John Cleese, at his harried best in this hilarious British comedy, plays a school headmaster obsessed with punctuality. His best laid plans to attend a headmasters' conference go wrong when he boards the wrong train. He turns back to find alternative means of transport, hijacking one of his pupils who is taking the afternoon off school in her father's car. As the journey descends into further chaos, the head begins to lose his schoolmasterly poise. Extras: Interview with Michael Frayn Clock watching with Mr. Cleese Stills gallery
A 1991 comedy, Delirious stars John Candy as the head writer on a soap opera set in the fictional small town of Ashford Falls, whose naff power dressing and power wrangling is distinctly reminiscent of Dynasty. Candy has a crush on the somewhat imperious and Joan Collins-esque star of the show, played by Emma Samms, although waiting in the wings to be written into the show is the more wholesome and unaffected actress Mariel Hemingway. Delirious takes a turn when Candy is felled in an accident and awakes, supernaturally, to find himself in the very world of his own soap, with Ashford Falls a real town and its fictional characters, including Samms, now real people. Candy discovers, however, that in this world he has the power to "write" situations as they suit him--in this case, by casting himself as a dashing, wealthy and mysterious Wall Street hero, able to sweep Samms off her feet. The film is in some ways a precursor of Pleasantville (in which two teens are sucked into the world of a "Honey, I'm home" black and white 1950s sitcom). However, between them the star, writers and director (Tom Mankiewicz) make a ham fist of Delirious. The parody of soap mores is quite well done but quickly palls in its obviousness; Candy's performance is misjudged, as if trying too hard to make the best of a bad job; while overall, the film feels cheap, tacky and broad, once again raising the question why in the 1980s and 90s America produced such great sitcoms but such poor film comedies. On the DVD: Delirious is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. It's a decent enough edition but looks its age in places, in terms of colour definition in particular. The only extra is the original trailer. --David Stubbs
He's not a serial killer. He's much worse. A shape-shifter comes from the desert in search of victims a spirit the locals call the Dust Devil. He prays on the lonely and the unloved those that have already lost everything but life itself... Wendy has broken up with her husband and wanders aimlessly in her car. She picks up a stranger and begins having misgivings about picking him up when strange things begin to occur. Meanwhile a local police officer tracks the killer. Aide
From Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy Award® winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of 67.
""I'm free!"" With these words just one unforgettable character among many in this classic TV sitcom was born. From the comedy pens of Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (Dad's Army) came the DepartMental comedy madness that is Are You Being Served?. There's hilarity at Grace Brothers the High Street department store with a difference. Join in the fun as limp-wristed Mr Humphries and that blue-rinsed batle axe Mrs Slocombe lead the outrageous department store staff t
Based on a novel by Richard Condon (The Manchurian Candidate), William Richert's brilliantly off-kilter conspiracy thriller features an all-star cast, including Jeff Bridges (Jagged Edge), John Huston (Breakout), Elizabeth Taylor (Secret Ceremony), Tomas Milian (The Last Movie), and many other famous faces. This dark vision of political corruption is presented in two cuts from a new 4K restoration. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES: New 4K restoration Two presentations of the film: the US theatrical cut (97 mins); the UK theatrical cut (90 mins) Original mono audio Audio commentary with writer-director William Richert (2003) Who Killed Winter Kills'? (2003, 38 mins): retrospective documentary on the making of the film, featuring Richert, actors Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer, director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond, and production designer Robert Boyle Reunion (2003, 9 mins): Richert and Bridges reflect on the film's colourful production Star Stories (2003, 8 mins): Richert discusses the film's extraordinary all-star cast Things Happening in Secret (2020, 31 mins): critic and writer Glenn Kenny explores the history and legacy of conspiracy thrillers Original theatrical trailer Josh Olson trailer commentary (2013, 4 mins): short critical appreciation Radio spot Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Anne Billson, archival accounts of the making of the film, Richert on Winter Kills, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies
Lieutenant Goodbody (Crawford) has absolutely no idea how to lead his British regiment in the North African battlefield of WWII. But what he lacks in experience he makes up for in enthusiasm. And when he's ordered to build a cricket playing field 100 miles behind enemy lines he's determined to succeed even if this means most of his men are killed in the process. Abandoned by his superiors betrayed by his inferiors and finally captured by Nazis it's going to take more than his unre
The mythical world starts a rebellion against the human realm in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the myriad creatures.
In this next chapter following the 2015 hit, legendary hitman John Wick [Keanu Reeves] is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers. Click Images to Enlarge
Frasier: The Complete First Season: Making the move from Boston to his former hometown of Seattle a newly divorced Dr. Frasier Crane finds himself on the radio airwaves as the host of his own call-in advice show. When he's not dealing with the problems of his troubled listeners he's embroiled in skirmishes at home involving Marty his retired police detective father; Daphne his father's physical therapist; his younger brother (and rival) Niles; and Eddie...his father's devious dog! Frasier: The Complete Second Season: Frasier Crane infuriates the entire city of Seattle when he complains about its rainy climate during his radio talk show. Meanwhile his father Martin finds his favorite bar is slated for the wrecker's ball - and could it be that Frasier and Niles are behind its demise? Roz considers a new job offer... Daphne finds her privacy invaded... and Frasier's romantic island getaway with a new girlfriend is ruined when his ex-wife is discovered in an adjacent cottage! Frasier: The Complete Third Season: Frasier has encounters with both a woman from his past - Diane Chambers - and one in the future in the form of new radio station manager Kate Costas. Niles is kicked out of the house by wife Maris; Martin is exposed as a budding songwriter for Frank Sinatra and both Daphne and Roz attract some not-so-secret secret admirers! Frasier: The Complete Fourth Season: Cupid's arrows fly in all directions in Season 4 as romantic entanglements include Niles and Daphne as well as Martin and Sherry. Frasier's scorecard is even more impressive: Frasier and a blind date arranged by Roz ; Frasier and a mystery woman who accidentally called his answering machine; and Frasier and...KACL co-worker Gil Chesterton! (Well via an unexpected dream.) And to top the whole season off Eddie is treated by a psychiatrist for doggie depression. Frasier: The Complete Fifth Season: Sibling rivalry between Frasier and Niles leads to some riotous cases of one-upsmanship in Season Five. Which of the two will find out the winner as they vie for the same attractive woman? Frasier: The Complete Sixth Season: What?! Frasier Crane unemployed? Yep that's the stunning predicament in Season Six when KACL switches its format to salsa and Frasier finds himself out of a job! Meanwhile Niles finds himself without a secret love to obsess when Daphne is swept off her feet by a new suitor Donny Douglas. Frasier: The Complete Seventh Season: In this collection the laughs can only shift into high gear when a heavily medicated Frasier inadvertently spills the beans to Daphne about Niles and his powerful infatuation for her - just as she is preparing for her wedding to Donny Douglas! Frasier: The Complete Eighth Season: wedding bells chime a sour note when Daphne flees her marriage ceremony to run off with Niles and the two lovebirds - as well as a hapless Frasier - ultimately find themselves embroiled in a lawsuit as a result of the marital mayhem! Frasier: The Complete Ninth Season: Celebrate Frasier's 100th episode in Season Nine which has Frasier Crane (Grammer) commemorating his 2 000th radio show on KACL in Seattle. But where oh where is that one missing tape that would make Frasier's collection of radio programs complete? Frasier: The Complete Tenth Season: In Season Ten Frasier's confrontation with an annoying stock market analyst at KACL results in the entire staff having to attend a sexual harassment seminar. Frasier: The Complete Final Season: The entire cast says Goodbye Seattle in a memorable two-part finale. You won't want to miss a minute of this acclaimed comedy's final season in this entertaining laugh-provoking DVD collection.
John Travolta is Vic Deakins, a bomber pilot who launches a devilish plan to hijack two nuclear missiles for big-time extortion. Vic never sweats, spews out great one-liners, knocks off money men with glee, toys with killing half a million people ... he even smokes!If you giggled at his "Ain't it cool" line from the trailer, you're in the right frame of mind for this comedic action film. Never as gritty or semi-realistic--or for that matter as heart-thumping--as the original DieHard, Broken Arrow still delivers. If Travolta is cast against type, everyone else is by the numbers; Christian Slater as Hale, the earnest copilot looking to foil the plot, Samantha Mathis as the brave park ranger caught in the middle, Frank Whaley as an eager diplomat and Delroy Lindo as a right-minded colonel. As with his previous script (the superior Speed), writer Graham Yost moves everything quickly along as Hale and the ranger try to cut off Deakins's plan over a variety of terrains. There are plane crashes, car chases, a pursuit through an abandoned mine, a helicopter-train shootout and lots of fighting between boys. Each time Hale finds himself perfectly in place to foil Deakins, you're suppose to laugh at the unbelievable situations. That's where Broken Arrow is deceptive: its tone is right for the laughter compared to the mean-spirited Schwarzenegger and Stallone action films with laboured jokes. Hong Kong master director John Woo (TheKiller and Hard Target) pulls out all the stops--slow motion of Hale and Deakins' gymnastic gun play, nifty stunts, countdowns to doomsday. Woo may know action but he needs more guidance in creating unique and stunning special effects. This is action entertainment at its cheesiest. Travolta and Woolater reteamed for Face/Off. --Doug Thomas
This spin off to Upstairs Downstairs follows the trials and tribulations of Sarah - a parlour made - and Thomas - the chauffer - some time after leaving service with the Bellamys. Episodes Comprise: 1. Birds Of A Feather 2. The Silver Ghost 3. The Biters Bit 4. The Vanishing Lads 5. Made In Heaven 6. Alma Mater 7. A Day At The Metropole 8. The Poor Younf Widow Of Peckham 9. There Is A Happy Land 10. Return To Gethyn 11. Putting On The Ritz 12. The New Rich 13. Love Into Three Won't Go
Intelligent casting, strong performances and the persuasive chemistry between Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer prove the virtues in director Fred Schepisi's well-intended but problematic screen realization of this John Le Carré espionage thriller. At its best, The Russia House depicts the bittersweet nuances of the pivotal affair between a weary, alcoholic London publisher (Connery) and the mysterious Russian beauty (Pfeiffer) who sends him a fateful manuscript exposing the weaknesses beneath Soviet defence technology. Connery's Barley is a gritty, all-too-human figure who's palpably revived by his awakening feelings for Pfeiffer's wan, vulnerable Katya, whose own reciprocal emotions are equally convincing. Together, they weave a poignant romantic duet. The problems, meanwhile, emanate from the story line that brings these opposites together. Le Carré's novels are absorbing but typically internal odysseys that seldom offer the level of straightforward action or simple arcs of plot that the big screen thrives on. For The Russia House, written as glasnost eclipsed the cold war's overt rivalries, Le Carré means to measure how old adversaries must calibrate their battle to a more subtle, subdued match of wits. Barley himself becomes enmeshed in the mystery of the manuscript because British intelligence chooses to use him as cat's paw rather than become directly involved. Such subtlety may be a more realistic take on the spy games of the recent past but it makes for an often tedious, talky alternative to taut heroics that Connery codified in his most celebrated early espionage role. If the suspense thus suffers, we're still left with an affecting love story, as well as some convincing sniping between British and US intelligence operatives, beautifully cast with James Fox, Roy Scheider and John Mahoney. Veteran playwright Tom Stoppard brings considerable style to the dialogue, without solving the problem of giving us more than those verbal exchanges to sustain dramatic interest. --Sam Sutherland
Nils Ahlen (John McCallum), a Swedish scientist, discovers a sensational method to transform the impulse of sound into electrical power. The industrial and war potential of his discovery is enormous. His wife Helga (Mary Laura Wood) disappears with his young assistant, Sven Nystrom (Anthony Dawson) and secret parts of his invention are stolen. The Police Inspector (Jack Warner) and his force soon discover the escape route taken by the fugitives - towards the Northern frontiers. Leaving the roads and marks of man-made civilisation, both parties take to the desolate, bitter and trackless wastes where Lapp tribes and their reindeer herds eek out a precarious living. Eventually the forces of the sub-arctic tell in favours of the hunters who, in a breathtaking climax, gain their quarry. This long lost espionage film is finally available for the very first time on DVD Directed by Terence Young - director of the James Bond classics Dr No, From Russia With Love and Thunderball - and featuring a very early performance by Christopher (Scaramanga) Lee DVD CONTAINS POSTER GALLERY:LOBBY CARD GALLERY:STILLS GALLERY:ORIGINAL CAST AND CREW BIOGRAPHIES:ORIGINAL PRESS STORIES.
The zombies are back and they're still hungry in this horror from maestro George A. Romero.
""I'm Free!"" There's yet more hilarity at Grace Brothers the High Street department store with a difference. Join in the fun as limp-wristed Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries and that blue-rinsed battle-axe Mrs 'Betty' Slocombe lead the outrageous department store staff through a fourth series of outrageously funny episodes! Episodes comprise: 1. No Sale 2. Top Hat and Tails 3. Forward Mr. Grainger 4. Fire Practice 5. Fifty Years On 6. Oh What a Tangled We
""Sometimes there's a man well he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. The Dude from Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man - and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Los Angeles County which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide. Sometimes there's a man sometimes there's a man. Well I lost my train of thought here. But... aw hell. I've done introduced it enough."" - The Str
The Battle Of River Plate - Ten days before World War II Germany's crack battleship Admiral Graf Spee sails with orders to carry out action against Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic. Captained by Hans Langsdorff (Peter Finch) Graf Spee with her superior speed sinks ship after ship. Meanwhile the net is tightening round the German Killer. Outwitted by British Intelligence the Germans are convinced Graf Spee is trapped by a massive naval force. The captain eva
Enter another dimension with Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern take on the all-time classic. Hosted by Academy Award® and Emmy® Award winner Jordan Peele, each of these ten Season One episodes of the CBS All Access Original Series is its own mesmerising, mind-bending journey into another dimension. Featuring contemporary, socially conscious storytelling, this anthology includes standout cast members like Oscar® nominee Kumail Nanjiani in his Emmy® nominated role, Seth Rogen, Tracy Morgan, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Adam Scott, DeWanda Wise, Zazie Beetz, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Cho, and others BONUS FEATURES Crossing Over: Living in The Twilight Zone Two-part documentary on developing and producing the new series Remembering Rod Serling An insightful journey into his life, legacy, and fertile imagination Opening the Door A behind-the-scenes look at each episode Music Video from The Wunderkind Episode Audio Commentary on Select Episodes Deleted Scenes and Extended Scenes Gag Reel
All six series of Simon Nye s classic sitcom are featured in this six-disc set. Featuring all 38 episodes starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Caroline Quentin, Leslie Ash and Harry Enfield. Over 17 hours of hilarious, side-splitting comedy!
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