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Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse. Set in a city where people come to bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability schoolteachers Madison Clark and Travis Manawa have managed to assemble for their family. The pressure of blending their two families is put aside as their necessary survival takes hold, and they must either reinvent themselves or embrace their darker histories.
Academy Award-nominated psychological drama directed by Bennett Miller and starring Steve Carell and Channing Tatum. The film tells the story of how Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum) was invited by his multi-millionaire mentor John du Pont (Carell) to live on his estate while he trained for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. However, du Pont's mental instability quickly became apparent, and as he sought more and more to tighten his hold over Mark and have an active role in not only his training but his personal life as well, the dynamic between the pair turned sour - an event which would have dire consequences for Mark and his family... The supporting cast includes Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Michael Hall, Sienna Miller and Vanessa Redgrave.
Wes Anderson returns to live-action film making with this offbeat and highly stylised coming-of-age comedy. When a pair of 12-year-olds in 1960s New England fall in love and make a secret pact to run away together while on summer camp, their disappearance sparks a massive search as their family, friends and the authorities pull out all the stops to find them before a big storm hits the island. (2013 Oscar nominations for: Best Original Screenplay)
A BBC dramatisation of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate (Douglas Hodge), who arrives at Middlemarch hospital full of idealism and determined to do good works; Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey), who becomes attracted to the scholarly Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide) and then finds herself trapped in an ill-fated marriage; and Will Ladislaw (Rufus Sewell), a young lad who awakens Dorothea's repressed passion and thereby changes the course of her life.
The true story of Rome told through six crucial moments that shaped the destiny of the Empire. The Roman Empire - the ancient world's only superpower - stood for six hundred years, a period in which dictatorship usurped democracy, nations were enslaved, the city of Rome was rebuilt and the Empire embraced Christianity. In this epic mini-series, CGI is mixed with compelling drama to tell the dramatic stories - the great battles, rivalries, rebellions and momentous achievements - that shaped the Roman Empire. The story begins in 146BC with Rome's destruction of its ancient enemy Carthage; leading to the celebrated victory of Julius Caesar and the overthrow of the Republic; Emperor Nero's dramatic descent into madness; the Jewish Revolt - the biggest rebellion in Imperial history; Constantine's delivery of Christianity to the Empire; and finally the downfall of Rome, told through the tale of Alaric the Goth. It reveals the greed, lust and ambition of men like Caesar, Nero and Constantine and with stunning locations and state-of-the-art visual effects portrays Rome as it really was: gritty, sometimes sordid, but ultimately magnificent.
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman and directed by Gustaf Molander, this drama is set in neutral Sweden during the Second World War. Bo (Birger Malmsten) is a sailor recently returned from the Navy who starts courting Eva (Eva Stiberg), despite his reawakened feelings of guilt about a childhood accident in which he was responsible for a young girl's death. Although they become happily married, and Eva becomes pregnant, Bo is still plagued by nightmares and guilt, including a dream that he is about to brutally murder his best friend. When Eva is about to give birth, Bo's fear that he will be responsible for another death sends him back to the high seas.
Prequel to the Hong Kong gangster thriller 'Infernal Affairs' (2002), set ten years before the events of the original film. Chen Ying Yan (Shawn Yue) has just become an undercover cop in the triads, while Lau Kin Ming (Edison Chen) is a new recruit to the police force. Bitter enemies from the first film, Inspector Wong (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) and Sam (Eric Tsang) are behaving like old friends, while Yan is embroiled in the family saga of a triad cartel, and Ming has developed an oedipal fixation on his boss's wife. As friendships fracture and foes join forces, nothing is as it first appears to be...
Versailles, 1667. Louis XIV in a Machiavellian political move in his 28th year decides to make the nobility submit to his will by imposing a move of the court from Paris to Versailles, his father's former hunting lodge. Trapped by their king's invitation, the nobles of Paris gradually come to see the castle as a gilded prison and soon even his most humble courtiers begin to show their viciousness and danger threatens the kingdom, even so far as the court of Versailles into which a deadly poison seeps. Louis has created a new and dangerous civilisation where those around him will do anything to get to the Sun. They dream of ascending the social ladder to a world of wealth and power. Morality is waning, as sexual infidelity, drugs and gambling occupy the idle hours of those who live by the grace of the King, and the poison spreads. All around the Sun King, Versailles is crumbling faster than it is being built.
The third part of Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of faith (the others are 'Winter Light' in 1961 and 'Through the Glass Lightly' in 1963). The relationship of two sisters Ester (Ingrid Thulin) and Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) reaches breaking point when they arrive in a strange country and stay in a large hotel, empty but for a troupe of dwarf entertainers. Ester is suffering from a terminal disease and has become overly protective of Anna and, to escape, Anna goes out to find a man and ends up bringing back a waiter to her room. This then proceeds to both arouse and anger Ester culminating in a bitter and violent argument between the sisters.
All Sixteen Episodes of the Golden Globe Winning Series Starring Idris Elba, Luther is a gripping, smart and entertaining psychological thriller driven by an intellectually brilliant but emotionally impulsive cop. John Luther works for the Serious Crime Unit; he is a dedicated policeman, an inspired maker of connections and a whirlwind genius. Throughout the four seasons, Luther faces a succession of psychological duels between hunter and hunted, predator and prey. As the stakes get ever higher and more personal, Luther’s lonely path pulls him towards the very edge of temptation.
Fourth and final season of the US drama based on the Danish TV series. Picking up from events in the previous season, Linden (Mireille Enos) is left dealing with the aftermath of killing her serial killer lover. Meanwhile, another brutal murder takes place, leading her and fellow detective Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) to an all-boys military school. The episodes are: 'Blood in the Water', 'Unraveling', 'The Good Soldier', 'Dream Baby Dream', 'Truth Asunder' and 'Eden'.
THE NUMBER is the extraordinary tale of the nigh-impossible redemption of high-ranking Magadien, a Magistrate of the 28’s, one of the notorious Numbers prison gangs. It charts his journey as a man who finds his humanity – from being a hardened prisoner, loyal to his gang, to him turning his back on them and the criminal way of life; to choosing his family and building a relationship with his son. Inspired by the book "The Number" by Jonny Steinberg.
The true-life tale of FBI informant William O’Neal who infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Meanwhile Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson as a battle rages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commands? (Double-Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song)
Fuelled by the intense rivalry between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse (Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon), THE CURRENT WAR tells the dramatic story of the late 19th century race to light up America and power the world. Rounding out the cast are Nicholas Hoult as the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla, Katherine Waterston as Westinghouse's outspoken wife Marguerite, Tom Holland as Edison's confident young secretary Samuel Insull, Matthew Macfadyen as the famous financier and banker J.P. Morgan, and Tuppence Middleton as Edison's supportive wife Mary.
Executive producer Dick Wolf delivers the latest installment of the compelling Chicago franchise, an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city’s most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors, nurses and staff who hold it together. Crossing paths with familiar faces from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire, this third team of Chicago heroes takes on cases inspired by topical events while forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
Mike Leigh writes and directs this Academy Award-nominated biographical drama about British artist J.M.W. Turner, who is here portrayed by Timothy Spall. The film explores the last 25 years or so of Turner's life in which he suffers greatly after the loss of his beloved father William (Paul Jesson) and has relations with his housekeeper Hannah Danby (Dorothy Atkinson) and, later, landlady Sophia Booth (Marion Bailey), who he lives with in Chelsea until his death. During this time he refuses to acknowledge the existence of his two illegitimate daughters Evelina (Sandy Foster) and Georgiana (Amy Dawson) and develops his painting style, which is often both praised and criticised. The cast also includes Lesley Manville, Karl Johnson and Ruth Sheen.
Six-part BBC drama starring Sarah Lancashire as a police sergeant investigating a ransom plot that has escalated beyond control. When Catherine Cawood (Lancashire) receives a visit from Kevin Weatherill (Steve Pemberton), a distressed member of the Yorkshire community she oversees, she is drawn into a case in which the life of Ann Gallagher (Charlie Murphy) is at stake. Kevin employed local thug Ashley Cowgill (Joe Armstrong) to kidnap Ann in the hope of extracting a ransom from his boss, and his remorse has come too late to prevent the crime. Can Catherine get to the girl in time?
The third season of the Danish crime drama starring Mads Mikkelsen and Charlotte Fich which follows an elite mobile task force as they solve high-profile cases. In this series, unit commander Ingrid Dahl (Fich), Detective Inspector Allan Fischer (Mikkelsen) and the rest of the team investigate a number of crimes including an arson attack on a hotel, the violent murders of a whole family and a human trafficking ring linked to the Polish mafia.
Third volume of episodes from the Italian crime drama based on the series of novels by Andrea Camilleri. Salvo Montalbano (Luca Zingaretti) plays a key role maintaining law and order in the town of Vigata in Sicily. Navigating his way around the fraught terrain of the Italian justice system isn't the only issue faced by Montalbano - his dual indulgences, food and his girlfriend, Livia (Katharina Böhm), often threaten to derail him. The episodes are: 'Turning Point', 'Equal Time', 'The Spider's Patience' and 'Find the Lady'.
A Touch of Frost is one of Britain's best loved ITV detective dramas starting Sir David Jason as Detective Inspector Jack Frost - an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganised and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet. Also starring Bruce Alexander and John Lyons. This DVD box set features all episodes from season 1-15, including the last ever episode (please note that season 12 contains one episode "Near Death Experience" and season 13 contains one episode "An Endangered Species").
A sixteen year-old orphan, Sylvie, is sent as a boarder to a special school where the malaise Anglaise is the rule and every misdemeanour an excuse for baring female rumps and administering a sound spanking. The head-mistress is in fact a man in disguise, and Sylvie the pupil soon becomes Sylvie the lover in this bizarre gallic homage to chastisement.
Danish adult animated tale. 32 year old clergyman August returns home from years of missionary work abroad because of the death of his sister Christina, who after going from greatness to the gutter as the famous porno star The Princess has finally died of drug abuse. She has left her five-year-old daughter Mia with Karen, a prostitute. August pays them a visit to bring Mia home with him and become her guardian. Burdened by sorrow and guilt, he decides to avenge Christina's death and brings Mia along on a crusade to clear his sister's name of pornographic connotations.The mission escalates into a brutal and violent rout as August attempts desperately to protect the only thing he holds dear, namely Mia, forcing him to make a fateful decision.
In this season, Shaun diagnoses a homeless man with a brain tumour, tries to convince a janitor that he has pancreatic cancer and the hospital's emergency department is put into quarantine after two patients travelling from Malaysia die from a viral respiratory disease.
All 18 episodes from the first season of the drama starring Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with savant syndrome and autism. Relocating from a small city in Wyoming to San Jose, California, Shaun begins his surgical residency at St. Bonaventure Hospital. Having a photographic memory and the ability to visualise the internal human body Shaun knows he can be an asset to the hospital, but with members of the board reluctant to hire a doctor with his condition, Shaun faces an uphill struggle to prove himself and his skills. |
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