MOVIES Page 19

The Flying Firefighters of Valencia

In recent years, the number of forest fires has consistently increased, especially in Catalonia. The loss of forest land is endangering the cultural and natural habitat of the Northwestern Mediterranean. This report...

Primal Force

Primal Force (1999)

A private plane carrying the daughter of a rich businessman crash-lands on the uninhabited island of San Miguel off the coast of Mexico, an island regarded by the locals as cursed. The businessman's Chief of Security,...

Time Lock

(1957)

Modest in scale only, this gripping rescue drama reeks of sweat-soaked claustrophobia and suspense. Peter Dawson heads a team of experts, doctors and welders racing against the clock to save a six-year-old boy who's...

Comanche Station

Comanche Station (1960)

Loner Cody trades with the Comanches to get a white girl released. He is joined on his way back to the girl's husband by an outlaw and his sidekicks. It turns out there is a large reward for the return of the girl,...

Idjwi Island: Africa's Forgotten island

The inhabitants of the island of Idjwi on Lake Kivu are poor but have one highly valuable asset in this region of Africa - peace. The island of Idjwi is saddled between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)

When an army of Graboids - giant, carnivorous underground worms - threaten the Petromaya oil refinery in Mexico, its owners call on Earl Bassett, who once helped kill four of the creatures in Perfection, Nevada....

Arctic: The Route Of The Nuclear - Powered Icebreakers

This report accompanies a polar cargo ship through the Arctic Sea and provides a rare insight into the interior of the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker float. Along the north coast of Russia, a land of climatic...

Hell Is a City

(1960)

A British police inspector waits for an escaped local criminal to return to his home in Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job.

The Solomon Treasures

The Solomon Treasures (2008)

Investigation into the controversial history of three extraordinary biblical artifacts discovered in the Holy Land. Are they genuine or fake?

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a...

Seed Hunter

Seed Hunter (2008)

Our planet is heating up and one of the first casualties will be the crops that supply our food. Scientists are working overtime to find solutions including going back to the ancestral origins of our staple foods....

North by Northwest

North by Northwest (1959)

Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to...

In the Starlight

In the starlight (2018)

During the darkest hours of the night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, outdoor photographer Paul Zizka ventures out into the wilderness in search of the world's starriest skies. His journey to photograph the...

Half Past Dead

Half Past Dead (2002)

A criminal mastermind has set in motion a plan to infiltrate a high tech prison in order to persuade a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $200 million worth of gold. It's up to an undercover FBI agent to...

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

In Nazi occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war...