In 1975's Carry On England, a mixed-sex anti-aircraft battery is set up during World War II by way of an experiment. The sex is indeed pretty mixed, although the drafting in of Patrick Mower and Judy Geeson rather demonstrates the need for at least some of the cast to be attractive in order to make this odd premise feasible. For the most part, of course, it's tits-out sex-comedy slapstick all the way, but there's a nicely ambivalent performance from Kenneth Connor, who portrays the wartime British officer class as being pretty much bonkers, a telling interpretation, which Stephen Fry was to perfect years later in Blackadder Goes Forth. The location is of course typically Carry On cheap-and-cheerful, but its inevitable drabness, together with the indistinguishable khaki uniforms, tends to put a bit of a dampener on the adult-panto atmosphere that the best Carry Ons deliver. The cast commendably manage to transcend this, though, so there's still plenty of fun to be had. --Roger Thomas
WWE champion John Cena dominates the big screen as Marine John Triton. Wherever there's danger Triton is usually smack dab in the middle of it... and he doesn't play by rules! After he's unwillingly discharged from Iraq Triton's beautiful wife Kate (Nip And Tuck's Kelly Carlson) is kidnapped by merciless jewel thieves led by a vicious killer (Robert Patrick)! Now Triton must fight to save her utilizing his most powerful weapon - himself!
Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal).Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nicolas Cage.4K: Region FreeBlu Ray: Region B
The winner of the audience award at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival.
Prepare to join the fight for mutant rights with the X-Men Trilogy on DVD! Experience the first three adventures of the saga X-Men X-Men 2 and X-Men The Last Stand in which Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is drawn into a conflict between Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) who have opposing views on humanity and mutants. When the war for the future of mankind comes to a head are you ready to choose a side? This legendary collection kick-started an entire genre and features an all-star cast including Halle Berry Anna Paquin Famke Janssen and many more. Includes all new artwork and a host of bonus features for you to enjoy.
The films of Roger Corman are often as well-known for their behind-the-scenes stories as they are the ones unfolding on the screen. He famously made Little Shop of Horrors in just two days using sets left over from A Bucket of Blood and shot The Terror over a long weekend because bad weather prevented him from playing tennis. But none of these tales is quite so complex, or quite so extraordinary, as the making of Blood Bath. The saga began when Corman invested in a Yugoslavian Krimi-like picture entitled Operation Titian just prior to it going into production. Insisting it be filmed in English, he sent actors William Campbell and Patrick Magee, and uncredited story editor Francis Ford Coppola (all fresh from Dementia 13), to Dubrovnik to make a US-friendly movie but wasn't satisfied with the end results. First it was re-cut and re-scored to create Portrait in Terror, a film more in line with drive-in tastes, then it was handed over to Jack Hill (Spider Baby), followed by Stephanie Rothman (Terminal Island), each undertaking reshoots that resulted in a vampire picture by the name of Blood Bath. One final twist was provided when a TV version was required, chopping scenes and adding others to create Track of the Vampire. For this release Arrow Video has searched through the vaults to bring you all four versions of Blood Bath, newly restored from the best materials available to provide a definitive release of one of Corman's craziest ventures.
Bob Rafelson's Mountains Of The Moon based on William Harrison's biographical novel 'Burton and Speke' tells the story of 19th century explorers Captain R.F. Burton (Patrick Bergin) and Lt. John Hanning Speke's (Iain Glen) 1854 expedition to Africa to find the source of the river Nile. Shot in the actual locations where the events unfolded the protagonists sustain injuries and illness and encounter animosity from tribes as they struggle with the uncompromising African wilderness. T
Hell Drivers sees James Bond (Sean Connery), Doctor Who (William Hartnell), one of the men from UNCLE (David McCallum), the Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) and a Professional (Gordon Jackson), all supporting Stanley Baker in this hard-as-nails British action picture realistically set in a bleak late-1950s England. Baker plays Tom Yately, an ex-con who takes the only job he can get--truck driving at breakneck speeds for a corrupt manager (Hartnell) and brutal foreman (McGoohan). The constant short runs and competition between the drivers makes for an intense atmosphere which inevitably explodes into violence. Baker's only friend is an Italian ex-POW played sensitively by Herbert Lom, while Peggy Cummings is a remarkably free-spirited heroine for a British film of the time. Baker himself is superb, quietly tough, and broodingly charismatic, McGoohan is compellingly malevolent and Hartnell simply chilling. The film is consistently engrossing and often exciting, even when the plot spirals into melodrama towards the finale. One has to wonder where the police are during all this mayhem, but the fact that the screenplay, by John Kruse and Cy Endfield, received a BAFTA nomination suggests the scenario was at least reasonably realistic. Endfield also directed this, the second of six films he would helm for Baker, the most famous of which would be the all-time classic, Zulu (1964). On the DVD: Hell Drivers is presented in an anamorphically enhanced ratio of 1.77:1. This means a little of the original 1.96:1 VistaVision (70mm) image is cropped at the sides, which is just noticeable in a few shots. The print used is excellent, with only very minor damage, and the mono sound is fine. The disc also includes Look in on Hell Drivers, a 1957 TV programme that offers interviews with Stanley Baker, Cy Endfield and Alfie Bass, as well as comments from genuine truck drivers confirming the realism of the story, and a contemporary 15-minute television interview with Baker, which focuses on Hell Drivers, Sea Fury(1958) (also directed by Cy Endfield) and Violent Playground (1958). The original trailer rounds out an excellent package. --Gary S Dalkin
The year is 2525 and the world has been turned upside down. Monstrous airborne machines known as Baileys have taken over the surface of the earth and driven the people underground. While most of humanity has abandoned hope of ever reclaiming the surface of the earth there are those who remain fiercely committed to the cause. Among these brave souls are the female warriors Hel and Sarge. They are joined by Cleopatra a 21st Century girl who wakes up 500 years after being cryogenically frozen. They are united in the most courageous of quests: to restore humanity to its rightful place on the planet! Episode titles: Quest For Firepower Creegan Flying Lessons Mind Games Home/Rescue Run Cleo Run Choices.
""Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!"" - Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) The complete fifth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation one of the finest sci-fi shows of all-time. Episodes Comprise: 1. Redemption (Part 2) 2. Darmok 3. Ensign Ro 4. Silicon Avatar 5. Disaster
Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) have a happy family with their three young children. When tragedy strikes their young son Josh and Renai begin to experience things that science cannot explain. James Wan and Leigh Whannell the co-creators of Saw join forces with the producers of Paranormal Activity to take you on a mind-bending journey into the world of the unknown.
Mulder and Scully return from Antarctica to discover they've been reassigned and are no longer a part of The X-Files. Their frustration turns to fear when Cassandra Spender a woman who claims to have been abducted the same night as Mulder's sister reappears with claims of an alien threat. But it is an extraterrestrial artefact found off the coast of Africa which may hold the key to the very origins of life on Earth and which has an unexplained and deadly effect on Mulder. Episod
In season six of Star Trek: The Next Generation the dangers grow even more dire for the crew of the Enterprise. During a behind-the-lines mission Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) falls into the hands of a seasoned Cardassian torturer. In an attempt to learn the truth about his father Worf (Michael Dorn) breaks into a Romulan prison compound. James Doohan returns when a transporter malfunction resurrects the original series' Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) copes with a bizarre identity crisis that pits him quite literally against himself. And Data's (Brent Spiner) quest to understand emotion introduces him to the concept of rage.
Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as they could be possible carriers of the bubonic plague.
Suits returns for a sixth season marked by major upheaval. As Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) begins his two-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit fraud, his colleagues at Pearson Specter Litt must handle the repercussions of his plea deal. As associates flee the firm, Harvey (Gabriel Macht), Louis (Rick Hoffman), Jessica (Gina Torres), Donna (Sarah Rafferty) and Rachel (Meghan Markle) face impending lawsuits from former clients. While Mike struggles to adjust to the brutalities of prison life, Harvey is determined to fix the situation and save the firm.
Scattered to the far corners of the J galaxy and beyond, our Killjoys find themselves united by the knowledge of the name of their true enemy: The Lady. An immeasurable manifestation of evil without beginning or end, The Lady is making her play and our trio has something she wants the Hullen Heir. While Dutch is on a journey to face her biggest foe yet, D'av and John are trapped in an elevator in deep space with a pregnant Delle Seyah.
The day before her heart operation, twelve-year-old Lucy Rose reads J.M. Barrie's novel of Peter Pan to a crowd of sick children in the hospital, and she goes to sleep with thoughts of the classic tale in her head. Lucy dreams this version of Peter Pan into existence and the story is retold through the young girl's imagination. The magical story cuts back and forth between Lucy's modern day struggles and the fantasy land of Neverland, with the common theme being positivity and belief.
Two captains. One destiny. Stardate: the 23rd Century. Retired Starfleet officers James T. Kirk Montgomery Scott and Pavel Chekov are guests of honor aboard the newly christened Enterprise-B. A test run takes an unexpected turn however when the starship encounters two vessels trapped inside the Nexus a mysterious energy ribbon. During a perilous rescue attempt Kirk is swept out into space. Seven decades later Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of Enterprise-D rescue an El Aurian physicist named Soran. Unbeknownst to Picard Soran harbors a deadly plan that includes the destruction of the Enterprise and millions of lives. Now Picard's only hope for a future rests within in the Nexus...and a legendary captain from the past.
ITV's famous boardroom drama from the 1960's starring Patrick Wymark Barbara Murray Clifford Evans Rosemary Leach Peter Barkworth Ian Holm and George Sewell. A spin-off from the earlier 'The Plane Makers' The Power Game made a star of Patrick Wymark as the now knighted Sir John Wilder the ruthless and power hungry executive who everybody loved to hate. The series captivated the viewing public in 1965 when first aired (one of the five most watched programme of 1966 when this first series ended) and again in 1985 when Channel 4 re-screened the saga at peak time on Saturday evenings. Episodes Comprise: 1. The New Boy 2. Lady for a Knight 3. Hagadan 4. The Politician 5. Point of Balance 6. Saturday's Women 7. The Switch 8. The Crunch 9. Late Via Rome 10. Persons and Papers 11. Trade Secrets 12. The Man With Two Hats 13. Confound Their Politics 14. Nothing's Free 15. Ambassador Status 16. Grounds for Decision 17. The Front Men 18. A Matter for Speculation 19. The Big View 20. The Dead Sea Fruit 21. The Chicken Run 22. Safe Conduct 23. The Side of the Angels 24. Tax Return 25. Where Do I Want to Go? 26. There's No Such Thing as a Dead Heat 27. One Via Zurich 28. The Big Nothing 29. The Outsider 30. The Goose Chase 31. Private Treaty 32. Without Prejudice 33. Cat is You. Bird is Me. 34. Standard Practice 35. The Heart Market 36. The New Minister 37. Drinks on Sunday 38. Triangles 39. Mergers
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