When Richard Pryor took the stage at a small New York stand up club back in April 1971 his white liberal audience didn't know what had hit them. The raw young comic delivered a no hold barred performance aggressively daring people to react. 'Live And Smoking' is an astonishing record of how arguably the world's greatest comedian started honing his skills. Visibly nervous Pryor nevertheless leaves himself wide open (as he did throughout his career) producing shocked silences wh
The Watch follows an unlikely group of misfits, The City Watch, who are forced to find the guts to save the world, surprising even themselves in the process. The comedic yet thrilling eight-part series pits trolls, werewolves and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon which would lead to the destruction of life as they know it. From lead writer and executive producer Simon Allen, the modern and inclusive series is inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett. Includes 4 Exclusive Double-sided Artcards & 75 Minutes Of Bonus Features. Bonus Features Making Of The Watch Intro to The Watch Meet the Makers Magical Creatures of The Watch The Watch Reimagined Heroes of The Watch The Look
The first three episodes of this third series of Jeeves & Wooster take place in Manhattan. In spite of the change of scene, our hero continues to get into the most terrible scrapes, and it falls to the faithful Jeeves to save the day, frequently. When he realises that Honoria Glossop may once again have her sights set on his precious bachelorhood, Bertie Wooster sets sail for the New World. Here he helps old pal Tuppy to make a business deal. At the same time he has to keep Motty Malvern on the straight and narrow, while helping two writer friends deceive their prying relatives. The final straw comes in the shape of Cyril Bassington-Bassington, the stage-struck son of Aunt Agatha's closest friend. Back home in England, Bertie and Gussie Fink-Nottle switch identities, the lunatic Roderick Spode reappears, Bertie is forced to commit burglary (again!), and there's a spot of trouble with a tin of treacle and some communists. The unflappable Jeeves is Bertie's only hope. Although the humour in this collection sometimes feels a little less assured than in earlier episodes and the new actor playing Gussie is a disappointment, the central performances of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are as good as ever. Few actors have ever brought such beloved characters so convincingly to life. --Simon Leake
Steve Martin takes his wild and crazy persona and splits it into an hilarious battle of the sexes within the same body. Ambitious attorney RogerCobb is assigned to alter the will of ailing millionaire Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin), who wishes to bequeath her estate to a healthy young woman (Victoria Tennant)--after Cutwater's guru transfers the old eccentric's soul to her healthy body. No one believes for a second it will actually work until Ms. Cutwater awakens in Roger's body and he becomes, literally, a man possessed, fighting for control of himself. Martin delivers a hilariously animated performance as a body torn between two masters as it wrestles with itself in a spastic walk down a city street. Directed with comic aplomb by regular Martin collaborator Carl Reiner, All of Me combines the best of Martin's self-scripted films--anarchic moments of inspired physical comedy--with a solid (if somewhat silly) narrative holding the scenes together. Screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson went on to script and direct Field of Dreams. --Sean Axmaker
Artie Logan (Schlatter) is about to enter a jungle of sex sleaze and murder. He's going to college! Christopher Walken stars in this suspense-filled thriller that explores the dark and twisted obsessions of a brutal killer. The killer's world is a world where the line between right and wrong is a jagged one....
Three military pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control... before it initiates the next world war.
The mercurial magician Derren Brown does his thing in volume 2 of Tricks Of The Mind. Be prepared for plenty more mind-bending tricks and tests! This time Derren takes his unique show out into the regions where dark stunts abound - such as a zombie arcade game for a pub that transports a young lad to a real-life version of the game. Psychological boundaries are ambitiously stretched none more so than the staring competition in which Derren admits to being 'the clo
Richard Attenborough gives a compelling performance in this gripping psychological drama as a hysteric approaching the limits of his sanity! Also featuring Donald Houston, Kenneth Griffith, Bernard Lee and Alfred Burke, The Man Upstairs is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited aspect ratio. Insomniac Peter Watson lives in a state of perpetual crisis lodging in a run-down boarding house he becomes ever more manic and unpredictable. When he hits out at another tenant the police get involved and Watson finds himself trapped in an escalating drama in which the actions of those around him may help him... or harm him. SPECIAL FEATURE: Image gallery
It's the ultimate test of man against machine - or should that be dog against machine - as the Top Gear team set out on their most ambitious and arduous challenge to date. A race starting in Canada and finishing at the North Pole.
Kathleen Harrison, one of Britain's best-loved character actresses, stars in this ratings-topping comedy-drama devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis. Featuring scripts by the celebrated dramatist Jack Rosenthal, this set contains the complete first series. Cheerful charlady Alice Thursday worked tirelessly for tycoon George Dunrich until the day he died. Now, she learns that she's inherited control of her late employer's multi-million pound corporation - along with his Mayfair m...
Jim Jarmusch's black and white indie hit starring John Lurie. Willie (Lurie) is a New York hipster of Hungarian origin. When his relatives ask him to look after his 16-year-old cousin, Eva (Eszter Balint), he reluctantly agrees. Initially hostile to one another, it isn't long before the cousins develop an affectionate bond, but after ten days Eva leaves to stay with her Aunt Lotte (Cecillia Stark). A year later Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) head off to Cleveland to visit the two women...
J.M. Barrie's classic children's tale is brought to the big screen for the first time in a visually stunning, live-action spectacle.
Four convicts volunteer for a salvage space mission which turns into a nightmare when the crew begin disappearing.
An entire city teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain.
Made in 2001, Cliff Richard--Unforgettable is part documentary profile, part greatest hits compilation and for devotees provides over two hours in the company of one of Britains greatest living entertainers. Through a segmented interview, Cliff provides his own commentary (and the occasional wry observation on his standing with critics and the pop industry) on a career of extraordinary longevity. Nobody else has made hit records in every decade since the 1950s. And most of them are presented here, either as film or video archive or in a lengthy segment of Cliffs record-breaking 40th Anniversary concert series at the Royal Albert Hall. His Eurovision Song Contest appearances are catalogued alongside original trailers for his feel-good movies of the early 1960s. The whole thing becomes a kind of "Seven Ages of Cliff"--the changing hairstyles alone are a lesson in fashion history--coming up to date with his critically-derided but commercially successful run as Heathcliff in the 1990s and the hits which persisted in spite of almost non-existent airplay on national radio. One day, somebody will provide the definitive independent analysis of this ageless Peter Pan figure. Theres not much objectivity around this one, but its a poignant reminder of a truly impressive career in show business and the fans will love it.--Piers Ford
Shaft in Africa, the second sequel to the original hit, foreshadows itself early on when Shaft, asked to go undercover in Africa to halt a modern-day slave trade, claims that he's not James Bond but strictly Sam Spade. Bond, however, is the operative model here, with John Shaft masquerading as an Ethiopian to infiltrate the slave business and bring it down. Yet everyone he encounters seems to know who he is and wants to kill him--but the string of dead bodies he leaves in his wake across two continents proves that no one is able to stop everyone's favourite hip private eye. Written by Stirling Silliphant, the film is long on action set pieces that are filmed with more energy than the previous movie, Shaft's Big Score. Given contemporary practices involving smugglers of illegal Chinese and Mexican immigrants, the plot isn't all that far-fetched. Roundtree, as usual, is the picture of unflappable cool--but don't get him mad. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
When teenager Christy Bruce disappears from a high school beach party, her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white shark that was deemed responsible, but the Christy Bruce murder was no shark attack. Blaise turns to ghost hunter Ava Conte, who is skeptical but intrigued by his ghost shark ramblings. With preparations for a massive July 4th celebration rapidly approaching, they ...
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