Secret Window (Dir. David Koepp 2004): Following a bitter separation from his wife (Bello) famed mystery writer Mort Rainey (Depp) is unexpectedly confronted at his remote lake house by a dangerous stranger named John Shooter (Turturro). Claiming Rainey has plagiarised his short story the psychotic Shooter demands justice. When Shooter's fearful demands turn to threats - and then murder - Rainey turns to a private detective for help. But when nothing stops the horror from spiralling out of control Rainey soon discovers he can't trust anyone or anything... Panic Room (Dir. David Fincher 2002): Meg Altman is at a crossroads. Suffering through a painful divorce from her husband pharmaceuticals millionaire Stephen Altman Meg moves from their suburban home in Greenwich Connecticut and buys and Upper West Side Manhattan townhouse for herself and her eleven-year-old daughter Sarah. She intends to go back to school raise her child and start a new life. But the panic she feels at starting over pales in comparison to her fear and desperation when intruders break into her new home. Enough (Dir. Michael Apted 2002): In this Michael Apted thriller Jennifer Lopez plays former waitress Slim who marries a customer who has defended her honour but later discovers her husband (Bill Campbell) is a womaniser prepared to enforce the rule of law with regular beatings if Slim decides not to tow the line and accept his philandering. Enough is enough for Slim who skips town and begins a cross country trek as she and her daughter attempt to stay one step ahead of her husband...
This romantic story film was adapted from a story by Alexander Pushin. A young officer becomes the object of the amorous Cizarina's affections. He is banished when he rejects her and becomes the dashing Robin Hood-like bandit: The Eagle.
Master rifle sharpshooter Matt Quigley (Selleck) moves from the U.S. to Australia as a hired hand on an Australian ranch. He thinks his job will be to get rid of the dingoes plaguing the ranch but instead the ranch owner Elliot Marston (Rickman) wants him to kill the Aborigines. When Quigley refuses and turns the job down Elliot is incensed and tries to kill him. Quigley however manages to escape into the bush and takes the beautiful Cora (Laura San Giacomo) into the wilderness with him. Helped by the local aborigines Quigley takes it upon himself to wreak revenge on the evil rancher...
There is only loyalty or betrayal: nothing in between... When Emery Simms betrays his beautiful wife Constance for one night of passion with a seductive stranger he is convinced he can keep the fling a secret and move on. But in the high stakes world of upper society and shady business someone is always watching and Simms learns quickly that no matter what kind of vows you take nothing is sacred and no one is ever really safe.
A box-set containing these three classic British War Films! Angels One Five (1952): This low-key intelligent Second World War drama attempts to show the reality of service life during the Battle of Britain. Director George More O'Ferrall draws on his first-hand knowledge of the subject gained during wartime RAF service to probe the emotions behind the British stiff upper lip. It was a big hit in its day and is still worth the time now. The Dam Busters (1955): Based on the true story during World War Two in which low level Bombers from England attempt to destory a key German industrial target. With the invention of an ingenious weapon they drop bombs into reservoirs in the Ruhr water system causing destructive floods. Aces High (1976): Based around a young officer who has come straight from school to fight on the Western Front against the Germans. However the regiment he joins of Green Pilots does not have a good life expectancy.
When New York animator Coles (Ruffalo) meets Sam (Stange) the attraction is immediate. And when Sam invites her hot friend Thea (Robertson) to bed with them it's a dream come true...until ugly secrets destroy the carefree threesome. Ten years later their very different lives converge again and Coles realizes how much he still loves Sam but can he risk everything to tell her the naked truth?
Based on a true story Farewell (aka L'Affaire Farewell) documents one of the most astounding tales of espionage to come out of the Cold War. Directed by Academy Award nominated Christian Carion (Merry Christmas) Farewell features a stellar cast including award-winning actor/director Emir Kusturica (Black Cat White Cat The Good Thief) award-winning actor/director Guillaume Canet (Tell No One Little White Lies) and award-winning actress Alexandra Maria Lara (The Reader Control). The film also stars Willem Dafoe (Antichrist Spiderman 3) David Soul (Jerry Springer: The Opera) and Fred Ward (Short Cuts Management). In 1981 Colonel Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica) of the KGB (real name Vladimir Vetrov) disenchanted with what the communist ideal has become under Brezhnev decides he is going to change the world. Discreetly he makes contact with a French engineer working for Thompson in Moscow Pierre (Guillaume Canet) and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. During a period of two years French President Francois Mitterrand (Philippe Magnan) was to personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow to whom the French Secret Service gave the codename 'Farewell'.
Contains;- A Place For Annie - A nurse battles to keep the AIDS baby she has looked after since it was abandoned.- First Do No Harm - A woman seeks help for her son as the medical establishment closes ranks against her.- Nicholas' Gift - Two grieving parents turn a tragedy into an act that would bring hope to other blighted lives.- The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher's story centres on a mother and her troubled relationship with her 3 children.- Fifteen & Pregnant - The searing true story of a 15 year-old girl's experience of teenage parenthood.- Too Young To Die - Shocking drama about 2 teenagers and the death penalty.- Untamed Love - Through love patience and extraordinary commitment a teacher 'tames' a highly disturbed child.- A Message For Holly - Holly's daughter is her life. In six months she must give up both.- Ginger In The Morning - Whilst hitch-hiking in New Mexico Ginger is picked up by Joe and the attraction is mutual.- Circle Of Two - A 16 year-old girl finds comfort in an ageing artist leading to an ill-fated romance.- No One Could Protect Her - Jessica is raped and almost killed in her own home by an intruder...and he's coming back.- Sad Inheritance - To regain custody of her affected baby a drug addict must clean up her life.
Mr. King, the boss of the criminal underworld, dreams of going legit and attaining respectability. He kept his daughter Gráinne away from the street and groomed her for a career in show business. She was to be his ticket out of the ghetto until she went into meltdown and her career fell apart. Fionn runs Mr. King's drug smuggling operation. Fionn has a¨bodyguard Diarmuid, whom he saved from the street as a boy.¨Fionn takes care of everyone and everything. He is the people's true chief. Mr. King sees the threat, tries to have Fionn assassinated, but fails. To avoid a gang-war, Fionn agrees to marry the King's daughter. It looks as if peace will reign in the underworld, but Gráinne has other plans. Inspired by an Irish legend.
Just as Val McKee and Earl Basset decide to leave Perfection Nevada strange rumblings prevent their departure. With the help of a shapely seismology student they discover their desolate town is infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live below the ground. The race is on to overcome these slimy subterraneans and find a way to higher ground.
When an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor the beaten heroes walk away from it all. But then they're given a rare glimpse into the future and see a world in utter ruin ruled by giant destructive robots. A world that spiraled out of control because the X-Men had given up. So now the most legendary of all X-Men takes the lead - Wolverine! Reuniting these broken heroes Wolverine embarks on the ultimate mission - to prevent the world's destruction. To rescue us from ourselves. To save the future.
Rodya a student in 19th century Russia believes himself to be an extraordinary person and because of this greatness to have the right to commit any crime for the good of society and remain unpunished. To this end he murders a corrupt pawnbroker and his innocent sister who accidentally witnesses the vile act. Rodya avoids immediate prosecution but descends into a gnawing agonizing clutches of guilt and finally to the hands of justice. This is Dostoevsky's classic tale of murder suspense and consequence; how one man's selfish act changes his own life and the lives of everyone close to him.
In life you only have one true pure love - one person who captures your heart and gently touches your soul. For Charles Darrow (Timothy Dalton) this person is Anna Leath (Sela Ward) and for Anna this person is Charles. Years ago their lives strayed apart but now they are about to reunite. As he departs for France and his reunion with Anna Darrow is beset by disappointment when he receives a telegram from her asking him not to come promising an explanation would soon follow. A shattered Darrow continues to France and finds solace in the young Sophy Viner (Alicia Witt) a woman he meets by chance on the train. Sophy is soon in love and Darrow is exceptionally generous with her but his heart belongs to someone else and the affair ends. Several months later Darrow receives another letter from Anna and fuelled by the sheer will of his heart he makes the trip to see her. But there is trouble in the Leath household. Anna's grown up son Owen is to be engaged against his grandmother's will and whispers are exchanged and secrets are exposed that threaten to separate Charles and Anna once again.
How to Get Ahead in Advertising stars Richard E. Grant as Dennis Dimbleby Bagley a brilliant young advertising executive whose constant fretting over an inability to devise a slogan for a revolutionary new pimple cream causes a growth to appear on his neck... which soon develops into a miniature talking head. Are two heads really better than one?
Based on real events, Soldier of Orange tells the story of Dutchman Erik Lanshof (a star-making performance by Rutger Hauer) and a small group of students as they struggle to survive the Nazi occupation to the end of the Second World War. The destinies of the characters range from joining the German army to making for England, the OSS and the Resistance. Across a canvas lasting almost three hours director Paul Verhoeven unfolds a saga of friendship, espionage and romance with almost documentary realism--though not as graphically violent as his later American films the torture scenes are intense--crafting a deeply affecting film widely regarded as the greatest ever made in Holland. Comparable recent films such as Enigma (2001) and Charlotte Gray (2002) do not come close. Hauer is brilliant at the heart of what is a detailed and thoughtful drama made with integrity and passion. Co-star Jeroen Krabbé has gone onto a notable career in Hollywood, while Edward Fox and Susan Penhaligon provide more familiar faces for British audiences. The film is shot in Dutch, German and English and subtitled as necessary. Twenty years later Verhoeven made Starship Troopers in 1997, a satirical science-fiction companion to this modern European classic.--Gary S Dalkin
This charming tale of a boy's evolving relationship with his grandfather stars Peter Falk as Rocky a crusty and stubborn old man who raises his grandson Michael (D.B.Sweeney) after the boy loses his parents at a young age. In 1960s Pittsburgh Michael grows up under Rocky's watchful eye eventually becoming a doctor working in Ohio. But when Rocky gets evicted from his apartment of 50 years Michael has no choice but to let the man move in with him. Much to Rocky's chagrin the two
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head parodies the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, with crinkly, cackling Sid James as master of disguise the Black Fingernail and Jim Dale as his assistant Lord Darcy. He must rescue preposterously effete aristo Charles Hawtrey from the clutches of Kenneth Williams' fiendish Citizen Camembert and his sidekick Citizen Bidet (Peter Butterworth). The Black Fingernail is assisted in his efforts to thwart the birth of the burgeoning republic by the almost supernatural stupidity of his opponents, who fail to recognise the frankly undisguisable Sid James even when dressed as a flirty young woman. What with an executioner who is tricked into beheading himself in order to prove the efficacy of his own guillotine, it's all a little too easy. As usual, no groan-worthy pun is left unturned, nor unheralded by the soundtrack strains of a long whistle or wah-wah trumpet. This is pretty silly stuff even by Carry On standards, with most of the cast barely required to come out of first gear and an overlong climactic swordfight sequence hardly raising the dramatic stakes. Most of the humour here resides neither in the script nor the characterisation but in the endlessly watchable Williams' whooping, nasal delivery (occasionally lapsing into broad Cockney) and the jowl movements of the always-underrated Butterworth. On the DVD: There are no extra features except scene selection. The picture is 4:3 full screen ratio.--David Stubbs
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