, Sutherland (Tom Burke), encountered during a desperate trip to the seaside.

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The Cold Case Squad return in the darkest and most frightening series yet, reopening more unsolved cases and using their skills and modernised techniques to find the killers.

With new offices in an eerie basement, a new team member who has secrets of her own and Boyd seemingly more reckless than ever, how will the Cold Case Squad react? Three months since the death of his son and a period of leave, Boyd is a man determined to get back to work with his team. Stella embarks on her last fateful mission for Boyd and we are introduced to DC Kat Howard, a new member of the Cold Case team. When Eve discovers that her new lover, Stefan, is implicated in a brutal murder, Boyd promises to support her. But when Boyd suspects Stefan of people-smuggling, Eve becomes determined to prove Stefan is innocent. How will Boyd and Eve resolve their conflict? And which of them is right? Plus for this series, acclaimed script writer Ed Whitmore pens a dark story about a brother and sister who are thrown from a 100ft bridge following a horrific attack. But twelve years on is Boyd able to give closure to the surviving sister?

Dwight Evans is a mysterious outsider whose quiet life on the margins is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

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An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major Wiiliam Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission.

Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop, forced to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again and again. Training alongside warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), his skills slowly evolve, and each battle moves them one step closer to defeating the enemy in this intense action thriller.

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

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When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians.

With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia. The first season of 'Reacher' is based on the international bestseller "Killing Floor" by Lee Child.

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Birmingham crime boss Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) heads into perilous territory in the magnificent second series of Steven Knight's gangster epic. As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders, and Shelby starts to expand his criminal empire.

But his rise brings him into contact with astonishing new characters who will test him to the very core. Featuring a spectacular cast that includes Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Helen McCrory (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Noah Taylor (Game of Thrones) and Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), 'Peaky Blinders 2' is an enthralling tale of ambition, corruption, desire, violence and above all an extraordinary family living through extraordinary times.

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Directed by Roland Joffe and brilliantly scripted by Bruce Robinson, 'The Killing Fields ' is based on the true story of the relationship between Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston), a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times correspondent, and Dith Pran (Haing S.

Ngor), the Cambodian aide who remains behind following the evacuation of Cambodian citizens by the US army.