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TV
In the final episode of A Confession, former Det Supt Steve Fulcher (Martin Freeman) returns to testify against Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) again
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Cinema
In Rupert Goold's biopic, Renée Zellweger captures the last months of Hollywood starlet Judy Garland, in all her troubles and triumphs, celebrating her love, talent and voice
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Cinema
Joaquin Phoenix stars in Todd Phillips' vision of Gotham as the Joker, in a merciless origin story that finds no humanity in its beauty
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Cinema
The lineup for this year's London Film Festival is finally here: Scorsese, Chalamet, Cannes gems and Sundance surprises are all coming to the big smoke soon
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TV
In the penultimate episode of this ITV true-crime series, Steve Fulcher (Martin Freeman) faces trial for gross misconduct and malfeasance
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TV
In Succession, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) returns to fulfil his father's wishes, Shiv (Sarah Snook) gains a more pivotal role, and business patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) wants to buy his rivals
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TV
Tony-winner Ben Platt plays an ambitious student who will do anything to become high school president in Ryan Murphy's new scathing Netflix show
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Theatre
Caryl Churchill premieres a quartet of humour-filled contemporary myths at the Royal Court
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Netflix
Kaitlyn Dever plays Marie Adler, a rape victim charged for wasting police time. Three years later, two detectives (Merritt Wever and Toni Collette) investigate a series of similar cases
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Cinema
Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson and Finn Wolfhard star in John Crowley's The Goldfinch: a disappointing adaptation of Donna Tartt's much-loved book
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TV
Episode four hits the courtroom as both Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) and Det Supt Steve Fulcher (Martin Freeman) take the stand
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Cinema
In Hotel Mumbai, Dev Patel and Armie Hammer face off against terrorists in the Taj Palace Hotel. Based on the events of the 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks in India
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Netflix
With Criminal, Netflix travels across four countries to provide 12 stories of extraordinary crime: all set within the interrogation room. David Tennant stars
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Cinema
Awkwafina makes her first foray into drama with The Farewell, a moving story about family, loss and conflicting cultures
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Netflix
From the return of Jesse Pinkman in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie to Meryl Streep's fight against international fraud in The Laundromat, Netflix in October is full of crime
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TV
In episode 3, DS Steve Fulcher (Martin Freeman) goes on a drive with murderer Christopher Halliwell (Joe Absolom) and hears some horrifying revelations
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Cinema
Julian Fellowes upscales his hit period drama in the new Downton Abbey film and his vanilla-flavoured storyline is just what we're in the mood for
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Cinema
Writer-director Shola Amoo tells a traumatising tale of identity struggle, as Femi (Tai Golding/Sam Adewunmi) is taken away from heavenly Lincolnshire to live in a hellish south London
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TV
In A Confession episode 2, DS Steve Fulcher (Martin Freeman) figures out who's resposible for Sian O'Callaghan's disappearance and crafts an operation to find Sian safely
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Cinema
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria turns to dark corners for her new movie starring Jennifer Lopez, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Lizzo and more
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TV
In State of the Union, Chris O'Dowd and Rosamund Pike play a couple enduring marriage counselling. They meet in the pub before every session to debrief their issues
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TV
This new Sky Atlantic series chronicles the rise of Roger Ailes, former CEO of FOX News, played by a fat-suited Russell Crowe. Naomi Watts and Sienna Miller also star
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TV
In this BBC 'surveillance thriller', Holliday Grainger stars as a detective assigned to the case of Shaun Emery (Callum Turner), a soldier accused of unlawfully killing an Afghan soldier
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Cinema
As the summer blockbusters fade out and the shorter days roll in, head to cinemas – for everything from bestselling hits to Disney sequels for the kids
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TV
In the new ITV mystery drama A Confession, Martin Freeman plays DI Steve Fulcher, who led the controversial Sian O'Callaghan case in 2011. Imelda Staunton also stars
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Cinema
Brad Pitt's new sci-fi film sees the actor play a lonely engineer searching for his dad, Tommy Lee Jones, in space - while also saving the world in the process
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Cinema
The astounding film from director Mark Jenkin borrows old techniques to tell a tale of austerity that resonates profoundly in the present
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Immersive
The popular event for Friends fanatics is coming back with a special holiday edition this Christmas
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Netflix
From the gruelling, real-life events of Unbelievable starring Kaitlyn Dever to the moralistic farewell to The Good Place, Netflix in September escapes in fantasy and cuts with reality
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Cinema
Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir paints a portrait of 1980s London with an incandescent love story at its core – starring Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke
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Cinema
Eddie Murphy looks to bring suave and heart to his portrayal of Blaxploitation star Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name
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TV
It all comes crashing down for the Brummie gang as kingpin Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) faces the Great Depression and the rise of fascism