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Based on a true story, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY follows reformed gangster Ricky, wife Julia, daughter Paige and son Zak as they make a living wrestling together in tiny venues. When Paige and Zak get the opportunity to try out for WWE, the family grabs a once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn their wildest dreams into a dazzling future. However, brother and sister quickly discover that to become superstars, both their talent and their relationship will be put to the test. FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY is a heart-warming and smart comedy that proves everything is worth fighting for when it comes to family.
Policeman John is assigned with his superior, Trevor, to a secret four-man squad set up to bust a violent football firm. The gang seem to be responsible for much of South London's violent crime, as well as regular crowd trouble at Shadwell Town football club. Not long after becoming fully integrated into the group, John gives Trevor cause for concern as his darker side is gradually unleashed, drawn in by the buzz of football hooliganism.
Double bill of British dramas about football violence and hooliganism. 'The Football Factory' (2004) is based on the novel by John King. Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) is a bright but bored 30-year-old with a steady job and close-knit family who lives for the weekend life of casual sex, lager, drugs - and violence. Through him we meet three other males in his world: Billy Bright (Frank Harper), a right-wing fascist full of bitterness at a country that he perceives as having failed him; Zeberdee (Roland Manookian), a mouthy hooligan whose life revolves around crime and drugs; and Bill Farrell (Dudley Sutton), a 70-year-old war veteran who tries to enjoy every day to the limit. Shot in documentary style using a handheld camera, the film realistically captures the lure and potency of football violence. 'Arrivederci Millwall' (1990) follows a group of hardcore Millwall supporters as they travel to Bilbao in Spain for England's World Cup matches in 1982. Their rowdy behaviour soon leads them into trouble, and the violence escalates as Billy Jarvis (Kevin O'Donohoe) steals a gun to avenge his brother's death in the Falklands conflict.
The true story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr, whose obsession with greatness made him a legend and nearly cost him everything. A portrait about ambition, sacrifice and the courage to fight for something greater than victory.
1 Academy Award nomination for:
From Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire Of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, It follows Hilary a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen, a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
All 23 episodes from the fifth season of the American crime drama following an elite team of FBI profilers as they analyse the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. Episodes are: 'Faceless, Nameless', 'Haunted', 'Reckoner', 'Hopeless', 'Cradle to Grave', 'The Eyes Have It', 'The Performer', 'Outfoxed', '100', 'The Slave of Duty', 'Retaliation', 'The Uncanny Valley', 'Risky Business', 'Parasite', 'Public Enemy', 'Mosley Lane', 'Solitary Man', 'The Fight', 'Rite of Passage', '...A Thousand Words', 'Exit Wounds', 'The Internet Is Forever' and 'Our Darkest Hour'.
An electrifying reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set in the world of a British South Asian family in contemporary London. Hamlet returns to London for the funeral of his father, but he is shocked when his uncle, Claudius, announces that he’s marrying Hamlet’s just-widowed mother. After seeing his father’s ghost, who says he was murdered by Claudius, Hamlet becomes consumed by rage and revenge. He goes to violent lengths to avenge his father’s murder, questioning not only his role in the family business, but his own sanity.
Six-part thriller series from Francis Durbridge. When a famous athlete (Anthony Sagar) dies on a golf course, his detective son Jack (Gerald Harper) supects murder, despite the coroner's misadventure verdict. In pursuit of the facts and events behind his death, Jack embarks on a murder hunt that takes him into the seedy underworld of the Soho red-light district. As the body count rises Jack's suspicions are proved correct but will he be able to discover the mystery behind it all?
BBC mini-series with Jane Lapotaire in the title role. The programme chronicles the work of scientific pioneer Marie Curie as she conducts her research into radioactivity, makes the famous discovery of Radium and wins Nobel Prizes for both Physics and Chemistry. The programme also looks at key events that affected the soon-to-be famous revolutionary including the devastating death of her husband (Nigel Hawthorne) and her subsequent controversial affairs.
All episodes from the 1967 BBC miniseries adapted from Emily Brontë's classic novel. Ian McShane stars as Heathcliff who was adopted into the Earnshaw family as a young boy. As they grow up together he and his adoptive sister Cathy (Angela Scoular) form a deep bond but when she marries the well-off Edgar Linton (Drewe Henley), Heathcliff leaves to make his own wealth. He later returns to Wuthering Heights hoping to win back Cathy's heart but tragedy soon strikes.
Angelina Jolie stars in this action thriller based on the novel by Michael Koryta. From her remote lookout tower deep in the forests of Montana, veteran smokejumper Hannah Faber (Jolie) crosses paths with runaway teenager Connor Casserly (Finn Little), who is on the run from the assassins who killed his father. Hoping to atone for past failures, Hannah uses her survival skills to shield Connor from father-and-son hitmen Jack and Patrick Blackwell (Aidan Gillen and Nicholas Hoult), who, determined to tie up loose ends, spark a raging wildfire that threatens to destroy everything in its path.
All seven episodes from the second season of the HBO drama starring
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley. In Monterey,
California, Madeline (Witherspoon), Celeste (Kidman), Jane (Woodley),
Renata (Laura Dern) and Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) are struggling to move on
with their lives and remain haunted by the night of Perry (Alexander
Skarsgård)'s death. To make matters worse, Perry's grieving mother,
Mary Louise (Meryl Streep), arrives to support her family and begins
asking questions about the circumstances of her son's death.
The first ten episodes from the fifth season of the historical drama
following the adventures of a Viking clan. Following on from events in
the previous season, Ragnar's sons Ubbe, Ivar and Hvitserk (Jordan
Patrick Smith, Alex Høgh and Marco Ilsø) collaboratively reign over
their new land in East Anglia. Bjorn and Halfdan (Alexander Ludwig and
Jasper Pääkkönen) have sailed away to the Mediterranean Sea, Floki
(Gustaf Skarsgård) embarks on a journey into uncharted territory and
King Harald (Peter Franzén) returns to Kattegat.
All four episodes from the third season of the BBC crime thriller series starring Idris Elba as the brilliant but flawed murder detective John Luther. Still continuing to struggle with his personal demons, Luther's attempts to bring a fetishistic killer to justice are thwarted when he's suddenly put on another case. Things go from bad to worse, however, when it becomes apparent that former colleague Erin Gray (Nikki Amuka-Bird), now a member of the anti corruption unit, and her boss DSU George Stark (David O'Hara), are out to nail him. Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley and Sienna Guillory co-star.
The true story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr, whose obsession with greatness made him a legend and nearly cost him everything. A portrait about ambition, sacrifice and the courage to fight for something greater than victory.
1 Academy Award nomination for:
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality TV producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin. At the heart of power, Baranov shapes the new Russia, blurring the boundaries between truth and lies, belief and manipulation. Only the magnetic Ksenia is beyond his control, tempting him away from this dangerous game. Years later, after retreating into silence and shrouded in mystery, Baranov finally opens up, revealing the dark secrets of the regime he helped build.
Castle Rock: Season 1
The Outsider
James Foley directs this final instalment of the trilogy based on the
novel by E.L. James with Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson reprising
their roles as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. Believing they have
escaped the dark secrets of their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana
have their honeymoon cut short when Ana's former boss Jack Hyde (Eric
Johnson) kidnaps Christian's sister Mia (Rita Ora), holds her hostage,
and demands a ransom for her release.
Mike Vardy directs this big screen adaptation of the adventures of working class hero Joe Lampton (Kenneth Haigh). When Joe gets to know pharmaceutical tycoon Lord Ackerman (Harry Andrews) and his wife Alex (Nanette Newman), it results in an unexpected job offer. However, things aren't all plain sailing. While managing one of Ackerman's companies, Joe discovers that a former member of staff committed suicide for his part in producing a drug that proved harmful to women. How will Ackerman react when Joe tells him the news?
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford are perfectly matched as Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigation into the Watergate scandal set the stage for President Richard Nixon's eventual resignation. Their bestselling exposé was brilliantly adapted by screenwriter William Goldman, and director Alan Pakula crafted the film into one of the most intelligent and involving of the 1970s paranoid thrillers.
After being separated from his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones), Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Brody) seeks a new life in America. Getting a job with his cousin at his furniture company, they receive a renovation commission from the son of wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce). Although enraged at the work being done without his consent, Harrison employs László to design a monument in memory of his late mother, offering to help him repatriate his wife in return. After he is subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of Harrison, László spirals into addiction and is in danger of losing himself in the turmoil. |
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