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Merlin: Season 5
2012 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsA now-grown Mordred returns in the fifth season of this lavish fantasy series, which finds King Arthur and Queen Gwynevere reigning over Camelot. Some say he's destined to kill the young king, but can the fates be stopped?
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Merlin: Season 4
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAs the magic-infused saga of Arthur and his court flows into a fourth season, Camelot's future is threatened by the powerful sorceress Morgana. Arthur's faithful ally Merlin must use all his wits and strength to save the kingdom from a hideous fate.
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Merlin: Season 3
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe third season of this Syfy series inspired by the legend of King Arthur and his mentor, the sorcerer Merlin, picks up with Morgana a year after she fled Camelot and joined forces with the sorceress Morgause.
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Merlin
2008 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThis family-oriented retelling of the popular King Arthur legend finds Merlin arriving in Camelot, where magic is banned. There, he secretly hones his sorcery skills with the help of his uncle, the court physician.
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Merlin: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsMagic and action reign in Season 2 of this family show featuring young warlock Merlin, who acts as a servant to Arthur, the future king of Camelot. But Merlin must keep his abilities a secret because magic has been banned by Arthur's father.
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Merlin: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsNot long after arriving in Camelot, a majestic kingdom where magic is a capital crime, young warlock Merlin realizes that his true mission is to use his powers to protect the future king Arthur.
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Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II
2005 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis fascinating documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the New Mexico test blast to dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations and special effects take viewers aboard the &NFi;Enola Gay&NFi_; and inside the exploding bomb.
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Immortals
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn ancient Greece, King Hyperion searches for a powerful weapon that will free the bloodthirsty Titans and enable them to overpower the gods and enslave humanity. Unable to interfere directly, the gods choose a champion to defend them: Theseus.
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Thumbelina
1994 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this musical take on the classic tale, tiny Thumbelina pines for someone her own size with whom to fall in love, and soon she meets a dreamy prince. But before they can get together, she's kidnapped by a toad who imposes her own plan.
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Rob Roy
1995 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this lusty epic, Scottish cattle drover Rob Roy MacGregor is forced to go on the run and to fight for his liberty -- and his integrity -- after a conniving British blue blood steals money intended as a loan to MacGregor.
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Spaceballs
1987 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this spoof of the Star Wars trilogy, nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air. Space bum Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue, with help from Yogurt and the power of "The Schwartz."
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The Confession (2011)
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis riveting Web series follows an angst-ridden hit man who confesses his bloody sins to an astonished priest, and their urgent debate about the ethics of his profession prompts the hired killer to reflect on the many violent episodes of his life.
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Hellboy: Animated: Blood & Iron
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen a vampire destroyed decades ago by professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm is resurrected, supernatural agents Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien must pool their resources to stop a demon uprising. As the team battles hordes of ghosts and hellhounds, a showdown brews between Hellboy and Hecate, queen of the witches. Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and John Hurt lend their voices to this animated adventure based on Mike Mignola's comic-book series.
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Hellboy
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBased on Mike Mignola's cult comic book series, this fast-paced live-action film tells the dark story of Hellboy, a charismatic demon who's put on Earth by the Nazis to terrorize the rest of the world. But Hellboy has other plans. Deciding to fight for good instead of evil, he vows to rid the world of supernatural monsters and the powers that rule them.
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The Tigger Movie
2000 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA.A. Milne's classic characters are back in this adventure straight from the Hundred Acre Wood. Tigger goes in search of his family tree, hoping to find other Tiggers. Along the way, the boisterous bouncer learns the true meaning of family.
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Dead Man
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsOnly Jim Jarmusch could direct a Western like this: a poetry-loving American Indian mistakes accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) for the English writer by the same name, while bounty hunters take Blake for a murderer. Jarmusch packs his independent-minded film with an unlikely collection of castmates, including Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, John Hurt -- and Robert Mitchum, in one of his final big-screen roles.
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The Skeleton Key
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSent to New Orleans to care for a stroke victim who lies bedridden and speechless, hospice worker Caroline finds a key that unlocks ancient secrets. Lonely in the patient's mansion, Caroline eventually opens up a Pandora's box of voodoo and danger.
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The Field
1990 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 1930s western Ireland, feisty peasant Bull McCabe (Richard Harris) expects no competition when he bids on the piece of land he has rented and cultivated for many years. To his surprise, a wealthy Irish-American developer (Tom Berenger) wants the land, too. And so begins a protracted battle for the parcel in director Jim Sheridan's bleakly gritty drama, his follow-up to the acclaimed My Left Foot. John Hurt co-stars as the village idiot.
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The Commissioner
1998 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsShortly after assuming his new duties as British commissioner to the European Union, James Morton (John Hurt) is approached by scientist Hans Koenig (Armin Mueller-Stahl), who reveals that the company he works for builds chemical weapons and is controlled by an ex-Nazi. Morton promptly halts the corporation's new merger, leading to Koenig's arrest for espionage and attempts on his life. Alice Krige co-stars in this tense political thriller.
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Lou
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis poignant drama follows Lou, an 11-year-old Australian coping with having been abandoned by her father when her estranged grandfather, Doyle, comes to live with the family. Much to Lou's surprise, she develops a deep bond with the ailing Doyle.
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Melancholia
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis inventive drama charts the disintegrating relationship between newly married twentysomething Justine and her melancholy sister, Claire, just as Earth hurtles toward certain collision with a newly discovered planet.
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Night Train
1998 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAn ex-con who served time for doctoring the books of a gangster has to go into hiding. He moves into a Dublin boarding house, whose timid owner takes a shine to her new boarder and to his train sets, which they each use to escape reality.
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The Oxford Murders
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter Oxford logic professor Arthur Seldom and his new graduate student Martin discover a dead woman, they get involved in trying to solve a string of homicides in which the killer marked each victim's body with cryptic mathematical symbols.
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Night Train
1998 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter a stint in prison for embezzling a gangster's purloined loot, an ex-con moves from the frying pan into the fire: He has to find somewhere to hide out immediately or else he'll be killed by the mobster and his men.
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Heaven's Gate
1980 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen wealthy cattlemen use brutal tactics to drive settlers off their land, Sheriff James Averill intervenes in this Western based on the true story of Wyoming's Johnson County War. Averill clashes with, then befriends, one of the armed mercenaries.
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