Writer Peter Mayle's autobiographical adventurous account of the first year he and his wife spent in Provence is brought wonderfully to life in this BBC adaptation starring John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan. Having decided to leave their jobs London and the rat race behind them the Mayles head of to the South of France seduced by the prospect of the idyllic countryside the simple rural way of life great food fine wines and sun. However everything is not quite as they imagined it to be and one comic situation follows another as they brave mistral winds truffle season and mafia involvement while a succession of colourful characters constantly interrupt their plan for a quiet life...
A seemingly squeaky-clean TV reverend and a porno magazine king are suspected of operating a crime-ridden cult. Joe Fridays nephew and his hip partner are given the task of proving these allegations with just the facts...
Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose from his world or the world from which Penelope lives by.
In this rousing celebration of love and laughter in America's heartland each member of the Frake family is up for a different prize when they attend their state fair: Father wants a blue ribbon for his favorite pig first prize (and only first prize) will do for Mom's entry in the pie-baking contest and for their son and daughter the hunt is on for true love...
This comedy sketch show features parodies of the home lives of famous Hollywood couples. Stars lampooned include David and Victoria Beckham George Michael Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas Jude Law and Sadie Frost and many more.
Of all the Philip Marlowes, Robert Mitchum's in Farewell, My Lovely resonates most deeply. That's because this is Marlowe past his prime, and Mitchum imbues Raymond Chandler's legendary private detective with a sense of maturity as well as a melancholy spirit. And yet there is plenty of Mitchum's renowned self-deprecating humour and charismatic charm to remind us of his own iconic presence. As in the previous 1944 film version, Murder, My Sweet, Marlowe searches all over L.A. for the elusive girlfriend of ex-con Moose Malloy, a loveable giant who might as well be King Kong. In typical Chandler fashion, the weary Marlowe uncovers a hotbed of lust, corruption and betrayal. Like Malloy, he's disillusioned by it all, despite his tough exterior, and possesses a tinge of sentimentality for the good old days. About the only current dream he can hold onto is Joe DiMaggio and his fabulous hitting streak. Made in 1975, a year after Chinatown (shot by the same cinematographer, John Alonzo), Farewell, My Lovely is more straightforward and nostalgic, but still possesses a requisite hard-boiled edge, and the best kind of angst the 1970s had to offer. (By the way, you will notice Sylvester Stallone in a rather violent cameo, a year before his Rocky breakthrough.) --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com
What it lacks in grandeur, this 1978 TV version of The Four Feathers makes up for in fidelity to AEW Mason's classic novel. By cannibalising the superior 1939 production for epic shots and sequences, this modest adaptation draws attention to its meagre production values, relying heavily on casting and chemistry to compensate. That it succeeds, more or less, in capturing the essence of Mason's grand adventure is largely due to the appeal of Beau Bridges and Jane Seymour in the prime of their early careers. (Bridges' film career was gaining momentum; Seymour would rise from here to the similarly romantic Somewhere in Time.) Bridges is the shamed soldier Harry Faversham, transcending cowardice by rescuing his closest friends during Britain's bloody campaign in 1870s Sudan; Seymour is his beloved back home, torn between Harry and the seemingly braver Jack (Robert Powell). TV veteran Don Sharp provides tepid direction, while screenwriter Gerald DiPego would continue his prolific career for decades to come. --Jeff Shannon
A womanising cowboy and former deputy sheriff is taken in by a Quaker family after being wounded in a fight...
Sid the Sexist: Sidney Smutt is a smooth talking sex machine a lady killing hard man who can drink anyone under the table... or so he thinks. Meet Sid Baz Bob and Joe on their adventures as they paint Newcastle red and jet off to sunny Spain in search of love excitement and a truly satisfying takeaway. Oh Lordy! It's The Fat Slags - 3 Saucy Adventures: Here it is. Raunchier than a Swedish rabbit and bluer than a baboon's arse. The two and only Fat Slags burst on
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: No film in history has captured the world's imagination like Walt Disney's first full-length animated masterpiece. Through Astonishing Blu-ray... high definition technology experience this timeless classic in its most spectacular presentation ever! With an all-new state-of-the-art digital restoration and Disney Enhanced High Definition sound the breathtaking animation and unforgettable music of the most revered Disney film of all time will enthral you like never before! Join the beautiful princess Snow White as she escapes her jealous stepmother the queen and befriends a lovable group of dwarfs. But when she falls under the queen's wicked spell only true love's kiss can save her. Tangled: Disney presents a new twist on one of the most hilarious and hair-raising tales ever told. Your whole family will get tangled up in the fun excitement and adventure of this magical motion picture. When the kingdom's most wanted - and most charming - bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower - 70 feet of magical golden hair! Together the unlikely duo sets off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes laughter and suspense. Let your hair down and get ready to cheer for Tangled!
Star Stories the Comedy Award-winning series from the makers of Peep Show presses its nose against the steamy window of fame. Recreating the bust-ups love-ins and fall-outs of major league celebrities Star Stories is a hilarious romp through the stories behind the tabloid splashes. In each episode a different celebrity is put under the microscope in a sacrilegious biopic of their lives to date. But these are the stories our stars would never want anyone to see.
A womanising cowboy and former deputy sheriff is taken in by a Quaker family after being wounded in a fight...
Star Stories the Comedy Award-winning series from the makers of Peep Show presses its nose against the steamy window of fame. Recreating the bust-ups love-ins and fall-outs of major league celebrities Star Stories is a hilarious romp through the stories behind the tabloid splashes. It reveals the warts and all revelations of the personal dramas behind the tabloid representation of celebrity figures such as Posh & Becks Take That Madonna & Guy Ritchie Britney Spears Catherine Zeta Jones & Michael Douglas and Simon Cowell. It's packed with the latest celebrity news the hottest lurrrve tips and the juiciest gossip the stars do not want published! Discover who really wears the trousers in Madonna's house why Take That really split up and why George Michael is the most influential artist of the Twentieth Century! In each episode a different celebrity is put under the microscope in a sacrilegious biopic of their lives to date. But these are the stories our stars would never want anyone to see.
This film springs from a long-neglected script by the late John Cassavetes. The script was directed by his son Nick and stars Sean Penn, who was set to star before the elder Cassavetes died. Penn plays Eddie, an alcoholic ne'er-do-well who loves his young wife Maureen (Robin Wright Penn) too much. When she is brutalised by a neighbour, Eddie goes nuts--and lands in a mental hospital for 10 years. When he is freed, he finds Maureen remarried to contractor Joey (John Travolta), with whom she has two children. But Eddie's love is too strong not to draw him back to her and make one final plea for her affection. A great showcase for all of the actors involved (the cast includes James Gandolfini, Harry Dean Stanton and Gena Rowlands), with a particularly fine performance by Sean Penn. The film has the make-it-up-as-you-go feeling of John Cassavetes's work, as well as the kind of naked emotions that were his hallmark.--Marshall Fine
Star Stories the Comedy Award-winning series from the makers of Peep Show presses its nose against the steamy window of fame. Recreating the bust-ups love-ins and fall-outs of major league celebrities Star Stories is a hilarious romp through the stories behind the tabloid splashes. It reveals the warts and all revelations of the personal dramas behind the tabloid representation of celebrity figures such as Posh & Becks Take That Madonna & Guy Ritchie Britney Spears Catherine Zeta Jones & Michael Douglas and Simon Cowell. It's packed with the latest celebrity news the hottest lurrrve tips and the juiciest gossip the stars do not want published! Discover who really wears the trousers in Madonna's house why Take That really split up and why George Michael is the most influential artist of the Twentieth Century! In each episode a different celebrity is put under the microscope in a sacrilegious biopic of their lives to date. But these are the stories our stars would never want anyone to see.
Gunslinger Quirt Evans is injured and found by Penelope Wirth and her father Thomas a Quaker family with values and a way of living in contrast to Quirt Evans'. Quirt and Penelope are drawn to each other although Quirt has no intention of embracing the Quaker lifestyle. He does however intervene to conivince a rancher to restore their water supply even if the family would not have approved of his methods... Evans' rival Laredo Stevens is unimpressed with the new peaceful Qu
Unable to live with her mother Berit (Nine-Christine Jnsson) is institutionalised for many years. When she is released from the institution she ends up on the streets of the harbour slums of Gothenburg and is forced to take a job. The job is conditional on her living with her mother and she is a young woman in deep suicidal despair. One night she escapes her mother's overbearing apartment to go to a dance and in an effort to lighten her spirits she meets a sailor and tells her new
Writer-director Theodoros Bafaloukos responded to Jamaica's siren call all the way over in Greece and came to the island to make this 1977 movie about a band of Rasta men/Robin Hoods getting their own back at the expense of those perennial bloodsuckers, the "uptown top rankings", as men of money and position are called in Jamaica. The reggae star-studded cast is undoubtedly the movie's most rewarding feature, though some fans have objected to the demeaning sight of the incomparable late singer Jacob Miller threatening a friend with a knife over a purloined chicken leg or the equally great singer Gregory Isaacs exacting chump change for unlocking a tourist's rental car. However, these and other great reggae figures are also seen here in full and glorious performance at their peak. In fact, this film provides our only extended visual record of Miller's kinetic performance style and one of the best pieces of footage on Isaacs. Although Rockers doesn't approach the multi-layered complexity of The Harder They Come and it does betray a little superiority now and then to its characters, there are plenty of laughs as well as insights into life at the time for Jamaica's growing Rastafarian movement. Drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace makes an unlikely though quintessentially Jamaican leading man as he moves between wooing the rich man's virginal daughter and making pit stops at the shack he shares with his wife and children. His band of accomplices is priceless, and the scene in which each struts in his own "stylee" to Peter Tosh's "Stepping Razor" is alone worth the price. --Elena Oumano
If a witness wants protection or somebody needs to disappear it's Jason Price who erases their identities and Price's Daedalus Network can lose them for good. But a ruthless contract infiltrates the network blowing their security. Now no one is safe...
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