I'm Alan Partridge finds Steve Coogan's media creation back in his native Norwich, having lost his beloved chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You, and now reduced to the pre-Breakfast slot playing old T'Pau and Soft Cell singles to an audience of farmers and all-night bakery workers. He's also lodged at the Linton Travel tavern, whose permanently smiling manageress, bland decor and themed buffets are redolent of what vast tracts of England have become. He's very much at home there. While there's much media satire in Partridge's pitiful pitches of programme ideas to the BBC ("Inner city sumo? Monkey tennis?"), I'm Alan Partridge is more a bleakly hilarious take on Modern Middle English Man, irascible and profoundly bored. Between innumerable moments of high, wild comedy, such as a disastrous video Partridge does for a boating agency and an encounter with his one (insane) fan, the most telling moments of the series come with his efforts to fill his dismally empty days, taking a trouser press to pieces, staring at the astro turf at an owl sanctuary or walking to a service station to buy windscreen cleaning fluid just for something to do. All this proved a little too darkly uncomfortable for mainstream audiences--yet Alan Partridge was probably the finest British comic creation of the 1990s. --David Stubbs
The worst enemy of the night is one of its own! The Hellsing Organization makes its last stand against the unknown traitor and Incognito one of the original undead at the Tower of London: with the Queen and Integra's life at stake! Seras must finally make her choice about what she has become and the mysterious bond between Alucard and Integra is revealed... Episodes comprise: Master Of Monster Transcend Force Total Destruction and Hellfire.
Adventures of Roborex - When a robot dog from the future pops up in their backyard on a mission to help them, 11-year-old James and his beloved golden retriever, Rex, learn that it is up to them to save the world from Dr. Apocalypse, an evil scientist, and a robotic Destructo-Cat. Skyforce - Sky Force is the most elite emergency fighting team in the sky. After hot-shot team member Ace breaks ranks on a dangerous mission and it results in tragedy, he leaves Sky Force for a dreary job in cargo hauling. But Ace can't forget his former life or his friends at Sky Force. When his cruel boss puts his cargo co-workers in danger, Ace takes action. Knowing that he can't be a hero on his own, Ace overcomes his fears and calls on Sky Force to help save the day! Fantastic 4orce - Four kids are bound together to travel through time on a mission to save the world. With endless foes intent on stopping them, from evil government agents to a giant octopus, the Fantastic 4orce will voyage through underwater cities, jungles, and outer space in order to complete their quest.
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, a season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker
Titles Compride: Human Traffic: The real story of youth in the nineties is this: chemicals clubs bars pubs pushing the vinyl blagging the guest list mobile phones trainers combats care-less monged mashed sorted safe. And here it is in all its pupil-dilated teeth grinding club-hopping glory. The weekend has well and truly landed... Goodbye Charlie Bright: is the humorous and heart-warming story of the friendship between two teenage boys from a tough council estate. Set during a long hot summer it charts the close but volatile relationship between Charlie and Justin. The Last Seven: When William awakes from unconsciousness he finds himself confused and alone in an empty London street. As he explores the area he discovers that not only are all the people missing but so are his memories.
Where there is a hand there is a death. Chilling horror based on the best-selling book ""Kanzen Jisatsu Manual"" (The Complete Manual Of Suicide) by Wataru Tsurumi. Three young men and a woman meet online... Soon they are all dead. A secret manual on a DVD appears to be the cause. While a TV reporter investigates the deaths continue. Can anyone stop the deadly disc?
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Jane Bradford (Lois January) moves from a small town to a large city and is turned into a cocaine addict by drug running gangsters. When her brother Eddie (Dean Benton) arrives in the city he too becomes addicted and forces his girlfriend into prostitution in order to support their habit. Similar in style to Reefer Madness this has become something of a cult classic with the underlying message being ""There always will be Jane Bradfords until you Mr Citizen co-operate with the forc
For the time, there had never been a more lavishly produced science fiction TV series than Space: 1999, which was British-made on a first-season budget of 3.25 million pounds--an astounding amount--and ran for two seasons from 1975 to 77. What keeps fans enthralled after all these years has only partly to do with the first-rate production values, the plausibly constructed spaceship models and expert special effects. The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV SF predecessors such as Star Trek in which the mood is more generally convivial. Our heroes here are in dire circumstances that require cool heads as a survival trait. Those circumstances are: the moon and the 311 crew members of Moonbase Alpha experience a cataclysm that causes the moon to break away from its orbit and travel endlessly through space, making our heroes into unintentional explorers. No TV series has created a more palpable feel of hard science fiction than this. Of course the show is not without its detractors, having been soundly lambasted for its many scientific errors. No less august a figure than Isaac Asimov criticised the show for its premise in the opening episode "Breakaway", which had nuclear explosions on the "dark side of the moon" somehow propel it out of orbit and sent it flying through space without regard for any physical laws. In "Earthbound", aliens travelling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn't take the moon that long to encounter the aliens. While these are serious complaints, fans tend to remember the scientific seriousness of the series and the sense of awe created by the many strange creatures and phenomena they encounter on their journey through the galaxy. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com
Dead Man Running's Tamer Hassan and Danny Dyer explosively reunite for this taut action-thriller in which a cataclysmic event has left London deserted and under the thrall of a sinister presence.When William (Simon Phillips) awakes from unconsciousness, he finds himself confused and alone in an empty London street. As he explores the area, he discovers that not only are all the people missing but so are his memories. A chance encounter teams him up with six other lost souls, led by soldier Jack (Hassan), who are all haunted by fractured memories of a devastating event. After a terrifying attack on one of the survivors, Jack realises they are not the only survivors and the race is on to escape the capital and the darkness that stalks its desolate streets.
One hundred years after Bram Stoker's Dracula comes a new kind of vampire story. Anthony (Yan Birch) is a modern bloodsucker who uses his popular rock band as a front to lure beautiful young groupies to his lair. His assistant Reed (Alex Erkiletian) disposes of the bodies of these nubile unsuspecting victims after Anthony seduces and kills them. As a result of his bloody lifestyle Anthony soon contracts a deadly virus. Reed must try to save his master from a fate worse that death. Part dark satire part horror-comedy Sucker is truly a rock 'n roll vampire tale for the 90's.
A little over-extended as a two-hour movie, The Eligible Bachelor was one of several such feature-length productions made (late 1992) in Granada Television's long-running Sherlock Holmes series. Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, this TV movie finds Holmes (the ailing Jeremy Brett, playing an increasingly darker and more neurotic detective) and Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) called upon to help in a case involving the disappearance of Henrietta Doran (Paris Jefferson), fiancé of the noble Lord Robert St Simon (Simon Williams), who was last seen with a former lover of St Simon's, Flora Millar (Joanna McCallum). The unimaginative Scotland Yard instantly arrests Millar on suspicion of foul play, but it is Holmes who has to find the missing woman. Fans of the entire series might best enjoy this slightly clunky programme, though there is much of interest about Brett's performance to recommend it. --Tom Keogh
Five friends return home from a cocktail party to their cottage deep inside the woods of the Peak District. Having rubbished the notion of urban legends our main characters find themselves weaving through the nightmare reality of their very own horror story! Cut is a claustrophobic thrill ride only relenting on its increasingly unbearable tension and heart stopping shocks to inject a little humour to soften the blow and increase the fun! Because the film takes place in a single continuous shot the audience feel more connected to the action that ever before- there is no escape! This filming concept creates an incredibly exciting uniquely terrifying experience never before witnessed in a horror film. The film stars Zach Galligan (Gremlins) as well as a host of up and coming talent including Danielle Lloyd Simon Philips (Jack Said) and Michael Socha (Dogging: A Love Story)
Ray Russell Mo Foster and Simon Philips (aka RMS) flew in from London and Gil Evans flew in from New York. That evening further inspired by the beautiful music of Herbie Hancock who preceded them on stage the band played a wide ranging collection of titles. Everyone had a ball and as a the final chord died away Gil shook his clasped hands above his head his familiar gesture seeming to say 'we got there'. Tracklisting: 1. Broadway Rundown 2. First Love 3. The Whole Of Tomorrow 4
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, a season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker
Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In the course of getting Smith away from the mafia thugs, the pair of agents assigned to protect him turn onto an abandoned stretch of highway nicknamed 'Route 666' after the mysterious death of a prison chain gang. As the three continue on their way, ...
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. --Mark Walker
Jody is the kind of guy that every 1970s teen looked up to. He's in his early 20s, has a cool car, splendid '70s hair, leather jacket, plays guitar and (naturally) snags all the girls. His little brother, Mike, in particular, admires him and emulates him at every turn. Things start to go astray, however, when the two brothers and their friend Reggie attend a funeral for a friend. Mike notices a tall man working at the funeral home; in the course of his snooping, he sees the tall man put a loaded coffin into the back of a hearse as easily as if it was a shoebox. Jody doesn't believe his little brother's stories, though, until he brings home the tall man's severed finger, still wriggling in what appears to be French's mustard. From there, the film picks up a terrific momentum that doesn't let up until the sequel-ripe twist ending.Phantasm was one of the first horror movies to break the unspoken rule that victims were supposed to scream, fall down and cower until they were killed. Instead, Mike and Jody are resourceful and smart, aggressively pursuing the evil inside the funeral home with a shotgun and Colt pistol. Furthermore, the script has a great deal of character development, especially in the relationship between the two brothers. The film even has a surprisingly glossy look, despite its low-budget origins, and little outright gore (except for the infamous steel spheres that drill into victims' heads). This drive-in favourite was a big success at the time of its release, and spawned three sequels. Little wonder; it includes an inventive story, likeable characters, a runaway pace, and, of course, evil dwarves cloaked in Army blankets. The end result is one of the better horror films of the late 1970s. Hot-rod fans take note: Jody drives a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda, the pinnacle of 1960s muscle cars, rounding out his status as a Cool Guy. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com
New Nightmare Freddie's back in the sequel to 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' but this time staying awake won't save you!! Carnival Of Souls Every child's dream of a carnival coming to town comes true. But for Alex Grant the dream all too quickly becomes a nightmare.
Steven Crane (Clive Owen) is the 'Chancer' an ingenious suave outsider working as a business analyst. Douglas Motors a failing family business call him in to save their flagging fortunes. However his shady past is begining to catch up with him... Featuring all the episodes from series 1 and 2. Series 1: Weapons From The Wall Killing Floor Hazard Trust Pretenders Possessions Faith Lies Wreckage Sanctuary History Temptation Love. Series 2: Jo Ashes Secrets Remembrance Blood Fall Sacrifice.
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