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Braveheart (1995)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | James Robinson | Sandy Nelson | James Cosmo | Sean Lawlor | Alan Tall | Andrew Weir | Gerda Stevenson | Ralph Riach | Mhairi Calvey | Brian Cox | Patrick McGoohan | Peter Hanly | Sophie Marceau
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The movie begins in the small town of Elerslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William’s father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the British and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a British guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city’s and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares to move on to Sterling where he prepared for his greatest battle yet, in the forest he realises that he must find a way to beat the heavy cavalry from the ground, he decided to create spears twice as long as men. These were used in the battle to kill the entire heavy cavalry raised at the last minute to kill the on coming horses. Eventually Wallace reaches York, the most important military city he gains control. Williams final battle at Falkirk ends in his betrayal by two nobles, whom he later kills. William is betrayed by the leper father of Robert the Bruce, is captured and refuses to bow down as a loyal subject of the king Edward I, Longshanks. Therefore, instead of mere beheading William Wallace is subject to being Hung, hung within an inch of death. Drawn, being stretched by his ankles and wrists and then having his insides shown to him before he died. Then Quartered, he was beheaded and his head was put on the London Bridge his body was torn into for pieces one sent to each corner of Britain as a warning to the citizens. After Wallace’s death we see Robert the Bruce led the battle of Bannockburn the last battle for Scotland’s freedom.

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Hilary Swank | Morgan Freeman | Jay Baruchel | Mike Colter | Lucia Rijker | Brian F. O'Byrne | Anthony Mackie | Margo Martindale | Riki Lindhome | Michael Pena | Benito Martinez | Bruce MacVittie | David Powledge | Joe D'Angerio
Directors: Clint Eastwood
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Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend, Scrap, an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie’s gym, knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has been seeking, for the past 25 years, the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym…

Gangs of New York (2002)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | History
Countries: Germany | Italy | Netherlands | UK | USA
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio | Daniel Day-Lewis | Cameron Diaz | Jim Broadbent | Henry Thomas | Liam Neeson | Brendan Gleeson | John C. Reilly | Gary Lewis | Stephen Graham | Eddie Marsan | Alec McCowen | Larry Gilliard Jr. | Cara Seymour | David Hemmings
Directors: Martin Scorsese
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As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in Manhattan’s Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon returns seeking revenge against the rival gang leader who killed his father. But Amsterdam’s personal vendetta becomes part of the gang warfare that erupts as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted homeland!

The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Keanu Reeves | Al Pacino | Charlize Theron | Jeffrey Jones | Judith Ivey | Connie Nielsen | Craig T. Nelson | Tamara Tunie | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Debra Monk | Vyto Ruginis | Laura Harrington | Pamela Gray | Heather Matarazzo | George Wyner
Directors: Taylor Hackford
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Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality.