This riveting series puts a familial spin on Angels with Dirty Faces, the 1938 James Cagney-Pat O'Brien classic in which two childhood friends take divergent paths--one becomes a priest, and the other a hoodlum. In Brotherhood, Michael Caffee (Jason Clarke) is an idealistic and respectable Rhode Island state representative dedicated to the preservation of his close-knit lower-middle-class Irish neighbourhood, the Hill. His older brother, Michael (Jason Isaacs), is a gangster who returns home after a seven-year absence (one step ahead of a hit, two steps ahead of the Feds) to pick up where he left off. The stage is set for backroom skullduggery and mean streets thuggery, as both men pursue their visions of the American dream on opposite sides of the law. At the heart of this series is the conflict between the estranged brothers. With the exception of clueless matriarch MaryRose (Fionnula Flanagan), Michael is not exactly received with open arms. "You're a tornado," Tommy tells him early on. "You suck everything in and spit it out broken." Indeed, the man is a psychopath. When a henchman of neighbourhood mob boss Freddie Cork (Kevin Chapman) threatens a woman, Michael not only repeatedly bashes his head against a car, but for the coup de grace, cuts off his ear. In one gut-wrenching scene, he compels a woman to sell him her store by inducing her mentally challenged brother to play Russian Roulette. No wonder Tommy insists, "We're not the same in any way." But don't be too sure. Michael is a good man and devoted father and husband, but he isn't above (or beneath) using Michael's inside information to blackmail a stubborn colleague who won't vote his way on a freeway project that could destroy the Hill. As the season unfolds, he will be forced to make more ethically challenged deals with the powers behind the scenes, one of whom has a mysterious connection with his mother. Brotherhood mines the clash between personal and professional lives to flesh out its characters. "The people's business" doesn't pay well, and Tommy is forced to moonlight as a real estate developer, and perform all home repairs. Eileen (Annabeth Gish), his picture-perfect politician's wife, smokes pot and is having an affair with a man she knew in high school. Declan Gigg (Ethan Embry) is a conflicted policeman who grew up with the Caffees. Comparisons with The Sopranos are inevitable, but Brotherhood quickly establishes its own unique voice, if not accent. --Donald Liebenson
Let Frank Clarke guide you through an introduction to water colour painting with this collection of programmes from his Simply Painting series. Frank is one of Ireland's most popular authors and TV presenters. He travels the world teaching his famous 'Have some more fun' method of painting. With the programmes in this box set Frank takes you on an international tour as he demonstrates tips and techniques for you to make the most of this fascinating hobby.
The Tomorrow People Series 3 collector's Set; 4 Serials - All 13 Episodes. Secret Weapon; The breakout of young Tyso Boswell a new homo superior sets the Tomorrow People off on a mission to investigate Colonel Masters and his Experimental Weapons Establishment. A unit intent on harnessing an using the Tomorrow People's unique powers...for evil. World's Away; Answering the plea of Ambassador Timus Irnok Mosta of the Galactic Federation (a close clone brother of TIM
Littlefoot discovers even little lies can cause big trouble. Your favourite prehistoric pals are back in an all-new adventure filled with fun and laughter! This time around the Tinysauruses invade the Great Valley to teach Littlefoot a big lesson about a little lie. Meet their new tiny friends and sing along to brand new songs. Featuring the unforgettable voices of Michael Clarke Duncan and Camryn Manheim The Invasion of the Tinysauruses shows that heroes frie
Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.
Get on board for one of the very best hard-boiled thrillers ever to hurtle out of Hollywood. Charles McGraw (His Kind Of Woman) stars as Detective Walter Brown a cop with a simple mission - get mobster's wife Frankie Neale (Marie Windsor Force of Evil) on the train and take her to the grand jury in Los Angeles where she's going to testify against her late husband's colleagues. But the mob don't want her to spill the beans and they'll stop at nothing to stop her taking the stand; Brown realises they've planted assassins on the train with them and it's up to him to keep her safe. It's going to be one hell of a journey...
A woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father. She finds him and also new problems some friendship a romance and an unexpected career as pro-boxer to make ends meet.
Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse - funny profane and dangerous. Back on the streets of London after twelve years in prison it's time to collect what he's owed for keeping his mouth shut. Travelling with his devoted best friend (Richard E Grant) Dom visits his crime boss (Demian Bichir) in the south of France to claim his reward. But Dom's drink and drug-fuelled ego decides that what he's lost can't be replaced. One car accident and a femme fatale later (Madalina Diana Ghenea) Dom realizes that his priority must be to reconnect with his long-lost daughter (Clarke). But Dom does what Dom does best. He screws things up for everyone...
This stunning limited edition gift set includes the complete first season of the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, alongside a Blu-ray bonus disc of Season 2 Episode 1 and dragon egg paper-weight. Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords and honest men...all will play the 'Game of Thrones.' A new original series based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series. Special Features: Making Game of Thrones From the Book to the Screen The Night's Watch Creating the Show Open Audio Commentaries Creating the Dothraki Language Character Profiles Blu-Ray Complete Guide to Westeros Anatomy of an Episode In-Episode Guide Hidden Dragon Eggs
All's well that ends swell. An absolutely hilarious and heartfelt new comedy by writer/director Don Roos ( Opposite of Sex) Happy Endings deftly weaves together multiple stories to create a sharp witty look at love family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself. A feast of buried secrets missed opportunities and welcome second chances this wildly original comedy proves that the happiest ending of all is the one you least expect. Mamie is being blackma
Prepare to be transported back in time to a planet where humans and dinosaurs join forces to rid civilization of all evil. The virtuous Valorians speed through space to escape the Rulons a sinister civilization that has destroyed their planet and seeking universal domination.
In some ways The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 2 is more interesting than its predecessor, as it covers the show's enjoyably uncomfortable period of transition from beard-rock to punk/new wave. Hence, the music ranges across the likes of Loggins and Messina (the frightful "The House at Pooh Corner"), the Who, Judee Sill, Argent (doing "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You", which all Bill and Ted fans probably think is a Kiss original), Roy Harper, the Adverts, the Undertones (not playing "Teenage Kicks", sadly), Patti Smith and Siouxie and the Banshees. There's also some arty stuff that doesn't really fit into either camp, including Kevin Ayers and Roxy Music at their uncommercially weirdest. There are a few nicely revelatory moments, too, such as the realisation that Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive" was in fact a nu-jazz masterpiece born 20 years too soon and that Robbie Williams should cover Aztec Camera's wonderful "Walk Out to Winter" immediately. This is an enjoyable and diverse collection of music from a fairly fraught period in the history of more-or-less popular music, so it's good to be reminded just how much good stuff was actually happening amidst the melée. On the DVD: The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 comes on only one disc (the first was a two-disc set), but you still get 30 or so excellent tracks plus all the trimmings, so that's hardly a fault. The layout features the same kind of horribly overdesigned menus as its predecessor: there's no obvious chapter sub-menu, believe it or not; instead, you have to access individual tracks through the artists' gallery in the extras section! Aargh! Other extras include contributor profiles, additional linking material and the wonderful Old Grey Squirrel Test animation, which mere words would only spoil for those who have yet to see it. --Roger Thomas
A romantic comedy about a young woman whose relationship reaches a crossroads - at exactly the wrong time. Roz is fed up with her long-standing partner part-time plasterer and sometimes petty thief Frank O'Brien. Reluctantly she agrees to accompany him to a luxury coastal resort where he is to pull off one last heist. There the odd couple frantically and ineptly try to fit in with the yacht-and-caviar crowd. Suddenly Roz experiences how the other half lives and worse still she
James Shelley is trying to show willing. Exasperated by his constant procrastination wife Fran has now given him his marching orders and there are even the rumblings of divorce proceedings. So Shelley becomes something of a regular at the 'Easy Job' agency in an effort to find tolerable work and win back Fran's respect - his travails taking him from a hard day's slog in the City to the joys of the 'Dust-Bowl' Burger Bar... A long-running success for ITV - lasting for ten series over thirteen years - Shelley featured a masterful performance by Hywel Bennett as the bone-idle graduate philosopher cast adrift on a sea of unemployment. This set contains the complete fifth series originally screened in 1982 and also starring Belinda Sinclair as Fran Warren Clarke (Dalziel and Pascoe) as Shelley's friend and giver of temporary refuge Paul and Garfield Morgan (The Sweeney) as ever-present hall porter Desmond.
An adaptation from maverick Alex Cox of Thomas Middleton's celebrated play from 1607 Revenger's Tragedy tells the story of a man whose wife is murdered on their wedding day and his desire to exact revenge on the murderer. In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool of the future Vindici (Christopher Eccleston) returns from a self-imposed exile to bring down those responsible for his wife's murder. While Vindici's family have fallen on hard times the murderer - known as the Duke (Derek Jacobi) - has become rich powerful and virtually untouchable. Employing all his wit and cunning Vindici sets out to gain the Duke's confidence and get close enough to kill him. Vibrant and pulsating with colour and style Revenger's Tragedy is a masterpiece of reinvention set to astound and astonish.
Attention all Evil-Doers! And I do mean All of you - because everyone's favourite blue tight-wearing square-jawed superhero is here for The Tick vs. The Complete Collection! Hugging the City with his big blue arms of goodness The Tick and long suffering sidekick Arthur are ready to splatter Evil in the ultimate paint ball game of justice. So duck dive and shout ""Go Get 'Em"" as truth justice and our big blue wheat-loving hero swing into the fray for the ultimate villain-busting extravaganza! Includes All 36 Evil-busting Episodes!
Brotherhood offers a fascinating spin on the well-worn crime-drama genre with the Cain-and-Abel story of two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Based on the real-life case of the Bulger brothers the series takes place in an Irish-American working-class neighbourhood of Providence Rhode Island known as The Hill where Tommy Caffee (Jason Clarke) is a straight-laced up-and-coming politician while his brother Michael (Jason Isaacs) aspires to be the biggest crime boss in the gangster underworld. The tumultuous events of the second series have sunk in and we rejoin the cast a few months later. Michael is severely disturbed and on medication and Tommy finds himself caught up in serious underhand dealings. This 2-Disc set includes all 8 dramatic final season episodes of this critically acclaimed superbly acted and explosive blue-collar drama. Will Tommy live up to his promise to leave The Hill? Or will Michael's transgressions finally lead to their undoing? Can the Caffee family survive... or have they finally gone too far?
Available for the first time on DVD! In 1969 the founding members of three of the most acclaimed bands of the '60s united to form the first rock 'supergroup' - Crosby Stills & Nash. LONG TIME COMIN' showcases their unforgettable 20-plus years together with a nostalgic musical and visual career retrospective of rare TV appearances recording sessions revealing interviews and exciting concert footage spanning their entire career. Includes performances by The Byrds The Hollies and
Elektra: From the forces that brought you X-Men and Daredevil... Superstar Jennifer Garner proves that looks can kill as the sexiest action hero ever to burst from the pages of Marvel Comics. Restored to life after sustaining mortal wounds in Daredevil an icy solitary Elektra (Garner) now lives only for death as the world's most lethal assassin. Using her bone-crunching martial arts skills and Kimagure - the ability to see into the future - Elektra is on a collision course wi
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