A performance of Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; conducted by James Levine. Singers include: Eva Marton Luciano Pavarotti Sherril Milnes and Dolora Zajick; directed by Brian Large.
Originally produced as a three-part miniseries for New Zealand television, this extraordinary film is based on the life of Janet Frame, an introverted, sensitive girl who was later misdiagnosed as schizophrenic and spent eight years in a psychiatric hospital. She would later become one of New Zealand's most celebrated poets and novelists, publishing her first books while she was still confined to a mental ward. She had endured over 200 electroshock treatments and had almost been lobotomized by careless physicians who took no time to understand that she was merely awkward and shy and suffered from little more than routine depression. From a solid screenplayby Laura Jones, director Jane Campion (The Piano) tells this story without soapy melodrama but rather as anexploration of a challenged creative spirit--a journey into a writer's mind, exploring the power of imagination as a mechanism of survival and self-defense. Three talented actors play Janet Frame at different ages throughout the film, with Kerry Fox giving a powerful performance as the young-adult Janet, whose own skill and creative tenacity would prove to be her salvation. Frightening, harrowing and ultimately a source of humanistic enlightenment, An Angel at My Table (titled after Frame's autobiography) is a film you won't soon forget.--Jeff Shannon
Horror directed by and starring Stuart Brennan, alongside Mark Paul Wake and Victoria Morrison. In the event of a zombie outbreak, Craig (Brennan) is about as prepared as anyone could be. All of his planning pays off when a sinister and virulent contagion begins to spread and mutate, bringing the dead back to life. Craig enacts his plan, that seems to be working, until a friend calls him desperate for help. His best laid plans are thrown to the wind, along with his caution as he and his fellow survivors force themselves to be brutally violent in order to survive the apocalypse.
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan. Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.
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Poor Boyz Productions declares ""WAR"" with the ski worlds in a battle to produce the best ski film for the 2005/2006 season. Poor Boyz will take no prisoners. With a huge arsenal of the worlds top skiers like Seth Morrison Pep Fujas JP Auclair and the newest up and coming talent WAR is the new target in the freeskiing movement. Johnny Decesare has recruited snowboard cinematographer veteran Kurt Heine (Mack Dawg Productions Strait jacket Films) to its award winning crew to capture the best big mountain and freeskiers out there. This Poor Boyz issued footage reveals the record size 37' air on the largest hip ever built a record height 23.5' tree jib unmatched urban rail assaults avalanche-triggering big mountain lines and of course the untouched back country skiing that Poor Boyz has been supplying for over a decade. WAR is this year's best ammunition grab one before the chamber is empty!
The first feature shot on the Red One in black and white The Drummond Will is a collision between old and new. A black comedy set in decaying rural England. It follows estranged brothers Marcus and Danny Drummond as they find themselves on a surprisingly dangerous undertaking to unravel the mystery surrounding their father's unlikely wealth.
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