Titan A.E.





Titan A. E.



In A.D. 3028, humanity has mastered deep space travel and interacted with several alien species.
A human invention called "Project Titan" alarms the Drej, a pure energy-based alien species
who attacks Earth after breaching the Global Defense System.
As the Drej start to attack Earth, Professor Sam Tucker, the lead researcher for "Project Titan",
sends his son Cale on one of the evacuation ships with his alien friend Tek
while Tucker and other members of his team fly the Titan spacecraft into hyperspace.
With Earth destroyed by the energy beam fired by the Drej Mothership
with the explosion also breaking the Moon, the surviving humans become nomads,
generally ridiculed by other species.

Fifteen years later, Cale is working in a salvage yard in an asteroid belt at Tau 14.
Following the Drej's attack on Tau 14, he encounters the human Captain Joseph Korso,
his female human pilot Akima, and the alien crew members of the Valkyrie
named Preed, Gune, and Stith.

Korso reveals that Professor Tucker encoded a map in Cale's ring to the Titan,
humanity's chance of recovery.
Cale realizes the Drej want him dead before he can find the Titan.
On the planet Sesharrim, the bat-like Gaoul interpret the map,
and discover the Titan is hidden in the Andali Nebula.
Drej fighters arrive and capture Cale and Akima.
The Drej eventually discard Akima and extract the Titan's map from Cale.

Korso's crew rescues Akima while Cale eventually escapes in a Drej fighter and rejoins the group.
While visiting the human space station called New Bangkok for repairs,
Cale and Akima discover that Korso and his assistant Preed
are working with the Drej to destroy the Titan in exchange for money and are stranded there.
With the help of New Bangkok's colonists, Cale and Akima salvage a small spaceship
and set out to find Titan.

When they arrive at the massive ice field in the Andali Nebula where Titan is hidden,
Korso and the Valkyrie secretly follow them.
Upon docking with the massive vessel, they learn that Titan can create an Earth-like planet
including the native animal and plant life thanks to stored DNA samples,
but has lost the energy necessary for the reactor to start the process
after its initial escape from Earth.

Cale also finds a recording by his father in the event that the Drej had gotten to him first
and in the event that Cale had arrived at the Titan where the recording urges Cale
to finish the job of preserving the human race.

After killing Preed (who was earlier bribed by the Drej against him),
Korso attempts but fails to seize Cale's ring.

Moments later, the Drej attack the Titan, but are diverted by the Valkyrie's remaining crew.
Cale modifies the Titan to absorb the energy beam fired by the Drej mothership
aided by a repentant Korso who sacrifices his life in the process.
The Drej Mothership is vaporized after being fired upon.
The now active Titan creates a new planet titled "Bob" jokingly
by Cale and "New Earth" by Akima.

While on "New Earth," Cale and Akima witness the planet in action.
Stith and Gune leave on Valkyrie to another planet as they wave goodbye to their human comrades.
Human colony ships (including the New Bangkok) approach the new planet to start life anew.
The final shot of the planet is labeled "New Earth" (Planet Bob).








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The Game




The Game





Nicholas Van Orton is a wealthy investment banker, but his success has come at a cost.
He is estranged from both his ex-wife and his only brother, Conrad.
He remains haunted from having seen his father commit suicide on the latter's 48th birthday.
On his own 48th birthday, Conrad presents Nicholas with an unusual gift
- a voucher for a "game" offered by a company called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS).
Conrad promises that it will change Nick's life.

Nicholas has doubts about CRS, but he meets club members who enjoyed the game.
He goes to CRS's offices to apply and is irritated by the lengthy and time-consuming series
of psychological and physical examinations required.
He is later informed that his application has been rejected.

Nicholas begins to believe that his business, reputation, finances, and safety are at risk.
He encounters a waitress, Christine, who appears to have been endangered by the game.
Nicholas contacts the police to investigate CRS, but they find the offices abandoned.

Eventually, Conrad appears to Nicholas and apologizes,
claiming that he, too, has come under attack by CRS.
With no one else to turn to, Nicholas finds Christine's home.
He soon discovers that she is a CRS employee and that her apartment was staged.
Christine tells Nicholas that they are being watched.
Nicholas attacks a camera, and armed CRS troops
begin to swarm the house and fire upon them.
Nicholas and Christine are forced to flee.

Nicholas realizes that CRS has drained his financial accounts, and he is now broke.
Christine tells him that some of his closest associates are part of the game.
Just as he begins to trust Christine, he realizes she has drugged him, and he falls unconscious.

Nicholas wakes up to find himself entombed in a cemetery in Mexico.
He sells his gold watch to escape.
He returns to find his mansion has been foreclosed
and most of his possessions have been removed.

He retrieves a hidden gun and seeks the aid of his ex-wife.
While talking with her and apologizing for his neglect and mistreatment,
he discovers that Jim Feingold, the CRS employee
who had conducted his psychological test,
is an actor who works in television advertisements.

Nicholas locates and forces Feingold to take him to CRS, whereupon he takes Christine hostage.
He demands to be taken to the leader of CRS.
Attacked by CRS troops, Nicholas takes Christine to the roof
and bars the door behind them.

The CRS troops begin cutting through the door.
Christine realizes that Nicholas' gun is not a prop and is terrified.
She frantically tells Nicholas that the conspiracy is a hoax, a fiction that is just part of the game,
that his finances are intact, and that his family and friends are waiting on the other side of the door.
He refuses to believe her. The door bursts open, and Nicholas shoots the first person to emerge:
his brother Conrad, bearing an open bottle of champagne.
Distraught, Nicholas leaps off the roof, just as his late father did.

Nicholas' life passes before his eyes as he falls.
He smashes through a glass roof and lands on a giant air bag.
Emergency medical technicians carefully remove him, and he finds himself in a ballroom
full of his friends, family, and every figure involved in his Game;
it had been just a game all along.

Conrad is alive and well, and explains that he initiated the game
to get his brother to embrace life and not end up like their father.
Nicholas breaks into tears, relaxes, and begins to enjoy the party once his shock has dissipated.
Later, Nicholas splits the bill for the game with Conrad.
When he sees that Christine has left the party, he follows her outside to her cab.
He asks her to dinner, and she offers to share a coffee with him
before her flight takes her to her next game assignment in Australia.








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The Lone Survivor





The Lone Survivor





Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill
notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005.
Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives
in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.








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The Legend of Hercules





The Legend of Hercules





The origin story of the the mythical Greek hero.
Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery, 
because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers
to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.








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13 Sins





13 Sins





Elliot Brindle is a bright, meek salesman, drowning in debt
– and desperate as he’s about to marry the love of his life.
Upon receiving a phone call informing him that he’s on a hidden camera game show
where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a sum total cash prize of $6.2M,
Elliot dismissively follows through with his first two instructions:
swat the fly that is currently bothering him, then eat the fly.
With thousands of dollars suddenly appearing in his bank account,
Elliot remains skeptical, though comforted by the knowledge that he can stop playing at anytime
if only to lose every penny that he’s won.
Trapped into the horrors manipulated by unseen spectators,
Elliot’s need to complete the game escalates as the tasks grow more extreme,
to a devastating point of no return.








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Drive Hard





Drive Hard





A former race car driver turned driver’s training instructor is abducted by a mysterious thief
and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts both in the sights of the cops
and the mob and leads them all on a chase across Australia’s Gold Coast.








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10 Security Tips by Most Wanted Hacker Kevin Mitnick





10 Security Tips
by Most Wanted Hacker Kevin Mitnick



Kevin Mitnick came over his security proficiency by hand.
In the 1990s, his digital seepage of some of the largest companies around the world
made him a well-known technology boogieman, and inevitably landed him 5 years behind bars.
Now free and clear, Mitnick has transformed himself as a computer system security expert and writer.
He takes a trip around the world teaching organizations the best ways to safeguard their information
in a world of business spies and more youthful versions of himself.
He took a break from his jet-setting to discuss some functional security tips.

So fasten your seatbelts and open up your brains or Notepad if you are feeling lazy and write down
all these 10 security tips delivered right away from the worlds' most renowned hacker, Kevin Mitnick.



1. Back up everything! You are not invulnerable.
Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes.

2. Choose passwords that are reasonably hard to guess.
Don't just append a few numbers to a no-brainer.
Always change default passwords.

3. Use an antivirus product like AVG or Norton, and set it to update daily.

4. Update your OS religiously and be vigilant in applying all security patches
released by the software manufacturer.

5. Avoid hacker-bait apps like Internet Explorer
and disable automatic scripting on your e-mail client.

6. Use encryption software like PGP (pretty good privacy) when sending sensitive e-mail.
You can also use it to protect your entire hard drive.

7. Install a spyware detection app - or even several.
Programs that can be set to run frequently, like SpyCop, are ideal.

8. Use a personal firewall. Configure it to prevent other computers, networks and sites
from connecting to you, and specify which programs are allowed to connect to the net automatically.

9. Disable any system services you're not using, especially apps that could give others remote access
to your computer (like Remote Desktop, RealVNC and NetBIOS).

10. Secure your wireless networks. Enable WPA (Wi-Fi protected access)
with a password of at least 20 characters.
Configure your laptop to connect in Infrastructure mode only,
and don't add networks unless they use WPA.



Today, Mitnick has been able to move past his role as a black hat hacker
and become a productive member of society.
He served five years, about 8 months of it in solitary confinement,
and is now a computer security consultant, author and speaker.



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Initial D: Final Stage





Initial D: Final Stage





The protagonist, Takumi Fujiwara, is a gas station attendant working with his friend Itsuki to buy a car, which they plan to drift on the twisting roads surrounding nearby Mount Akina.
Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi moonlights as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store
before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill
behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno.

Shortly after the story begins, the RedSuns, an amateur racing team from Akagi Prefecture,
challenge the local Speedstars team to a set of races on Mount Akina.
Dispirited after watching the RedSuns' superior performance during a practice run,
the Speedstars expect to lose.

Later that night, the RedSuns' #2 driver, heading home after the last practice run,
is defeated soundly by a mysterious Sprinter Trueno, despite driving a much more powerful car.
An investigation into the identity of the driver leads to Bunta Fujiwara, Takumi's father.
The Speedstars beg Bunta to help them defeat the RedSuns, and he initially refuses,
later relenting to "maybe" show up at the race.

At the same time, Takumi asks Bunta if he can borrow the car for a day to take a trip to the beach
with a potential girlfriend, and Bunta seizes the moment by granting permission
on the condition that Takumi defeats the RedSuns driver.

On the night of the race, the Trueno does not show up, and the Speedstars enlist a backup driver for the first run. At the last moment before the race starts, the Trueno arrives. Takumi steps out of the car to the bewilderment of the Speedstars, who were expecting Bunta. He easily defeats the RedSuns driver by utilizing a dangerous technique on the mountain road's hairpin corners.

The RedSuns' embarrassing defeat sets up the plot for the rest of the series:
drivers from neighboring prefectures come to challenge Takumi and the "Legendary Eight-Six of Akina"
and thus prove themselves as racers.

Eventually, the plot moves away from Mount Akina
as Takumi becomes bored with racing solely on that road.
He joins an experimental racing team formed by the disbanded RedSuns
and challenges more difficult opponents on their home courses
in the pursuit of his dream to be "the fastest driver out there".








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Non-Stop





Non-Stop





An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight
after receiving a series of text messages that put his fellow passengers at risk 
unless the airline transfers $150 million into an off-shore account.








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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy




The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
by J.R.R. Tolkien





Long before the events of the novel, the Dark Lord Sauron forges the One Ring
to rule the other Rings of Power and corrupt those who wear them:
the leaders of Men, Elves and Dwarves.

He is vanquished in battle by an alliance of Elves and Men.
Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron's finger,
claiming it as an heirloom for his line, and Sauron loses his physical form.
When Isildur is later ambushed and killed by Orcs,
the Ring is lost in the River Anduin at Gladden Fields.

Over two thousand years later, the Ring is found by one of the river-folk called Déagol.
His friend Sméagol immediately falls under the Ring's influence and strangles Déagol to acquire it.
Sméagol is banished and hides under the Misty Mountains, where the Ring extends his lifespan
and transforms him over the course of hundreds of years
into a twisted, corrupted creature called Gollum.

He loses the Ring, his "precious", and, as recounted in The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds it.
Meanwhile, Sauron re-assumes physical form and takes back his old realm of Mordor.
Gollum sets out in search of the Ring, but is captured by Sauron,
who learns from him that "Baggins" in the Shire now has it.
Gollum is set loose, and Sauron, who needs the Ring to regain his full power,
sends forth his powerful servants, the Nazgûl, to seize it.












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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King





The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King





Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army
to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.








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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers





The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers





While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum,
the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman,
and his hordes of Isengard.








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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring





The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring





A meek hobbit of the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to Mount Doom
to destroy the One Ring and the dark lord Sauron.








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Petals on the Wind





Petals on the Wind





A decade after Cathy, Christopher, and Carrie escaped from their grandparents’ attic
at Foxworth Hall, Petals on the Wind continues to follow the twisted plight of the family
as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them,
but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.

When Cathy finds herself in an abusive relationship with a fellow dancer,
Julian, Christopher and Cathy are forced to face the forbidden feelings
they developed for one another while coming of age during captivity.

But when tragedy strikes the Dollangangers once again, Cathy returns to Foxworth Hall
to confront her grandmother and seek revenge on her mother
with a plan to seduce her husband Bart.

When Christopher runs to Cathy’s side,
the two are determined to start over again – together.








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Blood Ties





Blood Ties





Two brothers, on either side of the law,
face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.








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X-Men: Days of Future Past





X-Men: Days of Future Past





The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort
to change history and prevent an event
that results in doom for both humans and mutants.








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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd,
who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership
with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.








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The Amazing Spider-Man 2





The Amazing Spider-Man 2



Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp
sends up a slew of super villains against him, impacting his life.








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Flight 370: The Missing Links





Flight 370: The Missing Links





The mystery of flight MH370 has garnered worldwide attention
and generated widespread speculation about how the events unfolded.
FLIGHT 370: THE MISSING LINKS looks to industry experts to account
for just how it is possible to lose track of an airliner – analysing evidence,
deliberating the global frailties of aviation and divulging potential solutions
to prevent the disappearance of an aircraft from ever happening again.

In an age when we can use apps to locate handheld devices,
the special also looks at how a state-of-the-art airliner
and its 239 passengers and crew can simply vanish.
Since flight MH370 went off the grid on 8 March 2014,
questions about flight safety have once again taken centre stage.

In an attempt to answer some of these questions,
FLIGHT 370: THE MISSING LINKS addresses seven missing links:
airport security, air traffic control, on-board communication systems, mechanical failure,
tracking (both radar and satellite), international cooperation, and the black box.








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13/13/13





13/13/13


For millennia, calendars have added an extra day every four years.
In doing so, they violated the ancient Mayan calendar.
Now we are in the 13th month of the 13th year of the new millennium,
and the few who survive will battle a world of demons.








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Blood C: The Last Dark





Blood C: The Last Dark





Tokyo, Winter.
Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors
and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom
through underground methods.

One such group calls themselves Surat.
They have decided to take on Fumito Nanahara,
a man who has great influence on the political world,
and basically controls Tokyo with an iron fist.

While using the Internet as a weapon to discover more information about Fumito,
they learn about “Tower”, the secret organization behind Fumito
which engages in human experimentation.

When members of Surat attempt to set up an ambush
in the subway to expose the truth behind “Tower”,
mysterious creatures suddenly appear and attack the passengers.

During this crisis, Saya appears – a young girl who uses a Japanese blade to slay the Old Ones.
The same Saya who lost everything dear to her in that horrifying incident in Ukishima Province.
What sort of “experiment” is Fumito and “Tower” trying to conduct using the Old Ones?
And can Saya finally deliver vengeance to Fumito?








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Contract Killers





Contract Killers





Double-crossed by those he trusted the most, a newbie government hit man
discovers that he’s the target for the world’s most dangerous assassin
and so begins a ruthless game of kill first of be killed.








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Devil's Knot





Devil's Knot





The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers
accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.







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