The first of the Carry On movies, 1958's Sergeant is rather different from its successors, much more a film of its time (the latter days of National Service) and rather less a bawdy picture postcard. Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell long before Doctor Who) is about to retire and hopes that he can get his last platoon into shape as Champion Platoon of its intake. Unfortunately, the new recruits include the clumsy Golightly (Charles Hawtrey), the barrack-room lawyer Bailey (Kenneth Williams) and the hypochondriac Horace Strong (Kenneth Connor). Love interest is provided by Bob Monkhouse and Shirley Eaton--newlyweds separated by the call-up and reunited by her taking a job in the canteen--and by the pursuit of Horace by Dora Bryan's Nora. The film relies heavily on a mixture of slapstick and paradoxical revelations of character complexity--the obnoxious Bailey nonetheless takes the trouble to coach the incorrigibly dense Herbert (Norman Rossington); the series' later obsession with low comedy only really emerges in the scenes between Horace and the medic Captain Clark (Hattie Jacques). The platoon's eventual coming together as other than total incompetents is predictable, but likable.On the DVD: The DVD has no frills whatever except for a widescreen picture and chapter selections; it has been cleaned up however so that we get a remarkably crisp mono picture and mono sound, which brings out the quality of the military-band score by Bruce Montgomery, who was also the writer Edmund Crispin. --Roz Kaveney
Babe (Dir. Chris Noonan 1995): Introducing a barnyard full of captivating characters unlike any you've ever met! There's Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell); Fly the sheep dog; Rex her shepherding partner; Ferdinanad the quacky duck; Maa the elderly ewe; and the newest addition to Hoggett Farm Babe a most unusual Yorkshire piglet. It's a delightful story the whole family will love! The Borrowers (Dir. Peter Hewit 1998): Follows the adventures of the dauntless tiny Clock family parents Pod (Jim Broadbent) Homily (Celia Imrie) and their kids Peagreen and Arrietty - a family of tiny four inch tall people who live under the floorboards of a big house surviving by borrowing from the Human Bean family upstairs. The Borrowers turn dental floss into tightropes toaster handles into catapults socks into beds stamps into wall posters and when their world is facing extinction - in the form of Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) their resourcefulness knows no bounds. Casper (Dir. Brad Silberling 1995): Ghost therapist Dr. James Harvey and his daughter Kat arrive at drafty old Whipstaff Manor. Its greedy owner Carrigan Crittendon has hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the house's apparitions: a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper who's just looking for a friend and his outrageous uncles Stretch Stinkie and Fatso. If the plan works she and Dibs her partner-in-slime can get their hands on the manor's fabled treasure. Meanwhile Casper has found a kindred spirit in Kat but The Ghostly Trio will not tolerate fleshies in their house. With hilarious antics and dazzling special effects Casper is a fun-packed adventure comedy for the whole family.
Some of the biggest British pop names of the 60s are brought together for this DVD compilation of classic hits. Featuring Eric Burdon & The Animals Cilla Black Billy Fury Lulu The Searchers Gerry & The Pacemakers Four Pennies Manfred Mann Herman's Hermits Spencer Davis Group Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch The Tremeloes Dave Berry Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas Peter & Gordon Herman's Hermits and Alan Price. Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. Baby Let Me Take You Home 3. You're My World 4. I Will 5. Shout 6. What Have They Done To The Rain 7. Ferry 'Cross The Mersey 8. Juliet 9. 5-4-3-2-1 10. Something Is Happening 11. Midnight Special 12. Bend It! 13. Blue Suede Tie 14. Now 15. Little Children 16. A World Without Love 17. Just A Little Bit Better 18. Hold Tight! 19. Come Tomorrow 20. Don't Stop The Carnival
The amazing story of America's original inhabitants has been crystallized as never before into a powerful epic event. The insight actor/filmmaker and series host/executive producer Kevin Costner brought to his Dances With Wolves serves as a springboard to this thrilling chronicle filmed at actual locations from the jungles of Central America to the Canadian Arctic. A cast of star voices and state-of-the-art computer recreations bring this rich untold history to vivid moving life.
A journey through the turbulent 16th century borderlands of England and Scotland in search of the Border Reivers in the company of George MacDonald Fraser and Eric Robson. The Border Reivers were medieval protection racketeers who for 400 years terrorized the Anglo Scottish frontier.
His Airness and His Hareness; what a team! Michael Jordon slams Bugs Bunny jams and a cavalcade of Looney Tunes and NBA stars hoop it up in the rim-rattlin out of this world roundball romp: Space Jam.
Alicia a plain unpopular college student is paired with Hadley a beautiful privileged coed to work on a sociology project titled ""Lead Follow or Get Out of the Way."" At first rejected Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege recreational drugs and dangerous thrills. But Alicia's attempts to fit in ultimately land her in the hospital. As the local sheriff (Diggs) tries to determine the chain of events that led to Alicia's
An action packed drama in the tradition of full contact martial arts spectaculars like Bloodsport and Kickboxer.The beauty and tradition of L.A.'s China Town is disrupted by the crosstown rivalry between two kick boxing clubs as the competitive sport is catapulted from the ring of a gymnasium and into a Ring Of Fire. Johnny (Don The Dragon Wilson - Blood Fist I & II) and Brad fight to win the honour of their families and the love of a woman.Johnny having broken away from the street violence of the neighbourhood gangs has worked hard to gain respectability as a young doctor at a Los Angeles hospital. Now after fighting his way out of the streets he finds himself patching up the brutality he left behind. His strong Chinese roots are pushed aside as his love for Julie Marshall the sister of the rival gang leader vaults him into a love affair that could cost him his life. Follow their hearts follow their love from dreams of life together to the nightmare that death will pull them apart. Julie and Johnny strive to survive the Ring Of Fire.
In this hilarious programme we revisit some of Leonard Rossiter's funniest moments from an illustrious career that has made him one of Britain's best loved comedy heroes. Laugh again at some of the best sketches ever written for television and film and a few that may have escaped you from his earlier career. In addition to archive interviews with Mr Rossiter himself we also hear the first hand reflections of co-stars and friends Bruce Bould John Barron John Wells Sue Nicholls Eric Chappel and Don Warrington who all pay tribute to the comic genius that was Leonard Rositter. Although sadly missed Leonard Rossiter will continue to entertain us on TV screens for years to come via the comic legacy that is 'Rising Damp' 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin' 'Billy Liar' and 'The Losers' and much more.
Charismatic author Ayn Rand brings college students under the spell of her ideology a forceful spirit in perpetual conflict with those she thinks herself superior to. And it's a dangeorus game. In 1949 in the aftermath of the success of her most famous novel 'The Foutainhead' two students Nathaniel and Barbara great fans of her work visit Ayn Rand and her husband Frank. Their friendship develops quickly as Rand's highly intellectual temperament begins to manipulate the pair's relationship forcing the students into an akward affair and eventually marriage. As Nathaniel and Barbara's relationship is strained by the years and Rand herself struggles to complete her novel 'Atlas Shrugged' Nathaniel and Rand begin a torrid affair. Ayn attempts to justify the affair to Barbara and Frank under the growing assumption that they are superior beings deserving of special treatment. As her passion spirals out of control leaving her friends and loved ones devastated and distraught Ayn must decide whether to take the leap her spirit dictates to her and risk losing everything she once held dear.
It's a bite to the finish! Imagine a mutt who can outplay Beckham on the field while turning a team of laughable misfits into a lean mean fighting machine. This pooch has got the international soccer scene by the tail! Zach is a 13 year-old American who travels to Scotland looking for the father he has never met Bryan MacGregor a former soccer sensation who is down on his luck and stuck as captain of the world's worst team. It's not going well until Zach finds Kim a very ""tale
After a difficult job in London hit men Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson) are ordered by their boss Harry (Fiennes) to spend time in Bruges to detract attention from themselves. The two men find themselves in dangerous situations with tourists local residents and a film shoot. Out of their comfort zone their perspectives on life and death are drastically altered. Special Features: Limited Edition packaging featuring rarely seen film posters and design artwork Deleted and Extended Scenes Gag Reel A Boat Trip Around Bruges
Eric Burdon: Live At Ventura Beach
Scum: Alan Clarke's Scum shows a vicious system and doesn't pull any of the punches - or kicks - so relentlessly deployed in the battles between rivals in the power stakes that incarceration promotes. It's the brutal story of life in a modern-day Borstal. Run by the violence and cruelty of both inmates and officers the system is a jungle which brutalizes all within its walls. Carlin who has been transferred from another Borstal for retaliation against violent officers is thrown into this human quagmire - and what follows is a harsh and bitter battle for survival. He realises that the only way is by beating the system at its own game and eventually erupts as leader of a bloody climatic riot. Romper Stomper: Violent but never gratuitous emotionally powerful and never afraid to portray the ugly destructive face of prejudice Romper Stomper excites disturbs and boldly challenges the viewer. Its angry raw story about a brutal lawless group of skinheads is a savage kick in the guts. This is no simplistic street-gang film but a rivetting portrayal of the hopelessness and blind hatred of youth that is both controversial and profound. Chopper: An extraordinary movie about an extraordinary man the highly acclaimed and award winning Chopper is the boldest and grittiest Australian film in decades. Brimming with dangerous excitement and stunning innovation the sensational debut of rock director Andrew Dominik is an exhilarating sharp shock to the system revealing the no-holds-barred story of the notorious Oz criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read. Told in flashback as Read serves one of his many prisons sentences this extreme biography charts the brutal carnage and wicked sense of humour of a man who supposedly committed nineteen vicious murders and got away with it. Mixing startling facts from his nine best-selling books including 'How To Shoot Friends and Influence People ' with stylish pulp fiction to paint an astonishing portrait of a larger-than-life legend Chopper is funny fascinating and frightening and features a show-stopping central performance from Eric Bana Australia's top stand-up comedian.
Max, An agoraphobic golf fan, leads a secluded life in the woods. While practicing, he stumbles on the body of an unconscious young woman covered with blood. He takes her home and takes care of her. He asks her no questions. But when she runs away in the middle of the night, he follows her and finds out that she seduces men and eats them alive while having sex with them. Bewildered and fascinated, Max will start with her a relationship mixed with fear and tenderness. Yet, he’s not the only one who’s interested in the young woman when she’s abducted and taken away from him. Max will have to face the urban violence of his gangster’s past.
Walter Pool travels to Mexico in the footsteps of his hero Ernest Hemingway. He is robbed soon after his arrival and finds himself fighting for survival...
Michael Jordan slams, Bugs Bunny jams and the Looney Tunes starts hoop it up in the rim-rattin' roundball romp that's one of the funniest animation/ live action capers ever made. Jokes fly as the Tune Squad takes on the Nerdlucks in a hard-court game to decide if the Looney Tunes remain here...or become attractions at a far-off galactic off-ramp called Moron Mountain. The Nerdlucks have a monstrous secret weapon: they've stolen the skills of the top NBA stars like Charles Barkley and Patric Ewing and have become Monstars. But the Tune Squad's secret weapon happens to be the finest player in this or any other universe. He's outta this world. So's the fun. Special Features: Commentary by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Director Joe Pytka; Featurette Jmmin' with Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan; 2 Music Videos: Seal's Fly like an Eagle and the Movie Cast's Monstars Anthem Hit 'Em High Theatrical Trailer.
What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get home.
King Ralph: This heart warming comedy starring John Goodman as the unlikliest king ever.... A freak accident kills off the whole Royal Family and a new heir must be found. The last person anyone expects it to be is lounge singer Ralph Jones who goes from one disaster to another as he reluctantly becomes King Ralph.... Sgt. Bilko: Sgt. Bilko is back and up to his old tricks. The arrival of Major Thorn threatens to put a stop to the casino under-the-table deals and Bilko's other illicit businesses... Fletch: Chevy Chase is at his hilarious best in this suspense-packed comedy thriller based on Gregory McDonald's novel. Fletch is an investigative reporter who's constantly changing his identity. While working on a drug expose Fletch attracts the attention of a strange business man (Tim Matheson) who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily Fletch senses a scam and soon he's up to his byline in frame-ups murder police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year if he can stay alive to meet his deadline!
Jarhead: Welcome To The Suck. Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp. (Dir. Sam Mendes 2005) Black Hawk Down: Ridley Scott directs this fast moving action adventure about the disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers commanded by Capt. Mike Steele were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which leads to a large and chaotic firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which destroys two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu. (Dir. Ridley Scott 2002) Tears Of The Sun: Loyal veteran Navy S.E.A.L. Lt. A.K. Waters is sent into the heart of war-torn Africa on a hazardous mission to rescue Dr. Lena Hendricks a U.S. citizen who runs a mission. When the beautiful doctor refuses to abandon the refugees in her care Lt. Waters finds himself having to choose between following orders and the dictates of his own conscience. Together they begin a dangerous trek through the deadly jungle all the while being pursued by a rebel militia group with only one goal in mind: to assassinate Lt. Waters' unit and the refugees in his care... (Dir. Antoine Fuqua 2003)
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