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A fairy tale about a maid who concocts a plan to help her mistress.
A teenager, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, who bears a striking resemblance to his mum. His strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who dubs him the “long-awaited one.”
A young inventor from Nerd School and an inflatable robot battle the terrible power of a deranged scientist
A small city is threatened by a warlord.
Manager-summoning control freak Kallie Jones attempts to rescue her husband from a 'wellness center' with the help of a washed-up expert cult buster.
Piccolo and his former student Gohan go on a mission to save the world.
Rather difficult to sum up in a one-liner - a barmy Greek zombie flick meets Doctor Who.
Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their “mojo” and finding love in the process.
Performance by the social commentator.
A documentary about the war in Ukraine.
Marines conspire to turn a man discharged from marines due to hay fever into a hero.
A group of people discover they have special abilities – and fate soon draws them together to save the world.
The race is on to find a formula that will give normal folk super abilitites.
The fragmented Heroes band together to stop the Company unleashing the Shanti virus. And Sylar just won't stay dead.
A documentary about Huntington, West Virginia, where three women are fighting to end epidemic opiod addiction.
Visually ravishing fable of maverick warriors in ancient China.
When an ex-con's decides to try and rehabilitate himself by returning a lost bag of coins and exploiting the media attention, nothing goes to plan.
A family struggles to find its way after the death of its eldest son.
A documentary looking at the stars of the Mexican boxing world.
A boy finds himself transported into the world of his favourite film hero.
An American company attempts to buy up a Scottish village for pennies so it can site an oil refinery there, but the locals have other ideas.
A young woman who dreams of becoming a wizard assembles a team of heroes to come to the aid of a beautiful priestess whose sister has been kidnapped by an ogre.
Satire sees wealthy NYC teenager Balthy make dramatic gun control videos to impress his activist crush. When an online troll targets his content, Balthy becomes convinced he's communicating with a potential school shooter and embarks on an ill-advised journey to Texas to confront him.
Native Son author Richard Wright and his playwright collaborator Paul Green lock horns over the ending to the stage adaptation of the book ahead of its premiere.
A dog embarks on a wartime adventure.
Ordinary folk by day, caped crusaders by night; a look into the lives of real life superheroes.
A documentary about superheroes with the potential to make valiant efforts in the ongoing battle to save the world.
A parody of the superhero genre.
An old man looks back on his life and on the life he believes was rightfully his.
A documentary charting the hidden history of the superheroine.
Rites of passage for Spanish boy in Seville in 1976.
A walking contradiction Sinéad O'Shea on James 'Fergie' Chambers Jr and All About The Money
Unconventional families Milcho Manchevski on being blacklisted and making Sister Brother Manhole Cover
Expecting the unexpected Jordan Mark Windsor and Sean Wallace on Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
Celluloid vampire Arthur Harari on Léa Seydoux, the mystery of ideas, and The Unknown
Family dynamics Sterling Macer Jr. on creating complex characters in Liz Here Now
Patrick Stewart dies X-men and Star Trek actor was 86
Awards season kicks off with the Gothams Full set of nominations announced
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