Karate Master Terry POttage 7th Dan Black Belt Chief Instructor of the Kenyukai Karate Association and highly regarded as one of Britain's top professional Shito-ryu / Shukokai instructors demonstrates in detail: -Basic punches -Blocks and stances -Combination techniques 1 to 9 -5 Hokei Kumite of Shito-Ryu / Shukokai Karate Also demonstrated with Bunkai examples three advanced katas: -Matsumura Rohai -Kururunfa -Nipaipo
The A WORLD OF PLANTS series opens up the wonderful world of plants to everyone. Featured plants include: Acers - Dicentras - Camellias - Magnolias - Rhododendrums - Primula sibthorpi - Erinus alpinus - Tulip trees - Bog plants - Geraniums - Sophora tetraptera - Pieris forrestii - Corylopsis - Bluebells - Ceanothus - Phygelius and Crimodendrum hookerianum
An Indian princess has to be protected from a gang of outlaws...
The Galactica a futuristic aircraft carrier the size of a small city careens through a distant starfield followed by a convoy of bizarre space vehicles all fleeing the destruction of the human race. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) these survivors have started on a journey to a thirteenth sister colony in a distant galaxy star system – a planet called Earth. Battlestar Galactica follows these interstellar refugees and their battles with their enemy - the dreaded Cylons. The extraordinary special effects are provided by John Dykstra an Academy Award winner for his work on Star Wars.
Father and son Mike Petrakis (Gilbert Roland) and Tony (Robert Wagner) are coral-sponge diving entrepreneurs whose business is being threatened by the Rhys family of fishermen who are prepared to resort to violence and even murder to maintain and establish their fishing grounds. Run-ins between the Rhys and Petrakis families lead to threats resulting in all-out brawls and a most surprising outcome - love. When Tony Petrakis meets Gwyneth Rhys (Terry Moore) he falls head over heels. In this adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet will the rivalry of the two families bring Tony and Gwyneth closer together or will it end in tragedy? In one of the earliest films shot in Cinemascope this timeless movie gathered critical acclaim for the break-through underwater photography.
In 'Neath The Arizona Skies' Nina the daughter of a rich Indian is due to inherit her father's oil field but needs his signature to claim the land. Several outlaws have realised her worth and abduct her. In 'Paradise Canyon' an undercover federal agent is on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters.
Scorched (Dir. Gavin Grazer 2003): Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. Each has their own idea. Sheila (Silverstone) wants to break into the ATM. Stuart plans to ""borrow"" some money for the weekend and head to Vegas. And Woods (Harrelson) has a scheme involving a duck a dog and a safety deposit box. The ultimate inside jobs plotted by three people with nothing to lose. If only they were aware of each others plans! Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (Dir. Terry Jones 1983): Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! These naughty lads offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favorite bodily parts and functions the wonders of war the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven. Nothing is too sacred for the probing Python crew. After seeing them in action you'll never look at life in quite the same way again. It's far-out frank and jolly good fun!
One of a series of revisionist Vietnam cinema released in the late 1980s, Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket is essentially split into two stories linked by a number of characters. The film follows new recruit Joker (Matthew Modine) and his fellow soldiers through their basic training and into combat in Vietnam. The first half is a chilling portrayal of military brutality and de-humanisation, mainly at the hands of Sgt Hartman (played at a level of staggering intensity by ex-Marine Lee Ermey), that centres around the tragic character of Private Pyle, a young man pushed to the edge of his endurance. The tone of the film is no less harsh when transported to the combat zone as we see the results of the training process in action: the young men turned into unquestioning killing machines. Joker is perhaps the one exception, a soldier with "Born to Kill" written on his helmet who also sports a peace sign on his lapel. But the film finds itself caught in the trap of many of the war movies of the time--how to create audience empathy with characters who are essentially in the wrong. It's a dilemma that Full Metal Jacket never really solves, although as a spectacle the film is a masterpiece. Made in the days before CGI became the norm, the battle sequences--filmed, rather bizarrely, in London's Docklands before its redevelopment--are hugely realistic and are perhaps the key moments of the movie, heightening the disorientation and fear felt by the soldiers. By offering no more than a snapshot of the Vietnam conflict (the action deals with one individual skirmish), Kubrick cleverly leaves any judgement on the war to the audience, although clearly attempting to influence them. The fate of the characters who survive is also left in the balance, but we can perhaps imagine what awaits them. On the DVD: Part of a series of Kubrick DVD reissues, Full Metal Jacket has been treated to the full remastering and restoration treatment. The battle sequences have benefited the most, gaining a new audio and visual crispness and clarity that adds to their already impressive sense of realism--you can almost feel the heat searing from the screen and the explosions detonating around you. Maybe not the best war film ever made, as some may claim, but certainly one to take you right to the heart of the action. --Phil Udell
Karate Master Terry POttage 7th Dan Black Belt Chief Instructor of the Kenyukai Karate Association and highly regarded as one of Britain's top professional Shito-ryu / Shukokai instructors demonstrates in detail: -Safai -Annako -Annan Plus the WKF standard Shitei katas -Bassai Dai -Seienchin
John Wayne plays a wrongly accused cowboy who must prove his innocence by taking on the real criminals...
Zander expert Terry Houseago and Dave Lavender go in search of huge Zander. With more than 30 years of combined Zander hunting experience they start their campaign on the famous Rosewell Pits at Ely. Baits and rigs are all explained as Terry and Dave enjoy considerable success landing several Zander well in to double figures. History so then made whilst the successful duo search the rivers and drain when Dave tempts a new British record of 19pounds and 5ounces - a truly incredible
One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe
Also known as Puff Puff Pass. With buds like these who needs rehab? Tired of being on the wagon two stoners get voluntarily mixed up in the plot to rip off a shady figure known as Mr. Big.
All Sandra Clayton (Kate Jackson) wanted was a quiet life for herself and her kids. But then she discovers her new boss is a criminal whose empire was built on drugs, corruption, blackmail and prostitution... Actors John Shea, Kate Jackson, Dean Stockwell, Terry O'Quinn, Megan Gallacher & Jennifer Guthrie
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It took God six days to create the earth and Monty Python just 90 minutes to screw it up. Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! These naughty lads offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favourite bodily parts and functions the wonders of war the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven. Nothing is too sacred for the probing Python crew. After seeing them in action you'll never look at life in quite the same way again. It's far-out frank and jolly good fun!
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