Luke Goss teams up with Steven Berkoff to tell the real life story of `Charlie Richardson' the head of the notorious `torture gang'. In the sixties London was owned and ruled by two families north of the river the Krays the Richardsons to the south. Now for the first time in his own words `Charlie' reveals what really happened when he was arrested and tried in what notoriously became known as the `Torture Trial'.
Michael Caine and the knockout Julie Walters deliver a pair of wonderful performances in this endearingly bittersweet tale of a boozily burnt-out professor's tutoring of (and subsequent tutoring by) a free-spirited hairdresser determined to improve her lot in life. The basic plot won't exactly surprise anyone who's ever seen a movie before but the ace cast (particularly Caine, who's rarely this subtle) continually finds new directions to spin off from the rather rote path. Although the end result is perhaps just a little too convinced of its own adorability to attain classic status, this remains a rarity in the genre--a feel-good film that earns its emotions honestly. A nice change of pace for director Lewis Gilbert, who is perhaps better known for his contributions to the James Bond series. --Andrew Wright
""Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!"" - Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) The complete second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation one of the finest sci-fi shows of all-time. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Child 2. Where Silence Has Lease 3. Elementary Dear Data 4. The Outr
Stanley Kubrick's dazzling, Academy Award® -winning* achievement is a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion. Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke) first visits our prehistoric ape-ancestry past, then leaps millennia (via one of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever) into colonised space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowman (Keir Dullea) into uncharted space, perhaps even into immortality. Open the pod bay doors, HAL. Let an awesome journey unlike any other begin. SPECIAL FEATURES Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood Channel Four Documentary 2001: The Making of a Myth 4 Insightful Featurettes: Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey A Look Behind the Future What Is Out There? 2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork Look: Stanley Kubrick! Audio-Only Bonus: 1966 Kubrick Interview Conducted by Jeremy Bernstein Theatrical Trailer
Stanley Kubrick's dazzling, Academy Award®-winning achievement is a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion. Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke) fi rst visits our prehistoric ape-ancestry past, then leaps millennia (via one of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever) into colonized space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowman (Keir Dullea) into uncharted space, perhaps even into immortality. Open the pod bay doors, HAL. Let an awesome journey unlike any other begin.
Suzanne Stone (Kidman) has always dreamed of being on TV - and she's dead-set on making that dream come true. But there is just one obstacle: Larry Maretto her husband (Dillon). So Suzanne convinces a love-struck teenager (Phoenix) to get Larry out of the way - for good. To Die For is the most critically acclaimed comedy of the year and Nicole Kidman struts her stuff with enough come-on carnality to singe the screen! (Peter Travers Rolling Stone)
This is a riveting thriller involving a young girl called Kim who is staying alone in a friend's house in Los Angeles. While watching an old black and white film on television she notices that the film is being intercut by a sequence in colour of a man and woman making love. The sequence ends with the man suffocating the woman with a pillow and then bundling her into a plastic bag. Confused and shocked it is only the next day that Kim realises for certain what has happened when a friend informs her that there has been a series of murders in Los Angeles with women found in green plastic bags. As the scenes continue Kim alerts the police and word leaks out to the media of Kim's discovery and the picture is being picked up by a neighbouring scanning TV dish of videos made by the murderer for his own use. Kim's role changes from spectator to victim. As the killer's face is never seen any man becomes a nightmare as she misinterprets friendly gestures from teachers to delivery men. When we think it's all over she gets a phone call. Is the game over yet?
A collection of 5 films based on murder mystery novels by Mary Higgins Clark. Includes: 1. A Crime Of Passion 2. Before I Say Goodbye 3. Try To Remember 4. The Cradle Will Fall 5. I'll Be Seeing You
John Russell (Scott) a composer and music professor loses his wife and daughter in a tragic accident. Seeking solace he moves into an old mansion unoccupied for twelve years. But a child-like presence seems to be sharing the house and trying to share its secrets with him. Through research into the house's past and a seance held within Russell discovers the horrific secret of the house's past a secret that the presence will no longer allow to be kept...
Young and beautiful Kim Walker (Durbin) aspires for the life of a Broadway actress and singer. She devises a scheme which will get her on stage in fact she gets the lead role in a new play through the help of the magnificent John Sheridan (Laughton) even against the writer's objections.
A detailed gripping Crimewatch investigation into the mysteries of these heinous 19th century crimes. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Jack The Ripper killings a respected team of world-renowned forensic scientists criminologists and Ripper-ologists (including forensic pathologist Dr. William Eckert the Curator of Scotland Yard's Black Museum William Waddell FBI Special Agents Roy Hazelwood and John Douglas Queen's Counsel Ann Mallalieu Donald Rumbelow and Martin Fido) were gathered together for a live news-making television event with one purpose: to uncover The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper. Presented by Peter Ustinov this documentary employs state-of-the-art methods of criminal analysis developed by the F.B.I. constructs vivid re-enactments of the crimes and presents profiles of each of the prime suspects as the experts attempt to positively identify Jack the Ripper.
Part of a new collection of DVDs charting the outstanding range of Frank Sinatra's live performances. A man who put a unique stamp on the music of the 20th Century. Featuring many classic songs. Tracklist: Instrumental Medley of It Was A Very Good Year All The Way & My Kind Of Town The Lady Is A Tramp I Get A Kick Out Of You Let Me Try Again Autumn In New York I've Got You Under My Skin (Bad Bad) Leroy Brown Angel Eyes You Are The Sunshine Of My Life The House I L
The life of a successful magazine writer is torn apart when her husband is killed by a massive explosion aboard his boat - but little does she know the killer's agenda is only half complete...
Based on the true-life case of the incarceration of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Oscar-winning Warner Baxter) The Prisoner of Shark Island is a fast-moving and gripping drama - rarely seen and remarkably timeless - following Mudd through a calamitous series of brutal encounters. Regarded as a personal favourite by the director it was also the film with which he was said to be the most happy with. Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath Tobacco Road) The Pris
Department of Weights and Measures Inspector Johnny Cave finds himself in the midst of deceitful government officials when he takes over for his boss whom the officials have beaten and put in the hospital. Cave quickly acts to turn everyone in but his corrupt counterparts refuse to go quietly. Soon he exposes the hidden government agenda that has his coworkers bilking the American taxpayers out of several thousand dollars per year by stealing an equally small amount from everybod
In some ways, calling this collection James Dean: The Rare Movies is a little misleading. After all, the "all-purpose delinquent"--as described in David Dalton's fascinating booklet notes--made only three feature films and, in true iconic style, died a youthful, violent death. Yet the collection works somewhat on an ironic level. The 1950s was a decade in which television established itself as the biggest threat to the cinematic medium, and this is a selection of some of the television dramas and commercials that Dean made on his way up to Hollywood stardom, presented with the same introductions and sponsors' messages of the original transmissions. So how good was he at the beginning? All the raw material was there: the restless misfit, the damaged juvenile and the complex punk. In 1954's "I am a Fool" he stars with Natalie Wood in what turned out to be a rehearsal for Rebel Without a Cause on the big screen. At times he moves with an almost balletic grace, at others he twitches with that awkwardness that still leaves new generations of fans totally enthralled. Television was never going to contain him. This is like watching history in the making and is all the more compelling because we know the tragedy that lay but a short way ahead. On the DVD: It scarcely matters that these television dramas and commercials are presented in 4:3 format. The picture quality is inevitably poor and the sound rough, sometimes to the point of inaudibility. Made in television's explosive adolescence, they were never intended to be monuments to technological brilliance. We're just lucky they've survived at all. The track selection offers a maze-like array of choices for you to skip between films, introductions and commercial breaks and occasionally this can be confusing. A chronology on the DVD itself would have helped.--Piers Ford
Indecent Proposal : One million dollars no questions asked: David and Diana can end their financial worries if they accept the offer of billionaire financier John Gage. One night with Diana nothing more: that's what Gage wants in return. But will David and Diane accept? If they do can their marriage survive? One irresistible movie 'Indecent Proposal': the sizzling controversial exploration of modern love and morality. Fatal Attraction: Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher a New York attorney who has a tryst with seductive Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) while his wife (Anne Archer) is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now not tomorrow not ever; even if it means destroying Dan's family to keep him...
In 1888 a string of innocent women were viciously murdered by a serial killer. No witnesses were found.No suspects were convicted. The real identity of the killer has never been determined. In this 2 hour investigation presented by peter Ustinov a team of world renowned forensic scientists and criminologists investigate the murders. Using state of the art methods of criminal analysis developed by the F.B.I. with vivid re-enhancements of the crimes and profiles of each suspect the experts will attempt to positively identity JACK THE RIPPER.
Gladiator: The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) orders his execution - and that of his family. Barely escaping death Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows. Now he has come to Rome intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor; Commodus.... Spartacus: Stanley Kubrick's film tells the tale of Spartacus the bold gladiator slave and Virinia the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. A classic inspirational true account of one man's struggle for freedom Spartacus combines history with spectacle to recreate a moving drama of love and commitment.
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