James Bond (Roger Moore) and the beautiful Soviet Agent Anya Amasova codenamed Triple X (Barbara Bach) team up to investigate missing Allied and Russian atomic submarines following a deadly trail that leads to billionaire shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens). Soon Bond and Anya are the world's only hope as they discover a nightmarish scheme of global nuclear Armageddon!
A lonely schoolteacher (Audran) develops an inexplicable attraction toward an ex-army butcher (Yanne) who may or may not be a serial killer plaguing a small town... Drawing on Hitchockian themes of exchanged guilt and shared secrets writer/director Claude Chabrol constructs an extraordinary relationship between the two characters that marries unspoken self-awareness with constant suspense over the unresolved nature of their bond.
The League of Gentlemen is a sardonic crime drama in which Jack Hawkins plays an embittered retired army officer who recruits seven fellow ex-soldiers to carry out a bank raid with military precision. The film presents an England between post-war austerity and the more liberated 1960s where traditional moral certainties were rapidly being discarded; a London where ex-officers left on the scrapheap at war's end could justify turning their military experience to armed robbery. Unfortunately the tale is neither particularly amusing or thrilling, with an overlong central detour via an army camp prefacing the exciting heist and a largely anti-climactic ending. Nevertheless Hawkins effectively subverts his heroic officer type from The Cruel Sea (1953) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and there's excellent support from a great cast including Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough and Roger Livesey. Bryan Forbes not only wrote the cynical screenplay but costarred with wife Nanette Newman in her first significant screen role. More influential than truly classic, The League of Gentlemen has lent its name to a modern BBC comedy, an "Extraordinary" comic strip-turned-movie, and proved the template for heist films ever since, including both versions of The Italian Job (1969 and 2003). On the DVD:The League of Gentlemen is presented in an anamorphically enhanced 16:9 transfer from an excellent condition print and mostly looks and sounds fine. There's minimal print damage, though sadly Philip Green's ironically patriotic main title music suffers from significant distortion. The only extra is the original trailer, which is now something of a period piece itself. --Gary S Dalkin
Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp: Drama about the life of Clive Candy an English soldier who served in three wars (Boer World War I World War II) and had relationships with three women along the way (each played by Deborah Kerr). Despite Candy's tours-of-duty he harbors no ill will towards the Germans instead he believes they have been the pawns of military leaders. Colonel Blimp an old befuddled British military officer reminisces about his past glories in this witty w
If you've got an appetite for life: Stay Hungry. A syndicate wants to buy a whole district to rebuild it. They've bought every house except the small gym ""Olympic"" where Mr. Austria Joe Santo prepares for the Mr. Universe championships a month ahead. The rich sunny-boy Craig Blake is brought in by the syndicate as a dummy to buy the gym. But then he starts to like the people and falls in love with Joe's friend Marie-Tate...
When two strangers stumble into international intrigue in the middle of a Los Angeles night anything can happen... and it does in this zany comedy directed by John Landis! Ed Okin is an insomniac with a cheating wife and a dull job. His chance for excitement looks hopeless until a mysterious blonde named Diana drops onto the bonnet of his car. She is being pursued by a gang of Iranian gunmen and despite Ed's reluctance he gets involved and Diana leads him on a murderous chase where
Agent 007 (Roger Moore) blasts into orbit in this action-packed adventure that takes him to Venice Rio de Janeiro and outer space. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle he and beautiful CIA agent Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on earth!
Made in 1989, Roger and Me is a loose, smart-alecky documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore. Here for the first time, the man who won unexpected Oscar glory with Bowling for Columbine exposed audiences to his devastating wit and a working-class pose. When his hometown is devastated by the plant closure of an American corporate giant (making record profits, one should note), the hell-raising political commentator with a prankster streak tries to turn his camera on General Motors Chairman Roger B Smith, the elusive Roger of the title, and the film is loosely structured around Moore's odyssey to track down the bigwig for an interview. While Moore ambushes his corporate subjects like a blue-collar Geraldo Rivera, a guerrilla interviewer who treasures his comic rebuffs as much as his interviews, his portraits of the colourful characters he meets along the way can be patronising. The famous come off as absurdly out of touch (Anita Bryant appears for some can-do cheerleading, and hometown celebrity Bob Eubanks tells some boorish jokes), and the disenfranchised poor (notably an unemployed woman who sells rabbit meat to make ends meet) all too often appear as buffoons or hicks. But behind his loose play with the facts and snarky attitude is a devastating look at the victims of downsizing in the midst of the 1980s economic boom. This portrait of Reagan's America and the tarnish on the American dream comes down to a simple question: what is corporate America's responsibility to the country's citizens? That's a question no-one at GM wants to answer. --Sean Axmaker
Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Full coverage of the 2012 Wimbledon Men's Final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray with BBC broadcast commentary.
"Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo" marks the triumphant return of two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes.
This new edition of Murray Lerners film of The Whos legendary performance at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival features newly restored pictures and remixed sound along with exclusive bonus features to finally give this amazing concert the quality release it deserves. Accept no substitute and play it loud! Tracklist: 1. Heaven And Hell 2. I Can't Explain 3. Young Man Blues 4. I Don't Even Know Myself 5. Water 6. Medley: Shakin' All Over / Spoonful... 7. Summertime Blues 8. My Generation 9. Magic Bus 10. Tommy Overture 11. It's A Boy 12. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) 13. Christmas 14. The Acid Queen 15. Pinball Wizard 16. Do You Think It's Alright 17. Fiddle About 18. Go To The Mirror 19. Miracle Cure 20. I'm Free 21. We're Not Gonna Take...
Sometimes the hero of the story just ends up being you! In this thrill a minute Western Pecos Bill (Swayze) helps a young lad save his family's farm. They then embark on a journey where plenty of danger and surprises are waiting for them!
A few years after the events in Scream 2, Gale Weathers has continued the horror franchise called Stab.
From the makers of acclaimed documentary films 'Riding Giants' and 'Dogtown And Z-Boys' comes Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who the authorized portrait of the defining live act in popular music history told in their own words. Discover in this two disc DVD set how four diverse Londoners - Roger Daltrey Pete Townshend John Entwistle and Keith Moon - combined to create their own style of rock music built a dedicated fan base the world over and how The Who has survived at the top for over forty amazing years. Crammed with masses of never-seen-before footage rare concert performances and exclusive interviews in which the band and those close to the band share their thoughts and memories of The Who their music and their history. From their roots as a 1960s pub cover band through all the fascinating ups and downs twists and turns stops and starts successes and failures follow them as they evolve through four decades of rock.
A frightened young man races his truck down a dirt road constantly looking back in terror. He is being pursued by some unseen menace! Undoubtedly it is this menace that is responsible for a series of mysterious food truck robberies and the main suspect is the 60-foot tall Colossal Man! Previously presumed dead he is discovered living in a desolate mountain range in Mexico insane and horribly disfigured his face covered in scar tissue and missing an eye. Every effort of communicating with the giant fails and the military drugs him and transports him back to America where he promptly escapes to wreak havoc on an unfortunate city!
James Bond (Roger Moore) and the beautiful Soviet Agent Anya Amasova codenamed Triple X (Barbara Bach) team up to investigate missing Allied and Russian atomic submarines following a deadly trail that leads to billionaire shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens). Soon Bond and Anya are the world's only hope as they discover a nightmarish scheme of global nuclear Armageddon!
Pilot: The Marcus-Nelson Murders This film is based on a real case the Wylie-Hoffert murder. A case that led to a fundamental change in US law. Two young girls are found murdered in their apartment in East Manhattan and Theo Kojak heads up the investigation. When a young black man is arrested and confesses to the murder Kojak is suspicious. Getting a lead from a junkie Kojak goes on to prove the innocence of one man and the guilt of another. 2: Mojo Kojak poses as a chemist
Agent 007 (Roger Moore) blasts into orbit in this action-packed adventure that takes him to Venice Rio de Janeiro and outer space. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle he and beautiful CIA agent Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on earth!
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