John Schlesinger's solid adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel sees three rival suitors vying for the affections of the beautiful Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie decked out in a variety of bonnets and frilly dresses), who has just inherited a farm. The men in her life are stout, whiskered yeoman Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), an impoverished local farmer; neurotic, repressed squire William Boldwood (Peter Finch); and handsome rascal Sgt Troy (Terrence Stamp), who dresses as if he's Flashman and breaks women's hearts for a hobby.Thanks to cameraman Nic Roeg and production designer Richard MacDonald (who also worked for Joseph Losey), 19th-century Dorset looks as pretty and as picturesque as a John Constable reproduction on top of a biscuit tin. Not that Schlesinger or screenwriter Frederic Raphael underplay the duress of rural life. We see the hardship of the farm workers' lives as the seasons turn. The film opens with a spectacular sequence in which Gabriel Oak's dog drives his flock of sheep over a cliff, thereby forcing him into penury. Whether hunger or heartbreak, every character here suffers. Bathsheba (like the model Christie plays in Darling) is a free-spirit in a society in which women's rights are severely restricted. --Geoffrey Macnab
Terror Has Surfaced. A secret fortune in diamonds lies at the bottom of the ocean but the treasure is also home to a school of deadly Great White sharks. Only one man knows the truth when a group of divers is attacked while searching for the loot. Now the sharks are hunting swimmers on a nearby beach. The slaughter will continue until someone believes him.
Gillies MacKinnon's highly praised adaptation of Pat Barker's novel is a moving and powerful study of war and its devastating effects. Set in a military hospital during World War I the film tells of a real life encounter between army psychologist Dr William Rivers and the poet Siegfried Sassoon who has been institutionalised in an attempt to undermine his public disapproval of the war. It also concerns young poet Wilfred Owen who whith support from Sassoon begins to write his great war poems. Rivers whose duty it is to return shell-shocked officers to the trenches is tormented by the morality of what is being done in the name of medicine especially the treatment of working-class officer Billy Prior who has been struck dumb by the carnage he has witnessed.
In this action-packed thriller set in Chechnya Val Kilmer plays Dr Nicholas Pinter an American physician working for Doctors Beyond Borders who is mistakenly identified as a secret agent by the Russian mob. After a violent pursuit by two mobsters he escapes a close brush with death when he is rescued by the beautiful but mysterious Katrine (Izabella Miko) from the British Secret Service. Nicholas soon realizes that the deadly game has only just begun as he and Katrine become tangled in a deadly web of lies and murder...
A triple bill of Oscar-winning features from revered British director Anthony Minghella. Cold Mountain: In the dying days of the American Civil War a wounded soldier (Law) embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart (Kidman)... The Talented Mr Ripley: To be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that's la dolce vita Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves - and Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) leads. When Dickie's father a wealthy ship builder asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow) never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make their lifestyle his own. After all it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody... The English Patient: After a badly burned pilot (Ralph Fiennes) is pulled from the wreckage of his plane in the Sahara Desert he's placed in the care of an army nurse (Juliette Binoche) and identified only as the English patient. As his memory slowly returns a passionate and consuming love affair with a married woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) is unveiled and lives from both the past and the present become inextricably altered. Set against breath taking backdrops in North Africa and Italy this film is a riveting cinematic masterpiece that stirs the heart and touches the soul like no other film in years!
A member of the British government is sent to Brussels to become British Commissioner to the European Community where he uncovers political and industrial corruption...
Join Little Princess and her friends for more adventures at the royal castle. With six favourite Little Princess episodes to keep your little ones happy! Plus free Bonus Episode! It's Autumn at the castle and Harvest Festival is fast approaching. Little Princess is determined to win the prize for growing the biggest vegetable and be crowned the Harvest Queen but when she discovers her pumpkin has been nibbled it soon becomes clear that someone or something has been sneaking in to the vegetable patch at night...
Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), the sober yet heartening hero of the exemplary mystery series Foyle's War, isn't so much a reserved Englishman as he is an all-round minimalist. He might not approve of lavish praise for himself or Kitchen's sterling portrayal, but he's a man used to spinning gold from disappointment. Stuck investigating murders while lesser colleagues are given key intelligence posts to fight Hitler in 1940, a restless Foyle is faced with the brutal killing of a German woman in a coastal village. Was it misplaced revenge against all of Germany that did her in, a controversial family trust, or something else--something worse? While Foyle deliberates and stews in career frustration, he has a paradoxical, revivifying effect on several human casualties of war and on justice itself. This is a fine mystery with a welcome detective hero. --Tom Keogh
Kelly and Victor is a haunting candid depiction of a young couple embarking on a passionate and transgressive love affair from the acclaimed novel by Niall Griffiths. When Kelly (Antonia Campbell-Hughes - 'Bright Star') meets Victor (Julian Morris - '24' 'Once Upon a Time') on the dance floor of a Liverpool nightclub the attraction is instant. After wandering through the night they find themselves at her flat making love with a passion and urgency that neither had experienced before. Both Kelly and Victor are struggling to get by as best they can while the people around them are choosing illegal lifestyles; she is escaping a brutish former lover while he is being dragged into a world of drugs. It's when they make love that their darker instincts take over. Directed by Kieran Evans Kelly and Victor is a devastating story of obsessive love anchored by two complex but tender performances. Special Features: Q&A with Kieran Evans Trailer
Dim the lights stoke up the fire and settle down for a classic chiller from the BBC's much loved A Ghost Story for Christmas series. Based on a story by the master of the supernatural tale M.R. James A Warning to the Curious tells the tale of three fabled crowns buried on the Norfolk coast which according to legend protect England from invasion. When an amateur archaeologist (Peter Vaughan) goes treasure hunting for the last remaining crown he digs up more than he bargained for.
Hirokin, a reluctant hero marked by a dark past, must fulfill his destiny when forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family or fighting for the freedom of a people long abused.
This DVD features all 13 episodes from the first season of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends. In this series Spider-Man forms a close friendship and alliance with two superheroes Iceman and Firestar. Together the group informally known as ""The Spider Friends"" battle crime in New York City.
HidingAfter witnessing a shocking crime that left both of her parents dead New York City teenager Jo (a breakout performance by Ana Villafañe) is put into the Witness Protection Program and sent to live in rural Montana. She is allowed no cell phone email or contact with her family and former friends. Worst of all she's become the new girl in a small cliquish high school. Can Jo now survive being caught between a charismatic athlete (Jeremy Sumpter of 'Friday Night Lights' and Soul Surfer) a sensitive art student (Tyler Blackburn of 'Pretty Little Liars') a jealous group of girls trying to uncover her past and a cold-blooded hit man who may be tracking her location? Candace Marie and Dean Armstrong (SAW 3D) co-star this thriller about false identity real danger and the unexpected dark secrets of Hiding. The VictimExperience the new grindhouse thriller that even mainstream critics are calling 'a rollercoaster ride' (CNN) '90 minutes of total oblivion' (Huffington Post) and 'a masterpiece' (Examiner.com): Michael Biehn of Terminator and Tombstone fame makes his acclaimed debut as writer/director with this shocker about a young stripper (Jennifer Blanc of 'Dark Angel' and The Divide) fleeing a depraved murder by two police detectives. But when she bangs on the cabin door of a backwoods recluse (Biehn) the situation takes even more grisly twists. Here there will be lust violence and vengeance. And in the end who will be the most unexpected victim of all? Ryan Honey Denny Kirkwood and Danielle Harris (Rob Zombie's Halloween Hatchet II) co-star in the stunner that L.A.Splash calls 'good ol' fashioned exploitation at its finest!' Beneath the DarkAfter hours of driving through the lonely Mojave Desert young lovers Paul and Adrienne pull over at Roy's Motel to stay for the night. They soon discover that the roadside rest stop is home to a strange and deranged bunch of characters including front-desk manager Frank and his wanton wife Sandy. The night's stay quickly turns nasty and ultimately a horrifying secret from Paul's past is revealed with deadly consequences for all. As shocking as it is horrifying - you'll never be able to spend a night in a motel againStarring Josh Stewart (The Collector) Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) Chris Browning (The Book of Eli) Afemo Omilami (The Blind Side) in a terrifying thriller where the past returns to haunt the present.
As a snow storm closes in, one final plane takes off. The plane reports to the ground that both pilots are dead, while the slowly dwindling number of passengers on the plane wish that they'd never left the ground.
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.
A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with face-blindness after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
An adaptation of John Osborne's play based on the Augustinian Monk Martin Luther and his pivotal role in the political social economic and religious revolt against the medieval Catholic Church.
Taylor Hackford's 1987 legendary documentary about Chuck Berry's 60th birthday concert ""Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll"" now becomes available for the first time on DVD. The unforgettable life and music of pioneering legend Chuck Berry are celebrated in this landmark feature film capturing a once-in-alifetime gathering of rock and roll's finest! In 1986 Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honour Chuck Berry for an evening of music to commemorate Berry's 60th birthday including performances by Eric Clapton Robert Cray Linda Ronstadt Etta James and Julian Lennon along with archival footage of an unforgettable duet by Chuck and John Lennon. Taylor Hackford is one of America greatest documentary and film makers. He also directed ""Ray"" (2004) the biographical film on the life of legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles which won two Oscars ""The Devil's Advocate"" (1997) and ""An Officer And A Gentlemen"" (1982). Also featuring insightful interviews with many of the original creators of rock and roll: Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Roy Orbison Bo Diddley The Everly Bros and Willie Dixon.
A desperate producer faced with unemployment has the ultimate reality television program ready to roll. 'Chill Challenge' sends five sexy models into a haunted old building where years earlier an eccentric millionaire had kidnapped a handful of unsuspecting women in an effort to force them to be his brides. The idea is simple: Spend a night without leaving and walk away with a cool million bucks. But what these sultry gals don't realise is as they reveal their deepest darkest fea
An attractive young woman is driving her car on a dark country road and singing along to the radio. She's running out of gas and so she pulls into a gas station (run by a jittery, stuttering Brad Dourif) but then flees what seems to be an attack, only to find the real threat in her backseat: a hooded killer with an axe who takes her head off with a well-aimed swing. You've heard the story before? Not surprising, given that it's one of the more famous urban legends borrowed for Urban Legend, a post-Scream exercise in self-referential horror. The students at an ivy-covered New England college are turning up dead, the victims of a serial killer who murders in the fashion of the "apocryphal" modern myths. It's all for the benefit of good girl with a dark secret Alicia Witt, the sole witness to most of the killings. Doe-eyed Rebecca Gayheart, as her gullible best friend, and Jared Leto, the ambitious campus journalist who tracks down the secret that hangs over the school, lead a cast of pretty young women, hunky guys and campus characters, notably the suspicious professor Robert Englund, a genre legend in his own right as the star of seven Nightmare on Elm Street films. Take away the cheeky remarks and self-awareness and it's a throwback to the 1970s' rash of teen slasher movies, where sexually active teens are sliced, diced and otherwise slaughtered in elaborate and ingenious ways. The increasingly preposterous film is no Scream but the modestly stylish production has its moments. --Sean Axmaker
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