A romantic drama from the director of 'Couscous' and 'Blue Is the Warmest Colour', following a young screenwriter faced with a difficult choice between his lover and his career.
Milagro New Mexico. Population 426. Nothing had changed here for 300 years. But there's something about this day... In Milagro a small town in the American Southwest Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local Hispanic farmers they cannot arouse much opposition because of the short term opportunities offered by constructio
As Fear the Walking Dead returns for Season 3, our families will be brought together in the vibrant and violent ecotone of the U.S.-Mexico border. International lines done away with following the world's end, our characters must attempt to rebuild not only society, but family as well. Madison has reconnected with Travis, but Alicia has been fractured by her murder of Andres. Mere miles from his mother, Nick's first action as a leader saw Luciana ambushed by an American militia group the couple escaped death but Nick no longer feels immortal. Recovering both emotionally and physically, Strand has his sights set on harnessing the new world's currency, and Ofelia's captivity will test her ability to survive and see if she can muster the savagery of her father.
Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognisable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not as commercially successful as those two movies, it is a genuinely compelling work graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh
The epitome of what a rock band should be. Guns 'N' Roses became the biggest group on the planet selling 50 million albums during their glory years alone. They created a unique sound and image that nobody has matched since and at the time it seemed like nothing could stop them. Subsequent developments have meant the best part of 15 years passing without any new material although they remain astonishingly popular. However the now legendary (yet still unreleased) Chinese Democracy al
Johanna is an updating of the Joan Of Arc legend and tells a tale of female suffering and redemption. A young drug addict falls into a coma following a traffic accident and upon recovering finds that she has the power to heal the sick and dying. She stays on at the hospital as a nurse - but the staff turn against her engineering her downfall and in so doing ensuring her apotheosis. Magnificently scored stunningly visualised this is a true one-of-a-kind.
Karl his brother David and their father Frank are all stranded in Dinotopia after a plane accident. It's here that dinosaurs and humans live in perfect harmony but beneath the surface dangers are brewing....
Africa's slave legacy is explored by internationally acclaimed Senegalese Mbalax singer Youssou N'Dour and world renowned jazz pianist Moncef Genoud in Return To Goree. Opening with a student pilgrimage to Gor''e West Africa's most important transit post where thousands of slaves were processed on to ships bound for the Americas Youssou N'Dour sets out to explore the journey the slaves made and their influence on the cultures they became part of. What he discovers is a rich legacy whose impact upon 20th Century music is beyond doubt. Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's film accompanies Youssou N'Dour on his journey from Dakar to Atlanta New Orleans New York City and finally Luxembourg tracing in the history of jazz the roots of his ancestors. Gathering together some of the world's most exceptional musicians and singers from gospel traditional jazz and soul including the legendary New Orleans jazz drummer Idris Muhammad and ace guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel Youssou N'Dour finally returns to Gor''e for a concert that celebrates Africa's enduring musical culture.
Like the finest of film scores with its fluid beauty and succession of intensely romantic tunes, Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly has a surprisingly cinematic feel. In 1995 director Frederic Mitterand exploited this quality of the story, exposing a young woman's disillusionment against a backdrop of cultural chasms. Shot on location, with Tunisia doubling convincingly as a turn of the century Nagasaki, this Butterfly shines with fragile beauty. The house becomes a brilliantly used set; airy and full of the scent of flowers and at the same time a cage for the trapped woman. Archive footage of bygone Nagasaki is used skilfully to underline the distance between the 15-year-old bride and Pinkerton. Purists may prefer a more traditionally robust, stage-bound Butterfly, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more visually heartbreaking interpretation. Chinese soprano Ying Huang doesn't rock the rafters with her vocal power; hers is a tender, delicately observed performance. Tenor Richard Troxton's self-seeking Pinkerton is well sung. Overall, this is a haunting cinematic treatment of an enduringly popular opera. On the DVD: Madame Butterfly is presented in a letterbox widescreen format (enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions). The Dolby Digital surround soundtrack engulfs the listener in some of Puccini's most memorable tunes, stringing you out and leaving you emotionally spent. The main special feature is a charming portrait of Ying Huan, providing interesting insights into how the film was made and how she won the role. --Piers Ford
Help! I'm a Fish is an action-packed, entertaining 78-minute animated feature film, made in Denmark and dubbed for British audiences, starring the vocal talents of distinguished actor Alan Rickman and Monty Python's Terry Jones. The plot is simple but creative. Three children--Fly, Chuck and Stella--are on a clandestine fishing trip, when they stumble upon a mad professor whose potion transforms humans into fish. Stella innocently drinks the liquid, becomes a starfish and is thrown into the ocean. In an attempt to save her, the boys follow suit with Fly changing into a Californian flyfish and Chuck into a jellyfish. The antidote falls into the hands (or fins!) of a pilot fish, Joe, who drinks it and acquires human intelligence, the power of speech, a tyrannical desire for world control and a following of militant crabs. The threesome has 48 hours to retrieve the antidote, or they will remain fish forever. Traditional hand-drawn cartoons are interspersed with more modern computerised animations. The variety of life underwater is beautifully portrayed, adding greatly to the colour and interest of the film. Terry Jones is suitably loopy as Professor MacKrill and Alan Rickman creates a villain to match his baddie roles in Die Hard and Prince of Thieves. There are several key themes including the importance of intelligence, determination and friends and of being kind to animals and respecting the environment. Overall, this is a fast paced video with catchy songs and the occasional scary moment that will excite and delight children aged four and over. --Tracey Hogan
Based on David Harrower's celebrated, Olivier Award-winning play Blackbird, Benedict Andrews' UNA stars the Oscar-nominated Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Emmy-nominated Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom, Starred Up, Star Wars: Rogue One), following a young woman's journey to reclaim her past.
Eighties icons Crockett and Tubbs come to the big screen in this Michael Mann-directed adventure.
All 50 episodes from seasons 1-3 of the Adult Swim animated comedy series following the exploits of the American/Scandinavian death metal band Dethklok, who are so popular with their fans that they will do anything the band's songs tell them, even if it means certain death. Episodes Comprise: Season 1: The Curse of Dethklok Dethwater Birthdayface Dethtroll Dethkomedy Dethfam Performance Klok Snakes 'n' Barrels Mordland Fat Kid at the Detharmonic Skwisklok Murdering Outside the Box Go Forth and Die Bluesklok Religionklok Dethkids Dethclown Girlfriendklok Dethstars The Metalocalypse Has Begun Season 2: Dethecution Dethlessons Dethvengeance Dethdoubles Dethfashion Cleanso P.R. Pickles Deth Wedding Dethcarraldo Dethgov Dethrace The Revengencers Klokblocked Dethsources Dethdad Snakes N Barrels II (Part 1) Snakes N Barrels II (Part 2) Dethrecord Dethrelease (Part 1) Dethrelease (Part 2) Season 3 : RenovationKlok TributeKlok DethHealth Dethmas FatherKlok Fertilityklok Dethsiduals Rehabklok Dethzazz Doublebookedklok
Alma is a young girl with emotional problems and a special relationship with her grandfather Ramón, an old country man who stopped talking about 12 years ago after his son, Alma's father, sold a 2000-years-old olive tree in order to open a restaurant. Dominated by the sadness and the melancholia by the loss of his most beloved tree, Ramon spends his days visiting the place where the olive tree was planted, hoping the day the tree returns. Unable to bear the situation any longer, Alma looking for the olive tree, discovering that it was acquired by a Germany's energy company located in Dusseldorf. Without money or resources, Alma convinces her uncle Alcachofa and her friend Rafa (who has a love interest for her) to go in a truck from Spain to Germany to recover the tree, starting a travel with unexpected consequences for everyone...
When a remote Mexican oilfield comes down with a nasty case of Graboids (for the uninitiated: giant carnivorous worms with tunnelling abilities that put Bugs Bunny to shame), it is up to those veteran monster exterminators Burt and Earl to save the day--and accumulate some much-needed payola in the process. But this time, the slimy critters may have a few new tricks up their ... um, sleeves. Although denied a chance to appear in the cinema, this unjustly neglected direct-to-video sequel delivers the same winning mixture of cornpone and gore that made the original Tremors a cult classic. Although Kevin Bacon is missing, Michael Gross and the wonderful Fred Ward reprise their roles from the first film. A hoot-and-a-half for horror and SF fans, Tremors 2 has some genuine scares and a welcome sense of humour. The DVD, presented in 1.85:1 widescreen format, has trailers for both movies but no other extra features. --Andrew Wright
An enthralling documentary about director Terry Gilliam's aborted attempt to shoot a new Don Quixote movie in Spain.
Sexual tension spills off the screen in this sweaty bromance from acclaimed filmmaker Marco Berger (Absent Plan B). Two former friends who reunite during a hot summer in the Argentinean countryside. As they work together to restore a vacation home a game of power and desire ensues.
Francois is a happily married fifty year old teacher. Concerned that rebellious student Mathilde is going to be expelled he sets out to help her but is soon drawn into a passionate relationship with the enigmatic teenager. Realising it cannot go on he tries to end the affair with devastating consequences... A haunting tale of obsessive love that won Vannesa Paradis a Cesar award for Most Promising Actress. Available on DVD for the first time.
Richard Gere is pretty convincing as a severe manic-depressive whose episodes of euphoria sometimes find him dancing on a two-by-four far above the street or climbing onstage during a symphony performance to "conduct" the orchestra. When the pendulum swings the other way, he is practically catatonic. As a character study, this film by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) has its truly compelling moments, but Mr. Jones isn't just a character study. Inexplicably, the film ushers in a preposterous romance between this poor fellow and his psychiatrist (Lena Olin). Delroy Lindo has a nice part as a sympathetic construction worker who tries to help Gere's character. --Tom Keogh
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