As a series of earthquakes start tearing apart Los Angeles, scientist Emily of the USGS theorizes that it's all building to a super quake that will drop the entire city into a lava-filled chasm. Engineer Jack, whose company is responsible for the quakes due to their deep fracking, feels obligated to help, and races with Emily through the increasingly damaged city with the hopes of diverting the epicenter to a less populated area, potentially saving millions of lives.
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a 'mild mannered' reporter a college professor her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and creating mass panic!
A 19th-century Edinburgh scientist hires a thief to provide him with corpses for his experiments. But when the supply of fresh cadavers begins to dwindle, the thief begins to taunt the doctor with the knowledge that he holds the power to expose him to the authorities.
Here in all its glory is the second volume of Crossroads including episodes released on DVD for the very first time. Meg and Sandy Richardson Benny Hawkins Adam Chance Shughie McFee - the names still strike a chord in the memories with a generation of people who sat entranched watching the latest escapades of the staff and customers of Crossroads motel. Unrepeated for many years the general perception of Crossroads is coloured by that of Acorn Antiques
Blue Tiger explores the bloody-minded determination of a mother to avenge the tragic death of her young child fatally shot in the crossfire of a Yakuza 'hit'. Her only clue to the identity of her son's killer is the ripped shirt of the hitman and a lurid Blue Tiger tattoo emblazoned across his chest. Disguising herself as a voluptuous cocktail waitress she infiltrates known Yakuza haunts seducing suspects in the hope of finding the tell tale tattoo and exacting her burning revenge. According to Samurai legend the Blue Tiger is always in search of the Red Tiger; when they finally meet someone always pays with their life!
Big & Small follows the comic adventures of two unlikely best friends featuring the voices of Lenny Henry & Imelda Staunton.Through funny fast paced engaging stories with a song in each episode young viewers are encouraged to see the world from a very different perspective.
Mike Nichols' superbly directed cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller's scathing black comedy. 'Catch 22' is the tale of a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are frightened nervous often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. 'Catch 22' is an anti-war satire of epic proportions!
Benny Hill's World Tour
The only documented exorcism in US history (an event on which The Exorcist was based) took place in the 1950s when Americans watched the skies for nuclear missiles and Senator McCarthy was looking under beds for Communists. After the death of his Aunt Hanna several inexplicable and frightening events take place around Robbie Manheim including screaming obscenities in a voice not his own and summoning the power to throw furniture at tormenting bullies at school. When science and m
Why did 13 women willingly open their doors to the Boston Strangler? With 13 women murdered Boston is held under siege by a madman. One by one they fall each death more gruesome than the last. The actual murders that rocked Boston in the 60's are the gripping subject of this unforgettable police thriller. The Boston Strangler is one of the most powerful films in its genre with possibly Tony Curtis' finest performance.
For nearly four decades Benny Hill reigned supreme as the king of bawdy humour on British television. Of his body of work it is the shows that he did for Thames television in the 1970's for which he is best remembered with their combination of farce risque jokes and beautiful ladies. It is these shows that made him a global superstar - topping the ratings in the US also. With his 'three stooges': Henry McGee Bob Todd and Jack Wright Benny Hill produced a handful of 'specials' eve
A Powerful Western Tale of Revenge and Redemption. When a farmer's wife is raped and murdered the farmer (Gregory Peck) teams up with his old flame (Joan Collins) to trail and kill the four outlaws he believes to be responsible. Arriving in a town he discovers that the men are in jail and will be hanged the following day. When they escape driven by a blinding need for revenge the farmer gives chase kills one and has another two cornered. But then they protest their innoc
Murder for hire! The world-famous Japanese detective is plunged into a deadly maze of deception in this fi fth episodeof the hugely popular Mr. Moto series.After orchestrating a daring escape from the infamous Devil's Island prison, an undercover Mr. Moto (Lorre) flees wi thhis cellmate - a ruthless murderer - to London. Determined to infiltrate the killer's gang of assassins and discover the identity of it's leader. Mr. Moto must use all of his wits - and disguises - to trap a criminal mastermind and destroy his evil organisation...before he strikes again!
The story of boxing is a comprehensive history of the toughest sport in the world - the only sport in fact which can never be called a game.
Who is Newton? Arriving one day at a remote Kentucky town Newton has soon hired a New York lawyer to help him found a mysterious industrial empire using his advanced technological advantage. As he takes on and beats every major US corporation people can only guess at his true purpose. Initially his noble intention is to save his dying world from agonising death by drought but soon Newton agelessly falls from grace as he becomes prey to lust...
April 1945 The Third Reich are losing ground during the final months of World War II fascist dictator Mussolini (Steiger) flees the wrath of his own people and heads for Switzerland with his mistress Claretta Petacci. Hunted by both the Americans led by Jack Donati and the partisans Mussolini is swiftly captured by the freedom fighters and held prisoner on the shores of Lake Como. Mussolini and his lover must endure a night of soul searching before answering for their crimes at dawn. History comes to life in this explosively tense sprawling World War II drama also featuring ACADEMY AWARD'' Winner Henry Fonda (The Grapes Of Wrath) Lino Capolicchio (The House Of Laughing Windows) Umberto Raho (Secrets Of A Call Girl) Luciano Pigozzi (The Whip And The Body) and Franco Nero (Django) with a score composed by Ennio Morricone.
Horror Hotel: This hotel is the gateway to hell! Young college student Nan Barlow (Stevenson) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England as her professor recommended that she spent her time in a small village called Whitewood. Once she gets to the village she notices some weird happenings but things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself ""marked"" for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches! The Terror: A lieutentant in Na
This compelling drama traces the activities of Richard Nixon's (played by Lane Smith) last days in office as he and his aides try desperately to repair the damage and clear up all allegations about the Watergate scandal. Based on the riveting book by the Pultizer Prize-winning team of Woodward and Bernstein The Final Days not only captures the feverish intensity of the Watergate era but also offers a valuable insight into the psyche of Nixon.
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