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It's now 1933, 10 years after Rick and Evie met. They're married, settled in London and are raising their 8-year-old son, Alex. But Imhotep's corpse has been brought to the British Museum, and resurrected; the mummy now walks the earth again, determined to become immortal. Meanwhile, another force born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism, even more powerful than Imhotep, has also been set loose. When these two forces clash, the world...
Pub. Date
?2015
Language
English
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Robert Newton repeats his Treasure Island role as Long John Silver in this Australian adventure film. The film is made up of several marginally related episodes. In the first, Silver rescues a governor's daughter, managing to save the day and crooked line his own pockets in the process. In the second, Long John quells a mutiny and prevents his young friend Jim Hawkins (Kit Taylor) from having to walk the plank. And in the third, Long John and Jim...
3) Dragonslayer
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Back in the days when everyone believed in magic, a horrifying fire-breathing dragon terrorized the sixth-century British countryside. The only hope for the beleaguered citizens is an aging sorcerer (Sir Ralph Richardson). But when he is killed before he can save the people, the task falls on his young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol). Galen's mission is complicated by resistance from the king - and by falling in love - but his biggest challenge...
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Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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Sam leaves home for the mountains after being told that the family trip has been canceled, preventing him from doing the algae experiments he had planned for. The film chronicles his struggle for independence, and his battle with the forces of natures. *"A slender, honest study of a boy learning to be a man in his own way." - Howard Thompson, **The New York Times***
5) Firefox
Series
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
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The Russians have the ultimate warplane. It flies up to six times the speed of sound, can't be detected by radar, is designed to carry a nuclear arsenal and the Allies are going to steal it.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Adventurer Harry Wingate is hired by an obsessive gem collector to recover the "Blue Lightning", a dazzling opal in the hands of Irish Republican Army financier Lester McInally, who has created an impenetrable fortress in a small town in the Australian outback. Teaming up with the wife of a private detective who also ran afoul of McInally, and some aboriginal helpers, Wingate prepares for an assualt that will determine who will possess the "Blue Lightning."...
7) Robo
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mitya is an imaginative twelve-year-old boy, who loves to draw comics of superheroes and dreams of becoming an artist. His parents have built and programmed a Universal Rescue Robot, aka ROBO, to rescue people from dangerous situations. Due to ROBO's alleged malfunction, the director of the research facility deems the fled robot as a menace to society. In his search for a family, ROBO meets Mitya, and the two form a true friendship while on the run....
8) Captain Kidd
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English
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Pirate Captain Kidd tricks King William III into giving him royal orders, but enemies (whom he believes to be dead) return to see him hanged.
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English
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CIA Agent Jack Ryan is appointed as acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence when his mentor, Admiral James Greer, becomes gravely ill. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of one of the president's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands.
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
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Robin of Locksley heads home from the Crusades to find his people starving and brutalized under the tyrannical rule of the new Sheriff. Along with trusty companion Much, trickster Allan A. Dale and passionate Will Scarlett, Robin teams up with forest outlaws Little John and Roy, leading his gang to help Nottingham's poor. Robin's ally in Nottingham is Marian, the sweetheart he left behind when he left for the Crusades. The state of England is rotten...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
None
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The Enforcer : Detective Harry Callahan has a new partner, Inspector Kate Moore, who has two jobs: tracking down a band of armed-and-wacko terrorists and winning Harry's confidence. The Gauntlet: A Phoenix police officer is assigned to transport a witness named Guy Mally from Las Vegas to Phoenix in order for her to testify in a mob trial. Mally turns out to be a prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a high-placed figure....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Aviation and sports come together in STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. This 1955 American film is starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and is directed by Anthony Mann. Robert "Dutch" Holland (James Stewart) is a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. As a former B-29 bomber pilot during World War II, he is also an officer on inactive status in the United States Air Force Reserve. During spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida, he is...
13) The patriot
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
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A violent extremist group unleashes a rapidly spreading lethal biological agent and takes over the town. Dr Wesley McClaren, the government's top immunologist, races to outsmart the militia men.
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English
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Brendan Fraser is the intrepid Rick O'Connell, braving supernatural danger and battling legions of undead Mummies across the world, from the burning desert sands of Egypt to the freezing Himalayas and the Great Wall of China! See the enitre trilogy unfold with deadly enemies like the Dragon Emperor, fearsome monsters and white-knuckle adventure!
20) The kingdom
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English
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A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite. FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Fleury and his team discover that the Saudi authorities are suspicious and unwelcoming of the Americans into what they consider a local matter. The agents find...
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