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In an instant, accountant Henry Pulling's dull life becomes a whirlwind adventure of old love affairs, espionage, kidnappings and more money than he has ever dreamed of when his Aunt Augusta takes him under her wing to add a lot of color to his gray existence in the madcap TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT.When Augusta (Academy and Tony Award winner Maggie Smith) sees her nephew, Henry (Alec McGowan), at her sister's funeral, the grand old dame with a wicked past...
62) Lead Balloon: S2
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As world-weary comedian and writer Rick Spleen will tell you, he's on the up, his career is going from strength to strength. In other words, nothing much has changed. As his career lurches from one disaster to the next, Rick also has to cope with crises on the domestic front - not the least of which is a bedridden Mel, who has to battle to recover from the flu before Rick manages to lose every C-list client her agency has on its books. Rick even manages...
63) ParaNorman
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Norman Babcock finds his paranormal abilities pushed to their limits to take on zombies and ghosts, and save his town from a centuries-old curse.
64) Josh: S3
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Josh Widdicombe is back in the comedy about frustration, failure and the perils of picking the wrong flatmates. Life is never easy for Josh as he consistently finds himself in awkward and embarrassing situations. Whether it's being dumped while dangling on a zip-line, tolerating an egomaniacal fellow comedian on tour or being blackmailed by a septuagenarian next-door neighbour, Josh always tries to do the right thing - and always comes off the loser....
65) Z For Zachariah
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Chris Pine, Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor are the last three people on earth, struggling to survive secrets, suspicions and threats in this intense thriller based on the award winning book.
66) Big Eyes
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From visionary Oscar®-nominated director Tim Burton (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY) comes the outrageous true story of one of the most extensive art frauds in the 20th century. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Walter Keane (two time Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz of DJANGO UNCHAINED) revolutionized the commercialization of popular art with enigmatic paintings of waifs with BIG EYES. But soon the shocking truth was...
67) Hamlet
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Ethan Hawke headlines an inspired update of Shakespeare's tragedy, set in the sleek Manhattan HQ of Denmark Corp.
68) Enterprice
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Comedy written by Kayode Ewumi. Kazim and Jeremiah are two young entrepreneurs in the early stages of rolling out their home delivery service, Speedi-Kazz. Both are blessed with different skill sets: Kazim has the energy and confidence, Jeremiah has the brains - but on occasion these differences can leave them at loggerheads.
69) The Ticket
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After James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements—a nicer home, a higher paying job, tailored suits, luxury car—leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife (Malin Akerman) and close friend Bob (Oliver Platt). As his relationships buckle under the strain of his snowballing ambition,...
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Edina runs a fashion agency, wears designer clothes and lives the life of a jet-setter. Her friend Patsy smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and dresses like a dream. Life would be one long party - if only Edina's swotty daughter would stop complaining and start joining in like a normal teenager…
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Edina has moved with the times, expanding her business interests from the world of fashion PR into the interactive medium of television production. Patsy has somehow managed to gain promotion to managing editor of her glossy magazine - despite her obvious over-indulgence in any substance or liquid that comes to hand. Saffy, Edina's daughter, continues her attempts to move out of her mother's house while Mother has taken up salsa dancing and internet...
72) Wannabe
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Maxine used to be famous. Shiny, fabulous famous. Back in the '90s, Maxine released a hit single with teenage girl group Variety. But success was short-lived. Now Maxine's husband writes cheesy jingles for a living, her PA is a mobile phone app and the girl band she manages are threatening to fire her. Maxine decides to form Mum Pop, a girl band made up entirely of mums. Now Maxine just needs to find some mums. And music. And an audience.
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When you’re a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock ‘n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – most importantly – jam out. Animated almost entirely by director Kenji Iwaisawa, and featuring a lead performance...
75) Josh: S2
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Josh Widdicombe returns for a second series of this quirky comedy about the highs and lows of life as an anxious old man trapped in a young man's body. Things don't run smoothly for Josh as he gets embroiled with a sexually voracious older woman, attempts to evict a drug-taking squatter from his flat and tries to end ten years of friendship with the world's most boring man, aka Pete the Human Potato. Expect plenty of high-pitched grumbling, a glossary...
76) The Virtues: S1
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Stephen Graham stars as Joseph, a moral yet troubled man who’s lost everything. He’s compelled to travel to Ireland to confront the demons from a childhood spent in the foster care system. His path crosses with Dinah, a fiery and deeply guarded person who’s hiding a secret. Joseph and Dinah spiral out of control as they try to ground themselves and their self-indulgence, traumatized by their own harrowing histories. Neither thought their situation...
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Ghosted by her hunky twenty something lover, Claire, a middle-aged professor and divorced single mom, creates a fake Facebook profile to do a little undetected online snooping. But when her 24-year-old avatar "Clara" is friended by her ex's equally attractive roommate, superficial correspondence quickly escalates towards intense intimacy and uncontrolled obsession.
78) Carole & Tuesday
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Fifty years after humankind began migrating to Mars, people live in comfort with help from AI. Carole makes her way to Mars with dreams of forging a career in music. But there’s a spark that’s missing. Tuesday has lived a life of comfort, so no one expects it when she runs off to another city with nothing more than her guitar. When the two of them meet, Tuesday’s spark ignites Carole’s fire. As long as they don’t give up, every planet will...
79) It's A Pleasure!
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Olympic champion skater Sonja Henie has trouble on her hands in the form of a husband (Michael O'Shea) with a taste for booze and an eye for the ladies in this dazzling musical romance.
80) Furlough
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In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.