A box set featuring some of the best British war films ever made... Zulu Dawn (1979 Dir. Douglas Hickox): (Dolby Digital 5.1 / WS 16:9) This dramatic and true story recounts the breathtaking defeat of British forces at the hands of a 25 000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army in 1879. General Lord Chelmsford (brilliantly portrayed by Peter O'Toole) is the man responsible for the fatal decision to split up the troops based on faulty information provided by the fake
They were brothers who became outlaws, and outlaws who became heroes... The three Bondurant boys (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke), along with their sultry new hire (Jessica Chastain), command the most lucrative bootlegging operation in Franklin County, Virginia. The locals consider them indestructible. But the law in the form of a corrupt special deputy (Guy Pearce) wants a cut of their action, at any cost. When youngest brother Jack (LaBeouf) gets a taste of power with a deadly gangster (Gary Oldman) the whole business blows sky high. Based on the astonishing true story, the Bondurant brotherhood is the stuff of legend.
Hot Metal: Complete Series 2
Stan and Ollie are on holiday in Paris when Ollie falls in love with the beautiful daughter of an innkeeper. On discovering she is already married Ollie decides that the only way to get over the disappointment is to join the Foreign Legion - dragging poor old Stan along for company. The boys wreak havoc at the training camp and are arrested for desertion before escaping in a stolen airplane where they take a ride they will never forget! The Flying Deuces is unique as it was made in 1939 as an independent picture unlike most Laurel & Hardy movies that were made under the guidance of Hal Roach. It is classic laugh a minute entertainment and is renowned by fans the world over as being one of their finest pieces.
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception.
Eric's Revenge: Missing presumed dead in a fire that destroyed his home Eric Matthews returns a year later to the site now occupied by a massive shopping mall. Demented even insane Eric is obsessed with being reunited with his childhood sweetheart no matter who he kills. Offerings: John Radley has a curious way of liking someone. Be nice to him and you'll start receiving severed body parts. Fingers ears noses... it's only after Tim wakes up with his head in a vi
Oliver Hardy is the bulging farm-hand who is in love with the beautiful Dorothy. Things take a turn for the worse as a love rival appears on the scene. Far away in the land of Oz the evil prime minister Kruel and his ambassador Wikked are on the lookout for a long-lost princess. This princess who vanished without a trace when she was still a baby is the rightful ruler of Oz and a big headache for the prime minister. Back in Kansas Dorothy stumbles upon a secret letter that expl
Ollie is heartbroken when he discovers that Georgette, the beautiful daughter of a Parisian innkeeper, is already married to a dashing officer in the French Foreign Legion. In order to forget her, Ollie and Stan join the Legion but army life isn’t for them and their bumbling antics land them in very hot water, right up to their necks. These two Hollywood legends are about to realise getting out of the Legion is a lot harder than getting in.
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are lodging at Mother Widow Peep's house and resolve to help her clear her mortgage with Silas Barnaby. When they find they have insufficient saved up they decide to borrow the rest against their wages from the Toymaker. Unfortunately Stannie has mixed up an order for Santa Claus building him 100 six foot tall soldiers instead of 600 one foot tall soldiers which leads to their dismissal. They are then banished from Toyland to Bogeyland on trumped up burglary charges which are eventually dropped on the proviso that Little Bo Peep agrees to marry Silas Barnaby. Stannie dresses up as the bride and tricks Silas Barnaby long enough for the mortgage deed to be handed over but an enraged Barnaby frames Tom Tom (Little Bo Peep's true love) for pignapping and gets him banished to Bogeyland. Barnaby eventually leads the Bogeymen of Bogeyland on an invasion of Toyland with only Stannie and Ollie and their hundred soldiers standing in their way.
Britain Stands Alone explores the stage of World War Two where after France was defeated Britain stood alone against Germany and faced the threat of cross Channel invasion. Also features Fall Of France. With the fall of France Britain stood alone together with her empire against triumphant Germany. At home Britain now faced the threat of cross-channel invasion.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy formed the most popular and longest running comedy team of all time but long before they teamed up both were successful movie comedians in the own right. This collection features them on their own in comedy classics as well as teamed together. Oliver Hardy frequently played 'heavies' in support of bigger comedy stars such as Charley Chase Larry Semon Chaplin imitator Billie West and Glenn Tyron but he also starred in his own films long before he had even met Stan Laurel. Stan Laurel came to America with Fred Karno's comedy troupe along with Charlie Chaplin and like Chaplin stayed on to venture into movie comedies. He spent much of the 'Teens and the 1920s in search of a successful comedy formula.
Stan and Ollie are the unlikely inheritors of a yacht and a small island. They set sail for their new home accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. After violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island, they decide to create their own republic - Utopia. All goes well until uranium is discovered and the island is bombarded with money-hungry adventurers.
After falling victim to a highway robbery Stanlio and Ollio decide to pose as outlaws themselves with Ollio pretending to be the most feared bandit in the land Fra Diavolo. Unfortunately he happens to be the boys first intended victim and easily outwits them and tells Stanlio to hang Ollio as punishment. He eventually relents and takes the pair on as servants and takes them with him to the Tavern de Cucu where posing as the Marquis de San Marco he woos Lord Rocburg's beautiful daughter Lady Pamela. Whilst Fra Diavolo plans to rob Lord Rocburg the boys have their own plan to hand the bandit over to the authorities and claim a reward but their usual incompetence sees them standing alongside him facing a firing squad.
Prisoner Cell Block H: Volumes 1-3 (24 Discs)
Deluxe DVD set containing exciting extras and four further epsiodes featuring stranded spaceman John Crichton.
Stan and Ollie are on holiday in Paris where Ollie falls in love with the innkeeper's daughter Georgette. When she rejects Ollie's advances Ollie decides he and Stan must end it all by jumping into the River Seine. They are talked out of it by a passing French Foreign Legion officer (who unbeknown to the boys is actually Georgette's husband) and persuaded to enlist into the Legion in order to forget. The harsh region coupled with the fact they get lumbered with most of the rotten jobs enables Ollie to forget Georgette quicker than he anticipated so the boys decide they should leave the Legion and head back home to Des Moines. This leads to them being charged with desertion and sentenced to death but fate and a hidden tunnel are on hand to save the day. Well almost! The first Laurel & Hardy feature film produced away from the Hal Roach studios the boys were loaned to RKO and directior A Edward Sutherland for this outing. Sutherland and Stan Laurel reportedly clashed but there are many instances where they obviously worked well together - the marching on parade and Stan playing the bed strings are vintage Laurel & Hardy.
Based on true-life events during the Cold War The Inside Man is a gripping thriller of espionage and betrayal on an international level. A joint American/Swedish project has perfected a submarine tracking device which was stolen during a violent raid and there is no shortage of suspects. The Swedish Secret Service believe the best way to locate the device is by using an undercover agent in the guise of Thomas Kallin a young marine who has no idea what he is getting himself into.
A bumper box set of classic films featuring 'The Queen' Barbara Stanwyck! Double Indemnity (Dir. Billy Wilder 1944): Director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond Chandler ('The Big Sleep') adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But of course in these plots things never quite go as planned and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who has a feeling that not all is as it seems... The Lady Eve (Dir. Preston Sturges 1941): In 1941 Barbara Stanwyck was offered two screwball roles equally suited to her tart intelligence deft comic timing and undeniable sex appeal and it's a photo finish as to which was funnier; showgirl-on-the-lam Sugarpuss O'Shea the title character in Howard Hawks's 'Ball of Fire' or con artist Jean Harrington a.k.a. Lady Eve Sidwich the delirious fulcrum for this classic Preston Sturges comedy. Under Sturges's typically antic microscope the collision between the gold-digging Harrington and the very rich very hapless brewery-heir-turned-herpetologist Charles Pike (a wonderfully callow guileless Henry Fonda) yields ample opportunity for the writer-director to skewer issues of class and sex; as always Sturges is bold in pushing the censors' envelope capturing a palpable erotic heat between the canny Jean and the literally feverish Charlie who after a year up the Amazon is instantly smitten by the mere sight of her shapely ankles (in hindsight a precursor to her subsequent effect in 'Double Indemnity'). The Bitter Tea Of General Yen (Dir. Frank Capra 1933): Caught in a Chinese rebellion newly-arrived American Megan Davis (Stanwyck) is rescued by a cultured bandit General Yen. When she realises she is being held captive she sets about undermining her captor. In time however she finds that it is not her confinement she must fight against - rather it is her growing attraction to the man... The Golden Boy (Dir. Rouben Mamoulian 1939): The tale of Joe Bonaparte; a boy encouraged by his father to pursue his dream of playing the violin who turns to boxing when poverty sets in. What he witnesses is the tough and uncompromising world of major league boxing; the widespread corruption; and the alluring qualities of one hot dame! The Miracle Woman (Dir. Frank Capra 1931): Barbara Stanwyck stars as Sister Faith Fallon the charismatic leader of a Pentecostal sect. David Manners plays John Carson the blind man whose life is changed by her powerful sermon. Little does he know that Faith works alongside a con-man performing hoax miracles to boost the coiffeurs. Will John's love for Faith finally steer her back onto the right path? All I Desire (Dir. Douglas Sirk 1953): Barbara Stanwyck stars as Naomi Murdock a wayward mother and struggling actress who yearns for her old life before she walked out on her family. Returning to town she finds herself the subject of hearsay and loose speculation from the locals. More importantly her husband is striking up a relationship with a local school teacher and her oldest daughter remains hostile to the mother who abandoned her. Will Naomi be able to repair the damage done and rest her demons?
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