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Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle or similar. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby.
"Garrison towns" (Arabic: حصون ) were used during the Arab Islamic conquests of Middle Eastern lands by Arab-Muslim armies to increase their dominance over indigenous populations. In order to occupy non-Arab, non-Islamic areas, nomadic Arab tribesmen were taken from the desert by the ruling Arab elite, conscripted into Islamic armies, and settled into garrison towns as well as given a share in the spoils of war. The primary utility of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was to control the indigenous non-Arab peoples of these conquered and occupied territories, and to serve as garrison bases to launch further Islamic military campaigns into yet-undominated lands. A secondary aspect of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was the uprooting of the aforementioned nomadic Arab tribesmen from their original home regions in the Arabian Peninsula in order to proactively avert these tribal peoples, and particularly their young men, from revolting against the Islamic state established in their midst.
Enter Shikari are a British rock/hardcore group that combine post-hardcore and various heavy metal sub-genres such as metalcore and alternative metal with elements of various electronic genres such as electronica, dubstep, trance and occasionally drum and bass creating a very strong electronicore sound, formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari. Shikari also means 'Hunter' in Marathi, Persian, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali. Their debut album, Take to the Skies was released on 19 March 2007 and reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart. Their second album, titled Common Dreads, was released on 15 June 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 16. Their third studio album, A Flash Flood of Colour was released on 16 January 2012 and was positioned at the top of the UK Album Chart for almost its entire week of release, however it eventually debuted on the chart at 4. The band are currently embarking on the A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour.
Actors: Fred Dalton Thompson (actor), Orlando Mendoza (actor), David Fritsch (actor), Todd Litzinger (actor), Michael Alan (actor), Bill Lundy (actor), Bill Lundy (writer), Bill Lundy (director), Bill Lundy (producer), Brittany Lane Harris (producer), Catharine Lundy (actress), Catharine Lundy (producer), Brittany Lane Harris (actor), Michael Ford (actor), Catharine Lundy (costume designer),
Plot: James Golden is a small town, middle aged lawyer. He has raised his family and spent his entire life in Harper, Alabama. When a major nursing home malpractice death case comes into his office, he is determined to handle the case all the way to a jury trial, even though it is an area of law in which he has never practiced and against corporate defendants that never lose. An inexperienced but eager young associate, Paul Bruce, joins the fight with him. The intensity of the litigation takes them both to places and challenges they never knew and far from a small town to a larger life.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Alexander Emmert (director), Suzi Lorraine (actress), Alexander Emmert (producer), Alexander Emmert (writer), Alexander Emmert (actor), Gary Gustin (actor), Mala Wright (actress), Loren W. Lepre (actor), Nick Grock (actor), Damien Colletti (actor), Victoria Gates (actress), Deirdre McCullagh (actress), Leila Jean Davis (actress), Danny Donnelly (actor), Mike O'Donnell (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Chris Devlin (actor), John Wikstrom (miscellaneous crew), Dustin McLean (actor), Deirdre Morales (producer), Sam Rodd (actor), Parker McCabe (miscellaneous crew), Juraj Bedi (editor), Joel Christian Goffin (composer), Ronja Koepke (actress), Jingxi Wang (miscellaneous crew), Jason J. Whitmore (writer), Jason J. Whitmore (director), Nathanael Levine (actor), Bill Kelly (actor), Morgan Whitmore (actor),
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Kevin Sorbo (actor), Johnny Alonso (actor), Bruce Davison (actor), Luke Barnett (actor), Candace Kita (actress), David Banks (actor), Kipp Tribble (actor), Moksha McPherrin (actress), Kipp Tribble (producer), Kipp Tribble (writer), Kipp Tribble (director), Sunny Doench (actress), George Maranville (editor), George Maranville (producer), Daniel Michael DeLuca (actor),
Plot: Jack Samms' evening started normal enough. But then the mysterious masked stranger, known as Trick, pays him a visit. Within minutes, Jack is faced with a ticking clock after Trick reveals that Jack's estranged wife and her lover are buried in a wooden box - and will be out of oxygen in 75 minutes. With two cops hot on his trail, Jack must try to avoid being framed for his wife's murder while under Trick's constant watch. When a pay-off to Trick goes wrong, Jack must engage in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the masked stranger in order to save his wife... and himself.
Keywords: coffin, mask, race-against-the-clock, surprise-ending, trappedActors: Richard Brundage (actor), Camille Delgado (actress), Frank Holliday (actor), Alicia Sully (writer), Alicia Sully (producer), Alicia Sully (director), Alicia Sully (editor), Eleanor Erdman (actor), Wil Farr (composer), Rebecca Loyd (composer), Nicholas Demko-Pavese (miscellaneous crew), Carly Whitehead (actor), Diane Gardsbane (producer), Abby Geartner (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Short,Actors: Seymour Cassel (actor), Elsa Ramo (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Banks (actor), Mike Dennert (miscellaneous crew), James Portolese (producer), James Portolese (writer), Brent Roske (producer), Rachel Miner (actress), René Besson (director), René Besson (editor), René Besson (producer), Sarah Wynter (actress), Sigal Diamant (actress), Shira Scott Astrof (actress), Robert Berson (actor),
Plot: Focuses on a young woman and her radical journey to discover who she is and to find out why multiple enemies want her dead. The woman, SARAH CAUL, is thrown into an action filled construct where she must put the pieces of her life together as well as confront the menace that follows her every move.
Keywords: chase, death, flashback, gun, independent-film, martial-arts, murder, pistol, violence, woman-with-gunActors: Andrew Stevens (producer), Cathy Lee Crosby (actress), Larry Poindexter (actor), David Bowe (actor), Edward Albert (actor), Jim Wynorski (producer), Alan B. Bursteen (producer), Michael Dudikoff (actor), Tom Arnold (actor), Pat Harrington Jr. (actor), Ice-T (actor), Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Robert Clotworthy (actor), Jim Wynorski (director), Steve Latshaw (writer),
Plot: Hoping to make a killing on the insurance money, oil refinery owner Wendell Mays decides to burn the place to the ground. His greed endangers the lives of the entire town as the fireball creates a spreading inferno threatens to engulf the entire city, and stretches the abilities of the fire department and the local hospital to their breaking points.
Keywords: action-violence, bribe, brother-brother-relationship, car-chase, die-hard-scenario, evacuation, fire, firefighter, firefighting, gunActors: Richard Pepin (producer), Carlos Gómez (actor), Joseph Merhi (director), Joseph Merhi (producer), Patrick Kilpatrick (actor), Charles Napier (actor), Gary Daniels (producer), Gary Daniels (actor), Tim Colceri (actor), Sugar Ray Leonard (actor), Kenneth Tigar (actor), Michael Collins (miscellaneous crew), Addison Randall (actor), Kyla Pratt (actress), Kimberly Eaton (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor), David Heavener (director), David Heavener (composer), David Heavener (writer), David Heavener (actor), Gary Owens (actor), Bruce Glover (actor), Burt Ward (actor), Deke Anderson (actor), Rachelle Carson (actress), Danielle Brisebois (actress), Robert Hegyes (actor), Chuck Saale (actor), Nick Conti (actor), James Emery (actor),
Plot: Five Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping trip. Instead they become target practice for an army of killers playing violent war games. It's a massacre until one of the vets becomes a machine of revenge.
Keywords: action-hero, ambush, bare-chested-male, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bound-and-gagged, brawl, cabinActors: John Bowers (actor), Lon Chaney (actor), John Cossar (actor), Edythe Chapman (actress), Leatrice Joy (actress), Betty Schade (actress), Arthur F. Statter (writer), Cullen Landis (actor), Milton Ross (actor), Richard Tucker (actor), Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn (actor), Wallace Worsley (director), Mary Warren (actress), Leroy Scott (writer),
Genres: Crime, Drama,