THE RUBBER KEYED WONDER tells the story of legendary British inventor Sir Clive Sinclair and the evolution of the landmark ZX Spectrum home computer. First released in 1982, the ZX Spectrum sold millions of units worldwide, opening the door to a new world of possibilities and a booming generation of consumer tech. Most notably, the ZX Spectrum enabled users to learn computer programming, helping to kickstart the video-game boom of the 1980s.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Albert joins the 'family business'... being a master craftsman hangman.
All the episodes and Christmas Specials.
This is the complete series of Keeping Up Appearances, where you can witness Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, don't you know), and her long-suffering husband Richard, impressing and distressing their family and neighbours. "Daddy" is still fighting the Second World War and regularly causes havoc with his antics, Richard fights daily against early retirement, and sister Daisy and brother-in-law Onslow cause our house-proud Mrs Bouquet much embarrassment and humiliation.
All 11 feature length Cracker adventures in one box set! Robbie Coltrane leads an all-star cast in Jimmy McGovern's groundbreaking gritty drama as the uncompromising idiosyncratic Fitz a man whose psychological insight extends to everyone but himself. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Mad Woman In The Attic 2. To Say I Love You 3. One Day A Lemming Will Fly 4. To Be A Somebody 5. The Big Crunch 6. Men Should Weep 7. Brotherly Love 8. Best Boys 9. True Romance 10. White Ghost 11. Cracker
Stomping whomping stealing singing tap-dancing violating Derby-topped teddy-boy hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has his own way of having a good time. He has it at the tragic expense of others. Alex's journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shook vision of Anthony Burgess's novel. Unforgettable images startling musical counterpoints the fascinating language used by Alex and his pals - Kubrick shapes them into a shattering whole.
This is the complete series of Keeping up Appearances where you can witness Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet don't you know) and her long suffering Richard impressing and distressing their family and neighbours. Laugh along when 'Daddy' chases after milk ladies naked on his bike Richard fights daily against early retirement and sister Daisy and brother-in-law Onslow cause our house proud Mrs Bucket much embarrassment and humiliation. Featuring every episode of the entire series in an 8 disc box set this is the first time this hilarious BBC comedy is available in one fantastic package including the Christmas Specials! So come in for a Darjeeling tea and visit our heroine Hyacinth Bucket as she fights the ever declining moral fabric of Britain... just whatever you do... don't brush against her walls.
No Children. No Future. No Hope. Academy Award®-winner Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity, Y Tu Mamá También) is renowned for his bold and ambitious camerawork, pushing technology to its limits in his pursuit of cinematic truth. With 2006 s Children of Men, he delivers one of the most chilling and visceral works of cinematic speculative fiction in recent memory. In 2027, following eighteen years of global human infertility, the world is a bleak and hostile place. Former activist Theo (Clive Owen, Gosford Park, Shadow Dancer) drifts through the violence-riven streets of London without hope or purpose. However, when he reluctantly agrees to help former lover Julian (Julianne Moore, The Fugitive) smuggle a miraculously pregnant woman out of the country, he is unwittingly thrust into the role of all that stands between the human race and its extinction. As the country descends into anarchy and the authorities close in, Theo must race against time to secure safe passage for the humanity s only hope of salvation. Based on the dystopian novel by P.D. James and co-starring Michael Caine (Pulp) and Clare-Hope Ashitey (Seven Seconds), Children of Men offers a powerful and frightening glimpse at a future that, more than a decade later, feels even more chillingly prescient than at the time of its original release. Special Edition Contents: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD master audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing New audio commentary by author and critic Bryan Reesman There is No Future, a new video appreciation by film historian Philip Kemp Fertility & Progeny, a new video essay by author and critic Kat Ellinger The Possibility of Hope, an archival documentary featuring interviews with activist Naomi Klein, philosopher Slavoj i ek and others, exploring the film s resonance with contemporary current affairs Comments by Slavoj i ek, an archival featurette on the film s themes Creating the Baby, an archival featurette on the film s visual effects Futuristic Design, an archival featurette on the film s sets Theo & Julian, an archival featurette on Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and their characters Under Attack, an archival featurette on the film s ground-breaking camerawork Deleted scenes Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Corey Brickley First pressing Only: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mark Cunliffe and Amy Simmons
The story of two sisters who saved a stranger, and the stranger who stole their hearts.
This heart warming comedy stars Brenda Blethyn (Little Voice, Secrets & Lies) as Grace Trevethan whose idyllic life on the Cornish coast is turning upside down.
Cruel fates are met. The Lannisters barely hold on to the throne after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, while stirrings in the North threaten the balance of power. Robb Stark, King in the North, faces calamity as he attempts to build on his victories over the Lannisters. Beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder and his army of wildlings continue to march south. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys with her three fast-maturing dragons attempts to raise an army to sail with her, in hopes of claiming the Iron Throne. The families of Westeros continue to clash as bonds are strained and loyalties are tested. Special Features Includes over an hour of bonus features
Journey to a thrilling ancient world in this epic new series about history's bravest and most brutally fearsome warriors... Vikings. Ragnar a would-be Viking chieftain longs to fulfil his destiny as an explorer and conqueror alongside his ambitious brother Rollo and loyal wife Lagertha. But as Ragnar leads daring raids in distant realms across the ocean treacherous forces in his Norse homeland conspire against him. Faced with shocking betrayals and the temptations of a mysterious seductress Ragnar must wage war on the battlefield - and within himself - to protect his freedom family and life.
In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories.
With Ragnar now king, he faces more foes than ever in Season 3, but of all his rivals, none pose more of a threat to his reign than Erlendur. The only surviving child of King Horik, he is hell bent on revenge against the man who killed his father.
The controversy that surrounded Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange while the film was out of circulation suggested that it was like Romper Stomper: a glamorisation of the violent, virile lifestyle of its teenage protagonist, with a hypocritical gloss of condemnation to mask delight in rape and ultra-violence. Actually, it is as fable-like and abstract as The Pilgrim's Progress, with characters deliberately played as goonish sitcom creations. The anarchic rampage of Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a bowler-hatted juvenile delinquent of the future, is all over at the end of the first act. Apprehended by equally brutal authorities, he changes from defiant thug to cringing bootlicker, volunteering for a behaviourist experiment that removes his capacity to do evil.It's all stylised: from Burgess' invented pidgin Russian (snarled unforgettably by McDowell) to 2001-style slow tracks through sculpturally perfect sets (as with many Kubrick movies, the story could be told through decor alone) and exaggerated, grotesque performances on a par with those of Dr Strangelove (especially from Patrick Magee and Aubrey Morris). Made in 1971, based on a novel from 1962, A Clockwork Orange resonates across the years. Its future is now quaint, with Magee pecking out "subversive literature" on a giant IBM typewriter and "lovely, lovely Ludwig Van" on mini-cassette tapes. However, the world of "Municipal Flat Block 18A, Linear North" is very much with us: a housing estate where classical murals are obscenely vandalised, passers-by are rare and yobs loll about with nothing better to do than hurt people. On the DVD: The extras are skimpy, with just an impressionist trailer in the style of the film used to brainwash Alex and a list of awards for which Clockwork Orange was nominated and awarded. The box promises soundtracks in English, French and Italian and subtitles in ten languages, but the disc just has two English soundtracks (mono and Dolby Surround 5.1) and two sets of English subtitles. The terrific-looking "digitally restored and remastered" print is letterboxed at 1.66:1 and on a widescreen TV plays best at 14:9. The film looks as good as it ever has, with rich stable colours (especially and appropriately the orangey-red of the credits and the blood) and a clarity that highlights previously unnoticed details such as Alex's gouged eyeball cufflinks and enables you to read the newspaper articles which flash by. The 5.1 soundtrack option is amazingly rich, benefiting the nuances of performance as much as the classical/electronic music score and the subtly unsettling sound effects. --Kim Newman
Descend Into The Shadows Of London Below On his way to dinner with his fiance Richard Mayhew sees a wounded girl on the sidewalk and his efforts to help her will end the life he knows. The next morning he is a cipher erased from existence and consigned to a subterranean world of danger and shadows. One of the most acclaimed fantasy novels in recent years Neverwhere was originally a six-part BBC television series. Rarely seen since its initial broadcast this visionary tale was the first story written directly for the screen by Neil Gaiman the prolific genius behind DC Comics' The Sandman series and the best-selling novel American Gods.
Larry David is back, once again landing himself in one self-inflicted faux pas after another in Season 10 of the award-winning comedy. This season, Larry gets into a series of escalating predicaments as he takes on a major project to spite a new adversary--which proves to be more complicated than he anticipated.
Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland; a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good. Enter, John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humour, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, the Fab Four tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.
Between 1968 and 1977, the BBC broadcast 84 television episodes of 'Dad's Army'. Across nine seasons and seven Christmas specials, the programme continues to be one of the most beloved of all British sitcoms. However, not every episode of 'Dad's Army' still survives in its original format. Five episodes were never formally archived by the BBC and are today presumed lost. No footage is known to exist from any of these episodes. They are collectively some of the most sought-after of all lost television programmes. Happily, audio-only recordings have survived of all five of these lost classics. These audio recordings (starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn) have been painstakingly reassembled and restored and are now used as the basis for a series of new animated episodes of 'Dad's Army' - featuring all new hand-drawn black and white animation, synced up to the words of the original actors. These new animated episodes give audiences a chance to enjoy five original episodes of this much-loved comedy classic for the first time in over fifty-years.
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