Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty was the studio's most ambitious effort to date, a lavish spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapted from the music of Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her sixteenth birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Fortunately, some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are on hand to assist. It's not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as well as, of course, good Prince Phillip, whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since. See it in its original glory here, alongside Maleficent's castle, which, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
As the private eye of private eyes Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with a case: her father a noted scientist philanthropist and cheesemaker has died mysteriously. Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead to the 'Carlotta Lists'. With a little help from his 'friends' Alan Ladd Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Burt Lancaster Humphrey Bogart Charles Laughton
A drama with heart and energy that follows the hopes and dreams of a tight-knit group of young dance students as they try to make a name for themselves and become stars in the fiercely competitive world of professional dance.
From legendary creator/writer Steven Bochco the multi award-winning Hill Street Blues is the original pioneering ' TV cop show' that blazed the trail for later ensemble hits such as NYPD Blue and L.A. Law. One of the most innovative and critically acclaimed series of its time this is the story of an overworked under-staffed police precinct in an anonymous inner city patterned after Chicago. 'Let's be careful out there.' So ends each roll-call session at the
'You can't backstab someone like Ugo Piazza! You'd better not even touch someone like Ugo Piazza!' Perhaps the one true film noir to emerge from Italy, Milano Calibro 9 is a gritty, ultra-violent masterpiece and an essential entry in the cannon of Italian crime cinema. Centering on the character of ex-con Ugo Piazza (played with stone-cold precision by Gastone Moschin) the film also benefits from the presence of giallo regular Barbara Bouchet and her considerable charms. Released aft.
A follow up of sorts to his earlier film, the seminal Caliber 9 (1972), Blood and Diamonds (1977) blasts its way into familiar poliziotteschi territory, leaving scars, bullets and tire tracks in its bloody wake. After being set up by the Mafia gang he is part of, Guido (Claudio Cassinelli) is sent to prison upon which he vows to take revenge on those who betrayed him. Another must for all collectors of high octane Italian crime thrillers from the 1970s. Product Features Limited Edition Slipcase Limited Edition Booklet 4K Restoration in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation LPCM 2.0 English Audio LPCM 2.0 Italian Audio with Newly Translated English Subtitles Audio Commentary with Italian Cinema Expert Troy Howarth Journey of love - Discovering Fernando Di Leo - Feature Length Documentary Blood and Di Leo - A Portrait by Luc Merenda Italian Opening, Intermission and Closing Titles Italian Theatrical Trailer Reversible Sleeve with new artwork by James Neal and Original Poster Artwork
Originally conceived as an hour-long video based on the Pet Shop Boys 1987 album Actually, It Couldn't Happen Here turned into a full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond (The Blueblack Hussar). The first feature-length film starring the Pet Shop Boys alongside Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt and Barbara Windsor finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on an extraordinary adventure from the coast to London, encountering a curious array of eccentric characters along the way. Pop surrealism meets classic road movie, the film is peppered with hits from the duo's first two studio albums, including West End Girls', It's a Sin' and Always On My Mind'. Never less than fascinating, It Couldn't Happen Here is a truly unique film and one that has sadly been long unavailable. Newly remastered by the BFI from a 4K scan, we are delighted to present the worldwide Blu-ray and DVD debut. Special Features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Limited Edition 48-page Digi-book includes writing on the film by Anthony Nield, Jason Wood and William Fowler Feature commentary by Jack Bond, James Dillon and Simon Archer (2020) Interview with Jack Bond (2020) Other extras TBC
The 18th century, with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On team: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter ego). Dick has troubles of his own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor) is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper (Hattie Jacques). Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series--a certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist jokes--but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his tailor has something going for it. --Roz Kaveney
Despite an irritating, tacked-on voice-over narration that somebody must have thought necessary to make sense of the story (it isn't), Last of the Dogmen is actually a very moving and magical film. Tom Berenger plays a Montana bounty hunter who helps an anthropologist (Barbara Hershey) search for the descendants of a Cheyenne tribe who disappeared in the 1870s. What the two find in a remote mountain stretch is an entire community of Cheyenne who have kept themselves cut off from the modern world. A Dances with Wolves parallel emerges as the white outsiders gradually fit in, but Last of the Dogmen stands up just fine without comparison to any other films. As in Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning movie, however, there are ways in which this film captures a similar sense of yearning, mystery and loss--not least being David Arnold's fine John Barry-esque score. --Tom Keogh
From the legendary horror movie director Brian Yuzna comes Rottweiler a terrifying film set in the post-apocalyptic near future that will leave horror fans both exhilarated and mortified as they are taken on a rollercoaster ride of fear. Escaping from a Spanish immigration camp in 2018 Dante heads off to find his lost girlfriend who he left behind after his capture. He is relentlessly pursued by a bounty hunter and his tracker dog ROTT; a vicious Rottweiler that had been left for dead and rebuilt ever stronger with fangs and jaws of steel. A relentless chase across a landscape of terror ensues where Dante finds that there are no friends no refuge and no respite from the relentless terror that pursues him. There is only the hunter and the hunted. Famous for the Re Animator trilogy amongst other classics of the horror genre Brian Yuzna crafts a tense unnerving and gruesome horror full of twists turns and startling revelations. Never one to shy away from gore Yuzna lets his audience view the full horrific terror of the cyber enhanced canine; a monster on mission to kill.
During the year 1961 the influential German-Jewish philosopher HANNAH ARENDT reported for the New Yorker magazine on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Her articles introducing her now-famous concept of the Banality of Evil triggered off an unprecedented controversy. Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries Margarethe von Trotta turns the often invisible passion for thought into immersive dramatic cinema.
Max Ophuls is widely regarded to be one of the greatest and most revered directors in the history of cinema. His trademark array of lavish fluid camera movements would influence generations of filmmakers to come. Among the many who have had praised his genius are Francois Truffaut Jean-Luc Goddard Martin Scorsese Stanley Kubrick who believed 'his camera could pass through walls' and more recently directors such as Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine Far From Heaven) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights Magnolia) who called him his 'idol'. Idealistic Leonora is looking for the dream life and believes she's found it when introduced to millionaire Smith Uhlrig. Quickly married she soon discovers him to be a domineering tyrant. In trying to escape this loveless existence she finds hope in the arms of a caring doctor but her psychotic husband doesn't give up his possessions so easily. Ophul's film noir classic is an intense melodrama played to perfection by the fine casting of James Mason Robert Ryan and Barbara Bel Geddes.
A discredited ex-CIA agent reduced to working as a private investigator, McGill travels the world as a 'gun for hire'. His unorthodox approach and strong sense of personal integrity often bring him into conflict with both his employers and the authorities, making him more enemies than friends... Starring Richard Bradford in a career-defining role as McGill, MAN IN A SUITCASE has been newly remastered in HD from the original 35mm film elements for this Blu-ray edition. McGill has never scrubbed up better than this!
Excessive stress in our daily lives is one of the greatest obstacles to achieving happiness good health & well-being. Over the centuries yoga practitioners have discovered simple and effective practices to reduce stress and achieve optimal health vitality and serenity. For the first time ever this DVD reveals how to approach dozens of common physical mental and emotional stress related conditions through the ancient science of yoga. This revolutionary interactive system allows you to choose from over 20 customized routines ranging from 15 - 60 minutes to help with common stress related issues including: 1. Relaxation and rejuvenation for day-to-day anxiety and worry 2. Neck and shoulder pain; including headaches 3. Lower back pain 4. Stomach and digestive issues 5. Troubled sleep including Insomnia 6. Mild depression 7. Routines to cultivate serenity Also featuring a 30 minute How to Meditate feature with the Dalai Lama (from A Path to Happiness.) Routines led by world renowned yoga instructor Barbara Benagh who over the last 35 years has developed an insightful style that emphasizes reducing stress and letting go of tension.
Annabel isn't herself today - neither is her mother this morning. They became each other! When a mother and her teenage daughter both wish at the same time that they could switch places for one day each has to live the life of the other on one seriously freaky Friday...
Make Way for Tomorrow, by LEO McCAREY (An Affair to Remember), is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. BEULAH BONDI (It's a Wonderful Life) and VICTOR MOORE (Swing Time) headline a cast of incomparable character actors, starring as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children after the bank takes their home, yet end up separated and subject to their offspring's selfish whims. An inspiration for Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, this is among American cinema's purest tearjerkers, all the way to its unflinching ending, which McCarey refused to change despite studio pressure. Special Features High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today, an interview from 2009 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich discussing the career of director Leo McCarey and Make Way for Tomorrow Video interview from 2009 with critic Gary Giddins, in which he talks about McCarey's artistry and the political and social context of the film PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Tag Gallagher and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, and an excerpt from film scholar Robin Wood's 1998 piece Leo McCarey and Family Values
Jennie - Lady Randolph Churchill: The Complete Series (2 Disc)
Imagine waking up in a in a cube-shaped room with a bunch of strangers. Nobody can remember how and why they are there and nobody knows how to get out. Feel the suspense as you witness the horror of eight people who find themselves in just such a predicament. Trapped in a world where the rules of physics do not apply each of the eight must use a special skill to help them survive - unfortunately only one of them can!
Fellini's most acclaimed work, 8 1/2 won two Oscars ® including Best Foreign Film. Fellini is unanimously voted by film critics - and notably, by filmmakers - as one of the greatest directors of all time. And Fellini's 8 ½ is revered as the most important European film ever made and film buffs' ultimate film of all time! MARCELLO MASTROIANNI is Fellini's alter ego, Guido, a successful filmmaker who, embarking on his next film, discovers he has a complete director's block: he has no story to tell ! Harassed by his producers, his mistress (SANDRA MILO) and his wife (ANOUK AIMEE) while struggling to find the inspiration for his film, he increasingly retreats in dreamy recollections of his life and lovers, until fantasy - personified by the heavenly beautiful CLAUDIA CARDINALE - his memories and reality merge in the director's mind and on screen - in an astonishing, masterful spectacle which culminates in an electrifying triumph of optimism. As Guido, Fellini's alter-ego says at the end of 8 ½: Life is a party, let's live it together Special Features: New unique intimate interview with Sandra Milo the film's co-lead and off-screen real life companion' of Fellini. Filmed especially for this CultFilms release Interview with Lina Wertmuller, Fellini's Assistant Director on 8 ½. Filmed especially for CultFilms. Lost Sequence documentary on the making of 8 ½ with interviews with cast crew and Fellini himself: the focus is on one of film-lore's great mystery! Where a massive sequence was shot with all the cast, but not included in the film, and it was never seen again. Tribute to Fellini's speech on receiving his Academy Award Oscar
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy