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The IT Crowd is a British comedy series. It aired on Channel 4 from 3 February 2006 to 27 September 2013. Graham Linehan created it. Chris O'Dowd plays Roy and Richard Ayoade plays Moss, two IT support staff in the basement of a London corporation.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows concludes the series as Harry, Ron, and Hermione hunt Horcruxes to defeat Voldemort, now controlling the wizarding world.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts uncovers Voldemort’s past through Dumbledore’s lessons, while a mysterious book aids his magic.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix follows Harry’s fifth year, where he faces a Ministry denying Voldemort’s return and a tyrannical new teacher, Umbridge.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry is unexpectedly entered into the dangerous Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts, facing deadly tasks and the return of Voldemort.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban follows Harry’s third year at Hogwarts, where escaped convict Sirius Black, believed to be a murderer, hunts him.
In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year, facing a hidden threat as a mysterious force petrifies students.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone introduces Harry Potter, an orphaned boy who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he’s a wizard destined for greatness.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), directed by Peter Jackson, continues the journey of Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves as they press towards the Lonely Mountain. Martin Freeman plays Bilbo, who must face the dragon Smaug alone.
Never Go Back sees Reacher return to his old Army unit in Virginia, only to face false charges and a conspiracy, plus a possible daughter.
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Kill List, a gripping espionage thriller, a mysterious U.S. agency called TOSA is on a mission to hunt down threats to national security.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), directed by Peter Jackson, is based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who leaves his comfortable home to join a company of dwarves on a quest to reclaim their lost kingdom.
In A Wanted Man, Reacher hitches a ride with kidnappers, then joins the FBI to pursue them after a roadside murder in Nebraska.
The Affair revisits 1997, showing Reacher’s exit from the Army, sent undercover to Mississippi to investigate murders near a base hiding dark secrets.
Johnny English Reborn (2011), directed by Oliver Parker, follows Johnny English as he returns from exile to stop an assassination plot against the Chinese Premier. Rowan Atkinson plays Johnny, older but no wiser, pulled back into service by MI7.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), directed by Tomas Alfredson, is based on the novel by John le Carre. Gary Oldman plays George Smiley, a retired British intelligence officer called back to find a Soviet mole at the top of MI6.
Worth Dying For picks up after 61 Hours, with an injured Reacher in Nebraska confronting a family-run cartel trafficking humans.
61 Hours traps Reacher in a South Dakota blizzard after a bus crash, tasked with protecting a witness from a prison gang and a Mexican cartel.
In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling espionage novel, The Cobra, the U.S. President calls upon Paul Devereaux, a retired CIA operative known as “The Cobra,” to take down the global cocaine trade.
In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling novel, Avenger, Calvin Dexter, a former Vietnam War tunnel rat turned lawyer and vigilante, embarks on a personal quest to hunt down Zoran Zilic, a Serbian war criminal responsible for a horrific murder.
In Gone Tomorrow, Reacher spots a potential suicide bomber on a New York subway, triggering a hunt for Al-Qaeda connections and a corrupt politician.
In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling sequel to Gaston Leroux’s classic, The Phantom of the Opera, the mysterious Erik, the Phantom, escapes Paris and starts a new life in New York City at the turn of the 20th century.
In Frederick Forsyth’s Icon, a political thriller set in a chaotic 1999 Russia, a group of Western powerbrokers stumbles upon a dangerous plot.
In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling Gulf War movie, The Fist of God, things get intense when British and American spies find out about Saddam Hussein’s secret weapon, a super powerful device that could change the whole war.
In Frederick Forsyth’s epic espionage novel, “The Deceiver,” seasoned British SIS officer Sam McCready, known for his cunning, is forced to retire as the Cold War ends in 1989.