When Night Falls The Adventure Begins! Based on the classic story ""A Thousand and One Nights "" this lavish production brings to life some of the most timeless fables to come down through the ages. A legendary heroine Scheherazade (Mili Avital) saves her kingdom and her own life by seducing her husband Schahriar's (Dougray Scott) imagination with the fantastical tales of Aladdin Ali Baba and other larger-than-life heroes warriors and djinns. Mind-blowing adventure and extraordinary special effects set against the backdrop of mysteries Arabia make this an exhilarating trip through the grandest adventures of all time.
Of Human Bondage: The love that lifted a man to paradise and hurled him back to earth again! This film is based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel of a young medical student's strange infatuation with a cheap and vulgar cockney waitress (Bette Davis). The infatuation turns into a mutually destructive affair. This is the film that brought Bette Davis to fame and secured her future roles as a tough domineering woman. Fine acting by the entire cast with Davis an absolu
For many people Basil Rathbone's portrayal of the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes is the definitive screen version of Arthur Conan Doyle's much-loved character. Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night (1946): Holmes is hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia an enormous diamond that it's pursuers are willing to kill for. Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946): The location of stolen Bank of England printing plates are hidden inside three music boxes by an inmate of Dart
The full historic match which took place at Leeds' Elland Road stadium in which Manchester United were vanquished by their Yorkshire rivals.
Director Lindsay Anderson pulls no punches in this classic screen adaptation of the hard hitting David Storey novel about violence and its effect on the quality of life.; ; Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts are outstanding as Machin, the professional rugby player who carries the violence of the football field into every area of his life, and Mrs Hammond, the frigid and withdrawn woman with whom he lodges and conducts a joyless affair.; ; As well as examining their relationship in minute and p...
Sherlock Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to protect the Star of Rhodesia a huge diamond owned by Carstairs mother. Believing that an attempt to steal the diamond will take place while it is in transit on the London to Edinburgh train Holmes switches the real diamond for a fake. When Roland is murdered during the robbery Holmes is soon on the trail of the thief and murderer.
With business failing, struggling US sports agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm)travels to India in a last ditch effort to save his career by finding a young cricketer to turn into a major sports star.
Sherlock Holmes is called upon to investigate a series of stranglings which are slowly wiping out the Brandon family and to find out the secret of the 'Star Of Delhi'. He once again does battle with his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.
A gripping powerful drama about life in a US state prison filmed on location at Utah State Prison and based on Truman Capote's novel this film tells of one prisoner's courageous (and ultimately fatal) attempt at prison reform and justice.
Farce and fiasco in this screwball comedy set in the corporate world Mike Binder wrote, directed, and stars alongside Alan Rickman in this award-winning comedy set in corporate London An American businessman and his wife are summoned to London oversee an impending business merger. Unknown to him, Matthew Barnes is being groomed to replace John Gissing , his British counterpart. Gissing, in the meantime, has seen the storm brewing for some time and has no intention of giving up his position without a fight. Instead Gissing cunningly unleashes his inner Machiavelli and sends the American couple on a comical series of disastrous misadventures, in an attempt to turn their lives upside down and undermine his rival. From arriving late to key meetings, to a humiliating encounter with a French colleague, to finding himself in a compromising position with a lusty nun, life for Barnes becomes a living hell. Alan Rickman steals the show as the scheming Brit, and lookout for Juliet Stevenson, who also co-starred with Rickman in Truly, Madly, Deeply, as his hilariously exasperated colleague. Winner of the Best Picture Award at the 2002 Sarasota film Festival. This is a very funny film, sometimes uproariously so, but it's also low-key and measured Variety
Julie Christie stars in this adaptation of the classic novel by L.P. Hartley. A young teenage boy, Leo (Dominic Guard), is invited to a wealthy school friend's family estate and is drawn into a love affair between his friend's twenty-something sister, Marian (Christie), and the family neighbour, even though she is engaged to be married. She uses Leo as a go-between, sending messages to her lover. Despite feeling he is betraying her fiance Hugh (Edward Fox), Leo carries on being the go-between and discovers more about the attraction between men and women along the way.
Icons Of The Silver Screen' turns towards the seemy side on life with a pair of film noir classics!The Big Clock (1948)Anticipating a much-needed vacation from Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton), his abusive boss, magazine editor George Stroud (Ray Milland) finally reaches a breaking point when Janoth insists he skip his honeymoon and go out of town on assignment. Stroud resigns and finds solace over multiple drinks with his boss' unhappy mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson), at a local bar. Together they come up with a half-inebriated plot to embarrass Janoth but the plan takes an unexpected turn toward murder.This Gun for Hire (1942)Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven (Alan Ladd) becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates (Laird Cregar), Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen (Veronica Lake), on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant (Robert Preston) who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
This delightfully fun and lighthearted comedy is based on Jane Austen's classic novel. Dazzling Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love) shines as Emma a mischievous young beauty who sets up her single friends. Funny thing is...she's not very good at it! So when Emma tries to find a man for Harriet (Toni Collette Knives Out) she makes a hilariously tangled mess of everyone's lives. You'll enjoy all the comic confusion... until Emma herself falls in love, finally freeing everyone from her outrageously misguided attempts at matchmaking!
When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia. The first season of REACHER is based on the international bestseller "Killing Floor" by Lee Child.
Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Limited to 2500 Copies.A nihilistically philosophical hit man (John Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan. While in town, he tries to patch things up with the girlfriend (Minnie Driver) he abandoned on prom night, avoid being killed by an over-zealous competitor's henchmen, and survive his surreal homecoming. The film is a bullet-ridden, darkly comedic tale of self-discovery from star-writer-producer Cusack. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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