From the chilling sweep of the Holocaust to the shock of 9/11 to the violent Baghdad streets, terrorism is a worldwide phenomenon that impacts the daily lives of people everywhere and affects our very survival. Its terrifying hold on our lives is magnified by its shadowy mysteriousness and its seemingly limitless potential for destruction. This compelling, comprehensive series uncovers the hidden world of terrorism, deeply delves into its causes and effects and chronicles the history of international terrorist activity. The series also provides fascinating insights into terrorist ideologies and techniques ranging from kidnapping to car bombs. Most revealingly, these programs explore the terrorist personality and offer theories on the ultimate question: why desperate people resort to violence to accomplish their missions.ISLAMIC TERRORISM: The major threat to the peace and stability of the world. Traces the history of Islamic terrorism from its roots through 9/11 to the U.S. response in fighting Islamic terrorism around the world.

Runtime 56 minutes
Release year 2005
Movie studio Egami

Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition (Superman - The Movie/ Superman II/ Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut/ Superman III/ Superman IV - The Quest for Peace/ Superman Returns)



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Disc 1: SUPERMAN THE MOVIE 1978 Theatrical Version Disc 2: SUPERMAN THE MOVIE 2000 Expanded Edition Disc 3: SUPERMAN THE MOVIE Archive Disc 4: SUPERMAN Bonus Vault Materials Disc 5: SUPERMAN II 1980/81 Theatrical Version Disc 6: SUPERMAN II 2006 Version You've Never Seen Disc 7: SUPERMAN II Archive/Bonus Vault Materials Disc 8: SUPERMAN III Disc 9: SUPERMAN IV THE QUEST FOR PEACE Disc 10: SUPERMAN RETURNS Disc 11: SUPERMAN RETURNS Special Features Disc 12: LOOK, UP INTO THE SKY! THE AMAZING STORY OF SUPERMAN Disc 13: YOU WILL BELIEVE: THE CINEMATIC SAGA OF SUPERMAN New Documentaries/Bonus Vault Materials Disc 14: BRYAN SINGER'S VIDEO JOURNALS Making Superman Returns

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama


Review
4 Stars. Editor's Choice. Highly Recommended. A tender, moving commentary on compassion, tolerance, and finding the middleway through moral dialogue within the global community, 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama is a surprisingly humorous, thought-provoking, and uplifting film. --Video Librarian
Everyone should watch this movie. A perfect blend of history, drama, artful presentation, and profound inspiration. --New Age Retailer
The Boston Globe
"One comes away from "10 Questions" emboldened, energized, and sadder -- aware that peace remains so radical a concept that most of us aren't yet worthy of it."

Minneapolis StarTribune
"3 out of 4 Stars. Enlightenment rarely sounds so practical and levelheaded."

About the Actor
HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH THE DALAI LAMA TENZIN GYATSO, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama, and thus an incarnation Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion. The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva (Buddha) of Compassion, who chose to reincarnate to serve the people. Lhamo Dhondrub was, as Dalai Lama, renamed Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso - Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom. Tibetans normally refer to His Holiness as Yeshe Norbu, the Wishfulfilling Gem or simply Kundun - The Presence.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award the 1989 Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama won worldwide praise and applause, with exception of China. The Committee s citation read, The Committee wants to emphasize the fact that the Dalai Lama in his struggle for the liberation of Tibet consistently has opposed the use of violence. He has instead advocated peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual
respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people. His Holiness often says, I am just a simple Buddhist monk - no more, nor less.

His Holiness follows the life of Buddhist monk. Living in a small cottage in Dharamsala, he rises at 4 A.M. to meditate, pursues an ongoing schedule of administrative meetings, private audiences and religious teachings and ceremonies. He concludes each day with further prayer before retiring. In explaining his greatest sources of inspiration, he often cites a favorite verse, found in the writings of the renowned eighth century Buddhist saint Shantideva:

For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world.

About the Director
Cinematographer, writer and director Rick Ray has traveled the world to capture images of its peoples and cultures. He has produced twelve films on regions as diverse as Israel, Bali, Borneo, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Syria, and Iceland, with titles that include Raise the Bamboo Curtain with Martin Sheen and the highly regarded The Soul of India. Beyond trips to India to acquire footage for the film, Ray spent 2 years tracking down rare archival footage of the Dalai Lama's youth, the Chinese takeover, and subsequent hardships. Ray feels honored to have had the opportunity to interview the Dalai Lama and bring the experience to the screen.

Product Description
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together observations from his own journeys throughout India and the Middle East, and the wisdom of an extraordinary spiritual leader. This is his story, as told and filmed by Rick Ray during a private visit to his monastery in Dharamsala, India over the course of several months. Also included is rare historical footage as well as footage supplied by individuals who at great personal risk, filmed with hidden cameras within Tibet. Part biography, part philosophy, part adventure and part politics, "10 Questions for The Dalai Lama" conveys more than history and more than answers - it opens a window into the heart of an inspiring man. If you had only one hour, what would you ask?

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford



Of all the movies made about or glancingly involving the 19th-century outlaw Jesse Woodson James, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is the most reflective, most ambitious, most intricately fascinating, and indisputably most beautiful. Based on the novel of the same name by Ron Hansen, it picks up James late in his career, a few hours before his final train robbery, then covers the slow catastrophe of the gang's breakup over the next seven months even as the boss himself settles into an approximation of genteel retirement. But in another sense all of the movie is later than that. The very title assumes the audience's familiarity with James as a figure out of history and legend, and our awareness that he was--will be--murdered in his parlor one quiet afternoon by a backshooting crony.

The film--only the second to be made by New Zealand–born writer-director Andrew Dominik--reminds us that Dominik's debut film, Chopper (2000), was the cunningly off-kilter portrait of another real-life criminal psychopath who became a kind of rock star to his society. The Jesse James of this telling is no Robin Hood robbing the rich to give to the poor, and that train robbery we witness is punctuated by acts of gratuitous brutality, not gallantry. Nineteen-year-old Bob Ford (Casey Affleck) seeks to join the James gang out of hero worship stoked by the dime novels he secretes under his bed, but his glam hero (Brad Pitt) is a monster who takes private glee in infecting his accomplices with his own paranoia, then murdering them for it. In the careful orchestration of James's final moments, there's even a hint that he takes satisfaction in his own demise.

Affleck and Pitt (who co-produced with Ridley Scott, among others) are mesmerizing in the title roles, but the movie is enriched by an exceptional supporting cast: Sam Shepard as Jesse's older, more stable brother Frank; Sam Rockwell as Bob Ford's own brother Charlie, whose post-assassination descent into madness is astonishing to behold; Paul Schneider, Garret Dillahunt, and Jeremy Renner as three variously doomed gang members; and Mary-Louise Parker, who as Jesse's wife Zee has few lines yet manages with looks and body language to invoke a wellnigh-novelistic backstory for herself. There are also electrifying cameos by James Carville, doing solid actorly work as the governor of Missouri; Ted Levine, as a lawman of antic spirit; and Nick Cave, composer of the film's score (with Warren Ellis) and screenwriter of the Aussie "Western" The Proposition, suddenly towering over a late scene to perform the folk song that set the terms for the book and movie's title.

Still, the real costar is Roger Deakins, probably the finest cinematographer at work today. The landscapes of the movie (mostly in Alberta and Manitoba) will linger in the memory as long as the distinctive faces, and we seem to feel the sting of its snows on our cheeks. Interior scenes are equally persuasive. Few Westerns have conveyed so tangibly the bleakness and austerity of the spaces people of the frontier called home, and sought in vain to warm with human spirit. --Richard T. Jameson

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Resident Evil - Extinction (Widescreen Special Edition)

The third installment in the massively popular film series based on Capcom's zombie horror/science fiction games, Resident Evil: Extinction brings the world to an end, not with a whimper but a bang, as Milla Jovovich's Alice pits her bio-organic superskills against armies of the undead in a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas. Also on hand is a more grown-up version of the games' Claire Redfield (played by Heroes' Ali Larter), who leads a convoy of humans (among them Resident Evil vets Oded Fehr and Mike Epps, who reprise their roles as Carlos and LJ, as well as newcomers Ashanti and Spencer Locke) in search of sanctuary; meanwhile, sinister Umbrella Corporation scientist Dr. Sam Isaacs (Iain Glen) seeks a cure for the zombie virus outbreak via Alice's blood, which he taps via a lab full of clones. Subtlety has never been the Resident Evil series' strong suit, but it's hard to argue against Extinction's breakneck pace and impressive CG special effects; director Russell Mulcahy (the Highlander series) lends a lot of verve to the proceedings, and the script by producer Paul W.S. Anderson pulls in agreeable touches from The Road Warrior and Day of the Dead. A hit during the summer of 2007, Extinction should please series devotees and action-horror fans alike; the DVD includes commentary by Mulcahy, Anderson, and co-producer Jeremy Bolt, as well as several making-of featurettes, and a glimpse at the next entry in the Resident Evil franchise, the CG-only Degeneration. -- Paul Gaita

Product Description
Milla Jovovich is back in the third chapter of the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise! This action-packed horror film is set in the Nevada desert and filled with intense special effects and more zombie terror! Las Vegas means fun in the sun. Well, at least the sun is still there. Except for a few rusting landmarks, it looks pretty much like the rest of the desert - or the whole country, for that matter. The crowds are now flesh-eating zombies: the mass undead, the oozing, terrifying sludge of what remains. Here, the newly upgraded Alice, along with her crew (Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter, Ashanti) will make a final stand against evil - with one goal: to turn the undead dead again.

The Bourne Ultimatum



The often breathtaking, final installment in the Bourne trilogy finds the titular assassin with no memory closing in on his past, finally answering his own questions about his real identity and how he came to be a seemingly unstoppable killing machine. Matt Damon returns for another intensely physical performance as Jason Bourne, the rogue operative at war with the CIA, which made him who and what he is and managed to kill his girlfriend in the series' second film, The Bourne Supremacy. Now looking for payback, Bourne goes in search for the renegade chief of CIA operations in Europe and North Africa, partnering for a time with a mysterious woman from his past (Julia Stiles) and constantly--constantly--on the run from assassins, intelligence foot soldiers, and cops. Directed by Paul Greengrass (United 93) with the director’s thrilling, trademark textures and shaky, documentary style, The Bourne Ultimatum is largely a succession of action scenes that reveal a lot about the story’s characters while they’re under duress. Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, and Paddy Considine comprise the film’s terrific supporting cast, and the well-traveled movie leads viewers through Turin, Madrid, Tangiers, Paris, London, and New York. Overall, this is a satisfying conclusion to Bourne’s exciting and protracted mystery. --Tom Keogh

Erica Bain watched her fiancé die and now she is a stranger to herself. An armed wanderer in New York and no one can stop her.

Starring Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard
Directed By Neil Jordan
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime 2 hours 3 minutes
Release year 2007
Movie studio Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality.


Supporting actors Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Mary Steenburgen, Ene Oloja, Luis Da Silva Jr., Blaze Foster, Rafael Sardina, Jane Adams, Gordon MacDonald, Zöe Kravitz, John Magaro, Victor Colicchio, Jermel Howard, Dennis L.A. White, Julia Garro, James Biberi, Brian Delate, Lenny Venito, Carmen Ejogo, Dana Eskelson

Justice League: The New Frontier



Inspired by the best-selling graphic novel and produced by the multiple Emmy-winning animation legend Bruce Timm (TV's "Batman: The Animated Series"), the New Frontier offers an intense tale of the founding of the Justice League.

Starring David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer
Directed By Dave Bullock
Genre Animation
Runtime 1 hour 15 minutes
Release year 2008
Movie studio Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for violent content/images.

Supporting actors Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Alaskey, Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton, Townsend Coleman, Keith David, Sean Donnellan, Robin Atkin Downes, Shane Haboucha, John Heard, David Hunt, Lex Lang, Lucy Lawless, Vicki Lewis, Kyle MacLachlan, Joe Mantegna, Vanessa Marshall, Jim Meskimen, Phil Morris, Alan Ritchson

* US Theatrical Release Date: Feburary 26, 2008
* MPAA: Rated PG-13 for violent content/images.
* Production Company: Warner Bros. Animation

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Battlestar Galactica: Razor



On the eve of a devastating Cylon attack, officer Kendra Shaw reports for duty on the battlestar Pegasus. When mankind's future is forever changed on that fateful day, Kendra is reshaped into a "razor"—a tool of war—under the ruthless guidance of her commander, Admiral Cain.

Starring Stefan Arngrim, Victor Ayala
Directed By Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Wayne Rose
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Runtime 1 hour 44 minutes
Release year 2007
Movie studio NBC Universal

Supporting actors Steve Bacic, Jamie Bamber, Graham Beckel, Matthew Bennett, Chandra Berg, Jacob Blair, Chris Bradford, Peter Bryant, James Callis, Fulvio Cecere, Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen, Nico Cortez, Ben Cotton, Deni DeLory, Aaron Douglas, Matt Drake, Brad Dryborough, Andrew Dunbar, Dustin Eriksen, Peter Flemming

* US Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 2007
* Production Company: USA Cable Entertainment LLC
* Also Known As: Razor / Untitled Battlestar Galactica TV Special
* Filming Locations: Vancouver Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3:10 To Yuma



An update of the 1957 Western, 3:10 TO YUMA pairs two of today's finest actors, Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, as an infamous outlaw and the struggling rancher who volunteers to deliver him to justice.

Starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale
Directed By James Mangold
Genre Drama, Western, Crime
Runtime 2 hours 3 minutes
Movie studio Lionsgate
MPAA Rating Rated R for violence and some language.

Supporting actors Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Tudyk, Luce Rains, Gretchen Mol, Lennie Loftin, Rio Alexander, Johnny Whitworth, Shawn Howell, Pat Ricotti, Ramon Frank, Deryle J. Lujan, James 'Scotty' Augare, Brian Duffy, Jason Rodriguez, Kevin Durand, Chris Browning

We Own the Night



Young nightclub manager trying to escape cop family learns that father and brother, both high level cops, are targeting Russian mobsters at his club; after bust, mobsters shoot brother and kill father, motivating manager to become cop, lead battle to defeat mobsters.
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes
Directed By James Gray
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime 1 hour 58 minutes
Release year 2007
Movie studio Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating Rated R for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity

Supporting actors Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov, Dominic Colon, Danny Hoch, Oleg Taktarov, Moni Moshonov, Antoni Corone, Craig Walker, Tony Musante, Joe D'Onofrio, Yelena Solovey, Maggie Kiley, Paul Herman, Claudia Lopez, Katie Condidorio, Edward Shkolnikov, Katya Savina, Matthew Djentchouraev, Scott Nicholson

Michael Clayton



Michael ClaytonRated r
Michael Clayton, a former prosecutor, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's “dirty work.” The firm's top litigator sabotages a case and the firm sends Clayton to tackle this disaster.
Starring Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe
Directed By Tony Gilroy
Genre Drama, Thriller
Runtime 2 hours
Release year 2007
Movie studio Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating Rated R for language including some sexual dialogue.

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Across the UniverseRated pg-13
The enduring songs of The Beatles, set the tone for Across The Universe, a love story about a British boy and an American girl set against the backdrop of the social upheaval of the 1960s. The stirring music of the Fab Four will drive the narrative, with the actors singing and dancing to the classic tunes. The film is directed by acclaimed filmaker Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus) and is a feast for the eyes with it's stunning color and cutting edge visual style. Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen) and Jim Sturgess play the young couple in love with supporting roles from Salma Hayek and Bono

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ross over to the dark side in this bone-chilling adaptation of the cult-hit graphic novel. In a small Alaskan town, a growing band of bloodthirsty vampires thrust the living into a deadly game of cat and mouse and screams.
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Runtime 1 hour 54 minutes
Movie studio Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Beowulf





In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle throughout the ages, immortalizing the name Beowulf.

Starring Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn
Directed By Robert Zemeckis
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Runtime 1 hour 55 minutes
Release year 2007
Movie studio Paramount
MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity.