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Aguilar de Nerha (1455 – 1526) was a Master Assassin and Mentor of the Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins during the 15th and 16th centuries. He is an ancestor of Callum Lynch , who relived his genetic memories in the year 2016, through the maternal line . http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Aguilar_de_Nerha ------------------------------ Assassin's Creed is a 2016 American science fiction action adventure film based on the video game franchise of the same name . The film is directed by Justin Kurzel , written by Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, and stars Michael Fassbender (who also produced), Marion Cotillard , Jeremy Irons , Brendan Gleeson , Charlotte Rampling and Michael K. Williams . The film is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series' mythology, taking place during the Spanish Inquisition . Filming began in late August 2015 and concluded in January 2016. Assassin's Creed wa

The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis , starring Keanu Reeves , Laurence Fishburne , Carrie-Anne Moss , Hugo Weaving , and Joe Pantoliano . It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer " Neo " learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world." The Matrix is known for popularizing a visual effect known as " bullet time ", in which the heightened perception of certain characters is represented by allowing the action within a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera's viewpoint appears to move through the scene at normal speed. The film is an ex

USS Enterprise - NCC-1701-D (or Enterprise-D) is a 24th-century starship in the fictional Star Trek universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. The Enterprise-D also appears in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (" Emissary "), the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise (" These Are the Voyages... "), and the movie Star Trek Generations . The Enterprise-D is a Galaxy-class ship and the fifth Federation starship in the Star Trek universe to carry the name Enterprise. Enterprise-D is the flagship of Starfleet . In most of its service in the Star Trek universe, the commanding officer of Enterprise-D is Captain Jean-Luc Picard . In Star Trek Generations , after combat with the Duras sisters ' ship, the ship's stardrive section was destroyed and the saucer section crash landed on the surface of the planet Veridian III. The ship was replaced by the Sovereign class starship USS Enterprise

Doctor Strange  is a 2016 American  superhero film  based on the  Marvel Comics  character  of the same name , produced by  Marvel Studios  and distributed by  Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is  the fourteenth film  in the  Marvel Cinematic Universe  (MCU). The film was directed by  Scott Derrickson , who wrote it with  Jon Spaihts and  C. Robert Cargill , and stars  Benedict Cumberbatch  as the titular character, along with  Chiwetel Ejiofor ,  Rachel McAdams ,  Benedict Wong ,  Michael Stuhlbarg ,  Benjamin Bratt ,  Scott Adkins ,  Mads Mikkelsen , and  Tilda Swinton . In Doctor Strange, surgeon Strange learns the mystic arts after a career-ending car accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Strange_(2016_film) http://marvel.com/characters/14/doctor_strange ------------------------------ A  figurine  (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small statue that represents a human,  deity  or  animal , or in practice a pair or small group

The Raider is the standard starfighter employed by the Cylons in the 1978 science fiction television series and movie Battlestar Galactica along with its re-imagining in the 2003 miniseries and 2004 television series . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylon_Raider --------------------------------- Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson , that began the Battlestar Galactica franchise . Starring Lorne Greene , Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict , it ran for the 1978–79 season before being canceled. Afterward, a write-in campaign revived the show as Galactica 1980 with 10 episodes in 1980. Books have also been written continuing the stories. Battlestar Galactica was remade in the 2000s with a mini-series and a weekly series . A feature film remake was also planned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series) --------------------------------- A  replica  is an exact  reproduction

"Eleanor" is a customized 1971 Ford Mustang Sportsroof (redressed as 1973) that features in independent filmmaker H.B. "Toby" Halicki's 1974 film Gone in 60 Seconds . "Eleanor" is the only Ford Mustang in history to receive star title credit in a movie. The Eleanor name is reused for a Shelby Mustang GT500 in the 2000 Gone in 60 Seconds remake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_(automobile) ------------------------------ Gone in 60 Seconds is a 2000 American action heist film , starring Nicolas Cage , Angelina Jolie , Giovanni Ribisi , Christopher Eccleston , Robert Duvall , Vinnie Jones , and Will Patton . The film was directed by Dominic Sena , written by Scott Rosenberg , and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer , producer of The Rock and Con Air (both of which starred Cage) and Armageddon (which starred Patton), and is a loose remake of the 1974 H.B. Halicki film of the same name . The film was shot throughout Los Ange