For their first-ever encounter in a staged opera Natalie Dessay as Manon and Rolando Villazn as des Grieux were the much-awaited highlight of Barcelona's Liceu season in June 2007 in David McVicar's beautiful stage production of Massenet's Manon. The DVD captures this outstanding production of Massenet's most popular and enduring opera which has since its creation in Paris in 1884 maintained an important place in the repertory.
A faithful and powerful adaptation of JM Coetzee's 1999 Booker-winning novel, this is a disquieting study of desire and its consequences, and an unblinking portrait of post-apartheid South Africa.
Johnny English (Dir. Peter Howitt 2003): Bumbling British intelligence officer Johnny English has to step into the breach when all his fellow agents are suddenly bumped off. With the machinations of mysterious millionaire Pascal Sauvage becoming increasingly threatening it's up to Johnny to save the crown jewels and the very fate of the Royal family I-Spy (Dir. Betty Thomas 2002): When the 'Switchblade' the most sophisticated stealth fighter plane ever created is stolen the US government brings in their top spy Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) to track it down. What he doesn't expect is to be teamed up with Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy) a cocky boxing champion. The duo's mission is to retrieve the plane from the hands of one of the world's most notorious illegal arms dealers Arnold Gundars (Malcolm McDowell) without getting themselves killed! Tuxedo (Dir. Kevin Donovan 2002): Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs): never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident Jimmy can't resist trying on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie! Suddenly thrust into a dangerous world of espionage paired with a rookie partner (Jennifer Love Hewitt) even less experienced than he is Jimmy becomes an unwitting if impeccably dressed secret agent.
Giant (1956): George Stevens' sweeping Oscar-winning epic about the cataclysmic effect the discovery of oil in Texas has on the lifestyle of the former cattle barons. Dean is Jett Rink a sullen-farm hand who becomes a millionaire overnight. Tough always angry restless bewildered and reckless Rink's animal charm and tycoon's magnetism means he always gets his way. But when he fails in love with Leslie he loses his way with an equal violence... East Of Eden (1955): James Dean plays Cal a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favored brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Playing off the haunting sensitivity of Julie Harris Dean's performance earned one of the film's four Academy Award nominations. Among the movie's stellar performers Jo Van Fleet won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Rebel Without A Cause (1955): In one of cinemas most influential and gripping roles James Dean plays Jim Stark the new kid in town whose loneliness frustration and anger mirrored those of most postwar teens - and reverberates more than 40 years later. Natalie Wood (as Jim's girlfriend Judy) and Sal Mineo (in his screen debut as Jim's tag-along pal Plato) were Academy Award nominees for their achingly true performances. Director Nicholas Ray was also an Oscar nominee for this landmark film chosen as one of the Top-100 American Films by the American Film Institute.
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Kidnapped and taken prisoner, a formidable ex-Special Forces agent, Billie (Natalie Burn, The Expendables 3) wakes up to discover she is stranded on a remote desert island. Rescued from a terrifying conflict with a killer mercenary by a determined group of islanders, it quickly becomes apparent that they are all part of a terrifying plot to harvest their organs. Increasingly aware of the sinister situation she is in, and tempered by the desire to find her missing sister, Billie has to utilise her combat skills and work together with the others to fight her captors . Hunted down one by one, and with danger at every turn, a race against time ensues as they battle to do everything they can to make it off the island alive . Starring Vinnie Jones (X-Men: The Last Stand, Snatch), Robert Davi (Die Hard, Licence to Kill) and Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill: Vol 1, Blade Runner) Left to Die is an action-packed, kinetic thrill-ride demonstrating endurance and survival in its rawest form.
Consider the Possibilities. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is the comedy classic from filmmaker Paul Mazursky that hilariously captures the sexual revolution of the late sixties. Bob (Robert Culp) and Carl (Natalie Wood) are a sophisticated California couple who after attending a free-thinking group retreat decide to push the boundaries of their marriage by experimenting with outside affairs. Ted (Elliott Gould) and Alice (Dyan Cannon) are a more traditional couple who al
Two inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack and decide to take a road trip to find the one's lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with it's own agenda.
The world has many heroes...but only one is a god. When the arrogant warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth, Star Trek) is banished to Earth from his homeworld of Asgard, he must fight to reclaim his lost powers. Pursued by an invasion force sent to destroy him, the fallen God of Thunder must rise to the battle and learn what it takes to become a true hero. Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Anthony Hopkins (Beowulf) also star in the blockbuster adventure.
V for Vendetta fans now's your chance to pick up a collector's set including the newly remastered V for Vendetta in 4K! What's Included: V for Vendetta in 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Two New Pieces of extra content on the 4K Disc (not in 4K resolution) 32-page book, highlighting some of the best content from the original book V For Vendetta: From Script to Film A letter written by Director James McTeigue, highlighting the creation of the film and its influence in the world today House all your collectables in this unique giftbox package, made to look like the front of V's jail cell from the film Who is the man who hides his scarred face behind a mask? Hero or madman? Liberator or oppressor? Who is V and who will join him in his daring plot to destroy the totalitarian regime that dominates his nation? From the creators of The Matrix trilogy comes V for Vendetta, an arresting and uncompromising vision of the future based on the powerfully subversive graphic novel. Special Features NEW: Natalie Portman's Screen Test NEW: V for Vendetta Unmasked: Making-of with filmmakers and cast James McTeigue & Lana Wachowski in Conversation : Looking back on V for Vendetta Director's Notebook: Reimagining a Cult Classic for the 21st Century: Director James McTeigue (Joined by Stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving and Other Creative Team Members) Traces in Detail the V Saga from Graphic Novel Origin Through the Movie's Execution. Designing the Near Future Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot England Prevails: V For Vendetta and the New Wave in Comics Freedom! Forever!: Making V For Vendetta Saturday Night Live Digital Short Cat Power Montage Theatrical Trailer
Three tough and sexy working class sisters intent on thieving and burgling their way out of poverty, masquerading as men
Around the globe attractive and athletic young girls are disappearing. Behind these abductions is the ruthless Madame M (Almen Wong) head of a covert international assassination squad. Imprisoned on a remote island the girls are trained military-style learning combat weapons and survival skills as well as the ancient arts of seduction. Madame M's aim is to create the ultimate female assassin. After six years of intensive training the girls are finally forced to fight each other
Caleb is a hunky political-science major with an affection for aggressive girls. Gwen is an aggressive girl who falls for gay-acting boys. It's a match made in therapy. In a plan hatched by his crafty gay roommate Kyle Caleb finds himself pretending to be gay to woo Gwen but their scheme is thwarted when Gwen decides that Caleb would be the perfect catch for her own gay roommate Marc-the object of Kyle's affection. Caleb is faced with a confusing proposition. Gwen wonders if she'
No Strings Attached: Academy Award Winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Ashton Kutcher (What Happens in Vegas...) star in the hilarious hit comedy that takes a modern look at what happens when friends-in-need do the deed. Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No Strings Attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends? Morning Glory: Written by A...
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere. In a stunning move the fiendish droid leader General Grievous has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine leader of the Galactic Senate. As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor.... As the Clone Wars rages on the rift between Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) and the Jedi Council widens. Young Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is caught in the middle his allegiances torn. Seduced by promises of power and the temptations of the dark side he pledges himself to the evil Darth Sidious and the Sith Order becoming Darth Vader. Together the Sith Lords set in motion a plot of revenge against the Jedi in an attempt to destroy them all. Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) refusing to believe that Anakin is lost to the Sith tries to turn his old Padawan learner back to the light side leading to a climactic lightsaber battle that will shape the fate of the galaxy forever. Revenge of the Sith is by far the darkest of George Lucas's prequel trilogy detailing the end of the legendary Clone Wars and the rise to power of the Sith. Witness General Grievous wielding four lightsabers; Anakin's rematch with Count Dooku; the terrifying purge of the Jedi; and the most-talked about lightsaber battle in Star Wars lore as Obi-Wan and Anakin duel in the lava-strewn world of Mustafar; not to mention the birth of the twins and Anakin's - post-lava - biomechanical transformation into Darth Vader. May the force be with you!
The Tudors returns for a third season of passion and treachery in this compelling drama about the early years of King Henry VIII's 40-year reign.
Set Comprises: Miracle On 34th Street (1947): Discover that miracles really do happen with one of the most spellbinding Christmas classic tales of all time. When Kris Kringle is hired to be Santa Claus in a department store's 34th Street branch his success is overwhelming much to the disdain of a rival store. When their attempts to discredit Santa take hold threatening all that is sacred and magical about Christmas prepare to find out that miracles really do happen... Miracle On 34th Street (1994):
Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violetta in La traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-Franois Sivadier at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival. This DVD captures her intense performance in the company of American tenor Charles Castronovo as Alfredo and French baritone Ludovic Tzier as his father, Giorgio Germont. Her theatrical impact is devastating, wrote the Financial Times. With this new production of La traviata at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival, Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Verdi's Violetta, a pinnacle of the soprano repertoire. She made her debut in the role in 2009 at the Santa Fe Festival in the US, and subsequently sang Violetta in Japan. Dessay's 2011-12 season will include La traviata at the Vienna State Opera (in this Aix-en-Provence production by French theatre and opera director Jean-Franois Sivadier) and the New York Metropolitan. Violetta makes tremendous demands on a singer, both vocally and dramatically, and signals Dessay's transition from lighter coloratura roles to the more full-blooded lyric repertoire. I'm tired of playing weeping girls, she told the French magazine Tl 7 Jours, Violetta is a real woman. That makes a nice change! The change was clearly successfully achieved: describing Dessay’s performance, the Financial Times wrote that her theatrical impact is devastating. Sivadier's production was staged in the open air, in Aix-en-Provence's exquisite Thtre de l'Archevch with its huge spiral staircases, medieval arches and 18th-century wings. The stage dcor was minimal, the simple costumes evoked the 1940s or 1950s, and the prime focus was on intense characterisation.
The incredible tale of the young powerful seductive King Henry VIII unfolds in The Tudors a daring series focusing on the tumultuous early years of the ambitious King's nearly 40 year reign of England. Bold and passionate about his country and his women Henry's obsession with ensuring his legacy led to beheadings of friend and foe waging war and challenging the almighty Catholic Church of England forever changing the soul of the British Empire. The Tudors dramatically portrays Henry's scandalous and romantic relationships with Catherine of Aragon his brother's widow and the infamous Anne Boleyn the first of his wives that he beheaded. The series also delves into his political relationships including those with philosopher Sir Thomas More and Cardinal Wolsey head of the Catholic Church of England during its break with Rome. An exhilarating story told over 10 episodes filled to the brim with passion cruelty and treachery!
Hesher tells the story of a twenty-something long-haired tattooed metal-head who one day unexpectedly enters the life of a grieving family. Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt; 50/50, Inception) is the most unlikely person to help 13-year-old TJ (Devin Brochu) cope with the death of his mother, but he proves to be the only one who can truly free TJ from his overwhelming sadness. With unconventional tactics that make him resemble a convict more than a care-giver, Hesher takes TJ under his wing and gives the young boy and his grieving father (Rainn Wilson; Super, The Office: An American Workplace) a chance to be a family again. Also starring Oscar Winner Natalie Portman (The Black Swan) and 3 time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie (Children of a Lesser God, Carrie, The Hustler).
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