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CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Feb 1, 2024 - 10 comments

When CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Jan 31, 2024 - 13 comments

Rae Ingram (a barely out of her teens Nicole Kidman) and her husband, John (Sam Neill), struggle to overcome the sudden death of their young son. In an attempt to move past their loss, the couple take their yacht out for an extended vacation trip. While far out at sea, they come across a sinking schooner and rescue the ship's sole survivor, Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane). Hughie claims the crew of the ship died from food poisoning. Though Rae is empathetic towards Hughie, John is suspicious of his story. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 10, 2022 - 7 comments

Part 4. After more than 20 years in England, Chicken George is given his freedom and returns to the Lea farm. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 3, 2016 - 3 comments

Part 3. As George grows to manhood, he exhibits traits of both parents. Like Tom Lea, he loves cockfighting and carousing; an accomplished trainer of gamecocks, he earns the nickname "Chicken George." [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 2, 2016 - 7 comments

In 1750 in the river region of The Gambia in West Africa, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have their first child, a son named Kunta. (Part 1 of a 4 part series) [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on May 30, 2016 - 12 comments