China Moon (1991) is a pleasing entertainment that assembles the dependable elements of film noir in the tradition of Body Heat (1981), The Last Seduction (1994) and, of course, the mother of all such films, Double Indemnity (1944). There's a femme fatale (the beautiful and talented Madeleine Stowe) and an honest cop (reliable Ed Harris) who soon becomes smitten. Her husband (Charles Dance) is a brute who beats her, so she murders him and inveigles Harris into helping her dispose of the body. That's when the complications begin, and Harris starts to sweat when his fellow cop keeps asking awkward questions. The acting is uniformly good, with Harris' partner played by Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) offering an excellent performance. Harris and Stowe strike sparks off each other, to the point where you almost believe he is being sucked into her schemes. On the DVD: The disc contains a theatrical trailer and several TV ads, with scroll-down filmographies of the major talents involved which are incomplete for some unknown reason. There's a brief and unenlightening five-minute documentary, with the principal cast plus the director, John Bailey, commenting on the film. Both image and sound are excellent quality, sound in Dolby Digital, picture in anamorphic widescreen ratio of 2.35:1 --Ed Buscombe
Marco Polo
Set in London's Jazz scene of the 1950s this atmospheric modernisation of Othello features a strong cast and appearences by some of the best-known names from the music world.
Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. The Imitation Game is a gripping, acclaimed thriller that tells the incredible true story of unsung war hero Alan Turing, the British mathematician responsible for cracking the German Enigma code during World War II. Benedict Cumberbatch (The Fifth Estate, Star Trek Into Darkness, and TV's Sherlock) and Keira Knightley (BAFTA nominee for Atonement, OscarĀ® nominee for Pride and Prejudice) star as Turing and his ally and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top-notch cast, including Matthew Goode (Stoker, A Single Man), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Charles Dance (Gosford Park, TV's Game of Thrones), Allen Leech (In Fear, TV's Downton Abbey) and Matthew Beard (An Education).
OA 1010; OPUS ARTE - BBC - Inghilterra; Classica contemporanea operistica
Traci Felicia and Cinnamon are street smart beauties who get framed for felonies they didn't commit. Trapped in his lock-up their luck takes a turn when they are approached by attourney Larry Abrahams who agrees to get their charges dropped - if the ladies investigate the murder of his friend and popular rap artist Nitro Jones. The ladies go under cover at Nitro's label and ferret out clues to his murder....
Curtis a man who has served three years for drug possession is out and free but he owes a debt to a pusher known as Sadd Dog and Sadd Dog has plans for Curtis.
Newlyweds Michael and Alicia are already at each other's throats trying to get used to being married, when Alicia decides she wants to get pregnant. When a famous rapper (MYSTIKAL) and his manipulative - but sexy - female executive "discover" Michael, things really get chaotic. Check out whether the couple comes up positive or negative for the test of love, life, tight beats and makin' babies!
Obsession
The GeneralBased on a true incident in the American Civil War Keaton plays an engineer determined to recapture his stolen locomotive 'The General' and his girl friend captured by Union soldiers. Often voted one of the best films ever made and said to be Keaton's own favourite this beautifully crafted film has solid scripting meticulous attention to detail magnificent battle scenes and ingenious stunt work.The Electric HouseIn this classic short Buster turns an o
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