9 1/2 Weeks: Elizabeth (Basinger) is a Soho gallery worker romantically uninvolved since a painful divorce. John (Rourke) is a wealthy commodities broker emotionally alone no matter who he's with. A chance meeting draws them into each other's worlds. Obsession takes them further into a mutual world of eroticism and emotional awakenings. Showgirls: Leave your inhibitions at the door and experience the sensation of Showgirls Las Vegas the pleasure capital of the world where stardom can be found..at a price. Fuelled by naked ambition Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) is willing to pay that price working as a stripper and lap-dancer in the seedy back room of the Cheetah Club. She is soon discovered by Cristal (Gina Gershon) the seductive star of the biggest sexiest show in Vegas who together with her lover Zack (Kyle MacLachlan) gives her the chance to fulfil her wildest dreams. Behind the glamour lies the sordid side to the nightlife full of traps set with lust and jealousy. Body Of Evidence: Seductive gallery owner Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) is accused of a unique crime - using violent sex to murder a wealthy businessman. Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe) is the lawyer trying to defend her helpless to resist her extraordinary brand of lovemaking...
Eight years after the controversial and shocking Irreversible, director Gaspar Noé cemented his reputation as the enfant terrible of New French Extremity with perhaps his most challenging film to date a hallucinatory meditation on life, death and rebirth, shot entirely in the first person. American siblings Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) and Linda (Paz de la Huerta, The Limits of Control) eke out a shared existence in Tokyo he by dealing drugs, she by working as a stripper. However, tragedy strikes when a deal turns sour and Oscar is shot by the police. As his lifeless body lies on the floor of a public toilet, his soul floats high above the neon-drenched Tokyo streets, observing the effect of his death on his sister and reliving the events in his life that brought him to this juncture. Described by Noé himself as a psychedelic melodrama, Enter the Void boasts mesmerising cinematography by the award-winning Benoît Debie (Climax, Spring Breakers) and a hypnotic soundtrack of experimental and electronic music. Powerful and transcendent, it offers viewers an immersive cinematic experience like no other. Product Features High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the 143-minute UK theatrical cut and the full-length 161-minute director's cut Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Enter the Sensorium, a brand new visual essay on the film by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicolas Brand new video interview with typography designer and long-term Noé collaborator Tom Kan 8 deleted scenes Archival Making of Special Effects featurette Archival Vortex featurette Archival DMT Loop featurette French and international theatrical trailers 8 teaser trailers 3 unused trailers Image gallery Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jon Towlson and Rich Johnson, and an oral history of the film by Steven Hanley Fold-out double-sided poster featuring two choices of artwork Six double-sided, postcard-sized artcards
In Cold Lazarus we find the cryogenically stored brain of Daniel Freed trapped in a future world where scientists gather to watch his projected memories. Under pressure from rival corporate interests the scientists fall victim to the tricks that memory can play picking at threads as they try to comprehend how personal histories are written - and can be rewritten. As elements of truth and fiction explosively intertwine will the mind of Daniel Feeld finally be set free?
The sixth series of The X-Files picks up after the events of the big-screen movie. So it is that "The Beginning" attempts to fit the film into the TV chronology before moving on to tackle plot points left dangling from series five's "The End" (note the guard asleep at the nuclear power plant console is named Homer!). Between story arc threads are several pleasing one-off excursions: time travel to a Bermuda Triangle boatload of Nazis ("Triangle"); further temporal escapades akin to Groundhog Day ("Monday"); a demonic baby case featuring genre stalwart Bruce Campbell ("Terms of Endearment"); and "The Dreamland, Parts 1 and 2", in which David Duchovny gets to play someone else via personality switching. Back in the conspiracy scheme of things, Mulder chases "S.R. 819", a Senate resolution tying conspiracies together; "Two Fathers" and "One Son" indicates that the abductee experiments are intended to cure the black oil disease; and the year finishes with "BioGenesis", in which a beach-buried UFO has Scully and the audience wondering if we are from Mars. --Paul Tonks
An inevitable idea: a working man (Michael Keaton) who can't meet all his professional and family responsibilities has himself cloned. It works so well having one copy of himself to take charge of matters at the office that he makes another copy who takes care of the home front. Pretty soon, different aspects of Keaton's personality are emphasised in the different clones: the labourer becomes a macho creep and the domestic god becomes rather feminine. A third clone, struck from the duplicates instead of the original, becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy: inferior. Multiplicity is a timely comedy should be better than it is, but special-effects requirements are so labour-intensive that most scenes feel stiff and leaden. Keaton is good in all four parts, and in certain gee-whiz effects scenes, where he even high-fives himself, he pulls off a minor miracle or two. (Of course, a kid did the same thing in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.) --Tom Keogh
Only two years separate The Fourth Man, the final Dutch language movie by director Paul Verhoeven, and the explosive commencement of his Hollywood career. Controversy raged about violence in Flesh + Blood, RoboCop and everything else he made thereafter. Yet controversy has always been a part of the filmmaker's work. This savage comedy shocker could well be seen as a trial run for Basic Instinct, since it features an ice-cold seductress (Renee Soutendijk) with mysterious motivations and sexual preferences. The hallucinatory tale follows a novelist (Jeroen Krabbé) first falling for her, and then feverishly investigating whether she's a serial husband killer. The film is full of what would soon be recognised as Verhoeven trademarks: a little blasphemy, a lot of nudity, dispassionate characters and hidden agendas. One of the aspects that caught the eye of international audiences was the film's colourful lighting and camerawork. This was from Jan de Bont, who, thanks in large part to Verhoeven, would go on to direct Speed and others. Many prints of the movie were edited around the world, but it's presented here uncut. Full of symbolic flourishes and allegorical plot points, this is a dizzying display of the type of black comedy that not even Verhoeven can get away with in today's politically aware industry. --Paul Tonks
From the impenetrably euphemistic to the breathtakingly explicit this intriguing anthology takes us through 60 years of sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s. All 'unmentionable matters' pertaining to sex are dealt with from the WW1 warning to soldiers about the dangers of cavorting with loose women in London's West End Whatsoever a Man Soweth (1917) to puberty pep-talks for girls on how to avoid pregnancy in Don't Be Like Brenda (1973).
This classic 1942 war movie tells the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Jeffrey Quill - developed the aeroplane whose technological superiority helped Britain to win the vital battle of the skies. It features two of Britain's best-loved stars: Leslie Howard (who also directs and who tragically went missing in action shortly after the film was made) as Mitchell and David Niven as Quill. Scripted by two other great names from British cinema Miles Malleson and Anatole de Grunwald The First Of The Few also features a stirring score by William Walton.
Joan and Eddie are in love but he is a career criminal. She uses her influence to get him out of prison and after their marriage he vows to go straight. However things don't go according to plan and they both go off the rails...
A collection of stories about three women who all came from an unstable family background. There's Delia who was abandoned by her mother and was left to be brought up by her drug-addict father. Greta left home when she was young because she couldn't cope with her mother's criticism and Paula who lived on the streets for a year after running away from home.
Kris Reddy is a young man who wants nothing more than to leave his traditional Indian home and live the All-American life. But in college he is shocked to discover that he's been assigned a zany group of Indian room mates to live with. Kris takes a wild journey learning all about the vibrant 'desi"" scene and immerses himself in the music parties food and dances. But his real hurdle comes when meets and falls for Nina Shah - hot young Indian beauty who unlike Krish knows how to bal
When someone dies a horrible death, their spirit becomes confused and angry. It becomes 'Vinyan' - a vengeful and lost soul.
Feathers and fans corsets and costumes glitter and rhinestones... Burlesque Undressed is a lavish and dazzling journey right into the heart of the art-form featuring a compelling mix of live performance interviews from burlesque stars past and present captivating music and all-round show-stopping entertainment. British burlesque superstar Immodesty Blaize peels back the curtain to reveal her world of high-octane glamour and gives an exclusive peep behind-the-scenes to expose the work involved in the art of the tease to produce a signature act of perfection. From the elaborate spectacular costume designs to the impressive on-stage gimmicks Immodesty and her pals showcase the best of burlesque in a dazzling explosion of seductive live performance including footage from her very own sell-out Tease Show. Veteran burlesque legends reveal hilarious anecdotes from the original Golden Era including running foul of the censors and getting jailed for shaking their behind even when covered up! This high-definition film tells the real story of the genre charting its rise and fall from early British roots to an American evolution and finally rejoicing in burlesque's 21st century revival. Burlesque Undressed also features a special appearance from Marc Almond and a blaizin' big band soundtrack of heart-pounding memorable music. Immodesty Blaize crowned the Queen of Burlesque 2007 in Las Vegas first appeared in the media performing with Goldfrapp in videos and stage shows. With her signature glamorous brand of erotic ironic theatrical entertainment Immodesty is uniquely placed to give us a whistlestop tour of the history of burlesque. She has spearheaded the genre's return to prominence in Europe as a sophisticated art-form. In a culture where we're constantly bombarded with overt sexual imagery Immodesty's shows bring back high voltage glamour humour and celebration with the charm and allure of old Hollywood. She is very much in the tradition of national heroines such as Diana Dors and Joan Collins who combine knowing sexuality with a British wit and a keen intelligence. Immodesty Blaize is a real woman with star quality - a modern day British Bombshell with the curves and the fun factor. Warm celebratory cheeky glamorous and revelatory Burlesque Undressed is the ultimate film on burlesque.
Three interlocking stories set in the legendary New York City dance palace make up this charming film the third to be shot by Merchant Ivory Productions in America. In the first segment The Waltz Teresa Wright is a widow who comes to Roseland in order to sustain the memory of her late husband where she meets Stan (Lou Jacobi) a man who offers her an opportunity for happiness in the present. In The Hustle Christopher Walken stars as a gigolo with three women in his life all of whom depend on him for different degrees of romance and companionshiop. In the final segment The Peabody an older Vietnamese woman (Lilia Skala) sets out to win a dance competition despite warnings that it could imperil her health. Ruth Prawer Jhabvalas understated screenplay received accolades and delivers an uncharacteristic bit of sentiment not present in other Merchant Ivory efforts.
Too mainstream to be a cult, yet too odd to be totally conventional, Ally McBeal has become one of televisions curios. While its early days saw the show become something of a victim of its own self-conscious stylising, the episodes included on series 4 volume 2 are far stronger in terms of characterisation and plot and the storylines are easy to pick up. Not that the quirks have been exiled--the first programme features McBeal hallucinating about Barry Manilow--rather they have now become part of the overall feel of the show. Despite the attention lavished on both the lead character and the actress who plays her, the show is a real ensemble piece and works best when all the players are together. One of the collection's weakest moments is the episode that sends the usually excellent Richard and John off to LA on their own, an episode which lays threat to a dreaded spin off. While there are annoying moments--could they not have edited out the "previously on Ally McBeal" parts for retail release and why do they never go out with anyone other than work colleagues--with guest appearances from the likes of Sting this is a must for any fan of the series. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD collection betrays very little thought or effort. The pace of the show is certainly brisk (especially when shorn of the adverts) and the picture quality is equally dynamic, instilling real depth to the many aerial shots of Boston itself. Given that music is such an integral part in the show, it is no surprise that the soundtrack has been given a boost by its recreation in Dolby digital stereo. The interactive menu, however, is clumsy to use and having to work back through the options at the end of each episode quickly becomes tiresome. The complete lack of any extras whatsoever is also a definite minus point.--Phil Udell
As a rule, Flemish-language films rarely make much of an international impact, but Pauline & Paulette is a refreshing exception. Director Lieven Debrauwer's debut is an affectionate coming-together of two sisters: the mentally-restricted Pauline, living in a world of flowers and fantasy, and Paulette, her life occupied with lingerie and operetta. The story focuses on the exasperation of Pauline as she is shunted between provincial Belgium and Brussels and the realisation of Paulette, having retired to the coast, that a sister in her life might not be a bad option after all. The interplay between veteran actresses Dora van der Groen and Ann Petersen is minutely observed in detail, with the remaining cast a triumph of ensemble acting, not least Rosemarie Bergmans as the sophisticated "other sister" Cecile and Idwig Stéphane as the pompous Albert. At just 72 minutes, the film is almost too taut for its own good, but if this was Debrauwer's way of avoiding the sentimental, so much the better. Witty and touching in equal measure, this is a film to savour. On the DVD: Pauline & Paulette has a 1.85:1 widescreen picture format that captures the flowers and clothing of Paulette's shop with gorgeous realism. There are subtitles in five languages. The original trailer is included, and there's an insightful running commentary from Debrauwer. --Richard Whitehouse
Chainsaw mayhem cannibalism lusty nazis steak tartar blood and gore - all rounded off with some highly amusing offbeat antics by the great man Lucio Fulci himself. What more could a horror fan ask for?
A city-dwelling couple and their friend are invited to the remote tidal island of Amen for a surprise birthday party. Husband Rick has been in cahoots with Corinne, an enigmatic Amen Island local who he believes holds the answers to his wife s long-buried family secrets. But the surprise birthday trip soon goes horribly wrong and the trio find themselves trapped by the tide and at the mercy of the unwelcoming island community. A growing sense of unease turns into a living nightmare for the visitors as the true horror of the situation unfolds. AMEN ISLAND is a deviant British thriller inspired by British Cult Classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror. Directed by Mark Harriott and Mike Matthews and with an all British cast including David Paisley (Holby City, Casualty), Jill Riddiford (Our Friends in the North) and trash horror legend David McGillivray, AMEN ISLAND is the birthday trip from hell.
When a classified ad grabs the attention of Chicago Times editor Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb) he sends ace reporter P.J. McNeal (James Stewart) to dig up new evidence in the 11-year-old case of a cop killer: It appears that Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) has taken a fall and been wrongly imprisoned for the murder. Although hard-nosed McNeal is initially skeptical he eventually believes that Wiecek was in fact a patsy. And although McNeal hits one dead end after another the avid newsma
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