Thursday, October 3, 2013

New This Week (10/03/13)

The inspiring British drama Call The Midwife that rivaled Downton Abbey’s ratings in the UK is back for another season full of births, babies, and blossoming romance. Based on the bestselling memoirs by Jennifer Worth, Call The Midwife follows Jenny Lee as she tries to provide the poorest women in London’s East End slums with the best possible care. This season the Poplar community has plenty of fresh challenges to throw at the midwives. Filled with new challenges, new drama, and, most of all, new lives, this season is back with more heart-warming drama than ever.


In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk. 


As the enormously popular mystery series returns, World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain’s secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new—but no less deadly—threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
The Eternity Ring – Returning from Africa, Foyle gets drawn into an MI5 investigation of a Russian spy ring in which Sam, his former driver, has been implicated.
The Cage – Foyle’s inquiry into the deaths of several Russian defectors leads him to a mysterious military facility.
Sunflower – Foyle is charged with looking into assassination attempts against ex-Nazi defector under MI5’s protection.


The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside.  Eventually, they are forced to leave the house, facing their fate and the true meaning of friendship and redemption.

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