The passion violence mystery and beauty of India are rapturously evoked in Merchant Ivory Productions' acclaimed Heat & Dust based on the novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala the Oscar-Winning screenwriter and novelist. Blending East with West and moving effortlessly between the vibrant world of modern-day India and the magnificent splendors of the Raj Heat & Dust intertwines the contemporary story of Anne a young woman drawn to India by her desire to unravel the scandal surrounding her great-aunt Olivia's seduction in the 1920s by a glamorous Indian prince. For Anne it proves much a journey of self-discovery as the opportunity to solve an enigma as she too becomes seduced by the romantic and luxurious enchantments of India. Heat & Dust features an all-star cast led by Julie Christie Shashi kapoor Greta Scacchi Christopher Cazenove and Madhur Jaffrey.
This box set features three films all directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol using his 'factory' actors. The films loosely form a trilogy designed to encapsulate the 60's generation. Flesh (1968): Joe 'the hustler' earns money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion. Taking to the streets he meets an artist obsessed with body worship a couple of transvestites an ex-girlfriend working as a topless dancer and a friend whose arm-pits have been torched with a fla
A collection of classic sketches from four actor/comedians who made Saturday Night Live such an unmissable comedy show! Chris Rock: Discovered by fellow Saturday Night Live star Eddie Murphy Chris Rock has established himself both as an actor and as one of America's finest stand-up comedians. Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Chris Rock features his best moments from several seasons appearing on the show and highlights several of the brilliant monologues that have led to him being hailed as one of the funniest comedians of his generation. Will Ferrell: Relatively new to Hollywood superstardom Will Ferrell first made his name as one of Saturday Night Live's most brilliant character players and one of the few cast members ever to receive an Emmy nomination for his work on the show. Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Will Ferrell features the cream of Ferrell's comic creations including Craig the Cheerleader the Culp Brothers and the Roxbury Guys. Guests include Christopher Walken Alex Baldwin Drew Barrymore Sarah Michelle Gellar Jim Carrey Lucy Lawless and Sean Hayes. Eddie Murphy: Gumby Buckwheat Desmond Tutu Stevie Wonder and James Brown are just some of the inspired impersonations on show in Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Eddie Murphy. Before hitting the big time in Hollywood Eddie Murphy was already one of the most accomplished comic performers around as evidenced in this collection of his finest moments from Saturday Night Live. Adam Sandler: This DVD sees the 'Anger Management' star assuming the roles of all his best-loved characters from Opera Man and Canteen Boy to Cajun Man and Lucy the Gap Girl as well as performing several of his most famous songs including the classic ""The Chanukah Song"". Among the many guests starring opposite Sandler are Alex Baldwin Courtney Cox David Duchovny Shannen Doherty Glenn Close and Michael Keaton.
Having been re-directed to an Evacuation facility on the edge of town Steve an off-duty Paramedic is in a race against time fully aware that Marks chances of survival are rapidly slipping away. The scene that greets them on arrival is one of chaos. The floor awash with blood is covered with the bodies of the dying and injured doctors dart back and forth clearly overwhelmed. A violent convulsion causes Mark to lose consciousness heart stopped he slumps to the floor....
Mad Max: On a remote stretch of deserted highway a band of violent bikers has taken over attacking anyone unlucky enough to cross their savage path. Racing up and down the seemingly endless miles of asphalt the crazed outlaws blaze through small towns plowing into vehicles and pedestrians alike with reckless abandon. Bringing a sense of law to this lawlessness are the mobile police force led by Max and Goose who are as fast and mean as their adversaries and are willing to
Here's the story...of America's grooviest TV sitcom family! It's the story of The Brady Bunch and in Season Two of this best-loved comedy series there are plenty of high jinks underfoot in split-level suburbia. Greg? He's got a far-out new bachelor pad to impress all the chicks. Marcia? She's embracing Woman's Lib. Peter? He's headed for the doghouse after breaking Carol's favorite vase. Jan? She's gone from ""hair of gold"" to hair of black-via a brand new wig. Bobby's pet parakeet may help him overcome his fear of heights and Cindy's plagued by a schoolyard bully who's been making fun of her lisp. On the adult front Mike's architectural firm plans to build right on top of a beloved neighborhood park; Carol tries her creative hand at writing for a woman's magazine...and Alice the housekeeper has called the exterminator on ""Myron""- Greg's science project! There are 24 episodes in The Brady Bunch: The Complete Second Season...all featuring laughter tears and Day-Glo colors. It's the way they all became The Brady Bunch!
Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... In The Public Interest: A Chief Constable has the perfect solution to escalating crime levels in his city; ensure that the police have ultimate power. But you know what they say about absolute power... Not A Very Civil Servant: Cowley is reluctant to involve his lads in a seemingly run of the mill case of backhanders and crumbling new council houses. Until that is he discovers just how far up the corruption goes... A Stirring Of Dust: A traitor has recently returned to Britain but no one's pleased to see him! Indeed if Bodie and Doyle don't find him before those he betrayed he's a dead man... Blind Run: Playing bodyguards for a foreign official should be a walk in the park for Bodie and Doyle. Yet for a secret visit a remarkable amount of people know about it some of whom have deadly intentions...
It's studenta versus faculty in this provocative thriller that entertains all the way to the surprise ending! A high school senior named Maddox has watched as his classmates' freedoms have been stripped away by a domineering faculty at his suburban Chicago school. Then when he hears the story of John Stanton a student who rebelled against the system and was institutionalized under suspicious circumstances he decides it's time to act. Together with his best briends Clip and Chri
Tremors: They say there's nothing new under the sun. But under the ground... Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward star as two country handymen who lead a cast of zany characters to safety in this exciting sci-fi creature comedy. Just as Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Basset (Ward) decide to leave Perfection Nevada strange rumblings prevent their departure. With the help of a shapely seismology student (Finn Carter) they discover their desolate town is infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live below the ground. (Dir. Ron Underwood 1989) Tremors 2: The giant underground creatures that terrorized a desert town in Tremors are now plowing their way through Mexican oil fields gobbling up everything and everyone around - and only one man can stop them! In the style of its predecessor this comedy sci-fi creature-feature reunites Fred Ward as down-on-his-luck Earl Basset and Michael Gross as gung-ho survivalist Burt Gummer two desert desperados who take on the task of destroying the monsters. Partnered with them is Christopher Gartin a young guy in need of kicks cash and a career change and Helen Shaver a sexy and intrepid scientist who's seen it all...until now. Together they devise an ingenious plan for tracking and killing the creatures. Tremors 2 is filled with high speed action and plenty of laughs - until the predators wise up. (Dir. S. S. Wilson 1995) Tremors 3: Burt Grummer returns after travelling abroad killing carnivorous giant worms called 'Graboids' and their offspring to life in his home town and must deal with some crooked land developers a thrill-seeking guy named Jack Sawyer looking for wealth in this potential tourist town and a new strain of Graboids... (Dir. Brent Maddock 2001)
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza do battle with both their rival drug lords and the L.A.P.D. on the streets of Los Angeles. When a deal goes badly wrong the air is soon filled with machine gun fire and the money and the merchandise go missing. Now the head of the Los Angeles Yakuza Kenji Ryujin must report the loss to his superiors in Japan who quickly decide that the only solution is to send their most lethal assassin - Domoto (Kiyoshi Nakajo) the man with the Fatal Blade.
Anyone can win at Poker - and that means you! This easy-to-follow program walks you through the fundamentals rules and strategies of today's hottest card game. Whether you're a novice a home player or a new casino or card room player Poker For Dummies can help you understand the in's and out's of today's most popular poker game - Texas Hold 'Em - plus other fun poker games. You learn how to compete with the best as instructors Chris Moneymaker and Barry Shulman give you the secrets and techniques that have helped them win big. Tip the odds in your favour with the only guide to poker you'll ever need.
In 1588 a Spanish ship from the defeated Armada puts into a British port for repairs. The dastardly Captain Robeles (Lee) instructs his men to persuade the villagers that the invaders were successful and that the British should bend to the Spanish will. When this fails and an organised resistance is formed Robeles resorts to ever more terrifying means to quell the insurrection while his ship is being repaired...
Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) decides to make a few changes in his rut of a life
Never Been Kissed (Dir. Raja Gosnell 1999): Josie Geller is ready for a change. As the youngest copy editor at a big-city newspaper she longs to be taken seriously as a journalist. But while Josie excels as the nerdy brain at work her personal life is another story still plagued by her teenager reputation as a 'geek to the core' Josie is a 25-year-old who has never ever had a serious love relationship - she has never really been kissed. Against all odd Josie lands her fir
Drama based on real events in which a mother takes the law into her own hands after her son suffers sexual abuse. When Ellie Nesler (Christine Lahti) finally discovers the cause of her son Brandon (Andrew Ducote)'s increasingly unbalanced behaviour - the abuse he endured at the hands of Daniel (Robert Bockstael) - she naturally takes matters to the police. However, when she learns that Daniel has previously been convicted of a similar offence, for which he received no sterner punishment than ...
You are what they eat! In the year 2008 the world is ravaged by a low-carb diet enzyme that has led to zombies craving fresh red meat. The rich have set up safe zones to keep the zombies out. The dregs are the workers kept outside the safe zones to face the zombies: until their saviour the Zombie fighter Kane turns up to dish out the justice!
Set in London's Jazz scene of the 1950s this atmospheric modernisation of Othello features a strong cast and appearences by some of the best-known names from the music world.
Poltergeists ghosts things that go bump in the night and other apparitions of the unknown are explored and explained by noted para-psychologists and an intrepid crew. Disc 1: An eerie tour of haunted locations across America this hour-long program travels to eleven locations known for the unknown. From Hollywood where Marilyn Monroe's ghost has appeared at Westwood Memorial Cemetery to a Louisiana plantation built on Indian burial mounds host Michael Dorn ('Worf' from the Star Trek Series) and a notable group of experts take you to the edge of the beyond for a glimpse of the Spirit World all around us! Disc 2: Hosted by filmmaker Christopher Lewis this disc continues our tour of Hauntings in America with trips to Gettysburg Battlefield a ghostly village in Tennessee and more. Renowned paranormal investigator Dr. Barry Taff lends his insightful comments.
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