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| A Very British Scandal (Series) |
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The story of events surrounding the notorious
divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s. An Amazon
original series. Rated: 15 |
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| All the King's Men (Film) |
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Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life
of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based
on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana. Rated: 12 |
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| Amazing Grace |
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The idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd)
maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British
transatlantic slave trade. Rated: PG |
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| Anatomy of a Scandal (Series) |
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A sexual consent scandal amongst British
privileged elite and the women caught up in its wake. A Netflix original
series. Rated: 18 |
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| Barney's Version (Film) |
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The picaresque and touching story of the
politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and
fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky. Rated: 15 |
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| Blazing Saddles (Film) |
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In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt
politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most
formidable adversary. Rated: 15 |
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| BrainDead (Series) |
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The plot of BrainDead revolves around a
documentary filmmaker named Laurel Healy, who takes a job working for
her brother Luke Healy, a U.S. Senator. Rated: 12 |
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| Brassed Off (Film) |
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The coal mine in a northern English village may
be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
Ewan McGreggor stars. Rated: 18 |
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| Brazil (Film) |
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A bureaucrat in a dystopic
society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his
dreams. Rated: 15 |
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| Counterpart (Series) |
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A hapless UN employee discovers that the agency
he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension that's in a
cold war with our own, and where his other self is a top spy. The war
slowly heats up thanks to spies from both sides. Rated: 15 |
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| Death and The Maiden (Film) |
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A political activist is convinced that her guest
is a man who once tortured her for the government. Sigourney Weaver
stars. Rated: 18 |
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| Election (Film) |
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A high school teacher meets his match in an
over-achieving student politician. Matthew Broderick and Reece
Witherspoon star in this iconic and cynical take on the world of
popularity, Rated: 15 |
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| Evita (Film) |
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The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón
(Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became
the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón. Rated: 12 |
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| Fire On the Amazon (Film) |
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Deforestation of the Amazon is forcing
indigenous Indians away, so few men can profit from cattle. Opposition
gets killed. A US photojournalist tries to investigate. Activist Alyssa
helps him. Rated: 15 |
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| Game Change (Film) |
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Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska becomes Senator
John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential election. Julianne
Morre, Ed Harris and Woody Harrelson star in this historical biopic. Rated: 18 |
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| House of Cards (Series) |
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Majority House Whip Francis Underwood takes you
on a long journey as he exacts his vengeance on those he feels wronged
him - that is, his own cabinet members including the President of the
United States himself. Rated: 18 |
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| Invictus |
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Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President
of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn
land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby
World Cup. Rated: 15 |
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| Lawrence of Arabia (Film) |
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The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer
who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes
during World War I in order to fight the Turks. Rated: PG |
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| Made in Dagenham (Film) |
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A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford
Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against
sexual discrimination. Rated: 15 |
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| Malcolm X (Film) |
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Biographical epic of the controversial and
influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as
a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of
Islam and his eventual assassination. Rated: 15 |
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| Morning Glory |
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An upstart television producer accepts the
challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program with warring
co-hosts. Rated: 12 |
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| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Film) |
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A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a
vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with
corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he
tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character. Rated: U |
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| Nashville (Film) |
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Over the course of a few
hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political
convention. Rated: 18 |
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| National Treasure (ITV Series) |
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Paul Finchley (Robbie Coltrane) is a bona fide
"national treasure", one half of a popular, long-running comedy double
act. However, the famous comedian's world is thrown into chaos when he
is accused of historic sexual abuse. Rated: 18 |
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| Olympus Has Fallen |
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Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself
trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and
works with national security to rescue the President from his
kidnappers. Rated: 15 |
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| London Has Fallen |
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In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike
Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world
leaders. Rated: 15 |
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| Angel Has Fallen |
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Mike Banning is framed for the attempted
assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI
as he tries to uncover the real threat. Rated: 15 |
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| Outrage (Film) |
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A group of politicians and international media
meet for a private dinner, but they soon realize that they have fallen
into a deadly trap. Rated: 18 |
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| Pearson (Suits Series) |
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Attorney Jessica Pearson enters the complex and
seedy world of Chicago politics. Spin-off of the popular series "Suits". Rated: 15 |
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| Reality (Film) |
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A former American intelligence specialist was
given the longest sentence for the unauthorized release of government
information to the media about Russian interference in the 2016 United
States elections via an email operation. Rated: 12A |
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| Rollerball (Original) |
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In a corporate-controlled future, an
ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of
its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game. Rated: 15 |
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| Sanctioning Evil (Film) |
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After being discharged from the military, Sgt.
Barnes finds his way back into society via a charismatic politician with
a covert plan to eliminate an underground criminal element. Rated: 15 |
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| Scandal (Series) |
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A former White House Communications Director
starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are
not the only ones with secrets. Rated: 18 |
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| Scoop (Film) |
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An American journalism student in London scoops
a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident
unfurls. Rated: PG |
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| Syriana (Film) |
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A politically charged epic about the state of
the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and
affected by it. Rated: 15 |
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| Tetris (Film) |
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An American and Russian computer geek form an
unlikely friendship as they try to evade the KGB and smuggle the world's
most famous video game out of the Soviet Union. Rated: 15 |
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| Thank You for Smoking (Film) |
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Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big
Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of
cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son. Rated: 15 |
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| The Help (Film) |
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An aspiring author during the civil rights
movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African
American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work,
and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. Rated: 12 |
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| The Iron Lady |
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An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the
imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to
come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from
girlhood to British prime minister, intervene. Rated: 12 |
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| The Killing Room (Film) |
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Four individuals sign up for a psychological
research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal,
classified government program. Rated: 15 |
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| The Last of King of Scotland (Film) |
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Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan
dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the
1970s. Rated: 15 |
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| The Newsroom (Series) |
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A news team attempts to create a news show that
reports the news in an ethical and reasonable way. They take real,
newsworthy events from our world as they're happening (such as bin
Laden's justified killing, NSA spying, etc) and report on them as if
they were an actual news station that followed rational and moral
guidelines, in a biting criticism of our popular press and a clever
blurring of art and reality. Rated: 18 |
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| The Post (Film) |
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A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes
the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an
unprecedented battle between press and government. Rated: 12A |
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| Under Fire (Film) |
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Three journalists in a romantic triangle are
involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt
Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in
1979. Rated: 15 |
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| Veep (Series) |
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Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the
United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone
ever warned her about. Rated: 15 |
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