Man Who Knew Too Much | DVD | (24/07/1999)
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| RRP Alfred Hitchcock himself called this 1934 British edition of his famous kidnapping story "the work of a talented amateur", while his 1956 Hollywood remake was the consummate act of a professional director. Be that as it may, this earlier movie still has its intense admirers who prefer it over the Jimmy Stewart--Doris Day version, and for some sound reasons. Tighter, wittier, more visually outrageous (back-screen projections of Swiss mountains, a whirly-facsimile of a fainting spell), the film even has a female protagonist (Edna Best in the mom part) unafraid to go after the bad guys herself with a gun. (Did Doris Day do that that? Uh-uh.) While the 1956 film has an intriguing undercurrent of unspoken tensions in nuclear family politics, the 1934 original has a crisp air of British optimism glummed up a bit when a married couple (Best and Leslie Banks) witness the murder of a spy and discover their daughter stolen away by the culprits. The chase leads to London and ultimately to the site of one of Hitch's most extraordinary pieces of suspense (though on this count, it must be said, the later version is superior). Take away distracting comparisons to the remake, and this Man Who Knew Too Much is a milestone in Hitchcock's early career. Peter Lorre makes his British debut as a scarred, scary villain. --Tom Keogh
Thunderdome | DVD | (01/01/1980)
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Rangers: Peter Lovercrantz - A Week In The Life | DVD | (04/09/2000)
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| RRP A profile of Glasgow Rangers FC's inspirational star player Peter Lovenkrands.
Logic Skateboard Media #9 | DVD | (08/01/2002)
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Machine Gun Preacher | DVD | (19/03/2012)
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| RRP Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption.When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region's vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed-in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA's intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives - and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper's Penguins), Academy Award nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane (Damages).
Topkapi | DVD | (08/05/2006)
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| RRP This wonderful caper film manages to balance the right amount of intrigue suspense and humour created by the stellar cast including the extremely sexy and seductive Melina Mercouri and the wonderfully talented Peter Ustinov who was awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role. A small-time con-man (Ustinov) with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewellery thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence suspecting arms smuggling gets involved and under pressure the con man rises to heights he'd never dreamed of.
Blackbeard's Ghost / Treasure Island | DVD | (02/10/2006)
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| RRP Blackbeard's Ghost (Dir. Robert Stevenson 1968): Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov stars in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team... that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning! Blackbeard finds himself full of team spirit and dispensing his own brand of invisible coaching... in this warmhearted comedy that will have you laughing from his first fade-in to his final fade-out! Treasure Island (Dir. Byron Haskin 1950): In this swashbuckling high-seas adventure Walt Disney has vividly brought to life Robert Louis Stevenson's thrilling tale of buccaneers and buried gold - presented for the first time in it's original uncut theatrical version! Authentic locales and musket-roaring action set the stage for the stouthearted heroics of young Jim Hawkins (Bobby Driscoll) and the skullduggery of that wily one-legged pirate Long John Silver.
Schubert/Britten - String Quartet No. 12/String Quartet No.2 | DVD | (04/04/2005)
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| RRP To be able to see the Amadeus Quartet if full colour playing congenial repertoire in one of their favorite venues and at the height of their powers is a wonderful privilege. To those of us who were fortunate enough to attend some of their concerts it will bring back imperishable memories.
The Old Curiosity Shop | DVD | (10/03/2008)
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| RRP In this splendid adaptation Peter Ustinov plays the lovable old shopkeeper who lives with his precious granddaughter Nell in turn of the century England. The old man had borrowed heavily from his evil landlord Daniel Quilp. When Quilp discovers the old gentleman has been throwing the money away at the gaming tables. Quilp forecloses on the loans takes possession of the shop and threatens to have the old man thrown in the madhouse. Nell and her grandfather are forced to flee London. So begins an epic journey through the English countryside. Nell and her grandfather stay one step ahead of the relentless Quilp until a mysterious stranger comes to their rescue and helps bring Quilp to an appropriate end.
Blow Back | DVD | (01/10/1999)
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Ninja And The Warriors Of Fire / Ninja In The Killing Fields (DVD) | DVD | (19/05/2003)
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Coronation Street - The Interactive Game | DVD | (15/10/2008)
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| RRP Test your knowledge of ITV's longest running and most popular soap opera Coronation Street. A fun quiz for the whole family the game features more than 700 questions and classic clips from the show with an emphasis on the contemporary storylines. Featuring: Choose from a selection of characters but beware who you choose because there are forfeits for bad behaviour!Multiple choice time-based questions based around clips stills and storylines from the '60s to the current incarnation6 categories of question: Families workplace romance the Rovers feuds and friendship'Superfan' section to test the real addicts!
Time Bandits | DVD | (19/02/2007)
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| RRP They are timeless yet always late; immortal; yet destructible; capable of intergalactic inter-cosmic travel yet unable to tie their own shoelaces. Six cheeky dwarves steal a precious map showing a series of time holes scattered across the universe enabling them to travel back in time. Whilst visiting the past they cause havoc and rob famous historical figures of their riches in the process. Watching from afar is the Evil genius who will stop at nothing to get his hands on their map for his own evil purpose. With 11 year old Kevin in tow a great time travelling adventure ensues full of superb make believe characters and very famous faces!
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | DVD | (26/01/2004)
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| RRP After the death of her bullying husband the not-so aged and downtrodden housewife Thelma Caldicot is shipped off to the Twilight Years Rest Home by her money grabbing son and manipulative daughter in law. Apalled by the conditions Mrs Caldicot decides to take matters into her own hands....
Institute Benjamenta | DVD | (09/11/2009)
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| RRP Inspired by the writings of the Swiss novelist Robert Walser Institute Benjamenta is the first live-action feature from the acclaimed surrealist animators the Quay Brothers. Jakob (Mark Rylance) enrols into the Benjamenta Institute a dilapidated boarding school for the training of servants. He then tries to unravel the hidden mysteries of the school his fellow pupils and Frau and Herr Benjamenta the siblings who run it. A fascinating symphony of light and shade constructed on the prevailing Quay themes of death decay and nothingness.
Casablanca (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006)
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| RRP World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
Alice in Wonderland | DVD | (19/05/2008)
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The Infiltrator | DVD | (29/07/2002)
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| RRP A Jewish journalist infiltrates a neo-Nazi group to shed light on their organised racist atrocities. Based on a true story.
Kinsey | DVD | (11/07/2005)
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| RRP Liam Neeson gives a bravura performance as the title character in KINSEY, which details the controversial and dramatic rise of sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. Raised in a sexually repressed household with a preacher father (John Lithgow) who believes the zipper is the devil's work, young Kinsey goes against his father's wishes and studies biology, eventually becoming a leading authority on the gall wasp. His skill at classification, organization, and research, combined with his own burgeoning sexuality following his marriage to Clara McMillen (Laura Linney), leads him to begin investigating the nature of human sexuality. Working at Indiana University, Kinsey finds that sex is something many Americans have been waiting a long time to talk about. Unfortunately, others consider his work to be disgusting and want it ended. Writer-director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS) alternates between short black-and-white scenes of Kinsey answering his own sex survey questions, with longer colour scenes that flash back to the important moments of his life. Kinsey's boyhood through his formative years, and his obsessions with the gall wasp and human sexual behaviour, are thoroughly documented. The publication of the seminal books SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE HUMAN MALE (1948) and SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE HUMAN FEMALE (1953) mark his primary achievements. Interestingly, it is the second book that causes the biggest panic, as a repressed society refuses to believe that women have the same needs and desires as men. Neeson and Linney make a wonderfully refreshing couple, freely sharing each other for all to see. Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell, and Timothy Hutton lend fine supporting work as Kinsey's staff. KINSEY is an enlightening, engaging, yet frightening film, revealing how far the understanding of American sexuality has come--and how far it still has to go.
Freebird | Blu Ray | (02/06/2008)
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| RRP Three motorcycle couriers take an impromptu road trip out of the city and in to rural Wales.
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