05 May
Nearly a decade after Cate Blanchett drew the attention of audiences and critics alike with ELIZABETH, the Oscar-winning actress returns to the role of the Virgin Queen. Though the protestant ruler has been on the throne for decades in 1585, Elizabeth I’s reign is still under attack from both inside her country and from the […]
Posted in 2007, Biography, Drama, France, History, UK by: admin
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04 May
In an era when Americans were in great need of heroic figures to help them forget their troubles, SEABISCUIT comes to the rescue. The picture relates a moving story of friendship and devotion in rehabilitating the main characters’fractured lives, as it interweaves the interactions between horse, jockey, trainer and owner and their adoring fans. The […]
Posted in 2003, Drama, History, Sport, USA by: admin
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28 Apr
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army more than 20 times as large. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of […]
Posted in 1962, Adventure, Drama, History, USA, War by: admin
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24 Apr
Heinrich Harrer runs from trouble at home in WWII Austria to climb Mt. Nanga Parbat. After meeting unforseen obstacles, he comes into contact with the forbidden city of Lhasa.
Posted in 1997, Adventure, Biography, Drama, USA by: admin
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24 Apr
Emma is a very beautiful young woman who decides to devote her life in finding the right mate for the people around her. But, her cause will come to contestation when she will find love in the face of a much sought after man.
Posted in 1996, Comedy, Romance, UK, USA by: admin
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23 Apr
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the […]
Posted in 1998, Action, Drama, USA, War by: admin
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22 Apr
In 1936, the expatriated young and naive just-graduated British John Truscott (Hugh Dancy) arrives to the Sarawak, a British colony, to work in the Iban society. The beautiful Selima (Jessica Alba) is assigned to be his “sleeping dictionary”, to live and sleep with him and teach him the language and habits of the locals. The […]
Posted in 2003, Drama, Romance, USA by: admin
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18 Apr
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate […]
Posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, UK, War by: admin
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28 Mar
In Welville, at Battle Creek, kinky rich Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (a historical figure) runs a stylish health plough for the blush, an creed ahead of his time, based on radical vegetarianism, neither sex, masturbation or unmoved sensual stimulation, but laughing decorous and purging the ‘polluted’ body, mainly by exercises, frequently in open air, miserable […]
Posted in 1994, Comedy, USA by: admin
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14 Mar
True-life account of the military career of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in WWII. Native of Texas, he was placed in charge of his many younger siblings on the death of his mother and decided to join the military at the age of 18 to provide for them. His many acts of bravery and […]
Posted in 1955, Action, Biography, Drama, USA, War by: admin
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