A 62 minutes live concert filmed at Johnny Fox's pub in Dublin! This traditional Irish group from the Clarinbridge Co. Galway got their name from a reel called The Shaskeen. Formed way back in 70's London Shaskeen play a fire brand style of Traditional Irish Music reminiscent of a house set dance seen back in Ireland before the introduction of television.
Gerry Anderson's classic sci-fi series. The operatives of the secret Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (S.H.A.D.O.) defend the earth from extra-terrestrials who are abducting humans to obtain their organs which can be transplanted into their own bodies... Episodes include: Sub-smash The Sound Of Silence The Cat With Ten Lives
An illicit rendezvous discovered in a park initially appears to be a clear case of adultery but on closer inspection a darker picture develops. A man abuses his position of trust to recruit young girls into his religious sect. Morality is turned on its head when an innocent young girl is 'punished' for the wrong doings of her 'priest'. Bearing all the symbolism of the serpent rearing its ugly head in the Garden of Eden a world of religious fanaticism hypocrisy and perversity unfolds. Appearances can be deceptive as Fitz attempts to unearth the most sinister truths behind the religious faade with spine-chilling consequences.
Cecil B. De Mille's Carmen
In a rundown coastal town things are not all they seem. Housewives illicitly role-play as chat show hosts and Olympic champions romance books are being defaced in the local library and a pyromaniac dwarf psychic reads palms at a bus stop. It's business as usual in Horton-Le-Hole the irregularly beating heart of the North East where Dresden Sherpherdesses rule and pit bull terriers outnumber the residents... Live!Girls! is a unique sitcom/sketch show hybrid blending Barratt - housed character comedy and sublime story-telling with an off-beat twist.
The last of the original Andy Hardy films which had seen fifteen releases in nine years sees Andy (Mickey Rooney) return home from the Second World War and enrol into college. As he also wishes to rekindle his relationship with Kay Wilson (Bonita Granville) he selects the same college as she is attending for his higher education hoping it will also be the path to true love.
Fitz's two worlds collide when one of his students is brutally murdered on a moving train and the girl's grieving parents enlist him to help crack the case. The frenzied nature of the attack convinces the police that this is the work of the notorious 'Sweeney'. When an unconscious blood-soaked man is discovered close to the scene he becomes the prime suspect. Kelly (Adrian Dunbar) claims to be suffering from amnesia and Fitz is given the task of unlocking the dark recesses of his soul in a bid to find the truth.
It's an eventful time of year for Halstead Kansas. The small town is preparing for the annual Independence Day Parade... and a not-so favourite son's release from prison. Matt Kirby has just served seven years on a 'bum rap' for protecting a friend. But instead of celebrating his freedom Matt faces a new set of challenges. His wife Rachel and his family struggle to accept Matt's past and attempt to deal with their own future.
The police believe they have solved the brutal murder of a prostitute when they arrest father of four David Harvey on strong circumstantial evidence. However an identical murder while David is in custody means the team have to decide if they have the wrong man or whether they are dealing with a copycat killer. Meanwhile the death of Fitz's mother drives him into the arms of his wife while Jimmy Beck recently returned from sick leave finally breaks under the strain of work and his own guilt. When he takes the law to the limits he finds Penhaligon staring at him across an unbridgeable gap. Something has to give ...
A fourteen year old boy is found hanging in the local woods. The pathologist's report finds that he was strangled left face down and then strung up. Fitz is brought in to comfort the grieving family and the victim's character is revealed - it appears Tim was a loner and gay. His death has a profound effect on his English teacher Mr Cassidy who makes two unsuccessful suicide attempts. Suspicious of Cassidy's motives and apparent guilt he is brought in for questioning. His relationship with Tim proves to be more than just teacher-pupil and his own sexuality is brought into question. As the investigation proceeds the local community turns lynch mob and Fitz has the terrible burden of trying to find the truth amongst all the madness.
Set in Houston Texas during the 1940's Carrie Watts lives with her hen-pecked son and his controlling wife. Entering the last years of her life she wishes that she could revisit the town of Bountiful the place where she grew up as a child. However her son and his wife are very reluctant to let her go for her health and financial reasons. Carrie decides that an escape attempt is due... Catching a bus to Bountiful she meets and strikes up a conversation with a young woman (Rebecca De Mornay) to whom she recounts the story of her life... Based on Horton Foote's Oscar-nominated screenplay this film features an Oscar-winning performance from Geraldine Page and is available for the first time on DVD!
The investigation into a serial rapist drags Fitz into the murky and emotional world inhabited by both the perpetrators and victims of rape. With the noose tightening in response to details revealed on Fitz's radio programme Penhaligon is raped as she investigates the case. Unsurprisingly her relationship with Fitz undergoes major changes which are only made worse by the return of Fitz's wife Judith to the family home in unexpected circumstances. A knife-edge conclusion tests Fitz to the utmost as his world of domestic disorder is thrown into even deeper disarray.
When a young man with a chronic speech impediment is caught by the police for joyriding Fitz is brought onto the case and recommends a psychological evaluation. However D.S. Beck releases the young man contrary to Fitz's advice and the violent murder of a loan shark in a dark alley marks the beginning of what Fitz considers to be a Bonnie & Clyde style killing spree. A volatile male personality with enough strength to murder a man with his bare hands and a female with the sexual chemistry to lure potential victims to their death. Fitz's success on the professional front contrasts with his own personal failings as the drink and gambling take their toll.
Lover's Prayer is a sweeping tale of an innocent rich boy's (Nick Stahl) infatuation with a beautiful young woman (Kirsten Dunst) who is summering next door. He quickly abandons toys and pastimes for the thrill of her seductive ways. But when he is finally confronted with who she really is and the tangled web she has spun he is forced to become a man and understand that the world is more complicated than he ever suspected. He begins spying on her by day by night and as the truth about her secret scandal is revealed and the identity of her true lover emerges in the summer moonlight he learns through shattered innocence the hardest lessons of life and love.
In South Africa a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system he joins the Indian Congress Party which encourages social change through passive resistance. When his subversive activities land him in jail masses of low-skilled workers strike to support his non-violent yet revolutionary position. Back in India Gandhi renounces the Western way of life and struggles to organize Indian labor against British colonialism. A strike costs many British soldiers their lives so the crown responds by slaughtering 1 500 Indians. Enraged the ascetic spiritual leader continues to preach pacifism until he has lead India out from under the tyranny of British imperialism.
Sex and love and eternity are things we all want and need but when they lead to murder it can only bring tragedy to Stuart Grady and Bill Nash. Fitz is soon pitched against two people who superficially survive as father and son when all the time they need more that ever to admit they love each other. In the background the legacy of Jimmy Beck continues to twist the knife in Fitz's relationship with the traumatised Penhaligon while Fitz's wife Judith desperately tries to cling to the wreckage of her marriage as she realises with awesome clarity the full impact of a new baby on their lives.
Heidi
From Academy award-winning British director John Schlesinger comes a harrowing Hollywood fable about delusion and the dangers of power and lust. Starring Donald Sutherland as the estranged and deeply religious Homer Simpson The Day Of The Locust delves into the murky underbelly of the glamorous lifestyle of pre-war Hollywood telling the story of a young actress and her attempts to become a movie star. Schlesinger's art direction and cinematography (Oscar(tm) nominated) are superbly
This production of Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic paean to the rites of adolescence has been hailed for its beauty, intimacy and good humour. Set in New England in the days of America's innocence, the affectionate comedy presents a young man's coming of age
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