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The story of Ollie and Zoe, a newly engaged couple who agree to try out an open relationship.
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.
Ardal O’Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish.
The people of Footscray are battlers and so is their football team. The ‘mighty’ Bulldogs haven’t won a premiership since 1954. The club is close to broke and the AFL keeps trying to kill them off for the sake of the national competition. Year of the Dogs is a documentary following the fortunes of the Footscray Football club, its players, fans and staff as the club struggles to survive the 1996 Australian Football League season.
A documentary on Blossoms. – The British indie quintet. This intimate biographical documentary takes a look at life in the band as they prepare to play a homecoming show at Edgeley Park, Stockport.
Cast and crew discuss the 1973 film The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy.
The second coming of Christ is the most climactic event of all the prophecies in the Bible and preparing for this event is the keynote of the scriptures, but “our God is a consuming fire.” (Heb 12:29) In the presence of God the prophets fell upon their faces exclaiming “the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein” and “who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?” (Heb. 12:29, Mal 3:2) The prophet Isaiah asked “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?” (Isa 33:14) And then Isaiah answers the question and says “he that walketh righteously.” (Isa. 33:15) Only the righteous may stand in the presence of Christ when He comes as a consuming fire and the message of Noah will prepare a people for that event, because Noah was “a preacher of righteousness.” (2 Pe. 2:5)
In unusual circumstances, scientists from different countries work together to achieve a common scientific goal. Locked in their spinning space lab, they are isolated from the world — family and friends – and can only watch from the outside as life on Earth continues without them. The space station is a monument not only to the weaknesses of humanity, but also to its ability to do the impossible for the sake of life in space.
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A film by Frederick Wiseman following the ins and outs of 7 ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet.
In 1982, when the Russian invasion of Afghanistan was at its peak, more than 1.5 million inhabitants had to move to Iran looking for a new life. Taghi, born in Iran, wants to escape the ruthless discriminations Afghans are subjected to on a daily basis. Against all odds, he decides to move back to the country of his parents. But unexpected challenges await there for him.