Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the major world capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.
Angels and Insects--an ambitious costume drama--tells the tale of William Adamson (Mark Rylance), a buttoned-down Victorian explorer who returns to England penniless and dependent on the kindness of his sponsor, Sir Harald Alabaster (Jeremy Kemp). Adamson's intelligence and lower social standing endear him to the old man, but Sir Harald's son, Edgar, seems annoyed by his presence. Nevertheless, Adamson falls in love with Sir Harald's daughter, a shy sex kitten (Patsy Kensit), and offers to marry her. As the web of sexual politics, true love, and class struggles develop; the explorer begins an intriguing study of a nearby ant colony. With encouragement from a dirt-poor Alabaster cousin (Kristin Scott Thomas), Adamson begins to write about the insects, never realising the parallels with his own life. The film, too, is a puzzle for the audience to solve while savouring the beauty of flesh and outlandish, vibrant costumes. Rylance is a perfect hero to root for, with his impeccable manners and soothing Scottish tones. All in all it's another curious winner from filmmakers Philip and Belinda Haas (The Music of Chance). --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com
Fast-paced western adventure with Wayne playing the marshall who must straighten out a gang of criminals while still finding time for romance.
A fearless company of Marines is stranded in hostile territory when a covert US/Russian mission goes public. In defiance of their governments, they launch a dangerous mission to recover their captured men and find the traitor in their midst.
The Corsican Brothers were bound so closely together that when one was hurt the other felt the pain; however Cheech and Chong shed new light on Dumas' classic story of the Revolution! Follow our heroes in this anything-goes comic romp through 18th Century France - a France in which the word pervert is taken as a compliment by the aristocracy in a court where depravity rules... and with them it's OK! Together the Brothers battle against misfortune - never wavering from their motto: Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Women!
In 1882 20 years after a forgotten massacre took place the only living witness to the crime John Slaughter returns to the town where it happened. Now finding the town run by the man behind the terrible act Slaughter teams up with the mysterious gunslinger Savannah Starr to try and rid the west of one of its' great evils...
Tracklisting: Gladys Knight And The Pips - I Will Fight / Best Thing That Ever Happened / Neither One Of Us Midnight Train To Georgia / Save The Overtime Rufus Thomas - Do The Push And Pull / Walking The Dog Carla Thomas - I Like What You Do To Me Jerry Butler - Hey Western Union Man Freda Payne - Band Of Gold / Bring The Boys Home Entire Cast - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
This vibrant and colourful new cinema version of William Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy features a powerful performance in the lead role by rising star William Houston. With superb supporting performances by the cream of British acting talent.
The Adventures Of Greyfriar's Bobby (Dir. John Henderson 2005): Bobby a small dog befriends Ewan a young boy. The adventures that they share in 19th century Edinburgh change their lives and the city forever. Based on the true story of 'Greyfriars Bobby'. Beethoven (Dir. Brian Levant 1992): A St. Bernard puppy 'adopts' a new home after escaping from dog thieves. The Newton family just haven't realised the trouble that 185 pounds of dog can get into...
Mark (Howell) doesn't expect any problems in going to college: he and his friend have reserved places in Harvard and his parents have the money to pay for his education there. But suddenly his father's neurotic psychiatrist advises him to go on vacation in Hawaii instead of spending more money on his son. Since Mark wants to keep his lifestyle including a fancy car and a flat shared with his friend he seeks financial support. The only foundation which still accepts applications is for blacks only! No problem with lots of bronzing pills and soul in his voice he sets out to Harvard but soon he has to realize that being black will cause some people to handle him differently...
When 16-year-old orphan Emma Crawshay is sent to live with her Aunt on a wild African game farm she quickly finds a favourite animal an elephant named 'Ollie'. The initial antagonism between Emma and her aunt and uncle is replaced with fondness as their mutual love of elephants brings them together...
Detective Michael D'Angelo's state of mind has caused him to make a serious error of judgement allowing a cop killer to escape from him. As a result he has been suspended from duty.D'Angelo's life spirals further out of control following the split from his long-time girlfriend acclaimed attorney Theresa Marsh (Joan Severance) who deserted him and married a respected doctor Peter Marsh (Mick Mancuso).What neither of them realise is that their lives are about to collide once more when Theresa is assigned to the prosecution of a widely-publicised homicide case. The defendant is presumed to be a serial-killer and Theresa is immediately besieged by menacing death threats as she prepares her case against the accused.Insisting on continuing with the case Theresa ignores the threats only to be stonewalled when her husband suddenly disappears. Her worst fears are confirmed when she's told to drop the prosecution if she wants to see her husband alive again. Terrified by the caller and scared to contact the police she is forced to turn for help to her ex-lover D'Angelo.
Jean Rollin the French auteur who shocked and delighted audiences during the '70s with his wildly gothic and erotic vampire films plays to his strengths with Dracula's Fiance (aka: The Fiancee Of Dracula). Whilst looking for the earthly remains of Count Dracula a professor and his young assistant are thrown into a surreal parallel universe of darkness and decay where they encounter supernatural creatures such as a jester and his vampire lover the scarlet She-Wolf sorcerers and a sensuous baby-eating Ogress! Desperate to escape this ghoulish dimension the professor finds himself in a showdown with the beautiful Isabelle who is possessed by an evil force that will decide his fate.
Red Dawn opens with one of the most shocking scenes ever filmed; in a peaceful classroom students see paratroopers land on the varsity football field: the invasion of the United States has begun! As their town is overrun by foreign nationals eight teenagers escape to the mountains. Taking the name of their high school football team the Wolverines they wage unremitting guerrilla warfare in defence of their parents their friends and their country. Powerful chilling and abso
The Haunting Of Marsten Manor
In 1960s Tulsa, the 'right' and 'wrong' sides of the tracks are represented by rival gangs, the upscale Socs and the underprivileged Greasers. Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) is doing his best to raise his two younger brothers, Sodapop (Rob Lowe in his first film role) and Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell). Sensitive Ponyboy is a budding writer in love with Cherry (Diane Lane), the unobtainable beauty from the enemy gang. When Ponyboy's buddy, troubled Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio), kills one of the So...
You have to credit the folks who put this double bill together. The Brain from Planet Arous, a low-budget alien invasion 1958 film, is one of those programmes that lingers in the memory as much for its title and impressively ludicrous giant-staring-transparent-brain monster as for its poverty row dramatics, in which the usually stiff John Agar grins evilly and flashes contact lenses when possessed by the creature and a good guy brain shows up to take over his dog to thwart the renegade cerebrum's plan for world domination. For this release, Brain is teamed with its original co-feature, a movie so bad you wouldn't buy it on its own but whose presence here is a pleasing extra. Whereas Brain from Planet Arous delivers exactly what its title promises, Teenage Monster is a cheat: rather than feature a mutant 1950s delinquent in a leather jacket, it's a melodramatic Western in which prospector's widow Anne Gwynne keeps her hulking caveman-like son (who seems to be well into middle-age) hidden, only for a scheming waitress to use the goon in her murder schemes. Brain is snappily directed, even when staging disasters well beyond its budget, while Teenage Monster drags and chatters and moans until its flat finale. On the DVD: The Brain from Planet Arous/Teenage Monster double bill disc is a solid showing for such marginal items, featuring not only the trailers for these attractions but a clutch of other 1950s sci-fi pictures (Phantom from Space, Invaders from Mars, etc.) and a bonus episode ("The Runaway Asteroid") from a studio-bound, live-broadcast juvenile space opera of the early 50s (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet) in which hysterical types in a capsule break off from the space programme to deliver ringing endorsements of gruesome-looking breakfast foods. --Kim Newman
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