Alan Bennetts renowned monologues are remade with an extraordinary British cast with two powerful new pieces added to the collection. Touching on universal themes such as guilt, grief and isolation, Bennetts masterful monologues have always had a timeless quality. But they feel particularly relevant today. Bennetts long-term collaborator, director Nicholas Hytner, heads up a superlative creative team. Actors including Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and Kristin Scott Thomas bring Bennetts haunting work to life with darkly captivating performances. With the actors talking directly to the camera, this is an exceptionally intimate dramatic experience. As the characters unburden their souls, theres nowhere for the actors or audience to hide. Starring Jodie Comer, Monica Dolan, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig, Sarah Lancashire, Lesley Manville, Lucian Msamati, Maxine Peake, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Imelda Staunton, Harriet Walter
Air Force One is Down is a hair-raising, high-altitude, wall-to-wall action-adventure based on the novel by bestseller Alistair MacLean. When a fearless rouge Serbian General is captured and imprisoned for war crimes, his loyal soldiers hijack Air Force One and kidnap the President of the United States in a brilliantly orchestrated scheme, and demand the release of the Serbian dictator within 12 hours or the President will die. Time is running out, and the nature of survival will be tested to the limit.
Roman Kogler (Thomas Schubert) is 19 years old and has lived all his life in institutions. Abandoned by his mother as a young child and raised in an orphanage, he is now serving time in a juvenile detention centre having accidentally killed a boy of his own age in a brawl. A solitary boy with an uncommunicative attitude, he has no friends, family or connections to turn to in the outside world. But when threatened with a life behind bars unless he finds a job and sticks to it, he eventually finds a probation job shifting dead bodies at the municipal morgue in Vienna. When Roman is one day faced with a dead woman who bears his family name, it occurs to him that this may be the mother who gave him up for adoption and he begins to explore his past.
Not to be confused with the various retellings of Poe's famous tale, Black Cat is a high-octane Hong Kong action thriller that provides a hugely entertaining pre-curser to the likes of Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003) and south Korean cult classic, The Villainess (2017). When Catherine (Jade Leung), a mentally disturbed young woman, is detained by the police after accidentally killing a truck driver, she finds herself part of a covert training system. Programmed as an assassin, having learned a host of new deadly skills, she becomes a lethal government weapon, codenamed Black Cat. Director Steven Shin (Brotherhood, Easy Money, Black Cat 2), had initially intended to make a straight up remake of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990) but when Disney bought out the rights he was forced to rethink. His solution was Black Cat, a slick, action packed gun toting thrill ride. Special Features Audi Commentary Trailer Matthew Edwards Booklet
The producers of Godzilla reimagine the origins of one the most powerful monster myths of all in Kong: Skull Island, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Tencent Pictures. A compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer), the film tells the story of a diverse team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers uniting to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific, as dangerous as it is beautiful. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape a primal Eden in which humanity does not belong. Click Images to Enlarge
SIX MODELS. SIX VICTIMS FOR A CRAZED MASKED KILLER. The Christian Haute Couture fashion house is a home to models and backstabbing and blackmail and drug deals and MURDER. Having established a template for the giallo with The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Mario Bava set about cementing its rules with Blood and Black Lace. In doing so, he created one of the most influential films ever made an Italian classic that would spearhead the giallo genre, provide a prototype for the slasher movie, and have a huge effect on filmmakers as diverse as Dario Argento and Martin Scorsese. Newly restored from the original camera negative and presented here in its original uncut form, this all-new 4K Ultra HD release allows fans to see Blood and Black Lace afresh and offers newcomers the ideal introduction to a major piece of cult filmmaking. Product Features 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack Audio commentary by Mario Bava's biographer Tim Lucas Psycho Analysis a documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento (Suspiria) and Lamberto Bava (Demons), screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colours of the Dark), critics Roberto Curti and Steve Della Casa, and crime novelists Sandrone Dazieri and Carlo Lucarelli An appreciation by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, the creative duo behind Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears Gender and Giallo a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the giallo's relationship with the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s Blood and Bava a panel discussion on Mario Bava featuring Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Steve Della Casa, recorded at the 2014 Courmayeur Film Festival The Sinister Image: Cameron Mitchell an episode of David Del Valle's television series, devoted to the star of Blood and Black Lace and presented in full The alternative US opening titles, sourced from Joe Dante's private print Original theatrical trailer Image galleries Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady Limited edition 60-page perfect bound book featuring writing on the film by Howard Hughes, Alan Jones and David Del Valle, plus new writing by Rachael Nisbet and Kat Ellinger Fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady Six double-sided collector's postcards
Musical comedy starring Olivia Newton-John as the lead singer of a band which is abducted by aliens. Olivia (Newton-John) is the sole female member of a band called Toomorrow, who attempt to pay their way through college with their music. Unknowingly, the musicians stumble across a form of vocal harmonising that produces the precise vibrations an alien race needs to survive. Olivia and her fellow band members are consequently abducted by the aliens and find themselves playing to an even more intimidating crowd than their contemporaries at the student union...
After her drug kingpin boyfriend frames her for stealing a fortune in cartel cash, 17-year-old Lydia goes on the run, with only one ally in this whole wide world: her perennial screw-up of a dad, John Link, who's been a motorcycle outlaw, and a convict in his time, and now is determined to keep his little girl from harm and, for once in his life, do the right thing...Click Images to Enlarge
A writer in the process of a divorce moves to the countryside. She employs a gardener and becomes emotionally attached to him. However the gardener hides a secret.
Make Way for Tomorrow, by LEO McCAREY (An Affair to Remember), is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. BEULAH BONDI (It's a Wonderful Life) and VICTOR MOORE (Swing Time) headline a cast of incomparable character actors, starring as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children after the bank takes their home, yet end up separated and subject to their offspring's selfish whims. An inspiration for Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, this is among American cinema's purest tearjerkers, all the way to its unflinching ending, which McCarey refused to change despite studio pressure. Special Features High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today, an interview from 2009 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich discussing the career of director Leo McCarey and Make Way for Tomorrow Video interview from 2009 with critic Gary Giddins, in which he talks about McCarey's artistry and the political and social context of the film PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Tag Gallagher and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, and an excerpt from film scholar Robin Wood's 1998 piece Leo McCarey and Family Values
THE SHANGHAI JOB is a high-octane heist action film from the team behind Mechanic Resurrection, Welcome To The Punch and Iron Man 3 and starring Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings) and Simon Yam (Ip Man). Washed-up private security agent Danny Stratton has been reduced to low level body-guarding operations, after a botched job when a Van Gogh painting in his care was stolen. He gets a chance to restore his reputation when he s given the rare opportunity to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai. In the course of the mission he is ambushed, and, with the safety of the woman he loves in jeopardy, Danny has to work with his team of experts to save her, whilst also outsmarting the devious mastermind behind the heist.
Ice Cube stars in this new ensemble comedy set around a day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.
"Based on the best-selling book by Ben Masters, Unbranded is the story of four friends who set out on an unprecedented 3,000-mile horseback journey through the most pristine back-country of the American West; from Mexico to Canada they rode mustangs across an almost continuous stretch of public lands, border to border. Ben Masters, Jonny Fitzsimons, Thomas Glover and Ben Thamer are recent graduates and they decide to delay their entry into the responsibilities of adulthood and instead embark on a grand adventure. The ride takes over five months through the harsh, rugged, but strikingly beautiful terrain of Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana and tests the men's strength, courage, endurance, and friendship. "
"Wanted" tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy).
Described as among the most controversial documentaries in the history of cinema . Sheldon Renan an Academy Award nominee Leonard Schrader's (Kiss Of The Spider Women, Mishima, Blue Collar) The Killing of America is a graphic and provocative examination of America's history, complete with senseless violence, mass shootings and cold blooded murder.
The Russians have developed the ultimate sophisticated warplane. Called the MIG-31 it can fly at six times the speed of sound cannot be detected by radar and has a weapon system operated by the pilot's thought-waves. It is an unprecedented achievement and American intelligence would like to lay their hands on it. Clint Eastwood brings his legendary star quality to the role of ace pilot Mitchell Gant. Still haunted by Vietnam Gant is smuggled into Russia to commandeer Firefox and
The uniquely funny, moving story of Greg, a high school senior who is trying to blend in anonymously, avoiding deeper relationships as a survival strategy for navigating the social minefield that is teenage life. He even describes his constant companion Earl, with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, as more of a 'co-worker' than a best friend. But when Greg's mom insists he spend time with Rachel a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer - he slowly discovers how worthwhile the true bonds of friendship can be.
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