Sean Bean
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Sean Bean On Waterloo volume 1
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The Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815 and ended the French Emperor Napoleon's reign over Europe. It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in history. Over two-hundred years later, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean works with present-day and retired soldiers as well as experts in military history to stage hands-on challenges and experiments to discover the reality of warfare.
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Sean Bean On Waterloo volume 2
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The Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815 and ended the French Emperor Napoleon's reign over Europe. It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in history. Over two-hundred years later, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean works with present-day and retired soldiers as well as experts in military history to stage hands-on challenges and experiments to discover the reality of warfare.
4) Drone
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A drone pilot (Sean Bean) involved in a deadly, covert mission overseas must confront the reality of his actions when a mysterious man seeking revenge holds his family hostage.
5) Black Death
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The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric, a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.
6) The Dark
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In mourning over the tragic drowning of their daughter Sarah, James and Adèle are visited by Ebrill, a young girl who claims she died 60 years ago - and bears a startling resemblance to Sarah.
7) Ca$h
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A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.
8) Outlaw
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A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
9) Essex Boys
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The riveting tale of a criminal underworld where seduction and betrayal are a way of life. When Jason Locke is released from prison, he returns home to find that his old cohorts have all profited from the empire he helped build. Trusting no one and attempting to restore his reputation, he sets off a chain of events that shakes up the underworld in a maniacal bid to shift the balance of power!
10) Bravo Two Zero
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Based on a captivating true story of men taken to the edge of survival in the Persian Gulf War. An elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines to take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and they're surrounded by Saddam's army, their only hope is to risk capture in a desperate 185-kilometer run to the Syrian border!
11) Cleanskin
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Ewan is a Secret Service Agent deep undercover in London's criminal under belly, on the heels of a terrorist cell. His mission: to terminate with extreme prejudice.
12) Dark River
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Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson, "The Affair") returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years to claim from her estranged brother (Mark Stanley, "Game of Thrones") the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. From acclaimed filmmaker Clio Barnard, one of the premier new voices in British cinema, "Dark River" is a taut and powerful psychological drama.
13) Shopping
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In the near future, young Billy (Jude Law) is released from prison and meets up with his girlfriend, Jo (Sadie Frost). Immediately, they steal a car and go 'shopping,' their term for crashing the vehicle through the window of an upscale store, then stealing everything they can. But Billy's return to the streets draws the ire of both the law and rival crooks, like the merciless Tommy (Sean Pertwee), who sets his sights on getting rid of the upstart...
14) North Country
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Academy Award winner Charlize Theron (Monster) teams with Niki Caro, the award-winning screenwriter and director of Whale Rider, for this fictionalized version of the first successful legal prosecution of asexual-harassment case in the United States.
After fleeing from her abusive husband, young mother Josey Aimes (Theron) returns home to Minnesota, where she finds work in the iron mines. Josey refuses to endure the frequent sexual innuendoes and...
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For seven long years, Jacob has labored to earn the right to marry beautiful Rachel. Now the seven years are up-but Rachel's devious father substitutes his elder daughter on the wedding night. Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle play Jacob and Rachel in one of the greater love stories from the Bible. Highlights of Jacob's life-how he usurped his brother Esau's birthright and blessing, the pillow of stone, the ladder to heaven, wrestling with God-are...
16) Equilibrium
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In an attempt to end wars and maintain peace, mankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion-literature, music and art. To uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer misses a dose of an emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem!
17) The Island
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A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvested being", and is being kept along with others in a utopian facility.