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The peaceful village of Dolwyn is known for its friendly folk and its simple ways. But this idyllic retreat in North Wales is about to be thrown into utter turmoil thanks to the arrival of a ruthless water company.

Due to geological difficulties the only way to complete their planned reservoir is to flood the village of Dolwyn. The campaign is lead by an embittered local who has returned from the big city and is intent on destroying the place he once called home. Are the village residents capable of fighting the industrialists and saving their home? Or is this truly the last days of Dolwyn?

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When the space aliens killed Noriko Takaya's father, she swore she'd go into space to have her revenge. Yet being accepted into the prestigious Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School doesn't solve every problem.

Looked down upon as the daughter of the admiral who lost, and having a stark lack of talent that prevents her from piloting a machine, Noriko's hopes for the future don't seem bright. But then, when the two candidates going into space are announced, Noriko's surprised to find her name right next to the star of the school (and Noriko's own idol), Kazumi Amano. Has Noriko's hard work paid off? Or is there more to Coach Ohta's reasons for selecting her? Most of all, is Noriko really ready for the horrors of space? Find out in Aim for the Top!: Gunbuster, a true masterpiece of anime history, and Hideaki Anno's directorial debut!

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Almost two years later...A woman is found brutally murdered on Pepparholm island at the base of the bridge.

It turns out that the murdered woman is Margrethe Thormod, General Director of the Migration Agency in Copenhagen, and perhaps the motif is to be found in a scandal around a deportation that recently hit Margrethe personally. Henrik Sabroe starts to investigate the macabre murder with his Danish colleague Jonas Mandrup. Henrik misses his colleague and friend Saga Noren (Sofia Helin), who is incarcerated in the women's prison in Ystad, convicted of murdering her mother. Henrik visits her as often as he can and wants her to help him with the new case, but Saga points out that she isn't a police officer anymore and can't help him. The same goes for Henrik's missing children; Saga can't help and Henrik is close to giving up the search...This last season Henrik and Saga both suffer on a personal level, their special friendship is put to difficult tests and once again events from the past will make themselves felt and by the end of the season nothing is the same anymore for either Saga or Henrik...

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Another Time, Another Place showcases Oscar-winner Sean Connery in one of his earliest leading roles, in which he displays the commanding presence and suave charm that became his hallmark in countless later films, from the James Bond series to The Hunt For Red October and beyond.

Connery plays Mark Trevor, a World War II newsman with the British Broadcasting Corporation who's torn between two women. Glamorous Lana Turner is Sara Scott, the American reporter working in England whom Connery falls for. The two embark on a whirlwind romance - but it's an affair destined for tragedy. Glynis Johns portrays Connery's devoted wife, Kay, and when a sudden twist of fate brings the two women together is a small Cornish village, it's an emotional, climactic confrontation for all involved.

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The feature follows the lives of five naive young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp through a tour in Vietnam that quickly devolves into a hellish nightmare.

Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they can defeat a rival soccer team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines. But as they might have predicted, nothing in Vietnam is as simple as it seems.

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It's been five years since the Miskatonic massacre, and Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain are on medical duty in a bloody Peruvian border war.

There, West makes a startling discovery: not only can his serum reanimate the dead, but when mixed with a rare fluid, it can bring limbs back to life - completely independent of body and brain! Now they possess the power to 'create' new life. And when the two doctors return to the Miskatonic Hospital in Massachusetts, that is exactly what they do. Stealing discarded body parts at the hospital, Dr. West builds his creation and hides it in the basement crypt. When Gloria, a special patient of Dan's dies, he agrees to build a perfect woman using some of her fresh body parts. Meanwhile, Dr. Hill, a victim of the Miskatonic massacre, plots to exact his bloody revenge and to put an end to the hellish world that West has created...

Adapted from the novella by Joseph Roth, the film tells the story of Andreas Kartack (Rutger Hauer), a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris. Lent 200 francs by an anonymous stranger, he is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances - and his alcoholism - forever intervene.

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Double bill of Japanese Sci-Fi fantasy action adventures.

The Tree of Might (1990)

The Earth's destruction lies dormant within a single, solitary seed. Brought forth from the darkest reaches of space, the Tree of Might has been sown with the vilest of intentions. Once it takes root, nothing else can survive. A plant designed to drain the energy of a planet, it steals the very essence of life only to blossom in death and desolation. Unable to fell this mighty threat, Goku and the Z Warriors must instead confront the harbinger of the evil, a Saiyan bearing an uncanny resemblance to our hero: Turles. This new enemy kidnaps Gohan and sets the son against the father, a tragedy which only delays the inevitable fight. As Goku finally faces ofFagainst his deplorable double. Turles turns to the thieving tree... This is the story of hope untapped.
Lord Slug (1991)
Once again called upon to save their planet from disaster, Goku and Krillin race to head off a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth. The threat deflected, their home is saved...Or is it? A greater menace looms in the shadows: a being so evil that he was banished from his old world and now seeks to create a new one of his own. Lord Slug, prepared to dominate by freezing all opposition, seeks out the seven Dragon Balls.

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Alex de la Iglesia is at his satiric best with this savagely witty black comedy about seduction, murder, revenge and the cruelest of all punishments, commitment. Suave playboy Rafael (Guillermo Toledo), works in the women's clothing section of a department store, a fertile area for his conquests.

When an argument with a co-worker turns deadly and a body needs to be disposed of quickly, dowdy secret admirer Lourdes promptly jumps in to help, but her assistance has a steep price. Cervera is a delight as the scheming young lady out to capture her Mr. Right and Toledo is unforgettable as the cocky and then terrified object of her lust.

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Double bill of British crime dramas.

Hammer the Toff (1952)

Society sleuth the Hon. Richard Rollison (john Bentley), known as The Toff', meets pretty Susan Lancaster (Patricia Dainton) on a train and helps her to prove that a 'Robin Hood' crook, who had been blamed for killing her Uncle for a secret steel formula, may not have committed the crime.
Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard (1940)
Mrs. Pym (Mary Clare) is a detective investigating the murders of two women who were members of a psychic club. This is her cup of tea, and she exposes the medium (a fake) as the killer and saves an heiress from becoming the next victim.

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A classic British thriller from 1972, Fear Is The Key is based on the bestselling novel by Alistair MacLean.

Barry Newman is John Talbot, a man whose life erupts into tragedy when he hears his brother's voice on the radio of an aeroplane carrying his family, telling him that a plane is diving on them, firing. Embarking on an elaborate revenge mission, Talbot finds himself pursued by the police and kidnappers alike. His destiny soon becomes entangled with the daughter of a multi-millionaire, as trapped together in a heavily guarded mansion, they begin a frantic search for the truth.

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In 1992, Bombay witnessed the famous Shootout At Lokhandwala. This police encounter was telecast live by the BBC and covered extensively by the media worldwide. The people of India had by then, become immune to this brutal method of justice meted out by the Bombay police.

Till date more than 820 encounters have been recorded in the files of the Bombay Police. But where and how did it all begin? Inspired by some anecdotes in S. Hussain Zaidi's best-seller 'Dongri To Dubai', 'Shootout at Wadala' chronicles the first-ever recorded encounter by the Bombay Police. A hybrid of fact and fiction, the action-packed drama outlines the rampant gang wars in Bombay, culminating in a three-way epic faceoff between the dreaded gangster Dilawar Imtiaz Haskar, the notorious yet charismatic gangster Manya Surve, and Inspector Afaaque Baagran.

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Hollywood legends Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas star on opposite sides of the law in this dramatic tale of justice and forbidden love. Sheriff Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson) hunts down Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas), a hot-headed but affable rogue charged with murder.

O'Malley takes refuge in Mexico at the ranch of his former lover Belle Breckenridge (Dorothy Malone), whose husband hires him to drive his herd of cattle to Texas. Stribling agrees to ride along, assuring O'Malley that a hangman's noose waits for him at the end of their journey. Lawman and outlaw are joined by the Breckenridges and their young teenage daughter Missy (Carol Lynley), who draws the attention of O'Malley.

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In her first and only screen appearance, insanely voluptuous Sharon Lesley takes over the role of supermodel Emanuelle, now confined to a Manhattan psychiatric clinic with an acute case of extreme amnesia and depraved fantasies.

Can her doctor (Angelo Infanti) unravel a Freudian nightmare of incestuous hungers, lesbian longings, rampant nymphomania and inexplicable body painting to solve the shocking mystery of her bizarre sexual trauma?

Stephen King and director Frank Darabont comes one of the most tense and terrifying films since The Shining. After a mysterious mist envelops a small New England town, a group of locals trapped in a supermarket must battle a siege of otherworldly creatures... and the fears that threaten to tear them apart.