When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back to haunt them...
The True Story Of the Mother of Modern Nursing. Jaclyn Smith stars as Florence Nightingale in this stirring drama. Florence was an aristocratic woman who defied Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is know today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers of the Crimean War, she was scorned by her community and faced great opposition for her new way of thinking. However, through her selfless acts of caring, she quickly became known as "The Lady With The Lamp," the caring nurse whose shadow softened those wounded.
It's clear that Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan: he cast Grier in the title role of his direct homage Jackie Brown, while the one-woman revenge scenario that fuelled the Kill Bill films didn't just come from the Far East. When Foxy Brown's undercover-agent boyfriend is gunned down on the orders of evil drug kingpins, she stops at nothing to exact a thrillingly brutal revenge. This is one of the all-time great blaxploitation films, pulling out all the stops at a time long before anyone thought of inventing political correctness. Pam Grier was given the role of a lifetime as the street-smart yet intensely sexy Foxy, modelling a stupendously varied range of Seventies threads while righteously kicking villainous white butt at every opportunity. She's also given sterling support from Antonio 'Huggy Bear'Fargas as her no-good younger brother and a memorably funky soundtrack. Special Features: Restored High Definition Blu-ray presentation (1080p) Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with director Jack Hill From Black and White to Blaxploitation - Actor Sid Haig speaks about his long and influential friendship with Jack Hill A Not So Minor Influence - An Interview with Bob Minor, the first African-American member of the Stuntman's Association, and co-star of Foxy Brown Back to Black - Legendary actors Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson (Black Caesar) and Austin Stoker (Sheba Baby, Assault on Precinct 13), alongside Rosanne Katon (Ebony, Ivory, and Jade) and film scholar Howard S. Berger speak about the enduring popularity of the Blaxploitation film Photo gallery of behind-the-scenes and publicity images Original Theatrical Trailer Trailer Reel - Trailers for all the major works by Jack Hill including Foxy Brown, Coffy and Switchblade Sisters Reversible sleeve artwork featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Red Dress Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Josiah Howard, author of Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide, a new interview with Pam Grier by Jack Hill biographer Calum Waddell, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
p>Once hounded from his castle for creating a monstrous living creature, Baron Frankenstein returns to his ancestral home in Karlstaad, determined to continue his experiments into the creation of life. High in the mountains, Frankenstein and his faithful assistant, Hans, stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in ice. He is brought back to life, but Frankenstein is forced to employ a hypnotist, Zoltan, to complete the process. Unbeknown to Frankenstein, Zoltan now controls the creature and has plans to use him to rob and pillage the local villages. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell, or will Zoltan induce the creature. Product Details The Making Of The Evil Of Frankenstein- Narrated By Edward De Souza & Featuring Interviews With Wayne Kinsey, Caron Gardner, Hugh Harlow, Pauline Harlow, Peter Cushing And Don Mingaye. Stills Gallery Theatrical Trailer A Moment With Caron Gardner
Columbo: Season 9 (3 Disc)
Produced by Stanley Kramer and based on an original screenplay by Dr Seuss, Roy Rowland's pioneering wild fantasy adventure is visually stunning and remains one of American cinema's most beloved and bizarre children's films. Special Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historians Glenn Kenny and Nick Pinkerton Crazy Music (2017, 17 mins): interview with musician, singer and archivist Michael Feinstein on his obsession with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T Father Figure (2017, 19 mins): interview with Steve Rowland, son of director Roy Rowland Karen Kramer introduction (2007, 2 mins) Dr. T. on Screen (2007, 15 mins): Cathy Lind Hayes, George Chakiris and others talk about the film A Little Nightmare Music (2007, 12 mins): examination of the film's ground-breaking music score Original theatrical trailer Joe Dante trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): a short critical appreciation Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
John Bentley - Playing Paul Temple for the third time aids the police in solving a series of gruesome murders. Murder mystery based on Francis Durbridge's amateur sleuth. While holidaying in New York, English novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple (John Bentley) learns of a series of murders terrorising his homeland. Warned by the culprit, the notorious 'Marquis' not to get involved, Temple nevertheless wastes no time in setting after his quarry.
A new restoration of the 1954 British black-and-white science fiction film DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS directed by David MacDonald and starring Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Peter Reynolds, and Adrienne Corri.One winter evening in a lonely Scottish inn, guests become prisoners when Nyah, a pitiless Martian with a robot minion, lands on earth and traps them within an invisible wall. With Martian males extinct after a battle of the sexes, Nyah aims to capture breeding stock on Earth. As escape attempts falter, the helpless humans must decide which one of them will die to save the others and possibly the world!Product FeaturesNEW Interview with novelist and critic Kim NewmanNEW Audio Commentary with Kim Newman and writer & journalist Barry ForshawStills gallery
Meet Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), a young CIA trainee who is thrust into the inner sanctum of the agency when she is unexpectedly promoted to field operative. While it appears that she has been plucked from obscurity for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after.
Written by the successful team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 'Ever Decreasing Circles' was first broadcast by the BBC in February 1984. Richard Briers Penelope Wilton and Peter Egan star in this popular suburban-set comedy. Episode 1: Martin lives in a cul-de-sac and is a pillar of the community. He is chairman of just about every club committee. The equilibrium of the Close where he lives is disturbed when new neighbour Paul moves in next door... Episode 2: Paul masterminds a take-over at the general meeting of the Motor Club and Martin is relieved of his chairmanship. Ann is hopeful of a renewed social life but their new freedom is short lived... Episode 3: Martin is beginning to find his new neighbour's unconventional behaviour a potential danger to the harmony of the Close. 'Goings-on' of this kind have never happened before and something has to be done... Episode 4: Martin Ann Howard and Hilda spend their holidays together at the same resort at the same and even book it on the same day every year; a ritual that has remained for seven years but one that is unsettled when Paul offers them all the chance of a villa in Spain... Episode 5: In Martin's absence Paul is voted onto the committee to organise a Vicars and Tarts Dance for the RSPCA. When Martin's role is diminished he resorts to blackmail to take credit for the success of the event...
Legendary social club owner Brian Potter and his hapless band of staff and regulars are determined to make Phoenix Club a success no matter what. Not even a racist folk band an unforeseeable psychic or a drunken horse will get in the way of their dream that 'Clubland will never die'. The complete second series of Peter Kay's award winning show.
Peter Sellers stars as the bumbling Captain Dick Scratcher, a high seas pirate, Peter Boyle, Spike Milligan and Antony Franciosa lend their comedic talents in their search for buried treasure! Dreaming of untold riches and a harem of curvaceous woman, Scratcher and his roguish buccaneer band set sail for Treasure Island. But Captain Scratcher's quest for riches runs into a little snag - Ras Mohammed's ghost. A chest of loot worth a King's ransom lies buried beneath the ex-pirates remains! He fiercely protects his precious stash; and he doesn't take kindly to conniving grave robbers.... A riotous romp, GHOST IN THE NOONDAY SUN follows in the slapstick tradition of Monty Python and Benny Hill. It's a treasure of laughs that's sure to keep you in stitches!
A bereaved woman's daughter vanishes at 30,000 feet in this claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller.
Journey to the centre of the Earth, in Kevin Connor's spectacular version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' subterranean adventure, adapted by the great man himself.In the underground world of Pellucidor, amidst twisted vines and lava flows, a tyrannical race of pterodactyls rule. A group of Victorian scientists drilling through the Earth's core lose control of their Iron Mole and mistakenly emerge in the fantasy kingdom. Imprisoned in volcanic dungeons by the prehistoric monsters, they strive to rescue the enslaved primitive humans in a dramatic display of special effects.
Armchair Theatre: Volume 1
Home invasion horror. Newlyweds Sarah (Katharine Isabelle) and Cory (Robin Dunne) take a much needed vacation to the country in the hope of acquainting Liam (Peter DaCunha) with his new stepmum, who he can't accept as part of his family. However, their wishful idyllic peace never materialises when on arrival they discover someone has been in their holiday home and recently fled. When Liam vanishes on the first night, the couple discover their intruders are a cult-like group who want to adopt Liam into their insane and murderous family. But Cory is not going to let them take his son without a fight - forcing the couple to try to rescue him while they fight for their own survival.
Written by the acclaimed screenwriter Sally Wainwright (Children's Ward Coronation Street) and starring Amanda Redman (Sexy Beast New Tricks) as Alison Braithwaite head of the dysfunctional family that lurches from disaster to crisis and back again this second series of At Home with the Braithwaites was a huge commercial and critical success for ITV1 when it was first broadcast in 2001. Also starring Peter Davison (Black Beauty Dr Who) Lynda Bellingham (All Creatures Great & Small Second Thoughts) and Sylvia Syms (Ice Cold in Alex Victim) this emotional roller-coaster of a series was nominated for a number of awards and won the TV Quick Awards 2000 for Best New Drama as well as receiving an Emmy-nomination for Best Drama Series in 2002. Featuring all episodes from each series!
Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Emma Thompson (Howards End) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens the perfect English butler - an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths - as he serves his master Lord Darlington beautifully played by James Fox (The Servant). Darlington like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930s is duped by the Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper a high-spirited strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions she and Stevens gradually fall in love though neither will admit it and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. Marvellously acted by a supporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant.
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy