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Bizet: Carmen -- film version | DVD | (13/03/2000)
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| RRP This movie version of Bizet's popular opera Carmen was filmed on location, conveying a kind of atmosphere, a sense of space, movement, and presence that's hard to achieve in a staged performance. It takes the action out of doors for many scenes, with the opening titles superimposed on the bloody conclusion of a bullfight. Elsewhere the changing of the guard, the crowd scenes, the dance number that opens Act 2, and the panoramic scenery of the smugglers' mountain hideout all benefit from the freedom granted by movie cameras. It's an exciting Carmen, too, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, though, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where the soundtrack was taped before the film was shot. Casting her in the role was a gamble, but it worked; she is a convincing actress. Unlike most opera-house performances this movie version uses the opera's original opera comique form with some spoken dialogue rather than recitatives.--Joe McLellan, Amazon.com
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Mr & Mrs Smith | DVD | (21/04/2003)
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| RRP Before Hollywood had entirely typecast Alfred Hitchcock as the master of suspense, with Mr & Mrs Smith he was allowed to fashion an elegant romantic trifle starring Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard. It probably won't replace Rear Window or Psycho in your affections, but the film is more than a curious footnote to the director's career. The two leads play David and Ann Smith, a devoted but endlessly squabbling couple who discover their three-year marriage isn't legal. When he unexpectedly hesitates to arrange a second wedding, she storms out in a huff and soon begins dating his solid, dependable business partner Jeff (Gene Raymond). The rest follows the formula laid down by such previous screwball comedies as The Awful Truth (1937) and Bringing Up Baby (1938): David employs fair means or foul to win back Ann's heart, causes all sorts of complicated mischief, then... well, three guesses what happens in the end. The intriguing thing about the movie is how Hitchcock takes Norman Krasna's paper-thin script and adds sly undercurrents of menace. You may note, for instance, that the ostensibly happy Smiths treat each other with subtle sadism right from the start, and that David's tactical pursuit of his ex-wife (spying on her and deliberately offending Jeff's parents) involves them both in humiliations that are really quite sinister and ugly. Violence seems about to erupt in the recurring scenes where Ann shaves her husband (suggestively holding a razor up to his throat)--and make what you will of our hero's symbolic nosebleeds. There's a touch of Vertigo in one scary moment when a jammed amusement park ride leaves two characters dangling helplessly high above the ground--and a touch of shall we say relief for Hitchcock's well-known love of toilet humour in another oddball sequence. Montgomery and Lombard keep the mood acceptably frivolous, while indicating the flawed nature of the marital relationship. From the evidence of this one-off, Hitchcock might have been among the best comedy directors in the business, had he so wished. --Peter Matthews
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British Comedies of the 1930s 5 | DVD | (16/11/2015)
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| RRP The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard. Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. JOY RIDE (1935) Two cousins invite their girlfriends on a joy-ride, but car trouble leads to catastrophe! RADIO LOVER (1936) A penniless young charmer hits upon an ingenious route to fame and fortune...
Father Of The Bride / Boy's Town / The Old Man And The Sea | DVD | (31/10/2005)
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| RRP Three classic Spency Tracy films are featured on this fabulous box set. Father Of The Bride: The comic trials and tribulations that beset a family mostly the father prior to their daughter's wedding day. Taylor and Tracy give wonderful performances and it's easy to understand why this was remade in 1991. The colorized version doesn't add much. Academy Award Nominations: 3 including Best Picture Best Actor-Spencer Tracy Best Screenplay. Boy's Town: ""Boys Town"" is a
Gene Watson - Sings His Greatest Hits | DVD | (26/06/2006)
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| RRP There are people who sing and then there are the singer's singers. One of them is Gene Watson a singer's singer if ever one breathed. Ask Clint Black Randy Travis Marty Stuart Martina McBride or any number of other stars.Set Play List:14 Carat MindNo One Will Ever KnowTake Off Them ShoesSpeak Softly You're Talking To My HeartFarewell PartyYou're Out Doin' What I'm Here Doin' WithoutNothing Sure Looks Good On YouWhat She Don't Know Won't Hurt HerPick The Wildwood FlowersLove In The Hot AfternoonSpecial Guest Star Denice Price:One Of A KindCan't Even Get The BluesSomebody Everybody's Had
Teen Rebels 3 | DVD | (09/10/2006)
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| RRP New York Minute (Mary-Kate And Ashley Olsen): This action comedy follows one monumental day in the lives of sisters Roxanne and Jane Ryan. The academic and sophisticated Jane is due to deliver a speech to qualify for an Oxford scholarship. Meanwhile laid-back punk rocker Roxy is hoping to get a demo for her band. But their plans go astray and they end up in the middle of a shady black market deal. The girls must work together to get themselves out of trouble despite being pursued by their truant officer. (Dir. Dennie Gordon 2004) A Cinderella Story: Meet high school student Sam (Hilary Duff) who scrubs floors at a diner copes with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters and all the while dreams of Princeton (the perfect spot for a would-be princess to find a prince). But maybe she has a Prince Charming already: her anonymous e-mail buddy (Chad Michael Murray) who arranges to meet her at the Halloween dance. Sam panics when Mr. Anonymous turns out to be the coolest guy on campus. Can he love a girl who isn't part of the in crowd? Can fairy tales come true? Sure - but only if Sam stands up for herself and turns her dreams into reality. (Dir. Mark Rosman 2004 Cert. PG) The Prince And Me: This fairy tale is about to get real. Paige (Julia Stiles) has her future all mapped out. A fastidious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin she's vowed nothing will deter her from becoming a doctor... Until she meets Edward (Luke Mably); the dashing playboy Crown Prince of Denmark who's trying to escape a life he never chose. He's enrolled incognito at Paige's school to ""find himself"" and to take a detour from his destiny as king. Paige and ""Eddie"" end up as lab partners and discover there's more chemistry between them than just the classroom variety. Will he step away from his place in the Danish monarchy to be with her? Will she lose sight of her dream to become a doctor? (Dir. Martha Coolidge 2004 Cert. PG)
Irish Eyes | DVD | (12/04/2004)
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| RRP Born to Irish immigrants and raised in a rough neighbourhood two brothers grow up on opposite sides of the law after seeing their father gunned down in front of their very eyes...
Irish Eyes | DVD | (19/11/2007)
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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Vol. 2 | DVD | (20/03/2006)
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| RRP Ronald Howard takes up the mantle of the super sleuth in 4 classic episodes from 1954.
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Country Legends And Country Ladies | DVD | (27/02/2012)
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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/03/2006)
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| RRP Ronald Howard takes up the mantle of the super sleuth in 4 classic episodes from 1954.
11:11 | DVD | (12/07/2004)
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| RRP On January 11 1992 a series of strange events shook the world. Among these events was the mystery of the 7 year old girl who brutally shot the men that murdered her parents. Eighteen years later Sarah Tobias is still haunted by ghostly visions of her mother. She is obsessed with discovering the meaning of 11:11 as these were the numbers scratched in blood beside her mother's body. With only her friend Raden for support Sara is drifting through her troubled life. Things begin to change when three sudden and mysterious murders are then followed by a wave of unnatural events.
Country Legends | DVD | (18/07/2005)
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11:11 | DVD | (30/07/2007)
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Sherlock Holmes - Classic TV - Vol. 1 | DVD | (11/04/2005)
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Sherlock Holmes - Classic TV - Vol. 2 | DVD | (11/04/2005)
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