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"1917" was a pivotal year for both sides in the conduct of the First World War. Decisions made during that year were to have a profound impact on what happened the following year and the eventual outcome of the war.

"1917" was a huge blockbuster success and was inspired by the director's great-grandfather. So how much was fiction and how much was fact? This documentary analyses the events around the time the movie was set. Looking at what elements were true and the outcome of such a historical moment in history.

WWI The Great War - 1917
This film takes a detailed look at the major military events of 1917 which saw great changes in the course of the war! With significant German success against the Russian front, it meant they could concentrate on the Western Front. However in April the USA declared war on Germany meaning support for the Allies on the Western Front. Outside Europe the Allied forces gained control and submarine warfare intensified bringing rationing in Britain!

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With over 200 million album sales worldwide, Whitney Houston was the voice of a generation. Coming from an esteemed lineage of singers, Whitney was destined to be plucked from her gospel-singing roots to rule the world stage.

She inspired a generation of singers from Mariah Carey to Beyonce and her unforgettable performance of The Star-Spangled Banner unlocked an anthem that had for so long been dismissed by many black artists. Made with full access to her family and collaborators, 'Whitney' reassesses the life and legacy of one of music's biggest stars.

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Starting in the fall of 2001, filmmakers Matt Baumann and Kyle Einhorn follow Fleetwood Mac's every move as they reunite to record their first new studio album in 15 years. Cameras, including a few hidden ones, rolled almost non-stop for a year and a half.

Culled from over 500 hours of footage, this documentary follows the band members as they record 'Say You Will' and prepare for a world tour. From Stevie Nicks's first day in the studio until the band walks onstage, you are a fly-on-the-wall to the 30 year saga that is Fleetwood Mac.

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On the 26th November 2008, a wave of devastating terror attacks throughout Mumbai catapulted the bustling Indian metropolis into chaos.

In the heart of the city's tourist district, Jihadist terrorists laid siege to the iconic Taj Palace Hotel, whose guests and staff became trapped in a heroic, day-long fight for survival.

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Years after Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) fought his way out of the escape-proof prison, he's organised a new top-notch, for-hire security force, that includes some of the best in the business.

However when one of Breslin's team goes missing, he must go back into the secret lock-up to save his friend. To attempt this near impossible mission, Breslin enlists his old friend Trent Derosa (Dave Bautista) and the returning surveillance expert Hush (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson), to help him return from the gauntlet with both his friend and his life.

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Pixar's Soul introduces Joe (voice of Jamie Foxx), who lands the gig of his life at the best jazz club in town. But one misstep lands Joe in a fantastical place: The Great Before.

There, he teams up with soul 22 (voice of Tina Fey), and together they find the answers to some of life's biggest questions.

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Decorated homicide detective Ray Archer (Al Pacino) partners with criminal profiler Will Ruiney (Karl Urban) to catch one of the city's notoriously vicious serial killers, who is playing a twisted version of murder using the child's game...

Hangman, while crime journalist Christi Davies (Brittany Snow) reports on the crime spree, shadowing the detectives. The trio races against the clock to prevent the murders, as every 24 hours, a body is hung revealing a new letter of the game carved into the backs or chests of the victims.

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"Lizzie" is a compelling psychodrama based on the infamous 1892 axe murder of the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The film explores Lizzie Borden's life, focusing on the period leading up to the murders and their immediate aftermath - and reveals many layers of the strange, fragile woman who stood accused of the brutal crime. As an unmarried woman of 32, and a social outcast, Lizzie (Chloë Sevigny) lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan (Kristen Stewart), a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a chance intimacy that blossoms into a wicked plan, and a dark, unsettling end.

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"Wonder Wheel" tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950's: Ginny (Kate Winslet), a melancholy, emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny's

rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty's long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment. Poetically photographed by Vittorio Storaro, 'Wonder Wheel' is a powerful dramatic tale of passion, violence, and betrayal that plays out against the picturesque tableau of 1950's Coney Island.

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Apalachin, upstate New York, 1957. When small town police sergeant Ed Croswell (David Arquette) apprehends Carmine Galante (Gino Cafarelli), an associate of suspected mobster Joe Barbara, a corrupt state judge shuts down the arrest.

Six months later, when Vito Genovese (Robert Davi), the head of the New York City mob, decides to convene a 'sit-down' of Mafia families from across the country, he chooses Barbara's Apalachin home as the location. As the guests begin to arrive in town, Croswell's suspicions are raised, and he soon makes a decision that will forever change America's view on organised crime.

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Set in 1914, Ali (Adam Bakri) is an educated young Muslim noble living in Baku, the oil-rich capital of Azerbaijan. Nino (Marfa Valverde) is a regal Christian girl from Georgia.

Although desperately in love, their relationship is beset by familial objections, religious divides, violent social customs and the very real threat of war-time conflict, which all look set to keep them apart. As revolution brews and Azerbaijan seeks independence from Russia, Ali and Nino find themselves caught in a world of dramatic change where their love for each other is the only constant.

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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The mean streets of Hong Kong: a French chef with a deadly secret has just heard that his daughter has been attacked, her husband and children slaughtered without mercy His only option is to take things into his own hands.

His only hope is Hong Kong's deadliest mafia assassins: hired to kill and ready to unleash a recipe of bloodshed and revenge, served in the coldest way possible.

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"The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" takes audiences on a unique cinematic journey through the brotherhood of the Bee Gees and their ever-enduring musical accomplishments.

The story of Barry, Maurice and Robin is one of phenomenal success, of loss and heartbreak, and a continual spirit of creative reinvention. From the award-winning producers behind 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week' and 'Sinatra: All or Nothing at All', 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' features newly shot interviews, rarely seen archive and remastered performances across the Bee Gees' five-decade long career.

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When 16 year old Mary Wollstonecraft (Elle Fanning) runs away with poet Percy Shelley, her family are horrified. Your and passionately in love, at first she relishes life amongst the radical Romantics, but as time goes on, Percy's indiscretions begin to test their relationship.

One day, on a trip to Lord Byron's mansion in Geneva, Mary is challenged to write a ghost story. Drawing on her experience of heartbreak and the dark side of humanity, she creates Frankenstein, a work that will shape the literary world for centuries. The tempestuous romance that inspired on of Gothic literature's most influential works is brought to life in 'Mary Shelley', a luscious and moving period drama lead by a powerful performance by Elle Fanning and strong support from Douglas Booth, Maisie Williams and Bel Powley.