Rear Window (1954): Alfred Hitchcock amply demonstrates why he's been called ""The Master of Suspense"" with this both witty and macabre tale of voyeurism and murder starring two of cinema's all-time favourites James Stewart and Grace Kelly. L.B. Jeffries (Stewart) a photographer with a broken leg takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbours during a summer heat wave. But things really hot up when he suspects one neighbour of murdering his invalid wife and burying the body in a flower garden. The Birds (1963): Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend's house.One day during a birthday party for Mitch's younger sister a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact it signals the beginning of a massive and organized avian assault on the residents of the town--a mysterious assault that no one can explain...and from which no one might come out alive. Vertigo (1958): Set in San Francisco James Stewart portrays and acrophobic detective hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife (Novak). After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautiful and troubled woman...
A welcome second volume of classics from the Master of Suspense, this seven-disc Hitchcock Collection box-set consists of the following: The Birds: Based on a Daphne Du Maurier short story, The Birds (1963) is Hitchcock at his most terrifying, as the residents of a small town are attacked by thousands of apparently homicidal birds. Marnie: Tippi Hedren and newly Bonded Sean Connery star in this excellent 1964 thriller, which finds a calculating thief who robs her employers pursued by a her new boss, who is desperate to unlock her secrets Torn Curtain: This 1966 spy thriller, pairing Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, finds Newman as a world-famous physicist intent on defecting to East Berlin in order to obtain funding for his latest project. Topaz: Based on the Leon Uris novel, Hitch's 51st film, made in 1969, concerns a CIA agent who learns of Russian missiles in Cuba. With the aid of a French agent, they negotiate a plethora of corruption and murder. Frenzy: This critically acclaimed 1972 film was Hitch's first British-made film for more than 20 years. A classic Hitch story of an innocent man accused of being the "necktie murderer"--a vicious sex criminal terrorising London--he eludes the authorities and seeks the real killer. Family Plot: Hitchcock's final film, made in 1976, is a blackly funny mix of murder, theft and kidnapping as a cab-driver and a psychic team up to find a dead man--not actually dead--in exchange for a $10,000 reward. Bonus Disc--Vertigo: An irreducible masterpiece, this 1958 double-identity thriller finds Hitch serving aces, as Jimmy Stewart's detective is drawn in to a complex plot when the girl he loves apparently falls to her death. On the DVD: Like the first volume, this is an equally impressive package that will satisfy the rotund fright-master's fans. Along with the standard selection of trailers, production notes and picture galleries, each disc houses an impressive "making of" documentary, each expertly detailing Hitch's meticulous work. The Birds features Tippi Hedren's screen test and--in storyboard form--deleted scenes and the alternative ending. Topaz has no less that three alternative endings, while Torn Curtain includes scenes scored by composer Bernard Herrmann before his music was rejected by Hitch. The Vertigo disc features an excellent group commentary from producer Herbert Coleman and restoration experts Robert A Harris and James Katz, as well as a documentary, "Obsessed with Vertigo". Housed in attractive fold-out packaging, this is an excellent opportunity to obtain a rich slice of Hitchcock's dark magic.--Danny Graydon
This is the story of a day in the life of Derrick King. As a young orphaned Irish boy Derrick falls off the boat on his way to America and is rescued by an African-American family living in South Central L.A. His mother has tried in vain to install a set of virtues into her wayward son who is now in his early 20's. After being caught having sex at home Derrick gets kicked out of the house and is given an ultimatum: he must prove that he can do something right--he must simply bring
During the reign of the first emperor of China, an ingenious torturer concocted an elixir that paralyzed its victim's limbs, while increasing the sensitivity of their nerve endings tenfold. Kept in a jade skull, the elixir could provoke sensations in infinite variations-everything from erotic caresses to appalling lacerations.Haunted by the desire to experience the extreme sensations caused by the elixir, the executioner kills himself with his own poison, intensifying his death experience. His pursuers never found the skull, which had been concealed within a large imperial seal. But the curse of the jade skull, responsible for its creator's death, will endure within the seal, bringing misfortune to all of those who possess it. Until today...
Writer-director Emmanuel Mouret stars as David a French horn teacher looking for a room to rent. After meeting ditzy blonde Anne (Frederique Bel) he's soon sharing both her apartment and her bed despite her professed attraction to someone else. Evidently David's not much of a one for boundaries because apart from fancying his flatmate he also falls in love with Julia (Audrey Tautou-alike Fanny Valette) one of his music students. After a shaky start things seem to be going well with Julia... until they meet smooth-talking restaurateur Julien (Dany Brilliant) when he stops a bag-snatcher from stealing her bag. This is a beautifully written achingly funny fi lm that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever had their dream girl (or boy) stolen from right under their nose. There are some lovely scenes particularly the montage of Anne and David playing Monopoly having sex and just hanging out.
A 10 DVD box set that houses the complete Matrix story stuffed full of everything you could ever want to know & see! Disc 1 - The Matrix: The film in a new digital transfer supervised by the Wachowski brothers and director of photography Bill Pope. Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers - The Critics: Todd McCarthy John Powers & David Thomson / The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber Disc 2 - The Matrix Revisited: Peel back a new layer of reality with a mind-expanding look at The Matrix from conception to phenomenon. Go behind The Matrix take the Red Pill and follow the White Rabbit with 17 making-of featurettes including 'What Is Bullet Time?' 'What Is Concept' and 'The Music Revisited'. Disc 3 - The Matrix Reloaded: The powerful second chapter of the groundbreaking film trilogy. Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers - The Critics: Todd McCarthy John Powers & David Thomson / The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber Disc 4 - The Matrix Reloaded Revisited: Go to the middle movie's furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes. Plus 23 extra scenes shot for the 'Enter The Matrix' game. Disc 5 - The Matrix Revolutions: The epic war between man and machines reaches an explosive conclusion with the action-packed final chapter in The Matrix Trilogy. Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers - The Critics: Todd McCarthy John Powers & David Thomson / The Scholars: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber Disc 6 - The Matrix Revolutions Revisited: The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes. Disc 7 - The Animatrix: A visionary fusion of CG-animation and Japanese anime with nine short films exploring the world of the Matrix. Audio commentaries on four of the episodes; 'Making Of' documentaries on each film profiling the evolution of each one's unique style; biographical profiles of the directors and animation producers and 'Scrolls To Screen: The History and Culture of Anime' exploring the phenomenon of this art form. Disc 8 - The Roots Of The Matrix: Probe the philosophical and technological inspirations of The Matrix Trilogy through two insightful documentaries - 'Return To Source: Philosophy & The Matrix' and 'The Hard Problem: The Science Behind The Fiction'. Disc 9 - The Burly Man Chronicles: A profiles the 'society' of craftspeople actors and filmmakers who shaped the movie trilogy. Disc 10 - The Zion Archive: Showcases production assets developed for the universe of The Matrix including concept artwork storyboards drawings music videos TV spots and trailers plus a special preview of 'Matrix Online'.
Alice a beautiful and passionate woman has never quite been able to pick herself up after losing her husband in a motorcycle accident. Her two best friends Pénélope and Isabelle are desperate to help her and they think it's high time she made a new life for herself. But Alice doesn't want to put the best part of her life so far behind her and rejects every man her well-intentioned friends suggest. Despite her lack of enthusiasm they treat her to a weekend at the luxurious Hotel Normandy the perfect place for a romantic encounter. But who if anyone will be able to win her over?
This Alfred Hitchcock Collection DVD box set contains 17 Hitchcock films, from 1940's Foreign Correspondent to 1976's Family Plot. Please refer to the links below to read our reviews for each title: Foreign Correspondent (1940), Mr & Mrs Smith (1941), Suspicion (1941), Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), Topaz (1969), Frenzy (1972), Family Plot (1976)
Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true story of a bluecollar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.
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