In medieval England, with the kingdom of Camelot under attack, Merlin and King Arthur banish the evil enchantress Morgana and her son Mordred to the ends of the universe as Morgana vows her revenge.Knights of the Round Table descendant, Penn, has grown up disbelieving in the legends of his ancestors, despite his extended family keeping traditions alive. However when Morgana and her son return, hell-bent on destroying every last descendant of King Arthur and his knights, Penn must finally come to terms with who he was born to be. With new power bestowed on him from legendary sword Excalibur, Penn must bring together a new Knights of the Round Table to save both themselves and the earth from Morgana's total vengeance.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age may not have been bestowed with a similar shower of awards (nor quite as glowing critical reaction) as its predecessor. But dont be fooled: this is a terrific costume drama, and one that very much leaves you hoping for the hinted-at third installment. Once again starring Cate Blanchett in the title role, Elizabeth: The Golden Age sees events pick up with her very well established on the throne. Its a new set of problems and issues that present themselves, with the impending threat of the Spanish Armada, and the scheming Mary, Queen Of Scots (brilliantly played by the always-terrific Samantha Morton) foremost in her mind. That is, of course, apart from Sir Walter Raleigh, played by Clive Owen. Elizabeth: The Golden Age adds a potential romance for the virgin Queen, one that she struggles to come to terms with. And in the capable hands of returning director Shekhar Kapur, these many threads are woven together skillfully and a willingness to break the conventions of the period drama. The star attraction remains Blanchett again, of course, whose performance is just as striking and textured as it was nearly a decade before. Elizabeth: The Golden Age may have an impressive cast, but all of them must have known they were on a hiding to nothing going up against the majesty (in more than one sense) of Blanchett. Because while the film itself does have a problems, its still better than you may have been led to believe, and boasts a tour-de-force central performance that you simply wont see matched very often at all. --Jon Foster
Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Features all 14 episodes from the first series broadcast in 1977 uncut and digitally remastered!
Ned Kelly (2004): Today's hottest stars Heath Ledger Orlando Bloom and Naomi Watts join Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush in an ""absolutely superb"" (Jeffrey Lyons NBC-TV) action-packed adventure. Ned Kelly is an epic story of one man's struggle against corrupt lawmen to fight the oppression of his people and avenge his family's name. In the process he becomes the most wanted man the world had ever known - and a legendary hero. Broken Trail (2006): Set in 1898 Print Ritter (Robert Duvall) and his estranged nephew Tom Harte (Thomas Haden Church) become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls (introducing Caroline Chan Olivia Cheng Jadyn Wong Valerie Tian and Gwendoline Yeo). Ritter and Harte's attempts to care for the girls are complicated by their responsibility to deliver a herd of horses while avoiding a group of bitter rivals intent on kidnapping the girls for their own purposes. The Missing (2003): Director Ron Howard (who has impressed audiences with Backdraft 1991 and A Beautiful Mind 2001) has outdone himself with The Missing: A wrenching family drama that unfolds in the midst of a classic 1880's Western. This beautiful film offers astounding panoramic photography and inspired performances that enrich a truly hair-raising journey. Maggie Gilkeson is a New Mexico cattle rancher who dabbles in the healing arts. Her long estranged father Samuel Jones is mistaken for an Indian when he inexplicably shows up on her property hoping for a reconciliation; he abandoned his family years earlier to adopt a Native American identity. An embittered Maggie sends him away but capitulates when her eldest daughter Lilly is kidnapped by a band of psychotic Apache killers. When the local sheriff and the U.S. Army balk at chasing the perpetrators a desperate Maggie turns to her father praying he is sufficiently savvy in tribal ways to save her daughter.
The BBC brings you this commemorative DVD of the life of Pope John Paul II. The youngest serving Pope of the 20th century held the papacy for 27 years and this documentary film takes a look in to the world and work that Pope John Paul II was involved in. Not only a figurehead and voice of morality for Catholics the Pope was revered across the world and his death led to an outpouring for religious and atheists alike. Celebrate the life of a remarkable man with this fantastic and ins
Sit down put your feet up light a fag and join Britain's first family in their sitting room for the complete second series of The Royle Family plus the 1999 Christmas Special. The Royle Family is a real-life comedy set in a Manchester council house. Imagine a secret camera placed in the living room of an average working class family. The intense drama and emotions of everyday life such as whose turn it is to go to the off-licence is set against the continuous hum
England's Summer Of Cricket 2007 brings you all the action interviews news and analysis from seven NPower Tests and ten NatWest One-Day Internationals played against the West Indies and India. England's cricketers went into the summer of 2007 with a point to prove after a 5-0 Ashes defeat and an early exit from the World Cup. There was a new coach in Peter Moores who brought fresh ideas and a new impetus to the team Michael Vaughan returned to captain the Test side while Paul Collingwood was appointed One-Day skipper. Three disc set featuring over 11 hours of footage bringing you the whole story of England's summer including the superb 3-0 Test Series win over the West Indies.
A 5 DVD box set containing: 'Dr Terror's House of Horrors 'The House That Dripped Blood' 'Now the Screaming Starts' 'The Beast Must Die' and 'Asylum'.
Featuring all six episodes from the award-winning first series Dawn French stars in this murderously black comedy. Episodes Comprise: The Case Of The Missing The Girl From Ipanema He Died A Death A Determined Woman Murder At Tea Time Mrs. Hat And Mrs. Red
Jailbirds: Four women escape from prison and in a dramatic reversal of roles kidnap a minibus full of female tennis players who they keep hostage in the cellar of an isolated villa. Soon all the pent up sexuality of their former imprisonment bursts into a violent explosion of desire and depravity... Maximum Security: A life sentence is a lifetime of hell in Maximum Security. To survive you must be quick with your hands bit in Harry's case he prefers to be quick with a joke. Unfortunately for him he's going to realise that nothing is tougher than life in prison...except surviving it. Dangerous Orphans: Growing up in an orphanage Harry Moir and Rossi were like brothers. Now grown they are quite literally as thick as thieves. In the past they have all been small time crooks but an opportunity arises which could not only make them rich it could also avenge the death of one of their fathers.
Amy is a seemingly normal young girl adored by her parents and golden-boy fianc. Her future looks bright until her fianc suggests they tell each other their darkest secrets - things they have never told anyone. When Amy finally relents and reveals her secret everything falls apart.
The hilarious sketch-based show which lampooned the new satellite television companies which had begun to operate in the UK! Each week a different aspect of 'cheap' television production and broadcasting provided the 'theme' for the sketches in the programme; no target was left untouched! Episodes Comprise: 1. Launch Night 2. Big Fight Special 3. The Green Green Show 4. Those Fabulous War Years 5. It's A Royal Wedding 6. Challenge Anna
Bridge Over The River Kwai: Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British P.O.Ws who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it. Winner of seven Academy Awards. (Dir. David Lean 1957) Das Boot: Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96 one of the famed German U-Boats known as 'The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy... (Dir. Wolfgang Peterson 1981) The Guns Of Navarone: Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Carl Foreman brought Allistar MacLean's best-selling novel to the screen winning nominations for seven Academy Awards in 1961. (Dir. J. Lee Thompson 1961)
Michael Kitchen stars as the thoughtful and enigmatic Chief Superintendent Foyle. England is in the grip of the Second World War and Foyle is anxious to join the war effort. However his applications have been repeatedly turned down and he returns home to the South Coast feeling frustrated and guilty. It soon becomes apparent that his detective skills are vitally needed on the home front. Fifty Ships: September 1940. An American millionaire a German spy an old flame and a bo
Made In Britain Tim Roth made an unforgettable screen debut as the tattooed contemptuous racist Trevor. Made In Britain depicts his relationship with Harry and the reasons behind his violence with documentary-style naturalism. Filmed on location in London Made In Britain is one of the most memorable feature-length TV dramas of the 1980s. Prick Up Your Ears Joe Orton was one of the 1960s golden boys from working class Leicester lad to national celebrity from sexual innocent to grinning satyr from penniless student to icon of Swinging London. He became a star by breaking the rules - sexual and theatrical. But while his plays including Loot What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane were hugely successful his private life was sometimes sordid often farcical and ended in tragedy... Meantime A drama which centres on the Pollack family who live in a council house in East London whose lives are affected by unemployment and boredom...
A remote island village... A team of intrepid scientists... A terrifying secret... The mysterious island village of Balfe is experiencing unexplainable phenomena... from grossly oversized sea-life to half-buried bodies in the dark woods to strange Neanderthal like men suffering from a rare disfiguring disease. Is this town afflicted by radioactive waste contaminating their water? Is there a vengeful mutant monster lurking in the woods? Or worse are the townsfolk being punished by an act of God for their past sins? It is up to Dr. Del Shaw and the dedicated scientists at Doomwatch headquarters to discover the cause of these horrific mutations. Infuriating local villagers who cling to their secluded island's survival Dr. Shaw (Ian Bannen) and local school teacher Victoria Brown (Judy Geeson) risk their lives to uncover the truth behind the strange happenings no matter how frightening or dangerous it may be. Based on the British television series of the same name Doomwatch is a haunting telltale film that just might be hazardous to your health!
House on Haunted Hill is one of the new breed of waste-no-time thrill machines, like Deep Blue Sea, and a particularly effective example at that. The plot is pure contrivance: For a party stunt, a wealthy amusement-park manufacturer (Geoffrey Rush) offers five people a million dollars if they spend the night in a former insane asylum where the patients murdered the sadistic staff. But it turns out the five people who arrive aren't the five he invited--did his wife (Famke Janssen), who hates him, make the switch? From there events unfold with a smart combination of human and supernatural machinations; spooky jolts are dispensed at regular, but not entirely predictable, intervals. The visual effects owe a considerable debt to Jacob's Ladder, a much more ambitious movie; House on Haunted Hill just wants to get under your skin, and succeeds more than you'd expect. Rush is his entertainingly hammy self; Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Bridgette Wilson are attractive and reasonably straight-faced about it all; and Chris Kattan is genuinely funny as the house's neurotic owner. Some elements of the plot seem to have been lost in the editing process, but it hardly matters. More bothersome is that the scares go flat when computer effects take over at the end--the digital images just aren't as creepy as the more suggestive stuff that came before. But that's just the very end; most of the movie has a lot of momentum. Watch until the end of the credits for a final bit of eeriness. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
The continuing misadventures of Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies) and Paul Collier (George Layton) see them move further up the promotion ladder but no change in their fondness for slacking off and trying to chat up girls nor in their ability to drive Professor Loftus (Ernest Clark) round the bend. But there's more trouble for the boys in the form of brown-noser Lawrence Bingham (Richard O'Sullivan) who trots about after Loftus in the hope of crawlin
Episodes Comprise: Jane in Search of a Job: Jane Cleveland lands a sought-after job as double for the Grand Duchess of Ostrova during the latter's state visit to England. An attempt is feared on the Duchess' life and when Jane is framed for a theft events become ever more complicated. Can she clear her name and who is trying to kill the Duchess? The Manhood of Edward Robinson: Prim and proper yet a romantic dreamer Edward Robinson leads a rather dull life with his domineering girlfriend and uninspiring job. His quiet dull life ends when he wins some money in a newspaper contest and he embarks on an adventure that even he never dreamed of.
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