Jane Campion's The Piano struck a deep chord (if you'll excuse the expression) with audiences in 1993, who were mesmerised by the film's rich, dreamlike imagery. It is the story of a Scottish woman named Ada (Holly Hunter), who has been mute since age 6 because she simply chose not to speak. Ada travels with her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano to a remote spot on the coast of New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a farmer (Sam Neill). She gives piano lessons to a gruff neighbor (Harvey Keitel) who has Maori tattoos on his face, and, well, things develop from there. The picture takes on a powerful dream logic that simply defies synopsis. It's a breathtakingly beautiful and original achievement from Campion, a unique stylist. The Piano won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Hunt, Paquin and Campion's screenplay. --Jim Emerson
Robert (Mac) MacDougal (Sean Connery) has an untarnished reputation as the world's greatest art thief.
Mrs. Brown and clan return for another 2 festive specials 'Mammy's Forest' and 'Chez Mammy'...with chaos, mayhem, madness and of course the love of family at Christmas. Mammy's Forest Something isn't quite right in the Brown household this Christmas. Agnes Brown has had enough hassle with Christmas trees to last a lifetime, so this year she refuses to have one. But with Grandad's health a worry for everyone, is there something else missing this Christmas apart from just the tree? Meanwhile, a fire at Wash and Blow leaves Rory and Dino with nowhere to cut hair until Mrs Brown steps in. And Dermot faces stiff competition to win a contract. But is business-partner Buster also up to the challenge? Chez Mammy Agnes Brown's grandson Bono is being bullied by a boy at school. And when Agnes makes matters worse, a mediation session is called. Meanwhile, Cathy has a new, French boyfriend. He doesn't make the best first impression, which might be an issue if he is to survive meeting Mrs Brown. Grandad is back from hospital. As well as a new stair-lift, he also has a prescription for medical marijuana. What could possibly go wrong?
Australian crime caper set in 1969 Sydney. Local crime boss Barry Ryan's life is sweet but when two mobsters from America turn up to muscle in on his patch, he decides its time to teach them a lesson in outback hospitality.
James Belushi stars as Thomas Dooley an unorthodox narcotics cop who teams with an independently minded police dog in this hilarious action-comedy. Headstrong Dooley is one step away from nailing a prominent socialite in a $50 million cocaine bust. But branded as too crazy to partner with no one will work with him except Jerry Lee a superbly trained German Shepherd police dog with the best nose in the drug-busting business. The unconventional pairing pleases neither partner but a
Drawing from Andrei Tarkovsky's heady science fiction meditation Solaris by way of Alien and Hellraiser, this visually splendid but pulpy piece of science fiction schlock concerns a mission in the year 2047 to investigate the experimental American spaceship Event Horizon, which disappeared seven years previously and suddenly, out of nowhere, reappeared in the orbit of Neptune. Laurence Fishburne stars as mission commander Captain Miller and Sam Neill is Dr Weir, the scientist who designed the mystery ship. Miller's T-shirt-and army-green-clad crew of smart-talking pros finds a ship dead and deserted, but further investigations turn up blood, corpses, dismembered body parts, and a decidedly unearthly presence. It turns out that the ship is really a space-age haunted house where spooky (and obviously impossible) visions lure each of the crew members into situations they should know better than to enter. The ship is gorgeously designed, borrowing from the dark, organic look of Alien and adding the menacing touch of teeth sprouting from bulwark doors and clawlike spikes inexplicably shooting out of the engine room floor. Unfortunately the film is not nearly as inventive as the production design--it turns into a woefully inconsistent psychic monster movie that sacrifices mood for tepid shocks--but the special effects are topnotch, and ultimately the movie has a trashy B movie charm about it. --Sean Axmaker
The King Of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927 working with the biggest budget in the history of Hollywood DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible a cast of thousands and a cinematic bag of tricks that could belong to none other than Hollywood's greatest showman The King Of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent-part Gospel part Technicolor epic.
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.
In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science-fiction and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
Featuring series 1 to 3 of blisteringly funny offbeat drama from writer Paul Abbott (Clocking Off) Shameless follows the rollercoaster lives and loves of the anarchic Gallagher family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids. The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian (15). Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures triumphs love scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen. This box set features all the episodes from series 1 and 2.
In Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok, Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarokthe destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilizationat the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avengerthe Incredible Hulk! Thor: Ragnarok thunders into U.K. theaters on October 24th, 2017.
Visconti is one of World Cinema s greats, the multi-awarded Italian director literally created Neo-Realism with OBSESSION, his adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Visconti returns to the stunningly lavish 19th Century sets of his Cannes Winner, THE LEOPARD, in this, his last film; a deplorably overlooked brooding masterpiece... Presented here from restored HD materials, for the very 1st time doing justice to the film's cinematography, rich sets and story. Finishing where THE LEOPARD left off, we follow the disintegration of the aristocracy into moral decadence and sexual taboos, personified by a career-defining, powerhouse performance by Giannini (Mathis in Bonds CASINO ROYALE & QUANTUM OF SOLACE) whose antihero displays hitherto uncharted monstrosity. Giannini is the aristocrat who leaves his wife for his latest mistress Jennifer O'Neil, but his morbid need for domination makes him want his wife back when she becomes pregnant by another man...
Brand new gritty BBC crime drama starring Ben Wishaw (Perfume Nathan Barley) and Pete Postlewaite (The Usual Suspects Brassed Off). Ben Coulter is an average man in his early twenties. One evening Ben takes his father's black cab without permission and ends up in a police cell. His crime however is not theft. What appears to be an evening of spontaneous fun with a sexy stranger culminates in a dead girl with Ben covered in her blood and holding the murder weapon. Despite the wealth of evidence against him and significant gaps in his memory Ben is sure he did not kill the girl. He is about to discover what the criminal justice system does to someone in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A horror film like no other Possession is an intense shocking experience that was banned in the UK as a 'Video Nasty'. At the Cannes Film Festival however the film was nominated for the palm d'Or and Isabelle Adjani won Best Actress for her mesmerising performance. With their marriage in pieces and Anna and Mark's tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches violence and self- mutilation. Believing his wife's only love is sinister Heinrich Mark is unaware of the demonic tentacled creature that Anna has hidden away for liaisons in a deserted apartment and will stop at nothing to protect. Special Features: The other side of the wall: The making of Possession Audio Commentary with Director Andrzej Zulawski Audio Commentary with Co-Writer Frederic Tuten Andrzej Zulawski Interview Repossessed - The film's UK and US Reception the 'Video Nasties' furore and the U.S. recut A Divided City - The Berlin Locations The Sounds of Possession - Interview with Composer Andrzej Korszynski Our Friend in the West - Interview with the legendary Producer Christian Ferry Basha - Featurette on the artist who created the famed poster of the film Theatrical Trailer
A scientist recruits a drifter with extraordinary telepathic ability to hunt down an equally powerful 'scanner' who, together with others of their kind, is hellbent on taking over the world.Special Features ¢ A new 4K restoration approved by Director David Cronenberg ¢ New audio commentary by Caelum Vatnsdal¢ Audio commentary by William Beard¢ My Art Keeps Me Sane: an interview with Actor Stephen Lack¢ Method in his Madness: an interview with Actor Michael Ironside¢ Bad Guy Dane: an interview with Actor Lawrence Dane¢ The Eye of Scanners: an interview with Cinematographer Mark Irwin¢ Mind Fragments: an interview with Composer Howard Shore¢ The Chaos of Scanners: an interview with Executive Producer Pierre David¢ Exploding Brains & Popping Veins: Interview with Makeup Effects Artist Stephan Dupuis¢ Monster Kid: an interview with Makeup Effects Artist Chris Walas¢ Cronenberg's Tech Babies: a video essay by Tim Coleman
The fairy tale is over.If you thought Snow White was only a fairy tale, you're about to discover the truth, but lock up your children first. The real tale of Snow White, is a tale of relentless terror and unimaginable horror. When young Lillian's mother dies during childbirth, the father soon remarries the well-intentioned Lady Claudia. However, Claudia's heart is ruled not by her husband, but by an evil mirror with the power to make Claudia Queen over all living things until they are dead.A failed attempt to murder young Lillian leaves her wandering lost in a deep dark forest where she comes across seven dwarfs - but wait, you think you know the rest of this story? Far from it. Handsome princes and dwarfs cannot always save the day.This movie will prove once and for all that blood is thicker than water, and evil, like an apple, comes around!
The mammy of BBC comedy Mrs Brown returns and invites the nation back round to her house providing endless hilarious entertainment. Agnes and the family are joined by celebrity guests including Danny Dyer, Amir Khan, Sting, Jerry Springer, Gloria Hunniford, Boy George and lots more. Brace yourselves! Over 30 Minutes of Bonus Content! Including hilarious extended outtakes with Dermot, Buster, Agony Agnes & Winnie Unseen clips with Gloria Hunniford, Boy George, Jerry Springer and more!
Released in late 1999, The Bone Collector was originally promoted as a thriller in the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, suggesting that it would earn a place among those earlier, better films. Nice try, but no cigar. The Bone Collector settles instead for mere competence and the modest rewards of a well-handled formula. With a terrific cast at his service, director Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Patriot Games) turns the pulpy indulgence of Jeffery Deaver's novel into a slick potboiler that is grisly fun only if you don't pick it apart. Noyce expertly builds palpable tension around a series of gruesome murders that lead us into the darkest nooks of New York City. Now a bedridden quadriplegic prone to life-threatening seizures and suicidal depression, forensics detective Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) gets a new lease on life with a sharp young beat cop (Angelina Jolie) who's a wizard at analyzing crime scenes. She does field work while he deciphers clues from his high-tech Manhattan loft, and as they narrow the search their lives are increasingly endangered. As this formulaic plot grows mouldy, Noyce resorts to narrative shortcuts, using perfunctory scenes to manipulate the viewer and taking morbid pleasure in his revelation of the murder scenes. And yet it all works, to a point, and the cast (including Queen Latifah and Luiz Guzmán) is much better than the material. If you're looking for a few good thrills, The Bone Collector is a pretty safe bet. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
A collection of 13 Christmas specials with chaos, mayhem, madness and of course the love of family at Christmas. Features: Episodes included: 'Mammy's Ass' ,'Mammy Christmas' 'The Virgin Mammy' 'Buckin' Mammy' 'Who's a Pretty Mammy?' 'Mammy's Tickled Pink' 'Mammy's Gamble' 'Mammy's Christmas Punch' 'Mammy's Widow's Memories' Mammy's Forest' 'Chez Mammy' Mammy's Mummy CSI: Mammy
From director Chris Columbus comes this original funny and heart-warming film. When Richard Martin (Sam Neill) introduced a robot named Andrew (Robin Williams) to the family nobody expects anything more than an ordinary household appliance. But this is no ordinary robot! Andrew is a unique machine with real emotions a sense of humour and a burning curiosity to discover what it means to be human. Over the course of his service with the Martins spanning two hundred years and several
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