A class of undisciplined, smart and funny history students actively pursue an undergraduate place at Oxbridge.
Agatha Raisin, a PR whizz, has retired to the sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely. Desperate to fit in and be accepted, she enters a local competition and somehow finds herself the prime murder suspect. In order to clear her name she launches her own investigation, recruiting the talents of her best friend Roy and her cleaner Gemma. Together they discover a formidable knack for uncovering the locals secrets. Outspoken and opinionated, Agatha settles in to the village and the life she has always dreamed of. Joining a ramblers group to pursue her attractive neighbour James, she once again becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. Murder, mystery and intrigue seem to follow Agatha whether she is dabbling with a spot of local PR or trying to escape the prying eyes of others. Will her team be able to solve the mysteries and will James ever notice her feelings for him? This DVD includes the feature length movie Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death as well as the complete Series One.
High-flying, PR whiz Agatha Raisin (Ashley Jensen, Extras, Catastrophe) leaves London to retire to the quiet, picturesque Cotswold village of Carsely. Entering a local competition she somehow finds herself the prime suspect of murder and by launching her own investigation to clear her name, Agatha accidentally becomes an amateur sleuth. As Agatha settles in to the village and the life she always dreamed of, trouble is never far away.Together with her friends Roy (Mathew Horne, Gavin & Stacey), Gemma (Katy Wix, Not Going Out), James (Jamie Glover, Waterloo Road) and Sir Charles (Jason Merrells, Waterloo Road), Agatha is always a step or two ahead of the local police and proves to be a dab hand at solving the village's bizarre murders. This boxset includes the feature length movie Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death as well as the complete Series One, Two, Three and Four plus the Christmas Special, Kissing Christmas Goodbye.
Set in and among the alleys galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London Desperate Romantics follows the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a vagabond group of English painters poets and critics. A relationship drama from the perspective of this iconoclastic group of dysfunctional male romantics the series follows their lives and relationships as they shamelessly scheme and strive to find fame fortune and success as well as love and sex along the way.
This is not your average family sitcom because the Doonans are not your average family. The show is the story of a dream the dream that one day Simon would leave suburban Reading and move to London to be with the beautiful people. In fact he moved to New York to become the creative director of Barneys an uber-chic fashion store and to write the memoir on which this hugely exuberant comedy is based. It has song dance jokes bitch-fighting drunken hairdressers black posh spice dolls exploding baked bean cans causing death and a soundtrack featuring Dannii and Kylie Minogue Sophie Ellis Bextor The Pet Shop Boys Sam Wood and Dan Gillespie Sells of The Feeling. Mum and Dad drink homemade wine Simon hangs out with his best friend Kyle better known as Kylie working on dance moves to 90s floor fillers; his sister Ashlene wants to look like Heather Small and hang with the hood whilst his aunty Hayley is blind feisty and eating nuts. Gran meanwhile used to be the nicest woman in the world and has now turned very nasty.
Far more than circuses featuring impressive acrobatics, Cirque du Soleil's live and filmed shows are powerful presentations that seamlessly combine daring acrobatic feats, intense artistry, and simple, yet emotionally rich stories. Worlds Away is a stunning compilation of acts from seven Las Vegas shows: O, Kà, Mystère, Criss Angel Believe, Zumanity, Viva Elvis, and The Beatles Love. The disparate acts are woven together by a poignantly romantic story of a young woman who falls into an ethereal world searching for a man she's only glimpsed, but is destined to love. The film showcases everything from synchronised water ballet to martial arts-inspired combat, aerial silk acrobatics, contortionism, and the frightening Wheel of Death. Each impeccably choreographed presentation is absolutely breathtaking in its beauty and its seeming defiance of the laws of the human body's capabilities. Viewers will leave the film feeling awed, uplifted, and completely inspired. --Tami Horiuchi
No job is more stressful dangerous or exhilarating than those of the Fire-fighters Rescue Squad and Paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. These are the courageous men and women who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way. But the enormous responsibilities of the job also take a personal toll. With big reputations and hefty egos the pressure to perform and make split-second decisions is bound to put the squad members at odds/ when it's 'go-time' though they put their differences aside and everything on the line for each other. Special Features: Behind The Scenes Otis Podcasts
Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, Extras ) is back as fashionable PI Agatha Raisin in this comic mystery series based on the book series by M.C. Beaton.From her private detective agency in the scenic Cotswolds, the glamorous PR executive turned sleuth solves all manner of quirky cases with help from her pals: best friend and former assistant Roy (Mathew Horne, Gavin & Stacey ), inveterate flirt Sir Charles (Jason Merrells, Finding Alice), ex-flame James (Jamie Glover, Waterloo Road ), and lovebirds Toni (Jodie Tyack, Noughts + Crosses) and Bill (Matt McCooey, The Salisbury Poisonings).
Generally regarded to be the best - and most brutal - of the classic gangster films Scarface tells the story of orginised crime's pinch on the city of Chicago during prohibition. Paul Muni plays Tony Carmonte an ambitious hood with a Napoleonic urge to fight his way to number one gang boss. When the last of the old-style crime bosses is brutally slain down the finger is pointed at Tony and Johnny Loro a rival gangster. However Tony's desire to move up the ladder i
A young woman in New Orleans finds herself caught in the middle of strange Hoodoo practitioners.
When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. While collectors will regret that only 16 of Jonze's 40 plus music videos are included here, this glorious sampling represents the cream of Jonze's bumper crop; for sheer ingenuity it doesn't get any better than this. From the Beastie Boys' popular TV cop-spoof "Sabotage" to the intensely disciplined backwards-filming technique of the Pharcyde's "Drop", it's clear that Jonze has an affinity for inventive street theatre, culminating in the sad/happy vibe of Fatlip's introspective "What's Up Fatlip?" and the pop-jazz effervescence of Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet". Technical wizardry is also a Jonze trademark, especially in the elaborate "Happy Days" nostalgia of Weezer's "Buddy Holly" and the graceful fly-wire dancing of Christopher Walken to Fatboy Slim's pulsing "Weapon of Choice". No doubt about it: every one of these videos is an award-worthy testament to Jonze's ability to combine hard work with fun-loving spontaneity. On the DVD: The Work of Director Spike Jonze is a double-sided DVD (one in a series that includes the equally dazzling work of Michel Gondry and Chris Cunningham) accompanied by an informative 52-page booklet. The second side explores Jonze's artistic evolution with an entertaining selection of video rarities and three half-hour documentaries, the best being a revealing and very funny interview with rapper Fatlip after his dismissal from the Pharcyde. Commentaries for the music videos are consistently worthwhile, supporting Jonze's own belief that his best videos were made for artists whose work he genuinely enjoyed. Lucky for us, his pleasure is infectious. --Jeff Shannon
No job is more stressful dangerous or exhilarating than those of the Firefighters Rescue Squad and Paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. These are the courageous men and women who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way. But the enormous responsibilities of the job also take a personal toll. With big reputations and hefty egos the pressure to perform and make split-second decisions is bound to put squad members at odds. When a tragedy claims one of their own there's plenty of guilt and blame to go around. When it's go-time though they put their differences aside and everything on the line for each other. From renowned Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf.
Continuing its mission to unearth the very best in weird and wonderful horror obscura from the golden age of US independent genre moviemaking, Arrow Video is proud to present the long-awaited second volume in its American Horror Project series co-curated by author Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents). Starting off with a little-seen 1970 offering from underrated cult auteur John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Garden of the Dead), Dream No Evil is a haunting, moving tale of a young woman's desperate quest to be reunited with her long-lost father only to find herself drawn into a fantasyland of homicidal madness. Meanwhile, 1976's Dark August stars Academy Award-winner Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire) in a story of a man pursued by a terrifying and deadly curse in the wake of a hit-and-run accident. Lastly, 1977's Harry Novak-produced The Child is a gloriously delirious slice of horror mayhem in which a young girl raises an army of the dead against the people she holds responsible for her mother's death. With all three films having been newly remastered from the best surviving film elements and appearing here for the first time ever on Blu-ray, alongside a wealth of supplementary material, American Horror Project Volume Two offers up yet another fascinating and blood-chilling foray into the deepest, darkest corners of stars-and-stripes terror. Limited Edition Contents: Brand new 2K restorations from original film elements High Definition Blu-ray presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil American Horror Project Journal Vol. II limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new writing on the films by Stephen R. Bissette, Travis Crawford and Amanda Reyes Dream No Evil: Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower Brand new audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan Hollywood After Dark: The Early Films of John Hayes, 1959-1971 brand new video essay by Stephen Thrower looking at Hayes' filmography leading up to Dream No Evil Writer Chris Poggiali on the prodigious career of celebrated character actor Edmond O'Brien Excerpts from an audio interview with actress Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls) discussing her many cinematic collaborations with director John Hayes Dark August: Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower Brand new audio commentary with writer-director Martin Goldman Brand new on-camera interview with Martin Goldman Brand new on-camera interview with producer Marianne Kanter The Hills Are Alive: Dark August and Vermont Folk Horror author and artist Stephen R. Bissette on Dark August and its context within the wider realm of genre filmmaking out of Vermont Original Press Book The Child: 1.37:1 and 1.85:1 presentations of the feature Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower Brand new audio commentary with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian, moderated by Stephen Thrower Brand new on-camera interviews with Robert Voskanian and Robert Dadashian Original Theatrical Trailer Original Press Book
From the creator of Gimme Gimme Gimme and the producer of Absolutely Fabulous comes Beautiful People a six-part comedy series for BBC Two exploring what it's truly like for all of us to be fabulous via starry ambition youthful optimism and one very loving yet very dysfunctional family. Beautiful People is written by Jonathan Harvey (Gimme Gimme Gimme Beautiful Thing) and based on the best-selling wild childhood memoirs of Simon Doonan Creative Director of Barneys New York. The series starts in October. This glittering and hilarious series delves inside Simon's youthful memories and his desire to escape suburban Reading and live amongst the beautiful people - from his perspective as a window dresser in a New York department store. Surrounded by dreams of the big and all the beautiful people that go with it 13-year-old Simon (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) can't open a fridge door without belting out a show tune. But such behaviour will always fall flat on a family even more eccentric than Simon's latest attempts to be fabulous. The Britain of 1997 might be changing but the Doonan clan remain consistently nuts.
A perkyt switchboard operator for the White House makes not one but three love connections and her attampts to keep each Romeo on the line leads to alot of crossed wires....
From the mind of Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and the studio that brought you The Walking Dead comes the quirky comedy Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency. Meet Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett, Penny Dreadful), the fast-talking, eccentric detective who believes in the interconnectedness of all things. When washed-up rocker Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood, Lord of the Rings) stumbles upon the scene of a murdered millionaire, Dirk wholly believes they re destined to untangle the peculiar events surrounding the mystery together, whether Todd likes it or not. As a collection of wild and dangerous characters begin to infiltrate Todd's world and further complicate his life, each one brings the unlikely duo one step closer to uncovering the truth.
Far more than circuses featuring impressive acrobatics, Cirque du Soleil's live and filmed shows are powerful presentations that seamlessly combine daring acrobatic feats, intense artistry, and simple, yet emotionally rich stories. Worlds Away is a stunning compilation of acts from seven Las Vegas shows: O, Kà, Mystère, Criss Angel Believe, Zumanity, Viva Elvis, and The Beatles Love. The disparate acts are woven together by a poignantly romantic story of a young woman who falls into an ethereal world searching for a man she's only glimpsed, but is destined to love. The film showcases everything from synchronised water ballet to martial arts-inspired combat, aerial silk acrobatics, contortionism, and the frightening Wheel of Death. Each impeccably choreographed presentation is absolutely breathtaking in its beauty and its seeming defiance of the laws of the human body's capabilities. Viewers will leave the film feeling awed, uplifted, and completely inspired. --Tami Horiuchi
The Gathering", the feature-length pilot episode for Babylon 5, still ranks amongst the best of introductions to any TV science fiction show. In 1993 there was just nothing else to compare with its wall-to-wall CGI effects backed up by eye-popping architectural and interior production design, costumes, alien make-up and hairstyles. A couple of flat performances let down an otherwise intriguingly cast ensemble, but these problems would vanish in the series. Here, character introduction and development was refreshingly left to fend for itself within an elaborate narrative structure that kicked-off several plot threads at once. Creator Michael Straczynski ambitiously starts proceedings with a multi-layered mystery concerned with the nature and destiny of the soul. Political shenanigans, trigger-happy action stereotypes and wavering physics linger in the viewer's memory, but the tantalising tale told by smooth Commander Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) about the "hole in his mind" makes the strongest impression. Considering how convoluted the show's mysteries would become, "The Gathering" remains an essential starting point. On the DVD: Babylon 5: The Gathering is presented here in its 1998 Special Edition version. However, nowhere on the packaging is this stated. In fact, the back-cover credits are incorrect: apart from anything else, this version features a new score by Christopher Franke and not Stewart Copeland's original. Special effects and sound quality are also superior to the original version, even if still only presented in 1.33:1 ratio and two-channel Dolby.--Paul Tonks
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