The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins who - along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield - is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome Dragon Smaug. Their journey will take them into the Wild through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins Orcs and deadly Wargs as well as a mysterious and sinister figure known only as the Necromancer. Along the path the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of ingenuity and courage that surprise even himself he also gains possession of a precious ring tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways he cannot begin to imagine. Special Features: Introduction by Peter Jackson A Long Expected Journey The Journey Back to Middle- Earth Riddles in the Dark An Unexpected Party Roast Mutton Bastion of the Greenwood A Short Rest Over Hill Under Hill Out of the Frying Pan Return to Hobbiton The Epic of Scene 88 The Battle of Moria Edge of the Wilderland Home is Behind The World Ahead Credits The Company of Thorin Assembling the Dwarves Thorin Fili and Kili Balin and Dwalin Oin and Gloin Doir Nori and Ori Bifur Bofur and Bombur Mr. Baggins: The 14th Member Durin’s Folk: Creating the Dwarves The Peoples and Denizens of Middle Earth The Stone Trolls Radagast the Brown Goblins Azog the Defilers Realms of the Third Age Hobbiton Rhosgobel Rivendell The Misty Mountains Goblin Town The Songs of the Hobbit Credits
Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. FEATURES ON THIS EDITION: Restorations of all 57 episodes from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores All series one episodes feature original Assault Course titles Without Walls: 1996 Channel 4 documentary on The Professionals Additional footage from Everest Was Also Conquered and Look After Annie Raw title sequence Original ad bumpers Outtakes and Behind the Scenes footage US Sales Trailer Photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images ATV Today: two newsclips featuring Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins The Professionals Serving the Professionals: outtakes from a 1982 NAAFI promo Then and Now The Location Files PDF Restoration featurette PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia All episodes are presented in their original production order English HOH subtitlesb
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games competitions outings bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.
A truly joyous tale starring Doris Day as the union leader in a clothing factory. From the novel 'Seven And A Half Cents' by Richard Bissell and adapted into a successful musical which the french director Jean Luc Goddard called the first left wing operetta!
A fascinating adventure into the unknown! When an ordinary businessman encounters a mysterious radioactive mist during a boating trip his life takes a bizarre and frightening twist. Soon he finds he is shrinking and within weeks he's just two inches tall battling cats and spiders.
Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is forced to give up his career as an eminent surgeon and retrain as a GP after developing a phobia to blood. A vacancy arises in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn following the death of the local GP. A regular visitor to Portwenn as a child with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) Martin applies for the position. However his complete lack of social skills and human understanding are going to get him into plenty of scrapes that's for sure! Win
Martin Clunes and Keeley Hawes star in this made-for-TV crime drama based on the true story of the 1940s serial killer John George Haigh. After mistakenly believing a Latin term to mean that murder can only be proven with the evidence of a body, Haigh (Clunes) discovers a way to get rid of potential victims by using sulphuric acid. He first kills his friend, Donald McSwan (Neil McKinven), in order to assume control of his business, but in order to increase his finances Haigh takes a number of...
Guy Martin is back with this collection of his three F1 specials. Classic F1 Driver Guy Martin embarks on the huge challenge of rebuilding Ayrton Sennas classic car the Williams FW08C, the first car the Brazilian world champion drove in F1. Not only does he have to get to grips with the intricate engineering and specialised racing technology of a thoroughbred F1 car, but hell also have to learn how to drive one of the most challenging motors on earth in a final showdown, he has to race F1 champion Jenson Button. F1 Challenge Guy Martin joins the Williams Racing team to see if he can make it as a member of the elite Formula 1 pit crew, who can change all four tyres in an unbelievable 1.92 seconds. Guy becomes embedded with the team, living, eating, travelling and working with the pit crew at the 2017 Belgian Grand prix, and as such the programme offers an unprecedented insight into the sport of Formula 1. With before seen camera angles and access to the normally secret team radio, this is every fans dream F1 from the inside. F1 Special Natural born bike racer Guy Martin goes head to head with Formula One legend David Coulthard in a series of dynamic challenges that will test both their capabilities as athletes and their skills as motorsport drivers. Includes English subtitles.
Triumph of the Will is one of the most important films ever made, not because it documents evil--more watchable examples are being made today. And not as a historical example of blind propaganda--those (much shorter) movies are merely laughable now. No, Riefenstahl's masterpiece--and it is a masterpiece, politics aside--combines the strengths of documentary and propaganda into a single, overwhelmingly powerful visual force. Riefenstahl was hired by the Reich to create an eternal record of the 1934 rally at Nuremberg, and that's exactly what she does. You might not become a Nazi after watching her film, but you will understand too clearly how Germany fell under Hitler's spell. The early crowd scenes remind one of nothing so much as Beatles concert footage (if only their fans were so well behaved!).Like the Fascists it monumentalises, Triumph of the Will overlooks its own weaknesses--at nearly two hours, the speeches tend to drone on, and the repeated visual motifs are a little over-hypnotic, especially for modern viewers. But the occasional iconic vista (banners lining the streets of Nuremberg, Hitler parting a sea of 200,000 party members standing at attention) will electrify anyone into wakefulness. --Grant Balfour, Amazon.com
Acclaimed writer Andrew Davies turns his talents to one of Charles Dickens' most brilliant novels - arguably the greatest ever depiction of Victorian London. Fresh and imaginative yet faithful to the original this thrilling fast-paced adaptation is shot with a contemporary edge. At its heart is the story of the icily beautiful Lady Dedlock who nurses a dark secret and the merciless lawyer Tulkinghorn who seeks to uncover it. The generous John Jarndyce struggling with his own past and his two young wards Richard and Ada are all caught up like Lady Dedlock in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
Optimistic curious mischievous and funny - Kipper captivates children with his unforgettable charm. Based on the best selling books by Mike Inkpen this BAFTA award winning series is sure to feed a child's questioning mind. Kipper is always on the trail of adventure and magical capers with his faithful and valued friends. So why not join Kipper and his friends in this special length extended video which will delight children in these enchanting tales... Episode titles: The Vi
From the director of 'Platoon' Oliver Stone comes a new battle set in the greatest jungle of them all Wall Street: a place where honour is traded for power and peace of mind for a piece of the action. Against this background two men form a dangerous friendship - one a ruthless multi-millionaire corporate raider the other a newly minted power hungry young broker. Two men trading their women families and each other against all odds and every rule in the book...
A top London cop must contend with life in a sleepy West Country village in this new comedy from the 'Shaun Of The Dead' team.
Bad Boys: When $100 million of seized heroin is stolen from the Miami Police lock-up, Detectives Lowrey and Burnett, Miami's most mismatched cops, are called upon to solve the case before the FBI close their department. Julie is their only lead to the case, but will only speak to Lowrey. As Lowrey is not around when she calls, Burnett impersonates his cool slick partner. A hilarious role reversal begins .. Bad Boys II: The action and comedy never stop when superstars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reunite as out-of-control trash-talking buddy cops. Bullets fly, cars crash, and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Lawrence discovers that playboy Smith is secretly romancing his sexy sister, Gabrielle Union (Bring it On). Director Michael Bay (Transformers) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down) deliver a high-speed, high-octane blockbuster that will blow you away. Bad Boys For Life: The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life.
Gary is feeling depressed and dejected until he meets Anna. Anna is the girl of Gary's dreams... literally. He can only see Anna in his dream life, so he's got to find a way to carry on the most satisfying relationship of his life, in his dreams.
This collection includes all four films featuring Dean Martin as Matt Helm, a sharp-shooting, swingin' secret agent. The soundtrack features numerous Dean Martin tunes such as If You Knew Susie, On the Sunny Side of the Street, South of the Border, and The Glory of Love.
FantasiaGroundbreaking on several counts, not the least of which was an innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound, this ambitious Disney feature has lost nothing to time since its release in 1940. Classical music was interpreted by Disney animators, resulting in surreal fantasy and playful escapism. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music for eight segments by the composers Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bach, Dukas and Schubert. Not all the sequences were created equally, but a few are simply glorious, such as "Night on Bald Mountain", "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "The Nutcracker Suite". The animation ranges from subtly delicate to fiercely bold. The screen bursts with colour and action as creatures transmute and convention is thrust aside. The painstaking detail and saturated hues are unique to this film, unmatched even by more advanced technology. --Rochelle O'GormanFantasia 2000More ambitious in scope than any of its other animated films (before or to come), Disney's 1940 feature Fantasia was a dizzying, magical and highly enjoyable marriage of classical music and animated images. Fantasia 2000, originally made for the IMAX large-screen format, features some breathtaking animation and storytelling, and in a few spots soars to wonderful high points, but it still more often than not has the feel of walking in its predecessor's footsteps as opposed to creating its own path. A family of whales swimming and soaring to Respighi's The Pines of Rome is magical to watch, but ends all too soon; a forest sprite's dance of life, death and rebirth to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring too clearly echoes the original Fantasia's Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria sequence. But when it's on target, Fantasia 2000 is glorious enough to make you giddy. Hans Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a perfect narrative set to Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, and Donald Duck's guest appearance as the assistant to Noah (of the Ark fame) set to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches is a welcome companion piece (though not an equal) to The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the one original Fantasia piece included here. The high point of Fantasia 2000, though, is a fantastic day-in-the-life sequence of 1930s New York City set to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and animated in the style of cartoonist Al Hirschfeld; it's a perfect melding of music, story and animation style. --Mark Englehart
The significance of Ed Wood, both man and movie, on the career of Tim Burton cannot be emphasised enough. Here Burton regurgitates and pays homage to the influences of his youth, just as he would continue to do with Mars Attacks! and Sleepy Hollow. Everything is just right, from the decision to shoot in black and white, the performances of Johnny Depp (as Ed) and Martin Landau (as Bela Lugosi), the re-creation of 1950s Hollywood and the evocative score by Howard (Lord of the Rings) Shore. The plot struck a poignant familiar chord with Burton, who saw the relationship between the Ed and Lugosi mirroring his own with Vincent Price. Most importantly Burton responded to the story of the struggling, misunderstood artist. For all Burton's big-budget blockbusters (Batman, Planet of the Apes), he still somehow retains the mantle of the kooky niche director. And in the mid-90s, this film actually represented the last vestiges of his independent film production. Fans can only hope he'll soon return to those roots soon. On the DVD: Ed Wood on disc has a good group commentary in which Burton is interviewed rather than expected to hold forth on his own, making his insights alongside the screenwriters, Landau, and various production heads very worthwhile. Also worthy are the featurettes on Landau's Oscar-winning make-up, the FX and the Theremin instrument employed in the score. Best of all is an extremely exotic Music Video based on that score. This doesn't seem to be a new transfer of the film, but in black and white you're less likely to notice. --Paul Tonks
When top London cop PC Nicholas Angel (Nick Pegg) is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford he struggles with his seemingly crime-free world… and oafish partner Danny (Nick Frost). The second instalment in Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy is re-released with UltraViolet (TM) allowing you to download or stream Hot Fuzz to your computer tablet or smartphone to store it in the cloud and watch it anytime anywhere. Special Features: Deleted Scenes Outtakes Audio Commentaries Dead Right: Edgar Wright's First Cop Movie Featurettes Video Blogs
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