After graduating from Harvard Holden Pryce pays a visit to his estranged father and is introduced to his to his stunning new bride half his age Lana Pryce who sets out to divide them... beginning with the planned seduction of her stepson. When Holden starts to fear his stepmother's true intentions and tells her he wants out of the affair he suddenly returns to the mansion to discover his father's dead body. Holden desperately tries to convince the police that the murder is the work of his calculating stepmother. With betrayal and blackmail one has to wonder if this was the conspiracy of a femme fatale or a jealous son looking for revenge.
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)David Daniels' Rinaldo is surely the equal of his illustrious 18th-century predecessors. His countertenor is one of the most accomplished voices I have heard...As Armida Noemi Nadelmann's voices started where her legs ended and she threw coloratura at us as though it was going out of fashion (astride her pet Hydra being a particularly fabulous show-stopper).David Walker as Goffredo is no vocal slouch either; his voice is brighter edged than Daniels' and almost as fluent.Harry Bicket led from the harpsichord and conjured his own miracles from the pit. He looked quite4 overwhelmed at the screams of approval that met everybody at curtain call. (Opera Now)
A family in Colorado live an idyllic life in their quiet neighbourhood until it is threatened with destruction as Alex discovers that a dangerous woman from his past is out to find him.
Through the keyhole begins a game that results in the violent death of a prostitute watched helplessly by her daughter. The story continues when the daughter now a prostitute herself suffers psycological ailments that make her seek revenge on those she makes contact with by repeating the events that she witnessed the night her mother was killed. This disturbing 1981 drama comes from German-born director Ulli Lommel and is also known under the titles Olivia Faces of Fear A Taste of Sin.
Devdas (Dilip Kumar) and Parvati (Vyjayantimala) had been inseperable as children and as they grew older love blossomed. Devdas is sent away for studies by his parents - he and Parvati are separated. Devdas is a film about how hearts and lives are crushed under parental and social pressures.
After bumping into a college girl one day a young man suddenly finds himself falling hopelessly in love with her. The only problem is that clad as she is in traditional burkha he has only seen her hands. How will he ever find her again? Over-discreet questioning and misunderstandings lead to a series of mistaken identities and misdirected romances.
With memorable and unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction Armchair Thriller became a massive hit for Thames Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its trademark ghoulish razor-sharp cliff hangers and iconic theme tune (by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay) this haunting anthology series was an immediate success its eerie disturbing and downright scary tales regularly attracting over 15 million viewers. Each of its ten stories is a gripping exercise in compelling television showing ordinary people plunged into extraordinary situations. For many this series remains a high-watermark of dramatic television and its many frightening and spooky moments are remembered by viewers nearly thirty years after its original transmission. A Dog's Ransom: A Chelsea couple's dog is kidnapped and a ransom demanded. When the ransom is paid but no dog is returned an ambitious young policeman takes it into his own hands to solve the dognapping. Unfortunately the dognapper is a vicious sociopath named Kowajinski... Based on a novel by the best-selling novelist Patricia Highsmith A Dog's Ransom is directed by television stalwart Donald McWhinnie.
On April 13 2002 UFC Commentator Jeff Osborne promoted the first female Mixed Martial Arts sanctioned in the U.S. the Revolution had officially Poster girl Shelby Walker and Tara Larosa had a score to settle in their grudge match as opposed to the main event as Best Friends Debi Purcell trained by Marco Rua Christine Van Fleet who later accepted a place in an of the U.S. Military. 14 Women 7 Matches these girls can fight! Fight Card: Debi Purcell vs. Christine Van Fleet Shelby Walker vs. Tara Larosa Angela Restad vs. Mayra Conde Tanya Vlahac vs. Angela Wilson Jennifer Irons vs. Jessica Ross Olga Bakalopoulas vs. Shannon Hooper Ruth Mejia vs. Erica Montoya
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton draw on their personal experiences as real-life partners going through marraige difficulties for their performances in this story of the breakup of an 18-year matrimonial union as seen from the points of view of both the husband and the wife. The movie is told in two parts - first his side of the divorce then hers
In the new rom-com from the makers of "Notting Hill," a lowly British tennis player finds both love and success on the tennis courts of Britain's biggest tournament.
One of the highest rated sitcoms of the 1970s attracting 16 million viewers at the peak of its popularity Love Thy Neighbour explores the culture clash between black and white neighbours Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker) and Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst). This release features episodes five and six of series three.
In this drama a psychologist endeavours to balance his turbulent personal life, with those of his troubled patients. Unfortunately, he tends to get equally personally involved in both.
Rise Above Oppression! The strife between classes escalates into war when Kuniko launches a revolution against Atlas. As the conflict spirals into chaos the city's sinister mystical secrets are revealed. Kuniko learns that someone she loves might be responsible for Atlas's earliest atrocities and finds her own true identity in question. Meanwhile the corrupt Atlas government turns on itself allowing the most ruthless officials to seize more and more power. Yet even as the city's violent opposition to the rebellion intensifies and the mystery of her connection to Atlas's dark past grows Kuniko won't stop fighting for her people until she's torn down the walls of paradise for good.
After 40-odd years Vinnie (Peter Falk) has a decent life. He and his wife Ellen (Tyne Daly) finally have some time together and his bar in South Boston is a second home for the neighborhood men. The guys drink up front and place bets in the back room. And when somebody local is down on their luck Vinnie can be counted on to strike a fair deal. Vinnie knows that Frankie (Timothy Hutton) is blowing paychecks on the numbers and driving away his wife (Lauren Holly) but Vinnie is a reasonable man. He respects the business associates who keep interests in his backroom operation and they in turn don't pressure him. That is until Pete from the Italian partnership sends over his itchy arogant nephew Tony (Freddie Prinze Jr.). Vinnie thinks that he has endured worse. All it takes is one small choice - an uncle looking for a member of his family or a bookie looking the other way - for an entire world to change...
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on speed in Fast Five. Newly joined by Dwayne Johnson, they take the series that hooked the world on adrenaline and amp up the action and spectacle on a global scale.In Fast Five, former cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) in a very unfamiliar place: the opposite side of the law in exotic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Elsa Pataky joins Johnson and returning favourites Jordana Brewster, Chris Ludacris Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Caldern and Don Omar in an ultimate high-stakes heist.
When the Cowan family hire a Swedish nanny to take care of their daughter Christina they are unaware that they are putting their daughter's life in great danger.
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy