Two episodes from series 1 of Robin Of Sherwood. Episodes are: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer Part 1 Robin Hood and the Sorcerer Part 2
She must tell the courts what she saw... even if it kills her. Grace McKenna has an unfaithful husband a difficult family and a drinking problem. Then one fateful day she witnesses a woman being brutally murdered. She decides against all advice to testify to what she saw. Only her testimony can put the murderer behind bars. But despite her evidence the killer is let off. Now that he's free he wants to silence the only witness to his crime. Grace's life is on the line. Desperate to stay alive she prepares to come face to face with her pursuer and her own fears. Based on a true story.
This 1991 concert film was shot in the IMAX format and was originally presented on enormous IMAX screens, with outstanding visual and audio clarity. The dimensions may have been scaled down for this DVD release, but the show is still huge in energy and talent. Filmed during a European leg of the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels tour, this production boasts 15 songs and an extraordinary stage set with inflatable floozies (for "Honky Tonk Woman") and wild dogs (rather cleverly for "Street Fighting Man"). The Stones' set emphasises material from the late 1960s and early 70s ("Tumbling Dice", "Happy", "You Can't Always Get What You Want"), but the band's performance is so furious that the show is far from a pandering oldies act. Highlights include "Paint it Black", at once brutal and delicate, as well as a muscular "Rock and a Hard Place", a psychedelicised "2,000 Light Years from Home", and a cheeky "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll". Once kings of a gloriously sloppy sound, the Stones prove to be as effective in their artistic maturity with small, breathtaking touches as they are with chunky orchestration. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood play as if they are of one mind, Richards providing powerful leads while his partner captures some of the texture of the group's original recordings. Bassist Bill Wyman, still in the band at this phase, offers wit and an encyclopaedic grasp of rhythm & blues history, while drummer Charlie Watts adds control and swing. Mick Jagger prowls, climbs around the set, and delivers all the charismatic goods for adoring audiences, even touching the forbidden fruit again in a feverish performance of "Sympathy for the Devil". The DVD also includes a full Stones discography. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Be honest now: what rock fan hasn't fantasised about one day seeing Alice Cooper and The Who's Roger Daltrey on stage together, belting out the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" with backing by Pete Townshend's brother, Ringo Starr's son, and the bombast of a full symphony orchestra? Well, OK, so maybe that peculiar pairing is no one's idea of rock & roll heaven. But that didn't stop the producers of British Rock Symphony, a 90-minute outdoor concert, from assembling a wildly disparate cast, ranging from Daltrey, Cooper, and Procol Harum's Gary Brooker to Darlene Love (best known as the voice of the Crystals' classic "He's a Rebel") and lesser lights like singers Alvin Fields and Nikki Lamborn, to raise money for the Let Music Live charity and to celebrate the music of the Beatles, the Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and others. Some of it is pretty predictable (there's a feeling of inevitability to "Stairway to Heaven", "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Pinball Wizard," and others), but there are also moments of genuine inspiration. Daltrey, who never seems to tire of those Pete Townshend songs, sounds great on "You Better You Bet" and "Who Are You", as well as outside fare like the Stones' "Street Fighting Man"; and Love, despite an occasional tendency to oversing, brings soulful fervour and conviction to the likes of "Ruby Tuesday". The DVD sound is superb, the visuals are good, and performers and audience alike seem to be having a good time. Still, aside from the curiosity (or novelty) factor, one has to wonder why anyone would prefer these versions to the originals. --Sam Graham, Amazon.com
Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry Andromeda wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best sci-fi of Roddenberry's heyday. Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo, plays Captain Dylan Hunt, the sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4km long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilisation has meant that although she ought to be a relic she remains the zenith of technological advancement. Episodes on this DVD:Angel Dark, Demon Bright; The Ties That Blind; Banks of the Lethe; A Rose in the Ashes; All Great Neptune's Ocean. "Angel Dark, Demon Bright". Time travel is always a sci-fi series staple, but Andromeda needs it more than any of them. Any method (excuse!) to re-visit Dylan's own time is explored, and "Angel Dark, Demon Bright" is therefore an important episode for two reasons. We see just how badly the Commonwealth had it coming in an enormous space battle; and we also perceive how potentially dangerous Trance is. Pruning the branches of time as easily as her plants, she's clearly a conundrum waiting to explode. "The Ties That Blind". A dual reference to aspects of faith, on the one hand there's Rev's devout following of The Way, which unwittingly obscures certain truths from him; on the other hand there's the belief that blood is thicker than water which severely confuses the relationship Beka has with her long-lost con-artist brother Rafe (Cameron Daddo). There's a lot of art imitating life in this episode, with The Restorian's tactics clearly mirroring contemporary religious conflicts. "The Banks of the Lethe". Proving that all's fair in love and war this episode demonstrates the familial possibilities of syndicated TV. Firstly, Sorbo's real-life wife plays Dylan's fiancée Sara. Secondly, the story was originally touted to Star Trek: Voyager. It's another time travel quickie (told you they were important), in which a touching reunion for the Sorbos is made possible thanks to a botched experiment in Harper's lab. This instalment is also distinguished for featuring some of the most surreal humour in dealing with time travel since Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. "A Rose in the Ashes". Sometimes diplomacy just doesn't work. "A Rose in the Ashes" is sought on planet Arazia where Dylan is imploring their Government to join his Commonwealth. Deemed traitors for suggesting it, he and Rommie's "living doll" incarnation are sent to a harsh prison planet. This was the first show to utilise exterior locations, which makes for a welcome change. The same is also true about seeing Lexa Doig in a leather-studded bikini top and disco pants. "All Neptune's Great Oceans". Paraphrasing Macbeth, this is another spotlight show for Tyr. The endlessly surly muscle man is accused of assassinating a visiting President. The crew sleuth out clues and red herrings, making this a watered-down whodunnit in the now well-established sci-fi tradition.--Paul Tonks
Attorney Matt Murdock is blind, but his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night, he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice.
'Don't mess with him ' warns Paul as the sleazy waitress reaches for his dummy. Later she does anyway and pays the price for it. Carved from voodoo relics and given to Paul as a child Tommy is a hit with audiences and knocks 'em dead offstage too. You see Tommy is a jealous little dummy and won't let anyone come between him and his human caretaker. That's why Donna is in special danger. Her suspicions about the Dummy prove correct when she uncovers the truth about him. This l
Erika Anderson portrays a divorced woman seeking sexual pleasure in this mysterious and erotic tale. However things arent going quite according to plan when she is taken hostage by her mysterious new lover and held against her will in an abandoned furnished warehouse. But is she really a hostage? After a few days she realises that the door to the warehouse has never actually been locked and that in fact she has always been free to go. During her incarseration shes involved in sexual acts including having sex with a man whose face she never sees and watching her new man make love to another woman. Eventually she leaves but after time returns to find tapes of previous sexploits with evidence of who her lover really is. Tracing him to his home with wife and kids her lover soon finds the tables turned.
Unshackled is the unforgettable story of two men. One Harold Morris was white - a sharecroppers son from South Carolina. The other Marcus 'Doc' Odomes was black - raised by his mother in inner city New York. Both were doing life sentences in Georgia State Penitentiary when the prison was forced to integrate under federal mandate. It was the last prison in America to do so. They were thrown into an 8ft by 10 ft cell and the door was slammed shut. This is their story.
Anna And The King: Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and international sensation Chow Yun-Fat star in this epic retelling of a classic true-life story. When English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in the exotic land of Siam to teach the children of King Mongkut her Western sensibilities clash with the ruler's Eastern ways. The tension builds as Mongkut learns that outside forces are conspiring against his regime. With the political intrigue set to explode Anna and th
When the president of the USA begins spending money on the poor a Government agency takes matters into its own hands.
Desired By All But Loved By Only One. When her teenage sweetheart Ivan (Savage) returns home from WWII Maria (Kinski) eagerly accepts his marriage proposal looking forward to a lifetime of happiness. But her joy is short-lived when Ivan's dark past shrouds their wedding night in misery driving a wedge between them that neither knows how to remove. Confused and depressed Maria attempts to mend her true love's heart despite the advances of other suitors. But when a traveling musician (Carradine) hits the right note Maria struggles to justify her unfulfilling life. Is her passion too powerful to be contained within the sanctity of marriage?
British director Ron Peck's look back at at the production of his groundbreaking ""Nighthawks "" which candidly explored a closeted gay schoolteacher's inner conflicts. The director tells very poignantly his own story of self-discovery and coming out. Most striking is the story of how much effort and determination it took to get Nighthawks made and why there are hundreds of names in the closing credits that the ""producers would like to give thanks to"" - they are people who sent in sma
An overwhelmingly star-studded event: the legendary Willie Nelson is joined by a seemingly endless list of both veteran musical icons and up-and-coming stars from Shelby Lynne to Los Lonely Boys to kid Rock. A big house band provides sharp support. Among so many magical moments it's hard to pick just a few: some will be especially moved by Willie's duet with Lucinda Williams; some will enjoy the madness Jerry Lee Lewis and Kid Rock achieve on the climatic Whole Lotta Shakin
What was Roadrunner Records supposed to do after the label corralled 56 musicians from 44 different bands spanning the label's entire 25-year history to release one groundbreaking album called Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions? Simple. Throw one helluva party! The label did just that holding a party complete with an all-star performance by artists once and currently signed to the label as well as friends of the company! Almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in Times Square in New York City on December 15 2005. The concert will be available on a double DVD set. Roadrunner United The Concert captures the festive intensity of the evening. A house band featuring members of core Roadrunner acts such as Slipknot Sepultura and Machine Head performed hits and classics culled from the entirety of the Roadrunner catalogue. Some of the highlights included Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor performing Bother with Life of Agony's Keith Caputo; former Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach dueting with current vocalist Howard Jones for KsE's My Last Serenade; an assortment of frontmen handling vocals for staple songs like Slipknot's (Sic) and Surfacing Machine Head's Davidian King Diamond's Abigail Sepultura's Refuse/Resist Type O Negative's Black No. 1 Soulfly's Eye For an Eye as well as four songs from the Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions album. The double disc set also includes a 75-minute documentary complete with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage making it an even more intimate fan-friendly experience! DVD 1:The Concert: Renditions of the following by Metal All-star line-ups: 1. Biohazard's Punishment 2. Madball's Set It Off 3. Life Of Agony's River Runs Red 4. Obituary's The End Complete 5. Mercyful Fate's Curse of the Pharoahs 6. King Diamond's Abigail 7. Annihilator's Alison Hell 8. Deicide's Dead By Dawn 9. Trivium's Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr 10. Killswitch Engage's My Last Seranade 11. Type O Negative's Black No. 1 12. Fear Factory's Replica 13. Chimaira's Pure Hatred 14. Roadrunner United's Tired And Lonely 15. Stone Sour's Bother 16. Roadrunner United's The Rich Man 17. Roadrunner United's The Dagger 18. Roadrunner United's The End 19. Soulfly's Eye For An Eye 20. Sepultura's Refuse/Resist 21. Slipknot's Surfacing 22. Machine Head's Davidian 23. Slipknot's Sic 24. Sepultura's Roots Bloody Roots DVD 2: Interviews: The RR United documentary is approx 70 minutes long and includes the following talent talking about the rehearsals the stories and the coming together of all these artists for one special night. Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) Roy Mayorga (Soulfly) Scott Ian (Anthrax) Killswitch Engage (all members) Glen Benton (Deicide) Trivium (all members) Cory Taylor Paul Gray Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Logan Mader (Machine Head Soulfly)
Combine a Warrant Officer and two Sergeants with a bigoted town leader a fat sour sheriff and the luscious Ramona and you end up with an hilarious comedy of untold disasters.
Veteran western director Andrew V. McLaglen puts his brand on this exciting story based on America's acquisition of English Hereford cattle (which would phase out Texas longhorns). In the 1880s Englishwoman Martha Price (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to America to sell their prize Hereford bull at an auction. When he is purchased by Bowen a wild Scotsman (Brian Keith) the woman hire a footloose cowhand named Burnett (James Stewart) to help them transport the animal to its new owner. So begins an adventure that tests the mettle of all involved as they battle killers cattle stampedes - and each other. But when they reach Bowen's ranch even greater obstacles force them to summon up extraordinary courage if they and the prize bull are to survive.
In the countdown to a national step-off, rivalries at Truth University run red hot. The Theta Nus are counting on new pledge Chance Harris (Collins Pennie) to lead the team to victory. But he's too caught up in his own problems to focus. At odds with his father, caught up in romantic troubles and targeted by a street gang for an unpaid debt, Chance must decide what is truly important and make the choices that will shape his life. Stomp the Yard: Homecoming unites a powerful cast featuring Terrence J and Pooch Hall with a soundtrack packed with pulse-pounding tracks.
Mickey O'Hara is a committed IRA member but his days of freedom fighting are long gone, leaving him peddling drugs and disenchanted the cause. When a deal goes wrong, things take a dramatic turn for Mickey, who is forced to kill his partner. Marked for death, Mickey flees to LA, determined to make a fresh start and leave his violent past behind. When a close friend runs afoul of some powerful drug dealers, Mickey temporarily resorts to his old ways to help him get out of trouble. However, instead of making things better, Mickey unwittingly sets off a chain of events that reawakens the ghosts of his past and threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
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