Queen of the Desert
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attach for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attach for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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King Henry V of England is insulted by the King of France. As a result, he leads his army into battle against France. Along the way, the young king must struggle with the sinking morale of his troops and his own inner doubts. The war culminates at the bloody Battle of Agincourt.
When an unhinged gangster coerces young nightclub owner, Danny, into completing an illegal drugs run to The Isle of Wight in return for his shares in the club, Danny's friends step in with an ingenious plan - they will all go to The Isle of Wight's annual Mod festival and use the thousands of Mod enthusiasts descending onto the island as a cover! A feel-good tale of modern-day mods, music, and scooter culture from the producer of The Krays and Love, Honor and Obey, starring the original cast of cult mods n' rockers film, Quadrophenia, including Leslie Ash (Men Behaving Badly), Mark Wingett (Snow White and the Huntsman), Toyah Willcox (Invasion Planet Earth), Trevor Laird (Doctor Who) and Gary Shail, alongside Sam Gittins (Await Further Instructions) and Perry Benson (This is England, Sid and Nancy).
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
When Special Operative James Webster (Michael Jai White, The Dark Knight, Blood and Bone) returns home from duty to find his brother brutally murdered, his lethal training immediately kicks in. Fuelled by rage and a burning need to avenge his brother, he sets out to hunt down the perpetrators and nothing is going to stand in his way... As he delves deeper to identify the murderers, he finds himself at the centre of a deadly conspiracy and a secret world of corruption one which cuts deep inside the U.S. Government, reaching the very highest levels of command. With a ruthless military assassin (Steve Austin, The Expendables) hot on his trail, Webster must expose the corrupt high-ranking officials before he becomes another victim to the very plot which killed his brother.
Finally, after 1978's I Spit On Your Grave shocked the world with its story of a beautiful career woman assaulted and left for dead, and her notorious revenge on those responsible, cinema's most lethal Lady Vengeance returns in the most anticipated sequel of all time. Reuniting star Camille Keaton and original director Meir Zarchi, I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu sends now successful writer Jennifer Hills hurtling back to where it all began - to face the wrath of the families of those she murdered. Kidnapped along with her daughter Christy, it's a tense game of hunt - or be hunted - against a ruthless gang of degenerates and their violently unhinged matriarch, Becky. Hailed as a feminist revenge masterpiece by some, and misunderstood as crude exploitation by others, revenge is about to come full circle in Deja Vu, the final chapter in cinema's most shocking cult franchise.
Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe) is a teenage girl who escapes the realities of school and a troubled family life by retreating into her magical world of fighting evil giants. With the help of her new friend Sophia (Sydney Wade) and her school counsellor (Zoe Saldana), Barbara learns to face her fears and battle the giants that threaten her world.
Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to France to collect the remains of his adult son who was killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago - also known as 'The Way of Saint James'. Driven by his desire to understand his lost son, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage, leaving his California life behind. Armed only with his son's backpack and guidebook, he begins the 800km historical pilgrimage but soon discovers that he won't be alone on this journey - he meets other pilgrims from around the world, all broken and looking for greater meaning in their lives. From the hardship experienced along "The Way" an unlikely group of misfits are bonded and Tom begins to learn the difference between 'The life we live and the life we choose.'
One fateful evening, after working late hours at the museum, two maintenance workers see a man standing silently near a Civil War exhibit. Despite chasing him away, each night he returns. Soon Ted and George learn that no one else can see the mysterious figure dressed in centuries-old clothing his name is Gil Le Doux and he's searching for a way home.
Jessica (Amy Smart) had given up on her dream of a life of the stage, until she meets ex-dance champion Jake (Tom Malloy), who becomes her teacher when the couple make an instant connection. Together, they decide to risk it all when they enter the World Swing Championship to reclaim Jake's former title.
Two astronauts (Dennis Quaid, Vantage Point and Ben Foster, 30 Days of Night) awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything like who they are and what their mission is, but one thing they do realise very quickly is that they are not alone. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed and the astronauts find that they must fight to stay alive and that their survival is more important than they could ever have imagined. Directed by Christian Alvart and also starring Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Cung Le (Tekken) and newcomer Antje Traue.
After winning the 'trip of a lifetime' to a caravan park in Rhyl, North Wales, unlucky in love Northerner, Janet Brown, is ready for a holiday romance. Unfortunately, following the advice of best friend Diana (Lucy Pinder) - that Janet should pretend to be the opposite of who she actually is in order to find love - doesn't quite lead to the happily ever after she was hoping for. A laugh-out-loud gritty rom-com with a huge ensemble cast including James Lance (Northern Soul, Bronson, Marie Antoinette, Bel Ami), Will Mellor (Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Line of Duty), Larry Lamb (EastEnders, The Hatton Garden Job), Marek Oravec (Captain America: The First Avenger), Wim Snape (The Full Monty, Coronation Street), and Katy Clayton (Casualty, Shameless).
Joe likes the ladies and gets to meet a variety of them in his job as a taxi driver. From dizzy young women to frustrated housewives, Joe fancies them all, and they take a fancy to Joe. If only things were smoother at home for the put-upon cabbie. With his nagging mother, thieving teenage brother, and the attentions of an overbearing girlfriend with ideas of marriage, Joe leaves the homestead and rents the spare room at his best mate's flat. Meanwhile, he continues to find himself in an assortment of humorous sexual escapades until he accidentally becomes embroiled in a jewel heist that doesn't quite go to plan.
55BC Somewhere In Britain: The Princesses of the Dubonni tribe are three unlikely sisters: Smirgut The Fierce (Fiona Allen), ferocious warrior and full-time mum, Dwyfuc (Doon Mackichan), desperate spinster in search of a hairy husband and Worthaboutapig (Sally Phillips), clumsy village bee-herder. Roman soldiers kidnap Dwyfuc, detaining her in Boulogne. Seduced by Roman society, she reveals locations of British ports crucial to the Romanss invasion strategy. Smirgut and Worthaboutapig set out on a perilous rescue mission together they must prevent the downfall of Celtic Britain, encountering gods, lawyers, soothsayers, barbarians and the Otherworld. Girl power is alive and kicking and ready to take on the Romans
When retired East End villain Charlie Archer is murdered by a feral street gang, his brother Ritchie returns to London from Spain to investigate. With the police investigation drawing blank after blank, Ritchie decides to take the law into his own hands and bring his old school justice back to the streets of East London. Rounding up his old firm, he leads a vigilante crusade against the vicious young criminals, using every grizzly method at his disposal to find and punish his brother's killers. They're outgunned and outnumbered, but this firm has never been outclassed yet!
From the mind of world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo comes the cinematic adaptation of Waiting for Anya - a powerful and authentic true story of a young shepherd that had a key part to play in one of the world's most shocking moments in history. Based on the novel by the author of War Horse, Waiting for Anya follows the story of Jo Lalande, a thirteen-year-old shepherd living in the mountain village of Lescun. Though Europe may be ravaged by the horrors of World War II, Jo's world in the French Pyrenees has remained remarkably untouched. That is, until a ferocious encounter with a bear introduces Jo to the mysterious Benjamin, a Jewish refugee who is desperately awaiting the arrival of his missing daughter, Anya, before making his escape across the border. Making friends with Benjamin and his mother-in-law Horcada, an isolated widow who lives in the nearby mountains, Jo becomes aware of a very dangerous secret - the family are involved in smuggling Jewish children over the mountains to the safety of Spain. In a heroic act of defiance, Jo promises to assist Benjamin in his endeavours...but soon becomes embroiled in a perilous conspiracy when German troops make their descent upon the village. Filmed in the village of Lescun and the surrounding Aspe Valley, France in which the true to life story also originated, the film boasts an all-stellar cast including Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things), Academy Award Winner Anjelica Huston (Ever After, The Addams Family), Jean Reno (Leon, The Big Blue, Ronin), Frederick Schmidt (Mission: Impossible - Fallout), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist, Central Intelligence) and Nicholas Rowe (Riviera, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attach for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Call of The Wild is a modern-day story incorporating elements of Jack London's classic short novel. Whilst Ryann (Ariel Gade) is staying with her Grandpa Bill (Christopher Lloyd) a wild hybrid wolf/dog shows up injured on the back porch one night. Ryann and a local friend believe they can train the magnificent animal to become a sled dog leader but first they must try and persuade Grandpa, who knows the animal will eventually have to return to the wild. Then they must stand up to the local bully who wants to claim the dog as his own.
It's A Boy Girl Thing is a brilliantly funny romantic comedy about next-door neighbours who live worlds apart. Woody Deane (Zegers) and Nell Bedworth (Armstrong) are life long sworn enemies who wake up one day to find themselves in a very strange place: each others bodies. In their switched identities, each sets out to destroy the other's high school reputation. When they start to succeed they get more than they bargained for. Sometimes falling in love can be an out of body experience.
One fateful evening, after working late hours at the museum, two maintenance workers see a man standing silently near a Civil War exhibit. Despite chasing him away, each night he returns. Soon Ted and George learn that no one else can see the mysterious figure dressed in centuries-old clothing his name is Gil Le Doux and he's searching for a way home.
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attach for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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