Coronation Street was first broadcast in December of 1960 and since then has gone from strength to strength in establishing itself as the nation's favourite soap opera. With a more light hearted slant on the genre Coronation Street has always drawn viewers from across the generations and its longevity is tribute to it's across the board appeal. On this DVD we take a look back to 1977 and eight classic episodes from that year.
A funny and poignant debut from writer director Karl Golden. The Honeymooners strips away the gloss from the traditional romantic comedy creating a sparkling and universally appealing love story that also manages to be raw honest and true. David Ryan (Jonathan Byrne) is left at the alter on his wedding day when his bride to be (Justine Mitchell) has a last moment change of heart. After drowning his sorrows at the airport Ryan misses his flight and finds himself being d
Lynn Graham and her young family emigrate from America to begin a new life in Australia. Despite local gossip about their new house the Graham children love their new life and in particularly are captivated by the playhouse at the bottom of the garden. However thirty years before a suspected black magic ritual occurred in the cubby house that resulted in the slaughter of two children. Unbeknown to them dark forces still inhabit the area and soon the young children start showing signs of disturbing behaviour after playing in the cubby house. Intrigued by the sinister happenings Lyn's older son Danny is determined to find out the truth only to uncover a dark secret and that the bowels of Hell are beckoning...
A double bill of terrifying creature features including Mimic and the sequel Mimic 2. Mimic: A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease only to find out three years later that something has gone terribly wrong. Their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own able to mimic and destroy its every predator - even man! And now it threatens to wipe out an entire city...unless they stop it in time... Mimic 2: Just when they were all thought to be dead the giant cockroaches are back and this time they've mutated to take on human form!
Three episodes from the mucgh loved series starring Ian McShane as rogue antuques dealer. Including Fair Exchange Day Of Reckoning and Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
Scarface (Dir. Howard Hawks 1932): Generally regarded to be the best - and most brutal - of the classic gangster films the original Scarface tells the story of orginised crime's pinch on the city of Chicago during prohibition. Paul Muni plays Tony Carmonte an ambitious hood with a Napoleonic urge to fight his way to number one gang boss. When the last of the old-style crime bosses is brutally slain down the finger is pointed at Tony and Johnny Loro a rival gangster. However Tony's desire to move up the ladder is about to put him in the firing line of his peers and the police. Produced and directed by the mercurial Howard Hawks Scarface is the movie which established both Paul Muri and his coin flipping aide George Raft as major Hollywood stars. Scarface (Dir. Brian De Palma 1983): Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping cult crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire and makes some ruthless friends and enemies on the way to oblivion...
A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters falls in love with the beautiful Georgia and tries to win her heart with his singular charm. This Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray and DVD) includes both versions of The Gold Rush - the 1925 silent original restored by Kevin Brownlow and the digitally restored 1942 film (in 1942 Charles Chaplin took the 1925 original composed and recorded a musical score for the film added narration and re-edited)
When a couple of small town cops stumble upon a pile of cash after a criminal's drug deal goes bad they decide to keep the money. However is there honour amongst even these usually law abiding thieves?
Murray Walker narrates the latest instalment of the action-filled motorbike racing film brand known as I Superbiker is coming to DVD and Blu-ray courtesy of Odeon Entertainment in July. Director Mark Sloper has captured the fantastic spectacle that is British Superbikes and turned it into a nail biting film that also depicts the hardship and the ecstasy of life for the gladiators of superbike racing.
The smallest member of The Little family returns in this blockbusting sequel. Alongside fellow family pet Snowbell the cat he sets of on a journey through the streets of New York in search of a missing friend.
Wesley was always wide-awake. He did anything he could to avoid going to bed. I'm not tired he said at bedtime. He always found a reason to stay up later and later and later... This DVD in the Little Monsters series also features episodes with Clumsy Clarissa Curious Calvin Perfect Prudence Dirty Dermot and Shy Sophie.
Includes Daddy Day Care Jumanji and Stuart Little. Daddy Day Care: In the hilarious comedy 'Daddy Day Care' two fathers (Murphy Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon the two dads open their own day care facility Daddy Day Care and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As Daddy Day Care starts to catch on it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director (Anjelica Huston) who has driven all previous competitors out of business... Jumanji: When young Alan Parrish and his friend Sarah (Bonnie Hunt) begin to play a mysterious board game they don't realise its unimaginable powers until Alan is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji. Twenty-six years later Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) discover the dusty board and reawaken the game as they begin to play. Instantly the forces of Jumanji release a fully-grown bewildered Alan Parrish (Robin Williams) into their world. With each roll of the dice they must face the increasingly terrifying consequences until the game is finished and the victor had uttered the word Jumanji... Stuart Little: Join the fun when the Little family adopts an adorably spunky boy named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) who looks a lot like a mouse. Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) fall in love with Stuart right away but their older son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) isn't so sure what to make of his new brother and the family's white cat Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane) devises a dastardly plan to get Stuart out of the house...permanently. State-of-the-art special effects laugh-out-loud comedy and rip-roaring hijinks make this the biggest adventure a Little can have.
Friends since they were small boys Adam and Paul - who is who we do not know - have withered into two hapless desperate Dublin junkies tied together by habit and necessity. The difference today is that Adam and Paul - already near rock bottom - have finally run out of luck credit and friends. A stylized downbeat comedy the film follows the pair through a single day which like every other is entirely devoted to the business of scrounging and robbing money for drugs.
La Cenerentola is one of the few operas to have an important subtitle, "The Triumph of Virtue". This Salzburg production makes a point of its being a moral tale rather than a mere fairy tale like the version reflexively sung by Angelina in her "Cavatina": the defeat and forgiveness of the stepsisters and their greedy father is a settling of moral accounts. The production is also tremendous fun--partly because of gimmicks like the mechanical coach and horses that arrives on stage in the high wind of the Act Two storm--but mostly because of the endlessly energetic pulse of Riccardo Chailly's conducting of the Vienna Philharmonic. Anne Murray is an ideal Angelina, equally good at the heroine's witty intelligence and at the complexity of her emotional situation--loyal to the family that mistreats her. Francisco Araiza is an attractive Don Ramirez; the byplay between him and his servant Dandini (Gino Quilico)--in the duet "Zitto, zitto. Piano, piano", for example is for once genuinely amusing. Parts like Don Magnifico were the late Walter Berry's stock-in-trade--his occasionally menacing portrayal is far richer and more interesting than a mere buffoon. On the DVD: As usual with Arthaus Musik, an excellent production and performance is left to sink or swim without any detailed production notes either on the disc or in the leaflet. The sound is standard PCM stereo and the picture ratio 4:3. There are instructions in French, German, English and Spanish and subtitles in all of those languages plus Italian. --Roz Kaveney
Sue was a very sulky little girl. Especially if she didn't get her own way. If she couldn't have sweets before lunch or the biggest doll in the shop she sulked. This DVD in the Little Monsters series also features episodes with Sickly Simon Bossy Bethany Rude Roger Worried Winnie and Friendly Franco.
New York Minute (Mary-Kate And Ashley Olsen): This action comedy follows one monumental day in the lives of sisters Roxanne and Jane Ryan. The academic and sophisticated Jane is due to deliver a speech to qualify for an Oxford scholarship. Meanwhile laid-back punk rocker Roxy is hoping to get a demo for her band. But their plans go astray and they end up in the middle of a shady black market deal. The girls must work together to get themselves out of trouble despite being pursued by their truant officer. (Dir. Dennie Gordon 2004) A Cinderella Story: Meet high school student Sam (Hilary Duff) who scrubs floors at a diner copes with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters and all the while dreams of Princeton (the perfect spot for a would-be princess to find a prince). But maybe she has a Prince Charming already: her anonymous e-mail buddy (Chad Michael Murray) who arranges to meet her at the Halloween dance. Sam panics when Mr. Anonymous turns out to be the coolest guy on campus. Can he love a girl who isn't part of the in crowd? Can fairy tales come true? Sure - but only if Sam stands up for herself and turns her dreams into reality. (Dir. Mark Rosman 2004 Cert. PG) The Prince And Me: This fairy tale is about to get real. Paige (Julia Stiles) has her future all mapped out. A fastidious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin she's vowed nothing will deter her from becoming a doctor... Until she meets Edward (Luke Mably); the dashing playboy Crown Prince of Denmark who's trying to escape a life he never chose. He's enrolled incognito at Paige's school to ""find himself"" and to take a detour from his destiny as king. Paige and ""Eddie"" end up as lab partners and discover there's more chemistry between them than just the classroom variety. Will he step away from his place in the Danish monarchy to be with her? Will she lose sight of her dream to become a doctor? (Dir. Martha Coolidge 2004 Cert. PG)
Twenty-one years after two zoologists disapperaed in the jungle detective Hamilton Hornee leads an expedition into daftest Africa to search for their missing daughter Algona heiress to her father's fortune. Joining him are 'Sultry' Sommer a lesbian journalist Tender Lee two of Algona's greedy S & M loving relatives and Stanley Livingston on the lookout for Nabucco a legendary white gorilla. But Algona just so happens to be the magnificent blonde she-goddess worshipped by the Meshpokas 'the most feared humans in all Africa' while Nabucco turns out out to be an escaped Nazi in an ape suit.
From award-winning horror director Neil Johnson comes the terrifying tale of Travis Brown whose life is turned inside out when a meteorite lands in his backyard. Travis is having the worst life of his week...
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