A little over-extended as a two-hour movie, The Eligible Bachelor was one of several such feature-length productions made (late 1992) in Granada Television's long-running Sherlock Holmes series. Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, this TV movie finds Holmes (the ailing Jeremy Brett, playing an increasingly darker and more neurotic detective) and Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) called upon to help in a case involving the disappearance of Henrietta Doran (Paris Jefferson), fiancé of the noble Lord Robert St Simon (Simon Williams), who was last seen with a former lover of St Simon's, Flora Millar (Joanna McCallum). The unimaginative Scotland Yard instantly arrests Millar on suspicion of foul play, but it is Holmes who has to find the missing woman. Fans of the entire series might best enjoy this slightly clunky programme, though there is much of interest about Brett's performance to recommend it. --Tom Keogh
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National Treasure (Dir. John Turtletaub 2004): In order to break the code one man will have to break all the rules. Ben Gates comes from a family of treasure hunters. Now his grandfather believes that the Four Fathers buried a treasure somewhere in the country and have placed clues everywhere but unfortunately the clues are highly cryptic and scaterred all over the place. Now Ben thinks he has found it but it only leads him to another clue which is on the back of the
Cate Blanchett returns as the Virgin Queen in this lavish sequel to 1998 smash "Elizabeth".
The massively popular Doctor at Sea series chronicles the further hilarious misadventures of doctors Duncan Waring and Dick Stuart-Clark. This time around Stuart-Clark is fired from St. Swithin's and Waring resigns in protest. Agreeing that a cruise is just what the doctor ordered the holiday quickly turns into something that neither of them had counted on! This complete series sees Waring trying to deal with shipboard operations (one of them on himself!) cranky passengers mutiny and the hunt for a stowaway. Episodes Comprise: 1. Sir John and Baby Doc 2. Oh I do like to be Beside the Seasick 3. A Healthy Ship is a Happy Ship 4. The Senior Officer's Perks 5. Go Away Stowaway! 6. Floating Profits 7. Goodbye Mr. Ships! 8. The V.I.P. 9. In A Little Spanish Town 10. Physician Heal Thyself 11. A Wolf in Ship's Clothing 12. Murder! He Said 13. But It's So Much Nicer To Come Home
More fun for all the family with Bear. Show Your Stuff: Bear's whittlin' is interrupted when he finds out Tutter's quitting the soccer team because he just can't kick as well as Rita a particulary talented mouse on the squad. Treelo's feeling left out because he doesn't have any talents. Tutter finds however that talents come easy for some require work for others but can be fun nonetheless! The Great Bandini: Mysterious genius the Great Bandini is coming to Woodland Valley for a lecture about music. On the way to the event the gang meets a mysterious stranger named Edwina Badger (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg) who helps the gang to realise how musical they really are... At the Old Bear Game: Pip) and Pop are delighted to find out that Bear personally knows their hero the great baseball player Ferret Jeeter. After a cool afternoon of hanging out with Ferret Pip and Pop soon find their good friend Bear still has a few tricks up his sleeve as well and good old Bear is a hero in his own right. All Weather Bear: A storm has made its way through the valley leaving the otter pond a mess and thwarting swimming swimming plans for a bit. They all pitch in and clean up the pond but to their disappointment the rain returns. However with a little help from Bear they find that no matter what the weather there's always fun to be had at the Big Blue House!
When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance his relative first tries to murder him and then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Fortunately for David he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck (Michael Caine) and together they manage to escape. On arriving back in Scotland they set out for Edinburgh dodging the ruthless Redcoats to claim David's rightful inheritance...
In this DVD we travel to the ancient mystical kingdom of Wales. It is a small country, only 250km long and 80km wide, a land best known for the legends of Merlin, King Arthur and the Red Dragon and like a fine wine, it's a country to be savoured slowly. As we journey together in this fabled Celtic land, we'll search for the resting place of King Arthur's sword, Excalibur; thrill to the legends of heroes like Owain Glyndwr, the greatest of all Welsh freedom fighters. We'll hear one of the gre...
Introduced in "A Magnum for Schneider", the hour-long 1967 Armchair Theatre episode written by James Mitchell about a disillusioned British secret agent Callan (Edward Woodward), went on to offer four popular (if downbeat) series, a spin-off movie remaking the original story and a some-years-later wrap-up play "Wet Job". Remembered for its very distinctive opening titles, with a swinging broken light bulb and a memorable theme tune, the series adopted a Deighton-LeCarré approach to the grim, treacherous, grubby business of Cold War espionage and made a TV star of the intense Woodward as the sweaty, sometimes conscience-stricken, sometimes robotic Callan. Even in the 21st century this still seems a strong show, its complex stories and impressive performances outweighing a low-budget mix of video and film in the production that makes it seem less "professional" than other shows of the time. In a dramatic device that has long since fallen out of fashion in television, Callan episodes tend to wind up by leaving the audience to work out all the connections of the plot while Callan himself sits gloomily and ponders the wretchedness of his squalid world. --Kim Newman
Twelve-year-old Stephanie Crowe is murdered in her own bedroom and her family struggle to come to terms with her death until the police pinpoint their number one suspect - her brother Michael. As the police try everything to get him to confess to the murder the question is whether he is really responsible...
For archaeologist Matt Fletcher (Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers) it begins with the startling discovery of a 42-foot mummy buried beneath a desert valley in the American Southwest. But when additional evidence warns of a modern-day apocalypse Fletcher - along with a desperate industrialist (Robert Wagner of Austin Powers) and a skeptical engineer (Kristen Miller of She Spies) - must survive the rampage of the reanimated giant and the fury of a mysterious stranger who may be the most unholy incarnation of all.
Six 'romantic' episodes of the well-loved hit show As Time Goes By individually selected by the Director & Producer Sydney Lotterby.
The Legendary Cult Classic! Welcome to Chile Verde a REALLY wild western town steeped in rumours of a buried fortune in gold. Drawn into a tangled web of greed passion and yet more greed are voluptuous singer Rosie Velez (Divine) and lone gunfighter Abel Wood (Tab Hunter). Helped and hindered by saloon owner Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan) and pursued by outlaw Hard Case Williams (Geoffrey Lewis) and his gang the hapless treasure hunters try to decipher the limerick and locate the two halves of the map that will lead them to their destiny. The only problem being that to find the map means going far further south of the border than anyone anticipated! Co-starring Cesar Romero Henry Silva Woody Strode and directed by Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul Death Race 2000) this hilarious comedy spoof western truly sizzles under the hot desert sun.
The Legendary Bruce Lee. Unknown in 1971. Two years later an international cult hero and more than twenty years on still remembered as the star of the biggest martial arts epic ever filmed - ""Enter The Dragon."" ""Enter The Dragon"" takes Lee into the island fortress of a warlord of crime Han who carries on his opium smuggling and prostitution activities under the disguise of a martial arts academy. Determined to avenge the death of his sister Lee penetrates Han's Stronghold and enters the brutal martial arts tournament Han is staging. Then follows a visual feast of spectacular martial arts matches that combine skills in Karate Judo Tae Kwon Do Tai Chi Chuan and Hap Ki Do. Bruce Lee staged these fighting sequences himself demonstrating experienced awareness of film rhythm and dramatic timing as well as mastery of the martial arts that made him famous. His reputation as an all-time great has grown since his untimely and mysterious death in 1973 three weeks before the opening of ""Enter The Dragon."" This special edition of the film is available uncut for the very first time in Britain and features the 'lost' Bruce Lee monk scene and the full version of the previously edited nanchaku showdown sequence: quite simply the definitive cut of the greatest martial arts movie ever!
This unique DVD features two special feature-length documentary films using only rare colour footage shot during the Second World War. Using footage from public archives as well as private collections these fascinating films include some of the most iconic images shot during the war as well as rarely seen or previously unavailable film materials. They are accompanied by an expert narrative that reveals in many instances background information on how this truly extraordinary footage came to be filmed - and why. They Filmed The War In Colour offers a new and vivid perspective on the Second World War. The Pacific War Much of the most spectacular and truly memorable colour footage of the Second World War was filmed in the Pacific Theatre. From John Ford's failed film recreation of Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japan this gripping 90-minute film covers many of the pivotal moments of the Pacific War on land sea and in the air. Colour sequences include action from Midway Island and the Battle of Midway Tarawa Saipan the Mariana's 'Turkey Shoot' the Burma Road New Guinea Burma and Okinawa. France Is Free! This 90-minute documentary sweeps from extraordinary colour images of pre-war France through footage of the German Blitzkrieg of 1940 secretly filmed by Wehrmacht soldiers right up until the end of the war. Along the way colour film captures German marching bands and off duty soldiers in the streets of occupied Paris war in French Colonial Algeria coverage of D-Day and the Allied advance through France and the invasion of Southern France. Among the many highlights are amateur films of D-Day and dramatic footage of the liberation of Marseilles Paris and Lyon.
Gore guru Lucio Fulci the director behind such films as the entrail ridden 'Zombie Flesh Eaters' and the seriously nasty 'New York Ripper' gets to grips with gothic horror writer Edgar Allan Poe in this gruesome adaptation of his classic story. A detective arrives to investigate a series of grisly murders and finds a few tell-tale paw prints here and there. Patrick Magee stars in one of his last roles as the moggy mastermind.
Their names are John Stephen Carol and Kenny... they seem to be just ordinary kids perhaps a bit quieter than most but they are The Tomorrow People forerunners of a new race... the homo superior. Gifted with superhuman powers they are nature's response to man's aggression: a new species wiser and more peace loving than homo sapiens and until more of their race evolve these four have intergalactic responsibility for the future of Planet Earth. The Tomorrow People receive a
Titles Comprise:The Other Boleyn Girl: A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history, The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn who, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). While both women eventually share the king's bed, only one will ascend to the throne for a brief and turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the executioner's sword.Elizabeth: Now close to death, Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) steps up her policy of Protestant repression. Even Princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), her younger sister and her heir apparent is in grave danger, but Mary's last ditch to execute her for treason fails. Within days, Mary is dead and Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England, but with enemies and rebellion continuing in her own council she is advised to hit back. She retaliated in a counter-coup of immense ferocity, wiping out all opposition to her leadership. Her throne is finally secure.Elizabeth: The Golden Age: The story of one woman's crusade to control love, crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. As Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart conspires with Philip of Spain to topple the throne, Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's trusty advisor works tirelessly to protect her from the many plots and conspiracies against her. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire, Elizabeth struggles to balance royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her attraction to Sir Walter Raleigh.
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