Back in the 1980s, there were few phenomena bigger than the Transformers. A hugely popular toy line, it also spawned a long-running comic book, a hit feature film and successful animated television series. Transformers--Original Series, Volume One collects five episodes of the hit television series: the epic, three-part "The Ultimate Doom", plus two episodes that have never before been available in the UK ("Fire on the Mountain" and "War of the Dinobots"). Epic in scope, the story of the Transformers was a timeless, if unsophisticated, tale of good versus evil: the heroic Autobots battled to prevent the evil Decepticons from realising their goal of universal conquest. The resulting civil war raged for millions of years, draining the energy resources from their home planet Cybertron and leading the two robotic races to earth. Here, they continue their war, using their unique ability to alter their bodies to take on the form of earthly vehicles, weapons and creatures. In the morass of bad 80s' cartoons, the Transformers shone like a beacon on Saturday mornings--excellent animation (for many in the US and UK, it was their first introduction to Japanese manga, albeit basic) and characters with real personalities and depth (for most children of the 80s, Autobot leader Optimus Prime was a very real hero). For the ever-growing legions of Transformers fans out there, as well as any 80s' nostalgia buffs, Transformers--Original Series, Volume One is required viewing.--Robert Burrow
Twenty years ago Alex Grant witnessed the brutal murder of her mother. Ever since she has been haunted by hallucinations and nightmares of the horrible crime and the killer Louis Seagram. Now her vividly surreal visions become terrifyingly and unmistakably real as Louis is back in her life and out for revenge. Dressed as the carnival clown Alex once knew him to be Louis slowly torments her by playing a diabolical game. It's a game of life or death; a game Louis intends to win!
Renowned for its authentic depiction of frontier life The Glory Guys follows the lives and loves of a group of young cavalry men from their initial recruitment and training to eventually being lead towards their tragic fate by a sadistic war mongering General. Ordered to decimate anything that stand in the way of his brutal crusade his troops are soon drawn into a bloody relentless battle and a breathtaking climax. Starring Tom Tryon Harve Presnell (Fargo Flags of Our Fathers Evan Almighty) Senta Berger (Cross of Iron The Quiller Memorandum) and James Caan (The Godfather Get Smart) in one of his first film appearances. The Glory Guys is directed by TV veteran Arnold Laven (The A-Team) and based on a screenplay by Hollywood maverick Sam Peckinpah (The Iron Cross Billy The Kid).
Episodes comprise: 1. The Five Faces Of Darkness (Parts 1-5) 2. The Killing Jar 3. Chaos 4. Dark Awakening 5. Starscream's Ghost 6. Thief In The Night 7. Forever Is A Long Time Coming 8. Surprise Party 9. Madman's Paradise 10. Carnage In C-Minor 11. Fight Or Flee 12. Webworld 13. Ghost In The Machine 14. The Dweller In The Depths 15. Nightmare Planet 16. The Ultimate Weapon 17. The Quintesson Journal 18. The Big Broadcast Of 2006 19. Only Human 20. Grimlock's New B
The Transformers series (Tatakae Cho Robot Seimetai Transformers, or Fight Super Living Robots Transformers) was written in America, but animated in Japan. Based on a line of robots from Takara that was licensed to Hasbro, Transformers sparked a craze for metamorphic toys in the mid-80s. Each robot-character could be reconfigured to form a car, a tank, a plane, and so on. The 24 episodes in this collection, which ran between 1985 and 1986, conclude the second season and lead up to Transformers 2006. Each episode forms a self-contained story, with little in the way of larger character arcs or plot developments tying them together. Although the cast has expanded, the Autobots remain the good guys who defeat the bad guy Decepticons, and no-one expects anything else. Although the character designs and animation are Japanese, the direction is pure American saturday morning: instead of creating effective transitions, the filmmakers just cut to a shot of the logo--a standard practice in Hanna-Barbera kidvid. Websites, role-playing games, fan fiction, and a brisk commerce in the original toys have kept Transformers alive in the hearts of their fans. But like Robotech, Transformers will appeal most strongly to nostalgic adults who watched the show as kids. --Charles Solomon
Carnival Of Souls
Superbly acted drama adapted by Tom Stoppard in which Lewis (Michael Caine) suspects that his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) must be having an affair. Frustrated with her husband’s jealous attempts to manipulate her Elizabeth decides to confirm Lewis’s suspicions by embarking on a steamy affair with a handsome young German Thomas (Helmut Berger) who claims to be a poet but is in fact a drug dealer... Features: ♦ First ever UK Blu-Ray release! ♦ Extras include a recent appreciation and interview with glenda jackson ♦ Starring multiple Oscar award winners Glenda Jackson and Michael Caine ♦ Directed by two time BAFTA nominee Joseph Losey ♦ This star studded cast also features Golden Globe nominee Helmut Berger ♦ Timeout London ***** star review
A young girl Maria is caught in flagrante delicto with her lover by Father Vicente who belongs to the nearby Serreda Iris cloister. The fiendish clergyman persuades her parents who are poor and easily intimidated to put Maria under his protection. She is brought to Serreda Iris where the nuns seem to have an unusual interest in her beautiful body. Maria abondoned by everyone loses hope but first she wants to make things clear with the only friend left to her: She writes a let
In Les Noces Rouges Claude Chabrol extends his usual stinging examination of the French bourgeoisie family into the exaggerated realm of the tragi-comic all the while maintaining his signature elements of psychological terror and thrilling yet detached suspense. Based on an actual French murder case Les Noces Rouges is the story of two lovers each stuck in loveless marriages. Lucienne (Stephane Audran) is married to the frigid and obtuse Paul who is the semi-corrupt mayor of their small town. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is Paul's deputy mayor and is married to a chronically ill and lifeless wife. An illicit affair of exaggerated passion explodes between Pierre and Lucienne and for a while their passion is enough for them. However when Pierre's wife mysteriously dies and Lucienne's husband discovers her infidelity the plot switches from its seemingly sleepy bourgeois tale of marital troubles and delves into the film noir stylings that could be compared to The Postman Always Rings Twice. The political duplicitousness enacted by Paul and Pierre behind closed doors in the small town's government offices is mirrored and magnified in the fractured narrative of the deranged and depraved transaction between the three players in this tale of love and lust gone sour.
The year is 2104. Explorers have discovered new worlds and new civilisations. They've established remote outposts in the farthest reaches of the galaxy. A few men and women have volunteered to uphold the law on the frontier: the Space Rangers. Much like the pioneers before them who tamed the Wild West the space rangers have left behind their comfortable lives on Earth to seek new challenges and adventures. And just as the settlers made enemies among the Indians they encountered so
Hollywood will never be the same again... So many stars...so little sympathy! Leave it to legendary Hollywood ""weasel"" Pauly Shore to fake his own death and chronicle the hilarious reactions from dozens of A-list celebrities in this outrageous dark comedy that raises the eternal show business question: is it better to be a dead genius or a living idiot?
A soldier returning from the horrors of war tries to re-focus on his writing but to no avail. When he meets a young orphaned girl named Eva he finds himself increasingly attracted to her but her burgeoning sexuality is just the beginning...
The Decepticons steal the key to the plasma chamber but when they try to open the chamber the energy released blasts them and several Autobots to the distant planet of Nebulos where another civil war rages. The Autobots decide they need an extra edge to defeat the Decepticons and they link with Daniel and four good Nebulons to become Headmasters. Unfortunately the Decepticons use the same idea and also combine their weapons with evil Nebulons to create Targetmasters. The Autobots and Decepticons clash in their most earth shattering battle to date with their fates and the future of Earth and Cybertron hanging in the balance!
Lee Calloway known by those who fear him as Sartana arranges a prison break for a notorious and deadly gang. In exchange Sartana wants half the haul of gold the gang has stolen from the army. However after cross and double-cross Sartana is lead from being the hunter to becoming the hunted...
Excerpts from Guillaume Tell Die Meistersinger Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.Includes a 20-page expose: Music in the Third Reich and biographies of the performers by Frederic Spotts.Stupendous performances staged for Nazi propaganda.Includes stunning newsreel footage.
This special two-disc DVD set features two classic Spaghetti Westerns starring the inimitable Franco Nero in Enzo G. Castellari's seminal and highly acclaimed masterpiece 'Keoma' and Ferdinando Baldi's rarely-seen gem 'Texas Adios'.
ALADDIN: Go on a magical journey the whole family will enjoy! Get ready for thrills excitement and lots of surprises in the classic tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp. You'll thrill to Aladdin's story from his spooky descent into a cave to claim the lamp to his triumphant marriage to Princess Leila the Sultan's beautiful daughter. With the help from the Genie of the lamp Aladdin builds a magnificent palace to live in. But then the evil Haseem steals the lamp and takes Leila pr
Hitman Eyal (Ashkenazi) is given the mission to track down the elderly Alfred Himmelman, an former Nazi officer and possible war criminal, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel. The two men set out on a tour of the country during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.... Eytan Fox's thought-provoking thriller was named Official Selection at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival and nominated for four awards at the Israeli Film Academy.
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