The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs
Showgirls (Dir. Paul Verhoeven 1995): From the Director of Basic Instinct comes a daring new film that breaks all barriers. Leave your inhibitions at the door and experience the sensation of Showgirls Las Vegas the pleasure capital of the world where stardom can be found..at a price. Fuelled by naked ambition Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) is willing to pay that price working as a ""stripper"" and ""lap-dancer"" in the seedy back room of the Cheetah Club. She is soon discovered by Cristal (Gina Gershon) the seductive star of the biggest sexiest show in Vegas who together with her lover Zack (Kyle MacLachlan) gives her the chance to fulfil her wildest dreams. Behind the glamour lies the sordid side to the nightlife full of traps set with lust and jealousy. Enter the world of Showgirls it's hot it's wild it's wicked it's the ultimate fantasy! 9 1/2 Weeks: (Dir. Adrian Lyne 1986) Elizabeth (Academy Award winner Kim Basinger) is a Soho gallery worker romantically uninvolved since a painful divorce. John (Mickey Rourke) is a wealthy commodities broker emotionally alone no matter who he's with. A chance meeting draws them into each other's worlds. Obsession takes them further into a mutual world of eroticism and emotional awakenings. With visual flair director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction 1998's Lolita) explores extremes of passion and surrender in 9 1/2 Weeks.Passion fades. But something John and Elizabeth will always carry inside is the impact of their 9 1/2 Weeks. Wild Orchid (Dir. Zalman King 1990): Set in the sultry splendor of Rio de Janeiro Wild Orchid stars Mickey Rourke Jacqueline Bisset and supermodel Carre Otis in a torrid adventure of the senses. Filled with exotic locations it is a hypnotic odyssey that will leave you breathless and spellbound. Beautiful young attorney Emily Reed (Otis) travels to Rio to work with international negotiator Claudia Lirones (Bisset) on a multimillion-dollar deal. But once exposed to the raw sensuality of her surroundings Emily is increasingly drawn into a world of erotic fantasy. Eager to guide Emily through this underworld is Claudia's old flame Wheeler (Rourke). Mysterious and seductive Wheeler unleashes Emily's most primitive desires - even as she threatens to unlock his world- weary heart.
Fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time. Special Features Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet - An Exploration Of The Development And Production Of The Film As Told By The Cast And Crew. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: I. The Principle Of Belief - Christopher Nolan Talks About Why He Wanted To Make This Film And The Twists He Wanted To Bring To The Spy Genre. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Ii. Mobilizing The Troupe - The Filmmakers To Talk About Casting And What The Actors Brought To Their Roles. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Iii. The Approach - The Company Discusses How Nolan&Rsquo;S Filmmaking Philosophies And In-Camera Approach Applied To The Challenges In This Film. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Iv. The Proving Window - A Look At The Cinematography And The Unique Ways They Shot The Movie. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: V. The Roadmap - Examining The Ways The Cast And Crew Kept Track Of The Continuity Across Multiple Perspectives And Timelines. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Vi. Entropy In Action - Breaking Down The Complex Action In The Film And The Stunt Requirements For The Actors. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Vii. Traversing The Globe - Exploring The Logistics Of Travelling And Shooting In Real Locations As Well As Capturing The Epic Marine Sequences In Different Countries Around The World. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Viii. How Big A Plane? - The Story Of The Dramatic Crashing Of A Real 747. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Ix. The Dress Code - Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland Takes Us Through Some Of The Iconic Costumes From The Film. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: X. Constructing The Twilight World - A Look At The Practical Sets Designed And Built By Nathan Crowley & Team And The Techniques They Used To Enhance The Scope And Scale Of The Film. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Xi. The Final Battle - Inside The Epic Sequence Which Had The Cast And Crew Using Everything That They Had Learned On The Film To Pull It Off. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Xii. Cohesion - Nolan Discusses His Approach Of Involving The Composer And The Editor Early On In The Pre-Production And All The Way Through The Completion Of The Film To Truly Integrate Them Into The Creative Process. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Xiii. Doesn't Us Being Here Now Mean It Never Happened? - The Cast And Crew Discuss The Unique Experience Of Working On The Film.
A powerful and cautionary film about the threat to one of America's most iconic landscapes. The film follows the great Colorado River as it reveals the most pressing environmental story of our time -the world's growing shortage of fresh water.Join environmental advocates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Wade Davis as they set out with their daughters, travelling deep into the Grand Canyon and down the river that runs through it. Your pulse will quicken as you are invited to join this thrilling ride downriver through raging rapids and breathtaking canyons. With stunning photography and sweeping aerial shots the renowned filmmakers capture all the majesty of the Colorado and The Grand Canyon in the largest film format ever made... Narrated by Robert Redford. Featuring the songs and music from the GRAMMY Award-winning Dave Matthews Band.
Blood MoneyBoxing promoter Bobby Walker is found strangled with the takings from the previous night's fight stuffed into his mouth. DCI Burke isn't short of suspects but when the ringside doctor suffers the same fate the investigation takes an unexpected twist.New LifeAn acclaimed professor is murdered as he is about to announce a major pharmaceutical breakthrough. DCI Burke's inquiries centre on the leader of an anti-research protest group but take on a new slant when the scientist's own colleagues are implicated.Bad BloodA Kurdish cab driver is stabbed to death in what seems to be a racially motivated murder. However as the investigation deepens DCI Burke and his team find themselves in a race against time to prevent a full scale Glasgow gang war.The city of Glasgow backdrop with its characteristic dry wit combined with the menacing nature of the cases make Taggart unique in style and it is now the longest running detective drama on UK television.
Shot entirely on location in London Brighton Paris and Bombay with snappy editing a blistering east/west soundtrack and prowling camerawork - Guru in Seven is sharply observed raw real and as 'un-PC as it gets. With support from Saeed Jaffrey Jacqueline Pearce and Antony Zaki the film stars a cast of hugely talented young British actors and features an astonishing debut from Nitin Chandra Ganatra as 'Sanjay' in a role reminiscent of a young Michael Caine in ALFIE. FAST FRESH AND FUNNY... A RAW SEXY TALE WITH A TWIST - LOADED FUNNY AND RUDE...UNMISSABLE - THE SUN A 200 MPH ROMP...A VERY FUNNY MOVIE - NME ***** - EMPIRE ***** - UNCUT
Marvel at the awesome power of nature as the Eruption of Mount St Helens displays the change evoked by a massive volcanic eruption and the renewal process which follows it. In this Academy Award nominated film beautiful photography of the mountain prior to May 18th 1990 is harshly contrasted with the apocalyptic post eruption scenery created when the entire side of Mount St Helens was blown away in billowing clouds of ash.
The foundation stone of the Troma label's trash-movie empire, The Toxic Avenger introduces the character of nerdy janitor Melvin, who suffers heaps of abuse from local bad-guys and is stuffed into a vat of toxic waste while dressed in a ballerina outfit. He emerges mutated into a Swamp Thing/Hulk-style monster hero who romps around the blighted township of Tromaville, New Jersey, offing the grotesque villains in nastily gruesome ways and mooning over his blind true love. The Troma style is unique, and perhaps predates the anything-gross-for-a-laugh approach of the Farrelly Brothers by a good 10 years, but it sometimes wavers between the good-natured gags and genuinely unpleasant plot images that somewhat spoil the tone. Entry-level filmmaking, but with surprisingly professional head-squashing effects and a degree of enthusiasm that breaks down most resistance. Several sequels have ensued, including The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. -- Kim Newman
Passion betrayal and murder. From the tortured spirit of Edgar Allan Poe come his most inspired tale of sexual terror and psychological suspense... HAUNTING FEAR! An erotically charged decent into madness starring the broodingly romantic Jan Michael Vincent and a mysteriously exotic Karen Black. Stylishly directed at a riveting pace Haunting Fear spirals into a frenzy of sexual insantity and erotic revenge as it climaxes with one of the years most controversial endings Haunting Fear - Her unnatural desires becomes his lethal weapon.
Tracklisting: 'Overture' 'Love Is Sweeping The Country/'Til There Was You/ Lover/ So In Love' - Adam Pascal Brent Spiner Rebecca Luker Peter Gallagher and Marin Mazzie 'Music Is Better Than Words' 'Lullaby Of Broadway' - Tom Wopat and dancers 'Sue Me' - Nathan Lane and Doo Wop Trio 'He Touched Me' - Heather Headley 'La Donna E Mobile/ Let The Good Times Roll/ Standing On The Corner' - Three Mo' Tenors 'Gigi' - Ron Raines 'No Longer Shy' 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' - Jeffrey Denman a
Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) is a brilliant English scientist who working with the principles that govern the reflection of light has developed a theory that every form of matter can be reduced to invisibility just as a jellyfish becomes invisible in water. During an accident in the laboratory Brady himself becomes invisible but his experiments have not yet gone far enough for him to reverse the process and regain visibility!
One year after the supposed suicide of his fiance a playwright gathers together the cast from his last play in order to find out what really happened on that fateful night.
This film of the legendary martial arts expert and actor Bruce Lee became a huge theatrical hit breaking the house record at the Cinecenta London. Starring Bruce Lee's great friend basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bruce Lee look-alike Bruce Li Lee Roy Lung Ronald Brown 'Big Jonny' Floyd and Mun Ping 'Goodbye Bruce Lee - His Last Game of Death' is based on the making of 'The Game of Death' the film Bruce Lee started but put on hold to star in 'Enter the Dragon'. Soon aft
A double bill of vintage horrors from Hammer Studio: Val Guest directs Nigel Kneale's script of The Abominable Snowman (1957) while Leslie Norman directs Jimmy Sangster's Quatermass-inspired X The Unknown (1956).
Juliet has it all - a rich and successful husband a beautiful home and a loving family. But everything changes when a mysterious stranger invades her perfect world. All too soon his ominous presence begins to take a terrible toll on Juliet's life. She is tormented by a recurring nightmare - dark desires long since repressed are re-awoken and forbidden fantasies become a shocking reality. A sexually charged psychological thriller The Stranger is the story of one woman's journey into the terrifying recesses of her mind...
A bank robber on the run after shooting a policeman is pursued by both the law who want to capture him and the press who are anxious for his story...
George McLintock has to try and convince his wife that he has been faithful after a two year seperation with their fights the talk of the town. Matters are not helped by the extremely attractive cook Mrs Louise Warren he has hired at the ranch house... The film achieved a certain notoriety for the 'spanking' scene widely regarded as a cinematic first.
In 'Charmed' the three Halliwell sisters have accepted their destiny of protecting the innocent and vanquishing evil doers even though that is generally not on the agenda of every twenty-something on the fast track to discovering what life's all about. Prue (Doherty) the oldest is driven to succeed and dislikes the free-spirited antics of the youngest sister Phoebe (Milano). Piper (Combs) the earthy middle sister mediates between her siblings. Prue has the power to move objects Piper to freeze time and Phoebe to see the future. The sisters must band together to protect themselves and the world from the dark demonic forces that seek to destroy them... Season 1: 1. Something Wicca This Way Comes 2. I've Got You Under My Skin 3. Thank You for Not Morphing 4. Dead Man Dating 5. Dream Sorcerer 6. The Wedding from Hell 7. The Fourth Sister 8. The Truth Is Out There... and It Hurts 9. The Witch Is Back 10. Wicca Envy 11. Feats of Clay 12. The Wendigo 13. From Fear to Eternity 14. Secrets and Guys 15. Is There A Woogy in the House? 16. Which Prue Is It Anyway? 17. That '70s Episode 18. When Bad Warlocks Go Good 19. Out of Sight 20. The Power of Two 21. Love Hurts 22. Deja Vu All Over Again Season 2: 1. Witch Trial 2. Morality Bites 3. The Painted World 4. The Devil's Music 5. She's A Man Baby A Man! 6. That Old Black Magic 7. They're Everywhere 8. P3 H2O 9. Ms. Hellfire 10. Heartbreak City 11. Reckless Abandon 12. Awakened 13. Animal Pragmatism 14. Pardon My Past 15. Give Me A Sign 16. Murphy's Luck 17. How to Make A Quilt Out of Americans 18. Chick Flick 19. Ex Libris 20. Astral Monkey 21. Apocalypse Not 22. Be Careful What You Witch For Season 3: 1. The Honeymoon's Over 2. Magic Hour 3. Once Upon A Time 4. All Halliwell's Eve 5. Sight Unseen 6. Primrose Empath 7. Power Outage 8. Sleuthing With The Enemy 9. Coyote Piper 10. We All Scream For Ice Cream 11. Blinded By The Whitelighter 12. Wrestling With Demons 13. Bride And Gloom 14. The Good The Bad And The Cursed 15. Just Harried 16. Death Takes A Halliwell 17. Pre-Witched 18. Sin Francisco 19. The Demon Who Came In From The Cold 20. Exit Strategy 21. Look Who's Barking 22. All Hell Breaks Loose Season 4: 1. Charmed Again (Part 1) 2. Charmed Again (Part 2) 3. Hell Hath No Fury 4. Enter The Demon 5. Size Matters 6. A Knight To Remember 7. Brain Drain 8. Black As Cole 9. Muse To My Ears 10. A Paige From The Past 11. Trial By Magic 12. Lost And Bound 13. Charmed And Dangerous 14. The Three Faces Of Phoebe 15. Merry-Go-Round 16. The Fifth Halliwell 17. Saving Private Leo 18. Bite Me 19. We're Off To See The Wizard 20. Long Live The Queen 21. Womb Raider 22. Which Way Now?
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