""I hate to advocate drugs alcohol violence or insanity to anyone "" Hunter S. Thompson once wrote ""but they've always worked for me"". In this acclaimed documentary narrated by Nick Nolte experience the true story of the American master whose gonzo reportage defined an era while his depraved appetites forged a legend. Through archival footage and revealing interviews with family friends partners in crime and Thompson himself meet the man - and the myth - who created his own unforgettable world of fear loathing journalistic genius shotgun golf and a cannon-fired funeral to live on as one of the most extraordinary literary icons of all time.
A detailed gripping Crimewatch investigation into the mysteries of these heinous 19th century crimes. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Jack The Ripper killings a respected team of world-renowned forensic scientists criminologists and Ripper-ologists (including forensic pathologist Dr. William Eckert the Curator of Scotland Yard's Black Museum William Waddell FBI Special Agents Roy Hazelwood and John Douglas Queen's Counsel Ann Mallalieu Donald Rumbelow and Martin Fido) were gathered together for a live news-making television event with one purpose: to uncover The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper. Presented by Peter Ustinov this documentary employs state-of-the-art methods of criminal analysis developed by the F.B.I. constructs vivid re-enactments of the crimes and presents profiles of each of the prime suspects as the experts attempt to positively identify Jack the Ripper.
A year before the slasher boom really hit its stride with John Carpenter's legendary trendsetter HALLOWEEN, there was DRIVE-IN MASSACRE - an early slice and dice protoype that is finally achieving its rightful reappraisal courtesy of a brand new 4k scan from the splatter movie addicts at 88 Films! This worldwide HD debut indicates that DRIVE-IN MASSACRE was, in many ways, ahead of its time - spinning a sleazy story about a clueless police investigation into a madman who is carving up spectators at outdoor cinemas across California! Introducing the sort of giallo framework that the post-FRIDAY THE 13th teenkill genre would later take as its own, DRIVE-IN MASSACRE was directed with the expert grindhouse touch of Stu Segall, the man who oversaw Marilyn Chambers in INSATIABLE (1980) before producing such hit TV series as RENEGADE. A lively and lacerating bout of lunatic slasher energy.
Two men one purpose: track and destroy a legendary animal. But when the final confrontation comes only one man stands alone in the path of his rampaging enemy.
Sliding Doors: The split-second moments that can take a life down one path instead of another form the tantalising 'what if?' in this delightful romantic comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow plays London publicist Helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth overlap then surprisingly converge in the most romantic comedy in years. Don't miss it - romance was never this much fun! Ghost: A romantic thriller in which yuppie banker Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is murdered but returns to Earth as a ghost to protect his grief-stricken young girlfriend Molly (Demi Moore) and solve his own murder. As he cannot communicate directly with his love he turns to fake medium Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) for help. Nobody is more shocked than Oda Mae to discover she has the genuine power to contact the dead. Goldberg won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance and Bruce Joel Rubin won the statuette for Best Original Screenplay.
Featuring Episodes: The Wrong 'Un Have A Nice Death Hit And Run and The Reconciliation
The complete series of the 1960's police drama featuring the character Commander George Gideon based on the novels by John Creasey. This rarely seen series is presented here with all 26 episodes being complete and uncut. Episodes comprise: 1. State Visit 2. The V Men 3. The Firebug 4. The Big Fix 5. The Housekeeper 6. The Lady-Killer 7. To Catch A Tiger 8. Big Fish Little Fish 9. The White Rat 10. How To Retire Without Really Working 11. Subway To Revenge 12. The Great Pla
Based on a true story this psychological thriller follows a fire investigator as he undauntedly pursues a serial arsonist who is setting fire to California. The story takes and unexpected turn when the investigator is implicated in the case leaving his co-workers and family to ascertain his guilt or innocence. Stars Ray Liotta and John Leguizamo. Point of Origin is based on the true story of John Orr a fire-department official who was one of the leading arson investigators in the state of California during a time when a series of suspicious fires plagued the state.
Set in Newcastle towards the end of World War 2 this romantic drama chronicles the sacrifices made by a blue-collar woman and her family. This is the story of the Stotts an eccentric family waging their personal battles against the terrifying backdrop of Britain during WW2.
Every morning Daniel Pascoe (McGann) pilots his seaplane from his luxury home to the Docklands - the financial capital of the world. Pascoe is a city high flier and high roller. A man used to winning. But when things go wrong he has to pay the price. That's when he discovers he's merely another pawn in the game that's far bigger than he could ever imagine. To stay in the game he decides to take the biggest gamble of his life. Dealers is a yuppie thriller that cleverly evokes the be
Before The Twilight Zone there was One Step Beyond. Here are twenty eerie episodes on five devilish DVDs showcasing the very best of this landmark look at the paranormal; featuring such up and coming stars as Charles Bronson Robert Blake and Suzanne Pleshette. Classic cult TV and a must for all sci-fi fans.
Gregory's Girl: In a Scottish new town Gregory a school footballer becomes aware of... girls! Life is OK for Gregory - even when he loses his star position in the football team to gorgeous Dorothy of 5A. Demoted to goalie he now has time to revel in her triumphs on the field and to dream of the possibilities that just may lie ahead... off the field. But his interest is not entirely reciprocated. Will he survive a rebuff? Can his friends cure him of his terrible infatuation? Will he score with Dorothy? Will he score at all? Who's going to be Gregory's girl? Gregory's Two Girls: Two decades after a teenage boy's crush on a schoolgirl football player Gregory Underwood returns to his old school to teach English. He soon finds himself caught between a colleague and a schoolgirl who plays football. With much of his teaching encompassing human rights Gregory also finds himself enlisted too.
Spy satellite code name Iris One has been launched by the U.S. in a desperate attempt to curb the ruthless drug cartels and Delta Force is back in action attacking and destroying the stockpiles of illegal drugs wherever in the world they may be hidden. But when the Delta team wipes out a billion-dollar stash of cocaine belonging to Colombian drug lord Umberto Salvatore they've taken on more than they bargained for. At a gathering of crime lords in Italy Salvatore unveils a daring plot to bring the United States to its knees and he enlists the aid of the world's gangster elite to pull it off. Meanwhile Salvatore's men hijack the most sophisticated stealth submarine in the U.S. fleet the USS Roosevelt and rig the on-board missiles to fire if the sub is attacked. Delta Force is reassembled to take out Salvaltore and at all costs stop the submarine with its chemical weapons payload aimed at the United Nations building and an unsuspecting New York City. The clock is ticking the action is getting hotter and millions of lives are in the hands of a vicious madman...Delta Force is the only answer!
Based on the true-life case of the incarceration of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Oscar-winning Warner Baxter) The Prisoner of Shark Island is a fast-moving and gripping drama - rarely seen and remarkably timeless - following Mudd through a calamitous series of brutal encounters. Regarded as a personal favourite by the director it was also the film with which he was said to be the most happy with. Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath Tobacco Road) The Pris
Based on a true story this psychological thriller follows a fire investigator as he undauntedly pursues a serial arsonist who is setting fire to California. The story takes an unexpected turn when the investigator is implicated in the case leaving his co-workers and family to ascertain his guilt or innocence...
John Wayne teams up with Kirk Douglas in The War Wagon an action-packed western. Wayne plays rancher Taw Jackson who's dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to a cattle baron who stole his fortune and tarnished his good name years before. To pull off the heist Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character a half civilised Indian a young drunk and a cocky gunfighter. Of course they manage the impossible to the tune of half a million dollars in gold bullion and the music of Academy Award - winner Dimitri Tiomkin.
Catherine Cookson's heart-rending tale of Emily Kennedy and her relationship with three different men.
A collection of classic Westerns starring the icon John Wayne. Films comprise: 1. Dark Command 2. Tall in the Saddle 3. Angel and the Bad Man 4. The Fighting Kentuckian 5. The War Wagon 6. Rooster Cogburn
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