Desperado
Producer-turned-director Irwin Winkler crafted this 1992 remake of Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir Night and the City, the tale of a small-time hustler in London who gets in over his head. Winkler's version is set in New York and stars Robert De Niro as a shyster lawyer who decides to get even with a boxing promoter (Alan King) who bests him in court. A couple of innocents are talked into helping the cause, notably the brother (Jack Warden) of De Niro's enemy and a barmaid (Jessica Lange) who agrees to finance the operation. Everything goes south, plunging the hero into prospects of real disaster. The film is far from an exemplary, contemporary noir, but its outstanding cast, with no shortage of charisma and dynamics, keeps things terribly interesting. So does the funny but terse script by Richard Price (Clockers), who also has a cameo as a doctor. Winkler's sensibilities as a tasteful and intelligent producer still get in the way of his daring as a director, but he does leave us with much to be satisfied about.--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Walking The Dead
A story of changing times constant relationships and reconciliation with the past.
One of the reasons why Donizetti's Don Pasquale is regarded as a cornerstone of the Italian comic opera tradition is because its characters are no mere comedia dell'arte stereotypes, but complex, vulnerable human beings. This is brought to the fore in Mariame Cl ments sensitive and perceptive production, which was hailed by the Financial Times as 'a Glyndebourne classic'. Acclaimed buffo bartone Alessandro Corbelli sings the title role 'with just the right degree of lugbriousn.
The home of the Bleeding Heart for orphans is more like a prison than a home for parentless children. Run by the tyrannical sister Serena and her eccentric partner in crime Mr Kurtz it doesn't take the inmates long to hatch an escape plan. With a scheme in mind the kids begin to wreak havoc in the orphanage until one of them is 'selected' to join the Fitzpatrick family. The escape plan quickly turns to a rescue mission and the friends set off in search of their lost 'brother'. On
Robert De Niro stars as Sammy a seemingly innocent young film director and the victim of a brutal murder. Now his brother Vito recently released from prison must delve into Sammy's life to uncover anything that can lead to discovering his brother's murderer and avenging his death. In the twists and turns of his investigation Vito is immersed in a world of sex blackmail and treachery.
Includes: 1. The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery 2. Busted 3. Delivery Boys 4. Far Out Man 5. The Godson 6. I Am Waiting No More 7. In n' Out 8. Just Ask For Diamond 9. Just Looking 10. Miss Firecracker 11. The Perfectionist 12. Pretty Smart 13. Picking Up The Pieces 14. Prince Of Bel-Air 15. Teresa's Tattoo 16. Touch And Go 17. Uphill All The Way 18. The Wackiest Wagon Train In The West 19. Episode of 'At Last The 1948 Show' 20. Episode of 'Do Not Adjust Your Set'
Duty Free is a pure British sit-com following David Pearce (Keith Barron) and his wife Amy (Gwen Taylor) on a package holiday in sunny Spain where they meet another unsuspecting couple. The cocktail of comedy antics take their course when David sets his eyes on Linda Cochrane (Joanna Van Gyseghem). They pursue each other's every move in order to prolong their steamy affair in privacy...
Kevin Burke a young executive for a multinational investment bank is a rising star in the Rotterdam office. Rewarded for his perceptive eye and mastery of foreign languages Kevin receives the promotion he has been working for - a coveted spot on the company's internal security team. However when his girlfriend is mysteriously killed he embarks on a quest for revenge in which nothing is what it seems...
After years of being ignored by record producers the band ClamDandy's front woman Jacki has reached a crossroads in her life. She is turning 40 and had made a pact with herself a decade earlier that if they hadn't made it in the L.A. club scene by then that she would throw in the towel and give up on her dream of taking ClamDandy to the top. This decision gets complicated when old secrets personal tragedy and false hope threaten to break the band up...
Unwind with Shameless! Shameless proudly announces a collection of Cult cinema's most iconic sexy films - Venus in Furs, The Frightened Woman and Baba Yaga - these will be presented in Shameless’ new strand of videotape-themed nostalgia collector's box-sets. The third in the series of “Shameless-Unwind” videotape-themed box-set, this is the unmissable Pop Erotica Box-Set Stylish, imaginative and deliciously twisted, these three Cult classics reveal the darker side of passion, love and sex.. Inspired by eclectic masterpieces, from the erotic literary genius of Leopold Sacher-Masoch’s Venus in Furs, to Guido Crepax’s arousing iconic comic strip Baba Yaga, via the far-out sets of Niki De Saint Phalle in Frightened Woman, this Erotic Pop Fest also features some of cinema’s most alluring leading ladies - think Dagmar Lassander, Laura Antonelli ! - caught up in increasingly bizarre and dangerous sex games… Shameless’ Pop Erotica Box will be presented with specially commissioned artwork from a top British artist emphasizing the videotape-shaped boxset - this time a V2000!
The Wiener Sangerknaben a.k.a. Vienna Boys' Choir sings W.A. Mozart's finest sacred works including the Coronation Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie: When the Royal National Gallery of London is asked to send their finest scholar to oversee the unveiling of Whistler's Mother in California they send their most inept and detested employee in a desperate attempt to get him out of their lives. That employee is Mr. Bean - the master of disaster! Within days of his arrival Mr. Bean destroys virtually everything he comes into contact with be it the career and marriage of his host or America's greatest painting. Forget volcanoes and alien invasions - horror now has a human face. Johnny English: Rowan Atkinson plays bumbling Johnny English the last remaining British spy and Brtain's last hope. With the assistant of his sidekick Bough he must investigate the mysterious theft of The Crown Jewels. The prime suspects are Pascal Sauvage a mysterious French entrepeneur and the enticing Lorna Campbell. Johnny must get to the truth without denting the nation's pride... or his Aston Martin!
In this twisted quest to save souls Grand Inquisitor Torquemada (Lance Henriksen - Aliens Near Dark) leads a bloody reign of terror torturing and killing in the name of religion. His evil knows no boundaries. Caught in this insane cruelty is Maria (Rona De Ricci) whose beauty leads Torquemada into temptation and brutal atonement.Imprisoned Maria and her husband Antonio (Jonathan Fuller) are befriended by Esmerelda (Frances Bay) a confessed witch. Together they struggle to save themselves from the sinister Torquemada and his machine of ultimate pain and torture - THE PIT & THE PENDULUM.Featuring Oliver Reed as the Cardinal and Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) in a darkly comic performance as the scribe.A bizarre descent into hell form the creator of Re-Animator.Featuring Oliver Reed as the Cardinal and Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) in a darkly comic performance as the scribe.A BIZZARE DESCENT INTO HELL FROM THE CREATOR OF RE-ANIMATOR...
13 Going On 30: It is 1987 and Jenna is a 13-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood. The problem is that adulthood is just not arriving fast enough! She's suffocated by her dorky parents ignored by the hip kids in school and the cute guy she has a crush on barely knows her name. No longer content to spend time only with her best friend and neighbour Matt Flamhaff Jenna invites the cool kids to her 13th birthday party which turns into a disaster. Jenna is humiliated when she's locked in the closet for a game of 'Seven Minutes In Heaven' and everyone deserts her. Alone in the closet Jenna makes an earnest wish. If only she could be all grown up she'd have the life she's always wanted... The next day when Jenna emerges from the closet it's 2004 and she's 30 years old. What's more she is a gorgeous successful woman with a great job and a fabulous Fifth Avenue apartment. She is finally cool and popular. The only hitch? She has absolutely no idea how she got there! Initially frightened but gradually enchanted by her new life Jenna soon realizes there's something missing--Matt. When she looks him up she is horrified to discover that she and Matt are no longer in contact and furthermore he is engaged to be married. Jenna learns that 'having it all' is not enough and decides to take a second chance at first love... (Dir. Gary Winick 2004) 50 First Dates: Henry Roth (Sandler) the local marina veterinarian only dates tourists because he's afraid of commitment - that is until he meets Lucy (Barrymore). Unfortunately Lucy lost her short-term memory months ago in a car accident and for her each day is October the 13th. She follows the same routine every day - breakfast at the same restaurant pineapple-picking with her dad and eventually bed time where sleep wipes away her short-term memory. Henry however refuses to be forgotten and as his puppy love matures he embarks on a quest to restore her memory or at least be a part of her everyday routine. But vying for Lucy's attention isn't always easy. Henry explores various approaches before making a video for Lucy to watch every morning reminding her of who she is and what she's doing... (Dir. Peter Segal 2004) The Perfect Man: Is it all too good to be true? Teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is fed up of moving every time her single-parent mother Jean (Heather Locklear) breaks-up with another dead-beat boyfriend. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man - an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off Holly finds herself having to produce a suitor from somewhere; borrowing her friend's charming and handsome uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the emails notes and gifts! Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her Mother's newfound happiness... Almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along. (Dir. Mark Rosman 2005)
HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT is one of the two films Umberto Lenzi made for VIPCOS four part Houses of Doom Lucio Fulci helming the others. A young man dreams a recurring nightmare in which he is running away from someone before he's reaching an old house where an ugly old woman boils his own head in a big kettle! His girlfriend thinks it's good for him to take a few days off and they drive to an old house that belongs to her family. The house is the one the young man always enters in his
The Tomorrow People was a children's science fiction adventure series launched in 1973 as ITV's answer to Doctor Who. In the opening five-part adventure "Slaves of Jedikiah" we meet Stephen (Peter Vaughan-Clarke) who is about to "break-out" to the next level of human evolution, becoming a Homo Superior, or "Tomorrow Person". Developing telepathic and telekenetic powers, as well as the ability to teleport, he becomes the target for mysterious American cult leader, Jedikiah (Francis de Wolff). Already secretly established with biological supercomputer TIM in an abandoned underground tunnel are three Tomorrow People--John (Nicholas Young), Carol (Sammie Winmill) and Kenny (Stephen Salmon)--who rescue Stephen and then find themselves on a damaged starship in a race against time to save its alien captain. Although the budget was low--the tin robot with his head on fire is particularly laughable--the story is ambitious and the utilitarian special effects are in plentiful supply. There's a trippy, post-2001: A Space Odyssey quality to some of the visuals, a great theme tune and acting of decidedly pantomime calibre. The Tomorrow People themselves come from a past in which teenagers still say "smashing!", but the fantasy of advanced, pacifist children saving the world had a lasting appeal, enough that the show ran eight seasons, then was revived for three more in the 1990s. --Gary S Dalkin
When a deserted ship arrives in New York City carrying a slaughtered crew and an even more horrific cargo mutant green eggs the size of footballs that pulsate with life until they spray hideous chest-bursting death a government research team uncovers a grisly conspiracy of murder space monsters and coffee. Who is harvesting these alien hell-spores and what is their connection to a doomed mission to Mars? Directed by Luigi Cozzi owner and operator of the Dario Argento store in R
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