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Mark Wahlberg leads an all-star cast in this unforgettably powerful film inspired by a thrilling story of real-life heroes. For the one hundred and twenty-six people aboard the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, April 20th 2010 began like any normal day. Before day's end, the world would bear witness to one of the greatest man-made disasters in U.S. history. 'Deepwater Horizon' reveals the brave acts of the men and women who rose to the challenge - and risked everything to lead others to safety. - Director:
- Peter Berg
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- Mark Wahlberg, Mayla Parker, Kurt Russell
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This box set contains the all 21 episodes from Season 1.
- Director:
- Paul Shapiro
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- Jessica Alba, Victor Bevine, Michael Weatherly
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The crew of the Odyssey, a space shuttle orbiting above the Earth's surface, look on in horror as the Earth explodes before their eyes. Commander Chuck Taggart (Peter Weller), a geneticist (Sebastian Roche), Taggart's son (Christopher Gorham), a TV newswoman (Leslie Silva) and an astronaut (Tamara Craig Thomas) escape on the shuttle into space, where they're met by a mysterious being who offers to transport them back five years in time to try to save Earth. Armed only with a bit of computer code referring to "Leviathan", Taggart is determined to save the planet. When the Odyssey crew discovers that even the smallest action on their part can quickly change the course of history in unexpected and potentially devastating ways, they must band together and proceed with caution for their rescue mission to succeed. - Director:
- David Carson
- Cast:
- Peter Weller, Geoffrey Lewis, Tamara Marie Watson
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When power-hungry scientist Dr Sebastian Caine and his team develop a serum that induces complete invisibility, they can't wait to put it to the test. Having successfully performed the procedure on animals, Caine is determined to attempt the ultimate challenge ... human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable. But Caine's experiment takes an unexpected turn when his team fail to return him to normal. Growing more and more out of control, Caine is doomed to a future without flash as the Hollow Man - Director:
- Paul Verhoeven
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- Kevin Bacon, Gary A. Hecker, Elisabeth Shue
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From London, Cairo and Washington, D.C. to Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Nigeria, a team of American and British counter-terrorist agents attempts to track down a dangerous terrorist cell operating on a deadly global level. The nightmare begins after terrorists mistakenly release poisonous sarin nerve gas, killing themselves and guests at a London hotel. British MI5 and MI6 agents believe a local terrorist cell is targeting members of their counter-terrorism unit and plotting attacks on the London and New York City subways. But when the investigation broadens to include American agents from the FBI, CIA and NSA, the subway threat begins to feel like a diversion. As the agents rush to determine the terrorists' real plans, they find that they too have become targets in a deadly race to not only prevent the next attack, but to also disrupt the far-reaching terrorist network. - Director:
- Mikael Salomon
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- Dylan McDermott, Julianna Margulies, Bernard Hill
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London-based military intelligence officer Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture a group of dangerous terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya. When the mission suddenly escalates from a "capture" to a "kill" operation and innocent lives are put at risk, the impossible decision of whether to strike gets passed up the chain of command. With the clock ticking, the brutal realities of modern warfare play out among the military, politicians and lawyers thousands of miles away from the front line. - Director:
- Gavin Hood
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- Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman
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The Last Godfather (2008)L'ultimo padrino
After the arrest of the biggest Boss, Tote Riina, control of the mafia is now in the hands of Bernardo Provenzano, the man who, together with Riina, climbed to the top of the Sicilian mafia. Provenzano inherits a weakened mafia especially after the revelations of the witnesses, but his objective is to rebuild it thanks to a new strategy: no more murders or attacks on institutions, but a slow and invisible rebuilding of the economic and criminal relationships which, in the span of a few years, will permit the mafia to regain power. Nothing is known of The Last Godfather, not even his face. The only known photo-graph goes back to more than fifty years. Provenzano is a ghost and in order to discover his hideout, the police decide to create a task force of twenty-five men whose sole objective is to bring an end to the longest concealment in the history of crime. - Director:
- Marco Risi
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- Michele Placido, Daniele Pecci, Micaela Ramazzotti
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"Torn" is a dramatic story of parental love, family ties and belonging - inspired by true events. Two families' lives are turned upside down when a mother recognises her daughter, Alice, who was snatched from a beach 11 years before and had generally been assumed to be drowned. But reuniting a family causes destruction and heartache, wherein nobody knows where they really belong and Alice is soon torn between two different worlds... - Director:
- Sarah Harding
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- Holly Aird, Adam Kotz, Jo Woodcock
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The computer-hacking, conspiracy-exposing Lone Gunmen are always looking for that next big government cover-up that would bring their newsletter, The Lone Gunmen, national attention. Whether in their secret underground office or in the back of their old VW bus, this bumbling and often socially inept trio is routinely laughed at by their peers. Now with a young, idealistic new member and a mysterious and exotic female who is always one step ahead of them, the Lone Gunmen are doubly determined to protect millions of Americans by exposing truths that some would rather keep hidden. - Director:
- Rob Bowman
- Cast:
- Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund
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