Millionaire businessman Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is also a high-stakes thief; his latest caper is an elaborate heist at a Boston bank. Why does he do it? For the same reason he flies gliders, bets on golf strokes and races dune buggies: he needs the thrill to feel alive. Insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) gets her own thrills by busting crooks, and she's got Crown in her cross hairs. Naturally, these two will get it on, because they have a lot in common: they're not people, they're walking clothes racks. (McQueen looks like he'd rather be in jeans than Crown's natty three-piece suits.) The Thomas Crown Affair is a catalogue of 60s conventions, from its clipped editing style to its photographic trickery (the inventive Haskell Wexler behind the camera) to its mod design. You can almost sense director Norman Jewison deciding to "tell his story visually," like those newfangled European films; this would explain the long passages of Michel Legrand's lounge jazz ladled over endless montages of the pretty Dunaway and McQueen at play. (The opening-credits song, "Windmills of Your Mind," won an Oscar.) It's like a "What Kind of Man Reads Playboy?" ad come to life, and much more interesting as a cultural snapshot than a piece of storytelling. --Robert Horton
"Away From Her" is a moving love story that deals with memory and the circuitous, unnamable, paths of a long marriage.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Kevin Spacey stars as a man who moves to his family's ancestral home in Newfoundland after a tragedy. Slowly, he starts to put his life back together.
Fourteen years before The Terminator (and only two years after HAL refused to open the pod door), there was another, lesser-known tale of a supercomputer seizing control of the world and trying to eradicate humanity. Engineer Dr. Charles A. Forbin, who convinces the U.S. Defense Department to let his Colossus control the country's nuclear arsenal, then watches in horror as his creation goes over his head and starts communicating with the Soviet's own electronic brain. Colossus is The granddaddy of all computer run amok films.
Forbin is the designer of an incredibly powerful and sophisticated computer Colossus who can run all of America's nuclear defences. Shortly after being powered up it detects the existence of Guardian the Soviet counterpart previously unknown to the US to which it insists to be linked. Both America and Russia allow this but as soon as a link is established the two become a super computer and threaten the world with nuclear war if detached.
Benton Fraser - an uptight Canadian mountie with a bizzare way of doing things - comes to Chicago in an attempt to find out who killed his father. After solving the murder he decides to stick around and work for the local Canadian consulate. Making friends with the local detective Ray Vecchio a cynical man with a distrust of the outdoors Benton is often confused by how things are done south of the border and adversely Vecchio is equally perplexed by the mountie's approach to police
"Away From Her" is a moving love story that deals with memory and the circuitous, unnamable, paths of a long marriage.
The truth will test his faith to the limit... Worldly priest Daniel Clemens (Slater) is forced to challenge his comfortable existence as an ecclesiastical spin-doctor when he comes to believe in the innocence of a young priest accused of murder...
A Charmed Life: Burdoned with the heavy demands of running his kingdom and looking after his family Babar wishes that he was not king. To surprise and dismay he is granted his wish. Celesteville has become Rataxesville! Boys Will Be Boys: When Babar sets off with Uncle Arthur and Zephir to renew a childhood treasure hunt Rataxes seizes the opportunity to try and beat him to it! Alexander The Great: Alexander's flying skills get him into hot water when he crash lands his plane in the jungle and makes friends with a tribe who invite him for dinner!
The Miracle of Saint Ralph is an inspirational funny and heart-warming story of one boy's triumph over adversity. Ralph Walker is a normal 14 year-old with extraordinary belief. Desperate to help his seriously ill mother Ralph is told it would take a miracle for her to recover. After joining the school running club Ralph finds the perfect mission to perform the miracle he needs - winning one of the world's toughest races The Boston Marathon. Starring Campbell Scott (Music and Lyrics) and Academy Award nominee Jennifer Tilly (Liar Liar) The Miracle of Saint Ralph is an amazing tale of faith belief and the power of the human spirit. Can Ralph prove everyone wrong and fulfill his destiny?
Benton Fraser - an uptight Canadian mountie with a bizarre way of doing things - comes to Chicago in an attempt to find out who killed his father. After solving the murder he decides to stick around and work for the local Canadian consulate. Making friends with the local detective Ray Vecchio a cynical man with a distrust of the outdoors Benton is often confused by how things are done south of the border and adversely Vecchio is equally perplexed by the mountie's approach to police
SEX AFTER KIDS is an hilarious and raunchy comedy that takes an unflinching look at the passion in relationships after having children. Five couples who all have babies navigate their changing relationships in this raunchy and hilarious ensemble comedy as they face the trials and tribulations of struggling to keep their love alive alongside new parenthood. Bonus Features: ‘Making of’ documentary Cast & Director commentaries Trailer and more…
Benton Fraser - an uptight Canadian mountie with a bizarre way of doing things - comes to Chicago in an attempt to find out who killed his father. After solving the murder he decides to stick around and work for the local Canadian consulate. Making friends with the local detective Ray Vecchio a cynical man with a distrust of the outdoors Benton is often confused by how things are done south of the border and adversely Vecchio is equally perplexed by the mountie's approach to police work. This cracker of a box set features the entire third series of the quirky comedy drama.
Colossus
Forest Rangers: Series 1 (5 Discs)
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