Umar Ali

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Mr Bigstuff season 2

Mr Bigstuff’s second season follows estranged brothers Lee (Danny Dyer) and Glen (Ryan Sampson, who is also the…

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Smurfs

An interesting detail about Smurfs, not to be confused with 2011’s The Smurfs, is how heavily its marketing…

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Dept. Q

Based on the Danish Department Q series of crime novels, Dept. Q follows detective Carl Morck (Matthew Goode)…

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Murderbot

Based on Martha Wells’s The Murderbot Diaries series of books (with the first season following the events of…

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Treading Water

The feature debut of director Gino Evans, Treading Water follows Danny (Joe Gill) as he rejoins society after…

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The Stimming Pool

A co-creation of artist-filmmaker Steven Eastwood and a group of artists with autism known as the Neurocultures Collective,…

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The Residence

The Residence follows ace detective Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) as she investigates the death of the White House’s…

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