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Female Agents (Les femmes de l'ombre)
(2008) [MA]
Based on true events, true stories and real heroines, Female Agents is a powerful, action-packed World War II epic starring Sophie Marceau and Julie Depardieu.
Set in Spring 1944, a five-women commando unit parachutes into occupied France on a daring and dangerous mission to protect... More
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Paris 36
(2008) [M]
Paris 36 is set in a suburb of north-east Paris between December 1935 and July 1936 during the "revolutionary" period of the Popular Front, the period that introduced the first paid holidays and a shorter working week. Three unemployed performers decide to take over by force the music hall where... More
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Valkyrie
(2008) [M]
In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is being watched, in a world where justice and honour have been subverted, a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Based on the true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and the... More
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Milk
(2008) [M]
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Academy Award winner Sean Penn stars in this stirring celebration of Harvey Milk, a true man of the people. Milk is based on the inspiring true story of the first openly gay man elected to major public office. This compelling film follows... More
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Changeling
(2008) [MA]
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins (Jolie) leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son; but he isn't her boy. Driven by one woman's relentless quest for the truth, the case exposes a world of corruption, captivates... More
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The Duchess
(2008) [M]
Based on the remarkable, true story of the beautiful, powerful and notoriously scandalous Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess unfolds the tale of a woman who became one of the world’s first celebrities, who was adored by all the people of England, save one: her husband, the Duke. Once she... More
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Mongol
(2007) [MA]
Award-winning filmmaker Sergei Bodrov illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning epic, Mongol.
Based on leading historical accounts and a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2008 Academy Awards, Mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early... More
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The Counterfeiters
(2007) [MA]
Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is the king of the counterfeiters, living the high life of cards, booze and women in Weimar Berlin. A criminal and a Jew, he is arrested into a Nazi concentration camp but his exceptional skills are spotted and he is forced to help the Nazis in an organised... More
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The Painted Veil
(2006) [M]
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is a love story set in the 1920’s about a young English couple, Walter (Edward Norton), a middle class doctor and Kitty (Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, who marry for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where Kitty falls in... More
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Chapter 27
(2007) [M]
The world stood still on the 8th December 1980, the day John Lennon was assassinated. People simply could not comprehend how such a beloved musical and cultural icon could be taken so suddenly and in such a senseless manner.
In CHAPTER 27, first-time writer-director JP Schaefer attempts to... More
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We Were Soldiers (Blu-Ray)
(2002) [MA]
Sunday 14 November, 1965 at 10.48am. Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) and his regiment of 400 men touch down at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, a place in Vietnam known as "The Valley of Death". They find themselves surrounded by over 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers and the ensuing... More
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Alexander Revisited : The Final Cut (2 disc set) (Blu-Ray)
(2004) [MA]
Oliver Stone's Alexander is based on the true story of one of history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) - a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 27. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and Macedonian armies through 22,000... More
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The Tudors (Season 1, Disc 3) (Blu-Ray)
(2007) [MA]
Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe' winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (from Elvis and Mission Impossible III) is Henry VIII in this epic series that focuses on the early years of the infamous King of England's almost 40 year reign.
With a lust for power and an appetite for love, the young monarch... More
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The Tudors (Season 1, Disc 2) (Blu-Ray)
(2007) [MA]
Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe' winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (from Elvis and Mission Impossible III) is Henry VIII in this epic series that focuses on the early years of the infamous King of England's almost 40 year reign.
With a lust for power and an appetite for love, the young monarch... More
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The Tudors (Season 1, Disc 1) (Blu-Ray)
(2007) [MA]
Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe' winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (from Elvis and Mission Impossible III) is Henry VIII in this epic series that focuses on the early years of the infamous King of England's almost 40 year reign.
With a lust for power and an appetite for love, the young monarch... More
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Troy (Director's Cut special Edition) (Blu-Ray)
(2004) [M]
In ancient Greece, the passion of two of history’s most legendary lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (Orlando Bloom) and Helen (Diane Kruger), Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy - Achilles (Brad Pitt),... More
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Braveheart
(1995) [MA]
Rousing Hollywood epic about Scottish rebels fighting English oppression. Packed with idyllic scenery and brutally realistic battles. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) sets out to avenge the deaths of his Scottish relatives by raising an army and taking on the might of the English More
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King Arthur (Director's Cut) (Blu-Ray)
(2004) [M]
King Arthur (Clive Owen) is a half-British, half-Roman leader and warrior who commands a brave team of knights for the Roman Empire, protecting Hadrian's Wall from the Woads (ancient Britons) in the North. Arthur and his Sarmatian knights, who include Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd) and Bors (Ray... More
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From Hell (Blu-Ray)
(2001) [MA]
While Jack The Ripper ruled the streets of London, terror reigned. His savagery implied insanity, but his diabolical precision argued that there was a method to his madness. Johnny Depp and Heather Graham star in this "engrossing, stylish thriller" (People). In 1888 London, the unfortunate poor... More
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Apocalypto (Blu-Ray)
(2006) [MA]
From Academy Award winning filmmaker Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Christ, Braveheart), comes Apocalypto , a heart stopping mythic action adventure set against the turbulent end of the once great Mayan civilisation. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force,... More
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300 (Blu-Ray)
(2006) [MA]
Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, "300" is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice... More
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The Last Emperor (Director's Cut)
(1987) [M]
Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterpiece won nine Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Director), and remains one of the greatest historical dramas ever put to film. This sweeping cinematic spectacle follows the tumultuous life of Pu Yi, the last Chinese emperor, from his elite origins in the... More
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Days of Glory
(2006)
DAYS OF GLORY tells the story of the unsung heroes of the French World War II defensive.
Despite never having set foot on French soil before, Saïd, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the Army along with 130, 000 other "indigenous soldiers" to fight for their imperial masters. But... More
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The Devil Came on Horseback
(2007) [M]
An extraordinarily powerful and original film, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness and who has since returned to the US to take action to stop it.
Using the exclusive photographs and first hand... More
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A Fortunate Life (2 disc set)
(1985) [PG]
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn to dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody... More
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The Other Boleyn Girl
(2008) [M]
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. More
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