Law and order is enforced in the city by the rival punishment squads of the Boilerman and the Westies. When Luke Bradley's son is found murdered rumour leads the squads to Sam Magee The Preacher who protests his innocence. Despite this he is taken to Sunset Heights where Luke Bradley is chosen to become his reluctant executioner. But another child goes missing and terror sweeps the city. It is said that the Preacher has risen from his grave seeking vengeance...
Englands Summer of Cricket 2008
A successful American banker faces all sorts of opposition after revealing his penchant for dressing in women's clothing...
The battle of Naseby on the 14th of June 1645 all but decided the English Civil War. As the sun set King Charles I army had been comprehensively defeated and although the King himself fought admirably his cause was not aided by Prince Rupert's infamous attack on a baggage train which meant the day was lost before he could return to the field. Superbly authentic battle reconstructions and atmospheric re-enactments provide an informative and entertaining view of a troubled time in Eng
The time has come for those who are different to stand united... The X-Men have to band together to find a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the President's life, while the Mutant Academy at Westchester is attacked by military forces prompting some uncomfortable home truths for Wolverine...
a powerful drama set against the harsh and turbulent background of poverty and class distinction in Tyneside at the beginning of the century. A young docker John O'Brien falls deeply in love with Mary Llewellyn the daughter of a local shipbuilder. Their love unites them but the fifteen streets which separate poverty from wealth threaten to stand in their way.
Red Dust
Madeleine Carroll – internationally famous for her role in The 39 Steps and the first of Hitchcock's glacial blonde heroines – stars with Ian Hunter and Michael Rennie in this rare and deeply moving post-war drama. Also known as High Fury White Cradle Inn is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Beneath the towering peaks of the Swiss Alps in peaceful White Cradle Valley stands an inn owned by Magda and her philandering husband Rudolf. During the war many small French children are evacuated to the valley. One of these refugees a boy named Roger who has lost both parents is billeted with Rudolf and Magda. When the time comes for the children to return to France Magda very much wishes to adopt Roger but her husband has taken a dislike to the boy... Special Features: Image gallery
Sometimes dismissed as a pale descendant of a great original, The New Avengers deserves a second look and is perhaps best considered as a largely successful attempt to re-imagine its predecessor for 1970s audiences. Patrick McNee was never the most convincing of action heroes, and the decision to make his John Steed the supervisor and mentor of two younger agents was a sensible one--Steed's virtues are style, wisdom and fortitude rather than physical prowess. Gareth Hunt's Gambit has an unattractively smug side, but has also a louche charm. Joanna Lumley's Purdey is one of the most attractive heroines of genre television, astonishingly leggy and beautiful. Those who only know her later incarnation as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous will understand now why such a fuss is made over her. The script team overlaps heavily with that of the original series; the new show has the same quirkiness, only occasionally varying it with a rather darker leCarrésque complexity or sudden outbreaks of Hammer Horror. If it lacks some of the sheer style of the original, that is a reflection of its period--the 1970s were less visually imaginative than the 60s. Tightly plotted, imaginatively cast with interesting guest stars, it is only with The Avengers that The New Avengers suffers by comparison. --Roz Kaveney
Caroline Quentin stars as DCI Janine Lewis the hit police drama Blue Murder. Starring along side her are Ian Kelsey ( Casualty ) David Schofield ( Our Friends in the North ) and Nick Murchie.
The X-Men are back and this time it's war! Packed with explosive special features including deleted scenes stunt rehearsals and behind-the-scenes footage this Blu-ray edition is an in-depth powerful look at this epically entertaining X-Men adventure starring Hugh Jackman Halle Berry and Ian McKellen!
When Teddy (Jayston) brings his wife Ruth (Marchant) home to meet his family for the first time murky secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened... The American Film Theatre production of Harold Pinter's play features direction from Peter Hall and showcases Ian Holm giving one of the finest performances of his career as vicious thug Lenny.
Titles Comprise: Sally In Our Alley: Waitress Sally Winch (Gracie Fields) believes her soldier boyfriend (Ian Hunter Broadway Melody of 1940) has died in the trenches when his letters cease to arrive. He's actually only been injured however and has stopped writing as he doesn't want to burden Sally. But when he returns home they are reunited again... This bittersweet war romance is the film that made Gracie Fields a star. Her first cinematic outing the film quickly established her onscreen persona as a down-to-earth good natured girl who is unlucky in love. Made in Ealing studios Sally In Our Alley is a ground-breaking gem from the early days of the talkies. Looking On The Brightside: Gracie (Gracie Fields) and Laurie (Richard Dolman) are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs. But when Laurie gets a taste of fame he runs off after a glamorous actress spurning Gracie. Gracie Fields' second cinematic outing continued her collaboration with producer/ writer Basil Dean at Ealing Studios and was co-written by Archie Pitt Gracie Fields' first husband. The film cements Fields' optimistic persona - with the uplifting title song urging the audience to adopt her glass-half-full outlook no matter what the world throws at them. Full of memorable songs and a vintage Fields performance Looking On The Bright Side is a joy from beginning to end.
Toni Cocozza is a small-time Scottish Italian club singer obsessed with Frank Sinatra. In the hope of finding stardom he falls in with a group of gangsters and is soon betraying his true friends.
The evolutionary next step in explosive action spectaculars is here! Loaded with hours of special features including deleted/extended scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more, this Blu-ray edition of the smart, sleek (Newsweek) and striking (Time Out London) first chapter in the X-Men saga has never been more powerful!
Based freely on the classic novels by CS Forester, Hornblower is a series of TV films following the progress of a young officer through the ranks of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The series' greatest asset is the handsome and charismatic Ioan Gruffudd in the lead role, surely a major star in the making. For television films the production values are very good, though as Titanic, Waterworld and The Perfect Storm demonstrated, filming an aquatic adventure is a very expensive business, and it is clear that the Hornblower dramas simply make the best of comparatively small budgets. No more faithful to Forester's books than the 1951 Gregory Peck classic Captain Horatio Hornblower, the real inspiration seems to have come from the success of Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, which likewise featured a British hero in the Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, while rather more easygoing than the real British navy of the time, the Hornblower saga delivers an entertaining adventure, greatly enhanced by the presence of such guest stars as Denis Lawson, Cheri Lunghi, Ronald Pickup and Anthony Sher. --Gary S Dalkin
Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson continues his Middle-Earth saga that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who's swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. In the company of thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) Bilbo enters the Lonely Mountain in possession of Gollum's precious ring and his keen blade Sting. With an all-star cast including many acclaimed actors from The Lord of the Rings (such as Cate Blanchett Ian Holm Christopher Lee Hugo Weaving Elijah Wood Andy Serkis and more) and the effects wizardry of Jackson's award-winning Weta Workshop Tolkien's epic story comes to life as never before imagined.
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