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Learn more about the Ukraine with a collection of over 25 informative films.
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25 Years after the end of the second World War, five Holocaust survivors believe they've seen their former tormentor, the sadistic Dr. Wilhelm Gehbert living under an assumed name living in Los Angeles. Gehbert used his position at the concentration camp to rape the group and experiment on them. After confirming that he is indeed their captor, the group plot to kill him as vengeance for his crimes during the war.
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Beat Poet Neal Cassady is pulled between two women, Mary (Gretchen Mol), a teen temptress and Joan (Forlani), his first true love. Based on a letter written by Cassady to his friend, author Jack Kerouac, this beautifully photographed film is about the choices people make and how they alter the course of one's life.
3) Basil
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A lonely young aristocrat (Jared Leto) in turn-of-the-century England struggling to gain the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father, falls in love with a woman his father will never approve of.
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Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, Diane Giacalone, a new Assistant District Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti and the Gambino crime family. Uncooperative FBI agents and bureaucrats will not deter the driven young prosecutor as her quest culminates in the memorable and controversial trial of the "Dapper Don".
6) Askari
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A helicopter accident leaves 16 year old Emma orphaned and sent to live with her Aunt Paula and Uncle Joss on a wild African game farm. Emma struggles to adapt, but finds love for the Ollie the baby elephant, a friend she must protect from poachers.
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Gun volume 5
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The last case for retiring detective Van Guinness (Martin Sheen) involves the death of a Japanese businessman. Circumstantial evidence points to the man's cold-hearted second wife, but Van Guinness can't make a move until he finds the murder weapon.
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Gun volume 3
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A young man leads a tortured existence after apparently killing his lover. When he returns back to his small town, he befriends an angsty teenage girl who despises her abusive step-father. As the two becomes close, he worries history might repeat itself.
9) Lady Killer
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A woman attempts to put an affair with a handsome surgeon in her past, until he attacks and rapes her. Unable to tell her husband, the man insidiously begins to date her daughter, who unknowingly brings him along on a family vacation.
10) Presence of Mind
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Adapted from Henry James' classic novel, The Turn of the Screw, a young woman is hired to take care of two children, Miles and Flora, as their governess. When the governess starts seeing ghosts, she's led on a path that allows her to uncover the home's dark past involving the children's previous governess.
11) Scattered Dreams
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In 1951 Florida, a poor, illiterate migrant farmer is wrongly imprisoned for fraud and served a long sentence. Upon her release, the embattled mother prepares to regain custody of her three children by learning to read and representing herself in the courtroom. Based on a true story.
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Pompeii volume 2
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Imperium: Pompeii is separated into two parts. Focusing on the lives of those who called the lost City of Pompeii their home, the infamous eruption of 79 AD draws closer. The people of Pompeii live their lives normally, unaware of the danger that awaits them. The drama, the passion, and the horrors of Pompeii will be shown to you in a way unlike any other before!
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Gun volume 1
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An overprotective airport security guard named Walter (James Gandolfini) picks up the night shift to earn more money for his family. He decides to give his bored and restless housewife, Lily (Rosanna Arquette), a gun for her safety, unaware that this gun can be used as evidence against a terrorist. Meanwhile, Lily begins a lustful affair with a struggling writer who uses her as his muse.
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What first seemed like to be a failed drive by shooting, quickly becomes a much larger case when Sgt. Jack Reed's partner is killed by the same street thugs returning to finish off their intended target. At the center of this case seems to be a businessman who is making off large payments to storybook characters.
16) Massacre At Noon
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This action war drama chronicles the horrifying true story of the execution of Serbs in 1941 in the town of Kraljevo. Hitler's armies rampage and pillage through Europe and are met with little resistance – until they reach Serbia.
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Gun volume 6
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A priest's cynical nephew returns home for his uncle's funeral. But his hero worship turns to intense curiosity when he discovers a large sum of money and a gun among his uncle's possessions. Being the reporter he is, John takes a journey through his uncle's dark past trying to to piece together what happened.
18) Sin's Kitchen
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In a small patch of desert called Sin's Kitchen, three dark and complex tales amalgamate and explore the hidden depths of man's soul. Mobster Vinnie Bardoza and his sidekick Joe enjoy lunch as they bury Fat Eddie, while ex-con Rock hunts for Vinnie with hopes to claim a handsome reward.
19) Denial
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Michael and Sara end their turbulent love affair to avoid destruction, with Michael calling Sara his 'sickness'. Sara, or Loon, as her friends call her, tries to start anew and move on from the troubled relationship.
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In this searing action-thriller, Sergeant Thomas Cavanaugh and his partners hunt down the murderers of one of their task force. But when their search leads them to a drug dealer and his psychopathic killer, Cavanaugh begins to realize they may be getting help from inside the police department.
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