Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Harry Potter The Book Of Eli) is at his dark best in the action-packed and sharply written Brit-Flick Dead Fish. Accompanying Oldman on this hilarious and thrilling rollercoaster ride of gangster life gone wrong is a legendary line up including Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting The Full Monty The Beach) Jimi Mistry (The Guru 2012 Blood Diamond) Terence Stamp (Wanted Yes Man Get Smart) and Billy Zane (Titanic). Dead Fish tells the story of Lynch (Oldman) an obscure but charming hit man sent to London for what should be a routine job. The hit becomes anything but straightforward as Lynch finds his world turned upside down when his phone is switched with a strangers'. Cut off from his employer's instructions Lynch goes on a manic rampage across London to recover his phone - and find its owner the girl of his dreams. He soon has bigger problems when he discovers he is being hunted by a rival assassin sent by his employers to take him out.
Includes: 1. The Final Countdown 2. 976 EVIL 3. The Astral Factor 4. Agency Apex 5. Creator 6. Digital Man 7. Earth Minus Zero 8. Hologram Man 9. Judgement Day 10. Protoype 11. Rot 12. Sci-Fighters 13. The Sender 14. Chaos Factor 15. Guardian 16. Militia 17. Space Marines 18. Stealth Fighter 19. Virus 20. The Willies
Another series from Lew Grade's ITC stable, The Protectors attracted high ratings on both sides of the Atlantic when screened during 1971-3. Combining the high-tech ingenuity of Mission: Impossible with the glamour of The Champions, the basic premise of jet-setting special agents going where governments fear to tread is typical of its era. As Harry Rule, Robert Vaughn develops the thinking man of action persona he perfected in The Man from U.N.C.L.E, complemented by Nyree Dawn Porter's stylish Contessa di Contini. The underrated Tony Anholt makes the most of his Mediterranean good looks as Paul Buchet. Ten episodes are included here, all following a well-honed formula of intrigue and strategy, but with enough variety in scenario and setting--a range of European cities and resorts--to offset routine. Look out for a host of soon-to-be-familiar faces. There's also Tony Christie's full-throated rendition of the "Avenues and Alleyways" theme to round off each episode. On the DVD: The Protectors on disc comes in a full-screen format that reproduces excellently for its age (Lew Grade's productions always seem to last well). Each episode is divided into four chapter headings, with English subtitles available. A detailed biography of Vaughn is included along with a gallery of captioned stills, some of which are curiously reproduced in black-and-white. Taken with a healthy dose of nostalgia, entertainment is assured. --Richard Whitehouse
Acclaimed director Rob Marshall re-invents the traditional variety special in this groundbreaking event with show-stopping dance numbers and breathtaking stage production. Marshall and his Academy-award-winning creative team take the viewer on an emotional musical journey re-creating seminal venues of Tony Bennett's music career from the 52nd Street Swing Club to the early Columbia recording studio from the ""rat pack"" stage in Las Vegas to the famous Carnegie Hall. Tony performs live duets of his greatest hits with the greatest artists of today. The show features special appearances by Robert De Niro Catherine Zeta-Jones John Travolta Bruce Willis and Billy Crystal! Track Listing 1. Smile - with Barbra Streisand 2. Sing You Sinners - with John Legend 3. Because of You - with K.D.Lang (featuring Chris Botti) 4. The Best Is Yet to Come - with Diana Krall 5. The Shadow of Your Smile - with Juanes 6. Rags to Riches - with Elton John 7. Just in Time - with Michael Buble 8. For Once in My Life - with Stevie Wonder 9. Steppin' Out - with Christina Aguilera 10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Bewitched: Be warned. Be ready. A producer remaking the classic sitcom ""Bewitched"" unknowingly casts an actual witch for the lead role! Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell headline this hilarious romantic comedy based on the beloved sitcom starring Elizabeth Montgomery. (Dir. Nora Ephron 2005) Wimbledon: She's the golden girl. He's the longshot. It's a match made in... A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him he meets a young female player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon at the cost of losing hers... (Dir. Richard Loncraine 2004) The Perfect Man: Is it all too good to be true? Teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is fed up of moving every time her single-parent mother Jean (Heather Locklear) breaks-up with another dead-beat boyfriend. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man - an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off Holly finds herself having to produce a suitor from somewhere; borrowing her friend's charming and handsome uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the emails notes and gifts! Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her Mother's newfound happiness... Almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along. (Dir. Mark Rosman 2005)
Breakout is a 1975 jailbreak vehicle for Charles Bronson and wife Jill Ireland. It also stars Robert Duvall as Jay Wagner, framed by his wealthy but scheming grandfather (John Huston) and sentenced to 28 years in a Mexican jail. Ireland plays his concerned wife who enlists the help of small-time pilot Nick Colton (Bronson) to get Duvall out of jail in an audacious escape plot. While supporting actors such as Randy Quaid as Bronson's sidekick bring a little enthusiasm to their parts, the major players do not. Bronson and Ireland deliver their parts with the stiltedness of a first run-through, while Robert Duvall's mind seems entirely elsewhere, as if he's unable to believe he's involved in such an inauspicious project. His character seems strangely indifferent to his fate, an indifference which spreads swiftly to the audience. The escape sequence takes an eternity to arrive and when it does is almost breathtakingly underwhelming. Only the gruesomely depicted death of a bad guy, slashed to pieces by a propeller on a runaway, strikes a pleasingly jarring note. Otherwise, you almost feel sorry for this film, so manifestly unloved is it by those who conceived and participated in it. On the DVD: Breakout on disc is presented in anamorphic widescreen format. There are no extras other than subtitles. --David Stubbs
Deceipt and treachery about inside the walls of the magnificent Heiss family mansion. Evelyn Heiss a recently widowed gold-digging trophy wife has fallen for her smooth-talking younger new age masseur Poe Finklestein. Poe is a striking hunk who massages his way first into Evelyn's affections and soon after her bed. The rest of her family are a source of constant irritation as they await with increasing anticipation the reading of the will. The eccentric Heiss family are heirs to a European dynasty with its fabulous wealth and jewels worth millions. What they hadn't counted on is the underbelly of Hollywood who have their own plans for the Heiss family fortune...
The inhabitants of Tulsa find themselves in a battle for survival as the oil boom threatens the livelihoods of long-established cattle ranchers and their way of life.
The power failures and mini earth tremors in Los Angeles are getting more frequent and more powerful and the search is on to find the ultimate energy source from deep within the earth's core. The disgraced former US secretary of energy will stop at nothing to find that source...
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Dana Carvey stars as Pistachio Disguisey, a sweet natured Italian waiter who discovers he has inherited the ability to be a Master of Disguise from his family when his parents are kidnapped.
Leonard Cohen - Under Review 1934 -1977 is a 90-minute documentary film which reviews the poetry music performances and career of one of contemporary America's greatest artists. This documentary includes obscure footage rare interviews scarcely seen photographs live and studio recordings of Cohen's classics and reviews of some of Cohen's musical performances. There are reviews comments criticisms and insights from; official Cohen biographer Ira Nadel; Leonard's regular guitarist and band leader Ron Cornelius; producer on the New Skin For The Old Ceremony and New Positions albums John Lissauer; studio owner and engineer on Death Of A Ladies Man David Gold Cohen's backing vocalist Ronee Blakley; producer of Songs Of Leonard Cohen John Simon; Music Editor from Village Voice Robert Christgau; Rolling Stone magazine's Anthony De Curtis and many others.
It's 1862 and the Victoria Turf Club in Melbourne Australia has just announced the highest stakes horse race ever. Young horse handler Dave Power sets off on the journey of a lifetime to take Archer a top contender for the race to Melbourne.
In 1977 Voyager II was launched into space inviting all lifeforms in the universe to visit our planet. Get ready. Company's coming. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen) and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days he'll die. Hot on their trail are government agents intent on capturing the alien dead or alive. En route Starman demonstrates the power of universal love while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion.
Titles Comprise: The Untouchables: Brian De Palma's 'The Untouchables' is a must-see masterpiece: set to a classic Ennio Morricone score this is the glorious and fierce depiction of the larger than life mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago - and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery winning an Oscar as Malone the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first. The Hunt For Red October: Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin The Hunt For Red October seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands.A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub the Red October is heading for the US coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: He thinks Ramius is planning to defect but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him too. The hunt is on! The Presidio: Lt. Col. Caldwell (Sean Connery) and Police Inspector Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) don't like each other. Not even a little bit. That's because Caldwell helped run Austin out of the military police a few years back. And now these natural enemies are forced to team up to solve a brutal murder at The Presidio military compound. To make matters worse Inspector Austin has taken a sudden and passionate interest in a beautiful feisty young woman (Meg Ryan) who just happens to be Lt. Col. Caldwell's daughter. First sparks fly between the two lovers. Then fists and bullets start flying as this action-packed thriller kicks into high gear and tears up the streets of San Francisco.
The Butt Ugly Martians return in three explosive episodes in which they continue to fool the great Emporor Bog and his trenchman Dr Damage and remain on Earth. Their mission is to destroy the planet but their real intention is to save the world. Including Episodes: Koo Foo: While watching a news report on television the Butt Ugly Martians see what is believed to be a recently discovered pyramid in the Sahara - only they regognise it as a Koo Foo ship. The Koo Foo have long been considered extinct and were once the most feared aliens in the entire Universe bloodthirsty renegades who were responsible for the extinction of many races of aliens. What if one or more are still alive in the ship? Mike In Space: While sending a tribute from the 'invasion' to Emporor Bog the Butt Ugly Martians shrink the gifts so that they fit into the transporter. But they are unaware that they have shrunk Mike aswell and accidentally send him to the Bog Star. Whilst trying to rescue Mike the Butt Uglies become ensnared in a double-crossing scheme set up by Emporor Bog. Will Mike return to Planet Earth safely? Will the Butt Uglies be found in Emporor Bog? Will Stoat Muldoon discover the Butt Uglies? Bog In Charge: The kids get Muldoon to help rescue the Butt Uglies. Shocked at the alien invasion forces Muldoon vows to fight to the end to help protect the planet. The Butt-Uglies have a plan that should trick Bog into an attack that they think will result in the capture of the Martian Emperor but htey also need to deal with Muldoon. Can they get rid of Bog for good and escape Muldoon?
This action-packed fantasy takes place twelve thousand years ago, an undreamed – of age before recorded history filled with fantastic kingdoms across an uncharted world. An age of superstition and myth populated by mystical wizards and menacing creatures, this Hyborian Age spawned a true hero, Conan. With the aid of ragtag warriors Otli, Bayu and Zzeban, he quests to free his homeland from the rule of an all-powerful sorcerer and deals with beautiful, fiery bandit queen Karella. This special box set of the entire series provides dazzling, sword-swinging entertainment for the entire family.
Detective Burt Williams has been on the trail of the infamous ""Poe killer"" for nearly three years and must stop his nemesis before he completes another tale in his book of death!
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