The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanising performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it) and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his armour by falling in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money. For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Aston Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?". There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M who, one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, 'makes you feel it', particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy". But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, "now I know what I've been faking all these years". --Donald Liebenson
Michael Kitchen stars as the thoughtful and enigmatic Chief Superintendent Foyle. England is in the grip of the Second World War and Foyle is anxious to join the war effort. However his applications have been repeatedly turned down and he returns home to the South Coast feeling frustrated and guilty. It soon becomes apparent that his detective skills are vitally needed on the home front. Fifty Ships: September 1940. An American millionaire a German spy an old flame and a bo
Two more investigations for Foyle set on the southern coast of England during World War II who is assisted by Milner and his driver Sam.
By this third episode of Foyle's War, series creator Anthony Horowitz has his characters' fundamentals and the wartime milieu well in hand; he rewards himself by taking this remarkable programme to a new high. "A Lesson in Murder" concerns a cluster of terrible deaths--a jailhouse suicide provoked by abusive police, the monstrous killing of a child, the murder of a judge--directly or indirectly tied to a military draft board tainted by scandal. As Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) investigates the linkages, his two prized assistants, driver Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) and Detective Milner (Anthony Howell), become personally involved with a pair of naive wartime casualties. Intensifying gloom over Germany's imminent declaration of war hovers over everything and a home-front crisis makes heroes of some and scoundrels of others. Fortunately, steadfast Foyle is there to separate one from the other. --Tom Keogh
Savage Garden have become an international phenomenon following the success of songs like 'I Want You' 'To The Moon & Back' and the worldwide smash 'Truly Madly Deeply'. The musical and visual appeal of Savage Garden is undeniable as millions of fans the world over have discovered. Collected here are the stunning videos of Savage Garden's hits from the first self-titled album. Tracklisting 'I Want You' 'To The Moon & Back' 'Truly Madly Deeply' 'Break Me Shake Me' 'Tears Of Pearls
There is trouble at Devington School in the village of Midsomer Parva. During the annual St. Malley's Day race Daniel Talbot is stabbed. Daniel is a member of The Pudding Club a secret society which comprises of elite students from the school. Who committed the attack? If Barnaby and Troy are to unravel the mystery they must first break the silence that shrouds the club.
Beulah's multi layered instrumental textures of cellos violins saxophones and pedal steels accompanied by penned personal heartaches of divorce breakups and all in between has distinguished them as one of indie's most integral lo-fi pop bands. This DVD documents Beulah's last tour chronicling a magnificent band that broke up all too soon. The full-length documentary A Good Band is Easy to Kill is nearly two hour long bonus material includes: Seventeen full songs of Beulah in concert spanning their entire discography forty five minutes of deleted scenes with footage from every stop on the tour and tour-opener John Vanderslice's presence throughout.
Sex is a currency it commands power and can instil fear. Tom a young man with a troubled past finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld run by George Norris a super villain with a sadistic streak. Tom becomes a helpless pawn in one of Norris's narcotic scams with a bent cop Dunston and is dragged deeper into a viscious circle of blood money vice and ruthless violence from which there seems no way out; until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope. When Norris is killed in his apartment Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris's blood Tom heads downstairs to his neighbours Max and Nikki his new friends in the city. With going to the police out of the question Max and Nikki speed Tom to their isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside. With the luxury of space Tom begins to realise a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotions flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki a beautiful woman fascinated by Tom's past. Yet how long can this last with Dunston desperate to hunt down Tom before he exposes the corruption? It's only a matter of time before his deadly past catches up with himagain. But just how much is Tom willing to sacrifice....?
Based on the classic ghost story, The Woman In Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps begins to uncover the town's tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest.
Deceipt and treachery about inside the walls of the magnificent Heiss family mansion. Evelyn Heiss a recently widowed gold-digging trophy wife has fallen for her smooth-talking younger new age masseur Poe Finklestein. Poe is a striking hunk who massages his way first into Evelyn's affections and soon after her bed. The rest of her family are a source of constant irritation as they await with increasing anticipation the reading of the will. The eccentric Heiss family are heirs to a European dynasty with its fabulous wealth and jewels worth millions. What they hadn't counted on is the underbelly of Hollywood who have their own plans for the Heiss family fortune...
Through inspirational live performances and detailed step-by-step analysis Walfredo shows you how to: - Develop a 'split brain' style combining right-hand rock beats with left-hand global percussion - Understand and play a variety of intricate global beats - Integrate drumset with percussion instruments. Walfredo's down-to-earth teaching style offers easy-to-understand explanations and methodical demonstrations of each rhythm and the accompanying booklet includes notated versions for added clarity.
""Let's be careful out there."" The complete second season of Steve Bochco's ground-breaking cop show. Episodes Comprise: 1. Trial by Fury 2. Domestic Beef 3. Heat Rash 4. Rain of Terror 5. Officer of the Year 6. Stan the Man 7. Little Boil Blue 8. Requiem For a Hairbag 9. A Hair of the Dog 10. Phantom of the Hill 11. No Body's Perfect 12. Santaclaustraphobia 13. Gung Ho 14. Moon Over Uranus 15. Moon Over Uranus: the Sequel 16. Moon Over Uranus: the Final Legacy 17. The Belles of St. Marys 18. Life in the Minors 19. Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back 20. Spotlight on Rico 21. Buddy Can You Spare a Heart? 22. A Hill of Beans
The fantastic visions of Belgian film-makers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet find full fruition in this fairy tale for adults. Evoking utopias and dystopias from Brazil to Peter Pan, Caro and Jeunet create a vivid but menacing fantasy city in a perpetually twilight world. In this rough port town lives circus strongman One (Ron Perlman), who wanders the alleys and waterfront dives looking for his little brother, snatched from him by a mysterious gang preying upon the children of the town. Rising from the harbour is an enigmatic castle where lives the evil scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who has lost the ability to dream and robs the nocturnal visions of the children he kidnaps, but receives only mad nightmares from the lonely cherubs. Other wild characters include the Fagin-like Octopus--Siamese twin sisters who control a small gang of runaways-turned-thieves--Krank's six cloned henchmen (all played by the memorable Dominique Pinon from Delicatessen), and a giant brain floating in an aquarium (voiced by Jean-Louis Trintignant). Caro and Jeunet are kindred souls to Terry Gilliam (who is a vocal fan), creating imaginative flights of fancy built of equal parts delight and dread, which seem to be painted on the screen in rich, dreamy colours. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
DO NOT TRUST ANYONE.Since its first publication in 1955, Jack Finney's classic sci-fi/horror novel The Body Snatchers has inspired numerous adaptations and created a whole subgenre of era-defining alien doppelgangers in books, film, and TV. 2007's The Invasion was ahead of the curve, its eerily predictive shift toward a virus-like contagion more frighteningly resonant in a post-pandemic world.A space shuttle crashes to Earth carrying an alien organism. Soon people are changing, becoming detached and emotionless. People like CDC director Tucker Kaufman (Jeremy Northam) who is investigating the crash. Meanwhile his ex-wife, psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman), sees the same behaviour in a friend of their son, and a patient claims that her husband is no longer her husband. As people all across Washington D.C. become infected and the insidious epidemic spreads, Carol must fight to protect herself and her son, who might just hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion.Produced by Joel Silver, and also starring Daniel Craig, Jeffrey Wright, and Veronica Cartwright, this edge-of-your-seat thriller is accompanied by a wealth of new and archival extras.LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS¢ High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Brand new audio commentary by film critics Andrea Subisati and Alexandra West, co-hosts of The Faculty of Horror podcast ¢ Body Snatchers and Beyond, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller Nicholas ¢ That Bug That's Going Around, a new visual essay exploring The Invasion as pandemic prophecy by film scholar Josh Nelson ¢ We've Been Snatched Before, an archival featurette from 2007 ¢ The Invasion: A New Story, an archival featurette from 2007 ¢ The Invasion: On the Set, an archival featurette from 2007 ¢ The Invasion: Snatched, an archival featurette from 2007 ¢ Theatrical trailer ¢ Image gallery ¢ Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critics William Bibbiani and Sally Christie ¢ Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket ¢ Double-sided fold out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
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