A pact made in the heat of World War II between Hitler and the Duke of Windsor placing the Duke on the throne of England should Germany claim victory threatens world stability today. The Windsor Protocol also details the names and crucially the bank accounts of those who are to help fund the resurgence of the Fourth Reich. And now the most senior surviving Nazi has enlisted the help of an influential US Senator to take over the US government. A nervous British government dispatches legendary agent Sean Dillon (Kyle MacLachlan) to Washington where anyone who gets in the way of the evil plan is being surreptitiously murdered. The race is on for Dillon to save the lives of the most powerful men in the world while his own hangs precariously in the balance. Based on the novel by Jack Higgins.
Based freely on the classic novels by C.S. Forester, Hornblower is a series of TV films following the progress of a young officer through the ranks of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The series greatest asset is the handsome and charismatic Ioan Gruffudd in the lead role, surely a major star in the making. For television films the production values are very good, though as Titanic, Waterworld and The Perfect Storm demonstrated, filming an aquatic adventure is a very expensive business, and it is clear that the Hornblower dramas simply make the best of comparatively small budgets. No more faithful to Forester's books than the 1951 Gregory Peck classic Captain Horatio Hornblower, the real inspiration seems to have come from the success of Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, which likewise featured a British hero in the Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, while rather more easy going than the real British navy of the time, the Hornblower saga delivers an entertaining adventure, greatly enhanced by the presence of such guest stars as Denis Lawson, Cheri Lunghi, Ronald Pickup and Anthony Sher. "The Frogs and the Lobsters" provides a tough, complex and surprisingly violent drama concerning an attempt to mount a royalist counter-offensive against Revolutionary France.--Gary S Dalkin
Discovering a World War II briefcase while scuba diving was the worst day of Henry Barker's and his daughter's life. The Fuhrer-sealed briefcase is of major interest to hard-nose Brit Brigadier Charles Ferguson and a U.S. hitman sent to kill Baker. With her father dead Jenny Baker now has the briefcase whose contents hold the key to resurrecting the fourth Reich - the Windsor Protocol. Smart criminal Sean Dillon (Kyle MacLachlan) is sent by Ferguson to prevent the Windsor Protocol from falling into Nazi hands and quickly finds himself at the top of everyone's hit list. Through hair-raising twists and turns the free world hangs in the balance as the new Nazi regime waits for the return of the Protocol
Sophie a young foreign exchange student arrives to stay with a family in up-state New York taking piano lessons from the father Keith. But soon Sophie's longing for excitement and Keith's growing disenchantment with family life begin to take on a romantic aspect which threatens Keith's comfortable suburban existence. An intimate and intelligent romantic drama starring Felicity Jones (Like Crazy Chalet Girl) and Guy Pearce (Prometheus Lawless the Hurt Locker). Directed by Drake Doremus (Like Crazy).
Travel to a time and place beyond your imagination with this definitive edition of David Lynch's epic sci-fi adventure Dune.Kyle Maclachlan heads an all-star cast (Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Francesca Annis, Max Von Sydow, Sting) as Paul Atreides, an intergalactic warrior who leads his people into battle against the dreaded Harkonnens for control of the desert planet Arrakis, and it's most valuable asset: the spice Melange.
A series that's as much about one as the other, the wonderfully funny, touching and utterly genuine Sex and the City dares to portray real adults in a thoroughly realistic environment. Filmed in and around the streets of Manhattan, the show brings New York life--and specifically singles life--alive as no other has done before. Like its HBO stablemate The Sopranos, this is TV for grown-ups: frank and non-patronising, dizzyingly well written and devastatingly accurate in its characterisations. Sarah Jessica Parker plays Carrie Bradshaw, Manhattan's "sexual anthropologist" whose weekly newspaper column gives the series its title. Kristen Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon are her acerbic, cynical, thirtysomething singleton pals: gossip, sex, men, shoes, shopping, sex, designer clothes, fashion and sex dominate their affluent yet incomprehensibly empty lifestyles as they move from swanky restaurant opening to night club to art exhibition in the relentless pursuit of fulfilment and validation. Conspicuously, the men in their lives--from "toxic bachelors" to "modelisers" and beyond--fail to provide either, leaving the women to pick up the pieces after each shattered relationship. Adapted from Candace Bushnell's bestseller, in the first season Carrie embarks on her long and tortuous liaison with "Mr Big" and watches wryly as her pals seek solace with various members of the male sex, electric appliances and even, disastrously yet briefly, celibacy. On the DVD: Fortunately, 12 outstanding episodes are their own selling point here, since the presentation of these two discs leaves something to be desired. Although Region 2 encoded, inexcusably the broadcast format is American NTSC not PAL, so if you don't have a reasonably modern TV you'll have trouble playing the discs in the first place; there's a tiny promo feature and teaser trailers, plus cast biographies and synopses that pop up at the beginning of every episode. The interface lacks a "Play All" facility, forcing you to skip back and forth from the main menu after each episode. Add to that some pretty nasty packaging and this set won't win any prizes for presentation. But the shows themselves are a constant delight: anyone who's ever dated or been dumped should own this set. --Mark Walker
Based freely on the classic novels by CS Forester, Hornblower is a series of TV films following the progress of a young officer through the ranks of the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The series' greatest asset is the handsome and charismatic Ioan Gruffudd in the lead role, surely a major star in the making. No more faithful to Forester's books than the 1951 Gregory Peck classic Captain Horatio Hornblower, the real inspiration seems to have come from the success of Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, which likewise featured a British hero in the Napoleonic Wars. Nevertheless, while rather more easygoing than the real British navy of the time, the Hornblower saga delivers an entertaining adventure, greatly enhanced by the presence of such guest stars as Denis Lawson, Cheri Lunghi, Ronald Pickup and Anthony Sher. Beginning in 1794 with the 17-year-old midshipman joining the fleet at Portsmouth, "The Even Chance" offers a rather rushed introduction. --Gary S Dalkin
A dream-like story of loss and redemption set in the lost Montana town of Northfork, flooded to make way for a hydroelectric damn in 1955.
A decidedly irreverent satire about the wages of greed and an enchanting comic adventure that riffs on an iconic theme the American salesman with a twist. For this tale of door-to-door marketers takes place in a world heretofore never seen on screen: that of 1960s manure salesmen, AKA the Men of Manure.
In the not too distant future - technological advances means the quickest way to travel is to transfer your conciousness to another body. Stefan Toffler is called in to investigate a terrorist attack unknowingly he's transferred to the body of the main terrorist and has only two days to find himself.... or die!
Following a daring escape from a Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War Captain Cyrus Smith (Kyle MacLachlan - Desperate Housewives Twin Peaks) and his comrades are swept out to sea by a perilous storm and crash-land on a lost tropical isle full of dangerous secrets. Salvation comes in the form of Captain Nemo (Patrick Stewart - X-Men Star Trek The Next Generation) the troubled hero of Jules Verne's 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea who has built a fortress on the island and claimed it as his scientific playground. When Nemo learns of Cyrus' engineering background he tries to enlist Cyrus in his ultimate project - the creation of a doomsday weapon that Nemo believes will end all war forever. After Cyrus doubts Nemo and his weapon the castaways are thrown out left to fend for themselves against the wrath of Mother Nature betrayed. Will the escapees betray their ideals and ask Nemo for help or will he unleash the power of his terrible weapon?
When a couple of small town cops stumble upon a pile of cash after a criminal's drug deal goes bad they decide to keep the money. However is there honour amongst even these usually law abiding thieves?
Showgirls (Dir. Paul Verhoeven 1995): From the Director of Basic Instinct comes a daring new film that breaks all barriers. Leave your inhibitions at the door and experience the sensation of Showgirls Las Vegas the pleasure capital of the world where stardom can be found..at a price. Fuelled by naked ambition Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) is willing to pay that price working as a ""stripper"" and ""lap-dancer"" in the seedy back room of the Cheetah Club. She is soon discovered by Cristal (Gina Gershon) the seductive star of the biggest sexiest show in Vegas who together with her lover Zack (Kyle MacLachlan) gives her the chance to fulfil her wildest dreams. Behind the glamour lies the sordid side to the nightlife full of traps set with lust and jealousy. Enter the world of Showgirls it's hot it's wild it's wicked it's the ultimate fantasy! 9 1/2 Weeks: (Dir. Adrian Lyne 1986) Elizabeth (Academy Award winner Kim Basinger) is a Soho gallery worker romantically uninvolved since a painful divorce. John (Mickey Rourke) is a wealthy commodities broker emotionally alone no matter who he's with. A chance meeting draws them into each other's worlds. Obsession takes them further into a mutual world of eroticism and emotional awakenings. With visual flair director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction 1998's Lolita) explores extremes of passion and surrender in 9 1/2 Weeks.Passion fades. But something John and Elizabeth will always carry inside is the impact of their 9 1/2 Weeks. Wild Orchid (Dir. Zalman King 1990): Set in the sultry splendor of Rio de Janeiro Wild Orchid stars Mickey Rourke Jacqueline Bisset and supermodel Carre Otis in a torrid adventure of the senses. Filled with exotic locations it is a hypnotic odyssey that will leave you breathless and spellbound. Beautiful young attorney Emily Reed (Otis) travels to Rio to work with international negotiator Claudia Lirones (Bisset) on a multimillion-dollar deal. But once exposed to the raw sensuality of her surroundings Emily is increasingly drawn into a world of erotic fantasy. Eager to guide Emily through this underworld is Claudia's old flame Wheeler (Rourke). Mysterious and seductive Wheeler unleashes Emily's most primitive desires - even as she threatens to unlock his world- weary heart.
It's only when you're life is truely on edge that you appreciate how precious and important everyday every moment is. After finding she has a life-threatening illness Susan Allen decides to spend what time is left to the fullest with her young daughter Carson. Tortured between her own terrible plight and what will happen to Carson she then crosses paths with an irresistable stranger. Although reluctantto get too involved as any future together seems impossible she soon finds out that it's never too late to fall in love or to realise there really is so much love to live for.
An inspiring commercial artist Alison Gertz was young white and upwardly mobile from a strong upper middle class family. She was heterosexual not promiscuous had never used intravenous drugs and had never had a blood transfusion. Yet her life and the lives of her family and friends are changed radically by her diagnosis as having AIDS at the age of 22.
On this exclusive VH1 Storytellers compilation some of rock's biggest names come together to pay tribute to The Doors - the band that would forever change music in the 1960s. Jim Morrison's poetic and controversial lyrics combined with the band's dark hypnotic sound continue to influence artists and fans from all walks of music. This DVD is a mere sampling of The Doors' monumental impact on the rock world. Tracklisting: L.A. Woman (Excerpt) - Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction Love Me Two Times - Pat Monahan from Train Whiskey Bar - Ian Astbury from The Cult The End - Travis Meeks from Days of the New Break On Through - Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots Five To One - Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots Light My Fire - Scott Stapp from Creed Roadhouse Blues - Scott Stapp from Creed Bonus Tracks: Wild Child - Ian Astbury from The Cult Riders On The Storm - Scott Stapp from Creed.
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.
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