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Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) lives in contented retirement until her tranquil life is suddenly disrupted. The dark secrets she's been hiding since her university days have been uncovered by M15. She finds herself in their custody, accused of providing intelligence to the KGB. Cut to 1938 where Joan is a promising physics student at Cambridge University. There she falls for a young communist named Leo Galich (Tom Hughes) and through him, begins to see the world in a new light. After graduation, Joan secures a job in a weapons research facility where she comes to the realisation that the world is on the brink of nuclear disaster. Now Joan is forced to answer an impossible question: exactly what price would she pay for peace? - Director:
- Trevor Nunn
- Cast:
- Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore
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The Emmy Award winning 'Game of Thrones' returns for a final season of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honour...and an epic clash between the living and the dead. With the Army of the Dead - led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon - bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, of course, Cersei has a devious strategy of her own. - Director:
- David Nutter
- Cast:
- Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey
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Bullitt (1968)Đại Tá Bullitt
Detective Frank Bullit's new assignment seems routine: protecting a star witness for an important trial. But before the night is out, the witness lies dying and the cool, no-nonsense Bullitt (Steve McQueen) won't rest until the shooters - and the kingpin pulling their string - are nailed. From the opening shot to closing shootout, Bullitt crackles with authenticity: on-location San Francisco filming, crisp dialogue and to-the-letter police, hospital and morgue procedures. An Oscar winner for Best Film Editing (1968), this razor-edged thriller features on of cinema history's most memorable car chases. - Director:
- Peter Yates
- Cast:
- Steve McQueen, Frank Gerstle, Jacqueline Bisset
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The Great War (2019)Over There
During the last days of The Great War, a group of American soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to rescue a lost platoon. Lt. Rivers (Bates Wilder) is in charge of the operation and he will stop at nothing until his squadron is back to safety. 'The Great War' is an action packed story of how far men will go in the face of incredible danger. - Director:
- Steven Luke
- Cast:
- Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, Edgar Damatian
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Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation / Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation
Join your favourite monster family as they embark on a holiday adventure on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac (voice of Adam Sandler) can finally take a break from handling everyone else's vacations at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's pack as the monsters indulge in all of the on-board fun the cruise has to offer, from monster volleyball to exotic excursions, and topping up their moon tans. But they hit rocky waters when Mavis (voice of Selena Gomez) realizes that Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka (voice of Kathryn Hahn), who hides a dangerous secret that could sink their plans for a dream holiday. - Director:
- Genndy Tartakovsky
- Cast:
- Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
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Darkland (2017)Underverden
Life is good for Zaid (Dar Salim), a successful surgeon with a luxury apartment and pregnant girlfriend, until one night his younger brother comes by begging for money. Zaid refuses. A few days later Yasin (Anis Alobaidi) is assaulted and killed. The police prove to be little help, leaving Zaid to find out who killed his brother himself. Taking the law into his own hands, he embarks on a mission to eliminate all the criminal gangs in Copenhagen. With a new disguise, he infiltrates the criminal underworld. Zaid's battle for vengeance results in serious consequences for himself and his family - but is his brutal revenge worth it? - Director:
- Fenar Ahmad
- Cast:
- Dar Salim, Stine Fischer Christensen, Ali Sivandi
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Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, the determined Fawcett - supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller), son (Tom Holland) and aide-de-camp (Robert Pattinson) - returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. An epic tale of courage and passion, 'The Lost City of Z' is a stirring tribute to the exploratory spirit and a conflicted adventurer driven to the verge of obsession. - Director:
- James Gray
- Cast:
- Charlie Hunnam, Barnaby Edwards, Robert Pattinson
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Kelsey Grammer stars as Charles Bunbury, the bumbling chairman of London's historic, yet struggling, bank Tuftons, founded by the family of his wife Penelope (Tamsin Greig). The only problem is that he knows nothing about banking… When ruthless US and Japanese investment banks start circling, Charles bets it all on a risky investment but ends up breaking the bank and is booted out in disgrace. Homeless and living on the streets, Charles begins to form an unlikely alliance in an attempt to short and hedge his way to getting back his bank and his wife back. - Director:
- Vadim Jean
- Cast:
- Kelsey Grammer, Tamsin Greig, John Michael Higgins
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Veteran criminal Junior Frenger (Alec Baldwin) has moved to Miami to get a fresh start...at robbing a whole new set of people. But when his streetwalker-gone-straight wife (Jennifer Jason Leigh) begins to suspect his criminal behaviour, and an obsessed cop (Fred Ward) begins to close in. Junior will need a lot more than luck and a bogus badge to escape a crossfire hotter than the barrel of a smoking gun! - Director:
- George Armitage
- Cast:
- Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Adapted from Deborah Harkness' best-selling trilogy of novels, 'A Discovery of Witches' is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans - they are vampires, witches and daemons. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly calls up an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford's Bodleian Library, one that was thought by the creatures to be lost and could answer the mysteries of their existence, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery - and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode). Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures' decline and extinction, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands - and their deepening relationship - threatens to violate age-old taboos and shake the fragile peace that exists between the species. - Director:
- Sarah Walker
- Cast:
- Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Valarie Pettiford
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The Villainess (2017)Ak-Nyeo
Exploding onto the screen in a kinetic flurry of hyper-stylised action, The Villainess is a stunning vengeance film that draws its inspiration from western classics including Nikita and Kill Bill. Sook-hee (Kim Ok-vin, Thirst) is a trained assassin who takes revenge on the men who murdered her father in a breath-taking opening sequence. After losing consciousness she awakes at the National Intelligence Service who recruit her as an agent to undertake confidential missions. Initially refusing, Sook-hee soon realises it is her only method of escape, until she is assigned a new assignment that changes everything... - Director:
- Byung-gil Jung
- Cast:
- Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Sung-Jun
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Mesrine: Killer instinct / Public Enemy Number 1 (2008)L'instinct de mort / L'ennemi public n°1
Featuring a career defining performance from Vincent Cassel, the two part saga follows the incredible series of hold-ups, prison breaks and kidnappings throughout the 70's and 80's across several continents.
Part 1: Killing InstinctsMesrine: Killer Instinct introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algeria! War. Handsome and charming, he is soon seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and easy money if presents. Mentored by Guido (Gerard Depardieu) Mesrine soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder, choosing the high risk life of a gangster over the honest life of th hard working family. After pulling off an audacious heist he and his lover Jeanne (Ceciie France), flee to Canada where the opportunity of one big payout lures him out of hiding and propels him towards international notoriety.
Part 2: Public Enemy Number One
The incredible and brutal story of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) continues in Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1. Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes but he is soon on the run once again. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number One and is eventually condemned to a maximum security prison where he writes his first memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and anti-hero across France. Mesrine stages another daring escape and disappears into the lawless underworld, taunting the police and reinventing himself as a celebrity criminal through his savvy manipulation of the media. After such a monumental rise, comes the inevitable fall as the detectives close in, bringing the life of Jacques Mesrine to a full bloody circle.- Director:
- Jean-François Richet
- Cast:
- Gérard Depardieu, Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France
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Alpha (2018)The Solutrean
"Alpha" is an epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and alone, he must learn to survive and navigate the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learns to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before the deadly winter arrives. - Director:
- Albert Hughes
- Cast:
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk
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Immediately after the attacks on September 11, 2001, the U.S. government deployed fewer than 100 Special Forces troops to Afghanistan to initiate a secret war. Building a coalition with the rebels of the Northern Alliance, the U.S. troops managed to drive both the Taliban and Al-Qaeda out of power without the use of conventional, large-scale military operations by the end of 2001. Despite this victory, the U.S. and its allies soon become mired in a seemingly never-ending war. Produced by CNN films and directed by Greg Barker (Manhunt), this untold story features unprecedented access to the Green Berets who played pivotal roles in these covert missions. Reflecting on their experiences and on the brothers-in-arms they lost, these elite soldiers offer a riveting celebration of valour and a sobering, cautionary tale. - Director:
- Greg Barker
- Cast:
- Jason Amerine, George W. Bush, Mark Nutsch
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Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) is a fussy angel. Crowley (David Tennant) is a loose-living demon. They've both been on Earth for over 6,000 years. During that time they've grown quite fond of it, and, against all odds, each other. But there's a problem - the Antichrist has arrived here on Earth, which means the world they have become too fond of will end in flames, if they don't manage to save it. This wildly imaginative and gloriously funny drama follows Aziraphale and Crowley as they join forces in an attempt to find an 11-year-old Antichrist (and his dog) and avert the Apocalypse. Armageddon is coming - but it doesn't have to be the end of the world. - Director:
- Douglas Mackinnon
- Cast:
- David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand
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