In David E Kelley's Boston law drama, Ally McBeal, his lawyers' private and work lives are always inextricably linked. Nobody does anything in the "Cage and Fish" firm without their colleagues knowing about it, including going to the toilet. Kelley is as willing as always to embrace implausible coincidence in his storylines for the pay-off of maintaining the high pace and dramatic neatness. Our anti-heroine Ally McBeal starts her third season with a wet, wordless fling in a car wash with Jason Gedrick, and it's no surprise that Ally ends up facing Gedrick at the altar when a client asks her to be bridesmaid. With the entire firm invited along as guests, can she keep quiet about the groom? Well, you know Ally--she may not have any lasting success in the romance department but it's a subject she feels very strongly about. The third season sees fewer CGI expressions of Ally's thoughts and imagination, but the drama is just as colourful. Billy's increasing concerns over the balance of male and female power manifests itself in his newly dyed blond hair and his hiring of six PVC-clad women to follow him around boosting his testosterone. Other highlights include Ally exploring her lesbian side with Ling, Elaine posing as John's "fluffer" to banish his sexual insecurities and an explosive Thanksgiving party at Ally's. There are plotlines within Series 3 which stretch plausibility, such as finding out that Ally's dad is the man Georgia's been snogging to forget her husband's metamorphosis into a blonde-haired, sexist egomaniac. Ally McBeal does have the tendency to descend into sickening sentimental tosh, like all the "child inside" nonsense in Episode 11, but that aside, it continues to provide escapist entertainment of the first order. --Emma Perry
Chaliapin - The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1933)
Four friends who become multi-millionaires when they sell their video game company for a clean £246 million and overnight, the four friends are transformed from people who play games to serious players in the game... - or are they?
In pre-war Britain newsreel Chief Will Ferguson and his son Steve plan to make a documentary celebrating human achievement - but the events in Europe sour their plans. Hitler's Third Reich is on the march and has just invaded Czechoslovakia. Europe is in flames and instead they make a documentary fiercely condemning the rise of Fascism. Steve leaves for South America - but as World War Two erupts in all its fury he soon finds that the war has followed him. The Giant German battleship Graf Spee has fled into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British Warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way Steve is there with his newsreel camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter. Made in 1940 and starring Will Fyffe this stirringly patriotic film boosted morale in the nation's cinemas cleverly combining new scenes with genuine newsreel footage to show one of Britain's great naval triumphs in the early months of the war.
The BFI's celebrated Jacques Tati remaster series continues with the world premiere High Definition release of the great director's much-loved debut, Jour de f�te, in not one, but two different versions. This award-winning comic masterpiece introduced audiences to Tati's dazzling blend of satire and slapstick, and has won the hearts of audiences the world over. Tati plays an appealingly inept postman who is intent on modernising the postal system in the depths of rural France. Tati's...
The romance/ drama Blue Is the Warmest Colour has entered Umbrella's sub-label 'Sensual Sinema'. This volume includes extra features, O-ring packaging and art.Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.Interview with director Abdellatif KechicheInterview with actress Adèle Exarchopoulos Deleted Scenes: Family Lunch (4:46) Nightmare (1:03) Snack (2:17)Theatrical Trailer
Former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu Hawaii. He lands a home in the guest house on the estate of millionaire author Robin Masters in exchange for testing the estate's security but is forced to work under the strict and ever watchful eye of Jonathan Higgins a retired British Army soldier... Featuring 4 seasons of hirsute action-packed antics! Series 1: 1. Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii (Part 1) 2. Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii (Part 2) 3. China Doll 4. Thank Heaven For Little Girls And Big Ones Too 5. No Need To Know 6. Skin Deep 7. Never Again Never Again 8. The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii 9. Missing In Action 10. Lest We Forget 11. The Curse Of The King Kamehameha Club 12. Thicker Than Blood 13. All Roads Lead To Floyd 14. Adelaide 15. Don't Say Goodbye 16. The Black Orchid 17. J. ""Digger"" Doyle 18. Beauty Knows No Pain Series 2: 1. Billy Joe Bob 2. Dead Man's Channel 3. The Woman on the Beach 4. From Moscow to Maui 5. Memories Are Forever (1) 6. Memories Are Forever (2) 7. Tropical Madness 8. Wave Goodbye 9. Mad Buck Gibson 10. The Taking of Dick McWilliams 11. The Sixth Position 12. Ghost Writer 13. The Jororo Kill 14. Computer Date 15. Try to Remember 16. Italian Ice 17. One More Summer 18. Texas Lightning 19. Double Jeopardy 20. The Last Page 21. The Elmo Ziller Story 22. Three Minus Two Series 3: 1. Did You See the Sunrise? (1) 2. Did You See the Sunrise? (2) 3. Ki'is Don't Lie 4. The Eighth Part of the Village 5. Past Tense 6. Black on White 7. Flashback 8. Foiled Again 9. Mr. White Death 10. Mixed Doubles 11. Almost Home 12. Heal Thyself 13. Of Sound Mind 14. The Arrow That is Not Aimed 15. Basket Case 16. Birdman of Budapest 17. I Do? 18. Forty Years From Sand Island 19. Legacy From a Friend 20. Two Birds of a Feather 21. ...By Its Cover 22. The Big Blow 23. Faith and Begorrah Series 4: 1. Home From The Sea 2. Luther Gillis: File #521 3. Smaller Than Life 4. Distant Relative 5. Limited Engagement 6. Letter To A Duchess 7. Squeeze Play 8. A Sense Of Debt 9. The Look 10. Operation: Still Night 11. Jororo Farewell 12. The Case Of The Red-Faced Thespian 13. No More Mr. Nice Guy 14. Rembrandt's Girl 15. Paradise Blues 16. The Return Of Luther Gillis 17. Let The Punishment Fit The Crime 18. Holmes Is Where The Heart IS 19. On Face Value 20. Dream A Little Dream 21. I Witness
The character of Charlie Chan was created by Ohio born Earl Derr Biggers Warner Oland played the part aplomb in this adventure Charlie Chan of the Honolulu police force crack detective and worldwide celebrity finds himself in England and accepts a case where he has to find a murderer in 65 hours to save an innocent man from the gallows the action takes place in a wealthy country home where there is more than one dead body the obligatory assault on Chan himself misleading clues an
A group of teenagers learn that the local population has been overtaken by flesh eating zombies after an army experiment goes badly wrong. The high school kids decide to fight back against a growing horde of reanimated corpses in what becomes an action packed punch you in the throat non stop ride through the city forests and schools.
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This 1997 thriller For Hire ponders the question of what terrible things a person might be persuaded to do, given the right circumstances and the right price. Rob Lowe plays Mitch, a Chicago cab driver trying to make it as an actor, married to the pregnant Faye. Among his clients are bestselling writer Lou Weber (Joe Mantegna), who befriends Mitch and confides in him that a drug dealer is trying to kill him. Over the next few days, Mitch begins to suffer severe stomach pains, collapsing in Weber's apartment after a fare and is diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer. With only a short time to live, he decides to take up Weber's offer to rub out his drug dealer stalker for $50,000, a nest egg for his family after he's gone. A not entirely unpredictable twist follows, hinted at by the Lucifer-like beard sported by Mantegna and the film alights only briefly to meditate on the potential for evil in all of us before resuming its journey along conventional, though certainly passable Hollywood thriller lines. An intriguing precept--it's just a slight shame that neither the players nor director's hearts seem really to be in this movie. On the DVD: Features a trailer. --David Stubbs
Amazing things happen when you believe....A quiet neighbourhood is reeling with the shock of Santa Claus moving into town. The children are in seventh heaven but the traffic jams reindeers and popping snow machines prove too much for Santa's neighbours and they call in local mayoral candidate (Shelley Long) to shut down Santa's Dream World.Reporter Frank Mallory (Barry Bostwick) is intrigued by Elizabeth's lack of Christmas spirit and interested in what makes Santa tick.Santa has used his magic to light up other lives but is it too late to reunite his own family?
Morgan and Jason (Sean Astin and Mathew Lillard) are two of the most ineligible bachelors in town. Budding philosophers they pride themselves on their resistance to the female art of persuasion. Determined to maintain their single status they travel the California coast surfing philosophizing and washing dishes to earn their keep. When a good friend submits to the vows of matrimony the two truth-seekers reluctantly travel home for the wedding. While there Jason falls for an ol
Breath-taking footage of an underwater expedition by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's team of researchers to find the ill-fated R.M.S Titanic which sank more than 70 years ago nearly two-and-a-half miles down in the icy Atlantic. Now along with Dr. Robert Ballard and his team be among the first humans to see the Titanic since its sinking as on-location footage presents this historic expedition as it happened.
The career where two heads are better than one! To hotshot advertising executive Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant) people are pathetic sheep to whom he can sell anything...except a brand-new pimple cream. Creatively blocked Dennis becomes so stressed that he sprouts a pimple of his own...a pimple that eventually grows intoia huge head with a mind and a voice! Before long the sassy carbuncle takes over Dennis' life revealing to him a diabolical plan to control the masses. Now Dennis must find courage deep within himself to save society and himself from the beastly blemish!
A bumper box set of classic films featuring the incomparable Marilyn Monroe! Ladies Of The Chorus (Dir. Phil Karlson 1948): An early Monroe feature with Marilyn starring as Burlesque singer Peggy Martin. Despite her overwhelming attraction to the wealthy Randy Peggy's mother worries that class differences will come between them. Some Like It Hot (Dir. Billy Wilder 1959): Nominated for 6 Academy Awards and winner for costumes Some Like It Hot is the quintessential madcap farce from legendary director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond. With dazzling performances by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis and a memorably comic turn by Marilyn Monroe Some Like It Hot is not only one of Wilder's funniest satires but is one of the greatest of all film comedies. When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a gangland shoting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida disguised as Josephine and Daphne the two newest - and homeliest - members of an all-girl jazz band. their cover is perfect... until a lovelorn singer falls for Josephine an ancient playboy falls for Daphne and a mob boss who refuses to fall for their hoax wants them put on ice for good! Marilyn Monroe At The Movies: A detailed filmography trailers from 15 of her classic movies and fascinating newsreel footage accompanies the vintage 1962 'Legend Of Marilyn Monroe' documentary narrated by John Huston. The Misfits (Dir. John Huston 1961): A down-on-her-luck divorced woman meets and falls for a disenchanted outcast cowboy who earns his living by capturing wild mustangs. When she witnesses this cruel spectacle she teams up with a jaded rodeo performer in an attempt to free the horses. Last screen appearance for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe who was married to playwright Arthur Miller during the course of the filming. Portrait Of A Legend: Examines Marilyn through an in-depth investigation of her private life. From her turbulent childhood when her mother vanished beyond the dark wall of mental illness through her short stays at various orphanages and foster homes...to her marriage at sixteen to James Dougherty. Relive Marilyn's first exposure during WWII as a calendar girl for the war efforts her first performance in Ladies of the Chorus and acting debut in Asphalt Jungle then into the glamorous Hollywood superstar. Hometown Story (Dir. Arthur Pierson 1951): Jeffery Lynn plays an ex-politician who blames big business for his failure to get re-elected. To expose big business as an evil monster he joins his uncle's newspaper. When his little sister is caught in a cave-in the town's largest company comes to her aid and he must now reconsider.
There's nobody to hear your scream...except your killer Having committed a crime some years previously and sworn themselves to secrecy a group of very beautiful women find that they are being stalked and murdered one by one in an unsettling old resort...
As Dr Marlowe dabbles in drugs to dispel the inhibitions of its users the monstrous Mr. Blake is born and so begins his dastardly reign...
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