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It is spring 480 BC, Persian King Xerxes, continuing his father Darius' master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states, arrives in Hellas. The previous Persian invasion and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries' request to surrender to Xerxes, and so slay them. In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local oracle, who gives two options: Either a spartan king will have to be sacrificed, or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year earlier (481, BC) a Panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states had already recognized the superiority of the Spartan army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and had declared King Leonidas as supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army. It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes' way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage. This passage was, at that time, 12 meters wide. The great historian Herodotus, possibly exaggerating, states that there were 1,700,000 Persians (their true number could have been anywhere from 100,000 to 1,000,000) against 7,000 Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the Spartan King elite guard. King Xerxes waited four days for the Hellenes to be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by his opponents' complete apathy. Xerxes tried to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King Leonidas replied "molon lave," which means "Come and get them." The three-day battle began, with the 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect passages to their flanks) slaying thousands of Persians with minimal losses. The whole Persian campaign would have failed if it hadn't been for Efialtes, who showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic flanks. After a final battle led by King Xerxes himself, the Hellenic force was slain and their heroism and glory was written forever in history. From the beginning of the battle, the Hellenes buried their dead in the spot where they fell. Then battle signs where made for the dead of each Hellenic faction. For the Pelloponisians, (including the 300 Spartans) the sign generally read (free translation) "In this place 4,000 Pelloponisians fought 30 millions)." For the 300 Spartans (Lakaedaemonians), the sign reads (free translation) "Oh foreigner, tell the Lakaedaemonians that we are buried here obeying their laws," meaning that they never hesitated and never retreated from the enemy. The impact of the battle was enormous for both sides. The Persians' morale dropped to zero, and the Hellenes lost their fear for the Persian conqueror and organized their defense. After several successful battles, the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian army and repelled their invasion in the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC.
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Gerard Butler |
Lena Headey |
Dominic West |
David Wenham |
Vincent Regan |
Michael Fassbender |
Tom Wisdom |
Andrew Pleavin |
Andrew Tiernan |
Rodrigo Santoro |
Giovani Cimmino |
Stephen McHattie |
Greg Kramer |
Alex Ivanovici |
Craig Kelly |
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Zack Snyder |
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A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
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Biography |
Drama |
Mystery |
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Russell Crowe |
Ed Harris |
Jennifer Connelly |
Christopher Plummer |
Paul Bettany |
Adam Goldberg |
Josh Lucas |
Anthony Rapp |
Jason Gray-Stanford |
Judd Hirsch |
Austin Pendleton |
Vivien Cardone |
Jill M. Simon |
Victor Steinbach |
Tanya Clarke |
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Ron Howard |
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Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford (Linus Roache) son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
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Angelina Jolie |
Clive Owen |
Teri Polo |
Linus Roache |
Noah Emmerich |
Yorick van Wageningen |
Timothy West |
Kate Trotter |
Jonathan Higgins |
John Gausden |
Isabelle Horler |
Iain Lee |
Keelan Anthony |
John Bourgeois |
Kalyane Tea |
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Martin Campbell |
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The movie begins in the small town of Elerslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William's father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the British and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a British guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city's and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares to move on to Sterling where he prepared for his greatest battle yet, in the forest he realises that he must find a way to beat the heavy cavalry from the ground, he decided to create spears twice as long as men. These were used in the battle to kill the entire heavy cavalry raised at the last minute to kill the on coming horses. Eventually Wallace reaches York, the most important military city he gains control. Williams final battle at Falkirk ends in his betrayal by two nobles, whom he later kills. William is betrayed by the leper father of Robert the Bruce, is captured and refuses to bow down as a loyal subject of the king Edward I, Longshanks. Therefore, instead of mere beheading William Wallace is subject to being Hung, hung within an inch of death. Drawn, being stretched by his ankles and wrists and then having his insides shown to him before he died. Then Quartered, he was beheaded and his head was put on the London Bridge his body was torn into for pieces one sent to each corner of Britain as a warning to the citizens. After Wallace's death we see Robert the Bruce led the battle of Bannockburn the last battle for Scotland's freedom.
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Mel Gibson |
James Robinson |
Sandy Nelson |
James Cosmo |
Sean Lawlor |
Alan Tall |
Andrew Weir |
Gerda Stevenson |
Ralph Riach |
Mhairi Calvey |
Brian Cox |
Patrick McGoohan |
Peter Hanly |
Sophie Marceau |
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Mel Gibson |
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Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests.
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Pierce Brosnan |
Linda Hamilton |
Charles Hallahan |
Jamie Renée Smith |
Jeremy Foley |
Elizabeth Hoffman |
Grant Heslov |
Kirk Trutner |
Arabella Field |
Tzi Ma |
Brian Reddy |
Lee Garlington |
Bill Bolender |
Carole Androsky |
Peter Jason |
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Roger Donaldson |
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Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
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Crime |
Drama |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Hend Ayoub |
Brian Boland |
Becky Ann Baker |
Robert Mangiardi |
Jay Patterson |
Jay Whittaker |
Michael Reilly Burke |
James Urbaniak |
Neko Parham |
Seena Jon |
Christian Stolte |
Chavez Ravine |
Patricia Buckley |
Patrick Clear |
Malik Bader |
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Gabriel Range |
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Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very difficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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DMX |
Steven Seagal |
Isaiah Washington |
Anthony Anderson |
Michael Jai White |
Bill Duke |
Jill Hennessy |
Tom Arnold |
Bruce McGill |
David Vadim |
Eva Mendes |
Matthew G. Taylor |
Paolo Mastropietro |
Shane Daly |
Drag-On |
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Andrzej Bartkowiak |
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18-year-old Matthew Kidman is a straight 'A' over-achiever who feels that he has never really lived life till the fall. This is, until he meets 'the girl next door'. Danielle moves in next door, and Matthew thinks he's found the girl of his dreams. All is going well, until Matthew's sex-mad friend Eli reveals that Danielle is actually a ex-porn star. Matthew doesn't know how to take the news or how to treat Danielle, and things go from bad to worse when Danielle's former producer Kelly appears to take her back.
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Comedy |
Drama |
Romance |
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Emile Hirsch |
Elisha Cuthbert |
Timothy Olyphant |
James Remar |
Chris Marquette |
Paul Dano |
Timothy Bottoms |
Donna Bullock |
Jacob Young |
Brian Kolodziej |
Brandon Irons |
Amanda Swisten |
Sung Hi Lee |
Ulysses Lee |
Harris Laskaway |
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Luke Greenfield |
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Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee—for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor.
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Bernie Mac |
Dylan Baker |
Nick Searcy |
Lynn Whitfield |
Robin Givens |
Tamala Jones |
James Rebhorn |
Keith David |
Tracy Morgan |
Stephanie March |
Robert Stanton |
Jude Ciccolella |
Nate Dogg |
Angie Mattson |
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Chris Rock |
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Hoot
It's time to stand up for the little guys.
[2006,
USA] from $1.99
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A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
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Adventure |
Comedy |
Family |
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Logan Lerman |
Brie Larson |
Cody Linley |
Luke Wilson |
Eric Phillips |
Dean Collins |
Tim Blake Nelson |
Clark Gregg |
Kiersten Warren |
Neil Flynn |
Jessica Cauffiel |
Robert Wagner |
Jimmy Buffett |
John Archie |
Robert Donner |
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| Directors: |
Wil Shriner |
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The purpose of the program set up by the Pentagon, called the "Human Hibernation Project," is designed so that the military can save their best men for when they're needed most. According to the officers heading the project, too many times the talents and expensive training of the best pilots and soldiers go to waste during times of peace. So they enlist Bauers (Wilson), the most under-achieving average guy they've got, to be the test subject for the initial hibernation experiment. Also participating in the top-secret program is Rita (Rudolph), a prostitute who agreed to take part in exchange for dropping some criminal charges against her, among other things. Of course, the experiment, which was to last only a year, goes under due to the arrest of Officer Collins, who is busted for heading a prostitution ring. Seeing as though he was in charge of the experiment, one of the only ones who knew of its existence, and "due to a lot of top-secret red tape... and the massive scandals and base closure that followed, Joe and Rita were forgotten about.
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