This boxset contains the following films: Flatliners (Dir. Joel Schumacher) (1990): At University Hospital School of Medicine a group of ambitious medical students are about to die and live to describe the experience. Embarking on a daring and arrogant experiment the five aim to push through the confines of life and touch the face of death. In their search for knowledge however the five discover the chilling consequences of daring to tamper with immortality. Flatliners (Dir. Twelve Monkeys) (1990):A lone time traveller from the year 2035 must solve a riddle that may save his people... but it may also take him to the brink of madness. Bruce Willis Madeline Stowe and Brad Pitt star in this brilliant sci-fi masterpiece from Terry Gilliam. After the world's population is devastated by a killer virus survivors must live in dark underground communities. Cole (Willis) ""volunteers"" to travel into the past to obtain a pure virus sample thereby helping scientists develop a cure. Along the way he crosses paths with a beautiful psychiatrist (Stowe) and a one-card-short-of-a-full-deck mental patient (Pitt). But the race is on as Cole searches for The Army of the 12 Monkeys a radical group linked to the deadly disease. With unforgettable performances and imaginative special effects 12 Monkeys is a modern-day classic laced with Gilliam's trademark wit and dazzling visual style.
An early creation of multi-award-winning writer and producer Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, Queer as Folk), and producer Antony Wood (Coronation Street, Hollyoaks), this innovative late-night soap opera traces the secrets, scandals and conflicts of the wealthy family of a Church of England bishop.Exploring dramatic and controversial themes close to Davies' heart, Revelations stars Paul Shelley as the morally flawed Edward Rattigan and Judy Loe as his manipulative wife, Jessica, both of whom have to deal with their troubled son Gabriel, a methadone addict whose homosexuality is a closely guarded secret, and promiscuous daughter Charlie. Lucy Robinson plays Rachel - who enters the turbulent, secretive and collusive family via marriage to Gabriel, but finds herself out of her depths in a world in which nothing is ever quite as it seems.
When a four-girl one-guy rock group called The Mystery gets its first gig at a club it's not just a chance to perform it's also an opportunity to get out of the inner city and see what life is all about. Fresh out of high school the group spends the summer playing a club in an exclusive beach resort. There they find romance adventure and for the lead singer Jennie Lee (Bateman) a dilemma: to pursue her budding career or return to school. Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts co-star.
Based on the book by best-selling author Lois Duncan, "Hotel for Dogs" is a smart, funny comedy adventure that shows how far love and imagination can take you.
Revealing the secrets of our coastline... and our neighbours' too! Coast and Beyond tells the exciting stories behind the familiar and lesser-known wonders of the British coastline and ventures for the first time beyond our shores to explore their many and fascinating relationships with the neighbouring coasts of northwest Europe and northern France.
Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen star in this bitingly funny and honest look at modern relaltionships.
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
The story of ex-patriot European women living in Singapore at the outbreak of war in the Far East and their capture by the Japanese.
A Gershwin NightRecorded Live at the Waldbuhne Berlin 29 June 2003.George GershwinAn American in ParisRhapsody in Blue - Concerto in FStrike Up the Band - I Got RhythmMarcus Roberts - Cole After MidnightPaul Lincke - Berliner Luft
Angela's Ashes (Dir. Alan Parker 1999): Angela's Ashes the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir comes to life in this stirring film from acclaimed director Alan Parker (Evita) starring Academy Award-nominee Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty). Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits cheered by his irrepressible spirit and sustained by his mother's fierce love Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. Billy Elliot (Dir. Stephen Daldry 1998): Starring Julie Walters and newcomer Jamie Bell the film (based on a real-life story) follows the progress of little Billy Elliot a motherless 11 year-old from a poor Durham pit village. When young Billy chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever. He decides to keep the lessons secret from his father a coal miner but when his ballet instructor persuades him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London Billy must make the choice between family responsibilities and his dreams...
D.C. 'Steve' Stephenson is visiting Indiana and mounting a campaign to increase the membership of the Ku Klux Klan. There he meets schoolteacher Madge Oberholtzer and tries to seduce her but having no luck he abducts her rapes and tortures her and eventually kills her. The trial that follows marks the end of the Klan's popularity as Stephenson implicates them in the murder. Based on a true story.
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This award winning 1990's animated series introduced us to the land of Dreams and Nightmares...and to the Noops Wuts and Urpneys that lived there. The stories centre around a battle in a faraway world between a kind Dreammaker and the evil Zordrak - the Lord of the Nightmares. The series begins with Rufus the enthusiastic young Noop who goes to work for the Dreammaker. Little does he know that Zordrak is sending his forces to the Land Of Dreams to steal the Dreamstone...can Rufu
Life sucks for Jim. His best friend Michael is now hanging with the cool kids and Jim's only companion is his dog. He's stuck in a small town where nothing ever exciting happens, until Dean, a mysterious American, moves in to the house next door. Dean is older, good-looking, and in Jim's eyes the coolest guy he's ever met. Jim can't believe his luck. Dean offers him friendship, helps him win the girl of his dreams and he soon becomes the most popular boy in school. But when it turns out Dean is hiding a dark secret, Jim is forced to question if his newfound popularity is worth it.
The Specialist: Sharon Stone is May Munro a beauty with a fatal past: she's sworn death to the mobsters who murdered her parents. To do the job she recruits ex-CIA explosive experts Ray Quick (Stallone). Miami grows white-hot as May lures the killers and Ray detonates them into ashes. But a vicious mob boss (Roy Stieger) his brash son (Eric Roberts) and a psychotic hired gun (James Woods) with a lethal grudge against Quick won't go without a fight. The passion the two aven
As his fragile newborn baby Emily remains in intensive care and with his wife Ellen (Katey Sagal) seriously ill Brian (Tom Irwin) is suddenly faced with the possibility of losing both of them. Emily's primary nurse Claire (Annabeth Gish) a young divorced mother with two girls of her own ends up taking care of the parents as well as the child. However Ellen continues to feel poorly until the heartbreaking moment when she is diagnosed as having an untreatable malignancy in her lungs and ribs. Devastated but with Claire's growing help and involvement Brian and Ellen begin to prepare for the worst. Seeing the warm way in which Brian and Claire comfort each other amazingly Ellen plans for little Emily to still have a mother and father.
Picking up after Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the Undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
Titles Comprise:Eat Pray Love: Based on the best selling book. After several personal disappointments and a broken heart, 35 year old Elizabeth Gilbert decides to venture out alone on a year long journey of self discovery. In Italy, she explores the art of pleasure through food, language and friendship. In India, she goes to her guru's ashram to study the art of spiritual devotion and finds peace with herself through the help of unlikely strangers. In Bali she learns the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence... and accidentally finds her true love along the way.Closer: If you believe in love at first sight, you'll never stop looking...Writer Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own scathing stageplay in which a chance meeting between Englishman Dan (Jude Law) and American visitor Alice blossoms into a troubled relationship, bringing together and then affecting a second couple involving Larry (Clive Owen) and Anna (Julia Roberts). Sex and love are explored, capturing all the vulnerability and brutality of people falling in and out of love...Erin Brockovich: She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.A research assistant (Roberts) helps an attorney (Finney) in a lawsuit against a large utility company blamed for causing an outbreak of cancer and other illnesses in a small community.
Four classic Billy the Kid movies depiciting the legendary 19th century frontier outlaw. Billy The Kid Returns: Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett lookalike deputy sheriff Roy Rogers, assisted by travelling musical instrument salesman Frog Millhouse, takes his place to defend the honest settlers of Lincoln County, New Mexico from evil ranchers. Billy the Kid Trapped: Imprisoned and sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit, Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff break out of jail. The three escapees discover that there are three impersonators who dress as them committing the crimes. On their mission to clear their names and bring the three impersonators to justice, the trio discovers the town of Mesa Verde where outlaws are given sanctuary in exchange for paying for legal protection. Frontier Outlaws: Billy Carson, looking for rustlers, kills Bradley in a gun fight. Arrested, the judge finds him innocent but jails him anyway. When the rustling resumes he is released and posing as a Mexican cattle buyer he hopes to trap the culprits. The Kid Rides Again: Billy breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy. There he runs into Mort Slade who is after a mortgage held by banker Ainsley. Slade's men rob the bank and then incite a run on the bank knowing Ainsley does not have enough money.
The story of Kate, a forty something headmistress in a small English village and her two single friends who get together every Monday to drink, eat chocolate and decide who is The Saddest Of The Week!
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