When author Paul Sheldon suffers a car accident in a blizzard he thanks his lucky stars that nurse Annie Wilkes was on hand. That is until he discovers that she's his number one fan and has no intention of ever letting him go...
Michael Caine stars in this 60s classic as the leader of a team of thieves who plan to use minis to help them perform the heist of the century.
'If you're angry you know you're still alive!' The fondly remembered BBC sitcom Waiting for God finally makes its way to DVD. Former photo-journalist Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole) and Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden) are a pair of geriatric delinquents residing in the Bayview Retirement Village under the ambitious eye of Harvey Bains manager and proprietor. The declining duo spend their time sniping at a world where the young are revered and the elderly are held in cont
'If you're angry you know you're still alive!' The complete third series of the fondly remembered BBC sitcom Waiting for God in which Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole) a resident of the Bayview Retirement Home is determined not to grow old gracefully... Episodes Comprise: 1. The Funeral 2. Two Nasty Children 3. Looking For Work 4. Harvey's Fiancee 5. The Estate Agent 6. Scandal 7. Sabotage 8. Politics 9. Sleeping Pills 10. Great Aunt Diana
""If you're angry you know you're still alive!"" The complete fourth series of the fondly remembered BBC sitcom Waiting for God in which Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole) a resident of the Bayview Retirement Home is determined not to grow old gracefully... Episodes Comprise: 1. Financial Difficulties 2. Living Together 3. Living In Miserable Sin 4. Shelves 5. The Seance 6. The Promotional Video 7. Adult Education 8. Sent To Coventry 9. Waterworks 10. The Conference 11. Another Christmas At Bayview (Special)
'If you're angry you know you're still alive!' The complete second series of the fondly remembered BBC sitcom Waiting for God. Episodes Comprise: 1. Counselling For The Dying 2. The Partition 3. Daisy Takes Charge 4. The Thief 5. Tell The Truth 6. The Hip Operation 7. Glamorous Grannies 8. Foreign Workers 9. Young People
Denzel Washington adopts a British accent for the grim if compelling, 1989 social drama, For Queen and Country. Akin in mood and story to several American films (notably Rolling Thunder) about Vietnam veterans who return home to face indifference or hostility, For Queen and Country stars Washington as paratrooper Reuben James, a decorated veteran of the Falklands war and Britain's occupation of Northern Ireland. Returning to civilian life in the early '80s, Reuben discovers Thatcher's England (specifically London's East End) to be an intensely racist, violent ground for class warfare, crime, and drugs. Unable to find work, hassled by white cops, pressured by old mates to run afoul of the law, and rejected by a woman (Amanda Redman) who sees him as another product of a cruel and bloody era, Reuben's hope diminishes despite efforts to do the right thing. The downbeat, predictable drama is elevated by Washington's charismatic performance. --Tom Keogh
Episodes Comprise: The Astonished Heart Quest for Love The Young Lovers Always A Bride
Much as he loves his post-'Stones blues 'n' roots supergroup, the quiet bassist is content to remain just that in Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, captured in the studios of the German TV music programme Ohne Filter--Musik Pur ("Unfiltered pure music"--snappy, or what?). The musicians give a good account of a selection from the band's recorded output; look out in particular for the excellent "Walking One and Only", "Anyway the Wind Blows" and the stonking workout at the end of the concert. BWRK includes Graham Bond, Gary Brooker, Georgie Fame, Albert Lee, Wyman's songwriting partner Terry Taylor plus various other players, all of whom clearly love what they're doing. Fame seems to be the frontman a lot of the time, a role which suits him, so it's too easy to forget that it's the little chap with the tiny hands somewhere behind him who's responsible for this classy little unit. On the DVD: Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings on disc offers standard TV 4:3 picture but a choice of sound formats (Dolby 5.1 or 2.0 and PCM Stereo) and has various extras including artist biographies, a self-congratulatory interview with the show's producer and a rather pompous account of the label's recording techniques. --Roger Thomas
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