When exploitation maestro Roger Corman decided to raise his game by hiring Vincent Price to star in an adaptation of a classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe he set in train a series of Poe adaptations that would redefine American horror cinema. When Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) visits his fiancée Madeleine Usher (Myrna Fahey) in her crumbling family mansion her brother Roderick (Price) tries to talk him out of the wedding explaining that the Usher family is cursed and that extending its bloodline will only prolong the agony. Madeleine wants to elope with Philip but neither of them can predict what ruthless lengths Roderick will go to in order to keep them apart. Richard Matheson's intelligent literate script is enhanced by Floyd Crosby's stylish widescreen cinematography but it's Vincent Price's anguished conviction in one of his signature roles that makes the film so chillingly memorable over half a century on. Special Features: Limited Edition SteelBookTM packaging High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with director and producer Roger Corman Interview with director and former Corman apprentice Joe Dante Through the Pale Door: A Specially-commissioned video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Corman’s film in relation to Poe’s story Archival interview with Vincent Price Original Trailer Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Tim Lucas and an extract from Vincent Price’s long out of print autobiography illustrated with original archive stills and posters And more to be announced! “Moody atmospheric and effective… Price is wonderful as the spooky owner” - TVGuide
Westlife - Coast To Coast contains spectacular footage from the launch day for the album of the same name which reached no.1 last autumn. Watch the lads as they stay awake for 36 hours to launch the album and when they they finally do retire you'll see them tucked up in bed too... aaah! Besides the intimately revealing documentary fans will relish a host of exclusive extras and as a very special treat Westlife perform a medley of their chart-topping songs - and 6 tracks from t
A funny, poignant exploration of monogamy in gay life. Told over 6 breezy episodes, 'Three' is the story of a relationship between two men where the thrill is gone but the love remains.
Discover the curious relationship between the British and the seas in these two series first shown on the BBC.
A lush historical drama from Marlene Gorris director of the Oscar-winning 'Antonia's Line'. The year is 1929 and in the beautiful Italian lakeside town of Como Alexander Luzhin a talented Russian chess player arrives for the World Chess Championship. The beautiful socialite Natalia is also visiting Como to meet her mother at an affluent lakeside hotel. Vera wants Natalia to marry a wealthy French count. However Natalia instead sets her sights on Luzhin who returns her affecti
The Most Dangerous Choices Are Made With The Heart. When guileless Irish drifter Brendan (Bean) arrives in town he befriends a shady nightclub owner Finney (Sting) locked in a power struggle over the fate of his bar with villainous developer Cosmo (Jones) and falls in love with a ill-used waitress Kate (Griffith) who just happens to be Cosmo's mistress...
""By the power of Greyskull! I have the power!!!"" Episodes comprise: The Curse Of The Spellstone The Time Corridor The Dragon Invasion A Friend In Need Masks Of Power and Evil-Lyn's Plot.
An acclaimed story of secrets passion and betrayal based on the novel by H.E. Bates.... A compelling tale of passion's dark secrets - critics applauded Feast Of July as one of the best films of the year! A mysterious young beauty Bella Ford searches hopelessly for the lover who betrayed her. Weary and alone she is offered shelter by the Wainwright family who help her find new hope ... and whose three handsome sons battle for her affections! But just when she is ready to begin h
A triple bill of Adam Sandler movies including Billy Madison Bulletproof and Happy Gilmore. Billy Madison: He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions but the only subjects Billy has studied lately are babes and booze. For him life has been a ten-year party since he left high school: drinking bottomless daiquiris catching rays by the pool pulling moronic pranks and chasing anything in (or out of!) a skirt. But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president and corporate weasel Eric Gordon Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school - grades 1 through 12 in 24 weeks! - with hilarious results. And this time Mr Madison's cheque book won't be the source of Billy's academic advancement. Can bona fide blockhead Billy clean up his act to win his father's respect the family fortune and the love of his beautiful teacher Veronica? Hey it's worth a shot! Bulletproof: Once inseparable pals Archie Moses (Sandler) and Rock Keats (Wayans) find themselves on opposite sides of the law each feeling betrayed by the other. In fact the only person who hates them more than they hate each other is ruthless drug kingpin Frank Colton (James Caan) who wants to put them both six feet under! Now through a strange twist of fate Moses and Keats are on the run - together. With a little luck the bungling boys just might get out of this one alive... if they don't kill each other first! Happy Gilmore: Happy a raucous hockey player turned golfer sends the sedate sport of golf into overdrive after he becomes a media sensation with his outlandish antics on the links!
Hailed as the first mainstream film to put a human face on the AIDS epidemic Longtime Companion is a drama that takes an honest unflinching look at how this devastating disease changes everyone it touches. During the summer of 1981 a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumour about a mysterious ""gay cancer"" soon turns into a major crisis as one by one some of the friends begin to fall ill leaving the others
A solid enough thriller held together by some somewhat implausible plot devices, Deception stars Ben Affleck as Rudy, whose cellmate Nick is lucky enough to be pen-pal to the beautiful Ashley (Charlize Theron) who in turn has pledged herself, body and soul to the man inside whom she has never set eyes upon. Upon his release, Rudy decides to pose as Nick in order to take up with this luscious and adoring female. Unfortunately, the scheme backfires on Rudy when he discovers that Ashley was apparently a pawn in her ruthless brother Monster's game to coerce him into helping him and his gang of gun-runners rob a casino that Nick used to work in. Deception rumbles along at a pretty seedy, violent pace for a long time, with Rudy's efforts to escape resulting in Monster (a menacing Gary Sinise) using him as a dartboard in one memorably brutal scene. Following their raid on the casino, however (clad in Santa outfits), the plot takes a couple of devilish twists and turns which reward the viewer prepared to come this far down the road with these people. The lack of empathy may be redeemed by some viewers with a scene featuring Charlize Theron naked in a pool. --David Stubbs
Hit the open road with the first three seasons of TV's most relentlessly exhilarating show. Sons of Anarchy is an adrenalised drama with darkly comedic undertones about a notorious outlaw motorcycle club intent on protecting their sheltered small town against encroaching drug dealers, corporate developers and overzealous law officers. The club is equally determined to protect their ruthless and illegally thriving arms business.
Building on the great success of the first four series the award-winning Coast now offers 8 more hours of original content for the Open University celebrating the unique character of the British Isles. This new series features completely fresh stretches of coastline in Ireland Denmark and Brittany.
Stuck stars Mena Suvari as Brandi - a compassionate young retirement home carer - and Stephen Rea as Tom - a victim of the downsized economy he is out-of-work and newly homeless. Their worlds collide when Brandi driving home from a club after too many drinks accidentally hits Tom the impact smashing his body head-first through her car's windshield. With Tom lodged in broken glass the panicked Brandi drives home and locks the car in her garage. She pleads with Tom conscious and in severe shock to stay calm promising to take him to a hospital. That is until she realizes her fate is tied to that of her victim: if discovered this accident will extinguish her bright future. Blocking the image of the bloody broken Tom from her mind Brandi waits for him to die so she and her drug-dealer boyfriend can dispose of the body. Realizing her plan Tom knows he must escape if he wants to survive...
Jim Bennett (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Academy Award®-winner Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides immersing himself in an illicit underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman) a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance…
You'd think a black comedy about murder, tackiness, and sexual perversion would quickly become dated, but Eating Raoul (1982) feels surprisingly fresh and delightful. When Mary Bland (Mary Woronov) gets assaulted by one of the repulsive swingers from the neighbouring apartment, her husband Paul (Paul Bartel) rescues her with a swift blow from a frying pan--only to discover a substantial wad of cash in the swinger's wallet. A lure-and-kill scheme follows, which nicely fills their nest egg until a slippery thief named Raoul (Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager, making his film debut) stumbles onto the truth and insists on getting a share. When Raoul starts demanding a share of Mary as well, Paul has to take drastic steps. The key to Eating Raoul isn't the sensational content, but the blithe, matter-of-fact attitude Bartel and Woronov take to it; their sly underplaying makes the movie sparkle with wicked wit. --Bret Fetzer
Executive Stress: Series 1
Season 3 of the toy murderin' attention span shatterin' stop-motion mayhem is packed with pop culture p*ss-takes including Zombie Idol and Jesus fighting his nemesis Kill Bill style. Guest starring Scarlett Johansson Sarah Michelle Gellar & Hulk Hogan
Take a peak under the surface of any gay man, and who knows what you ll find? CONFESSIONS, an anthology of disclosures from the recesses of the gay male psyche, goes some way to answer that very question. Spanning themes that are dark, sexy, intense, funny, romantic and shocking, CONFESSIONS turns a spotlight on characters you don t often get to see- but will not want to turn away from.
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