A four disc DVD set of classic detective films. With Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Peter Lorre as Mr Moto; Boris Karloff as Mr Wong and Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy. Mr. Moto's Last Warning (Dir. Norman Foster 1939): A Japanese man claiming to be Mr Moto of the International Police is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr Moto is already in Port Said investigating a conspiracy against the British and French government
Krsko a small industrial town near the southern Slovenian border with Croatia. The only Slovenian nuclear power plant is based at the outskirts of the city. Ludvik a former national speedway champion and widower transports illegal immigrants every night from Croatia to the Italian border. His boss employs the young and inexperienced Rudi to serve as his assistant. On the first drive Ludvik challenges Rudi a few times; a beautiful Macedonian girl is only one of their victims. Rud
Anzio: Robert Mitchum Peter Falk and Arthur Kennedy star in the rivetting war drama Anzio a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio Italy in 1944 war correspondent Dick Ennis (Mitchum) and buddy Corporal Rabinoff (Falk) tell Anzio commander General Lesley (Kennedy) that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold only to discover that the Germans have outflanked them by enclosing the Anzio beachhead. Four months and over 30 000 casualties later the Allied forces smash through the German lines and victoriously march to Rome. Directed by Edward Dmytryk (The Caine Mutiny Back To Bataan) Anzio is a powerful film and a symbol of heroic tenacity. The Beast: War brings out the beast in every man. Afghanistan 1981 and the Soviet Union is locked in a futile and bloody battle with the Mujahedeen guerillas. Separated from their patrol the crew of a Russian T-62 tank engages in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the local insurgents led by Taj (Steven Bauer). The tyrannical tank commander Daskal (George Dzundza) wreaks havoc on a peaceful Afghani village pushing the moral boundaries of the tank driver Koverchenko (Jason Patric) to the limits. Sensing mutiny the psychotic Daskal abandons the disenchanted tanker to die in the desert at the hand of rebels only to find he's sealed his own fate. A Soldiers Story: Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) a proud black army attorney is sent to Fort Neal Louisiana to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Waters' men Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters' constant race baiting? Directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Soldier's Story is both a spellbinding mystery and a superb drama that transcends race.
Nine strangers with no apparent connection between them are abducted: drugged kidnapped and sealed in a house together. Doors are bolted shut windows are plugged with brick. No way out. Disoriented and angry they are greeted by a voice on an intercom system: they are to be watched as they 'compete' for a prize of five million dollars. And the winner will be the only one who gets out alive!
This DVD is part of the Britten-Pears DVD Collection. This collection features four historically and musically significant films from the BBC archives of works and performances by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears one of the greatest English tenors and Britten's long-term partner and artistic inspiration. None of these films have been available before on any home video format. This colour film recording of Mozart's Idomeneo dates from a period when Mozart's first mature masterpiece was barely known. This may indeed be the first-ever film of the opera. Conducted by Benjamin Britten using his own performing edition the opera is sung in English with Peter Pears singing Idomeneo - the only film recording with Peter Pears in the title role. The cast also includes renowned British soprano Heather Harper and a young Robert Tear. Each act begins with a spoken introduction from John Warrack revered music historian and academic.
This version of the classic story picks up from where the 1976 version left off. The mighty ape is resurrected through a miracle of modern medicine and brings him together with what will be the love of his life: Lady Kong...
Three thrilling films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer including The Rock Bad Company and Veronica Guerin.
Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd deliver stunning performances in this acclaimed psychological drama that takes a revealing look at the two personalities of Marilyn Monroe.
T-Rex: Dinosaurs are very much alive - at least in the mind of Ally Hayden. When a museum accident transports Ally on an adventure back in time to explore the terrain and territory of life-size dinosaurs she is thrust literally nose-to-nose with the largest and most realistic dinosaur ever to appear on a movie screen - the 20 foot tall 15-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex! Dream Is Alive: Walter Cronkite narrates this journey about the space shuttle. Share the astronauts' experience of working eating and sleeping in zero gravity. Look back at our magnificent earth witness an exciting satellite repair and the historic walk in space by an American woman. Blue Planet: Filmed in IMAX experience the forces of nature which affect our lives and see how we are changing our fragile world. Filmed by astronauts from five space shuttle missions this video gives the viewer an understanding of the forces affecting earth's fragile ecological balance through volcanoes hurricanes earthquakes and ultimately humankind.
Be concerned. Be very concerned... Jeda (Keir Howeld) a feckless young Australian lives happily in rural Hampshire with his girlfriend Stacey (Keeley Mills) when his daily routine of cheap beer and bad TV is alarmingly disrupted by a chance confrontation with the arrogant and pompous Monty (Jonathan Rhodes). Jeda finds that he must prove his own worth to Stacey to Monty to himself and to the world. And what better way to achieve this than by starting a political party? He teams up with his friends Weazel (Jackson Wright) and Tim (William Gregory) to save the planet and create world peace. Will he keep Stacey? Will he confront his inner demons? Will he save the planet? Can he even get out of bed? 'The Ultimate Truth' will give you the answers!
The life of an ordinary young man is turned into stark horror when his sexy teen wife is beset by the devil. Against the odds he battles to bring her back from the dark realm of sexual depravity but with every passing moment he realises that the forces of evil are too much for her to resist... And she has become the devil's play thing!
Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona beach. This brilliant and contemporary retelling of the world's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive Romeo & Juliet unforgettable. Bonus CD Tracklisting: 1. #1 Crush - Garbage 2. Local God - Everclear 3. Angel - Gavin Friday 4. Pretty Piece Of Flesh - One Inch Punch 5. Kissing You (Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet) - Des'ree 6. Whatever (I Had A Dream) - Butthole Surfers 7. Lovefool - The Cardigans 8. Young Hearts Run Free - Kym Mazelle 9. Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) - Quindon Tarver 10. To You I Bestow - Mundy 11. Talk Show Host - Radiohead 12. Little Star - Stina Nordenstam 13. You And Me Song - The Wannadies
Somewhere in California is hidden a mysterious industrial complex. Apparently well known to certain privileged members of the inner circle of government this factory has only one product: human clones... Raised in a state of blissful ignorance both about their origins and their ultimate fate the clones dream of 'America' - where so their guardians tell them they will one day be sent. But what happens when one of these farmed clones starts to ask difficult questions...and comes looking for the real America? Peter Graves and Hollywood legend Keenan Wynn star in this dazzling political thriller that works equally well as a pulse-pounding horror film packed with moments of jaw dropping terror.
Chief Inspector Birkett (Ian Hendry) and Sergeant Saunders (Ronald Fraser) are called in to investigate the murder of a glamorous model. They discover that the murdered girl has led a chequered life and that her acquaintances include drug pushers. Jordan Barker (Jeremy Brett) and Hammond Barker (Peter Arne) are reluctant to help but when the police finally make an arrest another murder occurs in a seedy Soho Jazz caf. But are the two murders connected?
Test your knowledge of ITV's longest running and most popular soap opera Coronation Street. A fun quiz for the whole family the game features more than 700 questions and classic clips from the show with an emphasis on the contemporary storylines. Featuring: Choose from a selection of characters but beware who you choose because there are forfeits for bad behaviour!Multiple choice time-based questions based around clips stills and storylines from the '60s to the current incarnation6 categories of question: Families workplace romance the Rovers feuds and friendship'Superfan' section to test the real addicts!
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