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This is a historical series dedicated to the famous Medici dynasty and their ascension to the throne of Florence. Events unfold in the Italian lands of the 14th century. The entrepreneurial Giovanni de Medici organizes a bank, so that the family has great power and enjoys wide privileges and opportunities. Soon, Giovanni suddenly dies under rather mysterious circumstances. His sons are trying to find out who was involved in the death of his father. And the Medici have enough enemies and ill-wishers. Representatives of the aristocracy and papacy, who are afraid of losing influence on the Italian nation, are actively opposing their power. Moreover, in a large dynasty, the struggle for money and the right to inherit does not stop for a minute. (more…)
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The young beauty Sofia Augusta Frederica is about to end her bleak existence at home and travel to Russia, where she will become the wife of Emperor Peter III. She believes that she can spread progressive Western ideas and give ordinary people a decent life. The spouse, however, is not at all what the future empress imagined: the prankster, sexist, conservative, Peter is not thinking about the fate of Russia, but about his mistresses and parties. It soon becomes clear that the wife for him performs only a decorative and reproductive function. Romantic values are trampled into the mud, faith in bright ideals is lost somewhere in the midst of unbridled drunken things, so Catherine is planning to organize a large-scale coup. (more…)
The Revenant is a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Will Poulter. A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own… (more…)
Capone is a movie starring Linda Cardellini, Tom Hardy, and Noel Fisher. The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past. (more…)
Belle is a movie starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, and Emily Watson. The mixed-race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic… (more…)
Argo is a movie starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman. Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six… (more…)
Dark Waters is a movie starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, and Tim Robbins. A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. (more…)
Official Secrets is a movie starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, and Matthew Goode. The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security… (more…)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a movie starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, and Chris Cooper. Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel. (more…)
Ford v Ferrari is a movie starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Jon Bernthal. American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a… (more…)
