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Assassin’s Creed
Action, DVD Review, Science Fiction, TeensAssassin's Creed - The Knights Templar have been searching for the fabled Apple of Eden in order to take away humanity's free will but an ancient order of Assassin's work in the shadows to stop them and protect the world from becoming enslaved.…
Epic
Action / Adventure, Animated, DVD Review, Family Friendly, Fantasy, For KidsEpic - A tiny forest world, kept secret from humans, is made up of all manner of creatures - the Leafmen keep order against the evil Boggans and their leader, Mandrake who wishes to destroy the life and soul of the forest. When the Leafmen…
Ben-Hur (2016)
Biblical, Drama, DVD Review, For AdultsBen-Hur (2016) - Adoptive brothers, Judah and Messala are inseparable, but feeling the pull of his Roman heritage, Messala leaves his family to join the ranks of Roman soldiers to make a name for himself. Years later, Messala returns to his…
The Last Witch Hunter
Action, DVD Review, Fantasy, For Adults, HorrorThe Last Witch Hunter - In the Middle Ages, witch-hunter, Kaulder, destroys the Witch Queen, but with her dying breath she curses him with eternal life. Eight hundred years later, a truce has formed a tenuous peace between humans and witches…
Willow
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family Friendly, FantasyWillow - Willow is an unassuming farmer who dabbles in magic, hoping to someday become a great sorcerer. When a baby appears on a bed of grass on the river by his house, he takes her in and finds out that she is a princess whose destiny is to…
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Family Friendly, FantasyThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Reluctantly accepting a mission to prevent a world war from breaking out, famous adventurer Allan Quartermain joins a small but elite team of remarkable people with varying talents and abilities; including…
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Biblical, DVD Review, For AdultsExodus: Gods and Kings - Moses, an orphan, has been raised by Ramses’ father, Pharaoh Seti I and, having grown up together, he and Seti’s son, Ramses, are as close as brothers. A prophecy suggesting that Moses could become a leader one day…
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Fantasy, For AdultsThe Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Smaug leaves Mount Erabor to wreak vengeance against the inhabitants of Lake Town and Thorin, his fellow dwarves and Bilbo are able to retake the mountain. Unfortunately, the ‘Dragon Sickness’…
Pompeii
Action, For AdultsPompeii - When his entire tribe are slaughtered by the Romans, the last surviving boy, Milo, grows up knowing only death and fighting. Eventually he is transferred to Pompeii where he might fight to the death, as must Atticus, the reigning champion…
Wrath of the Titans
Action / Adventure, Family Friendly, FantasyWrath of the Titans - Ten years after defeating the Kraken, Perseus is father to a young son and struggling to come to terms with his wife’s death. When he learns that his father, Zeus, has been captured in the Underworld by Hades, he sets…
47 Ronin
Action / Adventure, DVD Review, Fantasy, For Adults, Netflix (UK)47 Ronin - Lord Asano is a good and just master to the Samurai under his command. When their peaceful land of Ako is visited by Shogun Tsunayoshi and the evil Lord Kira, Asano is tricked by witchcraft into harming Kira, ensuring his own death…
DragonHeart
Action / Adventure, Comedy, DVD Review, Family Friendly, FantasyDragonHeart - When the tyrannical King Freyne is killed during a peasant’s revolt, his son, Einon, takes the crown but is then mortally wounded. His loyal knight and mentor, Bowen, rushes him back to the castle where his mother takes him to…