The Mayan Empire is at its peak, the last mighty roar before its cataclysmic fall, and there are no Central American people, however small and nomadic their tribe, that remain free of its murderous grasp. When his people are massacred and Jaguar Paw captured he, with the remnants of his tribe, begins a long and merciless journey to the Mayan capital, a place due to be his last, brief, bloody home. But the knowledge of the survival of his wife and child wills Jaguar on to become more than just an
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DOCTOR WHO SERIES 3 VOLUME 1 (2007)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Smith and Jones; when Martha Jones finds herself on the Moon she meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor and her life will never be the same again.The Shakespeare Code; the Doctor takes Martha to Elizabethan England, where William Shakespeare is under the control of deadly witch-like creatures.Gridlock; the Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, in the far future, only to find that an entire city has become a deadly trap.
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ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Following on from 'Elizabeth' this sees her a more confident and assured, in firm control of her court, but still troubled by the bothersome Mary Queen of Scots and facing a war with Catholic Spain that few believe she will survive. "Elizabeth The Golden Age" is a beautifully lit, sumptuously dressed dogs dinner of a movie, a fine cast wasted on a shamelessly lazy script and created more in the style of a fashion shoot than a film. The old girl would probably love it mind, because Cate Blanchett
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HIGHLANDER (1986)
Certification15 Our Rating
A group of immortal warriors locked in combat through the ages. Only one will survive and he will win a prize of power beyond comprehension. Good battles against evil in the ultimate conflict. Stylish, action-packed, imaginative, intelligent and moderately silly. An above average actioner and utterly preposterous fun!
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RAN (1985)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ran, Kurosawa's last great epic, is a Jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonj, an ageing Sengoku-era warlord who abdicates as ruler in favor of his three sons. His kingdom slowly disintegrates as the sons struggle for power, murdering rivals and laying waste to the land, and Hidetora goes insane after watching his retainers slaughtered in an epic massacre, the centrepiece of the film. As the kingdom crumbles and rival warlords move in for the kill, the Ichimonji
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THE FOUNTAIN (2006)
Certification12 Our Rating
A highly visual movie with three intersecting stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about a man in pursuit of eternal life. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life, a medical researcher, working with tree sap, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife and, finally, a space traveller with an aged tree in a bubble moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula.
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THE PHYSICIAN (2013)
Certification15 Our Rating
In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.
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THE SEA HAWK (1940)
CertificationU Our Rating
The heart-pounding tone of Michael Curtiz's classic swashbuckling adventure is established moments after the opening credits, when 16th Century British pirate captain Geoffrey Thorpe leads a raid on the galleon of a Spanish ambassador. After the chaotic clash is over, Thorpe's men have captured the ambassador and learning that the Spanish are planning to wage war against England, our hero rushes home to warn Queen Elizabeth. It's back in England that Thorpe discovers the royal court is easily as
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