They're young they're rich and they've got everything that money and fame can buy. They should be having the time of their lives. But the reality is very different... The second season of the exciting drama from the team that brought you 'Bad Girls'.
The Bill went from strength to strength in 1988 when it was restructured into the half-hour format that stormed to the top of the ITV ratings and the show remained a Top Ten UK drama for over two decades – becoming the longest- running police procedural drama ever screened on British television. Starring fan favourites Sgt. Cryer (Eric Richard) WPC Ackland (Trudie Goodwin) DS Ted Roach (Tony Scannell) DC Lines (Kevin Lloyd) and the ever irascible DI Burnside (Christopher Ellison) this set contains 48 consecutive episodes – originally screened in 1989.
A New York restaurant owner falls for a young woman chef. When she reveals a dark secret about herself, their relationship takes on deeper meaning.
Henry Hathaway's directorial skills brought a heightened sense of realism to crime dramas in this classic 1947 original that marked Richard Widmark's Oscar -nominated debut. When a small time crook (Victor Mature) gets a twenty year sentence for robbery, he refuses to reveal his accomplices, even after a D.A. (Brian Donlevy) offers to help him. But he changes his mind once he learns that his wife has committed suicide and a psychopath (Widmark) has threatened his children. Extras: High Definition Transfer Commentary by film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver Original Theatrical Trailer Stills Gallery Plus many more TBA
They didn't take orders... they took over. Based on the true story of the rise of organized crime in America during Prohibition. Four now-famous thugs from humble origins and diverse ethnic backgrounds become rich and powerful gangsters through bootlegging.
If there's an undersea adventure with high-tech equipment, macho posturing, and lots of underwater photography, you know James Cameron must be swimming around the vicinity. Add the fact that Sanctum was released to theaters in 3-D, and it's clinched. Cameron served as executive producer to this crazy tale of a cave-diving expedition forced to improvise when a typhoon inundates their New Guinea location. (The film, shot in Australia, is allegedly based on a true event by co-screenwriter Andrew Wight, but it might be safe to conclude that the original incident was a jumping-off point for the high melodrama on display here.) A globetrotting billionaire (Ioan Gruffudd, of Fantastic Four) is underwriting this exploration of a hidden cave maze, which explains why he gets to bring his girlfriend (Alice Parkinson) along. As a measure of their thrill-seeking habits, we are told they met on an Everest climb. The cave-diving boss is a crusty old pro (Richard Roxburgh), who is rough on his underlings and even rougher on his teenage son (Rhys Wakefield); naturally, the cataclysm that follows will be an occasion for some extreme father-son fence mending. As cornball as these elements are, and as generally toneless as director Alister Grierson's ear is with the dialogue scenes, Sanctum does work up some bona fide thrills: the sheer power of water is unleashed at a few memorable spots, as is the panic of losing an oxygen tank at a crucial moment. It's also pretty brutal, with a steep body count and a few grotesque bits of bodily injury. It ought to be easy to dismiss Sanctum as a silly piece of boy's adventure, but--curse you, Cameron!--one must admit that the thing is awfully effective. --Robert Horton
BEYOND THE POWER OF AN EXORCIST The mid-1970s saw the rise in popularity of films centering on the subject of parapsychology, led by Carrie Brian De Palma's classic tale of telekinetic terror. Precognition, or future sight, would be the topic under exploration in Robert Allen Schnitzer's contribution to the psychic craze: the chilling and much-overlooked The Premonition. Mother Sheri Bennett (Sharon Farrell, Night of the Comet, Sweet Sixteen) is assailed by terrifying visions in which a strange woman attempts to steal away her five-year-old daughter Janie. Are these bizarre occurrences the result of some sort of mental disturbance, or is something much more sinister afoot? Featuring a haunting score from accomplished classical composer Henry Mollicone, The Premonition has remained unjustly obscure over the years but is heralded as a true classic of '70s US horror moviemaking by genre aficionados. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: ¢ 2K restoration from original film elements ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation ¢ Original Mono Audio ¢ English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower ¢ Isolated Score ¢ Audio commentary with producer-director Robert Allen Schnitzer ¢ Pictures from a Premonition brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Schnitzer, composer Henry Mollicone and cinematographer Victor Milt ¢ Archive interviews with Schnitzer and star Richard Lynch ¢ Trailers and TV Spots ¢ Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: Vernal Equinox, Terminal Point and A Rumbling in the Land ¢ 4 Peace Spots ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil
The Gospel of Matthew in this powerful and entertaining film features a cast of thousands as it faithfully brings to life the Biblical text. Matthew accurately re-tells the story of Jesus beginning with his miraculous birth through his ministry crucifixion and resurrection. Starring and narrated by Emmy Award winner Richard Kiley (The Jerry Lewis Show Collection Patch Adams) and co-starring Bruce Marchiano as Jesus this multimillion dollar production apeals to all ages and it offers educational spiritual and entertainment value. It has been adapted for screen based on the American Bible Society Good News Bible.
The Jackal is filmmaking by numbers: take two huge stars, Richard Gere and Bruce Willis, and pit them opposite each other in a plot that's already been audience tested. That director Michael Caton Jones' film is based not on Frederick Forsyth's novel but on the script for the 1973 original starring James Fox is the first clue that something here is amiss. Fred Zinneman's The Day of the Jackal was a genuinely taut and claustrophobic thriller; the remake is like a Rocky & Bullwinkle take on international terrorism disguised as an action movie. Dashing IRA terrorist, Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), is sprung from jail to help the FBI Deputy Director Carton Preston (Sidney Poitier) track down The Jackal, an amoral international terrorist who is a master of disguise. The FBI believes he is about to assassinate a US political bigwig and is engaged in a race against time to discover exactly who the target is and where they will be felled. Throughout the film Gere sports an Irish accent as ill-fitting and phoney as the bushy lip-wig that Willis adopts at one point as a disguise. The usually warm-hearted Willis plays the steel-jawed terrorist with a cool reserve, but he doesn't have much character development to work with (apart from a misguided attempt to introduce a gay subtext). At over two hours of running time with plenty of exposition and precious few action sequences, this film is a test of will for the audience as well as the protagonists.On the DVD: The DVD includes a lengthy "making of" featurette, several deleted scenes and an alternate ending with some small dialogue changes. There is also an exceedingly dry director's commentary by Michael Caton Jones which muses on such mind-numbingly dull details as the colour of the subway platform in the film's climactic sequence. The film is presented in a clear print in 2.35:1 anamorphic format with 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. --Chris Campion
Featuring all the first series episodes from the acclaimed mystery/suspense TV series. Episodes Comprise: 1. Man From the South 2. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat 3. William and Mary 4. Lamb to the Slaughter 5. The Landlady 6. Neck 7. Edward the Conqueror 8. A Dip in the Pool 9. The Way Up to Heaven
During a high-stakes east-west karate tournament coach Chuck suspects the match is rigged against him. When looking around the other team's locker room gets him shot he calls in Cal and J his partners from California. After exercising a little persuasion and a lot of brute force they discover who's behind it all. Now the only problem is getting back the money Chuck is owed.
The plot is based on the well-known play 'Charley's Aunt'. Three Oxford undergraduates get into a series of scrapes from which they believe that they can only escape being sent down if one impersonates the aunt of another.
In this business the customer isn't always right. It's one of the oldest forms of banking and until the 1950s it was the leading form of consumer credit in the US. A revealing behind the counter look at the only family-run pawn shop in Las Vegas where three generations of men - grandfather father and son use their sharp-eyed skills to carefully assess the value of items ranging from the obscure to the historic. From a 15th century samurai sword to a Picasso painting there isn't much the Harrison family hasn't seen or heard inevitably making Richard Rick and Corey experts in rare collectables and negotiating. Each episode of Pawn Stars features an array of quirky characters attempting to sell purchase or pawn items that the Harrisons must carefully appraise determine if they're real or fake and then reveal the often surprising answer to What's it worth? Everything and everyone has a story and it's the Harrisons' job to decipher fact from fiction because in this business the customer isn't always right. Episodes Comprise 1. Boom or Bust 2. Confederate Conundrum 3. Sink or Sell 4. Knights in Fake Armor? 5. Gangsters and Guitars 6. Damn Yankees 7. Brothels and Busses 8. Time Machines 9. Rope a Dope 10. Rick's Big Bet 11. John Hancock's Hancock 12. Plane Crazy 13. Peaches & Pinups 14. Old Man's Gamble
Roger Moore is Simon Templar better known as The Saint. The Saint out-swindles the swindlers for the good of the little guy: he's handsome charming suave and sophisticated! This monolith of a box set contains every colour episode ever made from 1966 to 1969. Majestic stuff! Disc 1: 1. The Russian Prisoner 2. The House of Dragon's Rock 3. The Convenient Monster 4. The Helpful Pirate Disc 2: 1. The Angel's Eye 2. Queen's Ransom 3. The Reluctant Revolution 4. Int
Director John Carpenter and special makeup effects master Rob Bottin teamed up for this 1982 remake of the 1951 science fiction classic The Thing from Another World, and the result is a mixed blessing. It's got moments of highly effective terror and spine-tingling suspense, but it's mostly a showcase for some of the goriest and most horrifically grotesque makeup effects ever created for a movie. With such highlights as a dog that splits open and blossoms into something indescribably gruesome, this is the kind of movie for die-hard horror fans and anyone who slows down to stare at fatal traffic accidents. On those terms, however, it's hard not to be impressed by the movie's wild and wacky freak show. It all begins when scientists at an arctic research station discover an alien spacecraft under the thick ice, and thaw out the alien body found aboard. What they don't know is that the alien can assume any human form, and before long the scientists can't tell who's real and who's a deadly alien threat. Kurt Russell leads the battle against the terrifying intruder, and the supporting cast includes Richard Masur, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat, and Wilford Brimley. They're all playing standard characters who are neglected by the mechanistic screenplay (based on the classic sci-fi story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell), but Carpenter's emphasis is clearly on the gross-out effects and escalating tension. If you've got the stomach for it (and let's face it, there's a big audience for eerie gore), this is a thrill ride you won't want to miss. --Jeff Shannon
In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
Has Adolf Hitler ruined that little moustache for everyone? The only time you'll see it these days is carved into the pubic hair of a naughty lady. Is it possible to reclaim the toothbrush moustache (as it should be called) for comedy? After all Chaplin had it first. In the critically acclaimed Hitler Moustache comedian Richard Herring (star of BBC2's Fist of Fun and the Collings and Herrin podcast) determines to find as well as discovering how people will respond to this contentious face furniture when it's growing out of his face. Will they assume he's crazy or a fascist or both? Will they spit at him punch him or just laugh in his face? It's a show that examines iconography the way we judge and are judged the dangers of political apathy the point where comedy and madness touch and the very ethics of such a comedy stunt. Is it worth Herring upsetting strangers risking physical and psychological damage and ruining his parent's Golden Wedding photos for the sake of a stand up show? And can Herring use the moustache as Chaplin did before him to satirise fascism and expose the culpability of apathetic liberals in the success of the BNP?
The Stargate is an intergalactic gateway developed by an ancient civilization that links other planets from other solar systems to ours. Boasting incredible special effects sequences rapid-fire pacing and awesome scenes of alien warfare Stargate SG-1 is your gateway to pulse-pounding sci-fi action! All the exciting adventures from the eighth season of the sci-fi series with a plethora of extra features. Episodes Comprise: 1. New Order (Part 1) 2. New Order (Par
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