Based on Daphne Du Maurier's gripping occult thriller. When a little girl is accidentally drowned her parents go to Venice to try and move on. There they meet a strange clairvoyant who tells them their daughter is very much alive - and gives them ominous messages from the grave. As their whole world starts to disintegrate around them everyday objects turn into omens of doom and ordinary events become terrifying. The father (Sutherland) begins a frantic search for his daughter through the deserted canals and menacing alleys of Venice in winter into a world where nobody can be sure what is real and what is illusion until the macabre and shattering climax...
Through the unholy rites of black magic the notorious female vampire Carmilla Karnstein is reincarnated as a luscious young debutant (Yutte Stensgaard). But when the depraved seductress is enrolled at an exclusive girl's school she begins to inflame the desires of her fellow students as wellias her weak-willed teacher (Ralph Bates). Can these perverse hungers be quenched by theimere taste of blood or will an entire village be unwittingly consumed by their lust for a vampire?
A peerless filmmaker of substance and scale David Lean directs Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and hearts torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets an infantry charge into no-man’s-land the train ride to the Urals an icebound dacha. Omar Sharif plays the title role Julie Christie is his haunting long-time love Lara and both are caught up in the tidal wave of history. Hauntingly scored by Maurice Jarre (who earned one of the film’s five Academy Awards) and full of indelible performances Doctor Zhivago is a moviemaking wonder.
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Mary, a new mother gives birth to two twins but only one of them is alive. While taking care of her remaining child, Adam, she suspects that something, a supernatural entity, has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.
David Lean's Doctor Zhivago is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhivago's relationships reflect the political turmoil raging about him. Though he is married, the vagaries of war lead him to begin a love affair with the beautiful Lara (Julie Christie). But he cannot escape the machinations of a band of selfish and cruel characters: General Strelnikov (Tom Courtenay), a Bolshevik General; Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), Lara's former lover; and Yevgraf (Alec Guinness), Zhivago's sinister half-brother. This epic, sweeping romance, told in flashback, captures the lushness of Moscow before the war and the violent social upheaval that followed. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak. Special Features: Commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, and Sandra Lean Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration Part 1 Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration Part 2
Antisocial is the horror movie for the social networking generation. After being publicly dumped by her boyfriend on the social networking site The Social Redroom celebrating New Year's Eve is the last thing Sam (Michelle Mylett) wants to do but she reluctantly attends a party at her friend Mark's house. As they celebrate New Year a global crisis is erupting in the world outside - people are being affected by a wave of extreme violence suicide and paranoid hallucinations but the cause is unknown. With the party house in lockdown mode the guests take to the internet to seek answers but what they find suggests that locked doors and barricaded windows might not be enough to stop infection. Shocking tense and unnerving Antisocial is a brutal new horror film for the 'Now Generation' that will have you second-guessing everything you do on Facebook Twitter and Instagram... Special Features: Trailer Behind the Scenes Commentary
A performance of the Rameau opera which follows the tale of Queen Alphise who is contemplating abdication rather that an arranged marriage.
An inspirational love story about the power of forgiveness and faith in the beauty of life. This Christmas will change the Austin family for ever. With a successful career two fantastic children and the love of his life at his side Andrew Austin had everything. But an unseen diagnosis and unresolved regrets bring change and in an instant life no longer has the order and expectations it once held. As Suzie falls further into illness Andrew and family quietly search for meaning and hope. Facing a hectic Christmas in the city the family retreats to a beloved lake house to share possibly their final Christmas. Away from the distractions their world opens up to an unforgettable moment in time. As the small community as the Lake brings them its own wonderments hearts open in unseen ways. This Christmas they will lean to love and forgive renewing their faith in the beauty of life.
The passion violence mystery and beauty of India are rapturously evoked in Merchant Ivory Productions' acclaimed Heat & Dust based on the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala the Oscar-Winning screenwriter and novelist. Blending East with West and moving effortlessly between the vibrant world of modern-day India and the magnificent splendors of the Raj Heat & Dust intertwines the contemporary story of Anne a young woman drawn to India by her desire to unravel the scandal surrounding her great-aunt Olivia's seduction in the 1920s by a glamorous Indian prince. For Anne it proves much a journey of self-discovery as the opportunity to solve an enigma as she too becomes seduced by the romantic and luxurious enchantments of India. Heat & Dust features an all-star cast led by Julie Christie Shashi kapoor Greta Scacchi Christopher Cazenove and Madhur Jaffrey.
Josie Minick is acquitted for accidentally killing her drunken husband; nevertheless her 8-year-old son Luther is taken to Cheyenne to be cared for by her wealthy father-in-law Alpheus Minick. Despite the offer of her rancher neighbour Arch Ogden to buy her rundown ranch Josie decides to renovate the place with her husband's insurance money but she soon becomes discouraged by her failure to resurrect the place. She tries a job as a waitress but is equally unhappy. Finally she
Controversial and polemic this chilling documentary caused shockwaves when shown on Channel 4 twenty five years ago and had enormous impact on many people who saw for the first time the ways in which animals are exploited and killed for food fur sport and science. Includes 1981 original film version and Director's 2007 cut.
Utilising his military experience in undercover espionage, reconnaissance and anti-terrorism, Seattle cop Elijah Kane (Steven Seagal) is head of the city’s toughest crime fighters; The Special Investigations Unit. Serial killers, diamond smugglers, warring gangs and a group of deadly assassins out for revenge are all in a day’s work for Kane and his crew. When chaos hits the streets its Kane’s job to investigate and terminate.
Jean-Philippe Rameau was still a young musician when he moved to Lyon where he probably composed his few surviving motets including the Grand Motet In Convertendo here performed by Les Arts Florissants under William Christie which anticipates Rameau's orchestration in his later operatic works. This wonderful fugue on Psalm 126 (verse 6) Euntes ibant et flebant (They went forth and wept) bears comparison with similar works by his contemporary J.S. Bach. In addition to a full performance of In Convertendo this DVD presents some of Rameau's key chamber music pieces and an insightful music documentary The Real Rameau which sheds light on the life of a composer who thought only of music dreaming of a universal harmony and regarding music as an example to all arts and indeed to all the sciences as well. Pictured by his contemporaries as a gaunt and taciturn man ill-suited to courtly surroundings his work was described by Berlioz as 'one of the most sublime conceptions of dramatic music'.
Matt Monro was Britain's greatest singer. He was the singing London bus driver whose magnificent voice and ballads brought success all over the world. A Portrait Of tells the full story of Matt's amazing rise to fame with exclusive unseen performances from Matt's career. With personal contributions from Sir George Martin Don Black Tony Christie Bruce Forsyth Sir Cliff Richard the Monro family; along with a DVD of some of Matt's greatest performances on TV introduced by Matt Monro Jnr this is a unique insight into what made millions of fans and singers admire both the voice and the man who was Matt Monro.
The first feature from Sally Potter the director of Orlando The Tango Lesson and The Man Who Cried is a key film of early Eighties feminist cinema embracing a radical experimental structure and made with an all-woman crew.
Shampoo was billed as a sex comedy when it was first released in 1975, cashing in on the priapic reputation of its leading man and producer Warren Beatty. More than a quarter of a century on, that tag looks somewhat inadequate. Against a background of aimless bed-hopping and power-broking, Shampoo satirises the cultural and political wasteland of late-1960s Beverley Hills society. Ladies who lunch are married to ambitious, unfaithful husbands with mistresses; their daughters are dysfunctional; and the mistresses spend more time with their dogs than their lovers. George, the philandering hairdresser, is the common denominator who services them all. But he has private ambitions and is hustling for investment in his own salon. Beatty's restless performance as the man who can't say "no" is intriguing, waking up suddenly and too late to the chaos and vapidity of his life. The humour is bleak, sharpened by the background of Nixon's ascent to the White House: Shampoo is a cynical by-product of the Watergate scandal. There are good performances from Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn as two of George's leading conquests, and from a pre-Star Wars Carrie Fisher as the teenager who tries to seduce him. But Lee Grant garnered the awards as the embittered wife who finally calls "time". On the DVD: Shampoo is presented in 1:85.1 anamorphic widescreen, replicating the glossy production values of the original theatrical experience. The mono Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is well balanced. There are no extras apart from standard subtitles. --Piers Ford
See! Female hellcats ruling their men with tire-irons as their instruments of passion. See! The authentic initiation ritual never before dared on film. The Man-Eaters an all-girl motorcycle gang spend their time terrorizing a local community race each other for first pick of their male groupie stud line and throw raucous orgies in their clubhouse. Led by sexy but tough-as-nails Queen and big brutal Whitey the girls initiate cute little Honeypot into the gang then start a turf war with Joe-Boy and his group of hot rodders. But when Joe-Boy abducts Honeypot the Man-Eaters get even by going after Joe-Boy's head. Literally…Outrageous sex and violence courtesy of director Herschell Gordon Lewis and a biker drive-in classick unlike any other. To quote Queen We don't owe nobody nothin' and we don't make no deals! We're swinging chicks on motors and Man-Eaters on wheels!
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