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A renegade electronics wiz (Eric Bogosian) has seized the sleek Grand Continental passenger train, transforming it into a rolling command unit for an awesome weapons satellite. But the one passenger who eludes capture is Ryback (Steven Seagal).

The train is now a battleground, the satellite is locked onto its target and an oncoming freight train hauling gasoline is headed toward the Grand Continental. Can Ryback thwart the siege in time? All aboard!

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When the USS Missouri welcomes aboard entertainers for the battleship's last voyage, the visitors throw a party. A war party. Led by a rogue CIA operative (Tommy Lee Jones) and a turncoat officer (Gary Busey), they're killer-elite commandos out to hijack the ship's nuclear arsenal.

They overpower the crew, except one man. "I'm just a cook", that man says. But he's a cook with a recipe for action. He's ex-Navy Seal and decorated combat operative Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal). All hands on deck, action fans!

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Against the epic backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, 'Les Misérables' is the story of Jean Valjean (Dominic West), a former convict unable to escape the shadow of his past life.

His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling police officer and former prison guard Javert (David Oyelowo), who is determined to bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Fantine (Lily Collins), a working-class woman abandoned by her rich lover, is driven to increasingly desperate measures to provide for her young daughter. Their stories collide and as revolutionary violence ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption and love.

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Millions of lives hang in the balance after a military madman (Ed Harris) seizes control of the island prison Alcatraz and threatens to launch deadly poison gas missiles at San Francisco.

With time ticking away, a chemical weapons expert (Nicolas Cage) and a cunning federal prisoner (Sean Connery), who happens to be the only man to have broken out of Alcatraz, must now break in and disarm the missiles.

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No-nonsense combat veteran Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his newly-instated first officer Ron Hunter (Danzel Washington) are caught in the middle of a global crisis. On board a nuclear submarine, they're heading for Russia where radical nationalists are threatening to start World War III.

But when they receive an unverified message to launch their missiles, Ramsey and Hunter clash over the validity of the orders. With nuclear holocaust close at hand, mutiny erupts on the sub - pitting the entire crew against each other in a showdown that will decide the fate of the world.

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It rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound, is invisible to radar and spits death - launching and guiding missiles purely by the pilot's thoughts. It's the MIG-31, the most devastating war machine ever built, code name Firefox. But Firefox belongs to the Russians.

To maintain the balance of world power, the West must steal it. Clint Eastwood directs and stars as ace U.S. pilot Mitchell Gant, the man for the job.

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Journey's End is set in northern France in March 1918 as C Company, led by Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin), arrives to take its turn in the front line.

Told that a German offensive is imminent, Stanhope drowns his fears in whisky while the other officers (Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge and Stephen Graham) and their cook (Toby Jones') attempt to distract themselves in their dugout with talk of food and life before the war. They are joined in the trenches by Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), a new young officer fresh out of training who is excited about his first real posting and the chance to serve under his schoolboy hero Stanhope. Raleigh's naive enthusiasm contrasts with the other men's mounting fear as the tension rises and the attack draws ever closer.

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The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and exposes all aboard to the disease.

Colonel Mackenzie is called in to handle the situation and finds Dr. Chamberlain who is on board the train. Mackenzie decides to re-route the train to the Cassandra Crossing where it will plunge into oblivion. But passengers miraculously begin to recover and Chamberlain must race against time to disconnect the cars.

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Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit.

Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding father of the British documentary movement - it became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain.

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For the first time, London Underground has opened its doors to television to record the day-to-day life of its 16,500 staff who work across a network of 275 stations and 507 trains running on over 300 miles of track.

Over one billion people use the Tube each year - that's three million journeys a day! In this ITV multiple award-winning series we go behind the scenes to tell the story of some of the dedicated and colourful characters who work for LU, doing a difficult job under often challenging and stressful circumstances. We discover many surprising things about the complexities of running an over-stretched, under-funded and creaking network - the oldest underground railway in the world. Sometimes tragic and at other times hilarious situations pepper the series, revealing for the first time what it's like to work and travel underneath a thriving metropolis.

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A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal.

Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as Spectre. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of Spectre. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of Spectre, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz.

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This programme begins with a trip up the now preserved Severn Valley line from Kidderminster to Bewdley. Both ex-GWR diesel railcars and steam locomotives are seen before we head across the River Severn to explore the branch to Tenbury Wells and Woofferton.

Moving into Wales itself the programme then features the lines centred on Brecon which closed in 1962. Starting from Neath Riverside station, the former Neath and Brecon line is followed up to Brecon. The next section features the former Brecon and Merthyr system including the notorious 7-mile bank beyond Talybont on Usk, one of the most challenging inclines on a British railway. We then follow the line north from Talyllyn Junction near Brecon to Three Cocks Junction and on to Hay on Wye along the former Midland route to Hereford before going up the Cambrian line through mid Wales to Builth Road Low Level where this line passed under the Central Wales Line. We change trains and follow this route, from Abergwili Junction near Camarthen through to Craven Arms, in the days when it was steam operated. Coverage of the mid Wales line is then completed as we head south from Moat Lane Junction near Caersws back to Brecon. The final part of the programme follows the last passenger train on the ex-GWR branch from Bala Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog. The two pannier tanks in charge of the train make a stirring sight as they blast up to the summit near Cwm Prysor, over 1,200ft above sea level. This video will revive memories for those who knew these lines, and for those who did not have the chance to explore them before they closed, it will help to explain why these long-closed railways are still remembered with such affection by those who travelled on them in their heyday.

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When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing 'M' to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee.

With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, 'M' (Judi Dench) is left with one ally she can trust: Bond (Daniel Craig). 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Pierce Brosnan plunges into action as James Bond in this adrenaline-pumping thrill-ride, co-starring Oscar winner Halle Berry. Bristling with excitement, bursting with explosive special effects and surging with high octane chases.

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Branch lines and secondary routes have always had a special appeal. This programme recalls many such English byways in films made in the 1950s and 60s. The railways portrayed ran through landscapes which ranged from the green and pleasant shires of rural England to the very heart of the Metropolis.

Among the routes featured are: in the Western Region, auto trains on the Gloucester to Chalford service and branch lines to Princetown and Ashburton; in the Midlands the lines from Stamford to Essendine and Seaton are recalled. Steam byways around London include the Stanmore branch, the service from Ealing Broadway to Greenford and the West London line. Among the Southern Region branches and secondary lines visited are those to Lymington, Swanage, Hayling Island, the Guildford to Horsham service and the network of lines centred on Tunbridge Wells West, which served Oxted, Hailsham and Lewes. Films of the former Midland & Great Northern joint system in East Anglia, where closure in 1959 was the first major portent of the drastic cuts which were to be made to the railways of England in the 1960s, and that ultimate in byways, the roadside tramway, which ran from Wisbech to Upwell, conclude the programme. Most of the lines covered in this programme had been closed by the end of the 1960s. Those who knew these lines will have pleasant memories revived by the films and for those who did not get the chance to travel on them in their heyday, this will be a revelation of a lost era. All connoisseurs of minor railways will find this programme a welcome addition to their collection.