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January 
Flight attendant

A binge-drinking flight attendant wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel
room beside a dead body. She sneaks back to work, telling a
series of lies that complicate her ability to figure out what really happened.
Colosseum

Examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the
lens of the activities that took place in the Colosseum.
Till

Tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley and her pursuit of justice for
her son Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched in Mississippi.
Menu

When several people travel to an exclusive island restaurant,
they discover that the chef has prepared a lavish menu and is
also hiding several dark secrets.
Bros

Two commitment-phobic men try dating each other.
Woman king

Tells the story of the all-female unit of warriors who protected
the African Kingdom of Dahomey.
Lamborghini

Dramatized story about the life and career of Italian
entrepreneur, industrialist, and automobile designer,
Ferruccio Lamborghini, including his creation of the
Lamborghini automobile and rivalry with Enzo Ferrari.
Amsterdam

When three friends living in Amsterdam witness a murder and
are framed for it, they unveil one of the most sinister plots ever.
Smile

After witnessing a traumatic incident, Dr. Rose Cotter begins to experience an overwhelming feeling of terror and frightening supernatural occurrences that she can not explain.
Banshees of Inisherin

The friendship of two men suddenly ends when one of them
abruptly begins ignoring his lifelong friend.
House of the dragon

Set two hundred years before the events of Game of thrones,
follows the Targaryens ruling over the Seven Kingdoms.
December
Ticket to paradise

A divorced couple travels to Bali together to try to stop their
daughter's wedding.

Blu-Ray also available.
Call Jane

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in
America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a
group of suburban women to find help.
Magpie Murders: Season 1
(Masterpiece Mystery!)


A successful author of Agatha Christie-style novels dies under
suspicious circumstances, with his last book seemingly unfinished.
This leaves two mysteries: What happened to him? And how does
his latest potboiler end? Producer: Suzanne McAuley.
Author: Anthony Horowitz.
Pearl

Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing
father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl finds
her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this
origin story of X's iconic villain.
Power Of The Dog

After a sensitive widow (Kirsten Dunst) and her enigmatic, fiercely
loving son (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) move in with her gentle new husband (Jesse Plemons), a tense battle of wills plays out between them
and his brutish brother (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for
tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or
destruction.
Don't Worry Darling

A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian
experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous
company could be hiding disturbing secrets.
The Offer

Chronicles producer Albert S. Ruddy's experiences while
making the classic gangster film The Godfather.
Good house

A successful real-estate broker, mother, and raging alcoholic
embarks on a life of denial and loneliness while resenting the
intervention of her loved ones and becoming embroiled in a
scandal in her New England town.
Peacemaker

Follows the exploits of Peacemaker after he joins the mysterious A.R.G.U.S. black operations squad "Project Butterfly."
November
Euphoria: The Complete Seasons One & Two

Season 1 of this intense HBO® drama focuses on 17-year-old
Rue Bennett (multimedia star Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from
rehab who's struggling to stay clean. Ahead of the second season,
the Emmy®-winning series returns with two special episodes set
over the Christmas holiday. Season 2 continues to follow Rue's
dynamic group of friends as they enter a new year and question
their choices.
Three Thousand Years Of Longing

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who
offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Miss Scarlet & the Duke

Set in 1850s London, Miss Eliza Scarlet continues her father's detective agency after his death, investigating crime with the help of a reluctant family friend, Detective Inspector William "the Duke" Wellington of Scotland Yard
Top Gun : Maverick

After more than thirty years of service, Maverick is back in action training a group of young elite graduates for a dangerous mission
October
Nope

Two siblings on a ranch in southern California who neighbor a
theme park begin to experience unexplained phenomena and
attempt to capture evidence of a UFO on camera.
Fall

After climbing a two-thousand-foot radio tower, two best friends
find themselves stranded with no way down.
Time Traveler's Wife: The Complete First Season

An intricate and magical love story, adapted by Steven Moffat from
the much loved novel by Audrey Niffenegger, this series tells the
story of Clare and Henry, and a marriage with a problem...
time travel.
Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers
Dynasty: The Complete First Season


A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives
of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off
the court. The ensemble cast includes: John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, and Adrien Brody.
Father Brown: The complete season nine

Set in a 1950s English village, Father Brown uses theology and his
love and understanding of other people to solve crimes.
Bodies bodies bodies

Follows a group of rich young men and women who get stuck at a remote family mansion during a hurricane and play a party game
that suddenly turns deadly.

Blu-Ray also available.
Bullet Train

In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone
off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's
latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries
from around the globe - all with connected, yet conflicting,
objectives, on the world's fastest train.

Blu-Ray also available.
Abbott Elementary: The Complete
First Season


In this workplace comedy from writer/executive producer/star
Quinta Brunson (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and executive
producers Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker (Harley Quinn),
a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-
deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public
school where, despite the odds against them, they are determined
to help their students succeed. 
Munsters

Follows the adventures of the ghoulish but kind family of monsters
who relocate from Transylvania to an American suburb.
Ultimate space telescope

Examines the creation of the James Webb Space Telescope,
from its conception to completion.
Sound of metal

A heavy metal drummer sees his life and career take a sudden
turn when he begins to lose his hearing.
Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's
Heurtley House


Chronicles the five-year restoration process on the Arthur Heurtley House.
Thor: Love And Thunder

In Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love and Thunder," the God of Thunder
(Chris Hemsworth) teams up with King Valkyrie, Korg and ex-
girlfriend-turned-Mighty-Thor Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) to
take on a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher
(Christian Bale).
Ken Burns: The U.S. And The Holocaust:
A Film By Ken Burns, Lynn Novick And
Sarah Botstein


Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how
the American people and our leaders responded to one of the
greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how
this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants
and the very ideals of our democracy. 
Before the flood / National Geographic
presents


Looks at the effects of climate change worldwide and what steps
can be taken to prevent further damage.
September
Mrs. Harris goes to Paris

When a widowed housekeeper falls in love with a couture
Dior dress, she raises funds in order to travel to Paris in search
of a dress of her own.
Nomadland: Blu-Ray

A recently widowed woman leaves her hometown in Nevada
after losing her job in a plant shutdown and embarks on a
van-dwelling nomadic journey through the American West.
Great American recipe

Cooking competition show featuring home cooks from different
regions of the country who showcase their favorite recipes and
signature dishes.
Outlander

Claire Randall, a married combat nurse in 1945, is mysteriously
swept back in time to 1743 where she is forced to marry a young
Scottish warrior.
White Lotus

Set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort, follows the exploits of the
hotel guests and employees as tensions arise between them,
revealing the complex truths of the seemingly picture-perfect reality.
Hiding in plain sight :

Explores America's youth mental health crisis, the stresses of
stigma, social media, pandemics, and the difficulty of finding
effective treatment.
Elvis

Explores the life and music of American icon Elvis Presley from
the perspective of his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Sister Boniface mysteries

Follows a Catholic nun with a PhD in forensic science who
solves crimes in the 1960s England.
Where the crawdads sing

Viewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a murder, Kya Clark,
who has survived alone for years in a marsh near the North
Carolina coast, becomes targeted by unthinkable forces.

Blu-Ray also available.
1883 :A Yellowstone origin story

Follows the post-Civil War Dutton family as they leave
Tennessee and join a wagon train heading west.
Crimes of the future

When the human race adapts to a synthetic environment, a
performance artist and his assistant showcase the new
transformations and mutations through avant-garde performances.
August
Green Planet

Another triumph from the BBC and David Attenborough. The photography proves this is perhaps one of the most brilliant
nature series ever produced.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the
25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
Cow

Follows the life of a dairy cow without casting judgement to the
viewer. 
Traces Year 2

The Defoes are back at newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. And Hannah's latest case - the divorce of the UK's most powerful celebrity couple - is set to put NHD on the map. As Hannah fights one of the most public cases of her career, she's also fighting a private battle to save her own marriage. Following the devastating revelation of Nathan's betrayal, her formerly rock-solid marriage is beginning to crack. And, as she finds herself in a passionate affair with Christie, will she take a course that could end her marriage? Or can she have it all?
Monstrous

A terrifying new horror awaits Laura (Christina Ricci) and her
seven-year-old son Cody when they flee her abusive ex-husband
and try to settle into a new life in an idyllic, remote lakeside farmhouse. Still traumatized, their physical and mental well-being are pushed
to the limit as their fragile existence is threatened.
Black phone

When a thirteen-year-old boy is kidnapped by a child killer and
locked in a soundproof basement, he begins receiving phone
calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's past victims.

Blu-Ray also available.
Jurassic World dominion

Two generations unite to fight in the battle between humanity
and the prehistoric past.

Blu-Ray also available.
Men

In the wake of her ex-husband's passing, a woman takes a solo
vacation to the English countryside. But someone, or something
from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her.

Blu-Ray also available.
July
Plague at the Golden Gate

Looks at the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco's Chinatown and how the medical community, city authorities, and
the Chinese-American community were racing against time to
contain the outbreak.
Everything everywhere all at once

A woman who runs a struggling laundromat discovers that she
must try to save the multiverse which is threatened with destruction.
June
Morbius

When a biochemist tries to cure himself of a blood disease, he accidentally infects himself with a form of vampirism.

Blu-Ray also available
May
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