Star Maidens is regarded as one of the most fascinating sc-fi series ever made; an Anglo-German production. It stars Judy Geeson Dawn Adams Lisa Harrow and Gareth Thomas. Star Maidens is the story of a planet ruled by women - The Star Maidens. This gender reversal saga captures the essence of camp European glam fashion perfectly. All 13 episodes are featured and they are sure to appeal to sc-fi fanatics and cult TV enthusiasts alike. Episode listing: 1. Escape to Paradise
1969. San Francisco. Sexual Anarchy! Emerging at the end of the `60s The Cockettes were a theatrical troupe of assorted hippies drag queens and gay men who embraced the new drug-fuelled anti-establishment counterculture in San Francisco. Founded by the flamboyant `Hibiscus' they started out by doing improv musicals before the midnight film at the Palace Theatre. As their popularity grew so did the number of performers and the flamboyance of the events which continued into th
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases all associated with the same unoccupied house...
There are three unforgettable characters in John Sayles's contemporary adventure-drama set in Alaska. They are never seen but live only in a frontier diary found by teenager Noelle De Angelo (Vanessa Martinez). The life of the diary's narrator is much like everything in this movie: hanging in limbo. The first half of the film focuses on why men and woman turn to Alaska, a land still ripe with opportunity. A small town is at a crossroads, with its pulp mill and canning factory closed and new investors seeing different directions in which to take the area (one even boasts the state is the ultimate theme park). A local (Sayles regular David Strathairn) is just escaping his past, taking up commercial fishing again. He attracts a travelling nightclub singer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in her best role in years) who struggles daily with her daughter Noelle. Like any good theme park, Limbo presents the threesome with an unexpected adventure. In the wilderness, the three relative strangers learn more about themselves than was ever possible in town. Sayles's usual craftsmanship creates a singular blend of drama and suspense with an ending designed to ruffle feathers. Not as accessible as his breakthrough hit Lone Star, Limbo is nevertheless a hearty film from one of America's best storytellers. --Doug Thomas
Black Joy is a lightly ironic British culture-clash comedy. Trevor Thomas heads the cast as a Guyanan youth who is under the delusion that life will be easier for him in London. No sooner does Thomas set foot in England than he gets tangled up in one disaster after another. The catalyst for most of Our Hero's travails is ""assimilated"" Caribbean Dave Beaton who delivers an antic performance as a streetwise con artist. Black Joy was adapted from Dar
More intrigue suspense weirdness and laughs in the return of the cliff-hanging comedy thriller... After the explosion at Ravenhill Hospital Mr Jelly Joy David and Maureen Sowerbutts Mr Lomax and Robert just want to get on with their twisted mad and sad lives. But the shadowy if technologically-deprived Grace Andrews and the enigmatic detective Finney are tracking them down - one by one - in search of Nurse Kenchington's locket. Meanwhile we meet some new but equally bizarre Psychoville characters: Jeremy Goode a librarian tortured by a silent singer as he hunts for 50 Great Coastal Walks of the British Isles Volume 2; Peter Bishop whose toy shop Hoyti Toyti has a very strange basement and a desperate and dateless overworked make-up artist Hattie. What could they all have to do with the mystery - and why is it truly a matter of life and death?
Frankie Delano is the trusted right-hand man and loyal bodyguard of mafia kingpin Angelo Allieghieri. When Angelo is assassinated by an old gangland foe Frankie vows to protect the life of his boss's only daughter Jennifer. Having been adopted at an early age in order to hide her existence from Angelo's murderous enemies Jennifer has no idea she is really the daughter of the late mobster. Despite the assurances of Frankie and her step-parents Jennifer refuses to believe Angelo was her father. Her reluctance to accept the truth soon changes however when an attempt is made on her life while she is shopping in a busy department store.
This animated children's series is a delightful introduction to a world full of nursery rhymes games and fun. Beep the Bus and friends get up to all sorts of musical adventures in Sing Sing City a place where everything has a song. Track Listing: Humpty Dumpty Little Boy Blue Incy Wincy Spider Grand Old Duke Of York If You're Happy And You Know It Cobbler Cobbler Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Jack And Jill Five Little Ducks Hey Diddle Diddle Little Bo Peep Old King Cole Mary Mary Row Row Row Hickory Dickory Dock Three Ships Polly Put The Kettle On Hush A Bye Baby Hot Cross Buns Down By The Station Baa Baa Black Sheep One Two Three Four Five Five Fat Sausages Pat A Cake Five Currant Buns Miss Polly Had A Dolly
From Roy Ward Baker - 'the Grand Old Man' of British horror comes a collection of stories that will reach out and grip you in a vice of fear. Based on the spine-chilling comic-books ""Vault of Horror"" & ""Tales from the Crypt"" and featuring a sensationally star-studded cast these are the tales of five hapless men huddled together in a vault beneath the Thames each awaiting the fulfilment of their own prophetic nightmares. See Curt Jurgens as a murderous magician with a few rope
James Levine makes Siegfried, sometimes the problem child among the four operas of Wagner's Ring cycle, attractive and interesting. He is aware of the darker side of some of the comic scenes--the seemingly benevolent dwarf Mime carries the weight of Wagner's many prejudices--but manages to keep them uneasy rather than positively sinister thanks to the finally judged performance of Heinz Zednik. Siegfried Jerusalem is admirable as Siegfried, full of boyish enthusiasm during the reforging of the sword, and of authority in his confrontations with the dragon and with Wotan. (The dragon itself is, as so often, an unfortunate compromise between realism and stylisation.) James Morris is extraordinary in Wotan's scenes here, his combination of injured pride and relieved joy when Siegfried demonstrates, by shattering his spear, that Wotan has entirely lost control of events is exemplary. This is an opera whose many and various scenes are all preludes to its emotional core: the love duet which comes when Siegfried awakens Brunnhilde. Jerusalem and Hildegard Behrens convey both the innocence and the ardor of this duet; while Levine gets extraordinary playing from the Metropolitan Opera orchestra throughout, but especially here, where a chamber-like delicacy applies to much of the music. On the DVD Siegfried on this disc is a recording of the 1990 Metropolitan Opera production and comes with both menus and subtitles in German, French, English, Spanish and Chinese as well as a picture gallery. Awkwardly it is presented in (American) NTSC format not PAL, and the visual ratio is standard TV 4:3. Better is the choice of sound formats--PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital and DTS digital--which provide a spacious acoustic that gives proper weight to the climaxes, and an appropriate delicacy to Wagner's subtler passages. --Roz Kaveney
Psychoville returns with a spooktacular hour-long Halloween special. Four tales of terror unfold as location manager Phil Walker investigates the abandoned ruins of Ravenhill Psychiatric hospital. Does the ghost of evil governess Edwina Kenchington still walk the empty corridors? What other horrors lie within these crumbling walls?
Terminator (James Cameron 1984): In this blazing cinematic comic book Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as the fiercest and most relentless killing machine ever to threaten the survival of mankind! From the Oscar winning director of Titanic this fast-paced cleverly conceived rip roaring action adventure fires an arsenal of thrills intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense that never lets up for a minute! In 2029 giant super-computers dominate the planet hell-bent on exterminating the human race! And to destroy man's future by changing the past they send an indestructible cyborg - a Terminator - back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) the woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace to save the life of her unborn child? Or will the human race be extinguished by one mean hunk of mutant metal? Predator (Dir. John McTiernan 1987): It sees the heat of their bodies. It smells their fears. It hunts for sport. It kills for pleasure. In a place without rules - the hunter has become the hunted. Deep inside the jungles of Latin America Schwarzenegger's team of elite commandos are being slaughtered by a mysterious predator. No longer are they hunters - they are the prey... of an alien whose only instinct is to kill. One by one it strikes with inhuman ferocity. Now to survive with the jungle as their only ally they face their greatest challenge: to stay alive. Commando (Dir. mark L. Lester 1985): In this early action classic that features his unique blend of thrills and offbeat humour Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as retired Colonel John Matrix. The ex-head of a special commando strike team he's forced back into action when his daughter (Milano) is kidnapped. With the help of a feisty stewardess (Chong) Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she gets killed...
Making a huge impact on its release Marcel Camus' Oscar Golden Globe and Palm D'Or winning film retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the vibrant backdrop of the Rio carnival. The infectious soundtrack by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa is credited with bringing the bossa nova sound to a world-wide audience and in this new transfer featuring the extended version of the film full justice is done to the glorious colour photography Black Orpheus remains as fresh and intoxicating today as it was when it thrilled audiences at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
The hook of The Simple Life is irresistible: two wealthy, pampered young women go from upper-crust Los Angeles to an Arkansas farm to prove that they can survive without their mobile phones and credit cards. As hotel heiress Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie (daughter of pop star Lionel) blithely move in with a farm family, the Ledings, the culture clash immediately becomes a train wreck; when asked to pluck chickens, Richie declares, "I'm not plucking anything but my eyebrows." They try to work a series of jobs (at a dairy farm, a fast-food joint and a livestock auction), but they possess not a jot of work ethic, nor any sense of the consequences of failure. Like the girls themselves, this 2003 reality show becomes fascinating and repellent, comic and horrifying. It's like watching alien beings trying to masquerade as people. --Bret Fetzer
I Know What You Did. A chilling message that draws five seemingly disparate characters into a dark tale of blackmail and desire. A blind recluse with an unusual hobby a love-struck telekinetic dwarf an embittered hook-handed clown a murder-obsessed man-child and a deranged but caring midwife all receive the same ominous message sending their already bizarre lives into turmoil. All are affected in different ways by the letters and as more chilling messages are received the five are forced to confront their past and the secret that binds them together. From the team behind cult classic The League of Gentlemen this cliff-hanging comedy thriller weaves a tale of intrigue mystery and suspense.
In total, Red Nose Day has raised over half a billion pounds: transforming countless lives across the UK and throughout Africa in the process. In fact, the UK alone, it's likely you're never more than 30 miles from a Comic Relief sponsored project! You hold in your hands the very best, the very funniest and the most memorable moments from 25 years of Comic Relief. Enjoy. 75p Donated to Comic Relief for each DVD. Featuring: Spitting Image: Elizabeth & Philip, Men Behaving Badly with Kylie Mino...
I Know What You Did. A chilling message that draws five seemingly disparate characters into a dark tale of blackmail and desire. A blind recluse with an unusual hobby a love-struck telekinetic dwarf an embittered hook-handed clown a murder-obsessed man-child and a deranged but caring midwife all receive the same ominous message sending their already bizarre lives into turmoil. All are affected in different ways by the letters and as more chilling messages are received the five are forced to confront their past and the secret that binds them together. From the team behind cult classic The League of Gentlemen this cliff-hanging comedy thriller weaves a tale of intrigue mystery and suspense.
Anna suffers an attack and an abuse by her father-in-law. But when she overcomes her fear and tells the story her husband he does not believe her but sets her under psychatric treatment.
Who is Dennis Carter? Well Dennis is a moron. His mum knows it his friends know it and even he knows it. But the police don't. So when Dennis tries to impress Andrea with his fantasies about multi-million pound drug deals Dennis gets nabbed and finds himself a supergrass. The trouble is Dennis doesn't know anything; or does he?
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