Overtaking Jurassic Park as the UK's biggest box office attraction of 1998, and winning one of its four Academy Award nominations, The Full Monty was the surprise world-wide smash of the year, it's unexpected success reflecting the underdog inspiring message of the film itself. Leading a strong cast, it was Robert Carlyle's appearance here which propelled him to sex-symbol superstardom and brought him high-profile Hollywood roles in Angela's Ashes, The World is Not Enough and The Beach among others. The story revolves around the attempts of five unemployed grafters from the recession-hit industrial North to reclaim some of their dignity, which they attempt to do by the unlikely expedient of becoming male strippers. The film follows their struggle to become The Chippendales for real women, from their shambolic beginnings to their euphoric debut appearance in front of 300 hungry lasses! Saucy and spicy with a rocking soundtrack, The Full Monty tells of the triumph of spirit over adversity, reminding us that everyone can be special, no matter what their shape ... or size. This is British independent film making at its very best, exhibiting the heart-warming truthfulness captured by many UK directors, yet eschewing their often gloomy negativity for an altogether more optimistic outlook: it's a modern fairy tale in which all five Cinderellas get to go to the ball. --Paul Eisinger
In the third century of the second calendar, after the chaos of the intergalactic wars, a powerful dictatorship has risen to dynamic proportions and engulfed most of the populated worlds. Liberty has become a crime punishable by death, and the majority of the population lives in a drug-induced state of docility. This tyrannical authority fulfils George Orwell's prophecy of 1984 to its most terrifying extremes. This government is known as the Federation. Each world has its share of rebels who either turned to crime or the Resistance. This is the story of one such group of rebels, led by a man named Blake. His group is largely composed of escaped convicts, thieves and smugglers, who are thrown together by chance. The Blake's 7 Complete Collection includes all 4 series of the cult 1970's British sci-fi show from the mind of Terry Nation. Includes digitally remastered episodes and extras from all individual releases.
Intergalactic adventure with an interplanetary resistance group battling for survival against a totalitarian super-power. Roaming a universe of boundless space and restrictive discipline freedom-fighter Blake with the crew of spaceship Liberator is locked in combat with the all-powerful forces of the Federation. This DVD release features all 13 episodes from the final series of Blake's 7. Episodes Comprise: 1. Rescue 2. Power 3. Traitor 4. Stardrive 5. Anima
Five friends grew up together in North London before going their separate ways. Twenty years on they're about to reunite for the first time to celebrate Susie's wedding. Bride-to-be Susie (Michelle Collins) isn't sure she wants to get married and tries to keep details of her wild past hidden. And each of her four friends are also going through a crisis of their own. Janet (Gwyneth Strong) is a working wife, desperate to have a baby. Mandy's (Pauline Quirke) husband makes her feel overweight and under loved, driving her to other men.Anna (Frances Barber) is a single and carefree writer determined to pursue her dream. And Karen (Lesley Manville) is a teacher unwilling to reveal she is gay. Series Two continues a year after Susie's wedding. Approaching forty, the friends find themselves facing a fresh set of problems. Motherhood turns Susie into a different woman. Mandy is single. Janet's issues aren't solved by IVF. Anna accepts that certain men are single for a reason. Only Karen seems content. Directed by Phil Davies, better known today as one of Britain's best character actors. Real Women delivers an intelligent social commentary on the contemporary lives of women during 90s. Features: Directed by BAFTA-nominee Phil Davies (Poldark (2016)) Written by Coronation Street writer Susan Oudot Music composed by Emmy-nominee Carl Davies (Buster Keaton) Starring Jane Gurnett (Crossroads), Toni Palmer (The French Lieutenant's Woman), Michelle Collins (Coronation Street), Pauline Quirke (Emmerdale), Darren Kempson (Grange Hill), Gary Webster (Family Affairs), BAFTA-nominee Lesley Manville, Golden Globe nominee Simon Ward (The Tudors) and Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and Horses)
Overtaking Jurassic Park as the UK's biggest box office attraction of 1998, and winning one of its four Academy Award nominations, The Full Monty was the surprise world-wide smash of the year, it's unexpected success reflecting the underdog inspiring message of the film itself. Leading a strong cast, it was Robert Carlyle's appearance here which propelled him to sex-symbol superstardom and brought him high-profile Hollywood roles in Angela's Ashes, The World is Not Enough and The Beach among others. The story revolves around the attempts of five unemployed grafters from the recession-hit industrial North to reclaim some of their dignity, which they attempt to do by the unlikely expedient of becoming male strippers. The film follows their struggle to become The Chippendales for real women, from their shambolic beginnings to their euphoric debut appearance in front of 300 hungry lasses! Saucy and spicy with a rocking soundtrack, The Full Monty tells of the triumph of spirit over adversity, reminding us that everyone can be special, no matter what their shape ... or size. This is British independent film making at its very best, exhibiting the heart-warming truthfulness captured by many UK directors, yet eschewing their often gloomy negativity for an altogether more optimistic outlook: it's a modern fairy tale in which all five Cinderellas get to go to the ball. --Paul Eisinger
In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.
Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go....the full monty! Dole queue Job Club domestic discord - the world is falling apart for six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers. But one of them has had enough. Determined to beat the system Gaz (Carlyle) hatches a plan that will make him and his friends serious rich - and quickly! He convinces them that a strip routine will bring in the punters especially when that act reveals the ultimate - the Full Monty! As our local heroes
Emerging from the Play for Today anthology series in 1975 Philip Martin's near two-hour-length play Gangsters proved so popular that a series was commissioned and followed eighteen months later. Following the lead of such gritty cop dramas as The Sweeney Gangsters revealed a world of racial segregation and ghettos in the style of American television; and it didn't hold back on the violence or bad language either. Former SAS officer John Kline (Maurice C
Clive Owen stars as financial whizzkid Stephen Crane out to save a struggling sports car factory in the Midlands using his boss Jimmy Blake's (Leslie Phillips) money and making many enemies along the way...
Even the bravest men fall. Ex Boxer Tom (James McMartin) is on the ropes. His promising fight career is over his marriage is on the rocks and he's broke. When a chance encounter leads to the offer of work as a doorman at a run down nightclub the jury is out on whether he has taken a step on the road to redemption or finally hit the self-destruct button. He meets volatile head doorman Paul (Paul Barber - The Full Monty) a battle hardened veteran from the old school who takes Tom under his wing and guides him through the ins and outs of life as a club land 'peacekeeper'. But Tom soon finds out he's entered a world of trouble when Chongi (Mark Russell) the head of the city's biggest 'security' firm stakes an interest in the down-at-heel club. As the tension escalates Tom is soon forced to question his new loyalties and whether he really has lost the bottle for a fight.
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies Tommy (Steven Waddington) and Gerry (Paul Barber) strike an unusual deal with a local gangster (Mark Womack) to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime to watch their beloved football team play in the 2005 Champions League Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons big trouble awaits them in the form of two ruthless crooks and a bag of stolen cash. It’s 3-0 down at half time and things couldn’t be more desperate both on and off the pitch. The boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history and Tommy is in deep water being held hostage with no hope of escape. With the clock ticking and time running out a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece!
With the last of Earth s natural resources dwindling and the human race under threat, Dr. Eve Carter makes a huge breakthrough in her Promethean Kinetics research by creating Helios: a revolutionary energy source so powerful it rivals the sun. So strong that governments struggle to control it; the highly-explosive Helios product begins to seep deep into the Earth's core, inducing giant blasts of fire and violent earthquakes which send shudders around the globe. As cities shake and oceans boil, Dr. Carter rushes to investigate the subterranean phenomenon. With the realisation that she alone can save mankind from eternal destruction, the most deadly race against time begins...
1. Jobs For The BoysChrissie assembles an unofficial building gang but their moonlighting is being watched by the Department of Employment's investigators. A raid by the fraud squad leads to tragedy2. MoonlighterDixie father of four and once the proud foreman is working illicitly on the docks when he discovers happenings that he'd rather not see. Meanwhile after threats from the Department of Employment his wife Freda is too scared to open the door.3. Shop Thy NeighbourChrissie's dole money has been stopped pending the enquiry into the 'moonlighting' affair. With no food in the cupboard the scene is set for a showdown with his wife Angie - this after all was going to be her time4. Yosser's StoryOnce Yosser dreamt of making it big. Now his manic search for work alternates with fruitless efforts to avoid eviction and keep his three children from being taken into care.5. George's Last RideA lifetime of adversity has left George's beliefs unbroken. When the end comes Chrissie discovers a legacy and finds that something must be said.
From director Albert Band comes ROBOT WARS, the follow up to 1989's cult classic ROBOT JOX.In a gas-ravaged future Hell, the United States is divided into two opposing blocs, the North Hemi and the Eastern Alliance and targeting them both are roving bands of pirates known as the Centros. While mega robots were once employed for war, peace between the blocs has dictated that the mechanized monsters are no more, save for the lone remaining functioning specimen the MRAS-2, now utilized as a tourist attraction, and piloted by the rough and tumble Drake (Don Michael Paul). But when a war-mongering dignitary steals the MRAS-2 and threatens to wage a new apocalyptic battle, Drake revives another dormant mega robot, the MEGA-1, and drags it out into the desert to take down the deadly, scorpion-like MRAS-2 with the fate of what's left of the world hanging in the balance!SPECIAL FEATURES:The Wizard of Wars: Remembering David AllenVintage 1997 Full Moon PromoVideozone
Satirical observations and mirth with John Bird and John Fortune.
Includes the following five great Clint Eastwood movies: Tightrope: By day Wes Block is a conscientious cop raising his two daughters alone. By night he indulges his bizarre sexaul tastes in the sleazy New Orleans twilight world. When a psychopathic sex murderer invades his dark domain Block's profession and personal lives violently conflict... The Rookie: Undercover cop David Ackerman is delighted with his promotion; that is until he meets his partner Nick Pulov
A feel-good British comedy in a similar vein to The Full Monty and Bend it like Beckham with a nod to Slumdog Millionaire, released on DVD 13th May 2013 The Cowboys are a local Sunday soccer team who always seem to finish bottom of the league. Now, they've finally run out of money and after losing yet another match they do what they always do to drown their sorrows - go to the pub and head off for an Indian. Barred from every Indian restaurant in town due to their bad behaviour, there's only the Taj Tandoori left to go for the Cowboys last team meal. When it comes to paying the bill the realization of not having enough money finally hits home but instead of calling the Police the owner offers the Cowboys a sponsorship deal they just can't refuse. Financing the team to keep it going the Cowboys in exchange must work as waiters in his restaurant, rename the team the Taj Cowboys and sport a ridiculous new football strip. Unknown to the Cowboys the restaurateur is really using them as security against a local racketeer run by a psychotic gangster known only as American Bob (Robert Vaughn). Reasoning with American Bob only leads to more misery and destruction but when the chips are down the Cowboys and the Indians form the most unlikely of alliances as they take on American Bob and his mighty bandits head on. Together they'll prove that... Eleven united can never be defeated. Special Features: Trailer Commentary with Director Jeremy Wooding and Producer John Adams Four Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes.
The Long Good Friday (Dir. John MacKenzie 1981): In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble. Mona Lisa (Dir. Neil Jordan 1981): Love is a weakness to be exploited and betrayed. Starring Bob Hoskins Michael Caine and Cathy Tyson 'Mona Lisa' is a classic drama written and directed by Neil Jordan about a driver (Hoskins) who falls for his employer - high-class prostitute Simone (Tyson). The DVD includes interviews and a commentary with Bob Hoskins and Neil Jordan the original theatrical trailer subtitles for the hearing impaired and much more!
Brendan Gleeson stars as Harry McKee, a TV celebrity, a drunk, and an unfaithful slob. But the night before his wife is to divorce him Harry is attacked and wakes up with no memory beyond being 18. Will Harry be able to get it right second time around?
A former boxer gets a chance when he's offered a job on the door of a run-down nightclub.
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