Robocop: A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America. In Old Detroit the situation is so bad a private corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) has assumed control of the police force. The executives at the company think they have the answer - until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team at Security Concepts create a law enforcement cyborg from the body of a slain officer. All goes well at first. Robocop stops every sleazeball he encounters with deadly piercing and sometimes gruesome accuracy. But there are forces on the street and within Security Concepts itself that will stop at nothing to see this super cyborg violently eliminated... Terminator: In 2029 giant super-computers dominate the planet hell-bent on exterminating the human race! And to destroy man's future by changing the past they send an indestructible cyborg - a Terminator - back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) the woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace to save the life of her unborn child? Or will the human race be extinguished by one mean hunk of mutant metal? Rollerball (1975): Set in 2018 Rollerball is a sensation glimpse of a future where the world is ruled by six giant corporations; a place where there is no war no poverty and no unrest but also no free will and no God. There is still a place for violence in this antiseptic world of plenty and mankind''s vicious and sadistic impulses are vented in the Rollerball arena a violent and deadly game broadcast world-wide to satisfy the bloodlust of millions. James Caan is outstanding as Jonathan E the game''s greatest player a man whose devastating talent threatens to make him a hero - and a threat to the Corporations'' grip on power. When Jonathan is asked to retire he refuses electing instead to captain his team to the world finals in an escalating spiral of carnage.
When James Cagney starred in the movie adaptation of The Time of Your Life in 1948, it was hotly been debated whether William Saroyans stage play was really filmable at all. Because of its small cast, because all the action takes place on a single claustrophobic set, because the "plot" consists entirely of sub-plots, and because Saroyans "dirty sentimentality" isnt to everyones taste, such doubts are still understandable today. However, accept the movie for what it is--a play in a box--and youll be captivated. The story revolves around a slightly down-at-heel bar-restaurant, where a group of disparate characters come and go as their stories gradually unfold. They include an ex-prostitute desperately seeking a new life, a dancer looking for a break into showbusiness, a down-and-out who discovers a vocation as a pianist, a beer-sodden cowboy and a villainous "stoolie" who, needless to say, gets his comeuppance. This gaggle of misfits is presided over by an enigmatic, champagne-drinking philanthropist (brilliantly played by Cagney) who gently nudges them towards their goals while indulging his own fascination with the minutiae of daily life. Throughout this quietly delightful picture the audience are not told why hes this way, but it is possible to make an educated guess. On the DVD: The Time of Your Life might be a classic, but it apparently warrants no extra features. The black and white picture is 4:3. --Roger Thomas
A film by Phill Niblock featuring Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra. Composer photographer and filmmaker Phill Niblock's classic of experimental underground filmmaking with a sensational soundtrack by pianist Sun Ra and the members of his Solar Arkestra! Shot in the mid '60s when the Arkestra was based in New York this film was produced using a unique negative process andultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians. The result is a virtually abstract music film mastered from a new print in all its incredibly sharp black & white glory.
Excess Baggage: Brazen yet emotionally neglected Emily T. Hope (Alicia Silverstone) desperate for her father's attention stages her own kidnapping. But before she can enjoy a happy reunion with her father her car gets stolen with Emily still inside and professional car thief Vincent Roche (Benicio Del Toro) is about to find out that he's stolen a lot more than he bargained for! And when Emily's sinister ex-CIA 'uncle' (Christopher Walken) starts tracking them down the heat can only get hotter in this hilariously romantic adventure! Biloxi Blues: In this semi-autobiographical screenplay Neil Simon's private memoirs in the US Army are made public. Set in 1943 at an army base in Biloxi Mississippi a lowly recruit (Broderick) comes under the command of a very weird drill sergeant (Walken)... Go: Ronna needs to make some extra cash. Simon wants to escape to Vegas for the weekend. Adam and Zack want to stay out of trouble. But it's not just another night in the life of these unusual characters. They're about to embark on a wild ride that won't end until the sun comes up.
Supernatural children's feature. Near destitute after the death of her husband, a widow and her young children are approached by an elderly and mysterious solicitor, Mr. Blunden (Laurence Naismith), who asks the family to become the caretakers of a derelict, partly fire-damaged country mansion. The family takes up the offer and shortly after moving into a small cottage on the mansion's estate the youngsters, Jamie (Gary Miller) and Lucy (Lynne Frederick), meet up with a pair of ghosts, Sara (Rosalyn Landor) and Georgie (Marc Granger), two children who were killed in the fire at the mansion one hundred years ago.
They seem to have it all: fame fortune and the hottest club act across the USA. But the price of fame is about to cost them dearly.... When two members decide to quit the future of the band hangs in the balance. Emotions are running high as they are booked for a final gig into an old meat packing factory now the notorious Club 905. When the mutilated body of one of their groupies turns up in a meat locker the band start to panic. Is it possible that the envy and anger amongst the band have spawned an uncontrolled psychopath who won't be happy until he or she is playing solo?
When death stalks the high seas...There's only one combat force for the job... Modern-day pirates have taken to the seas crippling the world shipping trade and making the ocean a very dangerous place to be. The U.S. president has no choice but to call on the immediate intervention of the world's most lethal daring combat force: the Navy SEALs. From an oil rig in the icy North Atlantic to the luxurious playground of the French Riviera the SEALs engage the pirates at every turn leading to the fiery climax at the pirate's base in remote Kazahkstan. What stars as an important mission for the SEALs becomes a personal grudge match and finally a life-and-death struggle for control of the seas. In the tradition of Under Siege and Delta Force U.S. Seals is searing white-hot high-caliber action you'll watch again and again.
Two architects Hallie Mitchell and Donnalee Crawford are best friends as well as business partners. The two women have poured all their energy into their careers so far at the expense of love or marriage. A chance encounter with her old high-school crush re-awakens Hallie's desire for more than just a career and gingerly she re-enters the bizarre and risky world of dating. But as she embarks on her search for romance her life begins to fray around the edges.
Yellowstone is a land of constant contrast. Lush flourishing forests standing next to cracked gaping landscapes. Half-frozen rivers beside boiling patches of earth. Enter this amazing land and follow our crew as they employ ground-breaking film techniques to create a totally unique experience. From prehistory to the present Yellowstone offers an unparalleled look at the indescribable beauty of this national park. Whether soaring over a snow-capped mountain climbing into the heart of a steaming geyser or standing in the shadow of a two-ton bear you'll do things you couldn't otherwise do. While watching Yellowstone you'll see things no tour guide can show you.
Missing in action and presumed dead Captain Dave Morgan turns up alive in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. He has been able to send word out - but help better come quickly before the sadistic Colonel Minh who runs the hellish internment stockade succeeds in breaking Morgan's body and spirit. Getting into Vietnam through the back door is easy enough with the help of gunrunning soldiers of fortune but trying to ferret out the phantom POW camps rescuing half dead prisoners and getting them out of 'Nam seems a pipe dream. No one has ever escaped from Colonel Minh's hell hole and lived to tell the tale. That's the kind of challenge that Chris Burton and his boys look forward to. The Ultimate Maximum. Armed with their Ninja skills forged on them by Sensei Hiroshi; thirty-sixth direct descendant of the Iga-Ninja Chris Burton Bill Norton and Mike Dobson form what mercenaries dub 'The Ultimax Force' - what Colonel Minh will call the 'curse of the devils'. Fate has destined this final confrontation between Burton and Minh and there is no stopping now the one-on-one that began years ago in the jungles of 'Nam is now about to resume. Try as he might to prevent it by moving camp and sending out his elite blocking forces against the rescue party Minh realises that his time is running out and that the unfinished duel between him and Burton will have to be brought to an end - death to the loser....
Adapted from author Whitley Strieber's best-selling book about his contact with an alien race Communion is an intriguing and compelling work of science fiction - or should that be science fact? Suffering from writer's block New Yorker Strieber (Christopher Walken) heads to a cabin in the woods to focus on his latest work. There he undergoes a series of strange experiences which he blocks from his memory. Later under the influence of hypnosis Strieber realises that he has been in contact with beings from another world...
A mysterious very old solicitor Mr. Blunden (Naismith) visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitor. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years previously and start to look into the mystery surrounding a fire that destroyed the house and claimed the lives of the two children...
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