Monday 26 June 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Legion of Brothers
In the immediate wake of 9/11, the U.S. military sent small units of Green Berets into Afghanistan, seeking to forge alliances with rebel groups. As chronicled in this documentary, their partnership helped rout the Taliban within months.
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Sunday 25 June 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Collide
After becoming a driver for a European drug cartel, American backpacker Casey Stein ends up on the run when a heist goes awry. With ruthless gangsters in pursuit, Casey must race against the clock to save his girlfriend's life -- and himself.
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New Releases on Netflix - Power Rangers
When their hometown of Angel Grove becomes threatened by alien monsters led by the villainous Rita Repulsa, five superhero teens suit up to save their community -- and the planet -- from obliteration.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
With his third feature film, Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol IVOR NOVELLO) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse, just as a killer who preys on blonde women, known as the Avenger, descends upon the city.
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New Releases on Netflix - Before I Fall
Ravishing and popular, Samantha Kingston is living the teenage dream until the day that is her last -- except that she keeps on reliving it until she comes to understand what her life is really all about.
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New Releases on Netflix - Heli
After his father vanishes, young Heli searches for him in a part of Mexico where people work either at an auto plant or for the local drug cartel. Along the way, Heli comes face-to-face with drug trafficking, sexual exploitation and corrupt cops.
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New Releases on Netflix - Pirates
This gripping pirate double-feature delves deep into the story of the true-life pirates of the Caribbean. Blackbeard delves into the frightening reign of terror that this notorious outlaw has along the east coast of America, and Britain's Outlaws further examines the life of Blackbeard as well as Captain Kidd, Calico Jack, and others to illustrate the devastating impact that pirates had during an era of colonial expansion and how, by plundering the vast network for seaborne trade, they became the most wanted outlaws in the world.
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New Releases on Netflix - T2: Trainspotting
Two decades after the original cult hit, once-heroin-addicted pals Sick Boy, Renton, Begbie and Spud return to the big screen in a story involving the porn industry, which they've all become connected with in one way or another.
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New Releases on Netflix - Berlin Syndrome
A holiday fling in Berlin turns into something far more sinister when Australian photojournalist Clare spends a passionate night with a man who refuses to part with her, imprisoning her in his apartment as he goes about his business.
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New Releases on Netflix - Grey Lady
Traveling to the island of Nantucket to find the person who killed his partner, Boston police detective James Doyle gets more than he bargained for as his hunt leads to the discovery of terrible secrets from his family's past.
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New Releases on Netflix - Dirty Dancing
A 1980s classic comes to life again in this TV remake that tells the story of a magical summer in the Catskills when one of the resort's affluent guests, Frances "Baby" Houseman, falls for handsome dance instructor Johnny Castle.
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New Releases on Netflix - Midsomer Murders: Series 19: Part 1
This season, John Barnaby and new sidekick Jamie Winter investigate a fresh set of strange cases, which include a man found murdered in an old ghost village, a body discovered beneath a pile of live rabbits and a cricketer who croaks midtournament.
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New Releases on Netflix - Prison Break
Sucre, T-Bag and C-Note have one thing in common: They all broke out of Fox River State Penitentiary. Now, the fugitive trio is helping orchestrate the escape of Michael Scofield, who had been presumed dead.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Strain: Season 3
As the season opens, New York City has become a battleground, with the population abandoned by the federal government and battling to survive on their own. Meanwhile, the Master is on the brink of permanently transforming the world.
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Thursday 22 June 2017
Giant pig movie Okja in Netflix and cinema controversy
Some South Korean cinemas are refusing to screen the new film Okja because Netflix plans to screen it online.
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Tuesday 20 June 2017
Films to watch this summer if you don't like blockbusters
Not keen on Transformers or Spider-Man? Here's some of the other films heading into UK cinemas.
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Sunday 18 June 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Altitude
Gretchen Blair (Denise Richards) is a headstrong FBI agent who goes rogue on a hostage negotiation and is sent packing to a desk job back in D.C. By a stroke of luck, she's upgraded to business class on her flight — but as soon as the plane takes off, her seatmate (Kirk Barker) offers her millions of dollars if she can get him off the plane alive. As his ex-partners (Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Liddell, and Greer Grammer) stage a brutal hijacking, Gretchen finds herself in the fight of her life — choosing sides between two factions of a criminal gang, and trying to keep the plane from going down.
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New Releases on Netflix - Logan
In this chapter from the exploits of Wolverine, the hirsute superhero returns to thwart the apocalyptic plans of supervillain Nathaniel Essex. But with Wolverine's healing abilities waning, he'll need the help of a female clone created from his DNA.
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New Releases on Netflix - Railroad Tigers
During the Japanese occupation of China in World War II, a courageous railroad worker with extensive knowledge of the train system leads a band of resistance fighters bent on disrupting Japan's war effort and stealing food for the starving populace.
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New Releases on Netflix - DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games
In the next installment of the DC Super Hero Girls, Super Hero High is facing off against Korugar Academy in the Intergalactic Games but Lena Luthor takes advantage of the gathering of Supers to enact her villainous plan.
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New Releases on Netflix - The LEGO Batman Movie
If the Caped Crusader is to save Gotham in this animated adventure, he'll have to stop going it alone and accept help from others -- because if he doesn't, the Joker could take control of the city.
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New Releases on Netflix - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Incorporating a host of modern touches, this filmed theatrical production of Shakespeare's fantastical comedy finds four young lovers propelled into romantic confusion thanks to an impish sprite named Puck.
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New Releases on Netflix - Everybody Loves Somebody
When a family wedding draws Los Angeles physician Clara Barron back to her Mexican home, she can't bear to show up without a date and enlists a co-worker to fill the role. But Clara is unprepared when her former boyfriend turns up at the event.
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New Releases on Netflix - Get Out
Already uneasy about meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time, Chris' anxiety doesn't diminish once he gets to their posh suburb and learns that young African-American men like himself have been vanishing from the spot.
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New Releases on Netflix - Life
Humans have long considered the possibility of life on Mars. So, when an International Space Station crew discovers a one-celled organism in a sample from the red planet, they're ecstatic -- until the tiny life-form displays a freakish intelligence.
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Sunday 11 June 2017
New Releases on Netflix - John Wick: Chapter 2
Although veteran hit man John Wick has retired for the second time, he finds himself called back into action and heading to Rome to take down an international cabal of professional assassins.
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New Releases on Netflix - They Live by Night
When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Rope's FARLEY GRANGER), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Ben-Hur's CATHY O'DONNELL), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend with Bowie's fellow outlaws, who aren't about to let him go straight, they realize there's nowhere left to run.
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New Releases on Netflix - Growing Up Smith
This genial coming-of-age tale chronicles the tribulations of 10-year-old Smith Bhatnagar as he tries to maintain a balance between his traditionally oriented Indian family and his embrace of American culture and suburban life.
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New Releases on Netflix - 3 Generations
When a New York City teen seeks a sex change from female to male, her life-changing decision raises identity issues for her family as her single mother and lesbian grandmother struggle to make sense of it all.
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New Releases on Netflix - Bitter Harvest
Set in early 1930s Ukraine, this romantic drama follows two lovers from grain-farming families struggling to survive as brutal despot Joseph Stalin orchestrates a genocidal famine to starve the population.
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New Releases on Netflix - Frantz
In the wake of World War I, young Anna tends her fallen fiancé's grave each day. During one of her visits, she sees a stranger placing a bouquet on the grave and soon comes to learn that the two men were once friends -- but all is not what it seems.
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New Releases on Netflix - Neruda
In 1948 Chile, an arrest warrant is issued for acclaimed poet and communist politician Pablo Neruda when he publicly criticizes the government. After failing to flee the country, Neruda and his wife become fugitives, hunted by a relentless policeman.
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New Releases on Netflix - Suntan
On a small Greek resort island, middle-aged physician Kostis comes to the aid of nubile young vacationer Anna when she injures her leg. After falling under her spell, Kostis becomes dangerously obsessed with her.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Space Between Us
As the first Mars-bred human, 16-year-old Gardner Elliot is now ready to venture toward Earth to pursue an online romance. As he plots his journey, he uncovers more about his mom, who died in childbirth, and his dad, who's never been identified.
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New Releases on Netflix - 3 Generations
When a New York City teen seeks a sex change from female to male, her life-changing decision raises identity issues for her family as her single mother and lesbian grandmother struggle to make sense of it all.
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New Releases on Netflix - Beacon Point
In this sci-fi thriller (staring Jon Briddell and Rae Olivier) a group of hikers on a remote ten-day guided tour of the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret which threatens their survival.
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New Releases on Netflix - Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire
Action, adventure and fantasy await you in this newest chapter of the Dragonheart saga. Drago, a dragon (voiced by Patrick Stewart) who shares his heart with the king of Brittania, must find an heir to the throne when the king passes. But the potential heirs, twin grandchildren, Edric and Meghan use their inherited dragon strength and fire power against each other to vie for the throne. When Vikings steal the heartfire and challenge the sibling's rights to the throne, sibling rivalries end as swords and sorcery clash in the most epic adventure yet.
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New Releases on Netflix - Mine
Left stranded in the desert after a botched assassination attempt, a U.S. soldier stands little chance of surviving against enemy forces and the elements. But his biggest challenge could be hanging on to his sanity.
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New Releases on Netflix - Tickling Giants
In 2011, Egyptian heart surgeon Bassem Youssef traded his scalpel for a microphone and soon became the most popular satirical voice on Egyptian television with "Al Bernameg," a show that regularly tests the tolerance of government authorities.
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New Releases on Netflix - Bones: Season 12
In the show's final season, Brennan and Booth continue their professional and personal partnership as they hunt down a notorious serial killer and go on an undercover mission at a lumberjack competition.
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New Releases on Netflix - Dark Matter: Season 2
With the traitor exposed and the crew of the Raza under arrest by the Galactic Authority, this season opens at the intergalactic supermax prison -- where the shipmates' pasts will come back to haunt them.
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New Releases on Netflix - Grimm: Season 6
Nick Burkhardt and his supernatural allies are again called upon to battle the relentless Wesen, who are determined to overwhelm the city of Portland, attacking with greater force than ever.
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New Releases on Netflix - Shooter: Season 1
No good deed goes unpunished for ex-Marine sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger when he comes out of self-imposed exile to help thwart a plot to assassinate the president. Double-crossed and tagged the No. 1 suspect, Swagger soon ends up on the run.
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Thursday 8 June 2017
Take That dancer Callum Powell reveals some backstage secrets
Take That's tour is about to be beamed into cinemas across the country. Head dancer Callum Powell shares some of the show's secrets.
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Sunday 4 June 2017
New Releases on Netflix - Fist Fight
Schoolyard fights are commonplace -- though they're typically between students. But English teacher Andy Campbell suddenly finds himself challenged to a brawl when he inadvertently gets under the skin of his tough-guy colleague Ron Strickland.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Last Word
Not about to cede control of any facet of her life -- or death -- retired businesswoman Harriet Lawler hires a young writer to pen an obituary worthy of her. When the results fall short of Harriet's expectations, she sets out to reshape her legacy.
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New Releases on Netflix - Fifty Shades Darker
In this second installment of the erotic trilogy based on the novels by E.L. James, Anastasia pursues a publishing career in Seattle while the jilted Christian is left to obsess over his lost love.
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New Releases on Netflix - Land of Mine
Illuminating a little-known piece of history from World War II's aftermath, this gripping drama follows a group of German prisoners of war as the Allies force them to defuse thousands of land mines buried in Denmark during the Nazi occupation.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Sense of an Ending
Retired and living alone, Tony Webster learns of long-kept secrets from his past and realizes that his own memories are filled with errors. Seeking the truth, Tony obtains the diary of an old friend and is unnerved by what he finds.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Ticket
When real-estate telemarketer James Harvey suddenly regains the vision that he lost at age 13, he's delighted by what he sees and is hungry for more. But as he begins to remake his environment and himself, he loses sight of what's truly important.
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New Releases on Netflix - Aftermath
When family man Roman loses his wife and daughter in an airplane crash, he focuses his anger on the air-traffic controller whose negligence caused the accident. Though the man is already under arrest, Roman is going to make him pay.
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New Releases on Netflix - The Assignment
There's revenge, and then there's revenge: the kind that has an angry doctor performing gender reassignment surgery on the guy who killed her brother. Not surprisingly, the patient doesn't take kindly to the adjustment and is now out for payback.
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New Releases on Netflix - Doctor Who: Season 10: Part 1
As the epic series rolls into its tenth season, new companion "Bill" Potts joins the Doctor on his travels through time and space as he takes on a fresh collection of intergalactic baddies.
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