Bajie is shaken to be reunited with the girl whom he once knew who is now The Widow. He is put in captivity near Tilda, who wakes badly injured in the next cell following her fight with The Widow. M.K. is still held captive by The Widow. Odessa breaks Tilda free and at her insistence, frees Bajie too. Waldo also helps them to make their escape but they're not able to get M.K. out too.

Bajie finds Sunny, who is going after Quinn, and insists on helping him in his pursuits even if it means dying. Sunny begins his attack on Quinn's tunnel system and fights off hoards of men with Bajie. Bajie is injured while fighting one of Quinn's lieutenants but Sunny is finally able to reunite with Veil. Lydia was about to be executed but her life is saved due to the timing of Sunny's attack.

Sunny and Veil encounter Quinn and Sunny demands the return of his son. Quinn triggers an explosion that knocks a giant hole in the train station and Sunny begins to fight him. After sometime, Sunny wins the fight and moves to get out of the tunnel, as it's ready to collapse at any moment. A badly injured Quinn manages to grab Veil and tries to hold her hostage as Sunny demands she be released. Veil refuses to be held captive by Quinn any longer, tells Sunny to take care of their son, and uses Quinn's sword to stab herself but also Quinn in the process. In her dying moments, she tells Sunny to teach Henry to be good and he promises to do so.

Sunny leaves the station with Henry. Bajie is shown to be elsewhere, alive. He reaches a run-down communications tower and reactivates it before collapsing from his earlier wound.

Into the Badlands will return for season 3 on AMC.

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The episode opens with a twenty-year-old flashback of Bajie as an Abbott, training a young girl who was brought to the monastery in a large chest. The girl has a powerful "Gift" which she used to break free from the box but Bajie subdued her and subsequently nicknamed her Flea due to her small stature. The girl's name is Minerva and she has the book of Azra, as it had been passed down through her family for generations.

In returning to the present story, Sunny has aligned himself with The Widow. She is made aware of M.K. having lost his abilities and both he and Sunny are given sanctuary at her place. Tilda begins to reconnect with M.K. but her friend Odessa warns her to stay away from M.K., having witnessed his power unleashed when the two were held captive together.

The Widow wants to attack Quinn's bunker, where Veil is growing increasingly emboldened to stand against Quinn, though this proves difficult with him keeping a close guard on her and baby Henry. Quinn sends a young Clipper named Gabriel with a suicide bomb to deliver a message to about Veil, which is how Sunny learns that The Widow had traded her to Quinn who then married Veil and now intends to raise Henry as his own. Following the explosion, Sunny runs and fights his way out to escape. On the way out, he encounters Bajie and tells him to get M.K. out of there and meet him at the bunker.

Bajie finds himself reunited with an adult Minerva but the reunion is tense, as it is when he and M.K. are captured for trying to steal the Azra book.

Tilda confronts The Widow, claiming that she is becoming just as corrupt as the other barons with her willingness to sacrifice the lives and well-being of others in the quest for power. The two fight, with The Widow winning the battle and Tilda demanding that she kill her. The Widow does a fancy spinning kick, knocking Tilda to the ground.

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One of the remaining Barons, Hassans, and all of his remaining clippers are killed by the Widow's Butterflies. Hassans' head is cut off and presented to Quinn, who exchanges it for not only Baron Broadmore's head, but that of Broadmore's wives and children. The Widow is displeased that Quinn murdered innocents but Quinn believes that no one can stay innocent forever and she herself is proof that even women are not to be trusted.

Sunny, M.K. and Bajie reach the final checkpoint before the Wall. Bajie must deliver on his promise to get them through and organises a trade of the car they took from Nos to get them passage through. Sunny and M.K. are not pleased about losing the car but they must immediately board an old school bus that the smugglers are supposed to use to get them through, but the smugglers instead plan to sell everyone aboard to Baron Chau as servants. Sunny picks up on the fact that something is wrong and refuses to let everyone get captured so easily, resulting in a confrontation involving Chau's Clippers. They're outmanned and outgunned so they have to surrender for the time being.

Tilda is ready to defend the Widow but she orders Tilda to stand down and not attack Quinn. Tilda and the Butterflies are ordered to stay behind and keep watch on the situation, resulting in Tilda spotting Lydia and Veil who are now Quinn's captives. Veil is further terrified when she learns that Quinn wants to marry her and raise Henry with her. Tilda tries to apologise to Veil for what the Widow has done but Veil snaps back that the Widow is not so benevolent if she was willing to trade Veil back to Quinn.

Sunny, M.K. and Bajie are put into Chau's cages, meaning that they are now back in the Badlands. Sunny eventually convinces a Clipper into letting him meet with Chau and once she sees all of his kill tattoos, she's more than happy to have him join her ranks. Sunny quickly learns of the new alliance between Quinn and the Widow, and how the pair have been killing the remaining Barons and Chau is likely next. She offers Sunny the opportunity to be her new Regent but he instead proposes that he will help her to lure the Widow out and she can be used to locate Quinn. In exchange, he will be granted his freedom. Sunny knows that the Widow wants M.K. for his dark abilities.

Tilda confronts the Widow for her actions regarding Veil and the Widow says that it was done out of revenge for Veil trying to turn Tilda against her. Though the argument has yet to be resolves, one of Chau's Clippers is escorted in, claiming to have defected, and says that Chau plans to trade M.K. to the River King. The Widow decides to intercept the deal and take M.K. back for herself.

Sunny goes to retrieve M.K. and slips Bajie a metal bookmark that he'll be able to use to pick the locks of his restraints and escape with his freedom. Meanwhile, Veil is forced to marry Quinn when he threatens to kill her and raise Henry alone if she doesn't. Veil is distraught at the thought of having to marry and consummate that marriage with Quinn but Lydia assures her that it is all for Henry's safety and promises that once everything is over, she will help to find a way out for them.

Sunny, M.K. and Chau's Clippers reach the exchange point, and unbeknownst to all of them, Bajie is following behind on a stolen motorcycle. The Widow and her Butterflies attack but this was all part of the plan. Sunny is thrown off when she offers to give up Veil and Henry's location but only if her life is spared. Sunny feels he has know choice but to align himself with her, which results in all of the Clippers being killed. She then offers that they work together to also kill Quinn.

Veil is anxious about having to consummate her marriage with Quinn but the wedding night is interrupted as a result of Sunny and the Widow's new alliance. Lydia had been attempting to escape with baby Henry but then she comes across a messenger that came with news of the two working together. Veil had been preparing to kill Quinn with a razor she'd had hidden to use before any consummation could take place. Lydia interrupts them before anything can transpire, and Quinn leaves to deal with this latest development, while Veil is shaken and relieved to learn that Sunny is still alive.

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Sunny has been poisoned and lies comatose after receiving a mysterious blow to the chest from one of the Abbotts he fought. In his dream, he is reunited with Veil and a version of Henry that is already a few years old. He briefly sees a mysterious figure outside their window.

In the real world, Bajie realises the nature of Sunny's injury based on the bruise on Sunny's chest. He has been hit with the Five Poisons, one of the Abbotts' deadliest weapons. Sunny will die unless they find the necessary medicine to cure him. They must return to the monastery and break in to retrieve what they will need to cure Sunny. On the way there, Bajie reveals that he once instructed a girl with a gift similar to M.K.'s that eventually led him to leave the monastery. He used his gift to bring her back to life and freed her from the needle room, after which she ran off. He promised he'd find her but has so far been unable to do so.

Back in Sunny's dream world, he is instructing Henry on fighting before finding that their pigs have been slaughtered and left with strange marks on their carcasses. Later, Henry reveals a hidden sword that he got from a friend named Artemis that he was playing with in the woods. Sunny is concerned for Henry's well-being but frightens him when warning him not to play with her anymore. Later, Sunny finds a strange wound on Henry's back that he claims was inflicted by Artemis, who was angered when Sunny took the sword. When he goes to get some supplies to tend to Henry's wound, he is attacked by Artemis, who asks if Sunny remembers her.

In the real world, Sunny is in a car being driven by Bajie. When the attack makes Sunny struggle to breathe, M.K. finds a mask and puts it on him to help him breathe. When they reach the monastery, they are discovered and end up in a fight with the Abbotts. Back in Sunny's nightmare, Veil ends up dead with Henry being the one to have killed her. Sunny follows Artemis to the woods where he is tormented by the ghosts of all his kills. On the outside, Bajie and M.K. work together to finally cure Sunny.

Quinn and The Widow coordinate an attack on Jade's palace to overthrow her. Many of her Clippers and subjects abandon her, forcing her to flee. The few remaining clippers loyal to her end up dead when Jade is cornered by The Widow and Tilda.

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Lydia is captured following her attack on Quinn, who comes across her after the explosion at the transit station. All of Lydia's men are dead from the encounter, while Veil continues her escape into the woods. She is discovered by an older woman that brings her to hide at The Widow's Sanctuary.

Bajie takes Sunny to a healer friend in a Gasper addicts opium den. M.K. is still on the run but after getting into a fight with a Nomad, he seemingly loses his power. He is discovered by Ava, who warns him that they need to keep running or else the Abbotts will find them.

Quinn gives Lydia the opportunity to run a dagger into his heart to avenge the death of their son, echoing the opportunity he gave Ryder before killing him. Though Ryder had hesitated to do so, resulting in his death, Lydia is ready to kill Quinn but he stops her hand from dealing the blow.

Tilda opens up to Odessa about why she calls Minerva "mother" and an intimacy is established between the two.

The Widow visits Quinn at his bunker and forges an alliance with him to get his help to kill the other Barons. It is presumed that the two will try to kill each other then but that is a fight for another day. He agrees to do so but in exchange, The Widow must return Veil and baby Henry to him, which she later does.

M.K. and Ava seek refuge at an abandoned Old World hotel that was abandoned during Christmas. M.K. finds proof that Azra is real and that The Master had lied to them. They are reunited with Sunny there, but end up in a fight with three Abbotts, Cyan, Ramon, and Dury, that are hunting M.K. for his darkness using an Azraian device. They are seemingly defeated by the Abbotts until Bajie shows up to help, revealing that he was an Abbott in another life. Ava dies from her battle wounds and Sunny is also badly wounded.

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Following the murder of Ryder, all the surviving Barons retreat to hide underground. Jade is the only remaining successor and thus is sworn in as Baron by her Regent, Merrick, and promises that Quinn will pay for what he has done.

Bajie leads Sunny to Nos, the Commandant of the Mechs (metal traders) in order to trade Silver Moon's sword for a way into the Badlands. Through this encounter, Sunny learns that Quinn is still alive.

M.K. is able to break out of the Abbotts and uses the clothes from a hanging corpse as a disguise.

Jade asks Lydia for her help to find Quinn on the condition that she will be the one to kill him.

Sunny is visited by a Doll names Portia who asks him to kill Nos so that her daughter will not have to grow up to become a prostitute too. He doesn't want to get involved, and turns down her offer for sex, which later results in Nos mutilating her face. This leads Sunny and Bajie to steal a ride and bring both Portia and Amelia with them.

The Widow disregards Waldo's advice to align with the other Barons who tried to kill her or risk losing everything she built by aligning with Quinn.

Lydia and her Clippers go after Quinn by attacking his bunker but the Clippers die from the booby trapped bunker doors. During the attack, Veil is able to escape the transit station with her son and get away from Quinn, who has been hallucinating his dead son Ryder.

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Veil's storyline sees her taking violent action against a guard named Edgar, despite having earlier gotten along well with him. When he tries to stop her from escaping, she brutally murders him in a desperate attempt to finally reclaim her freedom.

Meanwhile, Baron Quinn finally makes his presence known by attacking his former peers at the Baron Conclave, leaving nearly everyone in attendance either dead or gravely injured. Ryder flees a confrontation with his father for as long as he can but the too eventually get into a fight in which Baron Quinn easily gets the upper hand on his son and kills him. This is to the Widow's advantage as Ryder had been proposing that she be stripped of her title and banished from the Badlands.

Additionally, M.K. is shown to have finally learned the identity of his mother's murderer - himself while under the Dark influence of his powers.

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Sunny is with Bajie trying to find a way through the wall surrounding the Badlands. Bajie claims to know a smuggler that knows a way through. They find a bridge that leads into the Badlands but it's guarded by a strange man armed with a sword. Sunny and Bajie have a bounty placed on their heads and many bounty hunters have followed them so the stranger fights them off with Sunny and Bajie. The stranger provides shelter.

The Widow asks Waldo to be her Second as they attend the Baron conclave instead of Tilda, who is upset to be excluded but she is put in charge while The Widow will be away and ordered to blow up the oilfields if anything happens to her.

Veil switches out Quinn's x-rays with healthy ones to hide the fact that the malady in his head is still present and killing him.

Sunny and Bajie determine that the stranger is the legendary Clipper Regent Nathaniel Moon, also known as "Silver Moon," who left the Badlands in order to live a life free from violence. He fell in love with a warlord's daughter and they started a family that ended up murdered. He proceeded to hunt fugitives, thus returning to the life of violence he had tried to escape. He implores Sunny to understand that me like them never change.

M.K. finds that the Abbotts are doing something ominous after discovering his friend Tate has been experimented on so that his abilities are drained.

Moon is searching for his 1,000th kill mark and sees Sunny as a worthy opponent and challenges him to a fight to the death, begging to be put out of his misery and have his life ended. Sunny does not want to be his executioner and leaves to continue his journey. Bajie decides to accompany him.

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Bajie's betrayal of Sunny puts The Engineer off, as he doesn't want a "rat" to be one of his Pickers so he sends the pair of them to the fighting pit to fight the current champion Mouse. After defeating him, they are able to escape the unguarded arena through the mine's ventilation system. They come out and find they are in the Outlying Territories with a wall blocking Sunny from returning to the Badlands.

Tilda is learning how to be a Regent from Waldo, who is now working for The Widow. Lydia is living with Penrith and his Totemists, who practice a peaceful, non-violent way of life. When Nomads interrupt a wedding in the community, wreaking violence and murdering. Lydia saves the religious group by fighting back and killing the bandits but her father strongly disapproves of her violence. She is cast out as a result and returns to Ryder who casts her out after he loses his temper at her criticisms of him.

The Master sends M.K. to a room she has filled with mirrors so he can conquer the inner demon of himself. Quinn and Veil are still hiding out in the West Avalon train station. He performs a bloody baptism on her son, Henry, and declares that he is the newest heir to the Badlands.

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Six months after the events of the season one finale, Sunny is now a "Picker" which means he works as a miner working slave labour excavating opium in the Bordeaux Mines far away from the Badlands. He is shackled to a smuggler named Bajie (Nick Frost) whom he becomes friends with. M.K. is being trained by the Abbotts with Ava being the main one in charge. He later meets The Master, who offers up his freedom if and when he learns to control his abilities and that she will now be in charge of his training. Sunny observes an arena fight in which under-performing Pickers are executed for not reaching their quota and it inspires him to plan his escape. After Bajie obtains a map, he wants to go with Sunny but Sunny refuses. In turn, Bajie reveals Sunny's true identity to the mine boss known as The Engineer.

Back in the Badlands, Ryder has been living it up with his love Jade as the Baron after his father died and controls all the territories owned by Quinn, Jacobee, and The Widow. The Widow and Tilda, a Regent, attack during an inspection of the oil fields and kill most of Ryder's Clippers and he has no choice but to retreat. They are forming an army of Cogs and Dolls with the promise that they will end the Badlands feudal system and establish a democratic one instead. Tilda recruits Odessa, a former Doll, to join them as a Butterfly and goes against her mother's orders to have the Clipper prisoners murdered as vengeance for their abuse of the Dolls.

Finally, we see Veil give birth to a baby boy in the company of Quinn, who is still alive.

Into The Badlands airs on Sundays on AMC at 10/9c.

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THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE OF AMC’S 

MARTIAL ARTS DRAMA “INTO THE BADLANDS”

AIRS SUNDAY, MARCH 19^TH AT 10:00PM ET/PT

Daniel Wu as Sunny

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The second season of AMC’s martial arts drama, “Into the Badlands,” debuts onSunday, March 19^th at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The premiere episode, “Tiger Pushes Mountain,” picks up six months after the Season 1 finale, Sunny finds a new foe, as well as a new, unexpected ally, while MK learns about his gift in a mysterious place.

Season two of “Into the Badlands” finds Sunny and M.K. separated and scattered to the wind, each imprisoned in unlikely places.  While M.K. struggles to control his powers, Sunny is determined to fight his way back into the Badlands to find his family or die trying.  On their journey, Clipper and Colt are assisted by mysterious, new allies whose motivations may be anything but pure.  Meanwhile, The Widow continues to consolidate power against the other Barons, while a dark and mysterious threat prepares to exact revenge on them all.  Alliances are struck, friendships betrayed, and by season's end, Sunny and M.K.'s lives will be forever altered with devastating consequences. 

“Into the Badlands” was created by showrunners/executive producers/writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and executive produced by Oscar®-nominated producers Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg, director David Dobkin, fight director Stephen Fung and Daniel Wu.  The series stars Wu (Tai Chi Zero) as Sunny; Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) as Quinn; Aramis Knight (The Dark Knight Rises) as M.K.;  Oliver Stark (“Luther”) as Ryder; Emily Beecham (28 Weeks Later) as The Widow; Orla Brady (“Dr. Who,” “Fringe”) as Lydia; Sarah Bolger(“Once Upon a Time,” “The Tudors”) as Jade; Ally Ioannides (“Parenthood”) as Tilda;  Madeleine Mantock(Edge of Tomorrow) as Veil; Stephen Lang (Avatar, Don’t Breathe) as Waldo and Nick Frost as Bajie (Shaun of the Dead).

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The History Channel's new miniseries Sons of Liberty (9-11 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday)may be “historical fiction,” but its found a clever balance between fact and action, and let's face it history has never looked so good. Most viewers will walk in knowing some of the most famous moments in American history, but there are plenty of surprises in store. Sons of Liberty takes huge liberties with history, but it makes for a very captivating viewing.

Ben Barnes leads the talented cast, bringing a scruffy, sexier version of Samuel Adams to life. He plays the hero as a swash-buckling rebel with a broken heart of gold. Barnes, as Adams is utterly swoon-worthy whether he's drowning his sorrows in a pint or hatching plans of rebellion.

The battle for independence begins 

(Michael Raymond-James as Paul Revere).

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Sam is a tax collector for the crown, who really isn't all that good at his job. He refuses to press his cash strapped fellow Bostonians, earning him a high regard among the people and the thugs that makes Boston look like a scene out of Gangs of New York. And it's one of these mobs who offer Sam protection when the Governor's men try to capture him, ultimately ending with the mob ransacking the Governor's house, and making Adams the Governor's #1 target.

Wealthy merchant, John Hancock (Rafe Spall) is called in to handle the situation but doesn't in the way that the Governor expected, causing the foppish Hancock to lose favor with the Governor. When taxes are raised and his ships seized Hancock demands Adams' assistance to remedy the situation, which sparks revolution. A silversmith named Paul Revere (Michael Raymond-James), a doctor, Joseph Warren (Ryan Eggold), and Sam's cousin the smart and level headed John Adams (Henry Thomas) round out the group working for freedom. The miniseries covers the pre-Revolutionary unrest in Boston through the Boston Massacre in 1770, to the Boston Tea Party, to the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775.

George Washington (Jason O’Mara)

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Many of the actors making up the superb cast of America's founding fathers are not actually American. Besides the British Barnes (Sam Adams), Rafe Spall (John Hancock) and Emily Berrington (Margaret Gage) are also British, and Irish actor Jason O'Mara is George Washington. O'Mara puts in a commanding performance as Washington, and Spall is a scene stealer as the sneaky dandy smuggler Hancock. He's got the genius down though as the man who would sign the Declaration with such flair that signatures would later be synonymous with his name. The acting is fantastic throughout the entire series, whether its the snobbish and domineering English, or Joseph Warren ( Ryan Eggold) charming the pants off of his enemy's wife.

Just as the acting is fantastic so is the production value. Sons of Liberty brings great sprawling sets, with historical accuracy to life. The costumes of the era are beautifully done. Ben Barnes fairly gushed about them during his interview. The set pieces alone are amazing, and then there's the soundtrack. Hans Zimmer composed the music, and it is a delight to the ears. He is truly a master at his craft.

General Gage (Marton Csokas) shows no mercy.

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While sexed up, Sons of Liberty doesn't quite get the CW Reign treatment, it is rowdy and entertaining, but it does stay closer to history. Here the revolution isn't bogged down by powdered wigs and lengthy speeches, but ignited by mob savagery and secret smuggling operations. It's much easier to get enthralled in the three part miniseries, than it was to the overly long, and sometimes droning Turn that AMC premiered last year which followed a ring of Washington's spies. Sons of Liberty rather follows a similar feel as History Channel's smash hit Vikings which begins its third season February 19^th. It lays down the facts, and ramps up the action where the facts get murky.

If you're looking for an accurate reenactment you can write your history paper off of, look elsewhere this isn't a documentary. But if you looking for some excellent entertainment with headlines ripped out of history, then Sons of Liberty is perfect. It's engaging, and may even make you want to pick a history book or two, which may just be better than if it had stuck purely to facts in the end. Just don't be disappointed when you get over to Wikipedia and find that the real Samuel Adams lacks the smolder that Barnes delivers and isn't pin up material.

Sons of Liberty begins tonight on History Channel at 9/8c.

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 “Denzel delivers like never before.” ~ Joel Amos, MovieFanatic.com

“Denzel Washington is an exhilarating force.” ~ Erik Davis, FANDANGO

Starring Academy Award^® Winner Denzel Washington
From the Director of Training Day

THE EQUALIZER

Available Dec. 16 on Digital HD, & on Blu-ray^™, DVD Dec. 30

Blu-ray Bonus Features Include Six Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes,

Plus “Vengeance Mode” and a Photo Gallery

CULVER CITY, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2014) – Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) reunites with Academy Award^®winner Denzel Washington (Best Actor, Training Day, 2002) for the gritty, action-packed thriller THE EQUALIZER,available on Digital HD Dec. 16 and on Blu-ray^™ and DVD Dec. 30 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. After retiring from the world of government intelligence, Robert McCall (Washington) believes he has put his past behind him and is determined to dedicate himself to a new, quiet life. Instead, he forms a friendship with Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young and desperate girl under the control of Russian gangsters, and decides to use his expert and resourceful combat skills to help shake her loose from their powerful grasp. THE EQUALIZER also stars Marton Csokas (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), David Harbour (“Manhattan”), Haley Bennett (The Haunting of Molly Hartley), Bill Pullman (Independence Day), and Academy Award^® winner Melissa Leo (Best Actress, The Fighter, 2011).

In addition to six behind-the-scenes featurettes that give viewers insight into the making of the film, the Blu-ray bonus features include “Vengeance Mode.” When viewers turn on this feature, they get an inside look during the major action sequences as Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua break down the deadliest moves in the scene and reveal how their collaboration helped reinvent action choreography as seen in THE EQUALIZER.

  

Synopsis:

In THE EQUALIZER, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by, he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is THE EQUALIZER.

The film is directed by Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay by Richard Wenk based on a television series by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. Executive producers include David J. Bloomfield, Ezra Swerdlow and
Ben Waisbren. Producers include Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Tony Eldridge, Mace Neufeld, Alex Siskin, Michael Sloan, Steve Tisch, Denzel Washington, Richard Wenk, Lance Johnson, Molly Allen and Kat Samick.  

Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Features Include:

o   Two Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:

§  Home Mart: Taking Care of Business One Bolt at a Time – On the film’s climactic Home Mart sequence.

§  Children of the Night – Moretz discusses her character, Teri and the research she did to play the young, exploited girl.

Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Features Include:

o   Vengeance Mode

o   Photo Gallery

o   Four Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:

§  Inside The Equalizer – Exploring the creative process of re-imagining and bringing Robert McCall to life.

§  Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero – A behind-the-scenes look at how Washington trained for his physically demanding role in this film.

§  Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua – A firsthand look at the movie-making process from the Director.

§  One Man Army: Training and Fighting – A discussion with Washington, Csokas & stunt coordinator, Keith Woulard, on the process of building a one-man army.

THE EQUALIZER has a run time of approximately 131 minutes and is rated R for strong bloody violence & language throughout, including some sexual references.

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Adams, Hancock, Revere…Their Rebellious Story of America’s Fight for Freedom Told in…
SONS OF LIBERTY
New Three-Night Scripted Miniseries Premieres
Sunday, January 25, at 9 p.m. on HISTORY^®

New York, NY – November 4, 2014 – HISTORY premieres its newest scripted miniseries, SONS OF LIBERTY, on January 25, 26 and 27 at 9 p.m. The three-night, six-hour event follows a defiant and radical group of young men – Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren – as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.

The Sons of Liberty sparked a revolution. The cast depicting them includes Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia) as Sam Adams, a natural-born leader with charisma and a penchant for mischief; Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist) as Dr. Joseph Warren, a doctor and man of conscience and integrity; Michael Raymond-James (Jack Reacher, Terriers, True Blood) as Paul Revere, a veteran who wholeheartedly joins forces with Sam Adams; Rafe Spall (Prometheus, Life of Pi) as John Hancock, the wealthiest man in Boston at the time; and Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Gangs of New York, Legends of the Fall) as John Adams, a lawyer and the conservative, smart cousin of Sam Adams. Also featured are Marton Csokas (The Equalizer, The Lord of the Rings, Rogue) as the ferocious General Thomas Gage, who is sent to handle the colonial unrest in Boston; Emily Berrington (24: Live Another Day) as Margaret Gage; Jason O’Mara (The Good Wife, Terra Nova, Life on Mars) as General George Washington; and Dean Norris (Breaking Bad, Under the Dome, Men, Women & Children) as the brilliant yet mischievous diplomat Benjamin Franklin.

Calling themselves the Sons of Liberty, they light the spark that ignited our revolution. While many of their names have become legendary, this group of young rebels didn’t start off as noble patriots. They were a new generation of young American men from varied backgrounds, struggling to find purpose in their lives. They were looking for equality, but they found something greater: independence.

SONS OF LIBERTY is a dramatic interpretation of events that sparked a revolution. For historical information about the Sons of Liberty and the era of the American revolution, please go to history.com. 

SONS OF LIBERTY is produced by A+E Studios in association with Stephen David Entertainment for HISTORY. Kari Skogland (Boardwalk Empire, Vikings, Fifty Dead Men Walking) is set to helm. Title theme by Academy Award^® winner Hans Zimmer. Written by Stephen David and David C. White. Russ McCarroll and Elaine Frontain Bryant are executive producers for HISTORY. Stephen David and Matthew Gross also serve as executive producers. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights to Sons of Liberty and will distribute it under the A+E Studios International^™ banner. 

About HISTORY^®
HISTORY^®, now reaching more than 96 million homes, is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across all platforms. he network’s all-original programming slate, including scripted event programming, features a roster of hit series including American Pickers®, American Restoration™, Ax Men™, Counting Cars™, Pawn Stars® and Swamp People® as well as HISTORY®’s first scripted series Vikings, and epic miniseries and special programming such as The Bible, The Men Who Built America and the Emmy® Award-winning Hatfields & McCoys, Gettysburg, Vietnam in HD, America The Story of Us®  and 102 Minutes That Changed America. The HISTORY® website is the leading online resource for all things history, and in 2011, the United States Library of Congress selected HISTORY®’s Civil War 150 site for inclusion in the historic collection of Internet materials related to the American Civil War sesquicentennial.  www.history.com. 

About A+E Studios
A+E Studios is the studio unit of the award-winning global media company A+E Networks, LLC.  A+E Studios creates, produces and distributes high quality scripted programming across all networks and platforms in the A+E Networks portfolio, including A&E Network, Lifetime, History, LMN, FYI, H2 and A&E IndieFilms.  A+E Studios is currently in production on "The Returned," a new series inspired by the internationally acclaimed French hit "Les Revenant," for A&E Network; and "Un-Real," an original series for Lifetime. A+E Studios’ "Houdini," a four-hour event for History, aired in the fall of 2014.

About Stephen David EntertainmentStephen David Entertainment (SDE) is an Emmy® Award-winning New York based production company. The company counts The Men Who Built America and The World Wars among its popular event series. In the five years since its inception, SDE has developed numerous docudrama mini-series and specials frequently utilizing CGI and state-of-the art technology.  SDE is currently in productions on shows for HISTORY and Xbox. 

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 "Thandie Newton shines"

-- Contra Costa Times

THIS MARCH, THANDIE NEWTON GOES DEEP UNDERCOVER IN DIRECT TV'S ACCLAIMED, ORIGINAL NEW CRIME SERIES

ROGUE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Street Date: March 11, 2014

DVD srp: $34.98 (4 Discs) 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 

Buckle up for the complete first season of ROGUE - the hit DirecTV original crime series -- arriving on DVD this March.  In the show thatEntertainment Weekly calls "delightful", Thandie Newton shines as Grace Travis, an undercover agent who's out of control, tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son's mysterious death. Torn between two identities

-- one as the loving mother and wife her family needs and the other as a cold, calculating agent for crime boss Jimmy Laszio (Marton Csokas) --  Grace is on a quest to uncover the truth about her son's murder.  But to stay alive, she must help Jimmy weed out the traitor in his midst - all while knowing he may have played a part in her family's tragedy.

The acclaimed crime series returns to Direct TV's Audience Network this May for Season Two.

CAST 

• Thandie Newton (Good Deeds, "ER", Crash, The Pursuit of Happyness)
• Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings, The Bourne Supremacy)
• Kavan Smith ("Eureka", "Stargate: Atlantis", Mission to Mars)
• Matthew Beard (One Day, An Education) 

BONUS FEATURES

• Script to Screen: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Rogue Files: Reparation Webisodes
• Added-Value Direct TV Subscription Offer

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type:  DVD

Catalog #:  EOE-DV-7676

Running Time: 500 minutes /10 episodes

Genre:  TV

Rated:  Not rated

Aspect Ratio:  16 x 9  (1.78:1)

Audio:  5.1 Dolby Digital

Language: English w/SDH Subtitles

THEY HAVE WATCHED OUR PLANET.

THEY HAVE STUDIED OUR CULTURE.

THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR WEAKNESSES.

THEY HAVE WAITED 70 YEARS FOR REVENGE...

AND NOW, THE REICH STRIKES BACK IN A NEW EDITION OF THE EPIC SCI-FI COMEDY - FEATURING  MORE ACTION, MORE EFFECTS AND MORE POLITICALLY INCORRECT HUMOR THAN EVER BEFORE!

IRON SKY: DIRECTOR'S CUT

Street Date: March 11, 2014

BD + DVD Combo srp: $29.98 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 

As Variety said "What's not to like about a movie with Nazis from the moon invading Earth?"  The only thing better could be that same movie, featuring more action, more SFX and more hilarious humor - and this March, consumers will be able to find just that - and much more -- with IRON SKY: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT!

It's Inglorious Basterds meets Spaceballs to the nth degree in this DIRECTOR'S CUT of IRON SKY, an all-new take on the worldwide box office phenomenon following the original vision of director Timo Vuorensola.  20 minutes longer, loaded with new, cutting-edge special effects, new music from Laibach, tons more politically incorrect humor and housed in limited edition Steelbook™ packaging, IRON SKY is again ready to conquer the planet in relentless fashion.

In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by making a daring escape to the Moon. In the intervening 70 years they have re-colonized, re-armed with devastating new weapons and silently plotted their revenge. When an American astronaut stumbles upon their secret Moon lair, the Führer (Udo Kier) decides to unleash their alien armada upon the unprepared Earth. Now every man, woman and child must unite to repel the UFO Nazi invasion and save humanity!

CAST 

• Julia Dietze (1 ½ Ritter)
• Götz Otto (Tomorrow Never Dies, Schindler's List, Downfall)
• Christopher Kirby (The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Daybreakers)
• Udo Kier (Dogville, Dancer in the Dark),
• Peta Sergeant (Satisfaction)
• Stephanie Paul (Separation City, Film School Confidential)
• Tilo Prückner (The Neverending Story, Die Fälscher) 

BONUS PROGRAMMING 

• 90-minute Making Of Documentary
• Photo Gallery
• Teasers and Theatrical Trailer
• 32-page Exclusive Concept Art Book 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Type:  BD+DVD

Catalog #:  EOE-BD-7568

Running Time: 110 minutes + extras

Genre:  Sci-fi/Comedy

Rated:  Not rated

Aspect Ratio:  16 x 9  (2.35:1)

Audio:  DTS-HD Master Audio for Blu-ray

Language: English and German w/SDH Subtitles

For the latest breaking news on ROGUE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON, IRON SKY: DIRECTOR'S CUT and other releases, follow Entertainment One on Twitter: http://twitter.com/eOneHomeVideo

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