Paul Merton's deapan comic delivery and fantastic wit are showcased in the fantastic In Galton And Simpson's.... Two comedy heroes of Merton's Galton and Simpson decided he was the man to breath new life into their comic scripts... Season 1: 1. Twelve Angry Men 2. Impasse 3. The Radio Ham 4. Sealed With A Loving Kiss 5. The Missing Page 6. Don't Dilly Dally On The Way 7. The Lift Season 2: 1. Visiting Day 2. The Wrong Man 3. I Tell You It' s Burt Reynolds 4. The Suit 5. Being Of Sound Mind 6. Lunch In The Park 7. The Clerical Error
An intense, compelling series from the early '70s, Man at the Top stars Kenneth Haigh in the continuing story of Joe Lampton, the aggressively ambitious anti-hero of John Braine's bestselling novel Room at the Top. Haigh won a BAFTA nomination for his portrayal of Lampton, and a strong supporting cast includes Zena Walker, Paul Eddington, George Sewell and Colin Welland. This set contains both series and the hit film sequel from Hammer Films. Thirteen years on from his marriage to the pregnant Susan, Joe is now a father of two with a stockbroker-belt home and a career in management consultancy. As tenacious and pushy as ever, his attentions rarely remain fixed; with plenty of candidates eagerly forming the 'other woman' queue, Joe will seize any opportunity, be it personal or professional, to further his climb to the top in the world of big business and beyond...
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! For the first time both parts of Quentin Tarantino's martial arts homage are available on this fantastic collection box set. Kill Bill - Volume 1: In part 1 of Quentin Tarantino's delirious revenge movie Uma Thurman plays 'The Bride' a woman seeking vengeance on those who massacred her wedding party... Inspired by countless Japanese swordplay actionfests (the classic Lady Snowblood among them) yakuza gangster thrillers (offering a ca
Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane and Quentin Crisp star in this hip, sexy, and wickedly funny film based on the gender-bending novel by Virginia Woolf. Swinton stars as Orlando, an English nobleman who defies the laws of nature with surprising results. Immortal and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations which humorously and hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes. Visually stunning and beautifully acted, 'Orlando' is an intoxicating blend of romance, adventure and illusion.
This DVD comes with free bonus disc with 6 additional episodes. Humf is a furry thing. He is short and round and purple and cuddly. At three years old, Humf is full of wonder at the world, and is always eager to explore the new things he sees around him. Humf is thoughtful and self-reliant, but he also has a lot to learn. He listens to his Mum and Dad and he listens to his best friends, Loon and Wallace. Then he thinks about what they all have to say, but in the end he usually has to find out for himself. Humf knows what the questions are, even if the answers take a little longer to find. Episode Listing: Humf and the Fluffy Thing Wallace's Quiet Game Humf's Red Mittens Humf Climbs a Mountain Uncle Hairy’s Restaurant Uncle Hairy's Cinema Mum and Dad's Party Loon's Ballet Lesson Humf's Surprise Humf and The Bedbugs Bonus Disc Humf and Wallace Fall Down Humf Changes His Mind Humf's Dad Goes on an Aeroplane Humf Puts it in the Bin Humf's Dog Wallace's Tie
For the time, there had never been a more lavishly produced science-fiction TV series than Space: 1999, which was British-made on a first-season budget of 3.25 million pounds--an astounding amount--and ran for two seasons from 1975 to 77. What keeps fans enthralled after all these years has only partly to do with the first-rate production values, the plausibly constructed spaceship models and expert special effects. The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV SF predecessors such as Star Trek in which the mood is more generally convivial. Our heroes here are in dire circumstances that require cool heads as a survival trait. Those circumstances are: the moon and the 311 crew members of Moonbase Alpha experience a cataclysm that causes the moon to break away from its orbit and travel endlessly through space, making our heroes into unintentional explorers. No TV series has created a more palpable feel of hard science fiction than this. Of course the show is not without its detractors, having been soundly lambasted for its many scientific errors. No less august a figure than Isaac Asimov criticised the show for its premise in the opening episode "Breakaway", which had nuclear explosions on the "dark side of the moon" somehow propel it out of orbit and sent it flying through space without regard for any physical laws. In "Earthbound", aliens travelling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn't take the moon that long to encounter the aliens. While these are serious complaints, fans tend to remember the scientific seriousness of the series and the sense of awe created by the many strange creatures and phenomena they encounter on their journey through the galaxy. --Jim Gay, Amazon.comOn this DVD: Presented in production order (not the sequence they were transmitted in), this first volume from Space: 1999's first year nonetheless begins with the all-important "Breakaway". Commander Koenig arrives at Moonbase Alpha as planet Meta is passing Earth. He's there to investigate why people are dying of what seems to be radiation poisoning and ensure the Meta Probe is launched in time. Everything is tied into what's wrong with their nuclear waste disposal. Then on September 13, 1999, the unthinkable happens, and the Moon with its 311 inhabitants is catapulted out of Earth's orbit. Some time later they pass planet Terra Nova which seems too good to be true. When Dr Russell's supposed dead husband (Richard Johnson) re-appears from the long-lost Astro 7 mission, it becomes a "Matter of Life and Death" in determining whether to settle on a Paradise populated by parrots! Another passing stellar body accidentally drags them towards a "Black Sun" in the next episode. Given three days to live, there's a graceful acceptance of fate by the team that is paid off by what seems to be some sort of guiding hand watching over them all. Finally an orange eye appears and emits a "Ring Around the Moon", a mysterious enveloping beam that exerts mind-control over various crew members. After a warning from the mythic planet Triton, Dr Russell is taken as their "conduit" (much like Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Three publicity stills, 15 production drawings and eight character biographies may seem a little stingy as extra features. The neat CGI-animated menus make up for that a little though: an Eagle has never looked so agile. --Paul Tonks
Life Begins: Series 2 & 3 (4 Disc)
Derek Jarman's final film which takes place against a stark blue background and features an interwoven soundtrack of voices and music.
Four Rooms is an unbearable quartet of stories written and directed by hot filmmakers Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi), Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging), and Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup), which only proves that even the smart guys can really blow it sometimes. The anthology is linked by the hotel in which all the events are taking place, and by Tim Roth as a bellboy flitting from scene to scene. Nobody overcomes the insufferable air of self-congratulation that permeates this exercise in forced hipness. Others involved include Bruce Willis, Madonna, Lili Taylor, Ione Skye, Jennifer Beals, and Antonio Banderas.--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Gritty crime drama that documents the turbulence and drama of urban existence. The Blue Murder squad set out to solve some of the crimes in these areas.
From the legendary director of Dawn Of The Dead, George A. Romero comes a new take on his terrifying world of the undead.
This box set collects From Dusk Till Dawn and its two lesser-known sequels, plus a wealth of associated material. None are horror classics, but taken as a trilogy the series offers above-average thrills and an interesting invented mythology. The original is a trashy but fun crime spree/vampire movie, directed by Robert Rodriguez, with Quentin Tarantino doing one job too many as producer, writer and co-star. The crime movie half is suspenseful and flavoursome and the left turn into horror begins wonderfully, but the script makes the mistake of getting rid of the flamboyant monster villains too quickly, replacing them with an orgy of rubbery Evil Dead II-style effects. It never gets boring, there's a terrific Tex-Mex-Gothic soundtrack and Rodriguez stages shoot-outs better than anyone not called John Woo. It was a big enough hit to warrant sequels made for the video market, shot back-to-back in South Africa (doubling for Texas and Mexico). From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money begins as another cowboy noir, with ex-con Robert Patrick playing cat and mouse with Texas Ranger Bo Hopkins. It segues into horror as heist man Duane Whitaker runs into a bat on the highway and proceeds to turn his gang into vampires who engage during a total eclipse in a Wild Bunch-style bank raid-cum-shootout. Switching genres and playing the prequel game, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter is more distinctive. A cod-spaghetti Western, it takes a plot nugget from history as the aged Ambrose Bierce (Michael Parks, the Sheriff killed before the credits in the first film) tangles with vampires in Mexico in 1914 en route to his mythic disappearance. Though it has the best storyline of the trio, it still degenerates into a compilation of horror gags in its carnage-strewn climax. On the DVD: From Dusk Till Dawn is identical to the previous collector's edition release, while the sequels here appear on disc for the first time in great-looking 1.85:1 widescreen, which shows off the attempts made by directors Scott Spiegel and P.J. Pesce to add visual quality to reruns of the original's plot. A second disc included in the first movie's keepcase features "Full Tilt Boogie", a light but informative feature-length documentary about making an effects-heavy film on the cheap; there's also a Rodriguez-Tarantino commentary; alternate and deleted scenes (more gore effects); excerpts from the film intercut with on-the-set-footage and commented on by Rodriguez and effects man Greg Nicotero; the trailer; Rodriguez music videos; a still gallery; cast and crew bios. If you count the sequels as extras in their own right, it's not that disappointing that they only rate one tiny extra between them, a deleted snippet from The Hangman's Daughter originally intended as an after-the-end-credits punchline.--Kim Newman
A young single mother (Juliette Binoche), with her 6-year-old daughter in tow, moves to a small French village and opens an unusual chocolate shop.
More hilarious adventures with Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean the hapless half-wit who seems to find trouble in the strangest of fashions! Includes the classic episodes: 1. The Curse Of Mr Bean 2. Mr Bean Goes To Town 3. The Trouble With Mr Bean
The Midwife centers around the newly resurfaced relationship between Claire (Catherine Frot), a talented but tightly wound midwife and single mother, and Beatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's deceased father.
The ultimate small-screen representation of Loaded-era lad culture--albeit a culture constantly being undermined by its usually sharper female counterpart--there seems little argument that Men Behaving Badly was one of 1990s' definitive sitcoms. Certainly the booze-oriented, birds-obsessed antics of Martin Clunes' Gary and Neil Morrissey's Tony have become every bit as connected to Britain's collective funny bone as Basil Fawlty's inept hostelry or Ernie Wise's short, hairy legs. Yet, the series could easily have been cancelled when ITV viewers failed to respond to the original version, which featured Clunes sharing his flat with someone named Dermot, played by Harry Enfield. Indeed, it was only when the third series moved to the BBC and was then broadcast in a post-watershed slot--allowing writer Simon Nye greater freedom to explore his characters' saucier ruminations--that the show began to gain a significant audience. By then, of course, Morrissey had become firmly ensconced on the collective pizza-stained sofa, while more screen time was allocated to the boys' respective foils, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. Often glibly dismissed as a lame-brained succession of gags about sex and flatulence, the later series not only featured great performances and sharp-as-nails writing but also sported a contemporary attitude that dared to go where angels, and certainly most other sitcoms, feared to tread. Or, as Gary was once moved to comment about soft-porn lesbian epic Love in a Women's Prison: "It's a serious study of repressed sexuality in a pressure-cooker environment." Series 6 includes: "Stag Night" in which Gary agrees with Dorothy's suggestion they get married ("We've tried everything else.") provoking potentially disastrous stag-night shenanigans; "Wedding" in which Gary and Dorothy's wedding day fails to run smoothly. ("I don't want to get married--I haven't slept with enough women," he complains. "Do you want to squeeze one in?"); "Jealousy" in which the quartet make the grave error of going away for a weekend in the country; "Watching TV" concerns a quiet night in with Captain Kirk & Co ("On the Starship Enterprise, when no one's looking, do you think they all swivel round in their chairs really fast?"); "Ten" in which the communal boat is rocked by the simultaneous arrival of Dorothy's nephew and Deborah's mother; and "Sofa" in which Tony buys a snake. --Clark Collis The DVD version also features a quiz.
Tarantino XX contains eight films chosen by Tarantino to illustrate the first 20 years of his career, featuring the films that helped define his early success, including Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds. To complete the stunning high definition 10-disc set, the Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection also features two discs with five hours of all-new bonus material, highlighted by a critics' retrospective on Tarantino's groundbreaking catalogue of films and 20 Years of Filmmaking that contains interviews with critics, stars and other masters of cinema. Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection showcases one of the most innovative filmmakers of our time and is a must-have for serious film fans. Honouring the 20th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs - the cultural milestone that brought Tarantino to the forefront as a cinematic legend. Tarantino XX on Blu-ray also features striking, original artwork designed and illustrated by Mondo. In collectible packaging, the Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection is a must have for any Tarantino or film fan! Special Features: Critics Corner: The Films of Quentin Tarantino 20 Years of Filmmaking - Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning Reservior Dogs Special Features: Commentary with Quentin Tarantino, Producer Lawrence Bender and Selected Cast and Crew Pulp Factoid Viewer The Critics' Commentaries Playing It Fast and Loose Profiling the Reservoir Dogs Tipping Guide Deleted Scenes The Class of '92: Sundance Interviews Tarantino's Sundance Institute Film-Makers Lab An Introduction to Film Noir: Writers and Film-Makers Feature Dedications - Tarantino On His Influences Securing the Shot: Location Scouting with Billy Fox Feature Original Interviews with Tarantino and Cast Reservoir Dolls K-Billy Super Sounds of the 70's Reservoir Dogs Style Guide True Romance Special Features: Audio Commentary by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette Audio Commentary by Tony Scott Audio Commentary by Quentin Tarantino Scene Selective Commentaries by Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport Deleted / Extended Scenes with Optional Director Commentary Alternate Ending with Optional Director and Writer Commentary Original 1993 Mini-feature Behind-the-Scenes Interactive Feature Animated Photo Gallery Theatrical Trailer Pulp Fiction Special Features: Interviews with Cast Critics' Retrospective on the Movie's Place in Film History Behind-the-Scenes Footage Pulp Fiction: The Facts Production Design Feature Siskel and Ebert at the Movies – The Tarantino Generation Independent Spirit Awards Footage Cannes Film Festival Footage Charlie Rose - Tarantino Interview Stills Galleries Trivia Track Deleted Scenes Jackie Brown Special Features: Breaking Down Jackie Brown Jackie Brown: How It Went Down - Retrospective Interviews with Cast and Crew A Look Back at Jackie Brown – Interview with Quentin Tarantino Chicks with Guns Video Siskel and Ebert at the Movies - Jackie Brown Review Jackie Brown on MTV Marketing Gallery Stills Galleries Trivia Track Deleted and Alternate Scenes Kill Bill Vol. 1 Special Features: The Making of Kill Bill Vol. 1 The 5.6.7.8's Bonus Music Performances Tarantino Trailers Kill Bill Vol. 2 Special Features: The Making of Kill Bill Vol. 2 Damoe Deleted Scene Chingon Musical Performance Death Proof Special Features: Stunts on Wheels: The Legendary Drivers of Death Proof Introducing Zoe Bell Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike The Uncut Version of Baby, It's You performed by Mary Elizabeth WinsteadThe Guys of Death Proof Quentin’s Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke Double Dare Trailer Death Proof International Trailer An International Poster Gallery Inglorious Basterds Special Features: Extended and Alternate Scenes Roundtable Discussion with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell The Making of Nation's Pride A Conversation with Rod Taylor Nation’s Pride – The Film within the Film The Original Inglorious Bastards Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel Film Poster Gallery Tour Rod Taylor on Victoria BitterHi Sallys Killin' Nazis Trivia Challenge Trailers
Eddie Presley (Duane Whitaker). is a security guard who like his lifetime hero is slightly overweight these days. Formerly he occasionally worked as an Elvis impersonator. Recently he has had rather a rough time but his spirits have improved on learning that he will have a chance to revive his impersonation routines for a single evening at a none-too spiffy nightclub. When the club's music equipment chews up his tapes Eddie doesn't simply leave the stage. Instead he delivers a m
Turning Gareth Hale and Norman Pace into household names, this phenomenally successful series presented a rapidly paced, occasionally notorious blend of stand-up and sketches that stayed just the right side of Broadcasting Standards, won a Silver Rose at Montreux and made the two former PE teachers one of the most mimicked comedy acts in television history. This series sees the duo playing cricket with frogs, revealing the strange practice of jockey-nobbling, and reconstructing a day in the life of a tabloid journalist; meanwhile kids' TV presenters Billy and Johnny rock 'n' roll, and legendary bouncers Ron and Ron share a few gardening tips...
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