The Best Of Series 1 and Series 2.
Land Of The Dead (Dir. George A. Romero 2005): An all-new chapter of horror is about to begin... George A. Romero's Land of the Dead is the acclaimed director's long-awaited return to the genre he invented beginning with the seminal Night of the Living Dead followed by Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead. In Romero's harrowing newest vision the world (as humankind has known it) is merely a memory. In its place
After 50 years the ultimate nightmare returns in stunning high definition on Blu-ray with superior picture spine-chilling sound plus a host of extras. More chilling than ever before Alfred Hitchcock's landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) the ill-fated traveller whose journey ends in the notorious shower scene. First a private detective (Martin Balsam) then Marion's sister (Vera Miles) search for her as the horror and suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the mysterious killer is finally revealed.
This new film of Leonard Bernstein's music-theatre piece Trouble in Tahiti, produced by BBC Wales and Opus Arte and directed by Tom Cairns, makes a strong case for a neglected work. Bernstein wrote his satire on American materialism in 1952, drawing on elements of opera, revue and musical comedy to tell a story of a marriage that's turned sour amid the trappings of suburban prosperity. The brevity of the piece, which flashes by in 39 minutes, perhaps accounts for its rare appearances, making this version specially welcome. Tom Cairns directs with style and panache, moving the camera effortlessly to and fro between the seven scenes. Amir Hosseinpour's choreography recalls with affection the heyday of the MGM musical then at its zenith. The film opens with a Greek-style chorus singing in scat jazz fashion to a montage of 1950s imagery: flickering television adverts, manicured lawns and white picket fences. Characters within the narrative appear in flash-back in home video footage. This is all highly diverting and possibly a ruse to mask some dramatic weakness in the story written by Bernstein himself. The wife never offers an explanation for her visit to the cinema to see Trouble in Tahiti instead of attending her son's school play, nor do we see the boy again after witnessing his parents having a tiff. The two principals, Karl Daymond as Sam and Stephanie Novacek as Dinah, are well cast and sing in a natural and pleasing manner with clear diction. The scat vocal trio is well matched and the City of London Sinfonia under Paul Daniel catch the spirit of the jazz inflected score as if it were second nature. On the DVD: Trouble in Tahiti is shot in wide-screen, appropriate for the era that gave us CinemaScope. There are subtitles in German, Spanish and French. A full translation in English is printed in the booklet. The extras include an introduction that partly overlaps with "A Very Testing Piece", in which Paul Daniel touches on the parallel with Bernstein's own unhappy childhood. Humphrey Burton in "Not Particularly Romantic" elaborates on this theme and goes on to offer a further fascinating commentary on Bernstein, whom he knew well. --Adrian Edwards
In this critically acclaimed series architectural historian Gavin Stamp sets off on a journey by train following the route of the old Orient Express the most glamorous railway journey in the world. His adventures on and off the train are punctuated by Stamp's candid reflections on life architecture history and the strange habits and views of the people he meets.The old route takes Stamp through 9 countries: France Austria Slovakia Hungary Bosnia Serbia Romania Bulgaria and all the way to Turkey at the end of Europe and the beginning of Asia.
When it flies someone dies! Based on the gothic novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart this haunted house mystery casts Moorehead as the owner of a house with a million dollars hidden in it. Bodies pile up as the mysterious ""Bat"" tries to find the money first. Filmed before in 1915 1926 and 1930.
A lonely middle-aged catering manager (Bob Hoskins) spends all of his time studying tapes of an eccentric TV chef (Arsine Khanjian).
Austrian Princess Olympia is in a quandary. Olympia is betrothed to an unloving buffoonish Prussian prince named Ruprecht. Then she meets Charlie a mining engineer from the States and falls in love with him. It looks like she may have to follow her heart not tradition and say ""I do"" to the charming American. Will she really go through with it? Or will the conventions of royalty dictate her groom?
Spy satellite code name Iris One has been launched by the U.S. in a desperate attempt to curb the ruthless drug cartels and Delta Force is back in action attacking and destroying the stockpiles of illegal drugs wherever in the world they may be hidden. But when the Delta team wipes out a billion-dollar stash of cocaine belonging to Colombian drug lord Umberto Salvatore they've taken on more than they bargained for. At a gathering of crime lords in Italy Salvatore unveils a daring plot to bring the United States to its knees and he enlists the aid of the world's gangster elite to pull it off. Meanwhile Salvatore's men hijack the most sophisticated stealth submarine in the U.S. fleet the USS Roosevelt and rig the on-board missiles to fire if the sub is attacked. Delta Force is reassembled to take out Salvaltore and at all costs stop the submarine with its chemical weapons payload aimed at the United Nations building and an unsuspecting New York City. The clock is ticking the action is getting hotter and millions of lives are in the hands of a vicious madman...Delta Force is the only answer!
Bizet's powerful opera staged at London's Earls Court in Steven Pimkott's production.
Dennis Potter has long been acknowledged as one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Though he had considerable successes with the series format (such as The Singing Detective and Casanova) it is generally accepted that his strongest work is the single play of which he did many for both the BBC and ITV. In celebration of both Potter's body of work and the fiftieth anniversary of ITV this collection celebrates three of his most signif
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are called to the American capital to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top secret microfilm which was concealed in a box of matches carried by a murdered secret agent...
Psycho: The classic Hitchcock thriller involving a series of murders at a lonely motel where the deaths are attributed to the mother of the young owner. (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock 1960) (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono - English Spanish French) Psycho 2: Norman Bates is coming home after spending 22 years in a mental institution. He plans to renovate the old Bates Motel the place where his first murders occurred... (Dir. Richard Franklin 1983) (Dolby Digital 5.1 - English French German ; Dolby Digital 2.0 - Italian Spanish) Psycho 3: The Bates Motel is again the site of some nasty doings as the rehabilitated Norman who has installed a new ice machine attempts to put his life back together. But old habits die hard... (Dir. Anthony Perkins 1986) (Dolby Digital 5.1 - English French Italian ; Dolby Digital 2.0 - German Spanish)
Marking the bicentenary of The Royal Horticultural Society this series features the design and creation of six gardens from specific periods of time from a Regency town house garden of 1915 through to a 'Green Room' of the 1970s. Diarmuid also designs a seventh garden which weaves together some of the revelations and ideas that have been incorporated into the six historic plots. This DVD is also packed with extra features including a planting guide a garden's history guide and a
Michael Kitchen (Alibi) returns as Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the fourth chapter of this hugely popular series.
Adah a black woman has an affair with a white married man Thorne much to the dismay of his wife and the prejudiced townsfolk. Adah attempts a reconciliation with her partner Pete but eventually leaves both him and the town. Meanwhile Thorne's wife Astrid goes mad attacks her husband and then mysteriously dies. Thorne is tried for her murder...
Paul McCartney performs his critically-acclaimed Ecce Cor Meum score. This performance recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS perfectly conveying the music as it was intended.
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder rents a country house that was previously the scene of some murders committed by a violent criminal known as The Bat. The owner of the house hides a million dollars of embezzled funds in the house but is killed before he can retrieve the money. The house thus becomes the focus for mysterious and dangerous activities.
House of Rock is the outrageously funny Channel 4 animated series that follows the surreal afterlife of some of our greatest (sadly departed) pop stars. What if Biggie smalls John Lennon John Denver Freddie Mercury Marc Bolan and Kurt Cobain shared a home and experienced the usual problems in a house occupied by a diverse bunch of men: disagreements practical jokes and an existence revolving around what's on the telly? House Of Rock not only draws on the rock stars' notorious reputations and personas it has them hilariously parodying popular contemporary TV programmes like Ally McBeal and Big Brother in the afterlife.
After interrupting a bank robbery in progress Jason Jinx Taylor (Nick Stahl) is now locked in the vault with bound and gagged employee Jessica (Erika Christensen). But not everything is as it seems. Sexy Jessica is part of the inside job and Jinx has upset the heist. With events changing fast they decide to work together to outsmart the bank robber Simon (Gavin Rossdale) whos frustration and anger is building as he tries to negotiate with the SWAT team outside the bank while holding frightened hostages inside at gunpoint. Full of surprising twists at every turn How To Rob A Bank is a thrill a minute roller coaster thriller that delivers non stop action from start to finish.
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