Dida Diafat, an 11-time Muay Thai boxing champion, turns action star in this adrenaline-pumped, semi-fictionalized version of his own life story. A riveting account of his true-life ascent from a struggling lowlife to Thai kickboxing champion at the age of only 21, accompanied by a thumping hip-hop soundtrack, ‘ Chok Dee’ is unlike anything you have seen before. Dida stars as Ryan, a delinquent whose time in prison is about to come to an end. During his time behind bars, he is taught the deadly art of Thai boxing by fellow con Jean. The action hurtles to Bangkok as Ryan aspires to become that rare foreigner granted access to professional Muay Thai competitions. A gripping tale following the rise of a jailbird offender to world renowned boxer, ‘ Chok Dee’ is an action-packed fight fest where throwing in the towel is not an option. ...

The peace & tranquillity of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence & manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents bedroom door lies ajar & as her eyes adjust to the darkness she finds her parents gagged & tied to the bed. Knocked unconscious she is later awoken by a deranged killer & given sixty seconds to make a simple choice: who dies, her mother or her father? ...

The peace & tranquillity of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence & manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents bedroom door lies ajar & as her eyes adjust to the darkness she finds her parents gagged & tied to the bed. Knocked unconscious she is later awoken by a deranged killer & given sixty seconds to make a simple choice: who dies, her mother or her father? ...

Widely praised at the Cannes, Berlin & Toronto Film Festivals, CHOP SHOP is the second remarkable feature from the internationally acclaimed young director Ramin Bahrani, who was hailed 'the new great American film director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert. On the outskirts of Queens, & just steps from some of New York’s most iconic landmarks, Alejandro, a tough & ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives & works in a ‘ Chop Shop’
- an illegal workshop breaking stolen cars for the purpose of selling them as parts. In this ramshackle world of mud, rust, graffiti, & twisted scrap metal populated by illegal immigrants & low-level adult criminals, young Alejandro struggles to pursue his goal of making a better life for himself & his spirited 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
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Widely praised at the Cannes, Berlin & Toronto Film Festivals, CHOP SHOP is the second remarkable feature from the internationally acclaimed young director Ramin Bahrani, who was hailed 'the new great American film director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert. On the outskirts of Queens, & just steps from some of New York’s most iconic landmarks, Alejandro, a tough & ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives & works in a ‘ Chop Shop’
- an illegal workshop breaking stolen cars for the purpose of selling them as parts. In this ramshackle world of mud, rust, graffiti, & twisted scrap metal populated by illegal immigrants & low-level adult criminals, young Alejandro struggles to pursue his goal of making a better life for himself & his spirited 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
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Chris Tarrant is in West Africa to experience one of the greatest surviving African railways of the colonial era. Built by French colonists at a cost of tens of thousands of African lives, this railway connects the capital, Brazzaville, far inland on the Congo River, to the coast 310 miles away. It has remained a vital lifeline for both people & freight in a country with few roads & thousands of square of miles of impenetrable jungle. ...

In this episode, Chris Tarrant crosses the Australian Outback, to find out the truth about an amazing railway. The 2, 000 mile-long Adelaide to Darwin Railway is commonly known as The Ghan Line. It's named after the luxury passenger service that runs on it & the name Ghan is said to derive from the Afghan-run camel trains that ferried people & goods across the Outback in the 19th Century. ...

This week Chris Tarrant is traveling on the Konkan railway which runs down the west coast of India connecting the port cities of Mumbai & Mangalore. Although the British Empire built 40, 000 miles of track across this vast sub-continent between, they stayed clear of this narrow, boggy strip of land as it was such a treacherous & difficult environment in which to build a railway. As a result Western India remained undeveloped until over 100 years later when a brave Indian engineer took on the daunting task. Known as The People's Railway it opened in January 1998, finally connecting the remote villages along the route to the outside world. ...

Highschool geek Arnie Cunningham falls in love with " Christine", a bright red 1957 Plymouth Fury which has seen much better days. Setting himself the task of restoring the car to its original condition, his friends notice that the car is not the only thing that is changing. Arnie seems to spend more & more time with his car. He's also developed a sort of cocky arrogance which does not seem like the real Arnie at all. ...

Two of Britain’s finest actors, Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) & Brenda Blethyn (Pride & Prejudice), star in this heart-warming Christmas story perfect for the whole family. Fifteen year old Eddie (Joseph Phillips) is on a shopping trip with his mother when she is tragically struck by a car & left in a critical condition. With their father absent from their lives, Eddie & his brother Stewart (Angus Harrison) face the daunting prospect of potentially losing their mother just as Christmas approaches. One night, Eddie’s mother visits him in a dream urging him to find a halo so that she may be saved. Stewart scoffs at the idea but Eddie is determined. Will the brothers be able to find an angel & save their mother before Christmas? ...