The definitive fully authorised Solomon Burke story. Paul Spencer's film screened recently on BBC Television follows his journey from a humble Philadelphia neighbourhood to New York Hollywood and the music industry's highest accolades. We trace his music back to its gospel roots and learn how faith in God sustains him his 21 children 79 grandchildren and 17 great grand children the family he thought he would never have. Features interviews with Bill Wyman Tom Jones Jools Holland and producer and musician Joe Henry describes how with the help of writers like Van Morrison Tom Waits Brian Wilson and Elvis Costello he produced the record that won Solomon his first Grammy.
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This Live DVD features most of Solomon Burke classics in new stunning interpretations. Filmed in Switzerland it shows Burke in all his ""majesty"" singing from a throne with an excellent big band supporting him. One of the few American singers who could combine gospel pop country with incredible production skills creating an unique style since his early steps in music. Tracklisting: 1. Back At The Chicken Shack 2. The Greeting Song 3. Down In The Valley 4. Diamond In Your Mind 5. None Of Us Are Free 6. Georgia On My Mind 7. Cry To Me 8. Soul Searchin 9. Dock Of The Bay / Fa Fa Fa / Spanis... 10. Got To Get You Off My Mind / Having... 11. A Change Is Gonna Come 12. Proud Mary 13. Mona Lisa 14. I Will Survive 15. Long Tall Sally / Lucille / Tutti F... 16. Don't Give Up On Me 17. May The Good Lord Bless And Keep Yo... 18:.Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Solomon Burke is joined by a host of top country stars at a one off gig recorded at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville on September 25th 2006. The gig followed the release of the 'Nashville' album. Tracklisting 01. Making Of Nashville 02. Seems Like Your Gonna Take Me Back 03. Honey Where's The Money Gone 04. Up The Mountain 05. Ain't Got You 06. Atta Way To Go 07. Millionaire 08. Back In The Saddle Again 09. Dirty Water 10.. We're Gonna Hold 11. Just Out Of Reach 12. Gotta
Monsters. Zombies. Chainsaws. Somebody doesn't love Lucy. Testing an experimental implant that gives people complete control over their environment a secret agency assemble five strangers. According to profiling of reading habits employment histories and shopping records they are five of the most balanced people in England. These five are offered an opportunity to spend a week in a specially designed house in which they will have ultimate power during set hours of the day
When band members are stranded on a country road excitement of their first tour is diminished by the horrors of a science experiment gone awry. Their pig-human hybrid mutant captors have many horrors in store but true revulsion does not descend until daylight when the extent of their work is revealed.
Now close to death Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) steps up her policy of Protestant repression. Even Princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) her younger sister and her heir apparent is in grave danger but Mary's last ditch to execute her for treason fails. Within days Mary is dead and Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England but with enemies and rebellion continuing in her own council she is advised to hit back. She retaliated in a counter-coup of immense ferocity wiping out all opposition to her leadership. Her throne is finally secure.
This box set features the following films: Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny (Dir. Liam Lynch) (2006): In Venice Beach naive Midwesterner JB (Black) bonds with local slacker KG (Gass) and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away. Fracture (Dir. Gregory Holbit) (2007): When Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his beautiful younger wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair he plans her murder...the perfect murder. Among the police arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally (Billy Burke) the only officer permitted entry to the house. Surprisingly Crawford readily admits to shooting his wife but Nunally is too stunned to pay close attention when he recognizes his lover whose true identity he never knew lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Although Jennifer was shot at point blank range Nunally realizes she isn't dead. Crawford is immediately arrested and arraigned after confessing - a seemingly slam-dunk case for hot shot assistant district attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) who has one foot out the door of the District Attorney's (David Strathairn) office on his way to a lucrative job in high-stakes corporate law. But nothing is as simple as it seems including this case. Will the lure of power and a love affair with a sexy ambitious attorney (Rosamund Pike) at his new firm overpower Willy's fierce drive to win or worse quash his code of ethics? In a tense duel of intellect and strategy Crawford and Willy both learn that a fracture can be found in every ostensibly perfect facade. The Alibi (Dir. Matt Checkowski & Kurt Mattila) (2006): Ray Elliot (Steve Coogan) is an ex-con smart enough to leave the grift before the grift grifted him. Now Ray runs an alibi service for men and woman who want to spend a little quality love time away from their well... loved ones. A true cynic Ray's business is booming until Wendell Hatch (James Marsden) the pampered son of Ray's biggest client sneaks away to Santa Barbara the weekend before his wedding and accidentally strangles his bit on the side. Suddenly Ray is an accessory to murder and is being pursued by everyone from the savvy small - town cop and a heartbroken chauffeur to a holier-than-thou assassin known as 'The Mormon'. Unable to extricate himself from this tangled we Ray must at last place his trust in someone. Enter the fast-talking and extremely sexy Lola ( Rebecca Romijn). With Lola's help Ray decides to mastermind one final con that will clear his name and finally lay his ghosts to rest. But still things refuse to go to plan. And whether he likes it or not Ray is about to learn a thing or two about love and affairs of the heart - particularly his own.
Deep within the murky depths of New York harbour something is stirring. After the mysterious disappearance of a young couple from a pier police divers discover their mutilated bodies. Who or what could have caused such a grisly mutation...
This box set features three films where the beasts takes the power back! komodo: Emerald Island a tropical haven where fifteen-year-old Patrick spent many happy summer holidays. But now ever-expanding industrial plants have replaced the summer homes and in place of the friends with whom he played a hidden and unimaginable terror lurks. Within minutes Patrick's world collapses as his family are attacked by fearsome creatures leaving him orphaned and unable to describe the traumatic events he barely survived. Patrick's grandmother locates Victoria Juno a fiercely committed young doctor who believes she can help him. She decides that the best way to dislodge Patrick's memories is to return him to the scene of his terror - the island whose bloodthirsty inhabitants robbed him of the ones he loved. But the devilish terror that existed before has grown in number and ferocity. When Patrick Dr. Juno and their party arrive on the island they are met with deadly consequences. Dr. Juno must take on insurmountable odds in order to recover Patrick's psychological well-being and Patrick must come face to face with his greatest fear. But can any human overcome the predatory instinct of the Komodo Dragon. They Nest: Off the coast of Maine an African cargo vessel mysteriously explodes and crashes into the harbour. What no one knows is that the crew have already been dead for days... Dr. Ben Cahill (Thomas Calabro) arrives on Orrs Island to resolve some personal problems and receives a hostile reception. The locals do not like outsiders and in particular Jack Wald (John Savage) does his best to make Ben feel unwelcome. Soon bizarre and frightening deaths start to occur on the island. Each victim appears to have died by natural causes yet each has red insect bite-marks on their flesh. When Wald's dead body is discovered all fingers point to Ben. To clear his name Ben performs an autopsy to establish the true cause of Wald's death. He is horrified to discover insect cocoons filling the man's chest. A rare breed of African cockroaches has invaded the island and are using the insides of humans as breeding grounds. When a new hybrid of flying cockroaches evolve and begin to engulf the island the town's people must run for their lives to escape the hordes of bugs or face being eaten alive! Arachnid: A viral outbreak on a remote South Pacific island lures a secret expedition to investigate. The natives there are dying from a lethal cocktail of neurotoxins and the most likely cause is a venomous spider bite. The suspect - a previously unknown species of arachnid. Now a terrifying predator with a voracious appetite and a killer instinct is hunting ex-Navy pilot Lauren Mercer and her team of soldiers and scientists. To make matters worse the thing is multiplying at a ferocious rate. And when Mercers team finds the wreckage of a crashed spaceship it becomes clear that the extraterrestrial arachnid is more than just a new species of spider.
Punk-rock superstars Blondie play an astonishing concert in Toronto in 1982 - at the climax of the band's amazing ground breaking career. Heart of Glass Hanging on the Telephone Dreaming Call Me One Way or Another: these and other unforgettable songs defined an entire musical era when the raw sounds of downtown New York City found huge club-going and radio audiences around the world. Debbie Harry's crystalline lead singing Chris Steins guitar playing and smart tough writing Clem Nurke's drumming. Nigel Harrison's bas playing and Jimmy Destri's trademark revival of the Farfisa organ - these elements came together in one of the most polished and compelling bands not only of punk rock but of rock and roll itself. This concert was shot only four years after the breakout success of Heart of Glass the band's record-breaking smash hit melding punk and disco: Rapture which the band plays here was introducing new audiences to the then-obscure form known as rap. Blondies moment was about to be over. This concert catches an amazing act at its absolute best. Track List: 1. Rapture 2. Island Of Lost Souls 3. Dance way 4. The Tide Is High 5. Heart Of Glass 6. Hanging On The Telephone 7. Dreaming 8. One Way Or Another 9. War Child 10. Start Me Up 11. Call Me
When a supernatural force causes Elizabeth a young story editor for the local paper to investigate an old house she finds herself to be the only hope for a family of long dead ghosts yearning to tell the story of their massacre. But when the father of the family who is still living hears about her visits he takes precautions to make sure that the truth is never told.
Hollow is a story about the lives of four lost souls struggling to find redemption from paths they have chosen. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, comes face to face with his conscience. Chelsea Hammond, a pole-dancer, finds herself being pressure to take the next perilous step in her career. Sam Riley, a narcotics cop, is struggling with his marriage due to his online addictions. And Harrison Green, a reformed street thug, tries to connect with an old street brother he left behind back in the day.
When beautiful exotic dancer Cassie gets into another fight with her deadbeat boyfriend Jack she finds herself stranded on the side of the road and witness to a drug deal gone bad. As the gunfire dies out Cassie sees three dead men 000 in cash and drugs and a golden opportunity too good to pass up. She's always dreamed of a new life in France and now it looks like that dream is finally coming true! Stopping by the house to hide the loot Cassie enlists the help of her bi-sexual roommate Jade to dispose of the drug dealer's car-never telling the love struck girl about the money or where the car came from. When Jade drives the car to the strip club where they both work it draws the attention of Roddy an unrelenting hit man hired to recover the missing money and drugs. Meanwhile Cassie returns home from the passport office and finds the drugs and money gone. Jack has been to the house and found the hidden stash! Soon everyone from the kind but eccentric owner of the strip club to his sister the gorgeous bartender with a deadly secret to the local drug kingpin out to recover his property are all involved in a whirlwind of double and triple crosses. Cassie's plane to France leaves in 48 hours and she's not about to miss it no matter how many bodies she has to step over!
A box set featuring: 'Gold' based on the novel by Wilbur Smith and the story of a group of businessmen who decide to flood a gold mine in South Africa. 'Call Of The Wild' Jack London's classic tale of the Klondike Gold Rush as we follow the lives of the dog Buck and his master John Thornton. 'Treasure Island' Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young boy's search for buried treasure.
An innocent man becomes the killer everyone wants him to be, when he is forced to take a huge gamble with his freedom. When down-on-his-luck Sam Bailey takes a wrong turn on a remote country road, he becomes entangled in a murder and a triangle of deceit. He is tricked by a miserable farmer s wife, hungry for her husband s life insurance. And when Sam's own wife discovers their deadly secret, she ups the ante with her own sinister double-crossing plot.
What a trip! An entertainingly psychedelic adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's splendidly trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity. Revered composer John Williams (Star Wars) won his very first Oscar - and nomination - for Best Music.
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