Karen Gillan
Also Known As: 카렌 길런, Κάρεν Γκίλαν, Κάρεν Σίλα Γκίλλαν, 凯伦·吉兰, カレン・ギラン, カレン・シェイラ・ギラン, 凱倫·吉蘭, קארן שילה גילאן, Karen Sheila Gillan, کارن گیلان, کیرن گیلان
Biography: Karen Sheila Gillan (/ˈɡɪlən/; born November 28, 1987) is a Scottish actress and filmmaker. She gained recognition for her work in British film and television, particularly for playing Amy Pond, a primary companion to the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2010–2013). Her early film roles include the thriller Outcast (2010) and the romantic comedy Not Another Happy Ending (2013). She also worked on the stage while in Britain, appearing in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence (2011). Gillan made her transition to Hollywood starring in the horror film Oculus (2013) and played the lead in the ABC sitcom Selfie (2014). She achieved stardom for portraying Nebula in several films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023), which are among the highest-grossing films of all time, and Ruby Roundhouse in the fantasy films Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). She also wrote and directed the drama film The Party's Just Beginning (2018), which she also starred in. She has starred in the comedy film Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), the thriller film Dual (2022), the coming-of-age film Late Bloomers (2023), and returned to British television with the series Douglas Is Cancelled (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Gillan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Inverness, Scotland, UK
Birthday: November 28, 1987
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Gender: Female
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Gunpowder Milkshake 2
Overview: A sequel to the ensemble action-thriller Gunpowder Milkshake.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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Sleeping Dogs
Overview: Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-21
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Doctor Who Explained
Overview: A BBC America documentary explores the mysterious and two-hearted alien who is the Doctor with exclusive interviews with cast members from the show's 50-year history.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Overview: Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed, in the company of former cast members and celebrity fans.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-04
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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Overview: Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity fans and special surprises.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Overview: For the second time since its revival, Doctor Who's music will be enjoyed by numerous fans since the previous Proms in 2008. Everyone's favourite monsters are here! Nothing else to do but hang on for the ride, and see where you end up.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-06
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Outcast
Overview: When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Their hunter, Cathal, soon picks up the trail. Intent on tracking Mary and Fergal, he will go to any lengths to succeed in his quest, often using dark arts to aid him. Mary’s only defence is to use an ancient form of her own magic to protect her only son. When local residents begin to be brutally murdered by an unknown life force, the sense of fear escalates. Is Cathal the beast responsible for the killing? Or is it the beast that he is trying to destroy?
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-10
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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Overview: Bid the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, a fond farewell in this retrospective documentary special about Doctor Who Series five, six and seven - "the Matt Smith Years." This compelling documentary, narrated by Alex Kingston (Doctor Who's River Song), features highlights from Smith's run with interview footage from the man himself, his cast-mates, writers, producers, guest stars and celebrity Whovians.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Overview: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-17
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We'll Take Manhattan
Overview: We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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How Did We Get Here?
Overview: Seán McLoughlin was a lonely kid in rural Ireland. Now, he’s Jacksepticeye, one of the world’s biggest YouTube stars. When he embarks on his first world tour, Seán contemplates his journey, his upbringing, and the nature of modern online celebrity and fandom as he meets the people across the world who changed his life and whose lives he’s changed with his videos and the community they’ve built.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-28
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Overview: Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-30
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Oculus
Overview: A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-08
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Next Exit
Overview: In a world where ghosts are real and front-page news, a controversial new medical procedure allows people to peacefully kill themselves. In the midst of this breakthrough, two strangers travel cross country together to end their lives, only to unexpectedly find what they’ve been missing along the way.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-04
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Not Another Happy Ending
Overview: When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Overview: Join visionary director James Gunn and superstars such as Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña as they recount how “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” was conceived, shaped, and delivered to the world. And stand alongside the cast and crew in the emotional final moments of the shoot as they bid farewell to each other, and close this chapter in the saga of Peter Quill and his loveable band of misfit-warriors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-12
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The Life of Chuck
Overview: A story told in reverse, starting with the end of Chuck Krantz's life, and moving back in time to show how he lived that life.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-30
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Late Bloomers
Overview: Louise, an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while doing something stupid and breaks her hip. This lands her in a physical therapy ward full of people twice her age. There, she meets Antonina - a cranky elderly Polish woman, who speaks no English. Louise gets a job caring for her. Neither woman loves the arrangement but it’s time to face the truth about aging. We all have to grow up sometime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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Thor: Love and Thunder
Overview: After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-06
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New Town Killers
Overview: Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-28
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Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Bad Night
Overview: When Amy is woken in the middle of the night by the TARDIS telephone, she learns the Doctor carries on a very active social and adventuring life while his companions sleep.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-21
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Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Good Night
Overview: When Amy wakes to find the Doctor carrying a euphonium guiltily, she uses the opportunity to ask a question that has been bothering her for a long time.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-21
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Doctor Who: Pond Life
Overview: A series of five minisodes show Amy and Rory's life at home, while The Doctor has adventures of his own.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-27
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Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler Prequel
Overview: Amy leaves a message on the TARDIS' answering machine. She speaks about her baby and what to do when he finds her. She knows that her baby will become River Song, but still wants to raise her. She is living in the hope that the Eleventh Doctor will find Melody. She doesn't know if the Doctor is listening to her and is leaving a message, hoping he will listen to it. The Doctor is shown to be off to the side, silently listening to her message with all the lights in the control room turned off in an attempt to feel more at ease while in a lowly mood. He cannot bring himself to answer any of Amy's calls as they grow increasingly impatient and worried, eventually closing his eyes and trying to block out the intense feelings of regret that hearing the calls has brought upon him.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-15
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7 Days in Hell
Overview: A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-08
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Doctor Who: Good as Gold
Overview: Rebecca, Emily, and Libby of Ashdene Primary School present a by-the-book TARDIS adventure!
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-24
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In a Valley of Violence
Overview: The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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Fools
Overview: In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester, Jane Foole. The pious, and apparently humorless, Queen Mary finds relief in Foole's brilliant slapstick routines and the two women strike up an unlikely friendship.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
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Alex & the List
Overview: Alex, a lovable, unassuming dog trainer is in love with a great woman - Katherine - smart, talented, from a good family. Katherine adores Alex's quirky sense of humor, honesty and capacity to listen. Having decided to pop the question, Alex is blindsided when Katherine produces a detailed list of well-thought-out "improvements" she feels will tweak Alex on their way to becoming the ideal couple. Alex instinctively rejects the suggestion that he needs to change anything. But with the threat of a new competitor, Alex decides to "do the list." Guided by a coterie of friends that include: Dave, Alex's loyal childhood buddy, best female friend Lily, her husband Michael, and their 8 year old son, Nicky, Alex's journey has him reconsider and question his beliefs, values and world.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Overview: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-19
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Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Overview: While sleeping over, the TARDIS decides to play a prank on Clara, much to her displeasure.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-24
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Overview: Settle in with the likes of Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and Tessa Thompson, and as they divulge the secrets behind the creation of Thor: Love and Thunder. Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew, along with raw, unseen footage from the set and beyond, this documentary special pulls back the curtain on the God of Thunder’s fourth feature film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-08
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The Circle
Overview: A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.
Genres: Drama Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-27
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Conventional
Overview: A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
Overview: A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest in short-film horror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Let's Have Kids!
Overview: Two best friends, Emma and Phoebe, decide to get pregnant simultaneously to navigate motherhood together, but their friendship is tested when only one of them conceives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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The Big Short
Overview: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-11
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Warning Labels
Overview: Two workers for the Center For Disease Control meet for drinks, only to discover that love is the most hazardous thing of all.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-18
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Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Overview: Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Overview: Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-09
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All Creatures Here Below
Overview: The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-17
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Avengers: Infinity War
Overview: As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-25
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The Party's Just Beginning
Overview: In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates her misery with joyless sex, chips and a belief in the power of positive drinking. Surrounded by bittersweet memories, she struggles to find someone to talk to or some reason to make life worthwhile at the most stressful time of the year.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Overview: Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Overview: It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all she has to do is make a wish.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-25
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Jumanji: The Next Level
Overview: As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 1
Overview: After Amy enters the TARDIS, Amy is awestruck when she sees what lies inside.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-08
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Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Overview: Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-09
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The Call of the Wild
Overview: Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.
Genres: Adventure Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-19
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Spies in Disguise
Overview: Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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Gunpowder Milkshake
Overview: To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-14
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Bound for Greatness
Overview: Darren, who lives with Aspergers, has gone throughout his life not truly connecting with anyone. Seeking the comforting sounds of crashing waves one blustery day, he happens upon a girl nursing a broken bird. She needs him…
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-22
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Stuber
Overview: After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-11
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Overview: Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-03
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Eureka!
Overview: A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-25
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Overview: Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan Lee tribute takes viewers on an action-packed journey throughout the life of Lee and across the Marvel Universe, sharing never-before-seen interviews and archive footage with Lee himself from deep within the Marvel and ABC News archives.
Genres: Documentary Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-20
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Avengers: Endgame
Overview: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-24
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Dual
Overview: A terminally ill woman opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-18
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Shelly
Overview: The story takes place a decade after an embarrassing prom prank ran Shelly Wheeler out of town and so hardened her heart that she became an ice-cold hit-woman. Revenge threatens to be sweet when she learns her next target is her former high school tormentor, Dianna Park. But when Dianna unexpectedly befriends Shelly, the assassin finds herself in with the cool crowd, protecting her old nemesis against another hit crew hired to kill them both.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
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The Hoarding
Overview: When Mary starts her first job as a cleaner inside a hoarder's home she finds much more than she bargained for.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-29
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Heroes Manufactured
Overview: A documentary following Canadian artists and their ability to break into the comic book industry while dealing with fandom and the craze of comic book conventions in Canada.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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The Bubble
Overview: Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel while quarantining at a posh hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-25
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Overview: On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-24
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The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross
Overview: Alfie Sincross, a chimney sweep living in London, undergoes a series of life changing decisions and situations that pushes him to the edge of a quest that has no bounds and to the end of the world.
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Original Language: en
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Overview: Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-24
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