The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's-pet primary unit SG-1. With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. On the DVD: Episodes: Double Jeopardy and Exodus. In "Double Jeopardy", SG-1 experiences a bogus journey when they're reunited with their robot doppelgangers (from "Tin Man"). Some welcome resolution is given to their separate story line, since they'd basically been left to fend for themselves. The split-screen effects are excellent allowing the actors to interact with themselves. This was the directorial debut of Michael Shanks (Dr Jackson). The big Season Four finale had a lot of continuity to pull together before allowing our heroes their "Exodus". Sam gets to spend more time with her Tokra father than has been possible while everything disintegrates around them. While Teal'c goes out of his way to avenge the death of an old lover (how many wives has he had?), the unveiling of Earth's most recently acquired piece of technology seems to turn the tide of battle against the Goa'uld. And then all is lost. Including them.--Paul Tonks
'Crusader' is an action thriller set in the world of telecommunications and television journalism. A journalist at a small television station using less than ethical methods manages to get an informant to divulge information that could potentially alter the world of telecommunications and the internet. In the mix are an array of colourful characters who are all connected by one common denominator: they all have something to hide...
This special Read-Along DVD presents LILO AND STITCH so that children can read and sing along in five different languages all while learning new words with the help of the disc's vocabulary aid: Easy to use ! Simply by pressing the numbers on your DVD remote control your child can move through the menu options. Follow the story in words and pictures on screen. With word for word narration and vivid sound effect and music from the film. Far far away on an alien planet a rogue scientist named Jumba has created a bright blue creature called Experiment 626 through illegal genetic research. This new creature loves destruction and chaos; he's considered dangerous enough to be exiled to a deep space lockup. But 626 steals a spaceship and escapes touching down in Hawaii where he ends up in a dog pound. He's adopted by Lilo a spunky young girl who renames her new pet Stitch. Stitch turns out to be quite a handful--his destructive impulses are on full display as he trashes Lilo's house among other naughty acts. Lilo is being raised by her older sister Nani (their parents died in an accident) and they are under surveillance by an evil social worker Cobra Bubbles who wants to take Lilo away from Nani. Lilo must tame Stitch or his bad behavior could be held against Nani by Cobra. Meanwhile Stitch is being pursued by his creator Jumba who has followed him to Earth to try to recapture him. But Stitch becomes steadily more thoughtful and well-behaved as he grows to love Lilo and becomes a part of her family. The film's animation is done in the traditional 2-D style complete with beautifully drawn watercolor backgrounds which give it a dreamy colorful handcrafted appeal.
This version of the classic story picks up from where the 1976 version left off. The mighty ape is resurrected through a miracle of modern medicine and brings him together with what will be the love of his life: Lady Kong...
Born to a weak but loving mother soon after his father dies David Copperfield is nine years old when his mother Clara marries Mr Murdstone. A cruel man who believes in extreme discipline he has no hesitation in sending David away to school. Shortly after he is sent away Clara dies and Murdstone seizes the opportunity to send him away for good this time into menial labour at a London wine merchants. It is here that David meets the genial Micawber family and his aunt Betsey arra
A successful novelist faced with writer's block invites a handsome young German poet into to his home to provide input for his troubled screenplay. However little does the author know that the guest had previously embarked on an affair with his wife and wishes to continue their relationship...
A happily-married mother discovers that her own childhood was destroyed by sexual abuse. Now she must confront her own nightmares and protect her niece from the same fate...
Burt Reynolds returns as Logan McQueen the hardest and most fearless cop in Florida. At the end of 'Hard Time' Logan had loyally offered to take the fall on behalf of his partner Duffy (Durning) a move which has now esconsed him behind bars with the very criminals he helped put there! When a series of terrifying attacks is begun with meticulously macabre efficiency Logan is back out on the case but finds he may need the help of a duplicitous convict to help him crack the case...
In a blood 'n' guts homage to the 70's slasher flick, "Prom Night" sees one girl's high school right of passage quickly descend in to a nightmarish game.
Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter who are forced to fly them to Mexico. En route a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned graveyard surrounded by strange scarecrows. The rest of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.
A group of electrical workers are sent to investigate an unexplained source of power emanating from an empty building in Chicago. They discover a disused nuclear power core which accidentally reactivates and the team are pulled into a mirror-world of spider-like cannibalistic humans. Can they escape before they meet the monstrous Queen...
A box set featuring some of the best British war films ever made... Zulu Dawn (1979 Dir. Douglas Hickox): (Dolby Digital 5.1 / WS 16:9) This dramatic and true story recounts the breathtaking defeat of British forces at the hands of a 25 000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army in 1879. General Lord Chelmsford (brilliantly portrayed by Peter O'Toole) is the man responsible for the fatal decision to split up the troops based on faulty information provided by the fake
Selected episodes from the hit series A Fine Romance.
Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni star in this remake of the 1977 comedy.
Join Ratty Badger Mole and the inimitable Toad in these exciting Autumn adventures! A collection of episodes set in Autumn from the popular Wind In The Willows TV series based on the characters created by Kenneth Grahame.
Acclaimed actor Sean Bean stars in this action-packed feature-length movie set in the midst of the desperate missions and battles of the Napoleonic wars in 19th century Spain. Sharpe's Rifles begins with Richard Sharpe being promoted to Lieutenant after saving the life of Sir Arthur Wellesley. He is soon given a dangerous mission – to command a band of war hardened riflemen behind enemy lines. Their task is to escort Sharpe's lover the beautiful Spanish guerrilla leader Teresa and a nobleman soldier who are carrying a mysterious box across the country and are being hunted by the French cavalry. What does the box contain and why must Sharpe and his men risk their lives in battle to protect it?
Shelly Forsythe is a black fireman assigned to a station where he is replacing a fireman who was killed in a fire deliberately started by black youths. He is the only black fireman at the staition and seemingly gets given the most mundane jobs to do. When his crew mates believe he deliberately let one of the arsonists escape a later fire an already volatile situation is stoked up to boiling point.
This limited Edition Gift set features the 2 disc special edition of The Battle of Britain with the book by Stephen Bungay entitled The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History Of The Battle Of Britain and a specialised colour picture print. Battle Of Britain (Dir. Guy Hamilton) (1969):This is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war; but when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied unsurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe they may well have altered the course of history! The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History Of The Battle Of Britain (Stephen Bungay): This history of the Battle of Britain provides an encyclopaedic academic rigour: the author went back to original sources both in the Public Record Office and the German archives. Challenging virtually every time-honoured myth and assumption about Britain's victory the book questions the traditional myth of an amateurish honourable British ""Few"" up against a pitiless and regimented German war machine. It actually asserts exactly the opposite: that it was Britain's pilots who were the ruthless combatants and its aircraft production that was the well-oiled machine and the Germans who never quite recovered from their amateurish underestimation of their ""most dangerous enemy"".
One week from the elections The President of the United States stages his own kidnap by terrorists in a bid to ensure his second term in office. However things don't go exactly to plan... In the tradition of Die Hard!
Heather wakens to find herself strapped to a hospital bed in an asylum for the criminally insane. She is the prime suspect for a vicious massacre in which she claims to be the only survivor. However the actual killers are determined to finish the job. The asylum staff dismiss her cries for help as the rantings of a paranoid psychotic fuelled by an unusual disorder diagnosed as ""Hunting Craze Syndrome"". Heather must now use all of her survival instincts just to stay alive!
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