In 1502 Moctezuma II was elected ruler of the Aztecs (or Mexica, as they are more correctly known). From his awe-inspiring capital Tenochtitlan (the site of modern-day Mexico City), this semi-divine figure presided over a vast a politically complex empire extending from the Gulf Coast to the Pacific Ocean. All this was to come to a dramatic end in 1519, when Moctezuma and the Mexica came fact to face with another aggressive, expansionist society - the Spanish, led by Hernán Cortés. Produced to accompany the fourth in a series of exhibitions on great rulers, this film reassesses the life, death and legacy of the once-mighty warrior-king Moctezuma.
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
10,000 B.C. was a time of cataclysmic change on Earth. Extreme climactic fluctuations hurled the planet into a minor ice age; megafauna like the saber-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth were suddenly becoming extinct; and early humans began to inhabit North America.
A vicious genetically modified creature that's half human and half dire wolf escapes from a research facility so it can go on a murderous rampage in a quiet rural community.
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns a kept woman who defies convention to chase a dream of romantic love with an earnest, if naïve, young man.
