The special relationship between a boy with a troubled past and a young teacher. Based on a screenplay by Rod Woodruff.
San Francisco attorney Stewart MacMillan is named commisioner of the San Francisco police department. With his pretty but somewhat kooky wife Sally his hard drinking housekeeper Mildred and his assistant the somewhat dimwitted Seargent Charlie Enright Mac manages to solve some of San Francisco's most baffling crimes... Episodes Comprise: 1. Murder By The Barrel 2. The Easy Sunday Murder Case 3. Husbands Wives Killers 4. Death Is A Seven Point Favourite 5. The Face Of Murder 6. Til Death Do Us Part 7. An Elementary Case Of Murder
Frasier's fifth season is marked by two central themes. First is Roz's (Peri Gilpin) unexpected pregnancy, which naturally opens the door for countless promiscuity jokes for the radio show's beleaguered producer. The second is the continuing drama of Niles (David Hyde Pierce) and his frosty wife, Maris, which seemed to finally come to a head. Not that even a good marriage has ever kept Niles from pining for Daphne (Jane Leeves), of course. Frasier's (Kelsey Grammer) show is sailing along, and for the occasion of his 1000th show, is honoured by the mayor for "Frasier Crane Day," which allows the cast to do some rare location shooting in Seattle. But he has some problems with KACL management, and the prospect of tough contract negotiations tempts him to return to the Dark Side, in the form of agent Bebe (Harriet Sansom Harris). His personal life continues to sputter, even when he meets a perfect woman (Sela Ward as a fashion model studying zoology, Lindsay Frost as a high-powered defense attorney). The annual guest appearance by ex-wife Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) comes with a bizarre twist, and his father (John Mahoney) comes to a critical point with his girlfriend (Marsha Mason). Frasier won its fifth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, Grammer and Pierce won their third and second statuettes, respectively, and Patti Lupone was nominated for her guest appearance as Frasier's vengeful Greek aunt. --David Horiuchi
From Terry Gilliam director of 'Time Bandits' and 'Brazil' comes 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' a spectacular epic fantasy quite unlike any other film ever made. Just who is Baron Munchausen? Liar? Rogue? Madman? Or the greatest superhero ever to battle and triumph against unbeatable odds? Did he really ride through the air on a cannonball slay a three-headed griffin journey to the moon all before breakfast? Helped and hindered by a cast of quite literally thousands including Vulcan Berthold and many more the indomitable Baron succeeds in overcoming every obstacle to face his final greatest challenge: Death itself? There's never been a film remotely like this but then there's never been a hero to compare with the Baron...
Based on James Herriot's autobiographical best sellers If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet the long running TV series All Creatures Great and Small is back with Series 6! Featuring all 12 episodes from Series 6!
Set in the fictitious Oxbridge General Hospital Emergency - Ward 10 concentrated as much on the private lives of the staff as it did on their jobs setting the template for today's modern medical soaps. It also introduced the viewers to medical procedures earning praise from the British Medical Council for helping to allay the public's fears of hospitals. This series no longer exists in its entirety; included in this set are 24 of the earliest surviving episodes from 1959 and 1960: 247 - 30 June 1959 254 - 24 July 1959 255 - 28 July 1959 260 - 14 August 1959 261 - 18 August 1959 262 - 21 August 1959 263 - TX 25 August 1959 265 - TX 1 September 1959 266 - TX 4 September 1959 268 - TX 11 September 1959 269 - TX 15 September 1959 270 - TX 18 September 1959 385 - TX 25 October 1960 386 - TX 28 October 1960 387 - TX 1 November 1960 388 - TX 4 November 1960 389 - TX 8 November 1960 390 - TX 11 November 1960 392 - TX 18 November 1960 393 - TX 22 November 1960 394 - TX 25 November 1960 396 - TX 2 December 1960 397 - TX 6 December 1960 399 - TX 13 December 1960
Carrie Watts has one wish - to return to Bountiful her childhood home but she is repeatedly stopped by her son and daughter-in-law who are both concerned for her health. Each time she tries to escape she is caught until finally she eludes everyone and catches a bus to Bountiful.
Iconic movie star Eve Wilde (Glenn Close Fatal Attraction) is getting married once again raising concerns with her three grown sons and her favourite ex-husband, Laurence (John Malkovich Being John Malkovich). As the entire extended family pours in to witness the nuptials of Eve and Harold (Patrick Stewart Logan), the long summer weekend offers the opportunity for everyone to get to know each other a bit more intimately. With everyone and their exes invited, sexual sparks begin to fly and lead to unforeseen consequences that make for a WILDE wedding!
An orphaned girl fights her real-life enemies by believing they are figures from her history book. A young girl suddenly finds herself in the miniature world of a Victorian doll's house. A downtrodden teenage boy relives the ancient legend of a youth who shared his plight - in reality, or in his imagination? Atmospheric, superbly scripted and filled with the unexpected, this anthology series offered spine-tingling psychological and supernatural tales for younger viewers. With characters typically finding themselves plunged into strange alternative realities, or encountering ghostly figures from the past, the young protagonists' otherworldly experiences often play upon common teenage fears and preoccupations. Award-winning authors Penelope Lively, Rosemary Harris, Joan Aiken and Susan Cooper are among the writers for this complete second series.
The Mark Of Zorro (Dir. Rouben Mamoulian 1940): This swashbuckling remake of the silent classic stars Tyrone Power as the dashing masked avenger who single-handedly saves Los Angeles from Spanish despots. Don Diego Vega (Power) is summoned home from his elite training corps in Spain to California where he finds his father the Alcade deposed and the people living in tyranny. Disguised as Zorro a sword-wielding mystery man dressed in black he works to restore his father to
Four classic Gregory Peck films are featured on this fantastic box set. Gentleman's Agreement: Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with ""the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid"" (Hollywood Reporter) recipient of three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series
Hitchcock's most notorious work remains terrifying after all these years, digitally presented, this reissue marks this milestone work's 50th Anniversary.
Steven Seagal made his directional debut in this action-packed thriller co-starring Michael Caine. Seagal stars as Forrest Taft, an oil rigger with a mysterious skill for martial arts, who puts his life on the line to protect a small community in Alaska from a firm called Aegis that are planning on destroying their town for profitable gain. Forrest’s presence causes friction with Aegis and he soon realises that they aren’t just gluttonous businessmen but violent killers intent on carrying out their mission no matter who gets in their way.
Amid the lo-fi wasteland of the 1990s, Dream Theater were an unashamedly unhip throwback to the glory days of progressive rock; and in their 1999 album Scenes from a Memory they even dared to exhume that once-extinct species, the concept album. In 2000 the band took Scenes on the road, and the resulting concert footage is a testament both to their musical creativity and the fanatical loyalty of their audiences. Filmed on a sweltering August evening in New York, this was the last time the band played the album right through, using an on-stage narrator and even bringing on a Gospel choir for the grand finale. But the heat of the night is nothing to that generated by the blistering performances from a group of unrepentant musos who like nothing better than to play in complex time signatures and thrash out lengthy riffs at dizzying speed. Those not already converted will doubtless be puzzled by the sight of five hairy blokes earnestly expounding a quasi-operatic story of dying and "learning to live", while drummer/director Mike Portnoys decision to intercut film snippets of the album's story with the concert footage seems redundant. But fans of this band, and anyone who yearn for the classic days of Rush, Genesis and Yes, will have nothing to complain about here: dont believe the music press, prog-rock is alive and well. On the DVD: heres a disc thats going to make this band's audience very happy indeed. Aside from the main concert itself there are five additional tracks--and this being Dream Theater, they are all pretty substantial, climaxing with the epic "A Change of Seasons". Then theres a fun 25-minute behind-the-scenes documentary with crew and fans waxing enthusiastic about the band, and even more additional concert footage. The whole band gather to provide a concert commentary, which ordinarily might seem an odd thing to do, but this is prog-rock after all. A picture gallery of tour photos rounds out the extras. Sound is unfussy Dolby stereo.--Mark Walker
More from the classic BBC drama set on Tyneside at the end of the first world war starring James Bolam as the loveable rogue Jack Ford....
The title says it all! Gorgeous Betty Grable (in real life voted the Forces' all time favourite pin up girl), stars as a War Department typist, who doubles as a small-time USO entertainer desperate for a chance at the big-time. Her penchant for telling lies gets her into all sorts of trouble especially when she fibs her way into the company of war hero Tommy Dooley (John Harvey) by pretending she is a musical star.Her life gets more complicated when she is appointed secretary to the handsome war hero. Barely disguised, she manages to fool him for a time, but not when she flashed those million-dollar legs! Grable turns in a wonderful performance and there are several excellent musical numbers. Co-star veterans Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown and Dorothea Kent help the fun along, while the Condos Brothers and the Skating Vanities add their talents to spectacular sequences. Big band music is provided by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra.
X-Men: Season 1 & 2 Box Set (4 Discs)
Few would have guessed from its initial headline-grabbing shock tactics, but the BBC's This Life went on to become one of the most influential television dramas of the 1990s. The show's creators certainly went for the jugular with liberal smatterings of sex, drugs and general debauchery--not many television shows then or now come with an 18 certificate. But beneath all the surface gloss lay a drama of real substance. The first 11 episodes begin with the five individuals coming together in London's legal world and then take us through their shared experiences. This Life's great strength was that there was enough drama between the main protagonists to maintain the show's momentum, while introducing just the right amount of secondary characters (Delilah, Ferdy)--a trick that Queer as Folk, perhaps the show's natural successor, was also to employ. The chemistry between the leading players has rarely been bettered since and, all in all, This Life has aged not a jot. On the DVD: while there is little in the way of extra features, the DVD format suits This Life perfectly. And where 430 minutes of VHS would be too unwieldy, this two-disc collection is sharp and snappy. The menu layout is excellent, enabling easy access to those classic moments, and the hip soundtrack (The Prodigy, Iggy Pop, Dubstar) sounds crisp and clear. --Phil Udell
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