In classic mystery style Broadway playwright Alex Dennison invites actors and others to a 'cold reading' of his new play. But it is really his scheme to catch the killer of his actress fiancee Monica Welles who died a year previously?
The trials and tribulations of being a twenty-something The hilarious urban comedy from the creators of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps about a group of friends caught in that tricky place between their teens and 2.4 children is back - and this time it's even more painfully funny. Sheridan Smith stars as childish nutritionist Michelle. At 26 Michelle knows she should be growing up and making something of her life. But it's so hard to be mature when you're having so much fun and when you've got mates like Michelle's to lead you astray. Once again Sheridan is joined by Steven Meo as her lovestruck solicitor friend Grant and by Fiona Wass as her slutty colleague Claire. Into Michelle's slice of Manchester's Northern Quarter come Naomi Bentley as Rachel Michelle's completely mental boss Warren Brown as gorgeous barman Alex and Richard Mylan as Michelle's sex-hungry flatmate Chris. Series 2 kicks off with a huge surprise for Michelle when she finds herself in bed with Grant her best friend and the man she swore she would never sleep with. Is this just a drunken accident or the start of a great relationship? Now Michelle is one of the grownups only she can find out. Meanwhile Michelle's childish brother Mike is trying to work out why he has not had a relationship for seven years at least not with a non-inflatable woman. And it looks like Michelle's man-mad best mate Claire may be rather-too-keen to help Mike with his personal examination. When life's this complicated it's time to join the grownups!
Doctor Who: Series 5 - Volume 4 (2010)
Set during the First World War the King family settles down to Christmas lunch. The celebrations are marred by the fact that Felix the youngest member of the family is missing in action...
Frankie Howerd stars as a lowly boot-boy who is a terrible coward and only goes to war after he has been hypnotised to 'Save England'! With the German master plan tattooed on his backside he goes to the British headquarters with the Germans in hot pursuit to try and 'hand over the plans'!
""Douglas' magnificent award-winning Trilogy is the product of an assured formidable artistic vision. These are some of the most compelling fimls about childhood ever made.The films narrative is largely autobiographical following Jamie - eight years old when we first meet him - as he grows up in a poverty-stricken mining village in post-war Scotland. These are brutal surroundings and Jamie is subject to hardship and rejection at the mercy of the relatives and neighbours responsible for his welfare. Through these films we see Jamie grow from child to adolescent; angry bewildered and violent yet playful affectionate and full of imagination. Set Comprises: My Childhood (1972 48 mins) My Ain Folk (1973 55 mins) My Way Home (1978 72 mins)
This new film of Leonard Bernstein's music-theatre piece Trouble in Tahiti, produced by BBC Wales and Opus Arte and directed by Tom Cairns, makes a strong case for a neglected work. Bernstein wrote his satire on American materialism in 1952, drawing on elements of opera, revue and musical comedy to tell a story of a marriage that's turned sour amid the trappings of suburban prosperity. The brevity of the piece, which flashes by in 39 minutes, perhaps accounts for its rare appearances, making this version specially welcome. Tom Cairns directs with style and panache, moving the camera effortlessly to and fro between the seven scenes. Amir Hosseinpour's choreography recalls with affection the heyday of the MGM musical then at its zenith. The film opens with a Greek-style chorus singing in scat jazz fashion to a montage of 1950s imagery: flickering television adverts, manicured lawns and white picket fences. Characters within the narrative appear in flash-back in home video footage. This is all highly diverting and possibly a ruse to mask some dramatic weakness in the story written by Bernstein himself. The wife never offers an explanation for her visit to the cinema to see Trouble in Tahiti instead of attending her son's school play, nor do we see the boy again after witnessing his parents having a tiff. The two principals, Karl Daymond as Sam and Stephanie Novacek as Dinah, are well cast and sing in a natural and pleasing manner with clear diction. The scat vocal trio is well matched and the City of London Sinfonia under Paul Daniel catch the spirit of the jazz inflected score as if it were second nature. On the DVD: Trouble in Tahiti is shot in wide-screen, appropriate for the era that gave us CinemaScope. There are subtitles in German, Spanish and French. A full translation in English is printed in the booklet. The extras include an introduction that partly overlaps with "A Very Testing Piece", in which Paul Daniel touches on the parallel with Bernstein's own unhappy childhood. Humphrey Burton in "Not Particularly Romantic" elaborates on this theme and goes on to offer a further fascinating commentary on Bernstein, whom he knew well. --Adrian Edwards
The horror returns when the children of a small midwestern town are haunted by an unspeakable evil that lurks somewhere out behind the corn fields. A bright young medical student must solve the frightening mystery that plagues the children before a sinister stranger can claim their souls for his own! It's a pulse-pounding race against time and terror that will leave even the most die-hard suspense fans on the edge of their seats!
Director John G. Avildsen's Save The Tiger is a complex character study of businessman Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon bagging his second Oscar) the CEO of a once-successful clothing company in 1970s Los Angeles. He and his business partner Phil Greene (the great Jack Gilford) have seen better days - their company is failing and on the eve of an important fashion show they must make a decision about its future. Harry believes that the only way out of their financial cri
In preparation for his daughter's wedding dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo the groom's father. Vince a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America!
How could a U.S. President recognised as one of the most accomplished international statesmen in world history allow the presidency to be bought to it's knees by such a seemingly insignificant incident. In 1974 President Richard Nixon pressured by public scrutiny ordered a federal investigation of the Watergate scandal. The ordeal blew open a covert operation and cover-up which eventually led to charges bought against members of the Nixon administration for obstructing justice including allegations against the President.This compelling drama traces the activities of Nixon's final days in the office as he and his aids try desperately to repair the damages and clear up all allegations charged. But due to congress' successful investigation which directly implicated Nixon in the cover-up the feat of impeachment forces him to resign. On the night before his resignation the fallen president asks a stunned Henry Kissinger his secretary of state to kneel down beside him and pray. Struggling with mental anguish and helplessness he knew there was no chance to escape his ultimate fate.
Adam Sandler takes on a rare straight role which him trying to cope as a man who lost his family in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
This box set features three films all directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol using his 'factory' actors. The films loosely form a trilogy designed to encapsulate the 60's generation. Flesh (1968): Joe 'the hustler' earns money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion. Taking to the streets he meets an artist obsessed with body worship a couple of transvestites an ex-girlfriend working as a topless dancer and a friend whose arm-pits have been torched with a fla
To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster deliver knockout Oscar-winning performances in this shocking powerful thriller. This terrifying masterpiece of suspense garnered five Adademy Awards including Best Director and the coveted Best Picture. A psychopath known only as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one the FBI send in Agent Clarice Starling to interview an insane prisoner who may provide psychological Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant yet psychotic with a taste for cannibalism Lecter will only help Starling in exchange for details and secrets about her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Starling not only to face her own inner demons but leads her face-to-face with a demented killer an incarnation of evil so overwhelming she may not have the courage or strength to stop him. Horrific disturbing spellbinding. This thriller set the standard by which all others are measured.
When calls to her eccentric grandmother go unanswered Jamie Lowell is shocked to discover that her grandmother's last known address is a condemned tenement building overrun by uncontrollable children! But as Jamie slowly uncovers the truth behind her grandmother's mysterious disappearance she disturbs a powerful evil that now seeks to destroy her as well!
Forgotten Sins' is a startling and disturbing drama based on a true story. County sheriff Matt Bradshaw a devout churchgoer and respected pillar of the community stands accused of terrible crimes: sexually abusing his own daughters and organising multiple rapes and Satanic rituals. Matt's reaction to these accusations is almost as shocking - he makes a full and frank confession. Amid an atmosphere of religious frenzy and further accusations of murder and torture the witch hunt begins. Only one man believes in Matt's innocence: eminent psychologist Dr Richard Ofshe (William Devane). He is convinced that Matt is the innocent victim of religious brainwashing and police pressure for a confession. But what chance does Ofshe have of seeing justice done when Matt himself is so utterly convinced of his own guilt?
In this true story Rebecca Cross meets an old flame who does not realise that she is already married. They start a passionate affair which results in Rebecca committing bigamy and marrying her lover. She struggles to keep the secret from both men but life eventually catches up...
A drama set in the Mississippi delta where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
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.
The Doctor returns, alongside newly weds Amy and Rory, to face monsters and mysteries and adventures all across time and space, in a thrilling new series of Doctor Who.Episodes Comprise:1. A Christmas Carol 2. The Impossible Astronaut3. Day Of The Moon 4. The Curse Of The Black Spot5. The Doctor's Wife 6. The Rebel Flesh7. The Almost People 8. A Good Man Goes To War9. Let's Kill Hitler 10. Night Terrors11. The Girl Who Waited 12. The God Complex13. Closing Time 14. The Wedding Of River Song
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