A virus accidentally released from a research facility has devastated the entire planet and the human race is faced with extinction. Only a handful of survivors are left to salvage a future from the apocalypse.
Siegfried James and Tristan - our three favourite veterinarians - always have their work cut out for them at their country practice in the verdant Yorkshire Dales. Although life is never less than testing there is always great satisfaction in the valuable work they do. So as life moves slowly through peacetime and wartime why not join us in a simpler more tranquil time as we help the sick and injured back to health whether they have two legs four legs hooves beaks or paws.
Luc Besson's sophomore feature is a stylish urban odyssey which helped to consolidate Besson's reputation for unique, visually creative cinema.After stealing sensitive documents from a mob boss, Fred (Christopher Lambert) takes refuge in the Paris Métro. Whilst hiding in this labyrinthine and surreal world beneath the city, Fred attempts to blackmail the mob boss's wife, Héléna (Isabelle Adjani), into exchanging money for the documents. As Fred's bond with Héléna deepens and as his life interweaves with the denizens living in the shadows, the police and the mob close in from all angles Brand New 4K RestorationUHD Disc & BD Disc 1FeatureNew Extra: The Making of Subway BD Disc 2New Extra: Interview with Jean-Hugues Anglade, actorNew Extra: Interview with Sophie Schmit, editor and co-writerNew Extra: Interview with Didier Grousset, assistant directorNew Extra: Interview with Didier Naert, assistant set designerNew Extra: Michel Jonasz discusses Arthur Simms, singer of It's Only Mystery
From the director of The Krays comes a horrifying true story of injustice and murder..... A policeman is shot dead and two South London boys stand accused of his murder. The verdict and the sentence passed upon the young Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) proved to be as controversial as the crime. Both the verdict and the sentence were subsequently quashed. This is the case that shocked the nation.
Hammer's To the Devil a Daughter was the last film made by the once great studio. Clearly ailing, Hammer again adapted a novel by Dennis Wheatley, the author behind one of their greatest successes, The Devil Rides Out (1967). Unfortunately for the studio, films such as Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Exorcist (1973) had, in the intervening decade, radically changed horror cinema. With American star Richard Widmark echoing Gregory Peck's role in the far more polished The Omen (1976), the film seemed, rather than setting the pace as Hammer once had, to be very much jumping on the 1970's occult band-wagon. Christopher Lee is the satanic ex-communicated priest whose coven plan to incarnate the ancient demon Ashteroth, while a supernaturally beautiful Nastassja Kinski demonstrates the same willingness to disrobe as in Cat People (1982). Even so, this lacklustre, misogynistic film couldn't compete with Carrie and Suspiria (both also 1976) and Hammer thereafter concentrated on TV productions. Surprisingly, director Peter Sykes' next film, Jesus (1979), as well as being the most seen and internationally distributed film ever (with an audience of over two billion by 2000), is also the most faithful portrayal of Christ yet committed to celluloid. --Gary S. Dalkin
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A policeman is shot dead and two South London boys stand accused of his murder. The verdict and the sentence passed the crime. Both the verdict and the sentence were subsequently quashed. This is the case that shocked the nation.
An infant child is raised by apes after being shipwrecked off the west coast of Africa. As he grows he learns the laws of the jungle and eventually claims the title Lord of the Apes. Yet years later when he is returned to civilization as the Earl of Greystoke Tarzan (Christopher Lambert in his first English speaking role) remains uncertain as to which laws he should obey; those of man or those of the jungle...
All the episodes from the first three series of the British drama which follows events at James Herriot (Christopher Timothy)'s rural veterinary practice in the Yorkshire Dales. Series 1 episodes are: 'Horse Sense', 'Dog Days', 'It Takes All Kinds', 'Calf Love', 'Out of Practice', 'Nothing Like Experience', 'Golden Lads and Girls', 'Advice and Consent', 'The Last Furlong', 'Sleeping Partners', 'Bulldog Breed', 'Practice Makes Perfect' and 'Breath of Life'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Cats and Dogs', 'Attendant Problems', 'Fair Means and Fowl', 'The Beauty of the Beast', 'Judgement Day', 'Faint Hearts', 'Tricks of the Trade', 'Pride of Possession', 'The Name of the Game', 'Puppy Love', 'Ways and Means', 'Pups, Pigs and Pickle', 'A Dog's Life' and 'Merry Gentlemen'. Series 3 episodes are: 'Plenty to Grouse About', 'Charity Begins at Home', 'Every Dog His Day...', 'Hair of the Dog', 'If Wishes Were Horses', 'Pig in the Middle', 'Be Prepared', 'A Dying Breed', 'Brink of Disaster', 'Home and Away', 'Alarms and Excursions', 'Matters of Life and Death', 'Will to Live' and 'Big Steps and Little 'Uns'.
It must be stressed that, despite the fact that it was produced in 1973 and stars Christopher Lee, The Wicker Man is not a Hammer Horror film. There is no blood, very little gore and the titular Wicker Man is not a monster made out of sticks that runs around killing people by weaving them into raffia work. Edward Woodward plays Sergeant Howie, a virginal, Christian policeman sent from the Scottish mainland to investigate the disappearance of a young girl on the remote island of Summerisle. The intelligent script by Anthony Schaffer, who also wrote the detective mystery Sleuth (a film with which The Wicker Man shares many traits), derives its horror from the increasing isolation, confusion and humiliation experienced by the naïve Howie as he encounters the island community's hostility and sexual pagan rituals, manifested most immediately in the enthusiastic advances of local landlord's daughter Willow (Britt Ekland). Howie's intriguing search, made all the more authentic by the film's atmospheric locations and folkish soundtrack, gradually takes us deeper and deeper into the bizarre pagan community living under the guidance of the charming Laird (Lee, minus fangs) as the film builds to a terrifying climax with a twist to rival that of The Sixth Sense or Fight Club. --Paul Philpott On the DVD: The Wicker Man can finally be seen in its glorious entirety on DVD, thanks to the restoration of some 15 minutes of previously lost material. Since the original negative long ago disappeared (apparently dumped beneath the M3 motorway) the picture quality for the added scenes is dubious, but what's much more important is the regained richness in the depiction of Summerisle's society (including a wonderful deflowering ritual set to music) and the added depth to Howie's character. Almost redundantly this excellent two-disc package provides the butchered theatrical cut as well, which comes with a good new documentary explaining both the genesis of the film and its turbulent history. Christopher Lee and director Robin Hardy pop up in an archival interview from the 1970s and are also reunited with Edward Woodward in the brand-new and first-rate commentary track for the director's cut: Lee in particular remains passionate about the movie and still angry about its shabby treatment. Both versions of the film are widescreen 1.85:1; the theatrical cut is in remastered Dolby 5.1, but the director's cut remains in mono. --Mark Walker
'House Party' is a fast and fresh look at one teenager's pursuit of life liberty and happiness! Kid (Christopher Reid) has three things going for him - a tall fade a wide grin and a way with women. But three equally powerful things are against him - trio 'Full Force' as the pumped-up punks who want to put an end to Kid's fun an over-protective father (Robin Harris) and the very beautiful best friends who want Kid to choose between them. What's a Kid to do?
From the producers of 'Robin Of Sherwood' and 'The Adventures Of Black Beauty' Richard O'Sullivan stars as the notorious highwayman in the complete second series of the 1978 London weekend television show. Episode titles: The Fox - Part One The Fox - Part Two Blood Money Deadlier Than the Male The Elixir of Life The Thief-Taker The Judge Sentence of Death - Part One Sentence of Death - Part Two The Godmother The Secret Folk The King's Shilling The Hanging.
Based on James Herriot's autobiographical best sellers 'If Only They Could Talk' and 'It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet' the long running TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small' continued to satisfy the Herriot hysteria of the British public. Episode titles: 'Tricks Of The Trade' 'Pride Of Possession' 'The Name Of The Game' 'Puppy Love' 'Ways And Means' 'Pups Pigs And Pickle' 'A Dog's Life' 'Merry Gentlemen'.
Hailed as one of the most successful adaptations of Shakespeare Derek Jarman's 'The Tempest' is also unsurprisingly one of the most unconventional. Though keeping the essence of the text the films greatness lies in Jarman's skill at creating a visually stunning erotically charged world of haunting imagery. Flamboyant highly atmospheric and full of Jarman's punk era attitude the famous finale in which Elizabeth Welch sings `Stormy Weather' surrounded by sailors is one of th
Based on James Herriot's autobiographical best sellers 'If Only They Could Talk' and 'It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet' the long running TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small' continued to satisfy the Herriot hysteria of the British public.
All the episodes from the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh series of the British drama which follows events at James Herriot (Christopher Timothy)'s rural veterinary practice in the Yorkshire Dales. Series 4 episodes are: 'One of Nature's Little Miracles', 'Barks and Bites', 'The Bull With the Bowler Hat', 'The Pig Man Cometh', 'Hail Caesar!', 'Only One Woof', 'Ace, King, Queen, Jack', '...The Healing Touch', 'City Slicker' and 'For Richer, for Poorer'. Season 5 episodes are: 'Against the Odds', 'Place of Honour', 'Choose a Bright Morning', 'The Playing Field', 'When Dreams Come True', 'A New Chapter', 'A Present from Dublin', 'The Salt of the Earth', 'Cheques and Balances', 'The Female of the Species', 'The Jackpot' and 'Two of a Kind'. Series 6 episodes are: 'Here and There', 'The Course of True Love', 'The Call of the Wild', 'The Nelson Touch', 'Blood and Water', 'Where Sheep May Safely Graze', 'The New World', 'Mending Fences', 'Big Fish, Little Fish', 'In Whom We Trust', 'The Rough and the Smooth' and 'The Best Time'. Season 7 episodes are: 'The Prodigal Returns', 'Knowin' How to Do It', 'If Music Be the Food of Love', 'A Friend for Life', 'Spring Fever', 'Out With the New', 'Food for Thought', 'A Cat in Hull's Chance', 'A Grand Memory for Forgetting', 'Old Dogs, New Tricks', 'Hampered', 'Promises to Keep' and 'Brotherly Love'.
One of the very best Stephen King film adaptations, The Dead Zone is imbued with an ever-present atmosphere of dread. Shot in a permanently wintry Canada (standing in for New England), the icy backdrops are subtly employed by director David Cronenberg to accentuate the storys fatalistic tone. Cronenbergs welcome emphasis for the most part on psychological terror over physical shocks (something of a change of direction for him after The Brood and Scanners) is further enhanced by composer Michael Kamens marvellously chilly music score and Christopher Walkens understated yet dominating central performance as high school teacher Johnny Smith, who wakes from a coma following a car crash to learn that he has been cursed with the gift of second sight. That his uncanny ability is indeed a curse and definitely not a blessing is made abundantly clear: even when Johnny is able to save peoples lives, there is always a price to pay. The cosmic law of Karma is grimly unforgiving. Herbert Lom, as Johnnys sympathetic doctor, sums up the characters plight, "Some things just werent meant to be." And even when Johnny learns the terrible secret of future Presidential candidate Greg Stillson (a villainous Martin Sheen), he knows he cannot act without accepting the fatal consequences. Brooke Adams, as the love of Johnnys life, and Tom Skerrit, as the quietly desperate sheriff on the trail of a serial killer, are excellent in support. On the DVD: this disc comes with a chunky accompanying booklet with background notes on the film, cast and director, as well as a script excerpt for the originally planned pre-credits sequence (in the finished film we assume Johnnys second sight is a result of the car accident--this earlier screenplay follows the book more closely). The movie itself--which features the "scissor-suicide" scene uncut--is accompanied by a chatty and informative commentary from film critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (a regular Amazon.co.uk contributor). Both the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen picture and the Dolby 5.1 sound are adequate if unexceptional. --Mark Walker
Beautifully animated and featuring an all-star cast voiced by Christopher Plummer the late Lynn Redgrave and Isabella Rossellini My Dog Tulip is a touching bittersweet adaptation of the late British author J. R. Ackerley's enduring memoir exploring the 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch Tulip. A profound and subtle mediation on the strangeness that lies at the heart of all relationships My Dog Tulip was written and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Paul and Sandra Fierlinger.
Based on James Herriot's autobiographical best sellers 'If Only They Could Talk' and 'It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet' the long running TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small' continued to satisfy the Herriot hysteria of the British public.
He's got ice in his veins and he's cold blooded: his name is Jack Frost. After five years of terror and 38 bodies in five states serial killer Jack is on his way to execution. But a freak accident with a truckload of genetic material in the middle of a snowstorm mutates Jack into a killer snowman. Now only an army can stop the 'slayride' of terror from this frosty monster with icicle fangs. Hell has just frozen over...
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