This classic BBC period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family living peacefully in their Arnescote castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. The head of the family Sir Martin Lacey is unswervingly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell. Featuring episodes 1 - 5: Gather Ye Rosebuds / This War Without An Enemy / T
You are now entering Interzone, William S Burroughs' phantasmagorical land of junk, paranoia and crawly things. Best travel advice: "Exterminate all rational thought". In David Cronenberg's superbly shot, unnerving warp on the Burroughs novel, Naked Lunch, the novelist himself becomes a main character (played in an implacable monotone by Peter Weller), with elements from Burroughs' life--including the shooting of his wife during a "William Tell" game, and bohemian friends Kerouac and Ginsberg--added to frame the book's wild visions. This is, ironically, a somewhat rational approach to an unfilmable book (and it makes a hair-curling double bill with Barton Fink, another look at writerly madness, with both films sharing Judy Davis). Cronenberg is a natural for oozing mugwumps and typewriters that turn into giant bugs, of course. But in the end, this is really his own vision of the artistic process, rather than Burroughs' hallucinatory descent into hell. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com
Spanish sci-fi comedy written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo. After a one-night stand he doesn't remember, Julio (Julián Villagrán) wakes up in the apartment of Julia (Michelle Jenner), who likewise can't remember what happened between them. Faced with an awkward situation already, their morning is made even worse when they realise that an alien invasion is happening outside and that much of the city has been evacuated. Told to stay indoors while the extraterrestrial threat is dealt with, any hope of a relationship forming between the two is jeopardised with the arrival of Julia's jealous boyfriend Carlos (Raúl Cimas)...
Set during World War II Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) is a Detective Chief Superintendent who is refused his request of a transfer to join the war effort and remains on the home front. As the war rages in Europe Foyle finds his skills at detection in high demand as he battles against murder anti-Semitism mystery and betrayal on the south coast of England... Featuring the first 2 episodes of series 3.
This major new TV drama broadcast on ITV1 explores the real Hitler through the relationship with his teenage niece Geli Raubal... As the shells rain down on his battered Berlin Bunker in 1945 a bitter and defeated Hitler remininisces about the major events in his life - from his meteoric rise to notoriety to his obsession with his adored niece Geli Raubal. Starring Ken Stott (The Vice & Messiah) and brought to life by BAFTA award-winning writer Nigel Williams this is the r
Fantastic Four Limited Edition Steelbook. After exposure to cosmic radiation four astronauts become the most remarkable if dysfunctional heroes of all time. Unfortunately the mission's sponsor has also been transformed - into the world's most lethal super-villain - setting the stage for a confrontation of epic proportions.
Julian Bream is celebrated as one of the world's leading classical guitarists. He is featured in this series of 8 half-hour films shot entirely on location in Spain playing some of the finest pieces in the repertoire of the spanish guitar. The programmes trace the evolution of the Spanish guitar over five centuries from 1500 to the present day and includes among other compositions by Albeniz Granados de Falla Tarrega and Rodrigo.
The Outlaw is a fascinating Western with a determindly off-beat story about Doc Holliday Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid coming to conflict over Holliday's stolen horse and the voluptuous halfbreed played by Jane Russell. The script is often disarmingly tongue in cheek and there is a weird eroticism to the film.
Sometimes dismissed as a pale descendant of a great original, The New Avengers deserves a second look and is perhaps best considered as a largely successful attempt to re-imagine its predecessor for 1970s audiences. Patrick McNee was never the most convincing of action heroes, and the decision to make his John Steed the supervisor and mentor of two younger agents was a sensible one--Steed's virtues are style, wisdom and fortitude rather than physical prowess. Gareth Hunt's Gambit has an unattractively smug side, but has also a louche charm. Joanna Lumley's Purdey is one of the most attractive heroines of genre television, astonishingly leggy and beautiful. Those who only know her later incarnation as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous will understand now why such a fuss is made over her. The script team overlaps heavily with that of the original series; the new show has the same quirkiness, only occasionally varying it with a rather darker leCarrésque complexity or sudden outbreaks of Hammer Horror. If it lacks some of the sheer style of the original, that is a reflection of its period--the 1970s were less visually imaginative than the 60s. Tightly plotted, imaginatively cast with interesting guest stars, it is only with The Avengers that The New Avengers suffers by comparison. --Roz Kaveney
When a British ship sinks in foreign waters the world's superpowers begin a feverish race to find its cargo: a nuclear submarine control system. And 007 (Roger Moore) is thrust into one of his most riveting adventures as he rushes to join the search...and prevent global devastation!
This exuberant comedy tells the story of an old man who is to inherit a large legacy from a distant cousin but only if he can prove he is in need. Determined to get the bequest he tries to fritter away all his remaining cash but just can't seem to stop making money! One of several popular early-thirties comedies by director Norman Lee noted for his collaborations with Leslie Fuller and 'Josser' creator Ernie Lotinga Money Talks boasts a rare appearance by legendary East-End boxing champion Jack 'Kid' Berg ('the Whitechapel Windmill'). It is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURE: Image gallery
By way of an experiment, a mixed-sex anti-aircraft battery is set up during World War II. The result is Carry On England, and the sex is indeed pretty mixed, although the drafting in of Patrick Mower and Judy Geeson rather demonstrates the need for at least some of the cast to be attractive in order to make this premise feasible. For the most part, of course, it's tits-out sex-comedy slapstick all the way, but there's a nicely ambivalent performance from Kenneth Connor, who portrays the wartime British officer class as being pretty much bonkers, a telling interpretation which Stephen Fry was to perfect years later in Blackadder Goes Forth. The location is of course typically Carry On cheap-and-cheerful, but its inevitable drabness, together with the indistinguishable khaki uniforms, tends to put a bit of a damper on the adult-panto atmosphere which the best Carry Ons deliver. The cast commendably manage to transcend this, though, so there's still plenty of fun to be had. On the DVD: The feature is presented in 1.77:1 aspect ratio, but the disc has no added features. --Roger Thomas
An ex-boxer and a detective team up to prevent a psychopathic killer from butchering all the strippers in Manhattan.
In the time warp tradition of ICEMAN comes GHOST WARRIOR. Suddenly awake after 400 years of frozen sleep, a valiant samurai warrior struggles to survive the harsh challenges of modern-day Los Angeles. This action-packed tale is the thrilling saga of Yoshi, a master of Japan's 16th Century fighting arts, who is accidentally frozen in time and miraculously revived by cryosurgery in the 1980's. On the run from the institute that ended his sleep of centuries, Yoshi must pit his ancient skills and power against the forces of a violent and confusing world. He has vanquished enemies from a distant time but can he prevail on the streets of the future?
Carolos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his son Luis when he crossed the border into the U.S. But after years of trying to set an example for his son, Luis has become an impressionable American teen, unwilling to work for the things that he wants in life. In a desperate attempt to save his son from the dangerous path he's about to choose, Carlos invests in his own gardening business, with far-reaching consequences.
The name Christopher Lee has become synonymous with horror and he delivers a typically bravura performance in this atmospheric and tense chiller. A string of bizarre killings has struck fear into the hearts of Parisians. The victims were drained of blood which leads some to suspect a vampire. Clues lead the police to the Theatre of Death where horror presentations are a speciality. Could the murderer be its sinister director?
Episodes Comprise: 1. Gather Ye Rosebuds 2. This War Without An Enemy 3. The Sound Of Drums 4. A Silver Moon (1) 5. A Silver Moon (2) 6. The Edge Of The Sword 7. Outrageous Fortune 8. A Sea Of Dangers 9. Ring Of Fire 10. Ashes To Ashes 11. Not Peace But A Sword 12. Conflicts 13. Cruel Necessity 14. Cromwell At Arnescote 15. Witch Hunt 16. Escape 17. Escape 18. Fateful Days 19. Forlorn Hope 20. The Mailed Fist 21. Retribution 22. Restoration
After a six month suspension for reckless disregard of police protocol Detective Max Garret (Stephen Baldwin) is assigned to robbery-homicide and sent downtown to investigate the apparent suicide of a junkie. Teamed with Lieutenant Eddie Fulton (Charles Malik Whitfield) the case quickly unfolds as one in a string of serial murders. The search leads them to the studio of Laura Cross (Kristy Swanson) a sultry wise cracking photographer whose focus is bondage and domination. Max soo
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