From executive producer Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) comes a mind-bending British psychological thriller to sit alongside such classics of the genre as Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell s Performance, David Lynch s Lost Highway and Christopher Nolan s Following. Chris is a homicide detective called to London to investigate a strange double murder. Both victims appear to have continued moving towards their assailant despite multiple gunshots to the face and chest. On a hunch, and with the help of an old colleague and former girlfriend Chris decides to go undercover as a patient to investigate the suspect s psychotherapist, the mysterious Alexander Morland, who has a taste for the occult... The debut feature of writer-director Gareth Tunley, starring Tom Meeten (Sightseers), Alice Lowe (Garth Marenghi s Darkplace) and Dan Renton Skinner (Notes on Blindness), The Ghoul is the latest standout addition to a thriving new wave of British cinema. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Standard Definiton DVD presentation Original 5.1 audio Optional English subtitles for the hard-of-hearing Filmmakers commentary Interviews with the cast and crew The Baron, a 2013 short film by Gareth Tunley, starring Tom Meeten and Steve Oram (Aaaaaaaah!, Sightseers) Trailer FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Booklet featuring writing on the film by Adam Scovell, author of Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange
INCLUDES BEST COMEDY ROSE D'OR WINNER LA COUCHETTE STEVE PEMBERTON AND REECE SHEARSMITH FOLLOW UP THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES 1 WITH ANOTHER ANTHOLOGY OF TALES OF THE GENUINELY UNEXPECTED. Be invited into six more entirely different No. 9s, ranging from the poignant to the unsettlingly scary, but always funny and surprising. Starring alongside Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (Psychoville, The League of Gentlemen) is a myriad of talent including Sheridan Smith (Cilla), Jack Whitehall (Bad Education, Fresh Meat), Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones) and Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous). EXTRAS: BEHIND THE SCENES
The Mysterious Cities of Gold returns after a 27 year break! The hit animation series that was the hottest show on Childrens BBC Television in the 80's is now back! With the same team in charge of artisic and script supervision Jean Chalopin and Bernard Deyries. The series features a brand new orchestration of the original music with vocals by Crystal Petit. Join Esteban, Zia and Tao with some amazing new characters and follow their adventures as they travel to find new cities of gol...
BAFTA and Golden Globe -winning actress Brenda Blethyn stars as the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope in this hit crime drama. Vera may be unconventional and unglamorous, but she faces the world with her caustic wit, guile and courage, and what she lacks in charm she more than makes up for in wisdom and insight. Vera and her trusted team investigate tragic and intriguing cases, chasing ruthless killers, unravelling complex mysteries and uncovering secrets that sometimes stray a little too close to home. Set against the atmospheric landscapes of the breathtaking Northumberland countryside, this top-rating drama is inspired by the bestselling novels and characters created by acclaimed author Ann Cleeves.
"12 and Holding" explores the complexities of children losing their innocence and adults struggling to guide them.
The complete third series of the bittersweet comedy drama first shown on the BBC. Abby's life now seems a million miles away from London but just as she is beginning to feel accepted as by the island community on Ronansay Robbie the children's father turns up. He was a lousy boyfriend and father and is not welcome. Kenny meanwhile has finally accepted that his feelings for Abby will remain unrequited and decides to move on emotionally. Another erring father is Alistair who i
Paul Kaye stars as a bad-boy bowling champion who takes on the establishment and turns lawn bowls into the biggest spectator sport in England - nay the world!
A young horror film-maker inherits some relics from his grandfather the owner of a Hollywood film studio. The relics include a mysterious old clock. When it strikes midnight strange things start to happen. A special effects figure is taken over by the ghost of the grandfather's butler who helps the young film-maker in his struggle with a powerful movie boss to establish the ownership of his grandfather's studio.
Roland Culver plays a psychiatrist with deadly intentions in this crime thriller of 1957 – a classic British noir also starring William Hartnell Gainsborough heroine Patricia Roc and veteran character actress Ellen Pollock. Also known as Scotland Yard Dragnet The Hypnotist is scripted and directed by crime/suspense specialist Montgomery Tully director of numerous instalments in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series. It is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Recovering in hospital after a plane crash Val Neal a young test pilot begins to suffer psychosomatic attacks of pains in the chest choking and mental blackouts. Mary his fiancée calls in psychiatrist Dr Pelham but while under treatment Val becomes violent and escapes Pelham's care. When he returns Pelham tells him that during a mental blackout he has committed a murder... Special Features Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Original Promotional Materials PDF
Episodes from John Sullivan's comedy series in which East End bookmaker Vince Pinner (Nicholas) who thinks he is Gods gift to women may just have met his match in up-market girl Penny Warender (Francis)... Contains all 14 episodes from Series One and Two.
The struggle for Cybertron continues in Transformers: Beast Machines Season 2! Mysteriously transported back to their home planet of Cybertron with no memory of how or why they are there the Maximals find themselves pitched in a life-or-death battle with the evil Vehicons ruthless minions of the Decepticon Megatron. With a war now being waged the Maximals led by the awesome Optimus Primal must free Cybertron from Megatron and restore it to its former glory before all life is doomed. With animals replacing the vehicular forms of the Autobots Transformers: Beast Machines takes the age-old battle to a new level.
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Commentary, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Mel Smith directs a very English cast in this light-comedy based loosely on the story of Bowler Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye). Starkey dreams of playing for England however, he just can't keep out of trouble and has always preferred following his own rules - much to the disapproval of the stuck-up local bowls club in Torquay. But when Rick Schwartz (Vince Vaughn), an American sports agent, takes Cliff under his wing he becomes a national hero... ...Blackball ( Black ball )
In Winning London, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are tasked with straightening out stalled romances and stifling an overactive competitive streak. The scene is set in London, where Chloe and Riley (Mary-Kate and Ashley), along with other members of their high school's Model UN team, are strutting their strategic mock peace-bringing stuff at an international competition. While Chloe captures the heart of an upper-crust English boy, Riley sets her sights on teammate Brian, who's clueless enough to call her kiddo. After a breakdown in her budding romance, Chloe, who's accustomed to winning, learns to chill out and consider the more sporting side of competitions. This being a Mary-Kate and Ashley vehicle, shopping for schoolgirl-swanky ensembles is involved, as is boogying with the boys at hot nightspots. Sightseeing excursions to Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace among other places, feel thrown in as educational titbits for parents' sake; better to watch this purely for fun. --Tammy La Gorce, Amazon.com
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We Are Mongrels BBC Three's first urban multi-species adult puppet comedy tells the tale of four urban animals who hang out together in the bin yard of an inner-city pub. Scratch the furry surface and Nelson the metrosexual fox; Destiny the pretentious pedigree It-bitch; Marion the abandoned street cat; and Kali the deeply cynical pigeon are kidults struggling with the everyday drama of life in the back-alleys of the urban jungle. We Are Mongrels is bold mischievous upbeat surprising and colourful. It encompasses all human life love and its contradictions - relationships sex aspirations desperations and shattered dreams.
Agatha Christie's classic sleuth Miss Marple (here essayed by Geraldine McEwan) takes on another case of murder most foul... In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'Captain Trevelyan...dead...murder.' Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately his home is six miles away and with sn
Paul Kaye stars in an engaging comedy exploring the relationship between fame and sanity set in Ibiza.
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall (Ed Stoppard) relocates to the countryside with his wife (Sophia Myles) and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben s way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn t quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger. He begins to investigate the local gamekeeper Jack (Russell Tovey) and the ex-paratrooper vicar, Father Patrick (Paul Kaye) but things complicate when an old friend Dominic (Greg Wise) and his girlfriend (Joanna Vanderham) enter the frame.
Struggling comedian James Mullinger (based on the eponymous, real-life comedian) has come to a crossroads in his life; no one wants to see him perform, his wife is fed up, and his day time boss has given him an ultimatum take a promotion and never do stand up again, or stick to the comedy and lose his job. To add salt to the wound, his boss sends him to L.A. to interview some of the greatest comedians alive for the magazine. Through spending time with his former heroes, a faint glimmer of his passion for stand-up comedy begins to stir again
Hustle follows the fortunes of a gang of five expert con artists let loose on the streets of London. They are specialists in the way of the grifter and all are keen to liberate cash from the amoral and undeserving. From faking film sets and expensive paintings to double-crossing the duplicitous head of a bank's security system, the con is on! Episodes comprise: 1. The Con Is On 2. Faking It 3. Picture Perfect 4. Cops And Robbers 5. A Touch Of Class 6. The Last Gamble 7. Gold Mine 8. ...
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