Borgen is a BAFTA winning Danish drama series from the producers of The Killing. Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures Borgen uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue. The setting is Borgen the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building otherwise known as 'The Castle'. After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic the smart and sexy populist Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) now faces the biggest dilemma of her life as Prime Minister. Will she succumb to pressure of compromise on her ideals and face consequences both on and off the political stage? In Series 2 Birgitte has been Denmark s Prime Minister for two years years that have severely taken their toll on her private life. Increasingly Birgitte finds herself having to make questionable compromises as the inevitable tensions between the various parties continue to mount. In Series 3 Over two years have passed and Birgitte Nyborg is no longer the Prime Minister of Denmark. Disillusioned with the way her old party is heading she decides to try to make a comeback by publicly challenging the incumbent Party Chairman. Failing narrowly in this attempt Birgitte assesses her options and concludes that her only way back into politics is to start again and found a new political party. Forging an unlikely alliance with journalist Katrine Fønsmark who becomes her new media adviser and spokesman the third season of Borgen follows the journey of Nyborg and her new party towards a taking a fresh shot at parliament and fighting her way back to power back to Borgen.
A teenage werewolf must chose between her love for an outsider and betraying her family secret.
This box set features the following films: Underworld (Dir. Len Wiseman) (2003): Vampires and lycans an ancient form of werewolf are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestor's tombs the lycans live underground in a dilapidated sewer cave. Both teams are equipped with big guns and they are constantly innovating deadlier bullets to gain advantage over each other. On the vampire side the leather-clad death agent Selene (Kate Beckinsale) delegates teams of vamps to attack the lycans. But when she discovers that the lycans have kidnapped a human medical student Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman) she knows the worst is on its way. Against the orders of her superior Kraven (Shane Brolly) who is obsessively in love with Selene she awakens the most powerful vampire of all time Viktor (Bill Nighy) and prepares for a massive feud against lycan leader Lucian (Michael Sheen)... Underworld Evolution (Dir. Len Wiseman) (2006): Bloodthirsty vengeance is measured out in buckets not spoonfuls for this hard-hitting vampire movie sequel. The story picks up right where the first Underworld left off in the midst of a war between Lycans (werewolves) and vampires with the gorgeous death-dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) on the run with her vamp-wolf hybrid lover Michael (Scott Speedman). Blood And Chocolate (Dir. Katja von Garnier) (2007): Ten years ago in the remote mountains of Colorado a young girl watched helplessly as her family was murdered by a pack of angry men for the secret they carried in their blood. Now though she lives half a world away Vivian Gandillon is still running. Living in relative safety in Bucharest Vivian spends her days working at a chocolate shop and nights trawling the city's underground clubs fending off the reckless antics of her cousin Rafe and his gang of delinquents he calls ""The Five."" Aiden Galvin is an artist researching Bucharest's ancient art and relics for his next graphic novel based on the mythology of the loup garoux -shapeshifters whose power to change effortlessly into the forms of both human and wolf was once considered holy among men. Wrestling demons of his own Aiden hopes to explore the inner lives of these outsiders that he believes were persecuted to extinction - labeled monsters murderers werewolves. What he doesn't know is that the loup garoux are not only very real they're far from extinct. During a chance encounter in an abandoned church celebrating the loup garoux Aiden unknowingly comes face-to-face with the real thing Vivian. Others may have secrets but none as extraordinary as hers for Vivian is among the last of her kind leading a tenuous existence under the protection and control of Gabriel the powerful and enigmatic leader of one of the last packs of loup garoux on earth. After their brief exchange in the church Aiden can't get Vivian out of his mind nor can she forget him. He pursues her until she relents a
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