Powerful international business associates have recommended Robert Elliot (James Coburn) as a special advisor to the White House. But there's a problem. Elliot has a very dirty past. He's been running a business espionage ring - and if the truth ever came out Elliot would be finished. Now everyone working for Elliot must die to ensure their silence. Everyone and Elliot can't be implicated in the murders. Somehow they must be convinced to kill each other - and all in one single bloody night...
Prolific British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson weaves this small, evocative tale of young life at the crossroads in early 1960s Northern England. A rough, sullen young man (Richard Harris) working in the local coal mines begins to make a name for himself as a star rugby player, but even as he begins to fall in love he cannot escape the harsh realities of the bleak life around him. The rugby sequences in the film are striking, but no more so than the depiction of downtrodden people living in the shadow of industry and corruption that too often crushes their spirit. Harris in one of his first roles, is remarkably effective as an unlikeable but sympathetic figure trying against hope to savour the small joys life has to offer, and the film also features the debut of renowned actress Glenda Jackson. One of a series of working-class, character-driven British imports, This Sporting Life is one of the best on the field. --Robert Lane
This is the story of Harry Niall Zayn Louis and Liam; five boys from the UK who are taking the world by storm. One Direction are a global phenomenon spearheading a 'British Invasion' of America not seen for fifty years. From their explosive first appearance on 'The X Factor' to becoming the hottest boy band on the planet 'Reaching for the stars' features previously unseen footage from the boy's world tour and concerts. Interviews with industry experts explore what really makes these teen idols tick and as this pop fairy-tale unfolds we ask 'what's next?' for the boys who seem to have it all. Chart topping hits 'What Makes You Beautiful' 'Live While We're Young' 'Kiss You' and 'Little Things' are all featured making this a 'must have' DVD for 1D fans all over the world.
Hit American sitcom Will and Grace is as perky as Friends and as wittily urbane as Frasier. The premise concerns Will (Eric McCormack), a mildly uptight lawyer who agrees to let his best friend, interior designer Grace (Debra Messing), to become his flatmate. Their relationship has all the hallmarks of lovers--emotional dependency, little things that get on each others' nerves, strong mutual interests and volcanic arguments. The only snag is that while Grace is straight, Will is gay. Though not shy of poking sharp fun at that situation, Will and Grace is among sitcom's most potent and sophisticated antidotes to homophobia. Though initially a little too pleased with its own camp pertness, the show grows and grows on you with successive episodes, finally becoming indispensable. It also benefits from secondary characters Jack (Sean P Hayes) and Karen (Megan Mullally), also gay and straight respectively, both outrageously and hilariously irresponsible characters: he a free spirit and freeloader, shes "working" as Grace's assistant, even though she doesn't need the money, having married it. Despite its diamond and rapid-fire punch-lines, Will and Grace conveys enough sense of the main characters' lovelorn predicament to prevent it from becoming too cute.--David Stubbs
Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) a street-smart self-made millionaire from the Bronx. Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) an upper-crust member of the British establishment. As opposite as two men can possibly be together they're The Persuaders! Moving throughout the glittering capitals of Europe they are the seekers of justice in an unjust world. Episode 3 - Five Miles to Midnight: An assassin kills an Italian underworld boss. He cuts a deal with authorities for a reduced sentence by exposing a crime syndicate but first Danny and Brett must get him out of the country alive. Episode 4 - The Gold Napoleon: Someone takes a shot at Danny or was it the women next to him? The woman is a talented artist who created moulds to make replica Napoleon coins for her ageing uncle. Episode 5 - Take Seven: Danny and Brett find it dangerously explosive when trying to help an attractive heiress whose long-missing brother apparently has a rightful claim to the estate she has inherited. Episode 6 - Greensleeves: Greensleeves the derelict Sinclair family mansion is supposed to be unoccupied but Brett discovers by chance that someone is living in it and is required to impersonate himself to get to the heart of the mystery.
The Simpsons are back... Join the residents of Springfield for the eleventh season of the classic animated series.
JOEY BOY While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. But police stage a lightning raid and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside! Starring HARRY H. CORBETT, STANLEY BAXTER, BILL FRASER, PERCY HERBERT and LANCE PERCIVAL 1965 | 1.66:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 88 mins | Cert PG OPERATION BULLSHINE A group of Auxiliary Territorial Service girls are stationed at an anti-aircraft post on the English coast along with the handsome lieutenant in charge of the battery and his wife (a fellow-ATS girl who's none too happy about her husband's latest posting!). Starring DONALD SINDEN, BARBARA MURRAY, CAROLE LESLEY, RONALD SHINER and NAUNTON WAYNE 1959 | 1.66:1 | Colour | Mono | English | 81 mins | Cert PG JOSSER IN THE ARMY Serial bungler Tommy Josser gets caught up in military escapades during wartime! Our hapless hero masquerades as a German general and unmasks a spy but ends up getting captured! Starring ERNEST LOTINGA, JACK FROST, HAL GORDON, HAROLD WILKINSON and ARNOLD BELL 1932 | 1.33:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 75 mins | Cert U ON THE FIDDLE Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF! Starring ALFRED LYNCH, SEAN CONNERY, CECIL PARKER, STANLEY HOLLOWAY and ALAN KING 1961 | 1.66:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 93 mins | Cert PG
The Women Of Brewster Place is a gripping and loving group portrait of seven women whose backs are literally against the wall: a surrounding wall whose brick facade has turned the address of Brewster Place into both a real and symbolic dead end. It is a street overflowing with tales of courage and anguish. For the women who call this home (played by Oprah Winfrey Robin Givens and Cicely Tyson among others) Brewster Place is a source of conflicts amid the dark and overcrowded tenements. Despite their different backgrounds these women are ultimately united in a single act of courage against the walls of racism sexism and violence in a stirring climax.
Cars That Ate Paris (Dir. Peter Weir 1974): Peter Weir's first film is a surreal and fantastic horror. An outstanding hit at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and a landmark in Australian film-making it remains a cult classic. On the outskirts of the small town of Paris cars crash with alarming regularity. Arthur (Terry Camilleri) survives one such accident and becomes a prisoner of Paris although he's unaware of his predicament as the town has provided him with something he's never had - a family. But these crashes are far from accidents. The townspeople have been laying traps for passing traffic - the dead are disposed of and the injured are stored for medical experimentation. Paris lives off cars - spare parts are their currency - however the source of their livelihood soon turns against them and the cars have their revenge. The town's youth launch a terrifying attack using their bizarre customised souped-up hot-rods as deadly weapons. The town that lives by the car shall die by the car! Legend Of Hell House (Dir. John Hough 1973): A team consisting of a physicist his wife a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation and solve the mystery of Hell House... Fall Of House Of Usher (Dir. Roger Corman 1960): After a long journey Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one Madeline. Upon arriving however he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady...
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.
A group of eager young Navy pilots become frustrated when their superiors enact a non-combat strategy against the Japanese. To make matters worse the pilots must answer to a rigid unyielding commander (Ameche). Against all odds the men fly into action in the decisive Battle of Midway. Nominated for a 1944 Best Original Screenplay Oscar this stunning war drama uses actual combat footage to tell its engrossing story.
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.
One of the highest rated sitcoms of the 1970s attracting 16 million viewers at the peak of its popularity Love Thy Neighbour explores the culture clash between black and white neighbours Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker) and Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst). This release features episodes one and two of Series One.
Christmas With The Simpsons Episode titles: Simpsons Roasting On An open Fire Mr Plow Miracle On Evergreen Terrace Grift Of The Magi She Of Little Faith. Bart Wars Episode titles: Mayored To The Mob Dog Of Death The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson Marge Be Not Proud.
When a carefree playboy (John Payne) joins the Marine Corps he tests the skill and patience of the tough veteran sergeant (Randolph Scott) who tries to whip him into a real Marine. But as his training proceeds the recruit's cocky selfishness is replaced by selfless valour and he eventually earns the love of a beautiful Navy nurse (Maureen O'Hara). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 'To The Shores Of Tripoli' was shot with the co-operation of the US Marine
Jaws 2: Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is walking his beach beat a few years on from the horrible shark attacks on Amity Island. A missing diver's camera shows what looks like a shark fin but Amitys cowardly Mayor (Murray Hamilton) plays down the incident. Brody raises a panicky false alarm from his observation tower and is fired for it. Suddenly the new killer shark attacks a group of small boats manned by teenagers which include his own sons... (Dir. Jeannot Szwarc 1978) Jaws 3: The brand new Sea World complex in Florida offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the sea-bed. All seems well until a thirty-five foot Great White shark appears on the scene..... (Dir. Joe Alves 1982) Jaws 4: Lorraine Gary repeats her role of Ellen Brody widow of Chief Martin Brody in this suspenseful sequel starring Oscar-winner Michael Caine. After Deputy Sean Brody is killed by a shark off Amity Island she joins her other son Michael a marine biologist his wife Carla and their daughter Thea in the Bahamas. There she falls for Hoagie a carefree pilot and starts putting her life back together - until a Great White threatens Thea and Ellen knows she has no choice but to face her fear in a final fatal showdown... (Dir. Jospeh Sargent 1987)
The breakup of a Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr Frederic Forrest) on the 4th of July leads them both to a night on the strip in pursuit of their romantic fantasies (Raul Julia Nastassia Kinski). But in this town of gamblers and dreamers should they bet it all on dreams or give true love another roll of the dice? Featuring breathtaking design show stopping set-pieces the stunning photography of Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now The Last Emperor) and accompanied by the Oscar-nomina
Titles Comprise: Queen Of Hearts: Grace Perkins (Gracie Fields) an ordinary working class seamstress is mistaken for a rich patron of the arts. When she's asked to back a new show Grace plays along with the charade hoping that she can become the production's leading lady. When the show opens Grace is a huge hit and becomes a glamorous star. A riotous musical comedy made at the absolute height of Fields' popularity Queen Of Hearts once again pairs Fields with leading man John Loder (Sing As We Go Love Life and Laughter). The film was directed by Monty Banks - who would later go on to be Gracie Fields' second husband - and its story apes Fields' own path from working-class girl to megastar. A feel-good gem. Look Up And Laugh: In what is widely regarded as her finest performance Gracie Fields plays Gracie Pearson - a singer-comedienne who is determined to save her local market from being demolished to make way for a department store. As time runs out Gracie rallies the stall-keepers together through a series of ever-more-hilarious schemes to save their livelihoods. Like Sing As You Go Look Up And Laugh was written by renowned novelist J. B. Priestley and directed by Basil Dean. Featuring an early performance from Vivien Leigh (Gone With The Wind) the film is also the big screen debut of much-loved actor Kenneth More (The 39 Steps). Packed with gags songs and showstopping set-pieces Look Up And Laugh is Gracie Fields at her very best.
Before HD there was Super 8; before Independent film there was Underground Cinema and in the late 1970's and 80's, downtown Manhattan was the epicentre of a new kind of explosive, raw and confrontational filmmaking that bore witness to the rising East Village art and No Wave music scenes and the birth of hip hop. Filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, Beth B, Lizzie Borden and Amos Poe captured New York's gritty vibrance with dissonant tales and deadpan humour. Blank City tells their story and succeeds in capturing the glorious and grungy creative energy of another age, illustrated by extraordinary footage of their early work and the derelict landscapes of the Lower East Side. Interviews with Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Steve Buscemi, Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, Thurston Moore and Lydia Lunch explore how a group of young visionaries pooled resources to create a DIY film movement that had a major influence on independent film today. Special Features: 50 minutes of bonus features - Director Interview Out-takes Deleted and Extended Scenes Trailer
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
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