This beautifully animated special from Hibbert Ralph Entertainment is a heart-rending tale of love and friendship which follows Annie a refined rag doll and Teddy a rather gruff teddy bear in search of a new home after being thrown out in favour of the latest hi-tech toys. They set out into the cold of the big city on an adventure which brings an unexpected friendship between the two toys as they search for the love of a child.
Cry Of The City
The one film in John Cusack's filmography he'd probably like us all to forget, this 80s-style preppy-in-peril film (compare and contrast with After Hours and Something Wild) casts him as a college student who gets mixed up with pirates and drug runners around the Caribbean. The wannabe screwball comedy falls flatter with each gag but Cusack's hang-dog sweetness and knack with one-liners carries it through and at the very least it's worth catching if only for a glimpse of Ben Stiller in his pre-There's Something About Mary fame days, in a double act here with his real-life father Jerry Stiller. --Leslie Felperin
Once upon a time...there were three girls who went to the Police Academy...and they were each assigned very hazardous duties...but I took them away from all that...and now they work for me. My name is Charlie. To Kill An Angel: A trip to the carnival leads to a tunnel of horrors when Kelly gets caught in the crossfire between two paid killers and an autistic child. Night Of The Strangler: The Angels bare all - almost - as undercover fashion models while investigating a kinky case of multiple murders.
Nuns On The Run (Dir. Jonathan Lynn 1990): Following in the great Carry On... tradition with a bit of Monty Python thrown in for good measure Nuns On The Run is a classic slice of slapstick comedy starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to leave he sets them up to be killed after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decide to steal the money for themselves but when their escape doesn't go to plan they have to seek refuge in a nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns Brian and Charlie have to avoid their boss Triads police and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution. Time Bandits (Dir. Terry Gilliam 1981): All the dreams you've ever had.... and not just the good ones. The first of three Terry Gilliam films collectively referred to as his Trilogy of the Imagination (along with 'Brazil' and 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen') 'Time Bandits' is a wonderfully inventive fantasy with a massive cult following and universal appeal. A sleeper hit in 1981 the film grossed well over eight times its million budget. Co-written by Gilliam and fellow Monty Python veteran Michael Palin (who also appears in the film) 'Time Bandits' tells the story of Kevin (Craig Warnock) a young imaginative boy kidnapped by a band of mischievous dwarves who have stolen a map of the universe detailing the locations of holes in the space-time continuum from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson). The dwarves with Kevin in tow set off on a bizarre journey back and forth though time with the intention of looting the fortunes of history's rich and famous. Along the way they meet the likes of King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) and Napoleon (Ian Holm) among others and even get to sail on the Titanic moments prior to its unfortunate encounter with an iceberg. Unknowingly the diminutive bandits are being watched by the spectre of Evil Genius (David Warner) who wants the map for his own typically wicked purposes...
The women are now relocated in Singopore and trying to get back to normal life. Dorothy is bullied for being a collaborator and Mrs Van Meyer continues to gossip. Clifford tries to discourage Marion from seeing the others. Featuring Episodes 6-10 of the Third Series (plus the 1950 Reunion).
From 1954-1955 39 TV films were made starring Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Dr. Watson. This DVD contains 4 of these TV films: The Case of the Night Train Riddle The Case of Lady Beryl The Mother Hubbart Case The Case of the Gravestone Inscription.
George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy' garnered six Academy Awards (including Best Director and Best Screenplay) and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift stars as George Eastman a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite (Elizabeth Taylor). Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Eastman's professiona
Harry Belafonte Robert Ryan Shelley Winters and Ed Begley unite together in this crime drama which is a gritty tense look at racial tension. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars ready for the taking. It's too much to resist for bigoted ex-con Earl Slater. He agrees to take part in a bank robbery with former cop Burke but hesitates when he finds out that one of his partners is black. As tensions mount and the men get closer to their biggest score ever Earl's hatred erupts resulting in violent consequences for the heist and their lives.
Showgirl (Shelley Winters) heads from America to Britain. Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle standsto inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesnt have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. Finally she trackshim down with his heavily pregnant new wife.Famous Female Director Muriel Box directed this 1954 production, co written by Peter Rodgers of Carry on fame, from a play by Roger Macdougall. A stella cast of Shelley Winters, John Gregson, Peggy Cummins and Wilfrid Hyde White, mostly filmed in the UK.A funny and well crafted production.
When a movie star is murdered whilst making a film near a French health spa her husband swiftly becomes the main suspect...
Does The Best Man Always Get To The White House?
Shipwrecked and cast adrift Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput an island inhabited by little people whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters give Gulliver new bitter insights into human behaviour... A combination of live action and animation in a version of Jonathan Swift's satire.
In early 20th century Tsarist Russia Rasputin (Christopher Lee) a wild-eyed peasant monk mysteriously demonstrates his healing powers by saving a woman's life and asking only for wine and Bacchanalian celebration in return. Soon Rasputin uses his evil charm to become increasingly manipulative and violent. Ferocious devious sensuous and other-worldly this uncouth peasant ingratiates himself into the lives of the sophisticated royal class...
Bloody Mama is another shameless unforgettable midnight movie classic directed by the legendary Roger Corman. Written by Robert Thom (Death Race 2000 All The Fine Young Cannibals) it stars Hollywood veteran Shelly Winters (Alfie The Poseidon Adventure) along with cult favourites Bruce Dern (Silent Running Rebel Rousers) Scatman Crothers (The Shining Hong Kong Phooey) and an early performance from superstar Robert DeNiro (Mean Streets Taxi Driver). It's depression era America and the infamous Ma Baker and her hillbilly brood of demented psychopathic sons are trailblazing through the Midwest making Bonnie and Clyde look like Richard and Judy. Rape murder kidnapping robbery drug abuse and incest are amongst their twisted family values. They're an unstoppable gang of lethal trash inhabiting a dark dangerous world of sordid crime and limitless depravity. But with the F.B.I on their trail their sadistic reign is about to end in an explosive massacre. Always entertaining relentlessly shocking and somewhat unsettling the true story of Bloody Mama is one of Roger Corman's most notorious creations.
Fredrick Forsyth: A Casualty Of War
Many years have passed since baby William was snatched from Satan's grasp. Protected from his sordid past by his adopted parents, William has grown into manhood unaware that he is the son of Satan.
Now Satan has sent the sultry Witch Delores to find his kidnapped heir and return him to his side, in the depths of hell. To fulfill Satan's devious plan, Delores must first seduce William...and whoever gets in her way will die!
Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce were the legendary rhythm section behind The Smiths. Here for the first time on film they tell the story of their time in the group. Speaking with candour honesty and humour they offer a unique insight into the private life of the groundbreaking band. ""The DVD is a very real account of what happened when we were in The Smiths "" says Joyce. ""We wanted people to know what it was really like. It is more truthful than anything we have revealed in interviews before because we were relaxed with how it was done and who was doing it."" This is the first documentary about The Smiths to be released on DVD and begins with the story of the band's origins in Manchester. The film takes us through the trip to London that secured their record deal the eventful recording of their debut album the tours the trips to the US and the superfandom. But this is no puff piece: Rourke and Joyce speak frankly about what it was really like to be in a band with Morrissey and Marr about Joyce winning his wife back by telling her he was going to be on Top Of The Pops and about Rourke's heroin addiction that briefly ended his career in the band. ""It isn't about attacking Johnny or Morrissey "" says Rourke. ""Despite the fact that the band ended in a messy way we shared a lot of things and we adopted an almost gang-like mentality. We still have many loyalities to each other as a result of that."" Produced and directed by Manchester-based friend Stephen Petricco and introduced by Mark Standley Inside The Smiths is peppered with archive photos (shot by original Smiths photographer Stephen Wright) exclusive interviews and footage of Mike and Andy today. Alongside in-depth interviews with the former Smiths friends and fans including New Order's Peter Hook The Fall's Mark E Smith Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley Ricky Wilson and Nick Hodgson of The Kaiser Chiefs and Ordinary Boys singer Preston offer their own unique insight into what made The Smiths so special.
A Place In The Sun: George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy' garnered six Academy Awards� (including Best Director and Best Screenplay) and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift stars as George Eastman, a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite (Elizabeth Taylor). Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threat...
Amazing things happen when you believe....A quiet neighbourhood is reeling with the shock of Santa Claus moving into town. The children are in seventh heaven but the traffic jams reindeers and popping snow machines prove too much for Santa's neighbours and they call in local mayoral candidate (Shelley Long) to shut down Santa's Dream World.Reporter Frank Mallory (Barry Bostwick) is intrigued by Elizabeth's lack of Christmas spirit and interested in what makes Santa tick.Santa has used his magic to light up other lives but is it too late to reunite his own family?
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