England's first rurally based soap opera Emmerdale Farm quickly became one of the nation's best-loved programmes. Moving from its original mid-week afternoon slot to the heart of peak-time scheduling and becoming one of the longest-running dramas on British television the series continues to scoop multiple awards and nominations. Revisit Beckindale's early days with 32 classic episodes originally screened in 1973. This third volume presents a host of memorable characters and storylines: Henry Wilks plan to modernise and intensify farm operations and the resulting conflict with Matt Skilbeck and Jack Sugden; Peggy Skilbeck's tragic death; the arrival of doctor Clare Scott; and the ongoing tribulations of the teenage Joe Sugden. At the Woolpack meanwhile Amos is desperately seeking staff and the return of barmaid Alison causes more than a little friction...
With top salesman Little Gary Patel in jail times are hard and are getting harder for the sales staff of PhoneShop. If they are to retain their status as Kings of the High Street they need to ensure that every mug punter within five square miles gets locked down to the worst most expensive mobile phone contract known to mankind. From training days to owl tattoos from sex lemons to the Elite Selling Krew all retail life is here in Phil Bowker's multiple-award winning hit ensemble comedy featuring Tom Bennett Andrew Brooke Emma Fryer Javone Prince Martin Trenaman and Kayvan Novak. Series 1 Special Features: PhoneShop Team Commentary Hidden Extras Series 2 Special Features: Bloop Reel Meet the Elite Janine and Friends Hot Guys with Lazy Eyes - Extended
Bucharest, Romania: The not-too-distant future, but an entirely different city. The human population is dwindling. The vampire population, meanwhile, is exploding. Having emerged from the shadows a decade earlier, vampires now walk openly amongst the human population, as a precarious peace exists between the two. A peace made possible by the introduction of a synthetic blood substitute, dispensed by the Romanian government, making traditional vampire feeding, and preying on humans, no longer.
This box set features the following films: Seven (Dir. David Fincher) (1996): Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman star in this sinister and gripping mystery-thriller about a pair of homicide detectives who must solve a puzzling series of horrific murders based on the seven deadly sins - Gluttony Greed Sloth Pride Lust Envy and Wrath. A powerful and unforgettable film Seven reveals the dark and disturbing underworld in which evil stalks... Snakes On A Plane (Dir. David R. Ellis) (2006): On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean an assassin bent on killing a passenger who's a witness in protective custody lets loose a crate full of deadly snakes. The rookie pilot and frightened passengers must band together to try and apprehend the assassin before it's just not the witnesses' life in jeopardy... Slither (Dir. James Gunn) (2006): An invasion of slithery slug-like parasites from outer space arriving via meteorite in the redneck town of Wheelsy South Carolina where they turn most of the local yokels into flesh-eating zombies...
Season 6 Lena Dunham stars in the sixth and final season of Girls, HBO's hit comedy that follows the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of 20-something friends in NYC. Season 6 picks up six months after the end of S5, with Hannah (Dunham), enjoying new success as a writer after her participation in The Moth last season, getting a plum writing assignment that could dramatically change the course of her life. Marnie (Allison Williams), now in a relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky), seeks to maintain her independence post-divorce from Desi, but when her actions veer into self-absorption, it may end up making her current relationship unsustainable. Now also a couple, Jessa and Adam (Jemima Kirke and Adam Driver) decide to embark on a creative project to channel their passions, which could become a source of contention. And Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) finds herself professionally on the right path in a new job at a marketing agency, though personally she realizes that her friendships may be holding her back. Episodes: Episode 1: All I Ever Wanted Episode 2: Hostage Situation Episode 3: American Bitch Episode 4: Painful Evacuation Episode 5: Gummies Episode 6: Full Disclosure Episode 7: The Bounce Episode 8: What Will We Do This Time About Adam? Episode 9: Goodbye Tour Episode 10: Latching Extra Content: Audio Commentaries Inside the Episodes Finale Show - Extended Cut Favorite Moments: Shoshanna Supercut Favorite Moments: Jessa Supercut Favorite Moments: Hannah Supercut Favorite Moments: Marnie Supercut
This Is England '86:Set three years after the events of This is England, Shane Meadows's first foray into TV is a striking four-part sequel. With a full-blown recession and the 1986 World Cup in the works, this hilarious and heartbreaking drama series from Channel 4 draws many parallels with the England of 2010. This Is England '86 will pick up with the lives of Shaun, Woody and Lol in 1986 - the year Chris de Burgh is at number one, Top Gun is filling cinemas, the World Cup is raging in Mexico and over 3.4 million Brits are unemployed. As Shaun sits his last school exam, the realisation dawns that adulthood beckons. It's mid-80s England and he's going to have to find his own way in the world. Life has dealt a surprise hand to his friends too and no one is quite where they thought they would be... Woody, Lol, Smell, Gadget... they are back and looking for love, a laugh, a job and something that resembles a future.This Is England '88:Renowned filmmaker Shane Meadows follows up the explosive award-winning This Is England '86 with This Is England '88.Meadows picks up the action in the Christmas of 1988 as Lol struggles to cope with what life has thrown at her. Haunted by the devastating events which took place 18 months previously, she finds her reserves of strength ebbing away. With her soul mate Woody, heartbroken from her betrayal and in self-imposed exile from the gang, Lol becomes increasingly isolated and alone.They say Christmas is a time for forgiving and for forgetting, a time of love and laughter and joy ever after. But when all hope seems lost, what peace is there to be found? This is Christmas. This is England.
Adapted from the multi award winning novel by Jonathan Trigell Boy A is a powerful coming-of-age drama that raises difficult questions about the morals of our times. Boy A is a fictional drama centred around a young man called Jack (Andrew Garfield). When he was young Jack was invloved in the murder of a child and as such has spent most of his youth in juvenile prisons. Released from prison into an unrecognizable adult world Jack is given a new name new job new home; a new life. But anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack has to contend with not being able to tell the people he gets to know and love of his true past and the monstrous secret he must keep hidden.
Gangster No. 1 is without doubt the most stylish British violent crime thriller from the many produced at the end of the 20th century. For all the pop-video glamour of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, neither have anywhere near as much a sense of danger as is shown here. Paul Bettany ignites the screen with a fury that explodes far more than it smoulders beneath his tautly kept temper. The tale concerns his ascent to the titular position of primacy in 1960s London, told in flashback by his present-day self (an equally riveting Malcolm McDowell). A lust for power won't allow anything to stand in either incarnation's way, especially the foppish posturing of established crime boss Freddie Mays (David Thewlis). What distinguishes this from many other tales of greed is that the never-named Gangster actually wants to be Freddie, not simply replace him. Saffron Burrows plays the suffering trophy moll in the middle of this personality clash and provides about the only level head and gentle tongue in what is otherwise a super-violent and super-profane script. This is what The Krays should have been, and therefore not for the squeamish. --Paul Tonks
An illicit affair with one of her students has unforeseen consequences for a teacher in this story of loneliness, loyalty, envy and love.
Romance never dies. Sam (Andrew Lincoln) and Baggy (Andrew Rajan) share a house in London play cricket visit the pub and watch porn. It's not much of a life but it's better than coal mining. Sam secretly wants to be a singer and has a deeper interest in his friend Alison than he's willing to admit. Baggy? He's never been able to trust a girl since his fiance jilted him at the altar - besides married women seem safer. Of course commitment is a lot harder than smoking a
Like Sylvester Stallone's Rocky and Rambo the hero of Cobra is another original: Lt. Marion Cobretti a one-man assault force whose laser-mount submachine gun and pearl-handled Colt 45 spit pure crime-stopping venom. Rambo: First Blood Part II director George P Cosmatos rejoins Stallone for this thriller pitting Cobretti against a merciless serial killer. The trail leads to not one murderer but to a ""New Order"" - and killing the inadvertent witness (Brigette Nielsen) to their late
New York, 1929: a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan in Alan Parker's much-loved kiddie mob flick.
There are some criminals who always manage to evade justice. Untouchable they know the legal system and they know how to play it exploiting its flaws and capitalizing on its weaknesses. In short they are just too clever to get caught. But they are still the bad guys and they need to be taken off the streets. By Any Means follows a clandestine department living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice. Led by the sharp and elusive Jack Quinn alongside straight-talking Jessica Jones digital whizz-kid Thomas Tomkins and ex-copper Charlie O'Brien they stop at nothing to get the job done. Receiving their target from the mysterious Helen Barlow they weave a web of cunning and deception to deliver their unwary targets into the arms of justice.
Emmerdale Farm: Vol. 2
Still the most expensive movie ever made, Cleopatra nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox. It also scandalised the world with the very public affair of its two major stars, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. But Joseph L Mankiewicz's 1963 epic deserves to be remembered for more than its off-screen troubles. An extravagantly elaborate production, the sets and costumes alone are awe-inspiring; Mankiewicz's own literate screenplay draws heavily on the classics and Shakespeare; while the supporting cast, led by Rex Harrison as Caesar and Roddy McDowall as his nephew (and future emperor) Octavian, are all first-rate thespians and generally put in more convincing performances than either of the two leads. Mankiewicz's original intention was to make two three-hour films: the first being Caesar and Cleopatra, the second Antony and Cleopatra. But before the films completion, and following a boardroom coup worthy of Ancient Rome itself, legendary mogul Darryl F Zanuck took back control of Fox and insisted that Cleopatra be cut to a more economical length. A heartbroken Mankiewicz was forced to trim his six-hour vision down to four. This was the "roadshow" version shown at the films premiere and now restored here for the first time. Then following adverse criticism and pressure from cinema chains Zanuck demanded more cuts, and the final released version ran a mere three hours--half the original length. Capitalising on the feverish publicity surrounding Burton and Taylor, the shortened version played up both their on- and off-screen romance. This longer four-hour roadshow version allows for a broader view of the film, adding some depth to the politics and manipulation of the characters. But the directors original six-hour edit has been lost. Perhaps one day it will be rediscovered in the vaults and Mankiewiczs much-maligned movie will finally be seen the way it was meant to be. Until then, Cleopatra remains an epic curiosity rather than the complete spectacle it should be. On the DVD: this handsome three-disc set spreads the restored four-hour print of the movie across two discs. The anamorphic widescreen print looks quite magnificent and Alex Norths wondrous score comes up like new in Dolby 5.1 sound. Theres a patchy and only intermittently revealing commentary from Chris Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz, Martin Landau and Jack Brodsky. Much better is the comprehensive two-hour documentary that occupies disc three, which tells in hair-raising detail the extraordinary story of a film production that became totally out of control. This is accompanied by some short archival material, but the documentary alone is a compelling reason to acquire this set. --Mark Walker
It is 1914. As the Great War looms, the mighty Ottoman Empire is crumbling. Constantinople, the once vibrant, multicultural capital on the shores of the Bosporus, is about to be consumed by chaos. Michael Boghosian (Oscar Isaac), arrives in the cosmopolitan hub as a medical student determined to bring modern medicine back to Siroun, his ancestral village in Southern Turkey where Turkish Muslims and Armenian Christians have lived side by side for centuries. Photo-journalist Chris Myers (Christian Bale), has come here only partly to cover geo-politics. He is mesmerized by his love for Ana (Charlotte le Bon), an Armenian artist he has accompanied from Paris after the sudden death of her father. When Michael meets Ana, their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between the two men. As the Turks form an alliance with Germany and the Empire turns violently against its own ethnic minorities, their conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to survive even as events threaten to overwhelm them. The one promise that must be kept is to live on and tell the story.
Years of abuse endured in silence. This is Beth Williamson's life a life of lies and denial where nothing will stop the shocking brutality she suffers at the hands of her husband Tim. Finally as Tim's reign of terror reaches a shattering climax she can take no more. Beth has no choice but to flee with her young daughter. But with the police powerless to control Tim Beth becomes her husband's prey - and he'll stop at nothing to hunt her down. Her only hope is to go 'underground'. But when Beth becomes a vital witness in a murder case she is faced with a terrible choice: either she can protect her annonymity and her life or let a friend's killer go free...
Possibly the first gay horror/slasher movie of our time HellBent is a scary sexy funny thrill-ride through a wild Halloween night where chiseled gay chaps become the target of a sickle-wielding serial killer. Taking place at the famed West Hollywood Halloween Carnival there is a serial killer on the loose. A group of four gay friends will have to fight for their lives to make it through a night where flamboyant costumes beautiful people drugs music dancing and sex are
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