""Ooh Matron!"" This is the ultimate film review of a true great of British comedy. Featuring extensive extracts from the finest comedy moments from the late great and sadly missed Kenneth Williams including unforgettable highlights from Kenneth's greatest moments in Carry On as well as his unforgettable TV performances. In addition to a rare on set archive interviews with Kenneth himself we also hear the first hand reflections of fellow Carry On stars Barbra Windsor Jack Douglas Patsy Rowlands as well as the vivid recollections of Michael Anderson and Barry Took .
Jody is the kind of guy that every 1970s teen looked up to. He's in his early 20s, has a cool car, splendid '70s hair, leather jacket, plays guitar and (naturally) snags all the girls. His little brother, Mike, in particular, admires him and emulates him at every turn. Things start to go astray, however, when the two brothers and their friend Reggie attend a funeral for a friend. Mike notices a tall man working at the funeral home; in the course of his snooping, he sees the tall man put a loaded coffin into the back of a hearse as easily as if it was a shoebox. Jody doesn't believe his little brother's stories, though, until he brings home the tall man's severed finger, still wriggling in what appears to be French's mustard. From there, the film picks up a terrific momentum that doesn't let up until the sequel-ripe twist ending.Phantasm was one of the first horror movies to break the unspoken rule that victims were supposed to scream, fall down and cower until they were killed. Instead, Mike and Jody are resourceful and smart, aggressively pursuing the evil inside the funeral home with a shotgun and Colt pistol. Furthermore, the script has a great deal of character development, especially in the relationship between the two brothers. The film even has a surprisingly glossy look, despite its low-budget origins, and little outright gore (except for the infamous steel spheres that drill into victims' heads). This drive-in favourite was a big success at the time of its release, and spawned three sequels. Little wonder; it includes an inventive story, likeable characters, a runaway pace, and, of course, evil dwarves cloaked in Army blankets. The end result is one of the better horror films of the late 1970s. Hot-rod fans take note: Jody drives a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda, the pinnacle of 1960s muscle cars, rounding out his status as a Cool Guy. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com
Two more episodes from the popular show starring Sam Neill. Gambit: It is 1918 and Reilly is sent back into Russia charged with overthrowing the Bolsheviks who plan to make peace with Germany. Reilly heads to Moscow with a million pounds and a plan to form a new Government. Endgame: The Bolshevik Secret Police the Cheka are hot on the heels of Reilly as he negotiates with the Latvian troops guarding the Kremlin to oust Lenin. Can Reilly seize power?
Jerry Lewis plays hapless Pvt. First Class Alvin Corwin and Dean Martin is First Sgt. Vic Puccinelli in this barrack room comedy set in the U.S. around World War 2. Alvin and Vic grew up in the same neighbourhood and Vic watched out for his pal then and still is! All the military stereotypes you would expect are here - a loudmouth drill sergeant a conniving supply Sergeant and a bumbling company commander. 'At War With The Army' was Lewis and Martin's first teaming together.
Second part in the Star Blazers animated series. With Earth close to extinction Space Cruiser Argo sets out to find a the Cosmo-DNA - the only thing that can save the planet. However their quest is placed in jeopardy by constant clashes with the enemy Gamilon fleet and the effects on the ship's captain of radiation poisoning...
Psychological thriller starring Colin Firth as Ben, a man who wakes from a coma to discover that his wife Elisa (Naomie Harris) has been killed in car accident. When he comes out of hospital a few weeks later, he tries to rebuild his life, reuniting with old friend Tommy (Tommy Flanagan) and making friends with his pretty young neighbour Charlotte (Mena Suvari), who takes him to visit a psychic (Brenda Fricker) to try to help him get over his grief and pain. But Ben is continually haunted by ...
Spike (Colgan) and Heaton (Glenaan) are the unlikeliest pair: two loners who have found each other. Taciturn competent unreadable; Heaton is someone we are instinctively afraid of. In contrast his sidekick Spike is manic child-like unstopaable; someone we are instinctively afraid for... When Spike commits a terrible crime Heaton decides to stand by him; an act of astonishing almost foolhardy loyalty. There begins a chase across a vast northern landscape of moors rivers and da
While the rest of the male population of Belfast are firing nothing but blanks, Eamonn (Kris Marshall) is blessed with 'tadpoles on speed that could impregnate a stone'.
Realising that there's cash to be made out of his fellow man's infertility, this 24 year old virgin transforms himself overnight into Belfast's very own one-man sperm bank.
Business is booming until Eamonn is sucked into the 'troubles' and finds his crown jewels dangling in the fires of political distrust and religious...
One cop stands alone against a legend....
The adventures of brave little pig Wilbur and Charlotte the friendly spider...
John Candy and Eugene Levy charge into the world of private security in the outrageous action-comedy Armed And Dangerous. Unfortunately they're usually charging in the wrong direction! When Candy abungling cop and Levy an inept lawyer lose their jobs they wind up together at the Guard Dog Security Company. After thorough training in the use of firearms (for two hours) they're raring to go. But even as security guards they can't cut it and rip-offs take place right under their noses. Eventually they figure out the robberies aren't coincidental and that their company is in cahoots with the security union's mobster president (Robert Loggia ""Jagged Edge""). Eager to snag the crooks Candy and Levy set out as spies and in a wild car chase turn a million-dollar heist into an armored carnival! When the dust finally settles Candy and Levy save the day as the hilarious rent-a-cop duowho are never more funny than when they're Armed and Dangerous.
When a football star is convicted of drunk driving and sentenced to community service teaching kids a martial arts Guardian Angel helps him overcome his own ego and learn the meaning of responsibility.
Red Letters has all the makings of a classic Hitchcock thriller: a hapless hero who thinks he's smarter than he is, an unpredictable femme fatale, snaky plot twists, and an all-around excellent cast. Professor Dennis Burke (Peter Coyote) wrote a sizzling erotic novel called Red Letters 20 years ago--but since then his wife has died from a protracted illness and he's been fired from a job because of an affair with a student. So he's grateful to be given a second chance at a small California college where he lectures on Hawthorne--only all his students are more interested in Burke's own writing than Hawthorne's. Burke starts receiving letters for the former resident of his apartment that are from a woman in prison named Lydia (Nastassja Kinski) with a 30-year sentence for murder. Burke writes back and their correspondence takes a turn for the intimate when she asks him to visit her. Burke isn't sure what he's getting into, and his life is further complicated when the daughter of the college Dean (Fairuza Balk) starts making advances. Suddenly Lydia has escaped, his best friend (Jeremy Piven) is arrested for hacking into the prison computer system, and the Dean suspects Burke of trifling with his daughter. The movie loses focus at the very end, but until then it's a smart, well-written, subtle, and unpredictable film that actually gives its characters some depth and grit. Even the more implausible moments are fun and engaging, making this well worth checking out. --Bret Fetzer
This programme presents the lives and works of Ludwig van Beethoven as featured in the BBC series Great Composers. It examines the backgrounds influences and relationships that make this composer part of the very fabric of the history of western music. The composer's life and work is presented through extensive performance sequences and through interviews and comments from some of today's greatest artists and most respected authorities. This programme was filmed on location in Bonn and Vienna and includes performances by Nikolaus Harnoncourt with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Sir Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Ashenazy Bernard Haitink and Glyndebourne Festival Opera The Lindsay Quartet and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Set against spectacular scenery with an exhilarating mix of action adventure and romance Lorna Doone is one of the world's greatest and most enduring love stories. Having seen his father murdered by the Doones - an aristocratic but murderous clan of outlaws - the young Ridd vows revenge. But his vengeance is complicated when he falls in love with the beautiful Lorna daughter of the Doone's. Their 'Romeo and Juliet' relationship wreaks havoc on those closest to them finally threatening their romance.
Chow Yun-Fat makes his Hollywood debut with Mira Sorvino in this fierce and explosive action thriller. A seamless fusion of style and Hong Kong action adventure 'Replacement Killers' will blow you away! After he betrays Mr. Wei the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death professional killer John Lee goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are targets of their impressive firepower. With both sides fully armed and determined to fight to the death an ultra-violent shoot-out breaks out when they finally face off against each other.
Cat's Eye: What does a stray cat have in common with a radical technique to quit smoking the window ledge of a sky scraper and an evil goblin? Three of Stephen King's most imaginatively terrifying tales brought to life in this chilling trilogy of short stories... Shocker: A mass murderer goes to the electric chair but something goes horribly wrong. The electrical energy transforms him into a monster able to enter and possess other's bodies at will. Now he is loose and seemingly unstoppable... Silver Bullet: The small American town of Tarker's Mills is a place where everyone cares as much about everyone else as they do about themselves. When the Tarker's Mills tranquility is disrupted by the horrific discoveries of mutilated bodies of friends and relatives the whole town is out for justice. A young handicapped boy Marty Coslaw is convinced it is the work of a werewolf. Involving his sister Jane he uncovers the truth behind the werewolf...
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