In the rough-and-tumble, wildly entertaining world of Starsky & Hutch, impatient cops--anxious to join a foot race in pursuit of a villain--throw themselves out of moving vehicles and roll to a bruising stop. Undercover detectives Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (David Soul), hardly imbued with the powers of Spider-Man, routinely scale walls, hop from rooftop to rooftop, and fling themselves down steep hillsides to stop bad guys from doing what bad guys do. Years later Hill Street Blues would redefine the cop genre as a mesh of overlapping storylines and workaday frustrations, but Aaron Spelling's iconic 70s show portrays LA's finest as madly heroic creatures of reckless determination and physicality. This first season is also startlingly brutal for a primetime US showit was later significantly toned down, much to the regret of fanswhile maintaining a delightful, often incongruous, self-deprecating humour. From the series pilot on, partners and best pals Starsky and Hutch work a fine line between predator and prey, relentlessly pursuing suspects while also snared by crime chieftains or short-sighted superiors. In "The Fix", Hutch's secret romance with the former girlfriend of a mafia boss (Robert Loggia) results in the lawman's kidnapping and forced addiction to heroin. Similarly, in "A Coffin for Starsky", a mad chemist injects the wisecracking cop with a slow-acting but lethal poison. "Jo-Jo", written by Michael Mann, finds our guys at loggerheads with federal officers over a dumb deal the G-Men make with a serial rapist. The 23 episodes in this set are all fun, if sometimes shocking, viewing. Expect each character to take as much abuse as he dishes out. Still, the comic sight of Starsky and Hutch (in "Death Notice") trying to conduct business amid busy strippers is well worth the surrounding violence. --Tom Keogh
It's December 1969 in Watford England and Jeremy Sloane (Nick Frost) is at the end of his rope - literally. His failed attempt to end it all has just joined a growing list of recent setbacks which include getting sacked from his accounting job and a separation from his wife Janet (Olivia Colman) who has left to 'find herself.' The one remaining constant in his life are his evenings at the pub with childhood mates Ross (Peter Serafinowicz) Reggie (Brendan Patricks) and Beans (Lawry Lewin). While the gang makes plans for the approaching decade Sloane simply longs for employment and the return of his wife. Although a part - time job as a supply teacher goes ludicrously wrong Sloane may luck out romantically due to a chance encounter at a hardware shop with a free-spirited young American woman called Robin (Ophelia Lovibond) who might just help Sloane get his life back on track as the new decade approaches. By turns hilarious and heart-breaking Mr. Sloane is an everyman muddling through the human comedy as best he can learning lessons about love longing and loyalty along the way.
Irreverent detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) teams up with a skeptical policewoman (Rachel Weisz) to investigate a murder and the world of demons and angels that exist just beneath the landscape of L.A.
In this animated adventure comedy, The Angry Birds Movie, we'll finally find out why the birds are so angry. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to. Click Images to Enlarge
Sooty bets Richard and Sweep that they can't spend the night in a haunted house. But in a bedroom full of creaking armour hairy spiders and spooky paintings will they be brave enough to stay? Features Five Fun-filled episodes The Haunted House Fireworks Sooty's Space Rocket The Fancy Dress Party The Genie Includes special bonus scenes!!! Ooh Ahh Metal Detecting and Magic Wishes.
Stevens is the perfect English butler. Now employed by Mr Lewis, the new American owner of Darlington Hall, Stevens has spent the best part of his working life serving Lord Darlington, the host of many prestigious international conferences in the 1930s. It was only when war broke out in 1939, that Lord Darlington's involvement with the Nazi party was uncovered. Now, twenty years later, Stevens realizes that his unquestioning faith and dedication to duty were misplaced, and cost him dearly in his own personal life. Over several years, he carried on an intense relationship with the Estate's attractive young housekeeper, Miss Kenton. But his unwavering sense of duty led Stevens to deny his emotions and eventually drive away the one woman he loved. Now he wants to make amends...An extraordinary story of blind emotion and repressed love, The Remains Of The Day achieved an astounding 8 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress. Anthony Hopkins received the BAFTA Award for the Best Performance by an actor in a leading role.
For a limited time only, Universal Pictures are re-releasing five of their most beloved Cinema Classics in cinemas around the UK. The following films will be released: Spartacus, Blues Brothers, Scar Face, The Thing and Animal House.
After replacing the legendary Eric Clapton in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Peter went on to form Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac one of the most successful bands to come out of Britain in the 60's. Peter's genius on the guitar was matched by the songs he wrote including Black Magic Woman later a huge debut hit for Santana and the supernatural and sublime instrumental Albatross as well as the classic Oh Well. The film traces that early success explores Peter's drug use and his eternal spiral into schizophrenia. The film also examines how the treatment he received (electroconvulsive therapy) prolonged his illness and extended absence from the music scene. The story continues with Peter's fragile mental and artistic recovery his return to the recording studio and live music scene in the mid 1990's that saw his most positive creative output for many years. It portrays an artist who has now come to express his feelings not just through the guitar music he still loves but also his art and photography. The film contains extensive and rare archive footage of live and studio performances stills and original in-depth interviews with Peter Green Mick Fleetwood John McVie Mike Vernon (legendary producer of the original Fleetwood Mac Blue Horizons albums) Noel Gallagher John Mayall Dennis Keane (road manager) Martin Celmins (Peter's official biographer) Carlos Santana Jeremy Spencer (the original Fleetwood Mac guitarist) and many others who were fortunate to work with or know this extraordinary Man of the World.
The first ever feature length Minder escapade. Terry and Arthur race through Europe on the Orient Express and become involved in a tale of gangland revenge murder and mayhem. Terry has been given tickets for the Orient Express by a mysterious young woman but Arthur needs Terry for protection and Terry need Arthur like a hole in the head. By devious means Arthur boards the train only to find Chisholm is aboard working with Interpol...
The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu who will make it to dessert? You are cordially invited to join an all-star cast featuring Peter Sellers David Niven Peter Falk James Coco Elsa Lanchester Maggie Smith Alec Guinness Eileen Brennan Nancy Walker James Cromwell and Estelle Winwood for Neil Simon's hilarious murder-mystery spoof Murder By Death. The isolated mansion of eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) is the setting for the twisted puzzler. Twain informs his guests that one of them will be murdered at the stroke of midnight. The pay-off: $1 million to whoever lives through the night. Murder By Death cleverly sends up both the mystery genre and the characterisations of a host of these instantly recognisable gumshoes. Match wits with the super sleuths but remember you can't win if you end up dying from laughter!
All 6 episodes of this 1974 ITV drama are now available for the first time on DVD. The tale centres on the whereabouts of Al Capone's ill gotten gains from the prohibition era - The Capone Investment. Set in contemporary England a brutal murder triggers an investigation revealing that ''4M of the original haul may be located here. Following a trail of bodies the sleuths attempt to recover the money and resolve the mystery.
Hollywood sweetheart Doris Day lights up the screen with her timeless sparkle in this light hearted Western. Upon the death of her husband, feisty rancher Josie is determined to make a success of her sheep farm in small town Wyoming, much to the outrage of her male counterparts. Determined to prove her equality and defend her land, she stirs up a women’s rights riot, and even a little romance along the way.
Celebrated filmmaker Antony Balch directs one of the most idiosyncratic and unforgettable British movies of all time - the film the censor tried to stop! From beyond the grave a 1 000-year-old mummy (voiced by Valentine Dyall) narrates a series of kinky stories to illustrate the age-old battle of the sexes. From cosmic thrills supernatural kinks and swinging permissiveness this is boy versus girl in a hip psychedelic mix of vintage glamour and grotesque horror. Now fully restored from the original negatives Secrets of Sex features a cast of gorgeous young models including Sue Bond (The Benny Hill Show) Cathy Howard (School for Sex) and Nicola Austine (Come Play with Me) and is presented here completely uncut for the very first time in the UK.
Titles Comprise: Tess Of The D'Urbervilles: Thomas Hardy's classic novel remains one of the most popular books ever written. This lavish production vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men - Alec D'Urberville and Angel Clare. Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte's classic tale of all-consuming love. When Mr. Earnshaw encounters Heathcliff a ragamuffin orphan he kindly brings the boy into his home and makes him part of the family. And from the start Heathcliff falls hopelessly in love with the daughter of the house the beautiful headstrong Catherine. She adores him too but when a wealthy neighbour woos her Catherine's material instincts get the better of her and she agrees to marry the man. However Catherine discovers that she cannot forget Heathcliff so easily and that not even death can make them part... Far From The Madding Crowd: An evocative and sumptuous adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel set in the 19th Century. The arrival of Bathsheba Everdene as mistress of Weatherbury Farm causes quite a stir in the all-male environment of the Corn Exchange. A beautiful and proud young woman with a fiercely independent spirit she soon ensnares and almost destroys the lives of the three men who love her...
Three motorcycle couriers take an impromptu road trip out of the city and in to rural Wales.
"Everything is numbers," states Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) in the pilot of Numb3rs, a satisfying (and educational!) crime drama. Executive-produced by brothers/film directors Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and Tony Scott (Top Gun), it's like CSI with algorithms and probabilities instead of blood spatter and DNA swabs, which separates it from the slew of gruesome forensics-centered cop shows currently on the air. In this case, it's a brains-vs.-brawn matchup: a brilliant math professor (Krumholtz) consulting on crimes for an FBI agent (Rob Morrow) who happens to be his older brother. While Don, Morrow's character, busts the baddies with his team of agents, Charlie's scribbling formulas on chalkboards and statistically deducting a rapist's next target by comparing his pattern to a sprinkler system. (Yes, it sounds geekier than it is). As the show progresses, Charlie--not yet desensitised to people's fates relying on his findings--takes it harder and harder when his hypotheses don't always result in justice. It sounds very cerebral, but the cops and robbers concept plus brother-to-brother dynamics make it all go down easy. There's an unpretentious way the premise is executed, which ends up making math--get this--fun. --Ellen A. Kim
A 12 year old girl walks chest deep into the freezing waters of a South Island lake in New Zealand. She is five months pregnant and won't say who the father is. Then she disappears. Robin Griffin is a gutsy but inexperienced detective called in to investigate. But as Robin becomes more and more obsessed with the search for Tui she slowly begins to realise that finding Tui is tantamount to finding herself - a self she has kept well hidden. Available in beautiful high definition and set against one of the most amazing and untouched landscapes left on the planet Top of the Lake is a powerful and haunting story about our search for happiness where the dream of paradise attracts it dark twin the fall.
Two of the most iconic science fiction epics from Paramount Pictures come together in one out-of-this-world double feature from producer George Pal. Making its 4K UHD debut, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is an Oscar®-winning* adaptation of the chilling H.G. Wells novel. Then, get ready for impending disaster when a runaway star signals the destruction of Earth in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, included on Blu-ray⢠remastered from the original film elements. Both are essential Technicolor masterpieces from the Golden Age of Hollywood, delivering eye-popping visual effects. This collector's edition includes The War of the Worlds (1953) 4K UHD, When Worlds Collide Blu-ray, 8 photo cards, 5 art cards and 2 magnets. Product Features Commentary by Actors Ann Robinson and Gene Barry Commentary by Film Director Joe Dante, Film Historian Bob Burns, and Bill Warren, author of Keep Watching The Skies ! The Sky Is Falling: Making The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction The Mercury Theatre On The Air presents The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast Original Theatrical Trailer
Oscar-nominated Carroll Baker gives a memorable performance as a manipulative vamp in this erotically-charged, X-rated thriller written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Clemens and stylishly directed by Seth Holt. Co-starring Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott and German character actor Peter van Eyck, Station Six Sahara is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film element in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Five dysfunctional individuals man an isolated oil pipeline station in the Sahara, their mutual contempt only overshadowed by their desire for female company. Without warning, a car drives out of the desert night and crashes in front of the station - the driver is badly injured but the passenger, a gorgeous blonde, stirs up the tension amongst the men to unbearable levels.
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