3 star packed crime thrillers recreating the golden age of film noir... 'Tomorrow I Die': Rich Thurber's sipping a beer when four desperate bank robbers take everyone in the bar hostage. Rich decides to take matters and the small town Sheriff's daughter into his own very capable hands. 'Love And Blood': Boxer Matt Cordell's wife Trina cheats on him and leaves but then the gorgeous gal returns and Matt falls for her again. Next night at her place Matt finds Trina's lover dead a gun with his own prints on it and blood everywhere. Champ or Chump? 'Fearless': Paris Minton arrives at an L.A. nightclub to repay a favour to Fearless an old army buddy. He meets and falls for Deletha the sultry nightclub singer and gets sucked into an elaborate double-cross by her. But Deletha is Fearless' girl and that spells Trouble with a capital T...
It's a parent's worst nightmare a kidnapped child. Paul and Anne Hobart (Brian Dennehy and Joanna Cassidy) watch their television screen in disbelief as their only daughter reads a prepared statement saying that she is a prisoner of war. Karin Hobart is being used as a pawn between a terrorist group and the government that has arrested their comrades. The terrorists promise that she and her fellow captives will be executed if their demands are not met. As the terrorists' deadline approaches Paul Hobart becomes desperate to rescue Karin. When he receives word from the State Department that the United States will not interfere Paul takes matters into his own hands. Securing the information that helps him locate his daughter Paul plans his assault refusing to become a hostage of terror.
Set in the exotic seraglio of the Pasha Selim the story revolve around the rescue of Constanze by her lover Belmonte. In this work Mozart breaks new ground in introducing dramatically rounded characters with recognisably human feelings and weaknesses. The work influenced and changed the nature of opera throughout Europe.This charming production from Drottningholm continuing the Arthaus series does full justice to Mozart's score.
When a classified ad grabs the attention of Chicago Times editor Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb) he sends ace reporter P.J. McNeal (James Stewart) to dig up new evidence in the 11-year-old case of a cop killer: It appears that Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) has taken a fall and been wrongly imprisoned for the murder. Although hard-nosed McNeal is initially skeptical he eventually believes that Wiecek was in fact a patsy. And although McNeal hits one dead end after another the avid newsma
In an effort to subdue a bout of depression a millionaire playboy (Cary Grant) makes a 50 000 British pound bet with a psychiatrist that he could become a famous business tycoon without using his family's inheritance. Based on the novel The Amazing Quest by Ernest Bliss.
Highschoolers Kati and Steffi have been best friends forever. Now that their love lives are heating up they're hitting the books less and going out to nightclubs more. But when Steffi sees her father out with another woman her life begins to spiral out of control. Steffi hatches an outrageous revenge plan against her father's mistress. Meanwhile Kati begins a fun romance with an older man. As the two teens begin to grow apart they need each other now more than ever... Written
Discover the rituals and rites at the dark heart of America's most controversial organisation.At times, it has been among the most powerful and largest fraternal organizations in America, boasting up to four million members. It has survived for more than a century by wrapping its doctrine of hate and intolerance around the sacred cloth of Christianity and the fabric of American patriotism.The Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History goes beyond the flaming crosses and beneath the robes, to reveal the dark heart of this controversial organisation.
This box set features three films all directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol using his 'factory' actors. The films loosely form a trilogy designed to encapsulate the 60's generation. Flesh (1968): Joe 'the hustler' earns money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion. Taking to the streets he meets an artist obsessed with body worship a couple of transvestites an ex-girlfriend working as a topless dancer and a friend whose arm-pits have been torched with a fla
Forgotten Sins' is a startling and disturbing drama based on a true story. County sheriff Matt Bradshaw a devout churchgoer and respected pillar of the community stands accused of terrible crimes: sexually abusing his own daughters and organising multiple rapes and Satanic rituals. Matt's reaction to these accusations is almost as shocking - he makes a full and frank confession. Amid an atmosphere of religious frenzy and further accusations of murder and torture the witch hunt begins. Only one man believes in Matt's innocence: eminent psychologist Dr Richard Ofshe (William Devane). He is convinced that Matt is the innocent victim of religious brainwashing and police pressure for a confession. But what chance does Ofshe have of seeing justice done when Matt himself is so utterly convinced of his own guilt?
TAUGHT TO STALK. TRAINED TO KILL. PROGRAMMED TO DESTROY. Dolph Lundgren is Nikolai - a killing machine - a deadly, highly skilled agent for the Russian army whose brutal efficiency and single minded determination to serve the motherland leaves behind a trail of battered bodies and bloodied enemies.Now Nikolai must infiltrate an African rebel army who seek to defy their new communist rulers and take out their leader, but as he gets to know his enemies and the dignified Bushmen he encounters, he begins to slowly realize that all he has been taught was a lie. This Cold War rebel is ready to turn the tables on his Soviet masters and kick all kinds of ass!With a body count that leaves jaws firmly on the floor and a healthy disregard for troublesome logic, Red Scorpion is a classic 80s action spectacular that doesn't let up for a second...
Adapted from Clive Cussler's international best-seller 'Raise the Titanic' depicts the amazing efforts of an American special agent to recover vital material for the United States' defence. It was believed that the mighty 'unsinkable' ship contained vital material which could be used to make the US impregnable to atomic attack. The ship is down too deep for divers so the only solution is to raise it. The Herculean project must be managed in absolute secrecy despite interference from a rival nation and the need to invent technology never before conceived. The extraordinary task is interlaced with the stories of the people and the forces working against them.
This new video collection by the legends of disco era features some rare TV appearances from around the world. Included are many of their all-time favourites such 'Belfast' 'Ma Baker' 'No Woman No Cry' and a number of others Included as bonus is the never-before-seen Magic Mega Mix. Track List: 1. Rivers Of Babylon 2. Daddy Cool 3. Ma Baker 4. Rasputin 5. Brown Girl in the 6. Sunny 7. Hooray Hooray 8. Painter Man 9. Mary's Boy Child 10. No Woman No 11. Belfast 12. El Lute 13. We Kill the World 14. Felicidad 15. Baby Do You Wanna 16. Kalimba De Luna 17. Still I'm Sad 18. Gotta Go Home 19. Happy Song 20. Magic Mega Mix
A trio of Julia Roberts movies featuring her Oscar-winning turn in Erin Brockovich in addition to Stepmom and My Best Friend's Wedding. Erin Brockovich: Erin Brockovich was never trained or indeed meant to work in a lawyers office. Circumstances take this down-on-her-luck twice-divorced mother of three into a legal practice. Here she discovers some legal files that don't add up... On investigation she discovers an injustice and decides against the odds to take on the bad guys on behalf of a poor and very ill community. Stepmom: ; Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. My Best Friend's Wedding: Roberts dazzles as the commitment-shy Julianne Potter who suddenly realises she is in love with her best friend Michael. There's one catch...he's about to marry someone else. Now she has to win him back. And with just four days the help of her resourceful boss and the benefits of an extremely devious mind Jules will do anything to get her man...except tell him the honest truth.
Arthur And The Invisibles (Dir. Luc Besson 2006): From the creative mind of talented filmmaker comes a larger-than-life family adventure about a boy who after his grandfather disappears sets out to save his family home from emerging real estate developers. Arthur learns that he must follow his grandfather's ancient clues to a vast treasure - and unlock the passageway to a spectacular new world filled with mysterious little people so tiny they are considered invisible and enlist their help. But once in the magical land Arthur must join swords with a beautiful princess and a reckless army of defenders to save the land from the evil wizard. It seems like an impossible task but as he discovers along the way sometimes the smallest heroes can make the biggest difference. Hoodwinked (Dir. Cory & Todd Edwards 2005): Little Red Riding Hood: a classic story but there's more to every tale than meets the eye! Before you judge a book by its cover you've got to flip through the pages. For this story we begin at the end. Furry and feathered cops from the animal world investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage involving a girl a wolf and an axe. The charges are many: breaking and entering disturbing the peace intent to eat and wielding an axe without a license. Not to mention this case might be tied to the elusive and infamous ""Goody Bandit"" who has been stealing the recipes of goody shops everywhere! Racing Stripes (Dir. Frederik Du Chau 2005): An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse and with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl set out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds...
A farm which became a gateway to hell is re-visited by a group of friends who try to close the door. When things get too tough their escape is blocked by a thick fog...
Like a multi-headed serpent the branches of the Dragon Line become the arms with which Galatea seeks to crush the last vestiges of human resistance in Tokyo. Now the city is abandoned. Only the Knight Sabers remain mankind's last line of defense against the nightmarish spawn of man and machine. But can even the Sabers defeat a beast with a million eyes and the mind of an insane child? The war against Galatea movesito the highest frontier as the Sabers stage a final desperate ass
Grapes Of Wrath (1940): John Ford's memorable screen version of John Steinbeck's epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director's best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. After having served a brief prison sentence for manslaughter Joad arrives at his family's Oklahoma farm only to find it abandoned. Muley (John Qualen) a neighbor now nearly mad with grief tells Tom of the drought that has transformed the farmland of Oklahoma into a desert and of the pre
Krishna (Hrithik Roshan) is born with magical powers - a legacy from his father Rohit Mehra. Priya (Priyanka Chopra) comes into his life and becomes his world. When she beckons him to Singapore he follows. In Singapore Dr. Siddhant Arya (Naseeruddin Shah) the megalomaniac scientist is on the verge of changing the future forever. Only one man stands between Dr. Siddharth and his destructive dreams...To block his ruthless ambitions Krishna must become Krrish!
Teenager Vincent has it all: he's good looking sporty popular at school and has a beautiful girlfriend. However his world starts to fall apart when the other pupils find out his hitherto secret true sexuality...
A family settles into their new vacation home, which just so happens to be the next stop for a pair of young, articulate, white-gloved serial killers on an excursion through the neighborhood.
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