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BBC - Cunk on Britain: Series 1 (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at May 4, 2018

In this insightful mockumentary series from Charlie Brooker, Philomena Cunk takes us on a journey right up Britain's history, to discover who we really are, how we got here and why.

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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) Limited Edition Movies

Posted by edi1967 at May 17, 2012

The film begins with a clip from the previous film, showing its central characters Marcellus and Diana going to be martyred for their Christian beliefs on the order of the Emperor Caligula. Before being executed, Diana hands the robe to Marcellus' servant Marcipor, telling him that it is "for the Big Fisherman," meaning Peter, who was a fisherman…

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Night Of The Skull / La noche de los asesinos (1974) [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Aug. 16, 2015

Horror mystery about the residents of a Louisiana castle who are being murdered by a masked killer. When the family arrives for the reading of Marion's will, his wife is strapped to the face of a cliff and drowned by the tide. More murders follow, and as Inspector Bore (Vicente Roca) investigates, he discovers some dark secrets in the family's past.

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Lal Movies

Posted by at April 23, 2023

Lal (2020)
Born with a word from nothing, the creature must eat one of its own kind to survive. Even though this word which the creature has managed to pronounce brings him friends, enemies and new prey, it is difficult to maintain the balance. A big fight is inevitable and it will take a long time to get back to the beginning.

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DC Weapons of War - German Army Groups: The Wehrmacht in Russia (1999) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 7, 2021

"The most appalling and barbaric struggle in history." – Professor John Erickson
On June 22nd 1941 three huge German Army Groups launched a surprise attack on Soviet Russia. The most barbaric, drawn-out and brutal struggle in history was about to be played out to the death. This military documentary looks at the savage fighting on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, as Nazi Germany confronted the Soviet Union.
History is always written by the victors, but this documentary focuses on the other side of the coin..

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Josef von Sternberg - The Scarlet Empress (1934) Movies

Posted by amlo01 at Aug. 20, 2011

Filmmaker-svengali Josef von Sternberg escalates his obsession with screen legend Marlene Dietrich in this lavish depiction of sex and deceit in the eighteenth-century Russian court. A self-proclaimed “relentless excursion into style,” the pair’s sixth collaboration follows the exploits of Princess Sophia (Dietrich) as she evolves from trembling innocent to cunning sexual libertine Catherine the Great. With operatic melodrama, flamboyant visuals, and a cast of thousands, this ornate spectacle represents the apex of cinematic pageantry by Hollywood’s master of artifice.

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The Exile (1947) Movies

Posted by fekmax at April 8, 2015

Maria Montez was accorded top billing in this film by contractual agreement, although she is in the picture only long enough to take a bath in a tricky 17th century bathtub while sipping coffee with Charles Stuart and delivering dialogue in a barely-understandable French-accent.

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Sword of the Stranger / Sutorenjia: Mukô hadan (2007) [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at May 27, 2015

Set in the turbulent period of Japanese history known as the Sengoku period - or the era of Warring states - this feature length anime tells the story of a nameless ronin, robbed of identity and title when the second shogunate falls into chaos. Wandering the beligered countryside of his war torn nation, the former samurai happens across a boy named Kataro, who's become the target of Chinese assassins, who seem to want the boy for use in some kind of mystical ritual. The nameless ronin can't let them take an innocent child's life, and soon finds himself on the most important mission of his career - and that his life as a warrior is far from over.

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The X-Files - Complete Season 5 (1997) (repost) Movies

Posted by lococapriccio at Sept. 29, 2014

The fifth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 1997, concluding on the same channel on May 17, 1998, and contained 20 episodes. The season was the last in Vancouver, Canada; subsequent episodes would be shot in Los Angeles, California. In addition, this was the first season of the show where the course of the story was planned in advance, due to the 1998 The X-Files feature film being filmed before it, but schedule to be released after it aired.

The fifth season of the series focused heavily on FBI federal agents Fox Mulder's (David Duchovny) loss of faith in the existence of extraterrestrials and his partner, Dana Scully's (Gillian Anderson), resurgence of health following her bout with cancer. New characters were also introduced, including agents Jeffrey Spender (Chris Owens) and Diana Fowley (Mimi Rogers) and the psychic Gibson Praise (Jeff Gulka). The finale, "The End", led up to both the 1998 film and the sixth season premiere "The Beginning".

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History Channel - World War I : The Great War (2009) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Nov. 27, 2020

HISTORY is proud to present the definitive collection of documentary programs on World War One. Experience the world-changing events from the birth of what became known as The Great War to the tragic, final day where over 13,000 men died. From the first dogfighters and the Red Baron, to the battle of The Somme, John J. Pershing, The Iron General and the Last Day of WWI. In the four year period from 1914 - 1918, the war was responsible for over 40 million casualties and over 20 million deaths.

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