Harrison French is faced with losing everything when a big money deal collapses. And things are about to get worse. At night on a deserted highway his car hits and kills a man. Desperate to avoid more trouble French hides the body before fleeing the scene of the incident. Suddenly his life is spiralling out of control. So when a rich and influential businessman offers to solve his problems French gladly accepts...
Titles Comprise: City Rats: Welcome to the world of the City Rats where troubled souls collide to reveal a dark and twisted side of London. Small-time crook Pete (Danny Dyer) tries to get back on the straight-and-narrow after a stint behind bars but quickly finds his past catches up with him. Borstal Boy: Brendan Behan a sixteen year-old republican is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the Second World War. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended charged and imprisoned in Borstal a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia England. Dead Man Running: As the recession hits the criminal world as hard as it is hitting Wall Street notorious gangster and loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis 50 Cent Jackson) arrives in London with his trusted aide Fitzroy (Ashley Walters) to make a brutal example out of one of his late payers.
Remarkably, the Johnny Mortimer-scripted series Never the Twain ran to over 50 episodes between 1981 and 1984 on ITV. It starred Donald Sinden as Simon Peel, a stuffy, upper-middle class antiques dealer who lives next door to Oliver Smallbridge (Windsor Davies of It Aint Half Hot, Mum fame), a working-class lad made good, also in the antiques trade. As the first series establishes, theirs is a prickly relationship, not just because theyre rivals in trade but also rivals for the affections of the middle-aged, comely Veronica. They are aghast when they discover their respective son and daughter plan to marry, coming on like the Capulets and Montagues of Middle England. Never the Twain is a pleasantly predictable antique of the sitcom variety, redeemed by Sinden and Davies gruff, blustery and persistent antagonism. It depicts a cosy, never-never world of "dirty weekends", huge suburban houses, borderline homophobic mirth and reliable puns on "genes" and "jeans"--the sort of series in which characters greet surprising news by spraying a mouthful of tea halfway across the room. Some will find it barely endurable, others a welcome reminder of a bygone televisual era before alternative comedy became the ubiquitous norm. This DVD contains an episode guide and picture gallery. --David Stubbs
A new era….but for whom? The Mortal Combat victory in the Outworld was supposed to give rise to a generation of peace on Earth. But never trust the world of the fiendish and the power-mad. They’ve opened the portals linking their dimension to ours, and Earth will be overwhelmed – if a gutsy band of human heroes doesn’t acquire new kombat skills that will crush Outworld’s imaginative array of bad-ass warrior creatures. John R. Loenetti, cinematographer of Mortal Kombat and 2010’s Piranha, directs the fighting fury of Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Smash evil!
Documentary exploring the life and legacy of Father Yod and the Source Family cult he formed in the Hollywood Hills. Based on the book 'The Source: The Untold Story Of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and the Source Family', co-written by one of Yod's 14 wives, Isis Aquarian, the programme aims to provide an insight into the values and beliefs of a group that were heavily influential in the 1970s and founded one of the first health food restaurants in the United States.
The TV adaptation of the highly popular series of 'Doctor' books by Richard Gordon was a massive hit for ITV on its original transmission in 1969. Centred on the hilarious misadventures of a team of young doctors at St. Swithin's Hospital, the series showcased the talents of Barry Evans, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies and Richard O'Sullivan as their characters made painful progress from newly qualified juniors to fully fledged medical malcontents under the scrutiny of the fearsome Professor Loftus (Ernest Clark). Featuring scripts from a team of writers that included Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden (The Goodies), John Cleese and Graham Chapman (Monty Python's Flying Circus), Barry Cryer (The Two Ronnies, The Kenny Everett Television Show) and Douglas Adams (Hitch-hiker's Guide...), its original setting and robust humour made the Doctor series essential viewing. The series lasted for nearly a decade and this 20-disc set presents every hilarious episode, originally screened between 1969 and 1977.
For the first time, Season 5 takes the Guildies out from behind their computers and on a road trip to an epic fan convention, MegaGame-O-RamaCon! Codex (Felicia Day, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Dragon Age: Redemption) tries to rally the Guildies to action when she overhears upsetting news about The Game. Bladezz tries to make money with his Cheesybeard's pirate alter-meme-ego, while Vork is starstruck by his boyhood crush, sci-fi heroine Madeleine Twain (Erin Gray, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century). Meanwhile, Clara tries to make friends with a snooty Steampunk trio, Tink hides from her past and Zaboo joins up with Halo s Master Chiefs... wha?! Extras: How to build a convention Actor's interview Claracorn's Easter Egg Double trouble Gag reel Series summary Steampunk Episode 1 table read
Above the Rim: Kyle a talented high-school basketball player has a dream to play for the National Association. Shep a security guard at his school befriends Kyle guiding him down the road to success: a road that seems far too long when Kyle is offered a short cut by teaming up with local gangster Birdie. Blinded by his desire to get out of the ""hood"" Kyle is pulled into a web of crime and deceit... Hanging With The Homeboys: Four young friends spend a crazy night on the streets of Manhattan that quickly turns into a night they'll never forget! House Party: Kid (Christopher Reid) has three things going for him - a tall fade a wide grin and a way with women. But three equally powerful things are against him - trio 'Full Force' as the pumped-up punks who want to put an end to Kid's fun an over-protective father (Robin Harris) and the very beautiful best friends who want Kid to choose between them. What's a Kid to do?
At the height of urban paranoia and the birth of survivalist movement in the 1980s, director Michael Ritchie decided to team Robin Williams and Walter Matthau in The Survivors. Talk about an odd couple; yet it actually might have worked, with Matthau's hang-dog deadpan and Williams' manic energy, were it not for a limp script by Michael Leeson. Williams and Matthau play two victims of Reaganomics, unemployed acquaintances who witness a robbery and identify one of the participants to the police, an act that turns them into targets for the robber in question who comes looking for them. Williams' response: become a one-man arsenal and join a training camp for militant survivalists. But the comedy is neither sharp enough nor sufficiently smart to pull it off; Matthau is the calm centre while Williams' comedy rockets all around him, to surprisingly little effect. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
Taped as a lavish cable television special in 1997, One Night Only trades on the Bee Gees' shape-shifting career as pop survivors. Over the course of 111 minutes, this straightforward concert, produced at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and groomed for both video and CD posterity, sprints through 31 songs from their past three decades. Even after the inevitable disco jokes are expended, and the jaundiced viewer contemplates the role hats, hairspray, and comb-overs now play in dressing the once stylishly long-haired troika, the Gibb brothers' signature vocal harmonies and hook-laden song craft beg respect.Casual listeners can't be blamed for equating the Bee Gees with the dance floor bonanza they reaped through 1978's Saturday Night Fever, yet that commercial zenith was actually the culmination of a comeback for a group that had seemed washed up by the early 1970s. One Night Only thankfully takes an even-handed view of both their original late 1960s hits ("Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody", "Lonely Days"), building from a cannily Beatle-browed vocal sound, and the 1970s blue-eyed soul ("Jive Talkin'", "Nights on Broadway") that led them naturally into disco. The Fever hits are here, as are Gibb originals that clicked for other acts; the family circle also widens for a posthumous duet with their late brother, Andy Gibb, while Celine Dion gets star billing in the collaborative "Immortality". --Sam Sutherland
Tess McCall had better be careful or she might find what she's looking for when she starts spying on cheating husbands. What starts out strictly as amateur sluething quickly turns into a full-time profession for this middleaged mother of two. Using logic intuition and numerous high-tech surveillance gadgets Tess succeeds in helping jilted wives such as Sally Russell find out about their wandering husbands. But catching unsuspected philanderers in the act is one thing; getting the goods on one that is a police officer is another - especially when he is married to her. When evidence starts pointing to her husband Craig's infidelity Tess is faced with a difficult decision - whether to spy on his afterhours activities or believe that all those incriminating clues are the result of his own undercover police work. Like any good detective Tess goes with her instincts. But she soon finds out more than she bargained for. Her work uncovers a long history of incessant womanising that she had been blind to for years. This is the tale of a woman whose new calling empowers and liberates her and enables her to assist other women who have become victims of their husbands' deception. Based on a true story...
When a battered Space Shuttle crash-lands back on Earth it is dredged from a river - but the crew are missing. They are eventually found on the loose in the city carrying within themselves a hideous alien life-form which plans to take over Earth.
Five sexy college friends venture out on a road trip. A detour to Lisa's uncle's house leads them into the Galloway Forest which is known for mysterious disappearances and rumours of cannibalism. Uncle Marty does not appear to be home as Lisa finds a hidden key which unlocks the door to a night full of terror. As Lisa experiences bizarre visions she wonders about her darkest family secrets. The mysterious Uncle Marty has a taste for beauty and blood. Nothing is as it seems as th
Seven graduating sorority sisters decide to throw a graduation party at their sorority house despite the objections of the resident house mother. Following an embarrassing altercation between the house mother and one of the girls a foolish prank is played that results in the old woman's death. Unable to cope with the accidental death the girls decide to temporarily hide the body and not inform the police until after the party. On the night of the party each girl is individually stalked and murdered in a grizzly fashion by an unknown assailant. There is only one girl left alive to tell the tale... and the one person who can reveal the truth may be the one who wants her dead.
In the dark and foreboding realm of the Outworld the world's greatest warriors must survive the supreme battle between ultimate good and absolute evil. Led by sorcerer Shang Tsung the evil Shokan prince Goro has been Kombat champion for nine generations. If he triumphs for a tenth time the portals of Earth will be opened and the desolation and despair that has flourished in the Outworld will reign over the earth for Eternity. Guided by the mighty thunder god Rayden (Christopher Lambert) three humans must delve deep within their souls to discover the power they need to conquer a host of insurmountable games and vanquish their diabolical superhuman enemy. Mortal Kombat is not just a battle to the death it is the final battle for life!
Satan's Slave (1976): Following the death of her parents a young woman is sent to live with her uncle only to find that the mansion is a haven for a devil-worshipping cult... Prey (1978): A cannibalistic alien lands in the heart of wealthy England. Assuming the form of a local man the alien is introduced to the eccentric household of a lesbian and her neurotic lover... Terror (1979): Royal ancestors feel the wrath of the curse of a condemned witch whose espou
Robin Williams returns as the voice of the hyperactive genie in this, the second direct-to-video sequel to Disney's hit animated feature. Aladdin, the street beggar turned Prince, risks all to find his father among the cut-throat 40 thieves and joins his quest to find a Midas-like stone that turns everything it touches into gold. A significant cut above most made-for-video animation, this energetic adventure largely leaves Princess Jasmine and the genie behind for a father-and-son quest. Guest voice Jerry Orbach suggests Sean Connery with his thick-as-molasses delivery as the master thief Sa'luk and, despite his limited screen time, Williams once again delights with his wild flights of fantasy as the big blue Genie. A rousing tale full of last-minute escapes and spectacular, kid-sized thrills that even parents will find entertaining. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
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