Stop running. Face the truth. Johnny Doyle (Vinnie Jones) tries to escape a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London until his former comrade Flynn (Patrick Bergin) escapes from Brixton Prison hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process. Unable to escape Brixton they are trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house sandwiched between a pirate radio station belonging to a Rasta DJ (Lennox Lewis) and a West Indian 'Yardie' crackdealing gangster Julius (Eriq La Salle) downstairs. As the charismatic Flynn finds common ground with the Yardies Johnny fights to realise a peace process of his own but makes the mistake of falling for Julius's girlfriend (Samantha Mumba) causing allout war.
In 1972, before the internet, before the explosion of the adult film industry, Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film, featuring a story, some jokes, and an unknown and unlikely star, Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried; Les Miserables). Escaping a strict religious family, Linda discovered freedom and the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard; TVs The Killing). As Linda Lovelace she became an international sensation-less centerfold fantasy than a charming girl-next-door with some 'impressive skills'. Fully inhabiting her new identity, Linda became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism. Six years later she presented another, utterly contradictory, narrative to the world-and herself, as the survivor of a far darker story. The all-star cast includes; Emmy Award winner Hank Azaria (The Simpsons), BAFTA winner Juno Temple (The Dark Night Rises), Adam Brody (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World), Academy Award nominee James Franco (127 Hours), Golden Globe nominee Chris Noth (Sex and The City), Emmy Winner Bobby Cannavale (TVs Nurse Jackie), Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games), Robert Patrick (Gangster Squad), Debi Mazar (Collateral), Eric Roberts (The Expendables, The Dark Night), Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone (Casino, Basic Instinct), and Academy Award nominee Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry).
She should marry for love not for the family. Halle Berry features as Shelley Coles a beautiful twenty-five year old woman from a black family of privilege. Shelby is engaged to marry Meade Howell a wonderful jazz musician but as she approaches her wedding day she begins to suffer misgivings brought on by a mixed heritage. Meade's parents will not be attending the marriage of their son because they do not approve of his bi-racial union. Shelby's parents do not object to the colour of Meade's skin but wanted their beautiful eligible daughter to marry a successful professional not a jazz musician. To further cloud Shelby's decision is the arrival of Lute McNeil a very handsome black man who has made it very clear that he considers Shelby to be the woman of his dreams and seeks to have her at any cost... This saga involves family secrets and heart-wrenching questions about love and duty as it relates to the tale of an upper-class African-American family whose ancestors experienced entirely diverse histories leaving the current members of the family with painful choices to make.
Funny People pulls off quite a feat: it examines the sources of comedy and manages to be knockout funny. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons, a successful comedian of Adam Sandler proportions who is diagnosed with a fatal blood disease. Faced with impending death, he recognizes that he has no friends and decides to make a best friend out of an aspiring young comedian named Ira (Seth Rogen, Knocked Up). This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura (Leslie Mann, 17 Again). But forging real relationships conflicts with all the impulses that feed Georges comedy: can he truly re-create his life? Funny People has enough raw, no-inhibitions comedy to satisfy Sandler fans, but the core of the movie is far more complex and compelling--and significantly, Sandler rises to it. He, Rogen, and Mann all deliver superb performances, as does the supporting cast (including Jonah Hill, Superbad; Jason Schwartzman, Rushmore; and Eric Bana, Munich). Funny People fits into the ranks of such classics as Hannah and Her Sisters and Terms of Endearment: movies that blend sadness and joy into a vibrant picture of life. --Bret Fetzer
Tom Dowd And The Language Of Music profiles the extraordinary life and legendary work of music producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd. Historical footage vintage photographs and interviews with a who's who list of musical giants from the worlds of jazz soul and classic rock shine a spotlight on the brilliance of Tom Dowd whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music.Tom Dowd's credits include recording sessions with Aretha Franklin Ray Charles Eric Clapton Otis Redding John Coltrane The Allman Brothers Band Tito Puente Dizzy Gillespie Thelonious Monk Cream Rod Stewart Lynyrd Skynyrd Booker T & the MG's and countless other musical luminaries.
1979. 10-year-old Albertine and all her relatives have gathered in the family house in Brittany for their grandmother’s birthday. All believe the Skylab a piece of a NASA rocket will fall on their heads that summer. This reunion turns out to be a crazy weekend of revelations that none of them expected... Starring Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) Eric Elmosnino (Gainsbourg) and Julie Delpy (Before Midnight 2 Days in Paris) SKYLAB is a wonderfully quirky off-beat coming-of-age tale.
"Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" director Ang Lee brings the brutal Marvel Comics character to the silver screen.
Same sex. Different city. Set in the chic world of Los Angeles this humor laced dramatic series explores the lives of a group of lesbians their friends family and neighbours. The series takes a smart sexy and fun look at the hopes dreams and lives of these individuals as they deal with things like career struggles relationship issues and the pressures of trying to start a family. The stellar cast features Pam Grier (Jackie Brown Foxy Brown) Jennifer Beals (Flashdance Vampire's Kiss) and a fine selection of guest stars including Snoop Dogg Ossie Davis and Rosanna Arquette.
The complete third series of ITV's long running crime drama The Bill is packed with more hard hitting storylines gritty acting and internal conflict down at Sun Hill. Episodes Comprise: 1. The New Order of Things 2. Some You Win Some You Lose 3. Brownie Points 4. Missing Presumed Dead 5. Domestics 6. What Are Little Boys Made Of? 7. Blind Alleys Clogged Roads 8. Double Trouble 9. Sun Hill Karma 10. Skipper 11. Overnight Stay 12. Not Without Cause
Titles Comprise: License To Wed: follows newly engaged Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and his fianc''e Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) in their quest to live happily ever after. The problem is that Sadie's family church St. Augustine's is run by Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) who won't bless Ben and Sadie's union until they pass his patented 'foolproof' marriage-prep course. Consisting of outrageous classes outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy; Reverend Frank's rigorous curriculum puts Ben and Sadie's relationship to the test. Forget happily ever after... do they even have what it takes to make it to the altar? Lucky You: Billie Offer (Barrymore) is a young singer from Bakersfield with more heart then talent. Huck Cheever (Bana) is a poker player whose emotions at the table often undermine his exceptional skill especially when he is heads up with his father poker legend L. C. Cheever (Duvall). The one aptitude Billie and Huck seem to share is a knack for reading people - the difference is what they do with that gift. While Huck's instincts enable him to take advantage of his opponents at the poker table and expertly avoid both emotional connections and long-term commitments in his personal life Billie uses her intuition to see the emotional truth of those around her and sympathize with their pain. When these two meet the real game begins. If Huck is going to win Billie's heart her must lean to play cards the way he has been living life and live life the way he has been playing cards. No Reservations: Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as master chef Kate Armstrong who lives her life like she runs her kitchen with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. Kate's perfectionist nature is put to the test when she 'inherits' her nine-year-old niece Zoe (Abigail Breslin) while contending with a brash new sous-chef who joins her staff. High-spirited and freewheeling Nick Palmer (Aaron Eckhart) couldn't be more different from Kate yet the chemistry between them is undeniable.
A plane carrying the great Polish concert pianist Jan Ignace Paderewski is forced to make an emergency landing in Sweden and the stranded passengers shelter at the estate of the beautiful Baroness Lindenborg. Though one of the passengers the smooth-talking Mario de la Costa sweeps her off her feet the art of Paderewski touches all who are present - and allows the young Baroness to reflect upon where her true feelings really lie... Paderewski is both seen and heard as himself in this entrancing musical drama from 1937 produced and directed by Lothar Mendes (The Four Feathers). While the film opens with a concert recital of Chopin's 'Polonaise' and features Paderewski's own 'Minuet in G Major' a spellbinding performance of Beethoven's famous sonata brings the drama to its conclusion.
Hit American sitcom Will and Grace is as perky as Friends and as wittily urbane as Frasier. The premise concerns Will (Eric McCormack), a mildly uptight lawyer who agrees to let his best friend, interior designer Grace (Debra Messing), to become his flatmate. Their relationship has all the hallmarks of lovers--emotional dependency, little things that get on each others' nerves, strong mutual interests and volcanic arguments. The only snag is that while Grace is straight, Will is gay. Though not shy of poking sharp fun at that situation, Will and Grace is among sitcom's most potent and sophisticated antidotes to homophobia. Though initially a little too pleased with its own camp pertness, the show grows and grows on you with successive episodes, finally becoming indispensable. It also benefits from secondary characters Jack (Sean P Hayes) and Karen (Megan Mullally), also gay and straight respectively, both outrageously and hilariously irresponsible characters: he a free spirit and freeloader, shes "working" as Grace's assistant, even though she doesn't need the money, having married it. Despite its diamond and rapid-fire punch-lines, Will and Grace conveys enough sense of the main characters' lovelorn predicament to prevent it from becoming too cute.--David Stubbs
His Airness and His Hareness; what a team! Michael Jordon slams Bugs Bunny jams and a cavalcade of Looney Tunes and NBA stars hoop it up in the rim-rattlin out of this world roundball romp: Space Jam.
Troy: For honour... In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads the Greek forces against the Trojan defenders, commanded by Hector (Bana), who carries the fate of his nation on his shoulders... 10,000 BC: From Roland E...
49th Parallel is a powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked to make a flag waver by the Ministry of Information the brilliantly gifted film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger elected to set the action in Canada. The film features a stellar cast who all waived their fees in the interests of the war. A Nazi U-boat is sunk by the Canadian Air Force and all the crew are lost except six men who had been sent ashore before the attack. They stumble across an Eskimo village where Scott Peter and his Eskimo servant Martin live. Also present is a French trapper Johnnie (played by Laurence Olivier) who panics when held at gunpoint and is shot by one of the Nazis. After this the Allies send an S.O.S. plane and it is the intention of the Nazis to hijack it and fly to neutral America. When the plane arrives there is a scuffle but they manage to take off. Will they be caught before they kill again?
Meet Will & Grace. Grace is a sassy and smart interior designer, Will is a gorgeous and supercool lawyer. They're both looking for love and they're made for each other in every way, except for one thing - Grace is straight, Will is gay. Their lives are complicated even further by their outrageous friends, Karen & Jack.
Titles Comprise: Born On The Fourth Of July: Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning masterpiece. Based on a true story the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War to an embittered veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left and struggled before emerging as a brave new voice for the disenchanted. Black Hawk Down: Ridley Scott directs this fast moving action adventure about the disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers commanded by Capt. Mike Steele were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which leads to a large and chaotic firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which destroys two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu. Casualties Of War: Witness to a vile crime Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn). A powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat. With sweeping scope action and raw power master filmmaker Brian De Palma creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war. Jarhead: Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp. Three Kings: Absurdly comic highly kinetic at times shockingly emotional Three Kings begins when the Gulf War is over. Amid the partying and confusion four American soldiers (George Clooney Mark Wahlberg Ice Cube and Spike Jonze) determined to take home more than sand fleas go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day and their lives out of control. David O. Russell's unique tapestry of humor violence and history makes Three Kings one of the best movies of the year. (Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times)
The Monster A supernatural spooky tale... Hands Of The Ripper The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father's hand. Later as a troubled young woman she is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father and while in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon however he regrets his decision... The Uncanny Wilbur Gray (Cushing) a horror writer has stumbled upon a terrible secret. Spinning three tales of terror he desperately attempts to convince others that not all cats are friendly house-trained felines...
In the outskirts of Paris a young clerk befriends Lea (Sophie Renoir). Lea is going steady with Fabien (Eric Viellard) who is a friend to Alexandre (Franois-Eric Gendron) who is going steady with Adrienne (Anne-Laure Meury) but is loved by Blanche (Emmanuelle Chaulet). Somehow a way has to be found to get out of this emotional chaos...
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