This box set features a collection of some of Bogie's finest efforts in the 'film noir' genre. Sirocco (Dir. Curtis Bernhardt 1951): In 1925 Damascus Harry Smith (Bogart) runs guns to the rebels under Emir Hassan. The French arrest him along with others and force him to sell weapons to them where hHe develops an dangerous interest in French intelligence officer Feroud's mistress Violette... Dead Reckoning (Dir. John Cromwell 1947): Rip Murdock (Bogart) and Johnny
The first horror film to be released under the legendary Amicus Productions banner Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors has long been a firm favourite of horror fans. Five passengers (Christoper Lee Roy Castle Kenny Lynch Donald Sutherland and Alan Freeman) sharing a compartment on a train are joined by the mysterious Dr. Schreck (Peter Cushing) who offers to tell their fortunes by reading a deck of Tarot cards which he refers to as his house of horrors. As each of the five stories unfolds the passengers become progressively horrified by Schreck's revelations...
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family... This is the story of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his so-called friends - a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. Hilarious but harrowing,the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed seemingly towards self-destruction. Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate - but then again does he really want to choose life?
Australia 1942: the Japanese are bombing Sydney. Anne driven to the bottle by sheer terror of the war and the absence of her husband takes her two young children Emma and Laurel to begin a new and safe life in the mountains. The war that faces the family in the mountains is something else...
It's the end of the Christmas term and Jake (Andrew Lee Potts) and Steven (Bobby Barry) set off with their English teacher on a school skiing trip. One of their friends has brought along a videocam and is making a documentary about them all: what they want who they want and how they're going to get it - an adolescent wish-list of big ambitions and small rebellions. The group is larking about for the camera off-piste when they are all suddenly engulfed by a freak avalanche. Later Ja
Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, a derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early 70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous crumpet usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Given all that, this may well be the most blatantly homoerotic of all the buddy television pairings (see the eponymous stars of Starsky and Hutch, Regan and Carter in The Sweeney, Bodie and Doyle of The Professionals) that ran ove! r the screen in the 70s, in which the male leads sublimated their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and shooting at baddies. --Kim Newman
A collection of 10 all-time classic war films in one box set! Twelve O'Clock High (Dir. Henry King 1940): This gritty WWII action drama starring Gregory Peck Dean Jagger and Hugh Marlowe is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of heroics at war. Behind Enemy Lines (Dir. John Moore 2001): Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson excel in this high flying action thriller with explosive excitement at every turn. Courage Under Fire (Dir. Edward Zwick 1996): Featuri
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: (WS Anamorphic / English Subtitles / English Stereo) The exciting adventures of Rudolph the most famous reindeer of all come magically to life in this feature-length animated musical full of loveable characters and voiced by an all-star cast. Ridiculed because of his nose Rudolph runs away to the North Pole where he befriends Slyly the fox (Eric Idle) and Leonard the polar bear (Bob Newhart). When his friend Zoey a young doe is captured b
An explosive sci-fi action thriller that ramps up the high-energy thrills as two rival ships struggle to attain mastery of the most destructive power in the universe. In a forgotten corner of the universe a battle is raging that that threatens our very existence. Our future lies in the hands of Scavengers. The crew of the Starship Revelator survive by keeping out of trouble until they stumble across the mechanics of ultimate destruction. A rival ship has it in their sights and they will stop at nothing to master a power that could destroy the universe. The fight for the future is on - a battle against oblivion. To the victor goes untold power; to the vanquished death devastation and the cold dark emptiness of space.
Based on a true story this psychological thriller follows a fire investigator as he undauntedly pursues a serial arsonist who is setting fire to California. The story takes an unexpected turn when the investigator is implicated in the case leaving his co-workers and family to ascertain his guilt or innocence...
Death stalks the halls of Winston High - and for these young students Homecoming will never be the same again - if any of them survive. Three years earlier Billy Corbin died trapped in a fiery store-room. Now the ones who let him burn are attending the homecoming party of the year...and it could be their last. It's payback time without pity for the young the foolish and the beautiful. One by one they disappear each meeting their own gory terrifying death. The corridors of the school are dark slippery and wet with the blood of those who came before. It's here the screaming starts. It will end in a Bloody Homecoming.
Street Fighter: Based on the hit Capcom Arcade game Street Fighter 2. Shadaloo South-East Asia 1995. As civil war enters its seventh month warlord General M. Bison (Raul Julia) virtually brings about global warfare when he takes 63 Allied Nations relief workers hostage and threatens to execute them unless a ransom of billion dollars is paid. It is the mission of Colonel William F Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to rescue the hostages but he has to locate them first! As part of an audacious plan to track down the General and his futuristic fortress Guile and British Intelligence Officer Cammy (Kylie Minogue) recruit to the forces two renegade heroes. However their entire plan is nearly quashed when GNT news correspondent Chun-Li-Zang intervenes and she wants much more than just a story. Action reaches fever pitch as Guile Bison and their forces clash in a fierce battle and the fate of the free world hangs in the balance... Desert Heat: Desperate to flee the inner demons raging inside him mysterious loner Eddie Lomax (Van-Damme) rides to the last outpost of an abandoned desert highway prepared to end it all. But when a savage gang steals his prized cycle and leaves him for dead Eddie's life is saved by a soulmate from his past. Burning with a new reason to live Eddie sets off on a one-man search-and-destroy mission against his attackers. Fuelled by Van Damme's powerful performance Desert Heat is an explosive and sensational adventures from first to last. Knock Off: Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in an explosive thriller set in Hong Kong's shady manufacturing scene during the 1997 handover to China. When a shipment of jeans to the US proves counterfeit Marcus Ray the King of the Knock-Offs (Van Damme) finds himself at the centre of a Russian Mafia plot to hold the United States' security for ransom. Thousands of tiny micro-bombs disguised within other manufactured goods are schedules for departure from Hong Kong to America. When Ray's company's jeans are found to be the housing for the explosives he's the one man the CIA can count on to prevent certain disaster! In a territory where loyalty can change hands overnight Marcus Ray's survival will depend on him knowing the fakes from the real thing!
Savage Garden have become an international phenomenon following the success of songs like 'I Want You' 'To The Moon & Back' and the worldwide smash 'Truly Madly Deeply'. The musical and visual appeal of Savage Garden is undeniable as millions of fans the world over have discovered. Collected here are the stunning videos of Savage Garden's hits from the first self-titled album. Tracklisting 'I Want You' 'To The Moon & Back' 'Truly Madly Deeply' 'Break Me Shake Me' 'Tears Of Pearls
The fractured Europe post-World War II is perfectly captured in Carol Reed's masterpiece thriller, set in a Vienna still shell-shocked from battle. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is an alcoholic pulp writer come to visit his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But when Cotton first arrives in Vienna, Lime's funeral is under way. From Lime's girlfriend and an occupying British officer, Martins learns of allegations of Lime's involvement in racketeering, which Martins vows to clear from his friend's reputation. As he is drawn deeper into post-war intrigue, Martins finds layer upon layer of deception, which he desperately tries to sort out. Welles' long-delayed entrance in the film has become one of the hallmarks of modern cinematography and it is just one of dozens of cockeyed camera angles that seem to mirror the off-kilter post-war society. Cotten and Welles give career-making performances and the Anton Karas zither theme will haunt you. --Anne Hurley
When a ninja fighter working for the underworld kills the cop that once saved his life he decides to change his ways and leave the underworld. He knows however that nobody leaves this treacherous organisation alive death is the only way out. To protect himself against the hit men he knows are right behind him he enlists the help of the Ninja Master who taught him the art of Ninjitsu. Before long however the underworld catches up with the two and the battle for survival begins
Series 2 of the BAFTA award-winning children's series from 1990. A family drama which follows the lives of the teenagers who run the 'Junior Gazette' a newspaper for the kids written by the kids under the iron-fist of the Editor Linda Day.
Pretty Woman (Dir. Garry Marshall 1990): Academy Award-nominee Julia Roberts and charismatic leading man Richard Gere light up the screen in one of Hollywoods biggest blockbusters. Roberts stars as a street-wise down-on-her-luck working girl whose chance encounter with a handsome corporate mogul leads to an improbable love affair... and a modern-day Cinderella fantasy that has captured the hearts of movie-goers all over the world. Featuring a chart-topping soundtrack this is an irresistible and timeless romantic comedy. Muriel's Wedding (Dir. P.J. Hogan 1994): You're invited to one of the most celebrated and audaciously funny hit comedies of the year - Muriel's Wedding! Follow frumpy misguided Muriel Heslop on her lifelong quest for a glitzy fairy-tale wedding. With visions of nuptials dancing in her head this ABBA-obsessed misfit ditches her pathetic life and plastic friends in a small Australian suburb for big-city dreams in Sydney. But the road to the altar takes surprising twists and turns - and Muriel is about to learn the lesson of a lifetime. Wry witty and hailed by critics everywhere Muriel's Wedding is one affair you don't want to miss. Green Card (Dir. Peter Weir 1990): Thinking they will never see each other again Bronte a demure New Yorker and George a newly immigrated Frenchman agree to a marriage of convenience. Everything goes off without a hitch until immigration officials investigate their marriage and suspect it's a fake. To prove they're husband and wife these two opposites move in together for an hilarious and memorable weekend of love and laughter...
True Blue, a severed hand floats in a Central Park pond. Who did it belong to? How did it get there? From the beginning, it's a homicide case with more questions than answers. Detective Rem Macy (Tom Berenger) is a seasoned NYPD officer investigating a murder that will lead him from the dangerous underworld of Chinatown gangs to the most influential movers and shakers at City Hall. Fearing for her life, the roommate of the murder victim (Lori Heuring) asks to stay at Macy's apartment. First, Macy opens his home to her. Then, he gets into real danger and lets her into his heart. Now, she's got him where she wants him and there's no stopping her. With a compelling performance by Tom Berenger, this high crime drama of murder, corruption, greed, hookers and kinky sex clubs overflows with violent twists and unexpected turns in a world of frightening darkness.
A special team is assigned to investigate a mysterious Hong Kong forging operation. Undercover cop Warren Lee infiltrates the villainous gang but gets corrupted by sex and greed. This means the only hope of bringing the forgers to justice lies in the hands of ninja master Jason Hart (Richard Harrison) and his super racing motorbike...
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