Plot Summary:
1945 - Castle Kronberg, outside Frankfurt, is turned into a 'country club' for victorious American officers. The cynical Colonel Jack Durant and the dazzling beautiful Lieutenant Kathleen Nash uncover the crown jewels of Germany - more diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls than are gathered in any one place outside the Tower of London. Nash and Durant manage to get the gems to New York, where they must deal with gangsters to fence the loot. To make matters worse for the two renegade officers, Princess Sophie discovers the theft of her jewels and complains to American army headquarters. It now turns out that her brother fought for the Allies and is about to marry the future Queen of England. With double-crossing gangland figures trying to control the gems and the army closing in on them, will Kathy Nash and Jack Durant stay true to one other and their plan? Or will one sell the other out?
Brother's War[2009,
USA] from $1.99
Enemy At The Gates Meets The Man Who Would Be King. During the Final days
Plot Summary:
The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany and the Red Army is fights its way towards Berlin. Churchill is worried about Russia's post-war plans for Europe but most not endanger the increasingly threatened alliance between the west and Russian A British military attached to the Red Army discovers a Russian war crime against the Polish government in exile and is seized by Stalin's feared intelligence service. He finds unexpected help from an enemy and fellow prisoner a German Captain. They discover a common bond in freemasonry and are bound by honor, oath and secrets. They are joined by Anna, a beautiful Polish nurse cast adrift on the tides of war. The three are pursued by A Ruthless Russian commander through Germany caring a secret that can change the outcome of the world and the fate of millions. Brother's War was produced with strict attention to historic accuracy and military detail and portrays the horrors and heroism of desperate battles. The film also opens the door into the ancient order of the freemasons and presents unmatched insight on the real histories of these men, brothers all, who have fought in every war for hundreds of years.
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Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility.
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With the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of an era of transparency, opportunities are arising for the disclosure of new information that may shed more light on the events that took place before and after 9/11/2001. Dramatically narrated by Daniel Sunjata of FX s Rescue Me, and an outspoken advocate for the First Responders, Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup first examines mysterious and infamous events that reshaped world history from the Reichstag Fire in 1933 that catapulted Hitler to dictatorship - to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964 that led to the Vietnam War, and then takes viewers on a turbulent journey through several pivotal moments in history before delving into the most significant catastrophe in recent memory, 9/11.
Plot Summary:
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Plot Summary:
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Agora[2009,
Spain, Malta] from $1.99
Alexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The World Changed Forever
Rachel Weisz |
Max Minghella |
Oscar Isaac |
Ashraf Barhom |
Michael Lonsdale |
Rupert Evans |
Richard Durden |
Sami Samir |
Manuel Cauchi |
Homayoun Ershadi |
Oshri Cohen |
Harry Borg |
Charles Thake |
Yousef 'Joe' Sweid |
Alan Paris |
Plot Summary:
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.
Natalie Portman |
Scarlett Johansson |
Eric Bana |
Jim Sturgess |
Mark Rylance |
Kristin Scott Thomas |
David Morrissey |
Benedict Cumberbatch |
Oliver Coleman |
Ana Torrent |
Eddie Redmayne |
Tom Cox |
Michael Smiley |
Montserrat Roig de Puig |
Juno Temple |
Plot Summary:
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
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Inspired by true events, THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI is a portrayal both sweeping and intimate of people who, thrown into an unexpected and desperate situation, discover their capacity for love and responsibility. It tells how a young Englishman, George Hogg came to lead sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand perilous miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. And of how, in doing so, he came to understand the true meaning of courage. During his journey, Hogg learns to rely on the support of Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love with Lee, a recklessly brave Australian adventurer whom war has turned into an unsentimental nurse on horseback. Along the way Hogg befriends Madame Wang, an aristocratic survivor who has also been displaced by war, who helps the young Englishman, his friends and their sixty war orphans make their way across awesome (and rarely filmed) mountain and desert regions to a place of safety near the western end of the Great Wall of China.
Keira Knightley |
Ralph Fiennes |
Charlotte Rampling |
Dominic Cooper |
Hayley Atwell |
Simon McBurney |
Aidan McArdle |
John Shrapnel |
Alistair Petrie |
Patrick Godfrey |
Michael Medwin |
Justin Edwards |
Richard McCabe |
Calvin Dean |
Hannah Stokely |
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A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Ken Vedsegaard |
Peter Gantzler |
Erik Holmey |
Kim Sønderholm |
Kenneth Carmohn |
Julie Ølgaard |
Neel Rønholt |
Hans Henrik Clemensen |
Jesper Pedersen |
Alexandre Willaume-Jantzen |
Jan Linnebjerg |
Lars Bjarke |
Klaus Hyr Hansen |
Simon Braager |
Samuel P. Strong |
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Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to see again.
Tom Cruise |
Manfred-Anton Algrang |
David Bamber |
Matthias Freihof |
Andy Gatjen |
Christian Oliver |
Christopher Karl Hemeyer |
Carice van Houten |
Eddie Izzard |
Justus Kammerer |
Thomas Kretschmann |
Bill Nighy |
Florian Panzner |
Halina Reijn |
Terence Stamp |
Alex Arsenault |
Gil Bellows |
Don Bland |
David Brown |
Tom Carey |
Jason Cermak |
Ryan Cowie |
Ross Crockett |
Joe Dinicol |
Jesse Frechette |
Michael Greyeyes |
Paul Gross |
Adam Harrington |
David Haysom |
Chris Ippolito |
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Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle.
Thora Birch |
Keith Carradine |
Brendan Sexton III |
Leo Fitzpatrick |
Dean Winters |
Scott Cohen |
Dan Moran |
Adam Ferrara |
Colleen Camp |
Derek Cecil |
Tony Cucci |
Marsha Dietlein |
Ed Kershen |
John O'Creagh |
Jeff Burchfield |
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Barbara Hoffman (Birch) is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling (Carradine) has to do is prove it.
Martina Gedeck |
Moritz Bleibtreu |
Johanna Wokalek |
Nadja Uhl |
Jan Josef Liefers |
Stipe Erceg |
Niels-Bruno Schmidt |
Vinzenz Kiefer |
Simon Licht |
Alexandra Maria Lara |
Hannah Herzsprung |
Tom Schilling |
Daniel Lommatzsch |
Sebastian Blomberg |
Eckhard Dilssner |
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Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.
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The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
Hunger[2008,
UK, Ireland] from $1.99
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for...
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Michael Fassbender |
Stuart Graham |
Larry Cowan |
Liam Cunningham |
B.J. Hogg |
Des McAleer |
Dennis McCambridge |
Liam McMahon |
Brian Milligan |
Rory Mullen |
Ben Peel |
Lalor Roddy |
Thomas James Scott |
Helena Bereen |
Helen Madden |
Plot Summary:
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.
Cillian Murphy |
Kelly Slater |
Richard Fitzgerald |
Gabe Davies |
Chris Malloy |
Keith Malloy |
Dan Malloy |
Rabbit Kekai |
Kevin Naughton |
Craig Peterson |
John McCarthy |
Easky Britton |
Fergal Smith |
Arthur Verge |
Drew Kampion |
Plot Summary:
WAVERIDERS is the previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today's pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. The story unfolds via the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of Irish/Hawaiian legendary waterman, George Freeth. Freeth, son of an Irishman, was responsible for the rebirth of this sport of Hawaiian kings in the early twentieth century. With its distinguished cast of world-renowned Irish, British and Irish/American surfers WAVERIDERS then journeys full-circle from Hawaii to California and back to Irish shores following Freeth's wave of influence. This journey reaches a spectacular climax when the surfers conquer the biggest swell ever to have been ridden in Ireland catching monster waves of over fifty feet.
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GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
