Two more enthralling investigations for Sherlock Holmes ever assisted by his sturdy sidekick Dr Watson.
In a way, Scarlet Street is a remake. It's taken from a French novel, La Chienne (literally, "The Bitch") that was first filmed by Jean Renoir in 1931. Renoir brought to the sordid tale all the colour and vitality of Montmartre; Fritz Lang's version shows us a far harsher and bleaker world. The film replays the triangle set-up from Lang's previous picture, The Woman in the Window, with the same three actors. Once again, Edward G Robinson plays a respectable middle-aged citizen snared by the charms of Joan Bennett's streetwalker, with Dan Duryea as her low-life pimp. But this time around, all three characters have moved several notches down the ethical scale. Robinson, who in the earlier film played a college professor who kills by accident, here becomes a downtrodden clerk with a nagging, shrewish wife and unfilled ambitions as an artist, a man who murders in a jealous rage. Bennett is a mercenary vamp, none too bright, and Duryea brutal and heartless. The plot closes around the three of them like a steel trap. This is Lang at his most dispassionate. Scarlet Street is a tour de force of noir filmmaking, brilliant but ice-cold. When it was made the film hit censorship problems, since at the time it was unacceptable to show a murder going unpunished. Lang went out of his way to show the killer plunged into the mental hell of his own guilt, but for some authorities this still wasn't enough, and the film was banned in New York State for being "immoral, indecent and corrupt". Not that this did its box-office returns any harm at all. On the DVD: sparse pickings. There's an interactive menu that zips past too fast to be of much use. The full-length commentary by Russell Cawthorne adds the occasional insight, but it's repetitive and not always reliable. (He gets actors' names wrong, for a start.) The box claims the print's been "fully restored and digitally remastered", but you'd never guess. --Philip Kemp
From best-selling author Lynda La Plante, comes three powerful, gripping tales of murder and intrigue with two beating hearts. Kelly Reilly is DC Anna Travis, assigned to her first case under the watchful eye of DCI James Langton (Ciarn Hinds). Together they will undertake a journey that will bring them closer together than either will expect, and risk tearing their lives and careers apart.In Above Suspicion, the case involves seven brutal and shocking murders that have taken place over six years; prostitutes and drug users, some more innocent than others, all victims of a man Travis must get dangerously close to. Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia finds the body of a young woman, sadistically mutilated and drained of blood similar to the unsolved 1940s LA murder dubbed the ‘Black Dahlia’. Who cares enough to recreate a killing from the past, and why? Above Suspicion 3: Deadly Intent starts with a shoot-out in a drug-den, but soon becomes a hunt for one of the world’s most-wanted; a man who will do anything and sacrifice almost anyone to stay free.Special Features: Cast & Crew Interviews Behind the Scenes Lynda La Plante interview Lynda La Plante Biography Photo Gallery Cast Filmographies Subtitles on Above Suspicion 3: Deadly Intent
Miller's Crossing: The year is 1929. The place is a gangster-ridden American city run by Leo (Albert Finney). But the real power lies with Tom (Gabriel Byrne) the power behind the man. Their friendship is severed when they both fall in love with the same woman (Marcia Gay Harden) and a bloody gang war erupts... Road To Perdition: Two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan a father fighting to keep his only son from traveling the Road To Perditio
The Greatest Survival Story Of All Time. Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure recounts the extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914- 1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition which many consider ""the greatest survival story of all time."" This expedition has become a testament to heroism and human endurance with all 28 men surviving nearly two years in the barren frigid Antarctic when their ship the Endurance was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed.
Based on the classic ghost story, The Woman In Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps begins to uncover the town's tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest.
Volume 3 of a stunning collection of live blues recordings from Buddy Guys' 'Legends' club in Chicago recorded in 1994. Buddy Guy's Legends has become as celebrated as its namesake for providing Chicago with the highest quality blues talent to be seen anywhere. From the Monday jam sessions to the constant flow of world-class talent weekends Legends is a required stop for soul-stirring Blues and barbeque. Chicago Blues Jam brings you a slice of this legendary stage with interviews and commentary by Buzz Kilman. George Baze: A Tribute to Muddy Waters: Another fixture of the Chicago blues scene George has played guitar with local greats like James Cotton and Muddy Waters and was the lead guitarist for Junior Wells' band for over 10 years. George is joined by the local legends like Roy Hytower Pistol Pete and John Katke as 'Legends' celebrates what would have been Muddy Waters' 79th birthday. You won't want to miss these great musicians as they reminisce and perform some Muddy Waters classics on this very special Chicago Blues Jam. Guest musicians include: Bob Hawkes Harmonica Hinds Kevin Johnston Dave Rice Orlando Wright G'Force and Robert 'Duke Blues' Kelley.
When Ambition Meets Faith A brutal bloody and gripping saga of obsession corruption and poisonous greed; Paul Thomas Anderson's Award Winning There Will Be Blood is a masterly unwavering inspection of a consummately evil man whose trailblazing spirit is equalled only by his murderous ambition. In the dying years of the nineteenth century Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) a struggling silver miner realises that true wealth lies in oil extraction. Driven by a passionate hatred for others and an intense psychological need to see competitors fail he heads for the oil-rich land of California in a bid to manipulate and exploit the landowners of dust-worn Little Boston in to selling him their properties. Forefront of the town is self-styled 'faith healer' Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) who is structuring his own sinister plan to funnel the residents' impending wealth into his self-founded church. As Plainview's empire expands so does his obsession with the intrinsic value of power and he becomes increasingly irascible and paranoid along the way. What follows is a vindictive ruthless and violent chain of events as Plainview fails to deliver on promises as he pits himself against the town's perturbed and unstable charismatic teenage preacher. In addition to stunning visuals and an exceptional captivating score from accomplished composer (and Radiohead guitarist) Jonny Greenwood director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) owes his best work to date to the incredible Academy Award winning performance as Plainview by Daniel Day-Lewis and the staggering portrayal of Eli Sunday by Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine). Bearing similarities to Citizen Kane and Giant There Will Be Blood is an intelligent thought-provoking and powerfully-eccentric epic masterpiece that is as enchanting as it is timeless.
This cool new feature-length DVD will suck in all Hip Hop non-believers with its sheer power and vibrant mix of material a fresh blend of some of the finest tracks from both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring tracks from Roots Manuva Rodney P Braintax Ice feat. LA The Darkman from the Wu-Tang-Clan and Chuck D from Public Enemy. Plus exclusive sets by Taskforce Mixologists Fredi Kruga Karl Hinds and Killa Kela feat. Mista Normski.
No Rules. After a deadly security breach in the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) the FBI ask for help from the Miami authorities who are not part of the compromised group. This assignment goes to Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs (Foxx). Going undercover as offshore boat racers and outlaw smugglers Sonny Burnett and Rico Cooper they take on the narcotrafficking network of the mysterious Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono and his Cuban Chinese banker Isabella (Gong Li) where the intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge. Identity and fabrication become blurred cop and player become one... Writer/director Michael Mann returns to the iconic 1980s series which he co-created. While the white Ferrari Testarossa Jan Hammer synthesizer music and fashion excess may have been left behind with original duo Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas Colin Farrell and Mann regular Jamie Foxx are more than a match in the new bigger louder and just as thrilling big screen outing for Crockett and Tubbs!
In a way, Scarlet Street is a remake. It's taken from a French novel, La Chienne (literally, "The Bitch") that was first filmed by Jean Renoir in 1931. Renoir brought to the sordid tale all the colour and vitality of Montmartre; Fritz Lang's version shows us a far harsher and bleaker world. The film replays the triangle set-up from Lang's previous picture, The Woman in the Window, with the same three actors. Once again, Edward G Robinson plays a respectable middle-aged citizen snared by the charms of Joan Bennett's streetwalker, with Dan Duryea as her low-life pimp. But this time around, all three characters have moved several notches down the ethical scale. Robinson, who in the earlier film played a college professor who kills by accident, here becomes a downtrodden clerk with a nagging, shrewish wife and unfilled ambitions as an artist, a man who murders in a jealous rage. Bennett is a mercenary vamp, none too bright, and Duryea brutal and heartless. The plot closes around the three of them like a steel trap. This is Lang at his most dispassionate. Scarlet Street is a tour de force of noir filmmaking, brilliant but ice-cold. When it was made the film hit censorship problems, since at the time it was unacceptable to show a murder going unpunished. Lang went out of his way to show the killer plunged into the mental hell of his own guilt, but for some authorities this still wasn't enough, and the film was banned in New York State for being "immoral, indecent and corrupt". Not that this did its box-office returns any harm at all. On the DVD: sparse pickings. There's an interactive menu that zips past too fast to be of much use. The full-length commentary by Russell Cawthorne adds the occasional insight, but it's repetitive and not always reliable. (He gets actors' names wrong, for a start.) The box claims the print's been "fully restored and digitally remastered", but you'd never guess. --Philip Kemp
Three thrilling films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer including The Rock Bad Company and Veronica Guerin.
Miami Vice: After a deadly security breach in the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) the FBI ask for help from the Miami authorities who are not part of the compromised group. This assignment goes to Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs (Foxx). Going undercover as offshore boat racers and outlaw smugglers Sonny Burnett and Rico Cooper they take on the narcotrafficking network of the mysterious Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono and his Cuban Chinese banker Isabella (Gong Li) where the intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge. Identity and fabrication become blurred cop and player become one... Writer/director Michael Mann returns to the iconic 1980s series which he co-created. While the white Ferrari Testarossa Jan Hammer synthesizer music and fashion excess may have been left behind with original duo Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas Colin Farrell and Mann regular Jamie Foxx are more than a match in the new bigger louder and just as thrilling big screen outing for Crockett and Tubbs! Scarface: Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire...
Enjoy the ultimate Race to Witch Mountain experience anytime, anywhere on Blu-ray and DVD Combi pack. On Blu-ray, Disney's fun family action-adventure is turbocharged with spectacular picture and sound.
The ultimate in inner terror! Frank Carveth is afraid. Afraid of his ex-wife's sanity fearful for the effects of her influence on their six-year-old daughter and ultimately fearful for his own life. His daughter's teacher Ruth is attacked by two misshapen children in her kindergarden class leading Carveth to unravel the connections between a series of murders his relationship with his ex-wife a radical psychotherapy cult and the mysterious Dr. Raskin. As the menace of
We all need heroes Set in a divided Belfast in 1970 this is the story of two boys whose friendship breaks down the barriers. Based on Owen McCafferty's acclaimed play it tells the tale of two kindred spirits obsessed with 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and how this infatuation leads them from fantasies into petty crime. The two boys play at becoming their heroes gaining the courage against all the odds for a daring escape to Australia. This heart warming comedy intro
In Nome Alaska miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
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