Ever since Venus and Serena Williams emerged onto the professional tennis scene, they've provoked vivid reactions, from admiration and awe to curiosity and debate. They've been winning championships for over a decade, pushing the limits of longevity in a demanding sport and breaking new ground for female and African American athletes. The 2011 tennis season proved to be one of the most testing of their careers, with both sisters battling life and career-�threatening health problems, personal ...
Led by an amazing per formance by Emmy®-nominated* actor Michael C. Hall, Season One intr oduces Dexter ® in one of the most critically acclaimed, must-see shows on television! In Season Two, Dexter's difficulties multiply when evidence of his deadly after-hours activities begins to surface and the FBI is br ought in to investigate the city 's new serial killer dubbed the Bay Harbor Butcher . Having faced his darkest demons and eluding the FBI, De xter r eturns in S eason Thr ee with a new take on t aking life, when a high-pr ofile case puts him in the sights of the most powerful and influential D .A. in Miami. Season Four brings not just one, but tw o new arriv als a baby and The T rinity K iller! But now, with wife and kids in to w, De xter's got mor e to lose than ever , as he gets dr awn into a deadly g ame with a killer ever y bit as dangerous and conflicted as he is.
Richard Strauss's wildest and most passionate opera gets an almost ideal performance in this 1989 production with three great female singers at the height of their powers. Marton is terrifyingly unreasonable as Elektra, determined to mourn her dead father in the face of her mother who had him killed, and to hope and pray for the vengeance that her brother will one day bring. Told he is dead, her emotional collapse is equally total, and her eventual self-destructive dance of triumph is a bittersweet ecstasy of anger and joy. Studer gives the sometimes underplayed role of the normal, compromising "feminine" sister the weight and sympathy Strauss intended it to have. Fassbaender is electric as Clytemnestra, collapsing under the weight of her guilt and paranoia, but still scarily sexy and regal in her manipulation of those around her. Abbado's conducting is electric--from the opening "Agamemnon" chords to the final dying fall of Elektra's dance, he never puts a foot wrong or misjudges the pacing of this most difficult of opera scores. The DVD has subtitles in English, German and French. --Roz Kaveney
Willie Nelson has won the admiration of fans all over the world with his awesome talent. Though his unmissable voice and outlaw spirit have forever earned him a place among country music's superstars his equally remarkable talents performing gospel standards blues and many other types of music are also evident This one-of-a-kind video marks the kick-off of Nelson's European tour on June 7 2000 with an intimate concert at the Paradiso Theatre in Amsterdam. This amazing evening sp
A documentary looking at the creative tensions in the world of British street art and graffiti, focusing in particular on the story of the ongoing feud between Banksy and Robbo. Meanwhile, on the streets, graffiti artists are locked in battle with the authorities, facing trial and prison sentences for their art while the work of more well-known street artists is being snapped up by the world's most prestigious galleries.
Shaolin Temple has many forms of kung fu but none is deadlier to witness than the Snake Style. A young disciple of Shaolin undergoes the training of the Snake Fist in order to bring honor back to Shaolin. As the government-controlling Manchus prepare to burn Shaolin the sacred monks prepare to strike back with one of nature's deadliest exponents! The Snake Fist in the hands of a Dragon is the ultimate combination for Wu-flavored action on the master level!
These days, families come in all forms - single dads, double moms, sperm donors, egg donors, one-night-stand donors... It's 2012 and anything goes. Bryan (Andrew Rannells - Girls, The Book of Mormon) and David (Justin Bartha - The Hangover) are a Los Angeles couple and they have it all. Well, almost. With successful careers and a committed, loving partnership, there is one thing that this couple is missing: a baby. And just when they think the stars will never align, enter Goldie (Georgia King - One Day), an extraordinary young woman with a checkered past. A Midwestern waitress and single mother looking to escape her dead-end life and small-minded grandmother (Emmy and Tony Award-winner Ellen Barkin), Goldie decides to change everything and move to L.A. with her precocious eight year-old daughter. Desperate and broke - but also fertile - Goldie quickly becomes the guys' surrogate and quite possibly the girl of their dreams. Surrogate mother, surrogate family.
Albert King - Live In Concert
Lone Scherfig directs this romcom, based on the best-seller by David Nicholls, about two friends who reunite every year on the anniversary of their first meeting. Since the day when they first met at their college graduation - July 15th,1988 - Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess) have kept in touch, meeting up again on the same day each year. Over the following two decades, the ups and downs of the relationship between the idealistic Emma and wealthy ladies' man Dexter are revisited every July 15th, as they try to take stock of their lives, and attempt to discover what they've both been missing all along.
Director Richard Pearce traces the musical odessy of blues legend BB King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. Pearce's homage to Memphis features original performances by BB King Bobby Rush Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner as well as historical footage of Howlin' Wolf and Rufus Thomas.
Colt Rocky and Tum Tum are back in another action-packed story where they travel with their grandfather to Japan in search of a secret cave of gold closely followed by a band of heavy metal rockers.
Four friends hike into the Pinewood forest to find evidence of the Chupacabra, a creature believed to be responsible for the disappearance of a group of experienced hikers a year earlier. As they journey deeper into the forest, they are introduced to a darkness that leaves these four victims fighting for their lives. One by one these friends are faced with the reality of survival.
Nat King Cole was a consummate performer and international superstar whose music inspired millions around the world to dance laugh love and smile.As expressed by a stellar cast of family friends and entertainers from around the globe THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE documentary explores the artistry and character of a man who not only has stood the test of time but is loved universally.Aside from documenting the statue of Nat King Cole's international stardom this grou
Merv Doody (James Heathcote) is a true horror-movie geek he's seen it all. That is until fate delivers an inept lunatic to his doorstep! Instead of wetting his pants Merv decides to transform this wannabe wacko into a super cool psycho. Enlisting the aid of his best buddy Onkey (Dan Palmer) the pair set about creating the greatest masked maniac the world has ever seen. Forget Jason and Freddy. They're losers. The man with the spatula (that's right spatula. You wanna make something
The Last Hunter is the ultimate exploitation war movie containing some of the most horrific action scenes ever filmed. Army Captain Henry Morris (David Warbeck) is sent on a covert mission to destroy a Viet Cong radio station. He must venture through the deadly jungles to accomplish his goal. Accompanying him are a small commando detachment and a war journalist (Tisa 'Zombie Flesh Eaters' Farrow). Together they head through the jungle killing and killing. They encounter decompos
Joe 90 was Gerry Anderson's penultimate puppet show of the 1960s, following Captain Scarlet (1968) and preceding the little-known The Secret Service (1969). In 2112 professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record And Transfer), a machine for copying knowledge and experiences from person to person. WIN (World Intelligence Organisation) uses this to prime their top undercover agent before sending him into the field on missions which range from foiling international terrorists to recovering a nuclear weapon from beneath the polar ice. So far so good, but in perhaps the most mind-boggling concept ever to reach children's TV, that agent is McClaine's nine-year-old adopted son, Joe. Somehow even as it stays true to the Gerry Anderson techno-fantasy formula of secret organisations, gadgetry, and action-packed adventure full of spectacular explosions and violent death, Joe 90 remains blithely unconscious of its own implications. The missions are as globe-trotting as anything in Anderson's classic Thunderbirds series, and sometimes Joe does save lives, performing a risky brain operation or rescuing trapped astronauts. Yet even then his criminally irresponsible father brainwashes the lad each episode before placing him in a highly dangerous adult situation. Though the production values remain way ahead of anything else being done on British TV at the time, the question remains how did this ever seem like a good idea? On the DVD: Joe 90, Volume 1 contains the first six 25-minute episodes presented, as usual with Gerry Anderson DVDs, behind a lovingly crafted menu. As expected the 4:3 picture quality is superb and the mono sound is full, detailed and without a trace of distortion. There are also several pages of character biography and background information on the show, a photo gallery and a variety of other extras. --Gary S Dalkin
Recorded in December 2000 in King's College Cambridge the programme includes: 'Once In Royal David's City' 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem' 'While Shepherds Watched' 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' and many more. Also includes a recording from 1954 of the first carol sevice from King's to be televised plus conversation between the only three directors of music at King's since 1957.
John Duttine stars as David Powlett-Jones who has been invalided out of the First World War and sent to work in a large public school in Devon. Utterly unconvinced of his teaching abilities he is persuaded to stay and so begins his long relationship with Bamfylde school...
The story of this vibrant night of Blues, filmed over a decade after the so-called Blues Boom in the UK stimulated a worldwide rediscovery of the roots of Rock 'N' Roll, is the story of John Mayall, the pioneer of British Blues, and roving global ambassador fro the genre. Memphis and Chicago Blues legends joined British Blues icon John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers on stage, one special night in June 1982 at New Jersey's Capitol Theater. The concert turned out to be a summit gathering of some of the greatest names in Blues music, when guitarists Albert King and Buddy Guy, harmonica player Junior Wells and singers Etta James and Sippie Wallace, all showed up to sit in with the band.
On a secluded country estate artist Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) has come to create a masterpiece. Hired by wealthy patron Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) he plans to create an extravagant garden carved out of the wilderness. But Chrome's true aim is to bankrupt Smithers and allow evil Fitzmaurice (Richard E. Grant) control over his beautiful wife Juliana (Greta Scacchi)... before Smithers discovers Chrome's true purpose. But what Chrome didn't count on is his passion for their beautiful mysterious daughter. Now one man's passion and another's obsession are about to collide... with the force of nature!
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