Christian Henson
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A group of highly accomplished and fearless athletes, whose break-neck skills include leaping from rooftops and scaling vertiginous facades, go to Bangkok to set up a gym and explore the local cityscape. But once there, they encounter a gang of Thai athletes who, betraying their own heritage, have pledged allegiance to the Japanese Yakuza aiming to destroy the local triad and gain control of the city. The French sportsmen soon become unwittingly entangled...
2) Black death
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The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric, a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.
3) Grabbers
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On Erin Island, an idyllic fishing village off the coast of Ireland, charming inebriate Ciaran O'Shea is tasked with showing police officer Lisa Nolan her new beat. But strange doings are aloof. The crew of a fishing boat disappears, whales start appearing dead on the shore, and a local lobsterman catches a mysterious tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it becomes clear to O'Shea and Nolan that there's something unnatural out there, and it's hungry....
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Amanda Price gets propelled into the scheming 19th century world of Pride and Prejudice while the book's Elizabeth Bennet is hurled into hers. As the plot unfolds, Amanda triggers new romantic twists and turns as she tries to help the Bennet sisters nab husbands and even manages to captivate the tantalizing Mr. Darcy. But what about Elizabeth, and what will become of one of the world's greatest love stories?
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Based on the life story of Latif Yahia. Summoned to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant Yahia is thrust into the highest echelons of the 'royal family' when he's ordered to become the body double to Saddam's son, the notorious 'Black Prince' Uday Hussein, a reckless, sadistic, party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. With his and his family's lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever. But nothing could have...
Formats
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Can't a Girl Get a Little Privacy? Mandy Moore stars as 18-year-old Anna Foster, bright beautiful--and the only child of the President of the United States. Every detail of her very public life is monitored by the media, her parents and her Secret Service detail. But like any 18-year-old, Anna yearns for a life of her own ... just Chasing Liberty. Anna's chance comes on a diplomatic trip to Europe when she manages to elude her security detail. Now,...
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"TOMMY'S HONOUR is based on the powerfully moving true story of the challenging relationship between "Old" Tom and "Young" Tommy Morris, the dynamic father-son team who ushered in the modern game of golf. As their fame grew, Tom and Tommy, Scotland's Golf Royalty, were touched by drama and personal tragedy. At first matching his father's success, Tommy's talent and fame grew to outshine his father's accomplishments and respect as founder of the Open...
8) La rafle
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Dramatizes the true experiences of individuals caught up in the Vel' d'Hiv roundup. In the summer of 1942 the French government, on the orders of the Nazi occupiers, conducted mass arrests of Jews in Paris and herded them into the Velodrome d'Hiver and a nearby internment camp from which they were ultimately shipped to Auschwitz and executed. Over 13,000 victims, including over 4000 children, were subjects of this atrocity.