Roger Newcombe

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Le Désert de l'angoisse
5.2
En vacances avec leurs enfants dans le désert du Mojave, au Sud de la Californie, Jim et Pat Henley prend un raccourci et se retrouvent bientôt dans une ville fantôme, que la population semble avoir désertée depuis de longues années déjà. Bloqués sur place, les Henley ignorent que la situation va tourner au cauchemar...
Mystery
The Return of Captain Invincible
5.8
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Australia in disgrace. Cut to the present, when a US super secret super weapon is stolen and he's asked to come back to the States in order to help stop evil and restore his sterling reputation. Unfortunately, Captain Invincible is a drunk now...
Fantasy
Wastelander Panda: Exile
1
Banished to the Wasteland, anthropomorphic panda Isaac sets out to find a young girl and reinstate his family into the Tribe of Legion in this feature-length version of the Australian web series.
Luigi’s Ladies
5

Luigi’s Ladies

May 11, 1989
Shaken by the stockmarket crash of ’87 … plus a few other distractions like attempted murder, flirtatious affairs and a lunatic, knife wielding chef … their friendship is put to the test! But, rest assured, these resilient women-of-the-world will pull through and enjoy many more entrées together at Luigi’s!
Comedy
Doctors & Nurses
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Doctors & Nurses

Dec 26, 1981
Doctors and Nurses is a gimmick film, a down under age reversal trick in the style of Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone'. A bunch of kids play the game of Doctors and Nurses - of the inoffensive dress-up kind - tending a bunch of adults suffering from a variety of ailments.
Family
The Odd Angry Shot
6.1

The Odd Angry Shot

Mar 01, 1979
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
War
Vietnam
8.6

Vietnam

Feb 23, 1987
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
Drama
The Battlers
1

The Battlers

Jul 14, 1994
Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.
Drama
McLeod's Daughters
5.4

McLeod's Daughters

May 11, 1996
Tess returns home to Drovers Run, a family-run ranch in Australia’s outback, to reunite with her estranged father Jack and half sister Claire. Although Tess and Claire have feuded in the past, they must now work together to save the ranch from bankruptcy.
Western
Manhattanites
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Manhattanites

May 22, 2008
The film, directed by Gregori J. Martin and co-directed by Darnell Williams, features a cast that includes Ilene Kristen, Forbes March, Aiden Turner, David Fumero, Jill Larson and Alex McCord. Manhattanites follows the lives of a group of people in New York City who are faced with life changing circumstances and decisions over a period of several months. The choices they makes have far reaching consequences on not only them but people they do not even know.
Drama
The First War for Western Civilization
1
The Greco-Persian War was pivotal in the creation of the modern world - yet all that is generally remembered are the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. This documentary examines the whole history, from the Ionian Revolt (497BC) to the Peace of Callias (449BC), and also covers the legacies of the war - including Democracy.
Documentary