In the Fletcher's Cross Village Hall Rosetta Price is seated with her eyes closed watched by an eager audience. She is the medium of the Spirit of Friendship group and issues a warning of impending sorrow for someone that evening. Shortly afterwards the body of renowned skinflint and local funeral director Patrick Pennyman is discovered by his wife. Is this a coincidental case of suicide? To unravel the mystery Barnaby and Scott must delve into the mystical goings on at the spiritua
Disney couldn't resist the temptation to remake 1961's popular comedy The Absent Minded Professor, so they cast Robin Williams as Professor Philip Brainard (a role vaguely related to the character originated by Fred MacMurray), and the result is a comedy that, frankly, doesn't fully deserve its modest success. It's admittedly clever to a point, and certainly the digitally flubberised special effects provide the kind of movie magic that's entertaining for children and adults alike. The professor can't even remember his own wedding day (much to the chagrin of his fiancée, played by Marcia Gay Harden), and now his academic rival (Christopher McDonald) is trying to steal his latest and purely accidental invention-flying rubber, or ... flubber. The green goo magnifies energy and can be used as an amazing source of power, but in the hands of screenwriter John Hughes it becomes just another excuse to recycle a lot of Home Alone-style slapstick humour involving a pair of bumbling would-be flubber thieves. There's also a floating robot named Weebo and some catchy music by Danny Elfman to accompany dancing globs of flubber, but the story's too thin to add up to anything special. Lightweight fun, but, given the title, it lacks a certain bounce. Of course, that didn't stop Disney's marketing wizards from turning it into a home video hit. --Jeff Shannon
This box set features three films all directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol using his 'factory' actors. The films loosely form a trilogy designed to encapsulate the 60's generation. Flesh (1968): Joe 'the hustler' earns money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion. Taking to the streets he meets an artist obsessed with body worship a couple of transvestites an ex-girlfriend working as a topless dancer and a friend whose arm-pits have been torched with a fla
It's the end of the Christmas term and Jake (Andrew Lee Potts) and Steven (Bobby Barry) set off with their English teacher on a school skiing trip. One of their friends has brought along a videocam and is making a documentary about them all: what they want who they want and how they're going to get it - an adolescent wish-list of big ambitions and small rebellions. The group is larking about for the camera off-piste when they are all suddenly engulfed by a freak avalanche. Later Ja
Regan is classic TV drama that will have you saying, "they don't make 'em like that any more". This is the feature-length pilot to what became the long-running TV series The Sweeney, starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman as the hard-as-nails Flying Squad double act. The story opens in a south London pub decorated in shades of brown so manifold that it forms a patina on the screen more normally associated with a painterly artist. It's the early 1970s, and Thaw's Inspector Regan is a lone ranger fighting on several fronts including the imminent modernisation of the police force, which he describes as a vision of "hundreds of little grey men working on top of each other, pots of tea and committees". The dialogue is clever, rich and funny. When Regan tries to persuade Carter to work with him on the case he growls: "Mary darling, I'm not trying to start an affair with you." The heroes have thinning hair and bad habits: Regan drinks whiskey in the middle of the day and constantly smokes, he's lost his wife, let down his daughter, and then loses his girlfriend (Maureen Lipman). The filming is wonderfully crafted--shots taken from odd angles, action that surprises and gritty London locations. "You're a copper. You belong like me out in the cold," Regan says to Carter in the last scene as they go off to get a drink out of licensed hours. Not the end, but the start of a beautiful relationship. --Joan Byrne
A beautiful adaptation of the Henry James novella about a beautiful American girl Daisy whose headstrong ways create quite a stir in European society during the 1800's. Daisy finds herself caught between the affections of two men: European aristocrat Frederick Winterbourne and the suave Italian Mr Giovanelli Daisy's American ways slowly clash with continental etiquette and concern her mother Ms Ezra B Miller who tries to persuade her to act more like a proper lady.
Two films that capture the very essence of Punk. Released simultaneously with the definitive punk CD collection and what is without doubt the most comprehensive and most beautifully produced punk book ever published PUNK.RUDE BOY: Rude Boy takes in the mood of England circa 1978. The Clash tour an England plagued by economic decline unemployment and fascist demonstrations and play some of their best music ever.PUNK IN LONDON: Featuring The Clash and some of punks most important bands including The Adverts X-Ray Spex Subway Sect The Boomtown Rats The Jam Chelsea and the outrageous Wayne County and the Electric Chairs.
Celebrities Caught On Camera! See the ultimate unauthorised and uncensored program of Hollywood's hottest stars. You've heard the stories in the news but now find out the truth behind the headlines glitz and glamour in this revealing look at your favourite celebrities. Some love the paparazzi some hate them. Witness the outrageous behaviour of some stars caught on camera and you be the judge! Celebrities caught on camera: Madonna Pamela Anderson ; Tommy Lee ; Julia Roberts ; Nicolas Cage ; Leo DiCaprio ; Heather Locklear ; Sylvester Stallone ; Brad Pitt ; Jack Nicholson and many more!!!
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