When a parasitic Splinter that turns living people into lethal killers is unleashed on the population it's up to the ill-matched team of a couple and an escaped convict to fight for survival.
Blade: The House of Chthon is the feature length pilot of the television show Blade: The Series which was based on the Blade franchise. Blade: House of Chthon follows Blade (Sticky Fingaz) a unique half-breed with all of the strengths of the vampire species but none of their weaknesses in his quest to destroy the entire vampire population and save humanity. He is joined in his mission by the ruthless and beautiful Krista Starr (Jill Wagner) who is sear
Just My Luck was an important step in the career of Norman Wisdom for several reasons. It's principally notable for the introduction of actor Edward Chapman, whom many would come to know as series regular Mr Grimsdale. Here he's the stuffy foil to Norman's romantic plans regarding his jewel-making job, where he'll do anything to possess some of the wealth about him. The chance comes in the form of an accumulator bet at Goodwood races thanks to a slimy Leslie Phillips. Another star cameo of note was a second appearance by Margaret Rutherford (after Trouble in Store) as an eccentric animal owner. But the real advance with the Wisdom formula was that--after a reasonably serious plot line--Norman finally gets the girl. On the DVD: This is a straight transfer from video. So although the mono sound and 4:3 ratio don't improve on anything previously available, at least it won't deteriorate further.--Paul Tonks
The fifth season of LA Law which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series comes to DVD for the very first time in this brand new 6 disc set. In Season Five former partner Rosalind Shays files a sexual discrimination suit against the beloved law firm and when Grace shows up as a surprise witness the case goes from bad to worse. Elsewhere Brackman appears on the game show Wheel Of Fortune; Murray and Benny pose as lawyers to get dates; Victor and Abby are finally named partners and Arnie and Roxanne engage in a little hanky panky. John Spencer joins the cast as Tommy Mullaney in this season which also features a guest appearance by John Glover (Smallville) who won an Emmy Award for his role as Dr. Paul Kohler. Special Features: 100th Episode Celebration Show Episodes Comprise: The Bitch Is Back Happy Trails Lie Harder Armand's Hammer Smoke Gets In Your Thighs Vowel Play New Kidney On The Block God Rest Ye Murray Gentlemen Splatoon Pump It Up Rest In Pieces He's A Crowd Dances With Sharks The Gods Must Be Lawyers The Beverly Hills Hangers Good To The Last Drop Mutinies On The Banzai As God Is My Co-Defendant Speak Lawyers For Me There Goes The Judge On The Toad Again Since I Fell For You
The trus story of a family who suddenly realise that their young daughter is dying from anorexia. They must risk their relationship and their daughter's love in order to try to save her life...
Law And Order is back with Season 6!
The Gentle Touch stars Jill Gascoine as the tough no-nonsense female cop Maggie Forbes. Made at a time when there were very few ranking female officers in the police force The Gentle Touch not only showed police procedure within a Metropolitan Police CID unit but also allowed insight into how a woman might cope with such a role in what was very much a man's world. Instantly successful with the public The Gentle Touch ran for five years before spinning off into another series - C.A.T.S. Eyes Episodes Comprise: Something Blue Decoy Break-In Menaces Hammer Chance Loyalties Maggie's Luck Shame The Ring
In a world filled with magic, one boy will prove that real power lies in never giving up! After proving himself on his very first mission, Asta gains recognition from the Wizard King and is assigned a new task - to investigate a magical dungeon! Together with Noelle and Luck, he'll scout out the mysterious vault only to find they aren't the only ones sent to explore. Up against Yuno and The Golden Dawn teammates, Asta is even more fired up to do his best and get to the treasure first! But their race is abruptly interrupted when they face mages from The Diamond Kingdom. Witnessing such unbelievable strength and magic, Asta and his companions may have met their match!
Norman Wisdom returns as his famous "Pitkin" character, but also for the first time since his appearance in 1958's The Square Peg, Edward Chapman is also back to provide Norman with the excuse to reprise his immortal catch-phrase "Mr Grimsdale". Following on from the previous year's On the Beat, this is actually Wisdom's third adventure as Norman Pitkin, and he certainly has a thing about uniforms. In the previous pictures he was in the army then the police, while here he succeeds in causing chaos in a St. John's Ambulance unit, as well as donning drag to play a blonde nurse complete with suspender belt and silk stockings. Each Norman Wisdom movie usually sees him as the accidental Lord of Misrule in one institution or another, and this time its the NHS: after being banned from his local hospital, Norman resorts to subterfuge to visit a little orphan girl. There's an autobiographical touch here, as Wisdom himself was raised in an orphanage and centred the plot of One Good Turn (1954) around such an establishment. It's all good fun and clearly shows where such later British comedy as Michael Crawford's BBC TV series Some Mothers Do 'Av 'Em (1973-78) found its inspiration. --Gary S. Dalkin
A horror classic finally remastered in HD! Tower of Evil is set in a deserted lighthouse on fog-shrouded Snape Island. A nude crazed woman slaughters a sailor and when she is found to possess an ancient relic an expedition is mounted to solve a series of psycho-sexual murders. Stars Jill Haworth Bryant Haliday Dennis Price and George Coulouris.
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
What links The Beatles, Ken Russell, Peter Cook, Fairport Convention, The Goons, The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band and Turner prize-winning artists Grayson Perry and Jeremy Deller? The answer: Mr Bruce Lacey. A legendary figure on the British counter-cultural art scene during the 1960s, Lacey has enjoyed five decades of defining cultural moments, collaborating with all manner of filmmakers, musicans and artists (such as director Richard Lester, cartoonist Bob Godfrey and artist Jill Smith), and making appearances in such era-defining pop cultural experiences as Help! and Not Only... But Also.This indispensible two-disc collection finally brings together many of Lacey's rarely-seen films for the very first time, showcasing the rich and diverse talents of a seminal and thoroughly original British artist-filmmaker.Includes: The Running, Jumping & Standing Still Film (Richard Lester, 1960), The Lacey Rituals (1973) and much more.
A son's story of his bipolar poet mother with delusions of grandeur, who falls into the care of an unorthodox psychiatrist.
Imagine experiencing life through the eyes of an innocent child...forever. Beautiful and vibrant Molly McKay might have a mental disability but she's not about to let the world pass her by. Starring Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue in an inspired performance Molly is a joyous celebration of the irrepressible human spirit. Autistic since birth 28-year-old Molly (Shue) is a carefree young woman with an incredible zest for life. Her brother Buck (Aaron Eckhart) a 32-year-old
Charles Bronson demonstrates exactly what tough is in this two-fisted action drama about a drifter suddenly caught up in the fight game during The Great Depression. Chaney (Bronson) a down-on-his-luck loner hops on a freight train to New Orleans where on the seedier side of town he tries to make some quick money the only way he knows how - with his fists. Chaney approaches a hustler named Speed (Coburn) and convinces him that he can win big money for them both. Chaney wins a f
The Gentle Touch: Series 4 (4 Discs)
This is a UK Region 2 DVD released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2009.
Broadcast between 1991 and 1997, The Brittas Empire is a sitcom set in Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. It stars Chris Barrie as Gordon Brittas, the prattish, blazered manager who remains loudly oblivious to the fact that his high-handed efforts at running the place result in utter calamity. As his gin-supping, nervous wreck of a wife observes, he thinks he's the oil that lubricates the machine but in reality he's "a bag of grit". This first series introduces Brittas, whose arrival at the new Centre prompts a rash of resignations as his petty and pedantic managerial methods constantly rebound on him. Mishaps in these episodes include a malfunctioning set of automatic doors, a disastrous wedding in the pool and a lost baby. Somehow, however, Brittas' strange sense of idealism keeps him bobbing up as all others sink into despair. The Brittas Empire could either be seen as a satire on the new tier of superfluous middle-management types who flourished in Tory Britain, or a 90s update of the old stereotype of the bureaucratic buffoon. Compared to, say, Alan Partridge, Brittas seems a bit broad and one-dimensional, a sketch-show character stretched beyond its limits. The rest of the cast don't offer much in the way of resistance or support and Brittas very swiftly becomes very annoying. Despite all problems, however, The Brittas Empire was an immense success, attracting over eight-million viewers at its peak. On the DVD: The Brittas Empire include some perfunctory, text-only items, including a Chris Barrie biography and a Brittas Fitness Quiz, as well as a sketch performed at the Royal Variety Performance of 1996, in which Brittas reveals himself as an enthusiast for conformity with EEC regulations. --David Stubbs
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