Contains seven Charlie Chaplin movies made between 1918 and 1923. Included are 'Shoulder Arms' (1918) - his popular portrayal of World War I trench life the charming and hilarious views of family life and romance in 'A Dog's Life' (1918) and lampooning small-town hypocrisy in The Pilgrim' (1923)
The first 4 volumes of this fantastic series are now available as a box set for the first time in the UK! '...one of the hottest properties in the anime world!' - Neo Magazine What are you willing to sacrifice? Under stormy skies Edward and Alphonse Elric exploited the clandestine science of Alchemy in attempt of the forbidden - To resurrect their dearly departed mother. But every art form has its taboos and every science its laws not to be broken. The tragic failure of the young brothers unleashed an unholy reaction that ripped their bodies apart and their innocence asunder. Four years later an evil lurks behind the false face of freedom its growth unchecked. A lone State Alchemist combs the countryside in search of a mythological stone. If found the stone could amplify natural talents and harness a power equal to the restoration of things once held precious now lost. If found the stone would also allow the state military to senseless obliterate countless mire in the ongoing struggle. The youngest State Alchemist in history is soon faced with harsh truth: the power to create is but a breath away from the power to destroy.
Mad About The Boy features four highly erotic and emotionally charged tales of love and sex. The four vignettes focus on obsessional love and star nine of Britain's most beautiful guys.
Detective Bun was recognised as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer as a gift at his chief's farewell party. Branded as 'mad' and discharged from the force he has lived in seclusion with his beloved wife May ever since. Strangely Bun has the ability to 'see' a person's inner personality their subconscious desires emotions and mental state. When a missing police gun is linked to several heists and murders hotshot inspector Ho calls on the valuable skills of his former mentor Bun to help unlock the killer's identity. Bun's unorthodox methods point to a fellow detective and take a schizophrenic turn for the worse... Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice and winner of multiple awards worldwide including Best Screenplay at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 Mad Detective is a fast-paced and furious yet also complex and disturbingly funny masterpiece.
Khamsohi (silence) is the story of Annie whose parents cannot speak or hear. As a child she learns music from her grandmother but after a tragic incident in their house her father sells the family piano. One day Annie meets Raj who inspires her and brings her music back into her life. Annies parents are unable to appreciate her desire to become a singer with Raj's help. To see how Annie wins her parents consent and Raj's love watch this amazing DVD. Shot on location in Goa the film has some beautifully choreographed dance sequences and features eight songs including: 'Ankhon Mein Kya' 'Aaj Mein Upar' and 'Jana Suno Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain'.
Every guy on campus wants a copy of Kate. Weird Science enters the Twenty-First Century in this laugh-out-loud tale of cloning gone mad! Young geneticist Max Fleming may be brilliant enough to have created the world's first cloning machine but when it comes to women he's a moron. So when he accidentally clones the girl of his dream he seizes the opportunity to create what he feels will be the perfect woman - one who acts just like a guy. But Max soon realizes that the differences between men and women are what makes it all worthwhile!
Love when all else fades... EF: A Tale of Memories follows the stories of two relationships - one a triangle between students the other between a boy and a girl whose memory lasts 13 hours. Their journeys are at once soaring in romance and thick with drama.
Roberto Rossellini's box-office success after a string of commercial failures notably with Ingrid Bergman was also a return to the themes of the films which brought him international fame Rome Open City and his other neorealist classics. Based on an article by the Italian journalist Indro Montanelli Rossellini casts Vittorio De Sica as confidence trickster Emanuele Bardone who helps to save Italians arrested by the Gestapo or at least pretending to do so in exchange for money or gifts from their family. When he attempts to save a man already executed he is turned over by the man's wife and is given the choice of execution or carrying out a confidence trick for the Germans; to assume the identity of the General Della Rovere. Turning on his country to save his skin Bardone enters prison to seek out the identity of the partisan commander Fabrizio. Arrow Academy is pleased to present Roberto Rossellini's gripping resistance story with Vittorio De Sica in one of his greatest performances on DVD for the first time in the UK.
Mushi are neither plants nor animals instead they resemble the primeval substances of life. Few humans are actually aware of their existence and among them is Ginko a Mushi-shi who travels around investigating them. In the course of his research he aids those plagued by supernatural phenomenon caused by the Mushi!
When his gorgeous girlfriend dumps him for their much manlier neighbor, Alex, a young softy, embarks on his own education to become a man and to find his real love.
A decided lack of rumble in this first volume of School Rumble but more hilarious himdingers than any single dinger can hum...look that one up! And while there is a truck full of pigs at some point that's not even close to what this show's about. (Though I would probably watch that show too!) Here's what you need to know: sophomore cutie Tenma is completely crushed on classmate Karsuma past the point of freakin' out. Tough guy Harima with his own delinquent style of freak has a long-standing crush on Tenma...and Karasuma? Can you say clueless? He's pretty much all about the curry. Mmm...curry! School that's not about anything that rumbles...ever!
Set during the swinging sixties in San Francisco Richard Lester's landmark romantic drama tells of the charmingly kooky socialite Petulia (Julie Christie) who has been recently married to David (Richard Chamberlain). Unhappy with her marriage she embarks on a love affair with a melancholy recently-divorced doctor (George C. Scott) as they try to make sense of their dispassionate lives. Through Nicolas Roeg's cinematography the non-linear fragmented love story loops back and forth and the dark reality emerges from the idyllic fa''ade of sixties opulence. As the story of Petulia's abuse at the hands of her husband unfolds the lovers try to find the courage to change the course of their lives in the face of their respective demons.
Based on a centuries old tale with roots in real events Chikamatsu Monogatari tells the hauntingly tragic story of a forbidden love affair between a merchant's wife Osan (Kyoko Kagawa) and her husband's employee Mohei (Kazuo Hasegawa) in an era when the punishment for adultery was crucifixion. When a series of innocent events lead to the false accusation of an affair between Osan and Mohei the accused pair are forced to flee an almost certain death sentence. On the run the outlaw couple grow closer together drawn inexorably towards the romantic crime of which they are accused. Released the same year Uwasa No Onna offers a contrasting portrait of attitudes concerning love and relationships. Set in a modern Kyoto geisha house the film revolves around Hatsuko (Kinuyo Tanaka) madame of her own geisha house. When Hatsuko ends up pursuing the same man as her daughter Yukiko (Yoshiko Kuga) both women are forced to confront their attitudes towards each other and the family business.
As Hikari and Takeru grow closer Hikari begins to experience many sensations. That butterfly-like fluttering in her heart. The liquid warmth deep down inside. The urge to destroy. What's a guy to do when he falls for a girl who just might not be all she appears to be-a girl who has a great big secret to hide? (And you thought you had relationship problems.) Well love and lust has never been deadlier or sexier than it has in this smash-hit fan favorite! Whether you prefer the bubbly joys of hot-spring cavorting cuties or the world-smashing Armageddon of a beautiful babe in attack mode This Ugly Yet Beautiful World has something for everyone! Maybe a little too much for some of you.
Louis Malle's film Les Amants (The Lovers) tells the story of a bored neglected bourgeois house wife who falls for an irreverent young student.
To atone for killing his children in wrath, Ercole must carry out twelve tasks, one of which consists in stealing the arms from the Queen of the fierce Amazons. The enterprise, however, has unexpected results...The world premiere performance of a lost Vivaldi masterpiece, reconstructed by Alessandto Ciccolini and edited by Alan Curtis, directed and designed by John Pascoe for the Spoleto Festival del Die Mondi.
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