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Chino / Valdez, il mezzosangue (1973) Movies

Posted by king-ston at Sept. 24, 2015

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.

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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Movies

Posted by JohnSmith at Dec. 8, 2016

Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.

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BBC - World War One At Home (2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 4, 2014

World War One At Home reveals how the momentous events of the war affected life on the Home Front. Around 1400 stories will be broadcast throughout 2014 and beyond, on BBC local and national radio and television, and online.

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Ugetsu (1953) [The Criterion Collection #309] Re-Up Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at July 15, 2016

Presented in a manner as eerie as it is heartbreaking, this film is a gorgeous supernatural fable about the folly of men with dreams larger than their abilities and their women who suffer as a result. Genjuro (Masuyaki Mori) is a potter who longs for wealth and luxury, while Tobei (Sakae Ozawa), a farmer, dreams of the glories of the samurai to the point of ignoring his wife. Though a war rages around them, they venture to town to sell their wares. Genjuro becomes bewitched by a beautiful though vengeful ghost (Machiko Kyo), while his wife is murdered by a soldier; Tobei becomes a noted warrior, while his wife descends into prostitution after being raped while searching for her husband.

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Sordid Lives (2000) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at Oct. 11, 2014

We become intimate with the "Sordid Lives" of a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother.

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CuriosityStream - Pioneering: The American Frontier (2015) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Nov. 13, 2017

In this short Documentary, Author and historian Howard Means recounts the challenges and threats European pioneers encountered in their quest to settle the American West.

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Ave Maria (2015) Movies

Posted by JohnSmith at March 1, 2016

The silent routine of 5 Nuns living in the West Bank wilderness is disturbed when an Israeli settler family breaks down right outside the convent just as the Sabbath comes into effect.

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BBC - Break-In Britain: The Crackdown (2014) Movies

Posted by vivid23 at Oct. 21, 2014

This documentary series takes a look at burglaries in the UK and the people affected by them - as well as a look at how to stop them from happening.

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Farm House (2008) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at Jan. 7, 2019

Farmhouse is a psychological thriller set in the modern day mid-west. We follow a young couple as they leave their everyday lives behind and head out to a new beginning; starting over from scratch.

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History Channel - Spy Web: International Espionage - Set 2 (1999) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 11, 2020

Unlike any other Century the last 100 years has provided filmed conflicts and adventures covering World Wars and many other sweeping military actions. All too often these huge conflicts have been taken at face value. The story has unfolded in newspapers and film clips in a way which has left historians to piece together the final jigsaw. But even now have their efforts given us the true picture?

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