In early 20th century Tsarist Russia Rasputin (Christopher Lee) a wild-eyed peasant monk mysteriously demonstrates his healing powers by saving a woman's life and asking only for wine and Bacchanalian celebration in return. Soon Rasputin uses his evil charm to become increasingly manipulative and violent. Ferocious devious sensuous and other-worldly this uncouth peasant ingratiates himself into the lives of the sophisticated royal class...
Knockabout British comedy about a group of young DJs who have trouble achieving their dreams, featuring cameos from numerous celebrities including Alan Davies, Melanie Blatt, Gary Kemp and Ricky Gervais.
Lloyd Bridges and Moira Lister are the chief suspects following a sniper attack in this dark and brooding British noir classic from 1953. American Frank Pryor (Lloyd Bridges) arrives in London to pick up the threads of a wartime romance. As he disembarks, fellow passenger Kendall Brown is assassinated and Pryor finds himself caught up in a murder inquiry. The victim was killed by a mysterious sniper, known as the 'limping man'. Pryor's wartime amour is actress Pauline French (Moira Lister) ...
Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones star in this tale of a London jewel heist, the new film from the director of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Producer-turned-director Irwin Winkler (The Net) crafted this 1992 remake of Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir about a small-time hustler in London who gets in over his head. Winkler's version is set in New York and stars Robert De Niro as crooked lawyer Harry Fabian who decides to get even with a boxing promoter (Alan King) who beats him in court. Fabian convinces 'friends' into helping the cause notably the brother (Jack Warden) of De Niro's enemy and a barmaid (Jessica Lange) who agrees to finance the operation.
They say like father like son but for Abe (King) and Abbie (Crystal) Polin nothing could be further from the truth. Abe is King of the Hollywood extras. As an actor he's an expert at being a face in the crowd. His son Abbie is a respected New York heart surgeon who's always felt like a bit player in his father's life. When Abbie suffers a mild heart attack he decides it's time to mend family ties...or break them altogether. So he heads out to Hollywood where his efforts at recon
In a remote little town in turn of the century Russia three sisters - Olga (Jeanne Watts) Irina (Louise Purnell) and Masha (Joan Plowight) with their brother Andrei (Derek Jacobi) fantasise about their return to their former home in Moscow. For them Moscow is a city of dreams magnetism and inspiration - a far cry from their current life - an oppressive and overbearing existence devoid of hope. As they muddle through life they hold on to the memory of a place they once knew and t
When Westlake County Prosecutor Kate DeMaio is asked to investigate the apparent suicide of a pregnant woman all the evidence points to a tragic accident and the case is closed. But when more locals in the small mid-western city are found dead Kate fears a serial killer is on the loose...
Director Neil Jordan's gothic outing is a unique excursion into horror.
Paddy McGuinness the everyman working class hero shows you how footballers are overpaid oversexed and over rated in his latest DVD - All Star Balls-ups. Paddy has personally selected and provides his unique commentary on the funniest and most outrageous gaffs mistakes and bloopers he could find including up-to-date action from the Premiership season FA Cup and Champions League. With the help of a host of his famous football buddies Paddy comments shows us clips of the funniest humiliating and most outrageous balls-ups in football to date. The outright funniest and best comedy sports DVD available this coming Christmas.
Even if (when) more big-screen adventures come along, this Star Trek DVD Movies Collection will remain a fitting memento of this astonishingly long-running franchise. Containing all 10 movies from The Motion Picture (1979) to Nemesis (2003), this box set charts the voyages of the USS Enterprise(s) from the original ship's first major refit since its legendary five-year mission to the last outing for the Enterprise E in the next century. After this, there will be new ships and new crews. The most famous starship in the galaxy has finally retired. Along the way, there have been many highs and just a few lows. The Motion Picture's Director's Edition solved many of the theatrical release's problems. Its follow-up, The Wrath of Khan, is still regarded as the series' finest hour. Movies III and IV chart Spock's fall and resurrection in quasi-religious terms, but also add welcome humour in The Voyage Home. Taken together II, III and IV make for a satisfyingly self-contained trilogy, which is one reason why the next entry, The Final Frontier, seemed like a disappointment. Khan director Nicholas Meyer returned for the superior VI, The Undiscovered Country, allowing the original crew to sign-off in style. Attempting to please fans old and new, the messy Generations ended up pleasing almost no one. Thankfully, the second Next Generation film, First Contact, comes in a close second to Khan in the series-best stakes. Neither Insurrection or Nemesis could quite match what had gone before, but both were solidly entertaining adventures nonetheless. On the DVDs: The Star Trek DVD Movies Collection is a 10-disc set complete with booklet and postcard-size Nemesis film stills. However, only the first four movies are presented in their Special Edition versions--these have the same content as the feature discs of the separately released two-disc sets--and the Nemesis disc also contains a commentary, documentaries and deleted scenes. Movies V-IX are bare-bones releases, though, with no extra content to speak of. Fans will therefore not find this box set to be a substitute for the individual Special Edition versions. --Mark Walker
Based on a true story The Preppie Murder begins on August 26 1986. This was the day that eighteen year old Jennifer Levin was strangled to death in New York's Central Park. The prime suspect Jennifer's nineteen year old boyfriend Robert confesses to the crime. The well to do young man insists that the killing was accidental he claims that it occured during a 'rough sex' session that Jennifer had initiated. The ensuing media frenzy forces the old 'she asked for it' defence to rear
Dennis Potter has long been acknowledged as one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Though he had considerable successes with the series format (such as The Singing Detective and Casanova) it is generally accepted that his strongest work is the single play of which he did many for both the BBC and ITV. In celebration of both Potter's body of work and the fiftieth anniversary of ITV this collection celebrates three of his most signif
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A classic ENO production of Britten's 1953 opera, which has only now received the critical acclaim it deserves.Gloriana came into being when Benjamin Britten was asked to compose an opera to celebrate the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He took as his starting point Lytton Strachey's Elizabeth and Essex, which had much interested him when he first read it.The opera traces the downfall of the Earl of Essex who, presuming upon his privilege as the Queen's favourite, forces a tragedy upon them both.
A tale of a disillusioned teacher's struggle against the brutal regime of an Irish Reformatory School in 1939.
The Priory School: The son of the Duke Of Holderness is abducted and the school's German teacher disappears in a taxing case for Holmes and Watson. The Second Stain: Holmes is called in to investigate a missing letter stolen from the home of the secretary for European Affairs...
The last film directed by John Cassavetes, Big Trouble reteamed some of the creators of the much funnier The In-laws. But despite another script by Andrew Bergman, and a cast that reunited Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, this comedy doesn't live up to its predecessor. A spoof of Double Indemnity, the film casts Arkin as a nervous insurance agent faced with huge college tuition bills for a trio of sons headed for Yale. To make extra money, he gets involved in a scheme with a woman (Beverly D'Angelo) trying to kill her husband (Falk). That the whole thing turns out to be an adventure in insurance fraud shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite an inconsistent script, the chemistry between Arkin and Falk can still produce the occasional laugh. --Marshall Fine
The first horror film to be released under the legendary Amicus Productions banner Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors has long been a firm favourite of horror fans. Five passengers (Christoper Lee Roy Castle Kenny Lynch Donald Sutherland and Alan Freeman) sharing a compartment on a train are joined by the mysterious Dr. Schreck (Peter Cushing) who offers to tell their fortunes by reading a deck of Tarot cards which he refers to as his ""house of horrors"". As each of the five stories unfolds the passengers become progressively horrified by Schreck's revelations...
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