Scanners (Dir. David Cronenberg 1981): Cameron Vale is living on the fringe of society self-induced due to his telepathic ability to read other people's minds. Darryl Revok has the same condition and is the head of an underground association of so-called Scanners that want world domination. When Vale is taken to Dr Paul Ruth as a result of supposed insanity he's enlisted into a program that will involve him in a battle against his fellow Scanners. Scanners 2 - The New Order (Dir. Christian Duguay 1991): In order to take over the city corrupt police commander Forrester intends to use a telepathic breed of human Scanners. To control the Scanners Forrester enlists the help of evil scientist Dr Morse who wants to conduct mind control experiments on the Scanners with a new drug. Unfortunately the side effects render the Scanners incapable so Forrester finds David Kellum a good rational Scanner who unaware of his own powers agrees to work with him. Scanners 3 - The Takeover (Dir. Christian Duguay 1992): A young lovable Scanner with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a murderous megalomaniac after taking one of her father's experimental drugs. After taking over his pharmaceutical drugs company the deranged Scanner runs amok on a killing spree and takes over a television company in her quest for world domination. Will her Scanner brother fresh from a spell in a Thai Monastery have the power to stop her?
Widows - Series 1 And 2
The Kingdom has been described as "ER meets Twin Peaks", and seldom can the standard and the surreal have met in more perfect accord. The hospital that conceals dark secrets is the premise for this riveting "soap"--seen on Danish TV in 1994--in which science and civilisation are eroded by superstition and instinct. Lars von Trier is not a director who aims to please, and the claustrophobic visuals he draws from handheld cameras and natural lighting anticipate the stripped-down film work of his Dogme 95 movement. Yet there's nothing cerebral about the goings-on here, thanks to the rich variety of characters who people the labyrinthine corridors and functional wards. The Minister's visit and the Haiti jaunt are slapstick humour worthy of the best Python sketches, and Trier is never afraid to mix the prosaic with the profound. There are wonderfully observed performances from Ernst Hugo Jaregard as chequered Swedish surgeon Stig Helmer, and Kirsten Rolffes as common-sense psychic Sigrid Drusse. These are only the first five episodes: having seen them, you'll be awaiting the remainder with impatience. This is persuasive, provocative filmmaking. On the DVD: The Kingdom on disc has audio and visual reproduction that is authentically Trier, with English subtitles and 10 access points per episode. Each part is viewable separately or in sequence, though make sure you don't lose some of the director's amusingly offbeat postscripts. The first disc also features Tranceformer, a frank insight into the mind and movies of Lars von Trier with extracts from his features between 1984 and 95. --Richard Whitehouse
""Knight Rider - A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent the helpless the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law."" Adventure goes into overdrive as the fourth and final season of Knight Rider blasts onto DVD! Buckle up with lone crusader Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) and his tricked-out sidekick K.I.T.T. in all 21 high-octane episodes. From ancient terrorist cults to a deadly bacteria outbreak Michael and K.I.T.T. are there to put the skids on evildoers wherever they may be. Episodes Comprise: 1. Knight of the Juggernaut (1) 2. Knight of the Juggernaut (2) 3. KITTnap 4. Sky Knight 5. Burial Ground 6. The Wrong Crowd 7. Knight Sting 8. Many Happy Returns 9. Knight Racer 10. Knight Behind Bars 11. Knight Song 12. The Scent of Roses 13. Killer K.I.T.T. 14. Out of the Woods 15. Deadly Knightshade 16. Redemption of a Champion 17. Knight of a Thousand Devils 18. Hills of Fire 19. Knight Flight to Freedom 20. Fright Knight 21. Knight of the Rising Sun 22. Voo Doo Knight
Translating Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean character from British television to the big screen takes a bit of a toll, but there are some hilarious sequences in this popular comedy. The eponymous Bean, a boy-man twit with a knack for getting into difficult binds (and then making them worse and worse and worse), is a London museum guard who is sent to Los Angeles in the company of the famous painting Whistler's Mother. He's mistaken as an art expert by the well-meaning curator (Peter MacNicol) of an LA museum, but Bean's famously eccentric behaviour soon causes the poor guy to almost lose his family and job. The insularity of Bean's TV world is sacrificed in this film, and that change diminishes some of the character's appeal. But Atkinson is a man naturally full of comedy, and he doesn't let his fans down. --Tom Keogh
Titles Comprise: Collateral: Cab driver Max (Foxx) dreams of one day realising his entrepeneurial aspirations. However one terrifying night he realises that the passenger he's been driving around all evening (Cruise) is a contract killer committing a series of hits. Now it's up to Max to somehow stop the killer from executing the last witness on his list and to stay alive himself... Days of Thunder: Tom Cruise plays race car driver Cole Trickle whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge (Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall) to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends race car driver Cole Trickle's career until he turns to a beautiful doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve and true courage needed to race to win and to live. Top Gun A look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Pete Maverick Mitchell a daring young fighter who's out to become the best. And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom... The Firm: Three-time Oscar nominee Tom Cruise delivers the most electrifying performance of his career in this riveting film based on the international best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere a brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad. Driven by a fierce desire to bury his working class past Mitch joins a small prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm Mitch sets out to find the truth in a deadly crossfire between the FBI the Mob and a force that will stop at nothing to protect its interests - The Firm. Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train Hunt races like a burning fuse to stay one step ahead of his pursuers and draw one step closer to discovering the shocking truth. War Of The Worlds: Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and somewhat less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and young daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down. Moments later Ray witnesses an extraordinary event that will change all their lives forever. A towering three-legged war machine emerges from deep beneath the earth; an ordinary day has suddenly become the most extraordinary event of their lifetimes - the first strike in a cataclysmic alien attack on Earth. Ray scrambles to get his children away from this merciless new enemy embarking on a journey that will take them across the ravaged countryside where they become caught in the desperate tide of refugees fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of Tripods. But no matter where they run there is no safety no refuge: only Ray's unconquerable will to protect the ones he loves...
This heart warming comedy starring John Goodman as the unlikliest king ever.... A freak accident kills off the whole Royal Family and a new heir must be found. The last person anyone expects it to be is lounge singer Ralph Jones who goes from one disaster to another as he reluctantly becomes King Ralph....
The Bill went from strength to strength in 1988 when it was restructured into the half-hour format that stormed to the top of the ITV ratings, and the show remained a Top Ten UK drama for over two decades - becoming the longest-running police procedural drama ever screened on British television. Starring fan favourites Sgt. Cryer (Eric Richard), WPC Ackland (Trudie Goodwin), DS Ted Roach (Tony Scannell), DC Lines (Kevin Lloyd) and the ever irascible DI Burnside (Christopher Ellison), this se...
Astrology is strictly for the birds. That's the emphatic view of David Gradley, a workshy ex-Harrovian who has drifted into the police force. Then he meets a pretty young astrologer called Esther Jones - and his ideas get knocked for six! Created by Roger Marshall (The Avengers, Public Eye, The Sweeney), this lighthearted thriller series became a cult piece of escapism for viewers during its six-week stay on British television and has become a much sought-after series by collectors - largely due to its novel premise of the groovy '70s culture clash between the Thin Blue Line and the Age of Aquarius! In an early role, Anouska Hempel (UFO) stars as Esther, opposite Anton Rodgers (Murder Most English, The Prisoner) as the coolly methodical Detective Inspector Gradley. Michael Gambon, Peter Egan, Joanna David, Ian Ogilvy, Robert Powell and Peter Vaughan are among a host of guest stars also appearing in this popular and memorably quirky series from Thames, originally screened in 1974.
When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games like PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Centipede and Space Invaders as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, '80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet. Special Features: The Creator of the Machine The Space Invader PAC-MAN Donkey Kong Centipede Galaga Q*Bert Dojo Quest Game On Music Video by Waka Flocka Flame ft. Good Charlotte
When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
When evil threatens International Rescue blasts-off to sort things out. Somewhere in the Pacific the rescue organisation is always on the lookout for trouble. The founder and co-ordinator of the group is astronaut Jeff Tracy whose sons serve as pilots of the group's five super-secret craft - the Thunderbirds. As the Tracys work for the good of mankind they must try to stop the villainy of The Hood who is determined to undermine the organisation and learn the secrets of the Thunderbirds aircraft. Thunderbirds delivers high-flying action and adventure through the imaginative use of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation and the special effects of Academy Award' winner Derek Meddings.
This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the netherworld, is pretty captivating. A mixed experience all around that makes one wish it had been more successful. --Tom Keogh
Clive Dunn (Dad's Army) is Sam Cobbett, the geriatric hero of this hilarious sitcom which takes a look at the generation gap in particular, what happens when a wily, outspoken old curmudgeon ends up living under the same roof as his daughter and son-in-law. This second series also stars Priscilla Morgan, Edward Hardwicke and Jon Laurimore.Having been prised from his terraced house in Ironmonger Row by the crowbars of the demolition men, retired engine driver Sam Cobbett now lives with his daughter Doris and her husband, Arthur. A veteran of both world wars, Sam is all things considered a reasonable man. But he has rather firm ideas about Life and How to Live It; whether it's lowering the tone in the local pub or embarking on disastrous fishing trips, Sam's escapades cause consternation for most of the people around him, and none more so than his socially ambitious son-in-law...
Intriguingly twisted and thrillingly tense, KOKO-DI KOKO-DA is the darkly comic new film from acclaimed director Johannes Nyholm that feels both refreshingly smart and utterly original. When a married couple retreat to a remote area of forest as part of a reconciliatory camping trip, they encounter a trio of otherworldly presences who steadily turn their trip into a nightmare. Led by a mysterious man dressed in a sharp white suit and boater, this group begin subjecting the couple to a terrifying series of visitations, each one more intense than the last. Both their origin and their motivations are unclear; are they physical manifestations of something supernatural or do these ghoulish spectres represent something even more sinister?
After a convoy and its U.S. cavalry escort are attacked by Cheyenne Native Americans, only Private Honus Gant (Peter Strauss) and a young woman under the cavalry's protection (Candice Bergen) survive. Forced to travel across the American frontier's unforgiving wilderness in search of refuge, their journey reaches a tragic climax as they witness the vengeful U.S. army's cold-blooded slaughter of the Cheyenne tribe.Controversial upon its release and reflecting the political climate of the time, Ralph Nelson's Soldier Blue (1970) is uncompromising in its anti-war stance and in its graphic depiction of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. By shedding light on America's dark history and the inhumane actions of the U.S. army, this revisionist western is one of the most radical films in American cinema's history.Delve deeper into the STUDIOCANAL catalogue with the curated CULT CLASSICS collection. Discover eclectic, boundary pushing rarities, genre classics, and forgotten cinematic treasures.Brand new 4K restorationExtras:NEW Interview with actress Candice BergenAudio commentary by film critic Steve Mitchell and Howard S. Berger
Peter Davison and Samantha Bond star in this comedy drama series about a plastic surgeon who relocates his family to the remote island of Hildasay to take a new job as a small community GP. How will the modern urbanites cope with their new way of life in the middle of nowhere? Matthew Thomas Davies, Claudia Renton and Berwick Kaler also star.
A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in Assault On Precinct 13, an all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name.
Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes with this fantastic 3 DVD set.Peter Cushing had already starred as Sherlock Holmes in Hammer's movie The Hound of the Baskervilles when in 1968 he replaced Douglas Wilmer as Conan Doyle's great detective in the BBC television series. Cushing immediately fashioned his own portrayal of the illustrious figure and is credited with bringing a great authenticity to the role.Hound of the Baskervilles - A classic production of the great detective's most famous case.The most famous Sherlock Holmes story of all finds the sleuth and Watson in windswept Dartmoor. As the moors reverberate with the baying sound of a monstrous creature. Holmes is presented with one of his greatest challenges. Could the legend of a bloodthirsty hound that haunts the Baskerville family really be true?Acclaimed by Holmes enthusiasts for remaining faithful to the original novel this most celebrated Sherlock Holmes adventure was for the first time shot at the Dartmoor locations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original story.A Study in Scarlet - Dr. Watson has his doubts about Sherlock Holmes' boasting claims but two baffling murders allow him to witness the great detective's deductive methods first-hand.The Boscombe Valley MysteryA young man stands in the dock accused of patricide. It seems a clear-cut case until Holmes unravels a chain of old grudges blackmail Australian bushwhackers and a bigamous marriage.The Sign of Four - The ultimate Holmes and Watson adventure has everything: a cannibal a one-legged villain treasure revenge war violent death betrayal... and even romance.The Blue CarbuncleThe discovery of a beautiful diamond inside a Christmas goose leads Holmes and Watson on a trail through deceit and treachery to a most improbable villain...
Parenthood follows four grown siblings of the far-from-perfect Braverman clan as they try to balance kids and careers, dreams and commitments, and romance or a total lack thereof.
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