A fascinating and colourful screen biography of Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). It starts with the opening night of his smash hit Showboat and flashes back to his beginnings as an almost penniless songwriter. The film follows his friendship with James I. Hessler and journeys to England where the best songwriters are reputed to be and where he finds his early successes - and the future Mrs Kern (Dorothy Patrick). After some difficult times in the USA he collaborates with Oscar Hammerstein; the result being the classic adaptation of Edna Ferber's Showboat. The picture's grand finale features Frank Sinatra singing Ol' Man River. This is one huge and lavish theatrical feast; great entertainment!
They'll go far....too far. Joe and Mickey share a flat in Glasgow both are struggling actors who don't possess a lot of self-motivation. Joe owes money to loan sharks which means men with short haircuts and low intelligence threaten him with a near death experience if the debt isn't paid by next Tuesday. Mickey's pal Steve (Gary Cross) sends a postcard from LA raving about the place and persuading them to come over - They'll think you're Ewan McGregor's brother. With the heavies closing in and a taxi waiting Joe and Mickey escape to the airport and the hope of the so-called 'American Dream'.
No way to live. No better way to die. Liberty Wallace the wife of an international arms dealer is taken hostage by an angry father after he traces the gun that killed his child. Liberty is handcuffed to an explosives-laden outdoor food cart. Staked out accross the street with a cell phone and a high-powered assault rifle the father launches a battle of wits to exact his revenge. But the stakes go way up when her husband and the police arrive drawing them deeper into the final
He tames the Wild West....but can he tame her? Rancher G W McLintock has everything a man could want: wealth influence respect. Everything that is except his spirited wife Kate who fled the ranch for the rarified atmosphere of the East. When their daughter Becky returns from college Kate arrives too - determined to take Becky back to society again and a boisterous battle of the sexes develops.
Svengali tells the story of Dixie (Jonny Owen) a small town guy with a big dream. He leaves a humble Welsh mining twon for the bright lights of London intent on becoming the manager of the best band on the world. A feel-good British comedy with a heart of gold and a soundtrack to match (featuring music by The Stone Roses The Coral Jake Bugg The Libertines and The Prems). Special Features: Making of (30 mins approx)
An American widow arrives in the Mexican town of Bastard in a black hearse which contains an empty coffin. She is searching for the killer of her husband who she intends to have killed and take back to the States in the coffin. All she has to go on is the name Aguila. But she is not the only one searching for him. A Colonel in the Mexican army also intends to find him and take him to Mexico City and execute him. Only one man stands in their way a local priest who is far more tha
An extraordinary film about a young girl's coming of age where upon receipt of a pair of magic earrings her village is revealed to her as a place of vampires and witches. Stunningly photographed and with some truly wonderful images 'Valerie' is a shining example of how stylish European cinema's take on horror could be when it mixed its fairytale traditions with contemporary cinematography.
Following the gruesome murder of the Bryce family by their own son at a plantation house legend is born that the house and it's surrounding land is cursed causing anyone trespassing to become possessed by insanity. Twenty years on Mark a sociology student is researching myths and lore for his thesis. He is intrigued by the legend surrounding the Bryce incident and convinces his friends to visit the house with him in order to prove that the stories are just stories. But when things
The moving tale of a woman trapped between life and death after a fatal car accident.
Released as part of the celebrations marking composer Richard Rodgers' centenary in 2002, this Rodgers and Hammerstein collection contains the film versions of State Fair (1945), Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), The King and I (1956), South Pacific (1958), and The Sound of Music (1965). By the time these pictures were made, the Broadway originals had become the standards by which all else was judged in a golden age of musical theatre. And while film versions tend to dilute the books, there are still threads of darkness for those who require a more varied texture. But it's the fabulous songs which really count. Rodgers' partnership with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein was cemented by their 1945 cinematic joint effort State Fair, rushed into production by 20th Century Fox in response to MGM's all-conquering Meet Me in St Louis and with a similarly folksy theme. Directed by Walter Lang, it's a charmingly flimsy affair with some delightful numbers. Oklahoma!, directed by Fred Zinnemann, features Agnes de Mille's renowned choreography, irresistible songs and two outstanding performances from unlikely musical actors: film noir siren Gloria Grahame playing against type as Ado Annie, the girl who can't say "no", and Rod Steiger as the menacing but tragic Jud. Carousel, the morally dubious tale of fairground barker and wife-beater Billy Bigelow (Gordon MacRae) who gets a chance to redeem himself after death, is crammed with great melodies including the tear-jerking anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone". South Pacific, which contains perhaps the most spine-tingling songs penned by Rodgers and Hammerstein--"Some Enchanted Evening" is just one--a wartime love story which also manages to touch on racism and morality; anything but lightweight. Both The King and I and The Sound of Music, of course, have become cinematic legends in their own right, thanks in no small part to their leading ladies, Deborah Kerr and Julie Andrews. On the DVD: Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musicals glow as freshly as if they were made yesterday in four of these DVD transfers, with the other two a disappointment in comparison. South Pacific, Carousel, The King and I and The Sound of Music are offered in widescreen, giving the full benefit of the original Cinemascope presentations. Oklahoma!'s titles are presented in widescreen, but unforgivably the film then reverts to a disappointing 4:3 format which hardly does justice to the big sky settings of the Scope original. The sound quality is also disappointingly muffled for Oklahoma! and State Fair, both of which are crying out for a good polish. --Piers Ford
Guy Martin is back to push the boundaries of the science of speed. As always, Guy will be recruiting the very best of current day British engineering talent to provide plenty of knowledge and help in his mission. But will he succeed? Guy goes head to head with Formula One legend David Coulthard to see if a F1 car has the edge over a Moto GP bike in four break-neck challenges. Guy will also try and cross the channel in a human-powered airship that he'll design and try to race the fastest human-powered boat and he will race his customized Transit van in the fastest road-race on the planet; the Nevada Open Road Challenge
When George Hansen (Hayden) arrives in Prairies City Texas to help manage his family's fledgling farm he finds that his father has been mysteriously murdered and no one in town-not even the sheriff-plans to do anything about it! Determined to track down the killer himself Hansen learns that a ruthless oil prospector and his vicious group of hired guns have been forcing immigrant farmers to sell their mineral-rich land-or pay for it with their lives. Despite crooked lawmen brutal ambushes and terrorized townsfolk Hansen tracks down his father's killer and faces off against the enemy in a remarkable showdown reminiscent of High Noon that's one of the most original and dramatic action sequences ever filmed.
'Unforgiven' co-star Morgan Freeman narrates a richly entertaining insider's look at Eastwood's personal life and public career. Loaded with rare archival material star commentaries and memorable film clips ""it's a keeper"" (Ed Bark The Dallas Morning News).
Set against the background of the Depression in the 1930s and the Second World War the story centres around Abel Mason and his desperate search for love and happiness in relationships with four women. After an affair ends in tragedy he leaves his vicious wife Lena and travels North with his ten year old son Dick. To secure a home for the boy and employment for himself he makes an illegal marriage with the widow of a wealthy garage owner. But later Abel falls hopelessly in love with her sister Florrie...
They live only on Madagascar, and one by one, they are dying there. Impish, precocious and endearing, the planets last surviving lemurs have been cornered by man on a paradise island which has turned into their hell. Species by species they are disappearing. Only a miracle will save them all now. In this beautiful and deeply moving film, Martin Clunes travels down to the Indian Ocean to witness what many fear is the lemurs last stand, standing shoulder to shoulder with those who would save them from forces which are slipping rapidly out of control.
Features a compilation of performances from those swingin' cats the 'Rat Pack'.
The classic Musketeers tale is given a bang up-to-date treatment in this relentlessly exciting action movie.
After 50 years the ultimate nightmare returns in stunning high definition on Blu-ray with superior picture spine-chilling sound plus a host of extras. More chilling than ever before Alfred Hitchcock's landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) the ill-fated traveller whose journey ends in the notorious shower scene. First a private detective (Martin Balsam) then Marion's sister (Vera Miles) search for her as the horror and suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the mysterious killer is finally revealed.
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