Based on the bestselling novels of Andrea Camilleri Inspector Montalbano operates within Italy’s precarious justice system. Solving crimes in a small Sicilian town he must contend not only with the murderers criminals and errant husbands who will do everything to avoid his detection but also local politicians police bureaucracy unreliable judges lethal mafi a families hysterical wives psychic sisters and more so much more. Thankfully he can turn to fi ne Italian cooking and his girlfriend Livia for comfort – but even these small pleasures are often interrupted in the life and times of Inspector Montalbano.
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as an official appointed second-in command to the US ambassador to a tumultuous Eastern European country. When the ambassador is murdered in an attempted coup it's down to JC and a small group of US marines to fend off the attackers!
Like a good claret laid down for a couple of decades, Victor Victoria (1982) just improves with age. Based on a 1930s German screenplay, Blake Edwards' cross-dressing musical tackles sexuality and gender with a sweet generosity of spirit and endearing warmth. To Edwards' credit and that of his wife Julie Andrews in the title role it is far more than a star vehicle, with James Garner, Lesley Ann Warren and, particularly, Robert Preston (as worldly gay Toddy) contributing quick-fire performances that brim with brilliant timing. Andrews, too, is wonderful in a deceptively complex part. It shouldn't have worked at all. Victor Victoria was made at a time when the Hollywood musical's currency was at its lowest and Andrews might have been deemed a rather old-fashioned sort of star. But by keeping Henry Mancini's songs in context as stage numbers, the traditional values of the musical are subverted. And the whole thing is bathed in a soft, intimate light; this is a film of considerable artistry on every level. On the DVD: Victor Victoriais presented in widescreen with a sharp Dolby Digital soundtrack; the picture quality is splendid. Extras include lists of cast, crew and awards as well as the original theatrical trailer. Best of all is a touching--if occasionally repetitive--commentary from Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews, who clearly remember the project with great pride and affection. Somewhat belatedly they resurrected it as a Broadway show in the 1990s, in which Andrews again scored a considerable personal triumph. --Piers Ford
Borrowed Time tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a hapless young burglar Kevin (Theo Barklem-Biggs - The Inbetweeners Movie BBC's Silk series 2) and his eccentric victim pensioner Philip (Phil Davis - Quadrophenia Vera Drake Brighton Rock). Desperate for cash and short on options to pay back local tyrant 'Ninja' Nigel Kevin breaks into Philip's house only to be held hostage by the old man at gunpoint. What follows is a bittersweet comedy about growing up and rediscovering youth in parallel as the burglar and victim form a bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.
Dr Brooks (E. Alyn Warren) is captured by followers of Zar, God of the Jewelled Fingers, but he is soon rescued from their lost city by Tarzan (Buster Crabbe), a white man who was raised in the jungle by apes and speaks no English, just a grunt from time to time. But Tarzan undertakes to locate Brooks' daughter Mary after seeing a photograph of her. Meanwhile, back in the jungle, Mary and Bob Hall (Edward Woods) are searching for her father. Their guides, Jeff (Philo McCullough) and Nick (Matthew Betz), are more interested in finding the treasure of Zar and scoring with Mary than finding Dr Brooks. Jeff is in possession of a message offering a large reward for Tarzan...dead or alive.
Frustrated by the soulless routine of life, advertising executive Callum Cutter is thrown into poetic chaos when he meets free-spirited French seductress Malika who promises to change his life forever providing he keeps her identity a secret. Whilst his employees, lead by the egotistical Marrlen mutiny over a make or break campaign on a seemingly unsellable product, Callum follows Malika to her native France where he is subjected to increasingly demoralizing trials and tribulations. Will he find the hidden meaning of life? Will the unsellable become sellable? A poetically spiritual film set in London and Brittany with stunning imagery.
A triple bill of Tarzan movies! Tarzan And The Trappers: Made from three TV episodes from a series that never came to be Tarzan must stop mean white hunters searching for treasure in the jungle. The New Adventures Of Tarzan:More adventures with the King of the jungle Bruce Bennett takes up the lead as Tarzan. Tarzan The Fearless:Tarzan discovers the lost city of Zar when he goes up against a group of Arabs who try desperately to kill him while he tries to hel
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