This is the true story of Dr Gwen Barry (Frances Fisher) a sexually repressed woman with a lifetime of passion simmering just below the surface. When she hires a day-release prisoner- the muscular Dalton (derwin Jordan)- to help with her garden they soon start an exhilarating affair. Gwen imagines they will stay together forever when Dalto leaves prison but he has his own ideas. When police find Gwen cowering naked next to a badly wounded Dalton they arrest him for attempted murder. Is this the work of an habitual criminal or the revenge of a woman scorned...
A rare musical/comedy outing for James Stewart then at the peak of his career. Stewart plays James Hamilton Haskell a former music store worker who joins his uncle's health food business and befriends a band along the way. His uncle hates music his hatred not being helped by the fact that the band practice next door to his factory. Based on a popular radio show of the time (also called POT O' GOLD) the film gave both James Stewart and Paulette Goddard the opportunity of displayi
They thought it was just a video game; now they're fighting for their lives! A well-meaning genius creates a virtual reality game. However when a virus invades the game his grandson is trapped within. The boy's father (Don Wilson) enters the virtual fighting game in order to combat the virus but must battle against the clock to save his son before they're both trapped forever...
Raw violent action when two gangs of bikers and some hippies meet up in an old ghost town... Definitely not for the squeamish - this hard hitting and powerful movie follows biker Long John riding into trouble after being invited to a party in a ghost town. The gathering isn't for the faint hearted as Hells Angels and a group of hippies party hard with booze and sex replacing conversation. But trouble looms as a girl is murdered and Long John and his pals are the chief suspects an
Based on the true-life case of the incarceration of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Oscar-winning Warner Baxter) The Prisoner of Shark Island is a fast-moving and gripping drama - rarely seen and remarkably timeless - following Mudd through a calamitous series of brutal encounters. Regarded as a personal favourite by the director it was also the film with which he was said to be the most happy with. Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath Tobacco Road) The Pris
The Quatermass Experiment: A missile is launched by Professor Quatermass and his team but when it lands back in the English countryside two of the crew members have disappeared. The third who is barely alive undergoes a quite terrifying transformation which threatens Earth... Quatermass 2: Quatermass is intrigued by strange images on his radar. Thinking them to be meteorites he follows them to a village which on his arrival he finds has been completely destroyed...
The Future Is Riding On One Woman No emotion. No fear. No pain. They were the perfect soldiers to protect civilization - until the drone police became the perfect enemy. With little hope left for mankind Tallis (Don Wilson; Stealing Harvard Batman Forever) an electronically enhanced soldier rescues a rebel beauty (Katee Sackhoff TV's Battlestar Galactica) from a failed resistance mission. A force to be reckoned with she will learn to fight and think like a machine for the final battle to save the human race.
Department of Weights and Measures Inspector Johnny Cave finds himself in the midst of deceitful government officials when he takes over for his boss whom the officials have beaten and put in the hospital. Cave quickly acts to turn everyone in but his corrupt counterparts refuse to go quietly. Soon he exposes the hidden government agenda that has his coworkers bilking the American taxpayers out of several thousand dollars per year by stealing an equally small amount from everybod
An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.
Includes the following 8 great films: Dirty Harry The Outlaw Josey Wales Kelly's Heroes Magnum Force Pale Rider Space Cowboys The Gauntlet True Crime
Redemption - Part 1: The SGC has come under attack from Anubis who has a device that can use one Stargate to destroy another. With a wormhole dialed in to Earth's stargate the SGC can not contact its off-world allies for help. Carter works furiously to find a solution... Redemption - Part 2: Teal'c is off world attending his wife's funeral; his son believes she would not have been killed if Teal'c had not joined the fight against the Goa'uld. Wanting proof that the Goa'uld are not gods and can be stopped he insists that Teal'c allow him to join in battle so he can see for himself what the war is all about. Together they search for Anubis... Descent: SG-1 heads for the now abandoned Goa'uld mothership that once belonged to Anubis and now houses a downloaded version of Thor's mind. Frozen: The SGC's study of the Antarctic Gate site reveals a woman buried in the ice who is revived. Unwittingly carrying a deadly disease she poses a deadly threat to the team.
Papillon (Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner 1973): They called him Papillon meaning butterfly. If only he had wings to go with the name. Unable to fly Henri Charriere virtually willed himself free. He persisted until he did the impossible: escape Devil's Island. Based on Charriere's bestseller and shot in Spain and Jamaica Franklin J. Schaffner's film of Papillon united two stars at key career junctions. After a decade of fine work in The Great Escape The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt Steve McQueen found in Charriere another ideal tough-guy role. Coming off The Graduate Midnight Cowboy and Little Big Man Dustin Hoffman again distinguished himself as Dega Charriere's scruffy friend. Midnight Express (Dir. Alan Parker 1973): Brad Davis and John Hurt star in this riveting true story of a young American's nightmarish experiences in a Turkish prison and his unforgettable journey to freedom. Busted for attempting to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul American College student Billy Hayes (Davis) is thrown into the city's most brutal jail. After suffering through four years of sadistic torture and inhuman conditions Billy is about to be released when his parole is denied. Only his inner courage and the support of a fellow inmate (Hurt) give him the strength to catch the Midnight Express (prison code for escape). Missing (Dir. Costa Gavras 1982): Director Constantin Costa-Gavras made his English-language film debut with this political thriller based on a true story. Although the nation depicted is never named directly the action clearly takes place in Chile after the military coup. Missing centers around the disappearance of Charles Horman (John Shea) an American expatriate who lives with his wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) in South America. One night armed soldiers enter their home and drag him away. In desperation Beth decides to contact Charles's father Ed (Jack Lemon) and ask for help. In contrast to his left-wing daughter-in-law Ed is staunchly patriotic. But as he gets the runaround from both American and Chilean officials Ed receives a cold hard lesson in political reality... and learns some ugly truths about US involvement in Latin America.
THE SEARCHERS: (Languages:English French Italian:MONO Subtitles:English French Italian Dutch Arabic Spanish Portuguese German Romanian Bulgarian) Often acclaimed as John Ford's best film The Searchers is the saga of an ex-Confederate soldier named Ethan Edwards who embarks on a long obsessive search for his niece Debbie who was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. Accompanied by Martin Pawley a young man he had saved from Indians several years earlier Ethan searches throughout the West in vain. This DVD includes Jeffrey Hunter and Natalie Wood Interviews Two Trailers and featurettes. UNFORGIVEN: (Languages: English 5.1 SURROUND Subtitles: English Arabic) Clint Eastwood's film Unforgiven is an exciting modern classic that rode off with four 1992 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director (Eastwood). Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless. Big trouble is coming to Big Whisky. Written by David Webb Peoples (12 Monkeys). WILD BUNCH: DIRECTOR'S CUT: (Languages: English 5.1 SURROUND Subtitles: English Arabic) By any standard director Sam Peckinpah's film The Wild Bunch a powerful tale of hang-dog desperados bound by a code of honour rates as one of the all-time greatest westerns perhaps one of the greatest of all films. This Original Director's Cut restores it to a complete pristine condition unseen since its July 1969 theatrical debut. The image is letterboxed the colour renewed the stereo soundtrack remixed and reintegrated - all to blood-and-thunder effect. This DVD also features (on side B) the home video debut of The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage the Acadaemy Award-nominated 1996 documentary by Paul Seydor and Nick Redman.
Jumping Jack Flash (Dir. Penny Marshall) (1986): Computer operator Terry Dolittle (Goldberg) becomes involved in international espionage when a desperate message from a British Intelligence officer appears on her computer terminal... Fatal Beauty (Dir. Tom Holland) (1987): Some cops have buttons you really shouldn't push! Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg stars as a hard-as-nails wise-crackin' undercover cop who wages a blistering personal war against a ruthless Los Angeles drug ring in this action-packed shoot-'em-up action comedy. A lethal drug called 'Fatal Beauty' has hit the mean streets of Los Angeles - and Rita Rizzoli (Goldberg) the city's toughest undercover cop ain't havin' any of it on her beat! Against direct orders from her boss Rita goes on a rampage against the druglord responsible wielding both her mighty gun - and her wicked tongue. And to get close to the enemy Rita targets Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott) the drug kingpin's rugged and handsome bodyguard. And she doesn't know whether to kill him or kiss him!
Featuring the complete eighth series of Red Dwarf. Episodes comprise: 1. Back in the Red (Part 1) 2. Back in the Red (Part 2) 3. Back in the Red (Part 3) 4. Cassandra 5. Krytie TV 6. Pete 7. Pete II 8. Only The Good...
From ragga to riches: a single mother (Anjela Lauren Smith) determined to make it as a singer puts together an all girl reggae group...
Gang tapes paints a violent and shocking portrayal of the Gangster lifestyle with stunning performances from a cast of virtual unknowns many of whom being real life LA Gangbangers. Experiencing the rise of 14 year old Lil' Lonzo to moral corruption as an 'East Side Riders' Gangsta wannabe to create an uncompromising look into the grim reality of growing up on the mean streets of Central Los Angeles.
While Born To Dance is the movie musical most associated with James Stewart the largely forgotten Pot o' Gold is the one in which he is most involved with music. The plot has Stewart as Jimmy Haskell a music-loving harmonica-playing man who comes across a poor but excellent band (led by Horace Heidt) that rehearses on a boarding-house roof. Jimmy becomes interested in the people who own the boarding-house Ma McCorkle (Mary Gordon) and her lovely daughter Molly (Pau
With The Searchers John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger thirst the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made.
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