A collection of David Lean's finest films. Include: 1. The Sound Barrier (1952) 2. Hobsons Choice (1954) 3. Blithe Spirit (1945) 4. Brief Encounter (1945) 5. Great Expectations (1946) 6. Oliver Twist (1948) 7. Madeleine (1950) 8. The Passionate Friends (1949) 9. This Happy Breed (1944)
Lethal, professional hitwoman Mary (Taraji P. Henson) works for the most notorious crime family in town, headed by Benny (Danny Glover). When Mary shoots a protected mobster in order to save a young boy, she must take on a rogues' gallery of crime figures, from the Russian Mafia to those closest to her, including her former lover. Armed with her wits and a closet full of guns Mary must do whatever it takes to be the last woman standing in this energetic and explosive action thriller. Features: Mary's World featurette The Beginning of the End featurette If Looks Could Kill featurette
Supposedly based on an actual event which remains unsolved to this day 'Picnic At Hanging Rock' is suffused with menace mysticism and languorous adolescent sensuality. In the year 1900 a group of schoolgirls set out on a St. Valentine's Day picnic from which two never returned. With this hauntingly beautiful film director Peter Weir marked the dawn of a new age in Australian cinema.
On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his son’s seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter), the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters, Gentlemen of the shade, Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years, while the young Prince, the future Henry V, nurtures his own ambitions. Orson Welles considered Chimes at Midnight his personal favorite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations, the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast comprises of Jeanne Moreau, Fernando Rey, Margaret Rutherford, and Ralph Richardson as the narrator, in addition to Welles and Gielgud. The film’s harrowing war scenes have proven especially influential, cited in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V as well as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.
On the brink of Civil War King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his sons seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter) the young Prince openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters Gentlemen of the shade Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years while the young Prince the future Henry V nurtures his own ambitions. Orson Welles considered Chimes at Midnight his personal favorite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast comprises of Jeanne Moreau Fernando Rey Margaret Rutherford and Ralph Richardson as the narrator in addition to Welles and Gielgud. The film’s harrowing war scenes have proven especially influential cited in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V as well as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.
Christmastime is looking swell for pretty, unassuming real-estate-agent Suzanne Barrington: she just sold a house to a nice swinger couple; her weatherman husband Jeff scored a sweet new job; and her favourite holiday is quickly approaching. After a sudden tragedy takes Jeff away, Suzanne is left lost and lonely. Even worse, a friend of his confesses a secret: there's another woman. Her name's Fantasia and she works at the girl club. In their grief, the two women form an awkward but meaningful friendship. Pushing away the ghosts of Christmas present, Suzanne falls into Fantasia's world of dance parties, shoplifting and substances. But maybe that's not what Suzanne's looking for either.
NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.
People Will Talk is a brilliant comedy that also possesses a rare and engaging poignancy. Screen legend Cary Grant stars as Dr Noah Praetorius a lovable professor and head of a medical clinic who becomes the subject of a McCarthy-style investigation initiated by a jealous colleague (Hume Cronyn). Along the way Praetorius befriends and ultimately marries a young woman who attempts suicide when she discovers she is pregnant. But as the witch-hunt into the good doctor's perso
A little girl is so badly affected by her parents' divorce she decides to run away from home...
A beautiful female disc-jockey is mistaken for the girlfriend of a geriatric millionaire by the millionaire's grandson. Includes the songs: 'The Turntable Song' 'Happy-Go-Lucky and Free' 'You Gotta Keep Your Baby Lookin` Right' 'Something In The Wind' 'It's Only Love' and 'Il Miserere'.
If you like Sister Act, you'll just love Brother White! In this family musical comedy starring David AR White (Jerusalem Countdown, Me Again), Victoria Jackson (Saturday Night Live) Jackee (Sister Sister, 227), Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) and Academy Award nominee Bruce Davison. James White and his wife Lily are sent, well demoted, from their rich, white-middle-class church in Southern California to an impoverished neighbourhood church in Atlanta. Pastor White and his family must fight to save the little faith church from a corrupt banker anxious to foreclose.
This film is an amalgam of Henry IV parts 1 & 2 and also Richard II Henry V and the Merry Wives of Windsor. It's based on Welles' play Five Kings an adaptation of four Shakespeare plays which he produced in 1939 and again in 1960. The film's narration spoken by Ralph Richardson is taken from the chronicler Raphael Holinshed. Orson Welles plays Sir John Falstaff alongside an incredible cast featuring Margaret Rutherford Jeanne Moreau and John Gielgud. Welles is uncompromising as the tragicomic Shakespearean character and many critics believe this is the greatest screen portrayal of Falstaff.
The shot heard 'round the world! Fritz Lang one of the masters of the German expressionist cinema turns his sinister imagination and shadowy techniques to a web like take of wartime espionage in Hangmen Also Die. Set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation the film depicts an Eastern Europe populated by spies traitors and revolutionaries' a deadly funhouse of political intrigue in which every personal encounter brings with it the threat of betrayal. Pur
That Sinking Feeling
Divided by time and tradition. United by love and hope. The story of an unforgettable family. In this adaptaion of Evan S. Connell's twin novels Newman plays Mr. Bridge a distinguished Kansas lwyer and Woodward his wife. It is far from being a marriage of like minds though: India Bridge is all caring and sharing but conservative Walter though full of love for his family dares not speak of it. The First World War is over and the second one is on it's way but Walter refuses to move with the times.
Knight Rider: a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent the helpless the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law... Episodes Comprise: Season 1 1. Deadly Maneuvers 2. A Good Day At White Rock 3. Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular 4. Just My Bill 5. Not A Drop To Drink 6. No Big Thing 7. Trust doesn't Rust 8. Inside Out 9. The Final Verdict
Vincent Swan is a retired cop. He receives a postcard one day seemingly from a serial killer (The Prophet) who he had brought to justice years earlier. Then begins a number of high profile murders in L.A. and Swan is forced to re-open the case. But every move he makes draws him further into The Prophet's game.
In the first quarter of the 20th century Paris was the undisputed cultural capital of the world. It was also the meeting place for a new generation of independent women who literally flocked to the West Bank of Paris and made it their home. Authors Colette Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein joined painters Romaine Brookes and Marie Laurencin photographers Bernice Abbott and Giselle Freund publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier and journalist Janet Flanner and together they created a now legendary community. Using groundbreaking research newly discovered home movies combined with other visual sources this intimate documentary intertwines interview and anecdote to recreate the mood and flavour of this exceptional female artistic community in Paris during its most magical era.
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy