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Biopic of the tragic life of Christopher Wallace, otherwise known as the American rapper Notorious BIG. Directed by George Tillman Jr, the story traces the life of Wallace (Jamal Woolard) as he fights his way up through the mean streets of Brooklyn, transforming himself in the space of a few years from a hustling nobody into one of the most influential rap artists of his generation. As his influence on hip hop grows, a fierce rivalry develops between his New York brand of rap and that of the Los Angeles-based rapper Tupac Shakur (Anthony Mackie), a feud that will have tragic consequences for all involved.
When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret. What Bella doesn't realize is that the closer she gets to him, the more she is putting herself and those around her at risk. And it might be too late to turn back .
British drama based on the true story of a Jamaican baby who loses his parents and is subsequently adopted and raised by an elderly white couple in London. During his childhood Cass (Nonso Anozie) is forced to endure racist bullying, until one day he takes matters into his own hands and responds to the constant taunts with a violent outburst. Cass becomes addicted to the buzz of fighting and soon becomes one of the most feared and respected men in the city. Unfortunately, his new way of life eventually leads to an assassination attempt against him. Cass survives but is left with an important choice - to fully embrace the violence that has shaped his life or to make a completely new start.
Comedy based on the 1939 film directed by George Cukor. Meg Ryan star as Mary Haines, a New York clothing designer who seems to have it all: a beautiful designer home, a rich financier husband, an adorable eleven-year-old daughter (India Ennenga) and glamorous friends in high places. But when Mary finds out that her husband is having an affair with perfume counter salesgirl Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), her fabulous life starts to crumble into dust around her. The film co-stars Annette Bening, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and features no men on screen.
A woman has to deal with feelings of grief and guilt after her husband and son die in a terrorist attack. A young London mother (Michelle Williams) waves her husband and son goodbye as they head off to see a local football match. As soon as they're gone, she entertains local news reporter Jasper Black (Ewan MacGregor), with whom she's been having an affair. As the two begin making love, a news flash on the television informs them that a suicide bomber has attacked the stadium which her husband and child were attending. In a blind panic, the woman heads for the football ground, where she runs into her late husband's boss, police officer Terence Butcher (Matthew Macfadyen). In the following weeks, as she attempts to put her life back in order, she's introduced to, and befriends, a young boy (Sidney Johnston) whose father was involved in the attack.
Crime drama starring Cuba Gooding Jr as a Border Patrol Officer with a shady past. Michael Dixon (Gooding Jr) is a respected agent working linewatch on the US/Mexico Border. He gets on well with his colleagues and has a stable and loving family life. It wasn't always this way, though. Years before, Michael was a member of a vicious LA gang, responsible for countless crimes. Believing his brutal past to be long dead and buried, Michael is horrified when his old gang leader (Omari Hardwick) tracks him down to New Mexico and makes him an offer he can't refuse - smuggle a truckload of drugs across the border or have his family face the murderous consequences...
The lavish adaptation of Thomas Hardy's literary classic of Tess, the poor peasant girl who becomes a social outcast after she falls pregnant with the child of her rich cousin.
Coming-of-age drama about a young woman who battles against the odds to achieve her dreams. Following the death of her drug-addicted sister, high school student, Raya (Rutina Wesley), is then forced to leave her private medical school and return to her old, crime-filled neighbourhood. In order to raise enough to pay her tuition fees and return to school, Raya decides to enter an upcoming step-dancing competition, with prize money of $50,000 up for grabs. Raya uses her impressive dance moves to earn a place in her good friend Bishop's (Dwain Murphy) team. However, the ambitious dancer is kicked off the team for showing off during a preliminary competition. Now, if Raya has any hope of realising her dreams, she will have to regain Bishop's trust.
Bill Paterson and Peter Capaldi star in this BBC adaptation of the Iain Banks novel. Seven years after Rory McHoan disappeared without a trace en route to visit his brother Kenneth, Rory's nephew Prentice decides to find out what really happened to him. He attempts to decipher Rory's inaccessible computer disks, but must make various discoveries about himself and his family first.
All six episodes of the Bafta-winning black comedy series from the 1990s, starring David Tennant in his debut role. Set in a Scottish mental asylum, St Jude's, Ken Stott plays Eddie McKenna, a double-glazing salesman fighting his own demons, who moonlights as a D.J. in the hospital at night. During his time at work, he develops friendships with Francine (Katy Murphy), a self-harmer, and manic depressive Campbell (Tennant). Whilst Eddie and Campbell both dream of hitting the heights on commercial radio, Eddie's future is swiftly put on the back-burner when his personal life is suddenly thrown into chaos, forcing him to finally confront his problems. Episodes comprise: 'Hey Jude', 'Fly Like an Eagle', 'You Always Hurt the One You Love', 'Fool On the Hill', 'Rainy Night in Georgia' and 'Let It Be'.
Upping the nudity and supernatural fun, the second season of Dante's Cove is even juicier than the first! The gorgeous residents of the Hotel Dante are back with more sexy schemes, deadly secrets and most importantly new hot-bodied neighbours including Adam (Jon Fleming) and Diana Childs (Thea Gill). With all this unfolding in a lush tropical paradise, you won't want to miss a single moment of the unabashed sex, paranormal happenings and salacious camp that makes Dante's Cove - Season 2 the ultimate guilty pleasure.
Into The Wild is inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life. Screenplay and directed by Sean Penn and featuring an all-star cast including William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener and Hal Holbrook.
All 35 episodes from the first three series of the British television police drama, set amongst the officers of the Sun Hill station in the fictional London borough of Canley. In the first series, the officers try to break up a group of thieves at a local market, discover a drugs den in an abandoned theatre, and PC Carver (Mark Wingett) is unwittingly responsible for the death of a old-style safe cracker. In series 2, Sun Hill's first black officer starts work only to be met with racial prejudice, while Ackland (Trudie Goodwin) searches desperately for a young girl who may have been abducted by a serial sex offender. Episodes comprise: 'Funny Ol' Business - Cops and Robbers'; 'A Friend in Need'; 'Clutching at Straws'; 'Long Odds'; 'It's Not Such a Bad Job After All'; 'The Drugs Raid'; 'A Dangerous Breed'; 'Rough in the Afternoon'; 'Burning the Books'; 'Death of a Cracksman', 'The Sweet Smell of Failure', 'Snouts and Red Herrings'; 'Suspects'; 'Lost'; 'Home Beat'; 'Hostage'; 'This Little Pig'; 'Ringer'; 'Public and Confidential'; 'Loan Shark'; 'With Friends Like That...?'; 'Whose Side Are You On?', 'The Chief Super's Party', 'The New Order of Things', 'Some You Win, Some You Lose', 'Brownie Points', 'Missing Presumed Dead', 'Domestics', 'What Are Little Boys Made Of?', 'Blind Alleys, Clogged Roads', 'Double Trouble', 'Sun Hill Karma', 'Skipper', 'Overnight Stay' and 'Not Without Cause'.
Critically acclaimed biopic based on a true story. James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), dubbed 'Cinderella Man', was a once-promising light heavyweight who suffered a string of losses in the ring and broke his right hand. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labour on the docks of Hoboken, while only his manager (Paul Giamatti) still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help support his wife (Renee Zellweger) and children. One of the sport's oddest couples, the diminutive, loquacious manager and the burly quiet boxer start to stage an impossible comeback. In the span of less than twelve months Braddock gets his shot at heavyweight champion Max Baer (Craig Bierko), renowned for having allegedly killed two men in the ring. As a 10-1 underdog, Braddock carries the hopes and dreams of the desperate Depression-era working class on his shoulders.
All six episodes of the 1970s TV drama series starring John Mills, Brian Keith, Lilli Palmer and Barry Morse. Five resistance fighters, known only by their animal-based code names, fought together during World War II. Thirty years later they are reunited following the death of one of their number. Despite their age they put their skills and experience to use to raise enough money to construct a hospital in his memory by scamming criminals. Together they strike as a modern-day band of Robin Hoods, robbing from the criminal element to fund their noble cause. Episodes are: 'Revenge: Post Dated', 'Mindless Murder', 'African Misfire', 'The Lion Hunt', 'The Counterfeit Trap' and 'The Twisted Cross'.
British heist film set in the south of France. Nice - playground to millionaires and beautiful women - comes in for another type of excitement when The Brain (Ian McShane) plans a daring bank robbery. A fervent Nationalist, he and his friends have teamed up with criminals to steal enough money for a Government coup. Tunnelling up through the sewers into the bank, they manage to liberate 15 million dollars - but will they be able to keep it?
Darkly comic modern-day morality fable set in Green Lanes, North London. When Roadrunner (Daon Broni), an errand boy for local small time crook Mr Karva (James Cosmo, quite literally stumbles across a young abandoned child, he believes he has discovered an angel. Like an oracle, the silent child seems to be able to tell the future and fulfil people's innermost dreams. Karva's stepson Othello (David Leon) uses him to win bets - but soon everyone wants a piece of the action and father is pitted against son, friend against friend, as greed and lust for power spiral out of control.
Another case for American private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum, reprising the role from 'Farewell My Lovely'). While in London Marlowe is called upon by General Sternwood (James Stewart), who is being blackmailed over his daughter Camilla's (Candy Clark) gambling debts. The mystery deepens when the gun-running husband of Sternwood's other daughter, Charlotte (Sarah Miles), goes missing, and Marlowe finds himself surrounded by the usual web of intrigue and murder.
All 10 episodes from the fourth series of the popular BBC sitcom, starring Geoffrey Palmer and Judi Dench as Lionel Hardcastle and Jean Pargeter, a couple who are re-united after being out of touch with each other for 38 years. Their brief romance in the early 1950s was cut short when Lionel was posted off to the Korean War - but will things run more smoothly now that they are both older and wiser? In this series, an American TV company suggests that their love affair might make a good miniseries, but Lionel gets suspicious when they want him to spice up some of the stories.
British drama documenting the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Helen (Pauline McLynn) has been married to Paul (Paul McGann) for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence: Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change; while Paul - bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap - is on the brink of a breakdown. His biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha (Chloe Sirene), a Romany Czech refugee, awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her.
Cannes Prix du Jury-winning Scottish noir thriller about a Glasgow CCTV operator who ends up stalking a man she sees on screen. Andrea Arnold's first full-length feature after winning an Academy Award for her short film, 'Wasp', follows Jackie (Kate Dickie) a Glasgow CCTV control-room operator. One day, watching the monitors, she sees a man (Dickie Curran) she knows but is trying to forget and is soon helplessly outside her jurisdiction and brief, stalking the man, on camera, back to his flat. Eventually she crosses the line and goes to the address, meeting a young man (Martin Compston) whom, she finds out, lives there along with her subject.
Life is what you make it. And for 23 year old Ann, as much as she can make of the last few months of her life will be all that encapsulates her in the memories of a husband, two daughters, a lover, a mother and a best friend. Compiling a list of all she has ever wanted to do with her life but has been too afraid or unwilling to do, a shock diagnosis unburdens Ann's spirit, letting her create the perfect "life without me" for those dear to her. She also feels free to indulge her heart and head's desires before the chance to do so disappears forever. Featuring a dazzling cast and a justly acclaimed and Goya-nominated lead performance from Sarah Polley, Isabel Coixet's acclaimed film is a ravishing yet sincerely unsentimental portrait of the acceptance of fate and the difference one life can make, no matter how inconsequential that life may seem, or how brief that time is.
At the end of World War I, a division of the French Foreign legion led by Major Foster has been ordered to protect an archaeological expedition led by Marneau. The last expedition was destroyed along with its legionnaire guards but Foster must follow orders, despite bis opposition to what he believes is "grave-robbing". The excavation incites the wrath of El Krim, a powerful Arab leader who uses it to arouse religious fanaticism amongst his tribes and lead an attack on the foreigners. |
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