As the Sandringham Company advanced onto the battlefield at Galipoli in WWI, a strange mist was seen to descend and engulf them, almost as though God was wrapping them up and taking them from the terror that awaited. It was the last that was ever seen of the men, a company drawn from the servants, grooms and gardeners of the King. An enigmatic and poignant mystery that survives to this day.
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AN UNGENTLEMANLY ACT (1992)
Certification15 Our Rating
It's April 1st 1982 and with the Argentinean invasion of the Falklands imminent Major Mike Norman is dispatched with 70 Royal Marines to secure the Island. Unfortunately Sir Rex Hunt, the Governor, has not been fully informed and prepares the islanders for battle, so initiating a tragic error of judgement. An Ungentlemanly Act is an almost satirical dramatisation of actual events, superbly acted and as rich in farce as it is pathos.
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BAND OF BROTHERS DISC 1 (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part 1- Currahee: Young lads in Georgia begin training for America's newest military faction - paratroopers and soon become an elite and known as Easy Company. A rivalry breaks out between Lt Sobel and Lt Winters. Part 2 - Day of Days: D-Day arrives, and the paratroopers come under heavy fire. They get lost, lose their weapons and their supplies and hook up with Winters to find their units. Winters loses his first man after a German attack.
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BAND OF BROTHERS DISC 2 (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part 3 - Carentan: Easy Company is sent to take Carentan but Blithe and some others have trouble adjusting to combat. After 36 days in Normandy Easy heads back to England only to be told they will ship out again. Part 4 - Replacements: Some green paratroopers come to help out Easy Co as they prepare to drop on Holland. Originally met with little resistance, the group is crippled by a well-prepared German force. The Allies plan to end the war by Christmas.
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BAND OF BROTHERS DISC 3 (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part 5 - Crossroads: Winters is promoted after a successful raid on a Dutch dike. He learns of a massive Axis effort in the Ardennes Forest and sends in an ill-equipped Easy Company. Part 6 - Bastogne: In the bitter weather of Belgium the boys of Easy try to hold the line alone. The medic befriends a Belgian nurse as the crew spends Christmas in the trench and is asked to surrender.
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BAND OF BROTHERS DISC 4 (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part 7 - The Breaking Point: After succeeding at Bastogne Easy is sent to capture Foy. Fierce shelling ensues and the Co takes a few casualties under the incompentant leadership of Lt Dike. Part 8 - The Last Patrol: Easy is ordered to take care of POWs after arriving in Haguenau. Lt Jones, fresh from West Point, takes command and another life is lost, causing Winters to disregard a recommendation to send another troop the next day.
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BAND OF BROTHERS DISC 5 (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part 9 - Why We Fight: FInally in Germany the crew takes it easy for the first time. Another troop finds an abandoned concentration camp still occupied by emaciated prisoners and news arrives that Hitler is dead. Part 10 - Points: Entering Berchtesgarten Easy Co takes control of 'Eagle's Nest', Hitler's hilltop fortress. Preparing to go to the Pacific the men try to compare points to see who gets to go home. When the Japanese surrender everyone gets to go home...to very different circumstances.
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - THE PILOT (2004)
Certification12 Our Rating
Phenomenally watchable TV sci-fi about the human race fighting for survival in the face of a revolt from their cyborg creations, the Cylons. This 3 hour pilot sets the scene nicely for an intergalactic battle between Us and Them, involving the destruction of all human colonies and the merciless pursuit of human survivors. The plot is straight out of a B-movie, but the cast take to the story with gusto, playing out their roles with a delicate balance of tongue-in-cheek soap opera savvy and earnes
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA RAZOR (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Razor takes place during the first days of Adama's Pegasus command, during the period in the second half of season 2 between the episodes "The Captain's Hand" and "Lay Down Your Burdens". Flashbacks show Rear Admiral Cain's orders during and shortly after the Cylon attack, as well as events occurring on the final day of the first Cylon War, these being centred on the then-Lieutenant William Adama and Helena Cain, a youngster at the time.
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON 1 DISC 1 (2004)
Certification12 Our Rating
Phenomenally watchable TV sci-fi about the human race fighting for survival in the face of a revolt from their cyborg creations, the Cylons. The plot is straight out of a B-movie, but the cast take to the story with gusto, playing out their roles with a delicate balance of tongue-in-cheek soap opera savvy and earnest last-action-hero gravitas. A must watch for sci-fi fans; a you-really-should-try-it-out for everyone else. Frakkin excellent. 33; the refugee fleet is chased by the Cylons, who pop
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