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A deadly virus is carried to a small town in Northern California, where it quickly begins infecting the entire population, forcing the military to act quickly before the entire country is at risk.

After a brutal childhood at the hands of the police & the subsequent death of his father, Ned Kelly is imprisoned on the trumped up charge of horse stealing. Then when a police officer assaults Ned's sister Kate, it is Ned & his mother who are charged.

When a good cop gets blown away by some ruthless criminals, innovative scientists and doctors are able to piece him back together as an unstoppable crime-fighting cyborg called Robocop.

Set in a dystopic present where vigilant gargoyles and ferocious demons rage in a battle for ultimate power, Victor Frankenstein's creation Adam finds himself caught in the middle as both sides race to discover the secret to his immortality.

When her sister is kidnapped by thugs searching for a priceless jewel in the Colombian jungle, a romance novelist soon finds her own life filled with cliffhangers and danger. All alone, she sets out to rescue her sister and meets up with a handsome fortune seeker who convinces her to beat the bandits to the treasure.

The true story of a US fighter pilot's gruelling experiences as a prisoner of war in Laos after being shot down during the Vietnam War, and his eventual escape. A dramatisation of director Werner Herzog's 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly, this is an involving tale of courage and survival, with plenty of parallels to contemporary experiences of war and captivity.

Snake Plissken is back in John Carpenter's long-awaited sequel to Escape From New York, injected with a virus that will kill him in 10 hours flat unless he is successful in his latest quest.

In a single magical day, in 11th century Baghdad, a beggar-poet rises from poverty to become emir, defeats an evil wazir, saves the kingdom and helps two lovers come together. It may be luck ... the result of masterful plotting ... or it could be Kismet.

Two men and two women reunite to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across LA and the Mexican desert, and two former rivals must learn to trust each other when they come up against a shared enemy.

Simon travels along the Yangtze, discovering a revival of religious faith in China. Starting his journey at the first bend in the Yangtze, Simon follows the river to Dazu where he sees 50,000 ancient and exquisite rock carvings, some of the only religious artefacts not to have been destroyed under communist rule. Taking a river cruise, he arrives at the Three Gorges Dam, the biggest power station on the planet.

Oscar nominee Samantha Morton, Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland and Temuera Morrison star in this intimate story following a young Irish woman's (abandoned by her father) search for her lost son who has been kidnapped by his Maori grandfather. Finding herself on both sides of a turbulent war as Maori tribes make a last attempt to stem the tide of British settlers, she is forced to choose between the European ways she knows or follow her son into a Maori way of living.

A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who last faced off as opposing attorneys in Bush v Gore. The film also follows the plaintiffs, two gay couples who find their families at the centre of the same-sex marriage controversy. Five years in the making, this is the story of how they took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the US Supreme Court.

Simon Reeve follows the sacred waters of the Ganges from source to sea, exploring how India's economy has affected its religious culture. Along the way he meets westerners in Rishikesh seeking spiritual enlightenment, takes a holy dip in the fast-flowing waters at Haridwar and discovers how the river is being severely polluted in Kanpur.

Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades. In Cantonese.

World nomad Simon Reeve is back to present this brand new series where history, adventure and travelogue combine as he explores three of the world's major rivers: the Nile, Yangtze and Ganges. Through the stories of the people who live alongside these great waterways, he uncovers their vast influence, and reveals how they unite, and divide, some of the most extraordinary parts of the world. Tracing the course of each river from source to mouth, this series delves deep into the beliefs and practices that underpin the lives of those living along its banks.

A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. In the autumn of 1870, General Pang Qingyun of the imperial army wants to end war and restore peace to the land. But to do so he must first rise to power. To help him achieve his goal, he joins two bandits Zhao Er-Hu and Jiang Wuyang, and the three become sworn brothers.

In Africa during WWI, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.

In 2012, Jamie Andrew prepared his comeback; to climb the Matterhorn - the seventh highest Alpine peak, which has seen the death of 600 climbers - with his friend and climbing partner Roger Payne.