Director: Michael Wood

Take a break from staid TV features and watch an entire series on travel, history and adventure. This four-part series produced for BBC and the PBS television network combines all three as it retraces the origins of four famous myths across the continents. Michael checks out the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece after his wicked uncle Pelias packed him off to collect the Golden Fleece. The crew travels from Greece to Istanbul to dig up facts, if any, behind this myth. And traverses the South Arabian and Ethiopian borderlands to explore the myth of the fascinating Queen of Sheba and discover Shangri-La, the mythical capital city of Tibet that supposedly lies hidden behind the Himalayan range. The biggest myth of them all-the legend of king Arthur-takes them across the English countryside from Ireland to the Isle of Iona. Breathtaking scenery, mystic mysteries, great storytelling-don’t miss this!

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh

Cast: Tom Jane, John Travolta

Sometimes, just to get over the week’s intellectual burden on your mind, you need a real solid dose of a blood-and-gore slug fest. So, here’s the perfect weekend watch. Based on a lesser known Marvel Comics character, Frank Castle, It’s a slam-banger, akin to the 1970s vigilante flicks with Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood. Undercover FBI agent Frank (Tom) poses as a drug dealer to bust a major deal involving the ruthless mob boss Howard Saint (John). All hell breaks loose when Howard’s son dies in the shootout. Howard promptly butchers Frank’s family. As betrayals fester, head roll and cars explode in robust grandeur, Frank decides that revenge is not enough, that he must mete out punishment as judge, jury and executioner, that Howard must pay for all his un-Saintly acts. And those are good reasons for all his un-saintly acts. And those are good reasons for all action freaks to push play!

HOT Tip: A blast from the retro-action past; nothing ‘comic’ about this!

Directed by: Eric Brevig

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem

Prof. Trevor Anderson is infamous for his radical theories. Backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean, he finds a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet where they discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world! This one is right up Brendan ‘The Mummy’ Fraser’s alley, huh?