In Jacob's Ladder, Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) thinks he is going insane. Or worse. When his nightmares begin spilling into his waking hours, Jacob believes he is experiencing the after-effects of a powerful drug tested on him during Vietnam. Or perhaps his post-traumatic stress disorder is worse than most. Whatever is happening to him, it's not good. Director Adrian Lyne sparks our interest and maintains high production values, but this confusing film chokes on its "surprise" ending. It owes much to Ambrose Bierce's haunting and more straightforward short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek. Written by Bruce Joel Rubin, who also explored the "other side" in Ghost and My Life, Jacob's Ladder ultimately feels like an exercise in self-indulgence. A spirited performance by Elizabeth Peña outshines Robbins, who is surprisingly lethargic. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano and Bonnie Hunt star in ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA, a SHOWTIME® Limited Event Series directed and executive produced by Ben Stiller. Based on the stranger-than-fiction prison break in upstate New York, ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA follows the story of two convicts who spawned a statewide manhunt and were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee who became involved with both men. It's a bizarre tale filled with twists and turns, yet through it all there's one thing that unites the inmates and citizens of Dannemora everyone's looking for a way out. Special Features: Primary Sources Making of Sweat's Run Audio Commentary by Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, and the filmmakers
When homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Patricia Clarkson) is called to investigate the murder of a leading astrophysicist in New Orleans, she is confronted by a mystery that begins to affect her in ways she had never expected. As the investigation deepens, a darker world is slowly revealed and she must use all of her skills and experience to piece together fragments of a wider conspiracy that lies behind the murder. With a stunning cast that also includes Toby Jones, Jacki Weaver and James Caan, OUT OF BLUE is an unmissable neo-noir mystery from visionary director Carol Morley in which one detective's quest for truth begins to destabilise both her view of the world and her very being.
A strong cast features in actor-director Lionel Jeffries' emotional drama about a young boy facing the combined challenge of his parents' disintegrating marriage relocation to London and an ongoing attempt to overcome his speech problem. Sympathetic moving but never sentimental Baxter! features a remarkable performance from young actor Scott Jacoby supported by Patricia Neal Jean-Pierre Cassel and Britt Ekland. Baxter! is presented in a brand-new digital transfer in its original theatrical aspect ratio from original film elements. The product of a broken home and an enforced move to another country Roger Baxter is an American schoolboy adrift in London. Now living with his selfish uncaring mother in an unfamiliar city it is only the kindness of his neighbours that begins to show Roger the love that has been absent from his life. With his personal situation driving him headlong towards a nervous breakdown however is it too little too late? SPECIAL FEATURES [] Original Theatrical Trailer [] Image Gallery [] Promotional Material PDF
A celebration of Britain's most famous and enduring television programme Coronation Street features 80 landmark episodes 8 from each year of the decade from the 1970s in a 10-disc box set. With 8 outstanding episodes from each year this box set represents the very best of 'Coronation Street' in the decade that established it as a staple part of British TV culture. With many episodes unseen since their original broadcast the release is an opportunity to revisit old friends and
The complete fourth series of the BBC detective drama based on the novels by David Cook starring Patricia Routledge as Hetty Wainthrope. Armed with little more than her pocketbook and her prodigious common-sense Hetty has proven that she can easily match wits with the best of them - even if she has to take the bus to get to the scene of a crime. Episodes are: 'Something to Treasure' 'Family Values' 'Digging for Dirt' 'Mind Over Muscle' 'Blood Relations' and 'For Love Nor Money'.
An overworked lawyer. An undercover cop. In a town where everyone is for sale they're the best that money can buy... A tough Manhattan Legal Aid Attorney is about to move up to a comfortable and well-paid job on Wall Street. His last assignment is to defend a black drugs dealer who has shot dead an undercover cop in Central Park. The dealer insists he fired in self-defence and the attorney must investigate a ring of crooked cops to finally prove his client's innocence...
For seven years, Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette) has coped with visions of the dead who cry out for justice, while balancing her dream-world with the all-too-real problems of maintaining a career and raising a family. Now, in Medium: The Final Season, her saga reaches its unforgettable conclusion.As Allison continues to help District Attorney Manuel Devalos (Miguel Sandoval) solve crimes, she contends with a dark spirit that haunts co-worker Detective Lee Scanlon (David Cubitt).But her greatest challenge occurs as an ominous prophecy looms over her family. In the hour ofcrisis, her love for her husband Joe (Jake Weber) will face the ultimate test.
Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
Mandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught and enroll her with a special teacher.
Returning home from a game, a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders, and coaches become stranded on the infamous East 9 Highway and must fight a winged nightmare bent upon feasting on human flesh.
John Waters is back with another hilarious comedy about carnal lust, convenience stores and Baltimore!
It's hard not to feel there's something wrong when Army of Darkness, the third entry in Sam Raimi's lively Evil Dead series, opens with a 15 certificate. And indeed, this is not quite the non-stop rollercoaster of splat we're entitled to expect. Like Evil Dead II, it opens with a digest-cum-remake of the original movie, taking geeky Ash (Bruce Campbell) back out to that cabin in the woods where he is beset by demons who do away with his girlfriend (blink and you'll miss Bridget Fonda). Blasted back in time to 12th century England, Ash finds himself still battling the Deadites and his own ineptitude in a quest to save the day and get back home. Though it starts zippily, with Campbell's grimly funny clod of a hero commanding the screen, a sort of monotony sets in as magical events pile up. Ash is attacked by Lilliputian versions of himself, one of whom incubates in his stomach and grows out of his shoulder to be his evil twin. After being dismembered and buried, Evil Ash rises from the dead to command a zombie army and at least half the film is a big battle scene in which rotted warriors (nine mouldy extras in masks for every one Harryhausen-style impressive animated skeleton) besiege a cardboard castle. There are lots of action jokes, MAD Magazine-like marginal doodles and a few funny lines, but it lacks the authentic scares of The Evil Dead and the authentic sick comedy of Evil Dead II. On the DVD: Army of Darkness may be the least of the trilogy, but Anchor Bay's super two-disc set is worthy of shelving beside their outstanding editions of the earlier films. Disc 1 contains the 81-minute US theatrical version in widescreen or fullscreen, plus the original "Planet of the Apes" ending, the trailer and a making-of featurette. Disc 2 has the 96-minute director's cut, with extra slapstick and a lively, irreverent commentary track from Raimi, Campbell and co-writer Ivan Raimi, plus yet more deleted scenes and some storyboards. The fact that the film exists in so many versions suggests that none of them satisfied everybody, but fans will want every scrap of Army in this one package. --Kim Newman
When Nikki Collins witnesses a murder the absence of a body undermines her credibility in the eyes of the police. Undeterred Nikki seeks the help of a popular crime fiction writer. Includes the famous songs: 'Silent Night Holy Night' 'Give Me A Little Kiss' and 'Night And Day'.
This double DVD contains all six episodes of the second series of Rumpole Of The Bailey that starred Leo McKern as the eccentric Old Bailey defence lawyer. Rumpole is set a wide range of challenges including in the first case 'Rumpole and the Man of God' defending a vicar who is in court on a shoplifting charge. Rumpole is also called in to defend a man who claims that his arrest was a case of mistaken identity as well as a known fascist who is facing a charge under the Race Relations Act and a naive young teacher accused of seducing one of his students. It's not an easy life for the lawyer as all the time Rumpole is also trying to stay on top of the day to day shenanigans at chambers whilst constantly endeavouring to pacify wife she who must be obeyed.
A bored young motorcycle messenger challenges a motorcycle daredevil to a death-defying jump across a broken bridge. Featuring a soundtrack unrivalled during the '80s, artists including The Police, Madness, The Pretenders, The Boomtown Rats, Squeeze, Joe Jackson, Chic, Dire Straits, The Shadows, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gary Numan and Emerson Lake and Palmer. Product Features First-Ever UK Blu-Ray Release Starring stunt legend Eddie Kidd
Introducing Ultra HD. 4 Times Sharper than HD. Offers Brilliant Brights and Deepest Darks with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Wider Colour Spectrum adding Dazzling Colours to your viewing experience. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is now available in this new format. There's more action, more excitement, and more spectacular effects in this thrilling new chapter of the epic Maze Runner saga that's taking the world by storm! They may have escaped from the Maze, but Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers now face a greater challenge: searching for clues about the secret organization known as WCKD. Their journey leads them to the Scorch, a desolate wasteland filled with unimaginable dangers. The mystery deepens at every turn as the Gladers work together to discover their purpose and battle to survive in this must-see, electrifying adventure!
In The Foreign Legion: Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Meet The Keystone Cops: Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where as stunt men they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.
The Count Of Monte-Cristo: The Complete Series (5 Discs)
An off-beat minimalist thriller from idiosyncratic director Maxwell Munden The House in the Woods stars B-movie stalwarts Patricia Roc and Michael Gough as a trendy couple who get in over their head in their quest for a little peace and quiet. Though The House in the Woods is presented here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio there are still some issues with the soundtrack. While they have been corrected as much as possible viewers will notice intermittent audio issues. Geoffrey Carter a highly strung author suffering from writer's block petulantly insists to his wife that they flee their annoying neighbours and move somewhere more peaceful. They find a delightfully remote woodland cottage which the owner a melancholic widowed artist with a Larry Adler fixation is happy to rent them at a pittance. All too soon they realise that something is not quite right with their landlord and much to Geoffrey's horror he realises that the plot of his new murder mystery is being played out for real...
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