An action-packed romantic movie about an engineer's attempt to build a railroad tunnel in the Andes Mountains. Johnny Munroe is a tough builder who along with partner Pop Mathews has been hired by tycoon Frederick Alexander to pull off the difficult task. Although Johnny and Pop think that it would be far easier to lay the train tracks on a bridge spanning a river Frederick insists on a tunnel.
Circus is a modern crime thriller of cross, double cross and triple cross.
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Strangler's Wood is a gruesomely enjoyable entry in the darkly witty Midsomer Murders series. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is on the case again, this time in pursuit of a serial murderer who has apparently resurfaced after nearly a decade of quiet. The story is a thoroughly absorbing one, full of nasty crawling secrets that come out when Barnaby begins poking below the village's surface, and the solution is genuinely satisfying. As in other programmes in the series, Strangler's Wood also pays realistic attention to the way Barnaby's job affects his home life, making his tenacity at pursuing a case exasperating without getting melodramatic. Fans of Daniel Casey's Sergeant Troy will be pleased to see him prominently featured in the episode as well. This is a terrific, stand-alone chapter in an excellent series. --Ali Davis
On the surface, it is a seamless caper. A beautiful bank robbery staged by a veteran expert and two exuberant heirs apparent.
The follow up to Creature From The Black Lagoon Having survived being riddled with bullets at the end of the first film the Gill Man is captured and sent to the Ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida where he is studied by animal psychologist Professor Clete Ferguson and student Helen Dobson. Helen and Clete quickly begin to fall in love much to the chagrin of Joe Hayes the Gill-man's keeper. The Gill-man takes an instant liking to Helen (as he did to Kay in the first film) which severely hampers Professor Ferguson's efforts to communicate with him. Ultimately the Gill-man escapes from his tank killing Joe in the process and flees to the open ocean. Unable to stop thinking about Helen he soon begins to stalk her and Ferguson ultimately abducting her from a seaside restaurant where the two are at a party. Clete tries to give chase but the Gill-man escapes to the water with his captive. Clete and the local law enforcement must now try to track down Helen and her amphibious abductor.
Two examples of British Second World War films, We Dive at Dawn (1943) and Reach for the Sky (1956), are here stylishly packaged as a World War II Classics pack. We Dive at Dawn tells of the encounter between a British submarine and a German warship in the Baltic Sea. John Mills gives a dependable performance as the submarine commander, with Eric Portman the pick of a strong supporting cast. Director Anthony Asquith finds the balance between action sequences and "in situ" dialogue, and there's an evocative score from Louis Levy. The movie was an underrated film that deserves reappraisal, whereas Reach for the Sky (1956) was a box-office hit and remains a fondly regarded classic. Kenneth More is ideally cast as Douglas Bader, the gifted pilot who loses both legs in a pre-war air crash, only to play a major role in the Battle of Britain, rise to the rank of Group Captain and become a war hero. Based on Paul Brickhill's biography, this is an "official" history maybe, but Lewis Gilbert's screenplay and direction are historically accurate and informed by that very British humour of which More was a natural. The film is graced by a decent supporting cast, and a typically "widescreen" score from John Addison. On the DVD: The black and white prints look and sound excellent. Whereas We Dive at Dawn has 4:3 video aspect ratio, 15 chapter points and no subtitles, the later Reach for the Sky has vivid 16:9 anamorphic reproduction, 20 chapter points, subtitles and detailed biographies of More, Gilbert and Barder. The original theatrical trailer is included, but it would also have made sense to include an interview or documentary footage of Bader himself. Even so, this is an excellent starting-point for investigating a key area of British cinema.--Richard Whitehouse
Based on William Wharton's transcendent novel of the same name, this film is about many things: friendship, war, and, of course, birds. The framing device is an effort by a horribly scarred combat soldier (Nicolas Cage) to break through to his best friend, Birdy (Matthew Modine), hospitalised after seemingly being driven mad by fighting in the Vietnam War. Cage then flashes back to their boyhood, where Birdy, a canary aficionado, was considered the school weirdo but managed to be a solid companion none the less. Directed by Alan Parker, it works best as a coming-of-age story, but misses the bizarre psychological transferences of the book, in which Birdy imagines himself within the world of canaries he creates in his bedroom at his parents' house. Modine is fine as an out-of-it misfit enraptured by his own little universe. --Marshall Fine
Paradise Canyon: An undercover federal agent is on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. John Wyatt (Wayne) is sent under cover to follow Doc Carter's medicine show to expose a counterfeiting gang. When the main suspect is kidnapped with his daughter by the real villain Wyatt realises he has been chasing the wrong man and switches his attentions to the notorious Curly Joe... The Dawn Rider: John Mason is hit with a bullet. Alice who nurses him turns out to be the si
Crikey! The Royal Navy has finally entered the nuclear age and is selling off its obsolete old frigates to the Arabs!
Storey Emmenthal and his father travel between Tokyo and Geneva acquiring exotic lovers on the way while their Geneva home becomes a high class brothel...
The great love story of the Great War. Hollywood once again looks back at the undeniably compelling story of D-Day this time through the device of two officers facing the coming battle one American and one British recalling their love for the same woman.
Final Appointment: A newspaper journalist and his wisecracking assistant team up with the police to solve a perplexing murder case involving war veterans, each killed on the same date each year. Murder On The Campus: A reporter learns that his brother, a student, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own investigation when the police dismiss his suspicions. Could a killer be on the loose in Cambridge?
Training dogs should be fun not just for owners but more importantly the dogs should enjoy it too. In this video one of the country's leading pet behaviour counsellors John Fisher spends a day with Philippa Williams a member of the Assosciation of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). A wide variety of dogs of all breeds are seen learning to be well behaved and loving every minute of it. Whether you just want a well-behaved dog or aspire to higher levels of competition this video highlights the training ethos of APDT members and will certainly put you on the right lines to success.
The Visit is set entirely in the visiting room of a prison. Stray sheep dodgy drug deals and snatched conjugal rights are common occurrences as the inmates of HMP Radford Hill are reunited with loved ones and dodgy business associates.
The Quiet Man (Dir. John Ford 1952): Sean Thornton is an American boxer who swears off the sport after accidentally killing an opponent. Returning to the Irish town of his birth he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate. Though he is sorely tempted to pick up the gloves against her brother the town bully Sean is determined not to use his fists. Mary Kate and Sean wed but her brother refuses to pay the dowry. Sean would rather walk away than accept this challenge. Even when his new wife accuses him of cowardice Sean stands firm. But when she boards a train to leave he is finally ready to take matters into his own hands. Rooster Cogburn: (Dir. Stuart Miller) (1975): Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow up to True Grit. The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion eye patched whiskey guzzling Deputy Marshall that won him an Academy Award. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight a Bible thumping missionary who teams up with the gun fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws a warm rapport develops between the rough n' tumble lawman and the flirty reverend's daughter. Stage Coach (Dir. John Ford) (1939): One of the all time classic Westerns - considered by many to be the movie that propelled John Wayne to stardom back in 1939. The film is set against the impressive backdrop of Monument Valley in Utah and tells the story of a mixed group of travellers who are making their way across country to Arizona. They are endangered by an Indian War Party and this along with their various characters results in difficulties for the party...
Samantha Callen is assigned to pull the plug on Dr. Branson's tornado project an untested machine to track and predict dangerous twisters. In the few days she gives him to finish his research she meets and falls for Jake Thorne a tornado chasing cowboy who along with his friend Tex shows her the devastating effects a twister can have on an entire community. Sam then begins to understand the importance of the doctors work and realizes she wants to help them. It's then that Jake receives word of a real monster tornado heading their way- a deadly gale force maelstrom- an opportunity to test Dr. Branson's machine but at great risk as Sam and Jake enter the vortex and face imminent death.
The first Prime Suspect introduces Helen Mirren's detective chief inspector Jane Tennison, the only female DCI on an old boy's club London homicide squad. She is like a phantom lurking around the edges of the action while the men rush through their latest murder case, joshing and winking with the kind of male camaraderie the cop genre has celebrated for decades. When DCI Shefford dies of a sudden heart attack, Tennison demands to take over. Despite her superintendent's resistance ("Give her this case and she'll start expecting more"), she becomes the squad's first woman to head a murder investigation. Scrutinised at every moment by her superior officers, Tennison is faced with a case that spirals out from a single murder to a serial spree, a second-in-command who undermines her authority and her investigation at every turn, a team resistant to taking orders from a woman and a private life unravelling due to her professional diligence. Lynda La Plante's script is a compelling thriller riddled with ambiguity that turns dead ends, blind alleys, and the mundane legwork of real-life cops into fascinating details. Mirren commands the role of Tennison with authority, intelligence, and a touch of overachieving desperation. Superb performances, excellent writing, and understated direction make this BBC miniseries one of the most involving mysteries in years. Look for future stars Ralph Fiennes and Tom Wilkinson in supporting roles. --Sean Axmaker
Titles Comprise: 1. Night And Day: Cary Grant portrays famed composer Cole Porter in this biographical film version of his life. 2. Destination Tokyo: World War II drama in which Captain Cassidy leads his submarine crew into the Bay of Tokyo in order to gain information prior to the planned bombing. Once they have completed their espionage they must face the harder task of escaping once their presence has been realised. 3. North By Northwest: Grant plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted framed for murder chased and in another signature set piece crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from that famed carved rock (for which back lot sets were used). But don't expect the Master Of Suspense to leave star or audience hanging. 4. Arsenic And Old Lace: Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations one sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) - and only one night to make it turn out all right. 5. Carry Grant Documentary:
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