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She sails to Egypt to raid a tomb that supposedly hides a cure for her sick sister, but what will she do when an army of resurrected mummies get in the way? Back in Paris she finds the city in chaos after a 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg mysteriously hatches.

Adele realises she is the only one game enough to take control of the prehistoric bird.

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The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller. (Sin City) assaults the screen with blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation.

Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Experience history at swordplay, and moviemaking with a cutting edge.

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The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor's beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Keira Knightley).

In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) joins forces with Jack (Johnny Depp). What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.

Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.

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Set in China's Citing Dynasty, 'The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk' tells the story of a ruthless emperor who enslaves his people, and persecutes a courageous revolutionary group that is mobilizing to destroy his powerful regime.

When young folk hero Fong Sai-yuk (Jet Li) discovers that his own father is a freedom fighter who has been targeted for retribution, he embarks on a heroic quest for justice that will unite his people and create a legend that will never be forgotten.

"Black Hawk Down" is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. When their mission takes an unexpected turn it results in the U.S. military's single biggest firefight since Vietnam.

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Clint Eastwood returns as the invincible "Man With No Name", this time teaming with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) to pursue a fortune in stolen gold.

But teamwork doesn't come naturally to such strong-willed outlaws, and they soon discover that their greatest challenge may be to stay focused - and stay alive - in a country ravaged by war.

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Attack on Titan is a Japanese action adventure animated TV series based on the Hajime Isayama manga of the same name.

The series follow young underdog Eren Jaegar, who, devastated after sees his mother killed by a Titan, swears to avenge her death by putting an end to the colossal man-eating, humanoid-like creatures and freeing humanity from the clutches of extinction.

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As civilisation draws ever nearer to their idyllic forest home, a group of mischievous Japanese tanuki raccoons try to scare humans away. But they soon discover that man is not their only rival in the struggle for their age-old territory.

Released in 1994 as the Japanese economy slumped, but looking back to the sixties construction boom in Tokyo's Tama Hills, Pom Poko questions the money-grabbing ethic of yuppie Japan, and mourns the loss of the countryside. Drawing on Japanese myths and legends, writer and director Isao Takahara presents a satirical view of woodland spirits using every available magical ruse to take on modern developers: including transformations, sabotage and trickery.

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Grizzly Man is Werner Herzog's breathtaking feature documentary which combines his own work with original footage by Timothy Treadwell, the intrepid bear expert who for thirteen summers risked his life living with Grizzly Bears in Alaska, until eventually he got killed by one of the bears he sought

to protect. Whilst Treadwell perhaps paid the inevitable price for his work, the one hundred hours of footage he shot over this period is among the most incredible, stunning and moving ever committed to film. Grizzly Man is a modern day masterpiece which uncovers as much about human nature as it does the bears Treadwell set out to study.

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It's 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a down-on-his-luck detective, is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit,wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit.

When Acme is found murdered, all fingers point to Roger, and the sinister, power-hungry Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) is on a mission to bring Roger to justice. Roger begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer and the plot thickens as Eddie uncovers scandal after scandal and realizes the very existence of Toontown is at stake!

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Avatar: The Last Airbender is a Japanese animated series about a young boy with the ability to control the elements and his quest to stop a war that has been raging for over 100 years.

The series follows twelve year old Aang, a boy who was trapped in a glacier for over a century and wakes up to discover a world in conflict and he proves to be one of the few people capable of bringing it to an end, something the minions of the fire elements want to stop him from doing at all costs.

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Korra and Team Avatar embark on a new journey deep into the mythology of the mystical Spirit World, encountering creatures like nothing they've seen before and discovering the truth about the very first Avatar! With a battle for the fate of the world between the light and dark spirits Raava and

Vaatu fast approaching, Korra delves deeper into the Avatar's past and realises what she must do in order to restore balance between the physical and spirit worlds.

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The time of Aang the last Airbender has passed, but the spirit of the Avatar lives on in Korra, a teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe. Against the wishes of her guardians, Korra leaves the safety of her home in the Southern Water Tribe to travel to Republic City.

There she begins her quest to capture the man who ultimately seeks to rid the world of bending forever. Get ready to experience a story like nothing before in 'The Legend of Korra: Book One: Air!'

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Once upon a time...or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland. A place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good.

Enter, John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humour, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, the Fab Four tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.