Focusing on the disappearance of a young girl within a crime-saturated neighbourhood Gone Baby Gone is an urban mystery of failure that mixes high-wire suspense with vivid characters and provocative themes. This dark hard-bitten and powerful adaptation of Dennis Lehane's haunting and emotional crime novel Gone Baby Gone sees Ben Affleck in his debut directorial role produce an intense crime thriller that is constantly surprising and deeply compelling. Dorchester a tough district of Boston where the gritty working class streets are lined with the wreckage of broken families and dreams is home to private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck). With professional partner and girlfriend Angela (Michelle Monaghan) Patrick investigates minor criminal cases. Their approachable tone and familiarity with the neighbourhood enables them to talk to people the police cannot. When four-year-old Amanda McCready (Madeline O'Brien) is abducted from her bedroom after her drug addicted mother Helene (Amy Ryan) leaves her alone the local police unit led by Capt. Jack Doyle (Morgan Freeman) and his ace detective Remy Bressant (Ed Harris) use all their resources to try and track the little girl down. With the police making no headway Patrick and Angela are bought in by Amanda's proud and virtuous aunt Bea to start their own investigation. As Patrick and Angela delve further down a path in to the dark heart of the neighbourhood they uncover an intensifying web of sordid lies and a labyrinthine maze of class corruption evil and innocence. With every clue or fact that is revealed tension mounts and much like Clint Eastwood's adaptation of Lehane's Mystic River Gone Baby Gone packs an emotionally powerful punch that keeps you ultimately involved and unaware of what is around the corner. By opting for a cast that consists of established and confident actors like Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris paired with real-life toughened Bostonians straight out of local pool-halls and clubs Ben Affleck has managed to portray the tough real feel of the streets of South Boston with natural grit and charm and has adapted Dennis Lehane's best-selling novel Gone Baby Gone in to a terrifying and intellectually engaging feature.
In 'Lawless Range' a cowboy anxious to win a rodeo becomes involved in a saloon robbery. In 'Lawless Frontier' a man pursues his parents' killers but finds himself framed for a crime.
This is the powerful story of the creation and deployment of the Panzer Divisions the chief cog in Hitler's war machine. Featuring rare archivefilm stunning new 3D graphics new footage of the surviving machines and unique insights from Dr Niall Barr of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and Professor John Ericksom from the University of Edinburgh leading authorities on armoured warfare.
In a remote little town in turn of the century Russia three sisters - Olga (Jeanne Watts) Irina (Louise Purnell) and Masha (Joan Plowight) - and their brother Andrei (Derek Jacobi) fantasise about their return to their former home in Moscow. For them Moscow is a city of dreams magnetism and inspiration - a far cry from their current life - an oppressive and overbearing existence devoid of hope. As they muddle through life they hold on to the memory of a place they once knew and
A winner always knows where he is going. A champion never forgets. Emmy Award-winning screen and stage star John Leguizamo stars and makes his directorial debut in this hard-hitting story of a talented young boxer who must navigate the path between his newfound fame with all its seductive trappings and his humble yet proud roots as a Latin growing up in Jackson Heights Queens. Surrounded by his childhood friends and an old school trainer Lex Vargas endures a devastating personal loss before turning professional eventually signing with a high-profile promoter in order to accelerate his career and get a title shot. The move brings Lex fame fortune a new house and a sexy girlfriend - but threatens to undermine the longtime bonds and proud heritage he shares with his old friends from Queens.
John Cena and Alberto Del Rio battle for the WWE Championship in a brutal Last Man Standing Match that will test their will, determination and resolve. Plus will the World's Largest Athlete finally avenge the career-threatening injury he suffered at the hands of the World's Strongest Man? Find out when Big Show challenges Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Title. Mortal foes untie as CM Punk and Triple H try to put their differences aside to take on their common enemies, The Miz and R-Truth in an explosive tag team match. The Superstars of Raw and SmackDown look to settle scores in WWE Vengeance.
The Rottentrolls are a group of crazy three-foot-high trolls who live in a strange Yorkshire valley called Troller's Ghyll. When young Roger Becket crashes his bike into the valley he doesn't suspect that he is about to be crowned King of the Rottentrolls and set out on a series of amazing adventures. Episode titles: The Civil War The Miner's Strike Dirty Tricks The First Rottentroll Revolution plus a special episode The Rottentroll Files.
Brennan and Dale are live-at-home grown-ups who become step-brothers overnight and struggle to deal with their parents wish for them to leave home and get lives of their own.
The body of criminal Ronnie Stokes is found in the middle of a crop circle in Midsomer Parva with his hands burnt puncture wounds in his back and a chunk of his hair missing. Lloyd Kirby the local UFOlogist believes that it is the work of aliens however Barnaby and Troy are not convinced by his theory. John Nettles and Daniel Casey star in another installment of this rural detective series based on the novels by Caroline Graham.
A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS⢠must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS'⢠all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
When Duff Daniels (John T. Woods) steals an ancient snake the Unteka from Native American snake proprietor Screaming Hawk (Ben Cardinal) he is given three rules to follow: 'Don't let it out of the jar' 'Don't let it eat anything living' and 'Never fear the heart of the snake'. Unfortunately Duff soon breaks the rules and it is left to ophidiophobic paramedic Les to right his brother's wrong with help from his girlfriend Erin (Siri Baruc) and Screaming Hawk.
A wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decided he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins.
Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individual stories Royal Cavalcade covers a period of striking change in every area of life – from the suffragette movement to the trenches of World War One the effects of the Depression to single events such as the first ever Royal Command Performance featuring Anna Pavlova and George Robey. Combining newsreel footage and dramatised re-enactments and boasting some of the era's most popular stage and screen stars this little-seen documentary feature is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in it as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Special Features: Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF's
Be afraid. Be very afraid... The Fly (1958) A brilliant scientist becomes obsessed with perfecting a device that can transmit matter from one location to another. Successful in his initial tests he experiments with a human guinea pig - himself. But an ordinary housefly makes the journey with him and when they emerge both creatures have been extraordinarily changed. This is the chilling story of a man fighting to retain his humanity and a desperate woman's attempt to
This is the true story of Dr Gwen Barry (Frances Fisher) a sexually repressed woman with a lifetime of passion simmering just below the surface. When she hires a day-release prisoner- the muscular Dalton (derwin Jordan)- to help with her garden they soon start an exhilarating affair. Gwen imagines they will stay together forever when Dalto leaves prison but he has his own ideas. When police find Gwen cowering naked next to a badly wounded Dalton they arrest him for attempted murder. Is this the work of an habitual criminal or the revenge of a woman scorned...
Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
Full of verve and wit Shrek is a computer-animated adaptation of William Steig's delightfully fractured fairy tale. Our title character (voiced by Mike Myers) is an agreeable enough ogre who wants to live his days in peace. When the diminutive Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts local fairy tale creatures (including the now-famous Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and the Gingerbread Man), they settle in the ogre's swamp and Shrek wants answers from Farquaad. A quest of sorts starts for Shrek and his new pal, a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy), where battles have to be won and a princess (Cameron Diaz) must be rescued from a dragon lair in a thrilling action sequence. The story is stronger than most animated fare but it's the jokes that make Shrek a winner. The PG rating is stretched when Murphy and Myers hit their strides. The mild potty humour is fun enough for the 10-year-old but will never embarrass their parents. Shrek is never as warm and inspired as the Toy Story films, but the realistic computer animation and a rollicking soundtrack keeps the entertainment in fine form. Produced by DreamWorks, the film also takes several delicious stabs at its cross-town rival, Disney. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com On the DVD: DVD could have been invented to showcase Shrek's stunning computer animation--admirably served here by 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation--while the exuberant soundtrack comes alive in 5.1 Dolby Digital. There are plenty of extras to choose from on this DVD, from The Tech of Shrek and fake Character Interviews to the amusing Swamp Karaoke Dance Party featuring the whole cast. However, none of these features have much depth, nor do they last long and it would be easy to feel slightly disappointed--were it not for the excellent Shrek's ReVoice Studio. This first-of-its-kind feature requires a computer running Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, an Internet connection and a DVD-ROM drive. However, once the DVD-ROM is up and running, the instructions could not be clearer and within minutes the whole family will be dubbing their voices over favourite characters and scenes--rendering the other extras almost irrelevant.--Helen Baker
Classic silent adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel about a doctor who conducts experiments that are intended to reveal the dark hidden nature of man and unwittingly ends up developing a murderous alter ego.
Follow the adventures of Stan Marsh Kyle Broflovski Kenny McCormik and Eric Cartman in series four of South Park! Cartman Joins Nambla: Cartman suddenly decides Stan Kenny and Kyle are too immature to be his friends. When he goes in search of more sophisticated companions he is thrilled to discover plenty of adult men who want to be friends with 8-year-old boys. Cherokee Hair Tampons: The only way for Stan to save his best friend's life is to take on a radical health food
In the first Prime Suspect, Helen Mirren's ballsy woman Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennyson battled the boys club and their sexist barbs to prove herself in a chauvinist department. In Prime Suspect 2, she's assigned to head a racially charged murder investigation in a largely African/Caribbean neighbourhood. It's politics as usual in the image-conscious organization, so the superintendent adds to the team black Detective Robert Oswalde (Colin Salma), a sharp but hot-headed investigator who has just broken off an affair with Tennyson. Now Tennyson grapples with her own conflicted feelings while fighting political and public-relations battles both in the media and within the police system itself in the midst of investigating the labyrinthine case. Between the scant clues left to sift, a prime suspect on the verge of death himself and divisions in her own team that result in a devastating death, Tennyson soon begins to suspect she's been hung out to dry by the department. Screenwriter Allan Cubitt dives into the murky waters of volatile racial and social relations to create an even more complex and compelling mystery in Tennyson's second appearance and Mirren rises to the challenge to explore the contradictions of an uncompromising cop in a compromising position. --Sean Axmaker
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