Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren star in this drama based on the real-life story of Maria Altmann and her legal campaign against the Austrian government. Mirren plays Altmann who since fleeing Europe during the Second World War now lives in Los Angeles. When the death of her sister leads to Altmann finding out that a portrait of her aunt painted by Gustav Klimt was stolen by the Nazis from her family home during the war and now hangs in the Belvedere Palace in Vienna she enlists the help of young lawyer Randy Schoenberg (Reynolds) and embarks on a legal campaign to reclaim her family's losses...
The true story of Howard Winstone is both remarkable and compelling. As a young man he was one of the biggest rising talents in amateur boxing until a factory accident crushed his fingers the tips of three were amputated meaning that hand could no longer make a proper fist! His father wouldnt let him gripe and he was soon punching a coal bag to keep his spirits up. Under a new trainer Eddie Thomas he started to learn a new style and once again rise up victoriously through the amateur ranks. He had completely changed the way he boxed and from there remarkably went on to become Champion of Britain and Champion of Europe.
They're beautiful they're filthy rich and they can have anything money can buy...so why are they hardly ever happy? Series 5 of Footballer's Wives comes to DVD where you can expect more sex and scandal at the gates of Earls Park F.C.
The true story of Love Lust and Murder that obsessed a nation
Loosely based on the Wolverhampton childhoods of Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran, Raised By Wolves follows six socially-isolated, home-schooled siblings and their acerbic, highly capable mother Della Garry. Hormones are well and truly raging in series two of Channel 4's Raised by Wolves. As the witty Wolverhampton teens Germaine and Aretha based on the show's co-writers Caitlin and Caz Moran delve deeper into adolescence, the comedy gets even better. And filthier. Germaine (Helen Monks) is obsessed with two things: Google and sex. When her mum Della (the brilliant Rebekah Staton) switches off the WiFi, fed up with the cost of the internet, Germaine protests that she absolutely definitely needs YouTube to watch TED talks. Looking through her internet history, Della doesn't find any searches for 'inspiring lectures'. Instead it's 'Tom Hardy topless', 'Tom Hardy top on', 'Benedict Cumberbatch hatless' and 'Benedict Cumberbatch hat on'. Phwoar.
Jack Nicholson plays a retiring police officer who promises to track down a murderer.
The Most controversial film ever made as you have never seen it before. From the moment he ascends to the throne, the Emperor Caligula enforces one of the most depraved reigns in history. Depicting his descent into madness and immorality with graphic sex and violence, this unprecedented uncut edition presents a bolder and more revealing Caligula than ever before, with a pristine new transfer from recently uncovered film. Featuring a stellar cast including Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O Toole and John Gielgud this unflinching look at the decadence of Ancient Rome will startle and amaze like no other film before.
His Majesty was all powerfull and all knowing. But he wasn't quite all there. 1788 - King Goerge III (Nigel Hawthorne) is almost 30 years into his reign and is once again preparing for the Opening of Parliament. Queen Charlotte (Helen Mirren) skilfully divides her role as both devoted wife and mother to their 15 children. Yet, depite the apparent veneer of respectability, somthing is going sadle awry within the walls of Windsor Castle. The King's behaviour is becoming increaslingly irrational, hi is babbling ceaselessly, spewing obscenities and attacking the Queen's Mistress of Robes, Lady Pembroke (Amanda Donohoe). Has the King gone... mad? As the King's condition deteriorates, his son, the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett) sets out to have his father declared unfit in order that he should be proclaimed Regent. The Queen is denied access to her husband and the King consequently becomes an isolated figure at the mercy of his own inept physicians. Not until he is persuaded to engage a new doctor, Dr Willis (Ian Holm) does the King show any signs of improvement. Yet the King's only true salvation relies on the support of the most potent of medicines - the Queen herself.
Epic and romantic drama about the power, politics, and passions of the legendary monarch. Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen) stars as one of the greatest rulers in history, the legendary mother of the Russian Empire, Catherine The Great, a lavishly realised limited series with incredible creative credentials. With Emmy® Award- winners Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I) writing and Philip Martin (The Crown) directing Jason Clarke (Mudbound) stars alongside Gina McKee (Bodyguard) and Rory Kinnear (Guerilla).
Over the course of a weekend a hypnotic home invader explores and exploits the relationship of a suburban middle class couple. His brutal torture of the husband and seduction of the wife uncovers an uncomfortable truth about their marriage and ultimately acts as a catalyst for extreme liberation.
Sherlock Holmes gets the Gothic treatment in Hammer's Hound of the Baskervilles, a typical mix of mystery and supernatural horror from the famous studio. Peter Cushing is perfectly cast as the great detective, the very embodiment of science and reason (which also made him a great Van Helsing in the Dracula series) in a case wound around a legacy of aristocratic cruelty and a devilish dog wandering the swampy moors. Christopher Lee is a less satisfying fit as the last of the Baskervilles, as he waffles between fear and apathetic disregard, but Andre Morell is a fine Dr Watson and a far cry from Nigel Bruce's sweet bumbler from the Hollywood incarnation of the 1940s. Director Terence Fisher was Hammer's top stylist and the film drips with the mood of the moors, mist hanging in the air, the dying vegetation itself threatening to come to life and trap the next unwary traveller. --Sean Axmaker
Long-awaited, much sought after, never previously released and unseen anywhere for decades, this definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon's world famous novels stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon's books have been adapted many times for film and television, Davies's celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon himself, who stated: At last, I have found the perfect Maigret! Running to 52 episodes and a feature-length play, this complete 1960s series has been remastered from original film elements and is featured here in its original fullscreen TV format.
RED Audio Commentary with Retired CIA Field Officer Robert Baer Deleted and Extended Scenes Access RED: Trivia Track Cast Inisights CIA Exposed Easter Egg RED 2 Gag Reel Deleted Scenes The Red 2 Experience: The Cast. The Weapons The Spy Gears and Tactics The Stunts
Set in the 1930's A Good Woman is an elegant, witty, romantic comedy based on Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan".
The original tale on which Shakespeare based his immortal Hamlet The Prince of Jutland set in 6th century Denmark is a story of corruption intrigue and passion. King Herdal and his son are brutally murdered by the King's evil brother Fenge (Gabriel Byrne) who claims the crown and the grieving queen (Helen Mirren). But the King's remaining son (Christian Bale) who witnessed the murders takes a bloody revenge for the slaying of his family.
Adapted from Graham Greene's iconic 1939 novel, BRIGHTON ROCK charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organised crime.
Mel Gibson is a chauvinistic advertising executive who suddenly develops the ability to understand what women are thinking.
Top Hat (Dir. Mark Sandrich 1935): Following a case of mistaken identity dancer Jerry (Astaire) follows Dale (Rogers) the girl of his dreams to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines... This most lavish of musicals from Hollywood's golden era features lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. The Gay Divorcee (Dir. Mark Sandrich 1934): In one of their best loved most charming song-and-dance comedies Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers demonstrate just how they became best known as America's greatest dance team.
Donna Deitch's tender, ground-breaking debut, a landmark in queer cinema and a triumph of independent filmmaking The swooning and sensual first narrative feature by DONNA DEITCH, Desert Hearts was ground breaking upon its 1985 release: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a self-financed shoestring budget, by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (The Colour of Money's HELEN SHAVER) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Manhunter's PATRICIA CHARBONNEAU), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breath-taking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by ROBERT ELSWIT (Punch-Drunk Love), Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candour. BONUS FEATURES DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch New conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch New conversation between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style New interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau Excerpt from Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the Heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based PLUS: An essay by critic B. Ruby Rich
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