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Bluestone 42 (2013 BBC Series)
tv series
Follows the lives of soldiers in a bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan.
Cast: Stephen Wight (man in black: International), Tony Gardner (Last Tango in Halifax), Jamie Quinn (Two Doors Down)
Release Date: 5/1
red hat (2003 BBC series)
tv series
The distinctive red hat is part of the uniform of the British Army’s Special Investigations Division, which is tasked with investigating crimes involving its own military personnel stationed in Germany.
Cast: Tamjin Outwait (EastEnders), Douglas Hodge (joker), Gordon Kennedy (prostitute)
Release Date: 5/1
Detonator (2006)
feature film
This explosive, action-packed thriller stars Wesley Snipes as CIA agent Sonni Griffiths. Griffith (Snipes), who has been tasked with escorting a Russian woman to the United States and keeping her safe from her angry arms dealer who is hot on the trail of her, uncovers leaks within the CIA and armed mercenaries must be led directly to them.
Cast: Wesley Snipes (blade), William Hope (captain America: the first avenger), Tim Dutton (Bourne’s identity)
Release Date: 5/1
great train robbery
limited series
A two-part drama about the August 8, 1963 train robbery, first from the point of view of the robber and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and arrest the robber.
Cast: Robert Glenister (MI-5), Jack Ross (bohemian rhapsody), Luke Evans (beauty and the beast)
Release Date: 5/1
the final countdown
feature film
The carrier travels back in time near Hawaii just hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Cast: Kirk Douglas (Spartacus), Martin Sheen (hell apocalypse), Catherine Ross (Graduate)
Release Date: 5/1
Rillington Place
limited series
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the 10 Rillington Place murders in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Cast: Tim Roth (pulp fiction), Nico Mirajegro (spy/master), Samantha Morton (minority report)
Release Date: 5/1
lucky texan
feature film
Young Texan Jerry Mason and old rancher Jake Benson become partners and become rich in the gold mines. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and women.
Cast: John Wayne (true grit), Barbara Sheldon (fits in the fiddle), George “Gabby” Hayes (El Paso)
Release Date: 5/1
Halloween
feature film
John Carpenter’s iconic slasher movie. Anyone who has seen horror movies in the last 35 years knows the story of Michael Hermeyers, who killed his sister with a kitchen knife when he was a child. Incarcerated in a mental institution and watched by Dr. Loomis, he plans his escape after 15 years and returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night to hunt down anyone who gets in his way, including his babysitter Laurie Strode. I was terrified.
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis (Wanda Fish), Donald Pleasence (escape from new york), Nancy Keith (fog)
Release Date: 5/1
tour of duty
tv series
The ordeal of a US Army platoon during the Vietnam War.
Cast: Terrence Knox (Lois & Clark: New Adventures of Superman), Stephen Caffrey (colombo), Tony Becker (hunters)
Release Date: 5/1
Anzio
feature film
The story of the bloodiest battle of World War II as the Allies break through the German lines encircling the Anzio beachhead.
Cast: Robert Mitchum (longest day), Peter Falk (colombo), Robert Ryan (Dirty Dozen)
Release Date: 5/1
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
feature film
It dramatizes the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied landings in Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower defies all odds and successfully leads one of the most important military campaigns in modern history.
Cast: Tom Selleck (Magnum PI), James Remar (yellowstone), Timothy Bottoms (last video show)
Release Date: 5/1
Okinawa
feature film
A naval officer takes command of a reluctant and outraged destroyer crew on the eve of the invasion of Okinawa.
Cast: Pat O’Brien (i like it hot), Cameron Mitchell (how to marry a millionaire), Richard Denning (incident to remember)
Release Date: 5/1
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